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French Crises (..'e,ns‘<>1_"sl1ip of news media in France makes it difficult for anyone at this distance to comment objective- ly on the current French crisis-or crises, for more than one is involved. It seems fairly clear, however, that, unless a miracle intervene, the

Fourth Republic is in its last hours. A A

Republic of sorts may or may not re- main after the storms have subsided; but, if it does, it will not be the in- stitutionto which the world has be- come accustomed.

Premier Pflimlin may issue all the “anti-insurrectionist” decrees he can persiiade Parliament to approve. He may, for s time, hinder the move- ment which started in Algeria and spread to, other French” territories. But it is difficult to’ see how he can quash it. A state without a loyal mil- itary establishment to-enfprce its

effective. And it seems certain that the only real army which France has, the one in Algeria, will not be sat- isfied with anything other than 1 ‘A Government led by General de Gaulle.

This, it would appear from what in-

formation is available, must come

sooner or later. Whether it will be s

good thing or a bad thing for France « is not, at present, apparent. Certainly‘ it will not be parliamentary govern-

ment in the accepted sense. It is pos-

sible, of course, that in France’: pre-

sent position, the sort of rule which

de Gaulle has in mind is the very

thing she needs.

'_ Is This The Answer?

The depths If Loch N ess will be explored in J one by a party of Scot- tish divers equipped with underwater cameras and, later; by the BBC using naval radar.

The Manchester Guardian com- ments: “If the searchers reveal no sign of the alleged ‘monster’, which for 9. quarter of a century has riveted the attention of the public and baffled ‘I

all attempts at identfiication, ,there I V still remains the

intriguing though less grisly possibility that the sup- posed aquatic serpent may be no more than an optical illusion ca sed by a special kind of squally-wind dis- turbing patches of water on the other- wise smooth surface of the loch. These might be mistaken for the un- dulating movements of a huge, hump- ed beast.” .

Gordon Manley, in his book, “Cli- mate and the British Scene”, alludes to “at least one authority” as having suggested this theory. Apparently this particular type of wind is pe- culiar to a few mountainous regions of the British Isles, notably in the wilds of Scotland and the hill districts of Derbyshire, while the countryside at no great; distance is calm.

Red Cross In Debt

Public response to Red Cross an- nual appeals is generous, but it is not generous enough to meet the bills. This was revealed at the annual meet- ing of the central council‘ of the So- ciety held in Toronto.

-The report, tabled by Mr. Bruce Shaw, lionorary treasurer, showed that in 1957 the humanitarian work of the agency cost $256,880 more than

ciet,v4spent $7,293,398, while revenue I‘.ot.alled $7,036,517. An additional amount of $1,603,675 was disbursed from “designated funds”, making 1. total expenditure for the year of $8,- 897.07]. The major expenditure was for free blood transfusions. The cost of this service throughout’7 Provinces and in major areas of two others (the Provinces are not named) was $2,470,- 088. Canadian hospitals used 267,770 bottles of whole blood for transfus- ion therapy to 155,742 patients. This. an increase of 12,020 bottles and '~‘I3;ll_‘V9 ll?‘-llflils oter the previous year. § :bl1!nat.cd that this free Red _ -- -Bruce saved patients in hos- l“"*‘-li‘ mm than $614.» million during

their time and drove n-lore t'l-Tan ‘I48,- 000 ;mi]::.;. for their rnani .:e1."\“irr=.:-..

Only one “major disaster" oc<'1u'- red during the _vear—-the flooding of Beauceville, Quebec. There were many “minor disasters”, however, such as fires. which required an expenditure of $157,164. This covered shelter, food, clothing and other emergency supplies.

The report contains a long list of humanitarian services both at. home and abroad. The one disturbing fac- tor is the deficit; and it shows the necessity of even greater public co- operation with the Society’s work than has been the case hitherto. It is 9. little difficult to understand, how- ever, why these annual deficits can- not be made up by the Federal Gov- ernment. If billions can be provided for protection against war—and certainly they have to be in these troublous times—the expenditure of a. few hundred thousands to keep this highly dedicated and serviceable

be justified.

The Mam Purpose

There is no question but that the Prime Minister acted wisely when he decided to put before Parliainent the Canada.-United States agreement on continental air defence. He will lose none of his political prestige by re- versing a previous decision not to seek parliamentary ratification of the agreement. Indeed, it will probably have a contrary effect; for it shows that he is not above admitting that he can make a -mistake-——a ‘fine qual- ification for any government leader. That the agreement will be ratifi-

ed goes wit_hout saying. For one thing, the Government’s majority in the Commons is so large that any other course would be out of the question, even if the opposition were to oppose the legislation; for another, there is nothing to indicate any disagreement from any source. But ratification is not the primary aim in bringing any , legislation before Parliament. For all practical purposes—-especially when the Government’s majority is large-— ratification is ensured in party cau- cus. It would be 9. most unusual thing if the present Parliament were. to turn down any proposal advanced by p the cabinet, irrespective of its merits. i.’1‘he main purpose is discussion.

’ ByA"pirobing into the proposed legisla-

tion "and examining it from every angle, members of the Opposition-— and members of the majority party, too, if they so desire-render 9. pub- lic service; for it is only in this way

th - - .. . . . 9 .\Gdr, less than a million dollars h€l<‘W the ainount taken in

Miss Isabel Hume, national man of the Canadian Red Cross Corps reported that 804 housewives and business women in 23 cities scrve(l as vollmtcer nimnbcrs of corps ilotach- ments in their connnunities. These

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33that the public is made aware of the merits—and the weaknesses, ifthere be any-— of the agreement, or what- \ever ithappens to be. " ‘

EDITORIAL NOTES

Some members of the Commons are poking fun at Prime Minister Die- fenbaker’s northern development “vision”. Nothing strange about that. Every venture of importance was at- tacked in its beginning by men of little faith. 4

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The United States Ambassador to Canada, Mr. Livingston Merchant, is certainly doing what he can to im- prove Canada's position in trade with the United States. His testimony be- fore a. U.S. Congressional Committee

well as any Federal Government of- ficial could have done. 4 4 ‘Ar ' Mr. Lionel Chevrier, who was at one time Minister of Transport in the

A former Liberal Government, volun-

teered in the Commons the other day a. descripton of what it’s like to be. demoted from the Ministry to the Op- positon benches. “It's like going from a private car to an upper berth,” he said. . 4 ' 4 -1.

There’s a new sensation in old Ire- land. Some, time ago a bachelor in Govi/na,.County Cavan, declared that “men are just as good as women when it comes to making bread.” Instantly, the women took up the challenge—- unwisely, as it turned out. Before the entire populace-100 souls——both sides displayed their skill in making white and dark soda bread and scones. The judge, a domestic science expert from outside the county, awarded all prizes to the men.

4 4 1- I In so far as Canada's farm situa- tion resembles that of the United Sta- tes, the outlook for the immediate fu- ture is not particularly bright, though it could be gloomier. The U.S. Depart- ment of Agriculture in a recent fore- cast said that prices farmers receive for their products will drop sligthly m_ the next few months, while costs WIII remain much as they are, How- ever. m_(‘an-ad:-1 the overall drop in lllllc-“3"'T'I.I' l.IIE"l_T‘ In-‘V Que-..“-m I”, ‘._;,,('L‘ emld S"‘l“3“"ll-Ell Ill’ the stabilir/.z.ition

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OTTAWA REPORT

By Patrick

Ot-t-a=wIa: The Right Honourable Ohanles Vincent Massey, lath Go- vernor-General of Canada. will complete seven years in that of- fic-e_nex~t February. He will then have held that .hig‘.he-st appoint- ment in our country for longer - than any of his predecessors, just topping the record of our‘ ninth Goviewrnorr-G~enIe'r.a1, E arl Grey, who presented the famous foot- ball chiampionship cu-,p. ,

Although he is now in his 72nd year, zflis Excellency has set I ‘very high standard In his devo- tion to duty. He has travelled more miles around Canada, by plane, train, car, boat and even dog-sled, than any other “G-G." And at his frequent public ap- pearances, he delivers gpeeches /at an ovratorical and intellectual quality which soar far above the previously customary “Governor- Gener-a.l~ities.” ‘

As Mr. Massey is our first us- tlvve- born Governor- General, the I clhoiice of his successor poses A problem indeed. All sorts of suggestions -have been heard here, i-nctl-uding the Queen Moth- er, Earl Mountbatten, and Cey- lon’s dtistiug-uished ex-Premier. QU._EIBEC'_S NEXT TURN

But Mr. ‘Massey belongs to that clearly defined Caniadiian sector tyipifiedby the word! “Toron-to." * So the response to that must be “Quebec.” Perhaps thereafter we break away, in that as in 1so many other field 3,, from the crampingll-y ‘rigid alienation be-

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Next Governor-General

Nicholson

Special Correspbndent for The Guardian

tween just two of the many nac- lall elements in ‘our citizenry. But meanwhile. the choice of our next Governor- General must n-arrow down‘t.o n Quebecois if possible. So far only two names have been seriously discussed; but both of them, Mr. St. Laurent at 76 and General! Vanier at 70. are too old to enter upon that active five- year jolb. Recently however a new French —— C‘an-adian luminary has burst upon the consciousness of our na- tional capital as a person of great dignity and fine character: The Hon. Mark Dro-uiri. As he is a newcomer to prominenice on Parliament Hill. Ottawa has only recently appreciated that his well- rounded personality offers more than all the varied attributes which would be sought in s Gov.- ernorr-General. Born in Quebec City, he gradua- ted frmrn Laval University, and has long been an honoured law- yer in “the Ancient Capital.” In his shorttcareer as Speaker of the Senate, he has already shown himselllf to be a natural diplomat, while he is fortunate to have in the former Jeanne Graudboid, a_.1- so of Quebec Oity, ‘a c~ha.rmin.g and gay wife who could become one of the most popular hostes- ses ever to have lived in Gov- ernxmenat House, Ottawa, and The Citadel, Quebec. HIS WIDE INTEREST In his 54011 years, Mark Drouin has played many typi-cal Canad-

THE ACADIANS OF P.-IE.l.

Am account of Isle Sa-int-Jean‘ at tihe time of the founding of‘ Port Lejoie was sent to the Re- gen-t of France by Sieur de Gotte- vil.le commandant in charge of the settlement. This report states that the island was well wooded, including among other trees, oak, beech and pine. Some of the pines were of,enonmous size, suit- slbtle for large masts. The land was suitable for producing all sorts of grain; it was’ level and there w-eresoxme natural mead- ows. Cod-fish were very abuvntdanut; several fishermen had assured him that they had caught more than 450 quinlbals — someth.in.g un- heard of in Newfoundland or Lou- isbourg.

Port Lajoie possessed a beau- tiful harbour. At the entrance of this harbour he had placed the battery of 8 guns which had been sent from Quebec. There were on Ilbe island 1 number of Ivnd-tam who were very useful to him. as they furnished the settlement with game consisting of wild geese, ducks, teal, plover, and “lots of partridge." The report also states that there were some caribou almost as‘ large as deer. It was also stated that some 250 people would winter at port Lajoie;

MISSION ESTABIJSHED

Accompanying the colonists to port Lajoie were two Sulpicisn priests, Rene-Charles dc Breslay and M'arie—Anse1ln»e de Metiviecr. Since these two priests arrived at ‘ Port Lajoie gn August 23, 1720, we may conucludetlia-t‘ she first two Masses in Isle Saint.Iea.n were celebrated on August 34, 1720. .

Fathers d-e Breslay and‘ dc Metivier remained in Isle Saint- Jean only two years. In 1723 they were followed by the Recollete who had charge of all the mis- sions until 1752. In the registers of the parish of .the church of St. John the Evangelist at Port La- joie which have been preserved and of which copies are to be found at the Canadian Archives, Ottawa, are found the following names of Recollet priests who laboured at Port Lajoie; Fathers Dudonjon. Pain. Parin. de Km‘- garinu, Flavnenl, l)e.~..nirav, l,e- T’.a._i_:e. do Rierno. Aubre. I-liiognl. Collin. Le Nloign. Kerviclie, l.al

Gree, do Bvuron, Csulet, Peres, I

_ FouncIingOi Port Lojoie

By J. Henri Blanchard, LLJ).

La Force, Raoul.

In 1752, five parishes had been organized and secular priests took charge. These Par- ishes were: The parishol St. John the Evangelist at Port La- joie, pastor, Gratien Raoul; the parish of the Holy Family at Mal- Q peque. pastor, Joseph-Sylvestre Dosque; the parish of St. Paul at Point Prim, pastor, l'.aIbbe Gi- rard, the parish oi, St. Louis (at Scotchfort.) pastor. Pierre Cassi- et; a-nd the parish of St-Pierre (at Slit. Peter's Harbour). pastor, Jean Risciarat, assistant priest, I‘asbbe Perrounel. During the French occup.a«tn':on of Isle Saint- Jean some 26 prriest-s did mis- siona-ry work in the various mis sions. '

ACADIANS ARRIVE

A-s soon as Port. Lajoie was founded, Aucvadians. firom Acadia began to arrive and take up res- idence in Isle Saint-Jean.. Dur- ing the autumn of 1720, carpen- ters were secured from the Acad- ian settlements at Bale Verte and Beaubassin (Amherst) and the building of ships began. During the winter of 1721, three ships were built at Port Lajoie; one of 100 tons for carrying fish to Eur- ope, one of 35 tons for thie sea- cow and seal fishery, and one of 65 tons for trade with the West Indies.

On November 6, 1721. an offic- ial. of the government at Port LaJoie wrote to the Regent of France as follows: “We are h-ene at port«La.loie. one of the most beautiful banbours that the eye can behokl. Theme is also harubou-r of Tra.n:chemonIag~ne (South Lake) a league south of East Point. in harbour s u i t. a b I e for boats only: Saint-Pierre. 14 leagues west of East P o I n t. capable of admitting

.vessels of 60 tons; Savage Har-

bour, three leagues farther west. suitable for boats: Tracaclie 3 leagues farther west.. bapa.ble of receiving vessels of 100 tons; Quiqu-iibougat (R-usti-co) a harbour for boats onlly; Ma-lpeque for ves- sels of 200 tons, and Cascumupe que for vessels of 200 or 300 tons. All these harbours are good for fishing.

“Of wild animals Iliore are rn;arI(=n-s. ot1,r‘i's. .-*r1uii‘rel<, and

TH OTTAWA FIIE DEPARTET

in roles. He has been a star hockey player. with the Quebec “Aems” in the amateur ‘Inter-pro vimcial league; a happy week-end golfer who can still hope to break his modest 90; an enthusiastic horseman. mow proud of the skills and courage shown by his 14 year old equestrian daughter, J-u- lie; a music-liver and Hi-Fi fan enjoying an unusually complete collection of the classics; 3 de- votee of the live theatre who is new president of the famous “Theaitre du Nouveau Monde”; a Canada-wide traveller who has five times visited France. Bri- tain and other European coun- tries; Flying Club; and he is already acquainted with the Queen‘ of _Ca— nada, whose personal representa-

‘ tive he would be as Governor-

‘General. ‘ ' It is rightly maintained that pol- iticians should not be appointed

' to Government House. Mr. Drou- ‘

in has taken~the actiive interest in our country‘: affairs which ev- ery conscientious citizen should. But, asspeaker of the Senate, he is above political par-tiality; not being a .“career politician". At any time, he has never. un- like Mr. Massey himself, served as a Cabinet Minister.

The prospect of .th. vigorous and cultured Canadian in his mid- fifities being appointed as Gov- ernor-general o f t h .i s young country is especially attractive to all Ca-n=ad~ians. A perfectly bil- ingual and truly “Ca.ua,d:ia.n" citi- zen, he would appeal to\ English- spesking elements on t h e ‘s e grounds just as his Quebec birth and tradrit-ions would endear hirn to.Freuch- speaking elements.

That is why many well- inform- ed people here today rate Hon. Mark Drouin as the man _most likely to be appointed our 19th Governor General next year.

The Age Old Story

Buy the truth, and sell It not: also wisdom. and instruction and understanding.

OUR YESTERDAYS

(From The Guardian File!)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (May 28, 1933)

« A -proclamation has been Issued by the Executive Council putt'1n.g into effect in this Drovince the beef g r a din g regulations und- er the Dominion Livestock Act. The Act provides, for grading on quality, weight and thickness ei- their at the slaughter house or store, and the cuts of meat are stamped with the grading.

The Water Commissioners of the Town of Summerside held a meeting on Monday night at which they decided to dig the well for the extra water supply on I. lot on Market Street. The work will begin on Tuesday und- er the direction of Trask and C0-. Amherst. and on Its completion 2. -new pumping station will be erected on the lot.

‘TEN YEARS AGO (May 28. 1948)

New problems -arising from the enlargement of the Prince Ed- ward Island Hospital facilities and new nursing school were dis- cussed last night at the annual meeting of the Hospital. Board of Trustees held in the new nurses residence. Mr. Justice George Tweedy was re-elected B on r d Chairman; Dr. J. P. Lantz. vice- chairman and Mr. N. D. Mac- Lean. secretary.

A resolution favoring’ the estua- blislunent of a bus terminal for the Island Motor Transport. Com- pany in the basement of the Mar- ket Building-1 W:-_1s adopted at last night's monthly meeting of the Cha«rlot.tetnwn Board of Tl‘-a('I.f-‘.

MAXIMS

Knowledge Is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves or we know where we can find Infor- mation upon it.

a founder of the Quebec’

I Good Rule When; , . « l Going Swimming fly Herman N. RUIIIIPSEII. M» D-‘ NOW HEAR this. as they 530’ in the l\'8\7yI Get the wax out of your ‘ears before you En s\\-‘imml-nfi ll1‘l5 summer.

This may seem like sill)‘ Ml‘ vice for swimmers. You prob- ably expected me to '-aution you i not to go swimming for at least an hour after eating and not to swim wfhen overheated.

This is valuable advice.

course. but most of you already are well aware of these dangers.

SERIOUS PROBLEM

This wax business is some- thing else again. You probably never gave it 1 th011g‘hl- ‘Blll wax in the ears. particularly in only one car. can he a serious problem to‘ a swimmer. When one ear is clogged With Wax- you see. dizziness is likely to occur. It's pgacticallly impossible. as you well know. to keep water out of your ears whi‘e swun- ing. The cold water can 935' Ily reach the lalbyrinth 0f “l9 unclogged ear. but it cannot reach that or the way — block-ed

ear. - UNB ALANCED REACTIONS Tus, two different unbal- anced reactions are set up. The result is apt to be dizziness and inability to tell the position of the body because the sense of equililbriumds controlled in the ears’ lalbyrinth-s. It’s fairly easy to see that under such conditions a swim- mer might. panic and even drown. .

This is just. one more reason

the example set by the Boy Scouts of America and recom- mended by the Nations‘ Safety Council.