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WEDNESDAY, FEB., zit, 1958

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Unpopuiar Decision

Despite ‘strong opposition from the Labour Party and a certain amount A of dissatisfaction within Conservative. ranks, Prime Minister Macmillan has finally signed an agreement. with the United States whereby American intermediate- range-missile bases will be estab- lished on British soil. I

This, is perhaps the most con-

troversial decision the Macmillan ‘

Governinent has made since assum- ing office. It is not a popular decis-

ion. In thefirst place, it will make‘

certain "nuclear attack on Britain in the event of'_ hostilities . with the Soviet -Uriion. That, probably, would have come anyway, since even be- fore the agreement was signed, Mr. Macmillan had made it clear that any attack by, the Russians, even ‘with conventional weapons, would bring nuclearretaliation. But there is no doubt that the new agreement has added considerably to public anxiety.-. ~ ‘ In the second place, there is a widespread feeling in‘ Britain that the Government is following Amer- ican policy too closely. A Conserva- tive member, of Parliament charged the other day that “the Government is being‘--‘dragged along in the wake

of American imperialism.” There is : much ,popular support for Labour

Leader Gaitslcillls suggestion that . Britain agree to top-level talks «with. or without American participation and that nofurthgr decisions affect- ing militarystrategy be taken until after the meeting. Mr. Macmillan feels celftain, of course, that close

British-American co-operation in all I fields is the one thing that can keep ,

war from breaking out. Everything he does is based on that belief. He may be, and probably is, right: and if Mr. ‘Gaitskill were Prime: Minister I’ the-chances are he would feel the same way about it But at; present Mr. »Macmillan’s prestige is. lovvr It was never lower. Still, he is .doing' what he believes to be '1'ight.‘>z;-{No statesman worthy . ‘the name ; can do other than that.‘ ' "

‘Thai U. N. Force I

With so many more important matters to place before the elector-

ate in thenext month, is it not high A time the politicians stopped arguing I

about who was the first to place the

idea of an international force be-

\ fore the United Nations? The fact is that neither Mr. Pearson nor Mr. Diefenba-ker can claim the distin-g ction—if that’s the word for it——.

although each had something to do with, it. -

The idea was first broached‘--by whom we don’t know, nor does it matter——in San Francisco in 1945 when the U.N. was organized. In- deed, it was talked about at length; and, although it was .,not incorporat- ed‘ in the‘,organization’s rules and regulations, it was left open for dis- cussion and possible action at a more convenient time. Later, Mr. St. Laur-

\ ant, then Prime Minister of Can-

’ ada, mentioned it in a speech before the U.N. in New York. In more re- cent times, Mr. ‘Diefenbaker, then in’ opposition, brought it up in Par- liament. Mr. Pearson says that he told Mr. Diefenbaker at the time that the idea had already been sub-' mittedto the U.N. and that it had been rejected because of Arab-Israeli opposition.fHei,does not say who had submitted it; but it was probably not Mr. Pearson, or he would not hesitate now to stress the point.

The thing that matters is that by the time Mr. Pearson got around to offering the suggestion formally‘ it‘ Wasr«an_.old idea; and .we can be sure that ‘ the Canadian diplomat had talked about it beforehand with the Unitied States’ delegation headed by Mr.fH<-:’nry Cabot Lodge. It -was‘ ac-

cepted then, not because. there was anything particularly original about it——_iihere wasn’t—~hut merely be-

’ cause it seemed the only -thing todo

at that time. Any attempt to ‘show that it was the product of Mr. Pear- son’s great mind——or anyone else’s

great mind, for that matter—-—is fool- ish.

Was it such a brilliant stroke, af- ter all? It has, of course, served a purpose, as a symbol of internation- al interest in a troubled area. But, surely, no one believes that it has kept the Arabs and the Israelis from shooting at one another. If there is a truce, however uneasy, between the two factions, it is probably due to the realization, of the Arabs that they are simply not powerful enough to knock out the Israelis. It is cer- tainly not due to the presence of a few thousand U.N. soldiers, who were not equipped to fight any kind of. war in the first place.-*

In any case, the ‘force is not and never has been a U-.N. force. How could it be, when only eight members of the organization are represented on it? Incidentally, Can- ada has done more than any other

‘ individual nation to keep the force _ in existence. It may not be out of

place to. suggest that, unless vb other countries are prepared to pull their weight a little better, Canada might be justified in reducing the strength of itsgcontribution.

Unearthed In isreal I’ A marble statue of Nemesis, the Greek goddess of Justice, discovered recently in Israel. _throws new light on Oriental and Graeco-Roman cults

_ in this region; The goddess is repre-

sented in the shape of a female grif- fin with head and wings of an eagle, the body of a lioness and a serpent’s tail. It has one paw placed on a wheel symbolizing destiny. The‘ 1,- 750-year-old figure is almost com-

, pletely intact, and was turned up by

a plough at the Kibbutz Erez, near -th,e.Gaza strip.

'5 According to Dr. P. Kahana,'

curator of the Museumof the Israeli Department of Antiquities, this is the/first‘ definite proof of the exis- tence in Palestine of a Nemesis cult.

During‘ the purely Greek period, .

Nemesis was” represented in human

I form, and it was only when the cult I spread further cast“ that she

ac- quired oriental. attributes and as- sunied animal form. Though there,

A ‘weresanotuaries to the goddess in Alexandria and Syria, the’ only tra- .

ces of the cult unearthed lsolfar in

Palestine were locally-minted coins,

. 0 bearing her figure. a ' -

EDITORIAL NOT

,'“" Mr’. Solon Low, says that in. the '

matter of old age pensions Social Credit “would not try to outbid the other /fellow”. He won’t get any- where that way. - ‘

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A man in Grand Haven, Mich.“

whorwas sent to jail for five days

(for killing a deer out of season, was

not a total‘ loser.‘ The venison was

turned overto the sheriff who order- .

ed it put on the prisoners/’s menu. rt 1' D ‘ - The annual report of Ontario’s Liquor Control board tells us that

’ for the. fiscal year under review the

Ontario Government took in profits from the sale of beer, wine and spirits the sum of $56,100,000 and the Dominion treasury collected in excise taxes from the same business no less than $97,000.000. v: is w v ' The Pope has proclaimed St. Clare_ of Assisi a patron saint ‘of television. St. Clare was a contem- porary and collaborator of the fam- ous St. Francis of Assisi and the founder of the Order of Poor Ladies, usually known as the Poor Clares. Tradition has it that while on her ddathbed St. Clare saw and heard? a solemn midnight [mass that was being .celebrated in -the Basilica of St. Francis, two miles away. I Q g it Dame Christabel Pankhurst, a leader in the British Woman Suf- frage movement of the pre-First World War years, died in Santa Monica, Calif., recently at the age of 77, She was the daughter of Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst who attracted the notice of history by, among oth- er things, throwing a stone through

i a window of the home of Prime Min-

ister Herbert Asquith. Miss Pank- hurst’s first prison sentence came when she interrupted a speech by

V Sir,Edward Grey, then Foreign Sec-

retary. When woman suffrage be- came respectable, she was named a

,Dame of the British Empire by

King George the Fifth. Later, she turned to evangelism and attracted a considerable following. There was a touch of irony about that part of her career; for in her fighting days she was denounced by religious lea- ders of all faiths as a menace who ought not to be at large.

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‘ Canad~a’s people are

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SPACE PLATFORM

PUBIIC FORUM-

THE ISSUES AT STAKE

Sir,—Prornises and negotia- tions, assertions and denials, are ‘being broadcast with reck- less abandon in frenetic en- deavor to convince a somewhat ‘confused public that promises

"made before the last election

have or have not been fulfilled,’ or that promises now being made will or will not be fulfilled.

It is a bit confusing until we‘ consider a few ‘basic facts. The Liberal Party held the‘ reins for

. twenty-two years "in an era of un-

precedenitedp world progress- desipite almost universal con- fllict—-uniparalled in history.

' During this time Cauadia had

not ‘progressed either material- ly or culturally on a par with other nations. This seems to us to be a result - of an‘ initial concern with maintaining power, rather than a deep and sincere desire ‘to perpetuate Canada’: welfare. ~ArmganI'ce’ engendered by -repeated success at the polls seems to have inhibited any ideas other than those. which tended toward insuring contin- ued ‘re-eilection. This attitude‘ is actually what finally made hitltento strong Liberals change their politics, and administer the most surprising defeat in -the hiistory of Canada to a government seemingly so invin- cible. ‘

It is reassuring to reflect that so well balanced that when a govern- ment loses its sense of values and assumes that arrogance is indicati-v,,e of invincibility it will assuredly be taught a lesson. This is salutary reflection to all governments present and future.

As‘ we see it, we find it.dif- ficulit‘ to reconcile the present wild and almos-t limitless pro- mises of social benefits, public work projects, building and loan schemes, and what have you, coupled with a four hundred million dollar tax reduction as specified by Mr. Pearson and his colleagues, with the rigid credit restriction, building loan cancellation, and general re- strictive policies of their very recent past adminis.trIation. The metamorphosis is too sudden and clrariieleonlike to be realis- tic. -‘

The Liberal government had surpluses from high taxation which would appear to have ‘made their retrenchment policy unnecessary and arbitrary. Now we are obliged to listen to the broadest promises of what Mr. Pearson will do, if and when, he gets in the driver’s seat. This is either pure bluff without any intention of fulfillment or admission of the selfishness, in- capability and ineptitude of the Mackenzie King and St. Laurent administrations, which h ad twenty-two years in which to perform the wonders Mr. Pear- son is now promising.

As far as we, the Maritimes at least, are concerned they did exactly nothing of a constructive nature. We have received more under the short admin-istration of the Diefenbaker goveriunent than during the whole twenty- two years of the past Liberal regime. Mr. Mackenzie King and Mr. St. Laurent made us a pre-election visit periodically, gave us a metaphorical pat on the back and i3hJa't’S all. The Diefenbaker government has done more to implement pre- election promises than any pre- vious government in our history and within a very short time,- and with all the obstruction that the Opposition could introduce without comp>rom.ising themselve completely with the public, which they knew they would have to encounter at the polls in the near future.

Mr. Pearson in his effort to gain support is playing to’ the utmost his role as a Man of Peace. The background of his Nobel Prize would seem to war- rant this if we wish to forget the circumstances which were

mainly responsible for his re-

ceiving this award. was in part the Suez; affair, wherein the Canal built ‘by Britain and France went to Egypt and many of Britain’s oil interests, so vital to her continuance as a major power went to American. inves- tors. Mr. St. Laurent it be reinemibe-red, aided and abetted by Mr. Pearson went overboard

to condemn the defensive action’

of Britain and France. In doing so, they aligned Canada with the U.S.S.B. against the mother- land. ’ /

The fact that the U.S.A.’ sided

against ‘Britain in this action is

no criterion of virtue. The U.S. A. was primarily after. the

Mediiternaneau oil interests of‘

which Britain was the major stockholder; and she got a good

share of it. Messrs. Khrushchev,

Bulganin and Co. made» p “cause celebre” of it, and Messrs St. Laurent and Pearson made its “carpe diem" and joyfully joined the U.S.A. and other Anglophobes in proclaim- ing Britaiifs culpability.

As far as we, are concerned while we are on this subject, we are convinced that had Britain had the endorsement of the U. SA. and even more imriiortant that of as she had that of' Australia and New Zealand, ‘she would have ignored Russia’s' threats, stood up for her rights, and retained her control of the canal, her oil-interests and her prestige. ‘We‘ believe that the, pussy footing wvithd-ra»wal——made necessary by the action of her

pseudo friends, the U.S.A. and‘

Oanada, as represented by Messrs. St. Laurent and Pearson, is not conducive to democracy or world peace. Weakness is never 'attractive and usually ge- sults, in a transfer of power to the detriment of the general wel- fare. In this instance from in benevolent Britain to the un- stable authority of a despotic Arab backed by the inim-ical might of the U.S.S.R. Our re- action to Mr. Pearson at that time was an intense desire to give hiin a kick in the.pants,in- stead of a prize. ' Whatsoever the -reaction of other Canadians to all the above —-andwe are not so naive as to expect everyone to see- eye‘ to eye with us-it should be obvious that it would bea wise move to

return this government to power

with~a surffic-ien-t majority to en- able it to implement its pledges, with a minimum of obstruction. This government has not ,,had time and has had too little co- operation to get into stride. We believe, it would be good poll y to give Mr. Diefenbaker and is colleagues a full term and then determine our future action on

their R.0.P. This irrespective

of party affiliation.

We believe, Mr. Diefenbaker is the most dynamic personality to head the Canadian Govern- ment since Sir John A. Mac- donald, with the possible ex- ception of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, that splendid Canadian who was a staunch advocate of maintain- ing our ties of E.mpire—-.a policy so tragically flouted by his in- ferior successor Mr. St. Laurent- We believe, Mr. Diefenbaker can and will implement his pro- mises insofar as his ability and the economic resources of this country will allow. We. believe,

that the future of the Maritimes‘

and especially this ‘little Island lies in giving the Diefenbaker government a chance to con- tinue its splendid effort up to the present. We believe, if at all possible, Mr. Dievfen-baker will give us a Causeway to the Main- land, and maintain improved communication services till that project becomes an accomplish- ed and successful fact. We have every reason to believe this.

We believe, that with this government given the opportun-

ity, we will have restored that

intangible hope that has almost departed from our shores, along with our emigrating young men

courage “ genuine farmers

‘punishing traffic offenders whe-

and women whose 'brawii and brains ‘are so necessary to us. We believe, that under the Die-N‘ fenbaker admIin~ist~raItion, if given sciifficieiiit ‘time, we will again see our deserted farms occupied by our sons and diauigibters, encouraged to remain here by a [comprehensive and constructive agricultural P0119?- Should-our children, Sllffelflng from ‘past neglect continue to leave our shores as» they are now doing, we believe an im- migration policy, which will 6; whatsoever race or creed, W110 are willing to ‘occupy and work our waste ‘lands, will be i>I‘_0- moted. We believe. we will eventually under this_ type of policy and leadership 90' cupy a position of etiwa-My Wm‘ the other pirovinces of Canada instead of the onerwe have .00- eupied in the past—,4'that_ of the poor and forgotten relation.

I am, Sir,-etc., C.C. PRATT sit. Pgeterfs Bay, P.E.I. ‘*

WHAT A CONTRAST

‘sin... "May I briefly comment on two news items in this paper of February 19. First the bomb- ing - of a, Tunisian Village by France and the other by_Prem1er Stanfieldgof Nova Scotia,; who publicly» declared that the law should have its normal course in

ther they were Government of- ficials or just common Pe0l>19- -Let me say, men of this calibre _are of great value to a-Province, to a State and to -the World. Now ‘let us compare this 11191- dent to what has taken place in

France has shocked the con- science of the civilized world by .her bombing of this town. And that isn’t enough; our greatest na- tion, the United States is doing her best not to allow this outrage tobe brought up in the U.N., the very organization sponsored by none other than the late Presi- dent Roosevelt for the purpose of settling world disputes.

The United States, and rightly so, allowed England to be well judged some months ago before this world parliament, so much so that she took her troops home minus of great slaughter and mil- itary victory-.' _

Just as long -as our mighty na- tions allow onlythe sins of their enemies to be. brought before the U.N. shall we have a very inef- ficient world parliament. ‘

Today, as never before in man’s history, must men of good will speak up with no uncertain yoice against aggression whether it be in our own camp or some for- eign power. Yes,- the world needs more Lester Pearsons, more _Pre- mier Stanfields and Premier Neh-

rus. . . ‘ I am, Sir, etc., ‘I HARRY PRIDHAM. Alber-ton, P.E.I.

“THE LIGHTED ROOM Hung in the deepening night .One square of light

Glows like a saffron spark Against the dark.

It is only the feeble bloom

Of an ill—lit room

Where a sick child tumbles her bed

Or a scholar stoops his head

To read the live words of the dead. .

But it might be the cell where g-rows

-'*A golden- petalled rose;

It might be a. cage to hold A bird feathered with gold Or a fairytale princess

(So runs my fantasy)

In a crocus- yellow dress, Her gold hair loose to her knee - Would it might be!

—Audrey Alexandra Brown

got to get the work done. _ must snap out of this false fatigue.

-— jobs. It’s a morale builder as Well.

tigue is to talk, yourself out of_ it. This ,of course, takes determina-

But it can be done and quickly,

know you havenlt done enough

with the job. Grit your teeth and

re-- ;

I -from Rocky Point to Charlotte-

Tunisia, as we all are familiar. .

Foise Fatigue From Boredom

“By Herman N. Bundesen, M-11

' t the of- Do you become tired _a _ hold chores? '1t;1I‘13.‘(§i9 9 ' 1nlS . _ W‘¥,1,‘,‘,i,f‘y,,1,:,ybe you are suffering

false fatig11€- . I . _ Generally, false fatigue 15 cans _

f th' with emotional fatigue, iciigiliclhsis almore complicated prob; lem and often requires exp“ help.

NOT REALLY TIRED

False fatigue "can make Y0“ act tired it can make Y0“ feel -tired’ but you won’t ‘really be tired. Usually, you will lose all interest in a boring task shortly after Y011 begin it. . _

All too frequently. a routine Of- fice job saps an employee Of’ 3}- most all ambition. The same is true of a routine 30b 1“ 3 factory or in the home. _ , But let’s be practical. You ve You

TWO METHODS , . There are two waysto do It- Probably the best and most DOD- ular is to take a respite from 370111‘ job every so often for a coffee break. :

Employers throughout the coun- try have recognized the value _of the coffee break. They know it in- creases “ efficiency, . especially among employees with routine,

The other Way 390 beat false fa

tion and self-discipline and time.

tdo.

STAY WITH IT -