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“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink.‘

MONDAY, JUNE 10. i946

Congratulations To Mr. King

1r is not iicci-ssziry to express wholchearted approval of lit, lloii. \\'. L. ‘Mackenzie King's regime and policies in joining with others iii congratulating him on today entering his twen- gigrh year gs Prim; Minister. Ile has created a record in this rtwpcct for this country, and, if 11c hc §llflffll u. 1,“. out his present ministry, one for the llritish linipirc, including the Illothcr Couiurv, it.» wrll. llc was chosen Lib- crzil lczidcr in .\ll\‘L't‘>>il)ll to Sir Wilfrid Izatirier m, in}; /—_ lint], and, thnnhs to Prince County providing him uith a scat, bccziiiie Prime Min- ister two YCIHN latter in succession to theHRt. llon. Arthur hlcighcii. llc has held that position ever since, \’.\C(‘l)t from lune 28th to Sept. 25. when he crctiictl a constitutional crisis, and from i\tigti>t f, 1930 to Oct. 33» 1935. “lhell the reins of govcriuiieiit were held by the present Lord Bennett. The almost unique event was Qeleibrgited in London Saturday when Mr. King was the guest of honour at a banquet of Empire statesmen at historic N0. i0 l)o\vning Street.

Prom-fer Advice

Attlee's

Those Premiers who were hesitant about allowing the Spotlight of publicity to play on the Dominion-Ihvivincial Conference, and who voic- ed a preference for holding the proceedings in caiiicrn, should pondcr the words recently spok- en hy Prime Minister Attlce of Great Britain- Addressing the first post-war Imperial press conference in London the other day, Mr. Att- lee emphasized that “no true interest of ordin- ary pcople ivris ever hampered by letting the truth be known." By placing all the facts be- fore the people, “and not simply those which support one particular case," they could best "secure and preserve the utmost possible under- standing." lle said much more to this effect, his theme being that no cause of genuine merit was cvcr hurt hy the truth.

“ln a dciiiocrzttic approach t0 the problems, which I hclicvc to he the only approach which holds out rcnl hopc for the ivorld," Mr. Attlee (lcclarctl, “there is no frcctltom more important than this. For it is a freedom which belongs not only to the press, biit to the public whose agents in this mnttcr the newspapers are: it is the frrzdom to he given the facts. national and international. on which sound iudgment can be formed. Sometimes the newspapers’ appetite for facts may prove embarrassing to the poli- ticians. llut so long as you stick to facts we have no complaint. The opinions you express on the basis of these facts are your own affair. We can have no complaint if we do not agree with them; we rmlv have a rightto complain and the public has a right lo complain when the facts are twisted or invented or when there are omissions which distort the whole picture."

If every politician would hear these state- ments in niintf. thcrc would be fewer hole-in- corner transactions and a greater likelihood of the public knowing about, and sympathiziiig with, the viewpoint of our men in public life. That applies to provincial and civic, as well as Federal, politics.

Empire Wide Publicity

"Where in Canada can you find a replica of the Devon of Old England with its undulating hills, gorgeous 'neatlows and profusion of col- our? Visit the Island Province of thc Domin- ipn-Prince Iidivard Island."

Such is the introduction to an excellent article on this Province hy Claude Laing Fisher appearing iii the IZni/iirr- Digcrl, devoted to achieving “a better knowledge and undcrstanrling of the British Commonwealth and Empire, its peoples, forms 0f government, aims and ideals." This is a really firstflau publica- tion-wrilcrs of such reptile as C. E. M. load and E. M. Forster arc contributors to the cur- rent issue—aiid it circulates widely throughout the English-speaking world. The article on Prince Edward Island is illustrated with pic- tures supplied by the P. E. I. Travel Bureau, including a double-page one occupying the cen- tre of the ‘magazine, showing a busy shipping scene at Murray Harbour. The other views are 0f. the Lake of Shining Water, the Prince of Wales College, and the lobster fishing industry.

The writer was assisted by local individuals but he seems to have gathered some at least of his information at first hand; for _l1e notes that in a cemetery at Souris there in a monument to the memory of a lady. a native of Lochaber, Scotland, who. me inscription says, "was hon- ollred ivith having thg first dance with King

' II at the Royal Ball in Edinburgh in

M: Fislierbegs leave to, differ with the ‘Fills worse lo disturb ‘lilth an ef-

be memory of the lady lfl'

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‘Poland, which, together with the liberty

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enfeebled outbursts. Moreover, there was not even a Royal Ball in Edinburgh in I313 "the" the old King might have been represented by proxy." ‘ '

All this is by the way. The writer evi- dently has nothing but admiration lDf our Is- land tourist attractions and farming and fishing advantages. Characteristic is his comment 0n “the famous Malpeque oysters recovered from the ocean beds on the North Coast," which he des- cribes as being “superior to “the more popularly known ‘blue DOinISl of the ‘New England coast." and as being "quite equal in flavour to the cele- brated Whitstable oysters of the east coast 0f England” zmdwvith “a. firmer texture.”

We couldn't ask for any better Dllbllcll)’ than this, and we certainly couldn't Rel l! l‘ we did.

- EDITORIAL NOTES — “Many happy returns" for His Majesty. i l! I U

General Crerar is to be honoured by Ox- ford University on 26th inst. by the bestow-ill 0f the honorary degree of LL-D-

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The returned men at present located at Maple Hills are peremptorily told they must gel out by Sept. i5, yet nothing is being done to provide a. comniuniy scheme under the Na- tional Housing Act: This Province is the only one which has failed in this respect.

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According to Agricultural Minister Ken- nedy of Ontario, the price of eggs has advanced only nine cents a dozen since I933, the PTlW of butter by only 8 or 9 cents a pound, and the retail price of milk is exactly the same today as it was in the year prior to the outbreak of war. But labor costs are iust about double what they iverc in 1938. Machinery and everything else the farmer has to buy has increased in cost.

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Apropos Mr. Churchlll’s ivarning, the democracies fought Germany for the liberty o‘: o other sfnall states, is being completely destroy- ed. Premier Drew, arguing appeasement, did not offer the best reason, which is that the ap- parent weakness 0n the part of the Western nations tempted Germany into two Great Wars. Russia may be equally fooled into believing that the democracies will not fight in any circum- stances. In Poland, it is now well known that Communist oppression of an unwilling major- ity is being met by widespread resiflance. Rus-

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our"? s“... r "r tn." us it. -8aakatoon Star- oeulx. or All latronomer adyn that the wave of {uvenllc crime is ue to some pecui u- marks on the base of the sun. And nor eno l: Deeullar marks on the eon. —G-ue1ph Mezcury.

on“: ‘it’? h"? °°".ll'“‘ii.i°‘ a en suspe y e19 Production because o! elm e of materials due to strikes in cede!- lndiutrlea and the Unified States ooal strike. strikes can become boomerangs. muse who plan them appear to need somfio

the matter of co-relu n of indus- try. -Brantford Expositor.

No strike on record ever pp- pmaohed 1n size or paralyzing ef- eet the One that occurred ln Russia in 1006 when mwt of the nation united 1n a mes-s demonstration against the Cu: because of his mfuaal to give the people repre- sentative overnment. Collier’; re- calls. rig the short time the strike lasted. the economic llfe of the country was at n standstill an ever; domestic servants ceased wor . .

The wont habit of all fa the habit of keeping borrowed books. Here again the piibilc library creates habits which sic lnlmicul to the private library. The public library fines people who do not return the books they have borrowed; the private owner of books cannot do so. and when this spur ls lat-king borrowers are y to forget they have borrovred. -—Petei‘borough Examlner. ,

One of the oldest houses ln the world still in possession of the or nal ownin family ls the ances- tru seat of t. e Oglanders in the village of Nunweli on the Isle of Wight, a‘ few miles off the south coast of Elngland The home has been occupied successively try 2'1 generations of the. family since ll. was built by Myer ogianuer soon after he came over from Normangg with William the Conqueror ln 10 . —Coll1er's Magazine

“To keep properly posted about your new count ~ can give you no better advice an to rend your daily newspaper. It is a complete fund n1’ knowledge of news and events both here and abroad." These are the words "f Judge J. H Mc- Donald of Sault ste. Marie address- ed to nine aspirants for Canadian citizenship, 1n His advice was given special point when one of the a pllcanln could not even name the anodtan prime minister. the premier of Ontario- or even the mayor of Sault Ste. lldarle. —8u t. Ste Marie star

There is more freedom of though; in England than in America. Rev.

sia is no more likely to keep Poland happy under Tsar Stalin than was the case under predecessor Tsars.

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Mr. Glenn Keith Cowan, B.Sc., graduate of Montreal Presbyterian College, and recent- ly demobilized Lieutenant in C. N. R. V. has been appointed executive secretary of the new, Montreal Branch of the Canadian Red Cross. Mr. Cowan is a sour: of the Rev. Dr. C. L. Cowan 0f Hamilton, Ont, and has recently returned from “four vrs naval service to ac- cept disappointment? He will be in charge of reorganizing the vast wartime Organization of the Red Cross in Montreal to suit the task of ful- filling the heavy peacetime commitments which the Red Cross has taken on for the clothing of European children and other necessary work. He is a well-known iournalist as well. a. contribu- tor to Saturday Night and other publications, on international and social questions

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Peacetimc compulsory training as proposed by the Legion, says,Mon_trcal Gazette, would commit Canada neither t0 participate in an- other ivar nor to support overseas resistance to the menace of aggression against Canada. In- deed, the piospect is that should there be an- other war In which Canada was involved. the actual attack this country would have to fend off would be on or very near Canadian soil. Under such circumstances there would be no issue as to the "despatch of Canadian forces to over- seas theatres of war, voluntarily or otherwise. But there would be~,a pressing and immediate need for men with basic training of the type that could be given by preparatory instruction and discipline in peacetime.

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U Luis De Camoeiis, Portugal's greatest poet, died this date I580; born iii Lisbon of noble descent, fell in love with a lady of the Royal Court whose parents disapproved; and he was banished from the capital; his sweetheart Donna Caterina dc Ataide remained constant in her affections, and bade him a learfulfarewell when he left for service in Indiafrom which he did not return for sixteen years. During this per- iod of foreign service Ciimoens wrote his mast- erpieqc Tlu Lusiades, on the explorationsiof Vasco da Gama; like Robert Burns, he experi- enced a rather hectic existence, but in his love for Caterina he remained tnie to her till her death; he himself died in poverty of the plague in a public hospital: '4 Just like love is yonder rose. Heavenly fragrance round it throws, Yet tears its dewy leaves disclose, And in the midst of brists it blows just like love. - . a a s e

An editorial in London Standard on Primef Minister King cited Canadaswar record with her accompanying expansion of industry. ny- ing that Canada is ',‘the_ molt export-mlndedfif. nations." "Discover-vol ‘the atom bomb has eu-

ada‘: uranium deposlli. tlie editorial continued»; "The considered opinloni of the vmnier 51nd this puissant: country too‘ pond. ' ' therefore demand the, closest frudy," the old. amine Mn Klfln amount! ‘House of Commons use‘ December in t! for “some ‘lurr ‘dei- a! _ Studio-c dltfial. m" vngtlui dill-lug‘ thermal . ‘n-‘W i “no ,i

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hanced Canadian influence," because of Cult-i l‘

Joseph Flort. Newton writes in "River of Years". Liberty. in fact means a different tilting 1n England from what it does with us In England it signifies the flfhl. to think. feel and act. dlffereniy from other people With us l: is the right lo | develop according to a standardized uiltit-ude of thought and conduct If one deviates from that standard or pa-ttem he is "strovlfzed lntollzie ‘by the lash of cplnon. We think in a kind of lock-step movement.-

More and more voices are being added to the demand for ar. amend- ment to the Criminal Code which wt make parentscupable for the deaths of children left; alone ln their homes It is urllod that: thI-‘se guilty should face trial for manslaughter. ‘Ihere unddtibteul should be such a law, but even est would not o far enough. lbility 511mm not occur only after a fatality. A charge should tie against. any par- ents who leave ciilldren unprotect- ed i their homes even lf no lire breaks out. Whsz; we want is no: mere punishment for the tragic death of infants but prevention of tne otmditiofls which invite it. Windsor Star.

The Central Experimental Farm at Ottawa ts now celebrating ‘its slxtleth year. Fxtabilslied in 1868. it; was the foundation of a system of such farms which has own to number twenty-eight, dgflbllflfirl strategically from coast to coast. Its first director ayes William Saund- ere. the father of Sir Clmrles Saun- Hers. the creator of Marquis wheat. No other single factor has contri- buted so much 30 the development of better agricultural methods and improved stocl: and rains as the Experimental Farm. ante rise of its founders. has been more him ustlfled by the millions of dollars ts work has b-nught to Canadian mifulture, Toronto Globe and

When Viscount Alexander. whose family seat is at Oalcdon. Ooun-tv Tyrone. settles down in Ottawa. it is lhle that he will take an my opportunity of visiting the little Onarlo t-iwn of Caledon. thinks Em ire Dlywt. Here he will find a. lln with his andlfaflier. the third Eat] of Cesedori, who aerv Coldsti-vsm

century ago. the Canadian town not its name On the outskirts of the Northern Inland village of the same name sand-s a lofty mountain in mwiory this other great soldier. Around his landmark Viscount. Alexander tle dream-

used to

in; that: one day he would become Governor-General of the country in i8 mend-father served with distinction The first “ in Oaledom. Ontario, migrated from the Tyrone village.

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Iiomanello of lwellln tells of a Ch so marriage at which he p11 fated. The girl was very bash- itl and u the nod

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PUBLIC FORUM

MAECHIONESS Oil‘ READING SAYS "THANKS"

Bin-May I ask the courtesy of The Guardian to express to the peopl Edward Island. the appreciation I have tried to convey to each Province for their generous gifts sent to Great Bri- teil-n? I am so truly dis eluted not to have been able to v slt your ovlnce in person, ln order to express to your very splendid or- Ianlzutlons some measure of the feeling-there ls in our country for their fine efforts during these last years. The Women's Voluntary Services ln Greet Britain. have trad the distribution of e vaiit number of these contributions, and we know well how much your gift: have done to help alleviate distress. I should have liked to have told all those who Participated, how truly we have va ued not only the gift, but the plrlt in which it was made, and the intangible strength of friendship and mwtiragement which accompanied all your con- slinments.

As I leave Canada today, I send my best wishes to all those whom this will reach, and an expression of the very deepest appreciation for all their efforts and snerlflres made on our behalf. in the British Isles.

I am. Sir. etc. STELLA READING. Chairman.

THE GBIM HARVEST

Elm-In a recent article. a-ri ab- undant nerves-l. for Prince Edward Island for 1946 was expected. ‘Iliere 15. “Illwillnllwly. a "Grim Harvest" of accidents shat. occur on our famis and in our farm homes every

. A eport from the that fifty-

farm dwellers will die every

day in 1M6 and 1947 and that; three farm people will be lnjuizri in ac- cidents every minute in that coun- try. This niocldim toll in based on the last norrrriu-l peacetime year

of 1941.

The mom! for Canada ls prob- ably in proportion, and we might. well follow President; Truman's lead. He has declared the week of July ZI-Wth National lllann Pointy

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The rurel-ilrban commirlke cf the Charlottetown Rotary Club wish at this time to sums 3 points for such a campaign: i Make every farm» resident realize that, he or she must learn what hazards there are on the farm. in the nome, and on the highway. 2 Ask every farm resid- ent to coo he In eliminating such uis' unsafe buildings; junlhfllled

his court. recently. w d;

s; boards with misty nails; sta ng fires with kerosene; storing flammable liquids ln un- marked containers: drivl cars or trucks with faulty brakes, tghts, or windshield wipers; machinery with,- out safeguards. 3 Point out that: farming is a way of life as well as an occu tlon and that even the eilnrinat ki-all- mechanical baa- rds will not stop accidents UNLES every person on the farm adopts safe living habits. developing ‘the tienden to do things the r hr way AL the time. and insisting on ood house-tree 1m in the born. ln fire field. an the home. Let each one resolve never knowingly to violate a commonsense safely

I am, Sir, etc J.A. CLARK

Che. r. Rural-Urban {iornmlt- tee of the Chas-lotte-

town Rotary Club

Crown Companies

(Ottaviiamurnal)

A Government bill extending the Cabinet's power. taken during one war. to maintain Crown companies ls miettng with opposition inParlla- me

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The opposition‘ ls laudable.

What, roughly, is a. Crown oom- pony’! A Omwn company is a Gov- ernment device 5o gee awn from

lng and firing of employee. 1n the fixing of salaries and in the pay- filbfil "“"‘..,§“...' #522. fééfil; admlnlstrat ve duties. Crown 00119- gznlesdimny take fltffiiargyt pen rig u w i3 $310: tfiigncertzsil rincl 1e of em s remo u rom ea w Board and parliamentary eon- o . Now it may be a liven set of

admitted that in

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thi . in rlnclple. the

cnifuun n ldmi iibuws u a

, Hydro-Elect- rlc Power Commission. But: tt. is one infl to come to Parliament with a b l settlngqilp a slnlle Crown

un a given net of cir-

cempanlea at ts own

whim The first seeks mere

a certain in a way

to be molt. eficlent; the armed involves a policy.‘ a Principle.

Canada ls a parliament-en coun-

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toll the ' ditawllnltacloae. , gnu. who menu-

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The Tobacco of Guilty

“CANADA'S OIICINAL I AIOIUTIC UPI IOIAQCO‘

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r try; we believe or profeasto be- ilevtndllr; pdrllflxtllfiflm control of eicpcn ures o pu moneys. 1n Momentary uudlb. That is the earl; of representative gotvemment. Accordingly and despite departures from the ptlncl 1e. despite exceps- ions to the e for ends consid- ered sensible, is it the part of wls dom. or a part. of our way of life, to enter ghtily upon a course whwh gupursu loo u" might destroy

principle altogether?

A Crown compo set u; by a. Minster, has its on tnl fun s (rais- ed by taxes) e1??- ed it ,by the gov- ernment, and i l; loses m-mey, the Government pays the deficits. It is a retly long departure from the prin ple of parliamentary control to leave such a com y with the right to determine e number nl its own employee. to fix their sal- aries, to incur any bills 1t feels like incurring That precisely is what. happen-s in such (flown coni-