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THURSDAY, DEC. 23, 1954

Holiday Traffic

There is a world of difference between celebrating Christmas at home and in the hospital. Driving conditions could hardlyi be worse than at this season. The hours of daylight are short and the extra illumin-' ation in use at this time can be a hazard! to the unwary. Streets and highways arel In dangerous condition and the condition ofi many of those using them is to say the least stlspcct.

The Christmas spirit should include care to make allowance for the unexpected be- haviour of other users of the road. Pedestrians who collide in the rush of lastl minute shopping or merrymaking can: smile and go their way none the worse-I When a car is involved, however, the result can spoil more than the holiday.

A first requisite of safe driving at this- time is to keep speeds well below what is normally considered safe. At the same time It is necessary to keep more than usually alert and actually exercise, the courtesy that should be shown at all times.

So serious is this danger of death and injury on the highways at Christmas that the President of the United States called for a nation-wide campaign to reduce the fatality rate. In Canada and in this Prov- ince there is the same threat to happiness at what should be the most joyous season of the year. It is up to every one of us to do everything possible to keep tragedy away from our celebrations.

The Best Drink Of All

Believing that what their product needs II more publicity, the dairy farmers of New England-more than 10,000 of them-- have decided to go after it in a big way. According to a Boston exchange, they are raising 5ISl25,0()0 to spend next year to in- crease niilk consumption in New England. Their publicity campaign will be educa- tional as well as promotional. If they can persuade the public to whom they are ap- pealing to drink three glasses of milk per day per capita, their surplus milk problem will be solved and the consumers will be the gainers in health.

Why not makn the campaign general Ehroughout the continent? New England producers intend to show that milk sur- pluses are the best proof that the American people are not using enough milk for good health. The same applies to Canada. In this banner dairy Province of the Mari- times, how much milk is consumed in liquid form daily? It might well be twice the amount, with no great strain on the family budget. Indeed, the result would probably show a balance on the credit side, for milk is the cheapest food that one can buy, and the best. And it is a drink for an epicure, as Premier Mendes-France demonstrated zcstfully at entertainments given for himp at Washington and Ottawa. Pictures show- ed him at cocktail parties with his favourite glass in hand--a tumbler of delectable fresh milk-his face wreathed in smiles and his lips smacking appreciatively. What wouIdn'tl a brewery or distillery corporation do with pictures like that, if the French Premier had been shown quaffing their particular product? In this and a few other Provinces liquor advertising is banned, although it cc ies through nevertheless in mainland pubIlcatlons- But there is no law anywhere to prevent. the dairy industry from capital- izing on this publicity windfall, and using it to spark a nation-wide drive which would raise the industry itself out of the d01- drums, and benefit all concerned.

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Eisenhower's Trade Policies

It is reported that President Eisenhower h preparing, as soon as the new U. S. Con- gress convenes in January, to advance his freer trade policies on three separate fronts. First, he is expected to ask for implementa- tion of the Randall Report, which would extend the reciprocal trade agreements legislation for three years and make pos- sible, some further tariff reductions in sys- tematic stages. He did not care tp risk those recommendations to the present Con- gress, with an election pending. and consent- ed to a make-shift, one-year extension of the existing law.

Secondly, he will ask the Congress to give its formal approval to the General Agrcundnt on Tariffs and Trade, which was pagoda, by the ,'f'ru:nsn government and the authority of the reel-

approve a new trade agreement with Japan. Public hearings on such an agreement are getting under way now and may be ex- pected to reveal a sharp difference of opin- ion in the business community. The Presi- dent seems determined to follow in general Canada's policy of trade with Japan, rather late in the day.

Besides expanding international trade di- rectly, he is hoping to expand it indirectly by continuation of foreign aid on a reduced but substantial scale, especially in Asia, and by the establishment of the proposed Inter- national Finance Corporation. with capital of S100 millions, to encourage private in- vestment in the industry of under-developed countries.

All this, notes an exchange, falls far short of the kind of foreign trade policy which many foreign nations, such as Brit- ain and Canada, have long desired. But it would be a great step forward and it would definitely avoid the danger of a step back- ward down the slippery slope of trade re- striction.

Soviet Subtlety

The enslaved press and radio of the Soviet Union and her satellites are busy ex- tracting the utmost propaganda value from the recent Moscow conference on ”European security."

Invitations to the conference, it will be recalled. were extended by the Kremlin to the western powers as well, but were flat- ly rejected on the ground that no discus- sions on European security could properly take place until ratification of the Paris accord-

Moscow's "European security" confer- ence has, therefore, been made to serve the purpose of playing upon the fears of Poland, Czechoslovakia and the satellite countries in the Balkans concerning the re-armament of West Germany. Public meetings have been arranged in all Iron Curtain countries to emphasize the supposed menace of German military resurgence. Meanwhile, the Krem- lin has been at pains to make it clear that no commitments of a firm or decisive nat- ure were taken at Moscow conference and that the situation will again be reviewed with a view to putting into effect "joint measures concerning the organization of their armed forces and their Command" only after ratification of, the Paris agree- ment.

Such a pronouncement may mean much or little. In the interim, however, it serves the Kremlin's purpose of keeping the free world guessing as to Soviet intentions, which, along with propaganda, appears to have been the sole purpose for which the Moscow conference on ”European security" I was called.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Halifax is traditionally an army town and cannot forget it. The circumstance that it also happens to be a seaport and must put up with the presence of seamen

seems to be regarded as a misfortune. C I O

The closing of the ports of Montreal and; Quebec is a perennial Christmas present to: Halifax, Saint John and Portland, Maine. There is generally some controversy, how-. ever, as to which is the most deserving.

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In Florida, visitors and natives have found it necessary to invest in warm cloth- ing and fuel while December in the Marl- times has until now been unseasonably mlld.. It may be assumed, however, that naturep and the weatherman will get things straight- ened out.-

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Britain in the spring it seems. The I designation of constituency boundaries has' been postponed until after the Christmas re-' cess and members and others will require af reasonable time to adjust to the expectcdl

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A private study in Washington indicates that from 1975 to the end of the century, 80 per cent of all new generating capacity installed in the United States will be atom- powered. Within the next 20 years about twice as much electric power will be furn- ished by the atom as is generated now by waterpower. This would seem to be the age when proximity to sources of conven- tional power becomes much less important than factors such as nearness to raw ma- terials and markets and the will to make progress.

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Thomas Robert Malthus, British political economist, died this date 1834. After a distinguished scholastic career he entered the Anglican Church. He had already begun to write on economic subjects and in 1798 he wrote and published anonymously the famous "Essay on the Principle of Popula- tion as it affects the Future Improvement 41 Society.” This work led Darwin b munclatc his theory of nstunl selection.

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Link With Si. Columba

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The Island of Iona, off the West coast of Scotland, where st. Columbn landed from Ireland in 583 and founded a monastery. is the base of a remarkable religious community whose two-fold aim is the training of students-and the restoration of the centuries - old abbey. The movement. was founded in 1938 by Dr. George F. MacLeod. whose purpose was ”to try to dis- cover how the teachings of Celtic Christianity could keep pace with a rapidly changing social order and become again a fort-eiin Scotland."

Dr. MacLcod subscribed to the Cl'll'lSllIlIIl assertion that "man was meant. to work, to create in his work. to better himself nnd his iiclzzlilmr. to enjoy the moment of living”. And so. like Cnlumbn, he went to Ionn, to work at the re-I building of the abbcy and to apply

modern life the principles of the Saint who took Clirlstlanlty to pugnu Scn:..ind and crllated peace between Illlr warrilig Plctish tribes, He rc.:rll;".l his disciples from ministers lresh from the divinity hails. from young people in thclr late ”lcrn:. and from r tsmcn and churmmen from all walks of

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All the members of the com- munity share in the work of re- building the abbey. on which rapid progress in now being made with the help of gifts of money and materials from many parts of the world. For example, the refectory has been built with New zealnnd money and timber given by sympa- thlzers in Norway. The wall of the clolsters is now complete, and on It is mounted a belfry with I his- toric bell which was cast. in 1640 and once hung in the Palace of st Stephen's, Westminster. Out.- sido building work on the clolstcrs. for which money was donated from the United Stats, and the main

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NOTES BY

Canada might take a leaf from the report of a British committee which urges government control of air pollution by motor vehicles. If you don't think this necessary, stand for ten minutes outside the Post Office on Dalhousie street any evening around five and then read something about the harm- ful effects of carbon monoxide.- Brantford Expositor.

The problems of contemporary art. are not merely problems of popularizlng strange-looking pic- tures. Art. touches life in so many ways that its problems have sig- nificance and value oven for those who consider themselves to have no particular "appreciation" for art. The "art for art's sake" no- tlon went down the drain long ago. - Winnipeg Tribune.

Now ifs the time of the big sloop for the bees, the bears, and oven the buds of the plants that shed their leaves. And the intensity of this winter sleep, or hibernation, depends on who's doing it. Will Barker, in the Natural Hlislory Magazine, deals with this subject as follows: The big sleep of tile bears, for instance. would prob- ably be considered I might? lev- ere case of insomnia by me woodchuck. The woodchuck goes in for sleeping in A big way and often puts in s solid six months of it - almost double the time the black bear spends in drowsing the winter days away. - Guelph Mercury.

How can papa teach the chil- dren Iahat a penny saved is a Penny earned; early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy. wealthy and wise, when he him- self is 3236 in debt to the instal- ment creditor. goes to bed late, and gets up just in time to catch the last commuting express? 'Ilhat's the 364 question which we will not try to answer. - St. Cathar- ines Standard.

In India. Premier Nehru is be. ing suddenly aroused to the reality of the Communist menace to his country, Communists are organiz- ing a nation-wide strike of 50,000 bank employees. In private elec- tions in the Sikh community of East Junjab, Communists and their allies are winning a landslide vic- tory over candidate hacked by Nehru. As a result. after a long pcriod of nestling close to Malenkov and Maotse Tuna. Nehru is be- coming harshly focal. Nehru's criticism is that the Indian Com-

munists insist nn looking for ;1V!llil"llt'C and in niration to Rus- sia :1 III China i:i:hcr than to their own homelunrl. If the p"cmiC-r has

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far behind tl'c western demo- cracies. whiz-n have long realized in whom thtlr nun Cunlmilnisls yield allegiance. - Chatham Daily News.

when a problem arises and a call for llrig is made. past experi- r-nre discourages the prospect that the call will hc immediately ansm-Ir-rl. Tlwrp are so many good rcnsons why snmcthing can- not be done. More likely the Ip- peal will meet with the reply that it should have come earlier and that. it. is too late to do anything now. Or it will be point ” out

terences. Thus continuity is pro- vlded for s thriving movement which is making a. stimulating can- trlbution to the life of Scotland.

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that there is a long waiting list. The appeal may take the form of a written request. In that case. it will be pointed out that the request has been incorrectly pre- pared, addressed to the wrong per- son or lacks essential signatures. Or the answer may be that ev- erybody is away now and this is Saturday and nothing can be done until next week. How refreshing it is then, instead, to encounter a person who, in reply to the appeal. says cheerfully, "Don't worry, I'll attend to it right away."-Guelph Mercury.

The Age Old Story

I have seen the wicked in great. power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away. and, 10, he was not: yea. I sought. him, but he could not be found.

DISTRIBUTE PARCELS

TAPLOW, England (CP)--More than 100 Christmas parcels pre- pared by members of the Canadian Junior Red Cross Wednesday were distributed to children at the Can- adian Red Cross Memorial Hospital

in this Buckinghamshire village. The parcels, sent. by schoolchildren in Toronto and Montreal, were given to young arthritis patients. E..m.s...m.

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CHRISTMAS

-, Back in the early 1920': Dr. J. Paterson-Smyth. l a

Canadian scholar and theologian, wrote a little book called "A People's Life of Christ." I happen to have s copy of it in my library; and now and then, for lltexary enioyment as well in spiritual benefit.--which always comes from good serious reading,-secular or religious-I take it down for perusal. I am sure that what. he wrote about the life of Jesus could not. fail to inspire anyone to a more spiritual consideration and a better under- standing of the real meaning of Christmas. For.t.hat reason it. oc- curred to me last. n' ht. as I was looking the book ov that a few brief excerpts would be welcome to readers of this column.

"The first thing that strikes one about this birth of Jesus." he wrote. "-so utterly unlikely, so almost incredible at first sight- is the simple. ordinary way in which the great event took place. If He had come with mighty cataclysm and tending of the heavens. that was to be looked for. But to come in this simple ordinary way!

"And yet, on second thought. is not this God's method in working all His wonders”! Is it. not. 'just like hlm' as we say? That is how they do things in that ternal World. In the building of the oak, in the making of a planet, in the wonder of the dawn. in the mir- acle of the yellow liurvest--Llmt se,ems God's method always. quiet, simple. unnoticed.

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”So Jesus came in utter un- expected simplicity; not VHII1 pump or glory in rerding of the heavens. but quietly, as the dew comes. or the dawn. Here is a stupendous happening. beyond the grasp of thought, and so easily does it. blend with the simplest elements of life around us that we feel some difficulty in retain- ing any wonder and awe. One feels almost as if reading an or- dinary village chronicle."

"Did over baby enter this world in lowlier guise? On the earthly side just a stable. a manger, the cattle in the stalls, a woman wrapping her baby in swacldllng clothes. And do we not. lovq Him all the more for it? Somehow it would spoil the picture if He had been born in a palace with prin- cesses t.o wait on Him and high priests in attendance."

After describing the historical events leading up to the Incarna- tion Dr. Paterson-Smyth goes on to write what he calls the "other half of the story."

"The angels are c ming in. Two worlds are in t e picture. We must keep the whole picture in view, else the story will go wrong. In studying the life of Christ we must always keep in

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"No part of the Christ. Istory has so touched our imagination as this lnrush from the other World;' how its music swelled, and died over the pasture fields of Bethlp hem with its glad tidings of great joy which should be to all people; how the hosts of Heaven as they listened could not restrain their delight. breaking forth in the eternal anthem of their World- above-Glory to God in the High. est! ' i

"But unless we keep habitually in mind that. other World, -that e a, g e r, interested. enthusiastic World. its very wonder Jud beauty tend to separate it from us, to make the picture of mg angels from Heaven lrather misty and cloudlike beside that of the manger and the baby on thg earth. Now. that must. not be. Any haziness as to the reality and close presence of that other World puts the whole story out of gear. For this is no mere exquisite poetic fancy. hallowed by sweet associations of childhood. It is just. part of the story of the Baby and the swaddling clothes. Both must. go together. Both are equal. ly real. It takes both to com. plete the picture."

”Jesus, to Whom that World was His native sir. llwnyg n. the two world: together. H. speaks of Angels and I-Ioavon and spirits as familiarly as we speak of our friends. When He look. upon a little child on gum, 1.1. sees also its guardian urgsl, 1;, feels that native World of His ml around Him. always intorostod 3 our world.

"Every incoming of God gm. human life, every spiritual uplift which this world received, is in. gun in that other world buoy. we know anything about It hon. It is known on that side long before its manifestation on this side. Think, then, how we won” expect such a stupendous projoct as this Incarnation of the Into;-nj Son to have boon acclaimed in Heaven at the beginning, and 1d. lowed with adoring interest when the stage was shifted to earth; and we shall see how fittlngly comes in the, angel Joy that night over the glad tidings that should be to all people, 'Unto you is born this day in the city of David Saviour Who is Christ the I.oM'.E

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