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TllE IIIIARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Founded in 1887)

Inident Ueut. Cal. W. Cheater S. Mclmn Vlco-President: .|. n. Burnett. I-I-l- Qgcfcln J: Lleut. Col. D. A. MncKinnon, 0.8.0. Editor and Managing Director; .|. It. Burnett, FJ-I. Associate Editors: Frank Walker nil U"!- Ill A. Burnett, R.C.N.V.Il.. (On Actlvo Service)

“The Strongest Memory in Weaker Than the Weakest Ink." “°"”.“"_'§E‘_'_“'_F“_'E"P_‘°; .19.“ __

Salvation Army

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'l'odav secs the oplning in Commurllllffl RCYO>S Czinzltla, with a few (‘Xlfllllonh 0f m‘ Salvation Army's National Home Front pea] {or $1,500,000 required to make up deficit 0n operations and to carry On tilt WOTk 119x‘ vear. _ ' Air Marshal, \\'. A. Bishop, V. C., chair- mun uf the National .\|,lvis0ry Board 0f the Salvation \rnr\, in a statement frOm OIYQW-"l asking witig stijipnrt of the campaign, declared that 11,8 $i_;0o,ooc> ask-ed was a small sum for the supimi-x of Zl social service organilatiml 0i Such in“ ...-;,-u~,.~t» 1o Canada.

luf-uuiziiioii on the uses to which the Sal- omon _\rnl\' put its funds showed that more than 1/» pi-r uvut of the outlay in 1944 had been work among veterans and their .\ir Marshal Bishop. The icar was expected to be con-

, he said.

ill .\rmy activities in the commun- ities in whi '. if operated accounted for 33 pct‘ “my '1": work ivzis for the regeneration 0f people a l much of it could be classified as re- hzibil" a work among the non-veteran pop-

on rchzihiliiurl-ii dcpcnrh 51%. fulal uullni

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Xnothcr 2,‘ per cent was for social service. [hulcr l'll< hauling came the chain of women's and chilihcuk" in-tizutions and hospitals across fmtgda, 1b.; pyiniu work in all large cities, men's social work and the operation of hostels.

The llfllllllCE was devoted to the main- tenance of Frilvation .-\rni_v missionaries sent out from Canada. divisional, national and interm- tional headquarters, training costs and the pen- sions fund.

What Britain Lost

The report that Canada is following the lead of the L'nited States in discontinuing her mutual aid to fellow Lnited Nations raises dis- quieting thoughts of ingratitude in the minds nf those who are aware of the tremendous sacrifict-s Great Britain has made.

lt is commonplace to sly that Britain I135 been econoniictillv bled white in the recent war but the scale of its impoverishment, when re- dzicc/i m figures, i5 difficult to grasp. The London lfnmomis! has been calculating the drain on Britain's treasure and concludes:

"It can be said that the British interna- tional financial position has deteriorated since i930 by six billion pounds or twenty-five bil- lion dollars. To pllt the figure in perspective, it might be mentioned that the maximum sum suggested to be imposed on Germany at repar- ations appears to be twenty billion dollars. The cost ofwictory, it would appear, is heavier than the cost of defeat."

Britain's loss of twenty-five billions in cap- ital is made up of several items. It has had to lell off or has lost eight: billions of its overseas investments. If has incurred debts in the sterl- ing area, especially to India of twelve billions. In addition, The Economist reckons that in the reconstruction period Britain will have trading deficits, which must be covered by further debt, to the amount of five or six billions.

This impoverishment was incurred by Britain not for itself alone, but for the Allies. A; Th; Economist says:

"When in 1940, Californian labor and American materials made military aircraft on British orders the whole business was, in any meaning of the words, part of the war effort of the United States-but it was paid for by Britain. \\'hen Indian factories are equipped to produce ammunition for the Fourteenth Army fighting the laps in Burma that, in a realistic assessment, is part of the Indian war effnrt—but it is paid for by Britain."

'l"hese are facts which must never be for- gotten by the nations like Canada which have accounts outstanding against Britain, and which uvrd llriti-li liusiur-s for their own prosperity. Ilruain is an honorable bankrupt, as Lord Hali- fax says, but it became such on behalf of the whole civilized world.

For A Boiler Opposition

Illost people will be much in favor of the plans being made by the Progressive Conserva- five party for the Dominion session of Parlia- ment nnw imdtrr way, SflyS the [financial Post.

Most significant of those plans is the organization of Progressive Conservative M.P.'s into committees. liach is given the responsibil- itv and duty of su-attiug up on a particular plnsq of government, learning its problems. ap- praising and investigating the policies 0f ad- ministration which that branch of government gets imdor fhc present government. A! the present and ‘~lll|'~l'I|llCl‘ll sittings of Parliament this new lvuowlvdgv will help give them an in- formed and roustriiciive opinion to express.

This scht-lne is excellent. It ls l wise and timely’ recognition of the fact that democratic government in the modern world is an im- mcnsclv comyJvx business: that it deals with many problems about which the average M. P. cannot be r-xpt-ctcil to lmvc many or anv sound filllllitrtl- without prior ili-citssion.

lf the plan doe- Pvt-n a little to make the mc-mlu-rs lirllvr informed on problems of gov- rrmm-nt. mow rzlcrl in examining policies and practicr». of lhc governing party, the Bracken scheme will be worth while, the Ron declares.

It concludes:

"The system of Parliamentary Govern- ment is the best defense of our liberty. Reviv- ing and improvement of that system is vital. From the Socialist we can expect nothing ex- cept cynical use of its forms and procedures, then, if they achieve power, its destruction and subjugation to the dictates of the Ruling Party.

"The Conservative organization for effect- ively and intelligently‘ doing the parliamentary job of ‘His Majesty's Loyal Opposition’ is be commended." .

-E DI TURIAL NU I ES-

It is not knowing so much of what is going on, but knowing so much that lS not so, that causes annoyance and misunderstanding.

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The voice of Prince Edward Island is once more being heard in the Federal Parliament— Mr. McLure in the Commons and Senator Robinson in the Senate.

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All the Boys Overseas will be back in our midst not later than the New‘ Yfial‘. 0111“?! l"- forms us. Herculean efforts will have to be made t0 find jobs for them, if we are not mice more to lose the flow-cr of our vouth.

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LicuL-Col. Reid is an ideal choice as Director of Physical Fitness for the Province. He is, and ever has been, enthusiastic in Boy Scouting, and before the war had one of the most successful troops as Scoutmaster at 'l'rin~ n» .- a e a

The Boy Scouts continue to be one of the livest and most popular Youth Movements in the province, and deserve stipport from all sorts and conditions of people in city, towns and rural (listricts. The Nlovement is well-organ- ized, intelligently and enthusiastically conduct- ed, and altogether a crcdit to the community as well as the Dominion. The boys love it.

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Now’ that rehabilitation is the order of the day, or should be, do not let us overlook the fact that no community ever gets the better of its |)'\0l'. Some aggressive citizens live by their neighbour's stupidity, Some by his vanity or vices. But let us never forget the poor man liver by charity in the Biblical sense. A great saying, little understood in a world dominated by the idea 0f the survival of the fittest, com- mercially, mentally and physically.

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William the Conqueror died this date I037; while sojourning in Norway early in that year he sought t0 recover from King Philip l of France certain territory seized some years be- fore; he had become abnormally corpuleut, and while directing his soldicry, his horse stumbled and threw him causing a rupture of the belly which proved fatal after some weeks in his sixty-first year. His follmvers deserted him, his hody was left almost nude, and was buried by monks, without the presence of any relatives or my one who cared for him; such was the end of one of the greatest potcntates who ever lived— one who had driven human beings before him like cattle, but never induced anv one to lovc him, not even one of his own children.

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A striking disclosure was made in a Mont- real court of the enormous profits of Fur Sales Auction Companies. Mr. Abel F. Feldmau, fur merchant and shareholder in the Canadian Fur Sales Company Ltd. attempted to restrain the directors from selling out to the New York Auc- tion Company of Canada, claiming that the $30,000 per annum for the next 15 years agreed on represented only about 50 per cent of the profits during the past 25 years. The Presi- dent, Mr. Frank H. Pingree, president and gen- eral manager of the Company, admitted that the Company's profits since I922, after jiaying income tax and excess profits tax. had aver- aged upwards 0f $60,000 per year.

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The work of the Royal Navy Minesweepers is likely to last for another eighteen months at least. _M0re than 260,000 mines were sown dur- ing the last five years in great belts which be- lzan 2o to 30 miles Off-shore round the coast of Britain from Duncansby Head at the northeast tip of Scotland to the Thames Estuary, to pro- tect coastwise shipping. Today- more than a hundred minesweepers and trawlers maimed by 7,000 men are at work clearing this defensive mine barrier. In addition to these known bclfs there is a major supplementary tasl<—the clear-

ance of mines laid by cncmj" aircraft in thc waters between the British barriers and thc coast. In the words of the navy this work has to be done “inch by inch" as meticulous care is necessary because German airmen can only give the approximate areas in which they dropper! mines. The ivholc of these arcas must be combed again and again in the most dangerous job of all for minesweepers. I U U V

The Battle of Flodden was fought yester- day's date I513, resulting in the defeat and death Of the Scottish King jamcs 1\', the slaughter 0f nearly thirty of his nobles and chiefs, and the

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The secret of how leaflets were scattered on Germmy when m, A]. 119d Blfcrlft hld been over the Remi- ll 110W out. They were released from bllloonl fitted with fuses burning at the rate of Qne inch ln slx minutes. The fuse could be adjusted to 13st up to 818111 hours and to drop leaflets at (rieflulaghlnfirivials. After its b was

one e a oon ex loded mid- Bir. — Christian Bcenco Monitor.

Moscow build have asked the f0!‘ films. Plans literature SlWV/lnl how various types of homes are built in Bntnln. Rus- sian building e m m4 “ch31.

sten n. special show- lnz of fllms of Brltlah buildings and estates. The Financial News reports that ll; is anticipated that many British methods will be em. Dlflyed by the Boflet Ln reconstruc- tion wo .

organizations nited Kingdom

Patients It the Army Air Forces Convalescent Hospital at Platts- burg. N.Y., will be the first to trv Out a musical instrument that works like a typewriter, called the TVpatune" by its manufacturer, the Electronic Corporation of Am- EFICH. 45 West, Eighteenth Street. The instrument looks like a port- able typewriter, weighs five pounds and pla s a full range of classical or popu ar music from a standard fyllewriter keyboard, the company announces. - New York Herald- Tribune.

The word "im sslble" must not be allowed to aunt. us. A cen. fury ago men would have said that, the present development of the world's resources was impos- slble. The fact. is that 1n this age of science. of creative imagina- tlon and inventive skill, the word "impossible" has practically ceased to have meaning. The staggering social problem, which ls war, has to be solved or the world commits suicide. It can be solved by the (leliberag exercise of the collective intelligence of mankind. The na- lions of the world can have peace -lf they want lt enough. - Hall- fox Herald.

_The citizens of a world newly liberated from war must expect to hear harsh words spoken in haste, and strange charges burst out of the silence of long repression, They must expect mem, and must leam to guard against them, to retain the consciousness of responsi- bility of vnar years while sampling the freedom of peace. For though the lid 1s off and the old taboos no longer hold, the acrld smell of powder ls still in the alr; the dls- torted shapes of destruction still deface the earth; the final toll of the dead ls still unnamed-and the fearsome shadow of the atomic bomb is over all-New York Her- old-Tribune.

There are enormous gaps in our knowledge that need to be filled. It is little short of a disgrace that after centuries we are n0 nearer w the conquest of cancer, arthri- tls, heart failure and the degenera- tive diseases, It ls a. disgrace that millions of chemical compounds re- main to be discovered-compounds of which many will be of im- mense importance. It is a dls- grace tlmt we cannot predict what the weather will be a fortnight hence in Chicago or New York. It. is n dlsgmce that we have only the vnguest notion of what happens to a piece of beefsteak after lt is eaten. There are thousands of such scientific dlsgraces for which we must. blame our nlggardllness and our blindness and not the scientists-New York Times.

Among peoples accustomed to personal action, peoples among whom each individual ls called on ‘to Lake care of himself freely and courageous, there are reserves of energy which will be searched for vnlnly elsewhere 1n the same de- gree. The individual is the prime factor 1n the progress of civiliza- tion and humanity. That is why we do not think we are mlstukcn when we say that. the collectivlst incantatlons which, at the end of he World War. seemed so poison whole populations and to drag ln with them nearly a whole contin- ent, are contradictory to the great. deeds of the war we have just won. The future will prove us right on this point once again. We flrmly hope that peoples, once the fighting fever is cagmed down, will recognize this: it s absolute- ly impossible to make good accum- ulated dlsaster by theories, sis- Bems and speeches. - Montreal e

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.Slnce we have elected to keep the Emperor on the throne I think Gen, MacArthur should have a hesrt-to-henrt talk with his celc- stial majesty about the standards of sanitation we shall require so long as a single American soldier, sailor or marine is stationed in Jnpnn. Outwardly there is every sign of co-operatlon. There is no looting or mob rule in Tokyo. The word of the Em eror ls supreme and these pint-s zed hissing kill- ers bow to his will In my humble judgment, however, the long-range situation 1n Japan can be kept n hand only so long as we maintain an iron-fist policy tempered with equity and justice. Don't. cata- logue the Ja anese u quaint, pic- turesque lit e folk who dwell in an atmosphere of beautiful cherry blossoms and sllken elegance. I have seen goo much filth, smelled more than my share of that pe- culiar dead cat odor and looked into too man cold, hard e ea evor to believe t. retty f again-John B. lght cable; the

loss of 10,000 men; it was an overthrow which spread sorrow and dismay through Scotland, and was long remembered as one of the great- est calamities ever sustained by the nation; with all tenderness for romantic impulse and chivalric principle, a. modern man, even of the Scottish nation, is forced to admit that the Flod- den enterprise was an example of gigantic folly, righteously punished. jamcs had no just occas- ion for going to war with England, and lie con- ducted it like an imbecile; when the English army under the Earl of Surrey came against him, he from a foolish sentiment of chivalry, or mere vanity, would not allow his troops to take the fair advantage of the ground, so lost all, in- cluding his own life; it is jiilizrble. oven at this distance, and after two world wars. tn think of a flcople having their imcrcsls CHlllIlllllWl to the care of one so ill~r|ualifit~rl for tbc trust; the Many suffering so much through the in-

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Chicago Dally News from Tokyo.

Hands ullouseti from knottl ropes or polishing brass must ru incredulous eyes these days when Leading Broker Walter Edwards goes aboard one of His Majesty's ships. For a guard of honor springs to attention as the bofisn‘; pipe ghrllls and a band breaks out. "I s‘y, mate, what's this all about?" What's ‘appened to our Walt?" The explanation ls that Leading Stoker E wards. 01’ the Royal NIVY. who made the most dangerous run of the war 1n the convoys to Murmansk, is now Clvll Lord of Admiralty in the Labor government. He la the first man from the lower deck to be elected to Parliament. The elevation would be startling 1n any company, but ln the Royal Navy l; can be little short of earth- shaking. The camel who manages to enter the eye of a needle can step two paces backward in the presence ‘of a Royal Na rating who rises even to e jun or com. mlsslonecl officer. ._ Idmonton Join-uni. _ ,_ ,,

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Capital Closeups

By Jack Brnyley Canadian Pr?‘ but: Writer,

we The opening of tho 30th Per- llameut. wu an orderly jumble that had something of the be- ginning of college term atmosphere and something of the galety of s club gala. There were a few slips of forms. unbrushed during a period of wartime uutorlty. In the Rod Senate chamber which had keen no women guests during the war, there was a blt of uncertainty as to procedure.

hated 1n their ceremonial. When the Governor-General drove up to the main entrance. his big maroon phaeton took the wrong tum and let hlm out, under the Peace Tow- er arch instead of on the pave- ment ln front where the Honor guard was drawn up.

The presentation of new mem- bers 1n the Senate held a special interest for the press gallery for one of their own members-Char- lie Bishop, former Southam Ot- tawa bureau chief — was among the new Senators. Conscious of the overloaded press gallery look- ing down at him, Charlie, who had covered hundreds of similar ceremonies. Bot nervous.

He pulled at his stiff collar and mopped his brow. Then when it came time to sign his name, his pen shook so that he had to post.- pone the signing until later. Aft- erward he told a reporter “Sure I was nervous; who wouldn't be with all you fellows looking down at me."

Vet members: Appointment of Maj. 11mm Bridges of Frederic- ton as Minister of Fisheries brings to the cabinet the flrst_ veteran of the war just concluded.

But It Ls expected that when parliamentary assistants are an- nounced the names of several oth- er veterans will be included. Among the names mentioned are LL-Col. Hughes Lapointe, of Que- bec. Lt-Col. David Croll of Tor- onto. Sqdn-Isclr. James Sinclair of Vancouver and Lleut. Leo Lang- lols of Gaspe, Que. Col. Lapolnte, son of the late Hon. Ernest La- polnte. and Sqdn.-Ldr. Sinclair, were considered promising youth- ful parliamentary material in the Liberal ranks of the last session ofclllarlicasntlcnt.

o. rol ls a former Ontario Cabinet Minister and Ueut. Lang- lols. the only naval officer ln tho HOUSE. was the secondcr of the Throne speech reply.

Mal. Bridges joins seven veter- ans of the First Great War 1n m; cabinet. They are Veterans Min. lster MaeKenzie, an Infantry (Jap- taln; Air Minister Gibson, an 1n. fantry Colonel; Labor Mlnlster Mitchell, a Navy Leading sub man; Postmaster-General Bert- giarfid. an Infantry Lieutenant;

ence Minister Abbot and Health Minister Claxton, both gunners and, Sena-tor Wishart Robertson, minister without portfolio an artillery Major speaker 63's "d Fauteux was a dental sergearii

" Tunnels Under Ottawa ?

(Chester A. Bloom In the Winnipeg Press)

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nnouncement of Fedearl Gov. figment, plans to increase jurisdjg-

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Quebec with a view m

gull!" develolilnont of Canada's

ational Capital emphasizes the

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communication efficiency me

American capital, Ottawa is still 1n the horse and buggy saga

In Washington, D. C., large 1m. derground tunnels, one equipped with a small electric railway, con- nect the Capitol building where Congress meets with both the blg Senate and House office buildings.

By means oft hese tunnels, mem- bers of Congress may no quickly from their offices w conunlttee meetings and sessions of the House and Senate without donning Outside garments in inclement weather.

This midergrotuid communica- tion in Washinzwxi ls one o1 the most efficient. mechanical aids to speeding goverrunent; business the Americans possess. It is much more needed in Ottawa where the severe Winters offer unusual handicaps to quick wmmunlcatlon among government offices.

Further. under the British par- liamentary system where ministers of the government are members of parliament, 1n order that they may go quickly from their offices to their seats in the house, it l5 nec- essary during sessions of parlia- ment for all government minis- ters to have offices in the centre block or parliament building pro- per, as well as their offices in the east and west. block, the Confed- eration building, the Navy, Anny and other buildings.

The centre block ls already crowded to capacity. not only by offices of members of parliament who are compelled 1,0 share offices. two members to an office, but by the steady expmmslon of all minis- terial and departmental activities. The result. 1s that. during a session of parliament, not only the mints- ter themselves but. allt. hair secre- taries, clerks and other elder must: go constantly back and forth be- tween the ministers‘ offices in um centre block and their round-the- year offices in the other buildings. An inunedlnte remedy would