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“Coven Prince Edward IIlInd Like the Dew‘

Published every week—da_\' morning at 136 Prince Street. Charlottetown. P. E. I.. by 'l‘he Thomson Company Limited.

Editor Ind Mnnnger. lIn A. Burnett.

Anoclnte Editor. Frank Walker. Branch offices at Summerside. Montague Ind Alherton. Authorized as Second Class Mail by

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"The Itronxest niemory_lI—\veIke: thIn

the we.IkeIt Ink.” .

End of Emergency Power:

Prime Minister St. Laurent has announ- ed that he \vill not ask Parliament to ex-

cnd further the life of the Emergency 'owcrs Act of 1951. Thus on liay 31st. hat measure will be revoked. Canadians

ave entrusted their government with ex- raordlnary powers for not less than fifteen cars, two-thirds of what is customarily bought of as a generation. The War Meas- res Act of 1914 and 1939 became dormant t the end of 1945 and was replaced with iodifications by the Emergency Transition- l Powers Act of 1945 until after fighting ~egan in Korea in I950.

The Government has still not altogether tripped itself of emergency powers. The \\‘ar Measures Act remains in force and an be resorted to whenever a state of mergency, real or apprehended, again ex- sts.

The possession of emergency powers cnds to become a habit with governments nd. it would appear, with people also. A eading of Federal and Provincial legis- ation during the past quarter of a century hows again and again that those in auth- rlty want to have a reserve of powers. ‘hey may honestly protest that they would -ever think of doing the many things which oadbuilding or aviation laws place in heir power but cannot seem to be able to o without having very wide powers in re- erve.

The Federal Government is to be con- ratulalcd on having the self—deniai to give p the F.mcrgcncy Powers Act. it is to be oped. at the same time, that the general ublic will experience I revival of interest '1 restricting the delegation of powers to he minimum required for administration vistead of the maximum to cover every ossible eventuality.

Deeds. llot Words

A news item from Moscow gives the in- formation that Premier Malenkov has de- livered a “major address" to the Supreme Soviet and that at the end he was greeted with “roaring applause". Much of the speech was taken up with denunciation of the Western Powers and the European Dc- fence Community, but there was one part of it which, if it could be translated into action. would contribute very materially to the lessening of world tension; this was the part where he expressed his belief in the co-existence of Communism and Cap- italism.

No one in the West has any aggres- sive designs on Russian Communism. The Russian people, like all others. have a per- fect right to choose any social ('l political system they prefer. Hitherto, however, the leaders of Communism have not been sat- isfied with that: they have done everything they could think of to stir up trouble in cvcry country on the face of the earth, and lhcy have given no evidence whatso- cvcr that their early dream of world con- quest has hccn abandoned.

if Mr. Malcnkov means what he says and is ablc to make his belief in the co- cxistcncc of Communism and Capitalism thc corncr-stone of official Russian policy. the fears which now beset mankind would vanish overnight and he would be greeted with roaring applause from all parts of the ci\'ill'/.crl world; but deeds, not words, must tcll the story.

Mapping The universe

Tho most cxtcnsive map of the uni- verse cvcr attempted is taking shape on Palomar Mountain in California. ln the National Geographic Society-Palomar Ob- servatory Sky Survey, astronomers are systematically photographing the heavens out to a distance unmatched by any prev- ious such survey. They have just complet- ed their most successful winter's work, the survey reports. The first section of a his-

‘ tory-making sky atlas is scheduled for pub- lication In- 1955.

Hundreds of large photographic plates, taken in pairs in red and blue-filtered light. are being fitted into this atlas. Section by section, the tremendous sweep of space vis- ible from the latitude of Palomar is being recorded on In eventual total or 1,758 plates, or 879 pairs. A 48-inch wide-angle

in: telescope camera, is being used for the

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mapping project. Following the large-scale chIrts this made, the giant 200-inch Hale Telescope at Palomar then can be aimed

Ireu of the sky to study par-

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With this telescope vey astronomers probe tances. Stars. galaxies, clusters of giant nebulae, space dust and gas are be- ing recorded out to an average distance of three sextillion miles (3,000,000,000,00t_l,. 000,000,000). Never before has such :1 comprehensive mapping project been at. tempted on the visible universe. When the Sky Survey atlas is finished, it is expected to furnish astronomers with enough new material for a century of study. '

In the distant depths of -the sky. the pro- ject is continuously discovering new aggre- gations of stars and systems of stars, neb-. ulae like the Milky Way. Not only systems or clusters are being found, but clusters of clusters. '

The Sky Survey is jointly sponsored by the National Geographic Society and the California Institute of Technology. which operates Palomar Observatory. Begun in 1949, it may not he completed until 1957 or later.

From the Survey's discoveries and the overall sky atlas will come new opportuni- ties for science to learn more about the scope of the universe, its possible begin- nings, and the timeless unfolding of the birth and the death of stars.

team. Sky Sur- fantastic dis-

Llfe Insurance Eeneflts

Anvinteresting analysis of one month's life insurance claims in Canada has been made by the Canadian Life Insurance Of- ficers’ Association. This indicates that wives. children and relatives were benefic- iaries of nearly 60,000 policies in 1953, with total benefits of about $79 millions. These classes appear to be the directly named beneficiaries in more than 78'?» of all life policy death claims, with wives and children alone probably accounting for just over $70 millions. In addition, they will receive 21 considerable share of the 13% of claims and 23'; of benefit payments which go to estates and other beneficiaries; excepting husbands. Husbands were shown to be beneficiaries in 9% of the policies, although they received only 2')? of the aggregate benefits. reflecting the smaller average size of policies owned by women.

About 3% of policies becoming death claims were less than 21 year old. This would indicate that last year there were over 2,000 death claims within a year of issuance of policies, with over $3 millions involved.

EBITORIAL NOTES

May Day.

0 Festival of St. Philip I

and St. James. Tomorrow, the 2nd Sunday after East-

El‘.

This is expected to be a record-breaking year for tourists in the Maritimes as well as in other sections of Canada. More en- quiries have been made of the various tour- ist bureaus than ever before.

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The first lobsters of the year are being landed today along the whole north shore and the south shore of Kings and Queens counties. Fishermen this year enjoy the security of insurance on their traps and boats but are generally optimistic of hav- ing a profitable year rather than being merely secured against loss.

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Science is wonderful. Cornell University has announced the development of a new kind of popcorn which is easier on the teeth than conventional types. The new hybrid popcorn not only has high expand- ability and an extremely tender coat but it will mature in a relatively cool, short sea-

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l.ack of ready markets has militateti against Island farmers going in for truck farming although the soil and climate here are admirably suited for the purpose. The canning plant to be established at Central Bedeque should make the production of gar- den vcgetablcs more attractive and at the same time make it possible to buy locally grown vegetables to a greater extent. 0 I Q Canadians seem to be great travellers. We spend more money in the United States than Americans spend in Canada. Now it is reported that more than half the num- ber of Commonwealth visitors to the United Kingdom in 1953 were from this country. A total of 47,000 Canadians visited the British Isles compared with 28,000 South Africans. 19,000 Australians and 5.500 New Zealanders. O The Duke of Connaught. seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria, was born this date 1830. During the expedition to Egypt in 1882 he led the Guards. Brigade at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir. By 1917 he was inspector-general of the forces and commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean. From 1911 to’ 1916 he was Governor-Gem eral of Canada. one of his last official acts being the laying of the cornerstone of the new Parliament buildings.

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COME IN

An I came to the edge of the woods. Thrush muslc—hark!

Now if it was dusk outside,

Inside it. was dark. '

Too dark in the woods for I bird By sleight of wing

To better it: perch for the night, Though it still could sing.

The last of tho light of the sun That had died in the \\ est Still lived for one song more In I thrush‘: breast.

For in the pillared dark Thrush music went —- Almost lllfc a call to come in ’I‘o the dark and lament.

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But no, I was out. for stars; I could not come in.

I meant not even it asked; And I hadn't been.

—Robert Frost.

Old Charlottetown

Ind P. E. I.

GAELIC MANUSCRIPTS

From the Prince Edward Island Magazine, November. 1903:

“Dr. Hector Maclean of Mull made a large MS collection of valuable Gaclic poetry about 1768. Dr. Juhnson and Boswell spent a night It the doctors house in 1773. Mary Maclcan, the doctor's daugh- ter, translated a part of the MS for thcm. Of Miss Maclcan. Dr. Johnson spoke as follows: ‘She is the most accomplished lady that I have found in the Highlands. She knows French. music and drawing. saws neatly. makes shell-work, and can milk cows: in short. she can do everything.’ Miss Maclcan present- ed her father's MS collection to John Mnciean. the wcll-known Gaelic bard. tgrandfathcr of Rev. A. Maclean Sinclair, P. E. I.) and he brought it to the woods of America with him.

“The poet himself made a large collection of Gaelic poetry. Hr travelled through the Highlands and Islands. and wrote down cvcry valuable poem that he could find. except such as had appeared in print. His own collection he also took with him to America. Mr. Sinclair had acccss from his youth to the two MS collections referred in. and finally became possessor of them. The late Mr. Patterson gave him the whole of the Gaelic MS left by the Rev. Jamcs Mac- Gregor. D.l)., the first. Presbyter- ian ministcr in Pictou County. The Rev. D. B. Blair, D.D., bequeathed to him the whole of his Gaelic MS.

“John Maclcnn published his poems in I818. and came to Pictou with his wife and children in the ship Economy in Hill). John Sin- clair. fourth in descent from the progenitor of the Sinclair: of Stralh-Halladaie. left Scotland in the Ihlp Industry. July 6, 1831, and arrived in Pictou on Sabbath morning, Oct. flth. He acttlcd in the woods nf Gnshcn. Guyaboro County, where he married. first. in 1833. Mary Inglis, by whom he had ll daughter and two sons. He married. secondly. in 1839. Chriaty, eldest of the family of John Mac- lean. the poet. Ind had by her one son Alexandra MIcleIn Sin- clair, who was born in Glenbard. Antlgonish County. Much I. 1840.

"The lntter was ordained to the ministry and inducted into the pastoral charge of the congrega- tion of Sprlngvllle and Sunny Brae, East River. Pictou, July 15. 1806. He wII translated to Belfast, P. E. I.. May 16, 1888. He’ ,ublil\hed nine books and three booklet: of Gaelic poemm"

The Age Old Story

Be cleIn. Ind change your [If- mente. Ind let in nine. and go up to Beth-el; Ind I will make there In Iltur Into God. who Inswered me In the day of my dfnfreun. Ind can with me In the way which I

went.

NOTES BY

Inmates of I Iouthern prison held a track meet last week. They are still looking for the winner of the pole vault. — Hamilton Spectator.

A school prlnclpnl IIyI It’: not right for parents to do their chil- dren‘: school work for them. Even if they can. - Hamilton Spectator.

A colony of rats wI: found Ind destroyed recently inside Alberta’: eastern border. It was the first definite pro)f that Alberta had been invader by the nasty vermin. ~ Lcthbridgc Herald.

Someone once I:ked PIvlovI what she had meant by a certIln dance which she had given. to which the great danseuse replied testily, “How can I tell you that? If I had been able to say it. why should I have danced it?" And there are always truths Ind val- ues which will insist on IurpasI- in; words. defy classification in coldly logical terms. The impact of a sunset cannot be described; it has to be painted. —— Halifax Chronicle-Herald.

Wiloonaln leIdI' the entire III- tion in the number of communit- ies using fluoride; in drinking wI- ter to prevent tooth decay in r.hildren—aevcnt_v per cent. of Wisconsin residents have been getting fluorides in inter. She- boygan. one of the first three cities in the cou-ntiy to Idd fluori- des to its drinking wIter. has just completed its eighth annual check on the results of fluorida- tion. It. reports that. the number of missing. decayed Ind filled teeth among senior kindergarten pupils has dropped from 4.8 per chlld to. in. —-Milwaukee Journal.

Remembering the huge CIlI.lIl- ly list. suffered by American armed forces fighting in South Korea. as well as the other dem- ocratic countries which sent forces there. it seems difficult to understand how the South Korean press is bclabouring the Ameri- cans. lt is complained that the United States has pulled out of South Korea. As far as we can recall there has not been I dell of gratitude expressed by the South Koreans for help. military and otherwise. sent to them It. huge cost in blood and treasure. —Nianara Falls Review.

Jim Dnnnelly. 68. scion of the Lucan Donncllys. and bearer of I name still remembered in Bid- duiph as an echo of the Donnelly murders in I879. died at Gerald- ton in I rather peculiar way. He did not die to the IccompIniment of shots Is his [rut-uncles did when the Vigilantes slaughtered them that night on the Roman Line. but. he did die with his boots on. Unable to find his key he swung his axe against the lock on his cabin door and fell dead. Not I demise of violence. yet. in the tradition of sudden death that was brought over from Tipperary ‘iii years ago. — London Free Pres:

After the tuition of I Ielf-de- frosting refrigerator, we Ippenr to be designed with I built-in clock. At. this time of the you we wish we weren't. We have no sympathy with those cranks who refuse to bow to the majority’: Idvnntale and Itubbornly make their Ium- mer appointment: In Itnndnrd time. Nevertheless. however much

THE WAY

our mind agree: that daylight sav- ing is an admirable thing. out sleeping, eating and working me- chanisms perIl:t in lnvlng their reservations. And they will keep right on having them until well along toward that October Sun- day when the clock becomes its old self again. For weeks we shall feel not disturbed, for that is too strong I word, but not quite It peace with our daily time-tIble. —- l-Iamilton SpectItor.

A six-year-old who live: up the street from us was arguing him- sell out of an engagement thIt his mother thought he ought to keep but that he wunted to mini be- cause it would interfere with the game of marbles he was playing. "Call them up and tell them I can't come," he said. "You know —tell them some sneaky story. His mother felt it necessary to comment to I bystander on the paucity of her son‘: vocabulary. Personally, we think no apology was neded: we have rarely_ hand I more apt. phrase to describe the social lie. — From S I tu r d I y Night.

on I dIy when the dIl‘fodI|I were out Ind the air ahimmered with I faint golden haze of spring we found ourself behind I ha)’ and I girl walking together in the awkwudness of adolescence. scuf- fing their feet a little and remain- ing I foot or so Ip:rt with the new-born shyness of the foreknow- ledge of manhood and womanhood. Watching them we knew I great peace. For suddenly we became convinced that after Ill life is good and that regardless of hydrogen bombs and all the other odds that seem so terribly loaded against it it will survive. — Hamilton Spec- tator.

An editor. Ieeklnx I publluher for comic books. advertise: his plan in The Time: of London. He describes its virtues II follows: "No Americanisms, no vulgarity. no crime. no space ships, no trash, but all sane. constructive Imuse- ment." Parents of the wiser sort, viewing these aims impartially, will find them refreshing. If the "love" comic books, the "crime" comic books, the "jungle" comic books and all the other rubblshy comic books do not pervert the instinct: of the young. they cer- tainly appeIl to the lee: healthy side of the mind. If these comic books were similar to the naive of- ferings common thirty years or more ago they would be harmless rubbish. Unfortunately. they Ire chIllen|ln¢ in style Ind harmful In effect. — I-lImllton Spectator.

Not rnlny boy: Ind girl: of 15 years hold driving permits. in On- tnrio. but some do —- Ind they shouldn't use them any more. It is Inlnst the new regulntlons. For some time it has been possible for I I5-year-old to secure I licence to drive. after meeting such ape- clnl condition: as written permis- sion from the parents and I certi- flcItI of good behnvlor from the locIl chief of police. Thnt privilege now hI: been removed. The lame reguhtiona Ipply now to boys and girls of in who make IppllcItlon for permission to drive — and they Ipply Ilsa to youngsters of 10 who may opeute trIctorI if the ma- chlnel Ire tIken on the public roId:. —- Ottnw: JoumIl.

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Pnge 4 The Guardlnn

A - free-lIncI ltlnennt. prucher down in Ark:n::: is quoted I: :Iy- lng time the Conference now going on It GenevI II of no importance became "the world will come, to In end before it 1: over". The self- Ityled prophet doe: not any Juat win: is going to bring Ibout. the cntaclyani; all he know: i: thlt. he saw in I vlelon I preview of total Ind complete destruction. No doubt thlb seer I: honest enough In his prediction. ctuIlly. the foretelllng of doom is one or the olden putlme: known to mm. and usually it has had I religious or quasi-religious basis.

There 1: some evidence for sup- po:lng that the first Christians expected to :ee the and of the world in their lifetime, Ilthouzb so In II II known the expecta- tion Illl not I part of their the- ology, and it. did not hat for more than I generation of two unions the orthodox members of the new faith. There were those. however. who clung to the belief, notably I sect cIlled the “Mont.anlst£", who had I considerable following during the second century of the era.

The Montanlsta took their belief in impending doom so Ierlouely that mu-tyrdom was recommended Is the only sensible thing. Those who opposed them were branded as incorrigible sinners and even ex- cluded from the churches. After I while some of the younger mem- ber: of the not got. I bit tired of wIlt.lng for Iomethlng which Ieemed in no hurry to arrive, Ind in due course the society split. up into less dogmatic groups and final- ly disappeared. It. least. as an In-