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WEDNESDAY. our. 5. 1955

France And The UN

At the moment Franco can be said to be neither in nor out of the United Nations. Evidently not being anxious to be the first great potter- llo make a clean break with the world body, the Faure Government has decided, for the time being, to withdraw the permanent delegation from the General Assembly but to keep at least a nominal membership in the Security Council. Regardless of future developments in the con- troversy, the fact is that the United Nations Organization has suffered a psychological injury; and it is no comfort to the Western powers to realize that that injury was inflict- ed by one of their own members. The expectation all along was that if and when a cleavage occurred it would be brought about by the So- viet Union.

The circumstances surrounding the French partial withdrawal are. of course, important. especially from the French point of view. The U. N. decision to allow the Algeria ques- tion to be discussed seems to the French Government to represent an encroachment on French sover- eignty; and that is the most ticklish point in the whole field of U. N. dip- lomacy. It was that as much as any- thing that caused the downfall of the old League of Nations; il ma! yet bring similar disaster to its more firmly established successor.

Perhaps the most significant thing, however, about the U. N. de- cision that stirred up French anger so emphatically was that it was arrived at with Russian support and despite the opposition of the United States. This is the first time that the Russian bloc has been able to com- mand-a majority on any issue of importance. True, the majority was it very tiny one. Nevertheless. it was big enough to provide Communist leaders in Russia, and elsewhere-. with a brand new propaganda dc- vice. The decision on this one issue does not in any sense reflect wan- ? ing American prcstige among the smaller nations: but we may be sure j that the Russians will argue that it does and proceed to use the incident for all--and perhaps more than-it is worth.

Then And Now

From all that we have heard. our visiting newspaper men arr- warm in their appreciation both oi the Island and its hospitality, and already beginning to plan excuses for coming here again, either as vacationists or for the more serious convention chores in which they arc now engaged. Many of them are ac- companied by their wives. and so- cial functions are sandwiched pleas- ingly bctween the business sessions. The Monk will be-a menitmiiiie onv inrlm-d, as visitations of lllis kinrl can h ave excellent results in promoting mutual llll(lt'l's'IElf'i(llllL' and goodwill.

It was not always thus. Pvrli;ip- we were less alert to the duties of hospitality in the old rl.'i;.-e, or it ime; be that the visiting St'l'll)n- liPi'P of it different calibre. Many oi tin-in wrote charmingly about this lsiunrl. but others were supcrciliouu and .1 few seemed to revel in Rllllsv and criticism. We have in mind the cast- of a London Times corrcsi-onrloiil.

otherwise unknown, w ho w a s among the journalists touring Canada with the P r I n c e of Vl'a'cs in the year 1860. ”On thc

whole". wrote this punrlit. ”Qucbec managed to maintain as high an average of intoxication us any placi of its sizc I have ever seen, alway. excepting Charlottetown." "Sailor. as ii c':-es." he mused. "possess a sec rc' of ln'o.--ication peculiar to them naive: and sometimes anage togct qhenumpneol g,-can getgny Pflitca Fuiward In- t - can. this am . for

anti sel1 nellfhcr who or swfrlfs. yet somehow during the Prince's visit intoxication seemed to be the nor- mal condition of half the inhabi- tants." ' Rumors of this blast reached the Island before it arrived by the slow mail delivery of the day, and while Halifax was in an uproar over sim- ilar criticism from the same source. It was met, head-on, by the redoubl- able editor of The Examiner. the Hon. Edward Whelan, who later be- came one"of our Fathers of Confed- eration. Mr. Whelan promptly firted both barrels. It was deplorable, he wrote in his sonorous prose, that otherwise reputable journals on both sides of the Atlantic had se nt here to represent them, for the Royal visit, "some of the vericsi scapegraces and most ignor- ant blockheads that ever went un- whipped." It .was, however, reserv- cd for the Times correspondent to give ”such proofs of intense ignor- ance. incorrigible stupidity and men- dacity. as to eclipse all Yankee penny-a-liners that ever visited the Province. We believe this fellow was in Charlottetown, but we have not yet seen his account of his visit to this place. It is likely, however, that it will show about as much intelli- gence and capacity as the lying scribbler displayed in his account of Halifax."

There, for aught we know, the issue rested. Mr. Whelan turned his guns upon more important targets and the Times correspondentait may be-repented of his sins and scribbled no more. At any rate, they have both passed onto their reward. The episode itself can hardly be called history. But it is the stuff that newspapers-and life itself for that mattereare made of. It was live news once, and it is still more readable than the articles on more weighty subjects in the yellowing old files. It serves, too, to point up an entertaining contrast with this week's amenities.

Strong Presentation

Premier Matheson made several strong points in speaking on the tax rental agreements at the Ottawa conference on Monday. He pointed out that in several cases our increas- ed expenditures for public services have been practically forced upon us by federal government policies. He emphasized particularly the need for educational assistance based, .not on dollar-for-dollar contribution by the provinces, but on conditional grants apportioned according to some index of the province's actual need. He stressed also the market- ing difficulties of our potato pro- duccrs and our claims to a share of the profits from the development of northern Canada.

The three Maritime Premiers are all desirous of favoring the retention of the tax rental agree- ments, but on a more stable basis with a fairer distribution of the rev- enue thus collected. The prospects are not hopeful for achieving any

unanimity on this point. There is a determined drive on the part of the wealthier provinces to break away from the agreements, and their op- position is helpful to Ottawa in keeping the demands of the need) provinces in check. It is the Old story. with minor variations, of playing both ends for the centre.

I EDITORIAL NOTES

4 it is a matter of record that of liic 3..ti,ti()t) persons who leave Bri- lillll I-awry year, only about 50,000 mow to this country. This would worn to indicate something wrong uith Canadian immigration pro- t-mlures. -

O O C

An electrical machine has been uvcnted that can open a diction- ury, find the required word, and ascertain its correct meaning, all in one-fiftieth of a second. Like -Dr. Flesch's Johnnie, however, it still can't read. '

O O 3

Newfoundldnd fishermen hav- qng been noted for their resource- fulness in the field of mechanics. Now comes: report of a flsh-wash- ing device invented by a man in Bay Roberts. The Andrews Washer -called after the inventor-does in me minute, and an fraction of the iost, what It tool: the old-fashioned rush and, till: method more than

'E”'ftl2 on irapwrtant

Mars Not A

A new blue-green area on the red face of Mars, almost the size of Texas and believed to be living vegetation, has produced the great- est change in Martian geography since the planet was first mapped 125 years ago.

The discovery is announced in" the current National Geographic Magazine by Dr. E. C- Slipher. ll distinguished astronomer and lead- er of the 1954 National Geographic- Lowell Observatory Mras Exped- ition to photograph the planet from South Africa.

Last summer. as it will again in 1956, Mars set off a world-wide study by spinning closer to the earth than at any time since 1941. Results of its near approach are gradually being revealed by scient- ific scrutiny of thousands of photo- graphs collected by an Internation- al lilars Committee. Twenty thou- sand photographs were made by Dr. Slipher alone. One of his spect- acular pnrlraits of Mars in full color appears in the '

UNEXPECTED CHANGE

The new dark marking. covering approximately 200.000 square miles near the great Thoth Canal. was totally unexpected. Never before has such a new dark splotch ap- peared except as an increase of an existing dark area.

The remarkable transformation, Dr. Slipher reports. indicates that the division between Martian de- sert and dark areas is not neces- sarily fixed or permanent; one may change to the other at any time. It helps support the conclusion that Mars is not a dead world. that the darkening is due to the growth of plant life.

Biologists suggest that this life may be akin to lichens that grow on earth's barren rocks and moun- taintops. To lcarn more, Dr. Sliph- er says. -such plants soon may be grown in the laboratory under the physicai and chemical conditions thought to exist on Mars-

From the photographic record that the Mars Committee made with special filters. cameras. and lenses, other new features of earth's neighboring planet, have been found. One is the existence

of faint belts or hands in the atmos- phere above the face of Mars. less distinct than those of Jupiter and Saturn. but indicating definite al- mospheric circulation.

THIN AIR AND ICE

Because Mars is only half earth- size and thus has only fcchlc grin- Ity. its atmosphere is thinner than that at the top of Mount Everest. Very little, if indeed any. free oxygcn remains. and little water vapor. Yet brilliant bluc-tvhitc clouds were sccn, as well as gleaming polar caps and gr;-at "yellow clouds" of blowing dust

With fiifcrs capable of piercing the violet haze of the Martian at- mosphere. Dr. Sliplicr watched spring turn to summer on tho rcd and green planet. The visible smith

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The Age Old Story

Seek yr the Lord while he may be found. call ya upon him while he II near: lot the wicked forsake his way. and the .....ightcoua man his thoughts: and let him return lllo the Lord. and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

WEEKLY WAGE DROPS

OTTAWA (CPI -- The average weekly wage in Canadian manu- flcturing dropped by Ill cents to ,t59.35 between June I and .luly l. 'he bureau of statistics reported Monday; Average hourly earnings

Dead" Planet

National Geographic Society

polar cap warmed and slowly shrank. Green fringes formed along the edge of the retreating sheet of ice or hoarfrost. g

The great blue-green areas be- gan to mark the orange-red desert surface-the so-called "wave of darkness" that is the strongest evidence that Mars in still a living planet.

"That these dark areas are ve- getation and t.hat the change in color is somehow connected with release of water from the melting, shrinking polar icecap is no longer seriously doubted by most observ- ers," Dr. Slipher notes.

”In fact, all the van'ous Martian markings betoken that it is a living planet, that life of some sort exists there."

" are for " ” places, full of time and ghosts and dead man's bones. In a museum the visitors. the living men and women who for a few brief moments stroll about among the ancient and un- changing relics, seem strangely transitory and ephemeral.

Dressed in the accepted fashion of the passing day, oolitely curious, full of the nervous, if sometimes unconscious, joy of simply being alive. t.hey peer through neatly labelled show-case windows that lead back through the corridors of petrified and silent time, from which they are divided by a single sheet of glass.

It was a visit to the new Hudson's Bay museum, opened on Wednes- day in the companys Winnipeg store, that touched off this some- what morbid train of fancy. But we would not wish to- have it thought that the museum, reach- ing back into the prehistoric ages of this continent, is a gloomy place. it is not. Its as bright and cheery is a freshly opened picture book, which, indeed. it very much re- sembles.

And fortunately, for this partic- ular visitor, It is a, book meant not only for the learned anthropol- gist and antiquarian but for the ' nrdinary mortal who has a natural , curiosity about the guests who oc- cupied the yiernisea before he came along.

The tall show-cases are the chapters of this open book, each with its chapter-heading: Fishing

I lnr Food. Hunting for Food, Pre- paring Food. Arctic Clothing. Pa- cific Clothing, Prairie Clothing. Shelters, and so on cl k-wise around the room. It in-th story of man's struggle for existence. out it is a struggle, too. for some- thing more than that. which is why if is -worth telling.

Man struggle: to fend himself. to keep warm. and to llropngate his species. This basic atory. which man shares with every living crea- ture down to the protozoa bu upon which only man has built a d am, is the story that the showcase" chapters of the Hudson's my run- seum tell.

it was grim necessity that long ago impelled all Eakllllo flahlrman to fashion the floating book that is now displayed in show-can num- ber one. It VII author loft of

necessity, not It all. but hard- ly less compo 1. that persuaded him to carve Ilia

driftwood float. with such loving cm and employ. inttfttie lumen of a vain bird; to bind the thong about the handle of his gaff not only It-only but with complicated symmetry: to weld bone-and wool and make I spent till! he more zifn sharp. but would In hall!!-

The challenge ulna flung

dropped by 2-5 cents to 81.45 and the average work week was frac- tionally low:-r nt 400 hours. How- ever. "W weekly figure was 32 higher than at July I. I954, ...-..........-. QIVEEII BIRD - New Zcnlcn l"- ;w' .1 nl-mt.-3,,

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Monday. of the year

FLEET STREET

I never see the newsboys run Amid the whirling street,

With swift umtiring feel.

To cry the latest venture done,

But. I expect one day to hear

Them cry the crack of doom

And rising: from the tomb.

With great Archangel Michael near;

And see them running from the Fleet

As messengers of God,

With Heaven's tidings shod

About their brave unwearled feet.

-Shana Leslie.

Hudson's Bay Museum

Winnipeg Free Press

more than human strength could meet: it was so harsh that Just to stand erect against its impact was a triumph. But the Eskimo did more than that; he shouted for joy. And it is the echo of that human song of victory that the museum makers have caught and held behind their show-case win- dows. '

There may be more effective ways of setting up these windows opening on the past than the way the curator of the Hudson's Bay Museum has hit upon, but we doubt it.

Food, clothing, shelter: it was an austere world from which the northern Indiana and Eskimos wrested these necessities of life. Yet it was a world they loved, and it is the expression of that love, written in stone and slate. in birch bark and seal skin and bone and blackened ivory, that the curator of the museum now lays, in orderly arrangement. before his visitors.

Coming away. we looked at the infinite Variety of materials and tools with which this more abund- ant age invites man to express his dreams: but we thought of that lonely fisherman who long ago in his barren and relentless world caught the beauty of the water bird and held it in a piece of driftwood.

---.....m.. . PIONEER MILL

The first papermill in Canada

as built in 1803 at St. Andrews,

I Village 45 miles west of Mon- real.

Medically Speaking

By Herman N. Bundesel, M. D.

FOOT HEALTH IS BASED ON A FEW SIMPLE RULES

Do you treat your feet right? Probably not. Most of you, I dare say. unwittingly mlstreat them simply because you don't know the rules for foot health.

While meticulous care is requir- ed by diabetics. the rest of you should at least follow these simple suggestions.

2, Exercise your feet. You can help circulation and limber up foot muscles by wiggling your toes every once in a while.

Keep Feel Dry

Bathe your feet at least once a day. Be sure to dry them very thoroughly.

Keep them dry. too. Don't get them wet needlessly. And don't let perspiration keep them wet.

Clip your toenails straight across, not curved like the shape of the toe. Don't cut the nail shorter than the flesh of the toe. ,

Walk correctly. Maintain an e- rect posture and wear shoes that fit comfortably and give you ad- equate support.

Wear the correct shoes for your occupation. Dress shoes may be satisfactory for an office job, but a factory worker probably will be more comfortable and his feet will feel better in work shoes.

Make sure your shoes and socks fit properly.

The correct length and width of your shoes is important. They should be sung, but not cramped, with about half an inch between your toes and the tip of the shoe.

Socks or stockings should be half an inch longer than the longest toe.

Change your shoes and socks frequently. Socks should be chang- ed every day; shoes, every other

ay.

Keep an eye on your feet. In- spect them closely at frequent in- tervals to discover the first sign of athlete's foot or any other foot ailment.

QUESTION AND ANSWER

V. V. V.: What causes soft, brit- tie fingernails? I drink plenty of milk, take calcium and use no nail polish.

Answer: In some families, there is a tendency to have fragile nails that are easily broken. Nails should be protected against bruising and injury as much as possible. Diet should be well balanced and should contain s' 1 amounts of vita- mins, especlally Vitamin B. Warm olive oil applied at night might be found helpful.

Draining Zuider Zee

(OTTAWA CITIZEN)

The draining of the Zuider Zee demonstrates the sober. persistent industry that has made Dutch set- tlers among the most welcome of immigrants to Canada. According to reports, the town of Lelystad, rising on a sandy strand that was under water not long ago, will have 40,000 people-by 1960. It will be the capital of a new province created by reclamation, and the area of The Netherlands will have in- creased by seven percent.

Dikes and drainage have always, of course, been the means by which the Low Countries have expanded "at the expense of the North Sea. The vulnerability of the land to flooding has provided A unique de- ..fence in time of war. but like the floods of recent memory it some- times results in disaster. Always, however, the Dutch patiently 11;. Pair the damage and restore the soil to productivity. Their country is overcrowded. and each at-able square mile is important,

The great Zutder Zee project was begun in 1932 when the North Sea was shut out. and the work has been proceeding ever since. Sec- tion by section has been enclosed and draining to form "poldei-g';. Despite the opening of these new lands to settlement, The Nether. land: will probably still be send- in: some of its sturdy people to countries like Canada. There are said to be 200 applicants for every prospective farm in the region being drained.

LIVE LONGER i

Canada had 20.000 citizens an N and over in 1950, ..-; wt

NOTES BY

A shortage at doctor: and deal- lsta in Canada has been reported from time to time over many years and Canadian may have become aomewhat accuatometl to the idea. It in nonetholeu gravely disturbing to hear, on the authority of the nation's unemployment in- surance conunlsslon, that the short- age i sincreaslnz year by year and that the situation in the case of dentists has reached "a really criti- cal" stage. -Edmonton Journal.

One '0! the interesting points brought out in a news story about a collection of antique automtr tblles at Andover was that a um tiller-steered Orient motor car in the group had been worth .3500 when new, but last year the owner turned down an offer of 32,500 for it. Here was a thought to warm the heart of every automobile deal- er who has used cars on his hands -the possibility that if he waited long enough one of them might appreciate 400 percent in value. --Saint John Telegraph Journal.

Russia u now offering to do a little horse-trading on United Nat- ions membe ship with the United States where horse-trading is con- sidered : fine art. Until such nat- ions as are engaged in controvers- ies are members of the U. N.. the organization can hardly be consid- ered universal nor a true parlia- ment of nations. At present it is like a private club divided by two factions, with each faction black- balliug the other's proposed new members in an attempt to gain the upper hand in voting. -St. Cathar- iues Standard.

Canada's east coast naval forces are widely dispersed on a variety of missions at the present time. They are scattered over a vast expanse of the northern hemis- phere. The Labrador. an icebreak- er, is at present serving in Arctic waters. A carrier group headed by HMCS Magnificent is bound for Trondheim, Norway. to take part in a Nato naval exercise with ships of other members of the alliance. Participating also will be the first destroyer squadron and an escort group. Meanwhile the destroyer Nootka has sailed for Puerto Rico. The destroyer Iroquois, several frigate: and a Royal Navy sub marine are taking part in exercises being held in waters of! Nova scotia. -Saint John Telegraph- Journal.

A phyehlatrlai or pbycltologinf might be able to explain this frenzied rush to cars that are "mocking the air with colors idly spread." Our own hunch is that automobile makers are finally shaking off the last vestiges of the guilt they feel at having . ' T the horse and want to end the chapta completely by ovan chang- Inc the old saying to "but that' a car of a different color." All this is by way of reporting that the color experts of the automobile makers have been secretly plpn. nlnz 1056 nd 1057 color schema and seem to have decided that they've gone far enough. .'l'hey' took a survey and found that number of persons who actual? want black can next year has lumped more than so per cent. The number who prefer grey: and maroon: to shocking pink has grown tremendously in the last war. -Milwaukee Journal.

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' Goatsklna were used by f tribes in Palestine for sandals and

walzrbags as early as 2,000 BC.

mencing at 7:30 p.m.

NOTICE

The annual meeting of the P. E. I. Potato Growers Association will be held at the company's ifice, 2 Prince Street on Saturday, October 8, oom- t

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Signed,

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THE WAY -

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People outside lie HI I are much better informed they used to be. We believe they outahlne their city can parts in their knowledge and preclatlon of world and bad .iffairI.Andltilagoodi they do. because of their turn nus influence and power they in governmental matters. Bee, of the type of repreuntatlm Commons and Legllslaturu, might be raid that balance political power is vested in rural and small-town rid! --Goderlch signal-Star.

People whine vny of living not changed for many centu are free of certain diseases take many lives in modern co rles. For example, of 80.000 J who emigrated from the ant- land of Yemen to Israel. reseai er: found that not one had beta, or other degenerative cases. The scientists were air by the fact that there was hardening of the arteries e among Yemenite: over 45- age when other people begin suffer heavily from this diset -stratford Beacon-Herald.

Now that the school holidays over town streets see again morning and afternoon rush of c ling pupils and students. Althol the anxiety to reach home is derstandably greater than the xlety to reach school, young c lists would do well to temper tb impatience with caution and re ember that it is better to arr: safely than not at all. There no "riding test" for bicycle rid: similar to the one for motorls but the Highway Traffic Act is down a number of rules for cyclii Young people often have only hazy idea of these rules and tit perhaps, accounts for the av which they are sometimes ifbkc Occasionally one passes a cycl: blithely riding along a road at nls without a light on his machine, making a wobbllng progress wi a passenger perched on the cros bar. Both practices are illegal. . in also the one of shouting ll some one to get out of the we because the machine in not equl ped with a bell or horn.-Smil Falls Record -News.

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