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~ Canada And Cuba

‘After wielding the big stick at the Punta del Este conference in seek- ing agreement for his “tough” policy against Cuba, U.S. State Secretary Dean Rusk appears to be turning his attention to Canada. Canada is not -@ member of the Organization of American States and does not go along with Washington’s strict anti- Castro policy, but Mr. Rusk has in-

timated that the question of a Can- adian embargo on Cuban exports is

something he intends to take up at

Ottawa. :

It would be well if, in the mean- time, he studied the Canadian reac- ‘tion to a recent statement along this line by one of President Kennedy's

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gubsidiaries of American companies to follow U.S, trading lines, but when tt comes to telling Canadians with whom they may or may not barter, the U.S. goes too far. Indeed, if Cuba fs not to be tied irrevocably to the Communist bloc, the best service Canada can perform is to keep open "the few remaining channels between and Western democracy.

- am a Marxist-Leninist” speech of last December, despite provocative attacks by the Cuban dictator on Franco, des- pite the massive expulsion, of Spanish chosen to avoid an open break. ace pmo earner lapsed in diplomacy, and nowhere has bungling been more in evidence than in their dealings with the trouble- some Mr. Castro. It would be un-

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| 88 Go thetr best work and obtain an objective approach to issues before them. But this argument. as the Win- nipeg Free Press points out, can be carried too far.

Ordinary people, who are affected: by legislation, certainly worry as much about their debts and other embarrassments as their federal rep- resentatives do. If an M.P., merely because he is an M-P., were to be completely ‘relieved of such worry, this could easily lead toa detach- ment on the part of those who legis- late that would constitute the very reverse of objectivity.

Historically, a parliamentaey in- demnity has not been regarded asa menetary. reward in the sense that

labor or enterprise. Indemnities or- iginally were intended ‘o make econ- omically possible the participation of- relatively poor men in the legis- lative process. But for all members, rich or poor, the satisfactions of parliamentary service were deemed to be of a quite different order. Today, it may be granted, sessions of Parliament are so lengthy that it is almost impossible for an M.P. to carry on any private business or engage in-a trade or profession. He

Ottawa or spend much time in trav- elling back ind forth. In addition, he has many expenses to which the - ordinary citizen is'ffot subject. Ade- quate pay for a Member of Pariia- ment cannot, therefore, be judged by what might be deemed an adequate salary for the ordinary citizen.

Parliamentary indemnities have not been increased since 1954. There . can surely be few working Canadians _who have not had a raise in pay in the last eight years. Whether a $3,000 increase would be warranted, how- ever, is another matter. A jump of this kind, on the eve of a general elec- tion, would just about write “finis” to the career of any member who voted for it. If M.P.’s are really being pen- alized to this extent, by the level of their present emoluments, they will have to demonstrate it to the satis- faction of the public. —

Astrologically Speaking

In countries where astrologers still read omens in the heavens, it is predicted that tomorrow, Feb. 4, will be a day of utter disaster. Eight planets will appear in the sign of Capricorn—an appallingly bad sign. In India, Prime Minister Nehru has tried to calm the multitude by sug- gesting that these planets could not really be interested in insignificent human affairs, but he has been warn- ed by one astrologer to extra care of himself, regardless.

In the neighboring kingdom of Nepal, a stronghold of old-fashioned Hinduism, these predictions have caused so much alarm that King Mahendra has found it necessary to issure a reassuring proclamation. He rather spoiled the effect of his ap- peal to common sense, however, by urging the people to meet any disas- ter “like brave Nepalese.” Nothing tioris to be brave in the face of_un- specified danger. oe

In Canada astrologers—if they exist—are in disrepute, and we have heard nothing to indicate that there are any forebodings as to tomorrow's planetary parade. Even Mr, Pear- son, who has been predicting dire things for the Deifenbaker Govern- ment’s hasn't designated Feb. 4 but the federal election date. And he’s -such a poor astrologer that he doesn’t profess to know when this date will turn up. Nor. is-Mr. Tommy Douglas any more specific, His pre- diction -is that neither the Grits nor the Tories will find the astrological going very smooth on election day, but he doesn’t know what. planets will be conjunction then, or whether it will be winter, summer or fall.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Tokyo's population has hit the ' 10,000,000 mark. It, happened last

a salary or profit is the reward of |

must either move his family to |

For 150 years, Ceylon was a

| British Crown Colony in which the Sinhalese, Tamil and other}

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JAIL CONDITIONS _ §Sir—In reply to a statement published in The.Guardian and

General Melvin McQuaid con- cerning the conditions of the Queen's County Jail and his words of criticism towards the Older Boy’s Parliament, I would like to reiterate the stand taken by the parliament. In sq doing 1 would like to outline for you the conditions which the delegates -found during their tour of the institution. .

Upon entering the cell block of the building .the boys first observed men, presumably _ in- mates, sitting on the floor against the brick wall of the building. There were no benches in sight for these men to sit on and so they were obviously

to stand up. At the far end of the corridor there was a large window with four panes of glass missing. The frames were covered with cardboard which was insecurely fastened. Due to the strong wind blowing on the day in which the boys visit- ed the jail, the draff entered through this window and caused the temperature in the jail to fall to a point well below that required for the essential com- fort of human beings.

The washroom basins were deplorable—grimey, chipped, ap- parently not disinfected. One of the toilet booths was in a de- lapitated state; one side was broken away and had begun to fall down. ‘The floors and walls were exceedingly filthy-——— - §$ome of the cells did not re- ceive direct light from the out- side; some were also without light of any kind. Many of the cells did not have a chair or table that was Visible to an outside observer, The bed- was constructed of a sheet of steel plate with a thin mattress over it. three blankets to use to keep them warm in this cold building.

A prominent city lawyer told the boys who visited the jail that to his knowledge the. jail had not been fumigated during the last five years. He also stated’ that the met whom he defended in court, who had been

and neck caused by imsects—

presumably bed bugs or

I ask you sir; do. you consider

these conditions fit for human °

I am, Sir, ete., ERROL SHARPE Premier, Eighth P.E.I. Older Boys Parliament.

SHORTER CANAL ROUTE Sir, It is important for

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compelled to sit on the floor or |

_| shallow water separating.

The: men had only -two or |

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Kk | Neil Matheson for his |

tion with canal and locks, to har- ness the great tidal hydro power | potential of the Petitcodiac Ri- | ver.

| Mr. Walter A. Melanson, for-

mer N.B.. District Highway En- |

| gineer, and others who have ad- vocated this route are to be commended for they are on to | something of great basic value | to the Maritimes. ‘ | May I add one other advan- | | tage of this new shorter canal | Toute, and actually some people | consider this advantage as be- | ing sufficient reason in itself for canal construction in the: Petit- codiac, Moncton, Shediac area. That is, with this route, there would be no obstruction, inter- | ference and consequent traffic | delay on the P. E. 1. Causeway + of the future. 4

Again a quick reference to a map shows that the bulk of ship movement Great Lakes, Mont- real to Saint John, Boston, etc. would not cut across the P.E.I. Causeway, if that traffic was us- ing Petitcodiac, Moncton, She- | diac Canal route. However, if this great ship traffic had to use a canal down in the Cumber- land Basin (Aulac) to Baie Verte area, frequent interruptions by ships cutting P.E.I. Causeway traffic both ways, would be the problem! There would also be delay to the passage of the shipping.

It should be obvious that a | Causeway to P..£. I. will even- tually ‘be built from Cape Tor- mentine across that relatively A Causeway is very feasible if it | would be enclosed on the cov-

ered bridge principal which , would do away with salt water spray, ice and snow conditions. Such a Causeway would provide no ventilation problems as would |a@ tunnel, Think of the em- ployment created | This is my humble submission | on the situation trying to look at it on the broad view of future development. We would have P. E. I. solidly with us on this, / as we would Nova Scotia too, ‘once they see the over-all ad- vantages in the picture. I am, Sir, etc.

J. BENNETT MACAULAY,

Sussex, N.B.

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Eastern Kings, and of the hun- dreds of patients he has endear-

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a few examples of his | in his many years of | faithful service to the people of |

Maritimers to note when look- | ing at the broad over-all pic- ture and into the future, that the alternate canal route of up the Petiteodiac River, thence . from .Moncton to Shediac Bay, | presents important advantages | over the usual thought of route from Aulac (Cumberland Basin)

aging friend as well as a physi- cian. Possessed with more than an

has been one of service, sacrifice and love for others, and always kept abreast of the times by

| to Baie Verte. ety sad The Petitcodiac-Moneton-She- | Constant . Sus ot Ge he Zoe eae ee m t great bulk of shipping, that is,| Needeth no tribute of record ships going between Saint John, m. y. aise artes gma

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go away around Cape Tormen- Gn the enduring tablet of the tine Peninsula human heart.

On Feb, 6th he will he cele brating his birthday, and may God in His love and tender mer- Baie Verte- way requires a cut

This alternate route would re- re a cut‘of 12 miles, whereas Cumberland Basin (Aulac)

world drank more and more of Ceylon’s tea and demanded |more_ and more of Ceylon’s rub- ber, so the economy flourished. | In 1948, when the Ceylonese de- cided it was time for indepen-

dence, the transition was made | smoothly and with the greatest |

good-will on both sides.

For the island which travelers | had called a paradise, the future looked extremely promising.

| But now — less than 15 years |

| later — the island paradise has | become an island of strife and bitterness, of murder and riot. This week, in the latest of a long series of disturbitrg inci- dents the Government an- nounced that it had arrested | eight senior police and military officers who were planning a

| coup d'etat.

SOMETHING WRONG

What has gone wrong in Cey- lon? Much of the present trouble seems to spring from the use of racial differences in

the island for political ends. The-

Sri: Lanka Freedom Party, founded and led by Mr. Solomon Bandaranaike, swept to power

|.in 1956 largely on a promise to

displace English and make Sin- halese the sole official language. This greatly alarmed the Tam- ils and murder, arson and vio lence swept the country.

When the immediate upheaval was over, fear and suspicion remained among all the minor- ity groups, and the economy was undermined by bitter labor disputes, prolonged strikes, and threats of nationalization.

The situation worsefied in Sep-

tember, 1959, when Prime Min- |

ister Bandaranaike was assas- sinated. His reluctant widow

was persuaded to become head | of the Government in his place,’ but it is thought that the real |

power lies in the hands of her ambitious and authoritarian nephew, Mr. Dias Bandaranaike who is the Finance Minister and

; also controls. the Department of

Defense and External Affairs. Mr. Bandaranaike appears con- temptuous of Parliament, prefers to rule by administra- tive regulation. EMERGENCY LAWS

Under the emergency laws in- troduced last April he has

plenty of scope. The Govern- |

ment has power, and uses it, to proscribe political parties and to arrest and detain people with- out trial; to control the press by severe censorship which forbids publication of Cabinet proceed- ings or matters before the Cab-

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Adult Reaction To Chicken Pox Is More Serious

will be called anything chicken pox. ,

The majority of: infants immune during the first

so close together. Our country friends escape during their early years, only to fall victim later in life, especially if they move into town.

The malady-is less contagious than smalipox but few suscep- tible younzsters escape when they come into contaét with a friend who has chicken pox.

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Symptoms usually begin ap- proximately two weeks after ex- | posure. The youngster feels ill with fever, headache, and vague pains for a day or two.

This prodromal stage gener- | ally is mild in children but more annoying and serious in adults. Furthermore, the true nature of the iliness often es- capes detection’ during. the per- fod unless chicken pox is antici- pated.

The rash begins as a rule as a

by a crust. Meanwhile, other le- sions are developing so that all stages of the disease are pres- ent at once. The eruption subsid- | es within seven days but three weeks may elapse before the | scales finally drop off. Slight scarring may remain from one or two of the pox, usually on the face or near an eye.

There is no treatment for chicken pox except to relive | itching. Calamine lotion is good for this purpose. Keep the finger | +nails cut short to prevent—deep

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| VITAMIN Bi2 | | .M. A. writes: I have perni- | vious anemia and find the vita- min B12 shots expensive. Would

the tablets do just as well? | . REPLY | No” even though tablets or |

F. 0. writes: I have angina pectoris and belch a lot. What can be done about this burping angina?

REPLY

Nitroglycerine is the most popular remedy for angina pec- | toris. There are several drugs, such as Kanulase,- tfat reduce | gas by improving digestion. Me- | dicines will not work if you are | a habitual air swallower.

WORK OF THE HEART H. Z. writes: Does the heart work harder when a person is asleep or awake? REPLY When. awake. During _ sleep, | the body needs. are minimal.

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OFFICE TEMPERATURE T. P. writes: Why do women | like the office so warm the men | are ? | REPLY . | Fewer clothes and metabolism.

OUR YESTERDAYS |

From the Guardian Files

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO ® (Feb. 3, 1937) Some well known from Summerside racing stab- les have been purchased. by re- sidents of Kinkora. J. W. Farmer has bought Winnie Win- kle from Claude O’Brien. Mr. John D. MclIvor is now the ow- ner of Paddy Aubrey and Mr. John Mulligan has added Mick- éy Mouse to his racing stables.

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The Derbyshire mining village of Pilsley is divided on whether, | the local gravedigger should | wear socks at funerals- The gravedigger is Mr. George Gilding, aged 61, who says he has not worn socks since he left the army in 1918. Villagers have

pin sized, pinkish red pimple. ma" every time it passes over | complained after noticing his This changes rapidly, oftem> its launching base,,— Calgary | bare feet at funerals. — New within a few hours, to a tiny | Albertan. _ | Statesman. .

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By Joseph MacSween Canadian Press Staff Writer

Pakistan’s diplomatic attack on India is apparently designed to explode Prime Minister

| Nehru’s claim that India sticks |

by the rule of law in a world dominated by- cold-war tigers.

Sir Muhammed Zafrulla Khan, Pakistan ambassador, was clear on this in his request

for a United Nations security | | council meeting on the charge | force.

that India was threatening Pak- -disputed-

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Kashmir. India's army takeover of Por- | tuguese Goa and two other

small Portuguese territories on the Indian subcontinent in De- cember gave the UN its most traumatic jolt since the Suez

crisis and the Hungarian upris- |

ing of 1956. ESCAPED CENSURE

India escaped cefisure in the UN because of passionate anti- colonial feeling Asian bloc which comprises nearly half of the UN member- ship, but no argument has con- vinced the Western powers that on its face it was anything else but a‘ power grab.

Pakistan apparently feels it is |

competent to point up the para- dox of peace-loving India.

Had any other country except Indig made such a move on Goa the shock would have less.

India is déep in the fabric of

| the UN, a maker of principle,

a prime contributor to the UN force in The Congo, a supporter of the UN emergency force in the Middle East, one of the key countries in the solution of the Suez crisis that rocked the Com-* monwealth.

Shortly before the Goa inci- dent, Nehru addressed the UN general assembly and proposed an international year of co-oper-

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; ation along. the lines of the suc- cessful “world refugee year.” | GANDHI FOLLOWERS Nehru and his defence minis- ter. V..K. Krishna Menon, long an emissary to the UN, fre quently have referred to the | wisdom of their mentor, Ma- | hatma Gand&i, and his doctrine of passive resistance rather than

| Against all this, Pakistan says | not a moment to use force where its interests are ‘involved. |The Indian army was sent | against the recalcitrant state of Hyderabad after Britain granted independence in 1947, it was recalled.

Indian troops have -een worke- ing out along the Pakistan bore der. Pakistan says it’ was an ine | sult ‘to the United States that | India turned down President Kennedy’s offer of ‘‘good of- fices’’ between Pakistan and India on the Kashmir dispute which has been in progress since 1948,

Whatever the merits of the Kashmir dispute, it appears Pakistan felt this was a rive | moment to make India a de fendant at the United Nations,

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