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THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

TIIE BllAR LDTTETOWII GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Founded 1887)

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ldent Lleut..-CoL W. Chester S. MeLure Vine President J. ll. Bumetl. FJJ. Ieoretary Liane-Col. D. A. MaeKlnnon, 0.8.0. Editor d Managing Director J. B. Burnett, FJ-I. n Associate Editor Frank Walker SUBSCRIPTION RATES h a 85.00 per year (in advance) delivered l! $4.00 per year tln advance) mailed to P. EJaland 15.00 per year (in advance) mailed to Canada and 11.8. Members Audit Bureau of Circulation:

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink.” -—'-l+-i""

TUESDAY, MAY 31, 192a

Summer Ferry Service

According to our local contemporary, it was on the application of Premier Campbell that the Doffllnltlll tiuvernment recently reconditioned the old car ferry by providing it with an auto- mobile declt. Hence any criticism directed at the service is resented by the Liberal organ.

If it llC‘ true that Premier Campbell made this application, he misrepresented the attitude 0f our boards of trade whose petition he went to Ottawa to present. The request, as indorsed in a resolution [\.'ll<<(’(l hy the llaritiiiie hoard 01 Trade, \\'.'lS for an additional stunner, 5116611111)’ designed for auto carrying. There has been a good deal of speculation as to why this was turned (lown. Now, it seems. it was because the Premier's application was to have the old steam- er retitled. ~

Reference to this matter was made at the last annual meeting of the Summerside Board of Trade, in the report of the transportation com- mittee submitted by the chairman, Hon. L. R. Allen. The committee was not satisfied with having the old ferry refitted. “\\'e wish,” said Mr. Allen, “to go on record and state that iii our opinion the matter of transportation of auto— mobiles between the mainland and this Province ftiill nrcrr lit‘ on a rnlirfiirtnrv Iniris mitil the rci/iirslr of our brivf 1c liirli was presented ‘at Illoiirton an‘ ciirrimil mil, namely tlie opcniliiir} of a rfirrilill_v rlcxigiivzl aiilo-cnrijviiig fvrry be- fcrcm Toriiicii/iiir mid Borden. capable of ar- roiiimoilutiiio at [earl 50 automobile: a! a time, to operate daily during the spring and summer months, itialcing the first crossing not later than 7 a.m. and continuing each and every day until 9 pm. \\'iih a service of this kind, the trade would at least double over a period 0f five years."

Similarly. in (liscussing the matter before the Rowell C0lIlllll§>lfifl on behalf of the Charlotte- town Tloarrl of Trade, the president, Licut. Col- onel Full. said: “Stimctiincs we wonder 110W vou can gct a lot of money for some things, and yet a tum-g gqnllfinlic service could be provided in another \\'1l\'. It will take 350.000 to make. this change (in the old ferry) whereas a. small bout that would carry automobiles only could be put on. llft\\t‘\'\‘l', if the railway proposes t0 do it this wa_v. that is the way it will be done.”

lliit according tn our contemporary it was not the railway in this case which was to blame. f)"L‘.'lll.<(? the lilwlcral (iovernmcnt authorized the ri"l fcrry to l~e ri-titteil "on the application 0f Pi-trinicr Campbell."

It is surpri-iiig that Hon. .\l'r, Allen. at least. was not consulted bv his Cabinet lead/‘r bPlOFC this application was made in opposition to tbt‘ Jopular demand for a ticw steamer.

"Harbinger: Of Peace"

{esterdafs despatches carried news of a par- ticularly revolting piece of butchcry on the part of Japanese invaders in China. Bombing raids on Saturday over the densely populated city of Canton, czuising thousands 0f casualties. were repeated Stinday over areas thronged with civi- lians made homeless by the first attack. “includ- ing hundreds of women and children." Res- cuers were reported to have been machine-gun- ned while seeking to extricate the dcad and wounded from blasted dwellings. More than ioo bombs, mruiv of them incendiary, were dropped on the city. _

Coincident with this achievement in mass murder thcre has reached its through the mails a copy of a newspaper. “The Japanese Amen- can.” in which the slogan "Peace For All Is Japan's Aim ln Asia" is prominently featured. From a front-page article. quoting Mr. Tarlac hlatumoto, __lapaiicse Parliamentary Vice hlm- istcr of Foreign Affairs, as stating his country's aim in the Orient to he “the realization of mut- ual prosperity and well being," we turned to the editorial page and found this:

"Japan has now launched an unarmed or arm- less campaign in China. Where ltfir Svlflwfi have adranccil, forces of her men and women. equipped with the instruments of pcacefare following in order tn help the Chinese return to their homes and their work. These Japanese arr. the first to build peace where destruction nas been wrought. Like good Samaritans they have come to China to give food to the starving and to help the poor. Also they treat the sick and luffcring. give shelter to the homeless, and pro- vide work for the svorkless. These Japanese men and women are the harbingcrs of peace: they are bringing the tidings of hope and sal- vation where the life o_f the whole country has fallen into deipair."

Behind propaganda of this kind there is an attitude of mind which is simply appalling. Is it conceivable that it is intended as propaganda at all? Read in‘ conjunction with the facts. the bloody facts related by impartial news-gatherers In China, it sounds like monstrous irony.

Mulually Advantageous

Speaking at the Government luncheon tender- ed in his honour on Saturday, Sir Francis Floud, retiring High Commissioner in Canada for the United Kingdom, referred enthusiastically tn the success of the Empire trade agreements negotiat- ed at Ottawa in 1932. “Since these agreements were concluded." he pointed out, "Canada has bought from Great Britain goods to the yalue of 398,900,000]; year more than she did m 19,16-

' (M161 it d Great Britain has bought ‘ -~ worth of goods per

annuin more than she did five years ago.

“It may appear," said Sir Francis, “that Can- ada has had the best of the bargain, but after all, we are a bigger population. Our exports are mainly manufactured goods and yours are main- ly primary products and we have been very anxious in recent years to develop our trade within the Empire, as far as possible.”

That is the attitude ot the Government and people of the United Kingdom towards the Ot- tawa agreements. Yet we still hear, in this coun- try, carping criticism about the allegedly “hard bargain" which the Bennett Government struck on that occasion. Even in the House of Com- mons the other day this view was expressed, but was answered, promptly and effectively, by Hon. Mr. Cahan. It received an answer, too, in the Windsor Star, an independent newspaper, from which we quote:

“This is not the first time that Mr. Bennett and his colleagues have been criticized for mak- ing too good a deal for Canada at the i932 gathering to hear these things. \Ve concede that a Government falling down on its obligations, not making the best possible deal for the peo- ple it represents, is well entitled to come under opposition fire. But to be criticized for doing oiie's job too well, to be assailed for getting too many concessions for onefs country, to be at~ tacked because one <lidii’t allow the visiting dele- gates to walk away with everything in sight- in the way of trade or other c0ncessioiis—-\vell. it seems t0 us that this is just a bit too much."

The Ottawa agreements was twice indnrsed bv overwhelming majorities in the British House of Commons, and approved bv the voters of the United Kingdom in i035. when it was an out- standing issue in the election campaign of that year. Having therefore fully satisfied the par- ties on one side of the bargain. and more than satisfied those on the other side, Mr. Bennett may fairly claim to have done a pretty clean job at Qttawa in the summer of i932.

Editorial Notes i ll i i The battle of Jutland this date, I916. l I ‘l 1F ‘UK

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The contract for the \\'oo<l Island ferry is not yet definitely let, the l-Ialifax tenders not having been able to give delivery as specified.

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The Senate today is comparable to some ex- tent with the Campbell Legislature caucus. Three Liberal Senators from the Island say nasty things about one another, politically.

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Tuio-and-a-half per cent of all the farmers in Canada took advantage of the Farmers‘ Credit Arrangement Act. Not a very large propor- tion, is it, when the times and seasons are con- sidered?

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Senator Sinclair was a guest at the luncheon to Sir Francis and Lady Flotid on Saturday, but that was not what made him leave his legislative duties and come to Charlottetown. He is still Mr. Dunniutfs Island guide, philosopher and friend.

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Poison ivy (Rhus toxicodendron) has found its way into Stroucl. Gloucestersliire, England, and the authorities are trying to trace its source. I-lithetro this blistering weed has been confined

to LYSA, and Canada. x w r a

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Once upon a time a local Supreme Court judge sitting on appeal delivered a minority judgment to the extent of some seven Patriot columns, in favour of an appellant. Now because the self- same judge differs from the appellant, on some other matter, the latter declares he lacks admin- istrative acumen or ability.

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They have evidently no sympathy with boot- leggers in Virginia and what would be consid- ered as extenuating circumstances are waved to one side by the presiding magistrate. John M. Cross. Pikeville, Ky., Negro, told the judge that he shouldn’t be sent to jail for possessing untax- ed liquor. and gave six reasons": lie is ()5 years old. He's been married eleven times. He is the father of thirty-four children. He served with the Union Army in the Civil \\’ar. He is a chiropodist. He. makes snake oil that restores natural color to the hair. The Judge was un- impressed. “Thirty days and $50 and costs," he decreed.

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Business men will join in sympathy with the USA. industrialists and storelcecpers who have registered a. protest against the innumerable schedules and reports they are compelled to make to the powers-that-be. President Roose- vclt appreciates there are good grounds for the kick, and has issued the follmving announce- ment: "I am concerned over the large number of statistical reports which Federal agencies are requiring from business and industry. In view of comments that come into this office, I desire to know the extent of such reports and how far there is duplication among them. Ac- cordingly, I am reuuesting the Central Statis- tical Board. under the authority of Section I of the act creating the board. to report to me on the statistical work of the Federal agencies with recommendations looking toward consolidations and changes which are consistent with efficiency and economy. both to the government and to private industry."

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It seems dictatorship is finding root in such a

land of the free as our neighbour to the south as the following incident indicates. In the City of Oklahoma, a Mr, Haskell Bethurum. electri- cian and leader in church work was driving home from a night church service when a police car without lights drew alongside: “Who are you P" the men in it demanded. Mr. Bethurum. sus- picious because the car was without lights. re- plied that he might ask the same question. There- upon the policemen took him to court and he was fined six dollars. The electrician paid but The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma Citv news- paper. decided the fine was unjustified and started a public subscription fund to reimburse Mr. Bethurnm and "balance the scales of jus- tice.” Within twelve hours almost 1.000 pennies were contributed bv that manv individuals. The newspaper announced the surplus would be used "to nay 1hr fines of persons whose nnlv crime 1| asking a simple question of a policeman."

NOTES BY TllE WAY

The women nun-ll! have quite a time getting their husbands to 890416 u a small flower bed in the shrink. ut. we have observed that amanwlll dlaunalaxge plot of mound 1n search of fish worms and thine nothing of 1t. —Kl Record

After m l in lull a» ‘fin? man" hilfisllud hi8 Ki . B Phi

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Oimltl s. It. a strange contradiction 1n human nature that a man who 11 kind to animals may be cruel to- ward his fellow-man to the nolnt. of killing h1m.—-Gl0be and Mail.

The world ha: had 11a alone an. its toe use. its golden age. When historians come to write about the praent era, what label will they attach to it? The age of violence. probably. This seems to be a time m whfch men have given up the notion that: disputes can be settled bv reason and compromise. Future historians writing of our time will refer to a tortured Europe. with its incredible war 1n Spain and its du- nerate preparations for a b er and

of mass killings 1n China and mass executions 1n Russia‘ of concentra- tlon camps and racial poeroms ln Germany and Austria; and the rule of strutting might tn other lands. All of this makes tfhe present a hard time to live through-Winni- neiz Tribune.

How long do you suppose it’: going to take the DUZZ to zeta over its perpe ual amazement of mere bigness? The Elfel Tower, the tallest structure 1n Europe is

most beautiful ln Paris. As a mat-

more rumous war. They write g3 1n the front

BRINGING Till BLOOD FREQ- SURE DOWN

The pliyslcatn 10-day 11 not so {nuch iréteresterct 1n lSWBElIIBhel-hl: elnpera ure o a pa en; more interested in trying to 11nd out wh the tempera tire 1s high. ncrease may be due to one or more conditions and he wants to flnd just what these conditions are. To reduce temperature which 1s high because the body is f ht- ing an ailment, 1s llke attac lng our own soldiers 1n the rear or rom the side when they are fight- llne or front enches. Reducing temperature ‘needlessly’ reduces the body's fighting strength.

Blmllarl with a pain 1n the ab- domen. hlle most. cases are clue to gas pressure, some are due to a pendlcitls or some other acute a domlnal ailment. To give a patt- ent. a pain-killing drug to ease the

pa.n may mask or lilde the cause mmd o! ‘mmlof the pain for a number 0f preci-

ous hours and make operation

more dangerous should 1t be neces- ' sary. not. the most beautiful. 1t 1s not: the what about high blood Dream“;

called

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Louvre

ter of fact it

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nam y more architects than any other bulldin

of comparable size on the face o t-iie earth. turns out to be the country's biggest drawing card. Over visited it last. year; nearly more than visited the Louvre Mus- eum. a few blocks distant. has to offer 1s the greatest collection of iu-t the world e5.—Kit.chener Record.

But

An energetic wmnan in who made a quilt out of scraps o1 celebrities’ wearing apparel has re- fused the offers of a number of museums. explfllnine that the quilt was made for her grand-daughter,

. What

world's celebrity population is refi- resented may be suggested by e fate that the quilt. took more than s.x years to make, and holds some 10,000,000 stitches. been contributed by celebrities 1n all walks and (millage, not exclud- lniz royalty and hig 1y- nltarles 1n many counta- es. — Vlc- toria Tim

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Most people, when 1h a hot-dog stand and m e a chase never appreciate that are contributing Mr. J. W. Collins, retiring New lies.- land Trade lssl adat corrects this wrong impress- Canada, he states. Ls Zealands best customer for hot. dog casings. having p than $l.000.000 worth of them last year. This places the trade ltely ln the class of big business. in the future. 1f you are in- clined to criticlre "big business". re-

has probably been

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should it. be ‘brought down’?

Dr. Edward Weiss. Professor of Clinical Medicine, Temple Unl- versity Medical School. Philadelphia, has this Delaware

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to say 1n th the mm T°w°r State Medical JournaLe 000.000 "1 think one oj 111B greatest

I {£893 faults 1n the management of

hypertension (h h blood pressure) 1n this country ms been the em- phasis on ‘brlngln dotyn the 121w possess- rmsure.’ We mus loo upon e

blood pressure curve 1n exactly the same way that we do the fever or temperature curve 1n an acute infectious disease — influenza, pneumonia. pleurlsy —snd realize that it 1s Just as wrong to fasten our attention on bringing the blood ressure down, without understand-

All the

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as" the blood pressure or the fev-

PP°P°"-‘°" 0‘ “he liig and treating the lndlvldual who n C

Dr. Welse points out that while the condition of blood vessels ln the aye, the size of the heart, the ability of the kidneys to do their work and other conditions should be learned, the ‘ sonallty’ of the individual hlmsef should likewise be learned as the emotional 1n- dlviduul who 1e apt; to have high blood presiure must be dealt. with 1n other ways than by medlctne. The point. then is that it. may be necessary for the blood pressure t0 be Zilgh because of some condition of bloodvessels and kidneys. On the other hand emotional disturbances which can be lessened or prevented may be the cause of the high blood pressure.

It is not; lowering the blood pres- sure, but. finding out what. is keep- lng it high that. ls most important.

Patches have

laced dig-

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u. ell to b1: business. oner to Can- New

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mem-bes that you are attacking the gatggry hot, dog lndustryl-Wlndsor

Who l: benz. the "White Mahat- The identity of this yogi 1s

ma“? revealed. as Gunner Allen of the 8th Field Brigade, R. A. station at.

Lucknow. Gunner Allen 1s shortly leaving India. and intends to form a troupe and tour En land and the Continent. During ast. Summer he gave a demonstration o.‘ his yoga powers at the et. Club, and thrilled the audience with his ex- traordinary feat-a such as swapping the heart and the pulse an the oiercm of pins into any part; o 111s m-Calcutba Statesman.

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llhe Dominion for the estab ent. of additional nattonal parks are encouraging, since they indicate wldsnread acknowledgement of the part which such areas play in pro- motlmz healthful outdoor recrea- tion, in preserving natural beauties and in sttractkig tourists. Canad- ians on the whole were 510w 1n tak- lniz to the national park idea. but now almost every district 1s not content unless 1t. has at. least one of these public arens-Bxockvllle Recorder and Times.

The morale of the Cale do Plrll» one of the nicest restaurants 1n London. was all but shattered some weeks ago by a wispy oung man who came in at the he ht of the luncheon hour and demanded a table. The head-Walter told him that they were all reserved, but the fellow wouldn't take that for an answer. He picked out a table and firmly sat; down, ignoring the "Re- served" slim. and w: he had s rath- er wild look 1n his eye. the head- wawer let hlm remain. There was a scene when the waiter handed him the menu. The young man read throueh slowl and carefully. 1n- cludlmz the ne list. loud voice. he said. "I shank order. There's nothing here that I could possibly eat." He gm. up glanced around the room. shook his scornfullv and departed. at the cafe de Paris felt terrl-ble about this. but they felt even worse two days later when mother young man appeared at luncheon an went rough substantially the some performance - insisted on clwoslniz his own table, com lalned o." the menu. and stalked m1 with- out having ordered. At. interval: during the next week three more men appeared. ued about. the service. and left 1n hulls. It finally got. so bad that the staff winced whenever a stag entered the ree- taurant. Then. one day, the first, of the ‘dlssagliafled w men mowed‘ up or nner. o everybody watched bi-eathlesnl . he ordered a dry sherry. soup an a lulu omelet, all of whlc he seem thorn hly

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uran . to make arcane. He "r .211...“ m... nnliy. rum I've m: myself latelyf- 111a New Yorker.

of the m serpent anon. wanna! In accepted an the t... when . "%.°"1l':'1“ ‘°°" 1a ".'eu the other day m b; University of gun u] 1110"!“ "3 ant o! th or Duane! 01%

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To Ripe Old _Ages

(Hamilton Spectator)

the Maritime pmvlnces 1n the mat- oif tariffs, freight rates and things of that. sort. they are st-lll- to judge by longevity-about the bee Dart. of Canada to live in. This may be stretching 1t, too far ln a compliment. to our Atlantic prov- lnces. as most old-timers lay their izreat. age to total abstinence. mod- crate drinking, pipe smoking. not smolknz at. all. eating meat. being vegetarian, exercising a lot. or never exercising at a . S0. can't agree on these things, 1t ls probable that the just go on living cause the thin 1t. ls a good idea and they lie the country.