Commonwealth Partnership On Wider Scale Discussed

by ROBERT RICE Canadian Press Staff Writer

LONDON (CPI - There is talk

nowadays of an "expanding" Com-

. mgnwealth-an elastic, ever-grow- mg partnership of nations that might include Norway. Denmark, The Netherlands. even Israel.

A young. Conservative .member of the British Parliament, Patrick Maltland. argues its advantages in almost every speech he makes. A Canadian MP-John Diefenbaker- has said the same things. The great South African statesman. the late Jan Smuts. long ago favored I broader Commonwealth concept.

Whether it will come to pass re- mains to be seen. But the fact. that the Commonwealth is considered capable of expanding itself to in- clude non-British countries is. in a sense. the key to how the part- ncrshlp works.

PROVEN FLEXIBILITY

The Commonwealth is not a static organism. Its history is a story of change. Its flexibility was stretched and proven in 1947 when India won independence from Brit- ain and then, in 1949. chose a world role as a republic within the Com- monwealth. Pakistan this year also- hecame a republic and, signifi- cantly, remained inside the asso- ciation. Ceylon. independent since 1948 and now with a new govern- ment, may also become a republic.

in the emergence of these Asian nations and in the recent rise of other colonial countries, there is a common denominator that began a century ago in Canada with Lord Durham's now-famous report of I839.

He advocated responsible. not just representative. government for the young colony of Canada. and his idea became the model for all that followed.

"The setting up of dominion gov- ernment in Canada in the middle of the last century proved to be an extraordinarily l n f l u e n t I al event," writes Guy Wint in a new book on Asia's political progress.

”Canada provided the pattern nhich other dependencies in the Hritish Empire could follow, the Asian ones included."

NEW DEFINITION

in 1884, Lord Rosebery, speak- lng in Adelaide. said:

"The empire is a common- wraith of nations." and a new nnrd was invented.

The first real attempt to dcilnc ll came in I926 when an imperial conference in I.ondon said its mem

bers were "autonomous communi- ties within the British Empl . equal in status. in no way so ordinate one to mother in any aspect of their domestic or ex- ternal affairs. though united by a common allegiance to the crown and freely associated as members of the British commonwealth of nations."

The general meaning of the 1926 declaration has never changed. In- dia and Pakistan are republics but accept the monarch as a symbol of Commonwealth unity, and as such head of the Commonwealth.

"Mankind does not only run on bread and butter. but on purpose. too." says Patrick Maltland. "That is what the Commonwealth has and can spread-the purpose of an expanding free association taking foreign countries in on the same basis as India. "

There is room in the Common- wealth which. he says. is "knit by some tie, some link that no- body yet has managed to an- al se."

EXAMPLE OF GOODWILL

Anthony Nutting. Britain's min- ister of state for foreign affairs, sees the Commonwealth as "the finest example of international partnership and goodwill yet de- vised." '

Others, too, have tried to de- scribe this partnership over which the sun never sets, but a British weekly, The Economist, suggests that in its modern sense the word "commonwealth" is no longer translatable.

"This in itself is an advantage. since it discourages attempts at a definition which. whenever one is made, always offends one or an- other- of the members of the club.

"The word. like the thing-in- itself, rises unique and inexplicable above logic or consistency; but it works." '

Prime Minister Eden has mar- veiled publicly at the way mem- ber countries. as though by instinct so often think alike. "We often agree without consulting at all." he says.

FREQUENT CONSULTATION

But there is consultation and co operation - the prime ministers have met six times since the war, always in London; the Colombo plan is an economic blueprint for Cummonwealth aid in southeast Asia: every Commonwealth coun- try. cxcept Canada. is a member of the sterling area.

Linked in so many ways. some

real, others intangible. the coun-

are free to choose their own friends. Thus. Canada joins NATO. Australia and New Zealsnd loin SEATO, India refuses to join any- thing exccpta a neutral bloc.

So varied politically, the Com- monwealth contains most racial groups. too. Negroes. Hamitlcs. Malaysians. Melaneslans. Micro-

esians, Indians. Chinese Euro- peans all fit into the partnership.

Only 74,000,000 of the Common- wealth's 550,000,000 people are white. The rest range from light tan to darkest Negro. They speak so many different languages and dialects that no one has ever both- ered to count them. Almost every religion is represented. PIPELINE8 T0 LONDON

From it all. there are two pipe- lines to London - the Common- wealth relations office dealing chiefly with the eight members, Canada, Australia. New Zealand, India, Pakistan. Ceylon. South At- rica and the United Kingdom; and the colonial office which handles the rest. The federation of Rho- desia and Nyasaland made up of a self-governing colony and two pro- tectorates. is shared between the two departments.

Thirty-nine years ago, Gen. Smuts described in advance what is happening right now:

"You do not want to standardize the nations of the British Empire. you want to develop them towards greater, fuller nationality. These communities must not be modded in any one pattern. You want them to develop freely on the principles of self-government, and therefore your whole idea is different from anything that has existed before.

"This is the fundamental fact we have to bear in mind, that this British Commonwealth of nations does not stand for standardization or denationallzation. but for the fuller, richer and more various forms of all the nations comprised in it."

And now. in this "expanding" Commonwealth. such events are taking place-in Malta's plan to join Britain, in separate Caribbean islands joining one another in a federation. in Singapore wanting nationhood and Malaya wanting in- dependence, and in the suggestions that other. outside countries he come part of the whole fabric that is the Commonwealth.

POINT DE ROCHE

Mr. and Mrs. Temple Murphy. hare returned to their home In Savage Harbour after spending the winner months in Mount Stewart iillli their son-in-law and daugh- tor. Mr. a 1 Mrs. Albert McIntyre.

Mrs. Ernest Doyle, Point de Rot-he has returned to her home after spending a few days in Char- loltetown at the home of her fa- ther. Mr. E.P. Donnelly.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kelly, St. Andrews, spent the past weekend in Charlottetown.

Mr. Raymond Doyle. P0131 M Roche. had the misfortune of los- log a couple of prized lambs. which ncrc believed to have eaten "Wild Ton. Dr. Terceira of Char- lottetown was called upon he stat- ed that there had been no sign of Wild Tea. Dr. Terceira took one of the lambs back to Charlottetown. The disease has not yet been diag- nosed.

iir. George Clark of Mount Ste- start has recleved the position Much for many years had been oi-cupicd by Mr. John Watts of Grand Tracadie,'as assistant for Mr. W.W. Glover who is in Com- mand of the Patrol Boat at Sav- age Harbour.

The many friends of Mrs. John For-ban, Point dc Roche are hop- log for an improvement in her health.

Mr, Ernie Doyle has been on- gaged in sawing the summer sup- ply of wood for the farmers in the district

Mr. George Fechan has been confined to his home through ill- ncss. George is one of the out- standing fisherman at Savage Har- hour. All join in hoping that he will soon be restored to his full quota of good health.

Dr. Terceira. well known veter- lnary of Charlottetown made sev- oral professional calls throughout Point dc Roche and Savage Har- bour durlng the past week.

On the Point dc Roche road dur- mg the past week, we had the pleasure to witness a rare sight. Dougie Doyle and George Mac- Cormack of this district had their four "beauties" hitched to a split 10! drag and were really doing a

LITTLE POND SCHOOL

Report of Little Pond School for month of April is as follows:

Grade VIII - 1. Ronald Mac- Donald; 2. Joseph MacDonald.

Grade VII 4 I. Virginia Mac- Donald; 2. Donald MacDonald; 3. Doreen Lewis.

Grade VI - I. Billy MacDon- ald: 1. Annie MacDonald; 8. lar- raina Jarvis. '

MGFICE V - I. Colleen MacDon- a .

Grade IV - I. Stephan MacDon- Ild: 2. Billy Dlngwell: I. Peggy MacDonald.

Grade III (at-i. Jackie Tas- sell: 2. Kaye Lewis; 3. Walter MacDonald. w(';lrsde III tb) - I. Joy Diag-

e .

Grade II in) - I. Robert Mac- Donald: 2. Clarence Tassall: I. Jimmie MacDonald.

Grade II lb) - I. Dianne Mac- Donald.

Grade I (at .- 1. Jamie Mac- hon

fine job ' shape.

putting the highway in

Clark's Feed Service at Mount Stewart which for the past nine, years has rended a valued ser- vice to the farmer in the area has been closed for business. Mr. Fred- die Clark, owner and operator, is one of the Mt. Stewart's leading and most popula citizens.

Mrs. Kimble MacDonald, Park- dale. was a recent visitor at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Feehan. Point de Roche.

A real bangup crowd attended the weekly bingo held in St An- drews Theatre, Mt. Stewart. Miss Thelma MacKay of Savage Harbour was the winner of the fifty dollar jackpot.

Mt. Stewart. it seems. is a ver- itable hatchery of tron" fisherman. Even the youngsters are fitted out with costly equipment. Many "beauties" have been caught with an old alder a line of knotted wrap- pi ig twine and that two cent hook.

Mr. Joseph MacKenna. Point dc Roche spent the holiday weekend in Charlottetown at the home of Mrs. G. MacDonald and family.

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Good Weather As Italians Vote; No Early llelums

ROME (Reutcrst - Millions of Italians went to the polls Sunday in local government elections ex- pected to rebuff the powerful Ital- ian Communist party in the coun try's biggest test of public opinion since 1953.

Good weather throughout the country heartened the pro-Western moderate parties who have ruled Italy since the end of the Second World Hat. The sunshine was ex pected to increase the turnout of lukewarm. middle-of-the-road vot- ers backing the moderate parties.

The voting for more than 7.000 municipal g o v c r n m e n t coun- cils and 78 provincial councils is the first country-wide polling in Italy since the 1953 general elec- tions.

It is also the first major elec- toral test for a European Commu- nist party since the Kremlln's dc- nunciation of Stalin last February forced Communists into embarras- sing policy tmnabouta.

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FOR U. N. AID

Paying a week-long visit to the U.S., Hugh Gaitskell. labor lead- er in Great Britain, called for allocation by all countries of one per cent. of their national in- comes for economic aid through the United Nations. Addressing convention of the International I.adies' Garment Workers union at Atlantic City. Mr. Gaitskell. seen above expressed confidence that his plan would take the aid issue out of international politics and thus "sterilize the pressure" resulting from competition be- tween Russia and the West in this field. Neither the Soviet Un- ion nor the British government has shown any EIIILIISIHSIII for such proposals and President Eisenhower has alrcady indicated his coolness toward funnelling a major share of U.S. foreign aid through the U.N. If the Gait- skell plan were adopted the U.S. would be called on to allocate 34.000,-000.000 ii ycar Russian contribution would be about half of this amount and the British about one-ninth.

IN MEMORIAM

. MRS. C. D. MCLEAN

A lifelong resident of Clyde Riv- er. firs. C. D. ML-Lean, passed away, at the Prince Edward Island Hospital on May l4, 1956 at the age of 87. A Heart 5 izurc carried her away after a brief illness. Shc was the former Edith Fraser, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Fraser.

Funeral services were held at the Clyde River Baptist Church May 16. Interment was in the Clyde River Cemetery. Pall bearers were her six grandsons.

Left to mourn are three sons and three daughters: Gordon and Allie of Clyde River: Dan of Massach- usetts; Hazel (Mrs. Arthur Allcck) and Winnie (Mrs. P. J. Proud) of Charlottetown; and Ida (Mrs. H. C. Heartz) of East Royalty. y

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OTTAWA (CPl - Canada has more uranium than it needs and is negotiating to sell some to the United Kingdom. Trade Minister Howe said Friday.

In a statement to the Commons. he added that the government plans to set out a policy for export of uranium to other countries "with due regard to security pro- visions."

It was hoped that first. howuver. arrangements for marketing ura- nium for peaceful purposes could be worked out within a suitable intematlonal framework.

Mr. Howe said the government is prepared now, however. to con- sider tau gemcnts 'or supplying smaller research quantities of ur- anlum to other countries under bilateral a5I'eEII1EIIl.S.

He was ommentiug on a Wash- ington announcem earlier in the day that the United States atomic energy commission plans to extend its uranium buying in :l:Me;6U.S. by 4V2 years to the end of

He said this action was taken by the commission because the U.S. does not have large reserves of uranium ore. Known reserves would be almost exhausted by 1962 and the Washington action was taken to stimulate further explora- tion and development.

Canada's position was different. Most new mines in this country had VEFY large ore reserves. Therefore theg overnment did not intend at this time to extend its uranium-buying program beyond the current 1962 deadline,

"Even when the current con. tracts are completed. these mines will have substantial ore reserves,

"Even. on the basis of the most optimistic forecast that now can be made as to the role of nuclear power In the Canadian economy, our resources of uranium will be greatly III excess of our domestic requirements for many years to come and we shall need to obtain export markets."

Mr. Howe said there is a limit to the amount of uranium the U.S. will be able to take from Canada. The uranium sold to the U.K. would come from production .31. rcady contracted for..

He said every effort will be made by the government to de- cide whether to exercise the op tion clause in current contracts to buy uranium beyond 1962. But it was difficult to estimate uranium demand six years ahead. .

Ottawa Journal rind. Con.l-1n a word, the right of Parliament to debate a measure of magnitude. of vital concern to the whole Cana- dian P901119, is being denied he. calls? the government did not handle or could not handle an undertaking to which for some

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reason not yet clear it permitted itself to become fatally committed.

Ottawa Citien (Ind. Lib. )--In the final analysis. the government must take the responsibility for such use of public money and it

process that a government should be enabled to carry out its policies. The public, in due course. will de- cide whether this or any other ac- tion was right or wrong.

Winnipeg Free Press (Ind. Lib.) -The contempt for Parliament, of which Mr. Howe has so long been accused. has at last found him and his colleagues out. The rules and traditions of an institution cannot be used so lightly as they thought. Even if by next week they do man- age to scrape through without a fatal disarrangement of the I-ght pipeline timetable. they will have suffered a moral defeat of major significance.

Calgry Herald IInd.l-The fun- servative and CCF parties are put- ting up a memorable battle . . . and these strange hedfellows merit the kind of admiration all lair people instinctively give to any- body who fights valiantly knowing he is bound to be beaten in the end.

Victoria Daily Times (Lib).-The guillotine of closure now being ap- plied to the House of Commons is a sharp and terrific weapon. No lgovcrnment can justify its usr-4 least of all Liberal government- except in an extreme emergency. Is the gas pipeline an extreme emergency?

Victoria Colonist ilnd.Ii'l'h l.ih- eral regime has its head down and is charging ahead with its sins and ears closed. That is a poor way to make law. That is the cort- ain way to make regrettable mis takes.

The Montreal Gazette ilnd. (ion t -This is an amaing demnuv,tra- tlon of government attitudes to- ward Canada's Parliament Closure has been invoked only seven times before since fedora- tion. Never before has it been llsvil to cut debate short before it boizins.

Edmonton Journal (Ind.)-'l'lu- charge of stifling the debate Sff'iliS singularly inappropriate . thc

been fully presented. Since this is an undertaking in which "time is of the essence," the point has sur- ely been reache-' for Parliament to decide for or against it. Lcthbrldge Herald (Ind. Lib.)-

not deprive members of the oppor- tunity of saying anything they may have to say against the govern- ment bill: It only forces them to say it more succinctly which has its merits . . and next year the people will have a chance to speak for themselves with a very effect- ive weapon-the ballot.

is surely part of the democratic ,

arguments against the project lliA'f.' l

In point of fact. the closure doesl

TO CANADA

y Sir Saxillc Garner has been ap- ipointcd United Kingdom high com- lnitssunwr to Canada. Sir Saville. unuw deputy unrlcrsecretary for Cotiuinmwcollli relations. will sue- uccd Sir Art-luhald Nye whose term of oliico expires later this year. Sir Savllle served as senior 'secrciary at the British high com- lniissium-r's office in Ottawa in I 1943.

iFuneral Of Mrs. Eldon Large 'Ai North Tryon

l"'uneral services were held l'l'ltursday afternoon, May 24th. for tho lute Mrs. Eldon Largo of North Tryon. A private service was held -, at the home of the family. followed 1 by a publi" service in The Baptist ,(7hurch, Tryon. Interment was in lthc People's Cemetery. The services wre conducted by .l)r. E. .l. Bara' ,, Minister of The Tryon Bapti Church, assisted by pilot. li.L. Mitten, Pastor of The Charlottetown Baptist Church. A large congregation assembled at lflic Church where the choir. with Mrs. Lloyd Rogerson at the organ. led in the singing of "Lead Kindly Light" and "For ever with the Lord". As a special piece the Choir grendcrcd "The Haven of Rest". I. E. J. Barrass gave words of comfort to all mourners from the words of Job taken from Job Chap: 19, Verse 25, "I know that my Redeem-3 iV' ” atort liveth" Rev. H. L. ifitton offered prayer. Beautiful flowers were placed on the casket and on the grave testify- ing to tho esteem in which the deceased had been held in the com- munity. The warm sympathy of many friends and neighbours is extended to the husband and fam- ily in their great loss of a wife and mother.