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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1938.

STRIKING TRIBUTE

When a speaker of the standing and reputation of Mr. Norman

Summerville, K. C., of Toronto,‘

» chairman of the Elxecutive Board of the Canadian Councll, Red Cross Society, commends this Province upon having set t-he lead in Junior Red Cross work throughout. the Do- minion. and states that Prince Idward Island received special mention this connection at a meeting of Red Cross socie- ties’ from all parts of the Empire, we may well accept the compliment with a, glow of pride and satisfaction. Work oi’ thls kind has been going steadily forward without the publicity attending up- on other and much less important activities. We are too often inclin- ed to take for granted the success which has been achieved by our Junior Red Cross workers, and it comes as a, pleasant surprise to us i0 be told that the measure of this success has become a standard for communities even beyond the bounds of this Dominion. If there is one individual to whom special credit is due for the work l‘ thus accomplished, it is the I-lon. Di‘. Max-Mullah. Dong associated with educational and health activities in the Province, Dr. lvltacMlllanis every speech since entering the Legislat- ure has stressed the primc necessity and importance of these subjects. Particularly has he waged an unflag- Bing campaign in support of the work of llic Red Cross Society. It was lithng, therefore, that follow- ing the election of the Stewart Government to power Dr. MaoMillan should be appointed Minister" of the newly formed de- partment of Health 0nd Education. Under his administration of this de- partment, and with the coy-operation of other members of the Govern- ment and the invaluable assistance of lliiss Wilson, chief public health nurse. and the Junior Red Cross stafl, a. further impetus was given to child welfare work. The Char- lottetown llotaijv and Gyro Clubs joined in giving financial support to the crippled children's clinics con- ducted by Dr. Acker, whose work was also made easier by the sym- pathetic attitude of every member of the medical profession. Today we have the rcsuihof the efforts thus put forth. But let us remember that there is still work to be done; that we must not rcst upon our oars, or imagine that we have reached the goal and can afford lomark time. Indeed. it would be better to say that we are only at the beginning of an undertaking which will con- tinue to demand the very best ef- forts o! our public men and citizens generally.

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GORDON CENTENARY

January 2B of this year was the hundredth anniversary of the birth 0f General “Chinese" Gordon, of Khartoum fame. The story of his career and death at. Khartoum is onc of the mast thrilling chapters of English history.

It was in 1860 that Gordon took the stcp which bcgot. him the new name “Chincse" Gordon, n, tribute to his having, within the space of i fourteen months, completely" sup- pressed the Taeping remllion and saved China from anarchy. The campaign, waged against odds never equalled since the day's of Tam-cr- lane, ti}; brought, 1,0 a successful conclusion. Amid the hottest. fire of the battle, Gordon led his "ever-vic- torious army, cane 1n hand." He rc- fused to profit in any worldly scnsc by his remarkable achievement, and went back to his ordinary work in England as a simple ofllcer of the British Army. It was in 1873 that, as successor to Sir Samuel Btikcr. Gordon tccamc thc govcrnor of the Egyptian Sudan. Ilc surveyed the White Nile, set about to put down

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the slave trade. disbanded the Bashl-Bazouks who encouraged it, pacified the people, and upon the accession at Tweiik, resigned his commission on the score that h's mission was fulfilled and that m had done as much as any man could

For a tune, in 1880, he accepted the post of private secretary to lord Ripon, Viceroy, in Indie, but resign- ed the ofllce after a short period because he believed that the Ameer Yakocb Kuhn had not received a square deal. His iudgment proved correct. The incriminating docu- ments put in evidence were at the Foreign Omce dubbed "worthless trash." Gordon's effort; 1n behiilfo! the man accused were successful. This was typical of the behaviour of a warrior who 1n England could spend his time hunting up under- privileged youngs-iers in the streets of London, teaching them himself, hcllillg them t0 become good citiz-

‘m5 and assisting them to secure

positions worthy of their energies and talents.

Everybody knows the story of how "Chinese" Gordon melted down his Bold medals to assist the unemploy- ed. Hi5 last campaign at Khartoum was undertaken solely from a per- sonal sense oi’ duty, and the many months during which he stood out against the heslegdng forces of the Mad Mullah hairc become a story al- most without parallel in military annals.

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Dr. Harold Spencer Jones, for the past ten years in charge of the Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope, who has been appointed Astronomer Royal, will head the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, from which- longitudes are measured throughout the world. He succeeds Sir Frank Dyson, who has held the mst since 1910.

Dr. Jones is particularly known

for his studies of the motions of the sun, moon, and planets, and for his-studies of Nova Pictorl, e. “HEW star" which flashed out. in the con- stellation of Pictor, the painter, sev- eral years ago, but which could not be seen from northern omervator- ies. The Royal Observatory was founded in 1675, in order to aid British navigation, by Charles II, who was then on the throne. The Rev. John Flamsteed, author of a famous set of star maps was the first Astronomer Royal. He was suc- ceeded by Edmund Halley, o.’ comet fame.

M. P. AND SENATORS

The Parliamentary Companion, which contains among other mat- tcrs biographical sketches of each member of the Canadian Commons and senate, shows that two hund- rcd and sixteen members of the House of Commons out of Min-there are two vacancies-first saw the light of day in the Dominion. Eight M. P35 hail from Scotland, seven from England, five from the Unit- ed States, and four from the Emer- ald Isle. Russia. Sweden and New- foundland, respectively contributed each a _son to Canada's public life. T110 Uiptpcl‘ House, 000, is pretty much madc-in-Caneda. Thcrc are 89 Senators now with seven vacan- cies. Of this 89. no fewci" than 86 were born in the Dominion. The three born outside nre Hon, Rolmrt Yorke, from Scotland; Hon. James Murdock, from Erigland, and H311, A. E. Plants, from Australia.

There are six members of the Government who belongs to the Un- ited Church in the Prime Munster. Hon. E. B. Ryckman, Rt. Arthur Melghen. Han. H. A. Stew- art. Hun. Donald Sutherland, and l-lon. T. G. Murphy. The Roman

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Canada, says an exchange, this’ year had a 500,000,000 bushel wheat‘ crop, and the United States requir- cd it or a greet part of it at $1.00 e bushel, there wouldn't be the slightest discount in our dollar. The United suites in ma: case would be‘ buying more from Canada than Canada would be buying from the United States; there would be a. big demand for Canadian dollars with which to pey for our wheat, and our dollar quite conceivably would be at a premium. Actually, it, all gets ‘ back to demand. Canada has to| settle huge balances in New York.’ needs United states dollars to settle them. ‘The United States has no huge balances to settle in Canada. doesn't require Canadian dollars. The result, a. perfectly logical one. ls that with American dollars more in demand than Canadian dollars, they are worth more.

It is acknowledged that the forth-‘ coming World Economic Conference is an event of crucial importance. Amongst the subjects that loom large upon the agenda, the 801d standard problem holds e foremost p0 sitlon. During the conversations ot the experts held at Geneva last November 1t was noted that. there was a hitch 1n that the representat- ives ol countries on the gold stand- ard inclined to postulate, as a con- dition of their support 0f bet/WT trade exchanges, the return of Great Britain to a. gold basis, This proposal has found expression in the United States.

Perhaps you remember that when the Prince of Wales went thmllgh Canada once he shook hands w.th so many petiple that his right hand gave out and he had to use his left. Then you may recall, to, that during a reception at the White House last year, President Hoover's hand be- gan to bleed after he had welcomed about three thousand guests. The chances are the Prince and Presi-

clsls of state become pretty well "fed!

hand-shakiiig,.but one man who is. very much in favor 0f it ‘is Katsuli Debuchl, recently appointed Japan- ese ambassador to Washington. It beats by far, he says, the custom they have in the Orient. Over tliene, instead of shaking hands they just bow. and the oihcial receiving the greetings hes to bow to each person. You may not; get a handache from bowing, he says, but you can be downright, sure of having a headache and a backache for two days at least. He thinks, if it's going to ice one O1‘ the other, that he will prefer thfi handachc.—StratfOrd Beacon Hrreld

‘ Metcorolcgisis have reached the conclusion that e. century, like a year, has seasons, a winter and a summer, and that North America is- now passing through e. “sunmicr" within a winter, This will serve for leek of a better explanation for these mild winters. Weather charts cov- cring s period of 113 years indicate that the last century reached the peak of its frigldlty during the "Sixties" of the last. century, and that the trend has since been toward shorter and milder winters. That being so, this continent should soon be in for another "century whiter."

Commenting on remarks about Government bonds by Mr. James Shaver Woodsworth, M. P.. and leader of the cooperative Common- wealth Federaton, a Western news- paper sizes up the problem this way: "Mr. Woodsworth says that if Gov- ernments cannot piiy interest on bonded‘ indebtedness and live 5"" vloc to the people, lie is in favor of the latter. In view of the fact that the interest‘ on the bands i5 Paid largely not to conporations already rich. but to "the pcople"—the neigh- bours on the next street, the teacher around the corner, and the grocery clerk who has saved up to buy a bond. there is room for ‘service to the people in vpayn-ient of this interest which Mr. Woodsvworth finds so wicked," It is so often forgotten that it is the ordinary, every-day citizens who hold the Government bonds and depend on the income they receive from them-

Whltc bread will be forbidden un- bil next harvest, to soldiers, police- men and boarders in schools and collcgcsin Rumania. Instead, tile-y will receive rye bread and a kind of still porridge made of maize.

Mnnion, Hon. J. A. Macdonald. lion. Maurice Dupre, Hon. Arthur ‘sauvc, and Hon. Alfred Durcaiilcau. The Presbytcrians on the Treasury benches are: Hon. Hugh Guthrie, Hon. w. A. Gordon, Hon. o. n. Calirm and Hon. Murray MucLeren. Sir Georg-e Pcrley and Hon. Robert W51‘ arc Anglicans. Firancc Minister Rhodes is a Baptist. and’ Stevens sMethodiet "‘» “ “-\

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rur: SLOW CHILD AND Tug cuiLn riiAr MISBEHAVES

It would be very interesting and ,

gratifying to us who vividly n. member our school days if we we" to visit the schools of to-dey.

You may remember 1n the 01d days that there were two or three bright boys end girls in the class, s large number who were of aver. age ability, and two or three who were called dunces because they wit"? "Ways at the foot o! the class.

What do we find now?

Thcre are still the bright few, and also the large number of aver- age ability, but very few if any "dunccs" in the room,

The authorities now sift out n11 these "slow '. ones, and find that some o! them are slow because of poor eyesight, poor hearing, lack o; $10610. or other causes, and measur- es are taken to correct these cle- fects or bad habits. _

With those who are slow natur- ally special classes are now er. ranged, and these pupils find them- selves in a class, or getting indlvi-' dual instruction, where they ‘are not made to feel ashamed, but are encouraged to do their very best.

Many of these slow students, by these methods, become very useful members of the community, making 9191i‘ 0W" ivkly. and never become a public charge.

However, another very interesting thing has occurred. Just as there were slow boys and girls in the class, so also were there "bad" boys and girls, who continually got into trouble, were made to stand in the comer, were strapped, were 5,15. pended from school, or sent home with notes telling the parents of their misconduct.

Educators are finding that these

dent Hoover and many other olfl- youngsters who msbehave have to

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1111" ‘mil- tms wmmual busmess m llvrflfily and an endeavour made to lcam just why they misbehave, why they can't get along with the other youngsters, or with the teacher,

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with the results of his home train- iiig-fears, dislikes, temper trums and self pity. He comes into contact with new authority and a new set of companions. If he doesn't fit into the school life he becomes a disturbing factor in the class room and playground."

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Therefore the home life of the

child is now investigated, the par- ents kindly but firmly made understand why the boy and girl is having trouble at school and the

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possibility of their youngster later becoming a problem for the com- munity to deal with.

Voices Of The Fog

(New York Herald Tribune)

An inventive Canadian official. applying the reccin; development, 1n sound recording end amplification to the uses of navigation. has pro- duced a new fog signal which ls t9 be installed experimentally in the Partridge Island Light. at the en- trance to St. Johns Harbor, in the Bay of Fundy, where it will rc- piace an existing tog diaphone, or siren. with the new installation, instead of the fog sirens familiar whoop and bellow, the mariner feeling for the entrance in thick weather will hear a giant voice in- tonirig “Partridge Island! Part- ridge Island!" at whatever interval the Dominion commissioners may appoint. It is hoped that he will hear it, at any rat/e: for the accous- tics of the fog are tricky things. about which one can never be sure until one tries, and not always then. If 1hc experiment, succeeds, however, one may expect to scc 1t imitated. The principal method now by which one fog signal is dif- ferentiated from another is by the timing of the blasts; it is easy to mnke mistakes under this system. and mistakes of that kind arelike- ly to be first announced by the the

So it will no doubt be helpful to the coasting skipper when the

light-houses, as the sea fog drifts in begin go cry their own names in

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stead or simply announcing their preience in the UIOY use nnoihoi- step in the modernization of the sea. e new advance in the progress that beganwith conch slirlls and bell buoys. and hns ai- ready produced’ the submarine bell signal. the fathometor and the ra- dii ‘J-"Con. The present fog sircnfl, indeed, are quite recent inventions. and perhaps om should not sentimental about thetri. Still, they sccm to have the salt time or the sea in their brazen throats. til‘. liii‘l‘l‘ recollection of their long drmvn uu bellow is enough to crui-

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PUBLIC FORUM

This cnlnml In open (l)! ll! lllsounlon b! fllPPfllPfilllfilu (,1 question; or Interest. ‘I'll- Charlottetown Guard!" 11°" n“ nwuurily endorse

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SPRING SHOOTING g1,-_Nmv that our ‘federal mem- bers are on the lob at WWW". m“ time 1s opportune for the cancella- tion of the ntlgretory birds treaty.

As the spring“ is appwwhins l" sportsmen who are interested in spring shooting of geese ShWld l‘ on“ get busy .and have largely signed petitions from their respec- tive districts-prepared and lorwsrd them to their representetlvefi B9 Ottawa requesting them to take i111 with the proper department M"! have this unfair treaty wmelled- especially as fer as Prince Edward Island is concerned.

From my own observation and GPICCK of the geese passing in the 5pm.; months, I cannot See any increase in numbers compared with similar times previous to signing o! this treaty. and I feel that nothinB is being gained by this prohibiting o1 spring shooting.

Thanking you for 510111‘ 503°?» w bring this important matte!‘ t0 m” attention of the spofti"! 911W‘?-

I am Sir, etc. ‘ JAMES J- CAMPBELL. Grand Tracadle

Robots Or Russians?

(Christian Science Monitorl

Joseph Stalin, in his long anti- cipated speech before the leaders of the Communist Party, hlsJflrst public utterance in eighteen months, has informed the world of the purpose o! the Five Year Plan. which disappeared into history at the cnd of 1032. It i5 now explain- ed that this purpose was to iron out the s0 called contradiction be- tween socialized industry and small peasant individualism.

Russia ls still 80 per cent agrar- lan. The peasants are profoundly individualistic. yet fortunately Y°T the Kremlin, relatively docile and totally lacking in organization. Collectlivlzat-ion of their great and scatttred holdings has been pushed assduously since the Five Year Plan came into effect. Now there are more than 200.000 collectives‘ and 5000 state farms, including 60 per cent of the peasants and ‘l0 per cent of the cultivated land. On paper, a great record! But is it. as lvlr. Stalin implies, the solution o! the iarcblem set by the Five Year Plan?

Of’ course not. One feels, in fact, that the real problem has not even been touched. You can take a horse to water, but you cannot

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Russian peasant. You can collecti- ViZe the farms 100 per cent, but if you do not at the same time win the confidence of the farmers, the fnnns-virlll be about as useful to the country n; a, whole as a. trac- tor plant operated by Uzbeks and Kirghizcs.

Has this confidence been achiev- ed Let Mr. Louis Fisher. writing in the current issue oi’ the New York Nation. testify.

The Soviet press makes no se- cret about the peasants‘ attitude. "Breed procurements." Comrade Bhubrikov reads o. Pravda news item. "are proceeding in an atmos- phere oi’ bitter class war." "There is g-raln in the northern Caucasus." says another dispatch, "but that grain is hidden from the Govern- ment in pits." I; then speaks about "the sabotage o! procurements." Comrade shubrikov, the party chief for tho entire central Volga region. reports that “we have c01- lective peasants and private P?!‘ sants who fail to carry out the collections plan in the hope o1 epeculatlngwlth grain later." The)‘ sit and wait for the {rec sale 0f grain-which will be permitted presimisbly, latter the national procurements program is fulfilhd on January 15. The Bolsheviks nt- tribute this sabotage to "kulflk psychologyP-But it is really good business sense. Not only so-called kulalu but middle and poor peas- ants and. significantly, even party members have obstructed grain

rocks and the dripping fog rolling in to wrap the world in a mystery out of which the distant voices of other lights monolonously reply to the ear-splitting howl of the sig- nal near by.

There is a fascination in the voices ofthe fog. from the solemn l: friendly bell buoy to the whist- ler, forever wailing out its unfe- thomable melancholy upon outer silo-imam the iichthewfl Main to spell: their names, will they be as impulsive? Perhaps so‘. At any rate, it should metre an eerie chor- us along s. well lighted coast until the day when all that is done away with and navigation is ro- duced completely lo a matter of radio waves. remote control lid