?THE-GUARDIAN Published every iweek-day morning s: 136 Prince Street. Charlottetown. P. E. l.. by The Thomson Company Limited. ”(.'overa Prince Edward Island Like the Def Editor and Manager, Ian A. Burnett. Associate Editor. Frank Walker. Branch offices at Sumrnerside. Montague Aiberton. Authorized as Second Class Mail Lhe Post Office Department. Ottawa By Carrier: Charlottetown. Summerside 315.00 per snnum. Elsewhere in P E; l. 39.00. Other Prov- inces and U. S. A. 512.00 per annum. an :1 by "The atrongesf. memory-tsiweakos than the weakest Ink." THURSDAY, JULY 29. 1954 Suez Occupation It was as representatives of bondhold- ers that Britain and nominally France stepped into control of Egypt in 1882. For many years after, that country was nom- inally subject to the Sultan of Turkey, legally subject to the rule of the Khedives, and in practice subject to the rule of the English commissioner on the Egyptian debt. Since that time the country has made re- markable progress and the time has long passed when any outside tutelage was nec- essary for the administration of national affairs. A number of agreements were entered into giving British troops the right and duty of defending Egypt in general and the Suez Canal in particular. The present strongly nationalistic government of Egypt, however, made it clear that it would be satisfied with nothing short of withdrawal of all British troops. This is perhaps not so serious a mat- ter from the point of view of security as it once would have been. Warfare is high- ly mobile today and the actual presence of bodies of troops in particular location does not have the same importance as former- ly. Bases and installations will be main- tained by civilians. Britain has the right to use the bases in case any of the Arab nations are attacked and both Britain and the United States have undertaken to as- sist in the strengthening of Egypt's own forces. , The forces of nationalism are not to be! readily turned aside by either 10ElC or practical advantage. Egypt is a striking; example of the strength of the claims of national sovereignty. While it has been most Valuable in the past as a force 1'0? liberty, it is something to be reckoned with hy those aiming at any form of world gov-. ernment. -Scottish Affairs "There should be a full understandingl that Scotland is a nation. and voluntarily entered into a union with England as a partner and not a dependency." Such is a reminder in the report of the Royal Com- mission which for two years has investi- . gated the desirability of setting up 11 sep- - ' ' arate Parliament for the northern kingdom 5 ' and other possible changes. .1 g The changes actually recommended are insignificant. A few powers now wielded . by Parliament at Westminster are recom- ' , .. mended to be placed in the hands of the Secretary of State for Scotland. For the rest. the commissions report indicates that a substantial majority of witnesses, rep- resenting Scottish municipal and county authorities, business men and labour un- ions oppose the creation of a separate par- liament. It seems that the noise made by nation- alist groups does not reflect the real senti- ments of any large section tof Scottish opinion. There were attempts to arouse interest in this country and elsewhere in support of Scottish separatism but Cana- dians generally took the attitude that as we are quite capable of running our own affairs we may presume that the people in the Old Country can look. after theirs. ilanada Anti Intio-china Good offices rather than serious addi- tional commitments appear to be involved in Canada's acceptance of an invitation from the Geneva Conference to serve with Polandif and India on the Indo-Chinese armistice supervisory commission. Certain- ly it does not signify any departure from therpoiicy of the Canadian Government. As the-. Winnipeg Free Press points out, Can- ada was never committed in Indo-China because the war there, unlike the Korean conflict, had never been brought before the United Nations. In the circumstances, Canada is and must be deeply con-. ; cetfflod to prevent every advance of Com- ,- munlsm, the Government had declined to phrjicipate in decisions which might be ' madefabotit military action in Indov-Chins. .' hit-membership on the supervisory com- .' ttrtiaalontdoei not. except in a rather tech- 5 'nioal sense, involve any military, commit- meltt. Itfnay be necessary to despatch a , Qlty force to assist in supervising -'C&,,!lIlWlGI'ifllion of the armistice terms, v9,,.Ar anduenforcementuo two operation. where most tmwcicom real trouble ever developed. Yet: in that country public opinion had been inflamed against the Indian force - even before it landed - by Mr. Syngman Rhee and his colleagues. No comparable situation seems to exist in Indo-China, and since serious decisions -- those which might conceiv- ably lead to a resumption of hostilities - will require a unanimous vote of the com- missioners, it is improbable that any sin- gle member will become the target of pub- lic resentments dangerous enough to pro-- duce the threat of an armed clash. the liatlonal Finances h Government revenue and expenditure occupy a much more important position in the individual's personal affairs today than ever before. The Canadian Tax Founda- tion, therefore, is doing an important pub- llc service in collecting and sifting informa- tion on government finances. ”The National Finances", an analysis of- the programme of revenues and expendi- ture of the Government of Canada 1954-55 has been issued simultaneously with the Foundation's "Canadian Tax Journal" which contains interesting and informative articles on current taxation problems, 9. review of the submissions before the Tremblay Com- mission, a commentary on citizen research, a study of tax problems in relation to farm income-and loss-and comments on mu- nicipal grants. The former publication attempts to re- duce to understandable terms the vast and confusing phenomenon of the S5 billion a year budget of the national government. It does not attempt to assess the value or efficiency of performance of the functions of government but goes on the principle that the first and most essential require- ment for intelligent criticism is understand- mg. It is, perhaps, unfair to select one item from many but it may be noted that had the old Age Security Fund transactions been recorded in the budget there would have been a deficit of S35 million in place of a surplus of .7310 for last year and a budgetary deficit of M7 million instead of an anticipated surplus of S4 million fpr the ciurent year. EDITORIAL NOTES Today Canada welcomes H. R. H. the Duke of Edinburgh. 0 The visiting United States civil air cadets will see the Island to advantage to- iday, from the air, the ground and the sea. May their brief visit be an enjoyable one. I 0 O Queen's University, Kingston, has re- ceived a literary windfall in the form of ,the library andpapers of the late John Buchan, Lord Tweedsmuir. The magnifi- cent collection should be an important stimulus to literature in this country. 0 O I In Moscow, according to Allied intelli- gence, there has recently been set up an institute for the study of African problems. If there were no African problems there can be no doubt but that the institute would soon produce a-few. c - o o 0 A painting by an 8-year-old boy was smuggled into an exhibition of modern art at Birmingham and remained undetected during the 10-day showing. It raises the question of whether ,a work of an estab- lished modern would be detected in an ex- hibition of the work of 8-year-olds. O O 0 Bacon in Canada will continue to be a hog product under a ruling of the Health Department. The decision was made nec- essary by the marketing in the United States and to some extent in this country of "beef brisket bacon", a name which the Department very properly considers not only improper but also deceptive. O O 0 Search and rescue operations have as- sumed great importance in a country as vast and air-minded as this. .. There is con- siderable interest, therefore, in recent dem- onstrations of a device known as SARAH for automatically pushing out a radio sig- nal on which a search aircraft can be "homed". pounds and has a rangeof 70 miles for search aircraft at 10. feet. a 0 e g The Spanish Annada was defeated this date 1588. The 130 great war gslleons and 30 mailer ships were designed to con. quer England and carried no less than 29.- 843 men and 2380 guns. It was to have joined a land force in.Flanders but sall- ed towards Plymouth instead. Lord How- ard of Efflngham and his lieutenants Drake, Hawkins and Frobisher, harried the enemy for 9. week until they took refuge in Calais. Then in 3' six-hour fight, begun by pending in fire-ships, the Spanisrd's best ships wen destroyed. The survivors escaped largely because the English ran out of powder but many were wrecked returning home by way oftheorkneys. Onlysfmsdethereturn 50.1l1'MY.- . The unit weighs just over three mu . . . And scarce it pushu its gentle way through stranaiina rusheai i when the glossy-kingfisher Hutton when noon-heats are near. Glad the shelving thanks to shun Red and steaming in the sun. Where the shrew-mouse with pale - throat - Burrows. and the speckled stost; Where the -quick sandplpere flit In and out the marl and grit That seems to breed them. brown as they; i Naught disturbs its quiet way, save some lazy stork that springs. Trailing it with legs and wings. Whom the shy fox from the hill Rnuaea, creep he ne'er so still. Old -Cha rlorictown and P.I.l. 4.' 4; orucmrr vforou CELEBRATE!) "In our last issue we stated that the Charlottetown Cricket Club having been challenged by the Thistle Cricket Club of Halifax. on the repeated defeats of the Pie- tonians,-a contest between the Islanders and Nova Bcotlans for the palm of victory was to come of! at Truro on Friday. the lath. We thought at the time that the Islanders showed more pluck than discretion in accepting the chal- lenge of the Hallgonlsns, and go- ing forth to fight: them on their own ground. Most. gratlfyingly, however, we have been disappoint- ed, for a despatch arrived on Friday night, conveying the pleas- ing lntelligenoe that the Islanders were victorious. "The news was received in the Reading Room with most enthusi- sstic cheers. A subscription was immediately opened by Capt. W. Walsh, the secretary of the Read- ing Room, and several other ad- mirers of cricket, to, get up a sup- per at. the Pavilion Hotel in hon- our of the victorious eleven, and a committee appointed to carry out forthwith the arrangements. "On Saturday evening Pownal Wharf was densely crowded, as the 'l-leather Belle' steamed up about 9 o'clock: and cheer on cheer rent. the air as she approached the wharf. The Volunteer Band was in attendance. and headed the victors and their friends as they marched. as well as the throng would permit, in procession to the hotel, where a very creditable spread. consisting of meats, fowls, vegetables. pastries. wines. etc., had been prepared. There were about eighty in attendance, H. Haszard, mo, acting as chairman. Toasts were proposed, eliciting speeches from Hon. J. Longworth, F. Brecken. Esq, Dr. Jenkins, H. Haszard and Mr. A. McNetll. "The members of the Charlotte- town Club who played at Truro were: Messrs. Daniel.Davie.s, John Brecken, John T. Jenkins, R. R Hodgson, Albert Hensley, George D. Atkinson, A.i-l. Yates, Louis H. Davies, Francis Longworth. Jr., James Peske. Barry C. Binns, and Wm. Pethlck, umpire." -The Vindicator, Sept. 21, 1864. Lorna Doone Country National Geographic Society England has a new national park famiiiar'to many who have never set foot in the land across the sea. It covers the "Lorna Doone" coun- try of Exmoor, where wild heath and gorse-clad moors provided the setting for Richard Blackmore's famous novel of hi -minded ro- mance and aristocra ic banditry in 17th century England. The park area included 265 square miles of northern Devonshire and western Somerset, with highlands that roll down to the Bristol Channel. Lynmouth, on the Channel, is the gateway to the region. A popular seaside resort, it made disaster headlines two summers ago when flood waters of the Lyn River. fed by heavy rains on the upper moors, broke their banks and raged through the town. Lorna Doone fancier: visiting the modem park can see for them- selves the purple, hill-framed moors, the wooded valleys 'snd rocky glena just as Blackmore described them. 0 I Only Doone Valley. hideout of the titled Doone outlaws who relieved lonely wsyfarers of purse goods. seems less weird and re- note than pictured by the author. The valley lies off Badgworthy Wa- ter. the stream that adds its force. as Blsckmore noted long ago. to the turbulence of the Lyn. Exmoor's simple villages. Brendon, Simonsbath and Oare. carry on much as they did in the story told by the hero - honest yeornanfarmor John Rldd. Osre, near the Ridd family lace. was the focal point. of the ta e. its medieval church was the scene of one of the most dramatic incid- ents of the book. Carver Doone'a attempted shooting of the heroine. Lorna. during her wedding to John southward over the moor -the villain fled. to meet his death dn the black bog of Gavan, , after a hand-to-hand battle there with the giant Rjdd. A Tito name John mind a on tod . is rite of It ll fa llytlldgliv then. u up Parish notice um I: to oust: little gray church bear the signa- ture 'John Riodd; czhurehwu-don." visitors uninteruted litters:-y ghosts. Exrnoor. fllhlnl. , stag ltunt and redder chase, ttced today as they were hf ”-mgmfmu ngtcom , ..&"k. A a 30 its ti -Robert Browning. V and , like ' The Neigiibors .' V .t:.".-:. 7:-Ula u...sy-any-'am "i picked some vacation spot. It had tennis, swimming, music-and as nice A bunch of girls as you'd meet anywhere!" ly George Clark l NOTES BY "W. always the little devil next door who sun-t.s.a fight with your little sngel.',' --Sudbury Daily Star. Very often the Prince Charm- ing turns out to be Just one of the pumpkin seeds. -Moose Jaw Times-Herald. What would the white man have done in North America if the 1nd- ians hadn't thought up all those names-for summer resorts?-Hamib ton Spectator. The office groncls wants to know why it is his young son couldn't: spell anything tougher than a three-letter word until he started beating his dad at scrabble. --Hamilton Spectator. The straw but, we note, has come back into fashion in this city. Even the younger men are reported as participating in the return to the hat. Personal- ly, we never thought a man look- ed compietely dressed on the street without a hat. But then. we're probably considered old-fashioned. -St. Catharine: Standard. -01: landing in Finland recent- ly sir Winston Churchill carried some unusual baggage, purchased in Canada. It included "two cases of Canadian apples, in large drum of old Canadian cheddar cheese and a cardboard box marked 'St.et- son Hat.s' and adorned with pic- ture: of bucking branchos and cow- boys”. Since he was in Canada only for a day or two and never west of the Ottawa river, the British -Prime Minister has managed to take home with him a pretty com- prehensive cross-section of Canad- ian life. -Winnipeg Free Press. ruined mansion of the once wealthy would-be farmer. Another experiment during World War I also met with failure. Fin- ally, however. food shortage of World War 11 led Somerset Coun- ty to organize an all-out assault on the land. aided by American farm machinery supplied under Lend-Lease. It was successful. and now thou- sands of Exmoor acres produce much-needed oats and potatoes. The Age Old Story Be ye therefore perfect. "9" 5'' your Father which I. in human in perfect. THE WAY I It's easy to tell tourist ladies up north from the Indian ladies this summer. The tourists are the ones in squaw dresses. -Hamilton Spectator. -We note a Niagara Falls, N.Y.. advertiser who wants to "vacation- aliae" your automobile. It is the "vacationing" of his pocketbook that the motorist dreads. -St. Catharina standard. . Moscow Offlclsldosn is annoyed because Iran insists on its right. to assure 't.he country's security and integrity! Can it be that the Krem- lin is in the mood for a new bit of aggression?" -Ottawa Journal The man who is not tnullilillli enough to realise the danger of drinking before driving is not.in- telllgent. enough to drive or to hold a driver's licence. -Port Arthur News-Chronicle. -And the way they are play- ing hockey now we have forgot- ten whether the decision comes after three periods or three rounds. -Hamilton Spectator. -Science's most depressing dil- covery of recent. years is that. rag- weed seed "can remain dormant for forty years. and then grow "D W cause hay fever. -Edmonton Journal A botanist claims that than are about 600 varieties of weeds. A brief survey of the garden indicates that this figure is much too low. -Edmonton Journal. Sane and just government is too great a biasing ever to be tightly treated: the tragedy is that it is seldom fully appreclatcd until it has been overthrown by tyranny. While it exists it is in the custody of every individual in a democratic state, and especially under the cure of those whose training should have given them the abil- ity to think. -Ottawa Citizen. The educational heads of Wynn- dotte, Mtch.. have followed through on that old axiom that "clothes make the man". As wen as mak- ing the gentleman. their con- clusion runs. they also can make the burn. for their theory is that "if you dress like a hobo you're more apt to act like one." For that reason. blue Jeans are banned as school attire, in this instance for boys. Jeans and slacks for girls have been on the banned list. for several years. -Windsor Daily SMOKE WHITEOWL Star. fore 2000 AD. the Northern State: run 47” sn6?iou.:a:,i i .. The Passing Scene ' (runner excerpts from state- ments made in 1006 by certain prominent Canadian citizens-most of them parltamentar ns-in re- ply to an American Journalist who had asked whether they would be in favour . of a Canada-United at-ates merger.) James T. schetl. MP. for Glen- gsrry. Ontario. quoted Canada's advantages and ventured a little lirophecy in pport of his very definite "No"-"We have three- fifths of the wheat area of North America; rich in minerals, timber, and fisheries; wlth'free lands, free scbools..a free people, with the but administrative laws in the world. I venture to say that be- wtil seek annexation with Canada. No; leave us alone; we are going forward under better conditions as we Senator William MacDonald of Glace Bay. Nova Ecotis, was brief and to the point: "The Canadian people desire-and the desire is Bowing steadily. Raining strength as the young Canadian grows-to become the foremost part of the British Empire". 0 O I I. Clarke. M. P. for Toronto. wrote in much the same vein: "As far as I am aware, there is no de- sire in any part of this Dominion to be 'absorbedt or to be 'merged' in the United states. Canadians prefer their own institutions and wish to work out their own des- tiny as an inetgral part of the world Empire of Britain". C. B. I-leyd. M.P. for Brantiord, wrote in this manner: "We pro- pose to manage our own affairs in our own way. We would rather be boss in our own shanty than play second fiddle even in the great orchestra of the United States. Canada. has a great future. We are just beginning to realize the greatness of our resources. The 'Maple Leaf'. not the 'stars and stx-lpes', is going to continue to be the emblem of the Canadian people". The Hon. M. K. Richardson of Fleisherton, Ontario; had this to say: "Our separate national life will be a. blessing to the United States if in friendly rivalry we go on striving to develop and perfect it higher civilization than the World has yet known. and in peace and Amity leading in the van of the world's progress to the great summit of human hopes". Joseph Matheson. MP. for Nova Scotia. was of this opinion: "We have the greatest country on, earth; greater in the brain. bone, and sinew of our people. our chief want is more people to settle in our rich country. We have room for as many of your people as wish to come, but they must be law abiding". Walter Scott. M. P. for Regina. was both eloquent and prophetic in this view: "My belief is that. before these countries approach closer relations. a much closer re- lation than exists now will be brought about between Canada, Britain and the other parts of the Empire; and that. at a later per- iod. the United States and the British Empire. comprising the English-speaking world, without 3: Observe: VOICES FROM '1'!!! PAST 11 ttonal at! ". The H-each-Canadians who were polled were no more in favour at merger than were their zngim, speaking neighbours. Armand La. vergne of Montmszny. Quebec wrote in this fashion: "In me all French-Canadians were annexm. ionists, except a very few. Eu: when the American Congreu 1;; them know that they would not have the liberty of their religion (sic). tongue. and i laws. mm minde changed altogether, and more so when Washington prevent. ed La.fayet.te's expedition in um, country. Now we trust in Provl. dence and hope that we will es. cape the destiny of becoming Am. ericans. Not that we have any hatred for our neighbours; on the contrary. we have had many 1113,. ttons of friendship. But my am. bition is for my country alone, ,, nation by herself, respected by others as she would respect them", senator Legris of Louisville, Quebec. expressed this opinion; --I think the destiny of Canada is to become an independent oountry. llvlns. Workins. and progressing side by side with her good neigh. hour. the United States. The Hon, Phillippe Demors of Mont;-931 wrote: "Our laws are more realiect. ed. our trusts less powerful, shrug. gles between capital and labour are less violent. Allow me as s Fernch-Canadian to add that here we are in a minority which lssure to be respected because it is strong; with you we should be a negligible quantity". 1. Tarte, M.P. for Montreal, is, former member of the Laurier Cabinet, and the proprietor of the influential newspaper -La Patric, summed up what he considered to be the popular French-Canadian view this way; "I firmly believe the United States are big enough without us and that we are big enough without them. Canada is a happy country. We feel capable of developing our national wealth. We are free. We enjoy the bless- ings of self-government under the British flag. To -sum up, I beg to say that. at this moment. there is not in Canada a shadow of a feel. ing toward political union with your country. We wish you God- speed nnd we want to paddle our csnoe ourselves". Refrigeration SALES as snuvlon i Repairs To All Makes MOTORS Rewinding and Repairs ELECTRICAL . 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