v-as .i-.21-C-s-.r:.e'" .gd' in Decem PAGE FOUR THE GUARDIAN Authorised no second Clan bull Post Office g Department. Ottawa. V" Tin Inland Guardian nubllnhlnx Co. Editor and Managing Director. Inn A. Burnett. Auocinto Editor. Frank Wlllier. CIBCIJLATION "Coven Prlnco Edward Island llko tho dow" "Tho strongest memory is weaker than tho woakul ink". CHAIILOTTETOWN MONDAY. sun. 23. I953 Bogus "Peace" Ballot Communist propagandists are” trying. and with some success, to prostitute some of the most treasured words in our lan- guage, such as "peace", ”democracy" and "freedom" to their alien philosophy. Their latest petition, now circulating in Toronto, is once again built around the word "peace". This time the referendum takes the form of a ballot: "Do you favor a meeting of the leading Powers with a View to solving, through negotiation, questions which threaten the peace of the world?" At this moment of course such a meet- ing. the General Assembly of the United Nations, is being held in New York. This is not at all what the Communists meanq As a propaganda arm of the Soviet Foreign; Office, they are really out for a Potsdam-T style conference of Great Powers but thei question is worded in cloudy fashion in. make it more attractive to innocents. Conimenting on the above propaganday the Winnipeg Free Press recalls the no- torious Stockholm peace petition which was circulated while many Canadian citi- zens were enjoying their summer holidays. The citizen, perhaps reclining upon a sunny beach and at peace with the world, would be approached by a comely young woman: "Sir, we are campaigning for world peace. If you are for peace would you help us by signing our petition." To such a question. so asked, "No" seemed to many a churlish answer. Yet that citi- zen's signature, if he signed, merely help- ed the Communist propagandists to say that millions of decent-minded people all over the world had pledged themselves tr” the Soviet's "noble" cause. It is well for all Canadians to be on their guard against such wolves in sheep's clothing. Decline of The Gaelic Rapid decline in speaking of the Gaelic among Scots Highlanders has a definite economic significance, according to David kirk in the Christian Science Monitor. "it began with that dark iblot on the history of the Highlands, 'the clearances,' when whole villages were torn down and the peo- ple dispersed to make way for sheep rear- ing, favored by absentee landlords. "For a generation the emigration from the Highlands has continued with an in- creasing tempo, for jobs in the south have proved more attractive than the sometimes meagre living to be won from crofts and fishing. Today there are 91,000 persons in Scotland who speak Gaelic. Twenty years ago, when the last census was taken, the total was 129,000-a disturbing decrease in a generation. The county of Argyll, which is regarded as the heart of the Highlands, dropped by 31 per cent, and the county of Caithness by 38 per cent. "Like a ghost, the problem of depopula- tion lay behind all the discussions on the dangers to Gaelic culture (at. the Celtic Congress in Glasgow last month). For the loss of the language means the loss of old songs, the decline of traditional music and intimate social activities. In fact, it im- perils a culture built up over a thousand years. ' "It. is a fact disturbing to the C3813 that the second and third generations of emigrants, especially to places in Britain, gradually lose not only the language but the interest to try to keep it alive." 1.. The Trans-caiiaila Illgliwiiy It is expected that by the onset of win- ter about one quarter of the 5,000 miles of thetrans-Canada highway will have been completed. Work on this project, which will eventually provide a continuous highway, interrupted only by the sea, for cars and commercial vehicles from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Vancouver, Brit- ish Columbia, is now in its fourth year. so important is the project that the Lon- don Tinies devotes a special article to the subject, from which we quote: "Each year expenditure on the new road has been increased. Last year it was 535m.. mfg year 550m. Under the agreement sign- Ser. 1949, half the cost to a mum of 3300m. is borne by the Gov- pot Canada. and the remainder by ' i i has u-emalned out- -- C t, Though satlsflictory it is now clear that in good deal more ycinuu of for- iiilblhi ennui have risen wte was only - began in the spring of 1950, and more detailed examina- tion has revealed difficulties of terrain and soil. "Thecompletion date of 1956 has alsol proved an optimistic target. While the Prairie provinces present few complicated engineering problems, the highly industrial- ized province of Ontario with 1,412 miles, the longest section of the highway, already has the most highly developed road system in Canada and the biggest commitment on maintenance. The section of the road west of Lake Superior, in Ontario, will run across marshy ground where excavations down to 20 ft. have to be made to reach solid ground. ”Most of the provinces are sufficiently prosperous to be able to take the highway in their stride but the provinces of the At- lantic seaboard-Newfoundland and the Maritimes (Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick)--are less fav- orably situated. Their populations arr smaller and they see less of the sunshinc of Canada's present prosperity. Prince Ed- ward Island, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence has only 74 miles of road to build, of which five miles are being paved this year. New Brunswick will have 388 miles, Nova Scotln Jill) miles, and Newfoundland 610 miles Coiistruction in New Brunswick has ad- vanced substantially this summer. Nova Scotia is still planning its part of the route. "The highway presents a more formid- able undertaking to Newfoundland, the newest of Canada's 10 provinces. No con tinuous road.now exists across the island, where the only land link is the railway from Port aux Basques on the southwest coast to St. John's, the capital on the east coast. A road runs parallel with part of the railway, but there are two gaps amounting to 120 miles to be made good, and a great deal of repair work to the ex- isting road is required. Even though New- foundland is now more prosperous than ever before, partly as a result of union with Canada, a population of 400,000 composed largely of small wage earners does not al- low much financial scope. This year New- foundland is laying the foundation of six miles of the highway. ”The highway will vary in width from 20 ft. to 24 ft. throughout its whole length. Most of the surface will be bituminous; parts will be concrete. Bends and other obstacles to visibility are being eliminated as far as possible to permit speeds of 50 miles an hour in most sections. With more than 3,000,000 private motor cars in Can- ada, and about 7,000,000 American Cars entering the country every year, the first appeal of the highway will be to the tour- ist, especially as it will then be possible to cross Canada comfortably by road. ' Com- mercially, the highway will increase freight haulage in the industrial areas of Ontario and Quebec, and an expansion of traffic. westward from Ontario to the Prairies may be expected." EDITORIAL NOTES A wet summer such as this year's one proved to be gets very little appreciation from anyone. Cattle, at least, have bene- fited by it however, the Experimental Farm tinue to make good gains when other years pasture. I I I When it. comes to transportation, Sum- mersidc misses no bets; In addition to pos- sessing a fine airfield, the town is having its waterfront improved by the deepening of the government wharf and proposes to fuse rock from that operation to provide Adowntown parking space for motor veh- icles. ' U I O The news that some 5,000 Newfound- laiiders have given up fishing because of the low price of codfish is shocking at a time when most of Canada is enjoying un- paralleled prosperity. In part, of course, the development reflects that prosperity for more profitable ways of employing their time and energy. 0 I 0 Henry Arthur Jones, English play- wright, was born this date 1851. Early in his career as a playwright he was something of a pioneer, but gradually he settled down to parlour-comedy in which he continually preached a morality whose criterion was "What will people think?" He hated lnternationalism and in "My Dear Wells" assailed nearly all the more ad- vanced thinkers of the day. I O I The half A million men and 300 ships from nine nations taking part in Operation Mariner provide a very satisfactory sub- stitute lndeed for the Royal Navy of the last century which kept the peace in the far corners of the world. It is all to the good that international co-operation has replaced Imperial sea-power even although it was that of the British Empire. The alternative would have been the renewal of the race to see which nation would succeed to Britain's former position as mistress of the seas. in Charlottetown finding that steers con- Bemm. Tin: , GUARDIAN. CHAR LOTTETOWN it Big Enough To Join The Scrimmage -.-;-.7:-u-w -.uu:-:r.mw.-r.-.-. 1 gg,....m. EDINBURGH A bonny burgh is Edinbro'. the city brave and bright That spreads in green and gray ' below the castle on the height; And there on lovely Princes Street the people group in knots To talk about the latest news of Mary Queen of Scots. The castle in it gallant keep and one you're bound to view; A military pensioner will kindly take you through. Rehearslng inexhaustfbly the plots and counterplots That made it insalubrloua for Mary Queen of Scots. You'll ace the ancient Canongiafe. you'll see the house of Knox. with churches here and churches there. all strictly orthodox; You'll see the work of colorist: who l lavished paint. in pots On old and recent likenesses of ', Mary Queen of Scots. And when amid the sheep you've ' Arthur's Seat. Where Arthur. says the legend, watched his chivalry retreat, Your eye shall rest on I-Iolyrood and other sacred spots Connected with the tragedy of Mary Queen of Scots. gorse and climbed to You'll see the marble statue of the Wizard of the North: You'll see the cantilever bridge that spans the Firth of Forth, A noble bridge, yet when 'fwas done the builders cursed their lots it wasn't patronized by Mary Queen of Scots. they would have already been taken off A mums on the bonny burgh and all it holds enshrined, On every house of native rock. on every close and wynd. And send it good liistorlans to clear whatever biota -May rest upon the memo , of Mary Queen of Seoul mArthur Guiterman -and r. I. I.) E SERVICE VIA WEST POINT "Mr. G. Glruard, MP., and other influential citizens oi Rent, it is said, are interesting themselves in the project of having I. steamer it indicates that the fishermen can find route opened up between P. E 15- land and Rlchibucto, on the com- pletion of the -Kent; Nbrtliarn Railway. From West Point. P.EI., to Rlchlbucto Cape. the distance is said to be only is miles, and lthe passage is open and free from ice, or nearly 50, Ill winter. It is only when eastern winds pre- vail iii the spring that is it liable to be blocked up. It is contended that 9. streamer such as the 'Northern Llght.' might. traverse this route all winter, and convey malls and pusenxcrl from the Is- lnnd to' the Intercolonlnl Rlllwny." -Saint John. N.B. Telegraph, Oct, 24. I879. illn Age on story Ho, ovary one that thlntolll. com: ya to the waters, and lo um hub no money; come yo, buy and eat; no. name. My wine and milk without money and without prloo. Wheroforo do n Inna nanny for that which II not half Ind your labour for that which qlloflotb not? bourbon llllxuitly Info II, In your soul delight lloolf in lot- now. - V A oriloolyotlnIwbIoblIgood.nnI- DR. SCHURMAN'S Sir,-A monument was unveiled in 1951 at Freetown, RE. 1., to the memory of a. great Islander, Jacob Gould Schurman. 1-lis Lordship Thane A. Campbell, Chief Justice, made the address. The following piece about Dr. Schurman may throw I sidelighl: on his character, and may tend to disprove, if only incidentally, the belief held by many, that A philosopher and man of letters may not also be of prompt decisive action. I am, by chance, probably the only person hereabouts who had ll. calling card of this great man, stuck over my house door forimany years, but failed to return the call. The ap- parent discourtesy is also explained in this letter: It happened in 1899 that the President of the United States sent Dr. Schurman to the Philip- plno Islands as his Ambassador- Extraordinary. , The Filipinos were then in in- surrection against. the Government of the United States. The situa- tion at the time, in a nutshell was this: -The King of Spain was transferring his sovereignty in the Philippine Islands to the United States. The Filipinos were endeav- oring to have this sovereignty transferred to themselves as A nation. and not to the United States. One of the duties of the Ambassador was to make us many contacts as possible with Filipino leaders to convince them of the beneflcent motives of the Ameri- can Government. and people. Pursuing this aim a U.s. cruis- er, probably the "Indianapolis", after calls at various ports, hove- to off the crescent. shaped palm- fringed harbor of San Jose, 2 prin- cipal town on the west coast: of Pansy Island. At once a boat pull- ed away, headed for shore; the Ambassador in the stern sheets, ii flax-of-parity swaying on the Jack staff. variously armed -insurgent sol- diers ld excited citizens filled the streets. At half rifle range from shore, bullets began splashing about the boat, one splinterlng the gunwalr, it matter of inches from where the Ambassador sat, The insurgents were saying it with bullets. ' PU”-inll about and again aboard the cruiser, the Anifoassador order- ed? "CR-Plain. give them R few broadsides". The air sliorewards immediately became Infested with uijlstllna. winning mlnnic-balls.all going places in a hurry. Leaves and cocoanuts were falling from palm trees surrounding government buildings on the town square, The Ambassador was saying it with niinnfc-balls. . The Ambassador, after this loiid h0W-d0-you-do. again headed for shore. on his first approach the streets had been, in it manner of SDCBUHK. full: on this second ID- proach the streets were, in it man. her of speaking, empty. Not it llv. ins thing was to be seen, except a few hens gnwklng foolishly for bugs, and an ancient billy-goat. telling the world he "felt. "based". By this time all the inhabitants, including the insurgent soldiers. had taken to the tall-uncut; or if the expression be preferred, they ab. oconded to the clrcumjacant buky dellr; all with one exception: the hawk-nosed lean old Spanish pur- lsh pi-fut:-he was not running away from anything. Tho Ambassador nought him out. and after thovnmenltlea, handed him A sheaf of proclamation, (printed in the local dialect. with the requut that he have them dil- trlbuted. Thin the priest willingly promised to. The matter of money oompenzotlon was delicately broached. The priest demurred and said. smiling: "I would not have a penny of it. within A half hour of Your Excellencyh deput- ura". . The Apibuuudor was much In- prened by' the stout-hnrtod old man. Upon Illa departure the not pursued hlm:'"Your lxcel- may. it would have given me great. piouun to have been able G rsewiti Q . ' 3 ' The Public Forum .3-.--r- CALLING CARD ..E... , to entertain you properly; but (and this with an old world gesture) my other friends have been here." The insurgents had stripped the old man of everything, except the sacred vessels (hidden), his robes and integrity. Some years after these occur-I rences took place, I took command of native troops stationed at this same town-San Jose. The people generally had forgotten the bom- bardment. A former town belle told me the bombardment was "Very much of n loudnes." Bom- biirdmenta are peculiar that way! The old timers blamed the viola- tion of the parley flag on hot- headed insurgents. I found the people good-natured and friendly; although they did charge me 5c for 5. dozen eggs when the going price was 3c in doz- en. A good fat. hen ooat: me 15c although the regular price was we. It is seldom you get. jam on both sides of bread in this old world. They loved to dance, and certain- ly shook a wicked slipper; you know-tripping the light-and-friw olous: doing it quote-like; not unlike the good Ambauadorb nat- ive Prince Edward Islanders. i I rented it house near the beach to serve as headquarters and real- adence. The Filipino landlord ex- tolling the good location and con- veniences of his property. pointed with pride to ii mlnnle-ball em- bedded in the main entrance door frame, -saying: "This is a. calling card of His Excellency, Jacob Gould schurmnn. Ambassador of the United States". I am, Sir, et.c., MICHAEL J. BYRNE. Iona, Queens County. Modern Report Cards (Edmonton Journal) We hardly know what to think of A news. re rt from Victoria that Education lnlsber Tilly Rola- ton has decided that British Columbia parents will require special instruction in order to understand their children's report cards. Is this the government's estimation of the Hntelligence of the parents. or has the system of reporting a child's proizesc at school grown so complex that It is incomprehensible without an accompanying sheaf of instruc- tions? In the dear old iiiicomplicated days of not so very long age, be- fore "progressive" education, the enterprise system, and the like, R child's report card simply carried letters in the lower grades and per- centage marks hi the upper. A per- ent was expected to know about his child's social attitudes, char- acter development. whether he was neat and tidy, whether he was co-operative with his fellows. nnd so on. Even in those days, of course, there was the odd parent who couldn't read a report card. There is still I smile in the ancient. story of the father who asked Junior ly sprinkled with D's and Us and thawing scarcely n B or A. and was assured that D Itood for dandy, C for clusy, B for bad. and A for awful. 9 ' -Edmonton Journll. to explain his report card, liberal-. -x Notes Bx Another of those lurveyn ohbwl that warren are talking Ilower now. but Just 55' constantly. '- Brandon Sun. Dnrned If we're going to tell the kids again this fall about how old Jack Frost comes around with his little paint pots and colours the leaves it they're going to look at each other and wink the way they did last. year.-Winnipeg Tri- bune. Every read the Scottish classic: "Wee MacGregor'."' Or Nell Mun- ro's "The Daft Days?" Mon, ye wud enjoy them. For they are written in the rich, expressive idiomatic speech of the Highlands and the Lowlands. One or two examples: Wee Willie Winkle. wee deary, ma croodlin doo, my dawty, broo brenty, e'e winkie, rrose, nappy, check cherry, moo merry, chin chnky, gudly gudly gaklns. Foosh and losh, mon: ye'll nae translate that fine print- tle into English!-Windsor Star. There is 1 spirit of independence and self-sufficiency about the Lunenburgs of this part of Canada. Perhaps their spirit is a reflection of a certain yet. undeflnable some- thing which seenns to cling to peo- ples who live on islands or near- islands. Such people, wherever one may look, always seem to find an individualistic and internal strength which enables them to stand i.p with credit against. 3 vagaries .f fortune - ' against the gibea and comments. on occasion. of "main- land folk" who have delusions of their own superlorny. - Halifax Chronicle-Herald. - year have been produced by the Research Division of the Ontario Department of Land: and Forests at its Southern Research Station at Maple, near Toronto. The trees, crosses of upon with silver poplar, are expected to be available some day for refoi-est.ntlon'purposes in this province. The Reforestation Division is seeking to develop an aspen-poplar hybrid of good form and wood color. rapid growth and disease resistant, suitable for planting in Southern Ontario, where the climate is unsuited to as- pen. A number of natural hybrids have been found. "This cross in being requested scientifically on a rather large scale," the Research men say, "to find still better hy- brids among the seedlings."--From Government Bulletin. Hunter: will greet with regret an announcement by the depart- ment of lands and forests re- search workers that the partridge. or ruffled grouse, is on at dowii- ward cycle. The cause is A mys- terious dlsense which allows the birds to build up their numbers for a period of perhaps ten years. and then causes them to die out to near extinction. Hunting has practically no effect on the cycle, it is reported. Those who cherish partridge as ii dainty table mor- sel can take heart, however, from the knowledge that the birds when the bottom of the cycle Is reached, build up their numbers The Waxa Q gum II being carried out to de termlne what it is that kills on the birds.-Fort William Times- Journal. Wo are particularly Interested to hear about the case of Dhnna- laxml, the Indian girl who ;, baffling doctors: and scientists by persisting in being healthy, evch though she does not eat and she does not drink. Dhannlaxmi ;,' eighteen and goes about doing her housework at the home of her parents, like any other normal healthy young girl. "She ate wen until she was about fourteen years old,- then she began by refusing to eat for three days. Ten month: later she didn't eat for twelve days. Within two year: she left 0” eating for twenty-two day"; simply because she didn't feel like E81in8- . Now the government of India has provided Dhanalaxmi and her father with some money so that they can travel to Banga- lore General Hospital for 3 mm. ough examination. The govern- ment of a country where million, starve, every decade wants in know how Dhanalaxmi nianagcs to live. Does she draw sustenance from the sun?-Owen Sound Sun. Times. All through the ages. iiilvyrrvs have been urging their clients noi- er to sign anything without read. lng it qarefully. Just as regularly, clients have been ignoring um sage counsel, which is one reason why lawsuits abound. Now comes ll report from Newfoundland which suggests that lawyers do not always follow their own ad. vice. When a candidate is called to the bar in that province, on: of the formalities is for him in Tree: that grow ten feet in one,sign ii scroll containing an oath of allegiance and other obliga- tions. It was only recently that someone took a careful look at the first clause and discovered the extraordinary promise that Newfoundland'I budding barristers have been all unconsciously milk. lng: "I do solemnly promise and wear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Maj- esty Queen Victoria: so help mo God."-Edmonton Journnl.. Ono read: much about the use at the helicopter in rescue and in crop-dusting work, and recalls al:-i that the Duke of Edinburgh is n. 'copt.er fan. Scientifically, helicop- ter control is achieved through the principle of cyclic and total pitch. Strangely, the idea. behind thin amazing rotary wing craft that can fly up, backwards. forwards, side- ways or just: stand still in the air in many centuries old. The copter prlnclple is used in the old Chines- top, tho Australian aborglne'I boome ..ng. and hundreds of an- cient toys and playthings. If you would see Nature's helicopter watch the humming bird. -Windsor star. The wind: inside the Ipilll of 1 tomndo, often reaching 500 miles an hour, produce some seemingly supernatural results. Blades of grass nrehblown into fence posts: straw: are driven into tree trunk: to the depth of an inch: the suc- t.lon of the tornado funnel strips the feathers from chicken: and drains the water from well5.-Read- again. An extensive research pro- ei-a' Digest. PROFESSIONAL CARDS - Palmer & Hoslcm A. J. HASLAM. B.A.. LLIL Blrrlofer, mo Bank of Nova Scott: Chamber! Clarlottefnwn. P. E. L MONEY T0 l.()AN Frederic A. Large. 9.0. Barrister. Bollclbor. Notary loyal Bnnli of Canada Building Charlottetown. P. E. I. Loam on City and Farm Propertie- Chus. R. McOuciid B.A. BABRISTEB. SOLICITQB. NOTARY. Etc. Entern Trust Building CI-lAlll.OT'l'ET( DWN Gordon E. MucMillan. B.A.. LL.I.. BABBISTIEB. SOLIOITOB. Ebc.. IM Prince St. - Charlottetown DIAL 5223 H. J. Mubon. R.O. Optomctrint Montague. P. E. L Phone 592 I A. Waltlion Gaudel. I.L.I. BABBISTEB. SOIJCITOB. ER. 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