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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1951-02-01, Page 2Page 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY J, 1951 W Exeter Gunies^libocate Vipaes Established 1873 Amafgamated November 1924 Advocate Established 181911 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario An Independent Newspaper Devoted to the Interests at the Village of Exeter and District Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the C1VNA Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation Paid-in-Advance Circulation as of March 31, 1950 -r- 2,329 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada, in advance, $2,50 a year United States, hi advance, $3.00 Single Copies 6 Cents Each * PublishersJ. Melvin Southcott THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1, 1051 A Long Process Impatience is felt over the delays in getting- the Korean situation cleared up, Along with this impatience goes criticism of the United Nations. The fact is that the Korean situation is not a matter of yester­ day but one that goes fur back into history and one that demands a great deal of knowledge of the nations involved in the Quarrel. It must be seen that to settle one feature of the trouble complication means pre raising- of other difficulties ever more Serious. Should, fox’ instance, some of the re­ presentatives in the United Nations have |heir way in not condemning China as an aggressor nation, it might cause the United States to resolve that it will have nothing- more to do with communism. The United States might well determine to say that she will attend to communism within her own borders and let the rest of the world look aftex’ its own affairs- xxx that regard. If this should take place, what would become of the defence of the nations of western Europe ? Again, should China be snubbed, she might order a blockade of Chinese ports. Should she make up her mind to do this, what would become of trade with the Chin­ ese and kindred ports. The loss looks to be incalculable. Lesser moves have led to serious wars. What then would become of the purpose of the United • Nations, organ­ ized to prevent all wars? The increasingly close relations into which the nations of the world have been drawn these last few years intensify the problem to a degree difficult to appreciate. Hence the slowness of the settlement of the question of Korea and China. The issues involved are world wide in magnitude and delicate beyond all telling. AH nations feel the pinch of the situa­ tion and all are eager to realize some bene­ fit in the settlement. When the needs of some are met the demands of a dozen other nations emerge forthwith, A workable solu­ tion of the difficulties, and a working solu­ tion is all that we may dare hope for, is reached only by a series of approximations and adjustments. What we must all work for and hope for, is such a conclusion as will enable, us to get on together, * * * * Freaks And Greed lately has appeared to be and unaccountable. Desperate ravaged the western coasts of the north-western States, Nature freakish storms have Canada and working untold damage. In Europe snow­ falls of altogether unlooked for magnitude have taken heavy toll of life and property in Switzerland and Italy, after drought has visited working sad havoc with the that country. Added to those forces Then drought New Zealand, cattle herds of have been hu­ man greed that has turned the natural mis­ fortune into desparate hardships by run­ ning up the prices of life’s necessities simply because those necessities are scarce. This has been obvious at the present time by the policy of the New Zealand meat ■dealers in encouraging the killing off of the young cattle in the country to an ex­ tent that has made it very difficult to sup­ ply Britain with the meat Drought and greed in New combined to deprive British the meat they .sorely need. People in Canada have she requires. Zealand have households of little idea of the sevei-e deprivation this is proving. This community has been singularly fortunate in ‘-being free from nature’s freaks. How long this will continue is difficult to say. How­ ever such freaks are sure to come our way, sooner ox* Jater, We will be acting sensibly -by being alert lest the greedy ones rake toll of our prosperity. Eternal vigilance in this, as in other spheres of life, is the price of safety. * * * * “The Benighted Heathen” So far the individual who has been getting most done in finding the way to {peace among the nations is Prime Ministei' bTehru. There is simplicity and a dii'ectness about this man’s procedure that is winning confidence. There is an entire absence of threatening that encourages all whom he deals with to trust him. There is an ab­ sence of bragging and swagger and swash- buckling that leads the rest of us to be­ lieve that he’ is familiar with the first prin­ ciples of government. He has, too, the rare gift of seeing the universal elements in hu­ man nature. He impresses the world with bls downright, genuine sincerity, His words are simple and his utterances clear. There is no evidence of any hidden meaning. Be­ cause he has made the rest of us believe that he is an honest man ■who knows his business and the world’s needs we are com­ ing to trust him. He contends that China is not under­ stood by the western powers. He does not, see in China refusing the terms of the “cease fire" committee a flat refusal of China to negotiate for peace. He claims that the western powers quite misunder­ stood China. He further declares that the terms put forward by China in the interest of peace are not fax* from the original peace terms set forth by the United Nations. Does the attitude of those distinguished orientals indicate that it is high time for the western nations to take a deeper and more complete view of the eastern question upon which so much depends? Is the United States justified in taking the stand she has taken in utterly opposing Red China? It is argued that Bed China revolted against and overthrew the regularly constituted govern­ ment of China, This argument raises the question regarding the rightfull govern­ ment of China, It is alleged that the regularly con­ stituted government of China had become insufferably corrupt and utterly unfit to rule. Unless all information that has come through is misleading, the national govern­ ment of China had become the exemplifica­ tion of all that a government ought to be, as fai* as leaving undone what it should do, and doing what it should not be doing, are concerned. Communism. Russian Commun­ ism, saw its chance. It appeared as the emancipator of the poor people. In a short time it had its hand on the affairs of China. Jt was strong enough to take charge of the government of the country. The nationalists were routed by the communists. The sword and the septre passed to Communist hands. Whatever the rights oi* the wrongs of the situation the Communists were the gov­ ernment. Thoughtful people asked “Why does not the United States recognize this simple fact?”. Their doing so -would not be an admission that the Communism is right. It -would be a declaration that in the mean­ time at least the United States was willing to treat with the only body in China cap­ able of making a bargain that was at all likely to be carried out. Further, the United Nations cannot sit on two stools. It cannot., that is to say, treat with both nationalist China and red China. The United Nations cannot afford to be absurd. At present it looks as if both east and west have a good deal to learn. The chips in the international porridge must not pre­ vent international understanding. Each ha­ tion must learn to respect the other and cease looking for ways to disagree and earnestly strive to way of carrying on that -will injure no one. Time will be well spent in finding the way through the present difficulties rather than in seeking with a xnicroscope for every possible way to avoid the need of tlie per­ plexing hour. It is evident that nations need to learn the lesson of mutual respect. No one nation has a monopoly of the good sense of humanity. It is even more evident that the policy of one nation’s attempt to impose its special Ways upon other nations * * * * Why Interfere? Some little time ago our good neigh­ bours in Grand Bend made up theix* minds to become an incorporated village with all the advantages and disabilities associated therewith. Their desire, apparently, was to be on their &wn and manage their affairs according to local necessities and according to local tastes. They have the required pop­ ulation fox* an incorporated village and an incorporated village they set out to be, Unfortunately the case is a difficult one because their territory is split between two counties, Lambton and Huron. Lamb­ ton has the greater area, Huron the great­ er assessment. In whichever county Summer resort incorporates, the other suffer a loss. There Would seem only way to decide the issue and that is a in which the residents of Grand Bend express their own desire. If the people de­ cide to case in theix1 fortune with Huron, well and good. If they prefer to join with Lambton, the rest of us should heartily wish them well. Robert Southcott Anthracite Try a Ton of the Canadian Anthracite - Your Fuel Dealer lUDIT BUREAU “ ot .IRCUIATIC «TIMES” Go By Jt Is Always Big News When A New Coal Hits The Market Now it’s even bigger news for Canadian home owners because fox' the first time a high grade, genuine an­ thracite is being ‘mined and distributed right here in Canada. Jas. P. Bowey Auto, Fire & General Insurance PHONE 33 EXETER the will one vote may 50 YEARS AGO William Beer commenced Mon­ day to learn the harness making with Mr. George Eacrett. The Rev. Mr. Martin B.D. will preach in the Presbyterian church on Sunday next, a special sermon on the life of Queen Victoria. At the service in James St Church the pastor, Rev. C, W. Brown will make special re­ ference to the life of our late gracious Sovereign. At the annual meeting of the Public Library the following of­ ficers were elected for the cur­ rent term. President, N. D. Hur- don; committee, Dr. Lutz, H. E. Huston, Dr. Amos and H. Bis­ hop; secretary, W. D. Weeks, librarian, Capt. George Kemp. Mr. R. T. Couch, who has been clerking for Messrs Carling Bros, for several months will move with his family to Mitchell shortly, having purchased the general store of Mr. R. Balb. 25 YEARS AGO Mr. and Mrs. William Kydd celebrated their diamond jubilee in Usborne. S. Martin’s store was entered Tuesday night and about $50 worth of fountain pens, pencils and other goods The burglars also Taman’s store and barber shop but taken. A silver cup for the cham­ pions of that Cyclone league was donated by McDonnel Motor Sales, Hensail. Were taken, entered W.W. Ff W. Boyle’s nothing was 15 YEARS AGO Messrs. W. J. Beer and Henry Delbridge are leaving on a motor find some practicable oring News Hibbert Boy Fractures Skull Five-year-old Robert Burcliill, who fell 14 feet in his father’s barn, suffered a fractured skull, but the attending doctor said Tuesday his condition was “re­ markably good,” The lad, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Burchill, R.R. 2, Dublin, is in Stratford Gener­ al Hospital. (Huron Expositor) Use U.S. Army Truck Hydro Electric Power Com­ mission line building crews work­ ing on the new transmission line running from Seaforth to Devi­ zes are using a U.S. Army half­ track lorry on which is mounted an engine and hole digging ma­ chine. This machine sinks the necessary holes for the wood posts in a surprisingly short time these U.S. half-tracks were designed from the original Ger­ man armored half-track vehicles with which the Panzer Grenadier troops Were transported into trie, armoured thrust battles of the Second World War. (St. Marys Journal-Argus) Ever lieai’ of Printers Fie? Ever hear of printer’s pie? Well, if you worked, in a print­ ing office and saw one that Would be the last you’d ever see. And yesterday it happened to us-—two whole pages fell off the press and just Went to pieces, stories all mixed, ads all fallen apart and one’s good nature seriously impaired. SO if you miss a lot Of what you have ex­ pected to see or notice sdme un­ duly bad mistakes on Pages two and three just appreciate the fact that printer’s pie Is disgust­ ingly horrible. Especially when there is nothing to do but put it back together again. (Mitchell Advocate) trip to Florida. This issue of the Exeter Times Advocate records the death of King George the Fifth. Tuesday will be observed as a Day of Mourning. On Wednesday over two hund­ red new 19'3'6 automobile license plates were issued at the office of G.M. Grant. Up to date about nine hundred licenses have been taken out. Mrs. -Alex Ellis, of Aberdeen S.D., is visiting her sister. Mrs. Lindsay and other relatives in Hensail. Before her marriage she was Miss Jennie Murray, Mr. and Mrs, Ellis were the first couple married in the Presby­ terian church after it was built, (now the United Church.) 10 YEARS AGO The Boy Scouts paid tribute to the memory of the late Lord Baden Bowel in a memorial ser­ vice at- the Caven Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning. •Mr. B. W. F. Beavers who re­ cently resigned the position of Superintendent of the Main Street Sunday School after twen­ ty-six years, was on Sunday last presented with a Gladstone bag in recognition of his faithful services. -Mr. Ray Waghorn is the newly elected superintendent. Mr. C, W. Christie shipment of a bpx of their shells from the ton oyster beds. They ed by his son Aimer as a birthday gift. It was ladies night, the third anniversary of the club and the official visit of the District Governor, Charles Bennett, of Paris, at the meeting of the Lions Club on Friday evening last at the Central Hotel. received a oysters in Cape Bre- were ship- of Halifax ■ ■ ■ Two Sets of Twins Gladden Homes of Mitchell Folks The Advocate records many births but seldom do we have the privilege of recording two sets of twins in any one issue. Oxi January 12, Mr, and Mrs, Keith Vivia^i, Mitchell, became the proud parents of twin daughters in Stratford Hospital and on. January 22 Mr. and Mrs. Harold Heinbuck, Mitchell, (Rae Fowler), happily anounced the birth of twin sons at the same hospital. (Mitchell Advocate) W. if. Duncan Retires} Firm NOW Seaforth Shoes An important business change took place during the past Week with the announcement that Mr. W. J. Duncan had sold the W. J. Duncan shoe factory to the J. A. Johnston Co. of BrOckville, Ont. on Thursday. The J. A. 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