By BRUCE MICKLEBURGH
(OonOeaMdsSfKteniQiit of the Exéeutive Seeralaxy, Ctuiadlan Peaoe CoúgnBn)
SOMEITHING ITOiW and good 1^ happened to the éffort.Wjaged án this coimtry fofpeace. Thfi.'Can-adiáh Forum onrPeace, held Jthls jnonth, markod á roat tunún^ point.
It 'waa unliK« any preyiouJi na-tlorial peaoé gatheiingi this Fbrum;.« For onp :thing, the Peaco Oongresi' wa» ablé. to. 'ahué^^^^; t^^ platform ' w^th otiiers ; not o£ the Peácé Ctongréfis^tauch as Revi^D. C' Candy, <^aifman:\of the ' Gh^rch Peace Mission 4Uid : ,^az*;rié Howie. an ardent ihember óf thé Fello^ship' of Reconciiiation. TheíKf men are minlsitens pf the Anglican' and Uriited Churéhes respectively, and Mr. Candy waarable to an-nounce th.at the General Synod of ^8 church,-\íipeaKing oÉMcialíy for the entire AngÚqan: C?hurch4h Can-ada, haa goné on reccird for the banning of "thé -atom JWmb. Arid thén, in' the ensuirig plénary sesr Bioiis, carae. the - majolp address by Rev. Ben íí.'Sp€nce|' a irétired United caiurch miniater^ .to across
Foir World Peace:
ANI4IVERSÁRIES
VIBNNA — Thé Executive of the Worid Couhcií of Peace, at íta re-cent mééUng :ln Vienna haa p!ro-posed to péace committees thrbugh-out thé World that-they celébtate. the annlvérsáriea of ten famous cultural figurea during 1956. The ten are: : ,      , ,
KALJDÁSA, ínűííUí po<^ Hi3 exact dátes are .not ,kn6wn (pos-sibly aa early ás the ISt cehtury B. C. or a3 lat'e the 6th cehtury A.D.).' Several óf hls; pláya and poem& have been tran'alated into English, Gennáni, and FTéricb.
TOYÖ ODA«. Japsneae painter, commonly kribwn aa 'Seisahu; 1420-1506. (450th .annivérsary of ~ hW death.) _
REABR^NiyT. Dutch palnter, 1606-Í66»). 350th annivérsary ^of hía birth). ;
BENJÁMIN imAKKUír. Aníe-lieaa ecienttst aiid publiciat, 1706-1780; (250th annivérsary of'Wa Wrth).'
WOLFGÁNO ADAMEÜS MOZART, Aostriaa «ompoMr, 1756-1791 (200th annivérsary of hís birth). : ,
HKINBIOil BDEÍDaB, . GeraiBa poet, 1797-1856 (lOOth annlvcrsaiy of hiá death).
OEHMkGIB BXRNABD SHAW. Irlih Avriter^; Í8S6-1950 .(lOOth annivérsary öf hiB Wrtb);
FVODOB DOSTOYEVSKY, Riui-•Ijut writer, 1821-1881. {7öth annivérsary ofhladeiith).
PII»R9 acíd .MARDC CVBOS. Frebc* acleattaiit, (SÖth anniver-«ary o£.:the death 'óf-PÍerre Curie, 1859-1906).
HENRIK naSlCN, Norwegian drtunaUat, ÍS28-1906 (öOth annivérsary of Wa death).
The Canadian Peace C3ongre*B hjw begim préparatJona for the cclebrationa of thcae annlversaries In 1956. arid ha* expreaaed Ita wiUlngTieáa to co^perate in any way poaaiblo Wlth other groupu pliinnlng to partlcipate In the ce-Icbratlona or to oi^ganlze their own. It la anUdpatod that a world-wlde comhiémoratlon thefie Kreat figurea wlR bring to aU countriea m <fo«per approclatlon ot humanityá common cniltural heri-
the ':contínent dTor his temperance wöric and. aa & spobéaman for. U-béral caiiüsea.
' ;^at these ^urchmen accepted the inv^tátion to Jobt in thía ftée dlscusalon ia a aign that there la a marltéd increaae in^churcJj peace expression. This Increase v^ cón-tinué and will become'more rapid.
For thé firat tlme, auch a nai tloha^ oonférene^ waa" cömpletély conducted in the fwolanguages of our coimtry. Peace; spokesmMr from French Canada ahared with peace; spokesmen from English^ speaking- <^ada in aU conferéhce árrangémenta and decisioria on >a hasis of equaUty. Fór the firit time, major doCurhents of the peace movement were.,written ori-glnally in French, and had to be translated into EngKsh afterwarda; A smaU: thing? No, a big thirig. The achiévément of a partnershipr which includea a péace inpv^ment €oinpletely,á part ^ and reflect-lng,the .aspiratioris of French Cím-adá h[|u^^ an Indlspensable cón-ditioii Ipr tJie full development of the jpeace, movement in Cariadá. Hencefqrth thé irierádicably rootéd aspiratiohs for peace pf . French <^ada wiü^fInd much more pb-tént expresaion.
• Then too. aa a result of the pre-parationa for the Fórum, a,huni-bér of peace committeea in Soutk-' em Ontario were revived and greatly. a&éngthéned, and a spléh-did beginning háá been made in farm peace woiic in Ontario.
Thia Forum was new. The at-mosphere wáa dífferent. The hieth-ods were dífferent. The résúlting dócumenta were dífferent. In ea-sence, all thia hieans that a much broader meeúng of. minda tooic place Uiah ever before. There was a genulne negőtiátion of opinlphs (Inchiding somé unresolved dlffer-ences) on a highér levél than ever before.
Thia proVea that the Canadian Peace Congreaa has, followlng síx yeaTs oí hard and often heróic Work by a légion of völuhteers, and follówing the Sümmit Confe-retíce,. bécóme how a párt of a largér movemost of the Canadian people for peaCe.
A new chapter opens. The Na-tiorial Council of the Canadian Peace Congresa has endprsed the docúmenta isaüed by the Fórum. We ürge the develppment of the lárgest ]}ossibIe audience acrpsa the land for /the pver 1600 people who reglflrtered for the Forum and npw have a mesaage bright wlth hope to téli.
We are nów making the final tabulation of Canadian signatures to the World Appeaí Agalnst the Firepáratlona for AtomlC'War. In-dicationa are that It wlU run over 1^,000 ~ a yaliant Job done, in the malh by leás than 500 people.
In every federal . conatituency where á peace commlttee exlata.
wa ars asking that oommlttéa to set towork to unité the people of ^t conatituency so that the l^m-ber of ParUament wiU féel in-A couraged by théir support to atand Up: in the Hoúae of Commona af-tex Parliáment reconvenes in J|l-nuary and advocatea a propoattlon Uke thia;
.''Our govemment haa told na that the position of the negotiat-ing powers haa moved close enough thatvthe reniainlng differencea can-definitely be riegoUated. Now ia ttie time for Canada,. a member of the UN*8 disarmament sub-com-mittee, to play thé leading role in getting agreement for the abolition* of all atomíc weapona and the re-duction of all armamenta.'* ..
And we are asking the publlc to dohate dollars to the campalgn to'close' the gap ön disarmament.
In any conatituency where there ia no peace commlttee, there ja no reasón why twoor three or móré cltizens sbould not band themsel-Ves tógetlíer. and get tó wórk aa an ád hocXJcnimittee for Closing the Gap on Disarmament."' *       *     . ♦ .
^ An imménse volume of frultful work for peace has been achleved this yekr: — the splendld campalgn agalnst ratiftcátion of the Germán reazmament agreements (a cartpalgri which led to further auqcessés), the sehdlng of 47 Canadian delégates who made a major corttribution tó thé auccess of the Helsinki World Assembly for Peace, the collectlon of 120,000 slgnaturea to the World Appeal, the success-ful culturai exchange showings of the Mexican Art Exhlbit, and fi-nally^ the Canadian Fonun on Peace.
Everybody fa aware of the grave diffícUlties that havé faCed the Foreigri Miniistera' Cotíference, and nobody éxpeCted their task to be easy. The dilffererice between now and thé walkpút daya of 1947 la that, thanks to-the pioneer work of peace commlttee*, . éverybpdy now knoWa that publlc opinion is the aupreme great power, capable of decidíng the bIg world issues as it wiflhes.
That Is Why we'appeal to all to cherish, bulid, support and donate to the peace committees aa théy laimch á fresh röund of work.cpn-^fident of new aíiccessea and knów-ing that thty must not fali to go forward from all that has been won. We are In the business of peace.to the end — UU laating peáce: is nailed dowa and guaran-téed, tlll all the bombs are aboliah-ed and our country la enjojrlng the. full benefita of the peaceful uae óf atomic energy In an era of trade and fH«ndship wlth all na-tiona.
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(Ooiitinued from laat'week) The signing on Jánuáry 24, J948, of a Treaty of f^riend* ship between Hungary and Rumania put the official »eal on a centuries-old dream, making at long laat a reaUty of the ever-laaBng and indlssoluble fríendsbipbetwi^n the Hungárián and the Rumanian peoples.
Frultful Co*opercifloii
There is manifold co-operation between the two countries not only in foreign policy but also In tíieeconomie and cultural spherea. An importalt stage waa marked in economic co-operation by the concluaion in June 1952 of a long-term agreement providing for large-scale co-operation between^ the chemical Industries of the two coíintriea. The high-tenaion grids of the two countries have been linked up; Hungary has been making deltveriea of máchinery.and equipment for Rumania's nitrates industry, whüe Rumania has been supplying natural gas for a Chemical plant built in Hungary. Exchange of technical Information pláya a cónsiderable role in these economic. relations.
■ A special agreement forms the baais for a vigoroualy ex* panding cultural and scientific co-operation, marked most fit-tingly by the aniiual Weeks of Hüngarian-Rumanian Friendahip. These one-week festivals are auspicíoua opportunities for ac-quainting the two peoplea with each other*s literature and art A book publishing agreement providea for the tránalation of Hungárián and Rumanian booka.Another cultural institution is the annual one-week festival of Hungárián and Rumanian films.
Equdlity of Nationalities
The causea of national hatred having been removed, the position of the Hungárián and Rumanian national groups in the respective countries bas radically changed and they now enjoy full equality of rights in their countries. .
In keeping with the Lenin-Stalin policy on the national question, the Rumanian Constitution of 1952 provided for the establishment'of a Hungárián Autonpmous Region. Like the whole of the Rumanian People's Republic, the Hungárián Auto-nomoua Region has made rapid strides forward in economic and cultiual development. It.has been enérgetically carrying Out a large-scale electrification scheme in the countryside.
Similarly, the Rumanian fíationality in Hungary enjoya full rights of equal citizenship. The establishment of numeroüs Ru-manian-language generál schools and of the Rumanian second-ary schopí at Gyula are some of the. proofs of their equality.
Equality of rights and mutuai respect — this is how the noble idea propounded by Lajos Kossuth has been realísed: "A fráternál unión of Hangarians with Ramanians^ and of Ruma-hians with Hungarians — thetein lies a future of happiness for each of them ..." *
This idea inspires the Hungárián and Rumanian peoples further to strengthen their friendly relations. Another stríde forward along this. road waa made through the conclusion -of the Warsaw Treaty — aigned by both countries — which is a substantial contribution towards European security.
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Th^y were the aole survlvora of a ship that waa wpecked on a ttet in tropical seas, not far from
the mainland. With the üde rising they reállzed that It was neceaaary that one of them must swim a-shore for assiatance. None of them liked the ordeal in that ahark-lnfeated aea, so they cast lota and the banker was elected.
JHe started td swim and sharka appearcd on one side of hím. lle kept on and they gathered on his left. StiU swimimng they flockcd in front of him and thcn ciosed in behlnd. All lookcd 00 hopcleas that the clergyman got down on hla kncca and prayed fervently.
Finally, the banker reached ahore aafely and aid waa brought.
"A miracle." cried the clergyman, "not a single ahark attacked him."
"That waa.*i't a miracle, said th« labor man, "that was mcrely Professional courtesy on the part of the sharka." .
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