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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1922

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By Mall, Osnees. 20-00, oer

A PADRE IN THE GREAT WAR

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i CHAPTER 19
HE SMASHING OF THE
® COURT-QUEANT LINE
September 2nd 1918

Dn Saturday, August 31st, I pai¢c
isit to our Battle Headquarters
d the General-asked me to have
celebration of the Holy Commun-
there the next morning at 8.00.
new that the attack was almost
le, so I prepared for it and took
y jron rations with me. We hau
ie Communion Service in a tent
t the General’s Headquarters.
Phere were only three present, but

the General was one of them.
fad breakfast ina quaint little
fut in the side of the trench, ‘and
hen started off to the forward
rea. The great stretch of country
as burnt ., by the summer heat
pd the roads. were broken up
and dusty. 1 was taken by car to
he ‘Headquarters of the 2nd, Bri-
ade which were in a trench, and
om thence I started on foot to
Pherisy. Here the 8th,. Battalion
ere quartered,'the 5th, being in
he line. Zero hour, I was told, was
arly the next morning. The 2nd,
nd 3rd, Brigades were to make
Hie attack “I'he 5th, Battalion was
have advanced that day ‘and tak-
®n possession of a certain trench
Which was to be jumping off line
on the following morning. | heard
hat they had had a hard time,
hey had driven out the Germans,
it had been. seriously counter-
fattacked and had lost a large num-

DRO.

Reminiscences
Recollections of the Veteran
Chaplain, Canon F. G. Scott .

and

ada by F. G@. Scott;

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tered toast for my supper, When 1
had finished we were just going
to begin the service, when a voice
suddenly shouted down the steps
in exciled tones, “We've all got to
retreat, the Germans are coming”
At once a corporal shouted up to
him, “Shut up, none of that tat«
out here”, Of course I had not said
a word to any of the men about
the condition of our front line, but
remembering what the Adjurant
had told me about it, I thought now
that there might be some _ reason
for the alarm. ‘As I ‘have said on a
former occasion, I had a great ob-
jection to being bombed in a dug-
out, so 1. said to the men, “Well,
‘boys, perhaps we had better ‘take
it seriously and go up and see whut
the matter is.” We climbed up to
the trench, and there on looking
over the parapet we saw an excit-
ing scene. It was not yet dark, and
in the twilight we could see objects
at a certain distance, but it was
just light enough and dark enough
to confuse one’s vision. Along the
line to. the right’ of our © front
trenches, rockets and S.O.8. sig-
nals were going up, showing that
the Germans were attacking. Our
reserve battalions were far back
in Cherisy, and our artillery had
not yet come up. At any rate,
somewhere in the glimmering dark-
ness in front of us the Germans
were advancing. They actually did
get between us and our front line.
The machine gunners at once went
to their posts, and the 'M. O. want-
ed orders as to what he and __ his

Wbe of men. 1 determined therefore
pto go out and take them some cig-
Parettes and biscuits which the
Y.M.C,A. generously provided. I
Lostarted off in theafterndon to gu
the front line, wherever jt might
be. I went down the road from
‘Cherisy past the chalk pit, where
, we had a little cemetery, and then
) turning into the fields-on the left
walked in the direction in which I

staff were to do. I went back down
the trenches past the dead Germans
to Battalion Headquarters, and
asked the Adjutant what orders he
had for the ‘M.O. He said that we
were to congregate at Headquarn-
ers; so I went back and gave the
message, I remember looking ove;
the waste of ground and wondering
if I ‘could see the Germans, For a
time it was really very exciting’ es-

» Was told-the 5th, Battalion lay. It
P was a long hot journey, and as_ I
phad not quite recovered from my
attack of influenze I found it yery
pfatiguing. On all sides I saw gruc
some traces of the recent fighting.
1 came across the body of a young
artillery officer of the 2nd, division
Pbut, as all his papers hadbeen tak-
en away | could not discover his
name, (My way passed through the
remains of what had been an
enemy camp, There were a number
of well built huts there, containing
much German war material, but
they ‘had been damaged by our
sheils, The Germans had evident
been obliged to get out of the place
as quickly as possible. | was Jusv
leaving the camp when I met sever.
al of Our mon bringing up a number
of prisouers. While we were talk-
ing, 80me shelis fell, and we all had
to dive into two trenches, ‘The
luns ¢00k one, we Canadians took
the other. Wethad no desire in
case a shell Janded in our midst
to have our bits mingled with those
of the Germans. When the “straf-
fing’ was over, the others went
back, and I continued my — way to
the front, It must have been about
8iX of seven o’clock when I arrived
at the 6th, Battalion Headquarters,
which were in a deep German dug-
out. The Colone] was absent at a
conference, so the Adjutant was in
command. I told him that I hau
come provided with cigarettes and
Other comforts for the men, and
asked him for a runner to take me

pecially for me, because Idid not
know exactly what I should do it
the Germans came. I could

tive seemed too idiotic, All
time I kept saying to myself,

we got as much fun out of the sil-
uation as we could, and, to our In-
tense relief the arrival of some of
our shells and the sudden appear
ance of a Highland Battalion of the
4th, Division on our left frightened

the Germans and they retired,
leaving us to settle down once
more in our trench home.
THE USUAL “GLORIOUS ROAR”
On the return of the Colonel, we
learned that, on account - of the
heavy iveses which the 5th, Battat-
ion had suffered that day, the 7th,

As Result of Rt. Hon.

OTTAWA, June 8-—— Mr,
Meighen’s speech on the budget
today, altered the whole prelimin-
ary situation. Upto today the
Progressives had banked on the
Conservatives voting for the main
budget resolution.

They assumed that Mr, Meighen
having voted’ for the Drayton
amendment and thus expressed hfg
disapproval of the Government’s
betrayal of its pledges, would sup-
port the budget resolution itself
because in character it is protec-
tiont. Accordingly, they decided
that they would vote against both
the Drayton amendment and the
budget: resolutions, reasoning that
the Government would thus. be
enabled to defeat the amendment;
In other words, that their tacties
would ensure against a government
defeat ‘and consequently against
possibility of an election,

Upset the Dope,

Mr. Meighen today upset. this
plan. He declared that his party
would vote against the budget,
much to the surprise of the Govern-
ment and to the complete discom-
fiture of the Progresgives,

The result ie that the Progres-
sives, publicly pledged to vote
against the budget, will be compell-
ed to line up with — the Conserva-
tives against the’ Ministry which,
being in the minority of one in the
House, will have to make desper-
ale efforts to avoid defeat. Every-
thing, indeed, will ' depend upon
the vote of two British Columbia
members, one Mr. Neil, returned

as an independent, and the other,
Mr, McBride,.a Progressive cf
Liberal lineage. Should these
vote with the Ministry, it will be
| sustained by a majority of fror'
fone to two, but, on the other hand,
shauld they decide to bolt the-de-
feat of the Government will be in-
evitable,

Mr, Meighen’s speech today was
a performance of — excecding bril-

.

NING GOVERNMENT 1§
NOW IN GREAT JEOPARDY

the Progressives and Conservatives Will
Line up Against Liberals and Mr. King
Must Try to Save Situation by Induc-
ing Two Independents to Support him.

Mr. Meighen’s Move

Hon. Friend has no authority for
that statement. 1 tell him he is
mistaken, I never voted for the
tariff ilems of the Liberal pla.form,
und never concealed the fact that
I did rot ,appreve of the platform
in that respect.”

Mr. Meighen—"I vanture to say
that this is the first time any one
outside the four walls of the con-
vention itsclf knew that the Minist.
er of Minance objected to the tariff
plank then enunciated,”

(Mr, Fielding—‘My Rt, Hon.
Friend is the first one to make .
such a statement (that Mr, Field:
ing had subscribed to the tariff
plank) and J merely desired to
correct: him.”

Mr, Meighen-—“But did not my
Hon. Friend go betore the conyen-
tion as a candidate after ft had
adapted that platform?”

Mr, Pielding—“That is hardly
‘correct, but we shall deal with it
later.” > ‘

‘The House, hardened: to strange
incidents, was. s gered by the
Minister's declaration. In one
sentence Mr, Fielding had utterly
repudiated, not only his party and
its platform, but the cabinet col-
leagues who sat around him and
with whom he is supposed, by long
tradition, to have — collective res-
ponsibility,

Even Mr. Meighen, quick in-his
Awiftnees to take in and, profit by
“a new and favorable situation, was
somewhat: taken aback.
getting revelations now,”
served, and, although he pas
to catechize other memberg
‘Cabinet as to whether they shared to
‘Mr, Fielding's views, it was quite:
evident that he had never OX jy
‘pected a \political windfall as Mr.|;,
Fielding’s confession, and was not
prepared to take full advantage of
of them being abondened in the
the opening which its significance
left him.

As for: the Liberals
plainly angered by
Minister’s outepoken,

they were!
the Financ
“TL shall say!

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Hon, J.

portnity to
Minister
ing)

joving

personal

ceplance,. but it

vent
tribute
whose life
and earnest work.
say, just

time of this
had the pleasure
scme contact with
ter
delighted
readiness of expression, and alsy
“We are/to note ‘in every act of his
he ob-j/lute resoluteness whieh is too of-
sed-on'ten lacking in the public lif
of the this country. dam glad to be able
of this character, If
1 nad criticism to offer, it. probab-

vice
gentleman has had ought
title him to a very Fe
;consideration,

sonal st

not
fight, nor could I run away, and 4 he neld the
fold one’s arms and ‘be taken. cap-}
the(as with merciless thrust and sally
“I'he dissected
am an old fool to be out here.’ Still! betrayal of its platform; and the

where
to speak”, Mr. Lapointe
shouted, clearly taking a dig at Mr,.!
Viclling’s seeming
repudiate the platform
waiting until
speak, while
Lomer Gouin,
Murphy and Mr.
sented an interestin
sentment,

They probably
that Mr, Fielding was actually
member of the subscommitee of th
convention which
solution, Perhaps, too, they were!
trying to recall if it were not a!
fast that it was in Mr, Fielding’s
own handwriting that the tariff
plank in question was dratted,

liance, For an hour and a half
crowded house and
galleries in the hollow of his hana

the alleged Liberal

Progressive failure to indict the
party’s treason,

(His greatest achievement, per-
haps, certainly the most dramatic
incident of the day, was when he
drew the veteran Fielding to his
feet with a specific and astonish-
ing repudiation of the Liberal tar-
iff platform ‘Mr. Meighen was cit.
ing the tariff plank ‘as having been
subscribed to by the Minister of
Finance when Mr. Meilding, to the
almost consternation of his col-
leagues, arose and sald: “My. Rt.

the faces
Mr

Battalion would attack on the fol-
lowing morning, ‘Later on in the
evening I saw some machine — gun-
ners coming up, who told us that
they had left some wounded and a
dead man in a trench near tho
road. I determined to go back and
see them. The trench was very
crowded, and as it was dark it
was very ‘hard to find one’s way. I
nearly stepped on a man who ap-
peared to be sleeping leaning
against the parapet. I said to one
of the men, “Is this a sleeping
hero?” “No sir,” he replied, “its .
Hun stiff.” When I got down to
the road, I met two men and we
hunted for the place where | the
wounded had been left, but found

was just back from leave and haa
been married only a fortnight ago.

look after him, He was being carri-
ed by some Germans and had two
of our bearers with him,
down into a communication trench

attack. Very quickly the Germans
replied, and shells fell so unpleas-
antly near that once again we
crowded into the dug out. After a
hasty breakfast of bacon and tea
the battalion moved of, and I made
my way to the front. I saw an of-
ficer of the 7th, Battalion \ being
carried to the M. O.’s dugout. He
was not badly hit, and told me he

German water proof sheets which I
put over my shoulders as I was eat:
ing my bully beef. Cagnicourt. lay
in a valley to the right, and when.
got there I found a battery of .,
tillery, had just arrived and were
taking up their positions by a road
which led on to Villers Cagnicourt.
We were all in high spirits over
our fresh achievement. In some
dug outs on the way I found the
headquaterrs of the 13th and 14th,
Battalions, and learnt of the very
gallant deed of the Rev. H.E. Gra:
ham, the Methodist chaplain al-
tached to the 18th, Battalion. He
had carried out, under the fire of
the barrage, five wounded men of
the 2nd, Division, who had been left

T shook hands with him and congra-
tulated him on being able to — get
back to Blighty and have a wife to

I went

eagerness to! from
wthout jue
it was his turn to! lon.
of Sir'ures, I

~ Motherwell pre- ‘correct,

® casions ‘whe
House
this extent:

posals: which

in fact I

proach

believe,

HON. MA. BAXTER'S SCATHING
CAITIGIGM OF THE GOVERNMENT

In a Brilliant Speech Mr. Baxter Scores

Both Liberals and Progressives for Be-
ing False to Their Alleged Principles.

In’ the debate on ‘the budget
B. iM. Baxter said:
Speaker, I should
courteous, and very much less than
sincere, if I did not take this op-
congratulate

of
has

Finance
who
the

in past years

sense,

with

commercial

from
to a
has ‘been

us

as

of

and
find

of Finanee,

to

say ihiugs

be less

detivered
get on this occasion, on the fact
that in the sunset of life-he is en-
opportunity of
filling a position which he
filled
think the people of Canada
say, without attaching any politi-
cal importance to the remark, that
‘he has always. fileld worthily iy a
It would be too
much to expect that all the
Les of this House, let alone the
people of Canada. could
be in accord
whicn the hon. gentleman has to-
day laiq before the public for ac-
is not too much
for us to say that party differences
or the difference
gendered by opposite
view,

and

the

which

points
T might call them. should not pre-
paying a deserved
worthy Canadian

(Mr. Fie

which

possib

are
points
of vie

full of ha

I would like ty
a personal apprecia-
tion, that it is only during’a short
session thai I have

coming

the hon. Minis-
heen
exireme

I have
his

would not be made, because

distinguished

‘rather

cussing the

and when my turn comes ,P0Sals: 1 shall try jn

approach

have

has

on

I feel I may

may also

much

with

to

this
‘nd also, I may say, on other oc-
n ho ‘has addressed the
to
I believe the
gentleman is putting forward pro-
by no.means go to
the length he would like to have
them go; they by no means meet
his ideal of economic conditions;
venture the
suggestion that the proposals which
he does make on this occasion ap-
nearer to the econ-
omic ideas of the group of which
1.am a member than they do those
of a large number of the group‘of
which he is one of the exponents,
Nowever, he has
statement and he has given it. I
absolute sincerity.
He occupies the position
enables him

given

feel that a long term of pubiic ser-
the hon,
en-
of
gM sa per.
ticism, but

as
to
deal

Mr,
than

the hon.
td-

his bud:

again
has

will

mem-

_ proposals

en-

Qbso-

ward. not only by himself on the
platform jbut by his party in their
literature, to obtain the adherence
of the electoate to that party; as-
suming 9 millions as the popula
tion, he said the tax for federa;
burposes alone would be $62 pei
head, and for a family of five,-$310
“a statement that ~ no doubt was
read, was noted, and was com
;mented upon by the hon, gentleman
'(Mr. Hoey) who spoke a few mo
ments ago; and no doubt his nery
€s are still tingling with’the idec
of this immense burden of taxa
tion, In fact, I would not doubt
but that his entirely pessimistic
attitude with regard to the Cana
dian. West has been more largely
inspired. by speeches of the char-
acter made. by the leader of the
Government than by the actual
facts as they present ‘themselves
in western Canada. The leader o}
the Government further said: that
this sum of $310 per year meant
the difference between a home ‘and
no home, or between: giving te
loved ones the food or education
they needed or not—a most path
elic appeal. And when we look
at the figures which have been
supplied to us by the Finance Min-
ister, and others which are easily
obtained from the records of the
country, we find that in the year
1920-21, the year wpon which the
leader of the Government must
have based his calculations, the
receipts of the Dominion were
something over $44,386,000. ‘Thal
‘would mean not the large amount
of $62 per head but $48.26, and
when multiplied by the typical
fivemember family would come to
$241.20. The receipts must ‘surely
be the measure of the taxation
actually imposed upon this coun-
try. If the leader of the Govern
ment had used the correct figures
[ am not. going to say it would
have made yery much difference:
but I do say ‘that his apepal was,
based upon a statement as to the
taxation imposed by ‘the late gov-
ermment which was, tg say the

1

ly

of

Ww,

rd

in

of

budget pro-ileast of it, absolutely misleading.

the

tl

shoivn a re-
a;soluteness and courage in dealing
e/with the matters he has laid be-
drafted the re-; fore the Iouse

occasic

disgress
ho

th

us

which
make ths staie-
ment because. of the success of the
party at the polls—a success which

short|If, however, he took the expendi-
fairly {time I intend: tg occupy the Houge] tures for the year he would beno
. the swhject entirely|more happy because the late pov-
‘what I conceive to be ne
s point of view. Now my|
friend made use of some fig-;
not the slightest} cume ‘
King, Mr, acubt but that they are absolutely: find that on the basis of the
and T wish to supplemeny
# étudy in re-| them with some other figures. be-
jcause T have already saiq that the
were recalling | hon, gentleman

ernment had not spent up to ther
amount of the revenue. and the:
burden would be $210.30. We
then to 1921-22, when we
re-
ceipts, which is the burden sup*
[posesty borne by the five-member
family, the tax was $211.80, and on
the basis of actual expenditure it

as only $193.40. *

Now the reason I am comment-
ing on these figures at all is to
point out that on the basis of the
estimated expenditure put for
ward by the Minister of Finance
this year as the amount—cut to
the bone, pared as closely as pos-
sible—the smallest amount he can
get along with—the. tax is to be
at least $244.85 on the supposed
five-member family, or larger than
it was under the preceding gov -
ernment. ‘Where then is ‘the relief
that was promised on every plat-
form in this cguntry—the relief
that was promised to the women
of the home in a pamphlet that
I have upon my desk and that‘was
largely circulated throughout No-
va \Scotia; that was promised to
every wage earper and to every
laborer within the sound of thc
volce of the leader of the Govern-
ment One would have expected
under those circumstances’
have found some real reduction,
some real abondonment of expen-

on

is

‘vicinity and merchants speak with

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LETTER FROM LIVERPOOL

BY W. L. COTTON
Points About the City—A Trip Into
the Country—An English Sea-
side Resort
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Liverpool is well known to all
readers of The Guardian as one of
the very greatest of Commercial
cities, itis stated that an average
of about seventy vessels enter its
docks every day, and that its ag-
gregale trade. per year amounts to
nearly £500,000,000 sterling. In
addition to its import and export
trade, Liverpool has industries of
vast magnitude and importance.
Notable among its industries are
grain milling, sugar refining, iron
and gteel ‘working, ship-building
and repairing, tobacco manufactur-
ing and rope making, ‘The bound-
aries of ‘Liverpool include an area
of 33,000 square miles and there is
a frontage on the river Mersey of
nearly eight — miles, Liverpool
docks, celebated throughout the
the world, number sixty-five, with
a@ waterarea of about six hundred
acres, Truly it is a wonderful
port, (Its landing stage on the
Mersey ig described as ‘the zreat|
ost floating structure in the world”.
The largest . Trans-Atlantiec liners)
come alongside this . stage in all
condttions of the tide, Wonder-
ful as its trade is, its growth in re-
cent years is still more wonderful.
The date of its first charter. “the |

but before each cottage there was
a bit of grass and some flowere—
railed in after the manper of the
English people and the children
playing on the streets were plenti-
ful and lively, giving the driver of
our car. some pertunbation, While
on this trip we visited one of the
farms in the midst of the mining
district, and later in the evening
we walked in the grounds ofa
gentleman’s residence _ nearby.
The houses were built centuries
ago. But they have been added to,
repaired and supplied with “mod:
ern conveniences”,—and are evi-
dently “up-to-date” © in every re
spect. 'The “Hall” from the road-
side is not “much to look at,”
There is a comfortable lodge at the
entrance of the grounds; and once
inside thesé the grandeur of the
place appeared. The house itself
‘was seen to ‘be quite extensive,
“Plenty there a residence had
found.” “In front at the foot of a
broad lawn there was a lakelet in
the placid depths of which every
detail of the — architecture of the
Hall- and the eurrounding orna-
ments in trees and sculpture was
faithfully and Usautifully reflected.
The gardens of flowers and vege-

1207 and “Liverpool Castle,” on the| tables adjoining were a revelation
site.of the. Victoria memoral, was! af loveliness, as indeed every pant
built in the year 1232. But in 1880! of ‘England is that’ we have seen
its population had only reached ajin this spring season, Such a
total of 75,000. Now it is more! bloom and Prospect as there are in
than 750,000. Its . streets ALY iS YOry direction outside the citiea
wharves are lively — with moving jicannot ibe descirbed in language.
people. One of the steamships We spent an afternoon at South-
that last week came from New ‘port the summer resort—about
York ibrought into Liverpool 2400) twenty miles from Livenpool—of
passengers, and, on Friday last,j thousands of English people. The
when aC. P. R. boat was about to} “season” had not begun, but we
depart we saw other thousands go-| could see ‘by the - preparations in
ing on board — enroute for Canada, ‘progress at the stores and along
So that though trade is said to be} the seaside that the expenditure of
“dull” and “very dull” — there is millions of money by holiday tour-
Still “something doing” jn Liver-|ists {3 eontitentty anticipated.
pool. I have noted the present{'For recreation there weré attrac:
‘continuous passage of heavily] tions of every conceivable kind,
laden “lorries”, trains and barges} and literally “acres of fakirs” for
to and from ‘Liverpool and the| the gathering in of all the loose
various manufacturing towns in its shillings and Bixspences in the
'pockets-of-the young and lively
who will come to get pleasure with-
out grudging the expense.

The scene along the shore at
Southport afforded a suggestive

confidence of a “revival of busi:
ness in the near future.”
Today we took a motor trip into

the country through part of the

coal mining area of Lancashire, We
had heard a good deal about the
depression ‘of the mining industry
and the “dilapidation of the min-
rs cottages,” etc, But there was
no apparent distress in the min-
ing villages that we passed
through.. The cottages we saw
were of red brick in straight rows;

illustration of what man te eeen
and experienced at some of the
Seaside resorts of P. EB, Island
‘when population and wealth ac-
cumulate on the mainland and
when enterprise has awakened the
‘people in North America to the
summer ‘beauties and delights of
our ““Gem of the Northern Sea.”
WwW. L. C.

cal, and his action drives all that
is ethical out of public life. He
has quoted the words of the Fin-
ance Minister about. leaning on
governments. IT am not particul-
arly concerned with his applica-
tion of it, but there is leaning and
leaning; and leaning sometimes is
a4 support. ‘We often see a post
placed in the road which affords
protection to a structure, which
would topple over without its sup:
port. It is the Government that
leans, and it leans for support up-
on the hon. member who has just
spoken. * @

Mr. Hoey: Will the hon. mem-
ber tell me, has the Government
since its inception ever leaned on
the party to which he belongs?
Mr. Baxter: The hon. member
probably thinks the question is
Pertinent, and T iwill tell him that,
8o far as I know—and he-hag the
same opportunity of observing ‘that
I have—the Government has nev-
er leaned upon the party which
sits to the Speaker’s left, but I
will say that in certain matters

enjoyed for fifteen years under
the Liberal regime, ang I notice,
as a striking commentary, that
my hon. friend from Cumberlund
(Mr, Logan) told his audiences
during the election campaizn that
% much higher duty should be‘paid
on American coal couning into
‘Canada, Apparently it was not
possible, however, to influence the
Prime ‘Minister (Mr. Mackenzia
King) to the extent of altering the
tariff in the direction of an in
crease. On that point my jon,
friends: to the Jeft seem to have
had their innings, because the
Liberal platform was interpreted
throughout the West as meaning
abolition of coal duties, while in
Cape Breton, and generaily through-
out Nova Scotia, it was interpret-
ed as in favor of enhancing those
duties, for the protection of that
very important industry,

I will refer to a pamphlet jesued
during the campaign, to which I
referred in the debate on the ad-
dress, in which, I think, a pair of
boots was taken as an illustration.

must have been very gratifying to diture, but instead of that we have

to the front ~ line. He absolutely
refused to do anything of the kind,
4s he told me he did not know
where they were himself, The siv-
uation was most obscure. Our men
had attacked and had been driven
back and then they had’ attacked
‘tgain, but he thought they were
now in shell holes and would be
hard to find, In fact, he was most
anxious about the condition of af-
fairs and was hoping the Colonel
would soon return. I asked him if
he would like me to spend the
night there. He said he would, so
I determined to settle down and
wait for an opportunity of getting
‘up to the men.
“THE GERMANS ARE COMING:
I went over to a trench aa little
Way Off, passing two'dead Germans
48 T did so, and saw the little white
flag with the red cross on it which
Showed that a dug out there was
used as the regimental aid post. I
Went down into it and found — the
M. O,, and his staff and. a number
of machine gunners {n the place,
Which had two openings. Being
Sunday, I told them that I would
Ave service for them. We all sat
on the floor of the long dug out.
Two or three
Nght we had, and the cigarettes
Which I had brought with mé were
Soon turned into smoke. In tho
Meantime a young stretcher bearer)
‘nknown to me made a cup of tea
4d brought that and some. but-

candles gave us the! w

they had been carried off to Cher-
isy. So I started back agam for
Battalion Headquarters, and, as
numbers of men were going for
ward I had no difficulty in finding
it.

The dugout was now absoluteiy
crowded, Every available space, in-
cluding the steps down from the
opening was filled with men,
managed to secure a little shelf in
the small hours of the morning, and
had two or three hours’ sleep. The
atmosphere was so thick that I
think we were all overcome by it
and sank into profound slumber. At
last one of the men suddenly
woke up and said to me “It’s tea
minutes to five, Sir.’ The barrage
was going to start at five, As far
as I could see evey one in the dug-
out but ourselves was sound asleep.
T climbed up the steps, waking the
men on them and telling them that
the barrage would start in ten
minutes. The sentries in the
trench said that the 7th, Battalion
had gone forward during the night
‘with a number of 4th, Division men
The morning air was sweet and
fresh after that of the dug-out but
was rather chilly. A beautiful dawn
as beginning and only a few of
the larger stars were visible, The
constellation of Orion could be
seen distinctly against the gray-
blue of the aky. At five o'clock the

and the next instant a shell burst.
T did not know then that anybody
had been hit by it, but I learnt
afterwards that the officer, the
stretcher bearers and the ‘Germans
had all been killed,

IT made my way to a mud road
where to my infinite delight I saw
large numbers of German prisoners
being marched back. By the. corne:

in No Man's Land. He was recom-
mended for the Victoria Cross, but
unfortunately for some raegon — or
other, only got the D.S.O. In a
trench near Villers ‘Cagnicourt,

found the 4th, Battalion who — tolu
me that they thought our advance
was checked. I sat talking to them
for some time, but was so tired
that I absolutely could not keep

him

of a wood the 8th, Battalion were

the left was the hill called
Crow’s Nest, which our 8rd,
gade had taken that day. I crossed
the Hendicourt Dury Road, which
had trees on both sides of it,

went forward
were some deep trenches and dug:
outs on the way which our units at
once appropriated and which
came the headquarters of two
our ‘Brigades, Our artillery had al-
so come up and their chaplain was
with them. The C.
Battalion was having breakfast in
the corner of the field, and feeling

could see other woods, I went off in

came to some German hits, where

awake, The men were mucn
amused to see me falling asleep in
the midst of a conversation I man;
aged, however, to pull-myself _ to-
gether and went over to the main
Cherisy road, on the side of which
one of our ambulances had taken
up its position and was being at:
tended by one of our military chap-
lains. T was feeling so seedy by this
time that I got a lift by the side
of the driver on a horse ambulance
and made my way back to Cherisy.
The road was narrow and crowded
with traffic and had been broken
in places of shells. Quite a number
of bodies were lying by the way-
side, I arrived back at my _ billet
in Arras in the evening feeling very
tired. At the Corps dressing-station
that night I saw large numbers of
our men brought in, among them
the ©. O. of the 2nd, Battalion
who had especially distinguished

lo
The
Bri-

waiting their turn to advance,

and
Battalion
There

then meeting the 2nd,
with them,

be:
of

O., of the 7th,

of the
could
and
we

very happy over the result

morning’s work, Far off we

see the wood of Cagnicourt,
beyond that, in the distance,
ail
the direction of Cagnicourt and
very

on

bhunt facts,

there was a collection was military

himself that day, but was
badly wounded,

supplies. Among them was a large

In spite of the fact that we had

antitank rifle. As it had begun to’

barrage started and there was the
usua) glorious roar of the opening

\

rain, Tas very glad to find some

(Continued 02. Page Two.)

and

for a moment,

It would be possible to make
the tariff much less burdensome
the people, particularly the

poorer Classes, without injuring

industry, and the Liberals when
in power would do this.

I believe the
was sincere when he uttered those
words. I take, however, the
terances of his leader (Mr. Mac-
kenzie King) and I am going
quote from a report in the Toron-
to Globe of a speech made by him
in the constituency of York. Ont,
Now, T take it that in public life
we had better get down to plain,
It is possible, as the
late respecteqd Mr. P. T. Barnum
said. to fool some of
all of the time,:to fool the whole
of the people part of the time, but
impossible to fool all the people
I f notice that the
leader of the Govornment assum-
ed in thisi speech that the popula-
tion of Canada was 9 millions,
and I will use that as a basis for
testing his calculations and
sincerity of the views’ put

hon.

the time,

to his party but which
was obtained by the violation, in
every erspect, of that candour and
sincerity which distinguishes
hon. gentleman himself.
pass,

th

during

gentleman

the peop

I would
to a quota-
tion from a speech delivered by
the ‘hon. gentleman
campaign,
sion: ~

the
‘He said on that occa-

ut-

to

the
for- ty. (He: talks about what is ethi-

an actual increase. Not only have

ailure to implement the
pledges—-not set out in the plat:
form of the party adopted in con-
vention, but the pledges spoker
from the platform and published
in the party literature—but there
is, as in all other matters, an ab-
solute disregard of them.

I notice with much attention the
attiture taken a few minutes ago
by the hon. gentleman who spoke
for the Progressive party. He as-
sumed’ that the party sitting to
your immediate left Mr. Speaker,
would ‘be intensely interested in
knowing how he twas going to vote.
I can assure him that that party
is only concerned with how it is
going to vote itself. We have ou
principles and ‘we stand true to
them., We know how we are go-
ing to vote, and we have known
for a very long time, in fact,
practically evor since the session
commenced, just how the hon.
member who has just spoken is
Boing to vote, It was not neces-
sary to volunteer any information
on that point. He is going to vote
as ‘he voted on the first division
this session in this House. He {s
going to vote in favor of a policy
by which a party can go to the
country serics of mis-
statements and if returned to pow-
er, he will vote to condone such
conduct and, will support that par-

16

le

upon a

the Government members had the
good fortune to be possessed of
sufficient common sense to vote
the same way.as the party which
I belong to has voted. That isa
‘Heaven-born gift, that, 89 far, has
been denied to my hon. friend‘and
the party with which he ts assoc!-
ated.
Mr. Hoey: It is the same com-

The people were assured—the wo-
men at all events of Nova Scotia
were assured—that it ‘was very
wicked of my right hon. friend
and leader (Mr. Meighen) to take
50 cents on a pair of boots, of
which, I beliave, geome 20 cents
went to the manufacturer, while
if my hon, friend the present lead-
er of the Government mwerereturn:

mon sense that has influenced me
to do it on other occasions,

Mr. Baxter: I am quite willing
to take my hon. friend’s self.suf-
ficient estimate of himself. There
can be nothing much more per -
fect probably, in ethics, politics,
morality or religion, and we will
let itgo at that. If the hon. mem-
ber wants any better character, I
will try to improvise one to his
his- satisfaction, but I have no de-
sire for any personal quarreliwith
him. The leader of the Govern-
ment went to the country making
representations of
which I have mentioned.
were public utterances,

that Cape Breton Liberals

coal and steel industry.

the developement of those indus

the character
Those
I have
another utterance, where he said
had
fought for the development of the
I was
never aware of any pitched battle
on the part of the Liberals for

ed to power there would be a dif-
ference of some 30 cents in the
duty. I said at the time that the
thing looked very much like the
traditional 80 cents, but I find, af-
ter we have had ail the tariff pro-
posals, that it does not even reach
the munificent sum of 30 cents in
the reduction of the cost of living,
1 think about nine cents, after you
have calculated the duty on an
average pair of boots, and after
you have ‘taken the increased
sales tax, about ight or nine
cents, is the amount of the dedac-
tion, and you only get that if you
import the boots or shoes from
England. 1 am not sorry because
I am not advocating the reduction
of the duty. I believe in building
up the industries of Canada, and
keeping the workmen within our
own Country by the produce to
be mised, even in’ this part of the
country, ‘which, T am assured, ig

tries, but, at the same time that
is the statement he mado, He -al-
80 declared that they would con-
Unue to fight until they brought
back the prosperity which Canada

going very rapidly to the dogs—a
statement which I do not accept
‘at all. I want to see a united Can