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Tlluusniw, Mnilcli 30, 1916. _

ill be opened 'by-Mrrjames ?Paton and'Mi‘A.D. _ ' .,-c¢w,m,d ` " " 'V " ' McLellan. ` ' ` i

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In he the proposing of resolutions, I would like to suggellt to the

T meeting that perhaps we would do better onthe present occasion enquire

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what om' opportunities are, and then to rorm_an organization to carry on a oonthuoul efforts for the development of thosetbinge that are beneficial to the province, sud leave to a later tinfe .the consideratfon of resolutions. If

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'_ The attack on Verduii, reported in our despatcliesl _we beghr passing resolutions at this meeting. l sm sri-sid we will not be sbie for Infantry, best quail) Khaki; $539, $500 and $79()

._._._., 'yesterday moming, appears to have been the most *°_°'°“***° '°“" P"°¢\‘““"”° ‘"1" 3°' "°'“~"‘°°° "'*‘°- “_” ""’“°“‘ “‘° "W

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violent yet made 'by‘the»Germans in that sector. It Y;:_£';"b;;?_J;‘;‘1';lxggtlgy‘;:&_:d9Mr°':`;nev;'°l;'u':;'°f;’l;‘;l eglzhlfihfzf izsjust BaCl'i¢l0I' BUUOHS 8.ll ready |10 Snap 0I‘l, Large Hooks and

hich all the devices at the disposal of the enemy were fuller deubpratloligi-if `_we_ would not introduce resolutions at all. Ono _ot the

h ` curses of till! province is .the tendency of ever littlemeeting to pass _resolu-

.broug t into action--and they failed. They not only . . :- _ r _ V

V "W" failed in breakin throu h 'the French defence but »“°"' 'mm “ia” *P _Sei l° ONBWS they lcolmlpoii uses a people 'who.have

More than ilsiial interest was manifested in the a

opening of the Legislature yesterday, as was evidenced i

.g g 5' roduoe¢_l‘fo o »_lolsuce_ the method, of annoying the different de-

ey suffered serious losses. Along the other fronts _P“_m°m'__ _*_ _____________________ comes ___f,:,_,m we lm, 0, the island uk. lso, while desperate fi hting has been in ro ess _ - ’ ' ` "ii ` nd another sinali meeting passes it resolu-

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d while there is little change in the relativgg posi- tionscalllng for something else; and so we go on sending resolution after

by lhe large attendance of the public and the keen .tions of the contending “mica the Gmimans have been resolution. one contradicting. the other. and in the end doing the very ilbllig

attention with which the proceedings were followed. All the members ivcre iii their seats, the Government°m forces as usual to the left' of the Speaker, and the

Opposition to the right. Mr john S.`Ma'rtil1,'lilember iw

_ . . . . . . ». we wish to avoid. Iffwe are going to attain one beneficial result by this losing heavily in men, while failing at every point to i mn aurselves in re Md to the mn B we deslm

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like alll' _gmns m te""t°"Y 0?' ‘ll advantage °_f P°5m°n" and with joint _effort pushing forward their accomplishment. _ The attempt to break tlirough at Verdun, while not M_r.'AGNEW: what practical benefit would there be without something t abandoned, is now conceded by all military authors __of this kind? _The isst_ resolution appealed to the Locs'i»Government to take

Here are a few of ilie every day necessities :-Buttons

I fame alle' 3 Peflod Qi c°mP3|'3tiV.e fluleh in which the-kind of suggestions that is of value-; but I would put it before the' meet»;Eye3 for Neck of Tunic or Overcoatv Bnmhess Belt3i`M0n€y

OUUUCSS an POS5llJle P\’CP3l’3tl0l1 had bile!! m3d¢» in ‘ing that `porlllip§`it'would save contention and leave room for further and|BBlU, Ph0ll0 CBSQS, Klli B888, PIJUCSS and FOXES at

$2.65, Oilicers’ Caps, Trench Caps for lgiivates Whistle Cords, Whistles, Cap Covers, Cap Protectors, Chevrons, (hnes.‘etc,'etc. 0NEUélVig§Iip_s made to `rneasure-guaranteed! delivery in

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for Belfast, WHS llll6l1llll0uSly elected Speaker, :md mes to be hopeless Thé French are so entrenched 'tho matter up; this one appeals to the Federal Government. We should _ , ' --1-uwqqipq-'N

cscorted to the chair by his proposer and secondér, the lion. J. A. Mathieson, Premier, and Hon. A. E.

Arscnaiilt. The new Speaker made a graceful speech 'th in ackllowledgemelit of the lloiloiir conferred upon _T him and :mother one when presented to His Honour _an the Lieuteilant-Governor. Goverllor Macdonald was W ill excellent form when delivering his speech from the ; Throne, hilt his voice was to a certain extent drowned V by lllc music of tlle Eighty-Second Band, which was _v discollrsiiig outside. Arrangements might with ad- vaiitagc hi: iilado on similar. occasions ill future to

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- the assisted and-should encourage immigrant fishermen, so that when they

e as to give th.em the utmost c°n6den°e` _ lcome 'here theywili find it worth their while to_ stay. ' ' ‘

lvhafl (hen. 15 fbi? Gefmiln h0Pe? T0 an but Mr. li£cFADYEN: Iam rather inclined to agree with our Prelnler's sug-

dlscolitlniic the musical programme wllilc His ltioiiour H mm|_ and an nombcuigcrent passenger ships_ our Buggemons may be __ good mem and in mc” among omselvw we have 0,,

_ e is addressing the llolisc. The speech was eloquent do and fini-ly pitclled, referring for the most part to the 0 great struggle ill which the Empire is ilow ellgaged. 0 A note of optiillisnl was sounded regarding the coil~ T ditiuil of :igl‘icliltllri~, and legislation was foreshadowcrl p» ill connection with sub-soil drainage. Consideration of to illcaus for the development of our fisheries was also iz promised; and ll_otwitlistandillg the depletion of the - oilicial and irlspectorial staff of the Education Depart- an ment tliroiigh enlistment, the Governor had the pleas- 'in iirc of rvcordillg tllc fact that the past year had been one of sicrldy progress. Oli the motioil of Mr James" tl I’:itoll, sccollflcll by Mr A. D. l\IcLcllan, collsidcratioll a of thc speech was adjoiirilcd. S

Like sclloollioys fresh from :l prolollgcd vacation, 10

the old war horses of the Opposition, Mr John H._ n P»cll, the new Leader, and Mr George E. Hughes, the Sh legitimate leader, showed great anxiety io get dowll W _to work, and, like “'fresl.i" sclloolboys, made two Q had lircaks which dill llo rcdoullcl to their credit. Mr Dell was anxious to know whether the Governmclit. a

had glvell prc-ference to the claims of the returned shall be

soldiers in the appointment of officials of the House, and elicited the reply from the Premier that the only S tivo available had been given such positions and that W tile policy of the Governmentfwas togive the claims C of returned soldiers the first consideration". Mr Bell

and Mr Hughes next submitted a carefully prepared `b motioll suggestillg that the report of the Special Com-_ D mittee for the purpose of selecting standing committees' ti Should be sellt back in order that the names of two, Liberals, Mr A. C. Saunders and Mr J. D._McInnis,' _St :uid one Conservative, Hon. H. D. McEwen, should hc struck out of the Public Accounts Colllnittee, andil fthe names of Mr J. H. Bell, Mr George E. Hughes, e and M r j. _]. _lollilson substituted. Such extraordinary” a cgotism has probably llo parallel in parliamentary"d history, certainly not ill the local legislature. Both V

alll r uglles alleged that they were more la

competent to discharge the ‘duties than their two` S colleagues, llotwithstandillg that Mr_ Saunders is per- b llaps the most skilled legal _accountant'ii_l the Liberal _.1 ranks to-day, and has been the trusted adviser of the C ex-Leader of the Opposition, Mr J. H. Richards, for ttlally years, besides having been Mayor of Summer- U side f0l' “V0 lcrms; while Mr Mclllnis was :1 nlember t of the late _Liberal Government alld was considered Q by it siilliciélltly competent to be cntrustcd_witll a seat' on this s__:lnle committee. It is quite evident that thc; a policy of Mr licll isto coiistitute llimself,M`r_ llitglliis | and Mr johnson as ille sole responsible Opposition, *\'v to the exclusion of the other members. Mr Saunders; b _it_\vill lic rcmcmhercd,_ was' a rival of Mr Bell 'for

P le ppositlon, alld this illovc on tile, I

part of Mr Bell on the very opening day of-'thc session W jiyascvidcnily an attempt to discredit his capabilities, atidconlpctciicc for thc position, for how 'could thel S

,Eberal _ _ _ tutes and Canada as would result in! a world-wide

. _ demand for peace. In any case the uext few days]

Ilould determine the jfuture 'relatioiis fof the United' States and Germany A

i party expect guidance from it man Mr Bell colis_i_ficrcfi__uliiittcd to discharge the duties of a finan- ,, cial critic of ille Government? The Premier brought? i tlle__ll¢\v Libe_r:il_ Leader smartly t_'o_book for acting] .coup-,,ry, to the precedent of the House in proposing; Sud; it motion. and pointed out lust ills propel

___cedure was f_or him,.as`__a member ofthe

committee, to minority

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Ori this point the London papers are very out~‘ poken. In the eyes of Englishmen there is ollly one _ ay out. This also is the view held by -many Ameri- ans, although an-opeli rupture with Geriilanyaild the. possi-bility`of plunging the country illto< war cannot _ ut be viewed with the gravest concern. The London aily Chronicle sums up the British view of the situa- on as follows:--

“ Germany’s naval policy stands exactly where it _ ood on the day the Lusi-tania was torpedoed-ten . onthsof negotiations between Washington and Ber- in have not altered it it jot_or tittle, and the diplomalic xchanges have never been for Germany anything but il affair of masks and pretences. Obviously no more irect or defiant challenge was ever handed by one

Mr Be" I _M H nation to another, than that which G_ermany_ has now

unclied at the United States. Wlietlier't e United lates picks it up, or lets it lie, the world, and all the elligerents, will now know, with a clealtness hitherto licking, precisely where the greatest* of the neutral ountries stands.” ‘

Why Germany should thus open_._ly challenge the

`tedS_tte` fth 'dl . ` _ _ _ _ m 3 S is one 0 e nd es oi the war Thats 'after that comes fmest, and so for-th. Irjali tli_e'lobsters`_“§rei‘§’_packed in the

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f warfare they sank in the last fortnight 7o,ooo toilsf f shipping with the loss of several score of lives. hose “_successcs," which may satisfy the mind of lratc Gcrnlally,are of no military value alld only serve. more effectively damn her in the eyes of the civil- ed world, if further damning were possible. Her pirates at sea might sillk thousands of innocent women

d children and other neutral passengers without hav-

g the slightest effect upon the war or its outcome.

One effect, llo\\'evcr, of her latest achievements ill

iis lille is likely to he to range the United States molig Germ:llly’s-' enemies. In the sinking of the ' t ussex and the Ellgiishman, several American citizens

he few passenger shi s she can sink would com en-

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s linthi~llkable unless she 'regards ti; United States. _ _ s absolutely helpless. That she should invite the:_ .North Shore of P. E. Island during the montirof September. My experience losiility of the United States ill ordeir that, with the hole world arrayed against her, she would' have a etter excuse to ~giv¢ her- own people for suing for

. _ . . . . 5 peace, is more likely. ` It is possible, too, 'that silo

me lmdcrshl of tl O lopes that the Gerlnan element inthe 'United Statesf

oilld, in the event of the severance of di-plomaticf

relations, cause such an uprising both’ in the United

emselves the war spells disaster and failure to them. Qgestion .that _resolutions be put oft at _this meeting. I clearly understood he Russian-Stwmq-0||¢,-‘is more aggreésive man ever Itlmf tllisemeeting' was caiIed`together as a Conference, and I had no idea d all the encounters durin§'the past two or three V eeks have resulted in serious losses to'the Germans. Oli the Italian -front, while there is little if any ad- antage to either side there can bc_no German hope of

ictory.

Tile only successes that Germany has met~witIi are 3

‘QSC of Piracy at Sell' the $l“ki"g» °f Ships' mostly lure affairs. Returning to the question of fisheries, I think Dr. Guutlller‘s

we would hal/e_ to formulate ideas andiput them into the shape of resolutions and stand by them, whether they were voted upon hastily or not. I think it would be better to exchange views and, leave the matter in the hands of _the Government to be dealt with by them. f,The changes that will occur when this war is'over will be a. revolution all through our _ooul1l-l‘y- There. is not ei province that will not experience it, and I hope this Island will as much as"anywhero else; and it is lip to the Governments to got together nd adopt some wlso, sillle and prudent policy forthe management oi' t'ut~

spatches yesterday announced that in this Species ten discussed it,-llow much more comformble it would be if in the spring

of the year we could stay at homound let the lobster fishing stay ovor un- til later in the season. But the scientist has been at work oil the lobster and has decided that tho spring is the rlgiht time in the province for canning. and to leave it later you are liable to injure tho business. lt is too valu- able to us to take any risks iii passing any revolutionary measures on. hastily and without careful consideration. At the present time I would not like to see any resolutions passed such as that proposed to~day.

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Mr. J. E Birch next _spoke on the subject of Fisheries. _,Ile said: 7? ' " This is the most lmportadt question`ti1ilt` has been before the meetlnK

this evening. You may enumerate all tho industries you like, blitil think they are insignificant when compared to the fisheries. If you went into he grocery stores you would seo at least nine or ten different kinds of pre- pared fish. and every one might be produced on the coast of the Island. All

st their lives. What the United States will do ill this, _that we require ls, that the Government should take some inltlatory stops ot new development, but in the persistence with which e has repeatedly violated all her solemn undertakings ith reference _to submarine warfare, remains to be een. The relations between the tivo countries liavcl cached a point where' they cannot remain, regrettable ~ s either action that the United States may adopt,

to provide the plant and assist the fishermen to prepare their products to meet the demands of the market. The very idea ls absurd, of fish going from our shores to Now Brunswick, Maine and Provinces and coming back. an'd'o\ti' buying them, when they might very well he cured right hero. There is one thing we should start right on. In the first place, we want the fishermen to go to the shores in spring of the year and -not stop till the snow flies. In the .fall of the year the best cod fish are caught and are mostly easily cured. I have in my mind one man who eight or nine years ago came to Alberton with $300 in his pocket; today that man is worth five thousand dollars. No fal~mer’in Prince County, with the small capital he started ou, could show the slime amount now; and what that man has done every l_lsberm`ai`l_'in Prince Edward Island may do. I think lobsters are the last 'fishfthst' ought to be caught. There is it great desi of illicit lobster fishing going on: and lobsters caught late in the fall of the year are ahead of those caught in early spring, I don’t care what your specialists may say. I think the order of fishing them should be this; the herring first, the cod' fish and macliarel next, and the lobster, quahaugii and oysters last; and I hope the Government will interest themselves in this matter and get a class ot fishermen who will -go to our shores and stick there. Our own fishermen, I am sorry to say, grow tired too quickly. They start out with the lobster first, and then after a whilesuddeniy they leave the lobsters and the pack~ ers in the lurch and prosecute mackerel fishing a little and then go on to the cod fish. I-think that if the order were reversed the fisherllien would be more prosperous and would be in a better position than they are today.

Mr. W. F. Tidmarsh wus the _next speaker. He eald:- I entirely endorse the views of my friend, Mr. McFadyeu, as put before

this meeting, relative to the proposed ehaugesln the lobster fishing season. l regret very much that l was uuavoidably absent when he delivered his principal address. but I am fully lrraccord with what he has just said. I do not believe that it would be advisable to change the lobster hsliliig sea- son from the spring to the fall. and those who 'advocate it, have not, in my opinion, fullrconsidered the conditions. lf lobster fishing were permitted in the fall only, it would have a tendency to disorganlze the market. It _is during the spring mouths that the lobster output le purchased. Every sea)- son brings its own particular business. 'After July the frulttseason- comes lu,- and the large dealers in canned goods arp eng_g_lged_in_. the purchase of fruit;

full. my opinion is that it would seriously affect the market. Furthermore; _we do not know what eilect _this would have on the industry in other re- spects. I am.'very doubtful if lobster fishing could be carried on on tho

in the cod fishery would lead me to conclude otherwise. It might, however, .be advisable to lengthen the lobster fishing season, puttl1lg,it back to whore it was before the recent change was made; namely from tho 20th of April tothe 10th of July. There never was and .there never will be‘a la_w formulat- ed _that will suit the general 'conditions of'tlle Maritime Provinces any bet- ter than the law that was in for-'ce prior to the recent change. V

The argument _that lobsters spawn in the spring time, and that oatclling

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