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LIVINGBTONE-'-BOURKEf-/\l .10 Boylston Sl., Cambridge Mass.. March (itll, 1017 by Rev. E. Powell. Archlh-

ald Fullerton Livingstone forrnorld of Charlottetown. sou of linncan Lt ng- ston to Verona 'l‘. Bourke of Mlllvlcw, I’.'ll. I.

DE ATIIS

IIIT.-At Pittsburg, Ps., of primi- monln on Much 6th, 1917 Jonathan W. Bert. son of W. ti. and Mary Ann Bert formerly of Plsqrnd but now of Clilldnttetown. Aged 45 years.

PlAlN.f- At the Cherlottetown Hori- tul on larch 16th, 1917. Mrs. Mary g-ni ‘"4 it yearn. The funeral "gg place yeatordny afternoon. 1

The essential dii’i`erence between al

tatcsnian and a demagogue is in his sense nd appreciation oi' responsibility for the tatemcnts he makes to influence public opinion. A true statesman never resorts to

ar-

nianufactured evidence to support his

. gument; he never condescends to gross mis-

Thl§ is 3 50 perfent nlrepresentation of his oDlJonent’s case? he fm“lS‘°" Pu” Ccd ‘wer Qlscorns the »~‘\ri:i-wslin t'=\l-i- Hitherto this

* standard has been well maintained by our

leading politicians on both sides of the llonse. Alas, since the advent of Mr. Bell to the leadership oi' the Opposition a change for t.he worse has taken place, and the tac- tics of the deiriagogue have taken the place of the arguments of the statesman. It is not safe to accept any statement of alleged fact by Mr. Bell without careful examina- tion and verification. Debate under such _ circumstances becomes all but an imp1‘acti-

cability. ~

in 1908.

e 7

failed to obtain a majority:

PROVINCIAL RIGHTS.

otlrer-s. the I`olio\\'iiig:

_ tween this is-lnnd aint thc lllairiland. :L Fair tr°:1ris|ior'tutl<in rates".

-i. 'l`ho Tunnel. .

tho' irrterws-ts of this province therein.

cost ol' ciliicatiorr. public works and nrzricultrire.

lo the ilehnill. ot' thc Dominion.

tho' l"edcr‘nl l"arl|anient.

tl, t)i1r share ot' the' l~‘isliory Award.

AGRICULTURE. `

of slrrrllen in the l"ubll<: Schools.

ful i.-sue,

lion ol' its tranlo statistics,

EDUCATION.

l'urnlsh the sarnc Io the sclroolr, ul. cost.

rtunaln ln the prnl`cs14ion.

for nil candidates for teacher license,

iiccrla of this Prtrvlrrco.

PUBLIC WORKS.

tlccr of each district and that the fletlctericy lf rnry ln: nnrdo up out ol' the general rovciruc.

2. 'l`hn¢_ such expenditure be made by' prrbllc

competition, so that all taxpayers may have an opportunity of performing work in .lieu of taxes.

3. That sli amounts in addition to such taxes

required by the several districts for their public works he apportioned to Ure respective districts by resolution of the fb08il\lNU‘0-

4, That proper provision be made for the locat-

ing, breaking. repairing and marking out of the course of winter roulst

6. That road oilleers receiving yetirrly sulnrtes

he not aliowodmny further sumo for covmrnioelon or waxes in connection with public works. _ __

Take for example Mr. Iiell’s speech on

the Address. 'l‘he burden of his criticisms consisted of the allegation that the Liberal- (`onscrvative party obtained power on a ~‘ platform laid down by Mr. Mathieson in; which he attempted “to impress upon the ` people his desire for rigid economy and his contention that he would relieve them from the burden of direct taxation. "These," said Mr. Bell, “were the principal elements in his platform” submitted at Georgetown

How far Mr. Bell’s statement of the

case may be depended upon is seen in the following platform laid down b_v Mr. Ma-1 thieson on the eve of the 1908 election-in which by-the-by the Liberal-Conservatives

’l'ln- p1'cparatlori and prrserilatioir of this ls-

lnnd's ciuinis uguirrst Cairnula. lin-lirding ;|npmg_~1t_ 'i

i. 'I`ho1-ost ol' thc Prince iddward lskirid ltailwny

nnrouritlng to $1i.144.000, with interest since 1873.

`.’. Dmnraiges for non-fultllrrrerit of the terms ol'

I'nion rcspetftlng continuous corrrmiuiication bc~

.'i. Coiuperrsatlon in. rcspccl. of the l'nbli<: hands

of t`nnailu wlilclr have been trntisfor-rod to um iury:er l’rovlrr<~cs without any eorriritlcmtiori for

tl. An equivalent for the lricretised subsidies

granted the larger' provinces to meet the increased

7. Tire pnyrncnl ol’ the subsidies upon an assum-

cd population ol' at lcast. 150,000, as was done in the i-use ol` Llritislr tjolriinhia, Manitoba, Saskato- eircwan and Alberta. lnasniuch as the failure ol' this l’ro\'lrrcc to attain that population is owing

R, ttestorrrtrrorr ol' original ropresuntatloir hi

.»\;:r'ir-riltriro being the principal business of this

i.-‘land should occupy the chief place on the course

2. 'l‘ln- trstnlillsllrrrerit. by ilin tln\'c`t‘ri|i|orn ul' (lati-

ada. of an cx|icrlnmr1la.l frrrni sy:-itenr within llrht l"rovlrn°': should be iirgenlly pressed to a success-

Ii. 'l`hf.‘ rlrpartrnniit sliutilsl be cliarged' with the

duty of riozotlatirrz and arranging for better tram- |_»orl:rtion lnclllllew and l'al,- t`rr:lgh| rates for lhl.-f li.lan1l's exports and lrnporlu and with tho collec-

l. ltoirrr~d_\- the rxistlrrg grlovarmo from the ex-

cessive pr‘ier-.-1 and inferior quality of text books nm] 51-lrool supplies. Lot. qho (lovcrnrrront purclrtieo st-Iron] hoolrs and rurppllcs ut. wholcsalrt prices and

2. l‘rov|do ntlcqiiute salaries for teachers, rind

hy scale of increase based on experience arrrlcevui- |\ctr-.|r<~e, give sulllt-lerit, oriconrur:orucn¢_ to thorn to

ii. Provide it thorough Nornrul School lralnluir

4. Adapt thc systcrrr generally lo the opcciul

I. That the l"rovince, except the lrrcorporutod

towns, hc divided into ltonti Districts and tho rorul taxes' collected within each district bo' expended thorntn under tho supervision of the road of-

’ . r _

ti. A complete lrivcstlgatlou of tlio dt-par-trricrrt,

n rcorgarrlzation and lrnproveruon|_ of tho whole system. and capublo udruiiilstruttun of tho saint-.

REFORM OF ELECTION LAWS.

'l`o provide for:

li Vote by`bnilot. l ' 2. llopeal of all laws enacted by the pri-..~:cr\t (lov-

crrinreut which fuvor persons guilty ot' currirpt practices “

il. Str'iri|;,ent laws to punisli br°lbc.ry and lraiuvl :it

clectloriu including uttcrnpts to corninh corrupt practices.

4, Arnondlnerits to [urtlicr sccuro the indepen-

dence of uicmbcrs oi' thc llogtslatrrrc and tho ex- clusion thorofrorn of persons in the employ of the Dornlrilon Government, whether paid by .~'-'rlary or by fees in ‘lieu of salary. _ ..

5, hurl generally a thorough ret'oi'rrt of the Elec-

tlon Laws, with the simplest and most expediti- ous inode of enforcement ot the same. I -

~ PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.

1. 'l`lrc appointnicrrt of n. Provirrcial r\uditor, who

in provincial affairs shall he glvon like powers tu those iiosscsscil hy the A\i1llh»r'-Gericrnl nl` t‘nn- udu ltr his departrrrerit.

2. A thorough irivesth;at.lon lt' thc public nc-

counts by competerit lrnlcpendcnt at-coiiritants and the funding of tlie_dcbt when asrctwturrietl so its to sccuro the lowc.-it roto of llrterc.-rl.

3. Tho era of deficits shall be closed. :intl

upon it successful prosecution of our clalnl-‘ against (luiiudu, the debt of the l'ro_vincc' will ho discharged. _

There isinot a word in this platform

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about the abolition of such taxation. all 1 otherwise the Govci‘nm_ent has made good

every plank rn rt. `

The references to direct taxation by Mr

Mathieson in the Georgetown speech bore

directly on the absolute failure of _the Lr- berals to make good our claims against the Dominion. If, he argued, the Liberalshad properly presented and had obtained jus- tice on our claims against the Dominion the Province would have been in a flourish-

in g, prosperous condition and there woulr have been no need for direct taxation. Thc» following extracts from Mr. Mathieson’s

Georgietown speech make this abundantly

clear:

"Sir \’t`ilI`ritl ltaniicr' ln irr|rn1l1n‘in;.; the resolu-

tions ltr H107 p|'ovldln;; i`or tho irrcrcaso ot` suh:=l- dies to the \'ar'lous‘ provinces rnukes this elcnr hy reforcrrcc to the records of that lirno. llc says: "'l`his tcstinioiry ls' r‘oriclusl\'o_ l.o\\'or (Tanznln woultl not have entered the tZo|rl`i:1|er‘utioii ll' as n conscquerrcc sho had been obliged to resort to direct taxation to levy tho revenues ricoeersary to carry on hor domestic rrt’l`alr°s. What was true of l.owe‘r' tfaruida was equally true ol thc ».\lar°|tirno l’r‘oviricei-'-. Nova Scotia, New liriirrswlck, l'rince Etlward island \v0rrl|l__n0t lravo zrgrccd ltr olilcr t`onfederatlorr if ns ri corn-'eqircneo diret-L laxat- tlon had to he resorted to."

“ily rr:l'e|~er|ce to the tfoirft-<I|-.raliorr liolmlc,-1 in

the. I.e;:lslatiiro ol' this l'rnvin<~r-. in 1875! I| is niatle clear that they enfnrluiin\.rl the :tunic vic_ws Various calculations were rnade of tho anrrount of revenue irecossary to curry on our locnl nlfairs. Sir Louslr- liavlcs cstlrrnrtod a total rcvornnr urrdcr Coirfcderatlori of $222,Zt2tl.015, nn expenditure ol' $205,2l0.7l, leziving rr surplus of $l7.l01l.Ill which would hxivo wiped out tho land tax of $l1l.5d7.!l-1.

“liou. l). Laird counted upon it total rlivcrirre ol'

$'.5ll\’.ll40.ZlL', :ru oxpcrrtllturo of $‘_’0t},l)43.55_ and it surplus of $123,501.47. -

"llon. ‘J. (I. l’upo critinrnterl an expenditure ol'

$257,387.59.

"ln 1908 lion. I". ll.. llanzard osllrnrrtott thc ex-

peirdll_|rre.' nt $Il7.<,it6.‘i togellier with unspeclfh-d sirius to rnoct the cost of. w0'(,0w|_“lst=iri|i:t'_

"An cxvcsr- over the uvoruii‘o.‘ ostlriirito ol'

r1mr,ooo. ‘ pi '

"Such an lncrwnisv. was ovirtthlly ~1l0t'nr1th-lpat-

ml by tho stutcsiricri wlm intl nu into t3otr|'edc|-1i» llun nor did tlmy .rntlclpato that the taxation or tiunatla would have increased 'front $_5.0l’» 'por' capita to $11.70. » -lf- >-

"ln thc._vear |887 uft.o'r 20 ynnra _oxperlorico in

tloril'otlorntIoii ii trorifnronoo of th# Premium wus culled rit Qucfhcc ul. tho instance nl!'tlio'lat.o Mr. M°.rcle'r, Prernlor of Quebec:-tnr' thelpurponn of formulating a. plan for ri gonornll' increase of subsidies to the provlncos.

“Tho resolutions which were thou' adopted

nro incorporated in ti\`o`uirr1~ridurcrrl. i'il"l.`lic 7). N. A. Act ol' 1907. without nny clinnuo rvlintuvor as hir us thin island is' corit'.crno|l. It lsr under thc tcrrne of tho Qnolioc Restilrttlnris ot' 1887 that wo rrow rcctrive the udtlltloitnl subsidy of $70000. This Province was-not represented nt thnt tion- ference."

“Flfteen yours u.l'tcr this confcrorrcez that is to

any ln 1902, ri second confer-once of (represents- tlvcs ol' the Provinces was held at Quebec. This lslnnd had two‘ro'presentatlve's in nl.torh\'nneo. "l‘rr.mtor Ross of Ontario proposed' ln tt nromoriol which was laid before the Conference that tho smallest amountto be paid to any Province for thc support of its govornrnont und lcgtrritituro should be $200,000 instead of 8100.000 ire- proposed by the resolutions of the Conference of 1887. Though this proposal would give us an increase ot' $170,000 instead ot' 870.000 lt met with no eup- port. from our ddegrrtes and so foil dead, _

They supported instead the Quebec Resolu-

tions of 1887 and net out in exact terrmo tho et» feet on the several provinces. Hero tt is tn ef- l'ect:-

Ontarto-nn lnoreaaemt -¢63D.48_4.&0. . `

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Quebec-arr Irrcrcuisc of $'l'l.‘35”`:0‘ - i'o erlv p|'er~orited tlicsi: claliins. 'l`lic' ave

New llrunswlclr an irit:1'r:uso ol` $7S.5b`t_'».<Lo.

Mniiltoba in liic|'t-use of $!il.952.H0.§ . lirltlsh t'olur|ibln nn iricr‘r-.r.~n- ol' -$lil.'l*S7.L!tI.

rr ri . 1 li. no s_\'iiipulliy willi thorn. Look hack on Ilic rccurrl of the past. tour _rears and Judge of their zeal."

Or a lotnl lrrcrcuso of $1,2l'i8,835.20. Mr- M2ltl]ieS0|\ thgn discussed other "‘ "L ""“"“ “ "”’*‘ "f i"““""”"' matters and in reference to our public ac-

lcounts said: _

'|`hls t‘onl'crcricc dis.~;ol\'ed.

'l`lro tlilrd t‘ont'cr‘crn-is rrret nt Ultnwn In llloti--~~

n joint (`orit`oi'cr1cc ol` <‘1i`1iailu aint tho l‘ro\'lrrces. __-'f`hey adopted thc” Quebec ltcwiirtloris ns the folrritlatioii for it 'r-ciidju.~It|r1cnt ot' the sulisldtcs hul'dl1l so “iiriilcr t'cse\'\'c of the r‘ii:'l|t 0|' uni'

l‘r'o\'int‘c to nn~.v :zubinit lo the. tion'-r'i||||<'1i({ ot

t'anada rnctnorrrrnla in rrrrtlrrg ` 1-nvoriirg any clalrns lt rnny have to `l1r1.:cr sunt.-r ihnn tlrose wt out ln the said resolutions or to znliiitlorrnl con.~iid- eration or rot-ogriltlori."

lirltlsh (‘ohnnbla prcscntcd rr clairn 1`or it spc-

cial subsidy on thc cronird of:-~ I. 'l`lrc 1-ost ol' Adlrnirilstrntion owing to ‘ho pliisicnl i~lra1'at'tei' of the countr_v.

2. 'l`he dlstnncc froiii the r‘orr|n1e|°1‘ial, ln-

'4liistrlnl. :ind :\dlul1i|st|'nti\'i' 1-f‘t\t|c= nl' l'I:\\'lcrn t`arni|l;|.

Il. 'l`he. rio|\»it`|d||slriul elia|‘;ic\er' of the l'ru\'iriru

us corn|»are.d with liasli-rin t'n||:uln \\'l|creb_\‘ n lnr;_',o |it~|'i-critnge ol' Lzootls tire. iin||or'l'o1l :intl t~o|1sunn~|l irrcrrasiirir thc eontribnliniis to the I-‘td errll 'i`rc:isury ln thc way of ttixcs in ri ratio ol' tlirce to onc. _ 'V' 4

4_ 'l‘hc tlisuilvaiitnrzcs ol' lhn l'1’o\'ir~.1'c r|| rt-lation

to the rnnrlrct for its .~:poeial |rr‘oditr-ls". _

Un tlicso |.:r'orrnds thc' t`7or|l`cr'orrcc trgrccil to con-

cede a special subs»lrL\' to liritish t‘olnrnhhi of $l00,~ tltltl por annum |'or_t<-rr years.

ll is well known lristory how l’r'enrirr Mc-

llrhle rel'|isc|l |n`n<-cept this an ri iinal scttlerrrt-rxl und how l.h|‘oni;h his l|n,ti'ii||ieriinlity thc' ivordt

"limit and 1iri:i||er:ible" are not ir\c|'npol‘ateil in the lniporial Statue. nl' l!l(|7 re~'pcr'tiN.: the slrlrsitlics :nhl how b_\' an rrniciidnieiit to the llill in its pass- age an anrclnlnrerit. lo thc' l|iipt'r'lnl l’nrlinn\1‘n| this lrllnnd was not |`rir'the|' slrnrn nl' its r'ir.:lrts.

ll should he noted that on the |.:|'ti\|rnl 1 on \\'l1i=-.h

ltrlti.~.'li t'oi\nnhIa's claim was 1-nrn~e1lr-.tl the case ol' l’. l'I. lslnrid would have been iii(-o|iipzir'nhl_\' better. But our dclcrrntes sat durnb. This \r'ar» thc irolderr opportunity for prcscnlirrt: to the tlovcrri- inont oi' (‘n.natla, their ln ("otrI'cr‘nrre1-. with Iho re proseritatl\'e‘s ot' all the local ;.',over1\rrrcnts, nil thc cluiriis ol' this |‘r'o'virn-o "for l:1r':;er turns than

llror-'ri sei out in the saihl resolirliorr-1 and i‘c'.'<\gni nition.” M..

lrr.~:~tc:nl ot' this Ihey \'otr~.d to nnilw. thc lerirnr

thon coircluilerl "final and rrrittltt-|'nl|le."

Slr \\'llI‘rld l.:|ur'lcr' on the 2:'»th of l\l;\|'r'l\ l!l|l7_

spcnlrlrirr in tho ilousr-. nt' Vornrrnnrs. ninlu-s this point clear wh\;n lic sa_\'s: '“l`hc plan wc proptiserl \\-as that wt- should rcviso lin- .~.n|rsidit~s r:lva~n the l'|'ovin<'cx-t \\'ltlr the 1-[ear intirrnition to tht-in that. this w:1.='» to he n llnal selllcriiorit. that no l'ui'tl11\,~ r-lailnr would In- 1'cr-oizrilzetl. tlriit t'a|.:|i ‘l'1‘o- vlnee' rnnst carry on its z||l`n|r's` with the rrieziiis nt its r~nnrrn:|n1l and' mu.-it not have r'ci-1ir|i‘.~c‘ to this l‘nrllnri|cr|t, \\’e. thouulit we could not do be|» tor than liavox a tricntlly <-niil`er'c'iie<- with thc l‘ro» vlricr-g and asci-|'tnii| what \\‘n.~r tho rnosf tht-_-.' rlrrom ntl rcnriisilo in owler' to prnvon| their cnml|i;; nirnln to tlltnwn and kiiochiiii; at the door ol' thin l'arllan|ent." '

'l’hc r\fl‘ccl. ol' the siihsiiiy scttlttirictit is that

thc subsidy for tlovr-|'u|rn\||ts and l.1~gisl;iti||'os is in oticli rash Irrcrezieieit as |‘nlh»\\'s: -

tlirlnrio, |'orunn srrlnmly, $So,ooo_ ni-tv 1;nbsi||_\'.

$240.ooo.

Quebec, l'orri|c|- .~<1ili>»l1ly, $70,000, nerr :=nhsi|l_v.

$240,000.

Nova Scullu, l'o|'nre|- siihsidy. $150,000, new

subsidy, $190,000. ‘

New Brunswick, l‘ornicr snbsltly, $I'»tl,00tl, new

srilishiy. $lS0.000.

Iiritlslr t'ulu|nhin, I`orrncr inrbnirly. $2:C|,0th»_ new

siihsidy. $150000.

l'. l'l. ishrrid, l`or=nii~|' 1'-11h:@iti_\'. t25l’.t|00, new :anh-

sidy, $1011.00".

/tlhcrla. forruer tnilislily, $50,000. new ;:riln:i||_\‘.

$it»o_ooo_ _

Suslraclrcrvnrr, l`i»i'ru1-r :<rrln=i¢l_\'. l§L.o_ooo, neu-

rirhshly.$lS0,tl0tl_ _ `

Total ol’ fornrcr enrlislrlies. $~l'¢'h.tl0II. 'l`tol:tl of new sr|lisldlt‘.~'~, $1,610,000,

' 'l`lre iriercnse. whlelr wo recelvo on this sub- sidy is slhzlitly hclnrv Ihr: :\voi'n;ze it|e1'r~;isc to the ol.l1er I'rovirret‘s nnd ls thc lo\ves|_ nnronnt. that could posslhly hill to us. lt wonhl apply to any `i‘rovlnce thnl rnhzlit ho en|'vi\.d out of tho pub- llc tlcruomro. lioivovcr snrnll its popnlnlion. Wu \\'i-.ro not nanred nop 1-orrsitte-roll. -

ilut. on thc' per capita s‘uhsld_v as clinrmctl under'

tlrls r'c~ar‘r'arr;:crrrcr|t wo golf nothlurz, and trnrrnwly oscurretl loslnr: pnrt of whnt we hurl."

"'l`hts, tlren, is tho position in whicl|` tho Up.

posing loenl parties stand rospccttrn.: thls is~ lnnd`s claims ngulrrst t?arrndn_ '

'l`hc i.lhero.l dcloigntcs had the oppo|'lrt|rit.y nt

tho i'oii|`cr'oncc ol' Itltltl Ui huvo pr'i':»'e|rlr'.|l our clotnrs in full. ' .

They utterly fnlloil to do so. » ` lristcrrd they ntzrced' to rnnkc' thc selllorrrerrt.

tlnall and urralterslrlc.

The locnl goyonrrriorit and their toliorvors

in the House ratlflotl tiio r||irio|r.~i. bar'|:ulir.""

So fnr us the Liber-nl tlovorrrurcnr nl. tltlnwn

und the Lncnl l.lbc‘rul (lovcrrnncnt nn-. con- eorrrod those tornm urn "ilnnl rrrrd nnnlh-.rnbIe."

liut this is wlioro l.lro“poop'lo .ol' this l’rovlrrcc

lmvo n voice, Tho doors rrl. Ottawa :irc closed .ugutrret the present iocrrl government by their own nct; they sro closed against the people or this province, tt they ratify the gnvornfnrcnrs not nt. the coming election.

If on the other lrnnd. they rotuso to do so by

turning them out ol’ power. the Province nun go forward, supported by a united poopio, and force the' recognition of our claims. -

Our claims are so clear und strong that when

properly presented they cannot be resisted. Ro- member that our present government has 1ie'ver

“licunoirry niust be prnctlscd rigidly pending tho

sircecssfirl- proseciillorr of our claims against ` t“anauia_ \\'e should lrnvc' enonifli to build' up ` t-.\-<~|~_v lu-rviee and get aloni; in vo|nl'or|_ irithont ro

r~\orlln',: to dlreel tuxiil.ion." ._

What did the sucecssi°ul "‘prosccution of

[our claims against Canada imply?" It im- ,g plied as shown in the printed memorandum-

of our claims present_ed by Mr. Mathieson as follows:

“r\ddltloirnl Suh.~:ld_\' rcturirctl by l’. E. Island

in order to equalize ilovoriue and Iilxpeinllturc and put thc public scr'vIcc on it lnisis ot' clllelcncy:

lieth-it _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .._ $i;o.o0o,oo l'11|in-ation ..... ._ . . .. ti5.00tl.tl0 A.~1jvl|n|r:: and l'a1|pt-r_~; , _ .. ll’»,00<l.otl ltoailzs . . . . . ._ . . . .. . . . . , . . . . .. . |5,000.tltl l_lr'itl|:f~s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 310,000.0!! Sailnrics of (‘iv|l S<‘.r'\'a|iI.~r _ _ , . . . .. _ _ 5,000.00 »l"crries ainl l\‘lisccll:ir\ooiis . . . . . . . ... l0,0ti0.00

$2t|0,tlUtl.t)ll

l’rcn1ier Nlatliieson, as wc all know suc-

eeded in his very first attempt in obtaining'

ihalf oi this claim, viz: $ltl0,0tll), and thc ldoor is still left open 'for the further prosc- pcution of our other claims, there has been 2 no banging' oi' the door as under the Liberal |(lovernrnent. 'l`hc $l(_l0,0t)0` is on account, land we feel confident that with the return lof normal times after the war, Premier Ma- fthieson will be able to add another $100,- |0(l0 to our s.ubsidy. He probably would ghave accomplished this in the first instance lhad it not been i`or the fact that our claims ihad been seriously prejudiced by the crirni- lnal neglect or scandalous inaction oi prc- ivious Provincial Liberal Governments, and

'thc line of ar'gurnent 'against the claims oi' »the l ' J. -I

’rovrnce presented by M|'. _

Hn_e'hes.. ' ° '

We have. shown coriclusivcly front the

idcrice of Sir Wilfrid llaurier and the ar- ument of Pi'eniicr -Mathieson that but for he failure oi’ the Liberals to properly pre- sent and enforce our claims we would to-

day, (a) he free ironi direct taxation, and (li) could still bc were those claims fully §sat.isl'ied as laid down in the nremorandunr 1 prepared by _Premier Mathieson. l ‘ ‘_

No one with a sense of honour and rus

liicc in matters controversial would dream

doing as Mr. Bell has done, grossly mis-

1"epi°cscnt the facts' in the hope of scoring' _:i doubtful victory and preparing campaign

lhteratui c.

'l‘he facts are-against Mr. Bell, and for-

llnnately he has given time for us to refresh ithei minds of our readers on the subject. It lwill now make bad campaign literature for

‘the l.1berals.

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.\'U'|`l'}S

ln most nilinilion f;n'tor'ies in lirilairr, t‘spc<‘i:rlly

itltosc. rnaking thc .~nr:\lh-_r shells for the iield :irtille_r_\'. the |»ropo|'tin|| of \vurrr'_~ri cirr|»lo_yt‘d is So per' cent. \\'o,

linen are br-eorrrirrg as stout iviclders of tl\r\ii1d1\sti'i.|l arnr as :irc the ineu \\'orl\'cr's. 7

'l`||c ith-a that t`:1r\:rd:\`.~‘ .soldiers go to tircal liritsiili

as _ioriiigstctis eorriitig into rurrtzirt for the lirst linic will

1 llrc te|rr|>t:itiorr.~ ul' life. is al»su1'd. says an ex-

clr:nr;_;e. 'l`hc young rnztn who is uinrhle to |-es-ist tcnrp- tation does not li:r\'c to it-:ive t`:in:nl:i to fall :i vietiin to vice." Slicer l1ypoer'i.<_y alone justilies raising ai loud mrletj' in ('an:nl:1 a1;.iin~1 corrd‘itioris in tircut lirilain \\|ii1‘h. except in |`<h'rn, are telic ftriitrtl in every centre nl |

ropulation i|| this t-ou|\try.__ Neither in tirent Ilri

1 nor in (`;nr;uI:\ is vice tolerated, eneoir|':\;_1e<l, or

|\l't>lt‘1‘l1‘rl by the :nr|Irorities.

\ t‘tn|li}'iliilltn' lu init: of llit' l.o|rtlo|l p;|pe|‘.s‘ i|tl\'0'

can-s the use of llisrrr.1rek's policy in the siege of l’a~ "ii . The lion ("liairt'e|lor' warned thc city to sirt'1'crnlcr _ln-fore its srippiy ol' food was cxliarrsted, pointing out 'that it could not`gct supplies for some time :iftcr sur- render. lf Licrrrrauy were notified now by the Iiritvlllv 'powers that it could not get food from abroad for sonic time :rftcr thc coming of pence, and niust stir- .render in time ttreonscrvc what it has, thc effect 011 thc niaisscs in (jernimiy might he corrsidcrabie. The food shortage is such that with ticrmarry and .-\ustri=i bidding frantically in thc opcir market, prices will s'01ir all round, and bring hzrrdslrips on all the suffering countries. “ost of Europe new is short of foodi