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I ‘ (siiflilll to The Guardian) LONDON. July ill-The leaders‘

of the Provisional Government in Ireland have chang‘! tlrglr plant; and it is 110i. likely that the new Irish Parlir-irrrent will irsserribic ire- fore the beginning of August at the earliest rind by that tinre ire‘ llnd will have been without 1118851118 oli’ ‘the representatives‘. oi’ "l9 lllflvllle for “early two months. Michael I('.rollins is virtually dictator

. of lrelirirrl today, wanking ln all. sr-uriiy behind (he scenes although in cuirelrrnt comuiunicatloir not nnlly writh Griffiths but with Win- ston Churchill, who hag charge ql‘ Irish Affairs i‘ri the British Cabinet. The postponement. of the assembly of Parliament which Collins an nounccltiilast nig-ht indicates the extreme gravity of the situation in llreiand todziry. ‘it was found after a careful survey of tire position that only [Olly out of olle hundred and

ls Still Very Grave

Meeting _oi Provisional Parliament Postponed living to Disturbed Conditions. Controi_ of Entire Area from _ and Are Moyrnghortirwarri to Mayo. lleVaicrri Hiding and ill Disguise.

also from Riding Place.

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Republicans Claim Kerry to Warlord

Childcrs issuing Maril-

extremoiy liaszarrlous, whllc ten- Braplr communication ‘i-s entirely shut. 0ft‘. The itcpublicans cialirr "l?" “my colllffll tlhe entlire area from Kerry eastward as far as \Vi3)(if(ll"l whore fighting is ‘still pnorrceriiirg [ills rrrrorirlng and ‘in a northerly direction as fur ‘as Mayo

l-n ncurly one bzrlif of this wide domain the itopublicans lire still "berating as a (l-overrrment and col. lecting customs lilies to tire iriuount 0f iiwclre thousand pounds; weekly and controlling the press. A prom- lnerit licpuibliirzrn qiositlvely stated last nil-flit that the city of (lurk hair accepted Republican rule although thc election there sirowcd n ma- jority of nearly three to one in favor of the treaty and the Provi- sional Government. ,

Dc Valera has entirely changed his personal appearance. During thr‘. last few wculrs ho has grown a heard and has discarded the ra- lllllifll‘ spectacles and is said -to be

irwenty members would be lrblc to be present on Saturday, the day fixed for the‘asrserrrlb'y. The trairri service from’ t‘lie southwest being

hiding from the authorities in com- pany with the renegade Childcrs‘, who still crmtrivco to issue a wiri- dy manifesto every day. r

Jury Find McDonald ~ Unfit to Stand Trial

5 A Unanimous Verdict oi insanity Was Arrived at

iliirliiir g.- liliC

At thn Supreme Court yesterday morning. the jury irrylng the men- tal condition oi‘ John McDonald. charged with indecent nssailll, af- ter one hour and firfty minutes’ lie- ltberatlori, diroug-ht down the fol- lowing verdict:

"We find that the prisoner, John MiiDollulll, is not, 0n oc- count of insanity. lit to taikc his trial."

Ills Lordship tho Chief Justice stated ho was very plcaserl that u ‘urrrrnl-mrnus verdict. had ibcen arriv- ed at. 'l‘irc cgse was one in ‘which the balance lo testimony was very close.

The court directed that the uc- cllrzod Sllilll he kept in custody orr~ til the pleasure of the ‘Lieutenant- Gnvernor is kno\v|r. Tile lplcn of Not (Guilty which has been ‘plead- ed in this case, is set aside.

His Lordship’: Jury Chiftil-

rln charging the jury, Ills Lord- ship tlre Chief Justice, poiulcrl oirt that if it. is duterrnincrl tirnrt the prisoner is uiiilt to stand iris trrzrl, he will be put llllip ilrc hands or the Crown to ‘be dealt wiiii as nu insane person. Tire law h: that. If any person is. ‘found rrrrflt to stairil his trial ‘by reason of insanity, he may be tried at n laier date ll‘ it appears that he is suhir-icntly sane to understand tire conducting of his defence.

In a caseot’ this kind, where tho question of sanity or insanity is lo rllB deiermiired ‘by u jury, the dill?‘ cumptiorr of tlic law is that till! accused is suite: tile law assume‘: that every person is sallll lllllii "l" contrary is shown. 'l‘lie irurrlcrr is therefore upon the prisoner, or tire prisoner's counsel, to show til-it he is unlit to stand his trial. lrr considering this question i-lllldlriii‘ clplc that applies ori tlln i.l‘llll of a perm". (m. an offense-that he shall the ‘pnoverl guilty bcynllli ully

reasorrrrrhie doubt—rloes not ropply. .

The jury ‘are to aritiefy themselves simply as to the weight of cvldeircc and lletenmlne uccordlnglyr the rule they follow is not. as strorrgus that which binds n. jury when they are dealing with the question oi guilty or notguiity. What the illly must find n" title casuvis Willltlllll the prisoner has sufficient intelli- gence to comprehend the course of the proceedings so ‘far as to ‘mullll a -proper defender-to challenge ally questions he might object to, mill to understand ‘the details ni the events.

Eight Doctor-l Examined.

There were rllve medical witnes- sen examined on the part of tlrn Crown, amt three on behalf‘ of the (lefencr-a very competent array 0i mcdicai talent. The doctors tiered. and it is often need as n cer- tain IUIIOBGh that doctors dlflfll- ‘bui. this view should not ‘be taken ‘by the jury in the present ease. The medical science la a very-llll“

$11! . lied ior the Term.

‘through

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Criminal Docket Now‘

,dirrg u. super Zeppcllgr.

‘The People's g lovers Prince Edward Island like‘

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Privy 7iruiicil,r

Reserves Judgment

i$laeeial t9 The Guardian)

LONDON, July 1ll—'lllre Privy ‘Council reserved judgment today iii the Grand Trunk ltallwny share- holders’ orlrpoal against. the unbi- tutlo-n zrwzlrll.

Amazing Strength 0i German y Monarchism

BERJI-JINIJHJy 1‘ll—An amazing proof or‘ the strength of Mo-lizircir- ism in Geriiriuiry is showing in till: nation-wide cirlrso for the rounder- ers of Foruigii Minister itatlleau. After a. frond-red irrfles by automo- biles, train, motor cycles and ferry ‘boats till.‘ tuo urssasiris, who had been sllrrouirrlcd escaped, because they _wcre rridcli by hundreds o nrorrurchists _tlri'orrghuut Saxony and Prussia. The police are ar- resting litany for" lravlrrrg lritrboured, fed and given rrronoy to iiho mur- dcrirrs. lllt i.-i stated the assassins were entertained, fell and toasted on the states of the (lid Itoyzilty" where they were provided with transportation and money.

‘British Admiralty Wants More Aircraft

(Special to The Guardian)

(LONDON, Jllly 1Il—-'l‘hc Iirltislr Arlrrrirzrlty is llcrnanrllrrg that tlrc British Navy be permitted lo or- ganize arr aviation for-cc us a rc- solt of the iirritcd Status arrrriritioirrl programme, nCllUHllllg to tlrc nrlvll‘. correspondent of the London ldverr- lug News. wrho points out. that Airl- crlcu stands ready‘ lo spend $10,00il 000 ill holding 231ur1aichlues, inclu- ‘Iio states that tho Hehidon Airdrome is to be converted into a civilian airship station for services Ilictwccn ‘Lon-

ing to the mind, the difficulties ln-‘ crease enormously. ‘is a. mun sane or not. satire? 'I‘hore is no rrile, nls. fixed mcasrlre, Jry which that dues-l tlon can be determined. There" is‘ no standard that can be ‘made 0f universal application. We recog-i nlze, everyone recognizes, u dintirrc- tlorr rbclween men of ordinary cap-i acity and arbiiity, whom‘ we regard as sane, and those who are oi’ lr different class. Any juror prtrserit can apply his judgment in such a case as well unfairly other man. We have Irll seen whut has happened when a person of ordinary sanity suddenly becomes mentally afflict-- ed. ‘ What a change irhere is! That indeed can rbe measured, lhut‘ when it comes t0 dealing lwith feeble- luirrdcd people, t.irc standard as ‘to how much strength of mind one must have before he passes as sane or insane is a varying and uncer- tain tiring.

Th0 nules and measures may lr.\ve some value, but lrlifly fail when tiicy are applied generally. Olle man, for instance, is ignorant. ills mind may be sound enrougir and his jrrrlgrnent well balanced, yet utter Ignorance he might fail on one or more of these tests. Pinch case. after all, _ha‘s got lo stand upon its own merits. The doctors can assist, and did irr this rsasc iiNSlNt, so far as they could. They disagreed as rncrr will always disagree upon a subject of such rin- certainly.

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Announcements, Coming Events, Meetings, Etc

IlATlllfL-liic per iinn per day. 9i‘. prr line per day for 3 tiuya or over. g,» n lino per day for 6 days or uvvl‘ r. rigor-cs, initial letters count M lrnu word. l0 per cent. discount for r-irnii. Address forms Dart of Ml- urrd moat. be Paid fol‘-

"Tim ll. l. S._urc holding u dance irl Emerarld flail. Friday night. ‘Lollies please ‘brill; Calif-i-

,.'Comc to the picnic in lluah l\ill('l’ll(‘.0'£i iillili. NQW Immhlmn‘ Saturday, the lfllll- ll’ “mi “m” Monday. ’

canal Servigcauntry work a specialty, being perfectl!"l0\'l\ll\i'lll' ted with every part of the lslnu . l can guarantee you 500d "d gluici‘ ggfvlce at reasonable rates. litonl 443d. \

“on ML Stewart Presbyterian (Ilrurch lnwll. Sfii-"TMY "m" 5 p m_ 0n——y(lil will find luncheon, sirarurberrles rind ice crenrnr-lguie‘ of aprons and fancy Wllfil- 7°

don and Berlin in which will be used the latest typo or German

tinder construction as a part 0i’ re- pairut ions . ‘

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Encampment installation‘

,At the regular meeting of Port Lai Joio Errcniuprncnrt No. 4. I.().O.F..; Deputy Grlrnrl Iilrglr (lhief Patti-loch; Li. L‘. Vaiiliiertsino, assisted‘ by Deputy Gmnd Junior Warden D.l<‘. llutllilnc, installed the following officer-sw-

CV. I'., J. A. bicNair.

S. W., G. P. Nicholson. .1l_ P,, Jos. Taylor

J. W.‘ Will. Solrofiirlll

R. Scirbi‘, B. (l. Varilricnstirrn Fin. Scribe, J. Mriliauglilin. Treats, I’. Bridges

list W., W‘irr. Sit-wart.

2nd W., A. MirAluiay.

3rd W., H. Bryant.

Atlr W., T. Soother.

J. 8., A. Mcllllrrdlcrir.

0. S., II. Johnston.

The Weather, Temperature, Tide, Moon, Etc.

'l‘(ylt0Nl'l‘.0, July ilk-Moderate winds. Showers and rain in some localities. ‘Mostly fall'-

liligh tide this afternoon at 1.45, and tomorrow nrlrrnillg at 2.47. rSun eaetsdlrizs cveniirg at 7.49 and rises tomorrow ‘morning at 4.23. Last quarter moon ‘MondiryJuly 17, 1.11 u.m.

“N oozie” the Sunshine Kid

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0n G.T.R. Appeal

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA FRIDAY, JULY 14,1922. ‘

lslanli Porno

Held

Splendid,_Ycar’s' Meeting.

The annual picnic and coirtirrua- tlon ol‘ the annual meeting of thu Potato Growers Association was iicld yesterday at the Experimental Farm and ‘was a most glljllyllili! ou-filnlfj there being prosdlrt a large number oi‘ the lnemlbcrs of tire Association, ‘their wives and friends, as well as some distin- guished visitors.

‘In the morning the visitors were welcomed by Superintendent J.A. Clark and interesting demonstrat- tiuns were given upon the mixing oi‘ bordcaux and the applying of the comrpound.

The financial sttua-tion of tlrc As- sociation ‘was presented purl thr‘. work of lhc year reviewed. 'l‘lw ‘financial statement front October 1st, 1921 lo ‘May 311st, 1922 shows receipts »$78fl)iZf4.-84, expenditure $76,495.67, lcrivring a lialancc on hand of $1,539.17. By iidrliirg small lcts oi’ sales ‘to be coiicctcd and outstanding claims the total balance will be brought lip to $3,074.

The total number of bushels oi‘ potatoes marketed by the Associ- ation durlngfltlre year wus:—

Frill shipment . . . . . . .. 54.275 bus. Spring ‘Shipment . . . . .. 2,318 bus. iT0l£l1 . . . . . . . . . 56,593 bus

‘Cliclrricals for Fertilizer offcrr-rl through the Association for rrrcnr- burs and olhcrs amounted to prac- ticrrlly 1600 tons. These illieniirzirls were lrurrihzrscd and delivered u; a price rrrucll hdlirw the regular rc- tall price. lrc Aznoclallon has also han- dlcd for its members, 35 tans Illucslonc, onc and half car's iuirrli lime, 5 tons Ilydratcil Limo, l» tons Arson-ate ui‘ lrirrlc uudnll ton Paris Green. A much larger-nuan- tity was required and could iri-ive been harrrllcrl bud lhc orders been rccicved in time. Tllic prospects for‘ placing the No. lSccd of this )'f:lil"5 crop are

zbrilght. tllrigliblcs, including two parsevirls

Al lloon a brisketfiunch was scrvcrl

Ullvll Bky ‘the large audience ect- lied ‘themselves (o 1‘li~li(‘ll lo the zrilrlresscs of the daly which ioriuod "ll lllllliflirlirnt feature of lhc meet-

ET m

Welcome From Mayor Jenkins ,

‘Hi5 Wklfiilllllflifalynr Jenkins on behalf of the city extended to the out_ of town members ct lire A5. secretion and their guests a col-mm wclcnlnc to Elrarlotiotown zurrl re- ferred enthusiastically m the mg“ ly encouraging rprogresg lnllllequr lug the past fcw years in ‘the pro. lllllllrlnll of u class of sced potatoes lwhrcb ls first making for the l3,

‘mil ll Vvry envrlable reputation lillrfilltzhoirt Eastern Canada and‘ the United States.

lDl‘. Grisdirle, Deputy Mlfllgtgr m‘ Aiidlcllllillv- Slyoko cnecunmrirgly of lire seed industry which ho be. lli'vl"i ‘was bound to develop. De- llill"llll<‘rlt records show llrirl rrorih urn i-{rown sccil is IIiilPll rriorl‘ vrllu- afblc than the southern grown variety for the production cl‘ seed potatoes. lit‘ hurl hiinsl-li’ a small illlli which he‘ planted with onc bushel of New Ilrrlnswvick sci-ti and one btrslroi of Ontario seed. Till‘. latter was planted ullrlir-r and lra tllrst it grew vcry vigorously, lmt hc was colnpclicd about a wcck ago tn dig it rirp as it was Kdlrl‘! ii-‘ilrk iiislcarl of keeping for- ward, whereas the New Bruusrvlek $00,] gave an excellent ydr-lrl. No doubt similar expr-rlcirccs have be- ilr-llon growers in the southern pro~ vlnccs.

Dr. Grisdale Optlmlatlg,

The speaker anticipated for Is- land growers an over increasing nnll persistent demand for‘ their sccd. The department is delighted indeed tn be iilble to cooperate with the Association in tire pro- duclioir (of ‘a disease-free sccri bo- ciruse‘ ‘it is well known that the frrci tlrnt such sfred is llllllii,‘ pro rlucnd in Canada has lncrcdscrl thp dcrnrnnd in one your ni‘..-rr-iy' one thousand ‘per cont. I~Ic was con-- fidcnt that Island growers will be Misc enough arvl grind. business mcn cnnugh to see that tirc pro- duct which maintains the high standard which has ruled In the past. and which is d-rro to careful selection of seed free from disease. will well repay‘ the keeping up, mill that ‘if kept up ‘it will lead to even greater increased sail-w in the future. The speaker had noted with pleasure the grndrill lrdvnnoe of ‘the Assocutlon, many of‘ whose mum-hers he was pcrsbnaliy ac- quainted with, and he felt i-‘uro lilo Association would continue to meet wrlth well deserved success.

_ Work oi the Association Revicwcii and Many Addresses Delivered at the Afternoon

Grliworsr g Annual“ Picnic

preciation of fire good work done in the past ycirr and offered on irchuif oi‘ the locldl (lepurtrrrcrrt all the lisistrlllce possible. The cori- ditions this yearwere much more promising iihulr lilst ‘season and oven greater success could be look- cd forward to. If there is any country needing .l,'ood farming it is Prince Edward island; we have so little iuml in proportion to our population that lit should all hr. uldlized. In irrzruy agricultural pru- llucts there is u grr-‘at deal oi colrllpctltiorr on the open rriarkcl. but seed potatoes oi‘ a high qual-

our growers are curl-fol and con- Lllillt‘ t0 produce good quality they can hold any market. lie did not think there would r-vcr iic such a tltlnlqas ovor-prorluc-tion-pill cerhiiirtq sued potatoes and certainly this nccd not ‘worry anyone at the pres- ent time.

What (Io-operation Does.

'l‘lrc work the Association has been carrying ‘in furnishes a girod example oi what ‘is possible through co-olpernlrion, continued Mr. Lca. The method or buying fertilizer cooperatively greatly rahcapirirs the cost oi production.

Tin‘ saint‘ tiring has been establish cd in island (lo-operative (Truarlr and Egg arid Poultry Associations and in time this system should embrace all the products of tlrc farm that we are raising.

Mr. ‘Flirts-r of Fredericton, head‘ oi‘ thr- Dominion Immonstrirtlcn

Canadian Commis- sioner , Entcrtains in London

coupon. July 1Ii——li0n. Peter c. Larrkirr, iligh ‘Commissioner tonight is giving u dinner ut the Marina'- rouglr (Jlniib to lneirriicrs of the (Jun- odlnn Legal Profession now ln um. don. They ‘are invited to meet Lord Chancellor‘ Birkerrlrenrl.

Allies Will Grant (German c ‘ Moratorium

(Special To TileGuilrdlan.)

I‘.\ltit§, Jrily l3—-Aillind rftenara tioirs (‘onrlruission wllrl grant a rrio- rzrtlrrurr to Geririnny it was semi- Oifitlillly anrroutrrcerl today‘. 'f‘lr-2 ltupzrratlons Goirrlliiss-ion today was

such as produced by the As- preparing a provisional reply to . ltlion are not ‘in this class. thl‘. the German note, whricir r;- llrl‘. conrlrciitlon riS limited and if llrresicrl a lrrozirtoritirm, According

to 'I‘orrirps tirc ‘Commission will or- llcr‘ the Jilly 1t5lr installrrrc|t of Zi2,UDO,li00 gold marks paid, and then posiiporrl‘. action orr the Mora- torium until lhc Guarantees (Ioni- rrrittce which has been in licrllir lrrlwkcs its report. r

Rush-Bagot Treaty To licllcncwcd

(Special to The Guardian.) WASHINGTON, Jilly lii-dllrrrly consulnrzrrrrtiorr of a troa-ty resulting in more modern terms and giving permanent form to the essential principles of iihc century old Rush Ilzrgot ngrecent for restriction of armiarrrcrrt on the Grout Lakes and lhc Si. Lil-wrellnwe River WZLS looked for today fiyliowiirg (he coirfvrencc at the State Draprrrrirnrcnt bctwccrr

ICxpt-rtimcnttrl I-‘arrnis, gave an in-

teresting iafrk on the practical srvlrjcct 0i‘ planting and cropping. Ile also emphasized the bencfltsl ni‘ ctr-operation and organizations. ilc has supervision over 9.‘; farms at the present time and hc insislsi upon his lrenpln putting in their. potrrtoras orr land that has not irr‘cri' down in hay over two year's. Iici had great i‘ tli in lilo virluc of;

duction. favor

.lI(. spoke

of lrarvcsit

of hay col. today is worth two ondl a quarter fonts cut two wccks from‘ will)’. ircctluse every plant tries‘

the hay is rrirloived to stand for lwvn

tn rr-proriucr‘ its own, an,l uhcrrmml Dqmrl-"wnt gave a brief address on his recent.

Prvoricr King 0f Canada and Sc‘:- rctary oi‘ State Ilughos.

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CUT RATES TO GET TRADE LONDON, July lit-Freight

rates from llritisn ports to the

west coltst oi‘ South Airrerica bylhe

regular British lincs will be cut iii‘-

ty per cent. according to the Times,

and n-ftcrwlards rinllcr rhr,‘ clear clover seed as an aid to great prn-‘Ufllliiiillli "l" Telllwtluns lmlll? 15151 strongly iniNovcirrbor". The new rates will be

(fullrlypplpfli. lnlo effect immediately with a ti-nli rind urged lrris hearers to gr-iwlew ti» encouraging llrlllelr exrrerl in their hay night away“ A tonllflilltl-

W. Uoulter of the Provin-l oi‘ Agriculture

‘Mr.

,or three weeks a grelll part of it

is lost.

Great Land wastage,

ed: Don‘t let a grown on the field till

‘Ta set the hay -in green, and Ilillw il-‘l earlly us possible, was tho iriaxrim oi‘ lhc speaker which l0 believed cnrricrl with it much silences. As a rider to this he add. spear of grass lhc fall.

,Tirc grout land wastage was strongly orrrliliirslzerl by Mr. Flxlcr who in his concluding remarks strlicll that three quarters oi‘ lhc lanrl in this country‘ is suffering from wont. of crrllivirtion.

‘llir. Miles, rnirnagnr of lhc Carr- adlrrn llalrk oi‘ (fonrnrirrr-rs, express- ed lr‘is appreciation nt living pres- ent irt such an enjoyable arrrl irr- atructivc errtertarinirient. The busi- ness of tlii‘ Association has very largely developed wlilrlrr the past two and a hail‘ years since its rrrgrirrlzzrlrlirn. Tire business done has been more than hi: as bunker of‘ tho Association expected, and probzririy more than rrruiry present alllricipatr-rl. This has been duo to hard work and goorl organization and for their success lhc lncrrrbers are most ‘heartily lo bc congratu- lated. if llrcy continue to increase their business as he trusted would b0 thl, cost‘. ii would be ll splcirilhl thing not only for lhc Association but for the province generally.

‘Mr. J. E. ‘Slnria-ir, M. P., mild that "very lsfiirndcr must be ll‘.- tercotcrl in the special linc of farming which ‘has been so rwcll developer] by the l’. E. I. Potato Growers. because ilrcy are ulso dc- vcloping .'r market that may be llltl means of bringing a great dclil oi‘ money to the Island. Wlrcn we know that thc irverago production of n dairy cow amounts tn $66 for lilo season, and when we knnw dbart it is possible to double thilt itmounil several ilmcl-r by scientific dairydng, then we realize wliiit possibilities lie in the seed potato business ln this province.

The getting back lo natural pro- duction is a problem that is fac- iiig every country and in Canada it is reasonable to take an optim- lsiic view when the great asset of the quality of the pcoplc is realized. The speaker was cun- vlnced iiiat the Canadian yncoplu have nothing lo four from the fu- ture, for if there is’ any country ‘in the world more likely to recov-

Hon. W. M. ‘bee,

e train one-in its very nature. Bllll w on it comes to questions pertain-

coeds in a-ld of Protestant 0119M"