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A civic Welding . . A. E. ARSENAULT To RETURNED sotolsiis
invests .-wiii\._ji1iiiiiii_ii- tvhotsaogipiy -oepreoies; the spirit oi- r:inizansiiipi“Priva|es .L r. white oi Alperton an to Make Fall ami iolected into _ the Debate by the-fl liberal ‘?l.`ea¢ler._ wimam C, u~0,|;y who pap gm s.'c--lnqliiry1-viiiitohttsblind' '_l'lle- hieanlngless- and irrelevant Criticism oi_ and Taken Part in Some oi the
and oi lliin ster oi Militia. A _ T ~ A --1--' a S lendid llece tion on Arrival.
ilroceedlnqs oi Shell .Gommiltee iipposiiion Membersdgain Shown Up. Fiei'-cest Battles ot the War, Given
(From our Own Correspondent.) OTTAWA. April 3.-The 0rder-in-
Council constituting the Royal Com- mission which is to investigate the Kyte charges was brought down to-day and read to the House by the Prime
Minister. li; provides for the fullest'
inquiry into not only the four Kyte charges, but into such other matters affecting the proceedings of the Shell Committee ss may be referred to the Commission by the Government. The order is dated to-day. as having been approved by H.R.H. the Governor- Geiieral. The Commission is issued_ under Part One of the Inquiries Act, following a report to the Council.
ter.
The document refers to the charges
made by Mr Kyte, and states that a Commission should issue, "forthe pur- pose of making a full _and complete inquiry and investigation” into the four contracts made by the shell com- mittee with the international arms and fuse company on June 19. 1915, with the American Ammunition Company, incorporated, on June 19, 1915, with the Edwards Valve Company of Chl- cago on or about July 16, 1915, and_ with the Providence Chemical Com- pany of St Louis, it it should appear that the Shell Committee has entered into such contract." ' ' ._
The two first contracts, it will be
remembered, were for fuses; the third for cartridge cases and the third alleg- ed contract was for picric acid. The Orderfin-_Council proceeds: ’ The Prime -nintt,Ul%_f1mmorors;<ro¢ommenas that ii' “ cdiiiiiatlsion _‘ for _'the purpose afore- said dtffishuo undortho said part one of the jnduiries Act, directed to the Honoura'lile_ Sir William Ralph Mere- dith, K.'I‘,, Chief Justice of Ontario. and thc lion. Lynian Peole Duff. one of thc Justices oi' the Supreme Court
of Canudu, authorizing and requiring
them with reasonable diligence to make full and complete inquiry into the contracts aforesaid and each of them and into the acts and proceed- ings of the Shell Committee, whether by themselves or by any other per- sons directly or indirectly, and of the Minister of Militia and Defence whether by. himself or by any other person or persons' directly or in- directly. in relation thereto or in con- nection therewith. and into the nego- tiations therefore, the profits `or pros- pective profits arising thereunder. the disposition, division or allotment of such profits or prospective profits, or of any commission or reward for pro- curing the said contracts or any of them and as to the persons interested in any such profits, prospective profits. reward or commissions, and generally speaking into all other accounts. trans actions and matters of every-kind re- lating to the said contracts and each of them and to report the result of such inquiry with the evidence taken therein. Also to inquire into such other matters i~elating,to acts or pro- ceedings of the Shell Committee as may be referred to the said commis- sioners by Order-in-Council from time to time and _to report the result of any such further inquiries with the evidoiice taken tlieroiii.
The Commission is clothed with the
powers conferred under the liiqulries Act. Sir Robert Borden also told the
patch from New York stating that an'
oilicial of the British embassy in New York had been sont to acquaint the Governor-Gciioral of Canada with ro- gard to certain irregularities in the 'placing of Canadian contracts in the -United States was untrue. Ho had 'brought thc mutter to tlic Duke of Connaught'a attention and ills Roya Highness had authorized liini to slate thc report was untrue.
l'Rl°AY-» MAll¢l"l 3ll*- 10 Bllldy the FGDUNS 011 G<l\1Cl1i-l01\ f0r cation being in niidsummer, the speak- p . D
- (Continued
@'z»r::fJ'.'\-" ` HON. A. E. ARSENAULT prefaced
his speech with a splendid tribute to the Speaker, congratulating him, on his appointment to the chair, which lie was sure he would justify. He said he was pleased at the splendid way in which the mover and seconder of the address had acquitted themselves, and hethouglit it was very ungraclous on the part of the Leader of the Opposi- tion. who probably did it unthinkingly, to remark deprecatingly on the fact that they had read their speeches from notes. He assured the House that it
the past 7 or 8 years. If they did he was sure they would have very little to say on the subject, especially in the way of criticism. He read from the Superintendeiit's report of 1910 in which it was pointed out that tlie teachers. from their unsatisfactory po- sition, thought more of the future and not sufilcieiit of the present, not devo- ting the necessary attention to the vital duty they had in hand: There was also indicated a falling off in the quality of teaching. On the other hand the present Superinteiident of Education] on his report stated that the striking words used to describe the sad state' of condition some years ago
was 9' ““l"e""l Practise “°W l°l`~not be applied to conditions in'1914,
speakers to prepare their addresses and deliver them from the M. S. These, he said. were not days tu which. men could learn speeches by heart. Busi- ness men were too busy to do that. Af-
ter all, the object of a speech was to
when lie reported the outlook extreme- ly promising, the enrolmentand atten- dance increasing and the teachers working faithfully and showing an iii-_ creasing skill. Tlie ‘speakerpoiiited out that the pernicious system practis-
place before the public concisely cer- ed by the Libemh; of granting 11|-st.
tain facts, and there was no material difference between reading an address and reciting lt parrot-like. '
He was sorry that at such an early
class licenses to teachers going abroad and withholding it from those desi- rous oi’ remaining iii the province, put a premium on thc exodus oi’ the best
535° ln Ulla debate H Bplfll °f Dalllzall' ‘ teachers from the Island. This was ,HIP *T05* have maulfesled ll59lf~lreniedled by the present government.
“Y la 8000 l° llle HOUBG Dl'8DHl`€ll 'This government granted a first-class
for a business session, and so far as his side of the House was concerned to do so without partizanshlp. but tlicy
license to teachers who remained in the province, while those who wanted to go abroad had to give the. country
Wren’ mg' Well ‘sealed Whell me lead" _ the beiicilt of two yours* service before °] L lc l’ll’|°s l|°“lW°“l 9~l`°““‘1 Wllll ll ` they obtained that license. This ten- :’o‘§" °“k ‘is "'E‘°“ def' dnflllg ““Y°l1° ded to keep tho best teachers in the waitnggr it so-be lfsgggllédlleoéllll 3011 province._ In 1898 `thc enrolment
Hcuse today that a newspaper dak "hooked "gm my A Howeverhm llxle _reached its highest Point, 22.852 and
had thrown down the gauge of l:_!.ttle, there was no other course but to take
from that year it began to decline gra- dually until in_=1910-11 it had reached 17,397 and contliiucd its doclluc in
it up. They were prepared not l . _ ' ' to defend themselves but to carryolllii '¢1i?ill4llitlstllyllz-il‘hli`“li:Blyili::cln;:c:lhguBfl0\0‘ war into Africa, and before thc session so that dm-ing the pm-|;,d uw ggw,-nf z‘l'al*]0V0l` llltiy W0\1l<l 0Xl10H¢ S0I110'0l` ment had been in power there had “li °W me “dll f0ll0W€ll by U10 0D"| been a recovery ot' about 1500. That
which was one of slander and misre- presentation, and wherc the speakers of tlic Opposition happened to speak
I 9°’ um* d‘“`i“l¥ th” last Clmlllll-l8ll» was the difference bctwocii tiio old sys-
tem ‘and thc present. The Leader oi` thc Opposition had claimed that the curriculum was ovcrladeii. that thc
. -_ -_--_-L_..,-,,~..t--;,->,-v;-;--:"4 ,,1_1.‘.",.. .__.-aa,-U. ...1___,_,_,__ _,___i___ .Isnt they t°°k lllo 0PP0l`l-llllll-Y l»0 Dill. goveriimgilt imdimldgrl tw() ucw b|-gn. ' _ _ ` my 395030 $1110 l700Di0Stlti0I!10ntsl\tt0l‘ly itll- clies to the course of studies and tak-
° 11 0 Mast H0 was sled at this on on none As a matter or fact they sessloii that they had given the govern di
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timed, .Circulated and Denied- J*
Grits in Gttawa Yesterday. `
(From our Own Correspondent.) O'l‘TAWA. ' April il. -‘- A foolish
rumour to thc ofloct that there was a likelihood of the formation of n Coali- tion Govominont in Canada was circu- lated this morning in certain Liberal
' it -
iiowspapcra. Other Liberal ‘nows- tion, it may be stated a.utl¢>ritative\ly.` were
went
papers denied it this evening and the yarn has earned only derision for those who published it. The story was based on an alleged visit _to Govern- ment House' by Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Even this slender foundation, inquiry
shows. wus purely imaginary. Sir Wilfrid *Laurier was not summoned to
vernuicnt House mid there is not-
thosliglitest possibility of a Coalition Government forming in the Dominon. Tho old reliable Borden dmins a
will still continue to do business at Ottawa for some years to come.
(NOTE.-This " Foolish rumour "
appeared alsoin yesterday's Patriot. lt is presumed it, like the others. will deny it to-day.) .
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fiom gagnicilpal eleotitoiagsia the gallow-
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TIDE. TWH. EIC.
(Special tothe Guardian.) _'ronoNTO. April 4.- _‘--'~-Maritim - wanna shifting to smwri~a;'f¢a= it il cool. _ _ -' ., run wiyriisiie.--»_;§'_<»»'tera_ay,
iair and col lar. _
.-.-- ’,
The highest temperature recorded
yepterday was__35 degrees above l_qro.‘ At nine-‘ofolock yesterday morning it r;gl:tsre_tl 3_2 above; at n no last night
_ bovs. The coldest the previous
night wha 80 above.
this moral at 1z.tlti;'it will and tomorrow
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_- - .r.,._,_ ,., _-_` .\_ _ _ .1 :- ' I* _ - ~ _ , __ _ d not add nature study and agricul- ’ _ _ I ` H R I arent at3i0p_l>01'l-lllllly Of Dl9-UlDB l10l0l"f ture to the coursc of study; these two
M _ I _ 'e “ ° lm’ ""0 “ml-° 0l' branches were on for a good many
P tliillgb.
.~ The him- memlwf ll`°lTl U10 llllrd ills' years, but unfortunately tlioy were
l|`l°l- Ol Kll18'S C0lIIDl8ll10d llwl l-he dead subjects as there was no one to Speech f"°l1? ill” 'l`lll'0ll0 WHS V0l'Y Ol!-,teach tliein, since the teachers know
_ ` Scllfe- Well ll mlght be lllat at the `iio more about na-ture study than the
Dresent session there was not a great delll Ol l9Elslation_ forecasted. but lie would say that it was not always the best- thing to have legisla-
dui'- lu-vii
B. grant ilvril
and
most
yet to be
was- the one from the Throne,
The
by the in the
that
gentle-
make a the
lion. to
men the
all
were of the
the
was laid
regard to
was
0|)
B
, two or
pupils. These subjects were made .re subjects, and he could tell the
Londci- of the Opposition that there -- are tim-~ subjects taken ofl'. iiamoly lnitaiiy. |»-ioliocpiiig and domestic _-:<~iciic<~. lnu-iiii-=i- botany was merged in |_ho .-iil»j<~cl. oi' iniiwre study, and do- nirstir sc-in\i<~.i~. was In-ing taught; ns a .subject i-ipnrt iii ilu- tloinostic sciencti 1,-oursc given in tlio wiiitoi' to the isi- dics oi' tlic l’i'o\'iiirn, 'The Speaker Llioii wciit on to 1-.xploilo the old char- gcs of c.\:ti'aivn|;n|n-_e allowing where the iuoiicy cxnmialoil by thc govern- lneiit on education wont und the vast returns it had. in ruczml to tho state. uicnt that tlicro were loo many ins- pectors he asked what was thc state oi’ things when thcrc 3 inspectors. The inspectors "‘ visited the schools only oiico a nd he would ask every person
tion. what benefit to a it visit once a year?
new teacher who
struction what
pector be to him or a year spending
school.
clency ot’
gain by linnd, by of' only
make frequent
a
iii educa- would be
was a and in- an ins-
once
at the
of the effi-
an inspector On the other
in charge not only
remaiii
give
the pm. per that
8.
way lie p
Moro-
e for
In' tion ro-
er pointed out that some districts used to take niidaunimer vacation. wlille others preferred fall and spring vaca- tion. So that the work of the school could never bebrouglit to any unifor- mity. This not only had a bad eilect on the teaching profession but it also had a bad effect in the matter of pay- ment, as one school term began at one time and another at another time. On the recommendation oi’ inspectors and teachers and of the`Superintendant ol' Education a uniform vacation was fixed, and so far as the Board of Edu- cation was concerned there had been practically no protest. Of 500 dis- tricts in the province there were no more than a coliple that made any ob- jection to the change, which had prov- ed very beneficial. The member for West River had said that tlie Govern- ment was paying an increase of $45,- 000 iii salaries and that tlilsincreasc was iiiadc during tlic war.
Mil. HUGHES: That was iii con-
nection with the ndniinistratioii of the departments, not altogether salaries, and I will table a statement.
MR. ARSENAULT: The lion. meni-
bcr said saliirlcs. Tlicii lic tukcs that back?
MRI HUGHES: It includes sala-
ries.
A great deal of talk- was heard dur-
ing the election campaign about tho “arniy of officials" einploycd by tho govoriinicnt over 400 men. llow |inany had the late govoriiineiit? Tlicy had some G0 inspectors and lu addition 1000 overseers, so that they had over 1100 officials in the country to admin- ister the road works. 'I‘he"present systoni, said the speaker brought into the province $4,036 more iliuu the old systcui did, instead of being u. charge on blic lll'ovlncc.
Hon. Mr. Arsenault then went on to
deal with the prohibition question and
deprecated the statements made by the'
,Loader oi’ the Opposition in regard to tho enforcement of the Act. Slander and falsehood had been indulged in to sucli an extent that mothers and fathers’ were airuid to let their sons enlist and go to Summeraide, under tho impression that it was such an ob- ominablo place that liquor flowed freely. llc would tell the diou. gentle- man. on his responsibility as a member of the House, that thc town oi' Sum- inersldo had never been so free from drunkt-.ness as it was at the present time and had been for some time` past. I-le would say further that the soldiers quartered in Summerside were the best 450 men they could iliid anywhere in Canada, and there had been practi- cally iio druiikciiees among them. Un- fortunately, it had happened that inany oi' tlicsc soldiers were persons who had been previous to their join- ing, in the habit of getting drunk. and when a man onoo got drunk it was vary hard to keep liini sober. People must remember that soldiers were not children and they could not be held at apron strings all tlic -tiine, and very often if a inan wanted to get drunk it was possiblefor lilm to get some- body to procure it i‘or"him. llc did iiot lioiiovc thcro it soldier in Sumiiierside who obtain liquor himself or buy it clan got it for liiin. “ cd by prominent
merside tiiat in their was never in better
as liquor was today. One-
maii told him lie - a good deal of ` the sheds hack lie had not noticed it past, Thai niaii. 'he was was
a Conservative.
and his assistant
the town was regard; The
before
the town
as far it was
sec
on in
that this
the - Opposi-
as u
.great thought
to thc
if the
on in
known
faith
l0»1l°¢oar||
at' 8 14 on/Sunday, iiiaoii win at 10 IC a.
-treata-
would when
'liuntiauet on me may
I
Tliousniids oi' citizens tu/riied out
yesterday' afternoon about two o'clock on arrival of the Car Ferry from Picton to jolli in the civic welcome to two returned soldiers from the front, privates J. F. White, of Atherton, and William C. Crosby,. of Charlottetown. both of whom had seen some of the heaviest. battles of the war and both too having received injuries which necessitated their retirement iroin active service. A third soldier, Pri- vate Lockcrby ol' Alberioii, was ex- pected home yesterday but lic had been obliged to proceed to the Sol- dier‘s Convalescent Home iii Quebec.
A detachment of A and B Com-
panies, 105th Regiment, under com- mand of Captain (Took. with liieuts. Allen and Taniialiill, paraded to" thc
'wharf as it guard of iioiiour. The
l~`ourtli Regiment Baud was also iii attendance and as the steamer was _being docked gave an excellent pro- gramme of patriotic selections.
A formal wclcoino was extended' to
the returned soldiers by Mayor Brown
ol' Charlottetown, Mayor Agnew of l
Albertoii and Canon Slmpsoii repre- senting the Charlottetown Patriotic Society. Mayors Brown and Agnew in short and well worded addresses ex- pressed their pleasure iu being privi- leged to welcome the young men home after the hardship they had endured. 'l‘helr fellow-countrymen were proud of the part Canadians had played in the great battles that had been fought and they felt sure that these two bearing as they did the scars of battle, had done their duty nobly.
After the formal welcome the young
men were escorted to an automobile, and preceded by the Band. were slowly driven along Queen Street to the City Bulldiiig, where the band gave another sliort programme, after which the sol dir.-rs were driven, Mr Crosby to his hoiiie on Prince Street, and Mr White to the residence of Mayor Agnew on Euston Street. Mr White leaves this morning on return to lils home iii Albcrton.
'l‘lio reception tendered these young
heroes was in cvcry way worthy ol'
(Continued on page three.)
coruiiiui-:s
'French Troops h
(Special to the Guardian.)
LONDON. April 3.-Having straight-
,eiied their line and occupying all the |Frencli positions north oi Forges Brooke, between linucourt and Beth- ingcourt. north-west ol Verdun, the Germans are engaged in shelling the
‘region of Boiirrus Wood. some tive miles uortli-west of the fortress. East ‘of the Meuse around Vaux there' has been considerable fighting between thc French and (lcrnians, in which thc Freiicli wore victorious. driving hack thc Teutons to the north of thc out- skirts of Caillottc Wood uiiil rooccupy- ing tlio wcstcrii port of tlic village of Vi-iux, which tlioy had previously' ovacuutcd. The occupation by thc
iiierniniis of Huucourt on thc lictliin- court front, followed a vigorous attack, iii which. however, the Ger- iiiaiis met no foe, thc French having evacuated their positions in the night without the Germans observing the inovoment. 'From their new positions south 0i‘ Forges Brook and llctliin- court the Froiicli poured a direct tliiiik- ing fire into thc attacking Germans. who suffered heavy casualties. Along the remainder of the front artillery liombardmciit predomlnatcd ulliougli there have been aerial combats near Verdun, in which the Germans _lost four aeroplaiies. There were nerlal raids by the French at various Gcrniiiu cantoumoiits in Belgium.
Artillery ducts between Russians
and Germans continue on the eastern front. An attack by the Germans against .tho brldgeliead at lksull was repulsed by the Russians. 'l‘lic usual
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ad Retired to New
Positions Unknown to Germans, Allowing the Latter to Attack Then Ponred Direct Flanking Fire into Germans who Lost lleavlly.
,bombardnients are in progress on the Austro-Italian line.
Constantinople reports that thc
Turks, strongly reinforced, have checked thc Russian offensive in‘thc Caucasus region and that Ottoman forces made advances in the Tchoruk Valley.
Pstrograd, iiowevcr. asserts that tin-
` Russians seized heavily fortified Turk- ish positions at an altitude of 10,000 feet on thc Upper Tichoruk.
. y . p
ish position and dispersed Turklsli cavalry dctaclimonts.
lu Arabli-i.. according to Constanti-
noplc, thc llrltish near Sheikh Osmaii have been driven from fortified posi- tions with heavy ca.sualtlce.- Thu sinking by it Turkish submarine in thi- liluck Sca on March 30 of a 12,000 ton Russian transport. with troop# aboard and of two other vessels on March 31. is reported by the Turkish War Office. It was on March 30 that tlie Russian hospital ship, Portugal. was torpcdoed and sunk in tlie Black Sea.
The llrltish oilicial statement siiys
that in the German air raid over Scot- land Sunday 'iight ten persons weri- kllled and eleven injured. There warf- iio casualties in the sections of Eng land attacked by the raiders.
Berlin asserts that Edinburgh and
Leith and points on the Flr'li of Forth and on the Tyne were visited by thr- Zeppelins and that violent exploslorw
land numerous fires occurred in both Scotland nud England, and that all [the airahips rcturnedto their base.
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