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"DON'T Invite yourself." to take a ride with the owner of an auto-

“IO-w. Oink I. lei-are.

leathery-Hut. 00L D. AJluoKlnlou D. 8. 0.

lllhr and I. Burnett. . ' '< ,

v.‘°*'”dd-"" .' Bun“ Oiltarlo paper puts it. and SW69 "It!

reason \vhy. It is more prudent and possibly more profltable to be

Auoointn lidlterfl). K. Curri . g invited by the car owner. The own-

FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1927

or of u car in Western Ontario in- vited two friends to go with him in his car to a neighboring town.

A BETTER WAY‘.

“ OOD reasons must give way to

I bet-tor"; and better laws may take the place of those which arc good. Those propositions are just new applicable to the situation of Prince Edward island in respect to

l! (i095 110i PP°hibll~ He"? I5 a tlielr host. That is the sort 0t’ ‘émpemnce _ mm or the "Ne! week's record from prohibltionBos- thing that makes the mere layman anions the virtues. Every one who ,0n,_ conclude that the law is queer. And

‘is not young will admit that there is less drunkenness now than there

was before the proliibitory liquor

law was enacted. Even though that law was never rigidly enforced and even though many who voted for it were parties tn breaches of it. temperance was in many districts throughout this province promot- eil. because a certain number ofthn people are law-abiding. temperance could. therefore, con- scientiously uphold that law. ' But in recent years, the Prohibit- ory Liquor Law has not prohibited the misuse of liquor. indeed, if, we are to believe the statements of those who know, drunkenness has lately increased. and is still on the increase. in view oi’ this fact, rea- sonable temperance changed their minds about their law and have comc to the conclu- sion that a better biw for the pro- motion of temperance may well be adoptedv and given u trial. Premier Stewart has suggested such a law. According to the high- 'sst and beef authorities, a better law is in force in Alberta. Manito- "ba. and other. provinces; and it is upon the lines of this better law that Premier Stewart's suggestion Many of the most temperate men, many total abstalners are willioiit silrrcndcr- lug their convictions, giving ‘this suggestion their careful considera- tion. The strongest upholders-of prohibition may, in view of the changed conditions and in view of the proposals of Premier Stewart. without giving up one iota oi their temperance principles, decide to give the proposed new and better law their consideration and port. To do so some of those who have beenlLiberals all their lives. may, indeed, vote for the candi- dates of the political party which Premier Stewart leads. - It is, however. iicld by sonic per- sons that Premier Stewart's bro- posal should. first of ull, have been submitted in a “plebiscite? Sup- pose that were done, and a great majority wore in vote for thc cn- actment ottlie proposed IitW, neith- er party in this province would be responsible for its enforcement. ' Just as in the case of prohibition, nfimbers of those who would vote for it in the plebiscite would take a drink next day, and no one would feel bound -to see to it that the law was obeyed slid enforced. But, if a majority of the electors should vote foxtthe adoption of Premier Stewart's proposal, and n. law in accordancévith it_should be enact- ed, then the whole Conservative party of which Premier Stewart is Leader. would be interested arid repponsible to the people for its obiadience and enforcement. There can be no doubt. whatever, that if "greater temeperance" is to be brought about, Premier Stewart has adopted the means by which ‘that desirable end may be obtained. The’ Conservative Party has the reputation‘ of carrying into effect the proposals which ‘a majority of the electors have endorsed. That t ey will do their best to have the lgqifonllvil-now on the increase- lbated and bootleggers and other niinisters to the appetite to! stimu- ldntl punished-no one can doubt. ,, . . .

Lovers ri’

men have

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An ' accident occurred and the

- . H der a piohibition law ere is m; “guests” suflered injury‘ They extract from the Boston Herald o bmught a Bu“, for damages, and

Mil)‘ 3. Whith W"! 511°" m!" Prom‘ the court awarded them $7,000. lt

The assassination of Thomas D'Arcy McGcc, which occur- red ill the second part of the first session of the First Parliament, was a tnrgedy not only horrifying in itself and bccausc of the great public loss which it inflicted on the country, but otherwise _ of far-reaching importance. Hc was not only one 0f thc Fathers ' - ‘ ‘ "' I‘ " " ‘ of Confederation, bilt had been its most eloquent advocate, and dc- iender. Of his bricf span of life, twclity years had bccn spent in

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GUARDIAN _ 7 J _ some noon A lllill TFLITIIAIIY

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Fi-lony. May "il-

He who plants e tree Pl to a hope ‘" a" -—Lucy Larcoin.

Tim-o werg grass-grown tnmuli - ' _,, on. the hills to which of old ilused to walk. sit down at the foot of one of

bition works in Boston as it has worked in this/and otheryprovinces of Canada. We have no fault to fliill with prohibition except thut

is explainedthatbad they asked t0

have recovered ‘nothing, but being invited guests they were entitled to protection and safe carriage by

Ireland, twclvc in thc. United States and tcn years iii Canada. In be tukon on the trip they could, each of these countries and in each of those terms of ycars, he had bccn widely’ known ‘its a lecturer, a journalist and an orator. Ilc had bccn an unwearicd soldier of the press and of thc platform,

morning shone on

them, and think.‘ Borne warrior hall been interred there in the ante-his: toric times. The sun of the summel the dome of sward, and the air. came softly “P

I food for of Ready-cooked trendy-legion

from the wheat below. the this of

l . Of the ll persons killed by motor stmrsliilglsllrglali cilzezymzjnfgngayl; cars in the State last week flve were;

‘hospitality on the road to those children; the youngest was

fullPi-who do not ask for a passage. years old and the oldest was nine; The oldest person killed was 63d Nine of the 11 were pedestrians,‘ the other two being occupants of cars. The total is six less than in the preceding week, and three less than in the corresponding week a

“War to the knife and no quar- ter," says the Toronto Star of May 2, "was toduy ileclarell by the 0n- tafrio Liquor Commission against the bootlegger and all connected with him. When asked a question on the subject, _. Chairman D Hanna replied.‘ ‘We are gomg have a very definite monopoly of the liquor business in this province and there will be no mercy shown the short-circuiting bootlegger. What is more, if we can get the mun who buys from him we will put him in jail. too'." This looks like business.

B. Iyear ago. t0 Eighty persons during the week for operating while

were convicted

under the influence of liquor. which ls 21 less than in the preceding week. Nine were committed to Jail, eight from district courts and one from a superior court. Nine persons were convicted for a sec- ond time within six years in d1s- trict courts for operating while un- der

During the war and down to July 1. 1926. the postage on a letter from Canada to England was four cents tor the first ounce. Last July this was reduced to ‘three cents and the domestic rate in Canada was reduc- ed t0 two cents, as wag also (he rate from Canada to the United States; so that now it costs one- trations taken away during the ha]; more m prepay, letter from week was 480. which is 54 more Canada to England than from Can- man mule preceding week’ and 139 ‘ada. to the States. There seems to more than in the same period last i): "2: :1?“ "British praference" year. Action in 74 cases was for the tag, Fhaiogistxgslfai; fizndn: driving after drinking intoxicating yet prepared m reduce the rater“ liquor, and 146 registrations were letters to Canada. We should like revoked and number plates taken ml have Penny postage reestablish- away because of cancellation oi‘ in- ea thrfmjghmlt m“ Empire i" “ti?! surauce‘ - - your 0i Canada's jubilee. v And wily ----—@0>---—

not? NEW YORK TO OWTOWN.

the influence of intoxicants; six were committed to jail and three were given jail ‘sentences and ap- pealed. ' The number of licenses and regis-

v w-|——- The water stolen from the lakes l‘ clliflbo has been often stated i" b" so many thousand feet per second. This means little or iiotli- illg to the average newspaper reader. The Brantfcrd Expositor puts it in more understandable form when it states that it is equivalent to a river 300 feet wide, 50 feet deep “"11 ‘film/lug at a rate of one foot per second. This is what the Chic- 880 drainage canal -is now contri- bill-I'll; to the Mississippi flood which has already drowned 500 people and rendered half a million homeless. ‘

NE of the first fruits of the visit to this province lust summer. of the heads of'the railway and steamship companies of Eastern New England is the inauguration of a week-end railway service by the New York, New Haven and Hart. ford Railway Company, between New York and Charlottetown, with calls at all principal points en route. This service will be coli- tinued on Fridays, from July 1 to September 2. leaving New YOTR 11l- 12.i0 p.m.. and arriving in Charlot- tetown at 11.20 p. in., Saturday. Standard time A circular giving particulars this scrvicc, including menus moals served on board. has

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The Turks in common with other Mohammedans have i.l|c oldest liquor prohibition law that is known [l0 history. lt is ilearly 1,. 300 years old, a religions ordinance and also a. civil law in Turkey. Mo- hemmed set up his new religion some six hundred years after the

oi‘ oi‘ lust been received by Mr. Justice Ar-

date visitors. to prepare for what will undoubtedly be the largest number of visitors we have ever had here. _There is room for all who comc. provided. we make ne- cessary preparations. In this issue a letter from Mr. Justice Arsenauit indicates the kind of accommoda- tion that will be very generally in demand, and those having such will do well to "communicate with him st once. -

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sword, which is contrary to Chris- tian teaching. Thirteen hundred years under prohibition. the Turk is commonly known to the civilized world as “the unspeakable Turk", and Mohammad as "the False Pro- phet." ' London has 22,000 policemen, but not one of them carries a pistol, and the criminal classes over there are not armembecause the carry- lng of arms is forbidden and thc law is obeyed. By a. recent record London had but flfteen murders in a year, while Chicago had an aver- age of one a day. Why is it that 115 millions of English-speaking people in America under Prohibi- tion oi the liquor traihc have more murders in their midst than any other country, while in the British isles forty-ilve millions of people have the ‘fewest murders in pro- portion to their numbers that can anywhere be found? fA tree

known by its fruits. Think it ovpr!

Under the proposed new temper- ancelegislation the person illegal- ly purchasing as well as the per- son illegally selling. will be prose- cuted. This is as it ought to be, and will do much to put thé boot- legger out of business.

‘It is perhaps anomalous to see

%E_h_ear a good deal these days '7 from certain sources

so-called temperance men and boot- V. . about ieggers working in a. common cause ' I Qptmnlobilb accidents in British and for the same end, namely ,t0 , Quotable isndptlier provinces lnicontinue the Prohibition Act. fbioli, flung? ll under Government Scores of beotieggors have made a tiibi. ms litter being, of course. liviagond many of them s fortune speeches" deolorlns there was ' ' ‘ _. 'Int us see iiowpultlofi the Prohibition Act. _ with pondltlifllq lino“, perfumed for standing

Can it be wetter under Govern- ment Control tllan it was when members of the Temperance Aili- ance made those» ‘(unfortunate

Ola-more ‘drunkenness herethan any.

loyal monarchist.

tion burned.

0"clock in thc morning.

dentiai record, the mbst rem in Couriff.

in Ireland, thc great American Republic and in Canada. When he was not writing he spoke, and when ‘he was not speaking he wrote. . Asidc from his political career lic dclivcrcd more than 1,100 lectures on every subject that could instruct and elevate the peo- ple. Hc had writtcmbooks of'valuc, including}: history of Ire- land; edited thirteen volumes of newspapers, and his poetry like his eloquence had thrilled thc hearts of thousands. Within a. few months of taking up his residence in Canada in i857, he was . elccicdito represent Montreal in thc old Canadian Parliament, and that position he retained until his dcath. was President of the Council in thc Sandficld Macdonald-Sicotte Government, and was then better known in Ireland, in Boston, New York or Chicago than in Canada. Later he became identified with the Conservative party, defeated his former Liberal colleagues in Montreal, and became Minister of Agriculture in the Govern- ment lcd by Sir Etienne Taciic, which position he iicld till thc formation of the first Dominion Cabinet in i867. His life had been :5 romance and a transformation, which had changed the youthful rcbcl and republican into an ardent and It was destined to end in a tragedy. sailed from Ireland on April S, i842. The date was eventful. He had then exactly twenty-six years more to iivc. The assassin who was to deal his death-blow was then an infant in thc cradle. And already they had ibcgun to build on thc banks of thc Ottawa n grim prison house, cqtiippcd with all thc dreadful machinery of death. ‘rum for twenty-six ycars thc gallows’ drop rustcd its hinges in tlic rain, and thc sunshine awaiting for its first victim. At thc time of thc first Dominion election, Iienianism was rampant in Ireland and thc United States. circles in Montreal, Qttawa and other Canadian cities. test between McGec alid his brilliant Devlin, in Moxitreal West, was an exceedingly bitter one. Stones and missles sometimes took the place 0f arguments in hall and street. McGee, who was victorious, was ‘personally assaulted by his defeated opponent. A police raid upon a Fenian circle found a desk in flames and the secret papers 0f the detcsablc organiza- Duriilg ilic campaign, I\'Ic(icc had iicccivcd threat- cuing lcitcrs. l-Iis fricuds treated tlicm lightly, hilt lic, niurc truly, , l realized thc deadly malice tiizitwzls bchind. Hc became convinced i that he would bc murdered. To more than one of his friends in Montreal and Ottawa lic said, “I shall bc shot in the back." Patrick James “lhulcn, McGee's murderer, W85 born in Ireland,‘ near Dublin, in i843. As a young man lic scrvcd as a soldier‘ in India, deserted, came to Quebec, where, in 1866, he en- rolled in the volunteer cavalryforlned for defence against the Fen- ians._ It was then suspected that he was a Fenian in disguise and he was discharged. He went thence to Buffalo, then the head- quarters of Fenian operations-against Canada. The belief is that he was tiicrc dcputcd to kill McGee. Whalcn returned to Mon-_ treal during thc summer of 1867. He followed McGee to a picnic with a revolver in- his pocket. During the election Wlialcn \V3.S heard to say, ‘hIcGcc was a traitor and ought to be shot.” might be clcctcd, but lic would ncvcr take his scat." like threats ivcrc provcn at thc trial. McGcc went to Ottawa t0 aitcnd thc opcniilg of tlic first session, and Wlialcn followed him llilllicr. When Mctici: rctnrncd to lllolltrcal just before Christ- mas, i867, Whzilcn also rciurilcd. New Year's night, and insisted upon sccing him alone, but lic, sus- picious of ills-visitor, rcfuscd to scc him uulcss another were prc- sent. 5'0 thc plot was for the time frustrated.

l h Th G m Ch j u m“ t re-assclnblcd in March, Whalen again followed McGee to thc capi- ins. . ed_ . _, H .. - " \~ senau t to w om e ‘uar an'e rs an ora.w nten to destroy ~, _ - -_ , _ ,_ - - _F.r0m the orb moon brightly . ‘ ‘ . . . I ROGERS HA WABBti-Pil-v LTD , tians were idolators worshipping I‘ ‘ C55)’ ' g L‘ ‘n’ ‘I a j s m ‘ q‘ “ ‘n’ t 99 Y’ . ilhl 3-HT‘ 1" ‘l " I There is no doubt that this ser- ' - - - - - - - .- ' ' " . , _ , -.,|| . if . . _. . _ ( j. .[' .51“lAHdtIIBZQIYIIYIlSSOIItIZlSIlIVLl . . _ vicc will bring many visitors t<1;tlll?e_"?d€' Th“ he attacked m? l:_1(1.y_',f1n(_ lgurjffijinlsplkuotlfiy ‘ls cud ‘ndwhdl m H“ ‘m’ O'er the leaves, which gently quiver from the outside. it proves very-subdue. ‘overcome, master, ‘vali- Itiilbtllilt, of the Trinity. lie ioi- Iatricks Day ])i'0(.(.5>i0ll of March I7 at Ottawa, h, “sigh - Swnsfumory um" a qmmanent m. qulgh‘gubj|zate_ . m“ "mvmce i“ we“ as w m" m‘ “We 11"’ u" °f Wino 01' Btrons Parliament had reassembled with two of its" mightiest ' pair can be made. ' " t, “Wogg-gqvygyz, ‘Use. ‘a “on; tel" Maritime Provinces and it is up drink to his followers, because _ - - , . _ , _ _ _ _ _ ,~ - _ , There the netted moolrbeums " ' \‘ ‘ W9} 68' Iilll it is yours." lyet s to our people generally particnlar- chrlsuam’ made use of wine at the lsplrllts Jbbultl incl“ dufscluuuid m)? hi“! ion? lo Lngwuilj’ dmfiul 811mm” II-"H"! 5'1"" ‘ vi Incmmie our vécubmm‘? iby ‘mush?!- . ' l b u l. L . _ 1y tic two ouscs 0 llC ova cotla. cgls aturc to email a d". their brightness then grow _ ‘ ‘ ._ “B: one ‘rd-each day. qwdoyn 1y our hotel people am‘ also private :51: h’; drIIIeI-edtrflie orrodpzsifligflebi repeal of the union. T upper had been sent by thc Dominion f iov- o thdimnml‘ ' \ $01K!“ ‘the Ihllrlty ot Foul-fibril: »$1Iid‘1s(:fiWDNL0iU'3F 8M"! if‘: ‘ _ , _ _ ‘ n e green; o l tt t it i t o e- e consc once ' i families I“ l‘ imam” 1° “cwmm” the Mohammedan 31ml by the eminent to chccknlatc this dangerous move. On April 7 the I-Iousc - a o n a ammo“ a or mm

was engaged debating a» motion made by Dr. Parker, of Welling- ton, Ont, asking for thc recall of Dr. Topper. It was against llijs motion that McGee made his last speech, between two and three Hc made a noble defence of thc union and of Dr. Tfuppcrfand scvcrciy arraigned the mover of the motion, Dr. Parker, iirthc course of which he used these words: - "l-[e is seek- ing for subjects of irritation, and not finding it advisable to openly oppose thc principles of union here, ‘loses no opportunity to strike below the lbelt, tddcal a stab in the dark, and it is time that thc mask should be torn from his face l" l

Two things occurred at this moment.

gallery. Iic had pZlSSCd up and down many times during the night from. the bar beneath the chamber lo the gallery, and his murder- ous intcnt was no doubt stimulated by his potations. At thc words, ‘ “striking below the bcit,” hc leaned over thc gallery rail and shook his fistmenacingly at McGee. At the opposite side of the gallery, Edward Storr, caretaker of the newspaper reading room, entered to see how soon the sitting was likely to close. Storr was well- known at the Capital as a man of intelligence and character, a local preacher, too, but with little"e'ducation save what was self- acquired. Strangely enough, this man kept a diary. When lie entered the gallery he heard and saw what we have just described. and then and there entered ‘with pencil in his book. the time by ' the clock, McGéei-i words, "striking below the belt,” the threaten- ing attitude pi the unknown man in the ‘opposité’ gallery, withan sccuratcdescription oi the latter’s appearance. This book was afterward pfoducednt the trial of Whalen, ‘and the entry was pro- nounced by Sir William B. Richards, who prescided, as a “Provi- - “If arkable that had ever conic before him _

At 37 years of age, he

Irish

IIc visited I\/IcGcc’s house on

,Crisp-delici6tt.$.nourislnne i. the grasses swayed as it notified y i ~ ' i ‘ i.

aintly; it ceased. and the bees s ' s . 1 ‘f »_ bummed by to the thyme and heath- ~ - " ‘ ' ~

hell's. l became absorbed in tile -, . » , ._ , _ I glory of the day. the sunshine. the s _ " ,_ \ _ lull-Foxes i ' r l