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FRIDAY, ‘FEBRUARY 12, 192s

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Canada may well blush over the unveiling now -in' progress at 0t- tawa, the revelation of millions of dollars diverted from the treasury

, in‘ which the poor taxpayers are de- positing trhsir hard earned money to pockets of political healers, friendly grnfters and hangers on of the government-and all with the knowledge and consent of Min-is- tars of the Crown, "honourable"

Ministers.

What 1g being revealed today is but the culmination of the process which has been going on for the past four years. when we find a Prime Min‘ster and his associates‘ openly offering bribes in railways, elevators, public works and cabinet positions, for the purchase of con- stituencies. what are we to expect from the rank and file? When an “honourahle" gentleman like Mr.» Vincent Massey publishes his elec- tion ekpensebin; a rural constitu Pncy at $15,000, we naturally won rler howprruch other members have paid foritheir seats and who put up the funds. Vincent Massey is‘ probably‘? a wealth mun but he would htwcredulbus indeed who would believe he paid this amount

out of his private means.

The investigation into the mil- lions diverted from the Customs. will probably throw some light on this and other questions now be-

fore the public

Shall there ‘be sn- honest enquiry? We pole that the accused govern- ment has already bespokeu the services of two able lawyers to de-i fond it_ n-n to get at the truth but to conceal it. Liberal newspapers throughout the country Willi defend the government, will call its ac- cusers hypocrites, and whlners

811d declare they are equally guilty

with the accused.

This investigation will he watch-

ernment!

THE "YOU'RE ANOTHER" CRY

Liberal. Ynewspapers are continu-

ally harping, for want of a better argumentdhat ‘Mr. Meighen purpos~ ed. if he had secured a majority

on that want of confidence ‘amend- ment at the beginning of the aes- si in, to do just as the siilberui party is now doing. namely, running the

government with the help oi the; Progressives and. regardless of the;

size of his majority

‘Nothing couild he further from. the truth. ‘Mr. Melghen had no such intention, nor did he ‘either by himself or through rMr. ii-iugh Guthrie. who is so frequently quot- ed, ever express any intention sf doing so.‘

Before parliament met. when

Procressives, Liberals and Conner--

vatives were laying their plans for the sessions Mr. Forks, leader a1‘ 11w iiryrrreesivee asked both Mr. K‘ng a ihir. r s ctively what t irvafiitiliie wasmggofielgtito he on car in questions‘ affecting the West énerally and the Progres-

elven flrtiouhrly. at wu clearly

a reqnét for a ‘bid. _

Mr. ' oighen rlplied in a letter which a after-words published. He sci‘ in effect that his policy and__bir“attltude on a! tiioee quea~

tiona ' _ u be beetle use" biibrus.

cdapefihca in parliament and in

‘on proportional representation - had 1' been pubilished- over sud 0W1’ flehnd nothing -more l0 promise. nothing to tasks back u!‘ to modify. The Progressives mill" take it or leave it. if the)‘ “ccaiimd his policy they could come over to his side of the “House and work with him and ‘parliament could 6° ‘from session to session" long as he had a working 1141111011"

the terms “p081 which Mr. Meighen would accept. Progressivegsupport and this was Mr. IHugh Guthrie had mind when he told the House "iai Ithe presence of with his authority." Progrfisives came Conservative side they would still be in the same ipOsiiiOD as they were in on the ‘Liberal -side; they could defeat tbs

11 iilf-iten were born outside of the Dom- . inion. The native Canadian uo-was advised to do away W111i 1'6‘ medics; also he changed his regu- lar routine» of work in theaftiernoon omic conditions anditariff require- 5w that this mind was not on the merrts better than those who were thouhgi oft tfhe itclhlingk that would _ come on e our ococ . Mm and reared abroad and may This treatment brought about an immediate cure.

lie records the case of a severe attack of hives, which cam-e on a iconvict every afternoon at 5 o'clock The greatest public scandal rln as he Whilst about the prison yard or grounds no hives appeared. The

[government at any lcbose to do g0 ‘but. ‘Iwere willing to support the known ipolicy of the Conservative party.

legislature are not native hem

tawa Journal. Only l3 of the 23 who sit in the House of Commons

tish Isles chiefly, half of them from Scotland and one from til-B United States. Dcubtless their early training and sirrroumlings had wmoulded their opinions on many queetionsébefore the m; u. their homes inflansda. Mos

they had imbibed the free trardt? views which had long prevailed in the homeland from which they had (tome. They did not at first un- derstand the principles 0r 1791191" of the Conservativb, or Liberal par- ties, or the differences between them. and. being tillers of the M111 they quite naturally joined in with the United Farm-era, the professed!

Ting ha; g bearing upon the way sometimes voted with the Con-Set isteadily supported the Government

doubt understands Canadian econ-

0,1...- w. Bail-ID. '

M1149 c1335 FOR 8m“ ML‘ ong our men. Chief cannot settle

it. Some say Premlier King LslmOIll- ~ her of Royal Fami y and is K Ilg of h“ d bra physician, a spec-

A ‘P atbag skin gave an 111181‘- account of some of casefto members of the Almerican Medical Association a few mouths

out election, andr wihen he ddea. When he dies one of his sons willl be king and if they are too young the queen will take the reins like

in [he Nauru. Queen Victoria did.

patients who com- ploind of BQVGBQ itching, of hivee. eczema mud other conditions, and failing to find the cause or 81" 1'9"

tle our dispute.

her of the Royal Family. He is not, never was and never will be King of Canada. He is King only in name. a long name too. Vfilliam Lyon Mac- Kenzie King. iHe was premier of Canada and if the wins the election he is going to run next Monday in Saskatchewan, he will likely be pre- mier again. Should he be defeated in chin election, some other Liberal member may resign and Mr. King may run another bye-election, still drawing his $15,000 salary as pre- mier. When he dies he shall be out of office for good. He has neitih- er wife nor sons. We trust this is sufficiently explicit to settle the dis puic among our- aboriginal brethren —Ed. G.)

trouble was due to the "mind". 811d ruot the body.

The desire to scratch Ls as con- [Qglqug as the desire to yawn_ and shows that if the mind gets fixed, free traders in ‘Canada. upon the skin the itchiness con-

He relates a caseiof n 19801191‘ who. every afternoon at. the- end of the Progressives voted in recent the school session. 116E811 1011111"? a

divisions at Ottawa... The five who “11111118 upper back.

itching of the chest and -lt Ibecame so severe that he had to apply local remedies. vatives, are all native born C1188" and even used them before the at- dian-s. while of the eighteen who tack came on in an attempt 10-91%- mssibillvty of his mind having something "to do with it was explained to him. and he

vent it. iThe

Customs Authorities is at all tim- es proof of peculation and there-

be supposed to be more free from prejudice.

yiears is the smuggling operations

parliament would function

‘What did Mackenzie King do 111 the circumstances. No reply of his‘ ‘in Mr. Porke has been published .but his Speech from the IThronc; yanswered every question .He swabmonrs. flowed bait_ hook and sinkerwhe would build the Hudson Bay rail- way—crost what it would: he would|b"ibé"y> lewd _ rgive rural credits. he would do a-ry- demmwigng Em" kt‘ DEM“ l": i? 'thing the Progressives would ask bum 1:: asexiiicltlgd tlhjnhzfl edemcss has been proven to be the

cause of some chronic skin condi- IWhere the patient hag re-

‘My. tails will be brought out by the lions.

committee that has been appointed ‘ataxia’; "gggncgairiggdfi; 2132112333

ihim to; the ‘Progressives accepted ithe bait and gave him the brind- isome majority of ‘three in a House of 245. They could have given] him more but three was enough for]

these constitutes

bye ways for means to function as

iMr. Mackenzie King missed two‘ P11 V1111 Dfliuvd interest, also with golden opportunities which, had he, partizan defence and miubleexcuse taken advantage of, might rhavs 98. gMeauwhii-c‘ Canadian taxpny- redeemed his past. Had he reiign- ers’ will ‘be called upon to make ed when he and his party were de- good the defalcations and to pay tented on 1M lawyers defending the gov- resigned when

‘iii-c matter it appears that the October 29th; had he

“the members" VOf-Iilfld several other colleagues had ed confidence in his government 11y 8 m lira; of three, he would. in either case, have won the re-s- pect of his party and of the coun- itry generally.‘ He lost both op- portunities and he is now fighting {a sham battle in Saskatchewan in ‘the hope of re-auterfing parlamcnt tilt is n sad commentary on Liber ‘alism, a sad cumoanion piciura i0 the Customs ‘scandal now being un- veiled at Ottawa.

condition of affair: prevail’:

EDITORIAL NOTES

try. ift is no defence to say or to

iibc li ll i. ra srn has been pretty we PM“ that smuggling has long

scotchcd in Canada in the past few years but it didn't get it coon

Iernments. The country is not, Igreaily concerned about the mut- ual recriminations of parties over the scandal. What is important is that the huge leak shall be stop- ped. the guilty criminals brought to trial and Punished and an effcc-I tive and vigorous enforcemeu‘ of the customs and excise lawn res- tored. ‘

iThe sympathy of the community 809s out to the snow sboveller who just finishes his work in time to have it ready for the next storm.

Considering Tile-great snow fail the country roads are in fair condi- tion and most of the Road Masters 1W8 401118 their duty-but them are otherrw-and some other loads.

cleaning up of the Augean stable. The lKing Government. that was never efficient or capable, had bee-n during four years devoting lie strength and ingenuity to keep itself in power, intriguing and bar- tering with Progressives, flinging

Canada is only bad in spots and ibcse are very largely confined to places in which Liberalhm has "Noted too long And all Liberals . a" m, bad, m“, M mm tampons east and west to cohciiiste an

idivridai . . been cured and have left the n or a 8mm he” or the"

-|. railway or an elevator, on w harbor grant or ion/n. roglrdieas of

the public cost-mildly neglected

1MB ii i CI - u. m n M“ b. “n” its rproper administration duties.

upon evil days. The late f4beral

the .p . 0n one iiuebtkin, nun-

-he to iii

Now. with he-if fin ministers da- feated its entire remaining strength in devoted to reconstruction of the wreck. e

""__' Willi Mil

mvernment of ‘Nova Bcotia has I011 '31! 11111117-"91118 ieft a hugely increased public debt ' 14am! accounts which the chartered of 11» rwi If it mlifaerousunis aeeiere to be "insc-

that have recently developed into gigantic proportions

co

iin the iHoltse of Commons to in-eiy This doesn't mean that skin con- ditions are due‘ to nerves, because most of thcm ‘are due to articles of that have in peculiar effect "non certain skins, whilst others are due to organic disturbance in However. when a ‘skin in treating some cases the mind. instead of by ants, there must be a reason

‘zesiigate it,

_ The Filnanclal Post tells that elaiet Tire accumulation of alil this andcomrvdttee of private citizens. fire aggreq-iiilm made up oi‘ Liberals and Conservn ‘new mung for a s“ weeks. reef)“ tivss had ‘before- started ‘an- invest-

iigation which is still gYJilrg on 1111011211 to g0 out mm me ‘highways andWand they roughly estimate that thofrfimifl‘

Government has been robbed of ' $200,000,000, which is to some ex- te-nt reflected in the unemploy-

ment_ the migration of Canadians ooovooooou ‘looking Mr work in the States and

in other ways" As for the rein-f tions of the King government to

Premier, the Minister of Customs

been from time to time informed of

whet was going on and that cus-mER __ tomb officials were aiding and abet- Joseplr q have

‘ i‘ and I hav- nmd other chars” are of such gm“ thou canst understand a. dream to And Joseph answered lit is not in me: araoh an answer

iing the smuggling operatrlons. This

ity that they must be either dis-

Qulte beyond question a rotten

in the customs and excise services’ that it 1.9 worse now than ever be fore‘ and is the cause of a vast an-

nual loss to the national treasury and of far greaterloss otherwise to the industry and trade of the coun-

béen prevalent under different gov-

Whlt hope in there of an early

Hunt it could he built ro' brine, misleading, V k more.“ And. bad u um .r|_ ii M,» foo-lieu: filler. bk on a blgntelio -- ma with

Cher dcmlglngfidicoiccurce, the un- heard of expedient of a six wee

1T0 offset this and prevent Oun-

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fore most regrettable as it shows a flagrant disregard of the people's interest by those who have sworn to serve the public weal and £1118 was evidently aggravated beyond the endurance and patience of the taxpayer when a Minister oi‘ the iCrown the other night exhibited of- ficiui ignorance of the matter and hills as a salve for his wounded spirit shown during 1119 P18118111 companions in the Commons. The Yea!‘ 51!‘ H8111‘? 118C18T88 1118 C011- H011. Member for Vancouver Centre, so lilcidiy laid before the rlon-seibe increased substantially during sirch a deplorable and desperate‘1926- condition of matters along our cus- toms borders that any government so itluinly iuplicated in this nefar- ious debauchery of oubh and na- tional fidelity and had they left but a modicum oi‘ modesty that might i ' . vi rd ent , (fii'li.iiieir€ninleii)will(iltsy flfi-‘Sfié rivitgheTuch [lfiziéhhe fwd‘ "'1 “"1 °°""'"°ed received an 011161111 opening yes- u dismal state of things which hnslinigzitatges fislall point to a most Mel-lying“, gone beyond the“. mm 4 8119811 Year- I he- of the fiructiou was the large ut- lreve the Dominion of Camada has [gnldgngg m‘ Qiflzeils entered upon an era which will re- sult in good times throughout the the driving snow storm to be pre- whole oi’ the Dominion for a per- sent at the proceedings and there- od of years. The condition of by the wheat markets of the world splendid movorucnt of which tho i" 111151111’ 9111111111¢1°1¥ 1° 118 in Cflu- new building stands as an ernb- adn and i think our farmers will find that wheat prices will be stabilized for a period of years.

iphysician explained mThlm that it between lheiwas til-e upset to his feelings, by United States and Canada. Ac yet being locked in his cell, that was. lthe lid has been only slightly llftedmausirtg the trouble and that if he i. _ M _woul1d resign ‘hints-elf to this nec- ,in the charges made by Hon r e851"), Mt on the pa“ Stephens in the House cf Com-irmirrgr-iiieg, he wo"]d_,be cured of As gm- imnnncial post says, his daily ‘dost; of the hives. He did ,, . so. and h s b ves did not rue-appear. the iearfuLse-ething mass of cor He attributes. some skin Con“ ruptlontiitb, blackmail, whoisale tion women “d m“. iibflrlpatient has the feeling that his work is crowding him all the time. This teneeness, mental

trol would have resigned‘ bolus bol- us on the spot for there is only one alternative and we are rather as- tonished the Dictator (Mr, Forks) did not take the advantage of t-he slttlution as we udmit it would he in keeping ivitlr ills policy to de- clare silks, cigars etc, free of duty at the American border, this would at once put a slop to the 8mm:- The development oi‘ our 511m: of such commodities and power and of our mineral resourc- irntight have given the ministry a ifew weeks more to assume they trial prosperity and bring to iiR ihuld the reins of power at Ottawa.

the body. specialist

OO-O-QWO-OO-OO Dally Selections

Guardian Readers

wibh his band-some majority in l8- 73 to IdIFOW up the reins of powe after what they called a scandal came to light and only over a pul-

Februnry i2, 1920

own burnnmrtrs "Arid Pharaoh mid unto

dmamed a 111911111 something the Hon. Israel i. Tartc

used to declare could never be won by prayers. it was only a few yeans until ‘he was waving tlie flag of vic- tory at the head of one oi’ thefinest combinations of parliamentarians tihat ever sat in the Canadian when we ma House of Commons and they put two measures that cannot be sur- passed through the House, the Na- tional Policy and the building (ff the Canadian Pacific, the former prov- ed the foundation of Canada's pros- iperity and wealt-h and the latter diistrlbuted as it advertised to the world's citizens the potentialities and wealtlf of a virgin field at en- 1 fBrpliiBB. 1

We are fain to say after we read "m" who 1°"! 1118 1611196!" 8t once what the Hon. Robert Rogers had to sayrelative to finishing tiho work on the Hudson Bay Raiiwn. at the small cost it shoulld require to do so and how the three Prairie -Provlnces are so anxious and sure o-f its value to them as an outlet for their product. that it might be advisable of tihe Msritimes to coun- tenance the Wes-tom's application, not that it has anything in ommcn with your demands for honest treatment through the act of Con- federation as to iRailway connec- tions which is a sacred bond that cannot be floutod by either side. Of course you might say what the island. does not know about con- tending antic ice especially in post days is not worth the knowing, be iihat as it may we believe you have overcome some of the difficulties in crossing to the Island that we in the eighties were forced to‘encoun- ter.

interpret it, ‘Pharaoh, saying.

proved or substantiated G04 8111111 51W? P11

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'HR'AYER—— Dear

to know thatiBlessed are the meek,

for they shall invhc

AFTERWARDS IN FLANDERS

Out of their tress are sprouting,

iWitberad their laureis now, their names unguessed;

Here, where they died to save us, nothing doubting,

IShel-‘tered from our forgetfuiness

Falls once again the twilight of

T119189 save their lives when life was at the iMay.

Have J the right to whisper, "I re-

i was not with them when they marched away.

iAll -t.ha-i they never had was mine, ‘Dyinmflgilrley passed tohne their flows. friendship toil. achievement, learning. leisure Voices of children. golden mid- 1' all, the knowl

nc-ver sleeping. Though none reproached, that l

, die a And. with

That Life is won by losing. lost by l was not with them

"Unknown Civilian" in the London

Minister beg! and pleads for ro- election. fold worse and more hopeless for thr- country than ft was before the election-Hercules turned a river ihrmuth the accumulative filth cf the stable he set out to cleanse. a ‘general election can , .0990»! rel-Irvin; i" polluted um It can; and rel-i writid mm. dream assertions:

dangerous for you, for_ although a very good roaoonsr. you are at cri- tical tirnen too rash. You are fond of art sod music. and prefer i» be in the company of the opposite sex with whom you are quite. popular Be careful in your choice of friends

and ful 1m your and by adopti g th _ _ , they ‘mum s. muoliulilltgrlegtizur: assets of 809.000 but a debt of -- 7Y0)! f bin depart

which .

The Forum

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tlcu l interest. The amlaflotovv: Gllrllll

lot necessarily endorse tle sp- uun of lonolpollcllle

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LENNOX ISLAND DIQPUTE

iSir,—'I'1here is a hig dispute am:-

Dominion as long as.he lives with-