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N i EQUAL COALITION- IN FULL SWING IN BELGIUM

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Sir Wilfrid Says 'Ile Cannot' _Support Coll-'Alter Artillery Preparation l_`-_o_uiinuin_g torbays the British

liars Aitlvpnced one Nine Mile roof Carrying Every-

_ thing. Before. 'l`heln-- _Latest Word- _is that Messines is - Captured; »'l~‘ilelmo1edi~ate Offensive is Supposed to he

self. -_.l_-|`_9~,ll and Cannot Enter a Government __ P _ed_»_lo.C_ompnIsory Service. l‘nion`isl_

Government to be Formed lnrlndlnp_Lea_d-

log English Liberals; Conseriptlon Iliil wil

_ llellnirodneed Monday. _ '_

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

Sir Wilfrid Laurier. after receiving every concession asked, refused to be- come a :member of a war government.

The following correspondence tells

the story of the failure to make a uni- ted Canada:

_ of the Attack-

lYou on the other hand decided'that_ General Haig has launched his ex;

OTTAWA- C0lllltl0n has failed. you could not accept such a policy and pected blow ul the German lines in

which adopted it.

Yours faithfully. »

R. L. B_OFlDEN.

In Parliament toda Sir Robe Boi

lllllt you could not loin a government Belgium. striking early this morning

along a nine mile front on the Mes- sines' Wytschaete Ridge, between `Y»pres and Lille.

Success marked the opening of the

offensive. the 'British winning all their

Y rt

Door Sir Rf.-bert.- On the 12th of den adds-duced thdl the conscriptlon initial objectives and pushing on.

MHS' you asked me to meet you on the following day which l did.

After expiainlngfully the conditions

ofthe war in the iight of the know. ledge acquired during your recent vi- sit to _'Great Britain you stated the reasons which had led you to the con- clusion that compulsory service was necessary and you explained to me

bill would be introduced on Monday.

This Canadian conscriptlon measure

differs from that of England and of the United States in that there is no registration. The day the bill be- comes law every male citizen between the age of 20 and 45 is a member of .the Carmdian army.

They will be called to the colors in

the provisions of the military service-classes and the first call will be for

bili. You then proposed the forma-l tion of a coalition government upon the basis that. outside of the Prime Minister. each of the two politic-ul pdl-~ ties should have an equal represomd. tion in the Cabinet. and you emphasiz- ed tire importance of averting, if 90,.

single men between 20 and 30.

Those who do not answer the call

rvill be deserters under -the Army Act.

Courts to decide on exempts will be

established.

A Unionist party is in the course

of fu-mation. it is expected that six

sible. an election during the war.

l wld you at once that ii my o_o-op.

eration was desired l regretted that l had not been invited before you an-' uonnced a policy of compulsory ser-' vice as l dreaded very serious difficul- ties if ycofiscription law was passed by the present parliament. l You reioined that you had thought lt

ureferal_r_lg__t_o _lp__vlte me after ihepoii- uy llud‘__bcql'i enunciated rather than before. _

At as; interview which took pla_ce`

ou Tuesdayytho 29th of May you sug- gested to; nie that you thought it necessary to hold ii caucus of your supporters but desired to consult me before doing so. i suggested to you that io_hold_a caucus pending nego- tiatlolisw.9ul`d not likely tend towards the objects."-to be attained. At the same flip; (suggested that as I want- ed to conduit -particularly Sir Lnmer Gouin endssoine othnr friends l would like to liqvrha clear statement in wri- ting of your proposal which you for- i.uuiated._a_s fc-llows: , "That,a coalition 'government should be compoagd; that is pledge should 'bel given1npq_l.¢_ enforce it until after ii! general election; that Rarlianleirt should be dissolved aird the coalition' government should seek n mandate from the people. , f- Q

At the conference on Friday. the'

first of June and again on Monday the fourth the possible personnel of it coalition governmiiut was conoidorodl Some not lnsuperable difficulties in tlrel personnell were anticipated and the subject was not concluded. On Wed- nesday the sixth of June the final con-I ference took place at which l announc- ed that l had not seen my way lvlelll to join the government on the termsl

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proposed. I asked you at tire same time lf coirscriptlon was the onli' bil-. sis. to which ynrr replied in the aflir-` rnative.

at this and previous interviews l

always stated io you that whenever conscriptlon was adopted after a con-.,3 sultation of the people I would cel'-' ialllly urge in every possible way obe- illbllce tc- the law.

Believe me yours very sincerely.

. . WILFRID LAURISR.

o'r'rkwa.- sir 'Roberts realy:-, On June 7 Sir Robert Borden l‘Bl>l|°ll as follows: - 4.

Dear Sir Wilfrid Lsuribr:` . r neg to selioowiodgofyour letter of yesterday ‘iii which you se). _forth the substance of recent negotiations reel psoting ills _formation of s wlllrlvll sovernmhnt. -_ ` "- At our ilrst interview you had er-

llressed the opinion that compulsory itrvico should not no oniorosir uulll it llld been approved by a referen- dlifh or at [general election. it wise for this reason iiliii r decided no iuitoa lu flie fourth psi~q,`gnapli_ of your, letlsv- l Qlyel that id was the policy of the uoiiipulsory shie which io your Juds- liitlii mms it iiirposoniie ,lt-_.~ you to

illih s coalition vshliiieal.. I- was

Mlilfincod that c y service was llislssatt. Mil. 'iss included _,lp

N- "- - _

the roller emit: prelioistl cir_s_t§'tfl°I-f\|lnare't i.thintsni‘oem os'ies.‘its-` " ' - - - o yo g I p g

-_ j-\¢jl _ _'H1 “_ gy-I." - ~- " _ ` .

or seven English Liberals will enter' the government. Among those men- tioned for preferment are:

A. K. McLean. F. B. Carveli. F. F. Pardee.

Geo. P. Graham. Geo. M-cCraney. Dr. Clark and another not now in

Parliament. _

The known conscriptionists in the

Liberal party are:

Dr. Clark. Buchanan. Douglas - W. H. White. `

Dr. Warnock.

MA:Cranoy.

Nieley.

Cass

Cruise.

Pardee. » Grahalln. Guthrie.

Col. Hugh McLean._

A. K. McLean.

Others expected to

support con-

scriptlon are: 1'

Albert Champagne. . Charlton.

Ross.

Mcljoig. German.

Mciliillau `

Robb. Kay.

Mina:-d’¢ Llnlrnent cures dletpmper.

ftbirty miles its defenses had been :subjected to tremendous pounding by

British artillery for days. .I ' - _ _ . I

. The French front is comparatively » n l N

Cluiet. The only d0V°\°l1m°“¢ °‘ “‘"°‘ T* » _- A '

last night was a German attack north-_ _ .

‘west of st. Quentin- This was quick- _

‘ly checked by Ffellch me'

'proinising from s

Their further progress is reported to be satisfactory along the whole front.

| While a considerable _stretch separ- ates the field of this new offensive 'from that of the Arras operation, it 'may be considered as in conjunction with and continuing the battle of Ar- fras. _ A sweeping salient in front of the city of Lille has been created by the ‘Arran attack and in a broad sense this salient is now under threat from irc-th north and south.

the most gigantic mining operation in the history of warfare and spread panic among the Germans.

The British in their attack today

Belying the recent German boast

'mat me British ogenslve from Ai-ra_s`_`guns especially those of heavy call.

had come to_u halt. GBl1Bl`ll| Halls. earlier' this vldek, proved that he had Lens lu his grasp carrying a mile of llerman front north of Scarpe.

1 The reverberations from this lll0W|

,had hardly died away before today’s 'attack was launched on the other ‘side or the Line salient. l A sharp well defined curve iu thex 'German line, about three miles deell. and the same distance across. is thei

'immediate object of this _new attack.-'

ln common with other sections of tbe‘ 'line in Belgium l\.lol18 ll "Oni of Wm”

Kronstudt authorities reco8lllZl“5 the

f Provisional Govern

snrrsu orrrcral. nr-zronr.

MONTREAL- This mornings ses

sion of the Presbyterian General As- sembly was almost entirely occupied by routine organirzatiorr work. and the reception of-ininorreports. 'Diners were in the vicinity of six hundred delegates reglsterold up to noon, -

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bre. than they employed in the hat- tle of Arras.

(Canadian Press Despatch.)

‘ LONDON.- (From a Staff‘Cor'res»

Donrient of the Associated Press.)- The British rush this morning on the lVlessines_ Wytschaete ridge of the _Blelgian front took them well over the ridge where they are now entren- ching. _

MESSIN ES 'RIPORTED CAPTUR- ED.

The village of Messlnes was repor-

‘ into the British line north oi' the ri--ted to have been taken early in tb vel- Lys and at the saline time -to re-Ifrgirting. it was also reported tha lieve pressure .on Yprcs which had_Lerrfcr and Zareeba. had fallen and been under bombardment sincc the that Wytschaete had been surrounded Germans failed in their attempt to by British storming troops. break through in 1915. l Tanks were in the thick of the iight-

The British have captured impr/r~| ing in -the British offensive._ More

tant trench positions all the why than one thousand Germans were ta- from Observation Ridge southeast of ken prisoners early in engagement. Ypres to Ploegstreet Wood north of The fighting continues under a miri-

Armeatieres. 'sumrrner’s sun. The Germans have

_ ‘not yet rallied for the expected coun-

MDST GIGANTIC MINING OPERA- ter attack.

TION IN Hi-STORY OF WARFARE l

|MESSlNE-8 IS TAKEN BY BRITISH.

More than one million pounds of

high explosives was blown up under; (Canadmn pn" D"p"ch_) .German forward positions. Thi., l;-f |_0NpQN.__ 3R|1»|3t.| HEADQUAFL

used probably twenty per cent. more

if ' Lille." 1,000 German Prisoners Captured in Early Stage

TERS IN FRANCE-THE BRlTl3H HAVE CAPTURED MES8lNES.

BERLIN REPORT.

(Canadian Press Despatch.)

BERLlN.- Early today -the Ger-

man statement says the battle in Flan- ders lully flared up after most exten- sive explosions and most violent gun fire.

(Canadian Press Despatch.)

l’ARlS.-- A strong force of Ger-

mans made an attack northeast of St. Quentin at midnight, today's official announcement says. The attackers were caught under violent French fire and retired after sustaining heavy los- ses.

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(Canadian Press Despatch.) (Canadian Preaa Despatch.)

coNol1'|oNs IN Russia MORE Parris.- 'rho Minister- of Moi-ine! wAsmNG'roN.- 'rho not-or Bloom

_ PROMIBING. ' announces that American warshlps e-r Jupiter has arrived in France, Se-

havs anchored off the French coasticretary Daniels announced today, la-

against a common enemy is assured,

Conditions in Russia appear- more The announcement adds that ths'den with 10,500 tons of wheat and

evernl angles. Fory French navy greets with joy on their; other supplies. The ship sailed from

'che thing the incident of lironstadtdarrival those new brothers in arms an American port without any intima- wltli its revolting fortress garrison wild under the flag of the Great Am-I tion of her voyage having been given and declaration of independence has erican Republic have come to partici-'out in advance and is now at anchor

ibeen -adjusted.. the self constituted pate until final victory in the struggle. in a French port. _

|i|EUT. THBMAS

‘authority 0 Ula ` ___________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________ _________________________________________________ ment. . '

(Canadian Press Despatch.) H l - r.oNooN.- 'rho arriisn opened rn' _ A '

attack on a nine mile front between `

sf rs olvrs lrrrrlrsrllln rlir

taken all their ni-st oblecll -

_,my 45|-ltish offensive is against n sharp German salient three miles fsoutli of Ypros. For. several dllYS

r.l" t. A. in. 'rlionio oi tho

tlre British have maintained a tre-

imenrlous bombardment for _almostl 'thirty miles on this portion of their' |f'ront.' The salient itself is about three miles in width and the same dis-' t I

eu s,

Royal Flying Corps. who arrived in the city on Wednesday night from Toronto, gave a very interesting talk in the Board of Trade room last even. ing at a meeting of the Queen's County branch of the Canadian Avia-

' ance in depth. - An effective advairceilon Leagua _ in this sector would seriously -menace, Among mow present were ML 1,-_ the German bold on Lillewhich is W. l-lyndman. who introduced Lleul.

Thomas. Mayor Brown, J 0 Hynd-

_about five miles from the nearest Bri-'mm' “__ B_ Mmen F_ J'_ Ninn' _'_ tlsh r»°slll°l\- -ld. B. Mocroody. Major Bartlett. D. | The text of tho olllvllll Bllllemelll Bl. Stewart, G. W. Harrison. C. H. yoyldwn, QB. Longworth, Perlcy P_ope_._ R.

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l "We attacked at 3.10 a.m. this rnor'-_'3;‘:_\;1l‘:_°- TI-_eyselfn L_,_f;_wei‘i;

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ullls the G°"“‘i“ l‘°““’°““ °“ "lol r-r. rooinss. c. Milford, r. v.

`sisnes Wytschaete rid!!! 1-'ll B fl'0lll

Rleddin. Wm. Bradley. and several

used. A nrarr going to qualify' as il pilot must; know all about an enghne and be able to repair the smallest de tail in any one of nine engines. A young man to be successful as a pilol needs to be possessed of a trained rrrinii, He receives schooling of this kind for three months, after which he is sont to a flying school, where he lakes his first joy ride through space. dn this ride he generally gets sam- ples of all the thum-ps and plunges which come to the aviator. He is diablo to get thoroughly scared but is proof to all this afterwards. An of- ficer in the aviation corps- must be honorable. When he gets his orders to drop bombs on a certain place, it is necessary to trust to his honor

'of over dino miles. We have every-'others ,that this will be done. '

[where captured our first obiectivesl

'and further progress is reported to be satisfactory along the whole front of attack. N :fibers of prisoners are reported rilres`Ny io be reaching the

aviator to visit this province and spent seven months at the front. l-lo

is a young man of nlouius vvfwu- "Corps" machine vlifeugoes _ los lilly. vert' modest. and had nothing height generally of about 3.000 feet- to ny about his own personal ox»,anothor type flying from 8.000 to plolb |10,000 feet in height. the duty of

Lieut. Thomas rs the first war. The Lieutenant went on to tell of

tho different types of machines. There sro three kinds used- the

colleptiug stations. ` l Hebesan his talk of lest e'vening_.whfch is to attack and dispose of all

which was informal in character. by noptlls d|r¢i-dn,- und t e Light

- LARGEST ATTACK SING! VIMV stating that the main thing to re- scout. which ascend to d height. of

lt you 44 dawn. 'gin t flip pro- moot slllla is the extent and importance from 13,000 to 15,000 feet, an walt vioul I ht " _ ds. '. “l of _e aerial service at the present up there, waiting their chance when

'rlrs Nas _vtintte-li|ll'rl|ir» morning tl lt is s service which ls alto- they seo' a Hun machine to plunge

The British attack. begun south of xg, lndgnywg-aplo, by mem, of lt and dem-0 _ "_

llpres this morning. is believed to be 5| information in regard to the one-| Tbp Ealiish are well satisfied with

. - - du ,H-_ lny‘_s~ plans and location of armies- the' Cs lens who have loiued the

the largest since the Cena ns c

_ being secured. lair servicd and are continually euk-

ritd WNY ' llnglsnd to_day llvlds the superior ln: for more of them. They are eo-

Tll° l\ll,¢l\`r W-li! DK°,‘1°'i01l 'W Il WN' ity of the air. When the war startcdta llslaing schools, in Canada which

iii|ht’e bombardment which was more shewlasd oialy hthirtytomacgtnps. more-‘ :lil problably mann sndgrlrltlay oxsollle

" ` s e' a as a wo ous- ur or , ol-

Wl" 'numy "°°"°°"' " the 6"' :nd 'wffyh about 80-000 men to ltl°ll0fp1nsss lnvmmn thetxwith orb

man positions on this part of the line to “om ‘being Nth hy tm atm?" Im" 'u-ere, _ir__wn_t_r- bsnvofy strong. The _ - . ‘ ,qi-nlaeqt so tial:-Itllb leaf lnnds _.noise siteos, doubuui -is tu- ~-uisoi. 'rh_\>mu °l°°°\’ll>9d ll* °,.ilallr4°.l'..to-'provide mjm in

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Malte Strong Plea for

BEDEQUE DELEOIWON WAITS ON GOVERNMENT

Government Assistance

Towards Improving fer? Service. Delegates

incidentally Asked Opening Road from

An important and representative

yesterday in the interests of the Summerside Bedeque Ferry. The del- egation consisted of Mr. N. C. Pearson, who acted as chairman, Messrs. W. F. H. Montgomery, Al- bert Schurman, Walter Leard and Howard McFarlane.

The delegates were introduced by

Hon. James McNeill. The chairman, Mr. Pierson. on invitation of the Premier came forward and read the following: - ‘ -

TO THE Pll0VlNCIAL GOVERN-

MENT.-

Wlrereas. Bedeqne is greatly handi-

capped for want of d Ferry to handle farm produce as well as passenger traffic, owing to the fact that the Ferry for-merlly on the service bus' been sold to parties abroad and so far no suitable steamer has appar- ently been availeble. We would, therefore, ask the Government to do at once all i~n their power to secure a. satisfactory Ferry for this impor- tant service. We have associated with ue today J. Rhynard who has been connected with the operating of that Ferry for a number of years. and has given excellent satisfaction. He is now in a position to invest capital as well as give hlrs whole at- tentidn to the service, We ask the Government as a speciad inducement to encouraging any parties to pur- chase a suitable Ferry to offer a satisfactory grant and also ` to aid them in every 'possible way.

Signed,- _ __

N. C. PEARSON. _ W. F. H. MONTGOMERY,

ALBERT SCHURMAN.

WALTER LEARD.

HOWARD MCFARLANE. .

Mr. Pierson, in supporting the;-re

joint representat.i»ons. in a very prac-

the serious losses sustained by the farmers on the south and east of Be- deque Bay through the want of the ferry service which they had enjoy-

steamer which for a number of years past had carried on the much needed service had been sold and. up to the present. no other suitable boat was in sight. .lt was pointed out that if the Government would hold out a substantial inducement by way of subsidy or otherwise for 'the service r suitable boat might be secured. Owing to the want of transportation such as would be afforded by a suit- abile ferry the farmers were losing two to five cents a bushel on their produce. The section of country served by this ferry was one of the most thriving and progressive in the province and it was felt that if the, present seriious handicap were remov- ed and a suitable ferry boat placed on the route it would be a UWM D00" not only to the. people directly oun- cemed. hut_ to the Wll0l0 lll'0Vlll°9 B9 it would encourage production and thus add to the much needed supply of foodstuffs

Mr. W. F. H. Montgomery follow-

ed. He said the importance attached to the mission of the delegation might be inferred from the fact that many of them had ileft their teams idle ln 0|-der to present their case be fore the Government at this meeting. The people of Bedeque had gone heartily into the campaign for in- crpdsgd food production. but they were confronted with the question of transportation. The scarcity of vessels added greatly to the difficulty of the present situation. _ if a ferry bod; which could be used asatug as well as for passengers and freislll could be procured it would very ma- terially improvo the situation. lie reogniacd that the Government was in no way to blame for the pres-ent situsuoii: the ferry boat lleruwlonp in the service had been sold and so far no other suitable boat was in sight. The prevailing opinion was _that if assurance were given of a substantial subsidy some one might be induced to risk purchasing a suitable veuol and undertaking the service. -

' Mr, Howard McFarlane who lived

fourteen miles from Bummeislde br road and five by the ferry fold of the greet inconvenience and loss incurr- ed in driving cattle around the roell bo market instead' of as formerly hav- in; them cel-ries some by tha ferry. l-to addodhis request to that of his follow delegates that the

oovernmggt take such steve ss they

deemed st. to ensure _tho resump-

tlion' of the ferry service. » Mr. Albert Schtlrmsn followed. empluaisl ¢ the opinions expressed

lliy the ot or delegates ind uniting _ .-1 with ui in the hope nut the oov- -|,,,_,_|, My ~ - 1~ _ dllllont lil find e way by which mpg du (mm, p gm nr -il - this-greet handicap so the om rlty ld _nov-“resubmit are in rligsst

lo xpress Opiion on S’side_ to Borden

for Motor Traffic Which Dill llnnlis- lakeably in the Affirmative. _

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_the Bedeque ferry had given the Gov.

delegation from Bedeque and vici~. ernment much concern and he assur- nlty waited u n the Government ed the delegates that the mempgn,

individually and collectively. were desirous of meeting their reasonable request. The Government would be Very glad to give the subject their mqst careful oonsidpratdoni- lt was not within their power to make an appropriation for the building or pur- chasing of a steamer. but they would very gladly provide a subsidy, which would meet the reasonable demands of a satisfactory service. He com- mended tbe pre/cticai and business like manner in which the delegates had presented their case, a case, he added. the importance of which the Government fu-‘ily reoognized._

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ANTI-AUTOMOBll..E PETITION.

Mr. David Auld, Freetown. asked

and was granted permission' to pre-- sent a petition from residents along the road from Summerside to Port Burden orlrosliie tho opening or thai. road to automobiles,

Premier Mathieaon asked the Be-

deque Ferry delegates who were still present. to remain during the pre- sentation of this petition as the mem- bers of the Government were de- sirous of obtaining all poasibl, in- formation ns to the attitude of the peolile of this section on the automo- bile question. The manner in which they had presented their own ease was an assurance that their views on this question would be represen- tative and practical.

One of the delegates stated that

they purpoaed returning~ by tlle-aftor- noon train, but would be-'pleased to remain' as long as train time would ‘DBl'l!li'¢- ...._.7_. (_

Mr. Auld then presented his peti-

tion. He said he had been asked to circulate a petition to ascertain the will of the people on the question, A petition had previously been circulat- ed which it was alleged, was signed

tical and brief address pointed out'\>y 32 pg, cent ug the people “lying

that the road be opened for automo- bile traffic from Summerside to Port Borden and Crapand. I-le believed that unfair representations had been

ed for B0 many YBBN- The elwellellllmade b the csnvasserr to induce the

people to sign this petition,

The Premier: Can you give the

names of persions who made unfair representetioneor of those to whom such representation were made.

Mr. Auld- said he could give the

names of persons who had complain- ed to him.

Sir Charles Dalton: Did you take

the names of those who were in _favor of having the road' opened?

Mr. Auld: Yee, in some sections.

but not along the whole road.

The Premier said he would like to

hear the opinions of the Bedeque dei- egn/tes who were present.

Mr. Piemon said be had always

been neutlred on the auto question. Until recently some of his neighbors were strongly opposmi to them and as he had no personal interest one way or the other he took no part in any of the discussions, The ques- tion of opening the road from Sum- mers-ide to Port Borden, however. was is mstterin which everybody along the road was interested. He believed it would notonly be a great convenience to the public to open the road, but a serious matter not to open it. The opening of the mad -would be practically equivalent to 'having a railway stu,-tion at' every mai\’s door ll he had no doubt that motor trucks. and motor vehicles of every description would be put ' on this mad as soon as opened. There were industries along the road tllst were eulering for auch a service. Ives’ Mill and the Reid Rayner 'Knitt- ing mills might_be cited as instances. and there were others. present e.nd_ prospective, which would be benefit- ted. He naderscoed ir petition had been presented to the Government oontaining the names of over 80 per cent of the people asking tim the mad be opened. and he sincerely hoped the Gond’nl_l1n_t 'trouid iio it.

Mr. W. F. ll. _l:o\l:g:_>mery ws;

the nel; e eff _ a - not expoc qi to-no lui 'opinion on ills ‘auto uuestion.,b1s_'beln| asked, he conisiderotl it hifi My slid, the duly of the other _d°_|°l\teir_w_ho were uu- expectediy-ealedf nge. to present the inlgtier as :rbi-:Q ny sn: _:shim- nertlaysslffl .-_"I vu uthorlMtivel` llsformedutshat on the

-Nrst nina of the Tun e road omg two t ‘d ‘abletltion ag nat opqnl' t g rod. was true' that fewer gona-'by people who did not know the autos were afraid of tlolll and' tiodlllt their hor-see would he also. Now. they are

becoming acquainted wl_th_t%::. they und that honed sro not s ii and

et one of mmest sections oN. tile' ,pinion oi and on scdoiiin

_`__provinc_e in he removed. o these one; of plg”'sslive

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