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SUCiIEiillill ACT CLAIMED liNNEClESSARY

MeasureflPasses Through All Stages In Upper House.

(GP. by Guardian's Special Wire)

OTTAWA, Jan. Bil-The Senate today advanced through all three stages of procedure the bill as- senting to change in succession to the ‘Throne following abdication of ftrrnrer King Edward and accession of King George.

Propriety of the Government in- troducing the Succession Act was challenged on second reading by Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen, Conser- votive, who said he did not oppose the bill but questioned its neces- sity.

The Act was in itself unneces- sary, mid senator Mcighen. It was never before and was not nowcon- it-mplalcd that Canada possessed authority to chanze the occupancy of the Throne. It was fundamen- lal that the King. approved by e statute of the United Kingdom Parliament, ivris zilso the Sovereign of the whole Empire.

The \\'t‘.\liilll1§l(‘l‘ Act set forth that Canada had requested and fUliPlllrtl to the inclusion of this Domini in in its provisions. This uzis perhaps proper, although such rwiitist and consent could not leg- nllv he ("iiivcycd by an order-in- t-uuncii, sznce such an instrument

nit-lit. been lvltting, would to present an address of both Ilousrs.

Ht-naior Ztliiqhcn felt that lie

IlPLILl] v.1‘ the Cauiodian Govern- iiu-iit l cl lllI.'l‘L'ly confused matters lililllw 1 in introducing this

eupi-rllutiiii. bill; and 1t would be (liwll. Ari "with amazement" by iilitllllll auiiroritics for many ti coinv. ‘The moment the ii-('li'lll(l to the Throne. u. . ii‘. fl]iiil'~)\'i'll of the Govern- it." J iii Llit; United Kingdom, was tile iiit mint he also became King

~ (l(':ill'(‘.(l only to .~. (ill the record, for ,- rt to come. He did the liicttsure, said Sen-

izl nor John T. llolg of Winni-

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him \llli1..\N--Iil£I-I—- At Charlotte- , . - iu;i~.-y' 20. 19217, by the l'i rim: xlrtiiihon. D.D., Mary . Ii l‘ to Pctcr Sylvester Mac- . iiirh Ill Charlottetown.

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ari<i-"\rzr..\\'|-:-At Nantaslietiifaii Jan". ti», l!l'i7. Miss Barbara Mc- Fuinrrc. ‘fwrmcrlv of South Mel- \'lll--.

Wi\IlBl'R'l‘0N»~1~'Ziiu-rcd into rest Tuostiwy morning. Jmiuary 19.1937. at 40 l? pm pllll"“ Fine‘, Helen A., “'11.... 1,; the L-tr- uvozvze VYnr-

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peg said Western Canada. was agi- tated by the problem of defence and the anxiety of the Prairie Provinces was not different from that prevailing inthe east. Prac- tically all of Canada's wheat must be sold abroad; and these trade routes required to be protected.

Senator Haig, turning tothe rail- way problem, voiced the belief itY could not be solved until both that great transportation systems had been merged as one national rail- road. He also urged placing truck and bus traffic under Dominion Jurisdiction.

Senator J. H. G. Lacasse (Li? Essex) said he was glad to hear t. iltated yesterday there were no questions of minority rights in Que- bec. But so far as the rest of Canada’ was concerned, Senator, Lacaase “ d, he would not bring into the discussion "what oc- curred only recently in the prov- incial by-election in East Hastings, Ont." Yesterday's debate had “re- sorted to flag-waving," he said. Much was heard about the British Empire and. other countries "but nothing of our own country of Canada." He had expected there would have been more talk about Canada and less of other countries.

He warned against talk of seces- sion. The most important duty on the part of any government was "to work along a plan of unity and prevent friction between classes oi citizens of the country."

Canada's position regarding clu- fence should be more clearly de- fined, said Senator Arthur Suuve (Guns. Rigaud). Education for peace should be prosecuted during times when peace irrevailed. He recalled that in 1914 there had been great abuse of language, abuse of political theory and abuse of those matters relating to national defence.

For his part, Mr. Sauve said, hi.- believed Canada's policy or irat-

first principle the defence of Can- acla.

"Our country is no longer willing to listen to the motives which cv- eiy now and then bring the older nations to the verge of war," he declared. "If the older nations dr: not improve their ways of under- standing the needs of coming civ- ilizzitions. we on the North Ameri- can continent should give them u few lessons." He hoped to see the

American countries "could impose upon the older nations our ovm peace policies"

IN MEADRIAR

MRS. CATHERINE CAMERON

The South Lake Christian Church and community felt a great loss in the passing cf one of its ol.Ic"t and most highly esteemed 1l1f‘lYl'.‘£'l‘~ and residents in the person of Mrs. Catherine Cameron, WlllCh occiu- red at South lake, P. E. 1., Decem- ber 11th, aged 9O years. She was a daughter of the late Angus and Margaret Stewart.

Mrs. Cameron was of a very quiet and retiring disposition, exception- ally fond of her home and family. faithful upon every duty and sell-

‘For the past year she had been in failing health‘ but bore hcr illness with the same fine spirit that had charncwrired her whole life. Wiriile our hearts are saddened at. her posing, we are not without

burton, M.D.. and only daughter of the late Henry Jarvis. M. D.. of‘. Summerside. Funeral from St.’

Paul's Church on Friday. January 22, service starting at 2 o'clock. funeral leaving at 2.30. People's Cemetery.

Interment

hope or comfort when we remember that "To be absent. from the bodi‘ is to be present with the Lord." She a survived by three 50l1~'—Rt‘Il- frew and Stanley, East Point, Alex- ander. South linke’ where she resid- ed until her death. Her husband pl ‘ " her 23 years ago. Amidst a large assemblage of loved ones and friends, funeral ser-

vices were held at her late hcme l Sunday afternoon. December 13th.

Formed; Winter Program Decided At Meeting

ional defence should have as itsi

day when Canada and other North .

denying in her service for othersp

l Twenty-two members were en- roiled at a study club organization meeting held Jan. 13 at St. Peter's Bay in the Cable Head East School district.

A winter program for the study of "Problems of Agricultural Pro- duction" was arranged. Meetings will be held every second Wednes- day night in thc Women's Insti- tute Hall.

Officers elected were: President, Joseph Lewis; Vice President, Charlei E. McKinnon; Secretary, Miss Patricia Mullin; Committee- men. Joseph Alclnnis, Joseph A. McDonald, Imelda McKinnon,

cultural supplies are bought opcrativcly by a Farmers‘

co- Insti-

(C. P. by (Marion's Special Wire) TOKYO, Jan. ill-Foreign Min- ister Hachiro Arita carried to Par- liament today a defence of his ad- ministration. He blamed Com- munist activity for ivzrrici political troubles. referrer! at. lt""ih to ‘rn- sion with China and Japan's re- lations with the Soviet union, and Paid "our policy ‘to strengthen traditional relations" with Great Briaiir remain; unchanged. Relations with Australia had been

restored to normal following a trade dispute, he said. Trade negotiationswvlth British India.

were making satisfactory progress.

The Foreign Minister devoted much cf his address to atiacks on the Komiirtern (Communist 1n- tcinationale.» I-Ie defended the re- cent German-Japauce pact as dir- ected only anoint Communism and not intended to foment dis- pute \\'i.h world 1)0\l't'l‘:~. He ad- vocated that all colonial possmss- ions of rill nations be opened to frcc trade. This, with a redistribu- tion oi natural resources "should g0 far toward dispelling the at- mosphere of tinivcrsal unrest."

'I_‘l1c world political rituation, Arita obszcrvctl. "appear. to be growing worse than ever, owing wpeciailv to the activities of the Cornmitnlst Intorirationale."

H15 890E611. regarded as an an- ‘SWTF iorecent criticism of Japan- . m‘ TQPCIQH 1191103‘. was delivered to u Din. tParlianrcaiti that may have to deal with an attempt to lllfluzuraic Fascism under control

of the militirry.

Some Dredicted the Cabinet might be forced to resign over the

Tilfvlgn issue and armaments ex- pcndPurc ; other. that parliament itself would be dissolved to per. ‘ mit the advent of a military reg.

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Brill , To Record llepth

‘ NEW YORK. Janl Bil-Drilling nine feet beyond the two-mile

, mark, engineers of the Tide Water

.As ociatcd Oil Company brought in the deepest oil well in the world, the company announced today.

The district already has a credit union, and seeds and other agri-

iiiiiinisiiiviii RUSSIA run §W0Rl|1MNNREST

illlflllSlllN ANN FARMERS’ CREBITCRS ACT

Following is a continuation of the report in yesterday's Guardian of ‘Tuesday's Board of Trade meet- in :

A resolution urging that "in or- der to remedy the chaos createdby the operations of the Farmers Cre- ditors Arrangement Act and to re- vive the confidence of investors the Dominion Government take over all loans which have been inter- fered with. the Government there- by taking the risk they have now forced on the people, and that the operations of this act be discontin- ued” was presented to the meeting of the Charlottetown Board of Trade at the meeting Tuesday night. Mr. J. 0. Hyndman pres- ented the resolution and moved its adoption which Mr. G. J. Tweedy seconded.

After discussion by " . J. 0.

dman, R. E. Mutch. A. W. Hyndiman, JM. Murley, C. E. Mac- Kenzle, R. R. Bell, president of the Board, Donald MacKinnon, J. P. Gordon, G. J. Tweedy, and S. A. MacLeod and E. B. McLaren, Georgetown, the resolution was

onder and referred to a. committee, The question was to be studied and a report made to the Board, the meeting decided. Composing tlr committee. were Messrs. J. H. How- att, D. F. Archibald, R. L. Cotton. A. W. Hyndman and R. R. Bell.

Mr. J. O. Hyndman in present- fng the resolution told the Board that the matter was of the great- ; ljmportance. There was an em- ergency when the act was brought into effect and maybe it was useful then. That was two years ago, i irowever, and the situation today i’ was much diflerent. Present day conditions are causing concern and _ many requests had been received g from people both in the city and elsewhere f """"" " ‘. the province to have action taken by l Board.

Perhaps it was not the act but the administration of the act here that had condemned it, Mr. R. E

stands condemned in the eyes of all except perhaps a few. who had benefltted from it.

In his opinion there had been a good deal of what might be des- cribed as fraud practiced under the act. When a man or estate was deprived of property by means, which a few years ago would not be tolerated, then conditions were going beyond what was intended by the act, Mr. Mutch said.

"Instead of condemning the act! think the condemnation should be of the administration," the speaker concluded.

The banks and business men of the province were against the act as it was being administered, Mr. A. W. Hyndrnan thought. If the act was to be continued the re- ‘eiver should be paid a salary. ‘Its this commission business that's naking the trouble," the speakc sn d.

The wording of the resolution was very strong Mr. J. M. Murley thought. He suggested that it be worded so as to include only those responsible.

Mr. C. E. MacKenzie, former rc- ceiver under the act explained that he had been paid a salary. Out of ‘the applications presented aln mt

100 had been weeded out. Seine made application under the Farm- l ers Creditors Arrangement Act ‘ when they really wanted to ccme under the Farm Loan Act, Mr. MacKenzie said. Much of the con- fusion might be attributed to the nEWDB/Pers who spoke of the two I acts without making clear the dis- . tinction between them.

He believed the act was a good thing when instituted and thought that if it were'to be continued the receiver should be paid on a salary basis

“We never got thoroughly ground- ed in the administration of the act," Mr. MacKenzie said. All the receivers should have been called to Ottawa for instruction.

When the act was passed it was considered an emergency measure, Mr. R. R. Bell mid. A large num- ber of farmers had been aided un- der the act but by now all who needed assistance, which could only be obtained for indebtedness in- curred prior to May 1935, must have made application.

The emergency had passed and the act had served its purpose, the speaker concluded.

Mr. Donald MicKinnon said that not only the administration but the act itself was to a. certain extent undesirable. The application of the statute in conjunction with the Farm loan Act was not workable. The effect of the act had been to drive all private money lenders out of business. The Farm Loan Board would only loan to the extent of 50 per cent of the real estate value of a. pretty good farm and only then if there was no other indebt- edness. As a consequence there were many nun gees who could not clear on.’ ' debtedneas on B0 per cent of the real estate as it was valued today. ‘Those who can't get money under the Loan Board cannot get it from private lenders.

He agreed with the resolution and believed that the discontinu- ance of the present zttatute was the only remedy for present con- ditions.

Mr. Marley told the meeting he did not believe the Dominion Gov- ernment would go good for the bills because the Board went on record as requesting such. especially when the act was continued by the con- sidered decision of the Govern- merit.

Many people were realiyin trou- ble and able to pay and he was

withdrawn by the mover and sec-'

(o. r. by Glllifllllll’! swim! Wlrv)

OTTAWA, Jan. iii-The nation- al defence problem spotlight 1n the Senate today as the government and Conservative leaders clashed in debate on the address in reply to the Speech from the Throne.

A practical grappling with the situation that faced Canada and existed throughout the world was demanded, Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen, Conservative leader, de- clared. "My greatcst fear," he said, “ls that no defence policy of any kind is very seriously under re- view.” His purpose was to urge the government to develop one, “that they think the matter through, and that they come right up to realities," he declared.

Had not the time come, the op- l position leader asked, when serious consideration should 5e given in the country's own interest to some working arrangement for defence l irlth the Empire There could be no such thing as a separatist de- fence policy for Canada.

"I feel," Senator Dandurand re- torted, "that Canada must go ab- out her tatk of modernizing her military establishment and pro- tectlng her shores in a' sane way." Since the Great War, Canada like many other countries, had been living largely on credit as was shown by the country's financial situation. “Having that situation in view,” the Liberal leader continued, “must we assume obligations to- day on the hypothesis that we, as well as the United States, will be drawn into a general cataclysm.

"Let us not be stampeded," Sen- ator Dandurand said, "Let us do our ditty to our own little natio ." He. spoke of the hope peace would be maintained even though

grabbed the .

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l\lational Defense’ Problem Debated In The__ Senate

lenator Meighen Urges Govern- ment To Face Realities

i international situation looked dan- g~rous. “A; f. conditions in Europe."

i he continued, ‘fGermany is simply

' forgetting an instrument which. on a certain conjunction of events, she may use, but which at the present time, at all events. has only a nuisance value. She hopes that Great Britain and France will in some way or other be induced to buy peace."

Never had he seen the people of

Canada. so universally concerned t abo 3 the state of the world from the standpoint of their own in- terests and the best interests of the Dominion, Senator Meighen said. "It therefore becomes us at least to meditate together as to whether we are acting wisely and as grown people 1n the situation that confronts us."

i He did not know the govern- ment's defence program outside of reported proposals, “but," he con- tinued, “I close the review of the actuality of the Canadian defence position at the present time with l these words, that all this even the government has in mind, cannot posibly be effective, or be any consolation to a Canadian what- ever, lf that Canadian contem- plates a great crisis through which the world has already passed, and that great crisis which unhappily l seems to be moving again."

He had little patience with those who pointed to the American re- public and suggested there was a Munroe doctrine and Canadians "hould shelter themselves under its wings. The Munroe doctrine did not apply to Canada, Senator Meighen said, but if it did, and it was invoked, Canada, in fact if not in law, wouldbe made “an adjunct of the American republic."

lMutch declared. At present it a ‘mum’ Mr‘ J‘ P‘ Gordafi said‘

3 He agreed that there were abuses under the act.

Concerning the effect the act had on mortgages he had encountered difficulty in collecting money loun- ed on a mortgage before the Farmers Creditors Arrangement Act was thought of, the speaker said. He was executor of an estate and all that a farm on which $1100 had been loaned sold for was $480. In such cases the money should never have been loaned.

Perhaps the time had come when the act had served its purpose but he was still strongly of the opin- ion that some form of legislation should be retained to permit farm- ers to make an assignment, Mr. Gordon concluded.

There was no doubt but that a lot of farmers had benefltted but those who needed assistance had obtained it and he couldn't see much need of retaining the act, Mir. R. R. Bell said.

One objection of doing away with the act now, Mr. Donald McKin- non said, is that it would leave many farmers liable to have their property sold oui. They would not be able, because of other indebted- ness, to get money from the Farm Loan Board and they would not be able to get it from private money lenders if the mortgage on their property should be called in.

Mr. G. J. Tweedy took issue with the principle of the act. He did not think that any group of men should have authority to interfere with any legal document enter into under r-irni. If that were to continue there would soon be com- munism here, he thought. I hadn't seen anyone benefitted by the act. _

There was a serious condition also in regard to school taxes. Taxes in arrears were coming uri- der the scope of the act and as a result teachers were not getting paid. The same thing applied to land taxes. That very question was the reason for the withdrawal of the act from British Columbia. The government there said that the Dominion Government had no bus- iness to interfere and appealed to the courts. The case was now be- fore the Privy Council. In the meantime the act had been with- drawn from the Pacific province.

Mr. SA. McLeod asked what at. titude the people in the country would take towards the Charlotte- town Board of Trade in passing, a resolution of the kind before the meeting. They might think the Board was going against their m- terests. The Board should "think twice" before passing such a reso- lution, Mr. McLeod said.

Mr. R. E. Match suggated that the matter be referred to another meeting and a committee appoint- ed to study the question and re- port to the Board.

Frankly he was not in favor of the resolution as it stood, as he felt it was going just a little be- yond where it should, but if it came to a matter of killing or pass- ing the resolution he would vote for it he mid.

The act was not so vicious as some claimed. Farmers who get into difliculties should have some ‘legitimate way of settling their affairs, but when abuses creep in they should be corrected.

Mr. A. W. Hyndman said that in his opinion a man in difficulties could make a friendly settlement without going to the Board.