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se ul' Commons April 2 1908.

5 ouse resumed at eight o’clock.

tlenien `to your left who have en part in this debate, particu- ly the hon. member ~' for North ronto (Mr. Foster), have wander- lar afield, and have gone back _e years in Oauedianhistory and luitul comparisons ,between tins

former " "’-'§d§i'i`sf's'i:l*iitions; I

nk that in pursuing this course,

gentlemen acted unwisely, but

llaps, lifter all, it is natural for tiemen who have had something do with former governments and o now find that they have not y much influence in public nrfliirs dwhose prospects for the future not illuminated by many rays of Dc to dwell in the past. I think wevcr, that young Canadians will ter to think of and live in the put- . with all its great and glorious ibilities and its golden oppor- lties, But since these gentlemen ve linrked back to the past _and ve instituted these conipsrisons

must ot necessity follow them wedlo so without any reluctance mise we have nothing' to fear m comparisons. Durind’ n portion the last session and'niore l1lH`U°‘ ll’ during this session, the Con- stives in Parliament and in

. ll' press and in the country have ~ enized and ,lhaugdrated a cam-

xn of exaggeration, misrepresen- llcn, villiiicatidnf ihsinuation, i_n- do, slander and-abuse unl>Bl`B1' in the history-nf this country.

lhout once having' the courage t0 ke u. manly, definite. chars” nust any minister ,of the Crown. any member ot 'parliament and ding it home ae honourable men llld do. There il n commandment ,the decnlogue, which snYBl T110"

lt not bear false witness against.

l neighbor. Evidently the Tory ty in this country have Devel' ni of that commandmeut~becpuee I' whole stock in trade is the

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|it is stated a notorious character lnamed Tom Pepper avoided such con= sequences by getting kicked out of Had?s because of his monumentalr mendacity. Old Nicholas, the Em- peror oi' the place, who was no mean anna at that sci~e'cr»-mnarmnisau, saw that his throne and reputation would be endangered ii' he allowed Tom to remain in the place, and those gentlemen may hope to es- cape in the same way._ But it is dangerous to rely too much on that, the policy of th; place may have changed since Tom was turned out of doors, and `if that is so, the' iliord help that gentleman who sitsi =in the press gallery and writes those llletters that are sent out to the lweekly Tory newspapers throughout :the country, for instance the Sum~

fmerside 'Journal' and the Charlotte-

ltown ‘Herald.’ 1 Since the opening of this session, 'the' Conservatives'-1 have asked for'

ldoeurnents and returns by the cart-I 'loads and _complained because thsyl

‘were not brought down as fast as they were demanded, although they ‘must have known- that the available ‘clerks in lall.the.departments. W0\`k' ing- overtime, working 10 or 12i hours a day were not 'able to pre- para and bring down the returns as last as they were demanded. They have aslaed for the production of so many original documents thot the ordinary work of some of the de- partments was seriously interfered with, not that they cared so much to see these documents.' but that they hoped and expected and believ- ed that under the\clrcumsta.nces some of the ministers might refuse to' bring them down and they would _thereltfore have au opportunity of raising their voices in all sorts of denuneiations of' the government for trying to burk investigation. In thi! they were disappointed, because all

boats on the Pacific. ~

H»fls..H¢i"'Sh°¢ Af The opmieon 1-‘inservice Liverpiiril To use

- " Alleged .Slander ' ` “ it A

Kong Renyewed-` Immigration

And Abuse From Europe May Be Less

But More Coming -From

' The States

AWA, April 15-(Spccinllf-The ‘ ~ It was announced some time ago thu

British Govermnenthuil agreed to renew the British (lo\'ernrncnt owing to u. _ the mnil subsidy to the Canudiun Puf:i- change in policy would discontinue this death °'~'°“"red th” mmning °f Henry fic for service between Liverpool und siibsicly. `

H‘m5 K°“8~ ' They liuvc beell persuaded to recon-

This subsidy Was the illdllcelnelit §illel'fhislli-wisilrll.

Which made the C. P. R, put fnsf Tliv sfiffellilig of qlllilifiun.ti<nis for nd- stenmers on the Atlantic, u. .~»pecinl_ irlishiliil to (iniliulu will, it is ln-lieved, transcontinentul xnuil service across iwaulf iiiL_'olisidc|'ul>ll~ decline inthe nr- Canada an to placed orders for faster 1-irulsfroiii Great Britain and the con

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brought down, brought down in such

railway corporation, insurance com-

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th_e___dccuments, original and other-ipany or Trust company, and when wigs, that were Bskmi for were those irregularities were found they

seemed generally to be in those de,

I »-» :::¢;;‘§;“:;. :“.:';°“...‘;.i;°..;i“‘;‘,ii‘..;‘;; hall °‘ them were read' Since "3" who had been trained under Tory Christmas honda” the Public Ac' ullnlinistmtion. Why Sir, no better counts Committee has sat almost iprooi can he given of the insincerity daily. on an average tour days aerlcf the lion. gentlemen' who made week. a thing unprecedented in the such a noise in parliament and in

(From Hansard) bearing of false witness against parliamentary history of the coun- the country and in the press of their

_ _theil¢ neighbors and slander and try. Officials of the departments desire to see a clean administra-

AFTER Rlgoiss ' ebuée; they have no other reggui-eel have been examined witnesses by the tion and an honest and efficient de-

. ` How they “pact to avoid the con. hundred from all ‘over Cauadnlpartmeutal service than the fact

sequences 01 gum com-1\i¢;¢_1 was a1.‘have been examined under oath, that the present Minister ‘of Marine,

p _ most going gg gay the eternal mn. cross-examined. and re-ex~ who has done certa nly more than

’ \'- 'V '7~ HUGHES (K"1¥“» P- E~ Sequences U1 mich ¢0m1uc¢_ 1 do not amined, and yet the Con-may other minister in that depart-

- MT- SP°“k°"» *mme of th” h°“' kfgov/_ unless it ba in the way that servatives have been forced to admit ment since confederation to have

that the rulings of the chairman 0f:honest and competent odicials in

the committee, Mr. Clarke, were iairfthat department, .has in consequence ' fi1'S¢ illtifllllbiflfl “HWY l‘€Ci"e<1 Of th

and impartial. And what has been'of this effort, met with the opposi- discovered after all this examine- tion`ot some of the ofllcials of that tion and investigation 'f Some irre-,department and apparently with the

gularities it is true, some miscon-‘undying enmity ot the op_pos1tiou._ *_ ,_ _ ._ , > - W. av°¢~nnoui¢:~»vne‘*srw'rjs'df lime- ‘ _'Buf.f‘1»¢ -15 eiemme we _",;;'ke "LAXA,,.m', ,mom Q;,,'l'l‘,;’;"’*`*‘°"”';.‘--, ~ ‘~---~-~ ment; but irregularities such as ot the shield, and here in tru we

1 ht I 1 d 1 1 b -_ h' ¢_f hi h I Tablets. Druggists refund money if , Y mg °:::‘ J :sy .;“.:.::; .°;i.“;.iz:“;z:°;;:...':.": .id R to »» W- "ss °t B DP 5 °“ ' ’ 9 _ signnture`on each box. BSc. - ‘ '

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Sl JHHN LllSiS PliilM|llElll .Mill

‘ln Henry W. Barker Who Died Suddenly Yesterday Mornin-

ST. JOHN, April 15-(Special)-The

W. Barker who had been ill for some time.

Ho arose` at 7 ns well as usual, but

soon after suitercd severe puin and dropped dead,

Pnnvlnii

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The Local Legislature wus prorogued

yesterday ut 5 p.ln. '

The closing wus rather unexpected

but 'tho business of the House that re- mained to be attended to was rushed through in record time so that every-i thing was ready when the Lieutenunt Governor urrived to assent to the bills passed and prorogue the House accord- ing to the usual form,

Tne booming of the guns at Victoria

Pnrk, and the music of the band accom- panying the guard of honor wus the

fact that the House wus being pro- rogued. `

To Be Submitted

ments ure planning in submit to t permanent Court of Arbitration at Th

foundlsnd fisheries treaty oi' 1818.

,

J- HH-ES Mr. ll, suuslllr i Nrwr@vNvLAer

HE BUDGET ” A FlSHIERlES.

To The Hague- Trl-

hunal After Some Minor Matters

- Are Disposed 0! By Britain

And The States

WASI-IINGTON, April 15-(Spec'ia.l) to take jurisdiction but this ratiimtiou

The British and United gmw, Govern, is predicted in well informed quarters.

he

in settling this controversy the Hague

Tnbllnnl will have to decide whethqr

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state l ial l d regain ’

Hague the task of interpreting the New ,hm Z; 3|.‘::im,d8gsin;:t°" “mum

tenns of theltrenty.

Ratification of the general arbitration This latter question has recently con-

treaty recently negotiated between the fronted the American sdulinistratinn in two countries will be necessary before the Japanese school q`hestion in Qglifgr. the Hague Tribunal can be called upon] uia.

UUUKHUBUHS IN

Jlll llll STRIKE

Will- Not Eat Cooked Food or Wear Any Clothes

frononro, april 15.-_-Nine Docks.

obor women and ten men, arrested for pnrnding Fort William streets without any clothing, are in Port Arthur jail. They refused the jnil fare, and called f°1` prunes, apples and nuts, saying it is against their principles to eat cooked food. They nlsorefused to dress them. selves. clean cells or obey any orders. Their policy is passive resistance and f they persist they may starve., It is likely that the jail regulations

will he changed to give them the food they ask for.

'One of the most pleasing events of

the Easter season was Stanley Bros., opening of new Spring millinery last evening. Crowds visiteddshe store dur-

rfng the evening and were delighted

` with the splendid display mwde.

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ing last exen ng “ns the best in the

- history of the store. There was it dense

crowd of delighted vi<itors who were, uustinlel in their luimirotion of the lnixgnificenl showing. 'l`he showing will

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d it heh ves ever!

°°°.i*l;':.';*::.:, ..,...::.‘: .. t... lm! c to de so soon. lt must lil 1‘U“°“‘\’°"‘-’

“ham at Ed that in gives a change of D¢r-‘

formance twice each evening; so that,

means thoee who have seen but.on\ fruit

| 1 his work, can an the hslAll.°¢ Of ill alter on in the VNFWW 'Num ,

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g gh enlnh. He °!l\!0lm°f°

“gd :dl cgi-s :Under °V°1’! °5}*-m°°4‘i __ y , _ .

the lm evening amen tml P°°l -“_ » .

‘han D’ ann. 0| ‘ngt1l,l;g\*°,.hIg:ld, um] ' `_n|_lnen_>nf Farmers Advocate. ) ‘I , _ I

W§g;I{'§,‘L,,,3,'- $§l’i3°I»i’“unt°mm°» wer-ie., _ ` y' --__Shire.Mare And Twin Foals Of 1907. . °“°°~ t 'no lm'€:¢ll:§*°td5“'°l“ " Bred by A. Morris, Alsager, England Lt---*_ _-

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The Teuloni And The Caronia Ha e 'A Close Race

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NEW YORK, April 13--After sblole

and exciting race which hegnn at Daunt's Rock in Queengmym ggpbur on April 2. the trans-Atlantic liners, the Teutonic of the White Star line and the Uaronia of the Cunard line, arrived here today. Although the Teutonic made the trip in six days, twenty one hours and six minu- tes. outstripping the Csronin by one hour and twenty-dx minutes. the admirers of the . latter boot claim th t

over 2.887 mille. _,mr ,-_- »,_~l-._~.,; ' 'rue emma stu-na

minutes before the 'Teutonic but the steamshlps were never more thence; miles apart, leading a1t¢;~uf4|y_ Th, race furnished. the 'paneagegg with .°X°UDtion'a1 amusement during the passage. _~ .

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ioes were sont ont ioduy from the gcu- ernl ollloes of the Cflunznlinn |‘:u-itil: :md Clllllmlinll l\'oi~tliul~il and iliv (in lil 'Drunk mil|~oi\il~L f~|-ill-rim; lieaflrrof du. pnrtiin~nl,~ to 4-lu \.~\p»-,|i.~.-.-,_ c ifllur by , lu.yingnn-ii oilf nn>|i<-r by red_\u-iri_~,_

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.\lf- -iin;_~1~ \\er6 llvlrl ln-Bt niulii in this

§\\'\ii<-ll :l i`lill rr-lvlri Will Billpill' l:\l~~l'_

1 Cough., rc ;;.|ar|s».su. winnlher tllfil 'lilxm-|\l~< nr. 'um-ill* r‘|.-‘irvd by, 0»`$."i

i nslilris. li-ucenls ~_,~irli..,,~, mlldrugghh ` i" _ - _

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Corn P 37%

Vt hr at Pork l8.22 $4

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ANNOUNCEMENTS °Rummage sale et Oartcr‘n Auction Rooms today.

Any Guardian reader '

who reoeivq :dimly print-

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folded, sadly em, 'bedlv uddmnd. wily vflrviil-

peper of whatever time will kindly malty the Subs

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The while Oity is talking of Fodeu

land Mack the clever team oi dnncers land singers now performing- ut

\ "_”'*'* ' ‘ ' _ Chiqigg A rii 14- (Special) ;"Fairyland." These-two boys have

the dancing art down topelfrctlon.

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_“_ _ . The Closing Of The Legislature A Egger 12 gg/1 ggmmgjr ;§§_ fx-gg af";_,__°i 5;;

- y - _ _V _ V _Myay Cow and snap from start to ilnl Itl is

one of the liveliest features ol the

kind ever prmlted here and the ottener it iss ,the more enjoyable it becomes. .

The movin( pictures include the

M- d L 1 it cum Dundruff following 'superb subtest)--"When

Cherries arch Bipef’ “Buudeg_' Nth ,the Boll," "’l1le charmed: 014..” "The pretty Typist."

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