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Mo;-ning Daily Founded 1891 weekly (Now Evening Daily) 1397,

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cuissiriian ADVERTISEMENTS

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Clavelfed ads. under this head cost one cent per word per Insertion when, elsh lecompanlieo order, with mini- mum charge of 25 cents per inner. tion. Count your words and save mon- ey by remitting with order. Stamps accepted. Adu. token by phone or "nt by mliil will he charged at 2c. per word, to cover bookkeeping char- ge; ,utationery and poltage on ac- counil. A GENTS \VA NTED

REENTS WANTED.- T0 SELL FOR

“the old reliable Fonthill Nurseri- ¢I.,._" Wo teach our men to sell. Ex- perience unnecessary; highest com- missions paid; handsome free equip ment. Stone & Wellington, Toronto, Ontario. 4597-3-1MEtlMn.r3l

WANTED--REPRESENTATIVES TO

Iliirtribute 'l‘ab1ets, which wash Cioihes spotlessiy, clean, witlioui - rubbing. One trial makes permnn ,.IIt customers. Ono hundred per ron( prollt. Make live dollars daily Send ten cents for samples for tout woghings. llrarliey Company, Brant ‘ lord. Out. 41140-3-2115121.

WANTED-REPRESENTATIVES TO

Iiistribuie Tablets which wash I'1-'lilies spotlcssly rlmtii without rubbing. Ong II-ini Iiuikos pcruia noni r\ustomers. One hiiiliircd poi I-I=IIt proilt.. Mako tive dollars daily. Send ‘ton I-ents for samples I'r.I- tour wushlngs. Bradley Com- ptiiiy, lirniitforil, Ontario.

5071-!l~28lvl6i.

MIS( ‘-l<}Ll..-\N I-IOITS.

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‘SP-ECIAL FOR SMALL BUSINESS.-~

Shoe repair shops, country stores. small gI'oocries, clothes-cleaning Shrine-. ent- one hundred prima bliiheads with youI~ name, business and address for only $1,50_ Tim

- GUARDIAN PRl!\"I‘El'tY_

4012-3~20Mtf.

HORSEMEN- NOW IB THE TIME

to get your stallion cami; printed at 'I`llE GUARDIAN PRINTERY.

4912»3~2I)Mtf.

REMIT BY DOMINION EXPRESS

Money Order. li' lost, or stolen. you Hut your Inn-nov hack.

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PARTIES DESIRING SEWING DONE

ni home will llnd a rouipeteul .~'-."IiIncf.»'tI'osI-I ut till (‘|.inIherlaIId St.

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MULTIGRAPH LETTERS ARE BUS~

iness lettmxs and tho only place thot. protiiiees them is Till-I GUAII- illI\N l'*R1N’1‘Elt\'. . We I-un dupli- I-:ite exactly any typewriliug in qIIIIntIli¢-s of one copy to 60,000.

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SHEETS NQTEPAPER wrru

printed Iuidroi-is I’I0c. Giiariiian

'Iit'ico. 4685-tl~6Mtf.

ENVI-:Lopes WITH PRINTED

a<ltiI'f°s's` 500. (liiardlaii Office

4I;sE~:i-s1iItf|

WANTED, a reliable agent in every

Iiureprcsentoil district III Prliicc, l-.d- wnrd lsiuud. to sell our selerteil list oi' hIIrII'y Fruit and t)rIIaIut-n_tIIl I,-rod Equipment, free. _ l<¥xI~luaIvIi II-I~r1tor~y. ilood pill' W“0\¢Ii'- 0"l“ 000 iwros. Estiibilsheil thirty-tlvv

vnarii rnI.II.\IiI nunsnnv co., -POSITION wANTED__Sc0TcH

Toionto, Ont. 2:19-'14FlnI\v.~Itl em FOR. S.‘\Ll_'}.

Fon sAI_E.- i<iNoi_iNo _Ar 25

mlm., por load. Apply :It 12 ltoul S, _ soils-:l-soitcipii _

~rwo mos I=on_sAI.z-1 Pueuivili- __

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Ilc the wagon, 1 Iioulilo seutcfl Irnp. A. liorne it t‘o. lI0iii-:.-28M.ll.

'ron sAI.E- sscotvo HAND I»IIIIy

- ~ in . A ly 104 Water St. 'mr me W 5o47,:I,27Iu:IIpa.

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AREHOUSE WANTED- FOR Iaonio yours' pI'oIIucI:_ Ailrlress-_' li. llox 360. iI009,3,2l0_\13l,

tlaiuoki-I'-poi' on l~‘ox iitmrfli. A ixood Iuiiu wiili tho best oi’ iilllliii-L 1-‘ull pi\rtlculuI's_ Apply .l. M. lil l'r>tcr Strort, 'l`oroIIto.

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wAN'rED.- MINK, Fox, Musk- ' rat. Sec me before solliiig. J. D._ Jenkins. .'I004,il,LI4lVlllipIl. I

Finances oi the

:Iimiysis of tho situation and thc. lm- nieiiiato outlook :Ind brim l`IIll oi' op- iiII1I.~uII and vision so csscIIt.i'.Il to the proper iIIIIId1int.! oi' thc affairs oi' state.

'i‘ho public nc(-oitiiis und the report

ot` tho oxtornul :Iuditors had been pro viousiy t:IblI'~d sliowiiig that ourc more tho Yiifitliiosoii (.16-vcrlituctit had I\;II~riI>¢1 Ilirough the yonr':~.- tlnaucini: with llio sti~iI‘It_~st oconoiny I-.onIp:I- tihlo \vitlI olllcioiicv und had oIIIIt.Il \vitlI II siihstniitiul siirpiiis-:1 l`o:II pro- luihlv Iitioqiiiillotl by any other prov lure III tho Dominion.

'i‘lllC l’Rl<lMlEl`l said: This is thc

sixth of-casio-II, on which li, has bcoII my duty and privilege to pI'c.s<_\IIi to thc llonso the ldstiniatcs and Iuuko uhut is Ircognisetl IIIIdc-r our prnr- tirc as the lludgot Speech. This docs IIot iiicliiiloctho short session of _/\u~ Rust, last. The cxpeidcnce ot' this tlc-voI'nIncIIt thus covers un cxtoiisivo iloiii. 1II tho lirst ycar in whiI:lI we mot tho lloiisc the I'IIhliI: _-\<~roIiIIis ilufl nil the tI-Iiiisnr-.t1oII.s had rcliitioii to tho your 1911, whcn oIIr pI'cI1i\cos- sors wero in power, 'Pho following ,voor that closed oII tho Illsi I1II_v N, Deconibeiz 1912 was partly II your of this (lovcrnmcnt and pu-“ily that oI` tho previous (1ovoI‘nIIII=iIt. So that tho nccoiiuts that wr brought dowII for the porin-Il oi` lift#-c,u_IiIoIItiis ond- iuz llei-cinbcr Iii, |012. IIII-liidcd two IIIo:It1Is and two Ilays of thc l’:IlInoI' .-\IimiIIistrIItioii, and tho brilaiirfi oi'

ANTED- BY KING GEORGE, 1":IrIners’ lnstitiiio: Ayrshire bu_il,i tivo yciirs' old or over. Address' Geo, li. Moore, Sc¢:‘_V. AIIllf‘.\'. 1'-I

ld. I. 5050.3-27E5ipd.T

FOR SALE COTTAGE W,-,-H cATs WANTED-I wiL.L PAY $2-00

stable on Pleasant St. ADDIY at 1’ vicasant street. 4924-3-21MGin<|~

FOR SALE-120 EGG INCUBATOR. used three times. .lohu li. Marks

New London. P. i~J. I. _

50111-3-illlhillipil

III IIIIy one desiring to loan me II' I-:Ii with kittens iiirro or four lifl.\'S` old) or onc about to have -kitteris' within the uoxt tiiree or l'oiir diiys.! .\Ildrcs.~i' by mail, Fox Iiulicb, C’o (IIIIiI‘T1itIII 0lllI~I>_ ='»0='>7.3.‘_lSMiI`.-

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oAsoi.iNE ENoiN-E.- WE HAVEI; _ Im., It 1|, p, Woodpecker cuisine) for ' ...Id wut be IIIIIII cheap. ;\- lick- 1IIIrd‘& (‘o. Coal Dealer. (1IaI°1ott_c~ _ mWn_ 5005,3.2~1l\lbl , 'Fon s/u.s-Moron IaoAT°_2s FT.

lunil BVI Horse Power Euizlilii- Slut: -Ible for pleasure or ilslung. A111115, J. T. luni' n, Boiisliaw. '

A 49913-24MiiIpII.

For-I eALs on To I.E1'..___ A Housi

situated on writer oi poiiswvlft Avenue and Pi0l1SHl1t 5"'ee"_ “ present occupied by i:i_;'s.A`i_3§-1\|if‘i(;’_j Apply to 99 LonirW0\` _ ~- _ l"l.l01'io 561-L. 5090,5,29l\‘ll\\k _

5 . _ LOST

I_os'r-some 'rims Aoo. A st-:TT I-.I Amethyst prayer bind? Wil" ii°“

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xncriul .Intl :ross Iitttic Twu_3_30Mm_

lil'll.l‘ \VAN'I‘ED--;\II\l.ll.

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WANTED-A HOUSEMAID APPLYI I~vcIIiIu:s Mrs. i‘. il. ll. Loug-

woitb 181 Fitzroy SI. G01()-ii-Il0M_ii.T WANTED-'MAID Fon GENERAL iioiiscwork. -‘\iti!I.\' 203 _D0"‘:h“5"‘3‘ 5;,-9(-,f_ i'I050,.i,28M.i1pIl. T Q Fon House

work. Apply to Mrs, 1". S. L0di§<‘~

25 l'pprr Priucc St. __)0S3____29Mn__|

WANTED--PUPIL NURSES MALE

,md fanmla II( tho ’i`auIItoII State liosplinl ’l‘ruiniug School for Nurs- I-,II_ For purtioiiiurs udiiress Dr. AI-I

thur \’. (Toi-nr Suili- Tmmton Smwl

, 'l‘. Iuton, Iliass. Hospim M IIIIII-4-iilviti'

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'f "" 'ro LET- srons AND or-'Fics on

WANTED. MAN FOR FARM W0_RK_._ Iionil Joh for steady wiilinu \v0il<“'~ W. Illakn, Duval. Saskntchewriil.

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ISIAND SIIIIIIER

IJANSEIIUUSIY III

0'1"i`A\VA, March 29- .-In thc li_st`

of casualties published last night tiir (ieorge Curtis of New Zealand. F rrnoriini III; "Iianscrous-ly iii-

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une. Moon. ETC-

'ronoN1~o. Iiiarciisi-sininii WWI”

IIIId nioderete gales. South to weft oI‘cIII-tional showers hut Dilffly “mi

The highest temperature record;

yesterday was 42 ileiirces above- I0 a. in. it was 36 above: ni. 9 D- "VI :ln above. ‘The coldest the prci/|011” niizht was 36 above. 1 The tide -will be hilh this aller-

noon at 21.11 and tomorrow at 4.08; it will be high tomorrow mornin! 11 5.20 and Sunday tit 6.24. M The sun sets this evenini! at 0- ~ Ind tc-morrow at 6.45; li rises I0'

mtarrow morning at ti and Sunday Df- 5. ll. The moon sets tomorrow m0I'0l"3

at 2.44.

There was n. new moon on Thurs-

dly. March 22nd at 11.05 P- m- T" The ilrat quarter of the moon w

IIHINA REIIIIIINIZES

vI<»I_I.rII¥_ noel; -TI_;>sf(se§::_<:1I:e§\1sY 1'"-'

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App y en" 4549-2~24MtI

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LET.-COTTAGE OF 8 ROOMS.

T311, (irIIt'tou iurcnt. JIIIT Iiiodgrn

. , i ccs. \l:=u gooi Tarn. il- ;,(|);“I‘¢;"|I3_ni{iggliiIt 50219-ii-27MGlpIl

IIussiiii_i;tviii'iii/iiiii"

5 I I t The Guardian.)

l‘F1l({lNe(I: aMn‘;ch 2il»- The il\lnesoT

GoveIuIIIcn't. has roroiznizeil the new nm.(IrnmeIIt. III llussla.

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RIIIIAN PRESS GIIENSURES AMERICANS

If-orr:NtInoEN. Merril 29- D°“l’“"'_

continued silence ou the Daft f;(“":)‘;.

im press news ot thu ret I

3TeJn_;'(nw~|-I(-gn representatives on the

' Commission has stir-

nigllmerllltolgeilleivriters H110 h‘”°9k‘"K their silence The Taizes Zeitunirat- tucks the Ameitciin Commissloiierg sharply <l¢¢i°\‘"lK ‘mt "I-Ley II II” diiy working in the All; 9 _ Ewa is and furnished a reiilllllf “I‘""` wrlesfo the transmission oi' militarvl no \i“ronI Belgium. This P81191' V9' "mt" (0 the American criticism oi' thu to: B- II tion of Brand Whlt1ook's‘ com- in eriraltion bv referring to olielieil m"{'rfcuons p'|Med on Count Von re:rnstorlf's ues of wireless by 10°

he on Friday, Morph 80th at 5,:-Iii n.,I m:--J-=

M_l'tilrd'o Llhimont ourbl' coidl. 02°-

ihe- period wo \\'I»I-o respoIIsi1Ilo'i'oi'; :intl just ut this point f~oI'I_Ius in II cr.-IitiIIIIoiIs Iiiis-stair-IIIcIIt by our op- ponc:I's, II IIIis-stutqniont for the put' .porin ol’ comparison, on the vr-r_v thres- hold ot` t1Ie assuiuptiou ol' oflice by this ilovcrniuoiit. This liscul year wus chaiigcil by our opponents from Ihr- ilist Iloy ol' ilereniber to tho :`l0th Scptoixilieix :I time when the public works and the public services were iiicoiupleit-I: the public works all IIII- Iier way. the _vciir closing nt~tlIui. date- wns tis poor a _rear for statistical pIIr- posos us could be devised. l need not outer into rodsniis why that :inte .was chosen. but wo Ilote.i'IIIiIIod to ro- vort hack to tho Illst Dcronilior, thc cud ol' thc c‘IileIIIlIIr your, IIIIII tho ond Izt' tho llsral _rear in this province i`or gciiorittioiis bot`oI~o. That Iiiuilo II perioil, then. ot' iiftccn Iiiouths, ex- i.I.-IIiiiIIg ironi thc 2l0tlI 1~‘Ioptem1IcI‘. 1911, to the Illst i_)s=I:eIIIlIci‘. 1012, that we Iiccoitiited for. -Tho public ac- ruuuts which we-rc brought Iiowu fc-I' the _venr ciidiug 30th September, 1i|'l1 showed an 'indebtedness by this pro-' viiice ot' $904,000. At this point, colu- Iiionccs the IIIisrcpresciitlitloii with whi_ch we have had to deal ot. every' public Ineetliig which I Iltiended t.lIroIIt:lIout. the r‘c~IiIItI'_\- riiiriufr the last t-if-‘clion und in almost. every spool-.li Iuudo by hon. ge=IIt,icIIIcIi op-| positc in this Hoiiso. lt is for that I-snsoii. rind because the “l’ntriot." nowspupei' luis again taken up and reiterated those II~Iis~sIateIucIIt.s. that l now ask the llouse to consider the actual facts. The lost year ot' tho

1’aIIncr Governnieiit ended on the] tliith Se-pteiuhrr. 1911. and their pI_IlI~_ iir riot-oitnts showed an imicliteiliicss ot’ $904,000. Then tliey in-pt on from the 310th September, tliroiuzli OI-tobrr ond November, until tho second day oi' llocr:iIIbr=r_ whon Ih-oy went out; nnd we eugugetl two of tho most ex- port, anti rt-.liuhie uvcountaiiis who could bo found III thc province. Inuna- grrs oi' hnnlis. mon huviiuz no politi- rul pcrsiinsloii, ‘hut iiaviiig their ro- putuiion III sialic oII Ihr- corI'cI-incsu or otherwise ot' thc siatoiiients they mudo, Inou omiiicui in their pI'ofetI~_ sion. to mnko an audit I:~i` tho lluiinclai condition ot' the province. They found that in addition to the $004,000 shown in the public accounts, there were uIIpI'ild dchis and llubliilies amounting $168,000, and l have the ilopcrt ot those Auditors to prove ir. in tho face oi' this tact, which I'.'IuiIot for n motucnl he controvcrted. the nits-statements is repeated thot. we crime ln nud fountl an inilebtedness of only $904,000: and to provide against the prevalence oi' any belief in that false statement wo fc-riiinatoly had those auditors appointed. The result ot their investigation showed thnt on

Province.

day oi' llc:-cmller last. the debts and, liabilities of this proviiicc aIIIoIIIItoI1 to $l,0tI2.l:'Il, Now, putting to one side thc $11,000 which was uor co- vered or iiiciiidcd in tht- finding r-I I\iossI-s. -Rossiioroiiizli :Intl i`Jt=IIclI oII thc 2nd llecember 1011,-*piiitiiig that iisiilo Iiiul trcutlilx It. :ls it' it Iiuvor existed, we hzivo $1,072,000 wo bcga'n with Iigiiiiist us, and on tht- :list llc I-I-IItIII-I- last II was $l0,i1ii0 It-its Ibm, ilizlt; so thot Ituriiig IIN- |It=I'i0Ii iii with-II wo linve born III powI\.I- wr- hn\'<= Iiono ii IIumhI»I- oi' things, some r.-1’ wliicli I will I-rfor to as l prorfocii. llul our Illini: we huvo dont- is. IIul'~ int: Ihtit live years. to have rcIiIII~r=d ilu' ii\Ii1‘lILi~IlIIess ot this pI'ovlIlI'o bv $10,000, `

AT VARIANCE.

l’reIIIiIII- ,\iIII_IIi@¢.I0Iq IIIII-Odd(-(III pig at-coiiiits would show of the InoiIiestut`l'airs in the collection oi' taxes, III,

budilct in :I great spcocli last night. i‘0l1‘iv@li lllld U10 ll10ll0_)' llillfl OUI- DUI ‘Im ’*"°“L"l' 0"" I0" ‘""|"`"‘m““" Be" The Legiglnfive A_qS,_,mhI_, “,_T__T T,T.C,w(|_ atm 1,-, show “-hui me |iab{|m€,, 0|' sides the rcductioii. of $10,000 in tin- cd. ull the members hciug present, U10 l1l'0VIll<‘9 \\'(’l`f»‘-.*°IIlf* IIIIDUIII U1* debt- we h“v"' 5U‘“‘I' ‘out ‘III the 0"' and E_w,T_\, l_UT_TmT. available fm. me mmf(-g_ yum. ufgm- yum- we I),-mlgm din-.II~_v revenues ol' the province sonic public wus ri-owI|I=,d, umm. imiteg Ilowu those statciueiits, and this your $33-579 I`0i` Will' D\1¥`i]0S*-'»*~ lf 5'0" peing W-@._e,=m__ Tm. premfpr was in tiiiero has been laid IIpoII the tnhln of wish to test the credit. oi` :I I'ountI'y.

oxecllent forIII and IlIIllvt'fI'cIl ti mos- UW H0050 11 Riiecial illiim- bl' MV- If 5'0" Wish t° knml' “'|m"“"` IIS Hmm' . , _ “,T.|_T addT.(,HR_ mmm to The hem OT. his p1_(-mIm;In_ the mu|,agf_I|- 0( th.; |¢(,_va] I-lui hzisls is sound or oiiierwise. you _ _(Special _to The Guardian.) _'vi-.ri.iIIg io the bt-lictf that the pros- l1l1Hl0i‘f0ri-siliiiichuriirtci-izcil by keen Blink. which shows that on Ip.; gig, I-IIII drpenil upon Iho bairks und tho .\i'.\\ )Oitl\_ Mitt-I.-h '.’9~- -~'l`lII- I-nt GI>I:IIIIIII I'I>iI-eat is only part oi' II

ilIIuIIrie>‘s,wlI0 control lurl-to sunt# oi” uioIII»_v to- tix the proper estimate, and that estimate was ilxcd on tho lst day oi’ I)sceIuhr»i' lnsI when this (lo\'cI~IIIncIIt. was culled upon to dis- cliurizo TI dobcniure loan of $185,000. Wiiou tho lmutlci' of thc Opposition wus III this llouso before. sniiie twen- ty-Iive yriirs ago. lu- siippc-rlcd thc purt_\~ that fiotiioii and placed that loau. » "

BORROWING-~A RUINOUS POLI-

CV.

You III:\_\' have noticoii that his po-

lir-_V and tho policy oi' his i`ol1owers'is IIol. to pay as yr.-II no along, but to borrow uiouey. ’I`iIry ure putting hotre us coIitinuIIll_\- plaiis such as that instead oi' i`I-Irintr the issue like

Inou. lnsteail of paying as wc go.

I .was rtitiior iIitoI'f.sti\II in rofidiiig they ailvisc its to Ito-“I'o\\' IIitf.'lf’Y Mill IIII- "tIIIuI-tiI.III." wIIiI~lI is sIIppoI=eII ict i'\it\ii'f~ »;+»I\<»riIti0I\-' Ii-”1.\' II- B01'-I io Iiuvt- soinc s_vIITp;ItlIy with ips, (;0_ ro\vInI.: Iuoucy is justiliahlc ii' It. is

vri-IIInr=Iit, and thc “l‘.'Itriot,“ whoop 1 s_vIupIItlIy is not siispoi-ted very Sti‘f.'#li~¢I_v oi' being III that direction. I 'l`iIr_\' both umdc stateniciits in I'cgn"d to the tliiunciai position oi’ tho pro- I viiico Iii tho time wo canic into po» I wer and also III. thc present Iimc, und- I you know. hir, Siotlkor-I ho) ‘

‘or thc pIIrpo:-I-_ of psiiiblishliig pcrtnn-

Iicut or proillablo iristitutir;-Its, but

Iorrowiug InoIIr._y to pay the daily

uecil is n I-uinous pI‘actlco, and lt' we

Iod tukou the Iidvico ni' the l.cader oi ho Opposition and his i`oll<;-wcrs and Ind borrowcii money to pay iIIto the

Patriotic Fund instead oi' levying :I tux

_ I . II' Ir Is not iicrosy to .say so~thev wI-I-I. t`or tho amount I‘I_~I|IIli'cIl, we wc-uid

lIotlI wrong-‘;. The-v worn wronia, oIIciI I

love gone into thc money iuarkoi, to

our to the oxtoni oi' $1I;3,0t)I)_ (ph I'nisr'tlIut. $185,000 with :Imurk black

Gliardiiiu coiintiug that amount twice while thc Patriot omitted it, 1 -1IlQi1f‘ihf‘I'. 'l`o limi tlII=~ truth _vc-II Ilivido Ihc sum oi` the two pnpcI's by ‘.‘. it Iuiiglit ho sultl thnt $10,000 is' not vo"_v much oi` :I reduction in the liabilities or thc proviurc III tive

in IIIII1 tics(-I‘or.lit:I1Iio. Ai once we would

ic- told: You arc iII tho position tx-i` :I farinor who is putting on Iiiortgnge tiftct- InoI‘tgaIz,c to pay 1Iis_gI'ocery hills. ' 'l`hei‘e is but our. cud to such n cc-Iirse us thut, and it is iinnnciai ruin, Tliose men would say to us:

yenI'§. hut Irousider the situation as we touhd it when we I-time into po-I wer. \\"c t`oIIIId II debt that tor

You have horrowcil money for the Pn- trioiic -i*`unIl. Tiuiti is noi. II pt-I'rIIIn~ uein thing; that is II t`IInd supported

twciIi_\' _rears had been stcuiliiy Iiiouu- ily V0l\l11iiii`Y N-'i\ii`II1ilfI0|\S 01' U10 ting liiglici' uuil liiglier, with Iirvor :I 11901110 Ililli U10 G01/€1‘i'lliif‘Fll Bild YOU single III-ook; an IIvcI'iI;:c tor linvc dont-I just what the t'nrmor did

i.\\'0I1t_v _veiirs ot' $45,000 hud been :III- dcd to the dcht, and IlIf\I~_-I, app:-I1I't.I1 I

who borrowed Inouev to Incot his gre

'I.r_v cxpeuscs. You have borrowoil

to be no end III slight, ._\'0r, only Wm. Inoucy imiteail r.-1' I~IIiI<iIu.=,' the Fund III-

hnt tiue, but me v public seivice

I-I-ily t`roIu the people. as you should

t _» . ,. A , .. had I:'rIIduII1i_v Ilrwliiiorl. ln the puh- (I0. 'Vilfii IS llI'@l'5SUI_v Whili Wi’ Wilillil lics<>1Ioc,~1s Ihr- uIIppII»III-ents had pIu=II have been told had wr I`ollI;-wed the titkcu IIwa_\‘. thi* lioiiiisses had iwoii i'0lil'SE S\ll»Z£5€‘5f“<I bv I-hi? L0ild0f` Of ihf’

cut oi`t`; and o\'rI'_\~ eil(-oIII'nizeIuf>n`i was glveu our t0:II'lII_‘rs to leave thc- pro- viIIct=~. ii' I might be periuittrzd to use au oxpressioii that our fI'ieIid.' i0rIIIeI'l_I- (‘oII‘,IIii.-siI».ii=i‘ of 1-’IIi')ili‘I

Works,, woulil have hee-II very glad] to use, l would sII_\' ou" sirhools v.'oI'I-T filled with teiicliors who wI~I~,. not there. We had sonic T0 sclurols that were vacant und IIII\IIy ot' tho tout-lI~ ers throuI.;hout the province were tcacliiiig on periuits without lit-onsc. The euroinieut had fallen hy over five t.lIousIIud, :ind wliat was trite III thc educational depzirinirnt was gu- nerully true. ii' our I".-IIl_\~ coiisiilors tho' I~oIItlitloiI Iii this \'cr_v buiidliitz. as I-epreeslitliur III _II .~iIIIui1 way tho. public works i'roIII I~Iul to cud oi, this island, ho will Izoi u \'f_\i‘_\» fair iiulioalioii of how III:IttI-rs stood :IudT ht;-w they stand now, \VI~ foIIuIi this, building hentcd by thc nmsi aiiirirut Iucthods. Tl1orI= woro l>ciwt=cII iiiir-' ty :Ind i`oI't_v siovi-.~I sI'IItterI»II tlirouali- out the liuiidiug. and the lighting sI's~I tent was of thc Iuosi primitive kiIid.I The llooru were worn until tho prin~. Iripul t'ciIturo, the i'I~IItIiri“ that would .strike I1/ny peI'sr;-Ii coming' in. wniiid' be the splinters that stood up, \\'c, liII\'f- Iuutlo uoiuo I-li:IIIi.:`i‘s in that “c~. irurd. l.I»t iIIIyoIIIf ao into tho t'ouII-, I-,il ('7lIanIiirI-. und instonil I:-2' the grimyi and IllI't_v iooui wiiit-li wt' l`IIiind, il is' one r.~l tht- most strikiiiiriy bc:Iutifu1I iegislativo lIaIi.~I that can he found* from ocean to ocriin. llardwood iloors hnvo born laid down, II niotie-rII| hearing systciu 'has hccii eslabiis1Ied,‘ und the buildini: is till fully and com- pletely lighted. 1 would not. sprnk of it if it. had I~eicI'e-lion to thier hiilid- lug nlouo, hilt it. represents in miiIia~ ture the condition III which we found the public services and the condi- tion to wlIiI~h wc have iuivonccdi them today. 1 hoard an lion. moniber say to-day that ibn ronds of the coun- try were In It scniulaious condition. ort

soniothiug to that oifecl. and auotiiori hc-II. nIemhor_ who knew thc coutru-T ry, said that the statement was not

tho rlnv the present Government camo »ii`il“. it was vr.r_v hard indeed tori

intn po\vor the indebtedness of i-he province was $1,072,000: and no muh wlin vnlués his rrpiiintiou for truth. or who has any nbiiity to unilerntaml the stinpisst lc-rm of aI:count.lug will attempt. to question that tnct. it is true there were sc-me liabilities which those auditors were not ahie to ilnd.- iiabiliies for damages. for example. liabilities that had nriscii on claims not properly recorded; so that in ad- dition io the amount which the audi- tors found oi $l.072.000. th€I‘0 WHS 0 sum of over $11,000 morebetween Wal- ter Lowes and other claims thnt ai- terwarde developed. it will be seen tliereion, that we had to deal with liabilities c-f $1,072,000 plus $11,000.

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one to nvoid II ntatoniont of that kind.: kuowina just what tho roririltion oi'I thc public roads has been i`oI- that Inst few years nIId imr~\viIIg what itl was a few years before. The re-T duction is only $10,000. but we have, killed a tlellcit ni' $45,000 a your that was eaiiugthe very heart. and life out oi' this country, and we have changed it into II surplus, however small. We have done this during II period ol" stress and war, operating aitogetlIerI to the distitivantage oi' the revenue and making greater calls for expendi- ture. Everyone who wishes to be; honest nI\Ist'mnke that admission. that we have had to tight against war conditions and that -those were ne- rioun conditions that hampered thef

Your alter year we had an audit. made to ilml out not only what the public

Government III _tho conduct ot public]

Oppt;-;-iitlou and those ussoriaieil with him. llo\ve\'oI‘. wo did Iioi; and those mon examined our tlnnncial pr.- sitiou; they looked into thc rccorti of what this Governnient has bien doing. They looked thrc-ugli our tux sysiciiis and tho methods we were lollowiug, and tho result is wo raised ii loan upon terms the most. favour- uhle ol' any part oi the Britisli Em- pire, (Choc-I-s.) There is no- port oi' the ilritish lflnipire, no province, no I'olon_\'_ Iio <~oIIIItI'_v, that was able to piacc II It-:III mi terms its favour- able as littlc i’riIIcf~‘ Edward island. Ii‘lIcors) And I will tell you more. .\lI-_ Spcukor, tluit ii` wc had followed the poriilcious utlvlrte oi’ the Hon. L.t=adcI~ oi' thc (ippositioii lust. August and had issued tlciieiituros to raise inoiicy to pay into the Pairioiin Fund we would iiavu lost over and over again many tliousands of dollars. and thc I-rodii oi' thi- pro\'iIIr»c~ would have sunk lI\st.r=.uIi ot' staiuliiur at the high- est pIIint1cle_-hiiriior ihnn tho Domi- IIic.~II oi' t`nIuIIi:I; for they have liorrow- od III por cont. iInIi`iI:tvo marie Ii dis count, wht`I'I=ns wo lirociired nn I-xtciisiiiii oi' tivo yours oII tho loan of $185,000 on II liasis ut' 5 por cent lint. tt‘lIcoI':~i.i II. was iII 1801 wht-II ihut, lonn of $lS:'I,000 wus lion!- I\II_ :ind with proper tiuaiiiriiiu wc should hurt found. on the lst Decent- hor lust. :I siitllulcnt. sum III tho sink- ing fund to have mot that iiiIbiiii_'.y. liow much did wo find III tho sinking fuIui'.’ Would this I-louse bclicve it -not oiieiiaif of $185,000. NI.~i._onc- haltf,-just $92,100; and so wise and pl‘IIdcIit. had ihoso men been that tliey had invested the sliikiiur iIIIId in de» lieiitures and seciirlties thot. were not due on the lst Deremiic-1* Inst. and in the sinking t'uIId there wns not. one single dollar .to incot that $185000 loan except $32,851, which wo hail paid into that sinking fund ourselv- es,-l\'ow_ lot this hc Iiudorsiood. lor thc i.c:Ider ot' the Oppnsiiioii ii-I the Iiuuiiciai critic and this is his re- cord: Ho and his ptirty tioutcd tl loan with II sinking fund not shill- cioiu to pay I.-no-halt' nt' the amount oi' that loan at maturity; :Ind what thvrc was III tho sinking: fund couI~ prisiug only $212,000 in ciisli, NOT ONE CENT OF THAT CASH INVEBTED IN THAT FUND BV OUR PREDE- CESSORSI EVERY DOLLAR THAT WAS AVAILABLE IN CASH WAS PAID IN BY THIS GOVERNMENT. What did wo do? We took the mat- ter Iip withthe Aetna insurance Com~ pany that held $100,000 oi’ this is l.1nd‘s bonds, and nl't.eI- II thorough investlizi-itioii oi' the tlimncial position of this province hy them, wo were able to get from litem tho terms l have st_iIteIl, nu oxtonsiou oi' five years at live per cent and nu to the

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I Is Part ol Plan For Retirement _on

East to Lorraine. Allied Semicircle Closing Steadily Around the Angle.

GI-.'I‘nIIIIIs IIII= strikiiur bark III i_‘1iIIm~ Iiltin tor I'r~tiI‘eIuont. oII II i.romendou.- pugue III Ii I|otuI'IIIiIIoIl I-ifoii. to di- =-:ale in this l5I'~lI:i:iII boi'rlcI°. In sup- rrri lleiicrul .\Ii\'I»11n from his erase- Dori. ot' this theory II is pointed our loss pouiuiing :Ii tho Inuit- oi' tho sliuk- that withdrawal from the Noyon and ou liiiidcuburg- liIIt~‘. Tho scour oi' tho linpniiine .saiisiits is rapidly fort-IIII; counter <It'i'oIII»=iw\ lziuiichcd by llin- thc wimlu tlcruian line into the i’oInI 1IoIIlIIirg is IIIIIIII: II 't'll`tc<_-II Inllr froIIt.Iof an iiniiieiisg right. angle. Tho (Ip. stnI'tlIIg about i,wI1uiy-tivo IIIIII-r. oasf. right oi’ Ih1.-»uIIglt> runs north and ol' llheims. Ilttnckiiiir iii t`oI'I:t- in this south for 120 miles t'IoIn Niouport, ou srcior the iIe‘I‘IIuIIIs have Iirirf-II the i1IoBo1t:inII I‘o:.Ii=.t, to Leon. the Horiz- Ficiicli i`roIII ,f.'oIIII_- of thoir .'IIivIIIu~cIi omni runs for about nn equal distzilico irfIIu‘lIt\s, but 'huvii t':IiI¢-Ii so t':II' Lo rust to thI_- 1.oI‘rtIilI>lI0IdeI‘. II is into luaki- uuy .-i\I'ioIis iinprcssloii on thi- IIII~' tipox of this Niiulo thot. Gcnciwtl Iici`enIieI~s' lines, III the iiieuutinie the Nivi-ilu is boring his way tlireeteniiiig iron .~<t»ini~<-iI-<-lI- w1IiI'lI .\'ivcllI- has- In out tho torifns of tho lnrtidoi tlirown III'ouIId tho soiiiliciii half ui sI|uIIroI_v in two. i

tho St Goiiuiii is steiiilily I‘o_ntI‘IIt!t-

ing. it' the I-`roI\I-II IIIaintuiII Ihcir HINDENBURG LINE ‘ piosciit ri“e oi' ntivuilizt-' if, can only ABOUT TO BE TESTED. bc II IIItItic,» 0i` \'cI'_\' i't‘w days bt-It'oI'0

the r_-niiI't> piuicnu is in their t:I'as'p, (Special to The Guardian.) I‘r~mo\'iIIg IIII- lust great Iititurai hui'-T LONDON, Mart-h 29--~ The (Irr- I-ior to l.aon_ ,IuzIII.-. nie now I\IIii'cIiI'hed along tho

’i`lII- British are Iuo\'iIII: I`orwIii'd_t‘roIII iuwariis which tho l"I'cIich uint

stcailily norili but the fur-I iIIIII iheyTl`lI=itislI have been advancing, n`ccoI’Il- III'I_- capluriiii; \'illziI.<os with I-tI'vIIir_\' ini: to a siutcincxii today by Major iiirlirates that they are not _vcr in I.-on- General Ziiauricc, i‘hi¢-I’ I.lirecto,- ot' III(-t with tile main (loriuuii t'oI't-cs. Miiitarv Operations at the War 01'- 'l`ho most. utlvuiicod llriiish oiitpos'-is lice. llc .said tlIIIt. \\'helhe`I~ ptisses are still ton Iuilcs from thc i‘IIm _sion by tho GorIutIn.'~; formed thc hrui line' whcrr allied oiisr-Ivors lIII\'f‘-IIIuI‘h adijeiiisoil llindonburiz linc' tIss1iIIi0Il tht' GoI'In:IIIs propose if-Iwoiilii not lit* i'o\'eu1cIi until tht' iunkc (III-,ir rcal srunil. , i1"rI-,Itch and British armies had

;\iiiitai'_\‘ I-ritif-ss in Paris :tio rv iII~IiiiI.:lIi up Ihoii hr~t\\{\‘ Iiriillery.

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SIGNAL DEFEAT 0F

TURKISH ARMY

Force ol' 20,000 Men Defeated, 900. Captured Including General and Divi- sional Stall and Number oi Austrian Officers -

(Special to The Guardian.) 'cd hoa.vy liissus on hint taking 000

t.i)Nll0N, hiarch Z0- ’l'ho llritir-li prisoners iiicluding the Gonirlal Com-

ariuy III l’niI-.stlIII_»,' has Ilrfeiiied u maridiilg and the whoic divisional Turkish arniy ot' 20,000 incn -capt.III'~» stall’ oi the Turkish Division. These ing' 900 men iiirliidiug II gcncinl, the ilixures include Your AuI~ItriIIi1 officers War Office announces. Tho entire di- und thirty two Austrian and Germans visional stall' ol’ the 1~`ii'ty 'l`hird Tiir- of other ranks. We also captiired two kish llivlsioii was I-tIptuII>.d by tht- _~\ustritIn 4 inch guns All troops he- Britisli. llrltlsh troops have odvunceillhaved spiendldly, especially thc i`or :I Iiisiaucc oi` |it’teI_>‘n miles along troops of the Welsh, Kent, Sussex. the _~-oIIthcrI1 Pa-lostino coast ol' the llorcforti, Middlesex and Surrey rugi- lvloditcII~aIIenII, This British force ments and the Anzac und yeom.anI~_v have pitshcd ior\varI'l t'rom l'lot`a to mouutod troops.

Glluzzeliu, II rivor tivc Iuiies south ol’ 6

Gaza (lhuzzeh. Gaza is twenty milos IN ROUMANIA,

IIorIlI of the Flgyptiau Syrian boIIII- (Special to The Guardian.) dary, Tho text. oi' the oll"iris.l ;.‘tnio'nIcnt 1’ETllOGRAll, liiarru 29- Teutonic, retuls: attacks ou the southern portion oi’ the

“’l`ciogrII.piIiIig ycsteriiity the i_`onT- itoumanlan front wore delivered yes-

maniiei--in-(‘IItci in iiirypt ropoits that. tnrduy hut were stopped by Russiiin wc advniircd our troops til`tccTi miles tire, the War Olllce unuounccd today. l`I'onI ltafa to ilu- \\':Idi Ghuzzcli, five An advailcc was attempted in tho re- milcsIso\ith nt' (lusn to cover Iho von- Irion northeast. oi' lfoiisbani. ()n1y,'riIiIl- struction oi a. railway. Ou 1\londay and inn operations are roportotl from Ihr '1’Iu=.sIlII_v wo wi-ro lieziviiy r\IIgiIgI>Il` in i"aIIcIIsus front.

this Iu-ighliorliooil \'»'il.I'l it f0I‘<'f’ 0l`| '-'°‘ ”””””” *'”*°'”°°‘

nboiii 20,000 of Ihr' ¢~III=rII_I-_ Wo inllii-I-TMInard’a Liniment cures toothache.

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IIIIIS IIISII SPAI PREPARES WAR UIIAIIAN IRIINIS NFIIII EVENIUAIITIES

(Special to The Guardian.) (Special to The Guardian.)

l.0.\11)(i.\'_ March 20- 'l‘lIi- Inust hi- LONDON, March 29- The Spanish

teI'r.-.',iIIg 'piece of news from thc wur Govoriimoiit luis adopted measures ghentm today is the Iiiiiiounceil visit mado nciressary' for the pre.sci1'a- to the italian trout. oi' Sir \\’iliiaIII tion oi” order in view of nn appeal to iloimI'is'oII und General \\'e_vgand. ro- the pcopio which is i-hnrIIrtt~rlzi‘d ao

pI~rs-ciiting Generali Nivcllc. lt run he sfIditioIIs_

n5__-,mm-,(1 (hut this p_I't\_I_u-ucv; , .__._._...______.__..____... ot' il ~. ll ~it's1 t‘1ici ol

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Staff und tht- It:prcse'IItativc of the

l~`I~enI‘h iIcoIlqIIaI't<>I's stall' III the THIS! oi' tho itnlitin suprciiii- rtvininntiii. _ Iiiouns that bt-uvy llahtiuu is export-

cd in that wur zonc. _

nnuoiiuci-Ii_ Art.i1lI\r_v lighting ron-

tinund Iluiiug the night. between thi'

Aisue and thc Somme. The l-‘I-encli kept in contact everywhere with tho

(Special to The Guardian.) German lines. Soissons was bombard-

VANPOIIVEII. 1l_ C.. March 29- A rd by heavy German guns.

despatch io the (‘IInaIlian News from Toklo Filys lh-ut II. (lermilu miller has SPAIN PREPARES FOR EVENTU- sunk a Japanese warship in the ALITIEB. '

Southern i’IIcIl1c_ The Iiumes of the _ _--»

vessels were not disclosed. ’i‘bo prea~ (sp¢¢I¢| 1° The Guarding) ence of a German raidcr in the south- LONDON, March 29- The ol!’iclai ern seas and in the indian Ocean has (I-azettc of Madrid, published today

been rumored seveinl times lately, II decree suspending conltililtlonal otiicinl reports. having been given out guarantees in all provinces 0! the

PARIS. March 29--» I\n important

Iniiultlons and supply depoi wait' cap- tured hy the- French. lbe WII'r Olilru

In III.. ¢~tTI~I:I tim( Iwo ilrttisii mer- _kinIzdom. No information hu been chnni. ships had been sunk in that received' here in eilplanation ot ‘this

vicinity. _ ac; in Spain. _ _ »

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Large Scale to Belgian Frontier. - German Line Now Forms Right An- gle From Nieuport South to Laon and-

THE |3U|)QE'|' 3pEE(;H Isiouiriciucf or THE

GERMAN RETIREMENT

Premier Mathieson Last Night Brought Down ills _Siiliih Budplsi __-.__.___.___ _ -

oi Eiiiciency to Which His Government llave Brought the

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