' OCTOBER 21. 1931

king's Apologia

Continued from page l.

Draws line Distinction

IDNDON, Ont., Oct. QO-"Bmgd. UJPGIUN. B 901M081 party is all one, and its obligations‘ and re. lponsibilities relate to it; mugs membership," said Mr. King in dealing with political organisation. He added however that there was 1091s Whose opportunities and re- sponsibilities were greater than others depending upon the position oi;_ trust and prominence which they occupied.

- He drew a distinction between what related itself immediately to Parliament and that which related topolltlcal activities apart from parliament. y

‘The failure ‘to appreciate ‘the dis- tinction between the parliamentary activities oi c. party and its activ- ities apart altogether from Parlia- ment had in the case oi the Beau- harnois incident caused no elld oi "X0986 thlnkng, irresponsible speak- ing and writing with resultant con- fusion despite the "overwhelming importance oi our present prob- lems." .

’“The Beauhnrnols affair, from the polnt_ of view oi public inter- est and concern," said Mr. King, "might be divided into two phases: The one related to the approval by the late Liberal administration oi the plans oi the Beauharnois Light and Power Company, the other to the contributions to. the campaign funds oi political parties by persons connected with the Byeauharnols Power Corporation. There was no connection whatever between the two."

The two phases were related re- spectively to the two main divisions into which the work oi political parties naturally falls, one related to Parliament and the other to the activities oi the party apart al-

Charges Pariiunship

"its inquiry into Beauharnois by l. special parliamentary committee was then dealt with by Mr. King. This investigation had not been demanded became oi any alleged contributions to party funds, he maintained It was asked for be- cause oi constitutional, legal and engineering questions. But the com- mittee bed left these questions Just when they found them. The action taken by the Liberal Government was approved by the present gov- ernment.

The Liberal leadersald that there was reason to believe that the Gov- ernment had in its possession all. or most oi, the information which was brought out later by the par- liamentary committee.

"One need not look beyond the time oi the beginning and ending oi the inquiry to see its partisan political propose," he continued.

‘Pile Government, he continued, was anxious to divert public at- tention from its own failures and shortcomings and to make as dif- ficult as possible discussion in Parliament on the question oi un- employment, which subject-the msot important oi all-it had left to be dealt with at the end oi the session.

"It was known too," he declared. "that an investigation might be so directed not only that the contri- butions to the Liberal campaign iund might be made the outstand-- ing feature oi the inquiry, but that Mr. Bennett's direction to have the contribution made to the Conserv- ative iund returned might be made a feature scarcely less conspicuous. Moreover. the Government had it in its power to enlarge the scope of the inquiry at any moment, on a moment's notice. It did not do so ior theslmple reason that had the inquiry been into campaign funds generally the whole situation would have been reversed. The Government must accept sole re- sponsibility for the time at which the committee met, and for the fact that its task could not be ac- complished with thoroughness be-

islative or other means. In other "will. the Beauharnois queston m"!!! into a much larger ques- tiim which reaches down to th‘

‘Very foundations of our demccrati '

institutions. The truth oi the mat tes- is that Beauharnols is symp iomatic of a disease in the bod, politic, not oi this country only, but. one might say, of all countries. It u for us. l1 Possible, to find a remedy.

“There is nothing to be gained by HIP-kink any disease or any situ- ation worse than it is, or other than it is.

"The first thing clearly to 1m. dcrstand," Mr. King maintained. -“is that there was nothing illegal in the acceptance oi contributions to any amount from the Beauhar- X1018, Company by any political par- ty for its campaign funds."

"The next point to note, is that contrbutions were made by those associated with Beaullarnols to both P0113081 P811168. to the- Conserv- ative party and members of the party in the Federal field, as well as to the party or members oi the party in Ontario and Quebec. and that the return of the contribu- tion made to the general fund oi the Conservative party was on ‘grounds oi party expediency and not oi public policy.

"At the close of the session when the report oi the special commit-

before parliament I made a demand for a royal commission to go into the whole question of contributions to the campaign funds of political parties. As leader oi the Liberal party, I wish to repeat that demand tonight, and to say that I think the commission should be appoint- ed at once, that its proceedings and report may be in readiness to be- placed before Parliament for its consideration when parliament re- assembles early in the new year."

It remained to be consdered what in the way of reform was possible, said Mr- King. It lnust be remem- bered that, under the present sys-

ccssity- Ill themselves, they did not constitute an evil. There was noth-

tee on the Beauharnois project was_

tem. campaign funds were a ne-,

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Stabilization _ Essential Says British Premier

(By Thomas Cbasnlilon. Claudio» Press Staff Oorrcflllfllliltlll)

LONDON, Oct, lit-Prime Minis- ter MacDonald, reinforced by two days oi abstention from platform work, re-cntered his own riding of Seaham in Durham.

He. delivered four speeches and published all election address urg- ing the electors to give the Gov- ernment a. vote oi confidence which would enable them to secure three things which he said were es- sential to the welfare oi the coun- try.

In his published address the Prime Minister declared 1t essential that the Government stabilize the pound sterling so that every house- keeper may know its value before buying the necessities of life and so that every manufacturer may know what he will get for his goods,

The second point he stressed was the desirability of securing interns. tlonal agreement regarding the pay ment of war debts which he told the electors, have so devastatingly affected world trade.

Thlrdly, he said. Great Britain must secure a. proper balance of her ytrade 1f the state is u; escape bank- ruptcy, The subject, he said, must be approached with a, practical mind and in the light oi immediate 'needs, An agreement with Domin- ions, 11c asserted, would play an iimportant part in such s. schmee. Mr. MacDonald sought to impress

together from those immediately associated with the work of parlia- ment.

"In thus emphasizing the separ- ate and distnct nature oi the two’ phases oi the Beauharnois affair, I am in no sense seeking to create.

in?! wrong in contributing to them ‘m m” “law's ‘l! seaham that mt‘ o,- m 115mg them for yemumateiwithstandlng the fact they earn purpose‘ Large political funds did qonly small weekly income; these not necessarily mean corruption. A “mtw” °f “animal 5mm“ °°“' leading Conservative journal in the |

capital had estimated that at least lP°"°Y °‘ ‘hf’ °pp°sm°n h” "W" a. iund of a million dollars was re- ling m d° Wm‘ the immediate prob‘

fclre the close of the session. “The fact that there was naught in the evidence or in the report which could be said to reflect up- on the administration of the day should have been so stated, in the

cam them deeply 3e declared the Mrs. J. A. Clark, Experimental

‘crllrlliu. cuilnnlill

DINNER. DANCE roman-

ins AiiGEiES

—-—~ State normal school, and M1-5_ Ag- NOT 0N THE Am baton thelnes Le Roi, s2, formerly of Port- ihird floor. Canadian Bank of Ccm- land, 0re., both employee; 1n the merce Building B. I. S. social ev-' clinic where Mrs. Judd worked "link tonight, musical program in- with every bit of evidence point- eluded. 9509 lrlg to Mrs. Judd, police capped their accusation with e. statement COMMUNITY CARNIVAL TO-‘from her brother, B. J, Mcglrmell, NIGHT-Entered for FiddllnB Bfldla University student, that she had Step Dancing Contest: M. J. Bol-‘confessed the killings to him in?! 8'31‘. A. Dowllng. Jimmy Joe Douc-'flcd from his RLHOXIlODIIQ after 515.. we. Percy Groom, A. Garrettnpiclon had spread at a railroad 5m. Tommy Ieclair, Roy McDonald, tlon here, where the bodies were William 'I‘rainor, Robert Weeks, Bill found. Wcatherbie, Stephen Gainor, Mrs.3 LOS ANGELES, Calif, 061'“. go_ Robert Monteith. 9512 Dlsnlembcrcd bodies o; two women {of undetermined age and identity were found ill trunks tonight by —Miss Jessie Fullerton, Prince 5t. police at (he southern Pacific rall- School, has been awarded by the road station. one of the trunks was Presbyterian Church in Canadflllargc, the ("flgg- Smaly They hm

TRAINING CANE? LEADERSHIP

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llie Standard Leadership Curricu-‘beell slllppid ycgtsrday morning lumCertiflcate in School and Camp ‘from Phoenix, .',~-;z., police 531d, administration, Girls‘ Sptilifllizfllllm The headless torso of one oi the i Elective, Grade A. Miss Fullerton wonlcn was in the small trunk. ‘The g is a well known and popular class iwo heads, the other torso and the? leader, and has had 10118 Conmc- amputated arms and legs were in tlon with the C. G. I. T. of St. 1118011101; James Church. The trunks were consigned to a Lcs Angelcs man whose name the CANADIAN LEGION B. E. S. Inpoice refused to reveal pending an ATTENTION - Regular monthlycl-rcst, meeting will be held Thursday evo—| A woman called at the baggage Hing 8t B p- m- all ltkion R-OOm-fircom at noon today to clalln the 5'1 Grafton St. Reports from the trunks, but employees had become delegates who attended the Domin- ‘suspicious because of a strong odor ion Convention of the Legion wlllland refused to yicld them. The be presented. Other important bus- wQman walked away, and 1|; was Se‘, iness, and musical program. A full el-al hours before the trunks were attendance is requested. 9513-10-21 opened, .

--—— One of the slain women apparent- SPEEDY TRIAL-A member of ‘ly was in the early thirties with dark the Provincial Police brought back Ilialr, her face had been beaten and from Dorchester Samuel Yorston was unrecognizable. who was convicted last February o1‘ The other, whose body had been a break with robbery in Gcorge- lllB-Ckiid into pieces, was younger, ap town. At that time there were solllc parently about 20 years old, and others under suspicion but thell-‘had red hair. She had been siwt cases were dropped. The convicted , and 1151' face also had been crushed man will be taken to Georgetown ‘as though in a deliberate attclnpt to glveevidence in a speedy trial. It‘) prevent identification.

MAY IDENTIFY BODY (Canadian Press) PHOENIX, Al'lz., Oct., ‘id-Offl- clals of the Gl-ullow memorial clin- ‘ic of Phoenix sjcl last night Mrs. Station. Last week Mr. Sherwood Ashes Anne Leroi. clinic X-rey w.“ sunmoned to his former New technician, has been missing from‘

Mr. B. W. Sherwood, Chief Ac- countant of the House of Com- mons, Ottawa, and Mrs. Sherwood. are the welcome guests of Dr. and

report. I resent very strongly, and

either for myself or for others who

the Liberal party as a whole, if

quiz-ed by a political party in Can-

llems of the crisis.

Brunswick home in Northam to at-

her home since Saturday night, and

tend the funeral of his brother IQXPTQSSGd belief hcr body may be

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Robert -.S_ei'vi_cye ,.

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IN um mining and Ilean- tlfnl romance of the great Klondike gold . null, ltlr. Service Iran res-created In prose ‘much oi the vlvidness and charm of his Poolry-Q-his "Spell of the Yukonfliisongg

of a Sourdough,” etc.

It is intense In I13

interest am! compelling in its appeal.

I—4B1i

~ada ic conduct a nation-wide cam--

I "It is a cure which will kill the

Will Appear in Serial

were members of the late Liberal administration, anything in the nature oi an alibi so far as any as- pect oi the Beauharnois matter which may reflect upon the party is concerned," said Mr. King. "We were not less members of the par- ty because ministers of the Crown. Indeed our responsibility, it must frankly be said, ior everything per- taining to the party's affairs was all the greater for that. Respons- ibility of members of a political

o

party for what takes place in and '

responsibility oi ministers of the Crown ior the honourable perform- ance of their duties as such, are two entirely different things. and every care should be taken that they are not confused. The one concerns the good name of an ad-

E at a time of a general election, and i

not also the public, has-a right to‘

"sent that nohwiumtan m“ w pawn A my“ commlssion might ailing patient, and hOb0dy ought

throw some “gm on that phasm to know better than the socialists

Abner o; that plant lone of two found in a trunk in ‘iLos-Angeies. The older woman's ‘bocly was in the larger trunk and

ministration, and equally the good name oi the country, both of which are entitled to be protected from any false representation. The oth- er concerns the affairs of a pol- itical party, apart altogether from the government of the country.

'I‘hc approval of the Beauhalnois plans was based upon the legal and engineering aspects of the afl- plicatlcn and upon no other con- sideration, Mr. King declared- There was no question of a consideration

be the case, there are in this coun- try some newspapers which con- tinue to insinuate, if they do not openly say, that in the approval of the Beauharnois plans there was a bartering of public rights ior par- ty ends, that concessions were nlade for contributions or contribu- tions given ior a ooneessi nnNoth- lng of the kind was proved, noth- ing of the kind can be proved."

Leavng aside reference to cam- paign fund contributions, said the Opposition leader, recommenda- tions made by the parliamntafy committee neither added nor took away from any right or power hith- erto belonging either to Parliament or to the company. The same might be said of the subsequen‘ legislation introduced by the Gov- emment and passed by parliament.

One thing the investigation into Bmuharnols had done was to leave in the public mind the impression that there was something in Can- adian politics which was not in the public intel-estf This "something" might be summed up in the word “Beauharnois."

"What then is it that ‘Beauhar- nois’ stands for, which is against the public interest?" he asked. "It

The state might assist in lessen- ing the problem 0i campaign ‘funds by measures which would tend to reduce the cost oi elections, con- tinued the Opposition leader.

Turning directly to his own p3;- ty, the Liberal leader declared that proper party organization and pub. liolty was necessary. Liberals must assume a larger responsibility. P01. itical organization was necessary, not only at election times but in the intervals between elections.

New York World’s Largest City

\ (Canadian Press)

WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct., 20— New York is now believed by can- sus bureau experts to have a right to the title of “world's largest city."

"I think it ls fair to consider New York greater than London." said Dr. Joseph A. Hill, acting census director and authority on popula- tion studies.

Granting that differences oi po- litcal organization made actual com parisons impossible, Dr. l-l.lll con-

ithat that is true," the Prime Min- <lster said of the Labor Party's pro- gramme.

Mr. MacDonald asserted he had abandoned none oi the principles or ideals which have kept him go- ing through both fair and foul weather.

LLOYD GEORGES OFFER.

An offer by Rt. Hon. Lloyd George, ailing Liberal leader who ls staying in the Surrey Hills, t0 make a journey to London to con- fer with the Prime Minister and Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin; Con- scrvative Lord President of Vthe Council in the National Govern- ment, today was revealed by Ml‘.

G-overnorship Still In

(Canadian Press) SHREVEPORT, La. Oct, 2U —‘ The controversy over who is Gov-i ernor and Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana became more complex to day with the fyling of an ouster suit against Huey P. Long as Gov- ernor and the functioning of Alvin 0. King, President pro tempore of the State Senate, as Lieutenant Governor.

Paul N. Cyr, until recently the un disputed lieutenant governor, filed the suit against Long on the con-- tention that Long is a United Stat- es Senator and does not legally hold both offices. Cyr also ignored a

had not been dismembered. Physic-

Doubt ilflllS said the condition of the bod.

ies indicated the women had been slain within the last-two days,

WESTERN GUARDIAN

—BlLLS PASSED-At 111,, spec- ial meeting of the Summerside Town Council on Monday night

I bills amounting to $408.34 were or- i priesthood and was I 1888.

dcred to be paicL-S.

—FOR. SALE-New eight roomed house on Cedar Avenue, Summer- sidc, First Dutch Colonial in town. very attractive, with all modern

late Bishop McIntyre. which posi- tion he occupied for two years.

Instullnaents in " THE GUARDIAN

Starting Next Week

DEATH OF

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ordained in

Reporter Shown Abvantages Of

sity. Charlottetown. He studied in fn Fa fn’)

the seminary at Montreal for the

Yesterday afternoon a Guardla!

After his ordination Father Mwc- representative had the privilege of

Donald became secretary to the ‘visiting the splendid 175 acre farm ;“St Julien" olmed by hfajor D. A. iMacDonald. genial proprietor of the

Klnkora and Seven Mile Bay was Russ Hotel, this City.

Lloyd George himself in a. letter “new . lng of the state pardon board addressed to Welsh corresilfindellli I {who had urgid the desirability or ‘and allowed King to preside over_ ‘his co-cperation w’th Mr MacDon- n as the lieutenant 801v ‘armor’ 1 J ‘ ' Tho Long fac on earned Lia , i d . l‘lflénjhcfihfinfcriiscfalsfuryeqglcawmch lthe undisputed acceptance of KlngI h N3; M Dan 1d since '11s s, member of the board by At- I ‘we Sea“ r‘ ac a torney General Percy Saint indicat-

i

improvements. Apply Willis War-

ren. Summcrsldc.

—1\*lrs. Morley M, Bell and her have

sister. Miss Betty

returned to Sllmmerside pleasant visit to their sister, Mrs.

Phone 287.

9511-10-21-21

Robinzoll, from

ills first parish, whore he worked Mr. Mac-Donald. W110 (i095 gfllcl?“ with unfailing Vzeal for twenty-nine Cfillifflcllng in Hddllmn l0 fflfmlllg- years. It was through his efforts had 30 acres sowed with rmtlltocs that the present church at Killkora 1W5 lfiir- It W35 R Splendid P-‘mmplc was bunt 50f the way bounteous nature dculs In October 1919 he came m sum. Swim Island farmers to see the a mcrside and at once endeared him. barns and collars full to overflowing Se" to me hearts of ms Congrcgm ‘with fine large Green Mountains.

present administration wasi

the - d th t th l tt ~ o nlzecl Cy!‘ B5 formed," Mr. Lloyd George's letter e a e a m rec g

says, "l assured him of my readi- ness to enter into conference with 'llim and Mr. Baldwin to see wheth er an agreement could not be reach

“out of the office." None of the principals to the controversy had anything to say about the day's event.

<Dr.) Donalds of Mcncton.-S.

DEATHS l

tended that all possible measuring.“ upon :1 programme of emer-

plore his passng, as he was active] 0.111s 1]Cl‘l0l‘l‘lli'.‘d in the most milder“

Wvay. It was intensely interesting to

n every movement for the good

tlon. He had many friends outside p“ Macmmald has ‘mi-ed away of his Hock who Wm deeply dewbctuecn. 6.000 and 7,000 bushels.

Work on Mr. MacDonald's farm

of any kind apart from those in-- volved in administrative obligation and the public interest. The select parliamentary committee had

sought to prove something oi the kind but nothing ‘of the kind could be proven.

The Opposition leader went at some length into the BeauhI-TIIO" project as a navigation and power scheme. He described the location oi the canal, its importance in view of the proposed St. Lawrence sea- way feveiopment, and the fact that both Quebec and Ontario were in- tcrested, and vitally so, in the pro- Jeet. He asserted that the charter on the work had been granted by the province of Quebec and that the duty of the Federal Govern- ment was confined to approvln! 01‘ disapproving the plans from the navigation point of view. He es- sorted that not only must a "d" eral Government take the New!!!" ibility oi granting such permission. but it must also be s lble 101‘