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. iltoslbsy, AUGUST '14. 1922 .'

F

yet has blessed

this Island Province. is the tam. mqny of The Patriot newspaperJ

~‘-'.,s .’~.‘,*,--. 1w ‘(Lissa/ate in acfrlon

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" Restraints‘ ts" his’ Instr-tors ex- "piirgstsu "repel-l ‘of tbs" tbitlftiliierul Convention: ln Sulnlnerpidc ‘Ml Tlblllgdfly. his gloss-ii seeders ha‘! a regular field doygilf- 979ml" iltqArthur. M. L. A.. declared, ac- cording to the Patriot, that b4; had payer seen a better convention‘- McArtilur admitted that there wps "some dissatisfaction amOIJZ ti; people but he believed once til" thoroughly understood the flirtation they would not object to "japan little additional tax if they got value for their moueyf Tilt! hoopla are so itinerant. ill ltr. MoArthurs opinion. that they cannot be erlpected to understand the lltuatiomas he sees it, but he-stlll hopes that under his wise tuition they will yet be induced in theerror of their way and cqmedo his way of thinking. Mr. flpsrtbur is quoted in" capital loi- the "Patriot as declaring he we ‘theartlly ‘in accord with the policy.’ of the- party.” This goes - without saying, Mr. McArthurhas fidt served his party for nought, {lie Public Accounts indicate this velry clearly but there are other rlealers__in road making material who are not quits as enthusiastic asMr. McArtbur. There were "problems." Mr. lssai-tiiiir admitt- ed, in connection with some read proJecta, but he assured gills bear- ers that be." was looking after tljein and they would all be satis- factorily solved, ii not before. then immediately after the elec- nion.-

"The Patriot gives s somewhat. vague idea "of the speech of Mr. Leltoy Holman. so vague that it is difficult to ascertain whether

Mr Holman is coming or going.

Mr. Holman has, according to the Patriot. some suggestions to of

fer in regard to carrying some ofi

the ‘details ct‘ gnveinncnt hlISl-Ithey ODEIl-iilg campaign. Ill it's Fri- ‘Hstrblrlayui issue it carried a column of

ness, advising a greater

typical

hution of responsibility." Mr. Hui--

.the Liberal

any taxes were collected. The Lib-

hurs complaint. his hearers _

convention wt-re

~wbat disconcerting to have, _to_ad-

mil that the former candiddteQMll IMcN-aliy. could not be persuaded to try it again. Dr. J. F._McNeill who in the practice of his profes- siOn ‘has performed sonic d-lt-ficult rlperatlOllIJundKlrtOUk to carry the Liberal banner, it not to the leg- islature, at least to the polls.

IODIIIUGI-ieii till

said, who paid only $39 "iii" hi“ do; the Conservative r0511“?- wpqn m; : “by-all, came’ into

power and passedytheir new tna

act that man paid a tax of H600 and is still living! To further li- lustrate what be‘ called the incom- petence of the late government in collecting the taxes he stated that party had collected 340.000 arrears of taxes as com- pared with $18,_000 collected, by the Conservatives. l-ie probably re terred to the collection ot tsses in 1919 when the Conservatives‘ went out of power ln September bsfory erals collected the. year's taxes and called it arrears of taxes, l‘. made a nice little story for Mr, Lea to regale his hearers with but. notwithstanding Mr. bicArt- no doubt understood it ‘and accepted it for what it was worth.

The speeches at this notable doubt

queiit and’ elaborate. butit is

no elo-

BDHJQ’

it is disconceriingislso alter all this eloquence that no nan in the Third District could be induced to accept nomination man, Another effort, we under» stand. is to be made tonight to secure a Council candidate:

for COUlli3il~

WORKING-UP To‘ u}

Our extreme contemporary. thP

Patriot, is getting up steam for

vetuperiition about 'i'he

Conservative! ‘smpmdhe. matter of collecting ages he told his little hearers a story. There was once a man. he

man is usually

ported ‘by the have been

everybody when was asking for the Department

until next year

.M.Leato

astpiainbd

lucid and clear- hetadad ‘but it he ls correctly refiwhich had done duty, in former ' Patriot. he mmlfcttmpalgns. Parallel with this was labormg “m,” Hula letter alleged to have been writ- svpell of Mr. McArthuFs enthusia- irim. Are we to infer that be in- siniiated that‘ there should be “greater-distribution” of Mr. Arthur's responsibility? ‘Hon. C. W. Crosby, Commission er of Public Works, while admitt- ing that it was difficult to please everybody else improved roads. doing it's best. It had been decided, be said,

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to deter opersllions on the road be

tween Kensington and Mnlpeuile

but

hi" "4’- imalhle CF09" ed all our strength and resources by- winked significantly as to winning it‘. When wscntererl be ~ so graphically cx- the war-in Alprii. 1917. we coul-l

plsined" the government's‘ change dfifront on this particular project.

lltvremained for the Honourable set" the electors apt on the vexed question of tax alien. l-ie explained it as a kind fsgher explains to children lt. is necessary for him to hold-their noses while he is ‘giving’ them _ their lnjedicllie. "He clearly." ‘liidotdbg to tlis Patriot. "the providing! s; tub

his innocent

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"upon thr- strong, representation of the Mal- panpe‘: people." it was decided to so on} imli iiynis year. Heldid not mention that this protect-tics with in the Third District. in" which oto of the bye-elections is to be held. or that the election had anything to do with the changed decision

‘Guardian. using many adlectives

ton by a visitor but beiiringeai thi- Th. letter denounced with fervld-elo quence the abusive epithets ployed in certain The Patriot-was too intent upon

vllifylrig-The-‘Gusrdian to see thi point!

marks which indicated that" visitor had not come far.‘

em- newspapers‘

A LIVE ISSUE‘

On the question of Inter-Allied war debt cancellation. J. P. Mor gan made this statement in Paris recently: _ - SThose debts should be cancel lod. As a they can never be paid. but they should be cancelled for another

w-actlgal proposition

reason. This money was loaned to out allies after we entered the

war, st wlr/lch moment we pledg-

not send soldiers because vita ,did not have them ready. We sent ilnl ~lars ln the form of loans to our allies. While we were sending dol- lars. the allies were sending sol-

diers until ours got there..i lpoli upon these loans as being the

some sort of contribution to vic- tory as our sanding two. million troops. both contributions to vio- tory." ' . ' _

A" largsJbody of opinion in tlui lnited ststsfs. reflected iii sons

initials Tax." 0t coin-so “the "poo- plg whom be was addressing. lie ‘Quarry-i from m. sisal-tutu», y ' ‘oifiiiulmusa the situation -

d-To shew them bow lin-

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peril, is"to"lllia ‘effect. The Bri-

Loa "stunt stdtbem as ‘arses the question to. ttit- status

of the roost ' influential newiipli-

i'sh nottfofllugust first, adores-z rl to ai-viiilisa" debtor Ilntiutis

which is recognised as the organ and mouthpiece inent of which Mr. Nash ll a menl ber_ it doubtless expresaeythe op

of.all his colleagues in the Bxe-l cuuvc Council. it is the opinion], oi the Premier, the Attorney Gen y ersl. the Commissioners of Works rind Alrivllltilre and of their-forc- castle colieagiles that they to gather constitute the best govern merit that ever was in this island.

EVER i118 wisest and best of men do not aliways agree in their

perfect agreement, and "when _miiny great, good and "honorably public men agree upon S0 great n matter their unanimity is tru- 1 iy wonderful. And no one canla question the sincerity with which the profoud statement is lllade.

The reader is at Once convinced that every member of the Gov.

ernment believes that they to-

Bother and collectively constitute the ‘beat government that ever was in this island if not In

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all the world. The reader will also note the blushing modesty and the Pure disintereetedrisss in P

which ths statement is made aml

h iiroclaimed to a waiting public.

ilf these wise and great men—- for such they must be to make up collectively the best of gov- ernments—_ have formed a jugt apprziisement of their own worth the. fact cannot be made too Widely known. Mackenzie King and Lloyd George. President Harding and Poincare, and all other leaders oi civilized govern- ments should be at once inform- ed that here in this little island n! this northern Gulf we have a government more wise; more

exists 0r has ever yet existed on'gl

this terraqucous globe. it ust at once aiitoaisb and instruc them

""5151! lflnds to learn of so stu-il’ pendous a fact. it may them to take thought of their own iinwisdoni and mistakes and

meditation,

firs" l; litfiiiiif;

‘lhhctns BelltJo-vsrltnient) ls H01], wh

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‘not willingly let dic. ‘ Honorable Mr. Nash. In a Journal-ls that of Edward when», ilifiurinl

talned tbs

H aiilax. ago.

lands were owned.

and elsewhere, by agents. schools| Tlhroilghout

these anomations

improvement.

(By W. L. Cotton.)

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There arts a few names in I‘. E occasion. hlssiandts story that the people wilfforccs with such ability sud vigor

As this statement is- made by the within “m” yoarm the UMP its, led by tbs Hon. George Cotes, to wboni they are heitvilvfindt-hteilfwam victorious. and Mr. Whelan o; u“, Govern. for Fran Government. Froe-‘lfducii-qwas recognized as "the intellectual tion, Pru- Lands and other hless- giant of his party." il-ie was elect- ings fought for in days of storm ind _ stniggic, before the isilnd became inion,_ not, of himself alone, bill's province of the Confederation of twenty successive years he continu- ' ed to be a member of the Legisla-

ture, of which. it tbas been truly re- an was born in the County Mayo, insulted. he was “both tbs pride He ob- and ornament." rudiments of educationywaa a member of the Executive there, and at an early agecanie to l was told, many yenrsihis name is ineeparalbly connected while living in Halifax, that the Hon. Joseph Howe went down on one of tihe Halifax wharvea one line morning onthe arrival of an "lrlsh. emigrant ship. andgsaw there a widow womalv standing with a

child in her arms. and’ a small Judgmgm- b"! he" “'9 have i,bright boy at her side.

nada.

According to thtfrecord, Mr. Who-

reland, in the year 1824.

he band to his own ‘home. ll events. certain

fllce.

mlnance ‘of Downing Street.

art, by absentee proprietors.

nttling witih the forest,

the

elan

qne of these tug}.

Placing his .so'1hand on the boy's bead, Mr. lHowe made. some enquiries of the mother whose son ‘he was, and at. the end of the conversation look the boy -by_ lit is. at that tihis boy. Edward W'hel-an. was trained for his life's work in Mr. Howe‘s printing There he gave such proofs of his facility as a writer that he was occasionally, in the absence oi Mr. Howe. employed to write edi- torial articles for his patron week- ly newspaper.

i"? v l "-‘—An -- Appreciation

' I braved himself a man. equal to the He attacked the ruling

lstrict of King's County.

Council and Queen's Printer, and with the various measures which

Spouslhle Government, Suffrage, ‘Popular

Universal

red measures for the relief and ‘bet- termcnt of conditions ill this llsland.

Tile people's friend in the fullest and iii-st sense of the term. Mr. Whclan was never a demogogue. it

prized the interest of the people more highly than their approbation. Au easy. graceful and eloquent. pub ilc speaker, a brilliant and polished worker. Possessing a highly cultur- ed literary taste and a well-stored mind. he proved throughout his whole career that ha wag also a practical man whocouitl frame a parliamentary hill witih as much

At tihe age of eight- ease as he could prepare a lecture cen years he came to this island. 0n a literary Bllbiefil-

Apart from

The Island was then under the do-Hllfl 711811 Ofaiorlflill lIOWQTS. it! F88- Jtg peci to which he had no rival inthe [or the mugtllsegiiilaiilfe

0r out 0i it, and no

Thgiequni since his death; the great few pounds that the early setilers,|l€v9r 0i’ Public Opinion, so power- coil-id ful lihfOllgllCilll the British dolnill- scrape together in the fall of theliflflfi vheyed his masPerly hand as year. were sent away- to England|0flen as occasion arose to resort to pmgreqslits agency. There were no common the cguntryrtllal he never abused the power of those of the children who learned the Press. slid that he knew how to t0 read and write were tauglht their own homes by their parent; iticnl career with conciliatory man- or by itinerant school masters. The ners. - people were. it is stated, "ruled lbyi ' parties wlho governed as caprice or self-interest dictated."

His opponents were. however, compelled to acknowledge

in combine a slngul-arly consistent poi-

li is melancholy to reflect vhat this singularly gifted man was com-

Mr. Whelan, of course, remarked lwlltfd. 41S 1011B as ‘he lived. to look

ing into life.

cal recognition oi‘ the rights

ollailium, he became, for

advgrge Qnndi-jllfitti’ the details lions, and he at once proceeded to Printing oillce. ii have myself seen stir ilp an agitation for relief antflilil" i" U19 05199 0f The Islander. He established thefiffflllglng With the foreman there Polliidium newspaper and address-liar iihe "exchange of matter." _V ed puibllc meetings. prudent. mOre patriotic than now Party in this island was then strug-Iiei- ilavinl; 110F118 i1 leading in“! ill ‘ Mn whglan mi-ewuhe carly reforms ibroilgilt albout for

|the whole weight of his influencefthe benefit. oi the ilPople of this 5mm the struggle u, obtain a pragilsl-zind. and after ‘having faithfully of.

notables or older nations anti ()litl13pe()p]e_ Unable to maintain rheicollsecutlvc years, the was

Tile Liberal

of work in his

it is lllelallclluly also i0 kllow that af-

servcd his constituents for twenty

‘British North Alm-

Fl-iis died on rho 10th of December,

I lTbe great fact should be madei iknown that other lands. lllliyl‘ learn where to look for adminis-h rapidly expanding fame as a Pro-' wince" also that it should be told that here is the great centre oi ststesniaushlp and political sam- city. ls it not also due to the lead lug-spirits of this Supreme Coun-

"il of earthly wisrloln that their names. the llamas m‘ Bell and lilllnston and ‘Crosby and Lea shall

‘lo engrossed upon ilie sciofl of

same as leaders of the Best of ulvcrllments? And still for uno- lher reason should ail this be

ione- we mention it with trepi- l&ti0n!— for some suspicious and ccreant spirits have dared "to doubt the supreme wisdom of the Bell government-- perish the thought!

Some persons, looking through smoked glass, search for and professto find dark spots on‘ the lace of the sun! The sun shines on, smiles calmly and pursues his roilrse unheedlng. May it not be that ‘the wisest and best of iwv- ernments from its lofty height of

superior virtue looks down with lofty ailsdain upon all iilgrates

who do not realize the merits of

perfect and beneficont rule. Why should the best of govern- ments be expected to keep the law in regard to lay-elections and such trivial" things. Ara they not 'ly merit raised a-bove the law. 0 break it or set it aside st will? What are the duties and obliga- ‘Eons of interiors toward their sis Derlors? is it not to submit and obey? - l ~

in all matters of‘ difference be- tween ,the governed and their rulers who are most likely to be right the Honoriihles of ll. Per- fect Government or the proletar- lat, whom the Government reg- ards as mere children? That the latter do not know what is good for thcm is the Jildgment of the Honorable Mr. Lea. Why then not take them -by the nose and make them" trike their medicine? Shall farmers that steal from flfffl0fl"'Hl‘id'tfihBl‘ would be tax dodgers living ;ln a lhrdriti of ‘motlegsers set up their Judgment against the wise and honorable men who sit enibroned in the "Best Government Prince Edward lsiand over had? is it not obvious that only" bad men and naughty, naughty uwomen voters would cri-

" a concrete Issue.

"vi". nr ill-none. or vote sgainsr

-/

lighting us

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thers’ View POIIItSt

"alive wfsdon, n ,8 due to nurf

TALKING T0 ANIMALS

(London Spectator)

Tile Times has oti late been de- unilnal stories.

with

This week we have had not only the enchanting tale of the Bear in tho hiinarci. and the Bwby 'l‘ortolse, but tile tale of the lazy Zoo Ele- phant. or the Mziiloiifs Lessons in Obedience. it appears that the lady Indian elephant presented to the Zoo by the Maharajtth of Coot-ll Bellar two years ago entirely got. he better oi‘ the English keepers this spring. She showed no trace ot‘ vice, or oi‘ disposition to run sway. but refused to work. would not stand between the new riding steps, and when the old wooden steps were replaced sile was equally obdurate, and in the end declined not only to be saddled ibut even to leave the elephant yard. iiltilllately a llliihoui. was calhled for to deal with the sltu. litlon. "lie is a Mnhomedan lironl Assam, a tail. flnelyibullt young man, with a bright and friendly expression." '

The account goes on:

“One Monday morning he was taken to the Elephant House, and at once entered the enclosure and formally saluted ilhe animal, stand- ing flrst at aer bend. and then at vher tlti-l. Next he look of! his shoes. knotted a rope loosely round the elephants neck, which he arter- wards used as a kind of stirrup. With little difficulty he persuaded

her to kneel and mounted her neck. in less than two minutes. soothing

patting, and talking volubly to asi- in "Hindustani. he had got on good" terms. took her round to [.16 ele- phant ride. and apparently had her almost in complete contml. Phrases of his iulmonitons, freely translated, were as follows: "i am iold that you eat your iood. and

will not work; it is wrong; Allah enjollis on us nl-l that we must

wprk if we would eat." "You are cheating your masters, and it is

unworthy of you." l am only a black man. and you must. not mind ma." "Put fear out of your mind;

She‘

hout was given quarters in antltnerl part of the Gardens. but has ob-, tulned leave to sleep in the Ele-"i pliant liouse, as he says that he] wishes to talk to the elephant dur-' ing the night. lie has not yet! tried to saddle her, as he wishes to] take things slowly. but is confident! that he will conquer all her fears] and make her permanently obs-l dient." v

The effect of talking ‘to animltis is a most interesting subject. All good ilorse-masiers will tell you to talk to your horse, and Rarcy, the ggrcat trainer of Victorian days. al- ways "whisperedj to vicious hors- es, beiiore he backed them. lius "Telling the Bees," we wonder, any connection with these strange facts?

KEEPS HIS EYES ON THE HEAVENS

(Bystander, in Toronto Globe)

John Stanley Plaskett is that type of scientist who should delight the soul oi‘ Mr. H. G. Wells. 'l‘hc eminent astronomer delights in

science for sciences sake. and looks to no commercial advantage from hills discoveries; searching for truth, seeking after knowledge, with no gainful end in view. llis recent discovery oi “twin stars oi" tremendous magnitude and nwiiil intensisly. will in no way, it is con- ceded by authorities, iniluencc the life oi‘ this globe. Bu-t our store oi‘

knowledge is so much the greater, and a realization of the true inclin- ing of the magnitude of these new- ly discovered heavenly bndics and

the tremendous lmmeusitios cl space niust serve to lower tho pompous mind and humble inc

proud-to a litter sense of the liu- man place in the vastness of the universe.

sriinmui silfiizmtcv m SHIPS-

(From the Ottawa. Journal)

During the closing years of the war. as well as for some time thereafter, we were told a great dcall slbout the growth of American

, " a representative of the "Second For

lilor some time he

were introduced in respect to Re

lEduca-tlon, tihe Aibolition of Landiol-dism, and kind-

has bet-n remarked that he always -

‘rusting at tile- smnelast “tilrned down," defeated a-t the l'$lllgg4‘;l»irne editor oi the Morning Newsliwlie‘. bei-‘allfle he advocated ' ‘ "(or wuiclrlvimlsl. L. Moody was prop ably and moderately. the rietor. After IMr. Moody's tisatli ilie,tIH=-' ‘ls-land with Ftfestalblishetl The Examiner. No small lerioe in the Dominion oi Canada. | iwitb humbled minds and iowercddeg-ree of courage. yvus needed to|l867 I m t t m d M i . ‘lace and contend a ainst-ihe forces . n ‘ e or y-fl P year of s {GENTS to chew the bittel end oiiopposed m retnrmfBut Mr‘ whekm age‘