c vi

un

Socrotury-Liout-Od I).

b-v-Wv Ullllfbl l. Idlaurl, l. P. Vice-President, I. B. Build“. I- I. L 0-

L. IIQIIIIOI, D. I.

’ " .Illltor and Imaging Dlrcotnn-ihl-Iuruott. ll-I. - Associate ‘Editors-hulk Walk". cud D. K. Clinic.

0.11m!" Dull: (founded 1m) out pol yen (u adnhcq) COIIIOIQC. ' 84-60 w: your (in udvnncd) llallod to Ounndn and Unltod stem.

BATUBDAY. JULY ll. 1985.

MR. LEAK? EFFORT,

Broadcasting from‘ his home m Victoria last night, Mr, w, m, Lem Liberal leader, whose health, go m; 1'98!“ of all our people, has been unsatisfactory, made hi: first speech in the political campaign.

Mr. Ma's moat loyal pnltlgfl friends must admit that it was a feeble effort. This was to be ex- pected from the flimsy material at his disposal. What was somewhat iil-lllirislng, was the embittered "hol- ier-than-tbou" attitude he adopted towards the Government leader, who in his own speeches has treate: Mr. Lea. with marked consideration.

Noteworthy in Mr. Lea/s address was the total absence of .a.ny refer- ence. to the startling disclosure in the Saunders-Robb correspondence, showing that the late Liberal Gov- ernment on different occasions had refused to co-cperate with the Conservative Premiers o! Nova Scotis and New Brunswick in pres- singfor ‘subsidy claims settlement. Mr. Lea’: reputation as a truth- speaking man is involved in this disclosure. It uias repeatedly charg-

"od by him that our failure to obtain, recognition from Ottawa, at that time was due to the other Maritime Provinces not co-operating with us, because “they did not to give Mackenzie King a chance to pay the subsidies or to implement the find- ings of the Duncan Commission."

If Mr. Saunders spoke truth, Mr. Inn's statement was not only incor- rect,—it was a. malicious slander on the Conservative Premiers of Nova. Bcotia and New Brunswick,

If Mr. lea had my excuse to of- fer for his misstatement, he would have given it last night. He charges that in the present campaign “the misrepresentation is- all on their {the Conservatives‘) part." Surely. in view of the revelation in the Saunders correspondence, the word "misrepresentation" would be the lust word one would ever expect the liberal leader to use!

Mr. Lea was prepared, he said, to give Premier Macmillan credit for all the achievements of his govern- ment. Had he done so, he would have exhausted the half-hour at his disposn- He preferred tn waive these achievements aside as of com- paratively little importance. "We are not concerned with the pas," he said, "but we are ENE-fly con- cerned with thc future finances of Prince Edward Island."

Was it out of concern for the fut- Iy finances of Prince Edward Is- lud that his party played miserable politic! with our subsidy claim! quccilolyprcfcrring to plow a lone furrow at the bidding of Mackenzie King and Finance Minisfcr Robb. ‘m; "tun; nothing but mobs for lich- pains?

misstatement by Conservatives nbout the bank overdraft in 1031 was charged by Mr- LBB- The amount, he said, was $1,041,240 but accredit had been given for the $261,000 overdraft of the first Stew- art Government, which should have been deducted. Bo neilwlfll 14' mention, however, um. this mount represented but a part of the $407»- 901 overdraft which the first Stew- jrt Government inhcrifcd from 1hr Id], administration, in which Mr- Igp himself was Provincial Trell- Illch .

"We only increased the h ‘ btcd- ness." Mr. Lea says, "by 3939-909 1n our four years.” This does not cor- respond with the Public Accouhil- which shows the Liberal debt ll!- crene of $1,177,000. _ _

Mr. Lea denies, with some heat, that he admitted m the Legislature m; hum-e m fund his bank over- draft in 10:41 was due to fear of tho oflect it would have on his election ggmpaign. But what are the facts? On March 21, 1033, Hon. Dr. Mac- Millan chalienled Mr- lca. to ex- plain why his overdraft had not been funded m the early part of 1031, and the latter replied that it i...’ the intention of his government up 91mg, 1,0 immediuteiy m: for debenture bids.” _

~ Dr. Mufllillun: "You wouldn't

,4» it, of course. with mdflll-“l.

the same necessity existed? Ills question u to what attitude the Conservatives would fake if he hid douc so was certainly an admission that political oonsld " were uppermost in hi: mind.

Again, Mr. Lea denied that he re- fused Premier Maclidillun’; offer o1 an investigation into the Govern. ment's bond transactions. He had boasted last summer that if elected he would hold such an investigation. 1n the Legislature last March, Premier MacMillan said the Liberal leader could have had an ‘nvestiga- tlon at any time since the trumpe- tion took place. Mr. Lea answered “No."

"You can have it nowi" rctortcd the Premier. He had again to re- peat his challenge bcfore Mr. Lea would answer.

"It is immaterial to me what you do," he muttered.

Several members in the House took up the challenge, but the Lib- eral leader remained silent.

"Why did you make that state- ment?" said the Premier.

Mr. Lea: "Because I had a per- fect right to make it if I pleased. That is my business."

Premier MacMillan: "But it is l different story now, when you are faced with it on the floor of the

House!" ~ Mr. Lea: “I am not backing down at all."

Premier MacMillsn: don't want it!

Mr. In remained dumb.

‘These are the facts, and not as Mr. Ice represented them to be last night“ He did not say, as he claims he did, "Please yourself and when we get in and investigate the situa- tion we will please ourselves whether we go further or not!" 11c made uo such statement In the House, and his attempt to gurble the record now is a little belated. It was a plain case of his bluff being culled, and he showed very plainly that the last thing in the world Mr. lca wanted was I. Royal Commission to invest- igatc the ridiculous charges he and his followers were making for polit- ical purposes. V

Again, Mr. Lea denied that in 1938 he moved for a reduction in the sal- aries of teachers earning $500 or over. He says his motion was “to exempt all salaries under $500." “Ezremptfl from what? That would be the negative result, of course, but hil motion specifically provided for u reduction of five per cent in the salnrles of all fcaohen md govern- ment employees receiving from $500 to $1,000.

Space does not permit of a fur- ther analysis in this issue of the Liberal leader's remarks. They pro- vide so many openings from the Conservative standpoint that this is regrettable. However, enough has been quoted to show the attitude of Mr. ma, and the accuracy or ather- wise of statements which he deems are important enough to be included in his first campaign speech.

“Only you

ASHAMED 0F IT

Mr. Thane Campbell still refuses to discuss his own party platf in the First District of Prince. Evi- dently he sees nothing in it worth talking about, which is not surpris- ing. At the convention at which he was re-nominafcd a. series of resol- utlons were adopted, demanding in- clusion in the Liberal platform of such policies as greater expenditure on road gravelling, reduction in Legislative members from 30 to 16, support of the potato bonus move- ment and reduction in school in- spectors. None of these policies found places in the Liberal platform as adopted, and naturally the deputy Liberal leader is held re- sponsible for their exclusion. At one meeting an amusing in- cident occurred when Mr. Damp- bsii, asked fc discuss his platform. said his time was limited but hc had brought along a pile oi Patriot newspapers containing both the platform and the Ilberll munife’ . A11 who wanted them could come forward at the clone or the moot-inc andobtdinoiqico fno. Nobflltook advantage of this generous offer and it was boundary to force them

jiiatoibomaeotenw um

1| on this popu- ahowill. °f ordin- ary account out of which loch items u road gruelling won do- ducted and placed in capital ao- count, that thcir claim of greater -- , on the part of tho Macmillan Government il based. At a Liberal political meeting at York last November, Mr. mo. went sofarufcboutthat “the diner- auce between the two goverumcnts was that the Liberal Government had balanced its budget." Challenged on this statement in the Icgislatun. Mr. Lea said the published report in the Patriot was not correct. His ‘ tement, he slid, referred only to ordinary account. p Yet today his candida‘ are re- peating, on every platform. the mis- statement that the Liberal Govern- ment had surpluses while the Mac- Mlllan Government had deficits. Mr. McIntyre at the Peakcs Station meeting mentioned particularly the years 1028 and 1929 as being years or Liberal surpluses. Yet his former leader Mr. Saund- ers, writing to Premier Mackenzie King in December, i928, complain- ed that the finances were in a, terrible state, and that it was Im-' possible to make revenue and cz- penditure meet. WHO WAS LYING? O

EDITORIAL NOTES Tuesday will be nomination day.

The number of Britain's unem- poyed has reached the lowest point in five years, totalling 2,000,000.

When at the seaside or other rural resorts, do a. good turn by at- tending one or other of the local church services. It will help irn- mensely ln the m-esent time of stress. '

“It is all very well to say that it might be good that a. third party retains the balance o1 power," de- clares Premier Tfl-schereau, “but this situation brings about compromises detrimental m the welfare of the‘ people generally." As the country found when the King Liberals were dominated by the Progressives.

" , ctable people abhor dirty political tactics, and no one worth his salt will tolerate hitting below the belt. How certain Liberal poli- ticians can night after night in- dulge fn abuse and mud slinging without searing what consoienc

they have left remains a. mystery to the uninitiated.

Mk. G. H. Barbour, Liberal candl- clatc in Second Prince, told the Glenwood meeting that he “wasn't married to the Liberal party." 1t is quite evident from Mr. Borboufs campaign that his object is not no much support of Liberalism, as revenge against the Royal Gunadtan Mounted Police for loss of his posi- tion as r ’“ Inspector.

Hunter River, New Glasgow and Ructlco are rejoicing as never be- fore at the immediate prospect of getting a trans-Canada. highway. This will suit the people there much bettcr than any branch rail- way and ic theirs, thanks to thn good offices primarily 0f Mr. Mao- Lure, backed by Mr. Myers and the Provincial Government.

Premier MacMillan is doing yeo- man service for his party, sparing himself not one whit. On rbursda night he autoed t0 Prince County, and delivered two powerful addres- ses at meetings miles apart. Seldom. l: ever, have we had a. Pmmier who, has worked so strenuously and ef- fectively in the best interests of the Province and party alike.

The ‘Tether’ o1 the Canadian Press, Mr. E. H. Macklln, one of the best known and best liked journal- ists in Canada, has relinquished the presidency of the Winnipeg Free Press after serving that paper for 3'5 years. Two months ago he resigned as general manager, hav- ing occupied both ofilcca. Although he remains a director, and also u director of the Canadian Pius, he will now have the leisure which he has so well earned. The western veteran is '14 years of age but no- body who knows him would any that be is old.

A banquet in London was given in honour of the hnpirc Parlia- mentary Allociotion at which Pao- mier Angus‘ Mocdooaid, Nov: Booth. and 11cm. Duncan Min- ilfcr of Agricultum, Ontario, were prcscntandbadtoliotenicapacn of-praisc o: the Ottawa agreements by 8i! Stephen Dcmctriadi, Preli- dmt of tho Iandon Chamber-pt Oommoroo. "h: your: to count," It

Notes By '1 he Way

A correspondent says: ‘Than will be m end to tho people's long. long patience." What about the long, long patience of the taxpayer who his been paying this share of the enormous relief bill. only 1°

mid that ‘his loyal and generous co- operation in this respect is reward- ed by Oliver Twist demands for mom on the part of those who. benefit. by that co-operation?

Tho lfutcmout illucd to The Al- soclatcd Press by the numeral‘ c! Abyssinia. is plainly intcndcd to win sympathy. It is in remarkable cou- trast with what Mussolini utters on the subject and more likely to touch a. sentimental chord. However. it 1s facts that are wanted. and facts are as yet fairly scarce. Prob- ably neither side ‘is wholly in the right, and what the world wants is to see justice done, and that means a justice to Italy as much as to Abys- sinla. Fighting will not prove any- thing except who is the stronger. and it would not be rash to hazard a guess on that point now.

Bad new: that Mr. Anthony Eden is appointed Wandering Min- ister in Europe. attached to Geneva. What have we got in do with that business? There in the House of Commons recently a Liberal mem- ber, Mr. Munder, quarrelled with Mr. Baldwin for saying-what was bad enough-that our frontier was the Rhine. ‘Bays Mr. Mander: "Wher- ever the peace of the world is dis- turbed, there is our frontier." Our frontier should be the Empire. It is a quarter o: the globe. 1s not it a. whole-time job to look after that? —London Daily Exprm.

The proposal to build a hlrhwly 450 feet wide from Boston to San Francisco without a. curve seemed a bit fantastic when it was approved by the convention of the United Commercial Travelers of Ohio. On sober second thought, however, its attractions become apparent. A road that soazious would give to Federal m bureaucracy a parade gwund which heretofore has been dreamed of as existing only in a bureaucrats para- disc. Down it the army of 3,000,000 or more of local. State and Federal omceholders could march in im- presslve array. It would be a joyous sight in behold solid lines of alpha- bctical agencies stretchinfl‘ 110m curb to curbi-New York Bun.

Mien will be a. review of the British fleet at Bllltheud on 10th inst. when eight lines or warships will be drawn up. covering more than 85 miles. The area which will be reserved for the review will stretch from Lce-on-Bolent to be- yond Southsoa Castle. comprising the whole stretch ofwater between the mainland and the Isle of Wight, with Ryde Pier iutting out about the centre. The previous even- ing the King will make a. jubilee drive through Portsmouth. The eight-mile route will take through the heart of the city. Ho will spend the night aboard the royal yacht.

ii fl It is reported that flue Nobel Peace Prize this year will be divid- ed between President Mauryck of Czechoslovakia and Karl von Ossiet- sky, a German pacifist. Von Ossiet- skyisnowuprisonerinaGei-mdn concentration camp, but we do not doubt that Hitler would give him l.

day oi! tn receive the award.

Wu may be dancing on u. volcano. living just aheld o! the crack of doom and so on. but it is interesting to note that last week more pas- sengers sailed on ocean liners from the port of New York than have done so since 1020. Similarly mil- wcys, automobile clubs, traffic auth- orities and airway officials H0011 that an almost imprecedenfcd num- ber o: Americans are travelling by these other methods. Thousands of young people are going in Bummer camps and their parents are indulg- ing in a veritable epidemic of First Vacations in Five Years-Baltimore Sun.

Mm ‘ ‘ devices and leek for means whereby they may escape from what they deem to be hinder- ances in their glory and happiness. But they refuse to recognize that within themselves lie glory and hop- pincss. "We owe to our first jour- neys." said Emerson, "the discovery that place is nothing. At home‘ I dNBm that at Naples, at Rome, I can be intoxicated with beauty, and lose my sadness. I pack my trunk, . embrace my fiends, embark on the sea. and at last wake up in Naples, ‘ and there beside me is the stern Pact. the sad self, unrelenting, identical. that I fled from." A rare flower in Africa touches no mote fine chord within us than u. lavish expression of beauty in the flower that blooms in our own home yard, so far as the reaction is concerned. A love and appreciation of beauty is first within ourselves. This self is the centre from which all joy must radiate.

The Austrian Government ha:

fir; -5§s_ trill

.2, lie?

1937i

personal

81110111117?

mowing of cranberries, ' and snail vegetables, and to thor- oughly fest the feasibility of estab- lishing s. canning industry in the province and that ex-Pmrziez- Lea (who was also Minister of Agricul- ture) had not only ignored this elec- tion plank but did his level best to discourage his colleagues from put- ting it into effect. And the electors will remember that the Stewart Government plat- fonn of 1m was implcm the letter at the earliest opportun- ity of assuming office and that the present Government under the cir- cumstances did just as well, and that is the best guarantee they can have of the good faith of the 0m. scrvative party in the prment cam.

paig-n.

That iswhat we want the Liberal “11111110166 10 ma): about, and also 681519-111 W115’ they did not pnctico in 1900-1001 what they are preach- ing today. One of the Liberal candidateswas M mad as a wet hen at the joint meeting iii Bloomfield Station hall July 9th. because. as he claimed. he Got stuck coming from ‘rig-nigh. There were several cars came mm Tignish that day and none com.

LEEBAL PROMISES

IIIHE CI-[ARLUPTETOWN v, “QUARDLAN "'

shy-I notice the Liberals are very ‘busy as usual making gloat prom ices.

I wonder if they believe the

electors‘ nwmory is as bad as what they imagine it is? Do thfly think the electors do not remember the

s o1 the Lea Government in

lated its promises oi a ,, duction of taxation by boosting the gasoline tax from three to five cents

That the Lea Government assumed office on a. platform of eo- onomy. and a. general reduction in taxation; that the government vio-

a110-

gallon, subsequently raisingl it to

six cents by Order-in-Ccunc

They had everything in their fa.-

income,

vour to fulfill their promises during their term of office. ‘They had a surplus in the treasury of $70,097. augumented shortly afterwards by the first annual interim subsidy payment of $125,000 secured by the outgoing Stewart Government. uh- der the terms of the Duncan report; increased tax arrears over 1921 of 088.287 and increased revenue from motor vehicle licenses, gasoline tax, succession duties, real state and road, house and dog taxes. Despite all this revenue the Ica Government's first act at the 1029 session waltoborrow $100,- the 1029 session, was to borrow $100000 for the unauthorized ex- penditure incurred by the Minister of Public Works when he ordered this amount of machinery by tele- pdhone frown agents outside the pro-

nce.

Its next act was to borrow $300,-

onths, oocording

000 for highway work and this sum would have been increased to $500,- 000 but for the protests of the op- position. The electors will nct‘ for- get either that in less than four to the public account submitted at the 1920 ses- sion of the legislature, the Lea Government had turned the Stew- art Government gur-plus into a defl- ci tof $150,120.21. In other words it lfad gone behind to the extent of $220,820.30, and this apart from the highway account in connection with which $00,000 was borrowed in No- vember. 1M. The electors will not forget tint the Lea Government, though it had no money to pay old 030 Pensions, ic increase the fcachcrs’ mlaricl. or to fulfill its election pledges. could afford to waste $8,000 of the tax- payers’ money to cover up the An- drew Inner mtchell _ scandal caused. by the bungling and

of the Bell Government, of which the present ear-Premier, Hon. W. M. Led. was Provincial Treasur- er and Minister of Agriwlture. ltwfli not be necessary to remind the electors either, that $1,200 was paid without the Legislature's auth- mm 011W, w the ‘Ibrnpemnce America out of the rum profits of the Pro- hibition Commission, and another $1,400 to a detective frmn Montreal. who according to ex-Premier Saun- ders, was incompetent to deal with the organized activities of the boot- leggers in this province.

scandal-o.

Nor will the farmers forget that

_ MATS

the Ice. Government in its election datfmm promised “to promote the

r

o

mu: ooss u! worms '

‘Ibo lapped inc in time may grow. 314111.

Moot naked plants renew both frui and flower; '

The sou-int Wight may find release of pain, l

The driest soil ouch in some moistcning shower;

Time goes by turns, and chances change by coutse,