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“Nov? 11. — London was bathed in brilliant sunshine m,- Armistice Day and thg scfgfi around the ocnotaph was t e Inn“. lmprébfiiVfl ever known. Flom

1 m‘ square on the north to the 3']: Palace Yard on the south 0t‘ he eenotaph the crowds were i. [may wedged. Everyone wore a ‘Iigppy and the red flowers against

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“I Am Just as Keen a Canadian as Any of You,” Declared Vis- count, Byng, Who Received a Vocifer-

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Lord Wester Wemyss} in House of Lords Sees No Tendency in the eDirection of General Disarma-

terday.

one of the veterans was heard tn say. as the procession headed by the band, swung down Queen Street on its way to the soldiers monument. And silcii indeed, it was. 'I‘nt.-

PAGE NINE

ARMISTIBE BAY FITTINGLY UBSERVEI]

Large Number Of People Present At Ser- vice Held At Soldiers Monument Yes-

"A corking day to march on" pride to thc son whom they heroic-

ally sent for his Iccuntry. l Glad memories for all the loyal lsons of the Empire-for it reminds them of thc day when was realized

away to fight

ous Greeting.

ment.

LONDON, Nov. iI. —,'I‘he debate in the Houseof Lords on the fall-

alr had just that slight tang of frost for them their country's freedom in it which seemed to make the and were made safe again all the blood course luster through the things that they hold dear, and w- veins; the Sllll shone brightly down day they point \vith pride and grat-

LONDON, Nov. ll. —-Thrcc hun- dred Canadians who saw service in. the great war again celebrated Armistice Day here by dining to- gether and singing popular chorus- es of 1914-18 and listening" to chez. v speeches with a heap of reminis- cences from Lord Birkenhcad, Sec- retary of State for India; Viscount Byng. former Governor General of Canada. and Major General John E. B. Seelcy, Secretary of State for

Miss Marjorie Mulock, debu- tante, daughter of 'Mr. William Muloclt, K. C.. and Mrs. Mulock, Toronto, 0nt., presented to society at one ofthe most pre- tentious debutante . functions this ‘season. Six hundred invit- ations were issued l‘or her ‘com- ing out’ dance.

urc of recent tri-partite naval con- ference at Geneva, was instituted today by Lord Wester Wemyss, tAd- miral of the Fleet, Sir Rosalyn Ers- kinc Wcmyss) who was in command of thc squadron at the landing of troops at Gallipoli, in April, i915, and Commander in Chief, East Ind- ies and Egypt, 1916-17. He was raised to the peerage in 1919 as Baron Wcster Weymss of Wemyss.

Maritime Delegates _

Late Major J. M. Mood, great war veteran and well-known Canadian theatrical producer, whose death in England occur- red recently.

through the clear air; the pavement was dry underfoot. I

Bo they drew near to thc soldiers monument-that gray altar to thc memories of those whose nalne, since they have fought the good fight and laid down the sword, now lives forever-more in the hearts of those who were near and dear lo them and of these men, their nonl- radela.

Satisfied With

Prude- to you, veterans of the war, through 911101.!‘ bravery and sacrifice ltlu-sc things were accomplished.

I But this anniversary brings with lit its sad memories. For on that. Armistice Dar.‘ many a heart was broken with gllcf; many a tear was shed over the sons who would re- ‘turxl no more.

‘ The wur had taken its toll. Thou- ailds ct the flower of Canadian

k Armenia of u quarter of Shanna?!‘ geople who assembled in

sou, a brother or u father in the ‘Great ‘Wur. 0n each breast gleam- ed the little silver cross, the taut:- iblc mark of their membership ln this common sisterhood. Closing i" about. them were other nlcn and women who have suffered a’ alm- ilar loss. or just. “passer-n by who camc with bowed heads to My ill‘ ‘bute to the. soldier dead on Arm-

“oiiiterflé was more perfect synchon- ization “than in farmer were lei‘ me two minutes silence. When Bis gen boomed tho first stroke of eleven all the ordinary sounds oi London were hushed. After the eleventh stroke there was silence flu if London had stopped still. Thu King, the Queen and tht?

War in 1914.

General Garnet Hughes, sou of the late Sir Sam Hughes, former Canadian Minister of Militia, pre- sided.

"I am just as keen a Canadian as any of you," dcclaredNlscount Byn; who had a specially vociferous greeting. "All she wants is a few more men like yoll my old com- rades. The spirit of the corps is still found everywhere in Canada. Let the whole country maintain u

Lord Wester Wemyss said that a lucid and moderate exposition of the British case at Geneva should have tended to allay suspicions re-' gardlng the British fleet. It must have been perfectly evident to everybody, he said, that the force which Great Britain maintained for the defence of her trade routes was in no wise too great to assure secur- ity. To reduce it would have been to create a risk which no respons- ible government would take

The failure of the Geneva con-

They joint-din a hollow square b»~-. nlaullcod sacrificed their lives on fore the monument. About them the fit-ids of Flanders. To their stood thc people-very many of loved ones at home that Armistice them-all in silence and with gmvr day brought no happy anticipation quiet faces. You could see that of a joyful ironic-coming, but rather for many in that throng this day thc bitter realization of thc irrepar- and hour held memories of the sol-Liable loss. And amongst the sad that can find no expression in mel Tmernories today, of fallen heroes, words. There is perhaps a tear ixvtht-re should be oneof the heroic the eye-a catch in the throat. But nlothers and futhl-rs who gave their with it all there is a feeling of pridclsons for thr defmse of their coun- of exultatltu 1s befits the solemndry. celebration .l a glorious and tri-l Yes. the wilole world today re- umphant sacrifice. {members those noble sons who gave

Results Obtained

(From Our Own Coucspondent)

OTTAWA, Nov. ll. -—The after- math of yesterday was a conference between certain representatives of the provinces, most of them in fact, and the Minister of Immigration, on immigration matters, which lasted all day. In interviews with mem- bers of the Maritlmes before leaving

Prince of Wales and tho Duke of York stood at one end of the eeno- mph, On their right were members of the British Government and the illgh Commissioners of the Domin- ions. Mr. Larkin placed a Wrflfllll on the cenotaph. lt was made of chryeler Palms and llfilllliflfl. M111 had been made by lilsa-blod sold- iers in the British LEI-film Wmk‘ shops, its lnscritption was till‘ 0"" word, "Canada". ' ‘um. Arthur renter vial-ell =1 wreath on Whulr oi‘ un- l. o. n, l‘... and Mr. Ruwllnsou, a bilnd (‘Mr adiau veteran, placed ltnolher wreath on behalf of the. blind (Yan- alllau ex-aervlce men.

l-iONOR DEAD coma/toes

DUBLIN. NOV. 11. —- Armistice Day was passed quietly in Dublin. where a long procession of lrlsll soldiers whq served in the Grout Wal- marched to Phoenix Park to innin- tht-lr dead comrades at 11 cellotaph there. A contingent of lulliaal-l also took part in the parade. Numerous Union Jacks wljno cm‘- ricll in the procession despite till‘ strong protests which have been volt-ed against the practice by Dcq valera and all llle [Republican and deputies, but no attempt was nuulo to interfere with the llrflfififlllillll.

' TORONTO ARMISTIOE SERVICE

TORONTO, Nov, ll. — For the Armistice Service today Sir Arthur Currie, accompanied by Mayor F08- icr, arrived at 12 o'clock and to-

gether they proceeded to the eeuotaph wllcro they laid their re- spective wreaths. Sir Arthur

‘Currie deposited two wreaths, one. Willi from Baron Byng of Vimy, "in Pndyiug Memory of my Comrades". The other was Sir Arthur's person- al tribute, "ln proud and everlast- luz memory of my comrades."

its base already flaming with the M

wreaths there earlier in memory of the soldier dead, the_ ccnotaph today was decorated with a great sliver croas_,lt was deposited there by the silver cross chapter of the ‘l. 0. D. E. (tethered in as close as possible to tho towering monument ot atone, was a group of women, members of the chapter who hold that membership through a tie-a- lle which iainds them together iu

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lsiice Day. spirit of unity, comrudeship and pride in Canada's birth right."

ARMISTICE DAV m‘ u. s. A.

. . . ll-r- ' 21g,’ fitmreflfinqiftcyal Commission on Fisheries ro-l

aull obscrvallices [Wtiuffyll-illltlspluxlll; §;:li'gl8(:“lul.:~gilllfgN(Ilg: Sfiotiliit 31mm‘ m M31‘ u‘ ab‘, , ,1, ‘or Only three more sittings of the. mm“ ‘Elnqmmiy t? F“ flulqlih... Commission will take place before the "Dom" m ‘m. n u ‘YHOQ; an adjournment of a couple of Tflbm“ ‘or-ma Wnmn’ n ,',,', weeks takes place. The remaining. wk“ “mm ‘hohnlivw l" m“ “i” sittings will be held at Antigoui-zil ‘minmgliziz "f"; fisl'fitflu'x"iz:slllflfiltomorrow. Pictou on Monday ulltl

_ Pugwasil on Tuesday. tomb oi‘ tho unknown solliu-l‘ by n _ _

ferenre, so tar as Great Britai was concerned. Lord Wester We yss continued, must have diminished, if l it did not entirely eliminate and chance in the direction of general disarmament because all of Great‘ Britain's interests were bound up ln' the sous. He. proceeded to critic-' ize the declaration ‘of Paris re- stricting belligerents’ rights on the sea by which. he said, Great Brit- ain was bound while the United States and Japan were not signat-, orb-s thereto.

IIIWu Sir llllcilaei Sadler oi‘ Oxford, ‘England, has made up a list oi’

twenty of the world's most beautiful cities. Only Quebec is mentioned in North or South America. Other (ianadian cities apparently did not make a hit with him when he visited this country ilrAprll, 1922

group of ten school l-ilildren from New York. The Presidtlnt llldvrd u wreath upon the tomb at 10 o'- clock. Chaplains who officiated iu the detllcntiotl of tho tomb gather- ed there later. and were followed» by the National League of Amari- can women ut 11 o'clock. The mom- ents of silence were signalled by a trumpet call broadcast from a. local

station. ' At. noon the American Lv-glon S holds u memorial gathering at

(From Our Own Correspondent)

OTTAWA, Nov. ll.—-The general effect of the Inter-provincial Con- ference, which will probably clone tomorrow after a heart to ileurt talk with thc Hon. Robert Fol-kc, Minister of Immigration on thc question of immigration will un- doubtedly have good restlltsl and es- pecially beneficial to the Maritime Provinces in the way of increased subsidies and possibly in other res- pects. The first two dilys (luring which the constitutional is. les were discussed, Ontario, Quebec, and thc Maritime Provinces dominated. The representatives of these stood fast on a decislonpreviously announced that there should be no changes.

geitlfs 'l‘i|cntre when lion. Vin- eul. Massey will present "greet- ings from Canada". Th»- (‘lly Club will hear arlnistire talks at its fur- nm lunch. Lifter in the afternoon while l1 pilgrimage lo Washington Cathedral lays wreaths upon the tomb of Woodrow Wilson, the war~

in tho Arlington National Comet- ery will honor the lul-lnory of these young zlilizcus oi‘ the United Sta- tes who crossed the border to join the (Yzlnalliun expeditionary force. while President Wilson was penn- i r his "I00 proud to fight." note.

e UCTQIIIOIIY is described in thl- orller- o!‘ service as the “do- dlcatiou of the monument erected

THE INTERPRBVINBIAE i i, BUNFERENCE Wllllli REVIEWED

Appeal Sustained In Emerald Case

The following judgment was de- livered by Mr. Justice Haszard at the Michelmas term of the Supreme Court. _

CANADA PROVINCE OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND INTHE SUPREME COURT Joseph W. McDonald-Appellant and James Power-Respondent

This is an appeal from a convic- tion made by D. Edgar Shawn Esquire, Chief Magistrate

atisfied.

fortably without it, especially with profits from the sale of liquor. They sympathize wholc-heartedly with the Maritime Provinces. because they want every province in Con- federation to be satisfied and con- lclll- Queen's County, whereby the appel- i The thrcc prairie provinces are rant was convicted for that be on -not pulling wholly together, Mani- m9 16m day of July; A. D. 192A. all toba which has rich mineral and Elneraid in Queenh County afore- watcr power assets, wants its nutur- said, unlawfully did assault Jlmflfi ni resources with n very substantial Pgwer contrary to the Statute ill moot-y consideration for already Such c359 made and provided. and ‘alienated rights. a sum so large as he the said Joseph J. MacDonald} not likely to be sanctioned by eith-lwns adjudged to pay a fine of one| er the Dominion or the rest of the d011,“- nml also w pay provinces. Tilcre was an agrec- J3me; Power, the. sum of Thirtv- mcnt to arbitrate with the Domin- {our dollars and fifty cents for costs. ion. but that has not cvcntuatedfiand in default. of payment of said

by the (iovernment ol‘ Canada in! honor of the citizuus of the United States who uervctl in the (lanatllutl army Itllli gave their lives in tho Great War, 1914-1918. lion, W. L. King who was a resident in the llnlletl States when the younH men offered themselves for service ls not ublo to honor their memory by his presence, being detained by the Conference of Provincial l‘re.nl~ iers at Ottawa. President Coolidge is also absent by other business matters. The lwo Governments will be represented by lion. Vincent ‘Ztlaseey, Hon. J. L. Ralslon, lion. J. ll. King and by Hon. Frank B. Kellogg, Sm-retary of State and lion. Dwight A. Davis, Secretary of War,

Commission Returns ' To N. S. Mainland

(Canadian Press) MULGRAVE, N. S.. Nov. 11. —The

An Ounce 0F Pnwtnflou ls WoRfi-i A Pam

or ‘TROUBLE

"Hands off the Constitution“ was and while the province wants ar- thc prevailing note, and as the rep- bitratlon there seems no disposi- resentatives of other provinces knew tion on the part of the Dominion to perfectly well that unanimity among do so-probably afraid of conse- thc provinces and on the part o1 qucncos. Saskatchewan, which has the Dominion was essentially ncc- limited mineral assets as compared essary to make amendments their with Manitoba and Saskatchewan. attitude was academic rather than no water powers, and little land combative. A good deal was said left is not particularly anxious to by western members about rights of Canada, as an indepcndqdol-s not want its increased subsidy ent and flllly fledged autonomoumin lieu of lands~ to be disturbed. Dominion in the British Comlnon-jAlberta has already agreed with wealth of nations to change her own thc Dominion as; to natural re- constitution, something which thcy sicurees, the only stumbling block said was a bar to the equal status being the school clause, which the enjoyed by other Dominlons, buflprovince refuses to accept. and also this was the result of misappre- to a taking away the subsidy in lieu hension, because she has that right of lands after three years. But if already and really always had it, at Manitoba and Saskatchewan keep least for some years past. All it their subsidlcsin lieu of lands and requires is the unanimous consent get t.hc natural resources, Alberta and agreement of the provinces andtwants to keep its‘ cake and eat it thc Dominion to have the ImperiaiJalso. l

Parliament implement proposed The case of British Collunbia is changes by confirmatory legislationqin a class by itself. The govern- Nominally, the consent of the Im- ment there has revived the old perial Parliament, as a party to claims of former Conservative ad- Confederatlon, at a time when mlnistrntions for a return of lands Great Britain possessed the DOV/SHED thc Railway Belt and in the probably properly expressed as suzc-Peace River, given many years ago rainty, is necessary in changes of as a subsidy to get the C. P. R.. the B. N. A. Act, but the Imperial then considered for the special Parliament would not hesitate for tubcnefit of that province; for the moment to ratify what _Canada substantial increase of subsidies on wanted. In fact, if Canada were account of rugged physical condi- unanimous in desiring the right of l ions which life-BUY increase the changing its own constitution Great cost of local administration ‘as com-

thing is that Canada lnust bc a unit a redistribution of the

treaty to which all the provinces direct taxation which means giving arc parties, the consent of all oftllc provinces exclusive right to col- them is a condition precedent. Can- lect income tax.

ado. in other words. has everything From the first there developed a in her own hands. The dread, es-idfliinlte resistance on the part of pecially in the case of Quebec, lsthe three prairie provinces to the that her minority rights might beiclaims of the Marltimes. This was prejudicially affected. or even tak-Iexpressed in one forln or another by en away from her, if the door wasall thc western representatives, as once opened. This also to someiill indicated in my dcspatch of yes- considcrable extent is true of thcJPfdBy- Th0 case for the Marl- Maritimc Provinces, and Ontario, so tilncs was very fully placed before

Jar as thc present govcrnlncnt isithc Conference in all its aspects by land.

their representatives. In a large measure their arguments were in harmony with representations made

concerned, strongly sympathires‘ with the attitude of Quebec. On- tario and Quebec are still the big factors in Confederation, and Pre-

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mlers Ferguson and Taochereau are strictly in accord and evidently in- tend to remain so.

After the first two days. during which constitutional questions were definitely eliminated. Quebec and Ontario sat in to listen to what the other provinces had to offer, with only a more or lean academic inter- est in thc proceedings. They were

one very familiar to the people down by the Sea. Onc thing stands out m particular as a highly prob-,

claim: of Prince Edward Island, so ably set forth before the Duncan Commission and so favorably com- mended in its report whatever may hllilln otherwise. are to have al-I most complete recognition, There

the claim its natural resources, but it was betwee

fine and coats that the said appel- lant should be imprisoned for the term of twenty days. The evidence taken viva voce be- ,fore this Court showed that the |ccmplainant (Respondent herein) who is a blacksmith had set a fire for the purpose of heating tires to be sprung on wheels. The fire the l spondenfs shop and the highway as he claims, but partly or wholly on the highway as the weight of evidence showed. The {exact location is not material. A .few feet northwardly from the fire is theprivate road or lane leadlns from the highway to MacDonald's dwelling and barns. Immediately before the act com- plained of, MacDonald's servant ‘was attempting to drive his horses ,through the lane but by reason of the smoke and heat from the fire was obstructed in doing so. The fire was so near the lane and 0i such intensity as to seriously inter- fere with its use by MacDonald for any purposc He could not pass through the lane without bein! lscorched. It was as the respond- ent admitted a nuisance to Mac- Donald. In these circumstances MacDonald remonstrated with the respondent and when the latter re- lfused to reduce the fire, MacDonald lproceeded to scatter it with a board Iwhen the respondent with a shovel ;ln his hand interfered. Some ver-