ell as dictator. The trial began ges axainst Lenino ahe not dis;

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lWllNlW llllllfill

m. mun half of the members glance on a nomination. {if

Arraigned Before ,_ Judicial Tribunal of Bof- sheviki - Accused of Graft. '

WASHINGTON, Tov. 8 — Nico despaltched by courier from Rus- lai lbenine. the Bolshevik Premier sis. “ llflri recently faced the most-se. Twice when Lenine Wits on his VFW‘ lest of his career, according ‘Way 1,0 the mo] demonstration»; i0 information received through were started by the crowds, but in lllliuiul channels in Washington in each instance they were quickly llll- lust few days. Thts lnformaf- suppressed by his large and hen- lllll is in the effect that Leni-ne has viiy armed body guard. Several boon on trial before a Bolshevlk peasants were killed on each oc- Juliicial tribunal charged among casion. Lenine firs-t denied the olller things, with being a grafter right of the “Central iOomrnittee" iillil. with trying l0 make himself the exact statug 0f which 1g not absolute and in other ways zrbus- known to the officials here, to illg the great power conferred up- bring him to trial. But he was rm him ‘by the Soviet Government. over-ruled and the charges against

Lenine was placed on trial, af- hlm were read. The names of the lur the filing of formal charges by complainants were not given. and certain Bolshevlists whose names Lenine demanded‘ that they be are not given, before the ‘Soviet made public. This was refused]. Government, accused of graft, en- A four hours’ debate thon ensued denvoring to make himself abso- between lLonine and members oi’ lute in power, and suppression of the Central Committee, Lenine in definite promotion of Bolshevlk an impassioned speech denying lheories in certain industries and the truth of the charges made businesses in Russia, cndespecisl- against him. - ' ly in Moscow, where_hs is acoept- The specifications of the char~

11151 11101191}. October. but the ont- closed in the report received in ut tile time the information was iwaghlngwn, come of the triad was not ‘known

Liquor Commission Two Suspects . For New Brunswick GOIIIQSS Murder (Special to The Guardian.) .

.51‘, JOHN, Nov. Sl-The execu- live oi‘ the New Brunswick Tem- perllnce Alliance will seek confer- MOUNT HOLLY, N. J., Nov. 8- (‘i108 with the Government tomor- prank J_ Jame,’ Raymond‘ w_ "W: ‘O11 n13“? tqllwlclgglnillifgqligfi “l; Schuck, bpth of ‘Camden, confessed Ilfffllrillllglellle odlsllrlhution ‘or liquors "W15 *1°°°1'1""K 1° ""1 11°11“ m“ in this province. The aliiancg la they killed David IS. Paul. u Cam- unxious to eliminizxalie wllézlesolp qnll den bank runner, robbed mm of will he insistent t at a .omm es on 40 000 h h Vlad m bod lm appointed at once and its mu- s ’ Gas - and “r .8 y phmery set m mom)“ in Jersey pines near the Taber- nucle. Tile money was buried in

Evergreen Cemetery 111' Camden. Man Found Dead Most of it has been recovered o: ' ficials stated tonight. The alleged In confessions were given in signed mpLWAX ‘Now 8'__.l.he body of statements at Burlington Count; a m“ ‘ounjd m a railway shack Jail here where both men are pris m. the foot of Inglis IStl-eet Satur- “M” day today was identified as that of Michael Griffin and it is believed , ~ lle belongs to iBrld-gowster, N .-S. lie was well dressed, about sixty .\‘i‘t\1‘s of age. Efforts» are being llullle to locate relatives. The med- -—-- lclll examiner hold an. autopsy on lllc body and found that death was CHRISTIANA, Nov. 8——"No more vim. m natural can“; wars" was one of the chief slogans voiced by the women of the world,

- Council of Women. which recently

F01‘ held its first meeting here since --—'- the outbreak oft the wnr. There WINDSORl NOV- li-The V9141“ were about 600 delegates, repre- ui the Coroner‘! 1111i’ W111 119ml" senting 29 countries, from nil parts

Whether Rev. J. O. L. Sprnckoling. o; the work; 111"" “l “"1 Malhodlst Episcopal The President of the Norwe- dm“r°h'l3'-“d1'1'111- 811d 181F191‘ 01’ gian Women's League, Mrs. Hom- ‘nnnly"°h'lbltl°11Enforcement 1181111" bro, in her speech of welcome for; II” “"191 11111" 81111111 "1111 said: “Every serious human being kw Try “g ""1? WIIBHIBY. 3W9?" must say within his heart: Never mam, 3M1"- "111 DPODPIBIOP- E1111?’ must such a. war be repeated. Such junfh *1” ‘Tfillill 0f i119 €0P01101"11 madness must never brenk out mdoma‘ “m 119911 Pfllldflfed- l1! 11 again." Another Norwegian wo- mg c‘ T“ l" mu" °m¢BP9-_5Dl1'¢k' man. Miss Kjelsherg, addressed Sm dim‘! "9 "l"! Tfllmblfi "1 the meeting in German; her np- mm l‘ 6110a and his version of the peel was: “Women! to the fore- ‘"‘ “11111111011 place was cor- front of social work."

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1920

POINTS FOR CONSIDERATON IN NATIONAL POLICYW l I Illllllllll

tulner in lt'he electrical department 11" W118 411601911 "0 11119 01114-14“: of the C.N.R.. from what could 11985181111791" 11 ‘PY-“lwflw .1“

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(special to The Guardian.) either in Parliament are validly el- ected or for failure to take oath of

LONDON‘ No“ 9-1‘)... House .0; allegiance within fourteen days the (‘ommons ltoday adop ed two new King may dissolve parliament and clauses to the Home ule Bill pro~ place the government in the hands posed by lhe Government, first pro- of a commission appointed by the vldlllg that both llrish Parliaments Lord Lieutenant. The latter clause shall establish o. second chambers replaces the proposal of tho gpy. yo, py-qlecilon of minorities. Sec- ernment that candidates for Par- ond, providing that in event that iiament lmust take oath of alle-

'l‘|1e'CharI0ttet0\vn Examiner editorially says: a gentle-man of the honesty, illtelligcncefcx-

pcrienccfqand ability of Mr. j. A. Dewar, make the sweqping statement that “so far as Prince Edwardfilsland is concerned there is no single advanta§e that the Protective Systems has brought to this Province.” to have a nearby steady home nlarket established for the products of our farmers and gardeners. Is the great steel industry 0f'Sy(lney—a child System-filo‘ advantage Are the industrics- in

To meet the debt, liabilities and current ox- penses of this Canada of ours, tllcrc must, of necessity, for some years i0 come be unusually heavy taxation of the people. Every on: admits, too, that no matter what political p-nrly is in office and power, or what policy m1; bc-pur-

sued, taxation “heavier than has been" must be imposed, if the country is to escape financial

Is it no advantage

of the Protective Prince Edward Island? New Glasgow, Amherst, Moncion, 5t. John and Halifax.-—all stimulated into ‘life by the Pro- tective Systeln-—0f no advantage to Prince Ed- ward Island? Are the great cities of Montreal, Toronto andI-Iamilton after doubling and treb- ling their consuming population-s, ofno advant- age to Prince Edward Island? could not possibly have considered thc matter before he gave utterance t0 the absurd stale- mcnt that he made to the Minister. who considers the facts and conditions must conclude that though the people of Princelid- Island pay higher taxes under the Protective System than they did under a tariff, the difference bears no comparison with the advantages they possess in the higher prices they receive for their produce as a direct cou- qcquencc ofthe Protective System involved in IIIE NationalPolicy of Canada. lilo nearby markets, which we have referred to, were closed, 0r reduced to the limits of pre- Nutlonal Policy days, would not Prince Edward Island be disadvantaged? Of course she would. She would, indeed, receive a blow to hcr rising prosperity that ehe would not soon recover from --shc wot d lose an advantage that her farm- crs would givc inurh to regain.

But let us consider the lnzlttcr from the point of view of Canada as a whole. nearby neighbor of the richer and more highly developed United Status-—\vl1ose people are on‘ tcrprisillg and pushful and whose older indus- tries arc larger and stronger. Suppose tho pro- tccfion afforded by the National Policy were taken away from the younger and weaker Can- Sir John “fillison, lll course of a speech recently delivered farmers of Woodstock, Ontario, tllzlt “Canada and the United States have colli- luon traditions, common customs, a language Zlllilvi). common social and political out- look; and unless we dcvclope industries and af- ‘ford opportunity for men of different inclina- jtions, ambitions and endowments, of individual genius and special aptitudes, they will cross the boundary where every opportunity they may desire is afforded, and the natural resources of Canada will lie undiscovered or unless we are content to feed these resources to Anlericau factories and become a commercial adjunct of the powerful I think of Canada after a revolution- ary reversal of fiscal policy and I wonder, but I do not venture to suggest just wllllt language would describe the situation.”

Our Prime Minister, Mr. Mcigllcn, declares that he ‘stands for a tariff “adequate to ihc needs 0f Canadian industry." The Minister 0f unnce, Sir Henry Drayton, states that his policy is to obtain the money required to pay interest on the public debt and meet the liabilities and requirl-lllcllts of the (lovernment with the least possible taxation of the people. Advices from Ottawa indicate that the administration there is stirring up the lazy bones of those public officials who do as little as they can and draw large salaries. Economy is now the order of the day.

Everything considered, the people of Canada cannot, we submit, do bcttcr than support the

In this situation three courses may be iollolv- .cd. There may be direct taxation put upon laud and other rezll estate, personal property and in- come, with the tax gatherer going yearly to every man's door or sending out forms to be filled up with the (lciails of each laxpayefis pri- vate business; or there may be a low tariff on Free Trade lilies, encouraging the importation of foreign made articles of use and consump- lion ill order that the quiredmay bc made up and involving the loss of home industries; or the maintenance 0f tllc present policy of Incidental Protection, promo- l ting home industries thlougilollt tllc country, ell- couraging immigration, and so stimulating trade —together with the imposition of direct taxes upon the incomes of the rich and ivcll-to-lle. Looking to their OWll‘ interests and the bet- terment of the country at large the people will, we believe, choose the last. swap horses when crossing a stream." ll l5 not wise to change a fiscal policy the results and cf- fects of which are good, just when a special ef- fort must be made to meet the losses of the war and nlake good the follies of those wlta foisted upon the country more railways than will be really needed for years to come. The ‘fiscal policy adopted forty years ago has been proved suitable to the conditions of this new country, confronted as it is, by all older, richer, more pushful, and more highly protected country at its southern border. prospered continuously since the adoption this policy-the National Policy--forty years On the other hand, we know that before its adoption in i879 Crluzldn was repeatedly in great financial trouble. Trade was often bank- rupt, and the prices of flfiflll sway dowmbelolv the line of profit for the That which was true of Canada at large was true of this Province in particular. The writer heard a former citizen of ChariotteJ t0wn—n0w gone to his rash-say that he had seen shutters up on every store‘ around Queen Square. Everyone of mature age now living here can remember when the "Official Assig- nee” “I85 the busiest man in the Province. No less than four of his notices of attachment were published by The Examiner in one day early in' In an editorial of the same year we read: "The poor of Charlottetown are suffering more than they usually suffer during _ winter; for added to the rigor of the season is the sad stagnation in work." I879, and for seveml years previous f0 ‘the adoption of the National Policy, “soup kitchens” in all the larger cities of Canada at which the poor were glad to obtain nourisllnlcnt. since tllell there has been no need eelcmosynary support. (excluding German who declined duccd by the National policy to establish indus- Sprachlin m amend) M ‘he’ lmemanonal trlcs, craftsmen and workmen have not remained long idle where they desired to go to work; population has increased in all the towns; trade has, with some ups and downs, been compara- tively active; prosperity has prevailed, and the farmers Ilnve generally obtained good prices for their surplus produce-the farmers of this province with those of the rest of Canada. In view of the facts it was surprising to hear

IN lllsllw lulu

“It's not v-‘r-c lo

zldizln industries!

the year I879.

There were in

Since capital was

Supt. L..S. Brown Stays in Monoton

M0N1CTON_ Nov. gard to the rumored changes on the eastern C.N.R. lines the Times

Justifiable Homicide

Bishop Farthing Was the Verdict

Urges Church Union

‘VLNDQOR’ No“ (Special to The Guardian.)

:;'k:"““""1 11y three other officers may Abel-gem (Englgnd) pm.

Wm" 81111 several friends who said: "The whole world wants were called t clared 7mm I" llolice

ii

":1: y“? "197 11M! been unable to tlono. Peace and arbitration are

dead mDnlwL slllfllkllfl Glllml thl‘ our Drogpunmg)’

d; “an”? M" “washout bor ton, promised that tho Ilesgue a "1 lllzlit and the police would do whstovor it could to fa-

"11 i111 om. ' the League of Natl Ys.‘

ls reliably informed that Genera Supt. L. 8. Brown is not likely to be moved from Moncton but in the near future he will probably be given enlarged powers in connec- tion with the management of Eastern Division.

MONTREAL, Nov. 8.-—A strong appeal on behalf of the church un- ion was made by (Bishop Farthing

in a. review he gave yesterday morning in Christ Church Cathod- ral of what had been acoomvllllled at the Lambeth conference during last summer. "lbet us get it into our ‘mllids that it is a sin to have tho Church of Christ divided; let. u-s forget the dead put and Us controversies. the bitterness 0nd ul u“, h“ h“ ma“ m“, by the heavy po- grniygllfflldlbefltrgmantit gilillcflmlligiollef. bor in this section been that one “um unafraid open three oilitsto Germany‘: mission to He, ma“; 1,. attendance to anll- lhis reunion of Christendom be

homicide was theJvordlct rcaturqed ° "B" ""11 111111 Trumblds sident of the International Council 111' 111° °°f°"°1"° ‘"1’ °°“ “°' "5

' ' the inquest into the death of Be- verly Trumble, who was shot 0 testify however. dc» Mothers. 1t is OUR mission to Rev. J. o. L. lspracklln, pastor and 111° m unarmed- Ioc- ho the uornslns of ulo oluul. We license

w Hour

h° m!“ I11 iflveltlll- are pioneers of the League of Na- Crow?“ mum ‘packed the Con" room if: Bandwish Town Hall to capacity. waited the jury's finding 11 hsd drown upon him. 1pm Flnnlgh M, P M" llollu- and when the verdict was announc- " I ed dispersed without making any demonstration which every effort

-¢o->——— SHORTAOI OF HELP

WOGDBR-LIJGE. 0NT-. Nov. 9.- 50 great has shortage of farm In-

farmer totally without help 1111s yet much grain out in the fields.

ll]. N. H. MIN

(Special to The Guardian.)

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MoNcroN. Nov- a-smwk by 11w be learned of u... fatality from one 11°11“? Tffilfif“ ““‘,§’,',,“,', 17f; a I outgoing fast dreight yesterday , of the crew of the fast freight, who 4" I ° e9 9mm forenoon Daniel Berry came to his saw the rrence. The entirel 1 I ___

death near Humphrey's Station. acts of the will not be k-nown

Deceased was a resident of Monc- until Glfldlence of the train crew is

|ton and was employed as main-Igiven this afternoon at the inquest.

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raglan. Member Northeast Toronto;

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under Oamemn Lewis, Coltflfilve- .

WlNN-IPEG, Nov. Sr- M11116- ing to the weekly report of the Ca-

nadian Credit Men's Trust Associzr

tion, advices from ten of the 91'1" cipal trade centres in lConnda can- vassed, point to the continuance of summer-like weather having a. bad effect on trading. and boot and shoe houses, rubber goods, ready‘ mades, both women's and men's. are all looking anxiously for hard- er and lnore seasonable weather conditions. -

Toronto and Ontario advices state that conditions of‘ business with both wholesalers and retail- ers i-s not up to the average. Oc- casionally a. firm reports "fully employed", while in the some classification one finds a number of houses at a standstill. This is

' v I of the most sensational drolll 1115-" has ever occulpred mp1! tfi 3m”- .I Exchange too D 9 WW5‘ I lng when Atlantic susoi- broke 1111

Both Wholesale and ‘Retail Business Re- g35g1“,'.f,f":‘,,‘:,'°?5,.‘t.i.';l.?..i2“.l; ported Somewhat Slow.

i regarl t the wholesale trade, . 7 .1, H, {m1}, .0 u... ,8...“ "m, BURT ARTHUR. out, Nov, s- -_ _ there do not appear to be two Andrew. MWBQY. M11888!‘ 0t. ‘ op[nfgn3--<jug|_ 51ow_.wh||e “n- local Fbranoh of the Bank of Nu employment in tile lange cities, ap- Scam’ w” “Md “'5” “I” pd

week in Montreal district.

Grafters Made

(Special to The Guardian.) NEW YORK, Nov. 8.—'I‘hat near- ly hlllf ii. million dollars in Kraft was collected by Robert. I’. Brind- cll, president of the building trades council, New York. and his organi- zation between April and October this year is estimate of account-- nnts employed by the joint legis- lative committee that has been ill- vestigntlng building trust ill this city.

_.____-¢oo_i_ PYROMANIACS IN MANITOBA

'Wl.NNi.PEG-. Nov. 8.-—- Pyromun- ins are exacting fiery toll oi’ thous- ands of dollars from property own- ers in Manitoba, according to Alex ander Inch, deputy provincial fire commissioner. During the first eight months of i920 reports have been received of 150 suspicious fires in llilanitoba, with more than forty of rlhese .i‘tres established as being 0,1 incendiary origin. The loss through incendiary and suspi- cious ires this year already amounts to 8127:5180, the commis- sioner stated, and not. one individ- uni lhas been brought to justice. Lack of machinery to carry out proper investigations. encourages firebugs and COIIIIILISISIIOXIGI‘ inch will recommend that the fire pre- ventions branch Ibe placed under the law enforcement department.

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lANOTHER VOTE MAY BE TA- KEN IN MANITOBA

WINNIPIEIG, Man, Nov. R — Another vote on tho Prohibition issue can be brought about. to do» tel-mine whether the people of Manitoba wnnt Government dls~ pensaries similar to that of Brit- ish Columbia established for the sale of liquor whether the Pro- vince shall remain bone dry, Pre— mier Norris stated, Saturday.

Such a plebiscite would be plac- ed before the people if eight per cent., or 20.000 of the eletornte petitioned the Government for another vote to obtain the will of the people in regard to Prohibit- ion.

Agitation llns ulreluly been started by the Army and Navy Vet erllns to have another vote taken.

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UNITED STATES MISSION CAPTURED

LONDON. Nov 7.—A United States mission in South Russia has fallen into the hands of the Soviel forces. according to the Moscow newspaper Prauds, as quoted in a Warsaw dcspatch today from the Soviet capital. This mission. says the newspaper, was headed by Gen-

A Big Haul

Newspaper Man

back.

l5 Cent Drop

(Special to The Guardian.)

ngo the S-allula Tee. Co, announced

selling ft-I seventy cents a pound and will be sold at fifty five cents as soon us the retail merchants

have exhausted their present slol-lc." ll. is snld there is a glut in

the market of cheaper teas. Brit» ish merchants have purchased large supplies of cheaper tess_ hoping to gain access to the Russian mar-

kets. The Russian market being closed this lea is on their hands.

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Foodstuffs

Free Oi Duty

PORT 0f SIPIALIN, Nov. 8 ——The

Local Government yesterday an- nounced a revision of the. customs tariffs under arrangements made wioh Canada for grunting prefer- ence ‘to her products, according to the decision reached at the recent Ottawa conference. tinder the new revision all foodstuffs and cattle feeds produced in the Brit- ish Domlnione are made free of duty. as are also British produced machinery and certain cotlton goods and glassware. The duty on United States foodstuffs is now

ersl Morel the Prauda reported the fifty per cent more than that on

incident in recording details of the

similar Canadian products. The

Bolsheviki attack on the forces of duty on motor are, jewelry and

General Wrangle. The paragraph

plated ware has been increased by

concerning the mission reads. ‘at ten per cent. and foreign mode

Alexievds station which was taken machinery by 2 1-2 per cont. ‘I'D

without a shot U. S. mission fen new tariff provides for tho imposi

into our hands at the head of which tlon of duties Ill voioroag tho goods being assessed for duty st

was Gen. Morel who had t-he tsslr of combating bandits in the white

army.”

the exchange rate iasimd of at Pi“- . .