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SATURDAY, MAR

THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

The Public Accounts, tabled in the Legislature yesterday, reveal a state of afIairs which is anything but sat- isfactory. The gross increase in the liabilities of the Province is $192,655,55 , while the ordinary revenue and ex-l penditure show o deficit d: $1,559.15.’ The latter figure does not take into account the capital expenditure on the public roads, which includes Road Machinery, $91,583; gravelling roads, $83,746; bridges and curverts, $60,527; Newport ferry boat $14,050; corrugat- ed iron culverts, $14,296: creositg pil- ings, $14,016; or a total of $272,844. It excludes also the debit balance of $13,482 of highway improvement ac- count ln 1927. To state, therefore, that “the present administration re- made almost half of the public roads of the Province in one year and the deficit is merely nominal," is a delib- erate misrepresentation of the facts.

The amount expended on the roads is borrowed money, and remains a debt on the Province, as shown on the contra side of the account, which gives highway improvement debentur-

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designed to limit to 150,000 the num- ‘ber of immigrants that may be ad- mitted yearly from Eufopean coun- tries. 'I‘he number to be admlt.ed from each nation was based 0n the number of people from each Euro- pean country who were in the Unit- ed States in 1890 as shown by the census of that year. Under this rough-and-ready plan it was found that there were in the Republicln 1800 something over 16 per cent. of the immigrant population who were oi German origin and it was decid- ed that a like percentage oi the full quota of 150,000 would be admitted yearly from Germany, and so also proportionate percentage from other European countries. That was in 1924.

At that time there was no existing computation about the strains of national blood in the total blood of the United States. Consequently

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ance that the promises held out would be faithfully kept. The attitude of the Government, quickly disillusion- ed them. The request that the teach- ers be represented _g_n the proposed

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IIE; (III.~\RY.O'I"I‘E'I'O\VINV CHAR Ol!\\l

CHAPTER 7

Colonel House, driven by the heat; away from New York, spent the en. t e summer of 1917 at Magnolia, so} that for the space of more than’ three months he_did not sec the President. I am botih glad and sorry that you havegot of! to ‘the Mas- sachusetts shore. Wilson wrote him; glad for your sake, sorry for ours,,| who would wish to be much nearer to you. The separation gave rise to the usual rumor of a break between the two, which appeared in the, newspapers oi September 6. Co1on-‘

The “Intimate. Pqpiers" Of Colonel House

The Friend And Adviser Of President -Wil- son Recounts In His Diary The Great Events Of The War In Which His

Country Was Concerned. (Copyright)

iericans to work toward it intelli-

isting armies of "the Allies, and the Allied programme must bc made suf- ficiently definite to permitvthe Am-

gently. So much Wlsemnn emphasiz- ed in a supplementary message. ‘Partly to develop ‘a war spirit throughout the country,’ he wrote, ‘and partly in all sincerity, the Gov- ernment has very naturally adopted the atllltude drscribed by the slogan “ftmorira first,’ and has fomented the national tendency to exaggerate the part America is to play. ’ This must not be interprched as an un- dervaluation of the Allies, or a mis-

Welcome Happy Morning

‘An Easter Message by Rev. Dyson Hague, Toronto.

On an Easter morning not long ago thousands of men and women might have been seen climbing towards the Eagle Rock near Los Angeles as the down began to light the sky_. On the summit of the rock, high above them, stdod a huge cross, and the listeners held their breath in awe as there zchoed from the rocky heights, chant- cd by a quartet of famous singers, the prophet’: evangel:

Arise shine, for thy light is come; And the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee!

And Just then the sun burst forth as on the resurrection day, and there was brought back to them the old old story ever new and newer still.

that as it began to dawn on the first‘

day of the week, at the rising of the sun, Christ rose again, glorious in majesty to reign. To-day. in the

in Him with risen life. Believe that the hour has come, and now is. when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. (John 5525). Yea more. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear His voice, and shall come forth. (John 5:28). Now ye believers in God, pro- lClillln with fearless Joy that Jesus

0mm a risen from the dead. Catch‘

the enthusiastic joy of those men and women who saw Him in the glory Kiof his transfigured manhood, alive; Iiyca alive for evermore. Re-echo the iclcar notes of their assurance as they itold the world that killed the Prince ‘cf Life, that God had raised I-llm iii-om the dead, and exalted Him to .be a. Prince and Saviour. Arise as

1 (hey did, and walk in newness of life,

Congress enacted that the quota

commission, and that the assurances oi the Government be put in writing. was contemptuously refused. The del- egation, seeing ihe hopelessness of the situation, retired. The result of the

based on the census of 1890 should be continued until July 1, 1927 and in ‘the meantime the Census Bureau should prepare a new estimate of the national origins of the total po-

cl House's only comment to curious , conception of their, part. nor does it ‘reporters who pressed for an expla-filnlfly the slightest hwuml’ i-Owflfdfi nation was that the rumor wa5‘i'h8m. America's own requirements ‘wmewhat belated,‘ as it generally’ will come first, but there is no reds- came ‘about midsummer along with l on to fear that the American pro- ihe sea-serpent stories.’ ‘gramme will interfere with those of

pulation oi the United States, and that estimate should supersede the former one. The experts set to work and produced an estimate, but there are doubts as to its accuracy. be,- cause oi these doubts the date when the new quota shall go into effect is still undecided and causes anxiety in the present Congress. '

Should the new allotment be put into effect the changes will be im- portant. From Great Britain and the North of Ireland the quota will be increased from 34.091 to 65,721; from the Irish Free State it will be reduc- ed from 51,227 to 25,957. These are the principal changes in regard to the countries where the present quota is under 10,000. Broadly speaking the quota from Scandin- avian countries, Norway, -Sweden and Denmark is reduced and from Belgium Poland, Rusia and Italy increased somewhat.

conference has been to widen the breach and to increase the suspicion that the Saunders Government was only temporizing and had no inten- tion of meeting the demands of the Federation.

There was obvious ground for this suspicion on the part of the teachers. The Premier's first assurance, that the‘ claims of this Province for in- creased subsidy would be dealt with by a board oi experts during the com- ing summer, and that when these claims were implemented the question of teachers‘ salaries would be given first consideration, came as a last minute expedient when the teachers were on the eve of striking. There was no such intimation in the Speech from the Throne, nor did the Prem- ier mention it on his return from Ot-

es sold to the amount of $144,873; machinery debentures sold, $96,582; ferry boat debentures sold, $19,316—

all of which are still outstanding 811d‘,

must be paid for.

Even the so-callcd nominal deficit of $1,559 would have been very much heavier had it not been for the.fact that the sources of revenue in many cases were much greater than last year. For example: Gasoline Tax col- lected in 1927 was $42,921, and in 1928

Canadians are not subject to the quota plan, which operates only in respect of tron-Atlantic countries, but they are amenable to other pro- visions of the immigration law that are important and the violation of nhich may involve very serious con- sequences-On this account we read in the press despatches that there are now in the States 200,000 French Canadians and many other Canad- ians who are not French, who are liable to deportation from that coun- try, and who will be deported on or

tawa on March 13th. Moreover, his blunt refusal to table the correspon- dence in conncctionmwith his efforts to secure this increase, or to give the slightest specific information as to the nature oi the negotiations be- tween his Government and the Fed- eral authorities in the matter, could only be construed as deliberate con- cealment. Such a course, when the publication oi the required informa- ticn would have inspired confidence

$71,618; Motor Vehicle receipts. $91,920 and in 1928 , $99,495; Real Estate, Personal Proper- ty and income, and arrears, collected in 1927, $114,802; the same tax plus road taxes, personal, horse, and dog tax which do not appear in the pre- vious year's statement, brings the to- | tal under this head to $179,345, or an increase in this item alcnc of $64,541. In Succession Duties, the Govern-l ment collected $8,587 in 1927, as; against $17,122 in 192B: Banks, 813,-: 215 in 1927 as against $14,037 in 1028; Brokers, $1563, in 1927, asagainst $1930} in 1928; Registry ofdcc fees, $7.311 in 1927 as against $8,270 in 1928. etc. There are numerous other items show- ing increased revenue as compared with the previous year, making in all an increase on ordinary revenue col- lected in 1928 as compared with 1927 of £80237, and a total increase of over $100,000 1n revcnuo collected from all, sources during the year. i This is indeed a remarkable show- ing for a Government which has ac complished so little during the year, just closed, and may account for the! refusal to have an external audit of ,1 the Public Accounts, a practice whlcl. I has been followed consistently by ev- I ery Government, as far back as the , Peters administration. , The attempt! at ma date, to block investigation‘ into the true financial condition oi the Province will be justly resented. by the people.

TEE EDUCATIONAL CRISIS ‘I71: Saunders Government has bun- Illti mm. ma time ‘with results which may be disastrous. The Teach- Il’ Federation, prepared evldentlyto tfremier Saunders half day in behold odor to appoint a m- te investigate the whole edu- ‘ not s delegation to " 1 yesterday

‘happen next.

after the first oi July next, unless in

the meantime they take steps to cure the disabilities under which they en-

tered that country.

_ some oi these evaded the U. S. im-

migration agents, or entered the States as mere ‘transient visitors,

paid no head-tax but Just settled

down over there as permanent resi-

denis. In the view oi the immigra-

tion authoritics there they entered

the country under false pretenses.

Others went from Canada as tour-

ists or transient visitors totheir re-

latives or friends, but were at the

time under agreement on contract

'.c work at fixed rates of pay for

employers at the place of their des-

tination. All these are now liable to_ arrest and to be sent back to Can-

ada. And the law will be enforced, we

1*.- iold. It is not confined to Can-i zdians, but applies to immigrants‘ of all nationalities.

and assurance, was open-only to one interpretation-namely, that notwith- standing his assurance to the con- trary, he had no information to give.

The present impasse is deplorable, and the consequences tothe Province may be felt for many years to come.

I EDITORIAL NOTES

If hold-ups as in Summerside are to spread it will be necessary for ordinary citizens to carry firearms _in self-defence.

The Teachers might as well tem- porize with a bear as negotiate with Prenlier Saunders-he claws first and thinks afterwards.

Sink the ship with debt and cause muiiny among the teaching crew is_ the practical policy of the Saunders; Government.

'l‘l g Eagle who captures a tortoL-n, a: turtle is said to fly aloft with it, and drop it on a rock to fracture i.s|‘ shell. Then the ravenous bird (ice-j cends and eats it. Thus it ha". been’ with many of Prince Edward Is- land's hopes and dreams, raised aloft only to be dashed down most shattel-ingly. Then new hope; were raised and new dreams were cherish- ed. Onoe it was an uniform stand- ard gauge of our railway. A cause- way from Island to mainland, a mil-V lion dollar ear ferry, o million dollar C. N. R. Hotel, more subsidy from Ottawa, pensions for the aged, such 1s other provinces have, living sal- "arias forichool teachers, a sanitor- tum for the victims of the white plague-all these are high in the air of ‘hope and dream but still shadow- ed by the cloud of dost experience.

A diplomat is one that says some- thing that is equally misunderstood by both slzlcs and ncvrr clear to either.

Premier Saunders knows less about the Government measures submit- ted ihis session than he does about our claim: at Ottawa-which is say- ing a lot. '

I

A $200,000 is big even for a Liber- al deficltP-it seems more evident than ever the Gevemment intends selling us to Nova Scotia with waste- ful extravogance and no attempt to collect 0111‘ claims It Ottawa. In" ma“ of ‘n ‘mu, fined w carry 500 passengers is on exhibition at Los Angelou. Whether or no it will ever be built we eamonly guess, but the inventors and builders of these days are achieving wonderful ex- ploiie.

It is s sorry Government with- out the Minister of Agriculture; goodness knows what is going to Mr. Leo shouldered the Premier's responsibilities u well

n his own. and this no doubt in part n, I"a‘.u“ "d", h" ,9 m»

‘September 10, 1917 Once or twice the Allies to the common detriment, during the conversation I threw the 4 provided we also have a clear-cut President off his line of thought by nwswmme find can toll the Ameri- ifitflfbvlations, and he found it dil- i cans clearly What our needs are.’ flcul‘ to return t; his subject. He? The S6091‘!!! Cvurwll of the Allies smiled plaintively, and said, “Youion war purchases and finances, see I am getting tired. This is the which Mr. McAdoo had demanded way it indicates itself." _ PP-rly in the summer, would have

‘No man has ever had deeper or gone far toward meeting the condi- graver responsibilities, and no ongllliflfts essential to effective Ameri- has ever met them with more pa- can economic cooperation. But the tienee, courage, and wisdom. formaiion of this council was still

‘During lunch the President spoke dBIB-Yfid- Pending "-5 Orgflfllzfliltlfl. of his nervousness when speaking Lvrd R/eaclin! suggested that the in public, I had thought that he was United Slates 55nd t0 EIIFOPB I ml!- entirely free from it, and yet he said sion composed of the heads of the if he had to walk across a crowded more important departments or stage, with an audience in front, of war-making agencies, to study the him, he always wondered whether he main problems cf the European Al- would drop before he reached the 1195 81201086 reuse. Mr. LIOYG Gerrge speakers stand. asked him and Sir William Wiseman

‘While driving, he described hlm- to present the proposal to Colonel self as “a. democrat like Jefiersonwiiouse for discussion with President with aristocratic tastes." Intellectu- yWilson. ' . ally, he said, he was entirely demo- The despatch of an American War

northern world we see the miracle of ,“;_-¢;m59 3mg; was raged h-om the

the springtime. New life is rising from every tree. The sap is beginning to flow. The green shoots are peering. The blossoms are peeping forth. The death of winter is over. The life, the glory of spring is at hand. It is in the springtime that we keep our Easter festival, when the voices of nature seem to cry: O ye of little faith, why do ‘you longer doubt. If God so clothes the ‘cold clods of your garden. and the lifeless limbs of your trees with renascent vcrdure, and causes those buried bulbs to rise up in the splendor of the lily, the narcissus and the hyacinth, how much more will I-Ie clothe those who live and believe

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cratlc; which in his opinion was un- Mission (o Europe was desired by fortunate. for the reason that his Mr. Lloyd George. not merely be- mind led him where his taste re- cause of ‘the need of better econo- belled.' mic coordination but also for mili-

It h rather surprising that the tar)’ reasons. The Prime Minister vitallyimportant problem of inter- had long chfifed 8t the SWMBEY 0f allied coordination was scarcely the military leaders On the Western touched upon by House and Wilson Front which, while it undermined during this visit to the North Shore. i the ultimate strength of Germany, It may have been that each avoid- Jwns appalling in its immediate cost. ed a discussion which might have _'I‘he long-drawn-out process of the proved wearydng to Lila President on felrcrre dusure seemed to him un- his Vacation and which would athiccessarily wasteful of lives and of best have been academic, since Lord $71118. Instead of throwing Allied Rea-ding the new British Commls-‘iorces directly against the strongest sioner, was still on the high seas.,c11cmy, Germany, at the strongest Two clays later Reading landed at iilart of ils defenses, he wished to New York, and the question or ‘strike at the weaker members. of the achieving better copcrative effort iopposing alliance: "knock down the immediately came to the front. iprops."

DON'T WORRY ABOUT YOUR IIEART

Perhaps you worry about your heart at times. You remember that the heart is the centre of the circulation of the blood, and you naturally feel that if it does not "do its work per- fcctly, serious results may follow.

You feel a little palpitation at times, that is the beat is very fast almost like a flutter.

At other times 1t seems to skip a beat, perhaps one in every six or ten beats. And still at other times there seems to be a pain in the region of the heart which is somewhat alarm- ing. '

Now there is really some trouble or

(dead by the glory of the Father. And ;in the power of an endless life real- ice as they did that the death o! sin has no more dominion over us, yea, that the death of the body has been anticipatively conquered. Let faith victorious cry with Joy: O death, where is thy sting? Ograve, where

who giveth us the victory through Jesus Christ our Lord,

of Rome and I have seen pre- served in the Vatican some of the epitaphs on the tombs. '.i‘hey are as bright as the dawn when com- pared with the sadness of the pagan inscrlptions._Here is out: "Alexander is not dead. He lives above the stars." Hers is another: "Sweet soul, she sleeps in peace." Turn where you will in the catacombs, all is peace; peace everywhere, and quenchless faith, and sweet submission to the gracious will of God. No wonder a Canadian ‘lady who once heard Professor De- ilaunay deliver a lecture upon the catacombs of Rome, in which he had said there were miles after miles of graves, league after league ofiombs and not one word of the gloomlrless of death, wrote that beautiful poem beginning: iMiles miles of graves; league after league of tombs, and not one sign of spectred death waving his shadowy plumes; hope, beautiful and bright, spanning the arch above; faith, gentle, overcoming faith, and love, God's best gift, love." So to-day, let the old old Easter anthem be our new new song. Awake, awake; O Christian Church, put on thy strength. Fut on thy beautiful garments, O body oi Christ, for thy light is come, and the glory of the resurrected Lord is risen upon thee. Arise, shine, ye members of the Church of Christ. and His glory shall be seen upon thee. Arise, awake, for our victorious Prince is". at the right hand of God.

I have been in the catacombs I