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A. E. ARSENAULT To RETURNED sotolsiis
invests .-wiii\._ji1iiiiiii_ii- tvhotsaogipiy -oepreoies; the spirit oi- r:inizansiiipi“Priva|es .L r. white oi Alperton an
   to Make Fall ami iolected into _ the Debate by the-fl liberal ‘?l.`ea¢ler._ wimam C, u~0,|;y who pap gm
s.'c--lnqliiry1-viiiitohttsblind' '_l'lle- hieanlngless- and irrelevant Criticism oi_ and Taken Part in Some oi the
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ilroceedlnqs oi Shell .Gommiltee iipposiiion Membersdgain Shown Up. Fiei'-cest Battles ot the War, Given
(From our Own Correspondent.)
OTTAWA. April 3.-The 0rder-in-
Council constituting the Royal Com-
mission which is to investigate the
Kyte charges was brought down to-day
and read to the House by the Prime
Minister. li; provides for the fullest'
inquiry into not only the four Kyte
charges, but into such other matters
affecting the proceedings of the Shell
Committee ss may be referred to the
Commission by the Government. The
order is dated to-day. as having been
approved by H.R.H. the Governor-
Geiieral. The Commission is issued_
under Part One of the Inquiries Act,
following a report to the Council.
ter.
The document refers to the charges
made by Mr Kyte, and states that a
Commission should issue, "forthe pur-
pose of making a full _and complete
inquiry and investigation” into the
four contracts made by the shell com-
mittee with the international arms and
fuse company on June 19. 1915, with
the American Ammunition Company,
incorporated, on June 19, 1915, with
the Edwards Valve Company of Chl-
cago on or about July 16, 1915, and_
with the Providence Chemical Com-
pany of St Louis, it it should appear
that the Shell Committee has entered
into such contract." ' ' ._
The two first contracts, it will be
remembered, were for fuses; the third
for cartridge cases and the third alleg-
ed contract was for picric acid. The
Orderfin-_Council proceeds: ’ The Prime
-nintt,Ul%_f1mmorors;<ro¢ommenas that
ii' “ cdiiiiiatlsion _‘ for _'the purpose afore-
said dtffishuo undortho said part one
of the jnduiries Act, directed to the
Honoura'lile_ Sir William Ralph Mere-
dith, K.'I‘,, Chief Justice of Ontario.
and thc lion. Lynian Peole Duff. one
of thc Justices oi' the Supreme Court
of Canudu, authorizing and requiring
them with reasonable diligence to
make full and complete inquiry into
the contracts aforesaid and each of
them and into the acts and proceed-
ings of the Shell Committee, whether
by themselves or by any other per-
sons directly or indirectly, and of the
Minister of Militia and Defence
whether by. himself or by any other
person or persons' directly or in-
directly. in relation thereto or in con-
nection therewith. and into the nego-
tiations therefore, the profits `or pros-
pective profits arising thereunder. the
disposition, division or allotment of
such profits or prospective profits, or
of any commission or reward for pro-
curing the said contracts or any of
them and as to the persons interested
in any such profits, prospective profits.
reward or commissions, and generally
speaking into all other accounts. trans
actions and matters of every-kind re-
lating to the said contracts and each
of them and to report the result of
such inquiry with the evidence taken
therein. Also to inquire into such
other matters i~elating,to acts or pro-
ceedings of the Shell Committee as
may be referred to the said commis-
sioners by Order-in-Council from time
to time and _to report the result of
any such further inquiries with the
evidoiice taken tlieroiii.
The Commission is clothed with the
powers conferred under the liiqulries
Act. Sir Robert Borden also told the
patch from New York stating that an'
oilicial of the British embassy in New
York had been sont to acquaint the
Governor-Gciioral of Canada with ro-
gard to certain irregularities in the
'placing of Canadian contracts in the
-United States was untrue. Ho had
'brought thc mutter to tlic Duke of
Connaught'a attention and ills Roya
Highness had authorized liini to slate
thc report was untrue.
l'Rl°AY-» MAll¢l"l 3ll*- 10 Bllldy the FGDUNS 011 G<l\1Cl1i-l01\ f0r cation being in niidsummer, the speak- p . D
- (Continued
@'z»r::fJ'.'\-" `
HON. A. E. ARSENAULT prefaced
his speech with a splendid tribute to
the Speaker, congratulating him, on
his appointment to the chair, which lie
was sure he would justify. He said
he was pleased at the splendid way in
which the mover and seconder of the
address had acquitted themselves, and
hethouglit it was very ungraclous on
the part of the Leader of the Opposi-
tion. who probably did it unthinkingly,
to remark deprecatingly on the fact
that they had read their speeches from
notes. He assured the House that it
the past 7 or 8 years. If they did he
was sure they would have very little
to say on the subject, especially in the
way of criticism. He read from the
Superintendeiit's report of 1910 in
which it was pointed out that tlie
teachers. from their unsatisfactory po-
sition, thought more of the future and
not sufilcieiit of the present, not devo-
ting the necessary attention to the
vital duty they had in hand: There
was also indicated a falling off in the
quality of teaching. On the other
hand the present Superinteiident of
Education] on his report stated that
the striking words used to describe the
sad state' of condition some years ago
was 9' ““l"e""l Practise “°W l°l`~not be applied to conditions in'1914,
speakers to prepare their addresses
and deliver them from the M. S. These,
he said. were not days tu which. men
could learn speeches by heart. Busi-
ness men were too busy to do that. Af-
ter all, the object of a speech was to
when lie reported the outlook extreme-
ly promising, the enrolmentand atten-
dance increasing and the teachers
working faithfully and showing an iii-_
creasing skill. Tlie ‘speakerpoiiited
out that the pernicious system practis-
place before the public concisely cer- ed by the Libemh; of granting 11|-st.
tain facts, and there was no material
difference between reading an address
and reciting lt parrot-like. '
He was sorry that at such an early
class licenses to teachers going abroad
and withholding it from those desi-
rous oi’ remaining iii the province, put
a premium on thc exodus oi’ the best
535° ln Ulla debate H Bplfll °f Dalllzall' ‘ teachers from the Island. This was
,HIP *T05* have maulfesled ll59lf~lreniedled by the present government.
“Y la 8000 l° llle HOUBG Dl'8DHl`€ll 'This government granted a first-class
for a business session, and so far as
his side of the House was concerned to
do so without partizanshlp. but tlicy
license to teachers who remained in
the province, while those who wanted
to go abroad had to give the. country
Wren’ mg' Well ‘sealed Whell me lead" _ the beiicilt of two yours* service before
°] L lc l’ll’|°s l|°“lW°“l 9~l`°““‘1 Wllll ll ` they obtained that license. This ten-
:’o‘§" °“k ‘is "'E‘°“ def' dnflllg ““Y°l1° ded to keep tho best teachers in the
waitnggr it so-be lfsgggllédlleoéllll 3011 province._ In 1898 `thc enrolment
Hcuse today that a newspaper dak "hooked "gm my A Howeverhm llxle _reached its highest Point, 22.852 and
had thrown down the gauge of l:_!.ttle,
there was no other course but to take
from that year it began to decline gra-
dually until in_=1910-11 it had reached
17,397 and contliiucd its doclluc in
it up. They were prepared not l . _ ' '
to defend themselves but to carryolllii '¢1i?ill4llitlstllyllz-il‘hli`“li:Blyili::cln;:c:lhguBfl0\0‘
war into Africa, and before thc session so that dm-ing the pm-|;,d uw ggw,-nf
z‘l'al*]0V0l` llltiy W0\1l<l 0Xl10H¢ S0I110'0l` ment had been in power there had
“li °W me “dll f0ll0W€ll by U10 0D"| been a recovery ot' about 1500. That
which was one of slander and misre-
presentation, and wherc the speakers
of tlic Opposition happened to speak
I 9°’ um* d‘“`i“l¥ th” last Clmlllll-l8ll» was the difference bctwocii tiio old sys-
tem ‘and thc present. The Leader oi`
thc Opposition had claimed that the
curriculum was ovcrladeii. that thc
. -_ -_--_-L_..,-,,~..t--;,->,-v;-;--:"4  ,,1_1.‘.",.. .__.-aa,-U. ...1___,_,_,__ _,___i___ .Isnt they t°°k lllo 0PP0l`l-llllll-Y l»0 Dill. goveriimgilt imdimldgrl tw() ucw b|-gn.
' _ _ ` my 395030 $1110 l700Di0Stlti0I!10ntsl\tt0l‘ly itll- clies to the course of studies and tak-
° 11 0 Mast H0 was sled at this on on none As a matter or fact they
sessloii that they had given the govern di
 ,. '-. ‘I ,
oi Coalition Government ln-  'f 
timed, .Circulated and Denied- J*
 Grits in Gttawa Yesterday. `
(From our Own Correspondent.)
O'l‘TAWA. ' April il. -‘- A foolish
rumour to thc ofloct that there was a
likelihood of the formation of n Coali-
tion Govominont in Canada was circu-
lated this morning in certain Liberal
' it -
iiowspapcra. Other Liberal ‘nows- tion, it may be stated a.utl¢>ritative\ly.` were
went
papers denied it this evening and the
yarn has earned only derision for
those who published it. The story was
based on an alleged visit _to Govern-
ment House' by Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
Even this slender foundation, inquiry
shows. wus purely imaginary. Sir
Wilfrid *Laurier was not summoned to
vernuicnt House mid there is not-
thosliglitest possibility of a Coalition
Government forming in the Dominon.
Tho old reliable Borden dmins a
will still continue to do business at
Ottawa for some years to come.
(NOTE.-This " Foolish rumour "
appeared alsoin yesterday's Patriot.
lt is presumed it, like the others. will
deny it to-day.) .
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»MONTli.E2L;` ‘April 3.-Up” tl) the
present time. 1.26 a.m., the only return
fiom gagnicilpal eleotitoiagsia the gallow-
g: __ o -qu .o_ vs"‘- ayor
53|-tis- divine. ¢_;1§tcpoi__fpi~»_- _-sate. '
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TIDE. TWH. EIC.
(Special tothe Guardian.)
_'ronoNTO. April 4.- _‘--'~-Maritim -
wanna shifting to smwri~a;'f¢a= it il
cool. _ _ -' .,  
run wiyriisiie.--»_;§'_<»»'tera_ay,
iair and col lar. _  
.-.-- ’,
The highest temperature recorded
yepterday was__35 degrees above l_qro.‘
At nine-‘ofolock yesterday morning it
r;gl:tsre_tl 3_2 above; at n no last night
_ bovs. The coldest the previous
night wha 80 above.
this moral
at 1z.tlti;'it will
and tomorrow
.3
_-  - .r.,._,_ ,., _-_` .\_  _ _ .1 :- '  I* _ - ~
_ , __ _  d not add nature study and agricul-
  ’ _ _ I ` H  R I arent at3i0p_l>01'l-lllllly Of Dl9-UlDB l10l0l"f ture to the coursc of study; these two
 M _ I _ 'e “ ° lm’ ""0 “ml-° 0l' branches were on for a good many
P tliillgb.
.~ The him- memlwf ll`°lTl U10 llllrd ills' years, but unfortunately tlioy were
l|`l°l- Ol Kll18'S C0lIIDl8ll10d llwl l-he dead subjects as there was no one to
Speech f"°l1? ill” 'l`lll'0ll0 WHS V0l'Y Ol!-,teach tliein, since the teachers know
_ ` Scllfe- Well ll mlght be lllat at the `iio more about na-ture study than the
Dresent session there was not a great
delll Ol l9Elslation_ forecasted. but lie
would say that it was not always the
best- thing to have legisla-
dui'-
lu-vii
B. grant ilvril
and
most
yet to be
was- the one
from the Throne,
The
by the
in the
that
gentle-
make a
the
lion.
to
men
the
all
were
of the
the
was
laid
regard to
was
0|)
B
, two or
pupils. These subjects were made
.re subjects, and he could tell the
Londci- of the Opposition that there
-- are tim-~ subjects taken ofl'. iiamoly
lnitaiiy. |»-ioliocpiiig and domestic
_-:<~iciic<~. lnu-iiii-=i- botany was merged in
|_ho .-iil»j<~cl. oi' iniiwre study, and do-
nirstir sc-in\i<~.i~. was In-ing taught; ns a
.subject i-ipnrt iii ilu- tloinostic sciencti
1,-oursc given in tlio wiiitoi' to the isi-
dics oi' tlic l’i'o\'iiirn, 'The Speaker
Llioii wciit on to 1-.xploilo the old char-
gcs of c.\:ti'aivn|;n|n-_e allowing where
the iuoiicy cxnmialoil by thc govern-
lneiit on education wont und the vast
returns it had. in ruczml to tho state.
uicnt that tlicro were loo many ins-
pectors he asked what was thc state oi’
things when thcrc 3 inspectors.
The inspectors "‘ visited the
schools only oiico a nd he would
ask every person
tion. what benefit to a
it visit once a year?
new teacher who
struction what
pector be to him or
a year spending
school.
clency ot’
gain by
linnd, by
of' only
make frequent
a
iii educa-
would be
was a
and in-
an ins-
once
at the
of the effi-
an inspector
On the other
in charge
not only
remaiii
give
the pm.
per
that
8.
way lie p
Moro-
e
for
In' tion
ro-
er pointed out that some districts used
to take niidaunimer vacation. wlille
others preferred fall and spring vaca-
tion. So that the work of the school
could never bebrouglit to any unifor-
mity. This not only had a bad eilect
on the teaching profession but it also
had a bad effect in the matter of pay-
ment, as one school term began at one
time and another at another time. On
the recommendation oi’ inspectors and
teachers and of the`Superintendant ol'
Education a uniform vacation was
fixed, and so far as the Board of Edu-
cation was concerned there had been
practically no protest. Of 500 dis-
tricts in the province there were no
more than a coliple that made any ob-
jection to the change, which had prov-
ed very beneficial. The member for
West River had said that tlie Govern-
ment was paying an increase of $45,-
000 iii salaries and that tlilsincreasc
was iiiadc during tlic war.
Mil. HUGHES: That was iii con-
nection with the ndniinistratioii of the
departments, not altogether salaries,
and I will table a statement.
MR. ARSENAULT: The lion. meni-
bcr said saliirlcs. Tlicii lic tukcs that
back?
MRI HUGHES: It includes sala-
ries.
A great deal of talk- was heard dur-
ing the election campaign about tho
“arniy of officials" einploycd by tho
govoriinicnt over 400 men. llow
|inany had the late govoriiineiit? Tlicy
had some G0 inspectors and lu addition
1000 overseers, so that they had over
1100 officials in the country to admin-
ister the road works. 'I‘he"present
systoni, said the speaker brought into
the province $4,036 more iliuu the old
systcui did, instead of being u. charge
on blic lll'ovlncc.
Hon. Mr. Arsenault then went on to
deal with the prohibition question and
deprecated the statements made by the'
,Loader oi’ the Opposition in regard to
tho enforcement of the Act. Slander
and falsehood had been indulged in to
sucli an extent that mothers and
fathers’ were airuid to let their sons
enlist and go to Summeraide, under
tho impression that it was such an ob-
ominablo place that liquor flowed
freely. llc would tell the diou. gentle-
man. on his responsibility as a member
of the House, that thc town oi' Sum-
inersldo had never been so free from
drunkt-.ness as it was at the present
time and had been for some time` past.
I-le would say further that the soldiers
quartered in Summerside were the
best 450 men they could iliid anywhere
in Canada, and there had been practi-
cally iio druiikciiees among them. Un-
fortunately, it had happened that
inany oi' tlicsc soldiers were persons
who had been previous to their join-
ing, in the habit of getting drunk. and
when a man onoo got drunk it was
vary hard to keep liini sober. People
must remember that soldiers were not
children and they could not be held
at apron strings all tlic -tiine, and very
often if a inan wanted to get drunk
it was possiblefor lilm to get some-
body to procure it i‘or"him. llc did
iiot lioiiovc thcro it soldier in
Sumiiierside who obtain liquor
himself or buy it clan
got it for liiin. “
cd by prominent
merside tiiat in their
was never in better
as liquor was
today. One-
maii told him lie
- a good deal of
` the sheds hack lie had
not noticed it past, Thai
niaii. 'he was was
a Conservative.
and his assistant
the town was
regard; The
before
the town
as far
it was
sec
on in
that
this
the - Opposi-
as u
.great
thought
to thc
if the
on in
known
faith
l0»1l°¢oar||
at' 8 14
on/Sunday,
iiiaoii win
at 10 IC a.
-treata-
would
when
'liuntiauet on me may
I
Tliousniids oi' citizens tu/riied out
yesterday' afternoon about two o'clock
on arrival of the Car Ferry from
Picton to jolli in the civic welcome to
two returned soldiers from the front,
privates J. F. White, of Atherton, and
William C. Crosby,. of Charlottetown.
both of whom had seen some of the
heaviest. battles of the war and both
too having received injuries which
necessitated their retirement iroin
active service. A third soldier, Pri-
vate Lockcrby ol' Alberioii, was ex-
pected home yesterday but lic had
been obliged to proceed to the Sol-
dier‘s Convalescent Home iii Quebec.
A detachment of A and B Com-
panies, 105th Regiment, under com-
mand of Captain (Took. with liieuts.
Allen and Taniialiill, paraded to" thc
'wharf as it guard of iioiiour. The
l~`ourtli Regiment Baud was also iii
attendance and as the steamer was
_being docked gave an excellent pro-
gramme of patriotic selections.
A formal wclcoino was extended' to
the returned soldiers by Mayor Brown
ol' Charlottetown, Mayor Agnew of
l
Albertoii and Canon Slmpsoii repre-
senting the Charlottetown Patriotic
Society. Mayors Brown and Agnew in
short and well worded addresses ex-
pressed their pleasure iu being privi-
leged to welcome the young men home
after the hardship they had endured.
'l‘helr fellow-countrymen were proud
of the part Canadians had played in
the great battles that had been fought
and they felt sure that these two
bearing as they did the scars of battle,
had done their duty nobly.
After the formal welcome the young
men were escorted to an automobile,
and preceded by the Band. were slowly
driven along Queen Street to the City
Bulldiiig, where the band gave another
sliort programme, after which the sol
dir.-rs were driven, Mr Crosby to his
hoiiie on Prince Street, and Mr White
to the residence of Mayor Agnew on
Euston Street. Mr White leaves this
morning on return to lils home iii
Albcrton.
'l‘lio reception tendered these young
heroes was in cvcry way worthy ol'
(Continued on page three.)
coruiiiui-:s
'French Troops h
(Special to the Guardian.)
LONDON. April 3.-Having straight-
,eiied their line and occupying all the
|Frencli positions north oi Forges
Brooke, between linucourt and Beth-
ingcourt. north-west ol Verdun, the
Germans are engaged in shelling the
‘region of Boiirrus Wood. some tive
miles uortli-west of the fortress. East
‘of the Meuse around Vaux there' has
been considerable fighting between thc
French and (lcrnians, in which thc
Freiicli wore victorious. driving hack
thc Teutons to the north of thc out-
skirts of Caillottc Wood uiiil rooccupy-
ing tlio wcstcrii port of tlic village of
Vi-iux, which tlioy had previously'
ovacuutcd. The occupation by thc
iiierniniis of Huucourt on thc lictliin-
court front, followed a vigorous
attack, iii which. however, the Ger-
iiiaiis met no foe, thc French having
evacuated their positions in the night
without the Germans observing the
inovoment. 'From their new positions
south 0i‘ Forges Brook and llctliin-
court the Froiicli poured a direct tliiiik-
ing fire into thc attacking Germans.
who suffered heavy casualties. Along
the remainder of the front artillery
liombardmciit predomlnatcd ulliougli
there have been aerial combats near
Verdun, in which the Germans _lost
four aeroplaiies. There were nerlal
raids by the French at various Gcrniiiu
cantoumoiits in Belgium.
Artillery ducts between Russians
and Germans continue on the eastern
front. An attack by the Germans
against .tho brldgeliead at lksull was
repulsed by the Russians. 'l‘lic usual
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=SLllUGHTER OF GERllillNS
AT VERDUN
ad Retired to New
Positions Unknown to Germans,
Allowing the Latter to Attack Then
Ponred Direct Flanking Fire into
Germans who Lost lleavlly.
,bombardnients are in progress on the
Austro-Italian line.
Constantinople reports that thc
Turks, strongly reinforced, have
checked thc Russian offensive in‘thc
Caucasus region and that Ottoman
forces made advances in the Tchoruk
Valley.
Pstrograd, iiowevcr. asserts that tin-
` Russians seized heavily fortified Turk-
ish positions at an altitude of 10,000
feet on thc Upper Tichoruk.
. y . p
ish position and dispersed Turklsli
cavalry dctaclimonts.
lu Arabli-i.. according to Constanti-
noplc, thc llrltish near Sheikh Osmaii
have been driven from fortified posi-
tions with heavy ca.sualtlce.- Thu
sinking by it Turkish submarine in thi-
liluck Sca on March 30 of a 12,000
ton Russian transport. with troop#
aboard and of two other vessels on
March 31. is reported by the Turkish
War Office. It was on March 30 that
tlie Russian hospital ship, Portugal.
was torpcdoed and sunk in tlie Black
Sea.
The llrltish oilicial statement siiys
that in the German air raid over Scot-
land Sunday 'iight ten persons weri-
kllled and eleven injured. There warf-
iio casualties in the sections of Eng
land attacked by the raiders.
Berlin asserts that Edinburgh and
Leith and points on the Flr'li of Forth
and on the Tyne were visited by thr-
Zeppelins and that violent exploslorw
land numerous fires occurred in both
Scotland nud England, and that all
[the airahips rcturnedto their base.
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