`l »~- ~___.___..-__.________._ _ _l __ _ _ if _ 'rl-is covsies Pnilvcs EDWARD ISLAND Luci-: rrisnsw RT EAD Ci tIi_,_=,, -V s iNEW;S W9. V;l.lffff._‘ff;_ I I I ’ ALL THEADVTS. _ _ __ =- -ef _-_.1 ~-- - - - -~-~-~--~'f-- ‘-U :_ _-_-_-_-_-_»_»_»___._._. _ ; ____ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ - _ - . ' - j ' "“‘° ~ - Y -M - - -'-‘ r- :rr--_'_ _- _ _ _ _ _-_-_-_-Jon,-_-_-_~,T,_ __-_-_-_-_~_»_»_,~v ,-_-_-_-_-_-,-_-,-f -;-_-_-_-_ -_-_-_~_~_-_-_-:_-_-_-_-,_-_~,- -_-_-_-_-_-Y-_-;_-_I1-5;;-,-_-_-_ ,-_~_- -_-_-,- -_ _ ___ ___ _.___-_-_-_-_~, -_-,_-_._._._~_._._ _ _ _._._._. _ .____ _ ___._____ _.,_._;___._._ _._._._-_._._._.,_ _._._,_._._ ___._._._.____._._________,_____. C‘VRI.OIl?I3IOWl Gi ,-."_'_|"_°.-,P,,°°|,°|°lI P590? _ I cOV€'R,'45,Q'O¢> Readers Daily ’ " Road by;fB_v¢ryip"§_'I_g" Es,p_»orlp'tl' sf ~, ” " __ _ _ V.. - ' 7 V _V V V _. V __ _ _ ,___ _~ q..I'§'.s¢'.'~r-_ofuf.'i'|..f".iI.§',.`f..,I"','§',,°§',II,'I ¢_V,,,_- _ = cHA1u.orrslowN, » _CANADA WEDNESDAY, Di-zcalvlssn 11, lots. 3 Ijjjjjj P _ _ ` , __ SIR ROBERT iBORDEN’S _ RETIREMENT RUMOURED It is Said After Peace is Signed He Will Either Retire into _Private Life or Accept lniperial_Position. His Place in Canadian History is Assured Having Been Premier Through Whole War. V . _Mali (Bpecim to the Guardian) defects Sir Robert Borden is sure to 0fI\'llA~WA. Dec- 10-Rumor says occupy -a, commanding position ln U15! Sli' _R°b9l't B°l‘d9ll'B» l0IlE and Canadian history. He has been Prime eventful pl-emership is coming to it Minister continuously throughout the close. lit iwould not surprise his whole duration ofthe w'ar. This is friends ii’;'after the actual signing of not true of Lloyd George or Clemen- peace, he should retire, either going cesu or Orlando, nor is it true of Pre- illldl -Dl‘lVl1f° U40 °l' m0l“9 llllely \‘&Dl'€~ lniev Hughes of Ausualia, whose reign seating Canada as High Commissioner dates from the latter half of 1915. Bor- in London or as member of the Im- den does share ll-ie distinction with perial War Cabinet if 'he outlives the Botha of South Africa and Massey of war. Whatever may have been his INew zealand, / Nunn ol iuuuslul.-il. _ nslluusllulluls nuns \ » _ Councillor Yeo Suhmjts Some interesting Facts Before City 'Council Pointing Out Means of Development. Xt the City Council meeting on Monday evening as stated in yester- day's report, Councillor Yeo referred to the demobilization of troops, tho reconstruction period and the city's relation thereto. While realizing that thiswas iprimarily the duty of the B'B¥|B_t8i‘fA'iil.1iorltiéé ' yet municipalities cities and towns had a part to play in dealinrwith their returning citizens. As the citizens parliament this coun. cil he said, is naturally looked to, to take the lead for Charlottetown. With co-operation, unity of ailn, en- ergy pad patriotic purpose the city, ‘he slld, was capable of doing any-thing within reason, as instanced in the rec- ent Victory Loan d-rive. Likewise with similar' attributes of mind and body equally satisfactory results can be stmned in returning soldiers to their varirous avocations. , ‘ Wlhiie -many 'will engage ln- farm- be successfully conducted. Scores of tons of fats are shipped to St. Stephen and other points .to be made into soap. I Then again, egg cases, strawberry' boxes and crates, boxes, barrels and brooms could employ many skilled. laborers. Of boxes one firm alone u-sed 7000 last year. Of egg cases one firm last year used 6000. One con- cern used 3,500 soitwood` barrels, many of which were made in the city but quite a proportion outside. This some concern used 500 hardwood barrels and 870 tierces, all made out- side the city. in this branch alone employment could be given to many beads of families, thus addingto the population, industry and wealth of tihe city. ' . To supply labor for these and other industries vocational training could be given to returning soldiers. This _ __ __ __ . _ __ __ (Special to the Guardian) LONDON, Dec. 10.-Speaklfng -at a lunclleon given by himself to Sil- Robert, General Turner expressed the overseas forces gratitude for the man- ner in which the Canadian Govern ment had supported them throughout the war and to the people of Canada for thernanner in which they support- ed the government when the question of rein-foirements became acute. (Special To The Guardian) cording to it Zurich despatch to the RIOTING CONTINUES ’ IN CITY OF BERLIN ,l_.Z..-.1-Z|,_..@__l 220 Persons. Killed and l,000 Wounded. Liebknecht Threatens to Overtlirow Government in Fortnight. lnfornlatiloll Bureau. Martial law PARIS, Dec. 10.-"We refuse peacc;llus been proclaimed in Berlin. The with -the Entente and intend to over-ldespatch said 220 have been killed throw the present Government within land a thousand wounded in the recent a fortnight,” Karl Lhlhknecht leader_‘iigllting in he German capital be- 1 of the German Bolslieviki, declared in 'stween Bolshevik-il forces and govern o proclamation issued in Berlin, ac- ‘nicht troops. ' _ ,` _,___ _ - ` l.oNlD`oN, Doc. lo.;-'rho closing days of the election campaign in Britain show fifteen hundred candl- dates competing for six hundred seats. The one hundred and seven candi- dates returned unopposed afford no iridicatlon of the result Labor has 276 ELECTION CAMPAIGN V IN, GREATBRITAIN Fifteen Hundred Candidates Running for 6_00 Seats A'Woillan’s Mistake Elects H. H. Asqulth. ~ presented -by the -press. He states he never said tile Germans were his friends or that Viscount Grey was re- sponsible for the war. At Southwicll the second coalition candidate withdrew at the instance of the Premier' in favor of Christabel candidates, the Unionist 354 and the!Pankhurst, leaving a straight iight Liberals 384. Mrs. Hope widow of the* between Coalition und Lwl>0l‘- lll 1118 7-'l\0\i;lBll`dB Will 110011 '£0 the *OWN is an important matter and a commit- and cities. To care for these in Char- tcc of enquiry will -be asked for, to lottetewn efforts should »be_made al- thoroughly investigate the matter in ong these lines: order that som-e successful action (1) The city should undertake pub- lnays be taken in the matter. lic works. Some years ago the con- Councillor J. J. McKinnon strong- stnuction of permanent sidewalks was ly supported Councillor Yeo in his undertaken and today with practlc- plca that Charlottetown should strike ally iw upkeep we have rl splendid s strlds towards starting induscl-iss system of walks throughout the city. and ‘giving employment to returned No citizen would wish to return to soldiers and others. He instanced -the old days of wooden sidewalks cor;-lags building as an 'industry that _with constant disrepalr and added should flourish here, stating that they __o9s't._ Provided that materials can be ~couid be made as cheaply llefe Us secured and financial conditions are -any-wllere. He also reierred to the satisfactory the construction of 1181'-fnccesslty of -continuin8.lll9 ‘Volk ‘lf- manent streets and the installation of _putting down storm sewers and said storm sewers might be undertaken. there was no denyins ille file* Um In this waywork would be provided our streets are in bad shape, for :returning fnen and labor gener- some in such a state in iact that it is willy. There is no doubt but that the 3 vory difilcult matter to repair them. street committee will"`give serious He declared- his bellel mal' lf me cm' consideratiifl to this matter. ' zens saw ll thoroughly S004 “We” (2) Along industrial lines much can they would never want anything BNS- lb d n . It itunderstood that this is 1-ic referred to some bithulitic streets 8 0 6 . a matter relating to private enterprise no had soon ln winnlpez. put d°§;_“, 'but the city should give needed en- in 1912 .that have an immense lm ° couragement. The co-ope¥‘8ll0l\ Of have cost less than 1 cent pcr square H declared heads of “luring industries should yard since to malllllllll- 6 _ i ‘ i _ rt d to _h t h l d been in consultation with be sought and every \‘fl'0 mf* 9 1 H 0 ‘“ ardmg me extend present industries, thereby one paving company N5 adding to the 'number of workmen _rpi-sgpects‘ of iJ\litil1K d°Wl1 “ch 9°" ¢1np10ygd_,_pm1 thc prosperity "of the -mutant streets -here. The; _ldgctlglig town-‘ 'Tile delvslopment of. new in- phat they W0“lll' “°'- °°m° ° dusu-iss. which .by their very nature s lou und." 5100-02? f§t‘;_‘;rme°B should _be part of our industriral life, iiinnon said the 6 9 had he war ll old 1; , ro oted. A few examples were now inclined since t _ 0' 9 P m d every assistance to cit- -mlght bo' cttedef ' - ended 1° l°“ k and he Laird of Lufeness. who was to ilavc:Glusgow u tumulious hand waving declared _himself shamefully misre- oppcsed Hon. H. H, Asquith lin Eastfof red flags met Mr. Lloyd Geolge Fife was not nominated because shelnt the staion impeding the tra c tendered u. cheque for her deposit in-_and escorted him home in an ollefl stead of coin of the realm. She is carriage. not unique in her experilence, similar' Mrs. Lloyd George is dcputiziing for incidents having happened in several filer llus-band ill -South Wales on 11 Cltnlldan constituencies at various ‘ speech-milking l0l1\‘- Tlle Attorneygenerui says never general electons. _ in Liiecester, Ramsay MacDonald'aguin -will he oppose the entry of embarrassed by Bolshevist friends women into tile professions. OTTAWA, ~Dec. 10.--In the hope of iuclliating the triansportaltiiou of ro- turning troops and avoiding in future such delays as have recently occurred, the Department of Militia and Defence in considering the advlsabillty of hav- ing hospital ships disembark their passengers at Portland Malne,insteail of at Halifax. This plan would leave the H`oli-fax termiunls for the handling of soldiers coming _home on the ordinary transports and would obviate HOSPITAL SHIPSTO . LAND AT PORTLAND ,__1..___-t-~__.¢.--- tile difficulties which arose ill moving up hospital cars when the hospital ship Araguay arrived in Halifax the other day. Surgeon General Carlton J-ones Vis leaving for lPortiand, Maine to- morrow to look over the terminals there. At the present time there are !soinc"4il,000 Canadian soldiers in Hospitals in England. lt has been proposed that from 8,000_ to 10,000 of these shell be sent to Canada in the next six months. ' L ' "f - Fifteen or twenty years asc W9 lllld ies to undertake such wor _ ‘tiu‘ee__.or fo_urr tsnneries lil B°ll"° °l" expreilwd 10° °P‘“I°“ 'mat the bt; ."mm_ _-rod-“Y _ww ¢,n0,remains and .pty.of the work would he remix" yn tm, p|-oy|n°_¢ exports yearly at song upper the cost was forgo “hed imc ao.ooo nw limos. ssntto sailor on motion of C°““- "V°°~ f°;° ms towns,`.ftllus lnoreasink 111°" P"°“P°‘°' -by C°““~ M'°Kl°“°" me’ Dagger ity at our' expense. Of pelts oi sheep resolution. was unanimous yhc Rum _und iumos ons. ill-nl sions lust vw’ --'rust tho nssrd _or Trade-ul ° mm chipped to Toronto ten thousand. Merchants' A8l00l°ll°“» ° d the there to be made into the finished _war Veterans Association.ta(r`l to “_ -product. 'sms is vol-ll thot could em--notary Cl\il>,l=° °“°“ ’°°“°°,°-comm _ploy_many, hands in our own city- A” point a c0lll““‘“__"° `t° 'act Sm (,°`m_ _ n"nstul-sl ;out4l‘owill oi-s prvpefll ation -with committee f\‘°u\ mn' 'mm conducted tannins lnll“ll"Y “°"° the °" mr me purpose 0! mitch: sity manufacture of boots and shoe! the lf_i ' . - I -"l" 1/5 olluluut luuunu S"“".l.“l.‘li.l‘l‘l.'i';..,.,, lun socul_ snuvlsu ' Dr. LiebknecITto he Choice I _ ___________ I ' ‘ of Socialists as President-~~ _ __ At Luncheon in Honour of Premier Borden General ‘lf G€llllllll&l_lllllllC- llllillllflllll lllllll0rS _SIICII 28 ;l`eachers’~ _ _ _ Tumer Thanked Govemment for Standing hy Soldiers _ pulsory Education, Sanitation ' and- lsdisi-_ _ and _Canadians for Standing hy Government. ...fi‘.f`§‘.i.1’if'B.f1iZ; .§§;§;’iI'§” 351 Wllll- l’l0lllllllllll Sill.”-lllllllS l’f0S0llL _ .» @§ .l -LZ 5.21. ll- 'tell ~‘i'-it instructed to ia`vsst|¢u,c¢»Va5g.»,¢g,‘¢ of feeblemindedness in this Province and the treatment o_i ¢ho__,_sapg_q._|_|_||i to report to future meeting. ,i The Department ot Child -Weifsnl was then taken up. 'The council pledged itself to cooperate with the Gllildren's Aid Society in leciifilil industrial farms _for this Province.- AMENDMEN1- ro 1-Hs cslmnsi. cons or can/lea " lt was resolved to ask for tho__reii\ tl-oduction of the iollowixg, were carried in the commons' jected by the Senate; (1) Raising the age of _consent from 14 to _16 youu. (2) Raising the age in casps of'__s¢d uction from 16 to 18. (3) all female employees against sedue tion by employers. (4) Makin( it l crime to register falsely ss husband and wife in dlotels and lodging es. _ » The Council also declared in lsvor' o. thc establishment of u culldroih Bureau for Canada. The Council also asked ,for sailed- eral Department of _Health and--sill. for the condemnation' oi Rees-Tree Gambling. ' - ‘_ The committee on nomination then reported as iolowst _ -"~_ '.4-_.'_ ' orrlczns -*';'.,._ _ _...,- (Nominatini: Committee)-- _I-lon. President-Canon Simpson; Presid- ent-Rev. Dr. Fulleton; Vi4`:o-Prev idents-Rev. R.. H. Stavert, Rev. C. R. Freeman. Rev. _R.._ G_. -!l'ulton.'Hr. W. L. Cotton: Secretary-_¢llr; H. L_ Sidenius: 'l‘ressn\\rel\- Mr. 'I‘.'0. James. , _ S' Executive Mr. H. Millar, IM. McLeod, Rev. li. S. We§k_i,"Rov. E. J. Wheeler, ;E1g|gnfiP'__'~ll\:»rb¢l. Harold Jenkins, iilri. Wi. I5. Donll, lvlrs. J; le. B.-Mccrssdy, rotor Hughes, Col. F. Smiloore, J. Pro- ilt. Rev. John Stirling, B. Le Page. Rev. Geo. Millar, A. _nrace, G. H. '1‘ay‘lo,r,,A_, 8. cKs"y_. I . #esp evsullvo merino » ` - The evening meeting. '-over-which ills Worship the Mayor presided, was opened by the _singing 3. oi__“Q\yarrl Christian Soldiers" _followed by, pray- Thls was a Joint meetingior . the purpose of hearing Liottt. 'Alfiloldi and Dr. Pillsbury and was well,,stt`ond- cd. The Mayor in a few well ,chosen words introduced Lieut. A;-nokia who for over an hour hold hor Audinlice with a charming story, told in s most exquisite way. She told how sho had entered on this. works yJ,llll¥~dons_t- ions of goods followed-_the troops--to vuloariier in 1914 and.w,sro,,s9psrsnt- ly lost trace of Miss ,Piugsmer and Miss Arnoldi were alhsti, by .tl\_e,lld-` lille of the soldiers and a vote of the los of T0;-onto ¢.o_.g0._d`qy_9,__g_|||y'1_nv_g|. electors of Canada has been taken.' A resolution 'was also passed de- -curing the intention of the council to leo-operate with all responsible for 'tile enforcement of the local prohibit- lory law. Di. Pillsbury or ins llc-.lull Do- Lpnrtnlent of Washington, to whom ,lvns assigned 'thc Stat-ze of Massach- usetts in connection with the public Out of an extensive experiende llc- spoke eloquently and feelingly of thc- i;~rrillle effects of vencrenil disease. lie told how it was dealt with in thc lone of which was feeble-nlindedness. '=l!l5§£§§§\_l__ll$]l5!,i}§_Tllis, he said, shoud not be associat- A diiett, Ye Banks od with an hospital for mental dis- gonnpg lenses. but should be treated in a sep drafts of the U. iS. Army. He 1-hd Md. _ ,.P\¢|||g, pointed out many of the dire results. dimcuut snbjgct-in _g,_ lsrnie institution, where the feeble on nionidn _of lmindsd could he utilized with advsn- ,e¢0m|,dV,b§'dz,y_ itage to themselves and profit to oth- -6f'¢,»1\’gi|\¢_fw'g,j 'FOR SALE, A LADY'8 FUR-LINED ers. This`is being largely done in thc |w1d|_g°;- hor coat (practically new.) Apply at,l_l. S. A. ani in some parts of Can- D1-_'p11],\M¢'y Guardian Office. 2718-1130mtf. 'adn the cost being borne by the mm gmc; _--é---------'~ State. _ _ _ ment who As a result of the discussion on this per' ter paper, printed, “Fresh Dsir1,uddress the following was carried' -ph Butter-use por 100. Per post ivnilllisnimollslyz- , ' clone s, most; _ Guardian Oiiirs. 9025-6-Milli; Resolved:-That the Executive be_i,,e-mug" 'f F-'~-` ' tigate. The result -was~~tvro,!ol\i: the complete arrangement -_`o!~_ ,all th goods with their aixipiiiegt ,a'|_sgI_ the retention of the two .young lgdisp for a similar service overgsss. 'ifh\tl,-,1'_l’l inaugurated css soidip;-»‘ po- purtment and Vno _lsnittlja 9§}il§§,p9_‘~_ slhly describe the ull-ii_lft,;g_~'ol the work which .1ras.~,“p)ii,-.i_ag’_'_tli_¢`_1s_.ir dress missed one _ treats ever given' in- _t'|il|,i>if_.y_.,_,_,,,,V_V___ _ _ rllls was solo. _‘f__Br`it’-. tunia, by ` Dr. Pillsbury vs_ with* gh” structive wayfr? __ I'_ ed by the cr by Rev. D. MOKBIIIQI _ \‘\. 1 -peaker. Those wl3Q~__~!llAl!i| §h_|s___'lk_