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Along. ivlll the _Fronts Artillery llnels__ are in
‘Progress wrt Lillie _ Change oi _
Relative Positions.
(Special to the Guardian.)
LONDON. April 24.-Artillery bomb-
ardments alone are taking place on
the French and Belgian fronts. the
scenes of greatest activity being the
region of Le Mort Homme and in Ar-
gonne forest with the Germans as ag-
gressors in the former and the French
in the later sector. French aviators
in squadron formation have dropped
large' numbers of shells on German po-
sitions at St. Nay. Dnnen and near
Montfaunoll. Fighting between Rus-
sians. Germans and Austrians along
the eastern front continues but there
are no important chances of positions.
The same is true of the Austro-Italian
zone. The British have been success-
fukin an operation near Duerdar Egypt
repulslng with heavy losses a Turkish
attack. in Kut-El-Amara region in
Mesopotamia despite the recent check
the British are keeping up their ef-
forts to relieve the siege oi'»Kut-El-Am-
ara. The town of Sannayyat is still
under bombardment of British guns.
'Sir Roger Casement. Leader of the
Irish separatist party, who is reported
to have negotiated with Germany cou-
cerning au invasion of Ireland, has
been captured from a German ship
sunk while attempting to landarms
in Ireland. England received another
visit from Zeppellns, three of the alr-
ships dropped incendiary bombs on
east counties. _
HON.
’~`~'~‘-`-`~'-`-'“-"'-"‘-`-`~‘-"""~`-"`-`-`-`~`-‘ff-"`-T-`-'-`>`-'r`~`-`-"""` """‘""""""""""""""""""""""""""""'”"“""" was all the fuss about,why all the t'il`< British fair-play, the principle for
order
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 in uln his
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LO DD 'A ril 24.-Sil' R-Oker Case-
ment _ ali }&é9_ilt, capturerf"'hfbin a~Ger-
man s lp wltich ntl.empted to land
arms in ireland and was sunk. An
oillcial-_announcement was made to-
night deifqiltawsr ‘ During the period
between tlie’"alte`rnoon of April 20 and
Aprirai an attempt to lanwsrms and
ammunition in ireland was made by a
vetiselfullilhri-the guise of a merchant-
sllip but which in .reality WM 8 Gef-
rngn auglllkey, inconjunction with a
aftler n submarine. The aurlliary
W” 5%- 1§‘¢|'s'.»n\'rmbor of prisoners
made»ln:lo&lt"~. loin’ were Sir,‘Roger
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Special to the Guardian.) ‘
bers
our
solo parts
and
last named
received
Choir
~ is Risen
Pleter’s
Sunday n ac
Chris-
spirit
H1011
‘ the best of us cannot afford to say ill
' e .
The laat speaker' on the Government
side in the Budget debate was the hon.
H. D. McEwen. _ '
Hon. H. D. McEWEN said that al-
most since'the opening of the session
he had been sitting down watching the
Opposition chewing hay and oats.
(Laughter). He really thought they
had come down there to business and
not to listen to long senseless speeches
by the Opposition 97 per cent of which
had nothing in them. The Opposition
hada duty to perform, and they in the
Government side recognized it. It
was their duty to criticize the acts
and measures of the Govemment. and
to see that it lived up tp its profession.
They in the Government side had no_
objection of the Opposition making
the most of these opportunities. The
Opposition had a perfect right to say
how in their opinion things should be
done. But while they admitted that
the Opposition were entitled to dis-
charge these duties, still they expect
ed them to speak the truth and not to
twist the facts and figures round to
suit their own convenience and to
_misrepresent them to the country.
(Applause.) He did not like mud-
slinging and personalities, as these
were objectionable, under any cir-
cumstances and did not add to that
dignity which should characterize the
debates of that House. There was no
one so perfect that he could afford 'to
indulge in personalities at the ex-
pense of others, and if they once per-
mitted it, they would soon degrade
the proceedings of the House and
bring it into dlsrepute in the country.
(Applause.). Some one had said “there
is so much good in the worst of us and
so much bad in the best of us, that
io: the worst or osx Now, if they
would just bear that in mind in the
course of their discussions they would
be less inclined to indulge in personal-
ities. Of course the Opposition had
been scolding them, attempting to
block their measures and insinuating
'all kinds of things against them. But
the Government was not afraid of
honest criticism for it had nothing to
hide. They had near) a lot about ex-
       H
APRIL
"H-it
'|830 For Your (delivered) in ldvlneo . 'V ’ ' “H  
1916 _V "'  Por Year -(Mailed) In Advance In 6anada_ and USN for Qfl. Q
in a’n,,Elofql1ent Speech in the Closing lloursol the
Dtboit. the lion., ll, ll._Mciiwen Proves., iiil_al__ll;¢
tlillilernillillli has ilollit. .Ten Thiles. Better in ..i`our
Years than the Liberals did in Twenty. ll   is
Against the Sallie .Relirehenslble Tactics .oi the
llpposiiion illill the British are now at War. ll is
not British Fairplay---“ They Just Want (lur Joh.”
again to cite specific instances.. Had
they done so? Would the Opposition
tell them one bridge they should not
have built, one man they should have
discharged, one salary they should
have reduced? lf they knew any one
oi’ these thlngsfthen let them tell it
for goodness sake! There was no re-
sponse. They talked in gcneralities
about extravagance but would not say
where anything had been spent that
could have been saved. Mr. McEwen
then proceeded to review the past re-
card of the Liberal Governments and
showed how they had wasted and
squandered money especially at elec-
tion times. He knew the Opposition did
not like to he referred to the past,
some hon. gentlemen would rather
sec their' great graudmother’s ghost
than have their past record exposed.
He dwelt at some length on the
twenty years of Liberal deficits. and
the great scandals associated with them
especially those in which the present
leader of the Opposition had had a
hand. He then referred to the prohi-
bition Law and asked if any unbiased
person would say that the law was
not better administered now than dur-
ing the Liberal regime. There was
not a church or temperance society
but admitted that conditions were in-
finitely better then they were under
the Liberals. There was one thing
they could say, they had not discharg-
ed a prosecutor for doing too _well-as
the Liberals did -in the case of Mr. Ed-
wards. (Applause). Passing to the
Auto question, Mr. McEwen was sur-
prised tbat any man should stand up
in that House and say that the people
could not have autos .if they wanted
to. What right had a few people in
Bedeque for instance to arrogate to,
themselves the/right to ‘say what any
other part of the Provmce should or
should not have? What right had
these people to say to the people of
Kings, for instance, that because_"we
don't want Autos. you shan't have
them.” The thing was preposterous.
Mr. Hughes presumed there was only
one side to the question and that his
own. 'Phat was not the attitude pf the
Government. It had adopted the fair-
travagance and waste. but they had,
and veiled insinuatlons? It was not
der to discredit the Government
had
and a distortion of the facts
purpose. (Applause). The
had been harping on de-
ever since the
came into
outset that
a surplus.
they never one.
they had never seen
they, could. not
they
and
had- a
cw methods he knew of. It said: “The
will(-h llrltuin was fighting in the pre-
contracts llc euid tho action oi the
so  - . . _ mum c
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its °,*::¥.°.‘::l‘:.s.i; °.*:;i.'. ...’°..‘:...t:‘.‘; i;‘.’s.‘::.*.§:z".;:f  .‘;;.‘;“:..f;’;’.';.°.“.. ~=»=~ =~=»~<=_=~ eww <>~
their -positions so long.as they used pretending to rnnroscnt the peoplebf -_..__?____hand at H°lm°“_°'.C_h_§{l2t_°°.t°w”'
fair means to oust them. But - they the province coming into that house WANTED--A mm- FOR GENERAL
right to descend to misrepre- and making serious nsancrslona upon h°“5°W01`k- ADDI!! Mrs J. D. Stew-
the reputation oi" one of the high-
ly respected men not only ie
Province but the
Provinces and
foundation in
leged that the
had made a
could
least
integrity `
but 291°
Now was
it
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gone
was .a
"ig  NEW SIEGE BATTERYB - 
C ` I IS NOW 60 PSTRUNG
_ *ii
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lhe .First Parade lleld Yesterday... » A
Magnificent Body ol Men. 0lher News _
oi the Battery. _
=» dian
re-l ;_._ __ __ ______
Fon sate-'rwo N`€i7»/LV rhssu. 1
could not see why the Opposi-
tion had mnde such o. dead set at the
Government.The Liberals had starved
education. had starved public works,
had run the country head-
long into debt. It was strange but
true that wherever you found a Lib-
eral Government in power you found
deficits and huge public debt. That
was the case with Nova Scotia where
thc Liberals. had been in power for
30 years. and where they had piled up
a debt of $13,500,000. in Alberta,
where the interest charges absorbed
42 per cent of the revenue, and in
Saskatchewan. lt had been the same
here. For twenty years there .had
been nothing but deficits, deficits, de-
ficits. until people came to look for
nothing else. and the only question
asked, was "how much this year?"
The Liberal Government here had tax-
ed everything in sight and out of
sight-the llxng and the dead. (Ap-
plause). In years they had drawn
$1,000,000 in taxes from our people,
and when they went out of oillce they
left $1,072,000 debt behind them for
the present Government to shoulder
lt was a happy day for the country
when the present party came img
Power. with its progressive policy and
its motto of “onward and upward" l
U19 Path 0! Dl'0gress and prosperity.
Their friend the Leader of the Oppo-
sition had been composing an epitaph
for the Premier. He was not in a posi-
tion to Judge what posterity would
say of the Premier or any other of
his contemporaries. History how-
ever, usually did justice, and they
would find that many of thugs men
whom their contemporaries praised
and lauded were quickly forgotten,
while many of these men who during
their lifetime were abused and bit-
terly attacked by their contemporaries
were done ample justice to by an ap-
preciative posterity. The epitnph of
the Premier would be the verdict of
an impartial posterity.“Here lies one
of the Island’s ablest and most pro.
gressive statesmen." (La Applause).
Mlnard’s Llnlment cures Dlstemper.
not heard one suggestion as to any  i`icts that do not want them shall QONDEN
MCKINNUN~ items ir_i'which~they could have with not have them; those that do' want ` _ SBD ADS'.
advantage economized. What, tlmii them may have them." That was 'IOO LATE FOR
CLASSIFICATION
hard to understand. "They just want sent \var_ (Applause). After refer- » -_~
to get our Job." (Applause). They ring to taxation which he said was ONE CENT pel',w0rd each inser-
were throwing mud. casting reflections thc sumo as before. only better collec- N011 f0l' Bdvertiiillz in this' column.
and making misrepresentations in o_r- ted. Mr. McEwen dealt with the hay Cilsh must BGCUUIDBDY Orders. Mini-
harges twenty-five cents,
art. Georgetown. 9318-4-19m12i
wAN'rso.- emi. |=on`€ET|`En/ir.
§‘t’““°W°fk- Army _2s1 nisnmona
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wANreo--'ro- nH"i"E""iL¢ou5g
with modern conveniences, (cntmgs
preferred.) Apply "E, A," '¢|0_ Quay.
9402-4-25-M31.
'med saws. one s Jars _
ii. smnh East Royalty? qmdd' W*
not just ' _ 9403-4-zs-Mai. "ii
actle
wAN"~rso-- 'Nr o`|TéF"lFAT6` ron
scneral housework, small family.
Apply Mrs. catherine Allen, a4_H1us-
wA~r=T»;'c'x1»`»rsrE'sn°rT='f“>'s*a=.
neral housework. Apply, M, A_
Ducofi'e,_81 Upper Prince St. _
‘ _' . __"__~94oo-4-zsmtr.
WANTED-By 8' y0\lh8V'man bo d
Guardian Oitlce.
progressive educational policy ol' thc,
nv
boro Street. . il337.4.gpM¢¢_ ,
men who have signed the service roll
of the new P.E. Island Siege Battery
to be known as No. 5 Siegc Battery:
Harry Boyce. Bonshaw.
Arthur McKinnon. City.
Ernest Hine. City.
Cornelius Gaudet, City.
James McKenna.. City.
Edward Donnelly. 1"onkc's Station.
Andrew Byrnes, City.
Patrick Murnaghan. City-
Louis J. Macdonald. City.
E. W. Stems. City.
Joe Doyle. City.
Leo B. McKenna. City.
Ferdinand McKenna. Tracndlo Cross
Peter M_cLellan, Red Point.
Louis Coyle, City.
Joseph Bell, City.
Watson Crasweli. City.
Edward McLellan, Summcrsltic.
Edgar W. Mclnuis. City.
Elmer R. Bovyer. City.
Pope Clarke. City-
It. H. Davison, City.
G. A. Ferguson, City.
Joseph Gaudet, City.
Chester A. Craswell, City.
Joim F. Cutliife, City.
Robert Hurry,Charlottetown lloynlty
Frank E. Dlngwell, City.
James M. Campbell, Brooklyn.
Robert Bell. City.
Harry Donavan, City.
Ernest L. Essery. City.
Austin Hammill. City.
Wm. Boisner. City.
Arthur E. Jenkins. Mt.
Chester Garrett, City.
James McDonald, City. _
Chas. McDougall, City.
Hilbert Johnston, City.
Alex. S. Murray, Pictou Landing.
Albion.
~A. H. Webb, ‘Howlan.
F._L_. ooyls, city. _ s _-
E. B. Beairsto, Malpeque.
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Following is a, complete list of the‘
' f' .Fr
Roland Harper, City.
Robert Macdonald. City.
Harry Taylor. City. '
Daniel Matheson. Forest Hill.
liarry Beairsto, Pownal.
W. C. Campbell, Cape Traverse.
Lellol Procter, City. ` _
Sidney Fielding, Alberton.
George A. MacDonald, Sourls.
lludtleu McLeod, Uigg. _
The men ui' No. 5 Siege Battery__wlt0
have been drilling in the-Market
House since recruiting started had
their llrst tum-out on Prince of Wales
College grounds yesterday. Judging by
the smart appearance of these men it
would seem that they mltllt
be old artillery men or if not both
officers and men deserve a great deal
of credit. ' _
Charlottetown has done nobly so
far in the recruiting for the New
Siege Battery now in course of forma- » » ,
tion by Lieutenant Col. Peake.
No less than forty men 'from the city
have been enrolled. A large number
of applications have been received
from the country and when the roads
arc fit, it is expected- that
the men will be coming inat' 3 livdly
rate. The strength of the Battery tip
to last night was sixty men. P . E.
Islanders desirous of joining this pop-
ular branch of the service should lose
no time in getting their application as
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are
both trying hard foraplace in the Bat-
tery.
_...__ `
Lieut. Murphy of No. 5 Siege
Battery returned yesterday from the
Western part of thc Island where .he
Arthur, G. Bruce, City. _was successful in obtaining anumber
Leslie Bourke, City. of recruits. '
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Lieut. Stanley Baguall' is advanced
tothe rank of Captain .>_He Ll; z!~l>8.Ci-dd
H. A. McLeod. Park Corner. -hlere today from Halifax ' »ake` up
John' F. Blanchard..City. A work as Captain with fthe New Siege
Spurgeon McLean. Cardigan. Battery.
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