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O8-I0 Per Year (Delivered)
In Advance I - I
g 82-50 Per Year (Mailed) In A.dvlaoo lu,0llldl¢ dll Oil* hr U. I,
ss or will  
ON ALL FRONT'-S
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Italians Bave Marie Further Gains. Since May
li 'lhey llave Laptnr
26 Guns. Iiesnltory
ell 23,661 Prisoners and
llairling Fights 0nl on
Western Front Where German Attacks Have
‘_ Been Repellerl hy British andfrench.
f .
_ (Canadian Press Despatch.)
ROME.-- Tile Italians in the Playa
800101' >'0S¢9l`¢l8N drove the Austro-
Huiigariaii forces to the eiiri of tho
Valley cast of Globna. says an oiiiciril
statement issued today by the italian
“lar Dpartinent. Since i\’fs.y 14, thc
statement adds, the Austi'o-Hurigir
rian prisoners taken on the Julian
front number 23.661. Tlic ltallnns
captured 26 guns including lil of thc
heaviest calibre.
FRENCH REPEL VIOLENT GER-
MAN ATTACKS.
(Canadian Press Despatch.) y
l"ARlS.-- The French have captur-
ed ri German post north of Vaclier-
ville in the Verduii region, uccurdliig
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"to an oilit-.ial uiiiiouucement lssuod by
the Wat- Office this morning. Two
Gllflllilii attacks in the region of Purte
B156. Oli the ('liampagrie front, were
re-pulsed. The Germans attacked af-
ter ii violent bombardiiient. `
`FtA|D|NG PARTIES DRIVEN OFF BY
BRITISH.
(Qanadian Press Despatch)
l.()l\DON.- _llc-stile raiding parties
were driven oil during the night
soutlrwcst of Lens and west oi` ities-
Slilvl. says today's ofiicial stntenieiit.
r\\c -inadc ;i successful raid north ol'
l’loL'l:sti-cet. woods. The enemies' ur-
iill_€|‘y was activc last night in thc
\l0lghboi"linlnl cl’ liiillecourt rind on
liotli hunks of the St-arpe.
BRITISH HRSPITAI
SHIPSUNII
(Canadian Press Despatch.)
LONDON.- The British llospit-rl
ship Dover Castle has been torpe-
doofl and sunk. it is aiinouiiced offl-
clally that six peraoiis are believed
lost. The British ii'rercliaiit criiiscr
llilary was also torpedoerl -and sunk
ands. Britlsli destroyed has been sunk
after collision.
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AMERICAN DISCUVERS
  PUWEREUI EXPIUSIVE
(Canadian Press Despatch.)
New l'oni<.- in-_ o. oc waitorr.
Vice-President of the American Medi-
co l’harui~aceutical League, announced
It the annual banquet of the league
liore last night that he and his son
Mortimer had discovered an explo-
sive so powerful that a five grain tab-
let would sitillce to wreck the tallest
building in New York.
The discovery was made, he said.
by accident. He claimed that his ex-
plosive was ten thousand times more
powerful than dynamite.
HEAD DE RUIHSCHIID
HDUSE IS DEAD
(Canadian Press Despatch.)
LONDON.- Leopold de Ttotiischild
died this morning at his home at
Leighton Buzzard after an illness of
'six weeks. Mr. De Rothschild was
'I2 years old and was the third son of
Baron Lionel De Rc-tlischlltl founder-
of the English branch of the famous
banking house. For many years prior
to the war Mr. Do Rothschild was a
pi'om.inont figure in England racing
circles and in 1904 his horse Staniant
won the Derby.
ANTI-CUNSCRIPIIUNISIS
MEET UIIIANCUUVER
(Canadian Press Despatch.)
`VANCOUVEIt.- Against the coun-
sel of some of the older heads a meet.
Ilia of tho Autl~Conscription League
broke up last uiglit with a resolution
that tonight tiioy will meet on the Po
well strooi. groriiids ut eight o’clock
declaring that if ire-ccssary they would
light for their rights to hold ri meet-
ing. The hall was 1-itmnicd with men
and women, most of the men"'being of
military nge and they overflowed
down the-» stairs and on to the street
where nil overflow nieetins was liold.`
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-A urnaurvnn.
-rmar, uoorq, irro
To tito. May B0-Fresh winds: oc-
casiovlil' Pliowere-
The highest temperature recorded
yesterday- was 54 degrees above. Ai
10 a.- in.. it was 48 above; at ii p. nl-.
lt wap illlf a-bove. The coldest the DW'
vious ill was 40 above.
The ti e will be high this afternoon
nt 5.80 d to-morrow at 6.48: ll WI"
he high :rmorrow morning at 6-03 Bild
rrin' n_o.sn.
Tit? sun sets this evening at. 7-55
and tomorrow at 7.58; it rises tomor-
zow morning at 4.37 and Friday ai
.34.
The moon sets tomorrow mornin!
at 7.56.
The Meat quarter of the moon WI!
on Monday. May, 28th at 6.34 P- ln- t
The mein( :tal be full on Thursday
Juneotiiar . '1¢.m.
11|; 15,3", of today will hr- fifteen
hours and twenty minutes. 
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SAIVATIUN ARMY Will
PRUVIDE HUSPIIAI UNITS
` EUR AMERICAN ARMY
(Canadian Press Despatch.)
NEW YOltK.- Miss Evangeline
UOOUIZ hcud of the Salvation Army, an-
nounced at I1 meeting of officers o|`
the Ariny here last night that the or-
ganizations War Board had decided
to raise $100.000 to organize and equip
ambulance units for the new Ameri-
can army. v ,
HUST AMERICAN WAR
STEAMER IAUNCHED
(Canadian Press Despatch)
NEW YORK.- One of the first
stcamers to he briilt by'an American
:-iliipv-ard since the United States eii
tered into the \v.;-ir is the 9,000 ton
twin sci‘t-iw steel freigliter Scandina-
vic. which is to leave the ways at i
shipyard near hero lute today. Con
at the same yards and it is hoped to
complete all of them within a ycur.
RETAII MERCHANTS
ANNUAI MEETINC
The annual rneetirng of the Retail
Merchants' Association was held last
night in the Bo-ard of Trade room.
President S. A. McDonald- in the
chair. The others' present were
Mr. (Y. H. Black, the' Secretary. and
Messrs. J. P. Gordon, (‘.. H. Chami-
ler, L.  Prowse. D. A. Bruce. ll.,
H. Jenkins, Wm. Prowse, S. Mc
.Lellaii. John A. McLaren. E. ll.
Beer. J. P. McCloskey. G. E.
Hughes. 'M. L. A.. L. E. Wellner. l<‘.
J. Holman, W. A. Stewart. Jonn
McLeod. W. ll. Johnson. and J. L.
Shaw. _ ;
The minutes of last meeting wcrc
read and adopted.
The report of the Scci'et.ui'y. Mr.-
Blnck. was read. lt was ri -bricf re-
sume of the _vear's woik. and was
uiianiious-ly adopted.
A vote of thanks' was toni-di-ed thr-
Sccrctary for his work.
The Presitient replying fOr Mf-
Black declared that the report 'sub-
mitted by thc Secretary justified thu
Associations existence. lie declared
that through the Associatiorfs ofToi't.l
,business had been conducted on H
in-orc buslriess-like principles and
that lin would like to see the Associa-
tion grow larger.
The financial statcnioiit was next
read and showed the Association to
have ii balance of $20.27 In the bann
after paying alll expenses. The rc-
port was unanimously adopted.
Election of officers followed.
On motion of Mr. E. H- BWV- H90'
onded' -by Mr. J. P. Gordon. Mr. S.
A. McDonald was urianiinoiisly elect-
ed President.
Mr. (`. H. Black was iinanimou.-#li
re~elected Secretary upon the m0ll0t\
of Mr, IL.  lzirowse, seconded by
. r on. ,
I-MH/ir.J'('.PH. oChandler waz- elected
Vice-Secretary. \ _
The former executive was eec.ed
with one change. Mr-. L. E. Weilner
in place of Mr. W. T. Weliner.
‘ On motion' of Mr. J. P. Gordon.
seconded by Mr. J. A. McLaren. tht;
present executive comm.-ttes WH
'nwointgd an executive committee
with the addition of Messrs F. J.
Hdimsn, L. E. Weltlner and G. E.
l-lu hes.
(gn motion' of Qr. J. `A. McLaren.
seconded by MY- L- L_; p"°w”‘ ‘S
WM, decided to hold a Dollar Da.\'
in June. iit'a date to bi- settled by
ulgqisgcdlgrdasion as to the running
of automobiles- on market day! en-
sued. but no action' was taken. and
`t\|c meeting adidurned. _
ninmw Lrnimqi sum amniotic.
t ’ . .
tracts for sixteen ships have been let _
OTTAWA-Those old phrases "the
political pot is boiling," and “the air
is charged with electricity." etc.. were
never so apt as they are today. The
navy proposals and the reciprocity
issue were nowhere in it with (fon-
scriptlon as an excitement pi-oducer.
titre week just closed has been
llooked to for guidance to the same
It is now quite seriously said tiiat
Conscription will destroy the old
Liberal party und that out of the
ruins there will emerge i-n conjunc-
tion with the Conservatives u_ great
National party under' the leadership
of Sir Robert Borden.
Deteatable Methods.
lt indicates the situation very cor-
rectly to say thi-it the ri-otlng in the
province of Quebec has- already had
an appreciable effect upon the poll-
yout'hs‘ for party purposes.
tical views of purlianicntariaiis. Eng- I If lie had C0010 Ulll =iU"0Di;l.V 0|i Con-
lish-speakirig Liberals express tie-‘SCVIDUOII l`C5‘l0Wills Sli' ltubcrt Bor-
testation or the manipulation of the flen's snnounccmfnt. hiv wlwle'Q\n--
impress'ionabi`e‘ Fren-ch»\'C:fiadian I liec t'ol'l0WIllB would likely llllve sull-
stated) his position. but the i-mpres~
sion is growing, particu-lai'l_v amongst
his Ontario and Western followers.
of his French-Cauadiaii followers.
with the anti-Conscriptlonisfts.
Liberal Party -in Trouble.
So far as one can Judge at'ter a
week’s talk in the corridors, it l.-i
I IAUIES' AID
and Treasurer showed a very satis-
ndme an Eg Day in June on which
date contribgtions of eggs. in SUCII
quantities as might be available.
be used for the hospital it was de
cidetl to place' before the Trustees at
the annual meeting the necessity of
providing an infectious hospital in
connection with the Prince Edward
lsl-ind Hospital.
The following oillcbrs were up-
MInard’e Llnlment cures distemper.
TWO WOMEN SHOT _
BY BRUTIL HUIIS
(Canadian Press Despatch.)
GENEVA- La Suisse today prints
details of ii case similar to that of
Miss Edith C-avell. the English nurse.
who was excuted by the Germans in
Brussels in October. 1915. The Gor-
nrann, nays the newspaper recently
arrested two women. Mine Pfeieter
and her daughter aged 22. on the
Swiss-Aisstln frontier. They were
ch-irged with acting as spies.
The women promptly admitted at
the trial that they had smuggled let-
from Alsatlan families to relatives in
wa a friendly act. and without politi
Sir Wilfrid Laurier has not _vet-I Speech, Then a Caucus.
that he has decided to support the day for first reading. It will be intro-
amendment for a refereiiduin wliitjli‘duced and explained by Sir Robert
will undoubtedly be moved by oiie,Borden. it is not likely Sir Wilfriu
This would definitely line him up him to do so on' a first reading.
clear that the Liberal prrrty is split. and hold ri second caucus.
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niuii Militia - N. B. snr. Amis '
in iosniii, .  
REDERICTON ~~ Anrenrlincnts
,wliicli the Government proposed to
_ _-__ V :the New Briiriswir-k Proliibitioin Act
.. ...__-..__..é._--. ; , _ -. ._~ _ _
The A1-"Htl Meeting 0' the ‘-°"‘°-“` 'IieirieiIqE.TIf"i.'SII§cI".i..Ii'gHi»II.t`sRI>'ElI.
Aid Society °T the PE' Island Hoa' Brewers of malt. At Dreseiit :i house-
‘mal was hem yesterday -MS-ep holder may purcliase liquor- for his
“U0” at me home of Mrs' (Dm 'lay' own use brit if the amendments are
10"- The ’eT’°“S of the secretary carried the privilege will be with-
) `dra\vn. Attoriiey-Gerieral Byrne in-
f“c'°"~" m’a“°i“I °°“dm°“' The ex` trodiiced tl bill to -bring into force the
penditiire had been large on account. New Brunswick Doherw Am uf the
UT me mcreased prices and Dominion which would ‘prevent trun-
*1 “U56 quantity °f “ne” and sactioiis in liquc-1' taking place ~be-
house furnishings had to be procured. tween Dames wmlm the Drov|nce_
During the year the Society furnished Another amendment proposes to fob
E* BT'-‘Ing "°°m mr me Lady Super,” bid newspapers advertising liquor.
Widen! “ml “|50 "°E“d Enwgh "‘°"e-V Both Montreal and Nova Scotia liou-
U) Palm and Piper the Nurses' Home ses are now using spaces in some St.
Acmig “PU” '3 S“gges"°“ made by John papers. Posters and circulars
0"” UT the m°’mbe" it was decided tu also will be barred.
would -be asked for Ill TUBES `Hl\ll
Queens counties. ’l‘liei-ie' eggs are to 
pointed: HC-n.d"res.-'Mi's. r‘.P. Tay- desmitcli from St. .loiiii`s. Newfouiid-
lor; Pre-s.-Mrs. J.A. Matliieson: land today says. Newfouiidlaiid fisher-
Vice.-Prcs. at large-Mrs. Tidmarsh: men do not share the fear expressed
Vlce~Pi'esideiitr-4--Mrs. Hodgson, Mrs. by some followers of the sea in Nova
Sterns, Mrs. T.G. Taylor, Mrs. Nasir. Scotia that Gcrniamsubuiarlnes iiiaritrirtion bureau, and will agree o t e feet that we .ire indeed of one e I
Mrs. Full, Mrs. Bartlett, Mrs. ILE. cross the Atl-.iutic and work havoc iii cdntrol of prtcee lf that policy is _.md |,|°0d_ Wm, me ,_.0,mm°n history
lllutch. Miss Williams; Treasurer-- t.he tlsliing fioiilla gathered on theipdoptad here in ..leglel-.ation now |,e|,;m| “,,_ with one common future
Mrs. John- Gordon; Secretary-Miss Grand Banks. Word* has been rc-Ibefore Congrcpal. The wheat execu- |,efO,~e “Sy if ,mythtng wma have ce.
Catherine MacLeod. ceived that the fishing fleet of 120 ver--\ tty., cgmmisslon has supplied the tlg- m _ .
' sets from Lunenburg. N.S. which an- ur-es of lite- nesdl, expressed confi~ nclousnoss that now for two years and
whatever' attitude Sir Wilfrid takes
now. lf he supports Corisciiptioii he
can only carry with him a portion of
his followers in Quebec, while if -ire
stands for a seferenduiii the Ottawa
Rl-vei will largely be the dividing
line. - .
with 'him solidly t'or ai ii refereiidiiiii
some of the Maritime Liberals os
vote with the Governuieiit.
The Reason Why Not.
“Why not a referendum on Cou-
scriptlon?" one of the westtrn Lib-
erals was asked last night.
"What‘.”' was the reply. “ii refer-
endum on Conscription with half ri
mill-lion of our men away lighting?
Never!"
Liberal members are beginning to
talk quite freely' about Sir Wilfrid
Lauric'i"s altitude. They adiiiilt that
ported him.
The present outlook is that the
hill wi~l-I be brought down on ’l`lim-<-
\vill speak; it would be unusual for
With the bill before. the House
the Liber-als nvbiir probably hold a
caucus to declde‘oii their action. if
they split, as seeins-likely. either one
section or the other will walk oiit
PRUIHBITIUN ACT
ntluieliriiin
(Canadian Press Despatch)
NEW Y0llli.~ An Associated Press
I I T WHAT THE BRINSH
THE SITUATIDN AT _y TAWA Mm" HAS [M
Sir Robert Borden is the Big Man in the _ _ _
Present Situation. and Conscription Issue ""'°" °f,mf,§_;§§;pi\l=h°“ <1*
Threatens to Completely lilsrupt the tilrl --
l.iherall’arty,0ld Potiiicaidhservers Declare our-°| of Prim if--not with
Canada.
WASHINGTON- The British war
,mission left American soil and cross
led into Canada today after six weeks
‘of conferences which have reached
‘into every phase of American li-fe and
are expected vitally to affect the fu-
ture of this country' if not of the-
world.
Coniide-nce and sympatliv born
“seething with excitement." The French Liber-als would stand of persona; Contact of B,»|ttg»}, ,md
American officials cannot be niea»
Very seldom has a leader been while lie would bc supported by su;-ed in wo,-ds_ Un¢@na{“¢\. hu,-
_ ` - D " been removed and an offici-cnt cu-
extent as members-not one -side Slbly it f€’W f\'0m 01113110- 8l'ld`0il€ 0l'|operation made possible by an exact
only. but both sides-are looking to two western. The majority of tlre‘dL._ri,m|0n of the rgsouwes and need.,
Sir Robert Borden. He is- the one ing Ontarto and western Liberals- along of the two ,,,m0n5_ Thi., count,-Y
man in thepresent situation. with a. fair eastern sprinkling wotilriIkn0w5 the Ames- needs- in d¢.m|| and
the Allies know America's i'esoiirr-.cs
and the degree of their availability.
Thus it is possible for the United
States to enter into co-operation with
the grand alliance in a way most col-
culated to bring success.
No Binding Treaties.
There have been no for-nial agree
ments or bjiiding -treaties. Foreign
Secretary Balfour said upon his ar-
rival the United States would not
-be asked, nor expected. to abandon
extent of declaring _against a sep-
arate peace.
Great' Britain and the United Stater-
undoubtcdly 'have been placed on a
close-r basis of friendship than at airy
tinie since' the separation a century
and a quarter ago. The controversy
during two and ii half years' of neutr-
ality have dissolved in a fuller under-
standing by-American officials on the'
difficulties of belligerency. Mi-. Bal-
f`oiir, who was in this country longer
than any previous Foreign Secretary
had been away from London since
the Napoleonic wars has realized.
his life' dream of a closer sivvmpathy
between the two great branches of
the English speaking people. This
was symbolized when he stood
overcome with emotion before tlie`
tomb of George Washington. with
t.-hc Biltlsli flag flying above lt.
The British Tack.
The British showed a tact ot’ Ain-
ericari feeling most gratifying to of-
ficials. They were scrupulous on all
occasions not to appear' to be inter-
fering with American affairs. The-lr
constant effort was to describe
Great Brita!-'n‘s experience for what-
ever suggestion it might give' this
country. Mi. Balfoii-i' rlifiiise-rl this
spirit throughoiit the whole mission.
The immediate diplomatic result
has been to lengthen the British
view from a near--sitghted absorption
iii the immediate war needs to u
broader consideration of world re-
construction afterwards. Sinlilarly.I
th American view olnt * has been'
future to the immediate pressing ne-
cessity. Botti sides feel they have
gained u true perspective.
The most far-reaching unde»r'stantl-
ings arrived at have been in _trade
matters. ln general the Lniterl
States wiill give the- Allies preferen-
tial treatnient in commerce. Details.
however. could' not be agreed upon.
as Congress has not yet passe-d the
legislation necessary to deal with
embargo, trading with the enemB'~
control of cargo space and the like.
Cover Wheat Control.
A definite understandirig has becri
reached to cover both American and
f"anadir.in wheat for sale to the Ai-
lied wheat executive. but the details
will not bt- given out at once. be-
cause of the effect it would have 0"-
tiis market. Canada will co-oP°'”l'¢_I
full with this country. prebl-My
Y
through the proposed food adtmln}i‘a-
,-- iiually seeks cod on the Grand Bankslddnp-9 that they can be met. and B
is like-ly to abandon that region this shown how the results will be allot- gre,” ,,|_,-“spa |n whicipthsnk God, nu
siimanor because of such zipprclielifed among the various allies.) '
sion. Local fishing interests consi-
Munltions control and purcliasr,
der the danger lnsiifliciorit to w-arrantI will be siinilai-ily centralized. througli
staying away from such prolific lisli~,tlis Allied buying commission. lho\lS\l
ing grouiids and as prices for the
catch promises to he higher than ever
this year indications are that the
fleet from this colony will be even
more active than usual on the Grand
Banks. 'tally needed' abfead- ions marie -by tins city in me common
RUN. AL I. BA EUUR
wlliout rico control The council
t it - - -
'of national defence has charged
,itself with so increasing maritiiacture
as to provide for the American whi-
aimy without cutting oil exports vi-
Ths United States is- corisiderlnd
tho invitation extended by the Brit-
ish that all the Allies send perma-
nent ropresentatives to sit on the
Allied commissions in London. includ-
IN  I DAY\ing those- on wheat. munitions. ship
"JI NT IU-
(Canadian Press Despatch)
0TAWA.- Right l-lon. A.J. Ba|four|Brltain at 3% per cent. or at cost to for the whole 01 the ¢|vi||zed body df
will probably arrive in Montreal at'
ters, without knowing their contents. noon tomorrow accompanied by Sir is to 20 per cent. to the British.
Cecil Spring-Rice, British Ambassa-
Rice, Lieut.-General Bridges. Str Brie
ping and general SUPDUSS
ln finance. the mission has- se-
cured Government loans to Great
this Government and at a saving of
Switzerland. This was done simply dor at Wlashlngton. Lady Spring- Clear Away Double.
,cal or malicious purpose. Drummond. lan Malcolm, M.l’.. Major The British visitors were able to
| Botti women. says’La Elsse, were Bpenderclay. Read-Admiral Browning. clear away many doubts its to mili-
shot ut Mulhauaen. Tire mother was Fleet Payinaster Sanford and probab- tary training and otiher technical I _
Ta horrified witness ofthe execution of ly some ofthe aides irorn -Rideau Hall.‘mu-tters. Great Britain has ,faced -ted |n n “msgid never dqugldd yet
her daughter before her turn camel- Mr. Balfour- will be the guest of the the same Pf0\9|_°m5 illlll lille. ¢°lIl\\l? 1 8 y
The newspaper odds that it has-.ro Montreal Canadian Club at luncheon will 'faoo of sehdllll 8,1107!! 013011' imc; that in that struggle, on which
cc-had icbnnrmstinn or the execution and in the afternoon will receive the ized force into I forettiii land. and
of the women from their relatives. L. LD Degree from McGill University. the fruits of her experience have
been invaluable in guiding Ameri-
Minarda Linlmeni curse parpetineewg _Illlnerd'e Llitment our-ea eeide, etc. can officials Lessons teamed hy
its traditional policies, even to thel
e D - I Y
foreshortemed from absorption In thc,‘those addresses there was, l think, no
_ si* ' "_
YESTERDAY
' Vote. Bill Introduced
Empower Banlls io
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
OTTAWA-~ l-lon. l-‘rank 0llver’s
tariff amendment calling for free
wheat and wheat products. free rrgii-
cuitural machinery and implements.
free food and general tariff reduc»
tions on all other articles- and an in-
crease in the British preference. was
voted down by the (foniuions this af-
ternoon. lt was a straight party votc
of 65 to 38, a Government majority
of 27.
The fe-.itiire of the closing stanza
of the debate iipoir the amendment
was the “bolt” by Hugh Guthrie. Lib-
eral member for South Wellington.
who declined to give his .support tc
liic 'action oi' the liiiicudment calling
for general tariff reriuctlona and an
increased British preference. Mr.-
Gutlirie explained that be favored the
other proposals., btit rather than vote
for a -lower tariff he side-stepped the
vate altogether.
The rest of the Opposition lined
iip_witli the western wing of the party
in their demand for a big step toward
in ihsf pm
HOUSE OF COM-MENS
Frank 0llver’s Amendment for Free Wheat
and General Tariii Reduction Defeated.
llnph Guthrie, Liberal, Slrle-stepping the
hy Sir Thomas White io
Loan Money lo Farmers.
empower -banks to loan money tn
farmers on live stock. With regard
to this he explained' that legislation
'authorizing banks to make ilioans on
chattel mortgages would be repealed
and this authorization substituted.
Hon. Wrii. Pugsley asked if any-
thing had been done with regard to
building wooden ships in Canada. He
understood the Munitions Board hart
been limited to ships of 2,500 tons
which did not seem to meet the case.
There were many shipyards in tin-
iilaiitlme Provinces where vessels of
-a thousand tons or more could be
built. and he .had received (mea)
enquiries' from them an to why e
limit had been set at not less than
2,500 tons. '
‘ Sir George Faster replied that the
-Imperial Munltions Board were build-
ing these ships on order of the Brit-
ish Government and that they had to
follow the specifications laid down
by the imperial authorities-.
Sir Thomas White introduced a
bill to amend the. penny bank act au-
free trade. I
Before the debate was i'esumed`Sir|
Thomas White introduced a bill to
thorizing directors of penny' banks to
invest theitr funds in Dominion Gov-
ernment securities.
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Britain have proved decisive on iiiaiiy
points of policy. i
The mission found it necessary to|
leave it number of its experts here
as attaches- of the embassy to help
hand-le the enormous amount of new
work developed. Lord Eustace Percy
and (1. J. Phillips' will continue
trade discussions, and Ge-offry But-
ler, of the Foreign Office. will cou-
tlnne his services .to the press. A
house near the Eiiihassy- has been-
taken as an overflow ofllce.
Mr. Balfour‘s A idreae.
The reception at-coiwlell the Right
lion- Mr. Balfour from point of view
of iiearriness and spontuniety coiilri
not have been equated by Mr. Bal-I
foui"s own constitutents in the famed
city of London itself. As" he ap-
prc-icherl the front of the dats t0 res-
lwlld to the address of welcome the
tliousnnds assembled on the greens-
ward and in the reserved enclosure
cheered the great statesman in a spi-
rit of wild enthusiasm. Wlren the
joyous din had died down and a spec-
tator as -happy as the rest had shout-
ed. "lle’s u good man." Mr. Balfour
said: "The two addresses to which
_voir iuve llstened_:lo not and cannot
leave me and rm friends unmoveri. lu
sentence that moved me more deeply
than the one read out 'by your Prime
Minister. in which he bid me not for-
get that when l came to Toronto and
the Province of Ontario l must feel
myself not only among friends btit
'among cctintrynieu. Wiieii l see the
record of this great ciiy and this new.
and growing country with all its infi-
nite possibilities before it ns if it was
an English country or the Scottish
country where l was horn, criiiclited
and brought np, ladies and gentlemen.
i do not need tliut invitation to criter-
tain this sentiment. l have left on
the other side ofthe border a nation of
friends. l coiue into Canada and.
greet your couimuiiity composed not
c.-lily of friends but of corintry-men.
(Applause). We think the sarric
thouglits. we live under the same con-
stitution, wc belong to the same l-Ini-
pire. ind lt' anything could lriivc ce-
riientcd more closely the bonds of Eni-
pire, if anything could have niarig u]s
- s
ciitcd those feelings it is the con
half we have been engaged in this
North America is now at one. We
have been engaged in this great strug-
gle through these two years and ii
h-ilf. fighting together. making all our
sacrifices in common. working to-`
wards ii common an-l vlctorloiis end.
which l doubt not will crown all our
efforts. (Applause) ~
"Your Mayor hai referred to the ef-
cause. May l as 1 countrymen of
yours. though not s citizen of Toron-
to. say how profoundly thc whole Em-
pire feels the magnitude of the effort
,you have made and how we value for
‘its example to all posterity, on evi-
dence to the whole world what the
British Empire really means. not only
for the cit zona of that Empire, but
nations of which we fc-rin no inconsi-
derable part.
Unity of Empire.
"Ladies and gentlemen. these are
proud thoughts. They will some diy
bd bright memories. We are associa-
n th hlstor of the world. and I re-
DITAWA PUBIIC AT SEA
UN _IMNSCRIPTIUN
(Canadian Press Despatch)
0'l"l‘AW‘tA-,~t Montreal -Star)-Every.
one is more or less at sea today over
the political situattion at Ottawa . it
seems largely in the- hands of the par-
ty lenders. Sir Robert Borden is
dealing with the matter on his side
and Sir Wilfrid on his. No conscrip-
tion bill anti no announcement of go-
veriimr-nt changes predicted upon it
are expected before Thursday or Fri-
day. ltrlepenris upon when the Bud-
get is got out of the way. The final
drift is now ready. substantially along
the lines previously indicated but em-
phasizing the principle of selection.
The enrollment will likely be bs-
tweeii the ages gf '20 and 40 though
there is some suggestion of making
the mini-muni 21. to conform with the
United States and the maximum forty-
flve as in the Militia Act.
RUSSIAN SAIEURS
DESTRUY TURII SIDRES
(Canadian Press Despatch.)
PETROGRAD- Russian sailors ol
the Russian Black Sea fleet yesterday
made a landing at Chivl to the east
oi Sumsun on the Anatolian coast.
destroyed the Turkish post there and
burned -a store of grain and two large
sail boats. Two other vessels were
taken to Treblsond. _
CANADIAN CASUAITIES i
(Canadian Preae Deepgtch.)
l\TTAWA.- in today’s ca ualty list
of llit names the-re are fortydlve kill-
ed. six died of wounds and nineteen
l\\iSSI\l5~ Four of latter are also rh-
portod wounded. two reported missing
have li¢¢l1 10081611. the remaining four
are wounded.
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i-issuredly not the least in this great'
_Dominion in this proud province, and
in this city, has shown whpt the unm.
of the Empire really means and how
vain were -the antlcipatltma of .those
who thought that we, were a fair
weather Emlrire. to be dissolved intn
its constituent atoms at the first storm
that bum “ron it. we iravs. on the
C°I\il"8Fy. shown that the .uit-re the
storms beats- upon the _fnbrit-. pf Em-
Dire the more firmly! it -held together.
and that, no far from shaking ii in any
single part, the events that hive re-
cently ocrurred, that have occurred
and will occur in the future. will join
every part of it together ft-fever in
|memories which will remain with us.
the actors in this great drr-mn. until
we die and which we slrili be able to
hand on to children and grandchildren
as long as civilization exists.
"Primo Minister and Mr. Mayor. l
bee for my friends. an well as for my-
self. the opportunity -to thank this
great province and this great city
most deeply for the manner in which
_‘they have received us on this great
and historic occasion."
- The response of the people to one
address of the British Ambassador
was deafening, and continued while
I-Mr. Balfour appeared on each aide of
the dats and bowed his acknowledge-
ment. The crowd was atlll cheer bg
when the party retired inside the Per.
llantent -Buildings and brought to e
termination a series of aceiiea which
warmed the heart and hoinid tighter.
posterity will look back as the great-
est effort ever made for freedom and
every one of its constituent pertl, an
it s ii rbi. it ii
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