Oovers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew I The Paper That I Y-v‘ rs \\ 1111“ ‘ Q. ‘§:\ s; ‘ ?-.—? "PA. /1 0 ill’. n hi1 _ The Paper /7III~vvv4""" IEIIIW WW/"m 41"" aw -t ii .249 vv»,________‘“ Read \\\\\‘“ N“ \\\. by Every t 0d y K v 11mm... Worth Pill“!!! All The Ad; 'Wo'rth Beading t Charlottetown Guardian. Three Cents. Marni!!! Guardian. Founded 189i. Evonln‘! Guardian, 1887. lllll Ill BHlNBE SPHFIN v.4" v Proposes to Raise Excess Profits Tax to Sixty Per Cont wh would be Abolished. Some 0f the Pro- g visions of the New Taxation Proposal. t _tl_ I I I (Dom. Press Special.) LONDON. April 20.—'l‘he feature of tho ltudget. statement delivered in tho House of Commons toda-y" by J. Austen (Ylmtn-berialn. Citati- cellor of the Exchequer. was the revolution of the country's bound- jng revenue and a surprise by- the Chancellor in his announcement of p purpose to raise the excess pro- flts-tax to sixty per cent, wlten it had been expected this tax would the abolished and a substitute tux proposed. in closing his speech Mr. Cham- bcrlttin, referring to the gigantic, sacrifices that had been endured throughout the W81‘. described the nation's position as one of unexiam pied and unequalled strength. He made no proposal such as had been forecast, to institute n sinking fund to rcdectn the national debt with- in fifty years but he announced that thcre would be no more -bor- rowing to balance revenue and ex- ptlltllltiftltl anti estimated that the 11.1w tax proposals would t-tiablc him to_ bring about the redemption of 4.2.. - 0110.000 of the debt this year and .it:ttI0,000,000 next year. 'i‘he how taxation proposal, in-t (‘Illtivs increases 111 110N111 ""11 1°10 glflllll rates the raising of the duty, up glllflli-l from y?» wliiiill‘ slxpence to 70 shillings. Mid Ii!‘ pt-ticc, the beer ou-ty ‘itom .:t snit- littgs to 100 shillings per barrel flnitblliif! of the wine duty with the atltlitltiti of a 599C111 51111111019111 1711111 of so poi‘ cent on sparkling wines. a hi) por cont ntlvalortnti tax on ;,“pt,,-.t._.d cigtpyg, tunutnbct" of no» ditloual stump tihliss on commer- cial "my stock oxclinnge transact- ions and u new tax of it shilling in ,_ o" ‘i; limited liability PM" ., It "' » Tllé inlcomc tux was‘ not. chtittg- ed cxcopt for an ittitilttonnl super- tax of slxpt-tict- ln the pound on __.__..__ CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1920 4=~ - l! Mall. Olmdl. . 6. Ann uni 8n r do! verso, “M. EXEHE lllllll [i5 l 5 IJHPHIEE ich it was Supposed SEIIHET SHIPS lll I BHI Milli lllllll NlllY The Greatest Secrecy Attends Construc- tion of Huge Flying Boats and Air- plane of Six Thousand Horsepower Able to Alight on Land or Sea. pounds per year. The present tux on motor cars -.\ntl petrol are to continue in force until the cud of the Year when they will the super- scdcd by new taxes dealing with excess profits. The chancellor said they bad greatly exceeded tut-y forecast he should have dared to make "and had he foreseen the present situat~ ion no such refine-lion by forty per cont would have been‘ made last year. BRITAIN'S FINANCIAL SITUAT- ION STRONGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER EUROP- _ EAN COUNTRY. LONDON, April 20.-—The heav- iest burdens of the budget calling for an expenditure of 1,184,102,» 000 pounds presented to the com- tnons by the Chancellor of Excheq- uer, Austen (‘hztmberlttin yester- day are settled upon booze, big business and war profltcers. Un- tier the new policy uf Britain as outlined by (fhambcrlain thosn who have been profiting front war must pay the war debt. heavy in- creases. The excess profits tux is increased from 40 to 00 per cent. There I-l similiti‘ boosting of taxa- tion re right of the proflteers to the use of such things as motor cat's. liquors and cigars and espec- ially wines anti champagne. Mean, while the burden on the common people is eased tsomcwltttl by tbs raising of the income tax exemp- tions on small incomes and mak- 111g‘ the graduation on big incomes greater. The Increases will hc an- plied largely to reduction of war. debts. Chamberlain's summing up; of the situation. showed Great Bri- tain's financial condition stronger than any other European country. Britain not only was getting on bur foot. bttt beginning to pay off tht-tuttvs, txt-octlliig thirty thousand ltcrtlcbts at a surprising ratc. Sir George Pcrlcy , Goes to P0118‘ tmptist, “Anni” 1‘t~r' v has gtmc to lurls as Cain, ntlltttr lmprfihlblllflllVfi at the con- - fl-rvttcc regarding allied M04119 1° ('t’llll‘.iI Europe. l icotthsttsttu stttctitsli OO-O-F 'WANTED—I,MMEDIATELY MAID for gctieral housework. Small family. Good wages. Apply Mrs. It. E. Uolwlll. 186 Prince St. 80S5-4-6-M1dtf. ‘WANTED-A GIRL FOR GEN- crttl htutscworlt. Nn wilt-tiling. AP'| ply Mrs. J. f). Stewart i101 K0111 $1., t‘httrlttll.t‘it)wli. 8370401411. ____.._._-.-_-- “WANTED A MAID FOR GENER-I a1 Il1)llh'l*\\'l)l‘I(. Must bo able to tit» plttln cooking. Good wnflfiiV Apply lo Mrs. nrucc Stewart, 14 Watt-r ‘Strut-t. mtl’ LOST -—-AT THE REHEARSAL of "Oh, 0h. (‘int1y" in the (lnlcdon- lan (‘htb llall last wet-k a gctitlc unit's st-ttrf. Fliitlcr will ltlcasc‘ tlt-livt-t" ttrJnhtt F. Wheat‘, Suc- 1"‘1il1')' tif tknttitilttcc. It 81136 . __ ‘ ‘FOR ‘sAI-Er-‘WHITE FIFE SEED “'1i<‘ti1. grown from lmportctl -““v‘_“1~ Aliflly to Jumcs Stocknmit. Wtnsloo Station. ti’. E. 1. 8322-4-19-3] ‘WANTED-GIRL FOR GENE R- Francolmposcs New 13jlll°nl.tll¥_illles (Dom. Press Special.) PARIS, April 20.—-A new ban on luxuries is about to be imposed by lite French Finance. Mitiister. Silk stockings, pianos, automobiles, jew t-ls and similar articles classified its tlt- luxt- wnrvs are to bt- ‘barrttti. the rccvttt boom i_n the British and American (txports to Franco. tend- bit: to lower tht- t-xcbatigei valu" vi’ tho fmnc imtrkct is necessaq it i! explained. ' Severe Fightin g ' _I_tLManchutia (Dom. Press Special.) WASlllNlFPON, April 20~— (lzuchtt Slovak nntl ‘tlltltitastt troops attack- ctl Japnnt-i-tt- fnrccs at Iiailar Northwestern Mnncliuritt after tho Japanese had arrested eight alleg- ed (lhlncse Bolsheviks. According to iulvlccs from the Toklo War of- fico to Major General Inouye, Jap- anese Military Attache hero receiv- ctl today thc Japanese suffered fifteen casualties including several deaths. Belgium Asked to Send Delegates (Dom. Press Special.) BRUSSELS, April 20.—The Ital- (Dom. Press Special.) I'., editor of the _ LONDON, April 20.—Tlic i-troat- Annual has just rt-tit-olcd the lact est secrecy attends the ctmstrucb’ that these tnystt-ry vcscls arc ‘build ion by Britain of gigantic telghl-Iittg but all dctttils are tiuturtilly tinglntitl flying boats of steel and guardctl by the Naval authorities. illl tilt-piano, each of six tbotistiiitl Britain l5 ciillilgeil 111 517911110115 ltorscpowcr and able to light on efforts to speedtht-improvemctittif land or sca. hcr ticrial armament, Mr. Buroynt- (Iolottcl Allan ll. said today. wtit. REJECT m g wttsmts PROPOSALS Allied Reply to Presidents Not_e_oit Turkey will Withdraw Nothing from Decision Arrived at. Tf8I1IZ01lll to Remain Turkish. f‘). (Dom. Press Special.) PATHS. April 20.—’l‘hc allied re- ply to President \l’ilson's note on Turkey will say the Allies cannot withdraw anything from the decis- ion they ltave reached regarding Ottoman power, special dcspattzhes front San its-mo today said. While the reply was, according to tics Boitroyne, M. lcttrnetl authoritatively ‘tonight. Allied communication to President Wilson on the ’l‘urkislt treaty wtli be divided into “two parts, it was lcarnctl. The first section will tlcal with the general principles m» spirint: the treaty; the second will give specific reasons for each dec- ision anti rcply to the American Navy League . Ill Y HEPFEEE t shevist Gzarist Regime. (Dom. Press Special.) _ 1'=\111i5. April 20.—-—Altltout:li Sov- 1P1. ltussltt is not officially partici- patitii.’ in the conference at San Remit -it is virtually reprcac-titctl by Italy who will take up the (‘ittlgcls for the Soviets bcfurc licr allies. l-‘rattce is ‘understood to be al- together oppostztl to recognition. cf ‘the llolslicvlst Government until the latter has given ironclad as- surances that it will pay the debt contracted iby the CZRTISL regime. Thc Frctich representative who talked with the Soviet commissauv Kriissln at (‘openhagcit rctttrnt-tl iiitétitttttt) APRIL 20. i" ‘use "H" at 11.15. l. MR. l-IIGGS presented a petition from the Charlottetown (lily (‘oun- cil tisklng for an amendment to the .-\t:t of ilncorporallon permitting of borrowing $50,000 for- permanent works. $15.00‘) for storm $10,000 for .1 ‘rc alarm system on patches, conciliatory 'in tone it Prcsltlenifs observations, particu Will rcJPt-t practically all of Wll- lhrly to why the 1111_l@d leaders 5on1. Suggestion... ‘inclufling the httvt.‘ utdcd‘ that Trobtzontl must expulsion ct’ the Turk from (‘on- P9111111" I‘1l1‘1<1*i11~ 'l‘lto council of premiers late to~ (Iny innit itp tlic financial clause of tlic 'l‘tti'kisl| pact antl-callctl in ex- ports to got advice on some sect~ ion. The last part of the sitting ivas devoted tn the dispensation of stitntipoplc. - The allies will point out tbal the United Slates did not. declare wnr on Turkey and refused rcsponsih» lllty of the steps necessitated by the pence treaty. despatclies said. tnost difficult because of divert:- ctn-c of opinion antong the popu- lation. The 'l‘urks trcttty will be presented to the Ottoman dclcgtttcs in Paris May 10, it was announced officially. ti}; WIISOII Discussed The Railway Strike (Dom. Press Special.) WASHINGTON, April 20.—-l’t"esl~ tlent Wilson and his cabinet today tllscussctl the railroad strike and rcvicwcd tho measures taken to halt it during the tiast week. Fol- lowing tbc tncctltig the cabinet iticmbcrs oxprcssctl satisfaction with the govcrnntetttis cottrsc and indicated that they ltcllcvctl the tlatiget‘ of a rztilrontl tic up is over. All future pc-tlon will probitblyt be lt-ft iti the hands of a railroad labor board, it was saltL, -_--¢-0-@- Delegates from India in Paris TREBIZOND WILL REMAIN TUR ISH. ‘SAN REMO, April 20.~"I‘i't~.b1. zond will remain Turkish and will not be ztwartlctl to Armcniti, it vzas Silver 111M111; of New York Sales (Special to The Guardian.) NEW YORK, N. Y., April 20.—- Silvcr fox fcnturctl today's svssloiis at lIli‘. fur salo in lht- hiastitiit: llall hero. The finest pair of pelts fetch (‘d $670 ottrlt. liitt ‘somtgof the poorct‘ and ttltlct‘ pclts sold as low its $5. The gottvral run of 1tritves on sllvct‘ fox, ltmvt-ver, sliowcti atl- vttticcs of :15 pt-r cont uvcr tho cor- rnstiontllttg ifigiires at tbc April, 1919 sale Ilf‘l'(‘. 'l‘l1t- largcst fllIVlillPL‘ nvt-r last. spring, which was shown hy Nculrin or South Amt-ricatt lit-aver, was 80 pnr ct-nl. The choic- ot-it of’ those skins brought $0.10. Iiltiv fnx was tcn pm" ct-nt abnvo last April, whilc iii! rctl foxes, the best of which snltl for $41.02 brought tirlt-t-s that rangtttl frottt (Dfim- P1558 51191-14110 itncltaitgotl on Norlhvrtt to 15 pvr 1'1\11‘15. A0111 130-—A Mll-‘AWIIIIDII cunt. higher ltlttstortt and central 11010111111011 ffvlll liltlltt Ilils tirrlvctl ltcrc front Lotitlnti after n fcw wt-vks silty in tbc British capital. ’I‘hl$ tlcltrgtitltin is to lay before tho. llrll ish and Alllctl gnvormnctits thc [mints of vicw of the Moltamtiictl- an community of India, with rc- gtird to the caliplitite question and the proposed peace trcttty with '1 iii‘ kcy. Loan to Austria“ From J. Morgan 0o skins, Forclgti rctl fox ft-ll off ton per cont. Sales for the day amount- ed to $550,000 which brought tho grand total for two days to $1, 450.000. NEW YORK, April 20.—-S.tlt~s rctichctl $900,000 at the opt-fling ses slnu of tho animal sprltig fur out‘: tinn in thc Masonic llall ltcre today tlcspilc the fact that tlic nclllnt: schedule was not. completed. Buy~ crs wort: in nttctidttncc frotn lion- don. Paris, Leipzig, hlosctnv, Oui- ak and ‘Foltlo, nntl also frntn lt-atl- ing (attics throttgltottt the [Hill-fl States anti (Fatiidn. Bidding tufts generally active and comparvtl with (90111- PM“ Special.) Kurdistan, which was‘ considered ‘a 25 your tls-"iicitutcs at 5 l-Z pct‘ l cent. 1 \ bill was inlrotlucctl am] road a ‘first time ‘ MR. HIGGS tilso presented a pol.- ttiun from John A.‘ McLartui and otli~ let's for an act to attiontl tlic Act off iincorporatiott of Paions Ltd. Bill introduced and read a first MR. B. W. LEPAGE asked the Cnmmissitmtir of Public. Works if a tit-titittn had bccn rvtzclvtwtl front the rcsltlctils of 'I‘nt'onto, (Yavt-utlislt and Bay‘ View asking for a roitl from ’l‘oronto Road to llaY Vim” Road and 1f so what actititi was going to be taken. - The (Jommlsslottcr of Public been received and was being given consideration. HON. A. El. ARSENAULT nskctl the Leader of the Government if thc Report of the External Audit wns ready. He had seen a typcwrli ten copy of it on the clerks tublc| and if the printed copies were not‘ tcatly the Opposition would ‘be glad to at least soc tlic copy. MR. BELL said lic w uld table it totiiorrtvw. tvfn. ARSENAULT tlttmgltt thcrc were too many "tomorrows“ iii the vocabulary of the lion. lcatlcr. In the absence of Mr. Kcnttctly, lion. A. E. Arsvtittult askt-(t the Leader of tbt- Govcrntttctit to lay nn tht- table of‘ fht- llutisc a. slate“ titcnt ulmwlttgt- _ 1. Llumtity and vnlut- nf liquors tittrtvhtist-tl and paid for by tltc Pro hibltiott (‘tittttti‘ssl0ti, in stock or In their posstssititt or stibjcct to tht-it nrtlcr on St-ptt-tultct‘ 1st. I919- 2. (lttatitit-y of liquors mt hand or in stock or suhjt-trt. lo their urti- cr u'ltit-h wort‘ procnrt-tl ‘by scl7.ttrt~ or cctrflscatiott, and thc vtiluc tburvtif. 3. (linmtlly and bait-s rtespcctiv- t-ly of liquors procured and by seizure and confiscation. and proc- ured by ptircltasc; tlisposctl of front rcpt. 1st. to l)".c. 131st, 1011i lncltr slvc, and the titttount realized from the sale of ouch respectively. 4. 'l‘otal amount 0t ntoncy W001i" otl for liquors, and hn itemized 3121101110111. showing, costs of goods purchased and of all cxpcttscs in- citrrctl by the ctmttuissloii. " tioptcs of all corrcspotitlcncc d. between the (lommlsalou and the Hllfifill ll SAN HEMll France Opposed to R ecognition of the Bol- Goveritment Until Assured of Payment of Debt Contracted by the INGS IN THElEGISLATURE sewers, ., ' Works rt-pl lcd. that. 1.118411121111011. had .. NTINB empty haiitlvtl WIIIIO lhc Italian dc- lcgates actually closed an agree- ment wbvrcbv an ltalo-lttisslzin commercial treaty was practically stipulated giving the Soviets the right to establish a regular bureau at ltuntc with u corresponding bur- t-au to be get up at Moscow by Italy for the furtherance of mutual trade rclatlt-iis. 'l‘lit.-. reason the French failed to come to an agreement with the Soviets is explained by diplomats 11.1’ iltt- fact tliiit both French dcle gates were prominent. financiers anti did not approach the Soviet representative iti the right way. the vlattscs, “not scientifically con- structed." Zlir. Speaker also kindly assisted in giving some of the claus~ cs a more “tirlistic" finish. Dtsctissiott continued with some progress till 1 tfclock when House atlitittrtictl till 3 p. m, ~<___ ... . > . (‘Iit-inhttiwd‘ on 1Q}... Three lEHEitItEYIYtBvinEe Telegraphic News STRUCK OIL rIqN KENT COUNTY, . B. .\I(II\"("I‘ON. N. 11., April 20.» The Antzlolhtr ll Oil (‘o., btatlng for oil at ("tirtl branch, Kcnt Pnunty, has struck a titutlcralc flow and tlt-vciopntciits are continuing, OVERALL CLUB FOR HALIFAX HALIFAX. April ill-Employees of the Imperial Oil 00.. at lmperoil ticrir Halifax. to the number of 200 are taking tip the establishment of an overall club in order to fight the high cost of clothing. METEGIAMA AT s1‘. JOHN ST. JOHN, April 20.-—'i‘1te R. M. S. llfetagtttna arrived today from Llvt-rpool with 771 passengers, :1- mmtg them being Brigadier Gen- cral Kitig, Ottawa. Lleut. Col. E. G. llallcwcll, Ottawa, Sir. R. Win- frcy, M. l’. Lotitittn. Pliiglnnd and Lit-tit. (J01. it. D. \Vlllillllis of Van- couvcr, AMENDMENT TO DENTAL ACT DEFEATED. l"ltl‘}l')l'}IKl(‘TON. N. 13., Apiil 20. -—A proposctl attiqntimcitt in lho llcitittl Act uml*r which dentists who have been raciising in Grout lirltain wmiltl bu pcrtnlttctl to prac- tlsc in Nt-w Brunswick without fur- tht-r qualifications was tlcfcntt-d this tnnrnittg. Some thirty dentists spoke against the amendment. FOUND WHISKEY IN HAY ST. LEONAHDS. N .11.. April 20. MFtilInwititI a stisplcititts activity I)l‘I.\\’f'l‘ll this town and several illalttc towns Al McLaglilin,‘ a pro- lilbltimt lttsticctor last night seized eight tons of prcssctl hay atldress-t inn goverutnetit has invited the Iit-lglun government to send dele- 1 gatcs to the Sun Remo conference | tis the rcsult of which llelglutu will he represented by Paul 113111111115. Foreign Minister and M; JasPmV Minister of Economic Affairs. These ‘Ministers will be accompanied by Colonel Thcunis, Belgian member of the reparations committee and by Viscount Jacques Davlshflll. F01‘ 9151; Secretary. Negro Lynchetl and flanged to Pole. (Dom. Prong special.) housework. Apply 221 Water 8295-4—17-6lpd. 'WANTED.—AT ONCE MAI-D TO assist at housework. Apply Mrs. . Stewart. 185 Prince St. 81B1-4-9Melf ‘WANTED-JIIRL FORGENERAL housework. for small family. Ap Ply W UDDar Prince st. 80824-MEtf. ‘GIRL WANTED tron HOUSE- Wmh- Anniy 174 Kent Street. z Apr 1f if. *—-—\____ "WANTEQ-OIRL ron GENERAL ltou t... t vtrrssuito. KANSAS. April 20- wcllftxtfrrlfiiAglifItIlctlao gm Lloyd -—An unidentified negro tramp was » 33644-204] lynchetfl last night after the mob ~~~~~ had literally torn the small town the corresponding nvcrtige figures r/btalnctl at thc spring auction In 191!) today's average prices show- ed atlvtinces. ranging from ton pct cont on wliltc fox to fifty pt-r cont 011 810110 11110116114 Oihcr pcrttetttngc atlvsnccs foil- ows;——.F.Ishor 40, Baum Martin 35, Marten 30. and Gross fox 15. The sale will run for seven days more and among the chief ‘tulle-rings tomorrow will be blue foxes, silver foxes. nutrlcs anti others. To Investigate The Palestine Clashes (Dom- Prue Special.) ’ WANTED A YOUNG GIRL TO “"111 with a llttlo housework and tttkc nul baby. Apply 102 Kent Slrccl, 8383-4-21-3lpd. . -_-__..___._ WANTED T0 RENT.—- SMALL miitlrfn furnished house in deu- ‘M1119 106811111. preferably near the Park. for months of July and ‘WWM- Amity glvinl description t 5391mm to w., 0.0 cumin: jail to pieces. He was charged ‘with ttssnntttnx Sylvia Brown 1h, country about. two miles from Mul-l, berry. The negro was captured‘ gngnllfull‘ tho attack. The fflrl wns| "ken m jail to identify him. Bo», fore she could speak he threw ,np_ his hands-and screamed in despair. of! for an hour before the jail was estroyed The negro was hanged o a teiop one pole. L.» ' ant-cast Sheriff Milton Gould held the mob further steps in their reportod plans LONDON. April 20.—’l‘im llrit- lsh Government has nppnlnlhtl n cnmmlaslbn composed of OHIFIIIIS nlrcatly in Pnlcstlnc to investigate tlm rccctif t-ltlahns tbctwcon Mos- lcms and Jews thcrc. 15o far as has bur-n rcpnrlctl tt- tho (lovortv mcni the Arabs are not. taking any Twenty-tout Deaths FARMS; April 20.—-4N€K0llt’llI0llS between the banking firm of J._ l’. hinrgatt an (‘o., and the Austrian Govcrntnen looking to a largo loati t.o the latter with n vlcw t0 5011' bu: Austria ‘on her feet were of- ficially conflrmcd by tho Austrian dclcgtitlon here today. British Ambassador Arrives in Washington (Dom. Prue apeclal.) WASHINGTON. April 20.—For the first. time in months the Brit- ish ambassador was in WnshInS- ton today. Sir Auckland Geddos. accompanied by Lady Gotldcs and attaches arrived from New York last night. From Winti Storm z—..—-— (Dom. Press Special.) FORTBMJTH, ARK, April 20.- Twenfy-flve warn known to he dead today following a wind, storm‘ > n for the dissolution of the Jewish nf,-| Iicial bodies in Palestine under threat. of massacres. l which swept Logan, Franklin, Scott. Johnson, and Boone coun- ties. Tho number of injured was placed at from 76 to 126. Loan ctl to a man at Limestone, Maine. and found cnticenlctl thcrcln 241 quart bottlcs of whiskey. Government. relating to Llic coni- mission and tlic enforcement of the ‘Act. .‘M\'. Boll rcpllctl that the answers were 'bcinil prepared. The House went into commlttcc for further consideration of the Road Act 1920; Mr. lflcArthur in the chair.» A nntnher of ittuctitiments, tttost of them suggested by lion. A. Atrsentmlt, who lent every possible assistant-c in strength)!!! the Act, were made. while clauses which evitlctitly weakened the Act, wcrc PLAYGROUND FOR ST. JOHN. ST. .1()l1i\'. N. 13., April 20.—— The (‘lty (‘ottncil [Ills nflcrnnon nu- thorizctl a bond issue of $10,000 to wards thc establishment 0f a cen- frnl city playground nt Rockwood Park, Anette/m avuoo or NE BRUNSWICK FREDERIFTON. N. 13.. April 20. -Thc nnnuul meeting of the Synod of thc Angllcnn ‘Diocese of New Brunswick was opened this morn~ Ipg with ‘IInly Communion in Christ Church Cathedral. Among the snh- lccts before the Synod are tho Dio- cesan Fund. the Forward Movement incroast-(I stipotitla for clergy and the restoration nf King's College. W THE WEATHER TEMPERATURE TIDE. 1100K ETU. ZL-Strnm: fuir TORONTO, April north to northwest winds. tititl milder. Tho title will be high this affor- nonn at 12.06 and tomorrow at 12.48, ll will ho high tomorrow .,.a tcompmmismg “haw”? Peiiulation he has ha Mr. ‘Iiiggs and the Railway Claim aim-Considering that Mr. Hizgs is Cbarluttelovvifs representative and presumed to do his beat to guard Its best interests, it will ba only reasonable to suppose that he would devote his energy, 1010B‘- and influence in trying to prevent the infliction of a great lnlustice and wrong upon his constituents in the shape of a threatened provis- cial tax act, and to that end be would take all proper meaauresievcn to the calling together of the citizens in an indignation meeting to protest, if he found his own interests and that of his colleague (the speaker) were not sufflciont for the purpose. No one seems to know yet whether the obnoxious measure is to has his approval oropposition. We do not know that be has recently. in the legislature been making a wordy deliverance on the claims 02th province against the Dominion. . ln this debate he seems to have confined his entire effort 1'0 t". matter of $3,000,000, the amount of the first cost oi P. '1'}. L. r111- wny. With great emphasis lie asserted that Canada ovlee 11s this sum and should at once pay it. 1f Mr. Riggs had any proper knowledge of LIN? history of tho Col- iederaticn, and of our entry into the Union. he never would have ‘ad- vanced ‘such a preposterous claim. We have, 1 believe, 501116 good claim against the Domfniqs but these will not be strengthened or more easily obtained by linking The: tip with the demands that are impossible and for which no 500d rea- son can be given. On the contrary they will run great rlelts of being itnperilied. Our reputationior sane conduct as to grievance; pi not o! the best at Ottawa now. But if the absurd and impossible requests of Mr. Hlggs is persisted in it will be somewhat difficult to interest ministers when rational demandsoreat stskefilllltni-liggs is, o! sing-ea, a political amateur and evidently a rank one g1 that. H9 would p; u; ridiculous claim seek to destroy the whole financial basis of ti‘; Q0“. federation compact. To do this would require the unanimous conceit. not only of the Dominion but of all the provinces. ‘ iMr. Hisgs is evidently not aware that by the act of Union, tho debtsaudliabilities ofall the provinces wereassumed by the Dominion at certain stated amounts. That of Ontario and Qqgpgg qwmnjm), ‘g $62,500,000, that of Nova Scotift at $8,000,000, that o] New Brutr wick at $7,000,000, and that of P. E. 1.. at $4,701,050 which included the then cost of our railways. But the island at that time not Davin] incurred debts equal to that sum but considerably less it was pro- vided that on the difference between our rettl debt and the debt allow- ed us we should receive interest. at the rate o-f 5 per cent per anauni, and this interest we have received from Canada regularly ever since. MP- Hlsss should know that when the island entered the 6on- '1' federation the cost of our railways was a, damp; flgbflfl’. ‘mm; m; province owed and that being such, Canada assumed it just in the some way as she did the debts cf the other provinces. in the negotia- tions previous to the Union there would be no question abut u. debts of the respective provinces were incurred for, that you]; by entirely immaterial. They might have been for rallvvays or canal; p! capable and extravagant government. Whatever they were lor could make "0 dmefeilfle- The agreement arrived at Wits that the federal government should assume them, which was done, . 11 19 111119 811°“ 01 B111? that anyone. much loss a representative should sussest now that this Island should have returned to it ca. 000.000 of the debt that was ours in 11873 and which the chums; government assumed and duly discharged p; mm 1; nmflfl M ‘M; about as sensible as if Ontario and Quebec would demand from m. Dominion the many millions 9X11Bnded__by them on “w”. can“, be, fore the Union, or that Nova Scotla and NevvBrunsvviolt should ma,“ similar demands respecting their prcConfederation debts That $3.. 000.000 of our debt was incurred in the building of n rallyay can may; 1116 slightest difference. It was a debt, a liability n; up; upoymca and that. is all that can be said about it. But perhaps ‘Mr. 1115811 will contend the Dominion got our "my" and should pay for it. So it did the canals from Ontario and Qnbgc ‘m l . ' . 011°!” bubllc works tn these and. tho other provinces for which the“ dcbls were incurred. ‘Canada got these j-ust, b; the 5am, ‘my ma‘ i." “"1 °‘" ‘iillwm- The who!» thins was part of the Conferedatlon coin 1m" 11131 MP- Histrs evidently flutters himself he can break flp by "mkmfi B "may Speech in the legislature. ffMr Higgg wet-gimp"; conversant with those times he would know that Canada was not a‘ 1'" ‘mm-mm 1° m“ 5'1"‘ °1"' "MIWHY- That was looked Iron a bola so much of a "white elephant" that neither this province 1:0; m: I? I i d ‘ ‘to: tags esirled to assume the burden or Qomplgtfl]: and "Mk3 - re ~ I Ear ed as being quite a relief to the province not! its finan- °'“' "°“°‘"“"“ "1"" 11"’ mmlnlmi Government at last weed t. take it over. . 1 W001i] advise Mr. illiggs to get down . 1° Wmelhihs rational. it 1S not at all seemly that our province should be made n. laughing smck °1 “m1 119111 1111 to the ridicule o! the restof Canada bytllconaitl- ercd claims such as the one discussed by Mndilggs. Leg My; devote 111s‘ abilities to heading off the unjust tax hill from ti) "mi- The"? is nieniy Work for him here without obtrudlng “m. it field for which he is so lit/tie qualified m shine in. lf he succeeds he will receive all the credit that is his due. in bearing m; m- we, ms runway “mm he I“ 51ml>1¥ ‘T115100! the time of the iéQlilature lid d for soot! salad and no‘ Riggs 9 citi- eif into iwlizc of public affairs. I lm clr, at‘, CITIZEN. ‘Chicago llail Smite W_iI_l_Enll Today French Army Uniform To Remain Unchanged (Dom. Prune 8pc» i, CnmMlo- MIT" Ilriutiaw PARIS. April 2o._at. tho stock 1'1111l‘0ad strike will end toniorrovv of horizon blue mnteiiai held by 011101111: of Chicago Yanlmetni An: tho French Government. will not be Ioflltlun announced today. An ef- mornlng at 1.15 and Friday at. 2.06 emanated m. f u 1 h yo" m" b M . . sun sols this evening at 0.5a find NEW MANAGE" ‘T HALIFAX been decided ts.l’tl.t’i‘t"..'t'.tt.'.r.il wads all than!‘ 0' ’ a h‘; tomorrow at 6.58. it rlscs lomor- “\LIF_A\, KT 20 “F, Q “m” uniform will not be Qhgnggt-l 1mm Chicago nrgcflm ‘ ‘o ‘m. row mornfmt ht 5 Mid Friday at x, n’, h i,- l" n d‘~ ‘fin H m. mutt-rm is used up. At tn Work. Twenty-norm“ 1 y". 4-58- 3:,“ gznkps? Qgvlzfgrgflflng, “in end of four years however another rants rhifklilg violitloft‘ fjor- 1151“; giggtexnlmoon, snafu“ Apr“ l‘ x succecditw ‘H. A. Flaming Wh ‘ color whlnh h“ u” Y“ be” 191-9" m‘ A" were 5'°1'§W1- "P11191911 as served the institution for 4 l°!7!i.;a.. t mined upon will be tuloptetl, 4 Blflke 11511573, obi eta-nan: 41 filiiiilcgzorka. 4m Lperhaps. _to.a,mors q|fl~legg—ggfgnf—ffomflu, .