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THE CHARLOIT    GU   I a
  as a m»oian .fnu'u».to.~ 
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LAURIER LEADERSHIP P. E- AliNNARI30nAwABR|TI$H , ADVANCE I
INEARING COLLAPSE  LSDUTH OF IIlES-SINES
( P i
ISLAND DOGTORG IN OTTAWA.
` o'r'rAwl.-t-`- Doctors éiinioy. char
Laurierism Like Ancient Gaul is Divided i.‘l§$2'°.'it‘..i‘..'i‘l.";."i§?.‘$lL.;‘?.‘;°.ii 3.2 Artillery ACiiViiY 0ll 5001 5ill¢S- £06111?
into Three_, Parts, Conscriptionists;
Anti-Conscrlptionists and Neutrals.
The Latter are Trying to Postpone-
Break Between the Other Two<Wings
Meanwhile Constituents are Being
Heard From and Up
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
OT'l‘AWA.- Patenaude thc French-
Canadian Secretary oi' Stats is out.
Blondin, Sevigny and other Quebec
.ilinlstfrg will stay in. Sir llerbert
Amos may coma in as sliccessor in
Patenattde in the conscriptionist go-
vernment. Sir lierhsrt. represents
the St, Antfine division ol’ Montreal.
St. Antoine is one- of the few Quebec
constituencies that can be depended
on to stand by Borden even when Bor
den stands' by conscription.
COALlTlON A POS8IBILl1"v' RA-
THER THAN PROBABILITY.
Coalition in any form is today a pos-
sibility rather than il probability. Sir
Wilfrid Laurier has made it hard for
Pardee, Carvell, A. K. McLean and
othefr`conscriptionists Liberals to join
3 conscriptionist government. The'
Laurier leadership is dead outsldle of
Quebec and the French-Canadian con-
stituencies of the other provinces.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s ascendancy was
overthrowikby lSir W’ilfrid’s collapse
in the Laurier-Borden correspondence.
The conscription Liberals tremble
when they think of what their former
leader may do next. The acceptance
of Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s resignation is
deferred. Today the Laurier Opposi-
tion, iike ancient Gaul, is divide-d into
three parts, conscriptionists, anti-con-
scriptionists and neutrals. The neu-
trals inclule such oppositionists as
Dr. Pugsley of New Brunswick, Frank
Oliver of Alberta, and E. M. Mac-
Donald of Nova Scotia. These neu-.__
trals are trying to postpone a break
between the conscriptionist and anti-
conscrlptionist wings ofthe party.
They are fighting to gain time. The
neutrals seem to believe that if they 9
setttngCal_culai1ons
being terrorized with letters threat-
ening assassination if they remain in
the Borden government.
ll. ll. Mc-rphy is in from Nortll
Perth stronger for 'conscription thuni
Ml* M0l`Dily Was heir.-re he went
home, Native Canadians of German
origlll in North Perth have joined up ill
large numbers. The fathers and mo.
'hers in Gftrmall speaking townships
"l0lll`ll llllllly ifuriadians sprung from
German stock who~have fallen, or are
anxious about Canadians of German
origin who are still fighting at the
front.. ~ I _
MT- Mlllllily is ill no doubt. or uncer-
tainty as to where North Perth stands
or Ontario stands on the conscriptic-n
issue.
Sir Robert Borden will continue his
attempt to abate party strife and pro-
_mote national unity. The conscrip
tlonist Liberal leaders may be ready to,
join a coalition government when the
parlimentary struggle over the con-
scription bill has carried them into
battle with their anti-conscription
comrades in the ranks of the Oppo
sltion. The House of Commons will
cc-ntinuevin session until September.
SIR ROBERT WILL CARRY CON-
SCRIPTION AND APPEAL T0
COUNTRY i‘N SEPTEM-
BER.
iberal conscrlptionists in his govern-
V ent will enact conscription, establish
a war time franchise, legislate for a
clean-up of the railway muddie and go
to the country on or about Se-pte1n~
ber 15, 1917, for an endorsation of con-
cription as an established operative
L Sir Robert Borden with or without
m
break can be postponed Sh, Wilfrid' system of recruiting for Canada’s ar~‘
Laurier will be ableto unite the Op-   y \
position in s series of parliamentary
tricks. ‘These tricks 'will be inter-
preted to mean friendship to conscrlp-
lion in provinces friendly to conscrip-
tion, hostility tc- conscription in pro-
vinces hostile to conscripiion. and slic-
cess to the Lauriefr opposition in
every province.
CONSTITUENTS BEING HEARD
FROM- ,
QUEBEC Anti-conscriptionists
calculated that the Maritime provin-
ces would stay with Laurier in a. tight;
against cc-nscription. The Maritime
province members" are beginning toi
hear from home. The lrish and Scotch,
Roman Catholics of Nova. Scotia have
nlsh and other Highland Scotch Rc
man t‘atholic constittlencies are be
ginning to te-ll their parliamentary
Returned Soldiers' Committee, wel
Morris will arrive by the Car Ferry
Miss Gillespie, Secretary of tht'
n . 1
gd, waht overseas with the 105th
. - ir
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b
h
e
les at the front.
  NCQM__|NIl Iiiliil
otitled yesterday that Lieut Victo
(Lieut Morris, it will be remember
attalion Shortly after arrival
ngland' he went with a draft. tr -
rauce where he took part. .in a num-
er opengsgements and where also,
e won the Military Cross for brav-
ry, end was wounded. His father
d .
s-, Summerside, are in the city
waiting his alrrivlafl. They and he
ill receive hearty congratulations
reprcsenmuves at Ottawa that they on his safe return and on‘ the dis-tinc
,mm mm. sons 10 the WM Am|g0.‘alri<l mother Mr. an Mrs. C. B. Mor
.. r
. _ . ,. »` 8'
‘w
ti
:ire more interested in the fate of_
their sons at the front than in the.
on he won for hllmself and his pro
vlnce, No doubt, many citizens will
fortunes of Sir Wilfrid Laurier or any iflilll ill the W9IC0l1l9 illlll Wi" be 0f
other party leader at Ottawa. "Ned"
i\iacDonald does' not realize the
strength of the forces that will meet
and overwhelm him at the polls when
Mr. MacDonald goes back to meet the
wives and mothers of the miners who
have gone from his constituency and
tries ir- explain wily he stood by Lau-
rier when his people expected him to
stand by their own flesh and blood.
the soldiers of l"'ict_nu, Nova Scotia.
lion. J. fl. llazen is said to be in
tially l-eccipt ol’ letters from many of‘
the best Liberals in New llrllswick,
especially St. John i‘ity and (l0u1lt.y,l
nitcrillu cudorsation to tho policy nf
conscription. ~
TH E NEUTRALS.
The strongest supporters of Hon."
William Pugslsy in St. John, N. B.
ure represented by sons at the front.
These supporters will teach Dr. Pug-
sley that he can play politics with*
the conscription issue only at the
iiorully poi-ll ot his own poliilosl llro.\
i"rank Carvell of Carleton, N. B. and
A. K. McLean of Halifax are chief
among the Liberals who are const-.rip~
tionists or principle and are ready to
break with Laurier or to any 0tilB‘\'
length in support of their conscrip-
tlonist principles.
The neutruls inside the Liberal
ranks still hops to frsnte up it M:l\0l110
for a referendum or some other de-
vics fr-r appbarance of party unity-
The consorlptionlst section oi' the
I'°lll‘|0r 0lll>0t\lt`ion may,rsinforce the
fllllllrais and autt-conscripilohlsts with
a few conitcriptionist Liberals who Wi"
"Cent any device orsuhrlcribe to any
device rather than break with Lali-
rier. The genuine cc-nscription LI-
berals will stand fast.
The most impartial and best inform-
ed observers from the Maritime pro-
vinces report their honor thot the
"Shi sort of platform appeals can
“Ury every constituency in the Mari-
time provlnces for conscriptiort. ex-
"P-pt the constltutents pac-pled bi' ill
Overflow fron;‘Quebec. '
QUEBEC Ml lfigtll THREATIN-
` 1
Ottawa hears stories to the effect
that the Quebec ‘cabinet mtnlatermirsl
rival of t-he Car Ferry today.
flciallly tendered Lieut.. Morris on ar-
Mln|rd's Llnimsnt cures colds, Ole.
IJOMING EVENTS ‘
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
MEETINGS, ETC
- been °'“nk° _  _ _ _ _ , ` `_ 7 V I' ` ' ' :the corner of Queen and' Bathurst(
*“L.0.A. -The New Wiltshire Dis-
tric: of the Loyal Orange Association
intend holding a public meeting -at,
limiter River on i~‘ridny evening, June »
15th, 044-. .
** FOR SUMMER VACATION
there is no better ' place
than the North Shore » Hotel.
Terms moderate. Apply _D.
McMillan. Proprietor. Autos every
day. Telephone long distance. -
85ti,6.6M6i_
Mlnlrd’s Llnlmonl euros distemper.
THE VYEATEIER. V
"`EMPERA'l'URE»
'l`IDE~ \l00l\. ETF)
TORONTO, June 1'2`- Fresh east.
and sou-theiwt winds, cool and show-`
"Nine highest temperature recorded
yesterday was 59 degrees above. Att
10 a. m.. it was 52 above; at il p, rn..
it was 44 above. The coldest the pre-
vious nlght was 53 shove. l
The tide will be billl thi! llfl0l'll°f‘ll
at 4.06 and tomorrow at 5.26; it will;
be high tomorrow morning at 6 and
tvofinosdoy at 5-50- '
The mc-on rises tomorrow mornin!
at 12.34. `
`(Cai1a`d|lan Fireis Despatcli.)"
MONTREA .
Q
for the annual meetln of e Cana
Mr. Donald Nicholson, M.P., has suf-
ficiently recovered -to resupie his par-
llmmentary duties. He had'a serious
time after bis operlition b`ut looks his
old self again.
JUDGE STEWART VISITS OT-
. TAWA.
0’l"l`AWA-- Judge Stewart, Charlot-
tetown hss been in Ottawa interview-
ing ministers, especlally his ,old friend,
Mr. Dougherty, Minister oi' Jllstice;
lvlAl`u'rlME MEMBERS AND cou-
scnlP'rloN.
lined up for conscrlption and~_it. 'is re-
ported that Mr. J.J. Hughes will vote
f0l‘ the measure Should there be an ap-
peal to the country on the question,
Mr. A. K. M_cLean estimates that
twenty-three out of the thirty meni-
hers will be returned in support of
conscription in the Maritime Provin-
ces.
“ 
HHN. I-f. I. PAIENAUD _
e, ry
State and acting Postmaster General
which was tendered tc the Premier
is little question gf its acceptance: Mr.
Patelnaude quits che Cabinet ‘because
the anticonscription feeling among
 ill illallt
,ANI MANIIEAII
Nuiwiilli vissii  
_lll_l>_ll_lltn suit
U 48
sunk by a Germanksubmarill . She _ `
was sent down after the eras: had “Wilt "°$'*"¢"“5 the °“:"`Ym ‘Eg th°“1
left her. The Magnus Manson was a 091955'-9 "I 91° PI'°‘;“°. H _°'°"“
five masted schooner of 1,751 tons “Will *li-ll "W View ° m°° "5 CE’
vrosi-_ arid sailed from Pensacola. 'W °"m°"*m °f "‘°"`.“°tw‘f~
rlorhlo, ioto in Moi-oh 'for oouoo
with a cargo of lumber. She was own-
ed dn Mobile/ ,V1 V I | |_ ' ‘ 0
» ‘1 .» .‘ ` ‘ I I the City Council was held in the
  _ _h  » _ Q » ,il ' Council Cbambem last evening. His
s  _t =- mum -f _mkmm z ;= I t . I di EI] liz'::.i:ti::°i.?..'t:.:s:°.i:'"s..:::l_
There was a full rmoon on Tuesday,
June 5th at 8.07 a. m.
he not quarter of the moon will be
on Tuesday, June 12th at l.iltl a. tn.
'rho lonnit ot rods! will be illlsvli
(canadian Prssu Disepstehél
CQNACRIP
(Canadian Preset Ciespateh.)
additional advance south of Mes-
sines, according to an official state-
ment _issued liy' t-he War Ofilce this
morning. The ` statement follows:
There was. considerable' artillery
fighting on ‘"hlo-tfh sides during the
night east of Epehy. Bodies of hos-
tiile troops assembling in this area
were dispersed by our fire. We made
a successful raid lla-st night south-
west of Labasse: Much damage was
done to the enemy's trenches and
mine galleries and 18 persons were
Pemtles of our troops also raided
German positions east of Vermelles
and sout'h of Armen'tleres_ They im-
tilcted' a number of casualties on the
enemy. Our 'own and the enemy‘s
in-tll~lo'iy showed- gt-oat activity-' Olll
line has again been advanced
slightly south; of Messlinee.
GERMAN RAID -
REPULBED BY FRENCH.
~ (Canadian Pressl Despatch.)
I _ , ‘ __ PARIS-There was active artillery
I    lighting last night north of( the
LoNnoN-'rho British have mods
.’3i’.‘.“‘l‘i3;‘..i”‘i2‘i‘ll...3§§i’°'f‘¥‘l’l..i23 Attacks 'Repuised and Successful
Idlan oldedicai Associatlin. Nu] I _  '.    
to.. so~Atpyv~_y%»1o3§o~ °~ DU- Eighteen Prisoners Captured.. t
Somme, the War_ Oiilce announces.
A German raid west of Cerny- was
repulsed. The announcement fol-
lows: There was rather unusuail ac-
tivity of artillery on both ‘sides north
of the Somme and the region of
Cerny. To the west of this village
the enemy attempted ap new surprise
attack and was repulsed. Patrol en-
counters occurred near Hill 304 and
in Woevre. The night was calm on
tho .remainder of the front.
GERMAN REPORT. _
Most of the Maritime members are mmured’ I ic°"“I°" PN” D'"P°t°h°)
BERLIN-There was considerable
increase yesterday in artillery acti
vity in the section of the Dunes on
the Belgian front, near Nieuport,
east of Ypres, today‘s army head-
quarters' announced.
Norse naman AviA1'olroEAo_
(Canadian Presv Despatch.) I
AMSTERDAM-A Berlin despatch
reports the death`in action :ln_Fl-and#
ers of Baron Ernest- Von Plener, one
of Germsnyls most celebrated avia-
tors. _ .
_Desert-ein _ ,
GONSCRIPTION BILL
L- The St.ar’s Ottawa _ A A `  ` A
correspondent says the resignation of Q ; . _ ' g
Hon E 'l‘ Patennud Secrets of ' ‘ ' ` '
the People he is supposed to represent   B A* " I    in
is' beyond his powers of resistance.  ‘I 
Other Fre "'h i is - ‘ -' = " ~` " V ' `
  ..':.s...i§..“...‘:':.-...hz‘:.“'.r...‘.‘.';’.:. _ t:oooito.Botwoen 20, and .45 will he
tyatetive serYioe.- donor intend ‘th rs; :-  `  . _   U
  _  Ci}1iled_U§tln1ior__Strvice. T_i1`0S¢'
Refusing to- erve will We Treated as
._-_if---<~r-r_-*
gor,-5| andohg as single. in each county selection
(From our own p ) will probably be by the judicial au-
thorit.ies,,hut. in any event not by the
DUBUIN-Pbl\09 ltlllPBCtor Mliitls ’governme-nt. Exemption boards will
was lniured fatally last night slr ltobort introduced the Cooscrlp- ho created. All ihoso who, when
w‘hi-le tlll’6VBl’ltlIillS 1119 Alflldlillg iff ll tion Bill in the House this afternoon. their particular class is called, cousi
meeting called by ‘Irish rebels. He By its provisions all tnen between der themselves eligible to exemption
died early this morning. Several twenty and 45 are declared to be sol- or whose employees think so may go
Sinn F.°l1\°rs=were 'afrestedl Liout- mort. 'rho .no to ho oolloe up in hoio-ro thoso boards. 'rho olomopts
General Mahon. Commander of the 'spout _ten distinct classes, 20` to 23; ip exemption will be, civil occupations
gléitieh Forces in Ireland. had for- then' 23 to 27: and 27 to 31 single. and industries considered to be vital
den the holding of a~me‘eting call- Married' men will then be started with to the state such as agriculture. mu-
Btl to pretest aselllst imprisonment audit tho necessity arises will go up nltlc-ns and industries and other lloos
Oil l_lllA'h KBFGIU. butfin Bpito 'Of his to the limit. All those who . have of activity. The number of depen-
'order 2,00 eirsons' gathered' oppo- married since May 18, .when the bill dents will he another feature in deter-
site Liberty ll. was first announced will be classed mining exemptions. '
Peasants' Delegat i’ li
has Joined in the movement of u
die-rs Delegates has issued a state
2
hitsrnanhn-rho -some noni
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clllnlll   .lhillls it luis _ I
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_  ` ' -_- 1 ities
. (clnnuan pre” Dpzpqmm) OTTAWA A 'list Of 41 Castia
“LONDON” 'm‘° B°"“““ MH” “sued at mm 'conmhis 'ug Amlgdi (canadian Prose l:»'§§patol»)
Committee has received an uncon- Sl* P"I5°“°l`5 °f “7“"» “'° P _ ° I '
wounds, and two presumed dead. TORONTO-Detectives and plain
iirmed rbport that the Norwegian _.__ clothes men yesterday afternoonl
‘steamer,‘__John_ Bskke. 1,611 tons  _ _ H bod 52 Nh S NH D
gross, with 2,000 tons of wheat for , » Irmedp ge (ganuf °°£h|';h 3,2;
ocrat art of a -
B°l5l"m by WW °' R‘°"°rd‘m me R - - A  Iholding a nyieeting irn Occident Hall at
iiiitwni ltluilc   -»   
mies who have accepted an under-
---- .- _-,_  taking from the registrar under
' (cannlian Prm Dshpatcfi?) which they were given their freedom
' _ PETROGRAD- The Congress ol with certain restrictions were taken
es- o __l Russia i custod . Al .h men in the
nto Y I t e
roam who became rlatumlizod citi-
_L0ND0N_ Th¢_A '| mm federal republic on democratic lines. Zeng were not questioned after they
ve se] M we Mgnétlfr cégassabeag 'The ,Council of Workmens and Sol- had shown 'their papers.
clrl tglllill ‘L
The regular monthly meeting l
prsseut.:i_.~1 -
Mesure Wri ht Rattrsy, lliicNevin.
, _ " ts tha' is Saturda Jenkins.,f.Bmi Miiller. "and McKen-
~‘-~ (%1{i|tg_il"ii'_PFeuu Dtsspatelt.) ,‘::::%`:ri::\l:gr was, :uphressed , to; lio. D100 H6ll¢l\_ Omcfll' DF- “CMU”
»M.li t nauonio ooio hoo so pupils ins s ronort that a time de. lah-  I
oopioo tho took or forming o oohinot. pumio nom tho Austrian in-my had The will number of bl ll Tie"
Ho will submit his list. of ministers arrived' st. Pethogrsd. The report pissed lllil 0Ni6l'6ii I0 iw lllid- el?
to the King at noon. ,was taken form Potroersd despatch- was no communications to be deal
-...........i_._ eo to nglltsh newspapers. Iiill
' 4 V Tenders were ordered to bo called
` ' ‘ " for uniforms for the Police Force.
“M '_ 6 also for the uuisi supply of emi for
_ h| l t 3, I the Market House and City B ding.
'-"i"i53*`~`i""”-`I°“?'i"""°"'°'°3' PLLII IILAII I  l A l“°‘°° “‘°°“.“l.°°.:°:'-I °l:°.i...'°‘°‘.1':
r fi 4,31. ‘ ‘ ""~ 'l ~ _ tolsuoso to 1 st u ug. u
row mornin! and Thu” ly M ___ .- ` ' ' B, , ,  no action was taken on -the matter.
 ` -  ' ` The chairmen of the Street. Com-
Lormou-ooo is into mit- (clutch mn corporal.) mmoo. M" mmm' Wm" ‘lla the
ton' Arden. iiileve1li'El:Eorl.of Haddi ,` WINNNPEG. Men.-Bsmutll I-lutchi-,matter , resting some of _the
ton, died today. He was B9 yearmq. on ol _ 9 G. T. P. o1ej|'gh_De'- streets  ~Tsl'Via would be debit
and owned about thirty-four thou ` ' is-ti , A 10. e wat with It lfutors pisetin' wnlcn_~would
and sem nd had boon represents- Q. alerhilvi ` and on xi called 5:: as r A' as more in-M
-h' it. ji - r-to sciu i ian. ~ ; N'r`rotoih‘1tlr`It iraqi mation svsitsfo ._,. .»
Mu" ani...-.---t----»-thmyt “om nu ”'~ 7-\tA'»f»’_-?»°f\»ai-_-ii»--,_--.-_._! “bf Nd' . nee i.l~.~»..li.'\' `  tli ' aeidllgment _oi the ii. Nl! Nhrhsomo ftlrt.ll6?` Nnforliidl dis-
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llnsrlrs Llnlmont sur” lwttleohiv -Mlnerls Linlmsltteursolrlitlnldlxtl Wi TMDU- ‘ l ' ‘ '¢ill°i°n tits mlilill lllwrid- »
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Saturday afternoon is in the hands of  '_ ` '_  'I ` _ » ~ I _ ‘scri tion debated an doubts of their
the Governor General today There `  V y  '
filbrifwa _.Ah
(From Our Owln Correspondent.)
TOR.0N'I‘0.- Another monster dc-
monstration in favor of conscription
was held ln Massey Hall last night,
presided over by Mayor (‘hurcll and
Liberal and Conservatives speakers
addressed pn enthusiastic and over-
flowing audience. Referring to Sa-
turday's Liberal meeting the Globe
saysa-
“He would be a traitor who did not
support. conscription at this time."
Another colttemporary says: “The
Liberals of Toronto are to be congra-
tulated upon the great success of their-
Massey Hall meeting on Satllrtlny
night."
The hall was crowded with citizens
of the right stamp and the speeclles
were of thc right spirit. The -message
c-_` conscrlption was well delivered and
well received. On that subject till
patriotic Canadians, except some who
have been deliberately misled and a
few others are of one mind. Though
it is not a matter of party division, it
is nevertheless fitting that it should be
dealt with in mass meetings held un-
der party auspices. Things are as
they ought to be when in the time of`
a country’s warfare its great pc-litical
parties vie with each other in efforts
to raise and anm the man power oi'
-'the nation adequately against the
foe."
it was very plain that the large as-
semblage of Liberal citizens turned
out not to hear the question of con-
D d
own settled by the striking of the ba-
lance between the pros and cons pre--
sented at the meeting, but to listen
to rousing addresses in favor of.it_.
They werelnot disappointed. ' They t
heard the kind of speaking they came
to hear. , l~t was a Liberal meeting on
the question of conscription, but there
was hardl 'au reference to Liberal
-MASS MEETING 
  FOR CONSCRIPTION
Monster Demonstration in Toronto in Favor
ot Conscripiion. Citizens of the ltiqht
Stamp Listen Enthllsiasiicaiiy to ‘Speeches
oi the Right Spirit.
|tlie lllltiience on the great question of
‘tho hour, conscription. On that point
the organizers ol' tile meeting e
spectially to bc congratlllated. 'xo
speecllcg oi' Ill". l\Iit'll:lt=l (Tlurlc, M. l‘.,
are always fine piwiorliialices. Those
who have heard him once desire to
hear him again.
On Satllrtlay night llc spoke with his
llsllul pith. power and polish and with
ll passion nl’ pair-ititisili that was well
sllitetl to thc occnssion and to the au-
ilicnve. it was simply his own
tlimlghis llc had to offr-r and they
Wf‘l`€‘ Hi\'i°rl. its lic said, without fear
and witlioiit rc.~;erve_ ’l‘lli»_ L-onscrip~
tion hc believes in is the ol-gnnizution
and lnobllizulion of cvcl‘yt_hing~ of
man power, mati=rizii power and moral
power-for the winning of the war.
lie corisitlers (Tanadn to be bound by
the pledge of its llroniier 'to send n
minimum ot' 500,000 men to France.
lie wants no rt>i’ercnd\lm_ Russia, as
he well put it, has gone into a pro-
longed referendunh Nor does he
think .this the time for holding a ge-
neral election. -
"Collecting ballots is it poor game
to_be taking part in while }laig’s men
are collecting Fritzes.”
He has made up his nlind, he says.
to support the government of the day
if that is at all possible. By doing so
he may. he says, find ,himself oppos-
ing his revered and honored leader.
On purely personal grounds he would
much regret that, but personal grounds
in these times he regards as but dust
in the balance. “They are not to be
compared with loyalty to the flag,
with human liberty and public
grounds." “Sir Wilfrid Laurier," he
said, "shall follow his own conscience
and neither he nor any one else shall
keep mine " `
He made an eloquent plea for slip-
port to the sons ot' Canada 'who are
_"treading the path of fadeless re-
Y Y -
ism, 'sg intent were the speakers and
MUNICIPAL
OF
Very Successful Meet
. Named 0rganization
The Municipal Council of Prifnce
Edward island is the name oi the
latest organization to spring into
existence in this province.
At, the call of His Worship Mayor
Blown, the members of the Char-
lottetown City- Council and represen-
tatives ‘of the different town councils
of the Island met in the City Council
Chamber yesterday afternoon,
There were present besides the
Mayor of Charlottetown, Mayor Mor-
rison of Summerside and Mayor Mat~
hews -of Souris,, who occupied seats
on the platform no the right. and left
_oi’ Mayor Brown; (‘ollncillors l'. ii__
Clarke and Thomas Carruther~.a_ off
Summer-side, T. W. Bentley of Keir;
sington, His Honor the Stlpentlini-yi
Magistrate of Kensington, Mr. .l_ if.
Profltt and Councillor McDonald of
Georgetown, allso Councillors Wright.
Miller, McKenzie, Jenkins, Rattray,
-Smith, MtcNevin` and Ledwell of
Charlottetown. ~
A letter was fend from Mayor W.
E. Lawson, regretting his inability to
be present. but which stated that
the proposition was looked upon with
favor by the members of the Alber-
ton Council.
Mayor Brown in opening the meet-
ing explained in a few remarks bow
he came to call the representatives
of the different Island councils toge-
ther. The obieet, he said. was the
formation of a municipal council for
the Island. His Worship referred to
his recent visit to Montreal and bow
the benefits- of such an organization
had been impressed upnn him. lie
'stated that in Nova Scotia there
'is such A body, and though ignored at
first it is now an organization of
much weight, and when they go to
the Legislature for the purpose of
securing some privilege they receive
every consideration which is duo to
(them. ‘ =
On motion Mayor Brown was ap-
pointed chairman.
Colm. Mcbonlld of Georgetown.
thought the idea. an excellent one.
and said-tlis council of Georgetown
,would be only too glad to do what
it. oonld to cooperate and lielip one
another. _
Magistrate Profit of Kensington.
regretted that. the Mayor of his
ttuwn was nog, present. He believed
thot"a cooperative body of this sort
was a necessity.
i
Councillors oi- the Provinte Held in
tharintlétown Yesterday When Above
nqwn and zleathless glory."
"W "`“iiMo5ul§tlflM
P. E. ISLAND
ng' oi Mayors and
was Formed. ,
thought thc union proposed would be
a great means for the interchange of
ideas. lt wonld"bring all the towns
more in contact with one another.
create and cement friendshirps that
should exist. lie declared that there
is a feeling in some quarters that
one town is trying to “buck \lp"
against the other and (‘harlottet'own
against all of them. The present
meeting wus- for n lir-nrt to heart
talk- there should be the greatest
corilinlity pernlenting the whole mass,
Flacll town has certaill grievances
peculiar to itself. lil Charlottetown
where the people are in ti position to
know llcst what flier need, they are
not. able to speliii their own money
to supply such reqliircmellts. Other
towns are llandii-upped in various
ways.. ln union there is strength. lin
lt union such as proposed the various
wants of the different, towns could
bd submitted to an executive and
dealt. with as thought best.
Coun. Wright declared his appro-
val of all that had been said.
Ile moved. seconded by Conn.
Carruthers of Summerside. the fol-
lowing resolution was pass-ed unani-
mously:--
Believing that s union of the
incorporated cities and towns of
Prince Edward island would nc-
complish greet good in rendering
more efficient our twerai munici-
pal organizations, securing for
the different corporations the
right to dispose of_ or- controil
I their several franchises; giving
greatier force and insuring better
recognition, and t6, I greater ex-
tent gusrlnioelnfmore satisfac-
tory resulit' when petitioning our
Legislature, relative to the needs
of our several cities and towns
concerning any~_elairns, rights or
privileges or any Injustice in the
levying of motel or ,lny other im-
portant matters that may arise
from time to itme.
Therefore, resolved, That i`m-
mediate steps be taken by this
meeting representing the sev-
eral clhlesnnd towns of this
provlnhs to orilnlie e Provincial
Municipal Connell for the pro-
vince of Prince `_Etlw\rd. l0i\nl»_-
, :_ \ _ , ~ 'v _U
Next camo election of oiilcers with
the following rpst'ilts:-
Conn. Miller of Charlottetown
(Continued oil page " three) "