», .._ 1-;-17'. i' _“J jf "' "'_"""F'“"“'-"""’_"" l'****llllasnl|nnanl,llin`|ii.cnpnanil.llll=l'lu.irnn@o|i . -e i ...ii .1 ._hl ' » l -'ir-\_.="li:" _ i "‘ ' thi.; _ lenl"lln`|ll_anni'lll|llgilqpnlonsiplepaillilinlgiucnainnnnncan uinnaamnnilnanlllllu _~ - - Dew rioioioioioiiaioioioiriu»liirairairiioiriiiaiiiiriiilliiiiiiliie,aieiiiiir_iirlniliimilsuitip-isislieililiaiiriihliliilili“iiuiiiill|l'i\i»iiliiritiloiriilluliiiiiirilaiiriiiiuiiqiisaliiiiiiliis-illiir-iioir»ll¢iua»aii`ilililiiriiliiliii»aliiiaiillc.-ioiilliiisriiiiilsiiiillilniilillallu ll-lie rcllllliolini il in , - _ Mollenll " G -QA-li.v t I-- ~-- » -' _f--_- - _ ____ _-, _ _ ` 4' ` --_-3 _ ` ___"__._` __ A' E Y! - X fi t.l_‘.l2'l.'-';'<'r’.f.'J.’r'1‘1'i.l.‘!;‘*lsi.ll§~_l»r;r_'» _culillrrlpf-l"r”`§rowN, j__ A,1.sATiirz5Tl°'fv,,'fULYE'v21, 1917"* lr'2-E'-'_.f,’_,,¢-._..'..,,~-r-,-»¢»_.l»».¢.rr-l-i. _ I -_-_»sllllSMlii-l|'lr srrulli llhlllllll_ l. i' » 0TTAWA.~The're was a dramatic scene in Parliament Tuesday night. when Dr. Michael Clark, leader of sto the stalwart llcyal Liberals of the con west, rose to reply to the speech de- sei livered by the "solid Quebec" Liberal uc `leader, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Michael que Clark. the disciple of Gladstone. Does my right hon, friend, or does be Bright, Morley and otller great Brit- any _ ish Liberal leaders, is indlsputably h0 ' the greatest orator in the ranks of hu ' Canadian Liberalism. He puts his or ‘ heart and soul into his words and ev- Bri ' '- coll held the House speiI»bouilii by his C90 0 W ery sentence carries conviction, llc thrilling eloquence seldom, it ever, ffl in Anglo»Saxon parlianrciitary hist- ‘ill ory, was the el'stwhlIe leader of rl Wh great party somercllessly criticized, stripped and left naked, by a forrrrer DH supporter, as Michael Clark opposed, B" ltxflpped and' left absolutely naked U0 the humiliating and deplorable posi~ UV tion assumed by the once great Lib- bl’ eral chieftairi. But cold type canrlot E convey even nyague 'idea of Clark‘s W” burning words and scathing condom- "FV nation. Yet there was no personal WE bitterness in his address. Dr. Clark '“°“f5- The Dlifllllnlhut siliting ~ln epoke as a great patriot, with a heart We throbbing for Canada, for humanity, AN for civilization, for all -that makes, Th ins worth living, and with the price *'° uno anxiety of having THREE srAl_ “ll wAR1' soNs at the ortho front, '"° though the filo hurl huen can h the “ Y "party-mad" men, and Laurier had I determined upon an eifort., to "unlock m° the portals of office and' jobs' with a mi bloody key.” Dr. C-lark‘s speech made "V a profound impression on the House fb and galleries. It was punctuated with - rousing cheers, and will make a still :_ influence the loyal Liberals of Cana- (WV da. The Hansard report of Dr. co Clark’s great speech foiiowsz- ec IO *Q *li il J Dr. Michael Clark (Rell Deerlz- hz more profound impression upon and an u I rise to put myself on record' in H _ I _ D § 1 ‘ ' ' E tl ll li E - oilpcsition t_o a rorrslrierable portion hz" would be n gummy sclmol M215. hrhmhehs and _missing 38_s1h_ich_ded in thh__ sence 0_BB:_*>;____§Si_ol_flc‘2_’; _';_"I‘_’_f_st__;§ 2;; ta . fl of the views which have been advallr- I rria Laurier Ido so, slr r think every '”° one in the house will admit, with pr- - if haps the clearest record for consis- ha tency upon this question. My right of hon. friend has stated thai there was th a goeat deal of evidence at cc-:tairr in ed by my right hon. friend, Sir Wil- fav e times during the \var that there was PA A dls'positloll on the part_ at least ' o of some of the lrorr_ gentlemen who gh a'lt opposite-, to have an election. li th would be pertinent for inc to ask mv in right hon. friend, did HE approve of 9, that dispoartion when it wan chown to on the other aide of the house? l do, not think he dld'. There was a :hc time when everyone in this housi' hh was in agreement with me on this' el. Question. and at that time my right W hon. friend disapproved of the elec- -'h i tion tendency of certain iron gentle- Q F men opposite. He NOW fixes' his ap- acrion. Personally, I have no brief to defend those who wish for an clec- th tion during wariluie, whether they W sit upon this or that siil'o of the m house. - W I am certain that the course of this m siderable surprise 'by the people of of this country. 'Ilhose of olir people' th who are‘gifted with any firir amoulli R of imagination and of memory can- not fail to contrast tho proceedings hh in this house a year ago with tire pro. hh ceidings which have taken place to- U day. Upoil a certain point I am liouilri re an exact replica of- what happened' rr l h year ago. I do not think the primc`w minister oi' this country has ever do- D livered a speech with which lin should have more reason to be satisfied than hh that speech. it was cogent in its ar- 0 gument 'it was manifestly 'sine-ore. M and weighed by the peopils of this 0 country I bellovo the opirvion of the 0 pieoplc will be recorded In favor vi' h that potent and conaistont speech. __ I do not wuirt to amplify. I ani sure __ 1 could-not improve, most of thc T arguments in the speech of the prime _ minister. I will, however, take the _ liberty of referring to a few of them. I and in doing so. try to meet soem of _ my right. lron.~-friend, __Thc'r'e was I. mrlch that he -said; to which I can "_ take no exception. h The position of thlli question is not E quite the same as it was last Yoh! of parliament indefinitely. But, if. _ no fur as the battle front is concern- _ his time. b the roi su o ' - ed thero is any difference between _ _ _ . __ _ th; P°“'l¢|°ll °f la" 3”" “nd th" M :ar NtE)’IY|E,ow'si!rEgTtlim Eheui“ngI3th';‘ dinner at tho ldlonda Hezgiférr ugllg' H impression that Dr. von Bethmannf this your 'lt in that the pocit-Ion of ' 5 8 0 “lil F9- U DECOR- llllm B" “nr 7 ' _ ' i _ ~ £0 exchanging people who are in of- prune pie, lemon pie, lots of ice cream - D » P .dt T hr pl,°vm|"h| co for those who are opposed to and strawberries-other thlilll too _-_ _ Q fo 03 0 _"U, Cennda'o troops on the battle front h today is vlltiy more precarious this __ yoer than it was int year. _Thll 8 being the fact on the battle front. I am bound to say to my rlshll ll°ll- o friend, sir Laurier, that I personally W have not the necessary- ecroblltic _ qualities to take e position dillmetrl- _ cally opposed to that which I took ‘_ int year. , My right hon. friend. in tire course of his remarks, said that he did not eek. in public meetings and in plc- g Droval by imitating their course of (mme burdm mm is being borne W F sioned and eloquent peroration, he mlldo the constitution everything. He F f, but I take the liberty to refc-1', d Vert-heless, to the constitutional N stloir. M hon member on this side of the cr use, contend for a moment that he Gr s no regard for the constitutional ro ure? I have heard my rlgh hon. C end discourse, ill terms most aio- 01| nt, on the mother of parllaments, n' lclr wo all inritate. N but facts about tile mother of E" rliaments? The people of Great. I tain do not forget.the constltu- W n there. Tire-y have Zeppelin raids “fd er the city of London. They have W .I".P d .dH .G .P.G~- od up on 'it alone. That is an in- hh ‘ ar ee W on eo la sislenoy which I leave with him- funn to their war riihural colleagues (From Our Own correspondent.) 0fI’TAWiA_- In an effort to protect rn fro-mrfconvrorion 'oi"li&§E=li""oi not carc to repeat' but which indica- ted his emphatic belief that the pa-- "ha ragraph was n_ot___g_ll_iy___highly colored iq 0 'b`ul"'u'ntr'ri'ilifiil. ,He emphasized it ns further -by rising an adjective ‘va I1 one of our columns ‘engaged a Tur- dls onthe Euphrates. After a rt action in which considerable s was inflicted on the Turks the ad- ce was broken off by us owing to r , _ _} f _ I os El 0 Turksi sir wlilrll r liiioi tigulruaui iirrhres llrmy Sw, hh, hh,.,,hw to hhhh, hw ".ii'l’rh.i.-l’r'i‘i..'.1‘3”‘i.-liri... 5 :rm mg F‘::|':;W__|_|_i_':_'| "|'_|_l_'£:'|'_:il_i'fg1_:,h_*_E|c°_','“_j Which the Alleged interviewed Character- ____________ _f;f_______ _________ ____ PaY__-h__a__ A______f_________ l' ll _° _' _izes as Someihlng Worse 'l‘iiilli a Fraud. .hh__.___h_.~__-h._._._.___.__._..___.______h-.__.--_h_- \ siderabie British advance. On July kish force in the direction of Ra- u THE H ililoqlil Down and 28 British Machines (Canadian Press Despatch.) F ha lsrlll rll'-Hrilllr BRITISH HEAIJQUARTERS IN L RANCE.- Not since 'tile war began ra s such severe air- fighting been wit- ia ` ~.. EliViESl' YET hier izlli luiynlli German Machines were 37 Pui 0ui ol Control. Missing. _ CCEBSFUL RAIDS BY BRITISH. (Canal-iian' Frou Despatch.) ()NDON.- We made successful ids and captured several prisoners st week opposite Gavrelle and SU utt was sent to the Liberal press. cNutt was chairman of the War Li- fakn interview with Thomas Mc- as it good Pres'by&rian. "I wish to to ' _ ._ He th" asked me not to repeat the adjective the as it nrigh4_ rcfiectiupon his characteri e extreme heat. As a result of nn so operations we have been able ke advance about twelve miles up the of phrates in the limi, ton days. ' to ssefl on the British front as has tn- north of Ypres, says today’s oillclal n place recently. Great squadrons ann opposing craft have clashed ill hit.-' lery olincernent. The enen‘ly‘s artil- was more active than usual north- edited with the statement that the sollition was fully understood by all ral caucus and in the interview is ahuim amendment to the extension _ , member for Salt __Coats. p gi he House of y r ummdnn today, Dr, Clark explain. implii-:ltccl_ He _ s ruled out of or- der by the Speaker, but the Priime, (camhhan Pre" Dupamh) ____ lilo -mom-bor for suit Cours (Mr. Mc- Minister l>r0mised= him next Thurs- ,_0ND0N__ A correspondent at : “I have the liberty of the honor- the writer ot the paragraph iby a say," concluded DQ. Clark, "that my i mu impression of the gharagruph in ques- tion is exactly that,'of-tire Honoraabie ,. _ BR|ll|llNllil}HlEVElllENl he schools there. They know what r means, and they ar'e appris‘e-fw- l,i05,760 Dead; Wounded 2,835,581, Prison- __ _ _ was provided for, and its success wasl due not only to motriculous prepara- tions but to exact knowledge of posi- tion and the value of every piece in '28th of Julie after a short hurricane of bombardment in which 500 guns were suddenly turned on to u mile Bl Bllllllll says the armored cars are colopera the hands of the government., that has' been taken out of the hands of l rliameiit. that it has been taken out the hands of the people. is that. - only war work that is going orl- lhls country? what about THE TRIOTIC FUND; ii fund in sup- rt of which iibc-:als and tories r-oughout the country. are forget. lg party differerlcer.\ and' center- g lhcir activities only upon thc t *:at Issue which is before the world vi diy- the greatest which has eval' cuplcd the attention of civilized 5| an and civilization, have united in fr bllc meetings and are uniting ev-' C y week, almost every day of the n ) s to raise money voiuntnrllv. ninl E shoulder at least some of the ter- 0 r boys irr the trenches. ' d Does my light. hon. friend contend at dliring the two months' during hich election is going on. those e eetlngs will be held. Those people vi ho are at present engaged in llwge .or the date nf arrival of the British h _ ' ' rietachments. The resignation of the Q _ _ foul' ministers of tho cabinet as a re ;, _ ` ____ 3 suit of the Ukraine situation was ofil N; ___ F ___ B m h H B cially explained nt the embassy io- cfLo(;\/IeIi'D(1ni§)0 tul?rEnwT;'2 surnkubYs£.ulli- day .as not at H" ““°xp°°t°d- and as _. .' _ k_ _,__ H _ nct interfering in, any way with the A report has been circulated F_;“;:_’:_eiJ_;_’_1___tlhi__:_':_'i_t_ Eenight? cor( ng major' questions of the -Russian imill- hroughout the east end of the pro Four B___'_______v__“elq under 1500 tary offensive and the reconstruction th nce, no doubt, for political pur- " ` of th R gl _ _ . o 'us an governmental system - h0Shh_ that _hh lhhswr fishing Exten. hiéhss were sunk and eight fishing V05 The mm, _minihwm "_ is sam “mm Ytesterday it published a comparative c l\ o collect it in that year, we find the ll-ing r.~r.~..h., his be... ,,.k.,,, ,,,,, use srfecuveiy with Belgian tooth- '° ments, sent there soon after the war began. i - No mention is made of the number on. recently granted applied 0ll.` " _ _ ed t cleave the cabinet -two months B a`aei~tlorr of the Island. west of ioméiag §;§‘_"`t____f_‘m_°gv_:s°2 920 ago, when Former Foreign Minister B ape Bear, shutting out irli the coar-t __B'_l”__‘;‘;_ _____;ch___'___ __h_p__"s____'k ' by Milukoff resigned. but were prevailed 3 orth 'ui' that point. To finally set _ Y submarine over 1800 tons' upon lo continue in 0mce_ The con W he matter at rest, Hoa. H. D. MC- _"‘":e__“f __ __ev__'_______y 142 under’ tinuance of Premier Lvoff as head oi L wen. Wlfell S¢Vll1l0l' Mfllailllll at 1“é30:_“__;_'_§_°__;?___P ' ' the izoverniment was declared to show 8 tmwa" for particulars' to which he "‘Briiish' rnerchant vessels V unsuc- fzhe permanmce 0' the g°l'°"""°"t 9°' 1 0'-‘Bl~v_@d the following reply vester- __ h~_ _mked including _h_ee'rrry-, rua lo_ intricate that the con ny; 3, °95”_“ ll _a iz ‘ tinuity of the powers granted to it by Ottawa, July 20.4 PFS; f;ll_5_i~__ h~_ vessen Bunk e_8ht.._the Duma had not broken. The re Hon H, D. McEwen.- Lobster YES li nh; ____ show _'he ____h_'signations of the ministers will re at xtBDSl0ll HDDUG? _f°dlll9 WHOIS DTD' m_;_I;E_‘_:; xssntlson i‘_‘h_swe" in hand aslmolée the cohstltutional democratic W noe of P. E. s sn _ _____ smps _0_____ me very near the _“___ _§;u_l____l;_:;_om d rect participation in the th th utt) who was chairman of the meet-| lilly C0 H11' MB 8Fl@VlillC9~ l lc;-encli .Hf,ndf|na|-l_n|~n sends the fir-gtl`3\:.l I K- 10 Sill' Whfll 1 alll HDOUE t0 Sli!" The 'him "mding °E uw Mlmaryl description of the French success ol lm 1-end me pamgmphs lo' him and Service Bill will ‘be on Tuesday next J I . h _ _ __ __ __ Wm' um” go to me Se_____e u y lit . between Hill 304 and Avo-- th ith ills bluff honesty he ciarac er L- ___o__0w_n _hm ___ com _-_wa _“_ court Wood on the right bank of the hs _ _ __ 3 W e m Y .Meusc. He says it was a brilliant ry strong substantive which 'I do' S B ll l0Il- - example of 8 perfectly staged infantry r and spectacular battles. From; we l ' ' '- iniained tiir rim-_"r inrriil -ii.l to- GR \ it may lu- ...lil -rill i-or-I ine as- , - 7--i. -r l r-H r' l - parliamentary procedure in (lrnnt hyat' Llhleral incm'bers. This was_ H3111- (Wm. Puésle'_y~.§o?{ay__ resurrect- _ _‘_t__'__"mc§hI_:e'}_;'__]_m_;;,_' ‘_r_'___' grhiilh Ir tain' rvher., aiu the Wm-in rear.. r scusso by Dr. lvliuhaoi clark on r od 0 amous e rs H wry Sven' I lr' _ - ht i(-r -_ f r - .: o l nuolr is t ul- ht on the whole hm,_hh,hh| hhd hm.hhmehh.y hm_ qudsllon of rlvile g in 1 dal of nine ears a o in which he was _ __;l;\ bioull lr ii ii i i or yone n ra a s g th rman lnachilies, ir.i\'-- -linen downiriec Y ve carried out irriiiiiliwabie success- tile omes, railways stations and other the portant points. On the other hliild thc e British have only had 28 machines _ gro ted as missing. Wil -..~....~`._..,_,_..`.....--_,~....~...._a -»..-¢...._... _._- irt -seven others -mi -ri 1'--1-trol and Cra , B 8 i _ s or troops. The War Office sn- hom-bing raids on e-'nemy aero- rioll rlt of St. Quentin and southwest of e outset tie British airmen have Len iil.l .lil 5. OUND STl'iIT'./VN WITH GERMAN _ DEAD. (Canahllan Press Delpatch.) AIiiS.~ The Germans made a ge- tor of the Alsne from 'between oilno and Vauclerc uein lar e bo- irces that the French withstood ir furious assaults and maintained ir positions everywhere. The und before the French positions s strewn with German dead. ._ ..- --._.~.-.»~....~...,,~"~»~».~».~.-.-A-»... debate will be viewed with very con- beectmgs Wm the on 'he comm' n. `Y. engaged perhaps in the discussion the respective blame attaching to e two parties' as the incrits of tile e oss rifle. t Has my hon, friend from St. John t t heard' of the RED CROSS work? " s he hor. irc-.wi or sisl.olAN ns- ll last' r contend that th i _ ll ilu " sun of hhh gehvrhl e|e_j|029¥lh:|:_g jury of tho Governmitlrt candilriate. l-05891* by Weekly "”t“"“3 Since the is pointed out until tile different na- . _ , Fortrinately. all these caiulrds have middle of April arel _ tioilaiitles can' be brought together in to say that the Proceedings todav wore- Ehe Wm Wu-I he to pmdlyzo the ef' been run to earth. and the rietrac- a strong administration. H _ - orts oi' our people along all- those mrs have heeh hom whh meh. own Over Under ___ -_ _, _ nes. .Vl"-ll. and to paralyze them in ll taril Work ending- 1,600 tons. 1.600 tons ` 11_v which will more it uimosr lrn- 9° ' April 21 _ . _ . . . _ ._ 40 is O _ . ssihie to resume t'hcm_ I so further-wllA'i' ir to so rho lviny 5 ._ __ we upon whlich we are to fight? Mmard-. |_|,,|m¢||g nm-cg distemper. May 12 . . . _ . . , _. Political opponents of tile Gov- rnment -candidate in the George own district, will stop at nothing o discredit the Government. This umor was widely circriiaed in the istrlct in the hope that it, like other anards. would be believed, i.o the ln- (Sgd) JOHN MCLEAN, - nimu nirecord since the secorrdweek Thehfhrainian demand 1, _ _ w in March and duplicated only last din _ d d or mme __ e n epon ence was stated to be ;"_¢_l_l_?\‘-_ The ll‘;mb_‘__‘e ‘;E____:E‘l|;‘; 3_‘;_e__‘: a rather natural reaction among men . 0 ons remrin e Whoh 6 h _ teen while the Smhllrf ENDS l“°"°“' the oi? r:orvi&Ed'rEuEl:»u!ir2Erf;§eEgr|Ei flooring cd by one over' last week. These have not yet ,heeh ‘Able to lfhhhze _hal “SUV” ‘"0 "0"-V "“°°“m5'"5 as °°m` the new Russia is actually bringing pared with fifty-five ships lost during them the autonomy they desire Se One Wellk in APl`"~ - partlsts movements are expected, il Ar-H28 ------- -~ gg ' ri th? great and overwhelming ques- _ _ _ __ and when the events of today are read ` n°'ilht’..hf,‘;;a5fI.g1§l'i,Vf;I;)El-ly ];;":;’__;H’;':_% COMING EVENTS xg; "36 ' ' ' ‘ ‘ rr that side says so. not every one ANNOUNCEMENTS. ‘June 10 .. ir this side says so. But, my right MEETINGS _ETQ June 20 ._ _ - " '_ Juno 27 . . _ . .. llys' so. Ile has said' so in th U . _ °'"|3’ 4"" " peach delivered to the house tonigilg "E-EAGUE OF, -THE l-79035 PEC' July -il . .. . . . _ ._ oil. friend (Sir Wilfrid Laurier), e peope on 'the main ti , _ _ |10 Only questions wh-ich aegezuggé- ,, , ,_ ' d me cmam, t- "aliil" |-°i° 5"! °"°- ' hurry the lad, Ronald got a revolver ng' attention' not only In this Colm' h Slglavidfrll-Est n Saturday nigh. " Rlijmg- On italian merchant end' which hinppenad t;m loladm and at' ___ __ __ ___h_ed by ry. but of ihoolviilrea world lousy. E e B °' m hetor Pownal. .lm _ . -___ hr; ____________ w________ ________ tor ruling uhron ruuro_»_ _i.. get -_-_rn _ D I 7 Th ,_ 9 "There will be B £98 l\llll'f°Bl-llllll Jgiy I5 according to tlie~oi'ilcisi state- _E ot Z y ' ' ww " I ,_°"“§_ °`°“|Y °“° l*°“lb|° hold in Mr. Lane'a field. alongside mem today, __ _ - . - nf' or' "T S WINNING THE EE-" the Covhhehfl M0Ul°dlllll Clllll`¢ll 0” Arrivals at Italian ports for the » LTION. If we analyze those tirings-_wedhesdhy evening July 25", begin. week hhmhered 558 clehrhhces 499 - t 'ii ith _ ' . ’, ’ '_ W- -- -- --fm ..':.":'....': _..".l'.:.'.'.‘z;" :;°.:l:..f.;’;'i'.':;'. rt 4 'f ----- PR(]VlSll]NAl l}llVl - l v r ' ' his election is being for'ced on at ' . ... THREE ERENlIHv ~ Hams phmm the alternative policy to vidinnln e t f in . i t .Po , . wing :tf?|row;:|o» thou who are not- “mms or W d 'lc I Gram "°"°“ °f “‘°"" "'t';_’;tl’t':: "°';°"' .£2 _ Tieuzlla girrfnlu 1261"." m Wm me Fe"t‘i§la?tw:EEbl?:Theld.lElt 0rl\"h:U9AHlll. Ezdoghcxsaghgsnk durliiknrhtit weekl PETROGRAU- T119 80V9Pl}i°ll.°llf-Af urlholl f nu h . “UMW ‘Ma H* MIEI low on Saturday Ovenlhl. 21st as il result of submarine attacks- iujcontroisthe city todly B! 001119 WU ` li, wo;-is "Ta uzrzx' ‘T‘°°g'"¢'°”' WM" Jul V- it weather unfavorable Mon- rho weekly official statement. -Foucus lloinhoviki appeared to control ll it animated bl th It . .N bt d “evening following. Proceeds in French merchilatmen wele»\llQ\\wou~_ yesterday! ` f fu i y . "mt M 'nun' W P Bi -P ut Ike- frilly attacked. No illI|"|il|*°1l.lf. ‘b`l>at|“ An extsoniinary cabinet council ° "°" 0°' 'M W “"°°m"'"°“v 4" *id °t '- 'EW 19'”-mM2i ` were victims. ' I " ‘dismissing a proposal lo transfer the these poem; are doing lo far th.o‘_ ,__, 4- seat oi' the provisional government to attach undue importance to the con- ltitutkiiiai question. _Ill his _imllll-.. ~- . NIC AT CREAM SIDING, SUF_FOLK| J | 13 _,, ' _hem thhro can be no issue before 0N_wEDNEsDhY_ JULY 2s__ _mah “Y _ May 19 _ _ . _ . . _ ._ »-\ lh¢»3&'l~`lUl¢¢/59-°@ 18 18 I8 15 22 27 21 15 14 14 silliis_iiis iiiiiilll ‘ MONTREAL.- Ronald Nnuit, aged _brother Francois. ` Tire little -fellow ~ (Canalilan Press Despatch.) " six of 233 Cartier street, this morning sho; and killed his fourteen-year-old ,Heard ills mother call iris brother to cosr or Pu l Shows' Reduction oi As a manipulator of figures the striot takes some beating. Il is _said Treitschke, the German historian. ho with Nietzsche, l-s said to be respon- ble for moulding the Pruss-ian char ter to the degree of Kultur that has d' ilts dreadful sequel in this world taclysm, that when facts did not I'ly with his favourite tlreorles, he brushed them aside, he never admit- d 'a contradiction. he neven accept- ed a compromise, and he had a pain- ful and lasting quarrel with his aged father because the latter pointed out that by 'a material omission in one nfl is historical writings. he had marie axon policy appear wrong and thc' verse was the case. i The Patriot. is an apt disciple of. e German 'Kulturist in this respect; » a facts do'not agree with its theories h atement of the expenditure on sal- t ries in the Public Works Depart- c ent for the years 1911 and 1016. hich were all right so for as thc_v(e e half nas not told The Patriot 11 was _ _ . $8-276 67 \ But it omitted from its atement certain [items hich considerably alter e total. For instance there ere: S i _ 1 i\V °ussinn cause right, though the very' A en. so mrrch the worse for the iacts_~ p ent. but-and it is a big BUT-_w h ' . aid the expenditure of salaries ln;0 a -work performed. the Conservatives _ h BLIC' WORKS DEPARTMENT lie ilillcieni Management Under Conservatives 0ver $800 Per Annum ` Compared with Liberal Showing lu l9ii_ Extra allowances to Road Inspectors . . . . .r _.1,699.00 Commission. etc. on Road _ _ Tux 1,112.95 Exemption of Overseers in - f excess of Road Masters.. 1,200.00 Making the total $12,288,62 In 1911 the total amoul_r¢ of Road Tax collected on 19,156 horses and 0.350 pers-ons was . . _ _ .. $15,139.50 bereas in 1916 the total ` amount collected nn 26.- 791' i.'_: -_-s and 14,443 pert. -- ._ 36,371.60 n incres -I 7,621 horses, 4.093 pei_cns. and $ 9,187.90 If we add this net gain of revenue s the result of the more eillcient and onest service to the cost of the de- artmcnt in 1911 as we must do. be- arisc' thc Liberals purposely failed ost to the province of the Public Works Department under the Lib- rais was $21,476.52 hlle last year under the Conservatives it was 20.66730 r s net reduction under the Conservatives of S 809.22 Thus, taking the Patriot on its own round, we find that on management lclne. apart altogether drum the ave made. n much better showing than the Liberals. lHE Kl|SER'S lElilEUl| I EllREWEli ill H0llWEll OLLWEG BACKED BV THE AUS- TRIANS ' AMSTERDAM.-The Cologne Tele- gram, 'reports the Koclnlsche. says hat Foreign Secretary Zlmnrerman's etiremcnt. is an accomplished fail-i. he Berliner 'l'ageblntt d'isapprnvcs f Micilaells‘. appointment as Chan- 9 ellor because he springs from the t r T o c Z come into prominence during the war. ’ Bcthmarrn's political demise evokes I marry ririioctio,ne. his chairacior of- ' .-,-_-_e-_%_-_ _ .-.-_-_- _ _ _-_-_-_-_ _-,-,-hr ,._-_-_-f 1- -_-.-E,-. U_S. llllllli’S GIVEN UVER UWN l|NES PARiS_- Official announce-ment is marie that the Il. S. transport service is taking control of the French rail- road lines fl'om the port bases to the pernraneiit camp and the front. Tracks are being laid and sidings elilurgeil. Tho roads will be manned later by nglneer regiments. American loco- motives, mostly narrow gauge, will be rent industrial circles and has only ‘lli||Z‘*'d~ A section of the French state fo- ellts has been turned over io the lnited States. Lumber-men will ako out lumber for railroad ties. bar- , _ _ |h| '_ f tl t racks and other purposes. in addi- f°"‘"“" ~"“ “"“' "°”“ ° "'°° '“ tion to this 30.000 tons ol lumber wil h is resurrection will be retarded ii P _ , r th _ - ' li n. W. Br-own, c ui l»'¢u~'Qb_'o` oil. * ' ` t win or 8 purpose of securing the numerous to ni:_1_tan 0 _“___ PA(R a__v_h___e;_ n_____“_;I;m_=__m__ Spd( 0| ¢01\|'|§_||\¢|\ to “ml - get up to 'goto work; Thinking to not wholly excluded. Hoilweg a Hero , AMSTERDAM.-The events of the mr.: few dlly~' iiavr- stir-ml' lil rlln as lil- iflty has llrrl ‘ln-ill '