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 _ THE CHARLQ_'i_ifE_I_0__,i__G1AliDiA  
--A - . ‘ - _  '- -minus?
“°"""  E':‘:Il'I:“oilIiE1 1tla7 °" °"" (S"'°'m "‘  ` ' ' ‘
w--rot ~. rr - I cnARl.o'r'rE'rowN,' CANADA, rRloAY1,11AUGUsr24, fair I  -yi... t~..t...,  ~ ‘ ll.;
“ ‘ _ I ~ » i r .t
will Bio interests” Plrlltotlc Acne-N ntntiwilll
surrotlr Lllutltstl   or Li.-Governor
Baron Shaugllilessy and the C.i’.li. Support
Laiirier ileeilllse. tile iiovtlillllltiol iS i0 oi lio_spi_tal Commission for tile Use
Take 0ver tile C._N.li-, Preventing an in-
crease in Freight Rates. .
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(From bar Own Correspondent.) I nora collscriptiollist nor is he In fnvor
0’l"l`AWA.-- Anothcr day` was spt-nt ' ol' govcrlllllcllt owllcrsllip of thc (LN.
on the (‘nlladl.rll Northcrll lilll. Sir' ll. ills views alld Sir \Vi|i'rid’s alf-
'|~lp,~,_ Willie gave thc nllnlcs ol' the, cord on tht-se issucs.
slot-k Iloltlerli 'Of 1111’ (`““'""|i"" N‘""I 'i‘llcre is tlllotllcr factor ill thc Ilttllt
'thcru lllnl the list alforded but littlc` |,,,,“,,,(," Um (-_|>_|¢_ and me gow.,-,,.
satlsl`;\ctitll1 tu the U|lpotllll0ll~ (11|llll~llt. 'l`llel trrcnt rail\v.ry corpora-
tllc 151011.01111-1100 -`1I111'11 40 1111111011 15 tion is seeking a 15 per cent increase
nwllcd lil' 1119 1311111111101' 111' ‘-"““1‘d-‘-I ill frclgllt rates. Uwlllg to its enol-
$i‘17l~1»000 by me Erma” Elnpire Tl`“51'Illltltls earning the t‘.l‘.ll. cannot claim
:ri1.000.000 119111 111 1111111 11?/ J01111 A1111, necessity for such an increase bllt
and H_V.l~`_ Jones. $58,614,000 by Mad’ was basing its demand oil the neces-
iienzle, Munn and (`0-, lllld 1ll9 1'e', sity to bolster' up the (‘.N_R. Now
rnai|l1iel‘,$\i23.01l0 lf~l1l1S1l`111111911 111110115 that the governnlcllt is taking ovcr
several men to qualify as directors. Ithe (_~_N_R_ me (-_ppp must apply fo,-
Tll€ 0171105111011 1111Ve 119911 51311115' the increase on its own merits and as
that Sir tTlit`t`orti Slftou alld otller pro-I 5| is [mymg 10 Del. Cen, divid,._ndS hp.
mineut men were stock holders llut` Smeg n(.(.umu|amm 3 gpm" l.eSe,.\,9
the return shows these statcnlelltsi H ,.,m,m, pm |~m.“,m.d ne,.(.,_,._.my as an
to be wiillullt l’0llll<l1\ll011~ All 1111".tr‘;;lllrlelll ill favor of the increase. lf
Places Governmeni_ iiotlsg at them illsposgl
Convalescent Soldiers. '
r , .
To tile Seclwttrry of, the Toronto
Wln_-'I°lle,- ur League Testifies
Tllut lie is as Stolltly_,0ppose_d
as Ever _to Demoeraticgelet;
tion ,CQil`.9rl  o 'tl _ _lit _
lie _ lit  Ne will l§n§i=i
Upon -.Voluntary Enlistmellt
Villioll Means “Genado Sneuil-
_\1al»l{enzie Malin Si'0Cl< Willl 111955.55111-ll an illcrease was granted govern-I
otllcr alsiclfl l\l`0 lllf‘11fZ1‘1l 10 1110 B11111i` lllcnt railway ratcs wollld corrcspllll-
ot' t‘lulllll€l'<'c to Sl'<‘lll'€ 1111111' <'1`1‘1lll 111 diugly rise, so that all parts oi' t‘;l-
that institution. Illada wollld he directly atiectl-tl.
t 1 l
Sir Filos. \\hlte told larllanlent to-
day that tllcrr- was but two alterlll-
I
tives of the t‘..\l.R,, govcrllllleut own f,-gigm paws gave to the people of
r»r.»ilip or t‘.i’.ll. olvllersllip, and tllat
the govcrnntcllt tiitl not proptlsc to
:llaltc the (`.P.il. cotllplcte tlltistetxs
of Canada by perllliitilll; this corpora-
tiou to absorb the Canadian Nortllcrn.
It is cvitiellt that the traditional nl~
llance between the (‘onservative par-
l_\' and the Caludlan Pacific has been
rrlptllrcd. Baron Sltaughllessy will
,~;u|lport Sir Wilfrid Lallrier. He is
EUNERAI IIE IHE IAIE
HIIN. I. Il. IIAIIINNIS.IIA.I.A.
'l'lle funeral oi the late Ml'. J. D.
Mclunls, M. ll. A., at St. Pt-tcl`s
lily on Wctitlt-stltly was one ot’ thc
lrrl~_l.~, st cvcr ser-ll ill that scctlon.
'i`he :=,crviccs ill tho cotlllrioliiotls'
I'l\tll0lic i'llurcll nt illat place wt-re
attclulctl ily n large tzatllcrillly, illc eti-
llicc bcinlg ct‘owdt‘li. Ilcv. Ur. Mir-
l.l'llall, llcctor oi' St. Ilnnstan's t'ol»
Icurr pl'c,l<'llctl an abit- scrtlloll i'ol
til. or-I-asloll l`rolll the followilllz text:
"'l`ll<- days oi' llltln arc nllol't, and
thc uuntllcl' of his nlontlls is wltll
Tlrcc; 'l’lroll iulst lrppoilltc-l his
llrlrltltir whiclt cannot llc passctl." Job.
I-l;'r. llr. l\l<~i.cllt-ln spoke cut‘tte:4tl_v,
rlllrlllclltly ami llllpl-ct;-ivcl_y, p.:viun
I warnl tribute to thc tlccctwcll. lic
r. lr-rrctl to his sterling.: illtcgriiy, and
tilt- loss wllicll the r-ollllllutlity llus
.~ustaiut-tl in the death ot' so cstilll-
allla a lllau.
The scrtnoll was tlreccdotl by a sill
emu Ilcqulcnl lligh Mass. celcllrrltcd
Ill' llev. A. McAulay with Rev. llr.
.\lt-l.eIlan, De.-lcon, llev. K. i‘. `»\l¢‘
l’lll»rsoll, subdescoll, Dr. W. V. Ilic
llouald Mtlntcr of (‘erclllolllcs and
llcv. A. 1'. Mclielllln ltr the Sanctu-
HIIV. Ilcv. i)l'_ (iliiis led the t-hoi.l'.
'l`hr,- lrlotllbcrs of the St. l’ctcr’s
lltalu-it oi tht- lIoI_v Nnlne Society pre
cr-dctl thc llcat‘:~'c.'i'l\cl'e \\'c|'c 333 1'111"
I‘ll\.Lfc-' and ll great lllllllllcr ot' pl‘0|l|”
‘HI 1`0ol forllllnt: tl pl‘oct-ssloll oi` orct'
a lullc ill lcrlglll.
*Tile pull bcllrers wcrc M-r-ssrs A. J.
1lcr\tltllll, Jtllnns 1'. :l.tlrkin, .lullsllll
\\`<-ll:--te'l', A. I). Mt-Kinnon, llcnr.\’
rllcitcllzlc, und John Steels. Muni'
s-tctlous of tho province were l't‘ll1`1‘>“
I-utr-d at the funeral. Among thoao lil
:rttt-lulllncc were. Mossrn J. li. Hell.
ii. t‘., M. I‘. I1.. lion. .iamcs A. Mc-
Neill, Ponlmlssloller of Public Works.
J. J. liughcs, M. l'., Gooriie l'1~>
llughcf.. M, I.; A., lt. J. McI.r~llllll.
M. i... A., Dr. A. A. Mctloullld. M.
I.. A., .lnluo-l Mcisatlc, G. S. lnnlllll,
K. t‘., t‘llpt. 'l`ilos. Kickllanl, W. W.
.lt-l\l<|ll.~._ l.. ll. MI:M`lltrul. tl. J. luv-
t‘llrtllac. S. S. iicssiall -and other'
tucn of prolulnctll-c i`ll |lrol‘crl.-llollall
and business ll{e.
'Phc fiornl tri rules inclullcd a ltlriil'
wrcntll from tho Provincial iiovern-
illt\.N_
111-‘slct :lt thc death nf Mr. Mclnlllf*
‘W-'l all thc deeper on nm-ollnt of |124
1Plldcd both services ill the ¢‘hllf¢‘1l
“nd appeared to be in ills usual health
111111 Sood spirits. He took ill about
'INISSIUNARIES III _
rn|d,|_.nm..,,,_ pn gummy he had “bin SL Peter-S to pay the last tributes
'sympathy for the loved ones he 1611-
_behllld. _ ' I
iGovernment ownership of the C.N.R.
willl, in preventing an increase in
Canada in six months the amount paid
for the C.N.R. stock.
\\'ltil llarotl Sllatlgllllcssyls close al-
liance with Sir \\'llt'rill Lauttict' and
the disappollltlllctlt of tho t‘.l',l-2. in
not :at-curlllg the t.‘.N.Ii., or ut Ions!
maintaining it as an independent ro.ld
is explained the hostility of the great
rsillvay corporation to the guvel-lr
ment.
IAIIIIIIIENI AI RACES
PRIIVEII EAIAI
Mr, James Campbell of New
Glasgow, li.S., Died
Yesterday.
'I‘llc rictilll ot' thc accidcllt at the
Nclv Annan |'ncl>s, Mr. James i‘anlp~
llcll_ ot' New tilrlsgolv, N. S., died in
the l‘t‘ll:cu i`outlt_v llospltul about I
o`cluclt _\'cstct'<lay. 'I`hc anti nl`l'ail' i:
tiefply to he regretted. The |lil_\'si
citlll.~: who r-xalllilrctl thc lrtrtly arc ill
-clillctl to llcllcvc that his death w.r:~
tlnc lllorc l`r'olll the shock oi' the kick*
t‘et~civ|=tl lrolll tllc horse tllall actual
lnj|tr_\'.
lltfct-:lst>tl was i`orty~ilvc years ol' a~.~,l1
alud lcavcs a \\'i|`c and 1W0 <'lllllll`l‘11-
'l`Il1.», rt-lllaills were colrvc_vcti to fill*
home ot' tlecclltn->tl's .i`;ltilcl‘ at llltllan
liivcr \\‘ilcl't-. hc had been visiting llc-
tore lllecting his utltilncly end.
Mlnnrdu Llnlmcnf cure: pargct: In cowl
I .;_.;. 
CHINA RE ASEIJ
_ BYU. .MARINES
l‘r=lllllg.--'l'\vclve Alllcricnll luissioll
nrltul and u dozcu otllcr t'utcigllcl's,
lllostly wolucll und clllldl‘c`n. who wt-rc
lyosltltrcli by (‘lllllcsc bandits at 'I‘llIlt|l.
tl towll about 160 miles nortllwest ot'
i’cli|llg ilavu Ilccll rcscuctl by ot‘l’lct-‘l‘.~=
of tht- unit:-tl Stntcs Marial- 1‘<»l'l»-l»
(‘nplllln tllllvlu ll. llinlllews and
Liolltclultlt Tilonlzls M. l.uby of thc
Mnrilla Corps who arn attnciled to thc
pektng leglltloll left Kalgtln cnrl.V1lll1'
molrtp llccotllpalllcrl hy tt dctaclltllcllt
of (‘hlncse. soldiers to llriutl 0111 1111’
pfyslegetl llllsslollllrl-rs. \Vol'd was' re-
cclvcrlhero todas' 11121 11111A'""‘""’“"
offlt-cts llnd tllissiollrlries had arrived
nt Ktllgall from 'l‘ahul.
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Minard's Linlment cures Nauraloll
,.. ¢w~»»MM~ 
two o‘cloi.~k otl lliolldlll’ 11101111111! 111111
tl few hours Inter pas'-scli llw1\Y,- I
»|~|,,-.r_. was mrrllv ll. sorrowlni! hell"
among tho llundrcds Wll0 H5-‘\9111111“"'1
of respect and many expressions- of
_ HIS HONOR LIEUT.-GOVERNDR McDONALD. douht as to my opinion on the differ-
`“"` ‘ -  ~“~» »~~--~~~-~--~ I - ellt enquiries of the above resolution.
Tllc lllovclllcllt to t-ullvcl‘t. iinvcrll-
l'rt-lllil-|' lllzltllwaoll and ('01. ill!" llllll.
H. lt. Jcnititls wcui to Ottawa ill May.
they ~:tlp,l;t~stctl to the ilospital (`onl~
lnistzioll (lovcrll-lllcllt. llousc as a suit-
:lblc place, cspcr-iaily as ill nlltlitloll ill
all irlczll tziinatlllll it tltl.~'<w-.ssl-s nlzlliui-
til-cnt Ltrotlluis for calllpillil. l't‘1`l"’11"
tion, ctr. Solllt- <-rltlwiiltltioltlll diiil-
tultr :,rllr~=t-t|llctrtl_\' lrlwlsre :lboui tht
rlltlll ot' thc (.o\'cr|lo|‘ for the ti-mc
irt-ilrl; to .1',tl|'l~cll|lt'1|' tllc st-al oi' ttovcrlt-
tlleut for any |lllrpo.-=c other than tllat
l`tl|‘ lrllicll llo t'|1jo_\'ctl ill: nav, and
whcll tliir; was propcl'i_v zldjllrttcrl.
i"rc|lli-rt' Alu-I-tlatlllt and t`ol. .icllitiml
again walitcll upon ills liouour who
pronllrcd ills . t'.-r\'o\ll~.llllc collsitlcl'a~
tion to tltcir pre sclltatiorl ol' the r~t`lf1,e.
\’e>:tcrlia_v thc following col'resptlll-
denl~- lletwcell lli.l Honour and the
i‘retllicl- tool; place;
-August '_'t',rtl., 1917.
'l’o ltcu. .»\. id Aruollault.
l‘tinlt- r\illli.~lter.
l'rlur~l- l<1d\\.lrll lsirnd.
Sir: -
btivrrr- I lla\'<-- lc:l|~|u-ri that a t‘on-
rtllt->:c<-tlt ill tru- lor our in\'alil|t~tl sol-
diclr. tlliglll Iul t_:t;lIllI,\'Ilt-ti ill this
pl'orilrct- lt' a :=uit;lllic place cottltl he
stlcltlwl, I ll.r\'c Il.ld uudcr ctlllslrlcm-
lltlu o||‘c1'illL'. to _vllltr tlovcrtllllcllt to
slll'rclu|l-l' tlovcrlllllcllt lloltsc l'tll‘ that
pillpcsc.
\\-'llcll volt and lion. t‘oio|l\-I .icu-
klg _md |t,,\ (f,l.ltlllli=:>sitlltcl‘ ol Agrir-tll-
tu,-,. \valtr~tl npoll lull on thc Slrtl Inst.
to tiI.»,l-list: thc qucfzlioil I must say tlmi
l \\';‘.;; vct'_r dct-ply llll|u'csscrl by tilt-
clc;ll~ pl'csctltatIotl of titr cusn ami thc
f;`|i,-||.-.=~= of the pr~opo.~sals you lllallo,
illlfol'lt|n."ltr-l_v. olvilllr to H1‘-l'l0llH - lll
lu-as ill my l`|tllily, I l`clt oilligatl to
tit-i'f':' at illlkll tltlswclx I have now corns-
lo allc t-tlllclllslotl that the cause- is
too |lrl'clll and loo sacred to allow
mtv <ollr,lrll~l':ltlolu: to have wclt.:ll_t cx
cept tlrc'wclt`1rrr= of our brave nlctl.
I tlll.'ct'olr~ ltlltcscrvctlly place nt
thc tli=;po.'..1I ol' _\-our tiovl~l'tllllcllt, tilt-
(io\'r~lllol"= rcfqlrloltcc nlld grounds for
thc c.;t.'r|l‘lslltllt-lit ot' ll Uollvalesccnt,
ttflnlr- t~ollpictl with tho request that
SIr:- -
Iliel llflllour thc l.it-uicllatti-(lovcr-'floverunlcnt House and grountls is
nor ll:l:: o|`|'t-rod to s\tl'rclltlcr tlovcru- 151111153’ 1l<fl'<1ll1‘11| 11.V 11111 G°V91`1111l‘“`111
ull-l`lt iltrltrtv for ilu- use ol' l'r-tllrllcd ‘
cotlvalt-,-rcllt sllllliclxs. The o|`t'cr wa:-:_ Yum. wmm in ,ms _,€_,gm._| is one
matic lil :l iciicl- l-ccr-ive-ti ily I’l'clllic|‘l that. uill lrlll_lf be lrcld_itl l',rtliet'tll l1=
__\,-5,lmu,|| \,,._.m,.,.,m\,_ and hav., Kim,” lrrclllilralu-e by the pcnplc oi this pro-
 . _ _ . . vlucc
-nlucll :f.;lt|\:trrctloll lll oillr-l.ll clrt-ic:'.
and \\'llI_ It is ccrlnill, he much apprc- |»,.im.,, |,3,|w,m| |.,l;,n,| and of mn.
ptgrlott try tin- prrlrtit- gt-lrel-;lli_v, sttrll-iccll soltlu-l's I desire to tellder
'nrt-ut Ilousc into a t‘otll'tllcs‘t'ettt hour:-|
for \voul|<lctl ¢:rlltlil~l~s, or-igltlatt-.ti wltlll
Iiis. llonrlur in April last, and whcul
sion for this pllrposc. Mr. IC. ll. iiccr
_ :s‘rr~l~ctal‘_v_ illtrorlttcl-tl the deputatloll,
'rur| will llrllllcrll;ltr»ly he conllnulllca-
tt-tl to thc propcr tlulllorltics.
(lil bt-halt' ol’ thc tiovvrllrllcnt ot’
:;itlt~cl't>:lt tllatlks.
I have thc llotlorll' to stlbscribe lily-
sell
l"aiIIll'ully -_\~ol_trs,
(Sgd.) A. E. ARSENAULT,
i’r‘csltll-llt Excclitlve (‘ouncil.
Ycstclrilly forcuooll a dcputatioll
frofll the Retail Nil-lrchi1nt’s Associa-
tion waitctl lrptlll ills Iionllur to urge
iltlll to place tiovcrlllllcllt llouso at
the tllsposal ol' thc litrspiial (‘o»nlnlis-
.and llcv. Dr. l<‘ullcrtoll, Mr. (‘. ll.
lilaclt and Mr. H. .-\. Macllollaltl ex-
lrl'cs.~lt»tl the vie-ws they had to oiTer.
Ilia llfltiiliil' t'el;"l"<-iiiitii that he had
not l<l~o\\'n t~zll'licl‘ that the tlelegatloll
was to :l|rpl'oa<-ll him on this subject,
ntllcl'\\'I.~re he uoulrl lturc bccn in a
position to give tllcm a definite ans-
wer, bitt lndicntcrl that Iris reply
woulri be i'a\'ourtlille.
I-its Honour' waited for a reply i’rotll
tilt- l’l-cllllt-l- bet'oro i‘ormnlly making
ptllrlic his ru-.llel~trlls, patriotic and
pttlllic-spll'ltt~tl oi`i`or.
i __.._..____i__
AIIIES IIAPIURES
IAIIUNI UP
(Canadian Press Despatch) .
l.()NI1UN---»IJlll'lllg the past tllrce
since July Ili about IiiZ,Elll0. llciore the
cull of Atttzttzf-t. thc total will exceed
(lcrlllall captttrcl ot' lttiasl-urls, whicll
total i`orty tllousand.
BRITISH SUBINNR
AI YPRES
(Canadian Press Dalpltoh)
llll|'I`ISII l“|l().\"|`~-After the ull-
, 'crinlntr oi' vcstcl~lluy`l-‘- ilcrco roslst»
' _ .' ' ` i, ~. I , Z' . . t
rlltcir otllt-r p|'llvl+'lotls llc made lor nn` rl\.c by thc Gc'rlllatll~:, doilnite success wh ch mmm ng to ‘Wk -enceq no 3
0"‘,C|_,| ,,._-r,|,.,,,.¢. ,,,, may |,,, "L _ _ . _ few and not inconslderable, was ro-
.nllllllulllcd this morning for the
.r` l,-rllt_l\|-ully y,,llt'.~r. HN, m_m_‘,l Upumuonq Past and pugnant to a large proportion of our.
(algneff) A. C- MRCDONALD, ` M " Y ' ' || ||A | | . H
memnInmnovernorl mnhmm of \w_es_ fe ow ctrella n all the prov ncaa
August 2;;|Ȣ|' 1917 (canadian Pre" Dnpnch) but since the policy has been deliber-
To tll.» ti..;lrlul~.llrle'Augustine C. lW|qTI_~m)_\M__},eru has Bent an ately adopted by the lldmlnlstratlon,»
151|"213;";:1i1;v;;_§“:§l1;1:"é1'G°V°f“°f °f1umm,um to G__,m,_m,_ ‘ ’my opinion was, and son ls, nm the
.lat-.- utr- l~‘lltt-rua Alta-.s hrlvr-. tllkelr'f‘rl-llwlll. whose first duty. I conceiv-
twcuty ilvc tllollsantl prisoners audi Gd would have been to discuss lllld
lllg Out of the Hur.” _
O'l"i‘AWA.-The following letter has
been sent by Sir Wlilflld Laurier to
Mr. Frank Wise,.honorary secretary
of the the Win-tilt-Wal' League at
'I`orollto; __ _
Otltawa, Aug. 2:1,
Dear Sir,-1 have the honor to ac-
lcllowiedge the receipt of your favor
ot’ the 1-ttll inst., enclosing a resolu-
tion of the Hamlltolr Branch of the
Wilrthe-W-al Lf-ague to which my at-
tention is desired Tire resolution is
ildd,l'es\led to mia in the following
language: _ ‘
“We understand that you have
again been approached to join the for-
mation of a union national govern-
ment. aud as you have on more than
one occasion stated that you are in
this war to at finish we appealio you
to co-operate by putting sl definite llnl-
lt on the tilllc you desire for the con-
tinuation of voluntary enlistment,
ant: by stating the methods you wish
to have followed. We appeal to yorl
also to state that ii' this effort for
volunteers should fall to produce the
lllcn for the necessary re-illforcenlellttl
of' the forces at the front you will ag-
ree to support conscriptive measur-
ES, ‘
What Laurier Says
1 would have thought that my re-
corded utterances ill and out of par-
liament would have left no one in
Bu-t since there- are some of my fel-
low citizens -who expr-ess the idea for
ll fulthcr explicit declaration, I deem
lt. llly duty ut once to colllply with
llle reollc-.at_ At t.ile opening ot’ par-
ticipation ot’ Canada ill support ot'
Grout Britain und her allies, it seein-
ed evident that even at that early
moment the war was above- all else
a struggle not only for supremacy
but i'or the very existence ot’ democ-
racy and ot' civilization itself, alld
this truth has become more and
more malliiest as events developed.
until even the American people.
though strongly averse to war had
also to enter the, conflict.
I then ileltr, and still iloltl, that the
rt-asons were paramount for (Tallada
to cxt-rt its t'ull strength to assist
through all intelligent organization
ami lllobillzatlon of all its resources.
Blame: Borden
\\'lliIst willing and ready to make
every allowance for mistakes and ev-
r-il serious errors, I am forced to state
that lu llly'_iudglllellt -the ut1'll'lir'lisItra-
tion now ill ofhce through lack of pro-
per appreciation of its responsibili-
ty hopeleslsly hlund`ered in that it ha_d
not long ago definitely asceltalllef.
the scope and character' of the sel-
vlces that could best he rendered by
tfunada for war purposes.
I would infer that the llnnlilton
branch of the Win-tile-War League
have reucht-.i the same conclusion.
since by their resolution there is Inl-
piicd a reproncll that I have refused
to join what they term ll ulliutl nutioll.
al governlllelll, and' ll wish that I
silouhi now do so, '
l may observe that I never was ap-
proaclled to join a ullion national gov-
franle tl policy adopted to our nn-
lionlll slluntlon_ with thc object ol'
rallying all the forces of the tration
towards the end of helping to v`vlll thc
war. '
'fm inyltltlon
l was invited, ‘it la true, by the
Prime Minister to join his govern-
nlent when he had already committed
himself to a policy whlcll had never
been suggested, hut rather deprecat-
ed, in all ills previous utterances, and
such an invitation I could not accept,
AERIAL WRRFIIRQ 
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fonrwtlg .twnrllt ol, a  ln tile. ill; wllletr
. Amazed tiilil Eittiius_z;ti;t_h1f~. 1Ii`1;-. ` jkers.
I _ Crowd Glteeretias Etiemy Altrcrai ’if`eil_  _
(Canadian Press Despatch) Dover- the spectators sa_y aeroplanes
LONDON-Reports from the placcs'wel~r, so illtarmlxed that it was iluposf
raided yesterday ily Gelluall alll-pialles sible to rlirvtltrgulsh tl-lend frolu foe.
concur ,ill praising the efiiciency ot' Silllllarly, airplanes fought fiercely oi!
the guns and all-craft defcllscs, tllo'l{alllsgate while shells burst all ar-
ellterprise of the Gcrllltln l~.litiel':l|o\lllrl tho machines. solno of them
being balked 'anti casualties lllinirnliz-'bcill hidden I ntiio smoke from ehrap-
ed. Owing to clear- weather their op- nel. The lllrlnoeuvres amilzad the on-
cration.=. were visible for long dl.-:tall-:lookrlz-‘, machines seeming to be all
cos and were watched wltll excited topsy turvy. There were cheers from
interest by crowds ot' visitors at Ucallthe crowri when a raltler was seen
and Folkl-stone as well as by people oflto wobble and bul'st into flames, fall-
tho towns attacked. In the fight over ing lrelplessly to the earth.
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II-All PNNISHES . IlISA‘SIRIIUS E _  
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_ THRILL-3° SPECTATURSL.
(Canadian Press E-espatch)
NEW YORK-For weeks the Aust-
rians have been preparing to evacuate
Trieste.
(Canadian Press Despatch)
ROME-The Italians made further
gains today on both the Northern and
southern wings.
(Canadian Press Despatch)
UD1'NIB_ ITALY-Dtlrlllg the first
two days ol' the italian advance the
enemy lost 30,000 in killed, wounded
and prisoners.
and 1 here again express my regret
that this view was not accepted.
Lille of Parliament
Though no mention is made in the
resolution of the extension of parlia-
ment I should also udtl, since the sub-
ject is still lllucll lliscussed, ihst the
present cont1'itlotl ot’ the representa-
tion ill tlle House of Cullllllolls makes
ti general election imperative, and
the reasons are obvious. Apart from
the fact that the western provinces
are deprived oi` some twenty-two
lnenlbers to which they are entitled.
by reason of their irlcrcnsed popula-
tion as (il-tcrlllirrcti by the last cell-
sns, ill the llouse, as .colllposcd by the
vt-rdlct ot' the people in 1911, there
are no less than twenty-four consti-
tuellcies lllrleprescllted, those vacati-
cles having been caused' by death or
appointlnent to ofilcr-_ three lrrenlbcrl<._
having been elevated to the Senate
wltllin the last month. ‘
Leader‘e Duty ‘
ill the new parilalllent l llolri that
it must be tht duty of the lllajority
leader, whoever he may be:
1, To confer immediately with
Great Britain and her allies with a
view to ascertaining llo\v and to what
extent the partclpatloll of Uallada call
be utilized to the greatest accvantage
in the prosecution of the war, regard
being had on the one hand to the ne-
cessities of the allies for men, and
on the other band to ollr population
resources, industries. geoglllpiltctll
and other ossctltlnl collsider-ations.
2. ’l‘o htlllg lllto being a govor-"_
ment colnposed, as fur as possible, ot'
the ublcst men in all classes, wilose
lllllucdlllte task would be thc eiilclellt
und rloll~pnl~tisall orgalllv.lltloll of thc
wilole nation on the llllcs dl-terulillcll
upou_
Cl. 'I`o organize a vigorous- 'ami
"0lllD2lct Systelll of voluntary enlist-
lllffllt cotlcelvetl and carried ollt ill
strictly troll-paltisnn and' broadly lla-
tlonal nletitods. I
4. To devise and apply ways and
means so that the full ditty of (falla-
¢lv» be xellerously performed toward
our returned soltl'iel~a and their de.
11011001101; the wealth of Ualladn com-
pelled to contribute its just and m.o_
pet share of our burdens; nlld the
mlm” °f 1119 l!1‘0D|e efficiently safe
guarded from the grregd- nf me Wm.
proiltoers.
The above views I hold and ex-
llress, not in deviation, lull ill trltflp.
m9llt, Oi the course which I nlllrkeq
down at the outset, and which nqver
“V311 '11 1111? moment absent from mv
thoughts. '
Believe me,
I
best and only tiling to do was to sub-
Your patriotic and germ-on; 0119,- gf Minsrd'| Llnimsnt cures tootllechs. V mit it to the people by a referendum,
Yours sincerely,
lllsltllls- its ..
_ sl.A0 .s
1, (Canadian Press Despatch)
l.0NDON---IJ:-tallr., of the great tire
at Saloullfl on Sunday show that 60.-
000 people are homeless. The proper-
ty loss- is enormous. Insurance c0rnp=
allies lose from tell to fifteen million
tiollars. The British have 10,000 des-
titlltepfople in their charge. The
Allies and others are caring for the
lenlalllder. The whole sea front, in-
Icludirlg famous( churches and mos-
ques, was destroyed. Three enemy
airplanes flew over to the city dropp-
ing incendiary bombs where the tire
vt/as llurnlllg.
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"INR" 3"IIiRltnl
(Canadian Pres: Despatch)
l‘AItIS-Tlle number of prisoners
taken by the Frellch in their offen-
sive operatiolls on the Verdun front
have been increased to 7,638, the war
oiiice reports. The lfl-ench last night
captured a fortiiled German position
llouucenlent. follows:-The Gerrna'n'
artillery was very active north of the
Alsne, especially in the tractor ho-
tweetl Uruyeell Laonlloio and Hurts-
lilse. Several enemy attacks in the
region of Laffaux nliil, Allies ar'ld`
_i'Prn_v were repulsed., Ott the loft
,batik of the Mouse, Verdun front, our
llrtillolqv which had the upper hand
was very active during thc night.
On the right bullk of the rlrver, a do-
tall tlprratloll ellablcd us- to _reduce A
‘small poillt of l'eslst.ance of the en-
emy lloltll of Mortmont Farm. W6
took seventeen prisoners.
The llumbcr. of prisoners taken
.since August 20 has reached 7,639, ln-
cludlllg 185 otiicers and 600 wounded.
Tile captured material 'listed includ-
es 24 cannons of all callbrea and more
than 20 machine guns, in addition to
nine cannon.-l whlc‘h were destroyed.
There is nothing more to report from
the remainder of the front.
:tru \vnA'l.‘rmR.
_ 'rr:MrERA'rtmE
rrnn. Moon, Emo.
The tide will be iligh this afiernoin
ut 3.01! alld tomorrow at 3.53; it will
he high tomorrow morning at 2.26 and
Sullday at 2.55. .
'Tile sun sets this evening at 7.12.
alld tc-lrlorrow at 7.10; it rises tro-
nlrlrrow lnorning at 5.31 and Sunday
tit 0.32.
'l`llrl moon sets tonight at 9.40.
Tllcre was a new »moon on Friday,
Aug. 17ill at 1.21 p. ill.
HOMING EVENTS " ‘
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. “*'i‘hs \‘l.'olnull'a Patriotic Society of
cream Festival We'drlea‘doy‘ `Au_gl_l_|`t
29 on the Presbyterian Church
Grounds in uid of Red`Cr6slt. IR hot
illlc' the ncxt fine day. 5061~M1i.
~° The Annual sr. .lotmrl cturntl
picnic will be held on tho Rotltvry
grounds at Crapaud on W9t_i‘g\esai‘y
next August 29th. A field 
Wllffld Llurier.
\Min|rd’; Llnlment euru dilhmpir.
Uovo llend intends holding an ice,
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