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Mo;-ning Daily Founded 1891
weekly (Now Evening Daily) 1397,
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cuissiriian ADVERTISEMENTS
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Clavelfed ads. under this head cost
one cent per word per Insertion when,
elsh lecompanlieo order, with mini-
mum charge of 25 cents per inner.
tion. Count your words and save mon-
ey by remitting with order. Stamps
accepted. Adu. token by phone or
"nt by mliil will he charged at 2c.
per word, to cover bookkeeping char-
ge; ,utationery and poltage on ac-
counil.
 
A GENTS \VA NTED
REENTS WANTED.- T0 SELL FOR
“the old reliable Fonthill Nurseri-
¢I.,._" Wo teach our men to sell. Ex-
perience unnecessary; highest com-
missions paid; handsome free equip
ment. Stone & Wellington, Toronto,
Ontario. 4597-3-1MEtlMn.r3l
WANTED--REPRESENTATIVES TO
Iliirtribute 'l‘ab1ets, which wash
Cioihes spotlessiy, clean, witlioui -
rubbing. One trial makes permnn
,.IIt customers. Ono hundred per
ron( prollt. Make live dollars daily
Send ten cents for samples for tout
woghings. llrarliey Company, Brant ‘
lord. Out. 41140-3-2115121.
WANTED-REPRESENTATIVES TO
Iiistribuie Tablets which wash
I'1-'lilies spotlcssly rlmtii without
rubbing. Ong II-ini Iiuikos pcruia
noni r\ustomers. One hiiiliircd poi
I-I=IIt proilt.. Mako tive dollars
daily. Send ‘ton I-ents for samples
I'r.I- tour wushlngs. Bradley Com-
ptiiiy, lirniitforil, Ontario.
5071-!l~28lvl6i.
MIS( ‘-l<}Ll..-\N I-IOITS.
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‘SP-ECIAL FOR SMALL BUSINESS.-~
Shoe repair shops, country stores.
small gI'oocries, clothes-cleaning
Shrine-. ent- one hundred prima
bliiheads with youI~ name, business
and address for only $1,50_ Tim
- GUARDIAN PRl!\"I‘El'tY_
4012-3~20Mtf.
HORSEMEN- NOW IB THE TIME
to get your stallion cami; printed at
'I`llE GUARDIAN PRINTERY.
4912»3~2I)Mtf.
REMIT BY DOMINION EXPRESS
Money Order. li' lost, or stolen. you
Hut your Inn-nov hack.
` 509341-3oMEII.
PARTIES DESIRING SEWING DONE
ni home will llnd a rouipeteul
.~'-."IiIncf.»'tI'osI-I ut till (‘|.inIherlaIId St.
IloIIT,:I,:I0Ivi3lpI..
MULTIGRAPH LETTERS ARE BUS~
iness lettmxs and tho only place
thot. protiiiees them is Till-I GUAII-
illI\N l'*R1N’1‘Elt\'. . We I-un dupli-
I-:ite exactly any typewriliug in
qIIIIntIli¢-s of one copy to 60,000.
4Ii12‘3A201lIti’
 SHEETS NQTEPAPER wrru
printed Iuidroi-is I’I0c. Giiariiian
'Iit'ico. 4685-tl~6Mtf.
ENVI-:Lopes WITH PRINTED
a<ltiI'f°s's` 500. (liiardlaii Office
4I;sE~:i-s1iItf|
WANTED, a reliable agent in every
Iiureprcsentoil district III Prliicc, l-.d-
wnrd lsiuud. to sell our selerteil list
oi' hIIrII'y Fruit and t)rIIaIut-n_tIIl
I,-rod Equipment, free. _ l<¥xI~luaIvIi
II-I~r1tor~y. ilood pill' W“0\¢Ii'- 0"l“
000 iwros. Estiibilsheil thirty-tlvv
vnarii rnI.II.\IiI nunsnnv co., -POSITION wANTED__Sc0TcH
Toionto, Ont. 2:19-'14FlnI\v.~Itl
em 
FOR. S.‘\Ll_'}.
Fon sAI_E.- i<iNoi_iNo _Ar 25
mlm., por load. Apply :It 12 ltoul
S, _ soils-:l-soitcipii _
~rwo mos I=on_sAI.z-1 Pueuivili- __
` .' .‘ - w
Ilc the wagon, 1 Iioulilo seutcfl
Irnp. A. liorne it t‘o. lI0iii-:.-28M.ll.
'ron sAI.E- sscotvo HAND I»IIIIy
- ~ in . A ly 104 Water St.
'mr me W 5o47,:I,27Iu:IIpa.
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AREHOUSE WANTED- FOR
Iaonio yours' pI'oIIucI:_ Ailrlress-_' li.
llox 360. iI009,3,2l0_\13l,
tlaiuoki-I'-poi' on l~‘ox iitmrfli. A
ixood Iuiiu wiili tho best oi’ iilllliii-L
1-‘ull pi\rtlculuI's_ Apply .l. M. lil
l'r>tcr Strort, 'l`oroIIto.
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wAN'rED.- MINK, Fox, Musk-
' rat. Sec me before solliiig. J. D._
Jenkins. .'I004,il,LI4lVlllipIl. I
Finances oi the
:Iimiysis of tho situation and thc. lm-
nieiiiato outlook :Ind brim l`IIll oi' op-
iiII1I.~uII and vision so csscIIt.i'.Il to the
proper iIIIIId1int.! oi' thc affairs oi' state.
'i‘ho public nc(-oitiiis und the report
ot` tho oxtornul :Iuditors had been pro
viousiy t:IblI'~d sliowiiig that ourc
more tho Yiifitliiosoii (.16-vcrlituctit had
I\;II~riI>¢1 Ilirough the yonr':~.- tlnaucini:
with llio sti~iI‘It_~st oconoiny I-.onIp:I-
tihlo \vitlI olllcioiicv und had oIIIIt.Il
\vitlI II siihstniitiul siirpiiis-:1 l`o:II pro-
luihlv Iitioqiiiillotl by any other prov
lure III tho Dominion.
'i‘lllC l’Rl<lMlEl`l said: This is thc
sixth of-casio-II, on which li, has bcoII
my duty and privilege to pI'c.s<_\IIi to
thc llonso the ldstiniatcs and Iuuko
uhut is Ircognisetl IIIIdc-r our prnr-
tirc as the lludgot Speech. This docs
IIot iiicliiiloctho short session of _/\u~
Rust, last. The cxpeidcnce ot' this
tlc-voI'nIncIIt thus covers un cxtoiisivo
iloiii. 1II tho lirst ycar in whiI:lI we
mot tho lloiisc the I'IIhliI: _-\<~roIiIIis
ilufl nil the tI-Iiiisnr-.t1oII.s had rcliitioii
to tho your 1911, whcn oIIr pI'cI1i\cos-
sors wero in power, 'Pho following
,voor that closed oII tho Illsi I1II_v N,
Deconibeiz 1912 was partly II your of
this (lovcrnmcnt and pu-“ily that oI`
tho previous (1ovoI‘nIIII=iIt. So that
tho nccoiiuts that wr brought dowII
for the porin-Il oi` lift#-c,u_IiIoIItiis ond-
iuz llei-cinbcr Iii, |012. IIII-liidcd two
IIIo:It1Is and two Ilays of thc l’:IlInoI'
.-\IimiIIistrIItioii, and tho brilaiirfi oi'
ANTED- BY KING GEORGE,
1":IrIners’ lnstitiiio: Ayrshire bu_il,i
tivo yciirs' old or over. Address'
Geo, li. Moore, Sc¢:‘_V. AIIllf‘.\'. 1'-I
ld. I. 5050.3-27E5ipd.T
FOR SALE COTTAGE W,-,-H cATs WANTED-I wiL.L PAY $2-00
stable on Pleasant St. ADDIY at 1’
vicasant street. 4924-3-21MGin<|~
FOR SALE-120 EGG INCUBATOR.
used three times. .lohu li. Marks
New London. P. i~J. I. _
50111-3-illlhillipil
III IIIIy one desiring to loan me II'
I-:Ii with kittens iiirro or four lifl.\'S`
old) or onc about to have -kitteris'
within the uoxt tiiree or l'oiir diiys.!
.\Ildrcs.~i' by mail, Fox Iiulicb, C’o
(IIIIiI‘T1itIII 0lllI~I>_ ='»0='>7.3.‘_lSMiI`.-
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oAsoi.iNE ENoiN-E.- WE HAVEI;
_ Im., It 1|, p, Woodpecker cuisine) for
' ...Id wut be IIIIIII cheap. ;\- lick-
1IIIrd‘& (‘o. Coal Dealer. (1IaI°1ott_c~ _
mWn_ 5005,3.2~1l\lbl ,
'Fon s/u.s-Moron IaoAT°_2s FT.
lunil BVI Horse Power Euizlilii- Slut:
-Ible for pleasure or ilslung. A111115,
J. T. luni' n, Boiisliaw. '
A 49913-24MiiIpII.
For-I eALs on To I.E1'..___ A Housi
situated on writer oi poiiswvlft
Avenue and Pi0l1SHl1t 5"'ee"_ “
present occupied by i:i_;'s.A`i_3§-1\|if‘i(;’_j
Apply to 99 LonirW0\` _ ~- _
l"l.l01'io 561-L. 5090,5,29l\‘ll\\k _
5  .
_ LOST
I_os'r-some 'rims Aoo. A st-:TT
I-.I Amethyst prayer bind? Wil" ii°“
. . _ . ei.
xncriul .Intl :ross Iitttic Twu_3_30Mm_
lil'll.l‘ \VAN'I‘ED--;\II\l.ll.
III-:I.I‘ \v.\N'i‘EI>__ FE-I
u.tI.I~:. i
WANTED-A HOUSEMAID APPLYI
I~vcIIiIu:s Mrs. i‘. il. ll. Loug-
woitb 181 Fitzroy SI. G01()-ii-Il0M_ii.T
WANTED-'MAID Fon GENERAL
iioiiscwork. -‘\iti!I.\' 203 _D0"‘:h“5"‘3‘
5;,-9(-,f_ i'I050,.i,28M.i1pIl. T
Q  Fon House
work. Apply to Mrs, 1". S. L0di§<‘~
25 l'pprr Priucc St. __)0S3____29Mn__|
WANTED--PUPIL NURSES MALE
,md fanmla II( tho ’i`auIItoII State
liosplinl ’l‘ruiniug School for Nurs-
I-,II_ For purtioiiiurs udiiress Dr. AI-I
thur \’. (Toi-nr Suili- Tmmton Smwl
, 'l‘. Iuton, Iliass.
Hospim M IIIIII-4-iilviti'
  I
'l‘() L`E'l‘.
'f "" 'ro LET- srons AND or-'Fics on
WANTED. MAN FOR FARM W0_RK_._
Iionil Joh for steady wiilinu \v0il<“'~
W. Illakn, Duval. Saskntchewriil.
il00i'»,7l,ll0,lii7iI1ii.
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ISIAND SIIIIIIER
IJANSEIIUUSIY III
0'1"i`A\VA, March 29- .-In thc li_st`
of casualties published last night tiir
(ieorge Curtis of New Zealand. F
rrnoriini III; "Iianscrous-ly iii-
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Miiiaraw i.iIIIm»nt ew" "'°¢*'"P°"
run wnmrnnn.
snnrnnmrunn. _
une. Moon. ETC-
'ronoN1~o. Iiiarciisi-sininii WWI”
IIIId nioderete gales. South to weft
oI‘cIII-tional showers hut Dilffly “mi
The highest temperature record;
yesterday was 42 ileiirces above-
I0 a. in. it was 36 above: ni. 9 D- "VI
:ln above. ‘The coldest the prci/|011”
niizht was 36 above. 1
The tide -will be hilh this aller-
noon at 21.11 and tomorrow at 4.08;
it will be high tomorrow mornin! 11
5.20 and Sunday tit 6.24. M
The sun sets this evenini! at 0- ~
Ind tc-morrow at 6.45; li rises I0'
mtarrow morning at ti and Sunday Df-
5. ll.
The moon sets tomorrow m0I'0l"3
at 2.44.
There was n. new moon on Thurs-
dly. March 22nd at 11.05 P- m- T"
The ilrat quarter of the moon w
IIHINA REIIIIIINIZES
vI<»I_I.rII¥_ noel; -TI_;>sf(se§::_<:1I:e§\1sY 1'"-'
| 9 ‘ ‘. .
App y en" 4549-2~24MtI
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LET.-COTTAGE OF 8 ROOMS.
T311, (irIIt'tou iurcnt. JIIIT Iiiodgrn
. , i ccs. \l:=u gooi Tarn. il-
;,(|);“I‘¢;"|I3_ni{iggliiIt 50219-ii-27MGlpIl
IIussiiii_i;tviii'iii/iiiii"
5 I I t The Guardian.)
l‘F1l({lNe(I: aMn‘;ch 2il»- The il\lnesoT
GoveIuIIIcn't. has roroiznizeil the new
nm.(IrnmeIIt. III llussla.
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RIIIIAN PRESS
GIIENSURES AMERICANS
If-orr:NtInoEN. Merril 29- D°“l’“"'_
continued silence ou the Daft f;(“":)‘;.
im press news ot thu ret I
3TeJn_;'(nw~|-I(-gn representatives on the
' Commission has stir-
nigllmerllltolgeilleivriters H110 h‘”°9k‘"K
their silence The Taizes Zeitunirat-
tucks the Ameitciin Commissloiierg
sharply <l¢¢i°\‘"lK ‘mt "I-Ley II II”
diiy working in the All; 9 _
Ewa is and furnished a reiilllllf “I‘""`
wrlesfo the transmission oi' militarvl
no \i“ronI Belgium. This P81191' V9'
"mt" (0 the American criticism oi' thu
to: B- II tion of Brand Whlt1ook's‘ com-
in eriraltion bv referring to olielieil
m"{'rfcuons p'|Med on Count Von
re:rnstorlf's ues of wireless by 10°
he on Friday, Morph 80th at 5,:-Iii n.,I
m:--J-=
M_l'tilrd'o Llhimont ourbl' coidl. 02°-
ihe- period wo \\'I»I-o respoIIsi1Ilo'i'oi';
:intl just ut this point f~oI'I_Ius in II
cr.-IitiIIIIoiIs Iiiis-stair-IIIcIIt by our op-
ponc:I's, II IIIis-stutqniont for the put'
.porin ol’ comparison, on the vr-r_v thres-
hold ot` t1Ie assuiuptiou ol' oflice by
this ilovcrniuoiit. This liscul year
wus chaiigcil by our opponents from
Ihr- ilist Iloy ol' ilereniber to tho :`l0th
Scptoixilieix :I time when the public
works and the public services were
iiicoiupleit-I: the public works all IIII-
Iier way. the _vciir closing nt~tlIui. date-
wns tis poor a _rear for statistical pIIr-
posos us could be devised. l need
not outer into rodsniis why that :inte
.was chosen. but wo Ilote.i'IIIiIIod to ro-
vort hack to tho Illst Dcronilior, thc
cud ol' thc c‘IileIIIlIIr your, IIIIII tho ond
Izt' tho llsral _rear in this province i`or
gciiorittioiis bot`oI~o. That Iiiuilo II
perioil, then. ot' iiftccn Iiiouths, ex-
i.I.-IIiiiIIg ironi thc 2l0tlI 1~‘Ioptem1IcI‘.
1911, to the Illst i_)s=I:eIIIlIci‘. 1012, that
we Iiccoitiited for. -Tho public ac-
ruuuts which we-rc brought Iiowu fc-I'
the _venr ciidiug 30th September, 1i|'l1
showed an 'indebtedness by this pro-'
viiice ot' $904,000. At this point, colu-
Iiionccs the IIIisrcpresciitlitloii with
whi_ch we have had to deal ot. every'
public Ineetliig which I Iltiended
t.lIroIIt:lIout. the r‘c~IiIItI'_\- riiiriufr the
last t-if-‘clion und in almost. every
spool-.li Iuudo by hon. ge=IIt,icIIIcIi op-|
positc in this Hoiiso. lt is for that
I-snsoii. rind because the “l’ntriot."
nowspupei' luis again taken up and
reiterated those II~Iis~sIateIucIIt.s. that
l now ask the llouse to consider the
actual facts. The lost year ot' tho
1’aIIncr Governnieiit ended on the]
tliith Se-pteiuhrr. 1911. and their pI_IlI~_
iir riot-oitnts showed an imicliteiliicss
ot’ $904,000. Then tliey in-pt on from
the 310th September, tliroiuzli OI-tobrr
ond November, until tho second day
oi' llocr:iIIbr=r_ whon Ih-oy went out;
nnd we eugugetl two of tho most ex-
port, anti rt-.liuhie uvcountaiiis who
could bo found III thc province. Inuna-
grrs oi' hnnlis. mon huviiuz no politi-
rul pcrsiinsloii, ‘hut iiaviiig their ro-
putuiion III sialic oII Ihr- corI'cI-incsu
or otherwise ot' thc siatoiiients they
mudo, Inou omiiicui in their pI'ofetI~_
sion. to mnko an audit I:~i` tho lluiinclai
condition ot' the province. They
found that in addition to the $004,000
shown in the public accounts, there
were uIIpI'ild dchis and llubliilies
amounting $168,000, and l have the
ilopcrt ot those Auditors to prove ir.
in tho face oi' this tact, which I'.'IuiIot
for n motucnl he controvcrted. the
nits-statements is repeated thot. we
crime ln nud fountl an inilebtedness of
only $904,000: and to provide against
the prevalence oi' any belief in that
false statement wo fc-riiinatoly had
those auditors appointed. The result
ot their investigation showed thnt on
Province.
day oi' llc:-cmller last. the debts and,
liabilities of this proviiicc aIIIoIIIItoI1
to $l,0tI2.l:'Il, Now, putting to one
side thc $11,000 which was uor co-
vered or iiiciiidcd in tht- finding r-I
I\iossI-s. -Rossiioroiiizli :Intl i`Jt=IIclI oII
thc 2nd llecember 1011,-*piiitiiig that
iisiilo Iiiul trcutlilx It. :ls it' it Iiuvor
existed, we hzivo $1,072,000 wo bcga'n
with Iigiiiiist us, and on tht- :list llc
I-I-IItIII-I- last II was $l0,i1ii0 It-its Ibm,
ilizlt; so thot Ituriiig IIN- |It=I'i0Ii iii
with-II wo linve born III powI\.I- wr-
hn\'<= Iiono ii IIumhI»I- oi' things, some
r.-1’ wliicli I will I-rfor to as l prorfocii.
llul our Illini: we huvo dont- is. IIul'~
int: Ihtit live years. to have rcIiIII~r=d
ilu' ii\Ii1‘lILi~IlIIess ot this pI'ovlIlI'o bv
$10,000, `
AT VARIANCE.
l’reIIIiIII- ,\iIII_IIi@¢.I0Iq IIIII-Odd(-(III pig at-coiiiits would show of the InoiIiestut`l'airs in the collection oi' taxes, III,
budilct in :I great spcocli last night. i‘0l1‘iv@li lllld U10 ll10ll0_)' llillfl OUI- DUI ‘Im ’*"°“L"l' 0"" I0" ‘""|"`"‘m““" Be"
The Legiglnfive A_qS,_,mhI_, “,_T__T T,T.C,w(|_ atm 1,-, show “-hui me |iab{|m€,, 0|' sides the rcductioii. of $10,000 in tin-
cd. ull the members hciug present, U10 l1l'0VIll<‘9 \\'(’l`f»‘-.*°IIlf* IIIIDUIII U1* debt- we h“v"' 5U‘“‘I' ‘out ‘III the 0"'
and E_w,T_\, l_UT_TmT. available fm. me mmf(-g_ yum. ufgm- yum- we I),-mlgm din-.II~_v revenues ol' the province sonic
public wus ri-owI|I=,d, umm. imiteg Ilowu those statciueiits, and this your $33-579 I`0i` Will' D\1¥`i]0S*-'»*~ lf 5'0"
peing W-@._e,=m__ Tm. premfpr was in tiiiero has been laid IIpoII the tnhln of wish to test the credit. oi` :I I'ountI'y.
oxecllent forIII and IlIIllvt'fI'cIl ti mos- UW H0050 11 Riiecial illiim- bl' MV- If 5'0" Wish t° knml' “'|m"“"` IIS Hmm' . , _
“,T.|_T addT.(,HR_ mmm to The hem OT. his p1_(-mIm;In_ the mu|,agf_I|- 0( th.; |¢(,_va] I-lui hzisls is sound or oiiierwise. you _ _(Special _to The Guardian.) _'vi-.ri.iIIg io the bt-lictf that the pros-
l1l1Hl0i‘f0ri-siliiiichuriirtci-izcil by keen Blink. which shows that on Ip.; gig, I-IIII drpenil upon Iho bairks und tho .\i'.\\ )Oitl\_ Mitt-I.-h '.’9~- -~'l`lII- I-nt GI>I:IIIIIII I'I>iI-eat is only part oi' II
ilIIuIIrie>‘s,wlI0 control lurl-to sunt#
oi” uioIII»_v to- tix the proper estimate,
and that estimate was ilxcd on tho
lst day oi’ I)sceIuhr»i' lnsI when this
(lo\'cI~IIIncIIt. was culled upon to dis-
cliurizo TI dobcniure loan of $185,000.
Wiiou tho lmutlci' of thc Opposition
wus III this llouso before. sniiie twen-
ty-Iive yriirs ago. lu- siippc-rlcd thc
purt_\~ that fiotiioii and placed that
loau. » "
BORROWING-~A RUINOUS POLI-
CV.
You III:\_\' have noticoii that his po-
lir-_V and tho policy oi' his i`ol1owers'is
IIol. to pay as yr.-II no along, but to
borrow uiouey. ’I`iIry ure putting
hotre us coIitinuIIll_\- plaiis such as
that instead oi' i`I-Irintr the issue like
Inou. lnsteail of paying as wc go.
I .was rtitiior iIitoI'f.sti\II in rofidiiig they ailvisc its to Ito-“I'o\\' IIitf.'lf’Y Mill
IIII- "tIIIuI-tiI.III." wIIiI~lI is sIIppoI=eII ict i'\it\ii'f~ »;+»I\<»riIti0I\-' Ii-”1.\' II- B01'-I
io Iiuvt- soinc s_vIITp;ItlIy with ips, (;0_ ro\vInI.: Iuoucy is justiliahlc ii' It. is
vri-IIInr=Iit, and thc “l‘.'Itriot,“ whoop 1
s_vIupIItlIy is not siispoi-ted very
Sti‘f.'#li~¢I_v oi' being III that direction. I
'l`iIr_\' both umdc stateniciits in I'cgn"d
to the tliiunciai position oi’ tho pro- I
viiico Iii tho time wo canic into po» I
wer and also III. thc present Iimc, und- I
you know. hir, Siotlkor-I ho) ‘
‘or thc pIIrpo:-I-_ of psiiiblishliig pcrtnn-
Iicut or proillablo iristitutir;-Its, but
Iorrowiug InoIIr._y to pay the daily
uecil is n I-uinous pI‘actlco, and lt' we
Iod tukou the Iidvico ni' the l.cader oi
ho Opposition and his i`oll<;-wcrs and
Ind borrowcii money to pay iIIto the
Patriotic Fund instead oi' levying :I tux
_ I . II' Ir
Is not iicrosy to .say so~thev wI-I-I. t`or tho amount I‘I_~I|IIli'cIl, we wc-uid
lIotlI wrong-‘;. The-v worn wronia, oIIciI I
love gone into thc money iuarkoi, to
our to the oxtoni oi' $1I;3,0t)I)_ (ph I'nisr'tlIut. $185,000 with :Imurk black
Gliardiiiu coiintiug that amount
twice while thc Patriot omitted it, 1
-1IlQi1f‘ihf‘I'. 'l`o limi tlII=~ truth _vc-II
Ilivido Ihc sum oi` the two pnpcI's by
‘.‘. it Iuiiglit ho sultl thnt $10,000 is'
not vo"_v much oi` :I reduction in the
liabilities or thc proviurc III tive
in IIIII1 tics(-I‘or.lit:I1Iio. Ai once we would
ic- told: You arc iII tho position tx-i`
:I farinor who is putting on Iiiortgnge
tiftct- InoI‘tgaIz,c to pay 1Iis_gI'ocery
hills. ' 'l`hei‘e is but our. cud to such
n cc-Iirse us thut, and it is iinnnciai
ruin, Tliose men would say to us:
yenI'§. hut Irousider the situation as
we touhd it when we I-time into po-I
wer. \\"c t`oIIIId II debt that tor
You have horrowcil money for the Pn-
trioiic -i*`unIl. Tiuiti is noi. II pt-I'rIIIn~
uein thing; that is II t`IInd supported
twciIi_\' _rears had been stcuiliiy Iiiouu- ily V0l\l11iiii`Y N-'i\ii`II1ilfI0|\S 01' U10
ting liiglici' uuil liiglier, with Iirvor :I 11901110 Ililli U10 G01/€1‘i'lliif‘Fll Bild YOU
single III-ook; an IIvcI'iI;:c tor linvc dont-I just what the t'nrmor did
i.\\'0I1t_v _veiirs ot' $45,000 hud been :III-
dcd to the dcht, and IlIf\I~_-I, app:-I1I't.I1 I
who borrowed Inouev to Incot his gre
'I.r_v cxpeuscs. You have borrowoil
to be no end III slight, ._\'0r, only Wm. Inoucy imiteail r.-1' I~IIiI<iIu.=,' the Fund III-
hnt tiue, but me v public seivice
I-I-ily t`roIu the people. as you should
t _» . ,. A , ..
had I:'rIIduII1i_v Ilrwliiiorl. ln the puh- (I0. 'Vilfii IS llI'@l'5SUI_v Whili Wi’ Wilillil
lics<>1Ioc,~1s Ihr- uIIppII»III-ents had pIu=II have been told had wr I`ollI;-wed the
titkcu IIwa_\‘. thi* lioiiiisses had iwoii i'0lil'SE S\ll»Z£5€‘5f“<I bv I-hi? L0ild0f` Of ihf’
cut oi`t`; and o\'rI'_\~ eil(-oIII'nizeIuf>n`i was
glveu our t0:II'lII_‘rs to leave thc- pro-
viIIct=~. ii' I might be periuittrzd to
use au oxpressioii that our fI'ieIid.'
i0rIIIeI'l_I- (‘oII‘,IIii.-siI».ii=i‘ of 1-’IIi')ili‘I
Works,, woulil have hee-II very glad]
to use, l would sII_\' ou" sirhools v.'oI'I-T
filled with teiicliors who wI~I~,. not
there. We had sonic T0 sclurols that
were vacant und IIII\IIy ot' tho tout-lI~
ers throuI.;hout the province were
tcacliiiig on periuits without lit-onsc.
The euroinieut had fallen hy over
five t.lIousIIud, :ind wliat was trite III
thc educational depzirinirnt was gu-
nerully true. ii' our I".-IIl_\~ coiisiilors
tho' I~oIItlitloiI Iii this \'cr_v buiidliitz.
as I-epreeslitliur III _II .~iIIIui1 way tho.
public works i'roIII I~Iul to cud oi,
this island, ho will Izoi u \'f_\i‘_\» fair
iiulioalioii of how III:IttI-rs stood :IudT
ht;-w they stand now, \VI~ foIIuIi this,
building hentcd by thc nmsi aiiirirut
Iucthods. Tl1orI= woro l>ciwt=cII iiiir-'
ty :Ind i`oI't_v siovi-.~I sI'IItterI»II tlirouali-
out the liuiidiug. and the lighting sI's~I
tent was of thc Iuosi primitive kiIid.I
The llooru were worn until tho prin~.
Iripul t'ciIturo, the i'I~IItIiri“ that would
.strike I1/ny peI'sr;-Ii coming' in. wniiid'
be the splinters that stood up, \\'c,
liII\'f- Iuutlo uoiuo I-li:IIIi.:`i‘s in that “c~.
irurd. l.I»t iIIIyoIIIf ao into tho t'ouII-,
I-,il ('7lIanIiirI-. und instonil I:-2' the grimyi
and IllI't_v iooui wiiit-li wt' l`IIiind, il is'
one r.~l tht- most strikiiiiriy bc:Iutifu1I
iegislativo lIaIi.~I that can he found*
from ocean to ocriin. llardwood
iloors hnvo born laid down, II niotie-rII|
hearing systciu 'has hccii eslabiis1Ied,‘
und the buildini: is till fully and com-
pletely lighted. 1 would not. sprnk
of it if it. had I~eicI'e-lion to thier hiilid-
lug nlouo, hilt it. represents in miiIia~
ture the condition III which we found
the public services and the condi-
tion to wlIiI~h wc have iuivonccdi
them today. 1 hoard an lion. moniber
say to-day that ibn ronds of the coun-
try were In It scniulaious condition. ort
soniothiug to that oifecl. and auotiiori
hc-II. nIemhor_ who knew thc coutru-T
ry, said that the statement was not
tho rlnv the present Government camo »ii`il“. it was vr.r_v hard indeed tori
intn po\vor the indebtedness of i-he
province was $1,072,000: and no muh
wlin vnlués his rrpiiintiou for truth.
or who has any nbiiity to unilerntaml
the stinpisst lc-rm of aI:count.lug will
attempt. to question that tnct. it is
true there were sc-me liabilities which
those auditors were not ahie to ilnd.-
iiabiliies for damages. for example.
liabilities that had nriscii on claims
not properly recorded; so that in ad-
dition io the amount which the audi-
tors found oi $l.072.000. th€I‘0 WHS 0
sum of over $11,000 morebetween Wal-
ter Lowes and other claims thnt ai-
terwarde developed. it will be seen
tliereion, that we had to deal with
liabilities c-f $1,072,000 plus $11,000.
Igmericnn Government. i _
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Mlnerdl Llnlmeni euro! llflil I" WW'
one to nvoid II ntatoniont of that kind.:
kuowina just what tho roririltion oi'I
thc public roads has been i`oI- that
Inst few years nIId imr~\viIIg what itl
was a few years before. The re-T
duction is only $10,000. but we have,
killed a tlellcit ni' $45,000 a your that
was eaiiugthe very heart. and life out
oi' this country, and we have changed
it into II surplus, however small. We
have done this during II period ol"
stress and war, operating aitogetlIerI
to the distitivantage oi' the revenue
and making greater calls for expendi-
ture. Everyone who wishes to be;
honest nI\Ist'mnke that admission.
that we have had to tight against war
conditions and that -those were ne-
rioun conditions that hampered thef
Your alter year we had an audit. made
to ilml out not only what the public
\
Government III _tho conduct ot public]
Oppt;-;-iitlou and those ussoriaieil with
him. llo\ve\'oI‘. wo did Iioi; and
those mon examined our tlnnncial pr.-
sitiou; they looked into thc rccorti
of what this Governnient has bien
doing. They looked thrc-ugli our tux
sysiciiis and tho methods we were
lollowiug, and tho result is wo raised
ii loan upon terms the most. favour-
uhle ol' any part oi the Britisli Em-
pire, (Choc-I-s.) There is no- port
oi' the ilritish lflnipire, no province,
no I'olon_\'_ Iio <~oIIIItI'_v, that was able
to piacc II It-:III mi terms its favour-
able as littlc i’riIIcf~‘ Edward island.
Ii‘lIcors) And I will tell you more.
.\lI-_ Spcukor, tluit ii` wc had followed
the poriilcious utlvlrte oi’ the Hon.
L.t=adcI~ oi' thc (ippositioii lust. August
and had issued tlciieiituros to raise
inoiicy to pay into the Pairioiin Fund
we would iiavu lost over and over
again many tliousands of dollars. and
thc I-rodii oi' thi- pro\'iIIr»c~ would have
sunk lI\st.r=.uIi ot' staiuliiur at the high-
est pIIint1cle_-hiiriior ihnn tho Domi-
IIic.~II oi' t`nIuIIi:I; for they have liorrow-
od III  por cont. iInIi`iI:tvo marie Ii
dis count, wht`I'I=ns wo lirociired nn
I-xtciisiiiii oi' tivo yours oII tho loan
of $185,000 on II liasis ut' 5 por cent
lint. tt‘lIcoI':~i.i II. was iII 1801
wht-II ihut, lonn of $lS:'I,000 wus lion!-
I\II_ :ind with proper tiuaiiiriiiu wc
should hurt found. on the lst Decent-
hor lust. :I siitllulcnt. sum III tho sink-
ing fund to have mot that iiiIbiiii_'.y.
liow much did wo find III tho sinking
fuIui'.’ Would this I-louse bclicve it
-not oiieiiaif of $185,000. NI.~i._onc-
haltf,-just $92,100; and so wise and
pl‘IIdcIit. had ihoso men been that tliey
had invested the sliikiiur iIIIId in de»
lieiitures and seciirlties thot. were not
due on the lst Deremiic-1* Inst. and in
the sinking t'uIId there wns not. one
single dollar .to incot that $185000
loan except $32,851, which wo hail
paid into that sinking fund ourselv-
es,-l\'ow_ lot this hc Iiudorsiood. lor
thc i.c:Ider ot' the Oppnsiiioii ii-I the
Iiuuiiciai critic and this is his re-
cord: Ho and his ptirty tioutcd tl
loan with II sinking fund not shill-
cioiu to pay I.-no-halt' nt' the amount
oi' that loan at maturity; :Ind what
thvrc was III tho sinking: fund couI~
prisiug only $212,000 in ciisli, NOT ONE
CENT OF THAT CASH INVEBTED
IN THAT FUND BV OUR PREDE-
CESSORSI EVERY DOLLAR THAT
WAS AVAILABLE IN CASH WAS
PAID IN BY THIS GOVERNMENT.
What did wo do? We took the mat-
ter Iip withthe Aetna insurance Com~
pany that held $100,000 oi’ this is
l.1nd‘s bonds, and nl't.eI- II thorough
investlizi-itioii oi' the tlimncial position
of this province hy them, wo were
able to get from litem tho terms l
have st_iIteIl, nu oxtonsiou oi' five
years at live per cent and nu to the
(Continued on Pale Two.)
I Is Part ol Plan For Retirement _on
East to Lorraine. Allied Semicircle
Closing Steadily Around the Angle.
GI-.'I‘nIIIIIs IIII= strikiiur bark III i_‘1iIIm~ Iiltin tor I'r~tiI‘eIuont. oII II i.romendou.-
pugue III Ii I|otuI'IIIiIIoIl I-ifoii. to di- =-:ale in this l5I'~lI:i:iII boi'rlcI°. In sup-
rrri lleiicrul .\Ii\'I»11n from his erase- Dori. ot' this theory II is pointed our
loss pouiuiing :Ii tho Inuit- oi' tho sliuk- that withdrawal from the Noyon and
ou liiiidcuburg- liIIt~‘. Tho scour oi' tho linpniiine .saiisiits is rapidly fort-IIII;
counter <It'i'oIII»=iw\ lziuiichcd by llin- thc wimlu tlcruian line into the i’oInI
1IoIIlIIirg is IIIIIIII: II 't'll`tc<_-II Inllr froIIt.Iof an iiniiieiisg right. angle. Tho (Ip.
stnI'tlIIg about i,wI1uiy-tivo IIIIII-r. oasf. right oi’ Ih1.-»uIIglt> runs north and
ol' llheims. Ilttnckiiiir iii t`oI'I:t- in this south for 120 miles t'IoIn Niouport, ou
srcior the iIe‘I‘IIuIIIs have Iirirf-II the i1IoBo1t:inII I‘o:.Ii=.t, to Leon. the Horiz-
Ficiicli i`roIII ,f.'oIIII_- of thoir .'IIivIIIu~cIi omni runs for about nn equal distzilico
irfIIu‘lIt\s, but 'huvii t':IiI¢-Ii so t':II' Lo rust to thI_- 1.oI‘rtIilI>lI0IdeI‘. II is into
luaki- uuy .-i\I'ioIis iinprcssloii on thi- IIII~' tipox of this Niiulo thot. Gcnciwtl
Iici`enIieI~s' lines, III the iiieuutinie the Nivi-ilu is boring his way tlireeteniiiig
iron .~<t»ini~<-iI-<-lI- w1IiI'lI .\'ivcllI- has- In out tho torifns of tho lnrtidoi
tlirown III'ouIId tho soiiiliciii half ui sI|uIIroI_v in two. i
tho St Goiiuiii is steiiilily I‘o_ntI‘IIt!t-
ing. it' the I-`roI\I-II IIIaintuiII Ihcir HINDENBURG LINE ‘
piosciit ri“e oi' ntivuilizt-' if, can only ABOUT TO BE TESTED.
bc II IIItItic,» 0i` \'cI'_\' i't‘w days bt-It'oI'0
the r_-niiI't> piuicnu is in their t:I'as'p, (Special to The Guardian.)
I‘r~mo\'iIIg IIII- lust great Iititurai hui'-T LONDON, Mart-h 29--~ The (Irr-
I-ior to l.aon_ ,IuzIII.-. nie now I\IIii'cIiI'hed along tho
’i`lII- British are Iuo\'iIII: I`orwIii'd_t‘roIII iuwariis which tho l"I'cIich uint
stcailily norili but the fur-I iIIIII iheyTl`lI=itislI have been advancing, n`ccoI’Il-
III'I_- capluriiii; \'illziI.<os with I-tI'vIIir_\' ini: to a siutcincxii today by Major
iiirlirates that they are not _vcr in I.-on- General Ziiauricc, i‘hi¢-I’ I.lirecto,- ot'
III(-t with tile main (loriuuii t'oI't-cs. Miiitarv Operations at the War 01'-
'l`ho most. utlvuiicod llriiish oiitpos'-is lice. llc .said tlIIIt. \\'helhe`I~ ptisses
are still ton Iuilcs from thc i‘IIm _sion by tho GorIutIn.'~; formed thc
hrui line' whcrr allied oiisr-Ivors lIII\'f‘-IIIuI‘h adijeiiisoil llindonburiz linc'
tIss1iIIi0Il tht' GoI'In:IIIs propose if-Iwoiilii not lit* i'o\'eu1cIi until tht'
iunkc (III-,ir rcal srunil. , i1"rI-,Itch and British armies had
;\iiiitai'_\‘ I-ritif-ss in Paris :tio rv iII~IiiiI.:lIi up Ihoii hr~t\\{\‘ Iiriillery.
,_..._...,~._,...,_ ..._-. .~_~_.v,. ...___ -..,,~._~ -_..._ ,_ N._.~.,.~_~. _,~._,..., ... ._ . _... _....~...~.~._ ._
SIGNAL DEFEAT 0F
TURKISH ARMY
Force ol' 20,000 Men Defeated, 900.
Captured Including General and Divi-
sional Stall and Number oi Austrian
Officers -
(Special to The Guardian.) 'cd hoa.vy liissus on hint taking 000
t.i)Nll0N, hiarch Z0- ’l'ho llritir-li prisoners iiicluding the Gonirlal Com-
ariuy III l’niI-.stlIII_»,' has Ilrfeiiied u maridiilg and the whoic divisional
Turkish arniy ot' 20,000 incn -capt.III'~» stall’ oi the Turkish Division. These
ing' 900 men iiirliidiug II gcncinl, the ilixures include Your AuI~ItriIIi1 officers
War Office announces. Tho entire di- und thirty two Austrian and Germans
visional stall' ol’ the 1~`ii'ty 'l`hird Tiir- of other ranks. We also captiired two
kish llivlsioii was I-tIptuII>.d by tht- _~\ustritIn 4 inch guns All troops he-
Britisli. llrltlsh troops have odvunceillhaved spiendldly, especially thc
i`or :I Iiisiaucc oi` |it’teI_>‘n miles along troops of the Welsh, Kent, Sussex.
the _~-oIIthcrI1 Pa-lostino coast ol' the llorcforti, Middlesex and Surrey rugi-
lvloditcII~aIIenII, This British force ments and the Anzac und yeom.anI~_v
have pitshcd ior\varI'l t'rom l'lot`a to mouutod troops.
Glluzzeliu, II rivor tivc Iuiies south ol’ 6
Gaza (lhuzzeh. Gaza is twenty milos IN ROUMANIA,
IIorIlI of the Flgyptiau Syrian boIIII- (Special to The Guardian.)
dary, Tho text. oi' the oll"iris.l ;.‘tnio'nIcnt 1’ETllOGRAll, liiarru 29- Teutonic,
retuls: attacks ou the southern portion oi’ the
“’l`ciogrII.piIiIig ycsteriiity the i_`onT- itoumanlan front wore delivered yes-
maniiei--in-(‘IItci in iiirypt ropoits that. tnrduy hut were stopped by Russiiin
wc advniircd our troops til`tccTi miles tire, the War Olllce unuounccd today.
l`I'onI ltafa to ilu- \\':Idi Ghuzzcli, five An advailcc was attempted in tho re-
milcsIso\ith nt' (lusn to cover Iho von- Irion northeast. oi' lfoiisbani. ()n1y,'riIiIl-
struction oi a. railway. Ou 1\londay and inn operations are roportotl from Ihr
'1’Iu=.sIlII_v wo wi-ro lieziviiy r\IIgiIgI>Il` in i"aIIcIIsus front.
this Iu-ighliorliooil \'»'il.I'l it f0I‘<'f’ 0l`| '-'°‘ ”””””” *'”*°'”°°‘
nboiii 20,000 of Ihr' ¢~III=rII_I-_ Wo inllii-I-TMInard’a Liniment cures toothache.
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IIIIIS IIISII SPAI PREPARES
WAR UIIAIIAN IRIINIS NFIIII EVENIUAIITIES
(Special to The Guardian.) (Special to The Guardian.)
l.0.\11)(i.\'_ March 20- 'l‘lIi- Inust hi- LONDON, March 29- The Spanish
teI'r.-.',iIIg 'piece of news from thc wur Govoriimoiit luis adopted measures
ghentm today is the Iiiiiiounceil visit mado nciressary' for the pre.sci1'a-
to the italian trout. oi' Sir \\’iliiaIII tion oi” order in view of nn appeal to
iloimI'is'oII und General \\'e_vgand. ro- the pcopio which is i-hnrIIrtt~rlzi‘d ao
pI~rs-ciiting Generali Nivcllc. lt run he sfIditioIIs_
n5__-,mm-,(1 (hut this p_I't\_I_u-ucv; , .__._._...______.__..____...
ot' il ~. ll ~it's1 t‘1ici ol
it I I I I
Staff und tht- It:prcse'IItativc of the  
l~`I~enI‘h iIcoIlqIIaI't<>I's stall' III the THIS!
oi' tho itnlitin suprciiii- rtvininntiii. _
Iiiouns that bt-uvy llahtiuu is export-
cd in that wur zonc. _
  nnuoiiuci-Ii_ Art.i1lI\r_v lighting ron-
  tinund Iluiiug the night. between thi'
Aisue and thc Somme. The l-‘I-encli
kept in contact everywhere with tho
(Special to The Guardian.) German lines. Soissons was bombard-
VANPOIIVEII. 1l_ C.. March 29- A rd by heavy German guns.
despatch io the (‘IInaIlian News from
Toklo Filys lh-ut II. (lermilu miller has SPAIN PREPARES FOR EVENTU-
sunk a Japanese warship in the ALITIEB. '
Southern i’IIcIl1c_ The Iiumes of the _ _--»
vessels were not disclosed. ’i‘bo prea~ (sp¢¢I¢| 1° The Guarding)
ence of a German raidcr in the south- LONDON, March 29- The ol!’iclai
ern seas and in the indian Ocean has (I-azettc of Madrid, published today
been rumored seveinl times lately, II decree suspending conltililtlonal
otiicinl reports. having been given out guarantees in all provinces 0! the
PARIS. March 29--» I\n important
Iniiultlons and supply depoi wait' cap-
tured hy the- French. lbe WII'r Olilru
In III.. ¢~tTI~I:I tim( Iwo ilrttisii mer- _kinIzdom. No information hu been
chnni. ships had been sunk in that received' here in eilplanation ot ‘this
vicinity. _ ac; in Spain. _ _  »
r`<`
Large Scale to Belgian Frontier. -
German Line Now Forms Right An-
gle From Nieuport South to Laon and-
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