1 o 1.! l ,is enum.---»-~-~ -------- ~------~~-~-sie; ~ -~»-~-----~~~------~~-_._ __ _ Daily by 42 People Sworn Circulation Statement Furnished Advertisers """"""'"` """' """ """"""" " ' "' ~~Y-`--~`Y*-‘-11'-`-`-'-“J-`-`-`-`-=`--“-`-`-'-'f`~`-f‘ff-`-‘-“-`-`-‘ff-‘ff'S112Y‘:_::;:-::.--_-_-_-_-::::::_~~---~»_-_---- ------- -~-----»~»-~---~~~ --~ ---~»~~~----»---~ - -- ____ --~----~-U -~-_--___ ___ _ _____.__..__.___.__ _.___ _ _______ _ _ _.___ iiiis clit; iiigioy _Y 1; iiiiiiu l,‘,:;';,‘.';,','.’,°,,',',’£‘;‘;:i‘;;‘ :,‘.’.i,, 1,., cHA1iLo'r'rE'1‘oWN CANADA THURSDAY APRIL 15 1915 ;,‘3,;°,;,;';-,;,<~;,g;';;;,»,°,>,_\;_-,¢gy_;-;=- PREMIER NIATHIESN DELIVERS BUDGET SPEECH AND REVIEWS HISTORY OF FOUR YEARS REOINIE FRANK OLIVER SERIOUSLY in Number ol' Land Deals in which He Personally Profitetl li Terrible lirraignment of one who Poseii as a Political Purist (From Our Own Reporter) OTTAWA April 14-Hon Frank Oliver stands to day in Parliament a discredited if not a disgraccil man Itoveiiitlons wcrc made in the lloiisc of Commons to night following a day of revelations which dist loscd that the ex minister of the interior. that sturdy ti ibune of the people, that man who for a quarter of a century had posed as superhonest man. ha.d an interest in two transactions affecting the dispos al of natural resources in the West, lands in one case and mineral rights in the other He had personally pro fitted from these transactions There was no way out for Mr Oliver The facts were read from the flies of the department Government members threw them squarely in Mr 0iiver's ace HB has DOCRBIGG 11101181’ which isnant, although challenged time and not his but the people’s said lion Arthur Meiglien in closing a masterlv speech, and Mr Oliver gave not ii solitary word oi' denial, he but squirm ed uneasily in his scat ll was a sad dav for the Liberal party and Hon Mr. Oliver was a pitl fully louelv figure as he sathenoea up on his front bench and isfened tothe .~.-»._. 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The MDL c mins over B50 es and is up-toqdste in ovorv 2,f“,,,,,, min umiii smmtfhlplmdpf Ullfll _lh0\l!”¢§°_”l° IMPLICATED castigation of his administration or rather nialadministration of the De partmont of the Interior and as ilon Dr Roche, Hon Arthur Melghen and Mr R B Bennett directly charged Mr Oliver with being aware of and being responsible for the series of scandalous and corrupt dealings by the Liberal party and its agents as revealed in the Ferguson reports He was an even sadder figure when having defended his share of the trans actions revealed in these reports in one of the weakest and lamest speech es ever heard in the House from a. front hencher, the facts of the cases in which he had directlv profitted were exposed Sli' \Vllfrld Laurier who sat through the whole debate had not a word to say in defence of his Western Lieute again to do so Fittingly perhaps, the only Liberal member who attempted to come to the rescue of the member for Edmonton, was Hon William Pugsley The revelations have created a most intense sensation in political circles Through his strong phrases and brim stone epithets and his apparent sturdv d fence of the ‘rights of the people, Mr Oliver had come to be regarded its at least personallv honest The exposure made last night was without doubt a direct surprise to the mem bers of Parliament They were pain fully surprised for no nian in the Canadian Parliament has been more violent in the language he has used in denouncing political corruption in pub lic life It is generally admitted bv the Liberals that politically Mr Oliver is ‘ dead The storv has already been made public that while lie was Minis ter of the interior. the Grand Trunli Pacific took $15,000 worth of stock in his own papei, the Edmonton Biiiletin Mr 0ilver's defence was almost pain (Continued on Page Six) Llllllilllll IIIEH IIIIIIISH PHISIIIIIIIS IN GEHMIIII (Special to The Guardian) LONDON April 14 -Announcing in the Commons that the British Foreign Ofllco has requested American Ani bassador at London Walter H Page, to telegraph the American Anibaasa dor at Berlin lames W Gerrard to find out what truth there was in re ported German reprisals, Neil Prim rose. Parliamentary Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, added ‘lt this report be true, we can only hope these prisoners are being treat ed us well as are the crews of' captur d submarines in this country Premier Asquith announced that the House would only sit for three days' work He also stated, in reply to a suggestion that members ought to f'ol low the lead of King George and ab stain from alcohol that the supprea sion of alcoholic liquors at the palace of Westminster was a matter for the House. not the Government to de olde Mlnlrde Linlment cures parget In cows TIIF WEATHER, 'PEMPFRATURE FIDE MOON ETC Special to The Guardian) TORONTO April 15 -Maritime Fine and mild THE WEATHER -Yesterday was beautifully fine and warm. with bright snushine. The highest temperature recorded yesterday was 42 above zero and the lowest was 31 above. The lowest of the previous night was 32 above At 0 a m yesterday it was 96 above and at 0 p ru it was 31 above The tide will be high this morning at 11 05 and tomorrow at 11.31 it will he high tonight al 12 and tomorrow at 12 41 The sun sets this evening at ti 47 and tomorrow at 649 it rises tomorrow morning at 5 11 and Saturday at 5 10 The moon sets tonight at 8 88 There wsu a new moon on Wednos day, April 14th It 780 A m The first quarter of the moon will be on Thursday, April 22nd at 1130 e. The length of todsy will be thifiééll hours and thirty five minutes There was it crowded attendance in the Legislative Chamber last night when Premier Mathieson presented his fourth Budget His Hon Speaker Wyatt to tl c chair at 8 '35 and after some preliminary business, the Premier moved that the i-louse form itself into Committee on supply- that supply b granted to His Majesty ' Before dealing with the special items on the estimates, the Premier took a retrospective view of what has been done during regime of the present Government in Novem ber 1911 there came to an end twenty years of Liberal administration Fotu years ago he had stated that he would make a change in regard to the re sponslbllity for failure to iniilie income and expenditure meet They said if they were fit to take government they would have to carry the responsibility on their own shoulders without cast ing blame upon their predecessors Tliev did not throw the responsibility' on their predecessors for failure to make ends meet because they had put an end to the period oi annual deficits Wlhen they started thev were faced with liabilities of $1 072 000 and it was on the results obtained, start ing with that adverse balance, that their regime must be judged At the end of the first fifteen months, the Government had reduced it to $1027 000 At the end of December 31 1914 the liabilities were further reduced to $983 854 'l`lie total reduction of the debt in the four years was $89 241 These figures could not be coiitroverted in addition to this reduction there was the claim of Walter Lowe, outstantl ing tor over fifteen years. \vliicli had been settled for some $7 '£43 They lind had nothing to do with that claim but like many other claims, it had fallen on their shoulders io settle There were 'other claims amounting to over $’l 000 which afteriiartls turned up. making it total rcduiiion in dclit of about $100 000 Last year lie had estimated lor ii. surplus of $5 G29 The nttnal surplus liud been $10 572 The contribution to the war funds had been $20 940 including $15 000 paid to the Patriotic Fund Altogether some $28000 which were actually paid out this year and which might be properlv charged to the current year they had defraved from the year 1914 If it had not been for that they would have had a sur plus of $47414 That was not all for although they had fulfilled and more than fulfilled their promise that they would make income and expen diture nieet they had also added to the assets of the province by provid ing agricultural buildings in Charlotte town and Summerside to the value of $17 000 The Commissioner of Public Works in his Department had added to the assets of the Government Dllblic works to the value of $153 000 It was nbsoliitely necessary when thev took the offer to put the nuances of the province in ii. sound financial position. and they had done this by increasing the revenue hy $160 000-without in creasing the taxation ol’ the people of the province one cent The Land Tax was the same. the income tax was the same, except that the revenues of clergyman and school teachers were exempted They had the fox tax it was true, but that was not a new tax. as previously fox owners were liable to s tax of one and a half per cent instead of one per cent now charged The satisfactory position of the fin ances was not reached by chance It was all carefully planned and arranged for If their predecessors had acted upon the advice they had placed at their disposal when in opposition, they might have obtained the increased Dominion subsidy and grants which they had succeeded in securing but their predecessors refused to avail themselves of the materiel and assist aiice they had offered H was the increased revenue spout 'thev ina spout no ooo poi- annum in permanent public works more than did their predecessors They had paid $41000 per annum more in lulnrles to teachers-on midi tion of $70 to every teacher's selery in the province The average deficit of $35000 pei' annum had been wiped out,, and they had reduced the public debt by 880000 per annum-account ing in all for $148 000 per annum In the Public Works Department alone their predecessors had spent during the whole of their regime some $40 800 on steel bridses, whereas the present Govemmeut in three years had gpqnt $116 000 ln other perms nent works they had spent 037000- muliiiig on expenditure of $160 000 in this Department alone The roads of the province were never in s better condition than they were to-day, not~ withstanding that the Road Act met Mlnarifs Llnlhlent Uuroe Dlpllthirll i » _tc 1-i,,_‘ ,f il Crowded House Listens With intense interest to the Graphic History ol thc Past Four Years in which the Debt inherited from the G Previous Regime was Reduced by $iti0000 Techers Salaries increased, More Expenditures on Roads, Public Works and llgricul ture Than by Their Predeccssors Without a Cent of increase in Taxation and a Surplus to Boot He did not believe that one man. were lie asked. would go hack to the old system Under the old regime a great deal of the monev for roads was spout in buvlng votes Under ilie present Government not u cent liiid been spent lnsuch a. manner it could not be truthfully said that one dollar had been spent illegally by this Govern ment, after next election was over. he would be extremely disappointed if he could not stand there and say that not onlv had not a cent of’ public money been spent in brib ry but that not one drop of liquor ha been distributed at the election The road oflicers had also to collect the land tax, and it was a satisfactory statement. he thought to be able to make, when he said that they had collected over 98 per cent of the taxes Proceeding to discuss the roads, lie said it should not be difficult to arrive at a solution for permanently improving the roads-but that was still before them He hoped that after next election the Senate would be no longer in a position to veto the sub sidy for roads If the Senate had not blocked the measure, the province would have had $40 000 spent on the roads For the future iliev looked forward with confident hope of obtain ing that grant, when the beneficial results that would flow from it would be felt all over this province Discussing the education question, the Premier said when they took office thev found that during the previous regime the average attendance ot cliildreii had fallen from 23.000 to 18000 the number of schools had largely increased, the average salaries of all classes ot' school teachers had fallen, there was apathy everywhere All that had passed The attendance had increased there was only one vacant school lust year, salaries had increased, there was hope, courage and conildeiice everywhere instead oi’ three school inspectors they had now eleven, who visited the schools rcgularlv. and the system and satis factory results accruing reflected the greatest credit on the Superintendent oi' Education and his assistant, Mr Bradlev Indeed, it was held up to other provinces as an ideal system of co ordinatlng common school and agri cultural education He confidently believed that the outcome of this would result in increasing the popula tion remaining in the island He be lieved the conditions offered here were better than those offered anywhere in Canada or outside Canada Education was the foundation of success What enormous possibilities lay before us agrlculturally if only we would recog nise that no man was too old to leiirn Nothing could curse a country more than wealth without foundation far better for a countrv to have more of the latter and less of the fomier H thought that it was as much the duty of Canada and the provinces of Canada to provide money for better equipping the fishermen of Canada as to provide for the education of any other class. and he would not re main satisfied until an opportunity were given to thc fishermen of Canada similar to that now being given to agriculturists Referring to oyster fisheries, the Premier said that last year they arranged with the Depart ment of Marine and Fisheries to institute a protective service and to sweep the bays of star fish They also had had the services of Dr Julius Neilson, the greatest authority on oysters in the United States.wholnves tigated the particular conditions under which oysters bred, and also Mr J W Robertson. who spent the summer in Richmond Bay studying the oyster spat The problem was bow to catch the spat, and the infomation obtained had been very valuable indeed lf it had not been for the action of the Government the greatest oyster fish erles of Canada--our own-were in danger of becoming exhausted would have been impossible to lnaug urate the present system had it not been for the invaluable work of Mr Shaw and his assistance They had found in him an exceedingly reliable officer, and he had succeeded in smoothing out objections and dlfllcul ties until now he did not think there was one outlving claim which had not been satisfied There woe not a man engaged in the ovster lndustry in any capacity who would not be immensely benefited by the cultivation of the oyster fisheries it would be n crime were steps not taken to develop and conserve the finest oyster beds in the continent Growth if sound and sure lilly be ll0W yet ml! D0 ll¢llflCf.0l'y Growth in the oyster industry may not be speedy but._his sdvfoe from thai Department was that it was sound and sure The fox industry had made phenomenal progress. Until the war had checked its development. but he that in the long run, both the fox industry and the oyster lndustry would ultimately benefit from the pres nt Period of rest The Premier referred to the mussel mud experiments and said they hoped to develop these until the whole pro vince would benefit therefrom In conclusion the Premier said their estimated income for the coming year was $517 293, and the expenditure $516 238 leaving a surplus of $1055 That would mean that they would re duce the public debt by $18 268, and in addition have this surplus of $1 055 The Government had in the past year fulfilled the last of their pre election promises in establishing the school supply department, whereby the price of school books had been greatly reduced He thought they would be justified by the people of the province In spending what they considered necessary in carrying through that policy 'I‘lie Government had also in view in establishing ti laboratory for testing disease such as they had not on this side of Montreal at present They had been advised that that was an initial step that would bring their re lations to the people in the very besi: that exists in civilization What they wanted was the best means of safe guarding the health of the people, and that they were determined to attempt What lay before them immediately, however. was their relation to the Empire, and they were asking the Leg isiature to provide what was deemed necessary They did not know how much would b required u they asked that confidence would be placed in the Govern ment to spend about what was consid ered necessary lf ever there was it time when strife, malice and unclinr iizibleness should be swept back it was thc present The man who realized his duty in this respect would fliid that lie had no time to waste other wise There were some people who, instead of assisting, were prepared to hinder Instead of giving approval they had nothing but fault finding, but he hoped that such trivial fault finding would he now put behind them and a united front presented in face of the common danger M JOHN RICHARDS The leader of the Opposition. in reply said the Premier had furnished them with a lengthy and eloquent speech and had endeavored to show that they had is great many problems to solve as the result of the long regime of the Lib erals if the Premier could succeed in making the people see things as he saw them, it would be all right for the Government, but lie thought it would take more than his speech to do that He thought the Province had benefited largely by the enter prise of the Liberal Governments in introducing improved transportation, cold storage, and agricultural devel opment He believed thai: the people had come to believe that the late Governments were very progressive and economical He though tthat the present Government at Ottawa was the most extravagant in the history of Canada He thought the term "slash away dashaway well described the Dominion Government, and might al so be applied to the local Government Since coming into office they had been grossly extravagant as the public ac counts showed It was true there was n surplus last year of 10000 but in view of the increased subsidy and grants received, he did not think it was much to brag about They had a revenue of $209000 more in 1914 than in 1911 lf proper economy had been practised there should have been a very substantial surplus They had not practised economy. on the other hand there had been increased ex peudlture in every department had cost $700 to bring the members of the Executive Council against $400 under the Liberal Government That was perhaps not s great deal but it showed how the money was spent lf the debt was decreased how wes it that $1 300 more in bank interest was paid last year than in 1911’ H criticized the system adopted b Messrs Rossborough and Dench in prsparin the report on the liabilities of the ovince, and said that if they had adopted a different system they would have shown that the Province was in I. better position under the lute Goveniment than almost any other Province in Canada, Discus sing the educational question, he doubted whether the Government was Justidod in making the claim for the improvements that they had done lf the Government had practised the some economy as its predecessor, he thought they should have been able to pay greater increases In salaries to gether to be regretted He thought c ortifying Underground in Event of invasion (Special to The Guardian) BASEL, April 14 -German autiiori ties, according to advices reaching herc, are reconstriictiug the formid able fortress at Isten, five miles from here on the Rhine The barracks in side the fortress have been complete ly pulled down and extensive under ground barracks to take their place ERMANY PREPARES FOR EVENTUALITIES Positions on Rhine and Damming River with View to Flooding Country have been dug and quarried out ol the earth Furthermore the river itliine 1-. being dummed so that when certain sluice gates ure closed wide stretches of the surrounding country can be flooded Observers in Basel are ex pressing the opinion that these pre parations arc in anticipation of tho French offensive being successful (Special to the Guardian) ROME April 14 -The Cabinet Council Tuesday decided several ini portant military measures. the nature of which was withheld but they are undoubtedly connected with italian intervention in the war, which anv Austro German effort nov is absolute lv powerless to avert l aiu inform ed from an authoritative source, says the correspondent. that negotiations have been successfully initiated he tween the Allies and Italy as a prelude to the settlement of various questions which it is necessary to dei ide before intervention comes ITALY S INTERVENTION PROVIDED FOR i`iic most important of these ques lions concern a. Serbian port on the Adriatic This has been practically solved lii1lv's rights are fully recog niscd, lier aspirations guaranteed and protection of her interests assured The time when Italy will join the Allies is not far distant, but it is not likely to be prolonged beyond the be ginnlng of May lt is possible that intervention may be announced when Parliament re opens on May 12 al though, aicording to the Constitution the King is empowered to declare war, Pariianieiil’s approval not being ncces ‘>fll"\ HIHIIII WIMBIIIIIS Biilllliilil IIECEPIIIIII IN liliiillli IIIII (Special to the Guardian) DUBLIN April 14 -Baron \\ ini boi nc, who has succeeded Lord Abcr deen ns Lord Lieutenant ol ireland, made a state entry into Dublin this afternoon He was given a great wel come by all classes of the population The scene in many ways was a bril llant one The new Lord Lieutenant was escorted by a detnclimeut of cavalry Lady Wimborne. and their children, one son and two daughters, drove in the procession Baron Wim borne in recent vears has represented the Irish cause in the House of Lor