ii §n gi S E, _ ii iii' I1, Jlvids _H |.,. -l 1 if i ,. -ri. v.‘»` 'ii it. ,.>. ii i . il In gi t i 1 Q s , 0. . if. , .PAGE sous 0 A _ CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN ' N WMAY 22, igis.-1,- 0, -i-: _ "l"l"l,E -s- llharluiialnwn Guardian /7'W"‘\ Advertising Phone ... --132-3 Sulierlptign Phono ... . ...132-2 News and Edit.. Day Phono ... .~~---133 News and Edit., Night Phones £133 Head Office at Charlottetown, Branch Offiee at Sum- merside, Atherton. Sourls and Monflilit- London Office, Marconi House, Strand. W- C- Preliuene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . ._ A. A- 9°"*'°** Managing Editor . . . .. R. BUf'f\°¢\ MONDAY, MAY 24, VICTORIA DAY, BEING A STAT- UTORY PUBLIC HOLIDAY, THE MORNING GUARDIAN WILL NDT BE ISSUED DN TUESDAY. THE EVENING GUARDIAN WILL NOT BE ISSUED ON MONDAY BUT WILL BE PUBLISHED ON TUESDAY AS USUAL. ADVERTISERS PLEASE NOTE THESE CHANGES. SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1915. A CHALLENGE The Patriot has been declaimlng against tlie sum of $1.500 voted as salary for the Premier and President of the Council of this Province. lt has seen fit to make a party cry of the matter, notwithstanding that the Liberal Opposition in the House supported the vote. The salary of the Premier and President was carried by the unani- mous vote of both parties.. We now put this formal challenge to the Patriot. In the event of the Liberals being returned to power. will the Patriot guarantee that they will abolish the Salary and reduce the emoluments to $1.200-the salary allocated to the Attorney-General? \\'e put this challenge and demand an explicit reply. The Patriot cannot have it both ways; it cannot be allowed to protest in opposition and make party capital of thc increase, and then. should it reap the fruits of its malignant campaign, allow a Liberal Premier to draw the present salary of the joint offices. The Liberal electors do not trust their leaders and wliy should we? The Liberal electors demand that their candidates shall sign pledges that they will keep their promises. And not without region. It will still be within the recollection of many of our readers that in bygone days the LiberalOpposltion campaigned against the railway project and promised, if returned. to tear up the rails and throw them on the scrap heap. When returned. instead ol fulfilling their promise, the Liberalsnot only failed to do so, but started new railway projects which pre- cipitated the financial ruin of the island. Liberal verbal promises are delusions and shares. We, therefore, ask our contemporary: is the abolition of the salary of the Premier and Presiqent of Council q PIN* 5" the I-ib¢f‘2I Dmgramme, and will it guarantee that if the Liberals be return¢d to power they will reduce the emoluments of the Premier and A't¢¢m¢y.G¢ne,-3| go what it was when the Province, under the Liberals, ¢°u|¢ not make ends meet? rm; i>.i'rmo'r's m:Pi7'r.-i'rioN is Dooman. wtiiuu: rm: MONEY WENT lil H Drosey article, lacking its usual vim and per- spicuity, the Patriot yesterday attempted by comparative statistics to show what was done, and what could have been done. with the revenue of the Govemment The gist of its complaint is that in twelve departments the oiernment spent $38,000 more than the Liberals, but as there are only five departments we are ni 8 1035 wher e "UF f~'01ll€mD0t‘ary gets its other seven. It also makes a grievance of the allegation that Dominionemployees receive mise salaries under the Federal Aid Grant Now these sa *“`If9- “S fm' ¢0Ul€mD0l‘HI'y ought to know, but perhaps doesn t,are fixed b_\'schedule,atid are not subject to revision by the local Government. Moreover, it is passing strange 0 find the Patriot in the gallery of critics of the high. txlaries paid officials in the Department of Agriculture.” as it not the case that the Patriot, three years ago, led a vigorous campaign for the increase of, salary of one of these officials? The Department, far from being extrava- Bam ill IIS 0Xl>enditures, was able to show an unexpended IIHIHUCG Of $6,424 at the end of the financial vear. Ho _ w can our contemporary reconcile this with its unsupported allegations of extravagance? Vl”hen did the Liberals gon. clude a financial year with a halatice on th ` 't e right side. Our readers must bear in mind that out of the agricultural grant is paid the salaries of five school inspectors, totalll 8 $5,000 and represents that much saved to the Pr0vin¢e_ :S we h ' nie already stated, concrete examples are better than mere lhfwfising. and we therefore give a oo mparative statement of the special grants made by the Ltbei-315 in l9il and the present Government last vear~_ 1914 $4.950 1,4091 i,ooo 1,195- aio, ‘ 1 1 Provincial Exhibition Association 33,2510 Prince County Association ‘ 1,400 Klng's County Association 1,000 District Associations 140 Maritime Stock Breeders' Association 350 P.E.l. Dairymen`s Association 7 - 430 Co-operative Fruit Co. "'_ _ 332 Fruit Growers' Association ' 0- _ 30 Poultry Association ' r _ 100 Poultry Work ` _ 35 Women's Institutes _ 3,974 Seed Fairs ._ 1331 Institute of Deaf and Dumb, Halifax 2,010 1.420 Prevention of Tuberculosis 400 000 School for lthe- Blind 330 1_000 P_E.t. nine Association ' ioo loo' Queen Square Gardens 250 350 P.E.I. Holplttl ' __ - 500 Charlottetown Hospital F’ ' _ 500 Summersldo Hospital ' ` _ 400 Free Dlspensary . _ 100' P_E.i. Orphanage _ 100 St Vincent de Paul Orphanage _ ‘ 100 Summer School 50 5_3” Agricultural Holi, Summerslds _ _ 8.822 Addition to Agricultural Hall. Charlottetown. _ . 4_0" . ___ A $10,380 #rank 08.860 . _...___ This represents an increase of 254 per cent. hy- the Present Government-all of which has gone for the hmqng of agricultural and charitable" organisations and fnstltu-Q ` '° 'roms f 'I ‘ ii iionissicx annum » Pending a settlement of the llttle_mfsunderstandI\1S between Germany and the United States as to the right of the former to murder citizens of the latter on the blsb seas. and that of the latter to prevent such'murder, Dr- Bomnni-dt noi-nnurg has got into a little panic. He has been in the United States for some time past. in an “un- Otllclal" capacity representing the Géfmlli G0V€l'“m°m and in a very ofllclous capacity endeavorlng to make trou- ble between the two countries. When the American note was sont to Germany with an unmlstnkeable smell of gull- ~powder about it the busy Doctor became homesick. H8 wanted ,to get back to the Vaterland before any trouble began. How to get there. with the execrated Ensliih il1‘ charge of the Atlantic Ocean and liable to get him, WHS the question. with characteristic German ingenuity he solved the question himself, or thought he did; he would ask the British Government, through the United States Government, for safe conduct across the Atlantic and along the other routes that must be traversed. into Ger- many! At the doctor’s request, says an American exchange, Ambassador von Bernstorff took up the matter with the State Department informally last week. He indicated that Dr. Dernburg would like to have the United States govern- ment use its good offices to secure for him a safe conduct for the sea voyage from the British embassy. The sup- position seems to have been that the State Department would be willing enough to do anything in its power to speed the German unofficial spokesman on his way. The State Department, however, has not shown any alacrity about taking steps to secure for Dr. Dernburg a British safe conduct. _lt is stated that the department cer- tainly will not make the request. until it has learned what attitude the British government would take toward this request. The department takes the view that, as Dr. Dern- burg has never acknowledged having any official connec- tion with the German government, he is not entitled to claim any special consideration at the hands of the British government, or from the United States government either, for that matter. Consequently the State Department does not intend to expose itself to any embarrassment by ask- ing for favors for Dr. Demburg which the British may not feel like granting. The British embassy has not yel been approached, even informally, on the subject. There is reason to be- lieve, however, says an American authority that Ambassa- dor Page at London has been instructed to make such dis- creet inquiries as will develop the attitude of the British authorities toward such a request in case it were made by the United States. At this distance both from the scene of hostilities and that of Dr. Dernburg’s uneasiness, it would appear as il' the doctor had better stay -where he is _.r get home by :i circuitous route, avoiding the Atlantic entirely. To the lay and uumilitary mind the spectacle of German submarines chasing. and where possible, sinking, unarmed British ships, and in the same waters a convoy of armed British ships escorting this German mischief maker home and ,protecting him, appears incongrous, and unmilitary; it ap- pears, also, to have required an immense amount of Ger~ man gall to have asked for it. We are strongly of the opinion that no safe-conduct will be granted him and that if he ventures to go home via the Atlantic he will be treated simply as a German, unsdorned, undignified, unofficial and unworthy of any consideration at the hands of the British except to take him prisoner as they have done with all other Germans who have tried to get home. ____o_ _ SOLDIERS’ BOOTS demand for army footwear it was discovered that the production of a shoe; and at the fair rate by hand of a pair si day these would hardly have kept a brigade supplied the hand weaver. Machine made shoes had to be adopted the last to the finish of the leather. The purpose was to wegian armies weigh from 3 lb. 7 oz , a pair to 3 lb 15 oz, hlch have the greatest repute for marching, lt will be seen, are supplied with the heavy boots. and, from appearance the most cumbrous. lt does not require much study of what is set out in the boot book- let, however, to understand why some of the wearers at the front have expressed a preference for the Canadian over the British army boot. Rlghtly made from proper mst. erlals, it should be the most comforts ble. and, with a comparatively small numbervof exceptions, the Canadian boots have been so made. - ~ _ i NOTES - -_ --___ Lord Kitchener lisa said that the British and French forces ,must be protected against poisoning by gas by flie- elnploymont agalnstthe enem of methods like lil o motion or initio; with gn me iuiinig wiui siiiim or Rev. Dr Fullerton (chairman), Rev. Colonel Moore. the Home Guard, the Fire Brigade, of the multitude. echo the wordlr of the battle song- requiremem was that the hams should be hand made. israel." The need of the hour is for men, lf our righteous cause fails when the war with Spam broke om and created a sudden it will be because we have not responded to the clamant cry of the Empire in this her hour of greatest need ers. ln Chicago the adjacent territory three hundred men iixaugn of souzhlsland hH0me as a pa" M °“r g‘°"°“s Empire' Y”“"3 could not be found who knew all the processes used in the ' mem er 088 W ° have bequeathed '° y°“ a priceless gm"-V “nd memories of magnificent heroism. . On Fame’s eternal camping grotindi ' ` Without much attention being drawn to the matter the ma- Their silent tent; ar e spread, chine has displaced the man on the bench as a producer of And lo I S ry guards in solemn round shoes as effectually almost as the power loom supplanted The bivouac of the dead. for the U. S. army. A board of ofllcers which studied the Frm" an nuflnen comes the reasonable “Wal t° he the “enum” °f matter made recommendations covering everything from‘ ym" God by "kwa ~“p "ms agmnst the "mst m°"°"¢" 3110 |1105! l'€l9DU£'SS foe humanity has ever faced. secure a boot to fit closely around the heel and up to the T- F' FULLERTON' CIIHIYDIBD- ` ball of the foot, with sufficient room in the fore part for they T' EDGAR MACNUTT- 3€Cl'0I8l'i'~ proper spreading of the toes and functioning of every mus- E!¢C\liIV€ Cvlllllllttee. cle of the foot. Th; illustrations show a strong, broad f_-.-.-.-.-_-.-_-.-.-.-.~_-,-.-.-,-,~,~_-_-,-,_~,_»_~--____-._.___ III iliiliililllfiiilili , oN i'rUEsoAY NIGHT Those who have already signified their intention of taking part are College, St Dunstan's, West Kent and Queen Square schools. and probably the Labour Union. The National Societies have also been asked to Dar- ticipate and, best of all, the Daughters of the Empire and the members of the St John Ambulance Association are likely to line up. When the meeting has been constituted in- the Drill Shed under the chairmanship of His Worship Mayor Sterns, an interesting -programme of vocal and instrumental music and patriotic addresses will be given. A rousing meeting is expectedsulliclent to stir the peat-up patriotic feelings 9 yds Hereunder is given a strong appeal, prepared by the committee, which the Guardian Has", pleasure in publishing and feels sure its readers from one cud of the Province to the other will appreciate and endorsez- The world is ringing with the praise of our Canadian troops who held back the German hordes at St Julien and thus prevented them from securing ' Calais and the command of the Clianiiel, which would assuredly have meant disaster to-the British Isles and consequently to our beloved Empire. The story of the men who performed this feat of arms, unparalleled owing to the overwhelming numbers of the enemy and who saved the guns in the face of a torrential -hail of shells which burst continuously in an accumulating roar, is zi story of undaunted courage, unexcelled heroism and imperishahle glory. Aa .we read the' thrilling tale of valour, with its accom- House of Qualify Giiill Pliiillliiil IIEMUISIIIIIIIJN - 18 Week-end Specials IPHIIEESSIUII III] Plliiiziil MEHIIG il] iii Hill] 1. Big week end sale all Saturday at PA TONS. Boysi. ` worth up t0 $8,00 fOr S. Iii fB0 ' 3 'ece Suits on at PATON’S. $3.45 vvyéftlli-?1n;>dt?l$§.80. Siainplrcls, fit lads up to 16. 0 Week-end sale, ' PATOINS. ` , °f Cgfsegvggkégnd sale of Wash Goods' ~15ci.for 12c at To P PATON'S. Wéek-élld Sale Of MCH'S SIIITIS at' _ . T -1 d 5 'ts worth up to $22 Saturday. $13510. LSI;;lvsvin