‘i 1' ‘no u“! l!" I01 1 latlcll. rm a 111s as ours. n,’ h‘; Irepsad in 111,11- , ‘ . 9'0 i1, "I1 , _ thl ‘ we have. ‘in: m“: m est trsnsportauo, country lung, tremendode wags, these elements 111,1". damentsi- We 11,, m.“ W°n§ll1li| Qflilllryl b“ > first of eii secure 1 , policy. lild Ws_must111,|. iy on sound, tried, my" but we certainly m,‘ etrict aeecuntebiilt ,1 ,. ler thdir public s w‘ slst on efficient. 111,11,“ tratlgn. both in 1,111,111 U. public property. 111,1 m, slet on both is my flppgll 1 Hvlleai confidently 1, m _ors of Prince Edward] , ll confidence 119mm‘, fact that you have m" uency of Queens 11111, dldates, worthy or y,“ ‘ i Disses); l am grateful 11, fi rho SIX v Plilliili MEIGHEN ouiilin l iiiE- cnlsmvlnv: Pnucv ,- In the; Course" of a Brilliant Address Before ' the Electors of Queens County the _ Prime Minister Reviews the History ' ofilanada Since the Beginning of the _ King Regime, and Gives in Detail the , ‘ Facts of the Customs Probe and So- }? »_Called Constitutional Issue. 1 ‘Bpeaisgig [or upwards of an h0lif|ii Progressive was chosen. who, in rm: cnhntorrsrowuh GUARDIAN .10,“ 1h,“ 11m" ‘u, 1n no 18",,“ against the report. not because ltetep of organising a tunporery ad- 15, w“, 111N311 m. 1.. u an.“ was wrclll. but because it wgsrt ministration, . la order so ment new?» What w’? mly to: 11,11,111, m, 1,1,90,11,11,, ,1“, “c, consistent with the evidence. he close that session. to ll sh the W01’? Jill! I "1101" '1' 55:’: s1- --~=-- v» ~=-"~-- =- '"".":::.:*""'.':.i:“.t."::.'."' "'2': r""“"'ct".'..:.'.".°'sv* ::.'.".':.t.':‘:.".' ..:::'::'::".:.... '1 was not s matter of evading the I‘ 1| - v‘ 1'» Ill "i010 e o e none I ‘ - _ 11111,; "y". , m“... ,1 111,-“, 1,1,, fer as the Liberal members felt but myself.‘ The other members oi ‘T030 111111011101’ 911000! 0111 1111;111:1111; 1,11," ,1 11,, 1,,,,_ Th," 1,0,1, 1,, that they ought toigo. Just think the Government took oiiice with. nation. 1 e glrcilisflilfruugent "h n, 91mm, 1,101., 11,1,1,r11,11, 1,9111, whet must have been the position out salary in order that they would Milllstleir tome sso vc B: l m“ 11, 11,111", 111,, 111,1 111, 111,111,311,‘ of the w-ernvnent when its own not have to abandon their seats and 11101‘ 1 :1" t 0555:1111] - "s5 name ,1 91-1,,“ 51,011, 1mm 11,, 11,111,, supporters went ee fer as they did go back for re-election until the 1110 110101111; IR w ° lib‘ l” "m 51.11,, 1,110.11, cough“, 1, o1"- in that report. (Alpplausa) session was over. They all took 80110111111011 u‘ "£0115. ° Own“ 1,1111 3,111,111,, 51.0w, 111,1 11,,” Mr. Mela-hen than read portions office without salary to avoid the ""111 "10"" 5 5 "Li": at?‘ n“ 30,11, 111,111,“, 111-, 1,1,1; W111, oi the report of the committee. necessity of these by-eiectle un- “my 0f lhflvfmma‘ ° r" PM“ 11111,“, m“, ,1, 111,11 0111,1- pm. which declared that the Customs tli they get through the session. "11115111-“1 ° ° 1" f" D01 11.11.111.111, 111.11 carry m, ‘grmg 1.1 service bed dpdsnerated in That seems like common sense. I 1c nlll use" 0 :0‘II:I"""°" - m‘ 1111,1111, 1111-9111 11111; m,‘ 1,111,111,’, emciency. that this process bad think. to ordinary people. Thus you think you up ebnreepoigalm. 11111119,, T11, 111-1111111311 111 1111111111111; been greatly accelerated in the we faced Pa-llament the next day. I0V01‘""1°"1 11y 5'" "0 I i‘ We "vvvve 1:" ttr::."..":.1.:“.::.:":::".'::l 5.22.21. .;:::.::’;a".:::... 31'."J."-°.'Jr..°.”‘1r°.r.1‘1.1'?¥l=-.: er a space of years, and in one 0 5 ‘ - 0 _ year alone they came in by tons led to appreciate and properly dls- the Stevens amend-moat. That de- 0f 00111"??? 1i’ Y5? 55;)’: 1° 111°"; 1,111- ,101,111, J11 1,111, 9111111, 11, 1,111- changs the responsibilities of his bate went to a vote and the Gorv- 11110011111" 0' ° "°"° ' Mounted Police, of Canada had Office.‘ aluothgrtgulztstfliidzu avraxgmcznltauogd ‘lligrihlfiitackéenzge (King nillxutoewvnl1:;l:.f:{:::m~3::Pym“ shown they (xyuld stop It. the Mae- 10901‘ I 0W0 0 I 0 0 5 Y B 11111‘ v kenzie King Government took the 0115101110 UBVIPWIBIIL W110i! they icrlty 0i icii. More than hslg 11111 authority of parliament otver “go:- Mounmg p.111“ 1,11 1,1- |111,1-1,1-||| made recommendations of certain allies of the King Government _ ernmentl.‘ then you are“ no up o . W111. 111,11- mm“, .1111 1,111,“ My facts in connection with the pro- the Progressives - stood ln "I0 Plf- lmfliilfy i‘ I "- Y0" l" 11m," 1, ,11-,w 111,", g, 1,11, p," secution of violators of the lavntbelr pieces and voted csn- 1111116110 111° G°V°"'"“5"' 1|"9"°"‘: 111 11,, ,,11,1-m|11,g|,11 ,1 111, 11,111,, had a conference with the Mluls- eurelon that administration. Re- iild l 01°15'11" W" P" “"5" ' “it also shows that in relation to ter beforehand as to the nature of member. the House had only 118 (Aupiflfllllie-i . h r seized liquor-that is to saynllquor the facts to ibe submitted. and that Conservatives. among 101 Liberals, We are told they ‘avel has that is nearly always poison, pro- this conference 11115111 810011! 01101‘ 28 Progressives and independents. 110011 P01115011 5 111551“? i"; l‘ B5; 111111911 11111-111’. 1,1- 11111191-11111 11111111” the complexion of the charges. H King impedes Business 1111111 101' 190 101115- ‘b5 5 5°; “d and seized iby the Government of Other recommendations of the Then we proceeded to the other Governments have‘ l eego re uses 31111511,, 11 91111111,, 11,11 grown up report were referred to by Mr. business. We fried to get the leg- 0|B801iltl0n in {gr t sh I dmli gpd of the sale o1 that liquor by the Melghen, including the diamlssalor lslatlon which was all but through many times in t st D01'|0 - M‘ I M1n1,1,r 1,1 111, prevlgug 111111111115- retirement of several odiclais and proceeded with. But Mr. Macken- you evswknow of any Pr nae h nls- traiion. Not only Mr. Bureau, but the collection of millions of money zle King commenced at once to ob- 1"‘ 111 I 110110110 yclrl. W 01 01" 11 M, .B,1v1n 11, 11,11, 11,, 1111111111 1, which they Department had utter- ject. in four votes we carried the day 511911110 0" 1" l"! B11115" 9°15" “l” have sold that liquor at ridiculous 1y neglected w wllw- hv majorities 0f from eight to WM W" "h" i" '""°'"*°" 1; 1111,11,, 111111 M1; 31111-111 wgg shown Inactivity of Government twelve. Finally this tact wu, 1111. the middle of a debate on a voile] ed to have disposed of no lees than "When the report cams in they 01110111 Mr. Kins sot up and har- ""1""? (#111111111110) 1 hi"?! 1‘ 180.000 gallons actually used for moved for its adof>11°"- M15 Keven! Hilixiled for something over a day 155151111 011111111)’ 1115110 "V" '- 5 1'51‘ drinking purposes ——.eold to his moved an amendment that there that we were not legally constltut- “"55 °1 51""? mverilmeni- and friends to be disposed of for those be added to the report words to ed. inasmuch as the acting minis- 515115 °" 111511‘ 5"111°1'11Y 1° 51;!’ illicit purposes; and the friends the effect that the Prime Minister ters had not been sworn. We know 11""- "0151" 1155 5 FY1155 5111115151‘ l“ who got the liquor cheated the and] kmalubgrs 0:311: (ia/srggeillllt igizséntyllezymgave glrclatiibiaheln swung in g‘Erégzgdzzzifl:gzgoiigtggnggftfifiea;i: , _ a nowegeo r . - ——-e1v n sown ov- country out o’ 0v" "o0 000 oration oi the Customs Dspart- ernment—whan they were only act- G°V°1'“m°"'- “'55 ""5" 16'1"’ by N011" P0PV5T1¢4 ment long months before the in- 111g. But thdy felt they were great X115 tifltcflnsua“ 1" 111° 1|‘1°‘:°-J1‘° vestlgatlon. and that their failure. u gee of what they called consti- "1 ° 5 5 1 l‘ 0°“"'° 5 "- 5°‘ knowing the facts. to take any ef- tutionsi law, and they continued in 11511110 K111i!- fectlve step to apply a remedy was this strain. Finally the opinion of "A5 1 551d 1151055- 5""? 111115 M1‘- whoily indefensible, and that the the Justice Department was brought 114531911515 K1115 8°15 m" °1P°w°r conduct of Mr. fBolvln was utterly 111. 111 W1‘11111B. siBned by the Deputy 11111155 5° ""1113 W111‘ 131° 55551115‘ lnJustifiabie. in substance also Minister, Mr. Edwards. who was 11°"! 13111955 115151" P°W°Y5°m°' the Stevens amgiidmenf declared 313110 Deputy Minister by the King M51! 15L 11.55am"? 18511011511110 80V- the conduct of t e Government to verument. His o lnlon deflni e- 91111119“ 5 11 “"5513 1111051" be wholly indefensible. This een- ly and finally expresged was thtat 51515 °1 5551151 1115 11151 511551‘ etituted as plain and direct words the course we took was legal 1n was on the Governor-General. the of censure as ever were addressed every1111118 slid fully in accord with 15111555111511055 01 1115 Thrllne- 1115115 to an administration in the world's precedent. (Applause) That 011111. in Parliament before His Excellen- hlstory. ion of the law oflicer of the Crown cy and myself had even got togeth- “The Prime Minister has called is on record and printed. We "- P15111130 111°"- 110 111101111511 1° m, w account‘ ,1 50.1118 meeting ro- brought in as well the opinion of 15mm“ 5 115511151511 5551551 111° G°"' neatly, for using the word "lnde- U16 Deputy of the Privy Council. 5'11°1"G51151'5'1 °1 11115 1101111111511- temmla}. The government 11,11 who wag gegreggry 11,1- many ye," But he learned his lesson. The 11,1111 charged with conduct which to Sir Wilfrid Uaurier. He, m,’ reaction came, and he found if It was “whom, 1ncap11b1e 1,1 11,11,115," was appointed by the King 311v. was to be a battle between the rs- “, 1,, “mg 11,, wm-d --1n.1e1,..,.. ernimont, and his opinion was thutlorerentstive of the crown and lble" he charged deliberate mis- the course we had taken was in 11111110"- i" 111° ""1"" P11)‘ 1°’ 1'1"!‘ represenmuon on my p“; 1every way conformable to 111-913,. self. (Loud applause.) Now there wquld as]; the best student of Eng- dent. Yet after all, m, 11,111,118“. is a change of tactics. and the vil- lish here to draw any sensible dls- 111$. such was the original preju- 111111 01 1110 D1000 111 1101 1110 Gill/crib tlnction between the two phrases. $1160 (l); bills Progressives towards ‘"["G5":r51 111- 1111- 11111 111N011- "wholl incapable of defense." and 0 L 0P8 B. 0nd such their notion 1'11"! 151-) ivhollyylndofensiblo.“ (Laughton) that they knew more law than the "Ii "111 '1 =1"- "W" 11"" 1' 0° "After that amendment was 111°‘ 3mm???‘ of thehnelmrtnlent of Jus-‘diullfizhfl 0fiiliimil1|°fli| "Wiil-‘f continue t0 111111111 111011‘ 151m 115°‘ osed a debate took place for Cc. at on t e vote being taken | 11111 0 0" Y ill" 1y PiPW- F°" 1s unrestricted into Canada. 10 fwd or three days. Progressive af-ibc Government was defeated by:111°'i1=0i1|0 W1" Pa" 0P0" m0 011M121‘; against the products of our ter Progressive notified tho Gov- 111Ii11i0111y 0f one. That one should "15 14111 cf this month. And saiown people. ernment that they could not vote never have voted. Ilc had agrecfllmiil i! 1110 P907110 01111 d0 1001i "My first step In tariff revision 18am“ that amendmmm Even Mr not to lvote. being one wllo ilud pglr-IUIGFC is no constitutional issue Irrwouw b’ ‘o put up ‘Iflngg 111g Kennedy. the ‘Progressive member 011 with another member. Hnw- 0110511011- B111 11- 15 i11111111)’ 10 ~11" 11,111"; 51511,, ,1. firm products a 1n the Committee, rose like a mun ever. he nulrlc u mistake, and vot- sf-en that this cilarito L‘! 11111110 11"‘ 131-111 111st es high as they have in his placje alilg (fliezfiatred tgat ilifligg-‘igggfalhfl yflltc. leilaliyihhailéo hojlilllflfi the first attempt failed. Main," us, mam", 1; 111,1 n 111111. evidence ust e t e evens’ . loreupon e oune ,. ' ' 1mg nmcndmmm (ApplauggJ gas fiiljfllifllilil, and l asked ills 81cm“! a c°mfluem c°"'"°' ‘faorrmgxm $0 ¢°:,.':§§‘° s-snathey his; ..‘i°;:;"2‘.°':‘...:":i s.’.‘;'.°...;".§.’.. m-d- v -- *- err",- uem M, woodswm-QL 1,1 1111111111119; ed not to he a Government. Hav- gxwve sleertgflu lzulellgislrgnttligngfisé- against their farmers. (Apple so . --tlm man who thinks the greatest ling "been declared not to be a Gov- .1 believe the penile m. Canmfl a“; crime in the world ls to make any ernment by the House we could 1,118,651.31 more 1n m, hbnim m,‘ money-to move a sub-amendment. not very well go back to the llouso; 1 1 1 . ' ' It was chlafly verbmge‘ The only and "man ‘exhalation as a Guvemlnl ll strut on of nffziils than ill any mt iii-that n “ruck out the s“? mam. could we? im-gus talk aimut constitutional was amendment The purpose was 152:1}??- (Appilauaofi) As 138mm‘ this, that n they-could get the __ °"'°'""°" "Pmdw" w "m" " “f? "M". Progressives to be satisfied with m {hegleqilfml l1 1115110 “'55 8111111" sgxtisifielfongl tgugtionwenlrwlehtalihcy were in 01111111111111"? ¢°‘""-1“5 the swhanmndment the Home . y s hxcc lency. There was M“ but l‘ '8 In our ‘goma hr gwWnn alliance with the Pf0B10B51V5 would never have got the oppor- nl° 1189:1155‘? 01051151110 9011111111! ii-Bdlnteéd ‘o "M ‘h M K f " ' °|party, all throllsll 1925 55d 51m tuniiy of’ voting on the Stevens 5 n‘ 5 Govemmem "I which I G e c c": e K n“ more enlphliilcaliy in the parlla= was the head when this motion was °"°"""‘°'“ 1"“ “h” °“" °°"""' which ended last month. mncndment. This was resisted. , mom P'°“'°““"° “m” P""5'°““'v° ‘w’ $211811 hxeclvrvrsge i: bigwizeerllllmfiilt-‘tutfgriii.pvsbgrioztfulriilnk it over, l"""""° Progressives W010 1W5"? Mum und declared m“ they could last election and the next one; and uullpobe ii’ you were tho head of u "om “Vcflwm Canamt Ewe“ Con. not face their constituents if they n’ the twentyflm ("Bwluuons illlgnv“rllnlollt which 5mm, cemumd ccssion was for ihom. and they Look any atop which prevented csn- _ ,- l .1. the interests of the surlng the administration. ttmartqgzs‘: gwgred your, ‘y, lmglamvbynitarown frlendsl W111,“ was ¢0111'[‘_\‘11:rl1tl?rfcil Illfrovinces. Do you think "The vow cam, 1,11 Friday night. ['0 Govemme (:1: lumen een given, pe 0d to go out of office underkmdustry m u“, Marmmo M01411“, the 26m of Julie’ and we woods. m“ the Bwmi; as“; c l camebin clouds as black as ever faced auylmday is “ma, u w“ 1n 19217 1, 1, worth sub-amenduneut was defeat- tween one elect, “r261?” 0' government’ you would “we ‘my not. Tariff changes have discrimin- ed. This slab-amendment the Gov- m the course otilrtihglnsltt‘ e next. issue in the world in order to getlated against the bu“ producmpn, elrnment heéi ‘adopted; endtLthLlLkt parliament No precedenlngxgte‘: ggfléytgrfgrlrie glllatith gout twotgidrjlt of these pruvmml The 1ndu,11-1,1 tsyrame .nwovoes' ' ' y oulo es- 3,111,“,- ‘rz: l‘-‘I5-?é"-§°?§?-“-JX“1%§§§»'.'.12’i: i:'.".‘:.*:“i r211?" Y"? “imzst mi. is. re ec e y e ouse. l - . 1 m urc .0 sugges a 1 1 Prime 'Mlnlster took a panic trlip 11'g‘gé’ 2‘; ggggfitfg r131 ‘$111381! 11;‘ ll»;- ‘urology-f rtunuria are interest— f,f§",§§f,,,‘,‘,§’°“w‘§§.'if.“ ‘igsfidgiflilufs govgiggifaelggggl Iggoutlzougfiaofiv: that absolute right to ‘be modified f.l,i».li;;.,snll,gl, mzmlnltstiratlflljndot been affected. ls it not important ' . by one thins only~if at the time ‘ ‘.'. ‘ ‘ ’ ‘. y "" ‘"" “Y “ “ t the eerie <>i Pile" 55"" i" this Parliament. lie didnt like it! ‘Jlvirlilllulli with un indie-fluent of ° p . when he made that trip he knew. zganaatfifdpégfifi? was ialflltnoticn 01 2.0m» pauzcs or cvidoirczu 0i‘ unmlti- ‘"5 ""1 ‘T1, '"'rk$.i'§.' bzfizegroh" just as well as he knew hl WI! would have m fvflmntil is; "ti: gated censure: when they find du“ 0v" :""h°u|d b, ,.,v1v,117 alive. that the moment th: vet: "on was decided Them was none them censured by a parliament §f,”{'.,’1'1":s:'n'>sa you ill" W17 cams on the Stevens amen men 1 Th“, l” wh ‘m, ‘l U I ' whore the majority were their with.ai| hle devices to avoid it, that There g {so 0c Y,“ a now 0"‘ friends. They ‘are not |i11s|y t, 91v, F°"°'5" m"k°" l" n“ m mp9"- moment the days ef_ his Govern- m“ we ‘are M95‘; w ° complam that government a certificate of ‘M u ‘h’ Mm. mark“; l‘ w“ l" m.“ W.e". numhnd Ind h. w" l0ii lave gone back char-c" ‘m’ I _ "T" g | u, 1M1 g0 d0wn your condition mater- snxious not to have the days of his 3:‘: ‘gags’!rwgmaglgnflgogfiggznkggt Govervlmznt we ‘wgnt to e-end ‘bee; ‘any "w" “n b" m “oodbsrahz; G g b “i, ' _ more your Own axes are °v""T<°|:1"sT|'¢-§§»v|uisu ggggugilggxlvwfirk otntho 895510“ be‘ h’ power" contlhue higher than they other’ "Have you ever been in court? no, mink l Béirpggarénzggsenflle g3 wise would. because there are not Have you watched a prisoner at the so many to pay them Keep your home market. at ail ceatsl (AV effervescent or so transparent as bar when some hint came from the _ jury that he w" like“ to be com for e man like Mr. Forks who him pmmeo self voted that we were not a Gov- ernment, to claim new that we should have some back and acted as a Government. No man fit for ~1\ Imore nscesslm-fl" 0111! 1111118 necessary. is that we have e pro- tective principle consists ‘iy in our tariff all the time. (Applause). Glvs us a tariff where all our pro- ducts are without dlscrfmlliatlwi protected suliciently to dive our producers a chance in their own markets, which their compctltors enjoy in theirs. It is not essential that it be high. but it is assent‘ I that it be permanent. In the world is responsible govern- U 11-1-1" DIQ‘ How Tariff Effects a Country “There ls nothing more injurious than to have a Government dlcker- lng with the tariff, btriklng one ln- dustry this year and another indus- try the next year. Nothing could be worse for a country than to have the uncertainty and tlmldlty which follows, because under sfich a con- dition there is no expansion of ln- dusiriui enterprise possible. On the contrary. there is contraction and loss. even thouifll at the time we may be ‘blessed with 500d 11111111111 l‘.'§"‘l'.ii.'°3..?§l.“ .§°I1§..§Z‘L".".§Ti.‘i3“ 1°; "1 Yo" “turbid-s .. ment will be less. and the sons and‘ t Lyon’ 515115514" daughters of our homes will hi?‘ n °1h. 0 Ulla 01111, q compelled to g0 elsewhere. This l 7°75‘ w gin“ 55"“- has been our position exactly these ‘l'“;21'_“‘;rw° l; 1°1‘ illlbiic M five 1'5"”- W° 551° h“ m"5“m' 1021 smut“; 1113' llmtthlnkl gsinigmgfi; qfigltoigtrgu‘:"zvzhglfa Canada s better repress sold away too much of our natural m Hurlcmwml “"15" ' “mm- we have disposed of it from 11:1‘. Myers. and 1 em still . year to year. feeding the facterles v need "1 ma‘ “m!” 11 111 {be United States. W.e want sta- wggranlfiggsaggyaeigfion" ‘ so that - - tifigitiywlla tiizgdifaiizndsnend cu bw-n gun-M 1° 1"“ “"11"? the markets with the same asslir- absent’ taking a k9“ 15 m“ n their competitors. Then n“ matter‘ am“ com“ b51111 those of all the dlversifleducilwclll"; £113: tbcttilbty. aéteirilidlan: 1r“ if“; .2: v ~- . a a 1c the‘ talent at honw principles of policy and ,1. meat or t r to the peonle o: for devotlou ef publlg rrlhczaiilittiwgrsafiisnd that 111°" 1“ "iielrfifirrleislsltihlsk ""1!" w oncr p111 11° 9m“ w‘l‘ydgztzafil;vqzliigeg to Parliament on the 14th to proBrass hn d d” “om our mum, w, "and mljwm" Egéllrttecgrltiptedjifzvialtlhenlilnlted States. county o. Gwen" (Loud ' we might discuss other mcflllfl- B111 we 111w, no option in the world. We cannot take any other ccursc- no matter how we 11115111 11110 1°- Ag 1h, vary cost of our industrial llfe we must maintain a 001111910111 tariff policy. t l in i! . dqgl aillllcni-c in the iho villll vuic 0f lilo session voted Strand" -_ealve “Gaines-lay nighinwlth the King Government and whn, Rt. Hon. Arthur Melghvn. PFlIllOQiIHIPCil, tilrcmglunlt flvp years of his Minster of Canada, refl-rrcrl lulu-rm in parliament had consistent- npening to his last appearance iil‘iy silpported that administration. Charlpiztetown. about u _v1-zu' 111111,! "1 uivs- you this detail only to when by‘ reason of moi-strain in show you that the jury before which Nova Scoila he had iiu- grt-uivsbiilfs evidence was adduced was a difficulty in making his Hill‘?ili‘iil'l|;_j|li'y naturally friendly i0 the Mac- throughout the hull. From thagki-nzie Kllig administration. Five standpoint conliiiioxis were, a iillimgmbgrg 1,111 Qf 11111, 11,11 11,1111“. better this evening, and i1il'l't' uwuylcntly supported It. This jury sat also much improvement iu other for [our and a half or five months points as well. and l-xiguged in a work as arduous "There have imen grout vhalll-W-“Jas ever n committee of Parliament since. Much water poliilvulLv hos zuldrussed itself to. The chairman flowed under the bridge. and it hats; was a Liberal, Mr. Wlbkle. The become my duly and ilw duty oflfivv months of effort of that com- fhose others responsible for ])lliliit‘,|1111[[pg i, 110w spread 118101-13 111, affairs federally to mldress the ('1||1(|d1.'\|] 99111111,, 1 venture 11> 11001110 of (‘sharia onw- osuin. iwlxhink few have read it, because if election ‘bolus imou lhem. Youiiu foo voluminous——it covers be- do not need in have any PXiU|li1€fili[\\‘p(ln 1111-9, and 11,111» 111011831111 outline of the events which ieli llli1pngefi, but 1 want to 1113,1111 cerfgln i0 11119- T110 P101115 111011111111: Lin" stilts-meats regarding it. and I will last Biflvliuii were in n lni\:lsilr4-,,s11.1,n111 ,1 copy 11, m“. C1111,“ who indecisive. The illiiflrili party ingauk, 11,1- 11, 1 mak, 1111, ‘gagemeng the parliament rildull in 102G hail first, that from the first Ilns to the 117 mflmbllie- T1118 W111i 11 111111011‘ last there is not one single chapter iy of one over Conservatives and W111“, 1111,1111; any "gamma 11,111 Prcgresssives alike. The Con-‘upon 111, 111,131,111], K1119 gdmlnlg. servatives were only fifty, tile Pvo- 11,111,", 1,4,11,11,11,,” yo; on, W11. 810110111011 B01118 141XW41\'0- Aflefiuess who gives evidence favorable the election the House stood 11o‘ 10 111111 1111m1r11,1r1111o11_ A1111 1,. Conservatives, 101 Liberals. fllldlnlgnpbgf’ 11118 1,1- 111, m,“ comp”. the remainder nlosliy Progressives, 111g 11131 Commnme were 1r1em11y with some Labor and some lndepoii-‘to 11, 111111- o1 111cm 1111113111 1011,11. dent. In seven provinces out of grg who 1811,1111). woum 113v, pm. nine the Conservative party led 1l.\"duced that evidence if it existed to large majorities. indeed, wherevenbe 9111111111311 1,1,11,15,11,) we were able to confine the public; attention to the issues of the time,i Th, K1119 Goyegvnnqgnt ¢,n,ur,d_ instead of to imaginary issues of] the past or to stlli more imaginary “The evidence showed also that the Department was used merely as a political engine, that even the late Minister, Ml‘. tBolvin. whom they appointed as the men to start in to remedy the sltuatlon— even he was guilty of such action as this —~A man of the Province of New Brunswick was three times con- rvlcted oi making poisonous whis- key and disposing of it lilicitiy. On the third conviction he was sen- tenced by the Magistrate to a fine and also to three months imprison- ment. This was in the month of August, 1925. The Premier of New Brunswick wrote down and stated that this man. Moses Aziz. was s very strong Liberal. “a friend," as he expressed it, "of the common ' cause.’ and sought to have ‘the issues of the future, we received a‘ “The next statement l make is charge against him changed so triumphant verdict from the Cana- this: There Is not a line of evi- that he would not necessarily have dian people. ‘ dence from the first to the last re- to be imprisoned. The next thins fleeting upon the administration of that happened was that the candl- any Government except the govern- date for the riding wrote the Min- mcnt of Mr. Mackenzie King. l later, Mr. Bolvln. and told Mr. hope you will relllember that sell- Bglvln that he would have to inter- u-ni-o, and test my (iepcildcbillty fere and stop the process of the on it. I had the evidence sons conviction. The reason was that over thoroughly. and I have gone 1111, 1100141333,,- wa, necgggafy m ovi-l‘ i! myself. There is not a line 111m 1n (h, pemnng ,1,c111m_ 1.111 m‘ :| brvlltil of evidence to reflect-p“; 111111 n01 only 111 wrmng, 11111 on iiu- prmvioils luinlinlsiration. of p“; 11 11,111,,‘ "1111, up," My, 5,111. slim-i history ii is true. of which I'm, n 111, 1_|1,,1-,| Mmhg" g, 11,1, was lilf‘ ht-zui for a year and a halllimm‘ 111, |_|1,,1-,| 1311111113,, g, “,1; .\'ui. zi Iim- tfo rufmvit on $0 admin‘- 1" and 111w," “d p,1-y,1-g 1h, . ». . 1*""il11"11 110°?" ‘l "T 1' ° 51' courts of justice for corruptibie t. . . . watt; ",‘,',"““§.°a,,lfl..‘T11111- liordcn. Not a line to reflect 0mm‘, ¢e1nlmh1nn 9111-91,"; and and definitely proievllvc. filzul an- m“ 9""““‘-“'"“°“ m s" wmrm N"- BMW" 51d “- ‘551-115 591mm“ other it is the province of (guciu-ir. ufilnfir‘ wh” “relmled him" ‘had already 110611 SW01!- 110 111111 111° .01", enemy’ knowing Um,’ “mm, 1 ()1 course. the Liberal mcmberimMBgmu-at, wh-ed 1111-01151, 1,15 own mined that they would oven-net filo wmlm notjmve bee“ anxious lo|°m°°51°1 ‘m 155"” '1 warrant °1 sky with a“ 8on8 m, Immirfll have ihzituf l-t did exist. Person-Icmnmlual "m" h, 511011111 Bee m1, threats and inlaginziry 1mliliz-ui "m" I m)“ 1 believe H‘ ma‘ I b°“ev9|111@111b51'—51111 115 1°01! 051° 11°1- 1° "Wrils. And thov conjurr-d up all-Imp 'h'pm"""8"t was honestly Con‘ 555 11115 35511911155 "m" 5919551 1 .other War. ti...‘ limo u Turkish ““"'°" ""57" a" "m" '-“""°"" ‘"0015 111111 P115"- 11111 °111YW0111 war which was gflllii-Z m take lilac-o ““"““- “"'1"*‘“"‘°'i_ '1 ‘b51515 i0 Jail about the end or Arrll last- if the Consenvaiwivr» imrly \\'i'i‘i3i'i‘ "H" .1’ hm‘ "s gmwlauo“ and end- “m 1511515115 m5 Wvenhnwnt o’ turned m new", "f1 Wll-h 1110 101111. 01 1110 Malckenzm Ramsay MacDonald was defeated “By ‘us’, “CH” a; mo" they lung vlifiilllillrilfiiiiilll. This s‘ what by an overwhalmlng 4111110,"). 1n imagined once more to confuse the ::°o$“1m““‘° “hm” "m" 1155 ‘"1 "8 the blouse oil‘ ‘Clizmmgnrs atndlin 311a 1,, - coun ry, an s e ea n e ggmtle°7ntggieffis°g'gtgrnrifigezuu ‘*1 (in not lhink l will refer t0 1.1011,, of Comma, w“ d“, 1o one . (“a ‘on “w” which were pure‘), lllul ztl, any greater length; but i “use. m" 1n a Bu, Qfrproaecu. “an. and flctluou" ‘hereby a‘) \\'i|i snyihls, that‘ the nvidencelud; “on o! a ma“ (or “mums troop, columns ‘or about (W0 thirds o’ rim-ml showl-rl that conhpgfite ac no, to do the“. duty may “.1111, all whom In the whole Dominion "1 ""Y “M's” "f ""1’°"51 ‘Y, °‘,' drew the prosecution before l! "my “and to parnamcvm honor on the part of a ong let 0 we“, to "m1 on the ‘round ma, "The ‘Progressives held the ibai- 1mm“: “mum's in the Customs 116' 11115 111511 115d 115511 9195111511 "1111 an“ o! power, and a, a 1.0115,. 1""'m'em—“°t ‘m1“°rh‘1’fl;]°‘a15 1'17 such service in the warp-for ln- quence the Prime Iviiilisfer, who my mezms’ m“ viaryh 5h ‘311135115 deed he had lost iboth feet — that declared his intention of meeting "mm 3'5“ slwwe‘ t a‘ t “l; ‘P’ he should not be punished. There Parliament and letting Parliament ‘er of that “me knew lot the m‘ W115 5011101111118 1° ‘b5 551d 1°!‘ 111911‘ decide which party should control "ffipllem" perpetrated n t ehne. 54111011. but they 115d 51599011 11101111 public affairs, took care first to 1”“ unem‘ though it doe: not 8H2“: thwflfwd 1110 0011180 0f 111011095 address to Parliament in the "hm h“ hvlmselt protlma an“; a tiicfclmc. 1110 B01180 0f 15118115111110" Speech from we Tlmnv. ,1 1mm M. "‘1-‘"'-""‘1l"1- 11'5"‘ Sea“ ' l: “t ' of the lnviolahllity of the law was ries of pOliiiCiii promises 1a fll‘i‘ill,"'!nllgh' M“ 1“) umh°ppgnefli h“ outraged, and they would tolerate legislative bill of run», wiluily .|<-- “Y 111-11- but it s gwcvht a e m, 1.1.1111 thins. Bu! the Government signed to suit ihn Pronrossivi- pnl- kmw "r them‘ “M ‘natal The vet? of MacKenaie King disposed ofthe ate~which he‘ was going to [MRS "M5" 1" him pro 110 v’ ‘at e case or Moses Axis after the sen- and whirh mid ln only a minor dc- 11".?“ of [hem “VH1: a 5mm? 0 ‘many lance was pronounced. when "Icy groe or not ht nll hnnn dismissed in ~""‘”“5 “Pd that ° w“ i mp°'wn' had no authority te interfere for the previous election. In a word, ":1 m"? "m1 2:31,“ ‘mums "a" "m" any purpose whatever: when they he contrived in the Speech from p"? “‘_"°,“‘;,°h' "5 “wsfh” d° had no more to do with it than the Throne to compel the Progres- “ix 1y “um, ‘ a “near? to‘ l a {a ' you or L-purely to help one of slvcs to vote against their own m " H! "'1 m“ ‘imd a s‘l'l‘zte1;lr°‘m' their candidates in the election. program and to keep hlm In power. "d f" m,’ ‘mym “g M!“ n t e way All this was shown by the evidence ,1 .. Mm»- fna 1hr ler was over simu- n '~ lnor . this (Yililillliifil arena. The consc~ m" “h” “m” were proflmng m" Liberals Denounce Government (ulenci- was that he sum-r-oilml, on of _‘hn “Hen traffic which‘ they Continuing, Ml‘. Meighsn cited tho vital wore. i>y a majority of “em 5mm‘ t“ ex1emmmte- ma“ the criticism of the Toronto Globe. ihrce, and sinirr- mm lime ihv loxzis- ‘"1"’ 'th"'ms°lv°“ were engaged l“ the leading Liberal organ, upon iatlvc record 0f Purllnnront has m" “"3" "mum" M ”m"55““g— the administrative record of the the very imsinesa for which they Km“ Government as dlnclosed-m”. Organized Afliliil Attack Sea ' (Canadian Prise) varrcouvan, B. c.1111, Having struck a1 the gral of Sfelier sea lions helm northern salmon run 11 Dominion fisheries crulserili has returned from northern Columbia waters on its i nuai expedition. The lint ganlzed in i922. Virgin islands. one of in fer of rocky islets in the tcr group. south of Calvert in Queen Charlotte Sound. objective of the Glveucllys’ This ls one of the three 1M cries of the northern coast Stalled-h sea. lions annually’ gregote in the breeding 1e 1iatroi reached the mokery the" lions were colicentfai greatest numbers and when were hundreds of pups butt weeks old. .. ' ‘By congresatlng at their known haunts. where they; weeks to protect their '- their helplessness. i119 1W5! monsters leave tlleiiiiflfes ~ open to tire organized r1111“? attacks made on them l1 ilii cnchy. There is uotiiiil! 111i- ever. in the task of than gun squad. The machine!" are always obliged toitlil mother ship and go aiteriiii in open boats. Breaking up the buds vi lions just laefore the sciitflilii ‘lions reach the coast 011011 run, has been one of the mil oct results achieved. A1011"! been noted in the rcdllclli! (iamage to nets and 11.011 fishermen of Rivers inlii Smith Inlet, the two iiahinf‘ mlnedlatcly affected. The ber oi nets to be mended ll ~- in ten to what is was i0“ Indian Hop Gath- erers Rep l (Canadian Press) VICTORIA. July 19-5“ years the satherinz "1 11' crop in British Columbia“ other sections of i115 1'5"‘ ' w,“ 1111,, ibeen associated tlve Indians. iruadredl '11 each year-are tralifllmrwd f section of. the cnunlrY 1° 5 carry out the harvcsl- . the Indians should b11111 with this industry ‘i111! 11 ggplalnod. but tho fact 1! ~sesson the red men and ‘lllefs from all sections c! " troop into the Mr 11°15" ' they are snzescil hi’ 11° work under contract- One Policy For All "That being so. s11 01111101 1111151 collie ill under that D0115)’: 511d “n 50,111.11, The agricultural class must come in. It is absurd theta!- ter the Americana raised their i111‘- ifi‘. drier they stooped 0111‘ 1111111515 from competing on_an 001111111119 b5‘ sis with theirs. that we should The Campaign In Quebec. "Ilniorlmlatoiy- in thw- provincv of Quebec, as in pn-viuns (rosin-sis in that province, vztnlpuigns on other silbjoi-ts zlltogviiu-i‘ worn- mn- ducted. Had ii ilevll VililiiiIViiWl on lilo fiscal issvu- 111x111 which wv- waged political war in iiu- EiiHiPPll Provinces, in Ontario. in the Wvst and everywherv- vise, wo would certainly have been irimlipiizillt in The Maritime Provinces ' “ “The King Government in thtrlif |lnatters has dlscrllnlilabed 118M051 ‘lhe Maritime Provinces. The r9111!- inn they have done so is this. that ‘f’! Mr. Me|ghen'a Tariff Policy "l want flrstof all to say that ill matters of public policy we stand just where we stood in our appeal of 1925. We stand ifor g rugongm, vlcied? Did you ever see him ask the court on some pretext or other to discharge the jury? 1 am sure “Sane Consistent Protect-Ion" ‘been n lm-ro slli-rnslvllvil of nzu-is ~11 1S 1.5391111“ 1m- m“, M314. mid fir-ills and (',0ill])i'!)iii|5if‘fl whore- hy the lull- iiovvrlillivlli sin-comical in‘ attaching such I'I'()KI‘i‘,S.‘il\'C volt-s to holll tilvm iii power. "Th0"! was imihing (lone nlllhls time in laying on! ilu- protzrllnl lip- Ull which lilo luio (Znvi-rllillinll wr-ut lo the (wounlry. idvoryihlnll that was accomplished was merrily ill ihn nainri- o1‘ :\ wmr-vssiiln, plot-v 0i‘ ii gri-ni sysfi-nl 0i‘ lug-roll- iiig, to enable l\’ir. bluvkc-nzlo Kim! in hold on lo 1iuwor from day lo day." The Customs Probe. .\ir. ‘Mclgllon flu-n wont. on lo spank 0f iht- O\'(‘.llli'i_ li-zuiilli: up in ihn (‘usioms probe. ‘The alfm-k flint was mailn upon tho inf" (lov- ernmcnf. was not on a point. of pub- lic policy or of legislation, but upon fhn honnsiy and cilia-ivory oi lis administration. it vnmc from the lion. Mr. Siv-vvns. of Vancou- ver, whnsn ghargns not only starli- ed the lloulio imt nnmzl-li ilu» wlloio country. Those charges were in- deed no astonishing that tilere could be no possibility of refusing investigation. Consoqiwniiy a com- mittee was appointed. consisting of four Conservative nnd four Liberal members; and, as a ninth member, The Liberals . _ use as. f . .>- _\ were pnid .i)y the country their sal- aries to exterminate and (lcstroy. The evidence proved that in cer- tain lines of Ibuslness smuggling un- der the luic Government lied ile- vomc so (enormous that in one in- stance. in one line alone, the mem- ‘Ibcrs of the Association who had maria investigation swore that Can- adian 1nmriucilon could have been viulllllnil ii‘ the laws of Canada fisd bnuii honestly administered. imag- im- what that. would have meant to the producers of thise country! Gov't Officers Coniilvs "in other Ibusinesses they swore ziiior careful investigation and en- quiry that they could iIBJVQ sddod in their production one-third; oth- ore one-quarter. it was proved in one case that of all the goods in that particular line sent in from round their way into Canada ille- izniiy, by the collusion and conniv- nm-n of tho officers of this late Government, to be sold in this country against the productions oi the imneei. worker in this Domin- inn. in another line it was shown that smiuuzllng was so extensive under the very eyes of the officers of Mr. chance to compete in their the United Stains. ninety per cent rm censure the Government. did not use the word censure. They laces did not phrase the strongly as they should have done. as l But it ls to be remembered five out or the nine members of that committee were friendly. the Customs enquiry. Mr. Melghen had in his possession letters from many Liberals throughout Canada containing similar denunciations A perusal cf the evidence shows that everything ln the way of poli- tical scandal in the past history of Canada fades into lnslgnlflcance beside this disclosure. it shows that there was e. complete break- down; that negligence and worse than negllgence——deiiborate con- nivsuce and fraud-to the loss of millions to the people of Canada, had been permitted by the then Government. All this after the Government had been bogged, time and again. not by politicians but by non-partisan organizations of busi- ness men, to try to do something, to give the honest manufacturers and workmen in this coruntryaiair own 0 erkcte. "Mr. Mackenzie King is now PBDOH Bureau that in prlson-nlade goods Conservative members as eety's that the "The order-ln-councll nly a few days more. Loyal "For d . there never was a prisoner at the bar who would not do that if he could do it and succeed! presented to His Excellency asking, for a dis- solution was refilscd. Minister came into the House the following parliamentary day, Mon- day, and told or his request to dis- solve that l-lousm-not to give an assurance that some time later he wanted it dissolved, but that the Governor-General had wantonly re- fused his request and. as a conse- quence. he said, he had resigned. Those were his words. a suggestion from myself that be- fore anything else we ought to Jake some steps to get together and try to finish the session. there lbeins We were anxious to got whatever legislation parlia/ment wanted passed through. This offer he spurned ecorniuliy. "l was then asked to come Rideau i-lall and trying to get out of the ‘matter iby administration. saying that the committee did not quest, and nothing more. That rs- True. lt quest it was my duty to accept and The Prime He refused to form, a iicW That was the re- Opposition. eader of the largest party H011I00lC0111I1lcns. (Applause-l had passed mere erdere-in-eeuneii the reason that ii knew than had ever been passed In a The there were only two or three day! year in Canadian history. (Laugh- protested nsceapary for Parliament i took tbater.) i got up and asked: "Where r cu.sc1vcs nu fez-macro‘; 7*. to s thing. Governments time In 191i. street. action. ln danger! imrneme lei; parliament at once. (Applause) “Sir Wilfrid parliament in exactly the saline way ~i found out about the dis- solution myselt from a man on the But we never complained about the constitutionality of the There was nobody at that time who had a chronic affliilon of constitutional phlebitie." (Lough- ter.) have Laurier office in any country would do such We took the course that taken we dissolved from dissolved Mr. King's Attitude then, "it would seem, however. always when Mr. Mackenzie Kinlf is out of power tho constitution ls You remember back ln ‘i921’! Rwrlpl nsibile Government was in terrible danger then! was described as a usurper. over- throwing responsible government, though we had carried every voto in the House ihy fairly substantial fllfllfiilllce. We were governing iby order-ln-council Died it as Leader of His Mll- Afterwards. when he gut into pow- and er. we showed him on the floor he that said! in of the ‘l-iouse that‘ in one year he protective policy foy Canada in fla- cal matters. We stand for the ip- plicatlon, not of high protectlenr. never have so I said In my political llfe,—~that adjective la just the in- ventlon of our political fess In ord- er to get somethqig flhgy 11m n. 1110K: but we do say for the eppiili- cation of the protective principle. thoreuehiy. from we to end of the program. on all products produced in our Dominion; on agricultural products. on manufacturing pre- ducts. on everything. We bslleva 111 the application of a reasonable du- ty against all of them for protect- lve purposes. Can anything be clearer than that? (lltpplause). "We believe in giving to the Can; adlan producers of all classes that advantage in their market which the producers nf other countries enjoy .n theirs We dc not believe in giving the campetltcrs. whether of our farmers or our industrial workers. not only what thvy my»; now. a monopoly of their own mur- ket, but an equal share in our mar- ket. in the interests of all Canada we insist upon the consistent sp- biioatlon of the protbetive princi- pie everywhere. New ean language be cleaver than that? it is not im- portant at slL-it is not necesse y. that we have a high tariff. infinitely time Provinces that a policy be pursued which enables their great underlying. fundamental industries to get along. and that certainly is not being pursued today. So i say stand by e sane. protective poi-lay. reasoflabiy but consistently. ins st on a stable, fiscal policy for t is country. and if you do that, cer- tainly the doors 0f prosperity will open again. We will not then be dependant on harvesting grain, we will be a diversified country- We will be no longer reountry spending our millions to try to cc- jele emigrants to some, heHe-jto take the place‘ of ‘cur‘ eeilsjn daughters who have gone- We will be a country where our dlffldtilty will be to keep emigrants ofit.—— for the United States is spending millions to lsecp their: out today. and they can't dd 1t.- ‘. “if... “Now do not let anybody sly l am decrying Canada. because l de- cry the policy of the country. .1 think we have a finer country than the United States ever bad. (Applause). They have certain re- sources more abundant than ours. but they have not the variety; they have not those rnoet precious of all natural resources that we harvest is over the 1115151" u. their dihelr volffltlimb ‘ rlagiilgsngard$thggfifii1z1il1ggolf“ supplanted yW 0 ' ing lo lion. m. p. 111mm“ of agriculture. there W h few fndisne in the 1"” nun year and that Hi9 y principal hop-srcwl"! d ' c . change will elimlnnic 111" onpenss now sntaiWd flit vldlrrg the natives W111i 1 tlen. Pitched Ball K1111 Y , St. Joli}?! SAINT J us. 11.5",‘ Wqllgglgy ,‘ rice. 19v 210d’ Street. Ssllii lohn- '1 f, ~ effects of being hi! (":6 , by a pitched ball he I night. Price will 5 m‘ , . National baseball teem. m, playlnx a rams 311m, John the B11911!" d 1, fatal ball was r1111" d,“ ‘ Dalton. ‘ The victim In, way to the 110101151 m Price. a WNOW- ""5 - , is visiting friends 111 _ have so abundantly; furthermore J-..1 nk it Time for a Change 1 gm minty. UeeJUwV stats sue-a ass i .p “sue sea 1