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Chalk-"gt- to Prime Minister. The Elk Jake telegram tigured pmmhwntly in the dohatv. . Mr. 1:me charged as u result of " sworn cim-luruti-m prwlncwl that a "telegram "as sent. purporting to be :signed by tlw Prilm- Minister. promising th" wmstrmztinn ot' this Elk lanky branch under virmlmstunm-s which could only haw: hut! a marked effect on the elot- tiun in that northern constituency." (A pphu'so.) "'l'hu ntlwr tluy in this House. in :vnsvrer tn 1 suggestion by the hon. membmr for North Grey (Hun. A. G. MucKuy). the Prime Minister himself suggested that the telegram was a forgery. and it was forged by somv (mg 'ttol "my far from here.' The Prime Minister knmvs whether he Hunt that tulegl'am or not; he knows "hettwt' it is " fov,e,vry or not, and any man who is bald t-nough to lse Mr. Rowell Challenges Sir James to Say There Was No Forgery. B UDGE TDEBA TE ENDS IN LE GlSLA TURE Sir James Whitney Still Says, There Are No Bilingual f Schools in Ontario. 2 will It" tho peoplo- or this Provimw win-tho? lu, sent it." (bond ttlt- pluuse.) The Outlook. Mi. Itouill's lit':c1 t-l'ilivism of the linunoiul pulit'y of thc CloVPimittrtnt was that thew lnul'I-vun no pretent-o whatever to review the tinaneiul sit- uation of the Province, to point out its tinatuial needs and to consider the sources from which the revenue was to be derived. At the present time the Province was confronted with an ala ming situation in connection with 1hSl1t?/,'dl affairs, and if the schools were to _reach It higher standard of etticieney the grunts to education must be largely augmented. Largo sums were also wanted for public. health. In the Department of Agriculture there were increasing demands upon the resources of the Province. Large expenditures of the public money were needed for good roads. Some- thing was being done, but more was needed. _ - Hm'm'nmonl [ht dealing with tht PREMIER Sfl'ff"lrrilN T ON - ELK LAKE MESSAGE "mt closing of the haul "inn "3-14 both "most iilin lotit. Uititu Mr The member for Centre Grey (Hon. nulll'll' WEDNESDA Y, is]: SH " wl Ina-urn tho,- vntirt- limo of the :. Tltr, Hmlgc-t "as nut-0mm! Ill unwndnn-nt. and the Huma- into suipply, passed one item and ll ritll [lure I tn t suggestion by the hon. T for North Grey (Hun. A. G. y), the Prime Minister himself ted that the telegram was a J. and it was forged by snmv ot "my far from here.' The Minister knows whether he mt tnlegram or not; he knows Jr it is u ITuw,vry or not, and an who is hold enough to be or honest vnuugh to be bald II the people of this Province 't' he sent it." (Loud up- n and tho l'rinn- Minister or owcll's >1ww'll "MN all uhlu Ilpn-En-nsi'x'u rmivw of the L1 situation. llv rlrslsid "cup- w Iroliy of 'irlministerin,g thv 'tttuit) mum! ulnmsme-u and " nf disossion murkvd tlw he Budget tlvlmtu in tho n-storuluy. Thc stage ccriid for tha. Imulcl's on and (110 spetihes, of Mr. with-ism of the the t'hn'ornmem Ewen no m'etem-o tho tinanciul sit- nco, to point out Another item in the receipts that Mr. Rowe" criticized was the returns from the Department of Lands, For- ests and Mines. He contended that the Government policy was depleting the timber of the Province. and soon there. would he little left. Assuming, however, that there was lots of tim- ber, he thought the time had come when some consideration should be given to the interests of the future. He was not objecting to the revenue. but to forest depletion, and the Gov- ornment should adopt a scientific for- estry policy 'for the purpose of con- ,serving the timber. He hoped Hon. iMr. Hearst would adopt some policy Ibefore the Liberals were called upon to take the responsibility of govern- Gurl.' In regard to the supplementary re- venue, which was a tax on corpora- tions, he thought that the railways "Well, it requires a great deal, of latitude to get anything out of the present Government," countered Mr. Howell. "You are giving us lots of latitude," interrupted Mr. A. E. Donovan (Brockville). Mr. Rowen made an exhaustive analysis of the revenue of the Pro- Vince from the Dominion Govern- ment. He reiterated the contention of Opposition members that Ontario was entitled to a substantial increase in the Federal subsidy. "I venture to think that the Government does not yet understand this situation. Sir James Whitney-Hear, hear. "I am glad to have that frank confession from the Prime Minister," replied Mr. liowcll. "I appeal to the members of the Government to go and ascertain these facts for them- selves by looking at the law." He hoped for the co-operation and sup- port ot the members on the other side to press the Government to do its duty. The Opposition leader re- viewed the legislation of the, Domin- ion Parliament affecting money re- ceived from the Dominion, and point- ed out that these payments were made under three heads: (1) St1b- sidy in respect of legislation and good roads; (2) subsidy in respect of popu- lation; (3) subsidy for debt allow- ances', $142,414.48. The bill in con- nection with the boundary settlement contained a specific reference to the increase in area of the Province and a compensation in lieu ot land, while there was also an additional amount for debt allowance. He declared that the Government should at once take action to have the amount o't $142,414 increased by about half a million dollars. Iterorestatiott Policy. At Sea About Subsidy. Province was getting the best results. He did not go into tho public service' in any department with the view of, seeing what results had been obtain-i od. 1. 13. Lucas). in' ttitiirithtCttre" Budget speech, apparently thought it neces- sary to point out the mammary expenditure along certain lines. He did not attempt to analyze these expenditures and apply the test of efficiency to find out whether the Premier Silent on JTeIegram and Schools loud lit of the Imposition (Illl'('(\¢\u Elk Lakv 11-h into mambunv. Mr. ll nslitul V l'riitvx Mi wln-lhur Ch,,. nut its) :u-m ti'lwAvaui. Ir. Hun'vll mmssvd F. JilHH'S to some HM, ,ll'd'lll an polity n." (In- HUH'I'IHM'H IIH' ttirts.cc,tiott of hili M'hmlls, INN mulling tr, Wm: forthiurtth.,u. TIn I. lwndwr plum-ti "pun tho (1: l'ill'lil the 1isirtrrrrilriiity dialling with 111" rivhunl tion. 2,0, 1912. , JuIm-s Whitney Was silent b, y1esterdtiy. when the ii: ol' thr, ')pposition intru- R'm .l-Ilk lctlos 11'11'Rl'ulll TE " adohiltt'. Mr. Itowcxll ll 'r,. I'l'iinl- 1tinici,o. ev,, b,' a,'r, ' '4le o It' A ,.,. .2. l' r nut m- m-m, the Ir. Itowtsll Hlso .luzm-S tn mukv ,lm-nl on HIV lu- (EUH'I'IHIH'III cm on ol' bilingual It mulling tlrslinit!, mung. TIn kiln-rub ml mum tho Havel-n- 1isitsrrssilsility for crchorrl situa- Mum-um Itowvll Minisu-r