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Ontario Scrapbook Hansard, 20 Feb 1918, p. 2

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: P " nobler "and "bet=" + r Njeved it ®!!" be C ARY Wtfoobs They were there in \ 2 CA ; ':rvmn it has been, in fl::. 3:"-1'"3 advance and they were on the job.. = _ _ [ 'wew responsUiC}, of¢ ontario s ts Best Bosplital in the word 9t ns' _ Wpbrougnt to th"© people 0 ; (reas~ had the best hospital in the world : y (+. ~B eatest of these are incre to--day, he declared, Rst o f]l\-xction and -- conservation. Some people were talking peace, CA w S %¥ 14 is facing starvation to-- were getting tired of the war. '"You wC The w°r1 red the» Premier, point-- won't hear the boys complaining * y,"'* dec at even if the war ended | in the front lines in France," he C '1%\{2 t:'hae fODd situat'on in 1919 : deelared. F e sulid be more acute than it is this: Lessons From the Allics, : | f 'ould in 1917 France produced less ; | flan ha{'f as much wheat as she "'3 19. Sl?imhg at;etfi:\'égo'tlttlht "he | $E & A itbreak of war, an ton) sa at the un-- Apefore th*,,°""°"0% ;s true of the preparedness of Britain has been f* wractically the sa f 'more her strength than her weak-- whnole world. ness. He was dgla({ of the effort in [3 L j -- o _the House to displace small things | Whe Responsibility of Canada-- .: | 'and deal with the business of tfie! f "The burden and duty of meeting Province in a big way. He was con--| + ie DS u rest principalily upon vinced that the farmers had not in | flns eople ? the North American the past received sufficient to in--| the ,"e""'f 01 lared _ Sir William. sure theim a proper wage and that| continent," _( s and the increased no business house would continue to | Lack 0of mm;f'cge it impossible to _operate if it made the same per-- distance Tl?e\ foodstuffs from Aus-- centage of profit'. transdort _ The United States The part played by the several tralia and India. . -- 9 must supply allied countries in the war, and A\Bana canaas thnis Y°e4! ME wheat' particularly Canada, was reviewed] 250,000,000 bushe'!s nlore('o;mda tu'- by Mr. Irwin F. Hilliard (Dundas).| 'than they did in '191'. "a e 'ten' He took occasion to pay tribute to fao inis must this ye'c}r' E_!'O acréq the Japanese and the Italians for Pacres of wneat to ever» seven £ their efforts, and suggested that a She grew last year. ; $ commission _ of tv:vo be sent to \ To do this will require itne great. France, Italy and England to study | est organization, the greatest '.\..ork\ the way in which they deal with dis-- anda the greatest sacrifices possible| charged ':jogdiers, agriculture, etc. art of the whole people," | Mr. William -- McDonald _ (North on the p{'\f'mam | Bruce) was convinced that the Brit-- : sal.dq b-nl.l v\l'e falter at this final| ish people are destined to rule the hou}lgg pointedly asked the Premier. | world, The resolution passed by | I+4f s:) we are false to the cause of | | the House was an earnest «that the, humanity, and, above all, falso to| would stand behind t}'e men over-- the galldxxt men who gave their lives seas and never be slaves. Kg permit us to shars "']'3 ngic.t)(;?: Text of the Resolution, that our faint h'.','u be 1O U 3 The resolution was in the follow-- Emit us to meet ing terims: - & tA mant Ths + + bers of the Legis-- Opg)osmon Leader's Vicw. ,at-,fé"'f\s';fm',}';- ::}N}lmt;'rio,t irn;(fli\']idgl'l?- \ Mr. Proudfoot, leader of the Op-' 1y and as a n.ml,v. hv'?'r"o'»'y r:u '11:11\ our 'wosition, said the Legislative As-- | belter in the righfeous=es® Of HRo ninbes Pemoly'should show the people, of| 225 Atutine: ind wiace on fcort our mp tari it is doing everything | are fighting, and place 0i " ; Ontario that i i | proval and endorsation of the clear, Ithat it can, as a Legisiature, do to| courageous and moderate statement of wards the successful termination of our war ajms recently made by his the war. He said the people of Majesty's Government. _ We are convine-- 'RCanagaa owed a great deal to the ed that only by the .lrennzatxon of 11he foresight of the men in Great Bri-- allies' arim of a peace .msm'!. lon tht: N'fn- ain who kept the British navy up giples of £roe n cael u+ reg?'fit M ' un ce hi paAalat s d the Buns international law' can our enemits UN--, to strength am«s prevented _ s scrupulous and brutal attempt at do-- from janding in the Dominion, 30010 mination be frustrated, and the future of ® s people had said that if the United civilization assured. _ We desire to ex-- * States had eniered the war sconer press our heartfelt appreciation of the better result might have Leen ,mi:m-hless ;i?rm;nm! :'3]\3:}'_022:;;:{18:1)} ::1'11': J & ause Russia might not historic imnilifary Acheldt en 4 d f 'ggl'.};eg,"ukzfi:'a%sowg :ss"ghe sig;nce did. on ced far .1"'.,1-('«-; ow ttllnm ge't("--l P tocke Foriunate Tor iIGiviliics | of baitie. " M# ol liny Nave Tabenl --eve [PJt was very fortunate Lo ts inz the past yerr they have taken every Ation, however, that the United 'ol)'jo(-tlve from the enemy for which they States had come into the War, be-- | started, and havre not hadl a single re-- Reause the situa""em might havs heen \verse. _ In the bard--fought battles of Fa very aark one had the great Re-- | Vimy Ridge, Fresnoy, IHill 70 and Pass-- | publi(: remained neutral. The enly i«_-hen(:l:;:ll:l.mfn.x'\;\(::'i':}n soldiers have won! f way to secure a lasting 'peace i ,"n'-'{\'.- zladly testify that the victories : f ffor the allies to dictate nat peace In | won by our heroic sons, their irresistible * Berlin. Fealor in attack, their nufaltering tena-- : i "It may take a long time to reach '(-itv in defence and their cheerful en-- 4 'Beriin, but I don't want this war to durance of all the, discoamfort. weariness ftop until the German pleop;ethavtc ?'ngq'?;:m,'r;i}:fi?flgt l"'"'l" ';'l;("(']' tohur:m;;}.aa:}t': Keen treated to the kind of trcat-- ant 4i y n i & w ide and gratitude. _ We solemaly f 'jne\nt u{?'i".meted gu;,r;(:, cgh.?' ?Q:O(} n'o'}'xgng}-\mlz(\. our lustin:: debt tq those y ple O--'. '.e',.m A at'l o s se ns who have laid dovn.\ their young lives, so > Mr. Proudfoot. The people in tiis full of rare promise. for us and for the R _ 4 country must devote time, money great cause at issue. _ The memory of and means in doing all they «an \ their sacrifice will never fade. _ We here-- f to bring the war to a victorious hy consecrate ourselves afresh, together § eonclusion. fe 'rtt}l'lom}':(}'vpin:(;sc:)'%w(?'zt'(\':iothltz rtit(x':l :\:lcd f _ Before the war was over the peo-- (':Fflflll prosecution of the war. | To that f Aple of Canada mxglftw be required to end. and confident of a patriotic re | make greater sacrifices 'Fhe Opn-- sponse, we call upon the people of On-- ¢" 'position leader was sorry to reaud trrieo to place the demands of the war r eports of the poor accommndiution before every other consideration, and by 3 for returning wounded soldiers on every means in th'mr power to maintain | Atlantic transports. Wounded imen, :g:wf;"'fafi.r:f f:::{' C;{"{",':::]i;'{ i",fff,','fi}';tfl,'.'.' | 'he said, should not be obliged to Itfa- practise to the utmost thrift and avoid-- 1 vel in the steerage. The best cabins ance of waste, and thus throw the whote on the finest liners were none too lwoight of our people and our Province f good for men who were sick or into the sceale against our enemies, until ei: i maimed as a result of participation _ the principles for 'w!nch we are fighting : in the war on Germany. The Liberal are crowned with' victory, ; . leader emphasized the need _ for greater production of foodstuffs in ' Ontario. s ; A Message From the Front. ' '"'There is no danger on the battle line in France and Flanders," de--| f clared Major J. I. Hartt, East Sim-- | * * s goe, who appeared in uriform. "'I'he; > greatest danger I can see is on the | £ 'battle lines at home--the battle that | 'the people at home in France are . ® \fAghting, that the people at home __jin England are fighting, and that we at home in Canada may have to fight some day." Women in London and the other great cities of Britain »were stand-- ing in line for food. That was the ondition there; that was the battle _ |that was being fought at home. All m0onor to the labor men of Canada ndenBrita.in for the stand they had # 4 ' 11% i. y tE He paid tribute to the work of the'. EN Eie in ie c e i i ienss n n s e oo n rrreriie Een rrerrrnireerrerinreveeerereie in oo

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