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W""""'"--'rww"' yhcact " _/ 7 eeeeniee mt ® 2 r------n"» o e TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1920. o eA o sompaton sonomenasemetctemamnee nc mt speaker Has to Stop Inter-- --> --change of Some Rather Warm Opinions | + umm m ce ~nmmmmmmnnmatein ' \-- PREMIER ON DEFENSIVE smemetsmmemmamens o ic mm ' # 3 Would Not Apologize for An--| # # 1 nouncing Policy Before De-- ; | bate on Colony @unnemmstmemnmmemensmnatemen «um Individual war records came close to getting aired in the Legislature last night during the debate on the Kapuskasing affair. Two returned goldiers, who are members, started the little fuss, and remarks were being thrown recklessly across the floor of the House when the Speaker stopped it. Capt. Jos. Thompson (,\.:?}'thea,st Toronto) was defending the war rec-- ord of the late Governmenrt and making a few remarks on behalf of the small band of Congervatives in the House. He Geclared that 40 per cent. of them had seen service. "What kind of service?" asked Hon. D. Carmichael. '"Nine out of 24 saw service," re--| plied Capt. Thompson. I '"Not as fighting men,"' shot back | Mr. Carmichael. '"'There are only | three returned soldiers on this side | of the House, but every one of them \ was a fighting man.' Col. Carmi--| T chael was with an infantry bat--| talion and won the D.S8S.0,. and M. 3. The Speaker took objection, and Hon. Mr. Carmichael, rising, apolo-- gized for starting the discussion, but adding as his reason that "he was pretty well fed up on this kind. of thing--fed up on civilians dressed up as soldiers."' Government Criticized, . f The Goverrment > got severely criticized for deciding on action in | the Kapuskasing affair during the time the debate was on. The Gov--} ernment late in the evening brought in an amendment to the resolution' moved by Major Tolmie and Wel-- lington Hay that the report of the Commission _ be adopted. The amendment simply gGives the Gov-- ernment power to make some slight} changes. Major Tolmie offered to| withdraw his motion, but the Gov--| ernment asked that it stand. lion.l &. Moward Ferguson was criticized | y" not rising to the defence of the| scheme, but he moved the adjourn-- ment of the debate and will prob-- ably be heard to--day. .Premier Drury said that hbhe did . not feel it necessary to apologize to the House for the action taken by the Government. His first knowledge of the Kapuskasing af-- fair was the imotion pictures sent uround by the last Government. He * thought that smacked of political propaganda. The next was the pamphlet sent out by the Liberals headeqd '"'The Scandal of Kapuskas-- ing." That must--bs iaken with a grain of salt, he 'said. "Was it overdrawn?" asked Mr.| Dewart. ce & ! . The Premier -- thought it ,a bit, wrnid. Following it had < been.~--a deputation from the Grand-- Army | of" Canada. Col, Carmichael was & sent North. The Premier defendedl the Commission appointed to in-- | vestigate, HMe had no apology for | s |not consulting the members about| o s