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* on oi his o oo ied e tiaieanane mana ns ... ... ie _ --.FRIDAY, MAY 14, ©1920. in "_MT however, thia P11 is not be'nfll | o abc'mdoned, but only held over, 1 . ought, T think, to state brieflv the | elements of the situation as they' ; oxist at the moment." | Not Necessarily Imperial Bond. i After quoting the opinions of many statesmen, including Gem-ral; Smuts, Earl Grey, Sir Robert Bor-i' | den and others, Mr. Raney con-- | " tinued: | _ "The argument is that if the de--| | clarations of nationhood are to be; A# ' taken seriously not only by Canada | i i I herself, but by the United States B'" to AbOHSh Resort to Prlvy and other foreign countries, they i i must be implemented by a change counc" DebatEd m of the system under which the final * interpretation of the laws of Can-- | the LeQISIature ada, including this Province, is not | | with the Judges of this country, ap-- | se | pointed by the Government of this | R A N E Y¥ B R I N GS IT 1N | country, but by a tribunal in :m-- i | other country thousands of midles | memmmm mm m ns m m ; away. f | 7 '"On the other hand, there are | fThen WIthdraWS Aftert many Canadians who do not want | i S h b H " nationality as define1 by the staf;es-l Cec imse men whom I have quoted. They | | p es y m * look upon the appeal to England as | ] a bond of Empire, and fear that its | | Dewart and Henry , abolition would weaken the tie that | | We ne oi remenin e nmmccacy binds this country to Britain. ' | o s P '"'That is an outline of the main | ' That Ontario may know that' at argument on its political side. |some future session of the Legisla-- M '"'Then there is the legal argu-- ture a bill to abolish appeals from ment., Those who favor the atoli-- | this Province to the Judicial Com-- 110?'1 (t)rtx th: ]appealdurg; the expensei 4 y 'il in Lon-- anC e delay an the want of mittee .Of the Privy Co}';m w. & knowledge of English Judges ofi don will be pressed, Hon. W. P Canadian-- laws and custom:s. On | Raney opened a discussion on the the other hand, those who favor the | proposed bill yesterday, and then present system say that it promotes | 'withdrew the measure. H. H. I.)ew-' l{nifqrmity pf laws with those of! art, K.C., Liberal Leader, followed Great Britain, and that therc is an | oJ » \}"-r,qne\_ and declared him-{ advantage in having an ultimate Ilon. Mr,. Raney, 4 21 court of appeal far removed from self against such a measure. Neither | local prepossessions, -- and finally got into any great controversy over (tihut.the righ man pught not to be | atter. but stated their opinions . eprived of the privilege which is im m;:t inions of others eminent given by his wealth even though it' ?m:ht .?ugli)cx;::;' of Canada | isf dt;:.nied to 11is antagonist by reason | n _ the Te oo of his poverty. | Hon. Mr. Raney, while in favor of | the abolition of appeals to the Ii'rivsi' A Convincing Instance. | freely from eminen is s ; g:;xyggé. Qll':');]eod g;';g opinions and To illustrate the possibilities of | reasons for opposing such a measure. the present system I have under my ' He delved into the status of Canada hand papers in a case sent to me & | as a nation, its old and new relations few days ago, in which a widow | with the Motherland and the other [brought sult in the courts of * this Dominions of the Empire. Ho {I'IOI't'l'lf Province for damages to certain '29 "9}')"""'5 ;']'; s'f" """"""";.'f::""."f"'fifi{ |mining land of which her husband at the ri . _ of appes as t I wirc a ~ ATraxgt :0 .tho Motli\rlund and then gave it | 'S'l::b e tl}ought. h(\'_"'ls ihe (Z"nm' es s inlon that it was an| | e recovered judgment for a few fl';:.}rr}i)tl::n?"" rtlo(?ulgllxou bond. _ [ :Rund;'ledt dglilair.sj. U"f agpeasl to the! p g ' expressed -- the | Appellate Division of the upreme | opfi?gfi o:\trléthlgsgi\}-hoeggigsthat they' \Court of Ontario the judgment was | thought that there were more able' reversed and her action dismissed. | Judges in Great Britain to express fThen an appeal by her to the 3u-- the last opinion on appeals. preme Court of Canada was suc-- '"'That is true." said Mr. Dewart. | u:eisslfu} a(tlnd the judgment i)f hhe s * ria udge was restored. Fina y, Too Many "Little Canadians." f $ 'on an appeal to London, the ud a 2 y judg-- "I am sorry my honorable friend| ment of the Supreme Court of Can-- says so. We do not have to take fhe' | ada was reversed and her action present. Let us go back a genera-- | [ again dismissed. These proceedings tion." Mr. Raney named several of the j ; occupied 53 months, and the costs eminent judicial men of the past to | | of the successful parties against the compare wlith British Justice'ss.I 'fiel |widow were taxed at upward -- of was sorry there were so many "Little | $3,500. In addition, she was left to Canadians) (who exaiied the_people| of o ations. Y zon ~-- | probably be as much more. As this e08.> he cominuet, --I would to. | is not an argument, but merely a akes," he co % T a~-- | m j o ther govern myself with my mlstakes! ?rtx:?tment of facts, I 'make no com-- | than be governed by somebodyv else. | y 4 & ' s cinl? | That is the essence of democracy." | xA I'?diiith"e(lflhi'n'o}n t,l"dt Sir WJU&m, He argued that Canada should have | mere » et Justice of this Pro--| fs court of finality and in-- vince, entertains strong views on the ; lat Ottawa a court of fin 1 i * n | dependence. Ottawa should be the so--called appeal to the foot of the termination of appeals. '"Why should I'hrone--"hrxch is, of course, in fact this country appeal to another coun-- | not an appeal to the King at all, but try in settling its lawsuits?" he an_uppffztl to thg committece of the asked. ' Privy Council of England, which is '"'This is one of the most import--| responsible to the Parliament --at ant bills that has come or that will| Westminster, and in no sense re. |come before this Legislature," said | spon.?ibler (_tzu the Parliament or u* people of Canada. Ion. Mr. Raney. "It is important as ; k fmt only Provincially, but nationally diftThen' as I have said, thg laymen and internationally. It involves the er.-- The Labor party of Canada principles of self--government. It is in favor of the abolition of the 'fhas been the subject of disputation appeal. On the other hand, I have for at least two generations, and the % a memorial from the Toronto Board | importance of it has been heightened of T{',dde in favor of the system as > 'and deepened by the political devel-- it is. opment incidental to the war, as a Rancy No ( 4 w repsult of which the statesmen of ¥ Not the Author. Great Britain agree with those of Mr. Dewart intimated that the At. Canada and Australia and South tomey-Geperal's Zeal in reference to Africa that these Dominions have the abolition of appeals to the Privy now taken on the full rights and re-- Council was being fired by his own sponsibilitics of nationhood. personal legal reverses before that ' "It is not my purpose at this time august body. He hinted that t ' to make an argument in support of time editorials in The Globe dtal?xr:e | this bill. becnu'lle. '?It'":'?fi'nfihfflz with the subject betrayed the wellg 1 presently state, it i« known 1i U i Shatllm!: of the Government to press Rane uterary style of Hon. Mr, mgav ssion of the Legislature.| " . dhon which the Attorney. ii at this se 2 8 General promptly arose to make the «* f statement that he was not the author