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'"*Surely," said Mr. Belanger, in re-- ferring to new post--war countries, where minorities were guaranteed the right to teach their children, in their early years, the language of the home, "if people who only yvesterday had no desire but to exterminate each other can reach an agreement, what about Ontario where there is no need of a league of peace between vs whose fathers shared equally in the honor of laying the foundation of the Province, and whose sons died gside by side in Flanders fields?" BDefonds Low Standing, Mr. Belanger displayed a "let by-- gones be bygones" attitude with re-- gard to Regulation 17; claimed that e¥en where it had been applied con-- seclentiously it had proved a failure: ammd defended the low standing of the echools and pupils in his county, as gtated in the Merchant Inquiry Com-- mittee report on the bilingual situ-- ation, by charging that lack of de-- partmental support--for instance, the sending out of 17 and 18--year-- old girls with third and fourth class certificates--had _ been responsible €or the conditions. My,. Belanger also stressed the need of a sweeping investigation into the Hollinger Minc disaster; de-- manded the resignation of Hon. R. .J. Manion from the Liquor Board; and, generally speaking, criticized (Government activities. His attack was met forcibly at the evening sit-- ting by Rev. W. G. Martin, Conserva-- tave member for Brantford, who de-- nieda that Ontario was a bilingual Province; who said that English must be taught--and '"no bluffing, either!'--and who implied that Mr. Belanger had trod omm dangerous ground with his remarks about Lon-- don immigrants infected with the virus of communism. Communist--infected immigrant from London: pleaded for a better under-- standing of his accomplishment and his alms; and urged that the Gov-- ernment extend rather thin restrict the present use of French in the «schools so as to enable French-- Canadian children to obtain the edu-- eation they required, and to which they were entitled. With a force and an eloquence, which, at times, stirred even the Government benches into applause, Mr. Belanger pictured the French-- Canadian as a far more loyal and more deeirable citizen than the To the Logislature, yesterday, Aurelien Belanger, Srench member for Russell, bared the feelings of the French--speaking people of the Province. CENSOR OF FILMS FOR CHILDREN Russell Member Scores Talk of "Assimilating" People Never Disassimi-- lated --F a vors Full W aterways Survey and Calls _ for _ Manion's Resignation From Liquor Board Aims and Aspirations _ Of French--Canadians Outlined by Belanger '"Well, I have an important sug-- gestion--a constructive suggestion to make," said Mr. Belanger, in refer-- ring to the "strong and efficient ad-- ministration"' advertised for the Liquor Control Board. "I would ask the Prime Minister to see that the administration is as strong as it is possible to make it, and to see that Hon. Dr. Manion gives full time to his duties. T don't see why Dr. Man-- ion should have to keep his position in the House at Ottawa,. 'The Winni-- pes convention is past, and there Is n» need of keeping a seat open in Ontario for a prospective Prime Ministei. Mr. Manion should be esked to give his whole time to his Job, or he should be made to resign | !from the board, so that some man \may be put in his place who can give all his attention to the _boarfl. He said that the Prime Minister i2 his speech iast Tuesday had up-- braided the Opposition Leaders for tneir "caustic, carping" criticism-- and their failure to offer, as he had alleged, any "constructive'" sugges-- tions. Mr,. Belanger said it was a yrelief to pass to a lighter subject--"the lightest of them all"--the 1928 Speech from the Throne, which he termed: "weightless, of porous qual-- ity, colorless and odorless." (Ap-- plause.) Full--Time Job. In the face of such an event, and such far--reaching paossibilities, Mr. Bolanger felt that a duty had been east not only upon the Ontario Gov-- ernment, bhut on the Dominion Gov-- ernment as well "to investigate open-- ly and courageously, without fear or favor, and to determine where the responsibility for the tragedy lies," in order that precautions be taken to prevent any future recurrence of the kind. In graphic language Mr. Belanger referred to the recent Hollinger mine disaster, describing the sorrow and sadness which it has brought to Timmins, and warning the House 6f the "deeper and wider" effects which might spring from it. "Advantages," he said, "may be tiken by propagandists--by idealists {foreign to Canadian character--to stir up social hatred and promote in-- dustrial unrest." In this connection he mentioncd the statement of a Timmins Labor leader, that the wood which had gone into the vic-- tims' coffins could have been.much boetter used in the workers' stoves. BR H,. Kemp, Progressive member for Lincoln. the third speaker of the day, warmly criticized the Govern-- ment in respect of its rural Hydro policy. Roefers to Timmins Disaster, Mr, Martin also claimed some of the limelight, when he introduced an amendment to the Sinclair--Me-- whinney amendment of last Tuesday. "The amendment to the amendment, expressing confidence in the Govern-- ment's proposal to undertake a sur-- vey of the Province before establish-- Ing any old--age pensions scheme, was anticipated, and is designed solely to "kill" the effect and aim of the Liberal "want sof confidence" move, Mr. Belanger pricked the deep in-- terest of the Legislature, when in speaking of the St. Lawrence deep woterways question, he expressed the view "that in his humble opinion tie reople of this country, whether they.belong to Ontario or to Quebec, do not desire that the Government of Canada should enter into a ven-- ture which would cost hundreds of milllions qt dollars -- without first making a complete survey of all the features connected with it." The Brantford member, amid cheers of his fellow--benchers, said the fTact must not be overlooked that it was the English reservist who was the first to leave Canada for battle at the call of war. Pirst to Leave -\.ricla(,f, There was, said he, more diver-- gence in thought between the French--Canadian in Ontario and the Parisian than between the French and --English speaKking citizens of this Province. Belgium, said he, was an example of a country which was strong in unity despite the fact that its citi-- zens spoke different languages. And Switzerland was another example. "People who ought to think. and can think," Mr. Belanger went on, '"should give these questions their best thought. And when they are approached by any one suggesting the assimilation of the French-- Canadian, shove him to the wall and ask in what respect he'd want the French--Canadian to be assimilated any more than he is at present? The French--Canadian is assimilated be-- cause he was never disassimilated." "And the French--Canadian," he declared, "even if he is incapable of speaiking the English language. is "Assimilation," he declared, "is not a matter of the tongue any morse than patriotism, but is a mat-- ter of the heart." And in patriotism for the Province, he continvued, the French--Canadian would not cede one iota to any other citizen. What, he asked. did those who talked expect in the way of assimi-- lation? The real theory for this country, said he, was the theory of parallelism, not the parallelism de-- lined in the school geometries as two lines that never met, but trans-- cendental -- parallelism--"bound to meet somewhere." "Matter of the Heart, There was, said he, too much ref-- erence to the French--Canadian citi-- zens of the Province as if they were different from other citizens, "too much talk of assimilation, as if we were disassimilated." There was talk of the melting--pot, '"though," he added, "what is to come out of that melting--pot I don't know." And there were certain fetishes with which orators stirred up racial hatred. He forecast a bill, which he will introduce to the House later in the session, in which he will ask that on the Censor Board '"there be ap-- pointed a man in full sympathy with the childreéen of the country--whose particular business it will be to re-- vise films from the point of their effect on the schoolboy and school-- girl. The bill also will advocate that fiims fit only for the consump-- tion of adults shall have stamped "'on them, *"'*Not to be exhibited to children under 16 years of age," and that no child, under that age, unless attended by his or her parents, shall be admitted to theatres showing filn.s lacking the official stamp. In this regard, he said that Pre-- mier Ferguson's "straffing'"' of Ot-- tawa for alleged delay in the devel-- opment came "with ill--grace." Loyal to Ontario. Mr., Belanger next turned to dis-- cvssion of the ideais and aspirations of the French--Canadian citizens of this Province. Picturing those 300,-- 000 _ French--Canadians in various parts of Ontario, he dramatically de-- clared that, speaking for them, speaking for the French--Canadian memvers of the Legislature, he could say: "For every one of us there is only one Province to which we are loval to the depths of our hearts, and that is the Province of Ontario." closer to you gentlemen than the immigrant from London, who comes into this country infected with the virus of communism. The French-- Canadian is closer to you than those English--born who ape and admire the customs in the country to the south." Mr. Belanger strongly condemned lack of provision in the Province's cinematogranh law, at the present time, for protection of children against the '"evils" of the motion pictures. There was no greater dan-- ger to future w--itizenship than the picture industry. Many clearly im-- moral films were passing the Censor Board--not immoral perhaps from 'h»n noin of view of thezaadult, but unquestionably so from qhe child's point of view. Censor for Children, *>