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f & March. ist . arch. 18 . « ' 66 99 T AR-- D Wnn mm mmmmmencmmcmccmalte «B s ;"lelclous Invention." \----__--Premier Denounces To-- mr. Cote characterizea the story as * *"a malicious invention." 'The only ele-- ronto Even!ng Paper fOJ" ment of truth in it, he said, was where 66 ® It stated that every former French Lib-- Ordlnary Gum * Shoe eral seat in the Province went Conser-- * * * »» vative at the last election, "I was elect-- > Assassmat:on MethOds ed and given a mandate by my riding," ---- French--C a n a d i a n ®# 24ded, "to give loyal support to this Government, and that is what I intend MCMbGI'S Also Condemn to do. I have not tried, directly or in-- R s directly, to extract promises from the Fabrications Government, and I have not threaten-- t dndrnninn in ie nomvan n ed them." If the newspaper in question was not SOWING TROUBLE Auffering entirely from illusion, it was, then, he stated, lacking in those quali-- BETWEEN RACES ties which go to make up respectable 8 and honest journals. | Dr. Poisson declared: "I wish to re-- Declaring that the 'Toronto Star's ,pudiatc any insinuation that I belong to story of disagreement between the |any bloc that would separate me from ¥rench--Canadian Conservative mem-- |any other members of this House." bers in the Ontario Legislaturé and the,; He emphasized that he was a French-- Government was false from beginning :Canadian with gencrations of loyal an-- to eond, Premier Foerguson yesterday de-- [cestors. and proud of it. He pointed nounced the Star in the House and told 'out that he represented a riding in which the Assembly that the Star story had 'there were people from many nations. been deliberately fabricated to create | "And I serve them," he stated em-- dissension between race and race, and phatically, "without distinction of class religion and religion. l' or creed." "Thank Heaven," the Premier cli--| He referred to the Star's insinuation maxed his denunciation, "there is no | that there was more trouble looming in other paper in Canada, that I know of, '|1he Conservative ranks. "I want to as-- hbut the Star that deals in that sort of :sure that trouble--seeking sheet," he add-- thing." jed, "that there is no boil ready to Gist of Star Story. burst. mler ce ocm eealnesitrinened The story, whicihn appeared in the Star on Thursday, stated that Louis Cote, Conservative member for East Ottawa, and other French--Canadian members were making demands of the f Government with regard to separate | \ school taxation which the Government ; was loath to grant. The Star also inter-- | jJected the thought that several Con--| servative members had lost money in * stock deals and were dissatisfied with' the Government's method of handling | the brokerage situation. | Yesterday not only did Premier For-- guson declare the article to be a de-- liberate frame--up, but then Mr. Cote| and Dr. Paul Poisson, Conservative member for North Essex, both declared that the statemonts against the French-- % Canadians were absolutely false. "I seek to avoid paying attention to ; mnewspaper comment except when it involves falsehood and misrepresenta-- tion," said the Prime Minister. He held a clipping from the Star and| read the story about the French mem-{ * bers. ' "Unmitigated Falsehood." | * "All I have to say," he then de--| t ' clared, "is that it is a most unmiti--| 4 gated falsehood from beginning to.f end. There is not even a semblance| eof a shadow of foundation in it. | "The motto of the Star," he con-- tinued, "was 'With malice toward none.' ; The purpose of the Star is, by ordinary ; gumshoe assassination methods, to in-- | jure and crush any one with whom the Star doesn't agree. The design of this article is to sow seeds of dis-- % satisfaction between race and race, and religion and religion. It can have no t other purpose. 'Thank Heaven, there is no other paper in Canada, that I know of, but the Star that deals in < that sort of thing." "As the supposed leader or chicf of ' c the imaginary mutiny," said Mr. Cote, when he rose to take exception to the * newspaper story, "I wish to say a few words just for the sake of truth."