1 EX te COMPARE OUR PRICES AND CLOTHS So Wwe can. secure your Spring Suit order. Collier's Toggery"™ oe The Daily Se ritish Whig COMPARE © PRICES AND © Se Wwe cam secure your Spring Sait order. Collier's Toggery YEAR 87: No. 68. "OUR POSITION BEST IN WORLD Sr Thoms Wal Speaks nt foe rhod NO HOPE FOR LIBERALS IF THEY SEEK GENERAL ELEC- TION, HE BAYS. Defends the Government's Stand-- "It Anyone Thinks He Knows a Better 'Ole Than Canada, Let Him Go to It." ; Ottawa, March 9.--Sir Thomas White, somewhat unexpéctedly, took the floor in the Commons yesterday afternoon, participated in the debate on the address, and in the course of his remarks Seizgh us opportunity of explaining @ matters about himseM and his departmental ad- ministration. ; * Alluding to Mr. King's challenge for an election, Sir Thomas said it was a seemingly bold defy, but he believed it was bold only in a Pick- wickian sense. "If I thought he were in earnest," said Sir Thomas, "I should admire his temerity, for thers is nothing in jt for himself or his party. There is much more danger in facing a real than a make-believe Hon. As it is, honorable gentlemen opposite get all the without any of the risks." . . Proceeding to analyze the situation he said that two years ago the Gov- ernment was returned with an over- Whelming majority. Where was the obligation on the ministry to ask for dissolution ? No criticism could be visited on the premier, if he con- tinued to carry on, as he (Sir Tho- mas) deemed it his duty to carry on, to the limit. He went further. If there were danger of a vote in this House necessitating dissolution he sald he would expect several Opposi- tion members to absent themselves rather than bring about such a de- velopment. He went on to argue against the contention that the mandate of 1917 was especially for the war and the war issue and reiterated that Sir Robert Borden and his Government 'should carry on, until in his discredi- tion he thought an election desirable pr until the Government was defeat- 'ed. At the last election public opin- fon, apart sitogether from the sol- diers' vote, was overwhelming in favor of the premier's policy. Never a more decisive result or a more effective mandate and any one who would look up thé manifesto would learn that it rplated not only to the war, but to tie after-war problems as well. A round of applause greet- ed an appreciative reference to Sir Robert Borden personally and to his Government. No ministry had been more efficient, not even that of the fathers of confederation. Best In World. Sir Thomas refrained from allud- ing to what the Government had done during the war, and confined himself to what had been done since. He threw a verbal bouquet at Sir George Foster and, continuing, con- ceded a certain amount of "psycho logical unrest" in the country, but maintained that Canada's position nevertheless was the "best in the world." Paraphrasing Bairnsfather, he de- <clared, "If anyone thinks he knows a better ole than Canada let him go to it." (Cheers. : " "The Government is carrying on capably at the present time, no gov- ernment has a better record since the armistice to the present time." + Some ministers had retired, but what of it? How many Govern- ments bad ministers who had not retired broken down by problems that had to be faced? If the Govern- ment was carrying on capably since the war how stromg must it have been during the war to lose so many and still be able to put up such a front ? in. Would the ™untry. "If Sir Robert Norden will form a -Liberal-Conservative party, consisting of the old Canservative the members of the 5 party, and of i beral party who joined him in tne great - x issue before us in 1917, and who think with him on other public questions, including the fiscal ques- tion, he will sweep the country," predicted Sir Thomas White, e 'objected strongly to charges both the old Haren the Carmen exhilaration & 0D Sir Thomas White's observations upon the future. of the Uniontsc party, his suggestion that thé party might be perpetuated in a "Nationai- Liberal-Conservative' party" com- posed of Conservatives and Liberals, who had been brought together by the political events of 1917, and who thought alike on the dariff and his insistence upon the necessity ot retaining the protective principle in the tariff were listened to with great { who had been a member of both the ments, headed by Sir Robert Borden, and who had been spoken of as a probable suecessor to the present Prime Minister. Furthermore, they represented a viewpoint which would be presented to the Unionist caucus soon to be held to discuss the ques- tion of future policy7and organiza- tion. : Sir yThomas' address is considered in some quarters as ia bid for the leadership of the rejnvenated high protection party, whether it be ecall- { ed Unionist, Conservajive or Nation- { al Liberal-Conservative., | 'NEW YORK CANADIANS TO BUILD HOSPITAL (Canadian Press "®ypatch) New York, March, 9.---Mem- bers of the Canadian Club of New York are making prelimin- ary tae to organize effectively for the purpgse of raising a million dollars, or as much more as may be needed, to build and equip a Canadian hos- pital in this city. CHEVALIER LEGION OF HONOR Lieut.-Col. A. D. Lepan, superinten- dent of the Umiversity of Toramta, is made Chevalier of the Franch Legion of Honor in recognition of his ces in recruiting the Polish Legion. . POLES WIN VICTORY ° OVER BOLSHEVIKI Attack Made to Prevent Fur- ther Operations by the Rus= sian Soviet Army. (Canadian Préss Despatch) Warsaw, March 9.--Polish forces commanded by Col. Sikiorski, at- tacked Bolshevik troops in the vicin- ity of Mozir and Kolenkovitz, south- east of Minsk, Sunday morning, and captured 'the two important junc- tions and much war matertal. One thousand Red soldiers and many offi- cers were taken prisoners. The atack was made in order to prevent further operations by the Russian Soviet army which has been operating in this region for a dis- tance of twenty miles, says an offi- cial statement issued this afternoon at general staff headquarters here. The victory, says the statement, is a worthy answer to the Isheviki policy of suing for peace and at the same time continuing attacks along | the front, SIX MONTHS FOR INCITING TO MURDER London, Mareh 5 Charles Diamond, editor of the Catholic Herald, whose trial on the charge of inciting to 'the mur- der of Viscount French and oth- ers in an article in his paper, opened at the Old Bailey yester- day, was to-day foiind guilty. He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, ii WILL REFUSE TO ACCEPT The Findings of the Bituminous Co of Coal : Commission, (Canadian Press Despatch) Indianapolis, Ind., March 9 --The United Mine Workers of Amerida hat | will refuse to accept the findings of '| the bituminous coal commission Ao ¢on- {legs a substantial in wages conditions it was infe in a : tha and jmproved working are provided, interest. They Were voiced by a man | { Conservativé ahd the Union Govern- |* KINGSTON. ONTARIO, THE OPENING OF LEGISLATURE Fist FamierLabor Government in Oc Mistery of Canady, NARROW MAJORITY OF TWO HOLDS THE DRURY GOVERN- MENT IN POWER. Lieutenant-Governor Clark Opened tle Session--Social Side of tho Opening Ceremonies Not Pro- minently Emphasized. (Canadian Press Despatch) Toronto, Marc 9.--Under cumstances of exceptional interest and considerable speculation, the first session of the fifteenth legisia- ture of Ontario was opened here to- day. This is the first farmer-labor | legislature in the history, of Canada, |B. C. Drury holds power by a nar- fow nominal majority of two mem- bets in a legislature of 111 seats. There was ne salute of artillery, as the session was formally opened by Lieut.-Governor Lionel - Clarke this afternoon, though there was a military guard of honor supplied by the famous Princess Patricia Regi- ment. The social side of the opening ceremonies" was not so prominently emphasized as in other days, but the wives of the Cabinet ministers and many of the members were present for the function. Speech From Throne. After references to the visit of the Prince of Wales, ratification of peace treaty and the opening of the federal parliament in the new build- ing, the Lieut-Governor in the speech from the Throne, called attention to the problem which has arisen by the revocation of the dominion order-in- council prohibiting liquor importa- tion during the war, subsequent to the vote in Ontario against the repeal of Ontario Temperance Act. In connection with educational ing a thorough inquiry into the whole subject. The department of igricul- ture was maturing plans to stimulate agricultural production, especially in regard to live stock, while the gov- ernment believed that the application of a progressive and well balanced will facilitate the market- ing of crops and improve rural con- ditions generally. provision for reforestation in view of '| the depletion of our forests, while he importance of the mining indus- ry would be recognized by the crea- tion of a department of mines, thus separating the: work from that of lands and forests. Consideration of an advance in labor legislation was then made by the lieutenant-gover- nor, 'Various measures affecting labor and improving the existing laws will be submitted to you, and also a bill providing for payment of allow- ances in certain cases to mothers of dependent children," he said. KING AMENDMENT VOTE LATE TO-NIGHT The Commons Will Take a Di- vision on Question of . General Election. (Canadian Press Despatch) Ottawa, March 9.--The Commons will vote to-night om Mackenzie King's amendment to the address, un- Miss all plans of the party whips mis- carry. If/is admittted the vote will not likely be taken until late in the evening. Hon. Charles Murphy, Rus- sell, and Ernest Lapointe, Quebec East, will be the opposition speakers today, while on the government side there is talk of a speech by Hon. N. W. Rowell or Hon, Martin Burrell. At all events the Whips statéd that there would be a vote if it was neces- sary to carry the house through un- i two or three o'clock in the morn- ng. | -------- Drayton on Gold Shipments. Ottawa, March 9.--In the Com- mons yesterday afternoon, Sir Henry Drayton informed Mr. Deanis, of Jol- iette, that certain gold shipments had been sent to New York by the Government. It was not to regulate exchange, but to discharge maturing obligations. If paid in 'the ordinary way there would have been a dednc- tion of from 13 to 17 per cent. whereas by paying in gold it was re- duced to one-tenth of one per cent. {and the farmer government of Hon. | His Honor then forecasted better | THE "SIAMESE" TWINS f HAPPY AS THEY ARE i 3 q f "oF. 2 Ligament Which Binds Them i Together Could Be i Parted. ! Washington, {separate us. are." : ; This was the plea of Washington's { "Siamese" twins to-day when they were informed that by a simple op- {eration the Mgament which binds them together could be severed. The boys; Lucio and Simplicio So- dino, are students at St. John's College, under the guardianship of Teodore R. Yangko, Phillipine com- missioner. Specialists at Johns Hop- kins were consulted and, 'after an examination, they decided that the boys could be separated. But since they want to remain as they were born, mmissioner Yangko said he would fot consent. to an operation. | . Mareh 3.--"Do not We are happy as we en-! | | | D. B. HANNA { General Manager of the Canadian Na- tional! Railways, to speak at the Citi- zens' ban quet to-night. FULL CITIZENSHIP FOR ALL INDIANS New Federal ; Act Calls For | Compulsory Enfranchise~- | ment and Education. | a | Ottawa, March 9.--To bring the | by Hon. Arthur Meighen. It pro- | Vides for the evolution of the Indians {from wards of the crown to respon- sible and independent" citizens by compulsory enfranchisememt and compulsory education. Both in eivil Hite and in military effort the Indian 'shown capacity . for. responsible | ¢itizenship: and the present act will {release him from hampering tribal control, and permit his acquirement of equality and independence. . Splendid Results, ! Regina, Sask. March 9--In the two years that the Juvenile Court has been established in Saskatchewan, out of a total of 451 children who have come before Judge Ethel Mac- Lachlan, only twenty-two appeared the second 'time, and three the third time. - Favors Equal Pay. Moose Jaw, Sask., March 9.--The Saskatchewan School Trustees' As- sociation has gone on record as fav- oring equal pay as between men and women teachers. Further it was decided that a standard schedule of salaries should be set for the whole province, the minimum being second class $1,200, first class $1,400, and university graduates $1,700. | the organization, 81 Officials of the mine workers were wi § ; & i § 3 absent from the city ,and those in 4d | charge of the offices refused to com. ment on the statement. nso n Press Despatch) u, arch 9.--The Japan: 'office intimates an early resumption of comiuercial relations with the Soviet Government of Rus- sia, preliminary to the formal re- Be Ede vasa Fox, Picton, . TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1920. PREPARING FOR DYELECTIONS fhe Goverment Expects to Hold its Own ~~ ~~Much Interest Develops. KING ANENDNENT VOTE FOR GENERAL ELECTION EX. PECTED TUESDAY NIGHT. Ottawa Report Says the Measure is Likely to be Re-enacted. tions that. will occur on April 7 are attracting attention in political eir- icles. The Government expects art least to hold its own. The three ele.- {tions are an St. James (Montreal), Kamouraska (both strongly Liberal lat the last election), and Temiskam- ling, the seat of the late Hon. Frank {Cochrane. The last-mentioned |Unfonist, a Labor and a Liberal | candidate will be in the field. There {is a large railway vote, and Messrs. | | Nicholson and«<Harrison, M.P's., will {direct the organization of the con- stituenoy for the Government. Liberals claim that date in Kamouraska, Adolphe Stein, {M.L.A., will be returned by acclama- | ition. | The bye-election in East Elgin will he rought on later. { ment, calling for a general is expected to-night. |. Apart from the Opposition, {maximum vote on the cross-benches | favorable to the proposal is estimat- {ed at twelve. Several of those whose lallegiance to the Government last {session was more or less uncertain, | {such as Buchanan, of Lethbridge; { Campbell, of Nelson; Davis, of Nee- | ipawa; and Douglas, of Strathcona, | will vote against the amendment. The strength of the Government majority, as stated previously, is |estimated at 35, and this seems to ; needs, the legislature would be ask-| Indian to mature citizenship is the [indicate that, so fai as this session | ed, he said, to provide for an in- object of the new Indian act to be |is concerned, there is not the remot- crease in rural school grants,. pend. placed before parliament this session | est chance of any ministerial break up. The business profits' war tax or something very simflar is likely, af- ter all, to Je perpetuated by the budget. Some weeks ago pected the tax would be done away with. But the financial conditions are ;ihat much revenue is need- ed. e expectation, therefore, is that if the business profits tax is not wholly re-enacted something along that line to accomplish similar re: sults will be done. . DRAYTON IS SILENT ON ANY TAX CHANGE Ottawa Thinks Income Act Wiil Be Amended to Reach Corporations. Ottawa, March 9.--Forecasts of budget proposals must of mecessity be in the nature of a guess, inasmuch as it is not the custom of the Finance Minister, in whose breast are locked the secrets of probable fiscal, or tariff changes, to - divulge these secrets until the budget is delivered. The general belief here is that the to include corporations among those liable to its incidence. Under the present Act, corporations over a cer- tain capitalization are liable to the income tax, providing such tax would be higher than that under the Excess Profit's Tax. If the Excess Profit's Tax is not remewed provision will likely be made for more effective ex- traction under the income tax law, of the profits of firms and companies. CARPEN an WEDS, Bride Doesn't Like Boxing, So He May Quit Ring. Paris, March 9.---Georges Car- pentier, heavyweight boxing cham- pion of Europe, was married to Mademoiselle Georgette Laurentia Elsasse at the City Hall yesterday. Tie religious ceremony will be cele- brated at a parish church to-morrow. The civil marriage oocurred some hours before the time originally set, in order to avoid the crowds. The bride said after the ceremony that she did not like boxing, and would not watch her husband fight for the championship. Francois Des- camps, Carpentiér's mafager, had previously announced that her oppo- in Sition would make the maich with Jack tight, Dempsey Carpentier's final Scotland, shorthorn show and J. J. Elliott of Guelph purchased the grand champion of the show, Millhills' Comet, for 6,600 or ty $33.000. ten- is bred Business Profits' Tax May Remain-- | Ottawa, March 9.--The bye-elec-| CO | [itponcy is, good fighting ground. A | their candi- | he division on the King amend- | election the | *was ex- | Income Tax Act will bé amended as| Man Steer: eT ie Bere fas 'Britain Unaware of Plan to | { . Ask U.S. to Wipe Out Sum Owed. - 4 London March 9.--Officials of the | | British Treasury and the Foreign Of- | { fice deny all knowledge of an allegefl {plan on the part of the Allies to ask | the United States to cancel the $10,- | 1000,000,000 owed the United States. | "It is obvious," said a high Gov- | ernment official, "that if Britain were backing such an idea, it would onl furnish a reason for cancelling a other $10,000,000,000, namely, that | which is owed Britain by her Allies. | "it stands to reason that for | Britain 'the best business: method | is to go ahead and pay the United States the $4,000,000,000 she owes {that country and collect the $10,- 000,000,000 which tha continental | powers owe Britain." It is admitted that Premiers | Lloyd George and Nitti are leading {figures in a determined campaign {to ease Germany's economic situa- | { tion, but it is asserted that the sole reason for this is the wish to enable the vanquished to meet the repara- ton bill Maynard Keynes' book on the {peace conference, in which he {roundly denounces the Versailles {realy and urges a thorough revision { has been the supreme council's bea- i { ' con in the new direction of economic { "re-orientation." A manifesto is {about to be published, it is learned, recording the council's intention of {having Germany's' total Habilities) under the Versailles treaty fixed at | the earliest possible date. i . | GERMANY MUST NOT BE MADE IMPOTENT | lif She Is She Will Not Be | Able to Pay Her ° Bills. i Paris, March 9.--Lord Robert | Cecil cables : Winning battles is no | longer the world's problem. The im- | portant question is how to recom- | | struct Europe, for if Central Europe | should crumble the civilization of | the whole world would be menaced by an unprecédented cataclysm. { All the European nations are on {the edge of dan economic precipice. The most important of them: all:is {| Germany; therefore, her ruin must | be prevented. | Thorough revision of the treaty is i not altogether necessary. but se {eral essential points must be clearly | defined. The amount Germany can {and should pay' must be quickly, {agreed upon. It is impossible to fol- {low two policies, one making Ger- {many weak and impotent, the other {demanding that she pay billions, Germany's renaissance may con- stitute a danger to offset witich the League of Nations has been created; but should France retain the left bank of the Rhine she would only be encumbered by the load. The League of Nations exists, al- though it is weakened by the ab- sence of the United States; but even as it is," it constitutes a more effec- itive guarantee of peace than any | partial alliance. l { It is up to the nations of the world to pronounce the verdict on the result of this novel experiment. If it does not succeed the civiliza- ion of the world may pay the pen- alty, for the League will have been killed by us with our own hands. GERMAN FINANCIER ° EN ROUTE TORONTO Baron A. Von "Alvensieben, Former Personal Agent of Kaiser, Released. Salt Lake City, Utah, March 9.-- Alvo Von Alvensleben, German fin- ancial baron of the Pacific North- wester before the war, and interned by the federal authorities at Fort | Douglas since May, 1917, has been | granted a conditional parole and has | left for Toronto to gather together ! what may remain of the securities | held there and to protect his hold- ings in the northwest, where he has large interests in mines and timber lands, Von Alvensieben was the per- {sonal agent of the former German emperor. and the money invested in the Dominion is said to have been that furnished by him. He was a former Heuténant in the German army and before ,the entry of the United. States intd the war, he was an active agent against Canada. He was under surveillance of the agents of the department of justice and im. United States into the war, was in- terned as a dangerous alien enemy. His record as a prisoner has been exemplary, and upon recommenda- released in order to protect his fin- ancial interests. mediately upon the entrance of the |' LAST EDITION CE wr TRE MESSAGE 10 FCONOMEE | REDUCTION OF ARMAMENTS TO THE LOWEST \POSSIBLE DE GREE IS ADVISED. Fullest Exchange of Commodities Between Newly-Created Statese-- Must Help Germany With Credits and Raw Materials, r March 9 --"Work and economize' the paramount urge upon the world in the Supreme Coun-. oil's economic manefesto which soon will be turned over to the League of Nations for direction. Boldly striking out to test the strength of the league at the outset, the manifesto, it i= stated, would have immediate provision' made for. the following: j World-wide and armaments Suction of pm ant in national security, ously suppress extra ye, reduce both public and private expenditures, and curtail a : on Imposition by vermments where Receagary, of additional taxes in or- er that revenues will meet govern-| ment expenditures: and Be ~gradaal Curtailment of paper currency. : Promptest, fullest and friendliest exchange of commodities between | newly created states, without arti ficial barriers, aid for Germany in obtaining raw materials and Jes ; mission of both Germany and Aus- i takes cognizance of tria to raise foreign loans. as manifesto © depreciated exchanges through out the world and Sp the be' lief that artificial 'means of pt ing normal rates would only the final naturat adjustment. It ex- Presses confidence that foreign ere dits will be available as soon as Allies have rest their in ucias ored confidence TY measures toward coming sound financial idstitutions. Necessity tor helping out Germany with credits and raw materials is the manifesto in i fations inveived 0 ng out their own ece- nomic problems in the dark. © te tit MAN SHOULD ASSEF PROPER AUTHORITY Boston, March 9.--Growing weakness on the part of the men of the country is developing & sinister feminism, Cardinal O'Connell told a gathering of men at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. Man, as the head of his house, he said, should as- seri his proper authority in home. Failure to do this, the cardinal asserted, leads te a false feminism, which unless it is curbed in time, will have dis~ astrous results for humanity. "The women are becoming masculine, # you please, and the men are becoming effemhi- nate. This is disorder." yo NEWS IN BULLETIN. J oe The French general. Espery rt Paris for Constantinople oy night. and will have supreme com- mand of the Allied troops. admirals have charge of all naval operations. ; At Ludington, Mich. the . Marquette ferry steamer was crush- ed in the ice Monday night last. passengers egoaped by crawling over the ice to the shore in a t She | a erritic blis- A large number of indicted Ger- man: officers and others are crossing into Holland and purchasing homes. The second reading of the Irish Home Rule Bill will be read before e ter recess b E Commons. ? fhe Brith A British squadron left Blizerta, North Africa, for Constantin : Monday. ! ple - _~ WIlF Oarry Royal Colors. Vancouver, B.C., Marek §. competitors from i '54 £