Daily British Whig (1850), 15 Apr 1921, p. 1

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ALLEN NOW PLAYING! MR. AND MRS, CARTER DE HAVEN in 'Twin Beds' EE ---------------------------- A ---- YEAR -- 88; No. 87 CANCEL RAILWAY STRIKE; | MINERS AGAIN CONFERRING Refuse to Re-Open Ne That Had Been * 1 E: gotiations For a Settlement on Basis Suggested--Another Meeting Held on Friday Afternoon. London, April 15.--A dramatic turn has taken place in Great Britain ia the direction of industrial peace British mine owners and representa- tives of the National Federation of Miners have accepted an invitation extended by the prime minister to res new negotiations for a settlement of the miners' strike. The acceptance of the miners this morning, how- ever, was subject to the sanction of the other unions making up the "Triple Alliance." These organiza tions are railwaymen and transport workers, The miners' executive, after con- ferring among themselves and with Treoresentatives cf the sther mem- bers of the Triple Alliance adjourned unt!! 3 p. m., without a decision be- ing reached whether the invication to Te-cpen negotiations should be ac- cepted. William St. Rake., member of the miners 'executive, denied the report that had been in circulation that Frank Hodges, secretary of the miners' union, had resigned. Railway Strike Cancelled London, April 15.--Announcement that the railwaymen's strike, set for ten o'clock tonight, had been can- celled, was made at four o'clock this afternoon by General Secretary Thomas of the railwaymen's union. Lloyd George announced in the House of Commons this afternoon that the miners had refused to re- open negotiations for a settlement of the strike on the basis that had been suggested. London, April 15.--The calling of "CANADIAN OF CANADIANS" Archdeacon Cody in Doubt About Ac- cepting Invitation. St. John, N.B., April 15.--Rev. Canon H. J. Cody, Toronto, who has "een invited to accept offi™ as Arch- «tishop of Melbourne, Australia, was present at Thursday morning's ses- slon of the Anglican Synod of New Brunswick, and was called to, the platform and tendered a vote of thanks for his attendance and for his many good works om behalf of the church. With regard to his proffered appointment, he said he had not as yet made up his mind what to do. He asked for the prayers of the minis- ters, that he might make a wise de- cision, He was a Canadian of Cana- dians, a man of Canada, he said: a conference of 1 of miners from all the coal fields at a epresentatives date to be fixed tomorrow was de- | cided upon by the miners' federation | executive this evening. It took this action after hearing the decision of the railwaymen and transport work- ers to cance] their sympathy strike. " and sensational it in the ranks of the Triple Alli- this afternoon completely changed the complexion of the black- st industrial cris ver faced and averted the projected strike of the railwaymen and trans- The unexpected spl e e j port workers set for tonight. Events | | develope d suddenly and left the pub- lic in a maze, Simultaneously with the announce- | Lloyd | | George that the miners had declined | ment in the Commons by to accept the invitation to reopen ne- miners' secretary, came the an- nouncement that the railroad men and transport workers had cancelled the strike called for tonight. oped. among members of the alliance had developed a heated controversy re- miners condemned these, with the as- much, while railwaymen and trans- port workers declared the proposi- tion was reasonable and that miners should renew negotiations. The mi- breach resulted. ry STORY 1S SCOUTED ng _y Toronto Police Say Matter Investi- gated and Proved Illusion. Toronto, April 15.--Sergeant Detectives Mitchell, who has charge of the Small case, scouts the idea that the man seen wandering in the nighborhood of Verona, and believed to be Ambrose J, Small, the missing theatrical magnate, is the absent mil- lionaire. "It is another will-o-the-wisp," he remarked, "and there is absolutely no truth in it. Wethave investigated the matter and decided that the man is not the one we are seeking." Longshoremen and other port work- ers at Montreal are t> have their wages reduced, Man Thought To Be A. J. Small Was In Kingston Early in March Did Ambrose J. Small, the miss- ing Toronto millionaire theatrical man, spend the first week in March in Kingston? From information given the Whig on Friday morning, a man ans- wering the description of Mr. Small was In Kingston during the first week in March. It is believed that this is the same man about whom reports were made on Thursday as having been staying around Verona. W. BE. Hopkinson, grocer, Brock street, stated to a Whig representa- tive that he believed that a man ans- wering the description of Mr. Small 'was In Kingston six weeks ago. The man answered the description in de- tail given of the man who had been at Verona. : Mr. Hopkinson was very anxious to secure a photograph of the missing man in order that he might make a comparison. When he read in Thursday night's Whig about the man reported to be staying at Verona, he felt sure that he was the same person who had been in Kingston. The first information Mr. Hopkin- gon had concerning the '"'man of Mystery" was when he called at the fiome of his wife's brother, Benjam- in Demarsh, Jr, at Bedford Mi]ls, the last week in February. When he called at the home of Mr. Demarsn he claimed To be a relative Buckingham, Quebec, and actea very queer. The man had a big sum of money, and paid for his keep, but expressed no desire to work. He had a big wad of bills tied around one of his legs. At the time the man came to King- ston, he sald he wanted to secure - from ; Is to build a barn. He stay- ed with a man named Young, a car- penter,f living on Division street, near Macdonald school, for a week or so, it is stated, and later on spent & few days with another family nam- ed Smith. Mr. Hopkinson says that thy man had tea at his house one night while he was in Kingston. The man acted so queer that peo- ple who met him were somewhat afraid of him, and he was allowed to leave the city without being ap- prehended or even questioned. The Whig made inquiries around Verona on Friday morning, and was informed that the "man of mys- tery" had disappeared from that dis- trict on Tuesday night, and had not been noticed since. However, county constables are keeping a close watch, and if the man supposed to be the missing millionaire puts in an ap- pearance again, it is a safe bet that Some person will nab him. The report published in the Whig on Thursday that a man believed to be Mr. Small had been around Ver- ona, caused a big sensation through- out the district. A resident of Ver- ona, who was in Kingston on Friday, sald that he saw the man said to re- semble A. J. Small on-two or three occasions. Describing him, he said that he was rather small and slight of stature, with hair tinged with gray. He was not very communica- tive, and had assumed two different names. On one occasion he board- ed with a farmer under the name of Smith, and at another place he wis known as Wilson. He had plenty of money apparently, but did not re- some t main with one family very long. Clashes Occur in Several Towns in Italy: 'Great Property Damage; Feeling is Bitter Rome, 'April 15. --Grave incidents are reported from northern central Italy, where extreme nationalists ani socialists have clashed in a number of cities and towns. Several lives have been lost and great property Gamage has been done during these disorders, which are the resilt of bitter feeling arising from the elec- {oral campaign. Upwards of one hun- dred nationalists from Leghorn and Pisca marched to Cecino, where they sacked the communist club as a repri- sal for socialists' attack upon local nationalists. A general strike is in progress in Leghorn, and no papers are being published there. . A communist leader was shot and killed by a woman in Pisa last night, &nd in the melee which resulted sev- eral were injured. A general strike is In progress at Pisa. The chamber of labor in another village was wrecked and portraits gt Lenine and Trotzky were burned. The Socialist club was destroyed at Parma. » 8 Great Britain has | The | reason for this action quickly devel- | It appeared that conferences | volving about Hodges' proposals The | sertion that Hodges had conceded too | ners remained obdurate and an open | | BOY ACCIDENTALLY | KILLS HIS MOTHER == 'Fhree-Rivers;-Quer== ATIET ST --Not 'knowing that {the revol- ver in an Abitibistore, in whiclr | they were shopping to-day, was | loaded, the eight-year-old son | Of Mrs, Aime Bilodeau, pointed | it at his mother and pulied the trigger The weapon was dis- | charged, and the mother struck | in the head, killing her in- | stantly. | TENNANT TRIES AGAIN TO COMMIT SUICIDE /Drove a Nail Into His Thioat | While in Brockville Jail. i Brockville, April 15.--For the sec- | ond time since his arrest, Derrick { Tennant, aged Township of Yonge | farmer, who shot and killed his niece's husband, Robert Wood, at Caintown, in February, last night made an unsucce ul attempt at sui- cide. He secured a nail and drove it | into his throat, inflicting but a slight | wound. WILL KEEP THEM OUT | Hapsburg Family Forbidden to Enter | | 8otiations with the mine owners on | terms advanced by Frank Hodges, | Austria. family from returning to Austrian territory under the penalty of from adopted by the constitutional com- mission of the Austrian National As- sembly, -------------- To Reduce Railway Rates. Washington, April 15.---A general scheme for reduction of railroad rates, aee¥ptable to the United States | railroads, probably will be presented | to the Interstate Commerce Commis- | sign shortly, EAPLOSION ROCKS TOW, * THROWS SLEEPERS AB Fireworks Plant Explodes at Randolph, Mass--No One Seriously Hurt. | Randolph, Mass., April 15.--Ran- { dolph was rocked early today by a | series of explosions in the plant of | the United States Fireworks Comi- pany,' which; with ausubsequent fire, wiped out the plant, shifted houses | for miles around, and tossed sleeping | people from their beds, in a shower |of falling glass, overturned furni- | ture, ete. No persons were seriously | injured. "The property damage was [estimated at fifty thousand dollars. | The blast was felt within a radius of | twenty-five miles, Lrronen ESTATE . Late Politician Bequeaths Por- tion to Brome County. Trust Fund. -- Sherbrooke, Que., April 15.--The Hon. Sydney Fisher has generously remembered in his will the - county of Brome, where he so long resided and which he represented for many years in the House of Commons, While no official announcement has yet been made it is understood that a residue of his estate, amount- ing to about one hundred thousand dollars, under Mr. Fisher's will, be- comes a fund to be known as the Fisher Trust Fund, administered by four trustees, as an aid to agricul- ture and education in Brome county. This splendid gift will yield some five or six thousand dollars a year. It is understood that Mr. Fisher has in his will suggested the lines along which the revenues from this fund shall be applied. It is understood that Alva House, at Knolwton, the home of Mr. Fisher, is bequeathed to his nephew, Phillip Fishér, and his Ottawa residence to his nephew, Eric Fisher. Alva Farm is bequeathed to Arthur Carter. Mr. Fisher's estate, it is under- stood, amounts to between four and five hundred thousand dollars. SENATOR D. 0. LESPERANCE 0 has moved in the senate for a committee to report upon eonditions re- apansible for a large dian export trade Peine United States instead porta Paris, April 15.-- Legislation pro- | hibiting members of the Hapsburg | cne to five years in prison has been | OF HALF A MILLION | ian > : KINGSTON, ONTARIO. FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1921, © WOULD ST WINE SALE Hartley Dewart's Bill in Leg- islature Against Native Wines. Toronto, April 15. --H | Dewart, thé Liberal leader, {duced a bill in the legislature yester- ay afternoon to amend the Ontario €mperance Act, In answer to Pre- jmier Drury, Mr, Dewart remarked: {| "The i:tention of the bill is to stop {some of the holes that my honorable friend has not stopped so far." He { pointed out that so long as the sale of native wines was allowed as 'at i present, the referendum being sub- {mitted to the people might be inel- j fective. Another feature of the amendment 0 | | Hartley a iT liquors not to exceed six ounces at any one time. The quantity men- tioned in the act at present is one quart. | Section 1--Section 44 of the On- tario Temperance Act (6. Geo. V. | ing thereto the following sub-sec- tion: (3) "Provided always that no sale of native wines from grapes grown and produced in Ontario may be made to any other person or corpor- ation except the Board cf License Commissioners for Ontario." Section 2.--Section 51 of the On- { tario Temperance Act (6. Geo, V, {Chap. 50) is hereby amended striking out the words, "wines and distilled liquors not exceeding one jquartat one time" in Section (a) (2) | (of sub-section 1) of the said section | and inserting in lieu thereof the fol- | lowing: | (2) "Wines and distilled liquors {not exceeding six ounces at any one | { time." ~~ | WAGES WILL BE cuT | ON BRITISH SHIPS | Extent of Reduction to Be | Determined Within Few Days. | New York, April 15.--Wage reduc- | tions on British ships will soon be | put into effect, it was learned from British shipping men , according to the Wal Street Journal, "At meeting of the Association of British shipowners to be held April 22nd, ex- | tent of the reduction will be deter- | mined. had been reduced from $50 a month | to about $30, and they were prepar- ed to walk out when the ship reach- ed England, provided other English workers were having success at their strikes, the paper declares, At the offices of the Cunard Line j it was said that nothing was known | of the reported cut in the stewards' | pay. British officers and seamen are strongly organized, and have de- clared themselves ready to resist at- tempts to lower their wages. MAY BE FALL SESSION OF THE CONMONS HED Redistribution After Census Will Be Chief Question Up Then. Ottawa, April 15.--Tho determin- ation of the government to 80 ahead and carry on for another session of parliament as well as for this one, was reaffirmed yesterday at the min- isterial ' caucus and brought forth an enthusiastic response. The cen- sus will be taken in June, and its tabulation, so far as population is concerned, will be completed by Oec- tober. There may be a fall session --not an extra session--but a regu- lar one, which would run into the winter and thus overcome the pro-. vision of the law that precludes two indemnities in one year. Whe- ther it js called early or only after New Year, the next session will be charged with the question of redis- tribution, and aso of tariff revision, unless it be decided to follow the original plan and take up the fiscal revision this year. The redistribu- tion would, of course, be followed by a general election. ---------------- Organized labor is up in arms against the Hon. F. B. Carvell, the chairman of the Railway Commis- sion, as a result of his remarks anent the McAdoo railway wage award, The Duke and Duchess of. Devon- shire will make a formal farewell visit to Quebec next June. » ba RE ------ $9440 030300000008) 4,000 MORE HOUSES + BURNED IN JAPAN -- -*» ® Hakodate, Japan, April 15.-- # # The third great conflagration to ¢ % occur in Japan in three weeks, 4 + has taken place here. Four + * thousand houses were destroy- ¢ * + . * PPE 90P00020000 000 ee eee intro- | | was to make medical | | prescriptions for wines and distilled | Chap. 50) is hereby amended by add- | by | Stewards on the Aquitania, which | sailed yesterday, said their wages | tish [A FREE HAND FOR | THE GRAIN INQUIRY aw . --- " Ee T Commission Is Given Wide Powers in Conducting Investigation. | | Ottawa, April 15--The Grain Com- {mission is given by the order in jcouncil appointing it practically a |free hand. After appointing 'as com- | missioners the Hon. James Duncan | Hyndman, judge of the |and Lincoln Goldie, Guelph, "to in- i Quire into and report upon the sub- {ject of handling and marketing of | grain ih Canada," the order-in-coun- | cil says the inquiry is to be "in par- | ticular but without restricting the i generality of forcing terms upon the {following matters": | grain, [ (2) The handling of grain in and {by country elevator® and from coun- try points, | (3) The grain exchanges. (4) 'Financing of grain. (5) The handling of grain at ter- minals and the charges therefor. (6) The operating of public and {private elevators and Eastern public | elevators. (7) Lake shipments (8) The shipment of grain to At- {lantic and Pacific ports. In addition to these powers tha commissioners are authorized "to en- | gage the service of such accountants, |engineers, technical advisers or other experts, clerks, reporters and assist- as they deem necessary or ad- visable, and also the services of coun- sel," and to depute any of these to | exercise the same powers as commis- sioners to get any of the information | sought. COMMITTEE T0 DELVE INTO THE RAILWAYS |D. B. Hanna Issues a Warn- ing Against Giving Away Information. { | | i | | | | | wo | Ottawa, April '15.--"We | tremendous, hungry, great big baby eft on our door step, and it has got [to be fed and nourished," stated General Mewburn, referring to the | National Railways, when taking tha | chair after being elected today head | of the special committee that is to | 80 into the railway situation. He | appealed for a discussion of the ques- tion above the pale of politics and with the sincere purpose of working out a solution of the difficulty. John A. Stewart, Lanark, was e!- ected vice-chairman. In g general discussion as to the best method of procedure, Mr. Crerar | suggested that when the annual report of the railways is before the committee the members should deal with it as shareholders would at the | annual meeting of a private company |"I am profoundly impressed with the gravity of the problem" he said, "but I do not consider it impossible of solution." It was finally decided that next Wednesday, Mr. Hanna will come be- fore the committee and make a gen- eral statement on the situation and | be examined on it: ENJOYS THE COURT, 80 HE APPLAUDS IT But Finds Law Court Rules Differ From Those- of Theatre. Ottawa, April 15.--When William Pettley, a visitor at Hull from Win- nipeg, applauded yesterday ing the trial of Filip Konowal, V.C., charged with the murder of William Artick, he earned for himself two hours in solitary confinement in the Hull jail. Pettley was released at 6 o'clock and immediately left the city. On his release the man declared it was the first time he had ever been in a court of justice. He thought it was quite right to applaud as freely as is done in a motion-picture thea- tre. His sojourn in the cells apparently made him a wiser man, for he avers that he will give courts a wide berth in the future. MANITOBA MAY HAVE ELECTION Appeal To People Believed To Be Feeling of Government. Winnipeg, April 15.-- Possibilities for a general election fn Manitoba, (OBJECTS TO CITY COUNCIL _ supreme | | court, chairman; William D. Staples, | Fort William, J. H. Haslam, Regina, | (1) The grading and weighing of | have all mine dur- | Whig ALLEN NOW PLAYING! "TWIN LAST EDITION. CUTTING $2,000 OFF SCHOOLS Board of Education Sends Notice to City Fathers That It | Wants Full Amount of Estimates--(ollegiate In- What Board of Education Did Held a brief conference with Col- | | legiate Institute teachers over salary question and decided to hold a gen- eral conference with them at a spe- cial meeting to be held on Wednes- day evening next. | -- Heard addresses from Sydney Kir- by, Ottawa, and F. B. Edmunds, To- ronto, on behalf of the Urban Trus- tees' Association of Ontario, and then decided to have the Kingston | Board identified with the tion, | Received letter from City Clerk, in | { which Board was notified that City | Council had cut off $2,000 of the Board's estimates, and decided to call |the attention of the City Council to the matter, and peint out that the | amount in the estimates as prepared | by the Board of Education would be | required, ---- | The members of the Board of Ed- | j tcation had a lengthy bill-of-fare at their regular meeting on Thursday night, and as a result it was 11 15 o'clock before an adjournment reached, and even with this late ses- was sion the entire slate was not cleaned | off. The teachers of the Collegiate Institute were on hand for a confer- {ence with the trustees regarding a | salary increase, but after a short dis- cussion on the matter, it was decided to hold a special meeting on Wednes- | day evening next to deal with the | question. | Chairman Allan Lemmon presided, {and the other members present were | Trustees Anglin, Bishop, Best, J. B. | Cooke, Elliott, Farrell, Codwin, Hen- {derson, Jones, Lockett, Macdonald, » Moore, Mowat an McLean. Cutting Down Estimates | A letter was received from the | city clerk, stating that the council {did not grant the board's request for | money to heat and seat the Collegi- ate Institute Assembly room and to purchase a school site, The city clerk stated that the city council had pro- vided $115,160 lic school pur- poses and $38, Colleg ate In- stitute purposes, for the year 1921, {This is $1,600 less than was asked {for the public schools und $500 less | for Collegiate Institute purposes, or | a total of $2,000. Trustee Godwin started the ball | rolling by saying that the city coun- {cil had no right to cut down the | board's estimates. He said if the | board overran its account it was up | to the council to provice.the money. | Trustee Jones thought the board | should listen to the city council. The j council wantad to keep the tax rate | down, and he felt it was the duty of | the board to assist the council in | keeping down the rate, a; far as pos- | sible. The speaker did not ltke over- | tor music and additional playgrounds | as "extras" that could verw easily be 'cut 'out this year. He thought the | council had done: well by the board {and that there was no cause for com- | plaint. | Trustee MacDonald moved that the | secretary be instructed to write the {city clerk, drawing attention to the | discrepancies between the estimates | as prepared by the board and passed by council and: that council be noti- fied that the amount as passed by {the Board of Education would be re- | quired. | At this stage, Chairman Lemmon {asked Trustee Elliott to fake the [chair while he made some remarks |en the question. He said that it ap- | peared to be quite a common custom {now for the council to cut down the | board's estimates. Last year the coun- | cil had asked the board to cut down | the estimates, and the Loard decided |to meet the wishes of couneil, This | year the council went a step further, land notified the beard that it would Let the Nation Decide Associa- | drafts, and regarded amounts asked | stitute Teachers Ask Increases. 1 be allowed so much money for maine | tenance. It appeared as if the board had reached the stage when it had j nothing whatever to say as to the | amount of money required. The board had .been criticized for its expend: | tute but statistics showed that King- | ston was practically at the bottom of [the list in the amount spent per head of the population for school pur- { poses, during 1920, The chairman then submitted a list of places, with the cost per head. Twenty-one places were mentioned, apd Kingston appears the third low- | est. Following is the list: Fort William, $14.71; Sault Ste. Marie, $13.99; Sarnia, $13.70; Port | Arthur, $13.45; Toronto, $12.44; { London, $12.26; Ottawa, $10.30; Peterboro, $9.96; Chatham, $9.67; | Stratford, $9.55: St. Catharines, $9.- 13; Belleville, $9.03; Brantford, $9.- 2; Owen. Sound, $8.80; Hamilton, | 98.30; Galt, $8.24; St. Thomas, $8; | Guelph, $7.70; Kingston, $7.51; Kit- | chener, $7.50; Woodstock, $7.44. The above shows the amount spent per head of the population for school | purposes in the places named during | the year 1920. 5 ' Board Should Rule, Continuing the chairman said ! Kingston might almost be ashamed {of the condition. Statements were | made from time to time, about the { cost of education, but the figures pre- f sented by the speaker showed the | rate per capita, and this was the cor- | rect way to figure the cost, and not 'on the rate of assessment. Kingston | Was a great educational centre, and | yet the city was spending the least | money for education, { "I think we should be the ruling | body for educational matters in the {city and second to none," remarked the chairman. "All this is drawing a herring ac- | ross the trail," said Trustee Jones. Trustee Anglin thought that $2. 000 wag a very small percentage of the total cost estimated. He did not think that such an amount should cut any figure in a city of the size. of Kingston with all its wealth. tee, Bishop, should work in harmony with city council. The council had asked the board to cut down expenses, and | while it was known that the board Lad the right to stand by their esti- { mates he thought it was a poor policy to start out the year with trouble with the council, Trustee Bishop them moved, sec- | onded by Trustee Jones, that the let- | ter from the city clerk be filed, and | that the board accept the grants as . allotted by the city council, A Might as Well Disband. Chairman Lemmon pointed out | that it was not the desire of the board to spend all the money asked for, if the work could be carried on | without spending it all. But what he objected to very strongly, was that | of having the council requesting the | board to cut down one year, and an- i other year telling the board just bow | much money they could spend. Next year probably the city council would prepare the budget for the Board of Education. And if such was the case. the Board of Education might just as well disband. It had always been the custom for the city council to collect the taxes for the board of edu- cation, as a matter of economy, but he did not think the council should say what amount the board should ask for. Trustee Macdonald pointed out that the city council was not the gov- erning body. The council had tha * power to collect the taxes for the board. This was purely a matter of course. The board was résponsible ta the people and not to Lhe council. Trustee Macdonald submitted a statement regarding the actual COB (Continved on Page 7.) Is the Plea Made to Triple Alliance By- Lioyd George | during the coming summer, were ne- | London, April 15.--During yester- yor brighter than today, says the |, v's conference with representatives Winnipeg Free Press in a story o | : : it developed the authority of 'general opinion at [of the Triple Alliance, it developed, the Parliament buildings." The divi- [Mr. Lloyd George made a plea to the sion in the legislature yesterday, [labor men that they resort to the bal- when by the deciding vote of tha oe suggesting that they put their speaker, the government was saved cas, to the nation and saying that from defeat on a resolution which {5q government would do likewise called for its resignation and wien ies case, and let the nation de- the reconstruction of the cabinet to |ecide the issue, represent all groups, is said to have| Tn, rallwaymen and the transport "placed the government in the posi- | tion where it feels that an appeal to! # | the people is almost imminent." Fail- | workers went to Downing streat, where Mr. Lloyd George and other members of the cabinet met them, on ure to pass the government bill to] provide for preferential voting in con- sibla errand was to deliver in person stituencies where more than two can- the answer to the prime minister's didates are in the field. which comes {request of last night that the miners before the law amendments commit- | get forth specifically the reasons for fee this week, might precipitate the | their rejection of his proposals for long-deferred crisis. {adjusting the dispute batween the miners and the mine owners. Liners' sailings have been rear- | When Harry Geslin, for the trans ranged on account of shortage of |port workers, and Mr. Thomas for coal. Ithe railwaymen, had finished their their own initiative. Their osten- Presentations of the miners' case ana had outlined their reasons for de- ciding to support it by sympathetis strikes, if necessary, Mr. Lioya George appealed to them to consider whether reason was on their side. If 80, he asked why they had not avalled themselves of the ballot box, "Starvation is not your only wea- pon," said the prime 'minister, "you have exactly the weapons you had before, the weapons of civilization-- persuasion, argumeh: and reason. You can leave it to the nation 'te decide. You havewour plan, we have ours. Put it to the nation and we will put ours to the nation. If the nation decides that your plan is the right one, why should you starve your people In order to achieve by reason, if reason is on your side? "If reason is not on your side, why should you foree the nation, starving it, to surrender to on?" asked the prime minister, Sid

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