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Cataraqui, April 25.--(To the Editor): Ottawa has been the storm centre of the agitation against Reg- ulation 17 and the school laws of the province and the headquarters of the educational malcontents and agitators who, for thintyfive years, {have disturbed the general peace land been more or less a law unto |tnemutves. The Irish Catholics, be- ing the larger property owners, pay most of the school taxes while the lof their numerical majority to ab- !solutely control the schools. Dis- |agreements arose as to the financial | management and efficiency of the Iseparate schools and in 1886 the Ot- tawa Separate School Board, with- (cut any statutory authority for co ldoing, divided itself into two com- !mittees. In 1892 the departmental {iuspector, Dr. J. F. White, reported {unfavorably on those Ottawa schools and a commission, appointed to in- vestigate, reported: "From a consideration of all tha {facts and from a careful examination of the French schools, the commis- |gion can come to no other conclus- {fon than that there is no attempt in the boys' schools." { In the girls' schouls the {ledge of English was less imperfect |because, while only a few teachers could speak English fairly well, a |special teacher went from class |class and instructed pupils after the {conversational method. It is there- {fore apparent that our bilingual {troubles are not of recent origin and |that, despite the repeated assertions jot French leaders to the contrary, |ing belief that, back of all the agita- Ition, there is a determined effort to alisplace the English language en- itirely in certain sections of the pro- | vince, Opposition to Reg. 17 manifested itself by refusal to allow the inspect- ors to enter the schools and by the Ottawa 8. S. Board (controlled by the French majority) passing a re- solution repudiating the daw and yeclining to obey it. The Ottawa gitators not only openly defied the educaticmal law of the province but set up a little government of their jown with Mr. Sam Genest as minist- er of education and general dictator, house with all improvements. Very easy terms. $5,500, Several Houses To Rent Kingston JSement Products OFFICE: 69 Patrick Street Phone 730w. Announces that rr -------- ee ---- The daughter of the Duke of ! Devonshire is to wed the Earl of Moray. | Variety alone gives joy, is now his partner at Dental Partnership DR. C. C. NASH DR.T. H. RENTON 183 PRINCESS ST., KINGSTON We Have Many New Lines in Royal Worcester, Coal: port and Paragon China Fine English China Cups and Sauc- ers from lelmIeTeleToTe 0 mle o. 65c. to $ I 0.00. 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Reid __ SHOE STORE ---- ee -- land issued circulars to other French- English sections requesting their co- {operation and obedience to their commands, A Jocal inspector was employed by the board to organize the schools, the classes and the teachers and notices were sent out dispensing with the services of all English-speaking teachers and a new schedule of greatly reduced sal- aries was adopted which precluded the engagement of properly quali- fled teachers. They questioned the validity of Reg. 17 but maintained |their rebellious attitude aftor Mr. {Justice Lennox had given judgment {in November, 1914, that the regula- tion was intra vires the province and his 'decision had been sustain- ed dn July, 1915 by the Court of Ap- peal, the highest judicial tribunal in the province. The Ottawa S. S. Board continued to defy the law and fin- ally the minister of Education in- troduced a bill in the legislaturé ap- pointing a committee of three to ad- minister the Ottawa Separate Schools. This bill passed without div- ision. Never in the history of Oamada, except dn the cases of armed rebel- lion, has open defiance of the law been carried to such extremity as in recent years in the province of On- tardo. Never before has any legisla- ture disregarded political decency and violated friendly provincial re- lations by giving legislative author- ity, as did the province of Quebec, to its school boards to appropriate a part of their funds to assist their compatriots in Ontario in fighting the laws of the province. Never be- fore have ancient educational theo- orists allowed themselves to be made the tools of designing agita- tors nor employed their talents in a cause so unworthy. That there is no desire to proscribe the French 1:ng- uage in Ontario is amply demon- strated by the generous time al- lowance prescribed by the regula- tions for its study and use, by the thousands of dollars expended an- ------ nually to provide special training schools for French teachers and pay their expenses while attending them and by the extra government grants given to encourage French-English schools to employ the best qualified teachers available. But Ontario does not intend 'to permit English min- orities to be stifled in certain sec- tions of the province in order to satisfy the arrogrant claims and wild ravings of a group of malcontents, nor wiil it be influenced in its de- termination to make it possible for every child to obtain an education in English because of the meddlesome interference of the Quebec legisla- ture or the misdirected sympathy of educational theorists. No person will dispute the fact that, from the cultural standpoint, two languages are better than one and three are better than two. But there are the practical and the national viewpoints as well as the theoretical to be con- sidered. Ontario cannot afford to allow incompetent French-English {schools to manufacture illiterates to {Please the racial pride of the dom- {inant population in certain sections of our province, nor view with com- syst $1 ai pla pl y the 'ment of English-speaking people by {French Catholics exercise the power | |worthy of the name to teach English know- {there is strong ground for the grow- | THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG jthose of French origin. iterio increases in population, [wealth and influence, it is to develop along British' lines, it is necessary lihat the enforced use of English, as {the common language of t\e coun- itry, be insisted on in our schools {not only as an essential element of | our national life but also as a dis- tructive sign of our {Thanking you, Mr. Editor, for your generous courtesy, I remain yours |sincerely, EMINENT JEWISH LEADER Alexander Goldstein on Special Mission to Jews of Canada. Dr. Alexander Goldstein, a leading {Jew of Russia is in this city to help lin the drive for funds for the build- ting up of Palestine as a Jewish |homeland. Dr. Goldstein is recog- nized as one of the ablest among the |younger leaders of the Zionist Move- {ment in Russia. He was born in Minsk, Russia, in 1883, and receiv- led his education in a Russian gym- |pasium, later studying law in Petro- | grad university. He joined the Zion- ist Movement in 1901, and soon be- came recognized as a leading force, lowing to his exceptional gifts of ora- In 1917 he was elected deputy to the all-Russian constituent as- sembly, conveoked by Kerensky. In 1919 he was a member of the first All-Jewish congress of Ukrania and waa' elected president of that body, Dr. I | 'THater being sent in that capacity as la representative to the Jewish deje- {gation at the Peace Conference in | Paris. In November, 1921, Dr. Gold- {etein came to America as a member of the special Z'onist commission. Some two months ago the Cana- dian Zionist requested the Zionist DR. ALEXANDER GOLDSTEIN No th {headquarters in London, England, to send Dr. Goldstein together with Col. J. H. Patterson as a special com- mission to organize the campaign for Falestine in this country. He has already toured the west in company with Col. Patterson, and he is now {going tarough Ontario alone, Ool. | | Patterson having been obliged to re- | (turn to England. * | Questioned as to the Zionist situa- | tion at the present time, Dr. Gold- stein said, "Zionism is now a reality. For two thousand years the Jews all over the world suffered all kinds of persecutions, and the sustaining | power was the hope of the eventual {return of the Jewish people to Pales- {tine, The idea of the re-establish- {ment of a Jewish homeland in Pales- tine was the centre of all Jewish thought and ambition and hope. Fin- ally the opportunity to realize the age-long hope has been granted to the Jews. First cams the famous declaration by Great Britain, voiced by Lord Balfour in 1917, promising the Jews the opportunity to re-establish themselves as a na- thon in Palestine. Then came the recognition of this promise by the League of Nations. Now Great Brit- ain has been entrusted with the man- date of the League of Nations, to | help make Palestine a Jewish home. This mandate has been confirmed by practically every power of import- ance in the world. The Jews have | been recognized as a nation, and ! Palestine as a homeland. The burden of the financial effort falls upon the Jews who are situat- ed in the more fortunate countries, particularly those residing in the Fnglish-speaking lands. A tacit agreement has been made, that the Jews of Europe are to furnish the men and the Jews of America are to ! supply the money." Queried as to his impression of | visited many countries including Russia, Ukrania, Poland, Rumania, England, France, Bulgaria, Germany, Argentine and the United States. I can say that the Jews of Canada have given me a pleasant surprise. 1f, as on- | nationality. | --J. W. witsud Canada, Dr. Goldstein said, "I have | FROM WHIG FYLES. | | $OF TEN AND TWENTY YEARS AGO. a I ane Apirl 25th, 1913. i A stubborn fire in the carriage | jshop of W. G. Frost, Queen street, | Iresulted in damage to extent of $3,-! G00. | Gold medals in medicine and sur- | gery were won by E. W. Boak and [V- T. Lawlor respectively, both King- stonlans in a graduating class of |forty in Queen's medical college. { Two Italian laborers seriously in- jured during blasting 'operaticns on | C.P.R. right-of-way near Christia | Lake. { Steamer Robert Wallace arrived | {from Chicago with first cargo of jcorn for Richardson's elevator. | | -- April 25th, 1003, Lt.-Col. Hndon, C.M.G., {tired from the command of "B" Bat- tery, R.C.H.A., and will be succeed- | {ed by Capt. Lessle. Col. Hudon commanded "C" Battery during the | Sonth African war. i Many tributes to the statesman- | | {ed throughout America. | Many country merchants are com- rlaining of the nuisance of the pack: | peddlar. | | Rifle ranges to be established on | | west side of Cataraqui river for local | {volunteor riflemen, | ------------------------------ | reeves) | GANANOQUE | Sn April 26.--The death occurred suddenly Monday night of W, F.| Latimer, one of Gananoque's most | respected citizens. Mr. Latimer | was for many years engaged in the! | drygoods business, later acting as! | secretary-treasurer for both the On- | |tarlo Wheel Company and Ganan-| | oque Water Power Company. A! | few years ago he retired from alll jactive business. Surviving him are! two daughters, Mrs. J. W. Beattie and Miss Pearl Latimer, Gananoque, | and three sons, Alex., New York; | Kenneth, Detroit, and Reginald, Cal- | gary. W. J. Fair, Gananoque East, who has been ill for some time past, died yesterday. Mr. Fair has for some | years made his home with his sister, Miss Agnes Fair, and is also surviv- | {ed by Mrs. R. Singleton, Lyndhurst, | Mrs. Freeman Shipman, Ivy Lea, | {Sisters, and one brother, Robert | Fair, High River, Calgary. The organization of the Canadian | club was completed in council cham- | bers of the town hall Monday even- | ing. - Officers were appointed as fol- lows: Honorary presidents, Charles Macdonald and J. C. Linklater; | president, W. J. Wilson; 1st vice- president, Andrew Edwards; 2nd vice-president, J. T. Green; secre- tary, Clifford Sine; treasurer, F. W. Bell. council, A. L. Lott, Dr. Sted- man and I. B. Gilbert, The first meeting ds expected to be in the form of a banquet, to be held early in May. Several golf enthusiasts are to be seen on the links each day now. The season promises to be a very active one for the club with several tournaments, etc. A 'man's open handicap competition has been ar- ranged the matches to comzaence the week beginning the 18th of June. The prize for this must be won two years by the same player, and will be a handsome bronze ornament donated by the president, W. T. Sampson. There will also be a ring- er competition, and D, Ford Jones is donating two best quality golf clubs for a lady's and man's prize in this connection. These prizes will be awarded to the player 'who has registered the lowest 'ringer' score between the 1st of May and 15th of September. Dr. Royal Lee, Brooklyn, N.Y., is a visitor in town. Miss Euretta Sinclair has return- ed from a holiday in Montreal. Mrs. W. B. Mudie. and children have returned from an extended visit with friends in Detroit and Buffalo. * Mrs. Henry Cochrane entertained at Euchre Monday evening in hon- or of her guest, Miss Cheer, Sud- bury, has re- | hip of 8ir Oliver Mowat are publish- | | | { 7 BOSTON BAGS auto use. Priced from-- Ansley & 346 PRINCESS STREET. SOMETHING EVERY WOMAN SHOULD HAVE Handy for travelling -- just the thing for shopping--the best Bag for Strong and durable. $2.50 to $8.50 Abernethy's Shoe Store AT TA Ar AAA AA AA, A rr SEITE Gaudreau PHONE 2440, fit, finish and workmanship. / AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED GREENE SWIFT "CLOTHING CoO. OF LONDON Invite your inspection of our wonderful range of Tweeds, Worsteds, Cheviots, Serges, etc., for Spring Suits and Top Coats. There are no better garments made, and we guarantee SEEING IS BELIEVING town for a few Gays. Mrs. Hanford McKee, Montreal, is visiting her mother, Mrs. D. C, Co- wan, Arthur street. Dr. J. P. Sinclair addressed a large audience last evening in the lecture room of Grace church, where he gave a very interesting account of his sojourn in Florida. Mrs. Frank Lutz and Mrs. Stan- ley Shiels were in Brockville on Monday. Mrs. Aubrey Lott entertained at euchre last evening. Reception at Cooke's. Cooke's church congregation gave a hearty greeting on Monday even- ing to their new pastor, Rev. T. J. S. Ferguson and his wife at a reception held in the Sunday school hall. Rev. Dr. Macgillivray, Chalmers church, Canon W. F. FitzGerald, St. Paul's Anglican church and Principal 8. W. Dyde, Queen's theological college, extended greetings in short ad- dresses. On behalf of the congrega- tion R. M. Douglas presented Princi- pal Dyde with a substantial cheque as an honorarium for the work he performed as interim moderator dur- ing the pulpit vacancy. Vocal solos were rendered by Miss Easson and Allan Lemmon, with Miss Rogers as accompanist. Refreshments were served by the ladies. The Turks demand ANied evacua- W. BE. Brough, Brockville, is in tion of Constantinople and Chanak. For over three-quarters of a century 'DALY'S GOOD TEA has maintained a standard of excellence for quality, strength and flavor. Eco- memical and delicious. Order MAHOOD'S DRUG STORE Shortagp> of Lalor Owing to the number of big con- struction jobs in the city, employers are anticipating a shortage of labor. When the firm of John Gray and Sons, Ltd., Toronto, started work on Tuesday all available laboring men were quickly absorbed, as Queen's University Library took afl that were on the books at the em- ployment bureau up to that time. On Tuesday afternoon Mr. Stroud had no men to place. Mike Ordano and his wife wera burned to death in their home a: Hamilton, Tuesday night. Johnny Kilbane, world's feather- weight champlon, is reinstated {in New York state. ---- CASTORIA For Infants and Children in Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Signature of The total Jewish population in this country does not exceed 150,000 peo- ple, but this comparative handful have made some very fihe contribu- tions to the Zionist cause. Every- where I visited I have found the Jews intelligently interested in the Zionist questions, and eager to do their share. Zionism is a matter of British policy as well as a Jewish Britisher. The Jews in the western communities, as also those in the east, have contri- buted even more than I expected. Dr. Goldstein remarked that the Jewish ladies of Canada have the finest organization of their kind in the world. The Women's Zionist organization is called "Hadassah" and he has found a beti{er spirit and & greater devotion amongst the Jewish women of Canada than any- where else in his travels. 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