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ad- ines sent fiscal year have enabled: the and it to effect annual interest ending March 81, debt reduction will be 'In five-year The Rt. Hon. Herbert Asquith will people 'as a great statesman and a thorough English gentleman, | pliofos above show him in muft! and also in a ceremonial nava} uniform. & 4 : 'BRITAIN'S DISTINGUISHED STATESMAN AND SCHOLAR PASSES Jong live in the memory of the British The two + ed 100000 Debt refunding in the savings of $3,607,800. 8 Estimated. net debt reduction this pay higher rates, while lines more commonly in demand will be reduced. Yarns for weaving are made free. Textile machinery made free under the British preference. xe . Mining machinery--Reductions ta duties are made on many itéms to-help| the mining in Press and stereotypers' blankets are to be free under the BP. and gres" reduced under the general tariff. Drawback of 80 per cen Informed by ¥ present the sub 2. Cereal-grain rust. 8. Tuberculosis in man.and animals. 4. Reforestation problems, wit specific respect to New Brunswick, 5. Best methods of obtaining aceur- year of $38,815,000. lipakted revenues this year gs last year of fed expenditures show ver last year of $9, "for the first nine months of shows: Infports, $828;- increase of $56,000,000; 70,164,000, a decrease of 8 "trade balance for nine Bhs, $147,100,000. omic and general Anterest which ng studied are: The effect of light on, life pro- hkhe effect of violet rays upon lay- NE MRhy - fs of improving the quality iq pd sugar, LO LeU Japanese Warship Captured Pirates Follows First! Coast for to recapture Japanese merchantmen from the pirates. The Japanese steamer Hirao Maru out bound from Shanghbal encounter ed a steamer flying a Japanese flag accompanied by a Chinese junk near Haichow, The junk approached the Hiraco Maru and as it neared the ship it was seen the junk was filled with pirates. The pirates fired on the Japanese steamship, wounding the Japanese captain and killing one sallor, . arrived at Tsing Tao. The Japanese destroyer Tsubaki and the Gunboat Tsushima, started on the trail of the pirates. It was reported by wireless Agriculture g culture vidual {ten ng, includin ational storag SEH including Panadia 000; seed, feed and fer- control, including a. grant to St th ,000, To investigate all phases of the to- cco industry Hon. W.-R. Mother- lling $911,- in this total grant of Council, of S180 ate results in testing varieti and yields of grain. 6. Problems of the grain industry. 7. Heating and insulation of build- 8, Storage of fruit in warehpuses. 9. Utilization of Canadian magnes- ite. : In addition to the above investiga- , 'tions by committees of the Council itself, important are being carried on into upwards of 100 indus- scientific Well, Minister of Agriculture, pointed a commission, former member of the Ontario is lature for North Essex and H. J [Diished Archibald, Wall . A third mem- ber will be a tobacco expert from the Dept. of Agriculture. "I see," said mother, reading the evening paper, "that they are asking for more duty to be put on silk stock- ings." "Put more duty them!" ex- laimed the old man. at else do " trial and problems, by the ald. of fonds granted by the Council, principally through universities. Per- haps the three subjects of greatest they gxpeet 'em to do? Why, they a.--The House of Commons' expenditures for the , ~The tural | yore The Hirao Maru finally escaped and al War Time Premier Passes After Severe Illness-- Family Was With Him WAS SEVENTY SIX London.--The Earl of Oxford and Asquith died on Wednesday morning last at his country home, the Wharf, Sutton Courtenay, Berkshire. fle was in his siventy-sixth year. Members of his family, including Lady Oxford, better known as Margot Asquith and their daughter, the Prin- cess Bibesco were with the former Premier when he died. When the Ear! wus suddenly taken 41 he seemed to foél that his end was EF aN expressed the wish family should come ty him possible. Sir Maurice and Bonham-Carter joined the other at the bedside. Sir Maurice ) father-in-law as secretary the ship from the pirates near chow after severe fighting. Ja e steamship was ldentl thy Maru. 'i Ahat the vessel] had béB priates. The fate of the | crew ot reported, Previously the Japanese sty. Zuiho Maru reported passing a Htone 459%, iwhip flying « Japanese flag and a junk. |f -steamship hoisted the Chines on of the "Jolly Rober," which is not described in the reports. Qe Canada's Choice Quebec Soleil (Lib): The develop ment of our resources will be accom- ed by using all the British mar- kets, by all other foreign outlets and especially by the market of the ¥ni- ted States, which is, it seems the nearest and the most adva her such opportunities as this neigh- 'boring country, which counts 120,000, 000 'mouths to feed and which is not even separated from her by a frontier. make their stockings cover half their bodies, as it is." tin ous. From he point of view of - omics, Canada serves the universe ; her commerce; but no country offer rs. timo, !eginning after his from active politics in I Oxford had been in ill hroughoyt the country, is §xpressed for the no of the great figures ical life of the last Ho jared the Cabinet mora than thirty-five yetrs ago; for eight years, two of themi war years, hs was Prime Minister of England, and for Severa! years he was joint leader with David Lloyd George of the Liberal party, now sunk to third rank in Brit- ish political life, The heir to his Barldom is Julian, Viscount. Asquith, fourteen-year-old son of the former Premier's oldest son, Raymond Asquith, who was an officer in the Grenadier Guards when he was killed at the battle of the omme. ------s There's no excuse now-a-days for a (fellow who doesn't See a good deal of his girl, ---- en Last year was & record one for Nothing can overcome this natural and.geographical fact. visitors to the Loadon Zoo; 2,168,208 people passed the turnstiles, "A Victim of the Sea "| alleged, was "efficient" only in the ties Act, and providing for three chisf chenges, was introduced by Provincial Treasurer Monteith. Dr. Monteith also introduced a bill to amend the Mothers' Allowance Act, the change providing that two years' residence in Ontario, instead of two years in Canada, be the requirement. A bill to amend the Public Health Act was also introduced by the Pro- vincial Treasurer. The object of this is to grant power to municipalities of over 100,000 population to charge up to capital~account all expenses néces- sary to hte preliminary investigation, much as sanitary engineering, ete., that precedes a large construction program, such as sewage plant, ete. The idea is to make possible a more thorough investigation for the sake of danitation and public health. AMENDING OTHER ACTS. Bills to amend the Municipalities Act, the Local Improvement Act and the Bulk Sales Act were introduced by Attorney-Gemeral Price. The first is to provide for the paying of inter- est i p ti dings. The second is to allow a corporation to assume more of the cost of any par- ticular work than it ordinarily would where a general by-law has not been passed, applying to work of certain character. Under the suggested amendment a corporation might, in the case of an old Provincial highway running through the community, assume some of the cost that would be fixed to abutting land. The proposed change in the Bulk Sales Act is to give a Junior Judge, as well '@s a Senior Judge, the right to appoint a trustee }_the vendor has not appointed one. Hon, William Finlayson brought in a bill to provide the necessary legisla- tion in regard to Ontario's part in the power development on the English, River. His bill is entitled: "An act respecting the Lac Seul storage." Frank W. Wilson (Con., Windsor) tried to introduce his "Beer by the glass" motion but was ruled "out of order," . TUESDAY, FEB. 14TH--« This day saw real fireworks. Hom. W. E. Sinclair, Liberal Leader, sprang his "wandering ballots" sensation. He terminated the best speech the House has ever heard him make with an amendment to the Address which, in effect, will place the members on rec- ord as to whether or not the Govern- ment has been guilty of neglect in its failure to legislate this session for old-age pensions CRITICISM ALL ALONG. Mr. Sinclair clubbed the Ferguson Administration, and from every con- ceivable angle. Not only did he carry his warfare to Mr. Ferguson and var- ious departmental activities of his Government, but to subordinates just without the Queen's Park confines. In this connection "Strong Man" Hanna, Chairman of the Liquor Control Board, who, he charged, was paid $20,000 a year to "rubber-stamp ap- int ts made by pat com- mitbees. Mr. Sinclair varied his criticism: It ranged from "bowling alleys" to the Administration Building to an Syren) to the Prime Minister to keep tics 'out of the constitutional issue with was feathery in sul nce, but fun- provoking. Other times it was heavy, compelling serious consideration, But at all times it was, to say the least, exasperating, if not galling, to the pe 4 PROGRESSIVE LEADER SPEAKS. Then followed John G. Lethbridge, the new Progressive pilot, making his maiden debate speech, arguing the old further five " a; ite'. ng fi < five: against Control Act administration, which, he sense of selling trolling. 2, rt liquor and not con- jr with the virus of communism, respect to" power righty At times it]. lo _ DEFENDS LOW STANDING, _ Mr. Belanger displayed a "let by- gones be bygones" attitude with re- gard to Regulation 17; claimed that even where it had been applied con- scientiously it had proved a failure; and defended the low standing of the schools and pupils in his county by charging that lack of departmental support--for instance, the sending out of 17 and 18-year-old girls with third and fourth class certificates--had been responsible for the conditions. His attack was met forcibly at the evening sitting by Rév, W. G. Martin, Con. member for Brantford, who de- nied that Ontario was a bilingual province; who sald that English must be taught--and "no bluffing, either!" --and who implied that Mr, Belanger had trod on dangerous ground with his remarks about London immigrants FIRST TO LEAVE. The Brantford member, amid cheers of his fellow-benchers, said the fact must not be overlooked that it was the English reservist who was the first to leave Canada for battle at the call of war, R. H. Kemp, Progressive member for Lincoln, the third speaker of the day, warmly criticized the Govern- ment in respect to its rural Hydro policy. De Valera Sails To Return Home Irish Republican Leader Con- cludes Visit to United States New York--Eamonn de Valers, Irish Republican leader, sailed for Ireland on the Leviathan Feb. 11, after an extended visit_to the United States in the interest of a newspaper he pro- poses to establish ia Dublin. "Committees have been formed from the Atlantic to the Pacific," he sald, "to ald in the effort 'to obtain funds to have the $500,000 we need." He declined to discuss the visit to this country of President Cosgrave. Asked whether he did not belleve the visits of himself and Mr. Cosgrave would serve to glve the United States a clearer opinion of Ireland's prob- lems, he said: "I have sald no such thing. not my opinion" : He is returning to take the helm of the" Irish Republican party, be sald, convinced that in the next elections, which are due in five years if the present Government does not resign, the Republican party will enter the Dall in majority numbers, ee on Quebec Action Catholique (Ind): A law restraining immigration would have tho immediate result of making us understand that it is out duty to It Is and he did not shed a drop of miner, next "by conceatration 'to stomach, following with expulsion of blood from the knee. His most dramatic act was to make a large cross In blood appear on his back, the blood being forced to the surface apparently by uncanny exer cise of will power, Diebel concluded his exhibition by allowing one of the spectators to shoot a large metal bolt into his chest by means of a catapult. He then calmly withdrew the missile with no show of pain and permitted physi- olans to examine the bloodless wound, produced. Plane Endangers Wolfe Monument -- : Aviator Loses Direction in Mist and Nearly Hits Pillar Quebec.--The famous Wolfe monu- ment on Battlefields Park came very near to being damaged when an gir- plane, after groping around in the mist for a landing place on the park, crashed into the higher part of the massive willow tree which stands close to the monument. - The plane,-used by the Canadian Trans-Continental Air- ways, was headed for the north shore. There was a heavy mist and the pilot, Duke Schiller, had to choose his land. ing place by the Chateau St. Louis After flying over the building at a low mltitude, the 'plane circled the park a few times, the pilot apparently de- ing still unable to make out the open 8 to the west of the monument. Hnally, the machine descended until {t was level with the tops of the high- er trees and one of the wings caught in the branches of the willow tree, which stands near the Wolfe monu- ment. Although the pilot was forced to land he cleared the monument. The machine itself suffered little damage The canvas of one wing was torn and the fuselage damaged, but Pilot Schiller was able to fly his airplane to Murray Bay. vi rip ing U.S. Will Build Ottawa Embassy To Spend Half Million on Home for Minister Ottawa --A residence for the Un. ited States minister to Ottawa, cost. ing approximately $500,000, will be erected in Rockcliffe Park near the official residence of the Governor- General, according to a newspags story in the Evening Citizen. The site said by the paper to have been selected for the proposed strue- ture is situated on a knoll on which at present rests the "Royal Shanty" created by the late Senator Edwards. 'The "shanty" was the scene of the en look afer our own mationals,- As ft is, our only serious preoccupations are about foreigners, Our people leave the country and we are only vaguely interested. We do not evan take the troudle to count those who €0; our figures only cover the number of those who enter the country. , , , If we were the least bit logical, we would first take steps to keep our an elf and La Presse (Ind): (Exports from Canada have decreased, while im- ports have Increased.) The necessity of importing into the country arises irectly from our need to export our sists, from the national point of view, not in reducing the number of our im- portations, but in the exercise of ade- quate judgment in the choice of these imports so that they will serve the needs of our national production, x ---- o A judge has ruled that dogs have: the same rights as pedestrians in crossing a road. The S.P.C.A. is un- -- S-- 's recep to' the present King, when, as Duke of York, he visited Canada's capital in 1901, The site was recently visited and approved. as the location for the Une ited States residence by Hon. Wm. ps, the American minister to Ot- tawas, the paper declares. It is sald the structure would be the official residence of the Wi represen: tative, while the legation offices would remain as at present, situated in an office building near Parliament Hill rms "QUEBEC PATOIS~ Le Devoir (Ind.): The legend of "Quebec, Patols" comes from Toronto, where "Parisian French" flourished, and has gone the round of Canada. If we are not very careful, and do not. check it now, it will end by going the round of the world, Indeed it oft: happens that foreigners, even o own cousins from France, animat stantly on the lookout it. SA Ta et Qe es derstood to be protesting on behalf of the 1 i "Do. you believe {Rome an +