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Stewart Eillll a illllllllllllli illllllil JAPANESE

Hon. at}? Guthrie Drastic iiéiim Will be

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Points Out Dangers to the Dominion of Some of the Recom- mendations C .0 n - tained in the Imper- ial Conference Re- port.

(-From Our Own Correspondent)

OTYIWWA. March 3U. Mr. Guthrie, Lender of the 01111011111011. continued the dobn-te on ‘the Till" Iierlal Conference last evening. and made what is generally admit.- ted to be one oi’ t-htr best. efforts of tiie session, calm, tiloill‘. 1110101111 in every sense and to thoughtful minds convincing.

After stressing the point that unless formally agreed to by psi‘- liziineut, to which the Prime Min- inter in Quebec last December pledged himself that it would be submitted, he went on to refer to the dangers to our dominion, con- stituted as it is of provinces ‘ti!

a recommendations. An anneal t0 the judicial committee of tho privy council from decisions of the courts of Canada was, he admitted. somewhat anomalous in view oi’ it status of equality amongdomiuions o; the empire, but involved t1 safety clause l'or certain of the pro- vinces and ‘that right should not be aibrogated without the consent oi‘ tijo provinces. . '

Then againvas to treaties. It was all riEli/ihin meteors-of “ conu ‘IIQGICB t

there were others arising out of war exigencies or possibilities, or which as in the case of China or Japan affecting interests of Brit- ish Columbia or with the United States that might prejudice inter- ests of Ontario. In such cases

ese commander. sttail and secretary aboard th8~

BEETS

taken If Southern- ers Engage in Fur» ther Aggression or Fire on Japanese Steamers.

(Canadian Press)

sent his chief olt fail-l

is morn

auese. flagship hero lh to convey his rogllfl-“l

mlral for thc Ntinkiui: u.l'fztlr.

The Japauei-it- iidmiralfis rP-lllil‘ scututive witruotl (llllllli-YS 111111111“) sat-leg that the Japanese navy apart‘ from thc Tokyo .l§UV¢1'l_1111e1ll3_ 11m‘ tilde would hereafter act tliastlc-l ally ii‘ the stiutliern troops 111181-114" eti in further ziggressitiu or fired without tauuse oii 31191111951’- 149ml" ers.

tl-ie expressed stiriwlfle 111 "the conduct oi’ the ‘Cantonese troops in whose discipline the Japanese had trusted despite certain lllllillh" ful act's directed against Javanese steamers for which the Jallfllliise naivy" had never retaliated. _

Judging from the Naukiniz flllalw however, he added, it seemed tliat_ the southern commanders were lllPy able to exercise their full fllltllfll“; iiy over their men.

llousc.

PREMIER sitwiii M t tts BRILLIANT Blllliiil sntcii Bililfilillllill AUDIENCE

The Premier Shows the Progress of Government Finances Since Confederation and Compares the Fifficiency anti Economy of Present Government With That of Bell Government. Outlines Big Forward Policy for Agriculture, nouncos Tax Reductions. All Pro-Election Pledges Now Fulfilled,

'l‘llli_ 'l‘.-l.\' RE!) UCTI 0N5‘

The Tux reductions announced were as follows:

Laud Tax rcducctl from 50c to 40c per $100

liicomt- Tax married lll(‘ll exempt to $1,000

lncomc Tux sitiglc men cxcmpt to $750 '

All higher incomes zillowctl exemptions of $i,000 and $750 rc spectivcly. Auto Registration Fcc rt-tlitccd from $5 to $2.50

'l‘ht- fillflOliiiCelllClliS wt-rc received with applause by a crowded, hofisc, cvcry available inch of space being occupied ‘by enthusiastic electors of both sexes. The speaker Hon. L. L. Jenkins took thc chair shortly after half past eight, and immediately uftci", '

Premier Stewart amidst loud applause rose to address thc In thc first piZlCt: thc Prctuier gavc an historical sketch of the increase of the cost of government since

Government Rcgiucesi

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[LLasi night was a memorable one in the iillllfllS of thc Proviucinlflqivtl ht-(h-t- gupQf\ti5i()|-|_ ‘Legislature. 'l he btcwzirt trovcruuicnt after four strenuous years’ exertions was trblc to show not only it had ti. surplus, not only that it hzitl lit-vii ccontiiiiiczil and efficient, not only that it had rctltict-tl ‘SAHAlNGlHAI. tiiiiuu, March 30"T.illi! liabilities at thc ruic of tivcr $10,000 pcr zinmuu, not only that 991191111 311111111 KM Shek’ can“)? it luitl zihtilislietl thc {iiHlilXltllh l‘oll Tax, but that as the rcstilt of its improved finances hrtuigli: tibout by thc rcsistlt-ss exertions of iugl Prcmit-i" Stewart, ii is ziblv to :ii:ikc considerable reductions in‘ taxes to the tiil‘yrilllilit'iliillt‘l_\' with tht- ])l‘(i5|lt'\.‘i of further reductions this time next pyeaiy

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onfederzition, and

and proceeded to review thc platform upon which thc (iOVCTlliilClll came into ])(_)\\'0i' m i923, showing thttt cveryoiic tif thc plctlgcs had

lll't‘H of which were increased expenditures iu Agriculture for exhibitions, improvement of- livc stock, school fairs P19. also ior_ Agricultural and lct-hmczil education, details of which l)?“ "PIWQY H1 the exit-titled report of the sticcch. A/xn flll‘)’f‘tl.l‘i‘.\‘ It» ltv yrutiis it» Iliv Ilux/iiltils of $|5_o0 car/i, bring/mg) Hit’ tlftlill ll/l to $2000 for vticli ltoxp-tlul tint! llIStJ iiicrmsrx r0 Ihr gran/s of Ilit‘ Or- [tlitiiitiycs of $750 Iiriiigiitg the total itp to $1250 for (‘flfh Orphan. ' fly/t’. at Prince of “tales College, and thc short courses, and the intention

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HENHY Hill fillll llINEHS lllllllll [I {Nlllllllllill ill llllll lBBlUENTEXPllS lllN

Billionaire and $500Brick Building In Vi- Car Crowded Overi cinity Wrecked by Embankment. Terrific Blast - Lit- tle Hope Held Out For Rescue of En- tombed Men.

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(Special to The Guardian) DETROIT‘, hlii'll., ‘hlartrli 30A; Henry Rird, thc richest man iii ill"! world, is lii his own hospital lit-re. the victim oi’ nu automobile act-h;

i (Special to the Guardian)

dent. The accident ticctirrcd Sunday night when the man who could buy, PITTSBURG, Penn, Mar. 30. ——~ couutless automobiles _of the most More than 500 men were Entombed expensive. make and hire Qhilllfftillrl-l by a terrific 8x91051011 m ‘he Earp“. l‘; ‘mvle ulenllflffmghilull‘; “a?! cggfd feld mine oi‘ the Peuinsylirlzpln Ctoal 311K 11°"??- 1 " 1 ° ' and (‘oke (‘orporat on s a er- coupe, a machine that lie retails u! 1mm,’ agpopding w ygporlg received his factory here for $500. there. The mouth of the mine was Only his wife mitl ilit- kvrlhtr 0i‘ wreckotl by the blast, it was said. his garage knew lic Willi out or his A lluitctl State»; burealu) of mines home. He liatl been at his lJearbtn-u rescue car. H1111 1111 11i- BITY. 11651‘ laboratory, where one watchman Esrflliielll. hi1?! b13911 011191911 1° m9 was on duty. Returning, at hilchi-‘Bflme- _ v t gait bfllllévllfil, near the River‘ The explosion pas‘ of glitch art: Rouge bridge. and not far from liii-nrirkf‘; ma‘ J" er“ 6hr lgiene ramble: estate, an auto driven ‘by stime one 5 a mo“ l 0 e whose name if it is kuowii has dmv" a “m “torey brick Mace ' . ‘building about 2300 feet from the mus f“ lugs“ wlthheld‘ crowdedleiitrance. Some office employees the billionaire and his $500.00 cariwem named’ “men the structure over an embankment. The caucouapselp toppled and rolled and slid some 20; Mining men’ yummy,“- Wm, u. (BBL 111ml 11- 51111191! 11 1199- ‘plosious said the blast was so ter- h Ildews ofltlie lliCfiltlféilll was fwithi rific they coultl holtl little hope for e il until ust u g t. t was ouut the nieu trapped iu ithe wrecked necessary ‘to remove him in nu workings. The mouth of the mine ambulance it) the hospital. ’cnvetl in, making rescue work diffi- “Tliere has been u minor op0ra§¢11ll~ tion, a lfOliilltll statement said. vmllllleel‘ 198C119 “FEW! 110m all M“ For‘! swung“, deprewms u“. parts of the entire Cambria. field suggestion that the accident was were “rglmlzell lluk-‘MY when Word

The lh-ciuicr next cxpltiitictlllic expenditures of thc past yczir,

rcii‘implemented. Proceeding to tzikc up ilic budget of i927, tlic outstanding feat- llic Department of

Hc especially drew attention to thc expansion of the course

flContlnued on page 3)

ivts tit FREIGNERS EN-‘t llNliEllEil m YllNiiTSE llAllEY

Situation May Got Out of Control at Any Moment-Mission cries and Others Con-

hat we should nbiiolutsiy ' negotiate them for ourselves, but ;

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provinces would be helpless.

iAs stated iiy himself in sum- ming up:— “I protest in the first place that this parliament iihoultl in no sense ratify this report with- out amendment. l protest in tbe second place that no constitution- al changes should be permitted under this report or otherwise iin- less they have first been approved by the provinces of the dominion of Canada. l do not express an atl- verse opinion in regard to any of it (the report) more than to say that I fear it will leave the door open in the future for complications which we little estimate today." He then moved as ttollows:—-"'l‘h:vt it is not desirable that his house should be demanded tacitly to hove acquiesced in the declarations and recommendations contained iu the report. of the proceedings of the lmWrlal Conference. 1926.

"That in the opinion of this 1101186. the proceedings oi‘ the rec: 91ft lmllefinl Conference and the declarations and recommendations contained in the report of the ini- Derlal Conference committee on in- ter-imperiai relationegiiouid not be 1111113113 "P4111319 Dahlia-moat of Canada until approved by a fgfmer resolution of this house, and that until such approval is obtained

Condensed Bbectan

ilATiv-io. per word, not ~ each insertion in this column. ..

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Ho! PRINTING 0F EVERY

description, 0l16BtDlY“lfld expetii tiously executed. llitardian Gen trol Job Printer, Phone 132.

svou w m-oooblitivatowea

Prices ‘ 0 for 20c: .100 -i‘or 86c

.250 to; 65oz‘ 600fl¢)"$1.00; 1.000 for $1.95. Postpaid. Olmrdiait or u.

9R choice horses at Bantam if: ‘Boll

- stables. Apply Wood dz McNeil, 1 4609-349,“

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I‘ , . ‘ PREMIER STEWART

Who brought down a memor- able budget last evening.

showed that in spite of ,ihc fact that wc have to bear thccxpentli- titres which in 0illCl\l')i'()\'ill\‘Q$ and parts of the liuipirc arc carried by thc mtinicipaliiitfs, tiiitl tli.'it thc cost of (itivcmiiieiit in :1 small area. is pi-oportionziti-ly Iit-tivit-r per capita than a large one, iicvt-r- tliclcss our pcr ctipiiti cost of (itivcrnmeiit compares favourably witlioilicr ports of thc limpirtr. (.-\]i])lfi.iiSt‘.)

("rilirilrm Attxtvrrrtl

Proceeding to discuss ilit- critici ll of thc (iovcriiiucut, thc l‘rc- mier sziid thc charges might bu classified tintlcr two heads, extrava- gance ziutl inefficiency. llc compared ihetlircc clear years of thc Bell (iovcriimcnt with thc thrcc clear years of the present Governi- iiieut, and showed that iii t-vt-ry controllable department of the pub-- lic service, thc present (it.>\'t'!‘llillL‘l’ll.'S coutrolablc expenditures in these three ytcars was less iliuii in the samqdepartmeuts under thc Bell rcgitnc. (Applause) .'\ll cxauiitizition of thc Provincial Auditors’ Reports over tht- two four year periods will sliow that during the iouryt-ars of ilic lit-ll Government thc liabilities of the - Province were incrcauetl by $5i(i_,o3i, while during thc present (‘iovcrumenfs three year pcrititl to the end of i926, it increased thc liabilities only $325,511. lii other words the Bell Governments yearly increase was roughly $20,000 per annum more than the prc- scnt Government's. ( Applause.) The Premier also showed thc Liberals increased the ordinary liabilities, apart from thc highways to thc timouut of $t66,o3i, while tht- present Government decreas- cd the liabilities apart from highway expenditures by $i4,489, and that too after taking off the Poll Tux. (Loud applause.)

During the ell Government they claimed to have surpluses cvcry year, yet the Provincial Auditor's report showed they had increased the liabilities as zibovc. Tlic Present Government had

tinuo t0 Leave forShanghai Where the Foreign Defence Forces are Taking Every Precaution to Assure Their Protection. ‘

(Canadian Prone) tgenersi defense situation with Cap- .iD()ii\'IDOlN.,Mai-ch 30.~—'Messages taln Uyemiitou, commander of the received in authoritative quarters Japanese m-arine force. today say it is indicated that the ‘SHANGHAI, March 30. - The situation in the Upper Yangtse val- general labor union in Shanghai ley may get out of control at any has decided to order another gen- niomeiit and that it is felt the lives eral strike the date to be fixed lat- of the foreigners there may be en- er. Twenty thousand miscellaneous tlaiigercd. Trade in that region is at workers are still idle from the n standstill. -last strike. Thousands of rickshaw The messages add that General cooiiea are reported to have been Chang KaHShok, the Cantonese forcibly enrolled in the union. generallsslmo. who is at Shaug- The international defence nu- bai, has postponed his interview thorities here are erecting u bar- with the United States naval com- bed wire barrier along the entire mander Rear Admiral G. S. Wil- length o! the Aivemte Edward Vii llama. between the French concession and

the_ international settlement. The SHWNYEHNT. Mlirch 30. -— M8113’ Suffolk regiment is guarding the of- missionaries are refusing to leave flees u; u“, 05b1,, companies 5m]. their posts in the Yangtse valley Med on the Avemm notwithstanding the advice of the lj-{ONlG-KQlhKL March’ 3o __ The fotelsn authorities and in the 1w! British government will give full of s. situation that is fraught with

the result. oi‘ intent oii iiiiyoiicfs of ab“ bluff‘ spmad" The” men- i ’ Dart," his associates insisted. $3“ifz"ifglfgltzglfi‘elgflsglxzgomya‘ l Witiiiii a short. time they were at: tat-king thc niliie mouth blockade Epgulii effort to get into the work-

I l Law Amended l

(Canadian Press)

QUEBEC, Que. March 30.-—l\ieiu- hers appointed members of the provincial cabinet will, in future. uOIL have to be reelected on ap- pointment. according to Hon. L. A. Taschereaufls hill amending the low respecting the independence oi the legislature ivhich has passed thirtl reading iii the lower house.

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Will Represent United States at Geneva Conference

(Special to the Guardian)

WASHINGTON, Mar. 30. —Presi- dent (Tuolidge cleared the way for United Sixties participation in the world economic conference at Gen- ovn. May dllL-ll)’ appointing today thc fl\'r~ members of the American dolcgatloti. The United States is to be represented by Henry M. ltoliiiisou oi‘ Pasadena and Lon Angelou, Norman H. Davis, former Assistant secretary of the treasury (and under Secretary of State. ,Dr. Alonzo E. Taylor of Stamford University, California, John W. _ , OLoary. president of the United t ) . _. Ofimgymrilrn Pol 313"?‘ gave“ States Chamber of Commerce. and

Y 1‘ e11 °ls "91" ‘ ’ " "v. Julius hlelu. director of the when a terrlffic explosion suep. Bureau of Forms“ and Bomeauc

without avail. Editions were pub- lished on uilmiogrtiphcd sheets. but these were suspended because strike picks-is tirrested messengers sent out to got. thoni from thi- newspaper offices.

The despatcli says that all print- ed-iiews and opinions except those of a communistic nature are licinK sitpprcssetl.

LATER

protection to the colony of Ploug- “118610119 DOBBlMllUBB- The NP kong and the leased territorlties mainder of the missionaries are

on the mainland during the civil either enroute to or will shortly warfare m Chum’

the district

through mine No. 3. tit’ ilic Penll-iyl- (iommerfl, vaula ‘Coal and (‘ukc Corporation‘ here this afternoon. Soiut- zttm men‘

Contracts will iiy amount desiretl.

y July 1st. For representative oi tlisflkiiig, _ iilYégli. W. Weeks '

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this government ,shall not lie deem-l ed to be authorized to take any, steps to carry into eiliect the rec- oiniuendations contained iu said re- D011.

this house that should be procured to the British North America Act to give offec to said report otherwise, which

inces of Canada‘ as they exist under the terms oi‘ the said act unless the same are first approved by the legislauire of each of the provinces of Canada." ‘Qmlrassa took the floor and ‘spoke for three hours. He succeed- ed in largely emptying the‘ house, and‘ in largely covering the uni- verse. lt is impossible even to in- tlioato tho natureof his arguments, much less his Coficlllllong, no arr-ea some of his obsessions about Can- ada's relations with ‘_Great Britain and Canadian ludependeu e; but paid respect all shade of op- inionin the ouse. Mr. Bournssa’ follicles himself, and the implies '- eion loft was that tiiiswwas his lit opportunity in parliament to ex- coed the forty minutellmit, '

. ilapointe, Minister of Juhticewvho moved the adjournment ‘last even. ins took the floor this atternooiif l-le 8poke at considerable ‘lengih' and interpreted literally, thy-quip out a maze oi‘ constitutional resolu- tions very cletveriypegueq, u“; nothing in the report oi the Int. perlal Conference had altered our constitution, and nothing could, without the consent of the prom. ces. The only change‘ wgg" mo, status of the Governor" General’ who was now the vice ‘regent. the

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int-sou took m‘ t ' beiorsislituitnd will? ‘lftli-tubfg: debate, '- ,1 _ , _ "

plcficits ooo. pluses. Proceeding to discuss the iizisolinc TZIX the Premier ointcd out lthc Poll Tax was a tax that contributed directly to thc general rev- enue and if the Gasoline Tux wcrt- to take its placc it zilscf would

ready (mlblishetl

the Premier salt ceipt, but it had air at any time ititende House and thc peop at iht: very opening of the s bet-u ti-eutionetl-Tn thc spccc Lctldfr of the fJp douc nothing tote iritiii t icply- to make"c~1~.'.i‘.i_ii cxplntizitiuus and to s

to tli _ and f-"tt was not nrrcssziry for him to buy anything

(Applauli

ctiu uticomtinci

still (the Prom What interested

CIIUCS.

collected under t " The Premier tion that‘ the Gov

‘Proceediugto sion. which ‘ti

did not n

Tu‘ the canopy-bf

position wouldsay, apart

, which it atlmittetl, yet it rt-tluct-tl thc liabilities over $14,- 'l"his certainly uteut to show ilu-rc, are different kinds of sur-

c.)

"Phat it is also the opinion of have to go into the gout-nil rt-vt-imc. 11° 11111911111119" (iasolinc Tax never went into tlu- general rcvcnue, lint was usctl t0 t provide for a itcw cxticiitlitttrc llfllliCly fercncc was thc Poll would affect the rights, powers or special weight upon the poor. Privileges 0i all 0P i111)’ 01' $116 Prov" those wcalihly enough to zifforti :1 moltir car. Tlic Premier next reviewed thc public accounts for i926 as zil- in the (iuarditin. _ l the $80,000 for railway taxation was 7i new rc- eiidy bcéu dczilt with in thc House. d to elaborate upon that item, as he felt that the 1

Tax Wil

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tpisitiou, on t

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of‘). for this.

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lfcrred d that

_, hid thc statement o dhhmcnt had increased thc Land Tax, and showed that was absolutel incorrect. _ "has the receipts from the Prohibition Commts , ' increase over lastyear, the Preiniersaid that n an increase in the quantity of’ liquor sold,

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revisions of lliQZlCt of i896.

The facts are, however, illl‘

Rofitl Patrol. Auothcntlif- s boruc by all classes but bore with

The (izistiliuc Tax is paid only by ( Applause.)

lii dealing with the receipts,

leave for Shanghai where the in-

watchmen committee was assured 893119911 “mm”