i,- w»

gupplylng its, wsnts.

‘ lntsrngltlono oi the intelligent.

it lo sdvortislnds privilege to Chit household has in reisrd to

fflle ammo» responds to the

dhsriottstown Guardian Two Oente luorning dusrdisn, Founded 1881

-,. l 1,; . -- p .

3°. . .1111 Eastern. Those Owed

ada, the Latter Being _ liyllonlls Held in liondon.

deibt to the Dominion. The external debt outstanding is that ‘to the United Staten and Canada The amount oi the Canadian debt

(angels! to Tihe Guardian.)

LONDON, April ld-lbnwer tax- man ma; proposed to_the House ‘Qg commons today by Staple? Baldwin, Chancellor or the Ex- chequer." In submitting the new government B11118“. Blliiwll! W" gonad; (i), Reduction of 50 Del‘, 43,51 in the corporations profits tu‘ sitar June so. (i!) reduction in the income tax. (3)

a _ lni.

‘dslawin _in his speech said» "mi Billtain had paid Canada. sixty W‘? million dollars in the past i/eflf» thereby practically liquidating her

i0 flirts l, “Al!

Everything [Ia in readiness for the final concert of the season by the Charlottetown Orchestra at the Prilncoolllillward Theatre tonight at 8.30 sharp. assisted by the Male lOhoir. Vocal solos will be rendered by lMrs. W. E. Fletcher and Miss ‘Belle Cheshire: also in- strumentalsdlos by M158 38ml“ Btults. violin. and Mr. Albert

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i .

" u‘ '1.‘ MI‘ per day 9e‘ “ysefn... f . .. ,.- S, Q “nag! , : we or over

Wm 5 words tonlino. creeps or 5 "Euros. Initial letters. count on Nlomword. I0 oer cent. discount for 227i m...“.“'i."¢";£i¢“h?"s “liflli “*- vui-nisnod noon sufssrrlfi- Iwfl‘: words. for one week. situation vented. for seven words. 50o per week.

L081’ A PEARL-DROP EARRING. Finder please leave at 138 Hills- . Iboro St. audl receive reward.

‘LOST-SATURDAY IN CITY ‘Nari ring. Finder notify Guard- ian. Reward. 1i

Fon allLe-l-lous-rslu cow T0 [Mullen Alpril 20th. Aipply Wm. Boyce, Mermaid, Lot 4s. 4-11-21

WANTED-A COOK FOR THE P. E. island Hospital. Ari-ply at the Hospital in the forenoon.

2i

WANTED -- ALL ‘SORTS OF things (or Y. M. C. A. Rummage Sale on Mo? 17th in Market Building. _

‘PET NANINY GOAT FOR SALE Apply W. F. dlduCormac, 70 Syd- ney St.

"ro LET.—TWO OFFICES NEXT|

lighted and heated. Apply at Two Meos- oms-za-t: __...__.._._...__..__i___._ ‘WANTED-A MIDDLE AGED worms: tlfllosrdviirprlvate fami-

ly. Apply at this office. ~ - I 11870-4-l7-3l

FOR _8Al.lI-- IAIV CARRIAGE Apprly 88 Longworth Avenue. 4i

WANIID -TIAOHER FOR nus- Kin- Schooluflispplement $100.00. Edwin B. ‘Myers, ‘Soc. , ~ . 113504-164“

‘WATOI-ild, QLOCKQ, JIWIL-

..lry repairing sud engraving n!

e highest order st The W. 1'. other 0o, Ltd, Queen Si. l5" l » . B-SO-lmth

BQIT FROM RB_IIOH—O ll PAIR

I .19": ‘_°mnl.i..%udl an. Ten hamlet. . .

sorrows: u» i. _ W» .‘..wb‘..f‘i“'”“‘°.»s..s.i.“2i. "ass; Ambler», ilitnidliet. 8t. ail-strong, .qni.'

‘I-Qb :on fit non; ill-Q 5| 0M sr _ive_, ion. A 1v w. staff;

giggle-i

.11. at» ilivor.‘

"lfillalsu- cw line-m K: aids w i c _ . “Htyfllfi moo to ts oo

I

‘mm! rfieilppre t me instruct 3m! ' ' ' _ n foo-Bill. "romeo. ' ‘ I l .. . .1 m

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eylljedllotionsjjiiranted in Taxation. I Deiilsllovfiiandlnsare . to United States and Can-

is practically equivalent to amount bonds hold in ‘outed these dcflpts will be set-off against each other. A year 650, Six penceHlle external debt was one billion and ninety

Reduction of the beer tax a nellllyltlie 611d

Ilonoori Tonight

~ 11390. 4 17 3i’

Practically Offset

only of the

the Canadian Sterling

of Britain. it is entitl-

million pounds and it oi! March 1.155.535.0947 pounds, an apparent increase ac- counted three years’ interest on arrears oi the United States debt,

he Prince Edward

Greene, saxophone. One particular- ly good number ‘will be the Anvil Chorus from’ the opera "ii Trove- tore." in which the orchestra will be assisted by the Male Choir. Tak- en altogether, local theatre-goers are assured of an excellent even- ing's entertainment. There are plenty good seats left. and those intending to go should book their reservations early.

(épeeial to Tlhe Guardian.) LONDON, April 16.——'l‘he B to decide whether or not to with- draw the Moscow. liloreign Secretary Cim zon returns to London Tuesday to late withdrawal land will,

isters.

Immigration Estimates Again Gome upj

Hlieir

(Special to ‘llho Guardian.)

will see n resumption of tho lie-have Three appropriations, which in all total $8,386,000 have already been.

was passed. Now, however. I108 Y hair oi the iotiil has ‘been iusreed to, though one or the remaining votes is ililit over which mast of] |the rleibato has arisen. This is all

artist

‘YIDDTODTIBIIOII of $1,850,000 iorlin an immigration, conltingbuoicsl. inclu-i ding grants

sociation concerning which there

Ito the Canadian Colonization An- hae been so much discussion.

Announcements, I Coming Events, . Meetings, Etc-

RATIIIS-l-ioo per line per dsv. s: er lino per dey for I days or over o. mltne per day ror s days or 0V9:

6 figures, initial letters. count s» one word. 10s per cent. discount to: oasis. ddress forms pert or ed and must he paid for. -.

"Annual Meeting Millviow Hall 00.. W ’ esday, April 17, 7 p. m. Full stterldlnce requested. Order Directors. 118774-1741

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"Rev. Mr. Malone will give nil address in Zion Church Hall on his experience in West Indies io- niuht at 8 p.m. Everybody wel- come. -

_,_,_._.__.____.__..___ won eAts-is iswiii. we», tiyam watch, cheap. Apply Guar- dian. 3i

PROPERTY FOR OALE-JEVE- l ral choice balding lots. high dry land st Br ton. Prices range from 8850. to I750. Apply to Vin- vent Power, or W. V. Pllrdie.

11871-4-17-3!

City.

‘OAPTURIID A FOX. OWNIR can have some by ilfvvllllifiil" part1 gulps expenses. VlLnot claiinediby ._ ay 10th will he sold on Inst dsy m: ‘I o'clock , .- oilsriss ‘Sildlibdry, m‘ w. P- a. x. - i-IT-li"

lThat was its comparative brevity, “deIIvci-ances," to use a term of my hon. Mr. Nash.) But unfortunately in that, too, because he has reached his nllotirtl span even on this occasion, and has run for nearly three hours. 5o that I am in this position, un- fortunately, that I cannot compliment him at all-certainly not upon the matter of his speech. he would make no apology for repetition, otherwise I am afraid fqr by the addition of we should have received a shock. same as his “deliverance” of a fcw wccks ago on the Address; that in turn was a repetition of his Iiudgct speech, which was a repeti- tion of last year's Budget speech, and I might go on with the’ com- parison back to the year i920.

cn the Address as being the (lpruing Ode. “This, I suppose, might be termed the Closing Odc—-I trust of his Government! spoken of the interest he has taken in music that he is an authority on iiic leaching of ill the ‘teaching of singing or “ruuuds" as we used to call it (Lang iter) icdgcd Statements —wliere you commence at the beginning and go all round a d ar- rive back at where you stzirtcli.

British MISSIOII Vi; rtmglsa.) , ' ‘ - clue as; so ~~ To be-Withdrawumlpsssiins-nu friend the Premier, the lion. Conlniissiulil-l" of Aqricull lesser degree from the UIIICI‘ gcililolllcil. !ihe (lefinltion of Iltxziiioii mid IIIHZI’ gone into the most C mjand abstract discussion of the theme. li-lh Cabinet will meet “Yednesllayjthat. ‘this House was 1i ‘school wlicrc the only subject sail c _ Political Economy ZIIIII more especially that braucli- dcnIIWWvIIh British mission from Taxation. i

bg present, He will “r89 immgd-‘IS i! that it orcufiivs so much of Illcir LI/ioiiglzt and allrrllirili? I'VII_I’_ have}: I! Ihu! a man who IilLl‘ rommilfcd a trim-t’ viii’! the “uppfm c‘! several “he” ‘um-speaking of i! Bu. his slurp? Follow ‘mid we tigoilld no dolib! hear IIIPIII IIIIIIIF-FIIIg “!a.l‘a!ian" rwll In

‘and they cannot get assay from It! (Applause) , . I

jtion policy and the chief one is that alleged indebtedness of $253,- OTTAWA, April lit-Tomorrow 000. which they ‘

bate on the immigration estimates-vainly i0 speak ofligihtlyl This is the Goldm Calf ulhirh is IlcId up by ihefore the committee of supplyonjiily Iloilqfflvild six different days and it was not because it is the sign ‘ZUIIIC/l 111ml Ila/m will free 111cm If/(OJI TIIE "M" the fill-h W "m ‘IWKIWP ULTIMATE PUNISHMENT 01* THEIR S/IVS THEY "COMEBElfOldE THE -I’IiOI’LE OI? VINCE. This is Illa Great Exélixc fort/Mfr Idmatiun nlrasllrri".

to jmmigratkm “visitor was passing through and this poor fcllolv ZIPPFOZICIlCd him “I wliiii you roman-d by Auditor", he is your political I dare not llciiy llinl." been dodging brllilld Ilir

,0 American consulate, wenlgiilirllggllzttltjgnt:olc)tatgegsi.d n’; Ilyjjtli: 21:3; (Jgfrglgltplerlgalslzclllilfiklgzllyl and sztid to him; visitor looked zit it and zisltetl‘. “Wllzli (l0 yuii call it P" “It is an illustration of the Israelites crossing the Dead Sell wiili Pliziroil ill pursuit," he replied.

‘The

Covers in

incc island like Iiie Dew

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA TUESDAY, APRIL 17,1923.

TLBBBENI BBBBEBB BY BPPBBITIBN IN BEPIY TB THE PBEBBIEBB BBBBET SPEEBB

Mr. J. D. Stewart, K.C., Ably Discusses the Financial Condition 0f the Province and _ A, the Insincerity of the Bell Government in the Excuses Put Forward for In- ‘ilili-IP creased Taxation. '

Following Premier I-icll in the Budget debate in the Pro- or ask-fly

vincial Legislature Thursday afternoon, April 12th, Mr. D. lliolu,”w:is tlie rem“ Stewart, K.C., Leader of the Opposition, said: '

' Mr. Speaker, I had hoped up to about io o I would have been able to compliment my

Government, upon zit least one phase of his Budget speech. as compared with his former friend for Belfast (Hon. I am disappointed, CIT."

He told us at the beginnnig that

I-Iis speech was practically the contrary -—lulIes.r

VINCE THE 514M]? OLD SONG lliiscs.

political

It is the samc old soilg. I spoke of his speech in the debate

_ _ _ _ lic has l And so it will be with this lass.

We will have a repetition of the song of the Leader of the veni- mcnt which was a repetition of last ycar’s song, which was jn turn‘ a repetition of the song of the yQ1ll‘I)CIOi‘0—£1 government “ v uud"!

We have had the usual (lescrtniion on the abstrnc uflubjcct

" is remarkable that so uiucli of 119. ti I is éilcgupinlidn .=.lic siuvililiiio. "of ~11. “dim. ‘fill u- liuirilly‘ cci. \‘,"c hurl: hall it ill ll i‘. lull in slljfiric n wiillllilore tl 1V1‘ limited’

They hzivc. h

(me would zillm

fICIIdIIII mm‘! tll W/Iy ‘ZWIS i! t/m! so 11inch lime ‘ix giwn Io lIiIS xubjccl? Why and ihz slill Iw found Ihrrc geniliwncil l0 Illrii‘ Imnllz,"

slunibcrs; Iwcansv their gililly conscience is Iruiil/Iiliy/ I/IPIII-

THE GOLDEN CALF _ _ I tion of My hon. friends give a great many excuses for their taxa-

suy was lcft by the Conservative government. been blamed by the IlOil. Premier for speaking in n “light about this sacred subject. It seems to be a (lziiigerous iheiuc icr of a for his follawrrx I0 bow down Io and fUorSflfpylln-c l0 ‘VII/IA, ilivs of 'I‘III.S' PRO

This so-czilled Indebtedness reminds me of n. story ZiIlUllI nu

\_vh0_ unfortunately became lllcllizilly ilcraiigcll and was plziccd institution where people of this kind arc kept. One (lily a

IIc exhibited ihc piipti‘ mid the‘

that is of that

“But where are the Israelites?" illc visit-

____._____._

do not printed

shows i

liudit.

had to

be f ore, port we

If ! l l i I ! l l

we ma" or‘ rlir erratum

~ssensn-~"~ ' " '

w»

Government.

VICTED OF THE GRE

_ He has lbound by that. and has informed us ‘followers as we ilsic- His Specially is he is bound only by his (uvu

spcéchcs Qiljflbl)‘ hoirspccclics that ilic

‘CIIBVQMIIZIIFC illcct?'_’ o waslBY TAXATION raising I/IL‘ (_)r llocs ii mclin culling

wmd no! 07’!‘l'-I‘iIIi Ilia TUTJCIIII

\Vc know how ilic Hon. scrvntivcs found it in 191i. [Auditors before they undertook th when the accounts were opcil audited.

Dill lIlC Iicll (lover _ TII(‘_\‘ gam- insirliriioils i0 ihe_ Speaker, I uocd not say that I IIE IVIIO ALLlZGES-IIIUST Wfiilicblvdnlxis mid lllvy must fir

other case WIICTC outside and in from of the report and tllcu we

port llliClIlgClllI)’.

IEIBEB

‘(L-n “Oh, the Israelites have passed. over; you cannot

“ lut who

_ rolled back; don't you remember the Bible story?” ‘clock last night that ls Phzlroli mid his host?" “They have not come up yet; you can't lIOH- friend. the Lead“ soc them." The paper was tiu absolute BLANK!

TIIE BOGUS DEFICIT

AND SO IT IS WITH MY HON. FRIENDS “DEFI- It is the creation of their imaginations. ' NO SUCH INDEBTEDNESS AT ALL. ferciicc between the poor deranged artist and the Leader of the A Tlicrc is IIIcI/iod in Hie 1il0dllt’.i'.i‘ 0f my lion. friend. Iic is holding the blank scroll up for a very good reason of his own. H L‘ knows, he rcmcmbcrr, IIoIIl-iihrfandfng IIIS protestations to the , the broken proniisrs of his party, and that lie will stand

provided tviI/i some creme-before like people CON- ATEST POLITICAL FRAUD EVER PERPETRATIZD UPON THE PEOPLE OF THIS PRO- ! And so these excuses have been invented. T he Premier has made greatest protestations as to those pro-

He has denied making meetings.

atcd what has bccn said in his own party prcss——he

He will rcpull

Very wcll. >laccd in his

fcndililre ulcvl.

NOT TO

Now let us examine this. glint dud l c

ucnbunbcd all cxtratla rcvcuuc wili ll! I0 rarry lziu that, In pay

“lint docs that phrase mean,

Does it moan

rt‘? c FPTFIIIIC at Ilia! Illnr."

Ihiuk lIlCTC is no (lifficuliy about i110 llicaiiing _ ltikc rcvciluc and expenditure lllCCtl

u I'll/IT THEN IVAS.

it was that hc would ll

It is his privilege to do this. He has repudi- ll; he is not bound by wllatTHEY say! He says

platform Ilia! Ill.‘ svould Ilia-kc rm/cnilc and ex-

see re is the sea?" "'l'lic sea has been "But where

B

THERE WAS But there is this dif-

FBINBE ANB BELBIBBI. BIIB I

Forces 0f Occupation Now Hold

hnvé been Belled "by the French otter of last ‘December to pay 30 and Belgians, it lwas announced 000,000,000 gold mark; ($7,450,000 1 ind-w. making a total of 10o mines -' and coke plants now in Llle hands of the forces of occupation, There are approximately 260 coal sham n

2- |1r .|. , . ,l.

pose that sIl "j women and nowspqen. -

It Idiom. m: ul- numlior or newspaper my" is, lpproxlmnllly lllonuosi with m‘ reading population! _

A _ . i 1 first. IO. ~ , .

NINE llllllllllll iilii Miil-IBBB)

_ ' 100 and? Mines and Coke Plants. Germany Ro- - peats Her Offer of Last Decemberniol, Payment of Reparations and Declares This is the Last Offer. V:

(Special to ‘llhe Guardian.) BERLIN. April ld-Todey if

DUISSHIJDORIF, April lit-Nine the Reichsiag, Foreign Secretar- dditionai coal mines in the Ruhr Rbtflflllblll‘; reiterated Germany’

‘iv Mall, Gansds and U. 8. A. Annual subscription delivered

000 in reparations to the Allied Po n era. “That is the utmost and th ' last offer Germany will milky’ l; declared.

all in the Ruhr.

them outside the House, at various

says he is no‘. late what has been said by his own

platform and his OWN acknow- I-Ie cannot deny this one, because

Boner LIWWS impending NUIOMQIIIHIIIB official denial . ¢_ mode this morning in the Obser-lpooted w" no “n”

RETIREMENT ll Pllllillll llll l5 llllllllll BENIEII

‘UONTON. April ld-lflsllbwlng night. The Prime Minister has n, the definite pronouncement of intention whatever of resignin|

in oificisl circles. Bone V" B" l1! ill lflvllymous letter inn/w is extremely anxious béforl signed oxoninister in Lord- md-reglsqfln; 1m “an” m, 9rd"; dens New! 0f the World this oi-ieuctvssion and prevent breakin iilcial announcement was issued up the Conservative patty! an hold-No. 10 Downing Street to- foroing a general election tha

11118111 give Labor power.

' r fungi wl-l a

BE DENIED

declared in his ‘election ch they IlLKI a! Illa! lime "was quit.‘

on and lira/er TUITIHIL’ and tnrpciidiliirc mccl, ziiill IIII‘ additional zuvflmlscs nvccxsaryv.

“makiilg revenue and expell- 2m increase of expenditure and then rcvrlille to nwct Ilu: additional 0.1-- down Illc avpcndiiunn Io I think the answer is dbvious. I 1c intended Io convey,

, ‘ I w,

IIOIV TIIE)" DID IT.

ascertain the province Il2l.(

Ilhey called in these surplus. not by merely

ilizlt date zuld subtracting them, Imslncsslike ivay. _ nmcnt do fills? N0! What did they do?

Ilir pruviiicr Iii a

instead of this, ilicy come forward with

the Provincial Audit For IIII‘

the only argument he h $253,000 indebtedness.

IVA S

The truth of any answer llcpcuds ii question Ilia! Ims produ Qf the answer you must know what questions w "c its were lilndc illc

Ilut what his indebtedness of $25

revenue and cxpeiliiililrc up i0 that n fair, truthful, honest \\'¢iy' to ascc ihc province at that tulle?

It is quite true

Bu! rulirn?

kind of audit Ilia! suflvd l/ICI!’ fur/lose a face this House and make some rllry iifl/M‘ up I0 Ilifs date nmd up Ia the 31st of Dcrembvr-

Docs that audit pilrpprt q f question and answer, and from the rc-

it was n matter o can sec this plainly. l

"Under the authority

Council, requesting us the Province as at 81h . _ . ., _ , mit that having inquire

red Hui! nnsrrivr. pill side by

that lhc lie Six moinlhs aflrrrivirds.

Now we come to this dtficii 0f $253,000, 11ml l0 lhc man‘ ncr in which they ascertained it. how they should have

How did they do it? We know

led it, and how the financial condi-

i been ascertained by previous governments. Mr. Peters found it, and ‘how the Con - Thev called in independent Outside

c business at all, at the time

and when they could be intelligently

auditors and made up not the mat- adlliiig up the revenue and expendi- ‘but by taking all the liabil-

Provincial Auditor. Now, Mr. s ll common legal principle THAI PROVE. Thry have aI/cgvtl this ma‘. if.

a statement pre- zinll they soy: “This was your you must believe him; you IIOII. friend has

or riciltl? Ins! Ilirvr your: my

coal-Inilx of Iliis Provinriul Aiidilar, null

as to produce as to the correctness

IT FAIR?

poll the IIaIMH.‘ of the To judge of the value side with it the question. NVC asked the Auditor. In every questions wverc could deal iviih ihc rc-

ihis audit purported to be which

3,000 was simply liii addition of the j

time and subtracted. “his that rtain the financial condition of

l! Government DID lllIlkC all 'I'Ilcy iilzilic the t the time, and when they kind of an excuse, bu! c an oilrsidc rludi! for the full your, i0 be a complete one? As I sziid Icre is the introduction lo the audit: of the foregoing Orders in i0 zlsccrtnill ilic actual liabilities oi Sepleuibcr, i911), we licrcwit-h sub- <l iiiio the Ihiblic Receipts and Ex-

penditures, as shown by the Lcdgcrs in the various Dc - parimcnts, as fully as the very limited time at our disposal

would permit. on 8th September, I

' ' I It W35 only an rsliniaie. Leader of the Government wanted, I suppose. even when in Opposition that all audit was only an estimate, but

we cslimalr Illr IiabiIiIIrs of the [irorinw 9n), to have beau Si..2i)g,808.07."

ll was what my lion. friend the lIe has declared

... ‘s,

"M-o-

The D EYIQLIS government he hall ~

Mr. Fielding Refuses lNew Brunswick Man To See Callers Dies inDfS. - On Tariff. Issue wlslnml-aaifz... ,l:_~a~.,

Dieuaide of the New Ylvrk Sui,‘ formerly or St. John, NB. Tele- izraiph died here. He was assistant manager of the Sun and had watched the Pacific ileeto In re- izcut battle practice. liowss born on Camlpobelio island. _