PAGE EIGHT " mu cnsawrrlrrown GUARDTAN FEBRUARY "Ill.- 1984 f Au outstanding feature of this rather strong personality. and un-

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Important S1 Merger

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TOKIO. Feb. 16.- most noteworthy Japan's shipping cir nalamitous earthqua the rumored merger Yusen Gzlislla and t Keisha, two of the ing companies in Ja

The calamity del blow to the busines the Toyo Kisen K operates North and an regular passenge Yokohama us a hast and tile firlll realil could hardly realize years l0 come.

A merger with the Kaisha; which once liable, failed to be summer. Tho Toyo .

Con:

Mr. E. R. in his ranch e eight years a and has obtal slightly under first-class pric foxes in wintl Fox Biscuits l

Mr. Brow owner of Sir foxes in the \ oi‘ the best bl Stltes.

Silver London to posed by t

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Casing Rostlhooolloos - Tanner and 01¢

Prince-Jﬂlfifs Toast and Porridge a

Sauce _ Parliaments of Today and. Yester@y _- The Grime of Politics- Fun in the House—Tl\e Abel-deans.

ulhook hands with each ouehas ‘i119! . .PAVNE e o its to him. 1‘ ere ore. 5y J L 1x12 ngtplrriaily, sud as be thought As l come to the last of these 1'9"“ was expected to do. 110 119111 0'11 . collectiollﬂ. l reﬁll" W111‘ " "1“‘°.ms hand when it came his turn. of sorrow that nearly 011 111° manﬂhe Prince. however, drew back. so whom l have referred have Plklle did not even smile. lf anything soo into the shadows. s sense "1 hls look indicated rsnrsof- T11911- vel-sonsl bereavement 15 lnlew" to Sir Charles nlnhsrrs mvstlllsw able from that thoughl- _ 111311? "on gnd chagrin, he saw the heir years of my life were spent ll] 01089110 the throne shake hands v91’? association with them. or as on ﬂll-gcortllslly with others in the line. server of the x1911! 8111119 1“ whmhiwhat did this mean? Was his PN- they were conspiﬂllm-s 913W” ‘seuce resented? ll so. W117? A11 1 creep up to the threescore Yffumsorts of ugly thoughts arose.- The and ten which repreﬁllll" 1119 B11"}explsnatiou came from Lord Ripos llcai spun of human life. and 51-1111'.'whu expressed regret that he had mon lo my 11111111 11"" "1°1*°111'“"“1' not warned him. It seems the which ripened exiwfilillce ‘1e“’1“1'5"-Prince only look the hllld 0! 111009 1 am disposed to moralise a littlelwho h,‘ he“ pmﬂmm], unsung. bit. ed and merely bowed to others. These- men ‘were called 8191K 111 There were other cases of sons their day. They were Si"!!! 111311 following their fathers into Parlia- rank sud homssl! 117 111911’ 1911""- meut. I remember, in particular. They held the wills <11 l1<1l1l1l1l11"‘1.leot.-col. Andrew r. Thompson. tive power in this YOIJIIK ""1011- who succeeded the late Davki Their responsibility was. therefore. Thompson as member for Haldl- unrecitouable. As time Proceeds. mand. The father had been one of however, will history P9008111" those typical representatives who them as having 119911 W811i $19811 seldom opened his lips in the de- Not all of them. it would be need- 5.13m but ‘muse gugglgncg u; lessly and offensively iuvidious to party w” more 0|- [Q33 a fgﬂgjon, anticipate that ultimate ludllllelll Such men are the very backbone of in detail. But l know the rule by pal-tum “var-among, Thg gun w“ which their classification ought to equally loyal to 'hq[ no “nod be determined. The!’ 311111114 119 Liberal traditions, but he was a measured absolutely by 1119 1195199 frequent, sparkling and vivacious

. ssr. had as tmlprefertooifterllheillﬁﬂlilnﬂh‘: was pretty mu own. cs very- emllln Ill!- forbutome menllnths dlmhllgrsvet VUiNV-lu ‘b11111 11- l‘ ‘breakfast. and often told me ilewuulu: “In them-airless. mul- wonm somgo the others but for cslly fifty per cent is taken out of their usefulness in hill! I fresh hand b! 1110 11111 8101111 10 V1101" monsoon fora salons. Hlspos-themnneyls named 1111119001- rluo, of which he wanted a ilber- not more than a quarter n! l1 "I011 helping, he used as a sauce es the vote , sud probably only along with sh equally liberal ser- five per cent of them are inﬂuen- vlco of toast. So he told the Ger- cod by it. lf public opinion ls with msu waiter to bring him adlsh of you, the use of money W111 W111 poi-ridge. s pitcher of cream and a close CUIIIUBIIBIIOIBI or pile up ma-

and, as l have said, loved his against you, no amount of money

the cream; but no toast. "You will side is bnylns 01 1119 "1119 111119- not forget my toast." said Mr. Blair and under such circumstances is "No" replied sh‘: waiter, d"! got sure to win."

your dost." nu lssllilearo .

When the wait-er came back lat- PEOPLE sHARE BLAME ter. Mr. Blair reminded him again » of Lbs toast: but once more he dis- appeared. Mr. Blair was now at tbs breaking point of his patience, and when the waiter came in for the third time empty-banded, he sald_- "See here, ‘m still waiting for my toast." Then the flaxen- haired Tenton unconsciously set a _ match to the fuse. “Wbat!" he 1111 1'1"" 111 111° b1"1°°'1°“~ a“ asked. in ‘atonlahmsnt, "you vant 319911111111 '1'” draw” “p u“ at yo“ dun um you “wrung-- which he was not to spend i1 P911111?- And msuuu, me bomb exp|°ded_ He kept t0 his bafgﬂiILh-Whﬂt; 8 llr. Blair nearly sprang to the cell- 11111- mwwu- '1'“ t” '° ‘m; lug. The waiter fled. or there ‘"11! °1 @111" °1 111° m? would h”, “an on, gem-n l", printed and circulated. When t e to call home when war broke out: "1" ‘"9 ‘ ' m“ 1199mm” and lifr. Blair got no breakfast that "K "°"°<1 “"1"- '1'1‘° °1°"‘°" mom“; n, ha’ 1 than!“ m, i did not want a pure election. l mutant he w‘! ‘M’; u, “wk m, could give many illustrations in dining room.‘ The pin prick did ""1911" °1 111“ “ma”! mm‘ what. nothing else could have done. 11 “m” b“ ‘nukly “m m” 11""

Many big man are like that. ‘l have 1115 1117 111°“ 11'" "'91"? 76a" °1 pom“; service as a private secretary, al-

most equally divided between Con- SIGNS OF DRCADENCE servative and Liberal ministers, l was not able to detect the slightest The 11111511115 111 1111911 11111911 l5 1° ethical difference between the two 11°“ 1-119 94111131110111! 01 0111' lll‘°' paries. Sincerity, zeal. slid the de- seut day compare with 111089 01’ sire to do what was right, were as 1111111 811d X011? years sso- it ma! strong on one side as the other. 1 be '11s" 111'°1111m1111°11 1° 1111111111 1111 saw no essential difference in the 0111111011; 11111» BB 811 011B9rl/9f W111! moral fibre or personal qualities of excellent opportunities and no con- the mom Bu; wnue m]; ceggpoq]

The people are quite as much to blame for this discreditable state of affairs as are the politicians. Some years age, in s Maritime Pro vinoe riding. a protest was filed against the member elected. To es- cape disqualification, he came to terms with the man who was to be

to which they served their gﬂwfavspeaker. Then there were the t tion and the generations which fol- Guthrie; (mm Wglllngﬂm, the son, lowed. There is n0 other lust 01' Hugh. having attained to Cabinet permanent gouge. rank, George Parent also succeed- During my time there were a ed his father from one of theQue- number of instances in Parliament boo Luugﬂtuﬂnﬂlﬁﬂ, and Geqfgg Mo. of fathers being succeeded by,ffat came in underslmllar circum- _ sons. and in One case of father andjgtances from Restlgouche, New _ son sitting at the same time in theiBruuswick. Sir Hugh John Mac- House. l refer l0 Sir Charles Tup- donsld followed into Parliament per and .Sir Charles Hibbert Tup- his father. the great Conservative per. They were alike in the sense chieftain, and Hon. Rufus Pope sat that both were men of conspicuous. for Compton, as had his sire. Sir courage, loving a battle and going George Parley came into the House down. when necessary, with coiorstof Commons as the members for ﬂying. Neither could ever be ac-[Argenteuil some years after his fa- cused of unfair tactics, nor of any-zther bad represented Ottawa. l-lon. thing more than a tenacious andIGoraJd White succeeded l-lou. Pet- aggressive attitude in all m-atterser White, and Captain Thomas under controversy. I was very Wallace sat for West York, as had fond of Sir Charles l-libbert, where- Hon. N. Clarke Wallace. Mr it. S.

than positive affection in my fsel- well after the death of l-lou. lug toward his august father. What Thomas White, and LL-Coi. Mackie l liked in the young man was his now represents his father's old rid- fearlessness, his candor and his 111g of North Renfrew. There were superb sense of honor. in my judg- no doubt other fathers and sons in ment he was an abler man than his the House whose names do not oc- father. all things considered, nl- cur to my mind.

t ough he lacked the prestige of ,

the latter, which always counts. BLMRS TOAST

lt has been said in these recollec-

‘TUPPER AND THE PRINCE tioas that Hon. A.G.Blsir had re- Sir Charles Hibbel-t once told me 111811181118 110189 011d self-control. I of an experience ile had with the 1191191‘ 1100Wl11Y01le who could keel! late King Edward, who was at the"1l191911ll10 1B0 W011 11111191‘ 1171118 011‘- tirne Prince of Wales. it is well oumstaaces._ An earthquake would" worth repeating here. \Vlth Lord nut-have unset hlm- 01111011081111! Ripon. then Secretary of State for 1 1199 111111 111101711 011 11111 11111111106, the Colonies, Sir Charles lllnhort and 111st was by s most Arlval in- "attended s levee of the Prince at sldsnlr-lhs msrest i111! nrlck. it St. James Palace. At the reception, 111011 "llllﬂlllred that 11B had n fero- he was well down in ‘the line of cai- violin lsmnsr. nnd would really be- lerg who moved forward m 31,1518 come berserker. lt occurred at one file. He noticed that the Princer 01' I119 111g 1101918 111 119W Yvfk. 8nd

' jforty yen}; w, v ‘hriy free from l;

Milsel Normand and her attorney are shown‘ on their way to

c“, “Donor-loci who're she testiﬁitiih thilbiillllicsie or f“

"cosmos-l Dina. ml- Norma tsssorsqls rel-souls cgiiglitiliu following ha recent opsnsion

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~ savlvzrsrl; 55:8. It is. I Bﬂme——dirtier sZs'r'L‘1r'l°'o1g"§“-1‘ 1 -.‘ than most men suspuot

. some. I know of mm; been ruined by fr, and | know o! n

’ 111911141998» 11111 11011114 10 of corruption underlies our political c°111°1111 111°"! 11" 119911» 011 1119 contests there cannot be sound "11919- 111111-111" 5151111 01 119011101109- health in the fabric above. The T1115 5991119 1° 11° 11118911’ 0119 10 111- brlber and the bribed are both be- 111111111101 11110111?" F01‘ 91111111910- fouled, and the fact that it goes on there are fsw men in the House of while not]; older, are prgclgﬂmlug 011111111111“ 111,113? W110 "0010 111911- high standards makes the evil in- sure uil to the Parliamentary gldlgugly debsuchtng, standards of other years. No one The impelling motive may be glisllldsh on! so conspicuously as dld easily identified. it ls the intense s)‘ owizuhfscdounld. Edward Blake, desire to win. There may be in the Till-om "g Laurie?‘ 811' 3111111 background a lofty purpose in this s" "gmlul 11' 111111111111 cllll-WYISM, eagerness for victory. lt is con- - " '1' '5 T111111"- 511‘ 31131168 ceivabie that patriotism may be

11.0"- 111011-‘18 W011i?» 311‘ 600189 wer, glsmor, place and 0Di10rtuu- m? cfgfdnawb’ '1 "019 01 0111918 lty; but over all rises a selfish t w‘ e glﬂllléd. craving to bold the reins of Govern-

amw m“ i! 1 9 §1f911xth of these ment. There is nothing whatever in w‘ 5 11 1"" 9011111111111 public the nature of a principle st issue

There were men in the older Par- solves mo "mg" and the "outs " 1 gmigtﬁurm “:19 1101 B11011! 111 am not foolish enough to believe nuance bees 0 n? tremendous iu- these unimportant observations of “my Th lllze f! their iudividu- mine, offered in this way, will have Pope‘ wueot that t°11- 5111111 H9111‘? the faintest trace of influence on by m M! m‘ a 3119- 111B DOW9r the situation: yet it eases my mind to mm morelme“ 01141 Vlﬂloh, and to say that ! look back on some of we ow; the C. 111511111? 011191‘ 1111111. my experiences behind the scenes way No 1m an» Pacific Rail- with the sense of having passed m"; tad ‘mun. 111 1118a in Parlis- through a sewer. 11V have the commanding gums which was exercised by s1;- TWO OLD WHIPS surge Etienne Cartier, Sir Hector 1408011111 Bil’ Joseph Chlﬂqgu, Cooling buck to s pleasant line “'11 311' Al10llrhe Caron. On the of thought, l want to say that the 011191‘ bond. nearly every Govern. Whip in Parliament appears to msllt down to comparatively rose“ have lost the high place he held 1911's bad at least one obscure when l first went to Ottawa. ln 1111111- who did not fill any lame those now rather remote years. Mr. gig“! 111 1119 Public eye, and owsd Alonzo Wright served for the (‘on- u ‘pace to some personal or pg". servallves and Mr. James Trow for ca consideration. Sir Alexander 111s Liberals. They were men of Uﬂmpbell was in that class, and, in 111191‘ 11111911. Sir Richard Scott. '

POLITICS cos-rtv on";

One of two thin 10 be true: Either gvgevlviﬂgkbogeg:

0111‘ Public life is not s"

"I rscting hm"- 111919 108v be a reason for t e latted suspicion. Politics ls

1 P9810! ‘to '

Jlad is the fact that it is n costly 7 who have

r If“ "1111 111's been made rich by

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machined.

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lﬂwnmsr the . y; __ g '. i dlotanm Ithimsse m _ 0:0! ill where “m; _ _ '_

hrﬂmklllt. The pol-rim came end will carry an elecllsn- The nlllsrlmnwormy o! DrQDBWaHDIL The w

lps made speeches. Trow in. 1y spoke .ln s dnalnt and wi way: but wrust. who hsd been affectionately christened the "King of the Gatluesu" ion occa- aidns delivered s carefully prepar- ed little gem of an oration. lisnssrd records the spoken word in Parliament, sud if one were to give up years t0 the job he might here and there find an original epi-

13111111 or l: thgughltl that expressed . ll h . ritie ; b t if ulnr feeling H8911 11l- ll 01‘ 0 111091 D111‘! he w.“ or ma‘ e w” "u" ‘o a u pop :would move through thousands of

pages of partisan rubbish, utterly

preach of Parliament is that it is more the battleground of the ‘Ins and Outs than the centre of inde- pendent and constructive thought by the best minds of our Canadian manhood. Always there is the tendency to measure every utter- ance in terms of votes. and, when the last word has been said, that pretty well expresses the purpose of ninety per cent. of all that goes on in the great council hall of the nation year in and year out. llansard is undoubtedly the lu- nocent cause o_f much waste of pub- lic moneyJn the sense that through that veryexcelient record of the debates an enormous amount of campaigning iscarried on. My old friend Peter Mocdonsld, of Huron, who afterward came to be Deputy Speaker, was a glaring offender in that regard.‘ l remember a speech he once made, which. liberally par- aphrased, was something like this:

Hibbert Tapper. Sit-George Foster. mingled liberally with love of po-

ilfe‘! The answer is Personallt . . as there was more of admiration White took the vacancy in Card- 'l‘hey were the giants of their day’. 23E: slgdxilizil

' . During the great railway strike in Englhnd. r travelers are ihown vvnifiz in lvaill‘

boa

"l charge the Government of the day with shameless and shocking

[waste of the taxes they have wrung

from the people. i do more than

gthst. lcbarge that members of

the Government have not hesitated to dip their hands deep into the "treasury and help themselves and

itheir friends. lf l will pause while

‘one of them dares to offer denial. INsy! Not one of you, sitting there ‘on the treasury benches, will even" ,open this lips. Like crayons you bids your heads and cringe be- neath my words of truth. ls it tnlo or is not. that you have squander- ed public money for selfish and Icorrupt ends‘! Once more l pause ‘for a denial. Then your silence ‘gives assent. You stand convicted ‘of all that l have charged" and so on .

AT 3 IN THE MORNING

As a matter of fact, this fearful and fiery harangue was delivered somewhere around three o'clock lu the morning when a bare quorum was in the House with nearly every- body asleep or dosing. if there were any “cruvcns" sitting on the treasury benches-albeit, for no- curacy sake. lt should be observed there are no benches in Parliament and certainly no treasures conceal- 1ed anywhere on the premises-they were not listening to Peter's sweep- ing charges, nor was anybody ax- cept the shorthand reporters whose duty it was to record them. But how brave and condemllatory that speech would look ln the thousands of copies of l-lnnaard which later went out to the yeouleu of i-luron! The shampf that sort of thing runs through much that happens lu our first legislature.

The " of Commons ls now dry. It was not always so. Cau- dor compels the admission that it was once very wet. l have witness- ed a good dent of revelry down in

the basement in those uuregeuer-

ale days when the bar was there. Yet it would be sheer misrepresent-

bry> 1.. . ._

‘ -' > ram e0 ' ' “lzllw. s."-

sosoll . Qat- hfitrainlut‘ tsr " _ - t: is seen the blank indi@&l\