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Hon. 0HABLE8 MUBPHY (Buiaell)- Mr. Speaker, ia the last ParUament it waa mj privileie to oongratnlate yon. Sir. when yon were first chosen to All (he position of Speaker of this Hoose. Tonight it is again my pririlege to ofbr yoo my felleftations on having heen selected for a seooad tiire to preside over the deliberations of this assAmbly, and in doing so I feel that I msy avail myself of the opportunity to say tiiai yon can at all times eonnt upon the hearty «o-operation of my fellow-members on both sides of this Hovse to assist you in the dis- charge of the important duties attaching to yon high oiBce. By way of expediting the business of the House, end in order to facilitate the work of the QoTemment ia pressing forward Canada's part in the war. I have » sug- gestion to make, which, if edopted. wUI. I am convinced, attain both tiiosa eadt. My auggojtioD is thai the hour for the meeUag of Parliament should be changed, and that, Instead of asaemfcling at three o'clock in the ■Memoon. this House diould meet at one ams-i o'clock, and sit contiouously until six o'clock, or Ister. if neoessanr. end that night cMsiona should become the exception rather than the rule. I have given this soggeition a good deal of thought, and I have discussed it with others who have had fairly extended experience in the work of Parliament. Their belief coin- cides with my own, that if the snggerted change were made the members of Parlia- ment would bring to the cmsideration of public business a capacity, b. menlAl sad physical, for soataiaed work that, under our preeent procedure, grawi increasingly leas as the session advances and night sittings multiply. The public business itself would be more expeditiously and more satis- factorily disposed of. the members of the Oovemment wouU have more time to devote to the work of their respective departments, and thoee who, either in an official capacity, or as membeie of the press gallery, are obliged to report the daily proceedings of Parliament and of its committees, would be afforded seasonable hours ia which to perform their work. - Such a change as the one I have sug- gceted would correspond, in a general way. with the rule that prevails ia the United - 1 jfetlftiftA MiiliiJI CiOf,^^'^^''^'^ 8telM O ettw. U It moiaiag* tram %M to M o'«I«di «a«ld. wtMB aiewMiy. b« 4«toM to Uu BMlta«i of oomuUtoM, ad 4te awi b tw o( tk* HoQM, when not w «agacMl< «wiU Imm unpto tlBM to aMnd to thair wm- ■pondano* and to ptrfonn otbtr dottoB. In any «v«iit. tiMfe •mitiia, M • rnla, wonld ba fret, and tha.- wonld giva tbam apportmiHy to diapoaa -A any ananm o( work. Tba piopoaad dHmfa w«entieroan ■%fta waa iiiea, aa be is now. the leader of the OiivBiwaamt, not to prooead upon the ha thai fit HI* kitowi^. hot to adopt aoina oaa of tha altofiMMva pfopaaaU »«t emanataJ fnm ftto aida «f (ba Bona*, in ofdar to kaap Cwda oMad both at «Md. nw^yaalthatlmada Miiiilii a|i|>aah frnm other boB. cMtknanaa Ibia aida of «w JSxmm mat wl* « iika Moaptton. and wWW time haa alMadr Tindieatad flioaa ufae nada the appaala to wbtob I ralar, tima haa not, and time will aoi lor many a day to eoBa^ aradi- oato tha artt laaoMa of indnoe 8n8 of Canada undoubtedly did when the Prime Miniater had the Christian Science Monitor placed on the subscription list of the wveral depa-tments to be paid for out of publio fundi-^unds contributed by Catholica equntly with members of all other denom- inations. But it must not for a moment be thought that the Christian Science Monitor ena moat inflammatory <}f thaaa •ppaaia. m it ocrtainly wM tha moat gr»- taaqualy fatao, wm piA>liahad by tha Canr adian Homa Journal in ita Deeambar iMua. Attar moralitinc on tho tragic im- portanea of tha iMna to ba daeidad on Daeamber 17. it prooaadcd thui: Ocmuuijr'a Nptlto diploaaer uaw nuuqr annclca In BMnqr Uula, and tha moat bnporUat agency that It la to-dmr oalnc on Can a di a n aoU la the Roman CathoUo ChnidL No i«oaf fasa In aarape •M laifffri-T Caaa at hoasaTvs vote ("r Hi"*"* ns I iiaiiat la tha wamaa'a paranovnt doty,- - the doty of the hmw. Mr. Speaker, eould anything ba mora dHtardl/ or criminal than tho article from uliieh I bare ]u«t quoted? Soma hon. MEMSKRa: Hear. hear. Mr. MUSFHT: And yet tha wriUr oi that artiela not only goM nnpuniahed but I have no doubt ha anjoya many a chnekle orar hia omUribotion to tbo davil'a brew with which tha Uidon Oovatninan filled, and maddened and miaU'd a tooe held to have en- doraed the deelaraUon aa well, and the pdblic wai judge him acoordinfly. In view of the facta that I have pre- sented, what becomes of the hollow pre- tenae that the Govemment'a election appeal wm solely for the purpoM of ob- taining re-infoTcementa for the boya at tha front, and to maintain Canada'a part iu the war? Tha article in the Orange Sentinel, with ttM Prima Miniater's en- dorsement. BupiriiM the anawar to thai question. I hrnn iUuDntai tlw im« ii «l «h« IJaiMdM pwty iewMds the ObUmUm •I OnMft tar darW 4o «f»OM Omb. UI ■M new ihav jtm ttat • Oaflwlie who n|>- portad Uttm bmI wHh ao battw «* 4iflM«nt teMtaMai H— dtog agiia {rom th* citieto in Um Oruita BtatiiMl of Daetmbcr nth. mr I 4M«* tha loUswlBf : It It aatertttMU* tfeat thr«atk*«t tk* Bifllih- "*■* — pf OT to e ^ tiM OB* -' "-*■ -* — ' tr Mila« tk« UMrtw »artr k iMnOM* •( wke kataoc to tk* Ronoa ComoUo Ckarch. I WM tk* koeiftnoi of th* Loarter invutaM- u«. la Oatarlo. Apart from Blabop railon Baa« tt Om kl«h«r OngT of tkia prorlaoa gav* aay tedtaatloa •( fMoii4ablp (or tho Vatoaiat Oor- Tharo la ovory roaaoa to baHor*. boworar. tkat hia oMttw la aopperttac DMon Oorora- BMBt waa laraaly a ««alra to poaWi tkoa* who kava paraaad Wm for twonty-Hra 7- vert to ngr miaUken opinion by ^posing. aa MeSy va poaan>le, «ie facta i^Mting to the fwn. gentleman'a poUtie career aa I now know tbeni. Deainng «t the aame ttoe to he fair to the hon. gentleman. I propose to take aa Um standard of jndgment that avgktto ba aypUad ia hia eaaa a atvidard that haa baaa wrnttHM by hiBMoH. Let ma axpUia what* that ataadaid ia to ba fonad. ■r— *^-t at Noftfi Bay on tha Mi Oaeeoi- bar laat, tha baa. fantlanan anaigaad tha laadar of tha Liberal party and the pao^ of QaAae «or thair Jlaga d attitode towaada tha war. and for the momaat I do not intend to ataka aay forthar aaa of hia apeaah tn^ to eita tha baaia on which he laid hia diaica. I viA return to tha apaaeh later on. IIm baaia «f hte ebaaga en Mm ooeaatoa to wbieh I'lafer waa «ta l«ik of aaetiAea on tha part of the paafrio «f Qaabae. A man who wiH maka aoeh a «bai«a aa that liionid Btand Ml ve^f tuta gnmnd wWi regard to hia aam raoofd in ifaa matter of aaerilloe, and if he doaa not ao atand Mian it were better for him to faava remained aileni. Now let ua see what the hon. gsollcaMn'a raeotd ia with regard to aaartflea. Briefly aUtad. Sir, tt is tfiia: that while he preadbea tha goapal of aaeriflee for othcia. ha haa oonaiatantly garnered and poekatad tha imita of aaUiiduieaa for him- aalf. Aa yoa are donhtlaaa aware. Sir, tiia ooH of oommareialisad Chriatianity, in On- tario at least, haa been plaead on the baaia of an exact seiaDce. Tha three great ez- ponenla of that oaU are John Wesley Alii- aon, Joaeph Weday Flar^e and Newton Wealay Bowatl. Ego ia thair god. antoa tiieir creed and moi-mteaa ttiair practice. In point of -tact. Sir. they are the three great Canadian Sinn Feiners. In our politi- eal annaia an infamooa immortality waa 4ioaferred on John Wedey AUiaon by my friend the present Minister of Public Works (Mr. CarreU) in connection with fuses and riiells- A like service waa performed for JToaeph Wealey Flsrvelle by Food Commia- •ioner O'Cmmor and Mr. George W. Kyxe. late member for Biehm<»>d. N.S.. in con- nection with baoon and eggs. And. Sir. it is my imrpose to convince you and Uie country that Newton Wealey Sowell is well wortiiy of the place the nablio baa assigned him as the third memb«:.- of that delectable trinity. Not to go fnrtiier back than the days of Ae Boas Govemment in Ontario, it may be recalled that tha hon. gentleman was very active in hia sopport of that adminis- tration, but his support entailed no sacri- fice; ijaite the reverse. Itirough it he man- aged to secure an appointment as solicitor for tha Government at the time that the loan of $3,000,000 waa made to the r»«rgan. ized industries that Mr. F. H. Clergne had eatabliched at Sault Ste. Marie; and by reason of repnaeniing the Government ha MllBHolitp wMk «M al tra«d te Am iwf«niM. ImImM Uw »iw yciWtflM ■» Ik* WlMB ohUgtd to liT* «» OM ol I fMttioM. 1m WM nplMad b7 Ilia pwu Mr. Mr. ThMMt OibMo. Mjr iafonnstiM to Hu* M tlM tmmh of faia Mppoittng th* OoUrto OoTtmmMit of tte 4*7 aad of kto MrariBff tho pediUou ■MnUonod. Om hoa. ■ombor tor Darhaai iaoNMod hia aaTiaci bjr aa anMuat in aaoaaa of •IM.MO withia • poriod of tour or ivo jrtara. Bat tho ozaet date ia imataterial: m alao ia tho Jangtii of timo daaing wtakh it waa ac«a- mnlatod. TIm BStarial thing ia that it can- not bo pntondad Surt tho hon. gantleman'a acUra aoppott of tha Soaa OoTeronMnt •3o< tailad any aMiiAea on hia part- How, Sir, what happonad whoa tha hon. gantloman entorod the proTineial IMd of politioa? With hit oaual praaa n eo of mind ho arranced with hia frionda to form a eonmittaa for the pvrpoaa of ratoing a fund to fnarantee him af'-^at any toaa whito anfaged in hit woric Drorineial leader. Mr. A. E. Amaa, of Toroi to, waa ohairman of tho eommittea, and in additton to Sir Joaeph FlavoUo, tha contributora inolndod aoToral other Toronto gentlemen. Tho ftmd itaelt waa called the "Soeretarial Fond" «ad I am informed that it Tailed in amount from $•,000 to 111,000 a year. Agate, tho ezaet amoont raiiaad in any one year it im- material: &e point it eatabUahee it that at proTincial leader the hon. member for Darham wat protected agatnat any aaori- flee wbiltt he retained that potition. In other worda, ttie hon. gentleman had plaoed bit political terricea on preeieoly the aame baato at that on which Sir Joar^h FlaTelle while Chairman of the Impertol Uanitiont Board, told bacon for tho aoldien to the British OoTemment. namely, that the bacon wo aid be tnpplied only after he had aecured an undertaking to indemnify hia company agrainat all lota. Truly, Sir, it it perfectly wonderful how commercialiied Chittiainity aharpeiu a man'i lente of buiinCM. A little oyer a year ago the hon. member for Durtiam and hia preee agent paid a Ttsit to the battlefront. The trip waa well advertised, as my hon. friend the Minister of Cttstoma (Mr. Sifton) will recall. Tho memiber for Durt-iim got many cable menttont out of K, but did he pay the expenses of the trip? Not he. The ex- penses were paid by the hon. gentleman's Toronto frionda, who contributed, I am told, a sum in tfae neii^bourhood of $3,750 as fko mH of *• WMlM«t Bidtiplyiag UhMtrattoaa. It may he aatd llMt th- ooBtrlbitfoBa of Kr Jeaapfc f UtoUo aad o«.tan to the iMm. gaaltaaiaB't •avana faoda ware mda for the panpoaa of •dvarUaiag. flaaaeiag aad ptooteg tto boa. gaafUaaMn on tho poUttoal BMrittt to pM- eiaoty tha aana way aa Sir Joaaph FlavoUa advarttoaa, flnainwa aad ptoaaa Ua baaaa •ad agf* OB tha ooBBMNtal BMrini. Than waa ao aaetifleo of any Uad Imntnii Ik waa aimply a mattar of hwaJaiia uf oooi, oaloatothig bnafaiaaa. at thai llMMfota I tuhmit that it toaroaly Uaa ia tha noath of the oonbor lor Dwhaai to ittotik tha pa»^ pie of a whoia pforinaa far their laek. or alleged laek. of aaeriaoo. Lot ma BOW ret»a to ' '«rial Fund" and haying ito organ- *nd field workert with their praaa agency and each social and moral rotorai agenoies as might be gathered in throi^h the activitiet of those who were working in oo-operation wiith the member for Durham to ouot Sir Wilfrid Laurier from the leader^ ahip of the Liberal party. Then, there were lumshes and dimiert at Toronto, to which decent Lrbeials were aometimes inrited, and at which tfi« plot would be more or leaa openly referred to in proportion as it waa deemed aafe by tho V llMir iMMUHjr «• «r WU. flMtMS to Md hmilm. VloUawiaff om •! Umm la^iftol • dMMd WM Md* tkirt «r WilMd ^ **^ to MM Mr. iMNn M kit IM. MMor la tha hiiwifclp •! tk« LOwsl putjr, bat Mm laaUMMa «ke w«a thaa ■PProaeiMd laa^ad tha sU^ pnpoMl to it waa ylaaaad to M^ Atmi a eluMa ta tto diiaetoraUp ct tha Tbtairto OMa. aa aa to hanr on tha raplaaiag at Sir Wilfrid bjr Mr. Bowdl at Ottowa aad tha iaatalla- tioB of Mr. AtkiaaoB aa Mr. loroU'a aoe- eoMW at Tonmto. Bat that too Biaearriad. aad for Mvaral d^a aftorwarda tha tola- pbona Una loMliag from Mr. Maakair'a oOea to Mr. AtkinMm'a oOea ■■mil haarr wMh Bwiat regreto. Bat trbst eoaaeri|>tian appaarad on tha aeaaa aad Uaion Gorarn- BMOt loomad ap-ah, thara waa tha chaaca ■0 ioBf dallied. Aad, haviaf fail-* to dia- lodga Sir WUfrid. tha hoa. aibir m for Darham (Mr. BoweU) aad hia aotcorafa of pork patera, tniat BMignataa. biokara and diaappoiatad JooniaUato traaaftorad their attenAioaa to Sir Bobart Boidan aad Uaion OoTamBMBt. both of whom thar are (ol- towing eloaaly and naaalflahly aa anmer- ona appointmante to inllnential eommis- aiMu. fat advartiaint ooatraeto aad hand> aoma brokerage on viotorr w loaai all amply damonatrato. In Tiaw of thaaa doinga. Sir. yon are not rarpriied that I ahonld atamp aa faUe and h7po«!ritioal tha pretenia of the hon. gentto. man at Korth Bajr that he >>ad been a follower of Sir Wilfred Laurie." nntil con* ■cription became an iaane. The very leverae waa tha fact, and the proofs were knowu to hondreds of people throughont the Dominion. Another charaoteriatic distortion of the tmth on the part of the hon. gentleman was lis statement at North Bay regarding the alliance between the Nationalists and the Conserratives in ISU. Here are his exact words as reported in tiM Toronto Olobo of Deoember 7. 1917: As Ubarsla w« have clalBMd that the suirender in the year Ifll, of tha ConsenratiTe party In the provtnoe of Quebec to the National- Ist-clMleal tnnuenoe was a crave nattonti blunder, irom which we have suffered thronah the whole period of the war. You will observe. Sir. that the hon. gen- tleman would have hie audience and tha public believe that the alliance with the Mationalisto waa made only by the Quebec wing of the Conservative paH^. The hoa. gentleman, whan he made that speech, was speaking in tha district of Nipiaaing, and Imw his audianoa owst have smiled ss they <• kte aad raeallad tha taaoation Ibr hia aabiaat eoUaafH*, Ron. Q*"*"— ' ^ ■«>•»« OordoB and 0B»4rto oewarratWaa. to Mr. RaaH tha MattoaaUat toadar. whoa that 1, oa Mr. Oaohraaa'a iaritattoa, ««t to Xipiaaioc to aaaiat the Coaaar- ^tiraa ia mi, aad whan, to use Saaator ««fd0B a awa wocda, thay " prssaaiad him wiUi tha keya of Korthom Oatarto." ■■*,*^lf OntorioOoaoarvaUTa alltaaaa with tha NaUoaaHato waa aot tha only am- harraaatag thing that tha hoa. gentlamaa'a atatanant waa httanded to conceal. M waa primarily hiteaded to oonoeal tha faet that Sir Bobart Borden, the gentlamra. whom wa hon. member for Durham now adnow- '*>!•• >• his leader, waa in aetira par- anial alliance with the Nationaliato in IWI. Tha hon. gantlemaa oruat know, if ha kaowa anything about our recent pol'tieal hiatory. that in the campaign of 191 1, hia praaent leader went to the province of Quabae attd fat the counties of Sheiford and Miaaisquoi appealed for support for candidataa who wore pledged to the Natiooalist programme, a surrender, aocording .o the hon. gentle- man " from which we have autfeiad through the whole period of the war." Why tbaa it be not honest, and why does he aot place raaponaibiUty upon his praaent leader and not upon tha Conaervativa r-arty of Qn*> bee? The reason ia quite obvious; to be honest and p'ace responsibility wliere it belonga would mean the destruction of the reasons the hon. gentlenan has given for anterin{ the Union Oo\ me t, and that it goes without saying, anuot afford *« do. He, however, is on ^ord at another tioM and place d such c.ouemnstion of hia present leakf and lame of his Union Cab- inet associate* .^ith reference to this Te.7 Nationalist all' ii' that I propose to place i ..n .ecord on 1 iroard. ■ 1 refere-nce to the published proceed- inge o! the ann^Ml meeting of the Ontorio Beform Awociation held at Toronto on Nov- ember 24, 1916, I find that the hon. member for Durham was present and that he spoite at that meeting. My information aleo is that he revi***!, if he Hid not actually draft, a reaolution condemnatory of the al- lianco of his present leader with the Nation- alists, and that resolution was unanimously adopted in theao terms : Wherea* the Coneervatlva party under Sir .^M" »»'*« dellberauiy alUed itself wUh tte MatlonallM nartx In Quebec under Henri partlcJpatkm K. t4>e wars of Ibe Entire to endeavour to procure the defeat of the Uberal adminiatratlon of Sir WUfrid Laurier.^Sd n o bwrt BordMi pvMlelir ncinnlnl - la Ui CiMMt MK tiimia ky Ukt meU ltI t faitajr of th* OovMamwt ■Mtioa wttk Om wmr. mm» - ^ - ton Mtalaa ta GMhMt two mbM at tkMi an. NatkMuUM iiin»l— I. K Wwrafari MwtlMd, tt«t «« tk* Ub- '«C ONtarlOb te var ■b i m w I imwbn MBbMb 4«iii« mxK WMplntlfllj to eMidaam eoBtonaiwi ta thla trjrtac tlm* of war, ut I v*il7 Coaawwttva-Natiooallat aHiaaoft aafUr to Canada and inimtaai to tb« bwt U tho Baviia. TiuM rjpok* ttio hon. member tear Dur- ham in lio)f«mi>er, lUe. LeM tiMta a year latw IM bad bacMiw « loUower of Dhe Sir Robert BoieecJh tiiat It waa only (he Con- ■ervatiTea of Qtiebeo who won in alliance wNh «M NatkmaUili. That atateoMnt. viewed tai the light at the last* whidt pre- ceded it. ioinWiea aaoMier iDmninaiinc exMBpIe at the taon. gentleman^a atandaid of poliUoal mocality. Having gone ioio the reahn at fiction lor hia faota^ it ia not auipriiing that in the further oa«uaa of hie North Bay *|>eed>, the h4m. member for Doifaam made tome extra- ordinaiT etatMnenta about patronage. In effect, the hoik gentleman aaid e to induce him to deaert the Liberal candidate, the cAiairmanihip of (he War PurcbaMng Com- mJaaioa, formerly held by Sir Edward Kemp. In view of the urgency of the mat- ter Ool. Deaoon reported the reeiriit of hia interview at London by tedegra()lh to the miniater. That trfegram wae written by Deacon in Mm preeenee of three leading oiti- sena of London, and I am informed that tel(«ram ia ttill preaerved. Deaooo'a offer waa rejected, but Deaoon'a agency waa ea- tablidhed by written proof tumiahed by Deacon himaelf. The mention of the mare outlinea of this one tranaaotion ditclosea the peculiar view the hon. member tor Durham entertains of patronage. But, bdef aa has l>een the bon. gentleman's career in Dominion politics, ttiis incident does not by any means stand •km. Ha>d on Ma haak, the hon. aiembaT- ior Dorham deputed Mr. O. O. 8. Undsey •f Toronto to interriew sundry Liberals and aaeertain if they thought the publia w«nld stand the appointment of «ne of the nem- bers of the present Oovamment to a place on the Ontario Sapnma Court bench. Poosibly the hon. gentleman may not regard thai as an exercise of patraiage. If ha does not, then ha will certainly not regard the sendtaig c< Mr. J. F. Maokay to aaatem Ontario to urge LilMral oandidates to deeert their leader by pointing out the advantages by whidi their tioaehery would be rowarded, as an exercise of patronage. But. whatever his view may be of the anthortty that he deputed in the two latter oases, there can ba no doubt about the exercise of p atronage in the ease of Mr. Robert A. Mnlholland. who waa bribed to malce way for tha hon. gentleman aa a csadidate in the covnty of Durham, by the promise of a seat in the Senate. That b^ibe has been paid within (he kat week by Mr. Mnlholland'a appointment to the Senate. Realizing that the appofaitment would shatter the last remaining pretense that patronage had been aboliahed. the Govern- ment a^lopted the vnnsnal eonrse of handing out an olBeial statement of the reasons for Mr. MuAoUand'a appointment. The official reasons were an ofBcial lie, which Btirred the honeet indignation 4^ The Toronto Tele- gram, and that paper, in its issue of March 14. thns deals with^the Incident: Partylam a better Fay Boas than patriotlnn. A patriot sivts np the beat yean of hta Ufa to aoeuro Ubarty fbr tha world. ▲ partisan ■ivM up a parllamantary nomination in Durliam county to sacura a seat In the Houso of Com- mona for Hon. Wealay BowelL The patriot's raward ia tha probability of death or wounds ahd tha certainty of aacriflcc, ail for fl.lO per day. Tha partisan's reward is a aaat in tha Senate of Canada with a eapitalisad value of tSO.oee, and an aamina power of |l,SOO par annum. In the same iBsue, The Toronto Telegram, after detailing the oase of a Canadian Pacific Railway engineer who was earning a good salary, and who enlisted and went to the front, was wounded and had both his legs amputated, thns proceeds: Brave namaa Sll the mustar roll of Canada'a soldlcra. Tha CP.R. cnslna driver ia not alnrled out aa an unuaual •zampla of lacriflea The maimed Hear* of that CP.R. ansina driver, wHh his rinsina laughter, hia brisht smila and nnoooquered spirit, repreienta one form of patrtotio aervtos. Tha oasdidato who rmnovtd hta aarikltion from tha path of Boa. Wealay Rowall's procresa to an OnUrio aaat in Parliament repreaenta another form of patrtotio aervlea, or patriotis sndaavour, to quota the new Immortal worM of Mr Bobert Bortfea. I I I - Th* Mldtar wlM chPM vm both l«ci and an •anitiw pvwtr •< tM* or fSM ptr month for his eomairr'u nln wUI b« nqolUd with a »«ii- rtoB «( IMO or tTM par maavm. Tb* caaMda** wk* gima np a pariiaoMataiT Bonlnattoa Car Hon. Wtalar BawaU'a aaka la raquttad with a Ufa intanat In a awt in tba aacata. That Wa latvMt haa a owiUl valna of t>*.*M. Aa oOMal auttaiaat earrtaa tha authority of Mr Rohart Bordaa into a daclara- ttan that a aanatatahtp worth $t,Ht per annum la tha Bodeat toward at Hon. R A. MnUudland'a palrlotlo andaavonn. It a««ry ntilat« these crimes, and I will not dwell on them now. Bui repreheneible a« were the statements with wliioh I have already dealt in the hon. gentlemati'a Noiih Bay speech, 4hey were n^ and jftotfenaive, indeed, when com- pared with Ua slandegnous and unduabifiable ftttack on the member* of the religious orders who oam* frcin France to Canada and mbo were here at the outbreak of the war. Let ime devote a few tninutea to an anailysia of the atiltements made by him in thai same speech in regard to these men. After he had denounced the «tititude of the Quehec Nationalists towards the w«r. the hon. member for Dorhssn said: In this attitude they were undoubtedly en- eourased and abetted by the membera of the reUtloua orders from France who found an aaylum In Canada, and used that aaylum to widermine Caaada'a strenath In the stmnle. This tftroeiooi atAtement was made with- «at a •jrUaUe ol tra£h to auvfMrt it. When ^haHeiiffad lor proof, the hon. gentleman. «Aer ft* maaasT oi the trttte of Anaoida. remained »il«ot. On December 15. 1917, The Cathoiio Record of London publicly chal- lenged Mm hon. memiber for Durham to briiig forward a shadow of proof for hte •»■ ■ertioa; the hon. genUcman did not respond. At A later date this challenge was repeated by The CathoUe Register of Toronto: but sigain the hon. gentlem«n remained silent. The flkot that his statement in its loulnesa and falsehood was adopted and repeated by Mr. Sten»«n Lyon, of The Toronto Globe, does not in any degree mitigate the offence o< 'ttte hon. gentleman for having gratuit- ously slandered both the living and the dead. Ncather tihe hoo. member for Durham nor Mr. hyoa could pnoduce any proof, bo- cause proof there was none. Not aatJsfled with one slander, the hon. gentleman uttered another when he thus lorther referred to the French religioua in Canada: It is a misfortune that they did not foUow the example of the priesta of the Catholic church in France, who threw themBelvea into the BtruRle of their people to prrsenre their national aaiatence. In these words the hon. member for Dur- ham piotared the French meaftwn of the retiBioaB orders •* i«m*ining in Canada and dhiritintg tfaek^ doty to France. That state- ment. Sir, is even more wiokedly untrue than the (former one. The facts were avaH- shle to the hoo. gentleman as they were to any other person who would seek them; btft the facts would not suit the hon. gentle- man's purpose, and so he coolly ignored them. Now it is my antenbion to give the facta to the House and to the country, so that the truth may .be known' about a body of men whose courage, devotion to duty and s«)f-««oriflce in the present war stamp bhem as worthy to follow in the lootatfijH of that noble band of French misaionaries who iimt made thie land known to Europe and bkied the way for its colonisation and develop- ment. As a result of inquiries instituted both in Canada and overseas, I have been favoured with authentic statements giving in detail full particulars about the Fruich religious orders who were wantonly slan- dered by the hon. member for Durham. It would unduly burden the record, and take up too much time if I were to place all the details on Hansard, and for these 9 p.m. reasons I shall summarize my infwmation, and mention only A few names of the hundreds that have been sent to nie. But the re- cords themselves I will preserve so that they may be available for future historical reference. It is to be kept in aind tlMt tha igwM wktofa I •■ aboui to Mibmit relate oaljr to FMneh mibjaete wIm wen monben o( fcUgioiH «den in Oaa- •(U. I wiH bHin with tU FnaeiaaMw. At tlw outbreak o( inr praeticaUf the en- tire bodf of French FFaBoiaeana left Can- ada and retained to Fnuee to do their dntjr. In the whole Dominioo of Canada. I am informed, thai* now. remain but eiz Frwoh Franeiaoan prieata. and that theae •iz a^a exempt from military aerrioe on tlie (ronnd of a(e or phjraioal nnfltneaa. Thoaa who retamed to France were aatigned to TarioBS war duUea. and 99 of them went into the trencfaea. Of theae three haTe been mentioned in tha Ordera of the Dajr, two hare been decorated with tha Military Medal, one haa received the Croaa of the Legion of Honoar, one haa been wounded and diKdiarged, and one waa killed on the field of battle, after he had been twice men- tioned in the Ordera of the Day, and had received the miliary medal. From "L'lnstitut dea Frteea de rinatruc> tion <%i4tienne" twenty-Ave members re- turned to France and ent»ed the French army. Of thoie. Inn* have beein decorated and mentioned in the C dera of the Day. 'four have been wounded, one waa taken prisoner, one who waa twice wounded, haa been missing for three years, and is aasumed to have died of hia wounds; and two were killed on the field of battle. In addition to the Canadian members of the Jeauit order who are chaplaina in France, five French Jeanita went back from Canada to join the French army. Of theae two were kiUed in action. All the membra of the Congregation of the Holy Cross who were French subje(!ts answered the oall to the colours. One waa wounded twice, and returned again to the front. One has been reported "missing" for over a year, and is assumed to be dead or a prisoner, and three others are still fight- ing in the trenches. The Fathers of the Congregation of the Holy Ghost sent three of their members to the French Amy, and a fourth is on his way to France. One of those who returned to France was killed at the front, and another who is now seriously woundcid Iisr been decorated with the Military Cross, and was twice mentioned in the Orders of the Day. 14ie Trappists had only two French members of milit«ry age and iJoth returned to France in 1914. One of iihem. Father Thoroa->, received two decorations, tha Military Croaa and the Military Medal. iB tha een severely wounded. From the ObUto Order in Canada, twenty- four Frenoh members returned to France, and they havo serred in the ranks with great dietincUon. One was killed on the battlefield, two died of wounds, four were decorated with tha Military Croes, and several of the other* were mentioned for bravery in the Orders of the Day. Mr. Speaker, the figure* which I have just placed before you ooMtitute a part only of what stands to the credit of the French Religious who went back from C«nada to France to help their Motherland in this war. But, Sir, I submit that these figures are more than aufScient to refute the t>a8e- less sUtoments made by the hon. gentleman from Durham at North Bay. If the hon. gentleman's statements were not made for a wicked and malicious pur- poee. then by every atandard of pufblic and private honour he is retjuired to retract what he has said, to offer an apology to the living and to make reparation to the mem- ory of the dead. Should he hesitate or de- cline to do this, then he will «tand self- condemned before his fellowmen, stripped of the last vestige of any claim to pabUc respect or public confidence. Tou will recall. Sir, that earlier in my remarks I referred to the part the Chrirtian Science Monitor had played in the Cana- dian campaign against tha Pope and the Catholics. If you are a raader of the New York presa, yoa wiU be familiar with an- other ph«s4 of tha same campaign which was carried on in the neighbouring i«piri>Uc. Among other things, tha Oniatian Scisnoa Monitor and its imitators io tha United State*, a* well as in Canada, aliegad that tha Pope was responsible not only for the disaster that bafel the Italian army, but also for the disruptive propacaada ttiat broogbt that diaaater about. Thia Mnasiag flotion WM rapaatad apoarently in good faith by F. C. Waloott. Assistant Food Controller of the United States. When con- vinced of his error, Mr. Wakiott had tha manlmasa to aign and authorise the publi- cation of the following retraction: UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION WASKINOTON, D. C. New Tork. Jannmrjr I*. IMS. Dsar Hr. laeUa: I d«*ire to oonflrra wtmt I at oao* wroto to Monalanor Lavalle on Ox* ISth Inatant. iMtmelr. that I mnch ngnt a sutanient I rMiently made la this cUj at a confarene* to conatder Food ConawvaUon. My statement attributed to the Fop* a msasor* of rcwonslblUty for tha luiian dlasatar and for the disrupttva propasand* whioh had broosht It about. I repeated thoosfatlesalr and without prevloua rsflacUon a rumor I had heard wWoh I had not verlBed and whioh I am now «onvlnoad and believe was untnia. 1 have sino* read tha catecorlcal denWil of Cardinal QaaparrI, the Pope's Minister at rorelcB Affairs, and the denial of Cardlna* Boom* la London, and I have also read the •tatamsnt recently mads by Slcnor Orlando, the Prime Minister of Italy, In tha Italian Chamber of DepuUes, as follows: 'U deplore the aocusattons of a seneral chara«es — accus- ations that tend to hurt the supreme spiritual authority— acalnat priests and against the Catholic party. Such accusations are unjust and oftensive; I- ausa as the public are awar% the Italian clamr, both hlrh and low, have Klven noble and beautiful proofs of Italian sentiments, and the sreat mass of tha Catholics have known how to reconcile the dictates of faith with their duties towards their country." I therefore feel that it is my duty to retract the statement I made in regard to the Pope, which I do without reserve, and I would ilk* to correct the unfortunate and erroneous Impression my remarlis tended to create. Tou may give this letter suoh publicity as your committee deems advisable to counteract the effect of my statement and its repetition by those who heard my remarlu. May I take this opportunity to express the appreciation of my colleagues and myself ot the nntform and effective co-ciieratlon which the National Food Administration has received from our Catholic tellow-citlxens and ths Cathollo clergy? I am Very sincerely yours, F. C. WAIiCOTT. ADRIAN ISELIN, ESQ. Chairman Catholic Laymen's Committee, M Wall Street. New Tork. And, Mr. Speaker, if I have any further luggestfon to make to the hon. member for Dnrham it U thmt he «h<«ld now b« maa •nouf h to follow Mr. WateoU'a example. Before diemiMkic thia part cl my anbjeet •let me pay a tribute to a ckM o< eitiaena whom we of the minoritjr are anzioiia altonM not be ooofonnded with those who have been (also to the Liberal party acd tbe Lib- eral leader. By contraM with these promo> ten of eeeUrian bigotry and national hate, there stand out in noble ralief the Protes- tant Uberak who withstood the gales of pas- •ion and prsjudice. who turned a deaf ear *• ™« *«»n»ts of friends, to the sneers of net^bonrs. to the insults of opponents, and amid it all remained true to their political prmciidss and their party leader. *•»••• "• *• torn, who within my life- time., have been unstiaken and nnehanged, while there raged about them the storms of • dual language agitaUon. o< a Jesuito Estates Act sgitation, o< an Equal Bighta agitatioi, of a Ne Temere decree agitation, and. most recently, of an anU-French and anti-Catholio agitation. They are not only Um pride of the minorities whose righto they hsTo steadfastly espoused and defended, but they are the truest exemplars of Canadian citisenahip and the only hope of the future —if hope there can be in the future of a country so race and creed-cureed ss Onada te. H 1 haya fault to find with others. 1 have only praise, snd admiration and affection for them, and I deem this the time and the place to make such a declaration in their re- gard. Now, Sir, let me turn to another subject. White the War-times Eteotion Act was under discussion in this House last Mssion, many predictions were made as to the inegular- ities and the crimes that would be sure to attend ito operation. No matter tow extra- vagant the prophecies may have seemed at the time, Ihey fell far short of describing what actually took place in the election it- aelf. With the exception of certain constit- timcies in the province of Quebec, there was no riding in Cicida in which a content took place that did not supply proof to justify all that was said about the War-times Elections Act by ite critics in this House. In point of fact, irregularities and crimes were com- mitted which it was impossible to forecast, and the record of these will in due time be presented to Parliament. Meanwhile, let me cite the views expressed by Premier Martin of Saskatchewan, prior to the date of the election, with regard to this notorious piece •f war-time legielaUon. to a statement pub- lished on December 8th, 1917. Premier Martin expressed himself as follows: In rnrard to the War Times nwtlon Act. I kava alreaajr exprMssd mr opinion wtUi reapUt g ss pte. I rsgard tkia fSataie a< tiM aat aa on- aiatiaat aa« J I a nli l ii K at maajr at these «stajr the Caaa- far a asBera- ICMMver. apart from tka distraaeklaemeat pravWoas of Om sisetlsu ae^ warlilaMj la ereated wfclck ^ la the kanfc s( anaiiiupuluai men aa« majr be oasd la aaeh a way as to win a^reoaaUtiMaeir. TkIa paetleB of tte aot rsadara IMssme tte dIslraadilsMBaat «C aajr eitla«i Uv- w« la WMteiB Caaada. The Caien Oovenuieat sfcoirtd ses to It that the •Isetloa madUaarr PiovMad Is fairly uMd; thsy hIwmM sea that •v-sry person enUtled to veto la draa an op. portnalty so to do. It they do aot aot honeatly and fairly |n the administration of their etaetlon aaachlasry, nQr confldsaoe In them will be nakcn. They should alao rapsal the act at the ■rst session of Parttanent after the slsetlon. As the greatest care waa taken to ex* dude that part of Premier Ifartin's mani- festo from the 6oveniment-o«Hi4rolled pr«M in eastern Ontario, I will aek the privilege. Sir. of reading that last sentence again, in case my friends from the Prairie Provinces may not have heard me when I read it fliat Thsy should alao repeal the Act at the llrsi Bcssion of Parliament after the slactlon. WhHe the vtewe thus stated by Premier Martin were primarily intended for the bssiefit of his western friends, they attracted general attention on account of the fact that Mr. Martin had for several years been an honoured mssn- ber of this House, and that many of hia Liberal associates, particularly those who were intimate with hinl in thia Chamber, regard him as a man destined to play a larger part in the aflain of the Dominion. That Premier Martin's fears as to the way the election machinery would ba ■operated were well-founded will require only a few examples to prove. Let me take the first of these from a newspaper supporting the Government. The Evening Telegram of Toronto, in its issue of Monday, December 17th, 1917. thus referred to the way in which the Act had been applied in Toronto: ^7^^°'U°^^^^^A° '"• "=*"^ o' Onion Gov- srnment wja traded on by ward polltlctain. Patriots had temporarily overlooked thVblundMi ^ m«?a1!2rSL',!i.'» *• aon-enroIlmeS? 3 so many disfranchised women. Laurier wonid 5rim.i~° """* "" "" ""'•"'' ""•ntfon of'SSi2 Mr. Speaker, that sentence is so delicious, as exemphfywg the peculiar type of rwllf MidTag'ar:" '"^' '" '^''"'^' ««* Laurler would have been aided bv th« nnkiL. menuon of these Crimea ^ * """"• n>e article proceeds: Laurier oannot now be aided by ths falleat proclamation of the truth that the whoU ^"^ 13 vMwiT Uat laTtnato t* Unlou OovanuMat Ttat MiM QriiwMH «M i«pnMBta« la ' reale kr a —ill. laMapatMit ThM orgmalMtloB toft tk« Tnu of tli* B««Mt •C Pa tr o n M » «*w avwy mora la the mUarabto ■aaw of playinc wttk t&« ssuataetnr* o( a war' TtM appolataMBt o( tiM raUumlos offleara waa Fatroaacn Tka appoiataicat o< Iha airaBMratora waa Pa- ToroBto to ttottaaat kr tha Trasady eeeh deliTcred by the Hon. A. O. MacKay. of Kdmonton, who spoke in ilttt city in Jannary last. That speech ^waa pnblished in fnU in the Edmonton . Weekly Topics of Jannary 11th. 1018. aad U should be read by every peisoa who is under obligation to familiarise himself with the possibilities of election crookedness under the War-time Election Act. ?t waa followed by an article in the Edmonton Bulletin summarizing many of the details given by Mr. MacKay, and it will altord an idea of what went on generally among the election o£Bcials if I read a few parsxraphs at the beginning of that Bummary, which were as follows: Tha rasult of tha palllnc In tha «l«ctaral dia- triet of WTaat Mmoiitoa (tvas a mbatantlsl ma- Jorlty to tha Bon. Frank Oliver as far as the tome vote to oonoeraad. Thto raajortty to en- tirely rematkahia in view of th* evident deter- ralnattoa to dtofranrtilaa aa many of tha aleetora aa would ke neceaaary tr win the elaetlon for the Government oaodldata. It he did not win H !■ only beeaoaa the elcetlon ofllelato fell down on Otelr ]ok. They conld Juat aa well have put aaoo^ «n or left aaoush aa to 4» tba Irlek. ■niair only laHnre waa thsy 4M not tMnk thar needed aa many aa they did. There are varloua wajra of dtotranchlaement One to ky atatute direct That waa dona. Another to by em- powerlns the aaamarator to enfranchtaa and dlsfranohtoe. That was done. Btll! another to to ae ptaea tha poUa that (hay are out of rearh oiT the voteia. That waa dona. Stilt another to not to provide enouiA balloto at polla known to ha favourahto to tha oppoaiUon. That waa 4eBa. To deal only with the two laat mentioned Oreaard FMl No. lie. Thera ware lit votea polled at atouard poll tf. U», lit for OUver. it for Orleahaah. 1 kaUoto ware spoiled. Tha poUinc divtotaa ax- laadad tor tea townahlps from aoath to aarth, aad aliM from eaat to wtst. that to. H waa alxty ailea ky Afty, not indudlns a vaat northern aad larsely uninhabited ar«t. The aattlameaU within tha area mentlonad had bean civea aaven poUa at tha provincial atoctton taat aprtas, aad four in the electiona of 1111. There were aome too namea on the voters Uat. Whlteltoh Lake iMttlament, Ofty milaa ky traU trota Uraoard. kad been (ivea a po:i in tka prorlaclal alecttoni^ bat no poll waa ■ ven it In the recent ataoUoa. Two votera traveled from Whlteltoh lake to Grouard and arrived in time to poU thair votea. kttt Ave otkers who were on the way did not arrive until after the doae e< tha poll owinc to tha day beinc very cold kcd atormy and the travel keins conae^uently alow. The whoto aet- tlament, comprtoinc akont llfty voters, as- eeptlaa the two mentioned, waa effectuaUy dto- fraaehlaed by the refusal of a polL From In- diana aidins m tha Ounvagaa raUway, where a number of Ushormen were at work, the dto- tanca to tha Grouard poll waa ovar - twenty Bllea. The oondlttona at MrT.«nnan were almoat azaetly duplteatad at Grouard. Flrat. the people ware dlatraachlaed by the refUaal ^ polto^ and in eaaa that would not ke auffleieat they were not Uvea anonah kallota. Only 150 balloto kad baa aoppUad at Grouard. altkoiwk thera w^ia upwarda of 401 namea on the Itota. The 161 halloto were exhauated akout t.tO p.m. After aoma delay tke deputy returninc ofllcer per- mitted tka use of aubsutute balloto by duly aaaliflad voters. Thirty-three aueh ballou were aaad before tha poU doaad. and were counted by the dvaty retumlaa oOcer. It may be mentioned that the Grouard settle- meat sent a very large proportion of men to the war. Fahter flettlement. Polto tOI and 221. The Fahlar case has been sUted In full at- ready, but a reauml may be dven. Faliler aettlement occupies tha araater part of tk> townahtpa TT and 71, ranaea 21 and 22, weat of tha ntth meridian. Upwarda of MO hameataads ara takan'and a laraa proportion of tka aettlera are in oocupatton. The Dunvecaa raUway travarses tha aetUaraeat from eaat to weat Tk«pa were live polto in tke eatttomant tn the provincial Section of laat aprk*. N-. poll wiaa tiven In tha aatttooMM at the recent elaetlon. The part of tha aattlanant in ranae 21 waa Inoltided in aiicl.annaii poll dtotant from eU to el^taen mitoa. Ranaa 2> was Included in tta smoky Rtvar pell, dictoat twelve to thirty miles. Aa old trail throos^ the woods had to be raopenad to aUow tha votera to nadi the poU at tha flraoky. Tliara waa no poputoUon at Hm amoky axcapt two men at tha raUway pump kooaa. A party of thirty- «"• voters of nabar left home on Saturday, out their wmr tkreoch the woods, reached the poU at nooB OB tfonday, aad voted. Twelve othera who toft on Sunday failed to reach the poU CO Monday. AU theae votera had to camp outolda for tour ntcMs tn bitterly cold weather. And in the face of that the Prime Min- ister this afternoon aaid: "Never was there an election in Canada conducted mora decently and fairly." The article proceeds: ■M immmmi M ^»i VM« WM *t OH*«r. ( .._ w "r.'*"»_^'tw »«r« u« railway pom* aMi vnm w MMT* MhMr iimiiwiiaiUw k«t fealM — — »- -^- ^ " *";!» -WW ^My i»» ^■9 ^^^^^r »^w ^^H* Wvm VMBA Wft Oil aMk^ mAuMwtm feMita te t^ nn^ti^^ ^*M* WW MM* k7 4Blir mhIUUa vvtan ■■ tfea !? y .— * ^li* (rem «h« ntaniM o0etr **• ■•"•Ji NtaMt to «oMtt Omm taHotL ta* tlMT km* Mt kMB «wM*^ altkeMkSv M ^SJl.*n^ «jLJM^5«i«ri5ii5r^5IJ eeunud, M «nii«i p«i ■■ Bach «N • fnr of tiM •aunplM of what happniMd in Alborta. Vho hvpeninc* in Saskatchewan wen avidantlr afanilar in ^raoter, as mar be Jiid««d by a paracraph from tha Begina Leader. The ICiniater of ImmigraUon and Colooiaatian (Hon. J. A. Calder) wiB be able 4o Ml the Houae a UtUe later an tite debate whather ihe Bcviaa Leader U able io apeak for irtiat happened . in Baakatdtewaa. The aitiola reads: ^V ^l "" •••otlona era oy«-, and tha naalu of th. polUiic a>* fairly wmplau, on* ttin, ataada out irith startltaw oj^uSST and Sfi.J'- «»«»!« omr waa th* War^ma raccttoiu Act a hut* miataka but k waa abao- lately unnaoeaary em as a polltloal waaoon. PerhMW no oaa Prorleoa In Canada was harder hit by that ua-Brltlah and utteriy dls^ jnwrful ptaoe «( latlalatkm thaa was tba Provlooa of Saskatehewaa. MMhliw In «b* past poUtlcal Uatory of thia oonatry ao arouaad and antaconlaad our paopla^ Britlah- born and torelm-bom, Libaral and Conaarra- ttve, Proteatant and Roman CatboUe, aa that '^'V. "I S^^'. •»•«">«<. Paalhv orar the defeat of Reelprtwlty by th* aaatem Toriea waa aa nothinc oomparad to tb* faeUnc nclitlnr In thU weatam country acalnst th* War-Tlma EI*ctiOM AoC And later ia the eame article the Begina Leader proceeda: W* rap*at. tb* War-Tlma Blacttooa Act w^ a mUtake no matter from what standpoint It ta vl«w*d. It cntatad hard faallnn and dlylaloa w*ere there waa no neceaalty of doins ao and when no tood objeU covM ba aerrad thereby. J« .^ ■J7*° i. ?2i*^ • " «*ntaroua, aetbaok to the Canadlaniilna oi our non-Bnallah- speaklnv citlaena. It haa ahattered thjTcon- Odeno* of theae people In what waa on* of thIa oountry'B arMtteat aaaeto in aecurinv im- mlcratton— b*ll*f in British Justlo* and fair play and In tha pladgad word of all Oovara- nenta und«r th* Britlah llac. Now that tha alaotlona are oyer and Union Oovmrnent anstatned, on* of Its fliat aota ^uld be to wip* thta atatn off our country's konour. The people of weatem Canada ex- P*ct this; llisy hay* a rl^it to demand IL They do daraaad it Aat and o( Hw byhMtor «« IbkB Ip «Mr o(«i* «* 4ba War«M , dtear calllor Mi f^MBl Mutia and bj O py em wa m . I _ __. _ -ntHtm* OB Um Mbjact uolU Iha ,^«_. ■^ *^ •>•▼• «i«lM«l wliat il iBtMldS «»d9Bfat «b in iam traotora. P«^Ml«i^Upi, *«afc«hlpa and ewtona o«««»torahlpe. That sort of thing marba S!1*'!^'^12;J?^ *• !*»«*• '>^ ^«w and indiTidaak. but H ia not ooi*. "^«** **• 9nmBt momant While sneh is tha need of the moment, the newap^pers annoonoa that tha member far Durham (Mr BowaD) and aoma other fflinisteri are ohafing to got awar to a oobp lerenoe in London. Mr. Weaker, if theae minlstera are weU sdTi-«d they will ^ attention to what ne«ls wy^SefS atSS tion in Canada and they wiU let BriUah sUt«unen look after Imp«rial attaiis ia I^ndon. It is idle to pretend that sereral Ministers have to run off to England to tha neglMt of pressing Canadian matters. The unity of this Dominion is of rast^ mora importance to us than the diaonsaion aa to ^hero new boundary linae tat some Euro- pean country are to be laid down-a dis- cussion at which Canadian ministers would, m any erent. be mere onlookers At present Canada is governed partly from London, but mostly from WasUngton. Only a few days ago we were called upon to acclaim the opening of a direct wire from OtUwa to Washingt(m. Let none of my friends on the opposite side of the Roiuc grow nervous; for the sake of cabinet harmony I will not make any alluaions to the no-truok-or-trade-with-the-Taaka»«am- paign of 1911. What I desire to point out U that tha people of this country elect their 18 lf»i^»«»«ir raiMVMntatiTM on Um ondw- Ottemtthat OnuMUra poUie boaiiMM win D "■■"•"••* ^ CmndlMi in Ou>ad«. S*??" I??^*?' •* Biialrtm. putieuUriT rt thto orijtad pniod. Um is Ottew. .ad not iaUadoa; and if than be aaj basinaM ••war ar eabk aoialf tha Higli Comnia- airaar aaa attand to it Mr. Bpaakar. it waa an apprwrfaUon of JMditlwia aa tbaf axiat tvday that lad naiaiar Martia to daelare in his manifatto tnat _***«*■•••*«»•««■ ««»»loplii« In thia emmtrr whica. If «oatlaM«. wUI diarupt C«iu»4fc^ n-^J* Tf* ^^ ''••" '••Ji^tion of tha Sdd fUa^ 'Diity that eauiwd him to frtjad. who haw ,»tor,d that OovanimMt to B«rora tha praaent saaaion shall haTo advapcad Yuy far it wiU be demonatratad wbatner or not the friends in whom Premier Martin WiU Jnalify tha j^jmwliMtin haa apaoiileally aakad. and bjr Mkvtiaf poUeiaa daaignad to brina PMpi* tofl^Mr rattaar than to kaap UmS •*«rt, they WiU have dona nraeh to lapair Oa tajoriaa from whidi tha aoontiT <> now raSttinc. and Uia oimtinoanor ot :fUeh is aWta taimlaal to national piogiaaa and to tba part wa all daaira that Omada shoald play in thia war. Wot «Jy to Premier Martin'a frianda in Oe eabinet. but to all the menban of the UOTanunent. te all tha membeia of Parlia- manfr-Aya. to all tha people of Canada- there may be offered at thia momeat aa an inspfaation to that form of pnbUe aarrioa whicn alone can unify the diaootdant ale- mentu in our population, the example of the Tenerable leader of the Opposition, who takes up his new bnrd«us in the spirit that breathed through the words of OladatoneV last Midlothian address: "While Nature ones aloud for rest. I am baekling on the armour." ,^'^^.*^. •*'• ^***^ **• Mowat (Parkdais). for an address to Ks Ezoal- lenoy the Ooyemor General, agreed to. gfm^tattmttmumit^mitmtiM lIMIliiaiMiariaifialaliiaMMiiaiHMiiiiaMiliNlfllliil