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Date 1912-02-08

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1600 copies dally, 990 etroulnted in city (yin Thursday. Advertisers in Dally xe benefit of the Weekly country circulatier no axtra charge, Books open to ad vertiners, MEDICIN HAT NEW DAILY EDITION AAT Ciprary Bee TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE VOL. 2 NO 179 lt;a. -Resolution Remonton, Feb. - he Debate. on the raflway polley of the goveroment Was conclunded at midnight Igst night and a motion put by the Premier to go into a committee of the whole. The gearanteo resolution was passed without Wivision, .Speakers at the Srosing. sesslon wore Bramley M ere, -Lioy e to Guarantee Ry. Bonds Passed the House. Without Division Debate on Premier Sifton s Railway Policy Concluded at Midnight Last Night All Speakers Endorsed It C.P.R S Freight Rates are Denounced Resolu- tion to Investigate the Matter Introduced for the Next Session. CW. A, P. Diapateh.) Biver, J, A, Cote, Athabasca, and Mal-. colm MeKenzis, Claresholm, all of whom endorse the polley. Messrs. Cote and Cornwall spoke particularly-with reference to.the re- sources in the North, while McKenzie devoted his speech largely to a de- se of the freight rates of the MEDICINE HAT, ALBERTA, CANADA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 8, 1912 : province, -Large numbers of petitios ers praying for direct legislation have been presented to the house from far- mers and a resolution calling on the government to Inquire into the ques tlon with the object of the Introdn tion of a measure to overcome it at the next sessfon will be introduced by ATLL THE PROPOSED TARIFF COMMISSION Liberal Members. in Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 8, commons yesterday settled down to what promises to be more or less Protracted debate when on the second reading of Hon. W. T. Whith s bill providing for the appointment of. a Permanent tariff, commission, the op- position moved the six month's hoist, The motion which means that the members to the leit of the speaker: have decided to oppose the principle of the measure was made by Hugh Guthrie, who replied to Hon. W. T. White, minister of finance, after the latter bad explained his measure at some length. Tee gist of the finance minister's speech. was. that in such en impor- tamt matter as the framing of a tarifl. which would give justice to all the people concerned, it would not be possible to have too much dofimite in- formation on the subject. This imformation would be supplied by the commission which would have considerable. power and the result could omly be the collection of 172412 es : - tteads to Protection. the Federal House Oppose the Movement brought up Say that It commission. The manufacturers alone bad asked for it. Am objection was that it would tend to deprive parlia- ment of its long established right to regulate the tariff. He also express- ed the view that the commission was but a device to increase the present protection. te Premier Borden said that the ap- pointment of a commission was a) matter which had been bRfore the country for some time. It had bean advocated by the Conservatives for several years; only one member of the manufacturers association bad. ever spoken to. him about q tariff commission and he was opposed to it. : Ay M. MeLean; in-a-long-speech, de veloped the ideas with which Mr. Guthrie had dealt in a more general and H. B. Ames replied kill He argued that the time hdd its the tariff in order to put jt ona large amount of valuable material. tosioetentocteaenie tates D oy Bust from reeretes oy e 2 rte ranulas Stand? Jatrigue-in the Cabinet, Premier to be deposed, Sir: Lioyd-George as dic- otor, the Standard gives special prominence to an article by a parlia- mentaty correspondent, ho is in a position to gather most-authoritative information as to the political situa- tion, and who, in reciting the various causes of the situation, says: Should lt; has ever 2 this hostile movement be successful against Asquith,-it will, of course, se- cure the advancement of Mr. Lioyd AND SAT- George. Indeed, It has been known for some time that the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer has been dictator of the cab- inet and it-is sald he chafes at having to forego in public the undoubted au- thority he possesses in private. His friends, both in the cabinet and parliament, think it is very interest- Ing and interest has been in full SHMAEL, LY WEDS 18. STAGE scientific basis. Asquith Leadership Lloyd-George and his Followers are Aiming at the Ter- mination of the Asquithian Regime Open Split Semesters may- eee -te Heoure: it and Follow London, Feb. 8 Under the heading) Will not fight, but. they also know it ould be bad tactics to replace and disgrace in-the same operation. Accordingly much thought is being devoted to devising a fair policy. It Mr, Asquith s translating to the Woll- gnck-were a practicable-proposal, his Temoval fromthe premiership would with any knowledge in the work of polities knows that the last person for whom Lord Loreburn would make, way is Mr, Asquith. The theory which Premier? should be created a Lord at the first opportunity, a position which he could admirably fill and which car ries a alary and a pension. Mr, Asquith s fall would lead at once to Mr. Lioyd-George s promotion, but whethg to the Premiership or to the leadership of the House of Com- mons only, remains to be seen, coitia to apply Tor fixed principle to be comparatively easy, but everyone tinds the most stipport Is that the Mr, Asquith will be struck, Much de- pends upon circumstances but infor- mation reached me that the friends of Lloyd-George are aiming at a com- plete termination of the Asquithian era, and will move at the first oppor- tunity. If it cannot: be effected in the way I have described, they are prepared to precipitate an open split in the cabinet-at the cost of an early gen- eral election, Big x Coal Strike is Owners and Miners have held Several Meetings but the Minimum Wage Clause is Proving a Sticker. (W. A. P, Cable) London, Feb: 8. The protability off a national coal strike and complete dislocating of this industry fas been gradually increased by, the inability of the National conference of the owners and miners fo: Se sete ment. During the early part of January-a vote of the Miners Federation was taken on the question of the declar- ing of a strike on March Ist. The allot, concluded that 445,601 -men were for a strike and 115,201 were against the strike. The conference of the coal owners and miners was preceeded by meet- ing -of the representatives of -coal miners in Great Britain extending over many days at which the mini- iim wages on works yas Grmnilated: accoeding i varying conditions, tut providing. that nowhere should the wage-be-tess than five shillings a day. These e- mands were discussed and prolonged at tion declaring The owmers are .pre- gt; favorable condition of affairs; that the coal owners adopted resolu sf paredte-consent te-the proposition: that each person in their employ should receive feit day's wage for a day's work, but Fe convinced that payyent in propertion to the am- ount of work -performed is the only rule that can be successiully applied in the case of the coal getters. They are cases owing to difficulties arising im consequence af exceptional comdi- tions*and working ploces. A man, while doing his Betty ds unabP gt; to learn what bo would under ordinary, cir- bemeics Such cases the owners ecogniae the Beeessity, for special consideration ahd ge willing toais cuss with the workmen means by which this can tbe a8C tainod. The resolution camcluded with a re- servation of the Fifth to coatinued negotiations. The miners expressing regret at the reftisal o Goal owners to accept this n PERE of -ee-mateimam wage and adding Fe kno to, At the domelusion the mecting announced their desire to avert, a serious rupture in the coal trade and their willingness for this reason to meet coal owners and discuss the matter farther if the coal owners ex- hibit any desire to do so. The owners agreed to giva the sub- ject further comsid ration and in this attitude -ieg the hope that the coal strike may be averted. Prior to: the adoption of the resolution Uy the coal owners the representatives of South Wales owners withdrew from) the conference on th ground that the agreement with their workmen still had three years to run and. threat to strike unless a minimum, wage is granted was tantamount to) notification that the agreement would ee broken. Lima, 0.,-Feb, 8+-Prominent grain dealers from various polots in Mich- igan, Indiana and Ohio, are gathering tn. this city for an interstate confer- ence to be held tomorrow for the dis- cussion of yarious matters of interest and importanes to the trade. KING FREDERICE S CONDITION Copenhagen, Feb. A reassuring bulletin as to the condition of King Frederick was issued by physicians mm hftendance today. It says The ing had a quiet nicht, the inflama- tion of the lungs is diminishing. Hi Majesty condition is satisfactory. FAVORABLE Isithe Way the Publicity Man Describes the Result of His Trip. + Publicity Commissioner PERJURY CASE WAS DISMISSED Magistrate Kealy this Mor- ning Threw Out Sequel to Theft Case. petty thieving held on the Srd inst. before Captain Parker, came before Magistrate Kealey this morning. Miss K. Ross was charged with per- jury by Mrs. Prosser. Mr, Dundon appedred for the de- fence and Mr. Davidson for the pros- ecution, The accused elected to be tried sum- marily before the magistrate pleaded Captain: Parker produced of evidence taken. at che Prosecutor. He (Captain trial of It will be remembered that in the case lust week that prosecutor had een convicted Of the theft of cush- fons, etc,, and it was submitted today that a certain bed spread produced, had not been stolen and that the ac- cused had charged the prosecutor with theft of that article. The proprietor of the boarding es- tablishment gave evidence as to the quilt produced being his property. Mr, Ireland corroborated his evidence of last week. The prosecutor, Mrs. Prosser, nurse, gave evidence that the hed spread pro-. duced had been purchased by her from Mr. Moore in January this year. Mr, Moore was then called. He sta- ted that he had had dealings with tie prosecutor for scme time, He at first stated that the bed spread pro- duced was the one he had sold to Mrs. ques- that he had sold several similar ones to it and could not Positively identify it as any par- ticular one. Magistrate Kealey, on the grounds that no two witnesses gave like evi- dence, and that the proprietor of the house claimed ownership of the quilt, dismissed the case, WAS RANCRER MURDERED ? His Horse with: Bloody Sad- dle Found ate a a Bearch Party. Trinidad, Col., Feb. 8 Mystery sur- rounds the disappearance of Felix Martinez, a ranchman of Gulnare, 45 miles north of here, whose horse was found late on Thursday with a bloody saddle from which dangled the frayed ends of ropes. It 1s believed the man was murdered, the body tied to the saddle and the horse turned loose. Martinez has been missing from his found by a search party. He is sald An interesting sequel to the case of home-for-ten-di s- atid the-horse-was To Is the Calgary Federal R Aiming to Cress Calgary, Feb. 8 Conservatives of Calgary believe that R. B, Bennett will retire from Dominion politics to enter British politics, His actions Since the opening session have ied many to conclude that he intends to withdraw from Dominion. affairs. His visit to England and the attention shown him by Unionist politicians PRICE, FIVE CENTS eral Representative the Pond and Enter the British H House? CW. A. P, Dispatch.) lendg color to th report. He has gpent very, little timo in Ottawa since the house met and bas never been heard since he moved the address in reply to the speech from the throne. The choice of candidates in his place, , it is the opinion here, will be be- tween H, A. Sinith and A, A. MeGHIli- vray, of the Trouble. London, Feb. 8. The entire British press is united in commending the vigorous action to uphold the national honor by sending Lord Haldane to Berlin re the imprisonment of the London lawyer for espi the London Tim s expressed the view that a British citizen abroad has been harshly. condemned by circumstance resulting seriously for the innocence and raising e strong presumpti grave miscarriage of justice. The Conservative Standard this morning says: The judicial outrage perpetrated by the Supreme Court of the German Empire at Leipzig in con- demning Mr. Bertrand Stewart to de- tention for three years and a half is responsible for the growing volume of feeling throughout England, That the sentence is regarded in England asa pipce of gross Injustice Is shown Yery emphatically by the course of public opinion. The Pall Mall Gazette says: Fhe German people are failing utterly to understand the attitude of this coun- try towards the conviction and sed- tence upon Bertrand Stewart the London solicitor, and territorial off- cer for alleged espionage. All that 1s detained s that the evidence upon which the British. officer after a sec- ret trial, has been sentenced to a long term of imprisonment shajl be made known to his countrymen. Without this the tension threatens to become even more acute that it is to- worse service could be rendered to to have had trouble with his neigh- Augto-German retntions than to at- age. Even. day the Gazette adds editorially: No to Hst pose of the visit to Herlin of Vis- count Haldane, sccrbtary of war, there seems. to be little cause to at- tach importance to the event: One rumor had it that he had gone to Germany to conduct negotiations im ment, another it was said that his visit was connected with a s ssion of Walfison. Bay in South Africa to Ger- many, while according to another his the pardon of Bertrand Stewart, the Tendon lawyer, whose recent sentence to three and q half years imprison- ment by- the imperial court at Leip- sig for espionage has caused so much resentment in England. There is rea- som, to believe, however, that -Vis- cbunt. Haldane has gone to Get any to see- friend om private business and that his visit has no political connection. CW. A. P, Cable) Berlin, British secretary for war, accompani- ed by his brother, arrived here today. Ostensibly the visit is purely private, it-it- s altogether probable be will take opportunity of discussing the Anglo-German relations with Dr, Von Bothmann Hellwea, imperial chan- celler, andHerr, Von Kiderlen Wauch- ter, secretary of state for foreign af fairs, and of learning from them on what conditions Germany is: inclined to listen to overtures for their. bet- rinent. Radad railway, colonial expansion in Africa have for Brown returned to the elty *f yesterday after three weeks trip West. He reports a most sbefoteob igh 4 and. may have something + seeks he oh fe be he ob eh bb ob ob bors recently over live stock. HAVANA MINISTER STRICKEN. Rio-de Janierlo, Feb. 8 Baron de Rio Branco, minister of foreign affairs re, physicians in attenflance say his death is only a matter of hours, HISSES, HOOTS, GEASS. DISTURBANCE IN BELFAST tempt to hush up this question. The case of Mr. Bertrand Stewart must be probed to the bottom. Unfortunat- ely for the hope that the Kaiser may pardon Stewart, all'advices from Ber- who was-suddenlyill on-evening of lin Indicate-that-public opinion 1s too highly aroused to permit any action of this at the present time. CW. P. Cable.) a Tong tee beer subjects im. regard. to-which Great Britain might indicate ber good. will to Gerinany:in tie manner, There have been hitherto no negotiations between the wo countries regaiding, . these pots but it is quite that conversations will soon ted through diplomutic the result of Vi: Little or No Opposition to Churchill when he Arrived this Morning Downpour-of- Rain did not Dampen the Enthusiasm Promised them that the Bill would i Sy Belfast, Feb, 8 Winston Spencer Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, -chiet-figdre-in-today s home-rule-dem- onstration, arrived this morning with his wife at the general stations and was given somewhat mixed rec gt;- tion, A Wumber of Orangemen who had gathered at the station greeted him with groans and boos, but they were drowned In the cries of the large crowd of Libgrals and Nationallsts, There was no'disturbance, and t + GW, A. P.-Cable) where the meeting 4s to be held-the satu ated canvas: marquee in which Mr. Churetil 16 to sjeak, has sagged threateniy several times. lt; For preserving peace detachments have been rushed cverywhere and troops are held n readiness at head- quarters, Matters looked ugly for a moment when Mr. ani Mrs, Churchill started for the place where the meet- be Passed and do Aw ay with the Accursed Machinery of the Past, Baoan aie 1 ; Protestant Ulster will make itself telt today, The general impression athered by Journalists and other vis- tors to the town-is that the: troops diafted into Belfast as a measure of vrecantion will not be needed. From outward appearances there are more. newspapermen than soldiers in the town, in fact almost enough to ing is to be held. A great crowd ifeh had gathered outside, appeared ined to-Tush Atr Churchttt's-m0 swing ever since the ministers and their followers came back to town. Jn-all-mattors-In-which-the Liberals have not seriously lost ground, the. imbroglio over woman's suffrage and the tangle of home rule, Mr. Asquith has been openly blamed by the cabinet itself. Mr, Asquith s friends in the cabinet are not disposed to serve under Lloyd- Georg ; and-no.compromise aq regards, the position of Prime Minister made.in the end. would.be-welcomed: Mr, Lloyd-George primarily desires a free hand in the commons and will insist on the leadership in that assem- large force of policemen guarding the station had a very easy task to per- form, Inthe folirse of the: morning crowds of Unionists. . paraded. - the, streets bearing the-effigy. of - rv Churchill, to ghich was attached the Churchill no They proceeded to the hotel Tt fs clear that the resime of Mr Asquith hangs by a thread. The-de position of Mr. Asquith would not, however, be secured without condi- tions, He would not go into the wilderness altogether, nor could he remain in the cabinet and serve under a new Liberal Prime Minister as Lord Chan- etllor,-His pursuers know that pe bly. That would necesaitate the pre- miership being held by a Peer and possibly as a stop-gap, amd -the-ar rangement In this. connection the name of Lord Morley is, mentioned. * He is the'Jeader of the Liberal par- ty n the House of Lords and won their confidence by the manner In whifeh he led the debates on the par- Atement bill when the final blow at where Mr- and Mrs. Churehttt are staying and eang the national anthem after which they dispersed. among the workers of the city today. A tew small crowds, however, were scattered here and there anxious to see the First Lord of the Admiraity and to watch the movements of the military forces, Rain fell the whole morning, At the football ground Home ) tor car and tried to block its pa sage but the escorting cars packed with detectives succeeded in forcing their way throiigh the groaning throng and gotthe Churchill's safely away, Belfast, Feb. 8.- eve of Mr. Churchill's home meeting, Rain has been falling for most of the day, heavily enough to drench any smoldering blaze of dis- content which the announcement of the First Lord of the Admfralty's pro- hosed speech in Ulster Hall gave riso among the Orangemen. The popula- tion fs going, although its regular bus- iness in the regular fashion s etil kept up, and though some prophets even at this eleventh hour predict that rule This city is on the fence, without assistance from the 1o- cal population, Mr, Churehitr and Jom i. Redmond, Nationalist leader, reached the Mar-j + quee safely. The Journey through the streets was marked by nothing more Ferious than outbursts of groans and higses-To guard sgainst an invas- fon by Unionists only ticket holders were admitted to the meeting. Eifigies bearing labels: Carson and Londonderry Turn-Coats, and) swayed from poles. stationed a short distance Teadiness for emergenc: away In lt;The po- to pass into the grounds, amon occasionally bodies of youths with banners bearing the words: No Home Rule, Down with Churebill provide Mr, Churchill with an aud- Bodies of Infantry and dragons. were London, Feb. 8 Ia spite ol the various. rumors relative to the pur should prove favorable, RUSSIAN ANTERTE IN Mh Fighting is going on betwee dually becoming Worse Troops. . OW. Ae Pekin, Feb. 8. Diplomatic difficul Les; as WEI as 6casional military, between the Russiand and the Obinese continue, and are Heng watched close- ly by the foreign representatives here. The Impetial foreign board recently sent a note to the Russian legation, suying that Russian troops were aid- ing the Mongolians in their attack on the Chinese garrison at the Rail- oad station of the city of Manchuria. The foreign. board requested the Rus- sian legation to see that the Rus- siun troops observed neutrality, The Russian legation in its. reply- says that Mongolians after their at- tack on the Chinese garrison, re the Russias troops arrested them. The troops of the Chinese gartison fol- Jowpd into the railway zone and al tacked both the Mongolians and the ling a Russian officer, 4 Russian so dier, as well as a number of Moogo- lans. The conditions in Manchuria, are reated intq the railway zone where NON NCHURIA i NEAR n Rival Parties and is Gra- Garrison Troops Attack- ed Mongolians aid Killed a couple of Russian P. Cable) cvingntly becoming worse, Reports from Russian sources say that the Mongotians have: carried tha warfare to the Amur river, while brigend bands, numbering hundreds, have gone so far as to attack and injure several towns. The authority im Kiuliukta, the bead, of the Mongolien Lamase, who is now the Mongolian Grand w that there Parker) would not swear that the bed Mispute until this principle is agreed lously shown. cauGAaRe- British Press-Commend most Favorable on the Action of his Trip to Berlin Secrecy of the Trial Cause R.B. BENET 10 ENGLAND Kohan, hes seeured recognition troms Khailar down to the Turkistan bor- der In Turkestan itself a three-cormer tonflict is going on between the im- perial garrisons and the republican rebels, Who have deserted fromthe Imperial army, and 'the native Mo- hametane, who bave taken the present opportumity to revolt. A number of Russian subjects have-lost their tives. in the figiting that bas occurred be- tween the three rival parties. The foreign board has not had any reply lice challenged evervone who tried Russians in the course of the Appr Kili t the recent Rustiaa proposal to mediate with the Mongjls, and in dip- lometic circlag.no surprise would be Ht if Russian intervention in Man- churia occurfed sooner or later.

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