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Hon. H. Stevens Submits Policy of New Party
Attempt to Salvage Much of What was BuJicved to be Bon-iiett Policy a Short Time Ago.
NO RAILWAY l&ERGER
Would Enforce the Findings of t]lC Price Spreads Commission to the Fullest Extent.
Ottawa, July' 12�Hon. H. H. Ste-veivs fonner mini;ter of trade and comrnerce in the Bennett administration issued to the' electoi\s pf the dominion today the platform upon! aOiich his new party will make its ap ueal in the approaching general flections. The manifesto presents little that may be considered as new, bin ! suggests' a new approach to prob- : ieras which have been uncovered, especially as the result of the enqu I dv the price spreads commiiision. The ; text of tlie manifesto follows:
1. increased taxes on large income? ami corat ons operating on a multiple unit basis to be assessed on each unit.
Dominion government to collect all claims of federal and provincial taxes and divide returns on "equitable and agreeable basis."
2 Enactment of legislation to en- \ sure fair prices for the farmers' pro-) ducts and to free participants in Canada's primary industry from oppression of the secondary handler oi , their products; "appo:ntment of a dominion agricultural board ro for- 1 mulate a democratic* scheme." for j ":. � : and direction for marketing | of agricultural products under four1 groups: Cereals, livestock and poultry, fruits and vegetables, and dairj products.
3. Complete investigation of credit ind monetary problems, with the :ic-ristance of outstanding authoritie from Canada and Great Britain, "to dovise a plan of monetary cbntro' txsi adapted to Canadian conditions." Nationalization of the Bai\k of Canada.
4. Restriction of: interest rates to a much lower level, and exercise of I governmental power and admiirstrn- | Live influence to reduce rates�"5 per cent en mortgages should l>e ample.'
Liquidation of national debt in I twenty-five years by use of latent natural resources, through the de- j yeloptnent of the great "^roldshield:' I increased consumption of Canadian coal by absorbing a larger portion ol : transportation costs. Utilization of peat bogs is also proposed.
5. Vicorous administrat'on of al! legislation based on the price spreads j re;�rt. Legislation creating a feder-: ai trade and industiy commission; vth authority to act as referee in all ; commercial and trading. unethical | business practices, discriminatory-discounts and unfair competition gen- : erally. j
6. Complet'on of the Trans-Can^d:? j highway; construction with uo-< ,: r- ; atioivof tbe provinces, of highways j from the southern boundary to Cana-cw's national parks; development, o' < Canada's northland for tourist traf-'ic; eountry-wide reforestration pro : ?rnin and removal of level crossings.! .7. Financial institutions to bo in-"ted to join in urban and rural na- i t-ional housing scheme with lower in- : terest rates. The housing scheme is to be financed by sale of Dominion i '."iiamntivxi bonds if -such co-operation 15 not forthcoming. . 8. Measures to establish uniform-rt.v of wages and hours of labor; strict fnforcoment of fair-wage provisions |n all government contracts and with J we aim of securing such fair wage j :f"f-c in industry cenerally.
9- Reciprocal trade agreements with ; ^Qther countries. Protection of work-1 Rt7S�nd atr-iculturist constitutional | authority to remedy wrongs. Any tiiajiges in the B.N.A. Act to b> undo
only after ample and amicable conference" with the provinces.
11. NTo amalgamation of Canadian! railways under private ownership. (]" �� ^e of Canadian National railways w any group of internalicnal financiers, at this time or at the ^aJuiition of today
A^ plan is being prepared by the ^construction party for a "rational ;^?, .Practical solution of the railway Problem.."
uv!2' Ai>3Ori'Ption of young men and r?men into useful emplovment b�| yPpning up avenues of oppertunitv "�� work on farms. 1n tbe m'nes. for-, mnSL"?*1 other industrial and com-mercial activity.
J3- Thorough study of Canadian I*?01} system with the object of ,""^nsiornung penltent'aries into itnVf1*11 establishments" for relmbil-. lu�on of inmates.
y*- legislation to protect women; ^ Rirts from, expit/tat'on by "un- , mS-W01*5 employers" and rccogni-,,^. *?�', "rorn�"Vj: rliim^ in op- J / mated region, carrying death to! mere than ten thousand persons within a few minutes. The catas- j trophe was witnessed by the crew of a Chinese motorboat who reixjried a large portion of the dyke gave way j under the great pressure and the; rived moved cut cf its channel sweep- i ing everything before it. humans.; livestock and houses. The break in i the dyke, although it had been fear-ed. came without warning. .
This latest disaster is said to have : brought the? less of life in the Yang- j tre valley up to 50.000, mak:ng it one of the ma.ior floodVdlstjsve'"? in t'.ie ]
history of the nation. With one; -------------o------------
uisaster following fast upon the heels rnoTRAl T rAUC yy/t-tli cf another the morale of the people j t(JU l BALL LrAMfc VV1 I H has been utterly shaken, and they : VY,'TjsT(^r) a A] HAS RFFN have turned again to their ancient, w liN
al for the federal government to in- j
vade the jurisdiction of the -.state in i
the matter of crop production. The I
f.-ght against the collection of eJio!
processing tax was commenced sev-1
eral weeks ago, and there are now
on file one hundred cases in which
the collection of the tax Ls be ins re- '
sis ted.
Administrat'on officials point out j
that the constitutionality of (h= pro- '
cessing tax cani-.ot be determined!
until the (.a.se hac been carried to!
the supreme court of the United!
States. Appeal to the .supicme court
will \.c taken, but a^ the court is now |
in .M-ir.cr recess it will be several i
weeks before the momentous decision j
can-be secured. The appsal of Uic ,
processing tax legLslation has been
followed with even g:eat?r concern |
than the fight over the gold clause
in that a much greater number of
persons have a direct interest in the
outcome. The farmers in the central and western states are said tc
be interested to the extent of S250.-
000.000. which they were expecting to
receive thus year for the withholding
of their lands from production, and the same will apply to the cotton producers of the south. If the tax if-held to be unconstitutional the crop-reduction program of the administration, which was designed to va:-i<-prices, will hnye to be recast oi abandoned.
RELIGIOUS FACTIONS STILL SNIPING AT EACH OTHER IN BELFAST
Belfast. July 15�Tine rioting which broke out on- July 12th between members of the Orange order and Roman Catholics is .still causing the police considerable trouble. Although the rioters have been driven to covei desultory sniping continued today ir which one man was killed and i number wounded. Since the outbreak of Uhe trouble there have been sever persons killed and upwards of fifty injured.
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punishments. They are being urged � by the priests to abstain from the eating of meat in the future, being told the flood is a visitation of the displeasure of the gods for their lapse from their early teaching, esj>e-cially in the eating of meat. Tho death-deaL'ng flood it is explained to them represents the spirits of the countless thousands of animals which and superstition have thrown tho ]>oople into .such a state of panic that it has become impossible to get them to endeavor to help themselves and further catasiropliies are believed to be immense.
The bodies of 14.000 flood victims have l>een recovered, but it is feared the most strenuous efforts of the authorities will be unable to avert a plague.
UNITED STATES RECALLS ITS CITIZENS FROM THREATENED ABYSSINIA
The state department of the United States has recalled all of its citizens from the threatened kmsz-dom of Emixror Haile Selassie, who j claims to be the descendent of K.in<:; Solomon and the Queen of Shrba. In- j cidentally the United States has but 125 citizens in Abyssinia, of which number 113 are missionaries, who have been preaching all of th.^ fifty seven varieties of religion from that i of the Seventli Day Adventists to! that of the hard-back Presbyterians. Of the thirteen remaining United States citizens one is Everett W. Col-son, who has been financial adviser to Emperor Haile'Selassie sin-re 1931, and twelve American, negroes who | have been making their homes in. Abyssinia.
BIG NAVAL REVIEW AT SPITHEAD FEATURES KING'S JUBILEE
review, the
eleven square-
tomorrow.
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s lini in
affectinfir the henHh and| well-beina: of the people. 15. Careful and sympathetic stv"r-e3 ^oVpwot^ ?�*- on Monday. JiUv BHi T)\r oil of rV^ h *?M_'in be *�> " f�lr <*** 1 "ealth considering his many years.
Bfltteh spg},gg
over the Snlt La y
covering 323-- wat than nd
hours, an average of neg ^^ ^
miles oer hour w but for
Jrsss by ^ ^
of the moon.
The game of football will stage a Come-back in Prince George on Sunday, when a group of lecal enthusi-asts will meet the Wingdam team at ' Duchess Park in what it is hoped will ; develop into a series of matches.1 Sunday's game is scheduled for 21 n't ock and will be handled by Alt j Holm wood as referee, and Ernie Davis j a>> linesman, wfth another linesman i chosen from tlie Wingdam following.
The Prince Georjge band has ki'iiilj j consented to play at the opening of j tlie football game and again during j the lest interval. This service is. appreciated by the football manage- \ ment and is sure to make a hit with i the fails. |
For the past two weeks the locals j have been endeavoring to get into i shape and are now of the opinion they w.U be able to give a good ac- I count of themselves. It is two years ] since Prince George fielded a foot- j iMtll team. In the interim many of i the former players have drifted away, j and some of them may be seen on I Sunday playing for Wingdam, but � there have come a number of new players to replace the old boys, and , the prospect is sa;d to be.. good for | rounding out a very good team. It ' will be chosen from the following: Wilson, Oabriellc. Gibbons. McL-?od. Miller, Johnson. Hoist Nigert. Gun-nar, Elvenes. Jensen.- DavYs, Spaner. Abbott. Henderson and others: A full ! practice is called for this evening at ! 6.30 following which the team for Sunday's game will be chosen.
The players are requested to meet -at the London Hotel. Third avenue �>t ' -1.30 where dressing quarters have been provided.
Arrant'emtnus are being made by j the local baseball executive to bring | me Wingdam u.ill team along at the same tiune for a game with the local club. It will not be known definitely whether the baseball team will accompany the soccer team until this evening." Should they be able to come notice will be g'.ven and the j game will commence immediately I after the football game, which would j be at 3.30 o'clock. ; ------------o------------
WEATHER REPORT
Sunday set a record as being tlie warmest day of the year. 92 degrees in South Fort George, 93 in Prince George, and 98 in Quesnel. Tlie moon rose in a total eclipse on Monday nfght and a good view of the phenomenon was had. For the week ending Tuesday. July 16th, there were 79 hours, 48 minutes sunshine, ana ia precipitation of .22 of one inch. The maximum and minimum temperature readings for the period were:
Wednesday ..................... 70.2 50.8
Thursday .......................... 76.0 45.8
Friday ................................ 84.0 51.4
Saturday ...........-............. 88.0 46.8
Sunday ......._.................... 92.0 44 2
Monday ............................ 86.8 47.4
Tuesday ........................... 77.2 55.2
ALBERTA ELECTIONS TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY AUGUST 27th
Edmonton, July 16�It was ;,> hi"ernl of the lMe Arrgus Hugh McLeod will bf held on Friday afternoon under the auspices oi Nechako Lodge No. 86. A.F. & A.M �at 2.30 o'clock. The deceased, who ' .ri �.�; e-y in ror>i- health for the past few years, was living at the home of t-> s son HiiErh Method He nppearea to as well as usual on Saturdav when l- -� s:'n and lr'-- family started for Vancouver on a vacation trip, but took a turn on the following d*\y "�1-iirh re^'lted in his death. The news of his father's death reached Hugh at Sardvs.
SIX LIVES LOST IN THIRD CRASH OF DUTCH FLYING HOTEL
Moscow, July 13�The independent state of Mongolia s viituaily seeking the assistance of Soviet Russia to prevent the overrunning- of Mongolia by Japanese troops and the ultimate seizing of the country. A communique issued at Ulan Bator, the Mongolan capital, and published in the official Soviet press, said Manchurian and Japanese forces had delivered an ultimatum demand'ng the right to maintain military observers in Mongolian territory. It made this charge:
"Recent events prove that Man-chukuo (the Manchurian state), with the Japanese army's .support, washes to avoid peaceful settlement of border incidents and prepare the way for further occupation of our territory.'
Mongolia, with its soviet type of government, is closely related po.it-cally with the U.S.S.R. Its borders march with Siberia's for many miles. Manchuria lies to its ea.st. Northern China, Into which the Japanese army has penetrated deeply during recent months, is southeast.
The Japanese demands followed sevei al Mongol-Manchuria border incidents, which were termed provocative in nature. They were presented even as Russia's diplomats representative at Tokyo was seekine assurances against the repetition of similar incidents, including an alleged invasion cf Sr,vL~'t territory along the Siberian-Manchuran frontier.
A note wh:ch Chan Kei. head o! the Manchurian foreign ministry, and high Japanese army officers handed on July 4 to the Mongolian Eectior. of the mixrd Mcngol-Manchurian ccmnvttee studying the border incidents, contained the demands,' tlT> Mongolian communique said. It called them "entirely unwarranted" and "intolerable."
The Japanese army. Mongolia announced, asked the right of permanent residence for military observers, the right for them to move about freely and keep contact with Manchuria and permission to run telegraph lines into Mongolia to fac:li-tate this communication.
Failing Mongolia's compl'ance, the communique asserted. Japan threatened to demilitarize much of f.he eastern section of Mongolia by forcing the withdrawal of Mongolian troojxs.
A recent dispatch from Tientsin. China, quoted foreign military rb � servers as expressing the opiivon that Japan's Northern China and Mongolia policy was designed primarily to guarantee her freedom cf communications and freedom from trouble to the south in case she came to war with the Soviet.
While the Mongol'-Japanese icstif� was regarded here with crerU gravity. Soviet officials withheld comment pending further developments. A close watch on the situation was nYa'tit.Mhed. and full Soviet press facilities were given for dissemination of the communique.
Tho threat to demand the withdrawal of Mongolian troop, war held to be onrt'cularlv serious, sine* Mtengolia skirts an imiwrt^nt part of the Sov^t Observers said occupation bv Japanese and Manchurian troops of Mongolia, or part of Mongolia, would sreatly inrren.se the chance of further Russo-Japanese friction.
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T.W.S. PARSONS BROUGHT BACK RELICS FROM McDAMES CREEK
T. W. S. Parsons, assistant commissioner of B. C. police, has letunted to Victoria, following an extended trip to McDames Creek, in the Cas-siar district, where he ass'sted in the installation of a short-wave broadcasting station to be operated by the police. Mr. Parsons was forty-five r'av- oi his northern trip and his many friends in Prince George were not Gurpr'sed to lean that he brought back more historic loot from the north than a pirate would pick uu in a raid upon a Chinese city: all or which will go into provincial collections. Among his treasures were a large piece of jade secured on the Lower Laird, a collection cf Tahl-ton Indian arrowheads, and retorts and moulds used at Dense hike during, the late 70'* nnd the early 80".s of the Cassiar gold rush.
Amsterdam, July 15�The Nether- j lands Air Lines lost the third of j theft1 f-unous living hocels todav i when the machine was taking off i fr'th fourteen ps'Tsengers and a "crew of six on an intended fl's-ht to Sweden. The accident resulted in t.be deith of two British passengers. Newman and Hodson, who were in the prilot's compartment inspecting the mechanism. t.Ve trlof. Pilverstein the wireless operator Niebor. �nd mechanic? B"om end V^^^vic. 'rr>-riav's accident made the third of the flying-hotels lost within the past six months and a rigid invesiig.uicn has been ordered.
MARGARET WALEY GETS 20-YEAR SENTENCE FOR PART IN KIDNAPPING
Tacoma. July 17�Margarrt Walev, wife of Harmon Waley. was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment today for her part ii> the kidnnopimr of nine-year-old George Weyerhau.s-p-". The hT'bnnd entered a plea of guilty several dnys aeo. -and receJvp.bsr*. who 's caid to have r>n-snneered the kidnanpinlice believe they have him located 'n Nebraska. Mi%
Waley's defence wa^ th"f -).....- � '��>
feaa- of Mah^n and was forced t� obey his orders in connection with the kidnapping.