Evening Advocate, 1924-05-06

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The Evening Advocate
OFFICIAL   ORGAN   OF   THE   FISHERMEN'S   PROTECTIVE   UNION   OF   NEWFOUNDLAND
Vol.     XI.,     No.     73.
ST.    JQHN'S.TUESDAY,    MAY    6,     1924.
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To Hon. W.R. Warren Prime Minister
Hon. \V. R. Warren,
Prime Minister.
Sir.—hi July last the Liberal Party unanimously
t!ect?d you its leader. You pledged yourself to* stand by
that party through thick and thin—to sink or swim together.
You asked for its loyalty and pledged yours in return. That
party stood by you since, although it knew you were dickering and consulting with Mr. Higgins since the day you became Prime Minister. It was Mr. Higgins you consulted
with about the investigations. Tt was after your conversations with Mr. igglns that thc terms of reference of the
Walker Commission were drafted.
How many talks did you have with Mr. Higcins before
re-wording and amending of the first officially signed
When you altered the wording of the Commissioner's
authority and the scope of the enquiry after you arrived
from England was it to prevent enquiiy into other matters
pertaining to the Liquor Department"
You knew some of your Opposition friends-were involved
seriously and that $200,000 shortage had been shown by Mr.
Watson's report of January 3rd. You were begged by some
of your friends to enlarge the scope of the Commission in
order to have the allegations contained in the Watson report
investigated.
Will you explain now to the public why you refused to
enlarge the scope of the enquiry into the Liquor Department"
Will you say what men were involved in   thc   Watson
... and confined the   investigation*entirely to thei"*port?   What thc allegations are?
I" Sir Richard Squires. |       You, as Minister of Justice, were entirely responsible
not the fact that when thc terms of the commis-,for the operation of the Enquiry, for the powers of the
: reworded you knew that some opponents wcre ^ amission, for the scope and limitation of the enquiry.. It
in the Liauor Department? is a matter of common knowledge now   that   men   closely
 ' 'associated with some membei-s of your present Tory Execu-
itive are involved in thc Watson report.   It is generally rc-
!?{» v ; ?(^ '?\*:T(t.®®®®b\ported that there are transactions connected with the Liquor
(9 ®'Dept. scandals which far exceed the alleged wrongdoings of
J1, Sir Richard Squires. There is no doubt about a large
£.' shortage.
The Department for the two years previous to Capt.
J \ Bonia taking charge was run at a loss of $15,000 to $20,000
jg (During Capt. Bonia's term of nine months the net profits of,
x jthe Department amounted to over $90,000.
g i This is a fair basis upon which to base the estimate for
&   the shortage.
C* j The voters want to know before they cast their votes at
y this crisis why you limited and confined the Liquor Invest.-
§   gation absolutely to the alleged wrongdoing
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■iinisraiin:
VICTOR
hour
Means Quality
of  Sir  R.   A.
Another Step Towards Reparations
* Settlement-Old Newfoundland
Navy Man Dies   ,
Ill"!eXN
y .".  Kl.'erlie
Munis up Japan   maintained   tho     present     rc-
e'.em  to-day showed tbe  followine striction on Chinese immigration.
ding of parties.   "Socialists    101: j  o	
Communists 54: Democrats 2U: | MONTREAU May 5—One who was
Populists 40: Nation- on active service In the British nary
i Nationalists 24; Han-!during the occupaUon of Egypt in
overian's 5: Bavarian Populists 15; I1S82. and was on board II. M. S.
Members ot Economic .Union 5: Condor under the late Lord Charles
Baverlan Peasants 4; other parties 8.'i*ar€sford. when the little craft    rau
 . uadcr the guns of thc Egyptian forts
I In Alexander Harbor and elicited
I from the British Admiral .the ncs-
" sago  "well  done  Condor,"  died  yes-
LONDON.  May  5—As  a  result
rime   Minister   MacDonald's      CO
fcrence with     Premier    The'inls
Belgium,   at   Chequers   Court    ov
reek-end. a new Interallied   co
ice  for making the  Experts'  r
paratlons plan effective is    clear
hand than  has been  previously    a
tlclpatcd, according to the view   of
sh  oflclal   who  has had  the o
portuuity  to  lenrn something'of    I
al  conversations  held     at     tj
Premier's official country    resident
Tho British   view    Is   that    anoth
done has been passed on thn toi
towards a reparation settlement <
that two more aro visible ahead,  i
TheBO are  the  French elections next
Snndny anel thc Belgian    cejnference
with Mussolini at Milan.   May    ISth.'
If  these    are     passed    successfully j
Premiers  MacDonald  and
Thounls and Mussolini, are
meet in Ix>ndon or Paris during June.'!
TOKIO. May 5—A delegation reur
ent ing Ihe    Chinese    Association
Tokio  caled    on     Foreign      Minis!
Matsul   today   and. presented   a   m
mortal   protesting  against     Japanese J
union of Chinese, declaring
Chinese expect the same coi
oration from Japan as Japan Is a
Ing  from   the    United  .States,
delegation emphasised   that   although]!
colored  races are  Interested
legislation to bar Asiatics from    :
ilted States, ft would be impossll
:   them   to  stand  together      wh
n.    Mr.   Freeman   was
s ago ln St. John's. N
<G KONG, May 5—The p
notor boat Opcrto, sallini
n from Kongmoon.
• by pirates, who killed
,  and   kidnapped  forty   ,
BELFAST. May    6—An
•Mch   was   heard   for   mills  t
'.-rurrcd on Saturday ti
rain market at Strabane on tne
trc-Donegal   border,
rrt.   Despatches say the wfcoh ti
i.s shaken, the marl
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