Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 10, 1905, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba free press. Winnipeg. Thursday. August4 10 published every by Manitoba Freo Pieta con party at their office Corner of port aft ave. And Garry St., Winnipeg. B. H. Mackle of. Manager. Telephone numbers editorial department. In. 318. Job new York n Henry 9m Temple court a Hacaga office Henry Decur gue. Tol-2 of chiller Freedom in Traufl Liberty in religion Equality in civil thursday August 10. 1005. The exhibition site. It la encouraging to Noto that Tho joint committee made up of representatives from Tho exhibition Hoard the City Council and Tho Parks Board a in Neil to Deal with Tho matter of improving the exhibition grounds and converting them into a Park and nth Letic grounds Durbin Tho portion of Tho year when they arc nut required for exhibition purposes Lias set about its work in Earnest. Or. T. W. Taylor went straight to the heart of Tho whole matter when to raised Tho question of the permanency of Tho present grounds As the site of Tho exhibition. To declared his opinion decidedly that a Moro suitable location should Boob trained. This question is Ono which will Havo to to settled and a Good time to Settle it is now. The in Delra ill Ltd of the present location la a mat Ter about which there can hardly be much difference of opinion at Tho Pamo time is must to recognized that it la no easy matter to move Trio exhibition to a new site. The present grounds belong to Tho Winnipeg Industrial exhibition association not to the City. If they were to sold Tho amount realized ought go a fair Way towards Tho Purchase of More suitable grounds. At least a Hundred acres in a convenient location would be required and with the appreciation of land values it can hardly to expected that such a Block could to purchased for a song nor will Tho Price grow less is Tho years Advance. If on Tho other hand the exhibition is to stay where it is Tho grounds must to drained and made presentable. To expect Tho Hoard of directors to Mako the exhibition what it should be when they have to work in a mud Hole is to expect Tho impossible. Tho City should put the grounds in first class presentable shape and in return the citizens should to entitled to Tho Usu of them As a Park Anil Athl Otlo held when they Are not required for exhibition purposes. Tho joint committee realizing that Tho exhibition cannot continue to to based in a quagmire is going about its work the right Way. Tho Parks Board has been formally requested to draw up a plan for Tho improvement of the grounds with the estimated Cost and Tho landscape Gardener at Minneapolis who Laid out the Elmwood cemetery also to to communicated with in re Gard to preparing plans and specifications for Tho improvements of Tho grounds. The committee is to meet Moraln at Trio Call of the chairman iia Yor Sharp. Tho discussion of the question of moving Tho exhibition to a Moro suit Able location was desultory and with out any definitely formulated conclusion but the committee it must be remembered ins no Power to Deal with that question. And yet it is the most important and fundamental question of All in connection with the exhibition and Ono that should be gone into decided now. Various members of the committee indicated unmistakably their belief that a new location should be secured. At Tho same time there would unquestionably to Strong opposition As Aid. Cox pointed out to any proposal to move the exhibition from Tho present grounds. It would to desirable while Tho plans for the pro posed improvements to Tho present grounds Aro being prepared if there could be an expression of Public Opin Ion secured upon Tho question of re Moval. Notable news from Russia. A dispatch from St. Petersburg yesterday announced that Tho first As Eom Blago of representatives of the russian people since emperor Alex Ander my Chacovitch Tho second of Tho Romanoff dynasty summoned the last Zemsky Sobor in the seventeenth Cen Tury will to proclaimed on saturday next which is holy to to an epoch Mai King Day in Tho history of Russia. Tho Czar will thus Rymko Good his Promise of March last which the bureaucracy of Russia has done its worst to bring to nothing. When in Juno last the delegation of Moscow zest volts was presented to the Czar Pronco Trouc Skol. Of ads cow University denounced Tho Bureau Cracy and appealed to the Czar in these words cease to give Hoed to their intrigues summon Tho people s elect and listen to them therein lies our Only Hope of escape from civil War and a shameful peace. You alone can unite Russia Tho Czar thus appealed to renewed his Promise made in March to convoke representatives of Tho nation. But a few Days later while Tho Komst volts wore rejoicing Over Tho renewal of Tho Czar s Promise Tho minister of the Interior issued a statement declaring that his majesty s words contain absolutely not the least indication of ther possibility of modifying the fundamental Laws of Tho Tho bureaucracy denied that Tho Czar had any intention of promising a constitutional Assembly and so great has been Tho Lack of Backbone exhibited by the autocrat of All the rus Slas that Tho world has been ready to believe that these bureaucratic announcements constituted Tho most re liable information As to the course he would follow. Tho proclamation to be Nigado on saturday next will to an interesting disclosure of How far Tho Czar and his Council of ministers have judged it advisable to go Forward to a meet the Reform in Russia. Tho it is Artoun cd Lias been drafted minister of the Interior m. In june last denied to authoritatively that there would to any Concession to Tho de Mand for a constitutional Assembly. It appears that the Assembly to to constituted is to have Tho privilege of Dis cussing measures Bald before it and of forcing Tho withdrawal of ministerial propositions by a two thirds vote. Its control Over legislation will thus to Only negative and it will fall far Short of being the constitutional Assembly demanded by Tho Zim Stevo Congress held in Moscow in july which the Czar was to have attended but decided at Tho last moment not to at decided also to forbid though Tho delegates went ahead with it just Tho same Tho police taking All their names but not otherwise inter Fering with them. If the proclamation to to made on saturday proves to to a real Concession to Tho demand for a. Constitution it will to the most Satis factory news from Russia in Many years. Inion than there would to for the City of Winnipeg assuming it. The Hudson Bay project. Railway the Canadian Northern principals Aro heard from at intervals in regard to Tho Hudson Bay project. At a pub Llo banquet in this City within the Pas few months Tho executive officer of tin Canadian Northern Felt moved to de Clare that when Throe years Moro have rolled round their courses. Some of his historic Hudson Bay promises would to found to have Baccomo facts. This May be a True prediction for and everybody knows Tho Canadian Northern holds Tho charter granted by Dominion parliament some Twenty years ago for Tho construction of railway to Hudson Bay. If Ever that line la to be built with any Prospect of being operated with Success. It wll Havo to be by Ono of Tho three railway Canadian Northern Tho Canadian Pacific or Tho grand trunk Ith which it will Havo to co operate. Curtain people who to judge from their talk in this connection Are unable to Seo beyond their noses will hear of nothing but a government railway to Hudson Bay. Tho Manitoba government they say should build the Lino. And what would Tho Manitoba government do with Tyllo line this question is Ono which these gentlemen in their enthusiasm do not Stop to re i to. Suppose that Winnipeg were linked with Hudson Bay by a government railway iia these gentlemen advocate. It would to a line of truck some eight or nine Hundred Miles Long owned by Tho province with its Southern end in this City and its Northern end in a Hudson Bay port. How could it be operated How could shipments for it to carry from this City to Hudson be collected into this City for it from throughout Western Canada How could Tho freight which it would bring in to distributed from tills City throughout Tho West this work of collodion and distribution would have to be done by Tho Canadian Northern or the Canadian Pacific or grand trunk Pacific and this Thoy certainly would not do to Tho injury of their own Long haul. Tho Only Chance in the world which a Lino from Winnipeg to Hudson Bay would have of being n Success would be for it to have behind it a railway system operating through out Tho West to work in conjunction with it. Perhaps the advocates of this visionary scheme of a Manitoba government Lino from Winnipeg to Hudson Bay would go further and put Forward the proposal that this pro Vince should launch out tid Stilld a. Railway system extending throughout the West. As yet however they have sold nothing of any Fluch proposal have they said anything about any action by Tho province in connection with Tho of i Ocean steamship or Rolce Between the Hudson Bay terminus of Tho Lino and Europe. They Devoto themselves entirely to advocating Tho building by the pro Vince of a railway from Wanh log to Tho eight or nine Hundred mile stretch of government Road Iso lated in mid continent. Tho Absurdity of this idea cannot but be evident to anybody who will faring business common Scanso to Bear upon it a glance at Tho map of can Ada is sufficient to make it Plain Htit Tho opening up of the Hudson Bay out let for the products of the West to Tho world s Market on the other Side of Uio Atlantic must be a Dominion not a provincial undertaking. It must to a National work. It will to for the National advantage. Tho government assistance in carrying it out should to Dominion government assistance and it should be such As to Rollo to any province from having to take part in Tho undertaking. The feasibility of the Hudson Bay route remains to to de finitely proved. It is As yet a Specula Tive project though All Western can Ada looks Forward with Tho most confident Hope to the Groat advantages to to derived from Tho establishment of that proposed now Highway Between Tho now world and Tho old. When the work of providing that Highway is undertaken it is for Tho Dominion of Canada to undertake it and whatever action la taken by Tho Federal govern ment would necessarily include the safeguarding of Public rights and interests in Tho matter of control etc., and would by no manner of Means con Sist of Tho building of Tho line and Tho handing of it Over to a company. Tho question of an Ocean steamship ser vice As of the railway connection with the Bay would obviously to Ono for Tho Federal government not for a provincial government to Deal with. The whole project of tha opening up of Tho Hudson Bay route when it is de finitely and finally determined to to a feasible route is Ono in which the Western provinces Havo a joint and common interest and for Tho carrying out of which they look to the Domin Ion government. no reason for those proving jointly much less Ono of them alone assuming the o responsibility which Talon a to Dom or. Haultain s letter. Or. Hall talk b letter in support of government in the hew provinces in not without 110 interest As an essay in apologetics but it la not Likely to affect Tho political situation in Tho West which is developing Stead ily and naturally to a conclusion which will Bear no resemblance to Tho objective which he sketches As desirable. Tho question of no in the new is being discussed As an abstract proposition and if Tho pro Vinces wore beginning an absolutely new Pago with no political legacies from an earlier regime a very Good Case for no party could to made out. But Tho West has to consider not a theory but a condition it has to Deal with circumstances As they have Boon formed by that has happened Uji to to Iii time. When or. I Haultain pleads for no party government he if not Advocat ing Tho realization of an ii cat lie is asking in a politely roundabout Way to be continued in office is Premier of Ono of Tho such a Union of forces Havo in the past sufficed to Render him Safe from opposition. Or. Haultain has for years had Tho steady unwavering support of a fairly compact in ado up of the greater portion of Tho Liberal electors of the territories with a considerable though much less Crous Section of Tho conservatives. This was a very comfortable arrange ment for or. Haultain Ami to is naturally anxious to Seo it continued. Or. Haultain desires to to a no party Leader with followers from both Dominion Camps. But to is con fronted by a difficulty. Tho liberals decline longer to follow him. They no longer Trust him and they repudiate him is a Leader. The right of citizens to withdraw their Confidence from their political leaders is unchallenged. Tho liberals in the territories by exercising thnh right Havo a tide or. Haultain an impossibility As a no party chief it Lii. So far is Ono can judge from external observation the Liberal a Fec Jolon from or. Haultain is neither Par tial nor has been witnessed in every settlement in the vast territories and it has included practically every member of the Liberal party from the leaders to Trio latest recruits. Or. Haultain May Well nok himself what has brought Abreut this change which presages his political ruin what has substituted open hostility for lie old Gail Confidence what turned pipers like the Retina Lender which fought Muff Holly for him but two years Apo. Into unrelenting opponents and critics 1 some foolish people attribute this movement to the instigation. Of Tho Liberal leaders at Ottawa. This is sheer nonsense. Only one Man had the Power to tar Leo the territorial liberals out of Tho haul turn Camp that Man was or. Inn Liln himself. Two yours of unscrupulous prostitution of his High office to the purposes of Tho Dominion tory machine has Dono it work. Tho liberals Havo Confidence in him and when to Ponds to be can ten cd la office in Burdor no doubt that to May continue to put his knife into the liberals on every possible occasion it is not surprising Flint to wets Slih no from Liis old Elmo Liberal friends. Or. Haultain makes in his letter a Laboured and halt Polo Jay for his course during tha invested in one of these Large and magnificently treed lots will insure you a splendid summer Home site and at the same time be a Money making investment. Write us to Day. C. 393 main Enderton co. Phone 1183 committed Tho conservative party to a party fight in every local constituency. Or. I Haultain was a Lead ing figure at that convention and was elected honorary president of Tho conservative organization formed for the express purpose of inserting in the cradles of Trio now provinces the for Ponts of party quote again Tho words used by Tho High minded Montreal Star in its pain because Tho West will not now join or. Haultain in pretending to forget the proceedings at Moose jaw. 1 canadians should be interested in Tho remark by Tho Springfield re publican that american who goes to Alaska is Quick to admit that Tho United states docs nothing like As Well As Canada in All that pertains to Law and order and Good yet the Canadian government whose administration of affairs in Tho Yukon Wlna the approval of americana has been very savagely criticized it Home by its critics on this count. If it to Truo that Tho contemporary opinion of another state is an Index to the judg ment of posterity the opening up of Tho Yukon will go into history As very creditable achievement of Tho Laurier regime. It is now Moro than two years Slanco Tho announcement was prematurely made that or. Edison had solved Tho problem of a Light non leaking Stor age Battery which could be economically used in moving vehicles. It is now announced that he has at lust succeeded in overcoming Tho of that problem. If so lie has covi.-. Passed an achievement which though it May not bring the Fame of some of his other achievements will tree tally yield to none of them in Utility it will mean the application of electric Power to vehicles of All carriages As Well As trucks and drays. It will mean the beginning of the pass ing of the Lionso from Tho streets of cities. U. A Trade with China in danger. Utler from to Tho York evening i Cut Joan on a Pedestal. I no bettor if to Verc fret Era place upon inc Law. Instead of in Post two yearn and pleads for forgiveness of liberals. It is for thu liberals of the territories to duly re Spond to tills touching1 and affecting ii peal. The liberals of sir intr Hawnn meet within a week and to shall then know what they think of it. Spin King from Tho viewpoint of a More Spectator our own opinion is that or. Plaul talk s Letler to a singularly ineffective reply to the specific charges of undue partisanship which Havn been him by the liberals of Trio Tor it Bro Sidly sons to do Stan kills i Between u chinese or and an Ordinary coolie. Unless to realize very time chinos who have a right to Wilmis Don to buy and to Rotl bin to make to difficult to buy by duties in our Tariff because a foreign to Riff Malo n it dolt Lecuit to sell set ins Long an idea that car Only to Onorr Talmod by Mon who Aro to tally unable to Tho position assumed by or. Chamberlain towards free ii 1111 i we i i Ltd Tii Iii Ivi Vitillis i v into America should be treated with the Trade. In the opinion of John can same Courtesy As is accorded visitors of i Only to enteral Iii d by men who Aro to of nationalities will have a com tally unable to reason or. Nicholson s Fri Cal our with China. Tho various mercantile guilds a China Aro beginning to Boycott our various in Liore Aro at present oppor Omarks on Cobden do credit to his but to h unwittingly unfair to Tom Mem Ory of the Man to eulogies or. Cob made iwo ills belief bunnies for opening up in Points Var Kiat Al Runyn adopted free Trade t Ier North than Semi Ifrain in expansion i la its . Other would of Trade which Lias never been equalled i follow her and i Lila is directly Trio result of Jap uni i definitions his control. Both it 1 Ort Arthur and in nicely to pour in Conn try is Sot ridicule. Ills economic n because of these opponents have out abuse am argue Nettin have Boon touched it with Only when to allowed Futural optimistic temperament to run riot that left Rit ories. The old town of Portsmouth n. Ii. Will soon be the Centre of interest for nil the world and if Tho negotiations there end in Pence Between Japan and Russia Tho name of Tho place will go into history in connection with the treaty just As the names of such email european cities As Amiens utrecht and Ghent Havo Baccomo historic. If Tho negotiations Are very prolonged however the negotiators at the end of Tho warm season will re turn to Washl Nelun. And the treaty of Washington not Tho treaty of Portsmouth May end Tho War. Vico Presl dont Fairbanks in his speech at Trio Soo Celebration made re Ference to a state of things that onco disturbed Tho Toul of the martial Dun Donald. There to Eald no fortifications along our common fron tier no Battle ships upon Tho Waters which Dildo us. Those no not a coded now and we Trust that in god s pro Al Deco Thoy shall never to it was Tho opinion of Dundon Oid and Tho Al Noroes who took their co from him that our Frontier should to protected against Uncle Sam s possible aggressions but Alt sensible canadians agree with Tho Vlco president Rathor than with the Noble lord. Down and tin Usu Jil a Hiinds of Trade up. In addition to tills. Thoi Tsatigh of Roll cd Are at Vork re Tell ill Uio nil fronds and rehabilitating tiling for his opponents to Raj at. Hut Trio towns. After fond Jne Nion when u professedly Froe trader must wild of clot bins workmen his Little Stone we May Well fool can Liik Felt when he wrote his Ooi Nineth on a can did but wan not to far out. Lord find on moved in the ill Tanh House of commons 1s7d. For a return showing tie Connin of european tariffs from Tho object of lord san Don was to prove that Trio Tariff of of stir ape had Radii Nelly Ilson from Trio Driy adot Teil Freo Trade. Strange As u May appear time return proved to Lii Hilt that to run s of Europe had been declining until tin evil and ordinarily Ainor Laii Cotto i goods would be Nold to them by chinese Mer chants. U looks As if China after Tho present War is Over would become Siw. Of the Kiva test nations in Tho world under japanese control for it is perfectly natural for these two count tics to come closer together. In a few yearn the Panama canal will be completed and the possibilities for Trade with Tao Empire will be greater than Ever. Ono must Boc people in their own country to realize their vast Power and sooner up of realisation not to antagonize them the belter it will be for us. Ring latin d and Germany lire talc Imp full advantage of stir Short sighted policy. Uliey Are flooding the country with Thor doing everything in Cir or Power to turn the chinese mar chant from purchasing in the american Market. Effects of the Franco German War began to be Folt in 1s7j. Since then Knop Linn become a Krent warehouse of army to a Sepo and n Imago Drill Hall. It to Tho Suttor who adopt a pen name Hauld Encisa their name and address for the Infra Matron of the editor Only. Containing or Atta Uki on private character will not published. French Canadian ambitions. To the editor of Tiu free pro ii. The above caption Tho in an article no Western Reader can read without smiling Trio Mont real Star with a great shewing of indignant sorrow declares that the now provinces Aro in great danger of be ginning life with the serpents of party ism in their says Tho Star until Tho autonomy Bills passed there was no the Federal Tho local politics of Tho territories. Or. Haultain was the head of a non partisan government which commanded Tho Confidence of Tho peo ple and enjoyed the services of min sters who were associated with both parties in Dominion politics. And or. Haultain very lately made a plea for the continuation of this same Happy condition of the Star has not a word to say about the conservative convention at Moose jaw tie. Year before last which. Was called together by or. Borden and at tended Alii parts of the territories who formally Telegram published a letter signed Jean this letter is certainly a curiosity and boars upon its face Trio car Marks of fraud Jean Lebrun May Havo written that letter if ouch a per son As Jean exists. If he did write it Hla object in doing was not actuated by Friendship for the French Caim Dlan cause. His object. In View of recent developments in the Northwest Terri tories is so clearly evident that to who runs May read. Mes Ira. Haultain and Bennett have decided to try and Intro Duce race and religious strife in Trio new provinces of Saskatchewan and Al Berta. Having failed in Thor appeals to bigotry in London and North Oxford they Havo decided to try and act Lovo their fortunes by Transfer ring Tho scene of Stolfo from Ontario to Tho West. Trio Battlo cry in going to be French domination and Tho Catholic Church. The Ordor has gone out toe gladiators Havo put on their Armor and our Friend Jean has been trotted out to manuf to Turo the ammunition for those Bravo heroes of Draco re and disruption. The gives prominence to our Friend Jean and honors his let Ter with a prominent place Ana favors it with editorial comment. Jean must feel very proud of All this attention. It would indeed be very interesting to know Jean better. I would suggest that tue Telegram would go one better and give us a portrait and sketch of Tho career of this Champion of the Church and French domination. The whole thing is to transparently fraudulent and manufactured for Tho purpose of injuring the cause it pretends to Advance that i am surprised that oven the Telegram could imagine that it could perpetrate such a fraud on its readers. This dear Jean s soul is exercised Over the Telegram s attacks on sir Wilfrid Lurler and his colleagues Are Only doing their duty As they Havo sworn to do it at the altar of their How the lambs of or. Sproule grow eloquent Over this in bal on sir Wilfrid and his colleagues. Of Civ Riidu must love sir Wil Frid and his colleagues. How your Noble soul must bum tithe indignities heaped on them by the Meh has always Peen most i such Votion to Tho the French Canadian cause should place our Friend and the far of War Wint forced up Isuru Penn tariffs and threw Back Cobden a peaceful Cobden was not so out. He did not Force co those events he did not foresee that event which changed Tho map of Europe would also shango t in tariffs. Tho ill Lenry must have Money and Tho easiest Way to get it was through the Tariff. Cobden was wrong but i would rather be wrong with Cobden than right with the militarists. The civil War to Tho South was Anspon Soblo for Mie High protective Tariff and to maintain a High to Riff we have Cen the pension list tremendously expanded and a score of Otylior schemes adopted to in nolo the government to disburse the Money that came to Tho Treasury through Tho ;