Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 22, 1920, Winnipeg, Manitoba Will discuss wheat United Farmers of Manitoba hold their annual convention in Brandon starting january and one of the important matters to come up for consideration will be the proposed cooperative wheat 65 Farmers company asks Aid Boniface cold storage Plant rinds salient Icsis appointing and is seeking assistance from the Mani Toba today my a Mac december botle1s Ai were ambushed at three places and fighting was very fierce inhabitants in flight official report records six teen casualties among attacking Force fighting has place Between Large forces of civilians on one Side and soldiers my police on Tell other in the Section Iziar Between county and county the military and police were am bushed at not ifs than three differ ent places yesterday and numerous casualties resulted on both these included Loyal Irish killed some sol number killed ten or fifteen civilians and Shannon and several other soldiers about thirty civilians were bounded or official issued says liquor used during Vigil Over dead bodies Toronto a jewish merchant of this was fined and of Trefe months in in the police court this afternoon for Selling 50 of liquor to Sam Fener denied the in explanation of the use of considerable liquor amongst him and his Sher said that he was president of the holy a group of ten persons who kept Vigil at nights Over dead and liquor was always on these he said that when there were funerals he Al ways took a few bottles to the commenting on other evidence Given in the Case Crown attorney Corley said it shows that they have liquor in their and added magistrate says Farrows Bank is hopelessly involved England faces10rst Christen years government plan Relief of unemployment looked on As Mere palliative is subjected to severe criticism when presented to House of commons due to reckless Sansig a1 Crown attorney at trial sequel to the crash yesterday of Farrows which has brought misery to thou Sands of Small depositors just at was the appearance in the mansion House this morning of in its statement to parliament was Able to give but Little satisfaction to labors demands for a solution of the unemployment which daily grows More on the three main difficulties fac ing the government at the present Ireland and Unzem it is reported that the government views unemployment As the most this is probably because the recent slump in Trade aggravates the and eliminates Ope of betterment in the near land the Only remedies in sight Are Mere it was alleged today that Lloyd in general Headquarters is two officials connected with the mutes the casualties at 16 among j Bank Frederick he attacking and gives the military casualties As one private severely no police casual ties Are the statement says that the details Are still in doubt and that no info mattion has yet received regarding the ambush of police reinforcements from inhabitants tie inhabitants of the Countryside George was postponing his visit to on account of this appears More that his is not the but that the premiers conference at Nice has been delayed in order to see the results of the Brussels financial darkest Christmas Outlook the statement in the which was presented by Mac and Walter they were charged by the Public minister of admitted prosecutor with together uie extreme seriousness of the Situ with Thomas founder of the a report and balance Sheet for the year ending in june which they knew to be false in certain both Harb and Crotch were remanded for three weeks on As in a state of terror and Many Art Crotch in two sureties of seeing from their the final Monr dict occurred Early in the Day at the foot of seven anon after a Sharp the Mili iary lorry got through and sent a message to Callan for in this it is the Ara Bushers escaped reinforcements of Irish constabulary and soldiers loft fall in late in lie afternoon and when about two each and of his own and Harb in two sureties of each and of his far Row was placed under but is reported to be too ill to be the attorney for the Public prose said the made the Christmas Outlook the darkest in Many the government was doing its utmost to mitigate of Only because at least half the men unemployed were men to was under pro whom country he believed that these on whom the government had spent so Tjce the were quite sincere in saying that they wanted not but alluding to the demands of Titor told the court the defendants Macnamara said that the pro were charged under the larceny act with publishing a false report and balance Sheet with the intent to in Duce numbers of the Public to ran into another ambush their the he was mar Gurr Lek the Karl of Oss Orys tooting at the first Volley from the ambushing party the soldiers and police dismounted from Itie lorry and spread and a brisk Light the firing being intense it Battle at fighting was still in Progress men county inspector of with More of the constabulary dashed up in another lorry and an into the thick of it was now in coming dark and the police lorry by sound subjected to a veritable Hail of hopelessly during the last nine the at Torney there had been heavy annual amounting to upwards of and during that time the accounts had been the crash was due entirely to in sound methods of finance and reeks less the attorney Ompha Sizler that the failure was not attributable to the War or postwar the general financial position of the country being absolute liquor for dispensaries it was riddled and sergeant Walsh was shot through the eying Shannon received rounds in the head and Tho Bittle was very District in Spector Baynham had a narrow is his Rifle being shattered in his about the same reinforce ments from Clonmel were attacked near whore the biggest j that the thousands of orders based tattle of the Day upon doctors prescriptions May be j was considered by the railway movement by freight considered by railway Board press the movement of liquor by freight to Supply the dispensary systems of Ontario and other in order civilians suffered heavily it is known that civilians suffered heavily in the their losses Are estimated at Between 10 and 15 killed and 30 wounded or the country bordering the stretch of Road Between Gallan and Glen Bower was like a regular War area throughout the the forces in wed on both sides Are believed save numbered peace intermediaries Powals to revive civilian unemployment donations were neither feasible nor the National executive of the labor party on 15 adopted a Resolution ailing upon the government to main Tain persons for whom no work was the government was ask of to pay each Man 40 shillings per week and each woman 25 with an additional allowance for de governments scheme outlined proceeding to outline the govern ments the minister announced that a special committee of business men would be appointed under the chairmanship of lord St Davids to coordinate the Relief activities throughout the country would be placed at the disposal of this committee to assist the local authorities in executing approved schemes of useful coming to his main Macnamara announced that a Short Bill would be introduced amending the unemployment insurance so that unemployed would not be oblige d to qualify for unemployment Bene its by being employed for four weeks Board this Liast week the on bottle movement to the individual was discussed in connection with the express rates to Day the movement by freight to the where the sources of Supply must be maintained to meet the on bottle was under the basis of the discussion was the application of the railways for a change in the classification of liquor moving in less than Carload i 1c33 l11cl11 intermediaries jots which would virtually double present the chief objection to the proposed increase in rates came from manager of the Ontario govern ment dispensary which of necessity must import liquor in Large quantities to Supply the legalized de Mand for medicinal Birmingham argued that if the higher rates were granted the Cost of the liquor would be materially counsel for the railways appeared to regard the freight movement of liquor As a because of the Many claims arising for i they likewise expressed Surprise that practically the Only opposition to the higher rate should come from the manager of the Ontario dispensary judgment was re to establish preliminaries of peace continue refusing to say whether any actual Progress to cards a settlement has been replying from Roscommon to an inquiry of the associated press three toys whether meeting of the bail Ereann was contemplated to consider father of the sinn who had considerable correspondence Tith the prime minister on the Irish says i know of no Progress towards a Ereann court martial the request of fee attorney for the the Kurt martial of Cadet who is with having killed Canon the Parish priest of Dun an indefinite adjournment the trial was the actor my asked for the adjournment on the Pound that the doctor was not yet a position to say whether Harte in a condition to a despatch from Cork last Satur said it had been brought out by policeman at the military May explore Hudson Bay Straits with Steamer Arctic Pickle and of the fed eral department of the made an inspection Here today of the into Tho shooting of Steamer which was used by Captain Bernier in his North pole on Pape Dakota Bank is closed on account of irregularities the first Hank of Towner was closed it yesterday on the order of Fred chief examiner of the fed be Bank of the 9th that irregularities in the h cashier of the today on a charge of ment the Cor plaint being m by Horace tem in charge of the who into the Bank Huhm t totalling around to had been is attached to reopening of refineries the open Weh some of the sugar refineries Tave sen closed for some time time some Specula to the effect on the Lade elicit the Ian of Tho that the starting san fir to Nad no extraordinary Fer the r and Thal the sole that of operations was t need of alar to orders were begin l on warehouse sup repair Man killed a re to Trust injuries received when he was the by the Loor a re car n is at Smiths years of the object of the it is is to ascertain the condition of the with a View to using her for an exploration trip through the Hudson Bay Straits to the Mac Kenzie the vessel is built of solid and since her abandon ment for Arctic cruises she had been used As a lightship in the lower both Pickle and Craig left for Ottaw and will re port there on their lords negative motion to reject dyestuffs Bill cited House of lords today read the dyestuffs Bill for the the motion to throw the measure out being continued on Page delegations wait on Premier at Toronto postal employees and shipbuilders submit grievances Arthur prime who Aas accompanied by minister of railways and Toronto today and tonight on their return to it had been announced that pre Nier Meighen would see any one who had troubles to air and two delegations waited on him with one delegation represented the postal who recalled the Long standing and of published com plaints Over the present classification of the postal and Over the wage Meighen promised to Lay the Case before the proper officials at the other delegation was composed of Union men with complaints against he Collingwood shipbuilding com which is taking Over the work of completing two slaps for the fed eral government that had been started by the Dominion shipbuilding company before the lattes one complaint was that the com Pany would pay Only 75 cents an hour for work on the whereas the Union scale was 90 cents an and the men wanted the Premier to intervene in their Meighen pointed out that he was not closely in touch with the wage ques and asked the men to Send their in writing and he would unemployment principal subject at next session of parliament by staff correspondent ministerial Tariff which has been touring Canada since completes its sessions at Ottawa with a hearing on this final session is intended to clean up All Loose and persons or interests so far not heard will have an Opportunity to present their the amount of evidence secured by the both verbal and would fill Many following the final sir Henry Drayton and the other members of the commission will take a few Days thereafter they will proceed toward a digestion of the mass of evidence at their and upon the conclusions arrived at the finance minister will base the Tariff provisions of his budget for the coming from present indications parliament will not be summoned until about february the legislative programme is still in while estimates Are yet the new Premier and his Cabinet have been proving extensively during the by elections and speaking Tours occupied the greater part of their while there have also been frequent trips and at the present time two members of the government Are at consequently there has been Little time for the consideration of legislation for the coming the the railway and the part taken by the Canadian delegation to of nations Assembly at Geneva will loom Large in debate during the coming parliamentary for the first time the new Premier will Lead the and Crerar will take his seat As the fully accredited Leader of the Farmers a three parties in the House Are led by men in their Early each of whom has his reputation for leadership to Godkin is first Reeve of new municipality of James bail of All those held on robbery charges to be increased life imprisonment for first degree burglary is proposed Godkin emerged triumphant yesterday from the most keenly tour it municipal election that Ever took place in the suburb to the West of the a three cornered fight for the Reeve ship of the newly constituted municipality of the Easterly portion of the former municipality of he secured a majority of 159 Over the sitting and traces his Suc Cess to the Campaign which he and a number of others have carried on with considerable vigor against the Reeve on the subject of the housing scheme in the administration of which there were said to be causes for and the investigation of which judge Paterson is still in pro the heat of the election waa intensified by reminiscences of the re cent provincial elections when the labor element elected Over the Choice of com Mittee which formed the opposition to the labor candidate again in this the third Gra was Given larger support than Many of the so called exports sex and there were some who declared that though favouring Magra Ham they preferred Godkin to Rich Ardson and lest Richardson be elect voted for the division of the municipality waa authorized at the last session of the Manitoba and this was the first election in the new municipality of James As also in the new one of which retained the name of the which it held when Charleswood and Tuxedo on the South Side of the River was also included within its friends of who while held office of Secretary 01 the City and District land com whose connection with the housing scheme came very prominently tinder the limelight in the declare that he i insist on a thorough probe and confidently anticipates discomfort re of those who agitated for the the results of the polling by wards for Reeve and councillors in James Are As follows for Reeve Ward Godkin Graham Richardson see that the matter was brought to the attention of the department of killed by aeroplane propeller son of Secretary Alexan of the department of was killed today at boiling Field Here by the propeller of an in which he was preparing to make a striking him on the Ocean Berben fjord new York celtic Liverpool new York United states Christi anal York Saxon la Plymouth new York hello Goias new York Copenhagen t t i i the Sunshine kid employees Cut salaries of office staff 10 Aries of the office Force at the Newbern Iron works and Supply company were immediately reduced 10 per yesterday when the Plant was turned Over to the wage earning employees for operation on a profit sharing i j w shop Plomgr prepare eco Edmonton wholesale to liquor Case quashed Justice Hyndman orders re turn of seized Justice Hyndman handed his decision in the supreme this afternoon quashing the conviction of police magistrate Mcleod in the Bell liquor company and ordering the Worth of liquor seized some time ago As a result of a raid on the company wholesale warehouse in the Appeal a Large number of issues were raised by the Appel but the judge dealt Only with the Contention that the defendants had no personal knowledge of the illegal Sale and that they had Given definite instructions against any local this should have been accepted by the he As a and the fact that the magistrate declined to accept such defence he held to be sufficient ground for quashing the the remarked if was unnecessary he should Deal with All other but touching on the Contention that the Alberta liquor act was Ultra he said he still held the opinion that the act was valid and within the Powers of the 450 employees ask Shorter hours to save 60 Laid off great postal Liat 450 employees or the Greaty Northern Railroad shops Here each work Shorter hours to save 60 of their number being Laid entirely was made by the men themselves in a communication sent to great nor Thern Headquarters in Paul to the 60 men were Laid off Evelyn Nesbit charges brother new nes former wife of Harry and of Jack the geared in West Side court Here Mon Day to press a charge of grand Lar she had filed against her Broth one of the principal wit Nesses in the thaw murder 1 243 2 252 3 154 4 14 5 41 6 99 of 253 61 110 12 16 168 65 142 121 43 34 124 268 totals 1056 454 89t majority for Godkin Over Richard 159 Over 602 major Ity for Richardson Over 443 for Ward Walsh James 256 112 of c7 84 totals 323 196 majority for 27 Ward 2 Smith Wooler St James 277 m 125 85 402 s27 totals majority for Ward Potter Mitchell James 288 72 by of 93 32 totals 381 majority for Ward Champion James 72 of Trade 43 104 Andrews 47 36 s3 totals 115 for Ward Boultbee Murphy James of Trade 67 67 134 totals for Ward Stockdale James of Trade 25 49 74 Mcmillan 88 totals 252 for Black in in a three cornered fight for the Reeve ship in the new municipality of which took place yester Black was elected Reeve with a majority of 28 Over his there was Only one contest for councillor and that in Ward where Taylor was elected by a majority of keen interest was taken in the a Large vote was polled and there were very few spoiled Lee was elected by acclamation for councillor in Ward As also were councillors Peter Brown and John Bunting for wards 2 and the summary of votes cast follows for 202 174 Ward councillors 56 and aviator sent to Ottawa search for missing balloon will also be directed from there Albert naval balloonist and dirigible was ordered to leave tonight for to direct search there for the balloon missing from the Rockaway naval air station for More than a naval Carrier Pigeon found dead Carrier with tag number and part of a i decipher was found dead today appearance of the body indicates that the Pigeon has been dead three to five efforts Are being made to locate the missing part of the x Rescue plane catches fire of the two army aeroplanes which were have searched the Region for the missing naval balloon fire soon after hopping off Here for Glens Falls this morning and was forced to make a Landing at Westerlo the plane was but the and observer believe balloon seen North dents of this situated an Island in Lake near the Canadian believe the naval missing since it left Rock More than a week passed Over Here sunday free press starts new year with Stephen Leacock series the Fame As a humorist of professor Stephen Leacock has gone far beyond the Borders of his now native headers of literary nonsense Arcadian adventures with the Idle moonbeams from the larger lunacy and frenzied fiction to men Tion a few books which have delighted lovers of rare will not need to be told anything further about the famous j professor which will be published in the morning free will commence on with the moral wave of the new and How to Duck under new with repeating Twenty Sharp shooters of the new York police Force tonight scoured the City in automobiles in a Hunt for each a picked Man from the police Rifle was accompanied by three detectives and a uniformed under orders to shoot every suspect who attempted to escape they searched the highways and byways of the City throughout the other drastic measures to curb new Yorks crime which to Day swept beyond the cites Border into new Jersey were launched by police officials and proposal to remove Enright tabled removal of police commissioner Enright was proposed in a Resolution introduced at a meeting of the Board of the Resolution was similar action was taken on a Resolution to appoint a special committee to investigate the police department and report to Miller and on another to request the police commissioner to furnish the Board with information concerning All arrests made in new York City during an increase in the police Force of 769 was authorized by the Board of judge of the court of general ordered 150 per sons now on bail from to 000 on robbery charges to appear tomorrow he their bail will be in five cases to Day men previously released on lower bail for similar charges were held in proposes life imprisonment after a conference with the assemblyman Maurice Block announced he will prepare a Bill for introduction in the state legislature to provide a maximum penalty of life imprisonment for robbery and burglary in the first where a weapon is found on the the new Jersey aroused by today attempted Bank robbery in the Chlor forming and robbing Ofa girl and two orders thai All tube stations and ferries in Jer sey City be kept under guard to prevent an influx of criminals from new special squads were organized to search hotels and rooms for Crimin detectives Chicago Home an Effort to combat the crime wave which has swept Chicago since the Advent of cold wealthy citizens have employed private detectives to guard their Roger Pinkerton while patrolling the Street in front Harvester last was held up by four three of them in sol def uniforms John John wearing a sailors firing from his wounded the Sailor and captured the others posse of captures two new new jerseys crime wave engulfed Milltown Early today when four men attempted to Rob the first National a posse of 30citizens captured two of the alleged robbers after a fight in which scores of shots were Welsh miners have declared strike 11 men dismissed because work was not remunerative general strike of miners in the Rhondda Coal fileds of South Wales has been declared in consequence of the refusal of the Ocean Coal operates several local pits to reinstate eleven men dismissed on the ground that their work was not remunerative to the fort five thousand men concerned Are trying to per Suade the South Wales miners federation to Call out All the Welsh miners to enforce the reinstatement of the eleven and the withdrawal of other similar notices of of pilgrims 1620 founded Cornerstones on which declares Lodge Bleak shores a Fere the Pilgrim fathers landed from the december were tonight today with Gay throngs Ami decorations As the 300th anniversary of the Landing was Over persons crowded into of the modern buildings which have replaced the Barren shelters of ago to hear the Virtues of the Puritan extolled by present Day Plymouth and Jamestown were the Cornerstones upon which the great fabric of the United states has been senator Henry Cabot Lodge governor in his declared no like body Ever cast so great an influence on human his civilization has made the pro Grinis Landing place a a feature of the Celebration was the by Lebaron rus sell of his in which he pictured the Landing of the their life their weather the following is the weather report issued by the Johns meteorological Observatory at yesterday Tern Era Ture 5 above at 6 Miles an hour j the weather in he West tuesday i continued fair and minimum and maximum temperatures 14 below 2 below Prince 304o 4044 4042 4 Medicine 10 0 Moose 10 1 Saska 5 4 11 0 4 0 port 418 White 10 18 Parry 1020 830 1833 King Ston 1l430 1024 16 26 816 1824 Sun rises sets Loon rises Seta says Germany must ask to scrap Versailles treaty Vigo top Cros Atlantic news the peace treaty be set aside and Appeal be made direct to the United states for fulfilment of president Wilsons is the of minister of state the treaty has burdened us with loads which Are too heavy for us to he we Are not Strong enough to set it aside by but shall have to go Back to Wilsons fourteen which the exception of two have been recognized by the the Versailles however is entirely different from the Wilson Wilson did not keep his though the United states guaranteed and it is oar right to approach the Ameri can government after he is out of office and demand that it trans form his promises into deeds while the task is we to the conscience of the whole it is obvious that the Versailles treaty must be set thirty pages think Candy still taxed real luxury not Likely protests get much sympathy from Cabinet press manufacturers who object to Bavins their products subject to luxury the same As Aico Holie beverages and toilet and automobile men who think they should have a rebate on cars they purchased under the Are not Likely to receive a great Deal of help Ful sympathy from the judg ing by the remarks of Cabinet ministers to the Canadian in the Case of the it is takes the stand that the cheaper which Are usually Given to Are free of tax in any so there is no suggestion of depriving the kiddies of their Christmas and the pensive grades of which Are really in the luxury Are still taxed and Likely to remain As for automobile mens one minister pointed out this morn ing that the argument of the dealers that they should have a rebate be Ause they were stocked up with earn on which the tax was was in the same automobile men had not offered the government any rebate of cars they b6ught a few Days Befort the tax became messages expressing pleasure at the removal of the tax Are be ing received from All classes of except those who did their Christmas shopping Early and thus paid the one of the ministers received a letter this in which the comment read the Winter of our discontent has become the Spring of Hope with the removal of the Burden of luxury tax1 the writer was a retail Nash Ipsas Ballantyne says event will awaken sea consciousness in breast of Young Canada Brilliant War record Aurora helped to sink first German ship sent to i the Bottom cruise Aurora was tied up at the dockyard wharf Here tonight and most of the Canadian untrammelled by the cocked hats and Gold lace of officialdom Welcome to the Navy this were visiting relatives or a Good Many of the men were also renewing old acquaintances in Halifax Lac showed where the two trim Little la Rode blackmail charge is brought Small Case alleged Man and wife sought to extract from Small charged with attempting to obtain by false pretences Frem wife of Ambrose missing theatre owner of this David Verrille and his of were arrested Here this it is alleged that Verrille had writ ten to Small stating that Small was being held for Ransom in two blocks from Cadillac and that if she would pay him he could direct her to the spot where Small and Small could have her husband Home by negotiations were to be carried on in the personal column of a Toronto so Verrille is legend to have proposed to Small and he stipulated that he was not to be he observed any one shadowing him he would not go on with the one alleged to have been sent to was As follows it is laugh Able to read of Mitchell detective sergeant Austin who his the mystery of Ambrose Smalls Dis appearance specially in his hands going to when he could Lay his hands on Small in Detroit within 24 Small conferred with Detec Tive Mitchel before entering into any correspondence with an appointment was arranged through the newspaper personal column and Verrille put in an a she was at once taken into custody by detective who was conveniently nearby at the later her husband was according to the to broke into after her arrest and said that neither she nor her husband knew nothing about Smalls whereabouts but told the Story in the belief that they could extract from think sugar War broken out afresh in Montreal drop in the Price of sugar was registered today when one of the leading whole Sale sugar firms in the City Cut their prices for granulated from 11 to 10 ends this is taken to mean thai the sugar War has broken after a quiescence of some the firm in question declare they Are Able to sell sugar at ten cents Flat and not lose says Cuba will Prosper if people work and save faces a but if the people work and and icon unwise Steps Are taken tile nation will continue to said Lambert for Mer assistant Secretary of the Here last Rath Bone has been making an investigation of i Nanlal conditions in Cuba at the suggestion of president lady Minto coming to Canada he passengers who will arrive Here n the Empress of which is due thursday morn will be lady is said o to attend the of or or Al Pearl of e will meet his Mother when the liner docks at fire Royal Patriot i at Tot and and sub marines u and with Cap thenry e r n command of great Britain Christ Mas Box to were formally by a distinguished i 5 Fey his excellency the governor general on behalf o the on the arrival of the 1 three former vessels Here this mov Tho first Streak of Tho Little Fleet in with the dest Rovera sighted off head slowly making its up the har maintaining this formation Tho ships reached their Anchorage off the dockyard a few minutes before eight Oclock and promptly on the hour the time set for the opening of the welcoming they were dressed with flags from Stem to Stern while the opening gun of n Royal Salute sounded through the City a round of official visits culminating an official luncheon Given aboard the Aurora it one Oclock by the director of naval ser the spokesman of the Holcom party was the minister of mar Ine and fisheries who addressed the officers and men of the five drawn up on Tho welcoming Thorn to the n the name of the Canadian sketching briefly the immediate pro gramme mapped out for Welcome of Ballantyne said to is n Happ coincidence that my visit to Halifax combines the witnessing of Tho launching of Tho latest addition to the mercantile Marine of Canada with the welcoming to our shores of the effective nucleus of the naval forces whose duty it vill be to protect that mercantile Marine and uphold its rights and privileges on the High seas much gratification that i notice a Large percentage of Canadian officers returning to take up with the naval forces of their native the naval service of Canada has during tha past undergone Complete re As Canadas maritime develop ment and her financial and Commer Cial strength we May be justified in providing for a create expenditure than at the present having regard to existing Canada is watching you and your keenly and critically you will Hove a a Short resulto the festive Senson in Host nolo so known and loved by the men of the British and icon you will commence on your Southw Rii voyage to take up the serious Werc of perfecting your in hand Ling the ships Ami Winnons onto Nurt to you in conjunction int under the Able direction of the British a those in lit and efficiency it is sen Hal that von which i no confident Vou after your exercises Tio Pacific Tnuva Forward to Wollom incr Yon Nurt at the end of Azov Gnu Honvo to t Trust that record of work wr11 none anal of Enron Range Well tested will Olve Ion Tho i fret to mint a Wilts Vou in Hon trend nil every port of the it temp an epoch Iri canarian your which is an epoch in the history of and which has so expectantly and keenly looked Forward will in Vise in enthusiastic Awakening in the breast of Young Canada of spirit of sea so fondly endeared by their and is As Well a Tani go blk proof of the largeness of Heiert of the Mother count re in presenting Canada with so splendid n to your Canadian who have been put in the particularly responsible positions of navigating officers of Aurora and com manding officers of the two destroyers at a very parly i need scarcely say it is quite certain that the Confidence reposed in them will not a found to have been in this connection i must say that in order to effect proper cooperation of the navies of the i con Sider it that Tho officers and men Phonh continual pane War service gratuities to be Given to dependents of domiciled after order Council has been proved providing for the payment War service gratuity at Canadian rates to dependent of of his majesty Imperial who were domiciled in Canada it thai outbreak of War after Nis return to Canada unil wove domiciled in that but who died before making application for such it is stated that Sev eral of deceased Imperial soldiers will be affected la this the gratuity to be Paf will be equal in amount to that which would have been received As dependents portion of War service had application been made pursuant Ito the terms of the order Council of the provision s made that such dependents must make application for the gratuity prior to March and that they must be residents and domiciled in Canada at the Date of making such the expenditure in such payments is to be demobilization ;