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WHY I PREFERRED THE CANADIAN TOUR.
(By Erdieat Brooks, the Kings Photographer)., t'
"Which of the two tours accQm-
lished by the Prince of Wales was
the 'best from your point of view."
'On many occasions since my return
ein England, thit, •ceeestion has been
asked .me, and, always in reply I
.have said, "Mer point of view. is that
1� o aP her, and speak
.11dgPriem Phot P ,
it r uch I have no hesitation in
:assying that the three menthe tour
'• Canada was deeld'edly the best.'
a, My' answer has eddied no small
tamount of 'surprise, 'and 'bas in-
•variably resulted` in' another query
r, g,g• put •"Why? replied, "Be-.
1 To that query I havep
ecennia in Canada 1 had excellent
:facilities for doing the work .I went
'•to accomplish. Thanks to
-Facilities If obtained far better pie:,
-tures than I was'able to obtain. on
'the last tour withthe Prince of
:Comparisons is are,I know . odious,
Companthr
:and�if in the following brief state-
ment: of. facts I .draw comparisons
Between events which happened in
Canada on the last toter, I trust that
my friends who so nobly assisted
me in, Australia and New Zealand
thil .. Roake offence. b the cameraFinanrtofthe
to
thing.;
acilittes for taking his picture, hof
is
'the' facilities for developing
negatives, of printing from his de-
veloped plates, and of dispatching
:immediately his finished prints to
'the hundreds of newspapers and
Magazines who are clamouring to
✓ eproduce the pictures, and you have
'lobbed him of his all. Give him
f acilities for taking the pictures, and
'leave it at that, you have crippled
e aim, and handicapped him terribly.
Zo, I am afraid I was handicapped
.an Australia and other parts of the
Empire which I visited. on the last
Royal Tour. I do not say that I
'was intentionally handicapped. Far
from it. I believe that those re-
sponsible for the arrangements in
.Australia and New Zealand were as
:anxious to help in the work of ob-
taining permanent records in picture
form of the incidents of the tour
:as were those whom I met in Can-
ada. What I say is that largely ow-
ing to lack of experience, many de-
tails which by the "outsider" were
-regarded as purely minor details
were overlooked, and owing :founa
to a
-variety of circumstances, II
myself working: 'aider very consider -
.able handicap. vAs a Press Photo-
g rapher It is my aim to produce the
• Best possible results, to give to the
Iiublic and' to hand down to future
generations "speaking" picture re-
cords
world otours of incidentsf the "Our Young Man."
With the picture results of the Cana-
dian tour, thanks to the splendid
facilities I was afforded by the
•C. P. R.,' and all the 'Dominion of-
'ficials,'I am satisfied, and the pub-
�lie too, I believe, was satisfied. But
'With regard"to the result's'abhieved
• on the last Royal Tour I cannot
:speak with such confidence. Frank -
• I' am di8appointed,. but 1 have
this oonaolation, I, know the pictures
,obtained were the beat under the,
tat :tines .very difficult, circum-
:stances. During the .three months
Stour with the' Prince of :Wales in
,Canada, I worked under positively
'ideal:conditions. The C. P. 'R. Royal
rant contained a.aplendidly equip•
"aped dark room, and, everything was
,:so appointed thaf at times one for-
, , got one was on board a train, travel-
ling in the' far' west.; (Inc imagined
• one was back in a well appointed
:London. studio., Never once did I
have to trouble • myself regarding
'ties dispatch of my 'plants.. Once
they were ready, willinghands at-
tended to the duty Of dpatch. So
smoothly did the arrangements pro-
' ceed that during the whole of the
Canadian tour not a single day paid
-
ad but I was94ble ejtnh n_i81?t to place
in the possession of the Royal Suite
•a complete set of the pictures which
I had taken, and not once did I miss
the mail with the pictures for which
'the Press of the'World was clamour-
ing. One anticipates certain dif-
f.l'pulnae w q� travellipg thousands
'of mike, ffign ties�� Are Vitt and
areal of the Proses Photographer's
',e, and they have to be overcome.
'Batt one abode all else which from
• my point of view made the Canadian
• tourrso thoroughly successful and so
-thoroughly enjoyable was the con-
: apicuous absence of the "difficulties
ho overcome."• d
To deal with my difficulties on
'the last tour, I must commence with
the wonder -warship 11. M. S. "Re-
nown." When I got aboard her I
• discovered to my horror there was
no dark roeps wherein I could work.
" Th ii to to the generous assistance of
littera of the ship 1 succeeded
in "rigging up" a dark room in a
gun support. Heavens! what 21 dark
room it was. Built of solid steel,
•exposed on the outside to the glare
ible
ventilation he tropical
once the door wwith no as shut,
it was Worse than working by the
aide of a furnace. flow many times
I was forced when in the tropics
,to beat a hasty retreat from
breath, m I
,dark room, gasping
-Would not dare to tell,•nor would I
'flare to disclose the number of plates
%which steffored in Consequence of my
;retreat,' But an even worsen 'dif-
fur-
eficulty presented itself than th
fur -
mace -like dark room. My chemicals
ergot warmed up to such an extent that
often I did not dare use them, and
I could not get a bit of ice on board
the Ship to bring the temperature
.of the.fluid's down to anything'ap-
• proaciting novena So, rather than
AA spoiling scbres Of valuable his -
4949 netgattivea, I war O iliued to
"hold up" dev' elopirt them until the
weather becathe 'cooler. During the
voyaife' I *earned 'fond stemma of
happier times in Auytralia,,and an..
ticllieted the good time I would have
working in a well=equipped 'dark
room on beard tite;Itoyal Train., But
argot nay 'dreamed were rudely shat -
tired, Lot ori thei.Ribitil'Speoial there
wan a no; pzovisiontbe a l'ress.Photo-
grapier, net, win; iitjo sibie to "rig
up a dark rooms since the,' jodrtiey,
tirroirgh, Australia, was accomplished
by trams", .oven" 'raryitig •' railway
gauges.. 'l;ach State in the Common -
'wealth' appeared to mo to have
adopted a different gauge so that
the rolling stock of one system was
useless over another system's track.
I ,quickly gave 'up all hope of being
able to develop •and print: my own
uega e;'es• d..ting the journey and
eatti:sted the work 'td others when
I could ftnel people who were r'eidy
to undertake the,tas.
• It is a fairly; easy matter to find
dark rooms and operators in the
large cities and towns "like Mel-
bourne and Sydney,•' but it was by
no means: a small undertaking when
we got "into 'the' wilds." '
'Daring the` tour we seldom re-
mainedmore than a couple of days
in or near the smaller towns, and
very naturally during cur stay all
business was suspended and every
moment given up to a w•hole•bearted
"joy -making." Since it was essen-
tial, that I should ever have my
camera ready it was obvious that
I could not shut myself up in a
dark room for hours, and since
every • - man was `joy -making"
it c 'y to be conceived that
t' r 'ographer would read-
. cures"." ate leasures for. the sake
.eeea;ii.:g ' plates. So it came
al, ,. theta a. endless delays in
gee a me Pict •s to the press.
Oftei • •' a..7 tete stralian tour I
would ,re ell "4y h the camera,
and spc: ' at' the nig, ' shut up in
the dark .om . f ., ,. eat photo-
grapher, 1, reser sal oL amateur,
doing my 1. ' .a me -•.e '-.. fpr lost,
tune. I wa, vc.y nears- aught
"napping" at 'icl"r' owe w• 1 we
met with the act eat. a','a eau •nly
just left the stats 1, to, „rain 1.. w
ing at not more t. '•. 10 eel e , . •
hour when the ace, 'nt 1.e .penes
Happily at Bridgetoe ' hod ,to*
exposed all my plates and 1 '- as
sitting down resting bi00 Ding
to my sleeping .compel -.,ant 10
change some plates when 1 'ard
curious smashing, grinding • .se
Then an attendant came re lne
into the carriage shouting: "My
the Prince's coach is overturns,
I jumped up and to my. horror sal
that true enough the coach in which
the Prince'of Wales' was riding 'was
lying on its side. By this .time the
train had stopped and officials were
rushing to the rear where the overe
turned coaches lay. To my intense
joy, I heard the well known .voice
of Lord Louis Mountbatten, shout-
ing "Where's Brooke? He frust get
a picture of this." I ran along with
my camera and was in time to get
a snap of His +Lordship crawling
through the window of one of the
overturned•coachee: In the excite-
ment of the moment I did a moat un-,
heard of thing. I actually exposed
one plate twice and dicfnot discover
my mistake• for. some' time after-
wards. • In' the accident, the Prince
of Wales was the coolest of anyone.
He remained until the last inside the
overturned' coach, and when he crawl-
ed out . he was hugging a thermos
flask and gripping an old and favor-
ite brier pipe.. His first question
was to know whether anyone had
been hurt, and on being assured that
none had even sustained a scratch
he lgu¢bed and went back td the
wrecked coach to sort out his be-
longings while I took "snaps" to my
heart's content. There was one
thing both ' in Australia and New
Zealand about' the'tour,which to me
was most noticeable and that was
the extraordinary "free and easy"
manner of the people. They surged
round the Prince and in many places
literally mobbed him; so enthusias-
tic were they in their welcome. k In
New Zealand particularly I remem-
ber the' Royal train was "inspected"
time and: time again. No permits to
approach the train were necessary,
nor were permits necessary to gain
entrance to the railway stations as
was the case in Canada. Some thirty
or forty press photographers "com-
mandeered" the Royal Special at
Auckland and boarding the train
travelled with us as far as Rotura
where 'we were held up for the
strike. At Rotura there was a little
incident which I do not think has
been reported. A big' country fair
was being hold, and the Prince one
evening entered into the "fun of the
fair" riding on the roundabouts,
shooting at bobbing eggs, and fling,-
ing balls at cocoanuts. Both at the
shooting ranges and cocoanut shies,
the Prince created something of a
sensation. A splendid shot with the
rifle H.R.H. wrought havoc amongst
the bobbing eggs and the "running
door." At one of the cocoanut shies,
after H.R.H. had floored three nuts
with three balls and decided to try
his luck again the proprietor of
shies, not recognizing his Royal
patron observed, " 'ere you, think
you're lopping bombs at Jerry again.
Those is real co
coanu
is, not
square heads." That evening the
Prince returned to the Royal train
well laden with cocoanuts and taw-
dry charms and prizes from the
various shooting "wages and ' side
shows at the fait! ..
� ,�, -.,�,� ,,,tea c1
,
er t 11 ,poi'it'les, neVeVimeg •l4utsn shunt "'
and the albeitdahteanse The yoviot eered to ba delicate ellen t11,4t 0 Ulol
t?.avernilt}egittatil Fgti.t•,gls l'tileelie, but ,net rata argaiieleAs Wett egpeeieeir: the,
Bolehev i 1Q has 1+eaH 1ttiinddill oiler. lty'United
ot thea honoin a oft hllto0 Y aP e
parte oe the Weel,d; ' Men wile at.• Gantes. The scandal In pt•Ofe8sional
tempted to splash It have been sailed baseball was alio an •event tie the
an Great l3ritaineetho United, et?t,teee aeteem lite eeeseilreeredeah many peovl4
'Oanade, Gornikeny and Frienee. en the lied Long suspeeted, Mee professional
charge of sedition, and there 'lave baseball .11ad'•been eor'ttxitde and
bion sighs of L'eactlnn against revo- inlaid crooked' by gain ler8. '
lutionary tendeneles. The Ilolshevikl Some Other Incidents,
have had strange experieneee,on •the h e o ovncis 'Of i
battle Ileld. Lthoh' war of ageeesslon
against Poland, in witch they almost
t • r o er-
• a v .ended. at v
t•eaclicd WnAa M1 , e . n
wileluling• defeat• It wits a complete
victory for the Poles. On the other
band, the Redo suceeeded'gdurIAg the
in crushing 11 tiled' enemies in
Year a
Russia, from the armies of Gen.
Wrangel down.
Ireland rontalus.as groat a problb
its ever. Financed by the Irish-
Americans, the Sinn Pothers have
succeeded in bringing abut a cin-
dition of Civil War in Ireland, `,l"lie ern Brltieh Navy." ,
13r111ah Perilameat . p..ssed't110 Home The Prince of Wales maid another
Rule 8111 late in •D comber, but the trip, elmrin to that of Met year, leo
Irish Republicans will not accept, it, visited Australia, New Zealand and
On the other hand, the strong minor- other British Overseas Dominions,
its" in the North: of ver to
lmve re= and.recelved'as hearty a welcome as
Need as enc.armly, as ever to be plaood was accorded him in Canada,
et the inel'0y. of their religious -aild
Political enemies In the South. Blur- JANUARY.
der and arson have been weekly 'Mee 1. Major -Gen. Mewbu.rn, Minister of
eurences In that country during theMilitia, 'retired from the Union
w ole year,• with each aide blaming Government.
h thein. The t'o itte8 arrested
the other for having caused 2, American au h r
Irish assassins have been guilty of hundreds of "#tads" in big cities
'unspeakable. •'cruelties, and no "Mali- 171: effort to stip. •growth of Bol -
tical p1'opliet can as yet see., what ahovlsm.
the end. of .the bloodshed and horror Brinell have fierce lighting. with
'Will be: Both sides are :stubborn;
;omen al
,:t7 inlet d'Ati1�t ; anyoy, enol
• b�dInPoria , i.,. ,, e
ler# Holt eteial ei Werl'ttub'Mender-
ed. imnBay Of 1.111Qay With 505 per-
•
13, Attempt to raid German Perlia-
eieee'lt?$.�. p}.teceeifoh Bailie . rleScated ., 11y
saldtbre, '
14, United, Slates eoldiers Milled in
clash with Ituselans In Siberia.
16. 17nver Pastia, formol' `I`utkish
Minister of War, joined the Bol'
There' Wer n Merest sheYiki,
in the Morava and ertist19 world. No 16. It, A. Pringle, 01POr contrOiiel' in
deaths eecurrecl among the 'great' Canada, resigned oiilco..
in
' oir r;r Ion
writers oP• the day, and the one gut- • Sinn I' r s e
won
etandingcotnposer to peas, away'was Ireland,
Max Bruch, an old inan"Wlto"had lohg Reginald cefee
nous Ieoven, faous Amer -
01400 e9inPteted hie beet .fork,' Reg- loan light -opera composer, died in
ic
ina ld•De Hoven, af' agXit,opera feats, C Yt ag
o.
also died during the year, but he, Clemoriceau decided not to' be a
also, had felon into the background. candidate for Presidency of
The meat fa$Ygds man. to die dui France,
ing the year was Admiral Sir John 17, Premier . Lloyd George opposed
Fisher, leaven of,KilyeeetQne, genes-' idea of taking military action
ally known as the "fktherof the mod- against Bolshevik'.
17, Patti .1)05911anel elected President
• of Franco,
20, Board of Commerce ordered
Frehch-Canadian bakers to dis-
solve combine,
21. Hollandref 0800 to surrender ex -
Kaiser of Germany to Allies for
trial.
22. Minna' Kolchak, head of Qmsk
Government, fails into hands' of
Bolshevliri . sympethizeree '
24. Hon. Hugh Guthrie enters the
Borden Cabinet as Minister of
Militia, '
Z, A. Lash, famous 'Portent() law-
yer, died of paralytic stroke,
FEBRUARY.
0'a
tribesmen on Indian frontier.
though'- Presider Lloyd ro hes 4, Violent eartequakes.oauae loss of
!nada several attempts to compromise, life and property In Mexico.
;the Sporting Events. . SIr. William Hearst w,a0 appointed
S outs have ,been • la full awing in member of International, , lelbet
p
Commission.
*smiths .again, ,tollgwing the .partial PalMO barracks' at Carrigtobill•.
Paralysis .df, the national 'lames of Ireland. was blown up:
;ifdeicey.:ticeosao and rugby •thhi OC. -Leopold . E. /neurons, French
eurred duatngethe ware. The' Falcone ''•
8' esee
..,atate4n}�a'nr .died.
yi Wianipea.wpn .the Allen .Crap, eine Petes.,drovtr Bofahevlk armies put
,blenie.ofthe Dominiop Hodkey Chaim of"'jWinck arld,annexed; alt'.
plgtt7sHiA: sail then' won the world 7. Bolslle'vik agitators sang,, "The
chbtmpitinship at' -the Olympic' Gaines; Red'Flag" in,Albiirf'IIs11, I,endan.
It wee (tile ,granites o£ Toronto whet 8, Democrats in Washington decided
won the senior Hockey champlonahlp to make •League u1; ldationis t'he•
of Ontario hut' they, in torn, were issue in next election, and find if
beaten' by the 8udb'ur team, ranked people of Uarited States preferred'
as intermediate champions. History
repeated Itself in .the summer•, na-
tional game. St. Simon's of Toronto
won the senior lacrosse championship
of Ontario, and then defeated Ottawa,
Quebee,championa, for the champion-
ship of Eastern Canada. Then the
Duffer'ins of Orangeville, an inter-
mediate team, defeated St. Simon's
and earned the right 10 challenge hallengfe for
the the Mann Cup,
Canadian championship, held by Vic-
toria, B.C. The game will be played
next spring. In rugby, the Canadian
championship was won by the Uni-
versity of Toronto by defeating "the
Argonauts of Toronto.
The , chief international event in
sport was the failure of Sir Thomas
Lipton to lift the Amerioa Cup, He
won the first two yacht'races, but
lost the others. These races became
rathe,• a inks. net the yachts warn
•
2. Enrica Malakeista,'leader of An-
' ardhists in Italian Chamber et
Deputies, placed, tinder arrest.
3. Bodouins attacked' French troops
in'Atrird.
Worst stor'm'in'years 'sireelis' tate
9.
, Atlantic sea coast. ,
G.•}1. Rlib@rte, Bi•Lti•s'li Food Min -
ester, resigned' fromi Cabinet.,
:King's College, Windsor,, D1 S:i '
,King's
oduoitional:inst4•ttttlon in
Canada" built 'in 17i,ir' destroyed
by fire,
8, Gen. Foch 'received by French
Academy and joined ranks of the
"immortals."
Sir James Grant, last survivor of
selfish nationalism. first Canadian Parliament, died in
9. New Zealand uefeated prohihi- Ottawa,
tion`,tete and.deaided .to remain 7. Entente Powers sent •curt note to
wet.• Germany telling Government that
It was announced that Crown
Prince Charles of'Roumania, who• there must be.no evasion of re -
quarreled with the royal family
regarding his marriage, 'had be-
come reconciled with' the King
and Queen.
10. Treaty of Versailles ratified by
• Germans and Entente powers.
Sir Robert Borden sailed for
Cuba to take trip for benefit of
his health.
11. Sinn Feiners started policy of
hunger striking among those
serving terms in prison.
12. Victor Berger, Socialist represen-
tative from Milwaukee, dented
seat In American Congress. '
Bolshevik armies. defeat Gen.
Denikine's armies and take pies-
aponslbilities.
8. Sir Glenholme Falconbridge,
Chief Justice. of Supreme Court,
died in Toronto.
9, Clu:istian churches in Canada
start forward' movenlent drive,
Richard Bullock, known to read-
ers of 'penny dreadfuls" as
"Deadwooe, Dick," died in Los
Angeles.
Norwegian Treaty was signed in
Paris giving Norway sovereignty
over the Spitsbergen Archipelago.
10. Ex -Crown Prince of Germany sent
aaeeenm 1'. Prral,i,nt. Wilson ask-
The Tread of Pioneers.
l One ' August , ineeiting tetiy'-yeilre
ago, ,a Dorwnion, Cabinet Mi:deter,:at
;Ottawa interrupted. for Best part at
'a day the normal vourse of business
to ,unfold to me ;• a .syiipatbetic,
travelling Englishman, hie ,vision of
the New North Went: '
He had just returned from a long
tour right through the Peace. River
district, up the Mackenzie Basin to
Fort McPherson.
"We have no wish," said he with,
emphasis, "to induce settlers to en-
ter as yet the new Promised Land,"
-this, remember, was ' in 1910-"I
speak of the future only. But 'I am
satisfied that when the present,
prairie lands are all disposed of,
tbon this back country will be taken
up, because it will pay people better
to secure land there than to pay the
prise that will be asked for the' on the theory of taking in each ethe
e'F' er's washing, though there is "tak-
o�er.
"Much work thas to be done, first, ing itt" of some sort, if 'the unwary
however. Rivers have to be made stranger suffers it. But where the
navigable and the land has to be occupation is farming the mystery
purveyed, My joureig was . made is explained. • Nowhere south or east
to ascertain if these undertakings have I seen better crops, and last
would be, justified. And my verdict year this district prospered when
is yes. Though this land lies north, others .nearly failed. . One ••man
it is not appreciably colder than the gleaned 120 bushels of oats. to the
southern portions of the province. acre, and 48 bushels of wheat. He
At'Edmonton the climate is as fay- is located about twelve miles above
orable as at the international bound- the Crossing and . floats his grain
ary, owing . to the lower altitude; down thereto in wove, freightage
arit for the same reason, together ten cents per bushel; and with a
with other contributory conditions, a .stream running nine miles an hour
couple of hundred miles .further up he doesn't lose much time.
country makes little difference." Just north of?Dunvegan, on the
In 1914 came the railway gang, 14th July, I plucked oats, four feet
and in 1916, when its work was high and upwards by my pocket -
done, in pressed the pioneers. This measure. And wheat, rye, timothy
year I have followed in their tracks and indeed all kinds of• hay,swcre
and, reflecting on what I have seen, luxuriant. A man may be no agri-
I endorse this wisdom. 'cuiturist or authority onasoils, but
First, the country is of uncom- even a fool can't mistake the evi-
mon'charm-great tracts of prairie, dence of growing crops.
With patches of light bush, set , The pioneers, 1, said, are pressing
among low purple hills, and inter.: in; and 'more than pioneers. East,
aected by belts of timber arid, by fie men, not el from the South and. Wast, are,
rivers and streams. Park -like is the also from the
descriptive term that springs to nosing around to pick nee the "snipe"
one's pen. Roses flourish every- arid' secure their stake en what will
where by millions, and scent the air.. surely -given the subjoined condi-
Lilies challenge them for grace and tions -bo a rich country. At one'
glow. A thousand tinted grasses ,hotel in Peace River, in one day,
add soft undertones, as they ripple there were visitors registered from
in the breeze. Rarely have I been Brandon, Moose Jaw, Victeria,•Sac-
so moved with visions of a country's ramento, Los Angeles, San Frau-
future as when our automobile cisco, New 'York and London.. At
pounded along the ninety -mile trail Dunvegan ,Crossing I met camping,
front Peace River Crossing to Spirit with pack -horse, knife and gun, a
River. The naked prairies of the picturesque stranger who was be -
south have their charm -at least gulling his long evenings with Ana -
under summer skies; but here in a tele France's "Les Dieux ont Snit"
country where the eye is rested and What was a man of such culture
the soul li,spti'sed,, while still the doing there?, Prospecting and pick-
peCkbt Lilly. "ee ing up gos,Y1 things, you `bet sine-
,
our;. And the pocket does fill, sure! In life,
some stances it puzzles one a lit- And the people already 61 ,
ria leovri, It in not to ke .explalptd .OR..gut al1Atf .seml9t i ,,
t a"> Call PL26� cower On.
,...�. :..:,...,yet , .Parti nee Water hote
,e,111H IHftlIH itll111I%Itl11111161lIIII 1eeaw,.'ih;iU..sh180h1tl1Mllltltlilellhf1I lilllllllllel
"1
terprising, sociable, "sports"; earn-
est in play as in work. Spirit River
has just hada two days'. sports
meeting. The folk` came in from as
far afield as eighty miles, -chiefly
in autos. There wasn't a bed to be
had. Men' walked the • street all
night. Others slept in their cars
or on the unhespitable floors of
barns, offices and poolrooms. But
nothing daunted'rtheir zeal. After
a boxing contest in the late eveningg
a dance followed until the small.
hours. The sports events were num-;
erous and dashing. Better racing
was not to be seen at Edmonton The
boys' half -mile horseback spoke well
for the rising generation. And•ten
years ago, recollect, this country,
was net surveyed, and a four-year,
world -war has ' intervened; yet to-
day several towns of one thousand
residents and upwards, with large
'contribdtery populations, one of
them, at least, equipped with elec-
tric light plant and public water-
works, are making history.
Nevertheless, as my friend the
Cabinet Minister said, there is yet
much to do. Roads need to be grad-
ed, trails improved, river transport
increased. Most urgent of
all,an
illrproved and progressive raiway
service is needed.
That, indeed, is vital; for ether
wise many of the settlers will drift
out again; the fight is too unfair.
I hear that the Canadian Pacific
Railway has at length taken over
the operation of the line. This will
prove the surest pledge of Peace
River prosperity,for the unsullied
prestige of this groat transportation
company, challenged as it now is by
allowof i'
is not
powerful rrva ,walln•}
efficiency. on
!bit what I have been makes mo
and to public utility eampsn•i
:rd intending settlers alikee
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We unhesitatingly re.
commend Ioagic Baking
Powder asi being the
beat and purest baking
o' tb
powder p set Ne to
produce. It possesses
, elements of food that
have, to do the building
up of brain and nerve
matter and is absolutely
free front alums or
other inyuriouS
substitutes.
A.. t,,
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.i;
ing Allies to take him as "victim••
instead of 900 Germans demanded
for trial -en - account 'ot crimes.
committed in war, • .
12. Women were denied' right to
preach by Church of England.
13. Robert Lansing, seeretary of
• State in Wilson Cabinet,'•reetgned
from office following disagree-,
meat with I?resideft. " •
16. Hon. E. C. Drury, prime Minister
:td of • Ontario; elected in Balton.
18, Sir 'Auckland' Geddes named as
Brit"teh Ambassador to 'United
Steles, to Anceeed Viscoitsit. 'Grey.
f0. Lord Denise named'as lriish Vice-
• roy to sucoeed"Vi0cotiilt Fi eneb.
23. nom W. •E. Raney, Attorney -Gen-
, eraf of Ontario, elected: lay ae-
clamautien.'
•
24. Lady •Astor, first woman member
of ,British Parliament,. delivered
her maiden speech.,
26. Forme* Premier 1.1, H. Asquith
returned to British Parliament_,
29, Turks. massacred 10,000• Armen-
ians after defeating French:
Lord Northcliffe ceased torsupport
• PremlerLLtoyd George.'
for Afatnat terksonweee, It nag, .
dian, appointed Wet $earotat .
lot' Xroland.
Danish oleic settled by calling ai
elleten.
4,sun goners elan campaign t{
oniaeleieed 10cottdlarielela,.,, , '1
Kitt.' Delta% last of tabusJ'elett
James gang, dlod .in Memphi��
Tenn. i. 1
5, Geu, 11.ut'opetkin, fernier' cone
mander in -chief of 011408 impar
ittt army, ' elteelnted •130111teet.
•GOver1Or 01 rainkeetan, ' e
0, 0, A. 13,Brown, president resident Of • th
Q:Lna,dian :Na,tlQlral ,LXkAIUII',i07I
killed ha seor'ohing autolet, evil
Was 1 ver, ec lured.
a. a
wet tQ }p
0 Q.
n.
scan a
10, afveo ao'8sl
Gs}nveatlntLib
Qovernntent, tweeted' lie Steck-
11001.
l
„
18. Gen. Freucha•
isnounc0(} intention
at resigning post of Vloeroy oft
India. •
20. Gen. Denilcttie, , anti-ilioleectist
• leader, arrived in London.
2$ExePI�emier Cleitlaux •-.ot Fenno
• actj-ultteti''•of'high treasoh 310 Was
aecuecd of betlayieg his country
during' the war
25, Hon: .Alex. G. lelac39ay,, Minister
01,M-µtilelPal Affairs in Alberta {
Go rnthent and 1oi•merty Liberal
leader' ; in: Ontario, ,diad in Edtieen-
tan:,'';
Mandates of Palestine and:Meso-
potamia awarded to, Great Britaln.
26: Slee Malachy' B. Bale, . tw,ipe Lieu -
.tenant Cealer'ner of 'Nova. Scotia,
died in Halifax.' `
30. Poles' Iaundlr ':offensive against
Bolshevik' •"armies in South
Tklriaine :. -
• MAY.
3. Rebels, win important vietori'ear itt
Mezfeo.. • •
6. Ste •'•Louis 'Jade, famous lined,
tw tee ° Lieutenant -Governor ' 'et'
Quebee, died to Quebec City:
Daniels troops ooeupted Northern,
Shcdeswig,"reatoied to, Dannisalie
tesei'eMeit of eaeSbat rplebiseite:
7. Brotkrlm : i.ibeuhis: 'en'dorse 'Hone
lee ea -" Asquith as leader, and
Coaltttonlsts:•withdraw 90Om 'tiro
confer:etiee.
8. Poland and 'Roumania • formed' ..
al:ran'ce against .Bolshevik'.
9. Manitloba>+Gbvel•nienent:decided to
enter. tanking; •business.'
Revoeuttcunary threes- seized Mex-
ico 000y? and President Carranza
12. Sir, Arthur'Currie accepted prin-
cipalship of McGill University.
13. Sir Roberte Bodian arrived in.
Ottawa:•after taking trip for his
health..
Gen. 'Alvaro Obregon entered
Mexico City in triumph.
14, 'French started evacuation
Frankfort.,
18. Luxury tax imposed in Canada to
help meet enormous war debt.
19. Admiral Serg}eff, former com-
mander of Russian Caspian fleet,
hanged by Bolsheviki.
20. President Carranza of Mexico, a
fugitive from victorious revolu-
tionists, shot to death in moun-
tains, after surrendering to the
enemy.
23, King Alexander of Greece joined
his morganatic wife in Paris,
24. President Deechanel of France,
who had become a victim of nerv-
ous trouble, fell from window of
train and had a narrow escape
from death_
Bolshevik forces advance against
Poles.
27. Sir Herbert Ames announced in-
tention of resigning seat of St.
Antoine in , Canadian House of
Commons in order to devote his
attention to work as Financial Di-
rector of League of Nations.
30. First Czech Parliament to be
held in 300 years formally
organized.
MARCH:
1. Bela lCun, former Communist dic-
tator of FIungary, escapes. from
Vienna jail,
5. Hon. Dr. H. J. Cody, Minister. of
Education inlHearst Cabinet„ an-
nounced his retirement. from
politics. •
Supreme Council announced in-
tention of taking drastic steps to•
put an end to Turkish defiance..
7. Prince Joachim, son of ex -kaiser,
arrested in German hotel for in-
sulting French party while drunk.
8. Poles launched attack against the
Ukrainians.
9, Poles scored victory against Dol-
aheOlki on Minsk frout.
10. Allies take over control of all
Tin•kish telegraphs.
11. The Syrian Congress t t Damascus
• declared Syeta to be an indepen-
dent state.
14. Attempt made in Holland to spirit
the ex -Crown Prince back to Ber-
lin, but it was frustrated by the
Dutch police_
Monarchial troops tried to seise
reins of power in Germany
-Riots, that resembled Civil
War, broke out in many centres.
T. C. Robinette, most., famous
criminal lawyer in Canada, died
in Toronto.
15. President Ebert and his Govern-
ment triumphed over militarist
revolution 1n Germany - Revolt
f
completely crush
16. f1 st efforts
ex-Kinges nConstaned of. tinee ref Greece
to undermine President Venizelos.
Prince Feisal, elected King of
newly -established- state of Syria,
invited to Paris. •
17. Great Britain assumed abeaFate
control of Constentheople and
Dardanelles. Turks resisted and
laves were'loetih resulting battle.
18. gen. Smuts supported in South,
African election.',
20:Lord Mayor of Cork 'shot by
'masked Hien. Death ordered ley
Sinn Feiners.
Ue,ttted States Senate refused .to
accept Republicae'reservationa to
•?M, Treaty. •
Duchess of Marlborough, former-
ly Consuelo Vanderbilt of New
.York,0ltarted suitkfor divorce:
21.' Gustav Noake makes attain' an-
nouncement 'that revolution in
Berlin is ended. • '
28. Several pedple shot during Sinn
Fein riots in Dublin,
26. Alan Bell, resident magistrate 1ki
Dublin, murdered with utmcdlt.
cruelty by Sian, Feiners.
Turkish Cabinet resigned from
office_ • '
28. Gen. Lunderdorf surrendered to
German. Authorities, but denied
any connection with militarist up-
rising.
29. Gen. Sir Wm. Robertson, •former
chief of British General Staff,
• made a field marshal,
King Christian of Denmark serv-
ed with' ulimatum - Citizens or-
dered hien to, reinstate premier
diain1ssed by Monarch, and threat-
en to establish republic.
29. Falcons of Winnipeg defeat'Vars-
ity of Toronto for senior amateur
hodkey champlenahip of Canada,
and take Allen Cup to Capital of
Manitoba.
30. Mary Ptekford married Douglas
Fairbanks. Wedding caused liens-
. ation because both those expon-
ents of "clean and wholesome"
moving pictures bad recently been
divorced.
•
of
APRIL.
2. Women made anti-British demon-
stration in front of Embassy at
Washington,
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when symptoms of indigestion
occur, Act quickly before
these become obstinate. -'
Take
Beecham's Pilis at once, In many
cases a few doses will bring relief.
'Their saccess in stomach, liverand
bowel disorders proves the worth of
BEECHAM'
Sold moo- in boner.
where wPI ZSe,.6ao.
Ce ede,
JUNE.
2. Union Jack burned by women in
front of British Embassy at
Washington.
6. Mario B
Antoniaaulista, Premier
of Portugal, died suddenly dur-
ing Ministerial Conference.
7. Gena John J. Pershing announced
intention of leaving U. S. army.
8. Government returned to power in
Germany by small majority.
9. Premier Nitti and Cabinet resign-
ed .office in Italy.
11. Signor Giolitti took up reins of
power in Italy. •
13. Senator Warren G. Harding of
triosgter,ted as Republl'ean can-
dedate f8'rTresidency,of 17. S.
Eased Pasha, the Albanian leader,
assassinated on streets ea Paris.
Poles evaeuated city. of Kiev be-
fore Russian advance.
15. Gan, Wrangel, successful in ad-
vilnces against Bolshevik(.
18. Sorest fires in Scotland caused
df'er $55,000,000 damage,
20. Desperate fighting took place on
streets of Londonderry,
22. Prince Arthur of 'C'ennaught ap-
pointed Govertater-General of the
Union of South Africa...
25. Lord D'Albernon appointed Am-
bassador to Berlin. Q
20. It was announced that Sir Lomer
Gouin would resign Premiership
of Quebec.
27. Brig. -Gen. Lucas kidnapped by
Sinn Feiners while fishing in
Ireland.
Militarist plot discovered and
foiled in Berlin,
28. Manitoba Provincial election held
and resulted in splitting of house
into groups. .Premier Norris had
strongest following with Farmer.
Labor group making next,
1. Sir Robert Bordon announced in-
tention to resign leadership of
Union Party and Premiership of
Canada.
Attempt' was made to blow up
Japanese House of Representa-
tives in Tokio. •
4, Bettls}aevik forces capture, Lem -
bag from Poles, and continued
steady advance towards Warsaw.
6. Governor J.' 111. Cox of Ohio,
chosen as Democratic candidate
for Presidency. •
7. Hon. Arthur Meighon chosen
Premier of Canada.
9. Plans made to evacuate Warsaw
on account of continued victories
of Russian armies.
Death Of Lord Fisher occurred be
England.
11. New Brunswick voted by 21,000
inajOrity to go "bone dry."
Empress Eugenie, widow of Na-
poleon eII. and last Empress of
Franco, died at her home in Spain
at the age -of 94.
15, Bolshevik' refuse to arrange an'
armistice with Poland.
ince las first r e for the
--Lipton w
America cup-.
18. --Prince Joachim, youngest son
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