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Show uu ; Alleged Conspirators ' Take Stand in House ; of Commons London, May G. The process of j smoking out tho alleged conspirators charged by their political opponents with treason in connection with President Pres-ident Taft's Canadian reciprocity plans, was begun In tho house of commons com-mons today Arthur Shirley Bonn and Henry Pago Croft, Unionists, pllod Premier Asqulth with questions regarding re-garding the correspondence betweoD : President Taft and Colonel Roosovelt In which President Taft is said to havo referred to Canadian reciprocity , . as llkelv to "make Canada nn adjunct of tho "United Statos." Premier Asqulth, who showed resentment re-sentment at tho attack, sharply ropud- " i( ; lated tho reflection cast on Ambassa- " ! dor Bryce. Ho said tho ambassador had In no way influencos the vlows or policy of the late Canadian gov- , ernment and that, as tho correspondence correspond-ence between Mr. Taft nnd Colonel n Roosovelt was private, Mr. Bryco could havo no knowledge whatever of It. Elovon questions bearing on tho Bame pointB woro fired at tho premier who mado a general roply. Ho said: "I have Been oxtracts from tho correspondence cor-respondence which appears to have passed between Prosident Taft and ; Mr. Roosovolt which have been pub- " llshod In tho press. T have no fur- . ; thor knowledge of them than that, as the correspondence was private, and It Is obvious that tho British ambas-sador ambas-sador could not havo had knowledge of Its contents nor have communicated communicat-ed them to tho British government "There is nothing in tho correspondence corre-spondence bo far as we are concerned to afTect the relations between tho Imperial and Canadian go eminent or our view as to what Is to the mutual advantage of Great Britain and Can- ada-" 00 Tho Pattorn Makers' Union haB sont notice from headquarters In Cincinnati, Cin-cinnati, O., that tho referendum voto on tho proposition to hold a convention conven-tion of the league of Pattorn Makers this year was defeated but that tho 1 same question will bo submitted to tho subordinates 'next year. J ( I |