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Show New Premier of Canada ("ABSENT-MINDED" ARTHUR MEIGHEN) Known as a Meal Fighter (X. B, A. Canadian Special.) OTTAWA, July 17. Arthur Meighen, stormy petrel of stormy Dominion Do-minion politics Jt has been officially announced, is to bo the next premier of Canada, succeeding Prime Minister Borden, who has announied his complete com-plete retirement from politics. In 12 years of Dominion political life, Melghen. by his fighting tactics. I has made himself one of the best I Known, most liked and most hated men In the nubile eye here. Is V B LTR slM.ITTF.K," Melghen was first In the house of 'commons lie won renown us a I 'twister of words" and a "hair splitter." split-ter." In five yea:s he became solicitor-general with a scat in the cabl-nel cabl-nel He then became secretary of I state and three years ago minister of 'the Interior. I For all his fondness of dallying with fine points and dangerous subtleties, enemies and friends alike admit him a man of prompt and sudden action FEARED ORATOR. Melffhen spent no time In argument 'when the general strike came to Win-tlipegr. Win-tlipegr. The strike ended with force Hs sent strike leaders to Jail and 'though that strike of radicals was not recognized by the American Federation Federa-tion of Iabor. 1 have hoard labor leaders lead-ers bitterly arraign Mcoghen for "autocratic "au-tocratic methods." Many stories are told of his absence I of mind. He Is declared to have once ! left his small son In a store. But, though ho can completely forget him-Iself him-Iself in the tumult of debate, ho never loses tiack of his argument and Is ono of the most feared orators in the gov-1 gov-1 eminent |