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_ _Sir William Hearst, who spoke for about an hour, alluded at the begin-- ning to the ecsucial. times through which the aMiss had passed since August, 1914, and commented: "Who can explain the victory of the Marne, who can explain our escape from the many deadly perils which beset our pathway in the early days of the war? Ve must not forget the many trying days and hard ordcals yet to pass. Now I;belicve we are approaching the greatest crisis of tlfie war. Should the British navy fail to grasp with the submarine peril, starvation would be able to do what the German guns had never been able to do. Should that happen we in this Province would not have long to conjecture what our fate might be. But I feel, as I am sure every man in this House feels, that the British navy in the future, as in the past, will not fail. Ger-- many now knows she is fighting to a finish, that no armistice will be allowed to permit of a now struggle. Burden of Struggle Now. "In that struggle tho laws of hu-- manity, the laws of civilization, the laws of decent warfare will have no place, and tho barbarous weapons and hellish devices that the mind of man can conceive will be used against us in that last, that supreme, that de-- cisive struggle. In no part of the British Empire must Britons be found wanting in this crucial day. (Ap-- plause.}) From now on an ever--in-- créeasing burden of the struggle on the western front must be borne by the British forces. France, noble France, has played her part uobly and well in the past. She has borne the burden of the fight up to the present on the western front, but she has spilled the very bost --blood of her race, and, she cannot longer -- continue to keep up the same fighting strength on the western front as in the past. So flnaliy it is going to depend more and more on the British Empire." Germany's Threats, The Premier declared Germany's unprovoked aggression had plunged the world into the most horrible and bloody war of all the ages, "and Ger-- many, -- unrepehitant, unregenerate, and blasphemous, arrogantly asks us to make terms of peace and threatens ug with greator ruthlessness if we re-- fuse to comply with the terms of her Sir William then alluded : to the need for every available man to help the men at the front, and remarked that there were tens of thousands of men unfit for military service upon whom the saime moral -- obligation rested to do their part in other ways. He also touched on financo's part in winning the war, and emphasized the duty of exercising thrift and economy. the nurchase of war bonds, the buy-- ing of Canadian goods and keeping out' of luxuries. When he was over in the old country ho found the Eng-- lishman's attitude was one of faith, dependencee, and ~recognition of the resourcefulness of the daughter Em-- pire. There was then a lurking fear that. at the last Cireat Britain might be robbed of the ful)} fruits of victory to which she was entitled, but there was also a feeling that the overseas Dominions wouleée see that nothing of that . kind _ would , happen. There should not be a slacker throughout the whole land, declared the Pre-- mier, and he appealed to those in the MHouse and outside the House. The winning of this war was a duty for the civilian as well as the soldier. ¥lr. Rowell, who seconded the Pre-- mier's resolution, began by a refer-- ence to the submarine menacse. He said when Germany announced the resumption of an unlimited submar-- ine campaign to take effect on Feb-- request." Britain Shows the Way, Says the Liberal Leader Crucial Times of Allies, Says Sir William Hearst a generous response, we call upon the people of this Province to licep tho successful prosecution of the war above all other con-- siderations, and to devote every energy and every moment to the cause of our country, so that tyranny may be finally over-- thrown and righteousness amons the nations may prevail." for , Thritt. 'Tuduary 1 a great many ships were due 'to eail on that date from New ¥York. Every. American, every neutr% ship was lied up, but one gallant British ship, with the_fUnion Jack floating, sailed out of New York harbor past all the ships z%anchor and braved the <unknown ril of. the sea with all the courage of Drake, of Hawkinsg, and of Nelson. (Applause.) It is that spirit in the heart and sou! 'of the British sailor, it is that spirit in the heart and soul of the British soldier, it is that spirit inspiring the British people that will not «shirk any danger but will discharge the full duty, which is the surest guarantee of permanent . victory. (Applause.) | It meant just as much to Canada, | proceeded Mr. Rowell, that the pagan and brutal conception -- that unre-- stricted might should prevail | was | overthrown as it did to Britain. ' Peace Idle Talk Now. | Touching on the need for inc fgod production, Mr. Rowell rff;fig that steps should be taken to insure thaé tl:e lanéls of th& Province were made to produce every oun possible. * Neiot food He paid tribute to the men at the "At no period last summer did Can-- ada have a sufficient number of sol-- diers in (ireat Britain who had had sufficient training to warrant the au-- thorities in sending them to reinforce éthe Canadian forces at the front, bl:zt [ on account of casuaities the men in | charge were compolled to send to the in'ring line men who hbad not been | thoroughly trained. They had to | break up the 4th Division on two oc-- casions, and even in that way they 'Were not able to bring the Canadian regiments at the Somms®s up to frll war strength. One Doing Work of Two. 1 | '"'The result was that regiments 600 l or 700 strong were doing the work of regiments 1,000 or 1,100 strong, and they did it without one word of com-- plaint. This condition must not be allowed to continue. We must back up those brave men at the front. if this war continues for another year, and it is quite possible that it wil!l, casualties will occur in those brave battalions that will bring about a. repetition of the conditions with which we were faced last summer. Something will have to be done to provide the necessary reinforcements, and I frankly confess, Mr. Speaker,| the time for recruiting speeches is past. They have> ceaged to bring satisfactory results, and we should be prepared to take whatever steps are necessary to secure the men to pro--| periy reinforee our gallant divisions} at the front. (Applause.) Let us have the courage to face the situa-- tion, realizing that we owe a duty to the brave men who are at this mo-- ment standing between us and the German army, and let us devote our energies to the one supreme task of seeing that Canada's soldiers are backed up by much--needed reinforce-- ments.'""' (Applause.) Produce All Food Possible. ge Cl N2 y Aee NE COs Ras V braliihs t dn St: : Syit EFOmSreCE in England, Ireland, or Scotland to make sacrifices that wo should not be cecqually ready to make." Unless reasonable assurances could be ob-- tained that what the allies demanded would be secured it was idle to talk 1wa2ce, because otherwise it would be but a temporary period of prepara-- tion for a greater struggle. '"Now that we have paid such a price to win victory," remarked Mr. Rowell, amid applause, "let us pay the price to the full in order that we may have vie-- tory and permanent peace." '"'We have no right to ask or ex-- pect," he said, "a father or mother He referred bricfly to Canada's splendid work in supplying munitions. Canadians had been able to do far more than any one of them thought possible some years ago, but that was The Liberal leader declared the British navy had performed its task with far greater success than the German army had performed its task, and he believed the Royal Navy would be able to cope with the Geor-- man submarine menace just as suc-- cessfully as it had succeeded in driv-- ing the German navy from the high seas. Multiply NMunitions. no reason why they should rest on what they had done. Canadians must multiply and increase their efforts in order that they might measure un to their responsibilities in the great struggle. They must help by increas-- ing ACanada's military strength. men at the