Daily British Whig (1850), 12 Aug 1914, p. 4

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but not of aggression. However, the emperor has proceeded on the un derstanding that "he who is not with me is against me." | | | It is said that the ('anadian contingents men of cer- } PICKING BIG MEN. in the recruiting for btgin size- and physique are demanded, | la "that the One | department should be so particular. i ord Roberts, little fellows need not wonders why our war a distinguished sol- TERN | : 14 ~N his service 4 and experience, is a little man. Ad- miral Jellico, who commands the: Bri- tish fleet in this war, and on whose judgment so much depends in the com- ing conflict with tht German fleet in the North Sea, is a little man.' And many of the German prisoners, tak- en by the at- tack on Liege, are mere school boys, a - {dier, who commands the respect of the | 4 British nation because of BE 3 4 3 et ct hs ST i Re | Published Dally and 2emi-Weekly by 5 THR BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING ho ©0., LIMITED. : OG EIMOtL .....0o00v0000... President * ho He Guild'... 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There are such, and single, shquld be recruited for active without regard ta the fact that they have in some way been identified heretofore, with the mili- many unoecupiad Attached is printing offices } who service, and rank HR. Northrup, tia A TERRIFYING FACT. be the full Thirty material A NEED AT OTTAWA. has to the Cana- loss of The heard, and then would first discordant Iuropean war ? What a great setback note been years with regard in the world's Pro- fdian contingents. Jt Whatever ever the conquesig, territory, has been raised there appears to have been some occasion for it. Re- sup- what the gress the results, in Montreal, and whatever ex- chaoge of every trading |eruiting is going on, or it is country and every man who lives by Wherever posed to he going on, but nothing very definite, is ) accomplished, and the that those charge of it have heen "hampered by lack of The plaint is made by officers in the Daily ~husiness is a certain loser money may he invested danger assails being for reason in it, though it may be thousands of from the seat That is the grim fact that Vhiles Furo- |a pean war; the city of London is facing to-day. "There is no talk mow of the bracing influence of war or the advantages of clearing the air. tags have been discarded the truth ythat we live by credit of any instructions." com- Mail, which is in sympathy with the movement and simply protests against existing 'conditions as a to- end, and that end the re- form of the militia department: at Ot- tawa We quote irom the Mail: means Those jingo wards an as we grasp solemn and that credit Hith "J erto that "has been an academic pla ordinary affairs of 'titude. Today it terrifying |& labourer in the . . i ieute a fact.--London Chronicle Sey enazt-colonel of lives by peace know no the most business than said the well-known regement. "If it were mere lack detail | could understand it, = but there is an absolute dearth of the most ordinary information, and it is unfair both to officers and intending reccuits. What is more serious than the unfairness of the thing is that it is keeping would-be applicants - from coming to the front." Some of the questions that are he ing asked, and that even non-com- missioned officers are usually in a position to answer, gre--what pay are the men to receive ? Is it to be the regular pay for the British or Cana- dian army ? When is it probable that an order will be given to mobilize at Valcartier ? Are recruits tp be uni formed here or at Valdartier ? What provision is being made to care for the families of married men ? a "It makes me feel like a dolt, a complete dwlt," exploded an officer, uld in the service. "We, know nothing and can Yook only blank when ques- tions are asked. At first we looked wise, or ftried to, but we now feel too foolish for that Until some de finite infformation is given doubt whether we will be able to re cfuit to anything like full strength." about this street," more is a of a UNITED STATES SUFFERING, The Americans divided ho what their country legislation that will afiect present con- ditions only, or aliect the future of the nation in the way of a permanent merchant marine. American capital heretofore has been freely invested mm are as wants just now foreign ships, and now that a war is on the 'government is nonplussed. lt does not. knew what to do A bill ia before ovongress which verting a lot of foreign bottoms into American ships, the change being one This is who aims at con- of ownership and of tiaga, op- posed by the legislation will not make foreign ships 'American, and that they jeot to Fhese experts the United Statos " once in a merchsnt marine of its own, one that will and keep it, and to the upbuilding trade. The South worth about $700,000,000 5 year: and the United States government' has its Meanwhile the Ameri Vessels cannot SOMe experts say will be sub- seizure. ay should embark at foreign trade will national capture that tend the American one out of trade is Clearly the fault lies at Ottawa, where same owe of the Kitchener tvpe eye upon this is sorely needed It is about ten can trade is suffering be hired to bring in sugar and foodstulls, of dry goods and tobacco and fruits, and carry out its Brains, the crop of which is =o large and should be I'he revenue will he ex- days simce the war minister in Fng- Is unports' of axepted office. In that time *» has § rd 60,000 troops he h 1s _digiributed 60, troop 100,000 to land to the front, has added the British army, 100,000 fighting strength of the 80 productive, short, undertaking to add With and not talk butt army and hs 8 mresen a3 [Present more him it is a case of act perience indicates, by $100,000 000 (his vear No one hears of him, in connection with the "He passes everything SLAUGHTER OF SOCIALISTS, knows what he The statement has not been confirmed 80 far as the Whig that about' one hundred social members of the German reichstag have been shot 'bY order of the emperor. The ! cialists were not in favour | The party, on principle, is opposed to the military spirit and.the vast expenditures on munitions of war. It is not at all likely that men sur rendered their views and became dood cile consenters to a 'war, on i the command of the emperor. It wil, be' remembered that in the whit a i chamber, and on the throne oi staf o itit was demanded that every mem} or {lof the reichstag who was reconcd led ifto the war, should come forfvard and "fput his hand in the hand of the J:ais- Elopt It was not recorded that | any io refused. It was just 'possible {that (the socialists declined 1jo ap- Jipear so inconsistent as this proceed. Jiing would make them apf ear, and jithat the emperor regarded, and treat. jod them as enemies. Tha New York -peocialists. are dwaiting a confirmation equipment of Canadian contin- Ljof the . story that the nr frievids suf [gents They could not contribute 10 iifered for the sake of principle and }a worthicr cause. iiconscience. They say that there are iffour million socialists in Gegmany, land that the first thing they mad "emperor knows he will be puts ont fof the way and'a republic eskablish- ' in the place of the empire, The ow Yorkers hear that the' socialists Germany are willing to «gand hy fatherland' in a war of. defence, is moving. He the order is at South Africa he had no difficulty keeping the he took hold and brigades were formed as fast the v And what ( afia wants just now, at Ottawa, is ga foan of his stamp. 0€ol. Hughes talks j too much. He cer, with the power and, capacity and in word, Out wants. the once obeyed. can see, ) nm forces in action when Companies, regiments, so- ; ns of war. were required. an should have an olii- fo oven organize, and do it quickly ,and well, Unless there is a change in the pro- ceedings Canada's enthusiasm will die and the will be seriously hurt. Canada's war minister ix failing it at this particu- lar crisis in its history. ont, recruiting movement EDITORIAL NOTES, Drinks aie said to be going up. And also going down. Nothing new akout that announcement. War rates taxes do not affect this movement. Our rich men--taalt and Aikens, ot al-are giving princely sums for or the our Between Friday and Tuesday, in one week, the depreciation in the stock of the C.P.R. on accqunt of the war was M6.600.000. Only 'ane sample of ihe evil affects of gar. Tadustrial Canada finds --that the cost of living is rising still in the Un- ited States--under a lower tariff, A war will make living dear under any tariff, dear child. ! London the | world back, industrially and commer | This war, according economist's calculation, will put 10 a vially, at least thirty vears. Putting | back. ast stunt. the clock thirty y were and for a ars' » The official censor®=in" T"ondon ma be sais enough men, but the are politicians who don't like to work hard. Hence the paucity of informa. | tion which they gard to the are passing with re War, { -------- | Von Molke laid out the plans of the | Franco German war over forty years ago. Some one has copied them jor use in this campaign, and hence the antiquated methods by which the Ger- mans hope to subjugate the world. m-------- Toronto's mayer save the go on, for the the city and the sake of the public works must suke of who the stand | It must feed them men need employment. That is which every city must take. occupied--or families. keep its men and then -- I'he Windsor Record has a good =--one in keeping with the performances of Germany's Mad Mullah. Tt is that our recruited idea armies should be from the insane asylums pitals. The not and epileptic los unfits can be spared for wars, the fits. The one redeeming feature of Can ada 8 recruiting was which Vice Admiral Kingswell picked up and dispatched his contingent for the Canadian ertisey aoe had no difficulty in getting Nor there be any difliculty in getting the 'manner in men would men for the army if the thing were gone about in the right way Kingston Events 25 YEARS AGO. held big demonstra Parade in rain Association met "Prentice tion in Kingston. Equal Rights Cooke's church Jovs mn | nesday in city chief High court of 1.0.1 hall. A. R. Milne ranger opened was high SOME TIMELY COMMENTS Stock! Conditions. Contributed Canada ging Great Britain one million bags of flour. This is a splen- did gift and will help some in the em ergency here than two months' supply of foodstufis in most of the European countries, and as the rich grab a big supply, the surplus goes out of sight quickly Each per son requires about five and a half bushels of 'wheat each vear, and Great Britain imports about two hundred million bushels a year. Canada's mil lion bags would last them about three days. ' Ft After thinking it speculators are still lost about prices Some think there are big bargains but successful shorts are more persist ent than ever that there wil be lov prices. One speculator said if it anything but war he would know what to do. War means dear money, and dear money means cheap Stocks like New York Central pa per cent. and selling at eighty, if money will he is less over for a week, stoe five should be cheap, but worth seven or eight per cent. and such roads have to borrow at that rate, they may not be able to pay a dividend. I'he market for grain and won will see higher prices, while cop and cotton will be lower. One the largest manufacturers of elec trical goods said he could book dou ble his capacity orders for South America but the customers had money! There never was such a up all round per of of no mi -- Sulphur, ferromanganese, dve colors, tin and foreign exchange I'hese are practically unobtainable in North Am erica and without them manv large On Effect of War Upon Produce and! | this 'Wise and ... "Otherwise Dodging a creditor is one form of commercial activity, To dream about a « horse isn't | necessarily a nightmare. The people who cast their bread upon the water wish it many happy returns, When a man suffers from insom- nia he can hear the bed ticking in the silent watches of the night. Thoroughly Subdued. Her charms subdued him Ere they wed, jut now her tongue Does it instead. Strength. Dr. Lyman-Abbott, the anti-suffra- zist, said at an anti-suffrage tea in New York: 'They call woman the weaker sex. Yet I have :known more than one woman to bend a man's will during his life and break it after his death." Washington Star. Maybe. Mr. Frog very badly. Mr. Bugg--Probably it is too damp where you live. Happiness is composite; Pain is simple, It may take a hundred things to make a man happy, but it never needs more than one to make him suffer.-- F. Marion Crawford. - I will strive to raise my own body and soul daily into all the higher powers of duty and happiness not in rivalship or contention with others, but fer the help, delight and honor of others and for the joy and peace of my own life.--John Ruskin. My wife has rheumatism Cherish ideals as the traveller cherishes the north star, and keep the guiding light pure and bright and high above the horizon New {ell Dwight Hillis. Quick Change. He---What do you charge for vour rooms? Lodginghouse Keeper guineas up. He--But I am an actor She--Then it's two guineas down London Opinion Wonderful. The Hostess-- Don't daughter's voice has a range? The Guest--Wonderful! I it when 1 was a mile away From two vou think wonderful heard Some People Have No Ingenuity. "Mary," said a Boyle Heights mat- ron to her housemaid, as she sur- veyed the furniture, "just logk at that dust! Didn't 1 tell you to go carefully over it? 1 expect company afternoon and I shall feel dis- graced. Every one will go away talk- ing about it." "Well, mum," said the girl, "Why don't you pull down the shade?" industries may have to shut down Sulphur is strictly contraband of war with all countries, and, wanted where so many are trying ) imitate his satanic majesty. Ferro manganese is the important item in steel. A small quantity is necessary but it is not procurable. All dve col | ors except logwood (black) must be | had from the places now fighting and | are needed il cotton mills continue to | make prints. Tin does not "grow" | in our climate. | Without it many of 4 'the industries putting up our groce { packages are "canned.' § These are the most important things urgently wanted just now. { | ol course, is { ALD. DANIEL COUPER i Dispensed Justice at the Police Court Today. 9 Five drunks made their how to All. | * Daniel Couper in police court on Wed morning. A laborer working at the locomotive works was given a chance. Four men, who were tight to various degrees, at the depot, on | Tuesday night, were on hand. They were brought in by Constables J. (of ter and D. McCarey. They are work- ing at Kingston Mills and missed {he train, John Saunders, who has heen a steady worker since his appearan-e three years ago, was given a chance, \. McConnell, a first appearance, waa also given a chance. R. Greer, one of { the four, was set back for a doilar and costs or ten days. James Moll roy, on the "prohibited list," was ra manded for a week. i ------ Weather Notes, | Cool weather now prevails through- | out Canada, and since Tuesday morn- ing showers have occurred in Queheo and in the maritime; and western Pree vinces. . ~~ 1 ti Charles Long, Jr. civil service de- partment, Ottawa, who has been vig. iting his uncle and aunt, Provost Sergt. and Mrs. Wolfe, Tete du Pont Datkudks, bas been called back to Ui awa. Angeles Express. Careful Of His Razor. "Oh, George, before you get your razor I must tell you that I--I bor- | rowed it yesterday." "What, again!" "Y-yes. 1 had to do some ripping. But it's just as good as ever. You'll never notice the difference. 1 sharp- ened it on the stovepipe."-- Fram the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Old-Fashioned Man. I do not like pajamas, 4 The old nightshirt for 'mine, I want no fireless cooking, The old wood stove is fine, No- chafing dish creations Can e'er appeal to me, And plain corned beef and Is all that 1 can see. I want no fancy salads, Old-fashioned food is best; You're welcome to the bouilion, The lobster and the rest, I want no fussy neckwear, I'll. have mine ready tied; I won't wear pegtep trousers With cuffs four inches wide. Give me no belt and shirtwaist, 'L.don't like sissy men: I'll wear my old suspenders, And naught will happen then. No calabash or meerschaum--- Give me the corncob pipes; I hate them durh green olives, For I 1iké my fruit ripe, Mix me no high-toned cocktails; I take my licker straight: I am' agin' improvements, I fight them early, late, I never ride on railroads, Or send a thing by wire; Of fighting mew inventions I really never tire, I don't believe in readin' New thoughts of any kind, And this thing they call progress Is "humbug" to my mind. I guess perhaps you've guessed it E'er now from what I've said; I'm just a durned old mossback, And will be till Pm dead. _./ ~--Brookiyn £ cabbage Every man wants good clothes ! Some men get them; others don't ! . There are more don'ts thando's ! 'The men who do not get good clothes buy at the wrong store ! Buy here and avoid the disap- pointment ! This store is run on the one price cash system, which means a big saving to lyou. Safety OUR FRESH GROUND OOF- FEE AT 40¢c. OAN'T BE BEAT, Try a sample order and be convinced, NOLAN'S GROCERY Princess St. Phone 720. Prompt Delivery AUTOMOBILE. FOR HIRE Jack Stansbury HOUSE PHONE 750 OR BRITISH AMERICAN HOTEL 734 Special rates to afternoon or evening driving parties Train Calls A ered--Inquiries Rates Solleited. for FOR SALE of TH acres, 4 1-2 miles from A choice farm Kingston, good build- ings, large orchard, about 3 1-2 deres in ber- ries; soil well adapted for fruit and early gar- den stuff. fiw I. J. Lockhart Bank of Montreal Bldg. Kingston, Ont. Bib wanting tery line. wood floors of all will receive 40 Queen Street. by S homas z Cople AAS a on y a card to 18 Pine street when anything done in the carpen- Estimates given on all kinds repairs and new work; also hard kin@e. All orders prompt attention. Shop, Drop 'amamar It Is Not Necessary To Have a Large Amount of Money AN To make a profitable Real Es tate fuvestment. A very mod erate sum will start you. Easy monthly installments never missed from an income. Six roomed frame house on Redan street, improvements, $1800.00. iy Solid brick house on" Syden- ham street, $3400.00. . Solid brick house on "John street, improvements, $2850.00 Ford size 30 x 31-* guaranteed 3500, Gasoline 20¢ per gal, Bibby's Garage Phone 201 Garage, 917 FLOUR Our Robin Hood Brand of flour has a guarantee in every bag for good quality, ANDREW MACLEAN, Ontario Street. The ind you are looking s te hind we ol [B Scranton Coal Booth & Co. | A Toot of West Street

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