iL _ favour, Cl (Dally p a Joliva EAN aral oficess J oA, ail to ru Joss: to United States ........$5.0 d three months pro rata. fy Edition) ( 1- x ar, by mall, cash «§1.00 ! 5 A if not Jad in advance: fL88 'sar, to Unl States .......51. d three months pro rats, of the best job Canada. 4 of the to : is one erin offices In REPRESENTATIV er Sh gE New York Offices seve. 336 Fifth Ave " nk Northrup, Manager. # 0 coensssaesaaiiie Tribune Bldg. rank R, Northrup, Manager. " NOW A WAR MINISTRY. The resignation of the French min- 'istry during a war was a surprise, but . this aurprise passes away when it is realized that the aim of the resigna- tion ofl ministers was to bring about ""uoh changes as the exigencies of war 'domanded. In Fngland, when war 'was declared, Mr. Asquith, though the mblest public man in the kingdom, "saw the wisdom, aye the necessity, of retiring from the war office in favour of Lord Kitchener, not a politician sbut a warrior of distinction, In like * manner, in France, the Viviani gov- "ernment realized that the republic needed, at this crisis in its history, {the strongest available men for its di- rection, and the premier was given a diree hand, and exercised it, in calling "to his coungel several ex-premiers and members former cabinets. This " plan was immediately revealed by the .Atatement that the younger men ino _ the army were to get promotion, and Bb that the defenses of Paris were to be J strengthened. The Lincoln maxim was against the swapping of horses % while . crossing thetstream. The ex: periences of the last two weeks on the i Krench frontier makes it evident that * the command of the troops may be § improved. : THE PATRIOTIC FUND. # There has heen some delay in i patriotic and relief movement in King- i% ston, but a start has been made, and "it will produce the results which are 8 expected. {he patriotic movement in | England originated with the Prince ot 8 Wales, and at once it jumped into It calls for a fund out of which the homes and families of the soldiers who have gone the war Lait bea amply provided for. The re- Tief will be in addition to the aid which the govermment furnishes, and In Can- 'it promises to be sufficient, alla the patriotic fund has the direct patronage of the Duke of Connaught, and pattiament has promised to sup- plement it so far as this may be ne cessary. Every town, city, and coun ty that has sent soldiers to the front is expected to raise money far special and patriotic purposes. Each muni- sipality is expected, apparently, to {sae to the administration of the fund. "Ahe aim in Kingston is to raise $30,- «090, (including the $5,000 voted hy the government), and to make it meet all ihe contingencies of the times, the relief wanted for the dependents of ose who have gone to the war, and of those who suffer from non-employ- ment in consequence of the war. 'Ihe patriotic movement under the dis tinguished auspices of the heir appar- ent of Great Britain and Canada's governor-general should be a pro- nounced success. It appeals to the heart affections and support of every loyal citizen: DOM OF THE TIMES. The rmmns of New York have not been Satisfied with the manner in which th€iwar has been depicted in able am and h story. Hence - the new 'which 'they are publishi in, case may or that. the German side of the bo axpressly presented, In 'the last issues The Fatherland ex- pining = that Germany, with success, could not stind to make much by ita victories... The empire did not feally want France or its colonies, but when Britain asked the kaiser "an assurance to that efiect he . Would not give it. There might be Bs trifling readjustments of terri ire: for political effects, but neither rm nor' Austria-Hungary had "designs upon ._Slav-inhabited . The only important result of nan victory, says The Fath _THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 therland has made; and yet people wifl be astonished that the most ter- rible war the world has ever = seen is the result ' of Germany's ambitiun, hitherto unsuspected, of setting them free | BRITAIN HOLDS HER TRADE. Isaac F. Marcosson, in Collier's, out- lines what the Americans would do, commercially and financially, in order to profit by the world's dislocation of business on account of the war. 'I'he article was written a week after the outbreak of hostilities and it was re- marked, "Japan is the only manufac turing country, save ours, that con- tinues normal, and she, too, will doubtless be driven into action, as an ally of Great britain." 'The result was, therefore, that the United States was the only great power absolutely at peace with the world and able to transact business. Britain was as- sumed to he crippled, whereas a week after war was declared she had clear- ed the ocean of i srgtes and was in- creasing at MOme her] facilities for doing an [ncreased expdrt business. It is addpitted that the war has its distructive side, for American business, I'he grain crops, the largest in many vears, cannot be shipped, fully and freely, and war in Europe makes the sale of the larger part of the cotton crop impossible. The war would, how- ever, make New York the great cot- the mind of the author since Liverpool had, as he supposed, "lost its premiership, never to be regained," Liverpool is as great a market as while the world's biggest war on. I'he American Exporter helped on the delu- sion by saying : "Germany is isolat- ed, her merchant shipping idle, her manufacturers cut off from all| the world, France, England, Austria, are but little less crippled. The world to day looks to the United States not only for food but for all kinds of goods and machinery necessary to civ- ilization. Vast neutral markets of the including Latin America, the Orient, Australia, South Africa, are to-day dependent upon this country for all sorts of goods heretofore sup- plied by Germany and England." I'he story is faulty in the one respect, that Britain is not out of the reckoning, that she is more active than ever in manufacturing, and is the leverage in ocean fucilities, in warships and mer- chant-marine, in helping the United States to realize upon some of her new-born ambitions. Lhe writer in Collier's, refers to the large orders which American firms have received from = South "America for plumbers' supplies and paints, former- ly furnished from Germany; and it js welcome to them. But when it is as- sumed that Britain earnnot as former- ly control the trade of Egypt, Sean: davavia, and British South Africa, Mr. discounting the British enterprise which is at present astonishing the world. It is estimated that the United States should capture the $77,000,000 with Britain and the $27, 000.000 of trade with Krance which Brazil has acquired; and the $115, 000,000 of trade with Britain and the $62,000,000 from Germany, and $36, 000,000 from. France which Argentina has carried on. This trade was not built us in a year, nor in many years. whose industries are ton emporium--in ever goes world, Marcosson was of trade The countries being ruined by the war canmot com- pete, but Britain is not one of them. She has, the money and the men, and she has full access to the trade routes in any direction. The trade may suf- fer in some respects, but it will gain in others. Jt will certainly be de- veloped with Canada, and in view of present conditions the British prefer- meaning and a sig- never heen experi ~~. ence will have a nificance that has enced EDITORIAL NOTES. the candy What to become of stores il sugar is to go on rising in is price ? 'The Russian invasion of Germany is likened to the army worm plague. Jhere is no stopping it, and Merlin is in danger. . A host of men contemplate the rais- ing of squabs during the dull fall and winter. They couldn't go into a more profitable business. The kaiser is pursuing his plans to the vanishing point. With him it is a question of extinction or success, and 'the Hohenzollern idea is not a pleasant one to contemplate. The Massey-Harris company will em- ploy the married men at their works during the winter. They had to stop manufacturing for export purposes, as the markets were closed to them. Compflsory recruiting has been an- thorized in Britain for the first time. Not because men are not enlisting in thousands for the service, 'but because it is necessary that the country shall The em strain a and if ment. This is the testing time, = the testing of the employer's resourceful- ness.' bi dian soldiers are enfitled to the bt | Is Canada unable to produce or pro- vide it ? The indemnity which France paid to Germany forty-three years ago is said to be put away in some strong box in Berlin. The Russians may want if all, as a preliminary assessment, some of these days, and General Searowitch may be appolnted Prussia's military governor, The kaiser, after ome brush of his troops with the French, hastened to congratulate his eons and to! confer decorations upon them. There 18 no reference to the bravery of other men's And there is no loading down the decoration of the sons. of them with Red Cross. Thousands of applications have heen received by Col. Hughes from persons in the United States for places on the Canadian contingent. Some of these are of German origin. They don't want to hurt the fatherland, but they do want to relieve it of the Hohen- zollern affliction. The hanks have not lifted 'the finan- cial strain as they were expected to t of the recent legisla- tion. In England the Chancellor of the Exchequer got after the institu- tions that did not behave as they should. The prime minister in Can- ada may have to see what he can do. do a I'he war correspondent has not dis: appeared. He has dropped out of the government's entourage, but he goes abroad on his own account, dodges the enemy and the bullets, goes hun- gry occasionally, and dry, but writes splendid letters for the press. They are somewhat belated, but they are an improvement on the censored stuff Koenigsberg, in old Prussia, is where the first William was crowned, where he put the on his own head, declaring that the right to do so was him "by the grace ol parliament, by crown conferred on God not by meetings of the people, or hy popular decisions." The fall of this place is a sad blow to German pride alone, [PUBLIC OPINION Sound Advice. Hamilton Herald M. Gibson's weighty be printed and posted "Young men, be Sir J. words deserve to in public places : BRITISH SEIZURE IN SOUTH PACIFIC Reports German Wireless and Cable Station in Carolines Destroyed, Washington, Aug. 28.--An official despatth from Manilg reported that the North German fiovd steamship Drinesss Alice bad put into Zam- oanga, Philippine; Islands, on Aug. 23rd, with the. ot aa tt the ' wireless cable stations of Xap had been des- 'warship. { tions of « the 3 ttack on Yap became known in w there were rumors that the had captur- ed the island. . It was ascertained af- terwardw, however, = that: this was not correct, and that the destruction of the cable and wireless stations was accomplished by British warships. The attack: occurred prior to August 23rd = apd it was pointed out here last night that the Japanese declara- tion of war was on the 23rd, the date of the attack. Yap is the northernmost of the Caroline group, and is the connecting link between the German island pos- sessions in Helanesia and Micronesia, through which there is an import- ant chain of wireless stations. It is on the main cable line connecting Shanghai, Guam, . and the Dutch East Indies. MW lies, approximately, 2,000 miles southeast of Shanghai mad 1,000 east of Manila. Until its utilization by Germany as the principal station of the German South Pacific wireless chain. Yap's chief distinction was in being the home of "Ring" O'Keefe, 'an adven- turous American citizen whose pearl- ing and trading exploits were famous in the Pacific islands a decade ago. O'Keefe drifted into the romantic at- mosphere of the Gilberts, Marshalls, and Solomons from Honolulu, at one time the chief pearl mart of the rich lagoons of the Fastern Pacific, and he soon became a part of the care less, shifting, cosmopolitan popula tion of the south seas. In the days when a man might set up his kingdom where he willed, be- fore Europe shuffled the cards and dealt to each nation its share of the little pearl beds, ()'Keefe steered his schooner into Yap's lagoon and ecall- ed it his own. From Aukland to Yokohama came stories of the rich prizes he found, and 'the China coast still remembers the sailor who car- ried pearls loose in his pockets and lavishly spent + t Mexican dollars for which he ocasionally sold a hand- ful. The little island which was 0'- Keefe's kingdom became a possession of Germany in one of the many trades between Great Britain, Hol- land, France and Spain, which in the last twenty years have re-colored the prepared to serve ! Old men, be proud to give!" map of tht part of the Pacific. 3 A Cheerful Thought, Montreal Mail Dogs are used to advantage in the Belgian army. If the Germans cap: ture these noble animals the saus- age makers will be able to keep go- ing in great style. No; They Remain. Toronto News In view of the large number men who have left the city hall more dangerous and more active duty, we are hopefully wondering if any of the tax collectors have gone for There. Might Be. St. Thomas Statistical item : duced in one year in Missouri reach around the world if laid to end." But wouldn't = there some difficulty in getting the hens in proper position ? Journal "The eggs pro- would end be Only A Gamble. Ottawa Journal Underwriters at Iloyds, the greal English insurance exchange, are giv ing special figures for premiums on a basis of estimate that the war will be over by January next vear. Hope they are right. A Good Point Taken. London Advertiser It is the business of Fungland France to clip, if possible, the man eagle's wings, but not to crip- ple or destroy the mid-European em- pires. They are good buffers against Russia. Also the German and Bri tish people should be friends, on many grounds. and Gore Kingston Events 25 YEARS AGO. s Stafi-Sergt. Bridgeford, «of "A" Battery, won' #4 in the Macdonald match of the Ontario Rifle associa- tion at Toronto. Portsmouth is agmin pressing annexation with the city. Capt. Fates ran the steamer Lawrence from Alexandria Bay to Clayton, a distance of thirteen miles, loaded three hundred passengers, in *forty-two minutes. for ~t, Has New Director. London, Aug.. 28.--Cecil Lub- bock, director of the Bank of Eng- land, and of the Northern Assuran- ce company, and managing director of Whitebreads Brewery company, has been appointed a director of the Hudson's Bay company, filling the vacancy created by the appointment of Sir Thomas Skinner to the gov- ernorship, vice Lord Strathcona. Storks Are A Good Omen. Paris, Aug. 28---Immense flocks of storks arriving im Toulon and along the whole Mediterranean coast from the direction of Alsace are welcomed by the Inhabitants as a good omen. The United States ervi- ser has been ordered te re pain the Mediterranean to pro- American Interests. . Sarah Bernhardt Would Aid. Paris, Aug. 28.--Sarah Bernhar- has to THE LIGHTER SIDE OF WAR --tiiia Amusing Theidents Reported From England. London, Aug. 28.--Grim as war news is, it is not without its lighter side of amusing incidents, oddities and romance. The conferring of war names up- on children began as soon as the first blood was shed. "Albert Leman Liege" Hopkins and "Marie Alsace Lorraine' Lecomptie have already been registered in London. The suggestions advanced in let- ters to the press for mitigating the distress during and after the war cover almost everything, An Aus- tralian urges that the fecundity of the rabbit offers a solution. He would have the government enclose areas of the country and stock them well with rabbits. "Thousands of rabbits rapidly multiplying would prove very useful during a period of, high pri- ces," he says. Wadi To end hostile demonstrations, a German woman shopkeeper of Isling ton married an Englishman, and "Jenkins" has replaced '"'Hogges- batt' above the shop. Almost everything is free to the soldier. Photographers invite sol- diers into their studios for free por- traits to leave with their sweethearts Bootmakers advertise their desire to repair the army man's boots free of costs, and in some instances they engage to keep the footgear of the wives and children at home in re- pair =o long as the war lasts. The use of the telephone for the circulation of war news to subscri- bers has become a feature of , the newspaper services throughout the British Isles, Most of the papers have definite late evening hours set apart, during which any subscriber who has paid from a shilling to a pound per week for the service may learn by telephone the Jlate night War-news. . Wives of soldiers married without official permission and without tile to allowances are to receive allowan- ces just the same, according to an- nouncenment by the war office. The allowance will be 25 cents a day for Many -3 each wife, with four cents a day for each boy under 14 years of age, and each girl under 16. The Welsh have decided to hold the great national Eisteddfod, or singing festival, at Bangor next month, notwithstanding the war. The proceeds of the festival are to be devoted to the Prince of Wales war distress fund. London house wives have made up some "war rules for the kitchen" which call for marketing in person, the bringing home of all small par- cels and buying and cooking in tha most economical way possible from day to day, rather than buying in quantities. 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