& N "harmless fellows Published Dally and Semi-Weekly by TEE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING C0» LIMITED, {.2. Billet srsanans «President ia... Managing Director and Bec.-Treas. [ . and three months pro Attached is one of rig best printing offices in Canada. TORONTO REPRESENT ALIVE i 32 Church Bt ES IVES .2326 Fifth Ave job ank R. Northrup. Manager. AN INVASION OF CANADA. The the apparent now is in arms that German menace is not less that Europe and a very to subjugate menace 1s more determined effort is the distinct being made The ada and in Ningston that it has ever Here "suspects." kaiser. in Can been. there are a number © German lLhey are not prisoners in 'the of the term treated. ordinary hey acceptatior kimdly well fed and cared are very Fhey are fpr, fortable it pear RO. so well provisioned and so com in' the old fort, that is probable they would not disap indeed, if given the the . experience was paroled and retubned might, be the the most of thera. They would volun tary surrender and ask to be put ir the again. = Well, is: these that constitute the this city Not that they are troublesome or harmful but that their confinement opportunity to dc of sthe one whe and no doubt would, experience of "feo wp pt n particular menace to 18 A casus 'belli so far as certain: German-Ameri cans are concerned. have been talking and plotting. may be tempted to make a rescue. At that what some people fear, our soldiery 'have a duty to perforn This duty of the an invasion is not possi hey hey least is and at home. is to protect the property crown 'in Kingston and see that ble. Beck's Weekly is not confidence the the It enjoying of government A made an announcement of an election, 3 give force before Christmas, which is not ing -to- take place. «The excused if it does not to that kind of information. go- gress. will be "help itself" 3 HON. MR. HANNA RETIRES. The information from Otiawa, of a political kind, is interesting That some osbinet changes are contemplat ed goes without saying. That will take place at an early date seems Very probhble. The prgmier was dveply comertned about them that he could not attpnd the meeting in Montreal which was designed aml effect to the they so mass move #15 mnt in favour of a, French-Canadian x dn the deal Ontario is to be affected amd by the removal of " however, disappear by a change "2he recent government shuffie .was only Hon: Mr. Hanna from Tobontd Ottawa. He is to replace Hpn Cochrane, it is said, but whether the railway department or not) panent 'sayeth not." The change be beneficial to the federal govern- ment und, perhaps, to Mr. Hanna. He is Omtario's ' strongest minister certainly did not accept the te Mr in 'de will and issue of with- oul misgivings. True he accepted office 'under a junior minister, but it is evident that he did so with the knowledge or understanding that it a lemporary arrangement The Ontario government is surely the weaker already of Sir Adam Beck's retirement. It will be made the weaker still by the transfer of Mr. Hinta to Ottawa. The stain upon his political escutcheon may not, in the sphere of his labour. T According to Prof. Delbreick, the Berlin Unaversity, the kaiser sires nothing se mugh as the gehts of the British empire. Very likely. And because Canada is the cause of the mother untry hp would like her scalp. In that, too, he will be disappointed. MILITARISM 1S TRIUMPHANT. The war has produced wonderful * changes, and in nothing so much as public sentient. In a few months it has made militiacism the destruc tivé feature of the day. Thiv is noticeable about Queen's College, whose students come Tom all the of de of engi: y - neers 'at Artillery which did , some drill in Now it is in thé barvacks Park. It served the expeditionary forces at' cartier, doing some field and structive work sessions. with Val- con- It will be the neuclus of a still great- or engineering corps and later part of the regiment which the universities propose to form. "There is Lo be a military organiza- in 'commection with every de partment of the college. Recruiting began to-day and will continue' from day day until complete. There will be at least five hours per week devoted to drill and musketry instruction. Students, active phy- sically and intellectually, the flower of the land, make splendid sol- diers. take long to shape for efficient but in shooting they need a great deal of practice. Shoot- ing is the main thing 'in war, and in it the British have excelled. The carnage of the battlefields is "ad enough, but it would have been in- tion to it is very It does not whip them field service, into finitely worse but for the poor mark- g | manship of the enemy. the accommotlation military contingent with a drill hall, months ago, has been revived. a difference of opinion between of .dor- Queen's in conjunction rejected Leonard offer, for Finally mitory some There was trustees with re in which it These differ- reconciled. the time the major and the gard to the manner should onces be governed. seem to be Traly being, is there condi militigrism, for because, apparently, under triumphant, is no alternative, war tions. \ The premier of Ontario, in a ward (which is about his the political meeting, sail the Canada failing to rally result the the time, size), war was of help of the to mother country on At the same later, he later, navy gestion. and a minute said war was would have Not of it inevitable, and, Britain. very the been worse for consistent, to sa) least ------ POLITICS AND WAR. Canada is to escape the bitterness the the it. of a dominitn eleétion because business and banking interests of country have protested . against A member of the it not necespary to him--was set it seemed to be the best "thing for the from which he hail- ed, that he had completed his plans, and, at great pains and expense, pre- pared literature for the campaign. For a while he had hiv way. Certain papers, under the govinment- is specially mention 80 upon a dissolution, as province in- the conservative spiration that proceeded from "tune task Another was "the would party began to up." One demolishing the bold enough to make that there election before Christmas. caupus, assumed the gigantic of senate. absolute be assertion" an Some difficulties arose. Cabinet re- to considered. It was no objection construction had be One minister sought There Le stirement be got rid ef--Nantel They tionalism that a judgeship. was vacant. to his Two nationalists had to Pelletier and represented the na Que suo Menn- is now dead in Nantel was willing to be Pelletier business try being railed aguimst "an election either fore after Christmas. The great remson for the appeal discounted the men who made it hee. rifiped. not. while the were was men of the ecoun- They be heard from or mtelligence of the it was that the government could not 70 back to parliament for another of senute. danger turned the The parliament of Canada had what being Fudge ! war vote without down by #as-called its first war session. There vas no difference of opinion in it vith regard to the war and Canada's art in it The opposition gave the rovernment to understand = that it would suppdt every reasonabfe pro- for military or naval' pur- The opposition redeemed ladge. The opposition stands to- fay ready to support of he government 'in order to strength- n the work of the imperial govern- nent. Its leaders, in place of wiring. politically, have Deen stirring he »people up to a sense of their luty, by a crusade of the mos. ! vom- nendaMe character. They have as swsmed that the Canadian politicians an imitate the politicians of Great Litain, and, for the time being, sink Jl their differences. They have act- «d.on the belief that when a gov- snment makes proclamation of what s practically a declaration of pease t will keep its word. The Hamilton Spectator, of some lays ago, denounced the proposal to wder am election. The Montreal Star s oven more sonthing in its lan- mage. "A general election could not we called now," it wemarks, "'with- wit causing a fierce renewal of party trife--without dividing our people nto twg hostile campe--without leav- ng the liberals under a bitter sense of betrayal, after having been led nto the 'ambush' of patriotic co- gperation. It would bey like ap- sroaching a foe with a flag of truce snd then opening fire on them. As we have said, we have not the flight- wt potion that the government on- tertain any such treacherous inten: rosition Oses. its any action con- past of the highest value.' '| many. tion," The Star fears that a defeat, in an election, might be construed int6 a condemnation of the Canadian | policy ' of assisting Britain inh her war. al. ; ted, But the people might be aggreva- as they would be in a cam paign, and bg ready to punish the gov- ernment for its want of tact and common shnso. t EDITORIAL NOTES, When is Sir Adam Beck going turn his attention to Eastern On- tario and give it cheaper power. He is now the minister of power for On- tario West, to Pr. Eliot, Harvard the president emeritus of University, America can never forget that it owes Bri- tain and France a debt of gratitude. America owes Germany says nothing. The Alberta Farmers' Co-Operative Elevator Company has been a financially. It cleared a of 817,000 last year. It did more. It balanced up the prices to the finite profit of the operation pays. sue- fees profit in- producer. Co While tawa, Borden to the cabals, Sir Robert and confmed ting down cabinet fred is in Ot- city, Sir put- Wil- the exhibit Laurier is moving among masses And stirring them to their military fervour. He's a ggpnd old man. surely There the German army. 800 means of ending is an suicide in Between 200 and their lives, their of increase of soldiers end as troubles, every the reduces men "the An evidence that is familiarly vear. of that what hardships vystem to termed fight- ing machine." Public Opinion Oh, That's It. Toronto Star Oh, well, as the Hamilton Specta- tor would say, why pay heed to these German chortles? "Fis enly the Hohens 'ollern. Hang The Expense. Ottawa Journal A French political economist clares that the billions if it everybody ment is ** de war will cost twenty last six months But s motto at the present mo- hang the expense." Warning Or Promise? Ottawa Citizen office holder in Canada would lose his job if the Germaus won in the present war, says the president of the Ontario Historical society. Is this 'a warning .or x promise. Every Which Bob Rules. Hamilton Herald There are a pair of Bobs in the Dominion cabinet. Which of the two Bobs js the one that steers we shall know when it is decided whether or no there is to be a general election this year. ------ The Loss Of Officers. Montreal News Military experts have hinted---and Kitchener knows-- that it is mor than likely every one of the fa officers now-in the British army be either killed, wounded or soner of war before brought to her knees will a pri- Germaav is -------- Shoot The Spies, Toronto Globe The Canadian government cannot bu too alert in their efforts to dis cover strangers whose actions are at all suspicious Any sov caugi't should be summarily despatched, is the custom of dealing wi'l in Britain at the present time. them 'Kingston Events Twenty- Five Yeare Ago in Mackie store, has company' "R. J. Hooper, 'clerk ston & hardware been transferred to the branch in Peterboro The school room at the is being refitted. The sum of $10 was presented to the general hospital by the Jewish synagogue of this city. The junior classes in the schools are overdowded. A ten-room school will be built. Co.'s « penitentiary public new OCTOBER. Too warm to keep vourself shut in, Too cold, a lot, to walk about, Too dry to wear®goloshes, much, Too damp, by far, to go about; Too chill to open up the doors, Too stully forthe parlor grate, Too short the days to tackle tasks, Too long thé nights to stay out . late; Too winterish forthe topcoat, pal, Too summerish for the ulster line, In fact you'are too much for us Of all the twelve you ar the shinc Lord Haldane's Opinion. Hmialton Herald. Lord Chancelor Haldane was cdu- cated at German universities, is one of the foremost German scholars in Britain, and has for many years been regarded as a staunch friend of Ger- There is therefore deep rig-| nificance ia the lord chancelor's pub-| lic statement that "the terms of be peace will be such that the domin- ant spirit of militarism which has perverted every talemt of the Ger- man nation will be crushed and bro- ken so that those who come after us shall be free from such terror." Test Of Patriotism. Toronto Gldbe Calling a needless election when every minister should be at his post through a national crisis will show thie measure of professed patriotism when weighed against the thirst for ol Such a conclusion is irration- | THE HALLS OF QUEEN'S] 7 FRESHETTES W "WERE "COURTED' ON SATURDAY. The Hose Turned on Some of Them --Sermon By Rev. Dr. Bruce Tay- lor. of Monireai, on Sunday Mor:-} kag. the Alma in Conyo- meeting of society was held cation Hall, on Saturday night. There were about three hundred students present.. A letter from Ed- ward McDonald was read in which he tendered His resignation from his pesition on the A. M. S. execu- tive. ' He will#ot be .in college this fall, A communication was received from J. Crawford asking damages for things taken from his store dur- ing the medical "rush" last Wed- nesday afternoon It was decided to refer the request to the Aescula- pian society. After the A. M. 8S. the mock parliament session was continued. President Harkness of the A. M. S. was the speaker. Af-| ter the bill had been read a second time the house was divided into a committee of the whelé. The dis- cussions on the varieus part of the bill continued till 10 p.m.. The session will be continued next Sat- urday evening. ' The Mater third adjourned On Satutday evening. seventy-five freshettes were initiated into the mysteries of college life by the sophomore girls (of arts in the large English class-room in .the new Arts building. There were about 280 present, including the wives of se- veral professors. The /initiation was in the form of a court. Miss Bea- trice Gilhooly made. a very ©¢2.u- petent judge. A very classy loog irs policeman was on hand to kee) order. The Sth Fiekl Hngineers were represented by about twenty-fiie girls attired like the soldiers. called in turn they did prisonens were accused of . something not do However, they were gener- ally proved guilty 'and had to take their punishment in the form of sing ing "It's a Long Road to Tipperary,' reciting selections from Shakespeare, giving speeches and. rolling peanuts across the toor with their noses. I'hree prisoners were found guilty of participating in the science rush. The judge's dentence was thus * '"lurn the ose on those prisoners. I'he police men proceeded to take off the girls' stockings, turn them inside 'out and put them. on again, thus "turning" the hose on them. - {wo guilty prison- ers were forced to.eak di yard of elee- tric tape to which ' was attached a piece of dog biseuit. © Une girl who sloped the initiation last year was sentenced this time. 'After dil the prisoners were dealt with, refresh- ments were served and the crowd dis persed about 11 p.m. I'he and On Sunday morning convocation hall was crowded to hear Rev. R. Bruce Pavior, D.I:, of St. Paul's church, Montreal. 'The choir and the univer sity stati gathered on the platform. The 5th Field Canadian Engineers were there body and occupied the front hall. The. speaker took his text Exodus ix, 22. He said that Pharaoh and his servants were dutiful after the severe storm before, so we wopld be more after the greatest war than we were before. :He mentioned that the rising ation. is getting more and more liberalized in thought and speech than the people at the time of the re formation, and: he hoped that tms would on, because liberty of thought speech is a very fine thimg in a of the from 'as more than dutiful go and ® to convocation Lhe o hundred turned out Morison Sunday About tw hear Prof hall on at afternoon speaker took his address from the Christian Citizen. This the third address of' a series: whick will be con- ducted throughout | the coming season. 18 Ae FE sespesseses WAR BULLETINS. Premier Borden officially an- nounces that Canada will send ten thousand more troops in December. During the last two days the allies have effectually checked "two strong attempts of "the Germans to break through the centre. In the northern avea the al- lies have driven the. Germans back thirty miles oma = Ma EAS The Ge redphil er |r defeated by ih cavalfy in an attempt te eevgyT Dunkirk Ppt Premier' WIAA Was demand- ed to kpow; itude Hert- 20g, Dewitt an rs are tak- ing in the South African rebe Ie lion. PEPPER EPI P errr rr reer reer rer rd German Die, regiment France. An entire was captured at St. Russia and Germany will stage a tremendous sanguin- ary battle in Silesia with in a day or two. ssiessessiibesssesstissasiissstises ME RIOTING IN LONDON. And Attacks Made on Shops Kept by Germans. 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