Published Dal and Semi-Weekly by THE BRITIS WHIG PUBLISHING z. CO. LIMITED, . G. Elliott «President A. G Director c.~Treas, Lassa nila . - Telephones pe rr: rial m SO Sade OT 41s: 1a rie "he SUBSCRIPTION RATES 1, cash' . 1.00 One year, If not paid in advance: {128 Ous Fear, to United States ....,..$1.60 » x and three months pro rats. . Attached 1s one of the best jon nting offices In Canada. TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE . EB. 8mallpelce 32 Church Bt. U. 8. REPRESENTATIVES Office u 226 Fifth Ave Pp, Manager. Tribune Bldg. rank R Northrup. Manager. INSURING SOLMERS' LIVES. A new phase of life insurance has roe, and one of which more Will be heard in the early future. Ii has. been by an am Bouncement of the Metropolitan In ffitance Company, Hirtual monopoly of the insurance of the soldiers going to the front. Some of the municipalities hey should insure 'the lives enlisted men leaving them, limited amount, as a patriotic and in the interest of the depend Apis. The! Metropolitan was the 'uly company which was willing to acoopt the risks at ordinary rates, gi it carries the insurance of nearly I the members of the First gent. Mamt any more of these risks ex pting at war promioms. i follows, Can an Insurance Com accentuated which has had a feel that of the for a acl, Con The ques Insurance E" be.foreed to accept applications | ir insurance ? The De partment has been consuMed, and by an insurance ian the statemgpnt has heen handed out that no méam's risk can be declined hy be cause he proposes, after placing it, to go into' active military The Insurance Department is not di a company service, posed, however, to dictate what the Premium shall bey It may or than the premium charged for or inary risks, or for risks in be high less-hazardous and extra-hazardou But it must a8 to become prohibitive acter, classes, rt ------------ CANADA WORRIES GERM ANS. The: Germans in America, not the German: Ameritans for there is a dis tinction between them---are demanding that the United give a new application to the Monro Doctrine. They ohiect to Britain and France dictating to America ing that Ecuador and Columbia, neu- tral states, shall not supply the Ger man ships with' contraband of Germany's demand fs thht Canada shall be warned not to supply Britair and say war with arms, ammunition and men. I Canada and FEenador and Columbia are not in the same class. Canada | a part of the British empire, and i» | only doing what is expected of fer namely, assisting the mother country to the limit of its power. It is not a pertinent argument that if Canada be allowed to save Jimoticns neutrals shall any. These South American states are not dependencies of Germany, and Hive no businesy violating their neu trality. The Oswego Palladium save | ie Germntis have raised a rather deli. cate question fog. the United States State department, but it is only del; cate when viewed from the German standpoint. The United States hae n very willing to supply . Britain with arms, or anything else that i: ot contraband. It can lardly pro t against. Canada going a step riher and giving, through her sons | @fiect to Britains punishment of Cer any's misconduct. NO HONOR IN BERLIN. x neighbors, the Americans, ave beply: 'concerned over the passport hsiness, some grave irregularities connettion with which have been posed. The docrrment 6 Charles A. Inglis, of Chicago. He id it when the war broke oat in hin, and sihamit ted it for the inspection at the Berlin For m Office. When he asked for it § was told that it had been lost, id he was wapplied with another + which smabled him to reach i home via Pogland. The fact ] fat Lody bad 'the Inglis passport, d that he took * Inglis" name. is ° fland, is proof 'that a deliberate ion was' watked for political ° Lody, trial, confessed The Metropolitan does not the ¥ § not be so high | in its char | States government 8 Britain the South | | serve Gor i . which the | y Lody had upon him was issued | ous service by a naval superior, whose name he would not reveal, i because he had pledged his honour {rot to do so. The inference is that } this naval superior had access to the { Foreign Office and that he confiscated jor stole Inglis' passport, A little j secret work 'on. the part of the Uni- l tod States detectives may - bring to light some of the dark anti-Bri- {t sh schemes "which had their origin in Berlin secret retreats, THE MONEY-CHANGERS BUSY. A banker, with whom the Whig con versed, said the amount of 'money in the savings banks, or in special de posit in the post office, was. smaller than it was a while ago, and there was a reason for it. The cash, in' "large sums, was simply transferred from deposit to investments, of the very best kind, at rates of in terest which have never been reached, { on municipal securities %h Canada special % | The fact has been demonstrated that there is an abundance of money in this country, and that it is availaife if the price paid for its use is high enough. Toronto couyd not sell its Londs in London, whether they went year aiter year and were ratailed at three per cent., and later, when inter est went up, at four per cent. To ronto could, however, sell millions of lollars in securities in Ontario. One large lot went at less than five cent., and a 'second large issue is now in the market and selling readily' at The Pro short-term per five and a half per cent. vince' of Ontario sold =| bonds, (running for five years), at five per cent., the money to be used in necessary public expenditure, since the ordinary revenues of the from mines and forests, have fallen off : Sheafs of -municipal provinee. Amazingly. de "bentures have 'been put on- the mar ket, and by some of the best-governed municipalities in the province, at six the vinces, Where money is very "tight," been higher. per cent., while in western pro the rate has Kingston has done wonderfugly well 'in selling over 350,000 five per cent. debentures it par. It could have gold all it had on hand, but for the im- that probably, pression got abroad, that the city would probably issue short-term debentures yielding six per cent. and over. Prospective buyers at once held off, that may with a keen relish for any occur in toe local hange money market. r------ EDITORIAL NOTES. The finance minister is said end in planning how he to * be at his wits' ri to peovide for the payment of cur rent war expenses. Amd the worst i" yet to come \s many liberals as conservatives ve enlisting for active military ser tce, this 18 to be a patriotic move nt, "and 'yet only a pronounced ory cam get a day's work What was the object of the ad iralty in "Audacious" later the keeping the ident had to come out, and the true bound to be an improve the fiction that has been quiet 7 Sooner or acts tory was | nent on current. | { | Plain 'is not a pienic Bul it is not so bad as would say. The who accepted the Salisbury rround. me "pienicers" | Lnadian soldiers | experience as one they had a right { 0 expect on going to war have done themselves "prougd."" N.Y., shows | that for ten years the business had cen bankrupt, The firm used the bank deposits to Yum their tores and kept open. 'Grand lar is a mild term for. that of- trial at Genesee, The Seigel The evidence drags along. Scigel {crng™ | fenee. Chief Justice Falconbridge, in To- ronto, charged a jury against the treet Railway Company because it permitted the overloading of cars. It the duty of the railway company | "0 prevent. tlfis overcrowding, 'by { | free if necessary. Do you hear that, ! 9 | ve hangers on? | d., The secretary of the Belgian Relief Fond, in Montreal, now says that "nly four well-known persons in Mon- al received credentials canvass collect moneys on behalf of the ad. The people will know. there- tre, what to do to the. people who {ore imposing upon them. to in the housing of the soldiers here, and in providing for their comforts, yi politicians are regognived. 'And men are making in two weeks jour weeks" pay, through overtime, ~uile others, just as patriotic, are leit in idleness, . This is the plan op which the militin departprent is run locally. [come A liberal may be good enough 'to oer his services, and perhaps - his iit, in defence of the country, but in t¥a miscellaneous tasks 4neident to the preparations for war, and par Aisglarly in the housing of the troops, no grit nesd apply. The distinguish- Jnr qualification is politics, not. pa- triotism. : There are many who have anticipa- ted the diplomats in changing the ap of Europe. They take it for granted that the allies will win, and they. are. parcelling out the land prbpliesies seriously he will have hor- rible dreams. & Co., New York, at one time regarded as' merchant princes, kept two ledgers, one for the firm, showing the true eondition of the accounts, and one falsifying the re for the deception of the cre- ditors. The man who kept the books is now telling all about his work. It's a dark chapter of busi- néss infamy: Seigel cords Public Opinion Digs Its Own Grave. Premier Asquith. The Turkish empire has committed suicide, and dug with, its own hands its own grave. Its Greatest Curses. London Advertiser. By driving the Turk out of Europe allies will at one stroke rid the old world "of 'its two greatest curses. A Great Leader. Buffalo E ing News, Charles M. Schwab thinks: that Kitchener would have made a great steel magnate. He certainly has 5 great deal to do with steel just mow. An Old Offence. Ottawa Turkey threatens al 'massacre ~ of christians. will merely be resuming an old habit, after all.+ It js time the Turk left Europe, never to return. Journal to start a gener- Our Protection. Lord Kitchener. As 'long as British superiority at sea is assured, then it is an accepted principle that no British dominion can be successfully and permanently conquered | by 'an organized from oversea. Kingston Events Twenty-Five Years Ago Water, the The breakwater on King will be built of pine above and of different timber below water. Mr. McRossie has the tract of sppplying the timber at $2,300. Rev the sermon ciety. Phere are eight young women in the "freshmen" class at Queen's Street cars were drawn by to-day on aceount'of the heavy con dition © of the road. [here was great bumping about the could not be kept Mr. Macgillivray St. Andrew's so to teams as U. 8. TROOPS IN MEXICO. Record of Incidents During the Pas Seven Months, April 9th," 1914, ollicer and Mexicans April 10th, Admiral apology salute of 21 ed by Huerta April 14th, Mexico April 20th, President congress for authority forces in Mexico April 21, American troops land wand fighting began al Vera Cruz. April 23rd, Gen. Funston and army regulars ordered to Vera Cruz April 24th, Vera Cruz completely seized by Americans. September 15th, President ordered evacuation of Vera Cruz, but order suspénded. November 15th, new order for uation of Vera Cruz on Nov promalgated. Tampico incident crew of by Mayo demand 1 guns. Refus Atlantic fleet to use evac 23rd RIOT IN BARCELONA. P -------- Someone Called "Long : Life t« "Sermany."" Madrid, Nov. 17.--The friends France in Barcelona organized entertainment in a theatre in aid Belgian families. On the appearance in the theatre of British, .French and Belgian consiils there was a ery of "Long life to the allies !"" One spectator, however, shouted, "Long life to Germany !" Jhis caused a violent riot and there "Webe serious collisions between the parties, with the result that a po licoman waf severely wounded by a bullet antl many persons were arrest an The French-Canadian Regiment pevere physical Beck's Weekly, Montreal ithe French-Canadian is recruited to 100 above the re quired strength. is a picked man---picked from = number more than three times in s of that required. Not a case 3 ckness or indisposition from apy cause has beem reported. The men are of fine physique, strong, young, wiry, and have already begun to take on the manner and bearing of the professional soldier. Some .o! them have seen active service; th the artisan class of Montreal. D¢- fore they were accepted they had f+ run the gamut of one of the mos: examinations the any Canadian regiment has been put through. with uniforms and args and 'sl jected to severe driiling. They arc Housed in the commodious barrack at St. 'olns and are well looked after, two chefs from the Ritz-Car ton Hotel in Montreal look after ih culinary department, thoug th create hrawn, muscle and endurau: than the menu customary to th guezis of an expensive hotel: The #0 randy for the trans-Atlantie vo. are and eager for the word to =» A faw weeks, or less, under the az. fii training of European officers, wiil siffice to put them in fine trig for the firing line. 2 aml deciding -upon the indemnities. If * the and smashing German militarism, the Turkey invasion cop- will preach road Dolphin arrested sailed for Wilson asked armed Wilson of of | loud regiment now in training at' St. Johns, Que., Every recruitin it | wildered most of them are from the ranks n*! They have been equipped; -{ Whatever making of food they get is more intended t. | WHIG, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 194. WISE AND OTHERWISE, bh of Despair is hope. the blighted bud Some men court, then marry, then 20 to court again. Occasionally a man's sense of Yumor may head efi the dootdr. Many an illnatured wife has de- veloped into a good-natured widow. A mouse scares a woman almost a8 badly as a milliner's bill scares a man. Sacrifice In Vain, "Ob, Ym so sorry I can't marry vou. I had no idea you thought of we that way !" "Well, what do vou suppose been letting your father beat me golf all the time for ?'--Judge. ad I've at A Difference. Mabel--They say you turned down Mr. T ghtguye just because he asked vou how much you could run a house on. Maude--No; he asked me how little I could run one on.--Puck. Indeed. J A pretty girl can get a lot of tertainment out of her mirror True! So can a gi! who she is pretty. thinks And Often More Than It Is Worth. "We all love to give advice." "Quite true." "What a delightful life leads." - "Why ou? "Spends nis time handing out ad- viee and he gets paid for it." Louis ville Courier-Journal, the lawyer Fact' Fidm The Front. British Officer--You're aiming too thigh there, Smith. What do you think you're shooting Zeppelins 7' t An Irishman's Delight, Oi don't what th' s do want to be scrappin' for, way O'Brien--Yes don't, eh! lgorra, ye're poor an Oirishman Casey - asey see pow- any Then, be- a Jom specimin av The Novelist's Consolation 'Well.' replied the self-confident man, "it that it - proved beyond all isn't | | | | , | How did your novel come out?" t | cue of these trashy best sellers.' ~Washington Post, | | No Judge Available "Jim offered to- bet me he could pronounce Przemysl, Czestochowa- | Kalisz and Edytkuhnen more | reetly than I eould. | "Did you take the bet?" | "Certainly not. Where do you | Suppose we were going to get a | referee?" --Baltimore American, ------ : Necessary Evil. i "We must admit that the cost of | living ie rather high," said the cam- paign advisor: "Well," replied Senator Sorghum "we must do something with the money. 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If you have ho peace, go on just {the same, resolved to show the | world, yourself and your Master how loyal you can be to your own life, to your fellow-men, and to Him. {--Lyman Abbott. . People are always expecting to get | peace in heaven, : { But you know whatever peace they get there will be ready-made. { peace they | {can be blest for must be on t earth! here.--John Ruskin. Peace lies not in the external world. It lies within one's own soul. --- | {Ralph Waldo Trine. L -------- . The re-export of topper from Italy 1s now prohibited. It is believed Jhat Sappes in Italian ports will no by Great' Britain 3 t Wood's Phosphodine, The English Remedy. invi the whole Barve ey stom makes new Blood in ad, ne, Sures Nervous " h : Beh aii, Sian! fomerou, Patpitation of the A A g per eo ovo Bold by ali druggists or mailed in plain pkg. ih - Windsor.) 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