Daily British Whig (1850), 21 Nov 1914, p. 4

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or Suia Sia BIR! reato an Treas. 48.00 paid in advance ......$5, , by mall to Fura) ofcess. 3.50 t ear, to United States fotzaiad 3.00 eS and three mon » 2 © (Beml-Weekly Barton) i ent puiton saviass: JL ar, to United States 200: 3x. 3 and three months pro rats. tached is one of the best > a offices in Canada. 3 rir pu ------------------ ETORONTO REPRESENTATIVE 45, Bmallpeice ........ 82 Church St Bg fo LPI ATIVE - New Yo C8. + vas maes : ¥ Frank hn. Northrup, er. : Chieago ssescsriesssssss Tribune Bldg 2 nk R. Northrup. Manawer § BLECTORS, CALL A HALY Plenty of electric light, vidh very pk and corner revealed, is the de- mand of the hour. Some of the al defmen think it is the duty of Paver. | Condhission wherever and Whenever demande. whose expense ¥ Fach iamp $68 and twenty-8ight of them weans an addition to the light ill «i $1, 680. The Commission will supply as many lamps as the 'council orders, and the tax rate will vour aceording ly. Is this a time for more taxes or 8 taxes 7 The sooner the electors ka halt to some expenditnres the the to orect lamps At cunts iP ------ xan DOES NOT HURT. ection" cour move slogvly t is wanted the form tribunal which will a evil is charged against a member of Pp liament. The Victoria, N.B., eloe- tion took place in Vebrnary. Accord: ing to the decision of the rout, just rendered, bribery and corruption, Ha- miliar terms), and sybornation and persqnation "'extensively prevailed." The member, Philip MacLeod, a con- sarvative, hae been unseated and sub- ject tov many legal expenses. number of people have been guilty of corrupt = practices have been "named." They will sur vive i that distinction. A politician glories in his wickedness A public official will public repri- mand when the government blinks at. or condones, his offences. There one reason why all hans were jailed. The local institution ® big enough to contain them all. Some of at once, when a A large proven They survive a is not not RUSSIA; OUR ALLY. J. Macintosh Bell, addressed the Canadian Club on Friday, made some points with regard to the Rus sians very clear. (1) They are a mare prosperous and pragressive people than many imagine; (2) they have, in oe years, surprigiagly developed in- tellectually, morally, industrially, and commercially; (3)" they "arc tompera- mentally so constituted . that they may invite defeat when they should Wifi soccess, but that they have bumbers, the discipline, the equipment, and will eventually triumph; (4) they are a deeply religious. people, aud carry their religion into the war, and it willibe bad for any power that rusk counter to them with regard to it; and (5) while the worthy ally of Britain in this, war, in the finil summing up or Settlement, Russin's aceount will requite most' careful con- sideration. Mr. Bell is a faithful ob. server and a candid 'and friendly eritic. : Sa pes fl oo A. PREMIER INDICTED, The Royal Commission has estab i hi 'the charge that Prewier Fle - y of New * Brunswick, knew shout who 'extortion \which a' government of- Lo practiced, in exacting - cont fh. fim & clean bill of health ? The the } Com- mission says he is guilty. Would a snap 'verdict from his constituents wipe put the indictment ? Surely not, SUFFERS FROM DUPLICITY. German suspects ! They are scent: ed everywhere. Is not the ~ average mind too suspicious ? Must one be funder the ban, if of German extraction, or if related to a German by marri age 7 Men should be judged by their actions as sell as their words. The University of Toronto is seeth- ing with discontent because a couple of German professors are tolerated by the commission which governs the university. They have been indirect. ly charged with partzanship, and have denied the impeach They have done more; they have challenged any one to produce the proof of their unfairness. The president of the uni- versity, Dr. Falconer, defenkds his pro- fessors, vefers to their high scholar ship and efficiency, and sees no sensu or justice in suggesting their retire. ment. He stands by them and the independence and thought and char acter which they "may exhibit inof fensively. There is a marked difference between the German 'professors, whoge defects lie in the fact that they are Ger manus, the personal representatives of belligerent power, and the German professor of Harvard Uhiversity, who has been so anti-British that for season his retirement seemed to necessary. It is apparent that the hostility to the Germen professors in' Canada is due to the bitter feeling which fol- lows the contemplation of Germany's hatred of Britain and Germany's de: injure the mother country. One feels that he cammot harbour a German under the circumstances lest he harbour an enemy; and Britain, in f ondon itself, aud therefore the heart of the empire, has suffered from of the a he sire to in the duplicity men she has trusted. THE DEATH OF A HERO. There is a pathetic interest in the words which Lord Roberts wrote the Hibbert Journal shortly before his dinth, He pis contemplating the groat struggle into which the most of lurope had been plunged by Ger Old cam- paigner that he was, and accustomed to many's grasp for power, to ealculate all the Bxigencies of terrible conflict, he had said that the a occasion invited the greatest sacri- flees. "Nothing," said ~ he, "must be kept back. = Time, anergy, money, talents, even life itself, must be freely offered in this supreme crisis." \t home he gave his counsel where vag neaded and most valued. At lis advanced 'age he assumed new, ac- tive and most At the Faoglish channel to see war conditions it important duties. an important epoch he crossed for himself, and perhaps counsel with vegard to At the front, the men he-foved, them. sur- amid lash of his rounded by the cannon and literally fulfilled boom of arms, he own douusel. What France, a tribute the great armies Belgium, and Ehg- the mavy, and have paid to the Tate field Practically the whole world been moved to give expression to its regard and devotign. The field marshal has made of and, the crown, people marshal hn ven- his last conquest, and his "remains will repose in St. Paul's cathedral with the re- mains of those who, like him, ser- ved their country with distinction, and, departing, have left behind them an imperishable memory. li Earl Roberts' life and labour there is an inspiration for every man whe the front to-day, and as he reflects upon them he will be par- dovad if he "Let me die the deiith of a hero and let my last end be like his." erable last voyage, his last fight, his is at says, 1 GREAT SCHEME SPOILED. Tie author of Pan-Germanism, Prof. Roland G. Usher, of St. Louis, a German, has outlined, in articles for the press, (in America), the dream of the advanced German, and when Tit is interpreted by this modern Jos- epli one can see why the war odegr- red. A great confederation of European fita os had been' contemplated. This {world be bounded by the North Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Baltic and the | Methiterranean Seas. "Stretching dia- for many generatiofis form a bar to the advance of the Slav and insure the safety of Europe from the awak- ened China and India.' France would be confined within 'her natural boun- daries"; England would be robbed of | her present position by the -change in the commercial and political axis of the world. No longer would the , channel and the Mediterranean be significant, no longer would the sea be mistress of the land." The professor saw in events in the east 'the coming to pass of the von- ! federation he had sketched, and there remained only the subjection of Ser- | via to make this confederation com- 1 plete. He thinks that France and * Britain might have obtained, with | honour, from participation in the war, and Russia would not have dared to fight alone. The sword, he says, | was forced into the hands of "Ger- ! many but, while obviously anxious to compel Russia and France to take the first hostile steps "the Germans were deterniined that the war should begun without { meant when he said, "France wait but Germuny can't." The white, pink; vellow, grey, and other state papers may give, in dip: lomatic language, certain impressions with regard to the war, but it is evident that there are phases of it which may be understood but have not been put in print. Prof. Usher describes some of them. CANADA'S PENSION ACT. of the war in which there must As a result Canada partidipates be a Pension Aet, and parliament, at the next session, will prbbably being down a comprehensive meas ure. It must be carefully considered because its provisibhs will be either equal to all reasonable requirements, or it will be defective and, in con- sequence, some poor fellows or their dependants will be the sufferers. The Whig is reminded of some men who were disabled in the Boer war. They enlisted at a time when enlist- ing was not as popular as it is to- day. These men offered their ser vices willingly, perhaps eagerly, and certainly without reflecting upon what might happen to them or their families. They simply trusted the country, as they had. a right to de, and apparently without the results they had a right to expect. No names have been mentioned, but the Whig has bean informed that "a fow were disabled, and disabled badly, and they have not received any thing in the way of a pension from their | country." Assuming that this re port may be correct let us hope that the Ptunsion Act, when passed, will be retroactive so far as these men are concerned and that they will be duly pensioned. The day ¢an never come, when the pemsion system of Canada will be imposed upon as the pension systam of the United Stales has been. At the end of the war the United States government made am- ple provision for all who were de pendent upon it, the relief extending to all who were intimately related to the dead and disabled. Strange to say the pension expenditure grew annually until its proportions be came collosal, This was due to the ever-widening character of the legis- lation. Pension agents afl politi- cal parties profited by it. There is no fear of this ix Can ada. It must be guarded agains, and" this ean be done without work- ing any injustice' to the deserving beneficiaries. They ean be identified at the close of the war. Fifty years hence they would dely identification, and the United States is mow pro- viding for some of the dependant: of men who suffered in the war of 1862. | surely, i Public Opinion | i Money Talks. i Montreal Mail Every time Lloyd-George talks Lireat Britain, money talks. My, It! Toronto News. Query, if cement were mised wiih soft soap instead of water would it produce for | ! . Stenger is a general | who ordered 'that no prisoners be ta- | kon. - All British or French captured | must be "disposed of." ' i Tommy a Kicker. Brantford 'Courter. ! As long as his name is Atkins, there will be kicking about the rations, ete. If a British soldier did not. know how to kick, well, 'wouldnt be British, that's all. the "stock. Ts {Tn 1842 there | Porte. be | delay." An explana: | son, Iqrahi, sucoseded Kim and Iw tion of what the German chancellor {only : can | { reign was one of staguation and 4 nr A Ueneral von Stenger is badly wound- | * German ig strongly Hd Ing annexed {Article IV.) 1 . Egypt, since the fall of N has developed a government of its own. but one that is far from the ideal. In 1806 Mahomet " Albanian, became the gov, der the Saltan of Sati a niu tial leader be ween 1 and 1811 became. pasha of the whole country, but "only "efter be tind subdued by war all the buys 18 15H he became the viceroy of Egypt, and ruled it, Lat recogaized the Ottoman empire i+ so far. as 0 pay it annual tribute. Maiomet Al Wii 4 Very energetic man und undp him it is recorded that new 'Works were begun, that edueational © and military institutions were opened un- bor o Pean instructors. © ainded at 'the indepen - dence oi Egypt:. He sent an expedi- Yon into Syria, and the invasion nearly. ended 'im the' capture 'of ' Con. stantinople. Russia A and came to the glich ot the Parte, was abot! ising of the Syrians, and this time the ed tish restored the Provinee to the v Mahtwet™ Ali died iu' 1849, His two months. Abba Pasha was { Inching in ability and careless, and i decay. In 18363 Tsmasl Pasha re- i vived the activity that prevailed * un- jder Mahomet Ali and undertook to | finish what he had begun. He made | Some attempt at a constitution, with la plan of responsible government, but it was not enforced. So the Khedive still ryled through his eoun- cillgre and army. Through the deposition * of Tsmaet Pasha in 1879 England assumed the virtual control of the Egyptian gov- ernment for financial and. political reasong. Arabi Pasha 'rebelled against it but was soon suppressed with the aid of France. The British gov. ¥nment took contrel of the state, and appointed an English . financial resident for the virtual administra- tion of the country." "his financial resident, and a special commissioner, Lord Dufferin, brought about the or. ganic laws of 1883, and it is the pre- sent constitution of Kgypt. The Legislative Council is made up of thiriy members, fourteen appoint ed by the Khedive and sixteen elect- ed for a term of six years. No bill can become law without the consent of the council. The budget cannot become effective until it is approved by the council. The English finan- cial agent may demur, but he must give his reasons. There was, under the organic law, to have been a National Assembly, but it did not ma- terialize. The Khedive is the uctive force in political life, but his power has heen largely curtailed under the protectorate. a i As for the army it is under direo- tion of the British government. It consists of 13,000 men under 60 offi- cers. In addition there is an Eng- lish force of 3.000 which has heen maintained in Egypt 'ever since the occupation, PRINCE OF WALES HEARS GUNS BOOMING IN REAL CONFLICT, Is Already Sharing in Task of Bear. ing Wounded to Field Hospitals-- "Fit As They Make Them." Northern France, Nov. 21.--The Frince of Wales, now on Field Mar- shal Sir John French's staff at the front, had a busy day yesterday. His military duties kept him on the move from early morning until late in the afternoon, bringing into play his big motor-car, which has just been sent across from England. In his visits to various places he was accompanied by two other staff officers. There also was a long at- tendance at headquarters, and when he retired it was with the intima- tion that revelle would be sounded {at 5.30 the next morning. The prince {who now hears for the first time {in his life the soynd of heavy gun- {fire in actual warfare, is taking his turn of duty like any other staff offi- der, and it is his own wish that he shall 'not be relieved of any work which the ordinary routine may bring. He is winning the high praise of officers and men by his unassuming %eal. The soldiers are proud of hav- ing the prince.among them. Already he has not only come into personal touch wth men who have been hard | j&t work in the task of conveying the { wounded to the field hospitals and has made the aequaintance of the Indian troops. The prince is making a name as a pedestrian. "He's as fit a5' they make Thém, and thinks nothing of walk. ing 25 miles on a couple of sand- wiches and an apple," said an offi- ar. . Neto vents All hope bas been given up of the peaple burn hard times. never experfenced anything like it. "A wholesome merchant held $1,000 of his customer's' paper fall- ing due dast week. Of {his amount £30 was paid. : George McAuley, an officer of the penitentiary, will be - a cdudidate; Kingston Tommy. 'for municipal honors in Portsmouth |] next year. He has been a member | of 'the council for several yeass and in favor of the village be- to Kingston. . 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