Ey # a {tonic 10 THE. EMPIRE] PEOPLE OF 5 INDIA ACCEPTS OB- LIGATIONS OF THE WAR. They Welcome the Conflict as an Op- tunity to Prove Their Worthiness' to be Citizens of Greater Britain ~Women Aro Devoted to the King-Emperor and Are Praying For the Success of the Troops. That India is loyal to Great Bri- tain in regard to the war, despite .any fears to tue contrary, is main- tained in a letter from Franklin D. Cogswell of Ewing Christian College, Allahabad, India, which says in part: Wi restlessness and dis- content there may be -among the $15,000,000 that make up India's population, but the violent preach- melts of educated Indians domiciled abroad scarcely represent the true 'mature of the opposition to British rule in India or the aims of the most influential Indian leaders. The goal of the national movement, as freely expressed for years from platform , 'and press by the men who command the widest respect, is self-govern- ment within the Empire. India wants the same privileges that are enjoyed by the autonomous dominions bf 'Great Britain; at the present time 'the great portion of her citizens ap, pear to be looking no further, Thus instead of there being zny' wild outbreak of rebellion in (he 'hour of Britain's trial in tle west there has been a noteworthy demon-| stration of loyalty throughout the peninsula. "Britain's war is our war" is the cry that has echoed from the h mass meetings that have been held in every important town, and 'eity in the course of the last week. Instead of the war's being a signal for chaos, it appears to be regarded @8 an opportunity for India to show that she is worthy of the place in 'the Empire that she has been de-' manding. One of the most feared and most respected of the opponents of the /Government, Sir Pherogeshah Mehta, phrased the idea in a ringing sen- tence that was greeted with tremen- 'dous enthusiasm at a mass meeting in the Bombay town hall when he sald: "We have often met in this hall to assert our rights as citizens of the Empire; we are now proud to meet to accept our duties and ob- Hgations." it is not only from astute leaders who grasp the political significance 'of the position in which India now 'finds herself that present manifesia tions of loyalty are coming. The war 18 the ai sorbing topic of every gos- siping folk whose hearts are incapa- {ble of any feeling more mixed than ithat of simple devotion to the King- peror are hoping and ®raying for 'the success of his forces. Him tho: jkmow. He came to them to dssum 'his Indian realm in the most gor Igeons durbar of recent centuries. He is their personal sovereign. A grizzled old bazaar merchant came into one of our college buiid- dAngs the other day, and on seein = ure of the King-Emperor raised hands devoutly, saying: "He i Qu: King. We eat his bread. Ipray God to give victory to larms." immediately after merve wrecking period of susp over England's decision was en: 'by the declaration of war again Germany, the ruling chiefs off: their armies for use wherever {English should need them, Ten o ithe chiefs proposed a gift of a 1s pital ship, the Loyalty, which La now been accepted by the vicero: Everywhere funds are being rai {for the care of wounded and the r+ ef of distress. Even Indian lad: whose freedom of gathering is : seriously hindered by the system of usion to which they are subject ed, have formed Loyalty league {that have expressed Ytheir readine to place their services at the feet of the King-Bmperor in such manne: may be feund suitable," and baye begun to raise money for measures. Everywhere huge sums for general support of the war and for the main- tenance of hospitals and medical 'work have been subscribed. Not only English churches have made prayer for British victory; in mosque os well special prayers have been I i, ! The viceroy's recent announcer. nt hat two divisions, including sone regiments of Indian regulars, would de sent as an axpeditionary force has © been met with great enthusiasw. Their Soetination 1s, of course, un- known, but the general hope is that it is Europe. On the part of Euro- pean and Anglo-Indian residents, of course, there has been much volun- teering, and the local companies of militia in every city have been much strengthened. " In a country so divided by social 'and erences as India, it wonld be if there were un- animity in su hole hearted fond pressions ty as the foregoing. There is a section of educated India which gives 8 very tempered expres- elon of its enthusiasm for the cause of the Empire. It is inclined to sym- pathize with Austria in its vigorous re; stroke to end the ploting of the| Serbs ust monarchy, |! the her com: he |: which éd eable open to Europe, which have made the lantemtions of Turkey vital fssue to India. If Turkey throws German thus forcing the British i more Mobammedan ris than any other Government, her, there would at the about the atti- de the Nos Waders a india ould _ At present, however, the Moslem press is affirming the oyalty of its community in carefully terms, The Cause Of Mirth. "You ih at the table," "I'm laughing at ____ THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, MONDAY DECEMBER 14, Gary & Practical Home Drers Makin x GREAT LITTLE WARRIORS, Jelicoe, French, Joffre, Wolseley and Roberts All Short Maen. It is more than remarkable thai the greatest of modern. military and ! naval commanders have, almost with- out exception, been short of stature. Rodney was short and Nelson was shorter! In" fact, the greatest naval commander in the history of the world, the man who now towers lit- erally above all his fellows, and whom German air raiders would probably dearly like to topple over into the fountains of Trafalgar Square, was quite a shrimp of a man, and, being deprived of an arm as well as an eye, looked smaller as he grew older. Nelson was probably the greatest lttle man who ever lived. . Admiral John Jellicoe, whom every Briton believes, if ge Sou half a chance, will prove h! a modern Nelson and win another and even greater Trafalgar, is also a man of very moderate stature, And it is a truism that "stockiness" is the rule in the navy. Perhaps salt checks growth! But, whatever it does with the rest of the body, it does not seem to stunt the wits. Witness that gallant little Japanese admiral, Togo. H~ had brains, courage and #kill in a very high degree. Napoleon, the greatest gemeral of all time, the man to whom all mili- tary men look to-day as their exem- plar and model in strategy and tae- tice, whose genius still- dominates warfare, was notoriously short of stature, He was the butt of his schoolfellows on that account, and it was reckoned as a great disability in his military prospects. His final conqueror, Wellington, often regarded as pretty tall, was by no means so. He ig generally de- picted on horseback, and his por- traits are very deceptive because a big nose seems to require a big body to match it. But what about Wol- seley, and Roberts, and French? In ordinary company all three were wont to drop out of sight. Wolseley was the smallest of the lot. The one and only "Bobs" would barely have got into Kitchener's new army if the measuring tape had been applied to him. Well for his country was it that he was measured by capacity and not by inches. Both the leaders of the armies of | the west, Frénch and Joffre, are lit- tle men. Joffre looks like a healthy, | good grocer, John French is a little taller than Roberts, but not much; yet it was as a cavalry leader of infinite daring and unsullied success that he sprang natured, prosperous, stout to'the front in the South African! war. Where so many bigger men falled French succeeded, and to-day he has the confidence of the whole British race, as a little man who is capable of great things and intends to do them. The Question of Height, Apropos of the height of soldiers & prominent military man said re- cently: "The British ang has raised the height limit for v&lunteers to five feet five. Short Britishers object to this--and with reason. "For consider the Japanese. They Are incomparable soldiers. Yet the five feet five limit would bar most of them out. "Consider the Gurkhas, the hill tribe soldiers of india, They are as valiant as the Japs, ye their height runs from four feet eleven to five feet four, "At one of the London recruiting stations, just after the establishment of the new rule, a short and chunky East Ender who had been rejected by the examining surgeons pointed with a scowl towards a taller East Ender who had been accepted and sald: * 'Aw, look at him! ed 'is 'ead off night!' » An' I knock- lawst Saturday A Fine Mummy Case. The Egyptian Sculpture Gallery at the British Museum has recelved an interesting sarcophagus of the nine-! teenth Dynasty, of date about 1200 B. C. It is of red quartzite, about seven feet four inches in length, and was made for one Thothmes, who is described in the inscription as "a royal scribe, overseer of the cattle of the temple of the gods Ra and Tum." On the lid, which is sculp- tured in human form, is a figure of the sky-goddess Nut, who is repre sented with outstretched wings, em- blematic of her care of the mummy, and below the figure 1s a prayer that she may protect the "body of the deceased. A Typographical Error. The festival of St. Alban, the first British martyr, is celebrated, accord- ing to the English calendar, on June 17, whereas in the Roman calendar St. Alban's Day is June 22. In all English prayer books, also, prior to 1662, St. Alban is commemorated on June 22, and the present discrepan seems to have arisen from the setter of the prayer book of 1662 {mistaking the X of XXII for V, and rendering the date June XVif--an error which has beem perpetuated ever since, A 'Canine Collector. A familiar figure in the Strand, London, during the few weeks has bee ed Jos hs, dig Bt Se religiously CI 'stopping does ¥ } { { i i "Growcher is a confirmed pessim- ist, isn't he?" 4 "Yes, Just now he {is worrying about who will bury the last man on earth. --Judge, whistling by civilians is a penal off- ense, the privilege being reserved for the police, who exercise it not in the order to make tunes with their mouths, blasts to each other, The whistling habit, not being hereditary, soon dis- appears, and in these cities ho differ- culty is exeprienced in dealing nowa- days with the few Who offend.--Al- bany Journal ony Lesrons LE by Putortal Review | originality and Chie EE UTTING GUIDE 5964 (Fh C bo. pe DOF 54 Wen | | Inches bust Price 1% STRIPPED OF ROBES. ents {#ormer Rector of Portsmouth, N. { Fled To Montreal. ! Montreal, Dec. 14--- Unfrocked by | his bishop and expelled from the pul- { pit, the Rev. Harold M. Folgom, for- ! merly rector-of St, John's Episcopal { church, Portsmouth, N.H., has fled {io Montreal. The former clergyman is alleged by Boston papers to have had many troubles during his career, his chief one arising, however, from his affection for a charming young lady of his congregation. As a re- suit of this, his wife is said to be on the point of applying tor a divorce from her ministerial lord. He has been expelled from the church and his priestly robes taken from him, and the name of an eighteen-year- old girl has been trailed in the dust. The erstwhilé clergyman is thirty eight years of age, and the father of Wo children one of whom was nam- ed after Bishop Parker, the clergy- man who performed his marriage three years ago to Miss Jane Leavitt Mr. Folsom is boarding at the.Y. I MoCLA LL and is working as a clerk in a store. German Shipping Losses, So far all attempts to induce firms in the United States to buy some of the German steamers now lying at New York have failed, and with the prospect of a long war, during which of course, their operations will be entirely suspended, the steamship lines concerned are faced with a ser- fous problem. As a matter of act It 18 estimated that up to the end of that one port alone cannot be for short of £250,000, although many members of the crews have been dis- charged, while the pay of others has been reduced considerably. The great obstacle in the wavy vessels to the American flag is the fear of international complications. The German companies are without doubt in a serious dilemma out of which the way is by no means clear. cy --Liverpool Courier. ------ Pawning Her Own Money. A poor old woman went into a offered a five-franc piece in pledge "Why do you want to pawn your own money?" asked the clerk in as- tonishment. "We can only give you! three francs for it." "That will do," | said the woman. "It was the last and | . 2 only thing my dear son could give ¥1ans and Rooshians. me before he went to the war, and if I didn't really need the money I wouldn't part with it; but as soon as I can I'll come back and redeem it. H ---------- Whistling Prohibited. Prepared Especially For This Newspaper AN AMERICAN MODE. An American mode of vnquestinned well The skirt may be Pictorial Review costume No §364.Sizes 32. 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 ana 4 H., | When New changed into a tunic effect by ai ling a four-piece foundation. ------ e------s French dressmakers 'are chiding American customers for their unfxith- fulness in accepting American fashions 80 readily, but it Is bard to swear al. legiance to foreign models when the home products are so attractive as the frock illustrated here. It looks won-. derfully well in the ever-acceptabile Serge, especially It a rich brown shade is chosen. Collat and flare cuffs are of butter color batiste. Five yards of 44- Inch serge and % yard of batiste make the dress. The cutting of the dress requires un- usual care, the lack of a lining making the construction very simple. The ma- terial is first folded so that the lower skirt section can be placed along the lengthwise told. The front tunic gure is also arranged In the same way. but between this and the lower skirt see- tion are laid the back, voke, collar cuff and collar band. These also follow the fold of the material. The front, slecves and back tunic are laid on. a lengthwise thread, The skirt may have a foundation. or be made in short, full effect. For the tunic, slash front gore to left of cen- ter-front on line of three small "0" por- forations for opening. Pleat front tunic gore, creasing on slot perforations bring folded edge to small "o" perfora- tions; stitch as tllustrated, and press Join gores as notched, close back seam Sew yoke to gores as notched Pleat creasing on single small "o" perfora- tions in front gore, bring fold to double "oo" perforations; stitch as illustrated Arrange on foundation skirt. centers even; stitch upper edges together. Sew to lower edge of waist over stay, cens ters even. i The belt is simple In design. but its proper adjustment is an important ta] in the development of the dress. If a foundation skirt is added it would be! 'to make fit of contrasting ma- terial {Hom Curious. though it may seem, it is}! { It usually consists of | talions, each of 1,000 men. 1:.4. Divisions, ' Regiments, Com- panies, Etc., Are Made Up. not quite earrect to refer, as many people do, Ls the Imdian and Colonial treops as part of the "British army." Strictly speaking, the term "British army" only applies to the land forces of the United Kingdom, which con- sist of the regular army and the 'erritorial army, and that part of the former which serves in the Brit- | ish Dominions oversea, it being cus- | tomary to refer to these troops as the "British army" in contradistine- || tion to the "Native army" or "In-|| in India, and to the| "Local Forces" in South Africa and | dian army" in the British Colonies. ! The regular army, whether at home or abroad, is paid for by the Imperial Exchequer, except in India (although certain colonies pay con- tributions towards its upkeep). dia, however, while paying for its own native army, also pays a contri- bution towards the cost of troops at home. The permanently embodied por-|! tions of the tegular army consist of thirty-one cavalry regiments, twenty- five horse artillery batteries, 147 fleld batteries, ninety-nine companies of garrison artillery, seventy-seven companies of engineers, nine bat- tallons of Foot Guards, 148 bat- tallons of infantry of the line, be- sides departmental services, some of which come under the head of the Army Service Corps, that highly- organized department of the army which attends to the transport of baggage, supplies, and transport of food and forage, and also assists the medical service. It should be men- tioned that part of these sections of the regular army are stationed abroad during peace times,' but, on mobilization for war, the bulk be- comes absorbed into an expeaitionary force. This is divided into various army corps, according to the number of men sent to the front, an army corps comprising infantry, cavalry, and ar- tillery, in command of general of- ficers. The British army, in times of peace, is divided Into six army corps, half of which are composed of regular troops, and the remainder Territorials. The strength of an army corps is not definitely fixed, but consists of alout 40,000 men, A British infantry division is about half an army corps, and is the small- est tactical unit possessing all arms. twelve bat- In ad- ditiun to this; there is at least two | squadrons of cavalry, from thirty-six ply, Ee fm NAD CROWDS CHEERED. - York Stock Exchange! Opened On Saturday. New York, Dec. 14--Wall Street] came into its own on Saturday. The Stock Hxchange, closed nearly four and a half months, ex- cept for limited trading in bonds during the past two weeks, was re- opened at 10 o'clock for active trad- ing in stocks. One hundred and] ninety-two issues were approved by the governors for trading and,! though other issues were barred, no- tably U. S. Steel, activity on the floor of the exchange revived memories of big days ten years ago. Not for many years has there been | such a throng of brokers, on the floor as that which waited patiently for nearly an hour for the signal to resume trading. There are 1,100 members of the exchange and nearly 700 cf these, it is estimated, were cn the floor. Many of the others smil- ed down, with their families and friends, from the members' gallery on the west wall for Bad For the Paul Prys. A motor driven telltale device for party line telephones has been pazen- ted which will give conversing por- lies the location of any subscriber who may "listen in' while they are using the line. The rising receiver hook at' the interloping station starts a motor driven signal wheel, whien gives the code of the station arvemy- ting to use the line. The Motor wax last month the cost of laying ap atl of transferring | their mistake.--Chicago Tribune. Paris pawn shop the other day and | { In certain cities of Russia street | however but! to end signal -------- 2 Days onbor. 2c. not be stopped or the circums mrer- rupted until the signal Is completed. --Electrical World. Tragedy Among Pigeons, The prize bird story of the spring season comes from Aetna, Ind., viz, to wit; Michael Debold placed a stovepipe on his lawn. A curious pigeon flew into the pipe and emerg- ed black with soot, The frightened bird flew to its roost, where its mates niistaking it for an insolent crow, killed it. Later, when the rain re. vealed the dead bird's identity, the other pigeons wailed pitiably ove; ------me------------ The Unknown Quantity, First Native--We're doin' fine at the war, Jarge. Second Native--Yes, Jahn; and so'be they Frenchies. \ First Native--Ay: an' so be they Bel Second Native--Ay; an' so be they Allys. Oi dunno where they come from, Jahu, but they be devils for fightin' .--Punch. ------------ Washington Pie. . A man went into a Southern res- taurant not long ago and asked for a piece of old-fashioned Washington pie. The waiter, not understanding and yet unwilling to concede his lack of knowledge, brought the customer a piece of chocolate cake. "No, no, my friend," said the man. "I meant George Washingion, not Booker Washington." 5. Tt Famed For Her White Whale The bark Platina, one of the last of the old New Bedford whaters, was recently broken up for firewood. She was, according to Shipping Illustrat- ed, the only vessel that ever captur- ed a white whale. Other "sperm whales of great age have heen taken that were spotted with whe, but i alry regiment | formed | regiments, and to seventy-two guns, beside field companies of engineers, medical sup- transport, and signal services. In all, its strength is normally about 120,000 men, The war establishment of a cay- is twenty-five officers, other ranks, and 562 horses, into three squadrons. A cevalry brigade fs made up of three a division of four brigades; so that a division consists 537 | of twelve regiments, supplemented by two horse artillery brigades, engin- eers, signal troops, field ambulances, ' and cavalry train, not tc mention one aeroplane squadron. The total estah- I'sLment of a cavalry division mobil- ized for war consists of 9,896 officers anc men, 10,195 horses and twenty- four guns. Tabloid Retions For Soldiers. Each British soldier on active ser- vice carries in his kit a small pack- age containing what is known as an "emergency rations." The '"'cmerrency ration" fs wrap- pel in a small package. When the emergency arises the centre band of the package is torn off and two small tin cans are disclosed. One can coniping a quarter of a pound of concentrated beef and the other the same quantity of cocoa paste. The conibination of the two foods is sufficlert to maintain the strength of the average man for 36 hours, if consumed in small quantities. The beef and the cocoa paste may be eaten dry but greater flavor is gained without loss of nourishment it thé. beet is allowed to simmer in water over a fire, and the cocoa paste be made into cocoa. The amount of beef in the tin will make two quarts of beef tea and the cocoa paste can be converted into the same quantity of cocoa. Another Veteran Gone. A Crimean veteran of the East Yorks Regiment, named McCarty, dled recently at Airdrie, thus reduc- ing by one the rapidly diminishi g band of Crimean veterans, With his regiment he took part in every en- gagement before the dreaded Mala- koff Tower, Sebastopol, and after months of hardship in the trenches, he with his comrades of the French and British armies at last took the batteries after a fearful bayonet as- sgult. His honors were the British and Turkish medals with clasps, and the rare distinction of wearing his company's French Crimean medal, Cost of Rat Destruction. The destruction of rats costs the Presidency of Bombay a pretty sub- stantiai figure every year. On the re- commendation of the advisory board of the Indian Research Fund Associa- tion, the Government has sanctioned the employment of Maj. Kunhardt, LM.S., for another year at the cost of Rs. 58,000 (about $9,335) Jo carry on experiments in eradicating or miti- gating the prevalence of plague hy systematic rat destruction in the off season. The experiment will extend over four districts this year. Crusade Against Mosquitoes, Malaria is on the increas in AMa- dras, India, and the Medical Officer has invited the co-operation of all re- sidents of the Fort in preventing, as far as possible, the breéding of mos- quitoes. . Ceylon's Offer Accepted. Ceylon's offer to provide a contin. geal has been accepted by Lord Kitchener. The contingent will be used for service in Egypt. Ceylon will pay the cost of the transport. Personal liberty, at times, is noth- ing more or less than persecution. A lot of men fail to figare thelr wives as their most valuable asset. the Platina's whale was Pore walte from head to tail." 1 believe that the word "justice" is pre-eminently the best wall motto. . In- || ASK FOR 'Cubana 10c CIGARS In Holiday Packages of 10, r 25 and 50 S. OBERNDORFFER MAKER, KINGSTON : ogee ; Militia Men Notice the fine line of pocket flash-lights in our win- dow. We have them all prices. Call and see them. Halliday's Electric Shop Phone 94 - . AUTOMOBILES DO YOU WISH TO BUY, TO SELL OR EXCHANGE? We store, list and advertise cars for sale, perienced chauffeur for demonstrating, at any hour. and will supply ex- Cars for sale may be seen Garage well heated, central and fireproof. PORRITT GARAGE CO. Limited "Phone 454. 210-214 Wellington Street. 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