PAGE FOUR "The British Whig BIND YEAR THEE ir ol - = Wl, FS [ EE WR k= Kiighied Dally and Bemi-Waesklv by Ric BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO. LIMITED, # G KlHott Lathan A. Gulld .. President M anaging Director 4d Sec.-Treas. : Te Basiness OMee . Editorial Rooms ... Job OfMlce ... st "ee wire ay RATS thaily di One One advar .s ue to rural offices. RE v Y Cito Sins ¥ hla and three months pro rata, (Sami-Weekly Edition) - Oe yous by , 43h ne year, If not paid in avines / fie year, Lo United State 1.5 Six and three nit nth ore' rata. Attar ned 1s one of the printing offices In Canada. TORONTO HEPRY Bmallpei? 7 1 RIPE best job "Hw New Yi rk. On Frunk R Ohi eo Franc He Naan . Tribune Bldg. Noaptea Pe Manager. A > -- -------------------------------- . PE LIGIGN AN ELECTIONS Association 4 the product of recent meetings which delegates were an organization that is its influence felt in he Cathalie" Municipal in Toronto, at chosen for expected to make local affairs. The Orange Lodge was nu good deal discussed in local affairs, and school Board rejected the low case because it These were the incentives™to the t temler in one was from a Catholic supposed to be it. is new emovement Yet and religion are not its It supports the best It illustrates this by two Catholics for mu- nicipal office, and a number of Orange who had proven, by their that race stock in trade mn any case, endarsing only men, cord, partial servants of the people. County Lodge (Orange Order) issued + slate in connection with the ecourn- eil,- and the county master and oie other, whose names were signed, re- pudiated it. A VERY. RARE HONOUR The Stratford Beacon has just been 'given a most praiseworthy exhibition of the regard in which it is held . by the people of the city. Twenty years ago W. M. O'Bierne became the Bea- con's editor and publisher; and he at infused. into it much of the spirit and life which characterized his earlier work in journalism. The re- 'sult was an address of . appreciation "on -the sixtieth anniversary, or _dia- the paper, (this an address which = was .nan-political "and. very laudatory in charicter. It was signed by represen- tative men of every profession and calling, and it was the more accept- able' on that account. It was ac companied with a purse of gold. Politics, (blamg them), sometimes brings displeasure to a paper. It\ can hardly express an opinion, of any ' kind, ebergetically, without antagon- izing some one, and a paper realizes once mond jubilee, of week), and 'that in political service it is getiing | away from its ideals in place of get- " ting nearer To'them. A newspapef is, after all, a public institution.. It re- cords passing events locally. It mag- fifies all that is worthy of praise. 1t eollects, at large cot, the naws of the day, assorts' and' classifies it, - aod prdsenis il in an interesting way. H becomes the people's forum, tions is actuated usually highest and best motives. : The model paper is the oné . that suceoeds as the Beacon has done, and the Whig congratulates its edi- | by the the | declared | and, i in the discussion of all public ques- | TF enar regard weuld he had for nentral interests and that NG injury would he done which - could be prevented. A search at-sea was tried and abandon ed, because tt wad impracticable. Con traband, (copper, for instance, paint ed or slimed over to appear like iron), was found in the botiom eof the ship's old, and could not be revealed without t aver) unloading which was done in _ While the inspection was in process, the cruiser and the ship she i wenrched had to get away from the exposure that threatened them from ubmarinks, So much for the protesi | against the diversion of a eargo; via ! England, and its detention there. As for thé contention that the. in- dustries of America have been suffer- British trade - refurns, the best the world, show that the efports i port. ge. in of lar period ag year ago : that in one month albne, (November), they were %£30,500,000 better than in November 1014. At ihe 'most there have been only 'twenty, deizures, or: detentions, funning from ome day to two weeks, Not iich to complain of, - Net much found a great national and present it to thé Brit imposing cere- on which to grievance; ith government with monials.! (ine cannot imagine whit the answer be. If made up of all the mat- which influenced' the British gov- erement in its enactments since the war began it would be very long. It will be very long. It will; in' all probability, be long enough to clearly recite the--grounds of the gov- srament for its action; and fer-the one definife object which it had in to. deprive Germany of may ters various view, namely, the raw and other. materials which it must _have ..in. order--to proiong the greatest sacrifice of life 'the world has ever It. may not matter to some men,--and especially those' who the fruits of the three seen ! enjoy in part | hundred million Furope has given to Americn--what are the consequences of war go long as they benefit by it. But Britain is not in the war for gain or for' the purpose of fattening .the contractors war supplies, and America itself see the wisdom' of co-operating along neutral lines, in or- be dollar. orders which for may with her, der that peace may soon as possible. we eh-------- restored = as re: that they were faithful and im- . The | OUR INDUSTRIAL INTERESTS Kingston wants industries. With- out them ° it cannot thrive or ' find t employment for the men it has and | the ethers who may come to it for penceful occupations. But Kingston jwill want these industries, and for a | very long time, unless it bestirs it seli, and will at least make a rea- sonable efiort to secure them. | The Industrial Commitiee, which is {made up of members of the City "Council and Board of Trade, know ; how difficult it is to interest manu- ,favturers in a location here. In some | communications it is made quite { clear that many things are needed, to wit, sites, low taxatiom, premises free, of rent or at low rental, cheap i water and light and power. King- | ston has made some success, against' { adverse circumstances, in dealing with * these 'issues, But there is an indefi- | niteness 'of public policy here which is certainly not advantageous. "The {question of sites and taxation. is a i purely municipal one, and must . be t developed by the Council. - The power question can he made most interest- ing, at once, by the ratepayers who i will vote an the Campbell proposi- tion on Monday next. } Iti hoped that the people vote upon will without any misunder- ! standing. Mr. Campbell is harness: ing 'up the Kingston Mills, and can, he nsserts, from his machinery, pro- duce between 800 and 900 horse pow- er in winter, and about 400 horse power in' summer. A good deal of jit he has to spure over and ahove his. contract in Gananoque. He has {offered to sell what the city wants or can use daily at three-quarters of a { cent per-kilo-watt' hour. The city _cannct produce power at this rate ! and ought to accept the offer. . But | : while the city dwadles aver it or the { Hive, Electric = Commission, which Lmove Jhusiness ? America ara better than in a simi' _. States against the British treatment = also. "tions, "and the manner in which they ; slowly like all, ponderous in. [ stitutions, Mr. Campbell must act. i He wants to use his own er at -------------- { his flour mill, and he says the Hed- UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN 'loy-Shaw, flour mill can bs re-opened The official protest of the United if it can be served with his power No others are. concerned No of American shipping, when contra- others will be affected. The city will: "band goods were suspected, has been not be interfered with in regard to given out. It is not what may he power, and can continue. its present called "a most. important document." course until a crisis is reached--if the. Un 'the contrary it is a summary .of City Commission and the - Hydro- the complaints which have been mads | Electric Commission will have it so. tor upon the attainment of an-- ho ow sa rire and therefore so greatly | fy be prized, to the American governments by ship-| lo we want our present industries | pers who were animated by ome great to remain and operate or do we want motive, "greed," and wgo' did not { them closed ? That is the question care for international' law . or ela! to bring before the people. might be affected, so long as they | EDM ORIAL Soins. ateeey gratified. when the! Tow did. you begin the new. year ? ax broke ant thees was bond to be, | How many good resolutions -did you he American government admits, make ? How many of them 'do you SH Taped Ae el: Auf bac to keep? - . act all commerce across' Th. guto owners will contribute ceased until Britain, | a100,000 more this vear to the reve , a | te. of the provine. They will pay for their' luxuries Ly the husret-Botfer. gave the American hecone a Canadian. Hence Assurances man menace in Toronto University is { { THE DJ at an end. The stiring 'profs' may still be proud of the fatherland, but they are not saying anyihing about jt, "1, in the war things were reversed, and Britain was gupplyi ing: Cermany with. the - things that helped her to make War the United States; Sam be sore? on wouldn't 17cle "Crimping presents that by which men, for money, is, again in vogue. It re will smug- out of Canada. Any:Cgnadian' in the Well--we hope not Nothing bit a con- looking to the ex- the Cerman race, ar its complete subjugation, in South Al do, and conscription is in with that end in Botha 'is right, corted movement, tinction of rica will order, if necessary, view. 3: id The -land . acquired by Germans 'Russia since 1870, and, valued at £500,000, 000, will be purchased from thém hy the government, and they will be invited to leave the country. Thit's better than to appropriate the land and intern the owners. The Rus- giang aré proving the. cultured people of the east, mn If |the arden of "the Kingston peni- imitated 'Warden Oshorme, of the people out tentiary the Sing Sing prison, at Portsmouth would forget that they Ii Oshorne succeeds as hd expects locks and bars and guards ean he disposed with. prisoners 'will be like sthe employees of agreat factory, doing the stunts which they are assigned. were | prisoners. to The Expositor protests against| the honorarium in connection with the mayoralty. It says that the mayor should be paid a salary, if he is expected to give much of his time the| public «service. | Ditto Kingston. The 'mayor, who is on the job all the time, who is gerving the people with his whale hedrt,, should he paid for |his time. He will darn all he is given, j drantford to in Public Opinion The Real Buftere a Montreal Mail. I'he mayors of twenty-two Ontario towns were .- dlected by acclamation. Hearty congratulations to the long: sufiering people, Kaiser Reioices. London Advertiser. "There will be fountains and flow- ers in the front-yard of hell,' wrote a cynical American. The kaiser will be encouraged to' hear it. Our' Imperial Cabinet. * Toronto Telegram Let's see. Wasn't it Hon. PE. Blondin, now minister of inland reve: nue in the Barden cabinet, who op: posed a Canadian navy and was pre- red to 'shoot holes through the nion Jack 7' ete' admin An Important Act: Hamilton Herald. The Killing: of Walter Smith,' an Am- erican citizen, by Canadian soldiers ut Niagara is. a - mast, regrettable inci- dent. Even if the shooting were tech. nically justified- hy the circumstances, it was a Yery ix imprudent aot. Disappointed All Round Toronto Globe. The Germans are said to be disap- pointed with their fleet. They are not nearly 'us disappointed as we are. We thought it would make an effort of some kind, and are earnestly hoping it will come out into the open. J ------ Sees Many Russians Hamilton Times. ~The Toronto News sees no reason why Canada should not have an elec: tion. during the war. Js it nothing that Sir Wilfrid called' off his whola party programme and has devoted all nis time to help the government in this crisis #° 1s it nothing that . the liberals in parliament' refrained from all criticism in, the House, and bent their energies to helping: the govern- ment ? -- Kingston Events Twenty-Five Years Ago H. Hunter has a stock of large tur keys. He sold: one to. 'an American -- a for Ag large xy af Go Regio Ie Board, Board, A th regret. so that 'he po contest Ne eaigued ward Stanley. Chown apd Arthur Beull are workitig in * the [capital of Japan, "Tokio, about 125; miles from Shiz- nokw, where Mr. | op is located. KITES As LIFE-SAVERS U sed tn Carrying ve Lines to Tat Distress, The employment of kites for ex tending life lines to. vessels in dj (ress at sea have been suggested Javing a marked advantage fn. tain instances dinarily followed. Instead of / throwing 2 lin sinking ship py using a rocket, which sometimes miscarries, it is propos ed that this be accomplished by <i taching a trailing cable to a series of box kites which from a windward! position might eqsily be directs aver the middle of a ship. 3 3 "After reaching the line, it would cnly be nece¢sary for those aboard a sinking steamer to draw in a baw ser 'with-a lighter rope and how The in. a position which would allow tae operation of a breeches buay. - A fashionable fool is one whom all sensible people try to avaid. special kind of service gle Germans and Austrians and Turks The | ILY BRITISH WHIGSATUR SIX GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR Rif- GIAN PILLAGE. jackets Made Possible Capiure if St. Georges. me Paris, Jan. 2--How the heroic j self-sacrifice of six French bluejec- kets made possible the capture of Georges, a town less than (wo ileg from Nieuport, is described bj The Matin's war corres spondent bh Flanders. He says:> > "The attackers had driven Germans from the advanee trenches, but, taking refuge in the houses ia the village, the German§ scon placed their assailants in a difficult posi- tion. The situation of a force of Delgians isolated on. a strip of Jan surrounded by a flood ok ve ric 1 St. the cal, and the artillery alone was abhie to effect anything against {the end The British batteries at Hamscapel's tried, but their shells hurkt over thd Frenen. "Six bluejackets then Noisted-| 4 three-inch gun og a large punt pnd poled alqpg the canal behind the \vil- iage, running the gauntlet of ih German rifles. As one wis hit in other took tlie pole and pontinu: until he in 'turn fell, stricken. Tire sixth man was mortally wounded as with a last push he sent the punt (0 the bank where the French] advance guard was waiting, "The gun was quickly laniie d, a few shots dat 300 yards bropeh + the houses on top of the Germaps, who | retreated into the arms of a battaiion Belgians. The latter completed tha cnemy's rout, 'Weanwhile the French bolimn triumphantly took possession iof the heap of ruins which was former.y St. Georges, and before night the én gineers had established a i head, enabling thé allies' artillery | aebouch on the right bank of Yeer." * CIERMAN ho -- GIBRALTAR. of Heligoland = Rristle Great Guns, New. York, Jan. 1 The. first des criptiop of the Gefman defences -ob thre k<land of Heligoland was brought here ' yesterday by Richard Wae- serow, formerly American consul st Breslau, who was a passenger, tn gether with his wife, on board tae Italian line steamship Duca d'Ooutn, from Genoa. Mr; Wackerow said that he had heen 'consuY in Breslau for the las: seven 'years and that he resigned his pest two months ago. Since that time he has been in the eastern and western fronts of the German battle- line. and received 'the 'privilege of zo- Ling to Heligoland, which, he said, be helieved was not granted to any oly ar American citizen. "I have made a circle of the Ger- man lines," 'he said, "and everywhe. > the Germans express the confidence that they will win. They now have 3.000,000 men in the field and ir February 'there will be 2,000,000 Cliffs With J more, and by September next there will be a total of 8,600,000 accordin: to the German statements. "Pwo hundred of the latest type of 42-centimetre guns, mounted on dis- around Antwerp and the lines éncir- cling the city have been strengthencd with earthworks and concrete forti fications. "Heligoland is a second Gibraltar. The great cliffs rising sheer from the sea have in, their sides concrete em- placements for hundreds of the big calibre guns,-and just below, almost under the muzzies of these guns, lies the German fleet... It ig impossible fer the British fleet to pass the is- land fortifications. © The passage is defended by ten rows of contact mines which are placed beneath the surface of the water at depths. "Inside these rows of mines and at the exfreme outsidé edge of - the | fleet are fifty-one torpedo boats, then a group of 242 torpedo boat destroy- €rs, numerous submarines, and then the larger vessels of the fleet, ia- @luding cruisers, battle eruisers, ha' tle ships apd dreadnoughts. are 364 guns mounted on the island. of which 142 are of the 42-centiniec- tre disappearing type, which vere ' brought out for the first time in Doc: ember." * : A -------- a ---- RATSER 1 HAVES HASTILY. After Witnessing Hysterical Scene at Berlin Opera. Petronrad, via Paris, Jan. 1---. A despatch from Copenhagen says pews | has been received there to the eo :t ihat when the kaiser visited the-ga!z performance of "Lohengrin" at the opera in Berlin the theatre was' «crowded. yi the orchestra begun the | 'movement was snown by the audience.and when Lohengrin appeared hysterical cries snd sobs burst from the public. Many women fainted and the disor- der was indescribable. The curtsia ijad 10 be lowered iid the Kaizer hastily left the operd. Ja almost similar scene occurred e Sthauspielhaus. : Roth royal - fires were: closed on the Jotlawing nay. Took Theis Phoiographs. TPholograpbe. London, don, Jan. 1--A- British soldier, writing home of the Chr s truce between the Germans a £ays: our boys went out 1n froni, wheve we found the Germans also had turned ---- nd get we were all Sue * we on the ground. ih "I wouldn't have missed that ex- ------ \ fierole Sell-sacrifice of French Blac. appearing carriages, have been plac= POLED TO VICTORY i i various Tiere" tha British "After Christmas dinner nearly all} : Rublidrs 2 Overshoes arid Rubbers The Store That Keeps the Prices Down Start the New Year trading at Bibbys. We will be - delighted---you, more than delighted 12.50 | Suit Sale Is On Hand-tailored garments, ready to try on. fmished to your order in 2: hours tine for $12.50. Stouts, shims and regulars, English Tweeds, Scotch Cheviots, all 1914 models. The best suit values in Canada. = Sizes 33 to 46. Last suit of a line, sample suits. too many of a size, etc. ['wo hundred suits to be. sold before stock taking Biff ! Bang! and away these suits go. Notice To Gus | Sure winners. See our Mackinaw reefers, acknow- | ledged by curlers every- where to be the correct | garment." Price $5. 00. FIRE, LIFE, SICKNESS, ACOI DENT, AND AUTOMOBILE WURANCE. nro Grocery Sidantial Burt of the city. apply Cb J. O. 18 Kingston, Om - IN- et Square, "Thomas Copley Telephone, 987 card he 18 Pine street when Sy a done in the carpea- ery line: Beam timates given wn all Kina of repairs and new work; also hard- wood f'oors of all kinds. All orde rs i'l receive prompt attention. Nuop 40 Wuecn Sueer. Drop rs Sm. Fela. rubber soles and fos storm tongue & etc. * Warm, able reamd withall, correct sizes. 6 to 11. $2. 0. comfortable, dur- Price Pe TT present previises in erik 3 epeie of 1915, 1 am now prepared reductions on any yr the A have In stock. 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