PAGE FOUR The British Whig VE) --- Publishes JValiy suG sewmi- weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING \ C0,, LIMITED, fe Biot ...0iesiinna) »evs. President man A. Gulld ....Managing Director and Bec.-Treas. Telephones: isiness Office .... . Editorial flooms | Job Office 243 sesseses 329 Sab eae ay wan res sreavenese 392 SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Daily Edition) ¢ year, delivered In city . yne year, If pald in advance . One year, by mail to rural officess One year, to United States fix and three months pro rata, (Bemi-Weekly Edition) One year, by mail, cash «++ 31.00 One year, if not paid in advance. .$1.60 One Jear to United States ... . and three months pro rata. \ Attached Is one of the best job inting offices In Canada., n, WORONTA REPRESENTALIVE at m ce J -nurel U. 5 REPRESENTATIVES New York Office\........ 225 Fifth Ave. Ihlea, rank I. Northrup, Manager, ge, Cribune Bldg. rank R. Nofthrup. Manager. r THE PEACE OF AMERICA. The British goverpment is experience--and it "is unne- cessarily 'embarrassipg--in dealing with the United States on the ship- ping question. At the outbreak of the war a large number of fierman Am- remain pretence having its own craft were interned at ¥arious erican ports They should interned. But under 'the that the American trade is suffering efforts have been made to get some of these crafts released. At, first it was suggested that they should be purchased by the American government and owned 'and operated by it. The: shipping ® interests op- posed that idea. The president is still f pushing the scheme, but with. out any hope of success. 'Meanwhile a brilliant thought has come to 'the Germans, for they are behind it, 1¢ in to sell the interned ships, change. their - registry, . hoist = the American flag on them, and resume the, traffic in' which they were previously gaged, .... The purchaser of the Dacia is an 'American-German, a Mr. Breitung, of "Marquette, Mich. The ship has been loaded with cotton for Bremen, and "the Americans have been trying to make themselves believe-that she can- not or will not be seized by the Bri- tish, There cavmot be any ques- sion that the eraft will go into one of the ports of England and will be dealt with according to the law of the Prize Court, not the law of the state department at Washington. Serious outlook ! Surely, And it is made serious by the Germans who have "been resorting to every known device to stir up strife between Bri- tain and the United States. So far they have failed, but they may suc- ceed in this, and if they do every lover of peace will regret it. The Am- erican people, ag. a whole, are in sympathy 'with Britain in this war, and must realize that she is fighting the battle of the republic as well as of the empire. There is a certain emall minority, 'however; that do not care for. any consequence, and who; for the dollar they can make, or hope to make, by any deal, do not hesitate to imperil, the peace of America, en- BILLY SUNDAY'S REVIVALS. The Philadelphia papers are. filled with reports of the Sunday revival which has been in progress for a cou- ple of weeks. "Billy" is an"qld base- ball player, tne who, "as a member of the Chicage Club, made a reputation for himself. He was: only in baseball incidentally, however, and, all too soon for his admirers, graduated into ovangelism, which he = bad long con templated as his life's work. : Like all modern revivalists, be does things 'according fo dea cand ayatem, and when one takes into account the | preparations that were made for Sun- day's bombardment of Philaddiphia © he is not surprised with the effects. A | either, each, - They had their great machine going for wegks hefors Sunday hard a lnok at jt, and a writer candidly oh serves, "'that if Mr. Sunday had never reached Philadelphia the revival start ed in: advance 'of his comipg wonid liave justified 'expenses.' : But Sunday is now in charge of it, und he has shocked "the staid Phila delphians into sensibility His is a He chides, ¢oaxes, He ° in- unique vernacular, scolds and abuses b¥ turps. sinvates that the preachers hgve been avoiding their duty, but no preacher dare indulge in his language, because the people would not stand it, and they would not stand it from Sunday very long. He justifies his merciless criticism of the faults and follies the people by assuming that the Ideal Man at times, exposed the people who truckled in shameful vices while the, professed to be religious. - It's a long Nong way, however, from the discourses of the Man of Galillee, to the discourses of the reformed base- ball player wio has religiously sihak en Philadelphia to its very founda- tions. of 1 EDITORIAL NOTES. [he Toronto Telegram is still after Hou. Mr. Hughes. What bag the minister of militia been doing to in- cur the malevolence of our contem- porary ? The Canadian fruit growers advise people to can home grown fruit and so develop and , pro- mote a true patriotic spirit.- Hear, hear ! - the Canadian ---- If the Militia Pepartment will © not provide separation allowances for the brides of military mea hereafter. the Patriotic Fond eaunot provide grants. The ruling in both cases can be de- fended. Perhaps there will be fewer dings among the members Second and Third €ontingents that the Militia Department will not give them its approval and will \not provide any separation allowances) wed: the now of I'he United States department has that the British govern- ment has not conceded anything in the controversy regarding the search 'for contraband goods. Did it ex- pect confessions under the circumstan- ces ? discovered There have been men in Kingston' who made money in wheat specula- tion. 'And , there have been men who lost money in this way, and they could not aliord to lose it, There was a fellow who la- mented that his foresight was not eqial to his hindsight, and we all know what the broker said ahout him. { RE r------ Tif Public Opinion Keep Nickel From Germany, Montreal News, Canada should put her nickel in a slot that doesn't empty into Ges many's lap. A Hard Remedy. Watertown Standard. Sawing 'wood is considered befpful to digestion, but many 'people coun- sider the remedy worse than the dis- ease. Easy New York. Pittsburg Gazette-Times. Over in little old New York buffalo nickels are being passed off for $5 gold pieces. And yet they talk about hayseeds. Dollar 'Worshippers. Guelph Mercury. i Apparently a few shiploads of ex- ports look bigger to: the United States than the despoiling and de- bauching of the little kingdom of Bel: gium, Can You Imagine ? Toronto News. And while we are on that subject we often wonder what kind of row de- veloped when the Epistle to the Gala- tians was, first read to the eongrega- tion. Their Home Market. Conservation. The | increase ' in consumption of "Made-in-Canada" goods will mean de- crease in cost 'of production. This de- will hl Canadi $. tarers the betfer to meet competition markets in foreign ] 'Kingston Events Twenty-five Years Ago i newspaper, the North American, led in the movement. - It chartered a train and took over two hundred ministers and |Jaymen to Seranton, where "Billy" Si . -- The city hag Wo men employed on the at py t. : ; the market to-day fry 55 cents per down | J. Donal purchased James Stnsua's farm, Storringtoa, for $3,.- H. P. Holland, Boston, is superin- tending the installation of a» new or. Sau at St Andrew's Church. il 4 £ F i i hi bi I Ef i sifs i i | be : i © THE DAILY BRITISH Even the oculist' can't always prove to our satisfaction what some people see in each other. > It isn't until he has had a walk over that a man is apt te burn his bridges behind him. The _poorest excuse in the 'world is the old bromide: "Mistakes will happen." A man is not nesessarily a harsh taskmaster because he pays strict attention to business. Midnight Debate. Neutrality is jolted hard. And get a jar When felines gathered in the yard . Discuss the war. --Judge Producer--The comedians seemed nervous. What they needed was life. Critic--You're too severe! Twenty years 'would be enough.--Exchange. Hardly That. Mrs. Kuagg--Well, what are you thinking about. - Mr. Knagg--I was just thinking if it's true that silence is golden mo One can accuse you of being a miser. Those Men Won't Get There. Some men are goipg to find Hea- ven unsatisfactory if they are un- able te pick a quarrel with their nei- ghbors.--Atehison Globe. The Harvest Is Sure. "It's a true saying that 'what a man sows that shall he also reap' ". "Alas, yes! No chickens serateh up the seeds we sow in our spiritual; gardens." . A Felicitions Reflect. Caller--How much for a marriage license? Town Clerk----One dollar. Caller--1I've only got fifty cents. \ Town Clerk--You're lucky.--Phil- allelpbia Bulletin. Too Much Hair. Men employed in building a bospi- tal in Kansas City threaten to walk 01% because their meals are cooked 1¥.a bricklayer. + +At the old boarding house where we used to live there was a general suspicion that the meals were cook- ad by"a blond mortor mixer. / His Unlucky Discovery. "I never saw such a superstitious fellow as Bixby." What's his latest?" . "Why, he's been trying all the morning to prove that 1915 is an un- lueky year. He's manipulated the figures 1-9-1-5 with addition, subtrac- tron, multiplication, division and the ritle-of-three." "What bas he found that seems unlucky?" "Nothing, except that when he added 1-9-1-5 together and subtract- od the total 16 .from . 1915 it left 1899." "Yes? : "And that was the year he mar- ried." And It Isn't Always a Funny Story. "We allus-magnifies de importan- ce.of our own dein's," said Uncle Eben. "A man wif a funny story on his mind imagines dat everybody ought to stop work and listen." -- Washington Star. In No Position To Kick. Tom--Did the old man kick when you asked him for his daughter? Jack--No, 1 made it. a point to ask him when he was up on the step-ladder banging Christmas de- corations, Something No Man Would Say "I have been to consult a beauty doctor about my complexion." "Does he hold out any hope?"'-- Pittsburg Post. Putting It Gently. "Little girl, are your pareats at home?" . "No, sir; they're at the dancing academy taking their exercise." "Well, when they come home tell them to clean the snow off their front walk if they're not too tired. will wou?" . © Getting It Straight. -Husband--You spend altogether too much money. 2 Wife--Not at all: © The trouble is you don't make enough. First Lesson In Fiction. "1 wonder how Mrs. Inkleigh, got her start as a writer of fiction," 'Composing references for her dis- 'charged help, I understand." ~ Miss Young--I warn you against marrying that man, dear. I'm sure he will lead a double life. Miss Older -- Well, if 1 don't marry him Ull have to lead 3 single one and that's worse. * 3 | No one had: been hit A NOBLE DEED: School Teacher Sacrifices Himself To 4 Save Mayor. Paris, Jan. 18.--The story has reached Paris of how a school teacher sacrificed himself to salé¢ the mayor, and a number of citizens of his vil lage {in the Aiswe, a few miles from the Belgian frontier. Aller the battle of Charleroi, the Germans captured the village of D---- without firing a shot, and a © any of the Prussian Guards made it - their headquarters for two days. Towird the end of the second day, while the Germans were preparing to leave the village, a shot rang from no-one knows where. The German officer in command hastened at once to the mayor. A dozen hostages were requir- ed upon the spot, to .be shot before nightfall, if the guilty man was not denounced or did not give himself up. : by the shot but the officer declared that he had heard the bullet whistle close to his head. "Very well," said the mayor, "you want hostages. * Héte I am to begin with." * DE "And 1, also," declared the cure. Three of the older, inhabitants of the village came forward, which made five. Then the Germans took seven more inhabitants into an open field near the church. The firing squad was ready, and the hostages lined up against a wall, 'when the school teach- er, M. Michon ran up. "l am the guilty one," he said sim- Ply. © "Yes, 2t is I who fired just now. Release these men and take me. I am ready; I'm not afraid to die." Several of the villagers present had scen Michon leave bis schoolhouse with his pupils at, the exact moment when the shot was fired. But he persisted in hig declaration and at seven o'clock in the evening he was shot. A PRAYER IN TIME OF WAR. By AMred Noyes. (The war will change many things in art and life and among them, it is hoped, many of our own ideas as to what is, and what is not, "intel. lectmal.") Thou, -whese deep ways are in the sea, Whose footsteps are not known, To-might a world tiat turned from Thee . . Is waiting at Thy throne. The towering Babels that we raised Where scolling sophists brawl, The little anta-Christs we praised-- The night is on them all: hath said--The fool hath And we, who deemed him wise, We who believed that, Thou wast dead, i How should we seek Thine eyes ? power Who scorned Thee yesterday ? How should we kneel, in' this dread hour ? Lord, teach fis how to pray ! (Grant 'us the single heart, once more, That mocks no sacred thing, The Sword of 'Trath our fathers wore When Thou wast Lord and King. Let darkness unto darkness tell Our deep unspoken prayer, For, while our souls in darkness dwell, * We know that thou art there. : --London Daily Mail. -------- PENSION SYSTEM. Obligations Due To War May Reach Big Figure. tem for the Canadian expeditionary force has been prepared by the mili- tia department, and will be dealt with by the cabinet at an early date. It can be adopted by order-in-coun- cil and without new legislation.. If the war continues for any length of time this will be one of the serious though' necessary, financial results of the struggle. It has been estimated that the pension list may ou up to eight or ten millions per Tr. MORE HONORARY COLONELS Sir Max Aitken and Rev. Dr. Herridge Are Included. Ottawa, Jan. 18-- Sir Max Aitken, who is to look after news of the Ca- nadian contingents; Rev. Dr. Her- ridge, moderator of the Presbyterian ther, member of (he British com- mons, who will act as consilting offi- cer of Canada's representative in Great Britain on- matters connected with this country's forces, have been appointed honorary colonels. HOCKEY PLAYER DIES. As Result of Being Struck On Head By Puck. 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