FAGE FOUR "The British Whig 82ND YEAR aay Bana Bass THE BRITISH WIIG 1) Cig LIMITED, , 4. Eliott ...... seseeress President 48 A. Gulla .... Managing Director and Bec.-Treas. «o 342 . 329 « 293 SUBSCRIPTION RATES ally Fidition) One year, doiivered In clly .. One. year, if paid In advance ..... Ome year, hy mail io rural oMogss (me year, to United States .... x and thres months p ti (Bemi-Weekly Idltion) One year, by mall, cas) "es me year, if not pald in nee... ome year, to iinifed States .......$1. Xx and three months pro rats. Attached Is-one of the hest job printing offices tn Canela. TORONTO RIPR HH. KE Bmallpelcs , va Church Bt. U. 8. ROPR CIV ER Naw York Office ... 6 Fifth Ave. Frank I. Northrop, Manager. 'Mosgo 'I'ribune Bldg. ank RN, Northrup, Manager. NTATIVE THREATENED POLITICAL CRISIS Preparations are being made for the next gession of parliament, and, incj- dentally, the rumours are revived of an early election. 1f there were any need of it, any call for it, any issue upon which the voice of ihe people should be directly heard, a dissolu- tion of parliament could be justified, A great war is on, however. is concerned about it. "Mer govern- ment has, with the concurrence of the opposition, voted $32,000,000 for cam paign purposes. Another $100.000,000 is asked ior, and, if necessary, it will be voted. = All the liberals desire, or can desire, is information as to the purgiose Tor which this hnge vote is to be applied. It may be said that the should not know about the details of the war accounis. Surely not. © Bat the enomy is not represented in' par- Kawent, and. the -people's 'representa- tives may be edified, oven confidenti- ally, without injury; to 'the country. The liberals have been imitating most 'faithfully their prototypes in England, and have heen co-operating most. heartily with the government in its war measures. All they have sug. gedted is a continuance of a truce until the war fs over. * It is not an unreasonable proposition. Senator Loughbeed, of Calgary, in: dulges in wierd language. He said, on a gecent occasion, that an election might come "like a thief in the night." Tho Toronto News approaches the subject more diplomatically, by observing that while a political riot would be very much out of place in » Britain, it would not be any more surprising in Canada than it had been in Australia and New Zealand. « There is added from Ottawa the fin- ishing touch, namely, that the gov- ernment will not give any: informa- tion or assurance to the Opposition with regard to its jntentions, and if ¢ it mishehave "it will be answered hy _ an appeal to the country." : i Clearly thei is a mess at Oltawa * which will not stand stirring up. One gets an inkling of thia'in the. oft. Canada d_ threats, that if the ministar. of militia is not sacrificed by Sir + Robert Borden he may look out for squalls. 'The obpesition is quite will. ing to space it eriticism until the war ¥ is over, and the danger of comprom- Br public interests has passed. But 'if the governthént will have war, in ~ the rear as well as in the front, and _by a blind adhesion to the mast fatu- ous policy, it cannot be helped. Thera is no reason why the liberals should be stampeded info a surrendor. . DRILL IN THE SCHOOLS, The distractions from school study, _by the introduction of® drill, is very seriously questioned by Dr. T. S. Ba- ker, of the Tome High School, Part Deposit, Md, He represenis the class _ that has heen engaged in a peace pro- paganda as contrasted with a war op a, and he realizes how Io it is to argue against an agita- is made so general by the schools has been advocated 0 : reasofs--it gives the boys ex- | reise, though they™gel' that in the enemy | ing. The boy works intensively on his books while al school, and when he iq musteced into the army he works intensively at his military edu eation, of is inereased by Viaet that if this is not well done, boy's period at military service may ! be more than doubled. There 1t has | been found best to do one thing ata | time and do it well: | The. American school boy already has '#0 many distractions that it | coming more and more difficult io give him thy oducation he ought to Lhave, li puiting Mim into a uniform aud placing a gun in his hand would distract bis mind still further from his studies it is very doubtful ther the added help that would result to our army would compensate for the loss of the school's effectiveness, At the same time the war is making it difficult to keep the mind of even the school boy off it. The presence In Germany ibe intensiveness school work the is be- whe- of the military, in Canada, in prepar- ation for overseas duty, keeps the is- sue a live one, and makes it impossi- ble for the peace party to make the progress it desires. © Yet peace must come, ant with it a cessation from the clamour of the war party THE WAR AND THE. PRESS, The war is not, a source of profit to the newspapers--as some agine. people im- The dverage publisher is seri- the war, but in the world over. The papgr must have the news of the day, and pay for it at high prices. He must occasionally issue extras, which are a dead loss. They cost more than they earn. This may not be known to the average reader, but it iz the fact, nevertheless Then the official censor, or news suppressor, is the destroyer of the newspaper. He directly interferps with the agencies that, at great expense, have been or- ganized for the collection and circula- tion, through the press, of the news of the would. ously out of pocket, not only in theatre of The effect of the war in Furope has been to put many newspapers out oi busines, especially "if countries which are directly concerned in the conflict. Even in England only tho great pa- pers have hesh abletfo survive the strain. The Lotion Times, for in- stapes, reports the loss of. $10,000 in a single month, and from one class of advertising. Some of the weaker pul. fications have Closed. Wealth, great viches, and the judicious use of it, hy backers of the Rritish periodicals, will save some of them, and others must go to "the 'wall.' In Germany 'and France and Austria-Hungary the news- papers have, very largely, ceased to be. i * What is the effect in America? Mp, Villard, in the Review 6f Reviews, re- poris that the war has had a grave effect upon newspaper advertising in- come. All financial and steamship ad- vertising has practically ceased. Pub- lishers find a market chiefly for,war books and are advertising less than usual. And so it goes. The three strongest advertising mediums in New York lost, between August lst ond December 1st, 1,880, 1488, and 2,926 columns of advertising, respec- tively, as contrasted with their show- ing for the same months in J013. Ii we assume, very comservatifely, that they usually receive on"an average of $80 a column, this represents a falling off in income of ¥87,120,¥115,- 840, and $234,080, respectivély. So much for the financial or business side of the case. ln Cauada the papers have suffered from - the general depression, and not so much from the direct effects of the war. It is true that the advertising very HOON, Rae Cie ese the wisdom of striving to do business as usual; still the currents.of news have been seriously affected by the general censorship which prevails. In spite of it--the blue pencil which is so inex: pertly used, and the general ban of the law--soma reliable news is obtain- oil, but the war is not making or developing the specialists whose lei- ters, like thore"st Bennett and Bur leigh and Forbes, were masterpieces of literature. : ; EDITORIAL NOTES. Von Kluck drinks his punch while four thousand of his army bury their dead. A sample of the German cal- lousness: which 'has been a distinguish. ing characteristic of the war. = God pity the poor in this incleraen weather. There are men in the city who are willing to work at anything, in order to earn money, and are idle. help the people in, their distress. So sevecal firnis "have been given permits to cut ice within the danger of nipkel or nickel matter. (3 en eouncil and school board, to The ;Council. must do, something to} -- . the skull and eross-boned propriate ¢ Very ap: Several Boards of Trade in Ontario have passed resolutions, asking tha | government 6 forbid the exportation | Will these move the government ? It is doubt. ful. For some reason it is wedded io | the nickel 'combine. The | president of the [nited States | prevent the exportation of wheat. Why should he if, after pro- viding for the wants of the people,~in ' cannot seed and flour, there is a surplus of 320,000,000 bushels oi wheat? Some | people . like to he They . should be suppressed. Poor old Emperor Franz Austria, thinks of ahdieting, pity it is that he did not do this long ago? In advanced years, in what appears to he his dotage-- what a shame it is to have him wor ried by thé anxieties of a hearilesa war. : panicky. Josef, ot What a his Public Opinion A Powerfal Word. Toronto News, "The Spirit of the Press" heading used by a Why. not shorten it "Cider 7' is a stock Toronto paper. to one -word--- Tell It Again. Exchange. Some wise Johnny is urged to tell us why the product of cacao seeds is called, not cacao, but cocoa. Our | private opinion is that the first Fng- | lishman who tried to spell it was an inebriafe es Doesn't Want It. | Toronto Mail } "Billy" Sunday is holding revival ! services in a state where it costs a | man a million dollars to be elected to the United States senate. There ought to 'be a permanent job for him in Pennsylvania. : A Gentle Rebuke. Ottawa Journal Really, neither Canadian correspon- dents nor our Pritish eontemporaries | need think it necessary to megaphone | eo the doings of Canadian troops | even if they do capture a trench ata | cost of soveral killed. Fire Him. Hamilton Speciator It seems that Armand Lavergne, who 'protests against Canada's par- ticipation in the war, is a lieutenant- colonel. A fitting rebuke for his con- duet would be to deprive him of his rank and deam him, out of the. regi- ment. . Kingston Events Twenty-five Years Ago 'William Byers, first mayor of Gan- anoque, gave a reception to the wen cole- brate the change to" town. B.. W. Folger, superintendent of the street car Line, says it is likely that street cars will goon be run by clectricity.. The electric system is a success in about two hundred places. The Kingston foundry company will manufacture castings for 100 govern- nent cars. The ice men are getting a. bumper crop. La grippe is still holding forth in the city. The doctors are working wight and day. from village BETRAYED BY OFFICERS All Time Hiding Behind Of German Soldiers. he correspondent of the New York Herald, syriting from Petro- grad, gives some stories of a civi- Lian phugislan aealetige. the, wangd. | ed at Vilna, as told him by wound- ed German prisoners. One of them is very striking. It is that of Mor- itz Pleiffer, a non-commissioned of- ficer in the Prussian Guard reserve, coming from Berlin, by profession an engineer. Both his hands were badly wounded. 'When the ambu- lance found him hé had been lying for four days abandoned in a little forester's hut. He was very grate- ful for everything done for him. "I am a Social democrat," he said, "and bave sdways paid hy sunhserip- tien regularly to our corporation's fuds, We always protested strong- ly against war, but when it became negessaty = to defend 'Germany against the Cossacks all my cols leagues stood up like one man. However, we have been vilely be- trayed and deccived by our coward- ly officers hiding all the time behind our backs. We had no warm clothes and our boots are no use in the rough country here. We have gone hungry for weeks and been kept freezing through the night in le woods they their time { ter a kick that some people put their | igin; rich in chirophyl and opulent, | in butyraceous. qualities." THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22 191 Circumstances alter cases, especi- aly finaneial circumstarpces All the world loves a lovery The world loves to he amused. A woman can dtien make a man feel cheap by calling him dear. Many a woman sits up for her hus- band in order to be prepared fo sit down op him, t's only when they waat to fegis- best foot forward. -- Have You Noticed It ? I saw a girl, the other day, And by the merest chance She looked at me --- 'twasf just time To meet my casual glance in Then she did just what other girls Do always, everywhere, She raised her hand up to her head, And gently smootlied her hair. No matter where on earth you go, It is astonishing, Girls, meeting unexpecied eyes, All do the selfsame thing! ---~H. 8. Hoskins, in the New sun, > York A Prosperous Scheme. "Doing any good 7' "Yep. Got a business men's ath- letic class; tuition, $5 a year." "Well, those rates are attractive, but too low to pay youn." "You don't get the idea, drop out in about two weeks, start another class.""-~Judgé, Farmer And Professor. "What'are you giving your cows now in the way of glactagogues?" "Oh," said the milkman, who has just' been graduated from Purdue and 'is not to he stumped by any Butler College, pedagozue, "their sustenance is wholly of vegetable or- "A pint, if you please," said the professor, "@it up," said the milkman, --- Philadelphia Star. Bill Rendered. Dutton---You should pay more at- tention to your personal appéarance, (H old chap. Remember clothes make the man, De Broke---Yes, but for me man refuses to make any clothes.--Boston Transeript: that the the more A Latle: Nonsense Now and 'Then, "Then you dont think I practise what 1 preach, eh?" queried the min- ister, in talking with one of the dea- cons at a meeting, "Ng, sir, 1 don't," replied the deacon. "You've 'been preachin' on the subject of resigna- tion for two years, an' ve haven't resigned yet."---Tit-Bits. Little Archie was told to put down a sharp knife he was playing with, but did not do 'so, When he cut his finger, he yan to his mother, who eald, "There! ' Now 'don't come to me. for sympathy." "I don't want sympafy," said Arehie; 'I want a rag."---Boston Transeript. ' a The recruitrbeing most anxious to get into Kitchener's army, is de- termined to accommodate himself to any conditions as they arise. Officer (filling in form)--What's your re. Hglon? . Zealous reeruif -- Well, what are you short of? --Punch English village worthy (discussing .possibilties of "invasion)" -- "Wall: there can't he no battle in these parts. Jarge, for there bain't no field 'suitable, as you may say: an' Squire 'e won't lend 'em the use of 'is park." --Punch. 2 EE HET tient)--"Ah, madam, I percieve that you are all run dewn, & complete nervous wreck, in fact. (Seizing up luxurious environment, and ah- sently falling fnto his usual formula.) I would advise a change of scens-- er---say a little trip to Europe--*'| Lady shrieking)---"Cood gracious, doctor, I've just come from there!" | --Judge. Father--Son, can't you possibly! cut down your college expenses? 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