British Whig S2ND YEAR The Pohlished Dally and Semi-Weekly hy THI BRITISH WG PLBLISHING CO, LIMITED. "dG Rott v.,;... iiss eveen President aman A. ung Managing Director | and Feo,-Treas, ! 4 COLLISION NOT DESIRED I'he Canfidian Gazette is clearly an noyed because the Colonial Secretary, Hon Mr. Harcourt, has not seen his | way clear to call a meeting of the Im perial Conference in 1915 Ihe do minion governments had not asked for | Hon. Mr." Har court does not see the appropriateness the conderence, and of calling it during the war The Australian premier has intimat ed that a' conference will not be amiss, and the Gazette thinks the Canadian minister should make bis de upon the subject. to be prive sires known Con eficctual can only be favourable cannot be ferences conducted under circiim stances, and these reason ably associated with a great war and | 8 distractions. Hon. Mr portunity Figher may desire an op to express himseli He Canada on en hesitat pursued the sorry rent events has not say that | course of abandoning the ngval policy Buelhess OM crsvsnne 348) Baits) Poo . vances 338 1 Fob Office . 292 | - SUBSCRIPTION RATES | (Datly Edition) | (lus year, delivered in city 8. ! One year, if paid in advance ... 5.00 2.50 | Ome .$3.00 a (Bomi-Weekly on ne year, by mail, cash " 1.00 ne vear, If not paid In advance. . 1-54 ear, to United States ... ix and' three 'months pr Xx and three months pro rata. * job 'Jone year, by mall to rural offic One Jear, to United States ., i Attachied Is one of the best srintlug offices in Canada. A EB. Smallpeice U. 8 F 225 Fifth Ave. ce Frank R. Northrup, Manager. ble ribune Bldg. ago 'rank R. Northrup. Manager. DANGERS OF THE DAY. Wo hear a lot 'about First, Second and Third Contingents going from | liereabouts to fight France's battle, but what - about contingents from Quebec ?--Mail and Empire, Stirring up strife, eh ? It's a big occupation for a presumably big pa- per. On one side we have men of the Lavergue type, who are busy day afid | night. making it appear that the { French arse suliering an injustice at the handy of the English people, and, ; by word and deed, fomenting bigotry and strife. On the other side have papers like the Mail sneering at the loyalty oi the French in- sinuating that be trusted. Against or performances of both all lovers oi fair play and of peace must. emphatically protest. Lavergue and bis kind. must be 'suppressed. 'Fhey a pest "to the nation aud to their own copntrvy- men. © The Mail should be shamed in- to silence. _. GERMANS DESTROY GERMANS, A sccond time the! German aero- planes "have tes a'menagy' and an injury "to tle Germans. "It will be remembered that when Sir David Beat- ty bad his fist collision with the Ger- man fleet off the Bight of 'Heligo land, and sank some of the German ships, the British battleships ungder- took to save 'the perishing crews, While this merciful task was in pro- gress the airships hovered over and dropped their bombs. Many of the wounded and unfortimate Germans had to be abandoned because their salvation under the circumstances was not possible. The ' experience, heartless on the part of the mang, was repanted when the Bluecher The British ships again to rescue the: Lier man crew, | oh | we and they not tp the are practices are" 80 'Ger- was sinking. essayed or that portion of 'it which had been carried down in the ind the airships: made it impasdible hy their attacks. These airships did not do: the battleships' any but they would Lave had they tinued their merciful service. So that Germany has been punishing herself quite as much by her indiscreet and reckless work with ber airships. Life to her is of no value. Hatred and Jie ok 4. GTR Coif A en es SETTING THE PACE HERE. Fhe city is getting av advertisement that counts for something. It is be ing heralded far and near--and by cor- respondents whose good work in this , Hespeet- cannot be tou highly com- wended--that less than one Per cent. of 1014s taxes remmined uncollected at the end of the year. «Is there anopher city in {he pro~ vince with, such' record ? If wo the Whig would like to hear from it. The money of the people may be frittered away, whichis a mild why olisaying that it may be wasted" in :injudicigus ° or untimely expenditures. But jt is all collected, and by an blicer * Whose first - year, through the financial de- pression and the war, was made more than usually trying. a It is a fitting continwhtion by' Me. _" Newlands of 'un experience which be- © gen under Mr. Bartels, and it con- trasls fdvourably with the experience in the olden days when the rolls of several years were in the bands of the collectors, and a clean up was a seem ing impossibility. ° Tt is recalled thut this condition of things was jektiféd in the Council on the ground that it was paralleled i dition in almost every io. Now Ki unto the oth 4 they are in The Utilities' Comugssion is said to be engaged in considering what it can do in the way of cutting rates? It can do a whole lot, apd the soomer the better, £38 1 not wreckage, harm, con- vited to copy it LE mi | 10m. ! earned, and during - ates. He, ; 2a to which the conference of 1909 I'he in colonial fleets, which can be committed. Australians believe com and Australia could have been--had Canada built her bined, as Canada's ships according 'to purpose--for opera- tions in the Pacific. Mr. into It might not do to bring Ion Sir Robert Borden collision just mow, and Canada's pre- de bring this collision Fisher and mier ig not likely to make any mand that wif ahout, ep --_ VIGOROUS IN LANGUAGE. "I tell you, gentlemen of Philadel phia," shouted Billy' Sunday, at a recent meeting, '"Pennsylvapia' is the worst whiskey-soaked state .in the un- The reason you have not got laws to prohibit the liquor traflic in : Pennsyfivania like von have laws to | grown smaller, and men gre seduc- tion, is because you've got a lot hog-jowled pawns on prohibit murder, stealing and of politicians the liquor who are just chessboard . oi gang. Won't strawberry tanks quit and wreaking crushed vou give God a chance = If any of our elergymen roligved his lurid as that Mr. i a Man of varying emotions. He. can talk in vihen he likes feelings in language so he Sunday would surdy* be criticised. a lady-like manner Last week some of the upper class invited him , to address them at their They bad heard so much about him, and to the Yes, afraid; for sdh- times he breaks away from all conven- tionalilies and says things about pec. that rufbles their feelings. Fhe one oi houses were afraid to go taberbacla and. hear him, ple | wonder is: thdt he would discriminate botween his ° audiences. But he did, and this. select audience, judging him by the weal mico way in which he con- ducted himseli, felt that he had been ¢landered by the press. . 'he press, by the way, is having its own experiences in these days. When it prints what any one says, of a dis- _paraging nature, it is assailed. When it makes light of something, or de- clines to believe that they are as bad are they are painted, it-is called to account. Occasionally a clergymen can be found - who essays to, supple- meat the work of the pregs--and fails to lift the lid. Perhaps "Billy" Sun- day can be induced to come here. Heo will accept any report about the city, no matter how bad. report about - Philadelphia, quoted above, and he immediately. followed it up by converting all tha evil-doers into trail-hitfers, ma -- i -- \ RISK IN USEFULNESS. The Royal Military College is com- ing into a distinction whieh jt has the years when quiet work 'was being done, without any anticipation of war. The South Africa war brought into prominence Col. Girouarg, one of its early gradu- tes. ficgt, in) Verynt, Kitchener, and in South Africa, un- der Roberts, became a distinguished engineer. He merited the recognition of the War Oflice, and in various ea- pacities gave evidence of his high ad. ministrative power. The present war has pened the way for the prgmotion of other graduates, and ere the kaiser and his minions have been. suppressed, they will be heard from. Two of them, who ac Imowledge proudly that they are na- tives of this city, have risen rapidly in the profession, and are to be con- gratulated. These are Lieut.-Col. ' Lesslie and Major Carson. They have, early in their military careers, found scope for - their activ- ities, in the imperial service. How fortunate thé} are when compared with 'a former commandent of the col. lege, a man of brilliant trajning, who had no gpportutity to see active service ! There will be no regret of that kind now. The war gives every officer the chagee to win distinction. One thing more it has done, name- ly, shown the value of the training to be received at the Royal Military Uol- lege, and if it is not the leading edu- cational tmstitution in Canada it will uot be because the scieace of war has uot been raised to the place of first importance. vA . iia A WORLD'S BIG MAN. Dr. Jobn Re Mott, a leader in mis ed to! was | 3 mending He accepted the i ! ever yv 'one with his most comforting optimism. He is a poweriul speaker because he has the voice and delivery; { varied vocabulary with he* has a 1 | which to clothe his thoughts, and he | understands his subject. At the outset he pictured the dan- | gers that beset T hinstianity, and dag- | gers which could be met and disposed | {of by a united Christianity. While the dangers were many the opportunities . The tide in favour of The question were inviting. Christianity was rising. was how it would be taken advan- tage might that. his audience situation he of best, and appreciate the opened the windows of China, as it! were, and gave the people a peep into Ihe intel: | lectual centres Ihe classes heard him gladly, and places the students had enter- nto compacts to study the gospel, that their to dollow them what was going on there were influenced rdueated n some ed and, convinced were citly, The attitude of correct, the governing classes { by work of 'Dr. marked governor com- the Mott _and exhorting them to be faithful: One got [* glimpse, too, of the president of the was one Chinese republic, by what was said of him, that he wanted Dr. Mott to main in, China, that while Coniuscian- re- [ism taught the truth, Christianity taught its disciples to obey the truth. As one listened to the inspired mes- delivered with the greatest im- pressiveness, he thought of the old- time .missionary meetings. The Jull houses, the grand music, the impas- sioned speeches, the entrancing stories of missionary bravery and missionary sage. | heroism are all in the past. | As Dr. Mott gbserved the world, by ! devices, has supposed | to understand it better. Yet they are lamentably ignorant of what is going on abroad, and 'they are more partizu- discovery and moderg missions. Who, or responsible for this contracted "or de- what agency, is fective mission ? EDITORIAL NUILES. Laval University, Montreal, joins in the clamour | tion of bi-lingualism in Ontario. This , agitation will die out the soomer if | people will Jet it alone, I'he programme is out the special serviced, churches and «chools, in observance of the One Hun: dred Years of Peace. It is an elabor- ate und appropriate affair. a-------- Watertown contemplates the pointment. of a city manager. not the whole push, but the big push, and carries out, economically and efliciently, the orders of the coun- cil. © A good man is worth to the municipality, his weight in gold, Dr. Mott's reference to the world as a great whispering gallery was a happy phrase. It was suggested by the later feats of the Bell Company in telephoning from Boston half way across the Pacific. One dreams now of a message going around the world and being delivered while you wait. in | | i | ap- He is "the won raid. It was intended to celebrate | kaiser's birthday by something | derful in the way of a nayal But something went wrong with the I plans, and on his birthday the om. peror realized his waning power. Yet a little and the world will cease to do him reverence. | Heads Cowbell Committee, { "My som Is certainly getting on in | college." "What now?" "He's to 'be chairman of the com- | mittee on cowbells and fish horns the night of the class rush." teachings | impli: | for a larger recogni- | Sunday | '{ Kingston Events 4 Twenty-five Years Ago post ollice orderly Royal Military College, has rember of the Canadian militia ide seventeen years. At the \paugural meeting of Fron- | tenac Coubty Council to-day, Joseph { Woodrufi was elected warden. ¥ ose and Hunter. wiil hold evan- gelistic services in the Jubilee Church, I'he ice boats are spinning over the harbor apd the sport is much enjoyed. Sergt. Brough, iat the i been a PLAYS AND PLAYERS Briefs Concerning the Thoapians and Their Newest Vehicles a James B. Pond has made public in New York a cablegram from George Bernard Shaw regarding the author'd projected visit to America as follows: "Thanks, but rumor er- roneous as usual." The first performance of the prize winning play, "Children of Barth," presented by Winthrop Ames in the Booth Theatre, and the success- ful revival of "Rosemary," with John Drew, at the Empire Theatre, were the outstanding features of last week in the theatres in New York. Of the latest revival of "Peter Pan" at the Duke of -York's, in London', one critic writes: "This year's re- vival is particularly interesting, in that it marks the advent of a new , Peter and the return of the original Wendy. Miss Hilda Trevelyan"s per- formance as the dear, motherly little soul remains as fresh and winsome as on the occasion of the first pro- duction eleven years ago. There is a certain management about Miss Trevelyan's conception of the part which it would be difficult to ex- plain, but which makes' it a;sheer «+ joy. Miss Madge Titheradge is the new Peter, and she emerged from a trying ordeal with conspicious suec- cess. Her conception of the part is more masculine than some of her prédecessors, and she gets into it Just a little touch of dramatic force, which makes the performance a de- ligiftful one. } that | larly ignorant with regard to foreign | AUSTRALIA'S PLAN. Sydney, Australia, Jan. 28. --The Australian government announced that it had a plan for dhe formation of a rifle re- serve of half a million men, * which may be used in Europe if the war is projonged. Shr bere es $ : | Back To the Land Movement. Saskatoon, Sask, Jan. 28.-- Today, | even conservative authorities imcline { to admit the possibility of two dollar { Wheat in the comparatively adjacent future, which figure was twice ex- ceeded during the past forty-eight years. For instance, the average | price in the United States for the year 1867, was $32.33, and for the year following $2.43. 'The stand- { point assumed by wheat optimists is {that as normal prices are generally | characteristic 'of normal conditicns, {a continued advaces during these | troublous times is the more reason- { able likelihood. . At any rate, the | wide acceptance now accorded to the latter view involves the most glowing prospects for the wheat grower, and meny of the shrewdest business men of Weatern cities are taking up large tracts of land which will be seeded next spring. Upwards of ten thous- | and dcres have been thus disposed of i alone. = Aid to Wounded. Canadian Gazette. The splendid service which Cana glians are rendering to the wounded in the war is indicated in an article which we publish this week. No few- er than seventeen hospitals new at work owe their origin and mainten- ance to Canadian benevolence: There vice, and one group of Canadian nur- sides, the gifts in kind through the Canadian Red Cross Society and oth- erwise have been remarkable for | their number and usefulness. Germany. ARMOURED CRUISERS Tons. Scharnhorst ras CGoelsnaw, . .... .......:, Yooh. oma "Bluecher: = =. . ... 5... 1 ARMEL LINERS Cap Trafalgar. . . . .. ... Berlin. - ............ Kaiser Wilhelm. . . . 9.350 5,500 18,710 -17,324 Spreewald. , . sx dard ag ne Markomannia. . . . .. ...., Koenigen Luise. . QS. RUehbin. . . . .... 5. GUNBOATS JRBURE. ts vats vias ania LACE: | NT Iitis. . . $81 Tiger... .. 862 Mowe. . . . . . 199 "sing Tau Mies svateriand. .. iia is -..188 PR ea t= See EE Err German ajid British Nav ses . The following is a list of the naval GERMAN LOSSES 11,600] Bel TORPEDO-BOATS 4 during the past week In this city! are 160 Canadian doetors in war ser-, ses numbers no fewer than 103. Be- jof Men's Skating Caps Knitted Balaclava, white, green and greys. Special . Overshoes And Rubbers Men's Blue Suits ~~ $15.00 5¢ Hand tailored from fine soft English blue worsted. Special value: all sizes Men's Macki- naw Coats Men's Tweed Suits $12.50 Heavy wool reefers, button up neck, belted around. patch pockets .... Trousers to match, $3.00 per pair Men's Fur Coats $19.00 Fabrics are Scotch and English chev- ~ 1ots, rich browns and greys, in the very newest models, ready to try on, finished to your order in two hours' time. $4.75 § Men's $10.00 Suit Special Siberian dog skin coat, black or brown. lig King Suspenders | 2 se quality, Fine quality domestic tweeds, in the smart, three' button sack style, good patterns, good workmanship, "perfect fit or no sale; sizes 33 to 44. Men's Overcoat ~-- Sale Society Brand Ulsters, $20 & $22.50 garments, $15.00 Night Shirts ] Ami Se "$1.00 value, for Pure white Canton flannel: NL Len 12 50 | See our great $10.00 storm ulsters Overshoes And Rubbers 78, 80 & 82 Princess Street Bibb 'Thomas Copley Telephone 987 » Drop a card to 13 Pine street when wanting anything done in the carpeas ery line; Estimates given mn all kinta repairs and new work; also hard- wood toors. of all Kinds. All orders will receive prompt atten'lon. Suop 1 Queen Sueet losses of Great Britain and LIGHT CRUISEKS Magdeburg | Kolo 5 | Konigsherg | Leipzig. . . TAriadpe.. .. 4 Hela..." . .... Cormoran. . i Geier NOTICE Having decided to stay at my present place of business, all or- ders placed mow for monuments to be erected in. the spring will have my best attention. ie J. E-MULLEN Cor. Princess and Clergy Sts. Phone No ry SKATING TO- ou ARE YOU READY? IF N. Taku : 284 Eight others have been reported | sunk. : { 1, number unknown. SUBMARINES U 1s. NURI, Tis. : Fens a a a AO | 'And one other. : BATTLESHIPS Bulwark, .... «0000S 15,000 Formidable Svs wen 1 5,000 LIGHT CRUISERS BRITISH Losses ~~ , | : 1 ARMOURED CRUISERS Good Hope... .. . :.. ..14,100 Aboukir. .. [00 939g : ++. 212,000 ..123,000 Ce 95800 te 2sscapasattnns "ssenenn.. PHONE S529 FY) bd i)