YEAR 82 NO. 30 ES ---- CANADIAN TROOPS IN THE FLOODS ON SALISBURY KINGSTON, ONTARIO, PLAIN HOW UNITED STATES PEOPLE REG * The Views of Various People on the Issue. MAY BEST MAN WIN EVERY ENERGY MUST BE USED 1. TO REMAIN NEUTRAL. Some Oppose Providing Any Goods For the War--The Propagandas of the Germans and Irish In the Unit. ed Statese~In 'a Showdown (he States Would Be With the Allies «=A Kingstopian Writes To the Whig. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 31 --(To the Editor): Having spent the past week travelling as far west as St Louis, Mo,, through parts of the sta- tes of Michigan, Ohlo, Indiana and Illinois, stopping at some of the lar- ger eitles, I thought perhaps you might be interested in an idea of the t of the people Rafer and: those Who "Were LL the war policy. .He wal of opinion that this fecling will grow as pews of the loss of friends and | relatives rea¢hed this country, and will be a 'factér in offsetting the ef- | fects of the pro-German campaign! whigh 'Is 'being syatematically work- Justice of Peace Praises 8 he r in Europe ARD WAR ed here: Yet against this is the opinion of a Chicago man whose ter- ritory extends south to the gulf. He informed me that in the earlier stages of the war he thought this wag possibly so, but he considered opinion Ih the south now inclining towards Germany who was looked upon by the man on street as a possiblé winner He said the general public had expected the allles to have made more progress and thelr expectations not _ heing realized so far, there was develop- ing a kind of "hats off" feeling to Germany who was withstanding the attacks of the allied nations. He was also inclined to think the feel- ing was not as favorable to the allies as at the opening of the war, he- cause many now hold that war would eventually have come anyway as England they claim had been gradu- ally encircling Germany and endeav- oring to hinder or stifle her ecom- mercial expansion One Is struck hy an apparent feel- ing prevailing 'may the best win" --without it who is thought to be the hest man, or whose cause Is just. This is no doubt an outcome of the "watching aud waiting" policy, with tendency told thus naturally . There is the oxpressed opinfon: everywhere that ovety en- ergy must be strained to remain neu- tral and keep out of the war. | have talked with many and listened to conversations and the above fives idea of opinions generally © prévail- ing. This section' of the : United Sia- ~ Dr. Chase's Ointment After Nine Years of AS & means of healing sores and wounds that daty ordinary treatment t has long stood MR. HEATH. Agony He Escaped an Operation by Using This Great Healing Agent. and gradually the new skin 'is formed and the sore omes. smaller and smaller, until it finally disnphears, it is often wonderful the resu ts which are accomplished in a single night hy the use of"this great g ointment. Moi ~ A. Heltth, J.P. Fitch Bay, ue, writes :--"Nine years sgo I was taken with an abcess, and cannot be gin te describe what 1 have suffered as a result. I was examined by two = a oe on cured, Than ks to Dr. Chase's ment, it has rendered an operation unnecessary, and has completely cured me. I cannot soy enough in praise of this wonderful ointment which cured me after nine years of agony." . Dr. Chase's Ointment, 68¢ a box, all dealers, or Edmanson, Bates & Ca, parts are cleansed, Limited, Toronto. Le SKA Te A, Shp RRM CHa roy NIH Home AND Go SEATING PERE Foo Al ini aon sab MERE'S TRAY Sw S-MNEXF DOOR. SHES Got » GO LE Th MEET ner AND 6C'r toy mini ELL. Queen A SKAT INS heing | the | man | devoted to Dr. Bernard heing admitted ' reply to Mr, C | porals, look after the German cause, li ad ng: side. The s makes out good: cases. for Lis coun. the ad An nah © ay for | try closing with an extract from the a y and that U "Hidtes || : nd with her : was. suprised 10 | does mot apparently strike ihe aver. "of them antagonistio{nge person ~ | Belgium's neutrality 'would be Cb Men SHE 'g FIGURE ifn 1 im Ri x i -------- -- i ! and that recruiting in'Ireland was a i failure. Instead of the 300,006 men ! England expected, she only ebtained { 27,000. Thu: 20,000 of these were Orangemen and the other 17,000 | were loafers and "gut-ef-works who | would join anythijg, although Eng: | land with her. lyin cables Hdd given out, the Impression in America that the recounting wae successful, It is to laugh This gives some Idea 'of 'influences at work against the alliés' cause; out I am inclined te take an aeplimistic view and; be of opinion that in the last analysis 'if it had to come to » . show down, the United States would for Ie Poles aren Anas | ha found with {he allies.--H; B , tes is being depleted of horses and | mules to such an extent that an agi- | tation is commencing that the eo. { port of these animals should be stop- | ped, somé claiming the people are doing themselves an injugy in allow- | Ing such exporiation. In fact there are those who contend the mannfac- turers of war materials should turn oi flown all orders and thus endeavor | bread by local bakers _praviding the to bring the conflict to an end. With | bakers oi Syracuse, Utica and' Os- I regard tothe ship purchase -hill-of | vego which ship large quantities of | course the Republican: press fis! bread to Watertown decidé: to follow knocking it hard. - | the example set by Detroit und Chi- | Two factors working against the |vago bakers yesterday. At the pres allies are. the propagandas of the |sent Hamp loaf. of fifteen ounces in Germans and Irish, "A page in the the dough is being sold at retail 'in { Bt. Louis Ropublican of this date is] this eity for five'cents, a. decided Dernberg's | loss to the bakers at the prevailing arnegie's peace = pro- | price of flour. : Dr. Dernherg was the for-| Fleur ji 28c, a barrel: here mer colonial secretary to' Germany yesterday" afternoon with the an- and -hes heen sent to - America to nounéement that. wheht was selling af He {164 in tho Chicago it. With » PREAD IN WATERTOWN; NX. yv, Advance a Cent a Loaf This Week; Watertown, N.Y5 Fob. 3.<One cent more a loaf will he ohar, for will ot. Sep. rod W a t is any" di ot the ad hex treaty obligations. in in: now aollingd § DARL: her action now was not wan - $2.90 a sack ob a 8%, bar ton. Belgium was of supreme mili- | rel," when pirchased in. saok Tots. tary importance in a war with! or et---- ENGLAND AND AIR PIRATES France: if such a war occurred t | | would be one of life and death: | iti ) ySermany. feared that if she did not, Not Likely To Follow Rustia's Fx. jocctpy Belgium France Tight a ample, Says Exper(; 0 London, Feb, §.-The anfiounce- ment that Ruasia would treat ag pir: ates airmen who shelled unfortified 80." * Ha fails however to ngland bad put the-question to both towns has been' received with great interest in England. A prominent $0} | Germany and France ag to whether re- | Spected, and that France néplied in | the affirmative but that Germiginy re- | fused to auswer, ; official, 'however, sald that Russia's The" German-American Alliance composed of persons of German des- cent, .anmounces that il intends to take. an active Interest in politics hereafter, and will' favor or oppose candidates without regard to their politiéal * affiliations. © Such action not: being based on politieal convie- | tons will tend to confuse issues and prevent results of elections having any elear-cut meaning, as they will vote not as Americans but gs des- | dure. : cendgnts of a foreign race. . The - announcement of the alliance at this The Real And The Unreal. Hug i no doubt intended to help| Detectives in fiction are always udny's cause, and an attempt to called upon for assistance, but des influence the attitude of the govern-| tectives in real lite simply butt in.-- ment. Judge. Then comes Senmas MacManus, | Irigh - % novelist - and lecturer' from negal, on pn Igeture tour | es Pas RE he Bion Sua tes QeVEFTNg tirgdes against England in an en- deéavol to stir up those of Trish des- {eent. «In St. Louis he told the peo- 'plo that England was the hypoerite Among the world's nations add that no refpectable Irish boy would en-| list for war on Germany. = He stated | that John Redmond had betrayed the Irish in Girging them to ald the allies ed here. He pointed out that avia- tors act under orders from the mili tary authorities and it would be dif: sibility: for the killing by a bomb upon-a certain individual. The official op'iion in England is that a. eourt Ww discharge any captured airman Who came to trial under the ordinary. eriminal proce. Hears the TAA A mm ei | 1 0 anf aan tuber action world probably not be follow-' ficult for a court fo fix iae respon-! . 'The Daily British Whig FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, HUNGARY FOR HERSELF | Government Requisitions Wheat and i Stops Export To Austria. Rome, Feb. 5.--It is reported from Trieste that the Hupgarian govern- ment has requisitiofed wheat ana other eereals held bf farmers and merchants, who havd been forbidden to export any to MKusiris. Even | consignments already contracted and paid for hy Austrian importers have | been seized and-wHi wat be allowed { to be delivered. + This measure has pi | #pread discontent and | Vienna, where it is | illegul, as all 'wheat avallablé in the dual menarchy should. bé equally dis- | tributed throughout the empire, lest 2 wheat fainine should bé averted in Hungary and hastened in Austria { and other 'less Dr ged regions. The Poles: are equdlly indignam { against 'the Austrians. and Germans who"are. expelling, Galician refugees from Vienna and Pragué owidg 10 the mpossibility of feedilig them. b 'Bhe gevernment hes ordered the | proportion of flour and fyé used in | bread making to be Hinltéd to five | per cent: Rice, pots , Oats aha | Indian corn are to. réplés wheat. This femedy, however, 18 insufficient | to dvert the inevitablé wheat famine and the situation aggtavatéd owing to thé necessity of feeding the - Ger: | man troops sent to defend Huhgacy. SMALLPOX OUTBREAKS i aked wide: | fon in coniridered to he < The House of Quality "Where the Clock Js On the Walk." Our February Discount Sale Is Well Under Way The Past Week We Have 'Saved Many Dollars to Our Customers. We Have the Greatest Variety of Dia- mond Rings Between Toronto and Montreal, * In Single Stone Diamond Rings You Are Reported All Over Province Ontario, Board of cases of smallpox, diphtheria and ty- phold fever in January, as compared with the last vear. "Smallpox was reported from "the following counties: Brant, Lambton, Middlesex, Muskoka, irsing, Norfolk, Ox*org, Parry Perth, Thunder Lay, Waterloo, lington, Wentworth and York. The total number of eases of com- municable diseases for the month was 1,187, as compared with 1.051 for the corresponding period in 1914, the deaths being 79 and 120 resped- tively. Smallpox eases numbeied 170, as compared with 76; diphther: ia, 303, against 201, and typhoid fe- ver,"147, against 48. ip- nd, el FOR FOOD NEUTRALITY Switzerland Ready To Fight, Says One Of Her Ministers. Geneva, Feb. 5--~The new Swiss minister to Italy, M. de Plants, Switzerland 1s ready to f i food neutrality. SM. He 'Plante sad: "Our national organizaflof ia' as- sentially defensive, and the newtral- ity which we have always sbsérved cannot be broken except . three cases: (1) The violation of eu- trality by a third .pacty: (3) af at- tempt upon our territorial Integrity; and (3) a threat to starve us hy preventing food irom crossing our frontiers." This is the first thme a Swiss in his official capacity has sald "that Switzerland would consider { page of food supplies 4 cf Delll, Swiss papers strongly uphe I Him. FATHERLAND OX A DIET German Papers On the Food Redtele: tion. ' : 1 ' i~ Steck. 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