y te en rr SH ¥ § i t | i ~ . nbd ES Anme gy LER = eopy it in anything. I $ - PAGE FOUR , The British Whig 82ND YEAR. Published Dally sud Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING ! CO, LIMITED, President «++. Managing Director and Sec.-Treas. Telephones: Business Office Job O re rn, SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Daily Edition) One year, delivered jh city 6.00 One year, if paid in advance .... $5.00 One-year, by mail to rural offices $2.50 One year, to ' United States 3.0 ix and three months pro rata, (Semi- Weekly Edition) One year, by mall, cash 1.0 One year, if not paid id advance, $1.50 One vear, to United States 1.50 8ix and three months pro rata. Attached 1s one of $rinting offices in Can TORONTO REPRE: H BE Smallpeice .... . 32 Church St I. 8. REPROSENTATIVES New York Office ..,... 235 Fifth Ave. Frank R. N rup, Manager, Chicago «+. Tribune Bldg. rank R, hrup, Manager. THE BALANCE OF The Whig's will remember the vimit of 4) Fuglish . financial agents to discuss with: the American treasury experts the large balance of trade in favour of Britain. This bal- ance was estimated at $230,000,000, and the British officials brought about a shipment of $100,000,000 in gold to fanndé in adjustment of the account: But very soon, and much sooner than some expected, tigre has been a change in the account. The balance of trade, through tlie heavy exports of the United States, is on the other side. The result 'has been brought about in three ways, by the large shipments of war material, of cotton, and 'of wheat. The. rate of exchange fell, at the "same 'time, from the 'high ; figurés of "August" and September to below "normal. In January 'the rate was 'so low that, as the editor of the Review "of «Reviews remarked, "it was #0 ow. that { our bankers could + have furced importation; of European gold if. this had: been 'desirable." The bank- . Ors weve wise, in not forcing results in By ae - "hid been" duting the strain in ; cidental to 'the early stages of the war n the best job da. INTATIVE TRADE. readers er eed MEANING OF THE PHRASE. It was our' friend Dr. Clark, , of Red Deer, Alta., who, in his' discussion of "the address from the throne, magm fied the two 'sides which 'the "Made- inCanada" doctrine suggests. He said it savoured. of the phrase "Made- in-Germany'" and no one wanted to i Germany was not only ambitious to produce every- thing within the 'empire; but it had, | he said, been frightening off the goods * of foreign' nations. She had gone even further and had éssayed, to cleanse her dictionaries of foreign words. There would 'be no offence, we opine, if; following the ' war, Canada could do without any German imports, if indeed they were not excluded, and if a. penalty were imposed: for the ad- mission of them on any terms. To be sure, hs Dr. "Clark has 'pointed out, that would 'open a new fipancipl dithi- culty, for' without imports = there . Would be no eustoms revenue, and the country must have money,. in larger quantities, many millions' of it, to ada can have, however, from the al- lies and 'the neutrals. From the en- |: emy she. wahte nothing, and if the phrase, *Sade-in-Canads," . means the + exclisivencss referred 10 by Br. Clark, in 'one sens, it can be accepted hy the avordge Capddian without a griev: | n « . *s + ance. 4 xb pe mo mb 3 THE COWARDS CLEARED OUT: The disappearance of "h ie 0 | Orange order in Manitoba. 'bring out more ifs received a small strip of the North Seca coast extending from Calais to Dunkirk, Frapce, in addition, was to acknowledges the German annexa- tion of ium, What a mercy it was that Mr. Cail- laux and his pasty were turned down, and that about that time there was a reconstrugtion of the Fremch gov- ernment and for 'the purpose of elim- inating from it avery one who was infirm of purpose, and indisposed to fight for the honour of France to ihe last ditch. Tt wis about this time that the republic 'found its Jofire, a man of resource amd of iron, and a military leader wito followed the ex- ample of the pisemier, in divesting himsell of every wemkling who had a command in the army. ' During a war is hardly the time for a reconstruc- tion of a government or an army, but France has accomplished both, to her great credit and success. En en Sinise. ROBLIN'S VIEW THERE, According to the @range Sentinel the Roblin government of Manitoba is after the grand master of the It may be in pursuit of Mr. Edgecombe, of Winnipeg, but in 'what way is not apparent. He may be a public offi: cial, and the Sentinel says he would support the conservative party "if he could conscientiously do so." He opposed the government: in the ldst election, and so did most of the other members of the Orange order, and as the temperance movement was also very strong Sir _Rodmond nar- rowly escaped defeat. The cause of his offence was amendment io the School Aet, and, in place of persecuting the grand master, which the premie¢ .appears to be 'doing, he should, says the Senti- nel, placate the Orange party by seeking its friendship ald support. "He has alienated them," says our contemporary, "by operlg * the way for the eNablishment ol separ- He could to a large degree recover his position with his former party friends among the Orgngemen by repealing the obnox- ious clauses in the School Act, and returning to conditions as they ex- isted before the, Coldwell amendments were passed." : The surprise of the hour: is that a premier should undertake to prevent the re-election 'of a man to 'an office in any society, and Sir Rodmond's task may be surmised when the Sen- tinel calls upon the brethren to stand by : Mr. ' Edgecombe. ' Sir | Rodmond niust be a member of the order, and il' he is he 'will not 'hedge at . this an ate schools. juboture. ¥t'is Basier to win ott' By controlling ' an organization, and Sir Rodmond is: a man of art and achievement. He. could not manipu- late the temperance party and so he surrenders to it. There is a lesson in this which should not be overlook- ed. EX-PRESIDENT TAFT'S VIEW. Mr. Taft, ex-president of the Uni- ted States, has been in Toronto fill- ing an important engagement in con- nection with Toronto University, A good lady leita sum of money as a Foundation, and for léotirés of 1a certain kind, and Mr, Taft appeared as the first of the speakers and upon a subject that was cougenial to him, namely, the duties und functions of a president. He was very interesting, and in his own merry way poured a flood | of light upon a great public question. In' explaining the cabinet system of the United States government, and its lack of meahs of communication between the Cabinet and the House, Mr. Taft expressed himself as_strong- ly in favor of the British system i tions and answer questions "without He thought this would increase' the efficiency of the Cabinet me greatly expedite the business of Con- 'Direct 3 representation is. il d ily having the right to vofei | ae EDITORIAL NOTES. It does not seem that the kaiser has ever answered the president's birthday message. His nibs may have thought that the president was sarcastic and treated his "'compli- ment" "with scorn. He is not in love with American statesmanship at the present time. mn It will dawn upon the school board presently that every item of | expenditure must be sanctioned by it before it 'can be regarded as legal. The s8oner the principle is demonstra- ted that committees are only part of the board and have no power to contraet expenses the better. Hamilton and Peterboro are dis posed to test the ability of the school boards to demand any sum they please from the council for school purposes. Some day the = school boards will have to levy and collect their own. taxes, and then they will realize-what financing means. Mr. Cockshutt, M.P., of Brantford, suggests that the government as- sume the édntrol of foodstulis, and to the end that the prices, be kept from soaring. Good. Mr. Cock- shutt is the man who, in the last election, said the average working- man could live well on $9 "a week. At present prices ? The Temperance Hotel in Renfrew -- and a fine establishment it is--is do- is paying the stock- holders four .per cent, on their' mon- ey, and they are satisfied. It has proven ome thing, that the average traveller will pay for good accom- modation, and ° it should not be bracketed with a bar, ing well, It Brockville"s municipal dead- lock is not political. Then what is the 'difficulty about ? "The town is shamed," says the Times, "and its interests set back for years by ihe municipal wreckérs who have forced themselves upon the community." But the people are not obliged to put up with their intrustions. So Armand Lavergne, in politics, is be coming a great joker. *If Canada," he said," at a. 'meéting in Montreal, "is to remain British, it will be the province . of "Quebec . that will con- tribute most . to this end, for if the French-Canadians, are forced . to be English they will be American in- stead." This is'his last bolt at the "bi-lingual bigots of Ontario." ; P k Li g Q . o Sure, Friend. Syracuse Post-Standard. Congress has no easier way to. save public money than not to spend $30,- 000,000 of it ying ,trouble on the sea, . To A Political Reproach. Poronto Telegram. fay well cherish the hope soldiers who wear the boote C that the Bokden's "explanation of the "militar boot muddle, y Very, Welcome Evidence. Journal of Commerce. a Up: to the: present time the British have logt. in killed, wounded and miss- ing, 4,453 officers. "This shows very slearly that the British officer leads, aad oes not drive his me, nto the ght. - oe Another Bad One)" : Hamilton Herald. _ Neither ithe German army nor : the German navy 'has been EH of any- thing 'more das than -the recent at api le torpedo the British hospj- tal ship Asturias--which is saying a whole 'Tot. may never be as lame 'as: Sir Robert }: WAR STAMP TAX. War stamps make their fibst . + They are to be affixed to packages containing proprietary or patent medicines, perfumes and all wines. The tax is prac- tically ten per cent. of the value on the medicines, 5c per quart on the non-sparkling wines and' 25¢ per 'pint on champagne and sparkling wines. This tax 'was included in the budget present- to the House of Commons by the Minister of Finance, Hon, Ww. T, ite, Thursday after- noon, n regard to wines par- ticularly the tix comes into force immediately. : FREER PRE PERRI EP PPB R Ebert | WAR IN BROCKVILLE. Effort Now On Foot To Unseéat Al. derman ¥itton, bickering on Brockville still = drags along. Councillor A, E. Fitten, w represents the north ward, was served with notice of action ito unseat him for Sack of property qualifications. The hearing takes piace before the County judge on the 26th inst. "GOD SAVE THE KING." By James Flecker. : "God save our gracious King, Nations- and 'States and King, "God save the King! Grant him good peace Divine; But if 'hig wars be Thine, Flash on his fighting line Victory's wing! "Thou in his suppliant hands Hast placed such mighty lands: Save Thou our King! As once from golden skies Rebels with flaming eyes So the King's enemies Doom Thou and fling." Mountains that break the night Holds hé by eagle right, Stretching far wing; Dawn lands for youth to reap Dim lands where empires sleep His! And the Lion deep 'Hobrs for the King. But most. these few dear miles Ot star-flower-meadowed isles, England, all spring, Scotland, that by the marge Where the blank north doth charge Hears Thy voice loud and large, Guard, and -their King. - Grace on the golden dales Of thine qld Christian Wales Shower till 'they sing,-- Till Erin's island lawn Echo the' dulcet-drawn Song with a shout of 'dawn God save'the King." -------- + The Eiffel Tower. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Not long ago the Biffel Tower dele- brated 'its twenty-fifth b, day, and fio doubt a let Y, p le - to'remark that it was prefty tall fo its age" The Eiffel Tower is btill the standing joke of Paris. It this tallest of all man-made structures possessed the human. sense it could tell an absorbing story. For a 'quarteriof a century it has braved the elements, shrinking in the cold | ands expanding in the sun the most extgfided thermometer by many de- grees known to man. From its summit twice a day mean- time is sent out by wireless *! tele- graphy and countless chronowmeters are, thereby . regulated, '| Selentigty bave found it useful in ascertaining variations of atmospheric pressure, | and the result of their observations shows that the. tower. is. a 'mighty | barometer as well as thermometer. It offers the means: for many other,obs. servations of an interesting: nature. : In short, the gréut structure, which was designed as a world's fair wonder, a public attractfon, a' show feature, a marvel, a toy, has devel- oped 'factors of scientific: value of which it is doubtful if the ambitious designer ever dreamed; ; " Now it passes its quarter century birthday--ereet, rigid, sound in brace and bolt. Long may it stand! A Test or 'Honesty. Set ihectady Union-Star. you do if you saw a pocketbook on the street containing money? Wouls You keep it or attempt to. find the owner? v Or, put it another way." 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