\ ties, PAGE FOUR THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1915. The British Whig | 82ND YEAR. the Dardanelles, shores, to cover 'the seas and drive the German cruisers off. : And with the opening of the Dar- danelles will probably follow the col- lapse of the Turkish campaign; if it to guard its own iis mot followed by the collapse of the Lperty requirements for mumicipal elec- | | tions, German campaign. Every Britisher has a right to feel proud of his em- pire. She is demonstrating her power every day in new apd undreamt of ways, and she must eventuglly prove to be the greatest agency im pavi tne way for a permanent peace.» PREMIER VERY CAUTIOUS There is some advantage in pro- This is low qualification | enough now, and it has its value. It { makes the man who sperids the peo- 1 I | Published Dally and, fel el by | THE BRITISH WHIG a | ©0., LIMITED, { 3. a. Emote President | Leman A. 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Beginning with, the bold declaration that he is a 'gentléman, political7 leader and pib- 1," the Journal proceeds to ex- | name, saying, among other alt his things : "Mr." Rogers is no ordinary polits- | cian, He is a conservative of con- | servatives, and he says strong things sometimes, but he avoids personali- | fle likes his fellow men too! well to injure their feelings unneces- | sarily." That is the side of the man that! is now before the government. dependents ple's money feel that he has a stake in the community, and that when he is assessing the people, and taxing them, he is touching his 'own poe- ket and affecting his own resources. To be sure there is something in .the contention that the provincial legisla- ture is voting away the it is this most notable contrast that | suggests to the working classes the tional rules regarding idea that there should be no 'bar to public or municipal service. The issue | It was presented by a deputation of men, representing and jt is significant 'that the premier did not say what he would do about it. He had no hesitation in saying to the suffragettes who called upon him, "here's nothing doing," but he was more careful, and with good rea- son, in what he said to the labour men. STARVING OUT THE BELGIANS, So the poor Belgians, reduced bheggary, because of their devotion to honour and principle, because they were true to what Bethmann-Hollwey to be still further oppressed. Those described as "a scrap of paper," and there are 7,000,000 of them, and they who remain im the country, and cannot get away, are the slaves, the servants, the victims of the Germans. ! They have been robbed and abused at the will of the invaders. Most of these who lived in the cities and towns and villages 'have become the upon the world's ity. Those who had. means, or foods appeals to the rare political admirer. and fodder, had to surrender them on There is another side. | the practical politician, the implaca- | It is that of | the requisitions of the Germans. About a million and a half of them have people's | 292 | money, and in much larger sums, and | organized labour, | to | char- be a dediding vote, if absolutely in- dependent. The percentages of' depreciation re- the Hydro-Electrie Commission, in connection with our utilities, are as follows: Gas plant, 1.65 per cent.; water works, 1.12 per cent.; and electric plant, 3.72 per cept. This should produce a satis factory restoration or sinking fund. commended by ng L '| PUBLIC OPINION } What They Desire. Montreal Herald. i The Germans seem to be getting the same sort of victory in Poland that they got in the North Sea. A Raid Tnat Failed. Montreal Mail A baby was taken uninjured s from the wreckage after a Zeppelin drop- ped bombs on Calais. No Iron Cross {ior that commander. "Until Now!" New York World. "Until now," runs the German note to the United States govern- | ment-- 'UNTIL NOW, Germany has scrupulously observed valid interna- naval" war- fare." The Deal Issue. Brantford Courier. | An exchange hes an editorial on { "The Woeing of Italy." Meanwhile the Whoaing of Germany is the job | which the allies at present havé most lon hand. A Trip to Duff, Tdronto Star. The minister of agriculture ought {to 'observe the barnyard rooster, and he will see that there is not much {use in a rooster having a loud crow {unless he has the spurs to back = it up epee © 'After The Wedding. Guiiph Mercury. |. The Brantford Expositor rejoices in {the fact that no: tax has been put on marriage licenses. That's so, sonny, but after the wedding balls quit [ringing the) tax goblinll get you whether you watch out or not. amare Change Of Occupation. Montreal Mail German scientists are said to be {busy inventing substitutes for war | materials . that are growing scarce in Germany. It is a pity that they had | inot earlier Jevoted their envrgy, to in- | venting a substitute for war. ---------------- | taken by us several times. | chins, {their ears, and the lower portions of | | ces, | of these hairy, prehistoric cold mud- | | Butkingham palace--it | people an excellent jnsight into the| | conditions in whieh the war is being | carried on at present. ® THE FIRST EXPERIENCES. Of A British Soldier When He Went To The Front. : (Correspendence.) London; Feb, 23. --The eaptain in a linq.regiment has sent relatives a description of his first experiences. He writes: We halted at length in a village, and my company was detached to" take up a part of the front line of trenches. We stumbled out of the little black village into a perfect blaze of light and a pandemonium of | noise. The German star-light show- | ed up the flat, swampy countryside | (and ourselves advancing 'up the! road across it) with horrid distinet- ness. With all the bullets whizzing past overhead one felt one would have liked to ve slipped forward | into the cover 6f the trenches as un-| obstrusively as possible, and it felt embarrassing to be marching up a road as briefly lit as Piccadilly (in! the good old nights). We stumbl- {ed through a little village that had | been taken by the Germans and re- | This | ruined village, shown to us suddenly | in the violet glare of one of those starlights, photographed itself on one's mind as g picture of indeserib- able desolation. One felt quite glaa when the blackness suddenly hid it! again. i We stumbled through as quickly as possibly (the/road bad become a! running stream of water with occas- | | ional deep pools where a shell had! landed), and at the end: of the village | turned off the road into a turnip field and plunged knee-deep into a mar-| row, deep canal, technically known as a communication trench. We | sloshed along for a few hundred! yards, and then came to a broader, deeper trench, twisting away on ei- ther side at right an less to us. It was faintly lit at intervals with a bra- | Zier, and standing on a ledge here {and there were strange individuals pering through loopholes, with rifles' beside them. They had goatskin coats, cap-comforters on their heads, a week's growth of beard on their, usually a cigarette behind! their frame. seemed clothed simply! in a sheath of yellow clay. They | seemed uncommonly pleased to see us, these fantastic beings, who in or- dinary times are usually employed, ! in red tunics and busbics, marching | up and down in front of Bucking- ham palace and other royal residen- I would have liked to put ene dy creatures into the sentry box at would give! The silken ensign and Jack pres- { ented to the cruiser Kent in 1904 by the ladies of the county of Kent, hav- ing been torn to ribbons in the act-| tion off the Falkland Islands, when | the Kent sank the German_ cruiser! Nurnberg with the loss of all but se- | ven of her créw, a ladies' committee! has decided, with thw full approval of | The minute you are ready for your Spring Suit, Sir, we would like the pleasure of showing you the new styles. ; fo The first picking of the season is always the best picking. Note the Following Points The fine Selection of Fabrics! / The very high character of our Tailoring! . - The certainty of Correct Style! : The great value of our Expert Service that size or shape of man that comés to us. SUITS, - SUITS, $8.50. $10.00. OVERCOATS, $10.00. insures a perfect fit for any SUITS, SUITS. $12.50. $15.00. OVERCOATS, $12.50. SUITS. SUITS. $18.00 $20.00., OVERCOATS. $15.00. If our Suits don't surpass in beauty of style/in quality of materials, in workmanship, in perfection of fit and in actual value any suits you have ever seen, then we don't want your money _t= New Hats YS | ten Princess Street . Peay 25 YEARS AGO I the council of the association of the! Ham Be. A ; Men of Kent and Kentash Men, to! | replace the tattered flag with new col-| School Board considers building | ours.' It is also intended to collect | two new schools, one in western part | the fragments of the original colours | { {and deposit them fn some position of ble foe of the one who $4 not of his | been receiving the daily ration from party and who crosses his path. the Belgian Relief Committee. Their's «!"Com¢ to me if at any fime you has been abare subsistence. Day af want help," which the Journal mag- | ter day they have been lining up for Boots for Beware gf counterfeits | | owcsTen EVENTS | that his) money bags were so numer loans of millions and millions of dol- ilies ns the chief characteristic of the minister of public: works, exemplifies his political faith. Mr. Rogers does not pose as the man of supreme and uplimited bepevolence;, but as the their soup and bread. now to be cut off. But this {is As a result of the blockade, which cuts off the Ger- | man supplies, there is to be a' re prisal, and the Belgians must starve. manager of parties and elections. He [That is" the feat' which the German represents modern methods of win- | ning his way, and he possesses the | means thit makes him a, power in the! land. He wants the people to realize that he is the political engineer that will not stop at anything that is known to fame in order to accomplish . his purposes, and anyone is welcome to come along who falls readily into his The Journal is quite sure he would not do anything that is personally hurtful. His attack on Prof. Shortt, ofl only a few days ago, shows his disposition, under certain circum- stances. - Prof. Shortt said something ~a question from the public records ~and at once he shhkes with anger ard spits out his wrathy language. Suave, polished, courteous ! Some times. He can purr when he likes; But the purring is not suggestive of { BRITAIN'S AMAZING POWER. The war has been attended with nu. merous surprises regarding Britain's resources. Her army, contemptuously referred to by .the German kaiser, has grown enormously, and it is still growing, and {men goidg into the field are fitted, ag no others seem to be, for the. strenuous work of the trenches. Her linancial strength has It was known that John Bull was immensely rich," but who suspected ous that he could not only pay his own way, but help his allies with lars. 'Ibe nation that can pay her i Hels 1 s 2 war council, presided over by the kaiser, and acting, he would have the | world believe, in the name and sprit of God, has sent out. 1 Belgium's millions must sink into the earth the victims of want. -- ~On the water works" plant there is a tax, and it is collected. The elee- tric light and gas plants are not taxed. Why ? * Wherein do they dif- fer ? Lloyd-George must put up with the liquor habits of the people yet awhile. He 'cannot make them pro. hibitionists by act of parliament. The Utilities' Commission lost mon- ey in the lighting of the city. Under these circumstances it is hardly to be expected {hat the city will get a cut rate on its street lamps. ne The provincial treasurer has not apologized to the insurance men for calling them "traitors." The premier cannot afford to have. his treasurer insult honourable mén in this way. Mr. Galland's idea of befriending one to the government a \ ef Zz +i i #8 & i i: i is 3 fl | ! i d i z § ¢ BEF f i | i i : £ =e it il i } I £ g i § E < i x f I! Fig = . El i wf ® F if te i I ir # rt i iH i 1 £ Fu i 8 | 1 ok F enforced nmger and | Sg } - | Guides. i ti {of city and, one near Pine street. | 8S. R. Bailey elected recorder | Kingston Council, C.0.U.F, i Isaac Newlands secures contract for | razing old Chalmers church on Ear! street. . } Sanitary inspector reported to the | Board of Health that too many cows | { were being kept within the city lim- its. i ------------------ CANADIAN APPOINTMENTS Number of Names 'Appear In Offi- | cial Gazette, (Canadian Associated Press.) | London, March 3.--The current is- | sue of the Official 'Gazette contains | the names of a number of Canadian! officers who have been appointed to commands and to the personal staff. "Brevet Captain Heiffenstein, Cana- dian Attillery, Captain G, K, Killam, 79th Cameron Highlanders, Canada, and Lieut Willlams-Taylor, Montreal, to be aides-de-camp. . "T'0 'be staff officers: Second Grade -----Brevet Lieut.-Col. Macdonnell, Ro- yal Canadians; third grade-<Majo Mitchell Lieut.-Col. Lamb, Corps of . Major E. Depanet, R.C.A., has been appointed deputy-assistant ad- jutant-general; Capt. Macbrien, as- sistant adjutant and quartermaster- general; Capt. J. S. Brown, Canadian Regiment, assistant quartermaster- general : The following are now attached to headquarters hits. Dieut-Cu), Bur- of W. Pope and @, N. Weekes. ASKS FOR CANADIAN DOCTORS. Serbia Has Not Enough Men to Look 3 After Wounded. ~ - es - Maf| WANTS FLEET IN ABGEAN. a bu -- honour in the county. BELGIUM'S NEW ARMY. A Well Rested, Equipped And Train | | ed Body Of Men. Paris, March 4.--The Lanterne prints an interview with M. Destree, thé Belgian deputy from Charleroi, under the heading "Belgium's new army," M. Destree says: After a visit to the Belgian army in its winter's quarters I return | comforted. Instead of the forees re- duced after the Yser battles, I found | it well rested, equipped and trained | confident and eager tp rejoin the com- bat and repay the @ermans for their terrible sufferings. Belgium's youth' has responded magnificently to the king's appeal. Despite all dangers, | they managed to reach England and, France, ofter traversing the German | lines at the utmost risks, in order to] devote themselves to their country's sake. * i "When the spring permits a re! newal of operations, Belgium can ring useful assistaute to the al- es." ' i M. Destree concludes with an en-| thusiastic eulogy of King Albert, who enfrusted him with a confiden-| tial misgion of inguiry among the | Belgian soldiers as to "whether ev- erything was being done i their needs. - H 'Despite Belgium's suffering," he Suns ludes, "the people's re- mains high, with confidence courage unswerving." te in a ee the for 1. Loan of about 34.000 on Farin roperty, wo $19,000; and as- sessed for 13,500 2. A purchaser Farm of 200 acres, about four iles from King ston. 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