PAGE FOUR The British Whig | if we. nl wi Published Dally and Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO., LIMITED. President «Managing Director and Beéc.-Treas. J. G. Elliott Leman A. Guild .. Telephones: ce ens {torial Room Job OMce 243 « 229 202 SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Dally Edition) One year, delivered in eity ...... 6.00 One year, if paid in advance 5.00 One year, by mail to rural offices $2.50 | ear, 10 United States Xx and three months pro rata. (Bemi- Weekly "Edition) One year, by mail, cash One year, if pot paid in advance One Jear, to United States Ix and three months pro rata. A i ttached 1s one of the printing offices in Canada. TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE 71. BE. Smallpeice ... «+» 32 Church Bt. U. 8. REPRESENTATI New York Office 226 Chile: One. j 3.00 1.00 1.50 1.50 best unk R. Northrup, Manager Tribune Bldg. nk R. Northrup, Manager 0 ra A NEED AT OTTAWA. Oceasionally some. members of Par- lament forget themselves and talk of fighting with their fists. The average parliamentarian is bound to pursue the traditions of the House, and it is on record that a certain former minigter once 'told : a member: who tad descrted him, that he "could lick him quicker'n hell could scorch a lea- ther." It seems to be necessary to preserve that spirit. Hence- when, in debate, this Week one member shout- ed to another that he dare not re- peat a certain remark he made out- side the House, the other at once re- plied, "Just come out and see." It may be that the Commons will hdve . to provide a gymnasium or arena, contiguous ~ to j thel dhamber, where members, who cannot work offi their animal passions in speech, can retire "and hammer adh other into/rgspecia- thility. iif y we cries Y x A REWARD OF PIRACY It is dificult sometimes to, get the correct view which we should take of the war, and of those who are tak. ing part in. it. The of the Blucher, the flagsmip of the German navy, which led in the hombardment of unprotected towns in England, and were designated by Mr. Churchill as % "baby killers,' were rescued when, later, the (iermans sullered defeat from the British under Beatty. In ad- dition the commander of the Blucher, who turned out to be a distinguished member of = the German navy, was given a great funeral when he died from pneumonia. Se "The crews of the submarines "who into. the hands of the orew have fallen British are not Ikely to fare as well. They were "rescued from' the ocean, after destroying several freighters, and causing the death of their'crews. Public feeling is runmigg high' against thems, aud, undef the inspiration of le Charles Heresford, and men of his class, (hoy have been denomionted pirates, and worthy of tho pirates' vy the German navy, who have to «per form any duty that is assigned to te fegling. against. them; yob they are the © of ci m: no alternative Job | VES { Fifth Ave. i "The crews of the | simply members of | { the face of the man who makes it Finally Sir Wilfrid Laurier has chal lenged the anti-Dritish character of the budget, in that it destroys very large: ly the that is shown to | British manufactures and British im- ports. It has required some nerve to make the has wever been liked by the Conserva- tivis. They have at times demanded {a quid pro quo. Their action | been strongly at variance with their | profession. Under the guise of ne | cessity Mr. White has at 'last uhder- taken to destroy the preference, and! | on him and his party. rest the re- sponsibility. A This preference thas been emphasized in a brilliant speech and timely mo- | | tion by the leader of the opposition. | The Government has been prating too | | much about its loyalty. : It could not | | do téo much ta express the apprecia- | tion of the people for the protection | they had received from Britain. No | | sderifice of men and treasure was too | | great under. the circumstances; and off- | | setting this effusive exhibit of pa-| | tr'ot"sm the Finance Minister proposes | to tax British goods and to deal | with them as coldly, in a commercial | preference proposal. The preierence bas sense, as with the goods of any other country. hi * { Sir Wilfrid has his objection, and the objection of his party; and it is for the Govern- | | ment to persist in discriminating | against British interests and institu- | tions while its ministers wrap them | selves in Union Jacks and proclaim | | themselves as the"ideal loyalists | Canada. 3 ' of | 1 WASTE OF PUBLIC MONEY | The Board of Education was, in: formed last evening that three of the | {cadet corps, with regard to which | | reports have beeg made to the Educa- | | tion. Department, were not eligible, | | or competent, under the law, being | composed of boys under age, to re- | fury. , s | The result is a serious loss to the | | Board, which; * in anticipation of these 'grants, had cofflracted certain | |expenses, and has to meet them by { demand on the City Council. The | {cadet corps isa creation of the times, | and is favoured by the government | {and the Education Depariment. Hut lit must be organized according K to certain rules or it will not be en- | titled. to aid from the public funds. | Those who orgadize the corps should | {kmow what they ate doing, and, for | | the purpose of a show, boys under age. should not be enrolled and uni | fornied 'at' the publiq wepense. " | The first thing the organizers of the f | cadet corps should do is to post | | themselves with regard to what is | proper and lawful; and the second | thing is to intelligently advise school { committees, and save them from un- | nécessary embarassment. It is no | joke to uniform ineligible boys, at the | public expense, and by this imprudent | procedure, involve the city in a loss, | CREW LOOSE SOMEWHERE .The most remarkable deliverancé of | { the times, on the civil service ques- | | tion, and in cutting condemnation of |the government: and its poficy, comes {from "The. Civilian," the 'publication df the members of the Civil Service. { | { | | oration, and if the course of the chairman of the commission had been unpopular it would not hesitate to {say so. Instead of dsapproving of { Dr. Shortt and his criticism of the spoils system it SHproves of them. "We have nothing to do with ap- praisiog the blame or glory of Civil Service administration as between the two parties in Parliament," it ob- Lized and indeed of the "unorgmiized | service as well. «This responsibility prompts 'us, as a positive duty, "to point out that the public service is overmanned to a remarkable degree and on al of this over of inellicient ' organization, of duphi- cations and other kinds of waste, there is. a loss, conservatively esti mated, of over $5,000,000 a year: Here is a stinging rebuke, and one that will tell with phe people. , The Whig remembers the storm which a member of pérlisment; now a minis. a 1 bare feet. f-ing to stab the Liberal party in the sorves. "But we have-a responsibil | [ity ms to the members of the organ $ EDITORIAL NOTES. | "The Toronto World sums up the | tesult of he eprving Avhen the Euro- | £5 pean powery Start to cut up the | country" "If «divides up a continent in very short order. ' 1 a the last provinee to mydbpunce reform. But it | must moveseventually. The temper- ance forward movement did not end with the last election. Ontario move in The Social Service League in other cities is pushing the garden patch cultivation. it here. League ? Something should push bs there a Social Ho it should be Service henrd from. i eet The mapanakyrs will be money makers after the war. There will be so winny changes that the old maps will be out of mse. Old things will have passed away, and all things will have become new, minis- see the way "The federal premier and his ter and railways do not clear {or recommend any, subsidies to radial railways, and the Beck scheme will be hung up for the time being. It can 'be put in pickle for a while, poposed gf the Kiel harbour and, its fortifications will be tackled by he Allied navies and their long 'range guns. These 'will crumble away. That is the next contemplated quest, : con- Are. political parties sbreaking up ? In Manifpha they went askew om lo- cal and"School issues. In Quebec they are mot governed by the party whip. In Onterio no one can pre- dict what - will happen in the appeal to the pgople. "The Civilian," a by the members next paper published of the Civil Ser- 000,000 a year is "wasted:' on the thousands of men whom the ment: do not need. govern- The service im consequence is over-manned and in- efficient. No wonder Dr. Shortt kicks, Le | PUBLIC OPINION | Let Us Return Thanks. (Eondon Advertiser). S& far, the Turks have been enough not tu use their cigarettes. - : hu- dum- # 4 A Laughing Minister. 5 ou AWindsor Regord). £ A mindok labor who laughs at condlitions®./of unemployment must havé the heart of a fiddling Nero whe made merry while Rome was ur ; Our Barefoot Soldiers. (Brantford Expositor). - dian boys are marching |" But if they are probably marching The Villain's Place y (Montreal Herald). The villain in the drama does not on Uncle Sam by his hoarse com- mand to "Make Lngland let go, or By. Shortt's case was under eo FA,0 stab yokin the hack soua ark | Playing" False. * (Hon. G. P. Graham). "Ibe hit us while there is a war on," and while saying this they sre endeavor back. Retaliation. (Hamilton Times). up are to blame tish prisoners in KINGSTON EVENTS 25 YEARS ACO °° Le ETE ft . The best skating. of : iy of nt the House, un iB, Hunt, THE DAILY BRITISH "Tramp, tramp tramp, the Cann | they aré' wearing war-contract shoes | in their | seem to be making much impression | Government says: 'Do not | Letter .than pirates, but they -- thE year is be- | | WISE AND OTHERWISE | Mustard plasters come under the head of drawing instruments. tt The average man many" notches above man. thinks he the is men talk. just to amuse themselves. In after years love's young dream occasionally develops nightmares. Timely. "It's a short way to Slipperary, It's a short way to go" It's a short way to Slipperary, Where the bumps and bruises grow. - Good-by, gravitation; Good-by, head and feet; It's a short, short way to - ary, When man and pavement meet." 7 Slipper- Phonetic Blow. WHIG, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1015. xX SPEEDY CRAFT ON | Unusual Activity Along Picturesque i wl aim THE ST. LAWRENCE "River Chiefly Caused By the War Aboard. York Herald. the many waters adjacent to the Atlantic seaboard none is more attractive or better suited to idealy motor boating than the St. Lawren- fe River from Ogdensburg to and among the Thousand Islands, and | New average that fact is thoroughly appreciated German naval ANTWERP TOBE GERMAN J THE NAVAL COMMANDER THERF | TALKS VERY GLIBLY, # ne AP Plans Well Mapped Out--Belgian inery of the steamers put out of ac- tion by the Allies béliore the city's fall. There are more than thirty steamers in the harbor belonging to the Hamburg-American, North Ger- man Lloyd, Kosmos, Hansa, Levant, and Hamburg-Seuthh American lines, besides two large Austrian vessels Populace Well Under Control, He | Asserts, and Trade Is Being Gras dually Develoyed. Copenhagen, March » 12. The commander of Ant! { by many, among them Joseph Ley-|Werp, Rear-Admiral Laura, in an in- is are, of Ogdensburg, who has owned [terview, has spoken with perfect con Men talk to amuse others, but wo- | or built more motor craft than any fidence of the futre of Antwerp as a | one else along that waterway. The celebrated family of "Chips" -k, 1, HII, &e.----which held all {speed records for their size on the i St. Lawrence originated in the mind | of Joseph Leyare, and they played| | their part in the earlier contests for the much cherished gold challenge | {eup emblematic of the American speed championship. | ~ Mr. Leyare started motor boating! {with a diminutive and not ever fine- i ly finished, 1hough well designed, lit- | | 'tle skift, which showed such a burst {of speed as to. make the Thousand | | Islands colony take notice.. His newest craft is a beautiful maho- | | gany runabout, with such power | | plant as to enable her to go at a German port. He calculated that the Belgians had exaggerated the re ports of Antwerp's trade by thirteen per cent. Hamburg, of course, was a muth larger and finer port, hte said, but no one cpuld estimate the rapid deve- lopment of Antwerp after the war, when it had passed finally into the hands of German shippers and engi- neers. This. develoyment; accord- ing to the Admiral, already has be- gun here--a German firm having practically completed a new drydock | seven hufidred feet long, ninety feet wide, and twenty feet deep. Admiral Laura believed that Hamburg always would be the queen of North Sga ports, but Germany recognizes that "Our stenographer spells rotten." | speed considerably in excess of twen- | Antwerp has a shorter North Sea "If she does, that's dbout the only word she can spell Philadelphia Ledger. h | --_-- \ sdger. | done well to enter | (When the Durdanelles have been dis- 'No Wonder The Transfer Expired. | \ i car | Islands having been rented, and with | North Sea harbors, A conductor on the street line examined the transfer theught- fully and said meekly: "This correctly." -- i { ty miles an hour. Mr. Leyare says the prospects for | the coming summer on the river are the best in many years, a majority of the cottages among the Thousand | | them the launches, which form the! route to New York thah Hamburg, and with improved railway service to inland German towns. This is an advantage that will . guarantee to Antwerp second place among the: "German order and thoroughness" here | chief means of transportation. The Said the admrial, "have been firmly transfer expired an hour age, lady." | activity is attributed chiefly to the | established, and the people are going The woman, digging into purse for a coin, replied; "No won- der, with the awful ventilation you have in these cars." . Explained. Miss Blunt is wonderfully pleased with her portrait in the paper this morning." : . "Is she? ' I'm pretty sure nobobdy would recognize it." "Yes, that's what pleases her." Quiet Moments. Mary Austin: I guess there can't. anything keep us from the best ex-| may at least console himself with the | they sank the Gneigenau, y y i "Being thought that he is sinning in com-! German merchantman, in the Shed ceive grants from the public treas- [Pi and for their benefit, says $5, | willing to put up "with the second | Pany with many others. cept ourselves," she said. best gives us more trouble than the Lord ever meant for: us." Channing: No power in ily spend their summers in Europe | {are obliged to stay here this wh 4 @nd have availed themselves of the opportunity to learn more of the beauties of the St. Lawrence River and the joy of motor boating. War and Agriculture. ronto Star. The Minister of Finance is shock- | ed because, while the allied fleets! are attacking the Dardanelles, the Hon. William \Pugsley is talking | about agriculture, Dr. Pugsley { To While the | Dardanelles are under attack Canad- | fians are working in factories and stores, building houses, teaching society, | school, keeping hotel, and engaged | it on either side. her | fact that many persons who ordinar-| Quietly about their work and there is no more stealing. e control the harbor with a very widely extended pagsport system. Since October. when we marched into Antwerp, we gradually have developed trade, the total tonnage leaving the city be tween October 30th and February 5th being 372,000, and the ships ar- riving representing 322,000 tons. We have tried to help everybody, and in shipping circles I, hear no complaint - of German , administra. tion." The Germans Bay made a studendous the blunder the English when big dt. The strong current, they say, has turned the vessel around so that it lies parellel with the banks, apd ships of 13,000 tons can easily Mass The Germans are no hardship in your condition can | in various other prosaic occupations anxious to raise the ship but admit depress you, keep you down, in knowlédge, power, virtue, influence, | but by your own consent. Just Once! Teacher--"Willie, what gréatest: ambition?" Willie--"Te wash mother's ears. | ~--New York American. is your "" Watchful Waiting She (passing - confectioner's win- | dow) --"Doesn't ' "that candy * look {good 7" } ' | He--"Uh-huh®"' Let's stand here | aid look at it awhile." ---Pennsylvan- |i Punch! Bowl. 490 0 : a mit of Tony's' Wifeqlooked Back! The savage Hun was at the dogr, His finger snapped the latch, _; Aud soon ilie atgry flames did roar Along the cottage thatch. § 'with wife and child poor Tony fled Alohg the tangled "track; And Tony netdr"{urned hig head, But Tony's wife looked back ! | | | The cat was in the cellar locked All with her kittens three, : Her heart against her bosom knock's In piteous agony, 3 "Poor Tony caught his child in dread And fled the blazing shack, And Tony never turned his head But Tony's wie looked back ' I } { | For from the parlor ceiling low A cage of wicker PH x And in it singing swest and slow Her pel canary swung. With frightened feét poor Tony fled He heard the timbers crack, Tony never: turned his head, t Tony's wife looked back ! Canary, eat and kittens gone ! Her throbbing heatt stood still} She'd Toft her Xu nn "on The blazing window sik! 7 But sti'l the stricken Tohy fled, His flight 'he did not Tanck: ; And Tony never! turned his head, "But_Tony's wile looked back Ye are the salt of earth; yo wives, Ye all look pack and hut," ©! God sweetens ngtions with 'your ives, : 1 $4 + He on Lif salt! So Tony [ ty nev ~ But Tony's What does Mr. White 'desire or ex- | pect? Is everybody in Canada to { stop work during the war, and keep, i saying: "Well, well, isn't that won-| ; derful?" No doubt' the bombard-1 ment of the Dardanelles forts is a! very interesting event. You may j read -up Homer and Virgil about the | | fight between the Greeks and Tro- jans near the mouth of the Dardan- elles, or Gibbon about Constantinop- ! le. But you must work too, or Ca- | nada and the Empire will fall to! | pieces. And how can Dr. Pugsley {be more usefully eniployed than in! | talking about agriculture? { t © The Government itsélf is carrying {on a'campaign' for increased produc | { tion on the farms of Canada, Mr. | | White ought to lecture his ewn col-| | league, the Minister of Agriculture. | | Mr. Burrell has so little "vision™| {that right in the midst of this earth- | shaking conflict he issues. "The | | Agricultural War Book." He is ae- tually encouraging the farmers to work instead of reading Homer and | | Gibbon. | The "War Wheat Company". | Review of Reviews. { | On January 11th, for instance, all | Prussian flour mills were ordered to make and sell only a mixture known las "war flour", containing seven | parts wheat and three parts rye. The! | Government. of Prussia had formed | ia trading concern known as the War { Wheat, Company. which was te. buy | lup and store aboul seventy-five mil-| { lion bushels of wheat, to be héld| | back from sale until after May 15th. | | The shares of 'the company were ta-| (ken by the Prussian Government, | the principal German. cities, and | {| some large industrial concerns, This | company is permitted to pay 5 per! cent; interest, and it has power to] buy stocks of wheat, either by volu-, 'ntary transfer of by condemnation | at fair price, The whole object is; ito henefit the public by preventing {undue speculation in wheat during "of the next crop. The Ger- | man aut! explain that there is' a very ample supply of] rye in stor-| age, and some Thus the bakeries are required to bake rye bread at night for the sup- ply of the working people in the morning, and they bake the "war flour" bread and rolls the day- time for those accustomed to white bread. 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