PAGE FOUR THE DAILY BRITISH WE1G, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1015. ~ The British Whig and Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO. LIMITED, aging Director a Booy Treas J. G. Elliott Leman A. Gulld ....Man an y Tel Business Office Editorial Rooms Jab Office SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Daily Edition) delivered in city 243 229 «392 One year, seseeih One year, if paid in advance s Was One year, by mail to rural offie One year, to United States .... ix and three months pro rata. (Semi- Weekly Edition) One year, by mall, cash seo $100 130 8. 5.00 .50 3.00 One year, if not bag in One Year. to United States .e 1x and three months Pro rata, Attached 1s one of the best job printing offices In Canada. TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE HM. FE. Smallpeice ........ 32 Church St. U. 8. REPRESENTATI New Dili 225 Yieen Ave. rank R. North , Ma 4 Chioaks orthrup, Manager Po put upon them. ibune Bldg. ager | BANK'S TIMELY ACTION, The banks &t Toronto have agreed | to take legal steps against amen who insue cheeks upon them without hav- ing on deposit fund¥ to meet the de- mand. | Sometimes, hy mistake, a Sheek is issued for a sum larger than the signer controls; sometimes, though, the document js put forth for the sake of getting rid of a collastor of without care of the signer for his credit standing. The issuers of thede latter will deserve nll the trouble the new and proper order will bring upan them. Their kind needs checking. ~ Montreal (Gazette. : 'the men who issue checks, in pay- ment of accounts, which are unpro- tected, -and who do are not numerous, and they are to be forgiven. But there are those who do not care whether they pat a wréStor to trouble and humiliation in the set- tlement of accounts. Their cheeks are returned with ~ noturial charges," and the men who put the paper 'through ~ the bank hgs to cover it and the ex- Ponses incident thereto. They must await. the pleasure of the makers to recoup them. Any action of the banks (hat will have a tendency to limit the annoyances to the bank customers will be appreciated; and the banks themselves can begin a ro form. by limiting the uses which they make of their noturies. The expenses » of many a protest cam bs avoided. Sir Hibbert Tupper, a Conservative "of the triest type, says British Co- - lumbia has. been "shamefully mis- governed" wince the last Provineipl slection. The defeat of the Gov. ernment fvould. restore the donfidence of the people.' Now hear Hon. Rich- ard McBride cheftle ! THE COST OF WAR, The Canadian votes of credit, for war purposes, the votes 'of cre- dit. in Britain, should be submitted "op their merits, and with such. clear- out 'explanations as the Premier and Chancellor . of fhe Exchequer = have been. disposed to make in commection with them. = With the political par. ties, having regard: ag to the ob- Jett of them, there could be no this innocently {'or lost through the shortcoming Cy 3. | the meni" {lor a cablegram -raceived since then i THE MAN NOT FOUND, One thing about the military boot {scandal that is irreconcilable is the fact that the manufacture of un- suitable footwear continues, and that it 'is being served out tothe expe- ditionary force, in® spite of all the an- gry, things that have been said. Offi- vial after official from the headyuarters stafl has appeared before the special committees to admit that he was con- scious of the situation; that he saw {the boots as they were returned to the supply station in mute. and ugly evidence against the department, and he read the reports that told of in- [famous imposition; and the thing went on, because it was some one else's duty to apply a remedy. It is. re- { markable that such incapacity, some- { where, on the part of some _one, | should continue. - The firdt 'symptom {of dissatisfaction should have been | followed at once by an enquiry, and | some official, whose duty it was, should have exercised a wholesome in- | fluence for good and wrought a com- {plete transformation in his depart- Great emergencies, it is said, {produce great men, and they have | been equal to any strain that was The man 'the Miki- {tia Department wants in the supply { office has not beem found, and the {result is a scandal that "disgraces the | country and makes every ,lover of ef- | ficiency and good government bow {his head in shame. ment. | Most of the things for which the | Opposition contended in the tariff {debate have heen conceded by the Government, The people will please | make a note of this. | ENGLAND GOING DRY. Lloyd-George, in a recent great { meeting, talked most candidly to the | people, and especially to those upon | 'whose labours the success, yes, the | destinies, of the empire depended. | was 'a meeting' in which the labour element was represented, and he took | ocegsion to speak a few plain and | mot unpalatable truths. i | | The first was that Britain, with a|'™ the budget | great war on hand, could not stand | | for any labour dispudes, or restrie- tions, any stoppage, on any account, in the pioduetions of 'the which is so characteristic of him, "is an engineers' war, and it will be won His counsel may not have| bad, at the time, the desired effect, | announces that 'the Government has taken over the works which are pro- munitions of war, and will run them vn the name 9nd interest, of the people until the strife is over. The second point, and it was cheer- ed, was this : That the danger of Bri- tain was 'the workman's Ture of drink. "Drink," said he, "is dajng us more damage in.the war than all the German submarines put togéth- er." Russia, like Britain, unready for' the crisis of the hour, saw the necessity ol pulling herself together and by tne ukse of the czat, and his own personal suggestion, the country had gone dry.' The revenue fell shy by sixty-five millions, ,but the produc: tivity of labour had gone up between thirty and fifty per' cent. France, seeing the need of it, had abolished the use of absinthe by a majority of Aden to one, "We have great powers to déal with drink," said he, "and we mean to use them. We shall 'use them quite fearlessly and 1 have no doubt that as the country's needs de- mand it the country will support ofr action, and will allow no indulgences il that tends to interfere with its prospects in "this terrible war which has been 'thrust upon us." The. war is forei elie changes. in the world, changes most drastic Kind. The map of Fur ole ol aL the. Lowill--be ;--hes se it | the interests of these employees who come under the Workmen's Compen- (tax amount to ? {den was blown up by order of {ea | shops. i | "This," said he with the Celtic fire | thing was done. { is that the troubles of the cruiser { were ended when she went to the bot- | of} tom of the sed. ing many radical ope will be altered; the relations of}. and entered the service of the Adwir- alty as a junior clerk ime 1900, He had education to begin with, a great factor in itself. He had application, {a talent quite as valuable as educa- | tion, and its unfailing and necessary He earted his promo- tion in the public service. One does not get anything by "pull" in the | Jritish service, . 48 ome of the super- ,intepding clerks he was brought into personal contact with Hon. Winston i Churchill in the early days of the | was, and his chief was quick to re- cognize his qualities of initiative and organization, ' which are now fully exercised in the control of one-fifth of | the British mercantile marine ton- nage. That, according to the First | Lord's statement, is the fleet which | {the Admiralty have no charter for tfansport purposes. - | Such is the. story in brief of a man {whose performance has astonished the | world. "In, tines of crisis," it_/has | been 'observed, "there is always op-"! | portunity for the emergence of a | domingnt man. It is the glory of the British public service that when | | the o€casion arises it never fails to i j discover "a' man big enough for the | job" It is the glory of the Cana- | disn public service that worth, real worth, is at a discount, that the | | political complexion of the man has | more to 'do with his job than per- | {sonal qualification, and hence the | |'pitiable exhibition which some men | { are making of themselves in connec | tion with thes Militia Department.. ! | EDITORIAL NOTES. An election in Quebec is * talked about. Why? 'There is no imme- {diate need to appeal to the people, {unless it is to organize the parties | {in Quebec and get them ready for |-the federal election. { How is Kingston going to finance concomitant, { sation Act ? 'What will the annual i And how is it to { e met, not having, been provided for ? The Ciermans have it: that the Dres- the | ptain rather" than surrender in neu. | tral waters. It is immaterial how | The main thing | A ------------------ Saskatchewan leads Canada on the | temperance" question." All the hare | must go op July 1st. If any liquor | is sold after that it will 'be by the government and in dispensaries under itg direction, Dees Mr. Hearst, of yy ee. "apy. writing on the wall ? - *Torgnto is' cutting off the frills in education and reduc some of the expenses. in connection with the pub-. lic schioo]s. + 'Membership in the Cadet Corps is made voluntary, and the drill im, future must be conducted outside | of adhicol" Hours. There will be no | collections on account of the penny | banks. in the class rooms. The offering which Philadelphia makes to Billy Sunday expressing the gratitude! of the people for the shaking wp he has given them, is $100,000: He 'will shave this with | his staff, so that 'all of them will bé pretty well paid for the manner | in- which they bave agonized for the | people in the Quaker City, * f= | | PUBIC OPO | PEER 3 hr Smitten Times. * h plays out "of snarhing: . What a war budget Britaiws is fo be sure? For the financial year ending with this month,, the expendi cial life and habits of the 'people will be n 1 / at hand. At least . old foes will be conquered, | and they will never rise fo | Chronicle's | says™ | sian Gulf, a PS from this Per on mn," the eomtinues, thot Sat ti a have ti of the most important demands b plied to | "Thus Japan did not WAR BULLETINS. * > 9 A small squadron of German aeroplanes approached Sheer. ness, at the mouth of the Thames, Friday morning, but were driven off and chased by British airmen far out into the North Sea. Gen; French reported on Fri- day night that the Germans are making determined attempts to retake the village of Neuve Chapelle but without success. Casualty lists issued in Lon- don Friday might brought the total of British officers killed since March 1st to 195. hh th 2 Sh he le ht S44440000000000000000 Major-General Sam Steele is slatéd .to command the second contingent, according to semi- official opinion in Ottawa. \ British labor unionists have arranged that there shall be no stoppage of Government wark in factories, A casualty list issued Satur day shows ten Canadians killed and two dead of wounds. The United. States is still un- decided about its note to Brit- ain, PELE LRRRL EFI RE PER PFS P SREB ERI eben | BY SHEER WEIGHT OF METAL! TO GET THROUGH, The Dardanelles Unassisted, But the | Attack Is But One Part Of Great | Combined Stragetic Operation: | London, March ~ 20.--The Daily | naval = correspondent | | "More than a week has elapsed | {since the Admiralty has issued any | | official statement of the progress of | the operation in the Dardanelles. Np "The truth is that the operations | |are progressing very favorable and {in due order and sequence, Admiral | Carden is not the man to run unnee-' sary risks, though there can be no! doubt that the fleet, by sheer weight | of metal, could, unassisted, pass its way through to the Sea. 'of Marmora and the Bosphorus if tha sired or desirable. / "So far as we are acquainied with | the course of the operations, the fleet | has been doing its work splendidly, | but the attack on the Dardanelles constitutes but one part of a great | combined strategic operation, which | { has its other points of gravity in the | Russian movement in the Black Sea | in the attack on Smyrna, and in the movements in Egypt and in the Per- We must not, therefore; | expect any attempts to be made to derive through the Narrows at any | cost. . "The Germans are making : the! wildest statements concerning the! situation dnd the Queen Elizabeth. | the Lord Nelson, Aganemnon and | other ships are declared to have been | damaged. The Admiralty . reports on the casualities is the clearest re- | futation: of all such statements. Ex- | { cept that two men have been killed jon the Ocean and some wounded on | the Prince George, all the casualties | are in the Amethyst and to trawlers. "The general conelusion is, that the work has been well begun and is | progressing steadily, awaiting the developments, perhaps, in other re-! gions, but certain of attaining its end. On this matter the public may | be dssured that we know that Getter-| = 2] Demad has proceeded with two dis | visions, The Russians are known ! to be in movement and other troops | are gathering for operations." { "JAPANESE DEMANDS. | Are Said To Affect British Interests | dn China. London, March 20.--The Manches- | ter Guardian reviews the recent po- | litical developments between Japan { and China and publishes what is des- | cribod as a complete list of 'Japan's | demands, concerning which it says editorially that the general effect | thereof would be seriously to impair | the ind d of China and place entire provinces under the tutelage of Japan. 2 ¥ ot Sey i A comparison is then made be: tween heme Japanese demands as sent ou 'wspaper corres, sats at Peking and as published in apan. * del 7c t were de-| : -- PPE erty | Boys' Clothing ~~" i ¥ Boys'. Clothing 1 ttt tetera rn a Want to Look Your Best, Sir, We're At Your Service! A AN A NINN. | SEE BIBBYS $15.00 BLUE SUITS. Hand-tailored = garments. SEE BIBBYS MEN'S $8.50 SUITS. Good patterns, good models; {domestic Tweeds; sizes 33 to 44. NA a. NN ai . SEE BIBBYS MEN'S $10.00 SUITS. English Tweeds and Cheviots; modelsy good tailoring: sizes 33 to 46. 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