PAGE FOUR 3 THE DATLY BRITISH WHIG, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1915. The British Whig S2ND YEAR. ~ to this caucus the * greatest secrecy prevai,ed. When ' the measure was at length | explained it was found to be an ex | days, I mot be effected. | to soldiers, or | thing ceedingly harmless proposal, restrict iog the hours within which 'might be sold in shops, putting La bour Day in the list with certain holy bolidays, when sales may hquor or There is a general prohikition against the sale of liquor men in uniform, but the temptation to drink, and to break the law, remains in the open bar. Mr. 'Rowell 'says the whole is disappointing, and it cer- tainly is. The views of the political leaders may be thus briefly summar- ized : Mr. 'Rowell's : To close every drink- { ing place in the Province during the | war, 'and to submit to the people in Published Daily snd Semi-Weekly by | THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING ©0., LAMITED, . @, Elliott President | an A. Guild .... Managing ector | and Bec.-Treas. Telephones: { siness Office '... cannsesese 343 itorial Rooms «eo 329 | lob Off arne -e 292 SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Dally Edition) { delivered in city ...... $6.00 # pald in advance .... $5.00} by mail to rural offices $2.50 , to United States 3.00 | al three months pro rata. { (Bemi-Weekly Edition) One year, by mall, cash . One year, if pot paid in advance One year, to United States x and three months pro rata, Attached 1s one of the printing offices In Canada. TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE MM. XK. Smallpeice 32 Church Bt. 00 | 1.50 | 1.50 | best job! U. 8. REPRESENTATIVES { 225 Fifth Ave. | r | Tribune BMg. ink R. Northrup. Manager . New York Office Fran ago Fra KNOCKING BRITAGS. Beck's Weekly pd$§ the Liberal lead- er's amendment to the budget resolu- 'tions "would deprive the Dominion treasury of all power to ' preparations iu the war." continue Which is a deliberate misrepresentation, to say | the least of it. The war vote of $100,000,000 was passed through the House without discussion. The amend: | ment to the budget was to the ef t that the British preference should not be interfered with at a time when Britain was making in behali her most cordial support. The taxa- tion of British imports looked, many, as a most disloyal proposal, » sand Sir Wilirid Laurier and his fol- lowers were justified in refusing se it. large sacrifices to The men who can sing *G give Britain a knock in financial legislation, may be political heroes in the estimation" of their political friends. But the question is, What will the people think about it "at home" ? Ss - in y The Civil Service report opens with | the usual comment upon the condi tions against which the Commission bas had to contend. The service - will never .be made right until it is run on its merits, and free ~ politics, and such a condition is hope- & lees, QUESTION OF EFFICIENCY The Fire and Water Committee has decided, it 'seems, that it can do without a team of horses at the up- pov station, and that it will not be | hey should have been exempt fton:| uf nedessary to take out the steamer to fires occurring within a certain ra- 'dius of the station: Two things * should be képt in mind--and there is mo evidence: that they have heen con- Widered by the Committee--and they are these : (1) That the pressure of water in! the upper part of the city, and on o lovel with the stand-pipe, is not ¢ that it is not sufficient in itself to enable the men to combat a fire. x] [dd eH " i ] Princess street through the absence and when the second engine was to the scene of the conflagra- later it was out of condition unfit for service. These gircum- r to have passed from the FORE of Canada, and deserving | to | Save the King," and wave the i British colours, and at the same time | from | question of | be re- 8 majority vote the whether these places afe-' to | opened. Mr. Hearst's answer : Not one drink- ing place closed. Tours of sale for bars apd clubs reduced. Shops closed at seven o'clock. Central Commis- sion Board to be appointed, with | power to shorten hours in any loeal- | ity. Attitude of the Premier, to a'tem- perance deputation in a recent' occa- sion : The zig-zag path fs often the | best. 1.0 . Attitude of Mr. Rowell in reply : This is no time for zig-zagging on the temperance movement. The people have. asked for bread and have been | given a stone. Question : What has become of the Hearst temperance boom ? Thousands "and thousands of dol- lars have been going to middle men in connection with -the war supplies. All this would have been saved to the country by the use of competent purchasing agents. There has been what some people call "honest graft." Can there be such a thing? THE MENACE ABOUT OVER. The German blockade a failure! One : questions the statement in view of what he reads, that every™ittle | while some trading ship has been tor- | pedoed, and that considerable life has | been lost. The conclusion follows | | that if the submarines maintain ther | activity the object of the blockade | | may be, attained. That is one view | of it. A second view $s that of the" lon- | | don Chronicle, which refers to the! | "Collapse of the German blockade." | It publishes a table which is a very interesting study. The arrivals of overseas steamers, of all nationalities, | at United Kingdom ports; exclusive! | of vessels used by the Admiralty for | ! naval and military purposes, number- | | ed between January 21st and March | 3rd, 4,519. ) The sailings in the same | | period numbered 4,106. In that time | | the merchant vessels torpedoed wom: | | bered 15, and the lives lost number- | ed: 29. With these figures before one | | he is not so deeply or seriously im- pressed with the Germanic perform- | { ances. | Between February 1st'and March {| bth fourteen merchant ships of ali! kinds * wers unsuccessfully attacked. | | The wickedness of the blockade is ap- | | parent from the fact that two hos- | | pital ships were exposed to torpedo- | | 'ing quite as openly as'the merchant | | ships, and they wers marked by red | | crosses and red' and green lishts. | | these indefensible « violations of the | | most elementary rules with regard to |" "The blockade is as intense as the! | Germans can make it, and if it fails, | | with the accompaniments of Zeppelin | | and tgube raids, now more Common | then formerly, it can be taken for | granted that the German memace { lost its terrors. \ ' EDITORIAL NOTES. in Saskatchewan is a "war meas. ure." Put onoe abolished it mmy | never be revived. The jetney automobile is taking the plate of the street cars in the larger cities, or rather the jetney is taking some of the trade Will it make its appearance in Kingston presently ? | To see him come and to hear bar i Silent, whenever the harsh condemn 3 . | time, and somé party will yet be glad to give it the consideration needs. {IWISE AND | OTHERWISE inemen - need not app. for favours. fhe proposal to- reduce the qualifica- tions of eandidates in municipal eleo- Labour one tions has been voted down. is represented in the House by member, Mr. Studholme, and would not be there if the tory party eould help "it. KINGSTON EVENTS 25 YEARS ACO "Corner-loafers'" are gividg eciti- zens a great deal of trouble. A young man residing on Princess street, who is in the habit of walk- ing in his sleep, got up early this morning and walked around the house and alared the household. The Kingston Cricket Club looking forward to another successful season. he is most The I'ith Regiment will ask the] City. Council for a grant to assist in entertaining two regiments on Do- minion Day. nS -------- Excited Admiration Montreal Gazette, 4 The transportation arrangements of the British Government in connec- tion with the war have extorted the general admiration for the prgcision and adequacy which marked them. A million men have been moved to France and yet not a'single life has been lost. The man responsible for this wonderful organization, or "Di- rector of Transports," with the offi- «cial salary of just $6,000, is Greme | Thompson, "one of the discoveries of the war," according to Winston Churchill, He comes of a shipping | family, his father being head of the {firm of Stewart, Thomson & Con-| pany, Manchester ghippers, and af- ter a public school and Oxford edu-! cation he entered the British Admir-| alty in 1900 as a higher division clerk. As Mr. Churchill said in the Bri- tish House of Commons, this war had entailed "performances and tragsactions, the like of wah were never contemplated by any state 12 history." These performances api transactions were Mr. Thompson's opportunity. In November he was appoicted civil assistant director, and in this higher position he . ex hibited such extraordinary powers of organization that. December, on the retirement of Rear-Admiral Sav- ory, who is now abroad Mr. Chur- | ehill entrusted to the one-time clerk .the whole responsibility of the trans. { port department. It is Mr. Thompson's delicate task to reconcile as far as he can the | various conflicting shipping interests | concerned in the process of requisi-| | tioning, {he Is doing this, in addition to his and the manner in which great work of equipping and des- patehing his great Armada, won for him: one bf the warmest enlogies ev+ official. Only a Dad. : Only a dad, with a tire® face Coming home from the daily race, { Bringing little of gold or fame To show how well he has played the game { But glad in his heart that his own rejoice ¢ his voice. Only a dad, of a brood of four, One of ten million men or more, Plodding along in the daily 'strife, Bearing the whips and scorns of li With never hate For the sake of those who at home await, ly a dad, neither rich or proud, erely one of the surging crowd, TFoiling, striving, from day to day, Facing whatever may come his way; of And bearing it all for the love them. ! Only a dad, but he gives his all To smooth the way for his children small, ck Doing, with wourage stern and The, deeds that his father mm, This is the line that for him 1 pen, Ogly a dad, bui the best of imen. grim, id for WAR BULLETINS. EL PIPPED a whimper of pain or | ; Words Of Wisdom. Cultivate forbearance till" your heart yields a fine crop of it. Pray for a short memory as to all unkind- ness. Great faith never springs out of easy situations, No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory, no cross, no crown. ! No man is lost because he fails, but men are lost because they do; not make a new beginning. There is inestimable blessing ina cheerful spirit. A Forgotten Custom. } Uncle Ezra----"Eph Hoskins must {have had some time down in New! York." Uncle Eben--'Yep. Reckon he! traveled a mighty swift pace. Eph's wife said that when Eph got back and went into his room he looked at th bed, kicked, it, and said, 'What's | that darn thing for?' "--Judge. Up-To-Date. Kind Stranger-- 'How old is your baby brother, little girl?" Little Girl---""He's a this model." year's Girls. And makes one jealous as Othello; For when they fall in love, you find It's always with the other fellow. Kind. "Does your wife neglect her home in making speeches?'"' | "Not a bit of it," replied Mr. Meek ton. "8he always Mts me hear the! speeches first." \ { f i Another Neutral Zone. | | . "There goes another 'poor devil! er "spokéh in parliament of a state 12unched upon the sea of matrimony. | "Yes, and he looks as if he expect-| ed to strike a mine any minute." -- Judge, A 4 Useful. Sentiment. | Just ag the happy husband of a {few months was abotit to leave home | for the dailiy office grind, his wile {placed a hand upon his arm. "Harry, dear," sHe softly 'said,| haven't you a lock of my hair some- | | where in your pofkets?" 1 { "I have, indeed, sweetheart," was | the prompt response of hubby, and | he affectionately embraced the share | {of his sorrows and joys. "I have it| | right bere in the Pocket closest to! | my heart!" | "That's fine, Harry!" delightedly | returned little wifey, "Won't you! | please 'take it and gee if you can | | match me some puffs when you get! | down-town?" -- Philadelphia Tele | | graph. t ! A Left-Hand: Stab | Physics Instructor "Nanie | unit of power. Mr. Jones." i Jones (waking up)~--'"The what?" Instructor "Correct. ~ Any ques- tions? All right. ' We have a few! minutes before the end of the hour! in which we will do this problem: A | man on a bicycle approaches a 4-per-| cent. grade; how far has he come! and will he have to get off and] walk ?"--Cornell Widow. tue needed was a good hearty meal at night and then to stop thinking, about her stomach. oo { "But, doctor, only two months ago you told me to avoid dinper'at night, 4 and to take a light supper instead." "Oh, did I?" replied her medieal! adviser, reflectively. "Well, that shows what marvelous strides medi- cal science is making. "Boston . § The way they act shows love is blind, Bibbys Clothing at Our Present Prices is the Best Paying Investment You Can Make Rem - Men's $4.00 Shoes The very latest mod- els. A regular $4.50 and £5 value for $4.00. Tans and blacks. I. Genuine money. Bibbys $12.50 Tartan - Plaid Suits In fine quality English Tweeds. Rich browns, nobby greys; plain or euff bottom trousers. 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