Daily British Whig (1850), 12 Apr 1915, p. 4

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Te PAGE FOUR meen a "The British Whig | DETECTIVES ARE NEXDED, Mr. Nickle invited the 82ND YEAR. General , talk before the and Mr which will Auditor- 'Public Fraser to Accounts' Committee, made admissions not: be The being conducted. u failure ¢ The ac adminis forgotten audit is it 'is now the and are incurred, by and paid, then to the Let one the this oflicer sends to tral ers, Auditor-General which if he they are sent any read report Parliament to see the wants serious handicap from which he suffers. In due time of accounts is laid hefore and his staff begin the They strike num- write for expla- a batch him and he dissection of ahem. They the "rous nations, snugs. de the from of and answers partmental beads are often most unsatisfactory character. The last he Parliament Auditor-General may, as did year, report to accounts which are umauthorized, and "What is "of lock- has Published Dally and Sem!-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO.,, LIMITED. 1 6. Ellott . Leman A. Guild ... nothing will come of it. asked Mr. Nickle, after the money been stolen ?"' And Mr. Fraser point- ed out that the Audit Act to blame. Parliament had done the President the use," Managing Director and Bec.-Treas. ing the door Telephones: T™ainess Office . sennsas Pditortal Rooms Job was 243 bo not Auditor- its duty. Otherwise SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Datly Edition) Me year, delivered in city Li One year, If pald in advance ,.. 5.00 Mme year, by mail to rural offices 8. 50 One year, to United States $3.00 #ix and three months pro rata. (Remi-Weekly Edition) "me year, by mall, cash One year, if not pald in advance $1.50 One wear, to United States $1.50 81x and three months pro rata. Attached 1s one of the rir iting oMles in Canada General's staff would be large enough to audit all accounts before they are paid, while it and no one should be paid tt . was" uhder en jury or doubt. Mr. glad to go before Fraser says he would be too a Commission and confer with it as to the manmer in which the Audit be eflicient, and a checl& upon every ir- best job office may made TORONTO REPRES i. BE Smallpelice I. 8. REPREE FNTATIVE 312 Church Bt. TATIVES . 225 Fifth Ave. ), Manager . Tribune Bldg. my office Northron Manager 8 and improper transaction, observation , of- Mr "No staff," the regular This alarming. Fraser is he, whole ground. pri them." said "in ean cover "Frank R staff "of would want a large C ALL FOR TE NDE RS. detectives. I could the pa party vate The people use of Canada who read this that the the suggested by Fraser the Hamilton erald says list is the of and it has been used by The a representative hns practically the regime of the libefal Under the Porden Gov- Hed. The old that listed, and a new 8,000 conclude sooner Mr. ¥ better, and he pssumes the late \Hon. Alex- who represent cause will every sonference takes place the ander lnvernment Herald will please of the that patrenage nttitude of Mackenzie, upon the public treas wrve that ia Department was was sworn no wd as a guard list with a shot his trovernment, during ury gun Across knees. Put the bald question to the soldier he Has the (Government s treatment" of you merit And no' wrpment--is-- visibly sw the erased names, few were before leaves Canada, ore or removed, had and of persons who were sim- hungry Well, the hour have result- Government, in appeals that List opened. It upon it ed your let written support and gratitude ? rames, i! "vos" or' H the other he him answer by a ballot. and for patronage. velations of the Will the the on. a -horse, binocular, hoot scandals +} on 1 ' answer have not' sickened him can stand to are going to it 'anything. ftom all over Capada, make a state- vent in Parliament and before it Will the Premier have the that no more public work or supplies will be given for -political reasons, hut that dees will be invited and that they will be considered upon their merits ? Had the war supplies' been contracted for in the proper way there nut to-day exhibits that are dis- racing Canada and the Government that has permitted them. THERE The Canadian tion to the that stances generally suggest economy--= | the depression, the war, the absence | of prosperity--the of city and province Dominion are NO ECONOMY. Courier IS eloses ? calls utten- courage to say whil whue fact circum- out ten- Governments and giving evidence of the greatest pro- wou . M . \ 1d digality. Months ago the people in i . . - every walk of life were admenished to be of wastefulness, to careful, to avoid every evidence reduce expenses to The undertake no enter- prises of the result of which financial doubt. Montreal Mail says thal New a minimum, to Zealand secured the co-operation of Lord Kitchener in taking the vote of The Mail this. The Whig a big apple that Kitch- heard of the thing, and the Mail is making a wrong use of his name for Party purposes. there was any And many 1s soldiers during a war, has' no evidence of will gamble per that business men and employers of labour | acted accordingly. In contrast with this policy, and at cross purposes with it, pursued by the various Governments. | never is the course The Ontario cabinet raises one man's salary from $35,000 to $7,500, and | another man's from $7,000 io $12,000, and these © were not suffering from the stress of the times. The Federal | Government, before the Public Ac- counts' Committee, gave evidence that it had money to burn, that some of is no comfort to which the its representatives gllowed contract- froops are not entitled. Theirs is the |°™® '© Plunder the treasury, that host onerous and exacting service to | OMe others of the 8,000 persons whose shich men and patriots can devote | Unes were. upon the patronage list, themselves. They go abroad at the | [had been excessive in their charges | citlling 7 of the king, subject: to the *ommissions, that the country | commands of men who was shocked, and "it is hoped to | their experience, sooth Some of the rebellilpus ones | by at least talking of refunds. Only | {one wan has so far been shamed or | terrified into making restitution. | There is no,slackening jn the general | | expenditw The cities have mot caught the | spirit of economy; on the contrary, as the Courier points out, they have {been paying high stipends for the | tasks they invite, and appear to be | oblivious of the need of that paring and carving and whittling in expenses | which was preached with such per- tinacity early in the campaign. Which AVOID ALL CONFUSION. Judged by nnd reads there arp occasional misunder- standings with regard to. the vices the people are called upon perform what one hears ser- to in connection with the war. There and » by reason of are entrusted with the defence of the empire, The soldiers are supposed to be woll clothed and fed by the Gov- "rnment, and when they reach the fir- ing line the War Office sees to it that | they lack for nothing that will pre- sorve their elliciency. . They need a lot of extras, however, and the Gbv- cinment will see that they are carried along with the least encumbrance to them, These comforts the people are supplying, . but under circumstances x vechsionally that cause confusion. In the haste which ths times suggest there is a disposition to be panicky, and needlessly so the Red Cross 'Soviety is a great organization, It is directed accord: ing to a plan which leads to definite results. Its officers know their duty, and perform it with alacrity. It Should not be necessary for them to intimate that they are in possession ol. all (he facts and can be depended | prepa upon to meet the exegencies of the domed by the men who. are ivy kour. For the harmony that has so | summer cam but y is pd the far marked the society' 8 operations, } Valcartier ap, ill not be ré snd the great tasks it his accom- ted. pea. Y plished, the country and its military | Pea Yopresentatives ave surely most thank- | ful, and its devotion to 'the cause will | -gntinue until the end. {lost its terrors away from the front, and that some men, in public places | at any rate, are acting with a reck- | lessness without a parallel. The les- ison of the hour, on ecomomy, has { been completely lost on them. » Be -_ A -------- i ------------ i EDITORIAL NOTES, The barracks will be hereafter aban Mme. Plamandon's profits of from 100 to 200 per cent. were inakeeping with the war prices which others of i the patronage !list imposed. What a chance they all had to rich out of the war. The Government at Ottawa is very | antious to court the good wishes af | the' soldiers, 11 it had kept the con- ita tractors at bay, turned the: guard | The Toronto Mail pleads that it with bayonets upon them, at Ottawa, | should not have been necessary for better results could have been ex-| "sleuth work to insure against pecled, i i 4 fraud." But the Auditor General says | here to nominate a bishop for tue { And all things bad that a man has | Come back to meet him one by ons, | But Christ will know if you play | And conscience whether {leads ope to suspect that war has | i unlgwiul gatherings. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, . MONDAY, APRIL, 12, «1915. 'WOULD: BUY OFF US. COLOGNE GAZETTE THAT GERMANY He private it was. could make use of a staff of de Adectives in connection vith his ollice SUGGESTS have DO THIS. vernment in not Mme. ble to fleece Plamandon would the drugs had she Go ter of not been | gy Spending a Billion Or Two-- Some Newspapers Says Submarine Warfare Should Be Ruthless and Unending. London, April dai Mai 1 gives laticn of an editori zette on the Reventlow, ing 'abrolute ruthless: warfare: "Count Re out that the instructior A given and the prizes she thousands of do merchantmen in cor their deserts ? man submarines, no longer make ad- # ------ herence to the principles of brother- * ly love and universal international mn PUBLIG u 0 D ff NI ION customs appropriate. Any consid- vu il Prosecute And Punish, eration on the part Germany 3 (Toronto News.) would be a mis ,' the count de- The Harveys and the McQuarries clares, 'because the object of war would not be promoted, and the should be summarily prosecuted and adequately punished. thanks for our noble tives would be the ruthless explo ion by our enemies for their own advantage We concur unres dly in these Suspected Patriots. 'views, The merchantmen ('Faranto Mail There are men who have before patriotism. ~ There have now cea hips of com- attempt to screen them to an oflicer of the Commons. Militia her accounts through his re od. ye I common Wh Departmen to hustle t he wrote the quest was once ob » London Ah, a every-day labour has -- been to ail for de Rreople agent sent Ga by uring What about have been of many they frauding proc money under false pretences the gang at the Ottawa who Government out Will doing offe Hars ? get on with Ger- of merce, and thei are no long- er non-combats but combatants of our submarines have no ¥ the right, but it becomes eir duty, Jook upon every English men as an armed foe marine destruction. therefore, proceed to att tatingly, without troub! ves about merchantmen Responsibility for this nece gravation of the naval war falls on England, which insi upon a ruth- less war of starvation against Ger- many's civilian population, and has curtly rejected Cermany's concilia- tion, red through America." eterna Sar The Daily Mail, also The Co- Why The Pri y ? logne Gazette, publiches conspicuous- (Hi T &) t Iy, a malicious article entitled, "Am- Charles KE. ater, the man who erica, What Will It Cost?" Suggest made so much money as a go-between- ing that if nothing will induce in the Loot contracts, was put on the the United States to st supplying patronage list privately, whatev munitions of war to the ies, the that may mean. German people might ng to buy America off her in "the billion or tw is mak- ing out of the unholy traffic in Ger- man and Austrian lives. put pocket has been no merchant- bent on sub- They will, ack unhesi- them pants. ATY ag- Plutocrats Fraternity. (Hamilton Spect wr.) The (ime 18. appre cuably approaching when plutocrats will have to resort to aviation to get above the common herd. § Oh, Oh, Oh. (Toronto this examination there been implicating any News.) sts of military no tittle Minister In all contracts of evidence or any member of Parliament. has off¢ ays else er Put "Them In Gaol. (Ottawa Free Dre I'ripp wants the returned to power cute the war -to the end." Better that the "Uonservative party be re turned power "to prosecute' and v putin jail 4-goodly number of the grafters who are little better than the ghouls who tcour the battle fields to rob the bodies of the: wounded sol Tha company . recen granted a diers. 8} twenty per cent. increase in KINGSTON EVENTS 25 YEARS AGO 1 to its 15,000 pay roll workmen at points throughout the country. McKelvey & the contract of ARMS \ In. ROUMANIA. 8.) . Conserv ative 'to prose Mr. party heise sais SIGNS OF PROSPERITY. + 8S. Powder Co. Gives Employees 20 P. C. Salary Bonus. Wilmington, Del., April 10.--All sal- aried employees of the Dupont Pow- der have been granted a cash benus of twenty per cent. of their salary for a year, it was an- nounced yesterday by Pierre S. Du- president © of the company. 2,500 persons are affected. to Company Baits About wages Jirch have heating securaq the mew asylum at Orillia. bb A council of bishops will be held GET Germany Believed to Have Exerted Many people had on new boots fo Power in Turk Interest, Easter. The noise in many churches | London, April 10.--Considerable sup- was a source of gréat nuisance ta plies of ammunition and artillery are the members. reaching Turkey through Roumania, according to the Daily Mail's Athens' correspondent. The Roumanian Minis- ter to Turkey is quoted by the cor- | respondent as having said that Gypr- many refused to deliver certain gun | parts ordered some time ago by Rou- mania unless Roumania copsented to {allow Turkish shipments passage | n | through Roumania. done, { By whatsoever induced; | new. diocese of Cornwall. Chickens Come Home to Roost You may take this. world you come and go, And you will be sure to find, That fate will square the acco in* she owes, Whoever comes out behind. as Paris Pars Tango. Paris, April 10.--The Argentine | tango was absolutely banned in Pu | is to-day by a decree of expulsion issued against five tango professors who - had established themselves here and were organizing classes The Paris police are now drafting 2d | an order prohibiting the. dance. Th notice will be posted on the wals of Paris as soon as promulgated. As the chickens come roost. home (ou You may starve your soul and stint | your heart, With the husks of a barren cree; your part, Will know in your hour of nee And'then as you wait for death to come, What hope can there be deduced; From a creed alone you will lie there dumb, While your chickens.come home 13 roost. Keen public interest is being * dis played in the court-martiai at Paris Capt. Herail, an officer in the French cavalry, who is charged with killing his wife at Compiegne because she in: \-gisted upon remaining at the front that she might be near him. The Republic of Mexico, it was stated. in Washington, is threatened twith starvation. Sow as you will, reap, For the good and bad as well; awake o- there's a time to asleep Is either a heaven or hell, {| And all things bad must take their place, By whatsoever induced: | Come back to meet you face to face As your chickens come home to roost. Whether you are over or under the sod, The result will be the same, You cannot escape the hand of God, You must bear your sin ana! shame. { No matter what's carved on a marble slab, When the items are all produced You wil find St. tab, Peter was keeping And chickens come home to roost. lst -- TO KEEP 50, 000 MEN Up to Strength at iin Sam Hi Toronto, April 12. uli will | keep 50,000 men up to full strength at the front, according to the Hon. Sam Hughes, Minister of Nila, wien | spent an hour at the mion | _ Station Saturday, on his ion Ottawa from "western Ontario. i "We have at present over 101,400 | men under arms," stated General Hughes, "and we' could get 120,000 il necessary inside of a week. "We have never recruited by ad- vertising, the same as in Great Bri- fain, and do not have to. Canada can get all the men she resiires with- out going to that trouble." i When asked if an early close ofthe | war was expected, General Hughes an- | swered emphatically, "No; this war | is only just commencin, g, and will not i be aver till German mi , for all time." Says Hon. | | i - As near perfection as yot can getin this world. PERT | CHASE & SANBORN gc At Rome the entire aty garrison was cailed out on Sunday to disperss tor Bibbys sizes 22 to 35. Boys' Nobby 35¢ and 50c. Boys' Spring - Suits The New Norfolk and Reefer styles, straight or bloomer pants; Price $3.50 to $12.00. New shapes; neat patterns, 50c. 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