PAGE FOUR The British Whig 82ND YEAR. and Semi-Weekly by WHIG PUBL NG LIMITED. Published Daily THE BRITISH Co, J. G. Elliott Leman A. Guild .. Président «Managing Director and Sec.-Treas. Telephones: Business Office .. Editorial Rooms Job Office .. SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Datly Edition) One year, delivered in city ...... $6.00 One year, if pald in advance .... One year, to United States "8ix and three months pro rata. (Semi-Weekly Edition) One year, by mall, cash One vear, If not pald in advance One year, to United States Six and three months pro rata. Attached is one of the printing offices in Canada. best 3 TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE H. E. Smallpeice .... . 32 Church St . U. 8. REPRESENTATIVES New York Office 225 Fifth Ave . Frank R. Northrup, Manager C hicago ciseceiaaaee.... Tribund Bldg. Frank R. Northrup, Mandger. GENEROUS PARTY SUPPORT. Some Conservative papers have had a lot to say, offensively, about the investment of $15,000 of [and Trunk Pacific money in a Literal pa- per in Edmonton. But some of these fae papers are the humble apolo- gists of the (iovernment which, one yvar, invested $261 for "advertising, thus : Montreal Gazette au. see so...$153,000 Winnipeg Telegram 44,000 L'Evenement ....... La Patrie Moncton Times .... St. John Standard ... London Free Press Mail and Empire. Hamilton Spectator . Toronto News...... . Toronto World Toronto Telegram Halifax Herald ... Fredericton Gleaner we 28,000 we 23,000 « 27,000 9,148 9,561 8,657 7,657 6 wee oe $261,089 of the bene- fiiaries. The list is long enough to show, however, why some papers are so gushing in the defence of the Borden Government. DODGING THE SCANDALS, The Orange Sentinel contrasts two men, Sir Robert Borden and Sir Wil- frig Laurier. The one, it remarks condemned two Conservative mem- bers of Parliament while the other failed to condemn a lieutenant who had $15,000 of G.T.P. mohey invest- ed in his paper. There was a won- derful difference between them. The two Conservative members bad been exposed in the deals with the Militia Department. Public opinion had for- ced the Premier to repudiate them. There is reason to believe that he did this reluctantly. He was given to understand, however, that the peo- ple could never condone the acts, and a Foronto Conservative paper announced that Sir Robert Borden would make a statement before the prorogation of the House. The two Conservative members of Parliament were conveniently absent, but they have not resigned, and have not been proceeded aguinst by any court or commission at the instance of the Government. Sir Wilfrid Laurier chal- lenged the Government to prosecute any Liberal against whom there was a case or evidence, and he could not do any more. The Government, by the way, is not so much concerned about the purification of public) life as it is to run and win an election. The plea for a dissolution will be that the Senate needs reforming. But the fact is that an early election is . being contemplated in order to es cape, if possible, the effects of fuyr- ther scandals, CHLORINE IN THE WATER. Those looking after the water power for. Chalmers Church organ have made. a discovery. It is that the chlorine, which is supposed to be so skilfully . introduced into the water, in order to kill the bacteria, is filling up the fireman vecall their experience at a couple of fires. The pressure was un- accountably lows. The cause was not appreciated at the time. ls it now? --Is-the inference supportable that the chlorine is coating the inside of all the pipes and seriously interfering with. their efficiency ? lf so a new contingency has arisen in connection with the water supply. ji APP Ci yO DO) chlor D geverally approved by scientists. Re- ferring to *the presence of bacter clear the water of bacteria, but that pending the installation of a prop 3| tions 0! to breweries, in | ,089 in them | ' : ) | official duty may give licenses to per 30,080 | r THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1915. | plied. Its effectiveness was incontenti- | been some criticism | | ble. There has |' upon the taste of the water. One pro- | mininent citizen that he had interviewed certain learn upon the subject and "had been given. evasive answers." This new revelation--the hurtful eit fect of chlorine upon' the | pipes, coating them on the { and in large measure afiecting toeir usefulnesés--opens up a new line | thought, and one that must be met. { The conditions being as described will | accessitate action .at once by the | Utilities Commission. It must deter- mine the soundness or unsoundpess o | the theories respecting the effect of | chlorine in the water. wntormed ed men service interior of HANNA HOLDS THE VOTE. Clause 12, of the Liquor License Act, | as amended at the last session of the | Legislature, said that "all powers heretofore belonging to or exercisable by the Minister under the Liquor | License Act shall be vested in and be | exercised by the new Provincial License Board subject to any regula- made by the Lieutenant-Gov- ernor-in-Couneil." But in the proclamation which the | Government issued, bringing the Act 5.00 | into operation, this clause was omit- One year, by mall tc rural offices $2 50 | 3 ted, apparently with design. "This meanps,"" says the Globe, "that the Commission will have no control over the granting of licenses distilleries or wholesal- | ers, or over 'the five per cent. bar proceeds. The Minister will retain the right also to veto any license that | has been granted. Hon. W. J. Hanna | will have about all the direct powers | under the new system that he had un-| der the old law." The Mail says: "While the new Act | gives the Provincial Commission pow- er to cancel or suspend any license it is understood this: power relates only to licenses granted by them. It was | necessary for the Government to re | tain some veto power over the licenses | now being issued, particularly since it is believed "that in a few cases the old boards in performing their last | sons of whom - the Provincial Secre- | tary cannot approve. But this is only announced after the | new Provincial Board has been ap- | pointed and its members had express | ed a willingness to take over the larger responsibilities of office. What was the sense of creating a Commis- | sion at an annual expense thousands of dollars when it can not do more than the old License Board ? One must sympathize with the Com- mission in the dilemma in which they appear to have been deliberately placed by the Government, ,., NEUTRALITY AT A DISCOUNT. Mr. Wilson ~ has been' explaining what 'the United States means by neutrality. It is that .the Republic may think of itself, may avoid par- tiality, or the - expression of sym- pathy with one side or the other, and be ready to help both sides avhen the struggle is over. The President has been ° realizing how. delicate his position is. He has been warned, and not terrified, by the blustering German-American vote his party controls, He has been remind- ed that the industries of America are flourishing because of the collosal war orders they have received from Europe. He understands that Great Britain is mightiest in many things, and especially in diplomacy. America's State Department been doing some difficult stunts in preserving a balance between Ger- many and Britain, in seeking to pla- cate both, and to preserve the peace. But) the United States has forfeited the friendship of Germany, and ome sees (the evidence of this un the saucy epistles which Count Bernstorfi has been indicting, and in the expressed gloating of the German Empire ovet the prospect of a war between the United States and Japan. " The Turtle Bay event has béen mag- nified and misrepresented. The pre- sence of several Japanese, war craft, one of them aground, occasioned deep anxiety, but the explanation is quite satisfactory and that scgre has pass- ed away. Germany has certainly no love for Japan. Indeed it isnot so long since vengeance was being breath- ed upon it by the war lords'at Ber- lin, "Oh, Nippon," they cried, "woe unto you in the time to come, for the indignity and injury you have wrought upon Germany. It may take has account will be balanced with com- poung interest." Apd' yet of Japan it would express ita pleasure just'mow, if a conflict oc- States. Which is the testi- mony that ican be afforded that Ger- many regards America with disdain, and that it is but a step forther in "order to reach the hate that Teutons entertain for all who are mot their the Whigs phoid, of | twenty. years, but sooner or later the | curred between it and the United | EDITORIAL NOTES. Dr. Fraser, of Toronto, ofiered, for' to eat 100,000 ty- other bacilli, thrilled the mem bers of the Toronto Board ol Control. a demonstration, diphtheria and - the challenge or Is it safe fo let him be at large? If chiorine he bad for the water pipes how can it be good for the hu- man system ? The men who prefer drink something else will find in the present condition of the water an ex- cuse for declicing to imbibe it. -------- Harna holds the veto power under | the License Axt." Must have rued the idea of turning over the license busi- ness to the new Commission. Its mem- | | bers can pose as the supreme author ity\ but the Provincial Secretary has to 'be .reckoned with | emergency. in any political W. K. McNaught, M.P.P., says of a | recent notable enquiry at Ottawa, | "There were a few bad horses, and a few bad shoes. By the time the election is on, tha party will have it] | that' there was notoing wrong with | | the horses the boots. Anything | goes in an election ! or {| The Federal election may occur in | | June. It may occur if' September, or { it may not occur this year. The min isters are scouting in the several pro-| {vinces and feeling the pulse of the | | people. They may be as badly fooled | as were the German diplomats with | regard to England and the war. | * PUBLIC OPINION | A Great Saving. | (Hamilton Times.) | Dayton, Ohio, under Commission | form of Government last year, saved | $33,000 in purchasing $200,000 worth | of supplies. What about the purchas- | ing agent ? Way Of The Worle. (Peterboro Review.) The Toronto Telegram says Ontario has failed to encourage the editors of | local newspapers. That's the way of the world--little-teward in life, monu. | ments when dead. | { A Stern Rebuke. (Principal Gandier.) We hear of patriotism a great deal; | hurrabing and flag waving among | | some people. God have mercy on pn | men who take advantage of, this war | | to fill their pockets with money. J i -------- J A Despized Minority. | { (Montreal Gazette.) | About 150,000 citizens of. the Unit- | ed Kingdom have taken a pledge not | to drink intoxicating .beverages until after the war, These, with the mil- lions of others who at all times drink | moderately or not at all, constitute a great army of temperance. The min- ority who guzzle to excess will now be more despised than ever. KINGSTON EVENTS 26 YEARS ACO The members of the Princess Street Baseball team will flay their first game this season with the Bar | riefleld sports. The Kingston Society Board has been dissolved. Expenses in connec-| tion with it are too high. The Midland Fair Association will give medals for penmanship among the school children. 1 i | "O Strong Young Runner." | By Julia C. R. Dorr. { 0 ationg young runner in the race of | e, Rush not too madly toward the shin- | , ing goad ! | Command thou first the forces of thy | soul, wi loins up for the ut- Row; thos thyself, nor heed the drum a fo That light feet follow blithely to their dole; Yet cower thow not when storm- clouds darkly roll And biting frosts are cruel as "the knife. Fight, 'if the God of Battles bids thee ight Yet to thine helm make fast the dove's white wing; Cherish thy dreams, but keep thine armor bright; : Pray, till thy prayers make heaven's high arches ring; Speak, if the words be thine, for truth and right; Sing, if jhe God within thee bids thee sing | treat. Mrs. (Dr.) Pasmore has. moved eseronto to To ------ LS not grain. ~ SPRING IN EUROPE The balmy Spring should stir up all men to labors sane, but gver there in Yurrup they're planting men, The plow's unused and dusty, with rust the hoe is red; the cultivator trusty stands idle in the shed. Red is the stream that washes its pathway to the sea; vest be? 'They're planting men, not pumpkins, beneath the bright Spring sky; they're sowing poor dead pump- kins who fought and knew not why; they're planting fj men in furrows, among the clods and stones, and there burrows among the soldier's bones. what a foolish sowing, in Europe's sodden plain, while ! -are growing in sun and-wind- ; STOPS In this fair land the farmer is sowing wheat with grills; o'er there the gents in armor are pl they plant, the peasant's yard im, / the common or the garden variety of stiffs. Ob, Gree Europe, old and hoary, you ought to have more sense agriculture gory, that's now in evidence, style; the tools you use are ghoulish, the ¢rops you'll HEROIC MEASURES. ------ i Taken To Rid London, Ont., Of Un-| desirables. London Advertiser i A certain woman recently came to London, and before anyone could as- certain her reputation purchased .a house on a wew street in the north end of the city, which is pepulated by business and professional men. It was not long before the charact- er of the place became known, and the authorities were appealed to, But the latter were unable to do any- thing, as the woman owned: the; house, and could not be put out of it unless good reason was shown why she should not live there. There were many visitors to the place, but those who lived on the street did not wel- come the idea of a raid upon the] i place, because of the publicity which | would be inevitable } So the men residing on the.street organized themselves.into a vigilan-| ce society, and kept watfh upon the place. Every tim a man came out of the house they organized a pro- cession, and with tin cans and other noise-producing devices they follow-| ed him, making his presence known to the world, and making it certain] that he would not again visit the ne:-| ghborhood. This original idea Is said to have had the desired result. | A girl, who was brought in from outside the city, was taken from the '| house by the neighbors, and through their eflorts deported from the city. It is confidently expected that the! neighborhood will soon be rid of its] | undesirable resident. -- -- i GERMANS PREPARINu. { For General Retreat--Near End Of| Financial Resources. | Havre, April 23.--A leading mem- ber of a famous banking firm, par-| ticularly well acquainted with the | financial situation in Europe, states, | it is declared, that Germany will be| at the end of her financial resources | | by the middle of June nex. The Germans have taken extreme-| ly severe measures in Belgium to] prevent knowledge of the movements | of their troops becoming koown.| Preparations have been made every- where with a view of eventual re-| High Prussian officials in| |'Belgium do not disguise their des-| | pair, and admit that the German| cause is lost. i Warning to Hon. R. Rogers, Financial Post (Ind.) | ;,The business men of the country would expect a man of kon. M: Roger's ability, experience and grasp | {of affairs to come forward at this] ieritical time the history of the| nation with some important business | announcement for .developing ow | trade, for increasing our production, | for finding situations--mnot providing | work--for the thousands of unem-| ployed. Instead, he gravely announ- ces that the most vital national ques- | tion is an increase in the numerical | strength of the Senate, as provided | for by the increase of our popula- tion. | The Senate say, "We quite ap-| prove of the scheme, but not until | the Commons has been increased for the same reason." There is but one explanation of Mr. Rogers' policy. He is the member of the Cabinet who is expected to win the Western elections. Men, who help him want senatorships and other jubs, and un-| doubtedly they and their legion of | friends havé been so urgent as to] create the impression in his mind | that the whole country is clamoring | for a Senate increase. This is .the| weakest excuse yet for an election. | The real reason is a fear that fur-| ther war graft scandals will weaken | the Conservative party to such an extent that they may be defeated if no appeal is made to the country | for another year. If Sir Robert! Borden carries out his policy of pun-| ishing and stopping graft, imstitutes| efficiency and economy in admini-| | stration, and improves in some re-| spects the personnel of L.s cabinet, | he will at the end of his term re-| turn to power stronger tLan ever. | It not, he sifeuld be replaced. That Suppressed Correspondence. | Montreal Herald. | Why did Sir Robert Borden suppress | the correspondeoce between the Lana- | dian Manufacturers' Association and the Government in regard to the war | supplies ? When the orders for war | supplies began to be given out to the! favorites of the Government and their | intermediaries, the Manufacturers' As-| sociated protested against the meth- | ods employed by the Government. A | lively co is said to have | taken place, in which a series of | facts, with names, dates, amounts and | other details were mentioned. Why did net Sir Robert respond to the demand to produce this in the House of Commons ? 1t was not con- fidential, because the executive of the association publicly declared some weeks ago that the Government could publish it, if it wished. Was this cor- su; so that the Government might shirk ita onsi- bility for the disgraceful scandals dis- closed, and create a diversion by blicity denouncing two minor mem- Bar of the party ? z Bibbys A Few Suggestions for Saturday Buyers A Genuine $5.00 Suit Case for $3.95 Black .or Brown Leather Cases; : two straps. See Qur $1 Street Glove Dent's English make. value. om, e Special mn Raincoat $8.50 A Pure Wool Parametta Cloth, a $12.50 value for $8.50; sizes 34 to 46. See Our $15.00 Spring Overcoats New Silver Grey Cheviots; satin sleeve linings; hand-padded collar . Kingston Hosiery Mills Genuine Wool Socks. 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