of PAGEFOUR = The British Whig | SAND YHAR, | | | why? MOTHER'S DAY, Sunday, May 9th, will be generally observed .as Mothers' Day. And Because mothers, by general consent, have been deemed worthy! | of special recognition, for their sacri- | fices, at least once a year. pm 3S Em ARRE eH EEE a { lly. | any, one. | larly her own. Occasionally a mother shows that | she is bereft of the maternal instinct, | | and so unworthy of praise. Occa-| | sionally oné is found who merits, on | account of her misconduct, censure | instead 'mothers, as a rule, are entitled to of commendation - But the love and regard of their many | friends. A mother is at once the angel pro. | | teetor and burden-bearer of the fam- Her place cannot 'be taken byT It is unique. 1It is pecul-| It may be filled tem- | | porarily, when misfortune intervenes | or removes her, but not as she fills it, | by | since no one else enjoys her sorrows, CO, LIMITED} Président | J. G. Ellott Leman A. Guild bg Dizector Be: eas. | Telephones! Business Office Editorial Rooms Job Office SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Daily Edition) A delivered in city ... One year, if paid In advance .4\. F One year, by mall to rural of : One Fear, to United States .... ¥ ix and three months pro r (Semi-Weekly Edition) One year, by mall, cash One vear, If not pa ear, . to United States x and thifee months pro rata, - Attached is one of the best Job printing officed in Canada. i TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE . E. Smallpelice 32 Church Bt U. 8. REPRESENTATIVES New York Office 226 Fifth. Ave. Frank R. Northrup, Manager Chicago Tribune Bldg. rank R. Northrup. Manager. OOUNTRY SOUL-SICK, The country was soul-sick of the sordid' revelations of the past ses- sion. Here we were engaged In bat- tling for the life of the nation, and sending our chivalrous and devoted sons to face and defy death on the most murderous battlefields yet | known In human history; and, right at home, there had been found fish. 'blooded, stone-hearted and brazen- cheeked mercenaries who were seek- Ing a petty personal profit out of the great need of the nation, and greed- lly filling their pockets with dishon- est gains while their brother Cana- dians were, pouring out their lives. It was a situation to make us all heart-sore and ashaz:ad---Montreal Star, Conservative. Mr. Garland, whom the premier read out of the party, and who _ should go away back somewhere and sit down, is not willing to surrender his seat. The Conservative party ~~ Should metaphorically wallop the man into insensibility. i NOT A TRUE BILL. The vote of $100,000,000 for the expenses of the war was passed in the Canadian Parliament with a min. imum of discussion of a proper kind. The Government's proposals for rais- ing the needed money were con- demned, however, and in connection with them Sir Wilfrid Laurier mov- ed an amendment which, shad it been carried, would have made it neces- sary that the ministers should re sigh Montreal Gazette. at is the use of distorting the story for the purpose of giving Hon. ..Mr. Rogers an excuse for. an. elee- tion? The Liberals did not attack the government's methods of raising money for war purposes, They did object ta the government.calling ex- tra taxes "war taxcs" when they had nothing to do'with the war. They objected to the-change in the British preference -at a time when Canada owed so much to Britain and Britain must do her financing. The Liberals are not ashamed of .their stand on the war question. They are enthus- instic supporters of the mother coun. try in any and every way, with re- gard to the war, and ia nothing elss but war unthi it is over, . Toronto does not want to use the power generated at the Incinerators in competition 'with the Hydro-elec- trie aystem, and It will not pay to carry it to distant public buildings for heating purposes. Apparently, thén, there is a lot of power going to her emotions, her patience, and' her| endurance, | On the breast of father and sons, | therefore, on Sunday, should appear | | the white flower that is emblemati- | gi | for an election. cal of a mother's blameless life. It] conveys a tribute that is particularly significant in a year when so many| mothers are filled with anxieties re- | garding their sons at the front and | so many bereaved by the casualties) of war, ~ In Shelbrook, Sask., on Monday a bye-election takes place. There are three candidates--a Conservative and two Liberals, one an Indepéndent. The liquor question, pending a ses- sion of the legislature, is the general { As Shelbrook goes the pro-|! videe may be expected to go in the] issue. provincial election. THE TERMS OF PEACE, England's part in the great war has been defined by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. There are three ways In which the Empire can con- tribute to the success of the Allies-- by sweeping the seas as "she has done, of the enemy; by maintaining a great continental army, which is not so easy; and by bearing the bur- den of the conflict financially. The first and third of these ser- vices Britain has been rendering at an enormous expense, £10,500,000 a day. The expenditure in the army, if the war goes on for a year, will be £500,000,000, and of the navy £145,000,000. This outlay is taxing the resources of the Empire, but what of the Allies, and what of Ger- many, which are borrowing every dollar that is going into the war? Canada's contribution of $150,000,. 000 looks small in comparison, But Canada is to be honored with a volce ig the terms of peace. This! is the more important in view of the former position of even the mother country towards the Colonies. The great Disraeli at one time thought the Colonies would become inde- pendent 'and a millstone around our necks." Robert Lowe at one time suspected that the mother country and the Colonies would separate be- cause they would refuse to let her tax them; and the same one, after- wards Chancellor, when Lord Duf- ferin became Governor<General 'of Canada, was advised to get rid of the dominions, Still later Mr. Bal- four objected to the granting to South Africa of self-government, and at the present time South -Afriea; under General Botha is putting down the German invasion, Hon, Lewis Harcourt is, therefore, giving the honor to the Colonies which is their due when he; says that in return for the magnificent help they are giving in the war, they will have something to say about the conditions of peace. Well said. RDITORIAL NOTES, The friends of the soldiers con- stituting the 21st Regiment will feel the more anxious about their safety in view of the Lusitania incident. It has to be remembered, however, that in the transportation of thousands of men, constituting the British army, not a man nor a ship has been lost, . Dr. Shigeo. Suchiro, of the Kioto, University (and referred to as th George Bernard Shaw of Japan), Is against the attitude of. his country towards China. It is that of the, "brutal tiger" and altogether with. out justification. This does not! speak well for "our ally" in the east. The Toronto News says Rev. Dr.} | | | attack may make Kaiser give for these 'contemptible Cunarders thelr the think twice beforé resuming fortnightly trips. The Rogers faction, declares the Hamilton Herald, does now want an election in order to see whether it possesses the confidence of the peo- ple. . It wants to get away from more- scandals, and still more, not yet uncovered, and to get what sup- port a government may expect with a great war upon its hands. Public opinion does not endorse Rogers special appeal. PUBLIC OPINION. Royal Slogans. (Pittsburg Dispatch.) King George's old slogan: "Wale up, England!" seems to have been changed to "Sober up; England!" -------------- Just a Few. (Hamilton Times.) Rogers ought to give us the names of la few of those who are ciamor | Ah, a Good Deal. { (Montreal News.) {Japan has 500,000 troops in reaci- ness for war. What wouldn't the | llow men" as he calls them? So It Is. ' {Toronto Star.) As -W. /B. Northrup, M.P., a trong supporter of the government, id in the 'House, the best time qr soldiers: to vote is after they ave returned home, * i { { Rencw The Truce. (Hamilton Herald.) J Let the short-lived truce of last] ummer, be renewed and loyally ob-| rved.; ; Then if the Government] should Yérce a General Election on] the country, it would be deserving] of whole-bearted condemnation. | Women At Work. (Montreal Mall.) USE OF THE WORD "FRENCH." New Trade Restriction Recommend- ed By French Committee. Paris, May S.---The cuimerse committee of the Chamber of Depu- ties decided yesterday to recommend passage by the Chamber of Law pro-i hibiting the use of the designation BOYS' CLOTHING "French™ for products of buginesss houses of which one or more of the directors are foreigners, which are not governed exclusively by French laws or which are branches of for- eign enterprises. The same prohibi- tion is to be extended to all products which are not made in France or the colonies. Enterprises which under these re- strictions will be compelled to drop the designation "French' will havea year's time in which to eliminate the word from their advertising, firm names and stationary. CAPTAIN E. B. SPARKS Dental surgeon with Queen's Sta- tionery Hospital, Premier Asquith says he saw be- | | tween three and four thousand wo-| men working in the . shell depart-| ment of a Newcastle engineering] firm. He perhaps could have add-| ed that there was not a Suffragette | among them. | Would Hang The Kaiser. (Wall Street Journal.) { To what length will the spirit of militarism carry the German Govern- ment, that it shocks the world by | deliherate premeditated murder, ab- solutely without military advan-| tage? Great Britain cannot hang the sumbarine officers and crew. | But it would be justified, on any nef tefpretation of international law, in| hanging Von Tirpitz and the Kaiser | himself. KINGSTON EVENTS » | Ald. Edward T. Steacy, says the scheme to turn Murray tower into a| light house is an excellent one. | A. Shaw is attending the :Grand| Council of the Royal Arcanum meet- | ing at Berlin, Ont. | \ The Irishman Scored. The Duke of Connaught tells a good story against himself. Some years ago, when he was raised to the position of lieutenant-colonel of the 1st Rifle Brigade, the late Queen Victoria commanded that he should only be saluted as a regimental offi- cer, and not as a member of the Royal Family. On one occasion, however, an Irish sentry, seeing the Duke and Duchess approaching, turned out the guard and gave the Royal salute. The Duke was much annoyed, and proceeded to give the sergeant in charge a piece of his mind. But the quick-witted Irishman was equal to the occasion. "The guard, sorr," he said in the richest brogue, "is for her Royal Highness, who, as a member of the Royal Family is entitled to it!" After that the Duek could say no- thing. : , Premier Can Stop It. ba Free Press. place of co-operation by all par- Mand In ties, as in Great Britain, we have had | ® four months of armed neutrality and four months of open political strife; and we are now threatened with a general election as a culmination of this Yolly. The people of Canada Ant this sort of thing stopped, and look to Sir Robert Borden to stop it. He has the power, and wi the ower So the responsibility. if, 'order to have political peace in' it 1s necessary to eject Mr. | Artillery Brigade. | Kingston, # | fered by H. Blair Finley of Chatta- '| PrE SHERBOURNE WILDER. « ¥ 26! YEARS AGO |¥ Son 5 H. 8. Wilder, LD: street, ~ ory who was among the Canadian wound- +d at Langemarcke ¥ SERGT. JOHN HEATON. Wounded while with the 1st Field e belongs to * 4 SUNDAY--- MOTHER'S DAY. ¢ -- * + God thought to give the sweet- & > est thing + In His Almighty power + To Earth; and deeply pondering 4+ What it should be--one hpur + In fondest joy and love of heart ¢ + Outweighing every other, + 3 He loved the gates of Heaven # apart ? And gave to Earth--a mother! & * + * + + Napanee's Civic Holiday fixed for July 7th. i Men's Suits We're pointing with pride to our Spring Suits for Men at $12.00, $15.00 and $18.00 The best the prices ever bought. 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