/ PAGE FOUR, ? THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1915. > The British Whig Ud EN |] ----Ccontrariness, --but--it has seldom ey { One year, delivered One year, if pal in advance ... One year, by mall to rural offices one Sear, Lo United Bates Hu months pro ra > Weekly Edifion) Pr nat, cash If not paid 8 year, to United States J and three months pro rats. Attached 1s one of the best printing offices in Canada. io ce 225 Fifth Ave. Frank R. Northrup, Manager Chisago Tribune Bldg. .. Frank R. Northrup. Manager. THE SENATE'S GOOD WORK. The Senate has been damned for its uselessness, its fussiness and its been praised. It did a good act, however, at the last session when it | blocked a bill, and which the Federal Government approved, permitting appeals from the Manitoban courts to the Supreme court. The Totonto World explains: "In order to stave off as long as possible the final decision upon the cleetion petitions filed in the courts against Dr. Montague and several Roblin supporters {un the Legislature u law was passed permitting appeals in those/o#ses from the provineial courts to the supreme court of Can- ada. A snag, however, was struck when it was found that such jurisdie- tion could only be conferred upon the; Bupreme Court of Canada. A snag, however, was struck when it was found that such jurisdiction could only be conferred upon the Su- prome Court by the Dominion Parlia- ment. Therefore, at the last ses- sion a bill was passed by the Com- mons to permit the Supreme Court of Canada to hear such appeals. The bill, as we haye already seen, was promptly thrown out by the Senate." The effect is apparent.;' The men whose elections have beén contested will retire from public life, and re- lieve the Legislature of their pres- ence and their troubles. = Conserva- tives, we are told, are pleased with the prospect. Sir Rodmond Roblin hopes for a kindly remembrance in the work he has performed. There would have been more assurance of it, had he gone into retreat a little sooner. The Gérman publicity is to be sup- pressed. The Dernberg agitators will no longer be permitted to in- sult the American people with their talk, It is time they were muszled. They have been nearly as mischie- vious as so many dogs that are suffer- ing from the rabbles. AR WILL LIVE IN HISTORY. The Globe's Ottawa correspondent alleges that little, it any, improve- ment has taken place in the Militia Department since Parliament was prorogued. Britain is. calling for men, and if they do not recruit fast enough conscription may be resorted to. Canada has the men, and many are willing' to serve their land but for ome reason they are not accept- ed, and those that have enlisted are not outfitted for active service. The ~ Canadian Courier, which cannot be ~ charged .with hostility to the Govern- ment, intimates that serious condi- tions exist at Ottawa, and they should 1.00 | Manitoba. «| favours any side, 'or whether he dis- TURN ON THE LIGHT. | ~The righteous precedent that a | strong Lieutenant-Governor has cre- | 1 2*ed in his dealings with the Roblia | | Government in Manitoba, may be | followed when the Laurier Lieuten-| | ant-Governors of Alberta and Sas-| | katchewan retire next October, and | | strong Lieutenaft-Governors will in- | sist on a 'search }ight being turned | on works and ways of the Scott Gov-| | ernment in Saskatchewan and the | Sifton Government in Alberta, --To-| | ronto Telegram. | No Lieutenant-Governor can em-| | barrass a local government which is | | enjoying the confidence of the people. | | The Roblin Government would not | surrender to any Lieutemant-Gover- | nor or any opposition if his hands] | were clean and he had nothing Jin | public ad inistration to conceal. The absolute and unconditional surrender of Manitoba's belted | knight 'and his colleagues--Roblin's | painful admission in the statement | he lias made public, that a new gov- ernment can clean up the public de- partments as his government was not apparently able to do--is with- out a precedent. It is prima facia] evidence that there is something ser- fously amiss, and something he can- not successfully defend. The Lieutenant-Gevernors of Al-| berta and Saskatchewan will ve wel- | com to act if the circumstances at? any time run parallel with those in| The Lieutenant-Gover- nor of any province will do all to make it clear to his Government that he will not be a party to any suppres- sion of facts, or a bill of charges equally discomfiting, is presented to him as a bill was presented to the Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba. The Toronto World thinks that when the war is over immigration will set in, and to an extent never be- fore experienced in Canada. Suré of this? Won't desolated Europe require all the men it contains to begin reconstruction? THE CRISIS IN ITALY. Few persons understand the posi- tion of Italy at the present time. Its ministry has resigned because its members are at variance with the King upon the question of war. They are inclined to become aggres- sive, to involve Italy in fhe strife, on its own account, and not as an Alley of the Triple Entente or the Triple Alliance. On the Austrian side Italy has be- come dissatisfied because she cannot obtain a lot of concessions, pressed with more than usual vigour, and beginning with the cession of Istrfik and the Tréntine. On the other side Italy wanted the possession of South™ ern Tyrol, Istria and Dalmatia, and also the nationalization of any south- ern ports ceded to Serbia. The main idea was to prevent any other power from controlling her harbours on the eastern coast. = Russia stands behind Serbia, and Serbia objects to the hostile attitude of Italy. The crisis has been under- stood by the people, and they were represented as patiently awaiting the outcome of the negotiations. "It is the dominion of the Adriat i" says a writer, "that is at stake: the question that concerns Italy's progress as a nation, and as a great power, far more than that of the mere recovery of the provinces of Trent and Trieste." The see-sawing between the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance has not led to any result. The Salandra Government has concluded 'hat .it can best secure its ambitions by in- dependent action. The King demur- red. It is not known whether he approves of war without some defi- nite. understanding with .the Allies. One thing certain--he has the people against him. They clamour for war. The Work's Department cannot pave University Avenue because the Power Commission has not renewed certain necessary water and gas What is the Commission do- ing in order to have this work per- formed? It must serve the people reasonably if it is to save its popular- ity. y rl | mours be correct deed it is emphatically disappointing in its work. In the first place it does not meet often enough, and cannot possibly, by any tri-weekly service, meet the demands of the hour. In the next place it must, if it wants to succeed, abandon the patronage list, the { filthy thing that caused so much dam- age when the First Contingent was being outfitted. It must call for | tenders, and award them with only two objects in view, value and effie- iency of service. Failing in this, it will fall to an- swer the purpose for which it was appointed, bringing condemnation on itself. It will hopelessly compro- mise the Premier. If current ru- there are more and serious troubles in store for the Government respecting war con- tracts. EDITORIAL NOTES, What a failure this civic clean-up nas been! The movement to be ef- fective must be general, and the edu- cational campaign must be contin- uous and persistent. Leaders of the Government and people, in England, talk of conscrip- tion, and men, thousands of them, | willing te serve in Canada. What is the meaning of all this any way? The Toronto News has it that the Manitoba Government resigned and retired "to clear the air." Of what? Roblin was a politician of the noisy and obstreperous type. He was never a statesman. Hon. R. Rogers left a caucus of politicians in 'Teronto some days ago to visit Manitoba and heard of the fate of the Roblin Government at Chicago, and then disappeared. Has the Black Hand got a hold of him? Farmers, take not of this. Sir Rodmond Roblin, Manitoba's retreat- ing Premier, was a farmer, and re- turns to the farm now that he has lost _his job; and Mr. Norris, who succeeds him is a farmer. It seems to be a fiction that only a lawyer can run a Government. The United States Government worries over the war. No wonder. It is a great issue, and burdening in its weight. Why is the New York World's suggestion not acted on -- that the President call to his aid the ex-Presidents and ex-members of the Government, Root, Knox, et al., who can advise him on the war. In union 48 strength in the United Stites as well as in England. io. The Bryce Commission, which is generally accepted, makes the in- dictmieént "of the German nation In respect of the Belgian autrocities usually powerful. Crime, premedi- tated; slaughter general; young and old people mutilated; women at- tacked; children brutally slain, and arson and pillage systematic; pris- oners and wounded shot! What an infamous record! PUBLIC OPINION | Wants To Know, {Toronto Globe.) Does President Wilson still think the The Brave Remain, (due! Mercury.) are vi brave men left i Chicaga Board of mended that the salaries of teachers be reduced seven 'por cent., and that the schools be not opened. One ould think that Chicago was at war. Ttury of the fighting has been unbelie- +| that time he was in command of his ) | company, and so long as his streng went into action around Ypres was | either killed, captured or wounded. In| the famous retreat from Mons the | British army lost mearly thirty per| | cent. of its fighting force. | Strong Language. (Brantford Expositor.) { When "Billy" Sunday heard of the} sinking of the dusitania he exclaimed, | "That's a damnable, hellish thing for| any nation to do." "Billy's vocabul- | ary is copious and expressive, | On this occasion it sufficed to fit tha | situation to a nicety. ! Proper Way. { . (Hamilton Herald.) { Industrial Canada, the organ of the| Canadian Manufacturers' Association, | calls for the abolition of the patron- | age list. "A Government," it says, | "in purchasing goods should be actu-| {ated "by the same motives that gov- | ern the pripate purchaser." This is| good doctrine not only in war time, but in time of peace as well. i KINGSTON EVENTS 25 YEARS ACO The chemical engine broke down to-day going to a fire. The rough | streets were the cause, J. Gowan has been elected deputy | grand master of the True Blues for | Frontenac. { ~The budget for the Collegiate In- | stitute calle for $2,436. i | © Cheese sold to-day at 8%c. | DEATH ROLL APPALLING. | Fury Of Flanders Fight Is Beyond ! Belief. ' | = Northern France, May 15.--A week of battle now drawing toa | close has left both sides exhausted {and breathless. The storm has now quieted down only to 'break | again perchance Sunday. Always {in this titanic struggle Sunday has | been marked as the opening' clash | and beginning of great events. The | veable and ahe death role appalling, { One man just down from i shell-harried ridge of Aubers, where! | the tide of battle has swept madly to {and fro from trench to trench' and] | back again, tells me that in the last | | retirement from the glope he and al handful of men, who.were left, put} |of the wild bayonet charge, came { down shoulder deep through German dead. " Northward, around Ypres, the | fighting was fiercer and bloodier still. - I am informed that last night JUST WRIGHT ACLASSYSUIT The Envoy * The spring cut is of short length--form fitting English style----coat buttoning wo or three buttons, as the wearer may desire -- the lapels are of a medium proportion, made with soft roll. The vest is cut high;; the trousers are smaller and have an easy grace that is pleasing. The new suitings are handsome new mixtures in Cheviots, Cassimores and Serges. Every Suit a Beauty. Suits, Suits, Suits, $12.50 $15. Hand Tailored by Experts. The seasons correct Hat styles are here¢ The Wolthausen, made ip Canada Hats; Suits, | $18. $20. the old town was burning in a great fumace of angry flame under a roll- ing canopy of black smoke. Fanned by the wind and fed by scores of in- cendiary bombs fired into the ruins by the enemy, the vast conflagration spread until the whole country for miles around was illuminated by th beacon. ¢ Our line is established firmly and we have two-thirds of Hill 60 in spite] of all the furious attempts of the) enemy to dislodge us. A sojourner on that hill for the last fiftéen days told we this morning that all was well there, though the mound is more of a rubbish heap than a hill. A LARGE NUMBER DRILLED Class Friday Evening. At the 14th Regiment's Opening The 14th Regiment had the first of its geason's drills on Friday ev- ening in the Armouries, and a very large number of citizens turned out. Several officers of the 14th were pre- sent, Capt. W. Y. Mills conducted the class and gave instruction in the different movements for a half an hour. After the drilling, rifles were taken from the stores and the class was given rifie practice for an hour, using 'the targets erected for the 21st Battalion. A large number of people are keenly interested in drills and larger numbers are expected as the ad- vantages of the class are realized. Dies Leading His Men. Paris, May 15 --Guy de Cassag- T. 1. LOCKHART, Bank of Montreal Building, Kingston. 1085 or 1020, nao, director of 'Automte, a second lieutenant of reserves, is mentioned] in the army orders for showing Tevent bravery and real contempt of though wounded in battle, he continued to lead his men until he was struck by a second bullet. At held out he encouraged his men an led them onward, Feeling at length that he was at the point of death, he.declined to be carried to the rear, saying that he desired fo die'in Al- . His last wish was falilled. H. R. 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