oes jE thrée months pro rate. EE en H ¥ gmalipgos REPRESENTATI Now Tork 3 Church St. RP REBSENTATIY BS 26 Jisth Ave. or une Bldg. nager. CHURCHILL IN ABEYANCE. Hon. Winston Churchill's varl- able sareqr has received abothen airing. He is a clever, courageous, and aggressive public mian, some what heady and somewhat erratic. He is one who works hard in any position which he assumes, and one who has makes his influence feit. Moreover he accomplishes things. Af the first civil lord of the'Admir- alty he has certainly been active and alert, and such a leader as a great cause apould 'have. But when Lord Fisher became the = suecessor of Prince Louis of Battenburg, as First Sea Lord, there was bound to be trouble. Hon. Mr, Churchill found in him a mas- "ter strategist, the builder of 'the Navy on its modern 'plan, and the dominant character in the naval System who would not brook inter- ference. 'It is not apparent when the collision of these two men oc- curred, or what it was about, but "a clash did take placa and «Mr. Churchill has ceased to be First Lord of the Admiralty. He does not disappear from the Government, but accepts another post on which he can concentrate his mind, and India, rither than naval = affairs, will occupy his attention. The 'crisis' has simply one: point, ely, that during the war the man of the sea, Lord Fisher, will have his way, that he will be allowed to exercise his will, and that upon him will be cast the re- "gponetbility 'of "directity "the "ciim- palgn to a finish, Mr, Churchill will be heard from again, It 'is to' his credit that he can, like so many other Britishers, efface him- "sell to some extent at a critical time, in the public interest. He 1s 'not one to be sacrificed, 'how- over but si held in reserve in a minor 'office, pending the Hevelop- ment 'of oni ) Th temperance maasure Jot the graphed from Vieuna, that Austria said Italy would never fight. This is as serious a miscalculation as Germany made with preference to England, Later Germany forced Austria to make certain offers which were finadequate, and the matteg has been dragging along week after week and month after month watil popular sentiment, led by the great d' Annunzie, has swept the Govern- ment of Italy into war. Public sentiment favours the new phases of the war. Wiih the entrance of Italy and Roumania from the south Bulgaria has intimated that she will net be affected by Rouman- a's return, which is an intimation in {itself that the leading Bal- kan nations are with the Allies though some of them 'mey mot be- come immersed in the war Sure- ly the campaign will be shortened by these newer contingencies, and | Germany will soon--and the sooner the bettér--have her All , of the carnage. But the end is not yet. The late Elbert . Hubbard, who went down on the Lusitania, wrote some time ago a little pamphlet, entitled, "Who Lifted the Lid Off of Hell?" and proceeded to answer, "William Hohenzollern," whom he denounces in the most scorching language. He reminds the world of what hap- pened.in Germany after the "Thirty Years. War," when the country was reduced to cannibalism, when the old apd crippled were knocked inj the head and eaten, when wo- men and girls were used like cattle, when family names were for- gotten, when to commemorate the dead was a crime. METEORIC RISE AND FALL. It is a tribute to the power of the press that it ean be said Lord North cliffe, more than any other man, is responsible for the political crisis in Britain. As a leader of pub- lic opinion he was supposed to be a party to the truce into which the political parties of the old land en- tered when the war broke out. But for 'some time his papers have been criticizing the Government and giv- ing evidence of the mischievous spirit that was bound to, sooter or later, lead to trouble. Assuming that the London Times and Mail and Observer and the Manchester Standard, all Conservative, reflected the mind of the Conservative party it was very evident that the Govern- ment could not hope for the cordial or continued support of the Opposi- tion. It was hard to expect one to give ifs steady adhesion to a war policy in the making or main- tenance 'of which it did not 'have a band.' . When the Fisher-Churchill aif- ficulty occurred the air was sur- charged: with political electricity and no: one; could gonjecture - what the results mig One result is already reported: the Government has been changed. It is now a} coalition, composed of men who could not possibly work together ordinarily and in advocacy of their particular fads. They have offered to work together, and with one|. mind, until the cause which Britain champions. has triumphed, ie Meanwhile what of Lord North: cliffe, the man who shelled the ad- ministration and forced the crisis? He has become an embittered op- ponent of the Minister of War, Lord Kitchener, whom he nominated for|® offices, insinuates that he has failed | to meet expectations, denounces him because he invited recruits in his own name in place of the name of the 'King, and deprecates him as al military organizer and commander. so! Clearly he has overshot the mark, | has miscalculated public opinion, | and will make, presently one bf famous. - The rise of the man, hie phenomenal. Bat a fosrmlin bs cam chequered. = Gardiner, the thor of EDITORIAL NOTES. The 'Montreal juvenile city lads were not allowed to play policeman. It would be a serious matter should the' boys show the elders how to do| their duty. The representation of tie domin- ions has been considered in the re- construction of the Imperial Gd ° ernment. It is not deemed pos-| sible just mow, but' it wus coc in fime, and possibly at La: close Of} the war. The Whig has been "requested to say that the letter of A. C. Hardy, Brockville, offering $100,000 to equip a regiment, was acknowledged by the Militia Department. The lack of acknowledgement was to subsequent letters. The Orange Sentinel rejoices in! the fall of the Roblin Government in Manitoba. But it does not think the Borden Government will be af- fected. Ask Hon. Mr. Rogers -- if he can be found. Since the fall of Roblin he has been in hiding. The Winnipeg Free Press warns off the job hunters who are pester- ing Abs. pow Government of Mani- top. "He says the most of those are hot: for Govenment employ- nS are no good, and should be sent about their business. The man who is worth'anything is ashamed to be "called a political hanger-on. PUBLIC OPINION. | Remember The Jew. (Ottawa Journal) Eleven thousand Jews are fight ing with the British army, It will be well to keep this in mind when we sit down with Russia to figure out the peace terms. Playing Double. (Toronto Globe.) The Morning Post and 'The Lon- don Times have been practising on Churchill and Kitchener with gas bombs when they should have been reserving their fire for the enemy. No End Of Calls. AMaontreal Mail.) "The man, who hn all the ap- peals for funds, these times, would soon owe a lot of money: Pick out the cause that appeals to you, and don't forget Belgium. Toy "A Resl Tribute, London Advertiser.) % When Sie: passionless, unemotion- al, machine-like Kitchener goes out of his way to pay tribute to the cour- age and dash of the Canadians, that is Indeed' high praise. LU TEL ------------------------------ Civic. Inascision, {Toronto ' News. All present applicants Fob the Jead- ership of the Fire Department may be in their graves before the City Council makes up its mind. Peeping Over The Abyss. 4s (Halifax Chronicle.) Toronto Telegram, Conserva- 'tive, says that Premier Borden's re- solve not to call a general Slection at this time *'sayved Canadian Con- gervatives from the greatest disaster that has menaced the party since the |; The Telegraia | calamity of 1896." knows hereof it Sneaks, and the "worst is yet to coms." e disas- ter has not ee averted. It is on- ¥ Jostponed, ; KINGSTON EVENTS. 26 VEARS ACO vy membership of the Kingston Momedist churches, as reported at the distric 'meeting is as, Sollats: eet, 4 389; Jubilee, hihi 0 Joo; Princess : 1 [1 Ws i 'And' Jack he VICTIM OF HARD LUCK With Kingstonian. {Toronto Telegram. | Frank Ready, chauffeur, is a vic- {tim of hard luck. He picked up 3a i {fare who asked him to rush to the { Unton Station, as he had to catch a {train for Kingston and had only a | few minutes. Ready drove [fast {enough for his fare to catch the de- | sired train, but the margin of time | was so close that the passenger. did |not have time to pay his taxi hire. { However, as the passenger had told | Ready that he had received a tele- {gram calling him to Kingston, Ready concluded that it was a case of sick- ness, so he decided to charge his lost fare up to charity. But this afternoon the good-heart- ed chauffeur was haled into court Hmit. "What was the rate?" Magistrate Kingstord. Wiles per hour," "It will be $5 and costs," said his worship. "Twenty-five answered Inspector ITALY'S NAVY. ¥ SPER FERPE IPPON He lived on thirteen cents a day,-- Ten cents for milk and cracker, One cent for dissipation gay, And two cents for tobacco. He'd take his pole and catch ' a fish. ! And if his stomach raised a war 'Gainst his penurious habit, He'd: go and kill a woodchuck or Assassinate a rabbft; And thus he'd live in sweet content, On Tobd that never cost cent. And that he might lay by in bank "The pro s of his labor, He'd happen round at - meals, crank! And dine upon his neighbor! And then he'd eat enough 10 last Until another day had passed. the He bought nor pantaloons nor vest, Nor rich, 'expensive jacket; He had one suit--his pa's bequest--- He thought would "stand the racket." He-patched it thirty years, 'tis true, new, He owned but ong suit to his' Back, : And minus cuffs and collars. Tun this fortune through ' g . And only took a year or 'two. ¥ The Toronto Telegram" despatches from England wounded Canadian heroes of .valided home were. given Soames passage in the steerage w. cern as to the other occu contrasts this style of travel with that of the Ministers of the Crown ng: it "Private cars for politicians is 2 pdlicy that does not th sage for wounded "When Canada up that this country can ing better than a steerage - to the wounded heroes of war, the nation will be so hard up that Cabin- et Ministers should have to, walk the 'ties instead of lording it Aheough; the land in their private ars." While the Prone Canadian Ate very appreciative o ot revsed that are .| they iow ti hel fr Gulp and wi <3 withou : Piowt secnpyng hamittes Yo the side of their w citizens, our compatriots bravely for the sacred cause of i fr re in the above grasetul an EEE of its charged with breaking the speed | inquired chsh. ts i i tc La Chauffeur Drove Too Fast f BELTER E BIBBYS LIMITED Men's and Boys' Wear Robert D. 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