he Sat YEAR 82 NO. 124 | 12 PAGES ] The Special Correspondence by H. F. Gadsby. fan, Ottawa, May 27.--It never rains but jt pours, Accidents never come singly, Tick, tack, toe--three ina TOW, oh all out, These and other wise saws are passing rom mouth to mouth as the result of the Roblin Government's downfall, The three accidents the soothsay- ers have in mind have all happened to the Conservative y within a year, and are pretty well distributed as danger signs. ®irst, Premier Flemming of New Brunswick was in- vestigated and unseated; next Sir Richard McBride was sandbagged by his chief friend and adviser, Attor- ney-General Bowser; now Sir Rod- mond Roblin yields to fate and a graft enquiry that must be dodged if it can't be headed off. The blight, as far as its course can be traced by public events, seems to effect the Maritime Provinces, the middle West and British Columbia. It extends from oeean to ocean, seiz- | & ing on those spots which will give it room to spread to the most advan- tage. It ig being recalled by per- sons skilled in reading the writing on the wall that the Conservative popular majority in 1911 was some- thing less than thirty-two thousand, and that very little more of this sort of thing will Belshazsar---the word is used as a verb--the Borden Gov- ernment for good. As matters stand the Liberals con- trol five provincial governments out of nine, and are reaching for Number Six. The Yukon torial Coun- ceil 1s Conservative at present, but as the Yukon never alms to be out in the cold any morc than its position in the Arctic Circle warrants, there is little doubt it would be Liberal if public opinion in the larger part of Canada slanted that way. No one blames the Yukon for wanting to' be on the sunny side of politics if only to offset the hard winters, At all events things are getting no better fast, and that is one reason why the Borden Government looks forward to an election in September, unless 'oth- erwise detained. pe : The catastspphe in New Brunswick has seen print, and need not 'be ex- plained » w, but: 8ir Richard ride's tish Col. , and .rode 0 see hig friend and Win Churchill, who sed him as having 'the estiny on his brow." In spite of Sir Richard is 'he got out of i He Is gt poe Ee McBride, the Immortal Boy ] 'I ties 1§ very much lke billiards--you bright little morning glory while he lasted. biniself on Sir Wilfrid Laurier, copy- ing his hair and his clothes and other outward and visible signs, but when it came to copying his mind and his statesmanship Sir Richard couldn't come up to the specifications. How. ever, he once spent twenty-five thou- sand dollars welcoming Sir Wilfrid to British Columbia's midst, said sum being half admiration and half poli- tics, Sir Richard was looking to- ward Ottawa at that time, certain ad- vanced thinkers in the Conservative party, including Rufus Pops, subse guently Senator, having groomed him to réplace Robert Borden, Who wasn t sueh a success then as he became af- terwards. The twenty-five thousand dofar reception was Sir Richard making a splash for the Ottawa con- spirators, But that was as far as it ot. Sir Richard wisely stuck to his own little flower pot, did not™Nn- vite comparisons by entering the larger field, and remained true to British Columbia as long as British Columbia could afford it. The "seal of high destiny" may result in his be: coming a Unionist candidate for an English constituency --- picture the Three Musketeers, Winston, Dick and Galloper Smith--but" it will hardly lead him back to the premiership of British Columbia again. Sir Rodmond Roblin lized by the sword, so to speak, and he perished by it. 'Autocrat though he was of fitteen years standing, he couid not stand before thé march of the Cam- eron man, meaning Sir Douglas. the, Lieutenant-Goverpor. The immov- able obstacle had ta give way before the irresistible impulse. In short, Sir Rodmond met his match. Out- side of the million dollar mystery al- together, Sir Rodmond brought his fate on his own head by his own men- tal and temperamental habltudes. A tyrant can do mueh with.a free coun- try as long as. uses finesse, but course work 1ike® the last Manitoba 'election is almost Sure to grg him in wrong with the y there were rumors that Sir Rodmond was lous, but events Premier ole, - At any rate, Bob Rogers {s on the job yet, while Sir Rodmond has lost his. Sir Rodmond ag the "fixer" at Ottawa, doing Bob's work, wearing Bob's smfle--what do you know about that? And yet Sir Rodmond thought he had it in him, There Is reason to believe that the Hon. Doctor Montague was only a pale, cereal substitute for Bob Rog- ers in the Roblin cabinet.- Fhe Doc- for drew a good tong bow in 1887, when his election in Monk was twice voided, and he did fairly well in the 1 | Bowell and Tupper cabinets as long th they lasted, but he seems to have Tost ICH of his cunning between 18986, when he disappeared minion* politics, and 1913, when he rn in Manitoba. Poli- 10se you touch if you stop playing for seventeen years, e truth is that Dr. Montague is and has always been a first-class y. , Sir Rodmond Roblin should have dodged him on hig record. To him into a cabinet any time dur- Externally, Sir Richard modelled |, seem have us Joa , to i x oh trom Do- | ®P! hoo- | 5 boat is the best trow not, 'Caesar asked for fat men who sipep o'nights to act as cabinet ministérs, but there is no sleep where Dr. Montague is, He ig fat, but his burden is disaster. --H. F, G. APPROVE REDMOND STAND. | Irish Party Ready to Do All Pos- sible for New Government. Dublin, May 27.--The Irish party at a meeting unanimously adopted a resolution approving John Redmond's action in declining a seat in the new cabinet. The party issued a state- ment declaring that "the, events of | last week have created a situation | demanding the serious and careful | consideration of the Irish people" | Reciting Premier Asquith's assur- | ance that the coalition' would not fn- | volve the surrender by any person of | his political purposes or ideals, the | statement continues: "We accept that | declaration, and so long as the pledge | is honorably and strictly observed we | shall be ready to give the new Gov- | ernment, in carrying on the war, the | same hearty co-operation as has been | given by the party to the last Govern- | ment, "This war, as the world has repeat. | edly been assured by British states. | men, 1s being waged for the gtrict and | honorable maintenance of treaties | and for the right of small nations to | freedom and the unhampered devel- opment of their national life. These | principles are very dear to Irishmen | GERMANS FAIL To Brive Back the Russian fight Wig. BATTERINGRAM STAYED ALLIED ENEMY THREATENED ON BOTH FLANKS Between Jaroslan 'and Przemysl Hesitates to Move Further East- ward---The Russians Have the Ad. "vantage. Petrograd, May 27.--(Despatch to the London Morning Post)--After forty-eight hours of recuperation, the Germans have renewed their on- slaught on 'the Galician front. This interval apparently has been em- ployéd, not merely in refilling the complete ranks of men and muni- tions, butialso in a re-grouping of forces. Thus considerable forces have been sent across the Upper Vistula to strengthen the Germans left, which after its defeat and pur- suit by the Russians had fallen back too far for any further movement eastward by the main head of the and of incalculable value to the fu- tare of the Irish race. But, while we feel confident that these princi- upon in avy future transactions be- tween the British and Irish nations, and while we accept this pledge of 1s the houir when it is incumbent upon us to remind the irish pedple that e 'achievements of art ni le. 8 is party 8 / Ye, been on > reliance hemselves and by independent action in Parliament, and we are of the opinion that the chair- #bted wisely in declining, even extraordinary and unlooked- 1 s the present ; least ) the necessity rganization, and appeals A r » earganize the Leag every i : i : parish ples will be remembered and. acted |th Minister, we ive] that this |: aaaavement from which it | Russians os {United States & vernnient is not] 4 Bound to treat the hk fot {That vessel was a British |it- was an offense committed Geran plialanx, 'south of thé Vis- in Er L's 'was begun 'by n e * n id fo the region of Opa- vor to drive back and' once 'more reinforédements, thé region have not yet r purpose. The on the main the stubborn again has Been re- newed, 'especially -in: the 'section be- tween Jaroslau and Prsemysl, where the Russians both banks of the San River. mans' still Ceed in are, therafore, ; and until they suc: g "the "Russians both north and South of this main} line of advance, it would be risk; te . 4508058 DINNER pues 2 One Ought ts Have a Good Appetite. A good appetite is the best sauce. 1t goes a long way toward in strength. - pm Salth. "and of the German transport service, submarine upbn ship Nebraskan » flanks of the Ger- be ram eastward. | = Energetic attacks in a direction st iN right angles to the above, name, o n a front running southeastward from Przemysl, have not yet su.- ceeded in carrying finally any of the Russian defences. In this sesiien there has been no lull in the streuu- ous fighting for a week past. Why This Energetic Attack? The Germans, encouraged by tem- porary successes on two occasions when they managed to capture some sections of trenches and hold them several hours, evidently counted on reaching the main line of raflway, which is only a few miles distant and runs over a considerable part of this section, Success in this attempt would immediately set free the head of the German battering ram for a further irresistible drive toward the east. Hence thie extreme energy with which the attacks were pressed here incessantly during the past} forty-eight hours. Reinforcements have been sent to this front by the Germans, but the Russians moved up their magaifi- cent artillery, which swept away with terrible losses all German at- tacks. Presuming that an attack by ten or a dozen picked army corps adopting phalanx formation of the ancient Greeks is still. the main ob- ject of the Germans, all these other conflicts are subsidiary and intend- ed only to clear the flanks of the principal driving force. Meanwhile, the Germans batter- ing ram has been checked in its swing, and every hour that passes necessarily weakens its power . to drive even directly forward. The task of keeping half a million mod- | ern soldiers who are missed into a close phalanx on a narrow front adequately supplied' even with rat- fons, must tax the entire resources apart from the vast stores of munition that will be moment thé advance is The Germans' original plan has |' definitely failed, and any hopes of success they may still entertain rest upon tactical movements to make good the failure of the idea. The Russians, however, hold the the inner lines and the Germans have no railways, but snust ; take their tactical readjustménts of flat feet, and at the same game the Rus- slans have shown on many occasions y can easily give the Ger points and beat hl _- OALLS IT AN ACT OF WAR . Morning Post Says First as To Be So Attacked. ndon, May 28.---The naval - respondent of the Morning Post po : The attack made by a German To tethatalty ach of war on the Senay" Phe the outrage a8 an of war, any more man a a y than a LW affair, however, differs om the sinking of the" PAGES 9-12 SECOND SECTION Men's $12 & $15 Suits, Sat. Special, $7.50 50 Men's Odd Suits; which we have not a complete range of sizes, but they are from sizes 36 to 44; also a lot of black and blue serges and Tweeds, sizes from 33 to 42, Reg. $12 to $15. 'Special for Saturday ' .$7.60 45 other Men's Suits, all first class quality; reg. $18 and $20. for Saturday i i950 BOYS' SUITS, SPECIAL FOR SATURDAY, $6.50 Boys' Norfolk Suits, in blue serges and Tweeds, made in latest English models; sizes 27 to 34; blaofier pants; reg. $8.50 and $10, Saturday {ER ITRE O OA a ola ate oe ataza Boys' Tweed D. B. Suits, with bloomer pants; s 27 to 34; Fog. $6 and $8.50, Saturday for . 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