Ww PAGE FOUR THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1015. -- TE The British Whig I T T = compares with Victor Hugo's. It is! kary, in order to keep up with the de-| MING 0 S FF a wonderful] portrayal of a great mands upon him. When economy | | event, and is given a coloring that Is | relgns to such an extent in the Engi- 1 chéracteristic of the author. | neer's Depargment it is hardly likely 25 YEARS ACO H The cirgumstance of note is the that the Tratiters Kis i a! H | smaHness of the armies that met on | increased =o that the collections at| - [ this historic vecasioni, Napoleon had | the end of each quarter can be rushed | Tie 5th Batty jiués ave a the {74,000 men . under his command; {in and the financial statements made for the aly oy Bae Sit d { Wellington had 67,000; and Blucher, | to the Council up to date. Major Sam Hughes, of the Lind-| say Warder, is among the jolly] newspaper men in camp. i Dr. Sparks is attending a meeting | whose timely arrival late in the day | saved the situation, must have had of the Eastern Ontario Dentists As-| sociation in Ottaw ! {H. D. BIBBY, R. D. SLOAN, President. Sec. & Manager. Limited--Boys' & Men's Wear Store EDITORIAL NOTES. Some part of the new enquiry into] the Canadian war contracts will be condutted - privately. A mistake, truly. If public mis-doings are to be effectually extirpated there must be the fullest publicity with regard O England! thy foe hath hated thee to them. { lon 8, | > {And his hate is a deadly thing; Hon. Robert Rogers is hovering It was held in his heart till its | around Winnipeg and even visiting growth was strong, the court room in which the Royal| NOW Words have woven it into a song |a good many since we read that | "more enemies," unnumbered, bore down upon the French hosts, and in | one place 40,000 is mentioned. . The | defeated army fled in disorder from | the field, save the four Battalions of [the Guard--the Old Guard, "com- | posed of seasoned men upon whom | Napoleon depended so much--and it | formed square again and and again ie : -------- A WAR CHANT. Virna Sheard, in Toronto Globe, EB SE = People who are in the habit of paying cash and who do not want goods on approval, will find t's a profitable place to' trade. We believe we are the only store in Kingston doing a strictly cash and = Lo Published y and Semi-W, JEM BRITIS WHIG FURL NG 00, LIMITED. J. G. EMott ............... President Toman A. Guild ... Managing Director and Sec.-Treas. 'Felepho Business oma"? spd vesvesvesnssnenee B48 Editorial Rooms . . 32 Job Office SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Datly Edition) One year, delivered in city ...... $6.00 One year, if paid in vance Looe $6. One year, by. mall to rural offices $2.50 One io United States ...... $3.00 An army of 100,000 men, or of 200,000, is of small account in this year of grace, 1915. There are millions on the battle line of Europe to-day, and more are killed, wound- ed or taken prisoners in a day than composed the "hosts" under Napole- on or Wellington. And the fight- ing Is different. A century ago, there were entrenchments, but there were no fortifications in the earth out of which the foe had to be driven by heavy shells, or by the bayonet. 1.00 The armies a century ago met in the Attached is one of the best job printing ofces in Canada. 3 TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE H. B Smalipeice o Frank R. "Northrup, A run Are. *hicago . + Tribune Bldg. rank R. Northrup, Manager. NOT EXPECTING WAR. When we appear at the great Judgment seat of history as a nation -and as a people, and this war, with Its terrors, with its tortures, with its suffering, Is brought up against us, We can say the proof that we are in- nocent of this crime is that we did not prepare, We, at any rate, did not organize for that war. We had not organized great forces for the purpose of conquering Germany or Austria or trampling upon the liber- ties of any other nation, but the un- doubtedly . exculpatory fact left us the worst organized nation for war in the world.--Lloyd-George, at Man- chester, ------------ FINISH THE GRAFTING. It is not at all clear what Sir Charles Davidson and his counsel at Ottawa have been appointed to do. At the close of the last session of Parliament the members and the country | were promised that the probe ing the manner if which some of the departments had been doing business would be continued. The lid had been only partially lifted. Only a peep had been taken into the crookedness which the emergencies of the war permitted. Reasonable care, and the suppression of the po- litical healers, would have guarded against the disgraceful Procedingly which the Public Accounts' Commit tee to some extent revealed. There was a desire to prorogue the House, and at the same time a desire to continue the enquiry, and the Premier, with & great show of indig- nation over what he had learned, gave the assurance that no guilty one would escape. The bluff succeeded. Sir Robert Borden was lauded for his high sense of honor and his burning zéal for public honesty, and next to doing great acts is to get the credit for them. Now there is a great doubt as to what the Commission is for, whether it is to take up the work of the Pub- lic Accounts' Committee where it left off and pursue the investigation to am end, leaving nothing undone and no one unpunished, or whether it is to find some opportunity for white-washing the Government and relieving it of further embarrass- ment. That doubt should not exist. There was great wrong-doing in con- nection with the war supplies. It has to be corrected. The money unduly extracted from the public treasury has to be returned to it. The publie record has to He relieved of every stain, Sir Robert Borden will be simply trifling with the people if he under- takes any course which will not make a clean-up of the departments, and a finish of the grafting. © The lessons of the Manitoba Government have been impressive. Public ras- cality is bound to be exposed, and the Government that does not put it down will suffer and eventually go down with it. bi I ---------- L s Some citizens who have not been named, because it does not seem to be favored, want the management of the Utilities Commission changed w= | will be a terrific field in open formation or in squares, % and the cavalry launched the most brilliant attacks again and again, and appearéd to be the most mobile and effective branch of the service. Waterloo was a great victory for the British, and some of these days, in some part of Belgium, not far from the old battle ground, there impact of army against army, and once more there will be a victory for the British. It will be a victory, too, over the Ger- mans, and co-operating with, the con- querors will be the Belgian's under the second Albert, the Good. History repeats itself in war as in other things, and the Waterloo of 1815 may have its counter part in that of 1915. 'After the war a boom the like of which the world has never seen. It has begun already, in imitation of the boom which followed the war be- tween France and England, and end- ing with the Battle of Waterloo. The first of Russia's consideration for her Alliés has been felt in Kingston through the large order for locomo- tives. MORE LIGHT NEEDED. The Utilities Commission is en- titled to a square deal; and it is not getting this. The questions which every man who has a vote should ask himself are these: Is this Commis sion composed of high-minded, effic- feat, hopest, and honorable men? Have they been serving the people faithfplly? ° Are they managing the plants "which represent an invest- ment of hundreds of thousands of ir with the sole purpose of giv- ing the consumers of water, gas, and electricity the best lowest rates? a The Mayor and Aldermen assigned no repson in the resolution which they passed for a removal of the Commissidners. The Mayor said he had been asked to support a plebis- cite which calls for nothing more than the expression of public opin- fon. He did not intimate who sug- gested this course. He does not say what they had in view, or what they suffered or had been denied by the Commissioners. A second member of the Council says the city is too small for a Commission and a Coun- cil. But niné-tenths of the munici- palities which own Utilities have them' managed by Commissions and for the reasons which the Chief En- gineer of the Hydro-Electric Commis- sion has so concisely set forth, A third member of the Council, when approached, had nothing to say about the Commission, except that he was opposed to it from the beginning, and he Is opposed to it now. Friction Is talked of. What fric- tion? Is reference made to the in- cinerator? The Commission could not the money it collected from the Utilities upon a purely civ- ic plan', one not covered by the "Public Utilities Act," and the City Solicitor has made that point quite clear. Is reference made to the re- quest of the Mayor for cheaper wa- ter for certain public {ustitutions? The lowest possible rate 1s given, ac- tual cost. 'Are the consumers of water, gas and electricity willing that they should make good all the prom- ises of Aldermen, whether they are Pesouable or otherwise? If they they will vote for the return of the Utilities of the Council, and say uothing about what may happen af- service- at the and "perished almost to a man." 4 Commission is conducting the obse- quies over the Roblin Government. His is a personal curiosity which is hard to satisfy, and he cannot stay away. The County Council should show some evidence of progressiveness by having an assessment of the land from time to time. Whatever be the effect upon the rate of taxation, the land of the County should be val- ued for the information which this valuation affords. Ya the West, some County Coun-| elis are agitating over longer terms. For what reason? In order to se-| cure greater efficiency in' the public service? Surely not. Our City Council - degenerated when the long- er terms of Aldermen became law, and there will be no improvement in the services of the Council until it restores annual elections. ~ School children should be saved as far as possible from the hatful spir- it of the war. It may please some people to have the children sing a parody on "Der Pag," in ridicule of the Kaiser, and it would anger them if they heard other children sing a parody on "God Save the King." Both are questionable and out of place in the schools. It is declared to be malevolent and ignorant for the Toronto Telegram to score the Canadian Government be- cause it is net interesting itself in the orders for supplies of the French and Russian Governments and seek- ing to divert them from the United States to Canada. But the London Chronicle is equally outspoken against the pull and the profits of the middlemen and demands a change. Is it malevolent and ig- norant, too? ------------------ 1 PUBLIC _OPIHION. | A Case of Shell. (Beck's Weekly, Montreal) The war has resolved itself into a game of shell out and shell in. . With Work and Money. (Toronto Globe.) Men at the front are fighting for those at home. Let the men at home do their part. » Bryan's Poor Excuses. (Ottawa Journal.) Mr. Bryan now _says that the American note to Berlin was mater- lally changed after his resignation. But if we understand the colonel rightly, he wouldn't have sent a note at all, so what's the difference? Value of Dollar Day. '(Hamilton Times.) Victoria, B. C., had a Dollar Day recently with a view to teach people to shop at home. The best lesson of this kind is to give the people the best goods at the lowest prices. He Could Do It. (Toronto Globe.) We hereby nominate T, Roosevelt as the official envoy of the United States To Germany for the purpose of telling the Kaiser what the world thnks of German methods. ---------- The Real Troublers. (Hamilton Herald.) We hesitate to say it, but it does almost secm that some respomsible Conservative statesinen are looking for excuses for bringing on the Gen- eral Election. Well Said. (Toronto World.) Until the Germans as a people put the Kaiser In his place and treat him 4s a man and not as the elect of God, in the matter of Government, they will never again be trusted by any nation or people. For little children to sing. It is Batted that fashioned shét and shell, And hatred hid death in the sea; In hatred the cannon have sounded a knell : O'er the little homeg where peaceful dwell And the humble-hearted be. the the sk In a fury of smoke and flame; His guns are not stilled where the wounded lie,, He hath shown no pity to those who e For the glory of his name. Thy foe hath Swept the blue from y He sealed his hate with the blood of his men-- Oh, the young in their coats of grey They are cast aside, and in river And en, Deep-hidden, where none will find them agéin Till the last white Judgment Day. Now mirth is forgotten and Joy is dead, The world hath accepted its pain; Still over the battlefields newly red, The fhitiered ranks of an army are e In pomp and a high disdain. Thy anger grows slowly, for art great, O England! thou well-beloved land. When its tide is full-risen, then thon art Fate And the angel who stands before the thou gate, The sword of flame in his hand. -------- Hot Weather Drinks. The first warm days are apt to bring with them a loss of appetite and an increase of thirst. So cool drinks served with iuncheon, or in the place ot afternoon tea, are very acceptable, Grape juice and limes make one of the most deliciously cooling of summer drinks. 'Pour into a tall glass three or four fingers of grape juice, add the juice of two limés and a slice of the peel; fill the glass with water to taste--a sparkling water is preferable--and gerve ice cold. A ginger ale and cold tea punch is a novel drink that i8 very good, Sweeten half a pitcher of cold tea, add the juice of a lemon and several sprigs of mint. Keep on ice, and at the last minute pour in a bottle of ginger ale. 'This should not stand before serving, as the ginger ale will lose its sparkle. A rather strong and not too sweet ginger ale should be used for this punch. To make a milk shake fill a glass two-thirds full of milk; sweéten it to taste with any fruit syrup or with a little of some strained preserve if you have not the syrup. Fill the glass with cracked ice and shake to- gether until well mixed. Fruit syrups can be made from strawberries, raspberries, cherries or currants, Cook a quart of fruit 'with a pint of water until wel] soft- ened, then strain and press out the juice through a heavy cloth. When cold, sweeten and dilute to taste, and serve in tall glasses filled with cracked ice. RUMORS ABOUT HOLLAND, Either Futer War or Permit British | on Territory, Paris, June 18,--Rumors are ¢ireus lating in Paris that Holland will soon enter the war or, at least, give permission to the British to cross Dutch territory. I am informed by a Belgian who has just escaped from Liege that the Germans have re-arranged the whole scheme of fortifications there. says that they now face north-west against the Dutch frontier, instead of south-east, according to the origi- nal plans. ------------------------ } Cost Higher Than Ever Before. Washington, June 18.--The cost -j of living is higher than ever before in the United States as far as gov- ernment statistics show, and is in. creasing each year. In 1914 the year's cost of filling the market bas. ket of the average American work- ing man's family was $6.68, or two per cent. higher than it wag in 1913. one price business. There is a saving for you in tr ading here. SEE BIBBYS NOBBY $2.00 STRAW HATS HOSIERY SEE BIBBYS SPECIAL $4.50 GENUINE PANAMA HATS $4.50 SHOES. See - Bibbys 'Special $4.50 Shoes, bench made in the newest lasts, rub- ber soles and heels, ete. Black or tan. SEE BIBBYS $1.00 SUITS UNDERWEAR Combinations or two piece; knee ankle length. length or SEE BIBBYS $1.00 OUTING SHIRTS French cuffs, soft sep- arate White, Cream, Blue and neat Stripes. collars, Plain SUITS, SUITS, $15. SUITS, $18. Suit Carnival at Bibby's SUITS, SUITS, $20. I. J. LOCKHART, Bank of Montreal Building, Kingston, Phone 1085 or 1089, For Pr. Extra 'value in size and quality, $1.00 and $1.25 per Bp Also Rhubarb, fresh from the garden every day, by the dozen or bunch. J. R. B. GAGE, - Poisonous PINEAPPLES Clean Up Sale of Men's and Women's Oxfords and Pumps Men's $5.00 Patent, Gun Metal and Tan ORT, i ae ow 33S Men's $4.50 Gun Metal and Tan Oxfords, Now $3.48 Women's $5.00 Pumps and.Oxfords ....Now $3.98 Women's $4.50 Pumps and Oxfords ....Now $3.48 Women's $1.00" Pumps and Oxfords . ... Now $2.98 he Lots of Odd Sizes at Clean Up Prices. One Lot of Women's Oxfords and Pumps. * as to methods of doing business, Wien we "play ball" it gets our rivals guess- ing. All our sporting Goods and Ganues .|are the best offered and at the lowest Iprices ever put upon such high-graije goods. Baseball Outfits for Clubs, Schools or Associations. .In-door apd -door Games of all kinds. Fishing outfits a specialty. Come here and get the best while paying the lowest. Clean-up Price $1.00 Rubber Sole Skoes Not Included in This Sale. I RRS J. H. SUTHERLAND & BRO. The Home of Good Shoes.