AA SR A 8 HP dl PAGE FOUR The British Whig TIA CRI Attell ll = Bh B ge EN =| - Re Dibiihed vatiy and WW THE BIITIS WHIG oni ©€0., LIMITED. - oe J. G. Bidott ........,..v... President Leman A. Guild J Magaging Director J and Sec." reas. Telephones: Business OMce .......oconvenveees 3 Kditorisl Rooms oe 229 Job Oice seassesnrsransees a UBSCRIPTION RATES (Dally Edition) One year, delivered in city ...... $6.00 Une year, if pald in advance .... .0 One year, by mall to rural offices $2.50 One doar to United States 3.00 ix and three months pro rata. (Bemi-Weekly Edition) by mal, cash ,....... $1.00 if not paid in advance $1.50 0 United States ...... $1.6 three months pro rata, Attached is Dest printing offices ae i One year, Bas Jour i dra one in Canada. r SRONTO H. B, Smalipele U. 8. REPR] New York Office .. Frank R. No rank R. TATIVE Church St. ENTATIVES ..+ 226 Fifth Ave. up, Manager une Bldg. Manager, GUFF ABOUT THE NAVY The Toronto News has handed out something that is brand new. "It was,' says our contemporary, "in the face of the German menace that Sir Robert Borden proposed to place three Canadian super-Dreadnoughts at the disposal of the British Admir- alty." When Sir Robert Borden succeed- ed to power, largely through the re- vote of the French agalnst the Can- adian naval policy, which he, by the way, supported, something had to be done, The Laurier naval policy was to be repealed at once: That was to be expected, in view of the Premier's deference to the National- ists and the representation of the party in his Cabinet, The Act re- mains, however, and js in force to- day. The Premier in his dilemma ap- pealed to the Admiralty for advice. Hon. Winston Churchill told of the need of great ships in the North Sea, and Sir Robert came back to Canada with a new idea, that of presenting three battleships to the British Ad- miralty at a cost of about ten mil- lion dollars each. : This present war Was not dreamt of, nor the present contingencies. Lloyd-George puts it on record that Britain's complete unpreparedness was the best evidence that it meant no attack on any power, and antici- pated an attack. And Canada It was menated from the Pacific Ocean and defended by one of the cruisers which the Laurier Government bought, and which the Borden Gov- ernment put out of commission, by the submarines purchased in a hurry and at an exorbitaat price by the Bri-' tish Columbia Government, and by the Japanese warships. The mien- ace to Oanada was from the Pacific Ocean, and it demonstrated the weak- ness and instability of the Borden policy. The clouds may have been very heavy, the distant thunder very loud, and the horizon may have been light- ed up with flashes of lightning, as the Premier is reported to have said when he introduced his naval scheme, but this did not portend the present war, The News should cease its Buff. -------------- GERMAN MENACE IN CANADA Two German emissaries or spies of distinction have arrived from Que: bec, and been interned in Fort Henry. They 'should have been there long ago, They were in business and had a mail of prodigious proportions, No house or firm or corporation in. - the ancient city had anything to be compared with it. Some of | let- ters examined, they being sus- pects, ind found to contain nothing of a treasonable character, - The language was that of a busi- ness man and referred to nothing, apparently, but business, but these Germans have developed the art of conspiracy to a' remarkable extent. The Imperial Government is repres- _ ented all over the world by men ~ Whose shrewdness and diplomacy, (which is another word for decep- tion), are their chiefest assets, as they had been supplying the Secret Service Department in Germany with a great deal of information. A lot of this information has been of no va- _lue, and it must have worried the German staff to read and Interpret it. + Otcasionally, however, there was | | inion Secret Service, and two days | | later they were in custody and on the! | | { the picture of the King in the Chat- teau Frontenac they cursed and shook their fists. Their disguise for the moment was off. The eir cumstance was reported to the Dom- way to Fort Henry. As traitors they deserve something more heroic than quiet imprisonment. Canada has a need to bestir her- self. The enemy within her boun- ly, she mdy have to insist upon the internment of all the Germans who are in any way suspected. The ex- plosions at Walkerville and Windsor are suggestive of the vengeance that lurks in the breast of everyone, and they ought to be treated as their country Is treating the Britishers, and that means a curtailment of all their- liberties and-a deprivation of most of the comforts of life, MOLIIFIED CONTROVERSIALIST. The writer of the Canadian notes for "The Round: Table" finds in the present relations between Britain and France something suggestive of peacé with 'Fégard to the bilingual question, Our Ally in the war must be regarded with more friendly con- sideration. It is suggested, there- fore, that the manner in which Eng- lish Jg@v Re taught in the French schools "so as not to impair the French. language" is a. problem: for experts, and is not insoluble if one is to judge from the experience of other parts of the British Empire. The present regulations are them- selves an attempt to meet it, and may be successful if they can secure the confidence of all parties. Should they not win this confidence "every opportunity must be given for the consideration of amendments in them." It is estimated that particu- lar details and a special form of words must not stand in the way of good relations between fellow- citi- zens, and '"'no administration should be prevented hy a fear of appearing inconsistent, or by a sense of dignity, from trying by every means to re- move a grievance." The thought is advanced that if once -gathered around the common er board the representatives of the different in- terests could easily and quickly reach a settlement. The position of French in the . English-speaking schools must be considered. At present it is limited to the secondary schools, "and is taught too much out of relation to its presence as one.of the two languages of Canada." It is contended in conclusion that its use should be extended for practical and educational reasons so that the larger part of our English-speaking population might command another of the great languages of the world. The writer of this is understood to be a prominent Conservative, and one whose yoice is heard in the coun- sels of the party. He muit be re- garded as reflecting the mind and sentiments of his fellow-mer. A better spirit prevails. This is the result of the great war and the cor- diality with which the French and English are co-operating; "and ap- peals to narrow, selfish, not to say cowardly, provincialism, fall on deaf ears." Bilingualism in the schools has been a subject of the bitterest con- troversy. - At times it has been dis- cussed in a way that indicated there could 'be no compromise. The war has brought its mellowing as well as harrowing 'influences, and among them is the influence that makes for peace on this. most important sub- Ject--the plate of the French lan- guage in the schools of the times. Liberty is a precious word in Eng- land, but it is being abused. If the anti-Government papers. of London got their desserts they would be sup- pressed, ' They would suffer like FaganZélting of Berlin, which criti- cized the American attitude towards Germany, and: "was 'halted for its fire-brand talk." » COMPULSION MADE PLEASANT. When the Minister of Munitions proposed in his special Aet, which clothed it with extraordinary power, there was a note of dissatisfaction. It came from the Labor Party. was sounded in the Imperial Com- mons by a Labor leader. -He want- ed it understood that if Liloyd- meant to exercise compulsion in any respect and to any degree in the production of munitions there would be trouble. The Minister met this statement diplomatically. ERs Hi if H, constituted his department and |!o it} di Georgein the performance of his duty| He said| the Act conferred a power to meet] undue contingencies, but it would be| THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1915, { {the call to the service of the \Gov- | ernment of the experts in many lines | of "activity, the organization of busi- | ness committees of exceptional abil- power to .act, there have been draw- | backs which are beélng overcome in la heroic way. The Minister is as- | suming the absolute control of all | the industries that have been devot- {ed to munitions. for the development of them under " Tdariesis showing its spirit. Ultimate | circumstances which guard against | strikes, delays and irregularities. te is protecting the nation against | exactions, or abnormal profits, on the part of the capitalists; for more than anything else, contribut- ed to discontent and disturbance in| | the labor market. | The transformation in the indus- | trial departments of life, or rather the sudden rise to a masterly posi- | man, | Lloyd-George, is the thing that as- | ® The fact that | {tion of this masterly little tonishes all England. he is succeeding, that his restless en- ergy is bringing to pass all that he has set himself to do, shows his won- derful personality and power. expected, under a new impuls-; and if the object of the Minister of Epgland's saviours in the crucial hour, EDITORIAL NOTES. Lord Northcliffe is now posing as a prophet. He says conscription will come. Where? In the Army? It has come to pass in the workshop, but Lloyd-George calls it by another name. Germany is fencing in its contro- versy with the United States. It wants British naval policy relaxed, and then it will- give the United States an assurance of safety to its merchantmen and passenger steam- ers from the submarines. Dictating through America to England. Oh, that will never do. The Hamilton Times has the cor- rect theory. The Canadian manu- facturers can make the slogan "Made in Canada" impressive when they have demonstrated that home-made goods are the equal of imported goods in' quality and price. Public- ity through the press will help in this direction, > Will the British Minister of Muni- tions come to Canada, or send a rep- resentative, to reorganize labor con- ditions and bring about the larger production of munitions? He could certainly improve upon the condi- tions that prevail. A purchasing committee will not increase the pro- ductive output, * ) { PUBLIC OPINION. | Greatest Horror. (London Advertiser.) For the first time in many years, London is 'without a "season" this spring. To the society-mad folk this will be a greater horror than the war which caused it. Nearly The Limit. 4 (Hamilton Spectator.) y Ontario Good Templars have de- cided. to ban dancing among their members. Well, well! Kissing games may next be expected to be added to the index expurgdtorius. No More Pull. (Toronto Globe.) Major-General Hughes has made the welcome announcement that shell contracts will go only to men able to fill them. Contracts will go to the man with a plant, not to the man with a pull. Want The Real Thing. (London Advertiser.) Ten thousand employees of moving picture . houses have gone to the front. Evidently tired of the faked battle pictures, ep ------------ KINGSTON EVENTS 26 YEARS ACO Members of the 14th Regiment will spend Dominion Day ian Toron- 'A citizen wants to pull the camp authorities before the Magistrate. His cow was milked 'by naughty sol- ers. ; . At the. meeting of the Cheese to-day, 8c was offered but there were no sales. ! | ity, the granting to these of great He is providing | these, | In-| dustry will now move onward, it Is be | reached he will be acclaimed as one | SHELL OFFER A MYTH LLOYD GEORGE MET (CHAL-. LENGE BY ASKING NAMES | } Country is' Scoured-----Talk of Huge | Supplies Readily Available Wild and Irresponsible. | | London, June 25.--S8ir Richard] Ashmole Cooper, a member of ga| large chemical manufacturing con-| cern, Who frequently had complain. | ed that the British War Office, by | refusing to dea] with responsible! agents, had neglected to obtain large | available supplies of munitions,made | the specific declaration in the House | tion to offer the Government 3,000,- 000 shells made in England, 8,000, | 000 shelly made in Canada, and 10,- | 000,0000 shells made in the United | States. Sir Richard also said he| had 1,000,000,000 rifle cartridges and 2,000,000 rifles for ° delivery, commencing with October, and add- d: | | "If this offer is not accepted, 1 want to know the reason why." 1 David Lloyd George, the muni-| {tions minister, replying to Sir Rich. | | ard, said the war office had asked Sir Richard to give it the names of | {the firms which were prepared to] supply such large quantities of mu-! nitions. The result of this, the] minister added, was the receipt of | the name of one firm, which, on en-| quiry, was found to be engaged in| | Mthographing printing. | Mr. Lloyd George deprecated what | he termed all the wild and irrespon- i sible talk of there being plenty of | shells available. He said he was | scouring the country for them, and | was prepared to take every shell that {could be produced. | TO HEAR BECKER'S APPEAL { Manton Gets Police OUhance For Hearing. | Albany, N.Y., June 25.--Governor | Whitman announced after a confer- |ence with Charles Becker's counsel | Martin T. Manton, that he would | urhesitatingly accept the responsi | bility of hearing an appeal for .a | commutation of the death senignce | to lite imprisonment despite his.ac- I tivities as district attorney in secur- |ing the conviction. Must as he might like to let some lone else decide the case becanse of | the fact that his prosecution of Lieu- | tenant Becker is considered to have | been one of the leading causes of | his election as governor, Governor | Whitman will make the final decis- {ion in this case. | Mrs. Becker can come to Albany {fo plead for her husband's life if she wants to, the governor sald. He declared, however, that Mr. Man- ton had not asked permission to let Mrs. Becker make her plea and that the question had not come up dur- ing their talk. No one seems to doubt that Gov- ernor Whitman will deny the Beck- er appeal. Not even the action of Georgia's governor in commuting the sentence of Leo Frank will have any effect on. the Becker case, it is declared. Governor Whitman « as district attorney believed Becker should die in the electric chair as a penalty for the Rosenthal killing, and still does, it is declared. A date for the formal opening be- fore the governor will be set next week at another conference between the governor and Mr. Manton, pro- bably Thursday. This hearing will be early in the following week, it is thought, because the next weck is the week set for the electrocution. Governor Whitman and Mr, Man- ton had nothing to say as to the pos- sibility of Becker making a 'con- fession" or "squealing" in order to force clemency from the governor. Mr. Manton would not discuss his talk at all, declaring the governor doula say anything there was to be old. Dernburg's Fatal Mistake. Detroit Free Press. Dr. Bernhard Dernburg's last word before taking ship was a la- ment because America had not '"un- derstood" him. The doctor was wrong, entirely wrong. The coun- try has understood him and his work altogether too well for his success. It knew why he came here in the first place, why he stayed and what he was all the time trying to accom- plish, It caught his viewpoint tol- erably well even with regard to the sinking of the Lusitania. \ But it has not agreed with him og with his viewpoint. There's where the rub has been. Maximilian Har- den might have been a more success ful advocate of Germany in this country because he is clearer sighted. He acknowledged long ago that the United States understands Germany, but, he said, the United States is un- able to accept Germany's ideas. 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