Daily British Whig (1850), 29 Jun 1915, p. 4

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- PAGE FOUR The British Whig| El i" ¥ ny. >. 00 | develop in Canada, but something of Attached Is one of printing offices in Canada. TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE H. B. Smallpeice ........ 32 Church Bt. U. 8. REPRESENTATIVES New York Office 226 Fifth Ave. rank R. Northrup, Manager Chica Tribune Bldg. rank R. Northrup, Manager. NUMBERING THE PEOPLE, 80 'Britain is to have a numbering of her people, and for the purpose of knowing who they are, how old they are, and in what way they are occupied. There is to be such a registration as France and Ger- many had before the outbreak of the war. These countries had con- scription. They had an official sys- tem which had been perfected dur- ing many years of practice, and when war was declared every man slated" for service within the bounds of the Empire and the Republic found his place and reported for duty. Britain had such a system with regard to her horses. A depart- ment of the War Office knew how many animals it could call out for army service at any time, and the declaration of war had hardly been made when there was a mobllisa- tion of horses without a parallel. A similar mobilization of men would have put Britain on an equality with Austro-Germany, though. she would have begn unequal to the dlliance in one respect, viz, of munitions of war. Britain could not be expected to meet on 'an equality the power that had. been building up ts: huge military machine during a period of forty years, or, to be more precise, since the Franeo-German war. . A registration of 'the people will enable the Government 'to distin- guish the, foreigners, and especlally those Whose presence may at any time become a menace to.the Em- pire. John Bull is being cured of his trustfulness. It is a character istic of him that he is not suspicious of his fellows. They may take ad- Vantage of him; and when he real izes it and acts he punishes the of- fender in the proper way. But he Will put up with a great deal before he becomes resentful. Hence, the Imposition, the danger, the annoy- ance from which he has suffered. Somewhat late in the day the Brit- Ish Government is taking steps to protect the Empire from the male- volence which is the outward ex- Pression of the hateful Hun. iris. The men who chatter about peace at this Juneture should be muzaled. There'can be no peace while his 1m. perial Majesty, the German madman, is at large. ' 'Some one has pictured him ds the ocoupant of St. Helena, but he is not yet a prisoner of war, wa -------------- PROVISION AGAINST TREATING. The drink traffic has been .a men- ace to the success of the British arms in this war,» "Lloyd-George discov. ered this long since and essayed to apply a ture. He failed in this. The working classes would not brook Interference with their liberties. He tried the doctrine which the Londén Mall says is so effectual, and which THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1915. cumstances suggest. Above all, it can stop the treating; and when | some men cannot invite their fellows | to the bar and clink their glasses and | eroon their songs and exchange the {gossip of the hour, the liquor has lost its taste or flavour. | Yes, Lloyd-George is a canny and a cunning man. He could not get his heart's desire in a great sweep Ing and decisive measure, one that put tippling out of .the question by the stroke of a pen; but he has got | what will answer the same purpose ~=_ a complete check upon the con- sumption of liquor aud in places where it will do the most good. A VERY SERIOUS QUESTION, What is the country going to do with the unemployed? That is the question that is burdening our Gov- ernments. - There is land a-plen- ty, more of it than can be worked. In Germany the paternal government lays out a plan and the people do the rest. They ask no questions. They have great faith-in thetr Gov: ernment. They feel that they have no right to question its wisdom. That is the result of their traihing. The, German idea will not grow and Germany's application and efficiency can be copied, Premier' Scott, of Saskatchewan, has the most comprehensive scheme of using the unemployed, He be- lieves that Canada must sooner or later -- and the sooner the better -- have a great scheme by which all the Immigrants, all in the country and all who come to it who are agrieul- turally inclined, may be interested in the cultivation of the land. But the Governments must co-operate as they hive never done before. They must save their resources in immigra- tion expenses. They must st8dy the men who come to Canada and place them where they can do the most good. They must do more than point the way to farm life, or indi- cate the Province or part of the/Ppov- ince where a locatldp? &f #¢ nna. They must see these people comfort- ably settled and started fn home and nation building. Heneé théy must be assigned to land, given the seed and implements with which to work, and the instruction or inspiration 'which 'will start them off with some hope of winning out. The Hon. Mr. Scott is right. Can- ada has overdone its civic life and undertaken to build up the indus- tries they must have in order to give to the people employment, and it has borrowed capital for municipal and industrial enterprises to'such an ex- tent that the annual tax in interest alone is about $140,000,000. This burden is more than the people can carry reasonably. Too much atien- tion has been given to civic life and all that it implies, and not enough attention to farm life; and: the soil is the source of the greatest wealth. To it' the masses must look for profi- table occupation. When will the Governments get to- gether and recognize what the coun- try lacks in this crisis? The ques: tion of the hour is, What is Canada going to do with and for its peo- ple? One hundred and fifty thous- and of its best men have gone to the var. They must be supported. [Their places must be taken dn the flelds and in the shops. Eo he lions must be fed. be tilled. How, and by-whom? EDITORIAL NOTES, Why should the shoe manufactur- ers receive unreasonable profits on their goods? asks the Toronto News. Why should the soldiers go without boots? There should be seme way of bridging the difficulty. -------- Hon. Mr. Burrell has plans for im- proving the farmers' lot in the way of. producing and marketing his stock and goods. Mr. Burrell is a farmers' man, and his efforts in their 'behalf will be very much appreciated. Peg were destroyed because the Com- pany, says Mr. Lash, did not want them scanned or criticised by, any outsider. But the western man- ager of the C. N. R. got Commission should look inte. What had he to do with the secrets of our public men? The land musty--- Dutch newspapers express consid- ---------------- & . The G. N. W. telegrams at Winni- them. Which is a circumstance | Fnas been found fatally insufficient ?-- | Montreal Star. : | Is there any scarcity of men in Canada? Has not the Militia De-| partment got as many as it wants? Have not all the calls of the Minis-| ter been quickly responded to? If | so, what does Canada want with con- | seription? | PUBLIC OPINION. | Getting It Hot. | (Tgronto Star.) i Mr. Bryan asked for the judgment | of his country, and the entire press | {of the Republic is throwing it at| him like a shower of bricks. Suppose They Do. (Guelph Mercury.) In Paris there are barbers who made a business of shaving dogs. There will always be a danger of cutting the bark. Classier Exercutions (London Advertiser.) The Kaiser announces that he will personally sign all death warrants for spies hereafter. That will make the execution so much classier. Did Some Good. (Oswego Times.) Some people seem to disparage Bryan's work as Secretary of State, in spite of the fact that he made sev- eral diplomats and drank grape Juice. -------------------- Getting Into Armour. (Hamilton Times.) We are told that there will be no election just now. But Mr. White does not say so, nor does Mr. Meighen and in the meantime the Hamilton Tories are arraying them- selves in shining armour. Germany's Chances Going. (London Daily Telegraph.) The conditions are much less fav- orable for a really determined (air) murder-raid than they have been for some months. We do not say that such a raid will not be undertaken; but we do say it is inexplicable that it should, if fully intended, have been postponed until now. KINGSTON EVENTS | 26 YEARS AGO | Open cars have been put into op- eration by the street railway com- pany. The farmers are looking for the best crops in years. The trip to Toronto of the 14th Regiment on Dominion - Day will cost $1,150. VON HINDENBURG'S VIEW All Galicia By June 30th and Peace With Russia, - London, June 29.--A Reuter de- spatch from Petrograd say%: '"Papars found on Austrian and German pri- soners show that the troops under Field Marshal von Hindenburg were assurred by their commonder that: * 'We shall enter Warsaw, June 28th, Galicia will be entirely cleared of Russians by June 30th, and after that peace can be concluded with Russia.' "Virtually all males between the ages of fifteen and fifty left Lemberg before that city fell. Besides supplies of grain, oil, copper and other com- modities, the Russians rémoved the valuable historical centents of the museum and art galleries before the evacuation." GAGGED ON ZEPP. NEWS Dutch Newspapers See German Lega- tion At Work. The Hague, June 29.--via London erable annoyance concerning a new order issyed by the Netherlands Gov- ernment prohibiting Dutch reporters from mentioning within twenty-four hours the passage of Zeppelin, diri- gible balloons in the neighborhood of Holland territory. This order, as in the case of previous similar ones, such as that removing all Belgian re- fugees from the province of Zeeland, ostensibly to prevent smuggling; and another forbidding Dutch-subjects to approach within fifty yards 'of the frontier, is attributed by the newspa- pers to activities of the German Le- gation at the Dutch Capital. The Journals argue that the orders place 3 serious restriction on Dutch liber; ties. ' + Willard's Wite Dying. Buffalo, June 29 --Mrs. Jess Wil- lard is dying of quick consumption, say Buffalo physicians who exam- ined her yesterday. They declare she cannot live more than a month. [She will £2 to the Willard home at Emmet, Kansas, . : 'Her husband, the world's cham- pion heavyweight pugilist, has a con- tract with a "Wild West" show play. ing here, and begged for release, but the management refused. - haste in factories where it is made." {are out of the hands of the employer, {of 'selling liquor without PLANTS OF GERMANY TURN OUT MUNITIONS AT A VEV| ERISH PACE oi There Are No Labor Troubles me] cause Workmen Fear They Would Be Sent To The Front. | London, June 29.--A '"neutral"| correspondent, just returned from icle yesterday, deseribés the Ger-| man, organization for the manufac-| ture of munitions as follows: 'It is in towns, particularly indus- trial towns, where one sees how en- tirely the German nation is organi- zed for war. Into these towns an enormous number of men have been drafted from the country to work in factories, which are humming day and night with activity to keep up the supply of all things necessary for the fighting line. "In general, the relations between capital and labor there have exper- ienced notable amelioration. Indeed, the impression one gain in travel- ling about Germany is one of abso- lute settled industrial peace, but know. this, has only. been secured | because all parties know that the first signs of dissatisfaction would be treated 'with the utmost rigor of the law.' "At some of the largest factories men are aften at work 15, 20 and 30 hours on a stretch, with only short intervals for rest. It is said that though there are ample stockd of all kinds of ammunition; there - is noted daily and nightly a feverish INION Fi in an article in the Chron-| "The Government has not official- ly taken over the factories, but there is a clause in the contracts which fixes rates of wages for every grade of workmen, so that any questions of increases that the men might raise and he points to the fact that both he and the workman are in the hands of the state. Strikes are there- fore unknown, a further déterrent being the knowledge that any man who does not do his utmost without murmuring will quickly be embodied in some regiment ~ destined for the hottest places at the front. "In factories where Governmént work is being done, wages are high, and even in the few cases where wages of certain unskilled workmen have fallen, the men are allowed to work practically until they drop to make up by more hours what they have lost by the lower rates. "There is keen competition to ob- tain work in the factories working for the state, and the men engaged in these know almost certainly that for some time at least they will not be sent to the front, which to _ Store Open Wed. Evening BIBBYS, LTD. "== Kingston's Only Cash and One Price Clothing House | For Men's and Boys' Wear Holiday. » ¢ Bibhys $4.50 New Tan Oxfords,. Rubber Soles l and Heels, Receding Toes, ete; The : SPORT SHIRTS, SPECIAL $1.25 New Sporting Shirt, 'large col- lars, rolling style; soft euffs and col- lars Store Open Wed. Evening i newest shoe style. STRAW HATS New High Crown, $1.00, $1.50, $2. © NO NP a GENUINE PANAMA HATS See our, great $5.00 Hats, with Faney Silk Bands NOBBY BLUE SUITS $12.50, $15.00, $18.00. GENTEEL GREY SUITS. $12.50, $15.00, $18.00. No better assortment, no better values in Men's Suits to be had anywhere. Perfect Fit or No Sale. [ry MEN'S UNDERWEAR, COM. BINATION, $1.00. Nainsook, Balbriggan. or Linen Mesh; short sleeve and knee length, or short sleeve and ankle length. be the chief dread underlying all ot- Ler thoughts and feelings. "For work on Sunday wages are fifty per cent. higher than the usual rate. The men are encouraged to work on Sundays and overtime, on week days, and the prices of food are so high that they need little. enconr-, agement. Where women have taken the places of men, their wages are in most cases lower." sul rent GERMANS HELD IMPOTENT Russians Are Masters Of South Bank of Dniester, v.iagiit London, June 29.--A despatch to the London Daily News from Petro- grad says: : "When the Russians evacuited Lemberg, the Germans sought to send powerful columns immediately south and east across the Dnitster, but the Russians were waiting for them there and they have entangled first Pflanzer's, the Linsingen's and now Bohm-Ermolli's armies. The en- emy is losing thousands of prisoners to the Russians every day. "Kit was the intention of Macken- sen and his colleagues when they had occupied Lemberg and both banks of the Dniester, to swing immense forces northeastward into Central Poland, where they would join the columns now active on the Narew river and at Prazasnysz in North Po- land; but the continued Russian vie- tories on both banks of the Dniester has kept the main armies four days in practical pause outside Lemberg. Any new plan will have to be a dractic reduction of the original scheme. It is impossible to disregard the Russian army while it masters the entire south bank of the Dnies- ter." ve NEWS AGENT FINED Convicted Of Selling Liquor At ville Station. Belleville, June 29.--Roy Cather- wood, Toronto, a news agent before Magistrate Masson ¢onvicted a license and a fre of $300 and costs was 'm+ posed. On the early morning tra'n on May 30th, Catherwood at the station Fere sold to twa Government liquor detectives whiskey, which they paid for, and drank in the presence of the accused. 3 ¢> bi If all men should be placed on an equal footing to-day, it wouldn't be long before one palf was pulling the other half's leg. * ; hn Belle Oxfords and Pumps At a Big Saving to You We have decided to continue our Low Shoe Sale for a few more days, and we offer Big Bargains in this seasonable footwear. Men's $5.00 Oxfords ...... .0.....Now $3.75 Women's $5.00 Pumps and Oxfords ....Now $3.98 Women's $4.00 Pumps and Oxfords ....Now $2.98 Ei fm . cals A +1 ries 810300 AR - Special : Onélot of Women's Patent Colonial Pumps, with Bor pass) ulary i Grey or 8and color cloth back, the sea- : $2 25 PEE son's netvest style. . Special price -...... . LL ). LOCKHAR ' One lot of Women's Low Shoes and Slippers, odd sizes (mostly small) ....................5$1.00 Rubber Bole Shoes not included in this sale. 1080 acres ......Price $° 000 was | J. H. SUTHERLAND & BRO. The Home of Good Shoes. Let your boy they last at these HE or girl haves puget Baler Sates wi Tbe. styles for ............50c ii Pops cd porting Gods Co FH sass aide "se swe

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