PAGE POUR © The British Whig 82ND YEAR. BEG. Of SO oh BA I Ki ol bn = : - Bemi-w kly by aria d WHI PUBLISHING 004 LIMITED. 7. GO BOI :oervrs:0.2:2 Prasidont man ui ....Man Director 1a A and I a Telephones! ness OMCe +... .ccoonneveuese M3 Rooms : SUBSCRIPTION RATES on delivatad oo aor) ® Year, deliver n city ... One Tear i Hvesel advance . One year, by mall to rural offices One Jour, to United States ix and t Bugt Bait Job ( One year, b) A eve One Jour. rd not paid in advance §1 One Lear, to United States ...... and three months Pro rata. Attaches 6d Is one of the best job printing offices in Canada. TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE H. BE. 8malipeice 32 Church St. N. jek Offi RE A a. A ow York FT ve. Fak R No Chica, 90 50 hrup, Manager une Bldg. ager. NOT TOO SUSPICIOUS, No, Mr. Toronto News, the Audi- tor General was not too suspicious .about Sir Richard McBride's pur- chase of two submarines. The pur- chase was challenged, it is true, and the Auditor General did his duty by seeking wll the Nght He could upon the subject. He failed, and that something has yet to be learned ap- pears from the latest statement that in completing the investigation it may be necessary for the'Commission to visit the Pacific Coast. This trip and expense would not be necessary it Sir Richard McBride had said the last word upon the subject. Germany pushed Austria into war with Servia, and now commands that Austria shall placate her invincible foe and push her out of the strife. What a victory for Servia! As an Ally she will see the finish of these dogs of war, Fighting is food for her people, REBUKE TO BRIBERS. Brow of 'binocular tame, who un- dertook to bribe a public official and bungled the business, received a re- buke which he &nd &ll others in the bribing line will probably remember. It came out in evidence before Sir Charles Davidson that Brown figured on 'getting himself in right with the purchasing officer. He. slipped a checque for '$30 under the officer's blotting pad. It was not sdiscov- ered until enquired about, and then it was promptly declined. Brown was advised by the Commis- ' slon to read up the code, that he laid himself open to criminal prosecution, and that the matter would be, dealt with in the Commissioner's report. There are two ways of glving tips or bribes ----- the quiet, unostentious way, and the public and offensive way. One occasionally sees a men- lal rewarded by the gift of a coin ge is extracted from the pocket- b » examined cautiously, squeezed, and then handed with a pose and a stnirk which make the recipient feel like throwing it in the gutter. The dirty business of bribing and tipping would come to an end if the men who indulgéd in it were cailed to account as Binocular Brown is likely to be. : ---- LA party caucus appears to have been held in Toronto at the invita- tion of Mr. Rogers when the Mani- toba scandal exploded. Sir Wil liam McKenzie was there and Solici- tor-General Meighen, and Mr. Lash, K. C. All were consulted, and all were willing to give advice. Stil the tottering Roblin Government col- lapsed. COMMUNITY BUILDING. On Saturday the Whig begins its series 'of illustrated articles upon Community Building. It hopes to educate the people effectively with regard to the importance of the work. ox Community Building implies, at the outset. a definite understanding by the" citizens with regard to its meaning. In order to build there must be the necessary materials, and they must be cemented or Jointed to- gether 50 compactly that nothing of dinarily can disturb or destroy them. Sfmilarly in Community Building there must be the men to work, and the spirit to unite and influence them, and if the combination be com- will. be made, | toon points can be aceertuated that | will never be forgotten. | and tradesmen are concerned I ------------------------------" én the value of their money. They! usually are. Prices being equal, cost {of exprescage and postage excluded, | the home market should be preferred | | and the local merchapts patronized. In treating this question of Com- munity Building some humorous hits In bumor and ear- of the campaign is to better local | conditions so 'far as the mercahnts | Whig appreciates very much the cor- | diality with which its venture has | been approved by all who have given | { It their consideration. Sir Richard McBride is very mad because he has been criticised for buying the Seattle submarines at a very high price. In Toronto he metaphorically tore a passion to tatters, which is a performance thht only a great crusader could essay. S------------ MOWAT AND POLITICS, | John McDonald Mowat, a former citizen and ex-Mayor of Kingston, now practising law in Vancouver, B. LC., makes an appeal -to M, A, Mac- donald, the President of the British Columbia Liberal Association. It is that political discussion be complete- ly suspended and that every leader of men apply himself ardently, loy- ally, insistently, to the recruiting .of 1.80 troops for overseas' service. Mr. Mo- wat' regrets to see that the fighting 80 far has not been in favor of the Allies. The Russian hordes have not overrun Germany as they expect- ed to do. The British and French have not driven the Germans out of Belgium and Northern France, The situation suggests that Canada has not awakened to the danger of the hour, that she has not contrib- uted as many recruits as she should have done, the population consid- ered; and the change ean only come when the people have been thoroughly. areused- tity BELTON: The conclusion follows that the ob-' ject lesson of the war be so brought home to Canadians that the leaders of the people, without regard to -poli- ties, may be willing to establish a real political truce while they de- vote their time, talents and energies to the recruiting campaign. The crisis in British Columbja-- and it is very real--can wait, in Mr. Mowat's opinion, while all classes unite in de- fensesof the Empire. The Vancover Sun does not prove of the abandonment of Province to its fate politically. { it fair," asks our contemporary, "to let our country go to ruin? Is it fair to the soldiers who "are loyally serving in the trenches? Is it right that profligacy and ruin be permitted ap- the "Is war?" Mr. Mowat does not change his mind. He is an intense politic- ian. He does not bargain his views or opinions with any man's when politics is the game. But he can put politics aside when it is neces- sary. He did this in Kingston. 'He can be a patriot through and through, with an eye single to the duty of the patriot, when that duty is made quite plain. eaetasimt-- A mysterious factory at Chester, Conn., is manufacturing poison gass- es for the Americans. Here is an institution which the murder league can most conveniently bomb and blow up. A SHORTAGE OF SHELLS. Sir Robert Borden, in leaving Can- ada for Britain, intimated that there were several matters the details of which could be discussed better verbally in England than by letter, and one can well believe this, A great issue, upon which attention should be centred, is the question of munitions. It does irritate the Can- adian manufacturer to be told that the supply of shells is short, and that the supply from: Canada is not satis- factory. 'There is an implication in the statement of Lord Curzon that hurts, Mr. Gurney, one of Toronto's most enterprising manufacturers, declared that he tried to get orders for shells and failed. He applied to the Fed- eral Government and to the firm of J. P. Morgan and Company, of New York. Last year, when several Can- adian foundries undertook to make shells, they were informed that only the unfilled would be d. La- ter certain Canadian firms, including the Canadian General Electric Com- pany, "offered to manufacture shells ready for use, and they were Te- fused." Every factory or shop can- Bot haudle explosives within fhe municipalities in which age Jo cated, but all of 'them : shells ready for thé filling. A ce tral plant, says Mr. Guerney, could The aim | The | ' THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY,JULY 2 1015 fully and actively employed should be looked into. The attention of Lloyd-George should be called to the! fact. The Canadian deputation to Britain may bring about a change in Lord Curzon's views. It is only what may be expected with new light upon the subject, The clearing up of the public de- | partments in Manitoba will go on for a considerable time, and it will be | made complete. When the Govern- j-ment and a commission have finished | their work political crookedness/w'll | be at a discount, | ATTACKING AMERICAN CRAFT. Through the sinking of the Ar- menian, an American freighter, the {Germans have either shown their {contempt for American public opin- | ion, as it js expressed by the Presi- | dent, or they are.unable. to diserim- d inate between the craft that pass into the British war zone. For a while after the loss of the Lusitania there was a lull in the submarine at- tacks. It is not explainable. It may have been due to the closer watch by the British naval craft, or a closer' guardianship of the mer- chantmen. At all events the Gei- man submarinds were kept pretty well out of sight and occupatioa. The cessation of activity was very brief. During June the smailen boats and trawlers, over fifty of them, disappéared as a result of tor- pedo explosions, There is ne doubt that Germany United. States and spare the shipping in which it is interested. the President fhought he had found a way out of the difficulty when he gave information of the departure rying American passengers and freight. The German Government, it is true, has not intimated. that it will, or can, act. upon. this inferma- tion; and the Armenian case demon- strates quite clearly that there can be no discrimination between Ameri- can and British ships. In the attempt to smash British commerce every unarmed ship that penetrates. the war zone must be pre- pared for attack. Nor is this war- fore likely to reach an end. So long as there is a German submarine left -- and a good many submarinedhave gone to the bottom of the deep, a suspect -- it will be busy. A change will come when the United States joins the Allies in the subju- gation jof the "beast"; and without American cotton, for one thing, the supply" of high explosives would speedily ,Tun short, If Norway, to run rampant because there is af >Weden, Denmark, and the Nether-|- lands, in like manner resented the German submarine destruction of thelr neutral' ships, the war would very soon be over. EDITORIAL NOTES. The Utilities Department exposes itself to the sharpest criticism when it sends out a horse and driver and three or four men to put up an arc light. About three too many. The Germans are preparing for a winter campaign and the Italians for & three-years' struggle. This is suggestive to the crities who are figuring up and prophecying when the strife will end. -------- The Isherwood type of merchant- men is practically unsinkable, even when torpedoed. The Belridge, Gulflight and Marcopia proved this. So did the Storstad when she col- lided with the Empress of Ireland. Here's a pointer for the U. S. naval experts. ---- While the London Mail bemoaned the expensiveness of the war, and asked where the money was coming from with which to continue it, the people dropped $1,250,060,000 into the Chancellor's hat. If ever a people were made of money they are the British. Now that Mr. Lash's relations with Mr. Rogers and Sir Rodmond Roblin have been made known, one can understand his "justification" for burning certain telegrams. He was not willing that a misuse should be made of the "confidential infor- mation that belonged only to the be, and would be, provided for put half a million dollars fnto central plant. . er. Under these circumstances Canadian delegation, incl Premier and the Minister of should make it clear that would like very much to placate the |" Indeed | for Britain of ship: or steamers car- | good many more than some people | rulers of the country." ers! The South African war ended fight- ing in open formation. The present | war has deprecated the value of cav-| alry, and a German authority says it} will demonstrate the .smaller value of the rifle as a war weapon. The machine gun is the most effective weapon of the service. { A Coalition Government for New Zealand is the Jatest. Canada may wake up later to the idea; or it may, | as in England, be forced upon the| Government. The war should put | | politics into, the shade and make | | paramount one subject, the highest --y NGSTON EVENTS | | efficiency of the Government. | | { | 26 YEARS AGO | Abraham Shaw and wife returned | | from a trip to Pittsburgh and Phila-| delphia. - { During fhe last quarter two hun-y dred' names were added to the list| of water works consumers. i The wholesale liquor merchants will raise the price of whiskey. | | CHARGE OF BLACKMAIL | PROFESSOR WROTE THREATEN- | | IN LETTER TO CUNARD LINE J. P. Marichal Said That, If Cunard | Line Did Not Advance Cash To Pay| For Bagage Lost He Would Give | Evidence. London, July 2.-- To clear up| |some poigts regarding the questions {submitted to the Board of Trade in |the Lusitania inquiry Barom Mersey | | held another public hearing here cn Thursday. Prof. J. P. H., Marichal, formerly |of Queen's University, Kingston, |Ont., who said he was a retired of- | ficer of the French army, alleged the Lusitania survivors had the greatest [difficulty in obtaining edryeclothers, { food, accommodation and {ranspor- | | tation. | He made various other charges | | against the Cunard Company, includ- ing alleged indifference to the inter-| | | | \ {est of the passengers in carrying a \ | dangerous cargo. | Counsel of the Cunard Mne then |read a letter written by Prof. Mari- [chal to the company in which the writer asked that cash be advanced on his lost bagage or he would give evidence 'not to the- credit of the company or the admiralty." "Doesn't imply you wanted money {to keep your mouth closed?' asked Baron Mersey. The witness denied it. "I don't believe you!" declared Lord Mersey, and the professor left the stand in high anger. One of the objects of reopening the inquiry was to review the testi- mony relative to the state of collap- sible boats. v Lord ' Mersey 'safdl the" pdvticilar evidence hegdesired was whether the grips ahd lashings were loose, the evidence regarded which, was con- tradictory, but an expert stated if | the lashings had been loose the boats would have floated from the deck | when the ship sank. Prof. Marichal was for two years a member of the Queen's University Arts staff, being an assistant profes- sor of French. He was retired in April, and sailed for England from New York with his wife and child- ren aboard the Pusjtania. All the Marichal family were saved. The professor is a fiery little Frenchman, He came very prominently before the people of Kingston last winter when he opened out on the garbage collectors "and received more than he bargained for in reply. ) -- LIFE AS OF OLD Austrian Towns Occupied By Italy Are Well Content. Paris, July 2.--A Havas despatch rom Rome by way of Geneva, says that in seventy communes organized by the supreme commandant of Aus- trian territory, occupied by the Ital- tans, life has again become normal. Business is being resumed, the mar- kets are going on regularly, and phy- sicians are proceeding with the work of disinfection. The authorities make daily distribution of food to the po- pulation. The Italian Government, the des patch states. has granted the famil- ies of those mobilized into the Aus- trian ranks a continuation of the sub- sidies the Austrian Government had paid. -------- H. P, Hetherington, managing di- rector of the Detroit Journal, died Wednesday after an: illness 'last many weeks. Mr. Hetherington had been active in Detroit newspaper work for nearly forty years. ? 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