aa A aaaa a a ] PAGES 8-16 The Daily British Whig YEAR 82 NO, 165 No "Halt A REAL CRISIS IS BEFORE STATES New York Tribune Declares The Nation Is At The End Of Resources Of Diplomacy In The | Negotiations With Germany Germany, the Paper Asserts, Condones Murder And Asserts Her Right to Strike Her Foes When And How She | Pleases---Her Necessify Is Above In- # 4 New July 17.--The Trib-| une's editorial on Sunday Twp "The New Crisis," and deals With the new German note, concerning which it declares that "two things must be said: First, that the note itself is | completely unsatisfaetory; second, | that the character of the communi. cation indicates that we are rapidly approaching the most serious inter national crisis since 1898." Continuing, the Tribune says the following unmistakable age: "Stripped of all else, the German note asserts the principle that Ger man necessity is above international law, and the conduct of Germany's _enemles absolves her from al] duty to respect the rights of feutrals. In sum, she asserts that there is a 'higher law' than international law, a right superior to neutral rights, and this is the right of Germany to strike her foes as she chooses, | "Now, this is nothing more nor less than von Bethmann-Hollweg's | primciple enunciated on the morrow of the invasion of Belgium This is an amplification and extension of the | doctrine of 'the state of necessity.' This state warranted German inva ston. It now justifies the murder, of Americap citizens"on the Lusitania. | It is hereafter to authorize German regulation of the right of Americans | travelling on the high seas. "Phe United States' President Wilson, has twice asked Germany (o disavow the massacre of the Lustia- nia, and give guarantees that the of fence will not be repeated. In the first German answer German action was partially defended by the sugges- | tion fhat the Lusitania was armed 8g far. so good. If the Lusitania had been armed, German action was | defensible in intefnational law, and it was incumbent upon this coumdry | to disprove the German claim. "But now, when President Wil son has disproved the claim, Ger- many. abandons it and bottoms her | whole ease on the doctring that the conduct of her foes permits her to | digregard all rights, not merely of her foes, but of neutrals Such a doctrine can no more be debated than accepted, President "Wilson! has asked Germany to live within] international law, and German diplo macy responds that the war has abol ished internatiohal jaw--that British | warrant has supplied German war. rant. for murdering American citi- zens, "We are then frankly at the end of the resources of diplomacy. When Germany told us of her sybmarine blockade we warhed her that we did not accept her principles and would hold her to 'strict accountability' for the invasion of our tights. "When, despite our warning, specific and complete, she massacred our citizens on the Lusitania, We demanded a disavowal, a reparation and.& guar. antée that there would be no repeti- tion, ; "What we now have is a repudia- ion of international law, a procla- mation that of all our rights only a fraction, under certain conditions, will. be recognized, and save for, these limitations German subma- rine8 will henéeforth murder our wo- York, in langu- { this is but a detail. | American | support. is in his keeping and the making of | ANGROVE BROS., | ternational Law. | men and children at their pleasure | and whenever jt can serve a German | purpose. | "With every desire to preserve peace, to continue friendly relations with Germany, what i3 the use of blinking at the fact the. present Ger- | man note creates? We cannot un- der any condition consent to over look past murders or permit future slaughter of Americans merely be- they exercise rights hitherto unquestioned, susceptible of ques- | tioning only on a basis of force and not of law or right. | "Let us not deceive ourselves, The | German .note is not to he read by itself, but to'be interpreted in the | light of all Germany has done since | August 1st, 1914." The doctrine now promulgated explains the invasion | of Belgium, the use of poison gases, | the murdér of the Americans on the Lusitania. It is the solemn and un- | mistakable proclamation of the Ger. | man belief that there is no law when | cause | Germap interests are at stake, that | custom, treaty, the familiar prinei.- | ples of common humanity become of | no force, and as nothing when they | interfere with German plans, pur-| poses, ambitions, interpose between | the Germans and their 'necessities' "The most pacific of governments, the most long suffering of = Presi dents, the least martial of all na- tions cannot accept such a doctrine. | It cannot submit to such a rule. One | thing no 'nation can do is to permit | the murder of its own children, aet- ing in accordance with right and en its own advice. To do this is not merely to accept dishonor; it is fo surrender national Independence. "We have come, then, to the crisis. There is left only the possibility that what Germany has threatened she will not do. We can, and the Tribune believes we should, recall Ambassador Gerard, since further negotiations seem impossible But The real prob. lem is the action the United States must take if Germany again puts into operation the principles she ap- plied to the Lusitania and reaffirms in her latest note. Is there any citizen who can doubt what that action must be? | "Every patriotic feeling will move'| sens "in The. | 3 The command to HALT has back EINGSTON ONTARIO, SATURDAY, JULY 17. 1915 mt Sela Nae a RX -- Commu of it the power of the army. In hundreds of communities in this country to-day a HALT has been called on the Community: Rob- ber, on the man or woman who, thinkingly of unthinkingly, robs the community by refusing to patronize HOME interests. Waat's needed to-day are MORE sentries, more men and women to call a halt on suca thoughtlessness. Qur community is asked to take a definite stand on this question. Lt each man appoint himself a sentry to see nat the community, life is preserved. Oth:r communities have fallen in line. have hoisted the Home Trade flag. WE must fall in LINE or fall BEHIND. ward, March They For- The *'Community Builder' idea is endorsed and approved of by, among others, the following well-known and reputable business concerns: Amerieans to-day to give President ANGLIN, 8, & CO., Manufacturers of Fine Woodwork, Sash and Doors, Wilson loyal, sympathetic, complete | The honor of the nation | the future will be shaped by his de-| cisions. Since Abraham Lincoln no | man has borne graver résponsibili-| ASSNISTINE, J. 8, D. 0. §,, 342 King St. ty, but this time he is sure of the support of a united country, a nation | and a people. | "But, while waiting patiently and | not blind oursevles to the issue nor | shrink from the eventualities. Ger-| many has massacred American citi. | zens, and in response to a demand | that murder cease and that there be | reparation for previous killing, the] German: Government has replied that it reserves the right to kill Ameri-{ cans in defiance of international law and without regard for ordinary hu manity when it chooses, and except COLLEGE BOOK STORE, on' certain conditions which it ha laid down. Once the issue is estab- | Mshed, what further debate can be required?" i $18,000, STAPLES' | AIR BRAKE PROFIT Colonel Cleans Up Well on Mis Stock--Sells When Boom Is On, Watertown, N.Y, July 17.--Col. 0. §. Staples, proprietor of the Thonsand Island House at Alexan- dria Bay, made from $18,000 to $20,000 on the recent rise in the stock of 'the New York Air Brake Company. Col. les has, for a lo time, been a holder of brake stock, and his dividends have been about $12,000 a year. recent rise Col. Staples 'a part of his stock, "a tho is: and or two shares," as he gxpressod it. with very results. He aaa delermined to hold on to the bulk u* his stock, however, as to-day he for>- casted t the price would go as high as 150 within the next three! months. is also said that the dividend would be increased to ten \ During the LOW FARES, To California Expositions Via Chi- cago & North Western Railway. Four splendid daily traips -from the new passenger terminal, Chi- cago to San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. Choice of scenic and direct routes through the best of the West. Something to see all the way, Do track. Automatic electric signals all the way. Let us plan your trip and furnish folders and mu Jartitwiars. B. H. Bennett, G. A, 468 Yonge St. To- ronto, Clergyman As Recruiter. ey istok. luly 17.--Up "to yes- at the Armories for overseas service, Three young 9 from Princeton by lips of the Anglican Church there who had been doing some recruitin on his own unt. other squi will likely be sent to London in a day or.two. BER and deceit usually inhabit forty mien had been recruited 126 Clarence St., Automobiles and Supplies. Glasses. for Perfect Vision BELL, R. CHAS., 239 Bagot St., Insurance and Real Estate. Phone 1002, confidently upon his decision, let Us| per, DR. GEO. W., 1.0 Clarence St., proprietor of Dr. Bell's Veterinary Medical Wonder, the most popular medicine in Canada. BESTS, the Popular Drug Store. \ : COOKE, J: B., Dist. Mgr. Imperial Life, 332 King St. Phone 503. Res. 842. CARROLL, J, K., AGENCY. Real Estate and Insur- 'Brock Pictures, COLLIER'S Hobberlin dressers. Coneeit the man with the small mind is often times per cent. At present a dividend of - paid. six per cent. has been ER q the ier St. Phone 68. : Stationery, Music and TOGGERY SHOP, Opera House Block. and Campbell Clothing for the best DOMINION TEXTILE C0., Manufacturers of Cottons, 4 Prints, Sheetings, ete. DAVIS DRY DOCK. CO., Manufactirers of Motor Boats, Gas and Steam Engines. Phone 420. GRIMM, N. R., 102 Princess St., Best Home Made Candies and Ice Cream. Phone 797, GILBERT, JOHN, Grocer, 194 Barrie St. and 04 Gore St. - } HARRISON, T. F. CO., Furniture, Carpets and Lino- HAMILTON, MISS E. D. Exclusive Millinery, 370 Princess St. Phone 1267. HALLIDAY ELECTRIC CO. 815. King St., Electri< ; clans and Electrical Contractors. ; JENKINS, KE. P., CLOTHING CO. Agents for Fashion Craft and 20th Century Clothing. KINGSTON ICE CO. LTD, Phone 1307. Puve lee. KINGSTON HOSIERY CO,, Manufacturers of high- grade "Imperial Underwear and Hosiery, » KINGSTON BRIUK & TILE CO., Manufacturers of Brick and Tile, 611 Division St. KINNEAR & D'ESTERRE Manufacturing Jewellers, 100 Princess 8¢. Phone 336. LAIDLAW, JOHN & SON, Pry Goods, 172 Princess St. Phone 397. LIVINGSTON, C. & BRO., Clothiers, Gents' Furttish-| o; deliberately collusive with railway érs, Military Tailoring, 77 Brock St. LOCKETT SHOE STORE, Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Suit Cases, etc, 116 Princess St. ... MANUFACTURERS' LIFE INSURANCE ©O0, M. G. Johnston, district manager, 58 Brock St. i Pd MENDELS, Kingston's Only Exclpisive Ladies' Ready- Princess St. t to-Wear Store; 182 McKELVEY & BIRCH sell the Happy Thought Range. There are 4,500 of these in use in and about Kingston. . NEWMAN & SHAW, the Store, 122 Princess -PERCIVAL & GRANGER, Local Agents McComuick Mig. Co. All kinds of Biscuits and Confectionery. REDDEN, JAS. & 00., Grocers, 176 Princess St. SAKELL, T., Best Ice Cream in Kingston by Govern ment Test. SARGENT, T. H., corner Princess and Pure Drugs, Toilet Requisites, etc, Always Busy Dry' Gents Montreal Sts. Phone 41. SUTHERLAND'S SHOE STORE, 103 Princess St. Phone 449. The Home of Good Shoes. TOYE, R. H. & CO., Bread Bakers and Wholesale and 3 : : : ih ks COMMISSION, Electric Light, , Power and Wale es actric Lisht, Gas, VA WAWICK BROS., 189 Princess St., Dry Pressing, Repairing, Dyeing. We know how. WILSON, LYTLE, BADGEROW CO. fac: lars by calling up the Whig's Busincss Dept., Phone dia Film Waka, ww RS wl Lie 4 * ¥ . Be t > § ¥ Sig v * = £ / which iF not keen on public owner SECOND SECTION \ity Movement . ¢) | | SOME OTTAWA GLIMPSES | 8pecial Correspondence by H. F. Gadsby. L Ottawa, July 17.--The good guess- ers at the capital are apprehending from the Hon. Arthur Meighen's pub- dshed remarks that the chief role ol this rising young statesman, who acts as understudy to all the leading char. acters in the Cabinet, is to knock the National Transcontinental Rail. way, His method is to talk rapidly aboutthe N. T. R. and so divert at- tention from the Government's short- comings with the Canadian Northern. This is merely an expression in words of the policy which has been actively pursued ever since the Borden Gov- ernment took -office. The National Transcontinental Railway js in many respects an ideal railway. {the material benefits it would bring | to the country, the Laurier Govern. | ment was inspired by the laudable | ambition of having her in Canada the | best railway in the world, as we al. {ready have the biggest ijn the shape |of the C. P. R. On that principle the N. T. R. was built, a high class | railway with heavy rails, solid road | bed, steel bridges, low grades and | @asy curves---a railway that would be | laid down like Shakespeare's fame, | not for an age, but for al] time, and would ost very little for patching. As far as possible the National Transcontinental was built to those vatives came in they found it almost too good to be true. They at once proceeded to lay hands on it and spoil it as much as might be necessary for | their purposes. These purposes were two--f{o cast discredit on the Lau- rier Government and to help their chosen friend, tho C. N. R., by their acts of omission and commission to- ward the Nationa] Transcontinental. It is quite obvious that any policy which makes the Nationa] Transcon. tinental a worse railway than it was intended to be helps the Canadian Northern, For this policy the Ca- nadian Northern is not absolutely to blame---the affection of the Borden Government was largely "wished" on 'them by the Government's desire to acquire merit by boosting a project of its own, The C. P, R. not being any longer in the field, the C. N. R. was the next best bet, The National Transcontinental has been assaulted in two ways--by word and deed. The words include the | Staunton-Gutelius report, which, in | spite of the commissioners' ferocious | intentions, failed to smear the road | with a bad reputation. The words | also include the hired efforts of a | Yankee writer, who succeeded in get- | ting his stuff into an American maga- zine and to that extent made N. T. R. | financing in London difficult. Mr. | Meighen's invidious remarks are the | latest contribution to this campaign | of detraction which has been backed | by competent deeds. The words and | the deeds, As #inance Minister White | would put it, synchronize. | For example. While Mr. Mei- | ghen is on the stump, Mr. Cochrane | and Mr. Gutelius are buying a lot of | second-hand locomotives, superannu- | ated freight cars and other junk, so | that the railway of their Hatred will | be crippled with poor rolling stock. | Moreover, during the two years | Messrs, Staunton and Gutelius were | engaged on their $150 a day report, the partment of Railways was busy furnishing them with corrobo- rative evidence by putting in switch. back grades, increasing curves, sub- stiguting wooden bridges for steel, and monkeying with the works gen- erally. This policy, whether one of spite against the Laurier Government corporations which greadod the boon of competition and cheaper freight rates, has been successful to the ex- tent of enabling the G. T. P. to re- fuse to operate the Eastern .part of the road, on the ground that changes were made in construction which did not receive the approval of the ocom- pany"s engineer as per agreement made and provided in the National Transcontinental Railway Act. }- It has also landed a Government, ship, in the morass of public opera- 3 Knocking the Nation's Railway Outside } standards, so that when the Conser- | ary J Fron: which tends to show how far a bunch of reactionary politicians will | 80 in the matter of biting their nose Off to'spite their face : Marred and shorn tifough it is. by | partisan meddlers, the National | Transcontinental retains many of its | Bood features, - It is approximately {as straight as the crow flies, and | shortens the Journey between Great | Britain and the Far East by five hun- {dred miles, The Borden Govern. | ment has made it 5 little harder for {the crow to fly straight by sharpen. [Ing the curves, but otherwise the | advantage holds. The road has, gen- | erally speaking, grades of.1 to 250 for the east bound traffic and 1 to | 170 for west bound traffic, which means fewer trains, heavier loads and saving in freight rates, which allows it to compete successfully | With the water routes. As a matter {of comparison, the hauling power of an engine on the N. T R. ig seven times as great as it is on the C. P. R. Incidentally the N, T. R, cuts off 200 miles of the present [ntercolonial distance between Quebec and Can-* ada's nearest winter port, St. John. It is the only all British railway on the continent, under one manage- ment, traverses Canadian soi] from 'ocean to ocean, and by its connection ith the G. T, R.,, transfers the through-traffic interest of thé G.T.R. from the Western States to Western Canada. If given half a chance-it should double the industrial and pro. ductive area of Canada, developing the hinterlands of the North. West, Quebec and Ontario, opening up the coal fields on the Saskatchewan, Athabasca and Peace Rivers, Provid- | Ing .an interchange of products be tween the prabries and British Col- | umbja, furnighing competition fn jtransportation to 1,200 miles - of grain-growing country in the West, and ensuring a third railway outlet from and through the wheat fields to the lakes Judged. b: fe re. sults the saflway was built economi. cally. The C. P. R. got a cash sub- sidy of $25,000,000, completed rail way another $25,000,000, 25,000,000 acres of land at a computed present Sh -- | worth of $250,000,000, and the privi- lege of establishing town sites It also got tax exemption for its land fon twenty years from the issue of the patents and freedom from Gov- ernment control. of rates until] its dividends are ten par cent. on {ts capital--said dividend having been successfully dodged up to this mo ment by cutting melons, embarking in branch enterprises and other de. vices well known to financiers, The C. P. R, with all its special privis leges, is owned from end to end by a private company, The N. T. R., on the other hand, was built without land grant, tax ex emption, or provincial or local aid of any kind. The Government has ab- solute control of its freight rates-- and the railway is under the juris- diction of the Railway Commission throughout its whole length, which the C. P. R. is not, The Act pro- vides against over capitalization and secures running rights to other roads throughout Its whole length. The only financial ald given to the Grand Trunk Pacific wis a guaran. tee of interest, and if the Borden Government had not interfered with the arrangement, the Government owned and constructed section east of Winnipeg would have been rented to the G. T. P. at a sum sufficient to pay interest on the amount invested. The Dominion of Catinda owns one. half of this great transcontin ntal railway in fee simple and has lien on the other half for security of its guar- anteo of interest. f On the whole, the National Trans. continental, as the Liberals left it, was a great railway, with all the modern tonveéniences and precau- tions in the way of Goverifent con- trol of rates, over capitalization and like matters. What {8 it now? The Hon. Arthur Meighen 'is doing his best to answer that question, ~H. F. G. BORDEN HAD TO SPEAK v