PAGE FOUR ' _ The British Whig 82ND YEAR, SERRETS SAILS " B an [4 nN lb AE Published Daily and Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING €O., LIMITED. 1G. Elliott President Leman A. Guild ....Managing Director and Bec.-Treas. Telephones: Office Rooms Business Editorial 243 229 292 SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Daily Edition) One year, deltVered in city ....$6.00 One year, if pald in advance ....$5.00 One year, by mall to rural offices .$2.50 One year, to United States 3.0 (Bemi-Weekly Edition) One year, by mall, cash "fee One year, 1f not paid in advance: One year, to United States 00 1.650 Six and three months pro r : 1.50 Attached 1s one of the printing offices In Canada a -- -- TORONTO RFPRESENTATIVE H. E. Smallpiece .. .32 Church St. UU. 8. REPR® TATIVES New York Office ... 226 Fifth Ave. . Northrup, Manager. Tribune Bldg. Northrup, Manager. best. job Frank R. MANITOBA'S GREAT CHANCE. The political campaign in- Mani- toba will be a short and merry one. The nominations took place on Fri- day last. The polling will be over on Friday next, and great will be the surprise if the Norris Government be not sustained by a large majority. The Liberals must be credited with letting in the light upon the greatest political rascality of which any Gov- ernment in Canada has been guilty, and the people ought to show their appreciation of that work and of their desire for a new and honest ad- ministration. The Conservative papers make much of the fact that the old and corrupt crew have been abandoned. The old ministers have not come out of their hiding since scandal over- whelmed them; but their allies are active, and there is nothing to show that they have repented of thelr sins and undergone change of heart. Among the alleged lily whites--whai a name for besmirched politicians!-- are the men who were willing to fol- low Roblin through any political scheme, who, up to the last, did their best to keep the Roblin Government in power. Some of their condidates helped the now repudiated ministers to throttle the Liberals and prevent them from exposing the iniquity of which they profess to be ashamed. Under Sir James Aikins the cleansed or kalsomined Conserva- tives expect to make a good showing. Behind him, and as the most active force, stands Han. "Bob" Rogers, wha, in anticipation of an early Fed- eral election, is doing what he ean for the reconstruetetd but unrépent- ant Conservative party. Every one knows wherein he excells. He was a great force in Manitoba so long as he was a member of the Government, and had to do with the management of its election machinery. He rep- resents still the lubricant which is go much in demand about this time, and it is in view of this that the Lib- erals are counselled to be particular- ly active, alert, and observant on pol- ling day. GERMANY WANTS PEACE. "Blessed be he who first offers the olive branch," constitutes the text of the Pope's plea for peace. The chances are that Germany may earn it. There is reason to believe that her dr've into Poland is meant for theatrical effects. The Kaiser de- Sired to be in Warsaw on the anpi- versary of the war, to review his conquests thus far--into France, Belgium "and Poland--to indulge in a little vainglory, and then pass out the word that he was ready for Tae. : Now is the accepted time for peace for Germany----it she is to get out of the horrible pit into which militar. ism has rushed her, with a remnant of her reputation for greatness _ though the garment must be rag- ged enough. His Majesty the Em- ~ peror will not personally say he wants peace, but deep down in his heart he must long for it, since he must see that the Allies are gather- ing, not losing, strength and must, | suffering from the terrible strain | that has been upon them. = It would | | suit the Socialists who are rebelling | | against the German policy of aggran-| disement, and demanding that the | war. shall eease. PAUSE AND REFLECT. Thére remains one further purpose to be served by expert organization 'among the Allies. The desire is to establish a board of representative men who will meet in. France and control the trade of neutral coun-| tries, It has been made clear that | Bome of the small powers have been betraying the Allies by sending to Germany the articles the enemy | | must have for the manufacture of| explosives--vegetable oils, fats, oil-| seeds, cotton, and other things. | Some of these articles were supplied through Italy before she entered the! war. When she became an ally she | asked for counsel as to what she should close out of her ports and re-| fuse a passage through her territory. | There was an absolute agreement up- | on the matter. There was one proposal on which {all the Allies were agreed. It was [that they should let the neutrals en- joy .all the freedom they formerly | possessed, and to the limit of their | needs for home) consumption. They | should not have, however, more than | the average quantity of certain ar-| ticles used in the three proceeding | years. The export of these raw ma- terials was forbidden by France in February. Russia and Italy fol- | lowed a similar course in June. Britain has had the subject under | advisement, but so far has not yet | spoken. The issue affects her more | than any Ally, She hesitates about | declaring American cotton contra- | U. 8. factories for munitiens. More | than any other power the Mother | Country must pause and reflect. 1 WASTE IN THE ARMY, : The London Mail ts a bitter and somewhat unreasonable critic-of, the various departments; that is, it is disgruntled and seeg nothing good in the whole conduct of the war. In one | respect it is gaining the public at- tention and arousing the public sup- port. It is opposed, and very vig- orously, to any waste in thé public service, It has announced that it will be glad to get from any source reliable information which it 'can use w'thout violating the confidence of those who are acting upon its ad- vice, In this way the Mall is in receipt of hundreds of letters daily, and they contain food for thought. The expenditure of Britain daily, upon the war, is £3,000,000, and it will be very much larger : unless everyone who is serving the Goyern- ment economizes. For instance the Mail finds that many postal officials are making a pretence of doing mili- tary duty and are clothed and fed and paid as members of the army postal department while they draw full pay as members of the civil ser- vice. Public opinion is protesting against the dual stipend and against holding postions in the post office which can be filled quite as well by women. There have been gross abuses in the medical department. Men have passed who were physically unfit, and they have, after a brief service, been relieved of duty while they remain on the pay list, and their families are enjoying themselves as never be- fore, on the maintenance and patri- otic funds upon- which they draw. There are others who are wasteful in the matter of clothing. Some men have got as many as three complete outfits in nine months, and some as many as five in eleven months. In the billeting of soldiers the greatest imposition has been practised, and the Mail has been given the names of many who are becoming rich through grafting. In destroyed food the greatest scandals have oc- curred. "There is hardly a big camp or collection of camps in the country," says the Mail," regarding which we have not received com- plaints of food wasted, burned, sold, destroyed, and given away." Are these experiences confined to England? Hardly. There is a dis- Position to waste, and sometimes it is occasioned more through the poor- cooking than through the quality of the food. Any one cannot prepare food for the table, and the soldier is entitled to rations which are appetiz- ing and which, when assimilated in-| to the body, will make him strong. The cook is the essential. Such an one is being specially selected in Eng- land and suck an one must be speci- ally selected in Canada if our young men are not to feel that there Is some humiliation in 'serving their country. The Government Conservatives who fn couple of months have "come back | ave they been away? band while she is so dependent on |E YDITORIAL NOTES, British Attorney-Gen- eral, in appearing before a public as- sembly to discuss the policy of his requested a police A sign of the man's An experience Columbia's government body-guard! gréat without a parallel popularity. The Conservatives. of Manitoba ex- pect to win the support of the tem perance electors by reviving the Mac- donald Liquor Act of 1500 Fifteen years ago the party humbugged the people this They cannot be humbugged with it a see- ond time, with measure. Canadians in England are referred to as 'the millionaire soldiers." Why? They are paid $1.10 per day, while the' pay of, the other nationalitiess runs thus: English, 28¢; French, .02¢, and German, .05¢c. Some ground for Canadian distine- tion on pay day. In a Boston chirch on July 4th over a hundred men and boys signéd | cards pledging themselves never to | enlist or "to assist any army or navy in murdering their brothers."'--Mon- treal Gazette. These were not of the German per- suasion. They were the hyphenated variety. not even of The hope is expressed, by a Con- servative paper, that if the Conserva- tives of Manitoba *'do net get alto- gether back' they will .~be strong enough to make the "Government keep its pledges. We can all say thd¥. - Let us hope the Province will not be without a strong and "active opposition. Nothing has come of the Wanna- maker scheme of buying back Bel- gium from the Germans and present- ing it to the refugees that used to call it home. Germany will have tc pay $100,000,000 for destroying Bel- gium in place of getting $100,000, 000 to surrender it. Wannamaker may be very earnest, but he is "too previous," - | PUBLIC OPINION Oh, But Will They? (Ottawa Joyrnal.) If the Germans don't take War saw now, 'they might as well begin to sue for peace. ---------- Another War Price. (Montreal Mail.) Mr. Bryan asked for $500 and 50 per cent. of the gate receipts for an addréss. | Another price has gone up "as a result of the war." Canada Made Good. "(Chicago Beonomist.) Canada has been the phenomenon of the Western Hemisphere in the past ten or fifteen years. . . . In no other part of the world has there been so much progress in recent years, nowhere else so much profit in the pursuit .of ordinary occupa- | Rogers and anes cls AA ES THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1915. i { tons or the investment of capital. | Canada has made good. An Inspiration. (Landon Advertiser.) % Napoleon carried his armies muchi J farther into Russia than Warsaw dnd then met defeat. And there are no Napoleons on the Kaiser's staff, | { Which Is {Belleville Ontario) J In the States there is .a saying] that "colton is king." - According to] King? Lloyd George, in. England coal is | Long live King Coal! | I king. Pludky Policemen. (Hamilton Times.) There is something wrong when we find married policemen, with | families, resigning to go to the front, | and their places on the force being | filled by single, able-bodied men. Recalls Slander On Dr. Bland | (London Advertiser.) | The Conservative papers are en-| deavoring to disconnect Hon. Robert] Manitoba. They wo have the public believe Rogers' beneficient influence was re-| moved. In support of this theory, it] may be recalled that Mr. Rogers re-| cently whip-lashed the minister who | declared that Manitoba was -"rot-| ten." ' i | Kegan EVENTS | 25 YEARS ACO The cheese market is very dull. | Buyers cannot understand why the price is so low. The market must be overcrowded. The following have been appoint- ed drum majors: J. Scott, 14th Bat- talion Band; J, Steele, for Orange Young Britons, and J. Fowler, of the True Blues, gave) H, Stratford has a copper dated 1734. Conscription. Chiago Tribune The hatred of enforced service is as great in Great Britain as it is here, but there and here the logic and worth of conscription are be- ing seen in a new light, The vol- unteer system is hideously unjust, and it may be disastrously ineffec- tive. The shirker is a burden which the willing patriot has to carry. The forces raised by voluntary enlistment represent the flower of the nation. They' contain the men from whom the nation means the most, who! give it its best yveason for being a nation, and these men have a right to | the support, compelled if not given | voluntarily, of the citf¥ens who will obtain the benefits from their sacri- | fices. . | Absolutism § sometimes 'is just | where . democracy is unjust, and in| great national emergency an illustra. | tion of this is given. It is unjust | in § critical' war to permit an indi-| vidualistic system?to cover the ecom- | forts and protect the profits 6f men | who exempt themselves from service | and gain by the sacrifices of the vol- | unteers, . | Arthur H. Carlisle, Belleville, died on Sunday, aged 61 years. He was | a Methodist and a bachelor, } Miss Isabelle Potts, a maiden lady, | aged seventy-seven years, died in | Thurlow township on Monday. | ! 4 that Manij- y toba became corrupt only after Mr.| || ANY OF OUR $5, $6 AND $7 " PANAMAS FOR $3.75. 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