PAGE FOUR THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, Tr MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1915. MUNITIONS IN AMERICA. Canada must be deeply interested {in the news from Waghington and to | the effect that the War Department | has under consideration the requisi- tioning of all the munitions which are! | now being made in the United States Published Daily and Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING co, LIMITED. .« President Managing Director and Sec.-Treas. Telephones: Office Roome El oh A. Gina Business | Fditorial Job OMce SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Dally Edition) One year, del!fVered in city .... Une yegr, If pald In advance 5 One year, by mail to rural ofc One year, to United States (Semi-Weekly Edition) One year, by mall, cash 1.00 One year, if not pald in advance.§1.50 year, tp United States 1.50 Six and three months pro ra ain One he 1s one of the "est printing offices in Cangda. TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE _ FE. Smallplece 32 Church St. U 8 REPRESENTATIVES New York Office 225 Fifth Ave. | Frank R Northrup, Manager. Chicago Tritune Bug. Frank Manager. H n Northrup, LIMIT THE SPEEDING. Kingston has passed a by-law} which refers to the speeding of auto- | mobiles through the city. Frequent | introductions to the Police Magis-| | trate may result in the education of | our citizens so that they may be | saved from violations of the law. But non-residents and tourists cannot be wisely informed of the law in this way. The Ontario Motor League, which has done so much fof the fra: ternity, and with which many resi- dents of the city are not identified, thould advise the Council that it has a duty to perform. This duty is to nail up in conspicuous places on the roads leading into the city painted notices respecting the speed limit within the municipality. All over the West these notices are to be seen. They are encountered again and again They tell the reader where the municipal boundary begind and what will be the penalty of iffring- ing its laws, The owner of a car or the chauffeur cannot plead ignor- ance of the by-law and the Magistrate can have no compunction of con- science in imposing a fine. Motor- ing through the city should be en- couraged, and under the circum- stances should be made as pleasant as possible for the tourists. They spend their money freely wherever they stop. There are groups of horse-sellers and hyve-buyety in Nova Scotja who should have jail sentences equal in duration to the ages of the horses they imposed on the Government.-- Toronto News, Should have it? What Is there terrifying in that remark? The Davidson Commission is making the offenses of some persons tlearer, but the question is, when is the punish- ment to be made to fit the crime? BRITAIN'S REGISTRATION] On Sunday Britain had its first registration or numbering of the people. It covered all the males between fifteen and sixty-five years of age. Sunday was chosen for this purpose because it is the one day in the week when most of the people are to be found at home. It must have been a busy day for 2,000 re- gistrars and the 200,000 enumerat- ors for there are at least 25,000,000 persons whose names, addresses, oc- cupations, etc, had to be written down. The machinery of the Registry .Mepartment, which is new, having * been put recently organized, must be perfect in order to warrant the an- nouncement that within a couple f Weeks the Government will be in possession of all the facts. Every ten years Canada takes a census, ons covering niore information than the British Government has sought ia its registry scheme, and we know how long a large staff of men, is oc- cupied in analyzing and completing the records. Many difficulties are encountered because the enumecias- Ors are not posted or skilled. Tue Mother. Country has guarded against errors by training especially a lares umber of good men and then send- ing them Out as educators of thous ands of others. The result will probably Justity the establishment of'a Registry D3. partment which will be permanest and quite as efficient as that of aay similar department in any country in Europe. This may imply a do velopment of the War Department as it fudicates the perfection of tae. German war machine. Britain niust us Sd. Jt mut baw ge fect record. for the Allies. It is observed that the reserve supply of the munitions! is below the standard, which affords one reason for the suggested action | of the Government. But another reason, and the main one, is that an appropriation of the munitions would be an effectual way in which to se- jcure a inodification of the British Orders-In-Council affecting the sup- ply of munitions to neutral and bel ligerent states. The assurance with which this statement is offered justifies the con- clusion that there are some people in the Republic who would not hesi- tate to embarrass the Allies for the sake of business. The meat pack- ers have been disturbed because their shipments have been seriously inter- fered with. The cotton exporters will be made furious when they learn that the British Government has at last decided to regard cotton as con- traband. "Interests which have suffered from the Orders-in-Coun- cil," says a despatch from Washing- ton, "have become so insistent for redress that a serious political situa- tion is almost sure to develop un- less something is done for them." In view of this contingency it is comforting to know that the Minis- ter of Munitions has made arrange- ments that will permit the British Government to carry out its plans without interruption from any source. The British Government has control of three hundred and eighty factories which are making munitions under conditions that will guarantee the men will be paid well for their werk while the State will receive the profits in excess of a rea- sonable return on the investments and the work done, There are, in ad- dition, sixteen co-operative munition factories, and the Government is set- ting up ten new additional arsenals A hundred thousand munition volun- teers have been enrolled, ready to work anywhere and under any cir- cumstances that will make their ser-| vice @fféctive. Still more, union rules have been | relaxed until after the war; the | programme Includes an increase in| the supply of machine guns, bombs, | and hand grenades, and sclenice; and | art have been united in the service | of the men. "Bept -of- all; says| Lloyd-George, "within a few weeks the supply of shells will be sufficient to enable our men to cleave their way through to victory." | The British Government has prob- | ably duly considered the contingency | which is being urged in the United | States, and will not be diverted from | its plans. The unneutral act should | contribute to the activities of Can-| ada with regard to munitions, and | these activities should develop ac- | cording to the necessities of the case. Stratford is the cleanest and best kept city in Ocrtario. Kingston's | Council and officials-vould inspect it] with advantage. The Works' De-| partment can certainly get some fn-| formation with regard to paving be-| cause Stratford has been sampling! all kinds of it. dwn | EDITOR AL NOTES, | i The Toronto News says Sir Robert | Borden defied the Nationalists. | When? Did he not give them rep- | resentation in his Government? D'd he not go out of his way to show them a preference? Did one of them not afterwards resign because the | Premier did not play the game. | Ernst Lasauer, who wrote the song of hate, says he penned it in haste He finds that it is not warranted by later and collective experiences. Will he demonstrate his repentance by sending back his irom cross to the Emperor? The larger clothing firms have evidently jockeyed the smaller cloth- ing firms out of Government con- tracts. It is alleged that the work on some contracts was not unifs fon a G. T. R. train at Kingston. | exhibition. { PUBLIC OPINION RE (A cs Relief Of Blind Pigs. { (Detroit Free Press) | A joker proved the unwisdom of charity by persuading a wealthy] | Boston woman to subscribe $1000 for the relief of blind pigs in West Virginia. Great Canvass. . (Brantford Expositor.) Upwards of $10,000 has been raised in twe days in "'Brantford's | machine gun campaign" and now the call of the canvasser is "Send us another $10,000!" You Will Notice This. (St. Thomas Journal) Neutrals will do well to observe, too, that British submersibles never attack neutral ships or murder wo- men and children of enemy or neu- tral nations. An Early Session. (Toronto Globe.) z The Globe approves of Mr. N. W. Rowell's suggestion that the Gov- ernment of Ontario call an early session of the Legislature and take action such as the situation requir- es. A Home Thrust. (New York Herald) If it is true, as Canadians are ready to agree, that the United Sta- tes is a poorly-prepared nation, and needs a much larger navy, isn't it about time that another nation living on the same continent should do a little independent navy building? A Good Move. § (The Pioneer, Toronto.) Closing Kingston bar-rooms at seven every evening because of the proximity of the Harriefield training camp, is just one of the common sense things that the new Provin- cial License Commission has a habit of doing. It will meet with cordial public approval. KINGSTON EVENTS 25 YEARS ACO H. W. Richardson and F. C. Ire- land went up Rideau on fishing trip. Rev. M. J. Bates married a couple 3 Oddfellows decide to make the Re- lief Association its insurance aid. Sons of Temperance to organize branch of juvenile temperance ca- dets. One hundred dogs entered for the ---- tess FER PF PEPER * SIR WILFRID'S STATEMENTS, ¢ il "I affirm it with all my pow- e=, that it is the duty of Can- ada to give to Great Britain in this war all the assistance that it is in the power of Canada. My confidence in the present Government at Ottawa does not ooze from the soles of my boots, but at the outbreak of the war I considered it my duty to sup- port it in its war policy. I have supported it in that policy ever since and I will support it again. The rez<on is that this war is a contest between Ger- man institutions and British in- stitutions. British institutions mean freedom. German insti- tutions mean despotism. That is why we as Canadians have such a vital interest in this war."--Sir Wilfrid Laurier at Sherbrooke. . STITT ETA FPP PPP RIPE IPE PEE I bere ed * + + [® * + IR J 24 Germans For An Irish Leg. Exchange. There arrived in London the oth- er day a steamship containing the | first batch of British.prisoners ex-, { changed by Germany. Among tue | passengers was a one-legged Irish- | | man on board the train, and he told | of his experiences. . He looked fit] | and well, and was full of fun ana! fight. ' "My name's Kavanagh, Gilbert| Kavanagh, of the Royal Irish," he said, "and me leg was smashed up at Namur, - A soldier of the German Red Cross stamped on the foot of the bad leg just to make it better | lke. "Then the German doctors came along, and they laid me out an a table and cut off me leg with me looking on. You see they just forget that it was my leg they were cutting at, but shure and enuf they was re- minded afther I stroock 'em." On Tuesday last at Pembreke five young men had conferred on them the dignity of holy priesthood by Bishop Ryan. The sermon of the day was preached by Father McNell, Kingston. i stating that her Royal Highness was WELLAND IS GIVING HER VERY BEST T TO THE CAUSE | OF EMVIRE | Hockey Team snd #eothall Players Enlist--Prize Boxer Goes--Man Farning Seven Dollars A Day Jolus | As Private, Welland, Aug. 16.--Recriuting in! Welland has been a genuine success. The 14th, in late July, said farewell} to 162 of the finest of men. Ten | days later they 'had: 'enlisted a new | company of 160, The hockey ieam | is all gone; our star baseball piten-| er is gone; Joe Atwood, our prize boxer, is gone. The football playe rs have lined up. One family ir Well-| and has sent four; others two. One| big man in the pipe mills gave up a| position where he was earning seven! dollars a day to enlist as a private The 44th is nearing "1,200 enlist-! ments, and still going strong. Even| the boys are anxious to join. { '"'Another recruit, sir." said the] sergeant, as he ushered in Bugler] William Henry Garretty. { "How old are youyson?" | "Fifteen, sir," said the bugler, | bringing his hand with quick preci-| sion to his cap. i Where is your home?" | "Cayuga, sir?" | "Father living?" i "With the 4th Battalion, First] Contingent, sir; wounded at Ypres, in hospital two reeks; otherwise do- | ing fine, sir.' - | "Any previous experience, bugler? "I was with the Second € Whrtnty Toronto, and the Third Contigk: at Niagara, but couldn't at gent get| away, being too young, sir.' He took off his clothes like aM the H other men for examination. It seem-| ed a joke for some, but not to Bug-{ ler Garretty He was a soldier, all} that could be crammed into so small| a package. Height four feet tem inches. Chest twenty-nine inches, sound in wind and limb. "Fit," Garretty "proudly pants. Too small for overseas, he was as- signed to the 44th Welland Post, where he will bugle to beat the band. | said the M.O., and Bulger slipped = into his / Candid Political Opinion. i Ottawa Journal | The general election in Manitoba | went the right way. The Conser- | vative party, throwing off leaders | who had been clearly proved unwor- | thy of trust, had reorganized under clean and capable men with a good | platform, but where wrong has been done in the name and interest of a political party, there should be pen- | alty, The mass of a party may be | guiltless, may have been in utter ig- | norance of anything' that was] wrong, but if on such a plea the | oniy punishment to follow a betrayal | of public trust by the leaders of the | party were to be a change of leaders, | further party corruption 'would be placed at a premium rather than the reverse. | But it is tolerably certain also | that the influences and the points of | view which found manifestation in | the acts of the Roblin cabinet ex- | tended beyond that cabinet among a | good many of the active spirits of | the local Cohservative party, and | that any immediate condonation by the people of the government cor- ruption which had been revealed would have misled such gentry and | tended to an early recrudescence of | evil. As it is, the lesson is uhmistak- | able and impressive. Conservative | representation in the legislature has | been almost wiped out. The public | of Manitoba has pronounced upon | the Roblin Government the same | verdict as the public of Ontario pro- | nounced upon the Ross Government | and the public of Quebec upon the | Mercier Government. The people | value party affiliations when party | gives them a fair chance, but they | value honesty more. And this is | the great safety of democracy. | A Lucky Gift Box. | London Daily Chronicle. $5.00 and $6.00 Panamas--Your choice of anv Panama in the for $2.75. SHOE SALE---T values, for $4.50. Specials Perfectly tailored clothes. Genuine Home- spuns in several shades of Grey, Brown and neat stripes. Two and three piece styles. Plain or cuff bottom trousers. Sizes 34 to 44. store he celebrated Just Wright Shoes, $5.00 and $6.00 Bibbys. 78, 80, 82 PRINCESS STREET. Princess Mary's Christmas girt| FARMS| For Sale| The following are some of our farm bargains: $10,500 $24,000 For particulars consult T. 1. LOCKHART, Bank of Montreal Building, Kingston. Phones 1035 or 1020. | box has proved a very lucky present to Private "Mike" Brabston of_the Second Company, First Battalion of the Irish Guards. He was in the fighting at Givenchy, and Princess Mary's box, which he carried in his left breast pocket, prevented a Ger- man bullet from penetrating his heart. A few days later he was siruck above the left eye and he has been 'Wood's od Great English Hemedp. 'ones and invigorates the 3 v wn makes now Blood eins, Oures Nerdous enn: ami Br on yo Fatpiiatton st box, \ SX aa a on i~eipt of Mia os Bg the ng feria. One wit in phai a Ed pamed nursed in Edenbridge Hospital, Kent. The matron forwarded the - box and 'the bullet which it stopped, to Princess Mary, and a letter was re-| ceived in reply from Windsor Castle, | delighted to hear one of her' boxes had saved Brabston's life. "The box," added the letter, 'was shown to their Majesties, who hope that Private Brabston will soon re- cover from his wounds." Brabston will soon return to the or of the best. What have the small. er firm, located in every city of Canada, to say about this? Belleville cleaning its ~ paved street on Sunday morning! Break- ing the Sabbath, some of them will say, and that should not be permiss- ible. There is angther thing--that cleanlinéss is néxt All over the country the bush busting, the magnates who back them must view with' alarm; the retrospect's bad and the outlook disgusting, and the farm. No EPREELES mii Z ! mare on the bleachers the Automobile For Hire (91s REGAL) | Special Rates for all Kinds of Drives. | WebpiNGgs A Seeciapry. 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