"PAGE FOUR » a ATI THE DAILY ; ps BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1915. The British Whig 82ND YEAR. Published Dally and Semi-Weekly by | THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING | CO, LIMITED, | - { 3. G. Elllott ... Yeoman A. Guild . . President and 8 Tel Business OM . Fdiforial Rooms { SUBSCRIPTION. RATES (Daily Edition) One year, delivered in city ....$6.00 One year, ¥f paid in advance ....$5.00 One year, by mail to rural offices .$2 One year, to United States .:.... $3.00 (Semi-Weekly Edition) | #ne year, by mail, cash $1.00 One year, if not pald in adw nce. $1.60 One year, to United States . .. $1.50 Six and three months pro rata. | A ---------------------------- - Attached Is one of the printing offices In Canada best job | TATIVE Chureh St TIVES | 25 Fifth Ave Manager | ribune Bldg i Manager. § TORONTO REPRES HE oS alinie AN AUTUMN ELECTION, | The Journal of Commerce, a com- | mercial paper, of which the Hon. W. 8S. Fielding is the editor-in-chief, | having assumed that there would not | Pe an election this year, counsels | the parties with regard to the man- ner in which they should act towards each other. Parliament should meet when the Government is ready with public business, and no measure should be introduced of a controversial char- acter, The opposition should be moderate in its criticisms and avoid party conflicts which produce dis- temper and division. The necessary appropriations should be made, unanimously, and the war prosecuted to a finish. Towards the close of the session ~If peace be not assured--the Im- perial Government should be peti- tioned to pass an Act extending the parliamentary term for a year, or for two years, if war conditions make this desirable. The advice so candidly offered does not seem to be acceptable, and the fall election is propesed. This 1s the latest announcement from Ot. tawa, and it is seemingly reliable. The wir is to be the issue, not the Government's record, or deserts, or defects, and the Liberals will have ne reason to shrink from it. Condi. tions in the Country, especially from Manitoba te the Pacific Coast, sug- gest haste in an appeal. The longer it is deferred the worse, apparently, will be the effect upon the Govern- ment, ' ---- -------------- a-- CHALLENGE TO LABOR. The New York Times, discussing the Duma event, puts the situation clearly when it says: "Whatever he may say about or- ganizations to procure thet other employment, industrial concerns here would be very little inclined to employ a class of laborers who might at any time be called away from their work, not because of conditions of wages or hours, but at the behest of a diplomat in Washington acting in * the interest of a foreign Government. In the whole history of our rela. tions with foreign countries there has never been another diplomatic re- presentative at our national capital fwho has in such an open and unab- ashed way taken measures to make himself altogether unacceptable." Foreign labor must be made' des: perate by the crazy action of the Em- bassy officials, It is not so dogg since a foreigner in: Kingéton com- plained that he could not find profit- able employment. He was a natur- alized Canadian. He owned proper- ty in the city. He seemed to be worthy of the public confidence. And yet he was not persona grata with the employers of labor. They made no objection to his mechanical fit- . mess. They simply did not want "him. It 'ie 'not remarkable under the veircumstances? The diplomats as- sume that they bad an influence over these men and that all they had to do was call them out, at a critical time, in order to disorganize certain industrial establishments. It js quite possible that had the Austrian Government authorized the éourse "which Duma puggested, and had fin- anced it, the men would have follow: ed Duma's instructions. There is reason to believg that the Austro- Hungarians who have been employ- ed steadily in cértain works at good wages would have ignored the ap- peals of the diplomats. The sugges- tion that they would obey puts thou- sands of men ubhder a cloud of sus- picion; and all because of Dumas fool letters. : ---- th 1t begins to look as if the Ameri can Government were afraid of the Triple Alliance, and so is willing to | i 4 | | | SLL A CHANGE IN COMMAND. can neutrality there can be ne as- | | cil seems to understand the eruption 1 that has faken place in the Russian (Mun : 'Frob Pross { army The sudden and unforeseen The Roblin Government might | retirement of 'Grand Duke Nicholas have held on to office for four more | i . Fears defiance ) . ini | Russia's Kitchener, so-called, and a |} in defiance. of I ublic opinion. | { In the. interval the. Parliament] No one outside the Imperial Coun- Suranc B® { fer, very Prst essential of intelligent die = ussion in that they are finablé to] a distinguish between things that aie. | f} They appear ngt to appreciate | that there is a distinction between a] nation that ks ancther and al ation that itself, They} no differen between Germany| and Belgium, except that one is lar nds see Bibbys - Limited | on 4 recent occasion. { military hero, is inexplicable. There {is a hint that the change in' the lead | ership of the army is due -to the wreckage of the bureaucracy of which there was some intimation in the Duma. : The Russian Parliament is not like that of any other public and legisla- tive assembly. | tions | It 'has its limita-| and its restrictions, but. its | members are ereising all 'the | powers thef possess under the con stitution, and they certainly bitterly | attécked the military establishment | They made a profound sensation when théy, me taphorically speaking, fell upon the head of the Ordnance Depgritment; .. Managing Director | and demanded his decapitation. This, cession last night headed by the | was because of his failure to provide munitions of war as he was expected to do, and presumably because of his inc ompétence. It will cost Russia something to recover her lost prestige and power through some one's blundering,.. and that one does not appear to be the Grand Duke. He has been a soldier all his 'days, and has commanded the support of the Government and! people all through his administra tion. True, he has been retreating with army and saving it from impending disasters again and again. his | He 'could not cut or cleave his way |r. into the heart of Germany because he had not the munitions, and when v that fact became known the German army became more aggressive. The Czar is not a substitute for | the Grand Duke as a commander of from turning their thoughts to the the army. His Majesty cannot ac- complish what the Grand Duke did not, except- that, surrounded by new aides who have been demonstrating | their fitness in the war, and com- manding the homage of the army, he may instil new life into his troops, and, with ample war munitions, re- cover lost grounds and make new conquests, The shuffle so far as the Grand Duke is concerned is not one for seri- ous reflection. His spirit will still | be in the fight and the Czar will still be carrying out his.commands. EDITORIAL NOTES, the Democrat meeting in New Jersey because it talked of endorsing him for-the presidency a second time. My, isn't he getting shy? The band performance in Macdon- | ald Park, the last of the season, was | very much enjoyed. Lieut. Light | is to be thanked for his rare musical treats, The charge that the Liberals are | disloyal, that they are not to be | trusted in the conduct of the war, is a party slander which the Conser- { vatives have released for election purposes. The German Government says a sibmarine attacked the Arabic in self-Gefence. It will discuss the re- | paration it should make for the loss of life at The Hague. What is this if not a repudiation of Von Bern- storfl's diplomatic guff? } The grand old man, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, is in hogpital at Ottawa undergoing treatme®t for his th. He was a severe sufferer while at the Napanee patriotic meeting, 'hut he was bound not to disappoint the | people. His visit was appreciated | on that account. i ine Ot four hundggd and fifty retard- ed: pupils in : the public schools eighty-one suffer from "preventable irregular attendance." The par- | ents are.responsible for this condi- | tion of things. if parents saw that | their children were in school regu- | larly they would have less com- | pléint to make about the promotions in mid-summer. : The report of the Jmspector of Schools, with regard to the unsatis- factory enforcement of the Tiaanvy Act, should be made the subject of a special conference between the School Board and the Police Com- mission. The Inspector is ' right lem can never be solved. satisfacto- rily until some one has been especial- 3 . ---------------- | PUBLIC OPINION | { obeyed. . Only Fool Thoughts. {Hamilton Herald.) | Only a fool would think, in these days, that fighting is done merely for fighting's sake. : Effect on : (Montreal SR This crime prea Bak) effects of German "frightfuiness" nearer home to Canadians; and we may look to see an immediate influence on our recruiting. q ---------------- 'No: Assurance. of Peace. : {New ) , Wocept of any affront rather than go $0 War, © ot American 80 lo = Teuton: Splomacy is A | ageous ysome time or othef these dnd these increasing arinies would be armament The President would not attend | certain pacifists easily led themselves cause of war. 0 patient hearing. when he says that the truancy prob- | - ly instructed to see that the Act is! { Lieut. C. V, Fessenden and Lieut. F. J ger than another. They condemn, | inferentially, Belgium's prepared- | | ness, such as it was; and also the! | preparedness of the one British wea- | | pon that was ready, namely, the navy. | (Canadian- American.) {It obviously ossible to carry] Wales, now as in the storied past; | on an argument i these so-called has given ample proof of the intense 'friends of peace", who attempt to} fealty of her sons and daughters, Her answer the statement that certain firegides have been feeding the 1 preparations ought to be made for| bloody trenches with robffst. cour- purposes of defence with the remark: | manhood ever since "0, yes, they say that." Perhapiy i they all do The fact remains | i the hting hegan. - ---- { that some fad itv honestly and meant it as part of rat gas | it; while the others st the peace of | { " aww | their conspir a ? KINGSTON EVENTS | the world. Bet the German | 25 YEARS ACO war leaders were able to delude the} The firementheld a, torch Tight pro Buildings would have heen complet- | ed and no doubt another million of | money stolen. How Wales "Works. is present German people into believing that a powerful navy was neeessary for p poses of self-defence and that Russia,| France and' Britain, were ready to! 14th | swoop down upon Germany, are we | | to admit that the British people were | { thus misled ? Will any man who is! Regiment. band. Dr. W. H. Henderson commenced his duties at the General Hospital. [not a pro-German say that Britain's| - Prof.' Carr-Harris, R. M. C., has | preparedness was the cause of the Ss. returned homé from spending his va- | war? The truth is that doe of the] cation at his farm in New Brunswick { main causes of the war was Britain's n army a year ago that she has to-day { there would have been no war. That {army would have beén a threat to| | FOR A CAMPAIGN THAT IS VERY | assault upon a smaller power. "It UNWISE jon have been a guarantee of the = en peace of the world. Henry Ford Wishes To Talk Peace | To The People Of The "United | States and Against Preparedmes: | Woman ( . TT | unpreparednes If she had had the| en. no nation that did not mediate an For War, 'ouldn't -See Why Fan Got Excited. { ev, whody's. Magazine { Young Mrs. Scott was attefiding | her first ball game. The home team | was doing well that day, and for a time she patiently endured her hus band's transports and his brief ox- planations. But when, amid the cheering, howling crowd he sprang upou the seat, waved his new straw hat thrée times around his head and almost shattered it on the fat man in front, Mrs. Scott exclaimed: "What "on ecarth's the Baseball mto {Henry lion dolls Mail aad T | Ford has t aside op mil | S to be used in a campaigr for peace and against preparedness for war. ' By peace talks he has dis couraged all but ten men out of the 20,000 employed in his Detroit plan National Guard. He. will offer a larg: | cash prize for a history of war "tha "shall net make demi-gods of sol "'diers, and shall show war in all it "horror instead: of glorifying the "slaughter." He has expressed the opinion that every soldier ought ic have emblazoned on -his breast the word "murderer." A few years ag¢ a man might have held the view: that obsess Mr.-Ford, and have com manded . the attention of superficia people while he expounded them. H« could see various European countriet building more and more battleship: every year, and note military expen ditures increasing, and would nec little prophetic gift to assert th#t at ship matter, dearie,"" he answered. as soon as he could get his breath, | "didn't you see the fielder catch the | ball?" "Of course," said young Mr disgustedly, "I thought thar what he was out there for." 3.5cott | was { | An Epidemic. | You criticize us," said the Chin-| ese visitor, 'yet I see all your women | have their feet bandaged." { "That is an epidemic," it was ex plained to him gently, "which broke] out in 1914. Those are called spats." put to use. Arguing that without there would be no war Hr Li - « After a man has learned that he| can't beat another man at his own game, He begins to dodge the indi- vidual with a get-rich-quick scheme. Pay np attention to a slight and immediately the sting is gone. { Many a 'girl's mind seems to be| blondined. | to believe that armament was the After the events of the.past yea: it is difficult to yield to the Carne gies and Fords and lesser advocate: f unpreparedness the courtesy of a They fail in the -n-- BEFORE AND AFTER. "To gain a smile from your starry eyes, I'd slay! a dragon," the {over cries. "I'd dip the sea from its! ancient bed, I'd scoop the snow from yon mountain's head, 1'd grab a star from the.spangled sky, to light! your path as you toddle by. I'd catch a whale, though | it's fierce and fleet, 'and proudly lay it before your | feet. Whatever a mortal man ean do, will be done by | me, dear love for you." Oh, the fair maid falls for this tomniyrot, and off to the parson then they trot, | and the good man says, "You are man and wife; 1! have sentenced you, and your term's for life." The passerby, when a year has flown, may hear the pas- sionate husband groan: "The minute 1 step within | these doors, you have a list. of a thousand chores. | There is nu rest for a weary soul; you want some water, you. want some coal, I should be mowing the T MASON ding-donged lawn, or pulling weeds till the light is gone, or pruning trees with a butcher knife=-a man's a chump when he takes a wife!" 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