PAGES 9-12 The Daily British Whig [= | > yj * ¥EAR: 82 NO, 214 ACTING COWARDLY Cannot Hope to Escape Stigma By Which He Will Be Forever Branded---Appeal Should Strike to Heart of Young Manhood. To enlist. To avenge, the wrongs of Belgium, Go,.enlist. Duty tells you what to do; Help a cause that's just and true, And the men who fight for you, And enlist. Your King and country need you, So enlist. You're wanted now, they tell you, To enlist. Do not wait another day, Never mind what shirkers say, Show "the other chaps' the way, Bid enlist. Sing "The. Maple Leat Forever," And enlist; ~ Mave no use for a white feather, But enlist. Show your true Canadian grit, Get a rifle in your mitt, Be a man, and "do your bit," And enlist! ! The boys in France, they call you To enlist. To help them, they implore you To enlist. Is it that you fear to go And help our lads to fight the foe? As a man, you'll answer "No," And enlist. F. Stevenson. The voice of conscience bids you Toronto. (8t. John Telegraph, Liberal.) The letter from Rev. E. B. Hooper, chaplain of the 26th Battalion, now in England, which appears in this 'morning's Telegraph, ought to cause every young man in New Brunswick to ask himself this question: "What amI doing to assist the Empire in its life struggle whilé thousands of my fellow men are dying in the trenches for all that make life for me worth while?" It ought to convince every able-bodied man of military age in this province that it is shameful not to be performing some na- tional service; that in hesitating to report at once to the recruiting office, if he is free to do so, he is adopting the cowardly course and leaving the brave men who have already gone to face the enemy to fight the battle alone and without the help they are entitled to expect from others of their kind. : Mr. Hooper's .zeference to the splendid appearance and fine spirit of the 26th Battalion fill one with pride and leave no doubt in the minds of relatives and friends back home that "these lads of New Brunswick are équal to the very best." Hig description of an important review of the Canadian troops, among whom the men of the 26th occupy a high and im- rtant place, is interesting and welcome news, but it is the chaplain's Pr to the strong and young who have not yet responded to the cry for help that will strike to the heart of the manhood "of NewnBrunswick. It 'is a call from one who has seen and knows--from one who, though past the regulation age for military service, did not hesitate. Consider well' what he says: "One more word, and that to those men who are young and strong. -For your manhood's sake, for your Empire's sake, for God's sake, hesitate no longer, but vome, follow on where so many have led the way. - More men, More Men, Men is still the cry. The need is terribly great. The man who can come and will not come is a man to be shunned and despised forever, Afraid of hardships? Afraid of death? When the cause of civilization is at stake? When British honor, justice and liberty are in jeopardy? I am an old man, a timid man, a man to whom home and peace mean everything desirable in life, yet I am here to do 'my bit.' 1 am proudl to be here. I glory in my aching heart. I do not say this to blow my trumpet, but to remind you young men that I have already won the right to speak to you strongly on the 'duty of the hour,' to every man who calls himself a man and a British subject." Where is the man 'physically fit and free to join the ranks of those who are actively defending the Empire, who can read these words and then fail to act as his conscience dictates? The men who are now in the trenches and those who are about to take their places on the battlefield of France, or at the Dardanelles, are looking toward Canada and wondering how. many of their friends and acquaintances are rallying round the ¢olors. They are fighting a great fight, but they ought not to be left to fight it alone, They are facing an enemy that has been trained from childhood to subordinate éverything to the Fatherland. Are Canadians less patri- otic? . We refuse to think so. Canada' is a country which we can love as much as tlie Germans love Germany, but we must not forget that Can- ada is as much at war with Germany to-day as Great Britain or, France is, and that no man can hope to escape the stigha by which he will be forever branded unless he promptly accepts his full share of the burden. Every man who falls in the cause of freedom and justice cries out for vengeanee; Are Canadians, are New Brunswickers to ignore that call? The man who risks his life in this fight for the protection of the homes | and the property of his fellow citizens ik doing"two men's work, his own and that of the man who stays at home. The latter perhaps is a model citizen in every other way, and yet, it he fails at this critical time how can he escape the censure of brave and honest men? The time is surely coming when one would rather not bé the man who, without good land sut- ficient reagon, stayed at home! I Did Not Raise Bea But--- . VER, John Power in,New York Times 1 did not raise MY boy to be a cow: ard 3 scorn to yield. . To bear with Wood unstirred : whate'er befalls, |1 love Hin} Ak me! Too well Fae 1 love To sulk, -" Shirk, or flinch in Um, have him live at ease, fuil-fed . ard, { and whole, : + To stop his ears when n IA" recreant to the righteous God food honor calls. a m, A traitor to his birthright and his # soul Essad Pasha Joining In Revolt 'Rome, Sept. 15.--A Scutari des- | aries far better that MY gon were lying, . Foredone and shattered on the . stricken field; . Better, that MY boy were dying, Where freemen, sore forfoughtes, Or look en weakness vutraged and Be still, . eed or : I did not raise MY boy to bide in leasure, When duty summoms kim to suffer pal i i To count mere easeful plenty, good --{0 measure . ; -All- by paltry rule of private gain. 1 would not have HIM cringe when proud ambition + tes are reported to have sent Fares forth full-atmed to work fts voy to him to treat for peave. It lawless will, aun Essad int Te his EPR ogy Me gp ebb To use own upom some ¢ KINGSTON, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1915 To Give Second Tine to the Patriotic Fund. SECOND YEAR OF WAR REQUIRES THAT THE FUND BE INCREASED The Executive Committee Feels Jus- tified In Asking The People To Subscribe Again To Aid the Famil- ies Of Our Soldiers. We have now entered upon the sec- ond year of the war, and the end seems as far off as ever. No one imagined, a year ago, that by Sop- tember of 1915, Canada would have sent across the Atlantic nearly one hundred thousand men with as mauy mbre io follow if necessary. This magnificent enlistment, while prim- ari.y due to the loyalty of our peo- ple, has been ,in a large measure, made possible by the Ciaadian Pa- triotic Fund. ow This greatest of all the naticiial benefactions is now assisting twen- ty thousand families of men who have enlisted for overseas service. These men have gone forward with the full assurance that the people of Canada will see to it that during their absence, their wives widowed mothers and littie children shall be maintained in. comfort, We hear that the drain upon the fund is as- suming large proportions, that to meet the needs of July and August $700,000 was expended, that the re- serves are being materially decreas- ed and that the national . Executive Committee now finds it necessary to make a further appeal to the Can- adian public. There are many funds, most of Pthem worthy, but of them all ts Patriotic Fund is the one we cannu* allow to fail. It is the duty of the Government to arm; equip and main: tain the troops. Not a dollar do the Federal authorities give to the Pa- triotic Fund. This work depends solely on the patriotism and gener osity of our own people. Thousanis of brave men are fighting our bat- tles, believing that we meant whal we sald when we told them as they went forward--"Go and we will care for the wife and kiddies." It would be to our everlasting disgrace if our pledge were broken. The nationdl organization, with headquarters at Ottawa and bran- ches or affiliated associations in ev- ery part of the Dominion is worthy of our most generous support in the tremendous and ever-growing task that it has undertaken. * WAKE UP, WAKE UP, ENG. th . awake!! 'Tis, yoiirs your] men to sway, Bid them beware the confidence ; they feel, Bid them cast away: The foe is brave and worthy of sur steel. Women! sloth - and - apathy awake!! Ero Time's swift rising surge Brings doom dbédyond recall = ruthless fat: While echoing through . the ages rings the dirge ¥ The fault is QURS! Too late!! Alas, too late!!! Awake! and - Britons! awake!! Hark to the ' 'kingly call! Hark to the Daughter Nations' answering cry; "Hail, Sive we come; Together stand or fall, Togother fight! Together DO or die!!" he. Britons! - awake!! Recreant will : YOU be last - OR lead the van of battle as of . yore : Then up and mail your enrlors to the mast, Or vall your tops'ls ermore! now and ev- ~ u so the fulfillment of the undertaking on the part.of Roumania to supply benzine and other requisites to the}. value of $40,900,000. Ep prt A n manpian territory and al- se AN. AGITATION To Form An Australian Sport- man Battalion. THERE ARE ALREADY 2,000 FOOTBALLERS AND CRICK- ETERS AT FRONT. The Boxers Are Not Behind in Their Desire to Help the Empire--But They are Being Gently Reminded. | Melborne, Australia--Frank Beau- | repaire, of Victoria, who ranks next to the late R. B. Kieran as the great- est swimmer ed, is now a member of the Common- wealth Expeditionary forces. Beaure- paire has established a remarkable number of records, and in 1910 he won all the' English championships, from one hundred yards up to a mile, Ernest Barry, champion sculler of the world--who is well known in the Commonwealth -- recently enlisted. ' "Some idea of the way in which the call for more men, "for the trenches" has appealed to the athletes of Aus- tralia may be gathered from the fact that three hundred members of swimming clubs in Sydnéy have en- listed. As the swimming popula- tion of clubs, outside school clubs, numbers at most 1,200, the propor- tion of volunteers for active service is thus twenty-five per cent. Rugby Union football players in New South Wales alone who have gone to the front, already number | over 1,000, The union's list of killed in action is climbing up, be- ing at present about 40. A num- ber of cricketers who have enlisted from that state is also over 1,000. Since the war began there has been considerable severe comment aver some indifference by the fol- lowers of boxing--which has an im- mense vogue 'in . Australia, as wit- ness the steady im tion of American pugilists by * nowey" Bak- er--to patriotic sentiment, but Mr. Baker says he believes a high percen- tage of boxers and boxing patrons have gone to the front, and more will follow. At all events this class is to be persistenfly reminded of its duty to the country. Every stadium iw Australia is spon to ring with speeches: for recruits. Af a contest to take place in the stadium at Bris- bane an appeal is to be made to the onlookers to join the. colors by a number of public men, one of whom! will be Canon Garland, of the church| of. England. Agitation is in progress formation of an Aust man Battalion. for the ralian Sports- BRITISH LION TO ROAR . General Predicts Something Of Im- portance Before Great While. _ London, Sept. 15.--'""The Germans certainly could not mave us from the lines we have here. I guess we Would 1 some trouble moving them." This 18 the last * word from the front sent by a Winnipeg sergeant, of the 2nd Infantry Brigade, but he a : "The harvest is nearly all in. The erops have been very 'fine everywhere in this part of the eo try. All our'battalions are in sh and are a fine lot. There Is nothing L have seen can beat them. "Our general has been down in France to be decorated by Gen. Jof- fre with the Legion of Honor. He says he saw some splendid soldiers with the Freach to Gen. Joffre, 2nd Brigade. He is leaving us to take charge of the sec- ond division. . , "He says that the British lion will let a roar out some of these days that will make what has been done Australia 'ever produc- | { Peterbgro, Ont., looks every inch a be decorated by! WINS BiG PRIZE Member of 39th Battalion Captures $1,250. PIE. F. R. ASHFORD OF PETERBORO WAS THE LUCKY SOLDIER | He Will Start His Son Up In Busi- ness With the Money After the War, The following article from Pear- | | est: "There is both drama and romance iin the story of Private Frederick R. | Ashford of the 39th Battalion, Can- | adian Expeditionary Force, stationed {at Caesar's Camp, Shorncliffe, who | won the £250 prize in our 159 *"Mid- | dles" competition. Taking the example' "What British | Wants," the gallant soldier construct- | ed from it the clever Middle "Susie's | Brother's; Too." Private soldiers are not usually flush with money. And when he had paid 6%d. for the postal order, Private Ashford was, to use the language of Atkins, "broke." He had not even the necessary penny for the postage. for a stamp from a comrade. He has now received from us a prize rep- resenting 60,000 pennies. Couldn't Compete In Canada. Private Ashford, who belongs to soldier, tanned, grizzled, wiry, with iron-grey hair. The call' of the khaki reached him in Canada. "Just how the idea came to me I cannot say," says the Canadiayg, "but the fact stamped itself upon my mind that if Britain wanted the shirts sewn by Sister Susie for soldiers, how much more dids Britain want Susie's brothers to go inside the Shirt! "You can grasp something of the feelings of a man of my age who in less than a month after he has land- ed in England to fight for the Old Country in her hour of "need, finds +himself richer by £250. My only re- gret is that my wife, who died just before I left Canada, cannot share in my good fortune, "But I shall find plenty of ways of spending the money. - I have a mar- ried daughter at Plymouth, and she will not be forgotten. One of my sons gave up a highly-paid position in Canada, paid his own expenses over here, and is now soldiering. He may be at- the front; I have no idea where he is. But If he should read of my success I wish he would drop 'me a line because if, please God, he pulls through this dreadful 'war I shall pay his expenses back to Can- ada and start him in business." Here lies a- clerk who half his life had spent Tolling at ledgers in a city grey, Thinking that so his days would drift away. With no lance broken in life's tournament; : But ever 'twixt the books and his The gleaming eagles of the legions came, 3 And horsemen thundering past, beneath the orifiamme. And now these' wilting dreams are satisfied. For in the end he . heard the call, «~u in the past a mere growl." © ARE COMFORT TO WOUNDED = 25 Chee To. Bu ; St. Catherines, Sept. 15.--"I have a Canadian paper that d ister tried to. rete: bugle = And to Bis Sountry tlkén he gave his a When in the first high hour of life he died, And falling thus, he wants no. recompense pr Who found his battle in the last rr i him hence, Who goes to join the men of |! Agin ! court. ; ~The London Spectator The Way Parcels Go. "postofice depart-| The that "Parcels he Empire's Call for Help is to Every Physically Blood in His Veins and Courage in His Heart, and MAN WHO HESITATES CANADA ASKED son's Weekly will be read with inter-| But he believed his effort was a| good one, and borrowed the penny 1+ Let other nations vaunt their might -- With martial The of a= SECOND SECTION is WilRe | pecially to You. REASONS ARE GIVEN ~ FOR ENLISTMENT Of Young Men in Armies of Canada And Empire ~-Young Canadian Has More Than Any Other People to Fight For. . (By J. Castell Hopkins.) I would venture to suggest that there are many reasons of great im- portance, of a kighly patriotic and honorable nature, of real and unques- tioned urgency, which should at this juncture make every young Canadian think once and twice and very seriously of his country's situation and his own duty. In such a vital matter as enlistment one consideration in- fluences, or is pressed home upon one man, some other consideration upon another man; my desire. is to gather together and suggest in combined' form a number of such reasons for thought and action. @ | Independence At Stake. The first and basic. cause for action is that the British Empire has to be preserved and that its preservation. means the safety of Canada Just as its conquest or overthrow means the loss of Canadian independence and nationality, of Canadian liberty, of Canadian wealth, of Canadian com- merce, If Germany wins this war no small nation in or out of the Brit- ish Empire would be safe for a day; no country or empire could protect | the vast resojirces and riches of Canada, or South Africa, or India, of Aus- | tralia; the Monroe Doctrine would be no more effective than the strength of the United States navy if the British fleet were swept from the seas or of the United States army, which without the British fleet, would not be given a' month--to say nothing of twelve months--in which to organize, drill and obtain munitions of war. Suppose that Germany, after sweep- ing over Europe, getting across the channel through the force of its enor- mous guns directed from Calais, driving the British fleet away from its shores and bases to wander over the seas until gradually scattered and de- feated, sweeping into its maw the countries of our Empire, found opposiy tion {nthe Unité States to its acquisition of Canada, how-long would such opposition "hold? How much fighting would the republic do- for Canada? What good would it do if she did fight against such illimitable strength as Germany would then possess? e : Seeking By Force. It may be taken for granted that every man who tHinks in Canada will admit that for many and varied reasons the Empire must be preserv- {ed.." There were several fundamental causes for German ambition, before and in this war, but the greatest of all was the desire to obtaim by force what we liad obtained and held by gradual settlement and development, by sea power and the maritime qualities of our race, by individual tenden-- cies of migration and the influenge of free institutions, by natural trading instincts, and by occasional conquest following the spread of commerce or regulting from European wars. To prevent this ruthless ambition being realized, tp conserve our great past, our splendid present, our potent fu- ture, to help in holding the world-flung lines of the Allies of freedom, to kéep what. our fathers won, young Canadians now are called. . i" ; The Fair Return. The young Canadian, therefore, has more than any other people in the world to fight for. He has the honor to redeem of a young people accepting the care of a Mother-nation for & century at a total expenditure of 2,000 milllons of British taxation, with never a hint to return or even a statement of obligation; he has to hold his own upon a continent where his independence has hitherto been maintained by British naval power; he has to prove that words of boastful Canadian nationalism are not words only, but are backed by a full-bloaded, strong northern people who know how to stand by their own, to maintain the liberties given them, to vin- dicate words of pride by efforts of power, to hold "What They have in a great country and in vast resources by the willing arms of their own strength, backing the mighty sinews of Britain. It is for him to aid in proving once more in the world's history that great as a would-be con- queror's iron resources are, vast as are the trained and cultivated efforts of accumulated years, barbaric and vicious beyond comparison as is the 'strength shown, our British Isles and British countries shall still be free and through their efforts the world at large will be lifted out of the un- plumbed depths of Germanic power and tyranny. Duty and honor and patriotism; pride in your country, your ancestry, your allegiance, your great traditions; love of liberty, the safety of home and' family, call in ringing tones to the young Canadian to be up and doing. Conscript or Volunteer ? | Beckons to you, and 'will ye lag? Wait for the shameful, base decree-- By force to shield your lberty'! Shall it be said that men At dyty"s call, could falter then? O never name "a conscript slave" The son of England, free and brave! But come in armies numberless; Each act his part, and God shall bless! + es 1 Come of your own free will and show know tyranny affright and of Peace; But never: shall rejoice To lift sword and make to cease r r ¢ of man's free choice! Lot, ami » on har everywhere - To dive the foe into the asa Bm, To J pas 4 : of our land For must ever The ¥ unteers of Liberty! : fr To all the world that » >