PAGE FOUR °° THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1915. The British Whig ry IRE rN Published Daily and Semi-Weekly hy ™H BRATISH WHIG PUBLISHING e CO, LIMITED. President Director " Bu Bditorial Job Office ......... SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Dally Edition) One year, delivered in city One year, If paid in advance . One year, by mail to rural office ® year, to United States (Semi-Weekly Editlon) One year, by mall, cash One year, if not pald in advance. One year, to United States Six and three months pro rata best job 0 50 Attached ls one of the printing offices In Canada. WORONTO REPRESENTATIVE HE Smallplece ...%2 Church Bt. N x 3 rE NTATIVES ow York Office Lo. 01. 825 Fifth Ave. Prank R' Nor thru x , Manager. Chicago Tribune Bldg. Frank R. Northrup: - Manager a - " POLICE MATRON. Three months ago, at the expense of the Women's National Council, the Police Commissioners appointed a Police nlatron, was té look after the women who re- quired attention of the Police Department. These are some of the submerged tenth that constitutes a part of the population of every city. The scrdid story of a three months' experience is not contem- plated very pleasantly." It reveals the temptations and waywardness of human nature. It shows how 'far down the incline ane may slide when she lets evil influences have their way. It illustrates the real value of power judiciously exercised in the reclaiming of these who go astray. The erring ones generally have not belonged to this city. They have not come to it in an ostentatious Way. They have drifted in, as they have drifted from home, without friendly or parental guidance, and become 'sad and unfortunate wrecks. To lift them up and put them on their feet again Is a Christian and necessary service. Tie success of it has been completely demonstra- ted by the Women's Council. Their's was a timely experiment and the Po- lice Commissioners will be only do ing their duty by making a perman- - ent appointment of this woman con- stable. the THE SMALLER COUNCIL, Notice has been given of a motion which aims at a reduction of the membership of the City Council to "eight and the Mayor. A smaller body, of men who will give to the public business a reasonable atten- tion, who will deal with public prob- lems as the business man deals with them, who thinks more and. talks less, will commend itself to the elect. Ors ; 5 The smaller, body is the more ef. cient, however, when composed of better men. The proposition reminds us of what the Whig has contended for again and again, namely, that a Commission' of five men, able, hon- est, industrious, far-seeing, would serve the people to greater advan- tage than the Council of twenty-one. But a Commissiog is not possible under the Municipal Law at present, and an amendment can only be look- ed for when it fs acknowledged that Municipal Government by Councils is a failure. Se In numbers-thiere is wisdom, ®t is said, and until the whole system is radically changed the larger Couns cil is the safer in the public inter- ests. Thé smaller body, unless com- posed of the very best men, will be unable fo stand up against the pub- lic agitations that sometimes nearly sweep men off their feet. There may be sonfe strong reasons for a reduction in the membership of the Council and they will be heard and duiy considered. But what the city needs is a more energetic Coun- ell, and.one that will give the people a more efficient administration of public @ffairs. Of the fads and frolies of the Aldermen of the City has had i enough. +k gt THE TRAVAIL OF RUSSIA. Travellers through Russia tell us that the failing of so many officials is their love of graft. - Go where one will and the itching palm presents itself. | The touch of gold is neces 'sary to expedite business. This manifest failing must have penetrat- ed to the core of evéry department of the public service. The evidence of this appears in connection with the war and under circumstances that have been viewed with the | + greatest alarm. 2% .« The retirement. of the Russians from the front, step by step, dogged- whose special duty | {1y and resistantly, under German | pressure, has now been understood. { The Russian army, strong, active, land aggressive, made great headway in its invasion of the enemy's land, {up to a certain poiry. Then it wa- vered, and, later, began its retreat | The explanation is this, that there | was first a shortage of munitions, | and secondly, a misfit of shells, as fit there had been somewhere a tam- | pering with the Allies' munitions. | The .purpose of it becomes plain when it is said that the shells would not fit the Rusdian guns, but they would fit the Gerthans guns. They were used when captured for the de- struction of the Allied forces. sians permitted this information to reach the press. Perhaps it caped the censor. It was the truth, however, and it accounts fof the "boldness of the Germans in their repeated attacks gnd successes for a time. It accounts, too, for the retirement 'of Grand Duke Nicholas, es tegy was gpgiled by the defaults and Départment. It was a revolt of the army which finally awoke the Rus- 'sians, and one result of the change will be an 'end to the incapacity and in the "Ordeal by = Battie," speaks of the "tragedy of errors in Britain." tunate as some of them .were, could not be compared with the errors in Russia, and leading up to almost the defeat of its army. A nation suffers when it is mot prepared for a war that is suddenly forced upon it. It suffers the more from the deceit and dishonésty of the men upon whom it has leaned or trusted in vain. EDITORIAL NOTES. One who does not regard himself {as a prophet, but as a close observer of the times, says Ontario will have prohibition within five years. He sees it coming, and nothing can change the trend of events. | One who uses the hotels in the county a good deal says they have never been so good as during the period of local option. A great and valuable testimony, can be safely passed along for use elsewhere. The war is just beginning. That is the idea one gathers from the speeches of Lioyd-George and the ad- missions of Kitchener. fort, life itself, all at stake. Every- thing in the melting pot in order to gratify the ambitions of one crazy 'man. - Brees The plea of the men in tiie Mani- toba case is that they cannot be pro- secuted for offences committed while they were acting as ministers. As representatives of the Crown, as it were, they could do no wrong. A dangerous and destructive doctrine, to say the least of it. ------------------ So the postmasters are deputy cen- sors, and are empowered to open newspapers and detain or destroy them according to their judgment. For the land's sake! The Whig had some respect for censorship so long as it was clothed in a kind of mys tery, but this dispels the illusion. so Nelson Spencer; M.P.P., of Medi. cine Hat, passing through Montreal, threw out a prediction. It was to the effect that a sweep of the North: West would be made bythe Canadian Government, and he advised an elec- Hon. One of the political agitators who will sooner or later come to his own, . : - A Vancouver paper, endorsed *by Wilfrid Laurier, hat in hand, must see the Premier and sue for peace jif there is not to be an election very soon. Oh, that's it. A question' of routine, not of publicipolicy op ex- pediency. The mountain must go to the mouse. ---------- Australia has been referred to as one of the colonies that has had an election during the war. And it may have another, but the Government that orders it will demonstrate its fatuous policy and give the people a chance to say what they think about it. The Round Table pre- dicts serious trouble in Australia, { KINGSTON EVENTS Police n 'day found forty ' t in tion of the nuisance law. : Work has been commenced on the Futer tower on the .penite: ntiary arm, . = San It was with regret that the Rus- that grand old soldier, whose stra- | dishoneity=of the Russian Ordnance | | iniquity of the Russian officials. Oli- | 0 | ver, But these errogs, unfor- | and one which | Credit, com- | MORE COUNTY GRANTS ARE MADE TO PATRIOTIC THE VARIOUS FUNDS. In All $3,000 Was Passed By the Frontenac Council -- Arrange- ments For Holding Patriotic Meetings. The Frontenac County Council on Wednesday afternoon made these pa | triotic grants: To the Canadian Pa- | triotic Fund, $500 a month for five | months, leaving next year's council ithe privilege of continuing or in- | ereasing this amount; $250 to the | Red Cross Fund, and $250 to the Ross Horse Ambulance. 'These grants were made after the council had held three sessions and deliberated upon what it should do, and after it had heard four members of the Speakers' Patriotic League. The grants were made on resolution of Councillor William Spankie. Councillor James Halliday's mo- | tion to give $5,000 to the Canadian Patriotic Fund, $500 to the Red Cross Fund, $400 to the Horse Am | bulance Fund, and $100 to the To bacco Fund, was defeated, the mov ler'and the seconder, Councillor Red- den, alone supporting the large: grants. TT At the Wednesday afiernoon ses sion a delegation from the. Speakers Patriotic League, including W. F Nickle, M.P., Prof. Iva E. Martin, J W. Edwards, M.P., and Prof. L. W Mullpy, addressed the council with regard to the patriotic funds that it might assist. : Mr. Nickle made an €loquent ap peal for the co-operation of the council in helping the Empire's cause by liberal contributions. He ' in stanced what would occur if the Teu tons gained the upper hand. There would be no longer the municipal government that Canada now enjoy ed Prof. Martin said that each reeve could organize in his township, and help in getiing both money contribu tions and recruits. Dr. Edwards stated that patriotic meetings should be held at various points throughout the county. He remarked that the fact of the ablest financiers-of the Allied nations now being in New York to raise a big loan was proof enough that the great cause behind which Canada stood was in need of money. Another thing Dr. Edwards suggested was that Frontenac should honor her sons who had gone to the, front and those who had fallen by erecting tab lets to their memory in the Court House, where all could see their names. In the discussion upon the grants, Councillor Stoness said that Kings ton as a corporation had not given a grant to the Patriotic Fund. Coun- sillor' Kennedy corrected him by say- {ing that the Kingston City Council voted $5,000 last September to. that fund, while the Frontenac Cquncil gave $2,000. Councillor Halliday stated that all the municipalities would soon he | called upon to give again. Fronte- nac was doing its share now. | There was some discussion: as to recruiting Jmeetings, and the matter ing for decision, At the Coundl's concluding ses- | sion on Thursday-miorgi were appointed to confer with the Speakers' Patriotic League regard- ing the holding of recruiting meet- ings throughout the county. Speakers' Patriotic League towards the expenses of the recruiting meet- ings. Helping The Disabled. Toronto News SHOW MUCH ADMIRED DISPLAY QF THE KINGSTON HOR- TICULTURAL SOCIETY I'he Band Of the BR. C. H. A. Render ed a Choice Programme Of Music = A Fine Exhibit Of Flowers, Fruits and Vegetables. | : The display at the show of the Kingston Horticultural Seciety, in the Armouries on Wednesday night was much admired. The attendance was rather small, due no doubt, to the rain, but every- one present had .a good word to say about the exhibits. The show was on all day to-day and will be open again to-night. \ The members of the Society are looking for a record crowd to-night. There will be another concert by the band of the R.C.H.A. Never in the history of the Society, and it has conducted many shows, has there been such a good display of vegeta- bles. : "Just as fing a lot as you would 'see at any show," remarked a vege- table man to the Whig on Wednes- day. . "This display alone is well worth the price of admission. It is not only a good display, as to quality but in addition it has been well ar- ranged and this counts at a show." And then the beautiful flowers, plants and ferns must not be over-| looked. Kingston and district has a| great many flower growers, and they take great pride in turning out the very best, for it is only the best that they do turn out. There is also a| very choice fruit exhibit, + showing| that while we have not what might | be termed a fruit garden in this dis-| trict, still we have something that is | well worth while. A. W. McLean, the energetic secre- tary of the Society, who has done much to make this show such .a great success from year to year,' and to whom much credit is due, was a very busy man all day Wedpesday, loek- ing after the exhibits. Members of the Society also worked hard to get everything in good shape. And now it is up to the general public to pa- tronize the show. Citizens should remember that the net proceeds are being given to the Red Cross funds, so the show is for a most worthy cause, and this alone should bring the crowds. Special mention is due the very fine display of ferns by J. W. Marsh. It was very much admired The doors are opened at 2 p.m. and closed at 6 and 11 p.m., so this will give every citizen ample oppor-| tunity to pay a visit to the exhibi-| tion, and make am inspection of alll there is to see. The admission fee] is 25 cents, children 10 cents. Wednesday night the band of the | R.C.H.A gave a fine concert between 8 and 10 o'clock. | The following is a list of the offi-} cers anddirectors of the Kingston] Horticultural Society, and to whom| great credit is due for the show: | President; Lt.-Col. R. E. Kent; | first vice-president, J. B. Walkem; | 'second vice-president, R. J. Baiden. "| Board of Directors.--W. H. Mac-| was left over until Thursday morn- | A grant of $100 was made to the | The French plan includes schools, and workshops of various kinds, and nee, George Nicol, George W. Bell, | J. Longden, A. P. Chown, Thomas ngland, Archibald Knight, M. J.| | McNeil, H. J. Simpson, R. J. Bushell. a ng, Council- | lors Calvin, Spankie and. Halliday | No Responsible Officer. | Toronto Globe. ; The Ordnance Department, which is responsible for clothing recruits, has only power to deal with regi-| mental and battalion gquartermasters | | Generally speaking, till they join] | their battalion, recruits for overseas [are properly neither regimental re-| ! ernits nor battalion recruits, and no| Queen Street, or 'phone 197, and | one ha; authority te issue uniforms have the | to ihem | have teen supp'inl with regime.ial] In some instances rec. wits| to wear the Toronto News, demands that Sir | An organ to cost $5,000 will be | Street Methodist si 3 i uniforms till the cine he Support oh Particularly dis | their battalions. . Recrulis Hoh abled men while ey are acquiring se. | skill in their new. voeations. In Great | particular battalion, of course, Britain a fund, known as the Lord, ould only de able, at the very eat-| Roberts Memorialu®und, is being! ' f : Lpointmént of a quartermaster. As| faised for this purpose. ~The rela-{ipe pattalion to which yesterlay's| tives of the late Field Marshal ap-| grate of recruits will be attached| Prove the object as one-whicl would | yo, uncertain, no uniforms could, | have been dear to the fine old patri-| 40. present conditions, be issued! ot himself, and the prospect is that | © vom i the Fund will assist many a disabled] "To consensus of opinion that British soldier to a happier existence recruits should be outfitted on attes-| than could otherwise have beén his. tation. and (here seems no Teason Canadian conditions may require A why this should not be done, in the modification of the Old Country plan, | tase of Toronto, by appointing a Re-| but the thing to be imsisted upon 13| cruiting Depot Quartermaster. that a grave problem alreaay faces . + the Dominion + a problem that calls for all the gratitude and generosity! of which our people are capable. No Time For Elections. necess: y | Toronto Telegram. { AS ful R.M.Cs. Man, i "Canadians should not be asked to | Capt. J. K. G: Magee, Toronto, 2 go to the polls in the crisis of a war, | brother of Major Boyd Magee, while when their hearts are anxious and | at the Dardanelles in command of a their minds are troubled." { company of the 4th Australians, was, "The Borden Government is be- | recently wounded for the second time | ing hurried to the country by smart | during the present siruggle on the/ politicians whe imagine that they | Gallipoli Peninsula. He is now mak-| ean make Conservatives swallow | ing satisfactory progress in hospital their objections to a general election and has been awarded the military in 1915." : cross for, 'waHantry and ability in "If Sir Robert Borden's ear is to leading his men. ithe ground, Sir~*Robert Borden Capt. Magee was a cadet at the should know that from Halifax to Royal Military College, Kingston, | Vancouver Conservatives are protest- when the South African war com-|ing that they do not want an élec- menced, and served throughout that| tion, and vow that they will either campaign with "C" Company of the vote Liberal:-or not vote at all if an Canadians. election is brought on." Who is this man of stately mien, who gains ap- plause where'er he. wends, who makes a hit in every scene, who has all people for his friends ? The rich and poor, the high and low, behold his coming with glad smiles, the women say he is a jo, the merchant princes 1ift their Giles. 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