. effic © the PAGE FOUR -- t THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1915. . The British Whig 82ND YEAR. "| 4 ~ - mn RE | = i di] Sd na Egy Published Daily and Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO, LIMITED, Uott i. [I 1} a President aman A. Guild Managing Director nd Sec.-Treas. Editorial Job ce SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Dally Edition) dellvered in city Rooms One year, ve 36.0 One year, If paid In advance a pu One year, by mail to rural offices .$2.60 One year, to United States $3.00 (Semi-Weekly Edition) One year, by mall, cash .... One year, if not paid in adva One year, to United States Six and three months pro Attached is ome of the printing offices In Canada. TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE H. E. Smallpiece .... 22 Church St U. 8. REPRESE ATIVES . 226 Fifth Ave. ..§1.00 e.$1.60 $1.50 rata. best job New York Office .... Frank R. Northrup, Manager Chicago .. . "Tribune Bldg. Frank R. Northrup, Manager. "Let each man of us see that we spare nothing, shirk nothing, shrink from nothing, if only we may lend our full weight to the impetus which shall carry to victory the cause of our honor and of our freedom.' -- Lord Kitchener. PRINCE EDWARD ELECTION. On Thursday the people of Prinee Edward Island votéd in the local elec- tion and "sustained" the Matheson Government by a majority of four. In the last Legislature the minister- ial majority was twenty-six. The result means practically a defeat of the administration, and it would show the greater wisdom by declining to continue in powen The experiences of the Ress Gov- ernment stands out conspicuously' as a lesson to all parties for all times. A small majority, more or less elu- sive, that must be constantly watched and worried over, is not acceptable, and the Government that depends upon it deserves the troubles through which it is called upon to pass. The Matheson Ministry, which had the benefit of the public patronage and all that it implies, is clearly wanting in the public confidence and the soon- er it goes into retirement the better. Its rule was arbitrary, unbusiness- like, and unpopular, and a turn over of twenty odd seats ih so small a Leg- islature is the next thing to a com- plete repudiation. ------------------ Whether or nop Britain is to have conscription depends upon the man- wer in which the Empire's military requirements. are met. So far the respousc has been "magnificent," using the language of Lord Kitchens er. Recruiting can hardly- be as good in the next year as In the past. Nog will it be necessary. All the wargord now expects is that present ney saall be maintained. -- ee, THE UTILITIES COMMISSION. It is a good thing tor the eity of Kingston that it has a board compos- ed of such men as Méssrs. Rigney, Chown, Toye and Birkett to manage. the affairs of the power plant at the present moment. The citizens have faith In thése men, and are agsared that they will 'adopt a businesslike course, and that they will not be . Stampeded. into foolish action. It is difficult to make a 'fair ad- justment of rates. Users of power must not have their bills decreased at the expense of users of light. Ir there has been a startling increase in the bills of the users of power there has apparently been a gratifying re- duction in the bills of the users of light. If the board should endeavor to restore the old Hghting rates, there would be a how! from the gen- eral public. On the wther hand, unless there is a reduction in the rates for power, «it will be a bad thing for the city, for it will certainly tend to force the users "of electricity to adopt some other form of enérgy. It'is a good _ thing for the public and a better thing for the users of power that the settlement of the matter is in the hands of an independent board, for - if it comes to a Show-down between the consuiners at large and the manu- facturer we can easily foretell what would be the result if the matter ware in the hands of the City Coun- ell, | : There must be no supplying of pow- _ er to the manufacturer at léss than cost. © On the other hand power must be. supplied at the lowest pos: sible price to the large consumer. Both sides should be willing to trust the Commission. fy . We note that the representative of Hydro-Electrie = Commission again promises a Supply of sydro- electri¢ power "in a very short time." 1 Ism't it time that the Hydro-Electric | » | Commission woke up and kept its | promise, oft repeated, to the ¢ity of | Kingston? .Several times, when the city was on the vergé of eitering linto a contraet , with the Séymour | Power Company, the Hydro-Electrie Commission and Sir Adam Beck step- ped in and prevented any action. It has héen a case of promise, promise, promise, without any result. We understand that there is an available | source ,of power at Napanee, quite | sufficient for the needs of Kingston. | The energies of the local board could | not be beter directed than by inves I tigating this source of supply. f A NATION IN ARMS. The speech of Mr. Asquith at the opening of the Imperial Parliament presented in a concrete foam evi- dence of the almost unbelievable ac- | complishments of the army and] | navy. The critics that are some- | what unfriendly 'will occasionally re- fer to a lull in the British service, aiid ask, What is Britain doing? The | inference or implication is that Al- | bion, perfidious Albion as the Teu- tons call her, has not been as help- ful to the Allies as she should have been. The Premier tells a story that must fill the soul of every Britisher with honest pride. { Though found napping; as the | | critics say, and unprepared, as Lloya- | | George . admits; Britain has made | | prodigious progress in the campaign. | She began with a regular army of about 150,000 men. It was, how- ever, the nucleus of that sturdy bana which, undér General French, and al- lied with the French under General Joffre, rolled the Germans back in their invasion of France, and gave the first and fatal blow to the Ger- man machine. All that preceded this disaster may have been according to German calculations, but from this on the German plan has been a fail- ure. The surprising announcement is made that Britain has had in all its branches an army of over 3,5600,- 000 of men, and, after deducting the | wastage of a year, it still numbers over 3,000,000. This gregt war ma- chine costs now $21,000,000 a day, and the expenditure must increase to | $25,000,000 per day from this on to | the end of the war. So far the votes of Parliament for war purposes have totalled over $6,300,000,000. The speech. of Lord Kitchener in the House of Lords was fittingly a | review of the war up to this date. The outlook is most favorable for the Allies. They are gaining in strength, | and must win in time, and Lord | Kitchener is prepared to work and | wait for this result. He pays a handsome tribute to the Russians, the French, and the Colonial troops. He predicts an early opening of the Dardanelles. He expects such a scheme of recruiting as will enable the Empire to maintain its present military strength unvaryingly and unimpaired. He does not desire conscription, and does not apparent- ly favor it, but will not hesitate to use any means legitimately in order to secure a' triumph. He has been given supreme command of the army, and practically supreme com- mand of the people, and will not shirk from any resort should the 'magnificent contfibdtion-of human remergy to-the army -fail-him at any time. EDITORIAL NOTES. The License Commissioners -.con- template a radical reduction in the licenses of the province, Do they plan the disappearance of these legal permits to the vanishing point? The question is on many a lip. It paid the tarvia people to have a resident representaliveé in Kingston this year. They have succeeded. in duinping a lot of their vile-smelling and floor-spoiling stuff upon the Council. "The honor badges of the near fu- ture will be those fn metal form" which show that the wearers are not at the front or in the military camps because they have been exempted by the doctors. Better than an iron cross and worn guité as honorably. * No use in getting rich and gloating over the money one leaves to poster- ity. A Commission in the United States premeditates legislation which will take for public uses all of the pile but a million dollars. Thus the State, They might not like to 'be misers under the circumstances. Sir Sam Hughes has done two splendid things during the last week. He has ruled--and in these matters his word is law--that regiments are them, and that recruits aye to be ed. Sir Sam has had his eer close to act upon the vibration of public pinion 2 congratulated upon its fine exhibit. of the managers and scantily appreciated. g show not develop in public interest [Tai#? This was tried many years ago, and gave satisfaction. The bigger the effort, the greater the ef- 'tain P. C, Oates, Owen Sound. millionaires will be working for the |. not to be weakened by drafts from | clothed as soon as they have ealist- |: to the ground, and he has ben quick | The Horticultural Society is to be | if held in comnection with the fall} fect of it. Combination is the order of the day. - : EET) Ei ie nn a a a | PUBLIC OPINION | Fr rr tr Ft ttt ete One, Two, Three. : (Toronto News.) Dumba to bat, von Papen on deck Bernstorff next up! Style Of The Huns. (Montreal Mail.) ' German women acting as nurses ir France were discovered giving woundéd officers poisoned water. Dec you think we put too much of the blame on the Kaiser ? ------ a Good Philosophy. (Brantford Expositor.) The prayer for daily bread will be more easily answered since the price of bread in this city has been reduced to six cents per loaf. A Contrast. (Brantford Courier.) They are having frost and snow out West, and a cool wave is said tc 'be among the possibilities this way It won't stay that way long if it gets into this atmosphere, A Great Harvest, (Montreal Gazette.) Canada and the United States be tween them have 600,000,000 bush els of wheat to sell and Europe only wants about half that much. When the needs of Europe are met there will be a big surplus of wheat in store en this continent. Germany Black Balled. {Hamilton Times.) Altholigh we are all forbidden to deal with Germany, New Zealand ha: looked forward to "after the war," and has put a gupertax of 50. per cent, on aH importations from coun tries hostile to the British Empire Germany is to be black balled. | EWoST EVENTS 25 YEARS AGO C. H. Corbett has been placed on the executive committee of the Cana- dian Kennel Association. Arrangements were made to-day for the opening of St. Luke's Church, Williamsville, on Oct. 1st. Assessor Gordon does not think there will be any increase in Kings- ton's population this year. There + has been an exodus of young men. A. E. Lavell has been appointed business manager of Queen's Jour- nal. ! SCHOOL OF MINING. Change In ihe Department Of Me- chanical Engineering. Yor some time, the Governors of the School of Mining have been looking for 4 Professor of Mechani cal Engineering. They have now appointed as acting head for the session, George L. Guillet, M.Sc. Mr. Guillet distinguished himself at Mec- Gill University, where he in 1908 with honours in Engineering. duated chanieal one year and 'obtained the degree of Master of Science. ' He acted as de- monstrator in the department "of echanical Engineering at MeGill, afd later as lecturer in that depart- ment. He was then advanced to the position of assistant professor. Af- fer filling this acceptably for several years, he resigned to take'up com- mercial work. Mr. Guillet's career and ability make him a strong man for the position to which he has now been appointed. IN MARINE CIRCLES. ' Movements of Vessels Reported | Along The Harbor, The schooner Ford River arrived light from Charlotte, and will load feldspar at Richagdson's wharf. The steamer H. NN, Jex cleared on| Friday for Charlotte. M. T. Co's Bulletin: Tug Emer- sou will pass up to-night with the barges Hamilton and Augustus on the way to Port Colborne to load grain, - A Hopper "Barge. mmething out of the ordinary in} the of boats at the Kingston Shipbuilding wharf on Friday morn- ing. It was a hopper barge that was built at Collingwood and is on its way to Quebec¢Where it will be used for carrying mud that is being dredged at the latter place. The barge is named Hopper Barge No. 2, and is capable of carrying 700 tons of mud. It is in command of gap Rus- sell Elyea, Collingwood, is mate. - The beat, which is a combination of a scow.and a tug combined was built at Collingwood and left the lat- ter place Saturday evening, arriving at Kingston ¥Friday morning shortly ed Ni : THE MONEY Poor father oftenshas within him groans; the children need eight pairs of shoes, and he bas only seven bones. The good wif] , Sunday gown, with®flossy gussets, seams and tucks; he'd send her shopping through the town, but he has only seven bucks. of suits, to clothe their shapely limbs and trunks, and he himself wants rubber boots, but he has enly seven The blizzards from the arctic pole will soon be rolling down again, but how can he buy wood and coal, when he has only seven yen ? taxes he must pay, and bills for oil and bills for gas, and bills for prunes and bills 1s and window glass. r: wi wonder if tired father , Wi nh his face is our, when he Tips: ust Wondes somehow. he will do the trick, and feed the tribe for good old father is a brick, although he has but needs a plunks. «| about. a campaign in the Balkans is After taking the Scott|the hours of labor, and the condi- prize" in the sccond year, the first|tions pertaining to that labor. | Mathématical prize in the third year, | h {and the British Association medal for | Very fact explains why she is able to highest standing in the final year, he | COntinue to supply her armies with was then a post-graduate student for | the vast quantities of munitions of {Hamilton Herald. WAR LORD'S DILEMMA WHY GERMANY HASTENS TO END THE WAR. Difficulties Confronting Germany on Eve of Second Winter Camprign-- The Balkan Danger Serious to Her. Stephen Pichon Minister of France .. Pagis, Sept. 16.--We are hearing 1 lot about the grandiose plans of the eampaign, but France knows de- duitely that Germany is extremely anxious, about the coming winter campaign and gs doing everything to avoid it. More emphatic still is this the case in Vienna, Budapest and Constantinople. The Quadruple Entente is prepar- ing for a prolongation of the war with unshaken resolution. All talk 3y Foreign vague, What we must expect are desperate attacks on our front inthe Argonne. Fighting with the use ot poisonous gas and a lavish expendi- ture of shrapnel are sure symptoms of the Kaiser's decision. But before formidable operations can begin in the west, Germany must win greater successes in Russia. She 7 [------------ SEE OUR GREAT & OUR NOBBY $1.00 SHIRTS Bibbys 1.00 SHIRTS LIMITED. $ -- sii Kingston's One Price Store---Men's and Boys' Wear The Store That Keeps The Prices Down Amman Men's Fine Shoes A i ii Ami Young Men's Suits must capture several other towns, seize the litoral railways and finally | look for good weather conditions to| swing her enormous masses of troeps| across marshy Poland to the western | front. & | Above all, Germany must satisfy | herself thére is no danger from the| Balkans. Her diplomatic agents are working feverishly in the Balkans and in the United States to win pub- lic sentiment to her side. Her con- cessions to President Wilson show she has realized the extreme danger of having the American administra- tion and the public against her. To continue the war Germany needs the Balkan neutrality and American neutrality. She also needs money which she cannot get if she quarrels with the United States. She also needs men, and she will find great difficulty in gefting them, after her enornfous losses in Poland, These are the difficulties confront- ing Germany on the eve of a second wine campaign. The German peo- ple/do not suspect their existence, bat the Government knows the sita- ation-and that is why it is endeavor- ing to hasten an end to the war. Bb imines Lloyd George And Conscription, Montreal Herald . There is every evidence of a big domestic fight in Great Britain over " the question of conscription. It is impossible not to see the significance in this direction eof Mr. Lloyd George's public statements. Mr. Lloyd George is the out-and-out champion of democracy. He has been one of the most doughty fight- erg of the classes as opposed to the masses that Great Britain has seen. And he has been a most intense op- ponent 'of conscription. Yet now we find him arguing on the side of conscription, in its wide sense, not merely: for military purposes. Why the demand for conscription? It would give the Government con- trol over 'every worker in the Unit- ed Kingdom, It would enable the Government to fix the rate of pay Germany has this system, and that which the evidence is everywhere to be seen. There are many people whe liold that for Great Britain to adopt conscription would be to Germanize the country, and thus to "admit the very evil that Britaii's part in the war was intended to deny. So far the controversy appears to be one he- tween the labor unions and the Gov- ernment, It is one that might eas ily develop very dangerous condi- tions. There is need for beth sides to tread caugiously. A Question Of Cloihes, Recruits must not get clothes un- til they have gone to camp and join- ed the unit battalions to which they have been assigned. Depot battal- ions are not entitled to. uniforms. This is the mAitary rule, and it must be obeyed until it is abolished. But it is a stupid rule, and should be done away with. There is no good reason why a recruit ghould nof get his uniform as soon as he enlists. The service uniform is the same for all battalions, and no confusion would be caused by fitting out the men of the depot corps as soon a they join. . ; Arrested For Desertion. Private Ripton, a member of the 8th C. M. R., at Barriefleld Camp, was arrested while in civilian cloth- ing. on Thursday afternoon on a charge of desertion after he had boarded the steamer America for Cape Vincent, Pte. Ripton was a medical orderly of the 8th C. M. R,, having transferred from the 38th Battalion. . e Col. T. D. KR. Hemming, when ask- ed what would be done with Ripton, stated that at present he charg- ed with desertion, but hing else might turn up. The officers of the 8th C. M. R. had nothing to say about the affair. = » » ES - § © blues. the stricken soul The boys are all in need And. there are for hay, and bills for Expenses face him every has only seven chips ? 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