4" ess f THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1915. PAGE FOUR 'The British Whig A AA AAA A PA A Pahifshed Daily and Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO, LIMITED, Jd. Gi. Fllott leman A. G «eiveoaas. President Managing Director and Sec.-Treas ila 243 229 a 92 | $8.00 5.00 ne the in Canada piece REPRESEN xX e Fifth Ave Manager Tribune Bldg Northrup, Manager. om Northrun SIR WILFRID'S STAND "You that | en oon this war may say have spok- only in regard to civilization, which is no doubt great, what will it be for Canada? Can- No, it can- but not Canada stand aside? not I will go further; this war in- the people fighting, 1 except universal terests not only but all the neutral nations. Germany wants domination. If we would immediately be under Ger- man rule"--=Sir Wilfrid Laurier at the Monument Nationale. none, Germany trinmphs, PICTURES. It is few years couple of men were forced fo lodge of Los Angeles, Califor- nia, for the good of their health. They had to do something, and so conceived the idea of producing mov- ing pictures Their first work was crude enough The pictures were mere snap shots of moving objects, the films a few yards long and very imperfect But the experiment'was jery suggestive It pald, too, and in the process of time the number only a since a in the city of employees was increased until now | there are about 6,000. There are twelve producing com- geven studios, and twepty In connection them, writer in lier's, there hundred and twenty directors of one hundred and stock companies, twenty each, and supers without * number The average programme release per company costs $1,000 a week The feature productions cost $2,000 per week more. In the the one hundred and twenty $9,000,000 The stars come high, all the way from $500 to $3,000 a week, and gixty of them at $1,000, would mean an expenditure of more than $12.- 000.000 panies, established plants with says a are one twenty of persons year directors spend over into account the money buildings and pérmanent the total outlay is $15,000,000, and all this money, immense profit upon the in- vestment is made up from the five and ten cent shows which the people patronize night after night with an increasing eagerness. The cost per head is very small. Yet in the aggregate it contributes to the sne- of one of the greatest enter. prises of the day, and one that is the largest earning power. Taking spent in improvements, the Yielding (Congress may be as menacing to the political peace of America as the Imperial Parliament has been to the political . peace of Britain. Some men should put a bridle upon their tongues at such a time, Foo! talk is decidedly out of order Sag SOLDIERS' CHRISTMAS. These who are concerned about the soldiers and the manner in which they should spend the Christmas holidays are moved by a most exem- plary spirit. Mapy of the men who have com- menceéd here their trainig for over seas service will return to' their homes and friends for Saturday and Sunday. There will be many in the city and it is of these ome has to think. The lonellest day of all the year, when it should be the happiest And the cheeriest, is Christmas away from home. The suggestion has been made by the people of the city to invite the young men to spend the evening with them, and to make it pass pleasantly by social entertainment. That propo- 'sition is practicable, and will no doubt be acted upon. But there are those who will find the mbst happiness in each other's compady during the closing hours of ' Church Bt. | 1VES Col- | should be Whig has a pro that the Chri 15 Day. They pro and the nake.x It s of the ¢Ny units, in giving good Saturday programme on nday evenings lo the City Ha Perhaps the churches may be ) give a programme, af chyreh service, but Sa evening will be long and dull with taking and even they are I'ne Grecian elections are on King's part in them | only. the supperters | any lin dispute as to the plums of office | Constantine's war tronbles may be a | gecular consideration fo his political turmoils THE BALKAN EMBROGLIO H war for the Review of Re that the was. apparently she Frank Simons, who writes | ! about the points out early in Roumania or rather that views, conflict with the Allies; | favored them, and set forth her ex event of lending She want { 'pectations in the | them her active support | ed Bukovina, Transylvania, and the But Russia/ spoiled that t and a Then the Banat th | deal at { Bukovina by wanting part of Banat me of the part Bulgaria joined for Servia the Central Powers and at once the | situation changed because she want » (us Aus ed back the territory seized by | gia in the second Balkan war tria, too, had designs upon Bukovina and Transylvania Frank Simons who may be the same writer for the | Review of Reviews, contributes a | very illuminating article to the New i York Tribune, and in the dreams of this article speaks about Roum ania for a larger State namely, 105,000 square miles and a popula tion of some 14,000,000 Compare he remarks, with an area of 121,000 miles for Great Britain, and this, 111,000 miles for Italy, and the am bitions of Roumania became appar ent. He adds "Roumania's dream is not glorious than the dream of Venizelos { for Greece, and as far as the two | countries are concerned there is { nothing conflicting in them. Greece {plans to expand at the expense of Turkey; Roumania at the expense of | Austria, and with the good wishes of | Roumania. Serbia, too, looks only to | Austria to' increase her frontiers. | While the interests of Roumania are clearly upon the side of the Adlies, she is not to be blamed for carefully seeking the right moment to join the war. She has no wish to be ruin- ed like Belgium as a preliminary to becoming great. She wishes to mini mize the risk, and in demanding that the Allles shall have powerful arm- | jes in the Balkans before she takes | the plunge sha is showing reasonable and patriotic prudence." "The Balkan situation is continual- ly complicated by the ambitions of | the smaller States to grow bigger and more powerful and to expand in | territory These unholy ambitions of many years will be wrecked as a result of this war, and some of the | States will become smaller if they do| | not disappear. | | | less | A cocktail of whiskey, rye, sherry, vermuth, egg, orange, and a mush- | room, which floated on the top, is the | latest drink ig* New York, and the | man who made it dumfounded his | | observers and went away without | feeling dizzy. Evidently there ge some things in the profession which | | the bartenfler has not yet learned, | | {though his business seems to be a | vanishing one 4 | i dsnin FEEBLE-MINDEDNESS. The Weekly Sum, Toronto, comes somewhat cynical in its refer- | ences to feeble-mindedness. In recent issue it said: "Dr. C. K. Clarke, head of the To- ronto General Hospital, and an alienist of the first rank, persists in an inquiry which tends to show that Toronto is growing more and more feeble-minded. Curiously, in one of his cases, 'a family seems to have been reduced to feeble-mindedness hy an exclusive diet of wheat bread, to which it was constrained by low wages and high rent. The reme- dies, well known to social reform- ers, include the single tax, #tate guaranty of employment and a mini- mum wage enabling the use of bet- ter food than wheat bread. There is a simpler remedy. The Scotch, in olden times, grew physically and mentally strong on an exclusive diet of oatmeal, which iy cheaper than wheat The whole nation was devoted to poetry, philosophy and the toughest intellectual exer- cises. Dr. Clarke might, there fore, suggest to the Legislature an amendment of the Municipal Act em- powering Toronto to pass a by-law to fine and imprison all parents who neglect to mix oatmeal in the diet of their e " The Whig referred.to one case at the time because it was a. remarkable one, and sufficient In itself to excite an examination into the social con- ditions of Toromto. Dr. Clarke dealt with the feeble-mindedness which is the result of marital rela- tions, which should not be contiriued or permitted by .law. These rela- tions have been challenged or com- bated over and over again, and to very little purpose. Dr. Helen MacMurchy, who ad- dresses a meeting under the auspices of the Woman's Canadian Club this evening, spent years in what appear ed to be a hopeless task. Her ef- forts were to enlist the public inter- est in social conditions which admit- ted of betterment under timely and suitable legislation. She practical- he ly forced a recognition of her work | upon the Government, and it showed { its wisdom when it appointed her fo office, it as (0 the neces 4 most important is to icaie the masses itvyof p public laws which will protect he feeble-minded and provide pub lie institutions in which they can he for will have [1 Time this education Already there are evi thoughtful people of realize how valuable ings for Dr ontended, and they will the insiat ire the t which Mac Murchy has masses times shall The Doc service, and he realized when that the education of the he tor crystallized into law is doing a splendid which Whig commended one the has most ear- nestly EDITORIAL NOTES. The letters of some little children tp Santa Glaus, which one reads in the papers, are pathetic in the ex- treme They show that despite the war, the hearts of the little ones turn this season to dear old Santa, . 1 0% They must not be disappointed The Chinese Council of State the votes, and found that been almost unanimously cast in favor of Yuan Shi Kai's elec- tion to the It might not have been good for any man's health to oppose the will of counted they had throne his ascending highness ---- W. J. Bryan has disobeyed a snm- mons to attend and give evidence at a certain court, and is to be called to account his default It would be a serious thing to escape the Ford peace mission. only to fall into the hands of the Philistines and chafe and fret in the Tombs of New York for Sir Sam Hughes is determined to put an end to all waste in connection with the army, that is all waste in supplies Why not put an end to all waste in salaries? Why should any military man draw two salaries? Why should he dual positions quisites? presume to occupy and draw their per- There is no defence for this, | PUBLIC OPINION | A Great Saving. (Toronto Glabe) "Down glasses!" is the war-cry of, British patriots who want to save for war purposes the eight hundred million dollars a year spent on drink, The Soldiers' Votes, (Brantford Expositor.) Seeing that there is now little probability of a Dominion general election taking place before October, 1917, the machinery which was em- ployed to give votes to the Canadian soldiers at the front might as well be dismantled. less Dye Needed. (Ottawa Citien.) Capadian firms have been notiiied that po more dye stuffs are avail- able for 'export in the United States. | However, as 'most of the remounts| | have been purchased some Canadian patriots will not be hit as hard they might have been, as Has No Horrible Past. (The Single Taxer.) Dr. Michael Clark "'can scarcely be, called a leader in federal politics, | He Lat never been a member of the government," The fact that Dr. Clark is not styled "Hon, M, Clark] should be strong evidence in favor of him as a possible federal leader. A fundamental leader without a | "horrible past" is what the Liberal party seems to need. A Good Example, (Montredl Star) Ramsay Me¢Donald, M.P., is a paci- fist. He hates war and deplores mi- litarism, even to the extent of op- posing sane preparation to meet at- tack. 'But this war is here and must be wet, so he would shoulder a rifle and fight in the ranks. spirit! A man may hate war as he bates smallpox, but when the epi- demic breaks out, there is only one 8et in the town a few hours before thing to do. Liberal Unity. (MoWtreal Herald.) Liberals can feel proud that, while party differences have been sunk, their leaders never have hesitated to perform their duty. They can point, to what they have done since the war began 'and they can say that both in the leadership of public opinion, and in keeping the Govern- ment"s course straight, they have been of some service to the State, As for Sir Wilfrid Laurier he sure- ly i3 doing "his bit" in the war, | KINGSTON EVENTS 25 YEARS ACO the Shipyard ed in Kingston will be resum rk at ceased and months I Grady s3ful Taree M from tour has returned prospe » rear townships Prof. Ross, Queen's ( wcted anniversary Paul's Chu Ottawa hae ting 'ollege, ervices in Rev OUTCOME OF THE WAR Whitney Warren, New York, Gives His Experience. New York Herald for our friends? 1 think there is no hesitation. Our interests and our inclfnations command us to turn toward France We have not gotten what we owe her. It is also time to think that to-morrow she will be victorious I passed sixteen months there, and I am certain of all what 1 saw and say. France and her allies are sure of hair ulti- mate Success. They have immense reserves of men, with the possibility of creating for themselves financial resources long after Germany will have emptied hers. "They have, thanks to England, whose actual efforts are so admir- able, the mastery of the seas, which assures them continual breath while Germany is smothering between her frontiers, and, again, they have a confidence which is steadfast and re- -éolved like one man to fight to the I shrug my shoulders' bitter end. 'when I am asked if they do not de- serve peace. "There is indeed somebody who de- serves peace. Hewever, let us not he duped by appearances. The Germans have carried off undeniable successes William II. is ready to enter (Constantinople. But let us reflect, where did he really want to go? To Paris, to Calais, to Petro- grad, and having found it impossible to force his way to any of these places, he has turned toward the Orient, that of Serbia. "Constantinople is a makeshift, The Napolenic dream of the Kaiser is tumbling down. He is drawing out indefinitely the line of battle of his army---which means that he is weakening it. He is rushing from right to left. He is slashing about. He is playing with his elbows "te force a passage, but each time he butts into blind alley. On the way to Paris a blind alley; on the way to Calais a blind alley; toward Petro- grad a blind alley; to-morrow we will see another on the way to Egypt or to India. ; "William has spread himself out, and infallibly will exhaust himself So it was with Napoleon, because he wanted to be at the same time in Lisbon and in Moscow. What the Kaiser is looking for in his weak imitations of the great Empéror is beyond doubt the island of St. Hel- ena; but, as was said to me most spiritually by my friend the carica- turist, Abel Faivre, 'he will not even gét there, because he has not suffi- ciently merited it." " Sal-on-eeka Has History. Montreal! Mail. Salonika, the Greek port the Allied troops landed, is where a re- | markable town in a number of ways. It was at that town that St. Paul ad- dressed his#two epistles to the Thes- salonians, and even in his time the town was over three hundred years old and famous. The town #3 quite the most impor- tant of the 'Balkan ports, and the terminus of several of the chief Bal- kan rgilways, a fact of great import- ance fn the landing and movement of | troops. It possesses the finest harbor of any of the Balkan seaports; for not only is it naturally a fine anchoring place for big ships, but in tae last few years a breakwater six aundred vards long with two piers each a third of that length have been built. The people who I've in Salonika-- pronounced, by the way, as though | spelt Sal-on-eeka---are of all nation. alities--Greeks, Turks, Bulgarians, | British, French, Americans Jews and {athers. he representatives of each race always wear their own national costume, Another great advantage it has for | troops landing there is the fact that it is defended on the land side from | attack by a great chain of lakes, That's the | making it extremely difficult to cap-' | ture. The Greeks in the Balkan war, { captured it because they managed tc | the Bulgarians, and they have held lon to it ever since" | ™ SEW PAGE 10. | Owing to a re-arrangement, made necessary at this time {}] of the year, ° /| Menus"--have been removed to Page 10, where it may be found daily henceforth. y Rippling Rhymes that hour--1 i WRYS on m ing te p t in; I avoid the > dector's graft. every-minute plan--there you are! iA ir NY CATCHING A COLD "Anyone can catch a cold; even 1, so fat and old, I can't, with all my power, go a pair of miles an cateh a cold with ease: just sit down and | hear me sneeze. my old brindled wh stoop,' rest yourself and hear me. wh Stay a while, apd hear me cough kers off; take a chair upon the am al- in the house or in the yard, try- a cold from securing strangle hold. slightest draft--for that means the 'The thermometer I scan, on the I have caught another cold, and my anguish is untold. 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