19 PACES errr resrrrsrr rset rd {46TH CALLS FOR RECRUITS The Churches To Urge The Yousg Men T0 DON THE UNIFORM RECRUITING AT PRESENT A LIT. TLE SLOW. nt Lieut.-Col. ~ Low For From | Hopes Greater Success--Message the Minister of Militia, Out in the rural municipalities of Frontenac county the young « ligible men are enlisting in the 146th Oversead Battalion, C.E.F., in satis factory numbers In Kingston the number of un coming forward to enlist in the 146th is rather disap pointing Lieut.-Col. Low, the offi cor commghding, is not, to put it frankly, sitisfied up to the present? with the result of the whirlwind cam recruits that he launched far Kingston is wants 500 men from 00 from the county patgn for last Tuesday as He as concerned King dirriet Fhirough a plan which he has ar anged Pals' can join the battalion and be together all the time after they have enlisted. His plan is to raise one company in Kingston (four platoons), one for sportsmen, one for students, one for business men, and the other for artisans. Young men desiring to join any of these platoons will he quartered: together, drilled together; in short, will he together all time, and when they get the fighting line, will fight together for the cause for which the Allies are fighting righteousness, justice equity and freedom, or to overthrow "for all time Pros#n militarism The. campaign 4n the rural mun cipalities is being carried on with an energy: that is bringing good results by Captain C. J. Kane, adjutant of the 146th, and some of the ficers of the. battalion On Sunday special recruiting ser- mons will be preached in all the city | pulpits by the ministers of the dif ferent churches, "and at the close of the regular services officers of !46th are to be given the great privi lege of making shdbt app€st for men I'he fact that the campaign for re Cruits in- the eity has 'not been as successful so far as expected, will not tend to dampen the efforts of Col. | Low and hig officers 'and men; on the contrary, it is going to spur them on 10 greater eNorts, The ladies of Kingston and citizens generally are doing their best to help raise the 560 men wanted A short appeal, direct and unequivocal, was in Griffin's Theatre Thursday vy Lieut. Fred. James He allowed to speak about five min through the courtesy the Duringethe time the «on the app for men is "put over" wherever it 4s like be productive of results The responsibility at the present time. resting on' the young men of Kingston is one that cannot he light ly dodged. , ? Major-General g Minister of Militia, has sent a mes-! sage Lieut.-Col. Low, ating that Jie feels sure the campaign to raise 700 recruits in Kingston and district, the number nece ry to bring the battalion up to strength, will' be a SUCCESS, He states that he hopés the young men of this city and trict will hold themselves 'respon sible for raising the required numbe r of men. ston r the to other of the made nightbh wa utes of m, Hughes, to dis- BRD BPP fo Boel dete * / oe USSIANS WIN, r t (Special tg the Wi Petrograd, Jan. 211 Russian troops operat Persia have 'occupied Sultana- + bad, a city of ght thousand ++ sixty miles southeast of Hama- dan, aeeordfng to Tehéran des- # patches to-day The Turks + are fleeing toward Burujird * #% the southwest > » » PRUE RE REP P DE PEDP IID DFP d BS Pdr P ) Ife 08 in & 4 € 3 + to WHAT BERLIN HEARS, Greece Hofuses to Accede ~Demands, actal to the Whig) to Allies' A cable from says: " Reports that demands ir uttimd that pass presentatives of been- re- New York, Jan.' 21 Berlin to the Times have reached Berlin made bythe Allies turh to the King of ports be, handed r the Central: Powers fused. The last remai g Saloniki have t Lhe n eece, have bridges about estroyed ---------- mn Ang ty THE WHIG CONTENTS (OCCUPIED TOWN FAMED | IN BIBLICAL HISTORY. Russians Take Kashan,Whence Wise Men Set Out For 'Bethlehem. "20. The dese ans brief { have taken! London, Jan ! patch that the shan in Persia brings another ro- mantic name into the theatre of war operations It is al a sacred name, as tradition { Was from Kashan that the wise men started on their holy pilgrimage to Bethlehem 80 many Christmasses ago 2 Every step taken both by the Rus- shan' and British expeditions in this the world is in a country yg history and tradition The British, from a base on the sup- posed site of the«Garden of Eden, op- erated against Bagdad, the city' of the Arabian nights, and the Rus sians in their advance on Kashan re cently took Hamadan, the ancient Echatana, which contains, according to. the Mohammedans, the tombs of Esteh and Mordecai I'he belief that at Kashan the wise men of tl first. saw the star Bethlehem has found support among learned Chistian theologians But, however, that may < an he- came a great city ent times, especially after it rebuilt by Zo- biedeh, wife of H un-el-Reschid It once had 6500 houses and 40 mosques, and was renowned for gilk weavers wad brass workers civ earthquakes and econom brought te decay still n the famous lean naret, ) f high, which once served an oriental divorce court Unfaithful wives were dragged up the spiral stir to the op and shoved off Four. miles from Kashan are the remains of the wonderful palace built Shah Ab t of the Persian mon- 8 constructed by the green; its plivillions are paintings and mosaics and full of roses, watered hy hat run through biue In this palace was enacted in 1863 Mirza Khan, Prime Ministe nd own bro thersin-law of tha igning Shah, was condemned to death He asked pe: mission commit suicide, opened fr his arm in the ancient, led bathrooms palace The ruined palace wit} summer houses amid. trees and dens, surrounded by desert, is Ses eribed as the most beautiful thing of n the near East Kashun famous scorpions, ire said amd and most says i r an But 1 vars, can ahout There ing se 1 as by tiled le channels tragedy a political re to a vein its kind also which the largest is for to be most poison GRE AMMUNITION ; IMPERATIVELY NEEDED. Skilled Workers at Minor Tasks To Be Replaced by Men and Women. ' London, Jan. 21 A most need for more ammunition red the Government to pro- drastic amendment to the Munitions Act, Premier Asquith in- formed the Houyge of Commons this afternoon. To incr sons engaged Government skilledy union workers, engaged on minor tasks, by men and women 'lassed as semi-skilled and transfer- ring the skilled union men to mere important works. This measure the Prime Minister, announced will be introduced following an agreement with the labor party TH ative pose a the number in making proposes ase per- she the to _replive of E WAR COUNCIL *- TO BE EXTENDED. Progress Made In Securing Unity of Policy and Control. Sy al t wi New York, Jan, 21 \ Londan Cable tp the New York Times says: Arrangements are in exiension of the All cil, according to a by Premier Asquith Commons yesterday al'but authoritative learned that considerable progress ¥ Leen 'made in the direction of securing unity of policy and control. ies War Coun- statement made n the House of From unoffic- sources is it as wolrealeedrdeafeafedreodrofedrodeoodedededod dolrfo todd 0 o oe HAS BEEN "ACCEPTED {Special to the Whig.) = ®» Toronte, Jan Intima tion has' been received at the Boy Seouts Headquarters- here, from Lieut.-Gen. R. 8 Bad- en Powell, Chief . Scout and head of the Intelligence De- partment the British. Arniy # dhat the offer of the Canadian + Boy Scouts to provide by ten * cent subscriptions a big recrea- % tion hut for the Canadian for- * ces in France bas been aceept- {% ed by the War Office - SPPP BOSSIP PPD ED DPSS db FIGHT WILL SPREAD TO OTHER FIELDS. Hint By the Kaiser Of An Attack Upon Egypt. (Snecial to the Whiz) Amsterdam, Jan. 21 helm dropped a broad hint {hat the Turko-German - campaign against { Egypt is soon to begin, in his address | at Nish yesterday. ? "We have been challenged oy our | enemies, who envied Germany and | Austria their peaceful, fldurishing | prosperity," the Kaiser said, have had a hard fight, which soon spread to 'other fields, S FX 3 + of * * $ de le be ol de dk Kaiser Wil- {ll PROHIBITION DISCUSSION Parliament To Hav Oppor- tunity To Consider It. THE M.P. GF VANCOUVER HE HAS A RESOLUTION TO siN. MIT ON ISSUE, The Efficiency of the Nation Would Be Materially Aided by the P ohi- bition of Manufacturing, Importa- and Sale Li- tion of Intoxicating quors for Beverage Purposes, H for an. 2i H nember Vai & Parliament to dis ques yrohibitic Ottaw: Conservatiy proposes portunity Dominion-wide the present 1 to 188 the session His resolution | reads "That pif is at wealth and ion and the ciency 81 our nation rially aided by the pro manufacturing 1 i sale of intoxicat erage purposes this House pose should The Dominion vears as the prohobition but in adopted, proposal Vancouver at this time war, resources promotion Em the con vation ol Domir the eff he mate bition of of vould of ition and t for bev and in the opinion of this pur fonthwith by legislation for te enact MN proposed Alliance, mentio period after the should ramair r pects it vould be th made resol the three war that in for 0 effect 10 ¢ i Bs MISSING FivE WEEKS; POLICE NOTIFIED. Some Are Inclined To Believe That Roland Randall Was ? Drowned. Roland Randall, tonian, has b weeks, and hb oring to loeate police have a Missing young Kings- for five endeav- Kingston make ives are The asked but of him n him, found ¥ be to in- no sing quiries tra man. Mrs. George Ecele streem is a sister and she writ- ten ta Chief of Police Burke of irackville, fo look for him there, The missing man, was employed at the Kingston Knitting Mill for eigh teen years, Some of friends are inelinédd to helieve he * was drowned about he e can ' King Nr mb Si, pe 'SCOTLAND decreases in certain parts there. --r KINGSTON, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JANUAR CONSUMES . TOO MUCH LIQUOR. Four Leading Scottish Towns Worse Than Worst Eng- lish Towns. London, Jan, 21 A warning has heen issued by Lord D'Abernon,chair- uian of the eentral liquor ¢ontrol board, that prohibition may be ap- plied to Scotland unless drunkenness The Glasgow authorities suggest the pro- hibition of the sale of whiskey while restoring the ordinary hours to sell light drinks. x The number of convictions for drunkenness has materially decreas in the leading towns of England since the shorter hours, and non- treating orders have heen estahlisl The decrease in- London is Liverpool, 45 per vent.: Newcastle, 31 per cent, ; lirmingham ih per cent.; Bristol, 41 per cent: Leeds, 57 per cent.; and Sheffield, 48 per cent The non-t heen 1 ed per cent; order, however, 3 evaded, particu- in the working class districts. rd I' Abernon says that in four 1 ie most drunken English towns the weekiy convictions are now to 100,600 population fou eading Scotch towns the although the Scottish police 5 le son lar! Ic eb r standard Severs ANGLO-FRENCH LAND ON BULGARIAN SOIL. Destroy Gun Emplacements at Porto-Agos--Return To Ships: (Npeeial to the Whig.) 21.--After a hombardment, Athens, "Jan. fwo {i days' AnglofFrench' squadron garian of Porto-Agos and landed on Bul- carian soil. The Allied land forces destroved Bulgarian gun emplacements, and after a brief reconnaissance with- drew, The landing was made on Wednesday, with only slight casualties. Anglo-French troops moved northward to- ward the Bulgarian railroad, a few miles north of the Bay of Porto-Lagos, but encoun- tering a guperior Bulgarian they went back to town rodvps force their ships. NA AP PA ANN Why Should A Man Enlist ? i By request. Rev. D. M. Gordon University: has given the following 8 \ the question. "Why Should a Many nien who are in every serviee are holding hack. unwilling question, Why should [ enlist? sons why they should 'I is the aut fend the lite in danger and therefor of Canada. are fail to win this war we and liberties of The being made fori! certain for ourselves or | mighty tyrant, all the more help to peeserve the life and frecdom ofl | Germany's hratal (réatinbnt of Belgium Britain, and Canada power. roused the just wrath of . Prinelpal of Queen's reasons in answer lo nlist?" way fit for military to face squarely the Nolte briefly some rea- Man | ¥ of every man to do what he ean to de his country when these are fe.and liberties of the British Empire, threatened, If we should must come under the-¢ontrol of a power whose eharae- ter is revealed in ecom- mitting the ruthless rav- ages in Betginm and in peemiting the Turkish atrocities in Armenia. Fhis--truth ey nol vet have come home to us. because of onr CARY con- Aidence that somehow we MUST win, but every day «it becomes clearer that the whole fighting force of the Empire must be brought into. action if we are to win: It 13 the duty of ev- ery nation to stand by its Allies to the utmost. when its word has been given. France a is already bat- tling for her life. We are pledged to stand by her, and if she falls our turn will. come next. The f fate might be delayed for years. but the doom would be i or aur children, "It is the duly. of every great nation weaker nation when crushed hy the heute force to help the of a <0 when it has_pledged its the- [eebler has cannot sheathe her sword until the sword of Mother Britain goes back to the scabhard household. for we are members of the one "As a parl of a Christian Empire we-are called lo do our share' in curbing dhe great fighting power that has brotight on this wa humanity. of individuals, and. unless himself: What service can 1 fer; what work can Ido to shotild not I enlist? wand that, in the Spin has committed this awful crime against & of the tiger. vilization and A spirit ok-serviee and of sacrifice is mov- ing our Empire and our Allies: but th we behind better men. each one-of us must se e nation is made up wottld shield ourselves parately ask render; what gift can | .of- help win this war? Why 11.2} 1( ned the forts at the Bul- J returned 0 LIBERAL PLANKS URGED By Government Commission On Unemployment BOTH WERE REJECTED . ? BY WHITNEY GOVERNMENT NOT "LONG AGO, | | These Planks Were the Creation of | a Labor Department And the Ap- pointinent of Provincial Corimission. | a Labor, | { (Spe Toronto, Jan fal to 21 tion of ieading policies of Mr, the Provincial Liberal, is contained in the recommen- | tions ©f the Government Commis- {¥ion on unemployment made public { this week They suggest, for ex- | ataple, "the establishment a De- partment of Labor, One of the Liberal planks in 1914 The creation of a Department Labor to tudy dnd promote legis- e@ and administrative action for betterment of conditions for the | workers." 1 proposal had been re ted by the Government in the Legislature. : I'ne Commission appointment abhor Commission of the and ( 0 | Party "we of {the lig ' also advocates a 'Provincial This was a Lib- proposal rejected by tie Gov- ernment in the House | Another clause in the this Government Commission urges advisability of tax reform. This ading policy of the n years. The Gov- jected time after for tax re of report of sails form 1 recognizes have contended vorable - inflyence on social reform what or ve the unf the liquor traf progress * it to be remembered also; that nsiderationson t whole problem of unemployment was unduly de- layed by the rejection on the part of the Government, of a Liberal propos- 1] in the n of 1914, that the whole problem at that time should thoroughly, investigated GRAIN RUSH MAKES SHORTAGE OF CARS. he be « 3 Grand Trunk Will Have Bet tween 20.000 and 30,000 Tied Up. Ottawa, Jan. 21 authority, ( According to a the G. T, R. and ther Canadian railways are L a serious shortage of reliable possibly n he shipment 'of grain from the West 10 ocean ports has been going on for some time, and the traffic ig tremendously heavy Although trains are daily rushing cars of grain to the East, thete dre not suffieient Sips to carry. away this produce, and as a result there is no place to empty cars,~and there have to stand around idle. : § It is estimated by an official that the G. T. R. wili-soon have between 20,000 and 30,000 freight cars tied up with grain, with no relief in view for days This: will mean serious shortage on the line. > The shipment of grain is so heavy at present that y train crew in this division and others is working full time : the ever, ARRANG TO LOOK AFTER s -------------- J Tanada's Returned Soldiers And Get Them Work. Montreal, Jan. 21. --An organiza: tien siniilar to the Grand Army of the Republic, to logk after Canada's soldiers, will be formed af- the war, W. Dd. Lighthall, K.C., a meeting of the Canadian Manu- fafturers' Association estimated that 200,000 Canadian -soldjers would ome back from overses The Can- adian Union of Municipalifies; was looking forward to a good arrange- ment of labor bureaus, werking un- der a competent central authority, tor attend to the unemployment "prob- lem after the war, and. e§pecially to + comprehensive system of placing men as far as possible on the land J GERMANY'S VAIN HOPES. | Pamphlets to Persuade Canada To Stay Out of War, London, Jan. 2'.--Proof that Ger- many hoped Canada, would never en- ter the European war has been dis. covered by the seizure of some pamphlets whieh were to be used in the education of Canadians, pointing out how friendly' Gerniany was to! the Dominion, and how it had as- sisted her development financially. Long Drive In Cold. Edmonton, Jan. 21. Hon. MacKay's condition is éritieal. heart has been irregular doctors are in attendance Mr. Mackay's illness is the"result of a long drive in the country which he took on Saturday, Jan. 8th, when he covered long distance in bitter- 'ly cold weather in order to interview some witnesses who were to give evi- dence on an important cage which he-had beforé the Edmonton courts. 'Hé returned to Edmonton and the following morting developed acute quinsy, A physician was called and! Mr. MacKay was removed to the hos pital, where, after a consultation, he was operated on twice. A few days later he contracted pneumonia. A. G His and five NO PRINTERS, NO PAPER. Peenliar State of Affairs In St. Cath- arines, Catharines, Jan.' 21 There Was no issue of the Evening Journal yesterday owing to a pecu In the morning the mandgement ler a letier on the type-setting machime of one of the mean, saying it was un derstood he had been bringing liquor into the office,~which must be stop- ped or dismissal would follow, As union etiquette was not followed, Si 'and this communication sent through the foreman, the men put on their coats and quit, The first trouble, however, start- ed when a man in the newsroom re- fused to help out in the Jobprinting department and was given, the op- tion of doing so or quiting. He quit, The Journal management 'paid all the men off and let them To. KITCHENEI Caused Surprise--Gave Similar As. surance_Before, : London, Jan. 21.--Lord Kitchen er's assurance, made through Rt Hon. Walter Long that the compul- gion of the unmarried men will give him all the troops required in orde: to secure victory, has created. some surprise here. Kitchener, however, gave similar assurance to the labor conference ear n October when, ac cording to Wil] 1 horne, he said if he could have seventy divisions, or about 1,500,000 men, in the field de tween October and the spring he guaranteed victory He staked his honor upon it GUARANTEE, CHILDREN. And Then Took Her Own Life -- --Crazed By Illness. ial to t Whig.) N.Y., Jan. {21 Crazed Mrs. Edwin Payne aged thir- ty-one, hung her two ¢hildren, Eliza beth, aged three and Charles, aged two, * Thursday and then took her own by hanging from a -clothes line on the same hook in the living room of their home, They were dead a short time when found by the husband and father. They were con sidered a happy and prominent fam- iy Lyous, by illness, life life War The German Government has mandgd the recall of United States Consul Higgins, Stuttgart. idings. dé- The time of the Allies' ultimatum , to. Greece has expired, but it is not known what (revee will do about it. It officially annouhced that the British have seized a large cargo of rubber destined for Germany, on a Swedish liner. The Italian Government has de- cided to extend generous aid _to- ward the reorganizationgof the rem- nants of the Serbian army. It is said that fu 50,000 Serbians have al- ready reached a refuge in Corfu. FHEPEEEEFRIR RIFE ELEM <> VILLA CAPTURED; TO BE SHOT. in "hp (Special to the Whig.) Washington, Jan. 21 It i reported Francisco illa, the rebel leader has been captured and court-martialed: and be executed to-day Seodeslesfesdorloode obo e dodo de doe fof ore be 2 WRHING Cannot Bring Back The Tost Ameiicans, (Special to the Whig.) Berlin, via 'Amsterdam, Jan. 21 Germany's final reply in the Lusitan- ia matter now being prepared at the Foreign Office. The exact time of its delivery has not been determ- ined Lut officials expressed confidence to-day that it will settle all the sub marine differences with the Unite States is fo ER » But is t : "ONE DIED FROM EXPOSURE, A British Steamer Sunk: the Crew Were Launched. ¢Specidl to the Whig) London, Jan. 21.--The British steamer Sutherland, 3,500 tons, wis torpedoed and-sunk in the Mediter- ranean 'on' Mojday The crew landed at Malta, one Sailor having died of exposure in the life hoat. -- ~~' CANADA'S FOURTH DIVISION Wil Make Dominion's Number Over- sens 90,000. = (Special to the Whig.) London Jan: 21 Cand: will Can- the War, Office The- troops leave Canada shortly,. making ada's number overseas 90,000 Five Steamers Sold. Buffalo, N.Y,, Jan. 21.-~The Fron- tier Steamship Company and the Ni agara Transit Company have closed deals for the sale Yo M. A. Hanna and Company, Cleveland, of five steel freight steamers for. $2,020,000 The boats, which are now in Buffalo harbor, with storage grain ahoard them, are the Chartes Weston, James Corrigan, Joshua G. Munro, 'Daniel M. Meacham and William A. Rogers. Invites. M. To Enlist. Ottawa, Jan. 21.---Major-General Sir Sam Hughes has sent a memoran- dum to all members of- parliament of military.age drawing their atten- tion to, the opening of schools of in- struction, and notifying them that they .are invited to attend: seme if they can seé their.way clear to do so . Senators Rage. (Special to the Whig.) : Washington, Jar. 21.--Senators Hoke Smith and Borah in the House yegterday. declared that the United States. should "bring Britain to time' for blockading United States commerce. : 1 ar strike. : LAST EDITION URGES ALLIES T0 STAKE ALL On West Front For Decisive Victory. CENTRE OF GRAVITY SHOULD RECEIVE PERSISTENT BLOWS FROM ALLIES London Times' Military Correspond- ent's Advice -- Alleges Periods Of Quiescence Between Attacks Due To Want Of Shells. London, Jan. 21.--The Times' military correspondent, in a long an- alysis of the progress of the Enten- te Allies' campaign urges the concen- tration of military' power on the wes- tern front and the abandenment of further ®econdary operations in dis- tant theatres, I'he main forces of our chief en- emy," says the writer, "are still on the western front This is the cen- tre of gravity of the German military power We should strike persis- tently at the centre of gravity if we aim at decisive victory The British and French liverted to distant the: war began 600,000 men, with dorres ponding and munitions. "We hold, had these men been at our dls. posal for the May of September fensives in the West, we might have dealt the Germans a fatal blow. "These secondary campaigns, morebver goad into activity armies with which we are not particularly concerned, such the Bulgarians, which might not begparticularly hos- il we left them alone, and play German game of saving the Ger- man troops and diverting us from our main purpose. © This purpose is to go on Killing or wounding 200,- 000 Germans monthly until the Fa- therland yields. Let us be quit of our wander-lust and get back to the main business in hand.'j : The writer maintaing that the Al lied forces have not even yet reme- died the shortage in the shell supply, and says "Wé have not yet delivered a ser- ious attack without any concern for our supply of shells. Our long per- iods of quiescence between attacks, which are objectionable in principle, | are due to want of shells. When we . have an unlimited supply we can do better." The correspondent urges better co- operation hetween the British and French commands and declares that a general offensive along the whole western line would hurt the Ger- 1ans most because it would prevent them bringing in reinforcements to threatened points from adjacent pla- ces, His final observatfon is that the British high command is too lar= in control of cavalry generals, and urges increased use of artillery offteers have 1tres since the guns as the Biowvn Up By A Mine, the Whig.) 21..--A Copenhagen the Dutch schooner Rangerman was blown up by-a° mine off the ish coast with the loss o all on board. i Y (Special! London, Jan despatch s ---------------------------- -. L. A. Lapointe, one of the Tiberal members for Montreal, is advocating legislation this session making it per- missible for banks to raise interest rates on savings deposits to four per cenit,, and also fixing the rate of in- terest on deposits in post office and other Government 'savings banks at four per cent. $a LY MEMORANDUM Covered Rink to-night Z !, right hand corner, DAI Har Mer prohibition FM night ¥ o'clock THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG" Is on Sale at the Following City Stores: Bucknel's News Depot Clarke, J. W, & i workers \ ' ..205 King St 353 Pi Colle Coulte [8 Book St 1 8st Drug .. Market Square ttheot t's Grocery, Portsmouth Drug Store ,250 University 8 Clgar~Store' ........76 Princess Drug Store 312. Princess Grocery . +308 Montreal AAA Ay MARRIED, . STEACY- JOHNSTON At Lyndhurst, : Leeds Co, Ontario, on Jan 19th, 1916, by the Rev. W Hilyard Smith, Matthew W. Steacy, of War- "burt to Effa L. hneton, daugh- ter « he late vid and Mrs. hnstdn, of Seeley's ROBERT J. REID x Phone TT TAkEr ot JAMES REID The Old Firm of Ui ' 234 and 256 PRINCESS Phone 147 for Ambulance. FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS CHOSEN BY FAMOUS MEN . AND WOMEN OF THE DAY. § Prous Valleau's 1 « The nian who takes no delight in » gallant steed, a bright sword and a { fair lady, has not in his breast the | heart of a soldier. ; |==Motto on the sword used by Lord | Ogilvy during the Came | paign in 1745, Co! UNTESS OF AIRLIE, . . o