- wo. He N YEAR 83 NO. 22 DOES NOT MEET CHARGES They Bo Not Belong To bs Fight. SAYS GEN. SR SAM NO PARTYISM FOR HIM, TELLS COMMONS, neg ~~ : He Is Concerned With Munitions In- dustry Alone -- Opposes Parlia- mentary Investigations, But Offers To Furnish' Information, Ottawa, Jan, 27.--Major-Gegeral Sir Sam Hughes, Minister of 'Mi itia, will figit his own battles in Parlia- uient --.and fight them "from the drop of the hat" -- but he is not hit- ting a head wherever he sees it on behali of anybody else General Sam, elad in whaki, addressed him- sell to Parliament yesterday after- noon, Crowded galleries expected fireworks. There was curiosity to! hear how the irrepressible militant would meet the serious charges of F. B. Carvel. Sir Sam didn't meet them. He | did not shirk them. He took them up, looked over them, and said they | didn't belong to his fight. "The | conduct and operations of the Shell Committee do not come under re view by this Parliament," was his | verdict, But General Sam touched them where they touched him. He! instanced the three contracts award- | ed to firms in his own constituency. | These firms, he maintained, all in- | "cluded. in their Memrership well: known Liberals "that is, they were Liberals before the war There | are no Liberals and np ~ Conserva- tives in Canada at this time." In this connection he complained | naively that Gen, Bertram had not! looked after him and his constitu- | ency properly. "Bertram might have known," quoted the General with a grin, "that I was too busy to Join the horde of hunters and pro- | motors hanging ' round here, and | should have looked after me." Corcerned With Shell Business Only, The General inaugurated the shell business in Canada and named the | Shell Committee. He told the House ¢ 0 wo of its meet: nt and its last. For any- thing else he disclaimed responsibil | fly. He Wik conterned with devel: oping and buildiag up the munitions P industry in Canada, with all its ram- fications, which would be immensely valuable after the war. In so far i as the committee worked upon those kines he was "back of them, noon and night." = Sir Sam associated with himself in the big work he claimed he was: do- ing for Canada and the Empire only one of his ministerial associates That was the Prime Minister. yl | may be a little erratic and all that Kind of thing," sald the General, amid lgughter, "but I felt that a bal- ance -wheal could be found in the ings, its fi , Prime Minister and in everything 1 consulted him." { Bee No Party Distinctions For Him, No distinction has been made, em- | phatically declared the Minister, be- tween Liberals and Conservatives in his hindling of the Department since the war began. Men of both parties #tood shoulder tosshoulder, so far as he wag concerned. Both had done their @uty -- and had done it well. A majority of the Canadian com- manding officers and the officers of "all ranks now at the front were Lib- erals. This was natural, said Sir! Sam, because he found when he -en- tered the department that most of the trained and qualified officers were Liberals. | There were Liberals on the Shell | Commuiittee, including the Paymaster- | eral, J. W. Borden (brother of Premier Borden), who, said Sir Sam, "belongs to the Liberal branch of | wwe Borden tani | "HE added the Minister of Mili tia, lgader of the Opposition | will suggest any good Liberal who is | not too old or decrepit to serve I'Hl+ -but an officer's uniform on him. once." } ' ; = It was a characteristic speech, | which kept an appreciative House in- | terested; a times laughing. Its | | conclusion was equally characteristic. The Minister pald tribute to all class es of the community, the women, the 'press, as ints. midst of his one of the jes. next was rough wal' the General abrupt peroration. He sat | down amid cheers. ES an a THE WHIG CONTENTS Pag ° J-=First Line Lloyd- eorge's in 2=dThe County Happenings 3--8Kketch of + Poet. \ A=Editorfal: Random Reels; 'Walt Mason's Rhymes. b---<Military News; Board of Works: Perstan® Love Story. §--Bastern Ontario News, T~Amusemer Timely. An- | nouncemer The Forum. * Private: Thea Obituaries S-~Must First trical; > ~Faciug New Conditions: Cri- tivizes the Banks 10--Welling ton News: Sleepy- time. Taleg; Menus ¥ 11--Countryside Tidings: War Hard on Nerves. 13--Praise For Indian Troops: Economy in England. Ready; rview Council; Local Robert Burns, | second morning | BRITISH LABOR { of opinion favored | tries, principally the United States, KINGSTON, ONTAR sin 10, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27. 1916 PAGES1-8 LAST EDITION bo PITH OF NEWS, I? 4 " : | Despatches From Near And Distant | S LIN Places. . { © Dr. Brock, West Lorne, died very! . = IS READY For Any Emergency That May Occur, A. J. Balfour declared the Jaritish | 2 I navy was prepared for any emer- | | gency. | | Two hundred ronsumptive pris-| (oners of waf arrived at Berne, Swit-| zerland, Grey County Council voted $7,447 Lto provide supplementary equipment | for the 147th Battaljon (Canadian Greys). | The new wing to the Berlin Car-| | negile Library was officially opened { by Hon. G. Howard Ferguson. It] | cost about $13,000. i Rev. Frederick T. Kingham, Meth- | odist pastor at Sparta, failing to re-, EVERY -DOCKYARD IN THE EM- | ceive an appointment as ¢haplain, has PIRE KEPT BUSY | enlisted in the 91st Battalion as a tly 2¥. private to! First Lord of Admiralty i |! It required 51 votes to decide who! word of Adiniralty Questioned Ishould be Warden for the United Im Commons, About German © 17. | Counties of Durham and Northum- Tach | berland, Reeve George Greer, Co- Navy Is Keeping Pace. bourg, being' finally chosen. = London, Jan. ~A. J. Balfour, Gd ppb bb db Pb ifbd PhP Edd First Lord of the Adinirally, stated * 4 In the House of Common terday 4 AIRCRAFT BROUGHT DOWN. # that the British Government had no ® -- # | evidence that Ge rmany péssessed * London, Jan. 27.--The Brit- %| seventeen-inch guns, but that it wa. 4 ish airmen continue their activi- #| not impossible. w -T ies on the Western front. On Mr. Balfour was Ee ny no less than twenty- statement of such a' nature as to as- % seven hostile aeroplanes wete sure the country of the navy's pre- % encountered, and in addition paredgess to meet any development # three captive German balloons in \the 'way of new ships or larger were attacked by British avia- guns produced by Germany during tors Two enemy aeroplanes the pgriod of naval inactivity. He and two balloons were forced said: : % down All the British ma- # chines returned. in safety. { BALFOUR'S STATEMENT € yas asked to make a "What Germany is doing in the way of shipbuilding must necessarily be a matter of conjecture." No doubt It has been within her power to in- itiate during the course of the war, and perbaps complete, the building of large ships with powerful arma- ment, "1 have seen in the press mention of guns of 17-inch calibre. but we have no evidence that such exist. But given the time and labor, there would be no difficulty in making them. The most diverse conjecture | may be made by ingenious persons, but, speaking for myseM, I am by no nreans sure that of those conjectures the 17-inch story is the most plans ible, = "As regards the preparedness of the British Navy, I can only say that tthe successive Lords of the Admir- alty have most anxiously considered the methods-by which the building t jlacurees of this country can best be | sued. Speaking broadly, it may be said that every dockyard, public or private, at home or in the Mediter. ranean, is being used either for new, : construction or for repairing require- ents of ourselves and our = Allies. "1 This Being eo, It is impossible to add i to the magnitude of our prepara- | tions. i "The most we can do is fo alter SERBIA'S NEW KING. the character of the type of ship un- lite] Freldrich. the Kaisers| der construction, but nothing , hes econ sol, Bow suggested ax nis occurred which would Justify us in via. | ominee for the throne of Ser- thinking that any serious error of Judgment has been made in connec- tiog with the type of ship under con- struction." * + * * + * + * + + . $i SRB P PPB PPoRhbd bb PPE Tbe { Prince BACKS THE WAR. Great Vote Given in 'Favor of the Party's Co-opera- tion. FORM "RAT SQUADS." Britain Closes a Contryet for 800 Ferrets, London, Jan. 27.-- Ferrets are the latest to be enlisted on 'the side of Bristol, Jan.n British organ- the Entente Powers. ized labor, on the first day of a con- The British Government has just ference which has attracted world-' closed 8 contract for 800 ferrets to wide attention, outvoted the extreme! be sent to Flanders to kill the enor- Socialist anti-war sedtton, and adopt-| mous number of rats infesting the ed two, resolutions expressing the British trenches. "Rat squads' are patriotic resolve to carry' the war, being organized. through cine The demand for ferrets is becming The first resolution carfied by a|s0 great the price has risen from 25 vote bf 1,847,000 against 206,000, cents to $1.25. and entirely approved of the action | POPPER PPEPPRLP IPP P PPP ppPr ® y of the Parliamentary Labor party in FRENCH SHIPS TO AID. 9 ai, co-operating with other pofitical varties in the national recruiting | * campaign. / * Another resolution pledging the # London, Jan. 27.-Hereafter conference to assist the Government * French warships will assist Brit- in the prosecution of the war was ® ish vessels in blockade duties also carried by a big majority % 'both in the English Channel and It could be seen immediately the % the North Sea, participating in conference began that a large body | the examination of mails as well supporting the |% #8 cargoes. Goyernment, and when the 600,000 ® niiners threw a unanpmous vete in- | FEEEERRRIPLILL IE -------- GOVERNMENT RESOLUTION to the balance against the anti-war movement the success of the patri- To Extend Term to Be Made Next Tuesday. otic resolution was certain. ¥ Special to the Whig.) PARTIAL PROHIBITION fie «i "OF IMPORTATION. Oitawa, Jan. 27---The debate on : : the address in the Commons is not Articles Not Absolutely Need- likely to be concluded befqre Friday. ed To Be Barred b There will be no division. *. Monday g a. y will be given over to business fo pri- Britain. vate members. On Tuesday the -- Government rosolution to extend the 4 Special to the Whig.) par! tary term for a year wili London, Jan. ~The British - be considered. It is probable that Government has decided on partially ' Sir WHfrid on behalf of the Oppo- prohibiting the importation of wrany sition will acquiesce, but may de- articles not abslutely necessary in mand that the House be taken into order to relieve the shipping situa- confilence of the Government as to tion, President Runciman, of the the proposed war measure and any Board of Trade, announced in the | possible domestic legislation. Should Commons this afternoon. The, whole (his request be opposed : ere will he British mercantile marine, he stated | a spirited debate and icq will de- at the same tim€ was placed under velop, i Government control. Neutral coun- -- Stormed French Positions. . {Bpecial to the Whig. Berlin, Jan. 27. --German troops after giiccessful blasting operations stormed French tions on a from of from 500 to 600 yards in the Ar. tole, the War Office announced' this afternoon, teed bbe brad vee an 27 Trom which most of the articles on the prohibition list were imported, are the hardest hit by the action of the Government. Imports of wood pulp, glass and tobacco will be per- mitted only in limited amounts, r------ PROHIBITION DEPUTATION Captured By Tribesmen. Waited Upon Premier Borden. On | (Special to the Whig ) Jan. Thursday Morning, © London, 27. -- Ninety-five (Special to the Whig) | British survivors of His Majesty's Ottawa, Jan. 27. --Representatives ship Tara have been captured by Se- of various bodies demanding Domin- nussl tribesmen .in Northwestern fon-wide prohibition of the sale, im- 5 portation and manufacture of iitoxi- cating liquor walted upon Premier | Borden and his Ministers this niorn- ing. . At comclusion of the confer ence the' Prime Minister promised sideration of the demand both by imeedf and his colleagues and in bs in an German aviation corps laments t Hy Hs of Lieut. Boeh tine Hootie err wo to : 0 3 Naval Guns -- How British | Beypt it was officially announced to- || me, Several} the Roval Canadian Dragom COI'pS, OLD ST. PAUL'S London's Venerable Cathedral in Danzer of Collapse. London, Jan. 27 Again the at tention of the public has been called to the danger of St. Paul's Cathedral dollapsing through 'senile decay, and an appeal for funds is made the Dean-to hasten the repairs Two years ago the sum of $350.- 000 was asked by the cathedral pre servation board, and of this only about $150,000 has been so far sub- scribed. It was then stated by the examining engineers that the origin- al architect, the great Wren, had been very sparing in his use of ma- | terials. The constant jarring of by anticipated. : | The vast and imperfectly distribut- ed weight of the doors is the seat of the tfduble,.and the gradual pres- sure of the weight is accelerated by the rusting of iron and internal de- generacy. Only the loyalty of the materjals to each other, says one authority, has kept the mass togeth- er. Repairs done at an earlier per iod are found to be entirely inade- quate, and new buttresses and sup ports must be constructed as soon as the money can be found. PUT UNDER ARREST ~ FOR MAKING RAID. They Sought to Rescue United States Soldiers Captured By Mexicans. the Whig.) Tex., Jan. fal to Brownsville, Lieuts. "J. KE. Jlort, Payunton Land Walroth of the Fourth Field Artil- lery were under arrest in Progreso, Texas, to-day, because they led twenty-four of their men into Mexico to rescue two American soldiers who were captured by. the Mexicans. Maj- or Genera} Funston issued orders that no soldier should cross into Mexico . Four of Mort's men were drowned while swimming the Rio Grande under a cross fire from Mexi- | can and Amerigge troops." (Spec 9= a. A A ra a ras ROYAL CANADIAN DRAGOONS IN BELG TRENCHES jay I had a million or five million dollars There are lads from nearly evert city in Canada in Canada's crack cavalry 18, A A rr AA JOINT NOTE BY ALLIES An Answer To United States And | Sweden. BRITISH GOVERNMENT | SEAN Ap . PE i, oa TO DEAL FIRMLY WITH THE | UNITED STATES In Answering Its Latest Protest Against British Trade Regulations --Allies to Show Unified Putpose, tSpecial to the Whig) London, "Jén. 27.--A joint note note signed by all the Allies answer- ing the latest protests from the Unit- ed States and Sweden and setting forth the Allies" position toward neutral trade for the peried of the war is in contemplation, it was learned to-day By uniting all the Entente Powers in a single declaration af policy; the Allied diplomats plagfo make an im- pressive showing of unified purpose that 'will influence all action by neu- trals > The English press mously applauded tion from the Government that. it intends to deal firmly with the United States in answering the lat- to-day wunani- the plain intima- est protest against British trade reg- | ulations. Appeals In Armenians' Behalf London, Jan. 27, formerly British ambassador Washington asked the government of the United States to take steps to send relief to the Armenians, who he states have been driven by the Turks into the deserts of Syria and Mesopotamia By Prof. H. I. Coleman. . Edue There are, | think * Young or middle-aged. shou time ¢ nol an abstraction: pur'safety: ils victory in the sable condition of all those most worth while in life, The seep count mostin th ries?" The dul for soldiers To make up the which Canada is in honour The third question is. make enlistment dare | refuse?" to my loved nes. v who thinks at all, da among those who in the day It is not only ' Why Should A Man Enlist ? . three chief question? which ey- ery young man, and in fact The first is. "Is this my war?" - certainly be an emphatic "Yes!" 'it is you and I and' all the rest of us. Its word of honour is our wo rd of honour. ul is. "Where can | place myself so as to is, the greatest striiggle of all the centu- standing need at®he present moment is Canadian soldier fram the moment of his fighting the Empire's battles. for the confiderice of our leaders and and he is helping to demonstrate ity of our citizenship and the extent of oir resources. "If my present circumstances a possibility, and, therefore, a duty, When a prompt response means safety satisfaction to myself, and the of deliverance to millions of my fellow-men fr anny thexery thfeat of whic re I run the risk of being counted - rifice failed to meet the test? fhe ehavice of a lifetime, i chanee of a thousand years. -_ Bean of Queen's Faculty of ation. every eligible man, whether Id ask himself at the present The answer must The British Empire is Its safely is present crisis is an indispen - things which we feel fa be half-million of fighting men pledged to furnish. Every enlistment is he is helping to dustain of our men at the front. to the eyemy the qual- promise ; \ om a tyr' h is a nightmare to any fn of danger anol. call to sae- ! WORK. 3 Would Like to Give $1,000,000 to Belgian Commission. {Special to the Whig) New York, Jan. 27.--"[ am able to say without reserve that although I have had occasion in the past to in- spect many methods of public relief in various countries, .I have never before seen one that can compare in efficiency, thoroughness and wisdom with the system now being employs ed in Belgium through the combined efforts of the Belgian Relief Commis- sion and the Comite National," said William C. Edgar, on his return from Belgium. Mr. Edgar addy: "Furthermore, if 27. placed at my disposal for thé relief of the Belgians, 1 would not hesitate 'for a moment to put it at the com- mand of this organization, confident that it would employ it to the best advantage of the people, and that not a_dollar would be wasted or misap- plied." It is frankly stated that Mr. Ed gar went to Belgium skeptical of the efficiency with which relief was be- ing dispensed, but his own statement above is sufficient to show that he was convinced of the value of the work being done by the Relief Com mittee. PF VERY DANGEROUS IS THEIR POSITION. (Special to dhe Berlin. Jan. 27. Twenty thousand British troops defending the Ara- bian seaport of Aden qre- under heavy attack by a combined Arab and Turk- ish force, and in a danger- ous position, according to reports received here to- Whig.) A MINISTER HELPED MAN How Far Should Cabinet Mis- ster - Travel T0 HELP HIS FRIEND ISSUIl RAISED BY MR. LLOYD- GEORGE'S INTERVIEW, { Which Was HawkedAbout For Sale and Thus Cheapened the States. - man's Standing--A New Industrie al Britain is Being Developed. London, Jan. 27 All the London papers publish an. interview with David Lloyd George by Ivor Nichol- son, a young Welshman to whom, jaccording to current gossip in Fleet street, the Minister of Munitions wishes to do a good turn. Interest- ingvand somewhat novel questions in ministerial and journalistic ethics are raised by this interview, which has been offered to a number Of papers g£00d round sum, but was event- sold to each of them for , &8 Fhe Times is informed. The point chiefly debated is to what extent a Cabinet Minister is eutitled to go in. order to do a service to a jour- nalistic friend. It is not for a moment suggested that Mr. Lloyd George is in any way cotcerned with the financial consid- erations which affect the. disposal of the intervi He ix doubtless en- tirely ant of the manner in which the interview has been hawked about London. It js considered un- iortugate nevertheless, that a men 1p¥ing an office like Mr. Lloyd George should have aliowed" his good nature place him in a position Trade Balance for 1915 Was $1,772,- Where it can be said that a British . 000,000. Cabinet Minister's words are being Washington, Jan. 27 offered the highest bidder. In exports increased 70 per cent. in) PO!ut Of Iact, there is little worth 915, a ud reached a total of $3. While in the interview. It ih much 000,000, breaking all previous More Nicholson than Lloyd George. records » I'he latter slates a few generalities Figures to-day by the Department Which are common knowledge. Per- of Commerce show that heavy ex- [aps the most interestimg observation ports and declining imports together Made is contained in the following set a new American trade balance re- lines . . cord at $1,772,000,000 Imports 'A uew Britain is being develop- were the smallest since 1912 The €d---a new industrial Britain. Un- country's 'total foreign trade---ex- der the great pressure of the war we ports and imposts---passed the five @re increasing and improving and billion dollar mark during the year, 9Wickening our industrial resources each mont} showing heavier exports {0 an extent which would have been until December's reached $350,000,- upossible but for the demands of he tr 38. 0f close to! th's conflict. "Let me give you Just... five times One example, remarked the Munit~ greater than in 1914, when it stop- ions Minister. 'In the first place, we ped at $324,000,000. have introduced scores of millions Exports have grown steadily and worth of automatic machinery which rapidly for the last four years, the Will have an enormous effect upon European war checking outgoing our industries when the war is over. shipments only for a brief time. The In addition 'to that we are adding to figures show that the war not only our already great industrial army of cut imports but changed their char- skilled workers, and we shall need acter as well. Seventy-two per thém all in the future to repair the day. ------------------' U. 8. EXPORTS NEW RECORD, 01 to American id two billion dollars was Viscount Bryce, | at! \ it is the cent. of last Decémber's imports were {duty free, against sixty per cent. free fore, so far fron | the previous December. tributed to the British. blockade, which has cut off highly: dutiable manufagtured products from Central Europe, This is at- SEPP TLPVTPPPP LES PT PPE PE * + +> + * + * * * aR CAL, IT DANGEROUS. 4 ' " (Special tothe Whig.) Bristol, Eng., Jan. 27 Res olutions . opposing conscription in any form were adopted by an overwhelming majority at to-day's session of the National Labor Conferepce of delegates representing more than two mil- lion workers. The resolutions declared compulsory military service 'o be contrary to the oa spirit, of British democracy and 4 full of danger to the liberties 4 of the British people * * PREEEEPPR EPP LEP CRIES PD FIND CURE FC * < * * PEPE B PIB RB r rr +h CHOLERA. Thre: French Physicians Have Prov. en Serum. Cures, Paris, Jan. 27.--A cure for chol- era, the deadliest scourge known to science, lias been discovered by three French physicians attached to the Tunis branch of the Pasteur Insti- tute, according to information given out here to-day ' [). The three scientists, Dr. Nicoile, Dr. Conor and Dr. Conseil, risked their lives daring their experiments ! by inoculating themselves with chol- era germs./ 4: The newly Siscavery then administered, an the doctors recovered. Serum was all three of FIFTY-SEVENTH BIRTHDAY. It #5 Said Kaiser's Health Is Fully : Restored, (Special to the Whig.) Berlin, Jao. 27.--Kairer Wilhelm celebrated his fifty-seventh birthday to-day in the field with his troops ! i At the Kaiser's request the elaborafe | celebfation of the years preceeding | the war were not duplicated to-day The Kaiser has now. completely i recovered irom his recent illness, ac- | cording to reports received here Toronto's gross delit is now $94. [411,919 fl | Funeral ravages of war. This country, therc-_ 1 'being impoverish- ed. will be richer in everything that constitutes real and true wealth. We shall be better organized, better equipped, betler trained, and, what is more important, perhaps a better disciplined nation. In fact, we shall indeéd be a nation and not a con geries of conflicting interests.' Lots Of Money In Toronto: (Special to the Whig.) Toronto, Jan. 27.---One and. a half millions has been raised for the pa- triotic_ fund here-in two days. The full two millions is expected by to night. DAILY MEMORANDUM Civic Finance, § pm Frederick Palmer's Grand. 8.15 See top of page 3, right hand corner, » for probabilities Ameston Lodge, No meets to-night, 8 o'clock. a Nm ay BORN. in Kingston to Mr. -and 165 Alfred war lecture, 81, AQOLUW HOPKINSON 4 27th, 191%, Hopkinson daughter. | on Jan. Mrs. W. E Sireel, a MARRIED. ANGLIN-KENT-{In St. George's Cato dray! on Thursday, Jan. 27th, 1916, by the Very 'Rev. Dean Starr, M.A, DI, Doris Isabel, seepnd daughter of Lieut.-Colunel anf Mrs. R. E. Kent, Somersby House," King- ston, to Lieut. Douglas Gould Ang=~ Hin. 46th "Queen's" Battery, CEJ. RKS:-DEWEY-On Wednesday, Jan. 28th; wt 11 o'clock, by the Rev. Canon Flugergld, 'Marion, only AMaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willlam A. Dewey, and Lieut R. Leslie Sparks, Depot tegiment, CMR. sof of Dr. and Mrs RE. Sparks, Iohnson street ~------ DIED. {HUF FMAN--AL Toronto, on Jan. 7th, 1916, Lena Myrtle Switzer, be- loved wife of Robert W. Huffman, aged twenty-three. years, alne months and seven days = PERRY «At the (Kingston General Hospital, on Thursday morning, Jay th, 1916, Elen Jane Percy, beloved wife of the late Willlam Perry > es Fgoeral (Privaie). from the residence of her son-in-law, I: A Newman, Saturday at 11 o'clock. FLYNN-In igston, at Hotel Dieu, on Jan. 27ih, 1916, Mary Flynn wife of the late John Fiyon ol Portsmouth Funeral from her son's residence, 243 Harrie. street, to 8. Mary's Cathe- dral. Saturday, at § a.m. uw requiem mass will be sung for the é Tepose of her soul » i "rlends and acquaintances respectful. ly invited tb attend ? Connecticut. N. Y. and Pieton, Ont, papers please copy. (SMITH---It Sunbury, on Jan' Charles Smith, In his $91h from his son's reside i nelious Smith. Sunbiry. {Funeral notice later, SPA orning, th, 1918, fr Cor