i G. Ellott ... - A. Gulla Whe AN A ---------- I] il | i TE jl r Published Dally snd Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO, LIMITED, «a+. President Managing Director Sec.-Treas. 243 292 t o ge Year, oy mail to rural Year, to United States .... (Semi-Weekiy Edition) year, by mail, cash ........, ® year, If not pald In advance Fear, to United States ...... #1x and three months pro rate. Attached best is one of the Job [ ;, PEACE IN THE FALL. {| - Mr. Palmer, the war correspond- | f ant, while in Kingston, + expressed | himself to the Whig as quite optimjs- | | tie with regard to the outcome of | {the war. He said he had beer-too | {busy to write for the press all he! { had to say upon the subject, but he | i had penned several articles for the | | magazines and newspapers, and one! { of these articles' went to Collier's | | Weekly. fu jt he intimated that | | Germany would be beaten by Novem- jber, 1016. The great battles, the | i real tests of supremacy, would take | place in the last three months of the | year, and though German territory | might hot be seriously invaded the i Empire would admit that it was | beaten and her war lords would sue { for peace. It will, ne doubt, be the aim of! | Germany to deceive the Allies as far | {and as long as possible, to keep from | them the evidence of her weakness, ! ana it might be her aim, as it was! Japan's In the war with China, to prolong the struggle in the hope that the Allies will seek the peace. Ger- many lcoked for this peace in the { fall of 1915, and only heard the A}! | lies say, "We are going to let you staw for another year." Mr. Palm- er says that Germany has known since the beginning of the war-- since Britain took part in it--that she had undertaken a losing con | tract, Her plan was to whip! France and Russia, her highly- by Ant! v oe at ng offices In Canada organized army, in a few rounds, and ee ete ten TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE ¥ 7 Smallplece ....32 Church #i U 8 REPHESENTATIVES York Office ........226 Fifth Ave Frank R Naorthr anager. Tribune Bldg Manager doa MYSTERY OF THE SEA. The fragmentary report from Nor- folk, Va., with regard to the liner Appam, whith had been captured by Germans in the most mysterious way, 16: { talk of the hour. By to-day a «1ligent report may be sent ofit, vorld will realize that the 'nh menace on the high seas is et over, Jan. 15th, or four days after liner left Daker, South Africa, for On +1 the winter will take her past the | tenth, the spring past the fifteenth, ! | ana in the nineteenth or twentieth | the end will come. | He referred to the fact that Ger- | many and Austria-Hungary may have 7,000,000 men in the spring, but the Allies\will have 10,000,000 | and an equipment in artillery and | munitions such as the world has ne- | ver seen. "Germany," he writes, {in the position of a man who strikes { out for want of air, for "want of room, 'He lunges this way and that | with the eraving for breath for his { lungs and space for his limbs. He | pushes the wall back a little but it is i 5till there, dashing his blood "is own & blessing to thousands of families Who will never save voluntarily. Machine Gun Muddle. i Hamilton Times) { The County Council wants to get back the $11,000 it subscribed to the machine gun fund. But the Government is not likely to give ity up. This Is another result of the machine gun muddle. * Way Of The Bigot. (Ottawa Jo 1)» Armand Lavergne says he prefers German civ'lization to British liberty | as we have it in Canada Why, of ! coukse. - Any bigot who can't get | his way beeause he lives in a free! country is bound to admire the Ger- man style, - » i A Hard Question, (Prince Arthur Chrounl Somebody in the House » les) should | ask fam Hughes why he continues to appoint to the command of over-| goas battalions civilians who have! never donned a uniform, At is un-| fair to militia officers; unfair to of- ficers in the trenches. . : Old Flag Safe, (Toronte Globe) Toronto is all right The sight of 2G0%of the leaders in the business life of the city marching up Youge street behind a band wagon after the completion of the Patriotic Fund campaign last night was inspiring. such men "will never let the old flag fall." | KINGSTON EVENTS | i 26 YEARS AGO The ice in Cataraqui Creek is two! feet thick The new Grand Trunk bridge at Kingston Mills#was open for traffic to-day for the first time. Rev, D. McCormick has acce pted a | call to the pastorate of Bethel Con- gregational Church. The fine organ| in Sydenham Street Church was used to-day for the first time. Mr. Wads- | worth presided at it Some Land Value Assessments { Toronto Globe | | The report of Jan¥es Forman, As-| {sessment Commissioner of Toronto, | dealinz with the figures for the year 1915-16, gives the following compar- | iso! between land values in Toron-| to and in the other cities of the! | land values in ous.' If there is truth in the theory: that land values jin large cities grow more rapidly than population, then! Ottawa is either over-assessed or the Toronto are much greater than those shown on the as- sessment roll. as LIBERAL PRESS. , -- Excusing Wrong Deing. London Advertise As to Mr. Burreli's Mr. Carvel} -- hay 'under simi charges against | that the latter bought | lar conditions during | «the South Affican war --- thesd are | i chestnuts for Mr. Carvell to pull out | of the fire. It ig striking, however, | that Mr. Carvel] did not find the threat of exposure (which obvi must have been used by Mr. Butrell, | if he had horrifying to close his Mouth. stead, Mr. Carvel] ins ing the country the facts -- facts which Mr. Burrell had clinched as a carpenter clinches nails. The min- ister has certainly given the country no reason why this scandalous rake- | oft should he withheld from the country He evidently proceeds on! the theory that what can't be seen | ed upon tell-! i sly ' §i "the goods") sufficiently | ff In- § - Limited We Sell Only First Quality Shoes | keeps his feet and) his powder dry is able to shoot or doesn't exist, no matter how bad the | | | odor, ¥ ENGLISH PRESS. French Critic Of English. rman 'We have ceased to have the same | blind admiration for everything Eng- | lish which we had before the war Before the war we had an instine- tive admiration for everything Eng- Ish; but we really did not like the English Not knowing them, we , thought them over bearing, selfish} Now we have discovered all thir! splendid moral qualities, But, at the same time, we have ceased. to | have the same blind admiration for | their strength We have discov-| ered that, after all, they aro no| stronger than we ase, that they are as capable as ourselves of making | appalling failures; and it is those | very failures and weaknesses which | are proving a firm hwman bond be- tween the two nations." CONSERVATIVE PRESS. Law Of Compensation. Montreal Gazette Provision is made in one of the Three Rivers bills for eompensating | the license "holders whése business | will be closed by the going into force | of the prohibitory by-law, The fun as the occa- sion demands. You can't limp up to the breastworks of big business and demand what's coming to you--vou've got tc y march up holdly as if you<helonged., A volunteer finds excuses for shabby Shoes, but the regular must be ready to stand inspe time; hip ! hip! Forward marvel. setion. Don't mark See Our Military Shoes at $3.00. Military Shoes, $4 -- Military Shoes, $5 Military Rubber Boots Military ph} We are Sole Agents in Kingston for the Celebrated 'Just Shoes," the Best $5.00. Shoe in the Market. coc Military Shoes, $5.50 Raincoats Wright English Models -- Button, Blucher and Bals; Tan, Black and Patents. See Bibbys Special $4.00 Street Shoe. | Province has recognized the Justice 1 Yor | of such a proposal in the general law but there is another be- : £0 | when for the public good license are | 4 5 cancelled. It may not be prattic-! Cities Capita. | able, though, @, she was attacked by an UB-| hack in his face. He breaks through Province essel, but evidently German | | one door, 'wuership and command, The | 11's captain and crew had to sur. | yond. The mental strain of such a . oa fierce: Sombat Shel battle is as severe as the physical, | rded by the enémy as pirate) Next Summer, i Russia Toles back | i used to ticard the So I and Turkey and Bulgariasare raided Her arinambat' failed to] tamed, the walls will fal in on Ger- operate, strangely, at a crucial Hine, | HADY: 1 ia 3 hopeful Picture om Many English- prisoners are refer- | one who Spea Pol auth > > % I red to. These must have constitut-| Tans. np Me. . aren A> ed the passengers on the boat, and | Br y is) a tka they were put in confinement as the wounds well, and Would Ss 4 better way of guarding against their | which there 18 ho bossibjlity--- 0. de: interforence. | ceive the Allies into a eempromise. What is to be the result of this new naval experience? The liner] must be interned. The passengers | must be released. The experience | joq.y through which they passed may oily Hamilton $344.75 ! to apply the rule in 7 Ottawa i mugiicipalities. If it showld be! 9 done the wave of prohibitory enact- | London Brantford pl ment might sustain a check. Mu- ' | nicipal voters in the general run of In the Comb, 25¢ per large section, Windsor "$30 255.94! cases do not like that w hich increas- Extracted: Kingston _ Bertin 4,679,499 242.88) ° their taxes. be 8t | rofeofrofoeadertesdodeode diode odode dodo soe donte defeats : In glasses ........17¢c & 20c| nart sealers ..........50¢! 121b.tins .......... .85¢ Jb. tins ..............70c 10 1b, tins .........7 $1.30] Also in 30 and 60 1b. tins. : Jas. Redden &' Co. © Thomas (1915) Guelph. Belleville (1915) Owen Sound Brockville "The Military Shoe Store Can Supply You 3.37 3,914,150 : 168. 9 7Q Q » + =758,306 WAR BULLETINS, \ 9 97 87 30.020 18% 8 + Roumania and Greece are ne- 2 57 164.27 * gotiating to join the Allies | Galt. ...... 1,634,645 137.92 + agains Bulgaria, i i t 292,449.38 330.68 : on ! EDITORIAL NOTES. 1 eros a rae a * Zeppelins dropped hombs on With Mr. Roosevelt in the Pregi-| Jydow per capita, while that of Winds * Salonika, but little damage was of the United States. thére sor seems to be abnormally high for done would sasely be something doing. Q 2 5 a city of its size. Ottawa with a population of 100,163--just a few in! , i * Large Turkish stores were time be forgotten. -- But there is something about the The' Norris Government of Mani- case that willsgtir the Admiralty. ¥1t|toba is being advertised as a Govern- is-the existence and work of a Ger-|ment that keeps its word with the man craft which is at large bont Hpon { péople. No goverament could have the "destruction of British traders. | a bigher ambition. Sooner or later she must be Tun dow aca) Ree re and put out of commission. Mort Five Rundred Germans in ; while, she has been credited with | Ont toast the Kaiser aid the Rai sinking other ships, several of them, 2%" § cause daily, 3t that is all they and she will continue her destructive | do Uatiada ean Stand. It, but the ve work until Britain's fast cruisers | Pundred will need watching. complete the task that will he assign- | od to them, i The young bucks of Berlin, Ont. are lighting out for Buffalo, N.Y., and 7 other neutral points, in order to avoid military service in {he interest of Canada One knows where they | stand ------------ FAXING THE SLACKERS, Harry Lauder, who spent months among the soldiery at front, singing to them as only can, writes to the press, and 50THe the he | Mr. Sinclair, M.P., eals the asks | ers vermin, and no one seems to get what we can do to make the troops mad. A man with his hand in (RQ more comfortable. "Let us," he an-| treasury cliest does not mind what swers, "give all we can. Let us ! the people call him so long as he gets write as often ax we can Let us| the coin. play our part. Lot us have a united | success, and, when the war is over, | : we will waké up to more grand ang] "éCrUiters with the names 01 the glorious things." | slackers; and at the rate of three There is something in this thought hundred a day. Here is a form of that is inspiring. "The men at the | FeElstration Which: is most effective, front are fighting for those who are! nd it can be used anywhere. at home. And the slackers--ihe men | Braft- Betas In Hamilton the women supply the Mr. Roosevelt refers to President | ; Berlin, 'the patent hundred less thaw that of Hanfdlton --has a long assessment only $73 per head less than that of Toronto, which Pe # captured by (Russian troops in #% % the Erzerum district, * * +> stesfudesfosgeotesionfostioedeodedeofoeodeste deeded dint dodo oe "Ot Shoes and Ships, and Sealln RANDOM REELS & Was, of Cabbages and Kings." THE BLEPHANT, The elephant is a massive, flat- footed beast with a puncture-proof hide and a coarse, yawning complex- fon. Many attempts have been: made to refit the complexion of the ele- phant by applying cold cream and pigple eradicator, but without any ne whatever, Elephants do not gpow inthis ouutry to any extent, as the climate $ too severe, but are found in great abundance in the heart of Africa by daring 'hunters who have left their wives with ill-concealed relief to brave the dangers of the tropical for- est and the deadly rigors of the Con go flea. Elephant hunting is 'an ex citing pastime and frequently causes several deaths to occur far from home. It must be aid to go so far away in search of rest and quiet and then die with a low gurgle as the result of being stepped upon by the hind leg of an inflamed elephant. The elephant is a kind animal, and to the cage of the lioness and watclr the swift, nervous play of her back teeth than. to hang around the ele- phant and see him swallow long, curly strands of timothy day, The elephant is more intelligent than appears to be on the sur- face, being in this respect much like some of our greatest statesmen, A bright. thoughtfu] elephant can De trained to do nearly everything that man does except drink lemon ex-| tract and swear. When an elephant is taken hold of in childhood it can be taught the latest dance steps in a few weeks, which ought to bring the blu of shame to the cheeks of mid dle-anged husbands who refuse to learn ! In his wild 1 he state the elephant comes equipped with a pair of sharp, prying tusks. On being cap- tured, however, these are sawed off and converted into billiard balls, celluloid piano keys and mental machinery for ball players. The de- | Phones 20 and 990, GERMAN SUBMARINES TERRORIZE TURKS. Four of Them at the Golden Horn--Turks Not Trusted. Tan Rubber Boots Military Boots (Slater and Strathcona Boots London, Feb, The neutral cor- respondent 'of The « London Daily Mail, who dined with the Kaiser at Nish, says that at Vienna he was in- troduced to the German foreman er- ector of subinarines from Germany's shipyard at Kiel. The foreman told the correspondent that the German | submarines in the Sea of Marmora number six, They are of small type | were ca *d overland in paris, and pull-togeiher at Trieste® Phe cofres- pondent, who has a 'tually seen four of these submarines in the Golden Horn, says the so-c alled Turkish sub- marines do not exist They are German submarines flying the Ger- man naval flag. Therefore there is no truth in the suggestion that a Turkish submaring sank the Persia The correspondent Pays a tribute to the German officers he met at Con- Money things whieh are necessary \ my English Calf and Hogskin Leggings, elts, Polish, Viscol Qil eater ens 35:00 other makes) .... $6.00 a iiven sound 1.81900 Spurs, and many other to the Military Man, J.H.Sutherland & Bro. THE HQME OF GOOD SHOES, - REBELLION IN CHINA GROWS IN STRENGTH. American Gunboat Available For the Protection of Foreigners. stantinople He says they are 'the nearest approach to English gentle- | men that the Germans can produce. | It is beyond question true that the sinking of the Lusitania is horribly unpopular jin the German navy, though gloried in by the whole Ger-| man people, - course there is no help for it but t , ada. "and by trained 'and fitted men. who can enlist and serve and do not ~--~must be' made to realize that ir they will not do their part voluntari- ly they must in some 'way meet the requirements of the nation. It is theirs to enlist first, to don the form, to imbibe the spirit of a soldier, and to fit themselves for the strenu- ons time that will sooner or later come to them. If these men who can and wiil not answer the call of the colors--hav- ing neither family nor business ties that hold them af home, and from the gervice--persist in their present tax them, and heavily, for the sup- port of the army. The day of per- suasion is dver. ° The day of exac- tion has come, and the Federal Gov- ernment will be obliged to change its policy and imitate \the Mother Country in its methods of raising and thaintaining an army, dni . | how and then is all right. | Wilson a8 a Macawber, the man who { waits until something turns up! Mr. | Wilson is great on preparedness, but| shoulder, like the uneasy female he is not prepared: to tell the Gor-! lioness. Nobod} eyer saw an" ele- mans what he thinks of them. | phant reach out apd sink its [trunk fr i------------ | into an innocent by Fstander who had General Hutton, (of Canadian fame | brought Ss any Jwuity 10 Jie sir. and so popular with Major-General | people would rather. stand up close Hughes), thinks Lord Kitchener is too sanguine in supposing that Ger-| many caw be crushed in three years He looks for stupendous losses hy land and sea. 'A little pessimism! It acts as an antidote upon the excessive op- seldom strikes the first blow. It does net go around with a chip on its Pekin, Feb. 2.----The province | Kweichow ig in full rebellion. The! Governor wag forced to flee on Janu-| ary 16th, and communications have | country who could learn a useful les-| gun, not a powerful weapon, but|Peen interrupted. It is reported 4 son by observing the patience, indus- quite sufficient to instill teeror into | that Luchow and Tzohutsing "have! try and good nature of the elephant, | the inhabitant | been cafitured by the revolutionists, s of the city if requir pe 4 it they were not so busy trying tol ed, Ihe Germans know that el The American gunboat Monocacy is] run fifteen balls from the break. 1 wand for this machinery is so much greater than the supply that many players go withouf any, There are several men in the "The presence of Gefman submar ines at Constantinople ¥ not _alto- | | gether relished by the Turks" Each of thé-four submarines I saw has a {at Chungking, on the Yangtse Kiang, ! The difference between good coal and poor coal is the difference be- tween comfort and dis- comfort, ' _ Our Coal is | i} Yel a little fight left against Ger i i { im i in Turker eo Per at Get | about ninety miles to the north-east 3 Ye @ 3 "lof Luchow. Fhe commander has < timism of s€me people. | a -- . _ Pay, Pay, Pay. J f (David Lioyd-George). | Rut 1 We must pay the price of victory | SANTA Band childre many a littl spair. Every day brings its casualties at! the front. Every day sees the re-! Hrements on acount of ines and Injury of some df the flower of Can. ! Their places must be taken, In| additioli the army must be enlarged for the greater conquests that are to come, 1t is the side which is best manned and equipped that win win.| Canada must do her part. if we mean to get it. they homeward Cry of Enough. spoiled. Montreal Mail) i All-the noise made by Germany's | guns can't drown'out Turkey's cry of "Enough." . | their ChMstmas the hole by him, no doubt declare: e'en though a millionaire 3 » Compulsory Investment. { (London Advertiser.) Compulsory. investment of a por- tion of income in the war loan is talked of in Britain. It would prove a While Christmas shoppers, rank on rank, were! : thronging; to the stores, the burgh bank quite calmly closed "Perhaps," even years or so, the grin receivers will divide the | assets--I don't know:"" wept, their cheeks with tears were soiled, as wearily Then Henry "This will net do, I swow: the £0 to bed--they"ll have the money now !" rubbed his wondrous lam and bade the children's "A man may have a large white soul, | SOLID COMFORT COAL It is Screened carefully, lelivered promptly, and makes warm friends, CRAWFORD, Foot of Queen Street. * Phone?9, Tow they nb (oo. Tuell aminunition | notified Dr. PAul Samuel Reinsch, | » " ahbishenes > | the American Minister to China, that : . i i all is quief in {he neighborhood, and| . Making It All Right. that a zone hay been outlined with-| f Katherine and Margaret found | in which the Monocacy will project | themselves seated next to each oth- | foreigners who are threatened. 1 jer at a dinner-party, and immedia-| Twelve thousand soldiers from wed | Lely became confidential, | the province of Kweichow are report-| FRICK | "Molly told me that you told her | ed to be marching in company with $1 " that secret 1 told you not to tell! Yunnanese rp volutiontsts upon | her," whispered Margaret { Chungking, whire fighting is expect- N "Oh Mn't she a wean thing!" | ed to take place within a few weeks. | head push of a Pitts-| gasped Katherine. "Why, 1 told her == Use Of Drugs Diminishing, It has been stated thatthe expense | 5 doors. Some forty | n had their savings treasured there, | 6 girl and lad was filled with blac the urbane cashier eried: not to tell you!" ' | "Well," returned Margaret, y a ki told her I wouldn't tell you she toi 1 meso don't tell her I did." li for drugs at the Massachusetts Gen- {eral Hospital has been reduced" 50 per cent. in ten years--but the to/Mand fbr such non.secred, reliable ve foundered off Cape Race. remed'®s as Vinol is largely on the deqpi-g! i | € An- {7 \ | Christmas time was! her steamer was damaged. increase. Our local druggist, Geo. ! | { 1 The heartsick little children A Japanese vessel is believed crept--their Frick reared> up and said,! Fortune await the inventor of al W- Mahood, goes so-far agto guaran-| kids sha'n't weeping | Jitehost that will float on a sea of 'ee Vinol for weak, run-down condi- Aladdin | trouble, P. in smoky old Pittsgrad.! The man who -is unable noes decamp, and made| within his income has to 1 The children, rescued from! gut it. | tions, chronic coughs, coldg-and bron- to live| chitis, because one gets in Vinol 4 ive with- | cOmbingtion of the three most fan tu - { ous tonics, iron for the blood, the The' Japanese Foreign Ede It sometimes takes a big lot' of | healing medicinal extractives of fresh | gies the report from Berlin that Ia i patience to be a' ou a' brother's keeper | cod livers, and the nourishing pye- pah and England have sig a treaty SEE Digi Meiers, | glad ! 'The sulker is scarcely ever a desir- i perities of beef peptone, all in a deli- | recognizing to Japan superior rights able worker, ws Clous mative wine. in the Far East. -