now Fork oriurup, Manager, ean R* Northons, Tiaoune 2s. 'HOPING FOR AN ESCAPE, The London Free Préss anmoun- ces that the Liberals "at Ottawa, having exploited the shells scandals, are now eager to end the session and leave for home. This is surely news. The members of the opposition have only fairly begun the work of the session. They havg.adked for in- formation and dave not received it, and they have moved. resolutions, the discussion of which has reveal "ed the serious weaknesses of the gov- ernment, * Fr The Free Press says the country has not taken much stock in the charges against the shells commit- tee. Which shows low inaccurately our contemporary has measured pub- lic opinion upon the subject, The liberals have asked for an investiga- tion into many ugly scandals, They have been restricted by the govern- ment as much as possible, but they have the acts; are spreadin & them on Hansard, are circulating "them through the press, and even the con- servatives have had to admit that the outlook for the party is very d, The committees of the Commons are still in session, and, if the _wit- nesses can be induced to remain in the country and tell what they know in place of suddenly disappearing, like Col. J. Wesley Allison, the re- sults will be far-reaching. The government has been most reckless and incompetent, and guilty of in- iquities that must bury the Ambitious if not the eareers of many members of parliament. Liberals wanting , to 'go home ? That is not the infermation which comes from Oftawa. The men who want an adjournment, as soon as the estimates 'are passed, who are wor ried over ea¢li" day's rovelations, are not the liberals, but the members of the government and its followers in 1 how an order for $300,000 came to be award- ed to the Sheet Metal Produce Com- pany, of Canada, of which he is the int and manager, Mr. Carvell called attention to bis good fortune Kemp was one of them, He was called to a very respon- "gible office sofe time after the war had broken out, and after the Mili- : 'become over- discuss thé prohibition question. The | meeting was held behind closed and tiled doors. The tem | fsters. They filled the premier's of- fice, the lobbies, and flowed out into the open spaces in front of 'the par- Hament buildings. The Licensed Victuallers may have felt that they were entitled to spe- cial attention. They had bled free- ly for the conservative party in the last election. 'They had to fight the close-the-bar party with all the pow- er and money they could command. They had a plea to offer, and the government set a time in which its members could hear the story. The Licensed Victuallers had a number of requests which the gov- ernment will no doubt éonsider. They included a referendum after the War; i as to the time the prohibition measure would go into effect; the suggested sale of beer and wine by the hotels, with permission to the shops to sell spirits as at pres- ent; a referendum, in any case, to annul the effects of all eption votes; the cancellation of the percentage on bar receipts, now collected by the province; and: compensation for the loss of business and capital. The promise of the premier and his friend Hanna has not been announc- ed. The attitude of the premier has been indicated by recent reports. Hop. Mr. Hearst 1s for prohibition without any entanglements or com- promises, and the government will [80 With him as a matter of form. The trade has no hope of a change in its favor. The trafic must go, and there will be a noise in co: dence which will be heard all over the pro- vince. Ais , A APPEAL TO THE INOR. The federal government. will be forced to order: aft enquiry: into the shell business by a judicial commis- sion 'or he under 'the imputation of having "shirked" it, LOPE the re- sults. When Mr. Meighen, the offi- cial or legal apologist of the govern- ment; admits that in connection with the contract there has been "unwise and improvident expenditures," it can be taken for granted that a probe, vigorously applied, and by an unsparing hand, would lay bare a malodorous mess. : Dr. Pugsley presented a resolution in the Commons on Monday which the premier practically invited. Mr. Carvell scored the Minister of Mili- tia and the shell committee, 'and gave the proofs of a familiarity with inside affairs which was simply sur- prising. He was as apt at guota- tions as if he were the official custo- dian of the public records. He was candid and clear in his charges, and made the members of the govern- ment wince. Still, according to Sir Robert Borden, Mr. Carvell was not specific or direct enough. So he de- clined to grant an investigation. Dr. Pugsley, in precise and legal form, presented the CarVell charges afresh and associated with them the Minis- ter of Militia, 0 organized the shell commit and who was ac- quainted with its work, and also his associates in the 'ministry, from the premier down, because they were conscious of what was going . on. These associates were inclined to let the Minister of Militia get a hammer- ing--the 'harder the better--ang' to let the matter go with fhat, den ig all responsibility. The contracts were for the imperial government, they averred. So they were. But Sir Thomas White, not so lof ago, admitted that Canada was pa its] share of the expenditure, the amount to be adjusted after the war, Meanwhile tire charge 18 that the Wastefulness of the gp ent through its favoritism' an aw arding. shell committee, amoun to: $80,- 000,0000. Let Sir Borden refuse the enquiry into, th¥ charges, 8s at present formulated, and public opinion will pass upon the act and in condemnation of the government. In Manitoba the Roblin government refused an eng to the scandals | which later pi ho it and » | drove it out of office in disgraée. The' leutenant-governor forced the judi- helal examination. The. liberals in Ottawa may be forced to lay their case before the governor-general for his Sonsideration. ! Tho Ontario or roearns Fos the | be enough of the 'precious combina- . | they cannot be put off. tion found to identify it. The liberals at Ottawa are acting like the mén from Missouri. They are demanding a show-down. And Nemesis is on the track of the Minfster of Mili- tia and his friends on the shell com- mittee. meet the demand (of the liberals for an enquiry into the shell business, on the ground that the liberals do not really want it. If there is nothing to conceal why is this enquiry not granted? ---------------- : In Peterboro and Windsor there has been a cutting down of eivic sal- aries, In Windsor several offices have been merged and the occupants of these have taken upon themselves double duties. In some places--not in Kingston, however--the fact is appreciated that a great war is on. The essence of the charges which have been preferred against the fed- eeal government, especially against the Minister of Militia, is admitted by their apologist, Mr. Meighen. He says that the shell committee made "unwise and improvident expendi- tures." Still a look into the con- tracts is denied by the government. Mr. Meighen says the members of the opposition inthe Commons afe not in earnest. . 'They do not want an investigation, he says, into the shell contracts. ' They certainly have asked for it?! nay, more, they have demanded it 'Dr. Pugsley has staked His seat and reputation upon the result. * That is not the act of a Joker. A lB SA i -- | PUBLIC OPINION | Optimistic As Usual, (Calgary News-Telegrani.) This snow means another two or three hundred thousand bushels of grain this year, so quit your kick- ing. . A Philosopher. (Winnipeg Tribune.) it's a funny old world that we're Nving in. Dancing and bridging for war at home; while our boys are shooting and dying at the front. Forced On Us. (Toronto Star.) About 730,000 square miles in Af- rica have passed from German to British control. Wa really did not need this, but the Germans have forced it on us. Should Hush Up. 2 (Radlilton Speetator) : -------- The federal government refuses to] to Lis it because the Emglish pay is great- } Even if Hon. Mr.. Crothers has a doubt as to the outcome of the pres- | ent war, he should keep his opinion | to himself. Canada does mot ex-| pect to find "cold feet" among its | public men, ' What We Missed. i (Ottawa Citizen.) i The fact that some Canadian firm | had placed an order for a hundred | thousand Union Jacks in the United -- in States some months ago proved how | = close. we were t0 a general election last year. ------ -- "A Hard Ouestion. (Montreal Star.) - Alphonse Verville, M. P., wants to know why Jack Read, of Calgary, was given fifteen months in prison for sedition and Armand Lavergne, of Quebec, 'was allowed to go unpun- ished. The Government may have thought that somebody might listen eee 'Not a New Idea. 2 (Brantford Expositor.) The Hamilton Herald asks if the liguor traffic is to be suppressed cause it is a luxury which can be dispensed with, why not get rid of tea, coffee, theatres, 'moving picture 'shows, jewellery, candies, cigars and tobacco, which are also luxuries? There is nothing new in this line of argument; the only novel thing about it is that it should be ad- vanced, with apparent sincerity, in the year A. D. 1916. - & The Coundil of Queen's University selected Judge McDonald, Broock- ville, to be & member of the Board of Trustees for five years. The annual report of Dr. C. K. Clark, of Rockwood Hospital, show$ that grippe played an important part in swelling the death list at that institution, . Folger Bros. expect to have the steamer Pierrepont running to the island jn less than three weeks. The Cadets of the Royal Military College were given target practice to-day with nine pounders. The target was set in the ice towards Wolfe Island. , When Do R. M. C. Men Go? Canadian Courier. We venture a question: The report of the commandant of the Royal Military College at Kingston for the college year 1914-15 shows that thir- ty-three "gentlemen cadets" have been recommended for special war commisisons. Of these ten are named for the Canadian Permanent Force, five for the Overseas Contin- gent, and eighteen for the Imperial Army. The grand total of commis- sions taken py-RpM. C. men August, TOO an, 1915, 152. Of these 68 entered the Im- perial Army, 40 the Canadian Perma- nent Force, and 44 our Overseas Forces. R. M.0!'s a splendid in- stitution, but there must be a mis- iake in the report, else why do only five Canadian graduates of a Cana- dian school join the numbers of offi- cers for the Canadian fighting forces yverseas? Why do eighteen go into the Imperial Army and a total of only fifteen take up the Canadian Army careers. they have:been trained for? er? Or can it possibly be a reluc- tahce to officer colonial. troops? We observe that the R. M. C.«%0st Our country a sum of money. No one begrudges it if the fine teachings of the school are to be allowed to spread among Canadians, . leavening the mass. But if we support only a school of snobbery, a school that makes young men seek careers in English 'rather than Canadian ser- vice--it is time the saurce of that snobbery in the school be removed. r RANDOM REELS "Of Shoes und Ships, and Sealing, Wax, of Czbbages and Kings" THE DIRECT PRIMARY. The direct primary is a recent in- vention which makes one man's vote as good as another, It-has. also raised the price of votes in some states to a point where it costs more to run for Congress than it did to run a ball team in the Federal ue. Before the direct primary came into being, politics in this country were conducted by caucus or town meeting method, by which four men in each township decided who should be elected. This was an ideal ar- rangement, and a deadly blow at the perpetuity of our institutions was struck when it was laid low. Some of the greatest men we have ever had were elected to office with the aid of the township caucus, and yet it was ruthlessly side-tracked in fa- vor of the direct primary. All those who have noticed that the mental ca- libre of American office-holders has been raised over 2 per cent. by the direct primary will please hold up their right hands. 'The primary was brought out by a reform politician who, had never been able to secure a lbok-in at a caucus, as he Waa too well known by the neighbors, ry elections are usually held in the spring of the +year, when the farmer is riding o'er the landscape on a corn-planter and is unable to attend. This allows the large cities to nominate all of the officers, and in the fall the farmer is permitted to vote for them or stay at home and commune with the me- chauleal corn-husker. The direct primary has done away entirely with the old-style political boss with the red neck, who has been supplanted by a select circle of politi- cal leaders. These leaders get t er before the prima the candidates, so that will have nothing tg. be readily apbarenf to any man of unprejudicated view who has never run for office on an pendent tic- ket. The direct primary ballott is an imitation of a Chinese laundry ticket, which is voted with both eyes shut, As the names of the candidates ar pear on the ballot in alph: cal or- der, it is worth moré to a-candidate to be born with a capital A at the! head of his name than to own four or five daily newspapers. We would all think more of the direct primary if so much of it was pot directed by the present incum- and Death, Licensed Victuallers a private inter- view, and engages In a heart to heart talk with them. And "pals" in an election' must be showrbspecial sideration, _ grist-work now. where once the shepherds used to bask, to see t kings and kindred fakers have room to do their but- And Death demands the ox and charger, which used to draw the loaded wain, and everything make larger his crimson tally of the slain, cher's task. Where once the 2 0. your divers gods t an end to crazy FIGHTING AND FARMING Since winter on its way is faring, and spring is in again, old Europe's hosts are now preparing to slay about a million men. Great husky youths who / should be seeding the fertile fields to wheat and oats, will spend the springtime scrapping, bleeding, iftent on cuttiig strangers' throats. 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