SOME OTTAWA GLINPSES | Special Corresrondence by H. F. Gadsby. A Canadian Navy. : Ottama, March 25----Not being able to quote iting on on war topics, which n has been remarkably full ' Imperial Parliament, and having already used the stop- for-shame argument transactions of the Shell Committee, the vernment was fain to listen to a little heant-to-heart talk on the subject « a Canadian navy or the lack of it"since the. war began. - It all arose out of a motion by E. M. Macdonald, of Picton, who asked for a return showing the vessels now | on service under the provisions of the Canadian Naval Service Act, also & copy of all correspondence relating 3 the establishment of a Canadian aval Brigade. The Hon. J. D. Ha- zen, Minister of Marine and Fisher- les, who Is the Sir Joseph Porter of this struggle, because he sticks clfte to his desk, and never goes to sea by reason of having of pretending to | have no Canadian cruisers to go to | Sea in--the Hon. Mr. Hazen, as I said before, made the reply in chief but Mr. Macdonald, when all was said and done, gave himself his own best answer; . From his speech, and those of Dr. Pugsley, Mr. Carvell, Sir Robert Borden and others who participated in a lively debate, these facts are gathered as to the naval strength of Canada at the present time. To- begin with the ment which came into e stence un- ritish precedent, as inhibs| th Atlantic two short monihs ago. On ©. Pacific were the Algerine and Shearwater, two superannuated gun boats, since docked, and Sir Rich-| ard's justly celebrated submarines which dive like a cork and swim like | a stone, : But the Rainbow and the Niobe | those two sad reminders of the Lau- | rier nawy, which never was because | the Borden Government wouldn't get | it? What became of them? The! same thing happened to both--re. | venge. A Government that didn't! y naval recruiting done un- | der x Grit Naval Service Act soon | put the kibosh on a brace of Grit! battleships. After the men on the Rainbow and the Niobe were paid off | and encouraged to disperse and the British officers that had been bor- | rowed had been sent home the Rain. ! bow and the Niobe were tied up and | dismantled, the one in Esquimalt | harbor and the other in Halifax hat- bor, where they still remain. The | Rainbow has lived: up to her name-- she was seen nothing but peace since the war started. The Niobe stands | for tears an ow often she fuat | have wept at the humiliating posi- tion to which party politicians had | consigned her. She is younger than | forty-six vessels now on active ser- | vice in the British Navy, and of a similar size to eighty seven now fight i ing for the Empire but in apite of | that she is condemned ag unfit by an unfriendly Government and forced to der the Naval 'Service A is still alive but has a gr time on its hands. It ha al at its head and a cap! t of 1910 t deal of | admir- | to wear their blue and gold uniforms | to show that a war is on, but not to | spoil them by hard work. The uni-| forms are a guarantee of good faith, a sign that the Naval Department would work if it was let, otherwise they are for advertising purposes | omy. The Naval Department's main | work, the only work it had left after | our warships were tied up and strip | Ped, the work of recruiting for the British Navy, has been intermitied it not st entirely. At all events its for the Ralubow and Nizbe. have. been allowed to drif¢ away and until & few months ago no . mew recruiting was attempted and then only on the Pacific Coast. So far as Newfoundland and the Mari- time Provinces are concerned they | might as well have no sea-faring folk at all. . The Government cannot See them. Mr. Hazen says that the Dritish Navy doesn't need them and hasn't asked for them. | It is quite true that Australia, | New Zealand and South Africa are ! recruiting Naval Brigades for the Mother country without waiting to be asked, t the circumstances there are different. No doubt these | countries would have another story | to tell if they had a Nationalist-Con-{ servative Government, the latter half {ing rooms for land lubbers. féel worse than There she is tied ed built over her the Niobe, ft wick, the Cararvon, the Cornwall, | Whe Cumberland, the Essex, and the Suffolk are free to roam the seas, | guard the shores of Canada, escort the treops, police the ocean, and generally speaking do the work in Bavy she would be having a big share. It's bad enough to have the British Navy doing her work byt | too it fairly puts the Niobe's nose! out of ship gets for being linked up with | a political party that is net in power. * No chance! What's worse they have | taken her heart out of her so to speak, removed her boilers, pulled her funnels out by the roots, and stuffed her. bromical tubes with grease on the pretext that she had a cold in the head. Such is the disem- bowelled and languishing condition of Niobe which only goes to show how low party polities can bring one. Instead of doing stunts for Canada such as the Sydney and the Melbour- ne have been doing for Australia, de. Stroying Emdens and matters like that, the poor old Niobe is eating her head off at a wharf, with a kind of houde built on her deck with sleep- They which as a member of the Canadian | WI OUT. Talk it over with your HOME merchant. Get your heads together. when the Australian takes a hand {HABIT is hurting you BOTH. By killing this habit you benefit yourself, your the fo ARE YOU among the thousands of men and women who are CARRIED AWAY Se Soars. No Germ can possivie (DY the catalogue habit ? Is there anyone in 'YOUR immediate family circle who is to a dock and a! allowing this habit to Tun away with him ? If 80, there is work for YOU to do. This The * CARRIED AWAY ANGLIN, 8. & CO., Manufacturers of Fine Woodwork, Sash and Doors. L Shoe. ABRAMSON LOUIS, 836 Princess St. Clothing, KIRKPATRICK'S Gents' Furnishings, Men's and Ladies' tHstic Fram Boots and |ANGROVE BROS, 128 Clarence St, Automobiles and Supples. ASSELSTINE, J. §., D.0.S., 842 King ft., THE MAN you will eventually consult about your Eyes and - joint. That's what a baitle- | dren, your neighbors, your community. Spend your money at Home. mmunity Builder" idea 18 stalised and approved of by, lowing well-known and reputable. business. concerns: KINGSTON: Brick and Tile, 611 Division St. ing, 159 ' KINGSTON PAPER BOX CO. J. G. Brown, tor, King Street West. Manufacturers of solid and folding boxes. similar like the Ber-| HABIT started more than forty years ago. It is THIS same habit that has stunted the growth of thousands of communities, It has built up a few enormously large CITIES at the expense of YOUR town. DON'T allow a habit like this to run away th-YOU. Take the bit in your.OWN teeth. Investigate for YOURSELF. FIND That 2geded among others, 8 pie, BRIUK, & TILE CO. Manufacturers of ART STORE, for Pictures and Ar Princess Street. Proprie- KINGSTON ICE CO. LTD. Phone 1307. Pure Ice. KINGSTON HOSIERY OO., Manufacturers of high- grade "Imperial" Underwear and Hodlery. * The Stranger At Church The Stranger was in Kingston last: Sabbath, and like most good people he went to church morning and even- ing. In the morning he was direct- ed from his hotel to the Sydenham Street Methodist church where ohe of the old timers was preaching at the special anniversary services and he enjoyed the devotions very much, The Stranger is partial to the "old lads' of the ministry, preferring them to the younger fry, and Dr, Langford's sermon, delive in the good-old-fashioned way as to his liking. The old docto gripped the congregation by his opening prayer. It was good and long, but interest. ing. It was during this prayer that the doctor remarked that after many storms and tempests "the church bells still ring qut calling the people to worship." Before he concluded his petition he called. for the con- founding of our enemies and that i they might be made to bite the dust. x -- ¥ Se And Greater Production the Camadians. GOVERNMENT STARTING AN sAaiyn CAMPAIGN OF ADVERTISING. Through The Newspapers Of the Country--There Will Be No Dis. tinction Of Politics Made In Plac, ing Advertisements, Ottawa, March 25.--The Govern- { The Stranger observed a certain well- { known drummer look as if he would ilike to shout out "Amen!" ag the | old-timers used to do from their | knees, | The reference to church bells re- | called to the Stranger the night the | news came of the death of the late King Edward and when the Syden- | ham street Methodist church bell | "tolled" a requiem by clanging out | like a fire bell. However this parti- ! cular bell has a very mournful tone | and that somewhat relieved the sit- ! uation, While. Sydenham bell is mournful, the big bell in St. Mary's | tower when it tolls makes one think ! that the end of all things has come, for it was constructed to do a dirge i if ever a bell was. The bells in the | Seotch Kirk tower have no mourn- : ful tones. When they peel they dis- : play the qualities of the bagpipes, | for they certainly could play a skirl. "The congregation sat up and took notice when they learned that -the man preaching-to them was the son of a soldier and was in London in 1854 and saw the British soldiers leaving for the Crimea to fight the nation which is now our ally. The old doctor expounded -the scripture in a most interesting way. He made quite a hit when he dealt with the passage in the 23rd Psalm where it speaks of the Lord making us to lie"down in green pastures. He remarked that in some cases it was not necessary to "make" people lie down in green pastures; for some dynamite put under them to make them get up and do i | chil. something. The reference reminded | the Stranger of the Toronto preach- er who came down to Queen's some years ago and preached the gospel or rest. It was really a bad thing to ment is starting an extensive adver- | tising campaign for the promotion of { thrift and production in Canada. The | principle of saving and of thrift for | the individual, male and female, is | to be ineulcated through a series of newspaper "articles published | throughout Canada, with a view to putting the nation as a whole in a | better position to bear the stress of | War and to furnish the sinews of war | for the cause of the Allies. The principle of production of new | wealth from the land is to be simil- | arly inculcated, along the lines ado- | Pted last year, which tended to pro- | duce the record crops and which has | enabled Canada to do more than ever before towards furnishing food sup- plies for export for the benefit of the Allies, | A considerable sum of money has | been voted by the Cabinet Council { for the advertising campaign, which is to be conducted under the joint {auspices of the Departments of Ag- | riculture and Finance, The advertise- | rents will be placed with newspap- | ers throughout Canada, starting at once, through the King's Printer, who will furnish to each newspaper . the necessary material. The same system will be adopted as was adop- ted in advertising the domestic loan . of last autumn, and the Govern- ment's statesment in announcing the campaign is that there will be no distinction of politics made in plac- ing the advertisements direct with the newspapers rather than through any advertising agency. | The Man on Watch | fally in Coming 'out of the church when the service was ended, the Stranger noted that the discussion among the congregation did not appear to be on the fine discourse they had heard but upon everything else. It is seldom that one nowadays hears meubiers of & congregation discussing in sblemn tones the truth expounded by the minister. Many of them on this oc? casion made a bee line for the bulle- tin boards to read the latest war news, In the evening, the Stranger went up to the Scotch Kirk where he heard Prof. Law, a distinguished Knox College professor, preach upon The organization of the Kingston Women's Emergency corps is anoth- er nail in the Kaiser's coffin, And yet it took German kultur to | get prohibition of the liquor trafic | for Canada. The W, C. T. U. should { take note of this. i i | The Town Council would have to | perform the miracle of the loaves {and fishes to keep the tax rate at last | year's figure, | There can-be no reasonabla holler { about an increased tax rate with the | additional money going for war pur- call this particular form of disgrace | Eyeglasses. of which had to keep 'its promise to being a Fro ship. 8 . . the former half fot to do anything! Of course the debate touched on | BATEMAN, GEO. A., The Old Reliable Insurance serious in regard to Canadian naval | navai policy and though Prethier Office, For Fire, Life, Accident, Plate Glass In- defence, The fact seems to be that Borden had several chances to deny ' surance; toms Broker and Money to Loan, 67 the views of wisdom of Ecelesiastes | POSes. and St. Paul. The former told about | the things we should not do, while | St. Paul directed attention to the [0 Kingston market! LAIDLAW, JOHN & SON, Dry Goods, 172 oo : St. Phowue 397. So the huckers are again operating LABURNEY'S CARRIAGE WORKS, 390-302 Prin- Well, they can uto the Borden Government considers if% bad enough to have a Grit Naval Service Act, without doing any re- cruiting under it. In other words its love of the Mother country is such that it refuses to take advantage of any Liberal measures to help her. if the Laurier Naval policy had »een carried out there would now be on the seas. available for coast defence, the convoy of Canadian troops, and the work of patrolling the North Atlantic at least seven fast | cruisers with their auxiliaries, the | tenders for which were thrown in the | waste basket when the Borden Gov- ernment Magpied its contribution po- . liey on the 8dvice of Winston Chur- chill, who has since been responsible «1 -r ihe disasters at Antwerp and the Dardanelles. Mr, Churchill said that warships, torpedo boats and things like that couldn't be built in Canada, because we didn't have ship yards and giant cranes and other imple- ments of the higher civilization. Pre- mier Borden took him at his word. Since the war began, submarines Fave been built at Montreal good |. 'to cross the Atlantic under Te power, but Mr. Churchill is still in debate though with rity, 1 ny of seven fast SHisers and what did Cana their auxilianies, Sa Ganany © has now, for she ing. since except submarines rejected by © statesman, d McBride, for $1,150,000 which was $300,000 more tha price. Thesé two "& habit of choking & deep breath, they wallowed Jonah with- in the face, so they interned at Esquimalt where safe as long as they the water. Meanwhile of the Pacific Coast undertaken by a couple of Japan- of the two submarines has Canada in the way of war of her own? On the Halifax in January, 1916, Mr. Mac- found the Canada, a small vessel with two guns, the Grilse an attached vessel, the Stadacona and Hochelaga not war vessels at all, Sir John Eaton's | i ; $i : feast E hl fi Starling i ret; : Fach eo Margaret; 3 Sane seen the error of "thelr ways and had been converted. that his permanent policy could do anything else than Sir Wilfrid Laur- ler's he refrained from doing so. He still sticks to it however that the gency measure and that the Liberal party ought to have read between the lines and seen it. As subseqiient | events show, the Government believ- | tent that it stopr>d rec the navy, dismantled the Rainbow | and the Niobe, scorned to build any | ships under the Naval Service Act! Since the war began new light has 'been thrown on the emergency. As late as November 10th, 1914, Lloyd | George was saying broke out. we were on better terms | : with Genmany-than we have bees for noughts is nothing." | ithe Cabinet who thought war with Germany was a possibility under pre- sent conditions." Evidently Premier "Bordén knew more about it than the British Government. In regard to the emergency Car roll of Cape Breton pointed out two facts worth remembering. One was that the emergency in the North Sea is being taken care of in the propor- tion of three Allied ships to one Ger- man. Three Canadian Dreadnoughts 'would 'only crowd Shings there, but if half a dozen of the German ships broke through then the emergency would shift to the coast of Canada where it would be mighty handy to have a Canadian Navy. Mr. Carroll does not believe in putting all the eggs in one basket. . - Mr. Carroll's other emergency fact was that Great Britain was so little certain that ihe Getmay 'menace ay- lied particularly to her that ream x documents, White 'Books and such had been written since August, 1914, to prove to British people the world over that Britain was right in enter ing the war. At all events Germany was genuinely uiprised when Great Britain fitted the emergency. . Hence the straffing. --H. F. G. hi es wear hair that looks as 5 haa been nailed on by the car- penter. Many a man is honest because a good opportunity to be otherwise never knocked at his door. 4 There is quite so _monoto- nous as the smile that I'S. come off. Most druggists can ish a sub- Such was the Canadian navy on the ne stitute or something just as good, Clarence St. three dreadnoughts were an emer. | BRITISH waa. Jaa CARROLL, J. K., AGENCY. Real Estate and Insur ance, 56 Brock 24 In the emergency to cruiting far OLOW, DM. & SON, 471 Princess St., Carriages, Wag- BEST'S, the Popular Drug Store. King Street East, Printers, Embossers, etc. 'St. Phone 68. agents for International and Mec- Harness, Sormi ck Machinery Co. and Percival Plough and Stove Co. {and practically said "Three Dread- { COOKE, J. B. & BONS, Representing the Imperial Life ce Co. of Toronto, London Fire Assurance Co. and Globe Indemnity, Accident and Sickness, King St. Phone: Office, 503, and Res. 842. "When this war |QOLLEGE CROTHERS. MEADOW CREAM SODA BISCUITS. DOMINION TRXTILE OO. Manufacturers of Cottons, DAVIS DRY DOCK BOOK STORE, Stationery, Music and ho - x in |COLLIER'S TOGGERY SHOP, Opera House Block. Mifteen years. There was not a man ual Clg of Movor 00., Manufacturers Boats, Gas and Steam Engines. Phone 420, STORES. It for good things 2 8 EEA FENWICK, HENDRY & CO., 189 Ontario St., Whole- vor us with UR orders "1916, 'we will do our quality, service and prompt . Yi W. 1. & SON, 30 Brock St Phone 424.' \ HALLIDAY ELECTRIC CO. ! clans and 'Electrical C HALL, DAVID. Prompt attention ing 66 Brock Sc. Phases 335 4 Ever notice how many females of HARRISON, T. F. CO., Furniture, Carpets and. Lino- GRIMM, N. R., 102 Princess 'St.. Best Home Made 345 King St., Electrt- Contractors. : to all kinds Water Heat and 85¢ cess St., Carriage and Wagon Building, McKELVEY & BIRCH sell the Happy and general repairing of all kinds, LOCKETT SHOE STORE, Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Stit Princess St. : Cases, ete, 116 MANUFACTURERS' LIFE INSURANCE 00. M G Brock St. Johnston, district manager, 58 MULLEN, J. 'E., Monumental Works, cor. of Princess Cemeteries a and Clergy Sts. Lettering in % both views are all right, for the de- calogue contains "thou shalt nots." The preacher Was nearer to us to-day than ever before. In conversation with a kirk mem- ber, the Stranger was met with the suggestion that Chalmers and St. Andrew's should unite, now that the former was also soon to be left with- McBROOM, W. F., 42-44 Princess St, .. Wholesale and | out & minister. This kirk man would Retail Dealer in Flour, Feed and Grain. { McKAY, JOHN, LIMITED, "From Trapper to Wearer." McGOWAN, Peel, 5c. MCINTOSH BROS., cor. Princess and Welli Dry Goods, Fancy Goods, Ready-to-Wear, and Hosiery. Oi There are 4,500 of these in use McPARLAND, Retail Wines, Liquors, Cigars and McRAE, W. R. & 00. Golden Lion Grocery. Where 5 - value for your Dollar, "Lead. |she will use nothing else for her:it- | " you get extr, ers in Toa and Oe) / NEWMAN & SHAW; the Al Busy y Goods 260 a, 250 O'CONNOR'S LADIES' EXCLUSIVE Princess. Out of the high. rent PERCIVAL & GRANGER, Mtg. Co. All kinds of PETERS, WILLIAM P;, Wholesale and" in Flour, Feed, Seed Grain, Pr Straw, 117 Brock St, ROBERTSON, GEO. & SON, LIMITED. CHARM TEA. ? SAKELL, T., Best Ice Oream in ment Test. SARGENT, T. H., corner Princess and ' orner Fri SHOE otc. in Dealer | Brig and ~ REDDEN. JAS, & 00., Grocers, 176 Princess St. Montreal 149 Brock St, Murs. G. A.,, Oigar Manfg. Co. Mile, 10¢; Sts, Notions Thought Range. and about JAMES, 339 King St. Wholesale and Cigarettes. Local Agents MéOormick Biscuits and , Kingston by Govetn- Phone 41. build a big Presbyterian cathedral and have two ministers. It would cer- tainly be a good plan. --THE STRANGER. BABY'S OWN TABLETS GOOD AS GUARANTEED Mrs. L. Isbell, Kingston, Ont. writes: "I am using Baby's Own Tab- (lets and find them as good as adver- ised. They are certainly a wonder bell's testimony is 1tke that of thous- ands of other mothers. Once a mo- ther has used Baby's Own Tablets tle ones, The Tablets ar medicine dealers or by ma cents a box from The Dr. Medicine Co., Brockyille, On Capt. J, Lewis Wounded. Otiawa, March 25.--Capt. Jack Lewis of the Canadian E: sold by at 25 iliams' leg, according to a cable reeeived by his mother, Mrs. Travers Lewis, from ~General Rennie. Captain Lewis recently figured in despatches as hav- ing SApiniedowith s compaiion two German aviators who were forced descend 'behind the Canadian lines. The 'were unarmed at thé time but brought in their men to headquarters. - ; 4 . 0 ? t our Bid is too elaborate and more simplicity and should characterize our 'ce, were points made in the by W. F..Maclean (South , York,) 'when the resolution offered by the in the Pro- of Saskatchewan wag under ] jarat a | minister of justice providing tor ad- it. -- % a + has 'been severely 'wounded in the ! FE kind of life we should live. However, | D secured just as easy as other law | violators if the police are let loose uite a number of | UPon them, made it clear to the people that God | f here 1s not the ghost of a chan of the Kingston Ladies Curling Club following Toronto example and in- troducing cigarette smoking, 4 The Lampman hears that a couple of clergymen (not of Kingston of course, but not far from it) were raked over the coals for performing certain wedding ceremonies they should not have performed. Le After hearing more about Cousi- cilman Newman's daylight saving | scheme, the Lampman is Sonvinsed that some people in Kingston woul be on time if It was put into effect. With Prohibition in force, will cut the Court Ho fu] remedy for little ones." Mrs, Is. | 1 And what will thers be Kingston police.to do when the bars and liquor stores are closed