| able soldiers. | "wholly due to war: services," the most Iiberal application 'of its "| torma--anggests to OCabadian gov- ernment that it can afford to regard more Hberally its returned and incap- In Britain a sym- pathetic treatment is accorded to all men who ave invalided and the basis for action has been changed from to "aggravated by military service." Cages have been reported in BEng- jand where men were injured while in treining, and some of them wile playing leap-frog upon the parade "| ed to ali men who have bear found / a ; a seve ain y ers WARY Mark J M.P.P,, made a resolu- tion in the legislature on Monday in _ regard to the liquor traffic. He de- sired that those who lost their trade and living should be compensated. He could have stated his case in a milder way, but he was mad with the - leader of the opposition and with the leader of the government, Mr. Rowell, he said, was to blame for all the troubles of the "wetd." If it . had not been for him and the persist- _éncy with which he hammered the * business, there would have been none of the strife which is apparent in . certain circles to-day. The premier 'he called to account because he was eager to destroy the trade, with the loss of perhaps $500,000,000, while 'his government had been a partner and the participator in its pro- The premier made a dispas- n was limited; the, Was settled now; the liquor men's in. tment were not encouraged by the government; every license holder had privileges for a year only, and whatever he did, in'the way of spend: ing money, was his own business. 'This speech was endorsed by Mr. Rowell who accepted Mr. Irish's "geolding as a tribute and said that there was no warrant-for the demand for compensation, that it could not be acted upon. . The last hope of the trade is the people, and they will not take up the appeal for two or three years. : ud Is the Standard Oil | Company, through former or present business relationships, running the Ontario 'government and directing its provin- a railway policy? It looks that ---- i --c--"--- ATTITUDE OF THE COMMONS. The dominion government by a di- vision, which was generally on party lines, disapproved of the demand for prohibition in respect of the manu- facture and importation of liquor as well as the sale of it. The discussion was not of the warmest character. 'The premier, a couple of days previ- ously, had intimated that the govern- ment did not endorse the resolution. It simply called for legislation, and © it amounted to an expression of opin- fon in the house. - The premier's at- titude, however, made the issue a po- litical one. It was not subjeét to the influence of the whips, and four and six conservatives voted with the opposition. . , ; ~The government and its Supporters generally are committed to the Do- herty bill. It must now be pushed and adopted. It provides against the importation of liquor iuto any 'province which is under prohibition ' ¢ mea- suffering from diseases, though these were developed shortly after they entered the military service; and some payments have been made on ACCO uceidents which have re- suited" from the men's carelessness, This side of the case is being press- ed upon the government with great wrgency--that every man that breaks "down should be eligible for a pen- sion, This hag the merit of simplic- ity, but the government will have to consider the ultimate cost. Pensions in England are now be- ing paid for disability in thé war, amounting to £1,600,000 a year, and '| the estimate is' that on the present basis it will easily rise to £7,500,000; if the war lasts until 'March of 1917. Abo e-third of the men discharg- ed do not receive pensions. If all received granis the annual cost would now be £2,200,000, rising to £11,300,000 in March of 1917. Canada will have to put a more generous construction upon its de- crees, or the decrees must be so am- ended that a generous construction may be applied. Every. man who has served iw"the and suffered on account of it should be provided for in the same way. He should be educated for useful service, as the inyalided soldiers of France and Ger- many are being educated, and he ghould be given the work he can per- form. If unfit for any occupation at which he may earn a livelihood the should be paid a pension which ould be ample enough to meet all his necessities, The estimated revenue of British Columbia, for provincial purposes and for the current year, is $6,000, 000, and the estimated expenditure $11,000,000. Where is the $5,000,- 000 to come from? IMPOSING ON CANADA. The men who opposed the exporta- tion of Canadian nickel, or nickel matte during the war, or indeed at any time, have turned out to be the best friends of the country. Not that the federal government or 'its supporters can be accused of unfaith- fulness, because they did not see their way clear to guard against an experi- ence that has just been reported. There are only two nickel mines in the world. One is in New Caledo- nia, France, and one can gamble his last farthing that the Germans or their co-partners in this war age not that source. The Germans, however; are getting nickel from Canada. The ore or the matte is not shipped direct, nor are these shipments sanctioned. The Canadian government thought it had upon the International Nickel Com- pany, which owns the mines and-ma- nipulates the products. This agree- ment was to the effect that all the raw material it handled would be ac- counted for, and an officer of the Canadian government went through the process or formality of checking the shipments. Fon. Mr. Meighen, who is sure of everything, recently announced that the company was liv- ing up to its agreement. It has bene confessed, however, though vaguely and in somewhat veil- ed language, that the nickel ore or matte from Canada is reaching the enemy, The Toronto Mail compli- ments Hon. Mr. Reid on the fact that he recommended the passage of an Order-in-Counicil which will prevent all further diversions of the ore; but our contemporary expresses in a tear- ful way the fact that the material so essential to the production of steel should not have been exported from Canada to other countries, and Can- should have been made by capitalists the ore in Canada, : We cannot imagine how all these sure ones must feel, and especially Hon, Mr. Meighen, now that it turns out that they have been fooled by the ground. Pensions have been award- finding any support or supplies from |- an arrangement that was . binding ada had lost all the earnings that] and working men by the refining of other note to Germany. What mat- ter? Von Jagow is getting used to them. He fyles them away without the Yeast concern, Many Americans lost their lives in the English Channel when the Sus- sex was torpedoed and went down, The Kaiser will be surprised to learn that a German submarine is to blame, and he will send another note express- ing his regrets. "1 am not doubting Thomas about the war," said Hon. Mr. Croth- ers, in didcussing technical . educa- tion in the Commons. Oh! Whence his change of heart? It is only a tew days since he was not so sure that the Allies would win. ------------ Yuan Shih-Kal accepts all the blame for the troubles in China. He cancels the acceptance of the throne. He will hold the presidency, but does not expect to "rémain idle while the { country ig racing to perdition." Wak- ing up a little late. re, The Toronto Telegram is right in asking who cares about the North or South Poles at the present time. The dangers of discovery are as nothing compared with the big game of war. Shackleton is not in it with the Kai- ser, or Joffre, or Duke Nicholas, or Sir Sam Hughes. pi ---- Renfrew will have to do with its old collegiate institute for a while longer. The by-law to raise $125,- 000 for a new building was killéd by the people. The ratepayers are be- coming quite critical again. It has been thought that they would grant anything for school purposes. Three years ago it was said in British Columbia 'that the government forced the liquor men to erect costly hotels. Now prohibition is demand- ed and the trade spells in the pro- ceeding "complete ruin." Cannot hotels be run successfully without bars? This is the great and all-ab- sorbing question. The Minister of Labor says the federal government will co-operate with the provincial governments with regard to technical education. But 'when the liberals were in power, the provinces--with conservative pre- miers--said technical education was a federal issue, and had to be worked out by the federal government. Is the Borden government dodging its responsibility? ~ / KINGSTON EVENTS . 25 YEARS ACO Frederick Sparks, L.D.S le » LDS, left to- day for Philadelphia where he will Soins his practice. ajor Edwards of the Roya] Mili- tary. College has resigned, TE o turning to England. © steamer Pierrepont through the ice to Wolfe Island day for the first time, To (Toronto Sar) - ronto. ers are strenuous- ly opposed te any increases in civic salaries while the war lasts, ) ------ What Do You Suppose? {Windsor Record) Hon. Mr, Hanna shies away lke a March hare from anything that looks like a single tax. What's afraid of? ---- Another Calamity. (Watertown Times.) The only regrettable thinduiout all this prosperity is that it means 80 many, many more idle rich and idle rich men's sons, o Barns the Honors, (Toronto *Glabe.) For the engineer who dies at his post thero should be posthumous honors such as are being bestowed upon the heroes of war. Why not the cricss of the Legion of Industry. In Hard Luck. y (Hamilton Herald.) No matter how much German min- ors may earn, they cannot receive more than $4.50 for their work the balance of their weekly earnings must. go into a savings bank, where it is handy fr the government -to commandeer, Next thing the gov- ernment -will be robbing the babies' toy savings banks. A Suggestive Hint. : (Ottawa Citizen.) The Windsor Record, the Hamil- involved in a discussion as to how long it would take 150,000 men to phss a given point. It is hard to determine this, but instances have been known where the parade would never fat past a given point if the latter happened to be a saloon; INDEPENDENT PRESS. An Example, Canadian Courier. "Deliver us from European patrio- tism",' prays a Toronto clergyman. Deliver us from such prayers. Dellv- er us from such clergymen, 'Deliver us from being so satisfied with the ism is often overdone. So is our estern individualism---the greedy, grasping egotism of the individual. We can learn and are learning great lessons from this war. Without the war what under the sun would have checked our materialistic self-satis- faction, Deliver us from national ar- rogance if you like, but give us at least a little of noble Europe's love of the staté. . CONSERVATIVE PRESS. Ontario Coples An Act. 4 Toronto Ni The Macdonald Act adopted by the Government of Mani- toba does not forbid the importation of liquor into the Provinee by indivi- duals for their own use. The Constl- tution does not permit the Province to prohibit the manufacture of into- xicants or their importation for pri- vate use. The Bill brought down in the House of Commons is an enabl- ing measure to bridge the constitu- tional difficulty. In brief, it is in- Nims of the western world. Patrio- got tation of liquor to- Heavy penaities are provided against tended to validate in advance any Provincial Act forbidding the impor- into a Province. persons in one Province who sell in- Subang THE FULL DRESS SUIT. The full 'dress suit is a high-priced uniform which is worn by men who would feel more at home in overalls. No man ever wears a full dbess suit fom eclioice, but because he is nag- ged into it by a proud-spirited wife who thinks she can make a society bud out of a cabbage. The full dress suit was brought over to this country from England, where it is still worn by lackeys, cab drivers and waiters. Its distinguish- ing mark of beauty is the coat, which is bobbed off: in front and split up the back, Yeaving two long, restless tails which™op in unison with the step of the wearer. This M.called a swallow-tailed coat because every man who puts one on for the first time has to swallow hard and hold onto something. . Pants are usually worn with the coat, aithough this is not m to complete the effect. The « 'dress. paut is & sartorial freak 'with purple braid, and gives a erimson-beaked citizen with RANDOM REELS <. "Of Shoes und Ships, asd Sealing, Wax, of Cabbages and. Kings" © * on a hall tree. This causes the vest to back away from the rest of the costume and expose the bright blue suspenders of the wearer, while in the act of conveying soup to his countenance. Full dresq shirts are now made almost wholly of credm- colored chiffon, with four cute little tucks engraved therein, which im- part a defiant air toa tall, bony male guest. The full dress suit, according to the laws ofthis country, cannot be worn before six o'clock in the even- ing without subjecting the owner to a fine of $100 or thirty days in the county jail. Hence some bright genius invented what is called the tuxedo, which is a swallow-tailed coat without the swallow or the tails. The tuxedo can be worn at any hour of the day in any community which is hardened to the usages of polite society, but. when sprung upon an unsuspecting hamlet, is liable to N +€ause a riot, The full dress suit should always be large, afuamented foet.a very €o¥.a pair of wiflie coors LUD hat and ery ec oo oy v ha ress vest is a 8) el imitation of the low-neck. corsage, and when ¢orrectly worn will sig-in the middle like a three-button sack te gloves, the hat bein worn under the left arm. 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