affected elements in (he . nation, 4 would in crisis after crisis hold the government at its mercy. Does any- body imagine that a party govern- ment in such a parlous position would be able to act with vigor and resolution? While «the Coalition, from its very nature, arouses person- al animosities it kindles no counter- balancing enthusiasm. But in spite of its defects it is incomparably bet- ter as an instrument for conducting the war than any alternative govern- ment could possibly be." Conscription--which is not regis- tration or natural service, but some- thing more drastic--is then only a means to an end with the opponents of the government, and that 'end change in the ministry, The man they would like to sacrifice is the premier, and he acts as a balance wheel upon the machinery of government. With- ®y| out him the mind eannot conceive of year, One year. | do United States Tod ~Wiee k ly Edition) One yeas el ear, re Tall Wir a 2% y paid in advan 1.50 One Year, to United States oe Hi @ix and three 'months bro rata. er eer Attached is one" of the be best job printing offices in Canada. 0 TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE BE on SREP RISEN ATIVER st. New York Office 25 hitth Ave. Frank R. Northrup, Bk Chicago Pribune "Bag. Frank R. Northrup, Manager. THE COST OF COAL. For years there has been a conflict between the American anthracite miners and their men. The last dif- flculty is the greatest and the most prolonged because it includes points upon which the employers and the employees are unalterably opposed. The United Mine Workers presented a bill of ten items, and seven of them, of minor importance, have been prac- tically settled. They are being sim- ply held in abeyance pending the dis- position of the three outstanding {tems--the ntage of increase in wages, the eiffhit-hour day, and the recognition of the union. The operators are willing to con- cede a five per cent. increase in wages, which means a distribution of $6.- 000,000 annually among the em- ployees, and the operators may con-| cede the shorter day on the represen- tation of the men that they can pro- duce as much coal in eight as in nine hours when they put their spirit into the work. But as to the recognition of the union, the employers say they will make a fight on this question, and the men say they will accept the challenge. Meanwhile, the coal trade is simply demoralized. A lo- eal coal dealer, when asked about the supply for the season; read a letter in which it was pointed out that in con- sequence of the strike the companies did not know where they were at, and would certainly not enter into any obligation and make any promises. Orders would be accepted from { time to time if the coal were present . to send out, but the outlook was ex- ceedingly doubtful, and one can readi- ly see this when he reads in the New .York papers of the manner in which the contending parties are being lined ip for a determined struggle. For: tunately the summer season is at hand, and surely the dispute will be ended before the fall sets in. Prices may vary some, but generally they will be highér as & result of this miners' difficulty. a ---------- Civil servants, in the war, as offi- cers, should be satisfied when they do not lose any financially by their absence from public places. Double pay is an extravagance and a scandal which some day will reflect upon the government. as well as upon the re- cipients, THE TAX ON MR. ASQUITH. The London Chronicle chargesthat much of the trdubles in the British government, in fact all of them, are due to the agitation of the British party or that part of it without the leadership of Mr. Law, Mr. Balfour, and Lord Lansdowne. These are honestly at work in the interest of that political agreement which is so necessary for the success of the work, There are others who are _mot so minded, who are willing to make a crisis on conscription or any other subject if it will only lead to a of the government. Why? hats would he su slostion, $14.2 mt. How would it aos Could any party win aut with conscription as the shibboleth? ee ae mptamia oe. cept its gospel. ~The Chronicle is right, however, so far as a fair-mind- ship is now ohallenged, it could not A a Ben era wot a appt what would happen under present circumstances. Britain is considering the advisa- bility of employing in some way the large number of German prisoners who are interned within her borders. Whatever is right in England ought to be right in Canada. Why shouldn't all the German prisoners in Canada be made to earn their living? : -------------- RUSSIA'S PLAN SECURE. The world, (signifying people gen- 0! erally without regard to national dis- tinction), is impressed with the pres- ence in France of a large contingent of Russians. The question is asked, What does this mean? More surely, than a sign of friendship that exists between the Allies, and the desire to help each other? In all probability, at the war conference held in Paris a little while ago, it was made appar- ent that the Germans were concen- trating their power before Verdun in a final and desperate attempt to break through the French lines. France, a couple of years before the war was declared, adopted a mili- tary system very similar to that which has beén enforced in Germany, and with the result that the German Eni- pire, in forty years, built up a pon- derous military machine which was regarded as all-powerful. France had not the time in which to develop its plans completely. It has aston- ished the nations with its perform- ances, but it needs the support of the Allies, and Russia, out of its colossal army, is pouring troops into France, and the Germans will presently see the meaning of this movement. But what is Russia fighting for? The question was answered in the Duma when M. Miliukoff, the Russian leader, outlined his-views. Russia, he said, did not want any more terri- tory. She had enough and to spare. She wanted an outlet to a free sea, and will get it through the Darda-| nelles. Said Miliukoff: "We did not begin the war for this, but without it we shall not end the war." When the Turkish government and army and mavy passed under the control of Germany, Russia had to regard Tur- key as her enemy and fight her. The question then 'becomes, not whether the straits should become Rusisan or remain Turkish, but "whether the straits should become Russian or re- main German." Continuing, Miliukoff said that March of 1915 would be remembered by the masses of the Russian people because then "a definite agreement was reached between us and our Al- lies." Peace had been proposed again and again, but peace could not be attained until Germany was crush- ed and rendered unable to upset the peace of Europe again. EDITORIAL NOTES, Ford, of motor car fame, is experi- menting with a substitute for gaso- line made from potatoes. A tip as to what may result from a great crop of tubers in 1916. Toronto's city counsellor: will have the opportunity of returning to his civic duties or forfeiting the $9,000 a year which he has been paid. , He is not at the front. He is simply doing clerical work in England. To- ronto does fiot take any stock in that. Mr. Kelly, the Winnipeg contrac- tor, who has lost in every appeal against extradition from the United States, now offers to settle the civil suit which has been institujed against him by paying $1,000,000 This of- fer may be considered. But the criminal prosecution against Kelly will not be abandoned. Hon. W. M. Hughes is what is call ed "a self-made man." He has been a great writer and thinker, and "he has learned much in the school of ex- perience. "As a leader of wharf la- borers in Sydney, many years ago, he ,| made his first success, and he has "| boen growing bigger and stronger and more popular ever since. ' \ A ---------------------- Premier Hughes, of Australia, the head of the Labor government, will pass through Canada during the next two weeks, - He sails from Vancou- ver for his home about the second week in May. land, found the heart of the masses quite readily and won their confidence t| 100. Has Maximilian Harden, of Die} Zukunft, become converted from the savagery to which he gave expres- sion over a year ago? Then he This man, in Eng-| wanted the Teuton devil to throttle all who whined against German ag- gression. Now he favors the evacu- ation of Belgium and Poland rather than that the Germans should wait until they have to surrender. What has brought about this change? | PUBLIC OPINION | A Timely Change, Toronto Telegram.) After shaking his finger for nearly a year Mr. Wilson has again taken to shaking his fist. Xen, How? a Free Press) How ala i chap at St. C atharines who calls the British "mad fools" become a Canadian shell inspector? Not An Easter Lily. (Brantford Expositor), When Sir Sam Hughes asks people to believe that John Wesley Allison is in the Easter lily class he is mak- ing a large demand on public eredul- ity. The Devil's Work. (Brantford Courier) The Kaiser has decorated the dom- mander of the submarine which sunk the Sussex. It was just the kind of devil's work to please a Hohenzol- lern. Laying the Blame. (Montreal Mail) For the Mesopotamia military bun-| gle Austin Chamberlain says that tS General Sir John Nixon is respon- | sible. Sir John is yet to be heard | from. { Pretty Weak Beer. (London Advertiser) Hotelmen say this temperanc | beer with the two and a half per cent, kick is like rain water. No com- parisons with the Ottawa river pro-| duct are needed. [KINGSTON EVENTS] 25 YEARS AGO || A. Chown traded a farm «in Glen- vile for a house and lot in this city. | Laborers dre asking 20c¢ to 25cper| hour, but this figure is too high for employers. Principal Grant has left for Owen | Sound where he lectures on "Imper- ial Federation." LIBERAL PRESS. Canada vs, United States. Liondon Advertiser. Sir Sam Hughes has drawn a bead | on the Canadian manufacturer. He blames them for the country's fail-| ure to secure the $22,000,000 fuse| contract. The official organ of the manufacturers has another story, one that implies a breach of faith with the manufacturers on the part of cer-| tain persons at Ottawa. So we are to have the spectacle of Canada's Tory Minister of Militia defending American manufacturers and assail- ing Canadian manufacturers. Plain Tsolonee e. Guelph Mercury | There were parts of the answer given by the Ontario cabinet to the Hydro supporters that were not far) removed from plain insolence. Hon Mr. Lucas told J. W. Lyon that he | did not understand the McGarty bill. J. W. Lyon knows more about the Labuse, |are land freight charges, Hydrot business than Mr. Lucas does, in spite of his good salary. He was planning Hydro power and Hydro electric long before Mr. Lucas ever stepped in and made a good living out of it, To be told by Mr. Lucas that he did not understand the bill suggests that the bill must be so worded that the intention is that neo one shall understand it. ri CONSERVATIVE PRESS. Coalition vs. Party Government. ©Oitawa Journal When the Conservatives came into office in New Brunswick in 1908, one of the leading liberals in the province, John Morrissey, was taken into the cabinet. In a sense it was a coalition administration, and Mr. Morrissey, who was given the big spending department of the province, was looked upon as the representative of the liberals. The arrangement has not worked as well as was expected. Mr. Mor- rigsey continued to be an active lib- eral worker in federal polities, and this seems to have excited distrust and suspicion among his conservative colleagues. The situation, which had gradually grown, worse during the past few days, reached a climax the .other day when half a dozen or more of the conservatives in the legislature assailed Morrissey as a "'grafter," and a "thief;" whereupon the minister promptly retorted that he was being assailed because he is a grit. The result is that his resign- ation seems probable. The New Brunswick situation {would seem to add some measure of strength to the old contention that in British countries coalition govern- ment does not often work out ac- jcording to theory. The party system is subjected to constant criticism and and certainly it leaves much to be desired; but it is only by com- paring 'it with something we should | have to set up in its place that we able to judge its advantages in a proper light. Talk a Year Ago. "I am merely explaining that, as | far as Canada was concerned, noth- ing was to be added to the prices, {and that we should endeavor to re- compense Col. Allison in some way, | because Ife has constantly refused to take any commission, although he has had to pay out money in express and I hope he has kept the bills." (Statement by Sir Sam Hughes {about Col. Allison a year before the | | Kyte charges.) LIBERAL ATTAC KS. | Must Cease Or Lloyd George will | Resign. | Loudon, April 25.--Reynolds' | Weekly says that Lloyd George will] unhesitatingly resign if the persis; tent Liberal attacks upon him con-| tinue, especially as his insistence in | getting his own way on compulsion | left much bitterness among certain | of his colleagues. The account adds that when for the first time the pub- lic will learn some facts underlying the Government's terrible blunders, |} including shells, the disastrous Bal- | kan development and responsibility for the Dardanelles tragedy. The Weekly concludes with the declara-| | tion that it is not a secret among his friends that Lloyd George was on| the point of resigning when Sir Ed- ward Carson resigned. { Theo. Kelly, eldest son of E. Bh Kelly, Renfrew, has been highly| honored by his fellow students of MeGill University, Montreal, i) been elected President of the Facul-| ty of Law. RANDOM "Of Shoes and Ships, and Sealing REELS Wax, of Cabbages and Kings." SPRING FEVER. Spring fever is a successful imita- tion of the creeping palsy which at- tacks man in the legs as soon as the snow is off the ground. It often strikes in at the busiest sea- gon_of the year, when man should be full of .Jamaica ginger and cay- enne pepper, and converts his legs into so much ornamental shrubbery. Spring fever is caused by a feel- ing of deep Jassitude spreading over the system and refusing to yield to argument, ~ Many a man has been overcome by spring fever on a warn, sunny day, at the very time when he ought to be cording up dress goods in the basement or washing the frent windows, and has been totally incapacitated for work. It requires strong will power to throw off an attack of the spring fever which has secured a good hold, and thousands of victims find it necessary to. go to.the golf links in order to be properly treated. Some people have spring fever harder than others and after a few years become subject to violent at- tacks whenever confronted with a day's work. It is a dreary sight to gee a robust young husband start- ing out .on the matrimonial equipped with energy and $3 shirts, | only to succumb to the spring fever | which sets in on March 21st and runs until the following April Fool's | day. Many of the most promising | young men of this country, who were | able to play base-ball and lawn ten- nis ten hours a day while in college, | have contracted a low, tenacions| form of spring fever immediately af-| ter the marriage ceremony and be- come afraid to venture out of the pool hall for fear of getting sun-} struck. If this kind of spring fever | were less common than it is, there would be more wives with a hopeful | future and two changes of street! dress, The most foolish man in business | is the one who fights the spring fe ver with a tired body and an ex-, hausted mind, and refuses to take | a little fun along with "his work. | Spring fever is sometimes a warn-| ing signal to the victim that he had] better rest up while the resting is good. A little touch of springfever, | just when the links are turning | green, is a good thing, but it should | not be allowed to become a fixed ha- | bit. Rhymes and kicks them yield. 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