hour, and let the future produce the vessr evens President Managing Dir Dizector CO. LIMITED, femal i advance tates .. v "Mix and three. oa pro rata. the best job a, ie as IE t paid | n is one of prtached is "on a in Canad TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE HE Smaliplece 32 Church St. 8. AEPRESENTATI New York 225 3 Firth Ave. sak R. Northrup, Manager. Tribune "Bids. Prank R. Northrup, Manager. NEW PARTIES IN ONPARIO. New parties are talked of in Onta- rio. The Hydro-Electric difficulty has created a serious cleavage be- tween the government and munici- palities that have power contracts, The fine talk of Hon, Mr. Ferguson and Hon. Mr. McGarry does not allay the turbulent feeling which was en- gendered towards the close of the legislature, The municipal union fears the trespass of the government which was supposed to be behind it in a friendly and financial way. Now this government is going to control the Commission's work by the presence and check of a govern- ment official. His imprimatur will be of greater consequence than the imprimatur of the chairman, Sir Adam Beck. That Sir Adam is sub- itting to - this indignity is impos- sible to believe; and yet the attorney- general professes to have a letter from Sir Adam giving his consent or sanction to it all. The Hydro-Electric Commission may accept of its humiliation for a time, but sooner or later it will re- sent the dictation of the government, and without the municipalities that were supporters of the government .in the west it will have to 80. One of its members is said to see the ond 'of the government in the next elec- tion, The Licensed Victuallers are sald to be anxious to punish the Hearst government for its deceptions. The liberals do not expect any. favors from the liquor men, and will not get them. The Licensed Victuallers will be eager for an independent fight. The conservative party,' however, composed of several warring ele- ments, will be too much for the Fer- guson-McGarry faction. They may all go down together, CITY AND STREET RAILWAY, At the Utilities' Committee meeot- ing the Campbell offer of surplus power, at .76c per kilo-watt hour, was duly accepted. The Whig hop- ed it would be, Orders were given to carry the contract into effect. This was done notwithstanding that Mr. Ross, of Montreal, gave an elab- orate opinion which had been read and re-read by the commissioners. It was designed to make them sit ap and think, and the exercise did them good. This is the second time that an expert's opinion has been secured by the commission and tenderly fyl- od away. 'The plans suggested in connection with the street railway have ~ not been matured and for good and sufficient reasons, At a previous |. 'meeting it was y decided to remove the co ve steam plant | trom the power house and replace it with elettrical machinery which was © to cost about $8,000 or $9,000 some © months 'ago. Now, when the com- 'pany, by an agreeable arrangement, are disposed to buy it, the initial 'outlay is figured at $12,000 or $13. 000. This sudden and extraordinary increase fn value is due to the war. The company is not disposed to invest so large a sum of money at Present in view of ali that it is un. "dertaking in behalf of a continued and improved service. It may do so tater, for surely there must he a fall in value when the war is over, and!' "skill 'and capital are free to make for commerce the machinery it makes in place of munitions. Hence for the present the 'street railway company wil! be content with a tow Tate of power, 1.20c per kilo-watt, facilities of which due advantage will Dothan ills meatd pe '| 1y legal grounds." THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1916. A SHAM BACK-DOWN. Washington, says the New York Herald, whose correspondents are adepts in the feeling of the public pulse, is assured that Germany will do anything in order to avoid a rup- ture in her diplomatic relations with the submarine campaign "upon strict- The declaration will foreswear "all intention of at- tacking any unarmed merchant ship without warning or without assum- ing the responsibility for the lives of all persons on board, save during such time as the merchant ship re sists or attempts to fight." It the United States government is content with assurances that do not! * mean anything it will have all it wants of them. It has had such as surances from the beginning of the chapter, and they have been so often ignored that Germany has come to treat any of the president's represen- tations lightly. Meanwhile, and as part of a great scheme, in which the hyphenated Germans have embark- ed, congress is being bombarded with telegrams, hundreds of them, written in New York and mailed all over the States with instructions to have them signed by sympathizers and sent to Washington at the expense of the "American Embargo Conference." A member of congress, Senator Husting, has exposed the whole ne- farious plot to deceive the United States government and to weaken it in the eyes of the people. It has cost something to do this, but alas, it is said, "the masks have been torn from the faces of those who pretend- ed to be acting in the interests of peace, but who as peacemakers have laboured to spread discontent and cause perhaps insurrection in the country." IRELAND'S LAST TROUBLE. The Irish insurrection has reached a climax through the surrender of the leaders and the dispersal of the aiotous mobs, They continued in action long enough to expend their strength and cause a sacrifice of fife which will be long remembered. Now that the trouble is over, and peace has been restored, men will ask 'what all the difficulty has been about. The .desired information comes from one who is in authority upon the subject," namely, the Mar- quis of Aberdeen. He is in Can- ada at present, and while passing through Montreal consented to an interview. The marquis says the Sinn Feiners represent a small and turbulent ele- ment in Ireland. Not until influ- enced by German emissaries, how- ever, had there been any thought of violence in the form 'which it as- sumed. The element referred to is made up of persons who have had peculiar ideas with regard to gov- ernment. They have dreamed of an independent Ireland, of a sort of republic with a presiding genius as its president. They have been noisy in talk, but the marquis does not think they had any plan of physical violence until the war broke out and the German agents pointed the way to action. The Sinn Feiners were joined in their movement by those who fol- lowed Jim Larkin lead in the riot years ago. These are of thepopulation of Dublin, and of a social condition most distressing. Upon both -- the Sinn Feiners and the social de- generates -- a change may come at the close of the war, when self-gov- ernment for Ireland automatically comes into effect. Meanwhile the furies of the misguided mobs have spent themselves. These mobs did pot have behind them the law abid- eople of Ire-| ; ing and industrious peop | ing down with one hahd and extraet- land. 'They were bound to fail. EDITORIAL NOTES. The school board has taken to a new diversion. It relieves the mon- otony of debate by having tie sec- retary read the Whig's editorials. The Toronto News is concerned because the parliament of Canada is hampered with the work of a com- mission which is considering the war contracts of Canada, A matter of $148,000,000 is not an insignificant item. 1t ought to be considered at any time. The Canadian Northern and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Companies' will get aid in cash from the federal|t government, and to the extent of a good many millions of dollars. The 'bonds of the companies, which can- not be sold during the war, will be taken as collateral security. The Immigration Department has been interested in securing farm help from the United States, and in abundance, and finds that the move- ment has been affected. In. what way? By the rumors of congcrip- tion? People object to be ed. How many? In what walks of that judgment on the shell contracts be withheld until the commission is through with its enquiry. Sure, But why does the Free Press not act upon its advices? Why belabor Mr. Carvell to the extent of a column be- canse ho persists in asking ques- ¥ tions in the interest of tbo people] whom he represents? EE -------------- The Northoliffe press has demand- ed conscription in England. All the single and eligible young men, it in- sists, should be compelled to serve in the army. The Northeliffe Com- pany, however, does not believe that any of its staff should serve, and ap- plication has been made for the ex- emption of them all from military duty. Is this consistent? PUBLIC OPINION Not All (Londen Advertiser). } Oh, yes, Premier Hearst, J. R. Fallis was undoubtedly indiscreet," but, that's not aM, The Greatest! Act. (Montreal Star). | After all, though, we must lh -- cede that the German "High Seas' | Fleet did accomplish a remarkable achievement. It went to sea, An Explosion In Hamilton, (Hamilton Spectator). God help Canada,' if such miser- able creatures as Armand Lavergne were any way near a majority! He would be a disgrace to any coun- try. A Man's Chance, (Ottawa Free Press) i War is more than a dreadful cal-| amity, for Hon, Mr. Patenaude. It also gave him his epportunity--the opportunity to change his views and | get a cabinet job. re | A Collapse at Hand. | (Exchange) The report that von Bernstorff is on the eve of a nervous breakdown | is serious news to Germany. If the) Imperial German Ambassador to the United States loses his nerve, lo| loses his biggest asset. The Truest P atriot. (Toronto Globe) The men who have risen in Ire-| land regard John Redmond as traitor to the cause of Irish nation-| ality. The truest patriot and the most enlightened statesman Ireland has hafl in her service since consti- tutional agitation for Home Rule be- gan. Print Bills Tell a Tale. (Canadian Courier) Government printing sometimes illuminating. It cost the country in 1915 over $372,584 to] print the bills, debates and proceed- ings of the House of Commons. For the Commission of Conservation -- whose carefully compiled reports and bulletins are often very valuable-- the bil] was $87.24. The Commiss- jom's reports cannot be said to be more valuable than Hansard. But for its $87.24 the nation certainly gets better value than for its $372,- 684. : bills are] What Dr. Bland Heard. (Winnipeg Free Press) Dr. Bland said that fe 'secured his facts from Col. Mullins, inspector of supplies for the west, during a con- versation on the train. Throughout the hearing this morning there was an inclination on the part of the A A | seem to be something for the -com- | mission to consider further in this re- | public here has no means of knowing. {| and carefully planned is recognized. | The British censorship has now suc- | ceeded in suppressing all the disquiet- | of its lenient policy; a Stern measures before the commis- sion of an overt act would have had | agitators by force political effects at home, in the colo- | the programme for which he has la- commission to treat Dr. Bland's evi- dence as the purest hearsay, aud his statements as generalities. But Col Mullins corroborated every one of them. He declared that contractors ji had been discovered giving short ji weight on bread and coal, supplying, worthless beef and inferior bacon and jam, and providing hay, the bales of which were filled with rank slough grass and fox-tail, These men had been "pulled up" in their attempts to get ahead of the government; but the majority of them still continue to supply goods to the government, and none of them were punished. No- body seems to know how long these practices were in force. There would gard. - = KINGSTON EVENTS 25 YEARS ACO Policeman Craig ill of typhoid. R. Bushell appointed purser steamer Pjerrepont. Last section of the wall of old St, Joseph's school to-day. Inspector Chamberlain recoms- mends erecting g new residence for the pailor Civic wharves and harbor com- mittee discusses the inadvisability of putting up public baths at the foot of on MEN'S AND BOYS' WEAR STORE. Men's Fine Shoes We sell only First Quality Shoes. SEE OUR JUST WRIGHT SHOE AT $5.00. New style Yasts. New styles toes. SEE OUR BROCK SHOE. Special Value at $4.00, . Tans, Patents and Gun Metal. 'West street. AMERICAN PRESS. The Irish Rising. New York How rious the disturbance is the That it has been long in preparation ing news it endeavored to keep from the world, and the conduct of the | Ministry in the treatment of Ireland since the beginning of the war has been sufficient evidence of the dan- ger that existed. The Government Is mow indignantly assailed because yet it must not be overlooked that the application of serious and far-reaching conse- quences that England's rulers were in duty bound to avoid if avoidance was possible, Repression of the would have had nies and in foreign countries that must have multiplied the difficulties of a nation engaged in the prosecu- tion of a complex and perplexing task. The opinion has been widely, though not unanimously, held here that Mr. Redmond's policy carried promise of great good for Ireland, and would accomplish results not to be attained by violence, Plainly, bored is now imperilled, and on this account the Sinn Fein uprising may cost its authors support and approval on which they have confidently count- ed outside of Ireland. Campbellford, 17 3-4¢c to Cheese sales: 9-16¢; Stirling, 13-16¢; London, 18 1-2¢; St. cinthe, Que,, 16 1-2¢; Belleville, Harper's Weekly has been acquir- ed by the Independent Corporation, and is to be incorporated by the In- dependent. 17 RANDOM "Ot Shoes hud Ships, and Sealing Wax, of Cabbages and Kings." REELS DUST. Dust is something which is put on the roads by Nature and allowed to remain there by man. Nature is prodigal in her gifts, and man owes much to her generosity, but it some- times seems as if she could restrict the output of her dust factory to good advantage, instead of working in three shifts during the touring season. Dust is caused by the sun reach- ing from a country road a fot of wa- ter which contained necessary mois- ture. ~ The sun is no doubt a great luminary and helpful to the corn crop, but as a road-maker it is a bigger joke than the township trus- tee who operates with a disc harrow. Just about the time that a long stretch of sand road gets to the point where it can be travelled over with- out using profanity or non-skid chains, the sun opens up on it at close range and répairs it so that a humming bird couldn't get through on a pair of stilts. Dust is a greater hindrance t6 hu- man hapoiness than mud, which nev- er gets into the house except when dragged in by the elephantine foot of a forgetful husband. No archi- tect was ever able to design from creeping in on its hands and knees and causing iidense mortification of spirit to a housewife who was not Semi-Ready Clothes Ready to try on, finished to your order in four hours time. $15, $18, $20 and $22.50 We fit the Tall Man, the Short Man, the Stout Man, the Tall Slender Man. A A A A a at tA AAA ih § Young Men's Suit Special THE ALTON AT $15.00 New Soft Reveres New Athletic Vest New English Trousers Blue Worsteds, Fancy Grey Cheviots. Spring vercoats SEE OUR $12.50 CHEVIOT OVERCOAT Black and Grey. SEE OUR $15.00 ENGLISH COVERT CLOTH OVERCOAT. SEE OUR $12.50 TWEED RAINCOAT New Slip On style. Very useful Coat. expecting company. When a cloud of red-clay dust is backed by a strong west wind, it is harder to fight off than an attack of the prickly heat Some parts of the country produce more dust than others, and | divide freely with the tourist who | complains of the price of table-board. The favorite method of disposing | of dust is to sprinkle the streets on | which the Mayor and City Council! reside. This makes property near! the home of the Mayor very valuable, | and it also makes a rousing cam-| paign argument, On circus day] the street-sprinkler can make more | money carrying 'water to the ele-| phant, so that by the time the pa-| rade is over most of the inhabitants | look like the employees of a powder mill. Some cities keep down the dust by covering it with a rich, | dark-brown coat of oil, which is at| ww OLD TIRES Bring your old Tires to us and we will allow you highest prices for all sizes. Allowances from $1.50 to $3.50 per casing. Auto Tire & Vulcanizing Co. . Exclusive Dealers in Tires and Accessories. vow wt 206 Wellington St. rm i, Castile | once worked into a large number of | Axminster rugs with entire success. | The only cure for dust is a sea | 408 voyage. One has ever - explained | why our forefathers located en the wild, sand-choked prairie instead of | choosing some dustless site like! that of Venice, where the linen dust- | er and the vacuum cleaner are as. 'scarce as religion in Wall street. Rippling Soap We have a good supply of Rhymes Pedestrians of walkers I've ly tire ! "Just climb our tumbril you have there--we have the right of way!" | They 'clinch their hands and set their teeth, and | wildly throw themselves beneath my inoffensive = h © peclers come along, and drag me, innocent of wrong, to where the jurists are And there I pay another fine, from this depleted wad of ge mine, and hear the cadi say: who knock PEDESTRIANS ist's despair, they're ruinous to sport; scorching through the town, I run a half a dozen | down, they have me hauled to court. Lire . me unfair and mean that coin I need for ke The imported neh make. must go in paying fines, or damages, at the behest their spines. Oh, how aggrieved a driver feels, when | some one gets beneath the wheels, and spoils a cost-| My sentiments, at such a time, if they were| 2 1bs. Bars couched in song or rhyme, would melt a wooden | ' lyre. Pedestrians look round with seorn, when 1! toot warnings on my horn, their actions seem to say; | i | ; | the genuine | i Shell Brand Vasile Soap are everywhere; they are the motor-| for if, in| It seems to No advanee in the re- knocked galley west, and telescoped | tail price, persons if you dare, with that old, McLeod Prescription Ong Store. "You demons of the buzz-busz cart, pedestrians apatt, will find it doesn't pay in Housecleaning Supplies Brooms, Brushes, Sapolio, {Bon Ami, Pearline, Lux, | Wool Wash, Surprise Soap {Powder, Liquid Veneer, |Brasso, Silvo, Gotldard's Plate Powder, lothes Lines, Stove Polish, Electro Silicon, Wing Wing, Jas. Redden & Co. Phones 20 and 990. Groceries & Meats: If you want tif, best that can be got and prices righ try the Unique Grocery an Meat Market, 490 and 492 | Princess street. C. H. PICKERING, Prop. Phone 530. Doubtless fren man has had mo~ ments when imagined that he Foul aks up some moming. and; id imal tam cord of wood. There's man ry "untied knot in a} aw Don't Overlook The that i mt cal ha exe is g coa and poor soul 2 the one money's worth; the other money wasted ! We Sell HIGH GRADE COAL If our name is on the wagon that delivers your § w you have receiv ed full value." aD,