N { Edition) year, delivered in city ...... year, if in adv ++ +35.00 1 with "the War. seas' service. They are recruiting units, and as such are performing a most jmportant duty in connection The units already overseas are suffering a certain and continuous wastage largely through injuries and disabilities, and this wastage must be made up by quaki- fled men. The squadrons which represent the three military districts of Ontario are serving a most use ful purpose in accepting and drilling the recruits that in small compan- jes are sent off from time to time to maintain the fighting forces at the front. ; The squadron that belongs to this district should, therefore, be re- turned to it if possible. It will grow the better and the faster in the territory to which it owes its origin, and the Council and the Board of Trade, and the citizens generally, be- ing interested in its composition work, should cordially co-operate to- wards the same end, and that end the return of it to Kingston. THE NEED OF INFORMATION. The late secret session of the im- perial parliament bad the desired effect. It enabled the government to lay before the members of the house such information as it had re- 50 | specting' recruiting. and with the re- ; if not Uni three months pro rata. Attached one of the best printing macs in Canada. . TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE 42 Church St. 'ATIVES .226 TIfth Ave. Job T ager. "Tribu Bla Frank R. Northrup, Br .. "IF GERMANY CONQUERS." "If the Germans conguered they would 'have their hand on the whole world; there would be only the Ger- man power in Europe; only two in the whole world--Gerriany and the United Stales. Would the position of these two to each other be that of peace? No; it would be war. Cer- tainly Germany would not be ready at once, but its preparations would continue with the domination of the world in view. If this happened the United States. would be obliged to become a military nation. 1 will go further, if Germany triumphed fn this war the United States would regret her meutrality in this war." -- Sir Wilfrid Laurier in Montreal. CONTEMPT FOR PROMISES, The torpedoing of the Cymrie, so goon after the United States had been delivered, with fitting formal- ity, the reply: of Germany to the resident's note, supplies one more evidence of the contempt of the Teu- tons for promises and conventions. Von Jagow -- the name seems to fit his business -- in a long story told the president how careful the Ger- mans would be not to injure or"sink the merchantmen that traversed the ocean unarmed, without making sure that all Hfe upon them would be pro- tected and saved. Mr. Wilson had hardly tle time to reflect upon this precious epistle, and especially upon its closing condi- tions, than this last ocean outrage was committed. The German gov- ernment may dispute its liability for the Cymric's disaster, In doing this it will be only following the course it has taken in connection with all the submarine attacks. But there are no enemy craft outside of the British war zone except those of Germany, and it cannot deny its re- sponsibility for the Cymric"s loss, Thus, at once, and so soon, the president ig practically compelled to say to the Germans: "You have reached the limit of forbearance and forgiveness. Your audacity will be no longer tolerated. The United States will now resent your violation of pledges in the only way that is open to it, and fake action against you with the Allies or other bellig- erent powers." As for Von Bernstoriff, it is time that he was unceremoniously bund- led out of America without any as- ~ surance from the Allies of a safe voyage to the country he has served, in evil things, so lustrously and so long. A RETURN TO KINGSTON. London, itis reported, is interest- ed in the removal of its squadron of Mounted 'Rifles, the one originally formed in it, and still recruited from it, back from Hamilton; and if the ambitious city is to be no longer a depot for these troops there is no reason why "C" Squadron, com- manded by Major Stroud, should not + be returned to Kingston. It is not quite cleat what was the primary intention with regard to the Canadian Mounted Rifles; but it has 'been proven by experience that the threé squadrons from London, To- ronto and Kingston, could, for pres- ent purposes, fulfill all their designs in the centres from which they draw their strength. Thus "C" Squadron, if returned to the place where it was organized, would be- come a part of the great camp which will be conducted in Barrie- field during the summer months, and it 'would be a most desirable feature 'of that camp. Let it be remembered that the squadrons referred to are no longer ~ualifying es distinct units for over- sult that Mr. Asquith, who bad been 1.00} opposed to it, gave notice of con- 1.50 | scription, and followed the notice with a bill which authorized com- pulsory service. This bill has been d through its various stages without much opposition. There is a need of some such edu- cational proceeding in Canada and for the reason that voluntary re- cruiting has fallen away so much that even the most enthusiastic be- liever in voluntary enlistment dis- pairs of its success. The system has been on trial for a year and a halt It had its splendid start when the flower of Canada's manhood ral¥ed to the colors and enabled the militia department to send off its first and second contingents with remarkable promptitude. Now comes the "tug of war" so to speak. There have been spurts from time to tkme as one contingency after another has stim. ulated the service. But there is a decided drag in the business at pres- ent, and the recruiting officers are at their wits' ends to make the de- sired progress. It is proposed to offer some premier to those who en Hist. I wil not do. A resort to the ancient shilling is a last desperate act. The situation recalls a caustic re- mark by the Toronto Telegram. The premier had announced that "the re- cruiting would be so concluded that the necessary industries and agri- culture should pot be unduly weak- ened." Does Sir Sam really know anything about #t? The Telegram does not think so. The army has been left to its own devices and Te- sources. "As soon as the people cease to recruit themselves," says our contemporary, "the truth will be the expenditure goes on annually, end to the extent of millions of dol- lars. Which does not appeaj to the judgment of the average man. | PUBLIC OPINION Dubious About Henry, (C hicago Tribune). We should give President Henry Ford just three months to get the country into more trouble than it has seen for fifty years. -- Wise Man. (Belleville Ontario). Boss Lundin of Chicago says that the effort of his life is to so conduet himself that he is conscious of being | in good company when he is alone. Not a bad expression. a Good Thing. Lindsay Post) The trish (?) Aerators in New | York are raising a whine over the execution of the Dublin rebel lead- ers. The only thing separating them from a similar fate is the ocean, Legal Benefit, (Montreal Star). Whatever fortunes may be made or marred by the Kyte investigation, it is evident by the long list of law- yers engaged in advance that the le- gal profession won't come out of it much poorer. A Kindly Tip. (Ottawa Journal). Chief Justice Meredith's remark that the Fuse Commission is willing to sit all summer if need be must have caused a thrill of pleasurable anticipation among the legal gentle-| men getting $100 a day. Slow On C. N. R. (Regina Leader) Canada will shortly be spending a million dollars a day in the prosecu- tion of the war. Under the circum- stances the Borden Government had better go slow in the matter of fur- ther handouts to the C. N. R, A sfirring Issue, (Guelph Mercury). Five hundred corn doctors recent- ly had a convention in Cincinnati, A bitter discussion took place on that much debated topic, "How can a wife pare her corns and stil] leave John Henry's razor in shape for shaving?" A Discovery. (Toronto Globe). Sir Roger Casement's treason has unearthed the fact that decapitation is still a possible means of putting] a convicted man to death in Britain. It seems a relic of barbarism, but no further behind electrocution than is hanging by the neck. What Canada Needs. (Brantford Expositor). Canada does not need conscription, but she does need proper systems of registration and recruiting. Why there should be any hesitation about substituting businesslike methods for the present haphazard, go-as- you-please want-of-method past finding out. ---------- Suppose We Must. (Montreal Star). We are told by Senator Mason that, of the men we 'have alreddy| enlisted in Canada for ser- | vice in this batile for freedom. six- ty-one per cent. were born in the is Britich Isles and only thirty-two per cent in our Dominion. Can we let it stand at that? The Given Condition. (Syracuse Post-Standard). The note of concession is, howev- er, made conditional upon our con- duct towards another belligerent. If we would save our citizens from de- struction on the seas we must adopt more effective measures than merely writing notes to prevent Great Brit- ain from interfering with our cotton shipments. Germany proposes not a concession but a bargain; she will abide by the rules of nations in sub- | marine warfare, so far as the rather | obscure pledge concerning "merchant | vessels recognized by international | law" is a concession, provided we agree to allow her to direct our { policy with respect to Great Brit- t tte semon KINGSTON EVENTS 26 YEARS ACO H. A. Lavell passes his intermedi- ate law examinations at Osgoode Hall. Talk of laying a mater main to the outer station to- supply the G. T. R. Fourteen applications received for the position of superintendent of the Genera) Hospital. Police Sergt. Nesbitt appeared on the streets with his whiskers out leg-of-mutton style. LIBERAL PRESS. Where Wilson Stands. Toronto Globe Typical Americans, Democrats and | Republicans alike, are saying openly {that firmness now means Wilson in { June and November, but if he hesi- | tates or bargains much longer he is lost. Roosevelt they may not wholly trust. Root they may not warmly love, Hughes may still be beyond their call, But--and that deep-ton- ed "but" signifies that the free Am- | erican mind, insulted by Berlin's re- peated evasions, chagrined by Bern- storff's persistent and clever villain- ies, is now being gomded out of a deep sense of shame into a passionate and resolute indignaticn. But if the Président makes the break that break will be final It may not mean war, hut, for the People, it mean 'honor. INDEPENDENT PRESS. The Port of Russia. Montreal Star A remark by Mr. Lloyd George is illuminating. He said that "until Russia had completed ther equip- ment so as to employ immense re- serves of men, it was essenticl that France and Britain put every avail- able man in the field." This disposes of the flattering theory that Russia is own fully equipped, and that her chivalrous expedition to France is merely the employment of her un- needed surplus. It would bé a mir acle if Russian equipment had kept } ne a genuine sacrifice in sending | her armies to France, and that she is making that sacrifice--as she has made other sacnifices in this war-- for the common good. . en made clear that there is body at Ottawa who knows as much about raising an army as he does about raising a barn." EDITORIAL NOTES. Armand Lavergne, it is alleged, made his farewell address to Mont- magny. He has retired from pub- lic life. The Lora be praised, Halifax has adopted the daylight saving scheme. Every place that wants to be regarded as progressive is identified with this new forward movement. 7 a -------------- The Methodist Episcopal Church of the United States has been revis- ing its ritual and marriage service. Both may be beyond identification when they have passed the carver's hands. a------ The Kaiser has 'been discussing the terms of peace through his em- {ssaries. He will, it is said, talk peace. himself some of these days, and if 'he cannot succeed through the neutrals he will approach the belligerents direct. Very likely. He must be tired of fighting the world and to no purpose. from A German cruiser in the Atlantic Ocean, the attendant of submarines! They will not be long there, if they Random Reels "Of Shoes and Ships, and Seali ng Wax, of Cabbages and Kings" MONEY. Money is a medium of- exchange which passes from hand to hand and evaporates faster than high-test gasoline in a six-lunged motor car. Although money is made of a hard, metallic substance it cannot be held in front of a spring pattern hat or a new type of puncture-proof tire without evaporating from the human hand with sickening celerity. It some way could be devised to pre- vent money from jumping out of an alligator purse and leaving the own- er with nothing but car fare, the average husband would not object to his wife attending the bargain sales six days a week. Money was invented immediately following the stone age, and nobody has ever had enough of it since. There was more happiness before we had money lying around in irre- spongible hands than there is now. During the stone age it was not ne- cessary to make last wills and tes- taments, for there was nothing to will to anybedy except love and af- fection and a flint hatchet. Wealth in the stone age consisted of chil- dren and long-haired sheep, and there were no merchants whose tem- ples were adorned with gray hair be- cause of the size of their book ac- inl counts. The human pest who is always borrowing $2 and forgetting the street address of the lender was not with us, and the depressing ac- cents of the monthly statement were hushed and still. py days. The Bible describes the love of money as. the root of all evil," but han continues to root for the root with his back bowed like a circular saw. As a rule, men make money and women spend it, which js en- tirely proper, for man is the grub and his wife the butterfly. If an ar-| rangement can be made whereby the wife does not spend the money be- fore it is ,made, the result is a happy home, unmarred by wordy conflicts, due bills or chattel mort-| gages. Money is a convenient thing to have, but it can't take the place of a tractable stomach or an easy mind. It will purchase almost every luxury in the world except honest affection, loyal friendship and the kind of health which doesn't have to be bol- stered up with patent medicine and electrie belts. The closer a man gets to eternity the less he thinks about money, but if he has spent a little along the road to help a needy brother he will rest easier in his nar- row bed. Those were hap- are there at all. Some p in- fer that the passengers on the Vene- zia have been dreaming, and are retailing these dreams as a reality. Submarines may be built to cross the ocean, but they have not yet ap- 3 -------------- The Port Arthu? School Board has distributed over 7, 000 packages of flower and vegetable seeds among school children who will have their own gardens, largely in the back yards. The idea is to impress on the children importance of productiveness during the war, and incidentally to develop their use- funess. A good idea. Why is it not acted upon in Kingston? The Ottawa Citizen wants the vYity of the Hudson Bay Railway and terminals defined dy an in dependent committee of the OCom- nions, and it names Mr. Nickle as one Rippling Rhymes talk about the operation that 1 cent bystander snatches of talk his bill I've yet "ful humor, still rusty, and he wi tate my spine." depends alone on amputation, if I would shake the that Jeremimh Proctor has hired a famous eastern doctor "Twixt them and me the gulf grows wider; alas, dig some organs out." a rank outsider--I never have mmotion I simply mix a drastie potion, and take it with a spoon ! THE TIMELY TOPIC When modern people get together, they do not each one, in his conversation, describes some painful to Dr, Sidney, and he removed my starboard kidney-- Smaraia 1 snened my 0 urges emergin', I cline my ad soaked the s n a dinger on the jaw." ard; the way that he cut-out my gizzard, was some- thing simply fine." weather, as fellows used to do; but ately he's gone through. - The inno- catches, while listening, disjointed that runs this way: "Oh, yes, I went to pay. " quotes m "The surgeon, in a boast- Jarge, ingrowing tumor, as from the chloroform "That old Doe Faker is a pi " Chestnut says m: tem's. 11 take his bucksaw trusty, a ampu- "The doc assures me my salvation been hewn! When my Mngides are pace with Russian enlistment. 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