THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING : 00. LIMITED. JG Blt President A. Guia Director L SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Daily Edition) year, @elivered in city .., © year, if paid in advance . ne year, by mail to rural offices One year, to United States (SBem'- Weekly Edition) One year, by mall, cash ear, if not paid in advance One Year, to United States 3 1.60 $1.5 8ix and three months pro rata. isda ctam ses Attached - is one of the best job printing offices in Canada. TORONTO REPRBSENTATIVE $i. E. Smalipiece a2 Church 8, New York Office 226 Fifth Ave. Eni Frank R, Northrup, Manager. Tribune BME. , Manager. CITY CHILDREN'S SHELTER. There is a law which requires every town and city to have its children's shelter, its place 'where - neglected and unfortunate juveniles can be re- strained or accommodated and cared for. The Children's Aid Society has Felt the need of this shelter, and has made known its views to the council, Or the representative of the council On the finance committee. It is real- ged, of course, that the financial con- Hlitions at present make it difficult to Mnance the project conveniently. There have never been so many de- ands upon the city treasury and un- der conditions that are onerous and exacting, and the Children's Afd So- 'eletyq has taken cognizance of them. The representatives of the society are exercising great patience in the face of circumstances that make the elter the more necessary, but as wir for which the call is so insistent. The suggestion that the Ontarie government invite tenders for the purchase of its bonds and open them publicly in Toronto is all right so far as it goes. But it end the trips of ministers abroad, and that seems lo be a hardship. : PRESSING SCHOOL NEEDS A deputation from the Board of Education has pressed upon the fin- ance committee of the city council the necessity of providing blackboards and sanitary accommodations with regard to which they made represen- tations some time ago. It is not remarkable that the conditions have changed so far as the blackboards are concerned, because in the older gchools the wall spaces for exercises by the pupils are scanty, and the in- crease will be limited in any case. Very naturally it is asked how it is that the deficiency is now discovered. The answer is that the discovery was mude many years ago, and it has been emphasized from time to time as the school regulatfons have been published. At last something had to be done in order to meet the de- mands of the hour, and these de- mands the school trustees have made with a clearness which the council will perhaps appreciate. The sanitary problem is different. It has gecurréd in connection with one new school, and under circum- stances which are surprising. New Victoria was only opened last fall, and ere it had been fully occupied it became it that the lavatory service was lamentably deficient. As a consequence the 'experiences have " been of a trying and irritating char- acter. The recital of these experi- ences before the finance committee must have left a serious impression. It is useless to discuss what might have been. A new school should be » in every respect. . is not. Neither A \ gol, which is now ane of the older buildings, and the h and the comfort of the pulpils ke the suggested improvements an absolute necessity. : -------------- There will be no paving of streets e this year. So it is anonunced om the City Hall. The Whig is { to hear 4t. This is no time for I ------ 1two eeffets: (1) the Crown Prince in the confidence of { the people, and (2), it would break disastrously the morale of the French troops. The Germans expect- ed by their large numbers and the fury of their drive to effect the cap- ture of the French f long ago, and in their defeat they have been terribly disappointed. _A British writer, having access to later information, and having traver- sed the battlefield since Mr. Simonds feft it, says 'that the Germans face 4 most serious situation, He con- firms the heavy losses that have been reporfed, says that the last resources of the Teutons have been relied upon for success, that since September twenty-two divisions of men have been brought from all parts to Ver- dun, and that the Kaiser has appar- ently staked his all upon a victory at this point. Says this correspond: ent, G. H. Ferris of the London Chronicle: "It will, perhaps, only be in retros- pect, when the war Is over, that we can fully appreciate the part played by the army of Verdun and its con- tribution to the general result. We cannot yet be sure of the exact rea- son, or balance of reasons, for the German choice. There were certain- ly dynastic. and economic, as well as military, reasons. The many fail- ures of the German Crown Prince had to be redeemed, and the idea that a striking victory here would would confirm and extend Germany's 0| hold upon the mineral basin of Lor- raine, which is so essential to her iron and steel manufactures, was probably not foreign to the decision. Among military reasons, probably the strongest was that France could here be given a knock-out blow, whereas another thrust into Russia would not be decisive, even if suc- cessful, and any success upon the British front in France was highly problematical." When over 300,000 Germans had been launched in mass and open for- mations against Verdun, when every strategy known to experienced com- manders had been tried dnd failed, when the loss of life had been simply appalling, the Germans show- ed signs of backing up. Again, how- ever, they have advanced; the in- vading army has been reinforced with many new divisions of men; the fighting has been the fiercest in the history of this war. The French seem to have anticipated the drive of the Germans and jhave met it with the aid of perhaps 50,000 Russians, the pick of the Russian Empire. Some of these days there will be a crisis and it may end, as it is hoped for, in complete success of the Allies. -------- The Republican convention has be- gun its work In Chicago, and will continue until it has produced a pre sidential candidate. Roosevelt has gone west for a sort of triumphal march towards Chicago. will it stampede the convention? That is feared. -------------- ATTACK ON KITCHENER. L... Lhe criticism of Lord Kitchener by Hon. Winston Churchill is some- what surprising since Churchill is a colonel of a regiment which is in acs tive service somewhere in France, and supposed to be subject to the higher command. Lord Kitchener is not accustomed to the seeming imperti- nence of any under official. It is not assumed that he is infallible. Cer- tainly he has never beeh disposed to put aside his judgment and act upon the judgment of another. His success in the many campaigns through which he has passed, no one to be compéired in size and vesponsi- bility with the present, has followed the exercise of his own intuition and will, During the South African war many were the occasions on which he ordered men about in his own imperious way, and how he can endure the baiting of Mr. Churchill passes comprehension. The ex-Lord of the Admiralty is some personage. He has been cred- ited with a rare faculty for collecting reliable information-and with a rarer courage for using it. Mr. Churchill charges that the minister of war has failed in many respects, and most of all in the outfitting of the great army he has collected. = People have won- dered why the regiments which were sent to the front are kept there, some of them until they have been nearly decimated, when they could be re- lieved of the pressure and the strain by a few divisions of the large army which is in the making. - Two reasons have been assigned: (1) That of the War Office, namely, that no men will be sent to the front until Kitchener says they are "fit"; and (2) that of Mr. Churchill, who says they are not equipped, that there is not one gun for three men who are waiting for them. Either reason is sufficient; the sec- ond is astonishing in view of the mil- tions of dollars that have been spent in the production of arms, ° One thing more is astoynding. It is the coolness with which the aver- age Englishman regards all this talk about the army, and to its mani- fest i t. By some it is esteemed a sin to attack the govern- ment or any member of it during the war. It is contended that every- thing must go in a time like this be- cause, inthe face of the enemy,it will not do to attempt a rectification. But Lord Northcliffe has continued his assaults, and | some people are saying that he has been about right. 2 s Mr. Churchill follows this up, and r Britain has not been shocked. It is, however, somewhat alarmed. The criticism. has not been ignored. EDITORIAL NOTES. Both Austrians and Germans are fighting fiercely on the western fron- tier of France. Is this their Arma- geddon? The Board of Education in Toronto has declined to lengthen the vacation by closing the schools on June 22nd in place of June 29th. Toronto lives up to the provisions of the law. Why not? Saturday is the anniversary of the E king's birth. It will be observed in Kingston on Monday. The king last gear discouraged all ceremonies in connection with his birthday. He will probably do the same this year; and some people think there are too : many holidays. The hyphenated Germans of 'he United States have informed the chairman of the Republican National Convéntion that they will not vote for Koot or Roosevelt. They prefer Hughes. Which is a very good reason why Hughes should not be the presi- y dential candidate, According to Dr. Kidd, speaking at a meeting in Toronto, about 40 per cent. of the milk cows of Ontario are infected with tuberculosis. Is this the cause of 48 per cent. of deaths in 16,000 children of Ontario of from this disease? There seems to be an intimate connection between cause and effect. Hon. Mr. Landry is sald to have resigned from the speakership of the | Senate. He was out of harmony with the venerables during the most | of last session, and because, out of the | house, he made a speech which seri- | ously reflected upon the members of | the upper chamber. His usefulness | seems to be over. Toronto has sold its civic deben- tures, over $3,000,000 of them, at a better price than the province of On- tario received for the bonds it sold not =o long ago in New York. Does the secret of success lie in the open and public competition? The jour- neyings of New York agents to Toron- to rather than of Toronto agents to New York? KINGSTON ves, 25 YEARS ACO ARAYA] Farmers at Wolfe Island are los- ing sheep as the result of the at- tack of dogs. J. B. Walkers was elected presi- dent of the Kingston Kennel Club, R. E. Kent, first vice-president, T. McK. Robertson, second vice-president and C. H. Corbett, secretary-treasurer. C. H. Corbett will superintend the day show to be held, (London Advertiser.) Lloyd George gives up golf to set- tle the Irish trouble. Patriotism de- mands almost superhuman sacrifices. en ---- Britain's Relief. (Hamilton Spectator.) The Belgian refugees living in Bri- tain cost her $5,000,000 a month. Truly the Old Country is financing her Allies. . Alison's Importance. (Windsor Record.) _ Hon. Col. Allisen associated with "men of big affairs" and charged ac- cordingly when it came to commis- sion on 'war orders. Wishing Him Well. (Hamilton Herald.) Poor old Yuan Shi-Kai, president f the Chinese republic, is reported I poisoned, though not dead. With all his troubles, he might well wish he was. -------- He Was Surprised. (Ottawa Free Press.) J. Wesley Allison says he was quite surprised when told he was to get a comniission from Yoakum. Séme fellows seem to be always on the right spot for a windfall. CONSERVATIVE PRESS. Face the Facts. fontreal Mail i Colonel J. Wesley Allison's insinu- ation that the fuse contracts was in- stigated by Germans seems to have startled those endeavoring to dis- credit the enquiry om a regular cam- paign along these lines. A great deal is being made of the allegation that W. T. Jerome, of New York, who has had some minor connections with se- curing information, is a pro-German. Amongst other things, it is gravely alleged that Mr, Jerome was once decorated by the Kaiser because of his services in entertaining Prince Henry of Prussia when the latter vis- ited America. In the early days of the encuiry at Ottawa, Mr. Justice Meredith showed much amusement when one of the counsel for the Shell Committee rais- ed a serious objection to the pro- ceedings based on this "war scare' ground. .Of the many subterfuges employed to hamper the investiga- tion, it without doubt the most ab- surd, In so far as the Germans are con- cerned, there are more likely to be hurt by a thorough house-cleaning of this munitions business than helped by the proceedings, Charges made against certain individuals at the in- vestigation must be proved or dis- proved by facts. What have the Ger- mans got to do 'with it? Our busi- ness, as Father Vaughan says, is to Kill Germans, We can do it much more effectively if we clean the rust out of our war machinery, The Ger- mans would be better pleased with an enemy country labaring under a weak munition éfstem than with an enemy country free to put her best efforts into the war. A fact that is true is not any less a fact because of its origin. Charges based on facts cannot be met with a defence bordering on hysteria. Those on their defence at the fuse investi- gation, and their friends in the press, should have the decency to face the facts squarely and not endeavor to throw dust in the eyes of the public by pleading enenfy interests in the proceedings. re Random Reels "Of Shoes and Ships, and Sealing Wax, of Cabbages and Kings." JUNE June is a mild summer month which is devoted almost exclusively to baseball and brides. During the month of June thousands of hopeful brush league ball teams spring into existence in small but enthusiastic villages, backed by public sentiment and a $200 guarantee fund, and after fighting for air for two months pass peacefully away, leaving a sad trail of back salaries and unpaid bills. More money is spent for base-ball in June than during the months of Jan uary, February and March combined, and every once in a while some of it comes back through the gate, June has only thirty days - thie year, but they are all long and usual- ly full of heat germs. It is a very wasteful month with regard to heat, being exceeded only by July and Au- gust, which do not produce anything else worth mentioning. Scientists have never been able to discover why June puts out so much heat in a raw and unbottled state, inst vid- ing up with some months which hasn't any, like February. We are told that heat and cold are regulated by nature, but at times it looks as if the regulating were being done by the government, as in the case of the Standard Oil Company. Almost every June a lot of unrestrained and unfiltered heat is distributed over this country which could be used to good advantage right after the holi- days. If Congress would step in and prevent this discrimination, instead of trying to crush the dowtrodden hard coal baron, it would be more popular than it is, June's most flourishing industry is the production of June brides. There is not a day In the month which does not witness some reso- lute, self-possessed bride-elect walk- ing up to a floral arch and repeating the double ring service in = ringing ones. An equal number of depress- ed bridegrooms also walk the plank during this month, and for years after can never hear the 14th of June mentioned without a reminis- cent pang. During June the average clergyman is afraid to leave the house to make a pastoral call or get trusted for a sack of flour for fear that some bride and groom will come loping up to toe parsonage and want to exchange a $2 bill for a marriage certificate in three colors. If June eame only once in five years the glergy would have to take in wash- ng. In June, however, the roads are good and ;Jusolens begins to drop, which makes everybody wish it would last ninety days in stead of thirty. re THE OLD STUNT. The time has come to swat the flies, so brethren let us arise, and wield our swatters; let's swat with all our wo! sires, and so fires, and to the work bring ants and and daughters. There is no better exercise, the doctor says, than swatting flies; the doc . continues: "It hel the nerves that knew a slump, it makes the torpid liver hump, it strengthens si » How sinful are the trifling dubs. who Waste their time with Injun clubs, and padded mittens ! 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