Daily British Whig (1850), 7 Jun 1916, p. 4

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" Published Daily and Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING ©O,, LIMITED. . " . Fre ent ny or i reas. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Edition) (Daily 1" One year, delivered in city ...i.. "wus than that which now prevails. One year, if paid In advance «+. $5.00 One year, by mail to rural offices . One year, to United States 3.50 (Bem'-Weckly Edition) One year, by mail, cash One year, # not paid In advanc One Year, to United States .... ix and three months pro rata. Attached is one of the best "Job printing offices in Canada. TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE 42 Church St 225 Fifth Ave. Frank R. Northrup, Manager. Chicago ....... o's hie «Tribune BMg. Frank R. Horthrup, or. , LESSONS FROM THE WAR. The tragic events of the war, so distressing In their character, are teaching their lessons, and one is that Canada, as part of the empire, is depending upon the protection which Britain affords in her army and navy. Without that far-flung battie-line in France, and the far- ther{flung line of battleships across the North Sea, preventing the escape of alien cruisers, Canada, in common with the rest of the empire, would be the sufferer. The lesson of the hour is that Canada must have In time her own navy. It need not be 4 large one, but efficient and equal to her needs. Another lesson is the need of some better system of recruiting The voluntary system has been tried to its limit. The national service does not draw any more, as it stands, and something must be done to bring about a further enrollment of the eli- gibles for military duty. Is there ~ anything better than the registration 4 and modified conscription which pre- '~ % vall in England? If so, let us hear about it, and quickly. At. present recruiting is the hardest kind of work, and the most thankless kind in view of the.manner in which the ranks can be raided, as they have been recently in Kingston for special purposes, and by order of the militia department. The daylight saving scheme is ap- parently settled for this year. Ald. ¢ Newman has had another vote ufion i the issue and lost. The division was i. 9109 An evidence in itself, if it 7% were needed, that the original reso- lution had not been rescinded. STRAINING THE LAW The legislation of British Colum- bia, in extending the life of the leg- islature long enough to enable the government to perform certain acts, will be tested by the court to which an appeal Is being made, This ap- peal will likely travel to the Privy _ Council. An interpretation.of law by a lower court, and one that will probably' be against the legislature w and-the government, will not be ac- ., ent in several provinces, cepted, and perhaps it is as well. The tendency to do illegal things, to strain the constitution for political reasons or political effects, is appar- The Mont- * real Gazette recalls two or three oc- casions. One was in Ontario many years ago, when the Liberals ruled, _ and when thefcounsel of Hon. David ' Mills was sufficient to avoid legal embarrassment. Another was in Nova Scotia where the "wad to do something which the con- sitution did not cover, and wise coun- .. sel again prevailed: The government of British Col- umbla knew that it was going too far ii when it proposed to give $6,000,000 "" lo the Pacific Great Eastern Rail- B way, after the legislature's term had | "owpired, and the action of Mr. Brew- "The local regiment, that repre {senting Frontenac, which county has + heen absolutély. combed fn the inter- warts, | Pioneers. 1.50 | glass, temptation into Granted that the Pioneers whom the militia départment is calling to its aid should, or must, be made up of men of a certain statute, that the 'work in which they will engage re- quires unusual strength and endur- ance; the fact remains that they sho be searched out by the slow and $ven expensive process that is open to all recruiting officers. Every member of the 1 : ttalion has been, as it were, hand-picked. He has been looked up, interested in the | national service, and enlisted at a considerable cost, and' this cost met or borne by the regiment, and out of its dwn funds, When the unit is robbed of its hest men, without re- compense and without consideration, the officers have a right to protest, and in a way which will most influ- ence or affect the militia Septic), One questions the authority under which_an officer from Ottawa acted when he éame here and proceeded to ree from each corps the best of fts men and transfer them to the That is no way tg _en- courage recruiting on the plan un- der which it is at present. followed. It becomes a national service which obtains in England, where all the ex- pense enrolling the eligibles is paid for by the government, EDITORIAL NOTES. The price of beer has suddenly risen in the city to ten cents a Why? The license com- missioners may be asked to lok into this question. It is estimated that $10,000 a day is spent in Kingston by the officers and men of the various units in camp beyond Barriefield. Most of this money finds its way into the city. The dancing masters of N York have met and solemnly declared that "bunny hugging," and all that this implies,must in their august presence cease, The young folks will kindly take notice. So Ulster, or part of it, is to be ex- cluded from home rule when it is put into effect. Too bad. United Ire- land should try the virtues of a gov- ernment which should mean everlast- ing peace to the Emerald Island. The United States naval bill has been pasesd by Congress with an es- timated expenditure of $270,000,000. The measure lacked just six votes of carrying with it a further expendi- ture of $100,000,000. Uncle Sam means to have some navy. The commanding officers at the Niagara Falls camp call for the clos- ing of the pool rooms on the ground that these are detrimental to recruit- ing... In time the government of Canada Way-he impressed with the necessity for natiomri--vegistfation Then thé. visitors to the pool rooms may not be so numerous. As the result of acute criticism to which he was exposed in the Jewish press, which appears to have misun- derstood him, J. H. Schiff, of New York, and one of the most active and generous_Jew in America, has with- drawn from all Jewish societies. He is still at work, however, in the in- terest of his down-trodden country- mefjn Poland and Russia. Who Buthorized the raiding of the lgeal regignent in the interest of the Flones 2 Is there any excuse or jus fication for it? The country is not depleted of its stalwarts. There are some still at large, and they may be secured if the government is will- ing to pay for the cos} of the.canvass. The government has certainly no right to appropriate the work which has cost it nothing. -------------------- { puBLIC OPINION | Hard on Canada. (Hamilton Times.) So defective ammunition was sold by Canada to the British Admiralty, What next? Considerable Damage Going On. "(Colurabia State.) . At the present rate, there isn't go- ing to be much left of the earth for the meek to inherit. Properly Sized Up. . {Montreal News.) Having been in politics for some time, Mayor Mitchell, of New York, was probably prepared to be called "a little shrimp." Kaiser At Home. G Mercury.) The aorof the Kalser riding on a street car and tipping the motor- man convinces us that His Majesty is planning to run for office. Worth Their Salt. : ( Daily Herald.) The 'Germans are Working their Canadian prisoners in the salt mines presumably because the ed that these young fellows their salt, . ---------- Traflicking With the Nationalists. (Ottawa Citizen.) The ponciy of gaining officé by a compact with the Nationalist party has dogged this Government. It hag lost the confidence of the country by its trafficking with the political underworld, and it has gained noth- ing by such deals. ¥ are worth M Sir Robert. ruled that h ment, * of this denied investigation;to which, as a member of the Government, it must be supposed he was a party, has seen fit to issue a blanket endorsa- tion of himself and Col. Wesley Alli- "son. > ) 25 YEARS ACO The strawberry crop will be almost a failure owing to the lack of rain. J. McCammon went to Enterprise to-day and purchased a carload of cattle. J. Waddell was elected high senior beadle of the Grand Lodge of Cana- dian Order of Foresters. CONSERVATIVE PRESS. Progressive Defence. Montreal Mail Col. J. W. Allison was praised by Sir Sam Hughes in Parliament, be- as a pure patriot. The Meredith-Duff Commission pro- ceedings 'put a different complexion on Col. Allison's operations. They gave denial to Hughes' boasts. Col. Allison took commissions right and left; and he was shown up in a light that utterly believed General Hughes' estimate of his purely patriotic inter- est. He took his pound of flesh; and he took the wind out of his min- isterial friend's boasts. lison took commissions, Sir Sam Hughes was forced to abandon his denials of knowledge of that fact. But he did not denounce the taking of toll; he defended it. When he learned that Allison, whom he boast- ed would be entitled to his - "ex- mission bag, he was still for Allison ~~for him to such an extent that his eulogy was refused consideration by the judges. Sir Sam kept step with his praises, and concurrent in his jus- tification as the truth was revealed. It looks very much as if Sir Sam Hughes has made up his mind to stand by Allison, just as it looks as if other powerful influences were hound to stand by Hughes. Hughes alliance seems to grow stronger as Phe evidence against Alli- son, in a profiteering sense, increases in scope. LIBERAL PRESS. The Election in Quebec. Manitoba Free Press Strictly speaking, there has been no organized Conservative party in the provincial field in Quebec since the catastrophe of 1897, when the the Liberal party, led by F. G. Mar- chand. Every general election for the Conservatives. In 1912, fol- lowing the change of government in the Dominion, an attempt was made by the Conservatives to make head- a return to the conditions of 1904 and 1908, when the Opposition all but disappeared. x The other theory, that the Liberal fore the latter went to Great Britain, | strengfh in thege province is a reflection of Sir Wilfrid Laurie's is that sure. The real 1 after 39 years of wasteful and incom- government the had the good fortune to secure a careful and efficient administrator, first in Mr. Marchand; and afterwards in Sir Lomer Gouin; and it had the good sense to reward their effective ser- vice by steady support. It has been the easier for.them to do this because no possible alterantive government has ever been offered to them by the Quebec Conservatives. INDEPENDENT PRESS. Is It True? {Canadian Courier. I~ He other day, a commercial tra- ve as discussing party. politics in the smoking room of a train, "Party political lines are breaking down," he said. "At one time, in our organization at Kingston, there were only Grits and Tories, but now we still have some Tories and some Grits, but the great majority of the members are for principles and men. We gave a machine gun to a local battalion, and a discussion arose over It having been established that Al-, penses," held both hands in the com- | Col. Allison as the revelations were "| brought out; he was progressive in The Allison- Flynn Government was destroyed by since that date has been a Waterloo way, but a mere handful of members were elected; and this year there was its dispgsition. Politics were drag- ged in. "The dyed-in-the-wool Tories | stated their position, and the dyed-in- the-wool Grits stated theirs, and they | were as far apart as the poles, and then the majority of the fellows just | settled the dispute in a common. sence way without regard to politics. | And that is, what is going on all over {the country." Was he right? | DEMAND REMOVAL OF CONSTANTINE. Russian Press Urges Vigorous Action Against Greeks-- Would Occupy Athens. Petrograd, June 7.--The Russian press urges the Entente powers to bring pressure to bear on Greece be- cause of the antagonistic attitude of that country. Something of a sensa- tion has been caused by the articles especially that in the Bourse Gazette, expressing the opinion that the King of Greece "would do well to take a rest of some duration at some place better for his health than Athens." The other papers denounce 'the political felony" of Greece toward the entente. The Noveo Vremya considers the measures taken at Saloniki as in- sufficient and chills upon the entente powers to take/necessary steps at Pi- raeus and At) ns, COMMISSION TO FRANCE. Canadian 'Representatives Going to Cement Relations. New York, June 7. --A Canadian commission, headed = by Senator Charles P. Beaubien, sailed on the French liner Chicago for Bordeaux. The Senator declared the object of the trip is to cement the relations of pride and love between France and England. He was accompanied by Louis N. Patenaude and Paul Spu- rot, secretaries of the French Cham- ber of Commerce in Montreal. Just as far a8 you know will the Lord hold you accountable, Ni THE NATIONAL CONVENTION. The United States National Con- vention is an enthusiastic gathering called for the purpose of nominating a President who will listen to reason. It is held once in every four years at heavy expense for badges and dele- gates, which is cheerfully defrayed by the second-class postmasters and the candidates for Federal office with which every town of over 400 popula- tion is so thickly congested. One of the first acts of the Na- tional Convention is to open with prayer, thus injecting religion into politics, hit not enough ito spoil the programme, After the national committee has seated all of the dele- gates that will stand without a rope halter, the polls are opened and a number of worthy citizens are voted for by their own states. When this has proceeded far enough to permit the manufacture of 1,000 feet of moving-picture film, the leaders de- cide to nominate somebody who is strong with the masses and at the same time is ace-high with the classes.-- Sometimes one of the lead- ers will become obdurate and have to be promised the post-office or a po- sition as guardian of a filing cabinet in the census bureau, and if. he be- comes too obdurate -he is given a massage by the driver of the steam roller. Random Reels "Ot Shoes and Ships, and Seall ng Wax, of Cabbages and Kings." Another important act of the Na- tional Convention is to adopt a plat- form which was written in New York thre summer previous and contains several kiln-dried planks first used during the Lincoln-Douglas cam- paign. Once in a while a new plank is inserted before dapital and labor have had a chance tg pass upon it, af- ter which it is quietly withdrawn and used for kindling, The country delegate who goes to the National Convention with a working model of a platform in his pocket, declaring for prohibition and woman's suf- frage, should arrange with friends at home to look after his remains, for if there are any novelties to be in- troduced the Joaders will do the in- troducing. The convextion which opens in Chicago to-day will be full of har- mony and busted booms. ambitious statsgmen who have gone to Chicago with a promising boom- let, which in a few brief hours will explode with a noise like running a 34 x 4 tire over the neck of a pros- trate setting hen, but perhaps it is Just as well, Before adjourning, the Natjonal : ial contests) It is sad | to think of the number of bright and ul Sizes'30 to 34. Double Breasted Style Coat, Bloomer English Serges. ~ Regular $10 and $12 values. 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Convention is-alo obliged to nomi- | a nate a Vice-President, but this is re- quired by the (onstitution, and should not be held up against the delegates. ; lime, that modern of eye. plain; oh, for . free and bold, AST MASON, man should appear in such a would make a raid!" forly years ago!" Rippling Rhymes 5 THE GRAYBEARDS. We relics of a bygone time insist that old ings are punk; but our old domes are full ats, and we are talking through our hats, and all we say is bunk. come down the streel, togged out in raiment slick and neat, i modern fashions," we declaim, 'are nothing but a burning shame----theéy shock the purists *They make the tired speclalor ache; and how the womenfolk can make themselves a holy show, is something that we can't ex- The lovely dames and we look on and sigh; "The the fashions safe and sane, of We make such statements but if you take an album old, and view the women there, with gowns that look like circus tents, and shawls that look like twenty cents, and nets pon their hair, you'll say, "Those girls were surely shrieks! overrun with freaks when those tintypes were made; if any wo- The world was of rags this year, the cops En Dari Pons, | things were sub- | Photographic Supplies - Films = developed and yrinted. We invite you to inspect our large range of Cameras ~--all new stock. 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