Daily British Whig (1850), 9 Jun 1916, p. 4

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ited States : {Bem'-Weekly Bdition) Une year, by mall, cash 1.00 One year, if not paid In advance ise One Year, ie United States 1.50 Bix and three months pro rata. Attached is one bf the best job printing offices In Canada. " REPRESENTATIVE 32 Church St k Office 226 Fifth Ave. oni rank R. Northrup planager, Frank R. Northrup, Manager. © A TALKED TOO MUCH. Col. Carnegie has given a new ex- planation of what he meant by "see- ing Allison" when Mr. Harris wanted to discuss shell contracts with him. Col. Carnegie says he merely wanted Mr. Harris to consult with Col. Car- negie because Allison was a man of affairs or information. Too thin. Mr. Harris, a Canadian manufac- turer, knew his business. He did not want any talk with Allison, the favorite middleman, under the cir- cumstances. To consult a man who, for financial considerations, would be apt to cut his throat, would not be giving evidence of much tact or busi- ness acumen. The explanation of Col. Carnegie with regard to Allison in this con- nection is on a par with some of the other 'explanations he has made be- cause he has talked too fast or too much', The Bull Moose is ready to stam- pede the Republican Convention which is in session in Chicago. When Teddy sets hls heart upon a thing he wants it very bad. WAR MAKES WARRIORS. One rises from a contemplation of the life of Kitchener to reflect that he was a product of the wars in which "he was engaged. He set out, like all young men who decided deliber- ately, as he did, to adopt the science 'of arms. In this respect he follow- ed in the footsteps of his respected father, who was an officer of the British army. He served well and faithfully wherever he was sent. He was not a glacker or a shirker. He had one prime characteristic, that he did well and whole-heartedly every- thing to which he put his hand. Op- portunities came and he took advan- tage of them. Wars made him a hero and a soldier. i In like manner this great war is making soldiers of many men. Its showing the material of which they are made. It is displaying their courage, their valour, their fitness for leadership. One reads with sur- prise that since Canada decided.to share in the campaign, to contribute of her fighting power to the support of the Allies, over six thousand men have fallen. It is a terrible toll. It is light, however, when compared with the losses of the Belgians and Britons. In thé battle of Ypres, covering several days, Canadians suf fered severely through the fatal or serious wounding of over one hun- dred of the officers, and their places 'must be filled at once. Promotions hereafter, it is an- nounced, will be made from the ranks, The men who survive the casualties of the conflict, who show fitness and prowess, will, like the present chief of the British staff, Sir William Robertson, be given the com- mands for which they are qualified. There will not, or should not, be any bar to their rise to the highest posi- tions. Already several Canadians, with promising careers when they left for the front, have been appoint- ed to brigades and divisions. Some ! in battle, but there : ment of its editor. 9! while martial law prevailed, tried by A FALL FROM GRACE. * The Christian Herald of New York has lived in the affections of the peo- ple of all denominations, because of the goqd which it has accomplished. Unite Jorma owner and publish- er it s for many philanthropic movements. - If there were a crisis anywhere, in any part of the globe, and the people suffered, the Herald acted. Its benevolence has pene- trated to the utmost boundaries of the civilized world, and every nation felt the powerful influence of its ministry. The needs of the people have in many ways been helped, and for their relief the Herald has col- lected and expended hundreds of thousands of dollars. . Having this splendid and enviable reputation it seems a pity the Her- ald should give expresison to any Yro-German views, and it can hardly plead that it is innocent of offence 80 long as its article of May 31st on the Sinn Felners goes unexplained and unrepented of. = The article is a direct insult to the Herald's Brit- ish readers, and makes them feel that prejudice has warped the judg- The men who undertook to raise the rebel flag in Ireland, who issued a proclamation and signed it in the name of the new Irish republic, were, in consequence, court-martial and sentenced to death. They were convicted of high treason, and the Herald calls them "mar- tyrs." 4 Nay, more, the government which called them to account is referred to as "stupid" and "unjust"; as guilty of "swift and savage slaughter; of energizing in the people "the very thing she tries to kill'; of "missing the one chance to sublimate Irish pa- triotism"; of adding *'a score of ear- nest faces and staunch souls to the already crowded gallery of Irish mar- tyr-heroes." The Herald will lose caste with those who believed it editorially in- capable of expressing opinions quite so rank as those the Whig has quot- ed. The spirit of the Herald's foun- der, who was a German, would not approve of sentiments quite so anti- British. During his lifetime he could be depended upon to treat ev- ery question from a Christian stand- point and leave political venom to the papers which liked it. Farmers are re-seeding some of théir land, and with little prospect of reaping a crop. The tiller of the soil is generally envied. His posi- tion, however, is not envied this year. GERMANY'S PLAN REVEALED. Robert' Donald, of the London Chronicle, who appears to enjoy the confidence of the British Government to a remarkable extent, writes to the Gazette de Lausanne, a Swiss paper, a compléta_réveélatioa of the diplo- matic relations which existed be- tween Germany and Britain prior to the war. In 1912 Germany invited Britain to consider a better under- standing between the two empires with regard to certain matters. As they pertained to war, Lord Halk dane, the Minister of War, was se- lected by the Asquith Government. He had several interviews in Germany with the Kaiser and with his mini- sters. All these expressed them- selves in favor of peace, under cer- tain conditions, namely, that Britain would not intervene in any wars in which Germany would be involved. That was the great aim of Germany in the conference: At the time Great Britain and France and Rus- sia were in a compact which Britain was bound to keep, and Germany, though not openly, was most anxious to break. Not much came of this conference in Germany. The entente remained. Respecting some affairs in Africa.and Asia Minor there was a re-adjust- ment, and an agreement, which was never signed, regarding the Bagdad Railway. But the general diplomatic relations were unchanged. Germany was made to realize that Britain would not permit France to be crush- ed under any circumstances. The neutrality of Belgium would be de- fended. The entente would resist] any war in which Germany became the aggressor. Lord Haldane did 'not see at the time that Germany meant war in Europe under some pretext, because Germany and Bri- tain had co-operated in the most triendly way in adjusting the Balkan difficulties. But Haldane did see the navy and gave assurapce that Britain would discount it by laying down two keels to Germany's one, There were suspicious circum- stances in Germany. One was the raising of a loan of $250,000,000 for frontier defences on the west, a loan which was used, by the way, in providing munitions of war and big guns to a remarkable extent. Ger many could have been called to ac count Jor her use of money in this way, but it was not Great Britain's duty to take the initiative any more than it was the duty of the allied purpose of Germany to enlarge her| ee -- ambition which the Kaiser had tried and failed to overcome, : Thus one gets a correct view of the German status In this war. Con- flict came as the result of plans, secretly conceived and carried out, and for mo other purpose than to give Germany a larger place upon the map of Europe, with no object in view save her right to' dictate to and domineer over the other powers. em st---- EDITORIAL NOTES, Kelly, the Winnipeg contractor, deserted by his counsel because the court would not let them have their way with regard to the trial, is the spectacle of the day. -------------- Members of the Anglican Synod in Toronto wanted to advertise to the world the names of those who, being eligible, refused to enlist and serve their king and country. The pre- | siding officer declared the motion out | of order. Dr. Macgillivray's sermon," as Mod- erator of the Presbyterian, General Assembly, meeting in Winnipeg, was a masterpiece. It should be preach- ed to the assembled churchmen of Kingston if a place large enough to hold them all can be found. for fraud in con- nection with the Winnipeg public buildings, pleads that he has no! time in:which to prepare his case. | He spent months and thousands of dollars n fighting extradition from the United States. Hig plea of not| being ready for trial, under the cir- cumstances, is not very acceptable. Kelly, indicted The Toronto News says Mr. Kyte failed to appear before the Meredith- Duff Commission. He was engaged in the New Brunswick elections dur- ing the later sessions of the Commis- sion, and was doing good work. Mr. (Syracuse Post Standard). The Czar has started on another drive--and the roads are said fo 'be better than they were the fast time he started for Vienna. Hard to Say. (Monreal Star). The Kaiser has sent a message of congratulation on the naval battle to von Tirpite. Probably felicitated him on having retired when he did. S ---------------- Bad Time to Get Lost . (The Toronto Star). Lieutenant Shackleton has been found, and he ought to be plainly in- formed that if, during the war, he wanders off and gets lost again he ean stay lost. Kitchener Never Did, (Montreal Mail). All over the world, in hamlet, city, tent or field, strong -men will weep manly tears at Kitchener's untimely end. But some men never die, and Kitchener was of this type. Drunkenness Cases, (Toronto Globe), Winnipeg has gone for two days without a case of drunkenness in the Police Courf. The average, before prohibition, was from twenty to thir- ty. Prohibition certainly prohibits. jausT EVENTS 25 YEARS ACO Pickpockets were busy in the city to-day. Several cases were reported. J. Nash sold 237 of the Whig's memorial badges for Sir John A. Macdonald, - The Kingston lacrosse Club is getting down to hard practice, Many games are being arranged, Carvell said he would attend the Commission if he were wanted. The] Commission excused him. He did] not, therefore, 'fail to appear." | Are there any parishes in connec tion with any church where the peo- | ple are able to maintain their pastors | properly and fail to do so? That | was the idea of a Toronto clergyman who declined to pay his assessments to a sustentation fund on the ground) that the people in certain rural dis- tricts were better able to put up the money than he was. Yuan Shi Kai was not the popular choice of the people for the presi- dency of China. He was, called to the defence of the old Manchurian dynasty and helped to dispose of it. Then he put the rebel, Sun Yat Sen, to flight, became provisional presi- dent, and then president of the Chi- nese republic. He was induced by some of his followers to set himself up as the head of a new monarchy, and with a fitle of emperor, and this was his undoing. Several provinces of the empire went into rebellion. He saw his fate. He fought it off as long as he could and then took poi= son. © Duplieity is bound to have its reward. | yers, politicians, CONSERVATIVE PRESS. Party Reorganization Desired. Toronto World It would seem that Canadians, law- ministers, are oncerned in the welfare of the ote rowd and the Ross rifle crowd than they are in unifying Canada for the defence of civilization, of our coun- try, of our people; are more concern- ed .about the interests and about faction than they are about our noble sons, falling in the tre thousands! B kis Arenches-hy The time has come for a reorgani- zation of the government at Ottawa and of the government at Toronto, and to free them from the men who are manipulating the situation to the advantage of the interests, and at times of interests that are centred in Germany, Th interests domin- ate things because they can line up politicians and papers from both sides to, accomplish nefarious and un- patriotic ends and can keep the poli- ticians fighting over factional issues when a united policy on national and imperial issues would save the comi- monwealth, though it might be to the disadvantage of selfish ends. How much longer have we to en- dure these things? Our appeal is to the people, not to the politicians. Big measures and bigger men are needed; new and sweeping policies are called for; economic cancers must be treated in a heroic way; the lives of oir people are at stake; yet most of us are willing to side-step the duties that press for settlement. Random Reels "Of Shoes and Ships, and Seall ag Wax, of Oabbages and Kings." ADVICE. Advice is a free gift which can be taken or 'left, and is usually left. The amount of free advice distrib- uted in this country every day would reach from Vancouver to Halifax, if laid end on end, and more samples are left at people's doorsteps in a week than the combined output of all the Nver pill and plug tobacco fac- tories in the land. Despite the fact that advice does not cost anything, it is given about as warm a welcome as a small but wiry meat bill which has beef paid four times by actual count. Scattered all through the closets, attics and spare rooms in thousands of hum- ble homes may be found neglected, 'moth-eaten packages of advice which were given along with the wedding presents and were then tied up and laid away along with five or six sets of extra silver nutpicks. Once in a while some repentant wife, who has maligned her husband for refusing to partake of a delicacy brought home from the last church supper, will remember some advice that her mother gave her when they were framing up the bridal wreath and apologize with fresh cream puffs, but this is a rare happening. The freer advice is the less people like and the madder they get when turns in at the front gate. 3 Advice is mostly given by people who have been there or had some relative who has been there and never recovered. The sick room probably produces more advice than any other locality on earth, unless it is a revival meeting led by a reform- ed soak. If the average sick per- son took all of the remedies pre- scribed for him by kind-hearted neighbors who have seen them tried out, his stomach would look like the interior of a chemical laboratory within six hours. The worst trial the doctor has is the well-meaning| old lady who insists on throwing a plate of corn-beef hash into a pa- tient whom he has limited to a diet of beef broth and fresh air. Advice is nearly always given ver-| bally," with the shoulders thrown back and the chest expanded, but sometimes it is written on a type- writer and sent through the mails in a See BIBBY'S Special $4.00 OXFORDS Newest models, tans or blacks, the best $4.00 Shoe Value in Canada. See BIBBY'S Splendid $1.00 SHIRTS. Soft fronts, stiff euff, coat the style, soft fronts, soft French Canada. roll cuffs with separate soft eol- lar to match, plain white, neat pencil stripes, ete. Sizes 14 to 17 1-2, market. Aman See BIBBY'S Special $18.50 BLUE SUITS. different several All models. Sizes, \ See BIBBY'S PANAMA SAILORS at $5.00 New square erown, roll rim, best $5.00 PANAMA in A A PP See BIBBY'S ENGLISH RAINCOAT. 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If everybody who gave ad- vice would charge the regular legal rate of $56 a minute, young wives would have more time in which to learn how to cook and the dyspeptic bridegroom would become extinct, game, he doesn't throw a fit? Wh sit? foemen off the our councilmen kind of chap. powers. The crisis came when Ser- bia and Austria collided. But it when we'd put was only a pretense for war on Ger- 'mauy's behalf. 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