° about $2,000,000,000 so far. It like- wise gets a banking commission on all loans raised here for foreign gov- jernments. Such loans are said to aggregate at present about $1,600, 000,000. There are also commissions for selling many hundred million dol- ,{lars' worth of foreign-owned Ameri- Jean securities for the British Gov- ernment, and commissions for call loans and commissions for stabilizing British exchange. In fact, it's hard to imagine any monetary phase of the '| war that doesn't. bring in commis- sions to the house of Morgan. ee eet Rumania will have a slice off the war map. \ ------------------ A REBUKE TO MORAHT. " One of the strangest things in the war is Col. Moraht's reputation for sagacity--a reputation that principal- ly prevails outside Germany. That some of his fellow countrymen at least judge him at his true value fis shown by an article upon him in the Conservative "Kreuzzeitung." His "optimism," especially as re- gards Great Britain, comes under the ash. . "We must warn the public," says the "Kruezzeitung," "against 001 looking at the situation too optimis- oy Weok 2 a tion) . BE aR rinting 'omess fn comd® TI the Canadian troops thoved from Flanders to the Somme, we must steel our hearts to bear our part as the brave boys pt the front are bearing theirs, re- marks thé Toronto World. There may be deadly work in the next few weeks ih the Somme valley. In the charges that swept away the first series of trenches of the German de- fences the losses, though less than the losses in the Champagne attack, are, in the aggregate of the five or Six armies employed, very heavy. Our Canadian troops have been taken out of Flanders as veterans, tried and true, to stand in the breach with the most valiant of the 'empire. There is cause for stern rejoicing here, and they ate un- happy who have neither part nor lot in that glorious field. These fateful days may bring some sorrow, 'but they will write the name of Can- ada in the heart of human history, and the story of the progress and the. liberties of the race. The American Locomotive Com- pany, which had a deficit two years ago and a profit of $11,000,000 last year, didn't make it all out of loco- motives. = -------- DEMAND FOR GOOD ROADS. Eastern Ontario people are tho- roughly disgusted with the condition of their main roads. They are clam- oring for a change, and that speed- ily. The auto owners are desperate. They pay high license fees and only got bumps in return. The meeting at Gananoque on Wednesday was a vigorous demonstration in favor of good roads, and particularly a main highway from Alexandria to Wind- sor. ' The gathering favored the work being done by the government through its highway départment, and not by a commission as the law now invokes. The opinion was that the government should build the trunk line, should maintain it and assess the costs. Too much governmental work was turned over to commis- sions to be healthful; too much money had already been wasted on roads to no purpose, The meeting resolved itself into an association and will throw its influence upon the government to get it to speed up and begin to have passable highways. The era of the auto, is on hand, and the . owners who pay for the use of the roads demand good construction. The farmer In his freighting also wants he best of roads. Every- body in the east wants the govern- ment to wake up and begin the good work. It every good citizen who observed boys riding bicycles on the walks would make complaint to the police court about it, the practice would soon cease. A BIG WAR FORTUNE. regarded in his time as the financial king of his country, didn't really know how to make money. The pre- sent J. P. Morgan is said to have made as much in the last two years as his father made in his whole career, or at least as much as he left at his death. 3 'The elder Morgan found his oppor- tunity in the consolidation of Ameri- - can Industries into trusts. The young- er Morgan found his opportunity in 'the Buropean war. And he made the most of all. Under a contract with the British Goverment the Morgan firm has re- ceived & 'commission of two per cent. tically. England has developed dur- ing 'this war a vigor and energy such as she has never shown before in her history, not even In the Napoleonic wars. Now we are asked to believe that she will give up the whole enter- prise before she is completely de- feated and before all her means of fighting are exhausted. Herr Mo- raht believes that this is a war of ex- 'haustion against 'England; that she cannot produce more recruits than are necessary to drag the war along; that India can hardly provide more recruits than she required to fight in Mesopotamia, Egypt and Salon- ika; and that Canada and Australia are alréady exhausted of men. This view, to say the least, is optimistic out of all proportion to reality. There are no grounds at all to war- rant the conclusion that Canada can- not send any more troops; on the contrary, the dispatch of troops from the Colonies still continues. Besides, South Africa will also send troops to Europe immediately the campaign in East Africa is finished. "It is not without reason that British statesmen speak of the rich sources of sapply in mén and ma- terial within the Empire. England, moreover, is still very strong as re- gards finances, and even Russia and Italy are not yét exhausted financial Iy." "We must pay no attention," con- cludes the "Kreuszeitung," "to any rumors about England's 'exhaustion' until there are positive signs of it. Not merely are any such signs quite lacking at this moment, but on the contrary everything goes to show that England is still resolved to go on fighting with all her might." If Gerthany officially admits losses of 4,136,177, an addition of at least 20 per cent. may safely be added to insure accuracy. f FIFTY YEARS AFTER The capture of Gorizia by the Italian forces furnishes another of the peculiar national cantradictions of the present war in~which one sees Britain offering the Dardenelles to Russia, Japan-.in alliance with the Slav, Greece refraining from attack- ing Turkey, Poland helping the Rus- slans, Britain on the side of France and Rome and Paris in alliance against Germany, remarks the Otta- wa Citizen. - For it was Prussia that helped Italy in the third war of liberation against Austria for the recoyery of the Adriatic provinces and Trent. Austria, afraid of Prussia, offered Italy the disputed provinces in 1866 in rqgurn for Italian neutrality. But Italy refused the bargain and re- mained faithful to her alliance with Prussia This availed her little, for Bismarck, with that cynical dis- regard for the aspirations of even his allies which characterized him, made peace with Austria after de- feating the armies of Fraacis Joseph in two decisive engagements, and left Italy entirely out of account in the negotiations. Garibaldi, marching on Trent, was compelled to halt. Cadorna, father of the present Italian generalissimo, who was proceeding to Trieste, was forced to abandon his intention as the full strength of the Austrian armies, now released by Bismarck's breach of faith, confronted him, 1 France, however, remained true to her word and restored to Italy those portions of the kingdom which had been entrusted to her by Austria. But Austria remained in complete possession of the province of Trent, been that the unsatisfactory frontier which Italy was forced to accept by the treachery of Prussia in 1866 has been the cause of fifty years' enmity between the Austrian and Italian peoples. ) Now the tables are reversed. Italy is not at war with Prussia but she is on & fair way to take the lost pro- vinces which she could have had from Austria in the war of i866 had she broken her word. And she is ake up her mind pretty soon now Ifa expects 4 October 1st or later on account of the of Istria and Dalmatia. Thus it has} el ht ion meer _ THE PAILY BRITISH of Germany, for it cannot be doubt ed that an Austrian defeat at this time is more disastrous to Germany than it is to Austria. Germany would today willingly give the provinges to italy in return for her neutrality, as Austria offered to do fifty years ago, but the time for such an offer has Jong since gone by. But the parallel is interesting. The very presence of Cadorna is in itself romantic when the history of the military relations between the three countries concern- ed is considered. With Cadorna directing the ad- vance on Trieste throug Gorizia all the elements of an historic re- venge are supplied in the situation on the Austro-ltalian border, EDITORIAL NOTES. Eniperor Franz Joseph of Austria having lived so long, let it be hoped that he survives to see the complete discomfiture of his dual kingdom and his German ally. Th® opening of the public schools in New York will be postponed till epidemic of infantile paralysis. Safety first is the first consideration, John Wanamaker, Philadelphia's merchant prince, says: 'Stores could not exist as they exist to-day with- out advertising." And John has been a very wise business man in his gen- eration. | American newspapers are steadily reducing their sife as a result of the constantly growing scarcity of news- print. The Philadelphia publishers have agreed on a maximum average, of not over twelve pages daily, and| this example is being generally fol- | reese seen eerie eng | most noted story-tellers. He should have created a riot by dropping a tenderloin steak. ~~ Room For Success (New York Herald) President Wilson is moving to set- tle the threatened strike of the em- ployees of the railroads of the coun- try. We hope he will have more suc- cess than he has had in Mexico. Straws Going with the Wind (Philadelphia N. American 'Two years ago the 'German leader who dared express any doubt about the ability of the Kaiser to win would have been arrested. Today it is a sate recréation. All of which means that the jig is up. KINGSTON EVENTS 26 YEARS AGO booming in this district. A city agent wrote up $43,000 this month, The police find stores open almost every night. that stores are locked carefully be- fore leaving for the night. Vessels. are making for 3 cents. THE SENATOR GOT SPEECHES MIXED Brockville Recorder; X The late Senator Dan Perbyshire, was for many years one of Ontario's Hundreds of audiences have laughed to his "Story of the Hired Girl," but no one alse was ever able to successfully tell that tale, though the Senator never failed to convalse his audience with the anecdote. There is, however, one anecdote that others do tell that the Senator had to do with. He was an honored member of both the lowed in Canad as well, | PUBLIC OPINION | Tariff Duties 2 (Ottawa Citizen) | No nation can thrive with colossal | tariff duties, no matter how well it may appear tq get along with mod-| erate duties. Willing To Do Talking (New York Herlid) The Kaiser has shown that he is willing enough to do all the talking for his nation just so long as some- body else will do the nation's fight- ing. Why The Kaiser Is Enraged (Boston Transcript) ! "It isn't the fact that England started the war that enrages the Kaiser, but the realization that she is guing to end it." Should Have Dropped a Steak Philadelphia North, American) The French aviator who dropped handbills on Berlin missed a trick. | framed Senator. | you how highly 1 esteem and love Masonic Order and the Independent { Order of Oddfellows and at meetings and banquets was greatly in demand by both lodges all over the country. So many different towns were in the habit of call'ng for his fraternal ser- vices in such widely separated places, | that at last the Senator féll back on | two well-prepared addresses -- one for Oddfellows and one for Masons. One unfortunate night, however, he grew too eloquent. "I belong to | more than ome fraternal order," said the witty, big-hearted ard big- "I need not tell the Masonic Order, but even that great and noble craft must give sec- ond place to the choice of my heart --the Oddfellows. No fraternal body on earth contains so many noble men as the Oddfellows. The Odd- | fellows stand first in their devotion to true brotherhood, in their gramd love for humanity, in their--", The member sitting next to him had pulled the Senator's coat tail. "Aw, cut #t out, Senator," he said in a husky whisper, 'this is a Masonic gathering you're talking to, and for heaven's sake give us your night speech. 3 JOHN ADAMS. John Adams, second President of the United States, was born on a farm near the city of Boston, his fa- ther being engaged at the time in trying to pluck something from the rugged soil of New England besides the army worm and withered hopes. Young Adams did not take to the farm, as he objected to raising short ly after midnight and mingling with the, irritable Jersey heifer, so he turned his mind toward the minfs- try. The ministry in John Adams' time was different than it is now, inas- much as the candidate was obliged to believe a lot of things about hell which could not be proven by per- tonal testimony. Mr, Adams de- cided to take up something which did not require a man to believe any- thing he didnt want to, so he began to study law, He would have made a good lawyer if the political bee had not stung him with so much success that he ran for every office in the gift of the Thirteen Colonies. John Adams was one of the first men to revolt against the British empire and call King George III. saucy names. He never put a two- cent stamp on a promissory note or a chattel mortgage without urging his countrymen to throw off the for- eign yoke and adopt one of domestic make. write the Declaration of Independ- ence, correcting some of the spelling and inserting a number of valuable commas therein. At the close of the revolution he was made our ffrst minister to England, appearing at court in a pair of tight-fitting knee pants which displayed his gnarled Massachusetts legs to the best pos- 8'ble advantage. John Adams was not a popular ET dizzy; and drive ing air. and Latin, will hour or two." ing, . and swear. At mn lie down again; brother, to plague the souls He helped Thomas Jefferson Random Reels "Of Shoes and Ships, and Sealing Wax, of Cabbages and Kings COMMA AFTER, HORNSWOGGLE AND COMMA AFTER. * LOWLIFE™ AND ~ MY GRACIOUS, TOM, HOW DO YOU SPELL PREPAREDNESS ? REERT--08 C= ra He helped Jefferson write the Dec- laration of Independence, correcting some of the spelling and inserting a number of commas therein, president, owing to the rigidity of his 'back-bone, which made him harder to handle than a trick bron- cho. The politicians, did not like him, as he was liable to appoint somebody postmaster on sheer merit alone. After completing his term he returned to his native state and tried to forget what had happened, dying on the Fourth of July. 1826, on which day his great rival Thomas Jefferson, also passed beyond, Mr, Adams was one of the baldest men who ever held the presidential office, and when angered or embar- rassed lambient flames played over his dome. People who did not like his curt manner and prickly vocabu- lary had to admit that hé wad a genuine American, patriotic te the core, and when he died his baldness and other faults were all forgotten and forgiven, The . life insurance business 1s | Merchants should see} charters tol} carry wheat from Toledo to Kingston |JHi WHIG, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1 = 'exclusive styles. Are arriving daily. We've a re ~ See Bibbys Young Suits small checks and Plain blues. "The Earl" at $15.00 Fabrics are plain grey cheviots, fancy Scotch tweeds, English worsteds in Sizes 33 to 38. - Men's ey stripes. Suits. - Rich browns, and $12.50 suit values - ada. 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The population of St. Croix in One little fly, so busy, will make a strong man lightful, and fill with language trightful the palpitat- I murmur, after dinner; "A nap would be a winner; so I shall sleep a few; some snores in Greek am smoothly faring into the land of dreams; and then a fly comes pacing along my forehead, tracing the fur- rows and the seams. then it lopes and gambols, along my queenly nose; then my bald head exploring, still burrowing and bor- 1g, industrious it goes. 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