\ .. is a generous Dafly and Semi-Weekly by SH © WHIG PUBLISHING lw LIMITED. (Dally Boi year, delivered in cil : . yeoaz, if paid in advaice .. , by mail to rural offices . ® year, to United States .... (Bem'-Weekly Bdition) One year, by mall, cash One ear, if not Jala in ad ed States . - @Ix and three months pro rata. ear, to Uni Attachéd is one of the best job printing offices In Canada. x The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG Is authentiented by the ABO Audit Bureau of Circulations TRIBUTE TO BILLY SUNDAY. 'The employers at Otean Grove, N. J.,~the ladies of the households, ahd the mlanageérs of hotels and boarding houses have been dop- ing their own kitchen work in order that occasionally their servants may attend Billy Sunday's meetings, and the pprivilege is enjoyed. By the way there have been some very serious in- sinuations with regard to Billy Sun- day. It is alleged that he is becom- ing rich with the offerings of .cities and communities at the closé of his revival meetings. He is probably saving a little for a rainy day. But it has to be remembered that he is | meeting all the expenses of his or- ganization, and 't is a vast and com- plete one in every respect. He shares his bounty with his fellow-workers. He seeks out many who are deserving and distressed, and with timely and unobtrusive _gifts relieves their necessities, As a matter of fact he contributor "to the ~ poor and the needy wherever he goes. He does the work secretly. He does not want it to be made public. He is willing to be slandered rather than praised, and yet, common justice suggests that he be fairly criticised. People who give their money out of gratifude for; his ° service, and in thank offerings, have no reason to believe that it is being used in a way they will not approve. Billy's ton- gue is caustic, sometimes, but his heart is large and certainly in the right place, Is Kingston going to lose its fire brigade? The men who serve the £ity, 1H any capacity, must be paid the wages they can earn with private employers. There is no doubt of that, NOT A HEAVY TAX Some one has suggested that since ~ Kitchener is no more than a blessed memory a new here be raised up and * given the place he ought to. occupy in the - world patriotically. Hence lithos of Canada's minister of militia are being run off in thousands in Toronto for gemeral circulation. In "every household 'there should be a picture of 'the nian who has impress- ed himself upon the country as the . gredtest hero of the day. The gos{ "of the lithos must be considerable, . and some audacious ome wants to know who is paying for 'them. The ~ trial of the ex-ministers in Winnipeg, for offences which are not calculated - to make them heroes in the land, ; 'has suggested something. Kelly, the contractor, was obliged, of course, to - contribute to the patriotic funds of the day, and did so cheerfully. It was supposed that his gifts came out of his rich savings from public con- 'tracts. But no;.Kelly had a 'better idea than that. He charged up these levies to the works in whith he was engaged. . Every gift to a political 'or patriotic 'cause--and he Appears 10 have been generous--went against the parliamentry buildings and swel- out the cost of them. Similarly 'no one should worry about the cost) "of Sir, Sam's lithos. They can be charged up to the expenses of the _ They are a necessary conting- ency of the day, necessary, at any|® Tate, to Sir Sam's glorification, and| the country should pay for it. The King of Rouman : 1 mcaarch. » He says it is he wants but what the j s want in & war. They : . against the Germans, a Hohenzollern he ap- 'Won't lose his head in Lo 1 has acted and succeeded as far as ia is a coms for DRAWING DOUBLE PAY Something very Tremakable has taken place in the United States. | Gen. John F. O'Ryan was an officer | to the State of New York, and in| receipt of a monthly stipend of} $666.66, He was called out for ser- vice in connection with the Mexican | affair, and became a federal officer, and drew double pay, for a time; but hot for long. Public opinion began | to assert itself, and presently Gen. | O'Ryan realized that it did not ap-: prove of his action and pe ceased | to be a recipient of pay" froin the | state for a service he 'was not per-| forming. This "has provoked the | Syracuse Post-Standard to remark: | "While General O'Ryan {was gett- ing his staff a bad example there was some defense for the receipt of double pay. There is none now. Five of his officers are paid at from $2,000 to $3,500 a year from the state while they receive the pay of major or col- onel from the Federal government. The privates are Under no such em- barassment. The state pays them $1.25 when they are in service. When Uncle Sam appropriates them he pays them 50 cents. It has been carefully provided that when their Federal pay starts their state pay stops. The militia officers who are annexing double pay must have a fine influ- ence upon the men." Grafting is not a weakness of any nation or community. It is some- thing that has flourished in the United States, but it Is something which is seemingly not in favor with the military department. One"notices this, and wonders whether the aver- age conscience is more' sensitive in the United States than in Canada. It does not trouble some men in this fair dominion to accept double pay. | 4 The King of Greece is making his last stand with the government and people in.the interest of Queen So- phia. It is not a question of what is good for the country, jn a war, but what is good for the Queen of Greece apparently. a------ : / LAST APPEAL TO MIGHT. The ascension in power of Von Hindenburg is a tribute to his inde- pendence of character. There is no doubt he is a great military leader and strategist. He has demonstrat- ed 'this in his career. But he is one of the few men {np Germany who have been permitted to entertain and ex- press opinions which are in opposi- tion to those of the Kaiser, William IV] has always been heady. In his youth he was overbearing. As he grew older he became less bumptious, and yet he was always self-willed to a marked degree. As a consequence, his superiors in. the public service had to side-step or accept of his. dic- tum . Tina . Von Hindenburg, a veteran ofthe Franco-Prussian war. He did not fol- low the example of some others, not- ably Bismarck. He did not grovel to the Emperor. He did not truckle. He has not, however, been honored as some others have been, He has per- formed his military duties, to "he sure, with =a spirit and mastery that have chal- lenged the public attention, He has become an idol of the people. They have shown an admiration of him in many ways, and when he has been changed in his commands, and given new ones .as the difficulties of the situation presented themselves, he any man can under exceptional cir- cumstances. His command of the army, as its chief director and au- thority, is a tribute to his personal power. : The call of Von Hindenburg to higher office is a last desperate bid for supremacy in the field of action, Von Falkenhayn accepted of the in- spiration of the Kaiser and the Crown Prince. He has been subordinating his own views to theirs, and the campaign has been going ( against them. Von Molke was sacrificed by the Kaiser because he had a mind of his own, it is said, Von Falkenhayn goes because in serving the Emperor he has been displeasing the people, and the confidence of the nation has to be restored somehow. Von-Hindenburg begins his.peign, kings, by 'ridding himself of all thosé who were associated with his prede- cessor, anil some thirty generals have lost their- commands. The new war council will be of the Von Hinden- | burg type. It will be made up of quer if it can, and by any means, nol matter how frightful and atro- cioGs. Very properly Benhardi, the author of a book which reflects the Von Hindenburg philosophy, has life practically, as well as for the j-aceount | to both the provincial and dominion | Wheat and riajze are | some thousands of votes. Tike some of the ancient warriorsand |~ warriors whose one purpose is tol' future of Greece, at presént, He is | extent of securing territory from realizing what it is to put his will be-| Bulgaria, | which contained a povula~ 5 | tion of 285,000. oa fore the people's in a last and serious] The great majority of the Ruman- crisis. ! | ans: depend upon, agriculture for, Sm------ | their livelihood, over forty per cent.| The nickel trust pays a dividend of the land being under cultivation. | of 30 per cent. on a Watered stock |The soil is generally very tertile, but of $41,000,000. It can, | the droughts of summer, when the : . _ | heat is extreme offset more or less therefore, afford fo pay its war taX|.,." ,qvantages of great (fertility. extensively and, there are-also large | crops of mitiet, barley, rye, beans, The German electors 4n the west | peas, ete. The cattle and sheep in- are asserting fheir power. . Berlin gusiry Pon Souise of Jeslih, as are ri | forests, ere is, too, a con- dpes not become Kitchener because | (ho "OES busines? in salt and pet-| the governments of the province and | roleum. The chief exports are wheat, of thé dominton are afraid to change | barley, maize, petroleum, 'cattle and the namé. They ane afraid to lose | hides. The imports are largely tis u| manufactured Eos pm Westen = 1 . e n question between the British and the | force 10 be considered, Germans in'Canada as well as in Eur-| eevee trseppst pen | gues . ope? i . TOO PROUD TO FIGHT i . OLD LATIN MOTTO o | . Know Too Late. President Wilson's expression in a (Syracuse Post-Standard) | speech 'at Philadelphia that a nation Constantine knows now that Veni-{ may be "too proud to fight," which zelos was a better adviser than Mrs. has caused so much bitter criticism, Constantine nee Hohenzollern. lis - not original 'with Mr. Woodrow ---- . { Wilson. Indeed, it js very old. This Time They Did. was explained in a speech in. the U. (London Advertiser) |S. Senate by Senator J. Hamrilton The king of Rumania refused to | Lewis, who said: receive the'envdy of the kaiser. Mon- | "The" expression 'too proud to archs are careful of the company they fight,' used at Philadelphia by the keep these days. | President to an audience of cour- {ageous Christian people was," said | Senator Lewis, "the adaptation of an King Constantine is suffering from | ld quotation from the classics--an- an affection of his tenth rib. Adam | cient as the Scriptures. Its meaning got into his most serious trouble | 18 known, to be that a brave people through one of his ribs also. filled with the consciousness of their ' gy strength; were too proud to fight Getting Wisdom at Last. | where a concession of what was right (MOhtreal Herald) | would bring justiee to all. Germany announces that the entry| 'The President presumed oh the of Rumania into the war' will make | intelligence of his audience to under- very little difference to the resuit.|stand. The expression is the adap- Beginning to 'see that defeat is in-| tation of the line from the Latin evitable 'non dimieare est vincere,' meaning 'not to fight is to conquer.' "' Senator Lewis related how Lord : (Montreal Mail) | @hatham had used the expression in Kings, being invariably married | farliament in 1775 and how Charles men, are open to such stories as that| Symmer in 1862 used an adaptation one about the Queen of Rumaniw hav-| of "it in his speech on the Trent af- ing forced the country into-the war. | fair in the Senate. 5 Can't a man ever do .anything him- , self? ' i governments, | grown, | PUBLIC OPMION | Trouble In The Rib. (Montreal Star) It Seems Not. Re : : Call On Mr. Crothers. |} NO LACK OF PRO- HIBITION ANYHOW By the way, when is Mr. Crothers| going to do something to arrest the rapidly climbing cost of living? Even | the longer trains which he was sche-| BE Se duled to shorten, are not making | SJ GY Neh a iney had lived food prices any less. |the Government in Queen's Park would never have drifted into its present wretched plight. He would have stood firm against the malted milk agitators, and given this prov- ince just as much prohibition as it wanted---no more, no less. The local option law was doing its work well, and Sir James would have left it at that. He was a master hang at let- { ting well an alone. But Premier Hearst does not, belong to the Whit- ney tribe. To do what h¢ did, Premier Hearst had tg'be guilty of an act of treach- ery ih selling out the liquor men who largely furnished the campaign fund to 'defeat Leader Rowell in 1914. However, in this matter of treachery honors were even, for Leader Rowell was equally guilty in countenancing an agitation which he had solemnly promised the Liberal party to abandon, once it was tried out and beaten. In the matter of good faith Leader Rowell has a slight edge on. Premier Hearst. The Liberal leader is true to his prin- ciples, but not his promise. Premier Hearst has been true to peither, Thus does prohibition bedevil every politician that touches it. Whit the politicians see in this hot enemy the Lord only knows, for the average prohibitionist, whose mouth is out of all prohibition to his head, is no good to anybody but himself. He will vote party anyway. Crusaders on both sides of politics have been dis- appointed time and again in expect- ing him to tip the scale. He doesn't do it. The liquor man, on the other hand, is more dependable---he keeps his word, and moreover, opens his money bags. (St + . Misrepresentation. (Guelph Mercury) Bhe London Free Press talks about Sir Sam Hughes, the "minister who raised 300,000 stalwart Canadians." They're stalwart Canadians all right and doing their duty nobly, byt Sam gan' raise 'em. IKINGSTON EVENTS 25 YEARS AGO During August - there were 26 births, 15 marriages and 32 deaths. One hundred rand fifty children ho never attended the public §chools have been admitted: The junior classes in the public schools were overcrowded at the opening to-day. In some rooms there are not enough seats and the child- ren hate to sit on the floor. '{ RUMANIA'S PLACE IN THE WAR - ee Montreal Gazette ai Rumania's fighting strength is be- ing variously estimated at from half a milli to a niillion and a quarter men. The latter figure, of course, is quite too high. The population of the country is about the size of Canada's, the census of 1913 record- ing 7,200,000 souls, The almanacks for this year give the war footing of the field armiy as 250,000 men, with reserves that bring the number up to 700,000 in case of necesssity. As there will be need of all the soldiers who can be summoned to the colors, it is likely that the full 700,000 will sion, and Ypres to the Canadians, be under arms before the present war | Beaumont will mean to the New- is ended. There is also a small navy foundlanders. Little has been heard of 'about thirty vessels, on the Black (of the men from the little colony Sea and the Danube. {across the Atlantic. TNey have an The field forces, naturally, should jengaging quality of reticence, and it be in fine trim, for éntrance into the [is only recently that a great many conflict has been in contemplation [people in England .are aware that for many months past. It is true, there is a Newfoundland contingent also, that Rumania has not lost any (at all. They are not a numerou of her strength in recent years, hav- | body, but they have proved that the; ing kept out of the wars in the neigh- | "'can pill their weight and more," as boring Balkan States. Indeed, she [their geferal .told them after the profited by the war of 1913, that fol-' battle. 1 a The Newfoundlander's Odyssey. From the London Times. What Anzac will mean to the Aus- tralian and. New Zealand troops Helles to the immortal 29th Divi- cn 5 . = A man came Yeebly to my Wook; he'd walked a hundred miles or more, since last he had a meal; he said, "The road is Marsh and Jong, and words, how- ever ce and strong can't tell how tough 1 feel: I beg you for a half a plunk, that I may get myself a _ burk, and something ¥ can eat; for I I'd die if I again must hungry lie in alley or in street. "In sooth," I said, "TI A : lowed the conflict of 1912-13, to the| See Bibbys Nobby See Bibbys English See Bibbys $18. $20, $22.50. Toggery 00 Regent Suits. uits, $15, $18, Blue S The New Alpine Soft Hats for $2.50 Are Beauties. Men's Fine Shoes 4 The Summit at $4.00 The wf Bibbys 78-80-82 Princess Street. Pr See Bibbys Chesterfields at $12.50. Belcourt at $15.00. Howard at $18.00. ~The John Bull at $5.00 Duke at $5.00. ' See Bibbys Dressy $4.00 Trousers ~ Limited Kingston, Ont. e "Random Reels "~ uOf Shoes and Ships, and Sealing Wax, of Cabbages asd Kings" -d Some kinds 'of criticism are worth the money. There have been times when a verbal -uppenaity«delivered with a smile, has straightened up many a man who thought he could drink or leave it alone. Perhaps a CRITICISM. Criticism is a barbed shaft which is aimed at the heads of people who have climbed far enough above sea level to make a good target. Very few people escape criticism in one form or another, but when they do get off altogether it is time to pick out the quartette, The man who ig criticised the /most will usual- ly be found jin t possession of something whith other people would MY FRIENDS: THE PoLilicAL HALF -PoRTion WHO OPPOSES ME FOR CORONER. 1S A RUM GUZTILER ~ HE EATS WITH MS KNIFE AND USES PERFUME - HE WAS THE WORST DOG CARHER WE Dominion Fish Co. Bulk' Oysters Phone 520. ./% GROCERIES & MEAT EVER. HAD AND i NEITHER A J the the like, but never had the nerve or Genie NOR A SCHOLAR. = AND J brain to go out and get. / It is a favorite pastime to criticise the pastor for the falling off in the Sunday evening attendance, but if every critic on the membership re- cord were in his pew on Sunday the ushers would have to bring in chairs and the pastor would faint in a crum- pled heap behind the pulpit. We have too much éfree-mouthed ' érfti- cism of the clergy on the part of church members who will not attend divine worship because ° there is somebody on the official board who gave them nine bars of soan for a quarter instead of ten. Probably the best target for the critic is the political candidate who won the nomination and would like to hold office long enough to get back' 2 per cent, of his campaign expenses. . If there ig anything the candidate's family didn't know about him before he was nominated, they will not have to wait long after the primary elections for first-hand information of his real character, of- fered without money and without price. This is why so many men refuse to run for office and prefer to remain in some quiet business pur- suit, so that they can go home at night without having a stony-faced wife dig into their past lives with a remorseless hand. Probably the best target for the critic is the political candidate. little more timely criticism in the home might save the boy or girl from the merciless jabs of the street-cor- ner gossip and prevent a scandal that would rock the town from the four corners to the Fair Grounds. There is nobody who can sit down and eriti- cise a boy and ring the bull's eye every time like his father, and the voice of the good counselor is hushed. | Love draws the teeth of criticism, | which too often thinks it can accom- plish most by larruping. If you must criticise other people, count up one hundred first and then move to lay the motion on the table, -- - It is profitable to-buy the 'best. You can get. the best at The Unique Grocery and 'Meat Market | 490-492 Princess Street. Phone 530. : C. H. Pickering, Prop. | Have you had your photo taken at Weese's new studio? FRAMES Gilt, mission, mahogany, walnut, bE) boy will remember it long after the! etc., frames regilded. PIANO One at a Bargain. 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