gy A . and putting Mr. Dewart in his place, Published Daily and Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING ©0., LIMITED, if pald . rear, by mail to rural offices . to United States 2.5 (Bem'-Weekly Edition) One year, by mall cash ear, If not pald In advance 'ear, to United States x and ree months pro rata. Attiched is one of the. best printing offices In Canada. 1 50 1.50 job The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG G is Suletsticuing by the ABO "Audit Bureau of Circulations WORK. FOR REQU TTTED. The women of England are pot to be licensed by the Church of England to preach. A rumor to that effect has been disposed of by the Bishop of London, He writes to the English press to say that he and the Bishop of Chelmsford were quite willing that the women should assist in a certain mission, but that their lordships did not imply that the women were -to assume any functions of the priest- hood. The women, too, according to Mr. Asquith, are not for the present to be given the franchise. Special pro- \vision has been made for an up-to- date registration of the male voters including the soldiers and sailors at any age, but the extension of the franchise farther was not contem- plated, as it might open up a contro- versial issue, and this was.not desir- ed during the war, In other words, the men, because of their duty to the empire, are to be enfranchised specially, but the wo- nien because' of their extraordinary service are to cultivate still more the virtue of patience. It ddes not seem to be a satisfying argument. Lloyd-George goes out of his way, «as a minister of war, to pay high tri- bute {o the women for the efficiency of their service at a critical time. They have met éVery expectation of the state, but they cannot vote, and it is not expedient to even consider the proposition during thie war. "What is the matter with the Ot- tawa Journal that it should refer to the government it supports as '"fore- flush democrats," on the recruiting question? Something has touched oust contemporary in a very tender dpot. It wants eonscription, but they this cutting language? A TALK ABOUT LEADERS. : Tom King, the Ottawa correspond- ent of the Toronto World, discusses the liberal leadership in a recent ar- ticle in the Canadian Courier. He - -|sary or AN IRRITATING SERMON. | The church cannot ask visiting clergymen to submit their sermons, or the outlines of them, for su¢h| censorship as the Occasions warrant. | But after a. certain experience on Sunday evening it will be quite in order for any pastor who vacates his pulpit, as a compliment or favor to another, to insist that the sentiments of the visitor shall not be antagon- istic of the sentiments which . his hearers are believedgjo entertain. One can scarcely assume that any American 'preacher can be so' confus- ed on public issues as to fail, lament- ably, to expreks the minds of the people among whom he has worked, or to understand public opinion ag it is revealed in the press If Dr. Eds- ton be correctly reported he, did not] explain the position of the United | States, or Britain, or France, Wi Russia, or apy other country in th war. His was a miserable jumble of| ideas incoherently expounded, Britain's place in the war need not be defined. It is known to every] reading Canadian. France's place and Russia's, and Germany's, the place of the Triple Entente and the| Triple Alliance, have been pretty | well discussed, and it is not neces-| expedient for any American | though a graduate of | Queen's, to come to Kingston and at-| tempt to instruct the people, and confuse thems . Let us' have no more sermons this kind, atleast until after the war, since public feeling is not calculated to stand the they im- pose, wll "The zhos t of Louis Reil is being caled up in the political squabbles of Quebec, and by the conservative party. Another evidence that in thé next election thevracial and religious cry will be the principal one. HEADING FOR ( AL AIS. From two sources, the New York | Times and the Syracuse Post-Stand- ard, one gets a new view of the Von Hindenberg canipaign. He re- garded as Germany's greatest war- rior. His reputation is peculiarly his own. His is a .record that, in some respects, stamps him as a mili- tary hero. Called to the general command of the German army, when the outlook | Ms dark and lowering, | preacher, of strain 'which is when his| superiors have been displaced, when royajty itself has been swept aside, what can be accomplished? The military critics of the Times and Post-Standard are agreed that he must do something worthy of" his great name. But what? Make a new drive westward and towards Calais? His aim may be to alarm, if not defeat, Great Britain, whose army and navy have done so much to destroy Teutonic prestige. He may fail in this, as his predeces- sors in command have done, but he must try again, and by a tremendous effort--perhaps the last, great and herculean effort--strike for the one point, where, with success, he could revive the. drooping spirits of the sermans and depress, correspond- ingly, the spirits of the Allies. The articles which amplify this phase of the European situation will be read with profound interest. They were written, of course, before Gen. Haig made his last great and suc- cessful attack on the German line§ rover Sunday and Monday, and drove back the Teutons who are operat- ing under the very eye and inspira- Sf Von Hindeberg. Perhaps, in view of this -éxperience, the pro- pheey of our contemporaries will stand a little revising. EDITORIAL NOTES. does not accept as probable the re- "port that Mr. Rowell is going to Ot= tawa to serve in the House of Com- mons and as the successor Wiltrid Laurier.' rals of the federal hbuke that there will be a new and liberal government after the next election. Sir Wilfrid will be premier again. But he is ad- vancing in years and will be inter- ested in the choice of someone who will succeed him in office. He would like an able and popular man like Mr. Rowell in his government, but not as his.leutenant. So thinks Mr. King. He is not, of course, in the _ BeCTrers of thé liberal party. He has been given to understand that out- side of Mr. Graham no one is anxious for the leadership, and Mr. Graham, an Ontario man, has won his place and the preference he has been shown by Sir Wilfrid. All this is a Summary of the gossip which has been going the rounds, and about the men of the hour. The | conservatives, by the way, have for some time been retiring Mr. 'Rowell and the liberals in the legislature, who have something to say about ~ this matter, haye not thus far bees fc y Po 9 Murmurings of revolt in the com iy party are heard from To- . Tonto. The ministers who would Jull others to sleep, as they have been' lulled to sleep themselves, with the assurance that "all's right with the to Sir|from Toronto, and it is the centre {where the political ammunition He says it is assumed by the libe- | made, and the match applied. : >. Get ready for an -eleetion in--On- tario. That is the advice sent out is n There are whisperings with-regard to the municipal election already. Candidates for the mayoralty are be- ing discussed, and also the possibility of peace being continued in the coun- cil. There has been a kind of truce for this year. Will the, Prohibition Act be re- pealed at the next session qf the legislature? Perhaps. Some pro- mise to that effect appears to have been made to conservative members of the house, and it has put a check, for the time being, upon the forma- tion of a third party. Hal Donly, in the'Simcoe Reform- er, thinks the Prohibition Act will wreck itself. 'He thinks the mem- bers of the government would be chumps if they did not enforce it vigorously, and in that' way stir up the people to the point of rebellion. Hal is 'away off. As a prophet he is not winning the confidence of his "Tinvee months to "find out that irifle. our men ferred to'as a | one man was appear in another column, and will] § (On May 1705 Sir Robert Borden it to the judgment of the PQ not. i ycoximatet three the | iad been using two, years ago was ot up to the mark. ! The conel is obvious that the! Ross rifle w i have been discarded long ago if commander-in-chief had been allowed to do it: Ne -- 3 Free Press is display- Bourassa is re- 'disarmed ass." . He formidable force. He was a" courted and feted and fawned upon when Nationalism ws at height. Now he is despised and called bf names. The conser- vative party will get along without in Quebec? So it is assumed, | not abuse the "disarmed 2.00 The London - ing its ingratitude was a' man fo be its him Hence. why ass"? | pusuig OPINION | Zaimis Act Meanwhile. (Port Arthur Chronicle) The Crown Prince of Greece may get the throne, ut Venizelos will give the orders. Insiucerity, t. Thomas Times) In other words, less than one pro- hibition petition signer in ten, is a | prohibition voter. Quite a Celebration (London Free Press) Russia celebrates the elevation of Hindenburg to the position of chief of the German military staff by a capture of 15,000 Austro-Germans, with big guns. * Hush Up, You. (Hamilton Spectator) "Twinkle trot' is said to be the latest addition to the fantastic dances of the day Perhaps an appropriate alr for its performance would be that of the girl "with a naughty little twinkle in her eye." Cut Out The Bar. (Ottawa Citizen) Perhaps the local incident where killed by another who! had just issued from a hotel bar may | help convinte some People' that the | latter is a department of the hotel | business that might well be restriet- ed. The Object of It AlL (Toronto Globe) Thé "active campaign" for more recruits inaugurated at Ottawa seems to consist for the most: part of ap- | pointing men on salary to do work | that has heretofore been done by | patriotic citizens at their own -ex- pense. New Yellow Peril. | (New York Sun | The Japanese the baseball field, and on the wrest- ling mat they hold their own against all comers The sensation of "this season is their prowess on the tennis court. Is there any white man's sport they can't excel in? Too Much or I (Toronto News Is Ontario to be a Continuous ref- uge for race track gamblers from all over the continent? Under legisla- tion which was intended to restrict we have almost continuous racing. Sincere and disinterested lovers eof the turf may have to face a harder battle if racing again becomes an| issue in Parliament. IXINGSTON EVENTS 26 YEARS ACO - The - Kingston Lacrosse Club has been engaged: to play at the Gan- anoque Fair, Two hundred excursionists left to- day on the steamer Maud for a tour of the islands. - A big crowd from Wolfe Island took in t trip. C. H. Corbett and a Party of Nap-| anee sportsmen are hunting at Varty Lake. AMERICAN IDEAS OF GERMAN DRIVE i . Syracuse Post-Standard. There are reports that the new chief , of staff proposes to give his] first attention to the punishment and elimination of 'Rumania. May pe, 'for Rumania threatens more than Hungary. She is a menace to the] Bulgarian alliance. The Central! Powers must keep their Balkan ally in good humor lest he decide to re: pudfate his alliance. With the Sa- lonika armies keeping his troops oc- cupied at the south, he is concerned about Russian and Rumanian ac- tivities at the Danube. If the Germans should put forth their next giganti¢ effort in an as- sault upon Bucharest to destroy the the able are formidable on | | rigidly enforced, f cement Bulgarian fridndship, - ol | would keep open the way to" Con | stantinople, - they would win new| title to Austrian gratitude, but they| would not end the war. he Ger- man press wants a ""decisive battle." |} The German people want a victory that gives promise of peace. That alkenhayn ' failed to ac- complish this--at Verdun--is the assumed reason for his dismissal and .the elevation of the popular hero, Hindenburg. The decisive 'battled of the war will be fought on the western front. The objective of the German armies there, ever since the battle of the Marne, has been Calais. If the Ger- mans must win decisively ifi the west at any cost, it is Calais that they are likely to be called upon to win. From Calais, the Germans could threaten England, and it is only by whipping England that Gerinany can hope to make a peace to 'her liking, So the orders are likely to be as they were eighteen months ago, "Take Calais or Die." New York Times 2 Consider the situation as a whole; the fact that the Teutonic allies are from Persia to Poliesse strictly on the defensive, and ~¥n grave 'danger of defeat; that within this vast ter- ritory they are' outnumbered, out- manoeuvred both in a military and a diplomatic sénse,, and are being outfought; that throughout they are admittedly on the defensive. Then consider the situation on the west- ern. front, where they have unmis- takably make 'their best showing. These are the facts as they appear to us on this side of the ocean. Our inf6rmation may be incomplete, pos- sibly in some cases inaccurate. But this is as it appears. - If, then, this summary of the situ- ation is pragtically correct, what field is theré open to Hindenburg's strat- tegy? The western front, and only the western front looms up on the horizon-----a drive to Salais. A blow must be struck somewhere. Germany cannot, in face of opinion at home, remain entirely on the defensive. Somewphere an effort must be made, another reaching "out for -final vic- | tory. | the annals of the past. | activity exists, { And Verdun has faded away into A show of but it is mot serious at any rate Verdun could not end the war. This is now generally accepted and acknowledged by all parties regardless of sympathies. Calais might. Therefore it would not be surpris- | ing if, before the snow falls, we | should see the effect of von Hinden- | burg's | shape | 8 effort, and a final effort, to seize the| |} t- take definite of a tremendous appointm in the for | command of the Straits of Dover by driving to Calais and bring England to her knees through an active threat of invasion. ~ \ PROHIBITION LAW WILL WRECK ITSELF Simcoe Reformer (Lib). The Southwest Toronto bye-elec- tion will not prevent the Hearst Liquor Law going into force on Sep- tember 16th, and the members of the Ontario Government will be the greatest chumps in Ontario history if they do not enforce the law. The greater the strictness with, which such a law is administered, the more quickly will it raise up enemies to wipe it off the statute book. It is an unfair, un-Britsh, one-sided law. In a month from now, if the law as it stands on the statute books is the transportation companies will be staggering under the business it will make for them in running booze out of the province in' order that it may be run back again. The law does not put any barrier against the use of liquor. There is no attempt made to limit any one's consumption of it save he be of the very poorest class in the community. We believe a few months of actual experience of its ridiculous workings will bring it in- to open contempt and that it will re- peat the experience of the Scott Act. «FILED WHILE RIDING. Miss Eileen Elliott, of Halifax, Vic: 4 tim of Accident. Halifax, Sept. 6.-- Word was re- ceived ip Halifax yesterday that Eileen lliott, the sixteen-year-old daughter of Major ENiott, of thig city, was killed at Chester as the result of a fall from a horse. Mrs. Wickwire and-two---children-of Major Elliott; grandchildren of the late Dr. Wick- wire, have been summering at Ches- ter. Miss Eileen went for a horse- back ride. Tt was about four o'clock when she fell from the horse. The young lady wdy'picked up and taken home and it sfemed at first had not sustained any serious injuries, but some time afterwards she developed congestion of the brain. Her father, Major Elliott, is in Ottawa. E. H. Sothern has reconsidered his decision to retire permanently from the stage. Mrs. Sothern (Julia Marlowe) has agreed to post- poned her long anticipated residence in England in order that Mr. Sothern may act again for charitable pur. deed | poses for the British -Red Rumanian armies 'they wouid-# Rippling. Rhymes INVITATION TO AUTUMN Come, gentle Fall! Imperial Autum eat long endured has knocked us out of in the back in-chief 'whether the rifle was fit or) and wabbly in the k Fall See Bibbys Nobby $20, Kos « Bibbys New Toggery $15.00 "Bud" Suits See Bibbys $18.00 Regent Suits. See Bibbys English Blue Suits, $15, $18, $22.50. ee] "vr See Bibbys Chesterfields at $12. 50. The Belcourt at $15.00. The Howard at $18.00. New v Aline Soft Hats for $2.50 Are Beauties. Men's Fine Shoes The Summit at $4.00 Bibbys 78-80-82 Princess Street. The The John Bull at $5.00 Duke at $5.00. See Bibbys Dressy $4.00 Trousers Random Reels "Of Shoes and Ships. and Sealing Wax, of Cubbages and Kings THE MUD HOLE After a farmer has driven into one of The mud hole is a great American these imitations of the bottoinless pit institution which comes in the spring in a brand new car and taken his and stays until a new board of sup- ervisors is elected. It then moves over to another township and lotates on apiece of road which has not been touched by the profane hand of the King drag since the Mexican war. Almost every county has a collec- tion of ancient, honorable and accep- ted mud holes, which are never fil- led up with anything except automo- bile wheels, dragging differentials and profane tourists. It would seem that when a mud hole has established a reputéition which reaches into the next congressional district it would be content to retire and not keep on clogging the highway with the pros- trate forms of seven-passenger tour- ing cars. But it is harder to make a mud hole retire than it is to drag a Federal office holder away from the pay roll. Mud holes are caused by the sur- face of the road giving way at the knee joints and sinking due south un- til both running boards are anchored family down with him, where they firmly to the highway. Some mud ¢an't see anything but the tree tops, holes are deeper than others and un- either the mud hole or the road su- less acted upon at once will swallow pervisor will be removed at the next a high-seated runabout with the top general election. It used to be the up. When such a mud hole this is fashion to repafr mud holes with live lpcated in close proximity to a farmer sod, which stood erect in the road who owns a dredging outfit consist- and imparted a smooth; gliding sen- ing of a teanr of docile mules, it is sation to people in the back seat. worth more to the property than a-- Sod is all right in its place, but very trans-continental railway through little of it is used in building speed- the back forty. -Many a farmer who Ways: lives next to one of these quick as The mud hole commits most of its sets has earned more money yanking crimes in the spring of the year, deeply imbeddéd tourists to sone ha- breaking springs, twisting axles and 'ven of rest than any other form of causing péople to lose a lot of hard- endeavor. earned religion. It would not last There are not many mud Bolas in- long if everybody who wallows our public highways as formerly, this through it would stay mad long en- being due to the fact that the farmer ough to bond the county for good is buying most of t the automobiles. roads: McLeod's Drug Siore * Pure Spices. Boling Wes. ; ~P A. e Wax. = IT MAKES ME BILIN MAD} RECKON WELL HAFTY GiTuP A PETITION Tie Joke dAD A Loap © Almost 'every county has a_eollec- tion of ancient, honorable and accepted mud holes. RS : NEW CLOVER HONEY ! In the Comb: 10 Ib. Tins, each ... ... ... $1.80 Dominion Fish Co. Bulk Oysters. Phone 520, - | SPECIALS AT IPICKERINGS FOR DAYS. Large Pkg. of Soda Biscuits . . |2 Ibs. of Sweet Biscuits . . .. '8 3 ting of Custard Powder . . 3 pkgs. of Jelly Powder Our Meat Department is Stocked With the Best of Meats. 1490 and 492 Princess St., Phone 530. SAY Have you had your photo taken at Weese's new studio? FRAMES Gilt, etc., frames regilded. 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