PAGE FOUR THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, MONDAY, MAY 14, 1917 SEne---- % i av * ! N se W re ener-| London Times' military critic, the] gee The British Whig meeting of all those who were g { ary r ' Bd ~ liy'and deeply interested in the out-| Allies on the -west side need "l] PUB iC OPINION | 3 yl t 1 S4TH. YEAR. ia tra * : re | come of the war. "Party politics," forcements at once. France has said Dr. Clark, "have only a languid| practically -put_all of her available & | interest for me at the present time. men into the field. She is waiting {One in every four we have sent from] for Welp from the United States, and Canada to the war has become a hopes for it at once, i a a Much To Answer For. (Ottawa Citizen) "Wow; hasn't the poor old gov- | ernment enough to answer for?" asks { casualty, with a local contemporary. It has, cer- { only 4;000 volun-| The Germans in the United States tainly. For instance, the minister { Vimy Ridge and {tary enlistments per month in Can-| have been abused by the Germén of public works. It must be clear to every Can-| press and advised to drop their Ger- Gorman Spyisw. tadian, who holds: Canadian honor| man pretensions and forget their Oswego, NX. Times) { dear: that unless voluntary enlist-| parentage. Some of them, ashamed) The German spies' worming their I ment enlivens, and it shows no sign| of the atrocities of their country,| way through all Russia are r¥ing 10 is, C All be face to| have already disowned their mation-| Prove that It 1s discourteous of doing this, Canada will be fac i ) 3 government to send a commission to aliy. | Petrograd. - Limited | pm ---- WE MEET OR BEAT ALL CATALOGUE PRICES; KINGSTON CASH AND ONE PRICE 'CLOTHING HOUSE. 15,000 casualties at| ie nen: | ada Fn | ARGH mim ie 5 ne will face with this situation She . Attached \ printing offices in Canada. LL - 0 sk IB Published Daily a Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING y LIMITED. wsssssess President Managing Director and Xs Telephones: ri ooms Job OM SUBSCRIPTION. RATES (Daily Edition) One year, deilvered in city ......$8.00 One year, i paid In advance .....35.00 One year, by mall to rural offi One year, to United States and three months provrata. . MONTREAL REPRESENTATIVE R. Bruce Owen 123 St. Peter St. TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE ¥. C. Hoy, ... 1096 Traders Bank BIg. UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE: §-R Northrup, 226 Fifth Ave, New York © F.R.Northrup, 1510 Ass'n Bldg. Chicago of the best is ome Job The cirenigtion of THE RRITISH WHIG 1s sutaehtiruisg by the ( Audit Bureau of Circulations: MAN POWER AND FOOD, | There is a decided difference of opinion with regard to the crop out- look for 1917. The impression one gets from a recent declaration of the premier in England is that if the * summer can be survived, without serious suffering 'on the part of the people, and- the crops turn out well, Britain will be able to take care pt herself. There can be no hope of starving the government into a surrender. Lord NéfTheliffe has said that under no circumstances can the British people be reduced to seri- ous want for food. But he does not deny that the people have been put on rations and that a policy of thrift has been prescribed by the director of foods. As against this is the statement of Herbert C. Hoover, who was chair- man of the Pelgian,, Relief Com- mission, and is now the director of food supplies in the United States. He had exceptional opportunities, while in Europe, for surveying the countries agriculturally, and he says that Germany can, on the food ques- tion, hold out for two or three years, even though the crops of 1917 be a failure. Early in the war the plans that had probably heen formulated prior thereto were put into execu- tion: All the food was commandeer- ed by the government. There was a supply of certain dimensions for each month. It could not be ex- ceeded. It involved the greatest economy, and this economy was practiced with an unfailing regular ity. Mr. Hoover professes to know the situation of Britain and France and Holland, as well as Germany, and says there is no comparison between them. The Allies must be helped, and it will be the aim of the Ameri- can government to see that this is done in the most effective way. The Americans will strengtheri the man power of the Allies, and by following the methods of Britain, whose arm- fos have been the surprise of the age. In this respect the Wilson gov- ernment has shown its good sense and judgment. Possessing the courage of his convictions the presi- dent has undertaken to force the is- Sue, and he has succeeded in carry- ing every measure to which he has given his support. "The selective draft and anti-spy bills met with de- termined opposition, without re- sult. Congress has caught the vision of the president and has upheld him in all his acts. Hach has been pre- ceeded or accompinied by a state- ment of unquestionable clearness: ° Canada Should have led the Uni- ted States in all its war plans. It _ should 'have anticipated every con- tingency, with vegard to the food supply, the coal supply. and con- scription, and should have had all] these schemes well advanced by this 'time. "The government, however, has lost its grip. It is afraid of the ol and of defeat by them. The Tesult'is the demoralization of all the ~ flepartments of government. ---- & The political transformation of ussia has been foo sudden. Some of the people have failed to realise 'What they owe ta the provisional [Bovernment, and, in anarchy, are im- a » & their own and their . Ary's future. ; un { either have conscription or face the | ignominy of having gaps in Canadian { ranks filled with men, of other na- | tions I believe when that alterna- | tive is put before the Canadian peo- ple, however, some people may fail to measure up to the'standard estab- lished at Ypres, Festubert and Vimy Ridge. Canada as a whole will stand true to any call that may come to her." Dr. Clark hoped the gov- ernment would wake up soon. There is talk at Ottawa of two things, an » extension of the term of parliament, or an early election. What is wanted is a practical plan of meeting #on- ditions bravely, courageougly and efficiently. There is only oné way in which this can be done, namely, by conscription. The alternative, of a Canadian defence force, out of which drafts might be made for overseas service, has proven a com- plete failure. There should be no further paltering with a serious sub- ject. Those who have gone to the war have won distinction. They have surpassed all expectations. But the ranks.are being rapidly decima- ted. They are wasting away. They must be strengthened by new. re- cruits, and no helpful step is being taken to accomplish this purpose. Oh, the shame and the humiliation which every citizen feels as he con- templates the plight into which the government has brought this coun- try. Qver a million and a half of Bel- glan children are slowly wasting away and facing death for want of food. - A half million Armenians are on the verge of starvation. Do the misfortunes of these unhappy peo- ple not appeal for help? THE CANADA WE SERVE. The Brantford Expositor suggests that a plebiscite be taken, and that if the vote in Quebec in unfavorable it be éxcluded from the act of con- scription. © Does any Canadian who believes in confederation, and in the permanency of it, see any hope of a united country, swhen on the one subject on which & th people should be of the one mind there is a seri- ous difference of opinion? Canada enjoys self-government, and could, if she chose, refuse to co- operate with the Mother Country in the war. She could refuse to give to the cause her moral and national support. But that would be an un- expected and extraordinary position for her to take. On the contrary, the government and parliament of Canada, acting for the whole peo- ple, have voluntarily accepted of a share in the war, and a share in its burdens, however heavy they may be. No part of Canada can be reasoiiably and honorably exempted from ser- vice under the-circumstances. Que- bec is an 'integral part of the com- federation and cannot be excluded from the consequences of "tHe" con- flict. True, the Nationalist leaders have educated their followers (o accept of strange beliefs. One is that they should not engage in any way, which does not directly concern Canada, or which does not call for a defence in Canada, but the Dominien repre- sents a territorial prize which Ger- many would seek, and, with Britain helpless, what kind of a defence could Canada set up? There are men in Canada-vor rather in Quebec-- who are not\regarded as insane, and still their intellectual powers fail them at certain seasons. The woes of France should ap- peal to the French-Canadians, and they do not. The woes of Britain call for miore than a passing sym- pathy. In time of peace men talk of what. owe to the traditions and language of France, and to the ideals and political freedom of Bri tain. In time of war they show themselves to be without discern- ment, judgment and appreciation. It is a la and tact. < _The Owen Sound Gardening As sociation is selling potatoes at $2.50 a bushel. Where did the Association get the supply? on ee ---- Hoover, America's food controller, wants authority to regulate the prices of wheat and bread. Canada has no controller of food, and its | government does not appear to care! What the people pay for their foods. | Roosevelt is very much displeased. The United States government has refused him commission to voluntary force of 200,000 men France. The competency of the ex- president has been questioned, and he resents this angrily. He may be looking again, some of these days, for his big stick. United States' most distinguished leaders of industry, commerce / and finance on Saturday paid hig onor to Arthur J. Balfour, British Secre- taary of State for Foreign Affairs, and members of the War Mission visiting New York, at a reception and luncheon at the Chamber of Commerce. ordered by the Toronto. -~ mn lead a to! A twenty-four-foot highway was gineers, four batteries and a large Ontario Railway general hospital, besides to contribu- Board for the five miles of the To- ting to infantry units ronto to Hamilton project nearest to Canadian colleges, Queen's has a rec- Firewood Famine. (Montreal Star) Montreal faces a firewood famine, yet every summer we burn up enough valuable forest to keep Montreal in | firewood for ten years. We are a strange and wonderful people, | Give Teddy a Show | (Hamilton Herald) | They are not going to allow Col- | onel Roosevelt to organize a divis- {ion of volunteers and lead it to { France. Let Teddy organize his di- | vision, bring it over to Canada, and | have it go to the front as a unit of | the Canadian army. | Proud Record of Queen's | (Si. John Telegraph) | Queen's University, Kingston, has | sent to France two companies of en- Like other ord to be proud of. THE SELF-STARTER The self-starter is a device for cranking an automobile which never works when anybody is looking on. It is a peculiar fact that a new, ro- bust self-starter which will spin the engine one hundred times hand run- ning, in the garage, immediately con- tracts creeping paralysis the moment it is asked to transact business on a crowded street. There is nothing that will cause the owner of a new car to litter up the landscape with sulphuric language quicker thai to have his self-starter stutter on the four corners, and be obliged to dig the crank out from under the back seat and pump on the handle in the presence of a skeptical and unfeeling audience. Yet this happens every day, without any appreciable in- crease in the mortality tables. The self-starter is the work of a genius who grew tired of cranking his car and being kicked in the right wrist by the back-firg. After sev- eral thousand people) had had the same experience and were living cheerfully 6" (8g 'accident 'insur- ance, the self-starter was brought out hand placed immediately under the right foot, where the driver could step on it while the car was in mo- tion and strip a few. cogs out of the fly wheel, at $4 per.cog. This caus- ed a number of thoughtful owners to Random Reels "Of Shoes and Shipe and Seallng Wax, of Cabbages and Kings." go hack to the crank and take out a few new accident policies. The most popular form of self- starter is operated by electricity, which is fed into it by a storage bat- tery, hung on the running board, where it can work loose and cause a short circuit in some vital spot. The battery is kept alive by hope and rainwater, and is charged by the en- gine whenever the speed of the en- gine exceeds forty-two miles an hour. When the battery dies, which usually occurs several miles from a civilized community, it can be recharged by the end of the week, provided a good start is obtained on Sunday. There are several excellent wme- chanical self-starters on the market, all of which are operated by the right arm and the back of the neck. In cold weather they are superior to _any other, although lacking some- what in the insouciant grace pecul- jar to the electric starter when it is in good health. After all, there ™ no greater luxury in motoring than to be able to step buoyantly on the starter pedal and feel it take hold with a soothing spund like feeding a pair of duck-bill pliers through a cogn sheller. Soifle 'day' we shall have a stafter WHith 'gfows stouter with age, instead of going into a de- cline thirty minutés after the con- tract is sigred, and then the motor- ist's millennium will be in sight. Rippling Rhymes haven't you en deuces. What Prussian drills and have all k say, "I'm glad near you why haven't you enlisted? THINGS THAT THE BATTLE CALL When battle steeds are praucing, and brave men are advancing to knock the foeman silly, will you be there, oh, Willie? bury you with honor, and fire a parting volley o'er one who perished brawly. from Aidenn, with harps and white wings laden, and cherished!" But if you slinf¥ a ing men assemble, and do s¢ ) you're at home remaining, you'll find that shame is e world will flout and jeer you. Big, strong and double-fisted, why | listed? You should 'require no urg-| ing; from craven sloth emerging, you should, in war-! like manner, be marching 'neath the banner, a sok: | 'gun on 'your shoulder, before you're one day older. Your cheap and lame excuses aren't worth a pair of | if a German kills you? What if a you? If you should be a goner, we'll} You'll live in song and story, inds of glory, and you'll look down I perished. ti be thus praised and t le, when fight- punk explaining why Big. strong and double-fisted, --WALT MASON. NEVER-HAPPEN ra IN THE WHOLE OH YES | WAS THE ONLY ACTOR - THAT WENT FLAT SOME GOOD . LINE ACTOR HAD MY PART UM SURE WOULD HAVE BEEN A HOWLING = SUCCESS SHOWAE .: Soi THE Sdow | © (eri id fou 3 Spt TR TR + ap wr Wh + anuer Handsome Spring # Overcoats We are showing some dandies for $15 See Bibbys Form Fitting Overcoat With belted back. Fine grey or blue chev- iot cloth. Special value, $15.00. See Bibbys Slip-On Overcoats English and Scotch tweeds; neat black and white checks. Fancy ial value $15.00. cheviots, etc. Spee- See Bibbys Balmacaan Raincoat Good rainor shine. 'Tweed finish, thor- oughly waterproof; neat patterns. Special value $15.00. Fresh Garden Seeds In Package and Bulk, from all the best seed houses. Choose Early.! 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The home of choice {Pure Clover Honey ~ 20c a Section At Thompson's Grocery 294 Princess Street, ~ Phone 387. A We Have a Nice Assortment of Pure CornSyrup In Sb. tins, 5-Ib. pails, and 1 . Palla, which' we ere Sing Tor oe week only at the old price. -