22 PAGES Che J YEAR 84, NO. 250 wl ES Sunni {Tributes 1 a Canaan itr. : Vhig's Book Review page has y contained notices of books from the pen of John Stu= ison, a Canadian author' of have also noted the fact mother was a native of g ngstof and her family closely iden- | tified with the early life of this city and district It is therefore a plea- to reproduce the two. following tributes to the importance of the views ed by this writer "How a Canadian-American Tried to Prevent the World-War Breaking Out," from the Detroit, Mich., "Gate- way Magazine," September, 1917, page 25: "John Stuart Thomson, the Oriental explorer and author, has long been a leading defender of Chinese res puiblicanism; Britain's retention of in- dia; America's interests in the East, including retention of the ippines, and an Anglo-American na- val defensive alliance Discussing his plan and propaganda in its issue of April 15, 1011 France's leading journal, La Nouvelle Revue promised that France would gladly join such an allignee Had this aun thor's plan and propaganda, carried sure advan on in the world's magazines and press | from*1899 to 1914, been then carried through, doubtléss' Germany would not have precipitated the world-war. This issue l.a Nogvelle Revue and this author's propaganda therefore stand as a melancholy monument of what might and should have been effected at the time." ol The Navy Ledgue, publisher "The Navy" magazine, Victoria street, Londlon, through its general secre- tary, P. J. Hannon, writes John Stuart Thomson - under date Sept. 10, 1017, as follows: relative to the war are most valuable. 1f the views you propagated relative | to an Anglo-Amerpan val defen-! sive alliance, previous to the war, had been realized, we should neyer have had this terrible éatastrophe® ol of NELSON'S HISTORY OF THE WAR, VOL. XVIL By John Buchan. 215 pages. trated, Price, 35¢c. & Sons, London, publishers. . Many previous "volumes of this splendid history of the great war have been reviewed on this page. The present volume covers the following phases of the conflicts The Opening of Roumania's Campaign, Brussilov's Chetk, von Falkenhayn Crosses the Carpathians, the Position in the Bal- kans, the French Advance at Verdun, the Position at Sea, the Campaign in the Air to the Close of the year (1916), Political Transformations, the British at Salonika. These varied subjects are dealt with in great detail, and the objects and aims of the con- flicting forces are followed with mas- terly precision and broad outlook. Mr, Buchan shows no signs of flagging, and maintains his pace as easily as ever, His work never degenerates into mere book-making. We are given not only a lucid but a brilliant narrative of events, The qualifications are shown in the skill with which he disentangles salient epi- sodes from a complicated skein of events, and in the effort which he makes to arrive at true generaliza- tions, instead of contenting himself with repeating the commonplaces of his side. Buchan places the blame for the Roumanian debacle primarily on Rus- sia, which forced King Ferdinand's decision, and then failed to support wil > WOLFE ISLAND WEDDING -- Nuptials on Ad The Casey-Greenwood Tuesday Morning. Wolfe Island, Oct. 24---A very pretty wedding took place in the church of the Sacred Heart on Tues day morning at 9.30 o'dlock when Mary Alphy, second daughter of I é | Russia Phil. | of Paris, | "Your contributions i Thos. Nelson | author's | n to, believe, he Sturmer deliberately {him. There is reas | asserts that M iplanned a Roumanig lof his scheme for a separs bd ! with Germany Roumania, too, had attempted a strategic prob- lem which only a wild freak of ior- {tune could have permitted her to | solve Once with r back to the i wall, this little people, inexpert in war, de a heroic fight for it Her were quick to grasp the ele- ene { ments of danger, and by their defence jof the central passes prevented the i swift and utter disaster of which her | enemies dreamed } 1 4 Te Sure of i Treachs, | { Lieut. Coningsby Dawson, the au. "thor of a new wigs book, "Carry On," will be remembered as the writer of "The Garden Without Walls," etc. He was living in the United States when j war broke out, and at once came to | Kingston to ealist He secured his | commission here, and for some months was quartered with the Jattery in the Cohen building, on Bar { rack street, later going overseas with t unit Writing to the New York 'Times on the subject, "Literature in the Trenches," he reveals the sol dier's attitude toward literature. He confesses that he had met only one man who loved it. Doggerel poetry 1s popular, because it is all a mad bur- lesque of the splendid things that are being done, The literature of the trenches consists' in poking fun at yourself I "One has a strange feeling about books," he continues, "when he is in the immediate presence of death . . The petty, personal prob- lems which we cloak in words and call literature seem so ignoble a pre- sentation of meni and women who are planned for immortality and live in {an infinite world. | went to France | { fully intending to keep a record of what 1 felt and saw there: 1 soon found that what I felt and saw was too grave to put on paper;l cheapen- ed myself in my own eyes in the at- tempt. My feeling was somewhat akin to the disgust one feels when he sees Christ depicted on the stage, The truth depicted was once so divinely Illus- | real that the imitation. can only be tawdry. "Unconsciously men in the trenches are creating a new literature. It will be the only literature after the war that will count, for it will be a litera- ture of selflessness. These men who have staked everything they value in the world for the sake of an ideal: will come back to the days of peace with a new vision in their eyes. Without any consciousness of having been he- roes, they will speak and live and write in terms of heroism," Compare the sayings of Christ in the early years of His ministry with those He spoke when Calvary was in sight. The i kind of literature we shall create when the war is over will be the kind that men write who have walked in Geth- semane together." Lieut. Dawson instances a scene, at | the front. The Getmans had pre- {jected poison gas over the English fand Canadian batteries ,and the gun- ners found safety in their gas masks. All at once the infantry, well forward, signalled for the help of the guns. Let him relate the heroic story in his own simple but eloquent words: "You cannot lay a gun or set fuses in a gas helmet. If our infantry were to be saved, some of the men at the batteries must sacrifice themselves. Without an order from anyone the fuse.setters and gun-layers tore off Laheir helmets. Our guns opened up. "The umymasked men lasted about twenty niinutes; when they had been Mr, and Mrs, John Greenwood, was Casey. The ceremony was perform by Rev. Father Flemming. ! The bride who was given away by heg father, wore a lovely gown of ivory duchese satin, it being trims med with seed pearls, silverlace and French knots. Her long tulle veil re TT Books And Their Authors I united in matrimony to George 2 b done others. followed their example. This went on for two hours. The reason for this splendid calculated devotion, as the gunners expressed it, was that they weren't going to let their' pals in the trenches down. The spirit of the new literature after peace is declared, if 1 know, anything about men, is" going to be the spirit of those gunners. We're not going to write the kind of books that let our pals down. We've finished with the old indecencies and doubts. The sacri- | fice of the trenches has taught us something better," Yiews of a Canadian Writer, Writing to the Whig"s Book Review editor from his home in Jersey City Heights, N.J., John Stuart Thomson, an author well-known. in his native Canada, and the publisher of such well-known books as "China Revolu- tionized," "The Chinese," etc, em- phasizes the statement that Cana- dians should not be backward in ex- pressing their views on world events. "What Contida recommends these days," he writes, "is listened to more than in the past in London. 1 have always urged. British statesmen to give Canada greater representation in Imperial councils, covering strategy, as there are a few problems which are differently viewed in Canada and United States print." Mr. Thomson has advocated quite a few new policies, and has presented them with vigor through the medium of American, Canadian and European periodicals. Since 1914 he has con- tinually advocated using Japans' army in Europe, so as to flank the Germans and make the west lines thin enough for us to break through and drive the Teuton back to the Rhine He is also a strong advocate of an Anglo-American naval alliance, which should become permanent as the best and most economical guarantee of peace. In other articles he urges that Holland should come in, and allow us to fiank the German armies. "We can compel Holland," he writes, "for really it is the British fleet that is guarding Java and Sumatra from the German fleet, and therefore Holland owes us much," November Cosmopolitan a Record Breaker. November Cosmopolitan «is the Bteatest all-star number Cosmopolitan as ever published, and the best bal- anced number. Fifteen famous writ- ers arerepresented in its tabhe of con= ténts;. their work is _ illustrated by twelve of the greatest artistsg Owen Johnson, creator of the "Sala mander," has named a new type of young woman in "Virtuous Wives," which begins in this issue. Eliza- beth Robins continues "Camilla," as does 'Robert W. Chambers, "The Restless Sex." Short stories are well and ably pre- sented by Booth Tarkington, Samuel Merwin, Charles G. D. Roberts, Dana Gatlin, George Randolph Chester, and Arthur B. Reeve. Lillie Langtry, the famous beauty, continues her "Myself and Others," and George Ade contributes a new JA able in Slang. Maurice Maeterlinck, the-famous Belgian essayist, writes on "Our In. visible Helpers," an inspirational es- say of great beauty and power; Ar- nold Bennett writes "The Meaning of Frocks," just as interesting to men as to: women. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, America's premier poetess, has writ- ten "The Need," a gripping poem, and Herbert Kaufman contributes "The Smelting Pot," 'a wonderinl bit of picturesque writing and philosophy. was caught with a wreath of orange lossoms. She carried a shower bouquet of white roses, lilies of the valley and maiden hair fdrn. Miss Marie Greenwood, sister of the bride acted as bridesmaid and wore a handsome gown of mauve satin, with fat to match, and carried a shower bouquet of pink roses and maiden | | Daily British KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, OCTOBER LAWYERS PREDOMINATE Composition of the Cabinet, Ottawa, Oct. 26.--Professionally lawyers predominate in the new union cabinet. There are fifteen members of the bar in the govern- ment. "According to creed, Pres- byterians and Methodists predom- inate, On denominational lines the cabinet is divided as follows: Presbyterians--Sir Thomas White In the Union { and Hon. Messrs. Crerar, « Meighen, Reid, Ballantyne, Guthrie, Mac Lean and Robertson, Anglicans--Sir Robert Sir James Lougheed, Hon, Burrill and General Mewburn. Methodists--Sir Edward = Kemp and Hon. Messrs, Sifton, Rowell, Cochrane, Crothers and Carvel. Roman Catholics--Hon. Messrs. Doherty, Blondin and Sevigny. The Fall Weather Hard on Little Ones Canadian fall weather is extreme- ly hard on little ones, Ome day it is warm and bright and the next wet and cold. These sudden changes bring on colds, cramps and colic, and unless baby's little stomach is kept right the resuit may be serious. There is nothing to equal Baby's Own Tablets in keeping the little ones well. They sweeten the stom- ach, regulate the bowels, break up colds and make baby thrive. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr, Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Berden, Martin Liberal Member For Norfolk De- clares Allegiance to New Cabinet, Simcoe, Oct. 26.--W. A. Chariton, who has represented Norfolk County in the House of Commons, as a Lib- eral, for six years, in a letter pub- lished in the Simcoe Reformer ad- dressed to H. B. Donly, president of the Norfolk County Liberal Associa- tion says: "More than two years ago I be- came impre with the necessity for a Union vernment. The grav- ity of the situation indicated clearly that party strife had no longer any rightful place in the affairs of this country, and during that time I have done all in my power toward the formation of such a Government. I feel it my_duty to inform you, in your official capacity as president of the Norfolk County Liberal As- sociation, that I am a supporter of the newly formed Union Govern- ment. Their manifesto issued a few days ago should be satisfactory to all classes of people. This is no time for division, This is the darkest an in the history of the workl. Our 1 efforts are essential for the preservation of civilization." RT . The Soldier's Prayer. The following poem was written by 14.-Col. A. T. Thompson, ex-M.P., of Ottawa, who is at East Sandling Camp, England, for the Canadian Military Gazette: "I to the hills lift up mine eyes, from whence doth come mine aid," Oh, Lord, make Thou my vision . strong, I would not be afraid OP mine beneath, or bomb above, or gas or liquid fire, But only of Thine anger, Lord, or failing Thy desire. "I to the hills lift up mine eyes," my spirit soars on high, For there I see Thy presence, Lord, and victory is nigh: A viet'ry over self, oh Lord, not over fallen foe, Nor yet the crown of pomp and pride, such as the Gentiles know. Teach me to kill each errant thought, each wild desire to quell, For then, come bomb, come gas, come fire, with me all will be well, i ~ And to the hills mine eyes will look, from thence shall come mine ald, In life, in death, in peace, in war, I cannot be afraid. -------- To Make a Christmas. No $2.25 that you can spend in Christmas present giving will go further than & subscription for The Youth's Companion. Look over your long list and see how few things on it are certain to be as eagerly treasured during every one of the fifty-two weeks of 1918 Acquain- tance with it soon ripems into lasting friendship, for it has that rare and priceless gq A ~--character, the Youth's fast -------- | SUPPORTS UNION GOVERNMENT 27, 1917 . | THE WORLD'S NEWS | IN BRIEF FORM Tidings From All Over Told In a Pithy and Pointed Way. Europe's wheat crop is only 85 per cent. of normal. Prescott has fixed its tax rate at 26 mills, or 1% mills lower than last year, London has decided to insure men drafted' under the military service act who have dependents. { . An effective antitoxin for gaseous {gangrene has been discovered by the research chemists of the Rockefeller Institute. ' The United States will charter a number of steamers to Italy to re- | lieve the latter's shortage of ship- | pi ng. Stanley Addis, 48 Defoe stfeet, Toronto, a messenger boy, was kiiled by a motor driven by Harold Dugden of Shuter street, The Italian Government was de- feated in. the Chamber of Deputies 'to~day - when a vote of confidence Tailed by 314 to 94. he Frovince of Saskatchewan has en divided between the parties to Ten will be Liberal seats d six Conservative. It is estimated that two thousand be jan car loads of potatoes of this year's {crop will be available for export {from the Edmonton district. | Sir Rodolphe Forget announces that .he will run against Hon. Mr. Lemieux, no matter what riding he stands for. Mr. Lemieux is booked «for Gaspe. R, Tasker Steele, one of the most prominent citizens of Hamilton foun- | der of the playgrounds movement there, and a patron of athletic sports, died in his sixty-seventh year, ~~ Whig PAGES 182 { " FOURTH SECTION Special Agents Fit Refo Clothin . A Select Line of Overcoatings in Stock Inspection Invited CrawfordsWalsh Tailors. 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