Published Dally and Semi.Weekly b; THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHIN 00. LIMITED, « President ng Director come to have the label put oy him that "You stood in the way of keep- ing faith with the men at the front when their ery, day and. night, was for speedy reinforcements." The Un- fon Government has the machinery in operation to bring about the neded aid. TWO KINGSTONIANS ABROAD, The sixth number of an indepen- dent business magazine, "Barning Power," New York, has reached the Whig's desk. It is ably edited by George A. Mackie, at one time a member of the Whig's editorial staff. The leading article is entitled, "The Dollar-a-Year Men," from Mr. Mackie's clever pen. Ht sets forth many interesting facts regarding the services rendeged by those indus- trial, financial and commercial lead- ers who are rendering national ser- vice to Uncle Sam at a salary of a dollar a year. This magazine is de- voted to commerce, finance and manufacturing. In Detroit, another Kingstonian, Harry M. Nimmo, a well-known graduate of Queen's and a former newspaper man here, is rapidly mak- ing a name for himself in the mag- THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1917. who said he did not want in years to] higher" plane. These things "can wait. The war cannot. Are we going to be another Rus. sia, or are we not? Laurier and Bourassa, now in close alliance, are leading the way to an ignominious retreat from the fields so dearly won by the Canadians in France and Flanders. \ The Union Government's policy is one of helping the Canadians in the best and quickest way. Surely, there can be no choice be- tween honor and dishonor. Laurier sounds '"Retreat"--a word our boys at the front do not recog. nize. In a book just issued by a well- known Kingstonian, Dr, Fred Mec- Kelvey Bell, "The First Canadians in France," he describes the Second Battle of Ypes in eloquent sentences. A unit of the Canadians was in a tight corner, and the message from headquarters was "You must re- treat." A flush of disdainful anger swept over the officer's face as he read this message, and he replied in three words: ' "Retreat be damned!" We mistake the spirit of Cana. dians at home, and especially in this military city, if they do not answer profess to believe that union is the greatest thing in the world. Cost of Bread. (Montreal Gazette) In New York an effort is to be made to fix the.price of a pound loaf of white bread at 7 cents. In Mont- real the general price of the pound and-a half loaf is 10 cents, delivered by the baker. The local consumer has the advantage in this instance. Should a Break Occur. (Toronto Star) All over Europe people are fighting for their lives or trembling for their lives. We in America do not quite realize it, because there is a wall of steel in Belgiim and France and Ataly, holding back the foe. Let that wall break at any point, and the flood will be upon us. MONK PREDICTED ~ WAR AS FAR BACK AS 1701 IT IS DIS- COVERED, And Said It Would Last Three Years aad Five Months--Also Predicted the Entry of America Into the Con- flict. While razing the old Monastery of the Holy Ghost in Wismar, Mecklén- burg, two months ago, an old Bible Pwas found which contained a remark- YOUR ORDER IN A'FEW HOURS, Bibbys Style Craft Suits and ~ Overcoats "Young Men's Delight" These suits and overcoats were made by artists who have the knack of impart- ing freshness and sparkling sprightliness to clothing. . hs READY TO TRY ON; FINISHED TO aon aN S OVERCOATS The Salisbury, at .. .. .. .. .. . $22.50 The Belvidere .. .. .. .. .. .. $20.00 The Aviator ... .. .. ...... .. $22.50 SUITS TheBanker .: ..... .. .. ..5% The Broker .. =... 0000 The Collegianat .. .. ....:.. Bibbys 78-80-82 Princess Street able prophecy regarding the present woria war. - It was written mn 1701 by one of the monks on parchment that is now yellow and seared with age. It is now on exhibition in a glass case in the city hall of Wismar. So much publicity has been given to the prophecy. in the papers of Ger- many that thousands have flocked to Wismar to see it. The prophecy noi only gives the cause of the war, but also indicates the countries engaged. Up to the present it has been amazingly accu- rate. - It does not exactly state that Germany will be victorious, but. indi- cates how long the war will last, when the decisive battle will be fought, and where amd when peace will come, and adds that Germany will continue to exist as a power for many years. A translation of the writing on the parchment is as follows: "Lord, have mercy on Thy people despite the fact that they are turning more and more away from Thee; that they are destroying Thy monasteries anl cloisters and forgetting Thee. A time will come in Europe when} these people will feel the weight of | thy hand, when malignity and hatred will rule. It will be vacant, and the conflagration will come as the result of the murder of a prince. Seven nations will rise against the eagle with one head and the eagle with: two heads. The birds will defend them- selves furiously and viciously with their talons; and their wings will pro- tect their peoples. A prince from their very midst, a sovereign who mounts. his horse from the wrong side, will be encompassed by a wall of enemies. His slogan will be 'On- ward with God? . The Almighty God will lead him from victory, ta victory and many will meet their death. "There will be wagons without horses, and fiery dragons 'will fly through the air dropping fire and sul- hut and destroying cities and vil- ages." The people will turn to God. This terrible war will last three years and five months. The time will come when food can neither be sold nor bought, and bread will be carefully azine world. He is the editor and publisher of a neat little periodical, "Black and White," which has been 1.00 | hailed with delight everywhere. It]? o { worthily takes the place vacated by Launrier's call to - "retreat" in the same stinging words. PBL OPNON | A Hard Job. (London Advertiser) Sinbad the sallor had to carry around the old 'man of the sea. Sir Robert Borden Has to carry around the pious knight of the brine. e year, mall, cash . year, if not paid in advance Sor. to United Stntes . $1 and three months pro rata. MONTREAL REPRESENTATIVE R. Bruce Owen ..... 128 St. P: TORONTO REPRESENT. CG: id .., 1006 Traders Bank Bldg. ED STATES REPRESENTATIVE: F.R.Northrup, 225 Fifth Ave, New York F.R.Northrup, 1510 Ass'n Bldg., Chicago Attached is of the best printing offices n Canada, jon the late Elbert Hubbard's "'Philis- tine." These sons of Kingston are to be congratulated on the success they are achieving in the magazine field, They will yet go much far- ther. $20.00 $22.50 $22.50 HELPING THOSE, wHO SAVED US. A steady stream of worn, maimed and crippled Canadian soldiers are flowing back to the Dominion from the battlefront of Europe. Kingston has received its quota and still more are arriving from time to time. Hundreds of these brave and smiling fellows are how being cared for in the various convalescent homes in this city. What of their future? What are the plans a grateful nation has evolved for their benefit? Ideas at present. are nebulous as to the after- math of the great conflict. Hun- dreds of thousands of men who have been withdrawn from productive ac- tivity for the past three years will again be ready to take their places in the industrial world. What are we| my friends." doing to help them? Doubtless, large! numbers will rebel against returning % to confined occupations. Their life in the open will have gpdfed them for the desk and the lathe. The ef- fort to place s men on the land will not be éntirely successful, for it will not appeal to all of them, What, then, is our duty? paredness is essential. now be evolved for their present good and their future well-being. The men who have faced death in the trenches will not--can not--re- turn the same as when they went away. Wordly castes and social dis- tinctions will appear contemptible in their eyes, and holders of special privileges may have to prove that they have earned their place and power, and are worthy to hold them. Are we, as a nation, adapting our- selves to these new conditions? Are Partizanship and patronage have we preparing to meet them? Are we been at the root of most of our na- | practicing self-sacritice, or are we tional evils. The chance is now of- allowing food monopolists and war fered to wipe them out. Shall we profiteers to continue reaping their fooMshly neglect it? blood-stained gains? These are ques- s tions to which the returned soldier Those farmers. who are hoarding 'has a right to demand a straightfor- their potatoes for high prices are ward answer and to the correct solu- probably the same ones who de- tion of which he Is entitled. mounce the trusts for getting what i" money they can. The circulation of THE BRITISH Pardee Against It. WHIG is authenticated by the (Toronto Globe) Mr, Pardee is being opposed In West Lambton by the Conservatives and Laurier Liberals. His courage and high-mindedness deserve better treatment from both, ABOU Audit Bureau of Olrcziations. EDITORIAL NOTES. Is it to be fusion or confusion? Limited Kingston Hard to Find. (Montreal Herald) "What's that you are reading?" "A scientific article. It says that oysters secrete pearls." "Um! Where do they secrete them?" "Under the bed of the ocean, I suppose. aap sia Hands of His Friends, (Toronto News) There is a rumor that Mr. Nicholas Romanoff is invited to become Em- peror of Stberia.« It is understood that -he has madé only one brief statement: 'I am in the hands of Until this war Is over, let us scrap party politics, Many are called but few are chos- en--for exemption. And just see what the abolition of vodka did to Russia! under the waves for their prey." Here follows a referenec to Amer- ica, which was in those times often referred to as the "country of the seven stars." "The people of the seven stars will attack the ring of Steel and sudden- ly fall upon the bearded nation itr the Nar and rend it in twain. The whole of the lower RHine will tremble, but nevertheless will endure to the énd. "The landsin the west will be one vast desolation, and the land in the ocean will, with its king, be crushed and suffer all the pangs of hunger. The land of the bearded people will still endure for a long time to come, and following thé war the world will be united in one great' brotherhood, "The victors will carry a cross, and ¢ between four small cities and four committee to discuss Union. And|distrbuted. The seas will be tinged | steeples of equal height the decisive yet the West Hastings Conservatives | with blood, and men will"lie in wait battle will be fought. Between two ry linden trees the victor will fall upon his knees before his army, lift his Rippling Rhymes hands to heaven and thank God. Fol- 3 FAT AMERICA towing this all ungodliness will dis- appear; the indecents dances that pre- vailed before the war will be seen no more, and God will reign in church, state and family." HAVELOCK EXCITED Prosperity with us abides, and want's to us un- known, while over Europé's countrysides the hungry people moan. For years poor Europe has been torn, has heard the battle din, while we have planted fields of corn, and borne the harvest in. Privation has not < made us lank, no wolf is at our door; we have our OVER THREE FIRES } r-- Three Men Held in Connection bundles in the bank and credit at the store. Our table's spread, we sit thereat, and costly joints we With Them--Threats Alleg- We have just received our mew ed Over Non-exemption. a OE hon carVe; and it is shameful to be fat, while wailing mil. lions starve. Oh, let us discipline our souls and Peterboro, Nov. 20. --Exciting de- velopments have occurred in ve- New Raisins. Tock whieh have culminated in the Tr 10a aolish bs, ard strip some willame Trans wri eonic of three men wire ate hold in rolls, to send across the sea. And when our nobleldiary fires which took place in the country calls for samples of long green, to purchase clubs ang cannonballs, or sink a e, let's gladly, proudly flash our wads, and loosen up. like men; too long our plunks have been our! gods, our shrine has been the yen. America alone is fat, and "Win the war' 1s a worthy phrase sometimes used for umworthy pur- poses, ' The greatest burden Union Gov- -- - ernment has to carry to-day is one Flavelle. . No Economy. (Toronto Globe) The .arbiters .of fashion have de- creed (a further shortening of wo- men's gKifts &¢ a "measire of war- time economy. That is bad business. What is saved in wool and silk will be wasted in leather. gr ------ Four more weeks and the election will be over. But a deuce of a lot of trouble can be crowded into four weeks, though. FOR SALE! 100 meres 15 meres 00 acres .. "83 eres aeres 100 ncres 148 aeres 108 acres meres . 133 meres | £50 sores 180 acres 100 neres 70 acres Be sere | acres acres 132 acres 200 acres About the only difference in mean- ing between the words' salary and wages nowadays is that wages. indi- cate the larger amount. * Great in the Mind. (Belleville Ontario) 'West Hastings Conservatives ab- solutely refused to meet the Liberal Pre- Plans must An Ame"ican congressman, just back from Europe, says the war will drag on at léast two years longer. Becoming almost a habit, as it were. The Victory Loan campaign is go- ing along famously in Frontenac and the end of the week may see much over a million dokars subscribed. Almonds, Choice Oranges and Grapes, Mixed Candies and Chocolates and Big Assortment of Can- . AR. ned Fish on Display The shutting off 'of electric signs' In a lengthy article yesterday, en- to save coal hag Been suggested. No titled "Where the British Whig|y ng in her grease; the natipns have been trampled flat since Wilhelm village one will suffer because of this, since Stands," we outlined this paper's at-| broke the peace. And while the stricken nations toil in warfare, lean and the newspapers. give a far wider pub. titude toward the warn, the Military | lame, and paint with J the riven soil, our fatness is a shame. loity than any sign ever could. Service Act and Union Government. ' ' MASON. -- Getting dowa to the application of © ~=""What does our Board of Trade the principles therein expressed, the THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN Sp' think of the necessity of conscrip- decision was voiced that: . tion? As representative of the most "This paper cannot sapport any important business interests of man or any measure 'which is Kingston it could well afford to lead brought forward in opposition to the} the people aright. "| Union Government. It eannot sup- Nh : ; rt : i Bourassa and Laurier, can you Jost I sundutete ous Bat wn take the anti-conscription dose? forcement of conscription and to the Canada must augment its forces in support of the Union Government so France, and conscription Is the swift- jong as that administration, by its est plan yet devised. performances, shows that it fs worthy of his suppoit." : The Whig closely followed Dr.| on's address at the City Hall EER EN we The whirligig of time Yrings about . Some "strange events. Australians Per a ie oan sen + 25 cents { Se Extr racted 3 [Bn glass ... ..... ... 20c and 25e [| | Pint Sealers Law shen geannne 85¢ | J IF #88 on soe wes +. 4c wasiens sae susie osny 900