PAGE FOUR THE BRITISH WHIG a a i Sr Published Dally and Seli-Weel THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLI . KIMITED, ---------------- Leman A. Guild Edit Managing-bDirector Teleshoneas Bu 8 Office .. Editorial Rooms Job Office : su WSCRIFTION RATES al Ediion ) One One One One re city... if pald in adv ance i 5.00 by mail r ural offices 32 56 year, to Unit p $2.5 (Semi-W One year, by mall One year, if not paid in adv One year, to United States .. 8ix and three months pro rata, MONTREAL RE IPR ATIV B 2 Peter St. LL SENTATIVE ders Bank es. RESENTATIVE ith Ave. New York 10 Ass' n Bldg, Chicago Attached Is ome of the Job printing offices tn Canada, F.R Northrup, F.R.Northrup, best The clirenigtion of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the A Audit Bureau of Circulations. of Kingston convincing The garbage collectors could furnish many proof of how food is wasted in hun- 4 dreds of city homes / government Canada's new has some and problems to] tackle, is the railway question. great grave and not. the least among them Allenby has won 'another not- able success in Palestine. In a word, lie has the Turks doing the Turkey- Trot.in the most approved style Gen Russian anarchists present Ber- lin's peace offer to the world. A [fit- ting medium for the presentation of 50 hollow and misleading a message. A Berlin newspaper says that Ger- many will "hold the bitter ond." She is now beginning to real- ize how bitter that eud Is sure to be, out to Great Britain has permitted a fif- teen per cent. increase in beer pro- duction. As one disciple of Bacchus put it: "0 to in England, now that beer is plenty!" be Stefannson, who has just returned from the Arctic regions, won't notice any change 'climate conditions. We almost suspect that he brought the North Pole With him a. Chief Justice Sir Willlam Mulock, presiding at a tribunal appeal court in Torcnto, declared that thfre were too many branch banks in Canada. There's something in that 2 The time has come when Canada, following the example of England like soothe thé beast." baeco, music, can savage AC VIC $ URPLUS, According Kingston's financial statement for 1917, the City Council closes the year with a surplus of $2.- 074.30, the first civic surplus in ten years. This announcement, made to- by Mayor Hughes, is gratifying indeed it is an excellent reason for re-electing the mayor and-alder- city in 1918, to day and men to serve the THE ATTITUDE OF QUEBEC.- attitude of Quebec--past, and future--is clearly re- Le Soleil, of Quebec, the chief Laurjerite .newsphiper in the Quebec district, when it says: "We have had enough of Can- adian Confederation, which is no- thing but an Imperial Confederation, If you wish the Confederation to last you will have to change your manners, as we are no longer dis- posed to endure your impertinence, | your political conspiracies, and much less your: persecutions. 'Npw that you know our sentiment, I for vou fo decide." > The "you" is English-speaking Canada. There you have a genuine confession of Quebec's attitude. It explains Wér failure to do her part in the war, in contributing to_the Victory Loan and in sustaining the Umion Government. Surely those Liberals who voted with {Quebec ou Dec. 17th have their eyes bpened by this time. It is not a «uestion of race or religion at all; as some mis leading critics 'would have one be- lieve; it is solely and simply a ques- tion as to whether one backward province shall take Canada "out of the war, shall retard our legitimate development, shall impose her will upon the other eight provinces or shall endanger the Canadian Con- federation. That® plainly. is the problem that confronts us to-day. Firmness, wisdom and justice should be the attributes of the sthtesman- ship called upon to find a solution. The present vealed by is THE NEW PEAC MOVE. Germany's peace jerms, as out- lined by the Russian Bolsheviki Government, are a smoke screen, a camouflage, a disingenuous attempt to ward off the dodm that, is surely appending--that, and nothing more. Gone are the boasts that she would demand the retention of occupied territory; gone are the boasts that she would dnsist upon indemnities and reparations. Von Tirpitz 'and the rest of the German apostles of annexation are throwm overboard in the rush to secure a peace safe and satisfactory for Germany. It is not a Russian peace she wants; it' is a general peace. 'The reply of Eng- land, as expressed through Her pre- mier, her press and her labor lead- ers is shne and heartening. It shows no Ly to be beguiled or led into ambush. Instead it evinces a determined note to stand firm and immovable until] her wareaims are accomplished and the military pow- er of Prussia is ounce and forever de- stroyed. This determination is thus expressed by three voices of public opinion above mentioned: 'Achievement of the purposes for wh ch the Allies are fighting is es- sential to the future freedom and peace of mankind. The ideals for which we are fighting to-day are precisely those for which the British Empire entered the war."--Lloyd- amd the United States, should over all her railways and @pbrate them-in the interests of the nation. --- ar mms A tonced to, one year's imprisonm for disloyal talk. Barbers have long deserved punishment for the talk they have inflicted upon helpless vic. tims, says the Portsmouth Philoso- pher. A movement is on foot to estab- lish a permanent Union party in Win- nipeg. . A nominating convention, re- presenting. Liberals, Conservatives, next of kin, Great War Veterans and Returned Soldiers' Associations, Not a bad combination, that! -------------------- A writer points out, on behalf of the railways, the present great dis- parity between the prices of genera! products and freight rates, Recent authoritativé statistics, he says, show "that in 1910 a bushel! of corn on the farm would buy sixty-three ton miles of freight transportation. To-day it will buy more than 126 tod mies, or . twige as much. Four forestry battalions have been (raised in Canada and have proceeded overseas, 'in addition to one battalion vonverted on arrival in Eugland and about 4.500 men supplied from + Wrafts from various parts of Canada. All told, the number of men tn Can- adian forestry battalions totals more than J0.060. All these forestry bat. tallofs Mave been combined into a vofps. - Discussing Lord Rhondda's state- ment that tobacco Is a necessity, not n luxury, the Montreal Gazette re. » marks: sation after a poor " and-seanty meal and a topper to a good one, Ruffled temper due ys » renting from the boss In the /shop. er at home cools down after & few puffs andthe out- iook or lifé is again promising. To: take! "A quiet smoke is compen] George. "The peace terms are not suffi- cient to lead us to lay down our arms. We, must be watchful Toronto barber has been sen-] When the German people understand a what the Allies stand for and what really are their intentions, they themselves will complete: the de- struction of that militarism which |'has set gut to conquer the world." --L.ondon Daily Express. '""The terms of the Central ers . offer no _security whatever | against 4 returrence of the war whenever the original disturbers of the peace are stroug enough to fight again with a better pospect of vies tory."--London Daily Chronicle. "Even the blindest mole could see | through the smoke screen of verbal eloquence with which the Germans try to conceal their real intentions," ~London Daily Mail. "Until we have made the Ger- man nation feel that it has made a grievous mistake, and it has repent. ed of its crimes and foul murders, Pow- our aims should be to carry on the] , war "--Joseph Havelock Wilson, resident of the International Sea- men's Union "After suffering as we have, we cennot accept peace based on th status quo." --M. Pichon, Ferelgl Minister of France. These are truely representative interpretations of the best pintan | | England and France.- -The rest of the Allies will back them up in the demand to finish this business once and for all. \ Prussia is now trying to gain throdh diplomacy what she has railed to conquer with the sword. The call- 1% to stand firm, to carry on yet a httle while longer. for we are' surely within sight of the much-desired goal. When Wrath Waxes Warm, When -- ain 2 Tribune) a. tively uabridied our 1s AJ wrong telephone} " PRLC OPINION. | The Changing Times, (Oawega, N.Y. Time Considering the price of candy, theatre tickets, and automobile qpay.| the time. has forever gone by when you can finance a best girl on a sal- ary of $9 a week . Had Considerable Practice. (Néw York Puck) Vigitor---Have your employees had any experience n military train- ing? Employer--WeH, 'most of them have been soldiering on the job for years Huts Off to Billy Sunday. (Utica, N.Y. Herald) not always indorsed work of Rev. Billy wlhren he walloped thal antagonist the other an audience of thou- sénds, we are inclined to give' him, a vote of thanks, and him on his pugnacity, We spectacular day. But pro-German hight .betoré have the Sun- Editor Can Prove An Ab. {Belleville Intell ne The editor of this 'Gre at Family urnal was agreeably surprised to] réad .in the "Brockville Recorder that with his "best half" he spent Christmas in Brockville To the! Best of his knowledge and belief he! spent Christmas in Belleville, and the daily roll call at his "palatial" resi- dence showed no absentees 4, u the gladsome and "téuc bk Christmas season It 'he visited! Brockville this Christmas it was in! one of the paantom airships made in Morristown, N.Y., which a few years ago put Brockville on the war map of the world. Sorry, brothe® bug the high.price of food and fuel, not to mention contributieus to the Domes- tic Santa Claus Fund, prevented the customary re-union on the panks of! the St. Lawrence. this year, but though financially bent and broken as the result of the Christmas spirit] (Linotyper will please not make this "'spirits") the editor more thon pleased to note that he was in Brock-| ville in spirit and embraces this op-| portunity to wish many friends in is congratulate! schamber andl sprayed it directly into {the part of the public [made by the government for all'base "the ald home town" this season of "Peace Men of Good. Will." on Earth to NEW DEVICE Petcock of Manifold for Feeding Air. "There was one device I placed on my motor that served several pur- | poses, but was extremely simple," says W. Penn Lukens tn the Novem- ber issue of Motor. "It was a regu- Mar one-quarter inch drip cock, screw- {ed into the intake manifold just where dt branched to go to the differ- ent cylinders.. Toft he handle of the drip cock was riveted an iron rod that came through the dash and ter- minated in a hapdle. Then when the motor was warmed up, and I had a nice run ahead, 1 could keep my seat; {open the cock in the manifold and ad- {mit excess wir _above\ the carburetor, giving ine an'average of ten to fifteen per cent. less gas consumption, be- fides reducing carbon formation. "Once in a. while | fed water 'or kerosene into the cylinders by means of 'this device, and found it useful in keeping down carbon in this way as' well When cold device with the modification' thats! soldered into the air opening a small brass tube that dripped into the float chamber of the carbutetor. Of course I was careful tg see that it did not interfere with the float action. Then, by keeping the throttle closéd, open- ing the petcock and turning over the motor, the suction in the manifold drew gasoline directly from the float the manifold near the. c viinders, stituting 'a very effective device." con- priming AUTO PRICES ADVANCE Automobile Men Do Not Hope Any Relief. Present conditions were never bet- er for the sale of automobiles, but he future is full of uncertainty--not because of a diminishing desire upon | for a car, but| due to the increasing cost of materi- als and the great demands being For r Christian Guardian, Toronto. tion of courage ind of hope. standing all the disappointme ionments of life. the New Yea out bringing to us a glorious we know that our divisions cial, and the New Year is nev even though we know that iti escape from the record and have gone vet that picture of before the clean, avhite page ¢ exaggerated picture of the put-into every man the stren a new and vital way and ma MAKING ALL THINGS NEW The coming of the New Year always brings its sugges- possibility of a new-and a better start in life. It is a picture that ought toman as the New Year dawns. tion that will enable him to link himself untb goodness in achievement and life itself a steady climbing up to God. MN We confess that, notwith- nts and failures and disillus- r has never dawnédgyet with- || and heartening sense of the || Even though || of time are somewhat artifi- || v only because we call it so: || s not possible for any man to || the result ofthe years that || the boy sitting down to write || always seems a true and un- opportunity God gives very | | ) | gth,. courage and determina- ke each New Year a firfer Rippling Rhymes | { | passing sweet, marriage vows, friend to others, wed a man who try calls," shrapnel, bombs man will wonde: \STWH, 4 shells the rocks; buy the yarn for soldiers socks. A m stitute for beef or cheese; £0 to knitting bees. ' 4 THINGS THAT PATRIOTIC GIRLS I know a bunch of damsels fair, greatly I adniire; they're full of pi she'd and men are'always at her feet with talk of rings and to bear the marks of strife; she says, who wear a scowl when facing some small sacrifice; and men there are who raise a howl whenever they dig up the price, are thoroughbreds, of spirit high, their 'one regret that they can't -gq and. show.-us how-to bleed and die. his wife will auction off her shoes, and barefoot By GENE BYRNES whose spirit! they have the nerve to do and dare, | atriotic fire. There's one of them so| make the fetchingest of fraus, Whoever gets her in the end will have | she'll be a sister or a but she won't be wife. "I'll nev shirks, who does not, when his coun | "blow out a Teuton's works with or cannonballs." I know some men But all the women that 1 know A r where he's at--when for_a bond he his wife will sak her Sunday hat to an wilf sigh if he must-use some sub- --WALT MASON. NEVER HAPPEN ® WITH HIS FRIENDS 19 ALSO AAR De YOU JJ sT SIT DOWN AND TARE 'T EASY- I'LL» DO THE all happiness a -- weather came || {1 found I didn't need excess air and did need a primer, so I retained the __THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1977, The Weather for Woollen We Have the Goods PURE WOOL SWEATERS and SWEATER COATS PURE WOOL PURE 'W FLANNE SHIRTS SEE BIBBYS ENGLISH STORM ULSTERS L \ GLOVES >} WOOL AVIATION - CAPS. BRITANNIA PURE WOOL UNDERWEAR «SEE BIBBYS WORKING MEN'S FUR LINED JACKETS, at $6.75 to $10.00. PURE WOOL SOCKS PURE WOOL NECKSCARFS SOLDIERS' WOOLLEN KHAKI SHIRTS . PENMAN'S PURE WOOL UNDERWEAR Bibbys ee -- Limited {again will be as low in price | every | war will eventually cause | of automobiles | antomobiles, metals Prospective purchasers of an duto-! { mobile' who buy their car at this time are showing a great !deal of fore- sight. Automobiles probably never as they many there great world shortage It is certain that the] tremendous requirements of our gov- ernment will so deplete available sup plies of 'materials that practically all | makers will be forced to #eatly cur- tail, and in some instances, cease op- erations. Those who are waiting for the com- ing of peace to reduce the cost of motor cars are sure to suffer disap- prointment. Right now officials of the government are constantly divert-! ing the materials which form the! basis of automobile production a war requirements After peace has finally 'heen declared and the world | is again "safe for democracy." it will| fall upon this country to rebuild de- | vastated Europe Consequently we can hope for no change in the mater- fal and labor farket--it may even] become more acute than at the pros- ent time are right now year to come prospec surely not for Furthermore, that the" | REMEMBER THE TIRES i | Stop Taking Turns and Corners Is Advice Given. "The side walls of tires are pur posely made lighter and thinner than] the centre part in .orvder that they | yield: the greatest amount'of flexibil-| ity amd buoyancy, yet the driver fails to appreciate this and) when his tires do not give the full} amount mileage hf "expects; "he seldom. stops to consider his destruc-| tive methods of driving," says prominent tire man. < "Taking turns and corners at an unreasonable. speed ig one of the worst ways a driver can treat tires, for. a terrific strain is thrown upon the thin walls of the two tires on the outside of the turn, which tears and pulls the fabric at its weakest point," } | | reckless | of a \ vacuum ice machine has been in- vented in' Europe that eliminates the use of dangerous acids and can be operated by hand Gagan electric motor A cereal cooker has been invented that"can be inserted in. the top of a tea kettle so that'both are heated over | the same opening in, a gas range. Among the new afotor farming im- plements is one which turns the. soil and at the same time shreds all vege- table matter, thus sérving as a plow and harrow \ proegss has been invented in Eu- rope for converting water ito hydro- gen peroxide with chemicals that af. terward are recovered for further use, \ new typeof gasoline gauge for in which a float causes a hand to register on a 8ial, can be substituted for the regular tank cap. DODDS : | IN {PE TO OUR: FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS ATTENTION! United Grocery 138 Princess St. Tirst shipment of government fish to a&rrive this week, Call and' get particulnrs, Also a large shipment of the famons nese Lillies. SPE THIS WEEK) Martin's pinto Flour, resylor price shle price ... '8% Corn Starch, regular price' sale price, @ for 500 ths cholee dairy butter, 4 Oversens Boxes, all size See our window for Chris candies, stockings aod re olates. . United Grocery. BEN LEE &.C0, tender our hearty thanks for the confidence shown us during the year that is past and extend to them sincerest good wishes for the New Year, DR. CHOWN'S DRUG STORE 185 Princess Street. Phone 343. | COAL CUSTOMERS Please Notice ! ([F=====--==t==x,| On #ind after first of May + Coal Sales will be for Cash Only. BOOTH & CO, Phone 1 - NA A PN ~ JOHN M. PATRICK Bewing Machines, Umbrellas, Suit Cases, Trunks repaired and refitted, Saws filed, Knives and Scissors sharpened; Razors hohed; All makes of firearms repaired promptly, Locks repaired; Keys fitted. All makos of in mowers sharpened and repair 149 Sydenham Street { stop, Look, Listen! Look, Listen! AND BUY Our Christmas Goods Are Here, Come and buy early and often at The Bon Marche Phone 1844. Cor. King & Earl -------------- Carpenter and Builder W. R. BILLENNESS Specializing Store Frouts and Fit. tings. Remodel) lng Buildings of all 1 EXPERIENCE m2 University Ave. ' ESTIMATES \ Address Have Your Car Over- hauled, 'and 'Stored for the Winter - AT THE Central Barage, 835 King St. = = Proprictor. I ----------------------. -------------------- CRAWFORD COAL SALES will Be F or CASH. At price vent fa the Saath when the order is given, ED, WALSH The Coal situation in the uh ne Win wi GREETINGS 1918 May health and hap- pineés attend you the year. : Foot of Queen St. * Phone 9.