PAGE FOUR THE BRITISH WHIG/ 85TH YEAR. i | mouth sh | mission to | sat behind « | statement jed to retire. W {not know how its electrie, gas and | Published Daily and Semi-Weekly by! THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO., LIMITED, | Elliott . n A. Gulid + ++ President Editor and i Managing-Director i J. G. Telephones: Business OMce PE Edttorial Rooms Job Office SURSCRIPTION RATES (Dafly Edition) One year, delivered in city Ome year, if paid in advance i One year by mail to rural offices One year, to United States (Bemi-Weekly One year, by mall, cash $1 One year, if not paid in advance '$1.5 One year, to United States Lb Six and three months pro rata MONTREAL REPRESENTATIVE | R. Bruce Owen 123 St. Peter St. | TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE F.C. Hoy .... 10056 Traders Bank Bldg, | UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE: F.RNomhrup, 225 Fifth Ave, New York F.R.Northrup, 1510 Ass'n Bldg., Chicago Letters to the Editor are published only over the actual name of the | writer, i Attached 1s one of the best job | printing ofMces in Canada, | The efrculation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the AB Audit Bureau of Circulations. | 1 | Germany's "amazing prepared- ness" may turn out to be an amazing miscalculation. Japan is preparing to go to Siberia. ! Well, the Czar of all the Russias went there without any preparation. H these food restrictions get any | worse eating will no longer be an in- door sport but a medicinal opera tion. "Hash Makes 124 111," Says a news- Paper 'headline. But look at the un- told milljons it has made forever sceptical of all things seen or tasted! -------------- The Germans are using a' new poisonous gas against the Ameri cans. The datter cannot be intimi- dated by Hun horrors, rid more than the English or Canadians could be intimidated. { Pity the poor married man who has to produce his marriage certifi- cate for the inspection of the mili- tary authorities. Chances are, he didn't know such i document exist ed. Some of the Kingston girld who are knitting sweaters for thelr sol- dier or sailor friends in the trenches or on the North Sea hope to have them done by August. The Government has called to Ot- tawa women from all parts of Can- ada to consult with its members up- on war probieins. Here is something unique yet hopeful in the annals of parliamentary administration. Thirty years ago 12,000 signatures Were secured in Kingston to a peti- tion to the Ontario Legislature ask- ing that the franchise be given to Women. Reforms are a llong time a- coming, but eventually they arrive "Toronto is being reduced to the level of Petrograd by the Pharisees of Platitude and Pacifism," shouts the Toronto Telegram. Right here Wwe rise to remark that something terrible is obscuring apt allitera- tion's artful aid. ete This country ds now buying be- tween $400,000,000 and $500,0000,- 000 worth of goods annually from the United States. What has become of the old election cry: "No trade or truck with the Yankees?" It ap- pears to be as dead as a last year's bird's next. "'Sireus, anvils and compressed air rivetters are used in the latest Sousa march. Wait till the girl next door tries this on her piano when you are trying to read!" warns the Montreal Star. Very true, brother, but when the activities of the girl next door are assisted" by a plano and a phono- graph in your own domicile, what then? i ------------ ; "Have faith in yourself," Dr. Ly- man 'Abbott once sagely advised. And he added: "Take the highest conception which wou. can conceive "of yourself and act on it. Believe you 'have a voice which can pierce the dlouds, believe that you have an eye that will see the Eternal. Set yourself to try what you can do with yourself." : Prof. David Starr Jordan points out that the dynastic systems of to- day, not being elected by the people, are forced to claim for themselves a | beyond the 1do no w {ive du 9 . + : z 1 bli 292 the German war machine as to in- gon Pub | ternal | : | Allies are free from any danger of a | tana, cracies, they | ed the mn ity of measures | manifested in some cases, but gene- { the war | cute' the war in accordance with its | { minority | legislation | ___THE DAILY BRITISH preme state ahich lies | to h of morals and can It calis philosophy and a sta irch to Hs aid in en- forcing on ety the three collect- viee, conformity and 1 on the individual the duties of being a sol- taxes and kedping his "stick out" in order to beat thee enemy, and nemy kr it 1 theory of cm ------------ « Japan, «possibly acting or 1e Te- iy quest of her Allies, has decide e take a more active part ir operations against the Ce 1 Pow- ig ers. She will send her arm fore t into Siberia to driv vancing Germa 1 8 am t Russia from h of action wh 1 advocated. 0 quote from our issue of May 12 1917: Times annual for 1917 John Stuart Thomson urging that efficien three pers dier, pa WHY THIS FEAR? Why i3 the Public Utilities Com- make public its Last week it doors when the der consideration, atives being ask- should the public yment? hosed was financial s "In the Monetary | comes out, the press repre be brought into the war at once, so ly as to maintain 'Russia as a combat- and to save the lives of hun- British, Frenek and adian be In words, Japan, water plants got on financially Jast year? Let have the financial statement so that It may be dissect od. ant, dreds of other -------------- STABLE GOVERNMENT OUR NEED. The collapse of Russia in the great 'war was not due so much to} white mations Stephen Stuart Thomson . . it causes. The nations of the |? eo »f Tokio, has come out f. lin a Enlightened gdemo- | | Cont early in the war realiz- | . | Oc r re-ad justments | O% expedite similar fate "Mr. Thom- | son 1 ications to war | Indeed and modif tardiness ana ) H hrough the medium of the Canadian and Since 1914 he has con- advocated using [Yi | Ame An, ral success has been attained periodicals Politicians of pre-war fame have . : dropped out of sight, for the time | tinuatly being, in all of the countries engag- i ed in the struggle In Canada we | Germans and make the west lines | have seen such changes incident to! thin enough for us to break through | The Government is a new and Arive the Teuton back to the | Government, being 'lected to prose- | Rhine pronounced policy. There is stil] a alist is the last person who should | in Parliament to scrutinize be consulted on Oriental matters. i This late acquiescence of the ob- structionist press of the cliques (Lloyd<George at Italy, said: and prove the merit { the personnel of Government. Pe proposal, recently made, to form a Rapallo, | new political party cannot be favor- "Allied strategy has been | ably considered. Ulterior motives °Be long line of fiascos™) undgglie suggestions of this sort-- [that we were right on this subject. particularly when they are made he- But the strangest thing in fore the Government has met the World is that politicians intrench | new Parliament. | their, incompetence; and they are the In the late election we had Union- | only class in ists, Liberals, Union- | Suffer for th fiasco | the | the world who do not | terrible failures 'in that f na- | Conservative 8 ists, Liberal Unionists, Socialists and | Judgment Natfonalists. failures ruin Who ds the prophei | thons and epochs In business, ltera- Who now comes to pronounce a new | fUre, army, navy, education, Shibboleth? | cine, in almost all fields of responsi- | Canada and the Empire are now | Pity, people who fail in judgment | engaged in pressing the Huns over Pay the penalty. Where politicians | the 'Rhine. Did fot Augustus sigh | @re not responsible, there is either flor more legions and mourn for those | tYTanny or ana re¢hy, as in Germany lost by Varus on the Rhine frontier | °F Russia. | in preserving to the world the glori- | ous. firheritance of Roman eciviliza- The wecent: regulations governing tion and culture? Since then we : {the licensing of retail businesses dia have had Pitt and the makers of | t inclgd t Liberalism and Conservatism. The Ie ude grocery stores, and ac wordingly the grocers, as noted in the heritage of Augustus has increased hi - : in riches and glory, but the Huns Whig on Saturday, were in a quand- have erossed the Rhine! ary as to whether they were exempt Our welfare is. bound up in the suecessful prosecution of the war, and the demands of the war have stimulated an interest in | every phase of domestic life never before felt by any Government. | medi- | i | THE 1 THE ADVENT OF JAPAN. f¢ duct, such as ret gulations in regard to this trade are similar to those covering the licens- Japan's army of over a million men 1st, that | additional br will enjoy the ecomo- fraction thereof. mical {rifts of victery, should spend | ers in.Canada will be effected by the some of the blood cost as well as the | new regulations, Pichon, | after al, is not goi France's foreign minister, and John {hated against by the auth ness. MONDAY. "MARCH 4, 1918. WHIG, ntirely, or whether th equired to taka out se enses. cov g the variot oods they carr e subject to ase they spec ed and wi the new leg ized in an fish, fruit, meat, ete. Nor hey speciiate or w eed, has been issued by he Canada Food B: H grocers ynder 1 ng of other retail are ihe) two lead- {is given the same chance to contri- sists who recommend Japan |hyte and to come under regulatioh t in; and Baron Saka- as 'his fellows in other lines of busi- unduly The retail grocer fills a very use- 3 advocated quite a few mew [ful ang important place in the life of as presented them with every community He European | permit him to lay up treasures on | earth Japan's [use of {army in Europe, so as to flank the | ge. His telephone is nn his neighbors' tha and the deems he if it is not used to yrder some down-town stor ply of postage stamps runs out, he becomes an object of ab The fiasco cliques think an Orien- [increases prices in an endeavor to { keap up with the wholesaler, regarded as a robber and man. Though his lot is pleasant places, he is us to be an agreeable and o low. Perhaps the new is proof | may help to' put his business on a better basis. Too Busy For Peace {Toronto Globe Samuel Compers, presi American Federation of thily represents the thous triotic artizans in khaki German unionists to atter ence to talk peace, Mr. Gompers re- workers plied that American busy at the task of def kaiser, and did not wan till their job was done, is worth more to demos the Socialism that delive into the hands of the e crat, The Kaiser's Slip, . 3 News) Kaiser Bill says we can have peace (Savannah if we adMit that German victorious. If Germany vietorious no admission necessary; victory:on the battlefield is not a matter to be se bate. NA AAA tN) | Rippling Rhymes r would be longer dealers, that the last day tor licensing of re- tail grocers has been fixed at May while the other trades will not »e under license until May 15th. The cost of the license will be $2 on a turnover of $20,000 or less per an- Can- inum, and an additional $2 fo. wery turnover of $24,000 or Over 22,000 groc- Thus the grocer, ng to be discrimi- Moreover, he is restrained In the matter of , the Whig | prices or of wasting food. works | hours and very seldom does his labor is fortunate parate li- 18 lines of 1 would ation in ¥ one pro- flour and need an of | z the | The re- except orities. He increasing long 1018 for the n for him- goods from If 'his sup- use. If he he is a highway- cast in un- ually found bliging fel- regulations Talk, dent of the Labor, wor- ands of pa-|" Asked by 1d a confer- were eating the t to parley That spirit racy than 'red Russia nemy auto- ny has been was really would ' be ttled by de- GERMANY BEATEN, AND KNOWS IT. War, long continued, has a most depressing effect upon the popula- tion of the countries involved. It was mainly owing to war-weariness, cleverly worked upon by German eupidity, that resulted in the de- bacle in which Russia now finds her- self. This same war-weariness fis affecting the workers in England, and. js causing the people of Canada to take a rather gloomy view of the future. Articles calculated to awaken the people of this country to a realization of all that is de- manded of them have also a tend- ency to spread alarm and sow the seeds of pessimism. To the faint-hearted and those wihio can see only gloom in present day conditions, we would heartily re- commend the careful --eading of an article published in another column We're learn less hay, we hus my shoes away, soles, but now 1 duds like these. would save the prehistoric hats, ducks. I used tc town were mine; I eat liver when takes in washing by the day. a good cigar. THINGS sidestep wanton waste : lives have been one our money to the cow; long, the lesson we are learning now. have the cobbler patch the Sunday pants, when they grew baggy at th now my two old maid 8 A clined in indolénce that did not pay, but now I make he WAR'S LESSONS ing something every day band hair oil, salve and grand sweet song, w when they wear them were frayed till they're holes. hard-earned bucks; and buying souphones » buy the costly roast, all but now it is my frequen I dine. In former times we drink less milk, we smoke it's something we have needed I used to throw I used to can my en aunts are pressing for me And people in adjacent flats like me, they're wearing » of how te paste. Our e've thrown around the gray, and e knees, but the money. ese suits we belie See Bibbys $15 Spring and -- BIBBYS ---- Style Headquarters for Men and Boys J See Bibbys Special $16.50 Young Men's Suits New Trench Style Models Fabrics are English and domestic tweeds checks, plaids and stripes. Sizes 33 to 39. ve to be the best suit values in Canada for cheviots. new, Overcoats Full backs, form fitting, belter styles, ete. Bearing 51% 9. ~ Price, 987% and Montreal, Victory Loan Bonds . Obtainable in Denominations of $50, $100, $500, $1,000. Full information on request. ' WOOD, GUNDY & COMPANY Canadian Pacific Railway Building Toronto Due 1922, 1927, 1937. accrued interest New York Ma ------r------ 5 FO PETERBORO more than luxuries in t boast that my wife re- r do her grind--she By saving here and saving the ming where expenses are, | always have ten cents to spare, to re, by trim- buy myself « --WALT MASON. THAT NEVER HAPPEN YRNES "By GENE B of to-day"s paper from the pen of Robert Blilchford, and which first appeared in the Sunday Chronicle of Manchester, Eng. It strikes a high Moote of optimism. It discounts the claims of the Germans as, being supermen. It points out that the iermans will never agdin have such a chance asthey had at Ypres, where they failed to break the line, though they had six men to one. Germany realized after the battle of the Marne that she was beaten, but she is holding out solely with the hope that the Allies will tire and that sha may be able to beguile them into a foolish peace, Eliminating Russia altogether, Blgtohford figures that the Central Powers have a population of 142 millions and the Allies 141 mil- lions. At this point in the fourth year of the war, when ail conrbat- ants are more. or less War-weary, there comes upon the scene the Un- ited States, with untold and un- touched wealth, with no war-weari ness, and with a population of 100 millions. In the light of these facts he asks the question, Can we poss- ibly lose? The danger is as far as an armed defeat is cencerned. The only danger that, remains is from class or party dissensions that may paralyze our efforts apd 'drive the Government nto a hasty and incon- A- BENCH WARMER \N AN AUTHORITY ON CITY GOVERNMENT EF divine origin. On this they erect a clusive peace. It is only necgssary ; I'M - OLY: | WORK OF WO BECAUSE | HAVN'T MADE THE ROPER" FORT -- THE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES HAVE DONE ALL IN THEIR I UHH IHR calf tops. $6.79. Men's mahogany tan soles; regular Black calf shoes, (Montreal Gazette) There are dour individusls who go the length of insisting that tes, cof- fee and are stimulants to be i avoided only less than aleohnlie bev-| : A (F. W. Cooke, Local Agent) Patent and gun metal button shoes; reg- ular price $6.00, now $3.49. Patent and gun metal shoes, odd lots, regular price $5.00, now $2.49. price $8.00; now $5.79. regular price $7.00, for $5.49. Black calf and tan leather shoes; valtes up to $7.00, now $4.25, JH Suthertand & Bro, HHH » : YOU'LL MAKE NO MISTAKE By placing Your order early for store or house awnings and curtains. Supplies and help are searce and prices will be higher. J. J. Turner & Sons, Limited. Tent, Awning, J and Waterproof Goods Manufacturers. ONTARIO, I rn A rere | I A | FOOTWEAR Bargains Women's Black Kid Shoes with white calf : Regular price, $10.00, now boots, with neolin new English lasts; \ A erages. There are sects which place the ban on all three, and there is a big and influential Boston newspaper which refuses to publish advertise. ments of 'ea and coffee, regarding Razor Strops With the price of leather steadily increasing, it would be wise for every shaver to possess a good razor strop. ahukhuhuhuhathkak See our splendid values 'in single and double strops. Drug Store DR. CHOWN'S DRUG STORE 185 Princess St. Phone 343 Everything for the sick and sick-room. Althougly Teas keep stendily advancing In price we are still selling Our Own Special Blend and our Club Blend at 40c per Ib. Compare this with the priced package teas, while the stock lasts. | Jas. REDDEN & Co. Phones 20 and 900. high and buy the two as insidious sferfinities of the whiskey and tobaceo class. WATCH YOUR FURNACE. ECONOMIZE IN COAL DO NOT WASTE CRAWFORD Foot of Queen St. Phone 9. Aaadahahah hb A oo ps EY