---- DAX, MARCH < 8 ), 1918 | 3 At the commencement of the war the slogan im Britain was "Business as Usual," but it soon became appar- ent that this would not do. And as the war dragged on a change came over the nation which had remould- @d its people, its customs and its out- look until the Britain of to-day is vastly different from the Britain of July, 1914. An Old Countryman, as we call a Bridgh tmmgran. on go- ing over to hit native country how finds it greatly different from the country he knew before the war. Old things have passed away, all have become new. Just as France is do- ing, England is finding her real self in the conduct of the war. Thanks to the navy, Britain has been saved from many of the horrors of war. One or two coast towns have been shelled; air raids have oc- eurred in the south-eastern counties and around Londen, but the country as a whole has not seen war in all its hideousness. The damaged streets of London, Folkestone and other towns look like a Iittle corner of France, but in other places the streets and houses are as before. The great change lies in the people. The Kaiser made 'his biggest mis- take when he imagined that Britain would stand aside and look on. He imagined that the British people were too fond of freedom to ever be- come a great military power. But when that freedom was threatened, the people of Britain submitted themselves to discipline, and tem- porarily gave up their freedom that freedom might live. The spirit of sacrifice has swept the nation. Mothers have given their all, wives have given their husbands, and sweethearts their hopes of fut- ure happiness, The people, the masses, have led the way in sacrifice and there are few homes not visited by the sorrow of someone whose body shall forever be in Flanders' fields. But the sorrow is tempered by the thought of the great cause, of the great issues at stake, and honest pride takes the place of mourning for those who will never return. When the full story is told it will be sald that Britain was sav- ed by the women. How nobly they are filling the places vacated by their soldiers. How they have work- ed day and night to build up sup- plies of guns and ammunition ne- cessary for the final victory. No dabor has been too hard for them. In every town, in every street, women can be seen doing the work of man and doing it well. There are wo- men car conductors, women deliver ing mail, women carpenters, women dellvery agents, who deliver even sacks of coal. The women are run- ning the farms, ploughing, sowing and harvesting, Girls are ruining thelr complexions for ever in explos- ive factories, and roughening the Britain in War Time | --By AML i hands in shell shops, in aeroplane factories and shipbuilding yards. The harder the task the greater is the honor The Military Service Act in 'Britain has few loopholes. Only men emn- ployed in manufacture of war ma- terial can hope to escape, and many of these have to go. Thus khaki is the prevailing color in Britain, with a large sprinkling of blue, the blue of the hospital suit, the blue of honor which the wounded wear. Every town, large or small, has its military hospital, and its population of blue- clad wounded heroes. How well they' are treated, those wounded boys. The people shower them kind- ness, and make them feel that their suffering has not been in vain. How different is the treatment accorded to a wonnded soldier on return to Canada. In Scotland especially is the pre- ponderance «of khaki noticeable. Down from the hills and glens came her sturdy sons, full of the fire of their forefathers and the patriotism of their race, Scotland has been swept bare of her manhood, and this is seen in the streets of her cities. Everywhere are men in khaki, their heads high in the air their eyes sparkling and their kilts gwinging as they stride along. And Scotland's women are proud, proud of the re- cord of their sons in this war. They have given their all; they are ready to give more. The hardships of war are becom- ing more and more felt in Britain. A year ago the people lined up dn queues outside the stores waiting for a chance to get potatoes. Now other articles have become as hard to obtain, and the people are endur- ing hardships which people here in Canada cannot dream of. Money is not scarce. Work was never so plentiful, and wages were never so good as they are now. But money brings no advantages, for rich and poor alike are on rations, and ne amount nf money can gain the pre- ference in doling out supplies But this is necessary to prevent a fam- ine in 'the future, so British people, although they chafe inwardly accept the conditions quietly and make the best of things they can. Everywhere one goes can be seen the signs of the tremendous struggle that is going on. Apart altogether from the number of soldiers in the towns, it is evident that the nation is passing through a crisis. On the tubes or the trains, and the street ©ars, can be seen signs of the great strain of war. Wrinkles are shaw. ing on young faces, lips have taken on a cold, hard appearance, and men walk about their business solemnly. True, the theatres are still open, but the relaxation afforded cannot en- tirely drive away the load with which everyone seems to be dburden- ed. It actually looks as if every man i8 carrying the whole responsi- bility of the nation upon his should- | ers. Pritain is at last taking the war seriously. At night there is no brightness. The streets are without illumination, store windows are in darkness, and not a ray of light may be seen from NONE CAN STOP any house. It is a strange. un- natural Britain we find over there, but dt is, at last, Britain prepared. The indomitable will to win is upper- most, and is backed by every man, woman and child of the nation. And it is this will to win that counts for more than anything else. ritain's men are in the field, her women and factories are supplying the ma- terials, the whole nation is supply- ing the money, and the whole race is united with one purpose---to stand side by side with their Allies until the Hohenzollerns crave for peace. ' | |The Manon Watch | town. | They call Kingston a "dry" What's in a name? ! Just twenty more days in which | to lay in your supply of stimulant before importation is prohibited. | "For a speedy marriage try my | club," reads a Whig advertisement. | This would not only be a speedy | wedding but a very forcible one. | Don't blame nurses for mot 'wish- | ing to leave their position in home military bospitals fer overseas work. There are people higher up in the service who stick to their home jobs of mere routine work. | Women bathers are to be allowed to choose their own attire this year for the beaches. Will they conserve by reducing the garments? How can we expect to get a on" by drinking two and a half per | cent, beer? The Lampman sympa-! thizes with the workingmen for he himself would often like a schooner of the real thing when the summer days come again. "skate A theatregoer wants to now why the orchestra ducks through the door below the stage and disappears between acts of a chorus girl play, and sits in its place during other productions. Who can enlighten this | enquirer? | A school bogrd in North Frontenac need not expdet to get a teacher for $400 a year. Teachers cannot nowa- days be secured who will bury them- selves out in the wilds where rocks and wolves abound and where they cannot secure a congenial bea the sum of $1.25 a day. | u for | Alberi V. Michaud, charged with being an accomplice of Joseph Cyr in unlawfully wounding and beating and also robbing Charles Weaver, shoe merchant, Trenton, was acquit- ted at Belleville. sy WHEN THE STOMACH IS WRONG ~~ LIFE SEEMS TO BE A BURDEN Indigestion Comes With a Debilitated and Run-down Condition of the Sys- ; tem and Can Be Cured Through Enriching the Blood. There are many symptoms of indigestion, such as acute wind, nausea and vomiting, bloating and pains in the re the misery it causes. they only further we tonic treatme APPETITE FAILED Mr. Daniel Dexter, Liverpool, N.8., says: "For ye 1 was a great suf- ferer from indigestion. 1 was trou- bled with gas on the stomach, which caused disagreeable sensations. 1 was ay L atitly troubled with nausea _ vomiting, which were very distressing. As a result of my 'trouble 'Appetite almost com- pletely failed, and what 1 did eeat caused me constant pain. I was con- tinually doctoring, but did not get any benefit, and had about made up my mind that I would suffer for life. ne day a fr asked me why 1 did uot try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and while I had not much hope of a cure 1 decided to do so. I had only taken - nt with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills atsonee gion o Dieting and the use of pre-digested foods may give east; but can't cure--- aken the stomach. The work of digestion nerves, and the only way to cure indigestion is to ton the work nature intended it should do. course of Dr. Williams' Pink P the stomach to do its work with east and comfort misery, and a more difficult cure. ills, which renew the blood. .. Neglected If you have anv of the FOOD TURNED SOUR Mrs, J. Harris, Gerrard street, To- ronto, says: "About three years ago I was seized with a severe attack of indigestion and vomiting. My food seemed to turn sour as soon as I ate it, and 1 would turn so deathly sick that sometimes I would fal¥ on the floor after vomiting. I tried home remedies, but they did not help me. Then | went to a doctor, who gave me some powders, but they seemed to make me worse. This went on for nearly two months and by that time my stomach was in such a state that 1 could not keep down a drink of water and | was wasted to a skeleton and felt that life was not worth liv- ing. 1 was not married at and one Sunday evening istreet. He took me to a @ where the clerk fixed to take, and my inten box of Dr. Williams' Pink ' the end of the first week I could | Some improvement from the pills, and I gladly con Ing them until évery symptom of trouble was gone, and I was aga enjoying the best of health. Pills are now my 'standby and all my friends what they did for me.' e up the stomach through the blood to do The very best way to cure indigestion is through a strengthen the nerves and enable symptoms of this trouble try the , and you will be gratified with the results. pain after eating, belching of f the heart, a dread of {ood for depends upon the blood and indigestion means prolonged SUFFERED GREAT DISTRESS. Mrs. Albert Hall, Sonya, Ont., says: "I have used Dr. Williams' Pink Pills with wonderful results, For two years I was a great sufferer from in- digestion, which almost made me a physical wreck. At times my suf- ferings were 80 great that I was un- able to attend to my household du- ties. I had smothering spells at times and was afraid to lie down to trest. After every meal. no matter how sparingly 1 ate, I suffered great distress, I tried several doctors but thelr medicine ¢id not seem to {ly and squarely, jhave always been the surrender by European nations, notably by Britain, 1 Japanese action, it is plain that their| JAPAN MOVING it is idle to blink the fact that] And Small Prospects That She Would Evacuate Siberia After the War. | WOULD MEAN NEN ALLA WITH THE TEUTON FOE IN FU-| TURE YEARS. ) i An Entirely New Eastern Question Is | Born Out Of the Russian Revolu- | tion--Japan Free to Act, 1 New York, March 8.--There are! two phases of the present Japanese! proposal, which must be faced frank-| both by the United States and the other nations allied against Germany, writes Prank Sim- onds. The first is that if Japan chooses to intervene in Siberia, | there is no power in the world that Tan to-day prevent such intervention, | The second is that if Japan occupies | Vladivostok and the Pacific coast of | Siberja. There is small prospect that she can be persuaded to evacuate that territayy unless the world, after hav- ing detjated Germany, feels able and | willing" to undertake such another | war as ejecting Japan would involve, ! The truth is that Russia has broken | down just as Turkey broke down two! centuries ago, just as Poland broke | down a centi¥ry and a half ago, and the consequences of the breakdown | are again to be found in the action | of the adjoining nations. Russia is| the biggest single stretch pean territory, which has been open- | to invasion and partition since the Roman empire fell, and to-day Rus- sia Is in the same position as the Roman Empire, when at last it was | no longer able to defend itself. i Germany and Austria are invading | western - Russia, they have already | occupied Poland and the Baltic Pro- vinces, they are now cutting still more deeply into what was Russia before | the first partition of Poland. For | Turkey Germany is demanding Kars | of Eure- | and Batum on the Black Sea region, | heartburn, coated tongue, sour gtom- Action by Sweden colminating in I floating specks before the eyes invasion and occupation of Linland has long been foreshadowed and may | begin at any time, | | Japanese Policy Simple. i Japanese policy during the world war has been simple, if not entirely to the liking of the allied nations. The Japanese were ready and willing to join with the British in ejecting the Germans from China. Every Euro- pean nation removed from the Chin- ese field represents a step in the di- rection of the realization of Japan= ese ambition, which is to dominate the Far East and eliminate all Euro- pean and American rivals. But, when the question became one of sending Japanese troops to Europe to aid the allies, Japan did not stir and will not | stir, unless the compensations offered dre sufficient and the compensations of bases in the Far East, To-day the Russian collapse offers] Japan the chance to continue the | work which she was compelled to lay | aside in the Manchurian War, because | she lacked the financial strength to! push that war and faced both bank-| rupicy ang defeat, if she continued. | Now, with little real fighting, and | with no serious opposition from the great powers, she can resume the work of occupying Russian territory in the Far East and pushing her own frontiers back from the Pacific to Lake Baikal. That she will surren- (der what she takes now, save under 'pressure too great for her to resist, is unbelievable. Further than this, by occupying eastern lands. once Russian, Japan- will arive at a place, where her na- tural interests may easily become the same as the German and the Austrian, For if Germany and Austria are able at the close of this war to annex much pan holding Eastern Siberia, quite as much as Germany holding the Baltic Provinces and Poland, will be opposed to anything thal would conrtibute to the restoration of Russian strength, because this would mean a return of Russian pressure on all her frontiers. ---- New Eastern Question Born. question has been born out help me in the least. I saw Dr. Williams' you ate suffering from any form of 'stomach trouble, any of the many ailments due blood. , do not waste time and money experin Pills ha Sold Pills at once. These P remedies, but in thousands of cases, t 50 cents a box, or of the Russian revolution. Rusela - has been reduced to the condition of Now Japan. if she occupies i | or of Siberia, will nevitably jeome to have a common policy with the central powers, provided they are {able to keep soil. And the erman alliance, war, but in the future, {are standing | mn age, and since I was 16 I have been of western Russia, then they will vi-1 tally interested in preventing the la- | ter rehabilitation of Russia, and Ja- | It is well to face the facts. A new! . Rs of Russian ition of Japan to the uot in the present (notably in the Zimmerman weoposail {just before the United States entered jthe war, i Were the allies able to veto any| wisest possible con would be to! prevent it. But they have no power,| {force has become the sole test of pol-| icy at the present hour. If Japan| insists, and she has every reason for| insisting, then protest will be futile, {and there is nothing but protest left! for the allies, who are fully occupied | elsewhere. i TO GO ON SAL/ Big Lake Freighters Taken For Ocean Traffic. Cleveland, March 9.--Up to: date ten big lake freighters have been taken over by the United States Shipping Board for salt water ser- vice, the commandeering this week of the steamer North Pines making the latest addition to the now ocean fleet. The North Pines is wintering at this port,~and will be reconstruct- ed for the trip to the coast. Shé is a steel freighter of 4,400 tons, 364 feet in length and with 40-foot-heam. | Other boats taken over by the Gov- | ernment are the E. C. Pope, Roman, | Saxon, Manola, G. A. Flagg, R. 8. | Warriner, Castalla, Maruba and Yuma. These boats, including The North Pines, represent a total ca- pacity of approximately 40,000 tons. Returned Anzacs' New Party. ! Sydney, March 9.--The returned | soldiers are evincing a keen desire | to obtain seats in the Local and Federal Legislatures. Twenty-three | as Nationalists in Queensland. The public welcome the soldier element into politics, but | seem indisposed to place them in| positions of authority at present. The movement, however, is steadily | gaining ground, and may result in | the creation of a new party. | Sympathy may be all right in its|{ place, but it can never take the place] of ready money, TROUBLED WITH CONSTIPATION FROM 16 T0 20. Constipation is one of the com- {| monest ills of mankind, and one too || often allowed to go unlooked after || until some serious complication sets |! n. i If the bowels are properly looked { after there will be no constipation, || jaundice, sick or bilious headaches | Milburn's Laxa-Liver Pills will! keep your bowels so regulated that! in no time the constipation will dis- | appear entirely. i Miss Emma E. 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