PAGE FOUR rr " " THE BRITISH WHIG! 85TH YEAR. "| provisi + Weekly by Dally and Sem UBLISHING 'Publiahed THE BRITISH ine . ©CO., LIMITER, + ses + President Editor and "s+ Telephones: © Business Office BE SUBSCRIPTION RATES Edition) . One year, don in city .. id in advance 243 2 yearn to United S {Bem Weekly Edition)" one year, by md i San One year, 1 in advance $l. 50 Ong Fear, to Taiicd States 1.5 x and three months pro rata. MONTREAL REPRE Dis R. Bruce Ow 3 St. Peter St, TORONTO REFHBSENTATIVE F.C. 05 Traders Bank Bldg. UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIV F.R.Northrup, 225 Fifth Ave, New York F.R. Northrup, 15610 Ass'n Bldg. Chicago. Tnot shade the houses too much. Letters te the Editor are published only over the sctual name of the Attached Is one of the best job printing .offices In Canada. - Whe elrcuiation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the ABC Audit Bureau of Circulations. There is a pleasure in peace talk which only Germans know. There- fore, beware of "it. pr -------------------- The Canadians are in the thick of it.again, and that is just where they delight to be "What has become of the proposal to construct a public wharf? The new dock would be more useful this summer than next winter. The most courageous slacker, re- marks the Newark News, was the fellow who married his mother-in- law. in order to evade military ser- vice. "They Have asked for it, and they shall have it in full measure," de- clared Mr. Asquith in August, 1914. The Hun is getting it to-day, and soon the "full - measure" will be heaped up and sverflawing. Religion after the war, we are told, will become a thing of practise, not of faith or doctrine. It will have more humanity, and be bent on serv- ing by works. -If the war can'ac- complish this, it will not have been altogether in vain. That was a noble, a self-sacrificing spirit evidenced by General Per- shing, commanding the American forces in France, when he told the Allies: "All that we have are yours to dispose of as you will." That is the spirit] that wins. Daylight saving, now in forte in the Uited states proving to be of great -inconvehience to Canadian Aransportation lines. The sooner {( Ams country adopts similar legisla- tion the bettér for Canada and the whole continent. Japan 'has loaned 'to the United States twelve large ships to be used in transporting troops and munitions to Europé. It is a timely help, and at the same time demonstrates that our far eastern ally ready and willing to do her full share in the fight for the freedom of the world. Gangs of boys are parading the streets at all hours of the night, dis- turbing the citizens with their noise; stealing empty milk bottles from steps and verandahs and smashing the glass into fragments on the pave- ments. 'Is the police department powerless to curb such rowdyism 'and vandalism? . » The victorious advances of the British Bagdad and Jerusalem arm- jes do not receive the .notice or ap- preciation which thelr importance deserves. British generals in these faraway fields of operations have lo Have a great © effect * whole scheme of operations And at the same time onde have saved | India activities of Hun agents responsible for many of of aviators in the Texan [toa hor. aside; anarchy jtor faltering or temporalizing, "t street, $ire top and work down, w | great distance from | more than freedom, for she hath the Tot DAILY BRITISH WHIG, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1918. ting, arson and blood- turally followed as the eachings of such "dis- | losal agitators as Bourassa and the j opposition of other leaders to the| the Military Service rument can no longer continue a policy of in- the dangerous atti- The Military Ser- be enférceéd" imparti- province of Canada stand for nothing majority #lven the last December their hands to ¢ present situation firm- It 8° no lime The issue is clear, and it must be met. atm ished have I {| result ms of | Act ThesGove j afford | difference { tude of, Quebec Act m in every will to 10. i vice { ally { The lens people The great {yr + A {| Union Government { should strengthen desl with ti ly apd courageously CUTTING. It must recognized that tree cutting in a city cannot be dole as cheaply as in the woods where the trees can be felled in quick order. In cutting down, trees on a city the 'axemeil have to begin at whereas in bottom cones be "he forest and very toppling down {an impediment on streets, removal is therefore slow. How- ever, Kingston should cover the cbst of its tree cutting by the sale of 'he wood for fuel. Whep one thousand or more trees are taken from the streets, the Board Works might undertake "reforestation," not to the extent of the cutting out dome, but by planting trees in--areas where they would iarprove the streets and they start «tthe quickly the {tree Overheard wines are and (ree of A LESSON FOR ONTARIO. "To date sixty-five Ontario far mers have fyrled applications for tractors Many times this number ought to be put at work in the province in the interests of greater production. Our the battle field has engendered an unfounded and misleading confidence Not yet is the gravity of the world's food sup- ply realized. Our armies, and thesa of our gallant Allies, as well as the peoples behind them, are dependent upon the United States and Canada for food. Unless it is produced in sufficient quantities this year there will be suffering and perhaps dis- aster. It is unthinkable that such a calamity should occur. ? England realizes the necessity of putting under cultivation every possible acre of land. The Board of Agriculture has now over 2,500 tractors at work, as well as 7,000 horses, and has purchased nearly 10,000 plows, harrows and 'other farm 'implements. More than 3,- 000 soldiers have been trained as tractor drivers and plowmen; ther2 are now working on the land 32,000 soldiers, 7,000 German prisoners, 1,- 500 released aliens and 6,000 women on full time in addition to local wo- men, of whom there are 150,000. This is a splendid record. Are we in Canada going to lag behind? IS IT WORTH WHILE? ~%anadian women are soon to be given the vote.- They will-then be in a position fo appreciate some of the advantages they have lost, and realize the price they have paid for their seeming equality with man. A pamphlet recently written by Homer Fort, of los Angeles, Cal, reviews the situation in a convincing and unigue way: = "A beautiful gazelle lived upon a high hill, happy¥ contented and re- joicing in the fact that she was teaching nef young gazelles how to be the finest and best and most pro- gressive antelopes in the entire for- est.. The greatest deference was paid fo her as a mother and educator, and all the malé' antelopes obeyed her wishes as law. Her husband consulted and accepted her advise Her influence was great and her power for good supreme and un- questioned. One day a short-haired gazelle from a neighboring hill, who permitted her little ones to grow up Pike volunteer weeds uncared {Cr and unkempt, paid a. visit to the beautiful gazelle and said: 'Why do you stay upon this hill giving your ife up to rearing little ones? Why not expand and haye more freedom?' "*But 1 am happy and I am free,' replied the gazelle. Oh, but ybu are not free. Look at those bucks in the valley below, locking horns, goring each other and aising Caip and having a good time spt uling the foYest. We Labridged." "The beautiful suselie answered: 'She that ruleth the mighty hath éducation, the care and the glory of making a great race.' But day after conspired to keep gazelles out of the fray. Finally the beautiful. gazelle was won over, but not convinced, and all the gazelles joined the move- ment of the short-haired agitator. The bucks agreed to let them como into the valley of equal rights. They mal dnstinets took the place of eivi- Tiged deference, and -instead: of get: 9 gate: the buck simply bee ----------... and had no power, ful difficult cannot do it, and our rights are i day the pba, pessimistic, | unhappy ga: harped on the feats _.{ performed by bucks and howsithey went, and mud was stirred up, pri-| out of the deer walk for a gas-| an. tions. Prat e force. asserted itself, and in time the gazelles were slaves p no homage and high comsideration. The beauti- gazelle; no longer beautiful, broken, spiritless, scarred, spattered and humiliated, réturned and said: "Moral 'She that ig' on a pedestal and rules by divine right loses her power by stepping down, and mixing in a fray which ntare never intend- no ed. THE MAN APART. Occasionally one encounters the type of man who finds it extremely entirely impossible to with his associates or find ameng his friends congenial company. He 18, arf it were, a man apart, living on'a different plane. There is a natural or acquired aloof- about him that does not > en- courage the confidence of his fel- lows. Failing to come into touch with kindred spirits, he goes his way, a lonely and disappofnted--and, quite frequently. a misunderstood --- The man of this type is usu- ally independent thinker, intel- lectuuiiy well-equipped, and holding safe and strong opinions on all mat- moral, material realizes that he is ever out with 'humanity, with the busy, every«day life that surrounds him. He has been placed in a wrong environment, and is homesick for the society of kindred souls, The last writing of Ernest Crosby gives a faithful expression to the viewpoint of such a man:® #1 am homesick. _ '""Homesick for the never seen "For the land wheres I shall look horizontally into the eyes of my fcl- lows, "The land wheré men rise only td lift, "The land where equality leayes men to differ as they will, "The land where freedom is breathed in the air and courses in the blood, i "Where there is "nothing over man between him and the sky, "Where the obligations -'of love or mix happily ness man. an ters But he of fouch throbbing, home I have & or. religious. } advocated af, Clemenceau ive for Sug this course, but the appointment a generalissimo niet with determin: ed 'oppokition.. Now, however, eon: fronted with a grave situation, Great Britain, France and: the United States have agreed to the proposal, and General Ferdinand Foch as- sumes supreme command of the Al- lied armies on the western front. We are indebted to the German -offen- sive for making possible this unity of command. [The hour has arrived when we must abandon the defensive and take up offensive tactics. The German onslaught has about itself, and the occasion is now ripe for the Allies to begin the counter- offensive. There is no room for @ divided counsel under such critical conditions. Foch is recognized as one of the most - brilliant leaders which the war has so far produced He has had a wide experie ace, and | his special qualifications for 'com- Mucting an offensive campaign will be of great service to the Allies to- day. 'His appointment would seem to presuppose a powerful flank at tack against the advancing Germans. Reports coming from the British and Freneh headquarters to-day breathe a spirit of optimism. Not only has the enemy thrust on all sectors of the wide battle front been here and there counter- attacks by the British and French have succeeded in forcing the en- emy back and in capturing consider- able numbers of prisoners and guns. The Allied reserves--the mass of manoeuvre 'created by the Versailles War Council--has now come into line; and at the proper moment will be thrown into the fight. Germany based all her hopes upon a speedy decision, and she has failed 'in her object. While the first. nush stemmed, we.are warned to expect another heavy blow to be struck be- fore the enemy gives up the attempt to break through the British lines or drive dangerous wedge between the Allied armies. Doubtless by this time our forces are fu prepared to receive and shatter such a blow. Every hour that it is delayed is of stayed, but has beea a are sought for as prizes, | "And . where they vary as the | moon "That land is .my true country, "1 am here by some sad cosmic mistake, . "And I am homesick." pn ------------ THE WAR ENTERS A NEW PHASE Centralized control of the war, such as Germ#ny has been blessed with since the very inception of hos- tilities, has at last been adopted by the Allies. , It is known that Pre- mier Lloyd"George and Premier priceless importance to us, inggmuch as it affords {ime for our own re- serves and for the growing American forces to be brought into line and placed to the best advantage. The men who are guiding our 'destinies at the front see no cause for pessimism. We at home should rely on them, keep up our. courage and remain confidert that the line will hold no matter how great the pressure, and that in the end---sooner perhaps than" we dare dream---victory will crown the ef- forts of our gallant armlies.in the field. man Rippling Rhymes pouring. ter day, the trash away! ' horse. much he'd glad] A The schoolmarm her trusty ruler; the peelers pinch t cooler. i By. GENE IN OUR TOWN It's hard for us to reali that every minute some on Things go along the same old they've been going always; the lawyers clinff, day af- their grimy stairs and hallways. boys are playing ball, as are the larger fellows; in the musty music The merchant prince is alter were no battles, of stoves and baby rattles. p that a) is daily roaring, dies, that blood in rills is way as The little and hall' the public kale, and now he springs a bargain sale The mayor cries, "Take " which scheme the town indorses; Jim "Rillings runs his yellow dray, and whales his lazy The idle rich, costly motors, and throw their clouds of choking dust on tired and plodding voters. to chew his rag in old time manner, and tells how] the upper crust, ride by in y do, 'to save our threatened banner makes the children hum- and plies | he passing bum, and file him in the] The tightwad's clutch upon his dime pale death alone can sever; oh, things g6 on, in this stern time, about 'W same as ever.d ALT MASON. THINGS THAT a HAPPEN OH OP ALWAYS RICH COUNT! FATHER MADE MIS FORTUNE PEDDLING LIMBERG! NO WE WERENT, A CHEESE AT THE polo GRoLNDS spentd new and ever-| speaker bellows. | as though there; The candidate proceeds' 'Tabout 1,628,300,000, Canada Food Board. - 3 - It must not be said of Canada that she shirked in the sharing of her daily bread with those whe did not shirk to share all for the good of mankind. The answer now can only, come from- the homes. -- Men's and Boys' Wear COAT COATS 78-80-82 Princess St. ENGLISH PARAMETTA Special Values $12. 50, $15.00, : and $16.50. -- . OILED COATS; OILED HATS fo . For men and boys. = Bibbys - - Special Value $12.50: TRENCH MODEL RAIN- Men' S Raineoats at WwW holesale Prices ENGLISH PARAMETTA DOUBLE TEXTURE RA IN- COAT Special value $8.50. TWEED RAINCOATS s - Sizes 34 to 42. Dandies for $15.00. SEE BIBBYS UMBRELLAS $1.50 and $2.00. imited Kingston. - No 'better finished Ranges Phone 388 We have just received a complete line of McClary's GAS RANGES or Canadian, and are as good as they look. Sold Only By UNT'S Hardware on the market, either American King St. - 2% PUBLIC OPINION People Oppose Titles, (London Advertiser) The House of Commons will do well to remember that anti-title resplutions are not merely the whims of the movers and the seconders, but express the sentiments of the Canadian people, Time To Call A Halt. al (Toronto News) The bank mergers of. the past may all have been capable of justi- ficatfon. They may all have been carried through in the very best in- terests of the people. We neverthe- less believe the time has come to call a hali in the consolidation of the country's banking facilities, Cause For Confidence, {Toronto Telegram) These are terrible days, but hot so | terrible asthe days of thé time that { opened with tI~> first gas attack at | St. Julien, when nothing; but the | naked souls of the Capadian army | sfood betw®en the Germans and the |'econquest of the Channel ports, plus | the capture of 300,000 or 400,000 | allied prisoners of war. * * Wrapped Bread. {Ottawa Journal Press) LLgst-pf living Commissioner's re- | marks on the subject of wrapped i bread emphasized a large amount of . speculation among. the public as to why wrapped bread should be for- bidden by the Food Controller, One of the things seems to be call' ed for-- either a removal of the pro- hibition of wrapped bread, or a con- vincing explanation by the Food Con- troller bureau why the prohibition should remain, ria Let A Little Sunshine In, (Sunshine) The population of the world is The average age at death 'is 33 years. - : Fifty-seven anillion three hundred and seventy-two ' thousand seven hundred and twenty-seven die an- nually, Nine handred and eighty thousand, five hundred awd sixteen die weekly. Aarrested recently after beihg landed Five thousand three hundred and eight persons die every minute. About/ three died every two~ sec- onds. Sixty persons have died w hile were reading this item. THE WORLD'S NEWS IN BRIEF FORM Tidings From All All Over Told in a Pithy and Pointed Way. Toronto's milk price unchanged during the son. An aviation corps of 500 members will 'be Siam's contribution the Entente Allies. Port Arthur shipping men look for the opening of navigation between April 18th and 25th. The German Government has pro- tested agaimst the Red: Guards pro- ceeding into Finland from Petrograd During the past few weeks not less | han $6,000,000 worth of liquors have been shipped from Montreal to vari- ous parts of Ontario. During Maarch thirey-one met violent deaths in Toronto, eleven were suddenly stricken or found dead, and nine were victims of gas poisoning. ! The German people are beginning to learn the extent of the ' recent losses, and are now demanding to know if the terrible offensive was re- cessary. It Is understood that the British Government has no present intention of utilizing the reeruits of eighteen, who have been trained ' for six manths, in actual fighting. Members of the betting ring which has been receiving "inside" informa- tion oh race resnits have fleeced cer- tain Toronto handbook-bmkers to the extent of $25,000 within the past month. The two Greek officers who were you is to remain sumiper sea- to people on the west coast of the Peloponnes- us by a German submarine have been tried and sentenced to death by a court-martial "At Vietoria, B.C., Mayor Todé has suspended City Engineer Rust and City Comptroller Raymond and City ed disobedience of orders. Aldermen state reversed and the officials reinstated. Lf NN NNN Staftord's Annihilator "For Removing Ink From paper, wool, "White or colored materials, Box. DR. CHOWN'S DRUG STORE 185 Princess St. _C Phone 343 haiku dh VEGETABLES Tomatoes, per tin... ,.. Corn, per tin | Standard Peas, per tin Early June Peas, per fin, Waxy Benny, per tin .. an Green Heans, per 1°, Liman Beans, per Spianch, per tin Surcotash, per tin Asparagus, per tia Jas. REDDEN & Co. Phones 20 and 990. Bos Treasurer Smith, on account of allegs | the mayor's decision will be rea - WEHAVE A LIMITED SUPPLY OF -