PAGE FOUR "THE BRITISH WHIG!» #0 © ©O., LIMITS brubiinhed Dally and Semi-Weekly by THE REFISH WHIG PUBLISHING . President oT. J. G. Biiott . dito r and Leman. A. Guid . SUBSCRIPIION RATES (Daly Fdition) One vear, delivered in cit) One year, if paid in ad One year, by mall to rurd One year, to United States (Semi-Weekly Edition) One year, by mall, cash One year, if not paid in advance $1.50 One year, to United St % . 3 50 Six and thre MONTREAL R R. Bruce Owen TORONTO REP RE F.C. Hov ,.., 1005 7 UNITED STATES RF FR Northrup, 2 F. R Northrap, Yetters tor the only over the writer, Attached Is one of the best pripting offices in Canada. The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG Is authenticated bs the ABCc Audit Bureau of Circulations. fditor are published actual name of the Job AR a PN Toronto people fear the advent of dollar gas--a thing Kingstonians would welcome hy shoot- tru- Pt., You can't hit the Kaiser dng off your mouth, r bit of fsm from Ww Grit. the famspoft, It is a fearful price that France is paying for hér liberty. Already 1, + 800,000 of her men have fallen in battle. . World power or downfall was the object Germany out to obtain. To-day she 1s perilously near one or other of her objectives. But world power is forever beyond her grasp. set now Britain, a thousand times more oppressed by the war than we, fights on Without complaint or grumbling. Why, then, should 'we; whose se- curity is made safe 'hy Britain's navy, object to any sacrifice that will help the Allied cause? "With mo the 'Military Service Act, as it is now enforced, is a splendid exemption act, but a very poor conscription det. It hhs pro- duced something like 200,000 ex- empiions and about 30,000 80l- ders." Hon. F. B. Carvell. Any hour mow we may hear of the Canadian army in France being heavily engaged. They will proudly uphold the splendid record they have established. We at home must fortify ourselves against the results certain to follow a serious enterpplse. J -------------------------------- The Germmns have levied an in- demnity of $2,000,000,000 on little 'Rumania. | 'What would: be the in- demnity 'we would have to pay were Germany victorious in this war? Those who oppose the government's conscription measures should turn 'hat faut over in jtheir minds. ainni-------- It avasn't [financial gain that prompted our boys to go te France to be wounded or killed. They re- sponded to a much higher motive. Should we at home, farmers ihclud- ed, in view of this fact, put finaneial J Jumtiderations before those of our < lgduntry, our empire and our eom- 'mon humanity? ; © IMore than fifty feunicipalities in . Ontario have adopted the Penny Bank B|ystem in the public schools, and with splendid results. Toronto, 'Thomas, Belleville, opposition the i atelligencer: realize that Canadian soldiers at the Canada; war gajnst in in and provinces of t B n, in a roment, and Ontario 4 a Jaggard enated Canada Province Quebe and persistence. in Last is a may land Wineea,, y DON'T Grou the GROUSE seyerie Fy one ront grumbing admits that the valve It have a Tight fey men under intense pressure much matter what the that the men to. grumble "let off for doesn't so as grousing is about have an opportunity about something and steam.' But grousing different nd the g and a a quite indulged takes when it is on aspect in hehi lin It becomes de- disservice to the the moral men who are enduring and monotonies of the Many for instance, are go- ing fo gre when they find that their restaurant § cannc! serve the horrors the front. people, use favorite with ain days them accustomed Others wil having to pay additional curtailment of their ex on luxuries foods on cer grouse at taxes or at penditures There Canada front do the paying wit! right to of si The least we at up cheerfully as are found on ourselves a which Germany to supplement is pO room 10 grousers In to-day. Let the men at the They are their price Tor rything in ont home can or do ds to put with such restric tions ne y and of the to impose sekl-discipliné finds it sary with discipline 0 Ne imposed from above = mr --f i AN UNNECESSARY CHANGE. It may seesn a small thing for the Public Tititilies Commission to de- cide to charge water consumers the gross rate if they fail to pay their bills cn the day appointed, but it 1s going to create a good deal of dis- satisfaction and protest. There is no need of this getion by the Utili- ties Commission. To penalize con- gsumers to the extent of twenty per ednt. because they happen to call at the- Commission's collection office on the 21st instead of the 20th to pay their rates is mot very friendly to say the least, and possibly ten per cent. of the water consumers are af- fegted. A For twenty-five years a discount of twenty per cent. 'has been allow- ed on water accounts paid wighia twenty days from the first of each quarter, and consumers paying any time during the quarter 'have been entitled to a proportion of this discount. These conditions appear oh the face of the bill und they were adopted after a good deal more thought than the Utilities Commis- sion on Monday gave to its decision to charge the gross rate for one day's delinquency. "Water rates are payable in. advance,'unlike gas and electric rates, which cannot be paid until the service is rendered. The water consumer pays on the 20th of April for something that is not de- Hvered dn full until. the 30th. of June. = \ : It is to the hoped that the Utilities Commission will reconsider its de- cision and continue the old rule of giving a proportion of the water discount to consumers: according to the time in the quarter when the bill is paid. (If it does not do this, then consumers who are delinquents for one day will have the privilege of withholding payment until the last day of the quarter, as the gross rate is not collectable until that time. DOING OUR BIT. When our soldier boys retdrn to Canada they 'will bring back with them the record of an achievement of which the whole world will know. Their heroic deeds, their splendid fighting qualities, their uncongquer- able spirit, have already brought glory and fame to the Land of the Maple Leaf. They are to-day Wril~ ing the history of world-freedom with their Blood. - While they are achieving the task of giants, what are YOU doing? The least you can do is to: con- serve and save, produce nd contri- bute: Let no war. cause, however humble, find in you an 'unwilling supporter. Let no appeal to your 'patriotism go unanswered... When the government, possessing confi- dential information denied to the general public, decides on the adop- tion drastic measures, it is yeur duty to stand resolutely behind those upon whom heavy responsibil ts. [This fs-¥he great workd- a of the common people against the forces of militarism and autocracy. Democracy is on trial for #s life. Every man who attach- es any vglue to his individual free-| dom, every man who believes in the justice of Tight over might, every{ man 'who stands for decency and| righteousness, 'must today willing-1 ly, gladly, place bis all upon: the altar. bh fhetaing at as sevice whte his power to render. soldiers re i 16sa for arn from the mighty en- h they are 'now en hem in the | terprise i gaged, he face h their hands The have voice "2i| PUBLIC OPINION Surprises. . hh anpoune he had for the big drive. s didn't figure on e nd French ha lined to be s 56V~ Of roller- The Loyal Irish. 2 ter Herald) It may be as John Dillon sugges "an insane blunder," to scription to lrelnd. If so, pects that all the loyal Iri the firing line in France ot one sus li are on} Belgium Two Good Points. saving V i at dd an. hour th of the summer evenings, will be saved from early Early darkness ends the summer in this climate A month after dayl established Cv { have adjusted i Daylight to the leng September darkness, it saving sulture will} change of on bill years' The new teats provides penalties of twenty imprisonment #&nd_$10,000 actions of disloyalty or ohstruc- effort Why doesn't Canada go to the root of some of its troubles by providing and imposing such penalties seditious speech and action? and tion to wax for A Sign Of Health. (Seattle 1 y ligencer) 'Grousing"" is a recogni zed privil- ege of the British Tommy, pected to complain, and his habit of fault finding is looked dpon as a vir tue in England. If he should s England would fear hig f moral and shudder over the outcome of the next en rement with he Boche, As long a¢ Tommy is voicing his objections to the quality of his} jam, the 'quantity of his 'tea'or. the durability of his biscuits, England feels safe. She knows he is in first- class fighting trim, Carvell "Over The Top. " (Ottawa Citize Mr. Carvell"s economy w with public funds may not be pleasing to the in-| veterate patronage politicians of Maritime Provinces--where Govern-| ment wharves have ah odor of sancti- ty about them almost like State churches. People who don't know| the patronage habit down there can hardly appreciate Mr. Carvell's cour- age in cutting into it. Bat the Union He is ex- for for er definitalysowae ghe top against pa- tronage, 16th, or May 18th, is hoped for the Government, by A -- Matters { office of i called in to review the one! her | {aged 20 to { subject | order chosen by the district | heard concerning a aapply con-| is fine for| breach of tiie prohidition'of language Rheinland's Hull Ripped For Ninety-| \&z the | Minister of Public Works is one lead- | Prorogatian of Parliament by May | * : radii outed gs lr AAG epre- came Lient. RD. Street, public ntative under the MSA, 1 from Ottawa to-day The work of the Military Service is proceeding under the super- jon of the district registrar. The the public repre ntative is ngaged in review work, she log al litary represeniative gaged with the local tribunals, 18e5 with a to appealing from the former decisions. This work is not affected by the decision of Parliament can- celling the exemption of all persons 22, except that they are to immediate coll or in the registrar. view being Considerable comment is order recent issued by the military authorities to the effect that men once enlisted un- fer the Military Service Act may not be discharged unless they are in cate- | gory E which means that they : dre | Cabally unfit Yor service Sy 1t has been claimed t this or- der is working much hard hip among | some of the men who have been call- { ed to the colors. When first ef 1, amined they were put in category A 'but on | re-examination after enlist ment a number were found to be in category C or fit for sérvice only in Canada. The result has been that they have atigue work drill and ing to the 1ed. This, they believe should not lors as A we i nas i | been transferred to do | instead of regular infantr { cannot be discharged ov | order that has 'been is | they assert, is unfair as that in the first case they have been called to the « men when in reality they category C---a class which | been summone xd. the not { Whether military authorities | have learned of the hardship that the | order is working in some cases is not { known, but it, is thought that press- | ure will be exerted to have the order | rescinded. (Continued on Page 6.) STILL CON { THE R ROCKS. Nine Feet. Stockholm, April 24. * hie Gorpart] | battleship Rheinland, which went ashore on the rocks of Aland Islands, | | three weeks ago, is still firmly wedg- led on the Lagskur reef. A fleet of |smaller war craft and tugs are work- ing day and night in an effort to dis- lodge the vessel. Hon, William Currie, Speaker of | the New Brunswick Legislature, is j accused of regfesting a scaler to re- duce his report, on which stumpage | is paid, by 2,500,000' feet for the ic ontinental Lumber Company, of Restigouche County, N. B. He denies the charges, Three more priests of thd N New York | Archdiocese have left their churches | to become first leutenants in the Uni-| | ted States army. They are Fathers Quinn, Gavin and Rothlauf. John Galna, ex-M.P,,, one of the | pioneers of Parry Sound, passed away after a lengthy illness, A bumper peach crop. is officially announced for Grimsby district this season, i | | Rippling Rhymes I hate to d thing to do. brings; "How sleep the vai and men will see that lilies bloom we spoke in maudiin haste when we We feel, dissolution is a sin, bones, and all the flesh a mortal owns, safe and. sheltered lives; our wives; we've lived in fat commercial tifa solving everything "to dimes. show that waste is gin by which we are disgraced, and so it causes us distress to lose the number of our mess; for death is waste, the thing we dread; rake-off for the dead. it's showing us a Jot of things; it's teaching us how men may die and make a noble gain thereby. country's wishes blest! strive who gives his warm and ardent life, that tyrants BLM, and their plots may fail, that freedom shall again pre- s wasting nothing when he digs, but «drawing down a golden prize, Freedom shall awhile repair, to dwell, DYING FOR NOTHING and so do you--it's such a foolish when we are cashing in, that hair and We lead our we rear our kids and feed es, re- instincts je it's such a waste of Our frugal there is no The war some consolation by all their in yonder brave who sink to rest, 1" The soldier out "And And so about the portals of his tomb. a weeping hermit, there." declared that death is waste. penn MASON. 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