PAGE FOUR THE BRITISH WHIG! | i i | Published Dally sad Semi-Weekly by THRE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING ©0,, LIMITED. ot | to One year, PI er Big ty n ety .. One Tan if paid in advance HI te ) $1.80 months pro rata, REPRESENTATIVE "183 St. 'Peter St FEE STA = RR ESENTA TIVE: .R.Northrup, ies ve, New York F.R.Northrup, 15i¢ Ass'n Bldg. Chicago Letters to the Editor are published only over the actual name of the writer, 3 Attached is one of the best Job printing offices in Canada. 4 The circulation of THE BRITISH Whig Is authenticated by the ABCKk Audit Bureau of Olrculations. Peace 1s bout the last thing the Allies are thinking of They will talk peace when Berlin is reached. - The American are In the fight to a finish. helr fresh troops are do- ing splendid service. Did Kingston motorists observe the request to make Sunday a gas- less day? Well, not as you could notice. tt ani : President Wilson, with chagpacter- istic promptness, tells the world that the Allies will not waste time talking peace. They will smash Germany first and then ' consider Peace terms. The new Automobile Club did not lead the way last week in the move- ment to stop joy-riding on Sunday. There is a: chande for the few or- ganization to perform -a helpful ser- vice this week, A campaign to abolish billboards in the United States is meeting with popular favor. Already several eit: ies have passed ordinances abolish- ing them. Societies and public bod- leg of all kinds are backing the movement, ! : Under the Bolsheviki, Russia has sunk to the lowest level of political -anfl ial degredation. Murder and pillage are devastating the land. These conditions, however, all tend : to make the Allied task so much the easier, The opposition to unionizing the police forces of our cities is grow- ing. The attempted formation of such a union down In St. John, N.B., has led to the dismissal of thirty policemen. Toronto's chief of Police also opposes a union there "Production in United States ship- yards has been speeded up until during July 123 ships were launch- ed, a total greater than during any single year in thé past. Besides, two ghips are now doing the work of three under the rapld "turn- around" whieh his been found go effective in tip Wansatiantic trgt- fie. vA aly A: ) weft 'Why not: smoke con- sumers in some of the down town industries? ' Business men and citl- gens in the district would appreciate the change that 'would follow. Smoke, in addition to being a nufs- ance, says a regent United States 'Smoke Commission," is dangerous to health, 'and destroys; fio amounts of property each year. In a letter home a soldier thus describes some of the feelings of the men at the front: "Personal feelings are forgotten, rare scruples broken, In the endeavor to pull to- gether for a common good. His idea of heaven is the place where an Al- lied soldier goes when he is killed, - and Nell the home of dead Germans and living slackers. . He thinks the Hun an ally of the devil, and tries to be as uniike him as possible." L'Autorite,. '# French-Canadian _ weekly of Montreal, makes a force- ful plea this week - for national schools. "Give us," it asks, "less of the stories of Jonah inside or out-| side the .whale, 'and more of arith- metie. . . . French-Canadians| " ingeneral know all that is necessary : 'matters, and ignore what to them. The present war the {occasion in getting out of t ole world to its 'more, she has asked that neutrals -- foundatiens, 80 let ms profit and into the upper stories THEIR FIRST BIG BATTLE WON On Thursday the Unit States registered for military servi 14,000,000 b teen and f ce near- ges of eigl same day n France ttack agai achieved a remarkable scene of General Per victory i Peace contending nations conference. This wou dicate that Austria-Hungar reached the point where she to make peace wi While thére is an Allied ns which i Z to believe | 8otiations, we g | whelming desire of voiced by official Was} 8s In this weakness c that the monar see evidence was in French Lorraine, between the Meuse and the Mosel he struck to flatten out St. Mihiel salient. On the southern side of the famous and heavily defended the sallent, the Amerieans advanced over eight miles and captured 10, twelve hours. and great 000 prisoners within Large numbers of guns quantities «of war munitiong fell ia- their hands The advance 1s still continuing. Whether this is intended as one of Foch's major operations it is yet too early to say The results of an extended advance in this region would be such as to warrant the be- Hef that it is. A million Americans are concentrated in Only about thirteen miles away the German fortress of Metz, recent headquarters of von Hinden- burg. Thirty miles away are the valuable iron ore mines of Lorraine, the loss of which would be a hard blow to Germany Along the line of American progress lies the short- est and the quickest way the heart of industrial Gemmany This drive may quite well be the begin- ning of General Pershing's forecast- ed campaign of destruction against the GesMnan industrial centres on the Rhine. Both Metz and the Ger- man border are in jeopardy. Canadlans are proud of the splen- did victory wen by the Americans They have acquitted just as we expected they would Wherever the haughty and high'# trained Prussians have mét the citi- zen soldiers of the free democracies of the New World, the representa- tives of militarism have gone down to defeat. It is a good token, a happy augury of the day when the cause of civilization will emerge triumphant. sector. 8 the this to themselves A WRONG IDEA. In discussing the recent street riots in Toronto, in which Greek ani Italian restaurants were wrecked, the Veteran discusses the matter from the standpoint of the returned man. While it acknowledges that some misguided soldiers were bent on causing trouble, it - points out that the police .were either tgo in- competent or too powerless to pre- vent the disturbances. The rioters were joined by large forces of rowdy civilians, and what began as ordin- ary reprisals brought on by anger ended in a wholesale looting worthy of the kaiser's hosts. The Veteran adds: "Without attempting to justify the conduct of the rioters, we would draw the attention of the Canadian people to the fact that many return- ed men do sincerely feel that the government and people of Canada have failed to implement the graci- ous promises of special treatment and consideration made to them ers they sailed overseas. Neglect to control profiteering, to work out a sane land settlement and labor policy, and to regulate the alien problem, have all combined as irrit- ants upon men whose nerves have not been improved by their trialg in the trenches. But it is essentially a Prussian doctrine that brute viol- ence can achieve reforms." The people of Canada are anxious to see that the returned soldier gets his just dues, and the Veteran does right in warning that rederms. can- not be obtained by riots or the ap- plication of brute force. Such a course serves only to defeat the end in view. A great work is being done already in the way of fitting the re- turned men to re-enter civilian life. The problem is a new and difficult one, and patience must be exercised while methods are being tried out and plans pérfected. THE AUSTRIAN COLLAPSE. Sunday's bulletins, announcing the request of Austria-Hungary that the neutral 'nations should invite the helligerents to a conference with the idea of bringing about peace, will cause no astonishment in the Allied world. It has been known for some time that the dual mon- Larghy was on the verge of collapse. As long ago as July 9th, the Ber- liner Tageblatt, in a réview of the Austrian food situation, acknow- ledged that "'on the Austrian food minister's own statément the situa- tion was dangerous to health and morale." Dissatisfaction over the progress of the war was intensified by the failure to obtain the expected food from the Ukraine, which Ger- many refused to share with ° her partner, Following her defeat at 'the hands of the Italians, the Slavs and other nationals within her bord- érg b fo desert at every oppor- tunity.' Four years of war have brought the ranshackle empire of the Hapsburgs to the brink of ruin. She is the first of the Centra} Pow- ors to put out feelers of peace; nay, i where | crumbiing and believes this 1s the supreme moment to deal her a | death blow. The smashing of Aus- jtria would be a blow at Germany's { heart, and wonld shatter the last {hope of the German people in the { invincibility of military lead- It | the road to a durable peace. | -- their y | BIE. wounld Be a great stride on ---y | PUBLIC OPMNON | Let's Be Rair. K ardine Review) The Allies are making great ad- vances on the western front, but the Germans %re going just as fast, if not faster. Reasonable Objection, (Detroit News) It is true that fewer knitters are seen on the street cars. The cars are 80 crowded that perforated strap- hangers raised an objection. ; 'When Thieves Fall Out. (Montreal Gazette) When thieves fall out honest men come into their own It is wnder stood that there is a division among the unworthies in this city, So much the better. The autherities should take advantage of 'the split and put the lid down tight op the rival fac tions, Let the promoters of vice un- derstand that they are to He kept in a state of disfavor, Army. (Toronto Telegram) A Welsh miner who enlisted ad a private in the armies of aristocratic England has risen to 'the rank of brigadier-general A Canadian miner who enlisted private in the armies of democ Canada might have never risen hizh- er than the dignity of holding Sir Sam Hughes' horse or officiating as alde-de<camp to some of the other numerous generals in the Hughes family. Canada's Democratic Canada's Need. (Ottawa Journal.) So that if Canada is to avoid the danger which Prof. Lochhead and other students of rural conditions forsee; if she is to do her best to- ward building up a contented and prosperous agricultural population; if she is to leave untried no means of increasing production and lower- ing the cost of living, then she must devote more attention than hereto- fore to the question of good roads LAEUT.-COL. H. E. PEN The young Kingston officer wi commands the 21st Canadian Battalior < HE'S ALL RIGHT, MOTHER. By T Listet 0 in the gloaming, sad and long for him Who's fighting for World freedom, with determination grim, miss his voice and footsteps which made music ih your ears, And scan that far horizon through ' a mist of Mother tears. You tears you shed; dear Mother, are the tears of hope and joy, With all the long, long waiting, you are proud of that big boy, heart says, fearful Mosher, that you're glad he has not stayed, But proved himself a hero out where hist'ry hag been made. The Your So Mother, don't you worry, just pray on from day to day, Your laddie's heart is yearning for the homeland far away, Some day he'll write and tell you that he's billed for 'home, sweet home," Think, Mother, in he was there- War own Great very the your Keep home {fires burning, Mother, he will want to see them bright, when you're' least expecting, he'll drop in on you some night, days, oh gentle Mother, yes, your proudest ones on earth, day of his homecoming, and the day you gave him birth. For Two The TWO LINEMEN ELECTROCUTED. George Goode and Benjamin Banks, Kemptville, Killed. Carleton Place, Sept. 16.--Gecrge Goode, aged 28, sipgle, and Benja- min Banks, agey 18, single, both of Kemptville, : were; instantly killea, and John Davidson, of the sale plate, narrowly escaped death here Friday, 'when some Bell Telephone wires at which they were working came in contact 'with the wires carrying the current for the town lighting system, thousands of been side- On thousands and occasions justice has tracked hy money. [; . --- rH Rippling Rhymes Already for he made me wear, when all there'll be quiet the hour when eousness." MASA, 4 fall of infernal wrong. FLYING TIME Summer's how the weeks roll on! was tolled, and now the Summer's nearly gone! i sun, it makes a shorter round, and early sinks, far in| the west; the wombat warthog builds its Winter nest. to view the passage of old Father Time with sorrow, | jut now I wate when each day is done, "We're this much nearer vic-| tory, we're nearer wiping out the Hun. er to the dawn of peace, a peace that's warranted to Uncle Sam is clothed with power to re-establish right- The days go by--no holding them! I merely bless them as they fly; about a milliop r.p.m, they seem'to make, as they whiz by. soon will soar to climes more suitable to him, and from 'this bléak, incle- ment shore, the megatherium will swim, death, the grass grows rusty on the hill, and soon we'll feel the frosty breath of Winter, boisterous and chill. brings nearer to our waiting throng the triumph of eternal right, the down- THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN growing eld<-great Ceasar, | But yesterday Spring's knell | The burrows in the ground, the] In other days I used] blue--4 thought his hurry was a crime h the bright days flee, and murmur, | We're near- the booming guns shall cease, and everywhere. We're one day nearer to crazy war lords must confess that The plerodactyl All signs petoken summer's But every day that wings its flight -- WALT MASON. ~NEW OVERCOATS COAL OIL "Hot Blast" ... "McClary's" ... ... ... Perfection" ... ... ... "Chicago" (brass tank) . 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