__ PAGE FOUR _ THE BRITISH WHIG S56TH YEAR Published Madly and semi-weekly by THE BRITS WHIG PUBLISHING C0, LIMITED, J. G. Eldott .. + «President leman A Gulla ,. ,. . Editor ana Managing- Director. : Telephones: Business Office risl Baito dob Ottice ... SUBSCRIPTION RATES {Daily Edition) . Une year, delivered in city .. .. One year, If paid in advance .. 5.00 One year, by mall to rura; offices Une year, to United States ., (Bemi- Weekly Edition) Une year, by mail, cash .. ... . .§1.00 Jne year, If not paid in advance $1.50 me year, to United States ., ...31.50 ; and three months pro rata, MONTREAL REPRESENTATIVE KR. Bruce Owen .. .. .123 St. Peter St. i. K.Northrup, 226 Fifth Ave. New York ¥.R.Northrup, 1510 Asw'n Bidg., Chicago Letters to the Editor are published uly over the actual name of the er. ; Attached Is one of "the best job printing offices in Canadas. The circulation or THE BRITISH Whig is authenticated by [the oO A Audit Bureau of Circulations. For sale, cheap, a registration card.~--Brockville Recorder-Times No takers. The goods are worth- less. : Germany would likely exchange all the Essen outfit for one good canned bean factory just now, re- marks the Ottawa Citizen. It's easier to forgive your enemy when you've got him down. Which goes a long way to explain the Al- lies' readiness to feed the starving Huns. Sir Wilfrid went out of his way to flatter "the noble German people." Canadians at home, as well as the boys who are returning from the trenches, will resent this utterance. REN Privates are being d¥secharged from the army.at the rate of about 200 a day. But what about those higher up? Are they all to remain as an unnecessary burden upon ¢ the country? The 'voluntary surrender by Ger- many of thé ex-kaiser and his-sons and all the lesser breed of criminals would reflect honor upon the mna- tion--and at this moment she nesds honor more than food. rbot. iota The genuinendss of Germany's eon- version to democracy is doubted on all sides. British statesmen have warned us against the treachery that may be concealed beneath the easy transition from autocracy to democracy. The best welcome for the return- ing soldier is not the brass band and the parades and the speeches of dis- tinguished citizens, but the notifi- cation from the" boss that he hang up his hat on the old peg the mext Monday morning. ~The letters C.N.R. now stand, not for Canadian Northern Railway, but for Canadian National Railway. Public ownership is making some advance, though it may not be as rapid as most of us would like. Frederick the Great once wrote to one of his ministers "If there 'is anything to be gained by it we will be honest; if deception is necessary, let us be cheats." That has been the policy of Germany even to this day. And she has gained by it-- the odlum of the whole civilized world. . Sn ees an Canada, declares the Montreal Financial Times, willemand 'a bil: lign dollars indemnity from Ger: in return for expenditure on "of thre war. The Hun fure- 8 could legally in- © for any crime itical one: and that|® 10 sanctuary fn what. Bt he chooses to Cecils, . Lans< starvation apd returning dom they the Huns Even. when liberated | to France and free-, brutally treated by never seen. hn. man beings in such state' of rag- gedness, hunger and misery," de- ¢lares a Reuter correspondent, Yet Sir Wilfrid Laurier calls them *"'the noble German people." | ave a The Deseronto town council has} gone on record as.to what it would | do with the kaiser if it could catea him. His fate would be sealed for all time if our western neighbors | had their way. Other towns and | cities of Canada should follow Des- eronto's example, and let the world know what Canada thinks of this monster in human form. A free Baltic, a free Dardanelles, 4 free ocean highway for all the peacefully inclined peoples of the world are ensured by Britain's con- tinued command of the seas. vo nation, however small, suffered be- cause of our Empire's naval supreé- macy. Germany's idea of sea pow- er was something quite different from this, If she had won the war, the oceans would have been unsafs for the world's commerce for all time to come. INDIA AND THE WAR. "Look you mow! Consider poor Jivan Shah! No legs he ~--no neck---one arm. Does he ask for money? All day long he works--+the most honored man on the compound. Eat shame awhile! Repent and be like him!" That Is what the wife of a cook in India sald recently to her idle son who asked for money. It is what is be- ing said, with variations, through- out India wherever maimed Indian soldiers who haye been trained at reconstruction centres begin earn- ing their Mving. Probably in no part of the world has war wrought more wonderful changes than in India-- changes destined, literally, to af- {fact the whole world, Men from [every clime, ignorant of the world | outside their own tiny™villages, un- that | has TE -- DAILY BRITISH WHIG, THURSDAY; NOVEMBER 28, 1918. ~~ fairly and of peace. from the Times, is unstai of the atroeiti world's blood short time of Without it we this war, and leg Her nay to quote ned by an; that ihe run cold during 1e the Germany navy could not have won iespite the tempta- tion to retaliate British navy conducted its share of the war ay impeecably as if it had been fight- ing an honorable foe. The British fleet is a protection to the world's trade in a time of peace, and a bul- wark against assassins in a time of war. It a friend to the trades, but a terror to the pirate, as Ger- many now knows. remanent made es the is | UB opmoN | Exhausted. (Brantford Expositor.) The fact is faction fighting in Ire- land has exhausted the patience of the friends of that country. The New Motto. (Brantford Expositor.) The common exhortation now is not "Bay Victory Bonds!" but "Do your Christmas shopping early!" Strange, But True. (Montreal Star.) A huge surplus of potatoes in Canada means, according' to past ex- perience, an increased price per bag A front To Remember. (London Advertiser.) would be well to remember that Germany gave in because she was conquered, not because she was converted. The Hun Knew. (BaMimore American.) It has been said the Germans did not know what mercy is. That was a mistake, for they are begging it for themselves It The Only Wise Course. fUalt Reporter.) Food saving must go on-and- the saving habit cultivated and con- tinued. Nothing less will do while reconstruction' is proceeding. AINE No Chance. {Washington Star.) The German people might feel a able to read and write, having dif- ferent traditions in dress, speech and the treatment of friend and foe, alike only in one characteristic --unbounded and often-tested cour- age--these men flocked to defend the Empire. Some have returned maimed but not incapacitated. In a country where nine dollars is the average yearly income these sol- diers, educated for the first time in their lives, are ables to earn from six to thirty-two dollars a month. No wonder they are held up as shining examples to be imitated. It seems like a page from the Arabian Nights to read that scien- tific agriculture is being taught in a land where wheat is' still planted and raised by hand as in the days of David. It must seem nothing short of magical to see little Leg- horns and Minorcas hopping out of incubators but the magic lies in the hands of the men who went over- seas to fight and then came home, like Jivan Shah, no legs--no neck --Onz arm, , but nevertheless a magician in the making. "THE FREEDOM OF THE SEAS." One of the knotty problems that will come up for discussion at the peace conference will be that ef the freedom of the seas. It is to be ex- pected that Germany will usd her best endeavors to curb Great Bri- tain's claim to a free and unre- stricted ocean highway and will try by every means in her power to ex- cite the jealousy of other nations. Our Allies, however, are fully aware of what Britain's naval su- premacy has meant to them and to the world during the present com- flict; they fully realize that with- out this great ald civilization might not have survived. An Americen writer has recently made this fact quite plain, Speaking at the Uni- versity Club in Brooklyn on Satur- day night, Louis Tracy pointed out the absurdity .of Germany's. conten- tion that she had to plot against Great Britain because Britain con- trolled the sea. Dutch, Swedish and Norwegian ships, Re sald, had a tremendous trade by sea, and Holland--he might have added Belgium and Portugal remarks the New York Times--valuable eolon- fes, but none of them had ever fear- ed Britain's dominfon of the seas. None had ever feared that she would deal unfairly with them, and none had had to form alliances and conspiracies against her, The difference - between = Groat Britain's control of the seas and Germany's army lon land 1s that no- body had any reason to be afraid of the former. The British fleet is for defensive purposes only. Great Britain is an island, and would hapre small chances of defemce by an army if an enemy invaded her. She must-have a great fleet as ner little 'better if some one of the HohenzoHerns had gotten near en- ough to sthe fighting to know what 'was going on. The Strangest Fact. (Ohio State Journal.) The most remarkable thing.to us, after the way they'd acted for more than four years, is the evidence that you can't feel all the German peo- ple, even, ail the time. In the passing of George E. Frost, which occurred on Tuesday in Belle- ville, a well-known citizen and ex- civic employee will be missed. In 1854 deceased was born on the Can- nifton road. 'When nature begins to assist a man by parting his . hair in the middle he gets éontrary and tries to part it on the side. Sm : * mately as in tips WHEN again} | Dear Lord, when other bo¥s come OFHER. BOYS Y HOME. home, And other mothers' joy And, seeing, know that never more Can like joy come again to me, Help me to. fight despair--not yield Though mine Hes dead on Flanders' field! I see, When other boys come home agai And other mothers know th 'bliss Of clasping close in loving rams Their soldier sons--with eag- kiss, dear Lord, me Whose arms must ever empty be! n e sustain Thou Help me to tear my thoughts away From that far grave wherein he lies;: And bid me to Thy throne above Turn now my anguished moth- er's eyes, teach me, Lord, see His brave young with Thee! And with faith to soul safe there -- Louise HIIL i COME | i Ty NOBBY HATS 5 Did He Ges the Raise? New York Commercial News A young Gentile who had working for a 'Hebrew clothier some time and whose wages rather scant, thought he was for were de- cordingly he broached the subject to his employer, who spake thus: "You vants a raise, hey, vot for? In ihe year der dsh. 365 days You work 8 'hours a day, con- sequently you vorks only 1-3 15f the time, or . But der ish ito come -oudt of date yet Sundays .52 days 69 days 121 days on vich leafs . . Den 'you haf {1-2 of every Saturday vich is 26 days { : ' 43 days hour for lunch amounts dis leafs .. Den you thaf | effry day vich to 15 days 28 days veeks' 14 days § a : und 'dot leafs { : 14 days Der ish in der year holidays 12 days i und dot 'leafs'. Each year d gfs you 2 vacation o vich leafs .. ....-..¢ . diys und any dam fool knows der ish two Jewish holidays ? J cin vich leafs nodings 0 days Now, why in Moses name do you vant a raise? a days Joins Hudson Bay Company. Ottawa, Nov. 28. --Edward Fits gerald, assistant to the chairman of the Imperial Munitions Board, has been appointed vice-chairman of the Advisory Coune¢il 'of the Hudson's Bay Company, with headquarters in Winnipeg. Mr. Fitzgerald leaves next week for a. trip to London. At Carleton Place word has been received of the death from injuries received while flying of Lieut.Stearne Tighe Edwards. [The deceased was born at Franktown twenty-five years ago, ard was the: of the late E. D. and Mrs. Edwards. Rippling Rhymes it's Old coming back! away?" one looks sour; high they do not stack. ing them with laurels for their brows; no glad voiced sires are greeting them, and no rejoicing fraus. "Blitzen!" and "Geewhlellikens!" the sad eyed people say, 'You blamed slab-sided pelicans, why did you ran It's Old Home Week in Germany, but every the weary soldier Herman, made twelve miles an hour; the guns behind him: ham- mering the Allies on his trail, triumphant foemen clam- oring, he scorched o'er hill and dale. OLD HOME WEEK Home Week in Germany, They're sore and tired and verimy, and the boys are No smiling maids are meet- But, he has But in his native villages the ice tongs are his prize; they Tove the Hun who pillages, but mot the one who flies. They love the Hun victorious, to him at any cost, they'd welcome give uproarious--the loser gets a frost. No orators are thun- dering a lot of phrases fine/ no village bands are blun- d 4 dering through "Watches on the Rhine." "Our noble boys are here again," no loyal voters cry; they weep and order beer again, again, and drink ft with a sigh. It's. Old Home Week in Germany, to warriors who quit; no kaiser, tinseled, erminey, extends the cordial mit. No kaiser, windy, sermony, is there to read a pome; it's Old Home Week in Germamy---but what a welcome home? -- WALT MASON. THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN By GENE BYRNES been | serving lof a raise in salary and ac-! OVERCOATS $15.00 to $42.50 FINE UNDERWEAR FA ---- Bibbys Style Headquarters for Men & Boys SOME SUITS ARE OUR ' "BUB" "MILITAIRE"" and "D'ORSAY" $35.00 REAL OVERCOATS are OUR BELMONT BELCOURT and $30.00 SUITS $15.00 to $40.00 Uléra-smart Suits naturally are to be found at "Style Headquarters," where the premier models designed by Society tailors are found, as well as the latest and best things in Haberdashery. \ BOYS' DEPARTMENT SEE OUR BOYS' OVERCOATS Real Dandies $10, $12.50, $15, BOYS' SUITS at and $18.50 $7.50 to $18.50 EXTRA SPECIAL BOYS' SUITS. 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Prevent An | Epidemic If each individual will carry | out the Medical Health Officer's Instructions and use a - : Spray or Gargle of Pi nate of Potash we IE re aanate Spanish In- fluenza. «1 We have this solution made to the shell burst near Pat, blow- TR a ou 07 asked the Irishman what "A wounded German," he re