: to. oR § Fifth Ave, New York FR Northrup 1610 As#'n Bldg. Chicago " ! tle more of the spirit which prompted ¢ - . to look as if the Alles had gained l "3 PAGE SIX oo _THE DAILY BRITISH WHiG i THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1920, a THE BRIIISH WHIG 87TH YEAR. 4 Th | "uf -u J) wr Y | "8" RNR Ey, «om hb 1 Ji { Fa = wa----_ Fab @ ally and Semai-W Arik BMITISH , WHiG Fun ing LIMITED Je 6G BIMOIE ..vviunennnn. ss President Leman A. Guild'... 0000 Eater and ng-Dirvector " TELEPHONES: Editorial ri Job Oftice SUBSCRIPTION BATES (Daily 'Edition One year, delivered in of x and three months pro rata. UT-OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES \ St. Montreal ¥ S190 L Ee oor Lumsden Bldg. tters to the Editor are published only over the &otual name of the (weiter, Attached of 'the best Job 'printing iene a Canaan. NS ------------------------------------ | Te siremiation or aE pres | § WHIG is authenticated by the ABO Audit Bureau of Circulations. vr i Parliament will be asked to vote $21,000,000 for public works at the coming session, We wonder how much of this wil be for Kingston's harbor tmpro ts, The Hon. D, Marshall, minister of agricultird for - Alberta, says that rural education in Canada is away behind 'thie times. Then it is up to the Farmers' Government of Ontario to bring part of it, at least, up-to- date. Se se It ds stated ¥Mt the whole appro- priation made for house building as- sistance for the provinces will pro- bably be taken up this year. Then that is all the more reason why Kingston should move quickly before the money is all gone, The Kingston Clinical Association is taking a big step In establishing a medical clinic in Kingston. A lit- he promoters to do this would go a long way towards satisfying the needs 'of the Queen's medical faculty, Every day we hear of some United States concerns which are willing to accept Canadian money at par. They are beginning to see that the Cana~ dian people are in earnest in their "buy in Canada" movement, and are not at all pleased with the prospect of losing Canadian business, « Germany is tying to pull the wool over the eyes of the Allied nations. fhe latest assertion 1s that she ecan- not fulfill the peace terms, Te begins absolutely nothing by making peace 'when they did, for so far Germany 'has been allowed to back out of many of the provisions of the treaty, A petition demanding a $2,000 gratuity for all men who went to France, $1,500 for all who reached England and $1,000 for all who perved in the army and navy in Can- mda, ts being largely circulated fier and sounder element amongst veterans, Br Jersey City the tenants of Houses have gone on strike and re- ¥use to pay their rents because of the 3 2 as from $40,~ 0,000,000 to $280,000,000,000, many great nations. Even the sitna- tion in. Eurgpe at the time of the Na- poleonie wars cannot compare With the present situation. ; That the vast issues of paper mon give a sufficient reason for the rise in prices which has accompanied it goes without saying. What the fu- ture holds in store, however, is not so clear. Will the next few years see @ | withdrawal of a large part of this | paper ? Will there be if Europe a specie, resumption act 7 Will there be another period of declining Prices ? None can say. History does not always repeat itself, and the world myst wait to see what the issue will be. A NATIONAL OLEAVAGE, Canada, in common with other Al- Hed nations, is to-day divided: into radicals and conservatives, and the cleavage between the two groups cuts athwart all class distinctions, all racial and professional lines, On the | right is°an immense majority that hates every disturbance of the estab- ? | Mshed order with an instinctive and profound hatred; on the left, a min- ority of the restless and those who sympenhize with unrest. Not the amount of ineome, not the education, nor the breeding nor the place a man as in the world, can be counted on to place him when it comes to' this new grand division of humanity. All are taking sides nowadays,some because they are natural rebels and some because they have the imagina- tion to put themselves in the rebel's place; others because they have pro- | perty or wamt to have property, or have a persecution mania and see Bolshevism lurking for them with a knife'in every dlleyway. Whatever the reason, there is-day but one great schism cutting through the national . As the Reformation sundered Europe into Catholic and Protestant, the world war has made all other distinctions subsidiary to the membership, secret and declared, of the right aid left wing. ANOTHER NEAR-TRIUMPH oF ] SOIENCE. We "view with alarm" the possi- bilities of a discovery made by science "in a small room at the Imperial College of Technology," South Kens- |i, ington, England, We sincerely hope it is only a near-discovery, The latest addition to the long lst of near-triumphs of science spber- ly reported in the last few months from all over the lot will make it possible, by a careful correlation of mirror, light waves, projecor and elec- tric battery, to "shoot oral messages a8 a gun shoots shells." By this method it Will be possible for an indignant wife to hurl vocal reproaches through space long after the defensive party to the controversy has slammed the domestic door to and has sallied forth in fond hope of escape. It will enable the soap box orator to pursue his victims for blocks with resonant repetition of unpalatable and undesired doctrine. It will make it possible for the am- bitious young miss next door, who mistakenly thinks she has a voice, to project the frenzied notes of an all- night lesson in doloratura into tmme- diate contact with shrinking ear drums for miles around, Finally, by the disccovery credited | to Prof. A. O. Rankine, the windy politician will obtain the power to make bis voice heard by all of the people all of the time. There will be no escape, No. We hope the report from that bitherto modest and unoffending "Httle room at the Imperial College of Technology," South Kensington, England, is greatly exaggerted, size fpaee 2 g: i Ed | parfiament, Londén papers are full Jondon Times declares the last ses- The | Finest Wiltshire Back | Finest Wiltshire RolledBaon, sliced ] 500 Ibs. Finest Butter RR a .60c. Ib. = = TE | inet council last week is sald to have PRESS FULL OF WARNINGS only been relieved by the prime min- > | ister suddenly changing the topic and f {asking bis nearest colleague his | opindon of the comparative merits of CRITICAL TIMES AHEAD FOR | 'Patience' and 'the Pirates of Pen: THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. snd Lioyd George fell back at a | | sombre moment on Gilbert and Sulli- Tension in Cabinet--Acute Council | van just, as during a more serious Situation Relieved by Lloyd crisis in the Washington cabinet, George's Sudden Chango of Topic. | Lincoln found solace and refreshment | London, Feb. 12.--At the com- | In Artemus Ward" mencement of the new session of | ¥ 4 T | i | <€ fhe Wer After the War, « (Singapore Free Press) i - The commercial war after the war | { will be waged on the same old basis ----whoever can produce cheapest and best please the customers will win, and the tendency now is rather to welcome production, wherever it may take place, and whether it produces such stupid things as artificial flow- ers, dadoes or playing cards, or such | | essentials as food, clothing, houses or | coal. This will be the war after the war, the same old competitive sys- tem which gets labor and material and manufactures in the cheapest market, and sells in the dearest. ------------ Van Namee's Appointient. Watertown, N.Y. Feb. 12,--The appointment by Governor Smith, of e R. Van Namee, his private secretary, fo the public service com- mission, is pleasing to all Watertown people, regardless of political afin, tion. Mr. Van Namee is mot only a native of this city but is considered a resident here, although his work has required his presence in Albany for a number of years. He is a practising attorney. with a knowledge of law and his friends feel sure that he will] make an enviable reputation on the upstate board. Mr. Van Namep is the first Jefferson county man to hold the place since the retirement of John N, Carlisie from the commis- sion; of warnings to the Government that it hes critical times ahead. The ston was "largely a record of lost opportunities, of administrative blunders, and legislative improvisa- tions which removed none of the cardinal issues of the day from the sphere of controversy and merely so- cured temporary relief by postponing Permanent settlement to a future in which conditions might be Infinitely more difficult, Parliament, " howefer, says the Times, 'has an opportunity of recti- fying its:glaring mistakes. The offer of the Sybillen books is: renewed, if it is prepared to pay the price." "Parliament and the Government," the Times proceeds, "have received unmistakable warnings that the sands are running out. Thetime for debates which compromise 'every- thing and settle nothing Has gone by. The need for instant action is clear. Parliament hag in the next few months an opportunity of ser- vice to its great constituency which cannot be measured by the marrow standards of our .pré-war political system. . If it possesses the qualities of wise judgment and determined courage ,it can assure progressive development of the nation along its traditional path of well-ordered lib- erty for a generation. If it falls to rise to its opportunity through the want of imagination or capacity of resolution, the strength of the nation for the great mission which it has to discharge in the world will be im- paired and representative institutions themselves may be in danger." Awarded Sum of $4,000. Watertown, N.Y., Feb. 12.--Set- tlement of the claim of Mabel Joyner, of this city, against the New York Central for the death of her husband, Joseph A. Joyner, was . affected through John B. Rogers, her attor- ney.: The claim was adjusted on payment of $4,000 vf the railroad. Mr. Joyner, a yard conductor, met death last December in the local yard. He is believed te have fallen from the top of a car and a portion of the train ran over him killing him in- Public Untrustful, The: Daily. Mail says: '""The Gov- ernment's difficulties spring not from the neglect of any problem or any combination of probjems, however | stantly. There were no witnesses to important they may be jointly or | the accident. severally, They spring from the fact | that no one in this country trusts the Government or any. member of the Government or beMeves that any statement which its members make is Jo be accepted dt its face value, The untry wants character, courage and packbone in its Government, and it so far looked for them in vain." The Morning Post, while it sees no foundation for propnecies of early dissolution of the Coalition Govern- ment, says: "It has squandered the loyalty and enthusiasm of those who desired to support it in order to pro- pitiate those who are mever content with anything dhort of its destruc- tion, and if it is to recover its place in the heart of the nation, either Lloyd George will have to go or hé will have to learn to play cricket." The Daily News, which says all the odds are in favor of a general elec- tion this year, asserts in its political notes that there is a lack of harmony in the inner councils of the Govern- ment, Its parliamentary correspon- dent says : "The acute tension within the cab- Rippling Rhymes GREAT TIMES. There's nothing too rich for our dlood; we blow, with a sickening thud, the glittering bone we. earned 'with a groan; for diamond or 'emerald stud. We call for the costliest things, for wares that yere fashion- ed for kings; in silk we are clad, and my new liver pad has tassels of gold on its strings. The best that | the market allows is bought by ourselves and our fraus; the finest of meat is the stuff we must eat, and we sneer at the liver of cows. We're riding around in our cars, and smoking imported cigars; we're throw- 'ing our bucks to the birds and the ducks, and acting like bibulous tars. The roubles are growing on trees, and thrift is a noxious disease; it's useless and vain to be thoroughly sane, and saving's a chestnutty wheeze: And in the near future, I wot, this"ttaze will to pieces be shot; reaction will come and put things out of plumb, and values will have the dry rot. 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