THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. Among the recent interesting im- Migrants who have been coming to Canada from Europe there arrived a party of Finlanders; in care of Lieut. T. C. Wetton, F.R.G.S.,, F.R. Cl. of the Devonshire Regiment, Imperial Army, who had previously served-as our Allies in the "Finnish These their compatriots had been driven out of Finland into North Russia when the Germans invaded their country. The "Finnish Legion" was formed from among these exiled Finns and rend- the British The Legion wad commanded by Lieut:-Col. R. B. J. Burton, 0.B.E., of Toronto, formerly of the 8th Can- After the Afmistice most of the Legionar- des were repatriated to Finland, but some Legion Details, including sev- eral refugee Finnish women' and in charge of Lieut. Wetton who was one of the last to leave North Russia at the of that country. officer under him was Oskari Teko¥" previously the first Prime Minister of Finland after Later Lieut. Wetton was sent to Helsing- fors, Finland, where the repatriation of the Legionaries was being car: Have suggested strong- ly to the British War Office that the remaining Legionaries who wera to Finland should to set- in North Russia, Legion," with many of Finlanders ered good service to force, mdian (Winnipeg) Regiment. children, were left Allies Evacuation His~chief Finnish the Russian Revolution. ried out. not repatriated iven an opportunity fh Canada, Lieut. W b tle etton was .mlaced in charze of these Finns on their arrival in England last spring. Arrangements were eventually made for the Finns to come to Canada to work in the lumber camps, and Lieut. Wetton brought them over and took his party through to North Temiskaming and got them satis- factorily placed at work in the bush. As he predicted, these Finns who rendere Sood work to the British in North Russia, and underwent sev. eral months' military training and discipline out there and are accus- tomed to work on the farm and in the wobds in their own country, are now rapidly settling down well to their new conditions, are giving satisfaction in their work and give promise of developing into good set- tlers. Some of .them are hoping later on to take up farming work. Most of them are single men, strong, hardy types of vigorous manhood, inured to the extremes of climate and accustomed to hard work, They are a very good type of settler. Some of them can speak very good English, others in addition to their native tongue ¢an converse in Rus- sian and in Swedish, whilst one of the men can speak fluently in Fin. nish, English, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian and. is now learning French. \ Lieut, Wetton has had a varied career, having served twice, as a volunteer in the South African War, and later writing two books on his campaign experiences, Afterwards immigrating to Canada from the "Old Country" he gpent a few years on the staff of the Manitoba Free {Eres and as their special travelling i HE SEES GOOD CAUSE FOR FARMER PARTY Reaction Against the Domin- ation of Labor Unionism, Says Mackie: Montreal, April 25 It is little wonder that Zarmers". Party movement in the west has grown so rapidly and it is bound to be an off- set to the domination of trade un- fonism," said J. M. Mackie, President of Hillcrest Collieries, Limited, on his return from the west. Wt the ex periments in when you use br. 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F RELIABLE MEDICINE ILLER'S 3 WorM OWDERS "High freight rates, due largely to high wages, hits the western farmer in two ways; his net return on farm products s ped out is reduced Ly the high freight rates. and the eost 01 goods he purchases is increased al- §0 by the abnormal rates, "What the farmer cannot under- stand is how a readjusiment can take place in the products his farm without a corresponding readjust- ment in the cost of labor, especially as the goveruwent has practidally a control of railway rates through the railroad board, and direct + control over all coal operations, whereby it virtually fixes the cost of labor and coal of "The farmer realizes that so long as the ordinary day lahorer around a coal mine receives 821% cents per hour, the farmer must suffer, as coal 1s one of the largest items of expense to the 'railroads. The miners have been expecting a reduction in wage, but the director of coal operations is apparently indifferent '0 conditions, "As one farmer stated to me, the director of toal operations was ready enough to increase wages as the cost of living went up, but now that the cost of living has materially decreas- ed, the director of coal operations is not heard from. "The farmers have seen the par- tial treatment lahor has gained by or- ganizing and they feel that today, in- stead of being the free men of the country they are the serfs of &rganiz- ed labor, and can only free themsel- ves from their present position by or- ganizing and thereby gain a volee in the economic affairs of the nation." I ee---------- Reassuring. An officer was inspecting at one of the camps, a daily paper tells ue, when he came upon a big, round- eyed private doing sentry duty wit a gun that he held in anything out the approved manner. "Don't you know better," demand | ed the officer, "than to point an emp- ty gun 'at me?" "But it ain't empty, sir," protest- | od the private. "It's loaded!" Nm ih Sl an A, IP VICTORY BONDS yt ema DUE 1922 and 1923 Holdeis of these bonds could sell to- day at about 984 and re-invest in 1924 at 964 or 1934 at 95 $6,000 or less, 1, and if your income is it would pdy you to do it. You wouldqmake $15 per thousand and ex. tend your investment for a longer period. Bongard, Ryerson & Co. "The Home of Good lavestments." 287 BAGOT STREET. 85 Bay Street, Toronto. PHONE 1728, paper many articles dealing with the development of western towns, some lecture and immigration pro- faganda trips in the the growing He algo undertook "Old Country." 'hile in England on the last of these trips at the outbreak of the war, King Edward's Horse" adian Cavalry Brigade) as a troop- er, and saw considerable active ser. vice in France and Belgium. Twice wounded and Commission, he' was gazetted to the Devonshire Regiment, and early in 1919 joined the North Russia. there h his Finns, them, language. | Kauppinen lan miles alone to in' the Legion. tory--she had been wounded and im- prisoned in the --Lieut. Wetton saw that she was well cared for, them. grew apace into love, obstacles, e immediately joined the "nd. (1st. Can. gecommended for a "Finnish Legion" in Most of his time out on outpost duty with oftentimes alone with thereby learned their. There he met Miss .Ainji" of Rovaniemi, North Fin. d, who had travelled hundreds of join her two brothers On learning her his e was and cause of her country Friendship between and later matured After overcoming many Lieut. Wetton subse. uently succeeded in getting Miss auppinen safely to England where their thrilling romance was climaxed by their marriage Oskari Tokoi being the bride best man, whilst the aries formed a fitting Honor" at the arrival in Canada Lieut. and Mrs. Wetton stayed bush, officially correspondent he contributed to thatl Finns, _ last June Mr. Finnish Legion. "Guard of church. After their for a while in the connected with the; WE ny | GOLDEN vOICED SANDY MILNE This fifteen-year-old Scotch lad Alexander Milne, from Edinburgh made such a hit singing at a concert for imdmigrants at Ellis Island, New York, that his family, which otherwise would not have been admitted to the United States because of the . poor health of his parents will be allowed to enter because of the urgent appeals of admirers of Shay. Shrewdness of Japs, An interesting illustration of Jap- anese shrewdness, which a Connacti- cut Yankee might envy; was given in a deal in copper. The war caused an extraordinary demand for this metal, and sent the price soarirg. The coin still in common circula- tion in China is the copper '"'ecash", | and so small-in value that a gold dollar will buy anywhere from 1, 500 to 2.000 of them, according to the rate of exchange. In my travels in the interior of China I had to have an extra donkey to carry the cash needed for my party. The copper cash in the province of, Shantung alone would weigh "nearly 50,000 tons. Tg buy these cash of the Chin. ese, and sell them to the Europeans, who needed tha Copper' for shells, would yield a handsome profit. The Japanede )roceeded to do it. The Manchuria Daily News reported that in a single year the purchases amounted to 25,600 tong and the transaction was completed at a profit of 2,167,000 yen ($1,083,500). -- Asla Magazine. : ii Charity doesn't always cdusist of {dimes and dollars. oom's ~ | | -------- | Hew to toll when has a Clase . = Get that examination NOW! 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