6 HE BR 88TH YEAR. T REV 8 Rik is Published Dally and Sewi-Week'y by THE BRITIS President Editor ang Director | Maasnging- TELEPHONES: Business Office ........ Editoria Rooms . 1 Job Office ........ eves SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Dally Edition) One year, delivered in city One year, if paid in advance * One year, by mail to ruraj office One year, to Unidad States (Bemi-Weekly Edit One year, by mall, cash .... One year, If not paia In adva One Sta year, to. United St . . -- OUT-OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIY Es ¥. Calder, 2% 8. John St, Montrea ¥. W. Thompson 100 King 5t. W oronto. fon) tor are published Letters to the Edi lI name of the enly over the actua writer. . Stan Attached is one of the printing offices In Canada. best The circulation of THE BRITISH | WEIG is authenticated br the ABC Audit Bureau of Circulations, " Exit--The Rev, Dr. J, G. Evans, Kingston made a mistake but Can- pda didn't The Conservatives of gained an empty victory The hospitals, not the people of Kingston, elected Dr. Ross The Old Lady on Princess street | EA. Fequests the prayer of the people, | Meighen and Meigheniem ars things of the past. That's something | to be thankful fo. Canada Meighen and his supporters she sim- ply said: "Good bye." It wag a wonderful fight that J. M. | Campbell put up. He {ost by a nar- Tow margin, but he whi have his turn yet, ' Hon. Mr. Crerar wanted to know | where the money came from. well | Kingston Tories could tell him where 4% pile of it went, The next election will be a prov- | cial one to fill the vacancy occasion- ed by Dr. Ross' resignation. The Li- berals are united, organized and ready. -- In three provinces not a single Conservative wag electeq on Tuesday The Liberals of Noya Scotia, Quebec @nd Prince Edward Island are of the | fighting breed, Stil THE FATE OF KINGS. The head that wears a crown stil] fies uneasy, just as jt did in Shake- Bpeare's day and for ages before that For a little time former E Charles' of Austria-Hungary that Was, dreamed that he might stil] be king; but what with the clamor and | turmoil with (which Europe is 'still | ay | Mesounding it has become an evil d for kings, Strangely enough, however, jt seems to be the opinion of those who Were once his subjects, as well as others versed in the lore of kingship, that when an individual has once Seen king he always retains a sort of kingly taint. He must even as a private citizen be treated as a king. Hence by common consent Charles of the House of Hapsburg is to be treat- ed es other kings and emperors have deen treated when they had outlived their usefulness. He has been ban- #shed. And so in years to come when schoolboy students of history recite the long list of kings and potentates Who ended their declining days in exile, they will conclude the list by addiag:. "And also Emperor Charles . of Austria-Hungary who, was banish- 2d to the Mederia Islafjds." 1 : 'In the meantite ir Charles is familiar with the writings of the chief chronicler of kings and kings' @states, he may find consolation in Some excellent passhges in Shake- '8peare on the life and death of kings. monotony of' exile may be Some- what relieved in pondering on the Words of King Richard II: | 'For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of ! kings; How some have been slain In war; Some haunted by th have deposed; Bome poisoned by their wives; some sleeping killed; Al-murdered: ie ~ Grim food for meditation this is, to be sure; but to a king in exile it nay prove comforting, # \ deposed; some e ghosts they ITISH WHIG | H WHIG PUBLISHING LIMITED +329 enemy of the common people, . | the people | job Kingston | has spoken, and to Mr. | | | | | | Lake, are dying off so rapidly that | the extinction of the tribe is threat. | sanitary conditions amid [live can save them. | The dispatch which conveys these | ti ! las to the character of the diseases ] cluding Hawaii. { population has } LEADERS tening ig TWO e lea- to tae to I der of the Con Hon. W. L. Mac | ot the Liberal oj 1, | election camp ; The | welcome that was accorded the Lib: | eraM leader in was jot hig popularity | Yesterday Mr | his Tory and his |in North York by | ity thopghteit was | ported that Mr. Bur: lers' leader in Ontar | winner. ¢ | On thé other h | ports last night in t | mier Meighen had been br [home constituency f Prairie by some six hundred votes It a government and its leader | ever merited defeat that'government and that leader met their just des- and King during the wonderful leader t city HE farm- sure + latest re- hat Pre-| ten in his Portage-La 0 or rts yesterday. { friends of the hig intere sts dd the { nad of Canada, for what they recogr 1 were, wiped { them 3 90 them out of existence. It was a good | «$5.00 . 2.50 | day's work. 3.00 AN EMPTY VICTORY. It was not the voice of Kingston | that spoke Yesterday, but the voice | i 1| of government institutions located in '| this city, not only influenced but ac- | tually controlleq by the government and its local agents. The people of Kingston, if left to Campbell by a handsome majority. He had the people behind him, but | he had all the forces of autocracy and | favoritism and patronage against him, Intimidation--and worse--were worked for all they were w orth And these {.brought about hie defeat The Liberals are not ignorant of | the devices used to elect br. Ross. | They know how the game was play- ed. The true voice of the people was nullified the powers that were, but that happily no longer exist. It 1s, indeed, an empty victory for | the local Conservatives They have secured the election of their candid- ate, but his leader and his party have been obliterated. The spoils of office {are no longer theirs,--a sad blow to { them. Kingston ie now in the opposi- tion column; she is out of step with the rest of Canada, and whatever as- | sistance this city. obtains from the next government it wil] owe, not to Dr. Ross, but to the defeated Liberal candidate, J. M. Campbell. Though defeated at the polis by unfair and unsc rupulous means, Mr. Campbell is still in a position to do more for Kingston than any other j man or body of men. e-------- | | | | PROBLEMS OF THE JOBLESS, Those who have never been out of a job, without mioney and without friends to whom appeal may be made, cannot appreciate the position in which many thousands of able-bodied now, find 1 It been said that the b recipe for get- ting a job is to have one, | who has work finds it easie other work, is anothe r way ing the idea. | why it is so difficult for the men then has A man r to get of stat. jobless to get placed ag When places are there | [so scarce 3 difficulty in locat- ing'a prospect. Hunting--at--random for work | likely to' be fruitless, yet a reporter il an eastern city who started out to test the matter was offered three jobs in three 'hours. All of them involv- ed manual labor, of course, to that which a grdat percentage of those unemployed would need have | recourse, work will 'accept anything which is | not beyond his abilities, if it promises food. He will not quibble over the | pay, if he is hungry, but will pitch in hoping that the offer 'will prove |a stepping stone to something bet- | ter. : Unfortnnately it. is those the least | capable who suffer the most in a time | like {he present. Such, even when { employed, receive the least remuner- ation and have the scantiest re- Sources when thrown out by a reces- sion of industry, It is a hard fate, but thé groblem of helping those who cannot help themselves has never been fully solved. The capable work- {er who is thrifty lays by in times of | Plenty for the days when there may is mperor | The "sincere seeker after | | | | | | | be less, -------------------------- CANADIAN INDIANS DYING. The lamentable news comes from Alberta that the Indians in that pro- vince, northwest of the Lesser Slave A provincial health officer improvement in which they | ened. says that only an \ dings does not go into particulars which are ravaging the Indians; but one suspects they are maladies which were brought into the country by the white, race, and that much the same , startling manner during the last few They stood as the! themselves, would have elected Mr. | were the unholy "agents that | Perhaps this explains | yet ijt is | | Meighen government carri | cording to the revised su generations. When the early ex- plorers reached those islands they | found them inhabited by people who, | though ignorant of-even the element- | ary principles of sanitation and per- | sonal hygiene, were robust ana | healthy. The civilized descendents' of the aborigines are sickly. The {planation is that the natives have ben unable to resist the diseases brought in by the whites. The Caa | | casians, having been exposed to and | afflicted by these illnesses for many hundreds of years, Have become more {or less hardened to them---that is, have acquired a certain emount o immpnity, "Ti is to be hoped that whatever as- | sistance iz required by these Alberta Indians wil] be given unsparingly. Common humanity dictates that they shall be saved, if possible, and there is an gdditional peason for action in [the fact that the white man's treat- ment of the original owners of this | continent has not always been just, | and the presefit situation offers an opportunity for more generous con=- duet, £ LURE OF THE SOUTH SEAS. What with Frederick O'Brien's | books and Paul Gauguin"s pictures, the mystic isles of the South Seas, which have strongly appealed to the white pedple of the north temperate zone ever since Herman Melville pub- seventy-five them years "Typea' | more | ago, are now alluring than ever. An expedition set out for that part of the earth not long since, composed of persons who were told that with a thousand dollars or so they could live there comfortably, and without the necessity of work, for the remainder of their days. There is no doubt that it costs less to live in the South Seas than here; for {a story comes from Sidney, Austra- i lia, to the effect that great marble | palaces in the all but forgotten Ben- of the Malay archipelago, | lished | da | built by Dutch merchants ig the six- {teenth century out of the proceeds of their flourishing spice, plantations, | | may now be obtained at a rental of | {$10 a month. ' | With all the low cost of living, the delightful climate, the romantic gur- rourlings, tho picturesque scenery, how long would the average Canad- | | It is | lian be content to live there? to say that a sojourn of a few hs would be sufficient. There | sate | mont | : | entirely independent of their environ. { ment, in whom [truth of Milton's saying: "The mina | is its own palace, and in itself can | | make a heaven out of hell, a hell of heaven." but they are rare. To dwell in marble halls in the | | spice islands, "where every prospect | pleases and only man is vile," capti- | vates the imagination; but a great | deal more is required to satisfy one | who has become accustomed to the busy dha kaleidoscopic life of this | [ country, with its interminable variety | of activities and interest to occupy | the attention and keep the spirit youthful. : { | | THE: MEIGHEN GOVERNMENT DEFEAT, | | parties Or governments in |'was there recorded a more pronounc- | ed deteat than _that waich befell the [Meighan government yesterday, 'and the Conservative par'v gocstinto ob- | Iivion, carrying with i: ths most sweeping condemnation ever expres. [sed by the electorate of this coun- try. Out of a total of 235 seats mmary at midnight, to 153 in 1911, The Liberal victory,is a personal | triumph for Hon, W. L. Mackenzie | King, who has a following of 123, | giving him a clear majority over aij | parties, and Hon. Mr, King will be the new premier of Canada: This | is the more remarkable in view of!| the fact that the forces opposed to | the government were divided, and the | as compared Plurality represented by the ballots | cast against . the government is a | staggering one, A notable feature | was the Liberal séweep in the East, | when Hon; M¢ King carried every | seat in Quebec, Nova Scotia d] Prince Edward Island, a total ot 85. | The governemnt fought its most des. | perate battle in Ontario, but was | beaten by the Liberals and Progres- sives, the Liberals carrying 24, the Progressives 19, end the government 38 seats, with several unheard from, In the west the victory was the same, the government failing to car Ty a single seat in the prairie prov. inces except in Calgary, where Hon. R. B. Bennett, the minister of fin- ance, was returned. The most remarkable thing was the failure of Mr. Campbell to secure election in Kingston. This was not due' to the people of Kingston, for Dr. Ross' majority was made up of | controllable vote represented by gov- ernment officials and soldiers, The masses of the citizens were undoubt- edly with Mr. Campbell, and if sn sort of thing is going on in Alberta as has occurred on so many of The fron- tiers of civilization efter the coming | of the Caucasian i It has been particularly noticeable | in the islands of the South Seas,' in- | . There the native | been reduced & af election were to take plate to-mor- row he would sweep city. The election of Dr. Ross &J empty victory for his friends view of the result throughout the untry, and Mr, Campbell, despite: the result, may yet be able to influgfce the new | fusing to be hurried a | time { Laurier was returned with a follow- 76 members. Yesterday there | {whic | gratulations | re tives, 51; i | are philosophers whose happiness is | is exemplified the | the | b! ed 51, ac- | | debt Al fully interrupted his auditor as he! 'THE DAILY BRITISH BIBLE THOUGAT FOR TO-DAY ETERNAL PROTECTION: --The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, for evermore.--Psalm 121: even improvéments would appear to in of Kingston d ahead ng the people he scheme to go { was put falrly before t jgovernmen t could be bla ing the citizens at thei: a matter the people themselves 2 go little [concerned over The election js a' great victory for the Liberal part¥ showing that it is now in Canadian politics for some to come. In 1917 Sir Wilfred party ing of were 46 gains, and complete returns will increase these. Hon. Mackenzie King now has it in his power to give the people popu- | lar government and secure the con- fidence of all classes. It was the au- | tocragy of the late government that gave bi to class consciousness and aroused the dominant spirit o people everywhere. Only the defeat of the Meighen government could cure the evils of which the=people ev erywhere justly complain#l, but for h, they sought redress in vain? Whig offers its hearty con- to all who contributed to the defeat of Meighenism, inclu- Progressive friends ft) e f The ding our fought I T ing was: 1 a sible government, official summary Liberals, 123; Progressives, this Conserva- h | dent-Labor, 2. ~y {ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR | BY SAM HILL é When Dry Means Wet. . I Mnow we have a Volstead Law, jut tell me--yes, pray tel! me why where'er you go y Theat not a single throa Ohservations of Olden Inhabitant. 1_kin remember when a little bel- | lows stead of a cup of gasoline was used to encourage a fire to burn | A Needless Invention. An instrument has been { which visualizes the human voice A fiendish think like this should be {prohibited by law. 1t is terrbile gh to have to listen to the hu. {man voice so much without having [ to See it, too. -- Anybody Know What He Tr "Gosh! How I miss my fingers," ex- claimed Colonel Fodder. "How many fingers did you lose and asked his astonished friend. When the country went the Colonel perfected | when?" "Three. dry," answered | Close Up Stuff. {A smart young man in our town Was courting a young miss: | They occupied t} Andsatupcloselike { The old man happened in just then | And saw this gay, young "Sma He cought him just below the And now they sit apart ' N. § | | ---G Never in the history cf political | Canada | Fool Questions. | G..B. N. asks "Would it | to speak of a manicurist as | malien? a -- | ® Even Harder To Get Out Of. | "Have 'you ever been caught in the { quicksand and felt yourself slowly | sinking and kne it was only a que [ tion of time bef began the . eller who. was all set No, br I {the experiences you are going to late, for I have been over my head in for the last 20 years" mourn- re- headed for the door. Ever Try Te Put One Together? "It takes 240 motions to put 175 parts of a watch together "---- News item Yes. and it takes a million motions and ten million cuss words to put the ten billion parts of an auto together after you have taken the darn thing apart, ------ Keep Clean. Diogenes lived in a tub, And old Tke Walton lived by fishin', » if you want to earn your grub You'll never be a politician. ---- A Common, or Garden Variety. A reader wants us to explain what a "service charge" is and g've an exe ample oft it. You don't explain jt, you just cuss it. but the best ex- &mple we can think of just offhand Is the tip you pay the waiter for let- ting him wait on you, Sc Ho, Hum! "Do you ever try to please your wife? "Why waste impossible." time trying to do th -- As Per Usual. We'll soon be through Our Christmas shopping, And then we'll start Our Christmas Swapping, -- Daily Seutence Sermgn. Nothing will win you more friends than a close mouth ang an open purse. ¥ ---- te News of the Names Club. You have heard of a man shooting off his mouth, but did Yow ever hear of Jack Lipschutz, who keeps a store in Philadelphia? -- We'll Take Your Word For It "Recently a ) scibntific' geritleman imparted to vs the Information that bats trav is more light on the government io go on his har- h What we desire d and re- | and will remain the dominant | who | good fight for honest and | morn=- | 59; Indepen- | be proper hand. | know all about | the | e i v4 by soiind instead of sight i modus operandi of the bedbug. Does | WHIG. KNITTED TIES SILK TIES Our Big Special 69¢. each Our Big Special =." |BIBBY'S For "His" Gifts Come to a Man's store for a Man's Gift. | We're all aglow with a fine Christmas display, | MEN'S FANCY HOSE | MENS SILK PYJAMAS or i. ey | Real beauties. $5 75, $7.50 Bey = IABeY I $3.70 Mauve, Apri- cot and Pongee. | Real Scotch Heatl shade. 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OUR BIG SPECIAL $40.00 | f and | Ao), 0h aYator 1 | Choose 1 Early y ee -- Now is the time t6 choose Z your Christmas gifts. Our stock is larger and better than ever --and you will find the prices most reasonable. AT REDUC ED PRICE _ BUNT'S Hardware, King St. French Ivory, Manicure Rolls, Stationery. Perfumes. Thermos Bottles. | } If not prepared to buy we | Stir 8 will set aside any articl®™unty | | required. d THOMAS COPLEY Telephone 987. Wanting anything done In the tery line. KE alse hard. ll kinds. All opge. p mpt Alteation, » N Queen Street. CHILDREN'S PARADISE = Where Dear Old Santa Claus Reigns Supreme Toys--Dolls--Sleighs-- Skates --Hockey Sticks Everything to make the children happy. Santa Claus will answer all letters from the kiddies addressed ta Moore's Toyland. cel Moore's Toyland six miles from orchard, g bufidings. Price $2,200. 2--200 acres, Township of Kingston, about 125 acre: under cultivation, large maple bush and a lot of val. uable timber. 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If you woul expand in business life you must not. shrink from' duty. } -- Tume of Al Ne. did ithe old cow dis je Worst "Ps, what tu fon? "Mus{, ee! Anyway, that's the tune that's killing been misfor-tune, my son | me