BRITISH WHIG YEAR. _ _ TF I =| BE Foblished Daily and Semi-Weekly by THE URITISM WHIG PUBLISHING ©0., LIMITED . G. sssssrssasants Elliott ++ Presid A Guild .........., Editor and . ng -Director | case adopted a ANOTHER WAR. MENACE OVER. For the present, it seems as if a stage of prosperity hitherto un- known. The United States, unfor- the menace presented by Italy to | tunately, takes from ys far more of the peace of Europe hag passed. Ihe | our citizens than come 'to us from the | the [country to the south, and this condl- the | tion, while it may becoms less notica- Corfu incident, arising out of refusal of Italy to listem to Greek offers to place their dispute | able, will continue for some time to | before the League of Nations Has come. There are possibilities, how- { been satisfactorily closed by a sect. | ever, of 1 great flogd of immigrants { tlement in which .both sides finaily| from" Great Britain. That country | ave way, and by which both parties | has a teeming mass of men apd wo- to the dispute, as well as the nations i men who are suffericg from the cha- comprising toe league, are satisfied. | otic industrial conditions which pre- The other trouble in which Ita'y was | vail over there. r involved, the controversy with Jugo- | ernment's offer to pay half the ex-| amity has created will not knock | | Blavia regarding Fiume, Las also | penses of immigration to the Domin- | at the door in vain, as was, unfor- | | been smoothed over for the tums he- | iobs, if the Dominions pay the other ing, largely because I'1ly has iu this | half, may result in many thousands conciliatory | of splendid settlers coming to Can- y Greece, | ada, and they are of the type most The ultimatum which w given to | desired. more attitude than she did Jugo-Slavia on the settlement of the controversy regarding Fiume break of hostilities. Wiser coun- sels, however, prevailed in Italy, and the date of the ultimatum was in- | definitely extended, and an offer of meditation held out. The difference in the attitude of 00 Italy In these two cases is worthy year, if not paid In advance $1.50 Nia 50 L of comment. In-the case of the Une year, to United § Solder 3a HEPRES. h rv, 23 St. W. Thompsen ATI ES; | Montreal | st. W.| Letters to the Editor are publised | Only ever the actual mame of the 3 { Attached 8 one of the best job! printing offices in Canada. . | Zbe circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the ABO \ Audit Bureau of Circulations oh Pe > It takesstwo to make a succesful marriage, but one can turs it into a failure. The "rights" men fight for always multiply rapidly as men learn moi about fighting. Before a man gives advice on how to run the government he should isarn to obey its laws, It takes all kind of people to make * & world, so almost anyone should be able to fit in somewhere. The reascn flour, and bread don't fall in price is becanse farmers don't make the flour and bread. -------- Many a man has picked another for an easy mark and developed a case of mistaken judgment. Friend wife learns that she has undertaken a real job when sie starts to correct husband's faults. Itivs a fool idea, propagenda gan't put it over; and if it's a sound "." Mea, propaganda isn't necessary. LA free country is one which you - @an vote for an addled radical wuen you have a grouch about something. ------ It certainly looks as if 't is going - 40 be & bumper year for everything Sxcept the toothpick industry in 3 a. We are wondering ' whether ali- mony is listed on the income tax Blanks under "losses" or "operating Some of the stuff appearing in "magazines Indicates that the authors Are close personal friends of the ------ As a general thing, when a man thinks he js repenting he is meroly being sorry that he has the fiddler to If there is anywhere fear as much ©ll in the world as there is trouble 'over it, the supply Is good for a mil- dy less there s a happy middle ja when a cantaloupe is neither nor rotten, but it is difficult to ish proof. a & newspaper probably are those are sure they could write a hook t's a funny language. A man de- ely fills up on hootoh, and de- Greek trouble, action was swift and drastic. Greek territory was occu- pied, and a threat of further mili tary action, unless immediate satis- faction was given, was made. Italy, apparently, felt that she had lttle to fear from Greece, and that in a war between these two countries, Greece would have to stand alone, and there could be but one result. | Tt is probable that Italy might have welcomed this war had it not been for the determined stand taken by the British representative at the' meeting of the League of Nations, Lord Robert Cecll. He let Italy known in plain language that Britain did not propose to stand aside and let the League of Nations be ignored without taking some steps to pre- vput it. He even went so far as to suggest that Beitsha would strong- ly resist any attenfpt on the part of Italy to declare hostilities on Greece, and this was probably the reeson why Mussolini backed down from Italy's attitude that the affair con- cerned only the two nations to the ferred to the Allied council of am- bassadors. In the dispute with Jugo-Slavia, however, such pressure was not ne- cessary. Italy realized that in a conflict with this baby nation she would have a big task ahead. The Jugo-8lavs could have called to their aid most of the Balkan nations, and the world has learned that it is dan- gerous to arouse these peoples. Mus- solini, under these circumstances, evidently felt that dscretion was the better part of valour, hence the extension of the ultimatum, and the conciliatory attitude displayed. ------ , LETTING DOWN THE BARS. The new immigration policy which has been announced by the minister ef immigration in the Dominion cab- inet is a radical departure from the policy 'which has been in force since the conclusion of the war, and even from that which was first put into effect by the King goveriment. The new programme is that of the wide vpen door. The restrictions which have been placed upon immigration, in the form of financial and other Gualifications, have been removed, and the only qualifications which are DOW necessary, apparently, are good health and good character. The new policy 1s aimed especially at secur- ing larger numbers of immigrants from Great Britain and the United States, and from certain European countries. Mr. Robb, the minister of immi- gration, doubtless has very good rea- sons for this change in policy. He has realized that the old regulations were effectively barring thousands of immigrants from Canada who might have made excellent seétlers. He has also the opinion that business conditions have now phed so im- proved a state that it i§ safe to invite immigrants without fear of over- crowding the labour market. He states the platitude which has been often repeated, that Canada must have settlers to fill up her vacant prairie farm lands, and must have more population in order to give the national railways a chance to develop as they ought. These are factors which are more or less recognized by all who are familiar with the situa- bticn in Canada. It has long been known that this country could only continue to grow and to remain pros- perous as her vacant lands were fill- ed up so that the natural resources of the Dominion could all be brought to a wealhproducing stage. #The bar to immigration during the past few years has been that a fear has existed that the immigrants would flock to the cities and flood the labour market, thereby aggravating the unemployment problems of the country; That fear, apparently, has Pp d, and there has been such a yevival in business that there is very littie, if any, surplus labour available in Canada. It is hardly likely that there Will be any large influx of immigrants from the United States, unless bi ness conditions in this country reach extent that he allowed it to be re- The British gov- With the bars down, however, and ! theré will be greater need than ever ent| the neighboring district expired on | to carefully examine those who enter | September 15th, and it was feared | Canada.There are certain Xypes Wich vi eees: Y that this date might see another out- | Can never be Assimilated successfully and they should be kept out just as diligently as they were under the old regulations. Care should also be taken to see that the immigration is not allowed to exceed the possibili- ties of absorption in this country. There is a limit to that, and if it is not observed, then the last state of the country will be worse than the first. In spite of the desire to secure a larger volume of immigration, guality should still be the first con- shleration, and unless it is, Canada will not receive the benefits antici- pated from the increased population. NO ARTICFICIAL RAIN. Once more prosaic, matter-of- fact science blasts the hope of re- gulating the rainfall by artificial means. The United States weather bureau asserts that, for practical purposes, rain making per order is still a long way beyond sight. Once more the rain: maker must defer assumption of control over the clouds. From time immemaor- ial imaginative individuals have pictured themselves in the role of Jove, releasing the floods from above or damming them back. The latest effort in this direction was along scientific lines and, it is ciaim- 2d, produced results. But those who view the subject from the practical standpoint and who are in position to kiow what they are talking about rate the clect- rically charged sand method as hold- ing no real promise and relegate it to the limbo reserved for such ef- forts. Nature still clings to some of her prerogatives--including ocon- trol of rainfall, ------ ---- hat Body / Barton, M.D, -- "The Need of Change." | A business friend of mine was criticizing a certain woman's club one day, "Why," he sald, "the time, money, and energy they spend for the amount of money they make for charity is simply ridiculous. If each one of them were to contribute a few dollars to the fund they woujd make more money, and not lose all that time and energy." As a matter of fact his criticism i3 often justified anyway. But he was forgetting a very vital point, These women ajl come from homes, from homes where they are the guiding genius. If they do not do all the work of the household, they usually do a part of i. Some of course have a number of maids, but in no case do these club wo- men escape home responsibility, And what does this mean? Simply the daily, almost deadly routine. The care and supervision of all that goes to make home life, from the washing of dishes to pre- siding at a real dinner party. =< All the little detafls that come up day after day, and every day. What am I trying to prover Simply that a woman by engaging in club life to some extent 1s actual- ly saving her very mind's health in many cases, --~ The club offers a new field. There is 2 chance to help some cause. There are thé business details of the ordinary club meeting, tae uw bates more or less interesting and sometimes exciting, and then the more public affairs where thought and energy must be expended. Any physician who does special work on the mind will tell you that it is 'monotony, routine, that kills. The dead loneliness of women on the farm and prairies is being made more bearable by the wireless. That little touch of the outside world, of something different. And so the old saying "a change is as good as a rest" applies very appropriately to the modern house- wite, whose daily routine needs a change quite frequently. -------- "Have any luck in . the poker game last night?" "You bet. There was a doctor in the game and I won eight prescrip tions." -------- The wealth of the mind is tne only true wealth, A : - THE DAIL / XE 1TI5h WR Y BR 't Reconstructing Tokio. | Clarence Lott Brownell, M.A. | Fellow 'Royal Geographical! Soclety, London, England. | als for reconstruction that have come | from the capital city of the Land of | the Rising Sun bear fruit. Probably these plans will eventuate and the Opportunity which the terrible cai- | tunately, the case in San Franeisco. | Opportunity knocked loudly at the | Golden Gate, and for a time gool! citizens there hopéd that the city would open its gate wide and wel- ing. Some fool, why surveyed 'trects regardlesec of hills, hald laid the city out so that in places neceseary on the sidewalks, and graes the grades, When e¢arthquakes and fire 'aid San Frencisco low, Opper- tunity was at hand tc remedy the worl. The greatest of landscape architects spent a vear on a molel, studying the city from his studio on Twin Peaks, to show that the hideous achievement of fool and firs could be buried for all time beneain the splendour of a new creation. Bat while Opportunity was knocking, self-interest of land owners threw slops over her, She withdrew humiliated, and will not return until there is another earthquake. It will be difierent in Tokio. The rovernment is the real power there. What the governmént says will re- celve scrupulous attention. Self-in- terest of citizens who are willing to sacrifice their neighbors' properties but object strongly to any inroads upon their own possessions, as was the case in San Francisco, will make no protest. The Japanese spirit--- Yamato damashi--takes for granted personal and individual sacrifice for the general welfare. It is not think- able in Dai Nippon that a citizen should consider his own' interests when these might interfere with the governmeont's welfare plans, So Tokio is in for remaking. The plans have been ready for years. The government has studied city pianning for upwards of a quarter of a con- tury. As far back es 1800, there were reports from all the large cities of the world, describing in detail everything that pertains to health, wealth and happiness, in municipal management. Since then, hundreds of commissions have been abroad and have studied regulation and de- velopment and adaptation from many angles. From these plans the Im- perial government had laid out a scheme that was to keep its engin- eers continuousky busy with improve- nents for a century at least. Bc- cause of vhe catastrophe of Septein- ber 1st, it will now be possible to compress the proposed 100 years of improving into perhaps onetwen- tieth of that time. Those who knew old Tokio well will hope that many of the charms they cherish in memory will not pass into oblivion. It was replete with oriental fascinations. Its great wind- ing moat, spiral in form, that gave triple protection to the Shogun's pal- ace in the days when Tokio was Yello, cut through the hills, passed under graceful bridges and bathed the base of ancient walls of heavy. rough-hewn rock, which supported in venerable impressiveness great white towers in the Chinese style of building--egraceful despite their aize --and contrasting in the fine white finish of their exteriors with the heavy gray of the lchen-covered bul- warks below them. - The moat and its branches were picturesque, too, with their many market boats, as also was the stream- let, Ko-ishi-lKawa, (little stone river) and the considerable stream of the Sumida river, where the various schools of the university held their annual regatta at the time of the Cherry Blossoms, when all Tokio was in its gayest dress. To watch the day and the night fireworks from a houseboat on the Sumida was a treat. / Indeed, to the visitor, the whole city was a joy. Its marrow streets, which in places would hardly allow two jin-riki-sha (Man-power carts) to pass, were endless museums of wares for sale at prices that ran down to rin--a rin is the twentieth of a cent, the tenth of a farthing. For the most part, the streets were without sidewnlks, and the houses but one story high, and made up mostly of roof, so that in old Tokio cne seemed to be looking out over a vast herd of turtles with breaks here and there where dense foliage appeared. There were no steeples or spires, or, until recently, any tall buildings, except the Asa Kuea tower, the Russian cathedral (formerly the property of the Holy Russian Ortho- dox Greek Catholic church, of which the Czar was the head). It over- looked the Imperial palace, and looked down upon the Mikado, a grevious thing in Japanese minds. It stood on Surugadai. It is probably down. The church that buiit it 1 vretty well in ruins, too, according to reports from Bolshevikiland. Pro- bably there Is no one to restore it. » on rainy days, old Tokio was without a rival as a city to saun- ter in. When it rained. the tea houses beckoned and the twang of the geisha's guitar weakened resisi- ance to that point known to science #s absolutely zero. : ea Needed Treatment. Golfer--Doctor, you .remember you recommended golf to take my mind' off my work' . Doctor--Yes, -_ "Well, can you prescribe some thing now to get it back sagin?" \ | The mew Tokio will resemble old | | Tokio principally in size, if prcpos- | come Opportunity with loving grect- | PT WHIG Te ---- cleats were | grew between the paving blocks in | the strea's, as no vehicle could make | Extra special, . MEN'S GLOVES Grey Fabric, very durable. $1.00 per pair. 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The children represerting the five school gections formed up in separaie groups, and paraded in front of ths grand stand, and were judged by Major-General Sir Archibald Macdon- ell, and Major Jeffrey of the Royal Miiitary College, Miss Jennie Shaw, Mrs. A. W. Sirett, and Harry K. Hill, teacher of music in the puclic schools of Kingston. The children sang, marched, and in come cases snes, ---- ------ FARMS FOR SALE 1--A large frame dwelling and two acres of good land on the Sydenham Road, eight miles from Kingston, formerly known as the "Union Centre House." There is an orchard of about twenty-five apple trees. A good trade could "be had here as a summer hotel or it would make a good home for a retired farmer. 2--A first class farm of 220 acres, Pleagantly situated on the Bay of Quinte, a splendid brick house; large barn, new roof and other necessary out- buildings. A bargain to a Quick buyer as the owner wants to leave for the West 4s soon as possible. 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The children who took part from Glenvale were: Harold Patterson, Ernest Clarke, Austin Patterson, Rorald Gibson, Jack Gibson, Ralph Gibson, Gad Swain, Lloyd and Bruce Van Order, George Clark and Will Davis, lizzie Maloney, Erma Bller- beck, Margaret Ellerbeck, Agnes Ma- loney, Gretta Crawford, Zona Swain, Georgina Caverly and Ivey Biddulph. Pittsburgh schooi children, in charge of Mise Vera Otdimers were second: Union No. 25, in charge of Miss Marion Freeman, taird, Sunny- side, Cataraqui, under the leadersuip of Miss Saunders, fourth, and Wolfe Isiand. under the direction of Miss Itertha Rattray, fifth. The judges were much impressed with the singing of *'O Canada," as it is very much preferable in a contest piece should be su Mr. Hill, the munical director of the city schools, awarded more points to "Q Canada," than he did to some of the other songs. ' Some of the children wore ban- ners, and crepe paper hats, the work of their teachers. «= One noticeable feature was that some of the ohil- dren appeared to drag their feet, in- stead of marching in a military man- ner. It is needless to say that this defect will be remedied before they appear on a future occas'on. General Maodouel! was so pleased with the event that he suggested that in the very near future, probably during the month of October, he would be glad to have another such event held at the Roya! MHitary Coil- lege, and it is understood that the in- vitation may be accopted. . Quite Right. "What does this mean--'a horse-power motor car'?" Jones. "Why, one that requires six horses to drag it home when something "oes wrong with the works!" re- plied Robinson. alike and did some excellent march- tive to the range of guns; most of of such a nature that some patriotic, The hood ile Limit. The right of a nation to the water within three miles of its coast ig not the simple fixed matter commonry believed. The "three-mile limit" is more in the nature of a popular superstition than a fixed principle of international Jaw. Professor FE4- mund Samuel Corwin analyzes the subject fully in The Forum for Sep- tember. As' a matter of fact, me says the foundations of the Marine League doctrine are anything bes secure. In the seventeenth century the Dutchman Bynkerschoek laid down the proposition that a nation was entitled to dominion over the sea adjoining its coast as far as a can- non shot could be fired, -- which happened to be three miles; where- 8s in 1918 cannon shot were fired seventy-two miles! Reviewing the opinions of writers of the first half of the nineteenth- century in hiy book on "The Sovereignty of the Sea." Thomas Wemyss Fulton, a British wrifer says: "Few accept the three-mile boundary as an alterna- th e writers indeed do not mention 2." . pA 3 I ---------- Becoming Pipe Smokers, A friend who happened to bs » rassenger on an Anchor line steam- ship via New York from the other side tells me that in a talk with a Scottish tobacco firm agent on the way over he had a demonstration where high taxes might greatly les- Sen the source of revenue. A. D. If. Alkman Smith, the man he talk- ed with, was the representative of the John Cotton Tobacco Company of Glasgow, said to be the oldest to- bacco firm in the world. He declar- ed thet due to the ad valorem tax placed on cigars in the British Km- pire following the war, England has become a nation of pipe smokers. David Lloyd George. Premier Bald- win and his predecessor, Bonar Law, the Prince of Wales, and meny Prominent Englishmen, are examples of those who dave adopted pipes over cigars, he said The John Cotton To- bacco Company, sad Mr. Alkman Smith, was established in 1720.-- Montreal Herald. Sc -- Disguises. Meekton. "People ought to wear disguises." | rietta to replied' Mr. {same as she does around the house." "1 can t say that," PHONE 9. WERE GLAD BECAUSE WF SERVE MANKIND -THE VER BEST COAL THAT 1S MINED ! E are glad to be of real service to. the people of this town. We feel pleased be- cause they have rewarded our conscientious efforts to serve them. We will cone tinue to merit their confi. dence. Remembér our phone number, Crawford Rupture Expert Permanently located in Kingston . For forty years I have been fitting Trysses in Kiugston. No need for you to-go from your home town for expert ad- vice. 1 have the hest Applt- ances, Trusses, Supporters, ete., that are to be had. Satisfaction assurea. 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