AE - Published Daily and Semi-Weekly by THE BRITIS WHIG PUBLISHING LIMITED. 5 G. Elliott . President {oman A. Guild". re Mandgiig Director nd Sec.-Treas. Telephones: Business Office Editorial R: Job Office SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Daily Edition) vered in city by $1.00 oF paid . advance $1.50 One oar, fo Tit ed State .$1.50 x and three months pro 'Fata. ached 1s one of the best job ne offices in Canada. The cireniation of THE BRITISH WHIG Is anid by the Audit Bureau of Circulations ----- MORE CANDID CRITICISM. W. B. Graham, who was defeated for a minor office in one of the To- ronto ward associations, when called upon to speak at an annual meeting recently is reported to have said: "If there ever was a time in the his- tory of the conservative party when the party needed the support, sym- pathy and loyalty of the conserva- tives, it is now. I have often thought, when reading the reports of the so- called conservatives, that they were not conservatives at all, not true loyalists, The sooner these men are kicked out the better." Who are the men referred to? They should be named as unworthy of the party's confidence, It was Sir Sam Hughes who said military contracts were held up for months while the Ottawa government quarrelled | over the question of patronage. This is a very" serious charge, bims-------------- SOMEBLECTRICAL IDEAS, In Hamilton the cost of electric light is so low that no one worries about it. [In a house of six rooms the charge last month was §50c. Nothing was charged for service. In Toronto in a house of a similiar size. the bill was 70e. Nothing charged for service, Will Kingston ever be supplied at a rate as low as this? The Hydro-Electric Commission is backed by the Municipal Union in its new enterprise in the west, includ- ing the Chippewa Canala scheme, at a cost of $9,000,000. The munici- palities may not mean it, but they practically say that they are with Sir Adam Beck and the Commission rather than with the government in the enterprises of the day. The law regarding the sale of power, generated on the Canadian side, is very clear. It is that only the surplus, over and above the quan- tity required in Canada, can be sold to Americans. The American pat- rons of the Canadian power compan- ies may- kick, but they cannot do it to any advantage. It is a Canad- ian, not an American, question. "The high cost of living is not due," says the New York District At- torney, "to the war, but to the cupid- ity of food speculators. But con- spiracy is a hard thing to prove." The same thing may be said of ex- periences in Canada, WELLAND CANAL WORK. The attitude of some persons in the west, and especially along the line of the Welland Canal, as to the completion of its work on account of labor conditions, is perplexing. The canal is a national highway, and the only connecting link between the upper lakes and Lake Ontario for the shipping of Canada. The canal is on the main artery for water com- munication between the west and its great grain fields and the tide water, and in the interest of commerce, valu- ed at many millions of dollars an- nually, the people without regard to class or politics should be eager to see the project completed. The ar- gument against it is not a financial one, which, during the war might bave been urged, but a local and] labor ome. Representatives of the - Welland and St. Catharines Boards of Trade opposed the resolution which was offered on bebalf of the Kingston Board of Trade on the ground that to hurry the completion of the public work, tc which the government is committed, would mean a divergence of laber from local purposes to canal construc- tion. This meant that the local and labor issues, the purpose or success | United States ee ------ [or local plans or district interests, | were of more importance than the commerce of the country as jt is affected-by the-Welland- Canal -- The | { sorriest feature of the experience is { that enough representatives of other boards were induced to join those of | Welland and St, Catharines to defeat the motion, though it was by a small majority. It is a result one is humil iated in announcing, m---- ment must end. That is the com- mand in which a good many conser- vatives can join these days. TRADE IN MUNETIONS. The announcement that Britain is seeking, even with costly forfeitures, to cancel all is contracts in the is significant. The Mother Country, acting on her own account, or as one of the Allies, has been willing to pay high prices for the emergent service which the Am- erican manufacturers have been will- ing to supply. But she is no longer dependent upon any neutral power for the munitions which she needs in order to carry on the war success- fully. The=*Allies are able, under present circumstances, to cope with the demands of the times, and the fact that they are is a great evidence or testimony to their recuperative power, The loss of many millions of dollars in orders causes one to won- der.whether the ability of the Allies to meet their own wants is the only consideration. The Allies certainly expected a neutral power to protect its own trade, and the manufacturers of projectiles, and the working men, who were so prospfrous on account of the war, had a right to assume that these productions would not be exposed through governmental indif- ference to attack and loss from Ger- man submarines. The United States government protested against the torpedoing and sinking of ships which carried American passengers, even though they had on board mun- itions for the Allies. Since no re- #peot has been shown: by Germany for these protests, and since the United States has invited (further interference and injury through the harboring of German craft, the Allies have been warranted in adopting new tactics. As America cannot protect her own trade she can do without the orders of the Allies, and these orders will be executed in Britain, Canada, Rus- sia and Japan, and in sufficient quan- tities to meet the increased demands of the times, The American manu- facturers can have this matter out with the Wilson government, the continuance in office of which does not suggest any expectation of a change of policy. The liberals have served notice upon the conservative party that on the subject of loyalty they will not stand for any mere jibes and sneers. It is well. DEMAND FOR ACTION. There is a strange difference of opinion among representative men as to the military conditions of Can- ada. So competent a man as Col. Brock, of Toronto, is ' opposed to conscription. He says he favored it until he became a member of the National Service Commission), which with two exceptions, is composed af conservative politicians), and he says that he has' been won over to me- newed efforts under the voluntary system, and the great consideration has been, no doubt, a political one. Col. Cockshutt, of Brantford, (hold- ing honorary rank,) has not come in contact with the same influences at Ottawa and so he calls for drastic action or drastic legislation, and he does it boldly as a supporter of the government in the Commons. Col. Cockshutt may not have had before him the illuminating infor- mation which is supplied by the Tor- onto Star. This is to the effect that since last June the casualties have exceeded the enlistments and in the ratio of 41,942 to 39,220. These figures teach their own lesson, and that lesson is that something must be done which has not yet been at- tempted, and in the nature of com- pulsory action if the situation is to be improved. The National Service Commission has only power to look labor situation so that necessary work in the interest of our nation and the war, may be continued unin- terrupted. That is about all it can aim to do dr accomplish, and that is not enough. Some one has remarked that the personal appeal of the premier has not reached or touched the consci- ence of the average individual; and Col. Cockshutt, M.P., (and a manu- facturer,) supplies the explanation. The 2 people are busy; work is plenti- tre it upon the war, to make feel that Inefficiency in the federal govern- into and suggest a revision of the bo EDITORIAL NOTES. oT 1e election message of Hon. A. E. Kemp has been deseribed by Mr. H arttey-Dewart-as "the death-cry of , dying government." As many as 70,000 Chinamen have heen engaged to replace labor in ance and Russia, which can be used in the army, Chiga is with the Allies, then. Great Britain is cutting out by or- der of the government all feasting at Christmas and -New Years, If the folks at home would only cut off their-beer they would bé worthy of our greater admiration, ® Hon. Arthur Meighen has it that the Deutschland carried away only seventy-five tons of nickel on its last trip. How does he know? He got it from "competent authorities.'" Cor- responding with the enemy, eh? The Chicago Commissioner of Health is demonstrating that he can maintain twelve persons in connec- tion with his department at $20 a week. The cost per meal will be 8c, not involve the services of a chef, The. Meighen plea, (and specious as usual), is that nickel must be sold to the American munition manufac- turers in order that they may go on with their munition contracts. But now that the imperoal contracts. are | being discontinued that plea lacks in | forcefulness, "A government of inaction and in- competence," says Hon. Mr. Graham, "defending the flag shooters in one province and acting as flag tooters in another will not make much head- way with the Canadian people at this time." Hon. Mr. Blondin should be at the next flag raising in Ontario. The chief of the imperial forces is satisfied that in the end the Allies will win. But the British people need, he says, to be aroused. They are as yet not fully awakened: What about Canada? Are .its people con- scious of what they should do upon the iséues of the hour? KINGSTON EVENTS] 26 YEARS ACO Messrs. Swift and Smith canvassed in Ontario Ward to-day for the Mac- donald Memorial. Only two-thirds of the people were canvassed and the sum of $1,000 was secured. The City Clerk complains that two-thirds of the births which have occurred during the year have not been registered. There has only been 342 registrations, Hard Question. (Hamilton Times) It would have been time enough for Sir Wilfrid Laurier to join the National Service Commission when Sir Robert Borden joined it, A Timely Hint. (London Advertiser) You have heard much of late about the high cost of living Perhaps Sir Sam could give a few pointers on the high cost of dying? ~~ but the food will be plain and does| "\ - I Two STRATEGISTS _SAYS MR. PALMER Frederi ck Palmer, "The new British armies are doing more than making good. At one village which was defended by the Prussian Guard an officer among the survivors said to the British officer who captured him: amed to be captured. grace to surrender to the British Guards." The Briton laughed, re- marking: 'We are not the Guards; we are just cockneys and factory hands.' " Before leaving the front in France Mr. Palmer talked with General Joffre and Sir Douglas Haig, British commander-in-chief. He said they were wonderful men, 'tboth very much the same type, calm, masterful and methodie, living according to set rules, in splendid health, and absol- utely confident of victory." '"'Before the offensive began," he continued,"Sir Douglas warned us It is no dis- sand he was just going to pound the heart out of the Boches month after month until they were ready to break. That is what he is doing." Mr. Palmer said that all major questions of the war were settled by great councils, big problems are' left to individual initative. There have been only two burg at Tannenberg and Sastednau, now Joffre's chief of staff, whose | raine early in the war. They do not {have the chance of showing their talents along the old lines, because the war is conducted differently than in ine past. 'Castelnau is a wonderful old man; a fit foil for Joffre. Every day [they go off for a walk in the woods, 'a policeman along to carry | cushions for them to sit on while they have their most intimate talks. (It is a sight to see them together-- |} ! Jobre massive, square shouldered, | with his great head, and Castelnau lean and tall. They are great friends." THE GREAT SIEGE : BY BIG GUNS | ° Everyman, London, Eng In July, Lloyd-George and Mr. Marfitagu, the Minister of Munitions, both expressed the opinion that this country's increasing output of guns and munitions, particularly of the larger varieties, 'was going to be the decisive factor of the war. It is in- teresting in this connection to recall a prophecy made by Major Moraht, the well-known German military critic, in the Berliner Tageblatt of October 26th, 1914. "One constant- ly finds anxiety expressed lest the Entente, in the course of the war, should surprise us with new heavy guns, Guns like our 42 centimetre howitzers cannot be turned out by a wave of the hand. It takes years to build the machinery to make such guns, and very critical tests have to be made to see whether the shells will not soon wear out the guns. Equally important is the question of transport of such monster guns. This is a science in itself. These problems cannot be solved without a long investigation of all possible factors, We may assume, with prac- tical tertainty, that no guns to com- pete with ours will appear on the enemy's side in the course of the war." We wonder what the Major thinks about it now. Mrs. Sarah Lillie Plum Hollow, is moving to Athens, The Cowlick. IN The Cowlick is a rebellious act on the part of a man's hair, and in many cases is harder to subdue than an outburst of bibulous patriotism in Mexico. While our great physicians and surgeons are able to do wonderful things with and to the human body, such as removing the stomach and allowing it to secure a well- earned rest, they are completely baffled by the Cowlick. Science is able to curb the hereditary mole, the carmine wart and the roaming eyewinker, but in the face of a proud and determined Cowlick it is help- less, This teaches us that altogether too much reverence .is paid to the medical profession in this country. The Cowlick is caused by two or more hairs growing where there is standing room for only one. It be- gins to manifest itself in childhood and imparts a weird, depressed as- peot to the photographs of our youth. When once a Cowlick has received & good start and has been nourished day by day with hair oil and dand- Random Reels "Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax, of Cabbages and Kings." py ruff eradicators, it assumes a haugh- | ty look and stands in an erect, brist- | ling attitude. This makes it n o8s- | ary to plaster it down before depart- ing for some social function, which permits several long hairs to rise in lonely majesty a little later and causes people who have no breeding to snicker in a coarse, unfelling man- ner. It was no doubt the intractable disposition of the Cowlick which led men to adopt the degrading practice of parting the hair in the middle. Thousands of men who inherited a! stubborn and defiant Cowlick were able by this means to circumvent the same, and go hround looking like Lydia Pinkham in peg-top pants. Others cultivated the flowing pompa- dour, which is merely a collection of Cowlicks braced a st each other. The fact that the Cowlick cannot get a foothold on the dome of the baldheaded man has prevented many of our best citizens from investing in hair restorers, which shows that there are lots of things worse than being bald from ear to ear. 'We are not ash-|{} "Not many of the|HH their |} THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1916. rr PENMAN"S Sn itr Bibbys Nobbv Suits & & ARROW -. COLLARS Qe io 'Overcoats that it would not break through. Hef strategists in the old sense--Hinden-{}| strategy won the great battle in Lor-|{}i wy ; NEW PRINCETON OVER- . 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