and Semi-Weekly by WHIG PUBLISHING ¥ . Published Dall THE BRITIS co ..,. President .. Managing Director and BSec.-Treas J. G. Elllott Leman A. Guild i Business Office Editorial Rooms . Job OMCe ....ocvneancareners po SUBSCRIEPIOY RATH t (Dale Sd is hon peddi vy One year, delivered in city &. $6.00 One year, if pald in advance 5.00 One year, by mall to rural offices $2.50 One year. to United States $2.50 (Semi- Weekly, Edition) One year, by mall, cas .00 One year, if not paid in advance $1.50 One year, to United States __. _..31.50 8ix and three months pro rata. Attached is one of the best job printing offices in Canada. "~ The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is nuh Oo by the Audit Bureay of Circulations CO-ORDINATION WANTED. Is there any Government machin- ery for co-ordinating offers of service to the State? It is well known that such offers are made in abundance by nsioned civil servants and retired siness men, and it is equally no- torious that employed civil servants are restrained from joining the army by the failure of their superiors to find substitutes for them. Is it the duty of any invididual or any depart- ment to ascertain the qualifictions of volunteers for the public service and to place the volunteer accordingly? We hear of a retired shipowner, part- ner in a world-famous firm, whose knowledge would have been of the greatest advantage to the Govern- ment in the solution of the tonnage problem, being set, in response to his patriotic offer, to copy documents. A pensioned eivil servant of the first class, making a similar offer, is sent into a munition works, where his Ox- ford career and his administrative experience do not count; and a busi- ness man, with the, languages of Europe at his command, willing to suspend a large income in order to serve his country, is given the ad- dress of the nearest Labor Exchange. There must be a more economical way of using our man-power than these examples indicate. A clearing house in which supply and demand were co-ordinated would make the process of substitution and therefore the increase of the army much sim- pler and easier than at present. London Chronicle, whose remarks ap- ply to Canadian men and events... Palmer has a picture of the rhan- er in which the Germans entered Verdun, It is that of a long line of men who have been taken prisoners, 1nd are making the trip with a very doleful spirit. Palmer sees the lights is well as shades of frontier life. SCHOOL PLAY GROUNDS, Kingston is an educational centre, ind yet it lacks in one great essential. It "has not the regulation play suds, equipped as these grounds should be, and under the guidance of competent instructors. The play grounds are to be found in many towns and cities of Ontario, and when it is reoalled that they are used all the year around, the need of them becomes the more insistent. Kings- tons school hoard may plead that it has not the 'money for this purpose, but it has money for nearly every- thing else. It may be fortunate enough to have some one who can imitate Bélleville's merchant, the one who provided the shelter of the Children's Aid Society and two play grounds complete. The mierchant has the consolation of knowing that he is enshrined in the heartd of all the school children, and that is some- thing to be prized. What a pity it is that Kingston has not some one who will donate the equipment for a couple of play grounds, or give suf- ficient money for the purpose. He could not make any investment that would yield a larger or more gratify- ing return. The Canadian Press Association performed a very happy service in ' extending a welcome this day to the new Governor-General in Toronto. The address which it presented to the Duke must be very much appreciated. BUSINESS AND RELIGION, A. D. Albert, who was formerly a professor in the Wisconsin Univer- "sity, and who was the chief speaker at the banquet in Hamilton, tendered to 'the Associated Boards of Trade, was the most interesting speaker that ' those present had ever heard. His address was not interesting in the ordinary acceptation- of the term. There were flashes of mit, occosional- | ly, to light up or relieve the more was a'thoughtful talk. Ft might be named the Gospel of the Richer Life Ar once he caught the attention « the audience and as he' pagsed on '© show how blindly many go through life, failing to cheer others on he made his hearers feel that the presence of way, they were in idealist. It is not often that two hundred and fifty men will assent to the doc- trines of anyone, and doctrines which may be described as radical in the extreme. Yet it is the fact that Mr. Albert, by reasoning most persuasive and language the most charming, carried the company with him until at the close of his address they were of one mind. His wag a masterly discourse. Most remfirkable of all he had reached a climax unexpected- ly. From a discussion of material things he had led his company cap- tive to a discussion of spiritual things, and when he declared that he believed in the Christ, the Ideal Man, that His principles were as fresh and practical today as when they were preached, that above all govern- 'Hien Was the government of the Eternal One, and that all law and service were subservient to His law and service, the aurience gave way to loud applause, It must be remembered that these two hundred and fifty business men, who had not expected a religious discourse, and yet readily consented to the gujdance of Mr. Albert, found themselves in effect, and by their approval, declaring that the est want of the world was that of a purifying gospel, and they gloried in the fact. Is not this something to think and talk about? | great- Frederick Palmer, fresh from the battlefield, and with experiences of the most touching kind, may speak in Kingston. His manager will make a date if he can in the early future. OUR RETURNING SOLDIERS. One gets a pathetie insight into the effects of the war when he learns that the wounded in England are so numerous that in order to relieve the congestion thousands of them must be sent to Canada. The surprise is that the war departments of both Britain and Canada did not forsee the contingencies of the war and provide for them in the way of adequate hos- pital accommodation. Canada has furnished already over 300,000 for military serviee. It stands to reason that there must be a large number of casualties. These demand hospital gervice on a comprehensive plan. The wonder is, therefore, that it has not heen anticipated at any cost. Such is the current of thought which follows the announcement that there are about 8,000 wounded Cana- dians in England, that at least 3,000 must be sent to Canada at once, and 5,000 more as soon as they can be given the care they require. Kings- ton has been asked to receive a thousand of these men, without de- lay, and while the city is willing the question of getting the necessary buildings becomes a serious one. Various plans have been suggested. | Some of them have been considered, and not approved. It is a large edi- fice that can take in a couple of hun- dred wounded men with the equip- ment which they require. The school board has been asked to set apart the Victoria school for hospital purposes. It contains six- teen rooms which could, if relieved of their classes, be fitted up at light ex- pense for hospital uses. . But at the best only a couple of hundred men could be provided for, with the staff, and the 750 children at present at-| teinding Victoria school would be de-| prived of their education largely, if] not altogether, for some time. Per- haps half the scholars could be pro-| vided with class rooms, temporarily, elsewhere, but the larger mumber would be out of school and training until after the war. Under these cir- cumstances it has been decided that the school is not available for hospital services, The military department may be sorely disappointed, but that cannot be helped. EDITORIAL NOTES. The order is out in England for "potatoes once a day" © The price, too, is up one hundred per cent. Mr. Rowell's policy with regard to nickel will eventually prevail in Op- tario. The metal will be under the complete control of the government. y J ---------- Wheat dropped 11 cents per bushel and flour 30 cents a barrel in one day at Winnipeg. Some of the fellows who had been playing the market on margins must be empty handed, ' Grain will not be used any more until after the war for the manu- facture of 'and spirits in Britain. There is a dis in which There is no's "in kicking against his ruling. He is the great- est autocrat of the day. The Toronto Telegram insists that Bonar Law d a cable or message to Canada, and to the effect that the British Admiralty | controlling the nickel ation, message will settle the , it thinks. Law may be very willing to oblige his pol- tical friends in Canada, but he may! short 'of committing political | serious passages, but gemerally his su it that steps have been taken | a, and by the politicians, | : an early release, through | viivister of Justiee, of Kelly, the tractor, who has been convicted of ng and sentenced to two and a | wa ars in prison. The government | t interferes with the cause of jus-| "in this case, will drive a very big nail into its coffin, | PUBLIC OPINION | It's a Long, Long Way to Spring. (Ottawa Free This may not be a hard some prophets tell us, but long, long way to next spring Seige ------ Our Preference. (Ottawa Free Press.) We read that cauliflower is $100 a 'ton in New York. We would rather have a ton of coal, which isn't nearly so dear. Press) A Hangman's Rope. (New York Evening Sun) If the Poles will look carefully they will find that the 'string' tied to their new kingdom is a hangman's rope. Meighen Again Fails. (Toronto Globe) Hon. Arthur Meighen must drop party politics and face the real issue. He has not satisfied the public that Germany is not using Canadian nickel to shoot down Canadian soldiers Hard Contract. (Toronto Globe) Meighen had a pretty tough time defending the Henry Merton Com pany, for he had to admit that they certainly had been caught red-handed | smuggling Australian z'nc into Ger- many, and had been denounced in unmeasured terms by an English judge, and by the solicitor-general of England Speak Out. on Nickel Issue. (Toronto Telegram) If the British Admiralty has taken the nickel issue out of Canada's fed- eral polities and Ontario's provincial politics, the British Admiralty should say so. The Borden Government and the Hearst Government should not be left in a false position of responsibil- ity for the British policy of dealing with the output of Ontario's nickel mines, Esteemed for What? (Montreal Herald) Why President Wilson, of all men on this earth, should have entertain- led "sentiments of high esteem and regard" for the cruel and crooked old Emperor Joseph is one of the mys- teries which will probably never be solved. Another mystery is why those sentiments should be so spon- taneous and ebullient that he simply had to cable them to Austria's new Emperor. v . FELL ON FIELD". OF HO T » News (Con) Hon. Frank Oliver's son has wn his life for Canada and the Only a few days ago the J.. G. Turriff, of Strathcona, as struck down. Mr. Oliver and Mr. Turriff are Liberal member of Parliament. The quality of their de- votion British institutions is at- tested' by the sacrifice of those they held dearer than life itself. It may be that we do not send our sons into battle. They go out of their gallantry and courage. They die that the in- stitutions we love may live. But to the households out of which they are taken the old zest in life never can return, Even when the bells ring for peace they will not come back. One can only think of what they were n NOW id to 'land be glad that they were brave and enduring. "Nor may we forget that patriotism is not measured by rank or condition, by class or party. "Kill- ed in action" strikes as crueMy into the humble home as into the impos- ing mansion. Mr. Oliver and Mr, Tur- riff have fought many a strenuous political battle, The courage they have displayed in the hard contests r civil life their sons emulated in red fields on which they fell, Sympathy unaffected by old quarrels and contentions, unbroken by politi- {cal or personal division, goe= out in loverflowing measure to the house- holds from which the sons have gone forever. We think only of those who nourn, of those whom "it pleased Al- mighty God to take out of this transi- tory world into His merey." ANOTHER TORY PAPER ON NICKEL QUESTION tract from Editorial, Tarouto Tele- gram The Canadian people, and especi- the people of Oniavio, develop of their own on this nickel The nickel possesses a sufficiently of explosive qualities to blow up a dozen nments if thosa Governments leave themselves in © position to be misrepresented or become the vietims of injustice, The International Nickel Com- pany is exhibited by H. H. Dewart, K.C., M.P.P., in the light of a rogue or a fool. The International Nickel Company is a rogue if that conmpany expects that the Borden Government or the Hearst Government will tole- Yate the Canadian activities of a com- pany that knowingly continues to em- ploy a firm convicted of trading with the enemy. The International Nickel Company is a fool if that company does not know that its hondon firm was convicted of trading with the enemy. Whether the International Nickel Company is rogue or fool, that company is already recognized as a dangerous associate for the Borden Government and the Hearst Govern- ment. v ally dict issue, ites 1ssue Gover WAS IT WAVE OR A -"SEB""?- Red Star Liner May Have Collided With German 'Submarine. New York, Nov. 2§,---Passengers IKINGSTON EVENTS] 26 YEARS ACO W. Fair will be a candidate for Victoria Ward. C. Millar is out for aldermanic honors in Frontenac Ward, Mr. Sul- livan is working hard in Cataraqui. The municipal pot has commenced to boil. Everybody is talking elec- tion. on the Lapland, Red Star liner, ar- riving yesterday from Liverpool, de- _ clared their belief that the liner ran {into and probably sank a German submarine off Nantucket yesterday orning. Captain Bradshaw admitted at the hour mentioned the ship came to a | full stop with such force as to throw many passengers from. their bunks, but declared the ship ran into a big wave, Random Reels "Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax, of Cabbages und Kings." THE DRY GOODS CLERK The dry goods clerk is a patient beast of burden with a vast store of knowledge and vanadium steel feet. A great many people have at- tempted to become Dry Goods Clerks and have failed because their feet were not case-hardened. The aver- 'age set of feet is too soft and pliable or this work, and is liable to flatten out in the form of a twelve-egg ome- let. The annals of business are strewn with the wrecks of promising young men who started out to learn the dry-goods business, but who got no farther than the difference be- tween orgardy amd canton-flanuel before both feet gave way at the waist-line and had to be jollied a'ong by the hot sitz bath. If a person has been sent forth into the world with a wide, durable form of feet, however, there is no reason why he should not succeed as a Dry Goods Clerk. Lots of men T have done so, and by becoming the sole beneficiary of the will of a rich relative have been able to buy a) store of their own. One of the first things a Dry Goods Clerk learns is never to talk back to a customer who pays cash. It is too often the case that rich, aristocratic customers look down on the Dry Goods Clerk and run him up and down the store until he is glassy-eyed, but if the clerk could see their dying. bed he would forgive all. An expert Dry Goods Clerk knows the exact location of everything in the store, from the spring suits of the model of 1910 to the new and racy chemisettes that no modest man can look at without a blush, It is a painful sight to see an amateur clerk hunting aimlessly through the hosiery department for a piece of ribbon to match a purchase of a new switch, and this melancholy occur- rence. teaches us that we should be up and doing in the race of life. Rippling Rhymes about a million or Ma may say, How sweet the child who says, "I will," weary father cries, "1 wish you'd take an ax and kill when flies!" The child who's active. to obey, who heeds, with cheerful brow, whatever Pa is worth more than a cow. ck Special $15.00 Overcoats Our Fifteen Dollar Overcoats command the respect and admir- ation of every man who sees them. . YOUNG MEN'S FORM FITTING STYLE New ~ Silk velvet collar; blue, browns, cheviots. greys and fancy two-way pinch back style. ( | YOUNG MEN'S ULSTERS collar, Fancy tweeds and cheviots. J Sizes 28 to 33. Shawl collar or new two-way collar. Dark grey, brown, bronze and fancv tweeds. SEE BIBBYS $2.75 MEN'S WOOL ( SWEATER COATS SEE BIBBYS 75c MEN'S WOOLEN GLOVES AA AAA A a Na A For Hire ! Closed and Open Auto- » mobiles Also Two Closed Cars For Sale or Exchange. Taxi Stand, Phone 201. Reo Automobiles Boyd's Garage 129 Brock Street. - Who's Your Grocer? We're After Your Trade. Have you tried dealing here? Call and let us fill your next order. If you want good, fresh groceries, of the best quality, appetizing cooked and smoked meats, from a clean, tidy store. "at Thompson's Grocery 204 Princess St. i Phone 387 JOHN_M. PATRICK repaired and Saws filled, Knives and Scissors Razors boned. Al makes of fire. arms promptly. Locks ; Keys fitted. All makes of Lawn Mowers sharpened and repaired. 149 Sydenham Street Felt Slippers Moccasins Evening Slippers Suggestions ! No doubt you have planned to do your Christmas shopping early and decided to give useful presents. LET US SUGGEST A FEW Hockey Boots Overgaiters Dress Shoes And many other useful and very ac- ceptable gifts that we can suggest to you. J.H. Sutherland &Bro. The Home of Good Shoes. CTT ET TT Chocolatta The ready to use choc- olate. Add boiling water only. No cookin milk required. ade from the finest chocolate and milk. 25¢ and 50c Tins. An ideal package for. * Overseas . nor Weight? Yes! Wait? No! ELECTED "to heat the nomes and cook the food of the people of this community. OURCOAL has won its place on its merit alone. -- Ton A simple but cordial welcome was, Sir Sam bes will address his : Dev- eg y and tell them