-- TI President Director ~Treas. CO. LG. Elliott Taran nae man A. Guild RE Maneglig een ws sa suarRRE 2143 trees 12 not paid Year, 10 United States ...... - one dix and three months pro rata. Attached is one of the best Job prNE offices in Canada, A FATUOUS CONCLUSION. 'The spirit of the college professor --and it is generally an arbitrary spirit--is exhibited in the last dis- course of President Wilson, It is again on the question of peace. In his original epistie he surprised the world by declaring that he could not distinguish between the dims of the Allies and the Central Powers, that he really did not know what their fighting was about. His plea was undoubtedly in' favor of the Germans, and it was so interpreted by the belli- gerent powers, . The Allies took their time and sent from Paris a joint reply which ought to have been illuminating. It was supplemented by an article from Mr. Balfour, whose perspicacity is "| generally admitted. <1t was a power: ful and pungent note. But Mr, Wil- son comes back with a new deliver- ance, a sort of enlargement of the previous ones, and with certain ideas further developed and em- phasized., His idea is that there must be peace without victory, but how {hat 1s to be accomplished, until the 229 subjugation of Prussianism' and all that it impMes has taken place, he does not say, and it is not at all ap- parent, The criticisms of the British press and of the American press as well, are quite caustic, The great Journal of public opinion regard the presi- dent as most chimerical and unprac- tical In bis views. He is playing the class lecturer once more. He hag his - BRITISH ed vy BRITS rue WHIG I» uy Audit Bureau of Circulations. LAURIER 18 GENEROUS. gir Wilfrid Laurier, jeader of the Opposition, and exhibiting a buoyancy of spirit which would suggest the in- fluence of the elixir of life, was in a very 'generous mood at the opening of the Commons. He was very mild in his eriticism of the government. He could not. be gentler and approach ctness in the recital of certain facts. Indecision, {nharmony, laxity, waste, were all apparent in the record of the war, Without the coheuan and sound direction which the sircumstances de manded tie Government was, wound to fall short of what it should accom- piish, and though the Canadian army had to be maintained efficiently it was not to be expected that ils mis wanagement could escape exposure. 'And yet Sur Wiltrid Lautier sug= gested that tha session ba freed from all controversial matter until after the imperial conference had taken place and the premier had returned fram it Then there could be a reckon a reconciliation, whichever was eces- sary and preceding an election ok the extension of 4 parliamentary term. Whetqver the result it must be with thé concurrence of the opposi-~ tion, The presumed or advised over- riding of (he liberals by force of num: bers is a silly proposition and one whieh cannot be entertained for a minute, pi : pte gir Robert Borden applauded the member for Jacques Caytier, when, in seconding the address in reply to the speech {rom the throne, he announced that conscription not be put in force in' a. Jin that respect the _ premier was very indiscreet. Con- scription must come if the war con tinues, : iin verely, if it does not condemn, the government for its recon on the ~ Ross rifle. In their reports the gene: own views, his own opinions, and be keeps on asserting them in the be- lief that repetition gives them value.| ft is an unfortunate and fatuous opinion, Eip---------- Lawson, of 'Boston, - who dearly loves the lfmelight, predicts a new Jeak in official news of Washington, and compared with the last leak it will be "as a voleana to a sewer bubble." The language is pictpr- esque, ; A RER] » CANADA AND CONSCRIPTION, It the Dorchester election, | With all its political pyrotechnics, = gests anything, it is that the time has come when the parties must cease fencing and come out boldly for an aggressive war policy, One gets the {dea from the press that the con- servative party is trying to place the liberal party in thé compromiisng position which the democratic party occupied at the close of the Ciwll War, Conservative tactics aré ab- solutely unfair, and the liberal party must not let the conservatives '"'put it over them' In any way. The weakness of the cbnsérvative party is quite apparent, and the greatest weakness is that of its lead- er. It is simply deplorable that Can- ada should have at this time, at the head of the government, 8 man so lacking in courage as the premier. Could there by anything more un- satisfactory than his attitude on National Service? It means nothing if it is not a prelude to recruiting, and yet when he is asked if it is preliminary _to comscription he answers in the negative. Conscrip- tion, with him, must be a last re- sort, and one he Is very willing to defer. He appears to be in constant fear lest he be misread upon this point, and his words and actions |' stand out so alarmingly deficient when compared with the words of the heroic leaders of Great Britain. Sir Robert Borden, in these days, attracts wide attention, He is in the imelight constantly. Every word he says is studied and with disappoint- ing results: What indépendent move bas he made since the war began? His anxiety has been wholly for the party situation. Like most politic- EDITORIAL NOTES, Toronto gives a grant of $500,000 to the new two million and a half the Queen City bas given for pat otie purposes $3,719,637. This js golng some, and with ng sign of 'exhaustion. A -------------- The Toronto News says the people of England forced ministerial changes because the ministers Jagged behind public opinion. For the same reason the Canadian government should be changed. It certainly is lagging be- hind ' public' opinion and showing. a weakness that does not pass away. ma--o---- No man ever went to New York with as much advertising as Billy Sunday has received, and it is all gratuitous. Billy says that the ad- verifsing he raceived jn Boston could not have been purchased for §2,000,- 000, and it was not a circumstance compared with advertising which he is receiving now. The press helps in all great movements, sometimes with- out thanks. : {PUBLIC OPINION | Growing Two Ways. (Hamilton Times) The Manitoba grain growers are growing more than wheat. They are growing a great political power. Cheer Up. (London Advertiser) A coal strike on top of a coal fam- ine looks sefious. Cheer up! Summer fs coming and then you can give them the laugh. eng renee "Roosting the Prices) es (Toronto Globe). | en car loads of potatoes were al- lowed to freeze and were thrown out in' Montreal. This must pay better than lowering the price. ~ Moonshine in Any Case. (Montreal Herald-Telegraph) "Some people think-that prohibl- tion would take all the sunshine oul of their lives, Others have abiding faith in the providing powers of moonshine, Acted Ton Soom. s (Montreal News) AA girl has b¥en arrested charged with stealing her sweetheart's money. Why didn't she wait until they, ware married, and then go throtgh his pockets comfortably? Difference Between Them. t (Toronto Mail) Harry Lauder has subscribed for $250,000 in the new British war loan. His only son was killed in action. The Lgreat Scotch comedian presents a striking contrast to John McCormack, the famous Irish tenor, who is of military age, and has recently become an American citizen, : jason EVENTS| 26 YEARS ACO. ' Patriotic Fund. Since the Wanbegp § NOW IN OTTAWA Hamilton Herald Sir Robert Borden has said there will be no conscription in Canada. Sir Wilfrid Laurier has declared the same thing. Sir Robert Borden alone could not easily introduce cofiscrip- tion even if it were necessary. Neither could Sir Wiitrid Laurier. But both national government, could. . even to the appropriation of the whole of them in excess of a faih return on purely party government, looking to the future, could Hardly be expected to introduce. Sir Robert Borden alone would not take that responsibil- ity. Neither would Sir Wilfrid Lau- rier. But both of . them together might. ? Restrietion of luxuries, even to the prohibition of their importation and manufacture during the war--this ia a measure which may soon become necessary, would hardly dare to sanction such a measure. Neither would Sir Wiltpid Laurier. But both of them together might, system--the the present recruiting senior officers idling away their organize industry for . war-work-- or Laurier alone to deal with drastic- ally, could be satisfactorily dealt with by Borden and Laurier together. Parliament ean, if it will compel the leaders to reorganize the Govern- ment on national, non-partizan limes. But let us hope that the leaders will not have to act under compulsion. Let the Premier invite the Opposition | leader to co-operate with him in the work of cabinet reorganization. Tet] Sir Wilfrid accept the overture, Their pagliamentary followers would not dare to thwart. them in a plan so truly patriotic and so plainly popular. The resignation of all the ministers should take place, and a new Cabinet organized in which, to the extent pos of all important classes. Is this too much to hope for? | AN APPEAL THAT } TOUCHES THE HEART Ottawa Jouraal Press (Con). "The mass of the Liberal party In Canada is as eagerly patriotic in this war as the mass of the Coliservative party; as warm-hearted, as_; deter- mined to win, as anxious to see Can- ada strain her power 'and resources to the utmost to help smash the Hun onslaught upon-peace and justice and decency in the world." St. Catharines Standard (Como), "Then why not, by all that is log- ical, common-sense, and patriotic, give the mass of the Liberal party in Canada some share in the Govern- ment of the country? Why monop- olize this Government all in one party merely because that party, triumphed in 'a general election g A large number of citizens are ill with grippe. The County Council is considering the question of lighting the jall with gis or electricity. At present coal oil lamps are used, and are very un- desirable. W. Paterson, M. P., addressed a big gathering in the City Hall, in the interests of Alexander Gunn, Liberal candidate, other | three years before the war? The Liberal Government of Great Britain could have got no- where If it had not recognized that nothing but a national Government could serve the Empire and the cause of the Allies--the cause of liberty, righteousness, a humanity." It is human nature for one man to ask another how he feels--also not to care. a mmm Random Reels "Ot Shoes sad Ships and Sealing Wax, of Cabbages and Kings." UNSELFISHNESS. ' Unselfishness is an act of heroism Fwhich comsists in passing up white meat 'and falling back on the neck. One of the most unselfish indivi- duals in existence is the father of a large family who tries to spread one lone chicken over nine juvenile but robust appetites. By the time No. '0 is waited on, No. 1 is right back for a second helping, which removes everything from the platter but the trademark. This causes father "to declare, fn a loud voice, that he would rather have a slice of mother's 'brown bread than all the chickens this side of the equatorial line, thus 'displaying a brand of Unselfishness which will get him into heaven with out any letters of recommendation. Some people are born with a large stock of Unselishness, while with others it requires more than the first mustache. An . older sister who fiek who marries her will never have to stake the first cup of coffee in order to get rid of the settlings. The kind of Unselfighness which will cause a boy to work his fingernails to the quick for a good old father who has played out on the last lap contains 'more religion to the gquare inch than all of the public prayers ever uttered through the nose, 3 One of the best types of Unselfish- ness on the gnarket today is. that Shown by ~the large conperation which voluntarily raises the wages ofits employees in keeping with the advance in beet sugar and papier mache shoes. Corporations . may uave. no souls, but it.is hard to make a man who works for one of thiy kind to believe it. . Unsel is what the _ real heaven is composed of, whith means that a Tot of people are going to be|M right at Home when they get there. if we were all unselfish as our mothers were, everybody would 'carry a little chunk of heaven around with him for every-day use, ° Sir Robert Borden alone jl The waste and fmeffectiveness of | andal of having hundreds of highly} pasa time in England--the failure to re-ij these things, so difficult for Borden |} sible, there would be representatives jy | daughter of W. B. Gunter. I HH 1) of them together, as colleagues in a [iil The heavy taxation of war-profits, [ij capital, is a drastic measure which a [iH ONE BUCKLE, T Winter and $1.25 value. pala. ' FOUR BUCKLES, SALE PRICE .. .. ENGLISH GOLF CAPS weight; over laps, nice soft wool cloths, fawns, browns, grey and heather. © Regula?'$1.00 Sale Price, 50c¢. 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