¢ a ¥ » uF | KITCHERNER 'Tea asda sedr ery 3 : Telephones: " '| the feeling ANG EXPENSE, The Dr. Marlow Fesignation, or his threatened 'resignation, Aas assistant medical director in 'the district of Toronto, and having an oversight of all Its medical services, including those of the Hospitals' Commission, gives piquancy to! the differences which have arisen petween tiris com: mission apd 'the Militia Department. Very naturally, and Yery reasonably, hif dorxices are related and 50 inti mately that they - ated, t ¥ : The redical men who are employed | by, the government ean, without strain or inconvenience, perform the work of both ents, and they can continue to do this without ektra remuneration and without seeking it. the Militia Depagtment is {0 agree to this arrangement and for reasons that have not heen made known: they have been set forth in the report witich Df. Marlow is said fo have written after a survey "of the military of Canada. But this will not be known until one of two things happen. Either the Fe- port will be produced, (and at pre- sent it 1a missing), or Dr. Marlow wilt bo called before a committee of ons and.tell what he knows. that is the in positions, namely, that he ia aot free to perform his duty, as he . understands 1t, and without the ; the pice distinctions which the Militia Depart- "medt is 45710g to set TH As a mat- |v dertakings there eat be nothing ap- are eligible for active a whom appeals have in vain, see in them stumbling blocks and object Jessons of a most discouraging sind. The Mail's suggestion should be taken to heart by the soldier-slacker, snd he should make np his mind to 'act upon it. He can afford, perhaps, ynder some circumstances, to, Wear t a couple of iiniforms and' stil id on to some minor office. With the third uniform, however, should make up his: mind to get overseas or return to civil Ife. This, of course, does not apply 10 those wiio are recruiting and preparing for overseas service, nindrances and STILL PISTURBED. he Whig judges hy the literature fdsued by the city" of people Tare still over the change of na The electors in 1916 voted for Kitchener, It was a compliment to & distinguished soldier. It was gigant to'keep his virtues alive, It was & name 10 conjure with. when the peo "An a plebiscite, ap- d, the ¢ nected, and SI Berlin in the national directories and post office guides gave place to Kitch- ener, ™ Before the last municipal election a Citizens' League was formed. and it appeared to be opposed to the ac- tion of the people and of the council in 'naming the city, Kitehener. True, sgainst the change of name sloughed off just before the voting day, and the new members of Nhe council did not accept their elec- tion as & mandate to 'change the name. The postmaster-general, Hon, P. E. Blondin, of shoot the, Unién Jack fame, however, restored what the anti-Kitchenér men did not open- ly demand. Mr. Blondin gave orders that the mails which had been held up at Ot- tawa, or sent to the Dead Letter Of- fice, 'because wrongly addressed, should be sent to their destination-- at Berlin, The Whig does not under- stand "that Berlin has again heen placed upon the map. It does not understand that without any formal procéeding Berlin has been. revived and Kitchener rémoved. For that would be a high-handed act; and one which the postmaster could mot justity under any circumstances. ------ -------- AMERICA'S PART IN WAR. From the 8y Post-Standard, a leader of Al * opinion, Wwe aru that the United States expects to do when forced into the war, and it seems to be on the verge of hostili- the: > ' here are two views of 'the presi- dent's attitude. One is that he is a pacifist who was prepared tg go a ong way, though not so far as Wm. Jennings Bryan, his former Secre- tary of State, ih the interest' of peace, The other is t he 'was put under some obligatidn to tiie oppouments of he war and wished to serve them as far as he could without compromis- {ng himself and the natfon. The ac- tion of his cabinet' showed that he eventually took the only gourse that was gpen to him, ; 'Having broken off diplomatic re- {ations with Germany the question is, what next? The Poft-Standard is véby candid in Fig that while the aited. States Hi sure co-operate ith tite Allies Yi some of their un- pafinership of inter .j red man. there a good coruer 26 fay been made! he!. makings Montr Daily Mail € The K {Il graciously permit the United tes to send one boat a week across the Atlantic, Strange it didn't occur to Bim to cut down Uncle Bam's train service. ie All After He Was Dead Detroit News) A town In illinois gave a public r for a tramp, stopping all basi- ness for half an hour. Would it have meal, & job and (Brantford Ex or, 14b.) As for the Liberal party, they have no cular reason to regret the defeat gf Mr. Cannon, who exhibited during the cofitest a fondness to hunt [wiih the Lacrier hare and run with' the Nationalist hounds. ' Eo ---- Food For Submarines. 4 (8t Thomas Journal) There are sald to be 120,000,000 fish to thé square nitle in the sea. The kaiser's submarines ghouid not wiint for. victims. Why not let hu- man beings alone and use up their lust for blood by Latoms; piri <A Great Showing. (Toronto Mail) An Allied bazaar in Chicago has petted about half a million dollars. An equal sum was eontributed by the same meansdin New York, and Bos- ton raised $300,000. For people who have been warned to be neutral even in thought, this isn't a bad showing. : ting A Bad 'Un. (Toronto Globe) As an exemplar and exponent of the accepted doctrine in modern Ger- man ethics, that the State is above morality and free from the Prohibi- tions of the Ten Commandments, Count von Bernstorfl; the represen- tative of the German States holds himself as!under none of the obliga: slons of truth or honor, of virtue or morality. iinet, Queer Reasoning, (Hamikon Herald) Justice Galt of Wimnipeg doesn't believe the testimony of Hon. Robert Rogers; therefore the Ottawa Citizen calls upon the premier to dismiss Rogers from the cabinet. But Mr. Rogers'thinks that J tied Calt-44 not fit to sit on the bench, and has said go. Should Galt therefore be driven from the bench? a nb SY KINGSTON - EVENTS 25 YEARS ACO The ice"houses at the penitentiary are being filled with blocks 'of ice eighteen inches square. Prof, Cappon and John Theobald wént fox hunting in Pittsburgh and killed two. The thermometer registered degrees below zero to-day. 14 ------------------------------ ti AMERCIA'S PART IN GREAT WAR Syracuse, NY. Post-Standard. We must if we are to: make war Jpon Germany work with Great Bri- 'ain and France, with Italy and Rus- sla, but we cannot become partners with them in the seusd tint they are partners of one' another. We can "porder service, will blowing the fish to t {additions to our Tieet, only. do oar best ta fasten the of war. by bringing Germany to temus} and to ibis end we must devote all our resources that way 28 available for the purpose. nation at war professes to have | tered it and to be fighting it for & HE just and righteous peact. It is only {11H fractionally true of some of them and not true at all of most of them, While to secure peacg/s not olf rea soirfor becoming & part of the wari} it. wil. be our sole purpose in pur-ijgy suing it. - Thé Germans in war clearly anticipate 1 be a negligible quant company of enemies i delay in adopting the Men's and Boys' Wear. The 'Store That Keeps the Prices Down. EERE #1 would drive us Into the to concern about the moral loss our gy entrance involve, to [1 "uxiety about our army and "mavy. {i Our army is n ; | measured by European standards, [8 not large enough-with Mexico eli- minated from consideration to defend the arsenals and navy yards and other public' works. Tie National Guard, in excellent trim after the be called upon to assist. The President may as a mea-| HH sire of precaution call for volun-iiQ teers. But it does not now_appeat that our men will be ' needed in Europe should wae .. desire to send {il * 2 Nf The highest priced tailor in the land doesn't know how to put more artistic tailoring into gar- ments that we show in our line of Spring' Suits. May We Show You? YOUNG MEN'S REGENT SUITS, $15.00, $18.00 and $20.00, : of : YOUNG MEN'S PINCH BACK SUITS, $12.50, $18.00, $15.00, $20.00 and $22.50. hem, Nor will our pavy, which Ja-nearly be n supply of the Allied forces with Yood and with money. The geizure of the German ships along the coast, in it- 1A self an act of war, but completely | iH defens! precaution aga and also as & taking of against the threatened destruction of LIEN American shipping, will give largeiy When we enter war, though it is mot in hot anger, we cannot m and easy affair, a ] war like Portigal's. It will be our HH business to do all in our power while we hold tightly to our own national policies, to defeat Germany. must throw what power we have against her whether with the hands »f British or 1talian or Russian. or Japanese, Our greatest power is our! wealth. purely nominal |] " Hats, 1917 Models. Special values $2.50. 1917 Models GRAFT AND $5.00 and $6.00 CONSUMPTION Torgato by , Con, NE oun SRere are evils under the party system, There 1a graft and | there is corruption. Patronage often weakens and bedevils public affairs, But what€ver may be the evils of patronage under the party system, the remedy does not lie in non-party government. Coalitions have been singularly feeble and generally cor- rupt. A Party can hold office only by expressing public opinion and de- servin Sopfigence, Coalitions tend to dévelop governing STroups which feed thrifty relatives, exchange offi- ces among confederates and keep power and patronage within the sa¢- red circle, . There are evils in the party sys- tem which should be attacked and extirpated, A But the party system gives more eflicient government in democracies than guy Other system that has been ydevised, Moreover, We are showiiig the most complete aml up-to-date line of electric' fixtures in eastern Ontario. HOUSE WIRING the two-party system gives more ory derly, effective and responsible govl ernment that any multiplieation of groups in a common chamber, strug- gling over the spoils and making the voice of the nation incoherent by noisy violence over petty personal, class and sectional issues. "Ranks with the Strongest" HUDSON BAY Insuran e Company FIRE INSURANCE Head Office. Royal Insurance Bldg. AFTER FEB. 1ST, 1917 bottl Milk will not be left at house unless bottle is at door MONTREAL PERCY J. QUINN, - Manager, Ontario Branch, Toronto W. H. GODWIN & SONS AGENTS, KINGSTON, ONT. ¢ a . It is either get our bottles back or milk goes * up to 10c per quart. 3 Phone 845 ~ Price's «Peter Stuyvesant Peter Stuyvesant was a native of 'Holland who came to this country in 1647 and remained long epough to leave ais last name to a great many society ple who never knew him petsohal ly. t made his Home 8 N York City, Aime w which at that simple by 'Holland bought in two jerks tall with a $2 bill. New York did not amount to much in 1647, as it consisted mostly of, sand- burs and the homeless, "inebriated When Stuyvesant landed fot in busl- section could be bought for the of 4 plain drunk, and the Bb was at a low ebb. ness and York aristocracy, either, with their high church man and would not ak low anybody to worship in any other language. Je wag also a strict pro- hibitionist find closed some pt the best salogns.{n the city without walt- ing to-fee how many votes they con- trolled. It more mayors like old Peter Stuyvesant to-day, the un- wary strangér could go to any of our large cities and walk the streets after dark without being robbed of a diamond stick pin and several gold fillings at ong and the same time. After England took New York awdy from Holand by flolirishing a few of her battleships in, front of the town ball, Stuyvesant rétired to a farm near the city. He did not live to see New York develop into a large, lively place with a congested subway and a massive. public debt. He did not live to see the proud New ANOTHER SNAP IN ROLL AND PRINT BUTTER 43c per Ib. we AT w= THE BON MARCHE Cor: King _-- Bard. © Phone 1844 ; Cave and Bradshaw, MS HAVE YOU SEEN EW FRENOH REMEDY. - 000 POISON, BBY LEADING CHEMISTS. RCE IN ERGLARDS STE TT Phi y ¢ Con HAVERS TUCK BD NW. LONDON, TSTAME AFFILEDEO ALL GENUINE PREKETS THERAPION "lis . HISCHARGES. THERAPION Hifi T RA 0, 3. cuk 8 yITAL WESKNEES Mddregh Sn symptoms for ry abilify in your c 280, N retlar SEE TRAT TRADE MARKED WORD LTH ERAPIQN | 18 ON (T. GOV Steam Vulcanizing WE DO ALL KINDS OF TIRE AND " TUBE VULCANIZING " CAN tn and et our prices before going elsewhere, Put clans work Ang reas * sonable F. J. Pearson & Co. Cor Queen snd Fagot Sis. huge fortunes, and rentad conts-of arms. If he had, perhaps he would not have earried so. much of his re- Mgion away with him when he left. i