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THE KAISER A MAD MAN. Dr. Moore and his wife, Americans of German descent, or of German culture, are at home after a prolong- od residence at Aaakan, Germany, and for the benefit of Mrs. Moore's health. They came in contact with Mr. Helmuth, who was the chauffeur of the kaiser's motor car for several years. He had rheumatism, which the contracted as the result of repeated exposures in inclement weather, In conversation with the Moore he said the emperor was a mad man, He suffered from some malady of the tread in consequence of which-he was. doped continually, The description of the kaiser's life, and of his wor- ries through the vicissitudes of the war, appears to be a trifle overdrawn. The journalist who procured the in- terview with Dr. and Mrs. Moore saw that it did not lack for artistic embellishment. The war, however, has been enough to wredk any man of ~ the emperor's tenmiperament, and his disposition to assume larger responsi- bilities in connection with it. No man could have passed through his exciting experiences, and avoid mental and physical wreckage, and it can be safely-assumed that he must be in a very unfortunate position. Of course the facts with regard to the kaiger's condition, his constant fear of assassination, this gloom and de- spair, are kept from the German people. A proclamation with regard to his collapse, physically and ment- ally, would be to precipitate a crisis. Women have bedn admitted to the practise of law in England. Through the war women are coming to their own everywhere. Even in Ontario they are getting recognition, thanks to the persistency of Mr, Rowell in their behalf, SCHOOL FOR PREACHERS. Every preacher will read, with profound interest, the remarks of Rev. W. A. Cameron, who is now serving as a captain-chapifin at the front. Some time after the war was declared 'Mr. Cameron gave up his appointment in Toronto, a very dey girable one, and volunteered for act- ive service. In due time he had his baptism of fire. The result is a ve- velation as to the religion the soldier appreciates, the religion which Mr. | Cameron describes in a few terse sentences. He ls gared of his former sermonizing.- He can never again, he says, preach as he did formerly. His message will be simple, brief, direct tl and evangelistic. This accords with what some lay- nién have written in létters to their friends ard descriptive of their medi- tations. The world has been chang- ed to many. Their outlook is @iffer- ent. It can never be the same again. As 'their viewpoint has been altered so must all their fellowships be, es- pecially in the church. Under these dircumstances the Christian ministry will encounter difficukties later which 'may prove insuperable. The men who have been atthe front, and not tasted of its experiences, can hardly realize the situation as Rev. Mr, Cameron Has done, and one fears for the result. i A practice of the soldiers, after they have passed from England to France, is suggestive. They are schooled in the usages of the battle- field. It does not matter how care- fully they have been drilled in Eng- land. As soon as they enter she war zone they come under the new spell of field instructors, It will not be and the army chaplains have accom- panied the troops to Canada, schools are formed and pastors who rempained at home, for any reason, be given the/| nsight which they need in order to| preach the Gospel which the soldiers | must have under the new conditions. . what he says. AT LAST A SURRENDER. Sir William Hearst has implement- ed his assurance of a few days ago when he called upomhis followers to vote down Mr: Rowell's declaration in favor of woman's franchise, The war is credited with the premier"s sudden eonversion from an opponent f woman's suffrage to a supporter of it, but the impelling cause was the fear that Mr. Rowell might win some prestige by his advocacy of the sub- ject. So once more Sir William made the plunge and carried the conserva- | tive members with him. | Mr. Rowell caused a panic among the government supporters when he came out boldly for the new fran- chise. Sir William did some deep thinking, somewhat hurriedly. He heard about the petition for woman's suffrage and, was not impressed. He knew how petitions were generally procured. He was not sure that the majority of the women wanted votes. He was not certain that they would be the better with the franchise. But he saw the necessity for hedging and he would rather surrender than in- vite defeat, " Strange to say, though the conser. vative party in the legislature, for sev~ eral years, were uncompromising in sheir opposition to woman's suffrage, they became convinced when they saw what was coming. The premier even remembered that Sir John Mac- donald favored woman's suffrage-- was there anything Sir John did not support for political purposes?--and had correspondence with Sir Hugh McDonald upon the question. ~The conservative caucus was, therefore, called, and the word passed that the government accepted Mr. Johnson's bill and expected every supporter to vote for it without debate. Mr. Rowell was of course happy. So was Mr. McDonald, of East Bruce, who had been repulsed year after year when he pressed his franchise bill. There was no one to oppose the proposition now. All the trouble had come from the government's side and the croakers had been either doped or muzzled. The tight has been only partially won, however, up to the present. Sir Robert Borden has found a ground for deferring Action in the fact that the basis for a fede- ral franchise is not the same in all the provinces, and that until it is he can do nothing. The liberals who rule now im five of the provinces will see tha way to 4 full en- franchisemefit is opened up; and until this is done their work is incomplete. EDITORIA NOT Armenian literature, in/circulation through Canada, is shockiyg the peo- ple. They had mo idea that Turkish fiendishness could reach the excesses that have been reported, he The survivors from the Laconia sang "Rule Britannia' when they landed. They were not cast down because a submarine in the night tor- pedoed their ship without warning, and sank it, The director of National Service.in Montreal calls upon the owners of 95,000 vacant lots to put them under cultivation. Sensible advice. What else could one expect from a $250 a month government official? Germany, it ig assumed, wants to fight in the open. Advancing arm- jes in massed formation has been tried in the war and abandoned. The machine gun makes the old-time cavalry or infantry attack impossible; The Hearst government was not moved by the petition for woman's suffrage. Of course nof, It saw what was coming, with the aid of Mr. Rowell, and reached results impetu- ously. That wag all, - The farmers are against the use of oleomargarine in Canada, They have not the butter to sell, and those who cannot buy butter at 50c a lb. in towng or cities, would like marger- ine. Who are tlie most entitled to consideration under the circum- stances? Count Tarnow Tarnowski, the Austrian ambassador to the United (Belleville Omarioy. They had a high cost of living in- was expressed that if the customers would pay cash and carry home parcels, the high cost would tumble. Credit. and delivery high prices. surprising, if, when the war is over,. ¢ | pUBLI Governme - war. Pos t i at' 8( a of tl yhacks th A contemporary talks of the fool-|Wents get oy : py ancks tid} 2 . x lare intended for awa ishness of Prof. Laycock: He is giv-1? 8 inten rae en to humor. Sometimes hg writes | The Next Move. funny books. When he discusses serl-| Presider : Sty 19 Mail he Yorigress to ously the cost of living in Canada the | \onsent to a state of armed neutrality people won't believe that he means! for the United States. By degrees he may become bold enough to deciare States, is like a wandering refugee. | quiry up at Winnipeg. The opinion} G_ OPINION | Perhaps They Are. & w | be the in y down during ve Provincial Govern- New Br wick for disarmed belligerency The Woman's Chance. (Windsor ord) ed Both Grits and Tories in the On- tario Legislature are scrapping over the «privilege of introducing woman suffrage. They have their eyes on the next election, when the women will have a chance to vote His Good Example. (Hamilton Herald) In declining an imperial title John Ross Robertson puts himself in the same class as Pitt, Gladstone, Cham- berlain, Bright, George Brown, Ed- ward Blake, Alexander Mackenzie, t name only a few. Not bad company kenzie's No. (Toronto Globe) If credit were due any Canadians for the refusal of knighthood a large ghare belonged to Alexander Mac- kenzie. He thrice refused the honor and resisted the importunities of Lord Dufferin and the Marquis of Lorne. ju GSTON EVENTS 26 YEARS ACO March came in like a lion to-day all right. The city treasurer to-day borrow- ed $50,000 from the Bank of British North America to meet current ex penses. There were just three marriages in the city during February. There were 38 births and 32 deaths. 3 LLOYD GEORGE BE- COMES A CROMWELL & Britain's House of Commons will fool with Lloyd George as the Long Parliament fooled with Oliver Crom- well, Britain's Premier may .yet curse the House of Commons to its face, chase the members to the street, lock up the whole institution and put the key in his pocket. Britain is tired of a Premier who is chosen. for his ability to manage the House of Commons rather than for his ability to manage a great war. H. H. Asquith could "play upon the dle" pire as Nero's violin golo did to ex- tinguish the flames of burning Rome. The British House of Commons may lose its sense of perspective and make trouble for Lloyd George. The chise the soldiers and go to the coun- try. The results of a war-time general election would put the present House of Commons where Oliver Cromwell put the Long Parliament, and must 1 quite the same again House of Commons like an old fid- That musical accomplishment did as little to save the British Em- war Government has only to enfran-| reduce the debating society at West- THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1917. nel | & PREACHING WHICH THE SOLDIERS DESIRE a | | ttawa Journal-Press There is something particularly in-| teresting in the statement contained | in a letter of Rey. Capt. W, A. €am-| eron, He left Bloor St Baptist | church to go to the front on special | work. 'He contends that "by far the' greater part of our army have kept| themselves unsullied" from the! temptations of 'wine, women, pro- fanity and gambling, + The writer of | the letter also says that his work at the front has given him a different vision, © "My message can never he I think I have often failed in the past in not being direct enough, The soldier's demand a straight) simple, earnest gospel. They care very little about ecclesias- tical dogma and denominational dif- ferences. There is but one church here composed of all who strive to follow the Christ and who believe in His power to strengthen and redeem human life." THE BURDENS OF THE TORY PARTY s and Toronto World, Ind The election in New Brunswick on Saturday is another warning to the Conservatives at Ottawa. Province after province is going against them Sir Richard McBride hag retired to London, as the commissioner of Brit- ish Columbia, Hon. Robert Rogers is now in London, and the Montreal Gazette mentions hig ndme as Cana- dian high commissioner to England Hon, J. D. Hazen, whose friends were beaten in New Brunswick on Saturday, is also in London, soon to go on the bench of New Brunswick, according to current report What would happen if a general elections were held in Ontario and tbe nickel policy of Hon. Frank Cochrane made the issue? And Sir Hugh Graham, who put the Conservatives in wrong by his cultivation and propagation of the Bourassa Nationalist flower the Tory garden, has heen made a peer of Great Britain Have = the (Conservatives to carry him and his exploitation of the newspapers of montreal, of the street railway and other franchises of Montreal. SOME SAGE ADVICE FOR HON. DR. PAYNE Hamilton Times, I'D is The Ontario Minister of Education has issued a circular to inspectors and teachers who are now giving in- struction in agriculture 'and horti- culture in the prowineial schools, to arrange, ag far as practicable, the growing of plants of food values in school gardens, and not Brow so many flowers. With the same object in view, the home garden projects should be enlargéd and modified and extensive use made of vacant lots and other unoccupied areas, In this way advantage might be taken of the potential labor of boys and girls from eight t§ fifteen or sixteen, much of which in the ordinary course of events ig not utilized . The circular gays: "IH, indeed, the urban munl!- cipalities in Ontario having a popu- lation of from 1,000 to 9,000 would double. the present production of their gardens and poultry yards, and use, as recommended - above, the vacant lots and' other unoccupied areas, it would increase the food pro- A minster to its true place jin the pic- ture of Britain's needs. a at at "Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing THOMAS A. EDISON. method of measuring electricity, which has business in this country more profit able than running a hot tamale booth at an Old Settlers' picnic, Mr. Edison is conceded by both press and public to be one of the best and most fertile inventors the United States has ever produced, He form- ed the habit in eaarly youth and has never gotten over it. He began life as a train boy, and sold the unex- purgated yellow-backed novel and the plasiic gum drop with great suc- cess: But he was not satisfied. Something within him, which has veen bothering him ever since, im- pelled him on and led him to become a telegraph operator, when he first came in contact with the kind of electricity which produces head-end collisions, After Mr, Morse had learned the Random Reels Thomas A. Edison is a sleepless geniug who invented the short-watt made the electric light a very consérvative calculation." mn * Wax, of Cabbages and Kings" + Morse alphabet so that he could tell a dash from a semi-colon, his In ventive genius Degan to break out faster than a fat boy with the measles. Whenever he wanted some- thing that nobody else had thought of, he would go out and invent it and then cry 'Eureka," after having it patented in several different lan- guages, Most of Mr. Edison's pat- ents are still doing business at the old stand. . Mr. Edison gives away a great deal of money without advertising for bids, and has helped many a young man to get somewhere on his own power. He rises at 4.00 A.M, and mingles with fuses, retorts, crucibles, spark plugs and other forms of inani- mate life until milnight. He is one of the few Americans who have the cross of the Legion of Honor pinned neatly over the pianola. He sleeps with a pencil over his left ear and a tablet under his pillow, thus mak- ing it impossible for any meritorious invention to get away. ' The night blood run cold. long, ing, "How are driven man him out a is fierce and windy, all frozen is the wold; the storm kicks up a-shindy that makes = my My chair is lined with leather, my fire is burning bright, and 1 enjoy the weather, the cold, winter night. I live in peace and plenty, no famine have I felt, and I have eight or twenty mince pies beneath my belt. | you sit at ease, while hungry folk are weinerwurst and cheese? How can you | smoke your cutty, and read your magazi [y wife is always say- while nutty by lack of bread greens?" and needy," I say, "when'dr I can; the seedy, and cheer the also ran. dollar, a shilling or a pound. But ed, and night brings peace 1 thoughts are banished--I shoo quitting your wearisome harrangue; the poor go hang." \ in. ducts of Ontario by $10,000,000 at] holler of want, when I'm around, I'll} KING HATS $2.50 'S i | ee Bibbys New $18 2 Young Men's Suits { Tl NZ 2 {4 4 : : = The new colorings in fabrics are handsome i as well as classy. The new features in cut and FY tailoring have all been honored by the best i \J tailors in the land. | | 8 Mr. Smart Dresser--We're at your service for a handsome clean cut thoroughbred Spring suit. | L . i i New Shirts Are here. See Bibbys Special $1.25. Soft Roll Cuff Shirts. pring Overcoats See Bibbys Special $15.00 Light Weight Overcoats. 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