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w attendance at the Whitby hon is now by no means pwn, and many people; Bave n politics. fm F L Mason, Warden of jong 'those invited to the platform were Mrs E Sta ; Messrs. J M Godfrey and Benjamin Gould, of "Toronto; Wm Sith, " éx-M.P., Columbus; Chas. Calder, M.P.P;, Brooklin; Peter Chriftie, ex'M.P, Manchester: 'F Howard Annis, Whitby; E H Purdy and Samuel Jeffrey, Port "Perry; Dr. Kaiser, Oshawa. Mr Mason opened the proceedings with a brief statement of the need of a big vision and the necessity of great sacrifices in order to win the war. He then called upon Mr Benjamin Gould, of Toronto, a rep- resentative of the Win-the-War League. 'Mr Gould's address might be sammed up in bis opening sentence-- "«Until the war is won, nothing else matters." In the old days of Rome, Cato. made bis war cry: "Carthage must destroyed." Carthage was -the gieat menace to the-Raman Empire. To-day we have a' greater * menace--the militarism of Germany, --and 'until this common enemy 'of human freedom has been conquered, nothing else matters. : Desire for office counts for nothing-~German militarism must be be crashed if this is to be a fit world in' hich to live. Our first line of defence is on the: Western Eront in France, and we must concentrate our effort upon. that' "defence line, not allowing petty differences at home to weaken the work of the boys-at the Front." They are fightiog for. us and we must SUPPOFE every possible way. The ei was ai order, re The speaker then teferred to the necessity of united support of The Victory Loan. The "silver bullet" will play a big part in winning the Chairman Mason next called upon Mr. J. M. Godfrey, of Toronto, President of the Win-the-War League. He said: "We're in the war, and cannot quit the war. Canada might. have been only nominally involved in this tremendous struggle for freedom, but instead she has gone into the battle whole heartedly as these figures will show: The first suggestion was that Canada shouid send 20,000 men. We sent 33,000 r men in the first contingent. Hoa We have recruited 436,000 men.' x We have an efficient army of 365,000 men, We have sent overseas 830,000 men. We have suffered 126,000 casualties. We have been ved of 35,000 of our best and bravest. To qual this effort which Canada has made. the United States would-- _ Have to raise an army of 5,110, 000 men; Send overseas 4,720,000 men; _ Maintain on the battle line 1;120,000 men; Suffer casualties of 1,700,000 men; And contribute forty bilhon dollars towards the cost of the war. Canada has done well, but we must keep on. We must keep on doing many things that rgay not be pleasurable, "and one of these things is the hard work of production. The war loans have been raised have largely gone to pay the farmer high prices "for the grain; bacon, 'and other produce that have been sent overseas to lt = feed our defenders at the Front. Prices have gone up and the: farmer | prospered; but the testing time for the farmer may be coming when. his - patriotism may be tried-- Will he' be true to his share of winning the war if prices fall? Will he go producing when the profits are smaller? have left high salaries and comfort to fight in the trenches at $1.10 per day. Wil arms be true to hi duty when prices fall? ¢ ne aan safe as the money issued by any bank, y haye t o guatantes all_the resources of a e Any Branch of this Bask will take 0 your subseription without charge. PORT PERRY BRANCH (your party leader, you cheered him. Now that he has done the biggest thing he ever did are you going, to support him? Many forces have been at work to achieve Union Government, and one of them has been the support of the worthy Conservative members who told Sir Robert Borden to sink partizanehip and go after Union. Such a man is Mr Wm. Smith. In closing, Mr Godfrey suggested that no selection of candidate be made at this Convention, but that an honest effort be made to call a Union Convention at which a candidate might be selected to to repre- sent the Riding in the Union Government. Mr Wm Smith was-next called upon, Briefly he stated that recent "events had shown that the present Convention was inopportune; that the people of the Riding should have been consulted more, and that, if it was in the best interests of the Riding and of the success of Union Government, he would be willing to sink his personality. He heartily endorsed the idea of a Union Convention, and stated that he. would be willing to abide by the decision of such a Convention if they could come to an agreement in the matter of a candidate. His statement was brief and manly and was well received by his suppgprters. Mr Smith then introduced the following resolution: "Resolved that this meeting endorses the principle of Union Government, and heartily congratulatos the Prime Minister on hay- ing succee led in forming such a Government, representative of the determ nation of our country to do its utmost to win the war, and Resolved, that in order to assure the election from this con- stituency of a candidate to support the Union Government, the chair be authorized to appoint a Committee to confer with the rep- resentatives of the Liberal party and others and to arrange: for a Union Convention to select a candidate who shall be worthy of the support of our citizens and the endorement of the -Prime Minister as the Government candidate, and Resolved that this meeting hereby pledges itself to the support of the candidate nominated at such Convention." I) was suggested that Mr F Howard Annis, of Whitby, second the motion. Mr Annis said he was in hearty accord with the résolution,and was willing to second it, if.it was thought that 1t would be best for him, as a Liberal, to do so. The resolution was then submitted to the Convention and earried by a standing vote. Mr Mason then appointed the following committee to arrange for a Union Convention: Dr, Kaiser, Dr John Moore, Mr Fred Richardson, Mr Peter Christie, ex-M.P., Mr Barton Mothersill, and Mr F L. Mason. A number of persons were called upon to speak, Mrs E Epmund Starr, Whitby, said the women of Ontario would support Union Government. Dr Kaiser, Oshawa, said thare are now "only two parties in Canada --Fusion and con-fusion. He will support the Fusion party. Mr. S. Jefirey, Port Perry, said he would support a candidate brought out by a Union Convention, if the Convention could agree upon a man. , Liberal Committee Appointed At a meeting of the Executive of the Liberal Association held at Brooklin on Wednesday of this week the following committee was ap- pointed to meet the committee appointed by.the Whitby Convention-- Messrs Conant, Grierson, and Dr Hoig, Oshawa; Mr Ross, 'Whitby; R M Holtby, Manchester; Morley Campbell, Port Perry. A mass meet- ing of Liberals to deal with the Committee's report is called at Whitby on Tuesday, November 13. The Law Must Be Obeyed WARNING TO FARMERS AND EMPLOYERS - It is not generally understood that farmers and employers are liable to a fine of $500 to $1,000 if they retain in their employ their sons or other men eligible to register under the Military Service Act, if such men have not registered by Saturday; November 10th. That is to say that on Monday next any employer of eligible men who have not Tegis: 2 tered is liable to a fine of $500 to $1,000 if he retains such. men in- hig, employ, no maiter if such men are sons of the emplnyer. Furthermore, the employer or farmer who does not report the' fact that such men "have not registered 18 liable to a fine... Employers of . . labor are, looking into this matter. Eligible men who do not register on or before Siturday, November 10, are liable to arrest. y No Claims for exemption can be made after November 10th. Do not take it-for granted, as some have been doing, that because 3 2 bers vou tha you wil necessarily. be exempt