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to. t m t 9l 12 ‘"You in Canada have contributed much," said Sir Frederick. "You have raised a large and brilliant army and you have carried out immense conâ€" tracts for munitions. Between one and two thousand million dollars of contracts for war materials and ships have been let in Canada, fifty milâ€" lion shells have been made in Canada and shipped to Britain since the war $ in his judgment the second battle of YÂ¥pres was not less critical than the first Battle of Ypres. (Applause). Next Offensivs They were told there would be a great German offensive on the Westâ€" ern front in the next few months. He did not know whether there would be or not, nor did he know whether the United States would be able to put her full force into the struggle this year, but he was confident that the men who held the line at Verdun and YÂ¥pres would be more than equal to the German onslaught, even as their predecessors had been. it the Canadians had given away, then the whole line would have been comâ€" promised and broken, and it might be. interesting to them to know that Lord French, who was the British â€" Field Marshal at the time, had told him that In a tribute to the gallantry of the Eirst Canadian Division at the secâ€" ond Battle of Ypres, Sir Frederick said that if Canada had wished it they could have assumed the watchword of the French at Verdunâ€""They shall not pass‘"â€"for that had been the spirit of the Canadian at Â¥pres. If ly no camp had ever grown â€"more swiftly than the great camp at Valâ€" cartier. As long as the history of this war was taught in the schools ‘of Canada the historian would give a high place to the exertions and efâ€" forts of Major General â€" Sir Sam KHughes. Some said Sir Sam had made mistakes. Well, Lord Kitchenâ€" er had made mistakes, and no man ever made armies who did not make mistakes. 5} Sir Frederick Smith, who had a $\ great reception, opened with a jocuâ€" â€"â€" dar reference to the Chairman‘s scheâ€" i‘“ dule, putting a time limit on the _ speakers. Some of the countries at _ war were rationed in mattersjof coal, ' others in matters of food and sugar, but Toronto was probably the first y place to be rationed in speeches, he said. The British Attorney General mwent on to pay ‘high tribute to the war work of the United States. In the language of President Wilson, the United States was in this war with "all we nave and all we are." Sir Frederick had travelled all over the great industrial and agricultural secâ€" _ tions of the republic, and had adâ€" dressed some $0 or 40 meetings, and he brought back with him the conâ€" _ viction that the minds of the Ameri+ can people were as much made up â€" in this war as ours. He was also of the opinion that the overwhelming majority of the naturalized Germans in the United States were loyal to _ the country in which they had taken up their babitation. ‘"The proof of it, which I have never questioned, is ‘that they have given their sons to the g draft, and they are offering their bodâ€" ies to stand in the trenches in your eause and my cause," said he. Cleared by History. 4 C Proceeding, Sir Frederick reviewed _ events since the outbreak of the war, « and said that history would not envy those of whom it shall at last be said by the universal consent of mankind, "He willed this war." Great Britain was clear and would be cleared in | â€" history. They knew who was responâ€" _ sible for the war.. They knew that _ the German Ambassador at Constantiâ€" _‘ nople had told the American Ambasâ€" _ sador there six months before the war would come, and they knew from the _ evidence of Italy that a year before| ‘war broke out the war was then proâ€" posed by the Germans and Austrians \to their Italian allies. ‘"What was the â€" choice given to Great Britain? They did not give us a month in which to decide whether or not Great Britain was to be involved in the greatest and _ most critical struggle in all her hisâ€" tory. It presented itself to those who / were responsible for making decisions in quite a different way. | You. have mot forgotten the origin of it all, the â€" murder of a Grand Duke and the proâ€" _ posal by Austria to take steps in relaâ€" | tion to Serbia which in one day would â€" reduce Serbia from the status of an | independent nation to the status of a wassal nation, and the calculated step | â€" that tha? would involve Russia, and j that the whole thing would prepare for the reopening. and finishing of : ‘ the work of 1870. Everything was C prepared and the pistol was put to J the head of Sir Edward Grey, repreâ€" | _ senting a nation governed by a paciâ€" 7 fist government and a government ‘which had neglected what we considâ€" _ ered the most elementary points neâ€" 1 cessary in the preparation for war. 1 Within three hours we were practicalâ€" | ly presented with an ultimatum by | ® Germany to the effect that ‘If we inâ€" ] vade France will Britain hold aloof | * or will Britain not hold aloof?, The |© ‘honor â€"of England and all she has stood for for centuries was involved and we were invited to stand aside and ‘let the Germans march through Belâ€" gium, whose neutrality we had guarâ€"| I anteed, in order to conquer France. I told you that two hours were given us to: decide on these things and I tell you now, long afterwards, that two minutes sufficed. (Applause). |‘c We knew well enough that we had | t no army. All the men we had availâ€" | t able to send at that moment was 80,â€" | t 000, and I remember well the agony | C of anxiety under which the French | \Government at that moment labored. | S] They, did not know whether we would | 1: ‘think it wise to send the only army | 1 ‘that we had to France at that desperâ€" | V ate moment. The French Ambassaâ€"| SI dor said to Sir Edward Grey ‘We | t: want your army; we need your moral | E support; if you can send us nothing | tc else, send us the band of the Grenaâ€" | t dier Guards.‘ (Applause). But we| Cc \did not content ourselves with that. | St Not knowing what was going to hapâ€" | 81 pen to them, not knowing whether the advance ofâ€"'he mightiest miliâ€" | es tary machine tha@#f had ever been made st might not overwhelm France, and in m overwhelming France submerge civilâ€" fo ization, we put all we had to the hazâ€" N ard and our gallant little army went is to France." ac Tribute to Sir Sam Hughes be â€"â€" Sir Frederick said that Britain had no time, under the cirecumstances, to di consult the overseas Dominions. She sn arrived at the best decision she could TJ and thought the Dominions would at take the same view. They all knew on what was the view taken by Canada.| qs Great work of improvising had bg.en ly done by the decadent little island I:;p from which he came, but no swifter qu work had ever been done than that | of which brought into existence one of fo the most brilliant divisions ever moâ€" ‘ bilized, the First Canadian Division. ; Camps since the war began had | .*â€" sprung up like mushrooms, but sureâ€" | _‘ SIR FREDERICK SMITH REVIEWS WAR‘S HISTORY TWO began, $60,000,000, worth of contracts for ships have bebn let in this counâ€" try, 89 ships arfi being constructed under those contlracts, and toâ€"day the first vessel was‘!launched; 150 airâ€" planes a month and spare parts for them are being manufactured in Canâ€" ada, and a contract for 600 airplanes was entered into by Canada to be supâ€" plied to the United States. Three hunâ€" dred have already been shipped and three hundred more will be shipped in thirty days." The successful prosecution of the war by the Allies will depend to a very large extent upon the extent of food production and food conservation this year by the people of North America. Every person who can possibly proâ€" duce food must do so, no matter how small his or her contribution may be. Those who cannot produce food, can at least conserve‘it. The utmost econâ€" omy is imperative. The situation toâ€" day is critical and the world is rapidâ€" ly approaching that conditionâ€" when price will not be the most important question, but when even the people of Canada may be glad to cat any food which they can obtain. The situation has been thoroughly canvassed, and among those who have studied it, there is unanimous agreeâ€" ment that the only solution of the food problem is greater production in North America. In this connection it is especially important that the spring acreage sown in bread grains should be as large as it can possibly be made. countries of western Europe is graver than it has been at any time since the beginning of the war. Informaâ€" tion has been received by the Food Controller which shows that the utâ€" most effort must be made to increase spring acreage and to secure a much larger production of bread grains in 1918 than was done in 1917. Mr. Hooâ€" ver has already pointed out that if ships have to be sent to. more disâ€" tant countries to carry foodstuffs to Europe, fewer ships will be available to carry soldiers and â€" supplies from this continent, with a result that the continued participation of the United States and Canada in the war will be greatly hampered. Byâ€"laws were passed appointing the following officials and Board of Health: Assessor, Andrew Grady; Auâ€" ditprs,. A. G. McLean and John Johnâ€" ston; Board of Health, Dr. P. D. Mcâ€" Lean, John J. Porter and the Reeve; Secretary, N. Harrison; Sanitary Inâ€" spector, Jas. Byrne. The following dates were fixed for meetings of council for the year;:â€"â€" February 2nd, March 2nd, April 6th, May 4th, June ist, July 13th, August 17th,« September 14th, Qctober L2th, November 16th, December 16th. Wileyâ€"Dobsonâ€"That the Treasurâ€" er be instructed to forward $15 to the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and that the Reeve and Clerk issue an order for the same. Dobsonâ€"Kerseyâ€"That $1.00 be reâ€" funded to Nawton Maw, being an erâ€" ror in assessment of dog tax. WESTON‘S HARDWARE STORE MAIN STREET DTJ/ The clerk was instructed to order copies ofi the Municipal World for the Reeve and Clerk. & Mr. Kersey gives notice of a byâ€"law to readjust the tax on dogs, and to appoint valuators of loss sustained by parties having sheep killed or in jurâ€" ed ‘by dogs. Mr. Dobson gives notice of a byâ€" law to fix and regulate the fees and remunération to be paid to officials and members of the Corporation and to repeal all byâ€"laws and resolutions respecting the same. From Hospital for Sick Children, asking donation. ' From Nawton Maw, claiming reâ€" fund of dog tax as he was erroncousâ€" ly assessed for same. Stoves Pedaime demonan cemaieli o i 0 in old t CCR CRRC ) asking the council to appoint repreâ€" sentatives to the local board. Communications were received and read from: The members._were all present exâ€" cept Mr. O‘Hara, and having made and subscribed the declarations of ofâ€" fice and qualification, answered to their names and took their seats at the council board as follows: Reeve, Joseph Julian; councillors,/ Wm. Dopâ€" son, Geo. Wiley and Thomas Kersey. Pursuant to statute the council met on Monday, January 14. The food situation in The following letter received from Spr. Leonard Morley, one of the Wesâ€" ton boys who has been on active serâ€" vice for some time, but at the time of writing was confined in an Engâ€" lish hospital. ORLD FOOD SITUATION IS INCREASINGLY GRAVE The Toronto and York Highway Commission held an â€" organization meeting last Thursday when Thomas Foster, M.P., was . reâ€"elected chairâ€" man, and W. H. Pugsley, viceâ€"chairâ€" man. Owing to the war conditions it was decided. not to make any greater expenditure in 1918 than last year. The improvement of the Highâ€" land Creek Hill was thoroughly disâ€" cussed, but no decision will be arrived at until the next meeting. On The Department of Agriculture HIGHWAY COMMISSION MEET TORONTO GORE COUNCIL motion the council adjourned â€" N. HARRISON, Clerk. "DH AÂ¥A M‘ S Ranges the allied t Contributed More Than Half of Britâ€" ish Red Cross Contributions. The food situation in . the Allied countries of Western Europe is graver than it has been at any time since the beginning of the war. It has alâ€" ready been pointed out that if ships have to be sent to more distant counâ€" tries to carry foodstuff ‘to Europe, fewer ships will be available to carry soldiers and supplies to the Allies. It is is unanimously agreed that the only solution of this problem is greater production on the North American continent. Every person WhZ can possibly produce food must do so, no matter how small the amount. Those who cannot produce can at least conâ€" serve. The utmost economy is imâ€" perative. The successful Drosecution of the war by the Allies will depend to a very large extent unpon the food production and conservation by the people of North America. New regulations. governing land settlements in northern Ontario have been issued by the department of lands, forests and mines, at the parâ€" liament buildings, which makes it neâ€" cessary that all settlers in future be British subjects. This particular clause is apparently aimed at alien enemies residing in Ontario. It is also pointed out that settlers must â€" take an affidavit to obey all the laws and regulations of the province and this includes the famous regulation 17 and it so happens that there are many French â€" Canadians who are taking land in this new country. As long as the war lasts no person,. who is of military age will be allowed to take land unless a certificate is produced showing ‘that the applicant is either unfit for military service, has been reâ€" jected or exempted. Any person found guilty ‘of making a false affidavit or otherwise attempting to defraud or who does. not live up to the reguâ€" lations will be compelled to forfeit his land and. any moncf he has paid in improvements, without compensation. ig NONE BUT BRITISKH The time to select most intelliâ€" gently and profitably is when the grain is still standing â€" uncut. The best part of the best field should be marked and from it the seed should be kept. Those who â€" have not done this should, however, do the next best thing, and thoroughly clean the grain for the spring sowâ€" ing. Now is the time to do it, Do not wait until the day the seed is required for sowing. Use the fanâ€" ning mill © now. Put. the grain through the mill two or three times, or, until all dirt, shrunken kernels and weed seeds are cleaned out. This is the season when labour is most plentiful and when â€" time will permit carrying out these operations. Clean seed grain will mean larger yields. Strict attention to this matâ€". ter is a part of the ‘bit‘ expected of the farmer.â€"F.C.N. ‘ Canada‘s contribution to the Britâ€" is one thing, however, that is largeâ€" ly in the farmer‘s own hands, it is the quality of the grain used for seed. Under ordinary ‘conditions, the farmer should not find it necesâ€" sary to buy seed grain once he has secured a variety suitable to his farm. It has been many times clearly demonstrated that it pays to sow good‘seed. This applies with equal force to grain, root, vegetable and garden seeds. Some of the seeds required on the farm may have to be purchased, and only the very best should be. obtained. If there FOOD SITUATION IN CANADA The annual meeting of the District Lodge of West York was held under the auspices of Eglinton L.O.L., No. 269, with a large number of enthusiasâ€" tic members present. W. Bro. Jas. Hugill, district master, occupied the chair. After the routine business had been put through, County Master W. Bro. J. R. Findlay took the chair, conâ€" ducting the election and installation of the officers appointed for the comâ€" ing year. District Master, Bro. Dr. Sproule;Deputy Master, Bro. Mcâ€"Mim; chaplain, Bro. Dickson; rec. sec., Bro. James Hugill; fin. sec., Bro. Wm. Walmsley; treasurer, Bro. Davenport; director of ceremonies, Bro. Joseph Walmsley; 1st lecturer, Bro. McKenâ€" zie; 2nd lecturer, Bro. Butler. ANNUAL MEETING OF WEST YORK DISTRICT L.O.L. ONTARIO AGAIN IN LEAD IMPORTANCE OF GOOD SEED Heaters PHONE NO. 14 BORN MAY TAKE UP LAND THE TIMES & GUIDE, WESTON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23,\ 1918 At a recent meeting held by the ’ girls of Mrs. Jackson‘s Sunday school class, they decided to form @ club _known under the name of Eleurdelis, for the purpose of providing comforts for the boys overseas. The meetings are to be held every ‘two weeks in the different homes. Their aim is to pack two boxes each month containâ€" ing socks, cake, candies, cookies | of some sort, handkerchiefs, gum, tooth paste, etc. The young lady at whose home the meeting is held is to take charge of the packing and shipping of that week‘s boxes, also donating a cake and pair of socks, and is grantâ€" ed the privilege of choosing the reâ€" cipient of\her box, four of the other members paying 25c each night to cover other expenses. Meetings to commence at 7.30 p.m. and close at 10. o‘clock. Light tefreshments limâ€" ited to cake, tea, coffee, or cocoa are to be served.! Officers clected as follows: Hon. pres., Mrs. Jackson; pres., Miss Elsie Cousins; vice pres., Miss Vera Coulter; see., Miss Bessic Macklin; treas., Miss E. Smith. The first meeting of the club will be held at the home of Mrs. Jackson, Main St., on Monday night, Febrnary 4. rl As you see by the address I am in + | old Blighty. I landed here last Monâ€" _| day, December 18. We had a rotten ; voyage over. I was sick all the time, 1| so I stayed in London Monday night. * | Everybody is well. Frank is busy getâ€" i | ting ready to go to Canada.. I wish â€" | I could change places with him. Well, ; | I suppose you would like to know ‘_| what I have been doing. We went to . | France on October 26, 1916.. We stayâ€" ; | ed at Havre in the restv\ camp for two | days, then got on a passenger train, . | eight to a carriage, with all our kit, and they sent us up to Albert, where we stayed over night in the train, then they sent us back to Candas, where we lived for four days on three bisâ€" cuits and a tin of bully beef per man, and everything else we had we stole _| off the farmers, such as turnips, etc., _ | but had to pay 1,000 franes for dam-‘ ages. After staying for a week we. _| moved to Pouche Villers,just the comâ€" ‘ _| bpany.. We were getting a little more _| to eat then, one loaf between four to‘ | six men per day, a little jam, butter and cheese with it; but we could buy bread there, so we managed to live anyway. We put in a piecce of double track there while they took Beaumont Hambel. From there we moved to Maâ€" ricourt near Albert, stayed there about two weeks in mud up to our knees, then we moved to La Boisselle, where we did some narrow gauge work around Possieres and Contalmaison. We were camped in a place called | Saussage Valley, where the Canadians had just left. We moved up there on December 24 and had Christmas Day to fix up ourselves. It was there we first saw a shell burst. We thought it was great fun hearing the things whistling and then see the dirt fly up, but I have seen too many now, though. . Well I got along there all right for two months, then we moved back to Maricourt or Plateau. It was then I went into hospital. I was in the field ambulance for five days and was only about % of a mile from the big ammunition dump when it blew up. It was some racket! I was sent to C.C.S. at Bray and from there, to No. 4 Gen. at Camieres, from there | to the Con Camp Etaples, from there to the Canadian Base, Havre, and . from there up to the Battalion. . It f took me five days to find them. They were still at Maricourt, but we only stayed a week, then we moved â€"â€" to Villers, Faulkner. We stayed another week and had to get out, it was too warm. The night after we left Fritz blew the place up. We moved up to Epehy and â€" stayed_. for about two months in a chalk pit.. We put inâ€"a double track right down from there to Maricourt. We laid to Perronne at the rate of one mile per day.â€" That‘s a record for war or peace time. Afâ€" ter we finished there we went to Dunâ€" kirk and wotked for ‘about three ‘weeks. While we were there he shellâ€" ed the place with 15 inchers. We had a good time there in the sea almost every day. Then we moved up to International Corners and extended the wide gauge track. After an adâ€" vance on July 31 we. were cutting through" the third line trenches one hour after the fellows went â€" over,. , There certainly was some excitement. } Thank goodness we have finished that line. I can‘t begin to describe Pilkem ’ Ridge where we, laid it or the times | we have had to tum for /it, but We! have only had about 12 killed. Once Fritz put a barrage of high explosives ] (9.52) behind us, and we had to go | through it, but we came out without] losing a man, although he hit 'thei track between us several times.. Well, 1 I haven‘t got time to write any more . now, but I will write againâ€"soon. j Give my love to everybody at home. | From your loving son, | Dundas Street H. F. BROWN, SOoLDIERS‘ COMFORTS wor K Dear mother o the Beaver Theatre on the Dates Printed on Each Stub SOLDIER WRITES HOME Manager freaverU@tGea By sending in 5 New Suscribers to The Times & Guideâ€"Do it at once ! THIS WILL ADMIT 15 Payne Ave., Hove LEOQONARD chers. We had the sea almost . moved up to and extended %@xzfimuhfil This is Not Transferable GET THIS PASS K. FROST;, West Toronto We have talked about the immenâ€" sity of our fire losses for years. lsn‘t it time that laws were passed to reâ€" duce the waste? It can be done. The value of grain and other agâ€" ricultural produce burned in Canada in 1916 was equal to the average anâ€" nual production, Of 1500 hundred acre farms. Canada‘s fire loss in 1916 would have provided 3,500 aeroplanes or 25,â€" 000 machine guns or maintained over 20,000 men in the trenches for a year. Canada‘s annual fire waste is sufâ€" ficient to pay five per cent. interest on all the war loans floated in Canaâ€" da and provide a sinking fund large enough to cancel the total indebtedâ€" ness in thirty years. One year‘s fire loss in Canada would purchase 12,000,000 bushels of wheat for our allies. The Canadian Government pays $2,â€" 000,000 a month in separation allowâ€" ances to soldiers‘ wives and dependâ€" ents. The Canadian people burn property valued at $2,250,000 a month. Canada‘s fire loss in 1916 was $25,â€" 400,000, and it will be greater this year. So vast is the amount that it is hard to realize its significance when stated in mere figures. Here are some other days of stating it, which drive home its baleful signifiâ€" cance: Assistant Conservation, the Meaning of Fire OTHER PEOPLE‘ VIEWS 1B AGE UP TO 48 Minimum height, 4 feet 11 inches; amination; full seale of pay, allowanece a seas immediately. f Wanted At Once â€" â€" Men of All Trades NOW RECRUITINGâ€"THE YORK AND SIMCOE FOBRBESTERS, C.E.F., NO. 7 FORESTRY DRAFT APPLY HEADQARTERS, 858 YONGE STREET From 9 a.m. until 10.30 p.m. Or ROOM 26, 70 LOMBARD STREET From 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. STRAIGHT _ TO FRANCE ; L1 inches; easy physical exâ€" allowance and pensions; overâ€" M $ olad ?‘fi‘ xel i oanet uoo inss * Ooend P !;s(ilf w | sele Iw €R C | i i