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rains ‘ ()I' H UPSBS lea’c- Chop P. Scholfield. and Mr. 'ors. Mr. W. F. Com I. K.C., Vice-President. P. SCHOLFIELD, ills 1917. my Dav) and patrimic and hu- irse was to do only prevent slavery tram xorth western territory m >W become the MW «5* ".45 nued on page3. ~43! 1) Chop 3n Corn '()1' H UPS OLDERS. Standard Bank of King Street West, o’clock noon. anada notice h 099.99. <- A General Manag‘» mities .ce ha‘ val M anager. Mr. E. A. 9 report: 30nd An- January, ’yed dur- .x1 all de- .ccounta :ertified verify- xches on exhibits ; to the I. by the Canada. man- 139.63 664.10 084.87 645.84 507.15 799.89 935.38 637.76 24.47 re- Lde 14 and S4 99 D'l the Tied tho THE LESSON TAUGHT BY CANADA 'West) and provide for the speedyI stoppage of the African slave trade. These attempts were successful andl meant progress. Then for a couple of generations all that could be donei “as the slow education of peace- -lov-: ing and unwilling people to the great idea that although war was an evil,: disunion and slavery were greater‘ evils, and that xx ar must be accepted'I if only thereby could righteousness be; fulfilled. At the present time the essential things for us to do in order to pro- mote world peace, are, first, to school ourselves as a nation into the habit of keeping our promises and therefore of never making a promise without full counting of the cost, and, second, 40 prepare our full naval and military strength. accepting the view that there can be no strength without training in advance, no performance of duty without the acceptance of labor and risk, and no right in man qr woman to enjoy privileges without the full discharge of theobligations going therewith. Hi There has been for the last fewl years but scant moral leadership 0 ; our people by our public men alongi the hard path of duty. There has been little enough of such leadership! in our press and our pulpit. But I believe that a growing number of our papers and periodicals, and a more rapidly growing number of our cler- gymen, are constantly seeing the light more clearly, and speaking the truth more boldly. Bishop Gailor of Ten- nessee has borne testimony for true eAmericanism and for righteousness, and for its full performance of duty in the exact spirit of the men of 1776. Archbishop Ireland, Cardinal Gibbons, and many others, have in speech or wv“ letter stood for righteousness, and fori international duty, and for thorough- going preparedness. As I write therel are before me a Thanksgiving Day sermon by the Reverend Randolph H. McKim of Washington, and a Christâ€" mas sermon by Dr. William T. Man- ‘ning of Trinity Church, New York, which should make every rightâ€"think- ing American grateful to the preach- ers; I have seen a number of such sermons by clergymen of all denomin- Continued from page 2. March 8, 1917. purchase. Holders of this stock will hav as the equivalent of cash, in paymen in Canada other than an issue of Treasury. Proceeds of this stock are for war purposes only. A commission of one-quarter of one percent will be allowed to recognized bond and stock brokers on allotments made in respect of applications for this stock which bear their stamp. ering at par and accrued interest, e the privilege of surrend under any future war loan issue For application .182 The books and speeches of Jamesl ne Beck on our present-day duties should be studied by every real American; l at and I wish that Gustavus Ohlingm r351 '11,;“The True Faith and Alle<r1ance ”' ;erl with its foreword by ()‘1181‘ '1‘ 'Ster, .ed‘ could be ciiculated brbadcast, as a. bel primer of patriotism, in every school,§ college, and library in the land. I call attention to the fact that these three ro- writers are, as I myself am, mainly a!" 301 non-English and partly of German‘ of 1 blood. But they are Americans, and; ot‘ ' nothing else; they are incapable 01 standing for any form of hyphenated 40|1A111e1'ica11isn1. They are hrdu du Americanism; they are incapable of ‘1mean hatred toward any other nag tio11, and equalh incapable of failuie ace : to tell the stern truth about any othe1 ofination when such truth- tellin1r is 1.11,-1 cessary; and most of all they are in- ial hat )ut' 1an'. out capable 0f tI'UCklng to the sinister ans' menace of professional Germanâ€" i l l . . . [Americantsrm Wthh for two years iand a half has been, even more than ong: These men, like all men who are both really patriotic and really far- :hip [1| sighted, realize that it is a crime for 011 this nation to persevere in its present 101,; course of Chinese-like refusal to pre- ,pare its strength for its defense. 1A“ IN SUMS OF $500 of every God-fearing man in this country. Woe to us as Christians if we put peace before righteousness; and woe to us as Americans if we fail to prepare our Strength for our own defense! Recently Mr. Ohlinger wrote me, with justified irony- “I was hoping to spend my sparei time on a subject which our recent history has suggested, viz.: ‘A Sub- 1missive and Permissive Alliance with lChina., The proposition need only to ibe stated to convince any fair-minded man of its reasonableness. What! icould be more fitting than that the! two greatest republics in the world‘ .Ijoin in such an alliance? The two lcountries have very much in common gin national characteristics and gov- !ernmental inefficiency. In case of iaggression against either member of gthe alliance the Other would contrib- 3 ute towards satisfying the demands of lthe aggressor. Doubtless the pacifists :would regard such an alliance as an ienlightened prmest against the deâ€" gfensive and offensive alliances of the past.” forms apply to the Deputy Minister OTTAWK >ber, 1919. ,1st Apr}: and 1st October by at the rate of five per cent ; ' I" I one perxcent will be allowed to recognized bond and respect of applications for this stock which bear their OR ANY MULTIPLE THEREOF. HAVE FUNDS REQUIRING ber by cheque (free of exchange at cent per annum from the date of Let our people profit by Canada’s example and by the teachings of our own paptriots. We are proud of the great past of our land. We can not afford to have this country, which ought to be, and can be, made the hope and the example for the free p00ples of the world, turned into the Greatest of the Yellow Nations. VVe must not make the mistake ol‘ supposing that the war is over yet- The evidence all goes to prove that w: have a very great deal to do hefrn-p the end that will secure stability comes. We are fighting not for con quest. hut in order to establish thu principles of justice and of fidelity t... promises. For this imperative end. wr need to secure an undoubted decision in the field. Our leaders have thought. over the Whole situation. and are clear that we cannot obtain a secuw and lasting peace without victory. For victory we need men. and if Can ‘ ada is to do her full share. this County }must take its part. The men in the trenches are under a great strain. mm lthey are facing grave dangers. \Ve are looking to those who are left in Canada to come to their support and see them through. We must not for. sake the cause of the Motherland; we . must not leave a. great cause like ours to fail through “stalemate.” because of lack of proper support. Every eligi- ble man must face the duty of enlist- ing. At a meeting held recently in a com- munity where the recruiting of men was being discussed, the difficulty of getting the work done on the farm was raised. A woman in the audience who had already seen that her son hiâ€"Ul enlisted, arose to express her views of the situation and to tell what she was ready to do. After speaking of the seriousness of the present situation. and pointing out what would happen if our Empire at this juncture were to suffer defeat, she declared that she was ready to see that all the plowing was done on the farms of any man who would enlist. She would do her own share of this plowing, and what she Icould not do herself, she would ..aâ€". .\-n ”ti-v get done by enlisting other women in the work. In this way the land would be filled and at the same time men would be secured to fill the ranks. 1" [\“1. VVUUlu up uy-uu-\,\- .H- ___,_ It is this spirit that has made our Empire what it is. The next few months now before us, will be months of the greatest importance. It is by the sacrifices of our men and our W0 men that our cause is to be won. This County’s battalion needs every man who can enlist and the management of the battalion can be easily seen and will welcome any man ready to serve his Country. The War Not Over Yet EVERY ONE AT 11‘ THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. BRITAIN’S 0000 0011.001: Russuns mm 00010000 000 mm 00 eon. Canadian Trade Commissioner at Loadon, gives some interesting etatls- as to the food situation in Great tain, and the potential notion the present year to 111% 0 needs. noting from the tics for 1 16 issued by the Gov- . --ent Board of Agriculture. Mr. ' --n notes that of the total area - - in England and Wales. name- : 187, 564 acres. the amount re- . w as arable in 1916 was 11,051,101 Sens. while 16, 022, 988 acres were in anent grass land and 3,,816 083 s in mountain and heath land fled tor Hazing. As compared with A report to the Department of Trade ad Qdmmerce by Mr. Harrisqn th- pot ammo oats ma remained prag- tieally the same, whflo the tree. onl - waited for beans, pm md corn shqy- ed considerable decrease. Vegetable crops also showed small decrease. in regard to the area under cultivation. Reasons given for this decrease in call- tlvatlon area, despite increased needs of production, include depletion of the labor supply, weather drawbacks, and the expectation that the overseas sup- plies would be much larger than ac: tually turned out to be the case. .Visit.to British Harbors Contradicts Starvation Throat As answer to Germany’s contention that her submarines are starving Great Britain the Government took a party of neutral correspondents on a three-days’ tour of the greatest mer- chant shipping centres of the King- domâ€"Liverpool, Manchester and Lon- don. Immense warehouses in Liver- pool, Manchester and London were in- '8 acted in detail, showing unbeliev- a 19 stores of meat, grain and cotton. The most impressive feature was the complete frankness marking the ex- sltion. Nothing was concealed, ere were no “restricted zones," all Questions were answered. Liverpool harbor records show the following tonnage totals of foreign trade incoming and outgoing for the years ending July 1: 191:3, 12,487,974; 1914, 12,859,460; 1915, 11,910,343; 1916, 11,385,654. These figures represent an average of about 234,000 tons Invite China to Fight weekly. For 1917 the figures are: Week ending January 31, 206,000 tons; Republic May Join A||I¢3â€"Some Cabi- week ending February 8, 199,000 tons; net cplgi; Imminent week ending February 16, 222,000 .â€" tODS; week ending February 23. 137: A dispatch from Pekin reads as fol- 000 tons- Iowa: The French Minister and the Belgian Charge d’nflaires represent: Despite Submarines, February Trade With Amerlca Gained ANSWER GERMAN ROAST to America during the month of Feb- ruary show a considerable increase over those of February a year ago. Euring February, 1917, exports from ondon to America reached the aggre- gate of $14,061,276, as against $12,371,- 166 for February, 1916, an increase of $1,690.11. In January this year there was also an increase over the same month a year ago. Exports in 1917 were $16,911,008, as against $16,455.- 973 in January, 1916, or $455,035 more. Will Call Out Many For Home De~ fence in Sixty Days Captain (Rem) W. J. Hindley, Chap- ain of the 190th Battalion. addressing is congregation in Central Congrega- tional Church, Winnipeg, Sunday night stated he was authorized to announce that the militia act will be put into effect within the next sixty days, and prohahiy within the next thirty days. The first call, he said, would be for 60,000 men, and the number to be sup- plied hy each Province would be ap- portioned to it by the authorities at Ottawa, having regard to the man- power of each Province and the num- ber of recruits already furnished un- der the'voluntary system. Despite the unrestricted German Lubmarine warfare, Britain’s exports The Gazette announces that the fol- lowing Canadians have been honored: Distinguished Service Orderâ€"Maia: Burnett Laws, Mounted Rifles. M111- tary Crossâ€"Major Waiter Buchanan Casweli, Mounted Rifles; Lieut. Ed- ward James Clark, Mounted Riflu; Lieut. Joseph Henry Major Emlo , Infantry; Lieut. Francis Jam 0 , Royal Canadians; Lieut. Joseph _ fiths, Infantry; Lieut. Alexander 3111‘! Johnston, Mounted Rifles; t. Charles Stuart Martin, Infantry; out. John McNaughton, Infantry; Liont. Robert George Swift, Mounted Rem The following comes in a despateh from Washington: After much pat, riotic debate which obliterated party Lines, the House last Friday puud the Administration hill 0' the Preddent to an} :33 m ‘ â€"-â€"-r:-Aâ€"r‘--1l BRITISH EXPORTS GROW â€"v" __,_ at; A British destroyer m an Compulsory ROMP-1th“! hand- fn the North 8a 611 mu “homo cur WE Amity WI Canadians Win Honors In the Area Cultivationâ€"- Food Dearer To Use Militia Act Arming of U.S. Ships But. a 14:31:: 35 Germany is now drawing skilled mechanic will £000! ' 1; balls for war req , . ‘ tractor. Mr. Lloydâ€"Goon ' ordor op ropriating bro 3 gratefully in aooeptlnx th g1 . in swtonbdnuotthomk 1,” Gun Leave loader mm t 916:} of tho border tel-min --A__. 8--..2â€" _ ‘._‘1 Germany UMs Chum“ 3"“ rut, binders and other imp!“ mun; dominant cooking oon- Widen to worship. A ‘3 r 1’» in also published. , Oflicial statement from Petrocrad ds as follows: “Caucasus frontâ€"In '. rsia our detachments assumed the lotensive in the direction of Bijar and [occupied the Village of Khanakali. two ,miles southwest of Bijar. As the reâ€" " t of operations in the Hamadan re- ~ on the Town of Hamadan was cap- . d by our troops on March 2. Wes- ; frontâ€"In the neighborhood 02‘ ; little town of Krevo we made a “a attack whieh caused alarm in the. my trenches. Roumanian frontâ€"- V has been reciprocal tiring activ- a I e capture of Ramadan b the tans may mean that the s will again attempt an advance Mian Oflcnsivo Sutton Tut-Ina Wlth Heavy Lou“ Few senators Meke Defiant Stand Against Armed Neutrality ' â€" . President Wilson Sunday ni‘ht in- ed the country in a statement t he is without power to arm mer- . ships and take other steps to meet the German submarine menace. in the absence of authority from Con- gress‘ and that he was mistaken when he said in his recent address that he could act under broad constitutional authority. “A little group of willful men," says .the President in his state- ment, “representing no opinion but 3311‘ own, have rendered the great vernment of the United States help- less and contemptible." 'The President gaposes, therefore, that the special salon of the Senate which he has called to meet at once revise the rules “to supply the means of action and save the country from disaster.” The twelve Senators who went on record with the thirteen members of the House against granting to Presi- dent Wilson the authority he asked from Congress in the crisis wereâ€"Re- publicans: Clapp, Minnesota; Cum- 'mins, Iowa; Gronna, North Dakota; Kenyon, Iowa; La Follette, Wisconsin; Norris, Nebraska; Works, California. Democrats; Kirby, Arkansas; Lane, Oregon; O’Gorman, New York; Stone, Missouri; Vardaman, Mississippi. WILSON'S PLAN OPPOSED in: the Entente allies, have invited China to enter the war, oflerm: her remission of the Boxer indemnity and a. revision of the tariff as induce- ments. A Cabinet crisis is imminent. The Vice-President and the Premier are urging China to join the Entente. The President is receiving much critic- mm for opposing immediate action. He gave out an interview saying he starred to act with the United tee and other neutrals but that he Wu willing for China to join the En- tente if Parliament approved. The executive of the Canadian and Toronto Suiirage Association passed and sent to Premier Hearst and his Government the following resolution: “The National Canadian Snifraxe As- sociation, with its afliiliated branches, eluding the Toronto Sucrage Society, in: assembled in session, desire to express their deep appreciation and extend thanks to Premier Sir William Hearst and the members of his Govern- ment for the espousal oi' the principle of justice (which is the fundamental basis of all democracy), and that you and your Government, realizing the ethics of equality, so ably and expg- ditiously extended to the women of this province the right to vote for the benefit and service of our country.” A statement issued by 011101“ Press Bureau reads as follows: Wednesday's report of the Oflcer Commandin in Mesonotamia gives the follow : “Pursuit of the retreating enemy still continues, and the Turks in great con- fusion passed through ynh last evening. The clearinx of a battle- field is being systemqtlcally_ carried out, but as fresh booty is being brought in from hour to hour it will be some days before a compl to fist of our captures can be comp 0d." A report frofn Hobokon, NJ., roads u Mlows: With the arrest hero on Monday of Fritz Kolb, a German, the gfimflties expressed the belief that ey had frustrated a well-developed may had frustrated a well-developed plot to aid Germany by blowing up finnition plants in this country 3- in turning out contracts for e to allies. The police :5an ttgey 'fiqm otimh from -Persu, to add Britt. in their admoo up )1“ Invite China. to Fight Return Thanks For Vote [winâ€""1361.13? rodm two bomb 1, according to rumors that .ed them, were to be sent to float Wilson. 8mm Privy Councillor Turks Still Flee quan Plot aurch BO". 5' 0n! drawing r ”011% ; bro ' is 91% in I; i iat‘ East of Gommocourt by Hair- ' mmy’s Front Captured End of Bouchavuncs Once again. after months of routing W. the Canadians have been in haw fighting, the hegviegt for_theq1 moo the Somme ofiensive, thouh '5?! local in extent, for in this latest “state". against the Germans sag: bettnlions only from one of the ndhn divisions were engaged. The attack took place last week.“ To assist in the eneral forward move- ment the Britis troops have been making of late over ground abandon“. ty the Huns in their retreat. the Cu- edians launched a strong mesa“k against a particularly formidable man position on high ground. wens fortified and heavily manned b the enemy. After vigorous batman-(LI e! the Hun positions by artillery. Qanadians turned on as. following up ‘th an infantry advance in waves. Evin; to unfavorable atmospheric eonditions (it has been damp and to;- ), and the uncertainty of the vind. (as clouds were not as eflective as usual. The Germans met our el- venoe with a heavy fire, but the Cal-- adians inflicted severe losses upon the enemy betore returning to _ their own trenoheo. Our artillery did par- ticularly eiroctivo work. ' Irltloh Advance on Two-mile Front ' The British maps in their movement in the More area ism" ave made another advance out 3 mmecourt along a two-mile front of about two-thirds of a mile. accordin" to the official report from Radix tor: Sunday night. Thin il in add to the advance in the same region reported Saturday night on a front of noariy five miles to a depth of a. quar- ter of a mile. Nearly two hundred prisoners were captured in the latest operations. The texts of the reports ‘ “East of Gommecourt the enemy continues to yield ground. In this neighborhood we advanced along a two-mile front to an average depth of twelve hundred yards. Six prison- on were taken in a successful raid northeast of Ablaincourt. During the last twenty-four hours we have cap- tured five machine guns and two - “Snndayâ€"This morning w. stacked nnd captured the enemy's front 3nd anppon lines enst _of Bpuchavosnes on ”w-‘ a front 01' twelve hundred yards. at» m: 173 prisoners and three machine guns. Duringr the day we repuluod with heavy losses several counter- attacks. trench mortars.” Thanks to Army In Message on Somme Advances King George has sent the following congratulatory telegram to Field Mar- shal Sir Douglas Hats, Commander of the British armies in France: “I wish to express my admiration of the splen- did work of all ranks under your com- mand in forcing the enemy, by steady ma persistent pressure, to quit caro- MIy prepared and strongly fortified sitions. These successts are a fit- sequel to the fine achievements 93 my army last year in the battle of EEOâ€"éommé, and'reflect great credit upon those responsible for the draw- lnl-up of the plans of campaign." Ralian Troops Destroy Trenches Near Hili 1050 Italian troops fought some violent actions at Hill 1050 on the Balkan grant, destroyed German trenches and rought hack prisoners, according to Fremrh official communication issued unday. A heavy snowfall on the Var- dar. as far as Lake l’resba, impedes Operations on that sector. The official communication follows: "Eastern theatrewArtillery activity was dis- played along the whole front, es- pecially at the Cerna bend. Patrol encounters occurred at Majadag and onastir. Violent actions at 050, carried out by the Italian troops, resulted in the shattering of enemy trenches and the bringing back 0! Viewers. Enemy counter-attacks e repulsed with serious losses.” Canada Discusses Drastic Action to Check High Price. It is understood that the Canadian (Iovernment has practically decided to hibit the export of potatoes from - a and that an order-in-ooundl bodyinx this decision will be pue- Prices in the domestic market _ 7'. reached unprecedented figures. One of the reasons being the greet Quantities that are shipped out of the try. Maritime province demon. ' instance, are sending the tubers ship loads to the West Indies. A despatch from London contflmd 00 following: The Press Bumu an- Iounoes that the Prime Minister nu received a cable from Druid J. John- n of the Canada Nitro Mica. grouto, presenting to thb ration in not the agricultural work on. hun- tsrm tractors of the in)! gen- Mend the moat emclent yet dub- d in America. The “It includes hu- rt. binders and other implmenb. r skilled mechunic will accompany KING GEORGE T0 HAIG Encmy Still Yields Ground AN EXTENDED FRONT To Stop Potato Export Big Action in Balkans Gives Britain 100 Tractors PAGE 3. Fund Trunk, he said, can of coal out of 23‘313. has 81601 Mot In: 22cmot< 1,200. During font-48h! Lerallipom- mk. theood