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m_»-3|-¢§ i'l-...ao ‘,'2:.,, ,,,, E causes, 'rcssnnnvh DECEMBER' 19 1915; wa {‘;s._ge;e:.Y:_.:.(m:.3§:,ATv::~_e,,i?“M“p_é-emma'_ - -_,,. _I Q.-‘_

EW” °“°°¢l5IV9 8Bih6l’iilg oi thel Like a clock which strikes four but

0ilD0aition seems only to emphasize reads half past seven, whereby the tho ialollooioal and moral baniinintcy observer knows that it must he either of the party. Last summer what the a. quarter before ten or twenty mln

Torotuo GIQIYG Kflilllllioliuently termed utas past three"

ii "call to liberalism” was responded And as with the tariff, so on all the to and only by the old ieaderamen like other great issues of the day The Graham and Murphy and Fisher ana Liberal party ot the present time, Lemieux, who led their party through judged from the least critical of view react-ioliof disaster in 1911, and who points, cannot be credited with pos learning si thing from their adversity session of either the will or the ambi and miata ea. are united chiefly for ity to yielld itself into an instrument the purpose of seizing office at any of vigorous national growth As a party cost Last week another Liberal con they do not seem to adequately real ference was held in Ottawn With Ile what has happened to them They the nation passing through the most do not appear to have the men nor the iremend us crisis in the world’s his ideas to grapple with either the pro tory, wth a transformation period blems of the present or the tasks of ahead of it which shall probably the future Neither do they dare to change the whole course of our his assiiime a frankly -reactionary position wry, the people had the right to ex and to stand by the policies which pect sumo message, some programme they championed while in power from the Liberal party in the ques They look to hoped for Conservative tions inthe day and the issues of the mistakes instead of to their own mer future. Instead it was treated to s its as a means of recovering public

ries of speeches pussyfooting" confidence and seek to achieve office

about everything excepting an lnec before deciding on e. programme In herent and um-easoned opposition to short they have fallen into a nollcy the conservative regime Bitter and ol' drift desonarotod into a party of wholesale condemnation of the pre negation and stagnation, lacking either sent Government did not carry with it the inclination of the capacity to serve

in n single instance a definite or ei the general interest

ternative Liberal policy. -_#___

When alll tho old party leaders hed ooMiNioN wins Pnoi-iinrriou spoken and the conference was over |3 A3KE|;. FQR

nobody had the taintesg idea of how a ____

Liberal administration would carry on QTTAWA pw 13 _ An organiza U19 Will' lil U19 BVOIIC Of ICB M4118 Sli ion to be known as the Dominion pro

trusted with the task 0! course there hibiuon commmee was the outcome been' kept down as well as it has of pepper and one ounce of milk pow- is because theyvare fed on coarse

was the usuali gauzy rhetoric, the fam of a Conga,-gnge of tampa,-unc., lead,” been is due to system and splendid der. A double rati0ll Of either' lea OI' f0°l|~ Thin W€f>k'|y ln€‘Illl indicates thai _.T

iliar and abundant verbal descriptions from every province in Cmada held management efficiency- Coffee may be lalwll- the S°IdI9l‘ IS W91|f°d~ " ' " ' `

oi' what the arty stands for in prin hors today 'rho committees object __ 3051- op wan -ro cgnrieg .

MPI9 But 1 950 BTG W0l'dB» IIOI3 H will be the aggressive prosecution of “""""""""" ‘"'""`"""""""""""""""""""""""'""""""""""A"""""""""" "'"'”"' """" """"""""""""""""""""""" PUT AT $14,520,000,000`

brosramiiie in eileot the some old o campaign torn dry csneds . r is ___

discredited leaders. learning nothing Mr Justice B Lsfontoine, f P I P . - “iid f0l’89¢¢ill¢ 11°*-|1918. asked for an Montreal, was chosen president of an . AR S’ Dec' 18'- Raoul ere" Ii; unlimited vote of national confidence exenuuve of 14 members Cherie, E .__ ' . mme" miumer °f C°m’“‘”°°' dIs'Io in a party which, atmid to declare it Steele, 9; port Colbome' 0nw.i0_ 1 ’“s'5I“5 I," the Chamber °f Deputies l 99" 011 Breslin! lllfoblelnii 0" without was elected treasurer, and John H - an evening in behalf at the Appm'

the intelligence to do ao. contents it R \, ¢,. f M t ap, t I °’I““°‘?5 C°”""m°° me bud!" f°" sei: with petty, negative criticism sod .,‘,’,,°' B ° °" re “ec” "Y pm - -~ '_'-' he *"5* fb”/B ’“°“*hS °\’ 1917- P°‘“*'

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OTTAWA, Dec. 18.- In these ilnyn f of stress and strain the greatest que-s- fl

fair living, and many have to be con- it

Y .

certainly a grevious conflict and nat- in ions, like' individuals, are waging war m

works for a comparatively small wage ni or salary finds that, despite- his fru- Siiliiy. lthe question of food supply for his household is adifilcullt problem to solve, when foodstuffs have neur-

ly reached the ek

be bought for 15 cents it dozenl Now‘M they are about 75 cents. Potatoes sn could be bought, not many years ago, hu

over thIs` year. Butter sold for 25 ir cents per pound. T e evai~lin b

ili

As the Militia Department has is

very kindly given The Journal some is information how it operates its con- at niisuariat brunch the general public on will be interested to know that each m Canadian soldier only costs the gov- po erniment an average of 33 cents pe'r ba lay. At the beginning of the war ce

has also had its effect upon the gov- ou ernment ns upon private individuals. ou But the reason why the cost has 'A

Any private, non-commissioned of- c

tion that confronts one is how to live. yo Some want to live well-on the' fat of an the lland; others are content with a When a man istaking outside exercise

tent with their “daii bread ” It is he'

ore, und, secondly, he feels that the

that they may stay alive. The man who government is paying for it and he

The fact that not a single soildier s gone without a single meal is e to the grand organization of the litia Depatment. It has been no

y' ' hu

All- can remember when eggs could du

go training camps., in sniallbcamps

for 35 cents a bag. They are $2. and and billets and on the train while

ll n g y

price now is 48 cents and 60 cc'nti~i. i

rlfty housewife', it is a fact that

32 Cienis a Day c-:ich soldier is fed for 33 cents per

y. Naturally, everyone asks “How it done?" A leading official, who

utah that each soldier is allowed e pound of bread, onc- .pound of at (beef or canned beef), one und of potatoes, three ounces of, con, two ounces of beans,--two oun- s of jam, two ounces of butter, three

it was done for an average of 25 ounces of white sugar, six ounces of cents, but the "high cost of living" ve

getables ,one ounce of chi-:e's'e', he nee .split peas (for soup ,etc.,) 1,5 nce of salt, 1-3 of an ounce of coffee, of an' ounce of ten, 1.36 of an ounce-

BAMRUPTCY OF THE MILITIII DERARTMENT EOUALIZEIR) IJBERIIL PARTY FEEDS ITS SOLDIERS FOR , OF THE ALLIES " HE DOMINION THIRTY-THREE CENTSII DAY RELIEVE

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er or commissioned officer will -tell u that he gets' all he' wants to eat, d the majority of them get stout.

develops his appetite and, naturally, eats more now than when he was civil llife for two reasons. He n'eeds

glif. as well eat as much as he can.

None yHungary

all job to i’e'ed'350,000 men in the

ops are being moved 3,000 miles rail. ncredllile as it may seem to the

responsible for such economy,

Weekly Menu

coffee, bread and butter; Friday- baked beans, coffee, bread and butter; Saturday-porridge and milk, beef hash; coffee, bread and butter.

Dinner: Monday-pe-a soup, Irish

stew, potatoes, vegetables; Tuesday- Scotch broth, roast beef, potatoes, veg- etalileal rice pudding; Wednesday- vegetabie soup. finest pie, potatoes. vegetables;Thursday-bean soup, boil- ed be-ef, potatoes, bread pudding; Fri- day-Scotch broth, baked stuffed fish, mashed potatoes, vegetables; Satur- day-vegetable soup, brown stew, pota- toes, vegetables; Sunday-pea soup, roast beei’,roast potatoes, vegetables, rice puddings.

Tea (in the army they have dinner

at noon): Monday-cottage pie, bread and butt-er, cheese and tea; Tuesday- cold beef, bread and butter, cheese and jam; Wednesday-minced beef, bread and butter, tea, cheese; Thursday- bubble and squeak, tea, bread and but- ter, jam; Friday-fish pie, tea, bread and butter, jam; Sunday-cold beef, tea, bread and butter. cheese.

There- are several who stated that

the reason soldiers can be fed cheaply

dun

T OPPOSED.

tha-t

and

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LONDON, Dec. 18.- (New York

Times)-News of the French victory north of Douamont reached London at midnight. it created a profound

impression. Captain Paw, in the _ House or commons on Thursday had entirely out of hand nnloar- the ons-

tions along the Somme front, where mud made the movement of big guns impossible. The movement in the Ver-

NEW YORK DRUNK WITH ITS

WONDERFUL PROSPERITY AS N

NEW YORK, Dec. 18.- New York is rolling, revelling, rollicking in ‘I

wemlth' I th i a to it new This is a “never before' in history” 1916 °°“°°“ 6'" B r W y

story.

New York today held reserves of 3'

$810,794,200 and from every quarter of the globe money ,S pomlng in actu,,| Of the tugs and yachts an uncertain

from the coffers of Kings.

While the darge majority of New_ York'e six millions are iigbting_the,*' universail desperate battle with the, cost of living on' the surface it appears,

They are spending it for necessities

Forty or more blocks. in' Manhattan

are given over entirely to that ancient trio-wine, women and song. War bride dividends have given night time on Broadway a new life. Men whose, business is to take money from spend-I ers say they never were able `to take so much of it before. Ancient Babylon could be set down inside New York's winter pleasure grounds without being noticed. Nebuchadnezzar wonidn’t have a reputation outside his own block. Cabarete have sprung up like mushrooms and dance halls thrive as in any- new gold camp. '

"Business is three times as big as

-the biggest we ever saw at -this sea- s-on,” said the manager of the largest, cabaret in the city. Hotbls are crow-1 ed, theatres are sold out, crowds that. the "shop early" slogan do not account

houses are depiiested of storessnii de- liveries are far behind. New Ybrkgis’ gtpending its money and getting what

can for it. But it keeps pouring in. From tarni-

ars in the west to at least one mon

(Canadian Press Despatch.)

given a vivid description of condi- $0111 Of Pairing was st0DD€‘d- It 5991115

region is of n different charac-

ter. ' fi

A Paris despatch to the Morning overseas., it will be seen that twelve

Post says: There- has been nothing in C the nature of a demonstration, but ll the news passed from mouth to t mouth and is regarded by the public H ns the real answer to Germeny's so- m called peace proposals. Rumor says G the German troops have broken at Hon. Charles Murphy because of the Pepper I-iill.and ane flying in dis- general order and also because Lib- order already. This is_ interpreted as e

significant; because hitherto the Ger- wa are expected not to pair at alll.

man soldiers have resisted in differ-

ent clrcumstances but the present e news, if con-iirined is nn evidence of c their greatly shaken morale. truth by calling upon the Liberal

whip.

ALL -EUROPE KEEP8 ABLAZE

yellow gold by the million, -to be chan- “ ged from the coin of other nations IJ into the coin of the United States of “ America

Wall street liar- become a gambling V

table onto which is being thrown' Y money from/ the earnings, winnings l

and “vmg of Americans and money (which passed out in 1915 as well have

everybody has money to spend.|

luxuries. - . I

fill the department stores. Ware-

C . esseis, excluding the tugs and

carrying trade of the railways as well. After the war a number may return to the trade in the Great Lak- es, for which they were built, and for which they are well adapted. Some will certainly never return. German submarines and mines are to blame for that.

share days have come to be consider- ed the regular thing, whereas two years ago 400.000 shares was a day's trading. When, 'every now and then, the trading reached two million shares it is scarcely noticed.

the Stock Exchange, they have put a wire bomb netting to ward off any pos- sible eventuabiy, and on the floor the traders are buy-ing and sailing in' s frenzy such as they never knew be- fore. '

adays not a member of the Exchange 'can -ses them trade, even the nim- ‘horf guests' ssllery have- been oioi- ied. Bat satisfy the anniversary thi? way of reopening of the Stock Ex- cbsiikm after being closed four months

to fo li 3 trsnlsct ns in th; two hours session ‘totalled 089,091 s ares.

sent out to \Liberal newspapers -that pairs were not'refu-sed to Conserva- tive members of parliament now en- gaged in military duty overseas is not true. The Liberal whip objected to it last year and represented to Sir Wil- frid Laurier theit the house would get

hat this was agreed upon and that now -the whips are to find pairs- only ~mong those who are absent.

As there are only three' Liberals to fteon Conservatives on military duty

onservative membens would remain npaired. Dr. Chabot, M. P., for Ot- awa has' had a standing pair`_ with cn, Dr. Boland which has been .ainltained since the war began, but Sir eorge Perley cannot get a pair with

rail members living in or near Otta-

Liberai newspapers which publish-

d a denial that pairs had been refus- d could have readily ascertained the

EARLY 80 BOATS

QUIT LAKE FOR SEA.

MoN'rnEAL.` Deo. 1e.- in oddi- on to 55 lnke vessels which passed hrough the Lnchlne Canal during

fe on the ocean, there were eighteen essels bound on the same errand. nd thirteen tugs and steam yachts.

umber returned `io the Great Lakes. ut even oi' these at least some have ndertaken duty on the Atlantic oust The total tonnage of these

nchts, would approximate 70,000 nel. ons. Their absence from the lakes nd the absence of those vessels

ade quite a difference to inland na- lgation, and stimulated the grain-

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Over and round about the order of

At least they so desire it. Now-

ileyyin the be unin of tho' war.

The prices at which tiissd shares

so me meals ma not bacon", mow zation of the French high command

omnous the ,Het salem is vm_1ed_ For possible changes in the personnel of breakfast on Monday the soldiers get the Government' and the C°“°'°m"a' ha00ll'. potatoes, coffee, bread and hub tion of the conduct of the war in a ter; ,Tuesday-baked beans, coffu¢~,_ ‘30lincil of four or five men will be bread and butler; Wednesday_pm__ the result of the resolution adopted ridge and milk, con,ee_ bread and hub almost without dissent in the (ham- ter; Thursday-grilled steak, potatoes, be

con says: ""i°he old- yacht Jubilee.

,w-two feet eight inches broad and

PARIS, Dec. 18.-Complete reorgan

r of Deputies. This action, it is expected will

lead to prompt effective prosecution of the war, and it will allao relieve France of part of the heavy burden she has been carrying. It is estimated that one i<‘re»nchmun in every six of the population is now actively engag- ed in thelwar, as compared with one Englishmen in ten and one' Russian in twenty.

Stopped by the Oensor

By quoting from papers l will en-

deavor to tell you today what the censor would not let me say last night fn‘ a despatch filed at the' end of the secret' session.

The Petit Parisien says: “The first paragraph of the reso-

lution adopted by the Chamber, which deals with the High Command, means that the reorganization will effect its- personnel and that new officers will be called to the command. The second paragraph dealing with the general conduct of the war and with the ec- onomic organization of the country, is equivalent to saying that there wiill be a sort of war council, analogous of what Premier Lloyd George demands,

for England. and that an economic

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,»council will also be created;

"The third paragraph treats offtlie

appointment of ,sacliilgisp among the Allies, and the mdni U0 obtain from the Allies a diminution of the efforts demanded of France byl,»,,di» viding the burden more equitably." _

Reorganlze High Command ‘

"The two principal points of _thi-

resoultion adopted are the reorgani- zation of the high' command ami the reduction of the' number of men in the Government who have charge of the general conduct of the wir. Moreover to charge and reorganize- the High Command will be only 'toi- lowing the examplo of the' other countries concerned in the war.

“lin Russia the' Grand Duke Nicho-

las began the war in' the Chief Com- mand and he was replaced by A-lexiefi. who in his turn was superceded.

“ln Ge'rmany the porgresaion has'

been Moltke, Faikenhayn and Hinden-

iiiung, and in England. French and a g. ' ‘

“Moreover,, England is n'ow chang-'

principle' of a small War Council. ,

"Fin'ally. there has been under-

stood here the urgency of not losing time in long paliavering. There is no

use in trying to in‘dicat¢.what erals are being considered lor t l= High Command o what changes thire will be in the Ministry." _

-ed expendltures to the amount of ‘»14,520,000,000 between the opening

iext, while Great Britain in the same t

'»18,000,000,000.

rom the Deputies to the effect that t 'Great Britain is thus proved to

he expenditures made and authoriz-

00,000,000 as follows:

nd long term- bonds of France, $7- 40,000,000; loans form England and ' he United States, $1,120,000000, dvanced by the Bank 'of France. $1.- oo,ooo,ooo; odvonced by Bonn of iii- S aria, $40,000,000. This lcavos on ap- I

M. Peret said that this does- not epresent the actual expenditures, but t he authorized outlay. and that of t he appropriations for 1914 included V ‘n the total $140,000,000 was annui- ed. I-Ie added that the cancellations “ ‘or 1915 would be proportionately irge and before the total remaining -.et amount was due several months t /ouid eiapse. “ “France has paid when due every 5 ‘ebt incurred." he continued. “lin iplte of the' apparent discrepancy be- wean the appropriations and the re- ’ eipts, we need have no anxiety for

he future.”

The' war loans have added S500,-

f00.000 in round numbers, to the old 'nterest charge of $200,000,000.. .to- alllng $700,000,000, said M. Perot. The new taxes now under discussion vlill realize $130,000,000 annually, b vhich, with $30,000,000 from thc- in- i 'reused ,tax on alchoi and $100,- c 00,000 from the special tax on war u iroflts, will produce at an early date nore than' half the interest charge t ~nd this does not include the pro- o iosed personal contribution and the is ax on various places of amusement. c “Tomorrow," added M. Peret, “we :hall be obliged to go further and i leeper in the direction of taxing the -lches in lands that have ceased to q produce.”

Refutlng the statement that while

France had voted $120,00,000 for rational defence in 1914 Germany had not increased her expenditures `or armament, the former Minister ooinled out that from 1910 to 1914 ‘he German Empire had added $700,-

100,000 to the public debt. V

“And events have proven," he as- serted, "that the sum \destined for the manufacturing of war material corresponded to the aggressive inten-

tions of the Central empires."

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A FAMOUS OLD YACHT.

THE ST ANDREWS. N. B., Bea-

biiilt in Boston in i80il to defend the America Cup, is loading pulp at the public wrliarf. She is commanded by Capt( John H. Mitchell. is of steel with s thirty-four foot keel and one hundred and four feet.over sil, twen-

eiglit feet ilve Inches deep Her main

- i n an my with to ° . . -i ` . i . is _‘ e imiuh ohon ouy¢mgo.'i~hirty-

:Inn m " wmume' An t\irr|i.i.sT.snw'rTT:: wIIh full freedom utmost _ it1,wss,&my_°¢i atuttlie name of Wsii street. ` . __ . of siunstinlr clamoring men b iliilfm nun" n ° _ on

""°" "‘°°"‘ * ‘“°“' °‘"""'° °' '° di i ir a mi ue aeal'£aji'~u.sr»pw»u anno. l ... on the also momma aiiueom am rt is time out anon ° ° 1'" 'I

This sfatemeiit drew exolamations 2

'ave collaborated cordially and com- b -letely." ° The resources M. Pere; puts against "

ate in the House n the report

redit,

niond, hat he pposltion

onclusion ment for ng for a men of the uite

ment

' menu.

said the things, in ta

MUST DECLARE WAR `

ON JUDICAL MURDER

iLoNnoN,Deo. 16.-The ,British vpnii- is greatly worked up over the “te

f Captain Blaikie of the Alwlibij .ine steamship Caledonia, whogwsh aptured 'by a German submarine

which Germany announces the, p.

pu" forward Intentions bmw and be The conference .domed many raw ‘ '_-» OTTAWA. Dec. 18.-The statement rd out that France will have incur- 'I , ,' ni y, ¢ 5| muah] deg M LONDON, Dec. 18.- The Germans

Ill ll 00 D l Y l-lil ll lutioiis during the afternoon session

Tlko for 0 IB the D814-y’ll» Bill the outst nding one in point of im’ "° “mmklng nerceh' ‘mb the’ °b`

gud, on mg Addressing /me portlnce sms B rmomuon “mms iect of reaching the town' of Buzeu,` comngnce gh. Wm,-ed is reported my the Dominion government and par iorthwest of Ploechti, but apparently, U18 |i|l|\¢'- liament to enact as a war measure wmmut mining mud' gmund' 'nm

Ill 1915 When U19 firm m03B\ll’0l‘ a law prohibiting the manufacture of }e’°m“"s admit they are 'meeting de5`

wer, introduced we mought umm mtoxicaung "quot for beverage nur perate resistance, but claim to be WNW! ind PI'°'»°5¢°d» “W3 °V°"`Y¢hI“K poses- in Canada and prohibiting the mu advancmg' “m1°“gh ‘their D"°`i thot has taken piece since has just impumtion of Bam., mm any other Hero. moat he _very blow as they ned om. cmml The soarmg country The members or the con :laimed to be near Buzeurfour days prices of commodities shows that the mittee, in addition to those given ‘g°~ They “me ‘Im G"°“* W“”"

t mme ichia south of the railway from

Government may yet have o r above are

,, ' lucharest to Tchernavoda has been

its oolioy. Jonathon anger-s,Prlncips1 W H I d f

New what did sir Wiiired oieim in Vance, vancouver, A W Coone, 9113? 0 Roumsniano .

1915? He claimed that the Govern Edmgnmn' Ana J A virtue' Mg, M °_ ST°‘i1t°“5 M9 bombarding th” ment’s proposals constituted robbery Legg Alto D R Sharpe, Moose "drfl °"bh‘;'l‘l "ne I” Macedonia' of the many for the benefit of the few, Jaw Suk J W Stewart Begum' tin av? s ed the city oi Molina- that they would build a welll around Sauk A M F,-Mer, D B Harp ~|"'"f““9 "5 Wm" '~“S““I“°H f1m°"§

the country so high that, excluding ness, winnipeg Man , F S Spence, V 'ms'

01110118 Bild DDFBIYZUIZ \‘9V°l“-1° “WY J. Hales, A S Grant, Toronto, S

would be f lowed by declining pros J Carter’ D, Joseph Gauvreau, PUBLIC SENT!-MEN

Parity and s iinaiioa' in trade- Ami aa Montreal sir rrsnoois Lemieux, Dr

Gil DWPUEBI *$073159 “Bally Dolron, Quebec, T Marshall, W D °fI53g3:(;I;fuIi3;%n}3;g :g'i°;‘8t?l\l*`§n¢ a in ion o are a ay lllmce 9 Wilson, Fredericton, N B H 0 0 0' 9 9" country and prosecute the war be sug g,.,,,,¢_ H Wish Halifax, N S Geo men peace proposal was evident in' the' gested an income tax that, at the very Moms’ summem|deI P E I W D first expressions available last night maximum of efficiency, coulld not raise Bentley’ Cha,.|°tm0wn. P ,E I both from public men and the British

h 4000 000 ear-an oress, ailthough -these were without

:nm);?1nt¢ii::IiiBEient to iinalliceythe war "“°Wl°‘l5° '°f any deflmie tems- “W1 for a week And what happened? Un W|¢I10llt lilly word.froim hish i\\lth0r- dm. an Govemmem I uma mem,”-eg WCONVEMENCE NEUTRAL8 Itative sources indicating the attitude' trade. instead of decreasing, has ad |_|-|~-|-|_E As p°3s|5|_E of the goverment. The only informat- vauced on an unparalleled scale im lon_in the press l'oD0l‘¢S WHS fl'0l!1 Bel” or i il of deciinin have more ____ lin, and in the absence' ofsome tang-

D tl natal I

than doubled "venue has |nc~|-eased LONDON Dec 18 _ Raplymg in lble official proposition British officials by leaps ond’ boimdst and a euhstan were dis-posed to maintain reserve. It

tial portion of the cost of' the war is. the House of Commons today to a was notipeable that ‘the pl‘¢I>ll°P»H~l had as a consequence, being paid out of question put by Arthur Lynch- Nil “Ut °»\’°9 °d BUY DW °\"lli WDW” 0” current inwmg tionsiist member for West cieire, among the average Londoners. There

What tariff policy does' Sir Wilfred suggesting that many particulars in was little -talk in the hotels 'or other

now propose? Does he still want reci the policy of the British Government Dllhiic places. and this diochbaioll Was procityf Or free food? Speaking in with regard to the United States had far iese .gnimated than' in the recent

ontario not dong ago Hon George P been of an irritating kind without any miéiistelrliai cinlsis. I I h ld- I f Graham said tliatt e war had chang compensation corresponding to the f ove mg] ci;c es asus? e :Boot ed the poity's attitude on the tariff danger of producing misunderstand rom any scuaa oil. W all ev on slr Wilfrid on the other hand told a ing Lord Robert Cecil Minister f desire to learn more of the details be- Montresi ¢'odieh'ce a few weeks a80 3I00I¢ld0. said fore committing the new administrat- thst the people had rejected reoipro it unfortunately is inevitable ion to a definite course of action. The city because they didn't understand it that our measures should cause lncon foreilll oill¢Q Wollid make no comment lion .lose h Martin informed a Van venience to the citizens of neutral in the absence Oi' thi# 1011115. but in- oouve us] ee that he was author countries Much as we regret it I dicatsd that the British attitude, up illid bry‘9ir ‘Wilfrid to say that if the can only say that consistently with to the Dl‘°B9llt. was olniwtiied ill U10

clarations made from time to time'

Dariy got blob into office it would the paramount duties of using our do _

,f b iii i. right, we have done and hy the former premier and Viscount

:gf §|"g'h Cgfxgngn mglift arg. use Tigris; sii wi can to make their Grey.' and that any new nrooosals againgtlthilgg on his own testimoliy is' exercise as little irksome to neutrals would have to be considered by all the-

' ' |51 " Entent Allies before a definite attit-

i.'I§er1`i°ls"'iftiH wir i1~;lff.1'ii'°§§rnl§ °1-°f§.5~'-°'“"*"~ rrtrveislvv me wal b°~»lbl°-

limi to move the following resoultion

at the i,-mont cimyeptlon of young Lib wo LWB FREE UF!" No Guarantee Against Mllltarlsiri

"W I" IL°°d°"’ ‘ttwued by S" W" R 1~|.qE A|_|_|53 ¢AusE Those in close association' with the

_ .___ new government took the view that

mga: éfI;,§“ uzgsgnthfo the proposals would prove entirely lik tb ‘I Tni loader of the Lib NEW YORK Dec 18 - Dr Hen unacceptable., mainly because they

° mm on ¢| into in ry Van Dyke whose resignation as were not likely to touch what the

:RI mn’ H °;‘:gll w . clbms policy United States' Minister to the Nether- ruiinl’ authorities resard ab tho 11109! s efi 0! "rm T; ifni' “industry of lands was announced last Monday, essential bash of any 'P°°cs, namely. 'I' H". our' w “g‘lli fiscal tax contributes to the current number of such Slllfllii-908 lliilt German' mil- :T°""“'° mm eg" ' 'rue Art world under the title "Tits itorim t»wi1ioermitlinz1onaill'rance

on “com thot 3! th rtyl Nhme of Fnifcd." s three-versed and their Allies to demobfiise their

tTi:i`1t¢:;”t\?e":ati‘f’Itl'srT::ile<TI‘i:con poem lorifylng France and conciud vsst arniiea reduce; thrir ,zniarmiiiua

| _ military expenses an re urn o ast ng

Mina 2:25 3; &.G:;»‘nli_anstp ing wi li these Ines ld t common. alpaca” _ V

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`""°°° “°¢ ‘° wk n I f me sepia every ed the punish-American war, ‘whoa

M” °“I¥ |“‘||°“¢ 5* L"*°"°' ‘°“i°" Md th' mm ° D Franco resented the Sp ish hilar- ln am out skhsxieisons when it wha? . V" . mme "ke mm fm. ¢‘mMn._th°.*§"h,,,"_»__

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me-1 reno the be nog;-»,° mysoggg, ,.,_,,,,, . I “ire-adm oue'il£’oin.°ioes.,»-i

°<l for r 'lf ' without :git oomitriion with oust

Me and is 0, so rdins d Bdwnm "wa _ l , vena. wr" - . - °°“°-“mllf °f* ° U I" " 'uummt t° mp"||° cunnwdvh M h nlstiei:..in licisi cirfdsl arch on s European throne they are are boinl dealt in are such Dfioll ll “Ali "U 5°’ \""*' "l ”°\‘. *`*°'“¢ nnzilllzryvilnzzlnauilga. “'TEiTfs‘i)i:‘iv::r T-I.:g\T: u:in°:;Ti°;Ii‘:‘%iis rvllslltionf ss “‘?ths"£|‘i‘bio-Miiloaoof tigdliillllhgqndinl :heir :mea ’to°:;5”Yp?; gig" iikiiltlzcils ,';|‘!‘1‘:‘d "3 txt: gl-i;L'£|=.;¢m;f=?“";;?lty°::Il.7uf:'|:l

e in - " audi - a - ‘~ ri a s - I - ‘ .

*lor or the t' day. but main; Dr Van D1” “'° M one ol wma. ml Tnigfr not the city included ny two two mrs -co now bl" I mall* gf’ 'f°'° ° °°"'““ """““”°° "‘

onia, attempted to slfnr-when attic _- d. The Times says:-_ ~ 8.11. "The need of the moment ,is tifdfff

if hostilities and the end of March M" Gqvamment take “eps cu°“|‘w“-

o prevent a repetition of. t|ie`jddii-

ieriod will have had an outlay of gm] mum" °f Cnpmm Fryut'

as been suggested airehdy that this erman Govemment should be warli- d that any puniehm8ilt'1n@tUl|"'bi!t" o .Captain Biaikie will be followed y precisely similar treatment of one f the numerous U-boat commanders ow our prisoners. A 'fWe do not think such a waming

.d amount approximately to $12; will suffice, for Germany is entirely

alllous about the liveaof her jun-'

Tax receipts, $2,040,000,000; short I°" °m°e"5' SI” Www “T0 “°"hm5 a

bout the fate of one obscure Lieut-

enant who commanded a U-boat. O ment shduld mark its sen‘s¢.ol -the

ur view is that the British Govern-

rsvity of the issue by i lag

hat if any attempt is spade 4'-_o`

werent deficit or $1,ooo,ooo,ooo. g°P'*"‘ BI“"“° “WY "“ l"°°* °

ermsn officer, naval or military, .of

he highest rank now a prisoner 'in hese`Islan'ds and deal with him,|b

reclsely the same way. f’ . . "Such is warning Germany would nderstand, but nothing less. Wh

must end for ever the paralyling 0_6?-

man doctrine that ii merchant Capt- ain who tries to ram a lu marins is

ot entitled to the usnaltreatment of belligerent. We shall do ,it only by

matchln the lives of risoners of

K D

ighest available rank against the

ncomparable commanders of mir. mercantile marine.

AN uunsnsranoluo in iniau `

QUESTION THOUGHT POSSIBLE

BY MAJOR REDMOND

LONDON, Dad.

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ters, but

man from

the

ined, was

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9'* British liltlllsl by aiioiihsr to la! who tba sn _ 1 ‘"»1‘;`;}`“I I `»"1 ` .-----'-J... ‘T

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~i » ‘ ‘ .id ~»Ilfh°~`¢-'4ihl»` » . ~‘_i.' '

~ ' to-5.'-:M1sf.-,i:“1.:""*f‘»§ _"

ing her Government and adopting the _»