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JANUARY 3 1917
` Ji ,,.,,,,_ ._ ° elected and tlut oiily_ by a majority of ninety, are gn- i \ '
I-"f 'im c“|l°ll\ll'| clllllan i>fl<-llv<===l=~ wh- »\-°»=lf=*=fi=S*f“=f="‘_="‘é
_ _ __ __ __ _ _ _- _ '_ven of the history of those stimng days in which Nova " * mu on" u ch"“u*”"' *_* 00°. n .__ Scotia sought to repeal Confederation, and the gradual _
pi..-aloe ' Lanai. and `breakdo\vii`of this opposition, largely through the iii-
-~ --~ or soiiirieiniitia
Qu _'_;. " ,_ v 1 . - -' _ . . _ SINNQ; Qu,” (,°"“¢ 1w) “_” ,N un- 5, _domitable perseverance of .\lr. Tupper. The career
'mill ln Of " of the great statesman is followed exhaustively and in-
var "tf§ii"""-'-i -I1 _ _`~ -. . _ I ‘
_._\1..sfl, (delivered or by terestingl) to the end, and, although the bit_>gfaphical_ Sweeping _ ‘or
~ at-.tin out, iutbtiva min. out nf nv- iw `
- advance.
iivcrcd) in advance. |259 por year tmaiisd) in
atmosphere here and there betrays the political con-
ed before rising to the sereiier atmosphere of the bench
s-.-.~.-----_-_-_-_'Vff-"~'“f“"’f"””“" and the author’5 study, the book will he read with in-
‘ \\ir:0NF.sn_\\', }_\sti,xii\' 2, ioiti. '
THE PATRIOTIC FUND
- 'l lit' :tniouiii coiiiriliutctl iii this province to thc Pa-
triotic |"uiitl, np to _liiiie _goth last was 3-54,382.86. Ot; The London Sunday pictoriap of_recem dme_ fo,-
a 3 COPY of which ‘he Gilardia" is mdebled to Ma-i°r~ F' LONDON Dec. 31- The battle of men were still far from being fully
“_
thi- :iinoiiiit Si5,000 was coiitribiiteti by the Proviiici
da. ”
FDRWARD T0 VICTURY
ceptioiis of the party to which the learned author belong-
tc-rest and profit and will no doubt find a prominent place among the biographies of the "Makers ot' Cana-
Armsis the Way the Battle is' Des crilied by (ien. Haig, Who Says. tb
German Western Armies were '0nl
Deeisive Defeat by a Protractetl Penn of Unfavorable Weather. -
' """“"""““'“- l"""l“g 3 balame O1 $39’38Z'8b Comnbu' i ll. .\lcRae non' in England, makes the following rally- .the Sommeiis pictured as a sweeping trained and the longer the attack vi
_ - f~ 't' .. ._ _ f.tite<i - ~»
i. t _\tiltiiil_.ril\_. lite total \_olti;ta? __ coiitril_)ai.;_i0ii mg cry for the new Bnush Cabmeu t;l_i_i;1iphe_t;t;i;__il_i)€_ .;|£_e;in_z;ri;1_r;_ igoagpl; bgcei?-i'_e_ the more etllcicnt they would ‘~“"5“‘?‘“"l ‘U ‘*b0“'”3'7`“""5 9" _ea 0 tg P05? ‘DIL _Iivew patriot in these islands must rejoice that tlic Haig. which was issued Friday nfghti “gn the other hand the German ' 'i - » 1 r ~ i _ . ' _ . V . . ‘ ' ~ » - in .thc ii1ioli:'i\_lll<_lll;;_;_f1§;l;‘_;':3_ °;’_;‘;"Ot‘_‘_;°__ _Z3 E; cnsis of last week hfliclllmlllalfd "‘ 3 -\““°“a_l (’°T .igfy ihhiithxiiiiié-iiiiiiefliiiiactfgiigmi iigi-ifiiteiieiigitiifniiigiiigbiitiifiiiilxhifiiii atiiidiii ‘_` "2 ‘l“` "“"e ." _ _ ' _ vemment-to get on with and win the war, It is the terms the battle a triumph, in winch' italian front where the Austrian n -if '-M" lv" =1_"d sito" had ff>“_< ...ty ....1 ... .ot it --um be ff-if -nd title; 123'? “"z.'..°..:i'::. if.';:'“.‘:..":f:.s.‘:.‘°;:.‘t... mi'mM_ by me mmi disirms’ “mins mid “"agi‘S` 'hw sound hriiiciplc of judging it by its actions alone. rc- defeat by a protii-acted period of un-'great unless time-ly actlonhiiiiii token i'l"'i"'fl_”’"' "Ur “`3‘" 0’ l"'0l)(j'"'°"’°"_5 Sfanllllfs’ bm gardl,-.55 of pany or -Omer prejudice; amp in Saying iavoiable weather. which prevesied_A_cco_i'di_pgl_y I aégrtlaeil that thelattucit mm I venture to utitli-can yon, senslb -liniilil not bt- iiiisuntlerstoofl. lt docs not mean that - ,- \ , ~ ~ - _ lb" A“5l°`F““°l‘ “"9” "mn taking sm" d B “nc 9( “'h‘_’"e"e' “fi “"1 ot the fact that here, the time give
_ _ _ this, we \\ish the neu Prime Minister the stern con- (nu advantage of their successful ad- eral situation rc.|uii-ed it .wnli a
i.-_itat-iottciowii is either more generous 0|' m0l'f Pall'l0-\‘ - ~ - vance_ He declares that nevertheless great a force us might iiion he nvoii-
..,.._ . .. _ _
tic than oilierportioiis of the province; it only nieziii
science necessary to make good in all quarters The
§ _ _ _ _ __ " _ it was a triumph which proved be able. Coalition tell for three reasons. First, because it at- yond doubt me ,mmy 0; the ,tutes -
that ilu-rc was :t fairly et`t`ccii\'c~orgaiiiz:ttioii in L`h:ii'- Mm md m Vc__“ __ war on ence _riuci leg on the to werthlovx Gemany -.when me obj,” 0, Umm,”
D gp H P l D time comes. The British commander To Relieve Verdun
i"H`iI"“H` ‘hm i_'(i'icc"")(] cdorig were inane there iiihi-lc S_V5teiii that before it moved 0Piiiion had to force its shows himself a firm believer in the ` llicrc \\':i~ pratticiilly no orgaiiization iii the rest ot the _ _ _ - - _ -- doc"-tm. -,hm the Ames can Wm me --By the em] of May me ,,,~(._,g\,,-(gi (mr mmm___ hegm “___ “Wu mhmni new ln my muh”
is '
|ii'tt\iiit‘f-_
.inte tiiiicr itinil>_ The Rc-tl (ross Fiiiid and the llclgia
iutgt-l'. lieczttise of the silt-ntlitl work done by the w ritual. ", '~ Y' ‘ ' I _' '
r
"io Ht-il i `ru~'_~ work during the early stages of the wa
n-unit-ii foritietl thenisclves into coinniittces an
mntriliiitions to this very imP0rtant fund have bee \\;r\ creditable.
h l and Secondly because it consisted of e derly, tired war on the western ___________ I on the m_u____ from had _“sun
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_ . _ “_ . . _ _ "Wk lg“0"9~"l Of “'i“` fllld Of ‘he e"'~`m)'» b@l§_9\"3\'5 lol' “l desire to add a few words ns to such serious proportions that tht" ' lhl' 'l`0““l\`)’ ‘ll»‘l"l\`l5 fe-°°il0‘“l€<l \'“")' 8°"-“"0“9l}' ‘fl tm- mogt pan ;n ‘he dom,-;,`\e *of teas, 1-eshmm-¢_ m- future prospects." he rays. at the Rimiiian campaign was opened early
,I . , . , _ .. close of the despatch, which cove-rsiln June, and the success gniiieti
_ _ _ _ _ _ .. _ _ wait and see. Ihirdly, because of its utter inability sixteen clogely p,im,,d pageS_ _against the _t_u_.m-iam, at ,mee Cause """-"' l"“"" 1" ‘WH “" lm' ""'°'°""` Ulm' ‘mr “tml” ‘to disfnwr and utilise ttilz-nl. (ioverned by tradition “The enemy’s power has not lift p__nioyei_t:_ent_0f__G€flllll_ll 'F2095' ’~’“““""‘”">’ ”“"""?“" "“’“g"""‘ ‘"°` f"°"“‘°° and bv lienefal flinlmfsni. the Coalition "ever foulfl ifftil ‘$i°‘$§{`i'...`?3L If`2§`h.i°.i..‘T2’“f`ti'l Zi? tbilfit 13.1°..0Zfii§$`§’.§"2te'°,§`.~é..uf
. make tip its mind, lacked the military objective, trus-’ may last before iiie objects for which on Verdun and therefore it was agreed mn- mme,-B taught was 1|-ue; mio I \ tr\ tongregation in the cotintt’\ took hold ot ted to mek rather than ,O 3 Semed ,houghpom policy fill? gmsstatli flsgmlng h“;'°“;’9°" hz; g'_:"0;.l;f___°v°;“T;‘_fl‘:l _;‘_:f_‘2p£_"ét' with horror ot' a Force which denfe
_ »ane,u eomme ae .-_ ' ~.
' and so wobbled and drifted into seniiity_ it has gone, placed beyond doubt inc ability of tbc beyond the criri or June. thc obie
tl . , _ - - Allies io win. The German army is of that offensive was threefold-
, _ _ _ and rightly gone. l`he word iio\\ is Forward. l`lie me mainstay of the Central Powers |.eu£_,.e the pressure on ‘_-erdun: to as, _
..z'g:tiiiz:itioii- :tiiil as :i result of their efforts the lslaiitl. press beat-5 3 g-rave responsibility at this hour; i, is to and 3 fu" ha" of that army de-Bpne sim Dm. “mes in the Omer them,-es 9( will to mon," and whole-heartcdiy it
n h _ t. _ d.t. f C _hich all advantages of the -defensive and war by S-topping any further transfer a struggle of the motliei' land, and her
stale t e great C556" la can lm" ° suc ess' “ ' supported by this the strongest forti- of German troops from the western
may be summed up as imagination. If the new Go- ficatlons. suffered defeat on the front; to wear down thehsti-eiigtii of_ sony
it is to be regretted that the Patriotic Fund, the - - - ~ _ - Sornine' this year. Neither victors nor the forces opposed to‘us.
veriimcnt is to succeed in its -difficult task it must rc- van . -
__ _ - ,- ,_ , _ _ ' » qutshed will forget. this and ai- After dealing at length with the " l'f""n m the “'d°“" ‘md Jrlhalls and the need) de` member this' that nothing matters to-day but Country; though had weather has given the various stages of operations General
i' l' is _' tl 7 'l ' f hi' battl , Sh ll` i - _ ~ ~ it , th d bt- Ha' ~-uni up th case foliowsz- I l“‘ ll’ ‘il l0~¢ \\ 10 dit? lg lllg Olll' ‘is 0” ‘ that, therefore, its sole business is to find the requisite agfyglnnyffsgusandseff h?;°m';'\‘(s°;'vho 'g ‘ S _ e “S _
}““"‘ "W" "€`3“`°‘°‘\ 5° ‘°“g bm ‘h"’“g“ ‘he 5l’l°“did talent, and see that it is applied from top to bottom of win begin the new campaign with object of the often;-tvs Achieved.
nitric already done by the Proviiicial Organizer, Rev.
- - - ~ ~ » little confidence in their ability to re-
the military Imperial machine. The more it cuts away slat our assnuns or overcome our “_ ...nm mam Omen with which
~!' »|' McDonald' ‘hc “eglect is now in 3' fair way “T from political shibboleths, the 'greater its chances; in- tense. - f ' commenced the offensive in .inly had
~..-i'tl- bein made ood. “Father ohn _ " has a - , ‘0 w mi s entered the battle already been achieved in spite of tba'
g g -I -I ' deed, it must sei er itself from the old ties, T00t and with ui: tilsteriiifuaiion to win and con- fact that heavy autumn rains prevent-
_____,__-;_.- __mn__lcwd the ogzmizmion of Kingts County allll branchffof the PC0Pl0 Will be C0m°“!‘“'llh ll0ll\lllB'- tidcnce in their ability to do so. They ed full advantage being taken of the
'-‘ll‘ 'fl'>ill"S lift' ll0\\"lJ€lll SCH!-\Oll1C VIl\’l0l-\S Ol' 3-lllllllg ~ - i ' have roved to themselves. to the en- favorable situation created,by our ad-
' g g ,ess Thls Empire has ‘he means' ‘he resnurces’ me ri) d 0 the world that this con' vance at a time when wethati good
___ . __ . . . . _ . _ ' _ . er n t _ _ _ """""‘°“< q '"5 ‘vefk Orgmlzauon “Drk ‘S pmcecd power to beat thc Germans. And what the new Go- ngignce is justified." ground for hoping to scisievohyitiaiors
iiig iii ilic outlying sections of Queen’s County. Prince , -_ ~ - _ ` .important success. Ver un a een t Hum, Wm be taken up Shomv and»“.e have no doubt ‘ernment ins to df) 15 to raise iind orgamze those. for Deelaion to Begin Somme Operations. relieved. tlie main Gaiman forces had
f - ces, to strike out in new directions, to show' decision, ‘been iielii up on the western front
TFOR THE
il Let livery iiaii Sign - Appeal 'l‘o The Pa e, il, Mr Justice Fil
_ Y '
Saved _ from Complete Collapse ' ang
we'
liilaiitl Prvsii:-
ln the matter of Nation
Service; and the appeal
To the
WBT.
Z I put
|. the call for National service means.
loo of this Provliirte niiglit :insist in stirr-
~ ing them into ti enfiisc of true patriot- “to join ln organizing the full power
.
' list-ii short."
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selfish was uiiliullowetl and linac. W
d the sacred cominanilmeiits of liumoii
tc; ity; fighting for what Christmas re-
presents to us "Peace on eartli, good
i
Allies for the possession of their own
Il not our ifiiiisa llailowetll
“Freedom is the will to lic
“Besponslblc for oneself.”
individual responsibility for the
maintenance of the freedom of which we boast is called for. What is our will? What do wc in its exercise? All must will and tio in any efficient state for national will is but that of each individual..
ls not. our freedom imperilleil and
our responsibility clear? What will we then!
Ill?" ‘lllllill il Sho” lime C0“lflh“ll0“5'\\`m be ”0‘\""§ ’ ' ` - ° ' ‘ ' ' tg The opening oi the despatch out- and the eiiemy"s strength had been u|n_m.de|. "mt I sanctuary
in \.\.-liicli will wipe off what, up to now, has been a rc-
tiiivt-~' we have done very poorly by this tuntl, wliil
lit- iiirrcztsiiigly so as the war goes on.
!OreS'ght’_ lmperaonai patriotism and Imagination' y lines the origin of the' Aliieshdeclsiori considerably worn down. Any one ol
_ _ . C d ._ h . thai WSI If Will “ml “mst be llldged- N0 ma" Cafes 3 to begin fhe Somtme operations. “The these results is in itself sutl‘lcle‘nt _to iirtirtci in mir pl'0vll'iC_€. 0mp21l'E wit 0ill' SiStC\' YO- - ~ ~ - duct ie of an 9 ensive cam sign ugtif- the Somme battlé, The stta n-
' P ¢»` ra? fo? the om crleS.of lmeresi' privliege or class' The gui-in: the sunimtii' of 1916 hii)d al- inentiot' all there affords ample com- i
_ _ lhmg I5 10 get the "(11" "W" '” "W "gm P13533- Whe' ready been decided on by all the Ai- `pensatlon for the splendid efforts of
titir flcinanils upon it have been fairly heavy and will ther the are ends or blackSmiths_ to and the right lei.. says the ,emu me ,,o,,,,,, and for me ,,,,c,-tmp,
y ' , ' . “Varlofis possible alternatives on made/ They have hrnnght ns it long
“mf” “ml lo “Se them- If the new G0"'emme“t Wm the western front had -been studied step forward toward the final victory
lt is worth noting what the other provinces have , ~ - _ - S I - B d - -H and discussed by General _rome and of the Atned cause
iltnit-_ .\'o\':i Scotia Iias coiitributecl $503,944; New ltriiti-\\-it-L' $391,028; Quebec $3,223,773; Ontario $5,- 2>4~ ttf? \laiiitolm S982 6|8' Saskatchewan $534 537'
Yiil-:tin $24,902. ~-
lun tar sliorpof our"'dut`y, far"s_l_io'i't of what the othe
only regard itself as a Public e eating oar , it wi en _md we were ___ Compu” 8 _ F V __
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find a clear way to success. But if it yields to preju- agigement as to the front to he attack- T'ff|.hl;°'§§;;,l,:a,0! Sfg,§g,e°r fo: :he
dice wavers or fails to rise ve the thicket of re- Hd Di' the C°ll'lll|ll‘?d Ffellch “ml Bm' possession of vertiun had invested ` ' ` P lllh lll'lTfl0S Pl`°l’l‘\`“"°" I9" me °“““' that place with a moral and political
~ " ~ ` ' ' _ f ’ ' ’ ' war litical conditions and considerations its ath` ' ~ _\il»t~r\:i S748 089; British Columbia S88-4.738 and the po ' . P “We 'md mad” °°“"’me';l“l"" l"'°5"’“° importance out of_all proportions w
’ may well prove thorny. _ In a word, the National Go- but the date was depen ent on many iw _mimmy ,,,,|,,e_ "8 ra" would un.
- ll
‘ ~ doubtful f=°l°l`°- uioubtcriiy have been proclaimed
vemment has to *think as \vell as act. The quintesseh-_ ...subject to me necossny of com. great victory for our enemies and
‘ll ‘Wm mice" imm"he9°"Hg“'es ‘hat We have fm' 'tial condition of its success is the capacity to discover mending 0ll¢l’ll_U°l:;l ll°;l‘° UN; °‘*_‘_‘:_' would have shaken the faith of many
1’ - - ` mill' W” Wil “V “ Van” i 5°' .W in our ltlmate' success. The failure
.rin-iiict-< have done We who ha e boasted that ve and “mise the mlm" of the wumry' what we need d“° "°5‘“'d '° “‘°` 5°“°'“' °"““"°“ I of the eiiiemv to capture ll. dmltai l ' ` ' ’ ' V ‘ ‘ to-day are new men who will give us a military objec- desired to postpone my allllvli “H l°“l! gi-out otrci-ts and heavy losses. was ii
may be created, a sanctuary must be broken down.”
The home is the sanctuary ol overy
race which has not perished from the earth. l_n_ its purity and strength lie the future of liuinanity. The cradle song of the Spartan_Mother to lier child. equally with the teniierer, truer one of the mothers pf our race to lioi- chlidran, cregted tlte'visi’n of it Dl- vine nobility in the child; and sweet charity, loving sympathy, and nation- al spirit come ot that vision. What of the homes that have been made desol- ate, the hearth' fires that are out, the mothers who have died in the bloody maeistrom' of this wear! ‘
Truly these sanctiiai-ies have been
z ' l ~ ' h ` ' ‘ ' _ . . ' . . _ ish l ere - _ tri tu. nc est province m Canada per head of popuia in possible 'rho ai-it arm cs w B__,._,,,, bmw ,O his prestige. informs .woken dowm.. but M ,my Wm they
' ' P ' gg ._ , __ f _ _ _ I , ,_ _ ,h em.
vzritic of :t small chicken, less than a half bushel of po- _ fail; v::,,|n yoeegéigwestieii-1:, gist, In
|t N b i- the strength of the enemy
t:itot-_-_ 'l`|ic country sections are not to blame for this Well’ ° -
. _ ` ` _ . _ l in tiic western theatre was greater
:tppnrciit pcniirioiisiicss; they have not been given the 'l_`hc resolve to continue this war until Germany D`||_' s§|_E'|'|0l§ f0§ mm 4,, _|“|y_ notwithstanding, the
' ‘ ' ' ‘ ‘ - ' ’ ' ' abandonmen of life' offensive at Ver-
)0(
tive and follow it, and so inspire all men and women
' . ,_ _ , . , ~ - - _ ~ growing in numbers and the supply ti om med both during the gt-0. tion, li.i\t tlont; less than the Yulton, \\ hicli is little bet to give them lmstimed support _ of _munmom was steamy i,,c,.e,,,|ng_ g_f’e';s ofthe Summa _name and smce
ft'rTliaii it ivildemess. We have contributed less per __ » but a large proportion of omcers and me ,,,,,,pe_nB|,,n or ,cove operations,
litail t|i.iii the riot, of 3 tlgzen of e 5_ lege than the _ ____ ____ :___ _____'______'___ _____A:__ ______________ » mam
has fully established the effect oi’ our
be ra-created. aa that _the earth has not yet returned to a thing without form and void.
What do we-with the bayonet and
Lbs Wolf not at our door-in the ro-
bulltling fgr tliesa_desola_te tones? '
“Whit ls had? All that
snrnetopportiiiiities as those sections which _ have been ‘throws down her arms and admits herself beaten, iiiit_il uulln|" .Blu-EIS dun ___ ___ _mt8____m__e _______m__b___ to Wm __ Pune” "pm ”““e“_,,
s_\°_~tt-iiiatically canvassed. Now however, theopportu- her great \var machine is sent to tlie scrap-iic:~_p, is ‘ ,.._,.. dude ma, the som,-M, offensive not
_ -._ ' _ " ' ‘ ' ii tivni btboitiisi-se
beopen to all; Every has, universal among the All_ies,_says the Mail _ "m|.~‘ ” _ ;l_;1_lye__f¢e ;;f6yed°ag:_l:nst“o“__ Ames tn a coml1'iittee*w‘ho will solicit and col- and Empire. The British people did not need Lloyd me ent _
idly: will
'llllfl lil ll l ill O ' ` ` ` ` h Fren h o le and of the
_lt-y.~ The
Wl.L»i»0l-
'l : t - ' ' ' ' ‘ \_\ _l l _L__i§r_ is_haiid__cd to them and ,we confidently, George to speak before they made up their minds, nor Enemy. Ln". 6__“m_ mm Mn” tor .1 larger return per head than any other of our did the French need to hear what they were resolved H0““l”
*lub* llluviiices. .We have a right to contribute more .upotnfrom their Premier. There is something fine and Loggins pack. "Lia the tiii_ni grcatnpiiicct gf 3;;
. . . . - - - - to s on e Sotlllli
g _ _n. 5 ian tie o er provinces. ur rural com- noble about this spirit in t e c pe p md ,mme hu mmm mother page iii); wgali-iii; ditiwii of the enemy., iiiiitiitics especially have.a right to do so. They have people in llie British Isles. In France and in the Bri- of mgruity and truth; powers of resistance. __An_y atp:_em_t_e'_n; ; ' - - - - i . tn t t i - » ii Ii ul c.\t<ptionailY large crops and received exceptional- tish Isles the people and the amiy are virtuallif one. Hl>A:’_*_f_H\:_\_lh:;l;:__: rgxggs Ig ;:u'~3_f‘¢° ;1_;e:_°m§"f:d°:_u;fd‘;pe§_d In some li' large prices for them. In a year of such extraordi- This is absolutely true of France. When the Lloyd A yea, has “ML °~¢,- Man ,mu head", deg,-ee on estimates. 'rbcre is,bi_i_e;i:_i;
it- ' ' “I - - - - ii b t; i. id' wvlwv Y ii try prosperity, prosperity which came largely as a di George proposals are put into force it will absolutellf Mstinivi; l::‘i°u;e'*¥:Kol0°§i0,'§; uk §;‘\’“f:'mai'm‘;“;fwmy.a ,asus ,D mm
rctt result of the war, we should contribute accordingly true of the British Isles. A Frenchman is either ser- . what mg bmom ,mi bt-,in have md mugerm wars very conslderasitly : ~» ' ' ' - _ ~ ' " _ ,' h th (tb Alllemw _e intl nc trust that, for the good name of the province ving in the army or heis working in a munition fac l°l\l'l\'- :£251 *1*_‘_‘; usa; m°adv“.,“e on
:mtl thc self respect of our people, the result of the tory or he is discharging some other vitally necessary' Om M U, Mm, that ¢,,,,_,a,,¢, have our ,ae 4, ,uit gi-o:tter._.t;ii__i‘li1a__“tl1: . _ ' ~ .' . . _ . _ B 6
~_ » -_ ti i v..
picstiit miiipaign will he such as to ennblc us to hold duty for his conniry_ His ow-n aB';m-5 arg of mmm- w_m:»\ii‘i'_sdom_s p__ec_o_" Rm!! pgggtsuriogp ;°_t_i:ct;w_“a the iewnh ot
up our heads among our sister provinces and to say to importance. His whole time, his whole fortune, his om my ,,,_1|m| tm- hands have dons im-ga uuiuborsoi' the anemia troops.
I-1 ~ ° -- - _ ,itit ,luushtwilli 1 "'_" ‘ml '_° 8‘"S°l"°5 fha* We dld Ollr Share- \vhple_abililY and energy are at the service of the State. w§°::yv_¢_1::l°0:e:_l_°I;l:_l:_: i;;l:l:d' mm {*_l_:ll§__g;t;l;‘:mdet'e__=“;:a°“_ ann. "_
_ 3 "__, __ )o This is not the case in Canada. Probably not one in N, me mes; muutmtst-9, but the rlsist;
» ~ a - ~ ' i . ' l'|`l
l`ll"l1 “ll Slll Cllllll-_ ES TUPPER ff" °#°=f*'=~.r~-="='e=ii_°-f=°"i -i W '°fi<» ii~°'»°l..2‘°.:i: ‘.:.i‘:‘.°.'.'.:“:.'::.'::“.:°::.» ........ iit:.i':.'.i:.ii;’2-f-'14‘l‘¢-”°"i»- -"9 i-
' _ _ _ *to say, in figlitiiig or training for the army or in mann-._ _ \,,°,,_. ' _ _ , the sky stage; ot the tiattle.-_Aided
’l\ new _series of “'_l`lie_M_al¢_er',i,¢>,f,C=\,tiisda,’_? ptiblislis-~factuiilng`ttit_initions, or in-‘planning (onthe strengtli-itf.Al1‘ib“i° _\'_ll'llll\ °f_ l lla! h_l°f;'m°t°Vr;l:m¢;:_ £‘u2:I°,“°°'
Limited, Toronto, iitiingiy gpm; with it _etiiiig of our armyat the front. In _a_sens¢,_of cout-se,_ ""1 _ maui” nf mm ,mmm ,,,,,,-_,,, at.
of Sir Charles Tapper, by Hon. j. W. Long- everyone who is working is doing something for his Ifhwpezptzsegltpgs '::i_:\=_i:_i_i_ earth f_;s:;._;;i_l:¢lp_:\;:_:h;:l¢':_fn1':_':2{l:!g *mf ,,,,,u¢, ,,, Md “may _ _
Volume One of the series, gives in the C0\\llil’y- Th* flfm.¢l' Wl"° §"°“'$ 3 *h°“5°"‘d ll“’l‘°l’ mil their 'sph-it blame their siniess sitio tile siiemv to rall1_»_lrl_1_:. ;°:;_§:.l;' ami work 6' J" ,,."””_,,
y y ` ry . i . . ° 0! true- hearts left behind? But toward the and o 0 over!
vércciieiit literar st l of iii author ir bmi, of gtk ans _'oi wheat is “doing liis bit,” but he is doing it for him-tm mirur f _ _ tu tus trooin mor ea_cm ug;
-eesiry of the distinguished statesman, the birth in Am- self. He is growing wheat to sell. Iwi for th# P\ll'P0=l¢ .gm gut it vm not wut." wi., , "qi tits "autor wintortuuat
1- - -. _- . -- - ‘f ° . is it btittuti vt-
hcrsl, N. S.. on July 2|, 182i. of H, man-child who m of strilnnt at Germany. What he does with the pro- Tfegdzrtftp `i:i;_l_l;sis____p;_l__ii__- me ::o_i_t_s_____pi;°_;u._____o:._y s p_¢_im_
the ‘fulness of time was to la a rinei l role in the `¢¢¢<l9 Of ¢l\¢'9il¢ “|05” lim Wllif ll* is fad! ‘° nm' .g|g, , inirheii " ‘~
P Y P P4 _ _ _ iiiakiiig of the Dominion of Canada 'and in ghgping ighhce iorliia country, and what applies to the farmer ap- _Where the good shall m_sst l¢llii.___ _nu aut-_"__ m____m”_ _
policy, the child Charles 'i‘upper, who, as Sir Chu-iq _plies witliieqnal force to nia_nufacqirers anti Canadian; Topper, Bart., on. October goth., rgig, me tttnilpgy.-‘iii productive ealiiiigs
fifth ear who titrdie at»"11ie Mount," Bexley Heath, i i I
W _ . _ _ ,'_ __ _ i _ ° \ N. _
of London, the great fiirolr ` ~ _ _ 1 _‘_ A
_ Q °1\.Empire, where for many years " -_----qi-i-rr ~. ‘ ° . fn
ll$_lJt8t lllfl
ca niritaly tru 'grin' sito tau
stints with-iw? _ - dana _still elinglnr
Thareal need at .this hour is men,
men of courage, vigor, certainty, and fsteadfastness, ` men without morbidly active consciences given to misgiv- ings. Lol-tl* Roberts was one of the truest of that type. Would that we had listened to him, and not buried our heads ln the sand, when he said ln-1912
I if if "ii
HON0l_l_R_ OF THE _ PROVJNCE
iiir cu-i iam; iii-rug lriolisili tif l’.lI. laiitlers zgeraltl. __ ~
_ =>~»'if~-'* _- `
and quit yourselves as men for
al _the time of apr ordeal is at hand, that 10 youceime not to be a_ frpe nation."
Canadians to provide for those A great French soldier wrote, speak- adlustments in our national ing of England's early--effort .to fn- iile necessary for tlie main- crease her forces, “the triumph of the tenance of its agrlculturalmvolnntary system was a German. tri-
» industrial anti commercial umph; it caused the ruin of Belgium,
status and essential to the and the devastation ol France." Our aiiceessfni prosecution of the l unpreparedness forced the reaping of
istrauge harvests! But the Empire has ;since than created _an army lu its
it in this form flint we ml\y|modern sense, moviugforward to ab-
e start with an accurate idea of what solute military efflclency._ '
Itls to guard against turthar conse-
t In the liope that a word to the men quences of -this weakness of miiiti, of
spirit, ot knowledge that we are urged
le of the nation in terms dl human en- ti ergy," and to “place ourselves freely
B] for thoughtful t'oiisiderption "tb this at ‘the disposition of our country for
means of st-rvit-1- tin- the Empire has siicli service as we are best fitted, to
perform."
finly the weait will refuse.
_ ‘-.t tioutt _ win- ituiibwr-tb i i:nir_y| :
“Throw not livltiy tlie
`. and iiti-oiig -t-:ttiniile of' i-iijoyliir; lifc' _
but taught ns that flint. cnjnyuit-iit if 'i‘iil.-t last apiiorisin of “tho bright-
te est intellectual liillit that Europe
d_ joined in this war, respuiitiiiig to our _ltiiowi~i," appeals to us ali. it neeils no rt country's call to arms in niil of other coniinoiit. In n time of durkiiesti and s pe0ples-wliose kliisliip we remember- in the iilifitiow oi’ tlentitlt has burnt 0 ed-because we believed that what itself iiitu our hearts and lives, rc-
d memberlng ns we must those who il have tendered the toll, who have paid - lthc price. wiio have braved and battled
and bled. Well may we stand uncov- orotl at the shrine of Ca'nada's dead.
it is the work of this generation-
_none greater, to expei~ from the ‘earth the law of the jungle, and to achieve a just and lasting peace; and to stile step it, or dodge lt, says un eminent Divine “is to be damned.” “Better tar," wrote _a soldier who gave _his life, "to go out with honor than survive iith shame."
The soul of the Fniliulliln Soldier
‘luis not been thrown avviiy.
lfiwe believe that our cause is liai-
lowed. that t-boi-e:.r_et`its on each of ns im individual responsibility. that the sanctity of the h0ma'ls worth preserv- ing, that the day pf weakness-is past, that the hero in our soul cannot be thrown away, every man will respond to this call for service in whatever wily he can best serve.
We cannot brlitgdlslionor on the
memory of the d d who left our uiiouselioids “to tender the toll and who hruvctl and battled and bled," nor fiiil to hold up the hands of tlioso ln tlto trenclies. t
The honor ol' this Province is dear
to me, as lt. is to every man who has won recognition from its people. Anil it I understand their spirit arlght any appeal to fore~go comfort, home, and personal need in view oi national need must be made to the thoughtful intel- iligence of men whose soul has not 'lost the spirit of true heroism.
The proudest boastot this commun-
ity or of any in Canada, when the bless _ings of peace shall have come, will lic, that every /mon in it had signified ltin willingness to serve wherever, and whenever called upon as s.`loyal son of an Empire which secured to him these blessings.
What matter if put* hands have not
been trained ‘lor some impori.ant..psr- ticular work. it may be that We host. nerve the State by remaining in our homes, maintaining agricultural oi- other interests. That, we may leave to those who know the national needs and the best means of serving thani.‘ lint for the honor of thel’rovinee, let every man sign ills card. What a relief the opportunity will be to many.
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' ii. li.*iiitrgiu»aiti. 30th, Dec. 1916 . \
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and the~ro_ is no 'reason to suppose that the effort required was not within .mir powers. Unfortunately at. this juncture very unfavorable weather sst`~in and continued with scarcely a break during the remaind- er of October and the early part of Novsxn _r. _ Pobr visibility seriously interfer with the _work pf the ar- tillery and constant rain turned the mass of hastily dug trenches" *into channels of deep mud. The ‘country roads broken by countless shell crat- ers rapidly became lmpassablo. mak- ing the' supply of food stores and amiiiniiiuon e. sarfoitl iimhlsin. 'riiese
of attack to sueh_ai\ extent that it
M, was impossible to exploit the
.tion with the lxapiditf enable ua to reap to the
General Hal|'»"re'pof't cdiitaiiia fre
qneiit mention ofthe work of the talilis. Ons aaanntio follows: -
conditions multiplied the dlfllciiities--_
l "Gueiiecourt was carried after pro- tecting trenches to the west had been ‘ captured _in an interesting fashion. lu an early morning attack l tank start- Ofl down a portfonot atreneii bald by the enemy .front the northwest. tir~ ing its iqichina gunz- and followed by
bombeig. Tho enemy could not escape as wa aid the trench at the southern
d. the same
’ at the `
l lti '
ok
aeroplane the trench at the en-
vrnved white
t an of surrender
re
Gil ‘ileiv B B0
ptad the Besides a llileil we and 86|
were tive."
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the
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and ported by tho'
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