1'? - - whose seed, labor, fertilizer and all that|`
' goes to make a successful crop for nexti
" the full limit of their capacity for many:
l i . . . ° . ‘ iii so, is so serious that it may mean the loss 1 l
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i 4"; i I 1- have farms that cannot do any better than , , theyeare-doing bee-auseef-the want--of seed, _
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Ti’ ' food production if we would. And why
i»_ * »l needless al_ai'm but we do believe in pla-
cing the situation fairly before our peo-
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The cityward flow from the farms is
attracting a good deal of attention now that th'e serious consequences likely to re-
. suit from it is becoming more and more
appare'ht. Already the crop of the coming year isf being estimated and present ap-‘ . .__.peaitanccs_indi_cat£-QmtllL§&Ti£ §_?9i‘9!lS it , will fall short of the normal average crop. The letter of Rev. Mr.-Harding, of Tignish, which appears elsewhere in this paper.i gives a somewhat discouraging prospect of' conditions in the westeri'i part of the pi'o- vince. Doiibtless the scarcity of' seed, of' labor and of fertilizer will also be felt in other sections. This added to the state-, ment that in the State of Maine alone thel crop acreage will be 50,000 acres less _than last yea-r, reveals a condition the serious-_ ness of which oui' people apparently have not _vet grasped. ` It is little use talking starvation to thei man whose barns and cellars ai'e full audi
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season, are already in sight. This is the
. position enjoyed by the great majority of Q1 ~ our farmers and the_ threat of starvation or l " even of want falls lightly iipo_n them. Our i best farms have been producing almost to
r years. This is what made 'them our best f farms. and while the increased prices of
4 the past few years may have added a little to their output the average well worked farm cannot be expected to produce much
more than in the past few years. Our only hope of increasing production is to get af- ter the poorer farms, the vacant f'arnis, the abandoned farms whose owners have gone elsewhere, many of them to the cities to
. become consumers instead of producers. 1 Now, to come to the point: The food si- ' tuation is not onlv serious but extremely
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of the war and the loss of those things which we have consideied sufficiently va-
- luable to sacrifice the lives of our best be-
loved to save. We have idle farms, we
of labor and of fertilizer. We have men who are doing women’s work, we have men, doing work that does not require to bel
il, done, we have men doing work that had 4; better be left undone. In other words we, gi have the means to _greatly increase our
would we not? First of all for the simple 5_3; reason that in our comparative prosperity we refuse to look the situation squaifely in ‘; . the face. We _do not believe in raising
4 ple even though it be alarming and that is 2 the situation today-alai'ining- and the
,sooner our people realize it the better.
Our correspondent suggests starting “ai
campaign for an increase of acreage on P. E. _Island.” By all means, but such a cam- paign has been carried on for the past three years and right up to the present many of our people still regard it in the light of dollars and cents not the winning of the Wai' oi' the salvation of the world. The crying need of more production and; the fate that threatens us if we do not produce should be cried aloud from the housetops, from the pulpit, from the plat- form,_from the press. It will be too late to do this when it is too late.
sncni-:fr n0ci'.i|ic.\'T couics To Liolrr
_Those who. think such a thing as a ne-
gotiated peace is possible with Germany, who think -any kind of peace conference is possible until she has been beaten, who take her words not _exactly at their face value but as containing some residuum of truth, should attend to the secret official communication which fell into Hugo Haa`se’s hands and was read by him to the Main Committee of the Reichstag. Haase is the_.leader of the Independent Socialists, who are the anti-Kaiserite minority So- cialists. The document he produced was a
U secret, communication sent by Berlin to
Vienna outlining Germany’s intentions. It was .wrtiten by Michaelis, who was then Chancellor. ' This is the same Michaelis who preten- ded .to accept the resolution of the Reich- stag declaring for peace without annexa- tions. Wh`ile Michaelis-who, like Beth-
~ nlannand Hertiing, ismerely the mouth-
piece and pupet of the real rulers and not to -be~cons1dered as having an identity
apart from them-was declaring to the
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d pacific aims, in secret he was `
icating to Austria her real aims. i
‘f _ _ Compare them:
uni-wifi; unity-(anim 1:91), mio W yur. uniiv- micwistis 'ro THE; wiicnnsiiis 'ro Aus ,
cred) ln,,ndv_f|nco" 82.50 per your (mulled) In advam_to, in 'R¢|¢H31-AG_ _|U|_y ' 1-R|A_ |N 1-HE '35 ---- Can|d|,_l_nd"88.0f) for U.S.A. 19_ 1917 ~ CRET DOMJMEN-,_ There nre many thousands of mo. -_-,-,-,-_-,-_-_-,-,-_-_-,-_-f_-.-,-,-.-_-,-_-;.-_-,~,--.--.~.-.~..-:=-=----»--=-'--- -‘-~- --‘f-A---f The cgncgntrutlon of ’l‘he_ motive nf all Oi' lh°l`5 ill me Uni'-ed Stale* ‘md 3 PY0'
the Russian Army conr- Gcrninny's nets is the lack pc-lied Goriiiniiy to seize` of territory. both for tho tho sword. There \vus,ilcvelopnient oi' coninicrco
no choice loft to ns, :ind wliat. is true of the wal'
itself is true also oi out weapons. piirticuliirly the submarine.
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Licriniiny did not desire
the war in order to niiihc,
\'iolent conquests. and tlierei'oi'e will not conti nite the war ri day longer iiiorely tor thc suite ol coiiiinests, il"`it could ob tain an lioiiornlile peace
These aims may be at-»
tained within the liniitsi oi' your resolution .is l` uiiilei'stanil lt, (the Ileiclistzig resolution do clu\'ing against annexa- tioiis.) \\'e cannot again oi`i`ei' peace. We have lo yiiily strctclied out our liaiids once. it niet ri ivsipoiise; init ’-“ ‘ii thi (in\'eriiiii<~iit feels that .l our enciiiics nbiinilor their lust t`or couqueii' iiiiil their aims of snbju giition, und wish to ente- inio uegotiatioiis, we
shall listen honestly anfi readily for pence tr
what they have lo siiy ti us. ‘ i
\\'hat we loir: to at
tain is ai new :ind splen diil Gerinany, not ai Ger inany which wi.-.lies, :ii oui' enemies bcliovc. ti terrorize the world will licr armed iiiiglit-no, tht nioraily purified. Go( leiiring, loyal, peut-cl'\il and iniglity German' which we all love. l~'oi
this Germany we and;
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oui' brothers out tlieri
will bleed :ind iii~
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Allq 110W Comes Bethrnann lunch with zi qiiiirt of Cliquot, and
admission that before_ the declaration Oi W-iiii.. rin siiiiiiiys genius oiiisiiie war he issued instructions to demand from or .i iiiiigmim of ii. 'rin iiiiiii is
Frm-lce the cessjom pending the Wal-_ of iiiiii the sort of wine that is drunk; the fortresses of Toul and Vel.dun_ Ge1._ in -luiiglisli speaking countries.
\\'lIER}<l IS THE lil€I'l`ISlI i\`AVY‘.’ _ F-urnlshed by w_ S_ Lou,”
and colonization. Gerniii-
ny has io solve two prob_» lems--tlin t`i'eednin of the
seas and the opening of :i route to tho southeast.
And these two problems can only' bo solved through the destruction nl' Entgland. '
Our object is the per~
iiiaiiont. securing oi` the Goriiian Einpire in (‘en- tral Europe and the ox- tension of its territory. .\'o one who iiiiilerstziiids the slgnillcuiice ot this war can doubt that. in spite of our wish to he moderate, we shall not :illow ourselves to be de- terred i`i'oni exteniliiig the borders of the cnipire and iroiii, uiidcr all cir~ cinnstaiiic-es, anncxiiig such territories as ure titled for i-oloiilzutioii and are not subjected to the iiiliucnce of the sea po-
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\\'c can ivealteii her
(llussizil niaterially hy
.tuking aivay liei' border
territories. the Baltic provinces. ily using skill- i`iil policies the dlaltie provinces can csisily be Gcrmaiiized. 'l`hey will be settled with (li-rixiriiis ind their population will double itself. That is the reason why they must. be inncxcd. *‘ "‘ ’i‘lie iron- ier betwceii the Gcrniaii Empire' :ind Poland iiiiist. he iniiteriiillv iiltcrod. * ”‘ ‘-" The ialics, which we shall not le:ive_in the hands of the ilussiiiiis at any price. will be inclu- ded \\'ithin our iiorilersf
ln the \'osgcs thc boun~
;l:ir_v line niiist he ini- provcil by the aniiexziiion oi' sonic valleys. so that tho Gcrinan t`i'oiitieif troops can no loiu-ter he fired iipou from I<`reiicli territoi'y. France will lose llrley und ii strip oi’ land west oi` Luxeniburiz. l`lie value ot' liriey in an economic and military sense is evident from the tact that 16,000,000 tons of iron ore are produced there. For the stile- giuirdini: ot` the Geriiiuii and Luxeniburg iron iii- diistry Lonizwy must, i'e- main in our linnds.
manyls retlred. Chancellors are proving drunk there. The people cannot ai- thelr uses' It IS to be hoped that He1`tl1ng lord it; moreover. it would be tool S0011 l’€l§ll`€, S0 llllilll lie, lZ0O, C311 beglll stroiii: for tliein_ The wine that is his contribution to the documentary his- tory of a hypocrisy and perfidy unexampl- ed in modern history and not to be excell- ed in any history, ancient or modern, civi- ' DAILY SELECTIOIIS F08
liéed or barbarous.-gl. Y. Times. , “ummm READERS
Thoughtful consideration should be gi
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ment, the sequestration for over three 5,, “,Q,_,_v____0 __
years of the German Navy-a sequestra- __\,-0, ,,,, me ,.,.,,t,,l§";,2;f,,f)yg:;;',f tion from which it escaped only once, and o ihvm- or Sain: wrmi 'rimii given, then only to encounter losses so heavy that "Wifi" lfikcsl um away. For ‘what is never again has it ventured out for the Tliiuo is ours iilwiiys. if we are Thine. winning of such another “victory”-that is ""'l_ “f” " "“""""‘ “"" "W" 1” "“_` bull 5_1 palzti and a' Snlau parts of what Eng' iind ii liorlzoii is nothing. save the liinl lalld S Sl‘llpS Of Wal' l`l3V6 (l0118. - it of our sight. Lift us np, strong Son
They have cleared the Seven Seas, and ef G°fi» ther wemw we further:
kqpfl them Cleared, of German C0ml`l'iel‘C6, "'°““““ °‘"` Wes' "mt We ““‘Y "00 with effects far moi'e disastrous to Ger- '"°'° °'“"""'; ‘"‘“" “” ""”‘" '° “W ~
,many than the aggregate of all the rever- ‘ses she` has met‘on land, and going far to- ward counter balancing all the conquests she has made among her weaker adversa
ries. Had it néit been for the British Navy,
the war woul have been
veii by all who are inclined to criticise ‘HAVE FMT" 'N °`°°" .
Wllall they llllé ll'i&ClLlV1'Cy Of llll€ Bri- The following conii'orl.lng lines, (Wu as H lover' ue may nm be con' t_ish Navy to one most pregnant`sent‘ences coiiiiiosvd br Mr. W. P. Domi' were
In the add1.eSS_ dehvered in_Ca1.negie sent _to the Louson fainily, in their
by the Archbishop of York, says a_ New ;;;’_f_f_“f_°*_‘_;‘°“__‘_'_ ___ __ _ _ York Exchange. “People ask sometimes,” up (_u,',, 1 V °‘ _' ml” _°‘°v' _ he Said H ,Whe__e _ the Briti h N ,P _I _. _s our (cur ones to tiieli rest,
I S _ S avy - ll 0 I-frieve, we nionrn. we cniinot see
WOLllCl ZIYISWGI' that ql1€‘Sl.',1011 by 3,]'l0the1‘- But dare not doubt what is, is best.
where is the vaunted German Navy?" And
that does tell the whole story, or at any ;"_"“‘§"_“"'°f "‘"' i'"““_““““";“~"
_ ‘ ' » . ll )ll`| SS V0 'IOWS O C 1081.011 “H Y‘0(l'§
lite CEILISE t’l_};0S}§__ who complalll Then Fiiilli asserts lier majesty,
‘l _Ou 9 _ 31 ule 0 t 9 Iltlsh N3Vy t0 df) .tiid Reason trusts, an All-wise God_
things which no navy could do to recall the
magnitude and the importance of what it "We Seem 10 sive her 'mek to Thee. has acc0mp1iShed_ that acc0mp]iSh_ :leur (lcd, _Who gnvest her to us. Yet,
_' nnd Thou nrt, wc too niuy be, cliispliig
.portlonzitc number in Canada who teiir that ii' their soldier sons come \li1i~k tc them they' will be drunknrds. ’l`iiZes have been sprend nbout the fltillkiills' habits of the British iiiid- _l-‘reiich people and oi' the frightful toniptatloiis put in the wiiy oi’ young soldiers from overseas, and pnrcnts to' whom total abstinence from all sorts ol intoxicating liquor is an art- ‘icie oi' religion, are' nntiiraliiy greatly distressed when they tlilnli oi’ their li iys :icqulrlrig htihlts which lend to the srinie place us the lute of the strange woniiiii spoken ol’ by Soloiiioii. Sonic) oz' these stories have been circulated ihrcnrh ig'iioi'iince; sonic have been di-liberiiiely invented by* German agents; some iiiive been cxaggerat-_
_cd by propugandists. who see in thy _war ai i`avoi°ite' weapon for l'urther- iii: the cause of prohibition. So far as France is concerned. the truth
_about the drink problem has been set forth by Niibotli liciliiil the well-
liiitoiiiieil l-`i-eiieli <»oi~i'e.-pf~'~‘~\--t of the ilrooklyn i‘lii‘,.‘:l`e.
Absinthe' V
'l`lin corrcspoiidciii .says that un-
-_ilcubledly the daily use oi dis-
_tilloiI' alcohol is bei-_oiiiiiig iilariiiiiig- fly prevalent in some parts 01'] _Fi-aiicc. such as the lo\\'ei' part ol`| .\‘oi'iiiuiidy and the liordeaiix region.
_.‘\`evertlicless, he says that the sight lol' ai ilviiiikeii innii is rarer in France than it is in the State oi’ llluiiie.
_The :ibolitioii of ubsiiitlie ‘in France.
ewhicli was hailed as ii treinciidous stride in the direction oi` piohibition`_ by those who were as igiioranl. of l~‘roiich allairs as they were innoceiit oi' acriiiziiiitziiice with abslutho, :ii-
ilef-ied only rt few people in certalii ldistricts. The use oi` iibsintlie was not. 'coiitriiry' to a general delusion.
:the lavqritc occupation ol' niost of ,tho Freiich people. Noi' are the il<`rciicli. :is a nation addicted to distilled liquors. despite the tact that some of the most potent spirits
_:irc inode there and shipped to all paris oi the world_ The French are ,wiiic driiikers, beer drinkers. cider
lflrinkers. The favorite drink varies éiii dii`i`ereiii. parts oi' the country. The l~`rencli beer is :is light :is (len iiiiin lager, and Mr. llediii says the average stomach could not contain enough ot' it to produce lntoxicntioii.
Wine There and Here _ '
ii, has been noted that to a cer-
triiii type of niind there is no piir~ tif-iilzii' _d'iilei'encc between ai iiiug' oi' beer and xi cash of ruin. They` are simply lumped together as in- toxicniiis. Tlif-re is zinotliei' uioro .swphisiicated type that contends `th:it there is only one wine. and that when one uses the word he iiieziiis cliaiiipiiigne. 'l`he_v sceni io liiivii the notion tliut the l\‘rencli peasant wzislics down his frugal
'thoiigli it comes i'roin l<`raiice, is not
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isis Thou didst not lose her in giving,
iumlul, niiil rlciiih is onlv it horizon
self tliiit so we muy know ourselveai nr-.ui'er to our beloved who iiro with Thee! Anil while Thou dost prepnre ii place for us. prcpnro its lor tliiit happy place, thiit where they iii-f~
liiinils of lnscprii'iible` bliss in over~
from France usually 118!
'Bistro charge of alcohol inserted. vi'!iicli is "due _to the Ang-lo-Saxon preference for drinks tbxiit have a "k|ck." The wine that tho French people drink as we drink tea or cof- .i'ee_, is zz very light clnret, low in zil- eohollc content, and much lei-is iii- tr-xicatiiig, than hiird older. »
Crinnot Drink Water
This is the sort' oi’ wine iliiii is
freely if not ha-bitunily drunk bl' British and Aniericiiu soldiers in l<`rance when they nrc resting bc- hlnd the lines or billeted iii l~`reuch_ villages. It may be that they do! not particularly .like the drink, but; Mr., lledln siiys that in certain dis-E triets of Franco the driiikinl-I Dil
wntei by liiiman beiiigs would boi coiisld'ci'eil not only iiii ecceiiti'irit_v., but ai diiiigeroui-i experiment. The! c-rdintiry water is noi iit to drlnh.' lic writes: “Agaiii and again l hiivel
seen the water taps in the villages, occupied by the British or Anieri~l can troops uiarlied ‘Witter unfit to! driiik."’ Whenever the troops have.
been in ii village loiig_enoug~h, :ind_ where it is possible. they have iu» stztllt-ii some system ibut. iiiiilics the wiitcr siitc. lt is not so much that
France Iiiis been lux in siiiiitiiryl iiisasures as that. not- being water, driiikers. they have not paid much’ attention to the water supply, so long as it was cileiiuiiie and couldl be drunk surely by doinestii- lini-
niiil.-. _ R
Liquor's Hold on Government
it is not the coiisuinptlon oi' the
ordiiiiiry iiriiiks ot' the Fi'eiicli people that is likely to do any harni to the .-oldiers. lint they have toiinil thut| stroiigei' waters are io he had if they want tlieui badly enough. .-\p- parently there are liootleggcrs iii large iiiiiiibeis. ready to supply tlw deiiizinds oi' lirlilsh and French soi- iliers; :ind it appears, loo,tlint it great uiiiny French people linve larned in tlie course of the war that whiskey, brandy and other drinks of greiit powci' produce ai' certain effect that is not to be achieved by means of the ordiiiiiry red' or white wine of the country 'l`hc French Cliiiiiibei' 'iiiiglil well apply itself to this problem, bni .\lr. l-icdiii says that perhnps zi nin- jorily oi’ the deputies owe their elcc~ tion to the activity in their belinll oi” thc liquor sellers of the couiitr_v_ The hotel, tlio inn, the cate are the ceiitres ol' lii`e in l~`i11nce. 'I`liere the people 'meet to discuss politics. :ind the iiirikccpdr is like old John \\'il- let, the lo_t-:il oracle. llis influence will iuake or break it czlndidiite, and this explains the influence of the llquorintcrests in the politics ol l"rance. This ls why France is not likely' to go on the water wagon in the imiriedinte tiitiire, unless cocrceu' by Great Britrilu :ind the United States. '
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