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THE PA'l`Rl0T’S PREDICAMENT.

Great men do not play tricks \vith facts and

figures: only little men do that. judged by this stan- dard it is not difiicult to place the Patriot in its proper category. For thepast nine months it has been playing stage tricks with facts and figures only to have its trickery disastrously exposed before the whole coun- try by the debates in the Legislature. Our contem- porary has been driven from pillar to post in an en- deavor to extricate itself from its unenviable position, and yesterday it reached the nadir when brought to book by Mr. john Anderson, the Provincial Auditor. With its usual recklesness and disregard for truth, the Patriot had stated editorially that “the public accounts were falsified, and the Auditor-the sworn Auditor- participated in the falsification.” The Patriot knew when it penned these words that it was deliberately making a mistatement, therefore, it was not surpri- sing when Mr. Anderson challenged it to find our contemporary making a complete volte face and whin- ingly pleading that the Government should have de- fended Mr. Anderson from the attack of the Opposi- tion! "The government must take full responsibility for the Public Accounts,” sapiently remarks the Pat- riot, “and not try to shift it on an official.”

Shades of Herman! just a few lines further on

the Patriot quotes the Premier as taking the \vhole responsibility npon the shoulders of the Government and justifying its action. Yet almost in the same breath we are told that the Government sheltered it- self behind an official. It is pitable.

But the Patriot was at its wit’s end, for the follow-

ing is a letter from Mr. Anderson which it was up against:

"Editor Patriot :-

“Sir,-In your editorial of last Thursday, you

make the following statement:-“Therefore the Pub- lic Accounts were falsified. And the Auditor-the sworn Auditor-participated in the falsification.” Now that is a serious charge, if true, by which you try tc fasten the crime of perjury on the Auditor. And what are the facts on which you make this serious charge? The Government had decided very late in the year 1914 to contribute $15000 to thc Patriotic Fund which they could do under the vote for that year for War Ifixpenditures of a “sun1 sufficient.” The cheque, how- ever, was not issued till early in january 1915, which to my mind was and is an immaterial matter, as I base my statements solely on the entries in the Treasury books, As every business man knows, the Bank, where a Government keeps the deposits, .is not the Provincial Treasury, it can only be regarded as a safe place for its funds, and I am informed by the best authority we have that the Treasury books were for the last forty years kept open' for some time after the last day of each fiscal year for further entries. In following the same usage this year, I submit your charge of falsification for so doing goes beyond de- cent criticism.

“If this matter was not mixed up in a political con-

tention, I certainly would seek redress through the Courts, but, I know- and you know, that to submit a case involving partisan issues to a jury in any part of Canada is the height of folly. Hence political writers have a license here to slander their opponents with im- punity. It is true, of course, that many of our politi- cal writers exercise regard for their own reputations as well as those of ,others and their writings are de- cent and considerate. But that character dwarfs as the size of the Arena lessens and our Legislature and press have certainly reached the limit' in disregard of the character and sensibilities of those whom they may find, under the circumstances I mention, as helpless

victims of their slanders.

“It has been my desire since taking oliice to charge

up to every fiscal period, as far as I could, every pay-

ment belonging to it, and in doing so I should havedj

the commcndation of the press. In no single instance have I allowed a payment to be held over to improve the financial standing for the time being.”

The Patriot withdraws the accusation against the

Provincical Auditor, half-heartedly, it is true, but still it says “tl1e Govemment must take the full responsibi; lity for these Public Accounts.” The Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Bell» on the other hand withdrew

.France and Flanders, part in Egypt and along the Suez

Owing to the strictxiess of the censorship we know

»but little of the disposition of the various allied troops engaged in the war. We have *Qld that Kitche- ner's army»exceedis` three ‘and 'have a vague idea that part of this army is still in England, part in

Canal, part in Greece. We know also that in each of these zones fighting is almost continuous, but the gene- ral battle line in Europe at least remains almost un- changed and practically where it was a year and a half 38°- _

A writer, Mr. Dosch Fleurot, recently retumed

from a visit to France, contributes to the New York World a long article on the strength and position of the British army n Europe which goes far beyond what our British censorship permits to be given out and which, although unofficial is probably as nearly correct as any guess that we may make.

’ This writer says England has now 1,500,000 men

in France- the biggest volunteer arrhy ever organized and the biggest expeditionary force any country ever sent across water. This army is now holding the whole line from the North Sea to Soissons with the excepton of the inundated district along the Yser Ri- ver which the Belgians are still holding. The British line is now 150 miles long. This takes the British around the "elbow" where the German line is nearest Paris and are thus 35 miles from Rheims. The Bri- tish troops are holding all the northern part of France and are no longer being supported by French troops. The line they hold extends from the North Sea, is interrupted by the Belgians for about I8 miles, com- mences again on the Yser Canal, extends along the Ri- ver Lys including Arras and the stretch between the Somme and the Aisne, turns at Albert and runs up the River Aisne to_ Soissons, a distance of 150 miles as compared to thirty miles previously held.

General Joffre had said that he could not use more

than a million and a half men effectively, that more than that merely got into each others way. To hold their line the British are using only about three quar- ters of a million men in their first lines and as first reserves. They have bases all the way from Dunkirk ' to Havre and back of their lines there are great re- serve armies so that as far as the northern section is concerned the road to Calais is as effectively blocked against the Germans as if the war were over.

According to Mr. Flcurot the line as now held

was planned over a year ago and it has taken the Bri-' tish all this time to get into condition to _hold such a long and continuous line. Owing to the attack on Verdun which began in March, the French were obliged to give up sections of their line and these sec- tions are now occupied by the British troops. Mr.. Fleurot says, incidentally that two of the mostfimpor- tant positions have been given to the' Canadians and Australians. The Canadians are up on the River Lys and the Australians between Albert and Soissons. He says also that the Canadians and the Australians are the unknown quantity in the British army “but on`e thing is certain about them, the Germans will never break any line they hold.” i

“So far from there being any weakening of the

Allied line n France,” says Mr. Fleurot, “it is much stronger than it has ever been since the war began. The work a million and a half men used to do is now done by three millions. For in pulling out their troops from northwestern France, the French have brought them east where they now hold a commanding position with a force that never was possible before. In the larger strategic sense the French have a much better

ptysition than the Germans opposite them. They hold the inside of a triangle the apex of which is Vefdun. They have their reserves behind Verdun where they can be moved rapidly to any point in the line threat- ened. The British have not the same strategic position _as the line bounds the other way giving them 'the out- side°of the angle but they have an enormous advantage in being close to their various bases. They are the shortest possible distance from England and the sup- plies landed on the French coast from England can be rushed up to the front line at any point in a few

hours.”

This was the position a few weeks ago. It is prac-

tically the position today. According to our despat- ches yesterday morning the Germans have renewed their attack on Verdun and have brought 'up an im- mense new army in an endeavor to rush this position. If the disposition of the troops» both French and Bri- tish, is as stated by Mr. Fleurot, and there is no reason to doubt it, this renewed German attack will mean only further and more terrible slaughter of German 'sol- diers and another dismal failure for the army of tl`l_e

the charge against the Premier. Who, then could

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