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ered ln advance; $2.50 per year (mailed) in advance, ln Dqhadli Ind 88.00 for l.I.8.A. ,_"§'.'_.EvenIng Daily (founded 1907) $2.00 (ddlvered or by lqn|_|._m canada, me 32.50 for u.s.A. _ _

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~ ..._The return of Messrs. Nicholson _ and ifclsaac by the soldiers’ vote removes, par- tially at least, the stigma cast upon our iirovince on the 17th of December. All will' regret that the removal was not more com-

plete, that Mr. Alexander Martin has been

‘defeated by the small majority of four. This margin is so narrow and the voice of our manhood overseas so emphatic that it virtually means victory for Mr. Martin and an invitation to Mr. Sinclair to retire.

Since the result of the civilian vote was

first announced we have learned how our meii overseas felt about it, ho\v the vote of their home friends had humiliated them in the eyes of their fellow Canadians. We have learned with what jubilation the re- sult in Canada was heard by all our Cana- dian soldiers. This was further emphasiz- éd by Col. H. M. Davison, the Laurierite agent in England and France, who, after coming in contact with the Canadians overseas, declared in a letter recently pub- lished in The Guardian, “The result of the eléetiolis in (‘i|i|a‘ul:| has done more good for Ciiliiulai tliiin our people at lioiiie can imiigiiie; it would have been ii serious blow 'to our (‘anailian forces liere if it liiid`beeii

' other\vise."

A Prince Edward Island soldiers have suffered this “serious blow.” They did. what they could to avert it; they voted for the_Unionist candidates but their almost unanimous effort was not sufficieiit to ward it off. Prince Edward Island today. stands fifty-fifty in support of prosecuting the war to final victory. Half of our re-

, presentatives are pledged to support Lau-

everythiiig Canadian that all Canada, ex- cept Quebec and Prince Edward Island, buried him and his policy under an aval- anche of ballots. - Why should Prince Ed-‘ ward Island, under the circumstances, be

- obliged to stand under even a 'fifty-fifty.

stigma? Why should Mr. Sinclair with a magority of only four ask his constituency to' ‘further suffer the humiliation? ', We note that the Patriot, true to the disgraceful campaign it waged prior to the election, is pursuing its own peculiar cour- se. It gravely informs its readers that in tliisiproviiice the contest was a- straight party one. The Patriot knows that it was more than this. The Patriot and the Libe- ral machine opposed the Union Govern-; rnent and Union candidates; it opposed conscription, which previous to the cani- paign it had emphatically endorsed; it ap-' pealed to the cowardice and the cupidity of the electors, men and women, _and to our everlasting disgrace there were 'enough of the remnant in the province to listen to _the appeal. _ Our contemporary also asserts that

_ none of the Conservative candidates offer-

_ed to retire fora Unionist Liberal. The Patriot knows this to be contrary to fact. B_0th Mr. Nicholson and Mr. Martin offered to go to a Joint convention with Messrs. Warburton and Sinclair in order to select one Conservative and one Liberal Unionist candidate. Neither Mr. Warburton nor

. Mr. Sinclair accepted the proposal which

was made through the president of the Li- {b_eral Association. That there was no con- siderable element of Liberal Unionists in Prince Edward Island is due entirely to .the Liberal machine and its organ, the Pa- triot, which turned down the proposal. ‘_ The reflection which the Patriot makes }ipon`the soldiers is likely to"have a boom- _erang effect. Our contemporary claims that the men who went out to do our fighting for us are less worthy to give a verdict than those who remain comfort- ably at-home; it insinuates that they did not know what they were voting on. Judg- ing by the correspondence published be-

- `d_iers who knew best what was the issue of

fthis election, while the majority of the el- ectors left in comfort at home in P, E, 15- .f_i_&I}'d thought only of their petty party po- titiggiand the patronage which they hoped an-~ T .-

_ ‘As we have alread ‘said the br' v _who went forth to defgnd the counfm? £335; the means of removing in part the re- proach which. party-mad Liberal politi- cians cast u_pon~ our fair province. - '_It remains only for The Guardian to . 001.l?’ratulate the province and Messrs. Ni- »»eho_son and Mclsaac on the well deserved _vjictqrffor the Unionist cause and to ex- -.._pifess.reg:ret that Messrs. Martinand Le- _ urgey-did not receive sufficient civilian

The howl that is being set up among

the little politicians, not only in this pro- vince but throughout Canada, that the Mi- litary Service Act is stripping the farms of their help and consequently ruining the country, only goes to show the depth to

which unreasoning and unreasonable par- (_ ti'/.anship can descend. No one knows bet- W ter than the_se partizan critics do that thel to-»1»:_i'r§n» Winn n ii. or even. Winn n Military Service Act has not taken from the §',‘.‘,I‘ "°" ’”°"'°'” """“S "““’ "0"" °““'

_-oi .

Insinuation is the lowest form of sland-

er. Usually on the basis of a half truth or,

a truth half told a fabric is erected that 0,, ,,,,,. ,,e.,.,,.,,,.1m-.1 brain. when yo- casts its shadow over a reputation or a flXfl\@1“‘l°° °f “W °“° ““”l"e Y"“ “‘

character. This form of slander is common in the political, the civic, the social life.

The “it is said,” and “it looks strange,” and .._,,,,,,,,_ 1, ,nay be .mine right in in the “I have my doubts” of the wily mischief the 111100 °f l“\’°f» "“t "he" Y°“ ““"‘

maker can go far afield before it is over- d

taken and proved groundlegs and 50 subtle duct ns low ns or iowm- umn ine can

are some of its forms that proof of 'false-

hoodhmriiiy' lie imposgible. The latest form t I I M i d t I E in w ic t is slan er has manifested it- “‘°‘“” ”“-‘f‘ ‘"5 " ‘¥“'i .°°" "° ° self here is in connection with the railway DMU sE|'Ec"°“s Fon dill Ilii)l£i<L@1'l)l-‘illliiilefliii lifillll Ti Iinbggf trouble. ii is insinuaied than the fre-" ouiiiinmi iisiinisiis “““ ”"“‘*°“‘°~ _ quent detentions on the railway are delib- __ ¢= erately planned by the train crews in order ,"“'"l=*‘°d bv W- S- I-°~=°n _

to give theinbihe benefit of the extra pay‘for ' ' g-.‘»"`\ \ \ \ \ \ , I overtime. o meaner--slanderiorii 'hard'-=' 'N 'MEMORMM I ` ’ / working men could be invented than this. -~,,|.,..,_,.,,, me ,,,e_`,,,,,, ,,, , i 5 D D S /

It is known that conditions on the P_ E_ 1_ iiortif 'racy rest ii-'om their iinolls " /

Railway this winter have been the worst me" “`°"“ “° '°°"°“’ "‘°""" / experienced in years and that our railwavi JUST AWAY / L L S men have been battlinig day -and night (Adapted, ll] /I _-_1-"Stl with snowstorms and, compared with re- A I l \\\ \ \\\f£F‘/

Sults in our Sister rovinces utt- We must not say and we wlll not sup L \\\

'~`votee" to n'iake~~the soldiers’ vote effective.

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I UNREASONABLE CRITICISM _ .i

farm or from any other food producing or fot- esseiitial calling a solitary individual who ;`§§’,"‘°"°"y “S” ‘S "'“"‘"g~ "“"‘°" “P C0l.ll(l l‘€2`lSOllFlbly Sl`lOWIl _ICO be €I`lg'2l.g€d plnlnlng. lt was unfortunate in Cun- in productive or essential work that could “"“ "‘“‘ “ 1"°°“ °°“""’"@" "“""'=“°"

lI0t b€ (lOll€ eqllally Well W1l',llOl§lt him. TlllS general election was lniminent. with u. was the plain wording and intention of the §§"°"“' <1'”S“llSf»°lil=-11 with the high ‘Act. In the event of mistakes occurring uni im-ii conn-oiier lic-iongen is me

Oppolitunity ‘vas given to appeal from the ggllliclll faith Of the Olll-[lille Dllrty decision of one tribunal to another and in ,.11 no case so far shown has there been any D0'

deC_lS1QYl glV9lIfth3~ll could be C(_)n1Sl_31'l-(lied Into Food Adininisti'utoi', the presidential strippingthe ‘arms or essentia in ust1‘ies,°l€0f'U'\S “'°=‘° <>vL'='- "Hd U10 "M10" of any effective help- ' liillliougli u Deinccriit and ull his of- ‘ ‘ There are unfortunately many in this l_','f',‘*‘*’ “"° D°"“’”"”‘”' "° """ """’”°"' province and elsewhere who sought toliiin-ne.tion..-..u1.i..0,i...\»¢ ii.-.ciimi-. evade military service on various p1'etexts.lS"_>'° 1'~’ '“°"fl\S l“>f°"‘>- “ml that 1'0"-

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T0 these the I)2i1‘tlZ3,il llOWl 2l.b0llt Sl}1‘1p1)lllQ,` Ciuuidii. through lieiiteil political dis- the farms and of hindering food produc-_ ~'"S=‘i°"- U10 Public 'mil =\1"'iv°<-" M il

E011] \";(;l1'y15tr(l)-nggiza anclll they Evitl' aiwuy i'rom_ and nn ntti-tiido ol' Ing y Joln In e ]0\N _ ]ey ave ye 1) mini when based on iiilscoiiceptioii show a concrete case where a man_ \vlf5l 2f,‘,l,“,,U;"£f§,,§_°§"{§f,§';"f_e‘f,‘,’f“§,_,'31 “,112 was really needed on the farm or in the gui Confe<1e»~ariw1. iw-ticu1=\\'ly =\b<>vr fi5he_1'leS has been dvafted 1nt,O_._1.nlht"~“'-/1 nnd illscovcrerl that through political S€l'VlC€.' ili.-'ciis:~.'ioii. part ol' ii' sincere enough.

We are being told by these same au- 3;# mt will the C- P- Ii. had been

thorities that the necessary number of mefi ,,,,,, _,,,,,, the ,,,,,,,,,,,y. 0, ,,,,,,,,,,, ,,, could have been obtalned through Volun- 3 gnuaila d'id not believe that the C. l'. tary enlistlnent Where? Froln the lnel-liiliat Brltisfi Columbia, whose coming who have been pleading for exemption? If in w=n1<> uw <1 P. R. ii sine nun non

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\V0u1d have brought' 0_ut any the rest \of the Dominion, whereas' lYl0l'e 111811 ll) \V0l.lld llElV€ beell HS ~1l1 tll€ spnictliing quite thc opposite has res- case of the first volunteers, from among ‘_1,°,m_h ,u____w,, fm. nmly 20 yew and those who could least be spared. At the -it-in.,-t-n inn pi-ones. ofofniann inn or

first call for volunteers hundreds of men 2§"““‘“ C°'“'“”“‘ ‘W "”“"‘Y “S"‘°"S “ offered their services who could ill be;

spared at .their ho)-nes and in their busi_ i plc-i'soiis who think that the Food Con- ness and this process actually cointinuedi-ic..i.m<»niii- in uit- m.n»i<_ei uint win

rier in a warpolicy so utterly foreign tiilulml an who W9_1'€ \lV1H11l§ _t0 g0 had £0119- {,‘,""’“"" "M ""“"""‘" "““’“`S' °" °"“`“

Out of the remainder nothing but conipul- win- com.-iiicii-. lit-t-t»..-ni»ii,f inoini hifi. sion would have produced results. lt isl§;‘=°°‘» “"l'°"1<l\ fl <=011»i>=~1‘ifs011vfiirw very true that there are many left who are me om.. 1-:iiz.ii»t~iirs an-.. slow.; neither food Droducers noi’ Producers of ixliwl WH v@fi°<lS have “S"f111>' been anything that is _essential to the nati_oii. ,,,.,..,. 0,- ,~.,,,,, ,,,,_,. been ,,,ce,,,,,,,,C,, The M11`1tay57 Sgyvlce ACt_]s Seeklng, by war coiidltions during the piesent

tlirllesg Ollllt agild gait tl}eln as 359 ' tliey would have been had there been p yslca _V t_ Q 3 1 ua 0? er gn 9 no war at all, we should still have had streets _will evade mil1tary_serv1ce because ,hem ,,,, some me to w,,,U_ Wm. U, _of_-pl1ysicalunfitnesS;lic will evade service nl-» w==»».-- in-iws low -been -‘ie-min on the farm or in the factory because he is §,.,,.S, um, ,mc been S,,,,,,,,-,Y c,.,,,,,,. generally undesirable. Unfortunately ing in every country of the wor-16'. 11 every country has to carry its burden of ‘fi 'these and, under existing conditions, ___it___ preceaeien in uw wrnis ineun-_v-_ on

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Cannot be avoided' tem is ver much res onsible for it

The interests of the Coul1t1`y,‘will 'be boon carried faiitliei' tliuii anywhere

b€St S€l‘V€(l by 2lCC€ptll"lg` the MlllI.a1°y SET- else, the prlces of ull' commodities

VICG EIS IS, 3.S_1t l`l3.S'b€€l'1_ aigreed upon iiaineil, are much hig-her than thei

lly th€ b€SlL l`IllIldS lll p0llt1CH.l })3.1‘t1€S. were before the war. lui G1€i;nany,i;'itl‘ It is sufficiently elastic to give. every man “S “”P“"’“"* ve” *'° Q" ° Sy” e" an opportunity to evade military service ,_ ing ine iinpoviaiicn of food in wa- '_who is good for anything else and sufficient ly firm to compel every man to take his share in carrying the national burden. §f"*"" “ml 1“'““°° 1”‘°°S “W Wa"

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U`bu`DAT10N because bieadiniiklni, has been nu.

01|-Q l°f production, one or two things must APPRECUTIDN

l0B0ther. or the loss (including a fnlr Vilth heart felt B111'-ll-“dc 1 wk” “il”

profit to the pioduccr) must be paid opportunity ol' thanking 13 u “ :E

bw the nation as a whole have synipathiscd and hclpe s. E

Vie have stabilized 'thc price of our icccnt bcicuvcmcnt It is iiultct ____ i

R. E. GOSNE LL

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Ui! to the present* food control lil .iiiullu and the United States -luis DU|1\I‘ly.iiieuiit sumclliini; quite dif-

d on two things; on the price of dstuffs and the supposed profits'

the real thing. lt token ai lot of ex-

tu be appointed nt u time when u

ice of food commodities. und that

verunicnt, und thus the oflice and its works were throivn into the

Slntes, when Mr. Ho.>ver became

s in the war for good. in this way.

an from the people und from both

ily was not possible in Ciiiuuhi_ in

tain attitude oi' mind \vhic‘.i is hard

lish (.‘olumbin`s entrance into it.

and part of il. roi' political el`l'ccl, it

ilt :ind been operating for some

_would bankrupt thc nation. and

bread by guuiiiuteeliig u pilce ol $2 21 ii _bus-hcl at F'oi't Wllllnni and Port Arthur. That means $2.00 ii bushel to

tlhe tarincr and i'epi'eseuts ii good pro- ft . . , , ._

to him, .1 piolli \\liii_h has never

been reached since the American Civ-

ll Wai' unlil thc picscnt war. But wiillo economically not a sound prin- ciplc. lt was iioccssury to i-.ui'ry on producllon in order that the Allies might be fed. The prlco of cheese. and uutoinutlculiy that of buttci' and milk. has been fixed by nn ni:»i'ccmen.t

by tho Imperial Piircliasiiig Coiiiinis-

slou. with Canadian dealers ut 2l1,{_~c per lb. Pei'sou'ally‘, I Lhlnk the price too high, but the deeilcrs .~'-'.\_v that Wilh the pi~cs`eut prlco ci' iced l'ai'ni- ers will not produce milk unless they :ire ossiirevi' ol' :i failr profil; and it must bo uiiderstoud that milking is

the drudgery end ot’ i’ai'iuing. \`ou§

can scarcely hire 'men io mlik_ :mil from my own expoi'lenc»;- as a boy l do no-t blanre them. Cheese the Allies must have, ns they must lmve bliroli

mwl 91€CU0l\ D01. Ill the Unitellland wheat. and so cn you follow ur-

ound in nn economic circle until you land where you licgaii but nl\\'ny‘s`ii little higher in the price scale.

I uni not going to i'ef<.‘i' ln tlil>‘» url-

iclc to the question of urolliccriiig. hoariling foi speculation or excess profits, bccuiise these to be dculi with s.\tisl:icLoi'il_\'< must be duno in ii sep- :iriilc n|'lii~l.f_. ll‘ thi: l<`oc.'l ('oiiti'o|lc_r has not gone us [nr in these direct- ions as he cnn, then hc line fullcd in his duty. The sci'vice:;- oi' the Food L‘onti'ollc\‘ iuusl be _lodged by lllu PX' tent lo wlilch he lif.i.< pn-\'._‘iilv.i| priv- es`goiiig Eilglicr thai: they should hiivii done in the circunmtuiices.

Ami. the way, l forgot to i-cfci'

to the price of |ish_ The Food Coniiol- lers oi' Canada and the United Still'-‘\‘ have bccn ii.-.king people to ent lish instead of beci' imd bncon, in tlief same wily us the people have been asked to use substitute. roi' wlieul flo\ii‘,niii| the fact soiuetiines develops thnt the substitute l.~'~ dcarcr than the article to be suh~stil\\tcd‘, und _vou won- der why. und why you are nskcd lu cal. the soniciliing lliiit is deurcit 'l‘lii- Siilwstitiltes. lisiizilly ure clit-zipi‘i‘_ but

uuld not forever rcniuiil u drdg' '6ii"”¢|"i`iii'e;55i'1aiioii conditions linvc pract-

tcd. lt was an attitude of mind

inc. So today. there are ‘ii grunt many

ollci* can fix :L price for every food

i lower -than those. l do not soy ihnl

carrying us buck as far ns and bc-_

gh-prlre periods. and no doubt the

war. lf some lprloes are higher than

high prices, and we are bound to have

inibiug in Uiuinda for nearly 2:5

u condition the result of world- ids prcgi'ei~s nind development un-

Yi'i'Flé'\"sl5fi{1l"i1lld ' iiidii`sti"izil ` -tvs

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lu liuropc. where price-lixiug nas

ith a few exceptions which may be

of food con-trol and Germany, knov

ilxarted in studyiiigrtlic food situutioi long before the-war began--hiis th~ liiglicstvprice list of ull. ann' ln Crea

iucii lilghci' than in America. W1 hem' about bread being cheaper ir Europe than in America, but that is

loiiallzed and the loss-wlilch’ menu' the differeiice between what the nal ion pays for wheat nntl flour and tin cost tothe consumer-is cliurg-Gd U the Treasury, and is paid for in taxes Aiid_ then. it is 'war bread at that very much lower in- standu.i'd than ev

feet the price of ii lot of other stiip lcs. When for instance you fix ii min lmiuiu wage scale, y0ll &ff€Ct U19 DNC' ot' every article into wlilcli that lalio'

one so you 'must :pay the bills like 1 miiu. If you flx the price of any -pro

ically. pi'ev_onied fish. corn and potat- oes from i'ciu‘liiii1: the iniirket niztre fi'ecl_\'_ T\'c\'ci'tlicloss_ the duly' still ex- ists to can those snbsiitutes even ul il higher prior, Iiccuiiric if is _siivllli-_I soiiietliing which lho .\llle_~; ivnul, will niilst 'invo in win the v.a|r. .\iiil also spczikiiig zigiiiii oi' llsli. dl<cp-scii lish- iiigkls-‘nipoiig the most lin'/.ziriloiis and precnrioin; oi' iiidu.<ti'ics_ I.?nlc-ss the llsliei'ni'ci|Mis`iE'§i`E"?‘il"lTl"Ti prolly full* nizirrin or prom i_-:iioiilnii-il on his whois- :.ci\:.'oii'.: op'ii'n‘.ion:-_ ln- is not giiiiig to fish. Hr Lillies more uliu.iice.~'- in life and propi_~rt_v than any other nan engaged in inilu.~iLr_v, nun' do you blame him getting thc host price hc

can under ciiciiiiistuiiecs you and I would not care lo face for llic inoni.y‘.’ li' lic niiikcs a big haul _one trip. he is just as likely thi-ougli had \vcather -.md other causes. to make a -big. loss the next. You caiino; .place any fixed arbiti'ai'_\‘ price lor any article in the hands of thc producer; you can only regulate tho »pi'oIit.~i onthe article as it passes along l`i';»in the producer lo thc comuuicr, and this lhe Food (fon- irollers oi' both coiiiiirios have icnileai- vo-ured to do _

3El'~`.MANS REFUSE

TO ATTACK RUSSIANS

PETli0Ll.llAl), l"ch.` 136.-_-\ i°<‘i>0l’l

that 20,000 Gornian soldiers i'et`uscil to attack thc Russians in the new :ampnlgn was given out today by the lolshevlki telogrupli agency. Polish roops in seine instances ure said to iave fled. The issuance ol’ war i'e- iorts was begun today, the follow- 'ig coininunicatlon being given out: “Socialist ilcfensivc froutl- ln the 'egion oi' Uorlsoll' (41 miles nortlieirst -f l\lln:;li| a delacliineut was sent to lcstroy bridgirs. llorisolf and ‘lotsk are in the hands of the revo- `utionn|'y l`u|‘co:-i.

“Suiisnl and \`cudon liuve been tuli- ‘n by tho Gerinnns who [oughta bat- ‘le with ii. Leltlch detnchuiont. Tho ‘ation at Korsoviik 'und the town of lstrov have been occupied by the ieiuiniiis, Poles are advancing from `/lohilcv towards Dobruisk but, often roops take flight in large bodies. “According to reports from Arous- nirg, 20,000 Ccrmun troops refused o att:i_ck.” .

EERMANS BUY UP

AUSTRIAN PAPERS

\VASHlNG'l`0N. Feb. 26.- Germiui nterests are acquiring some oi' the iiost influential newspapers in Aus- rla according to an olilclul despatch o-day from France. Herr Prin- ~hoi°n, gcnernl dli'cct.or of the Vieniie Preindenhlult, the Mlttugs Journal, nd the Allgemeine Zeltiing. the des-

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p x p Ing up a Tha' lrev are dead They are jus! L K|DNEY ,ll

th e ° ° ' hind

have survived the narrow guage period, Ano im ns dreaming now my on but Whlch have reached a Stage in 'It neetiils must lbe since they ilngei

they _are unable to cope with extraordinary And youlnbn you, who ine wiiaesi conditions. We ma rest assur d th t h lm"

aiiu-.mens ,f,,.,l,,, "’ “ ‘e "lr BO Y’S BOOTS SELLING CHEAP

_ _ e pay are not sufli- fs “"1-

cient either to induce men to-spend unnec- *rnnni of mem f.n-ing on in nun- new nom .im 1 to 5 for $2.35. essary hours on d t 'ln the love of there as the love ol Y°“fhl U00" 5559!' 11 N’ 13 f0\‘ $2-00

generally very successful fight. It is also I M ifviiy. ' s *`iif"~-~ -A i 15?” 55° -ll well known that the difficulties have been W'"‘ ',‘, °"§"""[, ""'"° “"“ “ ""9 °’ lf'-l""~..Rif1 2?? /fllsri/€"f»"'l:»l"`

- 1 , _ ie ian J., -4 ii ;-rfs | ~

very greatly added to by the condition of 'rney have-wandered into an unknown i. E ' lil"

»~ ‘ » o ' r l

e ngines which, it had been hoped, would ' "&~ lll"i ~ i

ipossllilu ioi mc to .ittempt replying Quito "me event ut me

to thc tender ivoinls exprcsseil in ull this correspondence and ln ° many other ways. Sufllce it to Buy- ‘WUI Ulf’ help ot' our Heavenly Father, wc lu- teiid to “Curry on," and now cumuienil ourselves und you. to His loving care. To ull those in sorrow. slckiiess "ood or ony other udverslly allow me the privilege of passing ulong this following beautiful lines ot’ comfort wlilch rcnchcil me this mornliig fn one of the many helpful letters ~ol’

sympathy. 1- take this olgiortunity ol' thanking the press of liiirlottc- town for theli'.toiicl.\ing ret'ei'ences to ii loving mother. und devoted wife, whose sudden. departure suveil us from the sadness of farewell and in whose lilo there is pleasure in rc- ineuibraiice.

W. S2 LOUSON.

Bc still my soul, the Lord is un thy

side;

Bcui' patiently thy cross of grief

and pain;

Leave to thy God to order und pro~

vide:

lu every change lie faitliful will

rcmniii.

llc still my soul; thy God doth under-

take

To guide the future as he has thc

past'

North 'River und vicinity ::;l;8(g] mr ception held in North lil\,(_‘_ h 'le l'0~ Tuesday evening in honor 01.6" °" turned heroes. Lleut. Andrew-le re` Euclierii, Ptes. Earl \V,,,.,.en V) MC' ivaiker und Ni-n_ \vni|<t-1-_ 'N3 I.“g" standing thc inifavorublc coiidllltmthl roads and wcutliei' thu ,,puU|ui-m°';_°f was coiufortably illlrd with 'll M". thuslustlc uudience, eager [0 d “I en' to the brave lads whose elitriillihcmnor greeted with rounds-oi' app Sew” Mr. '1t.‘B. .McKinley i'ulIlllcm|,e` d ties of clnilrman iii his usuul gent: iuanner and also read the address I welcome after wlilch tour wee lusnlor presciitcd the boys with ciirnutiones wlilch uguln-culled forth hourly E' plause. ul"

l_e:(i\;_ é&>il0\\ii1i. piogmmme was than

Chorus by School Cliillli'cii-"\\'1,e,,

Johnnie comes Marching »}_iu,_»k_f, Solo--Mrs. Everett Stevenson ‘Speech-Rev. J. Heaney. I Solq-Miss Mary Howard, '

Speech-Rev. A. Hurn Viollii -Solo~Mlsc Grace Vickcrson Vocal 'Solo-Mr. John Murriiv_ ` 'ltecitation~"'1‘hc Lniiieut"~lllast@r

Gordon \\'uri'en_

Chorus-School Children-"Keep the l-ionic Fires Burning.”

Speech--Mr. Hugh l\lcMillan.

Solo-Mr. \‘V'-Lltcr Scott.

\Spc-ech-\lr Hector Mul'chi'

"0HARLorTmrown.GuAiiDiAN- _ L ___ _ _ . _~ MARCH 1,1918' l,""» ` ` _ T

Iiaiipeu, either pi-oduc_tlmi ceases nl~‘ ’ I ~-- '

in ‘ .»‘

“*'|'*'|"|“|'1"l"i'I»§1»~|»v|-++1|»-|-

’l`h_\' hope, tliy confidence, let nothlug‘ Su|U__Mi;,,. '“y,.,l Hum Wu' shake . "N ' ‘ . '

All now' mysterious shall be bright

at lust

llc still my soul; when de_in7es;t_ figleiids

depart

And ull is durkeiicd in the \'alc‘of

tciirs, `

Thou thou shall bcltor know ills

love, ilis hciirl.

Who uouit-14 lo .-'oollio lliy so1‘i'u\v

:ind lhy fours.

llc slill my soul, thc hour is hustc-

'ning on

When we sliull be forever wltli the

Lord;

\\'lieu disappointment, grlcl' and fears

£1-l'U g()llU»

Sorrow forgot, Lo\'c's pu|'est'joys

restored. , .

llc still my soul, when change and

tears are post.

All safe and blessed we shall meet

:it last.

sunous rioons in

oninnio sfcnons

LONDON, Ont. Feb. 26.-_-~ Heavy

damage from floods ln Loudon and the other districts is reported to- night. i<`ollowlng n mild day, ruin fell heavily for two hours tonight. and the river rose rapidly. In the vicinity ol' Wliitc Oak, Dlnginau's (`|'cck is reported to have risen near- ly six feet, flooding fields and bai'n.~i und causing heavy duinagc. Grove fears are entertained for those in that district und ln Konioku district.. .-\ll ei'l'oi'ts to reduce the floods caus- ed by seven mile ice juni fullcd to- day, und with the hugo volume of water sweeping in from all over the country the greatest flood in years is expected. Hundreds of people re- niainded up all night und mu.iiy have vacated their homes, fearing trouble. All cattle were di'lvcn from the dan- ger points.

(llioius (School Llilldreiii- "UD

With thc Union Jock Boys."

The siiigliig of the National An.

thom brought this piirt ol' thc cuter.

-lainment to u close-and thc eating oi

it most delo'cta'ble supper and einer- laining accounts of trench life by the guests of lionoi rouniled up it ings; enjoyable evening.

The hall was tusiefully decorated

for the occa.-'ion. flags. bunllng and potted plants adding much to the ai- tractl‘.'eiioss of the hall.

New General Strike in Germany

__ _Al\lSTlDRDAM. Feb. 28.-Tluire are numerous indications in Gci'maii_v of ii vci‘_\- systeniatlc ciinipuign to pro'n|01,¢ ii new ;;cnci'al strike, says it llerlln dlspntcli to the Wesei' Zeitufig of Bremen.

A revolution in Gcrniiiny was pre-

dicted by Dr. Cohn, Independent So- cialist Dcputy. in un address to thc llclclistng on l"i'iduy. thc \'olks Zei- tung ol' Cologne says. Di". i‘ohn's iuldrcss. `inndo duriui; thc debate on the peace ti":uL_\' with ljlcriiine, Llirew the ltelclistag into an uproar.

"il is not iiorrect lo say that the

people of ‘l`tussia°s Baltic provinces are longiur: for Gerniun rule-,’* he de- clared. “The treaty with Uki'aiiic,is not the llrst step toward gciicral peace. l seo the day coming when revolution will reach Germany and the people will take the fate of their rulers into their own liuiids."

The Independent Socialists cheer-

eil the speaker. From other parts of the House came shouts of "’l`i‘ail- ol‘!" ‘ V

.- . . ..._ v

(’ourtes_\- is ten thousand doliars

in udditloiml salaries for the bosses, twenty thousand dollars in l‘utm'c pity for the ones on the pay' roll, and it's the only thing- thu.t` the customer will accom today.

1i' li

84 Great George t.

get your information.

City Tlcket Agent

2772-2~28M2l.

Passengers for i

Western Canada Buy Your Railway Tickets al ' the City Ticket Office

It has been brought to my notice that passeii-

gers for Western Canada points are being sold tic- kets reading, .via St. John, N. B., thereby causing them a delay of never less than 24 hours and some- times two days. With the present arrangements connections are rarely made with the C. P. R. con- nection at Sackville but passengers do connect with the Govt. Railway Maritime Express. I sell tickets over all the different Railways, Canadian Pacific. Grand Trunk, Grand Trunk Pacific, Canadian _Nor- thern, Canadian Govt. Railways and all the Ameri- can lines. I sell you tickets right through from

, Charlottetown to your destination over the lines by

which you can make the best connections or over any line on which you wish to travel,_and reserve your sleeping car accommodation by wire.

i You will find this the best equipped ticket

office in the Province and the place where you can get the best service. If you are going to travel it will pay you to write me or if convenient call and

W. K. ROGERS-

° 84 'Gr'eat':George Sl-

. Charlottetown, P. E. I.

Charlottetown

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