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THURSDAY, APRIL 29. 1915.

ABSTINENCE RALLY TUNIGIIT

The Patriotic- Abstinence Rally to be held in the Drill

Shed this evening will be one of the most important meet- ings held in connection with the war, and it is hoped that every citizen who can possibly do so will be present. The movement is an Empire-wide one, beginning in Great Britain and spreading to the outermost points of the dominions beyond the seas. Prince Edward island has the distinction of making the first definite move in the outlying dominions and it is gratifying to know that, like the other patriotic moves undertaken since the war began, the people everywhere are taking hold of it and enthusiastically sup- porting it. \\'e understand that in all the churches last Sunday the pledge cards were very numerously signed and that the different organisations in the city are taking similar action.

The movement is an entirely voluntary one. adopted

in sympathy with our fellow-soldiers arfd fellow-workmen who are fighting our battles. lt was found necessary in England to restrict the drink habit, to close saloons in certain places in order that the work of preparing muni- tions of war might not be interfered with. Itealising the potvcr of example, the King set the pace by aliolishing the use ot' all intoxicating liquors in his own palace. Lord Kitchener followetl and the slogan, "Abstinence during the t-oiitinuance of the war." became general. This is the purpose of the present niovenient-abstinence duringthe coiitiiiuance ot' the war. There are thousands who for tlieniselves require no such pledge, who, many of them. have been life-long abstainers, or who through habit or necess1t_v~real or imaginary-have indulged moderately. But there are others who need the friendly hand of fellow- ship to help :hem abandon a habit that is a serious menace and a curse. not only to themselves, but to their families and to the community. At a time when the Empire is making the supreme sacrifice, when lives are being thrown into the mill ot' war, when the nations are being re- inodelled. it is fitting that everyone should do his part. The part asked for in this. abstinence during the war, is

'infinitely small compared with the sacrifices that are being °

made by those who have sent their sons, their husbands, their fathers, to die il' need bc. for their country. Yet it i is an essential part of the foundation that is being laid tor a cleaner civilisatioti; a part that will be a large factor in ridding the world of a curse that has hitherto resisted the efforts of the best men and women in all ages; a curse iliat is dying hard, btit that niust die bcforc civilisation is what it should be. Ahstiiient-e during the war will iti very many cases mean abstinence for all time, and those “'I10 C1111- Ill' joining in the movement. cncotlragc it weaker brother to abstain even temporarily will be doing a work for humanity that will be little, if tiny, short ot' what the

|'7"lDIrG’s sons are doing in the trenches in Europe.

Let the tvliole city, then, turn oitt this evening to show

its Svnintttlti’ with. and to Join in, the movement. The atldresscs will be edticative, the enthusiasm that numbers give will be liclpful and the rally will be another -incident in the great work that is being done for humanity in this

yr-ar of grtice 1015.

THE PATRIOT APOLOGETIC

I" t\ lttl>0\tr@ti attempt to iustiiy the muiatiminisiration or

the Liberal Government in the twenty years preceding the advent of the present Government, thc Patriot says that ln 1014 thc Mathieson Administration collected $71,000 more in taxation than did the Liberals in 1911. As there has been no increase in taxation, as the rate is exactly what it was in 1911, what does this imply? lt means just this that the late Liberal Governments were unfaithful stewards that they did not account for the taxes which H101' should have collected. that they took from the poor and those who did not contribute to the party war chest or would not sell their independence as voters; and re- lieved, on the other hand, thc sycopliants and loot-hes who responded to the party whip. That. is what it means, and the Patriot does its party a disservice ln resurrectlng the fact.

Ill' dealing fairly and honestly by all taxpayers. by

collecting the taxes in a businesslike manner. and without rccotirse to wholesale lawsuits. in which 95 per cent_ of the ""’"“"'“b|e 'HWS WHS Sfluandered in law' costs, the present hovcmnieiit has added, according to the Pai;-toys own SIl0\V|IlS'. $7l.000 to the revenue oi the province. This :ichievenient is the greatest tribute the Patriot could pav the Government and. by the same token, it dnmns the rottenness of its own party’s administration. ` In the same article the Patriot tries to show that HN.. Government has not adequately increased the teachers' salaries. That may be, but for a beginning an lm;-range Uf $70 per annum all round is not too bad. especially' “'I1¢‘"- “S thc Patriot sorrowfully admits, under the late Government “thc revenue was not sufficient to pay an additional salary." indeed, "they were ew," obliged to repeal thc, supplementary clause."

A Government that treated the teachers in this miser-

nlile. treacherous fashion. while neglecting to honestly UCPOUHY f0l' $71,000 of taxes, deserves no consideration. and will receive none, from the teaching profession. The Patriot may pretend great sympathy for the lot of the teachers but the teachers will take these professions now with more than the proverbial grain of salt, for they know °“°"Y' IWW ‘IND "IGI l¥l1‘|Dlthy goes when the Liberal party has control of the purse-strings. The present Govern- *"9"* bl! IDM!! $40.00!) additional on teachers salaries. *NCII Bite! them $70 of an average increase. Had the xl? zxrtl G0;"el"ntnent been honestly disposed towards In “:Bcw:nl:;.iifey could have collected that $71,000 which

or. given the teachers their inf-reuse, and

had $80,000 for other purposes. ,

I Till \Y0'§§'I° YET

_ The latent development in connection with the war. tho '

maltreatment of .Britton prisoners by the Germans, an in our deopotcliea ye|tart|ay_mornlns. is one that will

humanity itself, is one that ataggers belief. `

them have already been based n number of speculative cal-

tion in men seems very far off. Doubtless. ln the end, Ger- many would be the first to reach the point of exhaustion,

great consideration therefore is equipment. not men. All the belligerents have all the men they can place in the

men can be equipped. At present, so far as'|-esultg aggam. ed are a criterion, there is little advantage to either side. The war must end before the point of exhaustion is reach- ed and the result will depend upon efficiency. The .side able to strike the heaviest blows wins.

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concerned over the gazettlng of Mr Murphy to a second

present with the Battery at Halifax and the Patrlot’s correspondent taken exception to his appointment on two grounds: first. his inexperience, and second, his nge. He expresses ». fear that lo inexperienced and youthful an officer might prove himself incompetent in leading his platoon on the battlefield. Needless to say, his fears are Glltilfoly sroundlen, and for two reasons: _ilr|t, Mr Murphy will not go forward wlth_the second contingent _any more than any of the other recently “nigga iiguganqm, 3, will proceed to thg |choo`I,at.Qu'¢bec la an thorn its vacancy for him mil undergo his period o`f traitlfal with -tue other younffellown recently receiving eommhalodo.

alouddor vengeance. 'rners are some nartlonatlo, that iisniier Cin-uma nor and one ot ‘these is brutality towards the defanoeloa. Gormany's cup of devilish malice had been »l\0§|»§lmn bllod by her plraclea and murders onthe high len. by her treatment of women and children in Belgium Ind II! U18 many other wrongs which have become familiar to every reader of the newspapers during the past nine months. But the story told by Lord Kitchener in the House of Lords, a story which be told reluctantly because It reflects upon

There was a stage in the aavagery of our North Ameri-

can Indians when they tortured their prisoners but even then lt was In the nature ofreprlsals, for their enemies were doing the same thing, but lt remained for Germany to introduce it into modern warfare between civilized nations.

And there is, for the present. no help for it. The

prisoners are at the mercy of the Germans; unarmed and defenceless in the power of armed cowards and murderers. Their prisoners In England and in British detention camps lsewhee are being treated humanely. given every comfort nd care that can be given a soldier. Reprisals are out of the question. Civilized .British hearts would revolt_ at the thought oi' taking vengeance upon defenceless prison- ers. and even if it were otherwise any such reprisals would he met with similar treatment of British prisoners.

The German ollicers. from the Kaiser down to the low-

est corporal in his army should be held personally res- ponsible for all these acts. Lord Charles Beresford’s ad- vice to bang at the yard arm every German captured in a submarine that attacks an unarmed ship should not only be carried out but should be extended to include every Ger- man officer that survives the war. the Kaiser included. Murder is murder whether perpetrated by an emperor, an officer, a soldier or a private citizen, and whether at the instigation of another or on one's own initiative. The prospect of a general hanging at the end of the war would appear to the ordinary layman the only remedy in sight at the present stage.

A PERTINENT QUESTION

What would you think of a farmer (asks the Silver

Black Fox) who had a fine season‘s crop, but had no mon-

ey with which to harvest it, and who could get this i oney from a certain source by going after it, but was al~ together too shortslghted to do so. Would you not say that he deserved to lose his crop? There ai _b anumber of people in the fox business in the same position as this farmer.They aie fox poor. They have fine crops, and they need money very badly indeed to enable them' to carry on their business. Through publicity, and letting the man with money know what they have, the needful funds could be obtained, but they are so short-sighted, that they are afraid to spend a dollar. They are waiting for some one to come along and put the money into their hands.

T rin-:°wAit ,

Statistics relative to the present war, although only

approximately correct. are somewhat startling, and upon

culations ns to the duration of the war.

In practically all the speculations on this head it is

assumed that Germany will have reached the limit of her resources, both in men and munitions before any of her enemies. This would be a safe deduction if we were assur- .ed-that the war is to be ended 'by sheer exhaustion. Hitt this is by no means certain. Effectiveness will play, and has t'rom the first played. a. most important part. In this view of lt, judging by past experience, we have little cause to fear. So far the effectiveness of the Allies has been superior to that of the Germans. The war began unequally; began with a thoroughly equipped and prepared army of immense strength against a small force, utterly unprepar- ed. And the latter was able to hold the other in check. So mitch for efficiency. -

But it must not be 'forgotten that Grrman efficiency

has very greatly increased since the war began. They have profited by their experiences. The mobility of their troops is simply amazing as is evidenced by the swiftnessf with which they can draw large bodies of troops from one sphere of operation to another. When sorely pressed in the west they hurl their eastern troops into the breach and the east does not appear to he weakened. When the Russians press too hard upon them they despatch large bodies of troops from the West, and the status quo in the west remains unaltered. This is one of the amazing evid- ences of German effectiveness. When it is remembered that the ground gained by the Allies, east or west, is measured only by yards or at most by a. few miles the end of the struggle is by no means in sight.

And as to numbers. The war has been in progress

nearly nine months. The Germans admitted casualties in killed, wounded or missing of 1,196,969 men a few weeks ago. lt would be safe to place the number at one and a quarter millions. ln the war of 1870. which lasted only about seven months, the whole German army numbered only 887,876 men. Of these 127,897 were killed wounded or missing at the close of the war. In the present war she has had at least five times as many men engaged as in the war of 1870, yet her losses already have been nine times as great. '

In he nine months of the present war Germany so far,

hasrbad the advantage of fighting in the enemy's country. Her own soil and her homes are untouched while those of her enemies are being plllaged and ruined.

lt is argued that the Allies have greater resources in

men to draw from. Doubtless this is true but while Gér-` many has a population of 65 millions to draw upon exhaus-

but at present both Germany and the Allies are equipped' to the limit of their respective capacities. There are some thousands of French and British soldiers now ready to enter the battlefield but are awaiting equipment. The

flelrl and the race will depend upon how ra idly tlise

A correspondent of the Patriot I ears to he re tl

leutenancy in the Heavy Brigade. Mr Murphy is at

important planks' in sir impart nor- -i

September Zllt. 1911. ' -. ° - _

No question of such importanceto

WHAT KILLING THE GOOD ROAD BILL BY LIBERALS REALLY

- DOES MEAN.

“Tha granting of substantial assist- Wilfrid Laurier applauded Mr. Puls-

ance-ttoward the -improvement- of our. lay public bIgbway\"'waa dna of the moat. 'the farmers modern highways and the

's hostility to the scheme to live

abourers more employment. Later

den's platfo_rm`,w_hIc_b‘ was submitted Sir Wilfrid Laurier moved a resolu- to and endorsed by. the electors- on tion that the bill “be not now read."

which meant its defeat if carried.

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the welfare _of the agricultural and labourlng classes was ever submitted to the' people. Conscious of the ' im- portance o'f`thls`I|nestion it was made a prominent ‘feature of the _Conserva- tive QIUDHISB In 1911. Provincial leg- islature and~ municipal councils had been found incapable of coping, owing to the great development, with the problem of modern highways. Sir

riage from the farm to the market

was as important to the farmer as _ cheap and adequate railway facilities. His proposition that the federal gov- ernment assist in the solution of this

problem by substantial aid, aggregat-I ing millions, It was recognized would 1 in a large measure meet the immedi-. ate requirements.

INTRODUCED AT THE FIRST SES- 8ION.

With such a strong endorsement as

was given this proposal by the people in 1911, the Conservative administra- tion lost no time in putting it into ef- fect. Hon. Frank Cochrane, Minister of Railways and Canals, by whose de- partment the new work was to be ad- ministered, introduced n bill within a few months after taking 'office to put into effect the mandate received from

The introduction of this important o

measure, one that the Government had b received authority from the people a

the most bitter opposition on the part e of the Liberals. Hon. William Pugs-

bate on the Address in which notice was given of the Government‘s inten- tion to introduce such legislation. Sir

EVERY LIVERAL OPPOSED THE MEASURE.

Every Liberal in the House of Com-

mons opposed this scheme to aid farmers, and which had been endorsed by the people of Canada- only three months before. Every Conservative supported the Good Roads measure.

The bill passed the House of Com-

Robert Borden was the first Canadian I mons in face of the most bitter 011° statesman to recognize that cheap car-` position on the part of the Liberals.

Defeated in the Commons, Sir Wilfrid had recourse to the Liberal Senators. Here he was all-powerful; they were his puppets, but among the D€0PI9'S representatives in the Commons he had failed. The Liberal Senators obey- ed their “master's voice” and killed the bill.

When the session of 1912-13 came

the Government Introduced the High- ways improvement Bill again.lt also in- serted in the estimates the sum of $1,500,000 for the purpose, divided a- mong the provinces according to pop- ulation.

FOR THE SECOND TIME LIBER- ALS OPPOSED IT.

The bill was introduced on Decem-

ber 11,1912, and the second reading was moved on April 21, 1913.

The Liberals at once attacked the

the electors, bill. Sir Wilfrid Laurier on the sec-

iid reading again moved “that the ill be not now read a second time." nd fought it at every stage. When it

to put into effect. was the signal for came to the third reading all the Lib-

rals voted directly against the bill; while all the Conservatives voted for

ley attacked it in the course of the de- it. ‘

Again Sir Wilfrid appealed 'to his

Senators and again they obeyed him

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MAJOR Mc!-IARG WAS

CHAMPION RIFl.l~I SHOT.

OTT.-1W.-\, April 27-The late Ma-

jor W. Iinrt Mel-Iarg, of the Sixth D. C.- 0. R., Vancouver, was the champion rifle shot of the world, winning the title at the last; inter- national rifle matches at Camp Per-

ions being one of the only two meh b who even won the honor twice at the D. C.. R. A meet here. His record at Q Blakey and the Canadian annual rifle t matches has very few equals. t Captain Gerald O. Leos, of the L

Thirteenth Battalion, reported kill-

minent as n. golfer. He was on the B reserve of the Fifth Royal Highland- c ers of Montreal,` and when war broke out at once volunteered. He 3 was a member of the Royal Ottawa 5 GolI,Club and in 1913 was runner up

for the championship. '

ceived a private cable _ tonight from her son. Lieut. Earl`G. Whairin, of the -Second Battalion, stating

ry, Ohio, in 1913. He won the Gov- 5 ernor General’s prize on two occas- h

SIIUIHEIIII IIMIHIHS

MEET [III Silllllllli

The attention of the teachers of the eventli Inspectorate is called to the nnouncement of the meeting to be eld on Saturday, which will be a enefit to all the teachers who attend. This Association began in a very mall way when a few representative eachers of the Inspectorate met in he latter part oi' last year and hrough their ability of organization nd later with the co-operation of the

ed- WPS °“¢ °f th? INS* kU0“"“ “th” other teachers and the educational en- Ietes In Canada- being °9P°°I““Y Pro’ tertainment furnished by the members

nd others at the meetings this Assu- iation has worked its way to the

fighting line of educational problems

nd has gone as far as to forward re- olutions to the Government to on-

_ deavour to cause further legislation ' which would be for the benefit of leg-

Mrs. Peter Whalen, of _this city, re- islation generally. ,

The success of the convention held

by this Association puts it on a par with any organization of its kind. The

t-w0und¢d_ in shoulder” qui” gate," officers of this Association and espe-

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