.,., _-;»f;.,;¢ -y - ,_ _ . _

t - .... .-i, ,

» ,_,, .

2 / _ _ '

'i - - - . .`

.-K.

'L ‘i' i , .

i _f

H17., . iii yv i

1:- ,.i

~‘

T, *alt ig

._ ji,-,

._ .,.

il- '

.|`

t. !`- '* t

-C'

._ -i

-~...:... .. .,._, N

_ -mfg

ta. _'.

' i r;-7, i~»i

(_ ‘ if ~» . .-i-.-...t .;

ir" ili ws

to.-

. ‘ qi,-

.f`ie`- -'

-J' K ' -2

lili-

. ..f

"ff

. ‘Ye {;_;f-$1 .,-glut

-l' ei- - ' i

( .

“AAT

_MZ ...

~ »x..__ _ iv' _

' r"§_-ff'-:`ri7"m_-__ _ -:T-ff' '_

' _:E

'l .i , . .... i~ ‘Q

_ 4 .. i

'épl ' - »| ’

$6 ` i

'gjtf-i é is -2:

i».

- i,`.-ff. t9 ij,

‘ ii gift

. !=~;» 'lik it ‘ ’i”--'ll'-~' .. N

,_+ -.

`»-.`»~¢.

’v1“D'-‘_

;_:-.11 EE- er.-~: _,___ .7-1

“T133-

L.,

.SMA _£1-,._._a.

_.ae

i;§::i l"-"-

F lvl

.vw . ‘ll Rui

~t, .f-

‘» i li"-1-_ll

.‘ .€i{;:f,. til

if-iliiil'

1 §'fQ%¢W“*#§5§*I; _*:. ~ -gp-._-_‘ _..._. -.=. f _ -s-e_ 3* ._-__ _‘“~=:,i-.A‘.'“@¥»_;`*é, Ygyigg

_ - - ~"~_~<-_-fr

_ ...en _ W.,-...~._._-,_a -

.- .Vx

,i-

iii 'iliiii

,l _ gl ` li -it

1 ii-

i , .

-i

1-AGE 1-ons _ _ _

Tlltharloheiown _lluariliiit

-lead Office at Charlottetown. Branch Offices at Summer.

4 His Atherton. Bourls and Montague.

_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-> -__- -,-_-_-_-_-_-_ _'_-_-_-; 4.~_-_-:_-_~;_-_-_-_-_~.~ _-.-_-_-_-- _-_ .~_-_ _ _ _ _-_- -_ _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-D

THURSDAY, MARCH 8th.)

,,_,_,_,_, __._.____ _ _ __ ____ ____ .___ ____ __ _ _ ______.___.____ _________ _ _ , _,_ ___ __ ___ _,___ ____.,.,.,_~,. ..._

. l'R()Sl’E("l`S

\\'f- are blaming-oi' crediting as the case may bc--

tlii- war for the high cost oi living, the, extraordinary

prices of farm produce, the lugh-:r prices of iniporteil ioiiiniiiiiiiies ivliicli enter into the bill of our tially '-

vtng. l)iiiilitli-.ss the war :inil the- extra iletiiaiids it lias createil. the ilislocation of freight transport :intl the

iliriiiv other ii'i‘cg-iilziriiies brouglii :iliiiut by our suti- den plunge into war, have mitcii to do with the - eri-:ist-il l»iirili~n.s that h;i\'i: fallen upon ilie -._-onsiiniei‘

ilie iiii're:i~t-il lit-iii-fits that have :iccriieil io the prmlu-_

ver. lint not all bv any means. 'ihe real exiusi- of the iiicreasi- in the .ost iii przictically everythiiig° eaten or

\'.'i|n'n or otlier\\‘i_~e enjo_\'eil is in the flo\-:fof rural p -

pnlations to the cities. This prosaic reason tvas in evi-i ileiire long before ilu- war began as \vas also ilu- up- \vard tri-iul of priei-s._ .'\`o long :is this flow continues;

\\-:ir or no war, the cost of everytliing that enters into_ 'lniniazi coiisiiiiiptimi will cniztinne to soar :intl ii caiinot

_l .

irv si-ctiotis; the consiiinei's _of fooil :ire in the cities! :ind io\\'n<_ \\'lieii ilie |-roducer ceases to produce :null

i.. .liii-r\\-ist-_ 'llie pi'i'iil\icei's of food are in the i-ouii

liecoiiies :i coiisiiiner he not only lessens the ainouiit

pririliiceililnit .'idil~. to the amount roiisuineid.

ln this priwiii.-e ive have no means of asscertaiiiiug

the ciiyivziril ilriii of our population except rcl:iiivel_v, 1-nil that only every ieii years when the oflicizil census is ialci-ii. lint we can judge fairly acciirately from the drift in other paris of (`:inaila, where :i initnicipal cen- sus is taken _vi-arl'\‘. Sucli a census was ial<i-ii in t luiario in tolli, ;\ eoiiip;ii'ifsou of this censiis with tlie l)iiini-l nioii oilicizil ci-iisiis ip toil :ii`t`orilsAirustwortliy infor- inatioii of the iiio\'i-iiii-tits oi' population during the in- itrvi-niiig li-.'i- _vi-:ii's. ln init ilie rural population ot' iliitario ii-:is i,io.t.785 and thi- iirhaii t,_t,.z8_.|_f-iii. in |i;lf» ilie rural population was |,o_'7._>_>o and ilie urban l.5_§_1,,o3.>_ 'l`his iiieans that the rural poptiliition ile- creased in those live years by t67.5fi_f. while the urliaii population iiieretiseil by _-.z4,5.;_;.

In our province while the flow of population from

th. <onntr_\ \\.i~ not to .i iery griai t.\i<ni toiiards oitr hm himgeh-` for it ‘mg his _.wo proud ‘O hgm.. `_“m_

own i‘ii_\' :intl ioivns and villages, :i very large propor- tion til it iounil its \\':i_\' into cities here or else-\\'liert:. in L`:iiiail;i or the l'niteil Sixties. Hur rural popiilatiim has liei-ii steadily falling.; oil just :is it has been in (ln- iario. :ind iloiilitless to an eiinal if not greater extcnil

li is itiiiiecessiiry to elziliortiie ilie reasons ivliy this

iitywaril flow sltiiulil ri-duct- the proiliiciioii nl' izirni proiliici: :intl coiisi-itit-_-iitl\- increase prices; shoulii in- .'rea_-ae eiiiisitintitioii :n\<l prices in the city, they :ire ~.eli'-i-viili'nf. 'l`lii~ point is liii\\‘ to pri-\'i~iit ii_ |-. tliifri- any reiiieilvf’

.`»l.'inv wise :intl otlii-r\\'ise rexisoiis li:.\'e hi-en given

for this cit_\'\v:ii-il flow, for this ahziiiiloiiini-ni of tarni- ing. 'l`lii-re is only one reason that will actiiate sane inen, that is the lic-iierineni of their coiiilition. 'l`liat heiieiini-iii is not iii'-cesstirily conlineil to uioiii-_viualting :iloni-;ii involves tlii- whole nirinner of living, coinfort, coiivi-iiii-iii-i-s, opportiiniiies for ctlitcziiiiiiitil or iiitcllec- tnzil :iil\-ziiici-ini-iit. 'l`lii- op|»oi':iii\itii-s :if`i`or<leil lor iiioiieyiiiiilciiiig,:ire iliiiiliiless :is grezit, perlizips tlii- greaicst, :ittraciinii aiiil it is not iieces-.:iry_ to point out that, for the fxiirly well i-ilucateil young inan or young woinati-:iiul who is not now fairly well eilucateil?- the city has iiiliniti-ly more attractions than the farni. \\'hile these tiiiiigs :ire so, while the city store or office or vvarelioiise orriiaiik p:i_vs higher ivaees than the farm the young tnaii :ind the young woinzin will go to thi- ciiy and they cannot he lilaini-(1 for it,

\\ll\:it1iboui the fzirin? F-teplien l.eaeocl< the well-

ltnown hnmorist and writer of .\lc,(iill l.`niversity, in an address iii .`\lontre:il the other day said. "\\'e are in sight of a ti-rrilile food l`:nniiii-, such as the world has ue-vcr seen. \\’i- ninsi take steps bctinies if \ve wish to avoid national and world-wiile ilisaster. \\fc niusi at all costs iiiercase our own food supply. \f\'e ntust see thaf every zivailalili- acre :intl c\'cr_v a\':iil.'ihli- il:i_v`s la- liour is turned to its:-F'

Mr. Lezicock \vas not speaking hunioronsly when

he said this; he was in serious earnest. lint when he sniil that rue ninst take such steps etc. he did not inti- inaie that he hiinself would abandon his proiessorsliip :it McGill and take to farming. If he tneant that others receiving a fairly remunerative wage in the city should abandon their wage and take to larining in order to iti- crease the food supply, he \vas building on a forlorn hope. The others as well as he will “stick tn their job" :is long as the job pays them more than the farm.

'l`lie flow frotn country to city is a matter of repul-

sion and attraction, as natural a law as that of gravita- tion. \Vheii the conditions are reversed the flow will be from the city to the country. How to reverse the conditions? 4 How to make the fartn asreniunerative, as conifortable, as congenial as the city? These are questions that must yet be grappled with. The farm with an invested capital of from, say, live to ten tlious- and dollars and the whole world as a customer should, unless there is something radically wrong somewhere, be made as attractive and as rc-mtinerative as the iner- cantile concern running on the same capital and wiili _a much smaller clientele to draw trade from. _ lx(

PRESIDENT wIIlS()N AND SENATE

President Wilson is in the position of the little boy

who shqitcd “hold me back or I'll fight." Taken at his word he protested that his intentions were entirely pacific and all he meant to do was to frighten. the other

fellow by making a brave show. W

_ States may be said to owe its very existence.

- - ...E

fir. Ann Ni I- 1_4.-mon a 1917

occasion of the abandoned peace eeiiteiiary. Today it 'amounts to nothing inore than 'pious platitudes. Take lfor instance his demand for the freedoni of the seas what has the L'nited States ever done to deserve th inaintainance_oi` such freedom? .\lr; .-\rthur _l. Bal four pointedly referred to this nine' months ago in at interview with a representative of the Associatci Press.

Let tis recall this part of the interview for the saki

0|' comparison with President \\'ils_on`s views on ilu subject - ' _ - 4

l "The phrase ‘freedom of thc seas’ ls, naturally. | attractive to British and American ears. For the

i extension of freedom into all departments of 1"., and

over the wlic-le world has been one of the chief aspira- tions of the Engllslri-ipevaking peoples, and efforts to-

. wards that end have- formed no small part of their con.

-irlbuilou to eivlllzatloii. But ‘f.~e<_»d0m- is H word of niany meanings; and we shall do well to consider in Wim! 1l1@1111i!lg the Germans use it when they ask for it.. not tit may the safely said) because they love P,-ee.

dom, but because they hate Bi-ltaln_

"About the ‘freedoni of the seas! in c-ne sense,

- we are all agreed. England and Holland fought i`or

il- 1\\ li1110S gone by. 'l`0 their success thc United.

"For lf, three hundred years ago, the maritime

claims r.-f Spain and Portugal hail been admltted_ whatever else North America mikht have been it would not have been English-speaking. It neither vt-outd have employed tim language, nor obeyed the luws. nov- cnioyeil the- institutions, which. ln the last

analysis, are of British origin.

"But the 'freedom of the seas,” desired by the

moilern Forman, is uvery different thing from the freedom for which our forefathers fought in days of old Ilow. indeed, can it be otherwise? The most simple minded must feet suspicious when _thev find that these missions:-les of maritime freedom are the very same

persons who preach and who practice upon the lnnd

the extremesf doctrine-s of military absolutti-mi.

“Ever since the genius of Bismarck created the

German Empire by Prussian rifles, welding the Ger- man people into ix Great unity by military means, on ii military fbasls. German ambitions have been a causi- of unrest to _thc entirn world. Uonimorcial und poli- tical domination. dept-nillng upon a gigantic army nn-

ii_\i-,ratlcally governed, has been and ls tho (lerinan

ideal.

"lf, then. Germany wants what she calls the free-

dom ofthe seas; lt is solely as a means whore-liy this

ideal may receive world wide extcnsion...." l-‘resident \\"ilson knows just how llritain seeiirc(

‘the freedom. of ilie seas in the past, how she is niain- taining it at the present, and if the Senate now hold: hint back from doing his"duty. he nitist bl:-.ine nobody

paign which niaile the Senate what it '

' \/\-'hat are ,people to think of the moral libre of : l’residQni and Senate, who, -their flagxiiisiiltcil- and

spat upon. their protests flouteil and their woineii and eliilrlren foiilly niurilcred, disagree upon the necessity of :iriinng their own tncrehant vessels for self~protec- tion-:intl _vet prati- about the "l`recdoin of the seas!"

We cannot pitt it more iiripressi\'el_v than did that

line representative of the old Yankee spirit l\/lr. _lanies Nl. lleck in the New York 'l`ribune, wlteii he said :

“I-`rom Washington to Wilson. from the _great

Virginian, who said that 'there is a i'ank due iolthe L‘nlti-‘if States among nations, which will be withheld if not absolutely lost by the reputation of weakness,”

‘ to the little Virginian, whose one consistent policy has

i been in being 'ton proud to flglit,‘ what ri gulf! '

“lf the great Virginian could revisit the glimpses of

the mor/n, and with the knowledge of the last two _vi-ars confront his sill-i-essoi", he wniild give him sur-li ii look as hi- gave (‘btu‘les l.ef-- on thi- liiittli-tlelil nl'

It/lonnioiiili."

________).,(______

N ()'[‘ I-IS

_________i...i__

' March, which came in like the proverbial laiuli, has already given ati exhibition of the leoinine charac- teristics supposeil to be latent in the March lainh. 'l`lie storm of :\/londay night and 'l`ues<lay was one of the

iip our railway and steamer service, as \vcll as laying upon our citizens the iinsnal obligritioii of cleaning oil' the siiiewrillts. Such, however, is ilie month of March and the lion may be expected tcngive still further ex- hibitions before the .-\pril sun nial\'e;=. it incongenial for hint.

'I`he last hundred thousand men that Canada will

place in the fighting line may bethe deciding factor in a struggle the issue of which will determine the destiny of this Dominion, of our linipirc, and of the whole \vorld. . . . Let us never forget the solemn oaili that the nation is not constituted of the living alone. The-re_are those as well who have passed away and those yet to die -born. So this igreat responsibility conies to us as heirs of the past and trustees of the fit- tnre.-Sir Robert liorden.

,__.,_--)()(__._.._,.._.....

/\n American long resident in Roumania gives an

explanation in the New York Times of the defeat of that little Kingdom about which there is nothing ini- probable. It is the old story: treachery. The army :ind tl1e Government services were permeated by Ger- man influences; and there were systematic betrayals of trust. Large reserves of food and military supplies were stored in the Dobrtidja, and these fell at an early stage of the campaign into the hands of the Germans, to the subsequent crippling of the Roumanian defence.

mere skeleton army, and thc promptitude and vigor of the German-Bulgarian attack upon it _was one of the early surprises of the campaign. The explanation fur-

`whole thing was pre-arranged: the storing of the stip- plies, the failure to concentrate troops in the Dobriid- ja, and the rapidity of the Germanblow. German gold has been a highly-efficient auxiliary to German arms

worst of the winter, badly blocking the roads and tying 4,

The Dobrudja was defended, it will be recalled, by a'

uished by the American from Roumania is that the`

____ l

Sir.--The advantages of ii uiotor c-.tri

over a horse and carriage for ordinary use are many. A _ _

The motor car is ready to start at

‘ ,1 moment’s notice. ii The horse must

be Wuefed- fed. its harness put on and the animal attached to t,b\e car- riaxe. When brought to the house door the horse must be held _or hit- '=\16fl. Or ll may run away and injure 'tself or smash \the carriage. The motor car stands where lt is placed mtil all is ready- It does nc-t start is many horses do while the passen- :ers are getting aboard. When the 'C-ad gat.-. isreached the car stops and imnds. passes through the opened

tate and again stan# until the gate is :losed and the dr el- has taken his ieat. How many horses have caused serious accidents at the rmiil eaie. going or coming!

Once on the 'way a rising ground is

encountered. The horse drops in ;i walk, and usually n slow walk at that. me soon finds that about half the lnie of a _tourney is spent hi a slow walk up hill. That ls, the horse and carriage -pass over the down-hill nn'l ev-ei portions c-f the road at a trot more quickly than they pai-is the up- '.iill portions at a walk, although thc latter are much shorter. With the

motor car the `down hill and level por- tions of the road can be passed safely

itnd more swiftly than hi a horse

and carriage, while in the up-

hill porttons the motor ear easily makes better time than it horse- troi- :lng on the level. The merciful dri- ver pltles his horse when h@ finds it sweating and panting. The motor car

.mounts the steel! hills withi~it con-

urloiis effort with:-it. sweating or suf- ering. A motor ost- saves one hall' the time on a journey.

Let us assume that the day is cold

or windy and that the ilrlver has ix call tc- make. His horse must be housed or tied and blanketeii, or will suffer from the cold, and oftmi there is no l1ll0l1l1'1H post at hand or accesslbte. The motor driver has none of these troubles, 'His steed will stand airy. where. regardless of ivind or_cold. It cannot. be frightened by sudden and ‘ll\1'Ulni-I Sights or noise:-i. It is heed- less oi’ flapping sheets on the clothes line. of newspapers wiifieii nn ine @1110- llafklllli 0058. in- stnnipeilini.: §?i1lf_lQ~_ The small Loy mav shout iii. lt- (lil UD. and lash li with a whip but ‘it will not start until the di-ivoi-‘s ian.l ls_ on tno lever. ,The motor i-:ir lS tlfrrltd of nothing, li passes mm. 'l\"1` 1110l0r. the snorting locomotive, the threshing mill, 3. bam”-V "ring 0,. fi 11111111 Dlaylng, dlsdainlng to notice; 1H.V 0i` the things that frighten lio.~ne.=i.l

h Arriving home irom a journey thel orse driver or sc-me attendant musti attend to the horse. detach it from the C101 1`1l1He. remove the harness. rin, town the perspiration. ilirow on ii blanket and see that the animal has b@1l’ll11tZ Ilfiilfood. The motor driver.

le”-V6-S ll there until ho wants it again ll may be- H. dax.,or,'a week later. The motor rest-S: Wear and tear and ex- DGIISS 00380, But the horse driver must go on feeding, watering and at- lefldlng upon _his horse whether wor. king of lille. placing food before him lllree Mme” 0 day and shovcllng out the refuse' behind. -Besides his labor lll Dlanting and harvcstitie outs, grow. |05- CUlU11i§ and niaking hay, must pr; reckoned, as lip, spends it large portion 0f the year fork in hand waiting upon his t!01.'.l Servant tho horse.

Of course, the farmer mug; haw

his horses for divers uses about his farm, but he she-ulil have considera- tion for the merchant, the preacher, the iloctor, the lawyer, the- commercial traveller, the citizens of the village, IOWH. or clly, who have little use for ltorses, except. for driving nnil tc-

iwhom the rare and cost of horse-kc-ep. ui.: are irksonii-. /lilaltt. as certain as ioniorrows sun rising, the motor car will cr.-mc lii-re-I it will si-are

00010 Of th; liorscs for a tiinc, but only for it liort. time. Why not get over the crisis ui onco,,i|u_lckl_v, as nl] other countrici-i have done?

1 um, Str, otc.

NEMO.

000-00000-OOOQOQIIOOQO

'DIILY SELECTIOHS FDR GUIRDIIII REIDERS

._.... Furnllhod by

Abiiliiii

1|'-\»~I"I"l"l'-'|11'

‘ 1

-L

W. 8. Loulon.

O1'-l»§§('§OOOl*§O4"l'O O

THE FOOL

(By Robert W. Service.)

"But 0 1-S111 playing nie game," he

said - ~

U And he slammed his books away; The Latin and Greek l've got in my

head 1

Will do for it commoner day."

"nl1\J\1|Hh!" I cried. "The bugle's call

‘lr~n't for lads from school." Dye ihmk he would listen, Oh, not nt

a _ . V

So I called him n fool, a fool.

Now thoro's his dog by his empty bed.

And the flute he used to play,

Anil his favorite hat. ....but Dick

he’s dead,

Somewhere in France. they My.. Dick with his rapture of song and sun,

Dick af the yellow hair,

Dicks' whose tire had but begun

Carrion-cold out there. _

And I called him n fooll. . . .how blind

WEB ill 1-' _

O. the cup of my grief's abriml `

Will Glory o' England everdlo =» '_'

So long as we've lads like him? . -¢ So long as we"vo fond and fearless

idols, ;

Who. spui-ning fortune and fixmé. " Tum out with the rallying cry of their

schools,

intent on playing the game. 1 ,,

A fool! Ah not, He was more thah

wise; ,“_

His was the -proudest part. He died with the glory of faith HQ hi!

éyés fi. l . .~ '-

And tbegtorytof lninltnabin heart. _,-

And tholugh there's never ii gravy to

to . " ‘ ., "

runs his motor under i-over audi

Slr.~-- Our attention has been called

to a letter in the Patriot of the Btb Inst, from manufacturer; of the old style eau. pmtestlng against our Company being exemped from taxa- tloi: for a periud`of five years. The claim 'of those' protesting is that ours is not a new lndustry, In reply to this. would state. that the Charlottetown Can Company is the only concern in- Carada manufacturing the san- itary can, with _one excep- tion. as _ we- believe' _there in a plant- manufacturing 'these cans fn Ontario. but financed by American capital. It was found that if thefis- land product was to continue to com- pete in the foreign markets :hat the new sanitary can would have to be used in our business, and if this new can was imported lt_htid to secured from the American Can Company. The reat ob eetlon' to the old can

010110110100

+ ----l # . -O .

'|'1°'l"l*~i-'l'1l»4"|"|' ~L'-1- ~¥'4'~i°|"l*'i'|-

The vigilant censor, like Homer,

sometimes nods, and than articles slip into the press which make us gasp when we read them. Such is s brilliant: essay in The Frankfiii-ter Zeltung froi., the pen of unless ii peraonnge than Gehelme' Hof-Rat Prof. Dr. I-‘reiilrlch Meinecke of Freiburg University, one

3 1

“'09 N10 1ilmC\ll1V €'XD€ri€l'1C@<l Wllh of the German historians of the tlrst

acid stain. which was caused w'lth‘/ this fluid lu sealing the cans with sol-t der, not oiilyithecnns being stained' but the meat darkened which hail. is

lendencl' '0 l0W01` UB Value 0|- U19 rent ln the Allied press, but up till now market and in _some cas--is 'hlpm6n1S no Teutonic piibliclst nf any standing being conderunoil`.'The Charlottetown has endome-d the View that ima (fini Ciminimy lf- composed rt10St1.\' 'Of --strategic retreat" ai the Min-ne iiiiii.

native -Island packers who feb it was'

110<`-@SS¢1T.\' I0 llllw U10 STEP N193/ (ill counted as' German defeats. Profes- to protect our lobster lndustry. lt. S0, Meinecke- has u new theory as was necessary to "ubficribe a c0n€-_'-'li' regards the commencement of the erable amount of capital as the plant (._,,nmcl_ for he [eps Us that -‘only used inimanufacturlng these' new san- 8 p¢ymp.,,| SL-use dm (;erm;my_ begin il01‘.\' 1111118 iS 1111 @XD91'1'»~1l"@ 0119- 30 fi" the war ns- it defensive war," while

UIC l11lll1S‘1l`Y' ls 011l.V lf' "S infancy “ni "ln fi military sense" it has been dis-

employs about twenty hands. The Compan'-' has not' only received fares,

oi-ilcrs from the Province but. manvt Hom, “rm nbjem was. to m,m.thmw

orders arc' coming from cntilde the Province, that we are unable to han- dle at thepresenf time owing to tl--s- dltflculiv lr. securing tin plate. a cotr- dltlon brought about by thi-_ war. §

It seems to us that the (`ltv of Pilar- 1, _ _

_ _ _ . -i we i-iuuceedeil, we could then turn

'l°"""t°w" have "lm" um "Km “lp 'n quickly, cart-_vlng out the same mlli-

grnntliig exemption from taxation .ti- n local company iliat were alive to the interests of the prdvlncr- in intru- dueing a new and up-to-ilate nicihii.l of iiiaiiiifiiciiirlng that. has nn eotu- pctitoi- nxt-< pt thi- Anierli-ati Can (‘oni- piiny, We :irc quite sntistlcil the small ainonni of taxes' saved bv the (‘.hiir- lottetown Can Company, is not what ir- bothering the partie- proti~.-iilnix. No iloiibi the public are uwiiri-' that the three concerns protesting are

rank. The professor tells ns that the' entire German war plan “collapsed at the gates of Paris ln the Battle of the Marne.-" This idea has long been cur-

tlie' failure to take Vordun must be

ln`

tinctly a “knock-out-war." The pro- fessor writes:

France rapidly, :nail to compel her to make pence. As it was our interest. rapidly to reduce the niimber of our enemies, this peace would probably have been very lenient for France.

tary idea against Russia also, with the bi-i-ii prospect. of but-cess. ani: then. under favorable condltlonss i~oni-lndc the' final peace with Enn- luuil, who would have been ill.'_ii-nicil on tho eoniliicni. This pt-acc, ulsc. like thi- first pi-are i-onrliiileil with Fraiice. would liavi- had in ussniini- in liluli dei.-.rec the eharuetcr of it eoin- proinlse, since wii could not hope if. overthrow I§ng'laiiil‘s iuaval f|pre<ui

l'l(.“v'

QQA _0'1_'I_‘ETOWN GU _IA _ _ ___ ____ _ _ . _

would have inade verytiiie reading if delivered on thi THE '01-In CAR cnt]-0'” cl" co; REPLIES - *§i|».|-_Qi 9_0 §_§¢+++,O~b'liO!Qili,¢'Q-Oi-|»4i' -9* g¢**‘***‘° _

cumin wiiuttt I iél' 5 intvitis ntiui

I1*-l~<l"l»§4»~i'§+§

O'P'|"|"0'l'l'4'i-F 'I--li '§‘9§'|‘+4i+

profosor then aasost li 301111110. lllid hlls comfiieliiiisldiiluliiimdme

.iThu arguiznent.`use'd among up ..

year ago was that the decision iuuqi be S°\1Kl1t not in the lntaigtbte dp, lf-"ll Evil. but in the concentraiel WOS‘.. the' nerve center of tho ere:-i 'K force. The decls'lon..howeveri rags: H0' be is decision, in the old 'si-me filming at a .break-through and roll: ing-up of the' enemy, rw;-_.mnce_fm, such it decision was regarded as no longer possible here in the Wesi_. but n decision better adapted to uw experiences- of _the war ot’ pogtitmm and to psychological efrltziilatlon. \v,- should, ln fact. break in at ii pm-gf. cularly critical position, tle:;t|-oy one of the most important I"reni-li for- tresces. and so prove to the Freni-it that they coulil no longer wil., und than they would do better tél and u war which hai. lost all prospects for thein. That was thc origin nt nm- undertaking against Verilun. lim this time the new polltleomllltnry idea led only to u heroic episode.

"lf o ur original successes multi

have been pursued at the same pa.-ti of their goal our political purpose would perhaps have been uttaiiied. But meanwhile our oiiemios pulli-il themselves together for still mort. gigantic achievements. England learned from us universal mllllury service and the conversion of lndus- try for i.he pioduetion of u nilghiy supply of arins und innmunltion. At the simile time 'r-he leaned upuirilie indui=iti'lal '-trength of America and so, while Japan helped also, she wus able to equip the new Russian fniniii- tloiiri with the apparatus wliii-li;wi=. had nntar-lieil the year before. 'Plius in June and July, 1916, it i-auie in the great iloublii offc-.naive ol’ our tnemies in East and We'i. 'l`lii» re-

backcil by foreign capital and ure to- ~'~` _ , _ V _un Wag that we had to ;mm»|~“p\ tiny i-<»1itrf>l'llni: fm-I make the iirfilit' l‘}1~“_ n"'h°“‘l "L"’§\"“‘“,e"'f)l"§,2f_l’;ii.iir operations against vermin. aiu out oi' ii veiy ltirgc portion of the ls- lrcguh. t-0 210901 11 l 041:21 5 hi`:m0 enemy offensive also n,.hmv‘,d

ufacturlng cans for Prince Edward

we have already had that there is n very large lndustry ahead for this Compny and ln a fe‘w years time will he empolylng a very large number of hands and we feel qui-te siitlsiied that the (‘.it.v of Charlottetown will never regret having taken the step they have. Among those interested in tho (lan Company ure some of the most successful business men in the l>\`0V' lnce and it seems. that every cn- coiiriigement should he given to the new lndustry ra-ther that the continu- al hablt of knocking. lt would hnvc been more in the inteief--‘ ot' the ln- iliistry and the provlner- in gifncral of the parties- protestintz had i-0-00°F' atod with us in iin endeavor to biilld up ii .large up-to-date lniltistry I0, pomp(-_-to with foreign i-iipittiil, rathrir than patronize same.

THE GHARLOTTETOWN CAN C0. tthnrlottctown, P. I-1. I.. 7th March, 19,17.

____.__._._--

ASK FREER TRADE - , AMONG COLONIES

(Canadian Press Despitch.)

PORT Ol<‘ SPAIN, March 6.--At n

mer-.tltig of the Associated Chamber of Commerce of the British Wt-.st A In- dies, England’s prohibition of cc-coa and ruin its imports was taken up and u resolution passed urging flint t-he pro:-ipeetlvo customs' conference iri- cludc coinrnerelal representatives and that it iilsndiscuss the possibilities of freer trade- lntcrcolonlally. -Other resolutions adopted favored tho'res- trlctlon of business activities of ene- my inihleets, compulsory registration of aliens. facilitation of exchange of lriiborers lietweeii colonies. develop- ment of oil resources, metric system and, the purclinse of government sup- plies -by government agents.

CUBAN REVOLTERS

` LOOT BRITISH SHIP

(Canadian Press Desp»8tch.)

MOBILE, Alabama, March 4-Civ

ban ri-.volutionlsts boarded and forcib- ly searched the British schooner Pefr- celer in the harbor at Neuvitas. (`u- ba. February 14-. accordlngto ii story- told borimnilay by Captain R. A. flus- sell, maiiter of the vessel. All -tire- arma imd'ammt.|nltic»n on board were cni-ried off he said.

'ii'

_--

` 1

Closing of ‘llearl

Songs” Campaign

We announce, with regret, the clos-

ilng of our wonderful campaign in dis- tributing the greatest song book ever gotten together-“Heart Songs." We have only copies enough on band to satisfy those of our readers who bring their coupons for the remaining few days. The advertisements that have been running ln the-se pages for inev- eral weeks pairt. have fully described the merits of the book-and the daily readers have constituted' a veritable educational course in song music. We aremore than gratified at the ren- ponse from the publiic, and are sangu- lne that through this enormous distri- bution the refining influence of the songs' will be felt for years in this community. Attention is called to the

o`ra cr t mark his fall, " »

,Tl&11k-`G6tI‘lq%veq'iinoVi ‘tiki lie "batted

J t

wait" '-

advertisements that may appear tin our columns for the bile! period re- maining. The coupon offbr will be

We are, slr. cite. i

land out-put in eunned lobsters. They in the Battle of the Marne. 'l` s la’ successes' es emu” ‘H uw 1"111S011 "01 lm” is l“flf°l~V "““"°‘l h" ‘mme was “OL a m'“'U"°l vm°r.y.I h-ut lilziibit. although the ri;al olltlert-to ilipgg par-kc-rg nmniifavtiirlng the old _ lt was a great strategic-til siii-ci-s.-1 tor break through and mu up our “ms siyii- mir. mia setting in nie sm;ni_1l1‘ l"“'““'1~ Perhuiifi <>iir_ r>i‘0t-:H1111 _could not he ac,h,e,,ed_ in ,.l,,,,, U, l"“"l““"`5 ill "Blur" for their lobhncri would nm' have collapsed li wc hmilaii lntensitv of attack and iiiiperlor- 0Ul~D11l- When ll1'~‘ -°-mHll 0110091' fe'-”""rle‘l_ lhlnllfh our .imglmil .Simtel ity ln technical resources far greater fl11i1'€i1 U10 -“=111lU1VV Can me fomlgnimcul "le"’“"th p°.rlm`L "fm"l‘“°S"'ltliiin in our lii'enk-througli in Galicia. pnckrer would supplv the can manufac-'keeping our _ inaln toiees firmly in-tTmS was dim to me fact that wp’ in tui-ed bythe American Can (‘.omP““~"- ‘fewer “nd” mr ‘hen 'imc' nhumionlng the interval, had still further devel- 'l`l1f‘ (»`l‘a"l0llem“'" Ca" C°mlm“y l’~" hast Pragma' lnlliad the posr-ilillltles of trench war- hzstalling their plant are nizikintI` a- Dr. Melizeckc goes on to sketeh ¢~m.e_-» start. to retain this lnil\1Sl»1‘Y 0|f 1113"- ,szuhsequeut ilcvelopincnts und says -

substantially. We took to trench-l professor Meinecke says. that ,hp

Island. rather than place thc' orders Wm-fmc the enemy dm likgtytgg; we Buttle of the Somme has Ied to the with .the foreign concern. We_ are-'.iiieii, and finieii. io break ihrough‘c0n,iQu0n in Germany ,hm H no ‘lima Satisfied from me °""p""'°“°e 0010 ‘"1 U10 YS” “ml 0" ill? BZ“"},longor possible for either stile to iir-

iind Riiwaka; the I-‘rench tried. anirrive at ,1 mmmry decision --in the

failed, to -break through. lr. Chinm- pgne. I-‘cop-le ut- home' began to urguo

to break through in the West-in the battles of Loos and (‘ampugnc. The

ln response to several appeals. Mr.

A .W. Bruce. Red Point, liasbpeited ii Roadmasters’ Patriotic Fund. the idea being that every Itondmnster con- tribute $2.50 to the Fund. The monory may be sent to Mr. A .W Bruce, to Mr. H .W. Binnihg. Bank of Nova Scotia, or to the Editor of the Guard- ian and it will be acknowledged it the columns of the Guardian. Angus Dart, Appln ftoaq' 2.00 James Dlngwall, North Lake .. 2.00 Andrew Mooney, Little liar-

bour 32,50

B. S. itobertson, Ktngsborougb $2.50 A. A. Bruce, Red Point 2.60

Robert Wares, Wheatley River 32.50 Archie Bowles, Murray ltiver. $2.50 Layton McCa_be, Alexandra, 32,50

Artemas Betts, Cumberland, $2.50 Harry Webster. Cape Traverse, $2.50 Garfield Stewart, Red Point, $5.00 Angus A. Campbell, Black Pt. 82.00° Christy A. Campbell Black Pt. $1.00’ Nelson Stewart. Black Pt. $1.00* A. A. Moore, Pownal ` $2.50

D. J. McDonald, Glenflnnan . . . . . .$5.00 El. S. Norton, Montague . .. . .. 2.50 C.. O. Rankin, Mt, Albion ._ . . . .$8.00 Alfred F. Rose. North Lakeville 2.00 E. B. McLaren, Georgetown' $2.50 David T. Dover. Suffolk ..$2.00 Wlilllnm Coady. Hazelbrook 2.00 John 0. Campbell, Long ltlver 2.00

Alex. A. McDonald, Little Pond, $2.50,

full peacocompelllng seinse," and that Germany’s offer of peace arises t'rciin-

that the war had finally devtloped ln-4 --the idea that the €,,c,.|“ces de. to one of attrition. Then in Milv-.inimiieii by the continuation oi nie 1915. German UOODS S00'-'e*‘-‘led llftwur no longer-,bear any relation' to breaking through in Gnllela but iilti-_ the mmm,-y resups wmch can Sup m11t@'ly1\t1d to settle down as-'tin in 110°, iw expected and that ii is siitiesiinnii- fenslve positions-. The I-`i‘eneh and the tiki), intelligent. and wise 10 nba". English trleii tltltllll. and failed Ilgainfilon the intention of destruction, which

after ull does not lead to ileatriictimi and to seek a reasonable coniproiiil:-tu,"

~...-»--».....,_~_.........__~_.,...._.. ~.~ ~.-..... ,__

llllllllNlllSll§ll`SPlllllllllllI l-UNll

ii sim nude -win follows in iiiii mil- 1

Mr. Theo Enmnn, Enmora Road $2.60 James J. McNeil, Mtacouehe. $3.00 W. H. Wood,- Mt. Melllck 2.50 Frnnlt Driscoll, Mt. Herbert 2.50 Francis Hagan, Kelly’s Cross, 2.00 llarry Webster, Cape Traverse $2.50 D. A. Mc'l‘avlsh, Newton, Belfast 2.00 Patil l\lcDonald, East Point Road 2.00 Goo. A. Leslie (per Mr. Grin-

sell( Charnwood 2.50

Patrick Smith, Newtc/n E. 2.00 Dominique Dolron. Rustlco _2.00 Peter Morrison. Granvlle ......$2.f»0 James Lampler, Pleaihsnt Grove .$2.00 Julin Nolan, Chespstow. 2.00 Peter J. Campbell. Red Point, 1.00 Jéimes Dlngwell, North Lake,

(additional), .50

Alexis Don-on. wtiesiiey niver, _2.00 John Munn, Mn-rray River, '2.00 Wm. Molynoaux, Mllltowiy Cross. 2.00 Andrew Bradley, Blooming Pt. .$2.00 James Fltzgeralil, Kildare Capes 2.00 John A. McDougall, Argyle -Shore 2.60 Wm. J. McLaren, Peters Road, 2.00 John B. Itlx, Mlnilmlgusli, 2.00 George Mclnnes, Mlmimlgash, 3.00 Thomas Bertram. Bradalbano, 2.00 Theophilos Pineau, Dolron’s

Creek, 2.00 ' Paid into the bank at Souris.

NOTE:- By request it has been

nzroed to accept $2 contributions u it is more' convenient to mall this

811100111-

-`-'-'-“-“-“~'--‘-‘~‘-‘-*-rf-‘-“-“--‘-‘---rf-=-_-ff.-_~:wi v 1 u - -_-_-_-_-_-,-_-_-_-_-_-, _______. A, , ,. ._ _ ,_ ,_ ,. ,, ,. ,_ ,,,. ,,...~.--»~

s and flow

If you re:.:! these letters you will

find that Dr. Chase's Ointment is not to be classed among ordinary nslves and olntments.

By actually curing itching, stinging

eczema in many thousands of eases It has stoo_d the most severe test to which any ointment can be put. ’.

MP- J- Brice. Temperance road,

Parry Sound. Ont.. writes: "Just is ""9 *O Praise Dr. Cbase's Ointment for what it has done for my wife. She has been suffering with eczema ilmher heed for two years, and hal spent no end of money with doctors and for nlntments. which did ber no' good. She had about given up hope of ever

to tr! Dr. Chanda Ointment. By the use of this Ointment the trouble hu

eil 'faith in tt. I have told several ponpla about the Ointment." _'

KJ! W._.0e _e_n_,_ flraaniipqpg

1 _ . ~

being cured, when someone told her,

a __,._...,.._.__,..mnisll|

Two Cases of Eczema

They 'WerelCureil

Funrnsn Pnoor THAT on. rci-iAse's om1'MeN1' ‘ is A Posirivt

cune Fon cimoutc Eczema. `

-1-»-_-*__-nal

feroil with eczema on my hands. 11115 for olzhtoop months was so bad that ‘I could not use in needle to- new or 00 anything. I could scarcely dreiui _ml- nelf. Though I had lots of saivd from doctors, I could never let much benefit from them. Then I sent for 0 sample- of Dr. Chews ointment. 11"* found it very different in action. It 'was not long .before my bandit bell" to heal, and four 000 boxes made tlm_n well. I cannot praise Dr. C\ll9°" Ointment too highly, and fr¢1l\l°U"7 give some to others to get them _ulllll lt, for l know that it will cure.' t y In the home Dr. C_balo's Olntmell is of almost daily usefulness for lt; relieving chafing and irritation °|_ the skin it prevents ecseml and llm

I0!! 001' °1\Ul‘0lY. “ii we have unbound-l

-nr itching sxtiriiimm. Aiwltvd §° all cuts and wounds, lt- D1’°'°:' ' blood poisoning and hosts tha lk 11- Dr Chanda Ointment 00 ceiito I

V ‘ * "~ dnl _ - - " »- » _ .ibiii Il d tors -.ir ldbtanloo. Blill vlllflfao-""»v\`\\ °ng||.y|g[. Bly' mf 'I-us.; ul .nb ‘ xlcgu La?" Tqrnam' ,._"_ A