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.-\ii0tlier lol received by express-in light weight mater-

. ial, finished with belt-military effect, in blue and grey; special values, $6.50, $7.50 to $8.00.

Ladies' Suits at $12.00

Made from goodquality, all-wool navy serge, well lin-

.shed ; price $12.00. Positively the best $12.00 Suit in the city.

Wash Goods '

\\`e are showing today a large assortnient of \\-'ash

Goods, the largest ever shown in the city, in white, colored, inoirc and crepe at 2oc. per yard-fancy and stripe ripplette, white honey-coinb cloth at 24c. per yard, colored ratiiie suitiiig 550, white and fancy crepes at 15c_ per yard.

Boy's Sweaters 25c Z E

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Iii light-weiglit material, just

the thing for this season of the year,

uiade in both short and long sleeves,-

price .15 cents. .»\lso fine \\`ooi Cash-

mere to lit boys from 4 to ro years of

age at 65 cents each. This is one of

the liest values yet sliowii by tis iii this

line oi goods. Ladies’ Hose 2 Pair for Z5c

\\`e have received direct from the largest niaiiufacturer

in Caiiaila. a large .sliipiiieiit of Ladies' llose in all shades,- two special \'aliie_< :it i5c. each or two for 25C. Otir'25c. Hose is zi sti'oii_; leailer; iiiost people sell it for 356. per pair. Ulllcf lines at 350, 5oe., 75c., and $1.00.

Hose .for Men

At 15c, 25C, 35c, 50c, and 750 per pair.

Children’s Straw Hats

llats suflicioiit for every kiddy in tlie city, in all the

seas0ii`s nialtes of new llats at 250, 350, 5oc., Goc., 75c. and $l.§,ri.

Ladies’ Chamois Gloves

'l`liei‘e has lieen a coiisideralilc sliortage in these goods

this seasoii, but we have just received from the manufacturers

a line at 75c. per pair. A full line of Perrin’s French Kid Gloves at $1.15 and $1.50

Boy’s Wash Suits

_\ large assortment in,-price from 750. per stiit to $3.50

each. 'l`licse suits are froni one of the best niaiiufacturers in New York City; bought them direct from the iiiaker to save the iiiidiIleiii:iii’s profit.

Towelling

ln this department we are sliowing some special values

at Sc.. ioe., i2c. and i5c. per yard. ,

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Print Cotton at l0c

\\`e are offering for sale now a large quantity of prints,

-regular value i2c. per yard, for loc. 2,000 yds. iii the lot,

Men’s Suits worth $l0 to $12 for 7.50 100 suits in this lot

A iiianufacturer

offered tis :i clearing price of 100 men’s tweed suits that have just arrived, and placed on sale iio\v at $7.50 per suit; sizes from 34 to 44. You ought to get one at once as \vc sold a large lot yesterday.

Ladies’ Dresses Worth 7.50

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We arc clearing out a lot of ladies' dresses that were

carried over from last season. Remember that every dress in this lot of 48 dresses have been carried over from last season, iiolwitlistaiiiliiig there is only a slight difference iii the make of them for this year. They are all buttoiied in the back. The prices range from $4.00 to $7.50 each. They run in sizes from 34 to 40. You may have your choice now from the lot nt each, in Mantle Department, second floor.

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MONDAY. MAY 31, 1915.

AN EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT

ln the course of our discussion of the financing of the

Province under the Liberals we have shown clearly, first, that they acted unjustly and corruptly iii failing to exact taxation from all from whom it was due; and secondly, in not accounting honestly for the disposal ol’ the 111039)' after it reached their hands. The farmer tolls and sweats from early morning till dewy eve, and very few of them take any active part in politics. Titel' bitterly l'0'5¢l1li being “done", however, and having once discovered that they had become the prey of the wily grits to fatten and batten on, they have been aroused to such indignation that nothing The Patriot may say to again lure them to de- struction will have nny effect. The false comparisons and fraudulent misrepresentations so characteristic of I our Contemporary’s modus operandi are now of "ttle hvail. The facts are so patent and so readily ascertainahle that no one who does not purposely' desire to be misled. C811 possibly be taken in by them. One of the best testimonials to the efficiency and honesty of the present Government is to be found in the collection of taxes. Without increal- Ing taxation one cent, the present Government collected last year $71,715 more than did the Liberals In 1911. This include-s the value of the labour of the farmers on the roads, and it is noteworthy that the present Government allowed the farmers $1.50 per day against $1.00 per day allowed by the Liberals. The Road Tax is spent in the districts in which it is collected and the farmers are the best supervisors of the roud-masters in the discharge of their duties. Apart from the Road Tax, the increased value of which ls principally due to additional 50 cents per day being paid the farmers for their labour, the Gov- ernment collected $52,639 more in 1914 than did the Lib- crals, and none of which was from the farmers, but from other taxation principally from corporations financed from abroad and from death duties. Thus the farmers see what can be achieved in their behalf by an honest, efficient executive whose one object is to advance the interests of the province and make its inhabitants as a whole more

than those of any other part of Canada.

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SAVINGS DEPOSITS

ln the statement just issued of balances at credit of

depositors in the Dominion Savings Banks in the differeiit provinces the following comparative figures will be of in- terest:

Bal. Apr. 1,1914 Bal. Apr. 1,1915

Nova Scotia.. .. ._ ....$11,-422,115.10 $4,-416,508.67 New Bruns\viek.... . .. 5,985.745.91 5,930.50-4.73 Manitoba.. ._ .. .. .. 604,648.34 575,496.82 British Columbia.. .. .. 1,05-1,906.20 1,157.398.54 P. E. Island.. .. ._ .. 1,§i08,90l.30 1,926,255.08

There are several features in connection . with the

above that it will be well to note. lt will be noted in the first place that Prince Edward Island and British Columbia alone increased their savings deposits during the year.

ln the next pla ce the relative amounts on deposit will

be of interest. The deposits per head of the population, ac- _cordilng to the census of 1911 are, in round numbers, as follows: Nova Scotia, $8.90; New Bruswick, $16.80; Mani- toba, $1.20; British Columbia, $2.90; Prince Edward Island, $20.30.

While our province has more actual cash per head of

the population, salted down in the Savings Banks than any of our sister provinces. and while it is an index of our thrift and general prosperity, it cannot be set down to the credit of our enterprise. We have stored up our money too carefully; salted it down at three per cent. when in some progressive enterprise it would not only be earning a liigli~ er rate of interest for its owner but also helping to build up the province. Progressive countries have their money invested ii, industries and local activities, not in savings banks, and our savings, amounting to nearly two millions, if invested in some progressive business, or divided up among industries existing or prospective, would be a very iniich more profitable speculation than simply leaving it in the 'bank. We are richer than our neighbors and could be very much richer than we are if we had a little more en- terprise. _

Says London Evening News:-The invasion of Britain

has begun. '

A body of the one-my about 16,000 ln number is already

hi London awaiting the arrival of reinforcements.

These invaders did not land upon our shores from

German transports, nor ilid they come by way of the air. They were already here when the war began, and in spite of the fact that they are enemies. and in many instances avowed and open enemies, they have been permitted very much the some privileges as the Britons who surround them. '

France has long ago interned all her allen enemies.

and so has Russia. But then France and Russia distrusted Germany, and had made considerable preparation to meet the German attack. The British Government, which, ln spite of countless warnings, long placed an implicit trust in the good faith of Germans ln Germany. is alone ln its belief in the good faith of Germans ln Britain.

So it comes about that Germany has her advance

guard ln London, and the Metropolitan Police, many of them fit young men\who ought to be at the front, are oc- cupied in the wholly impossible task of keeping the enemy

under strict surveillance. ' _

It was only the other day that Lord Haldane informed

us that he could not bring himself to believe that Herr ~Ballln could tell a lie. He preferred to think that that

great and good man was afflicted with a trenchoro , iiomory. We do not know if Lord Haldanehroolfitkuxf'

ate of bln opinion, but we do know that the notion 'flndoi

_ lho difllqulty in believing that Herr Bellfn lo very likotlio

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,‘ prosperous, more comfortable and hence n'0re contented-

vastanojorfty' of his countrymen, and that his memory is vrbbiblr 61° oily udp; \b<)`iit7‘ 'him to which me word "treacherous" does not slimy.

Wherever we have encountered our enemy We hit"

found him as kindly, as reasonable, and as full of humane Dfillcioles as a. mad dos. The story which began with Ter- monde and Louvuln, which was continued by the shelling and bombarding -of our' undefended seaside resorts. bl' U19 treacherous use of poisonous gas, by piracy at sea, and Which 611115 for. the moment with the massacre of in- nocent, British und neutral. on the Lusltania, is to most. of “S quite clear and connected, and il' we are asked to be- lieve that the Germans who are permitted to walk our streets in their thousands are incapable, given the oppor- illlllty. of stabbing us in the back as n fit and proper re- ward for our kindness, we must refuse to do so.

That is why the spectacle of thecnemy in our midst.

waiting for reinforcements, athlete us with an _intolerable .sense of our own folly as a nation. _ The reinforcements need not to be tu the shape of armed men landed on our shores. They may come as bombs from the sky, and w_e are already informed, via New York, that when the Zepp~ lins visit London the Germans resident there will assist in spreading fires north, south, east and west. There is .nothing to surprise us in such 'a threat; rather should we be astonished, in the light of what Germany has done, if no attempt were made to carry it out.

That is tho reason why “The Evening News" has de-

voted so much attention to the question of the alien enemi- es in our midst, and why it will continue to devote its en- erglm to the matter until he Government takes the now inevitable step of lnterning every enemy allen of military age at large in this country. Thosewho stlllcherlsh an affection for Germany can console themselves with the re- flection that this course has now become necwsary in the interests of the aliens themselves.

We have never counselled mob vloleiice against Ger-

mans in Britain. We have said. and we still say. with all the earneatness of which we are ca.pable,.that mob vio- lence can only disgrace us and can serve no useful end, but we do most heartily welcome such action as has been taken on the stock exchange, the Baltic and other business centres.

We only wish for our enemies humane treatment 'in

suitable camps, treatment far better than is being accord- ed to British civilians or soldiers in Germany, but this treatment, must be immediate and it must be permanent. There must be no more releasing of supposed "harmless" Germans to take up posts in London hotels or elsewhere with the assistance of the police. The thing must be done at once and finally if we are to be saved from o very real and present danger. ~

NOTES

Austria.-Hungary, Belgium, France, Germany, Japan,

Montenegro, Russia. Serbia, the British Empire, Turkey and italy, and probably ni0re` t'o‘ come. lf, as some claim, out of war comes good, then the greater part of the civilised world is destined for a period of righteousness such as the earth has not known for a long time.

Switzerland is now completely surrounded hy warring

nations, which means among other things that her foreign trade is practically suspended and that she will have to look after a multitude of refugees. The old republic of

E\1i‘0De. while at peace, is in a position of unfortunate isolation.

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If it be true, as reported from Petrogrnd, that the first

step has been taken toward restoring the use of the Polish language in the schools ot' Russian Poland, those troubled subjects of the Czar who live where the periphery of his dominion wedges into Europe will rejoice greatly. In the mass of conflicting statements, full of bias and exaggera- tion, tlie weight oi' evidential value appears to rest with the] report that the Russian Poles have rendered more useful service to their overlords. And in no way could the Czar bind closer to him these high-spirited people than by such acts as the reported concession of the rlglit to have the instruction ot' tlielr children carried on in the language of their fathers.-N.Y. Sun.

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God of our fathers' at whose

call

We now before Thy footstool

-_ fall;

Whose grace has made our

Empire strong. Through love of right, and hate of wrong. In this dark hour we plead

with Thee

For Britain's cause on land

and sea.

Not for the lust of war we

fight,

But for the triumph of the

right;

The strife we hate is on us

thrust,

Our aims are pure, our

cause is just;

So strong in faith we plead

with Thee '

For Britain‘s cause on land

and sea.

Asleep beneath Thine ample

dome.

With many a tender dream

of home;

Or charging in the dust and

glare,

With war blots hurtllng thro-

ugh the air;

ln this dark hour we plead

with Thee

For Britaln's sons on land

and sea.

lf wounded ‘ln the dreadful

Be thtiliayfhoir comfort and

lf dyliiléii-ngézrthey, for' sin-

ln thiowggrlaqliéur we plead For Brltain'c sons on land

and aes.

And soon. 0 Blessed Prince

of Ponce.

Bring in the days when War

shall cease, , ,

And mon and brothers shall _ unite, , '_ . To fill tho world with lovo`

0 -‘glfld "SRI ipituhiie; Lani. we piwi " with Thee’ .

_I-"oi~,_Britain’s cause on land " ” and ou. '

LONDON, May 29.--“The

levlty of our women," says Miss Marie Corelli in The Navy, “apart from those who are engaged in sick nursing and charitable works, and who are happily numerous, is almost unbe- lievable; their outrageous, not to say positively crazy ‘new fashions' in dress, their ‘dinner dances' at Lon- don restaurants, their ‘bridge parties’ and their ‘night clubs’ make one tlilnk of the warning words of the prophet Isaiah:

‘Rise up ye women that

are at ease; hear my voice ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech, Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless we- men; for the vintage shall fall, the gathering shall not comet’

“Every woman should at

this present moment Be well

on the alert," agds Miss Corelli, "eager, e thuslas- ti`c and ready to_ inspire, oven to command the youth of the rising generation; and among other dutlesrfall- ing to their lot is distinctly that of teaching their own boys,” and other women's boyil” too, the inestlmable vhluo of service in the

Navy." - nm

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