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'riiii scottish aariiriiliio
_ _The _Cfedqniaii Club is to be congratulated on the
5n&§3§f6fIyisterday’s gathering. -The attendance,
while not so large as at the gatherings of some years
agg,_,\\ias larger than had been expected. It is well
known that the Club was severely hit by the war, more
severely perhaps than any other organization in the
province. This w'as strikingly sho\vn in the parade, in
which there ivas scarcely a man of military age; it was
also made painfully evident on the grounds where,
during the tug-of'\\'ar with men of the Siege Battery,‘
the Caledonian Contingent had to be made up of men
under and over military age, while nearly all the old
time athletic events had to be substituted by amateur
sports because the athletes of fortner years are playing
the game in which the Empire and human liberty are
the stake. No greater compliment could be paid the
Club than this, no stronger evidence of the loyalty of
its members and no greater promise of successful ga-
therings later on "when the boys come home.” \\'e
heartily congratulate the managing Committee on the
excellent programme so successfully carried out and
on the very generous patronage accorded not only by
Scotsmeii-who of course were in the majority-but
by' all other nationalities. The gathering was in every
way a success, the order all that could be desired and
the sports and amusements of a very high order.
)X(
CONSERVATIVE CONVENTION
A Liberal-Conservative Cotivention for the pur-
pose of nominating candidates for Queen’s Coun-
ty_ for the next general election takes place in Char -
lottetown on Friday. It is hoped there ‘will be a full
representation of the various polls throughout thc,
county. The season is not the best that could~have
been chosen for the farmers, as_the`y will in some
places be busy with the harvest, but the business of
selecting banner carriers is of such _importance that
it is expected that even at some personal sacrifice
those nominated to represent the polls will enedavor
to be present. There is no immediate prospect of a
general election. Indications point to a further ex-
tension of the present parliament, as there is no dc-
sire on the part of anyone except _a few extremists
for an election _during the war. The more responsible]
leaders ofthe Liberal party are opposed to a dissolu-
tion at present, and this not altogether from a disin-
terested niotive. The Liberal party is in no position
to go to thc country. Sir Wilfrid Laurier is anxious
to retire from public life, and has no desire to lead*
a forlorn hope at the close of his career. The Liberal
party can not agree upon a successor,. _and, indeed,
there is 'io one in sight iipon_ whom Sir \\'2lfrid’s
mantle could appropriately fall. During last session-,
:i trial ballot was talzeii by the Liberals in the' House,
andthe lion. \lr l.emieu;~: came out dead of the'
poll, with Hon. Mr. Graham fifth. The Liberals ot
the \Vest would not consent to accept Mr. Lemieux's
leadership. and so by consent Sir \\'ilfrid was allow-
cd to remain without it rival or even prospective suc-
cessor. The first fruits of his supremacy was the ini-
tiation of the race war between Quebec and Ontario
.Since then the Liberal wire~pnllers have been trying
to force the Hon. Mr. Rowell of Ontario on the country
as prospective Liberal leader, but, of course, Quebec.
protests, and already Sir Allen Aylesworth on behalf
of the nonJproliibition wing of the Liberal party has
sounded a warning note that while they *are ready to
follow Sir \\'ilfri<l they will have nothing to do with
Mr. Rowell. Thus the Liberals are not in a very fortu'
nate position to go to the country so far asleadershi
. P`
is concerned, and as to policy, they have none that
could be`put in concrete form. They have' made much
of scandal-mongering, but Sir Robert Borden's readi-
ness to meet them with searching inquiry in_evcry
instance has discounted these and discomfited and dis-
graced the party who fathers them. A
No. the Liberals are in no position to seek a getr
eral election at the present time. Two years ago, they
hoped by postponing thc elections to improve their
political circiinistaiicesf but their hopes have been be-'
lied. The passage of time has weakened their posi-
-tion ami streiigtlieiieil the hold of Sir Robert B0r(_|¢,,_`
_There is mitch less criticism advanced againstthe Gov-,
ernment today than in any time since its retur to
POWCY. illld the Liberals aresorroivfully, aware of thd
fact. \  " A =. - ' . _
, .
,i~,;§_. qt itiiifiay-'s__¢snv§t.ii0.. it wiii.fi_.e'f'th'¢ <`i.iiy.0i-
the delegates to. review the work of the 'Borden gov-
ernmpnb nd-_for _the present representatives to give
an acctit of_.,fth¢_ir_ste_wsrdshi||._ »After that; candi-
datesi l flielinult elefetion, wh"¢n~it comes, may' be
nominated, and then _everything will bein readiness
should the ,uncxepect`e'd.._happen,_-and the Houseot
Commons be diI`s`blved.~ . ' '
A Chlllenge o||_`d):llll|t if Moana
‘ii _wish to ny m»_;_it"iii»y_-mit.. in this city, in tin.,
province, or in thisinoniinfbn, knows' of any graft in
relation tothe government f Canada let him bring the
charge _tn my notice. andil an investigation is neees-7
sary :ffl investigation will be made without one moni-
cnt’s.delar. If proceedings inthe courtsftire required'
to deal iv th any public official, those proceedings will
__ A Oli;
,,-nau'-».»»os»'|*_
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and “maggotry" in the country’s conduct of the war
‘should-now come out into the open. During the past
_fortnight a respectable and very responsible Toronto
serious statements or insinuations against the depart-
ment of Militia and Defence. They have now an
opportunity of doing a public service by telling Sir
Robert Borden what they know.
To be frank, however, the joumal does not be-
lieve that Sir Robert Borden's challenge will be accept-
ed. Ever since thewar began there has been a steady
stream of talk and innuendo about graft and profiteer-
ing. Most of it came from a certain slimy type 0_f_ pol-
itician who disgraces politics by playing upon the na-
tion’s unsteadied nerves to serve his partisan ends, a
lot of it came from irresponsible cranks and half-
baked democrats, but occasionally well-meaning and
responsible citizens were misled into thinking that
the country had gone to the dogs over night. Ninety-
nine tiniesout of a hundred investigation proved all
such charges to bebased on nothing more than warped
minds and falsehood. Peanut politicians and corner
grocery economists, who would apply ha’penny meth-
ods to the conduct of the' most colossal war in history,
had visions of all kinds of plunder in the first few
months of hostilities, but prolonged and rigid inquiry
before the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament
disclosed that out of the vast stream of war business
transacted in the first months of desperatet haste
and confusion something less than a few thousand dol-
lars had been temporally lost to the public treasury.
Butt revelations of the truth did not dam the stream
of innuendo and slurs against Canadian decency and
character. Canada was held up as a nation of thieves
where nothing was too sacred for the defilinig hand
of the grafter todesecrate, or too -urgently important
for the murderous exploitation of the middlemen to.
delay or defeat. The government met this disgrace-
ful campaign of lies and`vililication with a tribunal of
inquiry before which any citizen of the Dominion
charges of wrong-doing from the Atlantic to the Pac-
ific, and in the overwhelming majority of cases the
slanderers. The charges against the government in
alty were shown to be based upon a Similar Stl'tlCl\1l‘0
of lies. The Duff-Meredith commission demonstrat-
monumental example of colossal and ingenious lying
ever heard in any parliament anywhere. And so it
has been all along the line. For two years the govern-_
ment has been subjected to the' most dishonest and de-
spicable capipaign of abuse that has ever been aimed
at a Canadian administration. And this despite the
fact that in its conduct of thc war 'it has shown initi~-
much so that now after twenty-four months of burd-
en greater than all the dilliculties sustained by all the
 jministratioiis since Confederation combined, the
‘Prime Minister is in a position to challenge his de-
famers to point to a single blotch in his splendid re-
cord of achievement.-Ottawa ]ournal.
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THE BRAND OF GERMANY
The Chicago Tribune has the following comment'
to make on what looks like,'and perhaps is, an injust
ice: I
"Presented by the British government with on in-
scribed silver tray, given the American cross of honor,
decorated by King Albert with the knighthood of the
Belgian crown, Captain Paul H. Kreibohm, who com-
manded the Kroonland when it rescued 200 passeng-
ers from the burning Voltumo at sea, is unemployed
and his family near want in New York, because his
'father was a German, and bccause he bears a German
name. The Kroonland flew_ the American flag, but
was under the control of the International' Mercantile
Marine, a British corporation. Captain Krcibohm has
been unable to secure another berth, and he works as
1 messenger a_t Coney' Island. This man, who with his
crew sailed, out of his course in answer to the wire-_
less distress signal and saved the lives of 200 human
beings, has been made a victim of the senseless hate
engendered by the war."
` Captain Kreibohm is only one of many millions-
someof them innocent-upon whom the brand of
curse laid upon Germany and Germanisni during the
past two years. In the present war the German has
proved himself low_er'than.the brute, so muchlowei;
that he has brought upon himself the hatredipflg men
anilifwoiiien  i¥`ti_l_. `they__ knew _Gcrmanisnft fnevér
knew the meaning `6f hate. The beastiality practised
in lielgiuni, the murder of innocent women and babes,
the cruciixion df poldiers, the brutal atid cbwardly
treatment of .prisorners--these _ and thousdnds 'of
able, and human nature could not if it wouldf fbrgive
the`m. It io only human nature that this frenzy of de-
struction, treachery and slaughter should react 
Germans all over the world. No nation can go for-
ward to burn and to slaughter,` to dishonor and de-
man who abuneswomen and children on land, and
murders them on water._ He is the miin who' brutally '°‘°°
maltreatei wounded prisoners. He is the man who
homberdn churches, _-he is the author of Zeppelin
_i'ttid_s,_ gud lie___i_n thé criminal who employs submarines
bclmtimtm _ _ - ,_ ` __ 'V .». for zissiirsinitrion. not for war/ These consequences
s
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f.   _ A _ _ . j' will  l1_g_al;o_li eff b _A _treaty of peace, they will
__-_f__  °l'“"°‘_'3° bl 'Sl' R°i‘°" 'R°"l°" “"lfl1nntil'»e` 'liqiiirliitej ‘or settled by indemnity.
i., "iii io ‘ ` 0 - ‘
newspaper and an eiriinent Toronto divine have made-
__-,e _..__..._t._
‘liters-are _abounds or villages in the aging;
l_t\d‘»in»_Fran¢e where old-‘men and old' and* 
 'know what Germansfhave done_to those they
loved' best, not accordingto the rules of war. bil! in
'disregard of them. How soon will these forget? And
how after the collosal deceit practiced by Germany in
the yearspreceding the war, can the world again tru.,
Germans? Nor can we successfully make a' 'distinc-
tion bctween German rulers and German people. 'As
the war has progressed it has become more and more
overwhelmingly evident that the German rulers did
not make the nation like unto themselves, but the
thenation supported them and even glories in them be-
cause they reseniblcd_itself. The trutbis all too
plain that`German crfrors, perfidies and _'_crtielti’_i.:`s` did
not come from the ruling classes.alone;' they were
firmly implanted in the German character* everywhere.
Andbecause of this universality of criminal instinct
in Germany, as shown by _countless inexplicable deeds
during the past two years, the German is decreed to
`be an Ishmaelite and to bear the merciless burden of
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E D
T00 c  _,GN
* Rates from Chadohelpwn  Return
ntugust zstn iosepr. 'mi -genera,  mi.
- » $34./[5 _ _ _
i ‘ . »
I
Call, telephone or write -
August 28111. aoih- -aentl lfgr `5th¢-Uthysltimlt
I J special  Rate
_` A 'v.~~»'.=1.  t - t L.  2 be
_ _ ?>‘.1§°§i‘§s.‘$§.".§5m;t(.i.Ri°i.i3‘$.i'l.‘.i.i»§£$hl`.s§e ii.
lyymhetj parinuiug' sgi¢aonapp1ii_=anon -~~° _
I would strongly advise thosogoing :-to reserve: their
sleeping car accomodati'o_n n0W_-_ _ _ _- -_ __ ' ..
U I
could prefer a charge. That tribunal has been holding' 'ro emphasize this view 1 said that
sessions all over Canada for two years, investigating I had in mind 8- “|1001 ff°m which
evidence submitted has shown an absolute absence of in sum,|emem_ the |,,¢e,.enc8 being
d_ Th ° °nuatiOn`5 that, If the good work done was known _
the fraud that w.as Charge e gross msi f to the district their action would have
of Pugsley and his_kind in the case of the purchase o been q|ffe,¢n¢__ I made no reference _
submarines proved them abandoned and profligate '° ""3 “m°\“\¢ 01' B“DDl°m°“'~ 0|' Whef'
connection with the sale of ammunition to the Admir- *W6 ln °V°\'Y P*"ll°l1lll'- and Put in
ed the Kyte-Carvellcharges to have been 'the most represented by---Ratepayer.. I wmgsk
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ative, sound leadership and the highest resolve. So _sc oo-
. DAILY SELECTIOIIS F0!!
u
crimes perpetrated by Germans, are simply .utipardon-;» "°°d»'
stroy the helpless, and escape the consetiuefnces. Tollillv
day the German is to people of other countries  
his fellow-mcn's distrust for generations to come.
IEPLY T0 RATEPAYEI
Slr:-I notice In your Issue of to-
day over the non de plume “Rate-
paYer"`a reference to some remarks
made or reported ln it previous Issue
of your journal as having been made
by meat aimeetlng of the summer
school. I‘ dld not ses the report refer-
eontents but .I have it dlstlncf. recollec-
tion of my remarks on that occasion
and my reason for making them.
What Iwlshod to Impress on the tea-
chers .present was the necessity not
only of dolug good work In the school
In order to get Increases of supple-
ment. which was the subject under
discussion, but that lt was also ne-
cessar that 'the district as a w
rlct that wlll not pay for value rece-
ived when they know they are rece-
living It or that Ia, willing to increase
their supplement when they have no
knowledge of a reasonable service
for their money.
flve pupils' passed the matrlculatfon
examination this year with equal at-
tention paid to younger ones and that
result was followed by a reduction
her the teacher left or stayed. My
Illustration was a plain statement.
words that wouldlnjure no one or,
give any clueas to what district was
meant. _
If the statement flts the dist let
htm to consider whether ratepayers.
school with greater leasure
Boo war done In their school as well
as they dtdafter' the result of the ex-
amination was made public. a know-
ledge which should be made plain to
all districts before they can be expect-
ed to deal-getierbusly with their
h . .
I am, -Sir, f‘etc,~ '
Munoocri Mei<iNNoN. `
August 21st.
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(lllllDlll| READERS
._._.
Furnllhod by
W.
0. Loueon.
RELIGIOUS PREPAREDNE88.
_ y ‘ hole
sliuld know that good work was being-
dune for I mveyet to know of a dm_||mand respect from those they prlncl.
vote money for the support of their.
_ p If they?
Ima: atl‘_~tlie annual meeting of the
Sir David Beatty, with whose fame
the world ls now ringing. ls a ffgbtlng
man of the same _type as the late
Lord Roberts. I-le Is -the "happy war-
rior" ln whoma brave spirit and a
_God-fearing soul go together/ What
such a man has to nay by way of com-
mending Christianity ne' the rule of
llfa for all the people ls Itearkened to
In clrcles fn which earnest appeals of
revered eccleslaatfes fall on deaf ears.
An admiral man of action who open-
ly confesses Iils belief that the rlglif.
preparation of a people for defence or
for any other great national task ls'
eonvlctlon of sin and humble faith In
_th/e teaching of Jesus, commands Ithe
attention of hosts I' me nd w
ey do hear. How many
people keep In mind and take to heart
Sir Davld Beatty's manage to the
Missionary Society" ofthe Church of
England. wherein he `s'aId that the
great needof the f.Im`o,‘ the thing re-
_ _ _ quired to stir "the national spirit
Germany has fallen and will fall for generations yet ariglit for the wfnutng_'_'of the war.-'ls
to come. lle is one of the innocent victims of the " ,‘;,"':l3l°“*’ '°"l'°|5”":" 'I V `
f
again
ance
frontier
cellliihneas and
as the armleso
are showing
Where in
It to start e
masses or lu
an alarm
gfouldmilmout
. action
*lirhclldil
same vlgll-
against
of evil
Powers
selves g
revival
day a
to the
;'~neeil
ol.
heavily
thu
_o u a ofmen
who neverihesrd n sermon or never'
heed those th ‘Y0ur_CIii°tstlnn work to so many nuf-
B
e get on duty i
uw wuoiei
PDLICE PAY*
Slr,-In your Issue of the Illth “A-
Reader" seems tt; have taken umbrage
to,my letter In ovor of glvlng the
members of the police force a llvlng
wage. He writes. “I doult think 10.00
a month would change a man’s charac-
ter.” No, perhaps not. “But It would
certainly be an Incentive to exert him-
self and endeavor to earn that extra
$10.00. Would “A Reader" put all his
-backbone and energy Into work that
lie knew and felt he wi\sn't sufliclently
paid for? l doubt It. But ff so he
must be differently constituted to the
majority of us mortals.
Again, guardians of law and order
should be highly pald, so as to com-
pally have to deal with.
A poorly paid man In any walk or
llfe does not, generally, receive the
same amount of respect that a highly
paid man does. “A Reader" refers to
scrIpture_ "Well, "a laborer ls worthy
of his hire.” ‘
Womiust also bear In mlnd that the
poatot llvlng has gone up by leaps and
bounds since the force had a small
augmentation some years ago. and
what seemed a reasonable wage at that
time ls totally Inadequate today.
Possibly lf "A Reader? saw and real-
ized the horrlblo ernliiienness and 'In-
bauchery,-man fairly wallowing In a
vile concoction of diabolical chemicals
and preparing for the lunatlc asylum
-that goes on in this town, not to
mention the juvenile depravity, lie
might he the first to cry out for an
lr.rro=ased‘ polio: foica to clear out
those _dens of lnlqulty. I have no axe
to grind, nor personal Interest ln the'
`matter. therefore this correspondence
Is closed _as far as I am concerned.
I am, Slr. etc.,
. PROGRESS.
Plllillllflf [ll Wlll - f
  A Ill .GfHMllll!
Canon Simpson has received the fol-
lowing letter from the wlfe of Pte.`
Malcolm Gillis. a prisoner ln Germany,
who has been adopted by the Char-
lottetown Chapter of the Daughters of
the Empire, and receives a weekly box
of food and comforts, sent through the
Canadian Red Cross. Four dollars per
month will supply any prisoner with a
hoxx of provlslons every week. For
further information write to Canon
Simpson, Charlottetown. _
Aug. 17. 1916.
Dear Slr,-I have this opportunity of
wrltlng you for your' kindness to my.
dear husband, Pte.'Malcolm Gillis, who'
ls a prisoner In Germany for nearly 15'
months now,__attd as I received a let-
ter from htm today stallng that he had
received ii parcel through the Red
Cross, nentjby-you. and as be could
i
  W' Ib. §Q§§RS’
84 Great Gieorge Street
_ ' _ Charlottetown
issss-ztmai
 Don’t _Bother with ` . i A
 - H _»~-“Special Pastry F_lour’_’
i You can get the mme flaky lightness in your _Pie Crusth TUB'
_ _ and Coolden, with "
  BEAVER   
u you can with any pastry flour. W.,
_ Beaver Flour is milled ofthe famous Ontario fall wheat, strengthened
with western spring whedt. _ _ . i ~-'
And more thin that-Beaver Flour inlltea a loaf of bread that ll I
joy to eat--with fine, even texture and 1 delicious,
“homey” nutlilte flavor, unknown to those who still
use the tough, tasteless, western lpririg wheat Hours. _
Make the change today-order a barrel of Beaver `
° Flour at your grocer’| and have really delicious Breld
and Pastry.
””""é§.".7.'¢§‘.'..°i.‘.’.T.'§’.¥»"¢’l$§‘l1‘1l‘ """ f. ~
THE T. ll. TAYLOR C0. LIHITED,
CIIATHAI. Oli. .J
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' _ We havejust receivedour season’s supply_of the
following_wel_l_known_brandsz- . 5
I Green Sheaf,
' Standard, '
_ Manilla, _
all of which we are selling at lowest prices,
WHOLESALE & RETAIL _ "
We would advise you to place your orders early as
there is every appearance of a large harvest; besides
we are unable to get any more twine this season.
' \ Buy now, and buy from i A
not wrlte for another two weeks, he. '
told me to wrlte and thank you for
your kf-ndness. which he greatly ap-
preciates, and he wlll write himself as
S0011 HS he 081|. but some of his let-
ters take three and. four months on the
way. A person guts very weary walt-
Ing for an answer_ I am aura he ap-
preclates everything he gets. and I
don’t know what would become of
those prisoners lf they were not look-
ed after, and for myself it relieves
many a' heavy burden off me to thlnlt
they are not forgotten I know God
wlll strengthen and prosper you for
forlng ones. and not only to tho e
soners. butito tlioso ,wives and
_ers who arp-waiting so eagerly
their loved 'ones to return; for
l_hpd_lot_s_o_f_t_[oublel. I hiivb two
tle children, ahtlfor a year I
mliia the-_doctors out of
ii tralrwd nuriie. But
iIl1Pl`0v'ngfand doing well now
tp think my husband In not
ls auch n comfort to me. So now
wlll close. and t.ha.nklng`yoii for
kindness which my doar_hust
l`\‘ae|ate|. may (Jodi give you
and strength to carry on your
work. .
prl~
. Yours truly. "
MRS. MALCOLM GILLIB
Quincy, Mau
forced Bock.
are now lrilhg thotp
and putting maui
n hfglm 1:” M' wh A
B em -_ rent "
Plwdr trdtttsrnlifn _
that the 'KaIser's bom-
ara now  with _ef
0|’ H1011. 91- ft they have
1 °h¢n¢e'ol'-'neun Ap
the Germans have decided
give the Allies tnelr turn In the
"°°"“8Wl Prensa? which proved lo
dtsaiitroun to the ontonn gg v¢|-¢|q|;_
In the counter attools loot n t,
which followed the Allied gains 
:g:<:p'.mthe nrnuii were nnmaatoa to
saute' the Gor-
a
once more to the olloniilvm .f  _ »
r 5. Liberty Squatie. 
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_ L 'I_`hen insure in good strong _stock compan-
- ‘ies,wh`ich never contest an honest claim such
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