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THE PA'l`Rl0T’S PREDICAMENT.
Great men do not play tricks \vith facts and
figures: only little men do that. judged by this stan-
dard it is not difiicult to place the Patriot in its proper
category. For thepast nine months it has been playing
stage tricks with facts and figures only to have its
trickery disastrously exposed before the whole coun-
try by the debates in the Legislature. Our contem-
porary has been driven from pillar to post in an en-
deavor to extricate itself from its unenviable position,
and yesterday it reached the nadir when brought to
book by Mr. john Anderson, the Provincial Auditor.
With its usual recklesness and disregard for truth, the
Patriot had stated editorially that “the public accounts
were falsified, and the Auditor-the sworn Auditor-
participated in the falsification.” The Patriot knew
when it penned these words that it was deliberately
making a mistatement, therefore, it was not surpri-
sing when Mr. Anderson challenged it to find our
contemporary making a complete volte face and whin-
ingly pleading that the Government should have de-
fended Mr. Anderson from the attack of the Opposi-
tion! "The government must take full responsibility
for the Public Accounts,” sapiently remarks the Pat-
riot, “and not try to shift it on an official.”
Shades of Herman! just a few lines further on
the Patriot quotes the Premier as taking the \vhole
responsibility npon the shoulders of the Government
and justifying its action. Yet almost in the same
breath we are told that the Government sheltered it-
self behind an official. It is pitable.
But the Patriot was at its wit’s end, for the follow-
ing is a letter from Mr. Anderson which it was up
against:
"Editor Patriot :-
“Sir,-In your editorial of last Thursday, you
make the following statement:-“Therefore the Pub-
lic Accounts were falsified. And the Auditor-the
sworn Auditor-participated in the falsification.” Now
that is a serious charge, if true, by which you try tc
fasten the crime of perjury on the Auditor. And what
are the facts on which you make this serious charge?
The Government had decided very late in the year
1914 to contribute $15000 to thc Patriotic Fund which
they could do under the vote for that year for War
Ifixpenditures of a “sun1 sufficient.” The cheque, how-
ever, was not issued till early in january 1915, which
to my mind was and is an immaterial matter, as I base
my statements solely on the entries in the Treasury
books, As every business man knows, the Bank,
where a Government keeps the deposits, .is not the
Provincial Treasury, it can only be regarded as a safe
place for its funds, and I am informed by the best
authority we have that the Treasury books were for
the last forty years kept open' for some time after the
last day of each fiscal year for further entries. In
following the same usage this year, I submit your
charge of falsification for so doing goes beyond de-
cent criticism.
“If this matter was not mixed up in a political con-
tention, I certainly would seek redress through the
Courts, but, I know- and you know, that to submit a
case involving partisan issues to a jury in any part of
Canada is the height of folly. Hence political writers
have a license here to slander their opponents with im-
punity. It is true, of course, that many of our politi-
cal writers exercise regard for their own reputations
as well as those of ,others and their writings are de-
cent and considerate. But that character dwarfs as
the size of the Arena lessens and our Legislature and
press have certainly reached the limit' in disregard of
the character and sensibilities of those whom they may
find, under the circumstances I mention, as helpless
victims of their slanders.
“It has been my desire since taking oliice to charge
up to every fiscal period, as far as I could, every pay-
ment belonging to it, and in doing so I should havedj
the commcndation of the press. In no single instance
have I allowed a payment to be held over to improve
the financial standing for the time being.”
The Patriot withdraws the accusation against the
Provincical Auditor, half-heartedly, it is true, but still
it says “tl1e Govemment must take the full responsibi;
lity for these Public Accounts.” The Leader of the
Opposition, Mr. Bell» on the other hand withdrew
.France and Flanders, part in Egypt and along the Suez
Owing to the strictxiess of the censorship we know
»but little of the disposition of the various allied troops
engaged in the war. We have  *Qld that Kitche-
ner's army»exceedis` three ‘and 'have a vague
idea that part of this army is still in England, part in
Canal, part in Greece. We know also that in each of
these zones fighting is almost continuous, but the gene-
ral battle line in Europe at least remains almost un-
changed and practically where it was a year and a half
38°- _
A writer, Mr. Dosch Fleurot, recently retumed
from a visit to France, contributes to the New York
World a long article on the strength and position of
the British army n Europe which goes far beyond
what our British censorship permits to be given out
and which, although unofficial is probably as nearly
correct as any guess that we may make.
’ This writer says England has now 1,500,000 men
in France- the biggest volunteer arrhy ever organized
and the biggest expeditionary force any country ever
sent across water. This army is now holding the
whole line from the North Sea to Soissons with the
excepton of the inundated district along the Yser Ri-
ver which the Belgians are still holding. The British
line is now 150 miles long. This takes the British
around the "elbow" where the German line is nearest
Paris and are thus 35 miles from Rheims. The Bri-
tish troops are holding all the northern part of France
and are no longer being supported by French troops.
The line they hold extends from the North Sea, is
interrupted by the Belgians for about I8 miles, com-
mences again on the Yser Canal, extends along the Ri-
ver Lys including Arras and the stretch between the
Somme and the Aisne, turns at Albert and runs up the
River Aisne to_ Soissons, a distance of 150 miles as
compared to thirty miles previously held.
General Joffre had said that he could not use more
than a million and a half men effectively, that more
than that merely got into each others way. To hold
their line the British are using only about three quar-
ters of a million men in their first lines and as first
reserves. They have bases all the way from Dunkirk '
to Havre and back of their lines there are great re-
serve armies so that as far as the northern section is
concerned the road to Calais is as effectively blocked
against the Germans as if the war were over.
According to Mr. Flcurot the line as now held
was planned over a year ago and it has taken the Bri-'
tish all this time to get into condition to _hold such
a long and continuous line. Owing to the attack
on Verdun which began in March, the French were
obliged to give up sections of their line and these sec-
tions are now occupied by the British troops. Mr..
Fleurot says, incidentally that two of the mostfimpor-
tant positions have been given to the' Canadians and
Australians. The Canadians are up on the River Lys
and the Australians between Albert and Soissons. He
says also that the Canadians and the Australians are
the unknown quantity in the British army “but on`e
thing is certain about them, the Germans will never
break any line they hold.” i
“So far from there being any weakening of the
Allied line n France,” says Mr. Fleurot, “it is much
stronger than it has ever been since the war began.
The work a million and a half men used to do is now
done by three millions. For in pulling out their troops
from northwestern France, the French have brought
them east where they now hold a commanding position
with a force that never was possible before. In the
larger strategic sense the French have a much better
ptysition than the Germans opposite them. They hold
the inside of a triangle the apex of which is Vefdun.
They have their reserves behind Verdun where they
can be moved rapidly to any point in the line threat-
ened. The British have not the same strategic position
_as the line bounds the other way giving them 'the out-
side°of the angle but they have an enormous advantage
in being close to their various bases. They are the
shortest possible distance from England and the sup-
plies landed on the French coast from England can be
rushed up to the front line at any point in a few
hours.”
This was the position a few weeks ago. It is prac-
tically the position today. According to our despat-
ches yesterday morning the Germans have renewed
their attack on Verdun and have brought 'up an im-
mense new army in an endeavor to rush this position.
If the disposition of the troops» both French and Bri-
tish, is as stated by Mr. Fleurot, and there is no reason
to doubt it, this renewed German attack will mean only
further and more terrible slaughter of German 'sol-
diers and another dismal failure for the army of tl`l_e
the charge against the Premier. Who, then could
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