it-.fic fi fi i » .I i ._ _..__s,..._,`..~i--\--mc; I i' J i 1 i rl il 3' fi - i » 1 fi fi Lf ii. i Itisa "lm ilnoonouuauoo nn moulds. :gi is mum" in cada- uiii'=.i'ii“t'mi|iaii ii ii. a “ll 'V ('°""“|°‘ lm) ""0 (‘°""°"°‘ °" W sible and never moreso than when the country is eu d in 9. hfe and d struggle It is one of the W W (mug 1." 'lm N' 'nm by thmgs that the peopleagvill not stand for and it is riot ni|i'n°»° uoismafuah. uouiswufrunouiiouiuuuoinmiuin. ,i _ _ __._____V_._._____ _ capacity in the past has done. The time calls for Se- rious service, and anything savoring of selfseeking through abuse and misrepresentation will b sternly resented The idea of good roads week will meet with tlie hearty approval of all who have the interests of the' province at heart The work on the roads should be done as soon as possible after the frost comes ont so that when the ground sets it will not again have to be disturbed dur- tr ing the summer except to smooth the surface with the Co The road drag I Immense numbers of these road drags are in use ' on the clay roads in the western provinces- and in Mani te toba especially most beneficial results have been obtain ce ed. Split- log drag competitions were carried on last, C 'summer for which prizes were given by The T. Eaton, Cb., Henry Birks 8: Sons and by other people of local prominence. It is to lie hoped that the Road Masters throughout the country will take the lead :ind that they will re- g ceivc thc support of their districts in the shaping up w of their roads before they are thoroughly dried out and in Set. c -->»<<--- f.. THE UN-BRITISH WAY .'“"é-3 _ (IG Perhaps never before in the history of _Canada has such an unscemly and un-British exhibition of partisan 0 malice been given 'as is being given at present in con-' 1! ncction with the charges against the Shell Committee. W General Sir Sam Hughes is the object of attack and his W arrival at Ottawa to meet his :iccusers face to face was S made the occasion of another outburst if possible more B venomous than the many that preceded it. _ t According to British principles and according to all U B the rtilcs of -fair play when a case is .rub judice it is'|` left-to the courts to decide its merits and any attempt to prejudice a jury is regarded as not only contenip- ‘ tiblc but crimual. Sir Sanfs case is not before a civil _ or crimual court but nevertheless it is sub judice. it is in the hands of an investigating Royal Commission who will probe every insinuation and every charge to the liottoiii." ` 'I'li`e"attempt that is being made by Liber-“u :il pqiers to prejudice the jury-the people of Ca- nada-without waiting for the finding of"the Com-lf mission is just as reprehensible, although not subject to penalty, as' would be an attempt to prejudice the juryla in a civil or crimual court. The principle is the 5 saine. q \\'liat do the Liberals fear? \\'ho is leading the S attack on Sir Sam Hughes. One at least of the lea- O ders is the organ of the Canadian Manufacturer’s As- | sociation which not so long ago came off secondbest T in an attempt to discredit the Minister of Militia and \ sociation should resent the placing of orders for mnni- D tions in the United States rather than in Canada arc Vt not far to seek. It must not be forgotten in the at- g tack on _Sir Sain Hughes that he worked in conjunction =, with thc Shell Committee and that that body was one Pg of considerable weight. Among its members were men 'C of experience and technical knowledge. Whatever W hat is being bled white on the battlefields, bled of best manhood and of its material wealth, not a time for ....»...................,.... the iiiggling and lipdoyalty that seeks to climb into gg ehutotqtpqg, noni. orb.; gg gm oliice by discrediting those who are doing things by ‘°“"° ‘"4 “°°*°|"°' discrediting and bismirching the fair name of the coun IN ly (twntlld fit) U40 o- try itself Honest consfructive criticism and discussion umm 08-B0 “lr “' of the public affairs of the province or of the Dominion is to be commended but misrepresentation is reprelien 838* oo much to say that the present opposition, both fede --:::_.n.».--~- 1-: :.1-. 1-_-:f --.-:_ ~.=~ - -v -_ -------1 ~-- -‘ ral and local, has dong its party more serious injury by Mommy, MAY I, ,915 its methods of attack than any failure in administrative e ess in Belgium- consequent upon the invasio untry by Germans It has heard also of the philan thropy which fed these people and enabled ve through nearly two years of privation with absolu ly nothing to depend upon or look forward to ex pt what might or might not come through charitable hanncls; To the credit of our civilization, ii civili ation which has been sadly marred by recent events i Europe, that charity flowed freely and starvation as, if not wholly averted, at least mitigaéd. /the Allied peoples have done and :irc doing ium is an index of the quality of that civilization hich they are laying down their lives to gainst the newly unmasked civilization of G rofessor Vernon L. Kellogg, of Stanford University, for six months engaged in the work of the Com r relief n Belgium, and latterly as director in Brussels f the Coinmission’s work in all of Belgium and orthern France, has written an illumiiptivc article n “How the People of Belgium are Fed." rticle the wonderful work done by thc charitable orld is fittingly set forth as is also thc sys hich that charity is administered. ' Contrary to the general belief that the tates has been the greatest factor in the relief of the elgians, a belief in which we confess to have shared, he funds for this most worthy work came from the _ ritish l‘Irnpire_ 'lo quote from Professor Kcllpgg’s _°°' I i > article: “America has done niuch absolutely, but little 'riiey win he distributed to the var- ‘ P i » \ 7 _ relatively; that is, rt-liitive to her capacity tc do. To- lfiléssggflgf; ,‘:'l“‘IlDn‘;°:;':g°§f\dd§.§’_gf,sce_°f ' ___' _ day tlic people of liard-pressed England and S 'otland Thanking you for the same, ` ` i are giving more money to Belgium than is _/\.mei'ii:zi. A Bebe e Australia and New Zealand have given, per "»”'-"' ' 5 l I tif teen times what America has given; Canada also has r done superbly." , ` ~ ‘ Continuing the article says in reply to _thc question , ommonly asked, “Do not the Germans take the food _ -_- k hus brought into the territory occupied by mem? The- ofTiit(ili£l,l