ia , ,. "l», `i'»,i' YV-.' " , 'ills {f 1 l`=f‘-'th tiff, it . ,tt .4 i ~. "\\_ - til' i t A t i / p I l. 5% i tg.. tsl. ; »'. Y ` Q f(~2l.~ ~,_ _ in - --Y-1' - -v » ~, _ ..i, ,.._-», I _ ' _ 1 _ 2-5615 POUR, _ _ in ` ~ _ 'rttn,cnAi=Lo'rr1rrowu GUARD:-rm ' g gg __ _ _,MAY 2;1i1_8 __ Tlia ,llliiailollaiiiiin lluariliat 3_~{@; -ie- _ - f _ .1-i ` Morning Dolly (founded 101)- U30 ‘par yur, (DOIN-i end) in ldvlneo; 82.50 per your (molto ) _In advance, In Glands, and 88.00 for U.8.A. _ ,, Thursday, May 2, 1918. _ ` '|`llI~I \\'.\l{ While the arm chair_c_ri_ti_cs on both sides of the Atlantic are criticising the general conduct of the war, moaning over- the en- there are probably several hundred acres h . ' ` _ ‘ ‘ . . I vi threat of famine hanging over the world" ,emit nudieirw could he time-to in-' ten vo au¢,h‘Utuif. Securing. the tioor and with it the possible loss of all we hold dear, it is folly and worse to struggle with' small, hemmedt in back gardens and weed infested lots while large areas are within easy walking distance of many men in the cities who would gladly work them if given the opportunity. Around Charlottetown that could be made to add vetv materially to the food supply if pr'operly worked On alt an acre of land any man willing to, 'ork could raise enough potatoes and ve- " tl-`rom our Own Correspondent) O'i"i`AWA. April 24.-Parliament is jogging along. Already u war vote ol’ river half ii billion dollars has been passed. a iiuntber of bills advanced a stage anti others adopted anti sent up to the Senate, The bud-get is _true for pt-esentfitioii ut the end of the iiionili._ It was promised f0l' 'i`liursda_v of this week. but absence l`roni the city of the ciing Finance Minister iiecessiatetl a postponement. The exemption cnncel- " _ i - - ' ' the . _ . A- » forced retirement of our armies in ‘ .getabieg to _guppmt an average famlly fonmmn mmmon was pm through the West anti§’gener'ally blaming the leadership t he _year and leave something over for the thfe, military authorities maintain a sphynx- market - V 1 iikeisilence, other than occasionally assur- ing the public that all is satisfactory along a the whole front. To the layman, the man h- who knows nothing about the situation ex- t cept what he gleans fr'om the fragmentar_v 1 reports daily issued it must be admitted 0 that the whole situation is a riddle anti he not tm, late fm. the Ownelx of theqe pmdg P k A C m S ma_\' be excused if he ,in his Clnandar'_v in- to Offer them fm. Cultivation RV the ini_ um' ‘"` “"‘"" they were not .ir-it-ti upon- me.. tr. he cniietl un' were fiwliiilefl iii terjects an occasional `Wh_v'?" He knows , from official figures t`requentl_v published 0 that up to the first of April the British EIN- food sirpplv. lllanv thousands of tons pire had contributed over seven anti a half wllld be added this' yew. if measmw were million men to the army and navy, of,,, -, _ “'h0"‘ 4»*’3’0»00ll had bee” l)"°"“l9d b-V will start the ball rolling by off`eririg land il . l Spring is now here, these vacant lands re still unappropriated and a few days ence it will be too late to do arivthing for House ai a session which lasted until the morning was well advanced. Col- onel Sam Hughes became quite confid- ential the other day and told the House that the tactics now being em- ployed by the Gerniuns were suggest-‘ his season. It is already too late to legis- 9 atc except‘ under the provisions" d by hinist-lt' to General llaig und the tliers who are nianaglng thc war in` Sir Sam went on to declare that the “stufi"` Mr. Rowelrs War Lecture Bureau was sendingout was nonsen- se! The people knew as much about the war as the `Presldent of the Privy Council did. anti preiicliers who prais- ed such stuff untlg unloaded it upon their congregations did so lit-cuiisc they were “too lazy to prepari- their own sei'nions," ' Q ¢ C ‘ The passing ot' the military innu- power resolution hy both Houses of Parliament will he followed' b_v thc calling to the colors ot' uninurrietl men und witlowers from 20 to 22 years of age. both inclusive. who have been granted exeniption_ All exemptions in such cases will be cancclietl, although the Minister ol' Milltiu inn_v grant lcuvo ot' absence without pay to any man f‘by reason ot' the death, ilisrihle- iiient or service ot’ other ineiirhers oi' f the Ilefence of the Realm Act but it is ”""‘“"" “"" ""““"""“' “"‘i` “"""` “"'i"“‘ "'"‘"-" “"‘"“ ‘"‘ """"‘” “"'”“"' l" ial effort made last year many hundreds li f tons ot' food were added to the general " (_ arenily acceptable. -Hut roi some rea- iitll in some way the ticrninus got old of the intorinotion and made his it-tics part ot' their plan ol' canipaign:»: ointnissionci' wus brouglii up by .\ii. (lOI)t9(l lt) lltIllZ€ tll@S€ \'2lC2ll\l, l2i.I`i(lS, Wil() IC, il_ ilcvlin, wlto was ititoriiicil by; ir- .\iinislc.r of Labor that there wits' England and Wales, 900,000 by thc over- ,,the,.w;_`.(. ,lseiegs-3. seas dominions and colonies, b20,000 b_v Scotland, 170,000 by Ireland anti over rr rnillion by india and other tlcpcntlcticics in t thc f'or'm oi' nativc'laborcrs and special troops. i"rancc has had six rrrillion nien urrtlcr'nr'nis f`rorn first to last lnittlic l"r-cnch i o be it ncw nppoininient inatlc in this » _ 1,. _ O lc . . :thc liands oi` ilic ncw iiicuiiibont. Mr. `.\_\_\l)_\ .\\I) 'i`ll|'] I-`()()|) |‘I{()|i|.I-Il\l '|, --l-_--~ loill the high cost of tho l-`ood t`outi'oi (`:rnrida is itr bctlcr position than thc ll lnitctl Slatcs to nicet, thc food crisis hc- "` army has been tlcplctctl by casiinltics to ,,.m,_g.,. ,,|' tm. g,-,.Lm.,. .,V.,i|,,|,i|iLV nf its ,_.,,_ ;" 1 »» i -~ . v i » ~' ' - / ‘ ‘ . ‘ ' V N °l tilt*-'lU`i ‘»\l' Wh" “""`“ """""" ““ “"l" ' ' oricrs ol' the present administration. s that of the Iloniinion, are not only plan- ‘ onncciioli, iiiiil hc iliougthi the inter- sis nl' thc pt-oplc would noi snt'l't-r at cvliu also had sonictbinr, to sity irb- n;irilft|inl thc work it ivas doing. This Ge1__ » G0;'Cl~nIn€ntdl c0.ntl-ol .` b _ . ~ d trout ilie t-eat' ,|~lit. Minister* was wax. mans outnumbered the Allied forces two and three and even four to one, and natu- rally we have had retirements and rever- - ses. In all our retirements we are tolt the . ‘ - ` ~ ` ‘ ` ` nit. noble wont nun nit- oovsrnmeitt item and 9 .' ll th l - ’ eneiny’s losses wei'e very greatly in excess of Ours and the exception Oi, their gain, United .St t ‘ V . `. ., , vtimisiiig into the t~oi’l'ci'_~t or Iiouins_ at Kemmel Hill they have profited nothing » - - . . i by their adviln(-'9 While tllell' 'l0.\`S€S ll2lV€ . . - ~. g to explain the high t;htii'ncter of the been so great as to staggcr even the Ger- man High Command Th . . ` h ° _ _ ' lL‘tlSf.._rl1l'l€ Ollll00l(. pzirttnont of Public lnt`oi'|nntion, when e reason w y our men h.i\c been otit- nurnbercd is that the Germans are on thc iiisitle of the cir'cumf'erence and have their country anti their supplies right behind them. Thei,r country is a network of rail- ways antl they are able to cont.-cntr'ate. niasses of troops at airy givcn poitit at' which they may choose to attack. Their gre:i_t niohility gives them an advantage, but _it is an atlvatitagc that has cost them dearly during the present offensive. 'l‘hey have attacked in overwhelming numbers and their losses have been enormous. The official report to His ltlxccllcncy the Governor General of Canada, of last 1, - ~ . . . w_ecks fighting, published in .this issue gives a _clear_ anti most encouraging view of the situation as it stands, a view which is authoritative and from which no other conclusion can be derived than that thc Germans are rushing headlong to a fall from which they cannot recover. , . 0 = ~ \'.\t'_\N'|‘ .l._\.\'|rs A bill has been passed by the Ontario Legislature empowering City Councils to pass by-laws making any vacant lots avail- able _for cultivation during the war and providing for the disposing of the products. _he owners of such lands are notified and time is given for objections to be made be- fore issuing permits for cultivation. _ This is a common sense provision that might well be adopted in other places, in- cluding Prince Edward Isiand. With the _ _ is eing app ie ,to_providing an abundance of fish . . . . . . _ . at nearly cost price, and is already par- tiallv effective Canada has a license sys- , is using a e vo untarv res trictions of diet in effect here " (i e ‘in the a es The Dornirion Government has bou ht one thousa_nd tractors' from the I‘ord Com- pany and is selling them to fai'mers at |¢li|l.|.lr\_\"|` N.\ \'.-\I. .\("l` The naval opcration at Zccbrugge was it very gallant and brilliant manoeuvre. /.cclriwigge is the Gcrrnans’ chief' subrnirrinc base anti the blocking of the entrance oi' the lirugcs canal may bc, tcinporar'ily at least, at very cticctivc, if' not a crushing, stroke against the U-boat. lt was an en- terprise of great hazard and difficulty which had to be carried out with scientific exactitudc anti called for great skill and tlaring'._ liut the "Nelson touch” is still strong in_the_ Navy anti the gallant way in which this difficult exploit was performed shows that the sailors of the Grand Fleet lare worthy of the old traditions. Even lthe colorless narrative of the official rcpor°t .given by Sir Eric_Geddcs stirs the imagina- tion, and we believe that when the full story of these daring adventures at Zee- brugge and Ostend is told, Britons will have new cause for pride in the galiantry and skill of their seamen., BOYS _\Nl) (SIIRLS l|l']l.l’lN(i p More than 4.000 boys and girls, who are members of the Manitoba College Ex- _tension course. will plant gardeftis this year. In addition over 2,000 will raise chickens, 635 will raise hogs and many will go in for calf raisintr ‘-’° a __ ~._. __ ___ ____ inf' eloquent over tht- noble work pei- lornied by the press. when l)\‘_ Ed- wards interrupterl tho flow ot' rht'~_t'oi-ic to enquire il' it was in recognition oi I lntd paitl hundt-eti'.-a ot` dollars i'or ud- sii's l.ci)evolr, Mi'. Rowell had just piirriod this shot, and was proceeding work being dnnc by the War Lecture llurciiu, a sort ol’ side kick of the Ilo- riir Sain broke into the monologue with the tlcclurnllon that he “wus sus- picious oi' the whole outfit." Ilut the old wurrlor`s suspicions dltl' not dis- iiirb the .\linistcr, who went on to tell how niziny i‘lci'i:,y‘incii were pls-_:ist-d with the lltoriitiirc being sent oui,'I`he (it-|n\rirl, however, becoming linpaiient ngziili iiiicrrupicd lo usk where on wHww DIILY SELECTIOIIS FOI UUIRDIIN REIDERS Furnished by W. 8. Loulon ~ SORROW COMES T0 ALL . ’|'hi- nrlil-d:i_v sun inakcs glad nntl bright l-Inch vtilt- and ‘mountain tuli, llul nights dark plnious illiii the light so sorrow conics to till. 'i`ht- sunimcrs flowers the cottage iii-ckcil Llc wliht-rod round the wall l.lkc long loved inces gone to rest So sorrow comes io till. _ Ah cruel deiith unwelcolnc giiost In niausion cot or hnll Our bust bclovcd cscniw llioe noi ' any theatre of actiial war," .-\s tht- (‘liiss One reiiuircd In rt-port for ser- vice or claiin exemption by the pro clamntion isstied last Octohcr. it is lliirirn.: the week the i'c>iKl\i|ii0ll Of stated that ito l`iirtlie|' procliiiniition \\'_ l<`. t)'t`onnor as ('nsi of Living! t will be iie:»cssiir_\- in their t-asc. 'l`h:‘ cours-c i'ol1;>\vcil will pi'obiibl_\ bo thc sonic as was adopted wht-ii t‘a\caot'_\' "B" men were called up tr short llnio a;'o~enclr man will bc noiitictl by tht- llistrict llcgistiuii' whcn and \vlit-ro lit- is to report for tI'tii_\'_ Should inch ol' lit bc caliotl out, howt-vcr. ti l`urilicr pi'oi-lniniiloii \vill\bf-_ in~t»t~>.s;i|'y :is tin-_v ivero not ctivr-ret] by ihc ticlolicr pro clninniioii. liiii probably by iln- time ihis- i»»;iclicr Tho liuartllan tho pro- cf-tlurc to be iititipted will bc orllcially aiiiiniliit-ml. l t, _ v Old irlcntis in tfliarlotit-ioivn will bc plcueted io licar iiini ilaininoiid .iolinf son, son ol' (‘olon»-l and Nlr.-1. ll. Ill Jolrirsoii. now rcsltllrn; in tiilriwii, has bcnn proriiotcd io thc ianlr or <‘np-: tain. Uaptiriii .lohnson has had ti bril- liant career". iii- enlisted willi Ilii- l~‘|old Artillery in Monlrciil, and wt-n|_ overseas in July, 1915, ns it tiunncr with the 21st Battery. ills iuoiiioiioli cunie step hy sit-p, troin iiirniicr to llonibai'tlict', l'roni iloiuhzirilicr to Vor- poral, t`roiii (‘mpoi~ai to ()rtli-rl'_\'-ltooin Sergeant, their io l.ii-ntcniiiii :intl now to (‘aptaln_ llc is at prcsi-iii aiiticlicti to the 17th ilniiciry, t‘. l". A. captnltil Johiison, it inuy be adtlcil. has bei-it ln! l~‘rance. and i<`lniitlcrs for about ilircc years ago, and won thc .\lilitary i‘i'oss| tit lllll 70. liis t'ather, by thc way, is ri veteran of two wars-anti still wears thc sonic slzc hat. #I ll I Word rcaclicd Ottawa ri |`t\w t|ays< ago, to the ei`t`cci ihiit l.ieiitenain t‘ct~il (1-ower McLean, son ot A. A. and Mis. Mcl.c-an. formerly ot’ (‘liarlott.t~to\vn arid' now, residents of the Faplliil was killed in action on April 9th. in tht- grt-at hiittle that has been rnp,iiit.: lor several weclis. l.i~-utenant .\lcl.otrn. l believe. joined thc colors ln ihc Wcsi. ivlicrc hc was wsitlitig when thc war brokc out and wliere his \\'it'c still' lives, All \vho ltncw l.icutt-naiii Mc-I Lean will lienr_ ot' his denih with thc deepest regret and synipiithise withl his young wife anti chililrcn' and his ptitm-its iti their hour ol' grciit s0l'l‘0“'- lt' £1 ‘F ln thc lloiise ol ('oninion.~: ilic other dtiy lion. Ariliur Meiglien prcst~ntt~tl ri hill to amend the Indian Act, The object of the bill, the mover stnlt-tl, was to make less dilllcult thc i\nt'rtin- cliiseniciit oi' thc indians; that is to soy the witlidrawill oi' indians |'i'oin the condition of \vrrrii's ol` thi_~`n:|tion t_o'th:ii of citizens. I! ii ii I Thi- wcntlicr hcrc for thc past wt-ck` hos been very cliaiigciible; niostly cold raw winds wllli -“GUN mill- A* il coiiseiiiicnce there is ii good tical of grippc in the city. _ 1 YOUR PROBLEMS SOLllED, i BV REV_ T-S.L|N8COTT, D. D. , (All rights renewed) . fir. l.i|isr'ott in this coliiinn will hs-lp you solvo your heart pt~olilf-m:\. religions, utiturul, socliil, financial and every ti"_rr-r anxious ctirc that per- lir=~q`tilrctl eiiclosr- it flvii cont iilrinip. No-nnnn»s will lm ptibllnlicil; if you nlexi-‘_ _\-ou. Il' ti pi-.rsoliul aiiswi-r is ' llllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIEHIEIEIIIHHIIBEEHEHEIIIEEHEIHIIEIIIIIIIlllilllHll!llIllllllllllllillIllllIlll Some Siclelights on Y. M. C.A. .War Work The “Walking Wountie¢l"- ' A Village Without it Y.lVl.C.A. Can the Need Be Measured? “l think of the Y.lVl.C.A. emergency work when a great push is on," writes Francis B. Sayre in “l-larper's," “and 'the wounded soldiers are streaming back from the front literally by the thousands, maimed, and torn and bleeding. The numbers are so vast that the stretcher- bearers can only attend to the prostrate wounded. IllIlllllllll!lllrilllllllllllll ri “All 'those who can manage to walk _ or crawl, known as the ‘walking wouncledf must make their own way as best they can to the first aid stations. By the Side of these first aid stations tht: Y.lVl_C.A. takes its place; and all the walking wound- ed who come in are given hot coffee and matic as coniiortable as possible while they wait, somelitiies for hours." Cah Need be Measured? ltelerrinti to the Y.lVl.C.A. huts, the writer says: "l have seen the halls so. crowtlc-cl on lite occasion of some religious laik that alter the lienclies were all filled and the startling room taken, soldiers liepl crowding in tltrouglr the windows to V sit on the floor of the platform, and others remainctl outside lo listen to the speaker llrroiigli lite wiiitlows." A Village Witliout Here__is the writcr's picture of a French village without' a Y.lVl.C.`A.: I “With only evil ways in which to spend money burning in their pockets, with nothing to relieve the dull monotony of idle evenings, many of them began to get lonely and honiesick, or lo drift along dtriigerous paths. "lt was not many days before officers began to send lnirry calls for the Y.lVl.C_A.: ‘For Coffs sake come clown before il's too late and do something for my men.' Death of a Y.M.C.A. Secretary “One shell, dropping not ten feet from the dug-out, churned up the earth, the next went crashing through the steel sheeting. A party left the battery to search for the Non-Combatant &Y.lVl.C.A. secretary). Clambering throug the shell- hole, they saw the fruit cans ashed as if by a hundred chisels; thestocics scattered ancl destroyed; the mu s broken; the cocoa-urn over-turned; and when they had thrown the debris aside they found the Non-Combalant (Y.lVl.C.A. secretar ), with a _dark red stream oozing from his head,"still smiling, but sleeping his last sleep. . U I 1. prel`i-r, sign your luillals only; or uso I ti por-,utlonynr_ . ilxi-tl liuhit of controlling onc’s inintl it-and can only he overt-onto by the persistent pt='rsevcmnco_ Ut-gl-ii con- to ont- thought. sn_\ tot tivo inlnutos ni it time cuch mornlnii. l‘ei~slsl in the practise and lengthen the >perlot|_ I l U A SAl.ESNlA\7‘-You coinplntn thnt. Ye-is sorrow comes to ull. t 4 JAMES MAc°°NA|-D |created a desire for it. The tlrur thlnil have convinced them oi its merits nnd _ _,_ C|1‘"|°'~"°'~°W“ you must do is to explain in a force- ___` ' f lQ\ 1 ll itil M|l`lm¢|'3 -‘\Gl‘:|) l1'\lW3_/\ hill-V ll, :intl limi its posst-ssioit will bc wrltcs risking if we cnn suggest n w(,,.,h to ,.,,,,,. |,,.,,,,,,,_,,[ H ,,,.,_,|, dm] l"‘|\l¢i|y fm' l“|"d'W“"‘l9"l"8~ Thi” l-" inoro than Ihc inont-y you ask l'ot~ it, gciii-i'ully originated from ti lock ol' a |,,, mp, ,,,,,| _,,,,,, Wm __,,,,.,,,,,,,|` t __ V . . though nervous tllsorders t\t,grnv.iit- , oxerrlst- of will-power, and the most \\\\\\\\\ - ~- I . . _ 5 t ,I g Ben people ci-ntriitlon; forcing tho iiilnd to hold jf: D 0 D D S / -25': \\\\ _ _you can scarcely do cnough huslneinsl ` / gf, ,,,,,.,-nw (.,,,,,,.__, ,O ,,||_ _'to make ti llvlng, iiolwlihstunding tliat| A \\\.\\\\\ ‘SE ,_ . you are taking orders for it good nrt-‘i KI Y ¢ l lim' “ f"l“|"|~ fl l*0‘""' ""|“"'l it-Ie. The unknown has no chnrtn nndt ,,_ RH DNE1 --'St-4 Si CH "A noble soul would inen hlin c.ill" H |S m||y. fm. you m expert p,.np|e m; »_1‘,rh."’Q|f_ ,f7V,;"’[`f)T5g,<‘Cp< 0,5 ( MHP* h“`H flour. "nd I lllmelll nrtled what yoir have to sell. until you `I'.,1 -ft "'f\ii pres f’ llrwtll .;Ql' » ° ' ' ,tw _ _.___.=i_ __ '- W' ' F -$1-BSI way Ilia! what _voir _'irc soiling: ls ii ' 0Jl\\\\ W Sleep Meter .\\\< \` _ .\\\ W IH inner; an _ PILLS ji indow Price $2 25 G. H.'l`ayl0 V L_ &’\`~\ lr/4\\i\T\\\\\v1. ° S "1 Nm _ Qx There are som : in ou succt-ss, and dot-_s what you clninr lor ;v,',‘l`\`\“\""i,’m’llQ‘ medium priced alarm clock made by the A good locker. a good timekeeper and a :sure -1 \\\U I eweler and Engraver \ . - . ti.,-t ,_`,_ ,..