‘i ri. i.~ .~:~ at ,_ 1 i i _ i i i N wi ii* ii' ’ . \._ , 1.; ,.4 .alu ,Y _ . _ » “GE FW" ‘ " ` ‘ _ '3rn1r_'o1rsn:r.oirfrnfrowN cuaapxaie _ `_ " i _ 1iilitii;Hjl}1l3lilz_s_'_r,,‘i`916'i A " ' ' . .. _ ..~t.‘ I mf- tttiaititlstilii tuarittiii';°.tf;f.r;r.;;:,‘i*;i”;*’:“.:;.:'.:°.:.':.":.:'::;'.i.1';.“.;::;P3[my `|3UT if L I- I 7 G, if _ ness l'lI\ ‘ #_ _ -well by conducting his Department on busi p ` - _ I I - in ~ - - ~ - V `- '_ `_ I ` ' I I A _ ` i ' V' ~ _ ciples. In lifting the Goyernment road out of the hole ` _ Mr. Cochrane has naturally run foul of local patro- _ ' ~_ _ 1 ` " -' ' ' _ -F in-ii ouqrismwn. mm om-in as num. _ m».~¢lq9, Allicrion. lwrll and Montague. '- _ saturday- Weekly (founded 1887) 81-.00 por annum by mall In Garuda or l.l.A.A. » ‘ ' » » Ev°»\l,v\a Dolly (founded im) 01.50,* uiailvdnd or sy.. ‘ Mill In G\I\ld§~¢nd 82.00 for UAA.. . ii“.,.f»a_i in-any ` w you (mailed) In savanooi .llomlii_v, January ist, being New Year'_,-_ Day and ide,-ations from the National Railways_ We remember that, despite his prestige and personal strength, Mr. Blair was unable to carry through a similar reform. When he tried to run the system on business instead of political principles he was waited upon by a body of Eastern Liberals and forced to abandon his effort. Mr. Cochrane’s courageous, sustained and highly success- ful policy deseyves the united applause and support of the Dominion. ii .\'tiitiitor_\~ holiday, the Morning Guardian will not be i.\~.\‘imd on 'l`iieJda_\'. The Evening Guardian will not In' i.i.iiird on Monda_\', but 'will be published as usual viii 'l`i/v.idu_\'. Adt'erliser.i please note these rliiinges. Wi-:i>Nissp.».\', DECEMBER 27, 1916. l)lRl'IC'l`0R OF NATIONAL SERVICE The Honourable _lohn A. MacDonald of Cardigan luis; been appointed Director of National Service for iliis province and he has already entered upon his di.\- iics. The Director General for Canada, in making this .ippiiiiitiiieiit has followed the rule adopted by him at lliiiialil he has certainly made no mistake. \iVe con- _-s-ixitiiliite the province on the selection made for this niiisi iinportant work, and Mr. MacDonald on his`ap- pniniineiit. \\'e believe he is the i-ight man in the right liliicc. The province has its work to do in making this Na- iioiiul Service inventory :i success. As previously an- iis .\':ition_:il Service Week. Arrangements have been iiniile with the Postmaster General to have the man- piiwer inventory carried out in co-operation with his -li»p:i|'tmcnt. Under this arrangement a cardand ,a pwsoiial letter will be sent to every man between the :igi-s of ltr and (i5 inclusivef The card will contain a `_s"i;i'ies of rpiestions which the recipient is asked to 3lTl3.Z€lllElll ' lrlpe. '- ~ < _ 'l`|ie object of the inventory is to ascertain definite- ' 1 l_\' iln- :ictiial man-power of Canada, not alone for mi- __ in iinike up the life, the vitality, the vigour of the na- " tii»ii__ There is a shortage of labour in many of these _._ <1-i'_\'iri-s while many men are employed in positions Comment - \\|iii~li ilo not call forth their utmost usefulness to the <»niiiiiry. It is with the object of equalizing this ser- vice that the inventory is being taken and if carried fini :is intended it will greatly stimulate and strengthen lzvery n_ian in the province between the ages speci- to jbin; -\ list \vill be ke t of all’ the cards sent out so that I _ . _ will he no shirkers to be reported from this province / 'I -" I lids nage committees which insist on the line being staffed by politicians instead of by efficient railway men`. It _ iS On this _issue that the chief Conservative Whip has ”'"'"|"9 °*\ 'WNW l\"))» ll-I0 Nl' Yllr. (Ur resigned his seat in Parliament and that his brother __ ._mail dr0i>_-out of the Legislature in protest aginsl the "--W"--nv-wvnnINY"_Vv'"7"-"_“W”:L_'-:'_:::`:::`A::"”'*‘LTlf'|ISf€l',S d¢tC|‘|11i|13ti0|'\ to gliminafe consi. -m-)0(__ PRESIDENT Wll.SON'S NOTE President Wilson’s latest note, that to the belliger- Ilie outset to appoint thoroughly competent businessent Wwe-rs asking -them to considgr term? of iiicn for the position In his selection of Mr 'Mac-'I peace’ IS hkely to recpwe as much nomnety as hls fa- ' ° ' mous phrase "too proud to fight" did during an ear- lier stage of the war. It is a peculiarly applicable se- quence to that unfortunate remark of his when he compared the war to a drunken brawl in a bar-roon_i. This particular document, which nobody yet pri!-_ tends to understand and which Secretary Lansingfs “chaser” endeavoured toexplain but only mystificd, iiniiiiccil the first week in january has been set ap`ar'ti ]',:vz'-leSr$e;?y‘2€ i;Ej:;rofna:?10St as hmuch gotmment is . _ a _mg exc anges e ween t e governments previous to the declaration of war. The comment however, is generally not serious. Irony, sarcasm, pity, indignation and other human attributes are strongly mingled in the comments, and through them all runs a confession of mystification and ~ - The.London Evening News which is the after- ziiirwer irom tl and r ti ' lf- dd l - - - . . ’ _ ` 1 1’ Y e ‘rn "1 a Se 3 'C5599 “We noon edition of the Daily Mail, heads a reprint of the comment of the morning papers with the one word Il !l ' < s l PNo in large black type, and under it ‘ Our answer to _ _ _ _ _ _ resident Wilson ” and again “No no no that is the . i"»") ~*‘~'fV“`° fmt for °V°"Y kmd Of 5*-`fV'Ce that goes answer Great Britain gives today without ,a moment’s hesitation to the surprising note from President Wil- v ' - - - . . son. This is the general trend of the British press The New York Tribune sarcastically remarks: \/Ve are_on the verge of war--Mr. Lansiag has an- ;0l\l1C€d lt. Very well, whothreatens us? We should not only enlistment andthe niaitnfactiire of munitions t}:;\iha;1(i]W~;;“;Stt tknow' Dld ‘She president’ feeling Init the civil calliiigs such as a ric ltur d l 1 m a es was on t. e verge of being ____I__s___y_ '\. g “ e an genera drawn into the war, ask the belligerents to state' their - _ ' " _ purposes that this nationmight decide which alliance Iicfl will receive one of tl ese d b f th f ~ ~ _Nxt ___cCk_ It is hoped _‘hat 3;; c;§";___eb;i"_§l__;’d 'lhe Edinburgh Scotsman says: “President Wil- iiiit :incl mailc