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Burnett ,_-_-_»_-_-_»_-_-¢_-_-_-_-_-_~_-,~.~_-_-;_-_ _-_~_~,»_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_~,-:.-,-:,-_~_-,-_-_-_~_»-A--:-_v::_-_-,~_~_-_-_-_-; FRIDAY, MARCH 5. 1915. LABDR CONDITIDNS The Labour Gazette for Ft-llruary, just issued, ulakes interesting though not uliiforlllly pleasant reading. Tile labour conditiolls dealt with are those for Januarl' Hild- generally, they show no improvcnlcnt over L'0I1lliii0l1S lil Dccelnbcr, which were by xlo means favourable, Practically throughout the whole of western Calla-lf.la there lvas serious ullemploylnellt. lll \\'ilnlipeg. for ex- ample there were 8000 unemployed. In Sallkatcllcwall alld Alberta the provincial Governments made lnontllly grants lo the municipalities to enable theln to cope with the situa-_ tion. In Britt:-all Columbia the IJ\'0Vll\¢'l‘-il g0""""““`m l‘7“"L" direct relici to unemployed persons throughout the prov- inee and also made loans at low rates of interest to lllulllcipalliliiies to assist tllelll through thc t-_llit-rgt~llt~y period. In thc .\laritinlc l'l'o\'incc2< conditiolis were collsider- ably better than ill the west. Lulnllerillg opt-rations were active ill New iirllllslvich. coal mining ill Nova Scotia was "sliglitly illlprolw-tl." In Prince Edward Island "considering the nlid winter season conditions compared well up to the standard ofalny previous ycar for the same lil.ne."lndustriaI activitv was “fairly good." “Cost of living, eonsidcrlllg the prevailing conditions, due to tht- war. has not increased fo any extent lvorthy ot' colnnlent." in the report for Prince Edlvard Island, also, there i- this connnellt: "ln some l‘l'z-tpl-cts the year 1914 was for this district ami the province al llotallll- one. 'File crop for llle year was one oi' the largest ami best, and thrillers received good prices. universal :ll~tivit_v was displayed by the Dcpnrtlnent of Ag- riculture. New aml up~to-dale ideas for the better cultiva- tion of the land and for the production of better and larg- er crops wt-rc sei on fool." lt is not by "l-olnparing onrst-l\'es with ollr.~:el\'cs" lint by conlparing our province with our sister provinces-lvitll ally country ill the world ill fact, that we call realize the blessings we enjoy and the opportunities we have ill Prince Edward Island. lt is doubtless true that we have nnein~ ploymellt. but it is largely unelllploynlent i'ronl choice. There is work for all wllo want work. lt may not always be congenial, it lnzlff not ll-all to great wcaltll, blit it will at least afforli all honest living. \'l'<- have ullr ollstaeles but they are not insllrnlonntable alld when we shall have learned to nlalu- more and bt-tier use of our land and ot` our opportunities we shall have fewer poor than we have loday. \\'e are eilgnged ill thc greatest work thc Alllligll- ty has given in any llil-il---producillc t`oud-and we Ilave tlle distinction ol' In-ing the only province ill tfillladu that prodllvl-ll mort- food than ii can consunn-. .\nd wi: arr- yct only at thi- oilirr fringe oi' our capacity ill food produc- tion. livt-ry :lrre of lalld ill the province can be made to proilllcc lnorc than the best worked acre ill it has yet pro- duced. \\'ht-1, we have at-colllplislleil that alid are able to feed as lnully millioun as we fl-ed thousands today we shall be making reasonably good use of our opportunities. The aim now should be to find out the capacity of an acre of our land. ._ _ .______,__.0 _..._._______. l"ICTION AND WAR Llt-fore tho war broke out. before it was even allticipu~ lcd. except in ilu- general suspicion that rested upon Ger- lnllny. Sir (`onan lloylt- wrote a short story entitled “Dan- gcr." lvllicll \v:l.~' pllblisllt-tl ill London anti New York. It lil-alt with the use of szlillllmriliv-.-a as harbor lllockadl-rs unll, with thi- fllsit-lliaiillg \l'l~ll and woot' that Sir ('onuli is able to weave about his scclli-s :lit-l his l~llllraclcl‘s, the ull- derlvatel' blockade and its opportunities for britvcry anti during nlade a tllrillhlgly interesting story. Now it is claimed that the story not only made good readillg but that it furnisllcd the idea that the German Ad- miralty has lulolltctl ln the rt-cent war zone und submarine lllockalle of the lirltlsll const. So nlucll t`or the influence of fiction or. should we say. thi- power of thc prophet. This utilization of fiction will revive in the lnlnds of ull renders of Kipling the curious port one of his stories, "'i`hcir l.a\vl'ul ()ccuriiolls," played in the nlonlnrnhla cruise or lin- nussfun fleet under Admiral llojcuvcnlkl; from the llaltil- to its place of destrllctloll in tile mea of Japan. \\‘hell passing the Doggel' Bank. in the North Sea --the site of till- Billet-ller's recent destrllrftion-thc lina- slans llev.-:lille panic stricken ni the appearance ofa fleet ol` English truwlers alld fired into the fishing boats, owing to ll belief that. Japanese torpedo bouts were concealed ulnong tlleln. The lllsasltlr was lnost. lulliclltnblc. lil addi- tion to llle loss of si-vcrlll lives, it illlllcaied the collditioxl of dcmorllllzaifv-ll in which thi- conllnallders ofthe llllsnlall ships were :it the tllne. lllvesiigation sllolved that 10 per cent. of the officers abullrll that fleet lvl-rc drawn froln thc cavalry and all lvl.-re :lea-sick. Later, the facts lunlt- out that l\'iplillg's slor_v--- published ill l9l(l. ami ilnrluded ill "’I`rufiics and Discoveri- es." had in-cn trallslatcd lllto llusslan and had been lectur- ed upon ill the llllssiall officer Naval School. Every ltusslan officer and cadet was fallllllur with the manner in which ll practlcul joker nunlcd Pyecroft had lnanoellvered ll gaso- line launch among the largest ships of the British Navy, during the annual rt-,view off Portsmouth. According to the tale. this fellow Pyeeroft succeeded in "torpetlolng" most of the dreadllougllia and cruisers. moaning that under the shelter of n fog, he placed large red marks llpon various parte of tht-ir hulls. Kipling. on the other hand. ls said to have got his idea from an incident ln real life. a joke played by an American filmed Boyntoll. on n British warship while in ll United States port. Boynton was a professional swimmer and while touring the country in charge of ll stage manager and press agent, happened along at ll certain pm-1 while n Brltllb warnlllp was lying at anchor tllorc. Hnynton fastened A "torpedo"-dnmllly of cnursa~to the stern P0!! 0! the llfllt- The joker was discovered, bln lt proved a great |.dvertiselncnt_for Boynton. Kipling appropriated the idea. exactly lu l-I. Phillips Oppenllelm took Dr. Graves" fanciful account of ll confer- 'bdtveoll French and diplomats i may come to piss that fiction even in times of peace muli be censored an tile news 01 NNI! lixhtins is censored to-‘ day. ` . GRATIFYING E§COURA(iEMENT It is most gratifying to us to find so many progressive ,_ and enterprising business men rallying to the support 0! our Promotion Edition. Every mall brings us encourasll\§ letters, and already a large part of the available space hu been txlkeu up. Our canvassing representative, who is It present in the west of the Island, reports that evcrywllcre the eutcrprlze has been enthusiastically received and lib- `ernlly supported. _ Several of our corraepondents are under the impress- ion tllc Promotion Edition will be the same size as the or- dinary edition of The Guardian. This is not so. lt wll be twelve inches long by nine inches wide. and enclosed in a heavy art paper cover artistically' printed and illustrated. The body of the issue will consist of at least 64 pages of high grade art paper profusely illustrated with reproduc tions of Island scenery, foxas, cattle, horses and photo- graphs of the leading men ol' action lu the Island. These lain-r will include, it is anticipated nearly all the public men such as members of the legislature, city councils, boards of trade and “fox parliament," besides the other leading uleu of the Province. Altogether the Promotion Edition will be n unique production. a splendid advertise- ment of the island and its resources, and a valuavle souv- enir of the most prosperous und progressive Province ill the Dominion. 'l`lle number will weigh about ten or twelve ounces the postage on which will be six cents. .___._____._.._0..__._.._.__ LORD Kl'l`CHENER’S li0ME The recent cable :lnnoullcemellt that York liousc would be utilized t`or the nloment as a residence for Lord Kltcllener has aroused considerable interest. lt was the former home of the aged Duchess of Caulbridge, and the first home of our King anti Queen, when as Duke and Dui-llcss of Comwall ulld York they occupied the charm- ing old rcd brick edifice, alldwas built, curiously enough, on the site of the old leper hospital by ilolboin for ilenry \‘ill. A large portion of the origlnul building wal-i destroyed by fire early ill the last century. lt was said tllat the redoubtable Sarah Duchess of .\lal'lborougll, when she caused Marlborough Ilouse to be erected. had taken into consideration the fact that Sl. Jalllcs Palace was a low tlvostoriedbuildillg, and in the amiable desire to annoy her sovereign saw to it that the elevation of her own residence should be such as to afford her an opportunity_ot` perpetually overlooking her neigh- bour. _ ft is possible that at ille ,collclusion of the war a suit- .lble llahitntlon may be purchased for Lord liitcllt-ner by the colllltry. ill the iueanthuc- ollr "‘\\’ar Lord" is to be lodged lll the Palace, which is officially' the State resilience of the Sovereign, since all official documents are, we be- lieve. still given from "our Court of St. James," although it did not assume tllat importance llntil the destruction of Whitehall ill the reign ot` William of Orange. Monk, after- wards Duke of Albemarle, lived at St( .latne's Palace when he llrougll about the Restoration of Charles II., but with that exception it has always been inhabited by Roy- al l’c-rsonagcs. ulltil, on the Accession of the late King, the ,Prince and Princess of Wales moved to Marlborough House. Since then it has been used to lodge distinguished guests, among whom is numbered the President of the Frellcll Republic. __________._l0_._____.___ THE IDEALS OF SATAN “Earl Grey, speaking at I\'ewcast`le on the war, rc- nlarked that it lvas not until June that llc gleaned any im- pression of tlorlnan hatred ot" this country. lic lvas travllll:;l_~r the truth with regard to the attitude of thc people of Germany. 'I`llis'lllan naid: "Ca" you wonder that we hunger? \\'e have been hungry for 200 years and only had one satisfying meal- in 1871. We have become hungry again, and you in England are preventing us from getting our appetites satisfied. We mean to take fronl you possessions you do not deserve to hold, and are not strong enough to hold." This war, Earl Grey roiltillucll. was a war of British versus Ccluvilll vimzis. "Our ideals are uf God and the (lor- nlans' scoul to bc thc ideals ot' Satan. ,There is no room for both." _ “_`°li6(T’fs_`_" l.orll I-lost-lll~r_v'l|:ls been received by Illia King on his eplltliiltllli-lil. as (fapiuin-Gt-llenll of tht- Scottish Archers. and received his gold :dit-k. 'fills appointtlicllt carries with it autonlaltlcally thc ofllce of Gold Stick for Scotland, lui llouour grlillted to the Royal Bodyguard by (ltorglf l\. on the occasion of his visit to llolyrood. \\'lllinnl IV grallie-.i to lllcln ill addition two silver sticks, thus placing tllcnl on the same tooling as the Lift- Guards, and also seven ebony sticks for the Council. .-\t fiorolllltiolls the Gold Stick for Scotlolld takes his place lit-xt to the Gold Stick for England. __...__._....0__..___.____ Tile wilirligig oftlnic llrtngl. fi licltics as wt-ll an its rcvcllges. Sir Edward Gray was l.'nilor-Secretary to Lord ltosellcry at the Foreign Office from 1802 to 1804. Now Lord itoscbcry's son is L'nder-Secretary to Sir Edward Grey. lt is of interest to notice that .\Ir. .\'el| l’rlllirose is. ill full, .\lr. Noll .lnnlell Archibald Prinirosc, Archibald is the name oi' his father, of his elder brother, und is certallliy the lliost prominent one ill the family tree. The only other Nell ill the direct lille is thc tlllrd Earl ol’ llosebery H728-1814.) ~ The name Duncan. which is that of the earliest I'rlln- rose knows to genealogy, 'seems to lluvc been quite lleglcct- ;~d ll_\' his descendants; but there is one charming Christ- ian name which is probably peculiar to tho family. lt is that of Etrenlle, which was bestowed on the present, Lady Crewe ill consideration of her having been borll on New Yi-ar‘s Day. ' _._.______._(_)___l_______ Wlletllcr your next purchase ls to be ll llaudkercliicf or n piano-tol.la_v'll "ads" claim your interest. ._.___._i.0_____.___...__._ The mercllant. must get used to the fact that his ad- vertising is ll necessary part of his storeservlee to the community; and that to neglect it is more damaging to livery system. Tile Gernlalm may bombllrd undafended watering places or throw explosive on London, but Englishmen will remain gentlemen to the end.-Slgnor Chest. The war will not end ln an arbitration, nor by any out- side intervention; it must end in surrender.-Sir Oliver Lodge. Germany in the Red llldlnu among nations and hor path. is the ivarpllth.-Mr. H. G. Wells. To violate neutrality treaties on Gerlniiay has done ln . “The enemy succeeded. however ill the lltorc's growth than would be equal neglect in his de- its gloomy vnleu, and for each flow- eau Heerontager on the road from Ypres to Mealn. beginning with a vio- lent shelling on February 19. wlllcll ruptured the telephone lines connect- ing the trench with the post of com- mand. An infantry attack followed north of the_r0ad to Menill. several columns. preceoded by slippers with hlilld KFGDMIGB making the assault. Our artillery and infantry met them with a llellvy fire and nnlclllne mms :lull took them in the flank. Entire groups of our assailants were brought down. penetrating part of our trenches. Hero we mulltcr attacked, but progress was made painfully an dat thc same time the enemy brought up reinforcements of infantry and artillery' iuld nil our efforts failed until evening, when we recaptured part of the lost trenches. \‘.'e made another attack oil the lnom- ing ot' February 20th, which was awp- pcd ily the enomy's violent shelling. .\ scwud attack was also repulsed but ll third progressed to within 30 yards of the trenches. We dug ln there and brought up machine gulls and ll bomb tllrower. prepared to take the enemy in the flank. "The fourtll attack began at 3 o'clock. Machine guns ill frout and on thc flank opened fire, while petards. lulnlttrf and artillery flrc covered the entire area of the trenches with projec- tiil-ll. The enemy tried to retreat an hour after we began the attack, bllt all leaving the trenches fcll under rifle and machine gun fire. Then the in- fantry charged and killed the last de- fullders, excepting live mcu. At 4.220 o'i~lock tho lost trt-ncllcs were cntlrcly l'l~eo\'ered. "'i`ho German losses were very heavy. The flve prisoners taken said that they wt-ro the ollly survivors of :l detachment of 100 men. Fifty dead were found ln the rc-capttlred trcncllos and 200 more on the adjacent ground. Our artillery also caused heavy lossw among the rehlforcenlents which were unable to come up alld assist their comrades." C-NLY FEW OF THE STRIKERS BACK T0 WORK. I.0NIl0.\', March 1.-Tho executive committee of the Amalgamated Socie- ty of Ellgiueers. the striking members of which were ordered by the Govern- ment to return to work today after a meeting held tonight ill Glasgow is- sued a statement sayingz- “Slx meetings were held in the af- fected area today and there are strong indications of an early resump- tion of work." Tile committee urged the men to rc- turll to their places of employment, hut. according to the Central News, the meetings were failures. The Cen- tral News says that all the meetings broke up after disorderly :lor-nes. and the men were left to decide for them- _ielves wlmt their future action shall c. “'I`llc t-.vccutt\'e eonlnlittee strongly appealed to the men to resume work," the news zlgellcy adds. but :lt none of U10 IIl00lllif-IS was the direct issue plac- ed before the strikers. although there were l-lamorous appeals for a vote." Aceorilillg to ilil- souls-. alll llorlty, only u small frat-lion of tho ton thou- .~_aml strikers returned to work to- : ay. ATTEMPT .T0 BLOW UP SUBWAY. lll{ANTi"ORD, Ollt., March Ii.- Oli sunday lnorlllng an attempt to blow up the Elgin l-:treat subway near the railway station here was discovered. J. Miller, a local oil dealer, return- ing from a visit to his burns found two calls. which lt. was subsequently discovered colliaillcd explosives., ly~ ing between thc rails. The cans were connected with in- solllted coppl-r wiro, which tho pas- sing of ll trnlil shortly duc would sev- ere, thus exploding tho contents of the calls. The polleo arrested nil Aus trlllll found hiding in the yards of the licclillg Autolllohllo Company. ,fi nlutv selections roll nrlilllslis or . 4; THE GUIRDIIN -:-:-:- - 4 Furnished by W. S. Louaon. er 1' +~i'i"$-‘F'Ji+?l€+‘i‘1~l*l*~i