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A- gn 5. _'_' _'J-'Q-*_*-'-'-‘-`-‘-`~‘~*"" """' -"'~"""""""""" "" “ " ' `A"'A 'Y 'A"`A:"`Y`"""Y`A`A:# sA'runDAv DECEMBER ist. 1917. _ .- - - - ~ :_-_-».-_ .»-~ ¢-=_'.~v==-,-_- ~~ -v- _<2 - '- _ ~-._ :_-_-._~_~_-.'_-_ : - _nr vc- _ _-_f _ _ _ ' 'riii-1.\s'ri-iixiosisrs . ___,_,.___ - More than once the Guardian _has re~ ferred to the motley crowd- which is rally- 'loturdl weekly (founded 1881) $1.50 per annum by ingto the anti-Union banner of Sir Wilfridi Laurier. All the -best elements in the_ party toward the war administration if Root had this to say hearts all thought _of partizansliip and pledge ourselves to do our duty to our country, in good rcpute or ill reptile. in sueess or failure. 'I`Iiat is the way the Iiepubllcan party must show that il` loves this country more than it loves place and power. . . . As we love our country, we must give them as whole- lieitrted, as loyal, support as though every inan there were a Itepubliczin. . . . \\`e Roo'r -\sQU1'i‘H i.\'ui.\t'iii`i-:it £6 ' ' ` '- ' “ ‘ t SOULS IN PRISDN” Outlining the policy of the' Republican _ _ , I country, including the flower of the old Li- beral party, have left Sir Wilfrid, who then remain to support him? The Winnipeg Free Press essays the following classifica- tion : l’iicilist.~‘. of wlioni there appears to lie inany, though in inany eiises their assuniption of :i con- scientious objection to wzir. is a inerc pose. It is ezisier to take the lofty line than to admit cow- ardice or :i reluctance to light. I’ro-(iernians and others who, for a \'ariet_\‘ of reasons, desire to see the .\llies Iieaii-ii_ 'l`lie provisions of the \\`ar-'l`iines Iilectioii ;\ct have by no nieans siieeeetleii in eIiiiiiii;iti:ig all the votes of‘tliis class froni the electorate. ' Socialists of the .\l:irxi;in type and certain elements of labor, by no nieans rep|'eseiitative. liowerer, of the _tgreat iiiass of labor, which is substaiitially pro-.\ll_v and has in fact supplied the iiiajoi'ity of the soldiers: under \'oliiiit:ii'y enlist- nient. 'l`liese people talli' :i jiirgon -about the worliing classes being seieiitilically slaiiglitereil in ii war of ctipitalisni in which they have tio interest. .\`l;icl\'ei‘s. \\'lio for reasons of sellisliiiess, cow- ardice, lack of pati'ioti>‘-in or igiiorziiice do not want to liglitzl :ind will try to escape the neces- sity by Iiriiigiiig about the defeat of the tiovern- iiieiit, wliicli they well know will inean the end of L`:iii:ile euotigli to be of great service to tlieni in eiirryiiig out their plans. lilectors who fall into any of the above cate- gories are. of coiirse, hopelessly lost to the Lfnion- ist cause. 'l`lie_v :ire impervious to arguineiit or appeal. ln niany cases they will caret`iilly disgiiise their real views. Some of tlieiii will profess Ifniouist seiitiiiieuts. Sonic of them will ostens- ibly serve llie cause in order to betray it, °l`liese men are, of course, nothing niori- or less than ene- mies of their eoiintry. llow numerous they are we lia\'c no means of ltiiowiiig, bitt the promoters of the aiiti-iiiiioii cainpaigii believe that their ninn- hers are large and even hope that their highest expectations in this respect inay he eclipsed. 'l`lie larger tlie traitor vote in Caiiaila the better the tliaiices for the anti-uiiionists. ' As The Free Press-says, these sections of the community cannot hope of themsel- ves to place the Union Government in Jeo- pardy. If they succeed in their attempt to take Canada out of the war it will be with the assistanceof besotted partisans who think more of their party than of their country, who prefer the success of their party to the welfare of their defenders overseas, and who would blindly sacrifice the Canadian soldiers on the firing line ra- ther than break with their political idols. Many of the Liberals included in this cate- gory are very restless over their position. They do not like their shady' associations. Many of them are gradually drifting from the Laurier camp towards the Union Government. But the exodus must be lar- ger to assure a complete and overwhelm- ing victory as will keep Canada decisively in the war. The campaign now being con- ducted by Sir Robert Borden and his col- leagues will do much to augment the Unionist ranks. But there must be no ces- sation of effort until the election is over. The -best and strongest men in the coun- try are included in the Coalition Cabinet, and they _are backed by all the worthiest elempnts in both of the old parties. It is withinthe power of such a strong combi- nation to sweep the country,'outside of Quebec, from Prince Edward Island to Vancouver, and thus to put the Dominion definitelyjaud finally on the side of right and Justice. A _ 'I‘H_E BIG INTERESTS The Winnipeg Free Press says: “Hon. Mackenzie King, a salaried employe of John D. Rockefeller, is the Laurier-Liberal can- didate in North York. Now, if he were a candidate for _the Union ,Government what a roar would Lgo .up to. the heavens about the interference of big interests in Domi- nion politics.” need no coalition (ioveruineiit to intike its I loyal. \\'e will iiialve coalition ourselves ¢ . with e\‘er_\' I)eiiiocrat in this country." i Contrast this lofty spirit of patriotism with the petty partizanship, the pitiable, carping criticism and the campaign of vili- fication and inuendo which have character- lized the attitude of Laurierites toward the Union' Government. In the United States the leaders of the great Republican party _drop all thought of political capital in the face of a common foe. In Canada, where, because of the noble sacrifices of our soldi- ers, thespirit of unity and co-operatic", should be uppermost, Lauricrites are stead- i ily engaged with a craft that is admirable for its cunning to destroy the Government |of the day. To what end? ii politicians have dropped all thought of pil- itics.- Mr. Asquith, who now sits on the front Opposition bench, steadily avoids criticism that is outside the pale of con- 'structive thought. He might have played politics over the Home Rule situation: but- he refused. He might have destroyed t‘ if, Lloyd George Ministry over the Paris 'speech situation; but he disdained the op- portunitq. Speaking the other day to an_ audience of the British Liberals he told them that this was not the time to think ot' party, that the program of British Liberal-| ism mtist be set aside in face of the vasteri issues of the war. Only in Canada, apparently, are we ci.i"s- ` cd with those who are unable to forget par-3 ty politics, and who, for selfishness, will magnify petty dif'f`ei‘ences in order to keep, alive partizanship, strife and all uncharit-' ablencss. . _______O_______ \\'-.\'l`(‘II I"()l{- (i`rl‘]l{i\l.\I\' 1\l()`.\`-Id~\' A secret service man of wide experien- ce, who has investigated campaign funds in previous elections, for the purpose of I tracing corrupt practices, says that the Canadian people should be on their guard' against German money in the present con- test. In a letter in the Toronto News which we reproduce elsewhere, he points out that the Laurier party is deprived of its usual sources of financial aid and that the Ger- man agents who provided a corruption fund in the United States may have trans- ferred their operations to _ this country. This correspondent suggests that the Unionist party should appoint vigilant committees to guard the constituencies, and especially the close constituencies, against the machinations of the Kaiser’sl emissaries. The suggestion is even made that Mr. Rathom, the The Providence Journal, might come over and help us to meet this menace. _ log .\'()'1‘l‘IS l Women friendly to the cause of Union should take steps to see that all women en- titled to vote are registered and made ac- quainted with the importance of the issue. Anticipating some difficulty in getting out .the women vote in the coming elec- tions, the Toronto Globe, Liberal, says editorially: “Let every Unionist speaker put the matter plainly and simply. before the women electors. A vote for the Unionl candidate, is'a vote to back up the men who are fighting our battles in France by providing adequate reinforcements at once. The Patriot has no apology for praising the commendation of Sir Wilfrid Laurier by th_e notoriously pro-German New York Evening Post. It says according to a newspaper directory the New York Even- ing Post is listed asan “Independent Am- erican paper.” That may be-our contem- porary is not so innocent, however, as to expect the publish-er to describe it as “pro- German”! But the Patriot forgets to tell its readers that this sp-called independent American newspaper is published by Emil M. Scholzp and that the President of the Company is German born of German pa- rents who became naturalized Americans." The Patriot and Sir Wilfrid are welcome to such “Independent American” support. We don’t think Canadians will evince the W“S°“ D°’“°°””.“° ""°°“-“”“" Eloquenl Plea for Abandonment ol Parlizan- .-\\-'L-, as Republicans, banish froin our V In eoniparisnil with the attitude- adopted by the Patriot, the (Inar- dian eointiiencls the dignified, stat- esnianlikc and patriotic stand taken by the Morning Ljhronicle, thc leading Liberal paper in the i\lari- time Ilrovinees. In its most re-1 rent issue to hand, the Clironielc " ‘.SOUL.S IN PlrJ.5()i\ "\-Ye have heard ol' certain ad- herents of the Liberiil l‘art_v, oth- erwise excellcnt men, who, it is said. refuseto read or to look at The .\lorning (fhronicle because of its advoaiey of a lfnion tiovern- inent for Canada at the present time. \'Vc are sorry to hear it, hc- cauile it is notl complimentary either `to their intcllccts or their Lilieralisiii. llccziuse one is op-, posed to ii proposition or :t line of ='.i'guniciit is no reason wliy one should refuse to listen or eoiisiiler. There are two sides to alinosl ev- ery qticstioti, public or pi'i\‘1ite. \\'e have tried to set a good example to our readers by always acting with this fact in inind. “'I`licre niust be much to be eniilil . , _ _ n favor of ii L'ni n .»\ liiiiii`.°i.‘z -ld OVel` m the Land people' in esb and tion iii Caiiada jiisl) no\i'. siiildc' do "I nian_v_ otitstanding I.ibei'als of ini- qtiestioiiable integrity, :is well as. Illlilily. arc found supporting ii_ If contains the following: ~ _, . _ . L I alone, even in Liberal journalism, in support of Unionism, there might be some excuse for refusing to hear the reasons which' influence it. But, so far are we from stztndliig alone that nearly cvcry leading l.iberal paper in Canada. 's ranged by our side. From the \tl:iutic to the I’aeifie, the Liberal ircss is almost a unit in support of Unionisni, by reason of the rc- qiiirciiiciits of the war. 'I`he con- trollers of the great Liberal news- papers of the I)oininion_nrc surely not :ill \\-'ielied or weak perveiits. It is liardly conceivable that they can have been biisely corrupted. 'I`he onli-y reasoiiable assumption with reference to theni is that they believe that they are right in their opinions, and are actuated by good motives in exprcdsing tliein. If other Liberals will not listen to what they have to say, lio\\' -can they forinproper judgnients with reference to their conduct? "'l`lie :`\Ioi'ning (_`lii‘oniele, ivliile at all tiuies ii sound Liberal jour- nal, has never been a party orgaii. t has constantly inaintaiiieil its in- epeiidciice as a leader and .not ii ervile follower of pzirty. lly so doing it hits reiiderecl |.iberalisni tlie best service in its power. It believes it is doing so now. It The .\.Iorning Clironicle stood- -..~ ..-»~v».~.,, .» _ ¢~». ..~...- .-. f ~ .-_-,-_-_-, _-_- ,-_____»_._ , (Continued on page t'oui'teciil 'l`liuotloi'u ltoosevclt in 'l`oroiil.o v. admire Theodore- Roosevelt as one of aiiiturluii figures ot' the age. are able tight and die for t.lu.-in and who arc n places of those who have fallen. ~ 'l`Iie\' I our people should allow tfhenisel their heads up. And It-ooi-ievelt would I>l‘ltiSc- l'or Canaila as the comes now. thc mon and women of the continents that In any piirtiierslilp and above all the free peoples who ure not reiidy th What i|` we slioiilil lose our right from tliclr unit'0i‘ins? O Ll-IURIER AND We realize that a biief iippciil It wlll cnipliaslze- the absolute necil effort. . On l<`ebi'uiii'_v' 26, 1917, Sir WlIl'rIiI the 20th Inst. I will look into the matter, but wlll flillltary i~ie|'vIce‘. Any vague promises of what n Lim letter when voluntary enlistment was armies up to strength. --....~` .- ..-»~»-.\ .~._»`-.~..~.....,.. DAILY SELECTIOIIS FOI! (lUlllDllIl READERS Furnlnl-ted by W. 8. Loulon, , BETWEEN OURSELVES. This December month. we enter up- on the nlnth consecutive year of fur- nished daily readings In this llttle corner of the Guardian. .It affords the writer of these Itne .no little pleasure’ to know from hundabda' of letters dur- ing these many years( and contribu- tions from hosts of readers, h_m.h here, and away that this service has been- miich appreciation. » .. l. iivvmuma . ami. -inlaid-iplolillwllw i T0 KEEP OUR HEADS UP t'iinudu with his liciiii' up. llii-i country is doing its part and he is not in.-liiiiiieil l'or it. Anil wc in (Eunuda who, with the rest ot` the eivlllzcd world, \\'o are not u.shained for ourselves l'or wc have- been doing our part. But now. we have got to guard our right to kccp our lieads up. lt ls pi-oposeil that we drop out of the war before we have won to victory. Sellisih ~`-00li0_l`S 01 IPOWGV. making of themselves the tools ot' t.lcrinaiiy‘s secret war niaclnnc. have stooped to accept the support of those who let others go and' _ ` f -' - ‘_ lit to hold her head up tor- the messof pottuge that ls power or patronage, U tliroiigli preaehings ot' false I-‘iSu€»1¥. ll\'CiICllilll§H that pleuse tho counsellors of the Kaiser ln Berlin. they could no longer iecclvc ineu like Roosevelt with “'l`hunk li_cavcn," ltooscvelt saltl_ “you nicn and women ol' tho north like '/.ealiindlf spuriicil the counsels of a mean and blliid tlmidlty. You realized the partnership of wui'-only the partiier who bears his full share of the iiomnion burden is entitled' to his full share ot' the common honor of the right to self rcspcet and to respect from others. You realized that in the loin: run rights are not cntltlcil to the enjoyment ot’ any rights wliatsoevci-." would takc our place among tho splnelcss peoples ot` the world. flt not only for thc tools of those who would use us to their selflnh advantage unfit to wulconic back the reiiialiidor of thc bruvo men who went out to light for us Shall \vc listen now lo "tho counsels of it iiieiin and blliid tlinldltv" and give the Canairlaii soldiers ut the front cause I4) lciir the badges of (tnnndn ()u l“nbruury 20. 1917, the Caiiudliiii Club ltcciiiltinii Cominittec of lluni- ilton wrote to Sir W‘llfrltl l. /N.;--1,-,-71-,-f--V,”-7-,,__,».,f-~ -».,, A ., , _. .. ,, ., - -, f Tmi os-r if ` cv *i Bowman ___ ____ 2 Eliminate that haunting fear of ll ’ ' ' - ihe flllllff-: that sense ofa duty an I , - °' I ' iraportant duty neglected. ll insurance note off your .5 slate which mentions ll many things to be done on a to- i, _. . may be too late. lv _ I Sll1¢l0v»jn for twenty minutes with us and thrash ‘ ll = OU! You insurance problems. You will find they » are not so serious after all when looked straight- ll, l Ii We write policies covering all forms of loss and 4 HYNDMAN 6/ C9. Lml §.?.?.9_l.Q.e52i1§§-_-£5f1tl;>B.€.tfeet-'illl 9'-