qs -one-= :lo-1 -1 frwl-w-..- 3%; . ,\. ..,_,..,. __,_, -_=.~ ‘sm-cv»,_,._~_;; complied C relations of many ajuat and workable form." the letter ia aignitlcant: “I oaawitll _ any ambition by my country aa to ‘ _ ' " "' ` ‘H -c world or downfall, familiar to every German ear. i < ~ B _ and t w s ‘ » -f » _ . ' _ . ` __ .V ' _ | too experienced on the other, not o kno that itch ll V _ State will never be tolerated by the rest." ' ‘ Commenting on this declaration, made with "full_atlt- ~ ` hority.” the New York Times says “This befitting modesty ‘ is newly come to her, for no maxim of her miljtariat author- ities has had wider vogue or more eager' acceptance than ‘ world power or downfall: familiar to every German ear. _ For that and for much else the time has passed and in any ddvortiolng Phono .. .... .. ..-.. ...fs -as g.-...H1324 attempt to form a judgment of the present stage of the luhoorlption Phono .... .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. ....1324 war and of _what conditions in the field and of temper of Newland Edit.. Day Phono .... .. .... .. .. ...... .-138 the beliigerents portend we cannot very well exaggerate Howland Edit., Night Phonao .... .... .. .. _N182 I 133 the importance of this change in the German state of Head Oiiico at Charlottetown lranoll Office at lum- mind." Dr. Dernburg does not admit defeat; that could not llaraldo, Atherton, Souria and Montague. he expected, but the significance of his letter, the first au- Lolllion Office. Marconi Houao. Strand, W. O. t horative German presentation ofthe idea and of terms of peace cannot be missed. His letter is arrogant, assertive, Proailiont ..... ...... ...... ....A. A. llrliott German, but the main point is that a distinguished Ger- lanaplng Editor .... .. ........ ......J. R. lurnott man in close relations with the imperial Government has pu th ,_,t..______@.- blicly spoken of peace terms. He has asked for more an he expects to receive. as men do in practically every MON DAY. APRIL 26, 1915. species of bargaining but he has expressed his willingness =.-.-_--_-.-.-~=-.-_---=-=-==--='l'-'-'-'-=‘~‘~‘~‘-1---‘-=='-`~‘~'-`-`-""'~‘~`f"""”"""""""”""‘ to make a bargain and that is much. The Times in the course of a long editorial on the sllb- i ‘ Jec t says: “Germany's supplies of ammunition are insul- our contemporary me Patriot has been complammg :cient her capacity of replenishment is limited and he , t ‘ rl i olitics," and yet lt considers m it is narrowing. Her war plans have failed,she has passed bmeriy °f me ' Wea ne" ° D her maximum of strength and there is good reason to believe it not out of place to start out anew at the close of nearly ul six weeks of the Legislature to give a rehash of all the bo arguments and alleged evidence of the Government’s mis- I management of finances, which had been dlsproved in the De c rs of the discussions in the House Mr Richards him- ' ou e ~ m sell admitted that he did not dispute the accuracy of the report of the external auditors, which showed liabilities of $1,072,000 wllellihe late Liberal Government went out of office. The only qualification he sought to make was that the public buildings of the province should have been at new assaults impend, that disaster threatens. A'l'1y» dy can read the signs, and it is easy to perceive their re- ation to this unexpected peace appeal from the pen of Dr. rnburg. the most accomplished -representative of Ger- any in tllis.country.” V , _ i HON. W. S. F IELDING APPRUVES Although some Liberal papers have criticized the war included in me aswm tax ill its various forms, a former trusted authority, lion. -rms' of (.0,,,.se_ as any novice in \,00k,pe¢,ping under. \V. S, Fielding, now_ editor of Tile Journal of Commerce, stands. cuts.both ways. for if they were to be placed to the lliiS Stated lil lllilt DBDBP. "Tile 5181110 NX 15 being Phill crqdn of me late Liberal Gove,-“mem as an asset they without a murnlur, Canada is willing to do her part," The should also have been included in the assets when the Montreal Mail, commenting on this quotation soya: it will late Liberal Government'took oilice at the beginning of be rétillled that. Ht the time of the budget BD9€Cll» Mr- thelr 20 years uniludulinistratlon. But, as in-einier Mnthie- Fioldins expressed frank approval ol' the methods adopted son showed, alld .\ir Richards did not dispute, the system bi' HUYL W. T. Willie, U10 Present lllillisfel' Of flilllllce, to -adopted by me exwrml a,,diw,.s was exactly me same as meet all extraordinary situation ill Dominion finances due that followed by the external auditors of the Liberal i0 the W8?- Govcrllnlcllt wiloll they took oiilcc. It therefore must be “lt is easy to say that ll government which illtroduccs li ‘cvidcni beyolld dispute that the nctunl liabilities of the Wal' lax 41005 80 lil 0l`'ing too much faith in tile govern- "Will Of tile lloy now that Hon. Mr. Fielding has put the stamp of his approval upon this special war legislation." HOW FRANCE PAID GERMANY ill some quarters tllcrc is a "fearful looking forward to " n illlaucilll upheaval when Ger- many is compelled to pay thc huge illdcmnitics tllat will be demanded when thc war is over. \\`hat these in- demnities shall be there is no means of ascertaining. The only gage to enable us to form an idea of their probable lllagllitllde is the demand made by Gcrnlany on France after the war of 1870. That bill, in Canadian currency was, ill round numbers one thousand million dollars. in his famous report on the subject. Leoll Say, the economist, tells us ill detail how the operation was mau- ged. The Germans thought it would beggar the French sible. |Tllus coin alone, in the form of German thalcra and florills, would be accepted ill final settlement. Although bills on German and foreign houses were taken ill lnililolls Of ti0iillrS, till!! -were not rcgllrdcd us actual money till they had bccn lrollvcrtcd illto coill at thc expense of France. After s time, howcvcr, Gcrlnun bank notes were accepted und even French bank notes at a Gcrluall valuation. All- other important change wasthat Germany agreed to pay sixty-five million dollars for the French railways ill Alsace- Lorraine, tllat sum`belng deducted fronl the indemnity. Ali told, France paid'Germlllly one thousand and sixty lull- lion dollars, which included the cost of converted foreign securities into German money and other outlays. Under no circumstances, fronl first to last, was ally payment por- nlitted on account; certain dates were fixed and the French agents had to pay the necessary proportloll oil the nail at those times and none other. It so happened that Ger- many owed a good deal just then to Englalid, Belgium alld llollund, where sho had borrowed money for war purposes and purchased war supplies. Tile French purchased those German debts, paying for tllenl in Frcucll bank notes as well as ill gold alld sliver. To ralsc the wherewltllal money was borrowed from the Bank of France and two notional loans issued, one for three hundred million and the other for six hundred nilllion dollars. A syndicate of bankers, French and foreign. embracing over fifty of thc principal flllallcicrs of Europe, oc-operated with the Gov- ernment in floating and ill part guaranteeing thcsc loalls. one-third of which was taken by British. Dutcll and Belgian subscribers. As thc reader knows, the illdemllity was paid off without creating any collvulsion in the money markets and ccrtululy without exllaustlllg Franco. It led to a period of wild speclllnlloll ill Gcrnlnlly, wlllcll tcrnlilllltcd ill thc usunl crallll. it muy bo tllcrcforc, tllllt Germany will be able to pay the llldcmnlty levied on her without throwing the bournce into a panic, although the cost of thc present war to her is already many times greater than her whole expenditure 1. The freedom or neutralization of the high seas in on me pmnc0__Ge,man war' wmch was omcmny given as lllnc of war. 2. An open door policy regarding coiollies under which two hundred and seventy-five million dollars; this, how- ever. included a line of forty million exacted from Paris. uennnn trade with the colonies of other olllvlfel- l10illb|Y lAn impartial Amsterdam banker says the war is sure to the British, would not be llalllvofeli by tile Dfefefeiliii" end some time this year because Germany will not be able tariffs now accorded the mother country. to prolong it, and thinks the business ; world will “ex- C 30 Failing the grant 0! delillllldl 1 llllll 2 0-“li l-he perience a marked revival of trade before the summer of amoothing of the German path! 01' 0Ul11iU°l’°° ¢\li‘°\l8\l B91’ 1910, notwithstanding the immense destruction of capital# alum without British interference. Gel-many's retention of Belgium aa apatural forelalld and commercial doorway to the western seas. >=li-'-- 4. ‘The safety. which would seem to mean now the re- / _' _ turn to Germany of German colonies, into which_Germany could -pour her increasing population. 5: A free hand for German activity along lines already tapped in Asia Minor and Africa. French villages tllatiwere recently devastated by Ger- man ahell fire are already .allowing signs of recovery, and' in his 'al-golnont Dr. Dernilurg asserted that the ad- the inhabitants have staited' toviblliltl up their ahattered `vlihl~l¢°l l¢l\'\`1ili"t'.'.l»°_0°l'llll\l1r from permanently retaining businesses. lfralleerose superior to misfottune in the past 'the land which it' hall taken in Europe could bedlsregard-I and will do so in the present instance witllouta doubt. 'lt ell li all the other German demands, eepeqllly a guunu. is not a nation to be dovvnllearted for very iollg. '- I " Q _ " ‘ \ _ - »";,i_ ` ` A "f 'J "Z "‘>.‘-Ci, ,_ ;:»_l'».l,-l... 1 ___ _ _Y "i-. . . , .`~..LL-,.i-1...' ~;`1. LiberalSl"Do'§lll*ied f their own Report and all their ‘ The famousgarlny boot "scanda ’ has Th collapsed, notwithstanding the Pioneer for any man in Canada to he engaged thinks dlaereutly. in, From the moment the first criticism Ho of the Canadian boots was heard. the Liberals infPariiament set out to linda the bool. was selected by the late scantislsnd nurse' it along to maturity. Ad They did not know that the boots were do ybad, but they were willing,.for a pollt- only a peace boot, that the Laurier ‘ ical purpose, to tell the world that the Go boots were bad, that the Canadian dlers, wllo were war soldiers, boot and shoe industry was in the wi hands of crooks, that the militia sys- other part of the equipment was in- tein in Canada was not efficient, and tended for war, and when, as argued that the' equipment of the Canadian by army was rotten. most essential 'part of the equipment. The allegations circulated by the Th Liberal Opposition were good news for th the enemies of the Domillloll and good th news for rival commercial interests we in otllcr coulltrles, That would have we beell bad enougll had the allegations Sa been true. 'l`hey`were not true, they shi have been proven to be ulltrue. pa The Opposition in their hunger for quickly dissipated." political capital, were not wiliillg to wllit for the facts." They were coll- tent to foul their own nest as Can- adians, alld to do it on the basis of what has been shown to have been ll in yu S N lnolished the contention that it was til ll peace boot ' when every e suppression by the Liberals in cir report of ally reference to the lisbury Plains, “ Their partisan- triotiam and the latter was very The_Work of the Committee Moat Tile Parilslneutnry Boot Comnlittcc’s vcstigatlon was mol-lt exhaustive. o fewer than 87 witnesses were ex- Liberau penned ‘heir uw" Report ianlined under oath at thc 51 sittings d insisted upon the fullest investi- tion and the invstlgatioll, had, in ct, been wide open; This Colllmittoc appointed two cx- rls to cxsniillc and report upon ll.ll c boots \vllicll had bccn colldcnlllcd. lcsc exports wcrc uppoilltcd llll- iluousiy. All the boots lieicctcll by FH gimentul boards and scntto Ottawa II Canada’s Fire Loss is Higher Tllan Any I l»‘rom tllo noise which lllcsc Liberals ha lnltdc, bolll bcfore and during the Par- 88 linnlentary investigation, it might have fn .bccn expected that they would have. stood liy lhc issue lllvy hull rllised. D0 lillt they did not. Tllcy brought ill a lil _minority report, wllicil was not based Ti llpoli the facts brought ollt ill the ill- all vestigation, which they knew to be ro ‘ contrary to those facts, s.uld_ which W they dared not support by a record of FC their votes on a formal division of the V liouse. ' ' ' ` A The fact is that so poor a case wal presented in support of the minority » report that the Liberals dared not place thenAls_eli`/es on record as sub- scribing to it.' Tile report was de- of clarcd “-lost on division," no yous and nays being taken or asked for. Even _ 'thc nlovcrof the lllinorlty report. lion. Charles Murphy, himself a memhcr of the investigating committee, was dis- 0 creet ellougllto absent: himself from the Chamber when the debate came to all end. Qyeyr. other.-Liberal, _with the L exception of five, did the same thing. of Tile live were Hon. William Pugsley, F. B. Carvell, Edmund Proulx, I-lon. ~ Charles Marcil, and Dr Warnock. Of these only one man, Macdonald, had- _ served oil the committee. Only one ~` Liberal from Ontario, Proulx, was in WMI” 68 had 'wt °"gi”“"5' bee” e‘1““l me _chumben to sample clliefiy by reason of General IUSUIRIICE Agelltly Never lu the history of Parliament. ' being t°° "gm in the backs' did n".' scandal " flatten out so quickly - Telephone No. 67. 6| Queen 'Street Ch’l:own and S `wm lem' __ W The Government records show that M. 0 D “ lout of 86.000 boots issued to ulld now Took thi, Bread out of me Momh' _in use by the soldiers ill training ill ' of ,he w°|.k°"_ V Canada since the war began, only 7,867 have been condemned, or about All pointed on; by Sir Robe;-L B0,-den, 9 per cent, but apply the same aver- . the Opposition had sympathlsed with uso and test to these boots as was [ _ » an effort to discredit those en u ed in found by the exports so appointed b ° I the boot and shoe lndustry ingC§nada. '-119 C°Ull1`lm99- ii- Will SHOW that Oli); "Because I have not the slightest Ui i-hem Will! Wlllilfillllell b00tB ill I 1 U doubt," said Sir Itobert Bordcil, " that CHUHUHZ ° statements which have been made 'in ' P A e the press, even before this matter There are rupaimm” 650” t - ` - could be tlloroughly investigated. have Mumated by som!" by knife' ' 1 ' _ led to the detriment of business con- Bm" °r we 319 A ditiolls in Canada and have deprived “__ ' this country of contracts wllicll it Lcavlug only u""“‘ 'e"‘l°r'~`d otllerwise_ would have obtained, and “gems” "mn °""”` °`““"’“ 379 in that way have taken the bread out ` $0 that It is clear that me number _ ' ofbad boots so far as can bc ascer- tained is loss than one-half of one per cent. of those issued. _ One-half of one per cent. of a “scan- dal." Small wonder then that the Oppoaltion deserted the Chamber, leav- READERS °F ing only Hvo of the hardy ones to see THE GUARDIAN the end. ora examined, with the l'ollowlllg sult:-- ' umber of said condemned or ,,-rr t m f this, again, tlicrc were rc- eavlng unrepairablc, only _153 of the mouths of Canadian workmen. F I h d . . " um . ° by w 0 Munn' "Mads Iioso Petals Cream ll. dcllghl- ful preparation _folgprevonting und ~ 'rue snoxeu Plmou oullnnall loolldlnomlolnnl olnuod hy l I ,K d 1 ‘__ dl d illjhealih. wind gif slun."Gct agar-'lllnll _ _ " wa c tlrougl the woo an nina- en oy i’ gtibil c mp ec on. e ‘wo l ~ down, Moon. in meat George street. Moll. vicmfia R°W Where sweet tllu tllrushes sing; _;f.w. ' - _ , ' " ll _-is And found on a bed of mosscs - ._ _ _ A bird with a broken wing, f i ' ‘ ; - l llealed its wound, and each morning it sans its old sweet strain. f . -_ » - ' ' 'C ` I - But the bird with the' broken pinion Never soared as high again. ` But the rd wth t e ro en pai Kept another from the snare; nd the life that sin had stricken ,l ,_ ' .~.. 'w - _ __ ` _ _ ~ ‘ _ _,M _.g 2 ni” `..-..*'_»».’..f.<»l~. ~ ' i "` ‘ ‘W ‘ ,l ° 0 , . ~ '_ eiiolj_isj,_ze”llll__ll`l_a,._‘.ilas_i:o» ` W ' PARTIZANSHIP vs. PATRIOTISM ` at is a very poor kind of business whether he is a member of this use or not." r ,, Tile Prime Minister pointed out that 5 lninlstration. He ridiculed and vernment proposed to equip sol- _ the Liberals, the boots were the e Premier commented forcibly upon ather conditions to wlliclli-the boots ro subjected at Valcartier and at p,” he said, “collided with their Exhauatlve. the Comnlitteo. 'I‘lle Government I"'I¢'i'3'U l"ll">Q on ° B-»mntll»», .g_\ » . f _ x.';/*\“ c-/' 1;?/J I H ‘V ‘ ` l. ' P3tt€`1‘1lfS-ii“‘ Sir Robert Borden charges Liberals with taking the .fi/J' 1. \ - _ ‘/ZZ* Patons Q Z ° _ arnlan vowita* 'f rua-mauauv-v-avll livh. ' ' Material and - _ ' Liningslhrown in _ Ladies Tailored suits and Skirts---See Paton’s Window For Less Money than they can be _ffailored--Material and ' Lining thrown in ~ If prices and values speak loud in rinters Tailor Made Suits that they_are putting on sale today_at $9.48; This price l_s be ow_ the Cost of Material. Most of these Suits are in Blue and Black with about a dozen Fancy colors and Checks, the sizes range 16, 18, 34 and 36 Black s only running up to 40. Styles while_ not exact are still stylish. _ The coats are silk lined, Suits strictly Men Tailored and finished wlth_ Hair cloth bust forms. Samples to be seen in the Eastem -Window. The regular prices of these suits ru_n up to $25.00 and are one of the best bargains that Paton & Co. ever offered. _ V $9.48 PATON’_S $9.48 discarded boots forwarded and examined, of which 348 were singles and 1,365 were pairs 1,713 these therc were rendered useless by thc soldiers burning tllcln ll2 1,601 pairablc boots to thc nulli- ber of. say 1,448 these, again, their unrepair- able condition was due to the following causes: Cut t by toe nail 48; cut by knife or spur 22 70 83 _ '_ E if Other Country inthe World, According to the Reportol the Conservation Commission at Ottawa _ 'l`his sllollld bring llulllu to cvcry property holder the llcces- _ sity of l<`irc Illsurnllcc. lluvc you cvcr stopped tu tllillk how you would feel to have your ilcculnulations suddenly obliterated? A lire may produce this result. The only absolute protection is lllsurauce. Tile cost is so trifling no one can afford to be without it. if you owll ally property liable to be destroyed by fire, it is a duty you owe yourself and to your family to insure it. A fire loss is allways a misfortune to an honest lnau. For Ai protection at lowest rates apply to . HYNDMAN & CO. LTD. You will find just what you want in our big showing of extra high _quality poultry netting. Our poultry netting is strong and durable-the kind you want- at the very _price you wish to pay. ' Call and see what splendid values we are offering in this line. l 1 3 I i, l R , Régal-~-Bankéf and Slatél' BOOIS f0¥~M0n D , lic W 8. I - 6 D Y, V I took htm to my-heart. " " ';:*:":,°:',:l::° - ~ GUFF BRUS _ _ i°is.‘,';: .. - . ‘ in _ l M 1 h D k .1 _on footw wlleni ble, _to£.Spr`ing footwear give us a call. We can show you the very newest in , i _ A _ _' . - " ` » ‘ ` I _ ' n 1 ,ev - : ~ _, i i. _ . _ ’ -§“’~=»‘=='»2‘.==‘1i’~=1h“»-‘=£~'-‘i~’»‘=»'» .'Zt.°“° R 8- we- not lf: l»'l‘rd9;ltll'~`a` hioltoflypisign I - ` , ` . - » " ` B ' " v rn" ”¥’°' ’°“"2i.3»‘2il-‘lfiile,..~°f=li». -‘°°. A Home of Good slim 1 '“%‘75`” ~.t .- -:vt /t il ' = ` A i rt \ 1 » _ bread out oi the mouths of the workingnlen _T I l no-:ll rllrrln ink, Patons’ ought to have a rush with these P