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THE CHA
- FEBRUARY 27, 1917 ""'”-
RLo'1'rsTowN' GUARDIAN _ A _ , . ' 
 Gliailitlaliiii p iluarliii
"Mud Office at Charlottetown, Brunch Offices at Summer-
idc, Atherton( Souris and Montague.
Evciilng Daily (founded 1907) 82.00. (delivered -or by
fiall) in Canada, and $2.80 for U. 8. A.
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° 'rua NEW BRUNSWICK vofrs'
We nziturally expected our conternporary’s rooster
would he in full blast _yesterday over the New Brun-_
swick election and it was someivhat of :i disappoint-
nit-nt to find that. instead of croiviiig and jiibilating, it
occupied most of its editorial space in :riiatlieniatizirig
the tiu:ii'di:rii for giving the Aczitiiiiiis credit for hav-
ing thi- coiirzrgc oftheir convictions and voting against
lirolriliition. .\Iot\vitlistaiidiiig anything t-he Patriot
may say to the coiitrary the French Cztiiadiaiis of New
'iiiiiriswiclf are not enanioured of conipiilsory prolii-
bitioii, or indeed of conipulsfioii of any kiiid_ 'l`hey
ton, Wcstiriurelaiiil, Kent, Nortliiiiriberlaiid, Resti-
gouche, Kings, St. _lohir (one scat, and Gloucester
' which the Liberals clai _ `
'l`liis, we think, prgifes conclusively that New
Brunswick went wrong politically for the three rea-
sons ive gave yesterday, and no other.
--wt? ,
UNITED STATES AND GERMANY
- MOTOR BUS SERVICE.
ved that the proposal to have street
cars in Cliarlottetowli was prevented
from being accomplished by the votes
_of four members of the Council and
(the casting vote of the Mayor. The
j privileges asked for by the promoters
were ver modest indeed. in no City
ls' a public .utility of this kind' initiat-
ed without charter privileges for a
.certain definite ime. There could
The attitude of the United States towards the Ger- ‘mt p,_,,s1|,|y be iw' great prom for
man submarine menace is beginning to “get on the "W Pf°m°l°"° W"-ll Chuflef '°f
such short duration as was asked for.
‘i nerves" of the nation, and the press-tliat is the' pure- It would be necessary for the promo.
ly American part of it--is beginning to talk pretty “"5 1° "llc" CaPlU1\f"°m "ie Citizen”
. ,. _. . . _ _ . for the enterprise and they would
plarrily. Ihe situation is certainly serious, made se- likely mee, Wm, very "me encourage.
rious by thc attitude of the authorities. They have mem f"°m l“VeB¢0"S With th°l'_P""'
posai in the shape that the Mayor and
practically tied up their shipping in the various ports the fo", Coummors have len |¢_
through fear of the submarines; the adniinistration re- Street cars would be a great belle'
_ g __ _ . l _ . _ , , fl; to people of mc-:lei-ate means who
fuses to saiittioti tie .irniiiig of iriertliantnicii lest .in cannot affora a home and c,,,.,.i,,ge or
“overt act" on the part of United States vessels should “U lmm- A latte H\1mb€'t` 01' OUP D90-
ple are debarred from enjc-ylnls the
be regarded as an act of war by the (rermair govern- benems of om. be'au,,,~u] park 0,, ,,L._
ment. 'l`licv refuse to convoy their own iiiercliaiitiiieii C0\1I1t Ol' its distance from their
. ' . . homes. Out of town shoppers. who
with armed ships lest that should give offence to the Come by ,min in ever mc,.e,,sing num
(ierrnan government. They have permitted their ves- WFS W0Uld have Cvnsiileralily "lf>\'0
time to do their shopping in the City
scls to be stink' and their *citizens on their and the merchams would be be,,_em,_
own or neutral ships to be niiirdered on ed- RTQCHBHICB, workmen and lbusinesi
` I fell
_ _ . men would use the cars wrt E
, the high seas, notwithstanding the fact that they had ad,,,,,,mge_ If the -e;(pec,,,,i0nS of uw
pin'siii> the even tenor of their way, are the riiost so-
hr r, indiistrious and laiv-abiding citizens,1ml I/icy 'will
not ln' ¢lri‘I'vf| to observe any niaii-inadc code of
etliicsy \\"ritiiig on this subject one of them puts it
this way: .
'/`ou_i' lvl' lmux Irrii/.v .du ¢'dri1rfcl't' lnnudin
ilu/'ru'/rl vfri' i'r1l!iz'c'i'-.i'r'|iI¢’.i' /cs mdu'z'aise'.r li¢‘rb¢'s
furi§_i'r'1rl /rar ul/mr-1iir'iii¢'5. Li’ lmmliiir asf iiistinr-
li`r'r'iuv1if ¢l¢',il»'iu't¢'ur--l'rifri/ixziir' init I`n1t-init'
rin:/i‘i'_tli' tlewli//i/>¢'r|/vii! ct faux /1'.i' iudir'idi1.\' n’y
riifrig/limit /air. [.'iu.rfii1af/trim-ilif ill' lout rtrr'
rmriutil turf d'1'frc lilirc' rf 5/wifi' u .tu ¢'m:.tc‘ii'i1rr' dr'
Iii IIIIN/i’, .i‘r',\' iu_itr'nt'.‘.i mur<1it.i' sr' dt"l‘¢'Iof>pr'n/
/itrlnrvlle/l1i'lif. /Iilcs ii nn iuditvidu qu'i[ doil
/iiiirc um' i'¢'r'tdim' t'.’m.rr‘_ N l'rrI1/igafioii lui en rc-
/>nyu1',' liri.\'.rr':-lt' ii /iri-illcliic rt .ion .wus du droif
cl rlr' Iii ju,ili¢'¢' lt' /mrwroirf ii tiyir ¢'nrrt'¢'-tr'iiic11t.
'Lt' me/`llt'nr r‘ndf<l'f'lliiq1ii' mt la .rim/ill' mu-
mir`_i'_i~r1ur'c dn /lien rl du md/-la rcglt' d'or. Cclui
qui [rt /mrfe cn sd con.r¢'i1'nri' ul' In riolr’ jun/ui.i'
rr/ /fr: /ins lifnrrri/1 dr' r'i»dr'.r vt'rif.\'.
- 'l`lris is the attitude they adopt towards compul-
sion of airy kind, whether prohibition or conscription,
_ :ind ivhat right has the Patriot or any other one to
` .~.:i_v the |"reiicli Caiizriliairs have not the right to their
opiiii_oirs :ind to express tlieni at the polls? 'lf they
he over'-ruled hy the majority they are the first to :rc-
_ <|irie:.ce but they resent dictation or legislation without'
the i»pporturiity_of expressing their convictions.
i 'l`hi: l"rcnch Carizidiaiis have had the hogcy of
' cornpiilsory service dangled before theni in Quebec
:ind of conipnlsory prohibitioii threatened them in
as the .-\ustruliai\s did in the first instance-:ind who
is the |’;rtriot that it sliould throw the first stone? The
~ l-`ri-nth Criiitrdians are as rnucli entitled to say they
:hall inaintain, if they can, their freedom of action in
the niirtter of proliibitioii in New liriiiisivick, as the
. .-\iistr:rliaiis have in the matter of tiiiiversal service in
the _-Xiitipotles.
\\`e said yesterriay that the result of the elections
in .\‘ew lirunswick was due to three primary caiises-
ti; opposition on the part of the French section to
bernien with the collection of “stunipage,” and (3) dis-
adniiiiisteriiig the lntercolonial, \\'e have disposed of
the first, and the following will show that our analysis
was correct:
LIBIZRAL SEATS.
Nasir; l-‘orUi./iT|oN Fin-:Neil
i7,i i6
15,687.
'-’-M37()
28,222
.\`iinbiiry and Queens . . _
Restigoiiche .. . . . . . .. ..
Kent . . . . . .
..  .. .
Victoria and i\/lzida\v:isk.1 . .
Nortliuniberland . . . . . . . . 3i,i94
\\/estmorelaiid . . . 44,621 ,
_' Gloucester . . . .
_ . . . . . 32,662
'i`otal . 193,778 96,029
About 50 per cent l"`rencli.
347
8,136
17.436
18,480
6,8i8
i7,o8r
27»73l
(`C)NSIiRVA'l`lVE SEATS.
i Narnia Poi-ULA'rioN Fin-:Ncit
2I.446 274
53»572 995
3°-236 357
zr , |47 244
3i,56t 123
(`arleton.............'..
St. john City and County ..
Kings and Albert . . . . . . . .
Ch:rrlotte...... .. . ..
\'ork....».i...  
About one-and-zilialf per cent. Frencli. I
, ,
' Now in ordinary circumstances the majority of
the French Canadians in New Brunswick support the
Conservative party. The principal reason why they
did not do so on the present occasion was because of
their innate repugnaiice to compulsion in any shape or
form.
It so happens that the most of the timber grants
are located in the French constituencies, and one of
the Liberal candidates openly avowed that he was in
opposition "because the Government compels him to
pay' $t.5o a thousand onall the lumber he cuts, instead
of allowing him to escape with the payment of less
, I
than half' of what the Province was entitled to as thei ly than will pay to get into hear a common sense léc-
ture on an important subject. A street crowd never
gathers to watch a man acting sensibly, but any casual
dog-fight or igcus parade of clowns will block' the
i . _ . | _ _ -
-_Q-,g,|~ierirt_¢d by ¢tief€anad,ian'gw¢rnj1wit :.5 $e;_i/_V.<Z:_#f1V'_\_t2'f:~i ---_----L--_~ , ;°,»l1sif-'suv»~¢i»iiii¢e,.»»»g_»_»rg_rg~_nl. gas
party of Robinson Sweeney, et al, had done.” ~
The effect of the Intercolonial campaign is seen in
the following Opposition gains in all the constituencies
thing to he settled in otir national policy, today, So
fair, the l’resideiit has contented liiniself with rrierely
declaring that these attacks are against the law of nat-
tions, and the laws of huinanity, alike. He has told
the public 'that our vessels have every right to sail the
high seas with ininiunity against any such danger. lie
has practically. invited the ships to continue their voy-
ages, regardless of the (iernian threats. lint, when
it coines to the protection of such ships, he seeins to
coiisiiici' it enough that our nation shall shoulder' the
entire burden over upon the linteiite, llc counts on
the iintente iiavy's resources to _siveep the new ineiitice
:rway as it will do and is now doing-but he seems un-
willing to employ our own navy for the protection of
what he declares to be the iiialienahle rights of the
American rriercliaiit ni:irine.~ If that is-the 1-’rcsideirt’s
'-\i““' H"“'\5“'l*`l"- Thel' f'~`5@“l if ll’ bmh ill-*l‘ll\C'35_'p0licy, he sliould state plainly and recognize in some
i fornial official fashion, the duty we owe the .lintente
in accepting such protection.”
The Advertiser cites precedents which should
guide the adniinistratiorr in this crisis, cases in which
for similar reasons the United States had not only se-
vered diplomatic relations but armed her riiercliairtriieri'
against raider-s and pirates. Washington and Adarrrs
are quoted as holding that to convoy nrercliaritirien
with armed ships is not air act of war and that the
United States would be perfectly justified, in the prc-
sent erisis in convoyirig her merchant marine' _with
armed ships, Continuing the Adver_tisei'_ saysj cg., .,_,
' “ln declining to use our own navy for the purpose
of protecting our own commerce, and in throwing all
the responsibility for such protection upon the Entente
navy; l’resident Wilson not only repiicliates the
- straightforward policies of Adams and Washington,
but he apparently bids fair to earn for our whole na-
tion the contempt of both groups of combataiits. I-le
deiiouiices (ierinany for piracy, but confesses that he
will make no attempt, with our own navy, to prevent
such piracy. He bases his ivliole policy on the abili-
ty of the Entente navies to protect otir own commerce,
but offers not one concession to the l;`n_te`nte, in return
for such protection, He statcsour right bravely in
ringing ivords, brit shirks the logical consequences of
his own resonant declaration.” “Can other nations,"
it asks, “be expected to respect our National policy,`
knowing this to be true ?”
10(
GERMANY'S NEXT WAR LOAN'
Germany is preparing for another war loan, \\'liich`
it is expected will be announced in March. It is like-
ly to meet with less success than those whiclii prece-
ded it, sdys the financial editor of the Ne-v ~`1`ol lc Tri-1
bunc, for the returns of the last loan indicate that thc
Teutonic Empire is rapidly becoming finaiicially weak-
er. lhe total subscription to the fifth war loan wasi
not so very much smaller being 1o,652,ooo,0o9 iriarks,
against ro,7r2,ooo,ooo, according to the ‘Kolnisciiei
'fam ,$3,012 1,993' Zcituiig, but, what is much more sigrfificant, the num-
ber of subscribers fell by 1,469,669 to 3,809,976. he‘
reduction was wholly in the ranks of the smaller sub-
scribers. To 'the last loan those whose subscriptions
were above 50,000 marks contributed 5,821,000,000
marks, or 55.per cent. of the total, against 4,718,000,-
000, or 45 per cent., contributed by the same classes
to the preceding issue. Obviously the problem of
financing the war is becoming more difficult in spite
of the tremendous monetary inflation.
)0('"_"""_° I at \i
' NOTES .‘, \.\i
More people will pay big money to get in to see
men or women acting and talking unusually or foolish-lllving with ohrers is our only hope.
repeatedly warned (ierniany that for any sucrfact they D1`0U\C‘i€l"B were l°€0llZ0ll “ml me
venture was a success, hundreds of
would hold (ierniany to "strict accountability.” These `d0um,s wmhd be [md Gm weekly in
warnings are now old; they have beeirrepczitetlly ig- W0-180? 10 GHIDTOYQGS 8\l'el_\ll?'n$,<;l11b*H:`.:
nored; some two hundred United States citizens have ;"),'f;je(f: fears' &‘;€;'r3;bfe 0m_‘.w» ‘hem aj
been ruthlessly murdered, and to prevent further niur- l0Il§~ '
ders of a similar kind the United States has practically
called its coninierce oft' the seas. 'l`liat a tierrnan
threat should conipel the great lfiiited States to tie
up its shipping iii its harbours, lose riiillioiis of dollars
in trade and, generally, to take a back seat in the face
of :1_ threat of t‘friglitfulness"  most humiliating to a
once proud nation, arid, in coirseqiience, the nation is
beconiing restless. 'l`lie Boston /\dvertisei' says
“The question of protectirig .'\iiicric:tri merchant
ships, bound on peaceful errands, zigaiiist attacks
which threaten the lives of those on board, is the chief
We hear much talk about ericoirrag-
ing factories and industries to locate
here, but here is one ol' the first es-
sentials to an industrial City prevent-
ed from being cstablislrcd by the
hirstiing, progressive Mayor' and four'
ot’ the Councillors. The project was
prevented from gc-ing alrcail be-cause
the quartette of Councillors did not
like this exclusive privilege. “Ex-
eusive I’rivllei;e" is ir lruppy plirase
in the hands ot' it diiriagogiie irnil in
this instance has been rnaile the most
yotes la:-it year' lie had liiirisull` featiir-
resislve person und irc dubbed liiniselt’
'thc "Poor Man’s l~‘i'ienil." Many
citizens will doubt liliri after' his notion
at last meeting of the Courreil. Strc-ct
ears will come in the no distant l`iit-
ure and when they :ire to bb estab-
lished <:liarte=' privileges will be giv-
en because the people will intsist on
lt. Tire matter is only temporarily de-
layed.
' l ani Sir, etc..
, . D. J. RILEY.
iii iisi iisil '  
. ii suiiivii
The Song and the -Man Who Wrote It.
A most prolific and versatile poet,
Thomas Moore has been declared to
be “tire least lrish’I ot’ all the many
sweet and gifted singers, whom the
Emerald isle has given to cliarin and
soothe/ a weary world. One of
an niimortal trio, Scott. Byron
and Moore, they r'c--flecteil in poetry,
the union of the liritlsli island Eni-
pire, not always in eornplete anilty,
but on tbe whole, admiring and re-
specting ono another, and fc-rniiiig ri
galaxy of poetic genius unrivalled. ln
its day.
“Tile Last Rose of Suineriii"’ is one
of his clini'acter'istically sentimental
poems, which in those days. enjoyed
a popularity, which wr.-ulrl be utterly
denied them today, Yet at that
time. it. had almost remarkable
vogue, and lonely travelers in
Soirtlr American solitudes. found “The
Last Rose of Summer” among the rriu-
sic sheets which had ascended the
Amazon, and its tributarlesfand cross-
ed the Andes to the Cities and towns,
of the Pacific slope. Only here and
tlrere,ls found a songstress whose
voice can give the charm to -the
quaint old Engl-ish air. and somewhat
c-versentlmental spirit of this produc-
tion; bu; when this para-avls among
singers is f‘ound, it is still a. gem of
her repertoire.
"The Last Rose of Summer' is to
be found on page 146, of “Heart
Songs." The four hundred selections
contained in this unique volume are
all of the same hlgli order, and sung
by all the niulatl-tiides who love real
music. We refer 'those of our read-
ers wiio lhave not yet obtained this
great song book to tlieicoupon pub-
lished elsewhere in toduy's issue.
¢l»‘|'§l»i‘l"l'Oll¢'lIO-l»'l»OO¢'l\
4 Il*
DIILY SELECTIOIIS F0ll
lllllllllllll REIDEBS
o--we
Furnished _by
W. 8. Louson,
O'l"l‘O***'l'I'*l'OOO'l1|§
LIVING WITH OTHERS.
it costs to live with people. We
liave to give up many of our own pre-
ferences to please them. We have to
deny ourselves _.many enjoyments, so
as not to give them pain. The price
of living with others sweetly and har-
monlouslyle always self-forgetfulness,
self- effncement. But this cost is the
very gold of life. it is the only anti-
dote for selfishness. It is the way
of Christllkenese. People are means
of grace to us in many ways, and not
ln the smallest measure through tire
self-denial which we are required tc
make lri living with them. It is the
self-dlse pllne of- friendship and home
and human fellowship that makes
men and women of us, tpat makes us
at last like Christ. We m y thank God
therefore, for what people do for us
ln llfe’s contacts. Sometimes we
say certain persons are hard to live
with. Possibly they find us hard to
llvd with, "too, We do not know how
many crotehets there are ln our dis-
position and temper, nor how we try
our friends li our selfish ways. Yet
#9 gr
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If we lived alone we slioulriharden
into hopelessness. -Dr. J. R. Miller.
.. Slr.- it is very muelr to he re8l‘€l'l
of. When the Mayor' was i~iollt:ltiiig,"Slllt-$601' liUlIl1illll_V»" he had I‘etlS0ll
ed in the press as ii liustle-r, a pr'i;-,z-itll-.'lir Britain was to a European war'
.,,,-me-sosooo#eeoeooooeoeooeooo-»e9°°°*0¢~,»
“llAllRY [lN”'7
I
SHALL BORDEN OR LAURIER BE ENTRUSTED WITH THE DES-
” win suit
~l'i*4"l-\l'I'tl"l>
TINIES OF-CANADA AT. TH
'f#'l"P*#**'l'lP'l"|“l"|"l°1"l"|'
“Are we going io ruin ourselves
for England?"
"N01"
This brittle~cry of the Laurier can-
didate in Dorchester, at an hour
when our motherland. Britain, is
seems to offer the fundamental touch-f
stone for the British people ol’ this,
|country 'should a new choice come;
shortly, as it may, ot’ men to eari'y onf
Canada's effort in the present war.
Shall it be Borden and those who
are with him? Oi' shall it he the
Lauriers, the Ciirvclls, and the Can-
nons? Shall it be, above' all, the
mari who fled tlils' country ln 1914 and
has lcd it since, or shall it be the irian
who has refused to act in National Ser-
vice promotion, who has attacked fel-_
lnw-Canadian statesmen as guilty ol'
“seniling our troops to be slaughtered,"
who-‘has promoted an electoral rzrctioii
lbut it was not so regarwlerl in 1599.
'When Kruger, -r'ernerrrber'lng a l`or'rrier'|
!Boei° iriuriipli over' the British, iinil
'keeping ln irrliid the te'lt-graiii of sym-
pzrtlry, coirgratulatlori and encourage-
Iinent be had just received l'r'orri the
.Kzrlsmy ilcclared that the war' would
t`or his boast, We' do not yet know how
,at that time, nor how far' the prompt
offer' of aid from overseas i~esti'iiliiei|
unfrieiidly powers rocking British lnini-
lliatiori and iulilitloiral territory for
tlrerirselves in Africa,
In the scssloii of 1899 the Ciiiiaii-
laii Piirliaiueiit unanimously adopted
a resolution of syniputlry with the lm-
iperial authorities in their efforts to
obtain justice for Britons in the Trans-
|vaal. 'I'liis was cheap; but at 'least it
placed Canada on record as- endorsing
the llritislr cause. Conservative nieiu-
lliers urged that an offer ot' troops be
rrrrtde by Canada as hail already been
done by several of thc other colorrie-s.
'Sli' tflrrrrili-s Tupper, then leading thc
(‘oii e-rvative' opposition. pointed out
that an oiier of troops from the Col-
iniies would greatly s'tr'engl.lien the
hands ot' the- Mother' Couiitry and pos-_
sibiy :ivcri war, But Sir' Wilfrid Lari-
rler und his Cabinet deifllned to act.
$41#
Between July 9th and ,Septeniher
22, the Government ot' Queens-land.
Victoria. Malay States, Lagos. New
Soiillr Wirles, and New Zi-aliriid, of-
fer:-.il contlngents of men. By Sep-
tc-'rnber 28 Quecriiilnnd offered u sec-
onil contingent. On October 3rd.
Mr. Chaniberlain sent. niessages to
each of these Colonies rreceptirig their
offers' of men, explaining the condit-
ions antl defining the eliaracter of the
organization. He' could not accept an
offer' ot the Canadian Government. be-
cause tlierc was none. But he se-nt to
lthat Government the saline ities-sage
labout. conditions' and or'i.-gnnizatlons
.and added one significant sentence riot
contained in the other desputulreu
“Inform accordingly all those who
haw: offered to raise volunteers.”
'That night Sir Wilfrid Laurier gave
out a statement. tu thc’ Ottawa corre';i-
pondent of the Toronto Globe in which
he said-
“There is no menace to Canada,
and, although we may be willing
to contribute troops, I do not see
how we can do so. Tlien again
how could we do so without Par-
liament granting us the money;
We' simply could noi; do anything.
in other words, we should have
to summon Parliament. The Gov-
ernment of Canada is restricted
in its powers,"
And, alter further contention that
Parliament had to be consulted, Sir
Wilfrid eoncluiiefd:-
“As lb Canada"s furnishing a
contingent, the Government has
not discussed the question."
Meanwhile the Conservative' leader,
Sir (,‘-harles Tuililer, left no doubt as
to where he stood. As soon us M~r.
Chambenlaln’s niessage httd bc-.err
-made public, he telegraplied Sir Wil-
frid Laurier as follows:
“I hope you w'il‘l izend a con-
tingent of Canadian Voluiiteera
to aid England in the Transvaal.
I know ii will be wurmliy wel- '
conred by the British Government.
be' of great service to Canada, and
promote the unity of the Empire.
A friend of nilne will insure the
lives and limbs, at his expense,
to it million dollars-, and I will
heartily support in Parliament
your action in this matter.”
But while Sir Charles Tuppefr. back-
ed by 'an overwhelming sentiment in
the country, was urging action, lion.
Rodolplie Lemieux was lecturing' the
Montreal Chamber of Commerce for
holding the view that something should
be done, and Sir Wilfrid's Minister of
Public Work-is (Mr. Tarte) was awk-
lng this question in Quebec:
"What has Canada got to do
with this war? Why should we be
taxed to fight. Eng|and's battles
ln South Africa?"
,
s n is V
During this period of refusal. while
the Ministers were apparently trying’
to head off the patriotic movement
which threatened to sweep them from
their feet, other Dominion; and Col-
onies were acting with great energy.
in ten days after Mr. Cham-berialn's
acceptance, New South Wales. West-
ern Australia, New Zealand, Tasman-
ia, South Australia, and Queensland,
had announced the organisation of con-
tlngents. Finally. on October 16th,
twelve days after Mr. Chamlierliilirs
aaa a few ai-one of water to the
gasoline used in cleaning clothing and. to the Globe, after public opinion #had
you will have no "ring" about the spot' been roused to a dangerous helglit of
message and Sir Wilfrld's statement
. ' _asa I
struggling desperately ln the mos; fate~[ tagged with a reservation. The daY_
fur thi-09 of aiu her gr-gat history - after it was made Mr. Tarte appeared
'l'*\l"l'l'§§l'O
is cn|1'icAi_ .iuncrunsr
-\»~l~+4'-v+'l»O¢l'°l 'l»fl"|\+~l\'l~'l»<|\~t`
surrendered. and an offer was cabled
to Britain of one thousand imen.
But even thén the belated offer was
on the' platform with this sti1lement:-
' "We have consented to what
England has noked us, but in the
Order-in-Council which I hold in
my "hand, and which will be pub-
lished one ot' thet-I-e days, it is said |
that what we have done will not
be a pi'e'c/edent. The precedent wiill'
not be created for irie**‘*'****We
have consented this time, we did
well, but -I do no; wish that on the
next occasion a similar operutlou
be repeated."
l0l'0ll BUS SERVIIZE
Sir.- It is hardly fair to b -
City Counclll as a whole t`oi‘am‘iut,i1,:i
ing down the street car pr¢p03p_|,,n_
Four of the Councillors, viz, Smm,
Le'dwell, Jenkins. and Rattray voted'
for a franchise, and four, viz, W,-ight
Miller, Mcnevin. and walker rrgrrirrsi'
Would lt not be well to ask the' Muvnr'
to re-consider his decls-lon as his east.
ing vote decided the matter?
I am, sir, etc,
` JUSTICE.
,..w.~w .¢..-...;..-..~......,.,.,.,,,_-_~_-..,.,,,,
and WHT. be ut this cliai'go` ul,~r,,_
iLet Canada accept the lplrmd.
money without a blush."
` 1914
Let us now turn io arrotlrer' record
and u different one that ot’ the l~lor~rlr-.ri
mlnistr'y on thc' outbreak ut' the pr-i--rum
wiir. There was no quibbling in Aitgrrst,
1914, as to wlietlier Caiiudit was men.
need. whetherywe were eorr<:e|'ris»d in
the Austrian iiltlinrattnn to Sr-rlrirr
(though an Ottawa paper. now dr.
voted to curs'lng the Goveriirrierrbri iv-,ir
conduct, did quibble) in the flerrirtiri
ultlnratum to Russia and li‘r'airc<-, 0|-
And in addition' tp the contingent
being labelled “No Precedent," it
experise of bringing Canuiriaiiri lroniet
llnlversity, in his last public adiliess
ilellvere<l_ in Corrvoeation Hirlil, to ther
stuiieirls- on Jniiua-ry litli, 1902, perliapsl
best expi'e.~iseil (‘anaila's position ul‘
that tinre:- '
“At the present tliiie our posit- ,
ion is- not onu to he proud of. I-‘roni »
the war' (to ilic jilstiec of which
our Parllariiciit pledged itself) we
have quietly wltlidruwn, leaving
the eiiorinoirs cost ot’ blood rind I
treasure to bc- borne by the senior
pui'tner.
- “'l`i'ue, _wc are perniittirrg a few -
liurrdreds t.o be' reerultcil i'or' ser-
vice brit on eouditlorrs that niiike
ou-r' position more deplorirb-le lliaii
ever. We ure not to pay a cent of
tire cost. We give the bravest ot'
‘our elil`ldi'e'n to die by the bullet
one else must pay their wages. We
do not grudge the blood oi' tliose
of our sons. wllo are wi-lling to go,
but with u treasury so full that
we' can go on paying millions for
bounties rind bonuses' to develop
resources which are said to be the
” rielier-it in tire world--we grudge
food clothing and transport to
tlieiri. lret. the weary Titan, bear-
burdens oi’ the' Empire in peace
or still dcaillier enteric; but some- ’
ing on her back all the' common I
in the iieutrallty ol' Be-lgluirr and l.ux-
emburg, Tho Government kiic-iv that
flifgtliiittei-ilphiiiihciimtiienliiiiiiiiig (iiziliiitigilarfiilii was checked through C, 0. D.A Oi' me Empire was i'lV°lV"d in ”‘ “"“`- "ml
fm.,  ,he.En),i ire, wh,,_,,,e .wejustilthe troops ivlroin Canada enlisted that therefore' ('a"uda w"“ "I “'*"`
tmed bv mesepmih q in l_ec‘mn nldurmg that WM Sh, Wilma Lmu.i8,.|'l‘he niiiiistcrs did not 1:-tand on ilin-
now-fliail in il prevlious' timeaoi ivar 'lent 7.300 to At'riea almost eritii-oly at §°;";U&"t]lU““‘l\l“@B:;10l{S;|0l'i¢1kt*l'*3|`IIn--
~ - -- -. - . ii _ , ru B-in ho. i. "‘“ U? ‘”‘“"“e ' “ “f-""“‘-il ““"‘
;‘;.{etx_h‘;'1i'f":i);:)°i`n'(;’! ';§,t;?i'$Z$sl’;)L§(l“T)%g:; pisireggigqilgn ElemuidaSpah=)v;;i:?“;::,t the sanction ot' l’ar'llziirrcirt. or griai-il
tlieiirstelves- tigaliist. the-e,,t.tbl|sliriri~in
'pr-oclulmin lin deb C rovince, gf this was 'rfterwartls mostly refiriiiieil _ _ N _ ___ ‘ 4
|(_mr5__‘ hg_ ‘_  e~_ D V lb the Bhush Government’ and fm, of pretedents, or spend weeks bril-
I ‘il l “l lm* "°“"t'~V ‘mhm "Ol I" if I I 488,- I B in I G0 0 n liriieirir. .opinion trnil Pivrni' out If-mr
‘ ---v  . .~.- 'sr v.i‘~ '. ,, ` ' '
“gm dt dui IM us 'eww tm luvordigiiiiinlteriiliiilg\§eri'tliiri1-ii3Eieii when the: live ’";e;ivi.ewS,`i [hey |mT(;g"iy'("i 11"'
1399 ‘war wus- over,_Br_ltaiii had _to pay the  “'°'"e(;‘.m3' ‘W   “hl"3““_i“'
Il‘t
imine ii y notes ii; .i t -.rind
tl-rne culling Parliairrern. to siiprithr
, . i
The Somh Af"i"“" “mr “mv "ow from South Africa' The muowmg I tlicrn 'is soon as it iuulrl bi tssirrrl I.-
‘ t _ , , _. ,_ » 1 ' 2 2 i  - l,
appear' to have beoii a siiral-l nfli`iir,r W0l`llh by Pl\\iClI-‘Ill Gldlil Uf Queen 3_l Wulf was not declared h,_twUL_|l u:_H,",
ilritnin and Germany until Airgrriit -iilr
but on August ist. when, Gerririiiry <|=--
clrrred war' on Brltain'r» .»\‘llit',-:, Sir"
ltoliert'Boideir seiit ir secret ill-,spain-lr
to the Inrperiai Guverwrrrrciit rrs~l.irr;-,
in what way Caririila could ht-Ip, riirl
sttitiiigftliat he was eoriildeiit that ri r-on
i-'-lilerrible i`oi'ee would bi- uvailzilrli- in
Canada is cusp' of `wur. Acci»ptrrii<-\- or
this offer wus r't,i:eivi-ii on Aiii-,ir.-i ii,
niid`, on the sairre date, :in orili-r wa.
issued berc for inobllization ot t'rni:|
rliair vc'liiiiteei's._ Meaiiirrm-:~i lbrri lol
'lowered were speedy and et'r'¢»'~,liv<-
Subin2ii'lne.\'» were piirelrirseil fin ibi-
defence of the Pacific coast; pri-
etiutlons taken to giiartl the i`i'orrti\~r;
export of ii long list oi artii-lr-s vul-
uable to the enemy’ proliiblterl,
Since that nioinerit, the policy :tir-
ltobert Borden has coirsistcritli' inn'
sued with regard io the war, the ilorrr-
inarit and all-iniportant issue, lrrr-r
b1,>i'n in lirirnrony wlili the spirit or
his initial action in brlngirig t‘un;ri|:r
forward to join the Enrpir'e's lint- or
brittle. ln many ways. lic has <ei'|`;ri-»-il
himself' and eve-'n his party to lit-lp Ilif-
f-atis'-s. Tire i`ull story, like the corrrpli-'ire
history of the war, ifaiiirotbe irrrtolil-
ed today, but Carradians niay bi- rr.--.
sured tht the Prime Mirilster-‘s i-iwtirwl
wil-l ultimately reflect iicw lionui- on
this coun’t1',v.
I i H i 'Z R
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another
ings.
_ We
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to the New York
Fur Auction   Sales
LET the real powers in the fur
buyingworld icompete with one
MORE Silver' Fox buyers are at-
tracted '-to thc New York Sales
than attend any other Fur Auction
sale in me world. `
Our Next Sale Begins,
ON
MARCH 26th
All merchandise for this sale
must be in our warehouse by March
10th. e
- ‘ when requested and store and in-
sure your goods free of charge.
A charge of five per cent is
' made on all goods sold, plus 1 per
per cent discount to the buyer.
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Of tlie World---Sell Furs For You
new ionic rua Auction
siiiss   csoiiroiriirior
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in bidding on your offer.
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tlnotloh, the Dominion fllovemment
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