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Ladies’ Coats $6.50
.-\ii0tlier lol received by express-in light weight mater-
. ial, finished with belt-military effect, in blue and grey; special
values, $6.50, $7.50 to $8.00.
Ladies' Suits at $12.00
Made from goodquality, all-wool navy serge, well lin-
.shed ; price $12.00. Positively the best $12.00 Suit in the city.
Wash Goods '
\\`e are showing today a large assortnient of \\-'ash
Goods, the largest ever shown in the city, in white, colored,
inoirc and crepe at 2oc. per yard-fancy and stripe ripplette,
white honey-coinb cloth at 24c. per yard, colored ratiiie suitiiig
550, white and fancy crepes at 15c_ per yard.
Boy's Sweaters 25c Z E
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Iii light-weiglit material, just
the thing for this season of the year,
uiade in both short and long sleeves,-
price .15 cents. .»\lso fine \\`ooi Cash-
mere to lit boys from 4 to ro years of
age at 65 cents each. This is one of
the liest values yet sliowii by tis iii this
line oi goods.
Ladies’ Hose 2 Pair for Z5c
\\`e have received direct from the largest niaiiufacturer
in Caiiaila. a large .sliipiiieiit of Ladies' llose in all shades,-
two special \'aliie_< :it i5c. each or two for 25C. Otir'25c. Hose
is zi sti'oii_; leailer; iiiost people sell it for 356. per pair. Ulllcf
lines at 350, 5oe., 75c., and $1.00.
Hose .for Men
At 15c, 25C, 35c, 50c, and 750 per pair.
Children’s Straw Hats
llats suflicioiit for every kiddy in tlie city, in all the
seas0ii`s nialtes of new llats at 250, 350, 5oc., Goc., 75c.
and $l.§,ri.
Ladies’ Chamois Gloves
'l`liei‘e has lieen a coiisideralilc sliortage in these goods
this seasoii, but we have just received from the manufacturers
a line at 75c. per pair. A full line of Perrin’s French Kid
Gloves at $1.15 and $1.50
Boy’s Wash Suits
_\ large assortment in,-price from 750. per stiit to $3.50
each. 'l`licse suits are froni one of the best niaiiufacturers in
New York City; bought them direct from the iiiaker to save
the iiiidiIleiii:iii’s profit.
Towelling
ln this department we are sliowing some special values
at Sc.. ioe., i2c. and i5c. per yard. ,
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Print Cotton at l0c
\\`e are offering for sale now a large quantity of prints,
-regular value i2c. per yard, for loc. 2,000 yds. iii the lot,
Men’s Suits
worth $l0 to $12
for 7.50
100 suits in this
lot
A iiianufacturer
offered tis :i clearing
price of 100 men’s
tweed suits that have
just arrived, and placed
on sale iio\v at $7.50 per
suit; sizes from 34 to
44. You ought to get
one at once as \vc sold a
large lot yesterday.
Ladies’ Dresses
Worth 7.50
 for ssc
We arc clearing out a lot of ladies' dresses that were
carried over from last season. Remember that every dress in
this lot of 48 dresses have been carried over from last season,
iiolwitlistaiiiliiig there is only a slight difference iii the make
of them for this year. They are all buttoiied in the back.
The prices range from $4.00 to $7.50 each. They run in sizes
from 34 to 40. You may have your choice now from the lot
nt  each, in Mantle Department, second floor.
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MONDAY. MAY 31, 1915.
AN EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT
ln the course of our discussion of the financing of the
Province under the Liberals we have shown clearly, first,
that they acted unjustly and corruptly iii failing to exact
taxation from all from whom it was due; and secondly, in
not accounting honestly for the disposal ol’ the 111039)'
after it reached their hands. The farmer tolls and sweats
from early morning till dewy eve, and very few of them
take any active part in politics. Titel' bitterly l'0'5¢l1li
being “done", however, and having once discovered that
they had become the prey of the wily grits to fatten and
batten on, they have been aroused to such indignation that
nothing The Patriot may say to again lure them to de-
struction will have nny effect. The false comparisons and
fraudulent misrepresentations so characteristic of I our
Contemporary’s modus operandi are now of "ttle hvail.
The facts are so patent and so readily ascertainahle that
no one who does not purposely' desire to be misled. C811
possibly be taken in by them. One of the best testimonials
to the efficiency and honesty of the present Government
is to be found in the collection of taxes. Without increal-
Ing taxation one cent, the present Government collected
last year $71,715 more than did the Liberals In 1911. This
include-s the value of the labour of the farmers on the
roads, and it is noteworthy that the present Government
allowed the farmers $1.50 per day against $1.00 per day
allowed by the Liberals. The Road Tax is spent in the
districts in which it is collected and the farmers are the
best supervisors of the roud-masters in the discharge of
their duties. Apart from the Road Tax, the increased
value of which ls principally due to additional 50 cents
per day being paid the farmers for their labour, the Gov-
ernment collected $52,639 more in 1914 than did the Lib-
crals, and none of which was from the farmers, but from
other taxation principally from corporations financed from
abroad and from death duties. Thus the farmers see what
can be achieved in their behalf by an honest, efficient
executive whose one object is to advance the interests of
the province and make its inhabitants as a whole more
than those of any other part of Canada.
_____._____O_l___
SAVINGS DEPOSITS
ln the statement just issued of balances at credit of
depositors in the Dominion Savings Banks in the differeiit
provinces the following comparative figures will be of in-
terest:
Bal. Apr. 1,1914 Bal. Apr. 1,1915
Nova Scotia.. .. ._ ....$11,-422,115.10 $4,-416,508.67
New Bruns\viek.... . .. 5,985.745.91 5,930.50-4.73
Manitoba.. ._ .. .. .. 604,648.34 575,496.82
British Columbia.. .. .. 1,05-1,906.20 1,157.398.54
P. E. Island.. .. ._ .. 1,§i08,90l.30 1,926,255.08
There are several features in connection . with the
above that it will be well to note. lt will be noted in the
first place that Prince Edward Island and British Columbia
alone increased their savings deposits during the year.
ln the next pla ce the relative amounts on deposit will
be of interest. The deposits per head of the population, ac-
_cordilng to the census of 1911 are, in round numbers, as
follows: Nova Scotia, $8.90; New Bruswick, $16.80; Mani-
toba, $1.20; British Columbia, $2.90; Prince Edward Island,
$20.30.
While our province has more actual cash per head of
the population, salted down in the Savings Banks than
any of our sister provinces. and while it is an index of our
thrift and general prosperity, it cannot be set down to the
credit of our enterprise. We have stored up our money too
carefully; salted it down at three per cent. when in some
progressive enterprise it would not only be earning a liigli~
er rate of interest for its owner but also helping to build
up the province. Progressive countries have their money
invested ii, industries and local activities, not in savings
banks, and our savings, amounting to nearly two millions,
if invested in some progressive business, or divided up
among industries existing or prospective, would be a very
iniich more profitable speculation than simply leaving it in
the 'bank. We are richer than our neighbors and could be
very much richer than we are if we had a little more en-
terprise. _
Says London Evening News:-The invasion of Britain
has begun. '
A body of the one-my about 16,000 ln number is already
hi London awaiting the arrival of reinforcements.
These invaders did not land upon our shores from
German transports, nor ilid they come by way of the air.
They were already here when the war began, and in spite
of the fact that they are enemies. and in many instances
avowed and open enemies, they have been permitted very
much the some privileges as the Britons who surround
them. '
France has long ago interned all her allen enemies.
and so has Russia. But then France and Russia distrusted
Germany, and had made considerable preparation to meet
the German attack. The British Government, which, ln
spite of countless warnings, long placed an implicit trust
in the good faith of Germans ln Germany. is alone ln its
belief in the good faith of Germans ln Britain.
So it comes about that Germany has her advance
guard ln London, and the Metropolitan Police, many of
them fit young men\who ought to be at the front, are oc-
cupied in the wholly impossible task of keeping the enemy
under strict surveillance. ' _
It was only the other day that Lord Haldane informed
us that he could not bring himself to believe that Herr
~Ballln could tell a lie. He preferred to think that that
great and good man was afflicted with a trenchoro ,
iiomory. We do not know if Lord Haldanehroolfitkuxf'
ate of bln opinion, but we do know that the notion 'flndoi
_ lho difllqulty in believing that Herr Bellfn lo very likotlio
,,-
,‘ prosperous, more comfortable and hence n'0re contented-
vastanojorfty' of his countrymen, and that his memory is
vrbbiblr 61° oily udp; \b<)`iit7‘ 'him to which me word
"treacherous" does not slimy.
Wherever we have encountered our enemy We hit"
found him as kindly, as reasonable, and as full of humane
Dfillcioles as a. mad dos. The story which began with Ter-
monde and Louvuln, which was continued by the shelling
and bombarding -of our' undefended seaside resorts. bl' U19
treacherous use of poisonous gas, by piracy at sea, and
Which 611115 for. the moment with the massacre of in-
nocent, British und neutral. on the Lusltania, is to most. of
“S quite clear and connected, and il' we are asked to be-
lieve that the Germans who are permitted to walk our
streets in their thousands are incapable, given the oppor-
illlllty. of stabbing us in the back as n fit and proper re-
ward for our kindness, we must refuse to do so.
That is why the spectacle of thecnemy in our midst.
waiting for reinforcements, athlete us with an _intolerable
.sense of our own folly as a nation. _ The reinforcements
need not to be tu the shape of armed men landed on our
shores. They may come as bombs from the sky, and w_e
are already informed, via New York, that when the Zepp~
lins visit London the Germans resident there will assist
in spreading fires north, south, east and west. There is
.nothing to surprise us in such 'a threat; rather should we
be astonished, in the light of what Germany has done, if
no attempt were made to carry it out.
That is tho reason why “The Evening News" has de-
voted so much attention to the question of the alien enemi-
es in our midst, and why it will continue to devote its en-
erglm to the matter until he Government takes the now
inevitable step of lnterning every enemy allen of military
age at large in this country. Thosewho stlllcherlsh an
affection for Germany can console themselves with the re-
flection that this course has now become necwsary in the
interests of the aliens themselves.
We have never counselled mob vloleiice against Ger-
mans in Britain. We have said. and we still say. with all
the earneatness of which we are ca.pable,.that mob vio-
lence can only disgrace us and can serve no useful end,
but we do most heartily welcome such action as has been
taken on the stock exchange, the Baltic and other business
centres.
We only wish for our enemies humane treatment 'in
suitable camps, treatment far better than is being accord-
ed to British civilians or soldiers in Germany, but this
treatment, must be immediate and it must be permanent.
There must be no more releasing of supposed "harmless"
Germans to take up posts in London hotels or elsewhere
with the assistance of the police. The thing must be done
at once and finally if we are to be saved from o very real
and present danger. ~
NOTES
Austria.-Hungary, Belgium, France, Germany, Japan,
Montenegro, Russia. Serbia, the British Empire, Turkey
and italy, and probably ni0re` t'o‘ come. lf, as some claim,
out of war comes good, then the greater part of the
civilised world is destined for a period of righteousness
such as the earth has not known for a long time.
Switzerland is now completely surrounded hy warring
nations, which means among other things that her foreign
trade is practically suspended and that she will have to
look after a multitude of refugees. The old republic of
E\1i‘0De. while at peace, is in a position of unfortunate
isolation.
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If it be true, as reported from Petrogrnd, that the first
step has been taken toward restoring the use of the Polish
language in the schools ot' Russian Poland, those troubled
subjects of the Czar who live where the periphery of his
dominion wedges into Europe will rejoice greatly. In the
mass of conflicting statements, full of bias and exaggera-
tion, tlie weight oi' evidential value appears to rest with
the] report that the Russian Poles have rendered more
useful service to their overlords. And in no way could
the Czar bind closer to him these high-spirited people
than by such acts as the reported concession of the rlglit
to have the instruction ot' tlielr children carried on in the
language of their fathers.-N.Y. Sun.
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God of our fathers' at whose
call
We now before Thy footstool
-_ fall;
Whose grace has made our
Empire strong.
Through love of right, and
hate of wrong.
In this dark hour we plead
with Thee
For Britain's cause on land
and sea.
Not for the lust of war we
fight,
But for the triumph of the
right;
The strife we hate is on us
thrust,
Our aims are pure, our
cause is just;
So strong in faith we plead
with Thee '
For Britain‘s cause on land
and sea.
Asleep beneath Thine ample
dome.
With many a tender dream
of home;
Or charging in the dust and
glare,
With war blots hurtllng thro-
ugh the air;
ln this dark hour we plead
with Thee
For Britaln's sons on land
and sea.
lf wounded ‘ln the dreadful
Be thtiliayfhoir comfort and
lf dyliiléii-ngézrthey, for' sin-
ln thiowggrlaqliéur we plead
For Brltain'c sons on land
and aes.
And soon. 0 Blessed Prince
of Ponce.
Bring in the days when War
shall cease, , ,
And mon and brothers shall
_ unite, , '_ .
To fill tho world with lovo`
0 -‘glfld "SRI
ipituhiie; Lani. we piwi
" with Thee’ .
_I-"oi~,_Britain’s cause on land
" ” and ou. '
LONDON, May 29.--“The
levlty of our women," says
Miss Marie Corelli in The
Navy, “apart from those
who are engaged in sick
nursing and charitable
works, and who are happily
numerous, is almost unbe-
lievable; their outrageous,
not to say positively crazy
‘new fashions' in dress,
their ‘dinner dances' at Lon-
don restaurants, their
‘bridge parties’ and their
‘night clubs’ make one tlilnk
of the warning words of the
prophet Isaiah:
‘Rise up ye women that
are at ease; hear my voice
ye careless daughters; give
ear unto my speech, Many
days and years shall ye be
troubled, ye careless we-
men; for the vintage shall
fall, the gathering shall not
comet’
“Every woman should at
this present moment Be well
on the alert," agds Miss
Corelli, "eager, e thuslas-
ti`c and ready to_ inspire,
oven to command the youth
of the rising generation;
and among other dutlesrfall-
ing to their lot is distinctly
that of teaching their own
boys,” and other women's
boyil” too, the inestlmable
vhluo of service in the
Navy." - nm
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