lt. i i ...tt it ,ti ,. 4 tt; I i tg ; "if .'- tif i i`l` ‘»`iii;~ tt' »; i 'i 5; gi. ,F- ;t,-4,1. It ‘itil fi _""- , t i l, , ,tt 4. it .V I . ` i t .,) t i . .i i ~._,. ,,.,,._,;., ,-'=;_ - .- 1,..- If i ".t' sa... 4-ttf ‘si a .I ,. , t . ,. .. .e t, ‘ ...;i-=' , _ .3 _, _,` t t -'Ft .5 1 I ;h.;, E -i it ; t y.. ` t t ,_‘, ‘it ._ ttf H! i t. ,-1-r- -_-nm-af .§i. .L t t ~ \__.__,....-._.-»- il- ' t' . ' _acl *if- t it .~"‘ ,__ . PAGE FOUR ' 'rr-is cHAnLo1'ra'rowN GUARDIAN - . NOVEMBER 10»1914. "* Z I _ -:- T|"|E -Iz- llhaiiiiileluwn ilua itlian Advertising Phone.... . . . Subscription Phono.... .. . News and Edit. Day Phone.... . .. .. . $ . ....132-3 . ....132-2 .......133 News and Edit. Night Phones.. . . ... . . . . . ,.132 &.133 Head Office at Charlottetown Branch Oificea tide. Atherton, Souria and Montague. "London Office, Marconi House, Stand W. C. at Summer- President. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . ..-A- A- 3i|"~|°¢f Managing Editor.. . .. . ...J. R. Burnett THE FATIiIOT’S PATRIOTISM Otir t-sit-t-nttitl t-ottt».tnpt.rnr,\'. tht- Patriot. fitrtiiiiittt- propt-nsity for rushing in wlit-rt- an has uit uit- gt-ls t`t'-ar to [r,.,,,| || is ip_~,pi-ttpttis. it .sttys things whit~h niakt- its rt-titlt-rs rub tht-ir t-yt-s in lit-wiitlt-rttit‘iit. anti th when tht- "t-xt-itt-itit-iii. is tt\'t>r." sits tlown anti "t"ultni_\' rt-vit-w tht- sittiutioii." ‘lhhhh is its ‘~"~l en nt-xt day. aiteinpts to uivalcnt for witlttlra\\‘iiig all its iiisiittiittioits, itllt-gatiotis anti charges t.i` tht- pr -vi t-.if tint, Probably wht-it wt- taht- tip to-tlii.\">` l'att‘itil. wt- shall lt-arn that "t-oittlt.-niitatiott ot tht- t.twt-rnttit-nt' is a political stil.jt-tit; tililitttiglt in its yt-sit-rtlay`s isstit- it in ins-tliotis politital ttrtit-lo on ilit- ittlinini:~iration trt>tltit'ctl an ol' tht- Pro- iiiiyitittp _»\tt hy tht- intiination that this “is not the tintt- ttir pttlitit-al t-ttittrttvt-rs.\`-" \'~-itht-r is it ilit- tinit- for hlittatit lt\pnt't‘i.~'_\'. .\t this ilit- most t-ritit-til jtiitcttirt- in tht- hi I-In pirt-_ tltt- Patriot atitl its half a tlozt-tt or so patty politiciaits tfonsitlt-r it seently anti wri ttglt- about iht- itllt-,t:t~il lax atlininistration story ol thc tiisgrnntit-tl ptttriotit: to ot` tlte Pro- liibition law. .\'ot it titilt- of t-vitlt-nt~t- in support oi' the tlr.tt-t- t`hurt-lt, tht- pastor. lit-v. .\1r. Littlt-johns, prt-aclting tlttii't:t- is t`tirtht:oniitig, btii wt- nrt- toltl that "Last night in l trtint tht- tt-xt. "Strong tit‘ittk is raging," rt-ferret spetrititrally to tht- non-t-iit`ort-r-ntt-nl oi' our proltibitory law. ln this ttonnt-t-tion ht- rt-ntl tht- rt‘t~ord of tltt- past two yt-urs show- ing tht- ttuitiltt-r ttf t'onvit'tions, tlruitkt-nitt.-ss anti its grati- tiai'ittt-i't-ast-, tltt- itttinht-r ot' ctiiivit-titiits untit- hitittit ,\t‘t. tht- itittnbt~r oi' violators injail anti r tltt- l’rolti- tht: nuntbt.-r of ihost- rt-it-ast-tl. ttigt-tltt-r witlt the it-niltii ol' t.iint.- tht-y st-r'.'t-tl their st-iitt-nt't-, tt-riiis ttpt>n'\\'itit-li tht-y it-:ist-tl anti tltt- nantt-s of tht- partit-s in authori ortlt-rs such rt-lt-ast-s ltutl bt-t-it grantt-tl. Iit al this tlot-unit-nt will ht- ptililisliotl in tht- prt-ss pt-oplo tnay sci- for tltt-iiist.-lvt-s tht- t-xat-t t- at`t`ttirs. anti wito at't- ilitist- who art- standing in it propt-r t-iii`ort't-iiit-nt of tht- at-t. "'l`ht- statt-mt-nt was niattlt- that the press to publish this tit-tailt-tl statt.-int-nt. So far as liatl bt-cn ru- ty hy wltttst- I probability so that the oiiditioii of tht- way ot’ itatl rteftist-tl the Patriot is t'rint:t-rttt-d tiit- rt-vt-rt-ntl gt-ntlt-tnan hits bt‘.t‘n inisinfornt- t-tl, bt.-,t-ausc tht- Patriot has tit-vt-r yt-t bt-,t-tt ask it; iitilt-ntl tht- t-xisit-nt-c ol' sttt-lt it papt-r had n our kiitiwlt-tlgt-." .\'ct‘tl our rt-atlt.-i‘s bi- siirprist-tl to it-urn tha tltitirtiiati itot' any titltt-i' tit-tvspitpt-r rt-l`ust-tl to cd to publish C\`CI` COIIIC I0 t nt-ilht-r tht: pnliiisli this pri-t-iotis tltit-timt-it|`.’ 'l`iit- st:t|t»itit-nt is on it par with niut-- tt-nih.-: oi' thtist- t-inanating 1`rtint tht- clique wliicli is at pre- st--nt t-iitlt-u\'otti'iug to run tltt- 'l`t-tiipt-raticc .\liiant-t- with liaist-r~likc nit-lliotl:¢. ' 'I`ht- (ltiartliaii tottlt tht- troiiblt- to t-ttt|uirt- at tht- lit-v. .\Ir. i.ittlt-jtilins` for his atititority for this statt-int-nt. anti t\'t-rt- tztitirlt-tiusly ttiltl that ltt- had het-it inisin t`tn'1nt‘tl, that tht- tltit-nmt-nt ltatl not bt-t-it offt-rt-tl to tltt- press, 'I‘li.-\'l` l'l‘ t‘f)l`l.l) .\'t)'l` llltl Sl'l‘l’l.ll~ll) 'l`() 'l`liliits. -ailing state- 'l`ltt-rt- art- lionorahit- int-niht-rs of the l’rt.‘sb_\'tt-ry who wtttiitl .-=t~ttrn, kiiowiiigly and willitiirly. to t:otittt tat tics, just as tht-rv nrt- nit-ntbcrs who t-untlitll iit-\'t-r ht-t'ttrt- in tht- hisittry ot' l’rint'tt litltvnrtl fit-ti-riiittt-itt tlont- inttri- for prtihiliititin than st-iii. 'l`ht-rt- art- int-ntbt-rs of the l’rt-sbytt-ry t-naittzc out-it y atlinit that lslantl has it has tht- prt-- wlio i'rankl_\‘ at'1.ttti\\'lt-tlgc that ittitii tht- prt-.=.t‘iit Govt-rnnit-tit cantt- into po vt-r it was alisttltttt-ly intptissihlt- to gt-t violalitins ot’ tht- ltti ttir law tit tht-ii' rt-spt-t-ti\'t- tlistricts paid att'-iitititt to; tliiit no isooiitrr hatl tht-_v brougltt tht: sliglitcst tht- l`ttt:ts to tltt :ittt-ntittn of tht- prt-st-ni .\ittiriit-y-Gt-itttral than he pi.-itptly toolt at-tion whitth ptit, tht- latv-brt‘nkt-rs out of lttisiitt-,-.s. lint unit-ss pt-ttplo tio tiring torittai t: th- attt-ntioii oi tht- .\ttornt-y~(;t-tit-ral ht- can oittplainls to not act. aitti ht-'-- is just wht-rt- tht- l‘rt-.sbytt-ry anti 'l`t-tttpt-mitt.-tr Al- liaiit-t- t-:iii ht- ot itttiitvtist- ttssistttitt-t-. Insttrat int: tltt-iitst-lt-t-it with czirping t-ritit-isnttt. of th l of t-ontt-nt- t- naturt- litt- Iott-tl ol' tltt- i'atriot, \t'i-t~t- all tht- ntcnibt-rs to tio wltat niatty itrt- tlttiittz, inotiltl ptiblit- tipiiiitiii. raist- tht-. stantlartl oi' pup. _ . ' , I , V _ _ . . D lit ttpiiilon .t til bring pitlilit tipinitin to lit-ar u tion, tht-n tht-rt- wonltl ht- an t-ittl tii` tht- iilt-gal on the ques- tlrink tratlc aittl all its t-oitst-t|tit-tit-t-s. lltit so long as tlisgruntldtl poli- tiviziits anti ptilitit-al pursuits attt-ntpt to ntakt- ital tint of thi- 'l`t-inpt-raiit't- qiit-stittn by using political cap- it as tt trott- vt~nit-iit stick with whit-li to ht-labor the Goverinnent, Iittitt progrt-ss may bt- t-xpt-t'tt-tl. The ht-st of tht- rt-forint-rs hr\lit-vt- lit tht- t-liit'at-_v of ntorttl tempt-rantrc stiaslon anti t‘ltrlstian t-tliit-s in |irt-t`t»rt-iit't- to tht- (Dt-rinttn mt-tiiotls o|` briitt- t`tirt-t- so ht-lot't-tl ot' it vt-ry small htt anti tiiitzliaritnhlt- st-t-tioii til tht- 'l‘t-nipt-rttnt-t- .» t‘t`tiri»tt‘ wt- art- uwitrt- that lin- at-iitnl of this vc-ry tlrasi,it'all_v t-rltit-ist-tl by t-t-rtain incntltt-rs li_\'t,t-ry anti titht-rs. itt tht- titnt- til' tht- last annual ini' "lf-ailing nit-n into tt-ittptation untl tht-n I bt-fore tht- t-otirts oi' jiistlct- itl`ti-r tht-_v liatl _\'l I very nttitty \||iunt:t-. fit' st-tftioli was nf tht- Pras- t-oiivt-ittloii, tttllfng litem t-ltlctl to the lt-inptntlon." 'l`ht- art was lit-ld to bc- un-llritisli, unjust anti un-f‘liristlttii-likt-; itntl t-vltlt-ntl_v this has thc minds anti t'tinst~it-iit-t-s of tht- chit-1' t-onaplr t'olIt‘-ugtit-s. with tltt- rt,-suit that ti t-uict-t-ssfttl rnnklctl in ator and his attempt has ht-en tnatln to litvt-igle tht- fouittttiii-ht-ad of tltt- l'rttshytt-r- lan t'hiirth lit tht- island into it formal t-ntlortttinit-itt and approval of tht-so t-lfttrls--notwltltstantling that intlivltlual mt-nibt-rs had prt-vioiisly t-xprt-sat-tl tht-lr con vltziion that tht.-se tuniic int-,tltotls t‘t>tiltl not ht- entirr-ly t-ommttntletl. 'l"ht-, political scltttnit-rs inay hope to make stunt: ct-tpital bv lheat- tactics btit we think tht-y will find their mistake. The country has something more aoriouia to think about in the present crisis than the petty bickerings and disgrunt- led fault-finding ttf a few t-harttcieristic junitt-r _____L_.___0________ H. COMMISSION OI" CUNSERVATION That the conservation movement has made Annual Report." of the Commission of Conserv distinct pro- aroaa during the pant. year is clearly indicated in the "Fifth a tion, wlii& tl-Ion. Clifford Sifton, covered the Commlsaioifs activities with respect to waters and water powers, minerals. Public health, agriculture, fisheries and £ur~bearlng animals and fort-sts, indicating clearly and succinctly a number of the problems that had been grappled with and the advances that hatl been made in their solution. Several aspects of the problems of public health are dealt with in the report by well known authorities. Dr. Hodgetts' in a brief address. summarizes the work of 'the Committee on Public Health presents reports on such vital problems as “infant Mortalify." “First Ait§to the iti- jured" and the work of the City Planning Conference held in Chicago anti Boston in 1913. Mr. G. Frank Beer. former- ly of this province, president oi’ the Toronto Housing Co., develops at some lengtlt tlte housing anti city-planning question in Canada with especial reference tothe work of ithe 'l‘ot-onto Housing t‘.o., anti Col. J. ll. Borland outlines legislative. retiuirt.-ments for town-planning. .\lr. J. Walter Jones follows in detail the progress in the t‘ontmittee on Fisheries was confined. during 1913, t.-ltit-fly in tlte tit-velopment of the oyster industry. Hon. _-\. Arsenault describes the new method of leasing oyster 'ot-tis in l't1nt-e i-Jtlwartl Island. This method was atlvotfatctl by the t' inin-is;-ion two years ago and will do tnuth to re- aciterat- the oyster industry in the Maritime Provinces The rt-port contains a number of splendid illustrations anti gives in concise form niticlt information that is of value to all Cttnatliaits interested in the conservation of our nat- ural resources. .___?.;._O_l.____i__ , MUTUAL IIEEP Ont- of our English ext-ltaitges, commettting on some notable changes brought about by the \var, mentions the “County spirit awakened by the fact that each County has its owit regiment and the esprit-de~corps is sustained by the fact that the noncommlssioitetl and commissioned ollit-t-rs and men all come from tht- same part. Local tra- ditions, local effort. have been heavily tliscotnttctl in tlte past, tltcir rt-tiuissance is among the good things war luis brought." 'l‘hc cltangt- in the niilitary system of Grt-at llritain, ut about the time that changes in ottr Uaitadiait system merged Prince Edward lslatttl in the New Brunswick dis- trict, is wltat is referred to as having “heavily discounted local traditions anti local cllort." We have ito tloubt suf- icrretl similarly. and it is qtiitt- possible that the t-sprlt-tie- t't.trps, which aconipanies lot-al t-,ffort ttnd friendly rivalry, may be wanting. When wt- are asked to merge our best effort as a Province witlt what is being dont- in another province it tleprivt-s us of niut~h of the incentive which makes for t.-tlit-ient-_v. lint this is tio tiint- for hair splitting. We art- now facing the tttt;-ru rt.-:tlitit-s of war, i`itt-ing it prohlt-nt to whit-li modern Britons are stmiigt-rs, that ot' saving the life tit' the Em- pire, anti our duty lit-s in obeying the one clear call. “Duty." lt is not tt niattt-tt of rivalry with our sister prov- inc-es, not a mttttt-r of spt-ctatzular tlrill; it is a mutter o' life anti tlcath. it tttutter in whittlt tht- call comes to all and in which the tluty is to tio anti to risk aiitl to sacrifice. \\'hitt are wc tloing about it? \\'httt are we going to tio about. lt? The call is not alone to those wlto had prev- iously been in military service; it is to all, to those wlto are tin :t position to make the cxtreiut-. sacrifice of giving thom- 'selvt-s, or their ltusbautls or their sons, anti, as well to those \vltotti age or physical unfltncss or unavoidable duty prrvt-tits making the txtremc sat'i‘iiict-. And wt- should tzaroftilly wt-igh thc. tlil`t`eret\t-ti between these two t.-iitsst-s. 'l`ht-y who go to the front art- risking ali, sattrillciitg all. lift.-, ltonit-, lovt-.tl ones; ihost- who rt-inaiit at ltoittt- nrt- asked --not to ntakte it sacriflt-t-, btit to give reasonably, tlet,-entl,\'. in proportion to their mt-ans. Anti iii this wt-. still lack the esprit-tie-corps that in every undertaking tnakes for t-llit-ittnt-y. iiitherto, very largely, tht- hurtictis have been tisstimod by the contparalivt-ly poor; wt- have had tio large gifts; our subscription lists, wht-.n rt-.ad itbroati, while pt-r- haps cvitlcticittg the general t-.oinfort iiittl prosperity of which wc so frequently boast, give no iittiicatiou yt-I ot` tiutstantiing llhcrality on the part ot' those who can afitirtl to bc generous. Still otir giving is not over, tht: time for sacrilitft-~-cxt:cpt in tht-. suprcntt- sat-,riiitto of going or st,-ntlittg to the l'ront--has not yet cultic, anti we ina_\' yt-t rt-tlettiii ourselvt-,s. In tht: nicantinlt: the word, Ditty, sltoultl be kept in view, tht-, duty that lic-s at our own hantl, not tltat ol’ others. It is tt time t`or niutual ltelp. for mutual encouragcincnl., i`or mutual burden hearing. _.______L,__l_ CANADIAN BORN CON TINGENT » I\liit~lt has bt-cn saitl, says the Mall anti ltlntpirt-, both pri- vatt-iy anti pub|it'.l_\', about thc fact that a large proportion of titost- who enlisted in the t`anatlian contingent now in liuglttntl. were English, Scotch or Irish bortt. The implica- tion of this was that the nntivt- Utntatliati young int.-it were slow to t-nlist. lt is, perhaps, true that the men from liri- taiii rcallztrtl more tiuickly than f‘anatlians what the war rt-itlly ntt-ant, and th‘c t-.arly environment of nittny ol tltcnt igavtt tltt-iti ii fantiliarity with military' tluties :intl needs ab- sent in the tfuse ot' (‘anntlian youths. A ttotisitierttble pro- portion ot` thc militia regiments tvoitsistti of "British-borit." .\lort:vtir, tts single men were always given the preference in tho st-.lt-tzlloit for the contingent, anti a inutrlt larger pet'- cc-iitage of thc "lirltlttlt-born" volunteers were single than in the case of the tlattadiatts, more ot' them were at-t-t-,ptetl for flint reason. llut in the forming ol tht-. set-oiitl contin- gent. the Caitiitiiatt-borit should be so well rt-.pre-.scittctl t.ltut unfavorable coinparison will be impossible. The circum- stanct.-s ot' tht- raising of the first contingent tin not at all justify critlt-istn of tht- youth of this country. \’Vliolc regi- ments ot' Cuiitttliaits offered thmnaclvos almost cn bloc. It would bc well. at the same limo, to have tippearaitces more to t’itnatla's trrttdit. There will be pit-.nty of opportunity for all to go who want to go before the war is over. The l<`rciit.-lt-Vaitatlittn unit about. to bt- raiactl in Quebec, 5.000 strong, or perhaps larger, shows the worth of criticisms of l-‘rt-itch-(Tanndittns. As ntut-iii will be provt-n in thc case of iiritislrspeaking <‘aiiatlu. ._____;_0__m.__. NOTES 'Vito power of the llritlsli navy is rnfletetctl in the fact that September exports from the United States to Ger- many declined l'ro|n $35,000,000 in 1913, to $2,378 in 1914. while Amerlcait exports to the United Kingdom fell off only 27 per ct-nt. Menibt-rn of German singing societies to the nuntber of 500.000 art- to invade (`anatla is the report from the United States. Well, if the invasion comes we will have to stand it, btit in the name of humanity it is to be hoped the in- vndt-rs will not sing. That would be too much. On one point we can be sure. .That is as to EBYDL lf there is a man who known Egypt its importance. and who has studied every phase of Ita is Kit- anti it is a sate bet that fur-farming* in Canada during the past year. The work of ` LET IIS BE FAIR Sir: 'Are we fairi to our Volunteer Militia, especially the odlcors? Never batting worn the Kings Yniiorm yet; I ant willing to live and let live: Latterly there is much comment; in ipublic and private most of which is overdrawn and _unfair in the opinion of the' writer. It is easy to criticise. Our~voluuteer Militia is really only kindergarten work and 'all it calls for is a training of twelve days in each year for three years or in all thirty-six days, unless there is a re- -enlistment. The remuneration for tbl! time for the privates is about one dollar per day and our workmen, even on the streets, get one dollar and a half a day, so our rank and file are certainly handsomely paid for their time! But what of the oilicers who arc, so proud to appear out on parade with their gold braid? Judging from remarks heard on every side they must have bled the Federal treasury white and just think, they are not all oil to the front, after having ac- cepted ao much of Cattada'a wealth! How much of the latter is true? When a man gets his 1ientenant's promotion, he has the privilege of providing himself ut his own ex- pense, with an outfit that costa hint. one hundred and forty dollars anti proof as to cost, the itten in the ,overseas contingent were allowed ‘that amount in remuneration. for theirs when at Valcartier, but our men on hottie defence duty at. llalilax, Cnnso and Sydney .llinaa 1 believe so far ‘have the proud distinction of having themselves paid forttbeir officers our- iits to we-ar and carry when on duty protecting the homes of even those \vho‘are talking so glibly about their cominanders. Next step, they must attend a mi'ii:ary college for a term, sutlicicntly-,long to qualify, for'which they receive the handsome sum suffic- ient. to cover their actual and necess- ary travelling and board expenses- Nothing for their time except what they learn. Now against the lieuten- ant'a one hundred and forty dollars and time he gets less than two and ,1 half dollars a day for twelve days each yet-tr which, counting interest, would take him about six years to pay for his outfit providing, he has no otltcr expenses. What of the time he has spent and thc many times he has to dip down into his own pocket? Why have training and Gump at all if nty statements are correct? When \'-ar was declarctl this Iiindzr- ',;artt-.tt tts a. speaker at the Patriotic Meeting said, in less than twenty- ifottr hours one hundred utttl twenty i men ittlly equipped with guns similar to thc ones that rt-,li-cvtzd l.adysn'titli had sailed away to protect our hom- es with tht-ir lives if necessary; per- haps a record mobilization. Later seventy-fotir men gathered direct front this Island at Valcarticr and probably three httndred more boys brought. tip in l'. ld. Island joined that i`ontiniIent the second oi' the two most patriotic anti never to be for-,gotten happcniiigs in t'-nnndiun llittttti-y, (‘ould tt rccorti he had of the britvc three liuntlrcd `l would bt- sttrprisetl ii, lilttt the Soutlt African Contingents and the noble seventv~ lout' there wottltl only be ti small nitmbttr who had not begun their military training in our Kiittlergart- cn. . -.\l;tny Ol our (ttiiccrs and mvn who have given largely of their time and mont-.y in this movement are ttntit-i' ofier to the proper ttuthorities :intl it might; ht- best for its to wait anti let them decide tvliere our men arc tnoS€ not-.tit-tl. tmp lieitdtitinrtt-rs have httt-it pl.tt'etl out of the province. Were such not the rust- and uieu were tutistetati-.: here lor tlrill itutl guurti duty n-i doubt ther- \-.'t>tt‘tl lin iii-t~rn iiitwe tut- thuslusnt in our nzltlst. Since writing the ab0V0 U10 Eli'-Iwi" iticr have matle,a further selection. I ant Sir, etc., J. S. IlAL5t\'.-lille. Sir,---lt is a pity twat. tu this time oi' tlitllt-.ulty anti tlunger, any inan sltnultl think it ltis duty or rt-,gard it its his privilt-gc to viliiy and ltoltl tip to public scorn a hotly of nit-.tt to whom this province already owt-i-t ntticlt anti to whont, befort- this war is ovt-r, it is certain to owt- still mort-. it is tlottbly a pity that any man, no matter how high his position. should so far forgt-t liitnsttif its tit sttizc tht- oppor- iunlty of a gre-at pntrlotit: gutlicriitix. at which wort- nsst-ntn.etl tlte ntotht-rs. wivo:-i and sisters til` men who have gout- to the front or otht-r\\'lst- t`rttt:ly olierctl tlioir t-ttervlces to their count ry. to iiiisreprescnt nntl slantlor the iorcc to tvliit'h tltese mt-,it are lH‘UU