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1i Chas. G. Cumming | THIRD AVENU WRIGLEY‘S Phone 64 P.0. Box 186 F. C. H. SIMMS, «ho EJaveur Losi{s JPA3 :5 Three of a kind Keep them in mind usn‘ > * «ty Real Estate and Insurance MADE IN CANADA ON SALE WHEREVER CONFECTIONS ARZE SCLD Timmins Representative Ciiew it after every meal P RCUPINE ;“-i: # b lt P ie $ ALLIES HAVE STAKED ThE LAST DOLLAR UPON DEMOCRAGY Two weeks ago The Advance made rather extended reference to the reâ€" ception given M. Vivani, former Premier of France, on his visit to Ottawa where he was given the freeâ€" dom of the Canadian Parliament. This week mention must be made of the similar honor extended to a forâ€" mer Prime Minister of Great Britain, Hon. A. J. Balfour. Like the visit of the great French Statesman, the visit of the great British Statesman was an historic event in its present intluâ€" ence and its future effect. The adâ€" dress of the Hon. Mr. Balfour last week to the Parliament, like that of M. Vivani two. weeks previously, evoked singular enthusiasm at the time and promises lasting influences on Canadian thought and aspiration. Here the apparent similarities seem to end. M. Vivani was thickâ€"set, rugâ€" ged.â€"a man of intense vitality and with burning zeal,â€"as one newspaper correspondent phrased it. Mr. Balâ€" four was tall, lithe after the aristoâ€" cratic British type, quiet in manner and with apparent inteilectualism deâ€" veloped to the point of coldness,â€"exâ€" cept for that ceaptivating smile. That smile seemed to rival the famous ‘"sunny smile‘‘ of Sir Wilfrid Laurâ€" ier‘s for winning the hearts of the members of Commons and Senate. At any rate, it so eaptivated parliament that someone started the singing of ‘‘For He‘s a Jolly Good Fellow." Some prim persons may think such a song was undignified in the sacred precinets of the House. It was not. It was an honest expression of a true feeling, so it was all right, all right. It broadened the smile on Mr. Balâ€" four‘s face,â€"careworn that face apâ€" pears in repose,â€"and then the crowd fairly thundered the verse, ‘‘See Him Smiling.‘‘ So Says Hor. A. J. Balfour in Adâ€" dress to Commons and Senate. US.‘ * He touched in philosophic strain on the difficulties of demoecracies. Democracy, he admitted, was not an easy form ut (Government. "But when Democracy,‘‘ he conâ€" tinued amid applause, *‘‘sets itself to work, when it really takes the busiâ€" ness in hand, I hold the Â¥aith most firmly that it will beat all the auâ€" tocracies in the world, but it will not beat them easily, it will not beat them without effort, it will not beat them unless it is prepared to forego temporarily, it may be, those diviâ€" sions which in a sense are the very life blood a free, vigorous and rapidly developing community. That is the paradox and the difficulty which lies at the root of demoâ€" cracy."‘ We have staked our last dollar upon democracy,"‘‘ he said, ‘*‘and if demoâ€" cracy fails us we are bankrupt indeed. But I know that democracy will not farl Mr. Balfour spoke as a philosoâ€" pher, not as an orator. M. Vivani was an orator first. Only onee did Mr. Balfour seem to forget his philâ€" osophy in the heights of eloquenee. Mr. Balfour brought a message of vital import to Canada at the preâ€" sent crisis. ‘*We cannot have a deâ€" mocracy without parties,‘‘ he pointâ€" ed out. But‘‘ he added in warning tone, ‘‘every section, every party must be subordinated to the one purâ€" pose."‘ _.Other points in Mr. Balfour‘s adâ€" dress were :â€" Strength derived from having beâ€" hind the consent of a free people is greater than all the strength that can be given by the most elaborate and tyrannical system â€" of military despotism. Free nations will come out of this struggle with the lesson fully learned that patriotism will always overcome the dangers and difficulties inherent in a democratic constitution. When war burst unexpectedly _ a political miracle oceured within the British Empire. No greater event has ever happened in the history of civilâ€" ization than the way in which the coâ€" ordinate democracies have worked toâ€" gether. _Both the Premier and Sir Wilfrid Laurier replied in brief but eloquent addresses. Sir Wilfrid in the course of his address used these words:â€" ‘"‘England, the name of England, the champion of liberty, the mother of living nations. England, great at all times, was never greater than at this moment. Never was greater, I repeat, and because of what? â€" Because toâ€" day England is home of civiliâ€" ation, and the torror of the enemies of civilization. in Germany toâ€"day the ery is, **GoJ Strafe England." But everywjere eise on the seven seas, throughout the five continents, in the mansions of% the great, and in the enttages of every day the e home of civiliâ€" crror of the enemies in Germany toâ€"day «1 Strafe England.‘"‘ cise on the seven e five continents, < the great, and in he lowly, there arises crvent and yet more THE PORCUPINE ADVAXNCE at? â€" Because > home of c »r of the ene! fervent cry ‘God Bless England.‘ God bless England for all the sacrifices she has made, for the duty ‘that she has tundertaken, and for the risks she has assumed.‘‘ Sir Wilfrid had made it ‘‘Britain,‘‘ not England, that would be well nigh a perfect piece of oratory. Lavergne and Bourassa, please copy. THE SOMME, ‘‘SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE.*‘ The following poem is one written by R. Alpine Macgregor, formerly of Swastika, and wellâ€"known all through the North Land, where he was more familarly known as ‘*Wee Macgregâ€" or.‘‘ He has been in the trenches these many moons, andâ€" has been through some of the fiereest engageâ€" ments of the war, and the following is written from the depths of his exâ€" perience, perhaps, in the Battle of the Somme:â€" Last night, lHell‘s portals opened unto me, A devil let me through with pasâ€" sing glance At my Lee Enfield earried aimlessly, All that long way from Sommeâ€" Somewhere in France. And then the good old de‘il himself he came A pleasant chap who did not preen nor prance; *XÂ¥ ourmierime 1‘ â€"heâ€"asked,â€" *! Young man, what is your shame?" ‘*I‘m from the Somme,‘‘ I said,â€" Somewhere in France." He smiled to me with such a gen‘â€" rous grin, Then passed me by his side and looked askance; ‘‘Your debt‘s been paid,‘"‘ he said ; ‘*You have no Sin! If through the Somme you‘ve come â€"Somewhere in France."‘ L gazed on earth; in one estaminet I saw Two Red Cross Chaps drink ojer the cireumstance, ‘‘Hung up on barb,‘‘ they said, ‘‘ripâ€" : ped red and raw, ‘Yond Courcellette, the Sommeâ€" Somewhere in France." A merry fire io up Hell‘s eaverns vast, Made red the irons whereon lost ‘ souls dance; ‘‘*What peace,‘‘ I thought. ‘*Forget I can the past, Through from the Somme ‘ve come â€"Somewhere in France." Of all the dread things of the world bereft, I had no fear; but in a dreamy trance [ felt no anger ‘gainst the world L sat me down and rested patiently No bombing parties out toâ€"night, perchanee; Nor starâ€"shells bursting ‘cross the striecken skyâ€" 1‘d left the that hellâ€" Somewhere in France. C€T A British destroyer last week chased away a (GGerman submarine that was deliberately preparing _ to destroy a steamer from Norway bound for another neutral port. I think I‘ll stay in this your quiet J‘d left, And yet 1‘d come from Sommeâ€" Somewhere in~ Frgnce. I said to its dark devil of romance; This is a place where I can slumâ€" ber well, For I‘m from the Sommeâ€" Somewhere in France."‘ ! i «h op t sth . h «ho h sp op sh h. ts sh h ho s h. sh hh se hh s ce ho § t t @e hh t O t# /# t h o o J ofi § . cA o t ce th Bread dropped a cent a small loaf in the cities last week. Flour also dropped 40 eents a barrel at Winniâ€" pesg. Last week Great Britain requisitâ€" ioned all tobaceo supplies and all imâ€" ported cheese. The cheese will hbe sold at a price not exceeding 32 cents per Ib. An order issued by the Germans at Mons, Belguim, on April 15, requirâ€" ing 600 young Belgians to report for deportation, is published as proof that the German pledge to the Pope has been broken. A German submarine captain angâ€" ered at a Norwegian steward for his refusal to give information, put the steward ard his wife atop the subâ€" marine and submerged. Both, howâ€" ever, were picked up. In Chicago and some other Middle West States, there have been antiâ€" Conseription riots on a sinall seale. The U.S. authorities charge that these are fomented by German agents, and wholsesale arrests have been made. In this particular the United States authorities are showing a very comâ€" mendable firmness and good judgment. In many cases there is grounded susâ€" picion for believing that some people are taking (German money to raise disturbances, so that the money may be available for the propagation of Socialism. Pacificism, and other halfâ€" hatched eges. Conditions in Russia are said to hbe improving, but there is still some disâ€" order and difficulty. This is only to be expected, when it is remembered how impossible it is for Socialists, Anarchists, Nthilists, Pacifists, and otherâ€"‘‘ists‘‘ to agree even _ among themselves. One Toronto baker, George Lawâ€" rence, is selling bread at the rate of 10c a small loaf or 20c a large loaf on the ticket plan. This same George Lawrence, baker, for years past has done the people a decided service in the way of keeping down prices, yet it is commonly reported in the city that he pays as good wages, or better, gives better working conditions, and still makes money. One reason for his ability to do this is that he is a firstâ€"class advertiser, so this free advt. is given him very cheerfully. Semiâ€"offticrtal announcement is made of the German intention to ruthlesâ€" sly sink all hospital ships everywhere on the sea. There is the one comâ€" fort, however, that the Huns have been doing all they could in the ruthâ€" less line right from the start, so they can‘t do much worse than they have done. 6 The Ottawa Journal last week said :â€"‘‘It is interesting to learn that when the members of the eabimet were discussing the age below which men should be exempt from military service, the practice of great countries past and present was referred to. One of the ministers, who is said to be Hon. Arthur Meighen, reminded his confreres that Moses, the greatest man in Jewish history, had made 20 the conseription age. It is related that this had c onsiderable weight with the government in making the Canadian age of military service unâ€" der compulsion the same."‘‘ A tornado in Kansas killed 15 and seriously injured fifty others last week. The property damage was also large. Seventyâ€"six were killed and 174 inâ€" jured in a Hun air raid on Britain last week. Three of the enemy airâ€" ships were shot down by the British and the rest made a hurried tmp home. â€" No military damage was ocâ€" casioned, but there is now a strenuâ€" ous demand in the press of Great Britain for reprisals. Among the stories told of the ridâ€" iculous riots in Quebeéce over â€" Consâ€" cription is one to the effeet that a reâ€" turned soldier (a eaptain) in Sherâ€" brooke, Que., gathered a number of old eggs to throw at an antiâ€"Conâ€" scription erowd. The crowd were too many for him and threw him down, kicked and ill treated him, and foreed some of the sick egas into his mouth. Ten men were arrested last week in Detroit, Mich., on charges of inâ€" terfering with the operation of the U.S. conseription act. Five of them were committed for trial on June 6th, with bail fixed at $5,000 each. They cireulated Socialistic literature wheh urged men of military age not to join the U.S. army. The editor of a Socâ€" ralist newspaper in Detroit was also arrested last week on a similar charge. These cases suggest the pith of the point made by some against the Canâ€" adian Government for announcemng Conseription and then allowing so long a tims of senseless agitation and discussion to elapse without any law on the subject. If the law had been promptly passed, as most people beâ€" lieve it would have been if placed beâ€" fore parliament, the Bourassas, Laâ€" vergnes and that ilk would not have been in a position to organize lawâ€" lessness and riot under the shadow of the law. A letter has been smuggled out from Brussels, Belguim, by way of Holland, and has reached a Canadian who formerly lived in Belguim, but now is home again in Kingston, Onâ€" tario. The letter states that the forâ€" mer Belgian Minister of â€" Railways, the late M. Van de Peereboom, who recently died, left his fortune of sevâ€" eral millions to the widows and orâ€" phans of the war. _ The letter also quotes the following as prices prevailâ€" ing now in Belguim:â€"flour, $100 per cwt.; rice, 80 cents per lb.; meat $1.20 per lb.; potatoes, 10 cents per 1b.; soap, 80 cents a cake. A group of Northerners at a hotel in Louisville were poking fun at the partiality of Southerners for the titles of ‘*col * Judage."‘‘ ‘*©What is a colonel hereabouts 8‘ asked one of the group, and there imâ€" mediately followed a discussion. Finâ€" ally a colored attendant was drawn in. ‘*+Well, gents,‘‘ said. the negro, lots of ways to answer dat question. I‘se knowed folks what was born kunnelsâ€"it just run in the blood folh ginerations. An‘ I‘se knowed folks what was jest app‘inted to be kunnels. An‘ yit others what was made kunnels by bein‘ kind to niggers. Fo‘"\ instance, any man dat gives me 2 dollah is a kunnel to ms hencefo‘th foreveh.‘" SOUTHERN *‘ KUNNELS.‘‘ colonel major, and