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MILITARY SERVICE ACT AND THE MILITIA ACT. VOTE FOR REâ€" INFORCEMENTS FOR THE MEN OVERSEAS. A REAL UNION GovERNMENT. NO OLD PARTIES IN THIS ELECTION, Contrast Made of the Policies and Candidates Opponents of Union Government and the Military Service Act apparâ€" ently aren‘t aware that there is a far more drastic military law on the staâ€" tute books of Canada than the Miliâ€" tary Service Aet. It is tie Militia Act of 1904 and was placed there by no less a personage than Sir Wilfrid had recognized the prin pulsory military service Laurier‘s 1904 Militia able for compulsory m TB U T DY *T AYXNX ~Cmarrted Under Laurier‘s bill the Can Militiaman so ealled up could t on active service anywhere in C and also bevond Canada for t fence thereof at any time when pears advisable so to do by rea emergency. Contrast this drastic unfair act, which does not make allowanee for necessary home industries being proâ€" perly earried on, with the Military Service Act Sir Robert Borden and the Union Government candidates are pledged to support. This act provides for the raising of only 100,000 men and to call up first the unmarried men betwwen the ages of 20 and 34. There is little likelihood ‘that any â€" other classes will be called out as it is figurâ€" ed that theré are enough physically fit men in this elass to falfill this quota. There are gener der the act which emption of many transportation and ment persists in the attitude that Unâ€" ion Government is <the old Borden Government. This is absolutely unâ€" true. The boest element of true Canaâ€" dian Liberalism havre been admitted to the eabinct and labor is also to have its representative there. Al bands are uniting to prosceute the war ard petity politiecs are rvlegated to <the back«round until Potsdam is taught caged in essent Munition workers and â€" on shipbuilding are al: fact all men who are nationally at home are der the act. . _ikLICE ~ Y Gpâ€" C Liy ClAÂ¥ a, hJ AAKT N the latter. Why?2 Sir Robert Bordâ€" en and his Union Government followâ€" ers, like Frank Cochrane in Temiskaâ€" ming, are strongly in favor of the Military Service Aet as the quickest surest, safest »â€"way of securing the Heeded reinforeements without upsetâ€" ting the wheels of commerce at home. Arthur Roeback and his followers in Temiskaming are endeavoring to make Conseription a minor isssue in the câ€" leetion when it is the issue. At their meetings they dilute for hours on end about poetty local things and amuse their audiences with small talk and poor jokes. This is no time for jokâ€" ing. â€" This is no time for frivolity, unâ€" certainty and delay. The world is on fire and Canada must maintain her prestige and uphold her head high aâ€" mong the nations of the world. Tins ean only be done by immediately reâ€" inforeing her depleted army through the medium of Union Government. And when election day comes remembâ€" er the eyes of the world are npon Canada. Remember also that Frank Cochrane is the Unionist candidate in Temiskaming. * After reading the answers of a Laurier partisan purporting to be why the Kaiser would vote for Borden and Union Government, oneâ€"is struck by the utter absence of any reference to Conseription or military service of any kind. Is there a war on in the world ? If so why all the timidity on the part of Laumer‘s followers to mention the fact? Apparently it isn‘t worrying them a great deal. _ The public aren‘t to be fooled for they konw that the real issue is Conseripâ€" tion. Of eourse some people are alâ€" ways ready to allow other people to do their work for them but Canadians aren‘t quitters and are in this war the end. 1@ opposition to Union Governâ€" more drast 13UT urier‘s Militia Act is undeniably drastic than the Military Serâ€" Aet and yep Laurier is against atter. Why2â€" Sir Robert Bordâ€" id his Union Government followâ€" ike Frank (uvhmno in Temiskaâ€" i% 1+ L Y Au w :i quitters and are in tlus wa end. epposition to Union Govern ersists in the attitude that Un vernment is <the old Border ment. This is absolutely un > fact? Apparently it ist hem a great deal. L ‘t to be fooled for th the real issue is Conseri ourse some people are : to allow other people rk for them but Canadia Jus exomp.ons unâ€" allow for the exâ€" farmers, fishermen, i:ausatrial men enâ€" sential â€" industries. ind those employed e also exempt. In re really more good ‘oare exempted unâ€" rwhere in Canada nada for the deâ€" time when it apâ€" ) do by reason of inciples of comâ€" ce. Sir Wilifrid i Act makes liâ€" military service »d or single, beâ€" it isn‘t| t! The |u r they | t« nseripâ€"|e are alâ€" |o ople t:)!\\' rda This Laurier writer says that the Kaiser would vote for the government which gave the Canadians the Ross rifles. â€" Didn‘t Sir Wilfrid Laurier tie Canada down to the Ross rifle during his regime? â€" Who was responsible for the Canadians being equipped with oth er better rifles. Sir Robert Borden. This writer alleges that the governâ€" ment has muzzled the press. This is absurd. . Could anybody buy such papers as the Globe and Star? . He also waxes hot over the war times election Act which disfranchises cerâ€" tain elements in Canada. Let him reâ€" member that the fathers, brothers, cous.ns and uncles of these men are in the German, Austrian and Turkish irmies shooting down our Canadian boys at every opportunity. _ Should these people have a vote when it conâ€" cerns Canada‘s conduct in the war? Should naturalized Germans be allowâ€" ed a vote when their government, by a secret agreement with them agreed to again give them (German citizenship, though they were naturalized here, if they â€" would. fight forâ€" Germany? Should they be allowed to vote when 35,000 Canadians lie buried in France and Flanders some of whom were posâ€" sibly shot down by the relatives of these men? The clamor about their disfranchisement does not come so much from these men themselves as it does from the politicians who thoped to secure their vote. On Monday next the electorate will decide whether Canada is to remain in the war or dilly dally along until finally by the process of elimination her army is reduced to nothing. Union Government is wholeheartedly for a vigorous prosecution of the war and deserves the united support of the electorate throughout the Dominion. The question is whether Laurier and Bourassa are to rule Canada to suit the people of Quebee to the exelusion f the balance of Canada or whether Canada is to rule Quebee and Lawurier In Temiskaming there are but two candidates., Frark Cochrane is a valued administrator and ‘has proved "his ability bevond a doubt in his serâ€" ‘*The German peril has disappearâ€" ed, if indeed there ever was such a thing,"‘ said Sir Wilfrid Laurier in the House of Commons at Ottawa on Jaruary 19, 1914, just previous to the outbreak of war. ‘*But I do not eare, for my part, so long as the war lasts, to open the portâ€" als of offiee with that bloody key,"‘ is another utterance of Sir Wilfnd Laurier, made to the Federation .of Liberal Clubs at Toronto on May 21, 1915. â€" He further said, ‘"We shall not do one thing to prevent the Govâ€" ernment from going on with the war lhili('.\"." owers dare to say there was no Gerâ€" man menace 2 â€" There is still a German menace and yet he dabbles in politics in the hope that the country will, in the turmoil of conflict, put him again in office. The key with which he hopes to get in power is the bloodiest key ever used by a politician to further his own selfish ends. _ The bloody key which he repudiated so strongly and dramatically in 1915 is now the one which he willingly takes up. His callâ€" ous hearted followers would _ follow him into offive despite that **bloeody key*"‘ hbut the people of Canada ars not to be led astray by politicians who put party before patriotism. Laurier and his followers, imcluding Arthur Roebuck in Temiskaming, are the enemies of Unmon Government, and as such deserve no sympathy or supâ€" port whatever. Time has shown how shallow and insineere these statements were, and how little Laurier thinks of promises and patriotism. â€" Will he and his follâ€" owers dare to say there was no Gerâ€" Tha aiso onseription and Some electors are having ceonsiderâ€" n by an allied victory and 18 unproyvâ€" ‘ator for the not a period chrane cerâ€" [r. Roebuck able difficulty in mustering up the courage to break from their old poliâ€" tical leanings, and vote as their conâ€" sciences seem to dictate. They shrink from being designated by others as "turncoats.""‘ Let them reakhze that it takes courage to break from their old ‘beliefs, but the harder a thing is to do the greater the reward. Let them also realize that there are no political parties in this election, and politics have been put aside in order that Canada may, as a united nation, do her part in the world conflict. The old Conservatives and Liberals have disappeared, and in their places have come Unionists and antiâ€"Unionistsâ€" or Conseriptionists and antiâ€"Conseripâ€" tiomsts. Politics is too small and ignoble a thing to consider when it is a question of life and death to Canadian soldiers in France and when it is compared to the national honor of Canada. Conâ€" sider the loathing with which decent folks think of Germany. Why? Beâ€" cause she has lost her national honor in the eyes of civilization. National honor is the greatest asset of a nation, and should be. and is, prized beyond all else by the inhabitants of the Briâ€" tish Empire. Let Canada not forget the obligation to her soldiers, to herâ€" self, to the British Empire and the Both political leaders, Sir Robert Borden and Sir Wilfrid Laurier, have issued fairly complete lists of the canâ€" didates they have endorsed as their followers in the various ridings. In world Temiskaming the Premier has put the stamp of approval on Frank Coehâ€" rane, while Sir Wiifrid Laurier has invited Arthur Roebuck to crawl aâ€" board his band waggon with all its antiâ€"conscription paraphernalia. Mr. Roobuck, in a recent epistle to an Ottawa paper, desceribes himself as a winâ€"theâ€"war candidate, but just how sincere he is in this, in the light of events, we leave it for the electors to say. How ecan he be a winâ€"theâ€"war candidate when Frank Cochrane is the Union Government winâ€"theâ€"war man? â€" How can Mr. Roebuck claim to be â€" such when ‘heis endorsed by Sir Wilfrid Laurier, whose shallow ery of referendum has _ shocked all loyal Canadians and humiliated Canada in flhe eves of other nations? 000000000003000:000300:3:0%%00” 30“00 000000000000080000000084800800000000800000000000004§40448 086 TIMMINS L0DGE, 1.0.0.f. o. 453 Meets every Tuesday evenâ€" ing in their lodge room on Third avenne. Visiting broâ€" thers requested to attend. W. F[. Pritchard, A. G. Carson, For Sensible and Seasonable Presentsâ€"This is the Store Splendid Gifts here in Silverware, Glassware, Cutliery, Crockery, Dishes, Cut Glass, Etc., Etc. Jt is because the Frenchâ€"Canadians have not done their duty that Conscription had to be resorted to. The Frenchâ€"Canadians have made it perfectly clear that they do not like the war and are against Canada participating in it further. Some of them even go to the length of saying that the soldiers should be brought back from the front. The Nationalists are demanding that the men who have been enrolled under the Military Service Act be disbanded and sent back to their homes. To secure the Nationalist support Laurierâ€"Liberal candidates in Quebec have signed the following pledge:â€" Gome in and see the stocks here. This is the place for value and sensible, useful gifts Northern Canada Supply Company Limited (1) Canada will send n o "m o r e reinforcements to the front, which practically means quitting the war and placing the country in the same class as Russia. A Laurierâ€"Bourassa Victory means deserting our boys in the trenches for over a year, throwing up our hands and quitting! Don‘t shout ‘"Kamerad‘‘ under the Referendum proposal. Come out and fight for Union Government. Make No Mistake SUPPORT UNION GOVERNMENT Liberals and Conservatives are United The People Must Unite to "I, the undersigned, candidate in the Federal Elections, undertake by these presents, if I am elected, to demand the immediate suspension of the Military Service Act, 1917, and of all its effects until Canadian electors have pronounced by way of plebiscite; and should the majority of the electors condemn it, that it be considered as null from its _origin and that in consequence all conscripts be disbanded.‘" ARE THE ENGLISHâ€"SPEAKING PEOPLE PREPARED TO STAND FOR THAT ? $4 to $8.50, and you will get more than the price in the wear and worth of each. we have a big assortment of articles that make ideal gifts. Come and see our stock of Electrical Percolators, Teapots, ‘Toasters, etc. These will delight the heart of any housewife. we have also a big assortment of Tea Kettles, Saucepans, etc., etc.. â€"all senâ€" sible and pleasing gifts. I also undertake to vote against any Government which should refuse to adopt the above enunciated policy." ELECTRICAL GCOODS This year patriotism is prompting a general thought of cconomy and right buying. In the purchase of the Season‘s gifts there is a common desire to get away from the ussless and the extravagant. There are gifts, however, that all feel should be made,â€"must be made,â€"and the problem is how to give sensibly and helpfully. This is just where this store will help you. We have a big variety of goods, suitable for gifts, and that will be appreciâ€" atcd much more than the oldâ€"time gaudy gift. At this time, for instance you know that ‘‘Mother‘‘ would appreciate that wonderfil new stove more than. a useless necklace or other finery. The idea is to give in the true spirit of Christmas,â€"give sensibly, usefully, helpfully. To help you decide we make the following suggestions for gifts, but particularly invite you to come in and see our stocks:â€" ALUMINUM W Smoking Sets, Ash Trays, Etc., Etc. This Advertisement is inserted by The Unionist Party Publicity Commuttee Win the War F LAURIER WINS : Gook Mitchell BABRIBW SOLICITORS, Timmins, â€" South Poreupine Toronto (2) The Frenchâ€"Canadians who have shirked. their duty in this war will be the dominating force in the Governâ€" ment of the country. from $1.50 to $8.50, every one good value for the money. from $1.50 to $4.50,â€"a gift that will delight the small boy and the bigger ones too. These watches look good, keep good time, and make useful, senâ€" sible presents. AUTOSTROP GILLETTE RAZOR S useful and prized as gifts. a big assortment in every line. C W. Mahon BABBIBTBB SOLICITOR, NOTARY PUBLIC. 0â€"10 Royal Exchange Bldg., Cobalt. Phone 58. Moore Blég., Timmins,