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12 PAGES YEAR 84. NO. 153 KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, JULY Che Daily British Whig 3. 1917 PAGES 9-12 SECOND SECTION - Aa 7 gg Ottawa Loess RY HP. Ogawa, July 2.--Now that con- ¥cription is well on the way the bes: friends of the Borden Governmect are hoping that some time during the discussion in commiitee a full explanation wil be made of the mili- itary necessities of the case, ? Premier Borden's latest statement of figures was that; 421,000 men had enlisted from Canada. According to a return brought dowm by Sir Ed- ward Kemp the Canatifans in France pow number 136,400, in the Near East 747, in St. Lucia 130, and in England 108,736. Touwad, 246,013 overseas, In Canada there are 17, Total at home and abroad 263,366. To this total must be add- ed the 50,000 unfits who were diop- ped either before the troops sailed for England or shortly afer they got there. Grand tctal, 313,366. In other words, while the Govern- ment's figures account for 313,336 men they leave the difference be- {ween and 3 enlisted the the 366, the number for, still to explain No douby Government, at some stage of debate will clear this matter up sai- sfactordy and explain where the 107,624 men not accolmted for by their figures have disappeared It is only fair to do eo because the wilde rumors are circulating, ail of detrimental to recruiting or to co scription, A very persistent sory is that over eighty thousand men have deserted. This figure ,which is alarming enough in all conscience, becomes swollen to one hundred thousand in an article on Our Neigh- bor's Business which appeared in "Saturday Evening Post," last week. As the "Saturday Post" has over two million subscribers and ten million readers ithe story will camry very far. It is up to the Gov ernment to set these disquieting Tu- mos 2t rest denying them or telling ther whole truth. What is needed above is a clear statement of in the battle zones, the number in Kogland the mumber at home, the number of unfits struck off hte roll, the number of dead and the number of casualties that will not be able to take thar place- in the fighting dine again. So far the Govermmeni has isdued no such statement, Con- seniption may be highly needful, but far as authentic information is domcerned, Parliament doing things completely in the dark. Mcanwhile there are four dian Army divisions fighting in France. .mbich is one division better than we were expected to do. Also the the number 0 18 there is a fifth Canadian divigion be-! ing formed from the reserves .n Eng- land wideh will provide jobs for a omumber of high officers hitherto superfluous. As the pressure of the war increases the flanneljeile gener- als and wolonels are being gradually squeezed out but Canada still litters the landscape of England with quite a few of them. If al the Canadian "oafety razors" now in England we: e sent to the fighting line thee would | a complete new brigade on active he service. The Pay and Record Office, for ex- | ample, employs two thousand men, fierce fellows in khaki, with fountain pens ingitesvd of swords who add up figures and wrijes letters with great | The" Canadian Army Ser-| is com- | courage. vice Corps In England---the another bomb-proof job_was posed up in October, 1916, of eleven officers and one humdred and sixty- six men, Ji has since been increas- ASC ed to 4,638 officers and men to take | care of the wamts of the 108,736 Canadans in England. Another thing: the Governmen? will no doubt explain is the leniency with which peculating pay-masters have been treated here and in BEng- | land. Ome very flagrant story deals with a Canadian paymasiter who took his bag of money with him up to London. A paymaster must 421,000 the number enlisted, | them | everything | Cana- | Glimpses . GADSBY >) 3 gallant bag of the no had was time and so good 2 n, but there What did they do with the captain? Cashier him? Tear off his shoulder sxraps? Not at all af that had wealth and politi- cal pull and he himself had been proven a high-fiyer. So they com- prom sed by making him a colonel. Another paymaster at expiimed a shortage of £600g blaming it on a wind storm that came up and swept the notes awa As Jupiter once visited Danae in a shower of gold and as the English gentlemen who continued the court] mart:d had not , forgotten their assics, regarded as satisfactory and he was acquitted. The paymaster did not blow the money in ft was a wind storm that, blew it out. Curiously enough not one single note was ever picked up again. wind had made a clean job of it. Sometime during the debate, the Government will also explain why they have persistently refused to send our Risley "marksmen to the front. Fol twenty years Canada has beem sending sharpshooters to Bis- (ley. Some of the best shots in the | World are here in Canada right now. The t| They are here against their will be cause they have offered time and again to go to the fromt. Not as {infantty--that does not appeal to | them but as snipers, These Bisley | graduates of ours, whose services are spurmmed could account for a good many Germans. WHy don't they get a chance? Perhaps the Government refused them as volunteers co that they could conscript them afterwards. Out of four hundred and forty Bis- ley men in Canada only five have succeeded in getting to the front. | The Miltary Service Act wii pass the House with a strong measure of support on both sides which makes it all the more incumbent on 'the Government to treat the supporters lof the bill fairly and tell them why "safety first" now in England and Canada are not mobilized for war as a guarantee that conscription is ur- gent. There are many strong con- soriptionists in Parliament who can- not help asking--as a mére matter of curiosity of course how it is that a Government which let our sol- diers carry the Ross rifle a year and a half aftr it was condemned should be in such a hurry to help them now. Another thing the Government wil doubtless explain is just what effect, moral amd physical, another hundred thousand Cagadians will have on a five hundred mile front which is now guarded by six million men. The best friends of comscription and likewise the beet friends of the Borden Government are confident that the Government can expla'n jeverything even the premier's. buf- falo-headed remark that he hated to think what wouid happen to the anti- conscripdionists when the soldiers came marching home -- H. F. GADSBY. Cheese Markets. Perth, 1,800 at 21 5-16¢c. Cornwall, 3,414 at 21 7-16c. | 'Iroquois, 775 at 21 5-16c¢. | Campbellford, 645 at-2114c. Picton, 2,300 at 213%e¢c to 21 7-16c¢. Alexandria, 990 at 213%c. Napanee, 1.500 at 21%¢ Listowel, 2,900 at 21e¢. Mount Joli, 200 at 20 13-16¢c. London, 400 at 21c. Belleville, 2,500 at 21 St Hyacinthe, Que, 205%¢. Cowansville, Que,, 30 at 20, Victoriaville, Que., 13-16¢, From Montreal to Toronto, Perth, June 30.--Conductor Jos- eph Legros, conductor on Perth local | for upwards of twelve years, takes 5-16¢c. 1,060 at 20 take lover a new run on July 1st, that of his bag of money with him wherever | running on the C.P.R. from Mont- he goes. In London th's particular paymiaster met Gaby Deslys, dancer, and rade quite a hit her. When he and King favorite separated Gaby had Nae with had a ON ~ NS. a Wy aaa \ A the Manuel's = Yrs, J 1 Sr real to Toronto. He has been a most | faithful employee of the C.P.R. for j na years, and the advancement given him in his new location is well merited. Fm fa) = You Are Sure of COOLING SATISFACTION with DP i OSTUM A popular home drink that provides night hot-day comfort of the sort. way, chilled with ice, sugar. and either a dash of lemon or cream to taste. the paymaster's xPmuntion | | | | His was | { Salisbury 1 by | | | five-pound | * KING GEORGE TAKING THE SALUTE. Photo shows His Majesty taking the salute from heroes of service, at Hyde Park where the post of duty. A Sweethearl's Lament. | Oh sweet the flowers, bright, On sunny, summer morn; And sweet the dew-drops sparking On sheaves of golden corn. Sweet are the bells that chime at eve From church towers, old and gray; But sweeter, is this wreath I weafe For one who's far away. bird may slain, The eagle mourn her mate A ghostly voice on Flander's plain Is calling long and late, A voice that plighted troth to me; Ah, little did I deem That ere our bridal day should He'd drink of Lethe's stream. that bloom so The search for fledglings Oh comrade, by the gun's red flash: What face is that I see, While o'er my hand the red spray's dashed. What voices call to me? The voice of one, who to his rest Is. gone long months ago. I buried him, and on 'his breast, I see the primrose blow. I see the boys go marching by Amid the drifting snow "Mid 'crying winds, 'another cry Is piercing long and low. A sweetheart's dainty lips are white, She dreamed of flower strewn ways; But on her heart war's crimson blight Shall rest all through her days. Oh better that that good, red blood Should flow through baby hands, Than water with its crimson flood Those thirsty Western lands. And yet methinks the Christ paid For me the bitter fee, Will judge the sacrifice made, And keep-him safe for i C. R. Lloyd, 233 Edmonton strect, Winnipeg. who A CORNWALL MAN Goes to Jail For Passing Worthless Cheques, Cornwall, July. 3.--A young man named James Hunt in the Corn- wall jail, having ben fined $100 or the alternative of three months im- prisonment, by Magistrate Whole- han, Chesterville, on a charge of passing a worthless cheque in pay- ment of his board at Flynn's Hotel in that village. Hunt, who says he is a returned soldier, pleaded guilty to the charge. Hunt had left Chester- ville and was arrested in Smith's Falls by Chief Phillips and brought back by Constable McAvoy. Not having the money to pay his fine, Hunt is serving the three months. Decorate Farm Volunteers. Belleville, June 30.--Thirty-eight male pupils of the Belleville High School, who have undertaken farm is work in this vicinity during the holiday season, were on Wednesday evening presented with farm ser- vice medals. The occasion was a memorable one, participated in by many prominent citizens. N. Par- liament, M.P.P. for Prince Edward County, presented the badges and delivered an address. Mayor Ketcheson, and others, made 'appro- priate remarks. Sergt. James Goes to U.S. Smith's Falls, July 3.--Sergt. W. A. James at the front as a lieutenant of artillery and returned "home wounded, but enlisted as a private with the 73rd Battery and advanced to his present rank goes to New York where he will be attached to the British commission at the head of which is Lord Northcliffe. He will probably be loaned as instructor to the United States army. Sergt. James deserves any preference or promotion he gets. ning the Rev. C. H. Coon preached his farewell discourse to the people of Tweed Methodist church. He and family expect to depart this week for their new home and field of labor at Lindsay. : In Mr. Coon's pastorate the Meth- odist church has gone ahead, and to-day with the exception of its fine pipe organ, is entirely free of debt. Bank Manager Transferred. Bplleville, June 30.--H. Sneyd, who fi or ten years been manager of the Merchants' Bank in this eity, has received notice of his appoint- ment as manager of a branch of the bank at Preston. He will leave tais city within a few days. Mr. Sneyd has béen prominent in patriotne matters in this city, and is a member of the Board of Education. | Ret: C. H. Coon and Family Leaving. Tweed, July 3.--On Sunday eve-| the soldiers, sailors and aviators DEDICATED 0 (O'S SERVICE From the Very First by its Name of Do- minion of Carada. | BISHOP BIDWELL'S SERMON COMMEMORATION OF JUBI- LEE OF CONFEDERATION. | IN be, | Vision of a Great National Church of Canada--Such Church May Result Fifty Years Hence. The Bishop of Ontario, Preaching George's Cathedral on the fif- anniversary of Confederation, for text, "His shall from the one other." (Psalms Ixxii, 8), said that these words were a most inspiring | origin for the name '"'Dominion of Canada," for they implied not only that our Country with all its bound- less resources was the free gift of {God to us as a trust to be used for Him, but also that any kingdom des- |tined to endure must have as | foundation a firm belief in the over- ruling: sovereigaty of God, and a de- | termination to endeavor to carry out His will. From the first by its very name our( country was dedicated to! the service God as well as of man. These are lofty ideals, and it is pos- sible now, looking back over fifty | | years, to see how far Lhey have been | realized. i In the first place; we shall thank {God with all our hearts for all the| wonderful mercies bestowed upon us during the fifty years in which we {have been growing to a great and | prosperous nation. Projects of de- {velopment and growth have been car- ried through which seem on looking back, well-nigh incredible and im- | possible And so they would have been but for the foresight of those {who brought about Confederation. { By that union, not only was the nec- jesssary solidity and certainty given to progressive movements, which | alone rendered them possible, but al a in St {tieth took Dominion | sea to the nis be its | wonderful sense of nationality as op-| posed to mere provincialism grew and developed. The cry "Canada a| | Nation" has been of tremendous if! unconscious force in teaching up to] |rise as a nation to our duties and! | obligations as a constituent and in-! | dependent part of a great Empire, | {and has assisted us materially in | | welding a mass of newcomers into a! | solid whole as "Citizens of Canada." | | We are seeing now this nationality ! {of ours submitted to the severest of | | tests. We ought to thank God that |S0 far it has been strong enough to {stand that test. Three years ago, | {when the Empire was in peril, Can-! {ada did not hesitate for a moment to take her share in the trouble. This! united and spontaneous trouble. This! not have occurred had not these | years of training in national action! and "natibnal responsibilities sunk | deeply into the minds of the peo- | ple. © Thes« strail now being felt is! We must Carry on our courageous ef- fort to the end, however bitter. For | | with grief, [to our final thought. | great great, but one thing is certain, that |at the several arms of the were decorated for valor at result ean have only one end, disintegration and of all the great good that Confeder-| ation has brought us We must rise to even yet higher levels of service! and sacrifice, if we are to be worthy of the position to wiich our country seems called. , Together with our thanksgiying, there is also much need for contri tion for our shortcomings. There are many imperfections in our national; life to be removed. Even the rich bestowal of the bounty of God has led men into the sin of gross mater falism, which is not yet overcome, though the stern lessons of war are teaching us that only by service andi sacrifice can true greatness be ac- hieved. There are great flots on| our political life, great social evils, to be done away with Other Gods have had dominion over us. But to-day surely we are inspired to look forward to the time when these stains shall he wiped out, when men shall learn to give far more freely of their time and their means to the service of God, when political life shall be pure, and social evils re-| moved These things can be done, and by the grace of God they will be done, and our dear country become "His Dominion," in something more than name. | To-day's thoughts make the heart thrill. There is no purer passion of which man is capable than love of country, provided that love be not only for the good things a country possesses, but for its honor and repu- tation. And if love of country lead us into hard paths, surely we had rather tread them than draw back. in fear, just as though the hearts of those who have given son or broth-| er or husband to the cause are torn, they would rather have it so than those they love should] have held back when the call came, Our duty as a nation is being shown to us As a nation we must make reply that we will not fail at any cost. "His Dominion' to secure thjs loss '--That brings us That is what our country should be. But we are| hirMered in our Christian work by our unhappy divisions, the unfor- tunately enduring legacies of a for- gotten past. One has a vision of a National Church of Canada, embracing all true followers of Jesus Christ, attained to, not by the sur- render of convictions of facile com- promise, but by free contribution of all parts and bodies to one great whole. This may be a dream, but at least the times call for earnest co- operation amongst Christians to- wards making our Dominion His Do- minion. You could have no more in- spiring or fruitful subject of prayer than that our children fifty years hence when looking back to to-day| may see that at least some further) progress has been made towards this! | end, that what is now a rather vague | aspiration has in part been realized, | when our country shall be far more] truly than it is to-day "His Dominion | from the one sea to the other." So may it be. . | The cathedral was filled to the doors. Several hundred soldiers from Barriefield camp were in atten-| dance. | | When He Used Remark, In 1861, Sir John A. Macdonald, in an address to the electors of Kings- ton, pledged his government as fol-| lows: 'The government will not re-! fax its exertions to effect a confeder- aton of the British North American provinces." It may be of interest to recall the fact that in this address also Sir John used the now historic quotation, "A British subject I was born; a British subject I will die." Mrs. R. P. Lowery, probably Cav- an's oldest resident, has parsed away the age of ninety years. Two sons, Rev. Charles Lowery and James! Lowrey, Montreal, and two daugh- opposition even to drastic measures ters, survive. ¥ Make your Strawberry Preserves wih "Pure end Uncolored™ the Jie cane r with "FINE" ata that dissolves instantly, giving a clear bright syrup. Kingston Branch P. C. THE STANDARD BANK OF CANADA HEAD OFFICE TORONTO Money Orders and Drafts are issued by this Bank payable in all parts of the world. BRANCH, Manager. EST'D 1873 234 KINGSTON J. M. Sutherland, a ee A A ii Si THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE SIR EDMUND WALKER," C.V.O, LL.D. D.CL, President § CAPITAL PAID Up, $15,000,000 SIR JOHN AIRD, General Manager H. V. F. JONES, Asst. Gen'l. 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