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+ tuTiONs. PAGE FOUR . THE DAILY" BRITISH WHIG, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 8, 1917. apm-- The British Whig SATH. YEAR, a EO EEE. al ho -}a EE iE LLERN EEE nl: i RL ; Wc iw FR oI 4 ses, earamnon yf Published Daily and Semi-Weekly by THE BRITIS WHIG PUBLISHING C€0,, LIMITED, . Eilott «reese President A. Guild'; .. Managing Director Treas. Telopho! Business Office Aopen Gre year, One-year, 1 advance $1.50 One J eur, to United 'States $1.60 ix and three months pro rata. MONTREAL REPRESENTATIVE R. Bruce Owen 23 Peter Str TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE C. Hoy .., 1006 Traders Bank Bld OnTren STATES REPRESENTATIV F.R.Northrup, 225 Fifth Ave, New York P.R.Northrup, 1510 Ass'n Bldg. Chicago Attached is one of the best job printing. offices in Canada. The cirenlation of THE DRITISH WHIG Is Anthenticted by the {Audit Bureau of Circulations. Premenar, A CONSERVATIVE VERSION. A 'remarkable change has taken place in the west within the past ter days, and.4wo men have contributed to' make that change. Sir Clifford Sifton's visit to the west was a grievous tactical blunder. His pre- sence and advocacy of union govern- ment aroused the animosity of the liberals, who attribute' the défeat of their party in 1911 to his change of party. Another contributory cause has been the fear that Hon. Robert Rogers will have a place in the union government. The McLeod- Tellier report, the testimonial of conservative members, followed by press reports that he would ba In the union government, set the heath- er on fire, and the liberals of the west will fight Borden to destroy Rogers.~Tofonte Mail's telegraphic The win-the-war deputation made the conquering expedition in the wrong direction. It should have gone to Winnipeg in place of Ot- tawa. IT MADE NO EFFORT. J. A. Robb, MP, (for Hunting- don), 'appealed to the finance mini- ster to be as considerate of the men with the families as the State of Massachusitts, Across the way there is an intense eagerness te col- lect every dollar possible on account of the war, but the children and thelr education must not be neglect- ed. They are provided for in the national schemes of taxation. The plea, presented by Mr. Robb, had no effect on Sir THomas White. Ha brushed it aside as a matter of no consequence, t ht ---- Over "10.000 enlistments in two months'is not bad. If it can be con- tinued and improved upon the army will not suffer for the time being. A HELP TO Recruiting generally will be help- ed by a perfect understanding be- tween the militia department and the recruiting offices. When parlia- ment was discussing the military al- lowances in committee of the whole, Mr. Douglas brought up the experi- ences of members of thi forestry bat- Special pay was given to some of its members because they. possessed special qualifications, such _ 88 sawyers, millwrights, fiers, edg- "ers, engineerd and log setters; and when they received thg-extra pay the Aw-patriotic Fund cut off or materially reduced its grants to . wives and childfen. 'The expignation, which | -eame from Mr. 8 member of he. central executive, that cer- tain standards were lished for ditterent parts of Canada, and the contributions for the patriotic funds were regulated by what the joint . committees regarded as reasonable subsisfinge allowance. - The men who fecelyed extra pay. as members of |\1 the forestry battalion, would be ob~ / ligéd to show this, and the Patriotic| w ald would be regulated by what | red to be reasonable allowances tor subsistance. The discussion that followed' was both vigorous and fn- |: cisive. Mr. Douglass sald he had} seen dozens of appedls, though they had not reached the militia depart- ls is flluminating. that the Patriotic Fund is separate and distinct from the militia depart- ment, and th&t one should not make pledges which are not binding upon the other. Recruiting is slow and difficult enough without any ef- tanglements such as Mr. Douglass discussed in the house. +SOLDIERS FAMILIES IN WANT. The emergencies of war are creat- ing conditions which, not being an- ticipated, are causing great distress. Some of thése conditions have been made public through a report which the director of national service for Northern Alberta has sent to a mem- ber of the Commons. - €ertain home- steaders have been killed in the war. Their pensions are inadequate to en- able them to live and meet their obligations. Others, the dependents of deceased soldiers, having no pro- perty, receive from the government allowances so small that they cannot hope to eke out an existence, There are orphanichildren of soldiers who must be housed and fed and clothed as wards of the government. A fourth class are the dependants of Canadians who joined the imperial forces and have been given pensions which are "a mere pittance," as com- pared with the cost of living in Can- adg. The militia department is helpless. The pension department is under the direction of the 'finance department, and ~it Is not familiar with military matters. Evidently there has to be a co-ordination of many matters, all of which, primar- fly,- have to do with the militia de- partment, but, under special ar- rangements, have been relegated to other departments or to commis- sions. The Canadians who have sacrificed their lives for the nation did so in the full assurance that their wives and children would be '"'am- ply" provided for. "Amply" does not mean luxuriously or extravagent- ly, but comfortably. of that will fail to meet the approval of the people. Hon. Frank Oliver, of Edmonton, appears to be the one man from the far west in parliament who interpret- ed the sentiments of his.¢onstituents correctly. THE WEST AND THE WAR. The men who suggested the west- ern demonstration either misread or miscalculated the feeling of the people. The great west has a large interest in the war, and for the rea- son that, it contributed largely of the men who haye represented it in the Canadign expeditionary forces, All the provinces aest of the graat have been honored in" the long roll of heroes who have made the su- preme sacrifice. It would be unkind to suggest to these westerners, these tillers of the soll in the great ma- jority, that they do not realize ths situation, and because they do not 1 are willing that recruits should still depend upon voluntary effort. The German menace does not strike all people in the same way. The outstanding feature of the convention is the regard the west has for Sir Wilfrid Laurier. He has taken a stand, and held to it ten- aciously. It is that he is for the war, until its finish; that Canada is in the war because the mother country is in it; that he does not favour comscription without a re-| ferendum or electors; that whatever they demand -} he 'will concede and advoeate to fhe' limit of his power. Others have not seen the issue in the same light, and these have included - many editors and liberal mpmbers of parliament and candidates Tn Ontario. They put conseription as a great necessity above all other guestions and above the party. They have felt that some new Moses would have to lead them while they, under union government, | fought: out the war, and left all else aside or over until peace had been proclaimed. | The 'west has a different view- point. It favours the war; it is willing to "bleed" in m: and money, contributed as in the past, will not desert the man who the liberals forse many years and ment, respecting the disappointment |'th - Of soldiers who had ben offered ex- | it is quite clear! Anything short | os led 'in 'the rdéruiting, #nd they |! mandate from the B generously and voluntarily; and it ed | mand the allegiance of all Canadians. Buf" is doubtful. The west at any rate will not have it. There may be an immediate' enforcement of con. seription, but it, too, is doubtful. The west does not regard it as essen- tial to the success of the war. If the great west dominates in politics ths government will know what to expect. EDITORIAL NOTES. 8ir Clifford Sifton will not make any more pilgrimages to the west. The liberal - party knows him no more. 3 The man the London Advertiser regardpd a few days ago as Canada's saviogr----the man it put upon a high pedestal for the admiration of us all ~has fallen. Have you read the official record of the senate's discussions. No? Well, ther, you are missing some- thing that ranks very high in the literature of the times. y The abuse of Laurier by the cor- servative press and speakers has had the, expected effect. it has united the party in the west, and it will have no one else for its leader. Canada has some very expensive advigers. For'ifiance, the man Mc- Cue, who acts as assistant to the fuel: controller, gets $25,000 a year. But coal is scarcer and dearer than ever, 4 : That was a rascallg conspiracy in- to which leading conservatives of the federal house entered into with leaders of the New Brunswick legis- lature to injure Hon. Dr. Pugsley. The exposure of it now will be to the everfasting dfscredit of the men who -efitered? into: it. The prophecy of a member of parliament some days ago was Te- called last evening. '"There is an attempt," said 'he, "to displace Laurier. But, 'mark my words, he'll beat them out." Sifton and Clark ware great men until they collided with tHesliberalism of the west. It wouldn't he safe now for them to join the Borden administration as liberal representatiVes. MRC PON | Not Much Worry. (Belleville Ontario) Comparatively few men are worry- ing over the 'income tax bill. The majority can view the outlook with the greatest ¢alffiness. Canada's Blindness. (PetefBORO "Exaiin Is it reasonable to oy that, it Britain found it necessary to try i three' governments, Cruata is to 'muddle along with the same govern- ment that has muddled matters for the past three years, Borden s Bad Fix. London Advertiser) Borden is'in a bad position. How- ever, he may twist it. He practically promised Nptfonalist Quebec that there would be no conscription. From a cabinet loaded with Nation- alists, their constituents couldn't but take it that way. He May and May a. (Hamilton Herald To a win-the-war deputation Sir Robert Borden expressed the hope that a new union government will be organized in the near future. And than any other man, Waiting F For Uncle Sam (Watertown Times) The: probability is that the war will wait for the United States to get into it with full vigor with a million _ men, a fleet of ships and a cloud -aof airplanes to close it. The length of the war depends on how. soon the United States can do this. If it can once land in France fully prepared with all its resources, the prohahility 1s that Germany like Davie Crocket's coon will ery, "Don't shoot; I'll come down." y 'WHO UPSET TORY PLANS OUT WEST? Te=onto World, Three man are blamed for the ap- pavenit failure of un'on government and the recrudescence of Literal loy- alty to Laurier. One is Hon. Robart 'Rogers. A good many Libemils who profess to be conscriptionists and in favor of union government in the ab- stract eay that the western liberals cannot go into a coalition government which includes the present min'ster of 'public works, How far this is a mere pretext no one can say, but you hear a good deal of it on every hand. It is also claimed by many of the delegates that Sir Clifford Sifton's visit to the west has had a great deal to: do with the present state of af- fairs, Mhey profess to: be sore at Siffom for his activity in the killing of reciprocity in 1911, Beyond that also Sir Clifford's personal activity against Sir Wilfrid Laurier bas les- sened the influence of the Manitoba Free Press. Finally, a great many Liberals say that the personal attacks on Sir Wil- frid Laurier mede ty Sir Clifford Sifton and Dr. Michael Olark have «| created a great wave of sympathy and loyalty for the old chief. The claim fs made in many quarters that Sir Wilfrid went out of power fight- ing for reciprocity, amd that it would be ungrateful of the west to desert him now. There is also a gen- eral fedling hard to explain, but un- doubtedly existing, that Sir Wilfrid, if returned to power, would do all that hie could to win the war, even to the point of resorting himself to con- soription. ; The William ,&yall: Company. of Montreal : is branching out into the Bhipbuilding business. " rat a Rippling Rhymes for it quickens; a all and times mm twenty a ilos, ing, 'when once the carburetor balks "Sic semper! [Pa on wm ee gusting, the wise man leaves his car ani MOTOR MADNESS * With applies stay me, I implore you, and. vir J tort me, 1 beg, with flagons; and hark. with patience while I bere you, for 'I am sick of choo-choo whggons. For daysm car will run s 9 sweetly, your admiration it climhs'the. hills serenely, neatly, and pulls through mud to beat the dickens, For days no grief will be your portion, you jaunt along-in fine condition: combustion's perfect, soi torsion, there are no flies on your ignition. . Your tires stand up without a puncture, you think you've left alt grief behind; then grief comes whooping, at thig§ juncture, to stir up madness in your mind. The punk \hings ther, not scattered raindrops, "but a'|' flood; and oftenest in rotten weather, when you must i slosh around in 'mud. peac driven, a thousand versts of calm and smiles} then my heart was wrenched and riven '@ hum: When once the blamed old 'tires start bBust- A thousand versts in 6 , when once the gear shift mcte dis- dowaltks., He says in earnest tones, 1 do-net choose to lose my goat; 1 will not spoil; my sunny temper by Indiing with that blamed old boat." Yi We " "WALT MASON. THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN he knows more about its prospects {| il total of what man has accomplished Straw Hats $1.00 We Ask You to See New Sinton Suits These suits are double breasted Pinch-backs ade up in exquis- ite style of either Plain navy serge, or pin stripe or check. sh will catch the eye of all who see them. = high class cut an PRICES: or perk nN thet Sane Sport Shirts and Outing Shirts are in great-demand." Now is $1.00 at our store. the time! Our Underwear stock is com- Combination in cream or white at $1.00 suit. Special Athletic suit $1.00. plete. Their . $22.50 and $25.00 Holeproof Holeproof $2.00. --- Fine Black Silk Hose for a few - fi days, 40c pair; 2:pair75c. Hosiery, 3 pair $1.00 Silk Hosiery, 3 pair et Bibbys 78 to 82 Princess Street AMAZING FEATS OF BRITISH NAVY & | Montreal Star, A statement Trom Admiral Jelli- coe, First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, or from any other British naval offi- cer of high rank, is invariably an explanation. After three years of warfare, the public has not yet grasped the full significance of the naval situation. ¥ Ag Little wonder.: (reat Britain's command of the open seas in the present war fs the outstanding achievement of mankind up fo this date in world history. It is the proudest result of modern scientific progress, embodying as it does the employment of all known devices for 'the conquest of distance and time. It is a demonstration = of the sum ap to this period in the eternal con- ct with Nature. Few minds are capable of grasp- g the real greatness of this Bri- thea achievement. For the apprecia- tion * deserved, it will require the perspective of futare history in which, beyond doubt, it will stand as a milestone in the progress of man- kind, a summing up of the ceaseless toil of the ages. Take off your hat to the British ailor! He deserves it! », Arthur Hendricks, an attorney, for mayor of Watertown, N.Y. 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