~ PAGE FOUR THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG,: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1917. RRA RA ERAS, Dass a THE BRITISH ; WHIG . SATH YEAR. Published Dally and Semi-Weekly hv THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO.,, LIMITED. Editor and Managing-Director. Leman A. Guild Telephon Business Office . Editorial Rooms Job Office SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Daily Edition) year, delivered in city year, if paid in advance .... $5.00 year, by mail to rural offices §2.50 year, to United States 2.60 (Semj- Weekly Edition) One year, by mall, cash $1.00 One year, if not pald In advance §1.50 One year, to United States $150 dix and three moaths® pro rata. One One One One MONTREAL REPRESENTATIVE R. Bruce Owen 123 St. Peter St. TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE F.C. Hoy ... 1005 Traders Bank Bldg. UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE: F.R.Northrup, 226 Fifth Ave, New York F.R.Northrup, 1510 Ass'n Bldg. Chicago Attached is one of the Job printing offices fn Canada, best The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG Is authenticated by the C Audit Burean of Circulations. Canada must hurry. Germany is aiming to win war now--not next year. the A few more days and the agony will be over. The fruits of father's war garden are démonstrating their value now. Yes, the British Whig will gladly help you play Santa Claus to thé soldiers'; kiddies. But you must act promptly. A man's wife may lay down the law to her husband, but she is al- ways willing to let him day down the carpets. "Snow Comes to Italy's Aid," Says a newspaper heading. King- stoniang didn't regard the late storm in the same light. They considered it a nuisance. ' tr ------ Not over 16,000 troops are avail- able for reinforcements for the Canadians in France. And yet we -are asked to delay whilp a referen- dum can be taken! The forces, whether military or civilian, that are fighting or living for liberty may expect every kind of attack, open and covert, sly, bold, insidious and ponderous, until the end. Germany learned - after many generations of weakness that its strength lay' in unity. The Whig is trying to do #ts bit to drive home the fact that Canada's strength also can only be found in unity. The Food Controller denies that he spent $4.20 for a meal in a rail- road dining-car. Our experience is that a Qungry man might quite eas- ily spend that amount, under like circumstances, and still find his 4p- petite unimpaired. ------------------------ Our appeal of Wednesday, on be- half of the soldiers' kiddies and titeir Christmas. Fund, met with a generous response. The $1,000 mark is still quite a ways off. It YOU haven't already contributed, remember that it is noi yet too late, General Allenby has issued a pro- clamation to; the people of Jeérusa- lem. A reading 'of this 'historic "document shows that the average British commander in the field is as good a writer as he is a fighter. That ought to be sufficient praises {or any man. : ~~ "Some of our politicians will say Oanada has done her duty. What are they going to do with the rest]' of us here? 'Leave us to be slaugh- tered? We bave so much of the © liné to hold, and we have to hold it."--Lettér from the trenches from Pte. Bryan, of Cornwall. . The United States Supreme Court has handed down a n of con- 'siderable intevest to organized labor. * While reaffirming the right of work- men to organize for lawful pur- poses, the court holds that employ- ers may legally operate their plants as "open shops" and prevent con- ". spiracies to bring their non-union employees Into labor organizations. ' Tiis decision is likely to be vigor - Ft os 5 al 5 \ Britain, sorely pres for men, money and food, and now fighting ~ 'with her back to the wall, donates nn. This in addition to large tions from individual cities, Under existing circumstances, such a re- lief vote is not only generous--it is magnificent, The Canadian Gov- ernment and people have responded most creditably to the eall of the suffering people of Halifax. Canada subscrip- warm-heartedly the United States extended the ready hand of brother- hood. . But Britain--good old, loyal, kindly Britain--{ighting to-day as she has for over three years with every ounce of her strength, pauses long enough to harken and respond to the ery of suffering humanity. Verily, "Many daughters have done virt- uously, but thou éxcellest them all!" MEN OR FOOD--WHICH? The Whig has been criticised be- cause it upheld the Military Service Act and urged the sending of im- mediate reinforcements. The eritics declared that England and the Allies needed food, not men. Both are, of course, essential; but most bat- tles, we imagine, are won by human combat, not by growing more pota- toes or more turnips or more cab- bages. Perhaps the best answer to this fallacious argument is supplied by Ralph Connor, the Canadian nov- elist, who has been at the front. He writes: "Is it right that you ask 500 men to hold a front line that requires 1,- 000 to hold? It is not right; it is not fair. You talk about raising grain, What is the use of raising grain ir! youremen are all dead? Dead men don't need grain. What is the use of talking about wealth? Slaves don't need wealth!" ' AN AFWUL ALTERNATIVE. Those who may feel inclined to vote against the Union Government might well pausé and ask themselves the question: "Should Laurier and Bourassa by any chance win the elec- tion, what will be the personnel of the Government? What material is available for their cabinet? Who are the men likely to control the destin- ies of this British commonwealth, anyway?" One guess is as good as another, but noné of them is very reassuring. Here is a forcast. At Wednesday's luncheon of the Empire Club, Toronto, 3. D. Perry read the following night lettergram he had that morning received from Montreal: "It is framed up here that if the Union Government is defeated on Monday next, Sir Wilfrid Laurier vill retire on pénsion and be succeed- ed by Sir Lomer Gouin with the fol- lowing Cabinet; Bourassa, Minister of Finance; Lavergne, Minister of Nilitia; Lemieux, Minister of Rail ways; Aylesworth, Minister of Jus- dice; Oliver Minister of Trade and Commerce; Murphy, Minister of Cus- toms; E. M. Macdonald, President of ithe Council and Hartley H. Dewart, K.C., M.P.P, missioner to London." LET'S MAKE IT UNANIMOUS The Liberal and Conservative press of Kingston is in favor of Union Government and Mr. Nickle: The Anglican bishop of Kingston and the pastors of all the evangelical churches of Kingston are in favor of Union Government and Mr. Nickle. The Great War Veterans' Assocla- tion of Kingston is in favor of Union Government and Mr, Nickle. The Army and Navy Veterans' As- sociation of Kingston is in favor of Union Government and Mr. Nickle, 'The Kingston Board of Trade, re- presenting the mercantile and in- dustrial life of the city, is in favor of Union Government and Mr. Nickle. The fetiring principal of Qugen's University, professors, are in favor of Union Government and Mr, Nickle. The majority of outstanding Lib- erals in Kingston, as evidenced by their recently published manifesto, are in favor of Union Government and Mr. Nickle. x The women of Kingston, who will for the first time exercise the fran- chise earned for them by their sol- dier relatives; are in favor of Union Government. and Mr, Nickle. The great body of thoughtful, con. scientious, loyal citizens of all creeds and of all shades of political belief, are in favor of Union Government and Mr. Nickle. Let's make it unanimous, and be done with it! LETTING UNCLE 8AM DO IT. Time was when the British people, confronted with an onerous task or a new and perplexing problem, dis- . "Let George do it." quite to everybody's satisfaction. 5h "95,000,000 to the relief of Halifax. E san. never forget. how promptly end: Canadian High Com-|° as wellfas many of its} States had millions of them to send to the front? True, we have done well, but we have dome enough. Let's retire amd leave it to Uncle Sam to finish the job. Did » Capadian boys, who went "over the top' ,at Vimy Ridge, at Passchendeale and on many another bloody field; ask --Hnecte--Sam-- anybody else--to do it for them? ON YOUR LIFE, THEY DID NOT! They felt' quite equal to fight own battles, and they did so--and, what's better, they whipped the Hun to a standstill, These gallant fel- lows didn't ask for Uncle Sam to do their work for them, much as he might have been willing to do it. They didn't require. the help of anyone, It was their job, and they dg it . Can we at home not measure up, in some small degree at least--for that is the best we can ever hope to do--to the fighting spirit, the fine independence, the splendid self-re- liance, of our soldier boys in France? We shame them, beyond pardon, if we desert them now, and "leave it to Uncle Sam." Yet, that is just what Quebec de- mands. . But is not the United States al- ready doing her share? She is to- day financing the AMies. - Her navy is in Europe, co-operating with that of Britain and France and Italy. A powerful expeditionary force is now on the firing line, while millions of men are undergoing a thorough training at home. Her shipbuilding programme is a prodigious one. But OT their | | these warlike activities, powerful {and far-reaching as they are, do not | ronstitute her entire effort. An | evidence of her spendid co-operation | pe |in the Allied cause is revealed in a | statement made by Major-General F. IB Maurice, chief director of military | | operations .at the British' War Of tice. Speaking or the tall of Jerus | salem, Gen. Maurice said: | "In the campaign as a whole, the | great acoomplishanent has been, not | the defeat of the Turks, but the econ- { quest of the Sinai Desert. The troops {who fought at Gaza drank water {from Egypt, pumped through an { American pipe line, and were sup- plied over broad gauge gailroad laid { clear across the 150 iles of the | Sinai Desert, which has defeated al- | most everybody that tried to con- jquer Egypt for centuries. Every ounce of material for the pipe. line and the railroad came here from {Great Britain or the United States. "All the time this conquest of the {desert has been going on the official communications have been able to say only 'Nothing to report,' and the public thought we were idle. The fall of Jerusalem was made possible by the industry, organization and help of material from the United States." Uncle Sam is doing his part, but that is no reason why we should t continue to do our part. Our army leaders appeal for men and still | more m¢ The Union Government is pledged to send them the men {they ask for by the operation of the Military Service Act. Laurier says he will suspend the act. Bourassa says we have done too much already. Should there be any doubt as to | which side deserves--nay more, de- | mands--your allegiance? mm ( They abolished patronage in Governn®nt contracts. They controlled the packing must not charge a profit of the object of conserving our from $20 to $25 a month. tion Tribunals who tried promptly. The government does not escape its duty. the country by Laurier. ¥ : THE RECORD OF THE UNION GOVERNMENT positions, in the purchase of supplies and in awarding of Patronage Was the Worst Evil in Politics. their sales--that is to say only two cents on a dollar. They passed an order providing that the flour millers can make a profit of only 25¢ on each barre} of flour. "stopped the use of grain in the manufacture of liquor. They stopped expenditure on almost all Publie works with They greatly extended the powers of the Food Controller, giving him practically unlimited authority. They increased the separation allowance to wives and other dependents of soldiers under They are standing no nonsense from the Quwebee Exemp- to make Thousands of appeals from these Tribunals have been taken by the government representatives and will be tried } * They have been in office pnly eight weeks and have been hampered through having to run an election forced upon - appointments to Government houses by ordering that they more than two per cent. on They finances for the war. the rank of Sergeant a farce of the thing. are seeing to it that Quebec \ Rippling Rhymes and drear; he drawing near. a meal. longer breath; trade as death. see in shadow regions, the victims of ions a million at a time. missed it with the popular phrase, | And Lloyd-George usually did it, | To-day we are witnessing in Can- | Tas - anl BLOOD AND IRON Great Bismarck lay expifing, in trouble dread tres racked his brain; his iron soul was smitten by dire remorse and pain. "I made blood run like water," he moaned, again, again; and'l have sent to slangh- ter eight hundred thousand men. cancer, the thought of all my dead: and now I go to answer for human blood I've shed." hatter poor Bismarck must have been, to mind so small a matter™-eight hundred thousand men! plain: he was a martyr, to some imagined wouldn't be a starter, that lot, to. Kaiser Bill. small and paltry numbers, as racked the man of steel, would not distarb Bill's slumbers,'or make him miss They would not make him paler or draw a ALS 4 from his royal lair, tel¢graphers are wiring the glad news everywhere, he'll saw this world retiring, and t'other Biographers have written how spec- It gnaws me like a As mad as any it's It Such ill he's not a cheap retailer in such a When Wilhelm lies expiring, and his crime, and he will count their leg- --WALT MASON. a r-- of Routes. Sat rn oh ticket A ------------------------------. 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