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Ee ---- THE BRITISH WHIG! Daily and Semi- Weekly by ISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO, LIMITED, E Managing- Director. Telephones: SUBSCRIPTION RATES { Edition) One year, delivered in city } One year, if paid in advance 5.0 One year by mall to rural offices 33 One oar, to United States 2.60 Semi-Weekly Edition) One oa by mall, cash One year, if pot paid in advance $1. 50 One year, to United States $1. hr and three months pro rata. MONTREAL REPRESENTATIVE R. Bruce Owen 12 Peter St, TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE 5. Traders Bank Bld E: TED. STATS REPRESENTATIV FR Nonthrap, 225 Fifth Ave, New York F.R. Northrup, 1510 8'n Bldg. Chicago Letters to, athe Editor are published on over the actual name of A ed is one of the best job printing offices in Canada. e elreulation of THE BRITISH wHio ts authenticated by the ABC , Audit Bureau of Circulations. ah ma The Kaiser, Marshal von Hinden- burg and Gen. Ludeadorff occupy seats in the grand stand on the west- ern front. They may not feel like doing much cheering when the show is over. 1t used to be Bedlam. Now it is Russia," says the New York World. At one time the inmates of Bedlam were exhibited in cages, but the Russians are too Rumerous to adopt this method. Sede, Lieut. Robert" Hanna, ot the 29th ~(Vancouver) Battalion, went "over the top" twenty-two times before he won the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge on August 21st, 1917. A re- cord . like that deserves several V.C's. ' Russia has met the invading Ger- mans with a friendly handshake and a bouquet of flowers. As a result most of her wast territory is now un- der the domination of the Hun, Pacifists in other countries might well take warning. The United States now realizes tha necessity of speeding up in all lines of warlwork. President Wilson now holds weekly conferences with all his advisers, believing, as he says, that greater efficiency can be secur- od with united effort, The big gas and electric lighting companies of New York have arrars- ed for insurance in excess of $50. 000,600 covering bombardment from the air or the sea and other forms of&to their senses. Do they fear a menace |{ war risk. hitherto unsuspected by the public? Isn't it time that Canadians learn- ed to economize ds do the English and French? The necessity is now apparent, but even were it not, a Jesson in. thrift would not be amiss. The more money we save now, the more there will be to invest in our country's war loans. : What's this! The gay old senators at Ottawa hilling the country for 100 Jadies' bags at $8 each, 40 ladies' purses at $5.50 each and sundry Wiressing cases, bags, ete, having a value of $133!, looks as if billing and cooing had Both been going on. Shame on the rascals. " Canada night well take a lesson from the decision of the French Gov- ernment to call up all male residents belonging to Allied and neutral na- tions between the ages of 15 and 50, and to use them in the production of . foed. This is also the course adyo- cated by our Great War Veterans. France is now Turning out 300. 000 shells a day, and nearly 500. ~>>.008 women are working . day and night in the munition factories. At the battle of the Marne France had in the field 1,500,000 men, whereds to-day She has 2,700,000 under arms. These facts would not indicate that] the nation had been "bled white," az the Germans delight to claim. ee -------- KEEP THE BOAT HERE. Negotiations were "opened on Thursday for the purchase from. the Cavada Steamship Lines, by the Wal- laceburg and Detroit Transportation Co., of the steamer Thousand Island- er, now wintering beside the new causeway: in Kingston. If secured by "the western Ontario - men, the boat Wortd.be placed on Yhe run of the steamer OQ cott, which formerly oper-| _gibully of a neighbor. ated be troit. Fo Islander Kingstong and is ore of Wallaceburg and De- tive yaprs the Thousand been Operated between 1 Thousand Island points, speediest and most popular 1 the St. Lawrence. Kingston reason to complain of the poor quality of service. given this city and dis strict last season by the Canada Steamship Lines, and if the best boat they have is to be taken off the St. Lawrence the service will be still further impaired. 8o far the negotiations have not heen successful, and there is still an opportunity for our Board of Trade to protest against a further curtailment of the passen- ger service in and out of Kingston. The business and recreation interests of this city suffered severely: last year through the failure of the steamboat companies adequately recognize local necessities, The sum- mer tourist trade means much to our business men, our hotels, our cab and taxi drivers, ete. " Every effet should te madé towards increasing this trade. If, however, action is not ot once taken by the city, travel by water in and out of Kingston will reach a still lower level the ats on to HOLLAND'S PREDICAMENT. There should be no hard feelings against Holland for objecting to the Allies taking over her interned ships. The Dutch were between the devil and the deep and they maturally decided to offend the just rulers of the deep seas rather than the devilish rulers of Germany. They have stood 500,000 strong, of war; and during these years of suspense have stood trembling less Germany hurl her weight upon their little na- tion. The fate of Belgiom, Montenegro and Rumania showed Holland all too plainly what might expect if she offended her big She has acted 4s any one might be expected to act when threatened by an adversary of immeasurably greater strength. Holland knows that Germany is only waiting for an excuse to crucify her. A studied and pre-war invasion of Holland placed the Hun in a pe- cudiarly strong 'position in the' littie kingdom. The country fairly swarms wi Germans; for example, it is stated that 75 per cent. of the trade of Rotterdam and a large percentage of the trade wof Amsterdam---her two most important cities--is in the hands of the Hun. The queen's hus- band and her mother are German, and so are many court officials. The whole nation has been bedevilled by German intrigue. Still there is a saving remnant. The spirit of na- tionality has mot been crushed. As long as the dykes of Holland divide the land from the sea, so long will she resent the incursion of the Hun. To-day she stands in a perilous posi- tion, being obliged to choose between two Strong masters. Quite wisely she has chosen to endure the ills she has rather than fly to others that she knows not df. The day of Hol- land's ultimate delivery from the bondage imposed by a strdpg and brutal neighbor may be nearéy than she dare hope to-day. sea, at arms, some since the outbreak Serbia, she ¥ WHAT WILL JAPAN DO? Ever since it was realized that the Russian revolution meant the with- drawal of that nation from active participation in the war, the man in the street has been looking to Japan to do something to bring the Russians It was thought that he Japs were itching to attack their former enemies, and to gain as a prize a large slice of Manchuria. These theories may or may not have been correct, but for the past year they have been discussed a great deal. And now, when Russia is making no| and when large quantities of war ma- terials are falling into the hands of the enemy, the question of Japanese intervention has become a live one, At Vliadivostock, and at various dépots all along the Trans-Siberian railway are enormous stores of am- munition, guns and other supplies, sent by America and Japan to help the Russian armies to meet the en- emy on something like.equal terms. Now that collapse and disintegration of the Russian forces has become cer- tain, it is obvious that these supplies should be prevented from fallling into be diverted to some part of the far- flung battieline where they) could 'be used to advantage. By her geo graphical position she is the pation best 'adapted to undertake this im- portant" operation. Japan is willing and eager to commence on an ambi- tious schenie in Siberia. All that is their approval of her Allles. - Why there should be any withholding of their approval it is hard to under: stand. The Allies should be in com- plete harmony in this matter, as in all others. The recovery of tne vast suppies in Siberia isa matter of great importance 'to them. The United States still seems to be doubtful of any ghtension of Japanese power, But an extension of. Japan's territory westward would lessen the menace of any desires to extend at the expense of hér eastern United States ought to be in com- plete sympathy with the present aims of Japan. Not oy 3 is Jagan wiling { tor the ~ effort to stop the German advances, the hands of the enemy, and should]. necessary is that her plans meet with i so that the} THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, MONDAY, . task, but she is' also well able to complish it. Since the brilliant ¢ ture of Kiao-Chau, and Japs have ta ken part in They have at their disposal a large, well-trained and well-equipped ar The work over-running Siberia would be done quickly and well Thete would be little opposition, in a very short time their aims would be accomplished Asiatic Russia] would 'be made safe for the Allies, and there ia always the hope that Japan- ese the ap- no of and intervention would awaken Russiang to the Te utonie In sone quarters it is thought that] a Japanese army might appe the eastern front to assist Russia in stemming the tide of invasion. That is a very remote possibility. Between Viadivostock and the battle-| on of barren territory, a single railroad, The of transportation would prevent any Japanese intervention scale in Europe, has come active on a The time take a more operations, It may be that the Al-| lies are doubtful as to the wisdom ofs opening up another "side-show.' But this campaign would net divert a single man theatres lease for use for Japan to or gun from other and it would re- the large quantities of | of war, Trans-Siberian act a Russians Central might against Germany, for some Any such campaign the whole-hearted Btitisly public, for faith in Russia, port Japan in situation there, railroad. a deterrent to any might It would scheme the! to & st tho ary, it campaign if the war drags on time yet, make It into Powers. neces develop a would support of the they have lost and would gladly sup- an effort to help the In carrying out its plans, Japan would be rendering a signal the Allies, and would feel that she was at last doing something worth while for the cause which she has championed, have service to mp i | PUBLIC OPINION All Alike. (Ottawa Journal Press How completely of a iece all the German justifications are for this German war of self-defence, le etre The Dear Days. (Brantford Exp Mary had a little lamb, But less is now our share, If Mary had that lamb to-day She'd be a millionaire, sitor) Getting ?--No Got. (Lindon Advertiser) Several titled foreigners Have been arrested in New York. The Ameri- military operation. | v.! danger. | large! 1 part in military | material going to waste all along the| holders, and so are Canadians, Proof ot Reform. (TY ridnia' Ste The action ot the new 'Governme nt in causing over twenty thousand affi- cers 2nd men in England, who are not available for service in the war, to pack up and cope home is one of the most decisive proofs that could have been given that a new era has opened in Canada's management of her part in the war, In The Absénce of Clergy. (Saturday Evening Post.) Some time ago a dinner was given in New York at which a well-known actor, who is something of a free- thinker along theological lines, sal | at the guest-table. When the hour for starting the feast arrived, the toast-master," a very religious man, | discovered that no minister of the line is a three thoudand mile stretch Gospel was present, although several traversed only by| difficulties | had been invited, In this emergency he turned to the actor and asked him 10 say grace, The actor rose, bowed and in the midst of a sald fervently: i "There being no clergyman pres- ent, let us thank God." his deep head, hush, i DEATH OF MAJOR T, D. SNEATH. fw ell-Known Queens Science Gradu- ate Killed in Action. Recent despatches announce that i Major T. D. Sneath, M.C., was killed in action on the 14th instant. The deceased was a graduate in Science of Queen's University and a elivil 1 engineer Shortly after the out- | break of the war he res sighed a luera- ! tive position with" the Canadian Stewarts Construction Company with whom he was engaged in the im- provements of Toronto harbor and enlisted with the rank of lieutenant with the Canadian Engineers, He afterwards transferred to the Mount- ed Rifles and went overseas from Kingston with a draft from the 8th C.M.R., in July 1915. In the follow- ing September he went to the front with the 5th, C.M.R., and has been through all the stiff engagements in which that unit has taken pant and had some very marrow escapes. In May 1916 a shell burst in a dug-out killing three of his companions and burying and severely wounding him and another officer. It was several { hours béfore the two living men were | removed. He was mentioned three | times in despatches for his gallantry {and was awarded the Military Cross for his daring exploits at the battle of the Somme. His promotions on the field were rapid and it was only a few weeks ago he completed his commanding officer's eourse and expected to be gazetted a lieutenant-colonel this spring and given full command of a regiment. There were few, if any, 'more popula officers in the Cana- 'dian army. He was highly respected by his fellow officers and loved -by his men who had absolute confidence | { where. The deceased was a son of Henry Sneath of Woodstpok, and was mar- ried to a daughter of W. 8. Herring- ton, Napanee. For the past year Mrs. Sneath has been inf the head office of the Canadian Red Cross in London. | | li Rhymes heroic men; and don't come ly boats go sai no more. . rise; alas, and Fatherland I n | low, is seeing that they' re canned. . By GENE graft was sprung, I called for volunteers; the chosen seamen then gave tongue to loud and happy cheers. They sailed away to break and burst old Britain's power and might; ach, schweitzerkase und liverwurst! where are my boys tonight? willing hand--I"n facing mutineers! to make the threat of hemp and gallows scenes, dA fore they'll tome, already yet, to man my submarines. anght can affright the German soul like lormless mystery, and I'm afraid of that great hole, somewhere beneath the sea!" U-boats go, by crews reluctant manned; and spme grim monster, down be- THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN VANISHING SUBS The submarines go subbing forth, manned by back again. The Kaiser sees his cost- ling from his shore; "some- there U-boats go, no more to woe is me! When firsts my U-boat! And whén to save the ow ask volunteers, no sailor lifts a And so I have be- And still the kaiser's --WALT MASON. GIMME A MAPLE NUT SUNDAE! 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