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THE SOLDIERS' AID COMMISSION has been incorporates by the Province of Ontaria for the purpose of Fssimting to réinetate Mscharged officers and men in civil life. EMPLOYMENT. : We cordially invite a-operation of the public in the im tant work of securing employment for soldiers who have bheén digseharged from mdlitary service, VOCATIONAL TRAINING. Classes for the vocational re-ediea- tian of sokMeérs who have been so dis- abled as to prevent them from resim- ng thelr former occupations. are pro. vided free of cost, and in addition, the SUPPOrt of the soldier and his depead- ants ig provided during the period of retraining and for one month after Further infcrmation ag to courqes may be obtained from W, Ww, Niebol, Superintendent of Hdueation, 116 Cole lege Street, Toronto. RELIEF FUND, Donatlons for the assistance of sole diers' families in temporary distress will be thankfully réemived and sek- nowledged, and should be made payab.e to the order Of the Commission, Heald OMce: 118 COLLEGE STREET, TORONTO, + Kingston Braueh: 231 BAGOT STREET. Major E. C, Southey, Inspector of rane W. BE. MeLaughlln, Secretary. GAS IN THE STOMACH I DANGEROUS Recommends Daily Use of Magnesia To Overcome Trouble Caused By Fermenting Food and Acid Indigestion. Gas and wind in the stomach ae- companied by that full bloated feel- ing after eating are almost certain evidence of the presence of excessive hydrochloric acid in the stomach, creating so called "acid indigestion." Acid stomachs are dangerous be- cause too much acid irritates the deli- cate lining of the stomach, often leading to gastritis, accompanied by serious stomach ulcers. Food fer: ments and sours, creating the did. tréssing gas which distends the stom- ach, and hampers thé normal fune- tions of the vital internal organs, of- ten affecting the heart. It is the worst of folly to neglect such a serious condition or to treat with ordinary digestive aids which have no neutralizing effect on 'the stomach acids. Instead get from any druggist a few ounces of Bisurated Magnesia and take a teaspoonful in a quarter glass of water right after eating. This will drive the gas, wind and bloat right out of the body, sweeten the stomach, neutralize the excess acid and prevent Hs farmation ant there is no sourness or pain. Bis- urated Magnesia (in powder 'or tab- let form--never liguid or milk) is harmless to the stomach, inexpensive to take and the best form of mag- nesia for. stomach purposes. It is used by. thousands of people who én- Joy thei seals withiho more fear of indigestion, nay WALL PAPER We have un large assortment of new wall paper. Scoleh Ostmenls sud a lot of good bargains in remnants of Aull and parlor papers. Alne Knlsomining, painting and paper hanglog., All work doae promptly. D. FRASER 78 William Street, Le ASS Preserver Simpl, Eft Will k fresh and in he t of condition one year. 20 CENTS Best's Popular Drug Stobe. Phone 59. Branch 2018 for WY YY E Keeley Jr, 10.0.0. BLAMES THE WARLORDS PRESENT CONFLICT FORCED ON THE ALLIES, Former Ambassador to London Makes Candid Statement Regard. Ing German Diplomags, and He Bays "We Deliberately Destroyed the Possibility of a Peaceful Settlement," HE personal memorandum of Prince Lichnowsky, reveal- ing the Inner workings of German diplomacy, and which has caused much feeling in Germany against the former am- bassador to Great Britain, leaked out last summer through the German General Staff after the fall of Ghan- cellor von Betumann-Hollweg. This statement fs made by the Socialist Vorwaerts of Berlin, which prints the most Important points of the memor- andum, "Prince Lichnowsky has not a shadow of a doubt gbout the respon-. sibility for the war. Without hesita- tion he fastens it upon Germany, The German militarists were inexorable. They would not suffer Count Berch- told to give way, when he flinched from plunging Europe into the war they forced his hand, ~ "We deliberately . destroyed the po saibility of a peaceful settlement," is the former ambassador's consider. ed judgment. He cannot feel surpris- ed that "the whole civilized world outside Germany attributes to us sole guilt for the world war." The first hint of coming trouble which reached Lichnowsky seems to have been Von Bethmann-Hollweg's refusal to share his optimism when he visited Wilhelmstragse early in July, 1914. The Chancellor and the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs complained of Russian armament, and the latter declared that Russia was everywhere in Germany's way. At the same time he learned that Von Tchirsky, the, German Ambassa- dor at Vienna, had been rebuked be- cause he had counselled moderation towands Serbia. But these were mere straws, showing the direction of (he current, It was not until later that he heard of "the decisive conversation at Potsdam on July 5," and of "the absolute assent" which "all person- ages In authority" there gave to Aus- tria's enquiry, that he knew that Gen. von Moltke, then chief of the Gen- eral Staff, was "pressing for war," or that he was informed of the state- ment in the protocol of the Potsdam meeting sent to Count Mensdorff that these "personages" had agreed "there wculd be no harm if a war with Russia were to result." Herr von Jagow met his warnings about the probable effects of the Potsdam policy upon British opinion by assuring him Russia was not ready and 'Germany must simply risk it." This belief as to Russia's unreadiness "caused us to stimulate Count Berch- told to the greatest possible energy." Meanwhile the attitude of Britain was absolutely pacific, and the Brit. ish press protested against the poll- tical exploitation of the Sarajevo murders, but it sternly reproved the crime. It at once understood that the unprecedented ultimatum which, under "stimulation" from Berlin, Count Berchtold, had launched at Serbla, meant war. Still Sir Edward Grey, as he then was, did not de- gpair, and the former German Am- bassodor bears the strongest testi. mony to the sincerity of hig unweary- ing efforts to avert this war which H the Germans calumniously assert he provoked, The prince declares that "it would have been easy to find an aceeptable solution for the two relatively small points left in dispute between Vienna and Belgrade, and that 'given good will everything could have been sel- tied in one or two. sittiags" of the body proposed by Sir Edward. "A hint from Berlin" would have been enough to make Count Berch- told less satisfied with a diplomatic success and to cause his acquiescence in the Serbian reply. What happened? "This hint' was not given, on. the contrary we pressed for war." Sir Edward besought Germany to make a proposal of her own; "we insisted upon war." The Russian Foreign Minister made urgent appeals and definite declarations, and later the Russian Emperor "sent positively humble telegrams" in vain, "Berlin went on insisting that Serbia must be massacred." At last Count Berchtold himself wavered. He "bad hitherto stayed the strong man on instructions from Berlin" and he "decided to change his course." Them Germany cut short all hopes of peace by herself declaring war, : Prince Lichnowsky speaks of "perfidy" of the policy he was used to cloak, but it is not chiefly upon sentimental or even upon moral grounds that he condemned the German system, It is the folly rather than the wickedness of Ger- man statecraft which he reprobates. It is quite unnecessary, he insists, for ny to trou herself about Austria. + Austria-Hungary might have been turned into "a vassal of the German empire" without an al- keep her In tow by cultivating good relations with Russia. Hance at all. Germany could always | THE. DAILY BRITISH WHIG, TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1918. * tral Europe, he déciares, 'is medi. | valism, and Berlin-to-Bagdad is al | eul de sao.' - The struggle she has | { provoked will end fa triumph for her | | opponents, and she will remain alone | | with Austria and Hungary. Such i | the punishment he forsees for her { folly and her perfidy in provoking {tke bloodiest war that has ever | | scourged the nations of the world." | } treat | SPAN OF LIFE GREATER. ! i { Average Age at Death Was 25 Years | | at Time of the Reformation. } | The treatment of organic disease | { In ancient and modern times offers | | & curious and painful study, ope re- | plete with proofs of human credulity. { It surprises the student to find that | the earliest attempts to put surgery | and medical effort on a scientific | basis were made by the Arabians, the | Khalifates of Bagdad and Samarcand distinguishing themselves in this! way. Indeed the promise of that out- | burst of enlightenment in Mesopo- | tamia and Syria strangely contrasts | with the present condition of those | Eastern lands which are now being | rescued from Turkish oppression, In | Cairo and Salerno in Italy medical colleges set up rigid courses and ex- aminations, only qualified men being allowed to practice. Of course, crude methods of treatment prevailed; in- deed for ages afterward the resources | of the professions were scanty, often | savoring more of magle aud supersti- tious notions than of careful enquiry; and experiment. Even Francis Bacon | collected current recipes, the like of which are still to be found among our village dames and advertising | quacks of the baser sort, Yet it is | encouraging to find that human life | has been lengthened in an increasing | ratio. At the time of the Reforma-, tion it only averaged 25 years; in 1830 it reached 40 years, while to- day the life Insurance companies base their premiums and benefits up- | on the assumption that a large pro- | portion of those who reach middle | lite will survive for thirty years longer, i ---------------- Fire Eater and Slacker. Count Ernst von Reventiow, chief editorial writer of the "Deutsche Tageszeltung," and ardent supporter | of most of the various forms of pan- Germanic ruthlessness, has been sbarply attacked by some of' his fel- lov editors in Germany, according to information received in Berne, Swit zerland." '"As an author, he is a fire-eater, a raging creature of battle, who goes in for a war to the ultimate limit, or at least until the complete defeat of the British,' says the 'Neues Weiner Journal." "But even in the first few weeks of the war, when mil- lions of volunteers were hastening to the German colors, Count Reventlow preferred to remain comfortably at home, although at the outbreak of the war he was not quite forty-five years old, and formerly was a naval officer." Y Count Reventlow retorted by de- claring that he offered his services to the naval authorities at the be- ginning of the war and appealed to the "Vorwaerts" for a decision whe- 'ther he had been slandered. His appeal aroused no sympathy, however, and the "Vorwaerts" mere- ly expressed regret that the count's offer of his services was not accepted by the navy, and added: "There exists a prejudice against persons who, without personally hav- ing felt the miseries of the war, pro- pagate aima that lengthen the war.' The Pesky Gopher. California and other western states have two sorts of game that are al. ways in season, says the Popular Sci- ence Monthly, One is the gopher, which is not a turtle, as he is in the south, but a burrowing pest; the other is the ground squirrel, Beth are nuisances, and both are under the sentence of déath when it can be executed. To help In carrying out that sentence, a western inventor has worked out a burrow, gun. It has a cylinder containing a cartridge and firing mechanism, with a flat plate projecting from the side and taking the part of the trigger. When the gopher comes burrowing along, shov- ing frésh dirt ahead of him, he touches the trigger, and the gun goes Off. This is hard on the animal, but has sat by the mouth of the fresh burrow © and waited for the wily gopher to make its appearance, ---------------- Paper Make From Grass. From Queensland come reports of successful experiments in manufac. turing paper pulp out of '"lalang" grass, which resembles very closely the "esparto" of Spain and North Africa, and which when dried before making it into pulp yields as high as sixty per cent. of first-class paper- making pulp. The expert states that esparto is the best pulp known, and the lalang grass product is within ten per cent. of the same value. There are millions of tons of this grass growing in Queensiand. Three erops a year can be cut from it, and this plant is sald to be otherwise a curse to the country. Chinese "barr'™ ~Uréna--and the Queensland hemp ~-Sida Retusa---are sald to produ-e thirty per cent. of first-class paper pulp. Lantana, which is also regarded 48 & great pest, makes an excellent wrapping paper.-- Family Herald, een ---- A Departed Treasure, | Was your boy Josh much of a help to you around the farm?" "Yes," replied Farmer Corntossel. "I didn't realize ho 7 much of a help he was. Be tut do much work. | could play { tell riddles keep i] jare | whole affords keen pleasure to the boy who | SUPPORT MAJOR STARR GREAT WAR VETERANS WANT HIM AS CHAPLAIN. Kingston Delegates to the Convens tion in Hamilton Says the Attack on the YMCA. Was Exaggerat- ed. There was a large gathering in the rooms the G.W.V.A. Monda; night Th rious committees in charge of great; celebration, "Over the Top," on July Ist report- ed that much Satisfactory progress had been made composed live mien and a complete success 8 assured. Con- tributions of articles and money by city business men are gratefully ac- knowledged, but more are needed. If any person desiring to contribute will ring up phone 818 old collegiate building, Sergeant AHen will send a messenger for the eontribution There was much discussion over the newspaper reports sent out from the provincial convention, in which it (was stated that the convention condemned the management of the Military Y.MIC.A. overseas. Com- rades Bowker and Ryan, two of the local delegates at that. convention, stated that no sueh resclution passed, but that some individuals indulged in adverse comment. Their remarks reached the press in an ex- aggerated form. Many members were as strongly in favor of Military Y There was a general opinion that the YM.C.A. was or- ganized to do good work and wis doing it. As an illustration: One member stated that on one oceasion"when he was in [London he had only three pounds in his pockes He stopped at tha Y rooms, saw the of London and when he re- turned to his battalion he still had two pounds in his possession. The following resolution was passed un- animously: '"That the delegates to the Dominion convention take up the subject of the YAM CA" Other resolutions passed were: That the Dominion executive be asked to adoptthe referendum sys- tem of government. That the next meeting be held on the second Monday in July, the fol- lowing meeting the first Monday in August, and that the weekly meet- img be resumed in September, Back Up Dean Starr. "That the Kingston branch G. W. V. A. endorses the appointment of Dean [Starr as senior chaplain M.D. No. 33 { This resolution was passed in con- sequence of a report that Col. Wil- liams 'had been recently appointed senior chaplain for this district, in which Major Starr, who was twice overseas since the war began, was serving gratuitously. Cel. Willlams had not served overseas in any ca- pacity, and the announcement of nis appointment as chaplain for the district, it was held, was clearly at variance with the principle that only returned men should be appointed The principle has, been accepted by the Government and was embodied in an Order-in-Council. The G. W. V. iA. has repeatedly declined to re- cede from its position and will not consent to discrimination against returned men, The sepvices of of Major. Starr. are. appreciated--in---aili This was evident from the unanimous vote of the associat.on. The resolution will be sent to the Government for immediate action. The delegates elected to the Do- minion convention are R. Bruce Taylor, Col. Crocker, Lieut, Top- ping, Comrade Bowker. .' This notice of motion was given: "That a referendum be taken of the members of the Kingston branch re- garding the*Y.M)C.A. work at the front." : ' Captain Edwards wants 106 men for the attack in **Over the Map' on Dominion Day, and all who can as- sist are urged to call up Capt. Ed- wards either at the armouries or at Port Henry. A great many owners of trophies and relics are loaning them for exhibition, and if anyone possessing' trophies of this or other wars will loan them and telephone the secretary they will be taken good care of and returned safely. units © SALVATION ARMY AND WAR. An Address Given on Monday Even- 2 ing by Col. Bell. Ex{Mayor Shaw presided at the Salvation Army meating Mondav night. Col. Bell, of Toronto, gave an instructive and entertaining ad- dress on the Salvation Army and the war. About 60,000 members are in the British army, a great many of them being bandsmen. In Canada whole bands enlisted in battabons. One hundred and fifty-three his were built by the Army for troops training in different parts of Eng- land and Europe. Work among re- fugees has been very heavy since the war began, and the Army is now turning its attention to the problem of demobilization by opening hostels in large eities. Ever since the war began the Salvation Army has con- ducted hostels for soldiers on leave. One was opened by Princess Arthur of Connaught, one by Lieut. Gen. Sir Francis Lloyd and a third by Field Manshal Lord French. Thirty 'Red Cross cars are at work in France operated by the Salvation Army. They cost $50,000. The Army was extended to Ger- many sixteen years ago and opened homes in Hamburg, Ome of these homes with ninety beds was placed at the disposal of the German Gov- ernment. A German professor ac- Kknowledged the greatness and Cereals a Boi The committees [| finded $15 and costs for being intoxi- Probs: Wednesday, fair and moderately warm. 3 = : - les awaiting y popul | Steac GREAT WAR VETERANS' SPORTS, Further Subscriptions and Donations Are Acknowledged. $10--G.W.V.A, Kingston Branch. $5--Mr. Boyes, J. Laidlaw & Son. $2--King & Smythe, Grifin's The- atre, Mr, Sweetman, Home Lunch Cafe, R. McFaul, $1--Beefsteak Jack, D. Reid Lieut.-Col. Anglin, Star Fruit and Candy Store, ¥. Carr, J. A. Hendry, Messrs, Paynter, Keyes, Dolan O'Brien, Carroll, Hood, D. Whelan Sergt.-Major Low, Woolworth & Co b0c.--Messrs. R. Alexander, M Egan, D. Lawrenson, Mrs, Nesbitt, be. Miss Graham, (N@IS0h Bros., fitfy pounds flour; Best's branch stores, box chocolates; Peter Dafnas, box candles; Prouse' drug store, box chocolates; Mr. Raw son, roast beef; Mr, Baker, box e¢l- gars; J. Gilbert, two dozen Ericks hand soap; Robertson Limited, jar dinere; J. MéParland, box cigars; Stevenson & Hunter, pocket knife; Taylor & Hamilton, pocket knife; Treadgold Sporting Goods, two offi- cial 'baseballs; Mr.. Mcleod, hair brush; Z. Prevost, pair. Loys' pants, Mrs. Mitchell, baby's bonnet; Mr. Carnovsky, six boxes strawberries; Mr. Gourdier, ostrich feather stole; Miss Leader, goods; Peters-Thomp- son Seed Company, twenty-four pounds flour; Steacy"s Limited, la dies' umbrella; Newman & Shaw, la- dies' parasol; Best's Drug Store. camera; Mahood Bros. ladies' hand bag: B. Lipman, cap; Spence millin- ery store, ladies' hat; Roney & Co., gaging simplicity in pastel tint, You have an unsur boy's jersey and man's shirt; R, Ug- low & Co., picture; Rudd & Ceo. swagger stick; H. Milne, selected; James 'MeGall, shoe repairs; T, W. Sands, one case pipe; Simmons Bres., Jack knife; N. K. Routley, baseball bat; Standard 'Publishing Company, one yéar"s subscription; Lemmon & Sons, thermos bottle; Warwick Bros., ticket French clean and press suit; H, W. Marshall, flashlight; Sargent Drug. Store, selected; James Craw- ford, three pounds coffee; College Book Store, selected; Mahood's Drug Store, bottle perfume; United Gro- cery Company, box cigars; George Mills & Co., hat; Lockett Shee Store, running shoes; E. P. Jenkius & Co., ladies' panama hat; K Dwyer Bros, pair gold-plated suff lings; Grimm's, box chocolates, MAN AND WOMAN FINED -- For Drinking Liquor In A Room In An Hotel The tall, straight figure of Chief William Baillie at the right hand of Magistrate Farrell was missed at the session of the Police Court on Tues- day morning and the magistrate and the police force sincerely regret his passing away. Harvey Perry and a woman who claims to be his wife, were found drinking in a room at a local hotel on Tuesday morning. e young man disclaimed the honor of being wedded name of Sadie Bell. He claimed that he met the woman on the train and that she invited him te go in for a crink. Iu the coprt the man was wus fined $200 cated and the woman to the young lady who gees by thei pe hay Hguor in af... oo a Piquant Modes in 4 Quaint, whimsical frocks in old-time patternings -- frocks of en- white and combination colors. ; passed collection of the smartest summer sty- g you here, developed in the most modish materials at ar prices throughout. VOILE DRESSES, PRICED FROM . .. $5:50 UP ORGANDY DRESSES PRICED FROM $8.75 UP GINGHAM DRESSES PRICED FROM $3.50 UP 's = Li mited A md en ; > YA Ay Padang sh dh A 6 a a a a So a New Summer Furniture In wicker and rattan, with and without cushions. Carpets, Curtains, Victrolas and Victor Records. T. F. HARRISON CO., LTD ' Phone 90. 9 foo Adhd dh Ah hb To Reduce the High low price of 28¢c a adharaghadhdinah dh hh b DUTY OF PEDESTRIANS To Look Out For Automobiles When at That motorists who have not obhéy- ed the rules of the road are being given reminders of their duty Is a matter of satisfaction to all who viewed with alarm the course of affairs during the past few weeks. On the other hand pedestrians have their duties to perform just as well as the autoists. It must be re- hie estrians should "watch and 4 It is nots stor when NN YY YY Yay Drink Charm Tea Cost of Living try a package of Charm New Japan Tea at the half pound package. had dda hd dh : a. ro HAPPRNINGS: : Red Cross Moors Opene-=F. 73 | Knapp Is Wounded. : Harrowsmith, June = 10.---John - Warner has improved his residence by the addition of a aad, Mrs. J. P. Day, accompanied by hee a an Sow 'oronto, on y x end = few weeks. John Clow and Miss Effie The bered that the road is for ve-| family