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: 4 HB ARS rd "16 PAGES BP ---- YEAR 85. NO. 179 ET = 0 Che Bail KINGSTON. ONTARIO. SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1918 uy British Whig i A, Ess THE NAVY HELPS US HOLD THE SEAS. Since the great sea fight off the Jutland coast in May, 1916, we hay heard but little of the British navy. What has it been doing all this time? Has it measured up to our expecta- tions? : > There are a number of main objects which the navy is required to achieve, The first is to meet and, if possible annihilate the enemy's armed forces; to prevent supplies reaching the en- emy; to protéct the sea-borne com- merce of the British Empire; to en- sure that supplies reach the United Kingdom; to/prevent invasions of Great Britain and the overseas domin- ions; to maintain the sea communica- tions of the armies fighting on the va- rious fronts. ; a Only in the achievement of its first znd primary duty has the navy been blocked Since Jutland the enemy fleet has kept close to its own coast. To attack it has been impossible on account of the shallow waters, elabo- rate mine fields, and coast defences. The other objects of our policy, how- ever, have been ceaselessly and relent lessly pursued. Not merely have we aimed at success; we have attained it. Not an ounce of supplies has reach- ed the enemy by water. Our block- ade has been stringently tightened In 1915, 256 out of 400 ships eluded the patrol squadrons. At the end of | 16 only 60 out of 3000 escaped being in tercepted. n one month of 1917 not a single vessel trading with neutral countries crossed the north Atlantic and Arctic oceans without being held up and examined. The Baltic is the only stretch of salt water where Ger- man ships may safely show them- selves. The navy has kept starvation from the British Isles. Early last ydar the Hun started on his campaign of ruth less and unrestricted submarine war fare. He claims to have sunk during the first twelve months ninesand one half million tons of Allied and neutral shi ing. This is a4 Bross exaggera Hons Fhe actual amount of tonnage sunk, and irreparably damaged by submarine action was only six mil lion tons. In other words, the gnemy is wrong to the extent of 38 per cent and this is altogether apart from his boatsful promise of sinking a million tons a month. Wisely, we say noth ing of the number of German subma rines that will neevr return to their home, The Admiralty has good rea- son to believe that between 40 and ¥ per cent. of all U-boats operating in home watérs since the beginning of the war have beent destroyed. Every day we'find new methods, . Merchant ships, aire armed and manned with ex- pert, gun ceews. ~~ The auxiliary pa- trol services have been enormously e ed. Before the outhreak . of the war there were under 20 vessels employed as mine sweepers and on auxiliary partol duties, To:day we have 3.400 of this cfait, and their number is constantly increasing. = Steel met and depth bombs have added to the heavy toll taken of the U-boat A new system of convoying merchant ships has been adopted which bas been remarkably effective in reducing fasses. During the last few months over 90 per cent. of dll vessels sailing on thé Atlantic have been convoyed. Less than one per cent. of these ships have been lost, whether by enemy ac- tion or marine risk. The submarine menace is still with us, bat it is well under control, We have lost ones fifth of our mercantile tonnage since the beginning of the war. but in the first quarter of 1918 the U-hoats de- stroyed far less than they did in the and our losses are decreasing daily. The fourth object of our navy isto protect our shores. he surface war- to prevent small minor r 5 roast towns To this . ugh and Ha Protracted : , however, are not remotely ible The task of watching the enemy navy is no light one The 140,000 square miles of the North Sea have to be patrogled inces- santly in all weathers. When. we con sider that since 1914 the personnel of our navy has increased by two hum- dred per cent, and the total tonnage of our fleet by fifty per cent. and that in one month British warships proper travel one million sea miles in home waters alone, are we to believe the German statement that the British fleet lies rusting in land-locked har- bors? 3s k of the army is the navy. The khaki depends for its very life blood on the blue. Since war broke out the navy has been instrumental in transporting to the British armies, and to those of our Allies thirteen million men (of whom only 2700 have been lost hy enemy action): two million horses and n half a mil- lion vehicles; twenty-five million tons BANK SETTLEMENT | | CAPE VINCENT CASE | i Dividend of 7.8 Fer Cent. Dis-' tributed Among Stock= holders. A decree settling thé estate of 'he late Sidney S. Block of Cape Vin- jcent has been entered by Judge | Joseph Atwell, surrogate, says the Watertown, N.Y., Times. The divi- dend to be distributed among the creditors amounts to 7.6 per cent. or slightly over $6,000. Attorney Fred A. Grant of this city was at- torney for the administrators of the estate, consisting of Eva 8. Block, Thomas B. Stoel and Charles Arm- etrong, while. Attorneys George R. Van Namee and Charles E. Norris represented the state banking de- partment, which took charge of the Bank of Cape Vincent. Attorney John B. Rogers appeared as special guardian. The bank had claims amounting to about $80,000 against the Block estate, while the claims. of other creditors amounted to about . $5,- 000. { | i f { | | The settlement of the estate has been in progress for about two years, but owing to long examina- tions of the finances of the bank and the Block estate by the State of explosives and supplies; fifty mil- lion tons of fuel--and all this in addi- tion to the hundred and thirty million tons of food and other materials that have been moved in British ships. Yes, the spirit of Hawkins and of Drake stifl lives In spite of the de- velopment of . modern science, the navy is still built up on the most an- cient of crafts, navigation Through the centuries that have passed since English mariners began to sail the seas, the same spirit breathes through- out the 'service. Modesty, taciturn- ity, courage, devotion to duty--these are the unspoken watchwords of the senior service. » An organization that can transport thirteen million fighting men with hut negligible losses cannot fail to command the world's admira- tion Despite the frantic, yet cun- ning, efforts of our greatest adver- ry, we have driven the Prussian flag irom the face. of the waters, and are maintaining an ever-tighter grip on her once famous commerce We still hold command of, the seas. Make Yourself Strong People with 'strong constitutions escape most of the minor ills that make life miserable for others. Don't vou .envy. the friend who does fot know what a headache is, whase di- gestion 'ig perfect, and who sleeps eoundly at night? How far do you come from this description? . Have you ever made an earnest effort to strengthen your constitution, to Banking Department, there have been many delays. The Man on Watch Good live merchants should be too wary to be caught by bad cheques. It's still trie that competition is good. You can buy certain articles in some Kingston stores for from 10 to 20 'per cent, less than you pay for the same articles in others, Last week everybody bowed and spoke with deference to the iceman. But pever mind, the coal man's time is-eoming, People should not expect the war to end this year. Let Uncle Sam' tuillions of fighters first get a crack at the Huns. It wouldn't be fair to call off the war till they get in their wallop. 3 Player planos are the latest lux- uries to be added to homes of farm- ers in the Leeds district. Who says our rural friends are not prospering? Out Yarker and down Gananoque way the Red Cross workers have ad- journed for the remainder of the summer. Here in Kingston the Red {ross workers never quit and will not until the Canadian soldiers overdeas build up your system to ward off disge comfort and disease? * Unless you have an organic disease it is gener- ally possible to so improve your phy- sical condition that perfect health will be yours. The first thing to be done is to build up your blood as poor blood is the source of physical weakness. To build up the blood Dr, 1Villiams' Pink Pills is just the medicine you need. Every dose helps to make new hlood which , Feaghes every nerve and every part of the body, . bringing color to the | cheeks, hrightness to the eyes, a steadiness to the hands, a good ap- ------e --------. re Li Glre Gillette Razors Lourlears of War Service : T= Gillette Safety Razor has passed through four years of war service with a clean bill of health. It went into the front line with the' first troops, and it is still on active service, never having missed a day." It is the proud record of the Gillette Razor that it has more users than have all other razors put together in every regiment under the Allied flags. Under the severest conditions it is possible to impose, the Gillette Razor has supplied all the comfort and luxury a soldier derives from a clean shave. It has been his companion in many a shell-hole, dug-out and water-soaked trench. It has gone with him to billet 'and reserve camp ; it has shaved him in hospital and has accompanied him to "Blighty". Whether its owner has been on leave, invalided home, or finally pensioned off, the Gillette has never failed to offer the daily luxury of a perfec shave. For more than four years it has been in action--day after'day ; month after month,--and it has never appeared on a casualty list, or been "invalided home", "An occasional oversight on the part of friends at home, or the uncertainty of the mails, has sometimes deprived' a soldier of the new Gillette blades he prizes so highly. But the Gillette "itself, so often mentioned in "despatches" home, has come through with flying colors,--a powerful factor in the have finished their job with the 'en- emy. ' : According to the Dean of Ontario, social uplift is sometimes at a low ebb in Kingston. Well, the Salvation Army appears to be about the only body in Kingston that is doing much soelal uplift, gspecially in the warm weather. Let the churches get busy and do a little more, By no means let the Allles capture the German Crown Prince, Let fool- ish Willie continue at large and make more mistakes in leading Hun armies to slaughter, petite and splendid energy. Thou- sands throughout the country whose condition once made them despair, owe their present good health to this medicine. If you are one of the weak | and ailing give Dr. Willlams' Pink Pisa fatr trial and note the da gain in new health and abounding. : {the view that a man who can do a vitality. You can get these pills through ships of the Central Powers have | been driven into harbor and kept there Early in the war every German com= | merce raider was chased from any medicine dealer or by mail post paid at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams' the "Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. DRESSED FOR THE MIDWATCH._IN WINTER | forward to spasms of cher-chooing. The hay fever season will soon be here and the doctors have begun in- jecting serum into those who look Kingston's leading doctors hold to day's" work and walk briskly into their offices is not in notd: liquor. They do not relish thes® trafsient pa- tients doing the prescribing, Down at East View Park the camp- ers cannot escape the preachers. The gospel is provided for them,as among their number is a Presbyterian and a Congregational minister. And last and not least is the Lampman's old friend, "John the Baptist." Bast View Park claims to have a most cos- mopolitan population. ~--THE TOWN WATCHMAN. ---------------- BISHOP FALLON'S TRIBUTE TO ARMY "Canada's Effort a Marvel of * Co-ordination," He Says In Interview. -- Bishop M. F. Fallon, who spent eight weeks visiting the Canadian troops in England and France, paid a tribute to the keenness, organiza. 'tion and industry which marked the activities of Canada's army overseas, heh Interviewed in London, Eng- "I find," the Bishop said in part, "it very difficult to so summarize my impressions as to give even the most meagre justice to Canada's effort in this war, and at the same time to avoid details that are to. me of the 'highest interest and seem at the | time necessary to establish a firm ground for the convietions which 1 'have reached. To say that Canada's Stor Lia simply a marvel of co-ordina- A AN. in the foundations of education and in its higher and more useful branches. That our men will return to their native land or to the home of their adoption better equipped to fulfill the duties of citizenship, and to aid in the develppment of Can- ada's resources will not be the least of the blessings to result from a war which has cost the expenditure of so 'much treasure and the loss of so many precious lives." Bishop Fallon personally visited the billets gnd inspected the food of the men at the front, and stated that they were housed comfortably and well fed. He praised the work of the Canadian Railway and Forestry troops. The Canadian Red Cross 'he thought worthy of #pecial mention, and the work of the Medical Service of the Canadian overseas forees in preventing and curing disease and treating wounds he considered was beyond praise. A shortage of 500,000 unskilled workers in the gwar pdustries is shown in incomplete reports of the US. Department of Labor's Federal Employment Bureau. Brain Fag You are mentally tired. 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