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THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1923. THE BRITISH WHIG 90TH YEAR. Published Dally and Semi-Weekly b THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING » LIMITED ---- «. President Editor and Managing-Director -- . TELEPHONE Private Exchange, connecting all department 243 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Daly Edition) One year. im city $6.00 One year, if pai viva Ome year, by mail to rural offices $2.50 One year, to United States (Semi-Weekly Edition) Ome year, by mail, cash .$1.00 Ome year, if not peid in advance 050 Ome year, to United States .. . 1.50 OUT-OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES F. Calder, 22 St. John St, Montreal F. WwW, Thompson Ww. -...100 King St. kX Letters to the oronte, Editor are published only over the actual writer. mame of the Attached is ome of the best job printing offices in Canada. The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the ABC Audit Bureau of Circulations { tion. em The Russians' problem is to lift the pation out of damnation. Good advice is never worth much unless it ts taken in time. ---- The birds on Baster bonnets al- ways come with large bills, An apple a day in the Garden of | Eden had unlooked-for results. When France gets cut of the Ruhr | depends on what she gets out of it. The t¥me has arrived when a man, to bo different, has to drive a horse. Slapstick jis popular because no mental equipment §s necessary to appreciate it. Smite some men hip-and-thigh these days and you will probably cut your hand on glass. One who fares best according to the terms of a will never has any doubt of the sanity of the testator. When mere man sees that mearly every womun is dressed different- ly he wonders what constitutes style. It sometimes happens that the man who is sure he is right and goes abead should have taken the left. The time may come when sun- shine will be utilized as fuel, but it will not be possible to monopolize it. In matrimony it isn't the first cost that counts, but the upkeep in the style to which she has been accus- tomed. -- ---- Some women do not want to adopt their husband's names, but more are scared lest they do not get the chance, When a man tells how plainly he talked to the boss he is detailing what he would have liked to have waid, but didn't dare. "Bight women claim man as hus- band." One can never tell about women. It would have been thought that they would repudiate him. England, it is reported, has a sur- plus of 2,000,000 women, but that, of course, is ridiculous. How could there be a surplus of women? Not wholly unselfish is the gov- ernment in urging the people to _ \practice thrift. The more they have, the more taxes they will be able gto pay. In Paris a score of bakers were stuck in the booby hatch for raising the price of bread. French ap- pear not to have heard of "the free- 'dom of the gouge." Man whose only distinction is said 10 have been that he carried the first umbrella is buried in Westminster Abbey. At least he was a man of -------- : made Germany maddest was the embarrassment it when France dunned it in such 'Way as to call the attention of the 'World to the fact that it owes ---- Probably what % BIBLE THOUGHT For 10:04y " SUPPLY IS SURE: --Trust the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land, and shalt be fed. ' | A SIGN OF THE TIMES. | The resignation of Andrew Hicks, the U.F.0. whip in the Ontario legls- | lature, is a sad Mow to the Drury government, not so much because it means the loss of a supporter, but | because it reveals to the people of [the province that all is not well | within the ranks of the U.F.0. Com- {ing as it does almost on the eve of an election campaign, it is a hard { blow for the party which must face | the country on its record of admiri- | stration. The statement made by | Mr Hicks that he resigned because | Premier Drury had departed from the U.F.0. principles is one which will seriously affect the chances of that party in the alection campaign. [1r, as Is commonly asserted, there lare other members on the govern- | ment side of the house who have the same view of the situation as i Mr. Hicks, the pesition of the gov- {ernment 1s such as to leave very lit- {tle doubt of the probability that i there will bs a change of party in | the next admindstration, | The apparent reason for tha dis- | affection in the ranks of the U.F.O. is pot hard to find. It has its be- | ginnings in the divergence of views | | held by Premier Drury and John J. | Morrison, tha U.F.0. secretary-treas- | urer. Premier Drury stands for the | course which would undoubtedly en- able his party to add to its strength [and to retain its identity as a politi- {cal unit in the province. Mr. Mor- | rison's attitude is that he does not | care whether the party remains in | Politics or not, so long as it bdo mes | a closed corporation of farmers only, | with the doors barred to all others. On such a policy as that, no govern- ment could hope to secure re-elec- The people may have every confidence in Premier Drury, but | they realize that the party which he | represents contains a large follow- | ing which supports Mr. Morrison's [den of keeping the farmers as a dis- tinet unit from an other classes in the provinces. Drury has been trying | to kill the campaign cry that his was la class government, and at the same | time Mr. Morrison is asserting with [all his rugged eloquence that the | U.F.0. stands for the farmer class and that class alone. With such a split in their own i ranks, and the numbers who support | the two viewpoints are about equal- | ly divided, the U.F.0. can have lit- {-tle- hope of securing a majority in {the next election. Already it is rumoured that the two factions will fight each other at the polls, that there will be Drury candidates and Morrison candidates, and if this Proves to be correct, then the old parties will make considerable gains at the expense of the government. Mr. Hicks may be a wise political prophet, and may be preparing to return to his former political love, the Conservative party. He will not be alone in seeking refuge in former political folds, and the one question which can only bo decided on elec- tion day is that of which of the two parties will secure the votes of those who secede from the U.F.O. there is a hopeful sign for the Lib- eral party, for the Liberals have shown themselves to ba the real friends of the agrieuitural classes, and have earned the gratitude of the U.F.0. adherents on many occasions during the past four years. The na- tural swing from the U.F.0. wil therefore be towards the Liberals, for there is a strong feeling through- out the province of distrust for the Hon. Howard Ferguson, and it is not {likely that he will be able to over- come this for many a day. -------------- NEARING A CLOSE. It must be apparent to all ohserv- ers that the resistance of the rebel forces in Ireland is nearing an end. and that before very long the Frees State government will be able to settle down to its real business of governing the country and bringing it into a state of peace, happiness and prosperity. The death of Liam Lynch, who was considered to be the man behind the scemes in organizing the guerilla opposition to the govern- ment, and the man with most of the brains of the 'irregular forces, will but serve to hasten the day of recon- cilliation between the two factions whiich are still making Ireland a place of bloodshed instead of a peaceful country. Simultaneous with the announcement of the cap- ture and death of this rebel, comes the further news that the rebels 'have exhausted Stheir- resources, and are not in a position to make any funther resistance. The one stumbling block to Irish Peace is that Eamon De Valera, the arch enemy of constitutional govern. blame for the troubles in Ireland, is still at large. Time and again he has been reported as captured or nearly captured, but the rumors have always proven false, the wish prob- ably being father to the thought. It is a peculiar circumstance that in a country so small as Ireland he should be able to go free so long. The net is closing im on him, how- ever, and it should not be very long before he is taken prisoner and serv- od witk the fate which he richly de- serves for the manner in which he bas brought desolation and destruc In this, | ment and the one man who fs most to | |tsom to the country which once re- | posed its'trust in him. | It is significant that the northern | province of Ulster, which is carry- | | Ing on its own government, separate from the Free State, is in a peace- ful and prosperous condition, its peo- {ple at harmony with each other, and | devoting their energies to promoting [the welfare of their province, while, | at the same time, the southern sec- | | tions of the country are still suffer- | ling from fire and sword. The peo- | I ple of the south might well envy | their northern brothers, but their | [trouble is to a large extent one of | | their own seeking, and one which | {they can end as soon as they care | [to give their allegiance to the con- [stituted government of their nation. | Ireland has a splendid opportunity under its new government, and with indications that the reign of terror is almost over, there is no reason | why it should not go ahead and [justify the faith of those who were | responsible for the establishment of |+ke Irish Free State as a separate | | | | nation within 'the Empire. RELIGIOUS GROWTH. Often one is told by those pessi- | | mistically inclined that religion has | lost its grip and that the world is {going to the bow-wows. The church lin ts various branches is sometimes {deglared to be failing to previde the | epiritent experience which man | seeks and that something new is | | needed, if humanity is not to lapse into heathenism. Yet, there is some- thing to be offered in contradiction I this sombre view of Jeremiahs. The statistician of the American | Federal Council of Churches has {been compiling figures on church af- | filiations, and the result is to the ef- | fect that last year the religious bod- {tes of the United States experienced | their period of greatest growth in [nistory. The present membership, |embracing Protestant denomina- | tions, Roman Catholics, Jews, Mor- {mons and Eastern Orthodox chuarch- es, is placed at a total of 47.461,- 458. The increase for the year is es- | [timated to be fifty per cent. in ex- | cess of the five-year average. If augmented numbers are seck- ing the consolation and the strengthening influence which reli- gion offers, it does not appear there- | from that the church is. losing | ground. When there is a gain in con- | gregations and membership, there is | \Progress. Greater advancement might | be possible, but so long as there is | increase the movement is in the | right direction. When not membership but con- stituency fis considered the figures are swelled greatly, Constituency in- clufles those with inclinations to- ward some religious organization, but not actively or formally con- |nected. Such may nct be recogniz- | able in their daily practice but who | in the supreme test turn toward a {particular communion. | The damage done by the world war to the moral sensibilities of men seem thus in process of being Te- paired. Possibly the most untoward feature of the situation Mes in the fact that actual membership does not denote active, persistent inter- est in the furtherance of the church. A percentage, at least, is passive and only incidentally concerned for the world's regeneration. Yot, on the whole, the showing fis cheering, the more so since the public has heard so much of the opposite view. { PRESS COMMENT ye Interest for Themselves, * One reason, perhaps, why many citizens defer paying their taxes to the last moment is that they feel more competent to spend whatever interest is involved than either the government 'or municipality. --Ham- iiton Spectator. Morley's Modest Handful, In taking his leave of Manchester University Lord Morley confers upon it one more benefit by announcing hs intention to bequeath for the benefit of the women-students what he calls his "modest handful" of books. MR is a rich gift from a poor nan; and as such it will, we may be sure, be valued.--London Morn- ing Post. : Stability in Sight. After all, what primarily matters is that a modus vivendi has been discovered, whereby the anti<Com- 'munist parties in the new parlia- ment may co-operate in the govern- established, and that I don't think I ought to take the af- ternoon off to go." ! r-- Observation of Oldest Inhabitant. If long whiskers were to come back they'd be as unpopular ag long | skirts, Hope. { "It says here that flies often live | as long as five years." remarked Mrs. | Grouch. | "Well, then I hope the pesky things | that escaped my fly swatter last year | were In their fifth year," growled | her husband. | ree | Same Here. | 'Science seeks a heatless light" Remarked old. Unole Pete, "But what I'd like to find Is coal that shows some heat." | The Kid's View. { "That sult is too big for you," said | a Hyde Park mother to her son, for | whom she was buying a new suit. | "It looks to me as if I was vo) Mttle for it," sighed the bright kid. | To Many Slackers. » 1! I'm sure the world Would soon take heart If every man Would do his part. Bring on the Maple Syrup. (Greenup (Ky.) Republican) Contractor 8. J. Pancake has re- ceived a new mixer. The machine is about three times as fast as the one used last year. -- Fool Questions. Bill asks: "But can't even a one- eyed man often see double?" Well, We suppose just because a man has lost one of his lamps it is no sign he 1s on the water wagon, if that is what you mean. Quite True. GREAT reverence For August Dodge, He never yet Has joined a lodge. --AKron Times. | This fast we've heard From five or' six; He would have joined But his wife said mix. You've Met Him. Blinks--He takes a lot of time tell- ing all he knows. Jinks--But that's nothing to time it would take him to tell he doesn't know. the all Speaking of a Big Heart. | The heart of a Grednland whale is [€] a yard in diameter.--News item. | Ho, Hum! She--Did she give you the Key to her heart? | He--Nio, all I got' was a lock of her | hair, | rp -- | | That Body of I Bours By James W, | Barton, M.D, | Your Oiling System. Perhaps you never realized that You had an oiling system just like any motor car might have. As you know the oil for your en- ®ine and other parts is supplied in different ways. Sometimes a pump propells it to certain parts, under other conditions it flows to the parts by gravity. Then there is a splash system and to certain pants you ap- ply the oil and grease yourself, But in that wonderful body of yours all this fs looked after by the | one complete device, that is by the blood. For instance you have ofl in your joints which allows the bones to come in contact with one another without friction. Then you have oil in your skin which prevents it from becoming | dry and harsh. Then also when your lungs go up | against the chest wall in taking a breath, the covering of the lungs and the lining of the chest wall are | raanufacturing a fluid that "prevents | friction "when the two come to- | gether. ] And so all the lining of the body | like the nose, throat, and intestine | manufacture a juice to keep every- | thing smooth and moist. If anything irritates these surfaces more juice Is poured out to help things along. That is why the nose and throat throw off so much fludd when cold irritates the surface. Now the wonderful thing about all this js that the blood carries around to these organs the materials from which these organs can manu- facture this oil or liquid with which the system is lubricated. These or- fans themselves are kept built up by the blood and as I've just said the blood supplies the organ with the materials to make the lubricating Juices. 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