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~ THE PUBLISHING DN, ONT. President vu Vg VIRS ..,. S TELBPHO. NES Hrorial Wosms BEsbe nite Annes sn Department ,...... T7 r ae tured 23 seats in resent action of Lord Byng has paroused intense public opinion all over the Dominion. > * Last October Mr. *Meighen éap- the Maritime Proy. inces against six held by the Lib- erals. It is almost inconceivable that in these Provinces which were regarded as Liberal strongholds for years, the Liberals will again be caught in a dandslide. In Quebee, Mr. Meighen is beaten before he starts, and no one ekpects him to eapture more seats west of the Great Lakés than he did last fall, when he receiv. ed a total of 20 out of the 60 avail. able. Ontario will be the pivotal pro- vince. Unless Mr. Meighen can sec- ure 70 or more séats in this province Again his premiership will be ended. Will he be able to do it? It is very, very doubtful. Last October the Con- servatives successfully created a feeling that the King gov ernment was harmful to the best in. terests of this province. To-day that Idea has baen dissipated. People now know differently. The farm- TT | ers have been benefitted by the re- irs to Editor are published ly ves ae aria! same of the : Whis Sunnthentiented by the Audit Bureau of . The action of Mr. W. L. Mac Xkensie King, in asking the Governor- General to grant him dissolution has been fully justified by the events of the last forty-eight hours. Mr. King had come to the conclusion that the government of the country could not be carried on under the : nt existing conditions, and so vised His Excellency. His Bx. cellency Qisagreed with the advice of the Prime Minister, and Mr. King therefore promptly resigned. Mr. Meighen was called upon to form a and although he was on the first division by the of a number of Progressives in ordet to help the goverh- 'had to vote directly against declared principles, on the mo- "Of Hon. J. A. Robb, early. yes- ¥ morning, the government was led by ome vote. In entally the fifth division in wiich the ity Bas been 1, since the House lution having been MF. Meighen by the Gov- ne the country is now With a general election. BXACt date fs as yot a mat. for conjecture, but it 14 probable Mr, | elghen. will get it over uickly as he conveniently As we have stated before we 'that a "general election will the air, and it 1s to be hoped & strong government will be re. re . . what the outcome of a gen- this summer or early will be is, of course, a mat- Speculation only. It does not Present, however, as if Mr. Fall the condition of the not nearly so good as it l. To-day things are duction in the duties on agricultural impléments, and on the other hand the factories manufacturing thése implements are busier than they have ever been. The same thing has happened with the automobile duties. There was fear for a time that this reduction in duties was go- ing to be hurtful to the automobile industry. The town of Oshawa was much perturbed. To-day we learn that instead of closing facto eg, General Motors. is building new hall million dollar addition, and the Dodge Bros. plant, that it was thoffght would have to move is also running full blast, People have learned that Hon. James Robb is to be trusted, and he is being heralded to-day as a second Fielding. » a . While the power and influence of the' Progressives seems to be on the Wane at Ottawa, due to their ia- stability and lack of strong leader- ship, they are still a factor to be reckoned with, and in the west will undoubtedly secure quite a number of seats. Should the rumor of the return to the leadership of Hon. T. A. Crerar prove to be correct it woild greatly strengthen the party and make them a good deal more formidable. If Mr. Crerar does not accept, it is difficult to say who will be chosen as leader, There will be a number of Progressive candidates in rural constituencies in Ontario, and if they develop a strong organi- sation they will in all probability make a better showing than on Oecto- bér 20th last. While everyone who has the interests of the country at heart would like to see a strong gov- ernment in power at Ottawa, there is not mugh in the present situation to indicate such a turn of affairs. The advantage seems to be very much with Mr. King, and there is quite a possibility that he wil] improve his position very materially over the last Parliament. If he can capture an- other 25 seats he will be safe, and We believe that if the Liberals all over the country will rally to the cause that can easily be effected. EE KINGSTON CALLS FOR MODERN C.N.R. STATION. Kingston needs a modern station on the C.N.R. System. The Board of Trade should insist upon it, when dealing further with the company for the removal of the suburban train. The station has been in ser- vice since the fifties of the 'past cen- tury. It is the same type as is found at Shannonville, Brighton and Napanee. What is needed is a sta- tion like that at Brantford, Kiteh- ener and Cobourg. The population of Kingston warrants it; the busi- ness done here both passenger and freight warrants it. As a matter of [tact the city station Js better equip- ped and more comfortable for the travelling public than the one in use on the main line. It is surprising that the people of Kingston have toler- 6 renovating can make the ings serviceable. The Board is willing to bring the date in ita relationships iit 1s up to ------ WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: "He sat quietly" OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: in "this," not as in "think" ¢ WORD STUDY: "Use a To-day's word: DBJBCTION; withdrew from the contest in \ DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLIS BY W. L. GORDON : that he was silent, the adjective having (adverb) it réference to the verb. OFTEN MISSPELLED: menu, SYNONYMS: appreciate, complimentary, ing, commendatory, euloglitic, laudatory, word three times and 'It is yours." Let us in¢rease our Yocabulary dy mastering ome word each day. depression; lowness of spirits. disgrace and dejection." H Ra DAILY BRITIS Say "he sat silent" ir you mean reference to the subject. bequeath. Pronounce the th as approving. flatter. "He Sd Pn ppp best little household pets. They help in maintaining happiness. The new family, we quite agree, Should have a chance to shake down into a form of its owh on a normal family basis. When this i& done, oth- er problems may be taken up one at a time as they coms, and they can family, not by two separate people who have not learned to get on to- gether. Time and forbearance taken together will solve almost say hu- man problem. The first year is the hardest to be experienced; to get temperments adjusted is a duty that will bring fine returns lateg on. ---------- WANT THE SAME RIGHTS. British man of the age of twenty- one years are allowed to vote; wom- en have to be thirty. They want to know why? It looks as if the wo- men of Great Britain aré in a fair way to make their demands heard, and that the vots will be theirs be- fore the age of thirty wrinkles their brows. And why not? In Canada the women have the same rights, in the exercise of the franchise, as men enjoy. They are more and more exer¢ising the privi- lege of voting and are doing much by their influence in shaping the des- tinies of the Dominion. nf-------- EDITORIAL NOTES. And great sorrow filled thelr hearts! ------ Longer skirts are coming back, says a Paris fashion note. Psbaw! Forty thousand people every day read advertisements in The British Whig. ---- We used to celebrate Dominion Day by burning old barrels and boxes. Now we burn gasoline. Summer arrived with the advent of Premier Méighen into power. Seo enthusiastic Conservatives say. Good- ness! Coes ' The yield of hay in the United Btates as a whole is reported as Doorer than on any previous Juné 1st for fifteen years or more. Fire 108ses in Ontario for the first five months of 1926 tatal $6,601,411, an incréase of $240,590 over the same period last year when the loss was $5,360,821. : os nbn The Watertown, N.Y. Times thinks it rather funny to read in a Chicago paper an editorial calling for law observance and in the next ¢olumn an editorial defending the Great Lakes steal. then be faced by the new family as a' yo News and Views. ---- Comparison. race Nies Fletcher, in Century: | In 2928, 3.637.216 passenger auto- mobi\es were produced by United States firms, and only 1,702,646 babies\were added to the population. PPy : AR, those were the happy days when the . farmer's boy would came running to show mother the mud-turtle he'd caught with his big tos. © Chureh Notice. Humorist: "At the end of the ser. vice to-night the choir will sing a WHIG special anthem composed by the or- ganist, after which the church will be closed for a month for necessary repairs." -- Besco Is Not The Only Ome. Wall Street News: Germany has recently decided on a wholesale clos- ing of her steel works on the ground that their productive capacity is much larger than her shere of the world's steel trade is likely to De in the foreseeable future. ---- of the Weather. His Theory Orillia Packet: An old sea captain to whom a member of the staff was | talking the other day Jas quite | satistied that the cool weather is to be ascribed to the fact that the gulf! stream has drifted two hundrea miles out to sea. Why not ask the government to send expedition to bring it back ead -------- ' Coddling Cincinnati Times-Star: No coun- try can long make a Joke of Its laws And continue prosperous and civiliz- 8d. There are criminal elements in every country which will resort to erimes of violence if it seems a safe And profitable course to - pursus, That course must be. made much safe than ft has a the United States if our civilization is to en- dure. ' -- Give And Take. i St. John Telegraph-Journal: Eng land needs educating as regards Can. ada, and we need educating as re gards the English-man, 'settlers are keen enough to. learn, Wut Sk Tie The Saunders 167 PRINCESS but are we so anxious to comprehend our new arrivals? Admitted new. comers must eventually become Can- adianized, nevertheless the . plunge may be tempered by sympathetic un. derstanding on our part. A Woman's Age. London Daily Express: When should a woman cease to hide her age ? Never. From the moment of her blossoming Into womanhood un- til the hour of her death she should be a woman---ageless, -mystérious, elusive. To strip off the trappings of 4| be paid ofr. Surely the swimmers out at Sandy Beach can get their heads together and put up a job that will cateh the thieves, operating among their clothes, he The Watchman has it on good' Authority that the Hon. W. F', Nickle Prefers to be attorney-general of On- tario thas to accept a portfolis in the Meighen Cabinét at tawa. Mr. Nickle once said that he preferred provincial to dominion politics. The sessions may be shorter but there is more satisfaction being a minister of the crown for the province than for the dominjon. : With parliament diasdlved thers aré mo mere M.P.'s. The members have earned their indemnity and wij) The Dominio tamily infan Day ho > family TUNE UP THE ELECTRIC FIXTURES before the summer visitors arrive. We have the most complete line in the city, «1 Electric Co. TELEPHONE 441. adays. But let us the old-fashioned a Fifty-three years in railway ser. vice is a long time, and yot after that period, 1873 to 1926, John Craig just retired from the C. is hale and hearty. Mr, part and parcel of, the old Kingston and Pembroke railway, whith he helped to build and which he served tll the C.P.R. took it over. The old- er folks will relish his tale of the old railway days in Frontenac, which Bol . telling in to-day's issue of The bave patience with ones, -- The Horticultural Soctot con~ tinues to lead the way and pi to make a garden of the old moat srousd the Murney tower in Mac. dofald Park. HEN YOU HAVE A PRINT- .YV ING JOB, DO YOU THINK OF THE BRITISH WHIG COM- MERCIAL PRINTING DEPT.? Fine printing -- good service "reasonable prices Britta Whig Britsh Whig Bldg. ~~ Phone 2614