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i""'I'--lie population of Germany is m.- pidly increasing. Germany needs colonies; Bri'tai'n has taken all the colonies worth having. Britain holds I-'ndia,i Austr.auli'a,. Canada,. New Zea land',. Egypt, and the most desirable.- parts of Africa. rune -v vs annnnvina Genmanris hungry for trade and `for inuence, in distant seas; Britain holds fortresses and coaling stations all over the earth: Gibraltar. ;\1alta.. Cyruos, Capetown, the West Indies and` many others; `I'I" n - . A motive ?. What has caused most` of the*grea_t__v;rars remorded` in hist- ory? Ambxtxon and. `greed; the lust for glory and` wealth and power. ___- Q `should Germany a-ttack Bri- taiin`? - . T T ' . World-domination-, .c.onquest'.!!- That 3 was` the dream of Babylon, (ii Persia, iof Greece, of Rome; of'Spain. and >F1-ance add Russia. Itisthe, dream of `Germany to-d'ay-'.. What? motive can Germany have for attacking Britain ? Neatly every German could tell us, if he would. Every public mam in`; America, France Italy, and Russia could ans- wer the question. We have been told. over and over again: by speakers and writers in Germany -why Germany- should and` wiil atta'd'<' us. . ' ` 4 n mastrs of Genmany, is-`no new thing in wo1:1di-histocy; it is a veny old tthing, as old as it is evil. For the [Pm-Gbrmanic a_mbitio,n- is the: gmbi- ition for empire-; the` ambition to dcaminate and exploit the wonid.` It 'is"the qld, qlgi lu_s} for _oo_w.e'x2' an_d u. Anaxllabv auu. CA-EIIUIL MIC WUl1lI. J-L isrthe old, old lust oow.e'12' and glory, the old", old gveed for." trade {and v_vlt_h. ` \ ` . BECAUSE you wan: t nionei, you should always , ,_ _ _- V. 5519 VUIIIIKIC OI manufacturer who advertises puts goods. I Kindly give my compliments` to` the commandant and tell him it is` impossible for me to go,at present, but I will be over to see him as earlyl in the evening as uossib1e._' I ' tllstxo-OJ. ntbnn-urn.-A L`-un .... . n . . _ _ Au ` is seldom advertised, _best and the imitation. `BECAI.fSE scieniic shoppefs know goods ate best they will r`1ot take any sul: no-an-AA , < Buy .Advrtised Goods Aclvertised Goods Are _ Best ;i1de_d bir. S A_VIN._GS{ DEPT. One Dolby opens an L ` account an d in_tre;sp is ` BECAUSE of V the mam AAA A ul LIIC cvcuuu; an uuaalulc. _ ' Shortly afterward the messenger returned and said: The command- ant demands your immediate `pres~ ence and says to tell you if you do, not at. once appear before him he will ulace you under arrest. A Joann I-n`,1 ALA 0-Vuruzsnnp-Lanna...` L`--1'1-A volu.r'ne of business resulting: the PO33-n --.L_ 1.... _ , I `.f`5 C5pita1 --~.$3.ooo.ooo ,Rse'rvc .~.. . . $5,4m,m0 TH.-.ad Oice, Halifax, N.S. `General `Mgnarfs Oice, Toconto. Gtll'Il Banking Business Transacted The Books and, Statements of this Bank are {anuua:l1y submitted to 3 ,al'|-:nt`u qr... A :& yuan any -cuuiudwua :1-uusuutcu E0 -strictly i yadit. Barrie `B:-'aqnch - Five Points " 3. Mcanam; Msxaana. .. .u.u want Urea Eloedl? 7-'1! ouwili .write for our interesting .n_ew 910 Catalogue we will send it free. and include, also tree of charge, a pack- .j 6.01 Seed of our Burbank G19. 1: Crim- Cautornia Poppy. This Popiiw is an `oehfifel new creation In Eschschottzia for , . 1'8 * V fa immense. beautiful gmhted by Luther Bur- ot Horticulture. Out` w-uuy. xx Interested Please namg this an ~10 Ill. n .31.] 3 Lnlngnxu "'`'`'V `'`"'`. ``0 MI? I-IUHIIIK CIlUJ.!.'C- `C Import- ! ' E:.lifj,_..8fE;an co.. Lt? wt-w ` et best returns for _ A slice" of aople rubbed on the 7han_ds will remove ink and fruit stains_. ' `A very large amount of Canadian 'velopment of water power, the build- capital has been invested in the coun-` tries of Spanish-America in the de- ing of street railways, the purchase of oil lands, and in mining and lum-I betting operations. It is not the pur- pose of this article to consider whe- ther it is wise policy to invest Can- adian 'capital in foreign countries when thereeare so many opportuni-`l `ties for investment in Canada. How-. ever this may be, there. is` reason tol believe that in the future even more than in the past many of the great engineering and commercial. enter- prises of Spanish-America will be nanced by the group of men who control the banking and insurance institutions of Canada. There is a large and increasing demand for manufactured goods in thos'e-coun- tries; already some of our Canadian manufacturers are reaching out for the trade, and a large export busi- ness to Spanish-America may be re- garded as a certainty of the future. xY-__ mi 9, _-,_n1,, , _ S. S. No. 6, INNISFIL. January honor roll: V.--Tommy Small. Cecil Webb. _ IV.--Gladys Wright, Elmer Hayes. III.-Willie Hayes, Gertrude Sear ton, -George Hayes.` Della Hayes. II__.l a.~L D-:.a .I.I....,..1,: n-.u,_1.-... Ivu, -uculgc uaycs. ucua nayes. II.--]ack Reid, Harold Padgham. A_Maggie Betteri ge. C`_A1 2 1 __.."_.'-- ----v.-\-Ev. 5.` Sr. I.--Luel1a Easton, Chxlm-:-r Hayes. Int. I.-Maurice Reid. J`r..I.--Annie Henry. Average attendance, 24. \ 4- rs . PI- You Want Free Seeds? 'y0u flfn f n n A . ._ 1 _______ vutv ____- _. .---- _-.-U \r\rIuQnn|.n B1113 rle B`ri'fish peopI not be- 1Ii3eve it. The British people take lit- tle interest in foreign affairs. and less in mftary matters. The Briush peo- ple do not want to bother. they do not want to pay, they do not want to ght, and they regard as cranks or nuisances all who try to Warn them of, their danger. _ ..---- s. .v .4. -.v.. ` That is the Pan-Germanic dream. That is the ambition which is driv- fmr Germarry into a war of aggres- si'on against this country. 11.". 1. in - . But in the pursuit of a quite un- lawful ambition` the Pan-Germans fmenace the h0nom.*_ and the liberty of the British, and the French. and the Danes and,.the Dutch. All lin- rope is to be-, Teutonisecl. We are all to be drilled and schooled and uniformed" and taxed bv Prussian of- ci'als,Hand the Emperor VVi1liam II. is to rule us_wi'th a rod of iron. `Jun gnvvvou 1 ll, . `would fall anaasghrutricgim tcL>u;[ waexllld |:vla.lz_`1n,d, resolute and. powerful at. ac ' ` - The policy -of Germany mancldaa policy of deliberate and ruthless,-tzonquest, with world-domin. ion for its goal. balance of power in Europe. It is. not` for the general good that anysinglte Power should dominate Europe... It would not be well that -Pgritain, or Fra_n.ce,. or Italy, or Rus- siashouid dominate Europe. It would ~ not. be well that Germany should dominate Europe.. It. is desirable that 1 Britain and France and Germany and 1 Italy and Holland" should be free and E79 SW,` strong` and independent. It is desir- able that those nations should pre- serve their integrity and should re- main free to realise the genius oi their peoples. is the Big. _ . The traditional pol. _ icy o_f Britain 15 thei_ex.pans1on of the ` Empire and the maintenance of the __ one ofc econoxm `_(3> ` mixed ,4 is nicirc than Mn , , 1, , Bnimaiit her only dangerous panent. ~ uussvua U1 -Lv.tu|aLtba|. Meantime, 'however. the Brit`isl1g Minister at Guatemala was active.- He at once cabled the Home .Of'ce_ and immediately came a reply that .a British cruiser then lyinoo Pun`-' tarenas, Costa Rica, had*fbet1 otde`i"- "_`."'" . leans su Fmalyf, and the I would Say with iappetjg en}phas1s, Germany wxll attack }3,i_jimon as tam because she knows herself to be lmy of esm:o'ng,. and because she believes that most 5: Britain,. hen rich and inuential riva], , persona1 has grown fat -and_ i_mpotent andjthese fa would an easv vu:t.1m tn :. urn son ripfpr ' NAYZ `FEBRUARY " Ihcotpdvateg-R "1832. s that advertised substitute, though - --_.-.----3. snnv better value into his M. Quantz. Teacher. -,auAuau\.u. _ cost in . '.('.l`l11te rc =7Ontar1o 6`-'\I`I KI `by farm . i. but and - sold cost acc to nd i cultural vocated _' of the I V system .\nish.e(l stock fo -,_;a cheap leans nwappctitie -hinion `as , 5|a\.a\. ?'to deter some Of _ used. 'I"I.. .. Sana Indu PRIME \sI/ mixed rnorc tin er hay gains 111 ./,\ \ '(4) timothy ducing market, proved 1.--.-. (5) i` tle diffc ration r oats furl amount and cum by nfcigl ave m c . got $3.5 L .steadi1y. ~.acre mz . `Thu traced b dom ge- From 5 ience as rm, wn of L300 prime 1) tario, to} live wci raway Hps hm undersnl dress a vveight the offal hand1in_ get $10 retail h story i "that for pound i be an :1 retail p "Five butch crs these 1 _SteerS ix all wint pull thr< his lab!) to -100 I1 ` theyxrefpayable at current rates. ` V --e a--we -an Germany. reat Britain. Rolland; I.tafly,..Norw.ay,4 Raisin,` and Switzerland is stated on; the of each 3.; ;. }L_ .l_._,._. ___I ,.|n~o Q ,n-' .. ' , .'.'.. `n',` `. - ., ..( VV.L' . Sgears r [rices 0 yntario. 5;? th u_mb 1 .4 3: Cl an nmusstr soon-ms. 3'0 Cocoa. is : treat to .ClIi|dr n.._ A suueuutu * .. Bocn_-to A C e n`t ral A Watson Griin, in Busy Maffs. RY%E%F'*E3.3]% J, % i_ -.T__ ._lVI. CQCOAM Incident i My steamerjwas n_ot tosnil from San Jose until the`th1rd d`?1y, and _as M-estrictions as to travelers were daxly {growing more `severe I deemed It wise to take -all possible precautions, so called at the British Legatioh and ' aw `M_r. Chapman, acting charged a_airs. He asked fix my passport,- which he endorsed and. officially stamped, and said. he thought that would be sutcient, but as` `further ,precautionatyfmeasure,` gave me ,a 'letter_ to the Guatemalian. Minister `of Foreign,Aairs, a`ski;1g him tqg; - give me any further `paper*si;`ne sary. The -`Foreign. Oice `took " to -prepare a _.special]' dbcumqn } ' ering two lafge fo1iqsAp'_f-Jdsoubl ' lum, which ea-1led.:up On `e veryo `the Republic tovaord -mef.4p ;o`tfe and freedom" pf --_t':-avfeil... .,I~,too `bah.k.snt9 2 t11e *Britisiht`!-emits ` t.ammat1_qnah5;;M;;;.~,, hi ' that heyconstde I Sinee I felt Canada I have more thanonce written you that I`found mv Britishcitizenship of immense vvalue while traveling. in these south- iern lands. 1 may now relate anoth- Ier incident which will, perhaps. in- `terest you." You have, of course, Ereadin the newspapers about the' `uuu a ICLLCI VVIIICFJ TCEH1 35 IOUOWS : war betweeii Guatemalaand Syalva-`T dor. When the war broke out I hap- Ipened to be _at .Coban, several days mule-back trip across the rnountains fro'm_ Gratem_ala City. and had "with line my mo'zo (Indian servant), sad- dle` mules for him and myself, and a cargo mule. for our luggage. I has- tened for Guatemala City, intending ,to wind up` business `ere, then get } out of the country and down to Nic- laragua by steamer."iWe found the L country everywhere, up in arms"~ and ? men and animals being pressed into lservice. As it was, every day there `were military` "attempts" to seize my animals for army` purposes. Fortun- at.ely I had my. British passport (Canadian issue.) and ..we goothrough to Guatemala._Cit,y .w'i!E1iott 4 delay. 7 -' 5 L . .v ,: '3` -,_ V-~ _ r .. __ _ .. serioujs` ....... ysn no 4: aaIu:|.I`LLlIu.l\JuallC. About twenty years after the pun-! ishment and compensation of `McGee, a near relative of mine was attending tosorne business in the Republic of` }Guatemala when war `broke out be- ; tween that _country and the neighbor- Iing Repubhc of Salvador. LI- t....a .....-...1._.a ....--L :_ 04-4-2-1- l Ills `him a letter which readas a.\\.yuuu\. U1 JGIVGUUI. U He had traveled much in Spanish- iVAmerican countries, having. an ex- tensive business with a large number of native agents under his direction. _He was thoroughly. familiar with the Spanish laiiguageand well acquaint- ed with the customs of the people, but had found on many occasions that nothing but his British citizen- ship saved him -from. outrageous treatment. The mere mention of-the[ fact that he was a Canadian and a - British citizen` everywhere `command- ed -respect. Some weeks after the `outbreak of the war between Guate- mala `and Salvador I received from V follows: Q:....., `I `nit h.......i_ r 1.--- ed to San Jose, and would be there within forty-eight hours, and instruc- tions were that ifveduring theinterirn the Guatemalian Government had not made official apology, not only [to the British Government, but also to McGee, andagreed to pay ~~McGee ve hundred" pounds sterling for each and every stripe received, a total of about one hundred and twenty-ve thousand dollars, San `Jose should be taken. Before the British warship larrived the ofciali V apologies` were _ lgiven, immediate. payment. of the. !money offered and the Commandant reduced to the ranks and imprisoned. McGee did not accept the `money, but he afterwards pointed out that the facilities for shipping and landing goods_at San Jose were inadequate and that if he were given exclusive dockage rights he could secure capi- tal to provide proper facilities. The Government .of Guatemala granted him the exclusive rights asked for t and he disposed of them to the Cam- :pania de Agencias. which to-day is one of the wealthiest corporations in Spanish-America, while McGee himself is a multi-millionaire. AL__,. . . I 'THIS(A is one 6f the best co__u_gh _ }_`-,.;.1;x_r1dicine,sV we; ever so1d .: . If V `=-,h'as bee sed by persdns `of "a11]-ggsf E5f<`>V:=vrr\1any years and cannot be ;...9:9e1!d. gfor . Co.ughs,_ Colds, [i` H`ord e`s,_` :' BroVm:hitis,_ , Tic}li'ng { in` l fh:e..I.-T'h'r'nVn+:a'd+AI,;..-u.'...1..:.._ A - - It`-oughT Curel uc 'uup|c_. ' `V He then urged me to have lunch- eon with. him, but I refused and went to the hotel. However," in less than -half an hour he came over to -the ho- tel and was so insistent that I nally went to luncheon with.him and re- mained to dinner. . I was.` treated throughout as a guest of honor. .Whcn my steamer arrived at night git was anchored about a mile out. as all steamers:_there are on account` of the dangerous coast," but instead of beinor taken out in a `lighter, as all other passengers_ were, the Com- mandant -=hirrg`self took `me out in the _,Governme_nt s steam launch. [ooooooooooooo le%i>ickedtsve`ea* iwuzile Loteemoezos to can: :"-5.`- :*:.V0..:i%e3.'3`5ALTfd9k8-t` --et0?t"'11Yh9t1*' . our" wdy"1tb"the'__ hqtel we `were ston- V-ia `pad `by :-*3 -_~lie'ut'e_nan_t'_ with `a squad of; i .solcl'1ers:`;.`*-tie ordered me to --`proceed *yvit!_:jhi1! I" to the Commandaney. T` I asked permiss_ion'_to. first see my-"iug- gene to -the hotel, which -he!refus`ed,` b` t kindly deputed a couple of sold.- i rs to.see `that the mozos took it safely. _ ' 31. b I have no) sympathy with those Canadians whp V talk of- separation from the British Empire. I know there are not many of thnemat home, fand"I t,hin_k`there are none of them '-here, .for any Canadian who has- tra- `vefed in these countries `must recog- nize the value of his `Bri`t`ish~c_itizex1-` ...-..\-..u u uuwssant lIhI-Oll\vIIo A54/ou, already know, this is but one` of many instances" of British `prestige. I have been -thrpugh other `affairs in different countries. all` re- dounding to the "fame of "British pro- `tection. and I know of` many more that have happened to others. . ' ) "; . -i e `(T c i_ ' `W'ell, I only. received my instruc- [pious-from the Minister of War this fnorning, and as you came in yester- day, I c'onside r`y'our document from the Minister" of Foreign Affairs will be -ample." I-In `Lana .4.;A..`.I ..._ L- L___- `.A_--`- 1 sun: Elo - ` V ` `Let me see. You came down from Guatemala. by yesterday noon tra-in, didn't you _? ` `Yes, I said. '- uxrr..n 1 v-..:_- __--2__. - ` uc aciucu. . ' ` _ V -He instructed anorderly to bx-mg {some papers from an adjoining rogzlm; and after looking them over,` sax : _. `V " `Mr. Coiirtmandant, I .said,_ `my! steamer goes. out this evening and tthere will not be aiiother for ten Fdays. It is a matter of great import- ,ance "to me that I -should go-on it, Land if Igam detained by you I will lsee that it costs both vou and your xuovernment a pretty penny. . 1 `. `vdll '19!` Inffnn kn tilicuatuu` tun-co . `Let me see your passport. I handed it to,him. He examin-' led it, then rose from his chair, step- pe`d`tfor1;vard ndLsaid': - T" ycu`I.uI!vaH.l auu Sitlul ' I sincerely beg your `pardon--I `thought you were an American, and placmg a chair for me} added, "Please be seated." _ . . 661"! `, , J. V: wuss: 4 xaxau we '00 A `It makes no difference what it seems tovyou. ,It is whatol require. " "What happens to me without it! I asked. . e T f . `You remain prisoner until you get it. You may, subject to our cen- jsure. communicate by wire or` letter Fwith `your country s Minister at _Guatemala,.and if everything be all right hewill doubtless arrange the `.matter for you. ` 'I\lIII (`t\o\nov|nr`nn6 T .-.>..:J `...-- uuvcxuuncut a. prcuy penny.` "`YOu had better be careful. how you talk to me, he angrily replied. `vflll hill` 'I'\-Affar kn nno0A . `usnnr . tau: to he angrily replied. ~ `You had `better be caretul' how you act with. me, I said, `You know what happened in 1871 to a Com- mandant,Vwho in this same port e took high-handed procedure with a Bri- tish subject? 6-"A~.... ---.- _ n._:.:..u- __,u_:_. s. A I [IclIl|lI_.l.I CIJGVCIE ' , ' ._ fOh,'yes,? I`re p1ied, `I have my -passport, starting to produce it. "That is no good. I don't` want "to see .it. Whatelse ? . ' _ I: ot out, my big documenthfrom Lfthe oteign Ofce and handed it to him. He-merely glanced at it, threw ;it down and said, That is worthless. ur L-u.n LE...` 4'L ___-_ -1: 1' 1.-.! 11'- VVIIGI V7.33 I CI-III Cut `_A permit from the Minister of War, -he replied. T \ `But I am a foreigner. "1 know. you are `a. foreign.er. C ` Well, as` suchit seems to me I have only to'd0 with the Minister `of `Foreign Affairs. .. `I6 mantras A A2Un...;...-- :L CU GIIU. _lllC IIICII WCIC llCCo I i ,I then asked the Cqmmandant 1 what was rqeuired. . * `A' nm-rrnt frnm I-ha Minicfnp nf ;.it down and said, `That is worthless. "lktold him it was all I had. He "turned to `the, oicer in charge and said, `Remove the `prisoner aside," sand" I was forthwith marched- to the other side of the room with two sold-' eniers_to guardover'me. -The ,Com- rsmandant then proceeded with the 'other prisoners, each of whom Dro- duced a small slip of paper about the size of a no,te,,j-sheet. which was at once accepted, `endorsed and return- ed and the men were free. I61 `L-.- __I--_I 4|- -_.....-.. -I_..A. wuyiiuwhichtocart-y_L % ' 8 0. w.,i... > wupwagyr ?: "As,I`ma:"cl1'ed intd lthe Command- ! hncy,. :ratnotherlv"otcet. and "squad `led ie in with live l more pris.oners.. '.l`he kommaujlant. a very :m_ilit_ary and very pompous looking individual,` shtf 1 `at his [desk andewe wi,ere- all lined up, before him. He ,conimenc_ed `with `me and asked wliat `pape,rs' I had. ,From his manner and tone I judged he considered I had some seditiOus_ papers on `me, so delared I had none. ' ` 0. ".L-L 1} _,eg 411, ..- L. f!u..`?_f\'Mhat, he _said, `Have > you no pefmlt to travel ? " `(XL 'cA" T `an-.n`o\1':4:n` `I Ln-.- on`; L311 9 `1 J-ll-\JlI\vIl-la, . F ` and` coughing at night.` Alfrice, 25. . T vouble "size; 40. _ A` _ _' .._'; DUIUJVVI: a Are you a British subject? `I urn . ' | 6 1`Drui;a'nv(JfKodqks _ i ~.3.`i'.'1.-. "33 -"V . " j~`i*HE`NoR'rHERN{ADvANcE 1g '-`R8!ANn\ H.....A _` V- , ...... Uh ucat. accurcu Dy tne mainten- ance of a strong; and eicient Cana- dian unit_ of the Imperial navy',.which should be ready atjallt times to co- ` tooerate with the British. eets `in the North Sea or any other sea, but shouid have as its "special duty the` guarding of the shores. of _ Canada and ,the_Bri tish West-Indies andthe `protection of British citizens in the coutjrtries of; Spanish-Ame`rica.` In return for this service to the Empire Canada; mirght_ without tshamfe Vdeioend. uoon the "British na\"ry`__'for -the pr;ot:ec-V ' ,tion `of Canadians" {in to other _qtiart,e1_f si V oft: the;_wor_1d. - A . .. oic ' *There might be arranged future .some gystcm of CO-0 with. the -Americxain navy. _ To upon the Mon_i`_ae_'_dcjctrine` ;.-....`- __- H L: __--.,.,... ,1. vnaslav o The time has come for Canadians to do _their share in policing the seas. If they have the spirit of. adventure! and enterprise which distinguished their Frenchand English ancestors they must have a1so.the pride that wouldV,m`ake -Frenchmen or English-' men scorn` dependence upon any` oth- er nation. for protection at -home or. abroad. . "Canadian" naval defence should meansomething more than defence of Canadian shores. It should mean defence of the rights of ,Canadian citizens `-everywhere. This can be best secured bythe mainten- ance` nf a ah-nm.-,-..-..-I ..m..:.... n. CD09 `J nu--5; uunu Ill \.uu|.\.;ul.|Jl.r `The same spirit of adventure enterprise that made the early French explorers the pathnders of North America, the same spirit that has sent Englishmen, Scotchmen and- Irishmeneover the face of the earth and made the British Isles the world s commercial centre moves in the hearts of Canadians to-day. A1- most every Canadian familyyhas at least one of its members abroad. They are found in every state of the American Union, in Cuba," Mexico, Central America`, and all the coun- tries: of South America, in China, Japan, India and` Africa. Wherever they go they are protected bypthe British navy and the British flag, the svmbol of "British power. What .a sensevof security -.it gives to a travel- er. whether bound on business or on pleasure, to know_ that the whole imight of the British Empire is be- , hind him ! But how mean he feels whenqhisfellow `British passenger re- mifdsghim that the over-burdened fnvnznrnre nf Han; 'D..1a.:..l. `I'_I-- . I f .... uuu , unnu Lucu. LIIC Uvcr-Dl1l'(1I1(l taxpayers of the British .Isles Kare paving the vcjhole costtof m`ainta.ining British 2 prestige .! s = `- TL- -.._ ship. If Canada is to. hold her own in the many. countries. to which her growing commerce extends, if her citizens are to feel proud of their country in every part of the world where they may nd themselves they must know that not only at home but abroad their rights will be respected because of their citizenship, and in many -foreignlands such respect and protection can only be relied upon when it is known that force would be used, if necessary, to maintain their rights and that such force would be adequate. 1C2..- .1, vv . .. \rvIA\Q via Io\.|\n\..IaInu\ao `Since \the war between the United States and Spain showed the etc- iency pf the erican navy, the prestige of th United States has- greatly improved throughout the A southern continent, and Americans. are no longer h TL- ..-...- -..!._-A -to the careful nursing of Mr. and `VIII LIIGLC _yuu UIIUCIV i1l1CDla . , ` I McGee told the messenger that he would see the Commandant in a hot- ter olace than `San Jose before he would comply-with such a threaten- ing order, and "if the Commandant wished to see him immediatelyhe had better come himself.. - The Commandant did come, but with a body ofisoldiers. and carrying] McGee off to `military prison, order-_i. ed that he should `receive fty stripes` on the naked back. As anactual act_ McGee received fty-one stripes andr lay almost at.death s door for several. months at the-home of another Cant-. adian, Mr. Stanley McNider,' of Guatemala City. He-owed his life v Mrs. McNider. who, like himself, were natives of Montreal. . up nun.-vv Inn Q\JI\r . Germany is prep1rf11g`to attack us becausewe stand 111 the way of her % ambitions. The ambition of `the Pan-Germans, `who are the war party, who are the - -_- ..--.r--r---- Invasion is not the greatest dati- ger; is ndtithe nearest danger; th}e ;is .a greater danger, and a nearer, ifrom which the Navy alone. howso- `ever powerful and gaflant. could` not `deliver us.` I `-vo.-v vs visa But what mo_tive can {he Germans ~ 1_1ave for attackmg us 3 - Let us consider this question. What motive can the Germans have fopattacking us? ` IIYI . . l _What motive had they for attack- ing Denmark in 1864? What motive had they for attacking Austria in 1866? What motive` for attacking France -in 1870? ' . 1 v----. --v-"----- ',"i`he Empire is in-Zianfger. but"the' people. do not believe it. They `have been- t_augh't' '-to regard -- the -German [menace as a wild` scare of invasion, }and they believe the Navy cans uro- stect them while they make their {money or take their ease. ` But the danger of invasion i`s`_not tthe greatest or the only dangeir; and %the strongest Navy in the world Ecould not sav 115 from -disaster ` should the lowe ing war clouds break before We are prepared. k 4%'I'.eIoIi's:MI%Il ` A { I I l l Serious warn`ings"have been Jutter-[1 ed publiclv by Mr.; Asquith, by Mr." Balfour, by Sir Edward `Grey, by; 'Lord Lansdowne, by Lord Crorner and .by "Lord Rberts. But these warnings have not` been suiciently gross or sufciently explicit to be understanded of the people. They have been forgotten in the- national excitement about the Steinheil case, the qotball matches, and the terriic strusz Ie as to whether the dukes shall pay .a halfpenny tax or fois_t it upon their neighbours, xo--.--ron nnuuv J 3 Nearly `forty years ago, `before Canadian capitalists had turned their attention to 'Spanish-America, at a time whenit would be correct to say there were no Canadian capitalists, a Canadian by the name of McGee, a naturalist ofno mean attainments, went from Montreal to Central Am- erica to make certain studies there, and eventually settled on. the.swest_ coast of the Republic of Guatemala at the little town of San Jose, the port of entry for the capital city. He" was shortly afteward appointed Brit- ish consular agent at San Jose. The position was not a lucrative one, but it had its honor andsgave him time to pursue `his studies, One evening in the year 1871 Mr. McGee was. en- tertaining a few friends when a mes- senger came from the com'rnandant_ at the port, saying he wished to see} him. McGee said: ' , (1 was Mr. Robert Blatchford, one of the [best-known of English Socialists, has fan _ interesting. brochttre~ .entitIed' gGerma._n and England? -It ` treats of the ` erman` menace` from many? -points of. view, and is an able and comprehensive statement of the sit- uation. Theywriter in his opening artiie says: _ _ l do not realise the grv- ity of the German menace. Lax-zran g'ed V in T. thce. I (`I . t\l\_l\a\a-n-L:A.. l'I _ Of CO-operation '1'`!!! T. J-` - ,, J Ge`:-many and Britain are keen` commxzsciat rivals. How many wars have been caused by ,commercia.I jealousy 3 o Why should Germany attack Bri- `tain .? .Be'caus_e Germany_ and Byitain yare commercxal and pohtical nvals; because Germany covets the trade, the Colonies, the inuence and `the _Empire which Britain now possesses: because Germany, having defezfted Frace. and made friends with Aus- tria, `and having` no fear of Russia, for some years to come, feels that v..- v w,- Germany will strike out at the first sign of d:mg.er. l `She rvgards Iworld-diomi'nati.om: as her destiny. .and is ready to strike out for it. _ She. has an Army of four million men .a.-nd'-al Fleet second only `to ours, and ` she will strike m:rt: / with these. And Britain is regarded by her as the last V. b_arrier to -the realisation of her des- _tmy. ' . Germany sorely needs more. ports`, a. greater: sea-board. Belgium `and Holland would be to- lizer invaluable. |How many wars has. Russia waged. Lin lgerefforts to'gain access to the .sea~.. a. map we nd the ,Nor.t:h Sea exit threatened by Dove-r and. the Medi_terranean~ entrance- _threatened by G.1b`ralta3`.; bill \pI\a\l `I57 `I %%I LEIIIUJ \Il Ell `R535 `#1 Now, it is wellknown that govern- ment is not very stable in some of the Spanish-American `republics, and that the ideas of law, order and per- sonal liberty are verydi`erent from those which prevail in Canada, but few Canadians !know to how great an extent the s fety of Canadian in-' vestments and the liberty of Cana-` .dians mployed in connection with therp epiened upon the power of the . Btlsh nayy. ' , I c P