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Let us make you acquainted with the new, luscious flavour â€" o e The Flayour Lasts Phone 64 P.O. Box 186 Sealecd Tightâ€"Kept Right! F. C. H. SIMMS, Real: Estate and Insurance TIMMINS and SOUTH PORCUPINE Timmins Representative SOUTH PORCUPINE Get it wherever confections are sold JF 11 There were many noteworthy adâ€" dresses in the Canadian House of Commons last week in the debate on the *‘ Military Service Act 1917," but the three bravest pronounceâ€" ments were those of Dr.â€" Michael Clark, of Red BDeer, Alberta, Col. Arthurs, of, Parry Sound, and Hon. Mr, Sevigny, Minister of Inland Revâ€" cnue. These three men showed difâ€" ferin@ types of gallantry, but the same true Canadianism. Dr. Clark risked the friendship of those whose work and affection he had so greatly shared in the ranks of party for many years. Col. Arthurs, a hero of Vimy Ridge, thought more of the needs of his comrades overseas than of the Frenchâ€"Canadian vote in his conâ€" stituency. Hon. Mr. Sevigny braved the apparent majority in lus province for the greater eause of â€" Canada. should our minority be isolâ€" ated on this continent, when we are surrounded by English provinees and by the American nation with her 100,â€" 000.000 inhabitants?‘‘ he asked. He made it plain that it was just such an evil isolation that would result from the present attitude of the Quebee leaders if persisted in. "I do not think there is any doubt anywhere as to where I stand,"" Dr. Clark commeneed. *L shall support the Government‘s measure, support it with a cltear conscience and a stout heart, believing that it is absolutely in the best interests of the country, of the Empire, of the world, and of the cause of eivilization for which we are figchting."‘ Three Brave Addresses On Conscription Issue Dr. Clark, who has bheen long reeâ€" ognized as the leading Liberal Memâ€" ber for the West, disposed of the eritâ€" icism of the Premier because of Ihis allegzed promise not to bring in Conâ€" sceription, by pointing out that cirâ€" cumstances change and men â€" must change with them or perish. Lloyd George had been a fiery opponent of Consecription, but the war had brought him to a different standard. _ Dr. Clark himself had always opposed militarisin, but he believed _ toâ€"day that this was a war to end war and a consceription to end eonseription. If the Prime Minister onee declared there would be no Conscription and now resorts to it to save our soldiers overseas,‘‘ said Dr. Clark, "then 1 am grateful only that he thus shows hlmselt gcreater in the gifts of pat- riotism than in his gifts o:t.prophe(g Dr. Clark had severe criticism for Sir Wilfrid Laurier‘s attitude. _ He characterized Sir Robert Borden‘s proposals for a coalition as *‘magâ€" nanimous,"‘ and Sir Wilfrid‘s fusal as less worthy.. He suggested that the peéople would believe that Sir Wilfrid was more concerned with winning elections than winning the war. â€" He ridiculed the referendum idea and the proposal for a Liberal party government. If a general elâ€" ection were held and a majority of Liberals returned, ‘*where would we be?"" asked Dr. Clark. _ ‘*Where would you get any. effect in bringâ€" 1 t \ ! ing in conseription or any other measure for the successful prosecuâ€" tion of the war?‘‘ he demanded. "‘A Cabinet constituted on such prineiples might be all right for the Millenium but it would not do for this day of Armageddon. The lion from Edmonâ€" ton (Mr. Oliver) would lie down with the lamb from Quebee (Sir Wilfrid), with a little childâ€"perhaps from Picâ€" tou (E. M.â€" Macdonald)â€"to lead them.‘‘ Dr. Clark thought the war situation too serious to be thus treatâ€" ed. The men at the front needed supâ€" port and needed it now. _ The war must ‘be won, and Canadians must ‘unite to win it. *A have a little todâ€" dling grandcehild out on my farm toâ€" day,"" said Dr. Clark. ""*His father was stricken by a gunshot in the neck two weeks ago. 1 say to you on my soul and congcience, gentlemen, I supâ€" port this bill because it is part of:{the necessary machinery which will save that little fellow and thousands like him from having to go through what his father and this *unclesâ€"are going through toâ€"day." Dr. Clark referred to Conseription 2s the only just method for raising troops now. **Who can plead,""‘ he asked, ‘‘that it is fair, that it is even decent that one family, one district, one provinee, should be sheltered in comfart and prosperity behind a flag for which other people, other provinâ€" ces, are giving their lifeâ€"blood?" (Applause). ty Sir Wilfrid Laurier had argaed that the proper place for Canadians to fight was on the soil of Canada, and in the quarters where that sentiment was repeated they were saying that this was England‘sâ€"war.â€" If it was England‘s war, was England fighting CLARK, OF THE WEST, COL. ARTHUXKS, BACK FROM THE FRONT, AND HON. MR. SEVIGNY, OF QUEBEC, MAKE NOTEâ€" WORTHY SPEECHES THAT SHCULD BE CONSIDERED BY the, war or English soil? She was fighting the war wherever the turban of the Turk or the helmet of the Teuâ€" ton was seen. ‘"‘Talk about sending the right reâ€" cruiting agents to Quebee," said Dr. Clark. *‘*What was the â€" recruiting agent that led the sons of the Empire to jump to the colors in every portion of the world? I tell you sir, in one word, it was Belguim. That was the recruiting agent. I wonder if those wlho hesitate about what they should do, on this bill, reflect that, at the present moment in France as _ the Teuton is compelled to retire, he has taken with him every female above 14 years of age to work for him and God knows what else. These are the recruiting agents that appeal to the wide Dominions of the Empire Ard I add, not uncharitably I hope, that if a man will not listen to these then neither would he listen to ore raised from the dead." It was, he believed, a slander to say that organized Labor opposed reeruitâ€" ing. (If it were not, it was ‘‘an unâ€" fortunate thing for organized Labor â€"unfortunate â€" and _ indefensible.‘ Trades unionists were themselves conâ€" seriptionists. They determined hours of labor, time of work, and those who failed to abserve them were ealled ‘‘blacklegs."‘‘ Many representatives of Labor had gone to the front for service, and ‘‘if there are national blacklegs they are not in France and Flandersâ€"they must he somewhere else.‘‘ Dr. Clark eoncluded with an appeal for the organization of the moral, matâ€" erial and man power of the country to win the war. **You cannot fight this war on the limited Jliahbility plan,"" said Dr. Clark. Col. Arthurs said that there was no difference of opinion on the subject of this bill among the men at the front. They needed reinforecments and they wanted them right away. ‘They took no interest in what Sir Robert Borden or Sir Wilfrid Laurier said about conâ€" seription in 1914, or the Mhilitia Aect in 1904. He spoke for these men, havâ€" ing hbeen with them in the field, and he voiced their sentiments when he said that no one toâ€"day was opposing conseription exceept from some selfish personal, political purpose. The volâ€" untary system, Col. Arthurs said, had broken down because a great many patriotiec men who were willing to serve would not enlist unless and unâ€" til the slackers were made to do so. In lus own district of Parry Sound many _ Freenhâ€"Canadians â€" had heen brought in to take jobs which had been held by men who had gone to the front. Col. Arthurs said that if Quebec had done her duty there would be no need of Conseription. In us own Battalion a number of Frenchâ€" Canadians had enlisted, but the mayjâ€" ority had either deserted or asked for their discharge, **bringing _ evidence to prove that they were afflicted with every disease from lunacy to houseâ€" maid‘s knee.‘‘ Some had gone to visâ€" it friends in Quebee and never retâ€" |urned. Some had deserted to â€" join ll“rench-(‘zmmlian réeciments, _ thus making the Quebec enlistments _ apâ€" pear larger than they were. There was only one Frenchâ€"Canadian Batâ€" talion, the 22nd, at the front, hut he gave them the highest praise. Polâ€" ities, he charged, had caused the poor recruitirg in Quebee, where eertain men circulated the idea, ‘"Let the Onâ€" tario men go; so much the better for us."‘ Reinforeements should be givâ€" en without delay, he concluded, in orâ€" der that gallant Canadians who had laid down their lives for Canada and freedom should not have died in vain. Hon. Albert first Frenchâ€"Canadian member to flatly support Conseription braved the opâ€" position of his native province with rare courage. He gallantly risked his political future. 1 know," "‘ he said, ‘"‘"that in the performancee of my duty I may end my ]mlitiml carâ€" eer, but such a sacrifice is much less than the one made by our soldiers who have fought on the field of honâ€" or, making for us a bulwark of their breasts."" To the insults that had heen hurled at him and even the threats that had been made against his life, he replied: ‘* My intention is to admire and help the 400,000 of my fellow Canadians who have died for my country, or are ready to die, facing the cnemy, far from Canada where they might have remained instead of sacrificing themâ€" selves for their ecountry. _ To those who threaten my life and the lives of my family 1 say that still I am not in more danger than the soldiers in the trenches."" Hon. Mr. Sevigny took a diffevrent line regarding Quebec to any of the previous speakers. He admitted Queâ€" bee had not responded as it should and he placed the blame squarely on those who had preached that it was ‘*England‘s war,""‘ and that Canada was to be ‘*ruined.""* He seored "the men of talent, in newspapers or in public meetings"‘ who denounced parâ€" ticipation in the war, and he showed how Canada was as vitally interested as Frances or Belguim. Only the Britâ€" ish navy protected Canada, and Canâ€" ada toâ€"day was not fighting for Engâ€" land or France but with them for the civilization and deceney of the world. He pointed out how foolish it would be to lay Canada open to pillage, plunâ€" der and ravage by waiting until the foe reached these shores. ‘The debt to England, he said, was so great that only the services rendered hy the Canâ€" adian bovs in France and Flanders allowed us to he unashamed. To show that Frenchâ€"Canadians do their duty nobly, when not misled, he pointed to those of the race at the front, those who had responded in other provinces and those who had made such a wonderful response in Mr. Sevigny made it clear that if he and his colleague, Col. Blondin, left the Cabinet now, the Premier would have no alternative but to turn to men of Englishâ€"speaking ovigin, and the inevitable result would be a union of the Englishâ€"speaking people of both parties and the isolation upon this continent of a Frenchâ€"Canadian minority. It was against that calamâ€" ity that he was striving, confident as he was that the â€" Frenchâ€"Canadian people onee they understood the situâ€" ation would loyally give their support to the cause of eivilization. Touching on â€" the _ Conseription measure he showed its fairness and that it would be no particular injury to Quebec‘s present great prosperity. He concluded with the following eloâ€" quent words :â€"â€" ‘‘For our glorious ancestors dead on the battlefields of history ; for our brothers who died or are ready to die in the trenches of toâ€"day ; for the saceâ€" red cause of justice, religion, demoâ€" cracy and ciwvilization; so that our children may be proud of us as we are proud of our ancestors; to have understanding hbetween the two races which God has placed in this young yR The Onario Organization of Reâ€" sources Commuttee has on several ocâ€" castons shown itself very helpful and effective in patmotie ways. Its serâ€" viees to the British Ned Cross, to the orzanization of munitionsâ€"making, to the supplying of farm help, and to many _ other â€" equally commendablo ecauses will noft soon be forgotten. It is a nonâ€"partisam union of patriotic men awars looking for something to do to help in the better winning of the war. and with an expert organiâ€" zer, Dr. Abbott, at the head to givsa etfect to any plans that may be outâ€" lined. Ontario Fish May Release Other FPood for Export to Burope. Just at present the Resources Comâ€" mittee is econcentratine on the Fish question. _ The Committee draws perâ€" sistent attention to the general do plefion of the food supplies of tha world through the effects of the great war. Tt is pointed out the withdrawal of so many men from their former aericultural oceupations, the devastaâ€" tion of so much farming land overâ€" seas, the Iailure of crops and wastagse through loss of cargoes on the seas, brings the world face to face with a food ertsis both now and for after the war. ‘The Commitéce emphasizes the fac:; that every means must be taken to evercome as far as possible the present difficulties regarding tho food supply. _ One of the suggestions of the Committee is that the people of Ontario release other foodstuffs for export by consuming more of their native food fish. It a recent civremular sent to The Advance, the question is discussed from _ many angles. **Reasoning it easier to hanâ€" dle two hundred pounds of fish than one hundred pounds of fish,""‘ says the eireular, ‘‘if the people of the Province took this matter up â€" seriâ€" ously and â€"consumed twenty or thirty per cent. of the annual catch instead Â¥ less than ten per cent. there might be a substantial attack made on the high cost of living. Dealers say that fish can be sold cheaper if the deâ€" EATING FIGH MAY GONSERVE OTHER FODD mand enabled a larger supply ‘to bo handled. In the meantime it is neeâ€" essary to make the supplies of other meats go as far as possible. Befora the war is over some countries will be in want for food. Nobody can forâ€" see what will happen, but the plain fact is staring us in the face that a little patriotic coâ€"operation by the people of Ontario may mean that the exportable surplus of our foodstuffs may reach countries and fill the mouths that would atherwige languigsh with hunger. It surely is not too much to ask at this 18 recommended by expert dietitians as "a~most desirable article of food, high in proteins and easily digested.‘‘ and great eountry; so that our fellow citizens in other provinces he treated with justice; so that our compatriots of the United States who set us suc‘h a noble example be proud of us; so that France may live with our dear mother tongue; so that the Britâ€" ish Empire may still be ‘the greatest power of the world and give us the pride to continue to bear our title of British subjects; so that Canada and the American continent may | never be threatened by Germany; so that we may take part in the triumph and not be isolated and despised ~when the bell af viectory shall ring,â€"for all this, I say, it is worth while to shed our blood. _ Others may â€" say â€" what they wil, but for my part, I accept."