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will ea•tsr • avor by sogs.aUnx the puhlW.
or cities toots& s.sarir .datarposrbta WM.
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tea era aYr.si ..sad M alvaa Rewataasss
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Oo•ov wasel�e. ardor, w rsalrtered atter,
Be may aewsseee at any llama
Aorgerr sir w Mama.- liaise for display and
eta.tr.rt advertisements will be given ea WIWI-
,.,lse, Legal and other .leaner advert 1.aNn1*.
urn meta per llrr for fir.L 1• .sedan and four
wane per lbw for each auteanuent insertion.
Mss.rred by • sort. of did .*.spared -twelve
lin.. to au Inch. Huaina., ward. cf rte limo
and under. Plea fanner. per year Advtrrtlse
meets of Lost, round. fttr.yed, Situations
Vsoot.Mituatlons Wanted, Nuua for Soho or
to Hent. ►'.ria. Mr dale or to Root. Articles
for Rs 1e. rte.. net ssesedlaf eight Una.. Teenty
eve cost. nseb Inemettem ; One Dollar fur Ant
mast•, Piny !bots far a.e►.abs-anent .vont b.
Lager advertisements in prepartioa. An-
o o,nrseent. in ordla•ry reading type. Tea
Crab per line. No notice l... roan Twenty.
aveC.nte. Any 'ameba' nonce, the object of
which it the peeuh.,ry benefit of any Irdtvid-
solar s.mclation, t., he mon.dersd au advu-
tieemeet and charred ao••or.tiagly.
To ('uaaul.,st.a*Tr -1 he co operation of
our enh.v1ber• .n.t readers t. cordially Invit-
ed toward. making Tat l'm0. .1. a . eekly record
of all local. county and d/.t rict doings. o Dont
munkenon will be 'tended to un4.•s it non -
Lain. the ,..me and address of the writer not
neeeeartly for pnbhcatlos. but as an evldea.e
of good faith. New it.m..boul4 reach Too
btu CA I. Wine not later than Wednesday wawa
of wan week.
THURSDAY. 11AR('H 'S., 11)13
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Well, we have g..t through the
winter and nobody bet starved.
it was • proud man who on Monday
night could read out the war bulletin
without toggling over the nam .,f
the captured Austrian furtrew.
The Empire owes a debt to Hudyard
Kipling, nays someone. Certainly it
does -for not int.'neifyinz the horrors
of war with a stream of Kiplingesque
vet -se like that of the Boer war period.
The puliticianr are disputing as to
who broke the truce. 1f an election is
NM SIGNAL IDS it Irl l : IN'rA ItiO
have Leen lo operation for a few years,
to decide whether they shall be cosi- I
Untied or ab ,lisbed . Premier fieott's
announcement ha. been received with
a great deal of interest 1n this Prov-
ince, and the course of.events to S..-
katcbewd'rs may have a good deal to
do with the settlement of the liquor
question in Ontario.
The Toronto Wcrld points out bow
an injustice may be done under the
new tax memoir of the Provincial
Government. It is well known that
different wuni'ipalittes have different
methods of asscrsment. In some
places there is • low amusement with
• high tax rate ; in others • higher
assessment with a comparatively low
tax rate. Aa The World remarks, "ibe
unfair practice of am ening property
under it■ real value mens also an
ur•dur load on the cheaper cies. of
house/ and the smaller properties. -
In pttoportion for cheaper properties
are :essessd mu: r nearly at their value
than are the wore vslu•Me properties.
'These aspects of the question," says
1'he World, "are now complicated by
thedeciniun of the Government which.
Ivy • new act of the Legislature. is
imposing • war tax of one mill on all
teal property es a useseed . If all prop-
erty were as -rased at its actual valor.
as the *e-e+sor..wear they will *.seas fR
there would he no in just ice io the levy.
But when one muticip•lity •greases at
seventy per cent. velue, as is the case
imi Tornntn, another at fifty per tent.
lend .n.•ther at ninety per cent. it is
clear that much injlwtice must be
done to tele taxpayers and much in-
justice also to the Government. Sir
James Whitney used to protest
against a patchwork assessment, but
the patchwork assessment exists in
spite of protests."
The ohvinus remedy, which The
World calls upon the Government to
apply, is to put the law in force and
have all properties assessed at their
actual value. Otherwise the Govern-
' ment will he getting under the new
tax measure oo;y fifty, sixty or sevent y
,cents ft 0111 some municipalities for
iswery dollar it is supposed to receive.
called, there wilt be no trouble io plac-,
ing the ir.ponsibility for an act so
unpatriotic under the existing circum-
stances.
One can find little to admire in the
altitude of Italy. She lige evidently 1
been trying to play a "elide" game,
with the object of getting the greatest
advantage W her•elt at the least
possible risk.
The casually lists ehow that the
Canadians are in the thick of the fight.
Mauy bowel are being saddened, but
coosolatictr retpains in the thought
that death to the cause of country and
hum.nity is glorious.
'the H.iuilt .n Spectator says the poor
Can al1iliiet altogether ..scop • the new
taxes by leatricting their table sup-
plies. Yes ; and by thinly re"solving
not to buy any clot ..n.q or any of the
thousand and nor other things whose
price has been sentnpw'lrd by the new
t.t 1 IT.
Thele need 1*• no difficulty shout
securing a vote a• the next election for
the Cauadian soldiers now on duty.
The war will doubt lees be over before
the term of the present I •rliatnrnt
expires, unless the Government meek to
gain a party advantage by an early
disnot ution of the Hotter.
While old:nary individuals will parc
a tax to the Dominion Government on
their railway tickets, members of Par -
travelling 00 pisses will escape
the tax. Mr. Verville, the Labor
member from Montreal, attacked this
discrimination when the matter was
before the House, but It still stands.
The t'ivilien, a paper published Yt
Ottaw* in the interests of the civil
service, says :
"We have nothing to do with ap-
praising the blame or glory of , lad
service odrulnistratinn sir between the
two parties in Parliament. But we
have a responsibility ae to, the mem-
bers of the org•uized and indeed of
the unorganized service as well. This
resp,naihility pr pts tar, as a pros
iti-'e duty, to point out th*t the public
service is overmanned to a remediable
degree, and on account of this over-
manning, of inefncient organization,
of duplications and other kinds of
want-, there is a Ipso, eonsersatively
estimated, of over 1115,(11MI, NMMI• year."
Saskatchewan is to abolish the bar
and. try the experiment of liquor di.-
pensarie.. Premier Scott made the
announcement in addressing • meet-
ing at Oxbow last week. On July Int
next all bar end club licensee are to
come to an end and the Government
will take over t he wholesale ligiloe
Moline** theoughn.rt the Province.
These conditions are to continue on -
UI the end of the war. when a Pro-
vincial r•rferendilm will be taken to
decide whet her the harm shall remain
closed or not, a majority vote in de-
cide. in the meantime dispensaries
ars to be eonducted under Oovern•
smut anapiese at placer when at pres-
ent wholesale iioena,e exist, the liquor
sold at ouch dispensaries not to be eon -
mimed on the premises. The question
of establishing each dispensaries le
towns and villages where at peeaeet
•hdaaah Keane a do not ezi.t will be
ids. ed by • referendum. Purther-
ing'se. provhine is to be mad. for the
Ick ee of • vote. after the dispensaries
. *Toe the Red Cross."
Ye that have gentle heart.. and fain
Toiseeourmen in nee,!,
Tows 4 no voice could ask in Cain
With such a esu•e to p1054 -
Tb.. cause of those that In you. care.
Nebo know the debt to honor lire.
i'onfide the wound.. they proudly sear.
The wounds they took for you.
Out or the ..hock of +battering •pure
Of -creaming shell and shard
Bintchet from the .make that blind+ sod
dear.,
They .come wtta bodle. scarred.
And count the hours that idly toll.
ItaeUsw 0.111 their hurts bo healed.
And they may tare. mads .trout and whole,
To face another field.
Awl yonder where the battle. wait+
Broke yesterday eerhetd.
,1 here now the .wilt end .hallow grave.
1•over our British dead. '
Tbink how our .&.ter. play their suer•,
K'h., .erre as in • holy .nrine,
Tender of hand and brace of heart.
('eller the Nei Crone sign.
Ah• by the' symbol, worshipped still,
i irf ids -blood saMeoed.
.That lonely rose se Calvary'. hill
Iced with the woods of Christ ;
By that free gift to nese denied.
Let Pity Dares you like a .word.
Aad Lo, a go amt to open wide
1'eo rete of lN. r.•tered
Sir Owen Beaman. kiitor of Punch.
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
Germany's Fat Chance.
hi wearer Gsrettr Tim•-.
It is suggested that belligerents
desiring t.. purchase American good*
convoy merchant vroselawith warship*.
Which is all very well. But what a
fat chi nee Germany would have under
that arrangement.
Aaytbug but Questions.
inmate Trleeran..
Ontario public accounts committee.
under the rhairwanship of 's: Herbert
Lennox. M. P. 1'., stands for the
widest enquiry, and is pop•red to let
William I'ooudioot, M. 1'. P., ask any-
thing but questions.
Who Are the Patriots
(dmonto. HuII Un.
(tut of a polulat ion of :I70,IMM)
Alberta has 10,1111 omen under arms.
If all Canada were represented in the
same proportion the t'anodian troops
at the front and ii. training would ,
fowl ;lel1100. As they, in fact, num-'
her less than lentMM,. the dispropyr-
tioretely large part this Province is
taking in providing men is readily
apparent. Almost apparent enough,
surely, to cause Eastern papers to stop
flinging the charge of trtason •r our
heads when we .ak the privilege of
selling our product. where they will
bring most money and of buying
where we can buy to the Lest advan-
tage.
industrial "Lame Duck.
e Ittaw. *Mien.
The mule -in -Cantel* campaign Is •
commendable one, hut it should in-
clude more than the bringing to the
attpnt.inn of the-onsrtmer the advan-
tage or heneflts of using home-made
anode. 1t should mean • general re-
view of Canadian manufacturing eon-
dltions, the scrutiny of methods and
•]sten,to and the illuotratlon of faults
and mist'kes In factory arrangements,
equipment or other Important
bvnehws. Home of the large mime
of inoney devoted to other aspects
of the rawpalgn mien profitably be
diverted to self..x•mitsatloe. Tri.
eitisen is In .ytnp.thy with the efforts
of home manufacturers to get .11 the
h ome business Wel ern lagltktlstatdl
and preetabiy. This is an aeee,tei
principle whether the oou.try be or
der free trade or cif randnttioe.
But asking the oometry to sttglper&
industrial lams dunks le wet odor
n or patriotic.
A PETER 1MIcARTHUR FABLE. f
Loyalty Has Many Manife:taboos, end 1
It Affects All Kinds of People.
Peter McArthur, in The Farmes's
Advocate, hes something to ss7 on
for locomen of patriotism.
Fur 110100 tine be write.) 1 have
been bearing • great deal about ley•
alty, past and pru.eot, acid wy wed-
itatiooe on the subject haw. taken tins
form of • little fable which I submit
or your coon deretton.
Two members of Parliament, One a
Liberal trod our a U.nservative, were
' arguing savagely about their loyalty.
As they - were unable to decide
whether it would have been more
loyal to have built a 4)007 Ur w haver
1 given a cash contribution, they de-
cided to submit the question to • we-
ll erelgn v. tar. When they approached
him, he touched his bat sod showed
all the signs of pleasure and humility
usually shown by a sovereign voter i4)
the_presence of bis elected servants.
1 "We want you to tell w which of
us foo think the must loyal," &bey
1 said to hint.
•'Why," •.id the lids tared sove-
I reign voter. ••1 thin► you have been
equslly loyal. 1 Jo not think that
either of you swerved in your loyalty
to McKenzie .t Mann, when they
needed your help or-" "So! Nor
they protested, at the same 11111e
blushing a little -a very little. "That
is not the loyalty we,ptern."
"0.•' sxclaiwed the sovereign voter,
hastening to correct himself. **you
mean your loyalty to the hacks and
the financial Internet*: 1 think you
have both been wonderful in that
O lothrr the p.atician• ex-
claimed, "you ..re wrong again."
"Ah," raid the sovereign viter, as
if seeing a great light. "You -rnurt
mean roue yy o Smnufart-
urerw. 1 thinlok alt(bat tit
record
uof bath
' parties place.. you above trproach in
I &bat—"
"1Vbat we mean is loyalty to our
eouu:ry-too the Empire," protested
the members of Parliament.
The sovereign voter drew himself
I up with dignity. "Op. that question
the less said by yru the better. Witco
it comes to true, loyalty, it is the plain
people who are bearing the burdens
and making the great .acriflces." And
he wiped the corner of his eye with
the euff of hi+ shirt. "Alt," they ex-
claimed sywpathetioally, "you have
pet hape a sou, or soweoue dear to you
on the firing line."
Well, not ex.sctly," said the em-
barrassed sovetrign voter. "But my
hired man enlisted."
Moral. -When some fables are devel-
oped to their logical conclusion, they
kick both ways.
ILLik
The -Great Struggle
Mainly Extracts from Leading British
and American Papers Relating
t0 the War.
GENERAL JOFFKH.
The Superior War Council is the'.
supreme org.0 of the military author-
ity in Frruor, and the Centre of nat-
ional defence. Orme of the remembers
acts as vier -pi Mldrnt, u,d, r the presi-
deney, t.o otters ephemeral, of the
Minister of War. The year after
Joflre'r nomination to the Superior
Council in 1910, tit.+ vice.preaidrut
died. 11.- .ucceseiun, it had always
been uta lin-stood, was to devolve on
(lr 1 Pau, a1cut it Italie officer who
had stay. d in Iherrwy :tiler luring an
mai in 1'110, and bad made a brilliant
career. Hut when the viee•pteeidrncy
was offered to him, PAu declined, and
.amd that nO (10/11 °unlit 1,, int 101. uatcd
With that formidable responsibility
while General Joffte wee available.
Su it wa•, thee, that in 1911 Joffre be-
come th•• hand of the Freni h army.
Here J ffr•r had the good for time to
come sews* A wondr,fui collaborator.
This person was none other than M.
Mllleraud, today Minister of War,
and one of the undoubted mainstays
tat his eounu r, Of all the republican
politicians who wade their mark in
the last twenty years M. lIllerand
it
by far the wont interesting. become
bis Iine cf development 41*. b to P r-
fee:tly .ter*,i ht, amid because he has
terve.. yet disappoiuied expectation.
He it • I..vyre liau V. P carr. and
it hi difficult to nay which °f the
two turn enjoys the gr.-at••et reputa-
tion at the law courts; nobody ovals
this remalkable pair.
M. Mitterrand is is man who roust
throughout his whole life have
strained after truth and justice. Be-
fore hie ten"ie of office, M. Millrrand
had been looked upon 00 r wan whose
business was to achieve things and
t prtxl ice results; but these result',
were those which his party, not his
country et large, seelcnwed And ap-
plauJed. The moment be became in-
itiated in the difficulties and responsi-
. bilities of government he seemed to
be another man. From • partisan he
turned into a patriot; he began to
I
judge everything frons the patriotic
.I "standpoint. Hir method as Mmni.ter
THE LIBERAL LEADER.of Labor in Idwi
en ts conspicuous for
I its novelty; it was nothing less theta
a resolute application of the principles
of cowwunrrose. He 'lonely Jisc*rded
poliical interference, bad iasues ex-
"TheWacderer," in • column of rem-
iniscences in The Montreal Mail, te-
calls his fltst ,rrnembrsn.e of baring
seem, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, when be
trued to live near hid home in Ottawa:
'As a youngster, 1 used t y run with
theo;h-rt to see the tall, stately figure
pasaiug along the street, Sir Wilfrid
rarely drose ; in tact, I do not remem-
ber that be kept horses. He walked a
great deal and occasionally took a cab
or a street car. lo r cent years be
has used a motor car and is au enthus-
iastic motorist.
I saw Sir Wilfrid many times after
that, and head him deliver • great
many addresses, including tnu.t of lits
famous ones. '1'he magnetism of the
man niers-sees visibly when he speaks.
His eyes light up, and he displays
great animation in gesture. But
what alway■ has struck me about his
speaking is i he deligh•fui music of his
voice, into which there never creep. a
suggestion of haraboess. That, and
the pleasant French accent %sh'ehl hes
bar never lost in speaking English,
seen. to ear the most lwcullar charac-
ter iYtie• of the orator.
1 missed a nrintber of oppcutunities
to meet ser Wilfrid which a bolder
man would have grasped, but was
privileged• to enjoy n half -!your with
him on & railway journey Mout one
year ago. Bring introduced by •
wain, hiend of the Liberal leader, 1
WAS Ieceivrd on a basis of confidence,
although a newspaperman, and was
agreeably surprised with the bunk-
mate of the man. We discuared many
subjects, and 1 secured an interview
which will never be written but
whieh would make very interesting
leading nevertheless,
Laurier is one of the most conscien-
tious workers in our public life.
When attending the sessi..us of Par-
liament a few months ago. i noticed
that. He has several little peculiari-
ties. One of them has always stuck in
my mind. When in the House he is
constantly sending a page for the big
dictionary in the library. Perbaps
that is why Le displays, when .peak-
ing, each a generous and rich vocabu-
lary. From him 1 received a new idea
of I he value of the dictionary which 1
will always retain.
Advancing years, vend. the have
left certain evidences on Sir % Weld,
have not affected him mentally nor
temperamentally. In Parliament he
has many moods almost of the school
boy variety and 1 have always
thought one reason he keeps Hon.
Geo. P. Graham as a desk -mete -he
left the seat beside him vacant for
many weeks at the start of the pre.-
rnt Pat Bement until his former 1 iN nis-
tet won Mouth Renfrew --is because of
the Brockville man's keen wit and
consistent good humor.
Few men have gone so for u
Laurier and passed through so much
with such little evidence of strife.
In the future we may haus greater
statesmen, but it is doubtful if we will
ever duplicate a personality like his
-ambition with s4) much serenity,
strength with on much gentleness and
talent with so much energy and 14.l -
ane..
Making Conversation
Young Jock HTaviab war very.
very shy. When be went to his first
dinner party he made ?meths efforts
to Merin • conversation wide the lady
at his elbow. Mit it was not until •
few minutes had pond that he wean-
s/red to utter the opening words,
Inas* your Anther 11k• abeam f" HM
turned rouse with a mall. and re=
-"I haven't got • twethee.' grad
dime. for soother *pall, • ad thew -
If --if ye had • Wither rye think
be --he'd like rheas. T-11. B (` ,
Delb.7.
1 pounded and solutions propounded 10
him by professional people 'experts'
and resolutely abided 147 *hat seemed
to him immediately possible refortus.
This was the man. then, who in Jan -
I uary, 1912, was appointed Minister of
War a few mooibs after General
Joffre had been promoted to the vier -
1 presidency of t be Supt for Council.
• it will always remain to the credit of
M. Poincaie-then Prime Minister
1 and, according to the arrangement of
the French constitution, much more
influential than he became after his
election to the. presidency -that he
brought together two truth raters as
General JotTreand M. M Wet and 'Phe
new Iuirlerol Wet went to work in
his uncal manner. "(know only orae
method," be wro:e, '•ilia Minister of
• War has the respsnnible chiefs al his
elbow ; let him Mks their advice ;
any other toot imbue will int (mold to
he perilous." It i• clesr Chet his fl•st
ermtect with the "revponsible chief.,"
.1 offre ami his roll aborators-above all
Pan and de Castelnan-had left a deep
imp'rw, on upon bio. This noittrr-
cr-tsct handler of questions, tbis keen -
sighted feeder of turn evidently herd
teen .truck oath the intelligence and
fhr high moral value of those soldiers
whom he had too often heard reple-
te -toed a. obtuse technicians on mia-
ow.- - .,led paw -theme.
fly the end of 1912 Lb. army. which
had been left humiliated, depressed
and divided by the Dreyfus affair, had
been re.tored to an unpr.ce.lented
popularity : politics hod been ban-
ish.•d from it : **Vend .naterial re-
t forme had been carried out; *hove
� all there had been effected is reerg:.n-
izotion of the supreme command.
Formerly in case of war • civilian
minister might force men of his own
choosing on the Gener.Iiesimn. With-
in a week of his taking office. M. Miller -
and h..d secured that in case of war .lof.
ire would bare uudisputed freedom
not only a. t., the plan whirl' the
armless should endeavor to realize, brat
also as 4. the choirs of men who were to
help in the. r.alizotion. Nobody thought
for nue moment of putting this down
to personal ambition on the part of
Jaffee.
We beard officers constantly repeat-
ing that it war was inevitshle they
would wish it to conte while Joffre was
at the head of the A, my and assisted by
Pan and de ('astelnan. Today we
understand better what we had oolong
to take for granted as to the myster-
ious work carried on in the Superior
Council. The technical husker.. of
Joffre was to prepare, not one plan,
but w variety of piens answering to .11
possible hypotheses connected with
German aagrerion ; it was also to
test in even po.aihle manner every de-
tail of the mobilisation plan devised
by Pan and de Castetnan. 1t was
partly the fa: ility with which the
elissimo handled the enormous
mass of details connected with the
mobillxatiun armament and the rapid
trsn*portatlon of two million men
which ezeitad the admiration of ex -
Ho▪ w• ever. chir technical superiority
w*• only no. element, in the greatness
of Joffe* k war fortunately asstet-
•tad with a moral power without
which mere generalship is little and
to fact hardly ever exists. When
Lewd kitebener, • man who doss not
deal in wppev•rrlativ.s, said in Perlia•
meet that Joft?* Is not nolo • great
general but a greet man. fie simply
rwecgnieed this rare association of two
orders of superiority in the same pwr-
soe. Whet this power consists of
east bei stated only in sprestral terms.
People wrongly .peak of Joffe* as the
Oreat Tartlrnrn It is true that he
sena •perk in pebtio, and prefers
silence to the ordeal of attempting
what he know• he cannot do well
but all his h lend. ate unanimous in
dereribiug him as a sociable, nay, a
genial person. to fact all those who
have Cum. in contact with Joffre have
felt the presence of • welling sourct
of inner coo. ictiou which may out be
rnlbwiuw Mil which creates
What i* this particular faith the con-
tagioo of which nobody con resist?
N..tbing a than the ceitaiuty of
victory, but in a :legless which no-
body rl•r hasattslued, rod with a
hackgruu0d °f judgment which clin-
Not be ttiatakru for were .arigurue-
nese.
This attempt at a portrait of Joefre
must include an effort to draw Co -
elusions (lulu his «onduet during the
war. Framer being undoubtedly
peaceful iu her I•:u.ope.an attitude.
J•-ffre had to dtrcard all but defensive
plans; and as it was cerr,tin that Gera
many concentratiuu would be more
rapid thirst that of tier opponent, the
line of French defence could not even
he near the frontier. 'Phis meant that
Joffre took the invasion of about an
eighth part of France As a matter of
course; but this also mennt factug •
possible depre.eion of public opinion
at the very outset. It was herr that
the wonderful self-possession of the
Generalisriwu aplwrred. He saw the
German armies flooding the greatest
part of Belgium, and i4) little more
than three weeks oveiflowing the
French territory *long r line of is bun-
dred miles at the ter' iflz rate of tweu-
ty•ilve to thirty mile** day. Yet he
never betrayed the Wert emotion.
Day after day hie brief consm,niniea-
tioo. recorded the advance of the en-
emy with AY much honesty as it every -
ho ray .lar had been as sure of vI^tory
ae he was huuarif. All the time he
and his .matt b re in their kinds the
clear design of whet was In take place
on the banks of the Marne ; and finally
after tare wear he dent to every
regiment the announcement that rr-
treat was at an end, and tha' the posi-
tions on which he intended to break
the German advance bad been reached.
How much energy he had expended
over the preparation of &hila battle ap-
pealed later when it was m*de cer-
tain that tbe reeignetiuo of the Min-
isteruf %Voi, M. Meseiney. and the re-
turn of M. Millerand to office. and the
dIsmi.eal of souse forty generals bed
been his work.
The battle of the•Marne was known
to be a victory on Septewlwr 13. Sitce
than Joffie hew not lost an inch; but
h•- seldom wooe to have made much
progress. But while holding the
I enemy at arm's length end wearing
his force out by daily losses. bome-
times enrorwous. the 0o -celled tempor-
izer has tinned time to good account.
The French army now powwows the
heavy artillrry, the machine -glans and
the comas:soan.t material of which it
felt the want so terribly at first ; it
has become mote conscious of its re-
sources : and the leader knows hie
sten hettet. The couflrm*tion of the
military capacity of a man like Gen-
eral Duhail; the psssagr of is n.an like
General Rech from the command of
an army crepe, not only to that of an
army, but to the i. osition of .uhetitute
Generalissimo; the discovery of a moo
like General Uaud'hui, a plain brig-
adier, one ' t rix tar secrn hundred, at
the beginn.ng of the war, today one
of t4e sox army commandants, ate
worth victories and surely worth a
few weeks' temporizing. But let it
to remembered (hat Joffe never gave
auy indications of beiog more than
reasonably prudent, arid that be ap-
peared eared i0 his most nature' attitude
when hr took the offensive at the
battle of the Marne. --Thr Atlantic
Monthly (Boston).
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A FRENCHMAN ON PEACE.
The London Time, recently pubs
Hotted a very remarkable letter ad-
dressed by M. Paul Sahatier, an em-
inent French writer, and author of an
important "Life of SL. Francis of
Assisi," • to Professor Faleinelli of
Aseisi. it was written in answer to a
letter enclosing a resolution in favor of
peat. passed by the International
Society for Franciscan Studies, of
which hi. correspondent is president.
in his reply, M. Sabalier explains for
his Italian friends, the spirit in which
France regards the war, and the rea-
son why he. as a pacifist, supporta
Um present war with heart and soul.
The most important part of the letter
is its follows :
"A Frenchman cannot now utter
the word 'peace.' Tn use it would be
akin to trea.o.o. When • quarrel io
for money, or for • strip of territory,
one can make peaty without morel
loss. To make peace when sm ideal is
at stake is an abdication ; even to think
of it is to he false to the voice which
tells us that an is horn for other
things than to enjoy the moral and
material heritage of his fathers. It is
the honor of Belgium, France and
their Allies to hay. seen at onee One
spiritual nature of this war. No
doubt we are fighting for chrtaelves,
tut OP are fighting too for all peoples.
The ides of moppets' before the goal is
reached .sono occur to ue-and we
find acme difficulty In understanding
how it cin oecue to Iook.ru-on. We
are grateful to them for the sxeelieou
of their intentions, but we are moms -
what embarrassed by the thought &Yat
they are more careful of our
than of nur Moral life. Our
are martyrs; they bear Whose to •
new tenth. Their defeat Iola hewn
the triumph In Europe of brute form
supported by the two spiritual forms
which it hes esobllfaed-eef.nce and
religion. Before permitting that, it is
over duty to light, without even Hsieh.
f of what may bal. ..ted V our
ol
sdefa
iers go down to the lege lien„
everybody who bee aot yet yahoo up'
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to the lain stasis of our
we ass hues rmpiean.'•)EwM�'UY1Yr
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The Angler's Story
The stout angler in the train related
the following yarn, which, needle's to
weir, he votirh•,l for. "I remember
uutmy
present hunt w,-.1 io take up with re- I.. ,, 1'ommp catchi si•n n rel but
)(Acute the 1 ,.k before era. .. . Tins IL .en of( •• 1.,••tmi as he landed it, an'
is what .our e..l,htre-1 err it by lb.'s' we Inst it In th • g. esu. %Veil. • few
letter. -And "1"11, our ;•ratriots -1 miuutra later 1 happenet 1 . to tit over
hear it in their talk,- -feel and a i4 -r. ply shoulder, en' three. dash me, if i
stand better thin 1 ran express i•. didn't see t' ht, in. eel swarming
What France of the Crusaders stain- „rap t' talygraft pale. it booked its
mored, what Fierier of the lbw diction tail „v., 00e '.f t' wire.. an. 'ung
saw dimly. Fr once of toxlay de.i. ra to ,i,wnw•nl+. Tnen itbegins to .wing
accomplish. the boelieve. with tit bar then let go.
itself baekw*rd+ and forwards. ""It
strength in victory, Mcauae .h. has wave a one, two, three, an'
indomitable faith in the ideal of justice Yee, it let gra an' dive,
and truth that or in her hear . 11: rent in t .
uhw11" of t' ,•sine Pals about fish
she does not net d to 14.li.vr in vwwto.
y •win'eddirarrd Wn.r •.• A ed nothing
iPorder to tight, for to Rice - shot:
of .-col '- would !,ave broken
in would be to tiettay her pot. h : , hr ensuing sikr..e.
No advance in the price of the "Made
in Canada" Ford will he made because
of the additional 754' • War Tariff. We
as loyal Canadians will gladly absorb
whatever increased duty we are forcer(
10 pay on such raw material% a% cannot
he obtained at home. The Ford is
manufactured in Canada not ainembk8
in Canada.
The Ford Runabout is WWI; the Town ear
IOW ; the Conneleit 1850; the Herten 81111)
---all fully egm$ipped, f. o. h, Ford, Ont.
Ford Mrymrs w111 share in our profits If we
.ell 71.,111► ear. between August 1. 1914, and
August 1, 191st
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