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The Signal, 1915-12-23, Page 2fd TMOaanoe Dwane= >B. 11116 atellitisiona THS BIGNAL PRINTING OU., Pvsusanne Tea at Omsk bramosernea ere paid strictly is aaraaea tie Will be moss ad ; te mbsertbsss is W tllates tie rate y Ono Debar and Tilt, dried, la mimosa amis.Aben who te rewire Tam Immo darty by scall wW essJsr • tsew b( aseaatados the pveWl- restterfastalas .date 1, sY had est a eM w }f shuts be given. Nos afto w imodeeaddrtby k draft. er �tt�aerter. or r • NM Ta M..-ktta tr llMbr aa� sentsast advrttem•et' will be germ ea appH srlaa Lanai aid ether dollar advertisements. be seats per We hr ars acus. sod fear Vawae,:ar UM 0r be as j et —1 waive Uses to an foot =ref slz Ilr aAdvortioe- ei.stsmdssr.�. ��Strayear.. Meadow Yasast. r *taati res sated. Ho.... ter Sas cc to Aaat. Vanes fer gale as to Raot er Sots. Adidas Twenty lots. sa. met enaeedLr R mightant Sys cent. each isO sswise ; .. DDea eery tor msata, Piny Cemtebreasbwbmesest memo Larger .dv.rtt.w.tm in speeJlmrtlew moraseeeiests la Coats per Iles. ae nit t.()s. - avee el wIdebb par •e disposals rads et w taitivtd- as aivor tbsi.t and shooed asamd esessimillea. us � atlea et To OosagsponDaxra a -T t� Welt- ednor sebstelbara and Waders is ed towards mnhtis Tux Sweat a weekly sword of all kcal. meaty 554 dt.t$M 4.1.5.. no cow saantostton trill be attended to ante= It cat- talos oateles set asertor ns. tar btlmIlaa. bat . as eeyiidence sld row\ Tom toodfaith. Oleo o, elver dies hem Wedeeedar mom of masa weak. Welt!! arr•�rt 1 t 11 a� --Owe bottomed P111s TBU R8DAY. DSCKM BKR 23. 1915 EDITORIAL NOTES. A merry Christmas to you, dear reader. What kind of Christmas will the people of Belgium and Setbia have this year ? It looks as if Santa and his reindeer are to have good sleighing for their Chtistm•a trace's. Not a word out of the Salt ford Sage this week. Busy. no doubt, bay dog Christmas presents. If you haven't done your Christmas shopping early .tart now and don't let up until 10 o'clock on Christmas Eve. The Reformer reports that the town of Oshawa bass • sur plus of $5,00 on the year's operations. O.hawe seems to be in a class by itself. Perth. N. B , NNe;ps : "PreriJent Wilson never uses .lane, never drink% and neverswears.' "And never fights,' The Otithe Packet adds. THE SIQ1IAL : GOD6RICH t ONTARIO 00•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••114•060091 • • W ACHESON & SON • •• THE OLO TOWN. The city lights w hold and red and 'truest to garlands overhead. They whirl sad deuce sod turn and spread tall night's like day. Till all the wild that's part of you Domes kaping flow the heart of you And swim's you all •-quiver down the flashing way ; �itOne thelittle lone they ligbt• not petaled out, the pleasant ed nor gold is you knew, And up and down the p'vement', been the old man limped e-1+Rbtio` them, The old limps in the old town when the sleepy day was 1brough. The city streets ars straight and wide, and burryiog on every olds The people crowd and crime and ride and elbow put. Ti!1 down the pavement's noise and beat your fort keep time to swifter feet, The pulses of obit city as it hastens fest; lint ob, sex little town street., the rambling up and down •1,!105, All the twists and turns are just the way they used to be: You'd think the vete dead you knew might round • lane and smile at you And nod a careless welcome in the old way cheerily. The city's gay end wild and kiod, and full of Joy for you to Mod And all its ways that cross sod wind are blithe each Doe. It's like • awestbeart beckoning ; and, laughing et tbe r,ckosin*, You spring to follow after till your youth -time's done ; But glad of you and rad of you, the little wistful lad of you Leaps up to greet the oplace when you're grown too old to roam ! .t It's like ymr mother calling you -whatever is befalling you The little old town's waiting till you're ready to come boos' With Other -Margaret Widdemer, -The Factories. Lyrics." barber -pole necktie may also bring I the man who could take tbe oath." you • good-eiz -d muffler to smother i The cause of national.uoity demands TM Clamant Tors. that Canadians emphasize their pointe of agreement rather than lbeir pointe Pttt•br.•re OsotteTteaa I of disagreement. Bigotry and *otol- To a great ezteot drinking has lost trance are disruptive elements in our One result of the war has been • Iarge iDereaee in the demand for in- digo. Of course we know the Ger- mans are get t ixg Mahe every day. Mr. Birrell. Seemeery foriterfalgir the British Government, says be would like to have poetry prohibited during the war" Many newspaper editors would say "Aye' to the pro- pan'l- Pick out your candidates for muni- cipal honors and get them no the nom- ination sheet at the town hall next Monday night. Uot,'t wait for other people to do all the pi,:kir.g and then grumble all next year over the result The Ford party have no more chance of attaining peace in Europe than the Laurier party bas of attaining power at 0, taws. - Wtnglaen Advance. Thi• is the most cheerful ,kw of the prospects of the Ford per.y we have yet seen. in attraction for youths and young men. There was • time when the young fellow was inclined to date Ms arrival ai man's estate by his ability to buy • daink. This feeling is passing Field Mambo' French bus resienrd the command of the Briti.h troops in Prance and some newspapers are ac- ciaimiog bis successor, Sir Douglas Haig. as • mighty soldier. The Sig- nal is keeping it• laurel wreath for lie general who leads the British forces across the Rhine. national life which are slowly dlsipat- ing before a wider diffusion of educa- tion and culture. The blinded peed - woo ,who attempt to stir tba dying embers of sectaulan suspicion and bate rapidly. In fact in almost every guar- for political or other ends are out of ter where a certain amount of drinking barmo0y with the spirit of the times. was not only tolerated but rather ex -1 pected it has come to be regarded ask- I Winter Tours to California, Florida, Etc. ADM and this. 100, in WAD places where prohibitory laws have nothing to do witbit. OSRMAN WAR LITKRATURK. No ose who knows Germany will need l0 be told that it has been flooded with war literature. A study of these publieatiooa is the beet guide to the workings of the German spit it, wbisa it 1. soot important for us to under- stand. to a war of peoples like this. it is pecullaily desirable to know the enemy's point of view. If pail of the energy exprndtd on explaining the origin of the war and on empty de- nunciations sod foolish jeers but been devoted w .tidying the German state of sled it would have profited us more. However, there is one con.ole- tioo, and that is the tact that the Ger- mans are even more astray about us than we about them. Tbe conceptions even of learned moo about our history, our political and social loetitutioos. our ways of tieing and thinking, sod our national character betray • gro- tesque ignorance. But it is part of a general Ignorance. They Bees Ineep- able of uodes.tanding any other peo- ple. and their war literature reveals both the defect and the cause. It is • primary. It reitiev•ble and fatal defect, sod it will be their undoing. At this ....on of the year many are planning their winter tours. Consid- Modern Chivalry. eralde numbers anouslly visit the London tttandard. ever -popular California resorts, while "After 'int !" said • wounded British many cboo•e the flowers and sunshine soldier when they offered big water, of Florida together witb the very even pointing to a still more desperately in. , climate. yured German. We like that cockneyNumerous people in comfortable eir- "After len" as well as Sir Philip SiI cumsta0oes, well able to afford a win- ney's flowing phrase, "Thy neoeo.tty 14ter tour, have the mistaken ides tree greeter than Th or . The ' 4sed webs + s tripe( tbierwstats is sweet *epeoeisr the same but not the reward. Ditty -'This is not so. Thanks to modern rambles hare been penned over rhe; riaway fseilitise, an exte.sire- er Aero do and elocatiooal, may hero of Zutphen ; but that nth both interesting 7 of the common people -one does not lir made with speed and comfort at a even know his name nor what becameI ooniparativrly small cost. Why not of him. Perbaps be i, lying under the Inveetigste? clay somewhere in Francs ; perhaps- 1 The Uaoadian Pacific Railway offers let us hope it! -he will outlive the war, l particularly good service to Detroit, roit, and go back again to bus -driving or wbere direct connection is made for Mr Thomas McMillan, Liberal can- didate for the Commons in South Huron,'is • member of t he "national ad- visory committee" ot leading Liberals which has been formed in connection with the Federal Liberal party. A. a representative of the agricultural in- terests a bet er selection could hardly have been made. ticket -punching, somewhere in Eng- land, and never even suspect that if he bed been a knight and an Klizebelhan would have been held up as the t 'rear of chivalry for three centuries. Pigbt Or Pay. The C104.Ua Ouudltn. We have been wondering If the people of the towns and 'ill.eges and rural communities, especially in our own Province of Ontano, are facing Ibis (somas seriously as they ought. We have been making many enquiries. and, while we are in no position to make any positive statements, we are convinced that some sections of the country are not laking the war to heart as they ought to. We have beaod of districts many miles in ex- tent. end including villages of consid- erable site, that have r.ot sent a°single soldier to tbe front. .We have heard ot farmers who owned macre farms. sod who are actually making mooey became of the war. making • contribu- tion of • dollar or two to the patriotic fund. Ttese facts, while multitudes are sacrificing everything, make one feel uneasy. 1f this isn't everyone's task, then we would lite to know the mason why. And the shirker can neither be • patriot nor an honest man. The Orillia Packet (Conservative) says : The country is waiting and watch- ing 10 ere what the Ontario Govern- ment will do with J. R. Valli", M.P.P. if ]Ir. Hearst fails to repudiate him be mist bit held to eodorse him : and that is ineooceivsble to those who fol- low the Prime Minister ,and give him their ocnM.nce The ethics of the ►mew -trader cannot b. slowed to rule in the Government of this Province Karon county house of refuge hoe }ewer inmates than for many years This speaks well for /mere' prosperity .ad the expectation that tbe abalisb- Ing of liquor to the onmmunity will lead to further improvement is jowl Sol. -Leedom Advert leer. Yes, If some discouraged old fellows are sot drives to the 000clusion that Shore is sow nothing wrath while to keep [heap oat of the hew. WHAT OTHfiRS SAY. Nsrtvsb far Meule.sgre i Ionto Adrertittor An Unfounded Slander. Tomato Web*. Canada happily is freer today from the cruder forms of sectarian bigorty than 1t was • generation ago. But that religious intolerance hat not wholly died out is evidenced by a re- port in The Bestrew Mercury of an Investigation by four leading Protest- ant cit iz ane into 'an alleged oath of the Knights of Columbus, which proved to be as mythical as the Span- ish prisoner's oft -toll tale. \Vitble the past three years relay i ins between the Protestants and Roman Catholics of Renfrew became so strained that thoughtful men on both sides In the community deviled to get to the bottom of tM fit iclioo and es- trangemest. Four prominent Prot- estant citixeue -Mr. W. K. SDaallfield, editor of The Mercury, Mayor of the city, and president of the Canadian Press Association : Dr. Mann, dean of Florida, via Cincinnati, Ohio. and At- lanta, Gs. Jacksonville. Florida, is reached ee000d morning after leaving Detroit. Excellent coos ectbaa for Florida can also be made eta Buffalo. The Canadian Pacific -Michigan Cen- tral route (via Michigan Central twin tubes between Windsor and Detroit) will be found the ideal line toChicago. where direct connection is made for Ih. Southern States. New Orleans is reached second motoiog after leaving Toronto. Direct connection is also made at Chicago for points in California. Taxes, Ar zoos. etc. The dialog. parior sod sleeping car service between Toronto, Detroit and Chicago is up-to-date in every portico - ler. Connecting lines also operate through sleeping and dining cars. hose contemplating ,. trip of any nature will receive full information from any C. P. R. agent; or write M. G. Murpby, Dist'ict Passenger Agent, Toronto. 2t W. • IBI3AUTIFUL FUJ?S$ • • for Christmas Presents • • Perrin's Kid Gloves • Offering a Wonderful Choice The moot suiting thing about these pamphlets is their superficiality. With very few exceptions they deal with some purely superficial aspect of the wet, and the treatment almost alesye reenlves itself into praise of tbetnesives and abuse of the enemy, particolirly of Ragland. Tb. dominant Dote of the German war literature throughout is the traoseeodene superiority of everything German aid lbs measureless inferior- ity d all other nations. Not only it this est out explicitly with the utmost empbasis and in great detail, but the coesciousinees of it permeates every corner and cranny of the German mind and colors the Berman view of everything. It is difficult to realise tbe full ttaagnituie .0d intensity of this infunice without reading through all these German publications. because the effect is euaiulative. They treat many different aspects of the war but always with lie same result. The Country Church. Faxen and Da4y. Is the counts y church losing its bold on the rural community ? This ques- tion is inspired by a recent convents - tion with a young farmer from Huron county, Oat. He informed tea that in his rection interest to the country churches was on the decline, and that he and the most of his neighbors now attend church is town • few walks away, where there is "bettsr musio end better preaching." The eoodi- tions mentioned by our Huron county friend are developing over a wide area and it is a eommoo thing to see churchef "bet were once packed to the doors now almost deserted. This con- dition may be pert) dto lack of intereet, but probably y more to rural depopulation. Loyal suppers 1, however. should not he lacking in keeping alive every rural church their In a p eitkt0 to be of service to the community. Just how valuable the rural church l0 a way the excessive sell-esreem of the Uersnaos revealed by the war is generally recognized. But its intensity, universality and puteocy are very im perfectly re•liz-d. Iwl•ted instances are put down to individual extravag- ance when they are really typical. It is at the bottom of the whole lbing- tbe war itself, the spirit in which it is waged and tbe methods employed. Na- tional self-esteem has never found ouch free and unbridled ezpressi tn. e pedpte of every country prefer their own to any other, and in their beats think it superior. But they do 'm 'sit in everything; lar not C Mt�yw r they acknowledge [tome detects in themselves and some merits in other Dations. The are not perpetu 41y ex- pdting and bdlttliog every- one ere. They have eolse modesty and reticence. Not so the Germane. y Giallo superiority In every qual- ity and every relation in lira. They are barstbng with .elf -admiration and centric keep It in. Taken as • whole,the (crman war-litrature is a symphonic paean of self -exaltation. It rises and falls ; there are gradation. of sonority and of rhythm ; looms passages are marked piano, others fortissimo ; but it is Byer the sone theme -Our Noble [+elves, the greatness and glory of the German people in the past, the present lied the future ; tbe miserable cbarso- ter and fate of their foes. The perfrct self-righteousness, self- love and selfaatisfaction of the Ger- man people, with the corollary of contempt for the enemy, provide them with an inapeee'rable triple shield of braes. It is impossible for a people of such supreme tner.t to suffer any seri- ous reveres at the hands of such mis- erable foes ; their defeat is unthink- able. It is equally Impossible for them to do aoytbiog wrong ; for tbey ars Use Highest and Best, the persooi- Relation of Good. 'Truth and Right are with us and with us alone." ''We may here gladly admit that tbm coo- ecio,anees ot German oupetiority, in- tellectual o-tellectual and moral, le well fonodi d this 000ecioursess lives in n. aad makes us strong." Against the cb•rgs of outrages they have a threefold de- fence. io the first place, they are not true, but .raluu.sies invested by the enemy, who bas limmlf commit- ted all the outrages of whieb Germane are seeueed. to the ssvosd pie e. wbes+ denial of facia is Impotuibte as in tbe horning of LGOraimaad the sinking of the Lusitanla, the massy were ee forced h blame ; their own e Geraa orebeetimily to commit them aur fa wife♦shores. Is are third place. too j ust ideation is seeded altar all ; whatever they do M right because they do it. 'iiia escape to be really at the back of their minds all the time, sad It has • • Beautiful Hudson • Seal Coats • Fifty laches longs made from vety finest se- lected skins, with looback, straight front, • m, lined with heaviest fancy warranted Fritsch Bilk. sizes 313 to 42 Special value ... $125.00 • Black Fox Muffs, at 512, *is and 510 • Black Fox Scarfs, M, 512 and 515 • Mink Muffs (finest China) 57. 510 end 512 Mink Scarfs, ........ .. $5, 5111, .12 and 515 • •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• • come may be to the commonalty In which it assarw kw, � � to bM •s What t noes Is located was well aspersed reeewtly for the Geesaa genes t .over moot In a circular from the Colorado Agri- for the seamy gander. it t a estate eukural Co11kgs, froap which we goofs against mit t0 allow Mahon - the following : madame who ere subject* to "Kveryoes 1s agreed that • high Els their owe rawest, for the te whish they belong against Ceremony ; it is mese to drag Ms& -•e Turkey lath • war waged against ether 56- tloea 111, ane.aelal Baty is toe for them M swallow. IM$5Isga N e two neutralityve witeate--with her me do LMedina ft la IWM ins. le sue et the Swede, a M' -her elm apart MI whisk ams. oe.eeaa same ave prr9► stupor hashers, .nod obs glary el the Genres army ; best what is a impede* ties merit le them btmemes the vilest er ataribe se waw enteeded to the white BM& array. 9Pbtlo' dens sed eivia0ee k he • gloriosa testi hen the Drench maws as M le a mwtttesse ovine. la shar,I there le ewe law tar 01W - MOM amid sssbar Ito Other W'sws. Tawe are for then so ether raise et ssodeet teas that sleep's fcrtwla. Might le blight"--ro Iowa as Isle Ger- eesn Might t sed "M� eemiellsr 7 sens--.. isms as It le German Wither held, need ter the "oweethree eel :� 1. mssooninm Serowe bebat need Men's Sweater Coats for $1.50 Which is less than half the price of the Yarn they - - contain - de All -wool Sweater Costs in a beautiful khaki shade. Double cuffs, splendid pockets, rein- forced shoulder., bigh button sect, with beavy ivorybuttons to match. line of the most pretical and pleasi"g presents for any man or woman. ♦ I sizes from Mato 44. Reg- ular value $3.50 and 94.00, .t each 51.50 Lattice', misses' and children's,1 s and $t.ss • 51.00, 5 Ladies' Coats Hoot Dew io this lust ten days. all now et • holiday rednetkto• lop se. $5 51 o had it s • 1112 Men's Fur Coats Largest stork probably In the County, over 112• totty Dew Coats to choose from. • Black Dog foals, No. 1, with Astrachan Lamb Collar, at each 50= Bulgarian Lamb Costa, at each 530 Fur -lined Costs, at each 5a5, 540 r • at. Ladies' Waists White and black Japan wash silk Watts, ex- quirk', latest New York styles, will wash per- 1 tectly, sire 31 to 42. Al each . • $f1, $2.50 and 53.!19 • r Floor Rugs i Kerry size from smallest up to 424 yards, 10 • Wilton, Tapestry and Brussels. • Handkerchiefs • Hundreds of dozens. Men'r Initial. beautiful Hosiery • quality and nicely boxed in i-doasoa. or leas. o Cashmere and Silk Hosiery. Our stock es still at each large and complete and at old prides while 0 Laiiiee hand embroidered, hemstitch and present stock last,. Pun wool Hose. plain • lace, at ..150. 20o. 250. 110o and 75o and rib, at 2111,, Sao and 50w • • • • • • W. A CNESON & SON • • • •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • dose not even eiltus 'rMIedn Ile. rafter the wat^ are vete larrepalibts 11f•'letlileriZi1v►;K'' sierfr all the demes - NasertbrMaa-tbe Germane are 72. with the picture of a peace -loving na-�and snots incurred by the war. They niverasl uopopttlarity. time wsdtenrrettaeked. hut they ex -T hams hawtolly submitted ta.ttrcxid.se . full indemnid- la theeoe ddent hope or(1 ea;Joa, and they will not surrender It milli they are compelled. They will not even entertain the possibility. Nor will the dressed vanity which inspires all their acts. thoughts, pools• mints and bops@ yield to anytblee=s lees than unequivocal defeat. This war can only sod in one of two ways - (I) the absolute exhaustion of one sidle or both ; (21 an inconcitteive pease top medical fraternity of Otta re Vol- , moral standardgis De 1= to • mew k M r David Barr. and Mr. O. O. oe.s.ru woo b re G too y sol y � cat Deither ore 1 woe McN•b-traced the trouble to • mal- candor[ toodwi s w hood advantage. unless they are fairly set lain that their amociates can Ile depeoded on to do the right thine. Now, It has toms denecoretr•ted almost beyond the possibility of question that a moral standard eaewet be loan tamed without the rdlttose wetltea Prase* tried it ,and rolled A Aur peers ago Japan iheeght she [seeded no ranee apiaeiewer'sa Now she le sanies for them llgea Way ! aw- esome she form SW that morale are inpoestbhe without and Cbrletia.lty is tie Day raisins that ewe sewed is the preawM or gonioma wines. The eeMatMly relights' itious and cowardly slander, fir culeted in leaflet form and copied into certain newspapers, attributing to the Koigble of Columbus the taking of an oath asserting th.t the Pope hes power to depose Protestant •ed Maeonk Kings re Princes of Commonwealths or States ; deno.oeing these heretical ones as damnable and not to be olwred, sad binding the Bra its q( Colombo* l0 estimate tbe of be etieel doe rises from off the fav of the earth. The four Protestant invest- irators-two of tbrin prosloast Maeoes-bed sur dimeulty is arrieine at the a iMtm lihat' tie Rome. Oetb- olis uses et Iseivew were Never asked .rgenittadrra, the nbead► lthere/era to tab any snob oath, ami that they to the .......a the rural weds set hese dew m." The le ?nether add. sites ea {wiry Ieto the I 7=wi.et deo le ether a resN ass, that It ie. hest amply dew reested that Most—*Mrs is sot settles the Dotiee tM 111 h0.oath M • Ir , es eSt- abs 4.....th m la e war. Her soldtaws loan *111 Ib . ie sett►n. s' berebseMnMd Writ he RMs tLam Mv.heb4. aid in nNMIwVC, with ha teii. t.tet.m OM - the /1•raeta I malt Ile wwshN .try of Map that ••the seen who ew & teams thepbrwer lis. of spiritual Mad sanely ale- predate p-preedate the value at the reseal shored. Bret the value extenbbsyoad .edrItud Nutters sed we er all afford in y�uup-� oset me churches brae* of that moral and maatesiel vane loo every earl ee.aoualty. 0011.111110111100M Cbekins• I <tleugy of sue► sus ea1h atttd 1eMs1y' Nnurlwg stseo•mas like lb* s los M 0f Oath* lresmmq. fa, b. It .pea Mbar p.spie make ori see I a woman 10 15 al..ge.e.b* The mets mad that 1.4.,. yore a sad mere sIMwnptilrie tlMmlthe. zied Ip their u The y perceive that the softy Ifo one which entered on an •g- Tbey lunanimous themselves ressive war of conquest and ambition. virtually unanimous judglmeol of the g g world is dead against them. It does The great thing in which all Berman not shake their own oonvii:tdoo, which writers agree is that British sea- ls unshakable. but it pussies them. It power -the "usurped monopoly of the is generally attributed, quite simply s.s"-s.st be destroyed. Ws must and satisfactorily, to pure envy of �:vtb the wish chitin, torcent ich have dea and nersdan rto. controlled the Iles of the land, wbicb •Mo bar Ilse German's free path tsesre ieten isreprs by England, toes. to persistent misrepresentation, •ted over the sass to foreign rag also to incompetent diplomatists. Therefore off with the baldish world. (Diplomacy is the ooe thing in whichoke ! cwt what it may. The sante which would be merely a truce and a Germans admit the need of improve- idea is conrtlatly repeated, and it has preparation for renewed conflict. -Tis meat)- The wt iters of these ps.Nph- be.Ndangled helots neutral nations, Edlnburgh Review. who hive received it, however. very , 'coolly. for the simple reaeoo that no one but lie Germane is bonecious of , Yon will never be aoeused of await - this terrible "yoke." They themselves Ing at cards as long as you lose. admit that Ilse existence of the British ! Respire depends o0 commaod of the hes' In fact they lay great stress on Winter Opens Janus Srd. it when they want to demonstrate our ps January lets unconsciously reveal the o true eats,, and at the same time their total incapacity to grasp it. The real explanation of the foreign dislike they deplore lies in for it own pages. People so swollen with vanity and eo con- scious oo-scious of their own superiority are eters s disliked Tbey are forever trawling on everyone's toes and they vulDerabllity ; but they fall to see in HI TT are so little obi* to uoderstaod the that any jastification for our empower. feelings of others that they actoally.Nesd sanctions any deed" does not iiae�Alil think the way to make themselves apply to us. Deetsuetioo of British populist to force t bele own impeller- .empower 'tnsolves the retention of sty down everybody throat. the Belgian though the most important H rh aka (wNT., it the elgi.a cone. but t • 0• 17 • meuXTu, ONT. ►. eaesnld a• "Candb404 beginnR' pea i. abasmtely aratdsar. ivei talar ter Tie Inttrao- tl iib regard to the origin of Ur int, of the annexations and looses- ate�ea �« war titres views are expressed. tbey .11 agree in putting the respoo•- 11,ility on England and •bsolvio Ger- many from anblame. By far the most popular view is the now liar theory that Ragland planned the whole thing out of envy in order to destroy German comsatx. This Is repeated by writer after writer. Some argue it at length, ntbere rater to it In pawing as an establisbed fact which needs no demoostration. The motives attributed to the conspirators are- KaRlaa& envy, and greed; Franca. revenge •ad vainglory these base bitioo and eowgwest motives can sweet for the sudden and uepeoesitd attack epos peaceful andiewheaGermany, wbo threatened obody and whose only wish was to develop bee owe Entrap toe the bluetit d terms t whole world, and tones ow good It a all her .eigbbors. Straw* seem, this theory la undoubtedly held with absolute conviction by most Go- mm& it is impossible to doubt the alwrity of the writers who set It teeth. The ease with whish they our - mount some Orion dilbealti•. ted �asla.o- MOneise le net dee to in- ilMerlRRty, bet to their pasallsere et Wed whoa has their= Ihatitl had rendeeed Is erdlisry sorsa, They ay then the Ulm hWd pM_.rd the whale tales ter years. sed at the same thew lane the esetaiot orf German meows en m the hopeless meowsohriority of the Alalia reran sad egnipmest ; they sea1Main that Gern•ny was takes enawtlM and at the stage of bar nee - lett reparations. Why he prawns eta mhos he unready. sad the simorwastfag elitism perfectly pro -.yywesttos that N wily crwiori by (3ermen7'• imnss00rsW. The .mash view le that Ragland did emime the beer hy Ivor st WsNMa ley igettup 11Iwit bie . war, bet ple- b= � assdk k beapdTW. . 1710 view does not appear to here gained much am»tan.e. The third view le Ora Germany atter all "willed" the war owl share the Woe. Aust oily to aatidpete Week. This le the theory of avas" war. which mens atria lest le artist to forestall the sasmy. lis ~lathes betimes Here Oerinea rpeareliitetess et the esesellea et the wart ea Intereatieg ewe. west to ts mows* euemilesity with whMh the remit e: the wield hes b- etted that Der assay was the dallier- ate allierate sweeter. The hraeeete .t what le he %w e Make This a Happy Christmas By remembering your friends with a pretty and useful gift from Smith's Art Store. We have the largest variety of dainty artistically flamed pictures, at prices within the range of all purses, and you know there is nothing would give your friends, young or old, such lasting pleasure as a nice picture. rittaws Oval and square framed,ictures in gilt and brown frames at 15c, '24c, 35c, 50c, roc up to 81.00. Good landscapes in French gilt oval frames at 50c. Ivory frames, suitable for little soaps, at 25c, 85c and 50k. 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