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THURSDAY; Jt'I.Y 12. 1917
CONSCRIPTION BILL ADOPTED.
The Military Service Act, 1917. pop-
ularly known as the conscription bill.
passed its second reading in the House
of Co early Friday -.morning.
Only nine umbers (all Quebec Na-
tionalists► -voted for the six months'
hoist. The vote on the referendum
amendment wan 82 for to 111 against., a
majority of 49 against. A further
amendment, to provide for increased
assistance for sooldien dependents.
was defeated by a majority of A9. and
the second reading of the bill was car-
ried by a vote of 118 to 56, a majority
of di. Of the fifty-five members who
voted against the hill forty-sixwere
from Quebec. A scattering of- mem-
bers font other Provinces voted for the
referendum and. when it wasdefeated,
voted for the bill. 'The bill is now in
the committee stage.'' rt
HOLIDAYS FOR OUR SOLDIERS.
A thought frequently expressed is
that our men who have been tighting
in France for two years or longer
should be relieved by fresh jropt and
be allowed a long holiday, long enough
for them to c back to Canada and
visit their houses. It is this thought
which perhaps more than any other
consideration gives strength to the
conscription movement. Certainly a
holiday was never better earned than
by the boys who have been enduring
hardship and danger in the battle line
during these many long, weary the.
One of the most widely read of Un-
ited States publications recently etateel
that the contribution of the United
States to the cause of the Allies would
be largely in money and goods rather
than in men, for the reason that there
would not 1* e gh ships to trans-
port the millions of men that the Un-
ited States eould raise for its armies if
rel ittd, and for the further reason
that ny such number of men, if they
could sent to France overnight by
wireless. would swamp the whole
military ethernet eif the Allies."
Canadians 'reacting these words
might naturallyindulge the wish that
a sufficient nuenl*Irof theme potential
willione should be'emit arrinen the
ocean to relieve the th n now there
a permit the earryin out of the
iday -idea. Others woo prefer to
have the Canadian boys relieved by
Canadian.., even if the relieving trope
had to be rained by coneeription. De-
sirable, however, as such a prospect
appears, it does not seen] possible that.
it can be realized. There are not only
the reasons quoted above—namely, the
s:arrity of shipping and the disorgan-
ization of the Allied plane—but ahao a
further one. The men at the front
become More and more valuable as
their experience of actual fighting
conditions increases, and the veterans
of two or three years service forth a
backbone for the arrny which is indis-
pensable to Its safety and its success.
It ie not likely, therefore, that there
will be any general adoption of the
homecoming holiday idea, no matter
how many fresh troop.. are rained in
the United Staten and Canada. The
best that can be hoped for in that
sufficient reinforcements may be sent
across tri allow the boys frequent re-
lief from trench duties and an oc•
naeional trip across the Channel to
"Blighty"—until complete and final
victory releases the whole army and
"Jack cones home again" in a blase of
slay
THE WITNESS 9009E9 00 CLARK.
One of the Incidents of the eoreerip-
tion debate at Ottawa was an attest
by Dr. Niehaus' (Aare. of Rad [laser.
Alberta, upon the leader of the Op-
peettion for not falling in with Sir
Robert Bnwd.a'e pleas for consee(ptio•
seed einalitinn. The Alberta man's
e pe.eb dlestuated the Liberal members
d the Hots, laels4iag these who as e
J
most strongly in favor of conscription ;
but it suet with the hearty approval of
Hon. Robert Rogers, who at its con-
clusion shock Dr." Clark's band and
patted hie on the back. By way of
excuse for the man from Alberta It
may be. said that he bas not been in
this couotey loug enough to see things
from the Cauadiau standpuiut and
evidently does out realize the great
nerd of developing the uuifying forces
in the Douuuion and the real danger
to the couutry which lies iu the pres-
ent situation.
The Montreal Wit•eor, a staunchly
British paper. which ha. coneutanUy
sought to cultivate a better under-
standing between the two great races
in Canada, seed clearly the weakness
of Dr. Clark'. podttiun. It. says :
We had hoped much trout Dr. Via' k
of Ited Deer in Alberta. In hie fearless
and out-and-out advocacy of the dot:
trine ot free trade there webs no beating
about the bush. He was evidently
bred in the tretttIious of the Mauebei-
ter 'school and be had come to lice
where they tied the freest course and
no uppo-ition.'.He could whack away,
and showed nu little ability. The
problems ot natio-building bave ue-
fortuuetely *basin how big be is. It
is site fires essential id liberaluw to be
liberal to all 'Outs sold conditions of
men. To see, out with the eyes of a
chars or a sect:ou, but ot eli, ls..seal and
all rectos of the people. lu dealing
with regard to the Freuch- anatfians,
it behoved the Literal to p
iu their place zed ask himself
be would like it be was a me
hiwrelt
Nether
er of
the original element of the nlstion
and found himself forbidden to be ve
hit children educated in their mother
tongue. Would he, for instance, it be
was one of the I:bglieb-peaking mi-
nority in Quebec; like if a law was
made permitting the Englisb-speaking
people to teach their children E.iglisb
as one learns • foreign language, but
in any case to teach them in French
and not in English after the second
year of their school .;,surae. Yet the
ducts ine upon which the parallel Ou-
t trio law is based is that the Province*
have absolute jurisdiction over educe-
Oibn and can du as the majority thinks
beet. Dr. Clark came from far Alberta
to make at 1'orouto an ubqualifled
declaratiou in favor of that law. Nay.
if the French-Canadians were to at-
tempt the very same thing we should
look for the same Dr. Clark upon
every platform where he could de-
nounce such denatiooalizibg conduct.
We are not speaking of the strangers
who come to Alberta from foreign
lands. They have come to be Cana-
dians, and the sooner they are made
such the better, by requiring their
children to adopt one of the language*
of the country ; or there is no saying
but that a cotubioatiou of Ruthensane
or what not might some day oust the
English language from the school. of
Alberta. But. due French are Cana-
dians, and taunt be considered by
English majorities exactly as the
English wish to be treated, and Indeed
are treated, by a French majority.
And now we have this same D.
°leek imputing btsenees to Sir Wil-
frid Lausier out of his own Prussian
attitude towards the French. He sees
in Sir Wilfrid one who !r clueing S
distinguished career by putting party
b lore country. It would be jun as
fair to accuse Sir Robert 13 Rden of
having inaugurated the conscription
movement for the sake of smashing
the Liberal party, which it was fairly
sure CO do, ur to accuse Dr. Clark of
attacking Sir Wilfrid in order to rup-
plaut bim, which now he will never
do. as to accuse Sir Wilfrid Laurier of
dallying with conscription for the
sake of keeping his party together.
Dr. Clark must have experienced a
thrill of delight when after
this performance he got a familiar
pet on the back from the
Honorable Robert Rogers. of
kee•.ing bis party together there was
no hope as long as there were men in
the ranks who could not see what Sir
Willrid saw. IT WAS NOT TO KEEP
HIS PARTY Toolt'f'HER. BUT TO
KIi.EP HiM COUNTRY 'IOGETHER,
THAT MIR W II.FRi0, AT THE
CLOSE ON A LONG CAREER iN
THAT SERVICE. TOOK UP THE
CROSS OF A DUBIOUS POSITION.
HAD HE ACTED LIKE DR. t'LARK
HE MiGHT HAVE HANDED
HIS OWN PROVINCE OVER
TO HENRI BOURASSA AND
MADE Ole CANADA ANOTHER
iRELAND, WITH A BiG END AND
A LiTTLE END FOREVER AT WAR
WITH 14ACH'} , 0l HSR, AND A
WEAKNESS RATHER THAN A
STRENGTH TO\THE EMPIRE. IN
SO DOING HE WOULD FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THIS WAR HAVE
HANDED I1' OVER TO '1HE GER-
MANS. The question whether it is
safe to put the hill through now or not,
time will answer. On that paint we
do fent know who is right. Sir Wilfrid
Laurier has unparalleled meanie of
forming a judgment, and if the move-
ment goes safely the cough we *hail put
it down largely to the way in which,
by throwing hintFelf inn the breach,
he saved hie Province from the fate
we have mentioned.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Have a heart, Mr. Weather Man!
Shall we have to drop July
list of summer months P
Any person who abuses the
show judges ought to get the extreme
penalty—that is, be forted to judge \
the babies himself nett year.
The Walkerton Teleseope reeent'y
diaearded the "readyprint inside." and
is now, like The Signal. an "all -home -
print" paper. Under the management
of Mr. Lorne F,.dy The Telescope is
showing • new vigor and represents
the eownty town of Bruce in s credit-
able manner.
1 Sir Sam Hughes persistently repeats
hie statement to the effect that Pre-
mier Horden and the Finance. Minister,
Hir Thomas White, asked him in the
spring of 1P1e to "lei up on rer•ruftins."
The Premier acrd Sir Thorium deny the
rtsarlt+. At any gab.. after the neer-nits
ieg campaign of the winter of 1918-1e
THE SIGNAL w GODERICA, ONTARIO
no vigor seems to have been, put into
recruiting efforts. and the Government
dawdled storey a whole year before
suddenly deciding that conscription
was necessary—
A gratifying feature of the Sas-
katchewan election results is that the
race and creed cries raised by the Op-
position failed utterly of effect. It
wet sought to snake the people believe
that the Martin Government re-
lied for its sucoess at the polls
upon the foreign vote, par-
ticularly the German and Austrian
element. The very large majorities
polled for the Guveruwent candidates
showed how the people regarded these
tactics. In constituencies that are
overwhelmingly English-speakfug the
Opposition' candidates were defeated
by large Majorities. It is about time
the politicians learned the lesson that
rale and cereal issues are not to be en-
couraged in Canada.
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
Consceptson Moist Be Fairly Admin
istered.
'Iminhon Advertiser.
Liberal meWbees who have indor;ed
the measure will want to wake cer
tam that its administration is to be
fair, and -that adequate provision is
made for this. They will demand as-
surance that polities and the army are
to be divorced. that the conditions
which have prevailed heretofore are
terminated. There has been much
well-founded skepticism about the
goodiutentions of the present Govern-
ment. It is not unknown that polite
Psl favoritism has played • part in ap-
pointw*ute to commissions, and the
people expect that before the cnmpul-
aiot bill is put into effect there will
be a radical change in the Govern -
went. Whether this is to be & reor-
gamization of the Cabinet, a coalition
Government, or an entirely new Ad.
nsinistration, makes little difference ;
there allot be • change before the
Canadian voters will feel a.rured that
the new wee immure will produce the
desired results. Selective conscription
will not meet with general approval
unless there is confidence in the Gov-
ernment which enforces it.An Effect of Wartime.
Guelph Meroury,
Whatever industrial development
there is in Canada just now will prob-
ably be the outcome of local enter prise,
or the enlargement of plants already
in existence in this country. Itis not
at. all likely that American concerns
will estahlieh Canadian branches dur-
ing the war. That has been the
source of much of the industrial de-
velopment in Oaneda during the last
few years. In fact.. some of our cities
have been growing large because
American promoters looked upon them
with favor. Those who have been
working in securing industries for
Guelph have bad several very prom-
ising concerns from United States,
and it looked very much as though
these would be brought here. The
deals are apparently oft until the ter-
mination of the war. United States
is going into the war in no uncertain
manner, and the captains of industry
realize that war will mean for thein,
nota time of expansion, but a time of
testing When the war is over Guelph
and other Ontario cities will secure the
concerns that have now turned their
attention to war and war problems.
To the owner of a glue factory the
odor is not offensive.
Lifebuoy for the "Counter-attack"
All day long he's been standing the attacks of
dirt, dust, grime, germs and microbes. Now for
the counter-attack. Lifebuoy to the front! Its
rich, creamy lather for skin, shampoo and bath—
or for socks, shirts, handkerchiefs, etc., makes
short work of " the enemy."
LIFEUU0YNEALTH
is more than soap, finest of all soaps though it is.
Lifebuoy has splendid antiseptic
and germicidal power as well—its
mission is to clean and purify.
Send your soldier a package of
Lifebuoy. He'll appreciate it.
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TORONTO
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The Cost of a District Representative.
To the Editor of The S1goaL
DEAR Stu.—One of the objections
put forward against the appointment
of • district representative in the
county of Huron is the additional cost
to be added to the expense* of the
county. i question very much that
such an appointment would increase
the taxes of our ratepayers.- A very
little figuring shows that the county's
share of the cost amounts to eight
cents per $l,(lW of assessment per
annum. That is to sav, a farmer hav-
ing an assessment of fife 1») would con-
tribute 48 cent. annually. Or, rather,
the council would so figure that eight
cents of every 11.000 of esse.sment in
the county would be for the agricul-
tural office. A farmer who lives in •
county having • tepresent•tive has
figured what his office costs him. He
gave the official in question as little
credit as possible, yet found that his
increased profit* yould pay his share
of that coat for twdlhundred years.
I tout the county councillors who
opposed the meesur`` will carefully -
consider the mettee, that they will
not place themeelvee in the position of
the man who said, "I'm open to con-
viction, but I would lire to see the
man who can convince me.'
Tours trolly.
H. KBITH REYELL
CURRENT LITERATURE.
A JUBILEE NLMBRit.—The Canadian
Magazine fcr July contains articles on
Confederation by the Premien of all
the Provinces of Canada, as well ss
an article on trade expansion during
she fifty years by the Minister of
Trade and Commerce. "The Fight for
Confederation" is the title of an able
article by M. 0. Hammond. who has
made a special study of this period of
our history. Dr, A. H. U. Colqu-
houn, Deputy Minister of Education
for Outeiran, contributes a well -consid-
ered article, or eerie* of sketches, of
the eight Prime Ministers of Can-
ada, and William Lewis Edmonds
wives an account of the Governors -
General from Monck to Devonshire.
The number is a capital souvenir of
the most important event in Canadian
history.
Often the Cheapest—
Altoays the Best
W. WALKER
Furniture Dealer
and Undertaker
Clouse Furnishings
The Store of Quality
PHONES
STORE 89 RES. 197
PUTTING a SALMON F?IVeRNmeMnI'
81% RN erARTtxa renes ONK MOT-. REA
ORA ETI.A s n
THF, map referred to is a nap of
some importance, for salmon is
that big dame of the flaharman.
and brine to ttearch of It sportsmen
from all over the world with big two.
banded rods and large noisy reels
and (what Canada much desires) a
deep puree for tamps, guides and out-
fit Harry Allen, President of the
New Senate/let Onides Association,
has known the Caine River as one ef
the best trent streams In the Pre -
"Imre ere New Brunswick. and salutes
Were frequently caught twenty miles
ap fm the jupetioa with the better
k'eown Mlrimlenl. but be believed
that If the right kind of fishermen
get takers, �tb�y1 -Would end memos all
the islet+ 41'at leest eight y `Mlles.
T'he inveerlgat(ew was tade a short
Ilene age by a party of *parting
wrN.rs sad editors arm ILa t'nited
Stites Maxmilltan Foster, a Deimos
Illabernair e( twenty years dieseling.
Who knew* New Rruna.•tck aad New
adlend lies a bee& nal writes for
raar�yy�"Mtwfday Even tag )asst--
TS- 6i 10
PING !MOM RI:itT To tare: blaxwitt-1A.
Rica. MArvtt r, IAN PORTER RAR Rr.. H
'Examiner," Jack [alt, of the Chicago
"herald," (lrentlaad Rine and W. 0.
M'O.ehan, of the New York "Tri-
bune " and
re
Bureau of Cotnmer Economies,
Washington, D.0-, an old campaigner
who has bunted and ashad is the
Canadian wools for ever ally years,
and A. O. Reymeur. Manaral Tosrist
Agent of the Canadian Partfic Ran -
way. an ardent Mhsrrra•.
When they arrived at Fredericton,
all the local esharmen were pard
mistic '1f there ere talons. In the
Caine" they sell, 'feu bevel tame at
the wring tin* They went oet with
the ke aad am new at ties. Metter'
go boom sad sated, bark to a ttebalh."
ft was Wed and mining- the mint
kind ef weather fes tbesbttig, but
nothing d.notett, the", set out
Wifttht $sbermoe movie
picture e*atstnr taq rfrom the 1CayMy
Clamping of Chicago, and ata. get
the *e. started cot sear the head
the Cates River, lailttg the peols as
they went dews. ?be gegen say shay
IkO' oak light a. Jib r
Posts. W. 0. M'OQHAN, JAC, LA IT,
AMOR rti-t_
loud day onwards the movie man was
busy. Twice he had to (lionise be-
tween two tl.h.rmen w`o had hooked
their salmon at the ear: a time. Max-
mllltan Foster had a t.'aeket of Qtr.
wee. ranging fie re seven to eighteen
pounds. Ts. largest measured forty-
,twoaad-a-bsJfInches. which mesas
that 11 It had be. tattoo to the fall
ft would have vetgbed forty-ew.ra
Mbalf peua4 every fine nher of the
party bad what he name for, thanks
to !Mew Dotter and P.resacb.a.
8s11e, the two ales that the Caine
River salmon seem to like. in aim
pool seven beauties, welgbing between)
them stztyaight peetel , were tabs
ens In two hears. sad it wee Baty
daft and Met of tutee that dosed
the apt Ram tt, oval bapp'y Ysv
Mare sea. *Amy deo t% mac, tail fir
supremelythat his dale — . zees
Yes
aad that Cam eeeseplena
plena tee Wiese. qginllis
ail me the
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A magnificent ,selection in 36 to 40 -inch
Voiles, white and colored, in most pleasing
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Hosiery
Silk Lisle Hosiery in white, black and brown,
every size made, ladies' and children's. At
per pair _ _ _ 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c and $I.00
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