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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1917-10-25, Page 2•4 • L THURSDAY, OCT. '25. 1917 $1►rsiotal CI K SIGNAL PRINTING CO., Len Pu acaasas ' Tits stows ispa bushed every Tburd. otar odlto e $lgna� Building. North s » T 'Steed. Ond,rioh Ontwrro Telephone No. Ss JnaitatltTwN lectors. —One Dollar and Fifty ....int. leer year( if paid strictly In adverse One rler will be Footed ; to .ub.urlbere to the oiled Suites die rete le One Dollar and Ft ty ants strictly o ad venue. Sub.aiber. who 1 to receive Too 814/NrL regularly by Mall ',Mounter a favor by acquainting tie publish of the target as early a dete r. port ble. when change of audios- in desired. bah old and tht stew addro.s should be given. Kemittar.ws may be mode by bank draft. e.press money order. post -oleo, order. et regieur.d letter. 'Subscriptions rnsy 000menoe et any time. ADYOOT11NNU Ti Hare.—ttatN for display and ei.N,tr.ct *Aver leemeuts will be given on appal cation. Legal and other similar advert temente. 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Any soeo(al outlets. the object of which the pecuniarybenefit of any ladlvld- al or tattoo, W be considered an adver- ,,..ment ed charted s000ttllotly. r, To Co ..PUNDtKT..—The co operation of nubs^r r• and reader. le cordially In,lt- tnw.rd. ,ting Ti.. 1(IGNaL a week) record .11 loot'. my and district doings. weekly ooum ounicatlon be attended to unless It con- tain. the name nd address or tar writer, oot osue.erlly for blind -km. but as an evidence of rOI taitb. N w• Items Mould mach Tnk 81s71oL *Moe not tar than Wednesday noon of pans week. . THC RSDAT, OBER 15 1917 UNION GOVERNMEN UE a ARATION. — T he Union Government ha issued a declaration of policy. The fi consid- eration is the vigorous prosecution •f the war -which. of course, would be the rst plank in the platform of any party Government at the present time. nest is civil se -vice reform. This. it will be remembered. was promised by Sir Robert Borden before the election of 1911-a promise that has never been ful- filled. It remains to be seen whether per- formance will follow the promise now made. Other lines of policy declared to be adopted are the extension of the fran- chise to women: the adequate taxation of war profits and increased taxation of incomes: a strong immigration policy: arrangements for the care and training of returned soldiers: the development of transportation facilities: public economy; the reduction of the cost of living: de- velopment of the country's resources. etc.. etc. Altogether it is just such a statement of policy as might be issued by any Gov- ernment going before the people for elec- tion and seeking to gather in as many votes as possible. It may mean a great deal or it may mean nothing. If the country is to take the union Govern- ment it must take it to trust. hoping that the better elements in its make-up will be able to overcome the influences which in the Borden Government of the last six years were responsible for a re- cord which had earned the condemna- tion of an indigtfant people.-- LAURIER AND THE COMMON PEOPLE. Here are two letters which appeared in The Globe last vele: To the Editor of The Gbbe: When the "OW Chief" was in town. a remark made by a friend has given me much food for thought. He said. with a dispar- a aging air. that he had noticed not a singe he Wilfrid while here. that his vtsitors were' only "the common people." i have been thinking what a great com- plement it was to the head of the Liberal party that there were no barons or bar- onets. no knights or bankers. no headsof railways seeking millions, n i heads of packing houses seeking protection -that, in truth. his callers were none but the "common people." who came to show their respect. their confidence and their affection. It brought to m mind Abra- ha n Lincoln's saying: "1 kn w that God must have loved the coin people; he made so many of them." - And then the analogous position held by the great Sir Robert Peel in his time. and that of Sir Wilfrid today, occurred to me. Peel was successful in removing the duties on foodstuffs so that food should be within the reach 01 "the common peoples" Laurier endeavored to do the same. but the "interests" prevented him. and we have the result with us to- day in the high cost of living. After Sir Robert Peel's annulment of the corn laws. the revengeful interests de- feated him. and in his speech in tae House of Commons aftor his dos n(ail hole said: i shall leave a name execrated I y every monopolist who maintains protec- tion for his own individual benefit. but it may be that i shall leave attarn: +int times remembered with eskessions of _Afraid -will in those places that .are the abode of men whoee loot it is to• labs, and who Pam their bread by the sweat of their brow." it was said of Peel that he had lost a party. but won a nation. is not Sir Wilfrid in the same position? One of the "Common People." Toronto, Ont. To the Editor of The Globe: I read in todayy s issue the letter signed "One of theCanmon Pe.olle" with much satis- faction. i believe that Sir Wilfrid Lau- , rier represents a greater propirtlon of the common people than he is generally cred- ited with. Now. a Government cannot he truly a union Government unless ,t represents all classes of the people. As has been observed, the new Government hand- aromely represents the upper dames. hut what about the laboring man. who really produces the wealth of the country? What about those. .and they are many, who believe with Sir Wilfrid not only os. the conscription issue. hut also 01 the question of tariff and the cost of "exit THB SIGNAL - GOI ERICH, ONFTARIO Rich Yet Delicate Clean.and Full o! Aroma. is blended from selected hill -grown teas, famed for their fine flavoury qualities. Imitated yet never equalled. tence." for it can hardly be called "liv• Ing".' Do they not deserve represen- tation in the "union" Gorvernment, since they largely furnish the- revenue for- the Government? W. E. M. Toronto, Ont. EDITORIAL NOTES. The union Government has not in- creased its popularity in this county by the appointment it has made to the junior judgeship. North Huron's member in the next Parliament should represent North Huron. He should be free to support all good measures and oppose all bad measures. no matter what their origin. As one roan quoted by a Toronto paper expressed it, the union Government's 1 statement of policy reads like the adver-1 tisement of a patent -medicine nostrum warranted to cure all ills to which flesh is heir. It does not promise to remove corns. warts or bunions. hut that is an omission that can easily be remedied. Possibly the framers of the declaration aimed to pro- duce ro duce a document that would .:rouse a inimum of controversy and would soon forgotten: if this was their aim they Aa succeeded admirably. the which Liberals have expressed their strong dissatisfactin with the course pursued by The Globe ,and The Toronto Star. One man remarked a few days ago that what was needed was a strong radical paper in Toronto. and there is no doubt that if it were established it would soon have a Targe subscription list. The trouble is that Toronto is so extremely Tory that the atmosphere is unwholesome for Lib- eral principles, and any new paper that might be established there would be in danger of falling_away as The Globe and The Star have done. What Liberals can do is to look elsewhere than to Toronto for their newspapers; or if they take a Toronto paper to remember that it is published in the interests of Toronto and is not a reliable guide in national affairs. WHAT OTHERS SAY. mended as men of capacity. Mr Rowes la admittedlyables iLhe.cast bring himself to• fotget his lads for a time. he can be of great service. The voting that will de- termine lie fate q j aria new Government will probably take ,place in cep weeks time. It will be judged greatly upon its performances to the interval. If the old regime i$sutttinued under another name, the wrath of a befooled people will sweep it away. But there is ample time for the new men to put themselves on record, and to demonstrate that they are masters of the situation and ready to give the country what it is looking for, clean. ag- gressive Government. It will depend altogether on which sort of ideas are dominant in this new Canadian Govern- ment how hundreds of thousands of votes twill be Cast next January. IS THERE METHOD IN THE R MADNESS? Si MCy': err us One may seem justified, perhaps. from evidence at hand, in predicating sutficent foresight, ability and judgment of the Conservative 1p�de�•�, to warrant the question, "Is there method to the madness of their management of the enlistmen question since the beginning of the war ?' But where a lack of these qualities might answer the question in the negative, t presence of other qualities, -not of same kind, -might justify one in think- ing that an affirmative answer is the nor rent one. The one thing that bulks big- gest in the heart's desire of the CoMer- vative leaders and the Conservative part is the removal of Sir Wilfrid Laurier frau the leadership of the Liberal party. one thing that stands r:ght athwart the success of the Conservative Party in an after -the -war election is this very Laurier leadership. So they have done their best to get hue out of the way, and have not scrupled to manipulate the management of public affairs, and more particularly the question of enlistment, to compass this end before the' war is over. They have used the whole war oration to help their sehenievl An thing to get rid Laurer be ore the end of the war, as they are afraid to (ace him above all men when if is over. After -events have vindicated with al- most fatalistic nemesis his economic pol- icy of 1911, and the West cannot forget this, nor even the purblind farmers of the East. The treasonable alliance of Borden and the Conservatives with the Nationalists in 1911 did its work. but Laurier's power with the French-Cana- dian is coming Haack to its own, and Que- bec would be in its old place again in the coming after -the -war election. Therefore Laurier must be gotten out of the way in time. Having made up their minds on these points. one is almost forced to the conclusion Mut it was for this reason that no attempt was made by Sir Robert Bor- den to form a union Government with Sir Wilfrid Laurier as his first lieutenant two years or more ago. at a time when there was no talk of conscription, and at a time when Sir Robert Borden himself as- sured the country that there would be no such thith unitar twain; 1>ehile weeg,'c- sulted. That it was for this reason that, -knowing that any discredit or seeming lack of loyalty on the part of Romafl Catholic Fgenci-Canadians, shown by a scant and tardy enlistment, would attach itself to the Roman Catholic French-Can- adian leader. Sir Wilfrid Laurier. - no pro- per attempt was made to encourage en- listment among the French-Canadians; instead. and with a seeming deliberate malicious intention to uce the oppo- site result. a North -31 -Ireland Orange Methodist minis( r was given charge of enlistment among the French-Canadian Roman Catholics of Quebec. Imagine what would have happened if a French-Canadian Roman Catholic had been put in charge of enlistment in the Orange city of Toronto. That it was for this reason that conscription was brought in without an appeal to the people, know- ing that Sig Wilfrid Laurier would oppose conscription unless a proper campaign to encourage enlistment were made among the Frepch-Canadians and Unless the people were consulted. And finally, that it was for this reason. in order that he might be discredited before the country on what might plausibly appear as a great national interest, when they knew that he was opposed to it without the people passing on it, that he was asked ,o join a the the Y The 1 1 ong y ig and every Interests of Do Big Sun Centra ? Mitcheli Recorder. Does the new Borden Government properly represent the Canadian people? Judging from the many statements which are appearing in the press, it is very doubtful, and if the unjust criticism of Sir Wilfrid Laurier by Mr. D. Sutherland. the principal speaker at the convention which nominated Dr. Steele last week, is a fair sagaple of what Union- ist speakers are proposing to indulge in, investigation at Toronto showed -u is quite certain that a very strong op position wi" be stirred up. Government that the . ofits of the William Davies speakers wa.l do their best to maintain Company w• e $169,762 in 1914, hitt - that winning the war is the only issue be - 317 in 1915, $ tii9,000 in 1916, sled $1 -' fore the electors, but this is not the case. 600,000 up to t end of August. 1917. but is true that it is a most ors with r one, there are other questions with regard Sir Joseph Flay . who is the largest to which the electors should know where shareholder in the a. • v 1 said he had the new Government stands. Mr. Kerr, about accepting president of the Central Liberal Associa- to Tel ram 11011 of Toronto, says that ogly five or six eg of the taw Cabinet can be classed as - • Liberals. He claims that the rq�s Flavell, is must see that the big interests are sti11 in' Joseph's control. and that the Government will be ordinary known as the Millionaire Government. and What stand do the new members of the other Government intend to take with respect to the record of the Borden Government? How will they deal with fixing the price of the C. N. R., and how will they act with respect to the win -the -election franchise act? These and other questions I have to be answered before the elec- "no qualms of conscie such profits. As The (Tory) says: 'The evidence of Sir Jose appalling in its revelation of inability to realise that t standards of commercial business integrity are superseded b and higher standards in wartime." The Toronto Star has a despatch fr Ottawa stating that it is not known wha amount the Government will fix as the maximum to be allowed by thea r`itati'xi t. can intelligently decide whether the board on the Canadian Merthotrn Rail- nese Government is worthy of their sup way stock, but that it will net be mere P� Q\ not. than fifteen million dollars. in the opinion of The Toronto Star and other apologists for the C. N. R. interests, fifteen million dollars is a mere baga elle. hardly worth talking about. The people whose money is being taken from them as a considera- tion for property which already belongs to them may hold different views of the matter. In any case. the pef¢le should see that as far as.possible'the next Parlia- ment is free from such influences as put through the C. N. R. steal. By the way, The Star has never yet explained or pologized for its untruthful account of Opposition attitude on the C. N R. left out. Then it never entered a ggo question, which The Signal challenged many people's heads to imagine a Gas ernment with the slightest pretewe to being called Union with such a pair as Blandin and Sevigny left in possession of portfolios. However, as the general elec- tion is pretty certain to eliminate them. perhaps that it is not important. On the other hand. it cannot be successfully maintained that the new Government is not a great improvement on its predeces- sor. Carvell of New Brunswick is one of the strongest characters in Canadian pub- lic life, and his final adhesion to the project of Union has brought greater hope of its success than any other name exponent of Liberalism. The incident is in the long list of Ministers. The se.- ection of General Mewburn to be Min - only one of a great many cases that have ister of Militia is a happy one. Calder come to the attention of the writer in and Cr ar from the West come recom- \People Not Enthusiastic. S.mcoe Reformer If we are to judge popular sentiment from the talk f the people. and not from the printed a of newspapers. the new Governmen y be much esteemed by the men who pose it. but aeetn- ingly by very few 'de. We haven't heard five men let unequivocal ex- pressions of satisfaction over its cQgtpo- siticxt. Party men Grit Tory, are al- most to a man secretly e, no matter what some of them may pu ly profess. The genuine believer in Union or National Government is not en usiastic. It is not the sort of a National ' overn- ment he was praying for. man of prominence had called upon it 1 t • several weeks ago. There a tin many important sections of the nahion The itor of The Signal was stopped on the street the other day by a young lady who wanted to know what daily paper she could get that would be satisfactory to a Liberal. Her father, she said, had been reading The Globe for fifty years but had become disgusted with it of late, and now refused to read "that Tury paper." The London Advertiser was recommended to her as a pretty reliable TOT ENOUGH CHILDREN ever receive the proper balance of food to s friciently nourish both body and twain uring the growing period when nature' detnands are greater than in mature 1 . This is shown in go many pale faces, lean bodies, frequent colds, and lack of bition. Por all su unmistakable Scott's Emulsion, possesses in concen food elements to enr changes weakness to s them sturdy and strong neon & aowne. Tome children we say with nestuess: They Deed led need it now. It ted form the very their blood. It n h; it makes active. Owl • THEE RUSSIAN SOLDIERS •ATtEVD SERViC3 ON A 'CRUISER. This photo ttlustrates the voyate of a hatch of Russian *ateliers to France on beard an aux liars cruiser Brfxe the veto( sailed a meat'):r of the provisional Government came Masud and aldreewd the rape, wishing them the best of luck. Hearty cheers for th• A'I ei ware given afterwards. 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He. like a true citizen and single-minded pat- riot, may withdraw from the leadership of the Liberal party in order that he may facilitate, if possible, by that means. the formation of an efficient union Govern- ment. What a spectacle! The most outstanding citizen of our country delib- erately jockeyed out of public life, after almost fifty years of incomparable service. at the greatest crisis in our country's his- tory. by the plottings of party politica to compass a party success in a coming elec- tion! A pleasant reminiscence for those Liberals who helped the plot along! Can the conduct of national affairs sink to a much lower level? A union Government may be formed. but a union Government the dissolution of which after the war will leave the way clear for a Conserva- tive success at the following election. Is this the way to treat our great public men? Sir Wilfrid Laurier must remain the Liberal leader. CLASSING MEN FOR SEWWICES. Tho.e is First Class Under Military Service Act Are Placed in Grades. Ottawa, Oct. 20.- Only those men found physically fit for combatant service over- seas by the medical boards will be in- cluded in the first quotas called to the colors under the Military Service Act. All such men are now being placed by the examiners in Category A. Men not in flawless physical condition are being classed as to their fitness for war service in non-combatant units, either in Canada or overseas. accordfng to the hape they are in. Such men may be led up later and re-examined or they m . he called for non-combatant services. The . mediate need, of course. is for men fit for . jive service. Exper nee shows that the physical con- dition of n varies greatly; that is, a man may i . ave greatly in a few weeks or months `• en( those passed as fit by the medical rds recently had been rejected by the . • tors when they had applied for enlist nt in the vaiunteer forces. Stringent Regulator Amherstburg, Ont.. Oct. of fresh border regulations into effect on Tuesday, the getting acrom the line have higher. so (hit from now middle of November it will be a hard matter for any Class Cne cro•s to the States with any possibility remaining there. The control of issuing peseports has been placed entirely in the hand, of the military auto oritica, and regulations have been drafted with a view of catching the one man in a thouand who might try to dip wrote the line arid so heyond the control of the Canadian military officials. The most marked fea- tures of the new regulations are that any Class man who wand' to go to the States. ven for the met ohivixs husineas rant-nt must first satisfy the authorities that his reasons are ones es and must follow thhn rup with a thound-dollar -As a result hich went Ides d been •iledstill on bond to guarantee Ids return within a ' specified time. These regulations, is,u d tram the immigration offices at Ottawa. ' are in effect all over Canada, and while they are the most drastic that the country has known since the outbreak of the war, , the officials have every confidence that they will check up every attempt toevaade military service made through the regtfar channels to the United States. Often the Cheapest-- Almays the Best W. WALKER Suspicious, Gr rr-r-h! The tsain drew up wth a mighty"Is ian crash shock c ident?Whathappeeen a?" inquired a worried -looking individual of the guard who carne running up the line. Soxn pulled the communication cord!" shouted the guard. "Boat express knocked our last carriage off the line! Take as four hours before the line Is clear!" "Great Scott! Four hours! I am sun- posed to be married today!" groaned the pasienga-. The guard, a bigoted bachelor, raised his eyebrows suspiciously. "Look 'ere," he demanded, "i suppose you ail't the chap that pulled tt a cord ?" 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