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2 TH['AsDAL', rsc. O. 1917
I considerable meeirity o(.Liberals in the
• new House. so. if the Government fails to
101II44 do the square thing an appeal may be
made to a "higher court."
The Liberals of Nxth Humn put up a
clean tight and have'nothing to apologize
for.
Mr. N. W. Rowell will lead a party of
ten Liberal -Unionists from Ontario in the
new Parliament.
Now that the navigation season has
closed and coal is no longer being shipped
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ertion. put up a splendid
lilea.ured by ...cab. of .olid nonpareil -twelve campaign. Deserted in his old a
line. to an inch. Hu.ine++ card+ of lx ilea. qe hY
and tinter, Fire Dollar. per year. Advertise- Many of those who crowded about him in
men* o/ Lost. Found, Strayed, Situations the days of his
Cscant, Sit uation.Wanted. Hauw.for Sale Cr ) power, he never con
plained, ne%•er scolded, made no false
peals, but went right ahead like a y
crusader. His admirers never felt
proud of him than they do today.
The result in Goderich may be
tributed almost solely to the women'
ganieatien. The lesson should not be
toworal matin THE& a in fu♦,ure clmpaigns. There will doub
sit local. County anddi.trtctdoing.. `o tom
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pf good faith. New teem- should reach Tex women "must organize and work as
ewvat. office not later than Wed" -day nada
or earn week. s Conservative women did in this elect
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THE SE( AL - COERICH, ONTARIO
TH3•RS3J_T iN CAV4uat.
London Advrrti•er.
At the hour of writing it appears
that Sir SYtlfrid Laurier has not achieved
i u have a formidable
Opposition following, larger than in the
campaign of 11)11, when the next Parlia-
ment -the thirteenth -is assembled.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier followed the clearly -
marked trail Of national duty, without
swerving to the right or to the left, ask-
ing no man's support on selfish grounds,
arousing a country from c pat to coast,
and facing almost single-handed, except
for his partially -organized army of fol-
lowers, the must powerful forces ever
brought to hear against a leader in any
political campaign.
The opponents of the Liberal party
alone can tell to what lengths the •
machinery at their command was used. I
The m mey must have mounted into
mit a,ns, the voters prevented from ex-
ercisme their franchise moa have been I
many. and the "adopting" of the soldiers'
~rte remains to be presented as the final
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GERMANS SHOW WEAKNESS.
` W bines for Peace Indicate Tha
They Face Baln,
victory t will
air'e9Ct in a dram., that has been sordid and
Dung un -Canadian. The winning party may
mare plume itself up -n a victory in the name
. of conscription; it will never live down
these things for which it must reproach
i tsel f.
at- The Unionist party wore two masks.
s or- ,( ne was the conscription mask, which
has been
taken on and riff, as the occas lost sten demended. To the farmers the
[less Gevernnent appeared in no role of con -
amen scriptierumt. but to the crowded cities
beret whico hare given of their teeming thous
- - - - - - — - l Without the jut -handled Franchise
THURSDAY. DY.CEMBRE 20, 1917 the Uniodists would have been b
beaten. Rather, if there hal been
THE ELECTION, imampulati-,nof. the franchise the Unio
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The election has resulted in the return 'Government, but wvuld have stayed*
Liberals would not have gene in with
of the Union Government with a major- 'Sir Wilfrid Laurier and helped him de
ity of anywhere from forty to fifty seats. I the Bxdenites. L was the pas;in;
Three Provinces -Nova Scotia: Prince j the Franchise Act that forceFd the West
Edward island and Quebec -pronounce Liberals into the union.
against the Goverpment, New Bruns- "Clerical dictation ' was an unpteasa
wick is divided. and .Ontario• and all the feature of the campaign. Dr. Cho
Western Provinces are strongly Unionist. of the Methodist church, Bishop Fal
Except that the Maritime Provinces show of the Roman Catholic church- and of
a surprising, Liberal strength, and the i church dignitaries issued
West is more strongly Unionist than it pr ontheiUn
toes to their people in behalf of the Un
was supposed to be. the result is about Government. Whether they had mu
what leas expected. Fighting, in most effect is doubtful. The only case T
of the Provinces, without the leaders Signal has heard of in which a vote w
upon whom they had been accustomed to influenced in this way was that of a pro
rely, with most of the city press against inept Methodist of town. He had bee
them, and handicapped by an infamously � •
unfair franchise act, the Liberals were at
a tremendous disadvantage, and that
they accomplished a much as they did is
a tribute to the Justice of their .cause and
to the popular strength, of the great
Liberal chieftain. Sir Wilfrid Laurin
Liberals who opposed the U
the ands to the war the mask of enforced
service was used,in an effort to stir the
MI very emotions which its operators sought
Act, Ito quell in other sections of the com-
A t, (munrty,
adly Then it -wore the Liberal mask. The
ne old Government willingly damned itself
nest as a weak, corrupt, 'inefficient regime, in
the thee hope that its new role would be
ith 1longrrrd with Mr. Hydeacan you seeeare that we
feat' are iland was
ts made the
sof ambitiotths
4(J followers were all things to all sections of
ern 1 the community. Win, win at any price.
'but win. was the word passed al)ng. and M
all the branches of the service were )
nt responsive. The party men did their ' r
wn part, ,the converted newspapers fell m
ton 11ne, the soldier who opposed the Govern -
her ment was dragooned, the patriotic jm-
pulses of the women voters were cape-
en-
en- alized into votes. Queb-r mirk ed from I f
was P
n
i an
ac
ba
w
t
We see by German persistence in
air raids on England's uofgptlfied
towns, In spite of the clear fact
that he must know be la thereby
merely or mainly destroying Jur
civilian popualtlon, tbat he has
tnade a false estimate of Dritlah
racial pbysebology, In his official an-
nouoecments he continues to as-
tribe his aerial assaults to military
dims, but that 1s a subterfuge that
will not deceive the belligerent na-
tions. It to doubtful if It will de-
ceive the neutral nations, for whom,
as well as for the better part of the
German peoples themselves, it is
plainly intended.
Why should we be afraid of plain
speech? Germany, as a nation. Is i .
liar on this subject as on all others.
From her thrice -convicted Keine t
her bloodthirsty professors. Who
Preach the doctrine of sacrifice from I
their heroic armchairs, she 4;s lied,'
about the objects of her air rails u'
she has lied about every act of her i
war- The world has made up its
mind that her word is worthless, and
history will not waste one hour in
ezatnining the platltainous pietry of
her long procession of falsehoods.
But In this scatter
of air
raid attack
there is evidence already that she is
growing tired of her own lies, and
1s making ready to brazen out t
brutal truth. Several of ber pulpit
and hearth -rug warriors are now
busily propounding in the German
magazines the right to wake war on
the civilian populations of enemy
countries. This is the old doctrine
of "frightfulness," disowned at the
beginning of hostilities but now
burnished afresh In the time of ut-
most need.
Germany known she Is beaten.
She has been beaten oe the field since
the drat days of the battle of the
erne. She also knows be is beaten
n the market, and is therefore a
tithed country. Her pleas for the
reconciliation of the peoples" (her
only hope of economic )Ile in the fu-
ture) have fallen on deaf ears. Her
eographical position abuts':her in
rorn the sea -the first medium of
ational prosperity In days of dense
opulations and the dependence of
*Goon on each other. Annexations
d Indemnities, even if she could
hieve them would not retrieve the
nkruptey which the nations of the
orld could Impose on ber at any
°anent by vowing, severally, indi-
dually, that they will deal with
r no more. A conquering nation
ay Impose treaties on a conquered
vernment, but it cannot compel
e people to trade with them- There -
re, Germany is running amuck as
e general enemy of mankind, in
frantic hope that by terrifying
ion the first to be a target far Ontario,
ch used to arouse the people. The tad
he 1 "menages' tilled the air.
Union as in a more oro less receptive imoodunLdthe der
m- circumstances when a true verdict could
n not be recorded. Sir Robert Borden has
made his future' and his (ate. Let him
le face his future and his problems! Are i vl
to the statesmen of Great Britain not crying 1 6e
is Olt to Canada for unity? Will the Bordeu m
int policy of conscription produce the mer ego
1 required as reinforcements? The need is t6
° t for men. The country is behind the to
t- Government in an adequate and deter th
inclined to vote Unionist. but when
saw the attempt that was being made
dragoon Methodist voters the m ids up h
mind to vote the other way. He said.
effect: "We have been brought up t
believe, that the Catholics were 'p: les
I ridden' and that it was a very wron
stthing. Now the same thing is being i
Government were nut seeking a party traduced in the Methodist church, and
triumph. Their great impelling motive
was the desire to preserve the unity of
Canada, fns the most' effective carrying
on of Canada's part in the war as well as
for the future welfare of the country.
They saw a ith dismay the prospect of the
English-speaking portion of the country
arrayed against the French-speaking por-
tion, fearing that such a division wpuld
have calamitous- results for the hear
future and for many years to come. They
believed that Sir Wilfrid Laurier if given
a free hand could and would bring Quebec
into line with the rest re Canada, and
ve the country from a great disaster.
Their views ave
Unionists will'stow have the problem of
dealing with a Quebec arrayed almost
solidly against them. What the outcome
II be it remains for the future to dis-
do . That the election was won by the
nets on an unfair franchise, as the
ple well know, will not ,as
to
latter into acquiescence with the
he polls.. We can only trope
aides. moderate counsels
" Um
Quebec
bring t
verdict o
that on tx,
will prevail.
The enforceme t of (he Military Ser-
vice Act will be e- first task of the
Government. Who .le prioritises of ex-
emption made prior to he election may
, seriously impa r the cress of the
measure, but the Govern nt is com-
mitted to the raking of U g,( 1 men in
the shortest possible time and .illydally-
inµ will have to cease.
The result in North Huron m. be
traced almost wholly to the workin . of
the franchise 'act. The act • was pas
with the definite purpose ni getting tit
Borden Government outeif a hole, and it
was worked with that end in view-• ith
with almost complete success. All (hi-
- women
he-women voters did not vote ix Mr. Bow-
man, but the few who did not were off
set by male voters who were inf)ueneed -
by their wpmenfolk. The Liberals had
no organization whatever among the .
women. In Goderich the Boatman ma- 1
jority corres)iords very e'lost•iy with the
number of women voters added to the
to -mer Conservative majority in the town:
and rte presume similar conditions
prevail elsewhere.
Liberals have no reason to be down- I
hearted, They put up a good light under,
discouraging conditions, and in face of the
'Unionist assault, have kept their party i
almost intact. When another elecliiin
comes it will be under different circum•
stances, and the work done now will he
an important factor towards ultimate
aUCCees.. .
g mined wdr policy When the shouting the
n- has died away Union Gwernmrnt will be th
do not intend to submit to it." Si tar a
the local clergy are concerned, nearly a
of them had the good taste to keep pol
tics out of their pulpits.
1 (aced with the most tremendous res- th1
ppensibility that ever came to a Canadian flee
s . Parliament. Sir Wilfrid Laurier will be
p found to strengthen the hand of the btu
e. Government in • every ac calculated to eel
win the war. H: is a greater figure today wh
than he has been at any time since he ne
first entered the Canadian Parham met to to
serve the whole people,
ove
aye
e peoples Into peace she may end
e them shrink from
danger of provoking another one.
But there lies Germany's greatest
oder. She is judzsIng us, pbysi-
ly and morallyr hik. the standards
ieh apply to herself. The German
rvous system is a bad one, (table
panic and collapse from shock and
ratraln. Our Brltiab nervous
tem Is not so liable. We will
w
Election Echoes.
Both the French-Canadian members o
the Cabinet, Blondin and Sevigny
were defeated. •
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t3ELGt*NCHILDREN PLEAD ass
t6
Dr. Michael Clark had a narrow squeak
in Red Deer, but he is elected.
Hon, e Frank ' Oliver was -defeated in
Edmonton,
The Liberals elected (counting both
Unionist and Laurier Liberals) number
about 13.5 in a House of 235.
Deputy pea er ' amvifle was a en
in. Cartier division. Montreal by S. W.
Jacobs, K. C.. the lirst Jew to b return-
ed to Parliament.
Armand Lavergne, who 'ran ys' a
Nationalist in Muntmagny, was beaten
by the Laurierite,
Lt, -Col. J. I. McLaren, the soldier
candidate in West Hamilton, was beaten
by a Unionist, as were about a score jo(
other soldier candidates in various
ridings - — _ - _-
Call no man perfect. You may have
overlooked some portion of his record,
It is human nature to be ungrateful
to the man who fights your battles fox
you and gets licked.
yhas
,
ke peace when we will -sot under
recta and Intimidation. But the
ion which ha. misunderstood us
thereby revealed Its own weak-
-Hall Caine in interview is
yd's Magazine.
' FUR CHRISTMAS GiFT, *at
orphans of Belgium do not ask for nets
I tops this Christmas; they do not ask for L10
luxuries, but what a joy it would be to i
m if. through your generosity, they
could have one full meal on Christmas
Day.
biLthev have subsisted -you could
not call it live -an wino o anile and 11-7-A
i slice of bread par day, except in such
cases where the generosit y of their well-to-
do allies made it passible to rescue star-
ving children for a few short weeks, and
take them to places in Ho land, where
they can be given proper food and at-
Yeytt will enjoy your Christmas Day in.
hnitely more knowing that you have done
som-thing for the sake of the Belgian
madei
Many a drunkard despises himself for
his- weakness - and despises watered
liquor for the same reason,
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Zeppeliombed Antwerp,
During a trip through
lines from Brussels to Antwerp in
eigu.t;-1434, Hugh Gibson, first se-
cretary of the American Legation in
Brussel' at that time, was reduesLed
by the Queen to inspect the damage
done by a zeppelin raid on Antwerp
the night before- Mr. Gibson tells of
(De incident in the World's Work:
"I did not want to do this, but
there was no getting out of it under
the circumstances.
"We drove first to the Place du
Folds Publique and went Into one of
the bousea which bad been partially
wrecked by one of the smaller
bombs. Everything in the place had
been left as It was until the police
magistrate could make his examina-
tion end_ report, We cltmbbtd to- the
c6)tdren.
A is is a man whose di.
Ment me to the aappnint-
Wthout his advice,
ht fact that the world was 1
EDITORIAL NOTES,
Well, we made them go some, anyway.
Did anybody may the w omen w.tuldn't
vote?
it was a party and a half fighting half a
party and of courts the party and a half
won.
-Now we she see ust how near a fifty
fttfy Goverfi4nt it is to he. There is a
BRITISH "ANGELS OF MERCY'' TEiI)ING WOUNDED UNDER FiRE.
Risking death and s^rirue injury these brave women are ten 'ng the wounded under fire. The men who fight take no
greater risks than these ".Angels of Mercy" who serve their cnuntrym• and humanity on the h.itticl el. This photo six)w;
two of these brave women ministering to a wounded soldier midst shelf I in Flanders.
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daintily embroidered patterns, worked in colors and in beauti-
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Men's plain linen, all initials, at each 20c, 25c, 35c.
KID GLOVjS
Pcrrin's kid (;1()‘'es for men and women, ink greys and tans
at per pair $1.50, $1.75, $2.00 and $2.50.
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. FANCY TOWELS
The assortment in linen and fancy Turkihs Towels fo
Christmas is the largest and hest we have ever shown. Beau-
tiful and serviceable and most acceptable, ater air %
$1.00, $1.25, $1.50 and $2.00. p p Sc'
Sale of Coats g
Clearing rices on our im-
mense show! of
Continental Coats
-in velours, plushe)s,c beavers,
tweed and close -cur cloths.
Many, are satin -lined\ and
splendidly quilted. All of
i test New York styles, priced
each . g
$5.00, $7.50, $10.00
$15.00, $18.00, $20.00
and $25.00
MEN'S FUR COATS
Back dog Coats, heavily lined and with astrakan lamb collars, quality war-
rante>l, Sizes 42 to 48, at each $25.00.
Special at each :35.00.
titka e - er or Manchurian beaver Coats, very warm, light, and quality warranted
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first Boor and I"shall never forget fee
horrible sight that awaited us. A
poor policeman and his wife had
been blown to fragments, and the
pieces were all over the walla and
ceiling. Blood was everywhere.
Other details are too terrible even to
think of. I could not stand say
more than this one room. There were
others which Inglebleek (the King's
secretary) wasted to show me, but I
could not think of it. And this wad
only one of a number of houses
where peaceful men and women had
been so brutally killed while they I
ait'pt,
' And where la the military advan-
tage' If the bombs were dropped .
near the fortifications it would be
Pasy to understand, but in this ln- I
stance it is hard to explain upon any
ground except the hope of terrifying
the population to the point where
they will demand that the Govern-
ment surrender the town and the
fortifications. Judging from the
temper they were In yesterday at
Antwerp they are more. likely to de-
mand that the place be held at all
come rather than risk falling under
the rule of a eonqueror brutal enough
to !beerier innocent people in their
beds."
"Hodyleen" Beer,
The Small Arms Tavern at Enfield,
England, which has been acquired
and reconstructed by the Central
Liquor Control hoard, was opened
reeeptly, -
At this nub(ie hnure, which is used
by hundreds of munition workers, a
good dinner can now be bought for a
Abilene. The. menu includes chick
en, beef, mutton, stewed steak, or
pork,t Rd per portion.
Am ng those at the opening was
the I ke of Connaught, who tasted
the Government beer, which he de-
scribed as "all arms And lege,"
Lord D'Abernon, the chairman of
the Central Liquor Control Board,
said the neer scheme of controlled
eablle houses was a groat success,
Chicago !tangos Prowl.
CHICAGO, Dec. 11.- Forty-three
thousand dollars watt pledged on the
spot at a meeting here Saturday
sight of a committee organised to
rush relief to Halifax. Sub -commit-
tees to swell the funds were ap-
pointed.
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XMAS�- GIFT
for the BELGIAN children
omething to eat
is BALL they ash !
—No luxuries !
—i.a toys !
Only moneyw ere-
ith to buy them
d
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'rHE SAG&,
How much will
you spare for this
purpose
Every Little r elps,
"He gives twi e
4'i� -+', 3 •j��, who gives quickly
S -rid your Xmas Gift by cheque or money order to
BELGIAN RELIEF FUND
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