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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1918-9-19, Page 21 2 T ft'asp.1v, SEPT. )9. 19IS areliaTh sionai CHIC SiGNAL PRINTING CO., LTD. Pcar,tsartae THURSDAY. SEPT. la, 1918 THE AUSTRIAN PEACE FEELER. The Austrian Government has made a proposal that the warring nations get to- gether to discuss peace terms, and at the same time Germany makes peace propos- als to Belgium in terms which fail utterly to recognize the facts of the present 811u axion and the history of the last four years. From the tore of the despatches from the Allied countries, it is quite im- probable that anything will come of the Austrud;erman proposals. Within half - an -hour after receiving the Austrian Gov- ernment's note. the Washington Govern- ment issued a statement definitely declin- ing its proposal, and Mr. Balfour. the British Foreign Secretary. speaks in the same tone and with equal emphasis There may be in some minds a feeling that any opportunity should be seized of bringing this terrible conflict to a close as quickly as possible. We must not prose cute war simply with the idea of revenge —tu pay back the German people with the same measure as they have meted to others. Such revenge would be dear if purchased with the lives of thousands more of our soldiers. On the other hattd. would it be safe to stop the war `before adequate punishment is administered to Germany and her allies for the monstrous crimes which they have cominit'ed against humanity and can ization' To allow the criminal nations to escape such punishment would be to give militarism an opportunity to raise its head again in the future and repeat the deeds which d8ring these last four years have shiit.ked the world. Now is the time and t he oc- casion to trach the Hun a lesson that will not be forgotten so long as history is read —the lesson that deeds of rapine and dere. cration and brutal murder will not be tolerated when committed by a nation any more than they are tolerated by. any civilized community when committed b) one of its members. If the verdict of the civil.zed world could be polled, we believe it would be overwhelmingly in favor of the stern, un- flinching prosecution of the war until the. sacred rights of humanity are triumphant- ly vindicated. EDITORIAL NOT ES -- Austria's .dinkv little peace note isn't fooling anybody. The Kaiser. like. the piker he is. wants to quit when he's losing. These new regulations don't hurt "us." We like brown sugar, and walking is our favorite Sunday exercise. Everybody's doing it now. Down in Macedonia the Serbs and the French are making dents in the enemy's line. Stefanseon says there is coal on nearly every island in the far North. The Arctic regions may yet be a great winter resort, R. H. Halbert, president of the United Farmers of Ontario. has been nominated as the farmers' candidate in North On- tario for the vacant Federal seat. Hon. F. B. Carvell has promi,sed to recommend a large appropriation at the next session of Parliament for the develop- znent of the harbor of Port Dover. The Globe says some hard things o Hon. Frank Cochrane. who it thinks i not a ht man to be at the head of th national railway system. It would seem that the bunch The Globe lined up wit last fall is a pretty bad lot. The fall (air next week should have the los al support of every resident of the town and of the surrounding country Everyone should try to realize that it i his or her, fall fair and gine it the atten tion that the realization of such a respon- sibility would warrant. The members of the? Agricultural Society board have no THE SIGNAL - GODERIOH, ONTARIO Fresh as a Flower, and just as fragrant! 11 A nnAlh. is just the tiny buds and young leaves from hill -grown shrubs— So economical because it yields so generously in the teapot. 0444 sympathizers but they would not go very far were it not for the work of the invet- erate gusstpnwngers and the inability of many people to distinguish falsehood from truth. Of late we do not hear these stories in Canada, and probably across the line they wilt die out after running their course. Of the $125 000 of estimated civic x• penditure for 191x, a little over one-half is made up of items representing debts contracted in bytone years- Of the re mauling $b0,000 four-fifths is made up of fixed charges, such as salaries. elections insurance. water and light, etc., or ex- penditures which the Town council does not -control, such as the appropriations for the schools. This leaves about $12.000 for the council to spend on public works. parks. cemetery and mark t. grants, etc. For a town sucb as Goderich $330 for parks and 1100 for the cemetery seem ridiculously small appropriations; but until some of the town's debts are paid off the council necessarily must sail close to the wind. With care not to incur further heavy',obligations. the -town in compara- tively few years will be in a greatly im- proved financial position, as the sinking fund will automatically take care of present obligations as they fall due. With a dear sheet. a rate of thirty-five mills would give the council twice as much to spend as the forty -mil -rate now provides. • A Municipal Expseimsnt• From The Clinton News -Record. Goderich township council at its regular meeting last week instructed the clerk to prerare a bdaw empowering the reeve and councillors to hold °thee for two years. Should this bylaw be passed it will come into effect at the beginning of the caning year. Some years ago there was a general movement toshave reeves, r ather representatives at county councils. elected for a two-year term, but the plan did not work out very satisfactorily and - was dropped. However, there seems no good reason why municipal councils should not be elected for two years. It would do away with the confusion and ex- pense of an annual election and would also give the council a chance of carrying out plans for improvements which is not possible during one sear of office. In- deed. there seems no good reason -why a council for a municipality like Goderich township should not be carefully selected and elected for a term of three Pears. Every- man comprising the council has an interest in the municahalrts. and is not likely to pull up stakes and move out. Anyway. we shall watch with interest how Goderich township works rut this problem of a longer term of office for its municipal servants. Think Twice. rix Farm. -r. .Ad,roe.te. There has always been a feeling in rural districts that the majority of urban folk were wealthy, and this has ever kindled a desire in the breasts of )(rung country people to leave the ancestral home (-w the centres of population where money ap- parently flowed so freely. This erroneous impression has enticed many a young man away from good opportunities and trans- planted him into a position of servitude 1 where the compensation was meagre and 1 the ultimate outcome was disappo nting. Gnly by living a life of extreme frugality e does the wage or small salary earner store anything away for a rainy day in the city. h Expenses are always on a level with the lingincome, and often only through very care -I he)ond the limitations of the pay en- ful watching are they prevented from go. I vetope. On the other hand. many - Ipromising young men of rural training rise to positions of influence and power in city a life. lei fact, were it not for the constant drain on the country the towns apd cities of this or any country would. id" a short . time. go into decline for the want of that freshress and vigor which develops only where the air is pure and life is ideal. Ont makes his own opp'irtur,ities. but the office boy does not marry the president's daughter and become the manager of the firm or business as frequently as fiction would lead one to believe. There are good chances everywhere. the door to sic• cess is still wide open but the ushers at this entrance are not so numerous as at that which leads to failure and disappoint- ment. Anyone who has made up hie mind that he is not suited for agriculture would do well to try some other line. but he should not be inflnencert in this de- cision by the glare and tinsel at ,the city. Wealth comes slowly to the farmer, but it comes only to the few in the city. Coun- try youth should not drop the bone in reaching for the shadow. A Utility COnsei•nee. A young fellow alio was the crack sprinter of his town—so ivewhere in the South- was unfortunate enough to have afvery dilatory laundress. Ore evening, when he was out for a practice run in his rather airy and abbreviated track costume, he chanced to dash past the home of th -t dusky lady. who at that time was a couple of weeks in arrears with his aashing. He had scarcely reached home atain when the bell rang furiously and an ex- cited v.wce was wafted In from the porch: "For de bawd's sake' won't you all tell Marse Bob please not to go opt no mol till I kin git his clo'es round to him?' inter' in the fair other than that of public- s ited citizens, and if they do not conduct it actly to suit you you have the remedy i our own hands—get on the board yourself next year and show the uther fellows (edit to do it. Goderich has one of the best trict fairs in On- tario, and it could be tier still if all hands would turn in and g e it hearty support. _ An article in The' Saturday vening Post indicates that over the border there as an epidemic of untrue stories—"war lies." the writer calls them—similar to that which we had in Canada in an earlier stage of the war. Some of the stories are precisely the same as we heard in this Country. Fur instance, there is the shay of the sweater which. instead of reaching its intended destination overseas. was found on the back of one of the Red Cross workers. Then there is the story of the sailor who had to buy his Red Cross sweater. And so on. It is almost im- possible to trace these yarns to their source, and even if this tnuld be done the truth would always be a lap or two be- hind the lie. The writer of the article men- tions a great vanety of false reports and rumors that have spread over the States. many of them quite fantastic and bearing their Men refutation. Undoubtedly some of them have their origin with German Don't tie a Quitter. Advertisement --"Married man. thirty- three , ears old, desires a change." Not an uncommon desire, though le% are so bold as to advertise it, Newspapers Hit Again. All printing paper used to print news- papers is bought at the war prices f. o. b. 1. at the mill, so the two recent increases in railway freight rates hit the newspaper publishers new blows Besides paper and int:. there are some one hundred and fifteen nems of expense in publishing a nen -paper. Of these, thin} have risen overt 2(A) per cent., twenty-five others Inv: risen 15) per cine. eighteen oth as hive risen 100 per:cent.. torte -two have rise ,.ver 7,, ner cont. Over 2.50 papers have gone ( ut of existence. while over three hundred have raised their setting price. If the war continues another year every paper Mall the countries will have gone out 01 existence or have raised its rates --Publicity. Montreal, niv a ci'•ftw IU".I Supple at Sixty Age and ripe experience mean hap- piness and usefulness when mental and bodily powers are preserved by keeping rich blood in the veins. Nature's rare nourishment In Scott'. E.,.r.i.., creates rich blood. narou the boil y and alleviates rheumatic tendencies. Its ols-food Impart. strength to both bode and brain. i. N..n.A,,.nt—wed Stiwwr.we. t: - Sans. Isi tt� att BOOKS WORTH READING Among the moor evils of the war is the amcunt of time and money spent in com- . paratively profitless reading regarding it. Not only do rhe newspapers give us columns and columns of despatches and , correspondence, often merely expanded and padded cablegrams, with a multitude C of unimportant details and names. but the magazines, too. all have war articles ut various kinds. Then the list of war books written in or translated into English has grown rapidly from scores into hundreds. Many of these are merely books made to order, to meet a temporary demand for information on certain points, or hurriedly and crudely written stories of the sensa- tional fighting or detective class, which cannot be properly classed as literature, There are, however, two classes of war C books that ought to have a special interest and value fur us, and especially in view of what we believe to be the rapidly ap- proaching close of the long struggle. N e refer to books which help us better to un- dersand the conditions in Europe, and especially in Germany, out of which the war grew, and which forced the various Participants into it, and secvrtdly to those ks that give us clearer ideas of how the war has affected alike our soldiers and their countrymen at tome, so that we may be better abie to deal intelligently t. and wisely with the many problems that will come before the vanous parts of the British Empire when the war ends and = our men return home. We have in previous issues called atten- tion to one of each class of these books, "The Heart of a Soldier " by Chaplain Watt, and "Germany at y " by Major Macfall. We have since the been reading two others, both of which all be found i- interesting and suggestive, will be • found on the shelves of the pu is library. The one is 'Papers from Picard' some- what similar to Mr. W'att's book,mist- ing of a series in two parts of art les by two British chaplains. Rev. T. W. sPym and Rev. G. Gordon. based on theit,ex- periences at the front and dealing with the character and conduct of the soldiet* their attitude to religion, society and the, Government, and the ,nfluerce they are likely to have in the church and the state after their return. We have culled a few passages from it: 1) "The strain. mental and physical, falls heaviest on the -ompany and platoon commanders: indeed, victors, when at- tained, will be due more to the heroism The Kaiser As I Knew Him For FourteenYears By DR. ARTHUR N. DAVIS Dsntiat to the German Ruler From 1904 to 1919 DR. DAVIS, a young Ameri- can, born at Piqua, 0., and graduate of a Chicago dental college, went to Berlin in 1904 to work with a famous dental sur- geon who for years had been prac- titioner to the kaiser and other members of the German court. Within a short time Dr. Davis' associate committed suicide and the you ng American was established as the court dentist. In that capac- ity he became intimately acquaint- ed with the kaiser, and the latter, in the course of dozens of friendly talks, revealed himself and his am- bitions as he probably did to no other person outside his imme- diate circle. Dr. Davis has written the story of his relations and interviews with the kaiser and we have arranged to print his remark- able narrative in serial form. The first installment will appear in an early issue. This true narrative lays bare the mind of the despot who hu deluged the world with blood. It shows by the emperor's own words how he has approved every act of cruelty and barbarity that the Ger- man armies have perpetrated during the war. It shows how the kaiser grew to hate and despise Americans and how he gave warning that the United States should be punished. You Cannot Afford to Miss One Word of These Amazing Disclosures Watch for the Opening Installment nmmmmamuiummuaimimummmiuuiNnumunuuuuuunnmmmmmnmiaimmmnr■1 W. ACHESON & SON Extraordinary Values Our immense stock of all pure -wool Dress Goods and Suitings is fast assuming very ordinary proportions. We urge early selections at these prices, which are of two years ago quota- tion. All -wool Serges 42 inches wide, old dye, old qua(jty, beautiful even weave, and heavy weight. Navys and black. Worth $2.50. At per yard $1.50 French Serge and Gabardeen Suiting and Dress Goods 48 to 54 inches wide, pure wool, old stock. 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Very stylish, artd moderate prices. $18, $20, $25 an, $30 W. ACHESON & SON �ururrruurrrrrurnuunNrrrnrrrurruururarruruiinurrurr�muurrrnrnrarrmunniii�i���iiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiNiuuumnnnnnmr and steadfastness of these people than t the work of any other rank. •fhese of (iters are the nearest to the enemy; the are the last connecting Zink between the organizing brain of the army and the man with the bomb or the rifle: they ar leaders of their men in a sense mornel actual than any coloor general. Theirs Is a ceaseless responsibility, in most cases beyond their years and out of all propor tion to the length and detail of such training as it has been possible to giv them." (2) "There is one truth that they must surely make known, that wars in Europe will one day be impossible. because Eu rope's working classes will insist that it be so. The tie of common humanity. com- mon brotherhood, common omon advantage will be at last stronger than the tie of arty nationality-. The governing classes will in this respect one day be governed unless they, tea, determine that wars must cease and join hand in hand with those they lately led in war and lead them so in peace." (a) "The requirements of the whole situation seem then to be chiefly an ap- plication of practical common sense to the treatment of our soldiers on their return, and any campaign of common sense to be uccessful must be led by the women; they must not underrate nor allow to be underrated their enormous influence; they must remember that the re -dominance of man over woman which war so often brings in its train is due, Tess to the conceit or self-assertion of the Lighting man than to woman's unnecessary self -depreciation and to her faculty for hero-worship. Our women mint above all keep their heads and help the men to keep theirs. 14) "So far as I am able to analyze it this character (speaking of the soldiers). which, in spite of its gaps and faults. we all admire today, is based in the main on four foundations—a belief, however vague and indefinite, in God; devotion to a cause which overrides selfinterest; the discipline of the army; and. lastly, a strong sense of comradeship " OS) "The world is in travail. The church is in the world and suffers with the world. She suffers. and to suffer is to learn. Most certainly those of her officers who have serve' as chaplains are hum- bler men than they were three years ago. We have seen rix ally our own individual weaknesses and failures, but we see also that the church as she exists todayy does not yet meet the reeds of 'men. W e are humbled, but atao we are hopeful." o • Republic." by Cart W. Ackerman- Ger - man -American journalist of good ata ung y and wide experience. On the outbr of the war he was sent as a representatiu of the United Press Association to "cover' re the belligerent embassies. and as such he e • met daily with diplomats of the different , powers interested. at Washington, and made a special study- of President Wil- - eon's views and course. From March. 1913, for nearly two years till the final e break between Germany and the United States he acted as United Press corres• pondent with the Central Power •, making • his headquarters at Berlin and being al- lowed. as an avowedly sympathetic neu- tral, to make frequent journeys to the !various fronts and be present on the bat• tlefield during several engagements. The interest and the value of the b mk. which • gets its name from the conduani to which the author finds hitneelf forced, con- s1at chiefly in the details which show how he was gradually undeceived and driven ,to change his opinions and his I sympathies in his explanations and i defence of President Wilsons policy, and in his reasons for the conclu- sion to which he ernes as to when and how the war will come to an end. We shall quote two or three bnef ex- tracts: I reports of new victories, of many pris- oners, of enemy ships torpedoed, or ork • promises of reform after the war. the public will continue fighting. • • • • Only a big military defeat will shake the nfidence of the Germans in the Kaiser. enburg and their organised might. The . k are beginning to think now. hut t' y will do a great deal more think- ing if t y suffer a decisive military de- feat." j 3) - ny's defeat will be the • greatest eve in history, because it will establish wor ,testy, on a firm (Durr dation. and , use Germany itself will emerge democrat , The Kaiser's Gov- ernment will be r d because wall opinion insists upon . 1f the German pnot yeta, will be outlaveople:eddo until theysee iare ee.they They will see it eventually, and w n that day cotes peace will dawn in Eutope." The Counter Town's Chance. In conversation with a weekly news- paperman a few days ago the represent- ative of a Toronto firm expressed the ()pinion that the day of the town mer- chant has returned if he only realists it. He pointed out the cost of doing burin as in the big cities had mounted so high dur- ing the past three years that the depart. mental stores could no longer afford to give real bargains any more, but that the country merchant, whose costs have not risen in proportion, could undersell the his fellow on almost any article. This seems ter be a well founded -statement, for a few weeks ago the wife of a wage-earner in a nearby town wanted to get a suit of c.othes for her little boy. She first visited the local stores that sell that class of goods, examined the quality and get prices. She Sas an ad. of the departmen- tal store making a special sale of boys' suits and she went to the city next day intending to take advantage of the ber- gain. In the departmental store she fund prices much higher for a poorer quaher Ilei ,,( goods. As a result she bought Y a suit at the local store. This is an actual happening. But country mer- chants have got into a rut and it ie really doubtful if they will wake up and take a - vantage of the opportunities that preterit mody, The turnetheseldves everythtaing upsidewar, downwhich, hmhas created opportunities at every tum. Ad- vertising by the local merchant, pmvid'wg h gives caws a id lives) up to his advert *- mg. can greatly increase his btainess. Un- der pres •nt nrrmal conditions, more ro than for many years, the town merchant has his opportunity to grin hntgewhat logical- ly sf.ouid be his own.—Exc. -GERMANY THE maxi Rentals(." The other book is "'Gerraany the Next (1 ) "At the-beg.nning of the war 1 was sympathetic with Germany. hut my sym- pathy changed to disgust as 1 watched developments in Berlin change the Ger- man people from world -citizens to oar - row -minded and deceitful tools of a ruth- less Government. (From what he tells elsewhere his disgust was due partly also tihis finding out as time went on how deliberately Government officials had hoodwinked him at first and lied to him-) 1 mw w the effect of President any outlaw Wilsson's herself. notes.� 1 saw the anti American propaganda begin. i saw the Germany of 1913 disappear. i sass the birth of lawlsss Germany. (2) 'Germany is today (this was written early in 1917) 1n the p eitirn of a man on the verge of a nervous breakdown, in the position of a man who is under- nourished, depressed, weighed down by colossal burdens and brooxfirig over the loan of friends and relatives, but who feels that his future health and happiness de- pend upon tiphe * n his ability to holt out 101 taws. if a physician were milled in to prescribe for such a patient his fast act would in all probability he to stimulate this man's hopes, to make tom b have that if he could only hold out he would pant the Irma sic fully. - The Kai+er knows, ton, that if the public mind is stimulated from day 10 day by •