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nae I of en rn tytee simplybaro
1Q 1 I teen described a one of the mostwhat 'lo- edee,ess liermand ruthleIsss suhj.etlwing of
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quant and moving addresses of his everything else to the one chief end,
career. stir Robert Burden opposed no matter who might suffer ee whet
THE SIGNAL GODERICR ONTARII►
THE $IONAL PRINTING OU.,Tn. pIN L it,takingthe ground that it war a wrong, might be committed tier -
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Pi'BLtaHtBB iqur.tion with which the Legislature tawny ,'y will les letter ruunuy Lo live
of Ontario, and not the Federal House, io when it thlnkr less of •'.fflcieucy
Tare tlwsat Mpc MWM seer
`meet t odrrkA ThurdRh ( should decal. Ilan. Frank Oliver Ind and mare of buuummv.
.ewthe.AntaT a Hui Mg. Son
lMtarro Telephone No. 31 the N'r►trtn Lilwral+ in opposition to
41:1es nirru,n I aRta..--()n. IMnar and rift,
.-eats ur.r ?vat . if prod strictly In ads mice 'hie l the resolution, and in the division
l�U•r wilt4 eeeePted: w '"b"ertbers in the a hick followed eleven Wettern 1' '-
t:ter skates merate MUuelub.c and Fifty
trots, in, 'dr.•L'ruax,
Certs .treouy In advauee. nubaeri ers who 'rale and our 1ems
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tora.+tte ins y&cote. uting sly by mail South Bruer) voted against the rrrul-
wiuoouter •tarns tlr . satiate as
the WbWh-
erofthe fRctate.railyadrleopo.+lGle-When 1111440, while eight tlirbrc l'onservs
t change of .ode._ i. desired, both old and
tae neo eddrrs suot,la be given- Itemlttaw+s, t twee supported it The resolution
was ejected by a vole of 1117tofCI.
The Signal has already stated it■
opinion that it was a mistake to bring
:his matter up in the Federal House.
1t 11 A question for the people of On-
tario to .,tide, and advice Prow outside,
be it ever .o well meant, isnot wanted.
The French people have no tights
in the matter .'a ept the right of hav-
ing their children properly educated,
and the prol Ism is to devise and to
apply methods by which that tight
can be reasonably •sauced to them.
Bilingual .ehools oy. they were cou-
ducted for many years resulted in the
deplorable conditions which were
brought to the attention of the Pioe-
ince by Ili,hop Fallon, and it is in
4he interest of the children of French Allure years.
origin that these conditions should be Law vs. Education.
remedied. Whatever extremists on Roche -ter Toner
one side or the other may say, we
believe it is the will of the people of
- Untariu that every child in the Prov-
ince ',hook' learn to speak, read and
write English, its older that be (or she 1
tnsy not be handicapped throughout
life in a Province in which English is,.
and will be, the dominant tongue.
tear bs inane by bank draft. eapro letter.
post orrice order. Or regt.tertd
Subrrlpuons may oommenne at any mein.
AnvsKTtaiso Tann.- state+ for display end
owtrect advent...went. will he Riven on appli-
es/Ion. Legal end other similar%deem temente.
OM Dente per line for first tn.eruuo and four
-eat. per line for each .ubse•t„ent insertion.
Mee.urcd by a wale of sand nontarell twire
naes to an inch. Huaue." cant• of tax linea
and under, Vise Ihiller. eaper r.s*r Ad Situations
vertime-
E t. of Lost. Pound.
Veeeat,tKtuatmn0 Wanted, Wows for orale lar
Rent. Vvrios
for Mer. etc.. for
to
notexceeding or
ight Imre, Treaty
O ve Cent- each insrrtlon one Dollar fur deet
Largermonth. Fifty Cents for advert niement es•E.0 roturt ion. weititent G«Au
nouncements In ordinary reading type. Ten
Canta per line. No notice l... then Twenll-
liveCents. Any special notice, the object of
wbetehir the pecuoter bonedt of any ludlvtd-
wit OfI.roNat100, 1.,e oon.ldered au advtr-
tbement and charged ac,-ordlnii1• ratfor of
To l'onsuraeornavrs-The coene
our .abtertb.re and readers i. cordially Invit-
ed toward. making TNR Neural. a Racily record
of all local, rounty and dist net ddnR Sore e
mun/eation will be attended to uole.- It con-
tains the name and addreee of the writer. not
neoproarilt for publication. but as an ev ideate
of od ws nesse should reach Teta
t+e0' rofane notait h. 'laterht an WOdneadal DOUG
of race *Mk.
THURSDAY. MAY 1S, 1916
[Tiw WAR. 1
BRITISH CAPACITY ANDOERMAN
EFFICI ENC Y.
must do w in spite of what Mem to be
her faults, for she too has sed must
forever continue to have the defects of
bee qualities.
The sucrate man is constantly Ig.
poring all this. He reads of the tre-
,t.rudous efforts which IJ.yd George
weenie coorlanlly to be c pelted to
wake to *peed up his workmen to do
Rabat would ,ecus to 10• their manifest
Throe is usual present-day talk duty. but be forgets that in Peat we of
WHAT OTHERS SAY. „bout • fflcieocy. The newspaper,. Ale the Cuued !)tales weer tow{ellyd 10
wake • fight quite as revere to gel our
toll Li it. Naturally we all wish to he people to vole to pay their debts in
When Ontario Goes •'Dry
unease IAt.,noo'. I Iectively, both physically and mental- He peruses columns of daily reports
In future all streets roust be sixty'- which indicate that h:ngland sr rharply-
rix feet wide. Hut why widen them Iv. 11 by efficiency we wean what the Jivlded uu Ib..ubject ,d e. u.coipuuu,
now) Atter Heptrmlwr 1:,th they will ,lictionarirs say and w•b•t, until ie-
hut frits lar rr,tlite that, Ly cuwpariwso
he wide enough as they are. cantly at least, the hi -tory of the with our own experience in the civil
Excep'iooal. lal,guage has connoted, it would be as war, her leasers have handled this
meeireal Mail. uutortunate 10 le inemcient . W le matter Inc manner that is rnaslelly,
An ex'hangr speak. of Mr. Bh cell, going just slow enough to educate
lair Chief Secretary tor Ireland, as an
ill, for to be efficient weans, to be public opinion and yet rapidly rnr.lgh
except' 1 politician. He is. He ad- effective, to have the power of pro
w Rest the soldiers when needed. It it
witted (lankly having made atuistake. during the desired result. Hut the tow early, ie it said in pawing, to
word efficiency has recently loeeowe render a coteplete verdict at the
A Hint present time, but anyone who bas
tiuelph Herald. endowed with • neer sense. It now closely watched the career of Premier
Canadian papers are issuing "warn- piiwarilydenotes that type of ability Asquith for the last three years,
Ings to tamest'.•' The only proper to accomplish objects which Nows through all the Howe Hole crises and
advice to give r canoeist is to keep his trona administration, organization, •t• the events, of this war, will have grown
heoul down when he reaches the
trenehrs. tentiun to detail and the strict cuor-
A Stift Tax. dination of all activities under unify -
T, ruoto Star. ing winds or authorities h,y • sort of
Under the new war lex the man in mechanistic proserr. So we shall not
England who has an income of $l'_,aro
will pay a tax of g ,tele. John Hull go far astray if we suggest that in the
due. '001 b direr in charging up the public mind the word efficiency, now -
Whole cost art the war to be paid its outlays. implies such fairly complete d.-
vutlun to these characteristics, in
themselves not undesirable, as is prac-
tised in Germany, which has. in some
way or other, grolwn to tw looked upon
as the land of efficiency wbeo attained
principally by these means. That this
carries sub it the implication that we
are to avoid whatever may to the
Hritish counterpart of thew attribute
we nerd hardly add. • It is ti.e put pose
of this paper to adduce some consider-
ations which natty indicate that this
advice to cultivrt.. the (irrroan type of
efficiency. however well m.aot, con•
fain. substantial error.
The re.son the 4.-.ioin variety of
efficiency. ii now quoted at a premrutn
is not far to seek Her mili:ar ma-
, nk east, loth individually rod col. • hoorsr coin instead of debased metal.
WHAT DOES HUGHES SAY?
('ol. John Wesley Allison,vouched for
by M.j .r General Sane Hughes as the
soul 01 honor. as a man who was doing
magnincent work for Canada without
money' and without price, warns old to
be a grafter of the tint water. Sevrtal
transactions c a doubtful minute have
Leen (raced to him. and the investiga-
tion of the Kyle changes has show')
him up definitely in his true colon.
An amazing story of war piolteerir.g
has beenirvealod in 'his investigation.
Yoakum. Hawick and Cadwell, three
United Statesets who somehow got in
with the Cansdisn Shell Committee,
- received • contract for fuses amount
ing to between eleven and twelve tuil-
licio dollars. The that proceeding
after landing the contract was to
agree on the division of a commission
of one wilion do Ilan, ('adw-ell, the
only re of the ton. who was a menu-
factufer. was content with it quarter
of a million. es he ' erected to make
some profits out of the utanufactutene.
Yoakum's share wan $47:.,tssi and
Baseick•s $275,''51. After certain de-
ductions. a ting to $3i,(Jll4. Yoak-
um split bis share with Allison, who
thus gets 152.21yes) ea part payment for
sere ices r. nderrd, according !o Major-
GeneoNl Hughes, without menry and
with my, ice.
Reputable Canadian manufacturers
were refused this coutratL One of
thein, when he called on the Shell
(ominittee, "FAR told to "see Allison."
It is not easy to wage the world
Fetter by legislation. Wise laws are
violated unless deer is a healthy pub-
lic sentiment tack of thrid. It is in
the presses of education we obtain the
best and wort lasting results.
The Fighting Canadians.
Hc. hater l'a,t l.xprr-s.
Splendid intrepidity marks the con-
duct of the Canna -both contingents in
Necessarily, in some cases. French the British armies. No home scandals
will be employed for a time as the of munition, or equipment purchase
language of instruction to young chil- can dim the lustre of their achieve-
wents or rob thew of hard -sou glory.
darn coming from French homes,d
AIM
there can Ica no reasonable objection
to the further teaching of French
along with the other studies of the
echool course. the first req,tiwite, how-
ever. toeing • good working knowledge
of English.
There is nothing in the situation
here outlined tyat calls for bey Advice
fr the Province o! Quebe•r. We
regret- that Sir %Vilfrid Laurier has
given his support to the resolution of
Mr. Lapointe, which, though in Reel(
harmless, hos A squint in the direction
of outside interference with the edu-
cAtionAl affairs of this Province The
chief 'stilt of the..discuesion will he to
strengthen the hands of those in this
Province who are intolerant of the
Big Enough for Britain.
Brantford Expositor
Mr. I'oyd learns has leen sen: for
by the British Government in connec-
tion with munitions work. This is the
gentleman whom the Shells Commit-
tee treated in a cavalier wanner. he-
caese they did nr,t think he was big
enough .t warn to handle a fuse con-
tract.
Proportional Representation.
Wood -tock "entinrl Itrview.
During the evasion of the Ontario
L••gi.leture which has just closed a hill
was introduced to allow municipalities
to adopt propmtionel representation.
The introduction of the bill served the
pump we 01 bringing the subject b •fore
the public. Perhaps it wan not in-
teid.d to accomplish anything more
et present.' When the people ot this
couutiy twcorue as much interested in
claitua of the French-speaking the real problem: of popular govern-
{ g meet es they ae in ,Lr faction Nghu
and. to discoueage *hoer who bre nI the political parties it will not rte so
eatuestly dewiness cf finding a ,elu-
(ion of tbe vexed question which will
result in efficient ,chops and in peace
and barmoey among the people.
hard to get a heat ing for a proposal
for proportional repterr
uLation. The
people will Inst -t on a change trout the
present mr.ltods, and they will be so
ttoorh in rerne,t that the politicians
will be glad. to fall into line, as they
usually are when they ser that the
EDITSHIAL NOTES. • people mean busineee. The unsatis-
tactory results lullna ing the working
of the prernt system of reptesenUt-
The hetet Battalion needs a few tion have lwen demonstiated again
mote men. Will you he one i and again. :acme inner it might Neem
He refused to J44 this and le g„[ no -- as if the system were designed, to
Where war contracts are ronee•ned, present the proper n prrarntatinn of
cuntiact. Yoakum, Bewail: and Cad- I the p'eoplr, ti timer i[ utterly pre -
well appat,ently had Alli«u,s influence l John \\', dry Allison it it recular yenta the representation of IIIinnrittes.
ie . . instance 4.i les) votes
e-► onto for instance, -n - h o r
.rash
nu n t 1' 'Toronto, p'o
y
'r t 1 ,t
( sit d they y K
to for rxtrut -u u_s', he r r elect eight representatives of our poli,-
ia•rtirs
he del1 u elect a
'urines t wartills fail l
cat. F too arch party.while -1
U n lou m icedh
t(• con ) worry • t t n s
11 I on't
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under the cuntiact bac, been very weather. Ontario will to dry tor a singly representative
slow.
This amazing tale. given in the we -
new box by well who wets parties to
the transactions, calls for cleai-rlit
explanations from the Minister of
Militia. It be sees n0 harm in the
pocketing of, fat commissions by hie
friend Allison. from Contracts of which
ht Ithe Miui.tei had supervision, he
does not see things in the same light
as the cast majority of the people of
Canada. Thr Shell Committee is de-
f,tnct, and it looks as if the Mieister of
Militia had outlived his ,Iaefiilrleed s.s
the head of a department of state.
There it nu su+pici•tn ot his participa-
tion in any "profiteering." but he is A
little Wo good to his friends.
THE BILINGUAL QUESTION.
Ibe resolution proposed by Mr. La-
pointe, of Kamouraska. in the House
of Commons. directing attention to
the bilingual school question in the
Province of Ontario, was the subject
of a notable debate. The resolution
was as follows :
Ion{ while alto r September next.
Mr. Laeetgne is1.. icing from p
dife to have a rest. The public
will enjoy the rest no lest -than Ar-
mand himself.
The 161st Battalion will have its
share in the fight for humanity air .inst.
Prussian ruthlessness. 'I'hete it still
room in its ranks fur s few more good
men.
John Wesley Allison, as pictured by
Major-tiener•l Ham Hughes, was al-
most'•tm good to be tier." It seems
that the picture was not exactly true
to lire.
h:very man who takes, the unifotm
adds so much weight to the pre.ute
that is being steadily exerted against
Germany. Even if it t.ever gets to the
front, the organization of the Hoon
(Battalion is an undeniable factor in
the issue of the war.
A Scottish manutacturer is quoted
as way-ing : "To toy wind there is
something absolutely revolting in any-
body making profits out of the na-
tion's agony." John Wesley Allison
probably does not call it "profits."
What ke gets is • "rake-nlT."
The Toronto Telegram haw bees
clamoring all 4t long for Sam Hughes'
dismissal and iotas used up columns
without number in reproving Premier
Borden for allowing so much of the
war business W go to the united
States. The Telegram is such an Pr
retie journal that apperently not much
attention is paid to it in r fllciwl chiles,
but the revelations of the Shell Com-
mittee investigation go a long wet to-
wards justifying its campaign of the
past year. y
The article on this page under the
heeding •• The War is patticelarly
well worth reading. Ti,, writer is
resident of the United States who
evidently has twrnm0 rather tired of
the talk of 'Yiennan efficiency" and
who sets out to show that Germany
ban no monopoly in this respect, and
that "British capacity" should have
'•1t has long been (ho settled policy
of Great Britain whenever • country
passed under the sovereignty of the
('town by trenty or otherwise, to te-
spre. the religion, images and lan-
pu-ge et the inhabitants who thus
1+ec British r,lhjeeIe.
•'That His Majrstv's injects of
French origin in the Pr0vi a of On-
tario complain that by etc t legisla-
tion they have hostile to a large extent
deprived of the prilrilege which they
and their Dithers bevy AIWA!. enj'yeJ
eine. Canada passed under the sover-
eignty of the H, it i -h Crown, of hav-
ing their children taught in French.
"That this House tepee%sliy at. this
Lime of 'tele.i .s.1 wacriflre and Anxiety.
when all energies should be cortcen-
,mrd on the winning of the War.
would, while fully recognizing the
principle of Provincial rights and thece
necessity of rarely child being giten a
thorough English education, respect-
fully suggest to the Legislative As-
sembly the wisdom of making it clear
that the privilege of the children of
French parentage of being taught in
their mother tongue be not inter feted
with.-
The diacu-sine, which occupiers two
Wttinstant the House, was rondtieud
lhrouabrnri at w vert high level and I 1 (Invernment for levying the special
with a roiwimum of the laugusmoment.ge of its dna moment. of appreriati • The one -mill tax, which spill rgna ly all people if it had managed the finances will torn not to he simple. Any Jur at
partisanship Sir Wilfrid Laurier fact of lbw matter .s that "efliciehey over the Province. Mayor Church mete ernnomieslly. familiar with the law of potents will
twin ed that to one res t ter
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, our Minim Lincoln,
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Those, then, who do not understand •
the English, their fondness for self- •
depreciation and the way they have •
of magnifying their venous and in-
evitabje differences became of long
practice in the frank expression of
opinion on all political subjects, and
who expect a thoroughly free people,
because they ate living in war times.
to behave as though they were, all
mere cogs in • nrll-oiled pace of
machinery arcording to the accepted
formula which obtains in autocratic
countries, will naturally find much
[hint looks like muddle its England's
recent conduct of affwire. But when
we exawioe what England has done in •
the light of the necessary lituitati. us •
which her fonts of government and
the character of her cit z'us impose •
and o1 the kind of results she hes wc-
compli.hed in view of bee preptrat
lieu of •
an teat las w rue ,,s,
patience which is infinite.
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clines y has seemingly moved like consequent. rmculty to securing thew,
clockwork. 11 was utade long ago, there is Abundant runru for the couten-
has been carefully improved and held! tion that Great Hritain has shown •
abreast of the time., has been kept int greater capcity to do things and a
perfect repair, well oiled and free of higherquahty of mind in arcowplish-
rust, has been tepeatedly tested, and' assent than has Germany. Fur when
all provisions for its rapid enlargement I we get to fundanietntitle. the fact is
were adopted well in,utvauce of actual I that Gerwauy has rtcrutty barn carry -
needs. Such break -downs as have un- ( ing on the Activities of war according
doubtedly occurred have lwen largely • to long -pet fected plane)aod with long
kept from our knowledge 1.y a centaur- I siocr acquired pieces of apparatus.
ship which long years of practice have ?She has Wren continuing to tun an
wade petfect. The apparatus of her estahluhed business: Great Hritain
civil life levitate the same state of ap- has not only being doing Ihie, as in her
parent smooth running. All Germans. navy. but she her built up what is, in
partly lwcause of their national eff.c', • new business. namely a great
temperament, partly because of arun• and all that is ureded for it, and
their two arse' set vice under this, all 11 inge considered, its en in -
arms, have been impregnated credibly short space of time.
wittl the need of suhwissi.n to Few of us yet real ze the magni.ude
authority, especially its war timer, in' „f the task which was origin*fly art
consequence of which unnecessary Itont of (treat Britain end *s now, we
friction in the administrative mrcbwo- .nay feel confident, behind her. An
ism has been reduced to low hwits Awetiesu aru,y ufflcer the other day
and such ad takes piece is not pertuit-' testibed h -tore a eowwi:te.,oh
to wake a noise. Now it rakes • ._ .t.... rifled built according to Euro-
piece
a t.uy to run a car - ,u' � Dean model., a, w is were ordered piece of twul.inety when it is of the i a year ago in American factories, were
size of that represented by present I just beginning to be scut abroad. He
THE AMUSEMENT TAX.
Would Not Be Necessary If Provincial
Finances Wue Properly Managed.
Toronto. May 1B--\Icnday, May
1:. h. LAW the c ' g into effect 441 thr
new semens tax levied by the
l)ntal its Government on patrons of all
pieces of amusement. It is estimated
!bat the tax will prndtier an annusl
revenue of at least $ ss
: ,i,tl, The teal
meaning in that the people of Ontario
who visit theatres, and especially the
hundred. of thousands of Ontario citi-
zens who. in cities and small towns
alike. go to see the movies, will have
to pay the Ontario (iovetnment hall-
s-tuillion dollars a year in taxation in
addition to all the other taxation they
err now payleg.
While there is no objection from
the people swains', p"ying the 'minutia'minutian1ent tag, there is a presslent feeling
that at least part of the neeessity for
the impoaitiun of this tax is the fail-
ure of the U,►ernulent to adutinitt,-r
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millions of skillestaervatit• trained inteven for factories with nothing else to ••••••e••e••••••••••••••••
the halite u[ obedience to look after is,. I •do to equip themselves fast' nlaki�'g this
it implies the faculty to successfully one requisite of land warfare. Let us
r on an rxistin business on pre -'i try to one ine what it means to trans
W. A Cel ESON & SON •
cat y
yiouely determined lines. Tills in its' form. in eighteen months or less, the hold at once that this will only ir-
relation to war, which is what we' are indurttie. of a country into a state in crease the merit of those who have ir,-
here conrideriog, liermauy chatty has. which they can pr, duce nut n,eiely this minted term.
Si far, to good. '1 he point that so one article but all those couutlrtr things
many of usseetn to so frequently forget which are needed for an at of one. But rut 0l c. (hear it waist, the Erie -
man
that Ureas Bntatn has ely the
or two millions of your own mer. the fish did Wunder et Neuve ('het; tr•lle. st
her power to d0 precisely the earuei mere enumeration of whish objects Lor.sand in the l)udar.e!Ies. \Cell; its
sort of thing, to successfully tun thei would Jo.IbUrss fill a book, and flea the
fall of hill a handful .,f British.
business of wase along those line/ (ort add to that the extra plant called fort who for millenniums willhremain
a aioo 1114
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e re -• s her vire- pe
1 wedleast, t
previously part at
she P I ine
sh p u su
which I
Y t
b I� „. sir
p y•b... r t
pr ,eructed defences. Ir Id 1
,
nn
erly
aration, and this in the practically � torn[, art your A.lies. and we begin to
faultless conduct of her naval affsirs.I diul'y realize the scut of job this little yet of action sever 1',.yrs, in (ti.- '11.05
11 then we are invited. by those wbo 1 Island had est -eyed. ('ponder that the their num' wt., "f theme.... At Neave
preach to us the acquisition of eflici- 1 woi k was done without previous plan- Chsppelle roti Looe, the 1bolsi. weir
rncy.totake Germany as a model1e-'nit g and a appeals as • monster going against a puree, owl ,Ity equal
cause u[ her aucce5s in the conduct of
trnoemtakeng, which Is without parallel number of the enemy. net tog t.eh.nd
the present war, and that, in effect, is , in the history of mankind. 'Those will the hest-knriwn type o1 well-intik
shout what we are asked to do, it is
be best able to appreciate the gigantic trenches. The oafs were tremendously
k b - b against them. Now, when one is en.
char we most find a support fur our
choice in something more than the
ability to efftctivcly carry on an Ps-
ntagolttKle ani the Larwu tetesu
'es leen connected with the rar rl gaged 1111-n it vc,'t,ire in al Writ the
building art great enterprises and chances are strougly ag•.1n•t roc-
ye
hlar. n' ro
t
I,t''Inshed military entetpriee tier- yrs no known quickly devised entry- ccs*, tt a easy, after 1 r
nla,,y and Great Britain sr.) each do. prise has ever approximated it in size. point nut the reason for (atlore..itchis
irg this, the one .n its army, tbe other
with iia navy.
Bat, we shall he told by many intel-
1 gent readers of American newspa-
pete, %hen this is said, all has tarn
veld. Britain's efficiency begins and
ends with her navy. All else abut
her is bungle. There are a variety
of reasons for this state of mind. First
of all there err few who have the
Uur captains of industt y or thine who
took leading parte in our Spaniels -
American war will be the first to
mnrvet that the mistakes made were 60
few. 1!, then, the man who creates
what is in effect N new industt y de -
/wives mora credit and is considered W
he endowed with a higher quality of
mind than bit successor who rnerely
successfully continues or enlarges it,
'risme to read the daily press in the there seems co escape from the c. o -
only way possible to teactP safe con- clusion that England has already
elusions, and that is to relieve no shown herself not less but more
statement of any sort utiles,. after re- efficient than Germany -in the matter
tle,tion, this seems to harmonies with not alone of the navy. be it understood,
antecedent probabilities. There is but of that institution which is sup -
little attempt to edit the news in the posed to be Germany's specialty, the
United Stales and the journals become army and, what hulks quite as Targe,
all that it takes to supply
There is another point of view which
emphasizes this conclusion. All will
agree that the .1,ility to meet new
situations is of a higher order than
that which is implied in resolving
what are in effect oki problems. 1f we
ask what new and effective instru-
mentality the Hermans bane devised
since the war began, we are at low for
• reply. Shall we say the tree of pois-
oned gas? Or shall we speak of those
'•wMututes” which she so badly
needs. tiles to tell us she bac, hut hes
uot, using instead, as The New Yoek
Evening Post recruit)' pointed nut.
lbw vibe Oath of going without. But
the answer In England's case instantly
comes to mind. They have conquered
the perils of the subu.arinf. That was
a new piece of work. T). discussions
in -The London Times of June, 1914, ere
strong) persuasive that the eppro-
priats defences against submarine at-
tacks upon warships had not been in-
vented and certainly not tested and
they are convincing that the means to
frustrate attacks upon merchantmen
had not even been considered. Had
there been any pretence on Germany's
pert to abide by established rules of
war. there would never have been a
reason to consider them. Yet these
means have now been found. Their
crucial importance is manifest from
this single consideration: had they not
its finances on an ec0notnieel 114.18, cattle -411N for euro y fact and fancy and
and alto its failure to erect just take- linty opinion. Then Lhe English are
tion fr some of the wealthy corp .r- ((never finding fault with tbeuoselver.
attune. If the liovernment had been That seems to to a national character -
as anxious to tax these plutocrats as astir for which we Americans make no
it is t , take toll from the r proper all,waneo. Most important of
man in the streets there would have all, we are constantly losing sigh* of
been no teed for this wneeiemPnt tee, this fundamental principle that a nation
1f. for example. the tievernment like an individual must have the de-
leviori what it should levy. under the [wets of its qualiti„e, Vere expert lbw
Mining 'fax Ac'. on the Canaria Cop. British tt, hong on until the crack of
per Company, which mines nickel, doom, but fail to realize that a people
it would take fr this compeny'some with such a temperament cannot be
$441),1441 this yearinstead of the pa1- aroused very speedily-. We honor
try 5441,444* which it 14 actually them for representing, in • political
taking in accordance with the five acme, about the most free of all cont-
rite flat rate agreement entered Into uiunitieM and at the came time rusk
by Mr. Hearst in 1912 as Minister of them. as scan as war breaks out, W
Mines-- all arrangement which react as 0 their history were one of a
Mr Hew st admits was not authorized continuous training in unbroken nhe-
by the Legislature dienee to hither aulho City It is is
Sano Clark, M P. P. for East ',norm to hate expected the supine
Northumberland, elated the CROP to a Berman Soci,ilists on August 1.t, 1911,
nutshell when he said. "The liovern- to have inaugurated a revolution for
meat taxers the poor man who wants ;ware as to have••xp.cted the intensely
to ere • nickel Amer and lel. the pint- independent British workman t0 hat•
corral. of the nickel companies off With suddenly become docile because war
e snnga4l, under the 1'on.enativP M1- heti been declared. Those of us who
In really believe in Mistress Democracy
ministration, the etpenditurea of the
I'rovinre were eight and A half mil-
lion dn114r. ; today, under the seine not only declares that the tat is illegal
administration, the expenditure and unconstitutional, bat claims that
amount* to twenty-three million dol the Ontario Government is not even
lane spending the money so raised *echo
Fight ng the One -Mill Tax.
One of the leis 'imprisons in the pol-
itical situatlnn is the violence of the
at.tark road, by the Consery *di vP
Mayor of Toronto on the, Provincial
steel for war porpnsra. Whether or
not steely
Church is right in his eon- been dieeoveied, the war would tie
tent inn. the important phase of the over today and democracy would be
matter is that, agwin in this ease, the under the heels of the Central Powers.
lio.ernment worts not here hu( to it may he that the recently found
lay this heavy •err• burden on the mhos of squelching the indornerine
a.bortno•sa of ammunition beer, a lick
of reserves there. For s.'1 tto,, ,t the
president of a great raile•e system
once said. th■t won e.nly wins tweet
profit who takes long chancre. w bo
Ir)s his 1(1,11)814.4.411 not lout i unrs in
tivx but three time. in five. 11 • w. o.1
have tided wish feet wing „f the CAN
net whish vote d far th•• . lar,• di: len to
the Dardanelles, w hiell mutt now is
put down as a military (adult., though
pwu hope, the greatest poll. te.0 succus •
of the Wet. For prior I.' its under-
teking the nnr'vital thing the friends
art hi,KI
and awl France I.a 1 1.
. fear
. u.,
was the poot, 1,1 yr r( Bitola** ears
•ion.
When Hasten t,.•ops l.r.nrd rt
the li.l1.ie•1: t5u,n..,I-, tl,.t 111.1110m
MAR ,woo -had nod the r,l ,.n4i.• ss..•. ass
et the Allies was *hetety seised to a
. newel certainty 1tu ,.is need rower
be omens to friend. ►clop.' The
A-1stTakata who yielded up their lives
thrix did not die in trail,. Th. y clinched
the ultimate vi -torr.
That Great 14iitain will lis found lar
have wade her share of noistak.•n is
11, spas..,i gied, The point is that most
o f tbe.wc■Il.d west wi-t, k'i which
.he *s rssuni«I t,. have mote Are with. r
the 0 or Ie.s met i,eblr e.mcomit-
ants of all eewlv•evolv.d g•eat ricer-
, ..,•meed on *'..ie 7.
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