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A GAIN We arefacedwith thelmportance of confining our„Christtnas giving to tifts that are
practical. Again we must exhibit true economei in otir choice of presents for father,
mother, sister and brother. You should realize that the place to obtain this kind of gift is
in a hardware store—for in our business nothing is placed in stock that is not a truly. needed
article. In this Hardware Shop you will find en.erything necessary from which to make your
wise selection • for the entire family.
Note these Helpfui Suggestions:
•• $1.50'
Carpet Sweepers
Preserving Kettl
Snow Shoes...
to. $1.65
. . ..
es.....25c to $2.00
$4)25
Pocket nives .... .....,..250 to $2.00
Silver Knives & Forks 6,50 to $11
Silver Spoons.. _,..$2.50 to $12
Thermos Lunch Kits............$4.5O
Berry Spoons ...0.25 to $3
Scissors... to $1.45
a
P**4‘.4.
,
a***,:t•vaact..''-
alters
•of extra good
pleasing- gifts
$1.25
Back Bilis-
-leather will be
between neigh—
ors.
to $1.90
53.40 to 54
.11ORSE Chit PERS.
25c to- $3.00
Food Choppers
An every -day necessity
52.50 to $3.50.
Carving Set, real english make
$3.50 to $10
RAZORS
Auto Strati $5
Gillette Strops alic up
.81111111E
Special set of Irons 1.50
Nickled Teapots 52 to
4;3 -.044 •
Roasting Pins 05c to
$2.00 —
Bread Boards 35c
NICKLED TEA KETTLES
• $2.75 to $3.5O
George A. Sills
Sip fxpasitor
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SEAVORTH, Friday Dec. I3th, 1919.
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'WHAT THE WAR HAS DONE FOR
• BRITAIN
• (Concluded from Last Week)
One was on a day of political crisis,
when some innocent souls thought
Mr. Lloyd George was in danger of
being driven from power, and when,
-with the eyes of the world focused on
Westminster, with the benches and
galleries of the Commons packed, the
Prime Minister in a great speech drove
Ids enemies from the field in utter
route:, -Theother was on the day
.must be provide
arfter the war. Ve
'Wes will build them, using their went Germany planned, before the tlose o
credit, backed by the naticatel govern- 16-4.i Germany was throttled from
merit's. The• goverment has .set a the beginning by a fleet whose very
splendid example, of how to improve location, in fax northern Orkneys,
hoeusing and sanitary conditions where was not known to the, world' till:
ever it has built for war workers. menthe after Germany was seated
Out of the United Kingdom alone, tight.,
with its 46,000,000 population, ituive It was for Britain to send the he -
been drawn. 6,000,000 men for military
hundred daya—but saved.the Clialti4e1
roic Irst army that died in the first
and navalieerviee; 1,250,000 have conie
as fast as possible beekbone of .the Entente cause. With- I triable
an
well' muintiPale ont it the wa,r would, leave ended, as giant la
At Gig Green were ,n
people in one pitinviamo
osfres, as about,
were ye/Mewl an
. the farde we f
RECEMBER 13,19i8
CAPITAL AND, RESERVE —•et toil
*i BRANCHES LN CA a I A
A General Banking Busineee Tea - Acted
_
CIRCULAR LEJTERs OF CREDIT
BANK MONEY ORDERS
SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT
Merest allowed at highest Carrel -0 Rate
et
BRANCHES IN THIS DISTRICT:
'Beucelield St Marys liirkton
Outer 'Clinton Hensel' Zurich
wornan ulfrage seemed on the. day
wair bro outs
After that will come adaptation of
fed -.l system to the kingdom.
th
Pr inom • ry rumblings in public
thought are telling of it, 1 here will
be ilegis atures, like those of our Am-.
e can S tes, for Scotland, Wales,rne-
tr polit n- LonctOn; probably two for
Ireland; one and perhaps more for
Eriglan outside London; and all these
• States 11 be represented in -the West-
minster Parliament is ours tire in the ,
Congres at Washington.
Per s the Dominions will at
length end their delegates there, too;
if not, some sort of truly imperial
wham nt will make place for them
and for closer political union of mem-
bers t t- the war has drawn -into
a newspiritual community. ,
_
A better __race of British men -and:
women will come out of this war.
NotwithStandiflg the physical misfor-
tune toi the race of having so many -
of its h st men killed or maimed, Bri-
tain will gain vastly more. than it
ill lose through the training., discip-
line, and physical improvement of its
'manhood; through teaching reliance,
If -res eet, realities, true values. The
world '11 gain greatly by a renais-
Britain of that spirit that
ritishers its pioneers, colonize
ar ad *nistrators. And that neetais-
sa ce has been achieved..
her e will be a moveraent of Eng-
lishmen to the distant quarters of the
w0; but enough .will remain. at home
toibUifll the'motherland to a greater
and better eositaon.
Misivinga about Britem sinking
to second rate among the powere
are at any rate some centuries previa -
tare. The tight little island will con-
tinue the power -house a the line."
eigdeoilailitrasstitiniallitoii be developed as never before.
It has found itself anew. There is
to -day a erfect Mania for efficieney,
were OPerabfig,:t414-1 mile of shiPwaYs Ott -
w ° eally little stream, that 2s the
•-hters of the irorhea sbilipb4g md
try, and *email and men. worked side
by side on the scaffold ,at ;setting
and .rivettinge forging and casting, as
, If they had always done it.
from the dominions and colonies abet ecoestr—Enidand must needs Provide
1,150,000, more from India. the hopeless expeilitiomto relieve Ante
A mililion British lives, it was ree werp—a meneuver thee , failed in its
cently ted, have been given to the immediate purpose, bUth'aved Belgium
cause; yet this sacrifice will on)y to the Entente. - -
slightly affect the Kingdom's papilla- Britain bore the horror of Gellipoli
without wincing. When thehourcarne
tion, because improved living condi-
for the tables to turn, wheri glom; and
tions of the civil population have ef- victory were at length'. among the
fected so 'great a compensatory say. -
when Mr. Fisher, Minister for Educe- hie- of life at home. possibilitiemillrittein, in the interest of
tion, presented. and explained in de- Only recently has the birth rate been unity and efficiency, placed her army
appreciably depressed, whit th under a French commander-in-chief
tail an ambitious but dry -as -dust pro- e e say -
gram for educational reforms ing of infant and adult lives has been am never afterward tmestioneehie
management of the etruggle, -
The one occasion saw a tremencl- I astonishing. With all its boasted ef- Britain was not a 'military country.
ously dramatic political spectacle; the ficiency and talent for organization, 1 Its facilities for producing the ;wee -
ether, a thre hours' explanation of a . venture to say that Ge any has been series of war were hopelessly inadee
complex piece of constructive legislae outstrippedt' thb •
Y quate to such a contest they had to
in these regards war -
tion. Yet I am not sure that Mr. time Britain. be Created; and while handling a sea
Lloyd -George's was the greater tri-
umph. To a House of Commons that Alongside the militar mobilization campaign that might ell have been
bad already voted away . something that produced the gigantic British esteemed her full sharp, providing the
army. end a ro Eitel doubled the Alps and money and supplies,' she
like a quarter of the national wealth navy has gone ii civil Yreorganization built ' the organization for producing
in war a.ppropriations, Mr. Fisher
attempt -
calmly made his demand for $75,000,- that has made it possible not only the
munitions on a scale never attempt -
create. and continuouslyPexpand the ed before.
000 to inaugurate a complete new edu-
cational organization—and -was elle. war industries, but to keep alive the Bven now; how many people know vested kindness of. its supportersworld commerce by which the nationthat theVickers:Maxim establish- • has seen the last of over-procluetion:
there was eversipropect that the dee
•mand for explosives in engineering
work plus the market for celluloid
specialties in endless variety would
tkeep the establishment busy with
merely some. mrather easy adanta-
dons of its products.
The new Ministry of Reconstruction
the Board of Trade, foreign trading
houses, bankers, consular service, have
co-operated throughout the world to
strengthen Britain's hold on foreign
markets. •
In anticipation. of changed. condi.
tione after peace returns, of increased
credit requirements to restock the
warehouses and restore the public
utilities of the World, a series of great
banking coniolidetions has taken plaee
in England in the last year. They
are part of the economic mobilization
for the competitive struggle after thee
war.
The alien property authorities of
Kingdom and Empire have been quiet-
ly tracing out and untying the bonds
by which intriguing German intereats
had established hoid on rriany Indus-
tries, markets,. fivancial and commer-
cial opportunitma The German sales-
man who goes out to offer his wares
hereafter -wt11 find himself dealing
with every much reconstructed come
inercial -world. Whatever he my have
thought of British competition. prior
to August, 1914, he will find it the
real thing along about August, 1920.
- a groat foundry where casings
- for the bit naval shells were east,
The Hospital for Sick ChiltrOR I.We found t floor filled With women
in overalls and oil-clqh• 4aps, doing
fORONT.0 tPrae.tleallif all the work.
At Birminghamj where
'the cartri -
Oh ' made by millions, wo•
men 'were tiPer-
d
• War Laid Heavy Hane on childeetiet, - gas: for rifles. and machine gabs are
•
Dear Mr. Editor:a- •
• The., annual report of , the Hoep14ai
for Sick Children, Toronto, mains
new recent, despite the beavy
%an the War placed upon its wprk: ;
The task of mieistering to the, set
fering.ninnigsters of this province wee
no light one in vie* of the -Ilospitak
splendid response to the -national cae4
25 dobtors and 43 nurses froui its
forces have 'seen service. overseas,
Yet the number of patients treated
•, is 6,048, or 1,308 -more than last year.,
_Of these in -patients, 759 were freni
266 places outside of -Toronto.
.ating the machines,. with hardly. a
man in sight. .Outside, at the ship-
, ping warehouses,. we saw the boxes
With labels steneeled on them, ready
tipx,shipment. They were going -toi
France, Italy, Saloniki, Mesopotamia,
South Africa, Rtisaia, the South Seat
•—everywhere that Britain. and the all
lies . were fighting.
What 'about these women, now hab-
ited to their place in industry, to the
self-respecting senstatioe of doing
Medi part In the world's work to
.earning, good-wagesand bein.g. nide-
'pendent? Will they willingly give Up
their places to the men after the war?
fee th
meas
That
tj1re.
try li
tfee
thing
eel
of a
ched
y 'production, elimination Of
otion, suppression of waste.
thing that Britain has done
the war will have an effect
national life not yet tto be
, but certainly far-reaching.
s the rehabilitation of agrieul-
In .1918, we are told, the eoun-
s produced foodstuffs' era)
it for 40 of thei 52 tweets.
To -
like that has been done for half
•ury. It is one ofenaneninstancee
mplishing the impossible. Sa-
arks and beloved areas of grass
lands have been sacrificed; but the
food Was .produced, becinnemthere were
no ships In which to importite
Not again will Britain nermit itself
to be dependent for its dailk bread on
the uncertainties of importation. Ag-
riculture is to become a chief objeet
netional solicitude, and will remaixi,
o. The 1918 achievement would not
ve been so. striking in normal con-
itio
men
in t
ders
As a business proposition, there is
no eorapalison betiteen the value you
receive from ,a year's subseription for
The Farmefs Weekly Sun and tbet Of
any other farin*paper, considering its .
accurate market forcasts and reports.
The Sister's page doubles the value
It is a woman's page with life in ev-
ery line. No increase in price, One
Dollar per rot
greornad
corn
ma
slue
mg
Ani
Si
son
a n
The tireless efforts of the staff> sho
made posaible also a reduction in \the The question is asked constantly . call
average length of stay necessary
the little patients from 24 days
1914 to 14 this year..
These results show that the Hs-
pital has again pair' to the „child en
rich dividends of health upon th ity
or am gong to attempt an answer, based Som
Ir on what I have learned of the British I lam
national ambition mid the British wo- fa
man's conception of her relationl to fami
it. , • had
Britain has the idea that this ,world thou
If
ings
to s
acce
tax
hay
apr
that
end
muc
Am
and
goo
poli
s am t,o labor, ettilititila, 'unple-
fertiliiatiole, and the like; but
e circumstances of. its aeceme
'tient it one of thte war's. wen.:
1 I
**thin has learned anew, what a
agiultal industryimeanse has
Led that the land is foe use 'first,
pleat :afterward. Twigs on in-
s,. rates on the broad acres of
ruel estates, are solving the land
tion. The great holdings, are be-
isintergrated at a rate of which
limns have little conception. .
gle proprietors have sold ht auc-
hundreds of farms. In one case
bleman specified that tenants
Id have preference, and practi-
all his holding s went to them.
of the lands had been in his
ly 600 years, and some of the
s had *ea. held by the game,
imi of tenants for 300; but neve
there been, till this sale, the
ght of possible ownership.
this disintegration of land hold -
does not proceed fast enough
tisfy the public desire, it will be
erated by application of urther
ion measures which the people
in mind. Mx Lloyd -George,
opos certain budgetarer reforms
When enacted, did not especially
ar him to the "best people,' did
to popularize the works of his
rican namesake, Henry 'George;
hesetwo Georges will have a
deal to do with directing British
for some tine. after the war.
There has been careful- stew-elide/4 It has become -convinced that the
hves In bulk. the exports of Britain nen in in England employ more peo-
That applause was the testimony of Abe fumy entrusted to the Hogeitlii- real difficulty that gets things , out of
munition girl who aspires to be mere value they have been amazingly mainin- realizes what. it meens.for the British
ing-1n everY dfreetien exeePt whe0i So it . proposes, that the ladies shall -
that Britain intended to help the have • indeed greatly decreased; pie than all the Krupp' works. Who There Inv; Seen saying—almpet Serif* - emintnnic kelter is under -consumption,.
- like a. lady; to help the farm boy, tained; which means -support of .Brit- navy and transport Service tO have it would 'prevent the, HOspiteretsootn- keep on working the men shall join
ish credit thioughaut the -world. tranSported overesas 16,000,006 • SO ing while digging trenches in Flan- . ing the tingierhn, or shortening . nie the, and atrangmentS shall be made
-.tiers, has learned to see life With a ' And not only have the exports main- SiCkiii3813 Of . one ehild. The daily ma for such a. distribution of 'their joint
tained British credit and upheld the
wider vision than When plowing fur- of 'operatidn WAS held at' the..lowei* '
Product that there will be no over -pro-
pound sterling; they have been so di- pointawhieh wmild still allow the ,&idiom I
rows in Kent. rected and handled as to lay a feunda-
Like every other British reform,
the educational act irefully utilizes
the long -laid founitations, avoids un-
necessary shock to tradition, saves and
builds upon whatever has been found
good. It has silica biecome a law,
and for its co-ordination of all grades
from kindergarten to university, for
its plans to make eclueatioe compul-
sory, practical, and cultural; for its
guarantees of the full Measure of
educational opportunity that ever
type of adolescent mind may justify,
it seems fairly to justify the verdict
of some educators, that it is the most
complete and satisfactory educational bills of lading and commercial accep-
tances that we are just beginning to
realize. .
On the afternoon of the coldest day
of the bitter winter of 1916-17 I land-
ed in Lonndon ,after shivering thro'
the ride from Liverpool. A robust
rehuess hoisted our bags -atop her taxi
and drove us to a.hotel where we got
quartera, That night we were refus •
edtcoal for the grate in our room;
there was no coal save for invalids.
But that same week a convoy of
vessels laden to the last pound with
.about illiteracy, our 11,000,000 alien coal for suffering Norway had clear -
residents, use of foreign languages in ed from a British port and been safely tune: unless her oranges were taken,
great communities, and the physical escorted by British destroyers and ! she would not let her 'ion ore go!
:t
ir
degeneracy of great classes.which have cruisers to its northern destination. 1 Italy and rFance ust have on
been made available throtigh the work- That awful whited Britain did without I ore from Sapain or th war might as
ing of the universal military service coal in order that Scandinavia, France well he stopped. So- Britain quietly
client, first -and last, wi
negligible. ,
Tak,e the air servic,
the creation, ablsolu
mense industry—so bi
in its ramifications it
age to be the greatest
dustry in the cotintr
30,000 aeroplanes a ye
losses almost
. It required
ly of an im-
in. fact, that
as said a. year
single war in -
It requires
a to keep 1000
ton for British trade after the war,
wherleon will rise a structure that will
be more than even the despair of Ger-
man competition.
Although America has gathered
in half of the world's monetary gold,
we have not borne the sole respon0-
bility of directing the war's finances.
In truth, we have loaned money to the
world, while Britain has both loaned
money to it and—far more important
-a:financed it. British credit and world
reaching banking organization havern
accoplialied amazing results with
echeme ever devised for any nation.
If space -would permit, a digest of
this measure, which combines a scheme
of universal education with new and
necessary restrictions on child labor,
would give an excellent idea of how
the British have managed, while meet -
the demands slathered on them by a
warring world. to find time for con-
structive reforms.
Here in America a few peoplt have
just begun to study the amazing data
children entrusted to the Hospital to The great' lesson that British peo-
get. the best medicine and the beet. of
ple have learned from the war is this
care.
And yet so high has risen the cost of
every item in the llospitans budget—in
labor, in fuel, in food, and, above all,
at work constantly on the fighting in medical supplies—that the mini
lines so great is the wastage. Eng- , mum expense of taking 'care of one
land has been acoariplishing more child for one day has risen from $2.34
in 1918. Of
than this; unostentatioasly; she shoul-
dered this along with the otheinbur-
dens.
• And doing all. thiei Britain had
still industrial resources that enabled
her to aid America in providing hun-
dreds of thousands o1f uniforms for
our soldiers befor
sources of supply
of production were fu
• There is an inciden
always thought peculiarly illustrates
the sort of services Britain has been
rendering 1l along.
-nage becane so scare
trictions ere put o
oranges were barn
mainly from Spain, an
was. raieed in that c
gth—so the story we
the time—Spain deliv
our own
nd machinery
ly organized.
which I have
tiring 1917 ton -
that new res -
imports and
They came
a huge uproar
untry. At len- .
t in London at
red' an ultima-
act. Britain has studied its corres- and Italy might have it Britain—
ponding data, and has taken measures that is ,except the munition works;
to end disgraceful conditions they must have their allotment, be -
Foreseeing the myriad problems of eause the armies of Britain a.nd the
after the war, they have set up in armies of her allies mast be equipped.
Britain a Ministry of Renconstruction All the way through, it has been for
'headed by Dr. Charles Addison, which Britain to t!arry burdens, supply de-
hts. produced a great mass of illumi- ficiencies, provide means, perform the
mating studies in existing conditions, i tasks that were neither spectacular,
-with plans for th,_.ir refonn. It is cal- ; nor heroic. The British navy, work-
culated over ane million new homes ling almost in secret, has been the
-lifted the embargo dn oranges, and
somehow scraped up the shipping to
bring the orenges, and also to de-
liver the bre to France and Italy.
Everybody know hew British woe
men have taken the places of men in
industry, but nobody who has not seen
can understand. At Sheffied we saw
a gun being turned into shape, so big
that we were pledged, not to publish
it calbire lest the eeemy learn too
hack in 1914 to $3.
ebriety, ,serious-mindedness, and the
that, t1.66%—the, a nt Per patient
necessity of stretching all supplies to
per day that the offi ial Government
grants do not cover—must come from make them go round. Money ceased
voluntary contributions., to mean so much to one, though he
During the past fotir -years debts had a bushel of bank notes,wasn't
were ificurred to the extent of 1100,- allowed to spend more than "one and
of, consumption. They have acquir-
ed the habit of being steadily employ-
ed at good wages. They have learned
how to spend their money carefully,
sanely, thriftily. They have learned
• to save; the bond -selling campaigns
have taught that Thrift came from
000, which the Trustees felt assured
'would be wiped out by the public as
'soon as thewar draw to. its close, and
those heavy demands eease which
have, been made upon the geuerosity
of the loyal people of this province.
thrippence" for afternoon tea, with
other meals in proportion.
London is full of great houses era -
cant. Incothe taxes have done Part
of it, the _fuel controller much. Who
wants a forty room house when the
The time has now 001116' when it is no coal administration allows only fleet
cessamt to make known the Hospital's to heat seven rooms, and when set -
dire need of financial assistancevants cannot be had at any wage? So
If this 43rd Christmas appeal fails ' the great` plaees stand empty, while
"
to rally the friends of this Charity to there is a scarcity of middle-class liou-
its support, it will be necessary to
lies; .palaces : are too expenhive,
hovels
mortgage its land, buildings and plantno longer good enough.
By the bounty of the late John Ross The levelling up-and-down process
Robertson that property.has jest been - is actually happening, and England is
cleared ot debt for the first time since 'a whole likes it Lincoln said, "God
It began its ministry of healing mercy, mast have loved the common people,
Little children have lost a big-
hearted friend, and the province a
noble benefactor. It is for the public
to decide whether ,his life -work shall
be shadowed with a mortgage within
less than a year of his passing.
What think you?
Send your answer as soon as pos-
sible to the Secretary -Treasurer, Hos-
pital for Sick Children, College Street,
Toronto. Meanwhile the Charity will
"Cd.rry on," trusting In your support.
filen NG E. ROBERTSON,
Chairman of Appeal Committee
for he Made so many of them." A.
the conviction that they are the peo-
pie and the government gave thein
all--inen and women—the ballot
The minority that doesn't like the
new order will have no power of veto.
The House of Lords is far advanced
on the way to a reorganization that
will make it almost another United
States Senate—elective and without
hereditary right to seats. A parliaas one i
-
plan, and it is nearer adoption than Yet i
Bttt, though the British may become
substantialy self-supporting as to ag-
ure, they will of course, remain
rily an industrial, commercial,
ime, and financial petiple. With
e drafts that war has made on
an-poweri England has actually
sed its iron and steel produce
to ship -building and .its relation
rld commerce hereafter, those
folk who fear the loss of Brit -
supremacy would do well to see
yde, the Tyne, and the Belfast
`Ming districts, and to learn a -
he new national shipyards on
1 Channel. After' nearly four
of war, in which it had borne
n's share of shipving losses, the
merchant marme was still able
the criteial weeks of last spring
miner; to transport 60 per cent
'cul
prim
mari
all t
its
incre
tion.
As
to w
kindl
ish se
the
shipb
bout
Brist
years
the li
Britis
durin
and s
of the First American army of two
Millio soldiers sent across the Atte/e-
tc.
The country's industrial plant has
been e panded during the war beyond
all pop r knowledge. Morevoer, the
expans on has been directed by an un-
g purpose to make the new es-
ents easily adaptable to peace
on.
itro-dellulose plant at Gretna
overs an area of nine miles
It requires a hundred miles
railways. It has been built
since the year began, and, as
es nothing but high explose
ht be reasonably regarded
dustry whose proudct would
d a market in peace thnen 1
s management assured me
for England, the war fil ed them with waveri
tabhsh
product
The
Green
by fire.
of plan
entirely
it produ
ives, mi
mentary commission has reported the
hardly 11
f••
SALE NO
Save yourself th
venience of coiL
having this flant
We will look aftc
and credit the arn
Consult the Man
SEAFORTH BRAM
0111001Mallinilittneinnnalneninate,
elvt
iWifltt!
DISTRICT
MATTERS
WHITE ENSIGN SUPREME
SOUTHERN SEAS
"Had the British Navy been :
prepared te contest German milit
tic aspirations on the sea during
Arst six months of the war, Geri
ea -day would have been the mast(
Europe,"
Such was the remark of an An
lean high offieial some months
Four eiears of war has vindicated
observation and justified the expi
ture of the British people upon
Royal Nav.y.
But' during the six months iof
tilities, from that fateful August
tvehen Germany eefused to accept /
:htration. and issued her ultimatur
the Entente nations, :to well into
New Year of 1915, the British
had an agitated existence. While
bottling -up process wss singul
complete ill the Kiel 'Canal and
waters adjacent thereto, in the 11
nemo-te seas German maritime ma
ders roamed in search of prey -
In November, 1914, the world h
•of Coronei, and the defeat of the
lant Sir Christopher.Cmdock. It
dire news for the- Entente, and a
day for the British nation.
Lord Fisher had scarcely sued
ed Prince Henry of Batteniterg
First Sea Lord, ere he took the
steps in the naval 'campaign w
brought about the downfall oft
Spee and his _South Sea Squadr
the Battle of Falkland Islands.
iiidniiral Sir Frederick Doveton S
dee headed the squadron .
avenge Admiral Cradock, and tilt
650 officers and men Vale had gon
thefr last sleep in the blue water
the Pacific. How he accomplished
object has been told in a vivid mai
by the greatest historians of the
Surprise was to he the principa.
einent utilize.d by the .A.dmirality
• the defeat of on Spee Conseque
the expedition. was kept a pre&
ineerete ndetful achievement ei
the heti :and echive espior
te is taken
consi
tant ne
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Accommodation
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CinPittmas Visitors
ANY are looking
forward to to theiy
visit to Liindon
during the Christmas
season.
"Where catt I stay ?"
'This store answers the
question, with its every
'accommodation for
• Chris -tines visitors.
A Free Check Room
for your wraps and
luggage.
Ladies' Rest Room.
Writing Room.
• Information Bureau
and Restaurant.
wherneyhour.youmay luncheon
ay
We are now prepared) to.
receive our Christmas visitors.
The basement is transformed
into a jolly Toy -Town, and
the Christmas Bazaar is on
the second floor.
The Chr;stroas spirit is in
evidenca everywhere. We in-
vite you to use the conveni-
ences of this store when in the
gewithout tfee,ling, under
the feast obligation to make
I 1,t.tr
;c2
Limirr." --
LONDONI ONT.
Childien Cry
FOR FLEICIER'S
CASTORiA:
onceived by the Eri
rid the Seouthere Sea
erinan raiders Annie,
us, and evoked the admire
of Naval Strategists.
• Rear-Admiral-Sturdee Was given
liberty of action which would al
bim to apPly the plan hi keeping
existing eonditipns. His was a g
of bluff, an allurement in the st
of eviroless message to the itOi
us", instracting her to proceed
Port Stanloir Falldands, wi
She was tad there viate Safe eonc
extent and teeurity from the Oen
Squadron, singe guile for the new 1
bad arlived.
Vone,Spee intercepted the mess
its it was Winded that lie aln
Ile rightry believed that
new guns was all nonsenie.
ed with his success, over the 330,
Squadronneit,Coroliel, his cunning
the moment -forsook bin' 3.„ Rd*,
It would be tte steam for jbe
lands, seize the disabled "Ciente
eindt at the seine time, the win
Station at Port Stanley! This
be could sail across the Atiaitti
the Sout 'eareirmast and titer
tereept t E igen Force at lead
33ani, with distietha* *eats to
His ' plan fras eimsterW
ambitious, but he overlooked the
factor of -sea ViatfarB, lit WS et
'less to strike a vital 'Moir at
- Allied nate= in the Southey!' I
Ike failed to appreelato the spir,
true British seamansbip; arid to
this failure meantdefeat and tl
Admiral- Sturclee's initial foss
was the "invincible" and the "Ir
ible," two battle cruisers, disph
17,250 tons, and having a speed of
knots; the "Carnarvon 10,850
lancl 22-3 knots; the "Kent" ans
"Cidrxrwall," each 9,000 tons, az
peed of of 28 knots'. At sea, this
Was joined the Felt cruiser Bi
Which belonged to the West Atl
Station; and the armored liners
edonia," and the "Glasgow,"
• On the morrtilig of December
the British squadron arrived at
Stanley, which lies at the Easter!
Xer of the East Island, - The
lands, with their brown moors,
lbocghavnnst,hangduathrtezir tSliceoirtchinr"
are a striking simile to the Outi
brides of of- the Orkneys, transp
to the Southern Seas. Ponte81
is at deeply indented gat Teadi
an inner harb*, The low abor
the south side eV...coo vessels ensc
therein an excellent Vie4i4f i.
*ea,
December the 7th luta
the British_Fleet in coah'n
Ing ready for the gra*:
"Canopus," the "liettinr
govv" were in the inner
o1nileAble4"
inera's 'Kent" and "Cornwall'
keiter gulf.
Dawn had barely awakened,*
'ceinber 3tth, before von Spee a
from the direction of Cape
Ever wary, he sent one of the
cruisers ahead to reconnoitre, an
'vessel reported the presence te.'
British warships, probably the"
and the "Macedonia," the first
tideible on rounding the islands
But here won Spee blundered.
/misjudged the two ships as th
tart of Cradock's ill-fated