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or that of the Union Government of Canada ?

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wnsi-uNo'roN,De'c. 11-Declaration.

of war with Austria-Hun “WY "me rehdiuatment filifrgfiililii-TIIE tween the United States and thc Dual Monarchy, because the state of wa, which Congress is about to declare ex lets actually has been a fact for many months.

It changes the status of Au .

Hungarian affairs in the United stiiiit; very- little, other than to include all sublocts of the dual empire in the list of eliemy aliens. Austria-Hungary has had no diplomatic or consular relu- liolls with the United States since they were broken off April 9, lmmad. fately following the diplomatic break with Germany.

Comparatively few Americans non..

in the United States remain, In Aus.. tflmalthough there are some hundreds of Galician Jews and other Aus. lrifliis who have claims to American citizenship by naturalization 'or hav. ing taken out first, papers. The attit- ude of the State Department is under- stood to bo that the breaking ol' dlp- lomatic relations was sufficient warn- ilis' to them to -leave, ann that -effort to get them out now would be useless, There are no American consular or diplomatic officers now in Austria, Diplomatic affairs of the United States in Vienna are in the hands cl Spain. Austria's affairs here are hand- led by Sweden. _

Necessity Long Apparent

There have been no such number

of depreditions on American lives and rights by Austrian military forces as has been the case with Germany, bllt Austria, as the willing or unwilling ally of Germany, has gradually comp into ii. position where officials of the American government have realized more and more clearly that she must be included with Germany as an en- Gllmy- TNS Was apparent even before thg Teutonic invasion of Ituly nnulc the 'Austrodtalian front literally u

against the United States, there have ‘been rather a series of acts short of being classed as cause for war. They H0 back to the beginning of thc Eur- opean war.

Long before former Ambaiisadol'

Dumba was uncovered as an Instigutur of strikes' ill American niallufacturing plants-, and sent home early in Octo- ber, 1915, to Vienna. thi, government had evidence that the Austrian diplo- matic and consular service was bein; used in this country for Germanyk warlike purposes.

German; Used Austrian Code

The' Secret Service found how the

Austrian diplomatic code and the of- fices of Austrian consuls were being used for activities Germany could not carry on in the United States with her own officials. In some cases where` E-ubmari-nes sunk unresistiug passen- ger liners, with great loss of life, it appeared that the U-boats themselves were Austrian. but there was little doubt that the officers- and crew were Germans, and that the submerbiles were acting under German orders.The most striking case of that sort was the destruction of the Italian liner An- cona, in which responsibility novel was definitely established. -

The first attack on nn' American ship which attracted the attention of thc natlon was that upon the Americar tank steamer Petrolite. An Austrian submarine fired on the_ ship, killed r member of the crew and forcibly took off supplies while the muster was held up it hostage on the submarine. Notll ing bllt evasive diplomatic correspond- ence' ever came of it. Tile Axnerlcal steamer Schuylkill. sunk last week, is believed to have sent down by on Austrian submarine, but there' has been no absolute proof.

German sublnarines ill the Mediter-

rnueut have been flying the Austrian Ilug and Austrian submarines have

P911 Of the Western front, on whIch| American forces are operating . H There has been no outstandlugI over act’ on the part. of Austriai

been flying the German flag. Appar- ently,commanders of both navies have been interchanging flags to avoid rcs ponl-:-Ibility for lawless acts.

MILIIIINAIRS JUNIP ` 7,925 IN UNE YEAH

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-Statistic

al tables prepared by the Income Tax Division of the International Revenue Bureau, which became available to- day and will be published as an appendix to the report oi'Daniel C. Roper, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, show that in ths' last income taxing year, 1916. the number of Alu- erlcan millionaires increased 7.025 over the previous year. I The income tax returns for thc

your ending- with December. 1015. showed `a grand total of 14.111 lull- lionelres. Tho returns for the year 1il18. made public to-day, show that. there are 22,696 American million- airee. Ffhese figures are not the rf-suit of

gceiieue-, but are the returns that have yielded the Government a very large rarvenu`e.durl-ng the last ye‘ar.and they may, therefore, be accepted as

authentiio, `lt is possible that they are rat er under than over the actua! -number. The experts of the Internal Revenue Bureau, in making the esti- matd of millionaires, employ the, eimpile rule' of capitalizing the for- tunes of men who pay the tax by asduming that the average rate of Iu- come is around 4 per cent. and. be- ginning with the' class of incomes that range from $40.00 to $50-00 and S0 ing on up to the las; class under the law, which is the income ranging from 85,000,000 up, It is an easy mut- ter to calculate the number of mil- lionaires. 'But there Is a class of in- comes ranging from $30.000, to $40,000 a year, and no doubt thers are many who get only 3 per cent on their In- vestments. or 'who have' Periodical revlrses, and so claim exemption

of the million mark. '

REOUMENT OF ,I MULT.IMIL,LION-

' AIREB

The class of multinnillionaires- is not

so easily estimated. There are ten ilerlong in the country who have BD annual income' of over $5,000,000 each. Beckford on the rule of a 4 per cent rote of income, they are worth $125.- 000,000 each. There are ning persons who were taxed Iaet year for an in- come or 34,000,000 tc $5,000,000. These my bg pggnrdqd ag having fortunes afghan; $100,000,000 each. There are Jmirteon who reported having an in- come ol’ from $3.000.000 to 8.000.000: thirty-four who enjoyed incomes reeling from $2,000,000 to 83,000,000- If all persons who in the various cinch mme ay the income tex law received incomes rlinliiit from 815.000 up to th, highest. einem-e.to be do scrum on mulumillmaaires. we Ill" In he Uni States 3788 of thmi.

of a regiment of infuntryy under -'thc new United States Army organization.

The annual Blue Book of the Com-

miss-Iouiers' of His Majestyis inland Revenue for the year ending March 31. _1916, shows, following the sys tem \of estimating employed here that there are in the' United Kingdom 5,154 millionaires-. There is. however, lyvery significant difieronrc appure-nl in the Higher calss. Whccr thc United States has ten multimi-lilon hires' with $125,000,000 each to their credIt.`tho United Kingdom has sev- enty-nino. Where we have nine with $100,000,000, Great Britain has sixty- oight. Where we have fourteen with $75,000,000 to $100,000,000, Great Britain has forty-five. and whctre we have thirty-four who possess from $5,000,000 to $75,000,000, Great Britain has seventy-three. To our forty-twi who have from $37,500,000 to $50,000,- 000, Great Britain has sixty-one.

WHERE THE LINE I8 CROSSED

ln the next lower class we begin to

show an advantage with ninety-seven to Great Britain’s eigthy-three, the limits of fortunes bei-ng from $25,000,- 000 to $37,500,000. A striking showing is that the income tax revenues de- rived from millionaires Is less than one per cent of the' total revenues de- rived from taxing individual incomes.

The fact that collections of income

were $180,108,000 In 1916.ns compllred with $67,943,000 In the preceding year,

lie held to show the great importance to the country of‘this source of re- ceipts. Tbe Internal llsvenu Bureau will publish early In January a sup-

of exemption will be' shown. This work. which has- been in progress dur- ing thc last year, is regarded as or the highest importance. it will be sent to Congress for consideration as the basis for a completely co-ordinateri income tax law. which will probably be enacted In time to govern the re- tumg for the year 1919. ,

tions by States are In course of pr puration, but wl-Il not be available until about .Ia-nuary 1, 1918.

SHE ECONOMIZED.

“Tom. dear," said Mrs. Young-

bride as they sat down to dinner. “I did just as you told me to."

"Yon mean about economisingf" ‘ "Yea, inétead of burial' an-loin steak -I bought a lbrterhouse. it ina'

s plement to the Comnlis'sIoner‘s annual

th!! for the Iimie being set them buck report in which some very signililcanl

percentages will be worked out. and the great number of incomes in the twilight zone between one class and another and subject to peculiar Ideas

Tables showing income tax collec-

"I am profoundly convinlzed lllnl

what cvcryollc coll(-cllel-1 to bo ll l:l'll-:Ig ill the wo|'l.l`s llI.~:tol‘y bus- lir- conle, by reason ot’ our war-time election, 4, national crisis ill the hie- tory of Cailulln. 'l‘hcrei`ol'c, despite the misunderstanding or lnlsrcpre- sclltations to which this cxprcssloll ol my vicw is certain to expose lilo. I feel it un obligation of conscicnlzo and u duly of citivmlsllip to lllnkc' plain my own personal position ull-I to Influence, so ful' us lny lvorrls muy

the eyes of the world are fixed on

that thc anxiovusf attention ot' the

ISSUE ABOVE POLITICS.

"Were I not convinced tllzll. lllc

Issue. the dominating issuc, is fur lull away beyond and above all party politics, I should uevcr en- .lvrluin li illollght ol’ l\re1lllill;.1_- sill-ull(-oi: lillring all ele‘<-.torul campaign, Nolll- ing, moreover. is fnrllivr 1`l'<.nl my :ulnd tilun 10 llssociatl-. ln_\'soIl' with my fwcll.-lution or inailluulloll ol' in slllrerity or ilisloyally tblll nllly be lnalle or .=-zlggesicll nguillst thc vcn- sralile and illllfitriolls, 1`u|ludIall who lcnlls. thc Opposition, ur ugzlillsl lllnl suction of illu llibcrall pill'i_v wlliril ilcepls _llisflellllelsliip ill ll-lis lzllsis, Ycl if will not bc denied that over; clclncnt opposed from the beginning to (‘-zlllulla'5 participation in the wur, every elonlcn-L desirous that Cunullzl sboulil now withrlrulv from the wal' its well as- all those who llolrl it us lt principle that (Zanulla is not con-

upposition to Union Government, and. ill their (Ichiro lo bl‘ili_l: bzlzzk to power. for their own- llnlvorthy pul- posee, thc great Ieo.<Il.-`r who lliscluinis all synlpatlly wltll the principles they profess.

"In the approaching election the

iss-ue' which dwarfs ull others is l`anada’s effective continued parti- cipation ill the war. This is the issue which compels us to disregard all others, however important tbc'y might be at another time;

“It is charged that. If voluntary

enlistment failed ln Quebec from tile' beginning, and can no longer bc rc lied' upoll eis'ewlle‘rc, its- failure i.; lille to the mistakes of the Govern ment that rlirccicll tho wnr activities ol' Canada. Bc it so. Wc cunllut solve our difficulties of tolnorlow by the ldlo discllusion ol' tho lnislukos of yesterday. We mllsl [acc sqllarc- Iy the conditions of today.

DEFEAT WOULD COMFORT HUN.

“Without special rci‘ol'o'lll~o to t_`-un-

aliu, Sir .Iolln Simon. who two your-. ago withdrew from the British- (Dab-

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,fare lnoans the lrlubilization of ull the

‘against the culnl, illllmnilublc powl-I

ccrned in thc war, arc united in their polls whit-Il will sIl‘cll;:iIion IIir_».~c

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' INTERFERIJNCE WITH DUTY WHILE THE FIRE SPREADS

LODON, Ilec. 11.-Ill. Rev. M. I`- ' incl, Iiccallsc oi' l|i.~‘- oppmtllllill lu clin-

Fallon, llonlaii C-1tllolI<~. Bishop ol' ,,,.,-muon' but who now “-,.,,,~,_~ ll", London, issued the \`oI|ov:illg .~:-t:itc- l{i,,g'S uujfm-1,, \,i,,,,.,_»1r‘ rims u,.,.,,,_ lncnt rc'cently: “ 'nit-‘ly states? thi- issllt- whivll l:oll\‘rDni.<

Uelllndn In this 1-.lrl~1im\. - ‘I run im- ugilic only ollc l'lilni~, whilrh in lo bo compared to thc rriluc of pr-rlnltling lbc wut' to go on for un llll|ll>l'r~s.~':ll;v lluur, und that is Illl- vrilllc of :slack- cuing ill our pllrpo.-as-, ultcr ull the s'.tl~l'iIi(e5 we hzlvc mulI¢‘.`

“Sllull wc' colninii lllll rrinlc of

slackcllilig Ill our pllrposll uI`ll~x‘ ull fllo sacrifices wc lluvp ll|ull<"_’ i‘alll any Cullalliun Iloxlf-;-.lI_v don; Illnt llll' |.Il~|'e'lli of tllc f‘on.‘~'l`I|rloli Ilowlll- nlclll. \\'olllll llllzlll :l rcail sl.lcI<<‘r.i.l;:

influence, lIi0Sc WIi0 hl1V€ Filly C011' of our plll‘po¢'c'! \\'iIl not thi- wlloli- IIIIEHCS in llly d9IIb0I`€1tc .I\liIgIll0I\I- I\\'orld so illtcrprlil sul-Ii :l ri-.-ull of

“It is no exaggerfltion lo say iililpolli- ele~ction'z \\'ill il ucl lirics sul

und colnfort to our ollclnicsi’ Clin

Canada today, and that the ears- ol'l`vvc pretend to collsillcr It :l lill-_-vsugl. the world are listening for thu lnc.-_-' cl clloouruge'me'nt to our l`ricnlls' null' sage which will be voiced by tha, _~\l`lics? What will be Ili: cI`t`l\l', onfprovillccs. Home who speak for Quo- (-'HIIBAIIIIII DBODIB Oil the 17!Il Of U2' ,ibut one nl' our Allies \\'l\ir'll is noni' | ccmbcr next. Nor, when we clill ‘lik est us, und with \vIlose rlforls .lnlli mind the part that Canada has plo_\'~, llifllcllltics we :irc most l`aiuiIi:lr?I ed In the' great war, is it sllrprir'-Ilia; Wo rclncmbcr with what li llllwil till

rwlllltlltioll wcllcilrll limi lilc Qlcuti

world be directed to that momeliiouslAmerican Itepublic null joint-ll u.: in,

decision which this country will tbcnj the struggle rm- ips iii-fancy ,intl ppc. Sic called to ulake? scrvatlon oi' delrlol-ral-y and t‘llrislu1ll

l-I\'iliz1liiol|_ II has In*<'l\nli-il volu- lnollplure to su_\' lbal llllilllwll wu:'-

rlsolll'cc='». cillolgllls und ;l<'tl\'l'_lci= li. the entire nation, llllil cvc'i;,‘olll~ lll.l_.'| Ilrlp ol' hillll+‘.l', lbul l>vcl'_\':;nt» il:li.si fo his Ili; ol' be li slalckel. or. .~'o:'.:'-I .-iill. Irfan enemy williin lin- ga:_»_».- ‘ 'l`llr> vos.; popllluiioll ol' lllf- l'lliIl-III Sialtcs is inors l\_vfl»|‘D1.<ellcoll.-1 cvc\ll| lliiln Dur_own, tbl) <-oust-lluonl lark' of llniiolizll collcsioll i:;.ul\ ol\\Iiurl~n:~'.~'-»I ment which wa ollglli. lo liplllrli io( lllllllwsiullll. - l~Tvon in his lill1=.<l ull _:- wlgc lo (‘oll§.,"lP.s_~; I‘|‘<‘:iitIclil Wilson lx" l'ollsll‘tlilll»ii to :<u_\=: ‘I llouz' lid. \'r\il-vs ill' llI.~‘.~'l~l\l -- \‘,'lm ||v;l\ll'l. I llozlr ilu <~llii<‘ism>= uid filo l-Iulnlir oi' ilu nuI»4_\. ilu,-llt-Illl/ess :xml lrl>llI>icsoln;. I nlso si-,_ lncll llcrl-'. null lllci'-» Ililli.; illoll'|::ol\'l‘¢; Ill inlpllllelll lIisloy‘uIIy

i>l` thc nation.

“(`.zln wo plncidly lrolltcillliintl- .1

vcrllict of lilo Cuuadiull people ut lb..

t`m'L'i-,~; nl' llislluion null <li.'~lo_\-'.lli_\‘ Ill‘ the I`lliloll Sl lirs, A \lol'liicl wllirli will llulnpvl' lllvf cfforis :lull illclvu-<l~ thc lIIlII<~llIIiv,. 0i` ills; great I’l'<\-:i<lr‘ll; of thc l.:l'l‘zll licpublic on wllii-ll url; now <:elltc're=u the hope:‘~ of lllo ;:l‘:llld alliancc for the sllclressllll issue ol the war? _ '

CATHOLICS IN U. S. DO WELL

“In the llloliillzulloll ul' the re-

sources ol' the Anicl'it-all llaltion no Illiluence har- more loyully or mole effectively sllpporte:l illc efforts ot' the civil power than the hicraclly lot' thc Catholic (Jlllll°cll. The port t:-lki-'n by thc rank alnil lilo is illllicnlad in .his statement of Secretary of Wall' llolrol. mario Scplenllwr 22nd. 1917: “Thu Young Mon`s Cllrir,-Iiun Associa- tion \'cprc.~:<llig thc I’l'oIestunt dc- nollllllaliiolls, which will rllllglily con- trlhlltr,-. 60 pc'l~ i-vlli of our new urlxly. Tho l(lli;.:Ilis.ol` tiolunlblla rr>.prcsontn 'llc Catholic llcnolninatioll which will colistltllili, perhaps, 255 por cclll. of Iilll new nr|lly,’ "‘ln lllc I7uiI.LlI States hav) und ii: the lnarinc corps (Jatllolirs urc esti-

I 'The military

lilzlivd lo lui ui ‘lclisnt 50 pill' ce’_iit.

“In Ontario under thc voIunt.1i‘l

.-._\'slcln tllc proportioll ol' (liiilloli<:s.»'

culislcll is nearly 10 per cent. higher than that ol' tilt". largest Protcri-t`allt liollolliilluiioll ill thc provillcc. In Nova Scotia tht- Lfatlloiic volunlury llllisllrlent rlruclics tlic cxiruorililllllu' proportion _of 47 per cent. ot' thc whole, I have seen no anuyisis of the loliil-iall figures for Illc other Eng- lish prr>\'illl'l-s, but I um ub.=:olllt\:l_\' li rizlill lliul li would allow lllul l‘:llb::lfl'_s lillvl- r\,vcrywI\c|‘n llollc tllvir lllll duly.

`C`iUEBEC FALLEN BEHIND.

’ “'I`lic llrposc of fllcforcgoinignp

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:;.\;ll:»lll. liigrossloll will bcconlc obvious

ln 3 niolllcllf.

‘ll|ll§»_\l' vollllltllry cnlistnlizllt, Que-

Illw Ilnev illllcll for Iielllntl the other

bac- ol'i`cl' oxpluuutions- for this state ol' things; otllors' lleitllcl' dolly it nor, llpologizc l'ol‘ il. I llln collcerilctl ll-"lillcr with Illc one nor with llle Dllxcl. \\ll:li docs com,-erll me is that li-_-r-'lll,l1lc1l1 against the province ol Qllclu-'l~ bus lr~,| to illtllrvrilllillute r-Ililmcs ngilillsi filo Catholics of (Hllludu. :ind tho regrettable racial llivisioll lllrllatellg to cilusc ;lliol.llf-l~ and more llnngcrou.~. oleuvagf- along religious lilies. 'I`llis uggmvlltioll of :lu exi.~..ing llilliclllty is wholly 'illi- wnl'l'nlll.cd. Il is mi.=:c|licvous; it is l'lImill;ll.' I know that it is duplorcd :mil l'uproIil:ltll by every holiest mall \.'.ll.'1 lo\'vs t‘zlllalIll und has nr, Ilt-nrt tho ment czlllse for whiril wc. alll, 1_;.;lliIl\;.'_, In lllv nanlc of .lllsfiice und. Iliclli :lull I’nll~i0ilsnl. I llcnlullil lbilll fills rtpl-oblilion bl- opclrly c-x,>re:;..cl.i illnt Ibis' foul Illini: which is an nl.; of t"nr- cmnny ire i‘i:l\npr‘.lI“'0llt.

“Anil I :lsk my fallow izlllioll-ss .lil

to In- mi::ll~<i villlcl by llli.aLni~;.¢n synt- p:l!h_\' willl il pruvillleu wlloso rcii- civll nlll.---l not bc <~Dufounglell mth its lmiialrs. nor by lluturul reselltnlent ui :lily ill:-aulls based on such confusion

“lu the isolation of Quebec we nrt

iold tbl-rc is tlnllgcl' to Czlnalla. I :idlnii it. llllt the isolation of Qlll- In\<~ is ut' hcl' own clloosillg. it wiil Ilalvo lu vlirl- itl-lcli. Tllero is zl grav- ol' llzlngror in needlessly conflleillg' rc ligioll “ith ll qllcslion purely rnl-lui. 'l`u ;|\‘\rl'| lllis gruvor uangcl* I llppoali in my follow isolllltl'_\-lllcll. Prolcstullt and Vutllolic ulikc. _

ISSUE NOT RACIAL.

iss-uc in thc I`ortIlcom- is ucitilcr racial nor ra is the vital question oi

llzc hour und of thc age, thc quor- iion ot' the war. Some openly say that Canadzi. has done enough, that slic has donc too luucb. Canada has done much-too much. if you will. It is prel~is»ely because' she has dong sl much that sho mllt. not falter now.

value of the alll which

ll 1- ali; asked to send is grcltt; rc-

"'l`llc great

'ng clcctiolls Iigiollsl lt

Itllsul to send it would ho ll lni.-.i'or

lllnn. But far und away greater lllull luly purely military considlfra- lion would ho tliddisustrolls inornl zllnppolitlcal effect. of such refusal. Iicttcr wo, llnri flonc ioolittlc, or that wo had dom; nothing, than now llc l-onnnii, tho crilno of .-:.lu<-kcnlllg in fur purpos’c.'

ASKS SUPPORT FOR UNION

- GOVERNMENT.

"For the reasons bore outlined or

Illrlicutcll, llmlkc the definite und llnclluivucnl appeal to my fellow countrynlcn of the Catholic faith to support thc Union Government und inc cause for which that Union was rfi'e‘ctcd. Andi lnnkc this nppcnl fully 1-onsciolls of the vile null ill- tlclensilile anti-(`z\lllolll‘ propognnlia flint ccrlcill supporters ol' I’nil\n iLl»v\~|‘l:lllcllf 111';-lrollllllrlillg ill lla nlilllc: for Iam rzollilllclll. if (‘rltlln- liluv- do not play- into their ll:\luI.-l. lllzll illll liignts will bp in I-uv long run Illjllrp no one but tllcnlsclvcs. hot

Ilzg- nlrel .-:cl~,lzll‘inll nlnlevolcnlfii llitb

irtllolir' ltooliwill. To slilllrlersp :br- l-milllil-.I :lnii nulnberl-= of our Valholic nollllers offer il lieflnilg and <-,ol\l'l'l~‘.i\ rcf`\l\atlol\. BC ours the duly unil ills . privilo_i<l>, of worthi'I_v suppolling tlnrln ni Ille polls.

“lSlgned) M. F. FALLON,

“Bishop of London "

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A REAL PRAYER

iftllicllgo Evenillg I’oat.\ -

"|Io\i.he soldiers ul the front owl*

pru_\"?" The question was naked by 1: pri .lchcr nl ll ministers' lnceiing in fi Vnnudizln city. This is the story :I ru Illrlled :truly vlluplnin tolli ill llnI_\‘:

"Ono oi' the boys hull boon giver

dispiliches tp t‘n|‘l'_v over ll road ex* po:-led' to thc om-my ilrc. Ili- stool! by his motor (:_\'l'le rollrly Io start. llc know woll tho danizcr ho must ridc

lol Il Illo slim lllnnlo ui' Minor

\ , TIIIO Sf/IALL PARTIES! "Stop, Stop! It is \lil'~nne=i\t»\;|,.,m|

- to ylo the hole. We must Ilnro n 1-oI`:»i-cndinn and gap(

the matter over before nghting the ilulncs.

tli~ is . . ~ - . - . . ,Il.ookIng ulirad and ullhoeding b_\~i Islanders. Ile dclaimerlt "0. God. I !tlon`l give u damn for ulysl lf. but lol \I<lngland’s sake help me through."

A real prayer. The spirit -of It is

the spirit that must inspire every 'man who gets a clear vision of what

Ithla war means.

(Canadian Press Despatch) ,

l‘IIl(‘.\<l(l, Dev. ll.---Vulludian I'nr~:-'

'lv rou<l’s plllilioity llcpiwllllclll, i.<suc.~‘ till- l`ollu_\ving: “Ill plnro cf tilt- ns-i;,i|_ million lillrvllcle-‘» a day .~lcIlclllll<~ ni! glwliilslliplllfxlll nl’ lllrol- (‘.:llladi1lll` lrullsuolltillclltnl railways from \\‘illi IIIDUI-7 I0 tho bend 01’ thc Great Lakes, thc movement ul' grain this your is rx- Iioctell to reacll 1,500,000 bushels llliilg, ulliil the close oi' navigation in l)cceln~. bor Cullulliall Pzlcliil: bus- Iolll it lurgc number ol' its box curl-l to orllu-r' rnii-` roztlls, '|`o tukc curl* ol' pl'¢\.ssul‘l‘ lnuv.:-I illflni, lncuns thc ztllrliiioll of ui Ions! 312 rears. illuludini.: cmplios. or llllic lIzlII_\' cucll \vll_v. No niijerlipp I,-“MI \\'o.<'-‘.l=r|1 inillvrs on thc glllllllll illul :LI nll~ulls`rupilI llouif-tioll of grain .=lol-ks

l_Ell0l|l0 LIB

Mr. IC. li. Sterile, of Uliurloltclown.

ll prollllllollt Liberal, who has ltr.; sons all 1lll\ l`l'olli. ni ll lncciing in lllc Union Uollllililtee Ilolznls slillla cvelliilgs nge illullc smllc \'vl'y alrong rclllul'k.~'. in support of the opinion which bc hollis, in common viill so lllllily loudillg l-Itiv.cns_ Lilier- 'llc llllll t'ollsl‘i‘vaitIvl:>l. ibut tllc Union fiovci-nnl.';nt is thc only government whit-h sliolllil be returned to power, "vi 80VCi'linlcllt pledged to send as- sistance to the- men in the trenches. .\Il‘. Stcrlll-1 mill tllut in times of peace It lnzlllc vcfry littio di_I'l`erc1ll-D .which l*-llrty :I nlaln .-;llppol'icd. or which pur- ly was clcclcll. “lint thc times ill Wlilffh W0 url- living now." llc ron- aiulled. "arc lIil`i`el'cnt from ordinary 'ill\c.~=. A mall slllll to Inc sonic time i'_-ot If lllvro \vD.l'='~ nu clcrtinll io- ll|ol'l'ow you wollld know llo\v to vote." l :laid I wollld pick out un honest mall ulld votc for him. Since that time there has' arisen ll question of rest importance not only to Canada; `-ull io the Empire to which we bc- long and to civilization itself,-a ques- tion which is worth taking sides on; ind what is \vh_\' I :ull llcre tonight. Il is a qucstioll that is bigger than any 'l,uc;-tion that has cver confronted the neoplc of this Dominion ill all its bis- tory. I ani not particularly struck on Sir Robert Borden, altllougll I he- fiove him to be ll great man; and I llscd to have at good deal of slflnpathy witll and respect fm' Sir \VIlt'l'ilI ball- l-if~r.- but I have changed my opinion ul' lliin uild I have very nlllcll loss of both for Ilim than I cvcr had! Poo- nlc talk ubollt tho Conservatives being boodlers and grafters. \VelI, I am noi fool cuougb to say there urc not such nnlollg thcnl; but will thc Li- lioruls not do Ihr- sulnc if olevlull? It ':. no llsc to my they woll't FOR TH EV WILL! THEY ALWAYS DID! and thc man is not to bc trusted who snys ibut citllcr party is altogether frec 'rom it. They are oven on that score. But alter all is :~mi<l and done. afiel- _vnll lluvo talked about graft. ull you likc, T0-DAY THERE IS ONLY ONE

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ln tho v,-cal is expected, since co.0pera,. tion of rnilwllyu in handling grain is al purt ol' (‘unnda`s reeponsc to British lvur needs. y _ ".\Illrh grain is also going out by

lvny of Vilnlrouver, where it will be tl'a1\.<-shipper] via the Panama canal to English ports. One lluniircd lhou- szuinl bui:»hc'Is have already been load- ed for unknown ports and' this inltiul slliplncul, will be followed by greater .~'Ilipnu-ills. according to Premier lirsllvslol' of British (lolulnbla, who on ills retllrn from 3 trip into the Pcnc.: ri\‘l.-r volllliiy stzlicrl there 'were oil,- 00li bllsIlcl.~: of wheat. grown in that proviillrc this lfcui' uwzlitlng shipillclli rio Vancouver.

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ERAL

GIVES HIS VIEWS

Mr. E. D. Slerns of Charlottetown Tells Why

Ile ls Supporting the Union Government and Why Ile Abandoned Laurier.

QUESTION THAT AMOUNTS TO ANYTHING! Ilo the people realize lllut` sufficiently? I have come to ihc conclusion that most.of the peo- plc of the country have not yet begun to realize to ally extend the great se- riousness oi' thc position we are-in. I’l‘0I>Ie |Ion’i understanll that the men who are lighting in France are pro- tcr-tillg their henrtlls ,Inst us though they were fighting In f’-unuda; It .is much hotter to do the fighting in Eu- rope, for If the enemy ever came hero all thc fighting wc could put up then would bc nf no nvztil. \Vil_v am I going lo vote for the Union Govern- ment? Noi because Borden is tl (lonsorvutivc-. but hecl-ruse THE UNION GOVERNMENT MEANS THAT CANADA SHALL DO HER DUTY BY HER BRAVE SONS. AND BY THE EMPIRE! I had occasion to icll a man thc other day: "You orc so full of party politics that you l:nll't sec past it!" What is Libera- Iisln? What does It mean? I asked lliln that question. "OIl well. you know." hc suldz No. I don’t know." I said. und he could not tell me what be meant by it. "But why are you sllpporting thc Borden government?" he asked mo. "BECAUSE I WANT T0 SEE THIS WAR WON, AND HE is Dome THE oNi.v THING THAT I CAN SEE WILL HELP ,WIN THE WAR! THAT'S W-HY," I,saI<l., As far as I can see. all the boys and yollllg mon wllo were willing to go'to tI~,~ war have gone. and no more will ,Lu unless they are made io. ll don‘t Iikc compulsion. but If we are -to win this war wc must have more men. and when all who are willing to go have gona, what are _voll to do So far as I 1-an seo, if Collecrlptlon In defeated wi arc through with tho war. I have not lnucb nlorc to say cxcopt this: My only Iwo boys are over tllore. and I rm-eivcll a letter from one not long nut) in which bo said: "Dad, I know how you have always voted und I know your politics; but I want to sei' that any man who Ia u [liberal todei' is no Iril-nd nf mine!" ‘

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S-EAPLANE FIGHT MOST DRAMA-

TIC `

I.f).\1l)()N. l)v<:. 10. A llrulllnlil- -llll‘_\~ of tho flglll ol' u sf-uplullc wilIl| "nur (icrlllull Sulnllurilles und illrcoi flfrlllilll destroyers is lrontuincli' lil un' Illllul .-'lutolllclli just pllllllflllcll. Ill lllr morning mist ilw sollplullc .=i_sl|te~<l, tho sllblnllrinc hciorc illc slllulnl-l'siI>Il‘ <-culll llivc. thc ulr craft sill-i~i~i=l|i.I ill 'hopping ai bolnli on hcr l;lIl. 'l`I\r- liolllb nllido :I Iurgo holo In hui' :lol-k.

'l`llcli tho pilot ni' lllv u-zlplallle situ'

tbrol-e luorv sll\nn:~rillc:~' in lille nllrr=ni=l und followed by lllrcc ill-.~tlo_\'ol's. All six vol-zsols ops-ned lil'¢° with illrjir glllls. but the Gclulmll Illflllefl “'f`I`*’ ullublc Io nltuck rrwilrz lo the bur- raue Iroln the naval gllllw

'I`hc Ilrltisll sonplune Ill .led und

lrroppoli nuothor bolnb upon lhe wnllndod elllbllmrino und suw it sink in n p.:ol of oil. with fragments of wr<~<-k;l'.:e ull around. Aftcrwnrd thc ll Irish craft |~otIl°srI from the unequal (mlb.-_l acnllillg :\ wireless lllessilgc ;irin': the pmltioll of the elleniy de- ci~n_\'l-l'<.

'l`l\=~ ~o~opcI':llIoll ot' sellpllllles with

thi- naval patrol In ll izrnlit Iuciol' in ibc l‘*',¢-<»live~llc-ls oi' thc anti-subnmr- iw- lnmpnigll. Without the uid si’ tho s<--i_olull<- the people of Britain nm! llel allies wmllll have born fnl»c'l with -hl»rtr\r rations. Ifigllrcs .Ill rogul-ll in thi- naval aircraft work ill Scptenlbcr- shzw that the distance rovorevl in patrols was more than 170.000 miles.

RUSSIANS AIDED ~-

BRITISH IN FIGHT,

I.U!\'I)0N. Dec. 10.- The British

oflif-ini communication dealing with the operations in Mesopotamia says: Afler thc action oi' October 20. in which wc established ourselves on the .lollcl Ilumrln range (north of Bad- dnlli :tml on thc- left bank ofthe Dial rivl-r. the Turks continued to hold a position In the hills and on the right hunk ni' that river north of Soly Ab- bas (lou. Marshall reports that this posilion wus attacked on the morn- ing of Monday by convoying columns mn- of which successfully bridged the Ilinln near Klsil Robat.

"The enemy attempted to delay

our zillvancg- by flooding the area bc- tween Nnhrill and the Dala river close to their junction. but the morn- Inu or Tuesday our troops had driven ba ri: the Turks and were In possession or the Sakai 'ruton pass. through which the road from Dely Abbas leads north. ` '

".\ force of Russians under Com-

mand of Col. Bickerakov operated on our right flank and rendered valuable assistance.

“Prisoners to the number oi' 105

and 2 held guns were captured."

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PRESENCE OF MIND.

she-Brute! You neglected to kiss

mr- good~bye thil morning!

He-0. no my dear; this in “moot-

Iess day," you know, and 1 was mere- ly being patriotic and ooneerving tho sweets.

` M|nard’| Linlment euros Ncuralgia.

go Daily News .

~She-- Yon darling old hero,-Chien

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