http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0373725
data provider: CONTENTdm
contributor: Blakemore, William
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1913-09-06
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/pwv/items/1.0373725/source.json
format: application/pdf
note: The Week A British Columbia Newspaper and Review. Vol. XI, No.7^-Eleventh Year Victoria, B.C., Canada, Sept. 6, 1913 5c. a copy, $2.00 a year Naval Defence "No policy will be satisfactory to the people of British Columbia which does not include a substantial and prompt contribution and the ESTABLISHMENT OF A FLEET UNIT ON THE PACIFIC COAST." Practical Patriotism A SECTION of the Canadian press hns during the last your or /A two twitted pertain people with being "cheap patriots" nnd ■*■ •*• wilh being much given to "flag-waving" as n substitute'for ii more practical evidence of patriotism. British Columbia lias witnessed during tho lust week a unique, nnd probably unprecedented, illustration of the most practical form of patriotism, which is none the less impressive because it is due to-the generosity of a man who has been n most persistent flag-waver, nnd hns used the great influence be possesses in the daily press of the Province, to spread Imperialistic sentiment and to uphold the dignity of the Sister Services. Mr. J. S. H. Matsou has advanced the considerable sum of $o,000 in order thnt the militia men who rendered such valiant service nt Nanaimo nnil .Lndysmith should not return home without at least a moiety of their pay. That such an action should hnve been necessary, owing to the tardiness of the Government in making prompt provision for the men, is regrettable, but this does not detract from lhc credit due to Mr. Matson. He knew bow serious a crisis bad arisen when the militia men were called out. lie witnessed tbo feats of intrepidity nnd valour which they performed. He recognized that Iheir allowance was a mere pittance at the best and that it would be at least timely to ensure some prompt recognition, however slight, for the services so ungrudgingly nnd cheerfully rendered. Under all the circumstances of the case, Mr. Matson's action stands out as nn expression of practical patriotism which is all too rare. It is nlso an evidence of thoiightfnlness and k…