http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0373754
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contributor: Blakemore, William
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1914-04-18
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note: APR 12 The Week British Columbia Newspaper and Review. rol. XII, No. 8-Twelfth Year Victoria, B.C., Canada, April 18, 1914 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." The Larger Hope r.HK attitude of the civilized world towards the criminal has undergone a remarkable change during' the last twenty-live vears. Events are moving rapidly towards tho goal which ihinthropists and humanitarians have long had in view, the prac- al elimination of the habitual criminal. The movement has been neident with the Victorian era and must undoubtedly be traced in i't to the devotion and self-sacrifice of certain great workers in this d, and partly to tho spread of education, bringing with it broader \vs and a more intelligent conception, not only of human nature, t of the influence of environment. It is not necessary to do more in recall the habitual severity, not to say barbarity,'which ohnr- erized legalized punishment a hundred years ago and to notice its dual modification, until in some countries the pendulum has swung far in tbe other direction, criminals nre dealt with too tenderly at times crime is even glorified. The pathway of good stalcsmaii- |p is along a middle course, and undoubtedly that middle course been found by the legal department of the Government of British unibia. The McBride Administration has been in power fnr ten rs; it has done a tremendous work in directing and controlling development of the Province and in exploiting its rich natural urees. It has initiated vast enterprises and handled enormous ;enne9 and expenditures, and ono has been apt to appraise its vd in terms of material success. But there is another side to the k which this Administration hns been seeking to effect; its out- ■d and visible sign is to bo found in nn educational system unsur- sed on the Continent and s…

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Week
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Victoria (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0373754
language: English
lat: 48.428333
long: -123.364722
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Victoria : "The Week" Publishing Company, Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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