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W. E. Peirce
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IVTa-it* lAf/>Alrj--"Why Churchmen Should be Socialists" 1V6XI WCCK"- By a ehurch of England Minister The Week Published by W. B. Peirce, In the Interest of Good Government, Temperance, Single Tax and Sane Socialism Vol. XV, No. "44-15th Year Victoria, B.C., Canada, May 4th, 1918 5c a copy $2.00 a year What Some Men Ape Up Against At The WillOWS.-&e Page 3 The Indictment of (Sapitallsm WERE you to ask the linotype operators employed upon any of our great metropolitan dailies the words mostly used in newspaper copy of today, the answer would be Democ-' racy nnd Socialism. Test the accuracy of this statement when you take ti]) your newspaper again and it will be a revelation to you how often these words occur. Living in nn age where Capitalism is the prevailing method of production, it is worthy of passing notice that the word Capitalism seldom occurs in print or its effects referred to by newspapers supporting this form of industrialism. That the passing of Capitalism is clearly recognized by the money interests and their associates, tho trusts, is evidenced by the nature of the fight, they are putting up for its retention, for thero is no attempt to defend the inequalities inherent in the state of today. The educational and publicity agencies, the school, pulpit and press nre muzzled. Intelligent criticism of the abject poverty of the masses, with its co-committant evils; sickness, ignorance, vice and crime would only serve to fan the fires of rebellion and hasten the passing of monarchinl institutions. To the press, the greatest of all forces in moulding the thoughts of a nation, is committed the task of misrepresenting the mission of Socialism, Capitalism's logical successor. Its teachers have been villified, persecuted and socially ostracised. In this Province the worker with Socialistic leanings has been hounded out of the country in order to break up his propaganda and parliamentary aspiration. We have the undisputed evidence of this from a former member of our local legislature, a mnn whose word neither Liberal nor Tory will deny. What has occurred here is typical of what hns been going on all over this Dominion and the country south of the boundary line. It. is not the purpose in this article to speak of the relative qualities of Capitalism and Socialism, nor to give nn exposition of what Socialism really means; this mny be done upon another occasion. Since a very large number of our citizens in their wisdom support the Liberal and Conservative parties, it will be interesting in this indictment to put their faith to a practical test by clearly bringing home to them the code of morals subscribed to. ll may come in tlie nature of a surprise to many lo learn that Capitalism bas nothing inherent in itself that is clean, noble and alive. What we regard as law and order is in reality, injustice and social anarchy. Human life and right, which in a truly democratic state would occupy the first plnce or principle of recognition, is made subservient to the rights of property. Life itself is dependent, upon land and the resources of nature. This is fundamental and not open to dispute. It therefore follows that private ownership of these means gives to the holder, a right or title to the product or wealth created from them. Under such a system, exploitation in its worst form can be legally practiced and defended. It is the intention here to show to what extent this has been accomplished and how it has brought about an event in human relationships of fnr reaching consequences. A class war exists, for there is war and nothing bnt war between Ihe privileged elnss thus created and the deposed, notwithstanding the conventional cant about tbe alleged harmony of their economic interests. There is no more harmony today between privately owned capital nnd wage earning labor tban there is between thc wolf and lhe lamb. A Social writer in criticising Capitalism snys: "The modern Capitalist extracts his profits by dint of this economic power, the modern toiler docs his share of lhe work under protest. When he does not strike or boycott, or destroy his employee's properly, he renders his services grndingly. Instinctively be bates bis employer fir he feels that the hitler is robbing him of u large portion of bis legitimate product by means of un artificial social arrangement. The employer feels und fears that hatred and is always ou the watch to quell tbe ever anticipated revolt of his hands hy a course of starvation, enforced if needs be by the clubs of llie police, the rifles of the militia or hy court injunctions. Industrial disputes in peace times are not the exception, they are almost the rule, in the relations of employer nnd employee. Tho industrial derangement miscalled system operates through a state of permanent industrial warfare in which the true producers of nil wealth are treated as prisoners of war. This general and relentless social strife is not fomented by malevolent agitators, it is rooted in the very foundations of the system of Capitalism and is the most damning indictment against it." Another writer, criticising the present social order, says: "Capitalism stands for the robbery of, and assassination of tho worker. It is worthy of no place in n sane civilization." Capitalism, then, is social anarchy, pure and simple. Tt will if persisted in destroy this civilization as effectually ns former civilizations have heen destroyed. This in fact is what it is now accomplishing through an agency of its own commission: A world war. INDUSTRIAL AND POLITICAL DOMINATION Tt is unnecessary here to go into a discussion of the Capitalists domination of the state, its corruption of polities, or its control of education, religion and the press of the country. If doubt ever existed in these matters, it has been abundantly cleared up in events which have transpired since the war began. ECONOMIC ASCENDENCY OK CAPITALISM The Socialist contends that the system of private Capitalism erects an unsurmountable barrier between the workers and their work and the people and their food. The economic ascendency of the Capitalists places them in a position to apportion the annual product of a country among its inhabitants. To be sure, they do not discharge that function consciously or planfully; they operate indirectly, each within his own sphere, but the collective result of the process amounts to an effective division of wealth, periodically accomplished m i m m BREAD AND ROSES By James Oppenheim An International Labor Day Song for Women m m m m m m As we come marching, marching, in the beauty of the day, A million darkened kitchens, a thousand mill- lofts gray Are touched with all the radiance that a sudden sun discloses, For the people hear us singing, "Bread and Roses, Bread and Roses." As we come marching, marching, we battle, too, for men— For they are women's children and we mother them again. Our lives shall not be sweated from birth until life closes—■ Hearts starve as well as bodies: Give us Bread, and give us Roses. As we come marching, marching, unnumbered women dead Go crying through our singing their ancient song of Bread; Small art and love and beauty their drudging spirits knew-— Yes, it is bread we fight for—but we fight for Roses, too. As we come marching, marching, we bring the Greater Days— The rising of the women means the rising of the race— No more the drudge and idler—ten that toil where one reposes— But a sharing of life's glories: Bread and Roses, Bread and Roses. ii Si m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m by the Capitalist class. And the plan upon which the division proceeds is exceedingly simple. The working population as a whole gets just a little less than is necessary to maintain it in physical fitness for its task and to enable it to reproduce the species worker. The balance is retained by the Capitalist as their just shnre of the national wealth. It is this method of wealth distribution wliich rears onr thousands of powerful millionaires with tlieir grand mansions and dazzling luxury, and it is this method that breeds our millions of paupers, with their disreputable dwellings, their filth and rags. To this system of wealth distribution we are indebted to our libraries, rescue missions nnd charitable institutions of all descriptions, for our pauperism, child labor, white slavery and other forms of destitution, crime nnd vice. Some may think these hard words, n little overdrawn or untrue. Let ns introduce then other evidence of an indisputable character in support of these assertions. Let us take the country south of the boundary line, since it , presents nn example of trust development unequalled elsewhere. We quote now from the Report of the industrial Relations Commission appointed by the United States Congress to discover the underlying causes of dissatisfaction in the industrial life of that, country and to report its conclusions thereon. The Commission wns composed of nine persons appointed by the President. Three of these were employers of labor, three the representatives of organized labor, and three, not connected with either interest mentioned, representing the public. There were 230 witnesses examined consisting of Capitalists, Rankers, Lawyers, Efficiency Engineers, Employment Agents representing Employees, and 245 witnesses affiliated with Labor. There were 2(15 affiliated with neither workers nor employers, a total of 740, faking up u period of ]54 days of the Commission's time. Tn submitted his report to the (>4th Congress, the Chairman says: "Tbe plan of submitting mine but undisputed facts in this final report has been faithfully adhered to. _Xo statement or conclusion of fact adverse to the altitude or interest of any person or group of persons is submitted except as declared or assented to by the person or by the individuals comprising the group affected. Thus for the first time the facts in relation to the conditions in the industries examined and the relations inquired into are placed beyond the realm of controversy anil established upon the solid and scientific basis of ascertained and indisputable fact." CAUSES OF INDUSTRIAL UNBEST The investigations of tbe Commission showed the wealth of tho country and income which is produced through the toil of the workers is distributed without regard to any standard of justice. The day laborer has less than enough to feed his family, while others who hnve done nothing live at case, in the basic industries unemployment averaged twenty per cent of the year's work with hundreds of thousands constantly out of work. The laws are not equally administered, the whole machinery of government having been frequently placed at the disposal of employers for the oppression of thc workers. In some states the right of organization or collective bargaining has been denied workers, the loss of social, political and economic freedom, tbe Commissions state, was destroying the fibre of manhood. CONCENTRATION OI' WEALTH AND INFLUENCE Six financial groups and affiliated interests employ 2,661,184 wage earners and have a total capitalization of $111,875,200,000. They control 28 per cent of the total number of wage earners engaged in the industries covered by the report. THE POSSIBILITIES With (lie inexhaustible natural resources of the United States, her tremendous mechanical achievements and the genius of her , eo- plc for organization nnd industry, there can be no natural reason to prevent every able bodied liinn of our present population being well fed, well housed, comfortably clothed nnd from rearing a family of moderate sizo in comfort and security. ACTUAL CONDITIONS It was found that the incomes of two-thirds of the families (04 per cent) were less than .$750 per yenr and of almosl one-third (111 per cent I were less than $500; the average being $721. The average size family wns 5.6 members. Elaborate studies of the cost of living made in nil parts nf llie country nl the same time have shown tbnt the very lenst n family of five persons con live mi n: anything approaching decency is $700. II11KAI) WIXNT.K MYTH Seventy-nine per cent nf the fathers earned less than $700 per year, thirty-seven per con! of the mothers arc oul at work; children in tlie large cities were underfed and ill-nourished. EDUCATION One-third of ibe children in the public schools complete the grammar school course and less than ten per conl flic high school. Thoso who leave are almost entirely thc children nf the workers who are thrown, immature, illtrained nnd with no practical knowledge into the complexities of industrial life. Till-; INCI'HATOII (II' I'HlMh Tlie unsanitary bousing nml working conditions, unemployment, wages inadequate to maintain a human standard of living invariably produced the crushed or distorted bodies nml minds from which the nrmy of crime and vice is recruited. EARNINGS OF TUB TOII.Kll Between one-fourth nnd one-third of the workers, I.S yenrs of age nml over in factories and mines, earn less than $10 por week. Two-thirds in three-fourths earn less thnn $15 per week, and only about one-tenth earn more than $20 per week. This dnes nol lake info consideration lost working time for nny cause. From two-thirds to three-fourths of the women workers iii the factories, stores nm! laundries and in industrial occupations generally work ni wages less tliim $8 per week. Approximately onc- liftli en I'll less (han $(l por week. CONTRAST BETWEEN Till', EXPLOITED AND EXPLOITED According to the income tux returns, there were fifty-four families with incomes of over one million dollnrs each. Thev performed Page Two THE WEEK Saturday, May 4. little or no useful service to the state, but their aggregate income was equal to the earnings of one hundred thousand wage earners at an average rate of $500. Two per cent of this privileged caste owned sixty por cent of the wealth. Thirty-three per cent of a middle caste own thirty-five per eent of the wealth. Tho poor sixty-five per eent of the people own less than five per cent of the wealth. AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS The most alarming fact in America is the rapid growth of tenancy. In 1910 there were 37 tenant-operated farms in each 100 farms in the United States as compared with 28 in 1890, an increase of 32 per cent in 20 years. No nation-wide investigation of the conditions of tenant farmers has ever been made but in Texas where the investigations of this Commission were through and conclusive it was found not only were the economic conditions of the farmer extremely bad bnt he was far from being free while his future was regarded as hopeless. Badly housed, illnourished, uneducated and hopeless these tenant farmers continue year after year to eke out a bare living, moving frequently from one farm to another in hope that something will turn up. Without a large family the tenant farmer cannot hope to succeed or break even, so in eaeh tenant family numerous children are being reared to a future under present conditions no better than their parents if as good. The condition of agricultural laborers cannot be dismissed without referring to the development of hugh estates which are operated by managers with hired labor on what may properly be called a factory system. The conditions are deplorable because of the low wages paid, 80 cents per day. These estates are a law unto themselves, the absolute dictators of thc lives, liberties and happiness of their employees. THE INDICTMENT STANDS Enough has been quoted here to justify the statement that Capitalism stands for the robbery of the worker. No more shameless, nay! degrading system has ever been practiced under feudalism. So secure have the courts and legislatures been made in the interests of th exploiter that the worker is without redress, without hope. Justice is a complete mockery, a travesty upon every conception of fair dealing. Nor is the wrong confined to robbery alone. The use of Federal and State troops, the arming of gunmen under the guise of protecting property has placed the disciplinary powers of the state in private bands, a dangerous precedent when we consider the result in Ludlow and other mining camps. WILFUL MURDER Perhaps the most glaring example of force directed to private "ends is evidenced in the Colorado strike in which an attack was made by mine guards on tho Ludlow tent colony. Previous to this massacre, a number of workers were killed and wounded necessitating the removal of workers and their families from the companies houses to the Forbes tent colony, a spot outside of the mining companies holdings. This precaution was taken in order to avoid conflict with the mine guards who had previously threatened to wipe out the workers. Let us take from the report itself the statement openly admitted by the mine officials. On April 20th, militiamen destroyed without provocation, the Ludlow tent colony, killing five men and one boy with rifle and machinegun flre and firing tho tents with a torch. Eleven children and two women were burnt to-death or suffocated after the tents had been fired. Hundreds of women and children were driven terror stricken into the hills or near-by ranch houses. Others huddled for twelve hours in pits underneath their tents or in other places of shelter while bullets from rifles and maehineguns whistled overhead and kept them in constant terror. Having burned and looted the tent colony comprised of over 1,200 men, women and children, the militiamen on the following day maintained a close watch in all directions and fired on all persons who showed themselves in the roads or nearby fields and hillsides. That this was done with the full knowledge and consent of John D. Rockefeller, who owned forty per cent of the company's holdings, is admitted to the Commission, who report him as following step by step the struggle of his executive officials to gain arbitrary power ind he supported this struggle in every letter he wrote his agents. THE RIGHTS OF MAN VS. PROPERTY In summing up the measures necessary to prevent a repetition of such scenes, the Commission report that*the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, although designed as a humanitarian measure in origin and purpose, has been within recent years practically appropriated by the Corporations. It was aimed at restraining ami checking the powers of wealth and privilege. It was to be a charter nf liberty for human rights against property rights. The transformation has been rapid and complete. Tt operates today to protect the rights of property to the detriment of the rights of man. It has become a Magna Charta of accumulated and organized Capital. PERSONAL RIGHTS SUPREME lu considering tlie action which needs to be taken, llie Commission snys: "Il lias been urged by some that the end to be achieved is to plnce personnl rights on a parity with property rights. It is necessary to render a firm protest and warning against the acceptance of sucji nu ideal. The establishment of property rights and personal rights upon the same level can only leave a eonstsnl and ever growing menace to our popular institutions. With the acceptance of such an ideal, our democracy is doomed to ultimate destruction. Personal rights inusi be ri gnized as supreme and of unalterable ascendency over property rights. RELIGION t'XMKII CAPITALISM When wc consider the form of industrialism a subscription t" ihe Liberal and Conservative parties entails, we must eventually recognize the great wrong wc are perpetrating upon an incoming generation. With the social conscience awakened, the moral senses quickened, wc are apt to perceive in our religious institutions a perversion of (be code they nre supposed lo tench. Mow religion enn subscribe to nn industrial programme out of harmony with its tenets or become national in scope is beyond understanding unless we accepl tho Socialist's explanation thai every historical or industrial epoch curries with it its own moral and religions conceptions, Ueligwn today is llie moral reflex of llie system itself. If must either accept the state of society in which il exists or fighl il, ami light is out of tlle question when it affects the interests of ibe powerful money group that now control the world's destinies. We i\wi\ a set of principles pi'cnohed by tho founder of Christianity at variance with the system of industrialism we practice Christianity will prevail, but not until the presenl system lias been supplanted hy one ii nsonance with ils teachings. Tbnt system i- coming nml soon. When ii .Iocs, ii if fighting the wrong of llie age-: Man's inhumanity ves nromi- to man. Let us, with the poet, speaking of the period between midnight and morning, say:— You that have faith to look with fearless eyes Beyond the tragedy of a world of strife, And trust that out of night and death shall rise The dawn of ampler life: Rejoice, whatever anguish rend your heart, Thai God has given you for a priceless dower, To live in these great times and have your part In Freedom's crowning hour. That you may tell your sons who see the light High in the heavens, their heritage to take: "I saw the powers of darkness put to flight— / saw the mornhuj break." Red Patriotism <J "The Spirit of Canada, no words of mine can picture — it is patriotism incarnate."—Sir Robert Borden, speaking in New York. We heave one big long sigh of relief. Certain articles that have appeared in the local press had led us to fear that somewhere in Canada there was a very dangerous article travelling round known as Gorman Propaganda. Others, written from another viewpoint, have hinted that a good deal that passes for patriotism is only a 5]/2% imitation. Now that Sir Robert has spoken in these ringing words spoken above, we trust that these writers —• all of them — will keep their mouths shut. Any statements such as they have been in the habit of making would tend to prove that Sir Robert was a (deleted) and tbis would be contrary to the new press regulations. By the bye, we wonder whether Sir Robert thought it necessary to explain to the New Yorkers that he had made it impossible for Canadians to be anything else but 'patriotic—if they wanted to keep out of jail? Gompers Again <} "Never in the history of the country have so few men been engaged in disputes with employers as at the present time."—Samuel Gompers at Ottawa. This is another sample of Sammy's soft soap. Sammy! Sammy! Why don't you stick to the truth? Surely you don't expect us to swallow everything you say this side of the Line any more than we expect you to swallow all that Borden says on your side. You and Sir Robert make a great pair—ancl if you would only stay on this side long enough you would doubtless soon become Sir Samuel. We don't know how often Sammy is going to trot out his wonderful statement of "can that damn fool stuff." It is getting to be almost a classic, and we may soon expect to see ads for "Gompers' Canned Peace Preserves, 1914 crop." What has often given us cause for wonder is that anything that Sammy wrote immediately before the war should turn bad so suddenly. There must have been something fishy about it. Fighting and Bating <I Sydney, Australia, April 27.—"The Massey-Harris Company is discharging its unmarried employees declaring it feels bound to release them for the service of the Empire." This means, then, that while these men were working for the Massey-Harris Company they were not in the service of the Empire— whicli is quite an acknowledgement. Somewhere or other wo have either read or heard words to this effect: "He that will not work, neither shall he eat." The Massey-Harris Company have evidently revised that by substituting the word "fight" for the word "work." Should the workers of Australia decide to accept the revised version, the Massey-Harris Company must not be surprised if they go farther and decide on making their own choice as to whom they should fight. This Bomes Prom Germany <J "If the kings and statesmen don't know how to end this war, ending it in the sense of reconciling all the peoples, then the people must finish the business themselves. I shall bless the day when this is done, the day when the people will take their fate into their own hands against the Icings and the statesmen and the militarists, and above all, against the militarists of Germany."—Oscar Cohn, Socialist Member in tho Reichstag. Isn't this the way we want to encourage them to talk in Germany? We have been trying to say something like this ourselves for a long time, but it doesn't, go down very well. Tt's only when we hear of them doing it in the enemy country that we get to understand the real meaning of it. Don't HU Speak at Once (J "It is reported Ihat Lord Northcliffe, chairman of llie London head (put tiers of the British Mission lo the United Slates and Director of Propaganda in Enemy Countries, has tendered his resignation on account of ill health." We respectfully suggest that the name of lhe editor of the Colonist be nt once forwarded to tbc British Premier as a suitable successor. We know of no one who has shown such ability in scenting out the work of enemy propagandists here. Wc feel that would be a sufficient guarantee of his ability to act. as director of propaganda in enemy countries. Tt would also give him a nice chance to retire gracefully before it becomes necessary for him to explain to the satisfaction of his readers some of the filings be has been saying iu the last two years. Handbook by Mrs, C. Spofford <J Now that the women of British Columbia have been given the equal franchise, they will want all the helpful information available regarding the political realm in which they nre destined to piny n most important part, it is no reflection upon the hosts of new women voters if they do not know everything there is to be known about government practices nnd institutions. In that respect they are no worse off llian ninety per cent of the male species who have hitherto bad lhe monopoly of Ihe vote. The woman voter, however, may be expected to show n keener interest in the actualities of the political world tliiin Ibe average male voter has done hitherto. Sbe will want to know the why and the wherefore of her voting power, what use il may be for her own sex so long kepi iu ignorance and so long at lhe mercy of the little lords of creation who wag their tougncs in parlia ment. Anticipating this condition of things, Mrs. O. Spofford has just published a little booklet entitled "The Busy Women's Handbook on Civics and Laws." The hook gives in a concise but quite , lucid form a mass of useful information explanatory of many customs and institutions about whieh every voter should be informed. We heartily commend this booklet as just the very thing needed by both men and women electors. It may be had at the, book stores for the modest sum of ten cents. Capital Punishment fl A bill is to be presented to the House at Ottawa to abolish Capital Punishment. The Week hopes that Mr. Biekerdike will be able to put it through. We have always held that all* punishment should bo used either with the object of reforming the transgressor or preventing others from transgressing. There is not a single case on record of capital punishment having either these effects. Mr. Biekerdike writes us as follows:—■ Montreal, April 12th, 1918. Editor, The Week. Dear Sir.—I have been requested to state publicly my reasons for requesting our Government to abolish Capital Punishment in Canada and in reply would say that the death penalty is in flagrant defiance of the Word of God as contained in both the Old and New Testaments, a relic of barbarism and a rebellious usurpation of ii power whieh customs cannot justify. The commandment "Thou shalt not kill" applies equally to the State as to the individual. That imperative command issued amid the thunders of Sinia leaves no room for debate or doubt; it is succinct, positive, direct, and came direct from the Father. The command is still there, old but ever new, immutable, imperishable, ineluctable, aud leaves no space for quibbling or dissembling. "Thou shalt not kill." In every country and state where capital punishment has been abolished, capital crimes have decreased and society can he just as well protected by sending our unfortunate criminals to penitentiary and putting them to some useful work and placing their earnings at the disposal of those whom he has deprived of a bread winner. This would be more humane than sending tlieir unsaved souls into Eternity. There is a superstition, older than history, that if you do something as bad to your enemy as he has done to you, you havo squared things up, have balanced the account and are ready to appear before the Throne of Justice with clean hands. In primitive times the doctrine of nn eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth was recognized as sound religion and was taught from the pulpit on alternate Sabbaths with thc statement, "Vengeance is Mine: I will repay, saith the Lord." Theoretically we still believe in the latter statement. We think that he who taketh the life of another will suffer in the next world and we are impatient with the Lord's slowness; we desire to expidate matters, to help Him out, by sending the offender to his doom ns quickly as can decently he done. So we hang him. This would lie highly laudable could we exhibit the badge of Divine Deputy Sheriff, but lacking this it is mere meddling with the affairs of the Almighty and raises the question whether we are not collectively as criminal as the fellow whom we hang. And if we analyze our feelings we are likely to find underneath a distorted idea of ourselves ns administrators of Eternal Justice, a large residum of that very feeling of revenge which is without reason, the relic of savage impulse and often differing little from the "motive of the murderer himself. Your truly, Robt. Biokerdike. That Saturday Holiday ■IJ "Nothing is ever settled until it's settled right. The truth of this adage is further exemplified by the present position of the vexed half-holiday question. On all sides are hoard expressions of discontent with the Wednesday holiday and the long working Saturday. The clerks are more determined than ever to regain the holiday of wliich they were robbed by chicanery and fraud; the merchants—even those who voted for Wednesday at the recent plebiscite—are disappointed with things as they are and favor a return to Saturday; and the public is too busy attending to increased cultivation to be able to give Saturday to down-town shopping. Everything points to a swing of the pendulum at the next election. In preparation for this event the Retail Clerks' Union is about to organize its forces. Hundreds of underpaid shop-girls will be placed on the voters' list even if they have to pay the iniquitous $2 for which votes are sold in this city. If necessary, the public will bo asked to assist in this good work. Political emancipation is but a stop to economic freedom. With the vote as their weapon these shop-girls will force terms wliich a cruel system has denied them. They will demand, and take, the Saturday holiday. They will from time to time force an upward revision of the minimum wage. And further thoy will not rest satisfied until working hours are so reduced ns to conserve their health and strength. This duly they owe to themselves and to fhe nation. They are the future mothers of the nice. Anything which impairs their health is inimical to the welfare of the British Empire. On Tuesday next the Retail Clerks will commence their Saturday Half-holiday Campaign, lt will not be won in the weeks wliich just precede the election. The issue will be placed beyond all doubt long before then. This time they will not rely merely on the justice uf their case. To justice they will add eternal vigilance and political wisdom. The combined voting strength of the clerks and their friends will come as a great surprise to the pundits of the Retail .Merchants' Association. And although the disappointment of tbe clerks just now is profound by reason of their lost holiday, they yet live in thc sure and certain hope thnt by this lime next yenr they will be in full'enjoyment of paradise regained. Very Satisfactory <J "Thou shall nol kill."—Jehovah. "At present both the British and French armies are very busy killing Germans, and killing them at a very satisfactory rale indeed. This, of course, is our immediate object."—A French Officer (Colonist, April 30th). Saturday, May 4. THE WEEK Page Three s*m WHAT MEN ARE UP AGAINST AT THE WILLOWS this, as you know most people only break their necks once in a life-time and just to oblige me wait till I am ilead first. I think another month of this will finish me, if there isn't a ^^_^^^^_^^^^^^_^^^^_^^^^_^_^^^^_^_^^_^^^ sudden improvement. Do yon remember out at Sidney I was able to jump on Billy bareback fl "I am up against too big a combination." These were the words without nny help? Well, Inst Friday of a soldier who died a few days ago in the Jubilee Hospital, a victim morning I had to drop out of my phy- to the severity of military rule as administered at the Willows. f'' dri!1' } """l* ™n a h"ndre* m tit i i ,■ .. i teet an" '" plnving leap trog 1 The Week has heard of many cases of brutal treatment out at CDmdn.t raise myself to the back of the Willows, and has on more than ono occasion called attention to the smallest man tliere. They have them and given the authorities an opportunity to contradict them if . given me the job of night fireman for they were not true. This they have never done. Apparently the the two barracks of No. 4 Company. question as to whether these men were being treated decently did not !. f'" si*nentel's ?°'"\M "ifht.<w,tl \ ° •> light n fire in the Sergt.-Major s give them any concern. stove in the mol.mug, Then j try to. Many reports have come to our ears within the last few weeks sleep' in the day time, but the plnce about conditions here and in Vancouver, and we have refrained from gets so filthy and noisy it's hard to making comment until we had sufficient evidence to warrant us in get much rest. If I ever get out of the army, I am going on the farm and stay tliere and anyone who wnnts to take me ns a volunteer or conscript, I'll meet with a double barrel- At Tke Street Corner BY THE LOUNGER Many years ngo when ns a kittle expect them to attend to two things boy I used to attend church regularly, at once." ^sssssssssssssssssssssstsssmssw*ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss\ nnd like most boys thoroughly enjoy The Pessimist struck his fist on tbe coining out boldly and letting the public know to what extent some the singing part of the church pro- table. "Now you're talking," said „f tile military authorities are overriding all the claims of common gramme (perhaps for the reason thnt he "Whore's your freedom of speech hmnanit nn(j j,,^. ' ■ 11 Wn8e ^JJSTLat I 2 I ZZeZlMsrl ° "* The evidence is at last in our hands. What we have suspected ed shotgun. The way I'm living now lhe preaching part). One day 1 was in na\erse criticism I ■'_ s jen times worse thnn Pcrgntory. called to order by a "grown up" for "My dear fellow," I remonstrated, all along is true, and human life is no longer held to be the same ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ do {w singing a wrong version of "Come "wo can't expect everything in war sacred thing we once thought it was. In one case at least a life has me nit]loug*, you rany think it's a All Ye Faithful." It appears that times. We nro all perfectly free to j)een sacrificed just for the want of ordinary care. era'zy idea. I have no appetite for the verger of the church was rather say anything we like so long as it is p c H of the No_ 4 Company, 2nd Dept. Battalion., food and my eyes nre too sore to~read ra"te° wrt lea to Ktf 7e tF*££ 3F&1£Z -ently died in the Jubilee Hospital, and tbis is the history of his but T have an idea I Would like some was very proud of his family vault do this, or keep our mouths shut, case as told by letters written by him and information furnished us in the church-yard. I never queried What more do you wnnt? When we by one who was in close touch with him right up to the time of his but that my interpretation of the-get through the job of beating these j1,,], He is described as a man of good character an-1 elean habits- hymn was perfectly correct, and al- horrid Huns there won't be any need A h d h jj^ ^ of mmhv m ,,,„ f of the ways nsed to shout very lustily of restrictions nt all. We shall be . . when the line came "as he abhors the able to say just what we like." authorities. vergers tomb." "Oh come let us "Yes, if we're alive to sny it," an- ; Mr. Howes had frequently made claims to be put on the sick list annoy him" seemed lo be a perfect swercd my friend. "There wns a but without avail and at last he decided to see a doctor for himself oorrally of my opinion of vergers. whole lot of boys that went away I wns nlmost "Town up before I with the old 88th Hint won't have any knew that "When He Cometh" was thing to sny on that matter. And preserved ginger like we bought one day for your mother. I imagine it would help me drive out the rotten taste I have in my mouth all the time through breathing in so much dust off the (loot*. You can get some of my money from your mother and if yoii have time and it's n fine day I msMBassssrmsxaMsmsmsmsmtssmamssmmtmm^tassmmtt^K^KmmmiimiM^mirimimm, "°uhl like vou to bring it down on and so broke camp for the purpose. Ihe doctor told linn that he * Sunday afternoon about 3 o'clock. ought to go to bed at once and that unless be did so he would not like Go around thfe same way as the street the pain was one of the symptoms of influenza. Only thing that worries me is I seem to be getting weaker each day. I am. going to ask the Doctor today when I can get into the "Blues." You are allowed to ivalk around all day in the blue uniform. One of the Orderlies gets three bottles of milk for me each day from tbe canteen and bents up a bottle for me each meal. I pay for the milk. We were moved from tho hospital tents last Tuesdny to No. 3 Company barracks. You know all the infantry moved into tents the day before I went into hospital. They arc out on the open grassland, south or west of the camp. I don't like it as well as the tents. It hasn't good ventilation and they seem scared to open the windows. I am much obliged to Nurse for remembering me. J wouldn't mind trading places with her for a month, I believe she could stand the hospital diet far better than I can. I hope you nil hnd a pleasant drive out tq Prospect Sunday. The weather is very changeable. I suppose that is a sign of spring. Do you think you will get your garden in in time for tlio flrst brood of chicks'! Please excuse this style of handwriting hut T seem tumble to get myself into u comfortable position. If • hasn't finished hoi' letter yet, will she tell me how ■ and nre getting on, nnd how long not Winnie cometli to make up her now'look at'the latest regulation. If to say what the consequences would be.^ On his return to camp he jewels. I nlwnys thought that Winnie your employer thinks Ihat you are nf was sentenced to seven days C. B. and five days pack drill. As was was somebody who must hav» had more use in the nrmy thnn where you to be cxpetced, this settled him. He was put in hospital and never something to do witli n jeweller's are now he fires you. When thnt hnp- sj)0p, pens, if you don't join up no one is I nlwnys referred in "God our help nllowed to supply you with n menl in ages past" to "our infernal or a bed or a ticket for trunsportn- home." ''°n °f an.v kind. How much free- I never understood what tlie word ''°m '>»ve you got there?" was that rhymed to "happy and glor- "Why, my good man,'-' I argued, ions" in the national anthem. It was "You nre still free. Free to join up nlwnys sung "hnppv and gloooorius" -winch, of course, is the proper and'the nearest I could get to it ""''!-' '" <m-or free to walk. Isn't wns reign ooooooorius, nnd I never that freedom for you?" car, back of the Arena, nnd I will be hy the fence opposite tlie tents vou see tliere inside the fence. __^___1^_^^^^_^^^^_^^^^^^^_^^^^_^^^^_^^^^ It' I do not show up, go and in- 0(11116 m,t nllve- quire at the main entrance, and the His letters speak for themselves, nnd the following history of guard will send n man to find out his case was furnished to a representative of The Week by one of whether I am in hospital or on duty. his friends. History of Case Pte. P. C. Howes. Joined two years ago (more). Came from Mnssett, Graham Island, where he held a farm. Left PTE. HOWES' LETTERS Willows Camp, Victoria, March 6th. 1918. I received your letter and Tell them I nm in No. 4 Company. I'll try nnd write a better letter next time. • * * Willows Camp, March 12. Very many thanks for the parcels knew what it raennt. I met n little "Oh, sure thing," he replied as that to take on H. M. service. todny and I am glad to know thnt .V01' s™t me. The ginger did me you are all in good health. I have moi'e g°od tha" l thought it would. It kiddy once who quite seriously told he got^up and reached for his hat. Was moved about in Engineers ^^^Jj',3 are Ts^sTTo ta^I me that he never understood why they "Freedom to wnlk. Tho right to move CInss C nt first, but Inter classed A2 and tne camp ana i oene\e i coma e__j ^ B_ T , ,___L :i , ;j called God a halibut. I kept my face up and down the public rond till you luckily when he quoted thc second drop from exhaustion. Thnt is nil. line of the Lord's prayer, "halibut Literally nnd absolutely all. be Thy Name." "Sonny my Soul" nlways appeared HUGHES RESENTS to me very loving and quite nnturnl. _„_ dqi CUCW||(C I always enjoy Cathedral—and I service at the enjoy the good and put into the Infantry, No. 2 Co., Willows. Wus anxious to go overseas. Hns a cousin named Charles Still- well, operator on C. P. R. To this man he assigned as next of kin. Believed he came from England orginally. on sick list.. ed 103. Much resentment is being caused Deah's* sermons. He "says such plain, by the refusal of the Hughes Gov- bold things. On Sundnv last in ernment in Australia to recognize the preaching on "New Thought," he Bolsheviki consul-general recently made the statement, "That thc whole appointed by the Lenine-irotzky Gov- fnbric of the orthodox church wns ernment. built about the Divinity of Jesus The new consul-general is named Christ nnd that IT WAS NOT TO Peler Sinionoff, nnd for a considera- HIS TEACHINGS THEY WERE able time was a working miner at PLEDGED, but something further— Broken Hill, a Lnbor propagandist, His divine person. anc' ft member of the Lnbor Volunteer This is something new to the Army'formed there to actively resist I omiger He hud always been under conscription had it been enforced, the Impression that ' the English Later on he wns the editor of a Bus- Church wns pledged to the teachings sum newspaper in Australia, which f CI ' t The Dean says no and he had the misfortune to he conliscnted town doctor, who ordered him to go might to know. It comes ns a disap- by the Hughes Government a little back,_ get to bed or opnseqnence: pointment but nt tlie same time it ex- tune ago . plains away a good many things tlint Simonoff is in Sydney at the pres- i„ such senons condition, stayed have been hard to understand. It is. cut time, and lias spent n couple of down, town thnt night, probably •U -,ll events very honest of the Dean days with the Australian representa- the Y. M. C. A. to 'come out so boldly nnd il leaves Bye of this journal, Mr. W Francis it open for him lo adopt nny other Aliern, md stales he is going to inter- „nd wns ex(lminen hy Dl. teachings that seem suitable. Personally, I -''M-Li—,^M _„^ tempt to plnce the teachings ol |~n°J^ i*w'n«"~,V"«n'mi'„(™Ji" After this, whilst in a weak and Christ on a lower level thnn His Per- talk for a month on conditions in fo°*'' but so far I have kept it hid- camp before exhausting the subject, ft*-"1 under my mattress. If you had I was out without leave on the maie a few more guesses you might night of the 15th February in order lmve gues8ed riSht' *■* have "maenm to see a doctor. I came back the next and acl,te stomach trouble. I often day, Saturday, and was put in the vomit "P my breakfast, but am get- guard house till Monday morning ting over that now. There ure four when I was before the Company of ,ls ln this hospital tent, • One man Major and, to my surprise, found I .i"st the same ns I nm, influenza, etc.; was also charged with trying to break *lle other tw0 have hee" here sonl» arrest after getting.back, which was tlme nnd will be discharged out of not true. the nrmy when the qunruntine is Of course, I owned up to being the lifted. About middle of February showed „w£iy without leave and I suppose I Eve'T ''"-V a (loel01' examines my signs of sickness, but wns not nllowed was „ utile too plain spoken in tell- cl,<-st all(1 Illngs w'"' " stethoscope. I ing them why, so I waTput back in think that's the right name; He On or about 15th February called the guard house nnd the next dnv (,0*-'snt' sav much except thnt I nfi on a friend who, seeing his condition, brought before Col. Mnjor. He ob- "*■' *,ea(1 yeti a"d I sll°"'<l lmve been took his temperature, which register since she saw thcml I do not think there is anything I want the —« to bring up. I finished the preserved ginger, nnd believe it did me good, but it caused the Orderly to worry too much. He thought he'd get into trouble. There is one thing I should have put right. It is my number, 2138647, ndded together makes my present age. Tliere were no fresh mensles yester- day, nnd but one Saturday so it may be qunruntine will soon be lifted. • • • Willows Cnmp, March 25. I am sorry to sa$ I am still in hospital and weaker than ever. I vomit up nearly everything I tnke, which is just a little milk. I have a new1 Doctor now. He snys I can have anything I want, so if you could manage it I would be much obliged if you send me some preserved ginger and some Phenncntine tablets. I have a taste in my mouth as bitter as gall and get hardly any sleep owing to the perpetual headaches. I heard today, I may be moved to another hospital Wednesday. Will, this letter has taken me all the morning to write, through getting cramps in my fingers, so it's about time T finished. I would like if you could tell me whether ■ got the cheque. If it didn't come, I want to write up north nbout it. I nm sorry nbout the wood pile, but just wait till I get out ngnin. I'll see whnt T enn do nbout it. liged me with the information that hei'e ft week ahead' of cou,'se' x he hod been mnking inquiries about know that much myself. It is clean Advised bv friend to go nt once me and had found ont I had a very a'*d <l'»f in here nnd I have a good bad character. I told him right awav ■bed to sloePln "ntl Vtentyot blankets. il wns n lie nnd couldn't be proved ™' breakfast 1 gel two small pieces and report sick. But. went first to consult n down- of nt Ronnlity and lo honor the Personality more thnn lhe teachings is only n form of superstition. "Why cnll ye me Lord nud do nol the thinas which I sny?" The Pessimist dropped in lo sec mi' the other evening. He is a Socialist and lie nnd T don'I nlwnys exactly hit it. "What do yuu think of freedom in ('lunula now?" he asked as ho sal down. "Freedom," said I. "haven't we got as much as we always had? That is. pretty nearly as much. Whal 's troubling you uow?" "Well, in the first plnce. you and your Union Government lake nwny a man's freedom to say whether he shall or shall not fight. Vou " "Hold nn there,'" T interjected. "We only tnke nwny purl of it is still free—free to ninkc his own would be serious, ™i^™»™^™ i_i^___a_ In addition to the time I was in tlie guard house, I was fined two days' pay, seven days C. B„ whicli means T . , , _.„ answering everv defaulter's call, five In morning reported at Willows. llavs pllclc llrill;n,,(1 „p ,he extra work view Hughes personally and demand "'1 7* TT *J P1' H"fr' llie>' <"™ld n"d °f « "™"i"!:' a"d ..,„. . .,, recognition in'Australia Unless this ZX llt*Z< with l^"1 (1,'il1' *^A AM iml 1111,1 ""> '"; is granted him, there is likely to be '1C lay *". S°me dayS' route marching nway past the other trouble. Despite his appointment After tms' wmlst ln a wenk n,ld side of Mount Tolmie, thev fixed me Simonoff stntes flint he will spend «ha"st<"l condition, was given pack so thnt I „m not fit for nny renl work most of his lime in propaganda work rlri" for fnl,r <hys or m01'e* at all. among llie workers of Australia, nnd Then, in n stnle nlmost of collapse. The men in the Company are friend- will give short shift to tlie wealthy ordered to cnmp hospital. ly. Every dny they wnnl lo know interests in the country.—P.. C. Fed- Later sent to Jubilee Hospital why T can't get into hospital. They where he lingered for 10 or 11 days, say T look the sickest man in cnmp. mostly in a state of unconsciousness The cook is very good and fixes me up and showing symptoms of spinal something extra good fnr ench moid, meningitis. Died .... ■—^B!^™!!.!^^™!!^— ing giv is pneumonia Vm' m'n 1,ilv" ,1|("1 s,n,,p T *'*■"'" but he seemed quite willing to be- 0I to»st. »* n™'1 we hnve some lieve some person who could not sny maslled Potntoes nnd beef, supper is it openly. rationist. The Voice of the Early Church By St. Ambrose (Latin) 340-397. How far, t) rich, do you extend your ■useless avarice. Du you intend lo be |,, but T hnve no appetite for anything 8th April, cause of ,1 1. H,£" ^"1.™?% lo Ollicers chiefly responsible be Col. Major who gave sen- fence to punishment suffered by this man; Dr. Hunter, who diagnosed case ih" sole inhabitants of the earth / Why do you drive oul the fellow sharers of nature and clnim il all for yourselves 1 The earth was made for nil. rich nud poo'', ' "mon Why do yon rich „| critical juncture, bul did nol give clnim il ns your exolusive right? The ,.eue( ,„- attention which persons ac- •oil was given to the rich and poor in quafnted wilh the condition of the pn- common. Wherefore, oh ye rich, do ticnl contend should have heen given, you unjustly clnim it for yourselves The mutter wus reported by civi- aloue? Nature gave all things in cum- linn to General Leekie at last moment, iniiii I'ur the use of nil*, usurpation ere- iinM Gen. Leekie believed to hnve en- jjp uted private rights, Property hath quired into the ense, hut result not o rights. The earth is the Lord's uiul known. choice. He cm either join Ihe In- we rire his oftspri ig. hntrv and go on fool: he en join The pagans hold earth as property. Ihe Aviation Corps and go in the air: I bey d" blaspheme God. or he enn join the Navy and go on ~" _ Ih.. wnter. He is perfectly free to Only One-third of Italian Army Fed , ,, In Italy onlv one-third of the nrmy "Yes, Hint mav be." replied tbe is being maintained on the battle despondent one. "nnd when he comes lines, th licinl explanation hack he is equally free to lake any Ihal there is not siillicient food old pension he enn get, or go with- si "Now. then." said T, "don'I pn critiziiu' the Government or vou will he un muiinsl it. Thev Ml w tint Hie relurned soldier gels all that's eniriiur to him—when Ihey have finished 'winning the war.1 Vou enn'l roilg Austrian army facing the Italians is said to have received large supplies from Russia. The shortage of wheal in Franco hns become so serious Hint the brend ration of the French soldiers hns been Attention of authorities nt Ottawa should lie drawn to this ease with a view to thorough nnd impartial enquiry by disinterested persons given powers to compel and take evidence under oath. Object of such enquiry to promote hotter news next lime icing creator care and nttention to soldiers ihe when reporting sickness. "'" Apart from humanitarian considerations, such treatment of members of H. JL Forces ns alleged in this euse causes unnecessary waste of valuable manpower al a time when the Government is culling for every available mnn fil lo serve in the cause of the Allies. here and T believe through carelessness or ignorance on the part of Dr. Hunter. Wc had only two military funerals today. There were throe new .cases of measles in No. 4 Companv. and a ,""' ',"'•', " „ . a i -. ■ , , hi'oueiit before Co. case ot mumps, nnd it is reported one , . , """ • , -,, n nun a good ca ling man is down with smnllpox. n The ambulance came todny nnd took n mnn fo some hospital in Victorin. so you can imagine how we all feel. We look on llie* ambulance ns if it was a hearse. T nm not writing this letter with the iden of gettim: nny help because T feel certain T am up against too big n eomhinnlinn nnd the two daily papers do nol print a word of what is going on here, nnd they must know. Well, this is enough trouble for one letter. T hope T have tlie same as breakfast. That is all I manage, hut there is tea at each meal and porridge in the morning, but they taste too sickly for me. I drink water instead. So you see there is not much danger of me getting enough temperature for the measles. I don't know bow long they will keep me ill here, whether it's six dnys or six months. Some fellows nre kept here a week, then sent hack to tlieir Company, nnd in three dnys ure buck in hospitul again. One of the men here, who is being discharged, has been in nnd out of hospital four times, wliich must huve heen rather monotonous. N'o. -I Company thnl I belong to, tins Hie worst reputation of nay Company in camp; tlint is, amongst the ollicers. 1 have several good yarns to tell you when T see you again. Our Sergt.-Major was arrested last Satur- dny nfteniooti for disobeying orders nud insulting Mnjor Bullock-Webster, lie' has his discharge from Hie Imperial army nnd was only hired by Hie dny at the Willows. When Major lie gave lie had thirty years' service ia the nrmy nnd had never seen a camp so badly managed as the Willows; that Ihey treated Hie men ns if thoy were dogs, hut not quite so valuable, etc. An hour Inter Ihe Sorgt.-Mnjor was dressed iu civilian chillies, and although (he guard tried to slop him he broke out of cnmp. and I liear lie has gone to Camp Lewis. Washington, where they offered him $8 n day. YPRESS Shell-torn and battle-scarred. Ruined and wholly marred! Unfortunnte, desolate Spot, that will ever be Famous in history. For nil the world to see! Mnny hnve died for thee, Gallantly! Gallantly! Canada will ne'er forget Her sons that died there! Yet Heaven nnd hell mingled, met In Ypres! 'Tis n mystery! Maple'Bay, near Duncnn, B.C., Willows Cnmp. March fi. '18. Your letter did me more good thnn nil the medicine the doctor has civon "ie. I have no infections disease. T nm all wasted away to skin nnd bone, and T nm just ns weak* ns a cat am sorry to hear of vour neck while riding Mr. Cleaves' horse. Please ride n quiet, reliable one after Willows Cnmp, March 18. I r iver] your lotti evening. The hospital i dny. <i p.m., I In tin think ^^^ ■/.-., alright. I rhl for a t'fw | velop into luhercll: ) I have rheumatism gol I' Siilui'dny ■del-lies call nr llie lllllll. vev Hie in- lic Doctors I would .le- 1 ihe lungs. v hack nnd When I came in flrst Ihey told mc Bargains in Homes! 5-Room New House (Vieloria West); basement, good plumbing, house well finished; lot 4(. ft. x 112 ft. Near car and school. Price $1,300; S250 cash; balance to arrange. 4-Room New Cottage (Oak Bay I; basement, house is we'll finished. Lot 50 ft. x 140 ft. Near school. Price, $1,650; $450 cash; balance lo arrange. 3-Room New Cottage (Victoria Wist) ; with chicken houses and outbuildings; some fruit trees. Lot is fenced. Lot 45 t't. x 118 ft. Near car and school. Price $1,200; terms to suit purchaser. 5-Room New Cottaga (Oak Bay); basement, house is well finished, and is in a very good part of Oak Bay, close to car and school. Lot 41 ft. s 12R ft. Price $2,300; terms. Currie & Power 1214 DOUGLAS STREET PHONE 1466 In answering tin's ad sav you it lu The Week ' Page Four THE WEEK Saturday, May 4. SUB ROSA of dollars are invested in serum-vac- the choice between the two cannot cine producing plants, that they are bo difficult, licensed by the government to manu- » * * facture disease to be put into the It is this great fact, that war must blood of tlie race, and that millions be banished if civilization is to en- From time to time I have made °f, doll°1's are made each >'ear b* tl,e dm'e, that the victory of this war many foolish suggestions. That, of *, of tbese serurns and vaeci"es? shnll be the end of all wnr, which couse, is easy for you to believe No ,. ™ter vlslted one of lhe smaIIer turas the darkness of 1017 into the mutter, I think right now is a suita- 1SeaSe factorles' and was loW by tlie light of a new nnd better day. This bio time to repeat one of them. When f'son In attendance tllat they hnd yenr mny mark the turning point of 1 lived in England I suggested thut tunushed 'four ™llllon inoculations history. It may stand forever in men's the United States be brought nearer eady and the season was only half minAs as tlie last year when man met to Britain. Quite ensy; let Ireland °Ver Are these dlsease manufac- man in battle. Such glory mav be seek admission to the American tum'S ln "ie busllless for anything still too good to be true. Mankind, S0TT0_V0CE BY THE HORNET Union. England would be able to take her army home, and America could grow all her own policemen en- but profit 1 for all its woes, may not yet have W" That the correspondence column of the dnily papers is often the most interesting part. That sometimes it is the most amusing. That Mr. Dooley and Walter Foster have done much in the last few years to encourage a smile to appear where a frown used to be. That tho former gentleman raised a kick the other day because a writer in The Week put his name in the same sentence as the Bishop's. That no offence was intended—to either of them, That The Week is now open to receive kicks from the other gentlemen. That Dooley is to be congratulated on his last letter on "Capital." That he shows that it is not absolutely necessary to have leisure to have brains, and— That you can't always tell the amount of a man's intelligence by the cut of his clothfes. ■C That Mr. Gadsden also writes interesting letters. , That he complains that certain valuable timber limits are still held by Aliens although the dues on them have not been paid for a long time. That the Government has not seen fit to cancel them. - That there must be a reason. That the Registrar of Mortgages might he able to tell us. That n mortgage on the Alvens- leben Company, Limited, holding these concessions in favor of Senator Barnard for the sum of $10,860.05 might possibly account for something. That the Hornet suggests that a bill be brought before the House at the next session authorizing the Government to pay off these little family affairs so as to let the law take its course. That this would make everybody happy and contented. WThnt Prohibition is supposed to be in force. That a strict observance of the law might reasonably bo expected in the Parliament Buildings. That the pressmen didn't look at things in that light. That on the last day they left five empty bottles in Hie press room. That "Black and White" seemed to be the favorite—there being three of those, one of Johnny Walker and one Old Highland. Thnt the Hornet believes that mine of the local reporters were responsible. That tho bottles were left by those men that came from outside. That the local men probably did not leave theirs—because they were not empty. WThal the new press regulations are not strict enough. That they prohibit us from mnking false statements nbout. nny of the Allies. That this is nil right, but why discriminate 1 Why allow us lo mnke false statements nbout anyone? That n heavy penalty for mnking ANY false statement would be more honest, and— Thnt it would enable us to collect n good many more fines. tirely. Thnt was iu the old days, but now that Ireland wants to become a Republic, I think the idea is most apposite. Mr. Wilson, Lloyd George and the Lord Mayor of Dublin please copy. The Irishman of the THE BREAKDOWN OF WAR LETTERS TO THE ffi EDITOR m .^-^tJEiiJeiuaiiHuaiiFiiJHugiiB — SUB Why is tliere so little mention made learned the lesson. But I at least of this most conspicuous cause of dis- shall dare to hope. I listen and shall ease among the soldiers? listen to the end, for that."mystic JESSICA HENDERSON, Trumpeter" of Whitman sounding Recording Secretary, the Nationnl no longer "War's wild alarums," but Anti-Vivisection Federation, Inc. "a higher strain thnn any yet." 0 glad, exulting, culminating songl Hymns to the universal God from uni- State of Ireland would not object to _ m s„ mA„ ,T, -„_.„ „„,„„ vmal man-all joy I being drafted along with the Irish- From Sermon by Rev. Haynes Holmes A reborn race appears a perfect world man from the State of Illinois, for „ ... . ,, . , . ... —all joy! don't you know there is more family 0m "Ung' '"irdl'Y '° be d('SCnbed War, sorrow, suffering gone-the rank mnil exchanged between New York "s a" event- aml J'et destined to be earth purged—nothing but joy ond Queenstown than between Liver- regarded perhaps as the most signi- left! pool and Belfast. The United States cunt fact of this one enormous year, J0?-' Jov! in freedom, worship, love, and the United Kingdom jjeed to get I must mention, at least briefly, for J°v in the e«stacy of life, better acquainted with each other, and your final nicdiatation. °y*' J°y ■ J°y' why not a joint suzerainty over Ire- I refer to what I would call the land as a starter. breakdown of war as a method of * * * settling disputes between nations. It Some months ago I wrote of the will be conceded by us all, I imagine, jlJ5 Kaiser listening over the telephone to that nobody anticipated, when this jjje the Police Court trial of one common war began, that it would last so long fJ£ German, entitled to be called a man. or cost so much. It was in Germany Here is what Edith M. Thomas sings that the hopes of swift and complete §nj[ about Liebknecht the author of "Mi- victory iu 1914 were souring highest, litarism. Her armies were to tuke Pnris in six (Letters lo the Edilor on any subjeel "We Germans in Prussia have weeks and thus destroy France, turn of general interest will be published in three cardinal rights; the right to be swiftly to Hie east and conquer Rus- these columns. They must be accom- soldiers, to pay taxes, to keep our sin, then battle with England nt tlieir panted by the name and address of Ihe tongues between our teeth. . . Con- leisure. The prospect could not have writer, which will be treated in strict sider well the facts: as long ns the been brighter. But look at the reality! confidence if so desired. Short letters German people do not rise and en- For three years nnd four months, Ger- are preferred.—Editor.) force thpir own will, the assassination many lins been fighting unremittingly. of the people will continue. Let She bus been triumphant on nearly "Sheriff's Act" thousands of voices shout: 'Down every field, nnd now occupies Hums- Victoria, April 25, '18. with the shameless extermination of amis of square miles of conquered ter- Editor The Week, nations! Down with those who are ritory. But her enemies still stnnd Dear Sir.—I herewith enclose in responsible for these crimes!' " ("In in tlieir nrnis against her, and victory printed form n matter thai should in- Militarism.") is as far away ns ever. The Allies terest you. Tn fnct. to my mind, it Liebknecht, nlone you chose the free- °" "iei!' Part llad "Vuch hop,Ls, in '« a question the general public should man's wav— beginning ns the Germnns. They take up. You would not keep your tongue *&* ">at the>' 'iad a '"ft hard , That <!'<* Shef is,f^'» (le" between your teeth- g abend, and set themselves grim- feat justice nnd fo defy the Courts Like a bright sword, whipped sud- & ,to tbe pfforniance of a terrific is. to say the least,' more than den from the sheath, ffk' But theT lo"^ lrae ,se , tor "■Mndatonfc" Flashed'that edged word of yours in th,s task was Lord Kitchener s three dangerous pleyl years and this distinguished soldiei^^^^^^^^^^ tt j a :. •! j » i j was almost a one in making such a Hence do you uffer civil death today. From fte Dai, <MmM rf gum, he°o ah T°day> h°we™'. the three J'*"''8 a,e FebnW1''V 10th' 1918:~ v„„ iivw ,',.i,ii„ „„,.* „„m„„h.*„t., gone, and more thnn gone, but still "The Act to amend the 'Sheriff's s IbTneath "le °verthrow of Gei™">' has llot Act" now before the Legislature will been achieved. Especially has this meet with general approval, for in INTERESTING LECTURE THE WORLD ON FIRE Speaker: CLIFFORD ROHERTS PRINCESS THEATRE YATES STREET SUNDAY, MAY 5 AT 7:30 P.M. AUSPICES ASSOCIATED BIBLE STUDENTS ADMISSION FREE! EVERYBODY WELCOME! EVERYBODY COME! NO COLLECTION! Victoria's Watch and Clock Repair House 1124 GOVERNMENT STREET ALL WORK GUARANTEED. JEWELLERY REPAIRS AND ENGRAVING PROMPTLY EXECUTED. THE CHEAPEST HOUSE FOR WALTHAM AND ALL THE HIGH GRADE AMERICAN AND SWISS WATCHES. F. L HAYNES Yours truly, R. T. WILLIAMS. Superior Fruit Service Dan W. Poupard Fruit Specialist Balmoral Block Douglas Street, Victoria Phone 3321 LAUD BEOISTRY AOT. Section 84 A despot's will in spiritual death dc- sjsssm T—*imn»iniT—*^ith™i■■■ ■■ oay_ year 11)17 been to both sides, from ettect it makes salaries ollicers of the military point of view at least, these appointees of tlie Crown, where- What thoughts are yours—past outer " •vear of b'tter disappointment. Vast as formerly .they were financially insight and sound— offensives have been projected, by the forested in demanding and taking re- A heavy toil, in penal silence drear, GeI'mnns '» Italy> fo1' example, and wards wliich were often out of fill pro- The while the wheel of Moloch still '''V "ie EnSlis'' at Cambria; these of- portion to the services rendered. In goes round fensives have been carried through at future the bulk of these fees will And men are broken on it? . vils' exPense °t me" and.ammunition, form part of the Consolidated Rev- Can you hear ' alK' ""*"' "' evel'.V case have been euue Fund, nnd the people will bene- halted or have broken down. Every- lit proportionately. In some of the where the operations of this yenr seem Stntes on the American side similar n„„„^i„„ *„m„H „„„,.in.j= m,,0t 'o bring confirmation of the thesis of legislation has been euncted, and we Oncoming tumult overlords must ^ ^ ^.^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ MtufMtoty Ksul^ "And in a number of those States (As do our Indians, stooping to the ground), fear! the defense in modern warfare has __^^____,^^^^^_^^^^_ been strengthened so vastly at the it is specified that no one shall hold expense of the offense, that military the position of sheriff, or that of any victory is rendered so difficult as to of his-assistants, who has unsatisfied be almost impossible. The Germans judgments standing against him in i hope any courts. This is clearly u wise pro- Ever hear of that U. S. A. weekly called "Life"? It is a most inconsistent paper—naturally. Walk to and from work one of these fine days , a_-an_a^^___a^ and buy a copy with the ten cents, have.to all appearances given up .....,, , . . ... r of winning a military victory and the vision tor it does not create a healthy best soldiers of the Allies are talk- feeling if any officer of the Crown is IN THE MATTER of the Northerly 50 feet of Lot 2, Block 1, Map 1220 A, Victoria District. PROOF having been filed tn my Office of the loss of the Certlflcate of Indefeasible Tlble to the above mentioned lands, Numbered 141881 in the name of Duncan Stewart and bearing date the 19th day of December, 11113, I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE of my Intention at the expiration of one calendar month from the flrst publication hereof to issue to the said Duncan Stewart a fresh Certificate of Indefeasible Title in lieu of such lost Certificate. Any person having any information with reference to such lost Certificate of Title is requested to communicate with the undersigned. DATED at the Lnnd Registry Office, Victoria, B.C., this 10th dny of April. 11)18. J. C. GWYNN, Registrar General of Titles. Aprl3-Mayll LAKE BEOISTBT AOT. Section 94 mSSBA&ACT (Form F.) Certificate of Improvement! NOTICE. Arrow Mineral Claim, situate In the Victoria Mining Division of Sooke District. . Where located: On lot 93, Sooke District. TAKE NOTICE thntl, Wallace C. Munkley, of Victorin, B. C the lawful holder of the above named mineral claim, Free Miners Certificate No. 17198-C, Intend, sixty dnys from the elate hereof, to apply to the Milling Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant for the above clnim. And further take notice that action, under section 37 must bo commenced before the issue of such Certificate of improvements. Dated this 24th day of April,, A. D. 1018. WALLACE C. MUNKLEY, Owner. June 22. Victor Vlgelius, Agent. It often devotes n whole issue to one particular subject. I offer the suggestion that "Life" publish a spe- . 'Death" number. There are a Perlod of fl'om three ing of a victory achieved only after himself within llie toils of the lnw of to n dozen which he is the agent of enforcement on others." (The suggestion contained in the Now all this has brought about cer- Inst paragraph is not in the new act cial ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ pictures in the pnper, which is what years' you pay for; the reading matter is thrown in. for anybody ran H|MHHHn|a{BHM| a <n xtr\ write—better than the fellows that do tain very definite results. Tu the first "' ■*•"'' . m*MSSsm*sssml*SMMSmSsm In Hie Supreme ( ourl ol British (Jo write. Allow me tn inject The Week place, llie Allied Governments nre with n jolt from "Life." Keep slill lalking much more moderately today now. if won't hurt you; here it is:— llian in lhe beginning of the struggle, * ' ' and men nre constantly appearing, Why Is My Soldier Sick? like Dr. Eliot in our country, and Lord Kxlraets from an Open Letter fo Lansdowne in England, to urge the Edwin Ralph Estep Those who nre looking for the Any person having any information with reference to such lost Certlflcate of Title Is requested to communicate with the undersigned. DATED at the Land Registry OITIce. Victoria, B.C., this 10th dny of April, 1918. ^^_^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ J. C. GWYNN, answer to the question of why there eminent is indicted bv the pence terms "",. '".' "'," ""■'. 7" 7', ."""„";,'" , „„ M„„1iI,nslEtrar Gl!ni!ral ot Tlt"!S' , .:., _ ii.. „_i ....,....:,,.„., ,„ ,,,„ tj...'.„i.,„„ „„ n„„„„, el,"-V ls perhaps indicated in Biitlin AprlB-Mayll uniliia. Judgment oft he Honorable Mr. Justice Clement. Williams vs. Richards: "I must give effect to the objection that lliis application is made by one only of two plaintiffs; In IN THE MATTER of part, 6.26 chains by 32 chains containing 20 acres more or less, of Section 6, Range 1 East, North Saanich District. PROOF having been flled In my Office of the loss of tho Certificate of Indefeasible Title to the above mentioned lands, Numbers 4771 in the name of George Q. Sayles nnd bearing date the loth day of July, 1908, I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE of my intention at tlle expiration of one calendar month from the flrst publication hereof to Issue to the said George G. Sayles a fresh Certlflcate of Indefeasible Title in lieu of such lost Certificate. possibilities of n negotinted pence. ,,, . ., ,,„,-, ,, £, _,- ... , , i , iv, , • • ii n Wright (lnio), 2 Ch. ilr. do L.,1. lie true What is going on m the German guv- ,„ .... „„ „ ' . ,.„. „ ,i,„„„ , ■ • v i 11 ii , Ch. it. lhe wav out ot this dilli- y tliere (Turnout is indicted bv the pence terms ,, , . ,. . , . „ „• is so much sickness among the sol- submitted to the Russians on Decern- <,ul1*!' ,s >;e!^ ™™ "'.'!!,]i"11"! diet's, will find it in the fact Ihal they ber 27-terms which would have been "' , 0lS.( T/inoaf o V.1 -'-}? hnve been pumped full of disease by unthinkable from such a source two ht'"' vs' lv,ll«sl0" (•',U8'' - &M:< ;"*<- compulsory serum inoculations and yenrs, or even one year. ago. In the vaccinations! His powers of resist- second place, the undecisive chnracl- ance have been so lowered by this sys- er of Hie war is stirring up a degree tcmatic and excessive blood poisoning of popular discontent that is a source Hint nny nnd nil disense finds him easy of very genuine alarm ill nil belliger- prcy. ent countries. Revolution is nowhere According to tlie recent slntciueut impossible nt the present time. Lastly of a lieutenant from Massachusetts, and most important, this fnct of nn his regiment received "six inociila- unfinished wnr is convincing people of tions in one dny, and the men fell nil classes, of all countries, of nil vn- like dead men on the floor, ns Ihey rielies of opinion, that war has he- were tiying to get lo their beds."'come impossible in modern times. Its Not a few, but mnny, beenme (lend destructiveness is beyond all control. men. On one train coming east from Its cost surpasses all estimnte. It en- Kinisas a mnn reported eight dead lists every man and every dollar in its soldiers. These men were husky Knn- support. If now. we add to these facts sns farmers—before inoculation! the further fact that war must todny The thousands of deaths deliberate- be indefinitely prolonged if victory ly inflicted upon our soldiers nnd is lo be achieved by the stronger over UnrEBAL ACT (Form F.) Certificate of Improvement! NOTICE. Safety Mienral Clnim, sltunte In the Victoria Mining Division of Sooke District. Where located: On lot 93, Sooke District. TAKE NOTICE that I, Harry D. Reld, of Victoria, B. C, the lawful holder of the above named mineral clnim. Free Miner's Certificate No. 171II9-C. Intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements for the purpose of obtaining a Crowd Grant for the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section 37. must be commenced before the issue of such Certificate of Improvements. Dntcd thin 24th dny of April,. A. D. 1918. HARRY D. RK1D. Owenr. June 22. Victor Vlgelius, Agent. There is absolutely no merit in llie objection. i\s 1 have had occasion to remark before, the attitude nnd conduct of tlie defendant in this cnse hns become, to my mind, a public scandal, His refusal lo answer on his examination as a judgment debtor was, so far as 1 can see, quite improper. He desires to raise now questions which should hnve been raised in the action. "Aplication refused without costs. (Signed) W. H. Clement, J." Victorin. B.C., 28th February, 1918. Potato Cultivation Be wise in time, nnd if you are cultivating potatoes send to the Publications Branch, Department of Ag- sailors has passed the scandal line— the Weaker side, the conclusion is in- '''culture, Ottawa, for Bulletin No. it hos become a tragedy! evilnhle. Wat' has simply broken n0' Tl,is bulletin is calculated to We hear frequent mention mnde nf down as a method of settling disputes l"'ove n" invaluable aid to the potato war profiteers —there are so mnny between nntions. Nothing is settled bv g™W("', whether amateur or profes- already it is deplorable to have to add such a method save death, destruction sio"nl» whether cultivating field or another name to the long list, but nnd endless misery. War and civilizu- Vlu'""t lota- If tells bow to prepare rarely arc the manufacturers of dis- tion, in other words, hnve become an 'be soil, how to fertilize, how to se- easo mentioned in this clnss to which impossible combination. They cannot le('1 S"oa seed, how to plant, how to they properly belong. Do the people longer exist together in tlie same l<mc1' be plant, how to spray, how to of this country realize that millions world. One or the other must go, nnd (''gi elc'i elc- C. H. SMITH &CO. Photographic Supplies Pictures Picture Framing Other Things Too I 611 Fort Street MINEBAL ACT (Form F.) Certificate of Improvements NOTICE. Trlonnl Mlnernl Clnim, situute In thc Victoria .Mining Division of Sooke District. Whore loomed: On lots 93 and 163, Sooke District. TAKE NOTICE that I. Annie M. Mnxam, of Victorin, B. C, the lnwful holder of the above mineral claim. Free Miners Certificate No. 17197-C, intend, sixt dnys from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grnnt for the above claim. And further take notice tlint action, under section 37. must bo commenced lie- fore the issue of such Certificate of improvements. Dated this 24th day of April,, A. D. 1918. ANNIE M. MAXAM, June 22. Victor Vlgelius. Agent. Loafing Is Now Illegal All persons domiciled in this country are now supposed to work or show cnuse why they nre idle, according to lhe new Order in Council. The law applies to all betw»en the ages of Ifi and 00, and heavy penalties ore imposed against offenders. NOTICE OP CHANGE OF NAME NOTICE is hereby given thnt the Jns. A. Cnvnnngh Finance Company Limited intends, after the expiration of one month from the first publication hereof, to npply to the Registrar of Joint Stock Compnnies for approval of the changing of its name to The International Brokers, Limited. JAS. A. CAVANAOH, Aprfi-5t Managing Director.
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