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BC Historical Newspapers
The Abbotsford Post was published in Abbotsford, in the Fraser Valley region of southwestern British Columbia. The Post was published and edited by John Alexander Bates, and it was the first paper targeted specifically at the Abbotsford area. The paper has since been bought and sold a number of times, and continues to be published to this day under the title of the Abbotsford News.
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i \ ( 1- -.1 !r '* Vol. XL, No. 18. With which is incorporated "The Huntingdon Star" *^���������* ��������� " "* **" i ABBOTSFORD, B, C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1915 PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS ARE DESTROYED Rev. Felix Kientz Makes .First Visit to the District ' Cash, per thousand Regular price $4.50 Name and address only printed on Envelopes. Having secured a big bargain from the wholesaler, I want my customers to get the benefit. Seize this opportunity before it is too late These Envelopes are going like 'hot cakes." ������ A DATITQ PRINTER and J. Ao BAlHd, PUBLISHER Mission City . ----- B. C. OUR LONDON LETTER (From Fraser Valley Record) The following letter was received by a resident of Mission City this week: - "I read your cutting from the Montreal paper. It is like many another I read; but I've had 30 years of newspapers, and I don t believe a hundreth part of what shells (true! and" that we are I read iii them. This particular cutting is 'an interview- quite an Americanism in journalism���������and just about as valuable as most Americanisms. The interview can be served up to-suit any palate. But like many another dish which is all right when hot, it won't stand cold analysis. You ask Why don't England strike? and then you ask me to read this cutting, as it deals with the point. I have read. I cannot find that it deals with the point at all. If it went just a little fartner���������but that little is oh! so much���������it would answer your question. This man says we (true again). But he does not finding the men to burn them are turning out millions of tell you that if we had as many shells as on the sea shore they would be no use without guns. It takes a long time to produce a very large number of guns, and this is one of. the things; Germany knew when she start- ed the war, secure in the poss-'j ession of an overwhelming reserve store of these weapons, and overwhelming reserve of plant and skilled artillery makers to repair and replace as re quired. Wherever Germany has succeeded, it has been by reason of her enormous advantage in artillery, and corresponding shortness on the part of her opponents. ' The Russian has beaten the German whenever he has been on anything like equal terms with him in artillery. The Serbian ditto. What drove Russia back, and what beat Serbia was not the human Hun, but the Huns' immense superiority in the munitions of war. So long as that superiority is removed, the end of the war will be in sight. When Germany started this war��������� which she has planned and provided for for years���������she was greatly superior in all military departments. In men, artillery and projectiles she was supreme. The whole kingdom was ordered as a gigantic fortress and honeycombed by strategic railways, laid down with a view to moving large bodies of troops rapidly. This practically doubled the value of her army numerically. She has been enjoying the fruits of that superiority ever since; but now - the thing itself is beginning to vanish'. In men, notwitkstanding the advantage her railways give her, she is "feeling a draught" for while she has been attack- Explosion Heard Before the Outbreak���������Six Lives Supposed to be Lost in Fire. The parliament buildings at Ottawa are probably a complete loss owing.to fife which broke out Thursday evening in the House of Commons Reading ���������Rom; sweeping down the corri- ,ders with tremendous fury. Two people are dead and four are supposed to be buried in the ruins. Among the Injured are Hon. Martin BurrelHqf B. C, who was badly, burned in.the flame of fire. '���������.*>������������������ There is supposed to be no insurance the buildings being worth $1,500,000: LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE The commttee-.in charge' of the lighting arrangements have gathered sufficient data to enable them to estimate the cost of installing the necessary " the necessary number of lights' to cover all the main points- in the townsite. "The" petition has already been circulated and many signatures have been.. obtained. The estimated cost for the current year-works out at. the rate of 2V4 mills on the dollar, covering initial expenses and the cost of 17 lights for one year. If carried into effect the tax to cover the cost will not be called for until about the. end of the present year, so that practically the taxpayers will get nearly one year's light before ������being called upon for payment. Differing from government taxes the levying and administration of all moneys is completely in the hands of- the three commissioners appointed by the taxpayers. Signatures may be made at Mr. H. Alanson's store at any time where a copy of the assessment roll may be seen. $1.00 per Year personals ENJOYABLE TIME AT THE PRESBYTERIAN MANSE ing, lll&, owing to her-utter disregard of life, she has squandered her human material too freely. She has lost her advantage in men. In projectiles the advantage is rapidly passing���������if not already passed���������to us, owing to the gigantic���������but entire- (Continued on Page Four) A social evening was given at the Manse last Friday evening from 8 p.m. to 12 p. m. A- mong the many interesting games played was a guessing contest. The prizes which were^ a dainty box of note paper and a box of chocolates won by Mrs. Everett Ryall and Mr. Clarice McCallum. During the evening a song was sung by the Abbotsford Male Quartette, a solo by Mrs. Grott, a recitation by Mrs. Par- ton, a solo by Mr. Charles Davison, a piano solo by Mrs/ E. N. Ryall, a recitation by Mrs. Martin and.a piano solo by Miss Evelyn McMenemy. Everyone had a splendid time and were allowed to make any a- mount of noise which generally donates a good time, and there was' plenty of that, chiefly in the room where they had trouble with the telephone. ��������� Lunch was served on trays by Mrs. Campbell assisted by sev- The Catholics of Abbotsford, Clayburn and surrounding district are much pleased with the first visit of the Rev. F. Kientz paid them some few weeks ago. For practically one year, they have been left without any Divine service, owing to the scarcity of priests, but, since the first day of January, this year the Rev. Father Felix Kientz whose headquarters are at Chilliwack, has been appointed by Archbishop T Casey of Vancouver, to' take charge of all the Catholics in the Fraser Valley from Hope to New Westminster The Catholics of Abbotsford will.have a regular monthly service on the, second Sunday ���������of each month, to start with February 13th. Father will arrive on the previous Saturday and will" stay until Monday or longer. He .will occupy the room at the rear of the church. Mass will be said or sung on. Sunday at 10 a.m. followed with the benediction of the most Blessed Sacrament. Sunday School will be conducted at 2: 30 p. m.' Occasion will be given for the reception of the sacraments. All those who have been baptized in the Catholic Church, are kindly reminded that the'Roman Pontiff means to give them to understand the great honor it is for Catholics to. have a priest with .them and also the great obligation they have to avail themselves of his services and to assist him and co-operate with him in all matters that concern Holy Relig- ih Father Kientz is much pleased with his first visit to Abbotsford, accompanied by Mr. Moret he has paid his respects to the Reverend Ministers of the Anglican and Presbyterian churches and is fully confident that the best of relations will exist between them and him. self. At the next visit he will continue his visits to the Catholics who reside in the country ���������Contributed. Miss Rogers of New Westminster spent the week ' end . with lier brothers and sisters' here. ��������� Mrs. F. J. Boyd was a visit- * or to Vancouver' last week. Mr. Arthur Cox of Vancouver is Visiting his parents here in town. Mrs. Lamb wo has been vis- .; iting in Vancouver for the past few weeks has returned to her daughter Mrs. Swift. Mr. Colin Fraser has gone to Huntingdon to work in the C. P. R. station there. A sleighing party went to Clayburn' on Tusday evening and had a very enjoyable time at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Cruickshank. Mrs. Ross was visiting in Bel- lingham last week for a few days. '��������� ' . . : . The new. repair machinery arrived for the lumber mill and was hauled from the station on sleighs. It is now being-put in , place ready for work when the mill re-6pehs. '-:��������� ������������������ A surprise party was taken to Mr. and Mrs. D. McGillivray's on Wednesday evening and all had a merry time playing games and cards. Mrs. H. Alanson was hostess at the W. A. social in the Masonic Hall Thursday evening. A pancake social will be given in the afternoon and evening at the home of Mrs. McMenemy next \Yednsday in aid of the Presbyterian church. Tea and cake will also be served and a fee of 15^ is asked. The Great Northern train did not go through on Wednesday on account of snow blockades. Mr. and Mrs. Bell are guests at the.Russell House in New Westminster. Miss Margaret Miller is visiting-her sister Mrs. McKinnon. Constable Lines has been sick with the grip since last Saturday. Mr. Robert Powell was a visitor to Claburn on Sunday. CONSERVATIVES ELECT OFFICERS At the annual meeting of the Abbotsford Conservative Association the following officers were elected: President���������Wm. Taylor. Vice-Pres.���������C. A. Ryall. Sec���������C. R. Davison. Treas ���������N. Hill. Executive���������A. McCallum, E. T. Weir, D. C. Blair, J. A. McGowan and Dr. T. A. Swift. There was a good attendance at the annual meeting. ADDITION TO THE FUNDS The treasurer of the local Red Cross Auxiliary is pleased to report a substantial addition to the funds this month. The box in post office was the recipient of a cheque from Mr. J. J Sparrow for $5.00; Abbotsford Lumber Co., $10.00 (m); Monthly- contributions $14.75,in small amounts 75^. The usual $12.00 to prisoners of war fund has been forwarded to the treasurer at Vancouver HONOR ROLL There is an urgent demand for fuel these days and the wood cutters are busy and the coal deliverer is kept on the move. eral of the younger set, and "Jimmie" took charge of the home made candy, which was unsurpassable. Next Sunday evening the Roll of men who enlisted for overseas service from this district will be unveiled and read at the service in the Presbyterian church. Some fifty men left these parts or are preparing to leave. Of those who left soon after the war begun have been killed. THE ABBOTSFORD POST, ABBOTSFORD, B. C. v. * THE ABBOTSFORD POST. i Published Every Friday by The Tout Publishing Company A weekly Journal devoted to the interests of Abbotsford and,district - Advortisiiug rates made known on application , Our Shibboleth���������Neither for nor agin' tho Government . J. A. BATES, - - Editor and Proprietor J������������������ <������������������ l��������� .III I' ' ' ������������������M���������������������������^ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1916 But the wprsf thing about the storm is that the Conservative Cabinet meeting at Kamloops lias been inerfered with, and here are all he', Liberals and the -Vancouver Sun awaiting news of ''what's dbiu' " in the way of general elections, or bye-elections. It's really' too bad l.o keep us all in suspense in that way and our opinion is that Premier Bowser should not have gone to such ah out of the way place as Kamloops anyhow, when he knew he was to have a cabinet meeting. It was sure shortsightedness on his part. ' The attempt to make Kamloops the Inland capital has met with failure at the start, it would seem. The Dominion government are to create another portfolio ���������Minister of Munitions���������with K. B. Bennet at the head of the department. Conservatives who know say that he is the right man in the right place. Let us hope so. ' ' . The Peace, Prohibition and Petticoat parties of the United States appear to be uniting their efforts for purpose "of putting up a presidental candidate this fall. With such a combination there will be no want of choice for a leader���������Even Henry Ford has been mentioned as leader. In the meantime President Wilson has started on a tour of Preparedness and.America for A- mericans, which should appeal to a large following. Our London Letter (Continued) In Canada we in the West often think that the East does not do us as much justice in many matters as they should. The questions that we sometimes think of great importance the East pass off lightly, and one of these questions is the Oriental immigration; and then during these war times while the West has responded more nobly according to population than the East, there does not appear to be the same generous hand dealing out war supplies to the western manufacturers that there is in the east;, and we might if we had time multiply the wrongs so as to have a long list. But western Canada is not alone in this matter of not being treated on a level with the more populous east. From Los Angelos Chamber of Commerce has been sent a resolution to Washington on the naval and military affairs that is required for the western States. It is claimed that is the first instance in the history of the country where a direct demand has been made on Congress for the protection of its people, specifying the character of the defense. In the preamble the. resolution sets forth that the United States is at present totally unprepared to defend itself a,gainst any sort of attack, and that the need for defense may arise at any moment. The cost and consequence of an attack would be far greater than the most elaborate form of preparedness, the report says, and as the United States government has refused to accept the trained opinions of ' its general naval board and general staff of the army, it is high time the people make known their feelings. Then it goes further and says "The Panama Canal is too uncertain a quantity. It could be easily blocked or its locks destroyed with dynamite in advance of war by any nation planning war with the United States. Unless our navy is kept on the Pacific Ocean constantly and is at least equal in fighting.power to the combined navyes of Asia, it would fail as a defense for the Pacific Coast in the event of war with Asiatic nations. It would be destroyed unless it sought safety in fortified naval bases or harbors of refuge." And then says that there should be a standing army, fully equipped of 500,000.men between the mountains and the coast. In the case of an Asiatic war of course the western coast would have to bear the first brunt, hence the urgent demand for defense It would look as vhough somebody was waking up., as there was to be something doing, perhaps oooner than we can tell. Ireland is ���������.ii.us?ide the operation of the British Compulsion Bill. But what Irishman ever had to be compelled to fight? It was pleasing to note in the dailies a few days ago that Col. Taylor really did say that one of Laurier's Dreadnaughts was of real, service on the Pacific coast at the opening of the war. Truth will prevail always. Roosevelt Starlet! the War. The following is not from the trenches but from an eastern exchange, and is really so good that we cannot overlook printing it- Have you heard tin's story? The Crown Prince was having a nice little chat with his fther, the Butcher of Potsdam, and apropos of nothing said, "Father/"who starteed this war'?'-' "I know," said the fatheer playfully, "but I won't tell." ���������Did Cousin. George start it?" persisted the youth .without a chin. "No!" said the Father. "Did Cousin Nicholas?" "No!" said papa. "Did Francis-Joseph?" "No!" sid the Old Man. "Well, who did then?" o ,.' "I'll tell you, son! You remember Teddy Roosevelt came out of Central Africa and called on us several years ago, and I showed him our magnificent army; I showed him our great and glorious navy; I showed him the Zepps and the submarines and the gas bags, and Teddy, greatly impressed, slapped me on the back and said: " 'Bill, my boy, you can lick tlie world'���������And, like a damned fool, I believed him." view of the whole- field. Our battlefields extend for miles and miles. No commander can view it all and all' must necessarily rely upon minor officers.' Blunders���������of curse, there will be blunders.-And where every private constitutes himself a critic or a judge, there will be differences as to the extent of the blunder, and who was responsible'for it. There is another to this question. An officer may be a good one, may carry out many difficult operations in a very satisfactory manner, and then at last find hidself up a- gainst an utter imposibility,. or. what he honestly thinks one. He has to decide quickly. He decides not to risk the.lives of his men in what he believes to be a mad venture, or he decides to chance it and try and win through. Subsequent information (which the public may get to know) but which at the time he could not possibly knowy shows him to have been wrong in his choice. Is he to be charged wiht incompetence? No! the crime is not incompetence, but failure There's nothing succeeds ike success'.' I-Iindeiiburg and Mackensen have thrown a- way hundreds of thousands of precious lives unnecessarily'; but because "God fights on the side of the big battalions," they .won through���������so they are great generals. - f'Nof one of them, as strategists, could hold a candle to the man you are glad lias given up the command. So far as competence in generalship is concerned they . cut very poor, figures by the side ��������� of the Russian generals. , As for the child you speak of in the Mesopotamia ��������� area, I. simply do -not know* what you are driving at. The chilU seems to have done very well. He has been annir hilated about ten times (according to the., enemy reports but he and his little force still seem to' be very much alive, and able to take care of. themselves and incidentally of any others they can find.as well- Don't take so much notice of that German propaganda ] and pro-German liars. - You object to judging of A- moricans by'their base-ball. My dear fellow, it matters not what the game is. The principle is the thing. If a man cheats-��������� ���������Iocs not play the fair, clean, game���������then he is a twister. The history of Yankee sport when in competition with this country is a history of cheating. Not always, of course, but too frequently not to compel notice. The man who will cheat in. a game willcheat in the game of life. The motto of the average American sportsman is "Win tie, or wrangle." And as he long ago sold his soul to the Almighty dollar, perhaps I am only wasting time in discussing him.. In my opinion, the average Yankee is a wron'un��������� but I am quite aware my opinion does not count for much. Baseball, cricket, football, walk ing,: running���������any sport you like. Show me a fair, clean sportsman, and I'll show you a man,��������� whether he's a Yank, j Britisher, Dutchman, or anything else. Show me a cheat, and even if the Angel Gabriel and all his satellites are walking round him with halos in their hands,-/ he's none the less a wrong'un. i Ibmhsw TCisint^OKceR������cw������������i tmmzKtxx rt������ British Cc-lur^bia's Leading WHV PAY ItIG J)E!NTAL OHAKGBS? You will more than save your fare to Vancouver by'having your dental work done in our Vancouver ofllces. We have special arrangements TO SAVE YOUR TIME. Not more than two,days are required to complete your work., "OUR. PRICES ARE ABOUT ONE-HALF THOSE CHARGED BY OTJ-I IfiR DENTISTS. ��������� - All work GUARANTEED and performed WITHOUT THE SL1GTI3ST PAIN.. '��������� . ' ' KTSI4WILESSU1 . Second Floor, Dominion 0(dg. Z07tlastinq$ St W. Cor. Camhie VANCOUVER t\ IATSQUI- SOMAS BOARD OF TRADE r\ President, Chas. Hill-Tout Secretary, N: Hill of Abbotsford, B. C. Meeting Held First Monday of Each Month ��������� Write the secretary regarding manufacturing 'sites with unexcelled shipping facilities and cheap power or information regarding the farm, and fruit lands of wvt'he district,' and industries already established^,. m \ y--\ A WASH IS A JOV when one's bath room is rendered luxurious by our ornamental and open work plumbing. It's "an art- istictriumph. Have tho bath room a joy. Let your plumbing arrangements bo as santitary as the ��������� latest developments oC.the art will permit.- We'll show you the way. WM. ROBERTS Plumbing Shop Old Creamerv Bldo- Abbotsford id I Your Phdtograp . ..Nothing will add more- to the pleasure of the friends and kinsfolk at home. THE ROYAL STUDIO ABBOTSFORD :-: B. C. :-: I V *g) sum SEJt3E3QOaQE3aaQE3 J. H. JONES Funeral Director Furnisher of Funeral Supplies Phone Connection. Mission City K n I a a 5 ������ H a R H See me now about that Insurance QianpQQaaQEanQoiiiEiEDaEiiDaDa a .A WmS o o fl a\\. ..������ Jva������ I have a large and splendid supply of Raspberry Canes .for sale at low prices. Finest quality. Abbotsford VJI ���������If K?JISfB������IP,gjSK?fl^ia,^C#ftlrl?0 sras-araEisasss "ten* ^ THE ABBOTSFORD POST, ABBOTSFORD, B. C. <��������� A PRINTING ABILITY To 'assure patrons . of printing, a thoroughly appropriate and artistic product requires both a theoretical and a practical knowledge���������in other words a mental conception as well as a practical one. Both are at your service. BATES, The Printer���������-JOB DEPARTMENT The Home of Good Printing at Suitable Prices OUR PRINTING Is always good, because it possesses the qualities that go to make1 up good Printing: correct topography, good press work harmony of color and appropriate stock selection���������these are all the earmarks of Bates' Printing���������the worth-while kind. BATES, The Printer���������JOB DEPARTMETN The Home of Good Printing at Suitable Prices, PRINTING SERVICE' The shop is equipped with every modern device necessary for the execution ,"*bf high-grade Printing, and our working facilities are, so ample that prompt service is both a, pleasure' and a possibility.. BATES, The Printer���������-JOB DEPARTMENT The Home of Good Printing at Suitable Prices W \ PRINTING SATISFACTION -__ Years of practical knowledge and an extensive and modern plant equipment assure patrons a service that cannot be surpassed. A.telephone call.will place the order. < Our-Number is 520. If busy order by'phone. BATES, The Printer���������^JOB DEPARTMENT The .Home of Good Printing at Suitable Prices i& PRINTING OF GREAT VARIETY We are equipped to handle every kind and quality of Printing���������Business, Fruit Growers, Fruit Lists, Publications���������in from one to four colors. Satisfaction guaranteed.or no charge is made for the work, which can be returned. BATES, The Printer- JOB DEPARTMENT The Home of Good Printing at Suitable Prices COMMERCIAL PRINTING Such as Letterheads, Envelopes, Billheads, Cards Circulars Statements and ���������in fact anything in the way of Printing���������will receive intelligent attention and a th orough highgrade production if left in our care. BATES, The Printer JOB DEPARTMENT The Home of Good Printing at Suitable Prices POSTER PRINTING We print large and small Posters of all kinds���������any color of paper or ink. Our prices for this kind of work is cheaper than in the cities, and the quality of paper and ink is just as good. No rent to pay is part of the secret. BATES, The Printer JOB DEPARTMENT The Home of Good Printing at Suitable Prices PUBLICATION PRINTING We have unrivaled facilities for execu- ing all kinds of Printing, as is attested by the large amount of Printing we have handled in the last seven years. Quality of work unsurpassed, and delivery in time assured. BATES, The Printer JOB DEPARTMENT The Home of Good Printing at Suitable Prices er ���������- Publicity- Proves - Profitable Hub Square Mission City PRINTER AND PUBLISHER m^^^m^^^w^^^^^^^^^i Tfc,.rai'W*vjSlia'w:S������E ^msm^^pm^m^m^^^^mm^^^^mM^m^^^^m Pr- THE ABBOTSFORD POST, ABBOTSFORi),' B. C. J.iT:, * - V -*- ���������"^u , ���������-* r; n o A GKNT!,H REM IN DIOR "Lest We Korgol" Will the ladies of the town keep.in mind the sowing and "knitting to be done Tor the comfort of the men al the front and our, wounded and also the sick in the hospital'Anyone who desires can have out garments to make, in their homes;' The rooms above the harness shop are open for work every Thursday from 2 o'clock. Mrs. D. Wiiiton is-a patient at Clark's hospital, Sumas., The Fraser Valley Presbyterian Ministerial Associatin will meet at the mansemext Monday afternoon when Mr.'Conn of Mission City will lead a discussion on: The Church and A- musenients. r ' Mr. McCullock is waiting for warm.weather to get around a- gain. Mr. Ernest W. Bigelow, lawyer, will visit Abbotsford on Wednesday next, February 9th, with the view of opening an office. For the day he will make his headquarters at the Abbotsford Hotel. . The Ladies' Aid met on Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Mc- Kinno'n. Mr. Chapman, of the Mill with will leave on Sunday to join the boys in khaki: Rev. Mr. Alder is leaving Al- dergrove field to take charge of the Parksville field on Vancouver Island. The W. C. T. U. met in the Manse on Tuesday. Owing to the cold and stormy weather the attendance was. not large. On Saturday February 12th the W. A. of St. Matthews will hold a Valentine social in the Masonic Hall in the afternoon from 3: 30 p. m. Afternoon tea. Home cooking will be on sale. In the evening a programme is to be given and games indulged in. Valentines on sale. Every body come and have a gay time Mr. and Mrs Goodman Harare and little daughter came over? in. their auto from Aldergrove on Monday to visit Mr. and Mrs. William Walmsley of Abbotsford. The L .0. L. 1867 held a publics-meeting 'on Friday evening in the Orange Hall .when ad-, dresses were delivered by Messrs Whitley and Gamble, organizer and Grand Master for B. C. "ROUGH ON\ RATS" clears out Rats Mice, etc. Don't Die in the House. 15c and 25c, at Drug and Country Stores. Amount of Custom Fines etc collected at Abbotsford for* the fiscal year ending March 31st 1916, was $2GS.35 paid to the Receiver General. Paid by departmental cheque $417.90. The customs duties for the same period was $26,501.70; expenses of collection $11,794.38. Our London Letter (Continued) ly.new efforts,put forward to manufacture such munitions in this country. In the weapons to burn these projectiles (as your cutting tells it)���������in artillery, especially machine guns and heavy artillery,- we' are catching up. It will take some little time yet, but we shall get there. And then England will strike! We could have struck long ago, and might have won There is n o t h / rig handier for anyone who has to prepare a hasty meal, or put tip a lunch. Our Bacon and Ham is just the thing* for an emergency. GROCERIES are not at their best unless they are absolutely fresh. We never "overload" and are constantly receiving fresh goods. Try ours once. ALBERT LEE, Grocer and Baker ABBOTSFORD, - - - - -' - B. C. linn !W2lwCWMll-^**JWW\������JUmUParSJZXXaBaEBSB jg^'U^-mj������������.'iJ!?*t������..MHiiii.r---.������������ii������;^.<i������3ii������5aMaiBi rasxarxxsssFJB&u mmtm^^^a*^^ BUTCHER Pork, Mutton, Heef, Veal, Pork Sausages, Wieners and Balogna always on hand. Fish every Thursday i&������a������3������*t������^ era ���������f'CBPtt ABBOTSFORD HOTEL njB������urmHm������������i������nii!MlW8l ABBOTSFORD, B. C Strictly first-class in every respect. The bar is stocked with the best of wines, liquor and cigars, RATES, $1.50 TO $2.0O PER DAY A. J, HENDERSON & SONS PROPRIETORS :CSB������ throughout it would have cost( us an enormous number of lives we wish if possible to save. It might suit the sensational appetites of some U.S. 'people to read of millions of Britishers' and Franks and others (not forgetting* Canadians) being wiped out by tse bullets of German engines "of war rather than: wait for their own weapons to be forged; but history will say oth erwise. There will be quite enough sacrifice of life when when t hemov.e conies. We can ���������easily multiply it if we strike before we are ready.; but the .suggestion comes with very bad grace from "those whose only action when their own countrymen are deliberately, and ruthlessly murdered is to sit in safe corners at home and write polite notes about it. 1 note you are glad French is out of- command. Well, if that is so, it only convinces one how little is known of true state of affairs in your part of the world. "He'did nothing".you say,and that is exactly what the German papers said. Of course They representeed the spider and the British force the fly. And the truth is that J. French was a great deal too "fly" to walk into their parlour. "He did nothing". Ye gods! If there is one man more than another who has saved France and kept the Huns at bay in the West while army raising, and-munition making, and all the other means of offence and defence were organizing, that man is John French. .Over and over again the Germans flung immense masses of troops���������picked regiments and artillery a- gainst his small force in the hope of capturing the dominating positions for the Channel I and France, and every time his brain and dispositions beat, them. It was his little force- --handled with superb ability,! and nursed with every protection that strategy could afford��������� that at the outset of the war held up the German avalanche on Paris, and made possible the flinging back of the Germans from the Marne. "He did nothing." Ye gods! Ask Frenchmen who know. They will tell you that while their countrymen ran away in hundreds of thousands, of British force, directed by French Smith Dorrien and Hay, saved France. You have been visiting some poor wounded fellows���������the victims you say of incompetence. Possibly. But not French's incompetence. French might have j disagreed with some of the bigj wigs at home about certain details or instructions, and finally have chucked it���������but there was never any incompetence there. Ask Von Kluck and several other German generals who tried to get past him with ten times the weight of material and men and then failed. I know a great deal more than ever gets in the papers, and I am not glad that French is "out of command". As for the political lies about his neglecting his duty and looking after his own personal welfare (these statements were generally directed against headquarters staff, not against French), the people who fathered these in shame for some time past, canards have held their heads Looking again through your note the thought strikes one��������� What a lot of scandal-monging tittle-tattle you do seem to get hold of: . Then again about French or Hay or anybody else not having the courage to name failures and get them sent home. Simply because the war office does not publish the whole of the reports (much of which are confidential) you conclude that the writer hasn't had the courage to say this or that. In America' you may hang a man and try him afterwards. And your people love a sensation and like to try a man by public opinion. We don't. We have court-martialled plenty of officers. But until a man is found guilty we do not, punish him. Names have been mentioned, and people have been cashiered���������when they ��������� have been proved.to have committed any military'rrime. Not before Lynch law, or mob'law, or, unwritten law, or whatever you like to style that kind of so- called ' "rough justice"' is not onr habit . Incompetence there is���������there must be. ' We had only a small army and the vast majority of our trained officers fell early in the war..-You have perhaps'50,000 young officers now who have only lately began to learn their duties and you can bekyour last dollar they will make "blunders and show evidences of incompetence. Wellington fought his. battle in (Continued on Pago Two.) HUGH McBRIDE General Blacksmith And Horseshoer Carriage and Repair Work of all Kinds Automobile Repair Wcrk Satisfaction Guaranteed ,Next to Alexandria Hotel HUNTINGDON B. C. Robson Bros. Poultry Tonic ���������and- Lice Powder Abbotsford Feed Store How About Your A FIRM IS OFTEN JUDGED BY ITS STATIONERY. 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C. % THE ABBOTSFORD POST. -^ Published Every Friday by .The Post Publishing Conipahy A weekly Journal devoted to-the interests of Abbqtsford and. district Advertisiing',, rates made known on application . ,��������� .Our Shibboleth���������Neither for nor, agin' the .Government J A BATES, "���������''' - -- Editor and Proprietor FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1916 COL. ,TAVU)n\S SPKIOCir (Con.) - standing at (he door and v.-ntelling tho downfall ol! t ho unwary gimsi'i.bul offering an urbane welcome to those who had escaped the pitfalls. .Then there is the ���������hon. member for Pictou (Mr. Macdonald), who is also basent. After listening carefully to his address the other night, 1 saw in my mind's eye his early and furtive entry into the tea room and his carefully anointing with vinegar the jugs , of cream. I pictured next another absent critic of the Administration, the hon. member for Carleton, N.' B., (Mr. Carvell) whose-role, it seems to me, would be having- asked permission to dry a small bundle of hay in one of the stoves ou the premises, to mix with the hay a noxious perfume in order that he might make his influence felt on the olfactory nerves of his audience, if he could not impress them by any other means. It seems to me that the result of the various performances 'of these absent critics would do anything but make for peace and harmony of a patriotic gathering. Under these circumstances the, threat.if it were'threat���������the whichever it was���������of the hon. member for Carleton, that Canadians because of his criticism and the criticism of those like him, should refrain either from enlisting or from subscrib ing to the Patriotic Fund, would be very likelyl to receive some attention The cream of the present campaign undoubtedly' had been the efficiency and the overwhelming superiority of the navy. Yet the hon. member for Pictou puts this to the acid touch of his complaint that Canada has neglected to gild the refined gold in that she has not offered Avhat he thinks should have been the proper assistance to the Imperial Navy in the shape of strengthening their naval brigade'. I will deal with his remarks practically in so far as they affect conditions on the Pacific Coast although he had a good deal to say about, conditions at Halifax also. Take first ' the steamship Rainbow, the protection bequeathed to us by the late Government. The hon. mem- uer informed this house that that ship was dismantled and useless at the beginning of the campaign. But on the contrary, so reckless was the hon. gentleman in-his assertions and so little cafe did he take to 'have ground for the criticism that he levelled against the Government, that the fact is quite opposite. At the opening of the war'the Rainbow was in full commission. In the spring of 1914, Canada had undertaken to send a ship to the Behring Sea Patrol to replace' the Algerine and the Shearwater of the Imperial Navy, which were detained on the Mexican coast by the trouble arising in that country. The Rainbow was fitted for this service,- and was prepared to leave when war broke out. The shi]) was immediately placed at the disposal of the Admiralty, and has been at such disposal ever since. The complement of the Rainbow was completed by the addition of a num- . ber of Royal Naval-Canadian^ Vplun- teer Reserve ratings who had been training at Esquimau, and tlie ship put to sea immediately to protect the Canadian coasts. A report in British Columbia at the time which caused great apprehension, was to the effect that the German ship Leipzig and Nurnberg were off the American coast. The Rainbow went south to meet these ships, and, by so doing, enabled the little Imperial' ships Shearwater and Algerine to regain Esquimalt in safety; and also deterred the German vessels fron entering the Canadian harbours without at least a serious conflict. The hon. gentleman also complains of inattention on the part of this government to requests from British Columbia for the formation locally of a branch of the Royal Naval Reserve. In this case he is mistaken. '.������������������'.' During the year before the war the question of the organization of naval reserves was taken up by the 'Department of the Naval Service. In the fall of 1913, authority was. given to organize a company in Victioria, B. C, in a preliminary manner, and facilities were given for drilling in the Esquimalt dockyard, the direction of the movement being undertaken by the naval officers at that station. During the winter of 19.13- 14, a scheme for organization was drawn up, which was put into effect by Order in Council. In the arrangements were Admiralty to obtain training of a corps to be distributed ,....���������..D country. A company was organized in Victoria and another in Vancouver, and the organization was being perfected when spring of 1914 made With the officers for the of volunteers throughout the war broke out.- The Admiralty sf'ited that they were unable to,send <;ut the officers who were to have iMidertiiken the training of these bodies. It was, therefore, necessary to postpone the projected organization, but the measures which were authorized were utilized for the purpose of enlisting volunteers to serve for the period of the war on the Niobe nd Rainbow, to man patrol vessels and to take part in other defensive 'measures on the coasts of Canada. These men have been'extremely useful and have done good service���������-service which has been recognized by the Imperial officers who have been associated with those two vessels since the outbreak of the war While the German vessels were patrolling the,Pacific, some 450 .men were enlisted in the province of British Columbia and were divided into various patrol service^ along the coast. After Admiral Sturdee's victory off the Falkland Islands,' it was no longer necessary to keep such a,large number of the volunteers on service, and all men wishing to join overseas forces were J allowed ' to ' resign, and a number of, other, men who wished to rejoin their families were also allowed to leave the force. A number' of these volunteers are still serving on , the .Rainbow,' the Shearwater and the submarines, and employed on patrol and other duties as .well. ,Tho hon. member for Pictou seems I to be under a misapprehension as to I'the requirements, if not the"functions, of the Royal naval brigade. At the beginning of the war the Admiralty, called out the Royal naval .reserves, composed of men engaged in mercantile marine, but trained to a certain extent in the Royal Navy. When these men responded to the call, the Admiralty found themselves with a large.body of trained seamen from which they manned the "ships ready to put to sea, and,still had a considerable number of men over! The naval brigade, thus ' organized) while formed of reserve seamen,, was partly officered by naval 'officers and partly by' army officers. ' The men were trained to a military unit and given the uniform of the.land forces they were armed and equipped in exactly the same way as the infantry regiments, and took their places in the trenches alongside of; the latter. The point of this is that as Canada was already sending land forces in quite as large number as the Imperial Government could handle, .it made no difference to that Government whether .we sent those forces under the name of naval brigade, as the hon. mem,ber> for' Pictou suggests we should have done, or' whether, we enrolled them ' as infantry and sent them over under the name, as well as to perform the duties, of land forces. A feature of the early part of this debate' was the submarine warfare of the hon. member for St. John city .(Mr. Pugsley) who when taken to task from this side of the' House, excused himself on the ground that his periscope was the press of Vancouver and Victoria. 1 am sorry the h'on gentleman is not present, because I would have liked ! in his presence to have removed | from him the last vestige of protection or excuse for having, with the product of the peculiar state of mental exaltation in which he must have been on his visit to the coast, given ko inadequate and distorted a report of what he learned from his perusal of the press of Victoria and Vancouver.. - Since the hon. gentleman spoke in this House, I have been looking up the press of Victoria and Vancouver to which he had access, and which, he says he carefully perused/ I find that'that press contradicts him in every particular, that there is no manner', 'of complaint that he has alleged here and that is dealt with by the evidence , as read J by the Solicitor General, which' was not adequately covered by the. press of Victoria and Vancouver at that time; and that there are apt,'.facts which, to a man,'with' any5 interest in the subject, would not have been disclosed by the perusal of that' evidence. I find a statement, by. the hon. gentleman, for instance, that there was no explanation of the division of the submarine money into three drafts. On the contrary, we read in the newspapers an exact explanation, first by the manager of the bank as to the nature and a- mounts of the drafts; next by Mr. Paterson, the agent of the company as to'why those divisions were made, and as to what disposition was made of each draft. Further, I find that the receipts from-.the recipients of those drafts, showing the purpose of them, were produced before the com mission, and are . oh file with the other-.'documents. * I'find' the statement made by the hon. member for. St. John the rei-tei/ ation' that', he 'was justified in supposing;, that'i Captain, 'Logan should have! known' something about ' the price1'of the submarines by reason of the, fact that, as shown' by his bill which f.or'ms part of the, record presented to this House last session, he was engaged for fifteen days in this' business. On' readingltthe Victoria press for my own information, T find that that is most carefully and thoroughly dealt, with, that Captain Logan's evidence was'to the effect that his , first connection with the submarine business was on Sunday, August 2, the declaration of war. being on the 4th, and that the greater part of the fifteen days, for which he has put in a bill to the government, was taken up, not by negotiations for the sale of. those submarines, as the remarks of the hon member for ������(.., John would lead this House to believe, but, as plainly stated by Captain Logan himself, in the endeavor to secure torpedoes and other supplies for the craft after their purchase and delivery to Esquimau dockyard. So, Mr. Speaker, we havo an addition .to our cause for amazement that an hon. gentleman should have attempted to inform this House as to the facts of an incident, facts which he said reflected .severely, not only upon the politicians whom" he connected with the transaction, but upon ,a most esteemed retired member of"'the judiciary engaged as a ���������Royal 'Commissioner, and that he .should have presumed to cast reflections, with no warrant at all in fact, 'so far as his own statements as to where . he 'procured . these facts ad- ,mit of investigation of his allegations' to this House. Then, again, Mr. Speaker, so far as the participation of counsel for the Liberal party in British Columbia is concerned, I would like to add some tliingto what has gone upon record, something"which,' when I was perusing; the press of the coast for the purposes, intended, 1. ,saw very fully set' forth. I find that whenv Commissioner Davidson refused the counsel , for the Liberal party the right to appear as such, on the ground that one .party could not be represented without the "other, at the same time he extended to him a most cordial invitation to attend1 at the sessions of the Commission,' and to give Mr. Thompson','. the; official..counsel, all the assistance in his power. Mr. MEIGHAN: Did the' counsel for the Liberal party stay? Mr. TAYLOR: No,-- I regret to answer that the newspaper records set forth that, counsel thereupon left the meeting place of'the Commission. I find also that Sir Richard McBride, who.was present, personally urged on the Commissioner that he h'ad no objection to the attendance of counsel representing the Liberal praty. ln . fact, it was only a sense of duty on the part of the Commisisoner, his sense of what was regular in the proceedings, and his conviction that it would be irregular that he refuseed, even when requested by the accused, for Sir Richard McBride "was virtually in that position, to. allow the-Liberal counsel to appear. I find, in addition, that not only did the commissioner at the outset of the investigation issue; the most comprehensive invitation to every person concerned.to attend and give evidence, but that this invitation was emphasized at: the close by a, leading editorial in thdi Victoria Colonist, which called attention ,to the fact that, the commisisori having been sitting for three days and being a- bout to adjourn, no persons ;from Victoria had volunteered.to give evidence. There had been a great deal Aof rumour in Liberal political circles in Victoria, that the local Liberal newspaper had been .the vent of those rumours, and that the editorials in the newspaper indicated that, the editor cf the paper believed he had warrant f,or . the insinuations which had been printed. The Colonist pointed out the advisability of any person having any information of that kind at his disposal attending before the commissioner/or suggesting to him the names of sonic persons who should attend, To all these invitations there wasLno response,! a fact which seems to me Mr. Speaker, can lead to no other conclusion than that there, . was ; never any ground for the .insinuations of any graft in connection with the purchase of the submarines which, so'far as British ' Columbia was concerned, would have been cheap at, many times the price paid for them, which saved us treasure, if not lives, and which would not have,;been secured but for the outstanding enterprise; of the Government of''British Columbia. I am .indebted;':.to.''my'���������'hon.' friend the Solicitor General for the suggestion that the commission not yet having been dissolveed and the commissioner not having made his report, the invitation is open to any person, from the hon. member for St. John down, who knows anything, or has any ground for suspicion, to appear before the commissioner, state the('grbund and. have it.;ihvestigated. Before,rclosirig, 1 wish, to,refer, to only'one ' other . incident of this debate. I..wish/to allufi'e to the . following remarks of tlie hon. member ,for' r>;orth'Cape Breton -,"(Mr. ��������� Mc- Kchzic),'to be found on page 321 of Hansard*. "1 need not telltyou, Sir-, what has happended in British Columbia. You know that the people there arc rising in their might to ���������'havo clean government and clean administration and to have back'again the condition of things which we brought to them ���������when we put the Conservatives out of house and home before, and the time will come when our old grand chieftain will once more' give clean government to the people of this country, and when we shall all rally around him and the old conditions will prevail.'" Mr. Speaker, for the province of British Columbia, I .wish to say that there is not the first atom of foundation for any of the insinuations contained in that paragraph. I am sorry that the hon. gentleman is not present, after having made so foul an accusation against the Government of my provinco and 1 regret that he should not have remained in the House until some representative from that province had'had an opportunity of leasing him the source .of his information, what detail he ' had,' and if ho had ,any sense of. responsibility as a jntv.ubuor of this Mouse when he has ho ground for so base an insinuation as that-.whlch he has put before it.'*. I am- proud -to say. that graft .is', not indigenous, to the soil or 'climate of "British Columbia, ,that*"political scandals are. an exce'ptoin and that, in so -far as;th.e Provincial., Goverhrhent is concerned, during'tW twelve-.years" in., which,.it has been.in .office, there .has been no scandal in connection' with-it, . or the slightest insinuation . that one cent of public money-has been diverted in the way of g'raft. .1 am proud to say also that, as far as my information goes���������and I am pretty well informed as to Federal affairs in British Columbia���������I know of no beginning even of 'graft in connection with the Federal" Administration in that province since the change ��������� of Government. To Fruit Growers���������Wow is the opportunity to secure your supply of envelopes for tlie season. See prices elsewhere. ���������������d 1 J. H. JONES': 15 **] ������ H 5]' Funeral Director -1 rjjj Furnisher of Funeral Supplies ; - fa Phone Connection. 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Collection in aid of World's Missionary Work. More Money for Red Cross The treasurer of the .Red, Cross work is in receipt of. a cheque of $5.00 . from Messrs Spencer .& Hill this week. A post card from Mr. B. Sutherland a prisoner-of war in Germany,, says he is in receipt of a weekly parcel from the prisoner of war fund for which he is thankful. How About Your A FIRM IS OFTEN JUDGED by its stationery. why have cheap printing when when you can get neat printing done on good paper at this office, almost as cheap as plain paper. bring in y;ur orders for 9 >els. etc. Killed in a Mine. ^mmm&immBsmss^^q^^-' BUTCHER Word has reached Abbotsfrd that James W. Williams was killed in an explo sion at the Iron Mask Mine, near Kamloops on Monday last. Deceased was a mining engineei and a resident of Abbostford for six years He leaves a widow and several i small children to mourn his loss! who have the sympathy of the community in this their hour of bitter sorrow. 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The Abbotsford Post
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