~ | THE DAILy NEWs THE LEADING NEWSPAPER IN NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA Published Daily and Weekly Guaranteed Largest Circulation — GREAT BRITAIN HAS i. F. MeRAR, EDITOR AND MANAGER HEAD OFFICE Daily News Building, 3rd Ave, Prince Rupert, B.C. Telephone 98. TRANSIENT DISPLAY ADVERTISING—50 cents per inch. Contract rates on application. ~ DAILY EDITION oe Monday, December 14, 1 = ots. EDITORIALS There appears to be no doubt but that the Dominion government intends to appeal to the country by February next. Dispatches from Ottawa tell of the beginning of a cam- paign of speeches by Cabinet ministers all over Canada, pre- to recruiting. This is too thin a reason alto. sumably assist gether for it is well known that the only trouble in Canada is that half the men who want to cannot get chance. There rast be another reason, for this activity Cabinet serve a therefore, c.neng the ministers The Premier, Bob Rogers and J. D. Hazen are already very active in the Maritime prov- inces and it is said that some of them will shortly visit the West. It is also stated that the eoming session of Parliament will not assemble till early in February, all of which goes to show that the government ex- to hold a short and endeavor to secure a snap judgment from the people. . 3 -@ pects session Speaking from an Imperial point of view, it is anything but patriotic to convulse the coun- try with politics with serious business on hand and especial- ly the government has over another year to run. From a political government since of view the would be playing right into the hands of the op- position to foree an election at this time of strongest point In the first place, many the government's both of that great patriotand states- the Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier. The first year or two of the saw one bye-election after the other falling into the hands of the Liberals. An change could be seen all over the country. How different it has since the Borden party came into power. In the first place the clection was won a nexation, which all parties now was absurd. Then the majority of the bye-elections have gone badly the government that they have been afraid for many months to risk another. The country, too, realizes that there is not one big man in the whole ranks of the government, while the opposition benches are filled with men who giants in intellect and achieve- ment. man, Laurier immediate been by fluke over American an- agree since so against are There is no doubt but that Sir Wilfrid Laurier is a far bigger man today than he was even at the head of the govern- ment. Big men are made bigger by adversity and Sir Wilfrid has shared in this. The people of Canada did not realize until they lost him what a great man they had at the head of their affairs. This of . the reasons why the bye-elee- have gone against the government. The personality of Sir Wilfrid Laurier has so far outshone the leaders of the is one tions supporters, press and lay, have de- it the terms and there is good reason for that the Governor-General ap- proached he refused to coun- ,? ae be remembered that while it might nounced in strongest believing when was tenance must also be unwise to change the Im- perial government while war is on it is quite different with the which has nothing to do with the conduct of the war but to do don, and both parties in Can- #4 are pledged to a support of that policy. A change in the Canadian Canadian government, as they are told from Lon- would therefore not affect the Impe- government rial situation at all, and Con- servatives will make a mistake if they depend too much on this. ee The war, therefore, has nothing to do with the govern- ments chances of re-election. Looking over the whole field, it can be safely assumed that the odds are greatly in favor of the Liberals returning to power under the popular. leadership Borden government that most of the people of Canada still look up to him as leader. Be- Sir Wilfrid has the of an able body of sides this advantage colleagues whose names are household words ell over Can- ada. When the Rockefeller Foundation wanted the biggest man they could lay hands on to study the world’s industrial question they went straight to the Laurier Cabinet and secur- ed the Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King, ex-Minister of Labor. If the greatest men in a country should be in charge of the gov- ernment then Sir Wilfrid and his colleagues. should be put back in power at the first op- portunity—and they will. Betting at Lioyd’s on Whether War Will End by March. London, Dee. 12.—The betting at Loyd’s yesterday was 80 guin- eas that the war would be over by the end of march. the The greater demand for the insurance, higher the premium. administration | chau Mas Yet Been Made— Must Await End of War. Washington, Dee {2 I statement by Baron Kato. ?! Japanese foreign minister, in th Diet, that Japan had made promise to any country t Kiauchau to China, attracts eh jinterest in official circles here i |Seeretary Bryan would not iment, and referred inquirers jstatements already made : ; When Japan delivered he ; j to matum Germany demanding the evacuation of Kiauchau, the statement was published that the ed 1 That, it was later p f ed out, was upon the suppositior territory would be = returt China. that Germany would comply with the terms of the voluntarily turn tory. to to get possession of Kiauchau ultimatum and the terri- However, as Japan was put iver a general military campaign one contention now in the Japanese mind is that the original pledge was not binding. After the entry of Japan the war, Count Okuma, the Pre- nounced that Japan had no in- tention of securing territorial ex- Kiauchau mentioned, Was not although it might have been inferred that it was in- claded. tatively that while Japan has ‘not Kiauchau, she has by no means officially committed herself to its retention. Practically, it has been decided that this question must await the end of the war fer its answer, because to diplomatists it would not only seem to be pru- dent in view of the uncertain is- sue of hostilities, but for the rea- son that Japan realizes that her allies may properly claim a voice the of The fact that Great Britain participated active- in determining future those possessions her ly with troops and ships the capture ef Kiauchau is re. sition. URGES BARS UPON HINDUS BE REMOVED London, Dec. 14. The Morn- ing Post's Sydney correspondent says that Colonial Secretary Har- court the communica- has answered Austra- lian government's tion relating to the entrance of into the ions, stating that the support of- Indiaus British domin- of the Indian a strong war feeling in India, and indicates that the embargo of In- dian natives to Canada and tralia should be removed. the papers forwarded by Mr. Hareourt is the statement made by Lord Hardinge, Viceroy empire shows Aus- Among of India, at the opening of the Legislative Council in September, where it is stated that it has been decided to negotiate with the eol- provided we on our side, show a readiness to meet them half way.” fered by the princes and people | A VOICE IN MATTER No Definite Disposition of Kiau- | into mier, in reply to an inquiry, an- } tensions as a result of the war. | Mrs. specifically jof an Irish soldier who fell in the It may be stated authori-. formally undertaken to surrender , ithe troop in a place called Four ’ ferred to as supporting that po. |} | | ' | ; ; | ' ; ; ; onial governments, they with strong Imperial instinets “will | meet us in no niggardly spirit, THE DATLY NEWS HE HAD DESIGNS ON NEWFOUNDLAND EX-ARMY OFFICERS ARE SOUGHT AFTER Kaiser Knew its Value as a Base for Attacking Canada. Canadian military authori- His The « have received through London, Dec. 12.—-Germanys crovernor designs on Newfoundland, as dis- va Highness the s| an important notification closed in the Canadian Gazette, is The Daily the German have the ancient colony, which strategical- Army Council, London, much discussed here. rding the mobilization for the how busy of the British Chronicle notes ex-oMeers spies been in ar and territorial forces, * S.S. Prince George Sails for Vancouver. Vio- toria and Seattle on Fridays ato A. mM. Through Service to The Eas: Over the GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAILWay - Passenger trains carrying Standard Sleeping Cars, Binine u Gare leave Prince Rupert on Wednesdays and Saturday, - verter Edmonton, Saskatoon, Melville, Winnipeg, ee, Connecting w " : St, Paul, Duluth, Ohicago and ali Eastern Centres For pointe EAST of OHIOAGO ose the GRAND Tr Make your Sleeping Car Reservations early. For r.. Full information apply to @ T. P. Ticket Office, Thire ay AGENCY ALL ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP Lines oo nine for UNE SYSTEM T ets ang ’ * 260 ly commands the eastern entrance The Army Council has reason le | to Canada. That experience of believe at there are severa . : ee Mr Thomas Cantley, general ex-officers of the regular and ter-| | wnager of the Nova Scotia il forees between 25 and 40) siee} Company, when visiting the years of age residing in Canada| Krupp Works, shows that the | . sho have not joined the Canadian|Krupps, and therefore the Ger. nt but who would rejoin] man government, know every de- The Army Coun- ffer such per-| fulness @s a military base for we the ld ee lt iil of the island's potential use- rps s pre pared to neluding retired officers of}terrorizing and possibly invading msc Teacher of Violin and All Band Instruments A. PESCOTT 452, Cighin Ave. Rast special reserve and ex militia|Canada. The question arises, Meers, if certified medically fit,|/how far St. Johns is being used emporary commissions for the|as a spy center. duration of the war. Free passage _ _———-~ WOMEN’S STYLES TO BE MODEST, CONSERVATIVE Toledo, Ohio, Dee committee of the to and from Great Britain and an allowance of 30 pounds sterling vade for provision of uniform 14 The National and one of 7 pounds 10 shillings atvle Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufactur- | for camp kit. AMERICAN TAILOR === CUT PRICES — ers’ Association will decree that The Origin of the Cocktail. the tight fullness below the waist line. The | association so decided at its 25th) skirt must give way to | Who Some bartender? the cocktail? A bon vivant? invented | annual convention. The coats and) skirts are to be shorter, and al- Or was its discovery the result of a drunken frolic? The cocktail Elizabeth was invented by|most entirely there will be a tail-| season for 1915, for America working out the styles the ideas is to have more Flanagan, widow |or-made In service of the American army during the revolution. After her death, Mrs. Flanagan became an army sutler, following sense in the fashions. All is mod- husband's est and conservative, foreign sug- gestions of color or style being a troop of Virginia horse under|eliminated. George W. Forster, of the 1779 she took up quarters with Colonel Burr. In winter of |Cleveland, was elected president Corners, on the road between CANADIAN PACIFIC Tarrytown and White Plains, N. RAILWAY Y., near the demesne of John D. ! Rockefeller. There Mrs. Flana- Princess May northbound for Alaskan Ports December 14 gan set up a hotel which soon be- the” rendezvous of the “of that day. One day the came swells hostess surprised her guests by Princess Sophia southbound announcing a new drink—the Sunday at 8 p. m. | eocktail——supposed to have been siduinal 4. @ McHAB, General Agent ' Corner Fourth Strest and Third Ave named after the blending of col- ors in the tail of a game cock. ° — ee OR. GILMOY, DENTIST Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. ‘Office: Smith Bik., Third Avenue SHAAAAAAAAATARAAO ACTA Ahe 35~-PHONE-35 TAXI ALF HALLIGAN Grass-Widowers and Bachelors DON’T WASH | cusrantee iN my coll Ww tive you bw ICY WATER ener the THIS fret ting in WINTER Horning —tfifteen minutes after you have started the fire EASY TERMS 17.50 Cash $5.00 ist Month $5.00 2nd Mont 92.50 3ra Month Same Old Price HARRY HANSON “Must be a fake, Jimmy. Mother says she's afraid there ain't go- ing to be no Santy Kiaws this year.”—— Cartoon by H. B. 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