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announces the

FAREWELL OF YOUR OLD FAVOURITES

THE

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AND THEIR JOKER

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[1881

MEN FOR THE ARMY.

SOURCES OF RECRUITING Speaking na the guest of the Aldwych Omb, at a luncheon presided over by Bir Woodman Burbidge, Bir Auckland Geddes, the Minister of National Ber vice, said she quest * of raisingų ar for the Army

the-most inta cate questions that State could le onfred upon to facs time of war we never had before the war, and did not have until the war had been going on for long time, any real guiding prin- ciples as to how to raise men. However suitable the system of raising men. y age might have been in the Napoleonic era or some time after that system was quite inapplicablo to the type of civilisa tion which we had to-day. There qruiting of large masses of men mast bo carried out upon the occups. tions basis, and the actual withdrawal of men must be conditioned by their age to some extent and by their physical ftness, but the occupations base was the true and real base. They might divide the industries and occupations of the country into four headings:

EDGAR WARWICK AS THE JOKER

ALL GOOD TRICKS, BOOKING AT MOUTRIES.

Prices 88, 92 & 11

Five per cent of Gross Receipts will be Donated to the RED CROSS "UNDS

Internal luxuries trades,

assentral.Neg

3. Trades of great importance and essential to the present life of the Brades absolutely essential to the

titate.

life of the nation in times of pesce and war.

BRITISH COLUMBIA

1918.

OUR LONDON LETTER.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT:) THE ATTACK ON THE PRIME MINISTER.

POLITICS AND PERSONALITIES IN WAR TINE:

A RESTFUL SUMMER RESORT. Many residents of the Orient are well acquainted with British Columbia, Canada, and its attractive surroundings, and are already arranging to spend the summer there. But it may be interesting to those who are not familiar with this

LONDON, November 10th particular Canadian Province, and who The net result of the attack upon Mr. are seeking reliable information con- Lloyd George, on nocount of his Paris rerning it, to know that, owing to its epcoch on lack of unity of control among geographical situation, elimatic conti the Allies in the past and the need of tions, wealth of scenic mountains, forest it in the future, has been to strengthen and stream, to say nothing of the com- his position. The country was told by fortable homes, and inexpensive living, it his enemies that we had reached the is one of the world's foremost summer crisis of the war, and that the Prime resorts.

Miniator was reckless and Victoria “A bit of England on the politician who wanted to over-ride the Pacific-situated on the southern end soldiers and direct the general strategy of Vancouver Island, is the capital of of the war British Columbia and the chief commer- cial port of the Island, as well as the distributing point for the many attrac tive resorts such as Oak Bay, Brentwood, Sooke Harbour, Shawnigan Lake, Stratheone Lodge, etc., all within easy reach by train, steamer or automobile It has many attractive stores with large socks of British and Canadian goods,

erratic

of him now before he has time to do fur Let us, they said, get rid ther mischief.

bouer

BOYS WHO ESCAPE,

HOPE OF THE FUTURE AND

JUDGES OF THE FAST “

Mr. Winston Churchill presided at the opening of a conference of Boys Welfare supervisors at the Ministry of Munitions when there were present prominent repre- sentatives of various munition works.

interest of employers and to concentrate They desired, he said, to stimulate the the mind of the public upon the care in making munitions. The lads and far of the great number of boys now engaged too much money to spend without any system of discipline or control. The ened, and the character of much of tho hours of labour were enormously lengthth work became extremely monotonous

Bec he continue shattered and shorn away.

the flower of our

youth stricken by the

We see the middle-aged, the older people everywhere

whole

hopes. We see them carrying on. We see tion, the abrupt coding of the abbrevia their dearest

the young men who survive. mutilation

and

timely, that fooling, which hitherto bas Only been reserved for the very old, ace- gravo in all directions, ing their contemporaries vanish into the

are at the end of their life, is now biting That loneliness, which hitherto has only come to those who into the souls of thousands of young men who are themselves the only survivors of their comrade. GENERATION

periencing the an

Some 250,000 boys were employed under

played"

in

Curiously enough, the fulminations of the Radical Press left the country cold. The unwisdom of swapping horses while crossing the stream is so obvious that a stronger reason than a speech containing disagreeable truths would be required to shake popular faith in the Premier. THE NEW 2. Trades of export value, but not In the City of Victoria there are a dozen Even at Westminster before the question. or more comfortable hotels offering excel was debated this afternoon it was gen-

the Authority of the department, and leut service at very moderate

erally understood that the "crisik" was unitions. There was no reason, how- avatal Dart the production of Good board and room may be had for over, Nobody was willing to cut off the ever, why side by side with the mainten G.82 por day and upwards. There are hand of Mr. Lloyd George in order to anco of a high productivity, & vital n also a number of nice private boarding Me Asquith led the attack, his main tion of lary operations, fair proposi

military & a house, where room and meals are to be

point that the setting up of a regard to these young workers, hed for G.88 to G.$10 a week each person supergode or interfere with the unfet

supreme

Council would, perhaps, said Mr. Churchill, cutting its swathen

The soythe is swinging to and

fro,! Those preferring to do their own house tered activity and independent positions and each year a new and terrible toll is keeping can obtain furnished or un of General Staffe, or interfere with the taken. We cannot furnished apartments with all modern altimate responsibility of oach of the motion will cease, but we know that the tell when this awini conveniences; These

cost from 0.890 to Allied Governments for its own forces day will come when suddenly quite sud- where one finds all the latest pustimes, and to its own peoples.

denly as uncontrollably as it began, the there aro splendid country hotels, usual AN ELOQUENT DEFENCE.

scythe will

will see a ly run on the American 1 teemed right, therefore, that the bulk and lodging included, at rates varying to put the proposed Allied War Council and have suffered in mind and body

plan,

board Mr. Lloyd George denied any intention been precipitated into the abyss of war

clear line drawn and then

between those who haro of the weight should fall upon these from .32.50 to G.#4 a day each person over the heads of the General Staffs, it terrible experiences, and those who have trades in the early stages, and so on Monthly arrangements can be undo it will be a body charged simply with the been arrested as it were upon the very these gradually through the other groups,

One desired. Golfing, fishing, tennis, sricket, duty of

theatre of war, was that of transportation. Taking strong features of these resorts. The commendations where necessary and de-new generation, the intact, unshattered

and of making re state of war, and toping their minds on rod for motoring are exceptionally has sirable. At present each Allied general generation, at once the hope of the future,

fine the trade line, let them so what the first ed by

Vancouver, on the mainland here are neither the time nor the authority to care and of all who wish to see the fruits

is rehch that mattered to State

steamer from

his own front, and he has the judges of the past. They need your Legs was cor line, whem dhe food two sailings daily and the trip is made attend to the progress of events elsewhere of this great struggle not cut away.

in about four hours. Seattle Vashing Turning from

In recruiting, it seemed to him that tho State must first of all draw from the internal luxury tracks, and draw most heavily upon them, because in way, as

flint was highting, and these trades not making money Το the State, they shifted money, within.

ge knew it to day, it was the whole state

you

One of the absolutely essential trades athing and motoring are some of the overarveving the whole hekihise will be the boys, the youth, the

Victoria.

came from to be traffe System U.S.A.) is also close to Victoria and Prime Minister Principles to men,

rou brought the food to

the reached by stoomer in about 4 hours under his orities who had declaimed

cut the ground from

was a traffic system which and finally that system

While people

linked

trip to either of these cities makes against

against his alleged intended personal in regards as sedition-mongers are to have the

day excursion and is perference by saying supply of food up with the retail very trade.

feral use the Largely indulged in by residents. Like was approved in that the Paris

speech short shrift in future Under a new link.

The

central link was 1 bate Victoria, Vancouver has many attractions: Council hoy and by cheud by the War lesfet relating Balm Regulation overy

Defence of and it be dame.ged. The enemy would attempt Mountains, into which many travel by approval. In

tempt it is the western gate-way to the Rocky Stafs to whom it was enbmitted for their sion of peace must bear the name and fact, ***** That brought them to the recognition of the fact that, not only bad able holiday may be spent. The hotel Continent and he

he went on the be submitted to the Censor for approvals

the hie This is the strongest, action taken 18

against

to attack it and destroy our carrying train or motor and where a most enjoy-ten out in London the speech was w address of the author and printer, and

machine

maintained, but arrangements made to

The

the existing trafic arrangements to leaderful, and, considering the world con

the mountains. is simply won toric luncheon in extend them. They must not be attacked this "Badays, the cost of s

by the withdrawal of men from the army of industry, and especially in cases lik the shipbuilding industry.

Editions

at

of our

the pacifists. Nothing short when he turned on ten word could have indued the authori tered freed attachment to unfet for the spoken and writ be read in the of the Army for the last forty months Sedition has

to tolerate what has been

in | che odd is remarkably

his rate per Average

day (An

the at the best hotels in G.84;

papers the food and it gave him the same feeling he had when service without exaggeration are the very crossing the Pended

ties

recruiting had been that at the very surrounZog lly Vancouver 18 whole. House to him in an eloquent per gently

POSITION OF OLDER MEN best Special terms are offered for ox-er in a Coppo del on board a destroy been preached openly

The net result of the whole state of

Faddists, cranks, and

se Then be drew the Inany wasily reached oration by stating that he and pleasure resorts that the afraid of

WIDESPREAD INTRIEST,

he was only

without effective and while newspapers that contravened the drastic of the Press

ress Bureau were pounced the traitorous

garne.

of Commons

star: we got on to a wrong, and for many | beauty monthis best on a wrong, sway. There visitor from the East could not help hot menace of two things the submarine ware two wrong parrot ories raised enjoy Remembering that one is on a But of the first he has no further fear Ever

German "The youngest first, and Bingle holiday, the money spent on a trip to We are on its track, and I am glad promise of the Revolution was diverted in Russia, where the glorious **kdong the Alles ante to play the phleteer AS For first Of all the orien which esûld|| British Columbia is not excessive and destroyed five of these vests of the son the country was divided into

be

tell the House that on Saturday we to internal strife, and in Italy, where in connection with recruiting mised in

well spent, EVEN those two enshrined more error and more

British Columbia

par For the rest it was the daty of Pariis-the

factions fallacies than any others that could ticularly that of Vancouver Island, apment, Press and pablic to make

and Army demoralised similar possibly have bee

@been raibod. As a

a resulty

proximates closely that of Great Britain

disunion method

have taught our rulers a lesson. we had men pulled out from places where modified by the special circumstances of among the Allies impossible.

Seeing that the Government heve deter we should have been pubing men in its geographical position. Th

The prox

mined to put down paci

pacifistn in the sub We had created in the mind of the imity of the snow-capped mountains,

terranean chamiels of population the belief that shed perature, which is never intensely hot, for any man in Parliament when it comes cannot be long delayed. Although called

men has a marked effect upon the summer ters:

of The little Welshman scored a great per action against the small cional life... had been left in their pincen led people to despise the Government while the Japan current, striking the to fighting. As he himself says, he knows upon to resign by the constituents whom and had led them to listen to the heat, which terapers the severity of the since the war started has the House of clinging to their sents and emoluments the west coasts brings with it moisture and all about the strategy of politics. Never they mis-represent they refuse to badge, was 1600 at that there were bure

„that they should winter. * - T The highest summer tempera Commons been so crowded as it was en like barnsoles to a rock. Their most clearly grasp the

at Victoria is 89.5 degrees the men in civil life whose very youth and lowest, 38.6 degrees. Unlike many mild was so full that many noble lords were ton

the present occasion.The Peers' Gallery potent weapon for mischief i is the ques energy were absolutely essential to the climates that of Vancouver Island is content to sit on the steps where they questions of Ministers designed to em

tion paper to ask cunningly-worded prosecution of the war. There was no healthful, there is no malaria, no endemic could hear the speeches though unable to sense in taking young men out of aero me

ditenes, and the Health Department takes so the

barrass the Government, speakers

or which, if plane factories, if they were skilled zien every possible, precaution to prevent strangers Here Along distinguished replied, to, would convey valuable in-

were two There was no use in taking any young epidemies. Children thrive wonderfully sence men out of engineering and shipbuilding well in this favoured land agorating Frime Minister, who is being "lionised "badoes for the rest of their natural lives

pre- attracted

I of our rough island story " Venizelos, the Grock gentry would have been shipped to Bar yards if they wore skilled men, go find new life in its balmy,

There were people who were advocating SI A trip to British Columbia just now in London, and Col. House, the in Germany, they would be sent without

strongly recommended by

confidant od President Wilson, who, it is delay into the front-line trenches; but "ONE WED HIS BEEN TAKSE." anderstood, is to be the American repre- with us even in the fourth year of the sentative at the forthcoming Allied Con- war they are addressed as "hon. gentle ference at Versailles,

men in the House of Commons, and paid 2400 per annum,

a clean cut up to a certain age, but it would be a mistake to do that. That waa a point be wanted to lay before them quite clearly, because it carried with it a very large number of things of great importanca It meant that older men, married men, men with great responsibilities,

for per perhap haps without graat individual prepon sibility, but

older men in the industries which were not essential to the life of the Stade, must be incorporated in the Ammy if we were going to develop our be carrying a large number of passen gera. He wanted them to realise that this war is eally going to call for the atmost effort the utmost output of

hich

our people are capable The effects of their efforts would be felt were operating next summer. We are

PORTUGUESE COLONIES.

is

They

were particular attentionation to the enemy. In another

LORD WORTHCLIFFE AS CANDID FRIEND.

Lord Northclife's refusal of the Prime THE AIR BOARD. Minister's offer to assume charge of the

The reorganisation of the Air Bervice:

action in that with

of

is based on what will deciding if AGUAR

we have quite finished Geermans serial saperiority this

full nghang powers. Otherwise we would pearls 10 internationalise Central Africa, direction. His fonENTE LA which than

| energy of

have already catalogued some millions, and the work is going on in our regis tration offices. I do not know that we will be able to get much result from that soon, for it is going to take time and energy,

In the House of Commons, recently Alajor-General Sir O. Philipps naked Air Ministry worded with brutal frank-is necessary owing to the enormously the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs has naturally act everybody talking enhanced importance of this branche whether his attention had been called to candid transsumed role is that of the fighting forces. There is something the disquietude still existing in Portugal much ton clever to take office which

friend to Government, an as a result of the Labour party pro would limit his

before e anticipation in the and whether, with a view to alloying such he calls the dalliance of the Cabinet with respect the greatest hopes are centred disquietude, he would make a clear state matters he considers of prime import upon the United States and the ment that his Majesty's Government were ance, such as (0) the eradication of sedi that country will be able to render. On in no way responsible for such a pro- tion, (2) the conscription of the man and our part, although very big strides have posal. A woman power of the whole country, (3) been made full development of our re Lord B Cecil, in reply, said he was compalbory food rationing, (4) a more sources has been hemposed by mutual and he was glad to have this opportunity ship which will let the world know,

and jealousies on the admini how

Navel and Anny

or loss independent.

valuable

work

that

was

in the various theatres where our Armies aware of the statements on this question intelligent direction of the Censor- rivale ile of both 1

everyone else in this country. We seither had nor could have any respon Lorrie across the ly of cach other both as regards Inten

sibility for the proposal Great Britain head of a

who has been at

ere doing brains to of movies, They have

the striven to had promised to defend and protect Atlantic since the middl, of the Sumtions and supply, Portuguese Colonies against all enemies mer heg just got back with a returned Lord Cowdray's appointment as head

traveller's admiration for other people's of the Air Board nearly a year ago. methorls The Americans are easily first step in the in their war activities and poor England a strong man with wide business experi It was really most urgent at the pre-into a perfectly tangled state. They had is a rather indifferent second. But of enco as principal of P

the right direction; and, being pent time that we should shut down all got mer protected be horen, mod course, that is an old story, the British the world famous contractays, he has dzie of Pearson & Bens, waste that we should get the people now ment who ought to be in the Army, and habit of self depreciation almost amounts, working on unnecessary things moved, mich, in the Army, who ought to be back to a

work to the manifold activities of the

to coordinate gradually and slowly, but in a suficient. It was from the freeing of labour from a national obsession. stream, to

Departments responsible for the the essential indo

At At the same time it is salutary. în available, and to feed the esse

because

the first intimation he had t directed in a forcible manner in the weak he was to be enperseded was Lord North we should be: to get out the The biggest step that they would take

industries, but who wore in order to help the country and there of these in power is the sal of public life Prim, Minister's offer of the post.

points in our armour. Honest criticion cliffe's letter in the papers refine the in the essential not in essential positions, and who were were many mora steps to be taken not posessed of the skill which made was to see that there was no waste of cinematic country. It is double characteristic fournalistic smartices Pia them essential.

labour, and in doing that a really long Nertholifles letter to the Prime Minwhat was in the wind before M. Bord

coincidence that the day Lord head of the Northclife Press

minde known stride would be taken towards ensuring for appeared in print the auronn that the war was pushed on with greater

Georgs had time to write to Fard energy, and that victory was brought nekrez. (Cheers)

unecary tags that they met OUR LITTLAK BULON, BER et the R.F. Co. and the Reel

the

ap

they wore able to get a large body of protential industries could not stern times like these to bave attention bas now resigned offical

sorting out of our people coming

Ang because the

suddenly run short of labour and ustries,

men

The whale question of man-power End ben allowed, through lack of under standing of what the war meant to get

later

made in Parliament that the Tittle Cowdray

With

Boles in our midst whom he rightly from a hews point of view, but it com

This may be model besincer

(Continued at foot of next Column);

Is not good manners - FR