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itiments of the people of that ridâ€" y but 1 am happy to state that, alâ€" Wigh thereâ€"were some differences of nlonâ€"and these, Sir, I am sorry to , were greatly exaggerated by the @#papers of this country â€" toâ€"day e is umity of purpose on the part the people of North _ Waterloo. @re is only one thing that lies beâ€" 6 them, Mr. Speaker, and that is #t duty, and they are going to do Rthe very limit. ‘ have heard several hon. gentleâ€" A in the House refer to the volunâ€" Y enlistment. 1 shall have someâ€" i# to say about that. The results ell remember those ominous and days preceding the war. I en on a trip out west, and never .I forget the shrill voice of the s on the streets of the city of iipeg, when, on that fateful day, f broke the news to the people of MÂ¥ city, in the early hours of . the fRing, that England had declared f .@n Germany. Sir, you can readâ€" Ainderstand that war between Engâ€" _ and Germany had a terrible 2”; for me. Hon. members in s Mouse know my ancéstry. I am. » only one. of the 221 members ln} # House whose parentage is Gerâ€" ®, and I wish to take this opportunâ€" ‘ toâ€"night, realizing my position â€" d I know that the members of the fase will appreciate my position â€" thank every member of the House, é§Bective of party, and the Govern m#, for the many acts of kindness it have been extended to me, and to Â¥ le, since the war began. |! a a conftituency, Sir, where ) E#eater majority of the people O# German ancestry, and the war eertainly produced changes in the wthrough. And, therefore, to cut Ltter short, I am going to vote favor of the Bill. There are two Pls before the House, and we familiar with both of them. . We e heard them discussed by a good members since the debate beâ€" We have heard from the Prime e. He has been across the er. He bas met the men in the Jand. â€" They, no doubt, have givâ€" him information which has caused to come back to his native land, to ask the Pariiament of Canada the Military Service Bill. The proposal is an amendment mov~‘ by the right hon. leader of the Opâ€" ition, that a referendum be taken this matter. Sir, it is needless and manry for me to quote figures ght, and I do not wish to occupy e timeâ€" than necessary. The figâ€" § have been quoted by other speakâ€" »All I wish to say is that, in my , the Military Service Bill is a earted effort to win the war, the referendum, on the other means delay, and, as one of the kers pointed out the other day, } us nowhere. _ We have had refâ€" dums in the past, and they have been a farce. For a few minutes Â¥ me to refer to some other matâ€" before I take up the consideration e Bill. > . To meet the situation is serâ€" If any man will look at the map 4 , he will see that the responâ€" of Great Britain and hber Alâ€" i this great struggle are very B, and that the obstacles to be before this war is won are great. .A â€" business man toâ€"day know where he is for twentyâ€" I at & stretch, because condiâ€" are upside down. The Russian although it has cleared t, during _ the last week or .Btill looks ominous to most of us, 6 the submarine menace, as we Flo'. is just as grave toâ€"day and &8 dangerous, so far as the integâ€" "o( the Empire is.concerned, as it weeks ago. These conditions apâ€" to me, and therefore I am one of e members of this House of Comâ€" & who toâ€"day feel their responsiâ€" y in a crisis such as we are passâ€" serious and very grave. . Many Mg sentiments have been exâ€" during the course of this deâ€" the one thing that stands clearly and distinctly is the of purpose which has characâ€" the debate from the _ very 1 feel that right conclu Fregarding great national and viâ€" gestions as they concern _ our Â¥y at the present time can be BA only by conscientiously and itly ‘striving to understand _ exâ€" ; conditions as they appeal to us ‘d teport of the address deâ€" Mr. W G. Weichel, MP., Watertoo, in support of the M Bill, which passed its fling early on Friday mornâ€" address was delivered on and will be of interest to (Taken from Hansard‘s Report.) _ What is expected of a representaâ€" tive who has been elected by the peoâ€" ple to this House of Commons? 1 have travelled considerably throughâ€" out the country sihce the war began, and the conclusion 1 bave come to is that there is a wholeâ€"hearted purpose among the people o day, that of winâ€" ning the wa;. As far as 1 am conâ€" The Military Servic» Bill appeals to me because men are not to be conâ€" scripted for a sing!»> purpose. . It was a wise move on the part of the Government to provide that the genâ€" eral purpose of the Bill should be to fulfil every requirement neécessary to the carrying on of the war. Agricul tural interests are not to be deprived of farm help. The farmers have been urged to greater production. Would you toâ€"day deprive the farmers â€" of their help, who are doing such magniâ€" ficent work in producing foodstuffs to win the war? Would you cripple an: Industry which is so essential to the }wlnnlng of the war? Some _ hon. gentlemen have sald that the _ Bill does not provide for this _ particular purpose, _ but 1 believe that it does. 1 believe also that any amendments brought forward by any memmber _ of this House, irrespective of party, will be warmly welcomed, by the Govâ€" ernment. I was surprised to hear a stateâ€" ment made by an hon. gentleman who, it is supposed, will be the next Minâ€" ister of ‘Laborâ€" the member _ for Maisonneuve (Mr. Verville). He said â€"and this, no doubt, will go broadâ€" cast through the country toâ€" morrowâ€" that if this measure passed, a genâ€" eral strike would be declared by the labor unions of Canada. I consider that a rash statement to make _ at this time. Suppose the boys in the trenches should oragnize a _ general strike and refuse to fight for us beâ€" cause we declined to send them help; what about our institutions then? What about all that we _ hold dear? Statements of that kind are absoluâ€" tely out of place; the people do not want to listen to them. ‘The people want their rejresentatives in this House to discuss these matters in â€" & manly way, not to spreadâ€"shall I call it sedition?â€"among the people, or to speak as my hon. friend spoke a few minutes ago. Coming down to the Military Serâ€" vice Bill Mr. Speaker, I might say to youâ€"and I am honest and conscienâ€" tious in my convictionâ€"that 1 was always opposed to compulsory serâ€" l““‘ I do not like the word "conâ€" scription." _ I amâ€"democratic in my ideas along those lines. _ But the sitâ€" uation, as it has been presented to me in this House, compels me to sideâ€" track any opinions I may have had in the past on this question, and to cast my vote in favor of this Bill because I belfeve it is in the interests of our common country. _ After reading this measure, I prefer this Bill to the Milâ€" itia Act. I think it is more compreâ€" hensive and more busienss like in its terms, I think selective conscription is better suited to the best interests of this country than the system ol‘ choosing men in a haphazard manner. Besides it will enable every kind of labor to be included. ' ‘The rural population of my riding inâ€" ‘ cludes many of the class of people |.IM the Mennonites, who are exâ€" empt from military service, as are ‘other classes of congcientious objecâ€" Ilu-. These people came to Canada over a hundred years ago from Penâ€" ;uylvuh. und, _ travelling up the Grand river, settled in the county of [wuom They are Godâ€"fearing, simâ€" '.loullwbcm:“luyflo tribute to them here tonight, that no finer set of people can be found .in the whole Dominion of Canada than the Mennonites of Waterioo., . But Bir, let it be understood by the House toâ€"night that we could not get any volunteers from those people who are exempted from military service; and therefore our enlistments came enâ€" tirely from the city of Kitchener, the town of Waterloo, the village of El mira.and two or three smaller hamâ€" ‘lau near by. I think I am quite safe 1“' making the statement that we have enlisted over 1,000 men in North Watâ€" erioo. _ And of that number nearly 300 were boys of German ancestry. 1 do not wish to apologize for my peoâ€" ple, because I think they have done well. ‘They did very well as far as the Patriotie Fund was> concerned. They stand very high in the estimaâ€" tion of the chairman of thit fund. They worked night and day to make the Belgian and Red Cross Relief Funds successful. We have heard a lvery great deal about patriotism and oyalty in the Dominion of Canada durâ€" ing the past two or three years, and 1 wish to say that loyalty and patriotâ€" ism, as 1 bave leurned to size it up, count for naught if not backed up with something more than flagâ€"waving and loud tal, in my riding were tair. They might have I am voting for this Bill because I feel that it is a necessary expedient during a grave crisis that has over taken our Empire; but while I am doâ€" ing that, I hope and trust that militarâ€" ism will never rear its ugly head in this country. Militarism is a cold code. _ My ancestors knew something about it, and what I know about miliâ€" tarism makes me abhor it from . the bottom of my heart. Its unwritten laws are as unchangeable as the laws of the Medes and Persians. Under this code the end justifies the means â€"any act is entirely all right because it is done to serve the end. It is against the doctrine of "Itve and let live," and against the individual himâ€" self, be he English, French, German or any other nationality. 1 In this war, democracy as we have it here is forced by autocracy as they have it in Germany to accept temporâ€" ary conscription in order that the issue of this great struggle may once for all be settled. Why I know hunâ€" dreds, yea, thousands of men who left the Old Land to live in democratic countries in North America. . These people preferred living under British "bstltutlom and they continue to do #o toâ€"day because they are guaranteed freedom of speech and liberty of conâ€" science, and they much prefer to live on the broad acres of Canada to passâ€" ing their future existence in conâ€" gested Europe. _ "It is the nation, not the land, which degenerates, the land becomes only a monument, not a dwelling. _ Let the nation rouseâ€"itself, and the country may be a palace and a temple once more." _ _ ‘"The very same country whose scenery, tame or bold, charming or awful, has been the inspiration of galâ€" lant generations may, as the wheel of time turns, fall to indolent savages, listless slaves _ or sordid moneyâ€"get: ters. 2 We have heard a great deal about patriotism. What is it that makes a man love a country? _ Because it is the land that gave him birth. . "The land that gave us birth" is _ surely pressed uponâ€"us now as . something paramount to every other consideraâ€" tion. ‘The man who loves his counâ€" try, is her faithful standardâ€"bearer, and tries by every means in his power to keep her high above her _ rivals, must be consideted a trie and mfiy“ patriot. â€" But if he‘is inactive ° and lukewarm in her cause andâ€"does not with all his might uphold her instituâ€" tions and everything that will have a tendency to elevate her in the eyes of the world, he must be looked upon with distrust, if not with contempt. What is it, after all, that makes â€" a country? Lands, forests, rivers, minâ€" es? True, there is inspiration in these things. But, Sir, a country is nothing without its men. Some time ago, in reading the works of a certain author, I came across the: following paraâ€" graphs: Voltaire, the famous Frenchman, cles ever presented to the world. With a population of barely 8,000,000 she organized, equipped, and _ sent overseas a force of between 300,000 and 400,000 men. And Canada _ has every reason to feel proud of the achievements of her sons at the front. front are waiting to see what we are going to do. The hon. gentleman who has just taken his seat (Mr. Verville) \-u that there were many labor men in the trenches. 1 think that these labor men who are in the trenches do [-t differ in their views respecting this matter from the 200,000 or 300,000 other men who are Aighting the batâ€" ::(ol Canadea in France. 1 beliéve all our soldiers are united on this ?uuth-, and that they expect . the Parliament of Canada to pass this measure without delay. I take my bat off to the soldier. 1 know many a fine fellow who exchanged a remunâ€" erative position for the paltry little sum which he receives toâ€"day in uniâ€" form. As a citizen of Canada 1 canâ€" not help appreciating the great work that is being done toâ€"day by the men at the front, and ! am the last man to deny them the reinforcements which they so badly need. We have often seen the soldiers pass by. We bade them Godâ€"speed, sent them to the frâ€" ing lineâ€"and then quietly settled back in our easy chairs and waited _ for news from the front. Those men are toâ€"day in France; they are workâ€" ing for us; they are dying for us. What are we going to do for them? That is %he @mestion that is now beâ€" fore this House and before this counâ€" try. ’ I was across the international bounâ€" dagp line a few days ago, and 1 met several prominent gentlemen in New York City. I never was prouder in my life than I was when I listened to what these men had to say : abour Canada‘s heart in the war. It would do your part good, Sir, to bear what they said about what Canada did unâ€" der the voluntary system. Canada‘s effort is one of the grandest spectaâ€" ‘The old line of political talk is disâ€" tasteful to the people of today. What they want is action, quick action and once stated that while France ruled the land and England the sea, Gerâ€" many ruled the clouds. 1 am fully convinced, Sit, that there are two Gerâ€" manys. _ Old Germany is the Gerâ€" many that gave the world Beethoven‘s Ninth Symphony, the Goethe‘s Faust. It is the Germany â€" that gave . the world the Fairy Tales of Grimm, and that gave to the world Humperdinck, Schubert, Schumann, Schiller, Heine, Hauptmann, Brabms, Mozart, Lisst, and Wagner. That Germany still lives toâ€"day. It exists away down deep, grasping and growing, under the autocrocy that has been imposed alt over it. _ It is the Germany that Preâ€" %p you can affc right next t with a most two piece. ful. 20 dozen I regular §0c, .. Truknit B special for . 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The wearing season is all ahead of you. 6 M oo o. EW U NP | osncefed [ ANNUAL SUMMER saLE] © SILK AND WOOL HOSE SPECIAL §0c. Men‘s black and white Work Shirts Merino Shirts and Drawers .... WARM WEATHER UNDERWEAR 250 MEN‘S SUITS ON SALE AT A BIG SHIRT SALE AT 8g¢â€" nsl JO@O@OC on >;OOCOCC Ey peOcc( pmmmy THE entire stock abounds with marvellous values. , Hundreds of chances are offered for you to economize on seasonable apparel and prices have been cut to the bone, . We were sure that this would be the most wonderâ€" ful sale in history because stocks were larger than ever before and conditions more favorable to our customers. Do not overlook the grand bargains, make your money go twice as far as usual. Those who know this establishment must appreciate the values we are offering and those who have never inspected our clothing should do so now to apâ€" preciate hereafter the advantage in purchasing here. $11â€"90â€" Our Sales al Shall we say that commerke and inâ€" dustry have so taken poskession of the public mind that there is no furâ€" ther room for patriotism? Has the spirit of democracy, in its workings towards individualism or charaster, unfitted our citizens for sacrifice on behalf of the welfare of the nation a» a whole? 1 am positive that this is not the case. The splendid response and 3225 sident Wilson had in mind when he stated: .‘"We have no quarrel with the German people." No, Mr. Speakâ€" er, we are at war with the thing that caused the symbol of Germany . to change from the learned college proâ€" fessor to the military autocrat. 15° The new Checks and Baimacaan; over twenty styles and half a hundred _ colors, very special valyn and nobby styles, at ... 33 to 36, pinch backs, beiters and Norâ€" folks, all mannish styles, at ..... ........ Here are fine Suits, tailored in the most painstaking manner, reinforced to atand up under long hard service. Every fabric is carefully selected for wear as well as looks. BIG BLOOMER SUiTS Our Clothing and Furnishings for boys are receiving very special compliments from the many pleased mothers who have been here. The good quality, chit styles, and exceptional values are what pleases them. s6..>... ~>~>~+â€"â€" 50°, 7D¢, $1, $125 *t* $2 Extra special Panamas at $4.00, $4.50 BME 222220 ces e ooo ol oc oucs o i m English Sennet Straws purchased direct from the manufacturers at a big discount. Most atores are selling these at $2.90. Come early. <<~> +~~~~â€" $5»$7â€"50â€" $9â€" $11 Our special $2.00 Straw is certainly a lively setier. TROUSERS AT LESS THAN FACTORY) PRICES. * 50 Opaire at one special purthase. The maker wanted the money; we were ready for the goods. We make our profit on the quantity of selling; you make your big savâ€" Ing on each pair. Domestic Tweed striped Trousers, toâ€" day‘s value $2.75, for ..... ..... .. $198 English worsted finish atripe â€" Trousers, regular $3.50 for ..... ....0l...... m.sg Engiish hair line stripe, light and dark shades of grey, special .... ....... M Fine alt wool Worsted Trousers, hand tailâ€" ored, with or without cuffe, regular $6.00, epecial .... ........l.. .llllll 222. QaAKN A magnificent range of choice, cut in ail the smart 1917 models, two and three butâ€" ton smart roll lapels, patch or plain pockâ€" ets, beited pinch backs, greys, browns, fanâ€" cles, in checks, stripes and plain, at a clear saving of $2,00 to $6.00. CAPS FOR AUTOS AND OUTING A BIG DISPLAY OF BOYS‘ SUITS RUSH SPECIAL! STRAW HaTS $145 NORFOLK AND PINCH BACKS $3:95: $549, $675: $850 $10â€" $1250â€" $1350 ** $15â€" YOUNG MEN‘3 SsuiTs l Let me say a few words with reâ€" ‘nrd to discrimination along _ race lines. If there is in this House one man who knows something _ about racial prejudice, that man is myself. I never knew what racial _ prejudice meant until August, 1914. From that time on, 1 bave known what it is to have insult and ridicule and everyâ€" 'or our volunteers since the war began, the deeds of valour performed _ in ’mny hardâ€"fought fights and the whole souled effort of the people at home ’are evidencé enough for me that the national spirit is not decadent. What was saved for us in the past must be preserved. £h5og .a‘;"‘- and $19 thing else that makes life unenviable }help«l upon one. . When I _ hear ‘hon. gentlemen from the province of Quebec speaking about racial prejuâ€" dice, 1 come to the conclusion that the prejudice against my race must be of a different brand from that against theirs. Discrimination along _ the lines of religion, of birthplace, of race, or language, is unâ€"British and absoluâ€" tely wrong. We must not forget that this is a cosmopolitan country. For years, you have let the bars down and have invited hundreds and thousâ€" (Continued on page 10.)