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001C96C3 Grocery Specials at GREENWOOD'S for SATURDAY and hlON DAY Nabob Tea ....lb. 58c Tomatoes, large cans.... 2 for 25c I'inenpple, Faultless.... 2 for 23c Spinach, 2's ............. 2 for 35c B.C. Granulated Sugar.. 10lbs. 59c Liquid Veneer, lar~ bottle 34c GROCERY We Deliver West 16 TRY OUR Chutney, New Marmalade Salad Dressing All Home hlade. They'e Fine. Home llade illilk Bread 3 for 25c Mrs. Draper's 2435 hiARINE DRIVE Next Dundarave Hall. NOTE PHONE: West 366 (OUNDARAVE HOME BAKERY) C. J. Overington HAS MOVED to new store on hfarine Drive, next Jefferies Meat Store at 14th. COhiE IN AiVY TIAIE In business in West Van 8 Years LMOST iN CRE T LTAhIONT Block from Marine Drive. Good Soil. Price for quick sale, only $600. $200 Cash, balance very easy. WHITAKER JL WHITAKER 942 West Pender St. VANCOUVER, B. C. His Lucid Interval A benevolent elderly man employed his spare time giving addresses to in- mates of lunatic asylums. On one occasion, in pursuit of his hobby, he was giving a talk on a pop- ular subject to the saner section of one of these institutions. Right in the middle of his address, one of the in- mates rose up and addressing the gov- ernor, who was in the chair, asked: "Are we obliged to listen to this drivel?" The lecturer stopped instantly and addressing the chairman, said: "Shall I go on?" "You may proceed," said the latter. "That poor fellow only has one lucid interval every twelve months, and so he is not likely to interrupt again." Hunting a Husband Miss Browne: "I frankly admit am looking for a husband." Mrs. Greene: "So am I." Miss Br.: "But I thought you had one?" Mrs. G.: "I have, and I spend most of my time looking for him." A Tailor's Life Is a hlerry, Merry One. Tailor--IVhat about a small deposit? Customer--I'l leave it to you put one in if't the style. 70, «nd in October and Novem- ber at Ypres again, and also at Passche»daele. In spite of un- told hardships and insurmount- able difficulties, they displayed great courage and endurance and took all their objectives. In tho spring of 1918 the Ca- nadian Cavalry Brigade played an important part in resisting t)ie German advance and suffer- ed heavy loss in consequence. On August 1, 1914, Canada had only 3,000 men in uniform, ivhile on August 8, 1918, Sir Arthur Currie had command of an army 160,000 strong. In the closing days of the war Canada won a name for herself, and there was no better fighting unit to be found on the western front. Though as a nation she paid a big pnce and nearly every home suffered directly or indi- rectly in the heavy losses she sustained, still her people have reason to be proud of the part she took in the great'st war in history, and which was brought to a close on November 11, 1918, after four years of continuous warfare. The success of her achievement may be attributed to four gr eat charact ristics, namely: Loyalty, which made it possible for half of her male pop- ulation to answer the call to arms; Discipline, which brought men who had no militaire train- ing whatever to a high state of efficiency in the shortest possi- ble tim'e,; Endurance, which saved the day at Ypres, and brought the weary men through the trying experiences of Pas- schendaele; Initiative, without which their great achievements could never have been accomp- lished, Their triumphs were won, not only on the field, but in the air, and men serving in the Royal Flying Corps, and later in tht Royal Air Service, numbered 18,- 500. The Canadians excelled themselves in the air and many great do ds were recorded. The names of Collishaw, Barker, Brown and McLeod, who at the age of 18 won the V.C. for an exceedingly brave deed which cost him his life, will go down in the annals of Canadian his- tory. A great work was done by th C.R.T.'s of which little is known, but without which the war could not have been successfully car- ried on. The work of building raihvays started early in 1915, and by June, 1917, there were ten fully equipped Canadian Railway Battalions working in France. In the spring of 1918 it was the Canadian raihvay troops, as- sisted by the Indian cavalry, which built the raihvay that put an end to the advance of the Ger- mans. The Forestry Division was another Canadian organiza- tion which did splendid work. Timber in great quantities was needed, and General McDougal was in charge for the procuring of the same. At the time of the Armistice he had under his con- trol 31,477 officers and men- of these, 23,979 were Canadians. The nursing service was an- other necessary organization which did splendid work in iw- lieving the suffering of the wounded; 2,529 Canadian nurses served in the C A M. Corps, while 342 went overseas with the V.A. Department. Three hun- dred and forty-six nurses re- c'eived imperial decorations, while eight received the Military 3ledal for bravery and the re- mainder had the Royal Red Cross conferred upon them. The manufacture of munitions was anoth'er important part of the war work, and though quite unknown to the Canadian work- men, the output exceeded all ex- pectations, reaching the amaz- ing total of 800,000 shells per week. By the end of the war over 65,000,000 had been sent overseas. This, combined with other war material, represented a billion dollars in money, and By Charlie Baldwin, Grade VIII ing than all other duties, at once to let Great Britain know, and to let the friends and foes of Great Britain know, that there is in Canada but one mind and one heart, and that all Canadians stand behind the Nother Coun- tn, conscious and proud that she is engaged in this war, not from any selfish motive, not from any purpose of aggrandise- ment, but to maintain untarnish- ed the honor of lier name, to ful- fill her obligations to her allies, and to save civilization from the unbridled lust of conquest and domination." EVith the same promptness displayed in her offer for help, Canada organized the first over- seas contingent, and in four weeks'ime what had been a peaceful Quebec valley was turn- ed into a great military camp, with streets, buildings, water, lights, telephones, baths, all san- itaig conveniences, and the long- est continuous line of targets in the world. This first training camp was Valcartier, and was under the charge of Sir Sam Hughes. It was hardly thought possible that a fully equipped division could be ready for ae- tio» in six months, and com- pared with America, which sent her first contribution to the fir- ing line on April 25th, 1918, more than a year after U.S.A. had declared war, it was all the more remarkable. Canadians soon proved their worth in the conflict and got their full share of fighting. The heroic stand taken by them at Ypres on April 22nd, when for the first time poisonous gas was used by the enemy, will ever be remembered as one of the outstanding triumphs of the war and displayed to the world the courage and endurance of the Canadian army. This breach of the Hague Convention on an anny wholly unprepared to cope with the deadly effects of pois- onous gas, was an effort on the part of the Germans to gain con- trol of the principal Channel ports. The wonderful bravery and courage of the Canadians in spite of the danger to which they were exposed undoubtedly saved the situation and averted a ca- lmnity which might have had most serious results. Though the Canadians lost heavily in this engagement, their casualties be- ing 6,000, the nation had reason to be proud that they, with only a few months'raining, had gained such a wonderful victory against the best trained soldiers in the world. The 2nd Division, which had been training all winter, went into action about this time, and the 3rd and 4th were also in the field by the middle of August, 1916. These four divisioiis, kept at full strength, formed the Ca- nadian army till the end of the war. For the maintenance of these corps, training and supply centres were established in France and England. Sir Ar- thur Currie, a Canadian, was in charge of the depot in France, while Sir Richard Turner, an- other Canadian, directed the work in England. The Canadian army grew very rapidly, the to- tal number enlisted being 695,- 411, and only 80,000 of these came under the Military Service Act. Compared with the United States, Canada sent 450,000 out of a population of 8,000,000, while U.S.A. sent 2,000,000 out of 100,000,000. The Canadian army fought at different times in all parts of the British front. The taking of Vimy on April 9, 1917, after the repeated attacks of both the French and British had failed, was another notable victory. During the summer of that year they fought before Lens and Hill (One of the two winning es- says ivritten by pupils in DIrs. K. Rachleyeft's class, Grade 8, Public School. The other, by Dorothy 3luir, ive published last week.) The nio~t important date in the history of the Bntish Em- pire, is August 4, 1914. On that date Great Britain entered into the greatest conflict that has ever been waged bet~vegen na- tions, so great was the conflict that it has gone down in history as the "Great )Var." Britain alone sent eight and a half mil- lion troops, more thaii was rais- ed by any of the Allies with the exception of Russia. EVhy did Canada play such an important part in the "Great )Var?" )Vhy was she the first of the colonies to offer assist- ance to the Mother Country? First, because when Britain is at war Canada is also at war. Being the senior colony, it was only natural that she should de- sire to help the Nother Country. Secondly, because she firmly be- lieved that Great Britain took the only course open to her, that of defending the weaker nations and giving them freedom of gov- ernment. German Imperialism aimed at crushing the smaller nations and bringing them under one mighty power. But Britain fought in defence of the principles so necessary to the civilization of the ivorld, namely, freedom of action and power for each nation to shape its own destiny. Though she was entirely in sym- pathy with the action of the Mother Country, there were many obstacles in the way of immediate action by Caiiada. One-third of her population was composed of French-Canadians, and these, though very loyal to Britain, strongly objected to Canada tal;ing part in any for- eign war. Besides this, half a million of her population ivere German, either by birth or de- scent. Similar conditions exist- ed in U.S.A., and this was given as a reason for her delay in en- tering the hvar. Australian and New Zealand had no such prob- lem, and yet notwithstanding these obstacles Canada was the first to answer the call. )Vhen Parliament met on Au- gust 18, Sir Robert Borden's de- cision for her to enter the war was made known. It received the hearty support of the people. The first contingent of 33,000 men with 32 transports and ten battleships sailed on October 3. The strength of this first contri- bution was all the more remark- able because of the fact that Canada's permanent force num- bered only 3,000 officers and men. Besides the 33,000 men, these transports carried 7,000 horses, all the lorries, wagons and the necessary equipment for a com- plete division. This fleet of transports was the largest ever gathered together in the history of the world. The Princess Pat's Light In- fantry, raised by Colonel Gault of Montreal and composed of ex- service men were the first to cross to France. They left on December 20. 1914, and were in action on January 4, five months to the day that war was pro- claimed. The first division from Great Britain left Salisbury on February 5 and reached France on the 11th, a little more than a month after the Princess Pat'. Canada realized her duty and was ready to stand shoulder to shoulder with the other Domin- ions to fight for the cause of righteousness, and also to keep the pledges she had made to maintain liberty at al] costs. Sir Wilfred Laurier expressed it thus: "It is our duty, more press- THE'EST VAN NEWS "Canada's Part in the Great War." February 15, 1929. I'hat 'I'ired Feeling Makes &ts appearance every spring. A good tonic taken now wtll censure &ts pass&ng you by. We recommend Gemmill's Syrup of Hypophosphite $ 1.00 a bottle WEST VAN l'HARNACY '1'he Store of Service We Deliver. I'hone West 37 C DREN'S DANCING CLASSES in AhlBLESIDE HALL at 11 a. m. Each Saturday Miss Kathleen Ellis West -130Y3 Bayview 4065 Private Ball Room Lessons can be arranged, FUEL TH E W ESTOiV CARTAGE West 201L is now handling McLEOD RIVER HARD COAL as well as BUSH %VOOD Manure for your gardens was a proof that Canada ranked foitemost among the industrial nations of the i~orld Canada contributed magnifi- cently to the raising of war loans, named by Lloyd George the "Silver Bullet." without the "Silver Bullet" the war could not have been carried on to a succ'.ssful finish. Canada's total outlay for war purposes was $1,- 700,000,000, a little more than $200 for every man, woman and child in the Dominion. The cost of the war to Canada was an ex- ceedingly hea~g one, and will continue to be for many years to come, as millions of dollars will have to be paid in pensions. EVhat has been the final re- sult of the contribution Canada was enabled to give to the Great War? She has been recognized as being able to take her place with the nations of the world in the signing of the Versailles Treaty. It has given Canadians a true sense of responsibility in matters pertaining to the rela- tionship 4 tween the great pow- ers, and also an intense pride in things Canadian. The mutual suffering endured by the colonies and the Mother Country in the great conflict has drawn them closer to each other in loyalty and affection. The les- son to be drawn from the war is the great need of keeping the seas open for commerce,and with out the help of Britain, Canada would have been unable to send a single man to France, or any- where else. The British warship is always necessary in time of war to protect the ships carrying men and munitions. Canada's true share in the vic- tory was a triumph of imperial co-operation, every unit of the Empire being welded together as one. wholly unprepared as Britain and her Dominions were in 1914, by unitized effort and the pooling of all her resources she became by the end of the war the most formidable military power in the world.