their men to the cause of the Emp and they do not want ‘them back until. that cause is won, they do, however, want them properly supported and to that end they will do their part by in- sisting that all young men of whom military service should be expected are promptly put in training for duty over- seas. The magnificant result of the election has sent an electric thrill throughout the country and it is now certain that all the red-blooded men and women of Canada will vie with one another to give their best efforts to help win the war. The verdict will put new life ana power into the men fighting overseas. Heroes before, they will be superherves now and their glorious deeds will, if possible, be still more glorious. The Canadian soldiers have never been heat- en; they are invincible and, knowing that their countrymen and woinen are pehind them, they will rush to victory and will sweep all before them. Not alone will the results of the elect- ion inspire the men at the front, but it will inspire the great nation to the south who are sending their men over- seas and who have watched the results with the closest attention. It will also inspire the people of Australia, who are about to take a referendum on Con- scription, and all the dependencies of the Empire. It will, moreover, give joy to our Allies as evincing a determinat- ion to see the war to a victorious fin- ish and thus restore to them the parts of their native lands now invaded and despoiled by the enemy. On the other hand, it will deal a deadly blow to the enemy, who has not only watched the election with keen anxiety but has done all in his power to make it favorable to himself through intrigue and insiduous propaganda. The Voice of the People has spoken; it has made no mistake and our opin- ion is that before long it will te an ab- solutely united voice from one end of the Dominion to the other. PUBLISHED BY BREY PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY, LTD. Jssued Every Thursday at Sidney, B. C. Pavertising Rates on Application. Subscription Price, $1.00 per annum. Notices or advertisements must be in the Review Office, corner of Fifth Street and Beacon Avenue, by Wednesday noon to insure publication. EEE Ennnencmencnnnsmanang THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE . “Whe people have spoken and their voice will sound to the uttermost ends of the earth. Election day has come and gone, and a sigh of relief is heard én’ all sides. The verdict has been un- mistakeable and conclusive. The Union Government and its policy of impartial enforcement of the Military Service Act with immediate reinforcements for the Canadian Army overseas has been sus- tained by an overwhelming majority of voted. The election will for all time stand apart in the political history of Cana- da. There has been but one issue before the electors, no matter how it may have been attempted to Dbecloud that issue. The issue involved the honor of the Do- minion and that honor has been not- ably vindicated. Reduced to its simplest form the issue was whether the Military Service Act should be enforced or not. French Can- adians as a unit opposed the Act and the large majority of English speaking Canadians supported it. It was a line- up of the descendents of the two races from which the bulk of the population “of Canada is drawn. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the leader of the forces: opposing the Act, has stated in his election manifesto that he would abide by the decision of a referendum submitted to the people. No referen- dum could give a more conclusive ver- dict than that given at the polls on the 17th. It is the voice of the majority, and it now remains for Sir Wilfrid Laurier to make good his declaration 7 ~ and.to use hig. bgst power and influence _ to induce his¥followers to comply loy- . ally and peaceably with the Act. This we feel sure he will endeavor to do. For very many years Sir Wilfrid has - led the loyal Liberal party of Canada and as its long tried and much loved -- chieftain he has won all hearts. This tie has been so binding and so endur- ing that many old Liberals have found it an impossibility to doubt the judge- ment wherein he differs from the exist- ing government. Now that the Voice of thy Majority has so clearly spoken, we have no doubt that all. such adhcrents will, in accordance with the declaration of their old chieftain, give the fullest constitutional support to the carrying out of the Military Service Act. Qn the other hand, the members of the Union Government have secverally and collectively declared the policy of drttieooe Organizing the entire resources of the Dominion for the purpose of winning the war, to the last man and the last wdollar;-through-conscription of men and of wealth, conservation of food and material and the enforcement of the production of necessaries. The people A who have returned them to power will hold them to that programme absolut- ely, and any variation therefrom will promptly bring about the Government’s downfall. It is the Voice of the People, and the people have made up their minds to give loyal and adequate sup- port to the Empire to win the war. Never before have women voted in a general election, and the promptness and energy with which they went to the polls showed clearly that they were fully alive to the great responsibility that.rested upon them in the vital issue at stake. That they used their privilege to the fullest extreme was made appar- ent through the fact that nearly ninety + per cent of those entitled to do so vot- _ed, That they had made up their minds , to the necessity of the ‘Military Service Act was also apparent in the exceeding- ly large majorities received by Union i candidates’ in nearly every case. Many ithnmemomnpitastvaiis-were laid to lead thom from | %& moiepnonos—2285, 2286, 2287, 2288. the. direct issue, but their common sense | ¢p Established 60 years. and patriotism kept them on the Nt - 4 ietgut pati they ~kenew--what-they- tenn WEIRTON OCC 1a. A MENACE TO CANADA. It*is“an undoubted fact that an at- tempt so extensively organized and so deliberately carried out as to make its origin easily attributable to enemy agents has been made in Canada to dis- credit the Food Controller and to check mate his efforts along the line of con- servation. Stories without even a ves- tige of foundation have been scattercd broadcast. Nor have they come to life casually. They have started simultan- eously in different parts of the country, and in each instance have been calculat- ed to arouse public indignation, These untruths, intangible quantities though they be, have the power of destruction that lies in a battalion of soldiers. They are insidious, subtle, persistent. 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