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Annsdu '3! `Collap mn _ 1, 1:922 jut: KIDS oronio . (LA. {`N S" / .ontnd. .k.bL A , Ont. Ava. : Mm Bgnir the v - - . v w - u u u u - u - v u u I on wvuv \v I It appears that -Premiers Poincare of France and Mussolini of Italy went to the London conference, held recentfy, full of condence that they were to heargfrom the lips of Premier Law a repudiation of the Balfour note and a declaration that Bri- tain was ready to cancel any obligation to her by the two allies mentioned. They were disillusioned. The British Premier told them that he was sure his country was willing to run the risk of not receiving . as much from her share of the Gcnuan re- parations, -and from the money she had loaned to her allies, as she would have to` pay to the United States providing that.` some scheme of"-nality could be decided; upon. But he was not prepared to under-I `take that Britain would cancel" the debts to her of France and Italy, and at the same time pay in full what she owed to `the United States. That would be like paying an indemnity for having taken part in the war. Most fair minded people will went to war to save Belgium and France. She poured out her treasure for these eountria as well as the lives of her best ` and bravest. With the` assistance `of the overseas Dominions and the dependencies she bore the bulk of the burden. To ask ` of her now that the money she loaned from her own resources and th-at which she T borrowed from the United "States to aid s her Allies,_should all be forgotten. and that `agree with the `British Premier. Britain! in addition he? debt to the. great re- public should remain an` obligation, is to go too far. This is a time for sane action and sane. thinking by all the Allies. If one i of them decides to go on its own and begin new military operations, the resul`- ant complications will be disastrous. - changes in climatic Conditions Scientists` who at times pooh-pooh the [idea of others that there is a. process of world-wide changes in climatic conditions V now progressing will have to advance some reasonable explanations `for what the or- Jcuauu was me irreconcuaole umerences: of opinion between Premier Poincare of ii France and Premier Law of Britain on the it question of force to compel the Germans to g` live up to their agreements. Poincare in- -_y E sistently demanded approval of the French to `plan for occupation of the Ruhr area in the ( event of further German failures. Mr. Law . C undoubtedly stated the truth when hetc answered that British public opinion was opposed to `military action. Britain is in;c favor of the limited moratorium to Germany I it without the seizure of additional territory H1 as a guarantee._ Paris intimates that there H will be no action by France until afterig. "the resumed conference in the New Year. is Observers in the old world believe that `in, the interim she will complete all her pre-ii, parations for such action. There are ur.der- ; 1, lying currents and conditions that make the E u situation one of anxiety for all concerned. In Clemenceau who has left the United States lf. after his brief lecturing tour found sent-10 iment there pretty solidly against anyjt] further military aggression. ll -_lS doubt-It] ful if his visit has done anything to help ' France. Some of his Bri`-ish critics warn Iloyd George that hisrecent venture into the field of journalism, whicheinvolves a weekly cable letter--also used in some pap- P are at home-.-is full of dynamite. They do_ not agree with him that the time has g arrived for disclosing more of the secrets of the war days. One such letter has al- la] ready resulted in heated replies and refer- ences by Clemenceau. It's a queer world. {P ncuuuulg u wxuuuve agreement. preparatory f ` to the coming reparations conference, had! to be postponed until January 2. Thai reason was the irreconcilable difference.:_,` a` nnlnlnn l-.nhun.... .......l.... 1).: _ _ _ _ __ Anxiety as to France : Attitude. `{ Christmastide finds the relationships be- tween Britain and France strained almost; to the breaking point. The conference of` allied l remiers--those of France, Britain. and Italy-held in Lpndon in the hope_9f reaching a tentative agreement preparafory to nnminnr rnnurntinna nnnfnrnunn I-`null Thursday, December 21, 1922 A few doses of .Belnmee-end coughs and colds disappear com- pletely Balsamea loosen: the phlegm uni-clean the lungs. and lucnchial THEl%l2S|(GNIFlCANCE. Wulnu EVEN ! cancellation of War Debts The Boy and the Banker this}: 33'. niorp St. `BANK>FT0R0NT0 w. N. Bgaunq bmg Store, "Barrie Ii-YEHTI: Incorporated 1855. BRANQH _ES-_-BARRIE, ALLANDALE muunen-ana man umuugn powcx-nu lsdiuppcarcoxm lnactlondnfreefrotn all harm- oscns ful drugs. Children take it willingly s. be_aue it tastes zood- ~ Relief `guaranteed or mogeyrefunded. BUY A BOTTLBUTO-DAY. Has your boy reached the age when. you would like him to have 3 Savings Account ; of {xis own?_' I)dVIll5 rtlpl.-UlvIuI.a UL 1159 vvvnno \ . If so, any Branch Manager of The Bank of Toronto will be pleased to meet him and arrange/for the open- ing of his account. ` We are especially interested in meeting the young depositors who come to us. They are the business men of tomorrow. If we know and r can encourage the Boy as he is saving his money, we wi11`surely be of good assistance to the Man vqxen he engages in business; Hungarian Turkeys For Canada Hungarian turkeys arebeing offered for` the Christmas trade in Canada. This is the first `season for such according to com- mission men in Ontario, and the new arriv- als are said to be coming in owing to the activity of Canadian export agents in Lon- don. The turkeys are of fine quality and are Tude'With France / l The [new trade treaty between Canada: and France has been agreed to. Hon. Messrs. ' Fielding and Lapointe have negotiated it` on behalf of this country. The Dominion; is reported to obtain under the arrange-I m_ent some favors in respect to the expor- tation of pulp, farm implements and asbes- A. United States. Ottawa hopes for a real increase of trade between the two countries` as a result of the new arangement which supersedes one that -has been nullified some extent by changes in the French: tariff-:" Canada` needs these new avenues! of trade, for in .keeping with the rest of i the civilised world she has suffered from; , the reactions of the war, though happily` not to the extent of many European coun- tries. Here we shall hail the Christmas-I tide with more of real hope and confidence ` I I tos. as well as equal treatment with the lthan will be the case over there. . I image no and uroh. ! New ' Zealand Elections The New Zealand government headed by` Premier` Massey has "been returned to pow- 'er as a result of. the. recent elections. But the Labor party has made large gains land with other groups will be a_ formidable opposition. Only one minister was del feated. so that the government itself is practically intact. There are some obser- vers of o_ninion'th-at the government cannot 'ong survive; and that its defeat in the House at the next session of Parliament is a certainty. Political crisis do not always live up to advanced notices. It frequent-? l_v happens that a government which has - not a real majority is -albleeto attract to its support members of other factions, or the entire following of such. ' One notice-, able thing about the New Zealand elec-l tions was that the figures in the Jicensing` referendum showed a very considerable strengthening of opinion against prohibi- tion. " The antis according to latest ac- counts. rolled up nearly five times the [majority against prohibition as that which |defeated _dry"-proposals in 1919. O . . . . - | World s Biggest Wireless Station 5 ~`_; Erection of the largest wireless station [gin the _world has been commenced in Cape- 3itown. South Africa. The hope is that it ?will be completed within eighteen months, - ';and by agreement with the government 'g'cver_v hit of material required will be pur- "chased in `-he country, if available there. ';South Africa hopes for much from this undertak ng which will keep thecountry in ` ` }con1municetion with. practically every other , | country in the world day and night. Wireless 3 Wis coming into its own very rapidly in these_ 'days. No man would venture to contend; ithat it will not eventually supplant t-he: `itelegraph and the cable wires. But it isf is curious fact that the business` carried on thy the latter mediums seems to be steadily `|increasing, and a number of new cables ';have been laid of .late. It would be an llunwise person inded who would be dog-i `matic as to the future of wireless or its ` forerunners in carrying words to the ends V [of the earth. `We dare-living in an age' lthat demands an ever increasing pace, and the experts are hard at work to keep up `with the demand for quicker service. '| . ` I fdinary man is noticing in various-area.s..' , flu British Columbia the records are,show- Hing the coldest weather known. there since f-`records have been kept. At that the ther- ' ,!mometer had not dipped` "to zero ,when1 5 this was written. T But. a few degrees above , zero is cold for the Pacific coast folks. L , i .:1S:22':. P::.".E:.`.*:! 122 3 vvvurw ships. This is permissible under the Wash- ington armament agreement providing that the ships are begun before the end of this month. It is said that some 500 firms vwill be concerned in the carrying out of the contracts involved by the building of Britain will build two new capital wat- i these ships. 'It is to be noted that France- .and Italy have not yet ratified the Wash- ;ington -arrangement and that as a matter ':of fact Britain and Japan are the only powers tht have yet shown practical de- ` 5 cisions to keep it. Apart from this,interest ' iin Britain in the announced decision turns ' [on the question of battleship versus sub- imarine and airplane. There is a strong school infavor of abandoning the battle- iship as being obsolete. The view of the Admiralty and its advisers, however, is that ;it is still the standard and still the most ;important factor in naval defence`. France jis turning her attention to submarines and tgwill build a number of them. As much as lanything else the attitude of` the United :iStates towards this and other questions [which are vital to the great powers, has "been responsible for delays in respect to disarmament. To Europe the hiatus be- tween the many fine things preached by the United States and its dilatoriness in the a matter of performances is not uryerstand- 1 able. But there is hope in the English I` speaking world at any rate that the great 5 republic is soon to undertake the man s -`size share of the tasks that it should be - * tackling. ! ; ! An extraordinary find is reported from Luxor. Egypt; where the Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carver, a noted explorer, have been working for several years on the ruins of the nearby ancient town of Thebes. Their discoveries of ancient stat- ues in precious metals, as well as in marble, have been capped by the finding of the tomb `of -an Egyptian king who reigned some thirteen hundred years before Christ. In a cavern-like chamber near the tomb there were revealed treasures buried with the king which are said to be worth at least forty million dollars. These include ` a gem-studded throne and other articles encrusted with precious stones. It ' able that in some of the ancient llasngsrogl the world there are enough treasures in one form or another to pay off most of their obligations "and give them a good start if the proceeds from than were lnanln ant` nonn"nu9- kn-ulloul l'-_ Al uuuus. wuu uusup rocunuy 1n {nu ' at the age of 84. He 'was noasielpalln; for his` wide and practical philanthrop- ies. It is said that when a boy he bought -9. Itie but desired to changg it before he left the store, for one of another color. `This m-ivilmm wan u-.c.....a llIL__ uuxuuz no mu: w..w.auUru, I0! 0110 Of another color. A'I`hiB P1'1V118 was _1-efuaed. Then was born the idea of the great store; one of the foundatioh stones 9f the success of which was `put mto the saying '.`the cus- tomer `is alW8Y8 rich -" A Removal of cottle Embargo The bill removingthe embargo on Cana- dian cattle was given its third reading in the British House of Commons and it is expected that it will soon become law. Britain has a way of acting with prompt- ness in order to implement her promises. 5|):- fheirfiobhghtioivrhha giv2"'th;;;. 5`.;.;.,.`,'.i them |wiaely`and.cgre`fulIy- handled for the state. -.-.. --.........-..-. v--uvi VIBIIUU Industry, -honesty and integrity were the prime characteristics of John Wanamaker, head.of the famous stores which hear his name. `vho died recently in .ph;1ade].ph3a age 'was mm: .1... quoted at about thirty-eight cents a pound.` The movement toward this continent 1st8I`le_(l `with small shipments to the United States last year. These were successful hence the attention now given to the Can- vadian market. The movement has a sig- nificance for those who are watching the _trend of events in these days. It speaks eloquently not only of the de errnination` of the Hungarian people to get back to the business of living and away from thoughts of war `and destruction, but it is an evidence also of a return to the days` of keener competition in trade. The world nations if they had half a chance. would soon be back to the industrial lireliness `of former days. The .machinat.ions'of a _co1n-paratively few of t-he bad boys`_ in `the class may continue to retard the `return to the coure of peace and that tran- quility which . is the aim of Premier Bonar Law V of Britain. Iwmter in our sense or me worn. _ It was an island of the Pacific whore I Chinese colonists had pushed the w:ld.; .gMalay aborigines back into the lofty moun- gtains. and Japanese invaders had conquered lthe Chinese, but hadnot been able to sub- `due 1 the savages. The white men were `venturing into the savage territory at their own risk. One was a missionary seek- tling new peoples to whom to telllhis 11195- sage. The other was a tourist looking for adventures and thrills. He got them both. 3 They cameto the end of the Japanese. ftnilitary road. and the issionary leadmgg` , the way struck up a foot ath along a steenl jhill-side covered with tall grass. The tour ltist hesitated. He did not like the look of Ii , that grass rising as high as his head. A5, _tea merchant down at the port had war_ned `1 jhim. Watch the long grass; The sight _` {of it gave him the jumgs. No_ knowing 1 what tattooed savages with long bamboo ; spears and curved head-cutting knives ( might be_ lurking in its" thickets. ], 'l`L.. ............_.,...-- ._L_...J.. .._.L-..!L..L!....Iu An |'l|UW. VVC HHVUIII FUUI} HHy4lJlllE .Vl"l- I 3 A few yards farther on a perpendicular Jock jutted out of the grass. In a cleft. running across its face, sheltered by an overhahging ledge. was a dozen grinning skulls. the museum of some enterprising , headhunter. 55(\L `I ____" ._._I_!_.__l L`__ /4-.-..!..L I uuuuuuulucr. ` . V Oh. I say". exclaimed the tourtst, _I'm going back". I ZIIUUUu I sz'1y".:he `turn back. I do don t you know? 9 {3}: nah-m nn Lulll UlIUl\c .I. (III L KC [I113 Ull!I_V EJ5133- idof1"-t .know?:: - i Oh. come on, was the cheery answer. ;it would be a fool thing to turn back }now; We haven't seen anyihing _v9t. 1 A `nun uni-r`n `nu-`knit nn n vAnrr\nr\InI1`nI`l -The tourist followedxfor a while. The mis- VVIICIL lC|l4II\IUC\aI aav asca VVIKLI JULIE |)LbIlAI.l\l\'l be_ lurking thickets. The missionary strode unhesitatingly on. sionary disappeared around in bend in the pafh. For a second or two the tourist was. alone. i3Y. `M73 I II I LEI 1 Y. L_LL-.. " jv n ! xms mono HEAD!-IUNTERS _ Two white men were climbing a 8eP road leading into a high mountain R510- It was the month of December, but there was neither snow nor frost. Great t-T995 spread their branches over the road. 010311`! ed in dense foliage. Tree-ferns drooP9d~; their graceful green fronds, living 3"?" shades. Tall, rank `grasses ourished _w `any open spaces. They were just with!!! the edge of the tropics, and there was 110 winter in of the word. I n ____ _,_ :_u___u -2 u__ u....:::.. J-mrn ' I-er Rare Treasures. From Egyptian Tomb .A__ _..A.....-_.I2__.+ 2_.I 3., , How Wanamaker stores 'S`la,rtgd` -..I....L-. `anunA-La .._.| :_4_- Britain Bgldihg Warships 2.. _..!II I_.`2I.I 4. , _ xhe alled. hadn t wg better don't like this ba!l_v grgss. FI\r\uI 9" . THE BARE Exmmea uncut/a UL \Jl'lSl-lll Vl'LlUl.. i That was why Christmas was kept there;} that is why the white visitors were not killed. 7 `but peaceably and hospitablx received. V--_- _n_-,-,.,,1' i -_.. `.,..........--1.`; nu Invwlntvvlkll luuvllulln : Years afterward that missionary was in London. He saw there advertised a lecture, ;, Adventures Among Headhunters. A 'I'ra-' veller s Thrilling Escape from Blood-thirsty Savages. He went to hear. It was his old friend, the tourist. He could harelyl I . V I The missionary was still more puzzled] These people had never before been visited by missionaries; never had a church been planted in their" midst. No. But` this lbrown tattooed Malay had lived for` some` years in a Chinese village where there was_ a Christian Church, and coming back toi I I Lia his own people had taught. them some rudi- ments of Christian truth._ 'l`)-me ...... ..L.. n1...:...._--_ _..-- 1--_L ALA---A omit at 275. - vnnn \Illl\2CD lllt EILBPIUIUII o . ... ... ` Then a brown tattooed man. dressed 1n; Chinese garb came forward andexplained] in Chinese that they were keeping Iasaw! see-jit Jesus birthday. It was Christmas Day. - ' T ! rm... .-.:._-:__-.,- , .-in - - The imissionary was taken by surprise. Japanese fashion. The savages replied by But he walked forward. making deep bows}! l bowing still more -profoundly. The mission-, V ist. He was alone. There was no one be- 1 I hind him. Only a swift-`moving undula-I tion in the grass far down the hill-s`de; showed where the tourist on a and with fear in his heart. was doing at hundred yards in nine seconds flat. , Afterimuch calling and persuasion hci `f ary turned to introduce his friend the tour-3 I l was induced to return and they accompan- tied the Malays to their village in the heart iof the mountains. A celebration of some kind was on. Crossed flags were flying.[ Japanese style, guns were fired, feasts were being prepared. What was the meaning of -_ it`? What was the reason for the warm wel-ii come to the white strangers? None of thei I us1ml`\vatchfl1lness and suspicion. l 'm;..;. .. L__.__ . - s - I -uw_a nuclr pam. on another ta-all running! at Tight angles to theirs. was a party of tattooed headhunters. Vlrmed with long 380115. spears and crooked knives. - ! I missiona_ry surprise.` But ha Ivnnrnrl C............I .....1-:__ _I--_ L___ . Nonsense, said the missionary. These won't hurt you. They have been dead for a long time. ` `But the fellow who put them there!" _"He's probably dead too. These are quite ancient, I assure you. Come along." e tourist s nerves were all on edge. l But he didn't like the idea of going back _ alone. So he followed. Another turn in the trail, and right across their path. another trail running HHQIPR fn flinlrc nice o noI'`V A` A The Old Reliable Canadian Pacific M Will get you i A Wherever it is, and - However long since You a Fast trains, Day and Night, to l Homes Everywhere. Tell em 5 You're coming, do your Christmas Shopping early, take an early i g Train to dodge the Crowds, and ~ Travel ' - ~auiulitm ati ii` Back Home for Christmas, ` Left. A` I - Canada : Best%BTuy - `g! ECONOMYA Pgcnnet '-"':`'_`-"'-_-'?" the}? 530 mi; / Sill! 1 \` 4,, ` \uyT_-V,-.2, , / I , \ - g`\ /1 _ (ALSO PR'bCURABLE#%2 lb PACKAGE I5?) 34 r_obaIg'_ d Etmn, and nn-n -5- '|discern the events of that Christmastide has the basis of a highly imaginative ac- count. And the lecturer ended by jeering " at the assinine stupidity of missionaries and missionary enthusiasts in imagining [that any religion could make any difference gjn such blood-thirsty beasts." Yet if it, `had not been for some fragments of Chris-5 tian truths brought to those savages by one of their own number. his head. instead of iwegging on 9. London platform. would have Sold By All Drug stores In Barrie--|n Allandale: Patterson : `Drug Store N --Tjj:--.---...----___.... \AcIs!.i|(e aIZA_S" Resu|fs_ua_;ranl'o;d 3 Eighteen schools in Darlington, `Club and Bowmanville, districts are to benet by the school nuts who has beenjntdy engaged. been bleaching under the sun d a" far Pacic Island. Q- _L_ZI._II_. !_._._____L ,,,. It , I- 9 `I .- (1 IGI L GUIIIU Lnluuu. So wilfully ignorant men deride and vili the Christ s coming, and the"Chri86's work, and the Christ s spirit which has given them the very life which they enjoy. Page Eleven` 3. klocially.