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{UK _-Inuit ID -uuvvgngaa Avuluu greosiona in the" Far East. El-1-e (2:- getly Aot th9_,Noxjt;h Sela we a mere ipoidont. .'l h__e L is to canie. Feud of Twc Nations. -the other active -4 AAA `H ,K:;zn`g{ Edward has. says a writer in the New York fl`ri!bu:ne. recently ac- quired from his sister-in-law. the .w.idso`wed Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-, `t(_:`vot=h`a. the abaalutely unique collec- _ 1-, II -_ _.._.I..I.- J nmygg `in silver. formed by his sailor bro- `_t-her. =Duke Alfred .of Cdburg. and int Edinburgh. The collection is a ` very large one. constituting. indeed. .a full fledged fleet. but represents various periods and styles of naval architecture. the majority of the "nets". and it may -he added the most i vailuable ones. being antique. In olden` days silver or silver gilt nefs" were frequent gifts lbetween royal personages, and while they were made to contain wine, yet they a a e a 1 1 '1 1 `were constructed with the utmost :1 ,_- care and accuracy, and possessed . therefore the original `historic val- ` ue ;-of representing correctly the lines and the rig of the fighting ships and the merchantmen which Icarried those dogs of an older I` `day. who sacked the golden ports." _ -. _ _ | $11!`. yuv uuwuluyvag p-.....`_., -_---_- tintn of ne.fa." or models of ships` A Fleet of Silver? Ships. One of the largest and finest otl the pKing s half hundred "nets" is] the three-masted Felicitas. made at Nuremberg. in the seventeenth cen- ltury. entirely of tparcel gilt. She _-...I..- :01" &n:| txdfh curry, C.uI.u.U1y vz -Punvvn 3..-. visshown under full sail, w~it1v:` fighting tops` to the masts. and the hull is beautifully chased with a triumphant procession of Neptunes and of the sea gods. Grouped upon her deck are tiny soldiers. sailors. men. and women. and she carrier. guns. both` on ideal: and at the port holes. Her flags are flying. and up- on the sails various crests and her- aldic devices are engraved. 1 Another very fine vessel of this silver fleet is a model, two feet long. made in Nuremberg 'in 1650. repre- senting a trading vessel. while King Edward inherited from -his mother two more modern nef_s." which, were presented to the late Quem by the royal Inavy _`on the occasion of her jubilee in 1897. They were models of the Britannia trading ship. on which her son. the Duke of Edinburgh. and her grandson. ,-A-,-A. 'r\_.:_.-.. -3 `(lf..1na and hid DI .EoUulUul'Ll. i5.LI\I IIUI snnsouuu-av--p the present Prince of Wales, and his +elder -brother, the Duke of Clarence. received their naval. training, while the. other represented` was that su- penb battleship, the,Viot-oria. which founderedoft the coast of Syria with her crew of over six hundred. and officers, carrying with her to the `bootoxn the admiral. whose ex- traordinary command. resulting. it is believed. from a moment of sud- den and temporary aberration. had brought about the collision that` caused the disaster. So exquisitely _'L__I-_L.. UG\.l\5u but; ulazauuvno -rv v._-.--_---_., is the model made. and soAahso1ute- ly true to thescale. that every {block and every yard and vevery` gun has (been {reproduced with the _most scrupulous exaotitude. each igun of the vessel's Nordenfeldt ar- Erangement being -of a size that will enable it with its carriage t9 he `stood upori a Ififty-cent piece. K ..-This ailver fleet was one of the latelmke of Co'bu`rg s hobbies. and as all his friends and relatives knew this" they ,x`nade a point of securing those that came upon the market. The Duke was ufornd of_ having his dinner table adorned with his equa-' drrozn` of _"nef.~.1" whenever_ he ei1ter- tainedt. ngval_' men -at dinner. and I he-ar_ that they figured for the first time on; theinner"tmhle of King Edward whdn heantertajned Admir- -al Jewell a:nd.other offigers 6'2 the` tUnited States naval aqixadnon in Europe; at luncheon. at Bucking- 1hamPn'!ee. where they were great- ily Vadn`i're`d this` American ggests. n, __|I Let me add that antique "neIs `Late: rare` that there are none to _he_ {pang either an the` British Mu- 1=.6uin. % the _8v.o\,.Ith mnoinzton Muse- 11lI!~.,.il|:`-_I_a_QlI_(0l'l..or_;in the Louvre or Musaum .=. at Paris. Indeed. it iii; =.t-hail-~ ;a`xtraaa,1:din&ry~ rarity: that Emndetg those; mnorfmeoes of the .#17_`T ;uu;ai1%vc':-suintx;- : art of the % V c_v'ontonth*.~ and-- eighteen; "V '6xi!6di'n`gly'.~ valu-A x . ` . .. ` .. -.4 -u~-. m.-,;uIbv~ -< 4 - \ `I ~ ` Av ">' 53 . 3:,-z% _ Hand) LBu-Ju Kidney 'I3i'11'; 758'?- tained at 'all drug stores. and whem you ask for 'Bu-Ju insist upon get- ting` it. Take no substitute. There is only one Bu-Ju._ ' [Has Left W. A. `Beswick was confined in the hospil for two;-,e_ weeks. and `suexed vere pains in his back. 'arqis. di1& ishculders. He was advis- -ea-;i to5-try--Tap-Ju. the Kidney Pm. 'and_ was ve`;-.y"soon able to leave the. hospita'l"iin_o iisvnow at wot.`-k again. He patilrilly feels grateful for the bnefif he received and. writes th following tleftcrz Huntsvtille. `April 10. 1904. `C1aVf`li.n'Chemica1 co.. Windsor. 0nt,:_ Gentlemen.--VVas in the Hpspital for three weeks with `pain 111 mi back. in n_1y shoulders and arms. ' lfriend advxsed me to take your "811- Ju." and I have been taking it and feel so much better. I am able to do` my work again. 'Yours truly. 11!` 5A l "whiclrs take, since every item has been known Ivory non `thereon G Lon; Known - and leteened by Duets-es. Here is `a typical insect menu ot one need, be afraid to par- and esteemed by insect eaters tor gee.- erations past. It was served not long` ago, according to Pearson's Weekly. - at the table of a rich London epicure. who is also an enthusiastic advocah of an insectarian dietary: A 1 ~ Green Caterpillar soup. Fried Locust with Wood Louse Baud l Curried Cockchaters. _ Wasp Grubs Baked in the Comb. ;.' Sta: Beetle Larvae on Toast. 5 Moths Baked in. Batter. , ;: Deviled Wlreworxns. . ` Grasshoppers an Gratin. - ` The green caterpillars that compose the soup teed entirely upon vegetahleg and mostly upon "particular vegetable: moat relished -by_ man, such as cah- hage and lettuce. 1- _______ an blag annn ifnnlf `I llf DISC uuu. Icttuuw In appearance `the soup itself 1; not unlike clear turtle, while its avor in dellchus. -nu... n----..l.... _-Iuhuh nnnaflfnfn fhl j Iltllliljua. The locusts. which constitute the sec- ond course, have, ?as every one in aware, been esteemed by gormandn the world over and from. the remotest antiquity. "Eat ye the locust after his kind is the Biblical injunction, and we `know thatlohn the Baptist is re- corded .as having lived for some con- siderable time upon locusts and wilt honey." ` .; There are of course many ways at V preparing them. They can be fried aft-` ` er their legs and wings have been plucked oil, which was, as a matter of fact. the process adopted in this par- ticular instance, or they may be pow- dered and baked into cakes or curried s or boiled, turning red, `like lobshrs. in. the process. ; . The wood louse sauce if properly; made with fresh butter. our, milk. pepper and salt will be found fully` equal to shrimp, which it much resem- bles in taste." indeed the wood louse.` . although he lives on land, is first coils- in to that much relished crustacean. l Oockehafers, curried or otherwise, ' are delicious if selected of a services-` hie an and piumpness. So, too, are their xrubs when full grown. Thm` should then be at least two inches. 1 length and fat in proportion and -mag be eaten uncooked, like oysters, on stewedin milk. , . ; `Perhaps, however. the most C0005 some of all insect delicacies is that `which comes forth on our menu at ` 3 the day." wasp zrubs baked in and i comb. These Strubs have been fed. h their parents on _a saccharine a composed ot fruit and vegetable` juices _ and are simply tiny halls of sugars; ' fat possessing ailavor as exquisite as itsiI.~_uniqu_e. trio one who hsronce. V ~ta`stedst_hem ..will ever again be sure. _. prised` at the preference shown by sh 1 f_ol'.2f!|is- particular-stub` when used II. f ablit. ` ' : " A; ;'i he';stag\beetie larva, is of course 51, with . the cossus. which the- , __ epicures used`. to fatten, foe , t.-umnooni Mr and wine Tho _. sixth rsvshouidfbeurvedsteamilc fl; there is no more sppetialng `fun. -5? `QIVI IIuo-v ---V`. an-w. taunted _1_n slmnar fashion. u. the Hospital lllls HLIJIJI-LU u-u-J. _-A. ESWICKS TH . ..lm z I S'urrIl:) :35 I1 3' 3UlI& I Domniocl: IQIIIP TI} uomuounu 5 017 TH` Lenin; to do the . 5 W " In! an All. .'t'W ministerial work :11: pm: l- he has made many warm wd,,-Adv-ooate. L" b if;bL1Ng\V00D. - Helen M_elville.g .. . ..r fhe ute David Melville. en- Bend!-"`"``' 111 1'11 e OOLLINGVVOOD. ' eon mge v: e.` of the late en-e rest on Tuesday of this k. at the advanced age of 1' , Death occurred at the . residence. Maple street. 'l`h`e' 9 yd, although in poor `health 1 . some time. was always" remark- active for her years. She was_ 'hl,,m;in of splendid Christian char-V `ter and a devout member: ofthe wsyterian church. Her husband gdeceased her about riifte years '51,; 3 grown llp famvily__?6f' song idgughters eurvlve. The sons m M,, David Melvllle. North_Bay. ad John of \Brit1sh `Columbia. The Lughtgrs, Mrs. W. J. Frame.. of - `\Irs. Burnett. of ,Al- .. A. G. Browning. North Mrs. Armstrong of St. Cath- f;:e:5.:(and =.\Iviss Helen". t h0'!n0.-n mg;-prise. _ _ MIDL.-\.\'D.-The cash drawer m g,,` Robt. Stephens` restaurant was` ulievcd of $18 :1 few evenings ago` Man employee of one of the boats unloading ore at [the smelter. Ml`. tephens was up a little later than mug] and went off into a snooze. .__--... u--nlzonincr Inn he saw a hterprxau. drawer - !l'..R0bt. | gnsfevtestanrant was *7 on "ings ago mding I 8 f the boats Stephens rat smelter. `Mr 0: `e later that; Ind UPOII \\';1kenin"g_ Into. snooze mancoming fromfh fll he 33, ' tor. He ordered lhlnd the couha thy individual mnlilm to stop. bu; M Mr` Stc`-Dhe1`1se` for the door A a ter him ` - . ' `V`ho_ W Uuulllna. Alvin: I-vv----v- him but the made I-or Stephens after him. fanhim up (to Munro's planing ac- , guy. He then returned and found that 9518 had been taken. For a day or two Robert kept his eyes open. had at last discovered him in the Queen's Hotel. The party acknow- ledged the [theft and -returned a small portion of the money. Chief Richards Wits informed of his where-7 ahouts and arrested him. Doubtlcss he will receive due punishment.- i`. Hawkins, from incur Singhamp~ ton. were driving towards Duntroon ona load of hay on Tuesday last. and when going down the Battenu Free Press. , . A A . CREEMORE.-Peter Parsons. andv? hill on the -8th ne. the load slid _ off the waggon and sent the two men over the thigh embankment with great force. They were found soon afterwards in `an unconscious wndition andtaken to the Collin`g- wood hospital, wheretit was found that Parsons` skull was fractured and Hawkins badly {shaken up but not serious .... ..ln chatting of old "times in Nottawasaga the other. day. Eli-as Leonard told of` an inci- .that he remexntberis .whic`h occurred that fifty years ago. A party of 5NIndians went through here on -their way to Mulmur hunting deer. where it was no-uncommon thing` to, "Hhirty or forty` together" inn herd. The Indians, Elias says. were nearly starving when they were here Ma farmer on the fourth Lime south gave them "a pit of turnipa which they ate up `at one `sitting. ~) LM,,uNoN9 ; LwoKs'1`OWN.--Rev. _J. E. F _6ng;,th; `V 10 . ~ ' "' aster Of 1`*Tt` .3333 Shutchi tor the` past]? MYMS resigned the; `pastorate. 31"` vpreach his farewell sermon n4'ibath_ November 27. Many ' Wm regret to hear of the `BEV- I was departure. -During -Mr, W3 ministerial work` in this unit - 1.-- -nnn mnnv .w'm~ui has been the suoinlsiilll r` trdwue f'Thc educational features. of the .Winter Fair of u1904 are more.P1'9' _nounced than ever before. TM; 8110- N3 arranged for in the admire`-5393 `Tenew, and as many of them as `mime wm be illustrated. A new Wlrtment for seed grain has bull Idea. The exhibits in .311 the new vartmems will be up to. the high Itanda-rd which has been set in PW` -'i3 Years. In addition t6 the X183`: fnailable lecturers an pra_o_tical_ sub- N3 two well known 39933` In .0 . . . 1 ` -.`.u.` nu em on uigribultural the 31?:-' Jets will be present `-'",`w;,,~g ,ot . VW States.--MP- Joseph Mr J. 8- _ lochzmicsbtdrg. ohm and Y " An! ` Woodward of Lwkport. N'Ta'I'.hVI|enAC _ "Nisan interested in any `deptiord to ot the Winter mar oan9`.`;. J. Nabsnt from this 63.h`b8't I . _ - Tuesday. Deoomb8i"6;, p' `A .- -.15 , . PoultrY- ` ` 1 Lkddress: "A Mfrdern P? -'3-9;}: ' for the Farmer." by} j-Qion"-`Of-. ford. Chief Poul? Dzgna c.la!"kv. tawa. Discussiqn *" `J I - . Cainsville. , `u`g," 4 3? dress: vwinter GEai3:;:fdj1ghasr , W. R. .. M ,_ Poultry Department. F cuexpn. msoussion-' _ i le.Ma1tan., % * * ms: "Future 01 _ Industry, with 90. once to the `E'!'9 t- 3 " ' A. .6. Gilbertsa P5 Provincial Winter Fair. A sy....:. om: I Around About us. The Etch-due` 9*` the =-= Ecouci .'l'wo or three at; the they were hung`-"up'_'in1'*a tree and `left there till sprin-g'.+8tar.. ,~!r`o'1"rJa:NIIaM.;-rixe entire com- munity was pained to learn of the `death of Rev. Father`--Kilcullen. par- ish priest of nAdjala tor the past fourteen years.` which occurred on Monday `morn-ing at 10.20 o'clock; af- ter `but a` {few days` illness- Father Kilcullen. although not in robust health `for some (time past. was not considered in, any -immediate danger. He --took toylhis bed with a- severe cold some days ago. which develop- ed into pneumonia.` with `fatal re- sultle The funeral took place on Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock-. at Oolgan. where requiem high mass was said at St. James church and interment made. Several visiting clergy andlaymen virom all parts of the country were present to pay their.la.st t ri-bute of respect to the` took sick and : ed; `_wh il_e here. and` deceased. {The late Father Kilcullen was `born in Sligo. Ireland. and `im- migratedtso this country at an ear- ly age. having (been ordained to the priesthood at Montreal. -11 wide cir- cle of friends. and among themnot a few separated brethren." will mourn his death as that- of a sin- cere efrienid `and adviser. - Beetoni World. . ' ' . | BEETON.-A1) a~1.most man acci- dent took place on Monday evening ion the farm of Mr. ,Wri-lliamlcook-1 no we-v Q-\~-'n urn cu.-. . .-_______ ____ say; about .three mugs down the s ninth line from Beeton. A lad nine years of age. an adopted `son of Mr. Gooksey. went out _:to drive` in some colts from the pasture. . ` ' Not re- turning. search was instituted. with the result that he was found unconscious on the ground. bathed in blood. with ma skull fractured from the kick of a colt; Dr. Dunn. who was summoned. doundit neces- sary to remove alarge piece of bone. from the skull. Notwithstanding- his terrizble injury". the boy shows remarkable vitality. and at last re-. ports was resting easily. so that hopesare now entertained of `his ultimate reoovery.-World. I ALLlSjI`0N.-A very sad V accident occurred on the farm of Mr. John Amold. Essa. on Wednesday after- noon of last week. by `which his eldest son. Mercer. lost his life. The boy. who was a particularly bright lad -of twelve: years. had 'been'as~ sisting at a threshing and had gone -was nothing to indicate how the boy to the barn to put away the horse he had been driving. .'A short time afterwards his father went to the-- barn and found .the boy infa daz- ` ed condition. In reply. `to a ques-.\` tion as to what had happened, -they boy replied that he had been hurt}: by the horse but added j manfu1lyT that he would be'_ail right in ` a little while. He was taken to the house by Mr. -Arnold. but soon at- terwards lapsed into unconsciousness. Dr. Harper. was hasgxily summoned. but when he arrived` the boy was dying. .With the exception of -a_ slight mark on .the `temple. there met his death. but it is supposed the horse stumbled and fell on him. inflicting internal inuries. A great deal of sympathy is felt for the parents in their. sudden, . bereave-N ment.-Herald. ' : Address: "AG_r'ad,'in-3' up 9 Dairy Herd." by J. H. `Gris-dale. Agrioulturiat. C.E.F.. Ottawa. Dieeussidom-ll. S. Stevenson." Anoaster. Ont; Wednesday. December 7, 2.3lIp.m. (Beef Cattle.) /_ Address: .B.a,'ising Baby `Bee_. by Jos. Wing. Meohanieaburg. 0. Disouaeion -_ J. S, Woodward. . Lockport. N.Y. * 3 ` \`"""'r'I Address: , "Reaauns{ ._ why. heop ; should be Reard on every 5 `Fax-m." by Johnfumzibell.` V3110. ' -I ` `.-'~ . _ A"ddrQu,: _ `iwinteptpg ,g'_...~Bre9(ip`_J ' Ews--`W3: A Wa Smith-j, % VMtv39.L Lodge. Diso,uulon4'-.W'.` A`.-% `A Dry-` `:1 _don. Brooklln- ' ..1u-2-5;." I..Lu-Ah. H` lddieu: . f v . Erna 7WiAts.:%mh.% 3: 9: wariig .Lookpu't- + "L1 1': J9`-.... `of the_Farm." by RQH. Dean. Professor Dairy Husbandry`. 0.A. C. Guelph. Discugsion. G. 11. EBB." 'y ` .u .7? 0 `U IIv-v-. - - . tar f`E`ar,~x`nin 2Mo,rl#.'1 ilzorqntm Discussion-G.: E. Day, .1 ;-of. og , `F"PT""'C u` ?7 i)`?1cussion-G.< - 'P" f Agrioulture.`;;O;,UI. 3: G\3.91Ph~L 9,- nx _,___.I-.. lies: : x..` Expat A 'By'.. J; H. Gr,i'a` *n'-._.`;.`....I n,......,, ;_. ~.n `ta I j ` ts witjhg and P50! 3- WI`=:[~A Expernnanu wuu` .,...,.. H. Orlisdale; Alrioultnrist; [Ogntral Expat`-ianan_t_alL Farm; ._.-, . vUu 1 lluvnyus v :6; J1}! ii iAddress: Observations on -Bacon ' iProduot_ion in _Denmark and on Bacon Markets , in England." by G. E. `Day. Professor of Agricul- ture. Guelph. _ Address: "Judging Bacon -Hogs." Il- lustrated. By Prof. H. Cumming. Guelph.- Dieouseidn - Repres- entatives of packing houses; op- ened Iby~C_. (W. Bqwmagx. Mon- treal. - t '_.'1`hurs'day. December 8. 7.30 p. m. A---_-I \ (General) V ' Address: Weight Limits of. the i Ideal Bacon Hog." by Dr. J. Brnale. Toronto. Diseussiun-- G . E. Day. Prof. yof Agriculture. 0. A.C.. Guelph. Q ' . Address: A 8h.ort History of the ` ,Various `Breeds of Sheep." ll- lustrated Iby stereoptiooun wiews. By F. .~W. iliodsom} Live Stock Commissioner. Ottawa. Address: "The Stockmexfs Interest in -Good Seed." by C. A. Zavitz. Experimentalist. 0.A.C.. Guelph. ..Discussion--G. H. Clark, Chief Seed Divisi-om. Ottawa. Friday. Deeemher 9. 9.30 p. m. ` (Cattle Darcasses) .Addre'ss: "Judging Beef Cattle." 11- Cmstrated. By G. E. Day. Pro- fessor of Agriculture. Guelph. Diseussion-A. `W. Tyson. Guelph. Friday. December 9. 11 a. `tn. ` (Mutton Cat-casses) A Address; "Judging Mutton Sheep. Illustrated. By J. B. Grisdale. Agrieulturist. C.E.F.. Ottawa. Diseussion--"Prof. M. Cumming. ' V Guelph. V` :A::?:;ew. fa.totsjt have at` least reached; ;the5'.~'f;9uter world concerning the , I is _ "t%%:voIeaa'ie-4 eruption that "began , _ '13_5_-Inst" in the lake -region ~"}'o4,Cetz:a,;j:I;Afrioa. I . I o The eruption was very severe for three days. ,'l`he wide. lava-covered plain in which the _aotive volcanoes are found seemed to be covered with name that poured (earth from many fissures in the rock. vnWha.t `seem- ed to be `aneolumn of fire was main- tained to a height of several hun- dred feet _tor several hours. nun-v- _--- Near these volcanoes on the south is Lake Kivu. in" one of whose nor- thern bays occurred a terrific" uba- queous eruption. fl`he water` for a miles around was turned yellow by the" outpouring vapor heavily` char- ged with sulphur. Many -thousands `of. fishvwerc killed and their bodies floated on` the eurtuce. ` 1~- ICC _| V The region ncrtl: of Lake Kivuj and _Tanganyika is the~gre`atest cen- tre of volcanic activity in Africa. and one of theclargest in the wo_r1d:' and it was never heard of until 10 considerable damage to the theory} that volcanoes. are developed only`? in pi-oximitir .to the sea. ; i -L--- --------M n... ..1.....+ -um" Eu: pl'UL|uLu.; .u: w u v _ V .... .'1`hese volcanoes are about 700 Vmnes from the Indian Ocean. almost in the heart of the continent. The other great centre of volcanic phen- omena in Africa is also hundreds of miles "inland. near Lake Rudolf. _ Btudents of volcanoes now think it his "better .to any that -they are tound, both on _.the margins of the -sea and in .the neighborhood of great depressions in the iland surface eaue-` ed by violent movements` of the rocks. which have proamci o lines of weakness. through which volcan- ie'_e_1'uptien'is "liable to find vent. " ` -='l`he're are` eight " within. sgqht--.;:-..I` -nether. just -.a mus- i nfQ't`).h%-i1'I-gief They are in i three graupu. -" two yvestetn groups are composed each o___threej V extinct` vaeanoot; While. the ennterne; .!f9..\Iha-nentains twat stnweting noun; ; N-a! ..*-.%#*..';*-i. 93=*n8*r-*1 M'rica's Busy Volcanoes. II `VU!3`Wr7z"""" ""7""' 7" "' ' ' 1 , , '13`. no r` at:-Eta: 4 . % many; an, _ :1"-h|,i'1I..to.' u -;i!_{q!!II" ml _uIhrk'!:; ;W_g;;n.* .1?1,`.sxso_ ggg; ;inlI,iI1!f-._ % `; .'A`..r_:'nu`utj'.,-~. ii Q. IINUV [IUD III . nun. %`T'T";`;`V?";??" 1 S the used V on the . tables of Royalty. over a mile in diameter that has always been full of steam and smoke when "the visitors peered over the edge so that they have been unable to learn the nature of the crater floor or of its interior walls. ' H1 LL...L LL . '4`-nnsi ~31 I100!` or 0!. us Iutcsnys u,....... i It is inferred -that the "crater is `of enormous depth. for-stones roll-. ed over the edge of the ehasm have merely bounded from rock tdrooki their concussions becoming fainter: and fainter with nothing to iindieatej that they finally .found. a resting vs.......... .4... Han nnsor active s l'""`" E Kirungu-undogo. .-the other 1 cone. is at least 11.000 feet in 3 height. It is likely at any time to be active: and recent lava streams" 1 around its summit have been giving 1 out dazzling white jets of steam. It is a wonderful region. Besides the great volcanoes. active or ex-. tinct. are large numbers of isolat-3 ed lifeless craters. still peiect inf. torn: and these that are furthest` from the smoke mountains are ter-' ` raced to their tops and covered`; with fields of beansand other na-l` tive crops. , .'l`wenty years ago no one knew thatvthere was a single active vol- cano` in Africa. Since then an um- ber of very lively volcanoes have been discovered in addition to a number of the largest mountains on the continent now lifeless. but which. were built by mighty out- pouring: of lava. 1 1 1 1 {Pregnant with peril to the peace `of the world as was the outrage in the North Sea on Otober 22. and "profound as was .the feeling of the 5En.-glish people, the congtioation is `(may an incidgnt in the series of clashes between Great Britain and Russia which indicates the` silent and blinds hatred between the two peoples. the result of centuries of mutual irritation. A ; The collective imind of European `diplomacy -is convinced. -rightly or wrongly. that the affair of October will not result -in the tragedy of war. The event. however. has con~ triibuted one more cause of resent- sentment to the long account - of bitter misunderstandings between oi the North. It is t_he -lewon of history that such hatreds have found ultimate expression. in _war. The significance of an international incident lies. not so much in the circumstances of the event itself as . in the spirit in which thesolution of the problem arising out of it _ is- approached`-by the two powers at In any controversy` that may arise `between Great Britain and Russia. account must be taken of the long -repressed passions that must influence the views and con- duct of statesmen -in London and Saint Petersburg. _ In the light of history Russia.` `views the present war as :1 direct `outcome of British machinations at` T-okio. Every reverse which they have suffered at the hands `of the Japanese the Russiane_-have regard- ed as avblow dealt hyngland. {It is an article of orthodox political be- lief in the Russian capital that it was England that stiffened the `back- bone qt Japan : V_England_ that ,i`nspi_r- ed the Japanese ptatesmen: England that in guiding theqnarvelona. pow- er that '. whacking" Russian `az- - , LIL- :n_\_'13-_.:. ll... 6-._ I" o1.r1r1E`.!.