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-Tariff questions are everywhere taking a prominent place in the news of the day. In `the United States there is evidence of intention to make the tariff against foreign manufacu tures scrape the sky as one writer expresses it. A temporary tariff _ `measure has already given a strong `-barrier of protection to the farming .'.industry of the great republic. Now "the Fordney permanent measure is in the making, and its results are :sure to be more far reaching than -any like measure that has been `tried =across the linefor many years. Proof of that is afforded in an extraordin- 'aryscene before the U. S. Senate `Committee of Finance, when a depu- =tation_ representing the Sheffield,` England, (high speed steel industry,} entered a plea that the duties al-! .'ready enforced be not increased un-.! `der the new bill. [Arthur Balfour,` `heading the deputation, declared `that the proposed increases would `mean that several Sheffield firms `would have to go out of business and "others would be hard hit. There} could be no objection to the imposi-1 tion of duties, of course---- that wasi the right of the United States, as of ; ' :any other country. But they asked? `that these duties should not be made? `so high as to cripple their industry. Two statements made by Mr. Balfourg rand his colleagues stand out as illus-E trative of conditions. One was that 'Britain could not send any more gold. to the` United States, because she! hadn't got it, and if she had it might] not be advisable for the republic tol ' receive it. The only thing the British; could do was to trade in goods for -goods, and that they were anxious, `to do. , The other statement was that] -about two million people in Britain} are entirely without employment,l that from two to three million arel `working only two days a week, and! another million only one day per} week. It is not likely that any rep-j I-esentations to the United Statesi `Congress will have any effect what-I ever on the decisions to be made byi the majority. These `decisions, it is apparent, are determinedly for a! `larger measure of protection than" Under present laws. A. F. A. MALCOMSON 'r'HEn2 SIGNIFICANCE. Q 5) `A\Vil1iam'Bor\ks. W FIRTH sUrrs`$i.75 Nova Scotiahas been witnessing a series of celebrations of anniversar- ies of various events which once again emphasize "the richness of our own land in historical incidents and traditions. The climax was reached at Annapolis Royal, where the ter- icentenary of the Scottish foundation !of Nova Scotia was observed. Other lcelebrations marked the bicentenary 5 of the rst Court of the Common Law. for England, which/assembled in An- napolis Royal in 1721, and the cen- tenary of the settlement there of Thomas Chandler Haliburton, noted gas the author of Sam Slick and Iother works. Other ceremonies have Ehad to do with the historical events :that make Nova Scotia so rich a field ifor the research of those who are ;interested in the growth and develop- fment of their own land. It is still ftrue thatfar away scenes and the fhistories of other and ancient lands, `lure the imagination of many until their vision fails to take in the beauty _ iof their own" land` and the real I i-romancesthat are woven about it! `from the days of its first white set-i ; tlement until now. The past-of Can- Iada is as full of real romance, of istii-ring adventure, of noble deeds, as l'the present is of opportunity to make i %ood.d One feels sonetimei thatnigrs 1 ana ianism wou not e at .a jthing for the people of this wonder- lful country. - l : Sir William Pope, presidentof thel [Society of Chemical Industry, has furnished. another reason for the 'existence of `a League of Nations,'or lsome other organization that will set- , tle disputes as between nations with- out recourse to_ war. Speaking at the meeting of `the'S`ociety, held in Mont- real, he said "that at the time of the armistice, the allies had enough of imustard gas to have caused "the Ger- `mans to be wading knee deep in it. ,This preparation puts a man alfectcd by it out of action for six week's. But more potent than any of the gases that the billion dollars in gold marks due at the end of August as `another instalment of the war reparations, has been paid. Purchases of United States dollar exchange to carryout this payment were made well in ad- vance. It looks as if the real leaders in Germany were determined that the country should get out of the allied debt grip as quickly as possible. A `rather strange development has ' arisen out of the last` reparation pay- ment by Germany. In accordance with the agreement of the Allies, Belgium has first call on these repar- ations_until her claims are satised. She made over a good part of the last to Britain in return for many things the latter country had done for her. Little is heard of it now, but it should not be forgotten that` if I What curious quirks of feeling `sway humanity. A little while ago !it seemed as` though all Germany }had settled down to a determination to meet the -reparation accounts as they fell due and to secure freedom from the grip of the Allies in the - shortest possible time. At this mom- ent despatches from'Germany depict the republic as in great peril from itself. Bavarian secession from the realm is now regarded as a real poss- ibility. If Bavaria goes East Prussia, Pomerania and other states might easily follow. Behind the scenes there is much` that the observer, however. shrewd, does not see. Many of the despatches as to the new turn of events are .from the Germans themselves. Is there a deliberately planned scheme to evade further pay- ments to the Allies by an understand- ing among the various states, or does the unrest reported represent a con- dition which might give the monarch- istsa chance to make a bid for the restoration of the former Kaiser ? Here are questions that time can solve. Nor need it be .a longilapse of time- On Nov. 15 there will be due from Germany another_repara- tion payment totalling twenty-eight million pounds in British money, and in January thirty-ve million pounds. There is expressed some uneasiness as to the capability of the Germans to meet payments -after this year. That may have something to do with and general chaos. The Berlin gov- ernment undoubtedly has tried to suppress a number of Bavarian news- papers that have advocated policies contrary to its own. There has been sharp conict of opinion on a number of. matters that affect the whole country; there are enough elements on the verge of desirefor trouble to make real trouble if they once get out of hand. There are a thousand and one ramications to the matters in dispute. State sovereignty is the real issue. If the trouble is a dust stormto blind the Allies, then it is well put on. If it is a real crisis, then the Allies are as gravely con- cerned `as any real German who is opposed to a dozen republics instead of one in his own land could possibly be. It is in the interests of the Allies as of thewhole world that Germany should remain intact and peaceful. The Allies do not want to have to step I in toylleep the peace in -Germany, nor do they want that country jeopardiz- ing their chances of restoring in Eur- ope the conditions without which it is impossible that the world can `again settle down. ' the reports of intended Deec1a1-ations by the German gov-: ernment that new attempts to es-5 tablish a Comznunistic government! will be rigorously suppressed, are accompanied by an announcement . Disciplined troops of the British and Native Indian armies are making short work of the uprising in the Malabar district of India. The.Mop- lahs have suffered losses aggregating many hundreds of killed in several engagements with the troops. Two or three small British _forces in out- lying posts have been relieved in the nick of time. The fanatical Moplahs whovlootedia number of Hindu tem- ples and attacked Hindus wherever they found them, raised the green flag and called. upon all who desired to set up home rule in India to join them. The very nature of the warfare they carried on against` those who hold a different. religious belief to their own, shows that their idea of home rule is to rule by the sword erically overwhelmingly stronger than their own. Fortunately there does not appear to be any other dis- turbances elsewhere in India and the tauthorities have been able to con- centrate their whole attention on the Malabar situation. It is announced that the projected visit of the Prince of Wales to India will be carried out notwithstanding the disturbances, and the veiled threats from. some factions in the Punjab region that it would be better for him not to go there. ' and terrorism as against castes num iactually iused was _a preparation `found by the British, against which respirators or any other device was ' no` use whatever. It was so deadly that it would stopia mansif it were V portion of about one` part, in volume, to five 'm`illions._ Mechanical" devices, in his opinion, would be the sole de- ciding factor of future wars. There is no doubt that the Germans knew, as was stated at armistice time, what tremendous `preparations the `allies' -had completed-and what new agencies they had at their command to carry the war to a successful conclusion. for peace. But while Sir William. Pope and others who deal with these matters, as they come under their observation in `the realms of discove ery, are convinced that gas is a more humane war weapon than shells or bayonets, the world would prefer to see the world s scientists giving more attention to the arts of peace than tocompeting discoveries that may give to, any one or a group of nations superiority in war. The more the cost of the late war is counted to victors and vanquished, the more cer- tain is the mass of humanity that war should have no place in modern civilization. 3 present in the atmosphere in a pro- That knowledge hastened their plea ` -this and similar matters. Whatever may be its ultimate fate the League of Nations is function- ing. One may hope that it will gain in power and inuence. It already has dealt with some knotty problems. Another has arisen before its assem- bly now in session in Geneva. This is an echo of the long dispute be- tween Chili and Bolivia over the -lat- ter s claims to the province of Tacna- Africa, generally known on this con- tinent as Antifagasta. Under the treaty of 1904 it was given to Chili. Bolivia asks that the League should deal with her claim to it. The Chil- ian objection to such a proceeding is based" on the Monroe doctrine. In brief it is that the League cannot ad- judicate questions exclusively `affect- ing countries of thevnew world. In the manner in which .it is now brought up it is somewhat of a nov- elty, though the same point was urg- ed by a-' number of publicists in the United States who were opposed and are still to the United States entering the League of Nations. Their argu- ment is that the republic should keep aloof from -the affairs of Europe and stand by the Monroe doctrine on matters affecting the American con- tinent. The world` is a much smaller place than many of these gentlemen seem to think. `It is impossible. for a country of such vast interests as the United States toyplay the role of isolation so far as European matters are concerned. Secretary of State Hughes, for the American govern- ment, has added another complica- tion to the study of his country on In a note (Continued on page 3) s ! I 4 I I Britain had not borrowed for her Allies, or guaranteed loans for them, her own nancial troubles would not be anything in comparison with what they are. That by the way. France, which is also heavily burdened, seems to be a little bit put out about this arrangement between Belgium and Britain, and one of her statesmen is. consulting with Sir Robert Horne, British Chancellor of the Exchequer, in thevhope of getting him to re- nounce some part of Britain s share of the money sent on by Belgium. Sir Robert is not anxious to comply with a request of this nature. The payment will help to make a better showing for -his budget, and apart from that it is time that Britain, which staggers under monetary bur-p dens assumed to help other countries, ' was getting some measure of relief. 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