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nut 1&5`? 1 -c I Q 3 J C BRANCHE8--BARBIE. ALE &ll\IV I I IICPUVL VI $ICCI IIICIIIWIVI A report to the effect that Albania is the only country in Europe. and probably in the world, to become completely disarm- ed is almost too astonishing to be true. It is added that Albanians are not even per- mitted to carry pistols. Coming from Bel- grade_one cannot at this distance declare the report to be -false, but it would seem to need some explanation in view of pres- ent conditions in the Near East. It at any rate gives rise to reflections as to whether there is ever `to be disarmament `in the true sense of the word. Now that the Washington Conference has become a mat- ter of history questions as to its actual values and accomplishments are arising all the time. Far from disarming. the nations are bending a great deal of their energies toward the perfecting of war machinery. If some war machinery is scrapped and every effort made to so improve the more limited armament as to make it ten times or a hundredfold more efficient, `does the world gain? Probably the accumulative effects of such conferences will Vin the end kill a good deal `of the insincerity with which some participants regard them. But it does `look sometimes as if the whole world would have _to go practically bank- rupt before -a substitute is found for war.) B'riand s Fine Example ~While many other prominent politicians are `agitating themselves over.` affairs at home and abroad, "former Premier Briand of France has set an example that lots of them might try to emulate. Some years ago he purchased -a section of land that was considered so poor as not to be worth bothering about by the farmers in the 10- ....--u- --vvn uuvn . '5 St. Martins Lane, London, familiar to many Canadians, is to be paved with rubber blocks as an experiment. Experts in the old city -believe that rubber, besides being less noisy, willibe -found to give as good,a service and to wear longer than any other kind of pavement, though the cost is somewhat greater. It is stated that if the experiment is attended with `success it will be extended very considerably. Paving ex- perts the world over will be interested in the test, Britain's Great Financing- For the first six months of the fiscal , year the British Treasury is able to report a surplus of revenue over ex_pe'ndit.ure of fifty-six million pounds. That is a rare achievement in view of the state of trade which while showing a slow improvement `s still far from what it ought to be. It has not been reached without drastic cut- ting of the expenditures. The Chancellor of the" Exchequer in his budget had hoped that these would be cut by at `least one hundred and sixty million pounds. To date --or for the six months period rather---the saving totals one hundred and fifty million pounds. Thus while there `has been a -`hrinkage of revenue to the extent of fifty- two million pounds` the savings affected ~ by the policy of_ economy have enabled a much better showing to be made than was thought powible when the budget was de- livered. _It is unfortunate that the` Near East situation should have intervened at this time. The efforts madeiby Britain to show the Turks that she was in earnest in her determination to keep the Straitsopen and inviolate have cost -a great deal of money. Warlike preparations -are not con- ducive, to economy; `indeed there is very often no actual time in which to give `heed to that. Britain is making a huge pay- ment of interest on her loans from the United -States very soon and wouldihave had a more comfortable feeling regarding finances if it had not been necessary to send so many ships and men to Near East territory. v i 7 "Funding tr War Debt to u. s. i ' The forthcoming visit. of the Chancellor lot the British Exchequer to Washington tin relation to the funding of the debt to i the United Statw will have a distinct bear- ring on the inter-allied conference on debts . land the German reparations to be held in 'Brussels in December.` Premier Poincare lot` France has _a beautiful scheme for that `meeting. _His idea seems to be that if a esatisfactory arrangement for the consolida- ltion of the British debt can be made with Washington. then Britain might cancel the French debt. Britain would also surrender A her share of the German reparations. In return France would accept a reduction in German reparations to herself. It sounds nice for someone. The man on the street will likely `be of opinion that if sacrifices are to be made all the allies should share I them. A farmer's banking needs are regarded by the Bank of Toronto as on precisely the same basis -as those. of any other business and receive the same careful considera- tion. ` ` ' Consult our nearest Branch Manager about .your requirements; Capital . ss,'ooo,ooo Reserves - $7,000,000 i I THEIR SIGNIFICANCE. WUR.I..I) l:}VlNI 1:` "H123 3`z}I"2{1' business, `require -varying amounts of extra capital at par- ticular times. % F aMrm% Eavking FARM operatiorg.` like any other Littlev Prospect of Disarmament Rubber Block Paving ..L:.... T ...._ 1' 1 their arms before October 15. The idea is `the prevention of further bloodshed. It London despatch asserts that the Free State -_- ..-.-.A._ .-. ..--.... , The Irish Free State has offered amnesryl to all rebels who voluntarily surrender- has been obvious for some time that the! Republicans were in `a hopeless position-so] far_as armed resistance was concerned and; that their best interests and the best in- terests` of Ireland` could best be served by their cessation from armed warfare. A has been negotiating with Britain for the lease of St. Helena. the island famous asi the last detention home of Napoleon} the idea being to send leaders of the rebelliou=_ faction there if they will not come to: terms. It is probable that the `Irish gov- ernment -has come to the conclusion that the surest way to peace is to handle the present situation without gloves. 1 Swift on'the eve of news from India of great crops throughout that country comes the reports of terrible floods in Nor- t-hern Bengal where the rural community. had reaped .a great harvest and were seem- ingly on the eve of remarkably prosperous times for that part of the world. It is fear- ed that the loss of human life has been very heavy, while cattle by the thousands have been drowned. Cholera has broken out and is adding to the trials of the situa- tion. British and I-ndian officials and civil- ians alike have entered upon the work of relief with the -promptitude that character-i ises these measures in a" land which sol often is called upon to cope with flood.i pestilence and famine. The fact that; throughout India Moslems are in many` cases celebrating the Turkish victories over Greece and agitating for still wider meas-; ures ofhome` rule for their own land has 3` been rather stressed in-some quar:ers,But`l though `the situation may at times appear. to be almost beyond control, the manneri in which Britain manages to keep her au-E thority attracts the attention of thought-E ful people the world over. The fact that; as in the Bengal ood crisis British official- dom and British civilians usually are one! Ian ahead of everything else in the work of rescueyand restoration may have more to do with it than all other things `put 10-; -nether. Britain s responsibilities are beyond} -those of any other nation in the world. She| does not try to evade them; . I _~A: St. John, New Brunswick. the fthl trial of John Paris, the mulatto charged with the murder of a young girl, has re- sulted in disagreement of the jury. and the prisoner has'been_.1-emanded to jail. This world's record in murder trials is not one! that any place will be anxious to emulate. But it certainly opens the way for d':s-' cussions and debafes especially in legal circles. The questions raised are such as to! interest many people` outside of the `legal fraternity also. Off hand it would seem as if it were impossible to ever convict the man now, and one. wonders what course `the law will take. _ | cality. He fertilized it~and gave it the attention he thought it nee( e('_. with the re~ suit that wheat. from `that land has carried off a coveted prize in one of the rural agri- cultural exhibitions. And the seed for the prize winning wheat ws imported . from Canada. Briand has done another good ;thing for his Country. ' I.'l.l\\.lL'llJLll.!JLV I IIU 5155111 Wm. Crossland, druggist. by W. `J. McGuire, druggist. World : Record in Murder Trials St. Helen; For Irish Rebels Bengal's Disastrous Floods- THE `BARR_lE_ l_-ZTXAM-INER 5 New Headiforac. N. Railways ; While speculation recently upon the ap- ipoimment of a general manager for the Canadian_Na.tional Railways system gavev .rise to many rumors naming United States railway men for the post. negotiations had `been quietly conducted in England betweeni _Ol-I nwxfm Evil Dizziness and faintness after eating show that your food is not digested and is-turn- ing into poison and gas- Simple buckthorn` bark, glycerine, etc., as mixed in Adlerika, expels all poison and gas from BOTH.up- per and lower bowl. .Removes foul, decay- ing food-matter you never thought war? in your system which poisoned stomach and -math: `nun l':IIIl anal `n:v|`. 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Sold in Elmvale `Lu W 1 `lnrluhno AIn'uup:nL - v. v. vuuu-uv -Iuvvu The United States will continue to re- main absolutely aloof in the event of un- expected developmentsforcing actual war in the Near East. This has again been `made clear by Secretary Hughes in another 4 statement called for -by the enthusiasm of some people in his own country who be- lieved that the richest nation in the world- had a duty to the Christians who were being slaughtered in lands. overrun by the Turks. The United States is willing to give aid in the way of relief for the sufferers. It will not take imy steps` to protect thosesutferers before they are dri- ven out of their homes and their country. That is a task it cheerfully_and encourag- ingly leaves to John Bull or anyone else who wants to undertake it. For all that, however, it is an encouraging sign to see so. many manifestations `in the United States press and among the public of the feeling that their country is playing an imposible role in world affairs andis being put in a very bad light in the eyes of other nations. `Thursday, October 12, 1022.. U. s. Stands Aloofv `BA.I1!&fI9ROI{T0