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League's Part in Stopping War In South America Told by Briand ^:y..l. Acceptance of Its A<lvice by Bolivia and Paraguay Kef- enforces Its Prestige. GencTa.â€" Arifltlde Brland'a letter to j League and the Uslted States tor the members of Che CoHOcU of the League !P'«r«"t'of°'''"- , ,. ^ > .,,.,_., I The Bolivia Paraguay incident, explaining the steps which he took | ^j^^^^j^^^^ j^ regarded aa affording «s its acting president In the Bolivia^- j additional reason for early ratiacatl-m Paraguanyan dispute reveals how j of the Kellogg Pact by all concern»»d, closely M. Briatd on his return to | 'or if the pact has moral sigciScar.ce in the present circumstance, how much more weight would it have aft-ir ratification! States Recognize League's Authority It Is interesting to note that all through the exchange of notes I'le Latin- Americas states recognized iha Serious Busines3 For Many Nations Paris kept in touch with the respec- tive Governments of the ITnited States. the Argentine and the Latin-American members of the Council in order to co-ordinate the efforts of all parties who were working for peace. i From this it may be assumed that i authority of the League and their ob- If the crisis had not been settled, the j "gatwa under the Covenant. M. Council at the League ••ou!d have r.p- \ ^^^^- ^WJe recognizing the part the pealed to the United. States and to the j ^"^^^^^ States and the Latin-American South American states who are mem- \ "ates played, is naturally proud of bers of the League, to Isolate the con- ^^^ ^^"^^ t*»^' B°''^'* ^^^^ Paraguay fllct by severing financial and eco- should say that it was in accordance nomic relations with the quarreling ! "^"hsuggesUons from the CouncU states. For they would have broken t ^''•*' "^^^ ^^ recourse to the arbit-a- not only the Covenant of the League. "°°o^ ^^^ Pan-American Conference, but their moral obUgatlons to re- P«« . *^ '^^''^'"^"3^ anxious to make Jt nounce war under the Kellogg Pact. P'*"^ ^^^^ *'.''" "»'' "^^'^ '^« K^'^"" for the signing of this treaty, which t°"' ^""'""^ °' "^« Pan- American Con- conveys the intention to ratify, un- '"^°<^® ^^^^ prevented war, but that doubtedly- impiiea a moral obUgatioa "^® League must be givan its full to observe it. ' share of credit in the matter. CO 1 < u- n r. .. I Congratulatory telegrams sent to Effect of Kellogg Pact « n-i,_j «_ . j "" ; M. Bnand include messages fr:jm Without pushing the argument too Guatemala, Costa Rica. Uruguay. ? r.d far. it is felt here that since the i Mexico. Costa Rica speaks of rhe Council's efforts to preserve peace ; prompt, efficient action ct the Leagite. had throughout the approval of rho ; while Uruguay rlludes in gIo-w:ng United States, states which break the ' terms to the lofty part played bv the Kellogg Pact, even at the present League and the prestige which the stage, may expect to find themselves CouncU gained from the prevention of up against joint pressure by tae war. \ Large Casting Job For C.N.R. Elngines ^X'ork Involves Han<31ing of 50.000 Pounds ia Cast Steel K...'.f3'L->c, Or.t-â€" The Larxeit cast- ir.jf job in tisa ^»tll be iundlsd ENGLAND'S FOREIGN MINISTER IN UNUSUAL POSE Sir Austea Chamberlain vigorously debating a point with Ht.-r Streseaiann. M. Briand aad others during th^ League of Nations' rr;°eting3 at Lugano, Switzer'.aal. Kabul Air Exploit Stirs British Pride Plane Rescues of Foreigners May Have Averted Cost- ly War, Military Ex- perts Say RULER ACTIVE Pact With States Colonel Lawrence Classics Urged On Niagara Has Ordered Arrested For Recreation on Historic Interest By Afghan Leaders Australian Farms shortly when, the f.air.ework for the first of the five r.e-v Casaiian N'ation- al Railway'a pajje::gjr and freight locoEothres will ccme froa: the shaja. These locciuctives w-^U 'oe nia.ia at the giant of the Canadian L»>!03iotive works ac Kicg^ton, and. will lie the last of ;-. ur ;.ir of 3') iecosrctvw of various ty-r,-^* which that <?>n:pa*y is buiWin? for the Nacional sys''.eia. The order f.>r Z'i locoTotiv«s \s made up of 10 switch ensiaes of the *o5>) type. 1-5 steam ec^-'nes of the 4300 type, and fi^e engines of the Nortkem typ?. which hara ix-er. spe- cially desiamed by Canatiiar: N'a':icr.al en^ir.eers anid have 'the aii^iiticr.a! ad vajitage of beir.g conTertibi- f -r both fast pasier.g-er ard ireighc tra£?.c. Is is in castias tae frame, era ili. cross- ties and cylinders that a new depar- ture is being made in the iniustrial works, and one which industnal ea- giaeers believe will reT(^ticr.iie not only foundry equipnr.ent bet also its allie<i industries. The casting job is cne which rn- Tiiives frm handling of approiiniately 50,000 pounds of cast steel, and in- cludes :i;e entire n;air: anJ 'un-iiaiea- ta! structure oi one ot the titanic steam endues of todaj', which, with ttrnder. has a lergth of more than 92 f-^t and carries a weight of re' '.es3 also p.jssibly at an earlier date against Bachal Saqao, who stil! holds' his position 20 miles north of Kabul. I Little importance is attached here; to the story from India of the disap- pearance from Allahabad, where for many years he has been a refugee, of Omar Khan, Afghan representative of' the royal family of Ayub Khan, whoi was defeated by Amaaullah's grand- father in 1851. This family, though, once exceedingly infiuentlal as claim-' ,. , ^^ , . . . • *^'s to the Kabtil tlirone. has cow- London.-The exploit of those mod-! been so long exiled tiat i: has lost' s -prestige. em Paladins, the flying officers In the j much ef it Royal A!r Force, who rescued the for- AmanuUali's" prcblem ta thcs nearer'' e:gn residents in Kabul from the tome, and despite the o-5timU:;. com- porils of the civil war raging there ^uniques daily Issued from the Af- ovtT Amamulah s impetuous reforms, g^aa Legation here Is not considered has stirred British pride during the .q mformci circles by anv means ye: reek just past. More than that, ae-] solved. ' ! cording to the military authorities, it i ' j lia.'s probably prevented a troublesome i • » « ZTm mm . border war, which would have been â-  Atglian MullanS I I )Liiy to Britain in money and Uvea. my •• ... til days not long gone the Bmpira ! iNOW INeffOtiatinST V. .>ii!d have needed to send a strong \ â€" ^ t>l>«.ditionary force north from India' t.-. i>!-otect her nationals in Afghanis- 1 li;n. Two divisions. It is estimated ' hi^re. woiiUl have been the smallest farce capable of doing the job, for the niiliiary authorities say tha border ti'lbs tiear the KUyber Pass would un- ('.oi'.bttfdly have risen against Invaders t.iUiug o:> their rear â€" a line of com- ci'-iaication strongly held. It would have meant long, hard fighting, with tbe satety of those women and chil- dren iu lie legations in Kabul always a matter of doubt. With AmanuUah Move Considered Important in. Effort to Restore Peace I With Tribes l<i>r.don. â€" Refugees from Afghan- ' istan continue to reach India in Brit-} ish troop .carrier airplanes w'nich have been able, despite four inches of snow, to land and take off in Kabul air-j drome, where they 'r.ave beer, cordially; assisted by the Ei>yal .Vfghan Airi Treaty Increasing Water Pow- er is First Signed by Uni- r ted States Minister Ottawa â€" .\ treaty -erraitting tue in- creased diversion of water from Nia- : gara Falls for power developnient '. puroses aad for the building of ex- tenslve remedial works for the pfes- ervatlon of tha scenic beauty of the falls, has been sigt^ed by W. L. Mac- kenzie King. Canadim Prime Minis- ter ar.a William Phillips, United States Minister to Canada. .\3 recommen>*:I t>-" tie Intea^a- tional Niagara Eoard. tlie amouuc of water allowoj by the boundary water treaty of lC-0.5. namely. 3(».i}0* cubic fe^i per second for Canada aad :0(;00 for the United States, is In- creased for both countries by lO.JOO cable fee; per second. j At the same tim3 excavations and submerged weirs \siVi divert some of tie water from the deep channel to the bared ilanks o: the Horse Shoe Falls and the Goat Island Shelf and insure an unbroken crest line from shore to shore at all seasons. The cost of the remedial work is esti- mated at $300,000 for Canada and $1,450,000 for the United States, with approximately $1,000,000 ot this lat- ter amount required for the Chip- pewa Grass Island pool changes. ; Particular Interest attaches to this treaty as It is the first signed per-^ socally by tbe Prime Minister on be- half of the Canadian and British Gov- ernments and the first signed by Mr. j Phillips since the appointment of a United States Minister to Ottawa. i ".Arch Spy ot \\ orld" Seen Behind Revolt .Against Kabul :r E: iC.APi Thus, the advance la aeronautics , Force, has cut the Empire's risks of border About SO women and children in all fi'^ in the unsettled Orient and Near '90 ^^^ have arrived, including the H;..<t. Troop-carry i:-.g pl,<»nes are be- ' Italian Minister's wife and the faniil- ins iidded in numbers to the small air ' i^s o^ Indian, Persian and German fii;\e stations in Iraq and Esypt. The • businessmen, who themselves are re- (iay< when Chinese Gordon waited 1 niaining at their posta. vainly and valiantly in Khartoum for Kabul itself is row qciet and .\man- rt'llet which arrived too late are gone, ullah is reported to have opened ne- Never again will a small o'atpost of gotiations with recalcitrant mullahs Biitish civilization, like that of Luck- (Muhammadan religious teachers) now during the Sepoy rebellion, en- dure au agonising siege till the sound ot bagpipes tells it the fighting High- landers have arrived at last. Britain's flying knights brought French, t?<>rmau and Italian women safely from Kabul to Peshawur, there- by writing a fair paragraph In the cur- rent history ot European reconcilia- tion. Tha Italian Charg d'Atfalres In Loudon called at tte Foreign Office to express his nation's appreciatioa o( England's aid. Amanullah* Busy Retiablo information from .Afghanis- tan that .\manullah. partly by repuls- ing an attack made by the rebel who regard social refomss as inter fering with their o%vn traditional; authority. This is considered here as an important move, as the mullahs are still the main political force am- ong the tribesmen in revolt. Year Opens With Bad Storms Freezing Temperatures Tak- ing Toll of Life in South Europe Paris â€" Winter storms and freezing Bachai S.iqao upon Kabul, partly by a i temperature spread death and damage Bcri.'s of concessions to Mulhamma- dan feotiug, has tor the time beloc re- gainod at least much of hU old ascen- dancy. These concessions are vari- ously reported. They are understood definitely to through France. Italy and in the Medi- terranean recently and tha~death toU waa high. It was feared that more than 70 persons might have met dMth In the regions affected by the gales and blii Include such steps to orthodoxy as tha | lards that continued to spread de- clo-iiug of girls' schools in Kabul, also reversion to the obserTatlon of Friday instead of Thursday as the official Sabbath, and the formation ot a couit- ell ou which the mullahs (Mulham- Virulent Cholera Epidemic Raging Half of Population of Tra\an- core State, India. Have Perished Bombay â€" .\ virulent cholera epide- mic is rasing In Travancore state, and 5$2 death occurred doriog the last week In December. la many families, all the adult mem- bers wer© stricken, leaving the chil- dren destitute. During the past four months, T.SSO have died from the disease amons l*.- 000 who -were sticken. ' PRETEND Allahabad* India. â€" .Afghan, author- ities have ordered th? cxrcst of CoL : Thonr^as E. Lav.-reace, famo-os British ' ad'-enturar and army officer, on the belief that he has been assisting ^ re'oels in the present uprising to cross the frontier, according to advices re- ceived here. Lawrer-.'e. k:;c'.vT. as 'â- Lav.rsnc.; of .\rab:a." because cf his wartime ad- ventures in th» struggle to drive the TuriEs and Ceraians out ot that peri-, insula, was described as *"ihe arch spy of the world." \ Pbotograp'cs, supposed to be of; LawTence. were distributed among .â- Vfghan army comrrarcders. j It was reported from Delhi that rumors were current corceming plans for a fresh assault on Kabul, capital^ of .Afghanistan, which was success-; fully defended recently by govern- i n-.ent troops when insurgents attack-' ecL The rebel tribesmen revolted, against King Amanullah 's reform laws. The brigand leader. Bachhakao. waS| said to be collectir.g a fresh force of insurgents for a "".arch on Kabul. The insurgents were reported better arm- ed than the government troops. . TELEGRAPH LINE CUT .Apparently the situation had taken ;a serious turn. The Quetta telegraph iline had been cut and only wireless I communication with Kabul remained.' I The escape of Mohanin-ied Omar Khar., aspirant for the throne of . .Afghanistan, from .AUahabad added ; to the complexity of the situation. ^ • Omar Khan had 'oeen retained here by , British authorities. j ! Sir Austen Chamberlain "Trrivor" ia the Fortnightly Review (London^: Since the Locarno Treaty no longer considers himself a plodding diplomat, but a Bismarck Impatient of advice. This attitude is encour-^ aged by ths French, who are able to inspire him with their own policy, knowing well that his obstinacy will he has given the impression that hei prevent h'm from weakening. .New Zealander Gives Son Classical Education for "Good Company" Penh. .V-it. â€" Fr-jf. R. S. Conway, president of the Classical Association cf Grjai Britain and llulme professor of Latin ui the Victoria University, Manchester, Eng., has been advocat- ing very strongly the teachiiM: of Litin !n the hLjh<:r sch'DoIs through-' cut Atistraiasia. \ Professor Con~ay sa.^s taac when, he was in New Zealand a prosperous • farmer said to him: "I have given m~ son a sound classical eduratiaa. H^' intends t;> becojie a farmer, and as for tte greater part of each day he will be a!o=e I want him to be la gaod company." He deplores the fact ' that In two of the big public schools in A'tctorla Latin is not taught at all. ' Great attention was being given there to the teaching of French, : which was of very Uttie use in .\u3- tralia. , • "Nothing but t';e study of a d'ad languag9 can." he declares, 'free the modern child from the slavery to mere words aad formiilas. Many French. woids may be- leoraed without the ! child's ever having the slightest knowledge of the thmgs for which the words stand, and the baffled state of ignorance thus occasioned often re- mains for a lifetime. FVench is only , of very occasional use to che average man whereas Latin Is cif vital c.-n-' sequence to him every hour of the day i because three-quarters of the English tongue has been derived from the Latin." . The groofvth of classical studies ln| England during the last half-ceatury was. he added, amazing Where as in ISSO there was only one Englisi yeri- odical devoted to classics and clas- sical research, to-day tiiere wcrs six, journals of that character. i . I Canon Toilingtoa tells of a lady who ; asked one of her domestics, after the ' latter had returned from church, what the preacher had said. '"Well, ma'am." was the reply, "I can't tell you all he said, but he did say that hell is not i what it used to be." j ♦ ! "Cornet players," sa.vs a promiaeat [ ph.vsician, "are seldom affected by ! luns troubles." We teel coofideat. however, that there Is some special , punishment reserved for them e!se- than 3-20 tons. Channel Tunnel To?>ic Is Revived Chances ot Anglo-French Un- dertaking Seem Brighter Lon.ior. â€" The prc-ifc-jis ivr a tun- nel under th« English Chuanei were considenib.y brijUttned by the iidherecce to the idea of such prom- inent nier. as Lord Syceahiitn. iiaroc d'Eriar.ger and Sir William UuiL Loid Syce"::c.-^ slates tiia: he intendi strenaci;-.-! â-  â-  ;' r forthcoming action in, the C. ..â- . • r. :?avor.ng to get the LorJj t :i:d matter also, and he i;ast:? i..^ .. ..i.cacy of ths pro- posed tu.-.ne<.L on the argunisnt that the Lccarr.c- and Kel-o^rg twicts in existence, scire faith should b? shown in them despite the advice of .aiilitary experts. Moreover. a.s a £ortific..i.cions c.tpen:. he de.'la.'es it would be a simple mat- ter to blow- ap the tunnel in the event of a thr«aterieu invasion :rcaf tha continer.t cf Etirope. - Bar<>a d'F.-i.-jLT^g'iC. l<y'^ .to benefit the ferro-concrete and' steet* trades, while Sir William Bull thm'is "taere has nsver l-vn sc gov^d a psychoIo«r- ical cppoFtanity as the present one." Each of th.? three men esti:nates that the cost of e-rastructing the tun- nel wonld be in the neighborhood of Sl."C.iX>.',i>'!'> .snd tha': the gigantic task • ? from four to six years. â-  ; at least 4,OX) men. CcitciiiviU with this agitation, the Scuthirr! F.ai'.way a.nneunces i: will reduce in the spring the time of the Dcvor-Calais crossing br 30 minutes. New Va.lue to Brazil's Wastes At Mercy of Seas structipn after more than 24 hours ot unabated forc«. Shipping suffered severely alons the Preach Channel and Mediterran-i eon Cv^asts and communications aad| inadan priests) as well m (Irdar* i transportation were hard hit. j (hereditary noblM) and malto (tribal I Fl»9 deaths occurred In Prance.; chiefs) are to sit. The buying off of I Snow continued to fall la many seo Bomo of the powerful Shlnwart tribes- 1 tlons. men who have been la revolt la East- ern Afshanl.'ston since November Is slso retH>rted. but ths Information In this case appears to be less depend- able. What Is regarded as certain, how I A report from Madrid said ths I steamship Malakoff foundered oft ; Mahon, Minorca Island, and that 27 I of the Tossel's crew were lost. Italy was still swept by sevep* storms and southern rivers were over- sTer, Is that communication both by flowing their banks In many places road sud telegraph bet ween Kabul and Kandahar has been complstely re- stored, and ths raising o( on* man la sight to isrre as levlM la golag on ovsr ths area with a vlsw to streaxtlx- sning ths forces with which ths Kli)« hopes to taks ths flsUl acalnst ths Shinwarts la ths sprtBC whsB ths and ths Tiber was showing a steady rise in Roma supw meiu la \b» mooBtala p«W09,^nev«r will b*." "Confound it!" cried a passen^rer who had been tumbled to the pavo- msnt by « rootor-bus. "Cant j-ou wait tni I c«« oirr "HuHI" returned the conductor. "If you aint off now. jrou ABANDONED TO HER Lone sentinel is seen watchlrjt «t Roches' Point Q->'-"i<tow!i hoase should the liner Celtic break up. FATE Irp'aml. waiting t" l!«ht- Elxpk-rer Finds Vast Plains of Rich Land on the Border of Prartl and Dutch Guiana Sao Pauio. â€" General Candido Ra.idoa has perttrateii into the unexplored rvgsoa of N'or.l-.ern Brazil along ths Dutch Guiana border. The Feder-al Secretary of .\grical- ture in Rio ce Janiero has received a telegram from General Ror.oon, who states that he has '"reached the fron- tier and has discovered vast plains ot rich pasturage. These plains occupy alrr.ost ail of ths northern plateau, periiaps e.xceeding 15,000 square miles. General Candido Rondon Is at pres- ent on his second trip of explorstio* to the comparatively unknown north- ern frontier of Brazil. He has a party witi" hiir.. inciudinjf a tnotion picture {.hotographer. It is reported that one sitn of his work is to survey this $ectit.>c of Brazil's boundary. It haji been statei that his survey is purely a technical undertaking, as there are no disputes between Brasil «Ed her n'>rthera neighbors. The leader of this work. General Rondcn. is thv Brazilian Rmty offlc«'f who \>ii!> chosen to ao.vrapany Theo- dore Ko.itcvelt a> a guide, when the latter Tad'.> hi> vo.'Tag'.' " the River ot l\^!>t. The King's Recovery New York Times: This modera "Sailor King" has ;trus?led against odds back to life, back to his owa people, who, ihaasU they \{-x« as did the rhoenlcians "la the wush of the waves," '"the outermoist of n»en." are, as they, very "dear to the sods" and help miichtlty to hold up the pillars ot the earth. His prosress toward coaft- pltete roccvptr has made a happier Christ iu«,« not only for his own people hat for all the world, and warrant* the .hoj»e that he may come forth, as did V!y.«es from his sufferlcps "g''*ater and more mighty to b«boM>* iifiJ^^-^-:;^^ iiiiT-"ii