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complete text of kellogg proposals for multilateral pact outlawing war tho president of tho united states of america the president of the french republic ills majesty the king of great britain ireland and the british dominions beyond the seas emperor of india tho president of the german empire his majesty the king of italy hu majesty the emperor of japan deeply sensible that their high office impose upon them a solemn duty to promote the welfare of mankind inspired by a common desire not only to perpetuate tho peaceful and friendly relations now happily subsisting between their peoples but also to prevent war among any of the nations of tho world desirous by formal act to boar unmistakable wltuess that they condemn war as an instrument of national policy and renounce it lu favor of the pacific settlement of international disputes hopeful that encouraged by their example all tho other nations of the world will join in this humane endeavor and by adhering to the present treaty as soon as it comes into force bring their peoples within the socpo of its beneficent provisions thus uniting tho civilized nations of the world in a common renunciation of war us an instru ment of their national policy have decided to conclude a treaty and for that purposo liavo appointed as their respective plenipotentiaries who having communi cated to one another their full powers found in good and due form have agreed upon the following articles article i tho high contracting parties solinnly declaro in tho names of their respective peoples that they condemn recourso to war for the solution of international controversies and renounce it as an instrument of national policy in their relations with one another article ii the high contracting parties agreo that the settlement or solution of ail disputes or confikis of whatever nature or of what ever origin they may be which may arise among them shall never ho sought except by pacific means article iii the present treaty shall be ratified by the high con tracting parties named lu the preamble in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements and shall tako effect as be tween them as soon as all their several instruments of ratification shall have been deposited at this treaty shall when it has come into effect as prescribed in the preceding paragraph remain open as long as may be necessary for adherence by all tho other powers of the world every instrument evidencing the adherence of a power shall be deposited at and tho treaty shall immediately upon such deposit become effective as be tween the power thus adhering and the other powers parties hereto it shall be the duty of tho government of to furnish each government named in tho preamble and every government subsequent ly adhering to this treaty with a certified copy of the treaty and of every instrument of ratification or adterence it shall also be the duty of the government of telegraphically to notify suoh gov ernments immediately upon the deposit with it of each instrument of ratification or adherence in faith whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed this treaty in the french and english languages both texts having equal force and hereunto affix their seals new o ac head native of ontario gradute of 1902 classmate of dr w s black ex- presydent of manitoba agricultural col lege chosen fine record while all old oac studente will be tdrry to know that tho kindly smile of dr henoylds who remains as prlncl- palemerttus will no longer wel- como them to their alma mater they cannot but congratulate the hon john s martin minister of agriculture on ills selection of dr george i christie as successor to dr ueyuolda tho years 11102 s and 4 graduated some outstanding men from tho oac dr v s black classmate of the new president was presideut of manitoba agricultural college and is now director of colonization for tho canadian national railways dr mel ville cumming president of truro ns agricultural college and pre mier john bracken of manitoba all come from this notable period of college life george christie was one of the out standing men of his class and ontario may well bo proud of securing his servlcos dr christie who is a native on tario and was a student at the oac obtained his bsa degreo from to ronto university ho went to iowa state college lu 1903 for postgraduate work and thereafter engaged in a wide range of activities across the border but is well known in agricul tural circles on this side of the line and has a very high reputation in his chosen calling it will he several weeks before he will he ablo to take ouver his new duties at guelph but he is to be installed well before the opening of the fall term prof rey nolds it is understood will be retain ed as principalemeritus dr christie said hon mr mar tin in announcing the appointment is regarded a3 one of the most bril liant graduates of the ontario agri- 1 successful editors men who will direct the agricultural activities of the golden jubilee year canadian national exhibition carpenter of des moines iowa in 190g they have one daughter he is presbyterian in religion and belongs committee for the employment of soldiers and sailors after the war in indiana his activities have cov- cultural college he has made an ered a wwe ran he was first anlto several fraternal organizations outstanding contribution to american associate in agricultural exteuslon eluding the following agriculture and it is most gratifying i being appointed superintendent alpha gamma rho alpha beta to have him back to his native prov- agricultural extension and since sigma delta chi elgma xi lafayette ince at this time there is no more 1920 combining with this the position rotary club honorary member lafay- important position in agriculture in 0 director of the experiment station jette kiwanis club indiana academy canada than the presidency of the e0 that both experimental and extenjof science american acadamey of oac dr christie brings to it a s activities were under his adminis- wlde experience a fine intellect and tratlon his services moreover have attractive personality i bespeak for been j demand in general state activl- him the cordial cooperation and sup- ties he has served as director of the i port of all interested in agricultural summer school for teachers as super intendent of the indiana agricultural exhibit at the panama exposition ns development of this province career of progress the career of tho principaldeslg chairman of the indiana centennial celebration and as state food director before fatal flight the plctune shows the italia being hold to tie ground just before it sailed away to the pole in its last flight judge denounces police procedure should be no interrogation of prisoners he says he says the savidge case militarization of force is de plored by atherlcy jones london tho denunciation of mod ern police methods by judge atherlcy jones assize commissioner of the central criminal court was being widely discussed there has been judgo jones said a good deal of troublo recently and i think well justified resentment at the conduct of the police towards per sons arrested thero should bo no interrogation of prisoners tho ar rested man should be left free to mako any statement he wishes nnd when that statement is made it should be written by the pejnon concerned and not by a policeman his iordship also declared that in moral cases no conviction should be made unless independent cvidonco was secured a new departure judge jones said is sending constables in ovening dress to visit clubs and providing them with sufficient money to purchase champagne and other liquids and then putting tho law into motion thero has been too much use of the agent provocateur which wo havo always avoided in this country proper procedure referring to tho irene savidgo case the judge said tho proper thing to do in such a case would be to writ miss savidgeand ask her i sao would af ford facilities to someone to visit her and take a statement i ask you judge jones added to watch this investigation with great care so there will be no repetition of this kind of happening his lordship likewise severely criti cized tho militarization of the police emphasizing that whensir robert peel organized the forco ho intended it to be a civilian forco but that tho recent tendency had been to militarize it this criticsm has been heard fre quently of late because of tho appoint ment of generals and colonels as heads of various divisions of th polico forco and thero has been strong agitation in the commons to retain tho civilian character of the force ho said in 1887 judge atherlcy jones suc ceeded in defeating tho tory ministry becnuso the homo secretary rofusod an inquiry into tho caso of a young dressmaker namod cash who was ar rested on regent street for soliciting and later proved innocent although tho government at tho time was ac customed to a largo majority they wero in tho minority by fivo votes the inquiry was then granted and tho girl cleared of tho nato has been one of continuous pro gress ho was born in 18s1 on a farm near winchester dundas county in eastern ontario the son of david and mary ann howes christie after education in the local schools he attended the oac obtaining his degree of bsa from the university of toronto la 1902 he went across to iowa state college tor postgradu ate work and received tho degreo of bsa from that institution in 1903 after many years of splendid work in the states iowa collego conferred upon him in 1925 the honorary degree of doctor of science while there fore he has been engaged across tho line for many years he has kept in touch with his native province and is well known here he has been much in demand as a speaker combining unusual powers of thought with vigor and general expression after completing his academic train ing he continued for a couple of years on the staff of iowa state college as j an assistant in agronomy from there director of one of the leading agrlcul- he entered tho servlco of purdue uni- colleges he was asked to visit verslty in 1905 and has continued europe and mako a special study of in various capacities with that instltu- he subject the investigation occu- tlon until tho present time during pied about threo months and was very tho war however he was loaned to complete and useful thus dr chris- tho federal government and served e brings to ontario the latest and as assistant to tho secretary of agri- host information available on this im- culturo for a couplo of years during portarit subject which ho rendered excellent service dr christie has been tho author of ho also served on tho us war labor several publications policies board and on the national i dr chrlstlo married miss ethel political and social science mason town and gowu club west lafayette country club dr 6 i christie bsa franchise bill is passed by lords women of 2 1 and over now have rights of voting london after an unsuccessful at tempt had been made to raise the qualifying age the house of lords in committee passed the franchise bill which gives the vote to women 21 years of age and over the house of commons had already approved the measure the house of commons discussed the trade outlook with sir philip cunhffolister president of the board of trade furnishing figures to show that britain had 1 per cent of world trade compared with 13 per cent last year he referred to the value of canadian orders in britain and the importance of dominion markets gen erally the home secretary foreshadowed future control of collections on behalf of charity red cross contest produce splendid editorials the winners congratulations are now beliif widely offered all over canada to those who have won prizes in tho recent editorial contest inaugurated by the canadian red cross society for the best editorials published lu the dally and weekly press of tho dominion to celebrate the centenary of henri runaut and tho founding of red cross for the world prizes have been awarded to robert henderson of the st thomas times- journal st thomas ontario for tho best editorial published in any dully paper while miss may stuart cleii- deiinau of the farmers advocate london ontario took tho leading place in the weekly paper section in english the other bright and clever peoplo who won honors and prizes were second for daiies ii b christie the expositor branttord ontario third miss keunethe m halg manitoba free press winnipeg manitoba it is worthy of note that miss clondennan is the present presi dent of the canadian womens press club while miss halg is a past- president prizes for the weekly papers in english second c j allbon tho asqulth record asqulth saskatche wan third c w peterson the farm and ranch review calgary alberta for the french section prizes were awarded respectively to adjutor sa- vard la patrie montreal pq 3 m estlval la solicl quebec pq and to charles gautler le droit ottawa ontario the judges for the english section formed into an adjudicating commit tee headed by dr james w robert son chairman of the central council of the canadian red cross society were dr lome pierce editor tho ryerson press toronto j f b llvesay general manager canadian press toronto j m pison canadian authors association toronto prof g m wrong history dept univer sity of toronto for the french section the adjudi cators were mr leon lorraine ol the commercial high studies school montreal mr robert choquetfe pro fessor of the university of montreal and dr victor morin pastpresident of the canadian authors association the contest was entered by sixty- one papers but dozens moro con tributed editorials without actually entering the contest several million readers were thereby informed that it was henri dunant who actually originated tho idea of red cross for tho world whereas formerly only a vague idea that florence nightingale had dono so existed in many peoples minds florence nightingale now- ever was publicly acknowledged by dunant in a speech in london in 1s72 ns having been his inspiration m the development of the west edmonton journal ind cons despite all that has been accomplish ed in eastern canada in recent years independently of the west farsighted people there all recognize that it is mainly on our side of the lakes that the development must occur which is necessary to make this a rich and populous country ah eyes turn to polar wastes american capital in canada quebec chronicletelegraph ind every dollar of american capital in vested in canada means tho expendi ture in canada not only of tho amount of tho original investment but of a large amount of tho cnpital created by means of tho industries established and carried on by theso investments tho monoy in short becomes can adian money alter all my long experience tells mo that public life is worth while sir austen chamberlain tho american business man does not know how to litro sir charles hlgham rescue parties speed up efforts as crew faces new perils safe after a porilous landing on tho artie sea in u10 partially wrecked dirigible italia tho crow of the nobllo north polo airship now afloat on breaking ico iloas is still in gravest danger ns expeditions by land air and sea got under way to bring them out of tho frozen wastes north of spitsbergen speed was the watchword of tho rescuers for overy moment lost meant an increase in th e danger that the eighteen men might bo carried into moro inaccessible legions or into tho open sea divided into two parties and carrying two of their number who wcro powers are asked to stop import of liquor to africa report of permanent man- dates commission speaks of its demoraliizng effect geneva the permanent mandates commission under tho presidency of the marquess theodoi opened its eleventh session with the examination of the annual report of the mandatory authorities a special study will be made of the causes which led to tho increased importation of alcoholic li quors into the mandated areas of africa the council of the league of nations having requested tho man dates commission to give its serious attention to the steps which should be taken to remedy present abuses all the mandatory powers have been asked to collaborate for this pur pose by supplying statistics of the im port of alcohol into their mandated areas information of local manufac ture nnd tha legislative enactments to control the quor traffic and many of thqm had done so but the real difficulty is tho grow ing extent of the illicit traffic in alco hol in these areas and there is no doubt that its effect on the natives is most demoralizing samoa owing to the disturbances which took placo there last year will be in the lime light this session new zealand has sent sir james parr high commis sioner in london and sir george richardson administrator of samoa during the time i tho disturbances will explain find defend the anysnt wwch the new zealand authorities 400k to deal with the trj trf tbj sornectfon petitions front tho antislavery society will be dealt with criticizing the administration of samoa in the meantime new zea land has set a good example in tho matter of safeguarding the nativesj from alcoholic liquor by prohibiting its sale altogether in samoa do you understand what you aro to swear asked a magistrate of a ntclllgent witness yes sir injured when tho airship camo down upon tho ico after the gondola had snapped off and who wero rescued byjv bwcar to t0 tn0 jl lieut iuotzow holm near capo leigh smith tho men of tho italia are slowly seeking to reach northeastland tho yes said the magistrate and what nearest body of land to the point at which tho dirigible came down after her brilliant voyage to tho north polo brvel mr wasthohegltnt weeks ago they havo supplies for sovoral weeks their radio communications contlnuo to mako o record ing answer i expect our sldell wl for radio broadcast under difficulties j tho caso