HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1919-12-25, Page 6World's Unrest aid Christinas Peace
'Bethlehem is real. It is a place to "Crory to God hi the highest,
which travelers may go. I have been And on earth peace among rens,
there myself within the last six whom he is well pleased."
months. Myriads of devout pilgrims To the traveller standing on a Befrom the `Western Ilea isphere will lehem hillside the sweet old sto
turn their seeps thither as soon as the seen's newly real. It was: a pl
event, as well as a universal ntessa
present paralysis of normal life is When we localize it we understa
cured, New highways have been more vividly its ever-present meanin
nv openedfrom the oir'don to Sethat
one may The old carol seems like an interpr
go Bethlehem by tation written yesterday: --
rail, with only two brief ferriages "It came upon the nxidnight clear,
on the way. That glorious song of old,
Bethlehem is in itself not the mostT
From angels bending near the ear
beautiful of Judean towns; probably touch their harps of gold;
that distinction to -day belongs to Ain Peace on the earth, good will to me
Karim, where Elizabeth dwelt and From heat -erne all -gracious lay,
John the Baptist, the kinsman of The world in solemn stillness lay,.
Jesus, was born, and where Mary went To hear the angels sing.
to visit her cousin before the birth of 'Still through the cloven skies the
the babe of either. To -day Bethlehem come,
has lost much of its Oriental char- With peaceful wings unfurled,
acter, because of the many modern And still their heavenly music floe
Christian building: •in it, which de- O'er all the weary" world;
votion and miss!onery zeal have rear -I Above its sad and lowly plains
ed. The population is mostly Clzris They bend on hovering wings,
tian; and the stain industries aro the; And ever o'er its Babel -sounds
working in mother-of-pearl and eV:eel The blessed angels sing.
wood. Bethlehemites are distinctive^
in both dress and appearance, pra�b-! "And ye, beneath life's crushing lea
ably owing to Crusader Flood and in-° Whose farxns are' eating low,
zluenee. ; Who toil eiorg the climbing way
A Pen Picture of Bethlehem. With painful steps and slow,- .
• Look now; for ;Pati and golden hours
On a terraced hillside, with tete\ Conte swiftly crit the wing;
limestone rock outcropping, and vire- O rest, beside the weary read,
yards tucked away on tiny ledges, and And hear the ange:s sing.
olive trees growing on the stormy:
soil is built the "little town of Beth- 1 "For 1o, the days are hastening; " on,
lehem," with its gray, square, flat -1 By prophet bards foretold,.
roofed, limestone hoeres, : taz:ling al- When with the ever -circling years
most solidly along narrow streets. • Ccmes round the age of gold;
`Through the doorway the visitor from" When peace .•hall over all the earth
Jerusalem, wliieh is only five miles' Its ancient splere'ors fling,
away, may see the men and worneni And the whole world gives back the
tailing at primitive Iaehes amid the song •
dust of mother-of-pearl. Alas, the Which now the angels sing."
workers are not malty now, tor ware
Christmas Help for To -day-.
and Starr tier took a heavy toll of,
Bethlehem The shops where mother -1 Whatever snakes that firet Christ-�
of-pseri .rti.'`es are sold are few ince, n3::s reel and near is a message for
meagre, :mil their prineipal sale is of; our own day, for we need to hear,
regimental badges to the British sel-� above the clash o_ ,.lass, the strife of
diens, ! strikes, the pandemonium of profiteer,
British, troops: guard the to-vn of ; ing anµ the harried hunt for happi-
Bethlehem to -day and keep watch by; rens, the old, old truth sung by the
the
sol Manger. For long years Turkish angels' over Bethlehem's little hills
Biers guarded the Church o. the' that the Peacemaker has come and
Nativity, wl' h housed the eceiesias-" thet good �:• ill has been ,incarnated i
ties of three warring Christ n faiths, a znarger. That i n
—Greeks, Latins and Ar.tienians. Now' and practical 'ands important present
all
a genial Tommy stands at the en -M words for our day. To find a solu-
trance to the crypt containing the; tion of our riddles, the calming.of
Manger, "to keep the priests from` our unrest, the way of light in our
srerappin; and froth swipin' eadi hour of darkness we need but
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othera lamps,"he says. Sectarian. back to Bethlehem and find the treal-
strife shows at its woret at the Chur.:It; ity of Christmas.
of the Nativity and the Church of the; Our time's turmoil takes a thousand
Holy Sepulehre. forms; its real need is only one. Cam -
The oldest Christian edifice- in the irudaged by %inanity's hecticur-
�-: orld covers the traditional and urn- suits of pleasure is•ia deep -flowing de-
versally accepted site of the Manger.: etre for real peace --peace •among men
On the hillside was the village khand and peace in the human heart. We
Where Merry and Joseph ledged, end. are weary of war, and mu
of Our
the stable, es is still the usage, was current restlessness is only ah ea tion
the carve room eut into the limestone,' ;against its work and its woes. We'
v -al' the Manger hewn aiat of the think wee ant easier lives and pleas -1
living rock. Outwardly the church: anter times and greater prosperity;
•
i.• unprepossessing„ With e. door en' ,'n tr LI.- otn Pee,for peace of spa--;
small that it admits but one person, it and Torr in era of good will amon
at c time. Within, the partition which • all men. g
cz :eslastieal jealoney had e rccten has
been removed be British influence!, ` Until our +I. follows
eight and
a 3 `h p tl e
church as 'esker^�• ^s•t;riti i'oi'o • the shepherds
n; the proportions of2 j , jt s to
it was in Crusader time ' ,_ to the place of 'the Christ it will
s , t y be see,, not
The entrance to the seat t^;;ir.�}<tn theeled of its fret and its fears. The
love of God, made personal and near
beannounced tat the
:Manger -crypt ie down throve:: ' ,Fen (_ ,
chapel. m let, is elate! sufficient to satisfy
the present quest. If red -stained
Rns:ia, distraught Europe and be -
While the ta�ttz of Bethlehem has • uiIdered Asia and perturbed America _.____ away Lor
entirely changed, the surrounding could only hear, as if for the first
scenery remains the same. These are' time and in fullest reality-, the mess- -
the very hills upon which the shep-age of Christmas t'ey would not need
herds watched their flocks by night. revolution or Bolshevism or any of
These fields, across which we looked the desperate remedies they are now
at a glorious moon arising above the seeking.
rnountains of Moab, beyond the opal- For the Christmas truth is the
esecnt water of the Dead Sea, were truth of ` a living and supreme Gad,'
once flooded with a celestial glow ,interested in man; of a loving Saviour,
more wonderful than the sunsets we making clear the character of God,
have watched here. Silent now at and of a divine spirit of good will
eventide, the echoing hills then re- which alone can bring in that golden
sounded to the strains of an angelic age which is best described as the
chorus. Kingdon of Heaven. The brother -
It was here, on` -the very spot where hood toward which the race struggles
we stand, that the greatest of mess- will be realized only when Christmas
ages, straight from heaven, was heard Day has truly broken every-where.—
',by a group of workmen:— Wm. T. Ellis.
ft EWA$1O
1reaat Ore Brite. hu* •e neelo$ poi tees
' oaenem W11 \ Introits Tee „le TO
'noon neo nee eaeotiee- see knesevy
ii' Wet ar ei ktOM iS Stiat Us
Heee Viet rise etr'Ctiaw 'attvc .
THRIFT CAMPAIGN
LAUNCHED IN U. S.
CANADA'S SHARE
IS $35,009,900 .;
Women Organized to Fight Proceeds From Oversees Can -
High Cost of Living. teens Goes Back to Soldiers.
A despatch froze 'Washington A. despatcl"i "troll), Ottawa says•:-.
says:—An arzay of 4,000,000 women', Canada has ,received 53.5,000,0.00 . as
representing ten national orgaztiza..'`hor hare of the proceeds of the op-.
tions, has been organ;izeci ;by the lav- enation of �iE<eens overseas by the
ings: divisions of the treasury depart- Army and Navy Beare. . The question
ment to enter the fight against the now arises holt• the windfall 'will be
high cost of living, trtitieed. The money le' the result of
Beginning January 1' and extending soldiers' pationege of army canteens
to April 1, a great thrift campaign overseas, and will, it is understood,
will be 4onducted ,in an effort to in go back to the soldiers. One sugges-
duce women to,keep strict accounts of tion which has bri.en tirade is that it
their daily gcpendit res in order to should, be. titin inietered by the special
study of them to eliminate unneces-
sary' items, According to the plans,
amounts saved �byethis means would
be invested in Government securities
Keh
lektr1.a SEiE3Gi_ v
teat Ihtise,lb ee tione•i
tit aieee' otss &Re
ems' alta. TOY
y MAKS Goon! ff
A Chance For a Mill -ion!
NO HOPE OF RELIEF
FROM H. C. L.
NFLD, DOG SATED
92 PERSONS
department o£ the Canadian Patriotic
Fund, wliieh`is handling the appro-
priation voted by Parliament last
session for soldiers' civil re-estaulish-
Women's organizations which, have ment. Some military men contend
been enlisted in the •campaign include that the canteen fund should be ells -
the Association of College Aluiinnae, nursed by a soldiers' organization. In
Daughters of the American Revolu- Great Britain, where the canteen sur
tion, General Federation of Women's plus amounts to £35,000,000,' an
Clubs,National Catholic War Court- organization representative of the
eil National Cgegreee of Mothers and army and navy, and headed by Sir
Parent-Teachef Associations, Nation- Julian Byng,.etas been formed, and is
al Council of Jewish Women, Nation- asking for suggestions as to the man -
al Federation of Business and Pro- ner in which the money- ,should be
fessi�nal w,,,,,,,,,, Clubs, disbursed.
The fund arises froze the operations
of the army and navy -Canteen board.
That board was formed when the sys-
tem under which canteens were op-
erated for the army and navy by pri-,
vate parties under contract was Abel -
jelled, The tunny and navy eanteeu
board handled canteen supplies for all
British naval and military forces in
Great Britain and France, It., surplus
is now being divided pro rata among
the couarles whose soldiers patron: -
League far Women's ;Service, Wo-
man's Department of the National
Civic Federation, and the Y,W,C,A,
SEES FILMS OF
PRINCE'S TOUR
Royal Family View C.P.R.
Movie in Albert Hall,
A despatch from London says:—
he Albert Hall was crowded on Wed- ed the canteens. Australia has accept-
! nesclay afternoon when the King and ed £2,000,000 in payment of its pro -
Queen and Princess Mary and the Portion of the fund. Canada is reeeiv-
yotrger princes attended a d,'"splay ing $35,000,000 as its share, and Col.
given Pry the Canadian Pacific Railway Cherry, a British officer, is here in
on behalf of rho Londort hospitals; of connection with the . payment of the
films depleting the Prince of Wales' amount.
Export Trade Being Fostered SwamShoreCanadian tour. Sir George Perles
•a
t0 4'4 x#n zfe Lfne! presided, and the Royal party remain -
at Expense of Consumer.
A despatch from Winnipeg says:—
There is no hope of relief from pres-
ent high prices for some time to come,
according to a statement just issued
by member, of the Board of -Com
merce, There will be no relief, th
commissioner declare, until interna
tional trade conditions return t
normal.
".With the high price of wheat and A
From Wrecked Steamer. " ed during the greater part of the
show. The audience maintained a
A despatch, from Curling runningfire of
Curling, wild,, enthusiasm as the ic-
p
says; The Passengers and •crew of tures of every towu the Prince visited
the coastal steamer Fth.°e, numbering. were show".
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Duke of Hamilton's Art
Treasures Bring Million
A despateh from Lanarkshire, Scet-
lag
Hamilton Palace, ,teat of
were Brought :gore an a The show was repeated tl
persons, atnight to the late Duke of Hamilton and Bran-
- life -line which was run out from thei another• large audience, and was re- don, who was premier Duke of Scot-
e ship by a Newfoundlar:^i dog after sided over by Sir McLaren Brown. land, is being dismantled and even the
- their vessel hit upon Martin's Point.) -- --- »; _, - _ furnishings sold at auction, Remark -
o Boats could not make the hazardousj
Cardinal Mercier
passage from the stranded steamer.t
mill feeds and the creating of the fa
a. able prices have been realized from
the sale of pictures and jewels. The
Honored in Paris total aggregated the equivalent of
filed when the line became caught, $1,277,700.
fen did not dare attempt the trip A. despatchf tont Paris says:- Most notable among the Paintings
trough the waters, and'so the dog Cardinal Menem', Primate of Belgium, was that of the `<Beckworth Cohildren,"
as put overboard, The dog •bravclY' as recently received at the Academy by Ran'ney='which brought 260,000.
to
the line in its teeth and tattled I4Iora1. and Political 'SetnAcce here. Other prices were $24,00far the
gainst the rough .sea, the line being The president; of the academy, ,in art Charle 11. oak 'balustrade, 515,000
leased, addres , eealted the heroic attitude for the ,panelling in the old state din -
With ;block and tackle the Ethic's in the war of Belgium and her Ring, lug room, and $9,750 for the seven-
ew, aided by fishermen on the shore, and eulogized the patriotic' liminess teenth century cak panelling of the
gge'd a life-saving device, using a cf. Cardinal Mercier during the Ger-' picture' gallery.
atstvain's chair for a carriage Ore man 'occupation of the Belgian king -The black marble staircase, which
v one in this chair 91 of the 9, per- dam^ consists of a double night of steps
11 effort to shoot the line ashore
foreign demand for all products, it is .
hopeless for some time to expect any t
relief from present price conditions," w
the commissioners assert, t
Present conditions have been seized a
upon by some dealers .to profiteer rn
the board charges, but all high prices
are not the result of profiteering.. er
Many are due to natural increases ri
forced by conditions .growing out of bo
That export trade is being b.
the war. Th t
fostered to the benefit of the menu- so
:lecturers and producers at the. ex- A.
pence of the ecnsumer, i another as
allegation.
;, I in
His Second Tour .,.. an
Begins in March! W
•so
A de pat..h from London sa here until, the shipwrecked patsseiigers i against passing material into%gists, thein columna zvliich were copied from '
y��— i cane ay, ail • in e' =rid. Teinple o Vsspasian at Rome.
r- wires" Having gone down in the storm.;
— The foundations of the palace have
bsUaboard were hauled to •safety.�•eelCardinal Mercier in response praie- incl a gallery, failed to find a ~pur-
e sixteen months cid WAS pulled , Ring Albert for the leadership of chaser.
here in a mail bag, people, and paid tribute to France The payee stands in the heart of
The Ethie, whieh had been engag.e'l;-and her allies, wlio, Pte declared, offer- clic Lanarkshire coal mitring distriet,
the coastal service -bet -e=n Carting; ecl their gold and blo6d, miffed with immortalized by sSeott ,in one of his
d Labrador ports, went atshore last; the tears of their wives and mothers,most spirited- ballads. Tt was built'A
ednesday during a gale while bound; in order that respect for the givein 1822 to 1829, and one of. its mar-
uth. The wreck was not reported; Mord, for justice and loyalty, at veIs was a portico of monolith Corin-
, ovc to as tour is being ligan ' and crew arrived • rom B B tmght triumph th the T i f
ned for the Prince of Wales. In
recent s yerlr tI i — - - . 1 Theuz.ands of tree thr sa'heat Can become so affected by time that. ,it
King was sendingPrim to Australia 1 add axe items; inlurtd by the nailing. was found necessary to dismantle the
War Materiel Handed Over of adverbein°� them. historic edifice,
and New Zealand. He will probablycritter to dot
sail next March, and be six By Germans to theAllies only is the bark injured Tell the cam-
-- I blee e er broken, which ;ices fungi
A despatch from London says:— an .cpl orturiitn to attack the trees, but
Winston Churchill, Secretary for the Espace; behind mien signs serve as
War, announced in the House of Com-. harbors for moths and other insects. A despatch from London says:—
mons that the Germans had, handed — - ' -
over to the Allies 5,000 galas, 25,000 has prepared a scheme.for the Royal
machine guns, 3,000 trench mortars, ' ^ice en Aer Force organizations in peace time
and 1,700 airplanes. They had still ; �'e ,:, r;: t>; ` 1 a; based on the expenditure of £15,000, -
failed
,
to deliver 42 locomotives and `�`� 1'�, 000 (;;;75,000,000) yearly. The main `
4,760 ra,iway trucks. "` '" "<H"`'' ,; ,outlines provide for one flight squad -
fort
aril-
The Secretary considered that the ^ x , � �" "'< . 5 ior_ foi"eacii division of the army' to
Germans had made a r t t ��
tremendous e,- w4 ,K. • Yr a . co-operate with the troops in all
;conditions.. <• i,R, +Ac "S^. `- ,..,, uesides three
to . K s,
imposed 'upon thein. (.'. ,ri • >,<•� general service squadrons,- and -also
h�Y.Y4•• Q�C:i tom'\l .: '44 ..� ,•
one or more squtidtons for` co-opera-
tion Places Whole of ° Y tion with theeartillery.
"•• The fleet will have
fs<<��>:{:?>••:�'u.•. Pern2anently.
Ontario Under Quarantine <::::' 'y `�.� �_', c three •airplane squadrons and two sea-
plane squadrons. India .viii 'shave
The Storied Bills.
Weekly Airship Service
From London to America
A despateh from London says:—A
weekly airship service to America is
contemplated by a combination sof
aviation . firms, which are credited
wish the intention of acquiring the
R-34 and her sister ship, the R.-39.
These are being altered to meet pas-
senger and cargo requirements.
g eq Pts.
I ritish Government Spends
Over $15,000,000 Per Day
A despatch from London says: --
The average daily expenditure of the
Government from April 1 to Novem-
ber 30, was reduced to £3,099,000, as
cozepared with more than £7,000,000
during the war. Freight traffic ex-
penditures were reduced to �5Q000-
000, as compared _ with 268,500,000 -
prior to the war: '
Miss A. Marty, M. A.
A .graduate of Queen's University,
who has the distinction •of being the
only woman School Inspector 'in
Ontario. The honorary degree, f
British. Air Policy Defined.
Winston Churchill, Secretaryfor War
"Commencing
A despatch from Montreal says:-- i ` ? �` eight service squadrons, Mesopotamia
Commencing on Wednesday, the � `�"r zr' three and Egypt seven, while the
whole Province of Ontario has been =t a'' naval bases at Malta, in. the eastern
placed under quarantine, so far as . is;fit Mediterranean and probably Alex -
Montreal ,is concerned." This decision, �� ra ~ .. ;' ? m�aza andria. will each-liave :one 'small sea=
which was taken • on Wednesday by,Y•y.:v-:A:'• `�': �,:..>.:.: plane unit. .
the -municipal authorities, is now law,
Ruslyard Kipling,
Niemen
and henceforth and until further no-
4.omen :w'bxI,:e;,•s in Franrce now.ay-_
tice all travelers fi;om Ontario to this On behalf' of the Imperial War erage abent' $2 da . e .-•
city must comply with the demands Graves Commission he has; _ a y. wh;il'e s tliai t40
written a•n, war their *tee ea�iinvg loss that' 40
of the Montreal Board of Health. earnest appeal to those vicrting• the • cents a day.
This also applies to �.i,persons T,.. -t_,_' __
LL. D. 'was recently conferred upon Ste
_... _,,. Flanders battlefields
4{r1Cii Cllly - o Lay'- nai•de the papa and tobacco and
ee.- o coming to ; ant -teal •from the United tabserve reverence for. the dead." ."'This-. e
tes andpasaing throtgh•Ihe`Prov- is „ " nee howat farm tool
eters h'ceon Ir to
e of Ontario hely ,grcuild,; . sa,Ys Kipling, . �,;?'d.' buy- ;that firers � �
loos you lia:e ne..ac•.cl
�• nitzst not be x•un oyer with Z'BVJt3^." • so I•ati
. +itR.4t•M
Miss Marty by her Alma Mater. • inc
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