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. hp o e n s Brief
Vietoeia, B C -Considering the
demi/Ale cat to be as great a pest us
the cougar in the destruction of wll,l
life, the provincial Game Conser'yatioii
Board have under conalde1etlon !ho
offering of a eubstantial bounty for
their hides, Unlike the cougar, kitty
devotes most of her attention to Write,
and i'n 'seam and oat of season, preys
on the grouse, phe•asantr partridge,
snipo end small game animals, •
Penticton, B,C.---The development
of the thirteen thousand acre tract of
irrigated 'fruit land which is being
undertaken by the peovinteial govern-
ment at Wirier, is progressing favor-
ably, As a result of recent solos more
than seventy-five per cent: of the
bench lands open for settlement and
for which irrigation has been pro-
vided, have been disposed of, All the
business lots in the townsite of Oliver
have been sold. By next fall another
irrigation tract of about 2,300 acres
will be pls•ced on the market.
Edmonton, A1'ta.—A carload of
northern caught furs representing
one-half of the Hedson's Bay Com-
pany's catch from the Mackenzie
Rive.• poets left hose recently for
London, England. 1`t comprised about
eight ions of assorted pelts, The tonal
value of the fur pack received 'n Ed -
menton to date is nearly $750,000.
Regina, Sask.—Soldier eettlers in
Saskatchewan are peaking "good,"
There are now fifty-five settlers on the.
Piapot Reserve and. these ni.en have an
average of seventy-five acres each
cultivated this year. There ere more
then 2,200 acres in crop and 3,000 ad-
ditional acres broken. '.Che soidlers
are enthusiastic regarding crop pros-
pects and anticipate a thirty-five
bushel yield.
Winnipeg:, Man.—A joint etoak com-
pany ivtll be formed in Winnipeg in
She near future with a capit:t'.ization
of $2,000,000, and a plant veined at
WEST 'RN GRAIN YIELD
EQUALS I92O
Federal Department of Agri-
culture Receives AutFie: i -
mole then 9250 000 will Le erected in
alt Boio'aeo, for the pr'nduction q.l'
dyes, cccorrling to T, H. Brooks, in..
venter of a new method of ektracting
enuline dyes from coil tar.
Ottawa, Ont—Pre min ary eta tistits
which have just been r. sued give the
population of Virtoria es 88,775;
Lethbridge, 11 005; Len Ion, 53,592;
Stratford, 15,987; 11•tlifax, 70203;
Hull, 23,867; Charlottetown, 12,320;
Brantford, 29,372; Kingston, 23,.096
She brocke, 22,091; and Oshelve, 11,-
2.
Sudbury, Ont.—During ,iuly the ell-,
ver mines of the Cobalt field produced'.
approxinrotely 750,000 ounces of sit-
ver. An average of about 67 cerate an
ounce was realized for the metal, this
high return being due to the rate of
American exchange, The veins .of the
output reached close to half se million
dollars. •
Montreal, Que.—The output of steel
ingots end castings in Canada during
the month of June was the highest
for any month during the present
calendar year, the' output rising to 64,-
103 long tons, an increase of more
than twelve thousand tone over the
production for the previous month,
which was 52,001 tens.
Bathnritt; 72.S.—Tho largest hydeo-
electric ,plant in the Maritime prov-
inces has just been completed at the.
works of the Bathurst Lumber Co. at
the NTepisquit Falls in Restigouche
County, Work was begun in May,
1910, and the plant has been completed WELSH EISTEDDFOD AT CARNARVON
at a cost of 91,760,000, Provision has front of theeancfent castle at Carnarvon. This quaint ceremony, comanenced
been made for three generators and on August 1st, is a relic of the days of the Druids,
two have been installed, but at Pres- on Aughst 1st. It is a relic of the days of the Druids,
ent only one, with a capacity of 4,600
horse -power, will be used. The Bath-
urstU.S.GRAIN Lumber Co. will require about BY
2,500 h.p. for its 'own plants; another' CANADIAN ROUTE
castle and Dominion, pulp mills, leav- •
in a margin We5teT13
1,000 h.p. will be used by the New-
ing of 1,000 lap. for other Farmers Growing
ctennmi<ls• Uneasy Because of Con -
The Importance of the .
University.
At the, recent Imperial Confercnre
cf Teachers, one of the most import-
ant educational gatherings ever Mid
t tti'tTe Reports, in Canada, this statement was made
A despatch from Ottews says:— eel approved, "It is the university
Telegraphic reports covering the live- that u1ti Mately determines the char -
steak and crop situation in the West actor of the education of the country."
have just bees received • by the De- IIow. does this sound to people who
partment of Agricultdro from provin- are hesitant about spending money on
cial Deputy 111ini tore ami principal higher education? Yet it is abselute-
officials of the agricultural depart- ly true. The teachers at the Imperial
rents of the three prairie provinces. Ccnferenee were considering how the
All go to show that the supply of teaching of history and geography
food in the West is quite ample. The might be improve:.. in the secondary
and elementary schools and they ecn-
clude:l that this improve`:rcnt could be
eeeured only with the help of the uni-
versities.
Edireationn is often compared to a
The grain crop is turning cat very tree—arid it is 'like a tree, The•uni-
well indoed. Many sections aro garn- versit?,' constitutes the root and the
ering bumper crops, particularly the trunk, the secondary schools are the
northern parts of the three prairie branches, and the elementary schools,
Iseere.e provinces, with the scutharn sextions the leaves. Some of the ilia of the
more or less uneven, There are areas, tree can be cured by treating the
however, extending in some cases to.Ileaves, others by treatment of the
the boundary line, where heavy -re- branches, trait no improvement in size
turns are being reaped, Conditions and character can come about except
are haul in Southern Alberta and by nourishment of the root and the
Southwestern Manitoba. trunk. ,lust so national education is
Over the general area of the three improved, diversified, made up-to-date
provinces a crop quite as good as last by nourishing the university and keep -
year's is assured. ing it at tho maximum cf efficiency.
The elementary schools, like the
leaves, carry the benelits of education
broadcast, but , their teachers are
trained in the secondary schools, The
secondary schools, like the branches,
also carry educational.•advantages in
all directions but their teachers, in
turn, -are produced by the university.
Here is the lesson for Ontario. Its
provincial univerbity determines the
character of its provincial system of
education and the University of To-
ronto can do the work required if only
it receives an adequate revenue.
"Education is the nation's chief busl-
ners"
Arrangements have been concluded
with the British government fel the
admission of Saskatchewan barristers
to the standing of solicitors in England •
on complying with the same require-
ments as exist in Saskatchewan, ac-
cording to an announcement made by
the Benchers' Associnti m, Regina,
probabilieiee are, furthermore, that a
good deal mere hay will ye;. be made,
particularly if dry weather is realized.
Cutting is difficult, as the sluices lino
rather full.
Late Sir Sam 'Hughes
Former 113Inister of Militia, who died
et his 'home in Lindsay, on August 24,
after a long illness.
GERMANY AND UNITED STATES
SIGN PEACE TREATY
A despatch from Berlin says:—The shall Sully enjoy notwithstanding 'Ibe
peace treaty between Germany and
the United States, which was signed
on Thursday, consists of three articles,
the preamble citing sections two. and
five of the Porter -Knox peace teselu-
tion. Article 1 says:
"Germany has undertaken to accord•
to the United States, and the United
fact that such treaty hes not been
ratified by the United States,"
Article 2 says: "The United: States
will not be ,bound by the provisions
of Part 1 of the treaty of Versailles,
nor any provision of that, treaty re-
lating to the League of Nations
clauses, and neither by any measure
States shall have and enjoy, all the of the League or its Council or As -
rights, privileges, indemnities, rcpara- sembly, without giving express con-
tione or advantages specified in the sent thereto."
aforesaid joint resolution of the Con-
gress of the United States of July 2,
1921, including all the rights and ad-
vantages stipulated for the benefit ef.
the United States in the treaty of
Versailles, which the United Stater'
It says, furthermore, that while the
United States is entitled to participate
on the Reparations Commission cr any
other Commission set up of the basis
of the treaty of Versailles, the United
States is not obliged to de this.
•gection at Montreal.
A despatch from Winnipeg says:—
Grain shippers are growing uneasy
over the enormous movement . of
United States grain through Eastern
Canadian elevators at Atlantic ports
says The 1YIanitoba Free Press,
The newspaper claims to he privy
to information that at present what
are known as the Bay Port Elevators,
namely, McNicoll, Tiffin, Midland and
Depot harbor, with a total capacity
of a little over 7,000,000 bushels, have,
roughly, only 1,500,000 bushels of
space unfilled, and there are United
States cargoes waiting to unload to-
talling 5,000,000 bushels, and Chicago
is pressing for further bookings.
Montreal elevators are all full, mainly
with United States grain, and there
are 3,000 cars on track waiting to un-
load, the newspaper says.
"United states movement through,
Chicago and across the lakes is said
to be heavier than even during the
pre-war period, and as rates via
Mcatreal are lower than via Buffalo,
Chicago is not unnaturally using the
cheaper route," the newspaper says.
A despatch from Montreal says:—
Unprecedented grain congestion ob-
tains in this port, anti has existed for
the past week or 10 days. Upwards
of seine 60 ships are waiting their
turn in the harbor to take in grain
and the Harbor Commissioners ele-
vators ale working continuously 24
hours a day to meet the situation. A
large number of grain cars are also
standing on the eidings.
Vote Granted to
Women of Uruguay
A despatch from Montevideo
says:—President Brum has sent the
Uruguayan Congress a bit! providing
suffrage for women and all other legal
rights held by men. The pro,ece nas
met with the approval of influential
groups in Congress, and it ado::'u to
be assured of success.
Passage of the Bill will give Uru-
guay the distinction of being the filet
South American nation to grant wo-
men equal, rights.
Guiding the Forces of
Nature.
That farmer is wise indeed who ob-
serves that the silent forces of nature
by proper control and direction inay
be made to contribute .to his wants
and to ehange monotonous labor to an
inspiring, healthful and intelligent,
work, Por example, to such a farmer
the many opportunities which are
present for changing potential .plan•t-
food into that which is available and
for adding nitrogenous and vegetable
material to the soil, aro quickly seen
and taken advantage of.
Nature'•s attempts in every possibia
way to .clothe the fields and the wil-
derness with vegetation, In doing this
the plants selected by her to cover
soils and; latitudes (which vary widely
in composition) seem almost invari-
ably adapted to the particular nook
whicheach occupies. Yet with this
lesion apparent 011 every side, how
many are the tillers of the soil who
studiously attempt to plant economic
plants in suitable environments?
It is the wise 'reenter who does this,
and if it is for mare to have dominion
over all things he ought further not
to complain too bitterly when he
meets with failure, but rather he
should set li msolf to the task of learn-
ing how he may direct with greater
accuracy nature's agents to the end
that dee may better .insure more de-
finite and satisfactory results from
his labor,
Bees Occupy Auto Gear Box
A despatch from New York says:—
Bees are so thick in certain parts of
Westchester County that automobile
owners are having difficulty in get-
ting tltrough.,One mar., B. M. Hatfield,
an oil operator, reports a whole hive
has parked in the gear box of his
flivver. "They travel over the country
with me,"•he says. "When I stop, they
all pile out and gather honey. When
I honk my horn, they come back home
again; It looks as if I'in going to
have a sweet time this Winter,"
Experts in radiography advise that
X-ray laboratories be completely in-
closed in load sheeting a quarter of an
inch thick. It has been found that
the powerful rays used in treating
cancer effect persons in rooms on the
other side of thick walls and in apart-
ments above and below the radio-
graph room.
PACKING FOR THE HOLIDAYS
01111 1. get that:Water in?
Whe Leading ' Markets.
Termite.
Manitoba wheat••• -No, 1 Northern,
$1.81; NO, 2 Northern, $L77; No, 3
Northern, $1,00; No, 4 wheat, $1.40.
Manitoba elite No. 2 CW, 4793%;
No, 8 CW, 46%e; extra No. 1 feed,
46%e;•No. 1 feed, 4013e; No, 2 feed,
441/s.o.
Manitoba barlev---No. 3 CW, 711c;
No. 4 CW, 73e; rejected, 09%e; feed,
09the.
All the above in store at Fort Wile
Liam,
American corn—No. 2 yellow, 07c
nominal, c.i.f. Bay ports. •
Ontario cats --No. 2 white, 40 1
42c.
Ontario wheat—No, 2 Winter, car
lots, $1.18 to $1.22; Ne, 3 Winter,
$1.15 to $1.20; leo, 1 commernial, $1.10
to $1.16; No, 2 Spring, $1,13.to $1.18
No. 3 Spring, $1,10 to $1,15; No. 2
goose wheat, nominal.
Peas—No. 2, nominal.
B• arley—Malting, 69 to 72e, accord-
ing to freights outside.
Buckwhe at --No. 2, nominal.
Rye—No. 2, 91.00,
Manitoba dour—First pats., 910.30;
second, pats„ $10, Toronto.
Ontario flour --$0,25, old crop.
Millfeed — Delivered, Montreal
freight, bags included: Bran, per ton,
$28; shorts, per ton, $30; good feed
flour, $1.70 to 91.83.
Baled hey—Track Termite, per ton,
No, 1, $23; No. 2, $22; mixed, $18.
Cheese—New, ler:ge, 25o; twins,
25%e; triplets, 26c; old, large, 33 to
84c• do, twins, 34 to 850; triplets,
3411 to 85Sec; new Stilton, 27 to 28c.
Butter—Fresh dairy, cheiee, 83 to
36e; creamery, prints, fresh, No. 1,
42 to 43c• cooking, 23 to, 25c.
Dressed poultry—Spring chickens,
40c; roosters, 20c; fowl, 30e; duck-
lings, 40e; turkeys, 60e.
Live poultry—Spring chickens, 30c;
roosters, 16c; fowl, 22c; ducklings,
30c; turkeys, 50e.
Margarine -20 to 22e.
Eggs—No, 1, 42 to 43c; selects, 47
to 48c; cartons, 49 to 60c.
Beans—Can., hand-picked, bushel,
$3,50 to $3.75; primes, $3 to $3.25.
Maple products—Syrup, per imp.
gal., $2.60; per 6 imp. gals, $2.35;
Maple sugar, lb's., 19 to 22e,
Honey -60 -30 -lb. tins, 14 to 15e per
lb.; 5 -2% -lb. tins, 10 to 17e per Ib.;
Ontario comb honey, per doz., $3.75 to
$4.50.
Smoked meats—hams, med„ 40 to
42c; heavy, 30 to 31:c; cooked., 67 to
63e; rolls, 27 o 28c; .cottage rolls, 30
to 31c; breakfast bacon, 33 to 38c;
special brand breakfast bacon, 45 to
47e; backs, boneless, 42 to 47c.
Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 18
to 210; clear bellies, 18/ to 201e.
Lard—Pure tierces, 19 to 191/2e;e;
tubs, 191/2 to 20c; pails, 20 to 20%c;
prints, 21 to 22e, Shortening, tierces,
14% to 14%e; 'Who, 14% to 15%e;
pails, 151/. to 15%c; prints, 17% to
17!.e.
Choice heavy steers, $7.25 to 98;
butchers' steers, choice, $6,50 to $7;
do, good, 96 to $6.60; do, med., $5 to
$6; do, com., $8 to $6; butchers' heif-
)
ors, choice, $0.25 to $6.75; do, med.,
$5 to $6; butchers' cows, choice, $4.501
to 95.60; do, med., $3 to $4.50; can-)
hers and cutters, $1 to $2; ,butchers'
bulls, good, $4.25 to $5; do, Com., $2.501!
to $3.50• feeders, good, 000 lbs., $5.50
to $6; do, fair, $4 to 94,50; milkers,
$60 to 980; springers, $60 o $80;
calves, choice, $8 to $9; do, med., $7
to $8; do, coin., $2 to $6; lambs, year-
lings, $6 to 96.50; do, spring, $9,50
to $10; sheep, choice, $4.50 to $5; do,
gored, 93.50 to $4.50; do, heavy and
bucks, $2 to $3.50; hogs, fed and wat-
ered, at-
ered, $11;,do, off es, $11.25; do, f.o.l
b., $10.25; do, country points, $10.
L
SINN 'I, REPLY LEAVES 'OPEN DOOR
FOR .CONTINUNFION OF EGOTtA ION
i
Expresses Aversion to a Resunnption of Warfare, and
Makes No Mention of a Rep ublic -- General Feeling of
Optimism Regarding the Final Outcome of the t
Prolonged D eliberations. a;
A despatch from Dublin says:—The
Dail Weenies reply to the British
peace proposrtie le now in Lloyd
', Georges hands, although the Sinal
Fein leaders refuse to admit the fact,
o insisting that it will not be presented
until after tine public, session of the
Dail last week. Commandant Robert
Barton of the Irish Republican army,
• who has acted es courier in the past,
left Dublin Wednesday last carrying
the communication with 'him, and was
to have handed it in at 10 Downing
street on Thursday. It will :probably
be published in London at the same
tine as de Valera an•nounees it to the
Dail,
The document, the Correspondent is
told on the best `authority, .is appar-
ently, at first .sight, a fiat turndown
of the British offer, but, like de
Valera's speeches, is qualified by all
sorts of conditions and restrictions,
leaving an opening for further nego-
tiations. It is brusque in tone almost
to the point of being insulting, and
`much depends on Lloyd George's pa-
tience in perusing it, If he will real-
ize It is written for the consumption
of Ireland rather than England anti
make corresponding allowances, and
if the tone does not enrage his fol-
lowers, causing pressure on hint to
break off the negotiations, hopes for
a settlement are still :good.
De Valera in his reply lays special
stress on the exclusion of Ulster, and
there is no doubt if the Ulster ques-
tion is settled the rest would be easy.
The Southern Unionists are very
angry at Ulster's attitude, and do not
see any reason why Ulster should not
accept the guarantees offered and cast
in her lot with the rest of Ireland.
Ono of these guarantees is suggests
ed in the form of an agreement to
hold a new election immediately,
guaranteeing election to the Irish Par-
liament and representation in the
Cabinet for Southern business men in
whom Ulster has confidence, The
South is said to be willing to do thio,
but Ulster so far has refused to budge
from the position she has wen under
the Home Rule Act.
A despatch from London says; --The
British Cabinet sat two hours on
Thursday night discussing the reply
of the Irish Republican "Cabinet" to
Prime Minister Lloyd George's letter
of August 13. Atter the sitting 3t was
officially announced that no informa-
tion as to the nature of the reply of
Mr. Lloyd George's response to it
would be made public.
It is understood that both will be
read to the session of the Irish Re-
publican "Parliament" in Dublin and
meantime both sides have agreed to
observe strict secrecy. The British
Cabinet .approved Mr. Lloyd George's
response, -it is learned, and it 18
understood the negotiations will con
bane.
It is understood that the "Repub-
lican" letter makes no mention 0f a
republic, but enundiates the principle
of independence and expresses nver-
sion to a resumption of warfare. Thus,
it is considered that there is still a
wide opening for a continuation of the
peace negotiations, a fact which has
caused' widespread satisfaction and a
general feeling of optimism.
Cabin Boys. The Two Silesias.
What red-blooded boy in the world
won't envy the two Scotch Boy Scouts
picked by Six Ernest Shackleton to go
with him on the coming Antarctic
cruise of et least two years? One
cornea from the northern tip of Scot -
'land and the other from the near -by
' Orkneys; anti the winds and the waves
have.no secrets from them, though the
ways of London town are strange be-
yond their fathoming.
Shackleton, however, is not piclring
out his cabin boys because they have
a pretty taste in ties or can drive a
tin Lizzie. These boys are going on
the little ship "The Quest" to fight the
ocean and the ice; to he companioned
only by the penguins and the sledge -
dogs; to stand and walk everywhere
in the fury of the fiercest winds that
blow. They rust obey orders mutely
and keep their tempers under the
strain of interminable darkness and
inviolable solitudes. They must be
ready for such journeys es that which,
Shackleton made across 800 miles of
open sea in a small boat to the South;
Georgia islands.
Verily, they will have mere to do
than ro light the cabin lamp, or find
the commander's tobacco pouch, or lay
out his bathrobe and his slippers for'
him. Boys as they are, they will have
all of a anan's game to play. Just as
it was up to Jokey and Lew in "The
Drams of the Fore and Aft," so the
success or failure of the whole Ant- 1
arctic show might suddenly devolve
upon the shoulders of two fisher lads
that once were heavy laden with the
creels and nets Where the salty spray
of the foreland stung their cheeks.
They know how to work with the men
that go down to the sea.
Montreal.
Oats --Can, West. No. 2, 59% to
60c; do, No. 3, 58 to 581/2c. Flour—
Man. Spring wheat pats., firsts, $10.60.
Rolled oats—Bag, 90 lbs„ $3.25. Bran
—$28. rSlots,s9343 to $360. y—No, 2, per
Oheese—Finest Easterns, 21 to
213e. Butter—Choicest creamery, 42
to 43e, Eggs—Selected, 44 to 46e.
Potatoes—Per bag, car lots, $1.75 to
$2.
Good calves, $8; med., $7; canners,
com., $2 to $2.50; goody lambs, $8;
med., $7 to $7.25; dairy cows, fair, $4;
earners $1; scrub bulls, conn., $2;
bulls, 1,000 lbs. and over, $3.
Wants Million British to
Settle Australia.
1
The settlement in Australia of 1,-
a *cs a
000,000 persons now living in England
at a cost of $150,000,000 is the scheme
advocated by Sir Joseph. Carruthers,
former Premier of Naw South Wales,
in order to restore emigration, says,
a London dc,'ipatch, Agents are now
here trying to sat the plan in opera-
tion. Sir Joseph hopes that imperial 21 ' S` `Q g a a
and dominion governments will unite
in raising the money .which will be
required for railway extensions and
Atstraler developments:
was nnsays
disheai•teneclbecause
emigratten had net been resumed af-
ter
L ter it had been stopped during the
war.
The use of the term "S]le=ia" when
"Upper Silesia" is meant is common
in this country and abroad,. Upper
Silesia, the area of the recent pleb!s,.
cite, as merely a portion of Silesia,
and to ignore the fact eeenis dieliber-
ately misleadiang.
Silesia, as L!cyd George accurately
pointed out in the British I -louse of
Common,, is net a Polish province,
Nor do the Poles claim it. But the
same cannot be said of Upper Silesia,
and it is to be feared that in using
statistics of "Silesia" when the ques
lion was one of Upper Silesia the
British Premier adder to the con
fusion of his hcarere.
According to Jeen Dcbski, leader of
the Polish Populist party, the total
population of Upper Silt_ia is ap
proximately 2,000,000, of which e2 per
cent,, Po.Iish stat!stics say, are Pcks
Even the German statistics, which
there is every reason to expert favor
German interests, eeknowled,ge a
majority of 57 per cent. of Poles in
Upper Silesia, Other statistics have
been given from time to time, but the
correct figure would seen in the
neighborhood of 67 to 62 per cent.
This PoIi,sh population is mostly to
the east of the River Oder, and the
Germans mostly to the west. The
Encyclopaedia Brittanlea edition of
1911 states that the Poles to the east
of the Oder number more than a trill-
ion and form the bulk of the popula-
tion in that region. Polish figures
show that the trans -Oder area, about
660 communes, voted to go with Po-
land and about 220 favored Ger-
many. The Poles explain the 'Ger-
man vote by the large number of
Germans who were imported by the
government for election day.
"In view of this vote," says Mr.
Debslcd, "by the Treaty of Versailles,
the Polish part of Upper Silesia—
that is, the southeast section of the.
country—should be attached to Po -
and, even though the plebiscite gave
German majority for the area (that
s, all Upper Silesia) as a whole. Po -
and asks only that the Treaty of
Verserlles he followed."
In these days of warm ciisagree-
ments it is well to bear in mind the
ifference between Silesia and that
portion of it known as Upper Silesie
nd alto the difference between the
arts of Upper Shce,eia. Poland's only
Claim is to a fraction ,ef Upper Serie.
tatistics for the entire province na-
turally differ from these far this
ingle section. And it is this section,
and not the whole of Silesia, that is in
dispute,
Sir ,Toseph insists that the British
population should be divided among
the dominions for the future o•1 the
empire, and that there is no• reason
why Australia should not have a popu-
lation like that of the ignited States,
He said Ar,:tralians have arguments
about resources which Fire sueer•ior to
thoee cf America and which would 1
shame a Los Angeles real estate sales-
man, sing declare that their ambition
it to equal the population of America,
A blue light focused on a vein wilt
cerise the blood to concentrate, a.l:ile
red will m:tke'ft flow quickly.
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To be appointed head of the advance
party of Stefanne,on's next polar ex-
pedition at the age of twenty and
without previous experience in arctic
axplcration is the unique distinction
that Lias fallen on Allan 11. Crawford,
a son of Prof, J. T. Crawford of Toron-
to. The new aspirant far honors in
the eSerld of scientific exploration is a
third year student in the chemistry de,
partmeat of the University of Toronto,
The Autcnia, the newest of the big
Trans-Atluntie steamshi•pe, is t0 have
a completely equipped kindergarten
for the children,
Diplomacy's Tongue.
The French are slermod and resent-
ful over the report reaching Paris
that English is to be the official lan-
guage of the Washington Disarm -
among: Conference. It is easy to
understand this uneasiness. French
has ,boon the 'language of diplomacy
for centuries. Since the passing of
Latin as a living tongue and diplo-
macy'a medium French has been re-
garded as the accepted speech in inter-
national conferences.
Versailles in 1919 saw English in-
troduced as a conference language.
hero was a kind of entering wedge
ChM stuck, as the Supreme Council of
the Allies now carries on its proceed-
ings in three "official languages,"
Engl•ioh, Italian nod French, It is
genoraildy admitted, however, that this
is a wearisome preceeding and that
the setssions aro dull and dolorous
affairs.
• Although few Americans know
;malt French and the Conference Is
So 'be held In the 'United- States, an
hcngllsh-speaking country, Engiieh is
ieet likely to he inado the one "official"
language of the parleys, Doehtiese it
will 'he one of the "o'f$cial" tongues,
]noweveo',
There is no phase of human activity,
thiol leans more heavily upon tradltien'
enol draws more strongly upon pre-
cedent than diplomacy and ell its warn
and works, The vetorens of '.foreign
offices and bureaus would first into
Washington se, salons strange and cur-
ious without the accents of Paris in
conference renin awl over the counoll
'tables.