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Entire Belgian
Royal Family
t Communist Agent Confesset_
Conspiracy to� Bomb Train
on Way to Rome For
Wedding •
Brussels, Belgium.- A widesprea
I!anti -Fascist- plot which took "viol
ence for, _ts watchword was des
Cribed by Brussels police the day. be
(fore Christmas after the arrest, o
(two young Italian radicals.
The secret organization, which po-
lice Said was prepared "to kill pro-
mhient Fascists, in Italy," was 'MM.
rectly linked to the recent attempt to
assassinate Crown Prince Humbert
on his. visit to the; Belgian capital.
Police said docuinerits showed the or-
ganization extended to Paris, Berlin
and other cities.
Two youthful Italians, •Ienig! Ber-
neri and Pasquale Rusconi, were ar-
rested. Berneri was said to be an
asgoclate of Fernando de Rosa, who
lis held for attempting to kilt Crown
'Prince Humbert.
. Police denied, reports published
here that, Beamed had confessed a
plan to 'assassinate the Belgian Royal
Familyabout the time of Prlucess
Marie d'ose's marriage to Prince Huth•
bent January 8. The reports ot such
s plot, inyciving a purported plan to
bomb the royal train, were wide-
spread despite the police denial. •
Police said Deniers arrived here to
organize anti -Fascists in au aimed
league. 'Several automatic revolvers
were •seized when he was arrested.
Another revolver was found in the
home of Rascal!, an assoc!'te of Ber-
Inert, and Rusconi was arrested later
on a charge of false passport. papers.
He was released,
Aniong evidence to show that Ber-
neri was plotting attacks on promin-
'ent Italian Fascists was a photograph
of the Rattail Minister of Justice,, Al-
fredo Rocco, who will arrive here on
[Friday.
"If we encounter any Fascists we wilt
kill then,," Berner' was quoted es
Melling police,"
Pollee said the orgautzation appar-
ently was extensive and that Perla
and Berlin headquarters were merely
'the cevlres of action.
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Convicts Fight
Agarst Dire Fate
Portuguese Convicts Mutiny
. on Prison Ship; Quel-
Led After Desperate
Fight at Sea .
Ltsbon, Portugal.-- The Colonial
�Ommtoe reports bleat a eertous mutiny
among convicts on a Portuguese art'
Ilion ship bound for the Mamie nevi-
tentiary at Loanda, Angola, had been
40011ed only after desperate k1011 -t0.
.eland fighting.
The reports said the convi0t Z?l1LIp
{Guinea was conveying 126 longterm
Irrisoners when the outbreak 'Caine.
(he ship was within five tittles of the
,coast when the convicts mase a• wild
Idash for freedom, savegely attacking
'elle guards and crew. ,
It was only atter a desperate fight
' hat the guards, who were armed
with rifles and bludgeons, succeeded
In 1 overpowering r!n the men e and looking
n akin
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(hent in the hold. . .
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A second attempt at a breakaway
was made as the Guinea was going
tato port ,the convicts smashing their
'shackles and rushing hiv k e
sad is g on deck, They
were again overpowered, this time by
troops summoned aboard the ship by
•radio.
All of the prisoners finally were
txransferred to shore under a strong
ea- rt. •
Moscow Sore
- At Canada's Act
soviet Foreign Office Official
Explains Russia's Attitude
EXPULSION RANKLES
Moscow, -The Soviet Government
will not send • a q,.eeeresentative' to
Canada, ono cf sue •e leads ot Otte
Soviet Fceelgn Office told a oorres-
'peudent recently, In view of the
fact that the last Soviet :fade delega-
lou was expelled from Cando at the
iattest of the British Government and
?for do other reason, tlte'Soviet Gov-
ernnout evil! not of its own accord
• 8-e•opett negotiations either for trade
nr diplomatic relations with Canada.
{ Asked what, if any, 'material ad-
vantages would entail front having
aueh a delegation in Canada, the
Soviet official pointed out that from
1924 to 1926 there,waa a considerable
volume of trade between Russia and
Canada, "Russia still imports large
quantities of horses, livestock, agri-
cultural equipment, cement, etc., but
because of the unfriendly attitude of
tate Canadian Government, we prefer
to buy these elsewherenow,'.' he,said.
WOnid Be 'Considered
In a reply to a question as to
'whether the Soviet • Government
would send such a delegation if the
Canadian Government were to recoil -
tiler its derision and decide to renew
diplomatic relations, the Foreign Of-
fice stated .that on, the ground that it
was a purely itypothical question, he
could not make any answer, The cos
respondent is of the opitifon;however,
at any friendly gestalts foam Can -
iia Would be welt received her0,,
Talkie or Movie?
London Daily Chronicle (Lib )'; Are
there not perhaps millions of people
throughout the country who go to rho
filets frr a sedative rather than a
etimelaet?.' It may prove to be the
case that Ole greater demand on the
attention made by the ''talkie" is not; a
;what they will habitually, seek., '`bis t
hitch, 00 least, is certain-lt has err; a
been est; hushed that the :intent ;ism e
les' doomed, f
Statistics' Show
Crime on Increase
Figures For Canada Give All.
Round Jump of -15.39
Per Cent.
i MINOR INFRACTIONS
Traffic Violation? Contribute
to Total-Garnbling
Fever Grows
Ottawa, -Crime In Canada is Io-'
creasing, the annual report oa meta
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Mal statistics issued recently 'dIs
Mom. The increase for Canada 1
criminal offences was 15,31%. Tbi
is the greatest iuorease In erten
since the year of the outbreak of th
world war in 1914; when the fixeren
17,02% over the previous year,
In respect of summary conviction
(non -indictable) the increase was sell
greater, befog 27,18% over the Pre
vious'year; the greatest since rhes
statistics have been instituted, owe
half a century ago. • •
This augmentation is due principa
ly to infractions of trafiie regulations
which, were almost 47%, more tamer
oils than'ld' 1927.
The Increase in criminal and othe
offences was general all over Canada
The Maritime• Provineee led fn per
eentage increase in' criminal; offence
while. Ontario and WillettWillett Columbi
Show the lowest percentage increase
With regard to minor offences (sum
limey ; convictions)'Prince Edward Ia
.land,• Ontaxio and Alberta' increase
most, while la British Columbia Cher
was a decrease. When comparing in
dividual offences it is revealed thAt
UM Increase was also'of a genera
nature,..' -•
Convictions for murder woe from
•Ilin 1927'..to 19 in 1928, which in
crease is but incidental, as the num
ber of murders fluctuates front yar
to. year. The average number of coa
210010ns for murder in Canada during
the last 53 years has been 13.23 pe
annum: The lowest number was three
in 1906 and the greatest was 34, in
1915. The principal increase • durtu
the year in offences against the per
sou was - e. common assault which
rose front 951 to 1,283, which, how
ever, is but 22 cases above the
figures for 1926. Burglary, shop and
housebreaking increased by 12.63 per
cent. In 1928 over 1927 and by 87.47
per cent. over 1926.
Theft, as usual, continued to la-
crease,
ucrease, the figures for 1928 being 10.58
per cent. over those for 1927 and 18;02
per cent, over 1926. In the miscel-
laneous class greatest augmentation
is shown la branches ot gambling and
lottery cards, which in 1928 were
54.52 per cent. above 1927 and 155.09
per cent. above 1926.
The sum total of al convictions of
adult offenders in 1928 was 267,483
as against 212,076 in 1027 and 187,861
in 1926.
Of the 26,693 charges for indictable
offences in 1828, there were 4,918 ac-
quitEais, 10 cases of nolle prosequi, or
stay ot proceedings, 7 cases in' which
"no bill' was returned by the grand
jury, and 38 parsons .were detained
for lunacy, leaving 21,720 convictions.
New Land Found
In Antarctic
fan Flag Norwei aRaised
g g is on
Territory Found Near
South Pole
Oslo, Nerve -Capt. Riieer Larsen,
who is participating In an Antarctic
exploring expedition in the steamer
Norkegla, reports to the newspaper;
Tidens Tegn, Dec. 28, that he and his
fellow airman, Lieut. Luetzow Holm,
have discovered new land between
Enderby Land and Coats Land,
The two airmen left the Norwegia
iu. their plane and alighted on the
open Ice near the laud. From there
they went ashore and raised the Nor-
wegian flag, taleiug possession of it
In the name cif their country accord-
ing to international forms.
Titey thea • returned to the Nor-
wegia, which was waltiug 100 utiles
away.
Enderby Land is located at the
eastern extremity ea the so-called
Enderby Quadrant of Antarctica, la
about 50 east 65 south, Coats Land
is located at the western edge et tete
Enderby Quadrant at about 20 west
75 south, •
Dinner elayed
Girls Discover Chloroform
"Killed" Turkeys Come
to Life
Sault Ste. Marie, bit. -A good
story is being told here at tits ex-
pense
xpense of a group of bachelor girls itt
an apartment here who ordered a tur-
key front a farmer.
A tow days •later a weighty box ar-
rived at the apartment and upon be-
ing opened was frund to contain a
nice plump turkey very much alive.
None of the girls had ever killed
or dressed a. turkey, but, being unwilt-
Ing to lot the butcher know of their
delemnia and trying hard to be do-
mesticated, they decided to clo the job
at Itotne. •
After Lengthy' deliberation it was
agreed that Mealiest painless and hue
mane method wottld be chloroform
and they proceeded to carry out their
plan. •
They made a splendid Job of pluck-
ing and singeing, and laid the bird
in a •pan in a closet until next, 830110,
Ing.
Then, while one prepared the dress-
ing dn4 another the cranberries, a
third undertook to get him ready foie
the oven; --
But when she ,ppeued the , closet
door, out stepped 'she turkey, mina
feathers, and gobbled at her angrily:
EVIL
The • world is, bad enough to darken
ltd distress my noble mind; : yet
flank heaven, We words of Saltier
re stiff true, that "No }pan can. love`
nil for evil's sake as lie Can IOVei
or goodness' sake "
Out' Heavy Snows 'Chaanged Transportation' Views
MOTORISTS SEND S.O.S. FOR OLD-TIME HELP'
. Husl(y farm horse was ueedep here to get this car up the steep bill, near Cookeville, after highway was cloak-
ed In recent enowfalie.
Civilization May
Destroy Eskimos
Arctic Natives Threatened
With Extinction, Auth- ,
orities Say
WHITE MAN CAUSE
Easily Succumbs To Ailments
of Almost Every White
Child
Ottawa. -Six thousand Eskimos live
ing cheerfully in Arctic and sub -Arctic
Cana.Ia, are threatened with ultimate
extinction by. the spread of civilization
towards the. Arctic circle, autholities
on the far north predict,
Disease and death, b'r"ought alowi'y
but surely as the white man advances
northward, are creating a ntonkce to
the Eskimo which twill prone 'one of
the dilemmas of northern development,
they say.
Totally without immunity to white
man's diseases, the Eskimo, succumbs
to ailments which are considered
minor misfortunes in the life of ahttoat
only white child. He suffers from
malnutrition when fed white tnaa's
food, and yet he gorges himself with
it whenever •possible. He contracts
tuberculosis from wearing store cloth-
ing under unsuitable conditions, and
yet he likes then:. Measles, whooping
cough, chicken pox, grippe and other
ailments he gets from the white man
himself, and yet he is most happy in
his company.
GREAT KILLER. .,
He turns the advantage of trade
with the white than into an agenciPor
his destruction. Despite his friendly
nature and good-heartedness he is a
great killer. With his netwbought
rifle he shoots all the game he can
find, and ultimately may transform a
naturally bountiful country into a land
of hunger.
Six thousand persons spread over a
land as long as the iurthern coast of
Canada are an asset, officials declare.
They polut out that the Eskimo is,
and wilt be still store, the agent of
the white ratan In icy lands where tate
latter cannot live long.
Those who stave been associated
with the Eskimo longest say civiliza-
tion, uncurbed, will do one of three
things to him: Absorb him, kill bite,
or drive him northward.
EDUCATION NEEDED
They are confident, however, 'that
something tante done to help he
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Ptui Wales
sEskimo save himself. Education, theY rince
believe, will ev Iep within his h1-
goucky mind a sennaof providence Plans Lion,,HuntUft
which will enable hint to look after.
his future food supply and to treat his
personal property less recklessly.
Medical service, they :think also, ~vitt
save him front the disease he aeetns 'Weeks
bound to contract in settled districts,
while his own predisposition -to health
trill save hint when ,he is far away
front the white pian.
Given help in combating the two
major threats of his own wastefulness
and sickness, they declare, his own
native intelligence will probably en-
able hint to exist indennitely as an
Eskimo without absorption.
There is only one menace they can
think 08 810m which the Eskimo is
free, local Arctic authorities say. He
does not like liquor. He will take a
drink if he is pressed to do so, but
does not seen: to care if he never has
another.
Jungle Adventure and Hun-
ter's Life For Six
Will of Chinese
N+ vel ocument
Strange Wording: Used in Dis-
posal of Estate Worth
$11,000
Toronto, -Wong Yuan Put, Chinese
laundryman, left aa estate of 811,160
and his will, filed for probate, reads,
in part: "I, 17y paroit-Gul iiatF Yuan
Put, being wicked in my lifetime and,
therefore, devoid of offspring, do
hereby bequeath to my adopted son,
Jock Sang, the whole of my ancestral
estates and appoint him the executor,
"Jack Sang should recall the labors
of my lifetime before coming to
these fruits, ettd, therefore, should
exire his evereffort to lnatta o the
Y g
saute properly.
"As for my wife and myself, the
Iiviug is to be provided for and the
dead to be buried. However, care
must be paid to the expenses. They
should not be over ostentatious nor
too ni"iseriy.
'"In case of any wicked persona at-
tempting to seize these said estates,
you are to use this as evidence."
The estate is made up partly of real
estate in China, being a brick house itt
the village of Durtbeaton-Toysun,
Canton, $8,000, and cash itt Kong Sett
Bank, Canton, China, 82,000.
The beneficiary named'in the will is
also a Itund'rytnan in Toronto.
London. ---Plans are now maturing
for the Prince -of Wale's African tour,
which begins early itt the Xeew Year,
Formalities are to be dispensed with
as far as possible, and the royal trav-
eller will live as a hunter among the
hunters, sitting at the same camp
fires and sharing the same food.
The democracy of the jungle will
claim for him six glorious weeks, and
in shorts and open -neck shirt he will
seek to bag those attitnals-the ele-
phant, the rhinoceros, the buffalo, and
the lion -which eluded his gun during
the last year's visit, dramatically cur-
tailed by the news of the King's ill-
ness.
"The Prince's program will be a
very elastic one," said a member of
the Prince's household recently, "and
it is impossible now to say precisely
what his movements will be,
"Captain Denys Finch -Hatton,
brother of the Earl of Winchiisea,
who is a big-gamo hunter, and who
conducted the Prince's big -game hunt-
ing last year, will again be in charge."
Provisional arrangements have been
:nude for the Prince to sail front
Soutltampton for South Africa on the
Union -Castle liner, Kenilworth, on
January 3.
At Capetown he wilt stray at Gov-
ernment Rouse as the guest of the
Earl of Athlone and Princess Alice,
Countess of Athlone. This is a long
overdue visit, as the Prince would
have spent last Christmas with then
had it not been for the King's illness.
He wilt remain about a fortnight
in South Africa before proceeding to
the lion eouu rY
in jest Africa,
Already Nairobi is anticipating the
Prince's tour and the people of Kenya
are speculating on stow mucic of his
journey from the Cape to 'Cairo lie
will do by alr'and how meth by road.
They believe he will travel as far
northward as possible by motor -car,
LOST OPPORTI)NITIES
Who eau tell another's ahorteom-
Inge, Met oppertunittee, weigh the
passions which overpower, the de-
fects which incapacitate reason? -
What extent 01 right and truth hie
neighbor's mind is organized to per-
ceivo and 110?
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GIdANTIC PEAK FROWNS ON TOWN
'Ier'e ty shown4naghifident view of Cascade Mountaln,.itt DOS' River Bridge, Banff, Alta,
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all I`,ot Buy R400
From G�'ve°i�eat
Ofrfei of Airship at -lalf Con
tract Price Turned
Down
Loudon. - Lieutenant-Contatande
Sir ,Charles Deunistoun Burney, wit
has supe.riuteuded the construction e
the airship by Messr's..Viekers, Lim
ited, at.Kdwcten, Yorkshire, said r
candy, that caller the Governmen
must conte forward with a tonere
definite progracu over no less tha
live years which in his opinion, wont
cost sr least 516,000,000 or they ha
better leave airships alone.
ut!>i;Cy 1lg the above report add!
nova_ particulars concerning tb
building or R-100, given in Coming
der Burney's speech, follow:
Sir Deniitstoutt told the guests, yeti
had,tunched 017 the airstrip, that th
dirigible had cost 52,220,000, Tit
contract which they had with the Go
element was for 91,500,000 apart fro
a capital grant of 9250,000 towards tit
expenses of the hangar. There had
in, fact, been much greater expeud
tun !a adapting ."Elle shed, and til
had cost the firm another $250000
This meant that a commercial fit'sn
had contributed 9700,000 to aeronaut
cat science and airship development.
Never Again
"1 ant authorized by the ohairma
of Vickers, Limited," said Sir Dennis
town, "to say that, so far as they ar
concerned, they would not agate un
dertake a contract similar to that un
der which this ship was built. They
are prepared to contr4bate towards
aeronautical development, but they
canttot afford to contribute on a scale
such as lute been necessary under this
contract,
"This privately built ship has cost
less than tits State -built airship R-101,
the cost cf which appeared in the Air
Estttttate5 as 02,370,000, apart from
9266,000 spent an englaes.
Sir Denntstoun did not mention that
his company had the option of re-
purcitaslug the airsitip- from Otto Air
Ministry ;•after trials for use on an
approved Britielt transport service at
5760,000 -half the contract price.
Asked if- they contemplated taking
advantages of this, Sir Dennist0nu
short Itis bead and said: "No, unless
we can get a big subsidy it would be
a very costly undertaking.
"There is ire use blinking the fact"
he aatd, "That we have got to make
further technical progress before we
shalt achieve our ambition of a
really e0lelent commercial velttole."
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French Defense
Fund $116,000,000
To Guard Rhine
Fortifications on Alsace and
Lorraine Frontier to Cost
$40,000,000
marts. -Tire Chamber of Deputies,
Doe. 28, voted appropriations of 2,800;
000,009 francs (approximately 9110,-
000,000) for national defense. This
is tete complete program of expettdt•
tures for the years from 1030 and
1984 along French frontlers.
Alt apropelatlott 01 1,000,000,000
francs for 1930 along the Rhineland
treater lir Alsaco and Lorraine was
voted Dee. 27.
The defenee of tate French frontiers
as ptauued by tate general stair and
approved by 011.0 army commission of
Ute Chamber of Deputies, envisages
the piactug of preponderant emphasis
on autt•aireraft defense, the president
of the commission told tate Chamber
during renewed discussion on the
frontier defense uteasure.
The coutptete measure outlines a
program costtng 2,000,000,000 francs,
of which 1,000,000,000 francs for 1930
were voted. 6'
Iu a brief ffiscuesion of the nava!
tiefonee program, It was brought out
that the French Navy In/the biettiter-
ranoa.n must be able to transport Im-
mediately is rase of war 400,000 nten
front tlor!ttern Africa.
FALLEN LiVES
Recently a man, prospecting in the
mating regions of Arizona, found a
remediable patinas bridge. It spates
a deep canon, forty -live feet in width.
The bridge is tttade by a great petri-
fied tree that lies across the gorge,
Sriettlille nen say thtat, many ages
since, this troe was prostrated by
some terrific storm, and fell across
the canon. By the effects of the
water and time, it has passed through
many stages of mineralization, and la
DOW a wonderful tree of solid agate.
And there 10 lips, malting an agate
betdgo over which prom may pass from
side` to side. This tree seemed to be
a failure when, that day in its prima,
it was broken off by the storm and
hurled to the ground. But, Instead
of being a failure, to what nobler use
could it have been put than thus 00
become a bridge of agate, to stand
for ages, and on which countless
human feet may walk across the
'cement? Thin fallen tree is an thus -
Watt= of couatlees human lives
which have fallen, and seemed to
fall, but which in line have provod
to be bridges otor which others can
walk 00 honor, 111eeess and triumph.
-Rev, J. R. Miller, D.D.
5.111:ls.:GariilI ISF.*A1s£rs
Ai ;fiend Star, N.Z , The :tug;estea
break froth lite custom of appointing
a tiotitieal supporter to the. High Com-
auissioneraliip is .worth making if a
sitlLable roan eau be found. The dif-
acuity 10, however, that both 'aside
and outside politics • the necessary
combination et qualities is very hard
to Dome by. The postltton has grown
touch more ititportant that' it Was a
'oneratton ago, `-'Thai 111th (otunits•
slater should not be only a first-rate
business alas and a good speaker,
but a diplomat welt versed to interna-
bona[ affairs, He now has to get00
Geneva and represent Now doaland
at a gathering' of billy nations. Are.
1Oere matt* melt.:sten in, N`ew dos.
not Wo sitouid not lice to 017) to
make Olio choice:
Sunday School
Lesn
January 12. Lesson i'l, Baptism anti
Temptation of Jesus -.Matthew, 3,;
13 to 4. 11. Goiden Text -This 15
my beloved Son, in whom 1 am weli
p'eased: Matthew 3: 17,
ANALYSIS,
I : Ti10 BAYTiSM, 8: "12-17•
IL THE TEMPTATION, 4: 1-11.
INTRODUCTION- The Gospels. a
practically -silent on the events of the
lite of Jesus betweott his birth and
public ministry. The only incident
given is that which describes his jour+
ney to Jerusalem, and his conversation
with the doctors of the law when h0
was about twelve,
1: THE BAPTtgee, 8: 13-17,
V, 13. The pe aehing of Jahn the
Baptist had created a rrafound inlpreat
sten on the people of the Bind. It was
felt that a new religious leader had
appeared, and titer the promise of God
was now to be fulfilled. Jesus would
naturally hear of this great revival,
and hedecided that he must take some
part in it, either to show his sympathy
twitit it, or else to carry it farther on.
Accordingly he gees to the Jordan
where John was .baptizing crowds of
people, and he presents himself as a
candidate.
V. 14, However, John seems to feet
that there was something abent this
man that made him different from all
others, and he therefore hesitated.
Baptism to him was the symbol of
repentance, and John diel not think
that Jesus belonged to chis classof
sinners. He, therefore, opposes the
request of Jesus.
V. 15. Jesus urges Jo:.n to bsptizo
him; but from this we must not Infer
that Jesus was conscious of sinfulness,
or that he wished to•confess his need
of repentance, Jesus knew no sift,
neither twos guile found in his mount.
The reason which he gives is that this
is a part of the righteous plan laid
down for hien. Jesus -is one with his
brethren, he has conte to seek and save
them, and to do so he must take part
in all that is .onnnon It man. This is
an instance of tate cemplet,, self -dedi-
cation and self-sacrifice of Jesus. This
is also an illustratio.. of the law that
he tvho would have others -.nust be one
with t:.en . It was "a sacrament of
messianic. love."
V. 16. At this moment of self -sur -
tender. Jesus receives the recognition
of divine favor. The heavens opea
and the spirit dcsceuds like a dove, in
outward form. We are not t3 say that
the spirit hod never visited Jesus be -
ore, but now '0 comes in fulness and
equips him for the great mission of
the Messiah for which he has been
anointed.
V. 17. The vette from heaven etc
presses the entire satisfaction which
God hue with ills Son. Jesus -is now
Conselitt3 of his great work. Hence-
ferth the way is clear before hien, and
he will not turn to the right or left,
However, he must pass through the
testing, which conies to all those who
dedicate their lives to noble service.
This is what we have to study in tho
Temptation. In the Gospel of John we
find further and important teaching
on the sui:ject or the baptism. See
et. 1.
II. THE TEMPTATION, 4: 1-11.
V. 1. This is one of the very signifi-
cant events in the life of Jesus, and
has at alt time greatly interested
thoughtful students of the Bible. Jesus
had learned at tato Baptism that he
was to fulfill the offtce of the 'Messiah,
and the question inevitably arose as
to the tray itt which he was to accom-
plish this. He goes out into the soli-
tude of the desert to think over tete
natter, and theft temptations gather
round the subject of his mission.
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that come rep-
resent
three temptations-
p
resent the different ways by which he
:night Barry on his task, But they aro
all finally rejected, because they aro
not according to the will of God. Jesus
fins, as :tis guiding -star, to do the will
of his Father, •
W. 3, 4. He is tempted to turn the
stones into bread, and this may mean
that it was suggested to hunt that he
should be a &ectal reformer, bringing
bread to the hungry, and healing to
the sick, reforming society. It would
be a noble enough work for some, but
not for him, since he could not be
satisfied With giving material help.
Man cannot live by bread alone. He
knows that the soul of titan is of in-
finite value, and Jesus must try 0*1
bring men back to God, in whom aloni
we find eternal rest.
Vs. 4, 5. The second temptation ii
usually understood as a .luggestioe
that he should use hie miraculous gift)
to impress the people, that Ile hould ge
forth as a wonder -worker, and thus
compel the admiration of the world
It is perhaps poeeilele that the pinuncla
of, the temple neve stands for the en,
tire system of the old priesthood, and
that Jesus was wondering whether hs
could tuake a C)tliprotni,e with the
Jewish officials, and work eioui; with
theta. But this ite rejects.
Vs. 6, 7. In the last temptation Josue
is carried in vision to the top of a
high mountain, and sees the glory of
the world, chiefly the marvels of the
Roman Empire, which has its soldiers
tate
to every land which is able to 111
laws to mankind, and whose force none
can withstand. Jesus wonders whe-
ther he nugltt not work in peace with
Rotate, Instead of antogonizing the
Emperor, could he not come to torula
with this mighty ruler, and use their
help to spread his own teaching of the
kingdom? But this would be treason
against God. He cannot use the forces
of the world, He must rely on spirit-
ual inftodnce. He must trust Oho
Father.
Australian Finance
Soltauneeburg Star: The new Labor
Government will have no light task
in adjusting the economic conditions
of the Commonwealth to what are
its ob./lone requirements. one of the
elder problems is the raising of We
„„M1at* ,12 tae tja; "e; "i at which"
wiu..meet. 0110. Curt•A1ih ov„andtt,•-t�'
.,..r.,..u..u, e,
Including the •heavy annual Interest
charge on the national debt -either
that or such a :redaction of expend!•
Lure as seems hardly practicable. Aus
other problem le to stimulate product
tion without 'pivoting the wage 10o4
throughout the country, au exceodid9
ly difficult task for a Labor G0701' •
meat.
GRACLe9
• ,,[fano"and' iiiitno graces itii'ieicr
actives speak what jiil words can utr
tea•,=Shaltespeare.
A domestic servant has wi'itt'oml
play. It 1s said to contain ono g'dbtlf
situation after. another,