origin of
the Pilgrim led
the
Premier
to
allude
to the great
discoveries
and iaven-
tions
by
mankind
in
the
past.
“"But
there
is
one thing
we
have
not vot
dis-
eovered.
That
Is, how
to
be reighbour-
ly.
The
whole
of
our
civilization
con-
sists
in reasoncbleness,
in
f ir play,
in
eonsideration
nne
for
the
other
taking
the
quarrels
of
individuals
away
from
their
own
arbitrament
and
placing them
under
the castody
of
disinterested
par-
ties.
That discovery
still has
to be made.
“Mav [ say
without
offense,
for
there
s
no »ffense
in
my heart,
that America
has
g e
far
to make
that discovery,
A nerica
and
ourselves,
we
want
no aliiance,
we
want
no documents.
America
and
our-
selves
are
in the position
of two peoples
tnat
in spirit,
by
reason
of
tiose
great
morzal
acrd spiritual
forces
that
are
de-
meaned
and narrowed
by being
writtea
down
on
paper,
are
prepared
to
stand
sice by
side,
not in political alliance,
but
iy humar
fellowship,
to
help ezch other.
““We have had
our
quarrels
as all
happy
families
have
had,
but
when
any
great
human
canse
h2s
come
before
us
w 2 have
lohked into our
hearts,
and
hidden
rigut
away
in
their
innermost
recesses,
we
havz eaci.
diseovereda
very shy,
but
a
very
ftai hful friendship
for the
other.”
Mr.
M-(Donald
then
predicted
that
le
and Amb wssador
Kellcgy also
wauld
worg
as
man
to
man
and
friend
to
Iriend,
never
forgetting
to guard
and
cherish
the
relationship of goodwill.
Tienin
a
humourous
passage,
based
on
the
jro-
verb
luat
an
ambassador
is
an
honest
man
sent abroad
to lie for
the ben:fit of
his
countiry.
the
Premier
said
to
Mr.
kelloge.
“‘The
relations
existing
be-
tween
s
make
that exercise
of the
e¢las-
ti:
conscience
quite unnecessary
in vour
case
Foreign
Secretaries
are
Luman,
Ambassadors
are
divine,
they
being
te
tne category
of
imen
who
are
most
mea-g-
--nificently
and
worthy
represented
here
tonight
1n the person
of His
Royal Hich-
ness’’.
Remarking
that
Great
Pritain
alwayvs
had
heen
particularly
foriunate
in the
nersonalities
of
the
“mbassadors
the United
States
has
sent
to the
Court
of St.
James,
Mr.
MacDonald
predicted
that Mr. Kellog would
worthily maintain
that
high
standard
ard
that
poth
My,
Kellog aud Sir Esme
Howard
would
have
easy
tasiks.,
“"We
will take
His
Excel-
lency
geaerously
into
our
social
iife’’,
Mr. MacJonald
added.
“‘H:is
not
an
oficial.
He is a cousin.
He
belongs
(o
the
fami'ly.
He
is
one
of
us.
It
we
speak
together,
we
speak
our
mother
tongue.
[hereis
a
strange
mystic
kin
ship
between
us,
so
that
he
is
more
wnan
an ambassador.
He
Isa
representative
of an absent
branch
of our tamily.
We
wiil receive
him with great
hospicality,
I
ask
ycu
to
drink
with
hearty
good
wishes
to the
hezlth
of His
FKxcellency
the American
Ambassador.
Moscow, Feb.
3rd.—Alexis [vanovitch
Rykoft
has
been
chosen
o
succeed
the
lale NiKoial benine
as head
of the (oun-
5 i1
oBNS
cil of Commissars.
Leon
Trotsky
is
re-
tained
as Commissar
ot
War.
London,
Feb.
3rd.- The
Nation
Urion
of Railwaymen ?s
promised
its
coopera-
tion
to the
Dockers
Union in the
event
of the latter
carrying out their
threat
to
strike
on February
18th,
unless
in
the
meantime,
their
wage
increase
demands
as granted,
A
letter from
the
railway-
men’s
organization
states
that
the
atti-
tude
of the
dockers
has
been
approved
and
promises
assistance
and
association
with
the
striks
to
the
extent
that
all
members
of
the
National
Railwavmen
connectaed
with the
docks
such
as
switeh
and
engine
men,
the
yardmen
at
the
dock
terminals
and
rthe
rai
way
steve-
dores
numbering
5,000
men.
will
strike
simultaneonusly.
Londog, Feb.
Brd. —The
Irish Boundary
Conference
adjrirned
peacctully
after
a
session
on Satur lay.
This
in itsellf
is
considered
as auguring
progress
toward
agreement.
Mr. Cosgrave,
residentof
the Free
State
Executive
Couneil
and Sir
Jdames
Craig,
the
Ulster
Premier.
re-
turned
to their respective
capitals
to
re-
port
the
proceedings
of
the
two
days
meetings
at the Colonial
Office
to
their
Governments.
They
have
agreed
to
meet
again
within
a
month
whoen
Mr.
MacDonald
again
will use
his good
«{fizes
to bring about
a
settienent.
Washingtonm,
Feb.
3rd. —Chairman
But-
ler,
of the Naval
Hrise
Com.nittee,
on
Na urday
introduced
a
biil
to
authorize
a
$97,000,000
naval
construction
pro-
gramme,
which
would include
eignt
new
secout
cruisers
to cost
$11,000,000
each,
and
six
river gunboats
at $700,000
eacn
exclusive
of
armour
and
armament.
The
bill
will atso
provide
for
altédcations
to
the
battleships
New
York and
lexus
to
afford
sdditisnal
proteetion
azainst
sub-
mar
8> attacks,
Kome,
Feb,
3rd
-lhe
Russo-Italian
treaty,
which
will
probably
be
sipned
next
week,
1s undersiovod
to
be
more of a
general
than
a commercial
accord,
imph-
citezly inzluding ltalian
recognition of the
Noviet,
to
be
folionved
by
re establish-
ment
of the [talian and
Russian
Eaibas-
sies.
Meanwhile
M. Jordanski,
head
of
the Russian
commercial
mission
here, will
b 2 appointed
Caarge
d’Atfairs,
the Mar-
quts
o1 Paterno
serving
in a Like capacity
tor ltaly
in Moscow.
The treaty
settles
all
pending
questions
between
the
two
countries
including customs
and rvailway
taritfs,
and provides
for most
tavourable
nution
treatmend.
It also
rezulates
the
appointmeant
aad faactioning
Hf consular
otiicers
and
seefies
the
vexed
question
of [talian property
in
Russia.
Chamonix,
France
Feb.
3r1.--Canada
won
the
blue
ribbon
event
o
the 1924
Ulympic
winter
cames
and
added
ten
Olympice pemnis
to her
score
waen
the
Do-
minion’s Hockey
team today dzieated
the
United
States
o
the
tinai of
the hockey
series
by
2
score
of slx
to
1.
It
was
f=st and furious
contest from start
to fin-
ish and
when
the referee
blew his
whis-
tle and
the
game
was
over,
the
United
States
playvers
were
physically
exhaunsted
and stumbling trom faticue.
The smooth-
ness
and finish or the Canadian
offensiv:
combination.
overwhelmed
the
brilliant
individual play of the
United
States.
Athens,
Febh,
4th—Premier
Venizelos
and
his cabinet
resigned
office today.
A
new ministry
will be formad
by M. Kafa-
daris,
ex-Minister of the interior.
GAMBLERS
SENTENCED
TO
CHURUH,
Twelve
men
convieted
at
Charlotte,
N
C.
of
egambiing
were
sentenced
hv
Judue
A. M. Stoeck
to
serve
060 days each
in
jail
besides
paving
fines.
The
jail
sentences
were
suspended
by the judge
on
condition
that
the
garblers
refrain
from
gambling
for
three
years
and
a!-
tend
once
a
week
the
revival
serviees
condueted
ar
Cnarvlstte
by Billy Sunday.
—l'ne Pathfinder,
26th Jan.
.
CZAR’S PRISON
OFFICIALS ON
III:‘\I.
The prison
guards
of the late ¢zir were
discovered
by the
soviet
government
and
placed
on
trial
at Moscow
on the charge
of torture of
prisoners
under
the
czarist
regime.
The
men
had
hiddon
their ider-
tity and
were employed
1n soviet
institu-
tions
when
they
were
recogoized
by
a
former prisoner,
‘The
men
were
accused
of
having
so
maltreated:prisoners
ss
to
drive many
to hunger
strikes,
to
suicioe
and
even
to insanity.
There
are
seven
o
trial,
inciuling
a
general,
two
captains
and
the
warders
o
the
imp »ial prisons
for politicat prisovers.—[bid.
BANDITS KILLL AND BURN.
Bandirs
are
again
robbing
and
burn-
ing
towns
and
sowiag
terror
among boih
nauves
and
foreigners.
In
{lonan
pro
vince
Lao
Yang
Jen’s
gant
looted
and
burced
the
town of
Kaishien,
just aiter
three
American
missionaries
had
tled
to Hanehow.
Later
all the
missionaries
of
the provinee,
29
in
number,
left for
Hankow.
Prof.
Hoff,
who
with
his
vise
was
short
by bandits
at
Tsacyang
when
Miss
Juiina
Kilen
was
kidnaped,
died
from
his
wounds,
but
Mrs.
Hoff
recovered.
The
Hoffs
who
did
not
understand
the
robbers’
dialecr,
were
shot
when
they
tried
to
escape
aiter
peing
warned
not
to.
They
were
going
to take the wounded
woman
away
when
Miss
Kilen,
who
understood
their
lan-
guage,
offered
to
goin
her place.
Near
Shanghai
bandits
raided
an
English
steamer
and
Killed
the
captain,
an
Englishman,
as
well
as
wounding
a
number
of
Chinese.
Whbile
a
large re-
ward
was offercd for
the
reseue
of Miss
Kilen it
was
said
that
very little
mili-
tary opposition
was
offerea
to
the ban-
dits.—lbid,
=