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* l * r ’t 1 The Irish House of Parliament .11 Dublin, funtte/iy tne iiank of lie.ami. -—Lntiinslied <lam at Muscle' Shouls, the great power plant which Henry P'ord wishes to buy from the government. 8—American Communist delegates on the balcony of the former czar's palace in Moscow. I NEWS REVIEW OF CIIRRENT EVENTS Pacific Peace Treaty Signed and Agreement on Navy Plan Is Announced. CHINA PROBLEM IS HARDER Irish Pact Before British Parliament •nd Oall Elrsann for Ratification —War Between Chile and 1 Peru Threatend Over Tacna-AHca. By EDWARD W. PICKARD OTKAIUI.Y and eanely the Waelilnr- ^ ton rutiferenre Is performing the greet task which President Harding set for It. fturh was the progres* made last week that It seemed likely the major problems would he solved olldays and that the con oid adjourn, leaving details # before thi ference w to be tented by experts and certain of the questions to be handled by future cimferencee. The way maa cleared effectively by the quadruple agreement for stabilisa tion of peace la the Padfir. This. In the form of a treaty, was signed on Tuesday by the delegates of the four posers and now am alts formal ratifi cation by the legislative bodies of th«wr nations. That It will he ratified Hi Orest Britain France and Japan la beyond doubt, add there are few who think that the American senate will not also accept It. Krnator Itorsh of course has announced Ids op|N>«ltt«n to the treaty, and Senators Kced and LaPollftte stand with him. They pro fess to find In Its second article com mitments similar to those In Article 1U of the League of Nations covenant, and even worse than the latter. Ro far no one else worth mentioning has discovered the terrible danger In Ar ticle 2. Those who approve of the treaty—a V 1 they appear to- be decid edly In the majority both In the sen ate and In the country generally— agree with Premier 'Takahashl of Japan, who saya the pact is "the grandest contribution to the cause of peace ever recorded in history.” There were rumors In Washington that former President Wilson, was ad vising the Democratic senators to fight the treaty, but more reliable re ports were to the effect that be had urged them not to commit themselves until the conference had completed Ita work and the pact could he studied in its relations to the other agreements reached Of course Senator Under wood, the Democratic lender In the senate, cannot oppose the treaty for he signed It as one of the delegates. When President Harding will send It in for ratification is not known. It may not be until after the holiday recess. W ITH that treaty out of its way, thet conference resumed eonshf feratfon of the naval reduction and HmltatlajT -plan. The Japanese plead ed earnertljKto be permitted to retain their nev> pet dreadnaught, the Mutsu. For several days the Americans held out agalflst this, but finally it was agreed to. with the understanding that, to maintain the 5-5-3 ratio, the Ameri can navy should refuin the super- dreudnaughts Colorado ahd Washing ton In place of the Delaware and-, the North Dakota, .and that Great Britain should retain* two of the new hood Type hutL’ealilps already plaumaLr-But those H(>>d vessels as designed would be more powerful thdn either the Col orado or the Mutsu class, so It was suggested that*, they should not* be butit any larger than the Colorado. This' plat was accepted, by all and the naval agreement was formally an nounced to Vhe conference. The pact Includes the piovixjon that there shall be no iiuTetses hr fortifications and naval buses in the Pacific rggoh*.in cluding the Il-ltist) case and lortlflca- tloiis at Uot^tkopg and Kow Loon. Th<* ra»trlctiou uuua not apply to t lie Hawaiian Islatplst Acstiu'.m. New' Zea land. and Jap.-n r. imr to tfte cuusts of lb* Lulled' htaiea aiul Cuii- Chlna’s delegation stepped forward again on Wednesday with formal plea to the Far Eastern committee for the abrogation of the treaties grow ing out of the twenty-one demands of Japan in 1915, which China says she was forced to accept. By these treaties Japan retains her hold oa Shantung, and Manchuria. The Jap anese delegates quickly and sharply objected to the Chinese proposal and the committee adjourned sine die. Meanwhile the negotiations between the Japanese and Chinese outside the conference are' continuing, the latter putting forward a plan by which Cld- nese hankers propose to purchase from Japan the ownership end control of the Shantung railroad—the nub of the whole controversy over that province. It was mUI the Japanese had so far receded from their original claims for retention of half ownership that they were now'willing to give up the road, with certain reservations concerning tke mefhtids and security for payment, and also preferential rights of Invest ment. These rights might result In gtHng the Japanese actual control of the management, but tltlna realises' that she cannot get all the asks. The members of the cimfereoce evi dently feet that the best they can do f<w China now is to adopt a new "hill of rights" for her which will enable her to organise a stable functioning government, and that to such a govern ment may he left many of the coun try’s problems and troubles. To further eorapUcure the OiHteee pr-hlem came from the sovist govern ment of Russia a protest against dis cussion of the Chinese Eastern rail way by the conference. The road, which la of Immense strategic and economic Importance t» Russia. Oilna and Japan, waa built by Russia and legally speaking belongs to Rnssla. Fur several years it has been managed by an Interallied board whose chair man Is John F. Stevens of America. Roth the United States and Japan have s|<ent large sums on the upkeep of the line. Secretary Hughes made public the main polnta of the agreement entered Into between the United States and Japan concerning Yap and the other Islands north of the equator assigned to Japan by the treaty of Versailles. It confers upon the United States equal privileges 'with Japan In ‘all those Islands but Imposes on It no obligations or resDonsibllltles. • DHITISH and French statesmen and financiers have not yet been ttble to come to anything like agreement com’emlng the German reparations: and from both countries come unoffi cial but insistent calls to America to take part In the discussions. The hope is expressed dally that Fresldenf Harding will call another conference to handle this problem and that of world finances generally. Meantime the senate finance committee Is fuss ing with the administration’s foreign loan refunding bill and trying to do things to It which Secretary of the Treasury Mellon does not like. He especially objected to a proposed pro- vlsleh requiring foreign nations' to make payments of Interest ^on their indebtedness to the United States semi-annually. He said this would seriously handicap negotiations for re funding the loans. NPKOVED QNVORU MTEKMATIONAL SundaySchool * Lesson ’ (By REV. F. B. FITZWATER. D. D-, Teacher of English Bible in ths Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) Copyright. 1111, Western Newapaper Unloa. LESSON FOR DECEMBER 25 YOU CANT TRUST CALOMELAT ALL ItYQuicksilver, Salivates, Causes Rheumatism and Bone Decay. THIN. FLAT HAIR GROWS LONG, THICK ..I -. • ' ~ AND ABUNDANT favored ratification, and they felt equally certain that If the question were referred to a plebiscite, as De Valera might ask, a large majority of the people of southern Ireland would vote for acceptance of the peace'terms. , The opposition In the British parlia ment was voiced in the house of lords hy Lord Edward Carson and In the commons hy Capt. Charles Craig, brother of the Ulster premier. Al ready the Ulster cabinet had sent word to London that lister would not enter the Irish Free State, and It protested bitterly against the making of an Ir ish agreement without Its consent. It charged that the treaty violates th« word of King George and Premier Lloyd George. In the Ulster note ex ception was taken also to the boun dary commission plan. It being con tended that to remove territory from any government without that govern ment's consent la without •precedent. Over here In America a lot of the professional Irish, like Justice Cohalan of New York, are wHdly denouncing the treaty. Just what they want us ,to do about It—whether to weep, or to declare war against England—they have not yet stated. f JNLER8 someone Intervenes. Chile and I’em are likely to have a war ovqe the long disputed territory of Tacna-Aiica. Technically a state at war has existed between them since the Peruvian assembly decreed the re- incorporation of Tacna-Aiica and Tar- ■pars In Peruvian territory. Now. though there are no diplomatic rela tions between the two countries. Chile has tnvlted Pent to take part In a plebiscite In the territory, and has In timated that If Peru declines. Chile's only alternative la to annex Tarna- Artca. No one expects Peru to accept the Invitation, and the government's organ. La I'renaa of Lima, character izes the Chilean note as “a gross In sult following the deportation of IVrovlana from the captured prov inces." This journal suggests arbi tration hy the United States as the !»est way out of the tangle. EPRE8ENTATIVK8 of 35.000 rail- ^ way maintenance of wfay and shop laborers met In New York and voted to reject any wage reduction pro posals and to appeal to the railway la bor hoard for Increases In pay. Two days later that board dealt the main tenance of way men a hard blow In new rules It promulgated. Under this decision time and a half rates are to be paid after the tenth hour of work Instead of after the eighth hour as un- tjer the old national working agree ment. The “basic" eight-hour day, however. Is reaffirmed; but 'the new rules allow the carriers and employees to mgke agreements for reduction of working hours below .eight to avoid making force reductions. The starting time of any shift, too, Is to be arranged by mutual understanding. This knocks out rigid hour stipulations In the- old agreement. T HE United Mine Worker* of Amer ica won a partial victory ,on Thursday when the United States Cir cuit Court of Appeals at Chicago found Judge Anderson of Indianapolis was In error In enjoining the operation of the “checkoff" system and remanded the case back to him for rehearing. This action of the Court of Appegls L was be lieved to have prevented a general strike of coal miners, already started in Indiana jand Illinois. ' jt Wives of the striking coal miners of Kansfes, followers the discredited and. expelled fiowat, were the leaders of mobs In the Pittsburg re^on which CHRISTMAS LESSON—THE VISIT OF THE WISE MEN. LESSON TEXT-Matt 1:1-12. GOLDEN TEXT—And when they had opened their treaMures they presented unto him gifts; gold and frankincense and myrrh.—Matt. 2:11. PRIMARY TOPIC—Wise Men Visit ths Baby Jesus. JUNIOR TOPIC—The Wise Men and the Star INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC —The First Christmas. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TffPIC —The Most Joyous Day In ths Year. 1. Ths King Earnestly Sought (vv. 1. 2). These Wise Men who sought Jesus were either Arabian or Persian as trologers—students of the stars, The appearance of an unusual star at tracted their attention. Perhaps they were acquainted with the famous prophecy of Balaam (Num. 24:17). Doubtless through the intluence of the Jews who remained In Chaldea, or the direct Influence of Daniel extending to this time, they had become ue*. qnainted with the hoj»e of a Messiah. The light they had was dim, but they lived up to the liest they had. To those who act uistii the best light they have, God always gives more. To those who refuse to act upon the knowledge given, G<*d not only re fuses to give more, hut brings Into confusion that which they already pos>es8 (Matt. 25:28). These men were really wise. Let us learn from them: a 1. That all true wisdom leads to the Savior, for He Is the Logos—the fulnessAof wisdom. 2. That God’s Word shall not return I unto him void (Isa. 55:11). The seed* cast upon the waters of the East brought forth fruit after many days. | No work done for the Lord eventually fills. S. The grace of God calls men from unexpected quarters. Some who have the least opportunities give the great est honors to Christ; while others, blessed with the richest opportunities, shut Him out II. Hsrod tasking th Kill the King (r» S-8). The news brought by the Wise Men struck terror to Herod’s heart. He was not alone In this, for all Jerusalem was troubled with him. The news ought to have brought Joy. A gllmiwe at the social rustoms In and about Jerusalem at that day will enable us to understand why this news brought uneasiness to the iwople. They were living In the greatest luxury. Fine dresses, sumptuous feasts, fine houses, etc., led to gross Immoralities. They did not want a Savior who would save them from their sine-—they wanted to continue' In them. Herod demanded of the priests aqd scribes Information as to where Christ should be bom. 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Take a spoonful and If It doesn't start your liver and straighten you up better and quicker than nasty calomel and without making you sick, you just go back and get your money. Don't take calomel! It can not be trusted any more than a leopard or a wild-cat. Take Dodson’s Liver Tone w’hlch straightens you right up and makes you feel fine. No salts neces sary. Give It to the children because It Is perfectly haqrhless and can not salivate.—Advertisement CHOICE BETWEEN TWO LOVES “D«»- halr growing all over the scalp, derfne" Is to the hair what showers of rain and sunshine are vegetation. It goes right lo the invigorates and strengthens This delightful, stimulating tonlr helps thin, lifeless, faded hair to grow long, thick, heavy and luxuriant.— vertlsement, ’ ' * DIFFERENT, OFF THE STAGE Master Crook Had to Seek Ordinary Mortal to Perform What Would Seem Simple Taik. Ptirohnm Drake, the world-fnmotv film vl htlr, had bad a very busy rtny at the studios. In the iterfonuanoe of [tart nlnefMt of "The Master Crook" he bad dqftly rut often with his ele« trie saw flm V C*n One WontUr That Malvina Tur tledove Hesitated When It Came • lo -a' Showdown? Malvina Turtle ueeped bltter .J ^MnMe a:,fes. masteretl swiftly ly. Those dear, bright blue eyes were I "**•*«* of nine mm in danger of being washed . learer and " 1 nd ,!l! h " a ' ha ' 1 bluer still I ^ oc * h * ,, P rt,M>n ‘"•H- She was In loye? Then she dressed hurriedly. In prep aration for Jack's expected visit. Promptly at eight he arrived. “Jack," she breathed, "I am ao wor ried " f • "My pet. my angel, what la ItT* asked Jack. In great cum-qrn. "1 have got to give one of you up, and I don't know which I love best. Can't I—" the maiden wept. ••No!" returned Jack, determinedly. “Ton must choose between us—he or ir "Jack," she wept, "show me some r.v»rcv *" But he showed her none, and ao, with a last look of love, Malvina threw her Pomeranian. Bob. out of the window and said: "Jack, I am youra!" I MOTHER! MOVE CHILD’S BOWELS WITH And now, his day's work flnl ' he breathed a »>gh of relief an I alighted from Ids car and reached door of his fiat. I It was locked. Anxiously he searched every ! of his clothes for the latchkey, fa -d to unearth It. "Here's a fix!" be groaned. After anodier ra!n search Master Crook walked around to nearest I<m ksmlth's shop, fluag a ; bill Into the counter and ! unshaven man tn charge to j open hta “blessed" doort ATTORNEY SURELY A WONDEH But Old Hava Darky's AdmI rattan ths ClrcumctaneM. Hurry, mother! Even a alck child loves the ‘fruity" taste of "California Fig Syrup" and It never falls to open the bowels. A tea spoonful today may prevent a sick child tomorrow. If con- «tpated, bilious, feverish, fretful, has cold, colic, or If stomach la sour, IPR| B I I tongue costed, breath bad. remember a him. These people hail a technical ^ood cleansing of the 11(1!# bowels le B OTH the British parliament and the Dail Elrefinhi the “peasant parlia ment" of Ireland, met last week to receive the reports of the peace dele gates and to act on the treaty they drew Up* The British lawmakers were urged both by the king and Premier Lloyd George to ratify the treaty and, despite the opposition qf a few “die- hMOV, MW. tk* (tmnliy would do so. In Dublin the agreement was not having quite so r £m.QOth a path. From the outset De-'Valera made plain his opposition,’if not to t^ whole treaty, at least to certain of Its provisions, and he accused the Irish delegates of- exceeding their powers in signing it before submitting It to the '‘•tall cabinet. -Collin* and Griffith, leaders of the treaty sup[>orter*. vigorously upheld their action and tlie debate be- rauie so warm that the daU went Into secret session to settle that p<ont, with (lie understanding that the dt>4ie on tLe acceptance of the treat) should lie public. Observers acre -cunfi'leot ibat a tusjurltjr of the dail fiercely attacked miners who wished to work and raised such trouble gene that state troops were sent there. G OVEBNOB HABDING of the fed eral reserve board, whose annual report was made public last week. Is fairly optimistic. He says basic busi ness and financial conditions through out the country have Improved greatly daring the past year, though normalcy Is yet to be attained. "Until the purchasing power, of the farmer Improve*.” he continued. “It will, of course, be Idle to took tor any rapid or'substantial improvement In d<*ar«tlr trade. J think, however, that the outlook for the farmers la hupefuL" knowledge of the Scriptures, but had no heart for the Savior set forth therein. They had no disposition to seek Him. This all occurred In Jeru salem, the city of the King—the place of all pUces where He shoultf have been welcomed. It seems where the greatest privileges are, there Is the greatest Indifference shown as to spiritual matters. . III. 'i he King Found (vv. 9-12). The Wise Men having obtained the de sired Information, started Immediately to find the King. As soon as they left the city, the star which had guided them from the East appeared again to lead them on. Not that it had disappeared from the sky. but the dwellings of the city, .no doubt, shut out the sight of It. Oftentimes our spiritual vision Is obscured or bidden by the things of this world. The star guided them to the place where the Christ was. Those who earnestly seek Jesus shall find Him, though all hell oppose. Wh^n they found Him they worshiped Him. In this they displayed true faith. They did not see any miracles, only a babe, yet they worshiped Him as King. “Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed” (John 20:29). Note God’s overruling proyidence in all this. Many hundred years before, the prophet said that Christ should come from Bethlehem (Mleah 5:2). God so ordered affairs that Mary should h« brought to that city to give birth to Christ. God so ordered that these men should depart another way, there by defeating Herod’s wicked purpose. The Lord put gifts Into the hands of Joseph and Mary before going to Egypt. Doubtless this served a good purpose In meeting their expenses dar ing their stay there. Truly “All things work together for good to them that love God:" (Rom. 8:28). Dedicating the Wall of Jerusalem. Aqd at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levltes out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings anc with kinging, with cymbals, psalter!** and with harps.— Xeheinlah 12:2T, They Rebel Against the Lord. Neither aay they In their beqrt. I^ei w now fear the Lord doe God. that ftveth rata la hie araaoa; he rfarfreth tbs appointed weeks * tfti 531 In Alabama they tell at a | In* attorney who was so uni successful with his rases that ha be came both the terror of evil-deaf tm the vicinity and the admiration at a^ CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP , * ,, rw<’iany the dusky portiun of tw population. Upon his withdrawal from offlre bw was at once sought out by than* (barged with crime. Much to his 41^ gust, the Brat taro ruses that be 4r- fended resulted in the ronxlrtlen off his clients. An sged darky, named Jam Clinton, who bad watched his pr tlons with wonder and who on with equal amazement now he ducted the defense, met the Just after his second defeat. "Mlstah Cal." said the eld chap, awed tone*, "yo' shore Is a No matter which side you is on, gwes to the pen Just the same."- waukee Sentinel. often all that Is necessary. Ask your druggist for genuine "Cali fornia Fig Syrup" which has directions for babies and children of all ages printed on bottle.- Mother! You must aay '‘California’ or you may get aa 1 mltation fig syrup.—AdvertIsemenL Fin* Eyas. A young woman og Baltimore re- •ently visited an ol.l elMim In Wash ington whose husband she had ne\*w met. “You told me,” said the Balti more girl one afternoon, “that your husband bad such fine eyes; but really f haven’t found it co." "Haven’t you Y' said the other. Must wait until the milliner’s girl -omes with my new hat and the bill." A Lessor to Him. Rafferty borer ten feet Into a mln- ng claim and then abandoned It. An- .Iier took It up and at 11 fOet struck ,:old. When Rafferty heard the nown ifC exclaimed: "i'll never leave anoth er claim tint!! I’ve gone a foot fur ther !"—Life. No Labor Bavsr. A traveling man was eating fas stuffy little restaurant one very I day w»hcre there were no screens windows or doors. The proprietn herself waited on her customers a “shooed" files from the table while < Ing so. Her energetic hut vain attracted the attention and roused sympathy of the traveling man, said: “Wouldn’t It he better to have windows and the door screened F* “Well, yes, I suppose that w< help some,” she''replied, after a raent’s reflection, “but don’t you ti It w6hld look kinder lazylike?"—] per’s Magazine. Give a woman half a chance and i will proceed to boast of her Never say “Aspirin” without saying “Bayer.” WARNING! 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