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After them take : « Asaya-Neurall ~ ""N vom Exhand FOR which contains Léeithin (con- denteated from eggs), the form has something in reserve for an emergency. That is . what makes him, or heips make him, one of the most perplex- ing' personalities in a perplexing Ministry. It makes him also a very interesting study, says G. W. Smalley in a recent article. . 1 have tried sev- eral times to sketch him. There are Salient features and traits which do not change; which are individual, permanent, indestructible. At what- ever angle you see the face it Is clear cut, eagle-like; the face of a man, in these days inestimable, who is capable of making up his mind and of making up other people's minds. And yet before my sketch is a week or a month old I want to tear it up and begin again; as I am doing now. 1 suppose there may be, at the mo- ment and for the moment, in Ameri- Ca a certain regret, or perhaps resent- ment, at Sir Edward Grey's new atti- tude and new firmness of speech. It is not a point I am going to argue, but I should like to make two re- marks: First, what would you think of a British Minister who in a con- troversy with any gther- Power did hot fy the British flag and nail it to the m Second, it is not disputed in America that Sir Edward Grey's diplomacy with the United States has been patient in tone and conciliatory in matters not vital to the defence of British policy" What sort of thanks did he get for it from us? We have kept on saying: 'Yes, but polite 8| are not what we are after. Deliver the goods." It was an answer which showed two sides of us. We have our own standard of diplomatic punetilio, which diplomatists bred in European traditions sometimes think a little abrupt. We have alao a respect for results. It is results we want. I put that to you as a eurt summary of a European view which has perhaps been expressed too freely in the ground for what I am going to say of the Sir Edward Grey whose unex- pected attitude in a recent speech captivated the House of Commons. It is the fashion, except in Ger- many, to think or speak of Sir Ed- Grey as an apostle of peace. But there have been very sharp curves in his career. The sharpest of all was on that memorable night of August 3, 1914, when he stated to the House of Commons what he had done and tried to do for peace. He had shrunk from no step. Since the tragedy at Sarajevo he had interven- ed at each moment. He bad appealed to Germany, to Austria, and, after she had avowed herself the champion of Serb interests--to Russia. He had exhausted every means. - Long after it had become plain that Germany Waa resolved on war and that Austeia was obly the pretext and tool, he per: severed. He had secured an agree- ment for France to respect the meu- trality of Belgium, shattering at a blow Germany's sole pretest for vio- lating it. Not till Germany made her "infamoys proposal" to England to join with her in trampling on the freedom of Belgium, which both had sworn to protect, did Grey desist. The history of his unremitting ef- fo! to keep on terms with the Neu- tral Powers in respect of blockade might be written in much the same way. He has borne much and asked his country to bear much. There grew up in England a feeling that his to America went too far and yet bore no fruit. A suggestion Was sometimes heard froma the United States that we had only to press a point and Grey would give in, a suggestion which did him injustice and was injurious to us both. But here again comes in the personal ele- ment. = Long before the war began or was thought unavoidable, Sir Ed- ward Grey had accustomed himself to approach questions affecting belli- gerents and neutrals from the neu- tral point of view. During all the negotiations which brought about that unhappy Declaration of London, he conceived of England as a Neutral Power. On that theory was that De- claration framed. The House of Lords, with the broad patriotism which often distinguished it in for- eign affairs, had rejected it. On what theory the Government revived de- clared it, with specified exceptions, in force, bas never been explained. 1 rather imagine the only explanation te psychological. Even in a war complete victory, the ghosts of his theories of neutrality stil hovered about. Is it then a wonder that he was accused of crippling the Navy? He denied it. He was expected to de- vote his speeck of Wednesday to clearing himself of that charge. He touched on if, denied It again, ex- plained certain incidents and reaf- firmed the solidarity existing be tween the Navy and the Foreign Of- fice, Mr. Balfour, as First Lord /of the Admiralty, sitting by and' 4p- planding sentenco by sentence. n this was prettily stage-managed, but not quite convincing. Sir Edward must have felt he was making little headway. 1 touch on the debate only 80 far as it helps explain Sir Edward, who is perhaps at this moment better worth understanding tham anybody else, since it is he with whom' we are first of all in contact; and he who holds\in his hands as Foreign Min- ister conduct of tho discuggion which Mr. 'Wilson never ceases to press and press and press upon' Central Powers. Rather than waste time arguing, a wise man will let a fool have his | own way, A schoolboy wants to know how 3 To European press. 1 need it as a back-1{ which Grey was for conducting to al. land in ber death-struggle with the) WARY Square rods iE ue to make gy + pm emi ben SAILORS DREAD JONAHS, SMASHED THINGS UP. vi They Draw Only One Moral From the Exploits of a British Submarine in Biblical Story. There is still firm belief in Jonahs i at sea... Recently a sailor, who was | prosecuted for failing to join a Brit- Sea of Marmora. Daring exploits in the Sea of Mar- mora that threw the Turks into a transpo d In frst-class panic are broezily describ- excuse that he was port: ahaaded In jed in a letter from a member of the generally as Jonah, and that the sail- | ¢TéW, Who Is now a prisoner in Con- on the to throw him overboard if he did it superstition ever could 1 they had some reason for 'This sailor had served on the Titanic and the Empress of Ireland, both of which were wrecked, and on the Lusitania and Florizan, both of which were torpedoed. ! It seems a pity that sailors should ow the story of the prophet Jonah, since they get only one moral from it. The Book was certainly not writ- ten to Instruct seamen how to desl | with Jonahs, Yet it is unfortunately the only moral which sailors seem to draw, Jonah is probably the character best known to them in the Old Testament, and what they know about him is that he caused bad weather through hig own fault, and was very properly dealt with by his fellow voyagers. They forgot, if they ever knew, that the sailors cast lots to discover who was the cause of the bad weather and that lot fell upon Jonah. Thé Jonahs of modern times are not discovered by such means, nor do they ask to be thrown overboard. They are assumed to be Jonahs be- cause they have been uncommonly unfortunate. Perhaps they are pitied as well as shunned for their misfor- tune, but have done something to deserve them, and then the super- stitious fear of their fellows becomes cruel. The worst of it is that a Jonah may himself share the superstition and may be unnerved by the thought that he is marked out for misfortune, But even landsmen who believe themselves free of superstition are apt to be intimidated by a run of ill luck. It unnerves them, and the wisest of us, if unnerved, are\prone to superstition. If there were no such tale in the Bible, sailors would believe in Jonahs under another name or under no name at all. They would think that there was some reason fora run of ill luck and that it must continue unless by some means the curse, whatever it may be, is removed. The worst of superstitious tales is that they are often true, that men do have extraordinary runs of ill luck in Jife as at cards. The superstition lies the conclusions tuat are drawn run of ill luck is against the average, and sooner or later the average will right itself. Superstition always suggests that there is something wrong. That is the devilish cunning of our animal fears, and the only way to frustrate it is to'be against superstition alto- gether, in small things as in great-- in fact, to cultivate an almost irra- tional unbelief in all superstitious tales. We need to be almost superstitious in our fear of superstition, as a re- formed drunkard needs to avoid More Boy Babies Born, The proportion of boy babies born in England and Wales during 1915 was the largest since 1844, appar- ently confirming a popular belief that more males are born during war Sao For the quarter consisting of July, August, and September, 1915, the propertion of male births to fe- male was 1,055 to 1,000 in 1844, the ratio was 1,064 to 1,000. The ratio of boy babies to girl has been inereasing with every quarter. In the first quarter of 1915 the pro- portion was 1,032 males to 1,000 fe- males, in the second quarter 1,043 to 1,000, and in the third quarter 1,055 to 1,000. Science can give no explanation of this phenomenon, contenting _ itself with declaring that thére prob#bly is some natural law at present hidden from us which is responsible. A Royal Pianist. The best Royal pianist is probably Princess Victoria, who so often plays to her mother, Queen Alexandra. The piano used at Marlborough House by instrument, "Victoria, 1895." bearing the inscription, ¥ § i i ; ; j i { transport bad threatened | stantinople. } them. For in life as in cards a | | He says: "It is hopeless to try and give you n detailpd account of it in a letter, but you ean take it from me it was a fine show, We broke all previous records. (Cochrane (the commander) was simply splendid. He went round the Sea of Marmora, leaving a trail of sunken and burning ships, We fairly shook things to the core, y "We are the first submarine in history to bombard a place on shore under fire. I think we were under fire about three times a day on an average We penetrated into all sorts of places, destroying shipping. We even shelled a railway and destroyed two troop trains. We shelled the em- bankment, blocked the line, and then caught the trains as they came along. "It was the funniest thing you can imagine to see the trains trying to hide behind the trees, but we caught them and smashed them all to blazes. Three amm ion wagons blew up with a terrible explosion. The soi- diers, of course, got out and took cover and fired tons of ammunition at us, but we were out of range. Alto- gether we sank: : * "One gunboat. "Five steamers tons.) 'Seventeen large sailing vessels. 'We destroyed two trains, one railway embankment, and & few who fired on us got it in the neck for do- Ing so. We also dived up to Con- stantinople and fired a torpedo at the wharf and arsemal where there (one of -3,000 ! were a lot of ammunition lighters. There was a most terrific explosion which shook the boat, although we were one and a quarter miles away. "We had a small duel with a gun- boat one day on the surface, but drove her off, although she fired about 200 rounds from her two guns. Afterwards we were left alone, and everything ran like blazes when we appeared anywhere. The only draw- back was that we all had dysentery. "Two men nearly died, and Halli- fax, the second officer, and a seaman got badly burnt setting fire to a steamer, and so Cochrane and I had to keep watch all the time, and by the time the twenty-four days were up we were absolutely done up. What Hallifax went through down below, suffering agonies for three weeks with bis burnt feet, I don't know. It must have been hell. "Poor fellow, we had no trouble going up, but when we came down we had an awful time, as the Turks had rigged up all sorts of nets and things to catch us, and we got mixed up in them, and also got foul of mines three times. "The reception we got when we steamed into harbor, where ' the French and English fleets and the troopships were lying, was great. 1. was so affected that I nearly shed tears. Everyone manned the rails and cheered us madly.. I have never beard anything so fine. Just imagine us all dirty and upshaven, and the flag with bullet-holés all over it, and the conning-tower all dents from bul- lets and rusty, steaming through the lines and thousands of men cheerimg like thad. Battleships, cruisers, torpedo-boats and transporis--everyone along the rails, with the captains leading the cheers. Oh, it was great. Poor old Cochraine's eyes were full of tears as he saluted in reply. Then the wild howls of 'Are we downheartéd?' and 'Well done, E7!" It was wonderful. I have always said that if we only got the chance we would do some- thing--and we did." + Why an Alias? One afternoon when the Duke of Edinburgh and Sir Arthur Sullivan, having finished a duet, were sitting down to a homely 'dish of tea" pro- vided by Mrs. Sullivan, the com- poser's mothier, it suddenly oteurred to her to start the subject of family names and titles, which puszled the | good lady considerably. her Royal Highness is a magnificent | from Papa gud Mamma, ! | lent old lady musingly. { have adapted themselves to | of things are the "Sir," she said, 'your family name is Guelph.'® By "My dear mother"--began Arthur, "But it is, isn't-it?"' she persisted. "Certainly," replied ibe duke, much amused. "What's the matter with it, Mrs. Sullivan?" 'Oh, nothing," returned the excel- "Only 1 can't understand why you don't call yourself by your proper name." Arthur wanted to explain to her, but the duke would not allow him to. "There's nothing to be ashamed of in the name of Guelph, Mrs." Sulli- van," he said gravely. "That's exactly what I say," per- sisted Arthur's mother; "nothing whatever as far as I know, and, that being so, why you should mot call yourself by it I can't understand." -- F. C. Burnand's "Records and Rem- iniscences." Work for 200,000 Refugees, More than?200,000 Belgian refu- gees have found shelter in England ! since the invasion of their country by she | the Germans and have settled down. Many of them have been absorbed in British industries. * While the business of taking eare of this great number of refugees proved a great puzzle to the authori 'ties at thd beginning of the war, it is; now being dealt with _ in complete manner and "the homes which had been opened in var- fous parts of the country for the fugitives from Belgium are being rapidly closed down. sig C18 Most difficult to fit into the scheme ) tet lawyers, artists, architects, ete. - certain proportion of these, And many a man has Tost his thou- Sanda through pursuing another hun- red. When a man is down his enemies stop kicking him and his friends be- i ¢ » FINANCIAL MATTERS x fis Cl ---- The Dn Pont Profits Have Been Very Great dq Néw York, March 31.--1It has been many a day since Wall street has gazed upon anything so pictu; as the profits of the du Pont , for | 1915. FR is only necessary .to state that the du Pont de Nemours Co., earned $5,603,153 net in 1914. against $57,840,768 in the fiscal 12 months to December 31st last, to ap- preégiate how extraordinary has be- come the nature of this company's business. Du Pont had been a prosperous enough concen up to the advent of war, but it was not especially in the public eye, and its management was not regarded in financial circles as Possessed of much more than a mediocre ability. Da Pont earned 94.3 per cent. on its $58,854,200 common. In the late fiscal year, against 6.8 per cent. on the same amount of stock for the previous year, although the amount actually outstanding then was but $29,428, 708. Maple Leat Dividend. Toronto, March 31.--The Maple Léat. Milling Company has declared an' 8 per cent, dividend and 3 per cent. bonus on common stock. This' is the company's initial dividend. Winnipeg Electric Dividend Passed Winnipeg, March 31.--The Winni- peg Electric Railway Co. announced, that the Board of Directors had de- cided to pass the April quarter]y di- vidend. 'This came as a surprise, as It was expected the dividend rate of six per cent, per annum would be de- clared. > Things Look Good. Montreal, March 31.--To the ac- companiment of reports that the company will have net earnings of approximately a million to its credit by the time navigation op the lakes opens, Steamships common sold at | 18% to 19, and closed strong at the best' price, while the preferred ad- vanced a half from the opening of 78, and closed at 78%, making the net gain three-quarters. These earn- ings will be so much "cream" to the company, being from the boats on the Atlantic, a comparatively new | source of revenue. The general im- | pression in the Street is that share- | holders will receiva at least ten per cent. in dividends during the year. To Increase Dividends? New York, March 31.--There are! good reasons for believing that West- | inghouse Electric stock is again be- | ing picked up for account of impor- | tant financial intevagts close to mem- bers of the derectorate, who are fav- 'orable to the payment of a higher di- vidend rate. _ Commercial Notes, At the annual meeting of the Unit- ed States Rubber Company, Edgar B. Davis was added to the board of di rectors. Gross profits of $169.905 are shown in the report of Hollinger Gold Mines for the four weeks end- ing February 26th. The E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co. has acquired 3,000 acres of land on York River, near Yorktown, Va., on which a dynamite plant will be built. Gross earnings of United States railroads making weekly returns to Dun's Reyiew continue to reflect con- siderable business activity in au parts of the country, Montreal Power dividend was in- creased to 6 per cent. in Auguse, 1907, to 7 per cent. in August, 1908, | to 8 per cent. in 1911, to 9 per cen. in May, 1912, and to 10 per cent, In 1913--next? Directors of the National Steel Car Company have decided to pay the dividend of 7 per cent. on the | preferred stock fo the current year | and to leave the matter of the defer- | red dividends in abeyance for the! time. Earnings of the Montreal Light, Heat and Power Company for the | month of February make one of the | best showings for the present fiscal | year. 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