FEBRUARY 1, 1924, THE DAILY Y BRITISH WHIG Cold -- All Yield to Dr. Hickey's Treatment The Speedy Relief © For All Coughs The chest rub for all heavy chest colds and congestion. THE SPEEDY COLD CAPSULES for head colds and all forms of Grippe. Each 25c. or 75c¢. for full treatment. L. T. Best i. Phone 59. El, SL CC Geo. A. Bateman Removed to 111% Brock St. Right on the main trail. REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE and CUSTOMS BROKERAGE HIRAI HALF PRICE We are offering abouc 10 dozen Forks and a few dozen other pieces, such as | Spoons, Butter Spreaders, etc., at this attractive ! discount, | This Flatware is in one of the Best | Standard Makes of Silver Plate, the range of which has | become broken. Each piece is fully guaranteed. This is a real opporttin- {| ity for any one needing such articles, particularly hotels or boarding houses. . Happy Thought Ranges Have Given Satisfaction ~ For FIFTY YEARS; Get One Now and have the satis- faction others have had. McKelvey & Birch, Limi General Contractors, Heating Specialists, "Jobbars of Plumbers' and Gas-Fitters' Supplies, Stoves, _ and Heuse Furnishing Hardware, Tools, Ofls, Ber: Supplies, Sheet Metal and Tin Work; Electric work; Painting and Paper Hanging. Special werk of all kinds undertaken. 7 ed Steam Fitters and Plumbers, Shelf, Heavy Uncle 8am Inquiring miton Spectator. understand the United States' to the League of Nations le has to understand United States ty politics. In order to beat sident Wilson in a presidential tion it was necessary to damn jo League of Nations, and Senator ge accordingly damned it. Now at President Wilson is beaten, in fder to save his face and comport imself with consistency Senator ge must continue to damn the ne of Nations and accordingly so. Party politics have a way swinging from the east to the and from the north to the uth and whenever the electorate pover that they have been bam- igled in any. fashion they swing decidedly than ever. Coun- tly the League of Nations fis no means a lost cause in. the ited States. More and' 'more ople are coming to know about it . and those who know are en- Mslastic over its success and its ical operations. A strong sup 'has been discovered for jt in tively unexpected quarter, and cidents attending thig discov indicate what powerful assist- ay develop for it before long. » Who retired recently from Ceditorship of the Ladies' Home r having idle hasds, as no it Senator Lodge reflected, e mischief to do and of- large sum as a prize for the osal towards attaining the peace. A committee has the prize to a plan which Illy the recognition of the of Nations, and Senator kis friends are thorough- and have' begun to 'Bok, there being no other it of that x it enables the people to Flin some reliable information about the League of Nations. - Nations Co-Operating. The newspapers are being filled with accounts of the successful ac- tivities of the icague, and the splen- | did organization of 54 nations which it has brought together; and maps showing that Russia and Siberia, the United States and its dependencies, Germany, Turkey, Egypt, Ecuador, the Dominican republic and Mexico are the only countries outside its muster, Doubtless there was a similar assembly that jeered when Noah 'was constructing the Ark but those who got inside laughed long- est. It may be so in this case, and those with the will for fellowship, who try to put it in practice, who, at least, make an honest effort, can afford to ignore the opposition of those who desire to do nothing and who, by what at least is apathy, have delayed the long-hoped-for federation of the world. It is being realized that if the plan of a world court is right, then the League of Nations cannot be wrong. It is membership in the world court that 1s involved in the Bok peace pro- posal, but the one largely depends upon the other, and so discussion of the league arises naturally. Pro- fessor Manley O. Hudson, Bemis pro- fessor of law at Harvard waiver, has heen drawn into a discussion of the league after a session of the schobl of polities of the Massachu- setts League of Women Voters at Radcliffe Oollege. He recognized 'that the league and the world court had entirely separate functions. "The purpose of the court is to try cases by law. I am a lawyer my- beri and I realize, therefore, what a wide range of human problems is outside the legal sphere. Of the two roganizations, the league is, I believe, the move vital, for it pro- vides a means of nations getting to- College Dispu.es and Fights. It wag common for students ou. the Middle Ages to wear daggers or swords at their' sides. Some of them were wild feildws. They did not care much about learning They spent most of their time gambling, drinking and having a general 'good time." What do you suppose the daggers and swords were for? German students of filghts with the townsmen. At Oxfo.d, Cambridge, Paris, Cologne and other university places, many persons lived besides the students. They were often in quarrels with boisterous fellows who went to the universities. Sometimes, the students quarrel- ed amongst themselves. At Ox- ford, there was a hot fued between Irish and Scotch students. In an effort to put an end to the fighting, Oxford dectded to impose fines. Any student who strucw with his fist was to be fined four shillings, for striking with stone or | clubs, the fine was six shillings an? | eight pence. The fine was ten shill- ings for striking with a dagger, | sword or ax, | The head men of Oxford was cal- Ans | gether around a table to settle their disputes." Distrust'ng the Judges. % Proféssor Hudson believed that both bodies are needed, however, and that United States membership In the world court was a step in the | right direction. Part of the in- | credulity of the United States people is explained by the objection, aris- ing out of their own experience pol- itically, which leads them to distrust { all kinds of officials. '""Are not the judges of the court paid for by the League of Nations and pensioned by | the league and, therefore, incapable | of making any but league deci- { slons?"" / That is the kind of men- tality the United States objectors {to the League of Nations have cul- tivated. That is an illuminating glimpse of United States psychology. That enables us te see why law and | order is so lightly esteemed by a large percentage of the citizens of | the republic. They have not been able to conceive of a judiciary which { would be absolutely independent {and who could give their decisions | no otherwise than in harmony with { the highest ideals and traditions of ! justice and 'equity. Professor Hud- | son explained that the judges of the | world court are paid for by the na- ! tions which are members of the } ours and pensioned by those na- | rtions. They use the machinery of the league to handle these funds, { but there is no 'reason to suppose that the judges would have any more regard for the opinion of any one -or more of the nations in the league than of the otter. They are there to do justice and they are guaranteed entire freedom from any kind of interference or restraint. 'As Professor Hudson said why hshould ther; be any more reasor to |'suspect them of partiality than the judges at Washing- by the United | | | { | supreme court lton who are paid State treasury? rir Publicity Secured, Only Turkey and Germany of the warring enemy nations remain out- side the league and Turkey has agreed to come in. All the states of Asia are in but Turkey and Af- ghanistan. All of Africa except Egypt Is in, and all of South America except Ecuador, so Senator Lodge's objection that ~it was a European league is rather stupid. The league is a public body. The fight for publicity wag carried on by the Jeague itself. The minutes of all meetings, public, private, or se- eret, are made public immediately. The. actual deeds of the league would take columns to detail. Five hundred treaties have been regis- tered by it in the jast foyr years. It has done much for the codiilca- tion of international law, The special commissions that have been organized under it are of impor- tant assistance to bradches of gov- ernmental activity which have never ditions hitherto without some such organization. The oplum commis sion, the white slave traffic com- mission, the health commission, the 'commission on the reduction of. armaments, the economic commis. sion, are all doing splendid service. The health commission may be mentioned for its special success, so great indeed that even the United States and Soviet Russia are co-op- erating with it informally. Treaties «By dincle Ray Chiefly for|- been able to attack the existing con- | The made with the United States are] 16u Lae Cuauv...or. He acted as the judge when students or teachers e: [i] into trouble. One time there was a dispute be- 1 tween Sir Thomas Lancesier,- wa | had many students in his charge | and John Merton, a teacher. The wife of Merton was also in the dis- pute, on the side of her husband. ! Lancaster was backed by a certain | Simon Marshall, Instead to going to law, those! the Middle Ages. four tried to have the quarrel =er-| tiled peacefully. One of the chief men of the university heard their | cases and decided: "You shall agree not to go 10 law about this case. Neither shall you | strike one another, or use words of | abuse, or make faces. 'Instead of doing any such things, you shall have a party to- gether, One side must supply un | goose and some wine. The other must bring bread and beer." | When students lived fogéther in | halls or 'dormitories' there was! likely/ to be a 'good deal of nolse- | making. Sometimes, a disorderly | student was put on bread and wat- | er. In other cases, he was punished | by having a Bible read aloud to him | while he ate} , tiong by the other parties to the! treaties. Uncle 'Sam has to be; treated like a big boy. Meanwhile the Bok plan excites plenty of val- | ueble discussion about the league, | and if it should be adopted and the United States enter the world court, the principle 6f the League of Na- | tions has been accepted. MRS. JOHN DONALDSON. Made A Life Member of the W. M. S. At Sand Hill, Sand Hill, Jan. 30.--The recent thaw has made the most of the] country roads passable for cars. The ' friends of Mrs. R. E. Acton are glad to see her able to be around again. The Ladies' Aid and Missionary So- c'ety met in the basement of = the church on Tuesday last with a igood attendance. The 'pleasing event of the afternoon was the making of Mrs. John Donaldson a life member of the W.M.8. Rev. Mr. Lancaster gave a very suitable address while Mrs. John Carey, president of the society, presented the pin. A wee! g'rl has come to stay at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Woods. Miss | Blythe Battams has returned after visiting Miss Isabelle Greenlees. Miss Gladys McBroom has returned to her duties after spending the week-end at her home, The Four- Square Club intend holding a box social in the near future. | | | INVITATION TO PRINCE. 7 ---- Johannesburg Laborites Objected to Sum to Be t. Johannesburg, Feb. 1.--The Jo- hannesburg town council, after an all-night sitting, accepted a resolu- tion to invite the Prince of Wales to be the guest of the council during his stay in Johannesburg, and auth- orizea the expenditure of £7,500. The Labor members opposed spend-| ing so large a sum on festivities and moved amendments to spend only half that amount, giving the other half to the unemployed and also to devote £4,500 to a permanent me- morial.in the form of a PROBS: +--Saturday, lotal snow flurries, not much change in temperature. 7== a: Saturday at Steacy's Some very Special Bargain features that should make in- stant appeal because of their quality and exceptionally low pric- _ Men's Negligee Shirts Regular $2.00 to $3.50 each. 0 satis $1.29 150 a Forsythe, Tooke and Gordon Shirts -- made of fine English Percales, Balloon Cloth and Madras. Odd sizes and broken lines--re-priced for an immediate clearance. MEN'S FLEECE-LINED UNDERWEAR SALE PRICE . ... 75c. Each 150 Penman's Fleece-lined Shirts and Drawers, in sizes 34 to 44. Sold regularly at $1.00 and $1.25 a garment. All first quality. MEN'S FLANNELETTE PYJAMAS SALE PRICE $1.79 100 Suits Men's White Flan- nelette Pyjamas with White Silk Frogs--full sizes -- and special values at $2.50 and $2.75 a Suit. Novelty Wool Crepe Skirts Regular $7.50 each." Pee 490 Price 48 only, All-Wool Crepe Skirts in the latest novelty pleats. The colors are Cocoa, Sand, Grey and Brown. The sizes range from 25 to 30 waist. WOOL GLOVES Reg. 85c. to $1 pair. Sale Price ........ 69c. pair 25 doz. Gauntlet and Wrist Length Gloves in colors Hea- ther, Fawn, Black and Brown. Re-priced for a quick clean-up. Sizes 6 to 7 only. KNITTING WOOL At 10c. Ball 150 balls Monarch Floss and Dove--full | oz. each: in colors Black, Flamingo and Rose -- regular 25c. ball. At 25¢. Ball 60 balls Eskimo Angora Wool --QGrey only--to clear.' Reg. 60c, a ball. and jeered at their opponents. Fin- ally the mayor ordered the gallery to be Cleared. Sydenham News Budget, Sydenham, Jan. 31.--Pedple are busy now putting in their supply of ice for mext summer. A box social and dance was held in the township 'hall on Friday evening in aid of the hockey team and a very enjoyable evening spemt. The game to have been played here on Saturday did not materialize owing to the extreme cold. Rev. Mr. Brown, Elgin, preach. ed in the Methodist church on Sun- day mornjog and evening. Rev. Mr. Holl Toronto, days the guest of Mrs. P. berts recently. William Griffith sola registered with the League of Na- New York Hats Regular $8.50 to $12.50 We have just received another consign- ment of beautiful, new, Spring Hats-- a wonderful range of shapes and colors --trimmed to-morrow | ready to wear. See them 2 o =