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Â¥ men Force ; r Generation Modern Met e Versus Youu,” n British Business Methods a Reluchn' i to ._Adom *€ 1 reply that long before of and that Or supremâ€" The older ©pposed to siness men d tel them in The than any. 0 survive £ fatherg itably a ‘conomic ‘loyment ? to her ds. But they are * result 00d, adâ€" Erap Eng!..‘ ® SUC en i me ind Mor» ind ved What is regarded as certain, howâ€" ever, is that communication both by road and telegraph between Kabul and Kandahar has been completely reâ€" stored, and the raising of one man in eight to serve as levies is going on over the area with a view to strengthâ€" ening the forces with which the King hopes to take the fileld against the Bhinwaris in the spring when ml anow meits in the mountain passes, They are understood definitely to include such steps to orthodoxy as the elosing of girls‘ schools in Kabul, also reversion to the observation of Friday instead of Thursday as the official Sabbath, and the formation of a counâ€" cll on which the mullahs (Mulhamâ€" madan priests) as well as sirdars (hereditary nobles) and maliks (tribal chiefs) are to sit. The buying off of some of the powerful Shinwart tribesâ€" men who have been in revolt in Eastâ€" ern Afghaniston since November is also reported, but the fnformation in | this case appéars to be less dependâ€" able. | netint adn@Prerts Preezing lemperatures Takâ€" Amanuliah Busy ing Toll of Life in South Reliable information from Afghanisâ€" Euro tan that Amanullah, partly by repuls pe ing an attack made by the r._.p,,,} Parisâ€"Winter storms and freezing Bachai Saqao upon Kabul, partly by a | temperature spread death and damage series of concessions to Mulhammaâ€"| through France, Italy and in the Medtâ€" dan feeling, has for the time being reâ€" ; terranean recently and the death toll gained at least much of his old ascenâ€"| was high. dancy. These concessions are v.r’.’ It was feared that more than 70 oully reported. s DAFGAnt Wubedas Sesues css oniiens uind o o Reliable information from Afghanisâ€" tan that Amanullah, partly by repuls ing an attack made by the rebel Bachai Saqao upon Kabul, partly by a series of concessions to Mulhammaâ€" Britain‘s fiying knights brought' French, German and Italian women safely from Kabul to Péshawur, thereâ€" by writing a fair paragraph in the curâ€"‘ rent history of European reconcflla-,’ tion. The Italian Charg d‘Afaires in j London called at the Foreign Office to express his nation‘s apprerf:fl!on' of England‘s aid. Thus, the advance in acronautics has cut the Empire‘s risks of border wars in the unsettled Orfent and Near East. Troopâ€"carrying planes are beâ€" ing added in numbers to the small air force stations in Iraq and Egypt. The days when Chinese Gordon waited vatuly ‘and valiantly in Khartoum for relief which arrived too late arg 30110.11 Never again will a small outpost of British clvilization, like that of Luckâ€" now during the Sepoy rebellion, enâ€" dure an agonizing slege till the sound | of bagpipes tells it the fighting Hl‘i-T landers have arrived at last. "ICn In the legations in K & matter of doubt. force capable of doing military authorities s tribs near the Khyber doubtedly have risen O falling on their rearâ€" munication strongly h have meant long, hard the safety of those w dren in the legations ir exped to pro tan. cording has pro border costly t London.â€"The explo ern Paladins, the fivir Royal Air Force, who eign‘ residents in I periis of the civil w over Amanullah‘s itmy has stirred British p week just past. Mor Kabul Air Exploit â€" Stirs British Pride Plane Rescues of Fore May Have Averted C ly War, Military Ex perts Say Council‘$ efforts to had throughout the United States, states Kellogs Pact, even stage, may expect to up against s joint pr Effect of Keltogg Pact Without pushing the argum far, it‘ # felt here that sh ners of the League, to isolate the csnâ€"| th* fact that Bolivia and Paraguay filct by severing financial and eco-!'"""‘d say that it was in accordazce nomic relations with the quarrcli:m;wuh suggestions from the OwnFil states. For they would have brok»p | that they had recourse to the arbitâ€"aâ€" not only the Covenant of the League,|ti0" 0f the Panâ€"American Conference. but their moral obligations to= reâ€" Hl:! hthutu‘rally '“wl to make ‘tt nounce war under the Kellogg. Pact, , D* "»t !t"“ not. only the geéu.r- for the signing of this treaty, which,?“" action of the Panâ€"American :n« conveys ihe intention to ratify, lln-!t::enzzat“:‘:l ;:::ten;:d ‘7::;1 b;:: 'ma]:J ? a% a¢ % ;],?l:::-:d:{e lir:x'pl!r.s & moral Obu”“,mi ahlff» of ctele fo the matter,. _ _ | _ Congratulatory telegrams sent to Effect of Kellogg Pact [ M. Briand include messages from Without pushing the argument too Guatemala, Costa Rica, Uruguay, sard far, it‘ is felt here that since th0 Mexico. Costa Rica speaks of the Counci#l‘® efforts to preserve peace ‘ prompt, efficient action of the Leagre, had throughout the approval of the | while Uruguay slludes in glowilag United States, states which break the | terms to the lofty part played by The Kellogs Pact, even at the present| League and the prestige which the tage, may expect to find themselyes , Council gained from the prevention of IP against s jJoint pressure by the | war. ieA sccts oo Thre nfi tarivtint cce From this it may be assumed that If the crists had not been settled, the Council of the League world have apâ€" pealed to the United States and to the South Amerlcan states who are memâ€" bers of the League, to isolate the canâ€" flct by severing financial and ecoâ€" nomic relations with the quarreling states. For they would have broken not only the Covenant of the League, but their moral obligations to 1e nounce war under the Kellogg. Pact, ild Geneva.â€"Aristide Briand‘s letter to members of the Councl; of the League explaining the steps which he took as its acting president in the Bolivianâ€" Paraguanyan _ dispute reveais how closely M. Briand on his return to Paris kept in touch with the respecâ€" tive Governments of the United States, the Argentine and the Latin American members of the Council in order !oi coâ€"ordinate the éefforts of all mrtl»ll who were working for neace: ' Acceptance of League‘s Part in StoppingfiWa'râ€" PB s In South America Told by Briand RULER ACTIVE t her nationals in Afghanisâ€" ‘o divisions, it is estimated uld have been the smallest able of doing the job, for the authorities say the border ® the Khyber Pass would unâ€" have risen against invaders i their rearâ€"a line of comâ€" m strongly held. It would nt long, hard fighting, with y of those women and chilâ€"| the military aut! ly prevented a‘tr ‘, which would t itain in money a: "nsettiea Orient and Near rcarrying planes are beâ€" numbersa to the small air s in Iraq and Egypt. The Chinese Gordon waited & knights brought and Italian women 1 to Peshawur, thereâ€" paragraph in the curâ€" European reconciliaâ€" CCC 9" Pm m DT ICE i‘ Cried a~ passenger lew to strength-:’who had been tumbled to the pave which the King j ment by a motorâ€"bus. "Can‘t you wait ald against the |till I get of?" "Huh!"‘ returned tha impetuous reforms i pride during the lore than that, ac ary authorities, it ted a troublesome would have been noney and lives. gone the Empire to send a strong north from India & officers in t} vreserve peace ipproval of the which break the at the present find themselyes Its Advice by Bolivia and Paraguay enforces Its Prestige. ‘¢ "~6 | ment by a motorâ€"bus. "Can‘t you wait ast thoitm I get of?" "Huh!*‘ returned the en the |conductor, "If you ain‘t off now, you m.!never will be,." . . ~ 7 a+ Amget ibul always prace assumed ghatifluthoflt’ of the n settled, the | !‘Kltlun under W eigners mo _ostâ€" ‘* °CP0"s itom Madrid said the steamship â€" Malakoff foundered off Mahon, Minorca Island, and that 27 of the vessel‘s crew were lost., Italy was still swept by severe slorms and southern rivers were overâ€" flowing their banks in many places and the Tiber was showing a steady rise in Rome. | t was feared that more I‘persom might have met dea ‘ regions affected by tha «al~. 8: IF VC °S CVS ImgDt have met death in the regions affected by the gales and blizâ€" zards that continued to spread deâ€" struction after more than 24 hours of unabated force. "Confound it!" cried Year Opens With Bad Storms | â€"_Kabul itself is now quiet and Amanâ€" !ullah is reported to have opened neâ€" gotiations with recalcitrant mullahs {(Muhammndan religious teachers) who regard social reforms as interâ€" fering with their own traditional authority. This is considered here as an important move, as the mullahs are still the main political force amâ€"| ong the tribesmen in revolt. | I London.«vaugves from Afghanâ€" {istan continue to reach India in Britâ€" ish troop carvier airplanes which have |been able, despito four inches of snow, to land and take off in Kabul airâ€" }dmme, where they have been cordially ‘asn-isted by the Royal Afghan Air Force. ‘ | _ About 80 women and children in all |so far have arrived, including the ‘Italian Minister‘s wife and the {amilâ€" ies of Indian, Persian and German: 'husinessmen. who themselves are re-‘ : maining at their posts. Move Consideredilmportan't in Effort to Restore Peace With Tribes Afghan Mullahs Now Negotiating With Amanullah " 70. and despite the optimistic comâ€" muniques daily issued from the Atfâ€" ghan Legation here is not considered' in informed circles by‘ any means yet solved. once excan "nts to the been so lot much of its Amanullal home. and d fi{lie importance is attached here [to the story from India of the disapâ€" pearance from Allahabad, where for many years he has been a refugee, of Omar Khan, Afghan representative of the royal family of Ayub Khan, who was ‘defeated ~by Amanuliah‘s grandâ€" father in 18§1.. This family, though once excsed‘n=‘y indfuential as claim-i ants to the Kabul throne, has now been so long exiled that it has lost’ much of its prestige. Amanullah‘s problem is thus nearer | lome, and despite the ObHmistinx nsm 1 also â€" possibly at an ca against Bachai Saqao, who his position 20 miles north Little importance is atts to the story from India of pearance from Allahabad | Briand, while recognlzhzé 'tilo part t United States and the Latinâ€"Americ states played, is naturally proud | (The Bolivia Paraguay incident, | theretore, is regarded as affording |additional reason for early ratification | of the Kellogg Pact by all concerned, | for if the pact has moral significarce !in the present circumstance, how ,muoh more weight would it have after | ratification! | States Recognize League‘s Authority i It is interesting to note that nll‘ ; through the exchange of notes the :La'ln-Amerlcan states recognized t.ho‘ League and the United States for the prevention of war. y of the League and thefr ;bt under the Covenant. M, while recognizing the part the _Panâ€"American Conâ€" ented war, but that t be given<its full the matter. an earlier date , who still holds| north of Kabul. | ally proud of and Paraguay in accordaace Lone sentinel is seen watching at Roches house should the liner Ceitic break up. Bombayâ€"A virulent cholera epide-; "Trevor" in the Fortnightly Review mic is raging in Travancore state, and (London): Since the Locarno Treaty 562 death occurred during the last | no longer considers himself a plodding week in December. {Ainlomat â€"hnk a MManiaests Invecdats uy Half of Population of Travanâ€" core State, India, Have Perished Virulent Cholera Epidemic Raging ter amount required for the Chipâ€" pewa Grass Island pool changes. Particular interest attaches to this treaty as It is the first®signed perâ€" sonally by the Prime Minister on beâ€" half of the Canadian and British Govâ€" ernments and the first signed by Mr. Phillips since the appointment of a United States Minister to Ottawa. an At the same time excavations and submerged weirs will divert some of the water from the deep channel to the bared flanks of the Horse Shoe Falls and the Goat Island Shelt and insure an unbroken crest line from shore to shore at all seasons. The cost of the remedial work is estiâ€" mated at, $300,000 â€" for Canada and $1,450,000 for the United States, with approximately $1,000,000 of this latâ€" ter amount required for the (‘hip-i pewa Grass Island non! chansas v D: As recommended by the Intornaâ€" tional Nirgara Board, the amount of water allowed by the boindary water treaty of 1905, namely, 36.000 cubic feet per second for Canada and 20,000 for the United States, is inâ€" creased for both countries by 10,000 cubic feet per second. puroses and for the building o tensive remedial works for the ervation of the scenic beauty of falls, has been signed by W. L. kenzie King, Canadian Prime M ter, cand William Phillips, U States Minister to Canada. Ottawaâ€" creased d gara Fall Pact With States On Niagara Has Historic Interest Sir Austen Chamberlain vi League of Nations‘ meetings at reaty Increasing Water P er is First Signed by Uni ted States Minister the building of e works for the pre cenic beauty of th smed by W. L. Ma: ormitting« t} water from ENGLAND‘s ForEign MINISTER vigorously debating a point with He at Lugano, Switzerland. n IMi "| _ The brigand leader, Bachhakao, was“ !said to be collecting a fresh force of ‘ insurgents for a march on Kabul. The "insurgents were reported better armâ€" ‘;ed than the government troops. I TELEGRAPH LINE CUT ! _ Apparently the situation had taken} |a serious turn. ‘The Quetta telegraph , ‘line had been cut and only wireless| communication with Kabuli remained." The: escape of Mohammed Omar| Khan, aspirant for the throne of | Afghanistan, from Allahabad addedf |to the complexity of the situation. | |Omar Khan had been retained here by | ) British authorities. | ABANDONED TO HER FATE _ R hes‘ Point, Queenstown, Ireland, waiting to & spy of the world." _ Photographs, supposed to be of Lawrence, were distributed among Afghan army commanders. C It was reported from Delhi that rumors were current concerning plans for a fresh assault on Kabut, capital of Afghanistan, which was successâ€" fully defended â€"recently by governâ€" ment troops when insurgents attackâ€" ed. . The rebel tribesmen ~revolted against King Amanullah‘s reform ceive t Lawrence, known as " Arabia," because of his ventures in the struftgle Turks and Germans out nsula, was described a: bel Serious Business For Many Nations i0 Sir Austen Chamberlain "Arch Spy Behind I Colonel Lawrence Ordered Arrested By Afghan Leaders PRETEXNDER ESCAPE ed here. iwrence niut At Mercy of Seas av t} shind Revolt Against Kabul a4 the t India.â€"Afghan author. rdered the arrest of Col. Lawrence, famous British and army officer, on the he has been assisting _present uprising to cross _according to advices re. * m mss + 2e MINISTER IN UNUSUAL Pose \Vqudf’ Seen;:Ncw__ Zealander Gives Son Lawrence of wartime adâ€" to drive the of that penâ€" s "the arch »iresemann un t 00e , Canon Tollington tells of a lady who | asked one of her domestics, after the {lgtter had returned from church, what | the preacher had said. "Well, ma‘am," | was the reply, "I can‘t tell you all he isaid, but he did say that hell is not whas 46 o deru cid u. _ _"Nothing but the study of a dead | language can," he declares, "free the ! modern child from the slavery to mere woris and formulas. Many French ‘wmds may be learned without the child‘s _ ever having the slightest knowledge of the things for which the words stand, and the baffied state of ignorance thus occasioned often reâ€" mains for a lifetime. French is only of very occasional use to the average man whereas Latin is of vital con-t sequence to him every hour of the day because throeâ€"quarters of the Engflsh’ tongue has been derived from the Latin." ‘ The growth of classical studies in England during the last halfâ€"century was, he added, amazing. Where as in 1880 there was only one English periâ€" odical devoted to classics and clasâ€" sical research, toâ€"day there were six| journals of that character. , be will be alone I want ! good company." He dej that in two of the big in Victoria Latin is not ; Great attention â€" was | there to the teaching ‘which was of very littl tralia. Professor Conway be was in New Zea! farmor said to him my son a sound c* He intends to beco. as for t"o gvrestir Ing very stron Latin in the hi out Australasia. Classics Urged { For Recreation on â€" Australian Farms pres of of 1 give the signal to the.light Classical Education for "Gooed Company" it Bri in in .. We feel conmiel;t'. t there is some special reserved for them elseâ€" the teaching of'fi;hcil- of very little use in Aus and the Victoria University, Eng., has been advocatâ€" trongly the toaching of .~â€"Prof. R. 8. Conway, the Classical Association ain and Hulme professor the Victoria Universitv nwWay says that when Zealand a prosperous him: "I have given id classical education, beco.ne a farmer, ard ‘tor part of each day e I want him to be in He deplores the fact the big public schools TORONTO 1€ New York Times: ‘This modern | been effective in l "Sailor King" has struggleod against housewives, who . * » odds back to life, back to his own‘ ing of such thin people, who, though they live as did policy to support the Phoenicians "in the wash of mfsonl of the Emp! s waves," "the outermost of men," are, | large number of as they, véry "dear to the gods" and have assisted in : help mightily to hold up the pillars of | of reciprocity wit j the earth. His progress toward eo-â€"% people are among o i plete recovery has made a happier ‘ ers of Great Brits & | Christmas not only for his own poople goonmmen w aeni f _httorall-m"rfl..ldmh'latflnl’flm ltomm the hope that he may come forth, as gister your New iz ® did : Ulysses from his sufferings, | "Drivo Carefully." hoh uind "'mm,ld,-u-kityh behold." , will make Ontarto schools throueh taught at all. being â€" ‘given during the by The leader of this work, Gmrl.l! Rondon, is the Brazilian army officer who was chosen to accompany Theoâ€"| Qro Roosevelt mas a guide, when the | latter made his vopage down the River of Doubt. ¢ New Value to Brazil‘s Wastes Coincident with this agitation, the Southern Railway announces it will reduce in the spring the time of the Doverâ€"Calais crossing by 30 minutes. _ Each of the three men estimates that the cost of constructing the tunâ€" nel would be in the neighborhood of $150,000,000 and that the gigantic task would take from four to six years, employing at least 4.,000 men. in them Gespite the advice of military experts, Moreover, as a fortifications expert, he declares it would be a simple matâ€" ter to blow up the tunnel in the event of a threatened invasion from the continent of Europe. Baron d‘Erlanger looks to benefit the ferroâ€"concrete and stee! trades, while Sir William Bull thinks "there has never been so good a psychologâ€" ical opportunity as the present one." , strengthoning the forthcoming action in the Commons by endeavoring to get the Lords to discuss the matter also, and he bases his advocacy of the proâ€" posed tunned on the argument that the Locarno and Kellogg pacts in existence, some faith should be shown in them despite the advice of military ‘iChances of Angloâ€"French Unâ€" _ dertaking Seem Brighter London.â€"The prospects for a tunâ€" nel under the English Channel were considerably brightened _ by the adherence to the idea of such promâ€" inent men as Lord Sydenham, Baron d‘Erlanger and Sir William Bull. Lord Sydel}hamrstates that he intends The King‘s Recovery Channel Tunnel Topic Is Revived | The casting job is one which inâ€" volves the handling of approximate]y 50,000 pounds of cast steel, and inâ€" cludes the entire main and fundamenâ€" tal structure of one of the titanic steam engines of today, which, with tender, has a length of more than 92 feet and carries a weight of not less than 320 tons. Ip 2 SWn‘ BP PVERT The order for 30 locomotives is made up of 10 switch engines of the 8850 type, 15 steam engines of the 4300 type, and five engines of the Northern type, which have hbeen speâ€" clally designed by Canadian National engineers and have the additional ad vantage of being convertible for both ’lut passenger and freight traffic. It is in casting the frame, cradle, crossâ€" ties and cylindars that a now deparâ€" ture is being made in the industria! works, and one which imdustrial enâ€"| gineers believe will revolutionize not only foundry equipment but also its allied industries. _, 1 plant of the Canadian TLocomotive works at Kingston, and will be the last of an order of 80 locomotives of various types. which that company is building for the Natiopal system., The order for 30 locomotives is Large Casting Job |Canada and Hoover For C.N.R. Engines â€"mu.. u. ...=~ 202000 50,000 P. rk e new C ounds in Cast gister your New Year resolution to "Drive Carefully." This resolution will make Ontario roads safe for all. I East Anglican Daily Times (Ipsâ€" |wlch): The efforts that have been made for some time past to induce J the British public to buy Empitre frult, | and particularly the dried fruits, from !Autnua. bave apparently excited !.o-o Jealousy on the part of import ers of such goods from foreign sources . «. ‘The campaign in favor of Emâ€" pire fruits . . . has apparently been effective in convincing British housewives, who do most of the buyâ€" ing of such things, that it is good ns of such things, that it is good policy to support the enterprises of sons of the Empire in this way. A large number of patriotic tradesmen have assisted in upholding the cause of reciprocity with Australia, whose people are amongst the best customâ€" ers of Great Britain. _on this land at Hythe," said a partner ’in a London firm of forcign exchange brokers, who has applied to the War |‘Office for a leaso of the land adoinâ€" ‘lu the ranges of the Royal School of Musketry on the outskirts of the ‘town, so well known to many Canâ€" |adian war veterans. Let the 1929 registration plates reâ€" ‘New Industry than those in America are reported ‘» have been found in Kent, the garden of England, and application has been u.ude to the Ii.omg Office for permisâ€" Kent Termed Rich Oil Field As British Prepare to The highest stand of political conâ€" fAdence prevails between Canada and the United States, and the bighest standard of commercial intercourse should _ be â€" attainable, â€" Christian Science Monitor. |__ To date the United States has been \the largest recipient of Canada‘s rapidly expanding wealth, The comâ€" 'pnrnflvely smaill Dominion population lh the best ~customer of the United | States, buying approximately $850,â€" |000,000 worth of manufactured goods, j and while Canada‘s trade was declinâ€" {lng in other important points of the world, it increased with the United lsum $53,000,000 for 1927â€"1928. As Mr. Hoover well knows, the continuâ€" 1 ed growth of commerce betweon the |United States and Canada is Pasically contingent upon the sustained and inâ€" ‘creasing purchasing power of Canada, thereby building up the United States‘ nearest market. _ Canada, possessing valuable raw materials on which imâ€" porters in‘ the United States might wisely draw, is able to export but $475,000,000 to the United States, A reciprocal trade agreement _ which would improve the commerce of both nations is, therefore, the subjec; toâ€" ward which Canadian industry is rightly deulrouf that Mr. Hoover should turn his attention. Hythe Eughnd.â€"-Oll fields richer [' Unless tha pressing tasks which await the Presidentelect upon hig reâ€" turn from South America shall comâ€" _mand every moment of his time beâ€" <fore Anauguration, Mr. Hoover would do well to heed this Invitation to exâ€" j tend bis itinerary northward. _ Canâ€" ‘ada is a neighbor of growing importâ€" ance, and this fmportance can scarceâ€" :ly be overestimated or overappreciatâ€" ‘ed. Since its confederation, the Do ’mlllon'l population has increased from 3,000,000 to nearly 10,000,000. Nature has generously endowed Canâ€" ada _ with waterâ€"power _ resources which it has so developn# Zuring the past decade that toâ€"day Conada stands third among the nations in this field. Its per capita wealth of $2406 is esttâ€" mated as second only to that of the United States and Great Britain. In Volume of trade Canada is fifth, and its per capita balance of a year ago was unsurpassed. Panâ€"American relations. more than friendly son actuates the Canadian vCering its invitation to T.ere is behind this i desire to better the ec tionships between Cana United Sattes and the v whole situation, from tra« international waterways, a firsthand study by Mr fore he takes office. ET CE RERs EMV O mmndver Sun, one of the most influential newsâ€" papers of the Dominton, "he slould also visit Canada." There can be no doubt that these words bespoeak the gracious and friendy esteem of the Canadtan people for the United States and for its Presidentâ€"clect, who has been so promptly and profitably deâ€" voting his time to the improsment of Panâ€"American relations. But there is more than friendly sontiment which actuates the Canadian press in proâ€" PR t it diPndict Pn is te t L e nsA start boriu on unused govâ€" For England Invitation to Mr. Moover, ehind this invitation the better the economic relaâ€" en Canada and the nd the wish that the from trade berffers to ays, could receive y Mr. Hoover beâ€" States has been t of Canada‘s Ith, _ The comâ€" nion population dowed Canâ€" "l!floum ) Puring the nada stands