Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-13


ftion OF mental seriousness which may
be expressed IN the well known verses
| Of Emerson:
when duty whispers low, thou
must.
The youth replies: I can"
VI. Boutroux adds a noe of warning
/ in reference 20 the new Princeton
Graduate college, of which one of the
! principal ideas is, he says. TO create a
/ centre OF culture On American soil
which Will supply at home the equiva-
I lent OF the culture which Students in
the past used to come TO the old word
to seek
II is thought that by inviting the
masters OF European universities TO
! lecture in America, the same result
will be obtained as by sending Amer
lean students to Europe" he SAYS. and
then goes on to express doubt as to
he outcome for the reason that Prince
ton will, OF necessity. be without that
intangible but potent influence of past
associations, variously described as en-
yironmelt, atmosphere. etc. &C.
Charles BeaUquier. deputy Of Doubs,
proposes to introduce a motion in the
French chamber which. il adopted.
will reyoludonize parliamentary pro
cedure
He wishes that in every discussion
OF a law, project or resolution. only
four speakers shall be heard. one in its
favor, one against it. tine minister or
governmental commissioner whom it
concerns, and the reporter o. the pro
ject.
The members who are to speak are
10 be delegated by the commission be-
fore which the proposal has been sent
for examination and by the various
parliamentary groups. The latter ara
TO come 20 an agreement with the CON-
mission as to the SPEAKERS. In case
such an agreement cannot be reached,
the commission shall be compe ent TO
delegate the three necessary speakers.
Brussels. acknowledgements sta
tistics are to be tabu-ated hereafter by
all European governments under 1s6
headings divided into five caregories, /
namely. living animals, foods and
drinks. raw or simply prepared ma (,
terials. manufactured articles and pre-
cious metals in ingots or coined.
The convention establishing this /
classification has been signed /
by the delegates to the International .
Conference for Commercial Stats les.
which finished its work here this
week.
In order 10 avoid the Inconvenience I
Of the limitations OF these five cate
gories. it was agreed, under an addi-
tional heading at the end OF each /
group. "other products" could be added
OF a general nature with those in the
group ana yet not under one OF the \
numbered headings. 4 sec
Ond convention, agreeing TO maintain
the International Bureau of Statistics
IN Brussels. also was signed. II
London. England-Every serious
minded politician in England. If not
he whole people, is anxious to see a
settlement of the home rule question
lat will end the long drawn ont bat
lie between the two conflicting parties
n ireland, and most of the statesmen
# the kingdom. both those in active
service and those who have retired.
AVE been contributing something at
east toward that end.
leaders to whom the people
re looking TO find a way out OF the
ituation. which has become serious
ecause of the threatened revolution I
{ Ulster II the present bill is passed. /
nd a still greater revolution involving
he rest of ireland if home rule is
OF granted. have therefore received =
,ts of advice. Present indications are
hat the government will adopt, in its T
ventures to the opposition. the course b
uggested by Lord mcdonnell and T
If Edward Grey, namely. home rule t
18th home rule or administrative au j
,nomy for Ulster province. There L
as been a great deal of talk of the c
smporaTy exclusion of Ulster from Z
lie operation of the bill, but this is
OF considered possible, mainly be-
ause both Irish parties are strongly 2
pposed to a settlement on those lines. S
The nationalists first and all the o
me are for a United Ireland. This II
a matter of sentiment just as much II
il is a matter of revenue. The L
on the other hand, feel that p
temporary respite from home rule u
ould remove none of the objections Is
the bill. Furthermore, they say TO II
,cept such a settlement would
mount TO the desertion OF the Pro- :
stants living in the South of Ireland
no they contend are just as much
posed TO home rule as are those
Ulster.
On the government side the exclusion
the Protestant counties presents IN
Id difficulties. In the first place the
hole home rule bill would have to be
cast and it is just possible that in
to do this the government
light entirely wreck the work OF the
81 few years. Under the parliament
I which. by curtailing the veto pow
of the house of lords made home
le possible in the first place, the