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Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-05
STON:N--;ON

At the annual meeting of J. F. Trumbull post, Women's Relief Corps officers were elected as follows: Mrs. Theodore W. Hyde, president; Mrs Raymond Bailey, senior vice presi- dent: Mrs. Edward w. Northup jun for vice president; Mrs. H. F. Thomas treasurer; Mrs. Joseph F. Joseph, sec retary; Mrs. Silas P. Holmes, chap lain; Mrs. Otto .F, Ide, conductress Mrs. John c. Adams guard Mrs. Lu- ella M. Gager, delegate, and Mrs. J Benjamin Adams, alternate to the state convention. The officers will be installed on January by Mrs. Ger trude Durham, of Westerly, a past president of Trumbull corps. There were visitors from Westerly and Mystic.
 Stoninston Pointers. Mrs. J. ". Church of Boston, who has been visiting MT. and Mrs. F. A Hoxie has returned home.
 Fifty barrels of fatfish were shipped Wednesday to New York.
 Jerome $. Anderson, Jr, treasurer has received $5 each from Mrs. Ira H
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-05

which he has set out at his new sum naer home. Towpath Lodge. He has also, planted 2.09O native. ferns in the rockwork around the grounds.
 Windsor.-Prebabiy the most irr1por- tart action eyer taken at q meeting or the Windsor Business Mems associa- tion resulted last evening, when a res olution was passed regarding the trolley situation. offering any possible aid to the Connecticut company.
 New Britain.-Joseph Kolosky of Spring street fell for the bluff of a gypsy fortune teller on Lafayette street Sunday and as result he is poorer by S250 The gypss, according to Joes story to the police rubbed his head then there was a blihdipg flash. and when he, got hoi:se he found that his roll had been greatly diminished.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-05

Palmer and Judge Elias B. Hinckley, which brings the total for improving the Stonington Roll of Honor to $61 The cost Of the work was SS5.
 The Stonington High School Ath- letic association is arranging for an entertainment early in January by Brown University Musical clubs. There are thirty eight musicians and if these can be provided for over night in private houses, the engagement can be closed
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-05
eraauata Nursss to Meet.

A special meeting has been called of the Norwich, New Haven and New London districts of the Graduate Nurses association of Connecticut q: 3 o'clock Friday afternoon al 2l Manwaring street. New London. All graduate nurses in these districts are urged to be present, matters of vital importance to the assoc .ation being scheduled for discussion.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-05
sandry Bass for French Babies.

In connection with the Red Crosi Layettes that are being made by Norwich women for French babies there is a call for Sundry Bags. These bags should be made Of any llgh .sgal d muslin or cretonne, about | :, 10 iiil hes and each one should ooa m the Sowing articles:
 Six large <, %y pins.
 Six stnaii setel gins.
 One cake Of t. E9aP'
 One wash cloth, k.-. d or batt -gweling.
 On small roll of old linen p (.
 One spool of white cotton, No vl. - One celluloid tn nble.
 Sixty five of these bags are needer Id should be left at the Red Gross room on tho ground floor of tht .hayef building on or before De ..nber 13th. The room will be opel .ery day.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-05
Why Colchester Postponed Thanks
 sivin9.

Thanksgiving without pumpkin pie was held to be unthinkable. Yet there could be no pumpkin pie without no- lasses; because Colchester. Connecti- cut, did not receive its supply of mo- lasses in season. it voted in 1705, to put off it's Thanksgiving from the first to the second Thursday of November.
 Pumpkin pies thus featured were us- ually baked in square tins. having only four corner pieces to each pie.-St Paul, Minn., Enterprise.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-05
High Cost cf hvshanus.

4 Pennsylvaslia wo-laa sues fa sso,ee0 for the loss or Ter husband killed in 8 railway accident. It ap. pears that the high price cf husband, is another result Of the &ar.-New Or, leans States.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-05
What Is Going On Tonight.

Feature Fhut0plags u ths Oayis Theatre.
 Mo,ion Pictures st Breed Theatre. Moving Pictures at the Strand Thea, tre.
 Gypsy Smith. Jr.. Meeting at centra Baptist Church. at Buckingham Memorial.
 Court City of Norwich. No. 63. r. soi ,., meets in Forestsrs' Hall.
 White Cross Council. No l3, K. of C.,
 cts in Sunlight Building.
 Tiigh H. Osgood Lodge. No. 6920, l. 0.
 F, NJ. U.. meets in Pythian Hall.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-05
DON'I tUSS Will
 MUSTARD PLASTERS
Musterole Works Without ne
 Blister-Easier, Quicker

 There's no sense in mixing 2 mes of mustard, four and water when yet can easily relieve pain, soreness sr stiff nesswith a little clean, white Musterose, MHsteroie is made of pure oil of mustard and other helpful ingredients, combined in the form of the present white ointment. It takes she place oi mustard plasters, and will aot blister MustefoIc asrelly gives pronupt reiies llon sorc throat, bronchitis, yensilEjs. r-oap, stiff neck, asthr1s. fIet;lsiGiA. headache, congestion, plc;I-ier. .7httzoe hsrn, Iumbago, pains rf' '@ s:f th back or jcints, sprai7' rrscies bruises, chilblains, fires ,coidc oi E,s chest (it often prsve -cumoniGi 3oe and 6oc iars; hospi-al size s25c
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Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-05
ANNOUNCEMENTS
n.t. :- 4LA rl,.unr Euiidinn

SaI5 III tFIs ' tINT -
 The Y. NJ. C. A Ladies Aux -liary i.. e to hold a sale of food, fancy work dJlls and many things suitable TOT christmas gifts today and tomorrow ln the Thayer Building.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-05

An enumeration of the mines and quarries of the United States was made for the first time in 1S40.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-05

Middietown.-Mr. and Mrs. William -G. Fairbank celebrated their 57th we'd ding anniversary at their home, No. 2S Lawn avenue, Tuesday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-16
BICYCLES, MOTORCYCLES.

rIREs tAIL NAKEs), ACCESSORIES
for bicycles. motorcycles. autos: $46
bicycles. complete. $3.50 tall colorsl :
ave stores. 115 East Third street: 3O2-
ass East second street. Davenport.
Iowa Crp< Barr Supply House.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-16
PATENTS.

PATENTS SECURED: FREE ADVICE TO
inventors: mechanical drawings made.
W. N. Haskell. patent attorney: +. h.
+ Michaelis. mechanical engineer. 6O9-61O
Best BLDG Ihone &. l.. zee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-16
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

RESTAURANT AND BOOMING HOUSE;
partly furnished; located at 500 TWEEN
tieth, street. VIII sell furniture on easy
terms. r. I. $40. BeGhtol Second Hand
Store. 1905 Second avenue.
HOUSEHOLD AND PIANO STORAI g.
:soTlhy's Music House. 1j00 block.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-16
LJCENsED CHIRcPRACTOR.

ccaiiiRoPRACTiC IS q YEARs OLD.
You are not the first to desert old
methods. Be not the last to :. try the
new. Call today. DIR. LESS, Chiro-
practor, 5161a Fifteenth street. Moline.
Phone Moline 2S13.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-16

uemaire daughter Of the French
associated with her father THE Grand
writer
sneaker She
doing France several
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-16
MONEY TO LOAN.

Can ARRANGE A LOAN FOR YOU ON
chattels or real property at 20 annual
" I!S Best Bldg. Phone n l. d.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-16
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS -
LODGR DIRECTORY.


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MASON g.
Masonic Temple. Eighteenth street and
Fifth avenue.
THE STATED MEETING OF TRIO LODGE
n No. o.. A. +. & A. M. viii
I'm be helc on the first Thursday
EXON Of each month at 7:30 .. N.
N@ william H. Voss. W. H.:
Ray O. KodaricN. eecretarS.
AMoo GRC1T0 NO. o.. N. Q. v. r. Z. r.,
O. - Stated meetings held
Is on the first Wednesday
Il ~A\ OF each month. Visit
X ing prophets WELCOME.
h&AN Otto Priester. monarch.
~7~ Frank L. Ps.,erb n. sec'
retary.
z. A. 81.
THE STATED CoNvoCATI0N OF RoCR
leland Chapter No. As. A.
AAAS2 n. will be held gu the hrss
AAE TUESDAY of each month a.
WIN 1880 y. m. W. J. spercer.
US E.H.P: +. Il. Asa. secretary.
n Rock ISLAND LODGE NO.
EA 85s, A. r. 3 A. M.-Stated
u AEA meetings first Friday Of each
NE% month. A. L. SIuner. W. ~:
IVA u. 8. bowman. SECRETARY.
Knights TempIar.
wur stated CONCLAVE OF RoS1
Island Commandey No. IL.
| X$~A knights Tenpiar VAL be held
| gA2Se the second Monday OF each
\ $~E month. 5. 8. DAVIS. command-
| WI ar: J. l.. Hickey. reeoruer.
~ rractics drills met aud tnird
poCR ISLAND CHAPTER NO 269.
Order Eastern Slar.-hsgular meetings
| second Wednesday uf cacn month. sis'
itlns Stars welcome. Mary L. hrC1I
! W. d.; Mary +. kreis, secretary
ROCK ISLAND COUNCIL NO. 20. 3. . 3.
N-Tbe stated sssemblies OF Aoch II.
land Council NO. ~ n. .. - ~n
moath. e. w. TEACHER. !. NJ y. ,.
Hildebrandt. recorder.
Annual business meeting, election OF OF
fcers "Wednesday, Dec. L.. al :3v " III.
UcAL LODGE NO. COS. l. o. o. ?:
Meets every Thursday evening
sES at Odd Fellows temple on
EWt1 Fourth avenue. between sew
- enteenta and Eighteenth streets:
/ E&AG H. w. Lesierman. n. G.: WI.
~ liam Guloeuzopt. 4. s. First
THURSDAY Of month. inliiaiory
a. nr.I. seuoad aad lhlru degree lie
following THURSDAY.
70. 3.
ROCK ISLAND AERlE NO. $50. FAATAAr
mi order Of Eages.-kegular meetinke
fi:st ard third Iuesday OF each month
~ Eagles hons. Fourth avenue aud
Twenty first street. Frank wicn' W. KS
| JoeeDh GrOteGuI. secfetary.
B. r. O. EIKs.
fNN ROCK ISLAND LODGE NO.
AlA $50, B. p. 0. E.: Regular meet
IT, Ii ing first and third MONDAYS. J.
+ ~S Z. Searle. exalted ruler. c. n.
w. lsaacson, secretary.
Ia, n. CLEAvELAND CAMP NO. SIS.
Sons of Veterans.--Meets on second and
fourth Tuesday evenings Of each month
At 2 o'clock in Memorial hall ~ shs
coort house 4. L. Harms. commander:
eugene johnson. secetsrJ.
g. A. y.
k8$S BUFORD POST 243, G. A. R
:. !: !: :" !: !: !;
Meets regularly on secone
8in and fourth Friday after
&t11 Moons of each month at
~ N o'clock In Memorial hall IL
AM4GN the court hou~. c. h
kNA Church. commander: II.
- " First, adjutant.
!: !: :: :: !: :: ::
II q. g. W. Y.
l. SIBONEY BAT CAMP NO. 3
% 1SA U. 9. W. v.
b Meets the first and thlr'
i Thursdays Of each month at
Il D. m. at Memorial hall. II.
III Becker. commander: L.
Ii 10y Titterington. adjutant.
II A western Illinoii paper for west
ern Illinois people-The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-16
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE.

ABSTRACTS or TITLE PREPARED Oh
continued to date covering any real -
tate in the county. Prompt and accurate
servics At reasonable rates. Rock y.
land Titls 4 Abstract company: ". J:
Sweeney. eecretsFy: sO6-212 Central
Trust 4 SAVINGS Bank building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-16

AUTOS, ACCESSORIES, ETC.
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Special for Fords
Double arm shock absorbeTs
for Fords, set of four 49, ..$5.so
Honeycomb radiators for all
model FOrds $22.50
Radius rods .$2.19
Rauius rod supports .........S l.4S
Timars ...,...............9S $50
Head lamps, electric, per pair $4.4S
All Ford parts 10 to 30 per cent
discount
All brands Guaranteed Tires
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-16

rcAL, LODGE NO COS. 1. o. o. F.
Meets every THURSDAY evening
10y at Odd Fellows temple on
NNI Fourth avenue. between Sew
49, eutseuta and Eighteenth streets.
VES9 H W. Le;ierman, n. c.. VIII.
A nam Gulueuzopt, 4. S. First
Ihursaay Of month. iniiiaiory
,. nr.t, seeond and lhlru degree Tie
following THURSDAY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-16
PAINTING AND PAPERHANGING.

L. A. 5UaROWS-REASOSA PRICES.
Phone r. I. 3858-X. 2S44 Ffth-and-a-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-16

FLAT: THREE ROOMS: SEWER AND
water: located at 1904 Fourth avenue.
Inquire 1431 Second avenue. 3. l..
2496 or 2617
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-16

z. o. 3.
ROCK ISLAND AERlE NO. $50. FAATH1r
naI order of Eagies.-kegular meetinks
fi:st acd third TUESDAY OF each month
~ Eagles hons, Fourth avenue aud
Twsnty-first street. Frank WITCH. w. r.:
jostph GroteGut, secretary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-16
WANrED-1O BUY.

STEEL vERTICLE FILING. CABINET.
r. l. 435.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-16

ROCK ISLAND COUNCIL NO. 20. B. >.
A.-The statct assemblies OF nocA ~
land Counc,t No. ~ Il. 6 =. NJ. Will
be hello en- the inird Wednesday OF eaen
moath. e. w. TEACHER. !. NJ y. y.
Hildebrandt. recorder.
Annual business meeting, election OK Oh
6csrs "Wednesday, Dec. L.. al . :SV y. III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-16

wv ROCK ISLAND LODGE NO.
AIN $50. B. P. Q. E.: Eegular meet
lI1 III ing first and third Mondays. J.
~ Z, Searie. exalted ruler. {. n.
y lsaacson, secretary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-16

a. n. CLEAvELAND CAMP NO. SIS.
sons of Veterans.--Meets on second and
fourth Tuesday evenings Of each month
Il 3 o'clock in Memorial hall ~ tho
coat house. L. L. Harms. commander:
eugene johnson. secetary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-16
FOR RENT-APARTMENTS.

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FLAT: FIVE ROOMS AND BATH: To-
Gated at 534 "a Sixteenth street. Rea-
sonable rental. Il. l. 2906.
APARTMENT; ROOM AND KITCHEN
cite. 91S Second avenue. -Ei-ef
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-16

RoCR ISLAND CHAPTER NO 2o9.
Order Eastern Slar.-kegular meetings
second Wednesday OF cacn monta- vs.
itlng Stars welcome. Mary L. n1Ii'
w d: May r. kreis, secretary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-12-30
"sTEADYp

81 think the watchword for US today is 'Steady!"
said General Leonard Wood, addressing the Colo
RADIO Legislature. eve must have stability, law
and order. We must adhere firmly to the wording
of the constitution and to the American policy
which has been established for US. We must hold
to the constitution like life ITSELF for it is the
anchor of our Republic"
This is one hundred per cent American. 1t is
call for return to the nchor of our hopes-the
federal constitution. War and war conditions have
caused America to drift away from her moorings.
All sorts of by-products have appeared, such a
false idea of democracy" wrong notion of Glib
erty" and distorted conception of the mission of
republic. Since the armistice many clouds have
appeared on the national horizon. Thesstern hand
of the law has been laid upon offenders and plot
ters against the government. Dire threats are
made, AS General Wood says, the watchword for
today is "Steady?
General Wood said that in the recent riot zone
he learned that ninety-fve per cent of American
workingmen are straight, Notwithstanding they
are under the domination of agitators largely re-
sponsible for most of the present unrest. Ninety
five per cent is proportion full Of hope and prom
Use. 1t indicates that the American spirit prevails
in the hearts and lives of all who have it in their
blood. To them the country looks to carry out the
injunction of General Wood-"Steady!'-T New
York Herald
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-12-30
"rHE CITY PAPERS"

Glow sharper than serpent's tooth" it is to find
provincial newspaper so lost to all sense of graft
tude that it could say thing like this and appar-
-. emily without the least emotion: .
'Do the city papers say anything about =. Able
vile, its climate, healtfulness schools churches,
or any improvements of any kind that have been or
are being made? Do they mention your town and
county news and the thousand and one other mat
tiers that The Press and Banner publishes without
' pay? Not much. Do they ever say word gratis,
calculating to draw and developing the wealth of
this community? Not line"
"Do they?", Not word?' Why the city papers
in Spartanburg, Greenvillel and Greenwoods have
been doing little else for months it seems to us,
but advertising the many advantages of Abbeville,
its wonderful history its Splendid people, especially
those who have moved away, the enormous in
crease in the vare Of it's real estate not repre-
sented the tax books but as fixed at public sale,
the fact that the public square at the Court House
has been paved that its railroad facilities have been
greatly improved in comparatively recent years.
that steps have been taken to protect the interests
of the farmers who have been trading with the
buyers of foreign houses of the additions that have
been made. to the public library, of the charming
social life Of the community Of its religious affairs,
It's educational longings, its high purposes. .-~~
Colonel Rion McKissick's classiss in The Pied
mont Editor Watson's appropriations in The Index
Journal, and the almost daily tributes of The Jour-
ssnal to the men and women who: have made Abbe-
vile great confute the claims of The Press and Ban
s ner. Yet we are told with unblushing effrontery
that the "city papers" say nothing about Abbevie.
The three exponents we have named of life in the
large. ltres could have said Ingratitude
is one tof the least admirable of the many vices
hSpartanburg Journal.
Query; Are sbartanburg Greenville and Green
i.wood cities?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-12-30
A STRIKING COINCIDENCE.

At the joint debate in the Opera House at Abbe-
vile last Monday night ion the question: Resolved,
that the Government administration of the rail-
roads of this country should remain at present."
the decision given to the negative The afir1na-
tive side of the question was maintained with much
force by Miss Ada Faulkner and Mr.. William Long,
for the Excelsior Society. and the negative side by
Miss Mary Greene and Mr.. Leroy Cox, for the Del
rhian Society: The President of Erskine College,
the Rev. DR.. James Strong Mofatt, chairman of the
Judges Committee, announced the decision of the
judges. It was close decision and righteous de-
cision the strict merits of the case and "there
was glory enough to go round" and SIS at the box
Office at the conclusion of the engagement, which
will go to the Playground Fund.
We have no means of knowing what effect the
result of the debate at Abbeville may have had on
the mind of the President touching the question
which has caused him great deal of anxious
thought; but it is worth noting something of
very remarkable coincidence that two days after
the debate in Abbeville the President issued his
proclamation at Washington, saying:
81, Woodrow Wilson, President of the Un-
tied States, do hereby relinquish from Feder-
al ,ntrol, effective the 1st day of March,
1920, at 1901 o'clock T. NJ al railroads, sys-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-12-30
UNDERWOOD A TRAITOR?

Col John J. McMahan of Columbia, of whom you
may have heard before, raises this interesting ques.
ton. The question arises because Mr.. Underwood
now proposes to ratify the treaty OF peace made
with Germany, leaving the League of Nations cove
nant for future reference.
Like some other people of whom we have heard,
Col. McMahan has likely been hearing "voices in
Nthe air. As for Senator Underwood, we take it
that he is no air artist, but when he wants to hear
things he puts his ear to the ground! While holding
it there he heard noise in Oklahoma, another in
Kentucky, still another in North Carolina, and last
but not least, terrific noise in Alabama, near Br-
mingham itself. =
Besides it is not believed that Senator Under
wood is for the McAdoodle for our next president.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-12-30
LIKE HOME, LIKE NATION!

In taking counsel with committee of Congress
as to our great and growing need of national
budget system to plan and limit what Uncle Sam
spends, Carter Glass; the then Secretary of the
Treasury said:
"The Government of the United States is like
private family in which the wife, having charge of
the spending part of the familys business, is given
carte blanche to buy houses, yachts, automobiles,
may find wise with view to increasing the COM
FORT improving the education, cultivatng the taste,
and enhancing the prestige and social standing Of
the family and the husbands sole business is to see
that there is money in the bank to meet her checks
as they are presented"
Well, it's representative government, isn't it?
So how about our own little cases? Have we, the
individual citizens sufficient personal budgets or
family budgets? knowledge of the facts about our
spending is the basis for or1 thrift and the plug
for all the holes of silly wastes Recently COM
mittee engaged in drawing up good thrift advice
rut it first in the following coony list of principles:
1. Make budget
2. Keep an intelligent record of expenditures
8. Have bank account.
4. Garry life insurance.
5. Make will.
6. Own your own home eventually
7. Pay your bills promptly.
s. Spend less than you carn.--Colers Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-12-30

TENS of transportation and property, of what
ever Kind taken or held under such Federal
control and not heretofore relnquished and
restore the same to the possession and control
of their respective owners"
The debate at Abbeville took place Monday night,
December 22; the Presidents proclamation was
issued at Washington on Wednesday, December "a.
For weeks the and operators of the railroads
were completely in the dark as to what course the
President would take, and up to almost the very
hour his proclamation was issued there great
confusion in the public mind upon the subject.
Within less than two days after the whole question
had been discussed and decided at Abbeville the
President reached the conclusion that "the Govern
ment administration of the railroads should (not)
remain at present" We do not say that the
President followed the decision of the case at Alb
bevile-he does not as rule, follow anybody any
where; but the facts are as we have stated them;
and it looks mighty suspicious to the careful OBJ
server on the bleachers. However it may be, we
are glad that the question has been settled, and
settled right.-Spartanburg Journal
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-12-30
DON'T BE TOO HARD ON LLOYD GEORGE.

Let us not become impatient with Mr.. David
Lloyd George because he seems to be in condition
of invineibe ignorance the Senate of the United
States where the relations OF this country with
other countries concerned.
When the question of the ratification of the
peace treaty by Great Britain arose the estimabe
Welsh solicitor who happens to be Prime Minister
surprised of his colleagues in the Ministry and
the lawyers in the House of Commons by showing
that he thought that Parliament would have to give
its approval before the instrument went into force.
Indeed, Mr.. Arthur James Balfour had to intervene
and point out that such ratification by Parliament
while it might be had-would be contrary to Eng
lish precedents and usage.
Now, if Mr.. Lloyd George, who is absolute mas
ter of Parliament, was in the dark as to British
international rules of law how could he be expected
to be informed as to American procedure and prac-
tice?
Besides, he cannot get it out of his head, ap-
parently, that he is master of the House of Com
mons SO there must be some one in authority here
wLo is master of the Senate.-New York Herald