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Lovat Fraser
Finds Britain
"Over.Governed"
and Needing New Leaders

But work! There's the rub.
Shall we have to face the posi-
bility Of vast throngs of men and
women remaining out Of work dur
ing the year. or will the immense
lists Of registered unemployed
gradually contract in size? It In
too soon to- answer confidently,
but already there is a perceptible
diminution in the numbers, and
some Of our leading captains of in
dustry think that in many call
ings work is going to be more
plentiful.
ILLUSIONS VANISHING.
One substantial reason for cheer
fulness is that during the slump
the world has been consuming it's
surplus stocks. Now the stocks of
many commodities which rank as
necessities are very low. and they
will have to be replenished. AN
other reason why hope is reviving
Ii that both capital and labor are
dropping their illusions.
Capital no longer dreams of a
wild boom in trade and is cutting
the losses incurred in the reckless
expansion Of 1919. Labor is realiz.
ing that wages must be based on
the selling price of its products,
and not on some arbitrary stand
ard which has no relation to the
realities of business.
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cealed In that camera looking box"
1t was a japanese photographer,
who had arrived by appointment to
take my photograph. am not
sure whether the serious admiral
ever fully forgave my levity.
But because / did not then and
do not now believe Japan harbors
any thought Of precipitating war
with the United States does not
imply that there is no reason to
fear Japan's imperialistic designs
In the Far East. It's talk of "thc
Monroe Doctrine Of Asia" means. II
1t means anything, that It Segards
itself as supreme in that part Of
the world, and it's actions In Korea,
Manchuria, Siberia and China
show what its conception Of the
Monroe Doctrine i'm Asia would
justify 1t in attempting. With US,
the Monroe Doctrine has meant
that no nation-neither our own
country nor any other-should
dominate any country in North or
South America. We set a veto upon
any possible greed or ambition we
might possess as to Mexico or Cen
trail America by the same terms
that are fixed for European
nations. Per contra, Japan seems
to regard Asiatic countries as
nations for it to exploit, either by
Incorporating 1t. as in the case Of
Korea; in concessions exto-ted by
fear, as in the case of China; by
troops, as in the case of Siberia, or
in a multitude of ways, as in the
case Of Manchuria.
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that wrote 1t in the dark was not
a human hand. The medium was
supposed to be- in a deep trance.
and may have consciously, half
consciously. or even unconsciously,
written the messages which were
accepted by the sitters as emanat
ing from the dead. n.<'a'FA.<
UNSATISFACTORY MESSAGES.
At another dark. seance sheets
Of paper were scattered over the
floor and messages were written
upon them. The medium affirm.
ed that they were the direct work
Of spirits, and the -.spiritualists
accepted her statement. L, have
seen many Of these alleged spirit
messages. They were all trivial
and unconvincing. Some of the
recipients have allowed me to
compare the spirit handwriting
Win the caHgraphy OF the living
person. They were satisfied with
the resemblance. i was not.
have watched an automatist
writing under CONTROL 1t was
obvious that the whole process
was subjective. The automatist
may be unconscious of his self.
deception. He may sincerely per.
suade himself that the messages
come through his mind and hand
from discarnate intellIgences. hui
1t Ia to me ap''n rent INA he
mind ut wo'' = m nd OF the
automatist u ,E,',. The power
OF self.decoption 10 immeasurnble.
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Opinion For It.

These questions were on every
tongue when President Harding in
cluded problems Of the Pacific in
the questions to be discussed at
his Conference. Indeed, opinion
was almost unanimous among well
informed people in Washington
that reduction Of armament would
have little result unless accom-
panied by an understanding with
Japan.
Before the Conference was called
the United States had made known
that It did not look with favor upon
renewal Of the British-Japanese
alliance. Even IL Great Britain dis
approved at heart what Japan had
done to China land it was a plenty
as the twenty-one enforced de-
mands show the Far East felt that
Japan's dominance was helped by
the alliance. If the Senate rati.
fies the four-power treaty we are
now in the alliance. So far as
actual results go, our chief gain
tif It is a gain Of the Conference
is that we are inside with Great
Britain and France and can COM
pei a showdown and be heard in
that powerful alliance.
have never been among those
who believe Japan has had war
with the United States in contem-
plation. But very many army
and navy officers have long be-
lieved that japan was only look
ing for a fair chance. I recall In
1918 or 1914, when the feeling
was acute following the California
law conference. An American ad-
miral, then holding an important
position, went to bed every night
expecting, a la the old maid, to
wake up next morning and find a
Jap under the bed, or rather ia
panese ships in possession of the
Philippines and Hawaii. He was
for taking belligerent, or near
belligerent, steps to show naval
force in the Pacific. and employ
ing overt acts to show we did not
/; trust Japan's friendship. I. Of
course. knew that there was much
.anti-American feeling in Japan.
but I never for q moment believed
the F1owery Kingdom was plan
ming an attack upon this country
or it's insular possessions.
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jewellers in Asia who have been
in a feyerish state of expect
ancy since President Harding first
issued his call for the gathering
which starting with a thrill and
bound, has drawn it's slow length
along for these many tiresome
The people have known little Of
what was going on, thanks to the
approved doctrine in both Paris and
Washington, of secret covenants
secretly arrived at which seem fore
9 ordained to be the rule at all in
ternational gatherings. But aside
from their belief that better re-
suits would have been secured by
having all the talk in the open,
they will judge the Conference not
by it's processes but by its results.
AS a matter of fact, nothing but re-
suits count in anything at any
time.
Is Japan wholly imperialistic? Is
it's heart set upon the control Of
!, China and Siberia? Does it enter
tain the same aspirations toward
swallowed Corea and obtained such
a grip in Manchuria? Is it possible
that Japan contemplates future
horrible war with the United
States? Is Japan to be another
Germany? Will Great Britain give
countenance to Japan's ambitions?
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Will Japan Withdraw?

Recently the news went out
from the State Department that
Japan had agreed to withdraw
it's soldiers from Siberia. Do
you ask me the date when the
withdrawal is to take place? Mr..
Hughes with all his ability to
extort answers from unwilling
witnesses. has been unable to
get even an approximate date
when the withdrawal is to take
place. Is it this decade or the
next century? Who is to de-
terrnine the time? So far as
news gets out Of the conference,
the time is left to be fixed by
Japan when conditions are stable
in Siberia. 1t Ii to withdraw
from China when 1t believes con.
ditions in China are stable.
The reason so many people
call Mr.. Harding's meeting
disappointment conference is be-
cause none of the questions which
were on every tongue when the
delegates assembled have been an
swered.
We have the scrapping of some
ancient dreadnaughts. We have
cessation in new construction of
dreadnaughts, thus affecting a
saving of two hundred millions
Of dollars.
And also We have-a plethora
of promises.
What else? 1t will require
time to see.
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Georg Brdndes, the famous
Danish JeO, whose literary pro-
auctions und lectures in the past
ffty years haze Won ioorld-Wid
recognition for their merit, t0as
eighty years old Saturday, Feb
r7Lnry /. At a celebration of the
fiftieth anniversary of his first
lecture he addressed a torchlight
procession in his honor, and this
"Torchlight Speech" acclaimed
by critics as a gem Of literary ef-
fort, is translated herewith By
Mr.. Hartvig, Who has also writ
ten an introduction.
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Georg Brandes.

devastating mankind and the
every work of man.
THE youths Of the nations
were sent into the fire. which
pierced their limbs with shells
or ruined their lungs with poison
gas.
Your torches are the torches
Of peace: they are giving light
without incendiary results. The
fire In your hands Is simply the
encouraging symbol of enlight-
eminent, the Punishment OF dark
ness. the glorious. joyful message
of liberty.
But the name Of liberty is
in our days frequently used
merely as a pretext. The right
to Cypress as we'll as the right
to exploit is carried on in the
name OF liberty, because the en-
thusiasm for darkness as we'll as
for oppression is strong.
"Phere never were so many
prohibitions, SO much guardian.
ship as now. Never were the
launchings Of individual initia-
tives so difficult.
DARKNESS AND LIGHT.
"The right to Cypress Is done
now in the name Of virtue, then
In the name OF protection, and ul-
timately In the name Of revolu-
ton. Even the strictest follow
ers Of revolutionary ideas are
fighting the light. But enlighten-
ment and liberty are one,
though having two physiogono-
mics, such rs the double-faced
goddess Of peace, Janus, combines.
'tIn the clear sunshine Of the
day we scarcely notice a big fire.
In the darkness we see not only
the tiny spark-the spark from
which conflagrations may rise:
but also there may emerge some
masterwork Of genius from the
realm Of the intellectual world.
I'm the darkness which hovers
over our time, torches shine like
stars-the smoking torch is con-
verted into a divine luminous
beaconlight.
There exists In our time two
big partnerships. First, the light
extinguishers. They have fine,
pious, distinguished names. Next,
the incendiaries, the political In.
eendlaries. They are partly elo-
quent and inefficient statesmen,
partly hateful fanatics.
Beware Of the fraternity Of
the light extinguishers as well
as that Of the incendiaries. The
days Of the individual are counted.
But those two fraternities, the
light extinguishers and the In
cendiaries, will never be without
representatives.
Protect the light against extinc-
ton! Protect the torch against
misuse! Your torches stand as the
symbol Of youth and festival.
THE PHOENIX OF YOUTH.
''Prometheus, when he stole the
heavenly fire. gave with this fire
hope to humanity. Hope itself is
inspirat on. Be unbiasedly life
ward lured In your hope. But what
is hope without will power?
Always in fifty.year interims
Phoenix throws herself into the
bonfire which has been lighted in
her nest, only to emerge rejuve-
mated from her ashes, on wings of
purple and gold.
'In this manner ideas are reborn
VIII oh have been proclaimed for
half a century, but which are i'm
mune to fire-genulne asbestos.
Through your youth these ideas
receive rosusoitationr'
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try by hurting others.
Granted that II be true that bust.
ness In the past has not been suf-
ficiently considerable of. and in
terested In. the needs of agricul-
ture. is that any reason why agri-
culture should now take the same
regrettable and harmful attitude?
While turn about is fair play" it
Is by no means always the wisest
and most effective play. In the
present stage of this nations and
this worlds affairs, 1t is a kind Of
play which can be INDUCED in
only to the grave detriment Of all
concerned.
Among the things which, as
understand 1t, the farmer most
needs. are more adequate financial
facilities and broader markets.
Business can and should help to
attain these things for him, but
the accomplishment Of these OBJ
jects has been rendered more diff
ficult and uncertain by the atti-
tude legislative leaders of farm
ing constituencies in the last Con-
gress took In respect to tax re-,
vision, against the advice of Presi-
dent Harding, one Of the truest
and wisest friends the farmer ever
had, and will be further impeded
and retarded II certain measures
now urged upon Congress come to
be enacted.
THE BEST WAY TO REMEDIES.
I am far from questioning the
ability, the worthy purpose and
the well-meaning intent Of those
men. / do venture to question
whether, in their righteous zeal to
aid agriculture out Of its present
depression, they have given suffi-
Gent study and reflection to eco
nomic laws and economic history.
An apparent shortcut is not al
ways the surest or straightest
road to the aim in view, especially
in matters Of Legislative enact
ments concerning business, with
their complex effects and counter
effects. A monkey.wrench Is a
useful tool. but 1t is proverbially
likely IL welded by insufficiently
practical hands. to be dropped in
to the machinery, with trouble
some consequences.
II it happens that adversely be-
falls a great branch Of our nation
al activities or particular sections
Of our country, whether due to
factors of an avoidable character or
to an unfortunate combination Of
uncomfortable circumstances, the
remedy is not to get even by strik-
ing angrily at other callings or
other sections or to base hasty
legislation on temporary conditions.
The remedy is to sit down to-
gether and by calm and well-mean-
ing comparison of views diagnose
the case, determine the causation
Of the trouble and act in unison in
finding and applying antidotes for
the present and preventive meas
ures for the future.
GET THE FARMERS VIEWS.
Statistics over many years have
demonstrated strikingly that agri-
cultural prosperity and business
prosperity, and agricultural depres-
sion and business depression, run :
on parallel lines and are largely
interdependent. Unfortunately that
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all our people to recognize
IL that in the last analysis
we are all In the same boat and
sink or swim together. The most
helpful thing to set prosperity
going again is to carry that recog.
milton into practice by broad-mfndI
ed and well-conceived co-opera-
ton. instead of blaming our ad.
yersity on the other fellow and
trying to get even with him.
There Is no adequate economic
reason, Notwithstanding the huge
waste and destruction wrought by
the late war, why the world, and.
particularly this favored country,
should not now resume the road
Of prosperity. But In order to do
so we must take hard pull to-
gether; we must give full and free
scope to the forces Of energy and
enterprise instead of cramping,
shackling and hampering them,
and we must let ourselves be
guided by the tested lessons OF
economic truths instead OF giving
ear to plausible fallacies, or per-
hitting ourselves to be led into
precipitate actions under the In
fluence of temporary conditions,
JUsTICE FOR FARMERS.
Every right-minded business
man must be DESTROYS to have
the legitimate grievances Of the
farmer-and he has, and long has
had such-redressed and remedied.
Justice demend that this should
be done. The larger interests Of
the nation demand it, for IT is
harmful and menacing to the
commonwealth that so numerous
and SO valuable a portion Of the
population should feel disconnected
and resentful.
The enlightened selfishness Of
business requires 1t, for not only
does the natural well-being. or
the reverse. Of the farmer largely
react upon business, but expert
ence has shown that when the
farming industry is ID the throes
of depression the farmer is very
likely to blame business and to
hit out at business and to get
himself in a frame Of mind Of
which the well-meaning. self-de-
ceiving purveyor Of political and
economic nostrums or the cum
ming dmagauge is only too ready
to take advantage.
1t is manifest that the repre-
sentatives of farming committees
and States must know better than
most business men, and particu-
larly business men Of the East.
what ails the farmer. These men
are not only not to be criticised,
on the contrary. they are to be
commended, for using their votes
and their influence to get remedial
measures enacted into laws and
to obtain for the farmer a square
deal.
DANGER OF UNWISE LAWS.
To the extent that we business
men are in discord with the agri-
cultural leaders in and out of Con-
gress, it Is not because of their
efforts to promote the welfare of
the farmer, which efforts we cor
daily approve and endorse, but
because not a few of them seem
to be acting under the impression,
in certain respects at least. that 1t
is possible to aid some sections
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LOW will the Conference Il never
know whether to call It the Dis
armament or the disappointment
Conference affect Japan and the
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BY JACOB ii. HARTVIG.

"OWARDS the END or the year
1871 the young Georg
Brandes commenced his IA
nous private lectures at the Uni.
versity of Copenhagen. his sub
ject being the Main Currents Of
the Nineteenth Century Litera-
ture."
November, 1921, being the fifth
eth anniversary of that first lee
ture, and being very near his
eightieth birthday Saturday Feb
ruary 4, was chosen by the scien-
tific, official and academfc world.
especially Of his native city, as an
opportune time to bestow upon him
honors seldom conferred on an
individual, even in countries which
have produced a Thorwaldsen, a
Holberg, a Tegner, a Bjornson
and an Ibsen.
A brilliant torch-light procession
was the climax Of that memorable
day. First there was the lecture.
1t was on Homer. Brandes en-
riched it with that rare eloquence
and vast knowledge which have
won for him a rank all his own.
The content of this lecture is so
profound and far-reaching that
only a book would do justice to
a translation of 1t.
THE TORCH.LIGHT PARADE.
Then followed a banquet in
"Nimo's Assembly Room" Che
Delmonico's Of Copenhagen. To
wards the end Of this banquet
strains of martial music and shout
ing were heard outside. The ban.
queters rushed from the table to
the spacious verandas. 1t was not
long before a parade of thousands,
four hundred of whom (the young.
er students) carried flaming
torches, had assembled IN front of
the building, where a speakers
platform, decorated with flowers,
had been erected.
One of the youngest students
stepped forward and, as spokes-
man for all those thus gathered to
honor him, eulogized the octo-
genarian for his half-century
labors in the cause of right, light
and liberty.
BRANDES' SPEECH.
Cheers echoed the speakers
sentiments. Then silence de-
scended upon the multitude. In
the glare of the torches, on the
speakers platform, with raised
hand, was the inspiring figure
Of Brandes, his whitehaired head
barred.
In clear voice, distinctly
audible to the remotest corner
OF the immense square rang out
his solemn Acknowledgment to
this and future generations.
1T now more than seven
years that the torches of war
have been swung over The earth,
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situation in the
Far East?
/ think that
is the question
u p p Q rmost In
I h Q minds Of
all Americans
and Europeans
as well as the
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By OTTO III. KAHN---
y This Favored Country ShOul1 Not Now Resume the Road Of
Prosperity But to do &c. We Mus Take Hard PULL Together
(FamOus Banker and Economist

truth has not been sufficiently
recognized as yet by either party.
On the contrary. they have usually
been at Ioggerheads and pulling in
different directions, when, as
matter Of fact, they are natural
allies, and both have much to gain
from sympathetic understanding
and cooperation.
In a recent article, published In
the New Republic. Professor David
Friday gives the following table:
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By JAMES DOUGLASS
Sunday ESpress)
editor of the London

editor of the London Sunday Espress)
lis Spirit Writing Mere SeDecepon and Form of Mental DE-
rangement2" Asks WRITER who Concludes That Automatic WRITING
is the Basis of Sprituaism and Calls Id Rubbish"
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The professor ADDS: IT IL hardly
bel,e--4ble that the correspondence
between these two sets of figures,
prepared by two different Govern.
ment departments entirety inde-
pendently Of each other, should CO.
incide by mere accident over
period Of more than two decades.
There seems to be much
sound sense in the farmers state
ment that there is an. interdepend-
ence between the purchasing
power of the agricultural com.
munity and the sales Of the manu-
facturer."
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SIGNIFICANT STATISTICS.

The following interesting and
significant set of statistics was
published a few months ago by
E. T. Meredith. in the North
American Review, comparing the
value per acre Of crops realized
by the farmer with the number
OF business failures in the year
year in agriculture being always
year in agriculture being always
reflected in business the following
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Or, taking the best five and
poorest five years Of each decade.
We have: f.
Auttaja. [volume] (Ironwood, Mich.) 1906-19??, 1922-12-28
sSirulnnlDrstp Mtlantilla
x
8aubat pnriebtiiatfaan eiiuat emnen
ole iellaista fufeneet.

Seem Yortista annettiin langatto.
malta tietoja apiime tiistaina ettG
gltlantin merelld riebult biriped
mDrsfp, jota iltitria aliifiiafin beit-
tell filin limpufan tiloria. Weinita-
mia lailpoja on iaapllnut rantaan ia
lailpojen miebistot orpat fertoneet
fiiinfa oluat iameet biripeGsti tais-
tella mprsfpd ipastaan. Wltutanlis.
ia mprsfpn fGiisia taistelemista lai-
woista on tullut tietoja iatamaan
ettG laiipat iaapupat iatamaan uiei.
ia pGilpiG mpobdstpneinG. Sluurenl-
mista mprsfpn tefenistd tltbotoistd
ii ipield tiebetG.
Wtiiutalnot wanbot loimantieDet.
iotfa 10 oiuot iaapuneet loimoien nlit
fano lotanloan, ipafiulttamat t1n1Gn
inDrsfpn plleen antorirnman nlitG
opot fosfoon fofeneet gltlantillu.
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9nOmattaDa ajamilmiO
Santalaiiet laittameet armeijan.


Soesia. = gniimGiien ferran fit
ten fotinaastamn pois farfoitufien
idlfeen oipat irilitalailet laittaneet
iotaioufon. Siliattain on nim. pal
jastllnllt iellainen ibmeellinen afia,
ettG jiilitalaiiilla OH @telG.@enGidllG
ia llfrainasia puolimiljoonainen or
meiia, parustettu faifilln npfpaifai
iiIla tarpeillo. Sulltalaiiet aifoapat
rpbtpd puoliistanaan faniolliilllt-
taan aielpoimalla. glrnleiian fofoo.
milesia on tebtp ialaiiesti tpotd jo
toista ipuotta. HienenumislG faltpun.
geisia oiuat barioitufietfin plleet jul
fiiio, Mile fun ei ole lainattlt iilll-
renpaa biiomiota ippstG etti liiffeen
laajuis on olllit tlntematon.
Irtteijon olpat perustaneet 5io-
nistit, ioten ie on iefd ,isfonnollinen
ettG faniallinen tGpbeIliiesti jln,ta.
Iainen.
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Yetfnttaiia liiffeellS.

SGmeenlinnm etiipG poliiii on pt
oGtt6npt folme &eIiingistG fotoiiin
olepaa "IiifemiestG", iotfa Iiiffiii.
ipot bGmGriIlG losfiiien perimismat.
toillo. Miebet oliipot toimittaneet e.
rGGnIaista faiippofaIenteria nimcIIG
"Wferfontile", iobon oliiuot iitten
painattoncet fpmmentitnnm bGmeen
IinnoIoiien liiffeen ilmoitiifien. TdG
Iaiieen ilmoittelinm ei beiIlG fiiiten.
fam oIlut liipoa mitiIta fuin main
neIj1ltd IiiffeeltG, irtiittn iiit1 bitos
limatta iaapitipot be perimddn mot
Jun ridistd ilmoitiifiisto. 8in mics
ten ialoper1iiet -ptubot berdtfiipdt
ep6iIpfiiG, tebtiin oiiosto ilmoitiis
poIiiiilIe, iofo pibGtti niebet fiiuIus
teliiio iporten. Wfiebet opot eoelleen
poIiiiin buostosio, iofo t,itfii aiioa.