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ming low, it was decided to send two
million gold marks in bullion to
Buenos Aires to bolster up the credit
there. The Dutch Lloyd liner Tu-
bantia, took on the treasure cargo at
Rotterdam, and for safety sake, the
gold fngots were hidden away in
side the Dutch cheeses, which formed
the bulk of the cargo
The gold shipment was naturally
kept a strict secret, and was known
only to the highest German officials.
1t was almost too secret, in fact, be
cause German submarine prowling
of the Dutch coast observed the Tu-
bantia acting suspiciously, and took a
pot shot at her and sank her in three
minutes. One of the German agents
aboard, disguised as a Danish mer-
chant, was killed by the explosion.
The rest of the crew drifted around
in small boats until picked up
Now 1T is reported that the French
syndicate have cut their way into the
hold and expect soon to bring up the
golden cheeses, all stuffed with In
COTS.
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to Mussolini. In manner of speak
ing, he is superb.
On December "a Pope Plus. by for
mally opening the Holy Door in St.
Peter's Basicila. inaugurated the
twenty-third Roman Catholic Jubilee
year. The ceremony was one of al
most unexampled magnificence. The
first jubilee year was the year 1900.
United States of Americnn.-Mr
Green, the new president of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor. has pledged
himself ito adhere to the fundamen-
tai principles of trade unionism
championed by Mr.. Gompers."
He is, so to speak, a liberal con-
sentative. He was a strong advocate
of the workers Educational Blu
reau."
He was the author of the Ohio
workmen's compensation law. At the
Montreal convention in 1920 he SPOKE
Tor Government ownership of rail
roads. Obviously he is a champion of
social legislation. On the other hand
he alone at the Ell Paso convention
several weeks ago spoke against the
proposal that labor enter the in
surance business. He moved for the
election of William F.. Dunn. the
| communist, at the Portland conven-
ton of 1923; he has vigorously
fought the radical extremists in the
| mine workers organization. He on
posed ratification of Mr.. La Follette
| by the federation. He is a Democrat
and was Ohio State senator. billie
His home is at Coshocton, Ohio
where he was born fifty-one years ago,
his English father and Welsh mother
| having emigrated to this country in
1868. He went to work in the mines
at the age of 16.
The election of Mr.. Green was a
disappointment to James Duncan
who has been first vice president OF
the federation for 80 years and who
hoped to fill Mr.. Gomper's unexpired
term. Mr.. Duncan has resigned from
| the executive council
| * X x x
Miscellaneous. Apparently the
counter-revolutionist are getting the
| upper hand in Albania. They have
| captured Tirana, the capital,
The Chinese provisional govern
ment, headed by Gen. Tuan Chi Jul.
| has given the assurances requested
| by the governments of the United
States, Belgium, Great Britain
France, Italy, Japan and the Neither
lands whereof 1 spoke in my last
summary.
Prince Yanuhito, second son of the
Emperor Of Japan, is to take a two
year course at Oxford
The Egyptian Parliament was dis
solved by royal decree on December
% and general elections will take
place February "a.
The government established by the
military junta of Chile has resigned
and the junta is to disband, and thus
very unfortunate episode is ended
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Everyday Religion
BY RIGHT REV. JAMES L. FREEMAN, D. d.
Bishop of Washington.
Talk on Theology, But Up
and Right Living.

turn of her sons Bible that was
found in the pocket of his coat.
She says: THE religious side of
Raymond was hardly known to the
family, but among his possessions
at the front was found small
pocket Bible and on the fly leaf,
penciled in his writing. is an index
to the passages which 1 copy here"
She then gives the texts which this
22-year- old boy had marked and in
which evidently he had found his
deepest satisfaction.
That he had read the book assidu-
ously is quite evident and the pas
sages he marked bear evidence of
the fine discrimination with which
he read,>a as well as the desire he had
to discover in his reading Gods pur-
pose and plan.
!: X
Going into action he found assur-
ance in this text: The eternal God
is thy refuge and underneath are
the everlasting arms" and again In
this one: IF thy presence go not
with me, carry us not up hence"
On another occasion we can almost
visualize him in his quarters ponder
ing this word: They that wait upon
the Lord shall renew their strength"
or this: Behold. God is my salvation;
l will trust and not be afraid" On
days when shadows were falling and
comrades were being swept away in
the red food of battle. he seeks guild
ance and comfort in the tender words
of the Great Master: Come unto me,
all We that labor and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest"
Clearly marked are these immortal
words: Let not your heart be
troubled, neither let 1t be afraid"
and again: "In the world We shall
have tribulation; but be of good
cheer, l have overcome the world"
Growing day by day through medi-
tation and compelled to face the
sternest issues of life, the young
soldier comes at length to find his
faith expressed in these triumphant
words: who shall separate us from
the love of Christ? Shall tribulation,
or distress, or persecution, or famine,
or nakedness, or peril, or the sword?"
Who Will say what comfort, what
support and strength this youth
found as in the time of his trouble
he sought the Lord? Thousands, aye,
millions like him, without any show
of ostentation, have turned to this
old Book and found in 1t the great
help that they needed in the day Of
trouble.
Today is the last Sunday of the
passing year. AS we try to under
stand the mysteries Of life, try to
solve its hard problems, yes, as we
try to get light on obscure and
darkened pathways, to whom shall
we turn if not to Him who alone
has declared: II am the way and the
truth and the life Lord, to whom
shall we go? Thou alone hast the
words of eternal life"
Copyright, 1924
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Howe About
The Herd; Future Barbarians;
French Literature.
BY E. ". HOVE,
"The Sage OF Potato Hill"

IF an old custom has long sur
vived there is the wisdom OF
experience back of 1t. And
i nothing has been taught so long
or by so many, as that a man
should, for his own selfish interest
accept the rules men have adopted
hfor convenience, safety and advance
ment, and called morals. 1 refer to
this fact a good many times, in the
cept the Importance of the old teach
ing. and better care for themselves
and their country.
x X x
There never was a man entirely in
telligent, or entirely moral; and H
G.. Wells says there never was mar
who lived steadfaStly, completely anC
continuously in pursuit of great ends
The best a man can do, the best a
man ever does, is to make his aver
age a little or good deal better than
the average of mankind. That is
success. We are not gods, but ami
mails. One dead man is as good as
another, but living man may, by
proper effort, rise above the COM
mon herd. And this rising above the
common herd is the finest thing in
life.
A man should not be too good ma
tured. A certain gravity, reserve
force, and disposition to back UP
what he says becomes real man
Don't overdo politeness or good ma
ture; occasionally a man must read
the riot act, and riot, if necessary.
Rough necks must be handled. The
man l most dislike is too anna BILE
And 1 heard a tough story about him
the other day. The real men l know
won't stand crowding.
Every man who amounts to any
thing must have some of the rough
stuff in him. and know something
about it, A capable man cannot al
ways smile, smile, smile; he must
show his fangs occasionally and
keep them sharp for an emergency
If he should meet a wolf (and there
are a good many wolves) he must
know something about them. and be
able to make wolves as well as ga
zelles respect him.
4 !: x y
It's your business to watch the
hypocrite, the thief, the loafer, the
liar. Thus he will not harm you. but
him.
We have all been brought up on the
story that seven different civiliza-
tons have ended in bankruptcy, and
that ours will go the same way.
1t is said we will become so idle
and eliminate. So devoted to "gooC
times and luxury, so dislike the
real staff of life, that finally race
of strong, simple men VIII come
along, throw US into bankruptcy ano
slavery, and take possession of the
country.
And | am of the opinion that wher
we are thrown out of our homes anc
business places, and thereafter be-
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Move Launched by Science and Business
Aims to Weed Units From Industry

To weed insists from American
industry and to make its millions
of workers happier. more efficient and
more productive, science and business
have united in nation wide inves
tigation enlisting 20 fields, from
medicine to organized labor, it was
announced yesterday by Alfred D..
Finn, director of the Engineering
Foundation
The inquiry will be headed by the
Personnel Research Federation, es-
tablished under the auspices of the
foundation and the National Research
Council, and OF which DR.. w. "
Bingham of the Carnegie Institute
of Technology, Pittsburgh, has, it
was also announced, just been ap-
pointed director. Prof. Bingham will
establish headquarters at the offices
of the foundation, 20 West Thirty
ninth street, New York.
This step, according to Mr.. Finn,
speaking in behalf of the federation's
board of governors, marks a turning
point in the history of personnel
management in this country. Arising
during the war as serious activity
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Napoleon, Mehmed Ali, Wilson
Seen Behind Eggypt's Struggle

a preteXt to obtain a better control
of the Suez Canal through a military
occupation of Egypt Ostensibly the
British went in to run the finances
for the benefit of foreign bondhold-
ers; but little by little the whole
government passed into the hands of
the British commissioners, and the
khediveS, as the hereditary paShas
came to be known, retained only the
shadow of power.
1914 Sees New Conflict Start.
But the germs of Egyptian national
ism were at work. Under the efficient
but high-handed British rule national
consciousness began to pervade even
the most indolent masses and the inn
position of a British protectorate in
1S4 accelerated rather than retarded
the Inevitable conflict.
The signal for an open attack
against British domination was given
when Woodrow Wilson expounded his
principle of self-determination. That
was the determining factor in giving
stentorian tones to the earlier muffied
cries for liberty and independence.
In Wilson's preaching for justice to
oppressed nations the Egyptians
found at last an echo of their own
warnings.
Win the name OF the American
President on their lips they rose
against British rule, determined to
put an end to foreign domination.
That was in 1920.
Two years later, years of cease
less agitation and occasional blood
shed, Great Britain had to sign away
a substantial part of her control over
Egypt. On March 16, 1922, a British
proclamation declared the land of the
pharaohs a Sovereign Independent
State" under the rule of His Maj
esty, King Fuad 1, eighth descendant
of the great Mehmed Ali, in the di-
rect male line. 1t may be noted that
Prince Fuad, the present ruler of
Egypt, was candidate for the throne
of Albania in 1912, but Albania was
unwilling to consider the candidacy
of a Moslem prince, even though he
was of her own flesh and blood.
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come servants to new masters, we
Will be succeeded by men who have
few of our most conspicuous bad
habits. The new man will control
their women and children, certainly,
and not play many foolish games, or
belong to many foolish clubs. They
will go directly at every problem,
and avoid the sentiment which is
slowly running us.
Half of the things we profess to
believe in, we make fun of. The new
men will believe in everything they
profess to believe in. We will call
them barbarians, but they will have
excellent common sense.
They may fight among themselves
a good deal, but when it comes to the
main issues of enslaving the fool
Yankees they will act as unit; they
will not have three or four different
parties: we cannot divide them with
the Ku Klux, the Protestant, the Re
publican, the Progressive, the Demo
crat or other of our well known is
sues.
They will stand together for their
barbarianism.
They may finally divide on issues
of their own, but they Will pay no
attention to ours.
Nearly every man believes the
world is going to the devil, and that
the next few years will show great
changes. And all are mistaken; the
world will carry on in future as US
ual, with a few changes and i'm
provements men learn from ex-
perience. History records few vio
lent changes, but in each case the
people didn't like the change, and
went back to the old tiresome but
safer conditions. Base the next 30
years on the 20 years you have lived
and know about and you will be
right.
Fun is universally made Of patent
medicine testimonials.
! rather like the idea.
Suppose a man has been benefited
by suggestion or remedy. In the
name of high heaven, should he not
wish to pass it on to others who are
afflicted?
1 lately bought little apparatus
suggested in an advertisement. 1T
met my needs so perfectly that !
actually would not take thousand
dollars for it, if l could not get an
other like it.
l restrain myself with difficulty: l
want to write the manufacturer, and
call him a benefactor. He charged
me a good price, and is getting rich,
but is a benefactor just the same.
A peculiar thing is that no apparat-
us equally good is sold at the stores.
Why do not dealers handle it? Why
do not those who call at stores get
the best there is. One apparatus for
the same purpose is generally sold.
and so bad that the manufacturer
could be successfully prosecuted for
using the mails to defraud, because
of wide advertising.
Downright. 1924
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Three Nations in Rival Search
For Gold Treasures in the North Sea

The story of the rival expeditions
or three nations, now manoeuvering
far out in the North Sea, where the
old Dutch Lloyd liner Tubantia, lies
III 40 fathoms of water, with a big
torpedo hole in her rusty side, and
her hold full of golden treasures, is
the most curious of the kind for
many years.
A French syndicate, which is re-
ported to be backed by the French
government, is attempting to get
divers into the wreck, while mys-
FERROUS craft, which are reported to be
flying the British flag, but who are
said to be disguised Germans, are
towering constantly in the offing
Danish vessels are also on the scene.
Desperate contention for possess
siion of the treasure has already been
twice threatened, and may develop
yet when the precious metal begins
coming to the surface.
The Tubantia's fate was tragic and
fantastic at the same time. In 1916,
when Germany was badly pressed for
raw materials and with credit run
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Psalm iIIuii part second Uerse-"In
the time OF my trouble / sought the
Lord"
| HE garden of Eden is evident
ly not the ideal place in which
mans moral nature reaches
i it's highest and richest de-
velopment. No one seeks a
crisis, and yet when it comes, no
true-hearted man avoids it. There is
value in crises and stern and diff
cult situations that, rightly appraised,
is incidentally great. Indeed, it is
safe to say that the best that is in us
finds its strongest impulse in some
GethSemane. The fibres of the soul
are strengthened through resistance.
There are those who would tell us
today that the Bible and our Christian
religion have lost their hold upon
men; that even the ministers them
selves are confused and bewildered.
BE this as it'may, even apart from the
church and its doctrines, the search
for spiritual satisfaction, the seeking
for that which brings hearts ease,
goes on undated and unhindered The
reason for this is that no external
changes, social, economic or political,
can affect the normal yearnings and
aspirations of the human soul.
* * x
"hether savage or civilized, the
religious instinct in man is conspicu-
ously evident. The religious litera-
ture of the world. from it's earliest
known history, tells the story of
mans search for the satisfaction of
his deeper spiritual nature. He may
grow careless and Indifferent in days
of prosperity, but inevitably when
shadows fall across his pathway,
when the mysteries of life become in
soluble, he turns away from human
reasoning and seeks that peace and
assurance that come from faith in
things divine. He cannot get on
without some theory of God and His
purposes. He is compelled to believe
that behind all the confusions and prob
lens of life resides a plan and purpose
1t was such situation that forced
the disciples of Christ to cry out
Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou
alone hast the words of eternal life"
y later disciple. Edith Cavell, when
every human support was withdrawn
and deep shadows were gathering
found an ineXpressible peace and sat
lsfaction in d strong religious convic-
ton that sustained and comforted her
She would seem to say on that gray
morning, as she faced her execution
ers: This is the victory that over
cometh the world, even our faith"
X X * I:
In his remarkable book entitled
Raymond" Sir Oliver Lodge recounts
the story of his great affection in
the death of his young son who fell
in action. One Of the choicest things
in the narrative is Mrs. Lodges brief
note in which she speaks of the re
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The British Enthusiastically after
leaving the Croydon Airdrome on De-
cember "a, the express airplane bound
for Paris crashed to earth, the pilot
and the seven passengers being killed
instantly. AS the plane struck. the
gasoline tank exploded and the bodies
were incinerated
mentioned last week a note from
the British government to the secre-
tariat Of the League Of Nations,
which asserted that the registration
by the Irish Free State government
with the secretariat Of the London
treaty of 1921, which created the Free
State, was an improperly, the treaty
being an internal affair OF the British
Empire, with which the league is not
competent to deal.
The Free State government has dis
patched a note to the secretariat ex-
pressing complete dissent from the
attitude of the British government in
this matter; a matter obviously Of
great Importance. as opening up In a
dramatic way the general question
of the relations of the outlying COM
monwealths of the empire to the CEN
trail government
The British cabinet is considering a
proposal, in line with the policy of
imperial preference, that the impor-
tation into Britain of meat from non
imperif sources be limited to such
required quantities as the empire can
not supply. The claim is made that
were legislation to such an effect to be
passed, Britain could, within from five
to ten years be fully supplied from
imperial sources. At present Britain
imports meat from Argentina to the
yearly value of about s25,000,000;
more than three times as much as
she imports from Australia.
The British government Is sound
ing the governments of the outlying
commemorative Of the empire as to
their willingness to send representa-
tives to London for an imperial con-
ference on the Geneva protocol OF
arbitration and security"
n X r X
Portugal.-On Christmas day war
ships of many nations assembled of
Lisbon on the Tague to do honor to
the memory of that great Portuguese
Don Vasco da Cana, who died at
Cochin on Christmas day, 1924. In
1893 Da Cana discovered the sea
route from Europe to India around
the Cape of Good Hope, so becoming
one Of the chief founders of the mod
commerce of Europe with the East
Da Cana was a very brave and able
man, but his treatment of the re-
volted inhabitants Of Calcutta in 1902
was one of the most brutal perform
ances in human annals. He had the
fortune Of Agamemnon; for his path
finding voyage is the central incident
of the Lusiads of Camoens.
x X y X
Germany.-On September 80 the
German government presented to the
10 governments represented on the
| council Of the League Of Nations ar
| identical note or memorandum ask
| ing for information relating to the
| question of German membership in
the League Of Nations, or perhaps
| rather, indicating certain pledges
| Germany must have ere she would
| consent to join the league, and feel
| ing for the attitude of the severa
governments toward the German re-
| quirements. So far as know, thai
note was never officially published
but unofficially land, make no doubt
| correctly we were Informed that ths
German conditions included the fol
J lowing: Assurance of permanent
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Laughing Cactus.

A naturalist, just returned to Cairo
from Arabia, describes a plant called
the Laughing cactus The plant
gets its name from the fact that any
one eating its seed gives way for
some minutes afterward to immod-
crate laughter, frequently ending in
nervous prostration.
The natives of the district in which
the plant f1ourishes dry the seeds and
grind them into powder, which they
Keep, and, on suitable occasions, ad-
minister to those against whom they
have real or fancied grievance
An overdose may result in tempo
rary loss of reason, following which
the victim falls into deep sleep,
awakening with no memory Of his
curious conduct.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28

In hundreds Of industrial plants. and
spreading to colleges, engineering
practice and other channels, it has
undergone the tests imposed by the
whole area of industrial relations
and now energies as a definite effort
to study, from the standpoint of the
national welfare, the value of what
has become known as the human
factor"
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More New England Thrift.

From the Kansas City Times
1t was widely suspected that
Chairman Butler of the Republican
national committee was no politician
ana low IL Is certain. He ended The
camp.ign with surplus of s350,lSQ
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JOYS of Great Outdoors.

From the Lexington Leader.
The man who has no acquaintance
with the great open spaces has no idea
how wonderful nature is or how many
insects there are.
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Fixed National Habit.

From the Boston Transcript.
There were millions of new voters
in this election, and most of them
voted the Republican ticket. 1t seems
to be fixed national habit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28
May Have to Take 1t Back
irmingham Axe-Herald.

From the Birmingham Age-Herald.
It looks as IL some newspaper.
would have to take back Whit they
said about the Literary Digest:
straw poll.
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BY HENRY w. BUM,

.HE following is a brief sum
mary of the most important
news of the world for the
i seven days ended December
27:
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Outlook for the A. F. of L.
With William Green at Helm

Continued from First Page.1
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FINDING HELP.

Psalm irruii, part second verse-"In
the time of my trouble / sought the
Lord"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28

In his remarkable book entitled
Raymond" Sir Oliver Lodge recounts
the story of his great affection in
the death of his young son who fell
in action. One Of the choicest things
in the narrative is Mrs Lodges brief
note in which she speaks of the re