Vr « * r ^i* A. f < r *- * «!» K9« Forces of Britain and France Unite in Pacifying Near East Invasion of Syrian Arabs Into Palestine Checked by Repres- sive Measures â€" Jews Arrested in Haifa and Tel Aviv for Possessing Firearms Jerusalemâ€" British repressive efsald. in tlie Arab villages in the vicln- Eminent Guests Enjoy the Rockies ity of Jerusalem and 160 Arabs ot Lifka, near Mi tza, were arrested. Thirty-five Jews were arrested In Haifa and 17 in Tel Aviv on charges. of pog.sessins firearm.s for defense. The High (.•ommlsioner. Sir Jol-.a Chancellor, was said to have refused numerous requests that scores ot Jews imprisoned on charges > t pos- sesion of arm be released or to p^-r. mit liistribiillon of arnw among set- tlers in colonies in Ihe north. The Jewish telegraphic agency also reported that the (ireek Orth dox Ch'.i.-ch In the Christian communitv in Bei.son v.as attacked hy Arab Moslem^ Tli'-re were cjSaaltics but the exact number wa4 n'ot known. It was said also t!iat a con.'erenoc of Jewi.sli and Moslem leaders re.^ultej of the British (}ov-t in an asreenient which prevriitid au was prepared to- Arab anack on- Tiberias. In Caliiee. .\rahs attacked two Jewisii colo- nies in the Tiberia-i district l)-iit b ih were repulsed by inhabitants. Otio attack was on Hippin. colony of or- thodox Jpws. The Other '.vai diroci- e.i against Mizpah, where. the farin ot Lorl Medc^ett. British Zionist loafl- er, 1.1 located. Mith=:a! El Faiz. fiKst sheik o^ fho Beni Sakhi tribe in Transjordan. whrt was arrested fast week after reaching Jerusalem by a ruso, has been released on parole after havln;; 5iven his personal a=;suranoe not to take lip arms against Great Britain. forts have so broken up the invasion i (f Bedouins from Syria into Pales-j tine that only small scattered forces | were said lo be makiufr their way across Ihe border for participation' la Ihe .\rab Jewish hostilities. | Information here was that the Bri.i tish military, cooperating closely i wilh the French Government if man' dated Syria, had Ihe situation In J hand. Ihe French l-.ad clo.-ed Ihe en-j tire Syrian frontier and were exert- ing every effort to maintain law and! order The British Tran.sjordan fron-! tier has been closed since Ihe beeiin-l nini; of Ihe trouble. i Uriii.sb aircraft continued Ihelr de-' monstrati. ns over the invaders, sliow. i Ing Ihe restless nomadic liands of, .Arabs Ihe power ernment, which strike hard in case further breaches j of I lie peace developed. i Principal danger of recurring: clashes seemed to exist In the north.' with the vicinity of Safed somewlnt restless. One c: mpany of the South Stafrordshire regiment moved north- ward to aid In keeping the peace there. The correspondent of the Jewish telegraphic agenc.r reported (he gen- eral situation as comparati.'ely quiet, and signs were accumulating that it was Improved Searches were un'.er- taken by the Britis'! authorities. h=' in WINSTON CHURCHILL AND PARTY ENJOY BEAUTY OF CANADIAN ROCKIES Left to rightâ€" Randolph. John. Rr. Hoa. Winston and Major John Ciiurehill, takon during their stay at tlie Canadian Ri'ckies, where tney enjoyod the air and magnificent scenery of the well-known re<}:- ter to U that of a strong man. "He had been somet.ing ot an win at once a prcMaise..ot at|atlilete: you mav know that bv the ieait partial sati.ffactioo. ,' i g,.a.,p ^f ^^ h^,,;, , 'it is on- f::e nrst demand that, that lauieness has believe, served to too. give .Mr.SnowdenhaslnsUted wi,hspe..iaruim a certain calm and ^eU-contry, - Qpposite House of Commons a On his reckon^iig it greater than he might Iiave acquired a matter ot £2.400.000 ; without it: for this is very marked; Loudon.â€" I have discovered the poU- A large sum' To you! j,, him, and not a characteristic of tician who has solved the problems of urgency, amounts to per annum. and me a colossal suim. but one mu'tt-the Snowden stock. Strength and housing transport, dress reform, and measure it in relation to our national! calm, with the hiiesty of his nature. 'rate collectors, writes a correspond- BudgeL have come to show themselves at ent. "We are threatening to wr?ck thejiast {„ a verv lucid brain command-! He is Major Lionel Beaumont-Thom- ig all its resources. as, Conservative JI.P.. for King's Nor- ton, Birmingham, and he lives opp»eite the House of Comons in his SO-toot 'motor-yacht Paulina. ' Major Beaumont-Thomas is a young What Mr. Snowden Has Accomplished Some Personal and Political Aspects of the Issues Raised at the Hague "Whether Mr. Prilip Snowden had a good case at The Hague." wr!t<?3 Mr. Sisley Huddlestoa in the New Sial.-scnen. "or whether it was. in It- se.f, worth while niamng a fnss about It. I d.' n,>; rightly know; it may be that a I'ttle more or a little less, after so many years of drittinr, !s of no i:nfticular conso-suence. Nor do I pronounce upon his manner, wheth- er l;e should have purred more .pret- ^ wholly fair way of putting it? Their .means. The average Briton is built ed it by anchoring Paulina beneath til.v. and have been less fcrthri.ght. 1 claim is for repairuions proper, the on such lines that he regards a mem- its windows, and going ashore each "But his merit is that of a man ' actual restoratl n of their devasted ber of Parliament paid £400 out of day in a dinghy and a pair of grey who brings a breath of reality into| areas. Did not all ot its conced'.Mthe taxes with lesss than half the re-, flannel trousers. ar uUnosphere of unreality. H-: has I tl:at such claims stand in a wholIr|spect he felt for the old type of mem-' i went aboard Pauiiua. Her saloon smashed r-ie not wark of preUnca; different class from the rest of the jber. who came jingliax his sovereigns, is square and cosy, panelled in coffee- ar.d compromise and privaie bar- Allies' demands upon Germany? 'bribing when he dared, and when he colored oak. fitted with book-shelves, gaining and platitudiuizing that en-} "Has not our Socialist International' dared not developing au e.xtraordinary | cellarette. stove, cupboards, writing â- wraps so many coiiferences. How repeatedly drawn this distinction? bump of charity. And £400 is such a Jesk. and dining table, trivial seemed suddenly to be this And has not tbe Labor Party itself : ridiculous sum, the wages of a middle-' The yacht sleeps nine at a pinch secret lining-up if forces in t::e lob. ^ in its official publications challenged aged clerk or municipal scavenger! and six in comfort. biesl A will suuport B on this poin', â- the whole basis on which the British \vhen I look at the members ot the' The bathroom is immaculate, but It B will support A on that point; | claims were reckoned? This episode' London County Council and sea how the bath is only 3 feet, fi inches long and the minority, which has been out- 1 is not yet overâ€" t'-ere is still time | hard they work for nothing. I am not â€"at"! Major Beaumont-Thomas is witted in hotel rooms, will pleasant-; for a return to a juster sense ot pro-' sure that the average "'•Briton's con- more than six feet tall. ly acquiesce. Aud afterwards, eachj por.irn. Even if our financial ca?e tempt for the average" M.P.. deplorable ' ♦ delegate, making the most of a lit-, is wliolly sound we are not sj poor! as such a fact mav be. is not as justi- ' tie arranged triumph, and sa-.arting that we must wreck Europe '.o gain tied as it is certainly intelligible, under .» veritable defeat, will pub-; £2.000.000 per atinuni. The Labor (Vl.P;s 80-Ft. Home , Still Three Million In the Thames | Slaves in World settlement of Europe for the sake of jq less than .£2ii mlilioas in a budget- nf rver £S00 millions. Wliat would â- '*' one think of a man witji a com-; Impecunious Statesmen f.,.-tal le mi:l(1!e-c'.a.-is ; tcome of £S00. _^ Truthful Tory in Truth (London): who turned tbe -v-rui up.-ii-.Ie di-v.n ^„ gg back no farther than the last man of extraordinary vim. He showed for the sake of £2 10s? jtwemy years of last century, the ^ that at the general election when he "Ft is true that rhe French." .Mr. ' House of Commons was composed ot|was the only Conservative candidate Braiiiford conclu-ies. "will recoive'men of private fortune, or their sons, to defeat a Socialist sitting member, much the greater pa.-t < t the 'nncon- The House of Commons i,^ no longer! This Is his first experience of the ditlonal' payments. But is this a a body of gentlemen of independent | House of Commons, and he has salut- Cannot Forsee Canada's Future Question Not Di-^cusse^ D^*r~ clares C.P.R. President. E. W. Be-stty ^ riegina, Sask. â€" In an interview here receutiy, E. W. Beatty. K.C.. president ot the Canadiaa Pacific Railway, stated that the company waa enter- taining no plan:) for the construction of any lines to Fort Churchill. The uestion had not been discussed b*the management, he said. ' "But you cannot look very far ahead in this country," he added. Spe;ik. .-: of the uncertainty tf making a'a: - meats touching upon the future. "We mu!it be ready for anything. Uu| northern feeder lines were not fore- «eea a number of years ago." 3fr, Beaity is making a tour of the system in conipaliy with several dl- . Irectors^of tha.comiJauy. TUat.tbe Lanigsia Itae now under consJ r'.tetkjit and expected to be lin- jishei'next .ve;<r, will be ; a valuable •'t?»ede!' to ReginJi- territory, was M^L^- I Beauy's belief. "It will open up ^er- , ritury in the north and put it in touch ^with Regina." be said. Arrangements [wita Lie- Cajjadiaa Katioual for' run- : fling riglits into- Prince Albert had' ijeetv teBtaiively art-anged, he stated. i.^he mining claims in the .liotieu- stooe~ares hiui not lived up to eipec- ' . I latloQ^.. safii Mr. B-jattr."-ftJul the (.'on- jsol!dat?d Smelters had droppea~^ieir " lpre.«ent claims, but were still working • .. iiin tile district in prospect that there »:as something more in the field. "As yot no sub-itaiitial mineral dsi- velopraent iias been discovered." .Mr. Beaity declared, adding- . that the claims first worked had been spotty and thin. Modern business speed and require- ments have been the primary cause ot the recent coastto-coast reduction of time by 10 hours. Mr. Beatty said. â- "The demand for increased speed which means a saving of time, is grow- ing and our railway to meet it had tc bring about sucii reductions." "A reduction in the running time of the Trans-Canada Limited is quite likely by May." added the president. Lure of North Ottawa.â€" The lure of Mje -ndrTiTXi^ strong in the hearts of Canadians Anyone doubting this should see tha ^ League of Nations Council is Requested to .Appoint a Commission for the Pur- pose of Studying the Question in .All Its Aspects Geneva. â€" A decision ot great inter- est and importance from the viewpoint of the anti-slavery campaign was taken in the si.xth committee of the .\ssembly of the League of Nations, when it was resolved to request the <-orrespoDd^nce pourmg in on the De- Council ot the League of Nations to ["irtment of Railways and Canals, ask- appoint a commission to study the:"'= '° "t ^ ''^'''^'^ ^^ ^° '° Churchill, whole question of slavery in all its ^^^ ^^""^ "^ requests started when a ,.,„,„, ,,,.„. .news Item announced that it might be It is certain that the situation wants ^P,°^*''''^','"^'"f ^o".'*! .^e running into very close looking into, for the Span- ish delegate. Signor Palaccio. stated Government if it takes this risk will. with its own lianls. end its own career it inte; national service." ^j "Wtia* ;.: m°i lit by 'trivin.' in'?" tasks tie Glasgow Herah' "Th-j in- terprela ion he pias on this phrase wi'l h'-. a sounj test of the Ci'.in- ''collor ot the l-Itohequer'; political and dip'omatic qiialities. llcly recite the litany ot peace A Perilous Method "The method has always seamed to me to be perilous. When we are talking business, let us talk business Wiien we are talking diplomacy, let us talk diplomacy. Is such and such a state of affairs justifiable? It this or that unjust position to be aban- di lied? Are certain anomalies t.i be' "What will be Mr. Snowden's sl- rectified? Is It to be peaceâ€" that tifJe? Will he know just how 'ar to Is to say, justiceâ€" or not? Yes or I'"*'' !»'* plicy ot 'no ."oaiiHomis3'? noâ€" but not yes and no in the same' '^' 'â- *' ''^-^ observed, the sums of breath, and not yes covering no and- r'onsy under dispt^to are a secondiry no covering yes. Mr. Philip Snow. I 'J>''>tter to the principle at stfke. den, who i:as been called for hN t)ther European Powers ;uve to be pains a sick man with unstrung ner- 1 'â- '"'!=''' "'^' "« ''"Ve oconiuiic and ves. and who lias provoked the typical' '"'"•â- ""'â- ^' rights as sacre.i as t!i.:tr». hint or threat of a Franco-German un-j '"="' •'"'' ^^'^ canujt be relied -poit in. that since the slavery convention was signed the nations had learned a great deal more about slavery, including the fact as stated by an eminent author- ity on slavery that there are in the world to-day not less than 3.000,000 slaves. The proposal for the appointment of a commission was brought forward by Viscount Cecil, and supported by Dr. Fridtjof Nansen. and although no states were named where slavery is known to prevail, it was said In the course of the discussion that there were two large territorilies contingu- ous to British territory where slavery existed. It was Admitted that if the impres- Ireland and the Air-Mail Dublin Wee'.ily Times Next week will see an experiment of first-rate im- portance in European aviation when mails are carried by air from Galwaylsion still prevailed that slavery ex- to England. It expectations are real-'isted only in the British Empire, it ized. western Ireland will become in ; was due to the fact that Great Britain the near future a vital link in interna- | had taken such pains in sending in tional conrmunications. Trans-Atlan- j voluminous reports. Dr. Nansen will tic ships entering Galwa.f Bay will dis- raise the question whether, in view charge mail-carrying airratt from 'of the fact that the United States had their decks, or mails will bo taken ; adhered to the slavery convention, It ashore tc be loaded into aircraft at ' should be invited to appoint a member Oranmore aerodrome, and then the flying craft will hurry over Ireland to destinations that could not be reached for at least another day, if the usual sea-route to Euglish ports were com- pleted. Whatever may be the fortunes of the Immediate experiment, it is cer- tain thr.t sooner or later the thing on the slavery commission inquiry that port by the end ot the month. Everyone seems to be wanting to go north. The requests come from Boards of Trade wishing to send par- ties up there, from Legislatures want- ing representatives on the ground, big commercial interests desiring to be early on the scene, and the great mass of individuals who want to grow up with tlie port. It is rather embar- rassing to the Department because at present the only buildings at Church- ill are those to house men engaged on the dredging and the railway construc- tion. The only food supplies there are those belonging to the Govern- ment. Hon. C A. Dunning. Minister of Flailways. aunouned that his depart- ment was preparing a statement which will be published soon, explaining the whole situation there. During the summer the construction gangs have continually been called upon to feed adventurous people who made their way by air and otherwise to Churchill without making any provision as to what they should eat after they got there. The Manitoba Goverument will have the job of supervising the building ot the town. The Federal Department is only concerned with the railway a..J the port improvements. It looks :as it Churchill would be a mecca for The colon- i tuurists from the start, and the first derstandlng to the exclusion ot Kng-j *'^'""'''e'.^' ''' "â- ''â- ie sacriiicis n th:: "i hear your boy friend has a house """' attempted wil come to pass land, is simply the honest man among altar of European peace. of his own and wants vou to share! ''' ,, ,, , .„.,.,.. .,,,,,., I ..,-, i..t . 1 .w 1 .».'..... I 1.1.-1. .. • .. »â- ^- • J !â- >•, <> > be al owed to impair Britain s foreign i the "(Id diplomatists. To drive home this lesson It is it. * I "What is a statistician, dad? A' ,_. .., .....t,..,. .,.â- _•. t^ ,_.j : Foreign Trade and Empire Trade Bombay Times of India ial Conference which was held at Ot- eall will be for a hotel tav.a in 1S94 made it clear that no policy of Colonial Preference should "We are. by the sheer ineptitude of. probably unnecessary for us to secure! "Maybe he hasâ€" I know he his part statistician, my son. is a man who gave him the 'comes to the aid of fii;ures which can- ' r.ot lie for theniselvosi" the tinal penny of the demands fram-| it one .anyway, for I ed by Mr. Snowden. His c-itimate' gate yesterday." of what Is a reasonablo and t'o best _. .'^i^-^ aitaiiiable i ffer will be an exacting' tcs' of his statesmanship." "Britain's claims." states the Scots-' man. "involve no departure from the essential structure of the Young PUin.| the main purpo.^e ot which is. after' all. to regulate the amount and man- ner ot Germany's payments, and not : to upset the hitherto accepted basis ' ot distribution. In doing so t^e ez- the powers-that-be. the most taxed and the most debt-ridden nation on the face ot the planet," writes Mr. Leo Maxsc. editor ot the National Re. view, in the Sunday Dispatch. "We have little enough to show f r the extortion to which we submit ex- cept a loss ot 'face' from China to Peru. "If Jlr. Snowden is as sick of tM.i sickening regime as the vast mass of the electorate ho will c ntinue the good work ho has begun at The Hague, extending his activity in other' perts exceeded their authority.' directions and other departments,! nad will command an amount (f sup- port that will astonish the civilizea world. I "TItp restoration of British pres- tige, the recovery of British sclt-j respect, are conditions precedent ot; stable and eniluring peace, which li' understood to be the object that Is! nearest and dearest lo the Socialist Party." Al Oi'tcp-kcn Critic The enly note of free criticism comes from Mr. H. N. Brailstord, in the New Leader, who writes: â€" ".Mr. Snowden has made throe main demands: the restoration of l^o Spa percentages, a greater share of the •unconditional' payments, and some changes in the system ot deliveries In kind. The last is. surely, the most Important of these claims, for it dir- ectly afreets omployment. Rut Mr Graham had only to make i ne or niaite him an intense politician. But A Family to be Proud of The Man 'Early in the Chancellor's liio. his' accident with a bicycle helped, I| think, to make him more ot a student | than any one else ot the new genera-! tio'i ,then pushing out Into the world,"; writes Mr. Ueighley Snowden in the Star, in a character sket .-h of his re- ' latlve. Mr. Philip Snowden, Chancel, lor of the Exchequer. ' "It was another dose of realism torj him, to be faced while others > nly j j knew the thing at second-hand, as a tradition. It did not change htm.l did not at all. as I have heard peo-i ! pie surmise, make him bitter; but! he lay and concentrated. | ".\ good deal ot his reading chanc- ed to be political, as was natural I with a civil servant (the village I schi ol had put him in the way to pass examinations and begin to serve In SootlaiuD ; and so this concentration trade: otherwise Britain's loss wonid ; I be reflected in the colonics them- . selves. But succeeding Governments.] despite many serious failures, have; done their best to promote both trade ' within the Empire and trade in Eur- ope. The present Governmeut should ! keep both goals in view. Fundamen- ' tally, there is no contradiction; im-' poverishnient ot the one leads to the impovorishmeut ot the other. ' Arab and Jew | New York Journal ot Commerce: \ Local critics ot the British mandatory policy have referred to the vast I amounts of capital that the Jews of! America have poured Into Palestine' ' "^'o. u;ii'.;:ii- '\ i:i ; you for the colonization and development to go to a co-ed school .-Vll ttie boys ot that country. Helpful as this as- ' there think ot nothing but flirting." sistance has iieon in raising the level! "Why. mother, how can you say or well-being of the Jewish elements! that They do plenty of necking which benefit directly, it is quite likely! too." that it adds fuel to the rtams ot the j «> age-long hatred that exists between; SUCCESS Arab and Jew. An economic renals- ! Success based on virtue is like a sance directed fium without for the flower growing in the forest; success THE NUTHALLS ARE ALL I3EV0TEES OF TENNIS Pay. .liraniie, Molly. John and Tlielma Nutliall. biot sers ami benefit of a chosen few ot the people ot any country offers little anneal to those who remain outside the benefits. .â- iters ot VISION .Men succeed in proportion t*} the fixity ot their vision and the Inv! cl- bility of their purpose. It you can find out a man's quitting point, the place due to ability is like a flower planted In a pot; success gained by trickery ^'â- 6 of and force is like a rootless flower In a vase; it can be seen to wither even as :t is watched. his persuasive sps-erhes on this mat- the Intenseners, now an easy habit. Betty Nuthall, English ternis champion, who Is now competing In America, him pretty easily. Voice (on 'phonel: Hello! Is thia the fire department? Fireman Yes. Wh.it is It? Voice: How tat Is It to the nearest alar.a box? M? where he gives up. you can measure house is on fire and I wa.it to turn lb an alarm.