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The Conquest Of Diphtheria Still Friends With France The City Drivers' Nightmare A Tribute to M. Briand "I shall never think of negotiating Centuries ago great Greek and Roman doctor's described ir. their writings the ravages of a nose and wi '!i any State any alliance from throat disease. They did not call it; which France could be excluded, or diphtheria in their records, but that which would be hostile to her." Mr. is what it was. A lot of things have happened since Ramsay MacDonald. The Labour Party and the Labour then. Medical men through the ages, Government, to the surprise of many have given tho disease their best | people, are paying very pleasant corn- thoughts, until now more is known plimenU to M. Briand. It was thought about diphtheria than any ether of ( that the latter'a friendship for Sir the communicable maladies on the lists Austen Chamberlain might mean the of human experience. I new Labour Government would have But, even though knowledge is certain difficulties to overcome, but the power, it does not mean, in this case, "Daily Herald's" Geneva correspond- that the battle i completely won. Having acquired their information, f-nt, Mr. George Slocombe. dispels this Iden. He writes: Is Spy Alive? Canal Finished In Amsterdam Dwarfs Panama Ymuiden Sea Lock Is Built to Anticipate Shipping for Great Manv Years Designed Before the War is the Frcucl Premier. " with no otaer frenchmen have I the doctors must take further steps in I "About M. Briacd there can be no j order that it may do some good. They . t w minds. He U the foremost Euro-! must tell the public, and convince it, P*an of our time. If any man cau be. | and move it to action. I instinctively as well as intellectually,' In the case of diphtheria, if th,-y the citlzen of a continent as diversl-j succeed in doing these things, you mayi" ed and as ancient upon the ruins o be reading in the newspapers some, 119 successive ruined Empires as Eur- day, "So-and-so died today of diph- l' e - theria. A coroner's jury will invest!- gate." And the jury will vant to felt that " represented the essence! know "who caused So-and-so's death". and tlle Wlt o( modern France, the not "what caused it?'" mark you,! France of tna Involution and of the but "who caused it?" In other words, Thre Republics, of tlie peasant and we are reaching the point where it U; taea artisan, the stubborn and cynical considered unnecessary for a single 'Individualism combined with an in- death from diphtheria to happen, and stillcUve aid natural democracy, as is when one does happen it will be con- tne case witn M - Briand. sidered the resu.t of somebody's care-| "He Is a great, almost an inspired, ! lessness, and that somebody will have orator. In whose speech tl e subtle in- i Hamilton ._.. Rum mi?ht b(S ailvis . to be punished. tellmgence. the lively and mocking , , . , , , . *" ** ILLUSTRATING INCREASED TRAFFIC PROBLEMS The photograph here shows what Yonge St., Toronto, looks like during lunch hour when vehicular congestion concentrates in Impenetrable mass between Queen and Albert Sts. Drinking Drivers Ultra-Violet Rays Scored by Jurors Proved Beneficial Story Goes That Mata Hari Famous Dancer-Spy Reprieved Pari-:. Is Mata Ilari. the fascinat- ing dancer-spy, still, alive'.' Well-informed persons declare that the mysterious woman found uncon- ! scious on the seashore at MontaMv.it. ] near Bordeaux, win gave her name as t Gloria MarAlister, and said that she : had fallen from "the British steamer ; Undertaking Started I Years Eagle," is in reality the Dutch woman , * v D J spy condemned to death In the last I A Now Re <" d y for Use yar of the war and shot in the moat In the course of a few months there [of Vincennes fortress. will be opened to traffic a large new At least six eye-witnesses have de- 1 lock for ocean-going vessel* entering scribed the execution of Mata Hari. 'and leaving the ship canal which They told how she was comforted dur- \ forms the principal approach to the ing the last minutes of her life by a port of Amsterdam from Ymuiden on nun and by Maitre Clunet, the veteran the North Sea, writes a correspondent barrister who defended her; how she of "The London Observer." The lock removed her white kid gloves and ] is of outstanding size, and far exceeds gave them as a souvenir to the officer any other structure of the kind in commanding; the firing party, and how 'existence at the present time. Corn- she fell, apparently rui'lieil iv::!i bi:I- pared with the Panama ('anal locks. lets. ithe chamber for the reception of shi;>- ping re? reseats an increase In cubic ,'apacity of over 100 per cent. The dimensions of the new loci, la Reprieve Myth. There has grown up tbe strange .supposition, however, that as a con- [slderation for information given, and Elli ? :isl1 unlla are l " ] i *! 1 r.iaf - i /iii \TI trt a ifnnf n /^r ttra f OT* at the request of highly placed per Hamilton Grand Jury Demand- Irradiation Increases Germ- i It ia declared, was atagJnUa^Uke' * len * Jh f W0 ***'' a width f * -' a rin^m, a ,-) ,*,- .,! feet, and a depth of 42 f aet. The loc More Adequate Penalties Diphtheria results from a germ set- wlt 8 <ssle for the mastery over a reck]e , g tling in the victim's throat The ' grave . and Profound amotioa. And but it to Crtataly Killing Blood Properties, Says Noted Doctor London. Dr. Eulinow, writing the Lancet on the curative powers of a cinema scene and there were no bul- lets iu the rifles of the flrius party. And now it is stated that the w man who gave the two false names, i " in first that of Gkria MacAllister with ' eet luus Itil feet wide, with a depth of water over sill of 50 feet below main sea level. The Panama Caual locks hava 110 locks on the Kaiser Wilhelrn Canal from the North Sea to the Baltic, specially en- ' larged just before the war, are 1.08:: 113 feet wide by 45 feet not wante( , Qn Qur UighwaV:J - read a uUra . T , i ct rays says: "In 1S2 cases ( . : . germ gives off a poison called toxin, i at '* rare is an orator, he car. t ; c , ause in the grand jlu>y report pre . ', e3 ted tha germ-killinz Wood proper ami it is toxin that spreads through | ' nl - v niove th masses; h can move | 8ented , agt the system and causes illness. So the; luelr leaders. first treatment for diphtheria found [ "other speaker , Mr JusUce , ies were increased in S1.5 per ceut. of at ths League by medical science was called anti- toxin. Assembly in my recollection, with the ! Wright in supreme court. In the pre- cases, two hours after irradiation, by sentment, the jurors tirsed stricter 6.5 per cent. In severe dabllity, follow- single exception of Mr. Ramsay Mac- motor laws and more severe punish- ing illness, the treatment has hasten- Here Is how it was ma.!e: A visor- Donald, has had and held so long the ment for careless drivers. etl the return of vigor and health. On "More cases of reckless driving general body irradiation the short ray . , . *>1VSI C \.tOC9 t ' t * CV n. i* ^ -I VM*A KOW4M UVU * lit tAillta MWH M*V owvyi V * *." ous. young horse, carefully tested to undivided attention of the leaders of shoul j reach the coon before km , A lmproved the gelleral make sure that it had no disease. H : the nations M. Briand is singularly ' regult .. The 9tatement coatinue( i: ! health.' le^uins susceptibility to used. It Is carefully Injected with, at home In the Aswnb 1; It is an recommend tllat tne raore M rl- colds and acute bronchitis. Intensive increasing d.-.es of .Uphtherla toxin orcaestra L In which h* play, the flr.'.t - on the offeace the more adeqllate I radlatiou on hanil . s alul feet nas com . -that Is. the poison of the diphtheria , violin, t nder the subt.e insp.rauon , fa provided for the'pletelv cured chilblains bv improving germ Tho horse's system immedl. c : his sure touch the vast harmoay coQtrol o r r Qur \* ghv ..,^ [ lle , muMoa ,- ^!.^ K ^^"^.^^ n .^^^^^J^:. "We believe that convictions for * the false story that she had fallen off the non-existent steamer Kagle, and deep. The Ymuhi-'n s>a lock is not only secondly that of Benita Adamadn. of far in excess in size of any s uip canal order to fight the effect, of the toxin, j "He knows hi, power, and he would . re( , k , ess d M After six weeks or so, if the horse. ; not be human If he did not, In hu sly. . , .,,,.,..,. , thr ugh tests, is shown to be react- humorous fashion, enjoy it to the full. , Ing satisfactorily, th horse Is bled. But at heart the French Premier is the serum separated and refined by simple. He Is obsessed by but a special methods which make It ready.single passion the pre-'ention of war. for humaaa. i Something of the French peasant's i el Now, this anti-toxin is an almost horror of the devastation which war Riga, is in reality Mata Hari. It is pointed out that the photo- graphs circulated of the castaway are all different, and that her apparent ase. her knowledge of languages and her persoual appearance identify her closely with the tragic figure of the Dutch woman dancer. The woman found at Moutalivet, it is admitted, came from tho military prison of the Fortress of Ha. near Borteaux. The polica derlnred that she had been sentenced to a short can- ellation of drivers' permits for a '. period commensurate with the seri- { ousaesa of the offence. It la recog- ' nized that a high percentage of offemi- drivers who imbibe intoxl- certaiu cure for people who have, brings upon his smiling, ordered i ought to be sought to reduce this contracted diphtheria. It Is great- fields, and wreaks upon hts Industrl- ( C ^!J*' eet In Its work when It Is used im-'ous heatr haa entered like a searing 1 Tha gra:!<l 3ury * rep rt *'** av r " mediately tbe patient catches diphth- iron into the soul of Artstide Briand. erta. and every hour if delay means He t s s uu a politician, but he Is a 'man without a party. He has only an To seek peace and to pursue additional danger. But there has been developed. ' idea, through further research work with It." anti-toxin, another and more power-; ful weapon with which to defeat! diphtheria. It has been developed! only In th* la*t few years, and it ft- Leo Malse ll > ">e National Review fers complete immunization. Tho! (London i : We regret these efforts of person who takes this treatment will j th English-speaking nations to ar- not be subject to diphtheria at all. j ran -" e eacn other's navies. They are Toxold gives what Is called active ; neither sensible nor satisfactory from Immunization, as compared with the any stanpvint. and are likely to leave passive Immunization offered by anti-i tcxin. Toxoid contains no serum' worse than they found them. ably commented upon by Mr. Justice Wright, who added that it is not often that grand jurors display such prompt- ness. (Ed. We wonder what the Le- gion members will think of the "rum and courage" part.) Prince to Preside Banquet to V.C.'s FOG BEATEN Guided by visual radio be;ini. Lt. J. H. Uoolittle. recently mads blind London.-The Prince of \VaIes will , rti K ht ' test P rovil 'K sci " nc9 ha(1 c ' -n ' preside at aa unique dinner to ba held 'l uered K^atest flyins danger, fog. two days before Armistlca Day. He | Th g(0d Intentions of the White! is desirous of meetins all holders of Germany May Get but Is the" product of diphtheria ] ""use and Downing Street are not iu the Victoria Cross. There are about j bacilli rendered completely non-toxic: question but something beyond good 500 men who received this decoration' bv suitable treatment Toxold goes! tntenti' ns la needed in International for bravery still living in Great B:I further than anti-toxin, because one*! affairs, especially Anglo-American at- tain aad the British Lesion is arrang- In th e human system H continues to' fairs, in which it Is Infinitely easier ing for the attendance of as many as stimulate our 1>1. od to produce Us own | to err than In any other sphere, and possible at the dinner, anti-toxin So the affects ot toxold! Anglo-American mistakes seem to pro- are permanent, as far as can be dis- duce more bad blood than most, covered in tha length of time it has As, moreover, British statesmen are Portion of Africa Berlin. Several German news- i papers printed reports that the Bri- tish government contemplated restor- ing to Germany the southern section |of former German Kast Africa. Offl- Otago ji-ial circles said that they knew noth- ! ing to confirm tlm report. German Tlru: the policy of Kast Africa _ now kuown as Tanganyl . Imperial Preference n^var tir,< nf ii a <<iiriM>> tiinf -ar with -".. fc; as t Africa, now known as Tauganv been In use. as compared with atitl-j "^er tired of declarl.ig that var with , h Labo p H uk , hat " . ..... 'tha nif *>H QritP* !a t!nTi'!ikihl* ' *** "' niurj * i: t Hum ill ib tcrcU D/ Oil- which disaear be Lnited StatM is '' 1 "- toxin, the powers of which disappear after a short time. Then there -* v^l SASKA: sr ,:, * --irr- * more discovery, the American Navy possesses any In why Mr. Ramsay I Strwsi SSBA SSI 33USir. l ij=isi SJVS^ safeguarding duties introduce by th " ! 5 " m ' "" i League ot Nations. lock in the world: it is also much in advance of any ship at present navi- gating the high seas. The largest ves- sel at the present time is the Majes- tic, which has a length of 956 feet over all. a beam of 100 feet and a load- eii Draught of 3S feet. There is a ves- sel building for the White Star Line of somewhat greater tonuage. but the dimensions of the Majestic will not be r.va"y exceeded in the new liner. Built For Futur Obviously, it indicates great court- term of imprisonment as a vagabond, ilenca on the part of the port authori- But since when, it is asked, have wo- ties at Amsterdam ia future develop- men prisoners been sent to the t'ort- ments at the port to construct a lock ress of Ha, and how Is it that the of- of such a size and to incur aa outlay flclal police description given of her thereon which is represented In round has been discovered to be false? rtsures by 300.000. The undertak- Escipe PUnned. ;: '-'- indeed, was embarked upon fully Is she not rather one of those mys- : Ien years as ' when tne b " fldin 8 ot terioua State prisoners whose real lars9 8nips was mor9 dennitel y ta identity is kept a closa secret? .abeyane than at present, and the en- It is pointed out that a mysterious tel 'I>rise and forethought so displayed, boat showing no lights was 'rWing at' lf J' istifte<! ^ tue futur > ' w!I1 Jound anchor not far from Momalivet on the * reatly to the credit ot the Dutch pe<> day the woman was found Iving ex- pla an dthelr tecnnf al "dvisers. haused on the sand-i. and it" is sur- ! The ma 8 nitua9 an J duration of the mlsfd that her escape had been plan- wor : warrant som notl of lt! " in ' ned by powerful friends, but that cep " and exec " tion - something went wrong at the last Fhe Port of Am *te r Jaw. w t"<* P minute, and the woman trying to to thlj be 5 lnnto K ot ^ nineteenth cen- swim out to the rescue ship, found her lllry cou!U only be reac!lei l from the strength failing her. On the Is scouted in French otnYial dn-les as a wild dream. , open sea through the shallow chan- other hand, the whole story ' nels of " Zulder Zee, la now indirect in French utttVial drcies as """munication with the North Sea by weans of a canal fifteen aud a half ! miles in length, which was opened In UTILIZING WOOD WASTE There are In the Bordeaux district I twcTf eel f France, some threa hundred motor' New Locks Provided A pair of entrance locks were orig- 1'i'ovided, the larger of which erla". about which I would like to tell you. It is called the Schick test and It was invented by a very to Vvasfcington to discuss , .0 Preterentlal ic an Issue. -BuiM what ships | modest man of that name who lives In I to academi you please .leaving us to do likewise." should be our attttuda on this ques- Boston, and U little known to the ! tlon, unless both parties wish to bor- ! row trouble. lutles of any kind. as applied to] goods from oversea* are not protec- tive in the ordinary souse, but they conflict with the view which the Labvr . thirty and OlXty < utslde world because he does very. little but work and eat and sloop , The work he has done has been ot, great benefit to mankind, because thS| George Leeks In the Red Book (New Schick test enables doctors to find, York): Most of us have the idea that out whether or not a person is apt a man's education ought to be corn- to get diphtheria. The Schick test| p i e t e when he Is about- twenty. As Is made by injecting int" the ski" ju matter ot fact. !:i all the more dlt- of the forearm about three drops or ( fj C uH callings, those in which sheer a te*t toxin. K t'ae subject Is susc-.-pt-, luck and low cunning are ot least Im- ible to diphtheria a red spot will ap-j portance, and knowledge, power and ppar on the nrm within 2 or 3 days, experience of the greatest, man Is It will be about the size of a ton j., 9l ,,t of school at sixty. This Is v.-tit piece .and when it conies it as true In the rarefied upper realms means the subject !s apt tn get diph- jot business as everywhere else. The thoria and that the toxold is needed. | younger man who manages to attain ' trucks being operated on wood gas as' a motor fuel. Developnvati in this' line are being followed at the Forc?i Products Laboratories ot Canada, Da-j was 3;!4 fm lon b - v 60 feet wl(le - witu partment of the Interior, Ottawa . a depth of L'tl'i over sills. It was not since tbe use of wood gas as a motor ; !on S. however, before an entrance of fuel may offer one va'aiabb method I these modest dimensions proved in- of utilizing wood waste, particularly adequate for requirements, i-i outlying districts. A new anrt lawr l.ick had to be The north magne'lu pol li K-cated provided, and such a lock with a In Boothia peninsula on the Arctic ! length of 737 feet, a width of 81 fset Beware of doing that which you are i-'oiwt of Canada and the south tnagne-jand a depth of 03 feet was construct- to repent of *' c l' ole ' n South Victoria Land south ' ed to the north ot the old locks and : from New Zealand. [brought into use in 1S96. Not many years afterwards it was realized that Iike]y gooner of having done. Perhaps the way to state a jrreat truth is that man wear too manv fool- . h i u b>u M vuab MMUI ir**i LW lilt*: , v and Liberal parties hold concerning ish , h enough .... U . 1 ; > , it \ra.if\itMr frWkHA u Q of any description. If not. to Is Immune. The test Is just a skin test the toxin for tho test does not enter the blood, BO that no damage can result. "The Art of Thinking" Hllalro IVlloc In the New States- man (London): Thinking has often bf. 'ii i-.>nuci!,iied during the last i".-iv tury, and even lately In tho Et.Rll.ih tongue as a solvent of JudaiRient atvl Instiiu'live power. 1 fancy that th< s e who decry the ancient and hon- practice "f thinking aro mix- two things very dlf- to some showy second or third rank among financiers and business men is so remarkable that tre cheor load- ers ot low llteraturo write him up In tho gc-and-get-'em weeklies and the sob sisters move down upon his abode in echelon formation. The money and justness power ct the land is In the haul 3 ot old men. Naval Competition Hamilton Spectator (Ind. Cons.V There was a time when Britain could and did maintain the largest navy In the world, but that time is passing. How is Britain .'.leavlly In debt as she ,i IMP i >>u *i*ei'' ^ . . . i which are called reductions I is, faced with problems which would have reduced any other nations In the world to despair, to finance large naval ami military appropriations T Rhineland Troopw Parade Before Sailing Foi Home Ing it ferent. from Insufficient premises, an. I deduc- tions from f;.lse premises: or perhaps they are mixing it up with argufying which of all the detestable habits How is she to rise super.or to tn of man i perhaps the most Intoler- growing naval aspirations of the tn bio unless. Indeed. It b 8 i-ot to ted States? To thes* questions there work up. n matters wholly ttndiscov- li no practical answer. And e erablo. wherein It is a very tofembh it Britain could entar into naval cor pastime. Indeed, you may note that 1 petition with the American Republic men In their cups generally talk meta- jihyslcs. educated, And this, let me tell you, Tha French have reluctantly ratifi-i"" 9 developments in ship construction ed the dept agreement. This does not lla<1 anain overtaken the available ac- mean however, that they will ever for- 1 comniodation. money. ; Another lock of larser size became 'imperative and a commission appoint- ed by the Dutch Government in 1909 tn i>\atnine tlm question decided on a lo.-k with dimensions 1.148 feet by 141 feet by H ' k feet. Before effect could be uivt> nto Ilia commission's recom- mendation, the war intervened ttn>l when (instructional ..peratiiius were actually bosun in !19 the dimensions ailopted woer those already stated at the beginning ot this article. In view of tha earlier miscalculations it was foil that this time a sufficiently !ar,<> ma ruin should be available to cover any possible develoi'mi-nts for a num- ber of years to c,irn<>. The Farmer's Help Violet. Stubbins in tha Sreo.ainr (I.ondonl: (The writer lias spent six- teen years in the West of Canada.) Perhaps >r.e of the greatest draw- back all foreign settl-i-s to Canada experience Is the difficulty of latul- .-,}.: wives: Vor i bachelor on a rsnch is rather handicapped. It has a lirgn crop he must, hire help. The holp requ re food and plnty of It. H is hard to cook for your crew :'ii>l direct your own harvest operations. A wife is really u form of domestic economy almost essential to the well- doing ot the farmer. Time was when a girl was willing to work for her husband year in and year out, with but few new frocks and f<nver holiday*. But times have change 1. Kven our new emigrants feel thr. could such a rivalry be observed without apprehension by every man SOME BRITISH RHINELAND TROOPS MARCH PAST It'll only be a matter of time n'i! refueling-flight contestants will havt to make a seasonal change of. clothes all men --" . waj not warp9( i by Troops marching past General Sir William Thwattes, officer commanding British troops at Wiesbaden, before par t of their preparation. Wash- whatever ' prejudice or blinded by Jingoism? further troops left Uhine are. for "Blight,". [ington