via’ van-

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IliE Billflllliiliilllll Elllillllil

t I

~ -. ' dillr!) llnllrerrd.

Iuflg‘ p“, (“q-ya inn-n out per n" "I I “,3 L’; you (In ndinneei mulled In Iund-nutnd United‘ Cheek! n. Irlmn; VIee-Pvenlydenl. J. It. Burlefl:

IIIUQI I h“ ' I X-emny. uni. ca. u. a. Ineiflnon, n. s. o.

‘l I.“ ‘ I.‘ y...‘ _ _|_ |,_ guqflt, Auoelph- Brlllnr, ll. K. Punk. iii. York IIepreoentatlve-Trnnl ll. Northrup Chicago lenrnentntlvo—' v J. Pawn

P7311251». DECtIiIIiEfRi 12.12% -

K,“ .|_._t-,; on»); a;_—~,,- an» attained as

Tf-IE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT ~-» a,“ fllf: ‘(AJE vvhi-n th-~ viorld tnov- The‘ ClIrLiUlIiIH Spirit, newt; H“

wholly asleep in a Christian ironi l

m] ~;|'\\\'_I_V.

mung’; dwflkt n5 to full and bcauti-i if“ w nii acin-ny a. tho Day of All tiara‘

npprdacht-s. Already the bleascil- nczs of anttcipatr-d ttitlliil. the itiyi of contributing to the happini-as of:

lifp ant] HIISJFYI‘ ttllllillttll

til liiing l . {Qmmi ' ' .,_,

EDITORIAL NOTES

llll",

.-i:{.. I‘

others. III,€,VI$IOOI of Iicaming élIlIl-I lliiw tic-Jill" '1" 1m” l""§'““

‘n: cliilrlisl; l yr I Iicins reflected 531"‘ ' Mm" “W” "M" J Un-M‘. i ' . : .n, a ‘ ‘

on the laces of ihost- we meet onl “H5 My (MTHMIL Cmréuuas the strwts, in t-hc stores. in the‘ (furious that the IIIPSYIMI"

“m p. p-Mi, An; yoiian Alias

hoimpi ‘Saintii tliiu;,

new; or giving i5 only fully rt-aiizvrli

a1 (‘hrit-ttnas. What a happy world; Th‘, 5mm, Hf H“. tum-pit 1,; not

ft would be if tic (Ihristmas 5lilfliw1v ‘Arm-r but p: has. flit‘ fact; to remained with 1H jhr Wlifll" ,t'*'i"'i,-,»-»ii ~liulltiti lll a inmiy tannins round. 'I‘hi-rr= arntliiisc w'th us ini,.,,n,,.,,,,,.n, y‘

all iicastins who need a touch of the:

Christmas hand, the light of thnl llflhrll .ii Ill!‘ Liin-ral ('oiis~rvaiivi.-

Tyi-i iilfllltT caiiilitlivtlw‘ “"1"! Pr“

Christmas Slfllll‘ but we, ton gen»:

who would IIVt: tul

.n—[‘l|]l- old agi- must lite tip-hm] G5, r,,__,,,,.,h-c|y‘

,1“ (hi, i-ictpct ’l‘orunto 1.4 surp:

THE CHARLOTPETOWN GUARDIAN

O

The Public Forum

Till Ol|I_I In open for the Ion by rulffllwllllll\l of e of Interest. i The [hnrlo tetown Guldhl duel Incl Inuonlll] emlcrnc liq Ill- lnlonn of eonolpoudonlo.

OO-O §-§§-§O§-O-O-Q§O-O§'Q'§Q"O-Q§

Notes By The Way

The uoe of the telephone In every day life is very extensive in (‘an- ada compared with the Old World, Iteceutly publishvd statistics show that in Uh: Dominion there were in 114L525 more than a million telephones in ii~c by ft-Wcl’ than nine mfllons of people, or 11.05 per I00 of population This compares ve-ry favorably‘ with (ire-at Britain which has only 2.1. France with but 1.3, (h-ruiany with 3.3, and the Nether- lands with 2,5 pt-r 100 people. But Nonvay and Sweden HPPTOIICI] nmr- i r to (‘anadian standards with 5T

BASIS OF UNION Sir.—.l note with ri-gret the spirit of Mr. 'l‘aylcir’s rvply to my letter. The UXPIBDBIIOII ot it. he gives him- st-If, when he lIIlInIflIcS that be does nut regard (‘Iiurt-h Union as a religious moment in the hight- sens-i of the tcrni- Since lhlti

is tbc case any furtlivr IIiSUIISBIUD ul _ | - -' l <... '. _. Wm“: Amy lit‘ question I)£l\\t n us is use, Iver. as. I do rt-garil this move-

tralia has but 4.4 per hundred.

ini-nt. despite its unhappy zit-coni- patiiinents, as czsst-ntially a rc- ligious and spiritual nnc.

Uut I niziy bi,- twiinittctl in (It-fen- ct- of my prt-tiuus stitctlllulls tti tibsvric that tin; I'ati-l'rtv~Iiytv.-riati Alliancc, through the t-xi-cutivt-s of ‘both its Eastern and Wt-stcrn Suc- tions has granted as full recogni- tion i at lliln stagi- it is possible to giro, to the United Church 0f

The l'niti-d States leads the ivorlif iu tbi- use of the felt-phobia with (‘an idxi as a CIUrfl rniiipi-tittir.

i-d by only six Aincrican cities and .\Iiintrial by l5. 'f‘li>.- [rlIIi-Iflfdblu- Jalt-llivlil is niadu that sinci.» 1921

[lip nuinbcr of tulctihonvs iii t‘an-_ falnulu. TM”. "Imus ma, in u“, adri has more than trcblcil. show- judgment of tIii-si- cxccutivc-sdliir n»; thv groivfnil tmhiilirity or this iwlily u! ilii- Fnitiwl Church vi

Canada is t-ssuntially" PIKWIJEICPHIII. .\lr. ‘Yaylor appirars to deny this, ln-t your I"1'&\tIv.‘I‘S tlltluac which i.» tho Iicttirr authority. One. other authority I would quotu, Principal 14.31; in 0mm,“ 7 ~-~ in Qupynma l“l»l.\t'l' writing iii the llarvardlgte- _ . _ _ 'I'W.~, ' i" m w “M; k» 1"“ i" géai {$131.3‘2§;,.fi“°.iT-“‘?.Z‘ii§ 21-, ‘Nova Srlillét ard i; in in Prince Ed< ['[1,(}]]_|,;|i(|, ‘The ,,t;iinmi~ni of putt third Island, ity is practically PI"(‘.~II)‘II'I'I'AI\." Th» only other point to which l»

gri at IIIUIIPFII lll\'l‘lllltll'l And it is most patrniiiscd in the West. llrit~ i h (‘oluitibia lHLs 15.57 tclt-phontr for cacti lttti pmpli- as against

but‘ Iintli failed DOI-

ally, withhold, G90 till giving autlv""ll"""li"“'

Rvithsianiling

rlhig become ~-ptl»:-| "flung

‘harm; and the fairin-"r Illli‘ as lbs; (Tia/glans av-ixaon ilraws Wm"? “"5 'hl'"" I" one‘ , l -

31y |,]n_ti| lhiiifflt‘ will haw»

llcdr. .._, . A pnttit-ticfiihrasn bats ruin-- down to us tjfrditgh the ag-we and is reticati-d at every t"hri:itmzi5 sea Santa fur-|

“the _ _ _ idt-strttclii-‘t- The deuolai ion tiii-tiiri-il in’

i!

irhanu, it, .ii in- Libiral Icadvi

{I5 iin (itipiisitlryn. It was in tipposl-

llljnjy hi- madi- his rvpiilal-on as a

F011. l‘lll|<I\'4\v\"hf>fII ' got,"

IIII'I~~' ivirds is I‘IIIIIIII"I".

is al-

that

critic, and IIt"

(‘lflilill in llll[ll‘ft\'i' iii

that

mo»! l\I.in_\' at _ ‘IFJIPEIPILV

poor child, with visions iif a hoiiiili I

now lie knows all

v liilwlll up. lnnrr workings of 24W- fiil Santa has Vfrillrill his or tit-r; lvrnnii-nt, letter, has offitrcd up Ins or hv-r pct- ition to Santa- and looked cngwrlyiy “L "H" “qmam fflarkqinzili

Bliil bopvfully for the ri-sttll onlKiuL, ,__ no, H fal-mfl.‘ "w"; no (Yhrittnias morning ‘ in it» disapihmnlng land has “m-a "no ,_,,.,,,, pointed “Sairtfa forgot inc"! orlin H“, zlgr,,.uiiiiral county n: worsn still, “thcrc is no Santa"!l,.,.|n,,,_ y,‘ m“ Pawn." ht-Ippd n, only 'h"5‘~‘ “h” “w” Hm" "nwzm" fltl>l liini upon tli;i| constitucncy". who wirc ilisappoiiflcil can TPEIIIZEINH“, i, p,.,,,,,,,d>, ,,, mink m, mm. the chill to the little heart.

In this

lwrvatitr- fnriiic 1-,: of Qucctfs‘ havo- city of ours whtn them” rig“, H, “Mk, 'l‘£>ir Own (ihflipfl

(‘Iirlstmas Spirit is rarely wanting M “h” “m” M, m," standard

and nt-ver wanting duringiho Christ ',‘I&‘r‘lri

mas season, few childrt-n an» fur-

“i gown by Santa Claus and none '- should fie.

Doubtlesizs (flllllfilmftfi brings its

in Quin-ifs County. worries along ‘with its pleasures I'iI'l*_‘f-fl' III"IIIIJ"I'. and iln- (‘rinzwrv

Ii iriay easily be mad“ a fIIIfIIPn to ant-a, i-n wn Does it those w uz-ic Iii-arts arr» biggi-r thin tbclr/rillb they cannot pply and who know of snrroiivs lhcy 1W8]. fillet-tho k‘nd word and th"

t-gvrnpadhefit; Iianrlshalcfl have 0f-

kqts ivliri .§1‘l' iitcds which

Iubt-ral

Ilifrirngl? Many

“litvli tfiiliiiol think tin-y marli- a mistak" in hilt ing evnn one farmer candidate. ten done inori- than the lil't'lt“l in making chfllillllilslffJ-Il.

lmi Christmas have full

swing during lhl‘ low ilnys which

W" may hdVI- Iht-in if W1; 0T A rc

lI"I't".' Hpirii inducements.

for sufficient

prcscntativo, iif illq- colonization dc

now i-nmziin Li-i thi- joy 0|’ giving partlmm" m Rnunmma

In: fully Fn/llllvfl by all who can ‘m m" NH“, Brunswick Knvpnnmq, Rive and lnl the littlr- UIWS I'X||!'I’I- - Qn“'_ my ‘My or nlmxiving’ I'M a contsiilcrablo niiinhi-r of Rouman flit-m know that Santa (‘Ia-ins atlII

live-n, that. though Ilflstton, h!‘ is as:

ions wished to 3"IlIi\ in fhr- iifari

time-a. Prcniiiir Vcniiit wah‘ SW11

reaNas lrivf‘. the

1 1n the world. W1“ "mm

give further

fllflfil, I'"fll Ihlllfi

Ihi- firivvrnnicnyl zini

part ii-iilzirs of Ron --——-—-<0>-i-

‘ Irianizfs pTfIpIL-‘illllifl. U | , . . -. A -- , . .,, . _ h, , ,1, n thii Olltl‘ Iidnd Ml. 'I.iy|o| 1 LENGTH sumo HUMAN LIFE so“- vill'_'j°"re‘zn'r"nillzl"‘to‘Em, :l'r:_'_‘rn':,'0‘;_ illbf) is If] HITUI‘ win-n Ill‘ slufcu‘ that V.-. _ ' "' _ _ ‘ l_ il Cfimmiltee of the Alli ncc gifli’ 2 Th“ Mam, is “pun” mam, that “Wimp-rat will ncvcr ccasc. ‘IIIP nicnl, capr-cially in lhu ltirgcr Lair a “rung”. m," n“. ca“; “f U“. . . -- » ‘ -' ' - - -' ,: built-d (fliurcli “would bi- IIUIIPYUI- v V _ _ v_ . _ V H , H,’ i , ,,,-|.,,.,| Inn-bun“ adian citi much morn. widisprcitl 4 n f, tlirtiiith iiitiilirn nilvanu. in nit-iii "P" “ ' " '4' _ H,“ l, was “m”, H“, Sunnn", and cntly (I Iisitlcfutl win-ii tin.- AIIIIIII~ f rtil alarm-i: and zi both-r iindcr “Yc "WY "I'M "I" "II-"E" "I his t,“ "mun"; Anorflhnr "W" p» cv- IIIL‘ s in lliL-i; also ivliiin lie SIHIIII (f "nit- ct ti‘ Hlilytil‘ bins insi’ri-i~,~ii».ii Sfilldillllt: " . ‘, ' _ ‘ Says "as rtoirds wwiiviilion noth- t llil l hi1 d?!’ JIIHIOIIH, r _ r l. f n piirii-ucc has Iiccti a trying IIIIL. in“ o’ a" °"icia| "am" h“ bu" Ibo span of IIIIIIIGI" iif».- haa bi-cn "Im "mmmu" ml" r" "blwr m“ d°l\¢-" ICIIKIIIPDPI] by gtgvcrul yt-arg Thi; lino of (Ttiltigtii- llnivr-rsily. 't‘ii-- fiiirclrzifr El llhqfiilfzs¢linllfl tiftililiilzt; The full factn are as follows:-

H I‘ _ _ yi-'~r\t"' a 1117.150 I-i | UV.M' 1:; ‘p; t» sm-mm" G"“"'m' "f m” Unned "runrbmlr p!!!)lfkrfliphui n? “HM nil In tln- Customs and Excise rc- ('titlllll.lillhlfilfilllnlzf‘ZlififlEglh-Pfféifyllltztf. Stiitci-i Public Ilcaltli Service has "i IW" "f m" VMmI-‘i “f In" 0"!‘ ,.,,,,,,,,__, with,“ ",0 pa,“ "mm tan‘ Alliaucc tWc-sti-rn Suction)

. _ _ y , .. ,. madn the stair-merit that since “FMIII- WWWIIY "MW" """'"h“m~ iiiiiiitlis largi-r than Sildlfifhflflli thc “mm m“ m‘ yebrlmry dmh‘ U“

1x71; who killi-d night pursuits.

bncn

the average life span has

It-ngfhcni-il by fiftccn years. “"3 "r "m"

Thisi nrhicvniiic-nt In a tribute to A"F5"'-“l"l"‘$ 7m”-

nindlcal scii-nlli-lls and to ihn many "'1 "I" Mm“ (""1" life-saving health ri-iiortn through‘ out lhc civilized world,

Lot

us not. liriwiivt-r. mnkn any _' mlnflikn about this: additional gift of yv-nra or

or on this strength

IIIPIII ninki- any contracts for tho lallon flat. 'I‘Ii., flflecn years bi-yimd the pom-rally to br- represented consulted and asst-Raul for cxpon f2) No scope has hot-n out

(3) Thorn bola; iio legl

accepted "thrl-n scorn yvflrI-i and organizations What show in that infant and matcrnify mortality has been greatly reduced an compared with former year; and thin naturally Iongfhcnii tliv- avcr- age duration of life.

prnvn that Individuals attain to n

fen." lhc statistics rr-nlly iii-s;

iincd:

Thr-y do not

grcalcr an today than In former to nnnthvr cnmmiiinivm

Ill lite Pa“ w“ Fuwra‘ glpcmnlglittioill’ We Iiardly think so. IIo is lhP |1ib"l'3I5'b|it til _v>-ar,< of tigo, still vigorous

II-IIP llilll fill" fzirniflr candid-filo, tbt"

look as if m,- ('!y[1j-;PI\‘AIl\'f"‘i ‘I-ITITWTS did nritl know tvhal ivas in their own best farincra

Tm no want Ilournanian farmers

\\':'\ll4'f1 up ~

this work, and explained thorn was

pathotic and iuvitcd liim tn tigain

The rc- yiriItlI-il a picture of Th" olIii-r shnw~ cimlortv-II with ragc, and lhc Iiladi- of lhi- axi- with

which the niiirili-ra worn trnniniittoil.

Mr. IIfcMaIinnHi plan to sv-lcct il hIarIlinii-s Rights (‘oinmisxilon has chit-f tibjetztltins urgcd against. if arc: f1) Too many

nlmalv father owning ronponslhllty for ilxt cxlntvncc then- will bc nobody In :-ir-,i~ Iinw It grows up; M) Fur Iln- (‘oinmission In rv-pnrt ita findings which is

H is strange» to read of the wish to rcfcr is .\lr. Taylor} reiter-

. _ ._ IlUtl cbargr- of broken pledges. I -‘h"'9s l" °°mm°" ‘Se m“ 0' “huh would simply rcfcr your readers

lfiIhIIllllI-a‘ forluni-s have been w)"; may b‘. 'n[(lr.l_\l‘t(l m a com, lniadc. With Jtllln I). Itockcfcllcr it pletu and convincing rt-futation ‘of iii-as oil, with Anilri-iv (‘arnt-gie it ‘his Ch-ITE“ which ill‘i"‘ii_l'l‘d i" "I" Il\\i|.~ sip-i), Wvilhyilfllllllvl‘ it was snap, glntlliliiilth-‘ot J‘ ‘Ifir-tgiattllitlngitima luttci‘ and liith >IIII illltilh-il‘ and anothi-r l a", Si“ “C”

Wlln‘ y"i=asi, or tea, or beer, or GEO. A. CHRISTIE! Iimm- iif (IIIITSP. thorn \\'i~' in most

Allwrtrin P, t»; I. 1 PJIW" brain tioivi-r ambition tlio tle~

II

flit‘. 9, 19114.

—<-oo-—~~ rift‘ for gain a capability for or- THE PANPRESBVTERIAN tzitii-iug and dint-ting big wntI-r- ALUANCE

Sir.---I have rcad iiilli griuit in |"I‘I'.=I the li-ttt-rs that lllltig Iii-cu Elppf-EIFIIILI in your columns froni IIIIII: to Illllt‘ on the snbjcct of (‘liurtli Iinion. Situated as I ani at sonic distance from tln- srcni- iif rontlict and from lllc smoke‘ of battle which "bet-funds the issues" I tinil it PZIBIPI" to tia.» in PIIIIIIHIIIN jiidgim-nt on the t-ontciitiuns of lb» iiptiosing stilt-s.

In your .siir,- of DBCPIIIIJM!‘ titli Illvift‘ zippcari-d a li-ttwr \\I"IlIt'lI by Iti-v, tit-urge (‘hr tin of Alberton t0 ivlrich a reply was flldllf.‘ by Rvv. (icorgv (X ’I'aylnr-_on Di-t-viiibi-r 8th. I, find that tln-si- two gentlemen differ radically in their vicwi; nn

pvt-stint in the lndivliliizil who his wciltli from such ,siiiirci~,=. And nincli has Iieon also dm- to i XiL‘nl~|\'l' and ‘tn-ll directr-rl adi» rt] ing. This last auxiliary was it'IJIl\|ilI'II4IIII~ in lhr oi Illi‘ lIIlllll-lllllllflllillrb‘ who rwv-ntly gavel away to institution fifteen- miilinn drillers inadn out of Itodaks.

pris ' ania-‘s-‘i-if

t';A'~‘|~ FPVflII

Lloyd George seemed a few years ago the world's foremost man. At lcalt for ‘s ho was "on l IldZAlIIIfZ, r-mincncc. the uriiliall “ntvtl ligzidi-r not only tho. fili\"~I'IIfII*‘llI and Parliament but rifllhe ‘lmyfiwknl m; w “hpuwr m m" m" nmmnfi Tmiay ha l5 mm“ imitlic [Tnited (‘hurt-h has rct-i-ivwl the "h" "P" ‘l7 'h"|?"|'|"1' 3713'" H" l5 rwmgnifioti of lln- Pan-Prcsbytpi'iatil rlnwn lIIII I’; IIP knocks-fl out for AIIIHIIIJP. Anyone rwading tliesc‘ two letters and having no furtlici" information on tlii- sithji-ct would _ _ bc Iiopoli-ssly cnnfnm d as to what it» b“ fillPfTlll-‘i *II"“'- ‘"1" Emlliczilly- has taken placo in this matt- i"i-->>"I*~"(i "i 111B Illlllwilml‘ l'"\'~'*'I'-|vr of rvctigiiiiioii Now no one can iif illiiiiiinniivi- and pi-rsiiasii-rliloiilit tlit- .'iiil("-l'il_\‘ or iriti-grity of <p,,,,'_h M, “mph h‘, m5“ 5,, high those l‘l.'\'f'l‘t‘l‘lll _ gflllllPfllffllv. TIII‘ n.- will stun.- in nlliirmitifitl WIIGIII- -""'“’°'.' M m" -d'f"""“"" "' "w" ion In that JIOIIIIPK‘ of iliein is til‘ iilillllvti '1!‘ lifllifll III" Liberal abpari-ntly in possnssioii of the ftill lrinili-rship. llut it may be IIIIIIIIII-‘FI facts o fthc case, An I have belon- tlint he will DVPf regain the nation- me thc Iiliniitcs nf the last met-ting al prrw-ininvrive from which hc has of 'I‘@)_Ex‘)"‘"'l"_“ (_l‘“"mil*‘ Lilli-n Iln is not not-doll nritv as b" me [MM rpshnnvrunl“ was in Illf‘ supremo crisis of thc

i<iX yw

H

(if

lWt-slcrll Noctinn) I tlijuik that in fairness Io llii- pi-nple lnti-ri-stird

\\'iII'- in this ninttcr I should ‘endeavor to _____ sot forth all thc facts. Mr. (‘Iiristii-‘s

rwison for saying that rccogtiilioii

. The exodus from Canada ha; has aIn-ntiy beh-n given to tlic linit-

cd (‘hutch by tlic l'ElII-I'I'OSII_VIL‘I'IZIII‘ Alliance is (Itiiibtli-ss the "fact that’ tlic whole I-Jxtaciitivu of that Allian. co, both Eastern and Western, has zilrizatly pas-sod upon (H0 Basis oi Union and adoptcd tho, rwpnitucnil ation of spi-cial committees that

abated of late bopofully. And more of the vxotllans are (routing back, which zilso reads wcll. hut regrett- ibly those who havi- retiirncd havo as a ruic come back (a1- poorcr than - -"'.'I‘I.h'" , _ “mufmy fim‘, ‘army my‘ f"; lIIl‘ Unlir-d (hurt-Ii ln- nilniitted to _ fit-Nil idin whilr- alisrnt and travc - H“, mmnhurshil, 0|- HH, pm,_l.r,_s_ illll in’ PXIWIWIV" Th‘? hill/IQ 001k"? Iiylt-rian Alliancc. lilr- (‘hristlc liuiv- iivciy paid a vast siini to Anwrltfdll "V" Wflfl Slightly’ i" "rftir wIii-n Ill‘ riiilivavs and to officials in liczid ha". ‘hat m“ “Wcmmilmnll m"! l" I I V,‘ “N Th“, ‘I Y,’ I do only with polity. As will l)!‘

'“""’Y '"" "Ed -"‘- "i 11g" .S1'I'I| from tho coniplctc rvsultttioii . thing about t cs0 vxatttinns s at

Ilivi-n below it hid tu do with both lhr-y tirrivntit others from golng- doctrine and politv.

in Newport News, Va‘, wi- read.

"It was moved that a (Jomniittr-c Iw appoln-tcil to report at this tncot ing on the question of‘ thc rcprcnscn- Iiitititl (if the Unitcd (Yliurch of In tho Alliance. Sillillflllflfl.

" The.- chairnian. Itcv. W- I. (‘Iianilie-rltiiti, D, D., appointed a committee of fivri Doctors of Divln. ity and 0m: (follcgii Prcaltlcnt to "XdIIIlIIU the doctrine and pulity iif IIlp United f‘liurch.

0n pagr- 25 wn read that the com» niiitni: rvptn-tt-il Ullétllllllfilltily as follnwsz~"ln the cvcnt of thc llnitcrf (Jhurch bf (Yanada sucking

on are 7 correct attm. Wo- Iiuntvrn to make p L’ '

tln: correction, although the t-rrnr was apparent to intolligont ruailcrs.

The Oliver Government in Brit- ish Columbia is trying to itnload on»: of Its non-paying railways on tin, (‘aiitiiliain National. The It. f‘. Ipgiitlalttrr‘ lH now in session and Iht: flovornmpnt has aakcd powcr to niakt- the transfer. All partii-s in iin- Legislature secni to be agrmd as to gctlillfl PM 0T "l" "Willi Willi?’ ailnilsiiioii to the membership of the Ottawa and Oliver Gnvernmvnts llio Alllllllilfic of the’ ltcfurmteil Chur- - _ IYIIPS hniing tho ‘rt-sh terlan n s~

ari- In line. An (lpptialtlon aincnil will‘ “m wusmm Sgctiml‘ hi“ lug cxaniltictl carefully tho basis of Union of the Unlfctl (‘illllffth of Canada, adopted by tho Proshyii-r- Ian Church In ffanadn, Ihr- MuIhntL ii-il Church and tlii- (‘ciiigrcgntloniil (‘Iiurchiis of (Janamnlii of the opin- ion that tho, iiaid Iliisis oi linioii satisfies the condition of IIIPIIIIIPT- ship laid down In tlin Constitution of tho-Alliance, nziuioly In regard

IIIPIII on n minor point was vntcd - down, 27 to 17. The majority In- clndcrl the i-ntirn Iiiboral vote with ihrci- members of lbw Third Party. tlirI-n I/nbor niiiinlicrii and three In- di-pi-ndcn-ts. TIii- vote glvns lltflii indication of wlvzif. may occur when nIhr-r questions mine up, but Iii ipioti-il In Iiibcrnl clrclm as "an

America aiid Britain

yearn, In all ages mcn and woman have "by reaiion of strength" gone far beyond the "thri-e acorn yr-ars Ind fen" IImIf.

long ‘to all the centuries; they

QQbo ram exceptions and It iii

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to tho authority of thi- Scriptures, and tho dot-trim- and polity of Ilin’ Iii-formed (lhnrchca and would r0- eommend the odmlulon of the United Church of Canada!’ This ri-~ port was then iuibmittod to the Ex- ocutlvo of Ihc Alliance and adopted

In the Far East '

BY WILLIAM HOWARD, ‘ GARDINER

(Viee-Pruident, Navy League or theUnited Staten)

(In the Fortnightly Review.) IV

SINGAPORE AND THE BRITISH FLEET In the broadest terms, the British naval situation seems to be sonic- what as fnllotvsz-Jfhough Amt-rig» an naval power cvlilcntly will con- tiniic to Iii- focusscd on the Pacific. and though thcrc is no proximate‘ possibility of all olhv-r Europi-ati Pmiriers togcthcr equalling Britain in iiivni strt-Iigll), still Britain is iponding about 555090-009 8 Yvi" to maintain tho largest fleet in tlii' tvorld, mostly in Buropl-an traitors. lint no considerable fraction of this izri-at flct-t can express sustained capital poiicr in the Indi-iti and Pacific Ocvans. and consequently] it is virtually without influence-on the Far l-Jasturn situation, becaust; Britain has no secure naval base for modern capital ships cast of Suez, And although thc cost 0f do \'c'lt)|llli‘_' such a basc at Singapori- ldcal position

~a strati-gically > ivlii-rc Britain has had a nimur Iiasc of sorts cvcr siticc 1h1i2!—~

would involve llIQ cxpondltiire of only about £l.'iti.fltl0 pvr annuni for lhl,‘ first two yt-ars and a total of only about i.‘ 10,000,000 in uini- wars. yct tlin British Labour Gov- irntnont llll> rcfusiwl to sanction U10 inauguration of thlsiprnjt-ct and thus. iii effcct, withholds from Britain any considcr-ible infIut-nce. through tiival powcr. in the Uflllf" ii-gion in which arc by far tho great