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pressed so hard that the govern- ment was constrained to intimate that. it had not entirely abandoned m]; project. Both Liberal and Conservative governments have, in

es past. pledged tlieinsclvcs to

struct the northern short cut to Europe. ' .

Another important feature ofthc saeaio was the a-meniiiueiitto-tin- Bank ct providing for the 11p- pointment of an inspector-general 'I‘lii1< .\n-p followed-crises ‘in the I111uking world in which several hanks were absorbed and oae~—tht~ iioini- Bank —f'ailed under 1iartl<fti1larly 1111ft1r- tunate circumstances. Th1. costs 111‘-i ainst the banks. _ 1

In an effort t0 reach :1 sound basis for future t:1rlft' chungcsllro- vision was 111111111 for 11 study of taxation :1n1l flit: tzirifl st1-111-1111.- by cuatniltii-es of i-xpc-rts lroui 1111-1 -goveri1u1(-ut Sl'l'\'lt't'. .-\ \\'itlt'I‘|II'ill of study involving ivliiit 11111111 iy auiouutt-il tn 1i i-oiiiiiiissioii blocked by l’i‘-(i,i,1i‘i-.<.\‘l\’(‘H who 11-11 , 11d that industrial lllltTUHlfi would‘ iufluoiicii thc findings. ,

Nt-ar the cliisi- oi‘ thi- s» ssiiiii ill‘

10151111 secretaryehip. John mare, Mr. Ibrke and his toilowers Rockefeller gave 81.000300 for re-

1‘i111111h1-r aiiil i-arly in October ni-unti1ititius \\'('l't‘ begun for a -l-‘r:1ni-i1- (IPPlIltlll treaty.

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building the roof of Rhotms cath- edral. A large fund was raised in France in June for starving Au!- triaa and German children.

A treaty 1vas signed early in July between tiho limited States and France to put n11 end to the smug- gling of liquor into America. On August 16 the London Reparations (foiifercnce was concluded and its findings were approved by the l-‘rcnch Sciiatc on August 26. ()n Se-ptc-niber 1-1 Premier llerrlot be- gan consideration of the Hurley plnu for thc payment of the French 11-1ir debt to America.

Duties levied on the customs line bi-tvreun occupied and unoccupied ii-rritory in Germany ceased Sep- t. 111111-1- 10 in accordance with pro- visions of the Dawes plun. On Si-ptviuhi-i‘ 6 Premier Iicrrlot sup- ported Alittftlfliléllthtii 11.-solution at tii-ucra favoring illriilrfliillllfllll. On s.-1111-111l11-1- 3o, .\i_ tfieuit-utcl prc- ,-1-ill1i(i tin- l-‘ri-ui-li builget. to the

1111 l)1‘l()lJOi‘ 23, M, llerriot an- 11111111111111 -I‘<'('0glllIlOll 0t‘ Soviet Russia i1_1‘ l-‘rancc. Anotolc Freiicc

Senate (‘il-illt‘ in for :1 1-11111<i1i1-r.1i1i--itiii- 111111.11 distjiiguishcti man of let.- dogri-u of‘ criticism iriini t't'i'lillil t1-r.~ i11 the i-ount-ry died October uiciii-liers of ihi- (‘iiuiiiions l1-1l 111"] 11iil \1‘as1i1-i-orilod a public i‘11n-

th-i- Primo Jdillltllvi‘. .\lr. i\‘i11-.-.:11i1i11 1t Park-z 1111 (lctobcr l8. M. his collcaguees 1vi-ri- ]1i‘llll;li‘ll} in :.|ll.\‘s|'I'1lIlii, zinib: ‘SIUIOI’ for Franco reused IJCHIIISU oi‘ il11- S~-11;111-‘~111 1h1- iinitcii States for twenty- handlng oi‘ tl11- branch li11-- l1ills,l11it 1111c _\‘-11r.-. 1111111 \\1'l\'.llill‘fl\\'ll anti his in :1 large 1111-1114-11111- SPIY. 1i 1111o11'11ia1-1- 11-11 by .\i. ilaeschuer. the action oi‘ the i711p1-r (‘hzituhi-i" \iiii1ra11d announced his return in eliminating many o1 il1-~ iiiiii-nilqiii l-‘ri-ni-ii politics on November 7. men-is co the PUIlriillIlS ltiii :1..- 1i1--,.l11.<1pl1 (‘ailiaiux 11nd Louis Malvy basis for an attack. .\lr. Kin- 1i ‘111-1-1- givi-ii 1i111111-sty by the French taally lliYiinisi-il to i111r111i111~ i1 .--,:41-1111t1- 111i Xovciiibcr 18111111 rel-Kain- iation looking to1v.1.r1l 1-l11~1~l1i11_ 11111.41] 1111-11- 111111111-111 rights,

poyvi-rs of tli1- Senate. 11nd h1.- 111~o»_ U11 .\‘o1'. 2S France approved of‘ liitlilc Iint- oi‘ action in this 1'i"~']1i'1'i -1li1- 111111111‘ 1]. ()i1 Di-c. ii llcrrlolt l1"-

i-a‘ iiriiiltiiiiil ii i'ilii>'iili‘l'illlll' iit‘j4l't" c1111 :1 ilri\'1- against the Commun- ‘

o1‘ curiosity: isi. :11-r1-sti11_1.1 and tit-porting thi-ir In international affairs .\l1'. Kin}: lilllllPFS, (in l)1-i-, 1:'1 it was announc-

cntitiniii-il his ]tiilli\ ‘N-rtiiii-Iliil that l’1'c111i1-r llirrriot was sci‘-

(‘Ililflilifri position. winncliiiiisly- ill 11nd hinti-iil J-liat 1111c would (‘uufilw-ncc, lllt‘ (‘1111111111 i-ri.-. ‘ :1i1-l‘.11111-1]y 1-1-511411,

Canada's, position within thi- l1 w:1. :1niio11nci-d that an agree- iiifli WW8 i!" iivliill ‘ii ii)‘ -\‘iii'i*‘iil"‘1i1i-11t li:1il iii-ten ri-aciicd with Allies of international affairs I1111 11111111111 l1y which t he Cologne Bridge head titfliiiilt‘ W118 iit'\'t'iiiii1-1l and the r--- would 1111i he t-vacuati-d 0n, Jau- bllt-‘iilivP lifflliivil Iiiig-iiii iii l‘ii11- 1111r1- t1-11tl1 111s t-he Gorinans had not 01in state as far 11s this iiomiiiiou 1- 11111.1 “r1111 111111 11-1-1115 oil‘ the i3 (‘QYIPQFIIPG- \c1.~.:1illcs 'l‘re.:iiy.

Quebec and Ontario jillll-‘ii timid.- t0 sccure- ilrst, another" ‘lli‘ltlf_',(‘ 1icross thc St. I.ii\\‘i‘t?Ii1'1- at Mou- treal and secondly‘. thi- l‘t1ll.<(l‘lit'- tioir 11f the viaduct to the 11i,-11',l1ut tinust-il, railway station :11 'i‘or11i1to. Jjjr-‘Rpll..Al'CI\11i1ilJill1ll.. o1‘ (Il111n1l1i11_1- Vercheres was in large 1 responsible for keeping llli‘ i1

problem before the llousc 111111 . - lion was sectirvil. I11 the ciisc o1‘ the viaduct, Thomas Church i1-d 11 cohort o? Toronto members to \'it-- tory. ‘

1771a scssibndiil not 1i1-vci11p new. talent-in the way oi‘ ilebnti- 1nd- tlie fgciiv ’ tend-iicy o1‘ 11’ pipantfto l avi- ih1- "bi to lilo front i11-11ch1-1-< i-vlilcnt.

FRANCE i

Ii

Th1- ycar open-ii wiili .1 l11-l11-i- 1111-1

dizistaniling h1-t\1'i-1-11 llrituiu 111111 Franco folltnviug tii1- :11'r:111u1- -

of i-ouferciii-c-s on lt1-p:1r:1ii11n..-, 11i-,

though thirt- was 11 r111 in 1i11- 11111-1,

when Ilritain 11ri1i -.~teil iltillllSi iln-lw “I ltifllis niaiii- b_\' i<"r:11i1-1- 1o P1111 ‘ and the central l-Iuropwiu 1111111-

whilo her 1var i111i.l11»~i111-.~< to llrii-l 11in was still l|l|ll1ll'l. 111111 1111-1-1- srcmeil no dlsposi .1111 1o 11ml:- nn-ngierneuits for its 11;1_v11i1-n!.

grip 0f llli’. 'I‘I1i‘i'il Iti-pulilii- 1111 .\l-1r- oi-co was iigtilt-ncd l11ll1111'i11,:.' iii-- iii'l'ilIi,L{i‘ill(‘ili, which 11x11; l-:11o11‘11 :1--l

‘hi- 'I‘angii-i' 1\_J,l‘i‘t‘llii'lll, sign il I111 l'z1rLs', which 1irovid1-il 1111' thi- 111»11~ lHlllZilLlOil of tiii- city 111‘ 11111-111-1-11 along with 11 spc 7.11111»

TIIP tltllllikSlll‘ 11ft‘ 1 11f I-‘r111i11- ivore ilonilnztli-il for s1 11-1-1 I wi- its in the New Yi-ni‘ l1y tlii- r:1pi1l i‘:1li:

oi‘ the franc, which- :11, 1111- FIUSiIIE of tho Ilnursu on .I:1n11:11'_1' ll, f1-li 11s low ai-i t1v1~11t_\"ll11‘1--- :1i11l 1i frpc

t-iutici- i Liiiliinilorfl‘ “'11s ‘barrcil from mitt-ring Austria lii-cztuisc of his il'l'tlS(lIlill)ll', uttcrunires. ()n Oc- _ iobi-i‘ 5i Marx issued an open letter 111 :1li political [antics in (l-c-rmany pr1-p:1iatoi'_1' to another election

t‘on to the dollar. tin .1

l-‘renizh (iovi-riiiiii-iit ,1 1111 ILKIWYPIIIQIII. with (‘-/.1-1-l111-.\'1111-11111,1, While on I<‘1-l1ru:1r_v 5 fhi- public- atlon oi’ a friendly i1-ii.--r 11-11111 M/ncilonalil to Poitncziri- \\‘:l.s favor- ably coniini-ntliil 11-1-111. .\i'11-1' much stormy 1l1-b:11- in i111. (lthanihi-r of‘ i1--p11'1‘ ~ 1111- 121111- Ufllillchii, on l<‘1‘.b1'11111~_1- T, (.,,,-. rletl It.s plan whit-h 1:111‘1- it carti- bl-anclio to 1prot-1-1-i i111:1r11v on! the govcrnmi-ut by 1i--1r1-1-< r111‘ 1111-‘, following four 11111 1il . 'l'l11- ilovi-rii-I nii-nt lnlthiiid ,1 11 l.lll~‘ 111-11141-1111- and n 10.111 1111.»- 111-111 111-11 11111111111 Mflilrans. 11f .\'~w lork, lot‘ 1i - AIZl-Illllllflfl of th" franc. which ro.-:1-; on February 5 111 Li; l'i‘ills_ I

On March 6 Pri-niicr l'11i111~:1r1-1 told the Srnaw- that ii‘ tl11- l-‘isi-iil Reform Bill \\‘:1:~‘ not p:i.<.<1-1l h1-.

would resign. ’l‘h1- 1ii.<,-: ctiou. with Poincare and his aoiw-riiuii-uti increased 11'1-1-111y_ 1111

Poincare “'11s 111-11-1111-11 1111 -1 _<11_.|,l vote and i1-sig111-1i_ 55-11 .-|;1_1~_ 1,111 the urging 111‘ iii1- l‘r1 ~i.i1-11t h.- 1‘1-- considered 11nd f11r111~il :1 1i ~w .\l‘11- isitry with only 111111 111‘ his oi.li colleagues. 011 .\i11rcl1 I11 11111 11-11111-1 was quoted a1‘ the tr -. fi:111-1- 111i 3.42 cents. The IlIiIIiIlLI 111‘ thin‘

Dawes Coinmitim- on lli-p111'11i1‘on.<.l puhllshctl on April it. \l'l|.\' hail d by France as :1 1-111111111-11- \llltllt'— atinn of the FTPIIPII poliigv t1111":1rd<‘

Germany. Th1- l-‘iw-ni-h T111111: h:1.-i risen to 5.116 l1y .\pril in, .\n ‘ nouncement of thi- 1-r1-rt11111 oi‘ a powerful radio .~t.1f'on 1il Si.

Picfre Miqueioti. off N1-wtkiiiiiiliiind, was madi- April 26.

On ‘May 13. as 11 r ‘Stilt 11f lilt- elections, POIYIFIIIW \\‘Il>l pl:u-1-d in a minority and 1111111111111-1-11 h1- ‘wltnilld resiguion Juiu- l_ Th1- irziuo showed great 5111-1111111 nfti-r the election. which nwaiit ihi- practic-

al disappearance of tlii- Roynllst Dflft-Y- - - _ (It J1me 1O lflrodiflemt iviiilerand

ruigaod after a =dea1diock due to his Ilium] 1| ' Tbifice. M. ‘ma J “fitted in hi! 1p ‘on unei ‘an on the foi- imviiig day rzaaaiglgfiiii-rroi form- ed a Ministry amt- sustained 11111

' t-rniueni of‘ the

‘1111-1 in ili-rlin to iliittrminc upon

11:11 ilisordi-r, but there was 11 1v1-ak-

.11‘- ._ 'l‘i|1- l”

GERMANY AND AUSTRIA

(itiflllillly has undergone. 11 rev- olutionary clizingt- during the ycar just about to i-losv, due largely 1o the iici-i-ptiiiii-i- b_1' the Berlin (lov- iinwes plan and (i1-r11111n_\"s t-Jpri-ssetl determin- aiion 1o iivc- 11p to the terms 11 hii-h it iuiposcs. ()n January 1U 1111- woriil was shockcil by the 11n- 111111111- -u1c11t of the tissassination 0t‘ ll1-rr llcintz. president oi‘ the .11111111on1i111s government of 1th».- tlii- l’11latli111t.i-. ()i1 Jan. yl-i experts

111111- plan for the stabilization ot‘ ‘hi- iit‘l‘illtill ilclizisod i-urri-ncy and -oi11-l111l1-1l tiit-ir work oti l-‘cb. 12. i111 .i:1i1, 21 thi- lti-paratious (Yoru- .11.‘<11-1- i1i-g1in sitting 1it. Paris. ()n April sitiii ni-i-i-ptcd the ilINlIIll-{H of‘ thi- Il1l\\t‘.\‘ committee and live days-a later, tli-rmany accepted this re- t as a basis oi‘ settlement. ()n

"5 ti11. Alilcs ilcnyin-ilcd llli‘ ‘on oi‘ (l-rmau strcrt-t stic- l-llcirtiiuis were held through- niany on May 4. There was

1111i (Ii

of ibi- coalition patties and 11 cnuihi-ning oi‘ tho extreme .- Xiounrchists and 0111111111111- 'l‘h1- .\11strini1 builgcl was 111'- t‘ 1111-11 by pzirli1iuii-iit on April -l. 61111411111 nit-n wort» out of work in, iii» ltuhr i111 May 15. A crisis iii--

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11-i11p1-1l in lltlllllVfimilllll. curly iii .l11n1- (‘iiiiiicclliir Marx foonicd n 111-11‘ Ministry: (111 Juui- 1il Chan-

1- llor Si-lp1-l was wounded but 1"- 1-11v1-1-1-1i. (in August 2i) the. lteii ~ <t11i£ passi-d tli1- laws ti-tictissary for t.h1-. Londmi .'\_iii'ttt\lllt*.lllll 0n Sep-

\\'lllt‘ll was lit-id cvt-ntutilly on Utc- i-mbi-r 7. (fhauceilor Marx formi-d -1uoth1-r (iovi-riiuiont and it ls t-x- 111-ct1-d that hc will change 11111111114 with Pri-sldi-nt. l-Ibort when the liit- 1111-‘11 ti-rin cxpircs ncxt spring. 'l‘h1-r‘e was a serious-i niini- nccidt-ut 1111 t>g.gi.1itz witih a large loss 0t‘ life 1111 Novi-mbier 18.

Tho (lent-rat clot-lions on Dec. S 1.‘1111v1-d 11 gri-nt gain f11r the ltepub- i1i1-. Marx madi- seven-nil efforts to iorni 11 n1-1v (lovoriiuiciit hut tailieil

ll thi- ltupaivitiiius (Tomiuis- i.

111-l l-‘ori-lun SPPPPUITY StrPst-nian 1111»- 1-:1ll~-d upon by Itl-bcrt i0 try hi1; hand 1111 Iii-c. 15.

THE REST OF EUROPE ()11 Jan. 11 Vonizt-ios ZICCO-pltlfl

1h1- liPUlIllPFSIIIP oi‘ (lrcoci- 11nd toruii-d 11 (‘ablni-t. On Jan.

iii-1il 1541-, ()11 Jan. 2i Lcnin died at Mr 1111', (in Jan. 25 the treaty b1-t11'1--~n Franco 11nd Czccho Slov-

.1i1i:1 1111s slant-d in Paris. ()11 l<‘1-l1- l‘lllll‘_‘v' i ltyhoff succni-dcii Lenin as gtlV-‘Flltli’ 11f thi- Soviet and tho t1-.\'t of 1111 ltalil-ltusslau trcnty was pnbllsiii-il. ’i‘l11- Third Interna- tional issui-zi u world appeal on F» i1. ll to 1111-. proletariat, On Idol). 1.1 Switz1-rl1111d ri-jitted by rofercu- duiii 11 proposal to extend thc hours of work from 48 to 54 pct‘ 11111-11. 011 February 26 there were ' " ‘11nd relations lit-tween Jugo~ ivia. and Bulgaria. ()n March ii h1- (iri-ck Cabinet fell and Veui~ 1.211s imadi- zirrtiugenients to leavi- llri-cce. On March '15 Flume was formally tinncxeil to Italy and a week later Italy ‘ratified the Lau- sanui- treaty. On April 9 Italian elections showed a sweeping vic- tory for the FascistL-On May 12 the King and Queen of Rumania paid a state visit to London. ()n May 22 Britain definitely refused a loan tn Soviet Russia and on the day following Belgian anil Italian statesmen met at Milan. An IIKFPP- iut-nt with Italy over Jiiimlnnd 1-111 1

211 1111-1 .\Iili‘t‘ll Biiilli-xii-ziu ri-bi-lliou reached a i-ri-1

réhenslive- Refit’...

was put to enormous coat to put down a rising in- Morocco: Later in the year she determined to withdraw from Morocco altogether and the evacuation is tllOW 111060311- lng. The treaty bctwcca Sweden and Russia was ratiilcd on Nliiy i5. A political deadlock in Jugo-Slavia lasted during Juno and July ()n July 15 the Ju-halaiid treaty was signed in London. 011 July" 18 the, (‘wreck Govern-merit ri-sigsiotl and disorders took place in Athens. On July 28 a new Ju-goSiiiririu govt-ru- ment took ofvce Lauder M. David- ovltch. OnAu-gtist 14 Si-gnir Mat- teottrs body was found i-l miles‘ from Rome. On September 1‘ eight‘- more battalions left Spain for Mor- occo. Oh September‘ ll. the Soviet executed 27 prominent leaders oi’ Georgia. On September 112 Signor Sasalinl, a prominent Fascist 11.-ad- er, 1vas murdered. ()i1 Si-pte-ulicr 15 the president of the Georgian Riapiibiic appealed to the League 0t‘ Nations, On ()1-t. 15 tii1- Nlaripils de l-lsttella, pFCSIdtiIll. of thi- 5111m- lsh Directory took 11 hand in the suppression of the Morocco rising.

(in October 2:1 lh1- Sovht. authori-

lties dcnii-il tlii- :111tl11-.uticit_v of the

Iillllflllzs‘ Zinovicff ictti-i", -()1n NOV-till]- bcr 5 Josi- lloiiiitilincz was olci-ii-il pn-slili-nt of the Portuguese (Thum- hor i-niling 11 political dcadlticlt. ()n .\'tl\‘t_'llllit‘l‘ ltl llll! III‘\\' Norwegian p:1rll11111i-ut. with :1 (‘.11111=1~r\i11iiv1'- pri-doniiuani-i- ltSHPlll-IIIWI. flu Dec- 1-n1i11-r lti (‘zi-iaho-Sloyialtia :11in01111t~ cd 1111 lucrcnsi- lu Iudtistriiil cxpan siou tliiouglioni 1111- country a111- ountlng to so pi-r (Till, more than throi- years ago.

OTHER WORLD AFFAIRS

()n January l5 thi-iw- 11x11.‘ a vio-

li-ut 1-111111111111111- at ’l‘oi1i11 111-1-0111- p11 nit-d l1y much loss oi’ lifc, ()ti Jun. 2tl (h1- Mi-xli-au ir-lii-lllon

1\‘liiili lIll'\‘ilI.(.‘Ili'(I with lIli‘ closing of 1923 ri-nciind 11 critical stuae. ()n Jan, 26th (‘rowu Prince of Japan \V1'l>‘illlll‘i'It3(I to Princess Nagako at ‘Fohio. O11 January 28 Turlti-y 11'1-nt “w1-t." ()n hlarch .'l tho National Assembly at Angora ti-baniloni-il Hit‘ Cailphatc. (in March 4 sharp fighting h1-t1veen tho Spaniards 11nd Morocco bi-gan. On March l5 the parliament opciintl. A d1 motistra- tion in favor of a Republic took place at Ti-hi-raii on March 20. King Fcisnl (Yllfilltld the Constitu- ent Assembly of Iraq on March 28. Tho Assembly at Angora adjourn- ed on April 22 for six months. 011 May 28 the Foreign Office at Tokio issued a protest against the -bill excluding tho 1111971110510 from.the United States, 11nd on the name day

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Pasha shot and Jyvluded 111111111 likyptian medical student. 0n‘ 18 Major Imbrie. U. S. Conga murdered at Te-heran. Mrs.

alto Evans was shot. dead in on Aug. 2. On August 9 serious pi-eEzvmi-au - ,, demonstrations V oc- curred in Kharoou-m. Sixtytthou- sand people drowned -by floods iii China on Aug. 2. On Aug. 25 the Persian cabinet resi-gnediand r11 was. grave threat of the“, Fin Parsing», r111, fighting 1 i [ryébb continileti"to._-be fierce a d on Sqsii. _1 eight more “Spanish ‘regiments ‘were sent to the‘ ‘ iger‘ zone, Ou S_e t. i2 there w» fl- ‘ ingi-bctween riv i lorces in,iCi1i a "and war- ships weresentlto protec foreign residents in Shanghai. 0 se-srt 11 Spanish troops wve-reordered (alri-

tire from their advanced posit on and tho-_begluulnk'_ thpHQyu-c 11- ttou» oi‘ Morocqo byi Spain to l1 ‘place. 0ui-Septf12 the president oi’ Chill resigned. On Sept. 115 th‘ Georgian republic appealed to the Leiigue of Nations. 10a Sept. i7

~ 111.1111‘; and resisned. being

.._I _ Govern-merit, and ordered Egyptian

‘ troops out Olitlip Soudan. Zalifllll

Pa! ‘refused some of the de- euc-

ceeded try Ziwar Pasha. THE WORLD OF SPORT

Nineteen-t-wenty-four was essen- tially an amateur year in sporting circles all over tho ‘world. for it was the year‘ of the Olympic Games and whit-e the United States, with Its ‘great army ofathleteth cleaned up 111 thennal point. score. other nations brought out starsthat will live ‘long in the memory of t‘oliow- era oi‘ athletes. ,

There was Paavo Nur-m-i. of Fin- land,‘ great. distance runner, Abra- hams and Liddcil, of Great Britain, 1aprintlng stars who caused the acn- satious of the gtuues, when they rose above mou like ‘(illlifllfl Pit-zl- ilock and Jackson Scholrof the U. 8., winning the 100 and 220 yard dashes; and there was Cun- adiVs outstanding lwtkfly Wilm-

(lcorgian troops were put to flight

11nd massai-rcil by Soviet regulars.

The Old Chap:

0n Sept. 2S Japan iltsagrei-il with tho Aili1-s rt-garillng tho protocol and off-cred‘aineuilmtints. ()n SP-pl. 30 si-vtzre fighting took plat-c -iir t|h-- vicinity of‘ Shanghai. Ou the same iiatt- Mei-ca was threatcucil l1y the Wahabia, (in Oct 3 King Iiussein iibiiii-ati-il 11nd on tlic stimi- day thi- cnnvi-rsiitions ht-twct-n Mnciionald and Zaghloul [vrnvcd fruitless- 11nd 1vcr1- abandoned, ()n (ii-t. -i Sh-i-rlft‘ Ali, son oi‘ Kin-g l-Ittssen, succeed: ed to the Hedjaz throne. ()n Oct. El thi- British issued 111i ultimatnut =.o the ’l‘iirks regarding tl1i- Ira-q frontier. Thero was fighting iit (‘anion on Oct. 15. ()1i Oct, 22 l-‘cug- iluhsizin-g the Christian tzcniirnl, l1y :1 coup. otcuplcil Peking 11nd tho troublc in China -hi-g:1u to 11111111» ()n November 3 thr- Turks with- dri-w their men from tilt‘. Iroi| fron-i iii-r, and showed 11 more re111<111111blc attitude towards Britain. ()11 Nov- c-mbcr l0 Zaghloui P11111111 gnvi- l1is' version of tho inti-rvii-w with Milt‘.- iioiialti. The Wahabis I‘(!Il("v\'t'(I war‘ on King Ali's troops around .1111]- dah on November flt-ruianyxm Nov. 8 anuouuceil that it had hai- nni-cii its bud-get. A_ biz strike of

firfl! Egyliliiil!lrallwuyiiiieu in Austria. 1111i (it-r imflny

began on Nov. 11. The League twonfercnce on thi- ilrug traffic opened on Nov. l7, 111111.111‘. Bt-lanil- Canadian minis-tor, taking .\n important part. \1\'1lIii(II3IHll Rey-mount. Polish 1vrit-2r, was awarded the Nobel prize for litcr- attire. (lrrman railway owni-rs ro-' gained control 10f their liui-s 11n- Nov. 18. Vlccutn Blanco lhuncz launched a hectic campaign agalusti

a treaty lmtwoon Soviet Russia and China was signed. 0n July 2 the

Iiuitcti States Plmlmesy flag was“ 111,-, “fleets o;

by Britain nu May 23. _ 5min "*1 .1

the Kin-g of Spa-in. Sir L0,. Stacie} Sifliill‘ 0f 198V“. was assi1=siiintc1l| Cairn, iirltalni

mado tip mostly of the (lranites. of 'l‘oronto, but taking -in two or

Here, you carry on, son, I've got an engagement

titre.- othcr men from Montreal anil \\1'.I|\ni])t)|{, which won the worlds amateur championship at Chamo- uix, jui-tt outside Paris.

The amateurs in golf had a great year. “llobhy" Jones, youthful United States star, who before this year captured the U. S. opcu till1-.. suct-i Il""l iin 192i for the first tinn. in annexing amateur honors. Mitts (lit-nun (lollctt, who succccilod M15111 Ali-xa Stirling a couple oi‘ years ago 11s the queen of the American links. not only retained her U. S. cham- pionship this year. but also wits again crowned with Canadian laur- i-ls for tho SCKEOIIII time in succcs- sinn. '

Frank Thompson, out» of the iucmbiers of that. great Toronto golfing ‘family, which has produced nioio than one. champion, became

|tiunadian amateur tltleliolilcr this

past year.

Iii the Old Country. Sir E. W. l-ioldornene wou the British arma- tcnr honors. H-is team mate on the British Walkor Cup team, Cyril Tollcy hiimself, ii former British champion, took the French title away with him to England.

Miss Joyce Wethercd won 110th

tho closed and open British titles In the lattice’ izolf competitions. ‘ A strange situation developed in professional golfing circles. A1meri<ran~born golfer, Walter Hag- en, for the second time in his e111"- eer was named British open cham- pion. while an ltia-gl-ieh-horn protea- uionul, Cyril Walker, ind the flold in the American open champion- ship play.

Professional sport in other liucs had a banner your. Probably never in the history of the game was pro

mm “w” "t T"k'"- semi’ Canu-nromptly sent it strong note,i1upos-ili°¢k"l’ 80 W611 lifltrflfliled M 1B8!

was elected

prtvsltii-nt 0f Mexico lulercd heavy losses 11nd on July 0. 0n July 12 Zaghioui 1 - 1 "

ed a heavy tine on the Egyptian

o

Au'

team,‘ wblc s Dandilraud. ‘W011 “N! - and athen beat the champions 0f the Western Canada and Pacific Coast Leagues for the Stanley Cup,,_ Washington Senators-for the first mime since theyTlunte ‘been in base- ball fought, an uphill liflltle to i319 world's profesional‘ ‘blisebail ‘pin- nni-ie. ma”: oat the New York Giants in i p y-oft’. international horse-racing. which started In 11128. when the British horse Papyrus caiiieuovea" to com- pete against. A-tnerwfl‘! Z911. 1W“ continued -Ill- 1924, ‘but Milli! "We more success for .1115 outsider. EplnllN]. Pierre W-erthe-imefs ptreat Fl't:I)(.‘ll-I‘il.l2€i‘, entered a so- r-ies o1’ nvcntaagaiust thc -l1cst that Jluierica could gct- toflflllifil‘. lll"- could 1li1 nothing ln-ttL-r than finish second in any of the four events. Tho Linitcil-Stat-as tt-iiiils team. which lIlCllldIHS-lllll "rcat "lllg Illll" 'l‘-iiden. retained - . ‘Davis Cup, PIIIIJIOIIIRIII‘ otWu-oriil team tennis

season. The world's title went to

‘l-inf! I1'\'II1" 1 >11,

1

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the Canadian; Hockey Club gfgw

trliii-inpionsliip. Th1 y again hail l-iiv

Austrailauslns tlit-ir nppom-nta in the challenge, round. but (lid not allow thi-m out- mulch,

1 N ECHOLOGY, 1924 January.

‘L-Yfon. l1. l‘, llrudciir, Lieuten- 111it (iovi-ruor, Q111-l11-c, til. lti-v. S. llarlng-Goul1l, hymn writer, 90.

9.~—V111'y ltnv. Henry Waco, Dean nf (litntr-rbury, 88. ,

15.—5th lilnrl of Warw-ick, 71.

Dr, M. i-‘. l-lgnn. Aiuerii-aii scholar 11nd ili-plomat, 71.

16.- ~lion. F. Osh-r, ApmalJud-go (lntiirio, 86. ‘

Nicolai Lenin, Dictator of Rus- sia, 5-I.

22.-~J. \V. hlorrlcc, lt,(‘1.A., Cun- IHI-lilll piilnti-r, 59. '

2.-- W. A, (innningliaui, .\ioutrc1ii. C.(}.M.M., -i-i.