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hinderer for the same reason. And if you are-a poor ‘man and a hinderer, you are the poorest kind of hinderer—to yourself. P He who loves the truth is a helper. Nothing can help you —nothing can help the worid—better than the truth. Emer- son it was who pronounced the funeral oration of all material. things when he said:—"'Sheen} will tacnish, honey cloy, and merry is only a mask for sad”’. 2l tnings are perishable even as the body of mertal man Gold, silver, brass, gran- ite—ALL. What then'is lasting? what powerful? what permanent? Search his- t)ry and get your answer. What is it that has stood steadfast while empires decay and disappear, and. withstanding tae ravishes of all time-link2d ages to- gether? Not gold; not silver; not brass; not granite. The one thing that has out- iiwsted alt other things —the oue thing tnat will oatlast all' other things and is immanent is TRUI'H. Lover or hater of the truth? Big H or little h—WHICH? J. G. Holland must have had helpers in mind when he wrote '‘God Give Us Men:—"’ et o " ; Zligel';z whom the lust of office does not ill, b : Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy, Men who possess opinions and a will, M??z zgho have honor and who willnot e.’ : Also Kipling when he wrote *'If"": ‘*‘lfyou can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds worth of distance run, Yours is the earth and everything that’s in it And—which is more—you’il bea MAN, my son!”’ . And Tennyson in writing ‘‘Ulysses”: ”Ho(viv dull it is to ‘pause, to make an end, : To rust unburnished, not to shine in use,”’ ' : Some people are always saying that they are glad they are living in the pres- ent age—the age of electricity and inven- tions. To a certain extent this is some- thing to be glad about, but is it every- thing? It is not. There was a period in the life of the race which scientists and historians call the ‘‘Age Os Muscle Power’”’. That age had neither airplane nor submarine; fountain pen nor type- writer: but it gave us Aristotle, Homer, Socrates, Plato and others who have en- riched the world by their lives. Steam was unknown; electricity not heard of; but we have the Pyramids and the Pantheon and the Colosseum. There ‘was no chair at any university for econo- mics or political science; but in ancient Sparta every man held himsélf responsi- ble for the well-being of every child in the community., ~Examples might be multiplied to illustrate that how you liv2 is far more important than the age ia waich you live. '~ But soft now! The age must- come when the man who‘tries to get the gen- ST. CROLIX AVIS uine -in exchange for the counterfeit—- everything for nothing—will be denoune- ed by all respectable people as a danger- ous character and a hinderer to progress. WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO HELP ALONG THIS AGE? ‘‘Watch yourself go by” in 1923 and determine. Big H or little h—WHICH? . | | TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION Lausanne, Dec. 26th.—A vigorously worded proteat against the decision of the Near East conference sub-commis- sion on minoritiesto permit the Armeni- an delegates to appear before the sub- ¢ commission and set forth their desires, was forwarded to the c¢onference tolay by the Turkish delezation. This new dis- cordant note characterized the resump- tion of the peace negotiations after the ‘Christmas recess. The, sub-commission on minorities has planned to receive the Armenian and Bulgarian representatives this afternoon. = - London, Deec. 26th.—Announcement is made that admission to the press gal- lery of the House of Cormons is to be accorded six representatives ot the press of the Overseas Dominions. This con- cession will be especially appreciated in- -asmuch as the representatives of the dorninions here are fully aware of the limited acevmmodation in the gallery which made it difficult to grant the con- cession ‘earlier. - Certain representatives here have for some time past been admit- ted to the members’ lobby and the press - writing rooms.. - Paris, Dec. 26th.—The condition of Sarah Bernhardt showed turther im- provement this morning and her physi- cians said that they tentatively consider- ed her out of danger." Washington, Dec. 26th.—The employ- ment situation is encouraging and pros- pects are bright for the remainder of the winter, according to a. survey just ccm- pleted by the Employment Service of the Department of Labour. Nearly all the states reporteda condition much better than at this time last year, anc the situa- tion was described as fair to good in most sections. Building oberations thiough- out the country were reported holding a ‘pace almost unprecedented, only a few states in the north showing a slowing up because of tne weather., The manufac- turing states, almost without exception, reported shortages of skilled mechanics. Textile mills were running full and need- ed labour. The motor car industry was running one hundred per cent, but the labour supply about equalled the demand. The steel industry showed a general ex- pansion, with a demand for all kinds of tabour and the call for metal workers generally exceeded the supply. ' "London, Dec. 26th.—Rain and sleet fell in most parts of England on Christ- mas day replacing the snow and trosty weather ‘which the country had expe- rienced for some days. With unemploy- ment still looming largely over the land this Christmas season is hardly a time for hilarious merry-making, neverthelese there are signs at last that the clouds of industrial depression are breaking and this gives everyone cause to thank God and take courage. The King and Queen, as is their custom, are spending the sea- son at York cottage,Sandringham, accom- panied by their sons, with the exception of Prince George, who is still in the .hos- pital following an operation for apendi- citis. At Sandringham House Queen Alexandra has as guests Queen Olga of Greece, the Do vager Enpress of Russia, with the King of Norway also in the vi- cinity. London, Dee 27th.—The Chancellor of the Excheguer and the members of his mission which is going to the. United States to discass the British debt to the United States, will sail tom rrow on. the steamer “‘Majestic”’for New York. Rome, Deec. 261h.—Premicr Mussolini, has decided to appoint 24 new senators. They will be chosen from among scien- tists, men of letters, artists and politi- cians. This will include representatives from the new provinces who have con- tributed to the work of national recon- struction, Washington, Dec. 26th.— Before the Borah amendinent to the United States Naval Bill for an ‘economic disarmament conference is disposed of, -there will be in the Senate a great discussion of inter- national affairs, includirg debt cancella- ‘tion, reparations, disarmament and the need of markets for United States pro- duct abroad. The Harding administra. tion it has been clearly shown, is throw- ing itß influence against the Rorah amendment, but indications are that t - amendment cannot be defeated outright. lis oppunents hope to force a modification to weaken the amendment, especially 1. block debt cancellation and any economi- cal entente agreement with Europe. Paris, Dee. 26th. —France gained an important victory in the Allied repara- tions commission today, when the com- mission by a vote of 301 declared Ger- maay in vcluntary default of her wood deliveries for 1922. France, Belgium and Italy stood in favour of tie declara- tion, while Great Britain cast its ballot against. The decision of the commission was immediately communicated to the Allied Governments for action. It may have a vital effect on the reparations problem it France can retain the suppo:t of Italy and Belgium when the repara- tions question is discussed at the Janu- ary 2nd meeting of the Premiers. Tte lone vote cast- by Great Britain was in accordance with British policy which has been opposed to deciaring Germary in default, in the fear that suech acciin might have a disastrous effrct on the already precarious state of German finance.