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himseif made several during the war when disagrecable necessities arose. [he Viscount insisted that the closest of rela- tions should be maintained between the Ailies, especially Great Britain, France and Italy. Tke only referencehe made to the United States was that he pre- ferred to wait until the new President had made a declaration of his for- eign policy. Another war would be infinitely worse than the last one, he declared, and would certainly desiroy Rurope’s civilization. It is accordingly necessaiy that the League watch over international armaments. It has bezn said the League is utopian. My answer to tnis is,"that [ prefer the chance of utopian to eertain destruction. Washington, Jan. sth.—Senator Walsh _. tonigit issued a statement outlining the qrguments he placed before the senate foreign relations committee today, rela- tive to worid disarnament. He empha- sized that the world now was spending wmillions of dollars for war purposes and had two miilion men under arms. If halt this useiess expendituie were saved Furope would have abundance of capital with which to restore her indust-ies ruin- ed by the war, and if she released a million men from her armies her produc- tive capacity, vyith abundance of capital wculd be so increased that the economic troubles ~hich now perplex the worid would pass away like mist before the morning sun. He also said that he told \ the committee that,if the preseni naval consiruetion pro_ramme of the United States and Great Britain should be con- tinued, the United States Navy would be as formidable as the British by 1924. But as we have a very big construction programme and Great Britain a very mod- est one, he added, the effect of the Bo- rah resolution which simply contemplates cutting the paval construction plans of Great Britain, the United States ard Ja- pan 50%, would operate to postpone ifit did not indefinitely postpone the time when Great Britain would no longer be “mistress-of the seas’’. 3Senator Walsh argued that a general reduction would permit such a readjustment as would make the strength of the United States _ at least that of Great Britain. He on- posed the suggzestion of a propartionate reduction on similar grounds. The com- mittee adjourned the subject, to the call of the Chairmar. London, Jany bih.—The Manchester Guardian discussing the signs now appa- rent that a redaction of naval armament may become a live practical question, says: ‘‘How absurd the idea is of our building against an American Navy has just been shown by the report, apparently well autheniicated, that Ca- nada is concerting with the United Qtates on @ cor mon naval policy in the Pacific. Australia and New Zcaland would adhere to it, if given a chence. The Guardian admits that it would be folly to deny that an emergency might S UROIIIXx A NVID ' arise in which Japan and the United . States might be drawn against each other, and does not conceal its appreci- | ation of certain possibilities of danger. . From this it argues that there is all the . more reason therefore why the Govts. ~and peoples should get together; in a uni- versal league 6f peoples. i Washington, Jan. 7th-—Opposing all . plans for cutting down the naval strength .~ of the United States through disarma- . ment agreements with other countries, . representative Britten of lllinois, Re- . publican member of the House Naval -~ Affairs Commiltee yesterday introduced . a joint resolution to direct the Navy De- partment to proceed at once with its big building programme. (oming on the heels of the naval reduction movement in the Senate, the Britten Resolution was design- . edby its author to put squarely before Con- ' gress the question whether this country . should endeavour to join with Britain ' sand Japan in a ‘‘naval holiday’’, or go | ‘ahead with the construction of the | ships | London, Jan. 7th.—Lord Milner today ' resigned his portfolio as Secretary for . the Colonies. His successor has not yet | been announced. Ii New York, Jan. 7th.—Morethan 1,000 ' forged permits, upon which millions of . gallons of whiskey were illegally with- drawn from bonded warehouses and : brought here, have bzen discovered by agents o. the lnternal Revenue Bureau. i The amount called for by these permits i was said to range from one barrel to 10,000 cases. It is estimated that the value of whiskey, illegally released amounts to $100,000,000 retail vaiue= j POISONS YIELD VALUABLE REME- | DIES Many of the most valuabie remedies known to medical science are rask poi- sons that would quickly produce death | if administered by some one who knows | notaing of medicine. Among these poi- | sons is physostigmine, the active prin- | ciple ofthe calabar bean. This bean is a | native of Africa and is a sort of third | cousin to the familiar kidney bean. So ! powerful is the narcotic poison in if that | eating half a dozen means practically | certain death. 1n Africa it has been | called the “‘ordeal bean’’ because it is | sometimes administered to suspected ' witches, If the accused person vom- | Its forth the poison §he is regarded . as innocent. If he dies the inference is ' that he is guilty. | Rir Thomas Frazer, a Scotiish - pnysi- ' ¢an who died a short time ago, discov- | ered that the poisonous principle of cala- [ bar beans is a valuable remedy for ireat- | ing the eye in some cases, producing | contraction of the pupil. It is also used | as a remedy for lockjaw, neuralgia and i rheumatisai. Another remedy that Dr. Frazer made . available for treating disease is a poi- ' son called stropanthus. This substance | was_first discovered by savages who ' used it to poison the tips of their arrows { and thus make certaint that their victims ! would die. Dr. Frazer found that al- l though it is a deadly poiscn, it is a val- | uable remedial agent-for the treatment | of certain heart affection. His inves i tigations in connection with {kese two | drugs have brought untold benefits to . many sufferers. The Pathfinder Dec. | 25th. | e SRI ! Germany when she gets to doing bus- 'i iness at the old stand again, 1s likeiy to find a lot of her trade taken away. Pe- | fore the war Germany was a nation that | devoted infinite pains to perfecting all ‘ sorts o. little industries ard securinga practical monopoly of tne market. For instance most of the bronze or gilt pow- der that the world used was produced in Germany. Now we note that the DuPont Co. is making it in this country, of finer grace than the Germans ever producad, and at such low prices that they will have a hard time competing. However, in many lines of trade the . Germans will still be paramcount and it . will be a blessing When they get te pre- | ducing again and supplying the rest of . the world with the thousand and one { articles that they can produce more . cheaply than anyone else.—lbid. 4 g SUGAR NOTES ! The estimated world tonnage of sugar ' for the year 1920-21 is 16,775,000 tons i Last year it was 15,376,500 and that would mean that this year, the crop is -about 1,500,000 tons more. As is well . known,.the sugar ¢.op bhas been graduoal- . ly declining since 1913 14 when it had i reached the peak of 18,667,000 long . tons. The increase is mostly in beet sugar producing countries so that the beet apparently is coming into its own again of about 30 per cent. Cane shows again of 4 per cent. In Canada ~ the beet crop doubled, South American countries show cane sugar gains. China ~is also ftabulating “er sugar production | ‘“‘some eclaim,”’” for the first time in her . history. The land of the Rising Sun | has been trying to get up before day . for some time in the sugar industry [ but wiifa its slees of aeons it has bhad ! a hard time in awakening, though at | lust there is a renaissance in learning, { in science, and in th2 development of | nationaiism which wili yei bring China { tothe fore as a sugar producing land. | —Louwistana Planter Dec. 18th. i Montana beet growers will get SI,OOO, | 000 for their output this year. The ]i Great Western Company is paying out | this amount apnd itis only one twenty- | fifth of what they are paying out here i and there. —lbid. _ :