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EX-STAIESMEN III
EUROPE DEVELOP
THEATRICAL SKILL
Paris Conference "Brings House
Down" Without Really Doing
Anything to Merit Applause.
; By William Ivy
Consolidated tt iMcUtfoa
t ; Paris, March 5. Why should not
the old problem, "What to do with
our ex-statesmen?" be solved by
making them stage managers? They
are, 1n these latter days, at least,
masters of the art of putting on pop
ular entertainments. They excel in
creating "situations," In Introducing
'dramatic conflicts, leading tip to
thrilling climaxes, and finally send
ing the audience hdme after a happy
ending with Just enough surprise In
H to keep It from falling, flat.
It is respectfully submitted that any
theatrical producer who could introduce
as many pleasing variations On ' one
theme as the alljed governments have
succeeded ; in building through their
4wsuccsstv conferences : would be the
vaaer in nis profession. When one
thinks with what apparent lack of ef
: fort' the Paris conference, to Speak only
of the latest series, "brought down the
house, and was advertised far and wide
as the greatest success of the season. th
point - becomes clear For what, after
all, did the Paris conference really ac
complish
"8UBPBISE" 1TO STJBPBISE
, On disarmament no new decision was
reached. The allied powers merely
showed that they found it very hard to
agree to stand by what they had already
agreed on.
The near eastern problem was ad'
, Journed.
The Austrian problem was referred.
- It was on reparations - that the big
"surprise ending" came, and to the storm
of applause that followed both Lloyd
, George and M. Brland responded with
curtain calls. But Just what was the
..' i .surprise? . ,-
The Boulogne conference had already
reached a similar agreement as to the
42 annuities similar, except that under
the : Boulogne agreement the payments
. were to have been larger.
' The surprise was the provision for a H
per cent tax on German exports. It Is
f tins tax that represents the only ad
vance made by the Paris conference over
its predecessors.
ECONOMY IS DOUBTED
.. The idea, apparently, is that this provis
ion goes a certain distance toward meet
ing the French claim for a sliding, in
demnity based on Germany's future pay
ing power. The increased prosperity of
,- Germany in coming years will, it Is pre
sumed, be indicated in her exports. The
more Germany exports, the more she
- will be able to pay in the way of repar
ations, and this tax on exports alms to
take advantage of that fact.
. It will be Interesting to hear what .the
-.economist have to say about the sound-
nrsa of the. fundamental assumption. It
1 will be. even more interesting to see how
far Germany's foreign commerce cao de
velop under a 12 per cent export tax,
added to the import taxes imposed by
nations that buy Germany's goods.
. - Also, the United States may look at
the .arrangement with some -apprehen-.
slon. It looks, first off, a good deal as if
it steals, a march on our projected high
tariff . schedule. Will not a tariff on
German Jack knives, for Instance, that
might ordinarily be low enough to per-
- mit their importation In competition
with others, be prohibitive to a nation
that already has a 12 per cent handicap
- to start with?
VEBD1CTS HOT ALL IX ;. - . r
However; one must not fall Into the
error of supposing that there Is anything
final about the Paris conference's settle
ments. There will be more conferences
and more Agreements, and it can safely
be assumed that there will be more sur
prise endings. For one thing, Germany
- has not yet been heard on this latest
proposal, and what Is. still more im
portant, the United States has pot been
consulted. r:-."::i-
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Christian Science
! Lecture
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LIS OF CN LD
The following leotars oa.-CbrintUa Beimce
Utbd "Christian 8cijo: A Stair In Carna
tion" tit delivered at The Auditorium Friday
by Hie kUfy O. Ewm. C . B., Mamber of
the B"nl of Loctanship The Mother Church,
Tlx rirat Church of Carfet, Scientist, ia hoUoa.
French publicists are waking up to
the fact that giving the British domln-
- Ions a voice In the League of Nations
was not equivalent to giving Great Bri
tain a plural vote: In fact quite the
contrary. Instead of emphasising the
power of the British empire, it empha
sizes the independence of its various ele
ments. It Is a sign not of Imperial
unity, but of disunity. -'
f And so these French publicists - are
suggesting that France begin to get into
the good graces of the British dominions,
. dealing with them directly and offering
them a large opportunity to develop
their - ewa foreign policies separately
from the mother country.
This Is perfectly legitimate. If the
dominions are nations and entitled to
equal status in the league alongside
' other sovereign powers, they are also
entitled to deal la terms of equality out
side the league. '
jDoarnrioHs oir vnr eet
The talk - In the United States of ex
changing legations with Canada is to
the same effect, as Is also the discussion
as to which side Australia would take
In a possible American-Japanese con
flict. : --.V-"
Of course France Is not In a position
to reap any major advantage from this
gradual dissolution of the .British em.
i' pire. What the French, publicists have
, t in mind is obtaining moral .support in
f the councils of the powers, especially ;
since French policy and British are so
frequently at 'variance. Were two or
three of the dominions to be depended
on to support the French thesis, Lon
don's hand would to that extent be weak
ened, or would at least have to be played-
more in harmony with that of Paris.
In the case of America the situation is
different, because of our eea strength.
It is indisputable that world empire goes
hand in hand With maritime strength.
Colonies and dependencies oversea are
useless without a merchant marine, and
a merchant marine without, a protecting
navy is in a precarious position. Ger
many built up a not inconsiderable over
seas empire through her merchant ma
rine, but - when war came - It melted
away. And if Germany's colonies were
handed back to her today they would be
of little advantage to her so long as
their trade had to be carried In foreign
bottoms. '.-."
The policy of the United States in cre
ating the world's most powerful navy
before assuring the permanency of her
nerchant marine Is causing much specu
lation and some concern in Europe.
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In ray preparation for this lecture
I have been wonderfully comforted
and encouraged by some verses in
the opening chapter of the book of
Jeremiah. ;Tou may remember' that
there came to Jeremiah, through the
wordof the Lord, a clear, distinct
revelation of his true origin and pa
rentage, and of his own aanctlfica
tion and dedication to the work of
a prophet. And yet, as he perceived
that this imposed upon him 'the
preaching of the truth as to a people
blinded by materialism, he shrank
from the task with a sehse of his
own weakness. !
, In writing his simple record he makes
a vivid picture of the conflict going on
In his thought. He may have been young
In years, but I have no sense that it was
this alone that he was thinking when he
cried, "Ah, Lord God I behold, I cannot
speak: for I am a child." - And then the
Lord answered him : "Say not, I am a
child t for .thou Shalt go to all that. I
snail send thee, ana whatsoever I com-,
mand thee thou ahalt speak, s Be' not
afraid of their faces s X or I am with thee
to deliver - thee" Jeremiah 1 :-8). And
Jeremiah goes on to tell lis that then the
Lord put forth his hand and touched his
mouth. .and that the Lord said unto him,
"Behold,- I have put my wor4a in thy
mouth" (Jeremiah 1:9). ; '-, -i- ; v
And now, knowing that to me has been
given the same message, at least in es
sence, -and realizing the urgent need of
humanity today to be told the truth
about life Itself, I. In my turn, must
trust to God to put into my mouth His
words which will touch your hearts and
lead you "to listen wlth: unprejudiced
thought to what I have to say to you ;
for truly, I come to you tonight with no'
"enticing words of man's wisdom" but
with a message of healing born of deep
est, and tenderest experience. To bring
to any of you who may feel that he Is
suffering from sorrow, disease, poverty,
or sin, some measure of the knowledge
of good which ,110 can begin to use prac
tically at this very moment, to loose him
from this burden of suffering this Is
my. privilege, my hope, my confidence.
There is healing tender, compassionate
healing in the first right idea we gain
of the true nature of good, and it Is pos-
-aible for you and for me to gain that
right Idea here and now. . r
; L myself, am a Christian Scientist, to
day because many years ago. In a time
of sorrow and fear, when my own dear
father had been given up by physicians
to die, h was quickly restored to health
by Christian Science treatment. At the
time that this miracle, this marvel, hap
pened to ' us we had never heard . the
words "Christian" and, "Science"
coanled : Indeed, we had more or less the
world's sense that In some mysterious
and fundamental way Christianity and
science were opposite and irreconcilable.
At the time of this healfhg we began to
study the textbook, "Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary
Baker Eddy, and for alt these years that
book the inspired revelation to this age
of the true Science of Life has been
our comforting, enlightening, and heal
ing teacher and friend. It began at once
to give us a . new and true basis- of
thought; to educate us out of our petty,
limited, and selfish sense of life ; to free
us fronti fear of sickness and accident,
poverty and misfortune: it emptied our
well-fitted medicine ' chest of all its
drugs and tonics and "plasters ; it began
to make us happier and healthier and
more active and useful'; it healed our
sickness; in fine, it worked a revolution
in our daily living, and the truth that we
were learning spread from us to others
and began to work the same miracle in
other lives. During-all the years, that
have elapsed since then. . Christian Sci
ence has been our only physician,
and the Christian Science textbook has
been oar daily guide and counsellor. And
I rejoice to be able truthfully to declare
to you, as one proof of the Inspired char
acter of Science and Health, that this
great work of Mary Baker Eddy is to
me today, after these many years of
reading and study, more profoundly in
teresting and helpful than ever before,
and that . it constantly reveals new
beauties and new treasures of meaning.
When the lawyer from among , the
group of Pharisees and Sadducees, hark
ins- back to the materialistic and mis
taken sense of Judaism, asked Jesus
(Matt. 22:86-401. "Master, which is the
great commandment in, the law?" our
Master replied.. "Thou shalt love the
Lord thjr God with all thy .heart, and
with all thy soul, and with alj thy mind.
This is the first and great 'command
ment. And the second is like unto it.
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
On these two commandments hang all
the law and the prophets." This Is a
profound andi entirely metaphysical
teaching ; a setting forth In concise and
direct fashion of the fact underlying all
manifestation of life; a presentation of
the truth about God and man, the abso
lutely necessary fundamental xaowieage
upon which, as Jesus says so terse ty
hanr all the law and the prophets.
I aeceot whole-heartedly the definition
of God which Mrs. Eddy gives in Science
and Health (p. 465) in the chapter "Re
capitulation," 1 also accept unreservedly
her statement on the same page that
these seven terms which she uses to de
fine God. "Mind, Spirit. SouL Principle.
Life, Truth, Love,"!: are synonymous;
that is, that they so literally and abso
lutely mean the same thing tnat tney
are to be used the one in the place of
the other. - In order to have any ade
quate comprehension of this, you must
remember that . Mrs. Eddy does not use
these words in the ordinarily accepted,
superficial sense, but-that their basic
meaning has been ascertained and un
derstood and is here presented. As one
begins to use these terms interchange
ably, It gradually dawns upon his
thought that each of them conveys to
him. in. some degree, the meaning asso
ciated with the others, and yet that all
are necessary to gain a broad and vital
knowledge of t the creative power, a
complete understanding of the profound
significance of the word "God." When
the Individual -accepts this definition of
God as a basis of thought (and this Is
the real key to the Scriptures which Mrs,
Eddy has fitted to the willing hand),
then there follows logically and inevita
bly a . correct. Idea of the universe, tar
eluding man. as the. creation of God, a
universe" and a man expressing; the
power and might, the beauty and grand
eur, of an infinite intelligence which is
good.
The great French lexicographer. La
rousse. defines metaphysics as "knowl
edge of first causes and Of first princi
ples" '' (connalssance' dee -causes pre
mieres et des premiers principes), and in
this sense Christian Science is exact, ac
curate, demonstrable metaphysics. Mrs.
Eddy gave its keynote when she, wrote.
"Spiritual causation is the one question
to so considered" (Science and Health, p.
170).
answer
Christian Science .is the supreme
to the uttered and uryutered
questioning of all time, which question
ing Piute voiced when he cried,-"What
i truth?"
Mrs. Eddy, gained her. knowledge of
Principle directly, from the Bible, and
when, through reason and revelation cor
roborated by exact and scientific demon
stration, or proof, she had established
her discovery of the system which she
called Christian Science, she wrote her
great textbook. It may be said of her as
Zacharias said of his son John: "Thou
schalt go before the face of the Lorde:
for Xo make ready his weyes for to show
science and helthe to his peeple" (Luc.
IL 7-77 Wyctiffe). I am quoting this
from this Wycliffe translation, that first
English version, which, as one write
says, we owe "to a faith that the Bible
is a book of emancipation for the mind"
(McAfee The Greatest English Classic
p, 12) 4 .-. ,-... -? J,.,- ; i -
Mrs. Eddy named her book through 4rt.
spiratlon. It is an interesting fact that
she-- was not familiar with this phrase
"science and helthe". In the quaint and
exact English of Wycliffe, and did not
become acquainted With It until some six
months after she had made her choice
of title. Comparing this translation, "to
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Bnow science kjiu nviinv i"
with the corresponding expression In our
King James Version, "to give knowledge
of salvation unto, bis people, i we ; De
come conscious of the Intimate rela
tionship In meaning between, "health"
and .."salvation." : 'v :;-.. V'
Our . false theories about life and Its
origin have led us to accept material
beliefs about all things, and we have
named our mistaken sense of substance,
matter, and accepted as real and inevi
table -its phenomena. Having accepted a
false premise. It is impossible to- make
any correct or reliable deduction, and so
It Is absolutely necessary to get back to
the truth about life itself. In order to
have any basis for right reasoning. 7
The great mission of Christian Science
is to teach us, to think accurately. Inde
pendently, spontaneously, and to reason
honestly from the standpoint of under
standing of true causation. This ability
to think clearly and correctly, which Is
Ours as a God-given capacity, enables us
to understand the law of divine Principle
and so to detect and uncover the falsity
of the phenomena which are contrary to
divine Principle; It also arms us with
power to dispose of such phenomena in
proportion to our understanding Of their
ephemeral and unreal character. Now
disease is one of these phenomena which
lays great claims upon our daily expe
rience and holds the human race in
bondage, and I know that I am right In
saying that health will never be gained
nor will It ever be maintained by any
system that fail to eradicate disease. It
Is; unquestionably true that the very
foundation of all discordant human con
ditions lies in a mistaken sense of the
source of life itself. Jesus meant this
when he said, "It Is the spjrlt that qulck
eneth; the flesh prof iteth' nothing." and
today, in the accurate and systematic
tMKhinv of our Christian Science text
book, we have the explanation of the rule
Jesus laid dosm and the neeessary guia-
ance for its proper application to our
every neea. -;. . . -
a Back of ail manifestation Zof evil ' lies
the false supposition Of an. evil intelli
gence, of a mind opposed to God, and
this false supposition, utterly untrue and
Inactive as it really is, is still the only
source 'for that which seems to be mali
cious, destructive, hateful, ; and hating,
and from this supposititious source spring
all the principalities and powers of ma
terialism the -tyranny and: domination
of sensual and selfish aims and purposes.
I urge upon you the persistent refutation
of this calumny of error from the stand
point of the utter falsity of Its origin,
from the standpoint of the absolute, sci
entific knowledge of Life. In this pro
cess of acknowledging Truth and deny
Ing and correcting error we discover that
knowing of the truth wnicn is to mane
us free, and through this educational
Drocess which Christian Science de
mands we are led to reject promptly and
positively the suggestions of disease, of
poverty and sin and tear oi aeatn. ,
The true brotherhood of man, real d
mocracy. these are ideas of Mind which
are to be understood and demonstrated,
add for this reason Christian Science
undoubtedly affords the only consistent
and permanent solution Of the problems
of labor and capital, of temperance and
social reform, of the equal rtgnte and
resDoneibilities of men and women, of
civiL religious, and racial liberty. The
liberator is Love and Love alone, but
not a weak and erring, sensual affection
that selfishly condones or ignores the
claim of evil. That alone Is worthy the
name of love that Is Identified with Prin
ctple. that Is keen and searching and
unfailing In its detection of wrong, and
unswerving in its demand upon the in
dividual to separate himself from evil
and walk uprightly. The sacrifice ef
false sense, of wayward will and lust for
personal power and glory la demanded
repeatedly by Love; but In reward for
obedience to this demand. Love bestows
the crowning . reward of sonahip In the
kingdom of God. This is the proof or
the healing efficacy of Christian Sci
ence, and- it is applicable to every detail
of human experience In the UfS ef the in
dividual and of the nation. - .
We can never show too grateful a love,
too humble an appreciation of the
mighty spirit and the tender compassion
which impelled Mrs. Eddy to seek and
to rain this great gift of knowledge, ana
to pour It, a veritable balm, into the
hearts of a waiting world. In the. be
ginning she had to beg and beseech, with
tears running down her cheeks, Uo be
permitted to help the afflicted out of
their sufferings, but today the warm and
pulsating affection of tens of thousands
of those resurrected from sin and dis
ease bears "witness o her magnificent
achievement. We love and reverence her
for her purity and devotion .to good, for
her self-abnegation and her generous
and loving seer If ice for our welfare, for
the keenness of her vision and her into
itlve grasp of the deep things ef Mind.
We pay . her homage and acknowledges
ner. aoeoiuiaiy ... unique puce , in , uie
world's history as the Discoverer and
Founder of Christian Science, and, we
heed both 'the spirit and the letter of
her earnest admonition, "Follow yois
Leader only so far as she follows Christ"
(Message for 1901. p. 14).
WELFARE EFFORTS
Sl III REPORT
State Commission Outlines Needs
of Various Institutions in Ju
venile Fieldf PJans Are Told,
' Reports of the activities of the
state child welfare commission sines
May,' .1919. the general aims and pur
poses of " that bedy. together with
constructive eomoienti and criticism
of the' various institutions coming
under its supervision, and outlines of
pjariB for further usefulness are con
tained . in the report Just Issued by
the commission. , The commission
comprises: , "William , D. Wheel
wright, -chairman; Mrs. Henry5; L.
Corbett, Mrs.- Edmund C - Giltner,
Dr. Philip A. Parsons and Dr. James
W. Rosenfeld.
:- The report makes a point of the com
mission's effort to prevent any child
that ean be properly cared for In his
own home or in a fester home from en
tering or remaining- in an institution.
With the cooperation of other organiza
tions the commission was ableto secure
the exclusion ef children from employ
ment on garbage wagons and It was
also instrumental in bringing children
under . the purview of the crippled chil
dren's acL It recommended to the
school : authorities the employment of
two social workers, a man and a woman,
to handle cases which would otherwise
come into the court - of . domestic rela
tions, as a relief for this court, in prefer
ence to the establishment of a parental
school, The commission Joined with
other social agencies In asking the chief
of police for a curfew law; that could
be enforced-, ; f;;vvV
BUI.ES OF CONDUCT GIYEJT "T. . v
Official standards for the conduct of
institutions have been ; issued and cer
tificates of approval for Incorporation
have also been I issued to six institu
tions. The commission acting Jointly
with the state board ef health has is
sued licenses to three Institution. In
Its supervisory capacity the commission
and its members have made' 321 visits
to the institutions under Its care.
The, commission seta forth the needs
of some of the state institutions as fol
lows : a State school for the blind, an
Industrial teacher, a field worker,, su
perintendent's residence, boys cottage
and modern equipment for a laundry;
state school for the deaf, a new Indus
trial building and sufficient funds to
provide good teachers ; . state tuber
culosis hospital, a pavilion especially for
children and arrangements for adequate
schooling for children during the period
of convalescence : state institution , for
the feeble minded, a schoolhouse, a small
hospital, cottage for high grade delin
quent girls, segregation of. custodial
cases from the main group, extension of
the practice of sterilisation.
.Radical changes InV buildings : and
equipment are. recommended -for,- the
state training school for boys, also sub
mission of inmates to mental tests: re
moval of subnormals to special quarters
and the adoption -of a system of parole.
A new building as a place for- recrea
tion, amusement and physical exercise
ia needed for the girls industrial school.
The commission Indorses the proposed
plan for changing the location of the
Fraser home and of adopting the' cot
tage plan ia the hew institution. The
comment - made upon ' the ' Fruit and
Flower mission is that it might be put
to a larger use than at present. The
Larrabee home is in need of larger
quarters. :'...':; .
SUB-NORMALS GET SCHOOL ,
The commission recommends that chil
dren now impeding the work - of the
public schools should be-" sent to the
Etna school which ia Conducted .for men
tally sub-normal children. The commis
sion urges the hearty support "of the
public for the A. L. Mills; open air
school, which is subsidised by the Ore
gon Tuberculosis association, and says
that this school should be the example
tor a eeriee ox eucn scnoois inrougnoux
the state. The commission commend
the present" work of The Cedars, bus
recommends that Its present work be
supplemented by some provision for the
girls who are discharged. " .
Considerable attention has been given
to supervision of the placing of chil
dren. During the "year the Catholio
children's' bureau made 24 placements ;
the Pacific Coast Rescue and Protective
association made 23 placements; the
Boys' and Girls' Aid society placed 225
children and the Waverly Baby home
placed 47 children. ' ,
Spanish War Veteran
is Appointed oy nart
Olympia. Wash, .March 5. (U. P.)
Governor Hart today announced that he
had appointed Walter M. HubbeU, of
Spokane, director of licenses under the
new civil administrative code. The ap
pointment was confirmed by the senate.
HubbeU is a real estate man and a Span
ish war veteran,
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t hiss tho whre A Weil Ceatf lumhtr
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''Here yoa e eotftrasted tKe relation of miTl re
tarn to ' freigkt cKrfe, Jsmaarj, 1921, on lumber
. from the West Coast and from SoutnemPine dla
-$ tricts, ' delhrered in ducago,' The first two lam
ber item represent lower and less valuable grades,
and the third, flooring, one of the upper grades.
Upper grades average only 20 of the West Coast
- products; lower grades, 80. The returns upon
an average carload of West Coast and Southern
Pine dimension delivered to Chicago are divided
as follows:, . .-'
West Qoast; total returns. $1.005 ;
freight charges, $600; mill. $405.
Southern Pine, total returns. $940;
V freight charges, $340; mill $600.
The Cause
T The accompanying graphs show how
'tremendous a factor railroad rates are in
delivering West Coast lumber to middle
western and eastern markets, and .how
much-less, relatively, is the" freight prob
lem for southern shippers., Under, the old
parity rates western millmen had to ab
! sorb around $10 a thousand feet to meet
'southern competition. It is plain to be .
seen that a 33 I 3 ' advance, such as
came last August, on a 3 0-cent rate f rom
: the south is relatively a small matter con
, trasted with the same increase on " a 60
cent rate from this Coast.
The Effect
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Virtual wiping out of two-thirds of tKd
'Northwest's normal market. Unsatisfac
tory and inadequate rate concessions now
offered by the railroads (see map above)',
fail to restore the old rate balances with
Southern; Pine built up during years of
competition. You rpmember how, as . a
youngster, you played "teeter-totter on,
a board? These rate parities are a parallel.
A pound or two extra on the heavy end of
the board will keep the light end in the air.
So a cent or two per 1 00 pounds different
tial against the West is fatal.
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West
Increased freight rates may not materially affect prices oh cldtK
ing, silk shirts; etc., but it is a diif erenV story with lumber and other
low-grade, heavy articles. ' " ' -
iYet the rate problem is as great for lK railroaHs as for tKe Ium
ber manufacturers., If the carriers cut West Coast mills off from the
markets, they lose their, greatest single ' source of revenue. Approxi
mately 50 of normal eastbound traffic from the Northwest is lumber.
a c ( This must not be a fight of the lumbermen against the railroads. It'
is, or should be, a fight of the railroads themselves, to give the West
Coast lumber industry a chance to live. It will restore to the railroads
their own life blood. .
5 Railroads, too, know that to force tKe Hiversion of lumber traffic to
the water, route means a double loss -loss of the initial revenue and loss
of the return , cargo as the boats come back from the Atlantic Coast
laden with westbound freight. ;
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Coast Lumbermen's Association
Seattle Tacoma Portland. ; . New York
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