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SSXRE DARK IF
■ague FALLS,
IYS BALFOUR
Reservations Would Kill Vic
tory Fruits, Opinion of
Diplomat.
OFFER NOTHING BETTER
my RT. HON. ARTHUR J. BALFOUR,
Lord President Privy Council, ex-Prtm*
Minister, ex-Foreign Minister, ex-reace
Delegate.
LONDON. Jan. 2.—The league oi na
tions has had many critics, but I am
not aware that, among the multitude of
criticisms that have been offered, any
suggestion makes its appearance for find
ing a substitute for that organisation
which we desire to see intrusted. I ad
mit, with the great task of preserving
| the peace of the world. Those who criti
cise the league of nations have no substi
tute for the league of nations. are
prepared, it seems, for the civilized world
ja go on In the future, as it has gone on
*9 the past, oscillating between those
. scenes of violence and sanguinary dis
turbance and the intervals In which great
land ambitious nations pile up their anna
aments for anew effort- To me such an
Ideal appears to be absolutely intolerable,
and I am not prepared, seriously, to dis
cuss with any man what the future of
the International relations should be un
less he is prepared either to accept in
some form or another the league of na
tions, or,to tell me what substitute he
proposes for it.
LOOK FORWARD,
HE URGES.
There are those who think that the
horrors of the last five ye r s will cure
mankind for an Indefinite series of gen
erations from any repetition of those
abominations. Well, X think It is true
that not in my lifetime, at all events, will
mankind willingly plunge again into the
abyss from which they have been with
such difficulty extricated. Bus, after
all, we have to think not merely for the
next few years. We have to cast our
eyes forward and think of the fate or
their children, and, again, of their chil
dren. Memories are short. The weight
of misfortune once thrown aside is apt
soon to be forgotten, and you may de
pend upon it that if we let. the critical
moment pass, if we permit the Instant at
which all mankind Is conscious of what
it Is that war means, we shall have wast%
ed one of the greatest opportunities that
heaven ever gave mankind.
But we arc told that the project,
however well meaning, or however bene
ficial, however consistent with all that is
treat in morality, has this one fatal
disadvantage. They tell you It Is ira-
I practicable. “Human nature,” say these
wurltles, “never changes. The world has
Wj nays suffered ffoin wars. What has
EwmjwiU be; the future must resemble
|EI and war, which we have never
fsucceeded in escaping hitherto, will dog
lour footsteps to the end of time. ’
IsoriETY FIXED
■IX OLD HABITS.
| Grant that the raw material on which
Statesmen and legislators work remains
■substantially unaltered, are we. there-
Ifore.i to say that society Is Inherently
[fixed In all its old habits, be they good
or be they bad? That seems to me to be
La counsel not only of despair, but °f
■foolishness. I have noticed that the very
S eop'Je who tell you that the league of
f nations Is folly; that war, after all, is
it necessity, and perhaps In the long run
a beneficial necessity, and that In many
< uses it is ingrained in human nature—
these are the very people who tell you
that we are not as good as our forefa
thers were.
But Is human nature only to go down
hill? Then, if we are so much worse
han our progenitors in these particulars.
! ,t shows, at all events, that we can
i -hange. Must we only change for the
[ vorse? I take an entirely different view,
L tot only of what, the hist, ry of the fu
ture jiay be. Itjis perfectly true that
lr<W"‘oaii not change ns by a miracle the
kJlrts of men, but what you can do, and
fvliat you ought, to do, is to make such
Vltanges in the habits of men that that
■ which seemed natural and inevitable to
■ their forefathers seems monstrous and
I tvoldable to their children, and that you
F really ought to be able to do. That you
r have done —that civilization has done In
snany particulars. We say with truth
I that after all, at the root of society, there
| must be the element of'force; there must
f be a criminal law for criminals, and that
I the peaceful citizen must be protected by
the police.
SLAUGHTER ALIEN
TO MODERN VIEW.
All that is quite true, but just con
sider the amount of work which has
i to be done by those guardlnhs of so
ciety now, compared with the disorder,
Ihe crime, the recklessness, indifference
to life which habitually and commonly
prevailed among our not very remote
uicestors. If you can do that in social
life why can you do nothing comparable
to it in international life? What you
have to do, and what you can do, if you
seize the propitious moment and use It
to the best advantage, is to create such
a habit of dealing with International dif
ficulties by international machinery that
the very thought of settling International
disputes by the abominable practice of
mutual slaughter will seem as truly alien
to the views of civilized men as some of
the habitual disorders under which so
ciety suffered not so very long ago.
But I do' rot deny that the task is a
difficult one. Indeed, I belong to a school
of thought which thinks that progress
is difficult to attain, and is not only
difficult to attain, but is not easy to
maintain. Tterc are some who are op
tlmistically framed, and their outlook on
the world Is so optimistic that they seem
to think that progress is something that
comes of itself and by Itself without
human effort, and each stage that Is
conquered by this almost automatic pro
cedure is one that will of Itself forevei
remain. I take a different view. I think
society may go back as well as forward.
I think it requires, and has always re
quired, the constant effort and the best
■ elements in every society, not merely to
improve it, but to maintain it at its
| level Tt Is on that condition alone that
civilization, in ray judgment, is possible.
But the very thought—the very cand'd
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Just because Ihe stomach sours with
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such distress after eating. Is not a good
reason for depriving the system of
nourishment.
Instead of indigestible and innutritious
bran and skim milk try the better plan
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meals with Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets.
They digest food, they asust the stomach
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reflection which makes me anxious makes
me also hopeful—the very thought that
without effort we may slide back asur,
me that with effort we can press / .r
---ward.
SHOULD TRY TO
MAKE LEAGUE WORK.
All that I ask these critics of the
league of nations is that, if they can
find no substitute for the machinery
which we propose, they will at all events,
throw themselves into the task of mak
ing it work if they can, and that they
will go forward in a spirit of hopeful
ness and faith, conscious of the difficul
ties, recognizing all the obstacles in their
path, and will nevertheless say : “That
is the path whihe we must pursue.”
But there are two conditions at least
which must be fulfilled if the league of
nations is to be a success. The league of
nations provides the machinery, but ma
chinery without motive power, a body
without a soul, is utterly useless, and
behind the machinery, if the league of
nations is to do all that it ought to do,
must be the motive power derived from
the wills of the peoples of the world,
and their action must *be founded on the
common conscience. That is the first
condition. Another condition is that all
the powers, and more especially the
great powers, on whose action so much
In the near future must inevitably de
pend, should take an equal share of the
burden, which I do not for a moment
deny that the league of nations is go
ing to throw npon them. If the descrip
tion I h.cve given of what the league of
nations may be has the slightest truth
in it, do you suppose results so tremen
dous can be attained without some risk
and some effort? Os course they can
not, and all the great nations respon
sible for this great undertaking should
accept the same risk and be prepared to
make the same effort.
RESERVATIONS WILL
KILL LEAGUE.
If one of us begins to make reserva
tions I confess that I think the future
of the league of nations is d*/k, In
deed, for the reservations that cue great
nation makes will be copied inevitably
by others. The whole sense of equality
of effort will be thrown aside; solidarity
will be dissolved. Great statesmep will
look more and more to the narrower In
terests which influence public opinion.
More and more they will turn their eyes
away from that common which
all must pursue In common, and for
which all must be prepared to make tue
same sacrifice. Therefore, I venture to
say to any friends of mine in any coun
try who are considering their responsi
bility at this great moment of the.world’s
history that they ought clearly to un
derstand that, unless they are prepared,
to bear an equal share In an equal task,
they are threatening with ultimate dis
solution the whole of that new system
which all of us, in common with the
great nations, must sincerely desire to
see work effectually. Now is the ap
pointed hour, for, if the world still staff*
gerlng under the effects of the terrific
gtruggle of the last five years -if the
world now Is not prepared to undertake
the great task which lies before it, I
despair of the time coning—certainly not
within my experience—when an oppor
tunity of a like nature will present It
self Let it not be said that, having sac
rificed untold millions of wealth and un
told millions of Invaluable lives, after
haviug won in the great struggle, after
having saved Europe from imminent dis
aster, we threw away the fruits of vic
tory and, from mere carelessness and
•nziness. we let go by that golden op
portunity which once lost may never
return.
Man, Dead, Rides
Speeding Motorcycle
GENEVA, Jan. 2. —A dead man on a
motorcycle rode through one of the prin
cipal streets here recently. Samuel
Beilone, aged 21, son of an Italian
deputv, was riding on his machine when
he had a sadden heart attack and died
while traveling at a good speed, his
hands srtill holding the handles, though
his head bad fallen forward on the bar.
The machine continued running for more
than a hundred yards before collapsing.
Lodgings Scarce;
Sleep in City Jail
GREELEY, Colo., Jan. 2—The scaree
(By International News Service.)
ity of lodgings and hotel accommodations
Is so acilte In Greeley that many over
night visitors to the city are enjoying
the hospitality of the police headquarters.
They are being permitted to sleep in the
female ward of the city jail, which is
furnished simply but very comfortably
as a boudoir. And the city’s guests are
saving expenses, Incidentally; the police
refuse to accept payment for the lodging.
j|| Th e Golden
of Music!
Styh X
is a good phonograph and a big, growing list of
good records. It’s true that <§unni?tt
improve the tone of any phonograph, and it’s
equally true that the
STARR
Phonograph
i
betters any record. It 9 wonderful singing throat of
silver grain spruce, the wood used by the old violin
makers, transmits tone waves perfectly.
Come in any time to find how the Starr would entertain
you during the long winter evenings. Hear the (Srtr tftt
2i?£Ur&ft here. It will be a pleasure to give you a concert.
STARR PIANO CO.
MANUFACTURERS
138-140 N. Pennsylvania St.
FLEA RAISING
IS PROFITABLE,
TRADE ABROAD
Professor Makes $lO5 in Day
and Feeds ’Em on His
Bare Arm.
HOW TIMES DO CHANGE
By FLOYD MAOGRIFF,
LONDON, Jan. 2.—There’s money in
fleas, avers Prof. Mark Northcote of
Hackney, flea specialist. By means of
his trained flea circus he’s traveled four
, times around the globe and made his liv
ing. /,
The professor to, short of fleas, just
the common jumpy variety, but not dog
or cat fleas. They're lazy. He’s so short
of them that he’s advertising for good
henlthy fleas at 65 cents a dozen,
i ‘I never had any difficulty in getting
fleas in Australia,” said Northcote. “When
I ran short I just went to the nearest
barn or where men sleep together, got a
blanket and put it In the sun. In about
i five minutes out came the fleas and I'd
i put the biggest ones in bottles.”
“What do you feed them on, profes
sor; mulberry leaves?"
“No,” came his answer, as he bared
his right arm. "Myself.'
On his arm were millions of little red
spots. It looked as though he had scar
let fever from the wrist to the elbow,
and a particularly bad attack at that.
"Once every other day, when they’re
not working, I feed them.” said the pro
; fessor. “But when 'hey're working they
get two meals, one just after breakfast
! for the afternoon performance and one
j about supper time for the evening show.’
“And how long does it take to train a
! flea to perform, professor? What are
some of the difficulties and how do you
i overcome them?”
"Oh!" said he, “it takes three or four
1 days to make them behave themselves,
and it’s very simple.
“A flea naturally Jumps. And though
| It may help him over many a difficulty,
| it causes one for me, and I hav to
| teach him to walk.
"So, for the first few flays he goes
I into a little glass test-tube, securely
I corked. He tries to get out and jumps
to the top; he jumps again, falls dowu
and hurts himself.- Two or three days
j of this usually subdues him, and then
i he’s ready to be harnessed.
“Now a flea Is like an elephant; he
has a trunk in front and a regular neck.
Round his neCk you place a collar and to
this fasten a piece of wire, fine as human
| hair, and harness the gentleman to a
J little carriage, about one-half or three
quarter Inches long and one-quarter inch
deep. Having learned his lesson in his
j tube, the gentleman walks and drags the
; carriage.
“When fleas are plentiful I have hart
street cars drawn by six or eight fleas
aiid driven by a coachman. And in
my new show there will be a regular
cabby, whip in hand.
Well, a flea will hold on to anything
he touches.” So he’s set on the cabby
seat and held In position by a piece
of fine wire fastened to his collar and
secured behind him. This leaves his feet
out in front. A piece of wire with a
hair on the end —the whip—is placed
against these feet and the flea holds on
tight, keeping the whip in the correct
position.
“Thus, with variations, I can make
them turn wheels, draw up buckets or
water, end run races.”
The professor says he took tn SIOB
one day In three hours at his tlea circus,
admission being 5 cents.
Peel Off The Old Skin;
Br{ng Out the New
You know that beneath that muddy,
over-red or blotchy complexion you have
a skin that’s cb*ar, soft and white. If
you could only have this more beautiful
skin exposed to view instead of the hor
rid old skin you now behold in your
mirror l You can—and by a very simple,
harmless process which you can use
yourself. Get an ounce of common mer
collzed wax at vour druggist’s and this
evening spread a thin coating of it over
your face. Tomorrow morning wash It
off with warm water. Small powdcr-lUe
particles of the lifeless top skin will
come off with the wax. Repent this
daily until all the worn-out scarf skin
has been absorbed. Then you'll have a
lovelier, healthier looking complexion
than you now think possible. Chaps,
pimples, spots, freckles or other surface
disfigurements are of course removed
with the skin itself—Advertisement
INDIANA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1920.
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