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TELEPHONY ! ss Office 1al Rooms CaLLs. . . !ZB 'AYING THE COAL BILL. sidents New zsing from under of Britain just | cover of a long errible winter and enticed by the | by May breezes to settle their coal and get this last remaining | e of unpleasantness off their | s have come away with a wail of pfter meeting their obligations the coalman. “It is preposter- the ‘mine dollars a ton | oz too high.” Of | The coal- with the con- | paid the past | but they coun: claim, is entirely > this price is too high. themselves agree s that the price 1s Exofbitant; rge thé" prediction that | inter things will be worse, the | of a fon of coal instead of being | fiollars will then be closer to fif- any rate, it will be twelve | with s a ton € is hardly any use complaining the conditions existing in the arket. The anthracite coal B were. recently accorded an in- | of about ten per cent. in their and the only people who must is increase are the ultimite con- s. It is the inevitable law of | ics. It has been so in the t will be so in:the future, it is The operators were forced t the demand of the miners, be- onditions are such that every- is on the upward path, the of all industries have increased, | laborers in one fleld are to have pay it means that there must be ance all around. The he operators were able to hold ainst the miners was the de- hat all mines be put under the | £ “closed shops”. The operators this instance, and aside from erican idea of it, that all men tled to work under the same ons, whether they are members jnion or not, the people of the States, the coal consumers, jook upon that as a stroke in pvor. In the land of the free, pen shop” will ever be the pop- lea. But whatever the gain in ection, it must be off-set by the jat some ten or twelve millions lars must be taken from the of the purchasers of anthra- bl to pay the 200,000 men en- in the hazardous pursuit of That is the prime reason al will be higher in price next: But the prices paid for it ould continue in vogue for at bur vears, for in the settlement lhe miners the operators hn agreement that there will be e tie-up of the hard coal sup- ween now and the Spring of ‘What happens then is out of lestion. only se- BEST OF ALL WAYS TO INGTHEN OUR DAYS. en, by royal decree, has fol- the footsteps of France, Eng- @ Holland, in the daylight sav- n and has set its clocks ahead pur. There is great fear ex- now that someone might arise floor of our own Congress and ce a resolution that the same be set at work here, a reform ich America has no taste. It pn figured out by Mr. Willetts, tleman who-first bethought of pa, that by pushing the hands clock ahead one hour during fing and Summer months of the e sum total of one hundred and r hours will be saved during menths. This, by shoving the rs of time back to their natural on the dial during the Winter Wideawake America,” a coun- large that there are already fhanges of”tifme, Eastern, Cen- id Western, with one hour's pce between each, jor. such a time saving proposi- here would develop too much on were such a thing adopted. when necessity demands that to work earlier than usual, Inds of the clock are not set but the individual gets up And it does not necessarily that he goes to bed an hour either. It has been suggested, th much reasonm, that should biness interests-and industrial hs of the United States under- get in one hour more of sun- ey might order all hands to jne hour earlier in the morn- ose down one hour. earlier there is no | gest that things remain as they are. | night, | turned on and the world partakes of i a mellow glow not caused by the di- | s scheme to save day | farm, | lamp posts, | would welcome any { of the day, | save the night might meet with hearty | longer, we know of no better remedy | Tom Moore’s wonderful old song, { night.” | act, {in the afternoon. A very good idea. ‘ Yet, | ment would naturaily { suit. The theaters, instead of start- ing their performances at 8 o’clock or ! shortly after, would run up the cur- | tain at 7 o’clock. This would mean meal in the instead of the conven- were this done, places of amuse- have to follow |an earlier evening, a 5 o’clock supper a | tional meal at 6 o'clock as now in vogue. And this, we are told by those | high in medicai is not at all condueive to good health. In the | summer months, when the sun has not vet gone down beyond the horizon at 5 o’clock, nor has it thought of so doing, it is not well for man to eat full meal. Therefore it is that a light | lunch is partaken of in the middle of lhfi‘ day, at noon, and the heavy meal | ot fom (Fr ity el 6 (1 bt in cirels a So, if the change suggested were ever put in force that the were placed at 5 o'clogk, the scheme, while saving an hour of daylight, would perceptibly shorten man’s ca- reer on earth. Medical logic. In view of these conditions, we S0 heavy meal sug- For the sake of those who love the of those whose spirits wax the incandescents high when are rect rays of the we would be somewhat reluctant in advocating any ight. As between night darkness there is On the sun, daylight and not much choice—in the city. not blessed with long there is a difference, and the farmer tak to adl the daylight there But in the city, basked in the yellow light of the sun, baked beneath its torch-like light, rows of care get in is available. to a crisp there are few who plan to save day- by setting the clocks After the long toil night time that attempt to light, especially ahead one hour. it is the has its charms, and any As it is, the nights flee en- The days remain with If they must be made approval. tirely too fast. us too long. line from “The Young May Moon,” a line which car- ries with it a real daylight saving plan, a line which suggests that “The best of all ways to lengthen our days from the than that suggested by a is to steal a few hours POSTAL SAVINGS. President Wilson in signing an amendment to the Postal Savings act which authorizes the acceptance of larger postal savings deposits merely justifies the existence of this scheme set in working order a relatively short time ago. Under the changes in the which are now in effect, the maximum deposits hereinafter al- lowed have been increased from $500 !Congressional Record at hand, dated | May 22, is a volume of some seventy- ot in eight point type, approximately two eight pages brevier, allowing space on each it would take cight columns of newspaper rage. At this rate twenty pages of newspaper to tell what is going on in and even then the people would never It can’t be done, Henr: FPACTS AND FANCE an column Congress every day, know. Peace seems at all events to be set- tling upon Ireland again.—Montreal solution of the Dub- withheld so long it Asquith.—Brooklyn Mr. lin riots may not help Mr. Bagle. Roosev ig bein one arm, but he to shrug.—Cleve- has only houlders Dealer. Obregon has two land Plain Some people are popular, others are content merely to be eflicient.—Phila- delphia Public Ledger. 's best joke: Notion that views. This sprin nobody knows Justice Hughes’ —Albany Knickerbocker Press, A loving cup is better to offer a man than something nice on his tombstone. —St, Louis Globe-Democrat. Berlin also 1 s riots, but appar- ently no one went so far as to pro- claim himself provisional president of Prussia.—Indianapolis Star. The use of June bugs by Austrians as fodder is a highly ingenious expedi- ent, but what will they do in July?— Brooklyn Eagle. There will be honor enough for when the ropean war ends. trouble will be to find if there’ i: ritory enough for all—Detroit New The United States govérnment is for- tunate in being strongly fortified with diplomatic ability during a period of military unpreparedness—Washington Star. all The ter- Congressmen are to have their pic- tures in the Congressional Directory. Ne thing they’ll be wanting them on government seed catalogues.—Atlanta Constitution. There is only one way to make con- gress see the difference between a gun barrell and a pork barrel. And it can be applied next November.—Cleveland Plain Leader. But won't this new daylight moves ment take an hour’s enjoyment out of that historic old song, “We Won't Get Home Until Morning?"—Boston Eve- ning Transcript. In resigning as a trustee of Purdue University George Ade criticised a “tendency to repress student initia- tive.” George should remember that a lot of college authorities have had that tendency, but have never been able really to put it over.—Chicago Herald. The Mexican Teachers. (New York Evening Post.) The Mexican teachers who have been prematurely recalled from their studies in this country are not de- to $1,000, and the old regulation which prohibited the deposits in any one calendar month from overtopping $100 has been done away with, There has been little or no opposi- tion to the postal savings scheme for the simple reason that the United States government in setting up savings bank has in no way competed with like institutions run by indi- viduals of the nation. This for the reason that the government bank draws only depositors who for the most part are not familiar with the busi- a ness workings of Americans and are ready to give their money in the keep- ing of the government, where they would not deposit with savings banks. In the long run the savings banks will be greatly helped, for once the for- eigners learn the methods employed they will readily understand the laws set up by in the postal savings bank institutions and then go draw larger Instead of being a competitor of the banks oper- the postal sav- by the private over to where they can interest on their savings. ating under charter, ings bank has been proven, ex- perience, a supplementary institution. Uncle Sam, in agreeing to place on deposit the savings of those aliens within our shores, the men who other- wise might hoard their money in gar- rets and cellars, has offered not much high interest as he has protec tion. Safety is the big inducement in this thrift campaign carried on by the federal government. That it has done great work is evidenced by the fact that so many applications have been made, and so many deposits, that hereafter this money will be taken up to the $1,000 mark on interest, and sums over and above that amount held without interest. This merely proves that the money entrusted to Uncle Sam for safe keeping would find no place in the regular institutions for savings at the outset, but eventually will be taken over by the regular sav- ings banks. The idea is to educate the newcomers in the ways of Ameri- can enterprise. s0 1 hire a page United have the government every ne per in the ites and that news- paper print the record of Congress every day so the people could find out what's going on, down there.— W in PArting without being witness to the benefits they have received here. For their recall they offer the simple e planation that the Minister of Public Instruction in the Federal District, responsible for sending them, has been accused by his enemies of gi ing free junkets to favorites to fur- ther his political ends ¢ confess entering America with a good deal of mistrust; it has completely melted under kindness and professional as- sistance they have received. Fach of the thirty-nine here has devoted himself to some special branch of pedagogy, as library work, civie edu- cation, industrial education, school organization, household arts, and so on; though they have by no means finished their studies, they will ye. turn with a new equipment for edu- cation in Mexico. It will always be difficult for the United States to com- pete with Europe in attracting South Americans for higher education; but we should some day have as many Mexicans as we now have Filipinos and Japanese. Not Going As An Alternate. (Providence Journal.) Mr. Bryan is not going to the Dem- ocratic National convention as an al- ternate delegate. He says so himself. Moreover, he emphasizes his state- ment with the declaration that he makes it to ‘“‘correct the deliberate and malicious misrepresentations of corporation-controlled papers.” Why should any paper, corporation-con- trolled or free as the mountain air, desire to misrepresent Mr. Bryan in t respect? Who cares whether he goes to St. Louis as an alternate del- egate or mnot? It is a reasonable guess, however, that the ex-Secretary will be on hand when the convention opens—perhaps as a reporter, pogsibly in his farovite capacity of unofficial ‘adviser. He ac- quired the convention habit long ago. When “U “v. (From Printer's Ink.) Why do modern- architects assume that U is V andcarve in stone that palpable and bold absvrdity? Now that we possess the U with soft and graceful cvrve, of vnexcell- ed docility and willingness to serve, why do they carve Vnited States and pvblic school and svch and make the Engiish langvage look as fvnny as the Dvtch, with restavrant and Pvil- man car and vniversity? That V impresses some of as cheap anc 1y blvff, which par- venvs may pvll in place of more svh- 1 stvff, are fash- ioned ovt of view all such affection with an vnassvmed disgvst. Svch exhibitions always make me very gvm and blve. Now vs stantis byt people who vnpretentiovs dvst Henry Ford. Let’s see. The last; copy of maJ honest Injvn, don’t they have the same effect on yo A New Insult to America. (Boston Evening Transeript.) Two questions of interest arise once in connection with Count Von Bernstorff’s official warning, on in- structions from Berlin, to German representatives and subjects in this country, “in consequence of cases that have occurred of late,” to ob- serve scrupulously the laws of the States in which they reside. One of these questions is: If the German government wishes its people to be so scrupulous, why did its people dur- ing two years pay men to violate the neutrality and other laws of the TUnited States, and very latély, deco- rate Captain Boy-Ed for his manage- | ment of these unlawful enterprise: And the other question is: Has his warning been issued in consequence of a report from or an understanding with the government of the United States? There is no question that, in so far as this German warning is not a merely Pickwickian document, to be read by German governmental agents in this country with their fingers laid | at the side of their noses, i#¥is - tended as one of the ‘“concéssions that the Germans héve been making to our government inl order to Mr. Wilson on toward interferring as much as gessible with the British blockade. A strong suggestig of dicker attaches to the procedz. It will consequently not be taken very seriously by the American people. But geverybody would"like to know more #bout the American end of the dicker. Certainly it is hard to regard the warning as serious, in view of the knowledge which we have of the placing in this count of a great fund to pay for such ‘cases as those which have occurred of late;” of the honors paid to Boy-Ed, and | presumably the heroizing also of | Papen; of the conviction of the latter of complicity in the attempt to blow up the Welland Canal; of the silent and soldierly acceptance by Lieuten- ant Robert Fay of his eight-year term in the Atlanta penitentiary for trying to blow up ships; and of the indict- ments of Consul Luderwitz for the alleged procurement of a false pa port to be used in sending a spy to England. German official prompting | of and participation in all these pro- ceedings is virtually admittd | present “warning.” If the wurning helps the German cause with the government at Wash- ington, it must, neverthless, be plain that it cannot help that cause with the American people. In fact, the cynical admission that the German government has been trampling on our laws and disturbing our life, but that it will not do so any more. (for a possible diplomatic consideration,) is one of the worst insults to the | nation of all those that we have had to submit to. at (=3 “Heroic Propaganda.” (Haverhill Gazette). Word comes from Chicago, George W. Perkins of New chairman of the Progressive naiional executive committe and of the “heroic propaganda,” claiming to rep- resent the common people, has leased nine floors of the Hotel La ile at an estimated cost of $36,000 for con- vention week. In addition tc this, it is said, that big sections of cther leading hotels have been -engazed o | that many Republican delegates have been forced to accept second-rate ac that Yor head .commodations. This seemingly trifing expense is said to be only a fraction of amount of money that by the big interests, who are eager to convince the Republican tional convention that the country is heroic. Tt is intimated ihat these gentlemen who are to occupy accommodations at Chic the Republican gatherin liseum by storm and what the “new Americ “stralght United States’” mc it is well organized for activ Meanwhile the regularly coi delegations selected by the Ttepublic voters of the several states are to semble in convention. They may not ocoupy the best suites in the swell hotels, but they are artheles charged with the responsibility of car- rving on the great work of that con- vention. Undoubtedly they will the incidents of four years will have in mind the conseq that followed the inciden period. If they do, they, be ‘“heroic,” If they are publicans they will not be blinded by the glittering trappinzs of the big in- terests: but, on the contrary, they will act with calm deliberation, know- ing that their constituents have claims that cannot be ignored. now o wiil take at the Co- Ademons nism’ rate member and neces that g0 of The Differcnce. (Boston Post.) A reader asks the Post to explain if possible why the administration is redress for belligerent strong in its demands for American lives lost merchantmen sunk by German su marines, while at the same time re- fusing to invade Mexico as reprisal for American lives lost there. The quc tion is a natural one and should every now and then be cleared up. No better answer could possibly be found than a recent statement py Sec- retary Lansing on the same subject. He said: The high seas are common terri- tory to every nation. Territory is al- ways under the sovereignty of a na- tion, and the authorities of a nation can do what they please in that sov- ereignty. On the high seas a non- combatant, whether neutral or bel- ligerent, has a right to pass to and fro without having his life endangered unless he is on a public ship (beliig- erent warship or transport) In a territory he only has the right to pass to and fro with the consent of the authorities. If it is uncer who the authorities are in that ter: he runs at once the danger of 1 liberty and life. That is so succinct, so ample, so clear, that it can hardly fail to con- vince every American of average in- on telligence of the vast difference be- tween the two cases, na- | i pedantry | Britain’s allies. | ment ought to nmq been raised | | responsible statesmen, said he, NO PEACE YET, GREY ANNOUNCES All Ideas of Negotiations Impos- sihle, He Tells Commons London, promptu May 25.—In an im- speech in the house of commons last night on the question of peace and the propriety of *em- ploying the American press as a plat- form,” subjects unexpectedly raised hy Arthur Ponsonby, liberal member Stirling, Scotland, Gress attacking the government in a'strong ad- for for allowing diplomatic etiquette to stand ir. the way of possible peace pour- parlers, Sir Edward Grey, the British tareign secretary, set aside all ideas that peace negotiations were possible at the present stage and plainly re- iterated that the position of the Allies was in no way changed. The foreign secretary declared that it was impossible to consider terms of peace without a previous agreement Dbetween the Entente Allies. Further- more, he expressed the decided opinion that the hostilities had not yet reached a stage where it was possible to talk of peace, especially s the German public was constantly teing “fed with lies.” by their ministers. Mr, Ponsonby’s references to the ase of the American press as a “‘plat- form” was the outgrowth of a recent interview with Sir Edward Grey. Sir Edward, in replying to this attack, while admitting that important dis- closures of policy ought first to be made to parliament, argued that a crisis might arise during the war when considerations of etiquette should not be allowed to stand in the way. He contended that since Ger- man statesmen were constantly giv- ing interviews and statements to the American press it would be mere which would hinder British atesmen from countering these statements in the interests of thelr own country. Want Light on Obligations. Mr. Ponsonby argued in favor of countengncing peace possibilities and against prolonging the war merely for the sake of obligations to Great The speaker sald if the war had to be continued until Constantinople fell or until the un- known obligations to allies were ful- filled the country ought to be told what those obligations were, and if there were no essentia]l differences l'etween Germany and Great Britain nd no such obligations, the govern- take the earliest op- portuni to press for a termination of the war. Sir Edward Grey in replying rointed out that his interview con- tained no new declarations. He had no prepared speech or statement to make, but he said that if he thought the German government or German cpinion had reached the point where the allied governments could bring rearer a peace comparable with their desires by making speeches about peace he would make dozens of them. Rut Sir Edward added that such a time had not yet arrived and that the Allies were bound by common chligations not to put forward any terms of peace except by mutual agreement. Mr. Ponsonby, in the course of a Jong speech, made a strong attack on the Government’s diplomacy. He said the peace of Europe would de- pend on the capacity of statesmen for surveying the great problems in a Lroad spirit. The insularity which Pad characterized British diplomacy in the past constituted the real danger, he saild. The government must recognize that the war had reached a deadlock, he thought, and &l the same time the superior position of Great Britain must also be recog- nized. The latter was due to the spirit and valor of the people and not to statesmen, said the speaker, Mr. Ponsonby said he hoped the statesmen were not going to imperil the situation by delay and ineptitude. Nothing had helped Germany more than the extreme jingo utterances of They had enabled Prussianism to keep Germany together, Mr. Ponsonby said. Recriminations must cease, he declared. He considered it wanting in respect to the British people for the ministers to disregard parliament and adopt the American press as a platform, The war would Ponsonby continued, waited until Sir Edward Grey and Dr. Von Bethman-Hollweg, the Ger- man chancellor, 8greed as to who was responsible for the w. Had Ger- miany refused to restore Belglum, evacuate France and Serbia and form an independent Poland, had she re- fused to agree to form an interna- tional council to maintain European peace, Mr. Ponsonby asked. If she had refused these things the country ought to be told of it, “We ought not to allow diplomatic ctiquette to stand in the way of {aking the lead definitely, openly and boldly to bring-the nations back to canity and peace,”” Mr. Ponsonby concluded. James Ramsay MacDonald, labor member for Leicester, supported Mr. Ponsonby. He declared that peace was a political and not a military problem, and that it was the duty of the government to state the terms on which it was prepared to conclude peace. never end, Mr. if Great Britain Gives Hollweg the Lie. Edward Grey, in the course of his speech, characterized Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg's recent statement that Great Britain srepared to go to war over Bosnia as ‘g first class lie.” It was impossible, the foreign minister continued, to reason with the German people while they were fed with lies and knew Sir France Once Faced Same Situation As Germany | —War the ‘Washington, 2 always brings food front, investing litical and strategical dignity admitted in times of peace when threc sufficient meals a belong to the prosy routine of life, and some of the D. C., May questions to lard with the po- seldom day most important stimuli toward the in- creased production and better conser- vation of foods have beefh born in the stress of war necessities. The canning industries have become such an all- important feature of our modern exis- tence that it is almost impossible to imagine a time when ‘their innumer- able products study recently prepared for the Na- tional Geographic society at Washing- ton by William Joseph Showalter, it is pointed out that the greatest of h! tory’s general's called the canning in- dustry into being as one of the im- perative elements in his magnificent military projects. The present war gives evidence of bringing in its train of horrors and desolations its contribu- tions toward the progressive solution of feeding all the peoples of earth. Some of these peculiar reactions of the cannon, the rifle and the sword upon the larder and the kitchen are given in the Natlonal Geographic society's bulletin as follows “At the present juncture, while great issues of world polities hang critically upon the effort of the entente powers in the European war to force the central powers into submission by drawing around them the steel ring of war and the cold ring of hunger, it is more interesting to take an inven- tory of the world’s market basket, and to pause for a passing moment to see what effect war has had on the world’ food supply in the past, what it is hav- ing today, and, if possible, to fore- cast its effect up on the future food problem of the earth. “If we go back one hundred years it will be discovered that France was facing almost the same problems then that Germany is facing today. Eng- land’s fleet blockaded France's ports then just as they blockade Germany's today, and over-sea foodstuffs had lit- tle chance to reach the French. “How far this went, and how great were not, and yet, in a | |and under the patror an effect it had on conditions in Na- poleon’s empire, is revealed by the fact that sugar sold for two dollars a pound. And that the world is not sugar-hungry today is due to the steps taken by Napoleon to overcome the ef- fect of the blockade on sugar. Years before, some Pr scientists had been trying to get sugar from the beet, of the king William I1I, suc- ussian of Prussia, Frederick ceeded in their task “Napoleon borrowed their ideas, set up beet-sugar factories around Lille, and gave to the beet-sugar industry that impetus which has resulted in its development to a point where it yields half of the world’s supply cf sugar. “The little corporal saw himself se- riously embarrased in the matter of food supplies for his army. He want- ed something for his men besides things that were dried or smoked—a desire that was enhanced by his knowl- edge that millions of dollars in valu- able but perishable foods were wasted because of the lack of adequate means of preserving them. “He therefore offered a prize of twelve thousand francs to any one who would devise a practicable method of preserving such foodstuffs. Such a method was quickly evolved, and out of it has grown the world's canning industry—one of the important steps that civilization has taken int hat di- rection of insuring mankind against famine. “It is not improbable that the pres- ent war will bring to mankind new methods in the feeding of the race that will prove as important those brought out by the Napoleonic wars. It has been announced lately that the Germans have devised a new synthetic of producing protein. It is said that they feed yeast with a combination of sugar and nitrogen from the air, and thus secure that most important of all of the elements that enter into the world’s diet—protein. Examples of protein are the whites of eggs, the muscles of meats, the casein of milk, the gluten of flour, and the nitrogen- ous fats. ' “It may also happen that as a result of the war will come the utilization of other plant products than those now entering into direct use as human food. There are approximately half a million species of plants in the world and yet only a few thousand of them are used at all for food, while only a few hundred of these are used to any important extent. Some of the plant’s which we now grow are expensive food-producers, some produce food' that is difficult to digest, and some give a small yield per acre.” a ——, .__-——-‘ Rt COOD ARRAY OF NEW BOOKS NAMED IN INSTITUTE’S LIST THIS WEEK Belgium neutral and loyal; the war of 1914, by Emilie Waxweller. This work was published simul- taneously in France and Germany and has been widely read in Europe. —A. L. A. Booklist. o Civil law and the church, Lincoln. by C. Z. Confession of a hyphenated Ameri- can by E. A. Steiner. e Father Payne “Philosophical thinking on many subjects, presented in narrative form, which many readers surmise to hbe the work of A. C. Benson.”—A. L. A. Booklist. PR Red horizon, by Patrick MacGill. “Many of the sketches could hard- ly be bettered in descriptive power." —London Times. P by Keith Clark. o Spell of Spain, Vive la France! by E. A. Powell. “Vivid chapters, giving the author's observations and impressions in the field with the French, on the British battle-line, in the campalgn in the Vosges, in Alsace, and Champagne.” —A. L. A. BooKlist. P Drama. Androcles the lion: Overruled; Pys- malion, by Bernard Shaw. | . s . Shakespeare plays and by O. L. Hatcher. P Book for pageants, Caliban by the yellow sands, by P. W. MacKaye. . Immigrants, by P. W. 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The real reason for the prolongation of the war, he said, was that the German govern- ment was continually telling their people that they were winning the war and that the Allies were beaten. Sir Edward here made the declara- tion that the time for peace had not vet arrived and that the Entente Allies were under obligations not to act separately on peace terms. He added that if any of the Allies had a right to speak with regard to peace at the present moment, it was France, cn whom the concentrated fury of the German attack had been thrown. Rebuking Mr,. Ponsonby for making | no allusion to Verdun, Sir Edward | irough the long battle of Ver- | dun France is saving not only herself but her allies as well. If any one has a right to speak about peace it is France, and President Poincaire has | believe it is the duty o T diplomacy to maintain the solidarity of the Allies and give the utmost sup- port to the naval and military meas ures which are being taken by the Allies in common to bring the war to a stage it has not yet reached and in which the prospect of maintaining an enduring peace will be with the Allies. Mr. Ponsonby has hardly seemed to realize that we we at war, “I care not how war could have often I say it, been avoided by cepting a conference. Why was conference not accepted? Be there was no good will.” Sir Edward then referred previous Balkan conference s this the to the s proof | caia: | of Great Britain’s good faith in such was | conferences, and added: “I only wish the German and trian governments had published the reports their ambassadors as to the part Great Britain played at that conference.” Aus-