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WIIAT WILL THE LEAGUE DO?
Again a concrete situation in which the func
tions of the league of nations as an agency for peace
are involved has arisen in Europe—this time with
Great Britain, one of the leading members of the
league council, as the center of interest, on account
of the protest of the Egyptian parliament against
the British ultimatum for the assassination of the
governor general 01 Soudan and sirdar of the Egyp
tian army.
The murder of the popular British representa
tive in Egypt naturally caused intense indignation in
England and the British government took summary
action in demanding reparation.
In its appeal to the league, of which it is not a
member, the Egyptian parliament seeks indirectly
to make this a parallel case with that in Serbia
which led to the World war when the Austro-Hun
garian government made excessive demands for the
murder of the Austrian archduke. “These aggres
sions,” it says: “which encroach upon Egyptian in
dependence, violate its constitution and are a men
ace to its economic life, and have no precedent in
history.” The demands are branded “iniquitous,”
“absolutely illegal” and manifest “imperialistic
cupidity.”
Egypt was made an independent and sovereign
nation by the British house of commons in 1922,
and King Faud was placed on the throne, but Great
Britain retained the right to shape Egypt’s foreign
policy and so notified the powers. “The declara
tion of Egyptian independence,” says the London
Times, “was explicity limited from the. first by a
sort of Monroe doctrine safeguarding specific Brit
ish interests such as that which safeguards Ameri
can interests in Cuba.”
The British viewpoint, so far as the league is
concerned, therefore is that this is a domestic ques
tion, not subject to outside interference. Sugges
tions in that direction are termed “audacious” by
the Daily Mail while the Daily7 Express says that if
any7 attempt is made to submit the issue to the league
for arbitration “it will sound the death knell of the
league.”
Not being a member of the league, Egypt, des
pite its protest to Geneva, has no authority to take
the question before the league, although any other
member may do so. Under the league covenant any7
war or threat of war is an appropriate subject for
consideration.
The incident—particularly if the league actu
ally tries to take a hand in the affair—is not likely
to strengthen the league’s position, for already the
league has proved itself helpless where controversies
involving the great powers arise, and Great Brit
ain would undoubtedly7 defy it on a showdown, just
as Mussolini defied the league during the incident
with Greece. One London newspaper remarks that
had the new Geneva protocol, designed to strengthen
the league, been operative and ratified by Great
Britain the question of idemnity would have been
subject to arbitration. The British government has
delayed ratification of the protocol and it is extreme
ly doubtful that it ever will receive British sanc
tion.
One thing to be said in favor of the policy of
the league is that it has the wisdom of caution and
seldom rushes in where angels fear to tread. It is
not likely to place itself in a position where it will
be humiliated by British defiance. In other words,
it probably again will demonstrate its impotency,
under existing conditions, to intervene in a major
league crisis.
BLUES IN PENS
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Tlie number of persons starting ranching Blues
in pens is increasing almost daily. Indications
point to the general acceptance of the Blue Fox fur
as a utility fur. Now that the number of domesti
cated blue have reached the point that the fur, and
to some extent, the live fox may be bought and sold
in the open market, the Blue Fox industry may be
on its feet, and its continued success assured. The
raising of Blue Foxes has so many advantages over
the production of any other kind of fur, that the
next ten years will, in all probability, see this animal
eclipse all other fur producing animals, not only in
the number of animals raised, but in the general ac
ceptance and use of the fur.
The animal submits easily to domestication,
making the gentlest and least excitable of all foxes,
utilizes any and all kinds of fur animal food, throws
litters of pups from 5 to 14 in number with an av
erage, under pen conditions, 8 to 11. The fur is
superior in many ways to most utility furs in that
the pelt tenaciously holds its coat, the hairs wearing
well with little or no breakage, giving long life
to the garment. These very desirable attributes
coupled with total absence of coarseness in the
guardhairs and particular velvety fineness of the
fur, appeal to all demands of the trade.
The greatest criticism regarding Blue Fox fur
that has been offered in the past, has been that there
were such a comparatively small number of pelts on
the market at any one time that it was impossible
for a single number of skins of any particular grade.
Now, however, that a sufficient number of skins
are being put on the market, that a buyer may get
a quantity of skins of any particular size, grade or
shade, this criticism is overcome.
Xo article of commerce, susceptible of substi
tution, will gain full recognition in the open market,
when not present in sufficient quantities to supply
the greater part of the demand. Witness, the fur
seal and the beaver—when, these skins became so
scarce that they could be purchased only occasional
ly, and then only through certain channels, or from
a limited number of houses, the demand for them
practically disappeared. It was not a matter of too
high prices. The prices hit the bottom. Immita
tions sprung up on every hand. Imitations were
plentiful. The market acepted what it could get.
It could get imitations any time it wanted them.
Seal and Beaver had to meet a competition that did
no exist before the scarcity. The original pelts
were obtainable only thru difficult channels and
then in limited numbers as far as the general trade
was concerned.
TRIBUTE TO AMERICA’S FINANCIAL
STABILITY.
Probably to tile Germans and some other foreign
peoples, it may seem strange that the American peo
ple, by and large, prefer the dollar bill to the silver
dollar—in other words, a “scrap of paper” to the
real hard stuff. An assistant secretary of the
treasury says that because it costs only 1 cent to
mint a silver dollar and 1.7 cents to make a dollar
bill, the government would he saved $1,000,000 a
years if the public showed a preference to the coin
over the currency. The treasury department wants
to add 40,000,000 silver dollars to the 54,000,000
now in circulation, but the people, particularly those
in the East, have shown a marked liking for curren
cy and unless the minted coins can displace it, the
government’s program has little prospect of adopt
ion. The addiction of millions of persons for the
paper money is a tribute to the stability of Ameri
can currency and our financial system. The paper
bill is not coin itself—it merely stands for hard cash,
but it is redeemable in coin of the realm, and since
it fits neatly into a bill-fold and weighs less than
the precious metals, it has commanded unquestioned
popularity. There is a marked contrast between
the situation in this country and that in some Eu
ropean countries, where paper money is hardly
worth the paper it is printed on.
If there were no tightwads, where would the
good spenders borrow money to tide them over till
pay day?
We shouldn’t wonder if the real reason why
Lot’s wife turned around that time when specifi
cally advised not to was to show her independence
in a man-made world.
Nations will need arms so long as statesmen do
not keep their heads.
Father Time should pose for a nevr picture,
with a lawn mower and -wrist watch.
When he tells what he stands for, watch and
see what he falls for.
First be sure you’re wrong; then go into re
verse.
Don’t imagine a girl isn’t wide awake just be
cause she has dreamy eyes.
Saying it with flowers doesn’t do a corpse much
good.
The female of the suspicious i? also more sus
picious than the male.
—Tonight—
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