Indianapolis Times, Volume 32, Number 203, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 January 1920 — Page 19

SSXRE DARK IF ■ague FALLS, IYS BALFOUR Reservations Would Kill Victory 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 nations 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 finding a substitute for that organisation which we desire to see intrusted. I admit, with the great task of preserving | the peace of the world. Those who criticise the league of nations have no substitute 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 disturbance and the intervals In which great land ambitious nations pile up their annaaments for anew effort- To me such an Ideal appears to be absolutely intolerable, and I am not prepared, seriously, to discuss with any man what the future of the International relations should be unless he is prepared either to accept in some form or another the league of nations, 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 generations 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 children. Memories are short. The weight of misfortune once thrown aside is apt soon to be forgotten, and you may depend 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 beneficial, however consistent with all that is treat in morality, has this one fatal disadvantage. They tell you It Is iraI 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. thereIfore.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 forefathers 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 future 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 consider the amount of work which has i to be done by those guardlnhs of society 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 difficulties 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 society suffered not so very long ago. But I do' rot deny that the task is a difficult one. 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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 making it work if they can, and that they will go forward in a spirit of hopefulness and faith, conscious of the difficulties, 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 machinery 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 depend, should take an equal share of the burden, which I do not for a moment deny that the league of nations is going to throw npon them. If the description I h.cve given of what the league of nations may be has the slightest truth in it, do you suppose results so tremendous can be attained without some risk and some effort? Os course they can not, and all the great nations responsible 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 reservations I confess that I think the future of the league of nations is d*/k, Indeed, 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 Interests 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 country who are considering their responsibility at this great moment of the.world’s history that they ought clearly to understand that, unless they are prepared, to bear an equal share In an equal task, they are threatening with ultimate dissolution 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 appointed 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 opportunity of a like nature will present Itself Let it not be said that, having sacrificed untold millions of wealth and untold millions of Invaluable lives, after haviug won in the great struggle, after having saved Europe from imminent disaster, we threw away the fruits of victory and, from mere carelessness and •nziness. we let go by that golden opportunity 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 principal 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 overnight 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.

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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 living. /, 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, professor; 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 scarlet 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 threequarter 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 mercollzed 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

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