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NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Strenuous Efforts Being Made to Prevent the Threatened Railway Strike. DISSENSIONS_AMONG UNIONS Government Recommends Reduction of Rates and Delay of Wage Cut Request—Senate Ratifies Peace Treaties With Central Powers—Attempt on Ambassador Herrick’s Life. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. If the railway brotherhoods carry 1 out their threat to go on strike on October 30. the walk-out will not be general. Most, if not all, of the eleven unions affiliated with the “big five” i | brotherhoods will refuse to go out 1 | with the latter. The railway mana- I | gers, with the aid of loyal employees, pensioners and volunteers, will be able to give the country at least a limited service. The sympathy of the American public will not be with the strikers. For all these reasons, the strike will be virtually a failure. sHcir was the pr^*teT l 7W! , *R tent and unbiased observers of the critical situation of last week. Spurred by the administration to quick and decisive action, the railway labor board went to Chicago and called the heads of the brotherhoods into conference with it there. The proceedings were secret, and the union chiefs were given the opportunity to talk frankly and freely. Before leaving Washington .the “public group” of the board consulted at length with President Harding and with the members of the interstate commerce commission, and it was given out that the policy sanctioned by the administration included these main points: 1. Immediate suspension of the strike order pending further negotiations looking to a settlement. 2. Use of the brotherhoods’ influence to forestall strike orders by any of the other labor organizations now considering a walkout. 3. Proposal of a platform on which final settlement might be reached, to include these points, with the proviso that there will be no strike: (a) Withdrawal for a definite period of the proposed request by the roads for the further 10 per cent wage decreases. (b) Immediate reduction of freight : rates by the roads. A program based on these was < placed before the union chiefs, but it ■ I was noted that it left out of consid- ; I eration the two points which are actuI ally at the bottom of the strike threat. These are the question of time, and the cancellation of the existing rules and working conditions. Ostensibly ■ the strike, if it comes, will be on the I matter of wage reductions, but the j two points mentioned are the real bone i of contention. On this fact is based I ; the prediction that the allied unions 1 I will not support the brotherhoods in a walk-out, for the “big five” leaders , have refused to give the other unions I any pledge that they would not call I I off the strike of the brotherhood men j if they obtained working concessions. ' The other unions realize that they | ; might very likely be left to hold the i | bag. The final attitude of these so-called i | “standard unions” was to be deter- J mined at a series of conferences which ) began in Chicago Wednesday and con- I tinned during the rest of the week. Railway executives were not talking ' ' much beyond saying that they would ‘ do their “utmost to move necessities.” j But, of course, they have been prepar- I ing for sometime to combat the strike, i and, it is said, have agreed upon the general policy of operating mail. . passenger and milk trains first, and increasing the freight traffic as rapi idly as men cdn be obtained. They I I count on getting thousands of train service men who have been laid off and are still out of work, and already * BRISK DEMAND FOR STAMPS' American Philatelists Ransack England for Specimens of the United States’ Earliest Issues. T,ondon Several American stamp i collectors haxe been in Ixmdon lately eagerly trying to secure the pick of , English collections of United States I stamps. “Americans,” one dealer said, ' “are particularly keen on issues depleting s- me, in their national his- i 1 tory. i

the roads are offering jobs to men who will take the places of strikers. The managers believe the loyal employees ami pensioners wlio will help I them out in the crisis will be numerous. Actually, the strike threat is directI ed, not against the railways, but against the railway labor board and its rulings, and this fact has aroused i the administration to she determina- ■ tion that the orders of the board i shall not be flouted by either the employees or the roads. The trouble is that the Cummins-Esch act does not provide penalties or give the board powers to enforce its own findings. .This defect came prominently to the fore last week when the board, in addition to its other work in Chicago, called the Pennsylvania railroad onto the carpet for failing to call a new election of shop crafts’ representatives, as instructed. Strike or no strike, it appears that one certain result of the affair will be the reduction of freight rates. This will be highly gratifying to the American people, who are convinced it is J necessary to the revival of business : prosperity, and are not at all sure : ■ that the unions are wrong when they \ | assert that the railroads are making , pienty of money, despite their wails. If the American business man felt that he could not go ahead until the war with Germany, Austria and Hungary was formally declared at an end, he need hold back no longer. Last Tuesday the senate ratified the peace ^yqtjffWEttfe the- central nqw»raLan<L only the exchange of’ratifications remained to be done—a mere formality. The vote in the senate was 66 to 20. Fourteen Democrats lined up with the Republican majority, and only two Republicans—Borah and LaFollette —voted in opposition with the 18 other Democrats. Two reservations, recommended by the foreign relations committee, were attached. One reserves to congress the power to control American participation in the reparations commission under the treaty of Versailles; the other is designed to prevent Germany from escaping payment of claims for loss of life and property based on the destruction of the Lusitania. The Democrats offered a lot of amendments and reservations, but they were all voted down. Senator Johnson of California voted for ratification, but first lie told his colleagues how fearful lie was that the views of Secretary of State Hughes will get the country into trouble later. The hope, he said, is with the President’s restraining hand. Surplus supplies and materials held by the shipping board have suffered i an inventory loss of $90,000.(MK). according to a report of a commission which has been making a survey of j i the board’s physical assets. Also, the ! | shipyard equipment, land, buildings ( j and drydocks, which cost $117,000,000, | are now worth $22,437,000; and un- ; completed wooden hulls that cost SSB,- . 475,000, are valued now at. only $199,- ! 000. Sir Ernest Raeburn, who has I come across to settle Great Britain’s debt of $21,000,000 to the shipping ■ ' board, lias revealed the existence of | secret contracts made by the old board } ■or shipping-control committee which i | will largely reduce the sum due. Earlier in the week, E. S. Gregg, I : chief of the transportation division 1 ! of the bureau of foreign and domes- | tic commerce, made public figures | : showing that the American merchant | marine is failing to hold its own in | i competition with the shipping interI ests of other nations. — Quite characteristic of the Idiotic | methods adopted by the Reds, abroad I las well as in America, was the ati tempt on the life of Myron T. HerI rick, our ambassador to France. A | bomb was mailed to him, and on beI ing opened by his valet, it exploded, ' 1 injuring the valet and wrecking the ; room. The foolish thing is that this ; was done by Communists who are pro- j testing against the execution of two ’ Italian radicals convicted of murder i in Braintree, Mass. Mr. Herrick and | the American ambassadors to London and Rome have all received letters threatening them with death unless the Italians are set free, and in Brussels the Communists held a demonstration under the windows of the American embassy. Incidentally, the “Th? 24-cent issue of 1869 shows a picture of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. A few specimens of this stamp are worth £IOO for a quaint reason. By Inadvertence a very small number were originally printed with the picture upside down; and the few still existing fetch the enhanced figure. “The 90-cent stamp of the 1869 issue, with no embossing, and brown gum, bearing a picture of Abraham Lincoln, Is in great demand at £2O. “Quite a little romance was at-

seritence of the convicted men In Mas sachusetts has been deferred pending a plea for a new trial. On Monday General Pershing laid the congressional medal on the grave of the unknown warrior in Westmin ster abbey, America thus paying the highest possible honor to the gallant I dead of Great Britain. The ceremony, , attended by a host of notable personi ages, was most impressive. General Pershing was accompanied by a guard of 500 picked doughboys from the army of occupation. In a graceful message of thanks to President Harding and the people of the United States, King George announced that the Victoria cross would be bestowed on the American unknown soldier at Arlington on Armistice day. At the opening of parliament Premier Lloyd George announced that he hoped to come to the armament conference in Washington as soon as the public business permitted, and that the other British delegates will be Arthur J. Balfour and Lord Lee of Fareham. Sir Auckland Geddes will ■ act for Mr. Lloyd George or any other i delegate In their absence. The otiier empire d< legates will be Robert Borden for Ctftada, Senator George Foster Pearceßfor Australia, Sir James Salmond fj’ New Zealand, Mr. Sastri for India vhile General Smuts commits tlm Jith African interests to the Briti ‘legates. The British exper be E' rl Beatty for the navy, E ’ the army, and Air —u- m. n problems which are likely to ielay the arrival of Premier Lloyd (leorge in America, are, of course^ the Irish negotiations and the matter of unemployment. Os the former there is little new to be said. The conferences in London are proceeding Intermittently and the public can onlj’ guess as to the progress that is made. The prime minister laid before parliament on Wednesday the government’s plans for the relief of unemployment. The main feature is a scheme to restore trade with central Europe, now impossible because of exchange conditions, by insuring credits to the full value of 100 per cent, with recourse against the exporter for one-hal the risk in case of loss. Immediati relief measures Include a special fund to increase the unemployment dole, and financial assistance for former service men to emigrate to the British klominions. The (|reeks announced another considerable victory over the Turks in Asia M nor, but their successes there are not sufficient to satisfy the people, । and the government is much worried. British support did not materialize, so the Greeks have turned to France for | help. This week Premier Gounaris 1 is in Paris, and Bekir Samy Bey, Turk , leader, also is there. The expectation । is that secret negotiations started by | Premier Briand will result in peace ; in Anatolia before long. A British mission is about to leave Constantino- ; pie to confer with the Kemalists. At the time of writing, the cabinet crisis in Germany had not arrived, because the decision on the partition of l*pper Silesia had not been formally communicated. But Chancellor Wirth had announced his impending resignation, and President Ebert was’strugj gling to keep him in office at the head of a reorganized ministry to be supported by the coalition parties. Rath- । enau, it was said, would remain in the cabinet, but Foreign Minister Rosen would be eliminated. Stinnes, the most powerful man in Germany, was said to have turned against Wirth. The steady recovery of power by the conservafives and monarchists was revealed in the Berlin elections, which resulted !n a great victory for the bourgeoisie parties over the Socialists and Comtnunists. The Independent Socialists, already split over communism, suffered further heavy losses. The military movement against the government in Portugal culminated in a successful coup which forced t 1 « resignation of the ministry. Tro<> □ occupied Strategic positions in Lisbon and its environs, and though there was little opposition, several cabinet members wer* killed. A new ministry was former! by Manuel Maria Coelho, once a well-known revolutionist. tached to*the sale of an old stamp to an American collector the other day. “Looking through one of the thirteen volumes of our largest collection, he suddenly caught sight of an old envelope bearing an 1847 George Washington stamp. “‘That is certainly remarkable,’ ’ exclaimed] ‘That letter is addressee to my grandmother; and It was written by m|y grandlather before their marriage.’, “He promptly bought it at a high price as a| matter of sentiment."

IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL Sunday School ’ Lesson ’ (By REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. D.. 1 Teacher of English Bible in the Moody | j Bible Institute of Chicago.) Copyright, 1921. Western Newspaper Union. ' LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 6 PAUL’S EXPERIENCES AT JERUSALEM. LESSON TEXT—Acts 21:18-23:24. GOLDEN TEXT—God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will we not fear him.—Ps. 46:1, 2 (a). REFERENCE MATERIAL —II Tim. 2:16-18; 4:14, 15. PRIMARY TOPIC—How Paul’s Nephew ’ Saved His Life. JUNIOR TOPIC—A Boy Tells of a Plot ; Against Paul. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC —Paul and His Enemies. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC —Paul Attacked by a Jewish Mob. I. Paul’s Arrest (21:18-40). The immediate occasion of this was his effort to remove the prejudice which certain ones held against him. I His reception by representatives of the church was most cordial. In order ; that all the brethren in Jerusalem j might graciously receive him, it was : proposed to him by the elders that he take a Jewish vow to prove , that he was in no way opposed to the law. They recognized that such an act would in no way compromise or involve the Gentile brethren. As to how far this act conciliated the Jews we are not told, but it only enraged tlie unbelieving Jews, causing them to resort to mob law. These maddened Jews, on the basis of a supposition, seized him and dragged him from the temple and beat him mercilessly, intending to put him to death. I’aul was rescued from the mob by the Roman guard, stationed nearby. Paul kept himself under control and politely asked permission of the captain to speak to the people. When he addressed him in Greek and quoted his Roman citizenship, the captain granted his request. 11. Paul’s Defense (22:1-27). 1. His claim for a rightful hearing (vv. 1-3). (1) His birth (v. 3). He was a Jew born in Tarsus, a city of ! no mean reputation. (2) His educa- ; tion (v. 3). He was educated in school I under the tutorship of Gamaliel, and instructed “according to the perfect manner of the fathers” (v. 3). His zeal (v. 3). He was as zealous toward God as those Jews who were > trying to destroy him. 2. His attitude toward Jesus (vv. । 4. 5). “I persecuted this way unto ’ the death” —it was one of hatred, as was that of the Jews. 3. How his attitude was changed (w. 6 16) '•“'.■.ringed attitude was brought about by the intervention of God. While on his way to Damascus, with authority to bind and bring the Christians to Jerusalem to be pun- : ished, he was smitten to the ground b*r a light from heaven, and the voice ’ of the Lord said, “Why persecutest j thou me?” When I’aul inquired as i to what the Lord would have him do, j he was told to go to Damascus, where 1 he would be told what to do. Ana- i nias was sent by the Lord to make ; known His will to him. 4. The Lord commissioned him to go ; to the Gentiles (w. 17-21). It was | not of ids own will that he preached ■ to the Gentiles, but by the Lord’s di- ! rect commission. 111. Paul Before the Sanhedrin (23: 1-10). The Roman officer, in order to learn why Paul was arrested, commanded the chief council to assemble, and brought Paul before them. 1. Paul's earnest look at the council (vv. 1,2). This was a solicitation of their honor to give him a fair hearing, and also a look of conscious integrity and unfaltering courage. He protests that his behavior as a persecutor of the church and preacher of the Gospel has been in keeping with the highest principle of national integrity. At this the high priest ordered him to be smitten on the mouth. 2. Paul’s stern rebuke of the head of the council (v. 3). “God shall smite thee, thou whited sepulcher”— fair without and foul within. This was a just sentence, no doubt directed by the Lord. Paul’s words show that he had the highest respect for the office, but the man now occupying it was not worthy of it. 3. Paul’s appeal to the Pharisees (vv. 6-10). Seeing that he could not get a fair hearing, and perceiving that the body before him was made up of Pharisees and Sadducees, he appealed to the Pharisees, hoping to get their attention, for his preaching had something in common with their beliefs. . This resulted in a squabble. IV. The Lord Stood by Paul (v. 11). Paul was in great need of grace to sustain him. lie may have begun to question the wisdom of his course in going to Jerusalem, but this assured him that his course was right, and thus comfort was brought to him. V. The Conspiracy to Kill Paul (vv 12-22). More than forty men banded together for the purpose of getting Paul out of the way. They placed themselves under a curse to abstain from eating and drinking until they had murdered him. God defeated their plans without a miracle. This was done by Paul’s nephew. Their fatal mistake was that they left God out of the question. The Wisdom of God. We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world unto our glory, which none of the princes of the world knew.- for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.—l Corinthians 2:7,8. Fishers of Men. And Jesus walking by the Sea of Galilee saw two brethren, Simon called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And he said unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. —Matthew 4:19 and 19.

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