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THE JOURNEY - OF THE NEW YEAR.

First Welcome to 1922.

The gh in the British Isles, stat's the Cserer of January 1. ¡paid our respects to the New Year on the stroke of mid-night last night, its birthday sook place at noon on Saturday at the opposite side of the globe, when 1921 began its last long journal round the earth with the infant 1922 close, on i's heels. At that moment it was milnight of December 31 at all paces between the two Poles that leet to the convention- al line in the middle of the Pacific. Deean which marks the end and commencement of every day. Thei first people to welcome the begin- ning of a New Yar are those who inhabit the small group of isländs i which belong to New Zealand and are situated rather less than 500 miles east-south-east of that Colony.

As the earth turns eastward on its axis the New Year travels westward, passing New Z aland thirty minutes after its tirth, New Caledonia the same interval later, the eastern districts of Australia when two hours old, and thence. at balt-hourly and hourly inter- vals, taking the salutations of the peoples of South Australia, Japan and Korea. Asis, India, Africa and Europe, until, aced exactly twelve bours it reaches the meridian of Greenwich, at which mament its birth takes place to all the countries of Westera Europexcept Denmark, Holland, and Scandinavia.

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By the time 1927 bad crossed the Atlantic and commenced ital Sve-hour journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast of America we had forgotten Its Origin and its Methods. 1921 and made ourselves at bome with its successor, but the New

Some months ago a score of Year is still in the process of American newspapers opened & being born as it careers over the simultaneous attack upon the Pacific westward to the time"Ku Klux Klan," an organisation meridian where it first came to whose professed motives where earth, and not until midnight to bigbly commendable, but whose night will every corner of the methods were detestable. globe make the acquaintance of members of this "secret" ociety the year which is fraught with so shielded against recognition by much promise for humanity. their long white robes, masks, But today is New Year's Day and conical caps, took it upon only to those who count the flight themselves to deal with parsons of tiras by the GregorianCalendar, whose conduct or opinions gave

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Klan." Their methods were prosperity in the industry, writes commanioc with the Greek neither just nor gentle: the beat special correspondent in the Church-still-remain faithfulting-and-tarring-and-feathering | Olmerter. the inaccurate Julian Calendar, of men and women incurring the error of which is now over been a quite common incident, the first place. it is necessary From the figures two important their displeasure appears to have deductions are to be drawn. In thirteen days, and increasing at the rate of one day in 129 years, and much graver charges have to remember that this high outpat For the the first day of 1922 been made against the Klan." has been attained despite the fact will happen next Saturday week, Cowardly attacks upon American that probably a hundred and fifty "Elsasmea" & thousand miners are still idle, and and they have five more days in citizens by which to anticipate the celebra-punishment for real or imaginary even a larger proportion

offences became so frequent, and working on short time. tion of Christmas.

"The Persian New Year, which the pernicious influence of the points to the fact that there is in is associated with the varaal society began to extend so rapidly, the coal trade to-day a remark. equinox, is nearly three months that the New York World made able concentration on work, and a ahead, but the Persian people can an investigation into its opera greater recognition of the impar congratulate themselves not only tions, and the result of this inquiry tance on the part of the men of z on beginning the New Year at was published in New York and high outpat the ideal moment when the sun number of other large cities in obtained for a long time past. It comes into the northern heavens, a series of syndicated articles.

augurs well for the future. but on possessing a calendar- At first the officials at the bead which they owe to their famous of the "Klan" professed to be taken that these figures are a In the second place, it may be poet-astronomer, Omar Khayyam greatly pleased at the wide publi-sure indication that the British -far more accurate than either city given to their "patriotic " the Gregorian or the Julian, its movement, and boasted that, so continuing

coalowoers and exporters are error being so insignificant that far from the exposure damaging markets for the product. Clearly 6nd available it accumulates to only one day in their cause, new members were the pits would not be kept open 168,000 years.

being enrolled at the rate of five and the micers at work were it Other New Year's Days are thousand a day. There was talk of not that Erms are able to dispose those of the Mabommedans, the Imperial Wizard former of the coal at figures which do Jews, and Copts, but these are minister of religion, and head of not involve to ruinous & loss. usinly religious observances. In the "Klan"-bringing action for a Rather do they indicate what many countries where the lunar million dollars damages against has already been -uzgested ic year survives for religious pur-the New York World for libel, these column, namely, that wa poses the Gregorian Calendar has but the latest news is to the effect. been adopted for civil purposes, that a petition has been filed in ourselves in our own markets are gradually re-establishing 28 is now the

even in the Superior Court at Atlanta abroad, and that we are beginning Turkey. And when more im-requesting the appointment of to obtain once porten: matters have been settled receivers to take charge of the steady orders which assure the more the old by the League of Nations, that affairs of the "Knights" of the prosperity of the industry. body may bring about inter- Ku Klux Klan." national uniformity in the matter,

High output, of course, carries of the calendar and thus ensure regard this latest development as costs, inasmuch as such costs are It is perhaps premature to with it a reduction of production a simultaneous celebration of the indicating the complete collapse spread over birth of a New Year among the of the "Elso, but it may be Thus British coalowners, if they a larger volume. hoped that the proceedings at are not already doing so, should Atlanta at lesat mark the begin-soon be able to produce and seli ning of an early end. No Ameri-coal on a margin of profit. This can citizen who is not fanatically will be heartening news for the prejudiced against every man and British miners, who, in many

Asquith. Ia Mr. Lloyd George woman, whose skin is of a darker parts of the coalfields

many think we base the most ahade than his own, or whose especially in South Wales, are

powerful and beneficent infinance To guard the baby or young religious opinions differ from bis, living and working under su

Is There any Longer Need now operating in world politics. child against colds nothing can can excuse the shameful outrages appallingly low wage-rate rate

for Division?

We may hope there will be no equal Baby's Own Tablets, the perpetrated by the white-robed now based upon the available addressed

The following letter has been reactionary elements in the new Canadian children's remedy. Koights to the name

to of profit or loss of the industry. "Pacificas":-

the Times by party; no "stopped alook" in its These Tablets are a mild laxative patriotism.

"Klan " is Coming weeks should, if this out

furniture. I believe the party: anti-negro, which will keep the little one's fanatically

Is there in the nature of things would attract so many adherente stomach and bowels working reg Oriental, anti-Jewish, and anti-material improvement in the con- the two tabernacles should not gressive and advanced. It would anti-put rate is maintained, bring a any reason why the Liberals of that it could well afford to be pro ularly. It is a recognized fact Roman Catholic, and deludes ditions at present obtaining. that when the stomach and bowels itself into the belief that because

compose their differences? There have to find room for a very are in good order colds will not of this it is intensely pro-Ameri-

have been competent grounds for strong Radical sentiment, of exist: that the health of the little can. Patriotism based

division in the Liberal Party in which I notice nowadays KAY one will be good, and that he will ferocious batred of all persone

the part, eg, Ireland and Em-symptoms, one of its policies ba thrive and be happy.

incapable of changing their com- cent. Americanism negroes pire politics. But one can detecting that we must give up. Baby's Own Tablets also care plexions or their ancestry is quite being usually the victims of its no trace of fundamental dis manufacturing aristocrats by the vomiting, feverishness, indiges out of date or should be, nor is murderous work-led to an Act agreement to-day, unless it becreation of hereditary titles. Our tion, and expel worma They it patriotic to regard another of Congress being passed, in 1871, found in the Safeguarding of In-institutions, still require good make teething easy; are gue-[ citizen as an implacable enemy

which suppressed the "Klan." įdustries Act, which is obnoxious deal of modernizing in a de ranteed to be free from opiates and because of a difference in rellte revival during the last fire to as many Coalition Liberals as mocratic sense

and there LY perfectly harmless.,.,.

gious observances.

years is a symptom of the un- "Wee Frees." The present ample material for a Radical and The original "Ku Klux Klan Bettlament resulting from the quarrel seems to be mainly per-popular progzstome was established in 1867, after the incredible that half a million one great party for tribunjelan word from the right porno.

war: din Dormal times it is fonal, but surely there is room in All that is required. Civil War, and its ferocious American citizens could become fire of Mr. Lloyd George, and Bellers Liberalians won methods of cultivating 100 persenociated with such a schémy. the “senatorial dignity of Mr. He unit) Kt on

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