Knighthood of St. John Of Jerusalem Awarded London, Jan. 5.
The appointment of Sir Geoffry Northcote, Governor of Hongkong, as a it of St. John of Jerusalem to-day.—Reuter.
The strength of the movement is best Standing astride the path of the movement, however is the When the matter comes to the floor of Congress for debate and ballot, a clash of foremost and perhaps epochal importance is forecast Behind the movement for the referendum is the vast popular desire of the United States people to keep cut of war. The most recent culmination of that sentiment was the Neutrality Act which Congress adopted to isolate the nation from foreign wars by prohibition of arms shipments, financial credits or travel to belligerent areas.
Factors which have contributed to the isolation sentiment are (1) the tradition saturated into the people for generations since the original advice of the first president, that the nation, should avoid "foreign' entangle-
(2) disillusion over the sacrifices in the World War which were made in the laking the World Safe for and fighting a "War to end (3) default on the War debts of fifteen nations and (4) the outbreak of at least three major conflicts in the work two years. Of these the /A: has caused most anxiety.
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