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LORD WILLIAM “CHCIE ON
RECENT CHANGES.
A Novelist's Wife Sentenced.
The transplantation of western civilisa tion to the Far East was discussed by LONDON, March 12, Lord William Cecil at the Lyceum Club” -The window-smashing raid of lost-Friday recently, in a few years it will prob and Monday again occupied London magis ably take us no more than a week to trates yesterday. The most interesting get to Peking," said the lecturer, "so that case was that of Mrs. Eleanor Jacoba, wifa it is pêrtinent to ask what is going to of Mr W.. W. Jacobs, the novelist, who was come to our customs when they become charged at West London with doing damage familiar in the East of the amount of £4 to the windows at Earl's Court-road Post Office. It was stated that on a hammer found in har pos session was a label bearing the words, "To Mr Lloyd George-a protest from a Welshwoman against repression."
Replying to Me Fordham, the magistrate, Mrs Jacobs said she bad "done this because I think it is my duty as the mother of five children."
Mr Fordham: Your statement is a absurd that I think I ought to have you remanded to bave your state of mind inquired into.
"Civilisation is ineb morala zonas of custome than anything else. Ask your." selves why you do ordinary daily. things Why do you put on elethes such as you do put on? : They are neither "ideal"'nor" beautiful; they are extremely serviceable for many purposes. Yet though you might invent some other attire you would never outface the public in it. Again, what could be more unwise than the method of salutation by kissing? We should surely do better if we acted in the Chinese fashion and grasped our own hands to give ourselves a firm and dignified hand- shake. Thus infection would be absolutely
The Defendant. (smiling): Oh, my mind is qui à sound. I have done my duty to avoided. my children for twelve years." I think ing" "The power which thus dresses you in daughters, when they (row up, thould have hideous and uncomfortable clothes is quita equal rights and responsibilities and duties, invisible. No newspaper can tell you with my son.
about it ; it does not work by express lawn," Mr. Fordham: I shall remand you for, nor by governmental orders. You cangot eight days for the doctor to report on th state of your mind
lock up your deportment in an encyclopedia and act accordingly. In fact, organised govemment does not constitute civilisation half so much as these queer veteos and concessions.
Later in the day, Mr Leslie Smith, sol citor, addressing Mr Fordham, said that he was instructed by Me W. W. Jacobs (who was present in court) to ask that Mrs Jacobs might be allowed to go out on bail Now, what is likely to happen if this H. instracted to
to say that the lady's
Lacty mental condition was quite right, but world These customs are arriving in the civilisation is adopted by the Oriantaj through probably
the indigence of the ringlenders of this propagand she had Erst separately and severally i forinstance, conceived the iden that the action of ber-Japanese women tried the Western drose self and others in
in thus bringtk thair up and abandoned it, whereas the ten kava posed
to the notice of the
Gorean id be i
of benefit taken to the Western costume. Again, our
military activity has already atrived: What
to the country.
The defendant wasthereapon brought back into court, Mr Jacobe said that his wife type will come from the complete mixture? carchived that it was her duty to her child-I believe that the Far East will sdopt our ran that she should support this movement. I customs so far as they touch business and He asked his worship to consider that for a war, but that the home will remain Jong time persons like his wife had been Oriental. Then, a difficulty will result" under the influence of the leader of the from the fact that these customa really do movement, and not to inflict hardship upon
depend on our home life. For instance, Fordhain
I am thortoghly sorry for we believe in evolution with the edge taken your husband, Mr Jacobe, and I am quite sure that you are both of you devoted to off The Japanese, and Westernised your children. The fact is you have been led Orientals believe it with the edge on--the AWAY-over-persuaded. I have been asking decimation of the unft, quicker death rate, myself why I should deal more leniently
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