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Bofore Mr. Boyd, at Westminster Francis Ryan Joseph Janion (48),| no occupation, of Bernard-street, Russell-aquare, and Clifford's Inn, Flest-street, was charged on a war- rant with obtaining £800 by falso pretences from Mr. John Morgan, of Cedar House, Dulwich Village.
Mr. Francis Peregrine, for the prosecution, said that last October the accused, styled Captain Janion, was introduced to Mr. Morgan as the owner of a film called "The History of the Vatican," displaying the story of the Popes from the earliest time,
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Honiton, Devon. The popula- the ancient ecclesiastical The attack on pro-British his-tion of tory texts in America was the parish of. Southleigh, six miles subject of a lecture packed with from here, are boycotting their interest delivered at King's own, church, College, London, by Professor The only worshipper in the Dixon Ryan Fox, of Columbia church now is a woman relative University, who is also director of the rector, to whom ho preaches. of the American University Union. The organ loft and the choir staila Ho gave a most amusing account of are empty and no collection is Str. Thompson, of Chicago, "who taken.
ja The revolt has become Big Bill by fooding
directed upon other people's grudges" and against the rector, the Rev. J. P. explaining how many racial Harrison, who, in fact, is unknown grudges that dlet includes, he said to many of the parishioners, the that owing to its enormous.foreign majority of whom even population Chicago is in point of sympathy for him. numbers the fifth largest German
After 000 Years.
Janion (counsel continued) sald city in the world, the fourth Polish
The trouble has arisen because that he had a list of contracts for at various city, the second Czech city, and the when a few weeks ago the last exhibition of the film third Scandinavian city, while its rector accepted another living, the cinemas, having obtained through Italian population nearly equals benefice of Southleigh, under an the aeulatanes of the Catholic Truth that of Florence, relates the Order in Council made In 1924, Soclety facilities for exhibition in "Manchester Guardian."
became united automatically to towna with a large Roman Catholic During the 18th century the that of Northleigh, two or three population.. majority of the people who went to miles away. Southleigh until then
Mr. Morgan was asked to finance America were not English, and the had had a rector of its own for the undertaking, and under an nationalities whose
countrymen 600 years, and the people are took part in the American Revolu- seemingly resolute in their inten agreement he provided £400, which The profits tion are insistent that their heroes' tion not to enter the doors of their was paid into the bank in the joint deeda should be recognized in the church again until the parish is names of the parties.
Professor Fox made restored to its former independ- it clear that the man who writesence,
Ican trends
text-books.
perilous a
were to be divided.
Janion said that the film was American history for Ameri- Although the population have actually being shown with great path. abandoned the parish church, they success in Ireland, and that he was By these and awaiting a cheque. Mayor Thompson's attack was have not become non-churchgoers. only the latest and most specta. They go to churches five or six other representations, he was allow- cular in a long series of attacks miles away in motor-coaches pro-ed to draw £300 from the joint on history text-books in America, vided free of charge by Miss account.
Later, said counsel, the prosecutor Half a dozen 'States had taken Edmonds, who, lives at Wlacombe measures against text-books which Park, a beautiful estate, which has discovered that the whole thing was in their opinion "belittled their a notice at, one of its entrancesa fraud, and that Janion never had father." Little action had been warning servants who do not close any contract for the exhibition of taken under auch laws, but in the gates that they are liable to a the film. dividual municipal boards had fine of a shilling.
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. Giving evidence, Mr. Morgan said that when he said to accused, "Capt. Janion, answer this question. 'Did this film ever go to Ireland?" Janion answered, 'No, there is no and I am thoroughly contract, ashamed of myself.""
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Each Sunday her their views of the Civil War. "What this country, needs," said parishioners visit a different place. one veteran, "is a fair, Impartial So far they have been taken to history of the Civil War, written such delightful centres as Seaton, from the southern point of view," Beer, Musbury, and Axmouth, and they are looking forward to an out ing to Salcombe Regis.
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Janion was remanded in custody. being unable to find sureties for £300 ball.
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Demands of Religious Bodies. Religious sects wanted their views represented, Roman Catho- lies had special demands for history text-books. Even now in some cases the same publisher issues an Professor Fox said that attempts American history for Northern were made during the war by some schools, another for Southern people ardent in the new alliance schools, and a third for Roman with England to forget that there Catholic schools. The family had ever been any lack of friend- As gently as nature they tree" societies, of which there are ship or a revolution; this was the scores in America, have banned extreme of the rapprochement. books in some places because they 'They went too far in representing | gave inadequate space or praise the English point of view at the revolutionary heroos. But time of the Revolution, and the most virulent attacks. have perhaps. It was just as well that come from the race groups. The some of the text-books should now great point is the treatment of be revised." But the work should the American Revolution, but this be done by the mature judgment period must tend to receive less of scholars and not at the behest attention as later history has to of revolutionary societies..
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