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ITALY HAS TROUBLE WITH PRESS.
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MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1926.
news much more
STONE AGE MEN.
Further light may be thrown on by the discovery of seven skele- the history of early man in Britain tons in the boulder clay, two feet below the present ground level, 011 ther Bryn Newydd ostato, Prestatyn, Flintshire.,
There is evidence that they date frore the Neolithic, or later Stone Age, which in this country merged into the Bronze Age about 1000 or 1600, B.C., but their actual age is still unknown.
Mr. Gilbert Smith, architect, who made the discoveries. sent seale drawings of parts of the skeletons to Sir Arthur Keith, Royal College of Surgeons in conservator of the muscum of the
London.
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Among the little-known ser~, vices of the Post Office, is a puzzle department, to deal with. obscurely addressed letters.
THE FILM AND THE
-CHILD.
PROPOSED ACTION BY THE LC.C.
London County Council recently Instructed the Theatres and Music- In the House of Commons
Halls Committee to consider and the Pastmaster-Gonoral recently ensuring, as far as possible that report on the dealrability of stated that 3 2/3 millions of the ownership of cinematograph letters are redirected each month, halls within the Administrative and 14 millions returned to the County of London and the films senders. This gives approximate shown in the halls ahall, not ba totals for the year of over 40 dominated by foreign interesta. millions and 15 millions respec tively.
The committed prosented a The authorities are reluctant to on December 15th pointing out report at a meeting of the Council admit defeat. At most large that the present practice is to delivery offices experts attempt to consider whether the applicant solve the problems of illegible for a licence is a fit and proper writing and inadequate addresses,
At Mount Pleasant a small party any question of nationality.
person to hold one, irrespective of of officials known as the Blind committee understands that the The Section sits every day wrestling with dimealties that would dis- interests to control the British...
meana employed by foreign may the ordinary person.
cinematograph industry is either public is improving in the matter premises or to put into force what Experience has shown that the to own or control the leansed, of addressing letters. The num is known ber of returned letters may be The report says:--
"block-booking."- larger than a few years ago, but in proportion to the increase of increasing system of tied houses "We feel that the present and Post Office. business it has reflects directly on the character decreased:
of the films shown, and we have The P. O. workers handle 3,840 very sympathy with the move-
no particular desire to misrepre sqnt evente in Italy, Liberator conservative English language newspapers may disagrou in mat- WELSH FIND OF SKELETONS. ters of policy with the Ironhanded methods of Fasciom, but it can Recently' there was 'n tragic in-be stated with certainty that the eident in Florence in which at majority of English language least four Italians were killed and correspondents in Rome do not number wounded and stricken hate Italy, nor do they want to with minor injuries. It was one discredit Italy, nor have they a of the usual political flare-ups be- deep-dyed plot of to depress the tween the Fascisti and their lire, which is the commoncet opponents, 01 their so-called charge against the foreign news- opponents.
This time it was the Masonic They say, "Let us have the clement, instead of the Com-news" The betrayal of Foreign munista, that incurred the dis-Office confidence, or the subver- pleasure of the local Fascist head-alve writing of available quarters. It was even more re-could be checked up with pettable since the Locarno con- more fairness and with ference was in session, where the effect. than the general charge big European Powers, including that the foreign, press as a class italy, were trying to get together is hostile. Although there is on a mutual programme for con-every reason why it should be tinental peace.
hostile when the Italian news= Locarno is on Lake Maggiore, papers lament, tearfully, with which is partly in Switzerland bent, heads, that they are misun- Sir Arthur has expressed the and partly in Italy, and hundreds derstood martyrs and unappreciat- opinion that the evidence points of newspapermch-correspondents, ed crusaders, and that the great them belonging to the earliest editorial writers and editors foreign prosa is.inimical
part of our. Neolithic Age. He were in Locarno, where events in, At Locarno, the effect of a notes "a distinct irregularity of italy are observed virtually from this hostility was plainly demon- the front incisor teeth," and says, he border. Winston Churchill, Istrated Premier Mussolini, "I have never seen this in British British Chancellor of the Exche-whose press reception was pur-cometrics carlier than those of quer, happened to be in Florence. pesely snubbed by scores of the the period of the Roman occupa There, desperate rioting occurred leading correspondents of the
tion." because a meniber of the Florence "foreign press." We did not read Ile adds that the drawing bhows Masonic lodge lag been invited to this in flore, although we read that the narrow
headed man [report 415 The Fascist hend-how the Socialist delegate formight be neolithic, but the type million. letters, 470 million postment to increase the number of arters. The foen1 Fascisti call-Bulgium, Mr. Vandervelde, declinhas come down to our time, parti-cards, 1,165 million circulars and British films, and we are fr d on the Mason, it was said,ed to greet the Fascist Premier. Jeularly in Wales.. politely enough, but the Mason re- All this is childlah, Because the" fused to accompany, them to the Fascist regimo is virtually an Faseit headquarters. There were absolute authocracy is no reason words. Another Italian who was why it is not the best thing for
oming up the stairway in the Ma-Italy. son's home, hearing the noise in-
·lialy seems side his friend's apartment, is busy, and, except for the sporadic to be prosperous, aid to have entered the half-Fascist outbreaks, it is orderly, open door, drawn a revolver and Certainty, Italy is cleaner, more hot. One leading Fascist was sanitary than it over was in its titled, another wounded.
history. There are Then things began to hum
fewerbeg around Florence. At this point uncouth ruffians adding their un- gars, fewer picturesque, ragged, there is a blur in the local news-tidiness to unwholesome corners paper accounts, punctuated by re-and church entrances and blind volver ahots, ambulance, rumors
alleys.
of dead and wounded, reports, of both Masonic and Fascist out-
Because Italy still has a great Ingus, noise, smoke and dust.
illiterate mass of people contrast. The writer of this article wented to a highly civilized, cultured to the Rome railway station and section of its population the met a train coming from Florence, strict form of old Roman govern- because there were only sketchy ment might be more effective. accounts in the Rome newspapers Looking at it one way, Italy has the following day. Passengers on
far less bloodshed and distur the Florence train gave different bance for the whole country in inles. One said it was a fire, an
one day than occurs on the..Livor- American woman had not heard pool docks on a bad Saturday uf it, although she lived in a pro- night or in any of the tough see- minent hotel, Italians, as a rule, tions of some of the big American will not talk about Fascist affaire, cities. But the foreign press, either because they are strong sennational or conservative, is adherents of the party, or because mostly interested in news, and in
Lived on Shell Fish. While gigging a trench for a drain workmen threw out a plece of a skull which Mr. Gilbert Smith took charge of. The skele lon had been lying on its buck, the, head pointing in south- westerly direction. In the soil around were fint weapons, pieces of cockle and other shells, as well. as bones, proving, it is supposed, that the men living here when the dead, were buried lived largely on shell fish.
Among the objects found by Mr. Gilbert Smith with the skele tons were a wamber of worked flints, including what appeared to be an early type of arrov and of beautiful technique.
The most fruitful. causes of non-delivery are:-
printed papers, 160 million news-favour of the suggestion that it papers, and 126 million parcels in should be compulsory for a cer a year, so the figures for retain proportion of British films directed and returned letters are to be shown. not abnormal.
We also consider hat action is urgently necessary Thousands of letters are put in certain directions; to safeguard. into the pillar boxes with address at all.
no the interests. of the public who visit cinematograph "exhibitions." The Committee expresses the Spinion that the licensing authority should have powers of control over premises to be used. for any kind of cinematograph exhibition, irrespective of the find of film used, and should also improve the standard of the films De empowered to take steps to
io children. shown, especially those exhibited The report con-
'No addresses.
Insufficient addresses. Illegibility.
Deaths.
Change of address
notified.
Letters addressed to ships
hotels.
not
and
"No letter is returned to the
at least two tinues:-
sender unless attempts have been made deliver it; and a redirected letter
areas." may pass through several postal
to "The films now shown, prac- ically all of which have been pro- duced in a foreign country, portray standards and ideas dif- ferent from those ruling in this, country!
The effect of this on
A valuable piece of evidence was a very large dint, evidently deliberately placed beneath the leg of one of the skeletons. Out..
A London woman inserted a British adults is difficult to gauge, of the thousands of worked flints public notice in an English news but its effect upon the children which Mr. Gilbert Smith has
It said:
largest of all in his opinion it obey her husband. found in this district this is the paper that she no longer consider cannot fail to be an influence cd herself obliged to love and
ending strongly to weaken was used as a pounding tool or
national characteristics, which it hammer in connection with this obey my husband at a time when retain intact. From this point of Having promised to love, and is of the greatest moment to identical burial, It will, he I had a false appreciation of his view alone the development of
they are afraid of being spied up. the absence of news it frequently thinks, help in dating certain of worth, I now. renounce all my British-produced films is eminent-
on in case they hold a different condescends to print 4 rumor. political faith. Travellers admitt-
ed there were a lot of rumors and rushing about.
At any rate, Florence was not given over to a reign of terror, bad as it might have been, though the impression abroad, in France, England and the United States, was that dead and wounded were lying about and the city was untenable.
7.
Almost as one voice the Italian press jumped on the foreign press. The foreign press was sorely criticized and bitterly. assailed by aven the anti-Fascist newspaperss Perhaps it was the one opportuni-: ty of using, abusive language. without fear of sequestration. Rumor runs faster than official communiques, and rumor beat the news to Paris and London, and ex- aggerated reports went out to the world, and quite naturally.
The tradition of the Italian press regulation is painful and incomprehensible for the foreign editor. It has existed for more, than a year for the purpose of preventing subversive news in the Italian press. Perhaps it has done well to quell the Opposition newspapers in just such a strong- armed way. But application of the same
rule to foreign news- papers has worked unfavorably cor Italy.
Knowing that anch eventa аге likely to be minimized or badly re ported in the Italian press, the foreign editors use the own judgment, and usually with
news-
moderation. When possible, they give the sources of their inførina- tion as such-and-auch a paper agency. Italy had deliberately provoked a situation with the foreign press by clamp- ing down the press gag on the Italian
press. Although Florence incident was deeply trigle, it was perhaps fortunate In illustrating clearly the need of an intelligent attitude towards foreign newspapers.
the f
Leaving out the French news- papers, which; like the Italian Journals, are coloured absolutely by partiaan ownership, the equal- ly bepresentative English and American newspapers that main- cain correspondents in Rome have
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ly desirable. The fact that so flarge a number of persons attend cinemas with regularity compels the view that it is also of national Importance that steps. should be taken to foster a higher standard of production."
The Committee recommends: "(a) That, in the opinion of the. Council, it is desirable that a pro- portion of silmis shown in cinema- tograph halls should be of British origin, and that licensing authori- tles under the Cinematograph Act, 1909, should be given additional powers with a view to securing: (i) An absolute discretion; as to he granting or refusal of appli- cations for lleences to give inematograph exhibitions. (11.) Wider control over all kinds of cinematograph, exhibitions (dil) An improvement in the standard of the films shown, especially to children. (b) That the foregoing esolution (a) be communicated to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, and that he be asked to receive at an early date Ja deputation from the Council on
the subject."
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