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The English and Australian captains, Carr (in flannels) and Collins watching sawdust being strewn on the turf at Lords, where during the night, the pitch was badly affected by someone leaving a hose-pipe running.
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BRIGHTER POLITICS FOR GERMANY.
For some time past the President-
The first time he served the newspapers to be eut before five Professor was on that night. He o'clock every morning, in addition had seen him elsewhere in the dinto a number of unreasonable sug-of the German Reichstag. Herr ing room previous to the 20th. gestions, including the publication Paul Loebe; himself one of the
Professor Langsner:-He was asking for $60. When I did not agree to this, why should he go up to the Court?
Under the new rates, the news
of names of subscribers who haveablest of the Farliamentarians of failed to pay their bills after the, Fatherland, has been consider certain period of grace.
ing how best dullness can be driven out of Parliamentary proceedings. And the German Parliament cer- tainly needs "cheering up.". It is undoubtedly the dullest assembly a powerful political machine, do of its kind in the world. not have to depend on regular There is no such thing as income for their maintenance; and real dekate. Speeches are sum-the discontinuance of any non-fully written out beforehand and
partisan newspaper, unable to continue, would remove so much sighted professors to classes of are delivered as though by short- competition with the subsidised otgange
His Worship (to witness):-boys and the dealers would have Why the necessity for going to eventually benefited, but the few Court since you put in a dialin for party.organs, being subsidised by compensation?
Witness: The next day he re- fused to pay compensation. For that reason I took out this
mons.
$5 OR $507.
Mr. Robertson, Assistant Mana- ger of the Hotel, said that in the Interview the defendant admitted that he pushed the boy, and was sorry for what had happened and offered $5 compensation. This amount was refused by the boy, who said that he wanted to see! a doctor.
Witness heard the defendant ex- press his regrets over the inci- dent to the boy and also "heard
scholars.
n
care:
There are probably not a dozen deputies who can get up on the apur of the moment and make an effective speech.
Herr Loebe himself is one of the few who can do so.
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him offer to pay the doctor's bill. mere purpose of striking table-boy's, The matter ended that evening, but He arranged to have a special table the following morning, in the for lunch, and because the jazz office, a bill was submitted by the musie did not agree with him and boy for medicinal expenses, and he wanted to be the greatest pos- the amount of this bill was $60. sible distance away from it, he also Defendant refused to pay the arranged to have a special table for amount when sent for, but later dinner when this "jazz" was played, came back to witness stating that In accordance with this arrange
he wanted to settle the bill by ment, he took the special table for paying the amount stated therein. dinner that night, but before he was He intimated that he would send actually seated with his secretary, his secretary down with the money. up strode the boy, who, in a peremp Defendant again changed history tone, ordered him away from mind by the time the boy was sent it. for, and he refused to pay any money.
4.
Types of Oratory.
Herr Loebe suggests that no speech should exceed half an hour.
Deputies he thinks, should get into the habit of criticising a speaker en the spot, and the speaker should have to reply im mediately. Then there would be something like a debate.
eases
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Ministers. are the worst offen- ders. They never speak except. a typewritten sheet. In most
their statements aré pared by secretarica, and the Minister does not see them till he gets up to read out what has been written.
$
"BOLSHEVIK" TREATMENT. He was under the British flag,
Herr Loabe also proposes "that Speaking of the character of the continued the Professor, and here boy, Mr. Robertson bore out Mr he was being subjected to treat this House go into, committee," a Wadeson's statement as "to his ment which appeared to him to be procedure still unknown here, and length of service and the excellent Bolshevik. He had paid to be serve would like members to get into character he had always bad, and he was being treated in an in-order
ed well in the Hongkong Hotel the habit of rising to a point of There was never a word of com-
plaint during the whole of thissulting manner. He called for the period, and witness expressed him- management, and "because he
The Age of Eloquence.
did this and because matters Now that Herr Loobe has made
solf us surprised when he was would turn out serious for the boy these proposals, suggestions are informed of the incident.
The Magistrate :--You muut agree I think, that $60 was exhorbitant?
His Worship pointed out that the amount was contained in one bill submitted, not several bills, as witness stated..
THE BLOW.
by the taking of this measure, wil-being put forward from other eas stated, that the boy im quarters. One is to reduce the mediately sensed his faucias number of members, for, though whenshe was peremptory, and be- Germany is smaller than she was came completely subservient and before the war, she has to support kept on asking witness what he about a hundred more Reichstag" would like to have for his dinner. I membera:" Because of this importunity, wit-
Another suggestion is that a neas admitted that he lost his "too old at 65", rule should be Another boy from the, Hotel"temperature" and pushed the boy introduced and that members corroborated on the evidence of away from him. He was aghast at should retire automatically at that assault, and said that the blow the result, as the bay fell down age. This suggestion does not, knocked the complainant into a "the poor fellow" commented the however, gain much support, as sitting position on the floor of the Professor
there are few "young hopefuls" in verandalı.
: Why he was later Induced to Parliament. here, and the most Professor Langsner:-For what change his mind in the matter of prominent men are nearly all round kind of business should I throw compensation was because he mat about the three score years and the book down?
a friend, Mr. Bagram, in tha Hotel, ten.
Witness can't suggest anywho, after listening to the story,
reason.
I told him to go away from my table several times? Yes.
How many times did I tell hím to go away?----Many times. After that he wouldn't go away, so I pushed him away ?-No, it was the blow which knocked him over.
OBJECTION TO JAZZ,
advised him strongly against pay-
ing even a cent. Mr. Bagram ANOTHER SURRENDER. agreed that it was "Bolshevlatle treatment
Witness, in conclusion, said he AMERICAN SUBWAY STRIKERS would not have minded giving as much us $100 to a woman and her.
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Company has agreed to take back nous box. Before giving evidence, The case was adjourned to enthe majority at the old wages by way of preface he said that he able Professor Langaner to bring with loss of seniority rights was not touring the world for tho his witnesses.~
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