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HERRIOT'S EFFORT, FÄILS.

(Reuter's Service.)

Paris, Nov. 25.

M. Herriot has abandoned the attempt to form a Cabinet.

Later.

NOVE

SHREDS AND PATCHES.

The beetle that ex-|refect, that we can have little hope THE Thas terminates the death of the blossing of Hearon," on our THAT STORM watch beetle reminds arms if wo instutib by our impiety. FELLED Cue of Mr William and folly. Added to this, it is a

Beebe, o natural his | visw so mean and low, without any. tory observer, who notes, in the temptation, that every man of sense *Cornhill," the sequence of de and character doteats and denounces traction detailed below, from obearin Ivation of a fallén troe

This is the bird that caught the lizant that ate the wasp that | atung the spider that sucked the;

COAT.

G: WASHINGTON..

"D'ye ken John

A resolution passed by the Socialist Party at a meeting de-

y that killed the grub the son of JOHN PEEL'S Peel with his cost clares its readiness, if it takes.

so "Gay" or the beets that gnawed the tree.

"Gray" that is the office, to carry out its financial

that fell in the storm at Cartabe question. Three times recently I programme either alone or in collaboration with the parties of Or to be more technically explicit have come across this song or This is the Attila that caught extracts from it and on two out Republican and Democracy, but it is impossible to reach an agrée- Ehé Chemidophorus that ate the of the three occasions the cost ment on the Anancial situation

Pompind that sang the Otend was gray instead of gay. What among all the Parliamentary re

that sucked the Tachinid that is more, a recent article in presentativeS of the Left,

alled the impalare Coleopterom "Punch" depended entirely for ita especially as rogards the question

that point on the coat, being gray. the son of the later of inflation. On the other hand

gnawed the Voolaisia that fell in Can any light be thrown on itf the measure of authority and re-

the meteorological disturbance of A "coat so gray" seems a peculiar expression to use, but there must sponsibility which the Socialists

Cartabo.

fbe some reason for this version would enjoy in the Herriot com- bination does not offer sufficient

George Washingtonbad being adopted in more than one What Is the reason anthology. scope for the exercise of the boldi and decisive measures impera- SWEARING other virtuce besides and which version is correct? those of telling the Such is the plea of a correspon-

tively demanded. Therefore the Party is unable to co-operate with M. Herriot.

The decisive measures mention ed refer to the Socialist plan for a capital levy.

Briand Called,

Paris, Nov. 26, Senator Sarraut, belonging to the Right Wing of the Radical Party has been summoned to the Elysee.

Paris, Nov. 26.

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M. Briand has agreed to form a Cabinet.

Paris, Nov. 26.

truth. He was against. swearing. dent.

To bear this out and as it is likely "John Peel" always wore to interest those who are interested long "hodden-gray" coat which in English undefiled the Shreds was made at Caldbeck. (Cumber- mon haa dug up a copy of an order land) woollen mill, in old days issued by the illustrious George:"Coat so gray" as an expression is better suited to the Cumberland Hero it is:-

dialect.Cwole sae gray"-the "sae" (or "ao") being thrown in. 83 a superlative adjective. Most of the pictures of "John Peel" de-

GENERAL ORDER.

(Issued by General George Washington in New York,

July, 1776.)

The General is sorry to be in-pict the huntsman as wearing a formed that the foolish and wicked top-hat, but it is sure that this old-fashioned hat was placed on practice of profane cursing and Peel's head for a joke at Fellside wear, a vice heretofore litt Mansion, and Peel posed in this how in an American army costume for a photograph. Peel He hopes usually wore á soft cloth cap, as growing into fashion.

M. Doumergue's decision to summon M. Briand to the Elysee was taken after consultation with M. Sarraut and M. de Selves (Pre- the officers will, by example as well used by the keen hunting farmers. sident of the Senate) and M. as influence, endeavour to check it, of the Fells in "Cannie Auk Casals, President of the Radical and that both they said the men will Cumberland!" Socialist group, in the Chamber

of Deputies.

Franc Down.

London, Nov. 26.

The French franc in London

was 176.93 to-day.

EARLIER CABLES,

Paris, Nov. 26. In face of the depreciation of the Franc the public is but

in languidly interested

the Cabinet crisis and generally, doubt whether settlement of the latter will do much to aid a solution of the former. In view of the notori ous party disagreement, the more sensational newspapers even talk. of plans afoot to establish a dictatorship.

M. Herriot, who fell on the fin- ancial issue in April; stated last night that his ideas as regards hnance are unaltered, but never- theless he is zestfully seeking the co-operation of the whole Cartel. He extracted a provisional pro- Imise of Socialist support, after which he. interviewed several Cartel leaders. until after mid-

THE CONFESSIONS OF A CAPITALIST.

"I own two motor-cars. I He employs 2,000 wage slaves, live amidst surroundings that and he has.

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& turnover of to many people would-seem) £400,000 a year. Of this he pays retains luxurious.

away £390,000, and "I am, in fact, the sort of £10,000, or sixpence in the pound. person against whom the whole Half of this goes to the Ex-. of the Socialist propaganda chequer, so that Sir Ernest has seems to be launched, and when threepence for every pound which" I listen to current political dis he handles. "Ought he to divest cussion I find myself regarded himself of part of his personal not only as a superfluity but surplus so that, he may add to his as a bar to progress, as one office boy's salary of 256, a week? of the causes of poverty, want. Clearly he cannot, since the office and distress.

boy's contribution to his em-. "My bookshelves, are cram-ployer's income is equivalent to med with volumes explaining no more than 34d.'a week. Sir what an evil creature I am. Ernest'a income, if distributed possess numbers of books tell-among his employees at this rate,... ing me how beautiful the world would benefit none of them ap would be if only I and my class preciably, while, deprived of hig could be eradicated. "guidance, the business, and with "All this is boiled down at the it the wages, might rapidly de street-corner to the charge of cline. straightforward. robbery.

* *

"The only way in which his workpeople, or any others, can get "The main cause of the more is by increasing the output majority of our troubles is the and the turnover, so that there modern mania for invoking may be more to divide. It is an publié action, for taking money elementary truth, but millions of which would be productive and our people unhappily disbelieve it useful if left in private hands, and persist in dreaming of hidden and rendering it sterile and atores of wealth which might, be useless in the dead hand of the theirs if the capitalist were out

of the way State machine."

From Sir Ernest Benn's book, The Confessions of a Capitalist (Hutchinson, 186. net).

in

"Sir Ernest has some pungent things to say about the restrictive rules of trade unions and trade associations, about the growth of bureaucracy, the trials of the

into the region of those, sung, one day, forgotten the next. We are apt to think that for some people, night. Four Cartel parties in joint meeting adjourned until-to- 1ife has been made easy by day to endeavour to draft an fortune's chance which has agreed financial scheme. placed them in positions of M. Auriol, Socialist Chairman of affluence or influence; that to be the Finance Commission, is man- tióned as probable Finance Minis- patterns or examples, is the

ter. easiest thing in the world. It is a It is known that M. Herriot great mistake. The bluebird of hopes to retain M. Briand as happiness is, in neither of these Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Paris, Nov. 26. things. Both bring. tremendous

The Cabinet crisis is perhaps responsibilities and opportunities. the most difficult in the history of They may bring happiness, but it the Third Republic. The attitude | "It has become fashionable to income-tax payer, and the in-. does not follow. It is in true of the Socialists remains a stum- belittle the part of the individual security of inefficiency which he service that happiness is to be bling block and a split in their in the daily life of the world. regards as our chief peril nowa

ranks is now threatened on the Thus we are often enough told days. By way of contrast he found. It is here that the late questions of joining the Cabinet, that the individual is nothing gives his impressions of America, Queen Mother set such a priceless. Finance dominates the situs without society. In a sense that which is as near to an economic example. Allied with a purity of tion. M. Herriot conferred with may be true: the more com heaven as we mortals shall ever the Socialist leaders last night plicated any society, our own, for approach where 110,000,000 home and court life, went the and promised to do bie utmost to example, becomes the more neces- human beings are ‘all as keen on example of service. The truth avoid inflation but the measures sary, is it for individuals to co-efficiency as we are on cricket."

His account of American thrift that kind hearts are more than he indicated, including the stamp operate with one another,states

ing of notes for purposes of re- the Liverpool Post.”****

especially of working men's in- coronets. If the reigning house venue, instead of a fresh lasue of Besides, in an old and densely vestimenta in the companies which Hongkong, Friday, November 27, 1923. of Britain is firmly built in the notes has not yet succeeded in populated country human gym employ them is as remarkable hearts and minds of the British overcoming their objections. pathies are greatly stimulated, if na his illustrations of the average only by the mere fact of con-American's desire to increase out- people, is due to the fact that

Herriot's conversations with tiguity. But though human asso-put and save labour. The whole those who have gone before have the Socialist leaders were fruitless ciation is an indispensable condi. force of public opinion in so endeared themselves to their and they announced to-day that tion of the highest civilisation, America, he concludes, a direct- An old saying has it that God, people by simplicity, sympathy while they sympathised with his we ought not to Imagine that the ed to teaching its people how to attempts to form, a ministry they individual tends to be submerged. Dush. Our public opinion, on the and sincerity, as to make the declined to participate therein, in the multitude, and that in contrary, seems to be concerned being

very busy, invented

dividual initiative is of leas with teaching our people how to mothers! It is the remembrance Throne unassailable. Kingly or

Among the passengers who de account to-day than it was flean

the M.M. Angera more primitive times. sums up the book in the "Star" Horace Thorogood well of the qualities that go to the queenly influence may be restrict making of a true woman, that hased in the parliamentary govern- parted"

were H.H. The Maha... The fact is that society is de- ance of Britain; but there is no of Dharampur, HH. The pendent upon individual impulseThese racy chapters teen with

when he, states

t made the passing of Queen

restriction to that example which Maharam of Dharampur, Princess, or enterprise for all change whe controversial things but they are "Alexandra so personal and so

can influence national thought Jaswant Kunya Prince Probbo ther it may prove to be beneficent poignant. The quietness and

and feeling and so direct them Kunvand other member of his or other, and those who talk so dignity of a long life have ended

the zánnels hich lead to use His Flighness and his party loudly about the power of and the ending must lead to the }

beyan State to do this or that, as if eatness.

memory

hype State itself was not the soleman thought that "this mortal- Ity put

QUEEN MOTHER.

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of individual will are

hemselves about the

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all based upon the experience of

a keen business man well known as an excellent employer, and one has the agreeable - nasurance all through that he plots and workca She same real as the rest