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SCHEIDEMAN'S MEMOIRS.
A German Democrat's Sorrows,
"As a democrat," he says, "who has to conform to the opinion of the majority, I have had often enough to submit. to many things which went against the grain but never have I bowed my head before any man, King, or President, So he goes ahead in a good, uncompromis
CURBING THE TURK.
war During the
Mr. Henry Here is a story about an airmau
Morgenthau was United States Am- whose two passions are flight and"]
bassador at Constantinople, but writes of a later period in his new his. sweetheart-and it is difficult to
Scheidemann is a name known all In see which he prefers.
over Europe. Its owner, the famous book, which is really a study of the the League of Nations and the working a. Anal scene ho discovers social democratic leader in that 3t is his sweetheart. Reichstag, and Premier in the first of its reconstruction committee in chairman. He tells how a chance The subject is uncommon, and days of the Republic, sets out a plain Greece-a body of which he was the author shows that he undertale like a plain man.
conversation with his friend T. P. stands men and particularly flying
O'Connor, led to newspaper inter- views in. London in 1922, which in nient, "Flight Errant," by Laurence
turn led to conversation with Lloyd Kirk. (London: Hutchison).
George on the Kemalist threat to Balkan peace, and "Influericed a de cision (the colossal bluff in that year which kept Kemal from cross- ing the Dardanelles) of the British Government that undoubtedly pre- vented a fresh Balkan outburst and a possible rekindling, of the war. In Europe." He goes on to recapitulate the horrors of the Greek downfall in Asia Minor which led to the exodus of all surviving Greeks from Kemal's country. Many Interesting documents are here reprinted for the benefit of historians.
A stirring yarn of the Arizona plains, where men are men and all the rest of it is "The Gold Wolf," by Robert Ames Bennet, well known as. the writer of Wild West yarns which make "ench particular hair to stand on end, like quills upon the fretful porpentine." (Published by Collins).
Mr. Eden Phillpott's last book, "The Three Maidens" (London: Hutchinson), is one of those simple stories of simple folk which reailers of this author know and admiro, Full of the Weat County atmosphere, this book is full of interest and the beauty of humble and commonplace things and folk. A restful book for a quiet evening.
"Jean and Jeannette," by Rith (London: Hutchinson), is a third and last book in her Victorian trilogy, carrying on the story begun in "The Grandmothers," A clean. healthy book in an age of rather murky lady novelists. The herolne retains her virtue, and there is no bedroom scene. Mr. Forde will not need to worry about this story.
"Bishop Stirling of the Falk lands," by Frederick C. Macdonald; M.A., O.B.E., is a blography of n real and undaunted soldier of the Church in far lands, a very interest- HAIR DRESSERS & BOOKSELLERS ing record to those whose taste leans to travel and the Bible in strange landa, LEE YEE,
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Left an orphan among fisher-folk, Kenneth Traquair, hero of Frederick Graves's novel Wild Goose," feels that this is no life for him, and goes to the Edinburgh University, where he gets his doctor's degree. By dint of struggle he succeeds, and at long last is happy in fame and love. (London: Hutchinson).
"The Mysterious Mr. Quin," by Agatha Christio (London: Collins), is an occult person who appears at critical momenta to suggest the solution of mysteries and tragedies which baffle the official police. For those who like fantastic stuff of this kind "Mr. Quin" is all very well.
ROUND
AN INTRODUCTORY
HISTORY
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A. H. CROOK, O.B.E., M.A. W. KAY, MA.
W. L. HANDYSIDE, MA., B.S
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Parliament,
("An International Drama," by Henry Morgenthau. London: Jar- rold's).
IN THE CARIBBEES.
The criminal investigations of He is most Professor Henry Poggioli, Ph.D., ing, democratic way. interesting in his views upon the make amusing stories, leading to a war. "If," he writes, "on 4th, remarkable climax which is all August, 1014, the people instead of mixed up with the occult, and very had voted, how tragic for the professor. In this think
the you
voting would book Mr. Stribling has abandoned have
the gone? If
question serious things and set himself out "Do you
vote for to be frivolously interesting. He had been;
the whole of the succeeds. His professor, as a detec- war or peace?" German people would have voted for tive, is sometimes lucky, more often pence." Yet, the war having begun, absurd. He mixes up his criminals what could the Social Democrats do and policemen in great style. His but go on with it. "The ridiculous psychological experiments with sus-1 notion that anyone can be insensible pects often go wrong, but always to the fate of hls country can only they bring remarkable results. In be entertained by political outsiders fact, he is just the laughable misfire that the average detective of fiction and unworldly prophets."
detective Action Scheidemann's contempt for the would be if Kalser is boundless. He lets him- self go over the discovery of the stored food in the War Lord's cellars. In the rigid rationing "only one of the lot of us was spared,, the one for whom all were to starve, die; the one who bleed and
to had
sense
ab not the dicate at the right moment for the good of the German people," The author is as uncompromising an anti-Bolshevik as he is an anti- Royalist. "Where force," he says, "Is. used to secure the upper hand
("Memoirs of a Social Democrat," for a minority it is a crime..... We will have no junker tyranny, by Philip Scheidemann. London: We will have no Spartacus rule Hodder and Stoughton).
THE CAMP FIRE
-S. P. C. A. ESSAY.
THE RIGHT STUFF.
General Sir Ian Hamilton has sent an encouraging message to the. Glasgow Boy Scouts whom he
To the Editor of "China Mail") Dear Sir, I have been directed by the Committee of the above So-Inspected last June.
ing publicity to the essay competi- tion organised by this Society for the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides of the Colony, The suject selected this year is
"What Claim Have Animals On Our Consideration"
It reads: "We are passing
were to be logically tested in real life. It seems that friend Stribling has, with his other great gifts, a gift of satire.
["Clues of the Caribbees," by T. 5. Stribling. London: Heinemann.]
either. We will have an honest and absolute democracy."
The honest fellow, whom readers will come to like whether they agree with him or not, ends on a note of profound faith in the democracy which leads on towards Socialism.
AND THEY STUCK!
I
"Stick to it" might well have been the motto of the actors and producers of the 1980 Scout fim, "The Woodpigeon Patrol," which will be seen shortly in many dis- tricts.
The Scout actors gave up their Easter holiday of three weeks to make the film.
They were only able to make use of seven of those days owing to the bad-weather. Aa Dr. F. R. Lucas, "Film the Scout adviser, said: acting is fun for the first two days, and very, very monotonous after-)
a
But both the producer, Mr. Ralph Smart, and the cameraman, Mr. Stanley Rodwell, have achiev ed surprisingly good results.
ciety to ask your assistance in giv-through hard times, Folks say towards." He added, "Day after-day one another. The turn of the tide we waited in pouring, rain, hour is nearer than many suspect; this after hour of boredom, waiting for political party or that political a single 'shot' that takes but party will put our house in order.' minute or two lo show." May it be so. But in 1924, Lord Haldane, the wissst Scot of his generation, said in my house be fore witnesses, amongst them His Excellency the Swedish Minister, that Scotland and England must be prepared to face twenty years of tribulation before winning back to prosperity. We are therefore hard ly half way through the bad days Yot let us not be downhearted. We are breeding the right stuff. Ever since. I set eyes on your ap-Revers, Scouts and Welf Cubs of Glasgow I have felt it in my bones that we shall surely win through. Remember the slogan of the Gor dona Bydand."-lan Hamilton.
We hope that a good number of essays will be submitted by both the Boy Scouts and the Girl Guides. APPLIANCES. The subject should be of, consider able interest to all members of both these organisations, as one of the laws of Scouting and Guiding is "A Scout (Guide) is a Friend Animals."
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FOR THE PESSIMISTS.
The "Let us all be pessimistic". party were told a few home truths when Mrs. MacRobert; wife of Mr. M. Mastebert, K.C., M.P., opon-
THOUGHT FOR 'THE WEEK.
"To-day Is the to-morrow which you worried about yesterday, and you find that it never came.".
TRAINING THE TRAINER.
A course for Instructora in Phy
Fed the Garden Fete at Wick in ald
of the local Boy Scouts funds:
"We are prone," she said, "to be rather pessimistic as a nation. We open our newspapers and read of dull trade and ever increasing un-alcal Training, organised by the employment and we are tempted to Lucas Tooth Institute, S.E.1, - is think, as some people do not announced in the current, number hesitate to say, that this old coun- of The Scouter, the official organ try of ours is done. When, how of the Boy Scouts Association. ever, we read of the good work The course, which includes In- done by the Boy Scouts, we go struction in Physical Training and home with our hearts cheered, exercises, indoor games, boxing" faeling that our country is a rich and Ju Jitsu and similar subjects, country in the youth which it extends over three months and is Dosesses, a youth which has hold to qualify a candidate na an pledged, salf to high aims and Instructor In Physical Training, noble ideals to help their country to enter to a new era of pros perity and happiness.
Between them they have evolved a miniature masterpiece of pic torial beauty, natural acting and realistic production skill, which enthusiasm alone could not have accomplished.
"NO-FLAT-TYRE” CAMPAIGN.
The Boy Scouts of an American town recently held a "No-lat-tyre” campaign in the neighbourhood.
During the period the Scouts removed nails, sharp stones, places: of glasa, sticks and anything Hke ly to cause a puncture from the roads. The, local motor club took a particular interest in the novel "good turn."
In California the Scouts con- ducted a "clean-up" campaign in one of the cities. They turned particular attention to all the woods and vacant spaces in the vicinity and were given the help! of the municipal street-cleaning department.
NO QUESTIONS ASKED.
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Jamboree."
Whether the St. Ives Boy Scouta wished to avoid a superfuity of questions or not, they hit upon a novel title for their gathering re-
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