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MIRACLES URGED TO EXPLAIN CRIMES.

Mr. J. A. R. Cuirss, the metropolitan magistrate, in his "Sidelights of London brings to bear the human outlook of the man behind the magistrate" on to the shady side of life, as seen in the dock. He tells twa good stories of "miraculous” dofences,

SCIENCE AND WAR.

LEAGUE OF NATIONS TASK.

There was a large, atroodance at a Incheon given at Gatti's Restaurant by the Westminster branch of the League of Nations Unien to the delegates to the General Council.

Lord Charnwood presided.

The Norwegian Minister said he knew of no uther alternative to the League of For some prisoners the dock has little Nations than competitive armaments and terror though they are far from being periodical wars War was a horror and habitual offenders, and there are exhibi. nothing else. It did produce ane qua tions at times of rare bravery amounting tities, but so ala did destroying disaster,. almost to audacity. No place makes a devastating fire, and plague. In modern larger demand on courage and self-time we knew the increasing degree of possession. The raised platform in the the call-blooded application of scientific centre of the court puts a man in the cruelty. In 1914, at his Legation, he was limelight, and the Press is there to pro- talking to an eminent scientist, the in cinira his misdeeds and follies to the reator of taking nitrate from the air. world.

who said, if you give me a few millions There are little series of sorrow, and of sterling. I shall sit on Hampstead eries of despair ring across the court, Heath and destroy Berlin." That gen- but these are usually from the momentleman had inventive genius: he was a folk, who, in spite of laws, hold in great man of fertile imagination: probably be affection the prisoner in the dock. It is was dreaming. But what as the dream these occurrences that put courage to the in 1914 might be the brutal fact in 1010. test, and prisoners strive hard to hide Would it then be impossible to kill bua their responding emotions.

dreds of thousands of the citizens of Others can transpose the whole pro- Leadon, men, women. and children, by ceedings into an occasion for humour.

poisonmis gases from a fleet of nero- A prisoner appeared in the deck of a planes? That was wonderful and gleri. charge of stealing at the docks. As he bed war: Could the Longue of Nations was learing one evening he was searched, prevent it? He thought they should and there was found on him an eight. work and talk continuously The Prime ource medicine bottle filled with whisky Minister of Great Britain said in the He had been, engaged in unloading House of Commons not long ago that but whisky cargo and he was arrested and for the League of Nations there would charged. The evidence appeared conclu. have been probably war to-day. sive, the more se inasmuch as he cross the information he himself had been able examined none of the witnesses for the to gather from various sources he was prosecution. He pleaded Not guilty."

perfectly coaripeed that such a statement but his defence was one that put a heaty was correct. The League must go out strain on human credulity, and he did and gather all the civilised nations in What was the not hesitate to appeal to the miraculous. the mission of peace, Here was his defence:-

alternativa? It was his conviction that if there were ever another war of some thing like the same dimensions as the last As I was going home to my dinner one it would commence with a refined met my wife. She had been to the doctor cruelty much greater than that with which for some medicine. As he had more the last war finished, and whatever it shopping to do, she asked me to take the would end with- nobody knew, Bo medicine home, and I put it in my pocket. I thought that European civilisation would I forgot to leave the bottle and went back scarcely survive. to work. I hung up my coat on the ship that was discharging whisky; the medi cipe was in my pocket, and it was there when I got my coat to go home.

THE MIRACULOUS.

From

VOTARIES OF THE MAILED VIST The Rev. Dr. Fleming said that two parties were attacking the League of "I was stopped at the gate and the Vitions, and in regard to both they battle was found in my pocket, hut in must be on their guard. The first was some way the medicine had changed to that of which the late Lord Chancellor whisky" He was reminded that there in His Glasgow Rectorial address made was only one, recorded authoritative case himself the gurehead. It was composed of such an occurrence, and it was usually of those who endeavoured to regarded as a miracle. The prisoner was aside all endeamur to introduce idealistic not in the least perturbed, and be pro-cenceptions into the relationship of pounded this question in reply: If it nations on the ground that it was sloopy happened onee, why couldn't it happen folly, and who enrolled themselves under

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The answer was two months! Acother defener involving the mira culous was put forward by a railway lorry man. He was charged with stealing two capons, the property of his employ ers, the grailway company.

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the banner of ietsche and the late Kaiser as votaries of the mailed fist, rattling sabre, and flashing armour. To Lord Birkenhead and the Duke of Northumberland to whom for the pur poses of this controversy the latter had constituted himself Galloper (laugh- ter)-to these two gentlemen the unani mous disapproval of the Christian Church in all its branches counted for nothing. He (the speaker) would venture to say that the disgust of a decent Christian The prisoner was seen working about people at the scornful and materialistic the nosebag at the back of his van and disregard of moral considerations in inter- taking it to the footboard at the front. national affairs had no small influence-in His movements gave rise to suspicion the recent defeat at the poll of a party and an inquisitive police officer searched | which in the main, he was convinced, the nosebag and found in it the two detested this heresy, but which was. capons, the subject of the charge.

The evidence of the prosecution was not challenged, and it appeared conclu

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In the railway yard there were several evertheless, regarded, in a political crates of capons ready for delivery, and, as being identified with those pro- pounders. He thought that in future these crates were in the neighbourhood elections it would it beft any politician of the nosebag and the prisoner. charge was indignantly denied, though the finding of the capons in the nosebag was admitted, and the only issue was how the capone got into the nosebag

The prisoner put up this explanation: "There were soine few oats in the Dove bag; may be the birds smelt them! The anman forgot for the moment that dead birds neither sell not eat oats, and it is unusual for dead birds to break open, crates even in search of freedom.

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or party to go out of their way to malign the League of Nations or the idealism for which it stood. There were groups in Great Britain pledged to the diabolical plan of not only setting class against clasa here, but, In accordance with inter national conspiracy, in other countries throughout the world. To all "such a could understand the League of Nationa being the roughly abhorrent, for it sought to quiet hatred, to compose disputes, and to bring rival interests into friendly conference.

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the fact that 110 tons of peters, leaßots, Lack of money and the high cost of booklets, and handbills have been issued building materials are two of the main from the Conservative headquarters. The reasons given for the continued scarcity Labour party have sent out 16,000,000 of Este and houses, not only in Paris and leaflets and many thousands of posters, the large cities, but in the country die Precise figures are not available in regard tricts For a long time many people have to the efforts of the Liberal party in this urged that sering efforts should be made direction, but their potors and leaflets

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