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A NEW TRANSLATION OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE

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LONDON, November 20th

PENNY., POSTAGE.

The Conservative Party in power alio mears that a good time is in store for West End tradesmen and others who rely upon a gay social political season for prosperity.

ARTHUR ROSEHT'S BENEFIT.

There Was packed but attentive audience at the Alhambra Theatre for the afternoon All Star" matinee dx- ranged for the banent of Mr. Arthur Roberts, the greatest comedian of his time, who is Low over seventy years of age. The list of patrons of the testi- monia' performane show that although the old time music half may have los the favour of the younger generation the memories of that form of popular cater tainment of the eighties and afheties are rooted deep and wide. Among thes present in the highly-priced seats were representatives of the stage, the Turi. Over £2,500 politics, literature and art." was raised, for the veteran, and this, sum will doubtless prove useful as a prop for declining years

A discussion is going on with regard to the restoration of penny postage. The old argument is preshed that with a re turn to the humble peany more business would result, and in the end the Post Office would gain financially. There is also the questions. of public convenience and popular approval. I am assured on good authority that the Post Office as Department would welcome a penny post and the abolition of the "printed paper rate." A penny an ounce for all matter in sealed packets would greatly aimplify the work of postal servants, and

Some good judges hold that it is pos would, moreover, remove constant sible to trace the influence of Arthur source of irritation, One suggestion is Roberts in nearly all the best of the that a Select Committer should be ap-comedian business that we have had pointed to investigate and report on the whole subject of postal reform wide subject, it is true, but an inquity of that kind has been long overdue.

since the great man himself used to keep the Town amused with his songs and his original wit. Arthur Roberts was always a first-class artist. It was remarked by I believe the chief stumbling block i Vesta Tilley (now Lady de Frece) the the way of cheaper postage is the rate of other day that Arthur Roberts was the wages paid to postal workers. The fact Brst man who dared to be funny on a that when other branches of the Civil London music hall stage without the help! Service had increases a few years ago of remic clothes and a red nose. Fifty under a basic scale agreed upon at the

artist time the Post Office workers got nothing.ars ago it was only an exceptional In his who could do that. Now, their claims are to be pressed. An- time Arthur Roberts made more than other point is that large numbers of ex- one fortune, but like Marie Lloyd he service men are employed a postmen, gave away the money he made ns fast and as they are not physically capable as it came to hand.

of doing a much work as younger able-

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bodied ava they are a drag on the De... D. MOREL` partment considered from the standpoint The question is being asked what will of profit and loss What it really become of the Union of Democratic Con- amourts to is this-Is the Post Office trol now that Ar. E. 'D. Morel has pass- ed away. Socialist and Pacifist, he was to be run for service or for profit

returned for Dunden at the 1929 General LLOYD GEORGE'S PARTY MILLIONS.

Election when he defeated Mr. Winston many complaints There are Liberals beeans the party did not pub Churchill, and he had since retained the nearly u mary candidates in the field sent. His death creates a vacancy in the at the General Election as the other House of Commons before the new parties. The explanation of a well-in Parliament assembles. He was a remark His father formed Liberal with whom I discussed able man in several ways. the matter is that they had not the was M. Edmund Morel-de-Ville, a clark. money. Her tells me that the party funds in the French Civil service, and bis accumulated by Mr. Lloyd George while mother belonged to an old Essex family. he was Prime Minister is the Coalition He was educated in England, and start- ed life in a shipping offee, at the same and head of the Coalition Liberals were

various not allowed to be used at the recent time contributing articles to

periodicals. General Election,

Of course, these were not the funds of the orthodox party led by Mr. Asquith They were L.G.'s party funds. They are said to run into about four millions Perhaps Mr. Lloyd George forenes aa- other General Election in which they will be more usefnily applied. But anorg the heart-searchings proceeding in the Liberal Party at present on account of the calamity at the polls, the fact was that this Lloyd George money" not available excites unfavourable and even better comment.

THE BIBLE ON A NEW DRESS,··

It was n, however, till 1904 that he came before the public as the founder of the Congo Reform Asso- ciation. Practically unknown, and with out money, he began a campaign against the Belgian administraties of the Congo, and it was not long before the world was ringing with, accounts of the Congo atrocities."

Later on Morel founded the Union of Democratic Control, and got into the unenviable position of being probably the beat-hated man in England for his at- tacks on the Allies during the war, their and the alleged secret agreements, supposed Imperialistic aims of France. He was in the very front rank of the fanatics who, while this country was fighting for its life was the steadfast He went to prison friend of Germany. for a breach of the Defence of the Realm Hegulations. One of his early friends was the notorious Roger Casement, who was shot, during the war as

* traitor. The Union of Democratic Control will probably cease to exist now that Moret It is is gone, and nobody will regret it. It is said that he was far from a happy man; and who can wonder?

at. E. S. MONTAGU.,

It is interesting to note how the news paper reviewers deal with the new trans lation of the Bible by Dr. James Moffat, Professor of Church History in the United Free Church College, Glasgow, the first volume of which is published this week: Generally speaking, the line taken is one of adverse criticism. This is not surprising when ore considers the beld that the text of the authorised ver sich of the Bible has upon the hearts and mints of the English race. part of car national heritage, and is unmatched for sheer beauty of language I do not profess to know how much

The obituary notices in the Press of attention will be paid to Ur. Moffatt's translation after the first feeling of Mr. E. S. Montagu deal kindly with, his curiosity has been satisfied as to the way career, which is a fact worth mentioning he has accomplished his self-imposed in view of the heated controversy that task of putting the Bible into, as he he created over his policy of administra states, effective and intelligible Eng- tion in India. There are some, of course, lish." Incidentally it might be deked who cannot forgive him for his attitude whether there has ever been any real over the Amritsar affair, for they hold difficulty in understanding the English that it was his duty as Secretary of State of the old version that was rendered by for India to have supported General the translators 300 years ago. But as a Dyer. I believe that everyone with first. sample of Dr. Moffatt's efforts at some-hand knowledge of India, or with experi thing better and more intelligible I may ence of native races under British rule say that be will not permit us to speak in any part of the world, are quite con- of Noah's Ark. It should be Noah's vinced that the Montagu attitude was Barge. Fancy a little child crying in profoundly wrong. Certainly it requires its cot for Noah's Barge! He also takes no great knowledge. of history to per exception to the Garden of Eden, and ceive that the British Empire could proceeds to improve and make intellig never have been established if in times ible the story by insisting that the gofle by the men on the spot had been Garden is a park."

Teft in the lurch as Dyer was by the To take another specimer of politician who has now gone to his long Moffat's translation of the Bible into account. The marvellous thing when one * effective and intelligible English." looks back to that period is that Mr. there is the passage in the authorised Montagu was able to suppress the facts version wherein is the beautiful sentence: coming out in 1910-which was the Sur and Jonathan were lovely and summer at the Pence Conference and pleasant in their lives, and in their falso the Summer of his India Bill-until death they were not divided" Dr. the end of the year. How he did it is Moffatt renders this is tollowe: "Saul and a mystery which still remains unsolved.. Jotiban loved and lively, never divid Mr. Montugu was a very able man, ed in death." Whey Dr. Moffult has with all the Jewish instinct for finance, finished with the Bilde perhaps someone and he was exceedingly conscientious. will persuade him to. translate Shakespeare!

POLITICAL SOCIAL SEASON.

But of course, it is the well-meaning man who, if he blunders, usually blund ers very badly indeed, because he is so I hear that there is. considerable joy satisfied in his own mind that he is in the West End of Loadon at the acces right that he will pay no beed to the sion of the Conservative Party to power logic of facts which tell against him, apart from the political reasons connect. and ignores the warnings or advice of ed with that auspicious event. The fact, others. It is curious to recall that Mr. that the Party is back again with every Montagu really disliked politics, and only prospect of years in office means that went into Parliament to please his father, There will be political entertaining on the late Lord Swaythling, who ruled his a scale that has not been seen for many household like a Hebrew patriarch. None of his children ever thought of opposing years past

With the balance of parties in the the paternal will, and so Edwin Mon- House of Commons like what we had for tagu who wanted to be a scientist adopt- some time it was impossible for members ed a career which he heartily disliked. to get away to any extent while the Perhaps it was not surprising that he. Houses were sitting. In the last Bald. was not a success as a House of Com

Administration the Conservative mons man.-F.B.

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majority was so small that dinner par ties were out of the question. Members could not get away because they never knew when their votes would be needed. Now, however, they will be comparativo

Dr. Rause presided at the annuel din- ner of the Old Persean Society, held at Cambridge on November 22nd, Major-

ly free men. Contequently there will be General Bir Fabian Ware, the chief guest, keen competition to secure the attend said the one great lesson of the war was anes of Cabinet Ministers for receptions co-operation. In spite of the fact that at the big houses in the West End, and some years had passed since the war the rank and file of Members can also thought they might still ask if there was be relied upon to turn up without fear anything the war had taught them as to

of incurring the wrath of the Whips. how to replace the men who had gone.

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