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LILYBET'S"

BIRTHDAY.

LONDON'S POPULAR

PRINCESS.

LONDON, April 90 (U.P.). "Lilybet," as she calls herself, was a very important young per- son today. She is now three years old.

PRESS PEEVED WITH

LINDBERGH.

IRRITATION AT BEHAVIOUR

OF CROWDS.

NEWSPAPER MEN AND LACK

OF CEREMONY,

As "" Lilybet" is really Pritzess Washington, April 13:-Colonel Elizabeth, daughter of the Duke Lindbergh's growing irritation at and Duchess of York, and grand- the attentions of his admirers child of the King and Queen, she brought forth an editorial of friend- will have some excuse for feeling | ly... criticism in the Washington- important, even if she does not | Daily News today. realise

The editorial called the aviator Probably no child has ever reto tak lor his action at the air ceived as many birthday presents feld here in starting his 'plane as the little Princess. They have when it was surrounded by a group poured in from all over the world, of adairing people including many for she is, at least, the "Empire's women and children and a number sweetheart."

of newspaper correspondents, all of whom were splashed with muddy water да Lindbergh's machine bumped across the field to his take-

An Important Young Lady. On her last two birthdays Eliza beth was not old enough to know whas all the fuss was about. This year, however, she has discovered that she is a P'incess," and a though she is not quite sure what that means, she does know that it is pass-word in her family

circle for getting whät she wants,

The story is told that quite recent-

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the Colone's ninchine during his Scores of people gathered about brief stay here, according to the newspaper, and were treated brus- quely by the famous fyer, who was obviously irritated at the popular curiosity.

Lindbergh took off unceremonions-

ly she wanted to enter a roomy, the zewspaper says, without any usually forbidden her. She toddled

the door

to our and knock someone

from within.".

"Lilybet, the P'incess," she re- plied in an important little voice, and she was it once admitted:

Among all the torsiand dolls which she received FLS presents none, probably, were anticipated mare by the Princess than that of her uncle, the Prince of Wales,

"Uncle David" and "Lilybat ” are the greatest of pals. She has him completely under her tiny thumb, and orders him about with all the assurance, of the queen she may one day become.

Playing With The Prince. Their favourite game is "horses," and it is no uncommon sight to see the heir to the British threns with his hair ruffled, his face dusty, crawling around the floor on his hands and knees, with his delighted niece on his back.

was

courtesy towards the scores who had gathered with nothing but the best of wishes for his safety.

Complaints to Newspaper. Hundreds of our subscribers telephoned this newspaper after the incident," the newspaper said,

and demanded to know what we

were going to do about it. We do not propose to scold Colonel Liad bergh, who has suffered much from the tremendous personal popularity brought him by his aerial exploits. We prefer to talk quietly with this famous American.. Inspirit we would like to take him aside and preach him a little mermon on the lext that One Must Resign One's Self to Life as It is.'"

The newspaper goes on to say that it hopes its sermon may guide the youthful flyer in his course and "prepare him for that inevitable day when his popularity will be. turned to unpopularity."

The cavalier conduct of the Byer has irritated newspapermen for a long time but press criticism has been avoided in the past, editors apparently realizing Lindbergh's shyness has made his great popu.. larity with the masses most un. pleasant for him...

Recent incidents, however, have been such that to-day's editorial was not unexpected Colonel Limi bergh has refused to make any statement whatever to newspaper- men. since his engagement to Mias Anne. Morrow was announced and irritated them particularly this week at Brownsville, Texas, when be arrived there after being miss. ing for 18 hours, and refused to

The Princess has an especially soft spot in her heart for "g'anma and "g'ampa." It is probable that she will be unable to visit the King and Queen as she has done on the two previous occasions, for the King is still recovering from his illness at Bognor; but there is no doubt that their presents would be on the Bursery breakfast table.

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very little altera tion in the strict routine of the baby Princess' life. She pro- bably spent a little longer time with her parents in the morning to receive their congratulations and presenta, and she stayed up little longer in the evening to not as hostess at her birthday party, which was attended by her tell anything about his fight from first cousina, the two small | Mexico City. sons of Princess Mary, Master Ramsay, the son of Lady Patricia Kamsay, the Earl of Macduff, son of Prince and Princess Arthur of Connaught, and several others. Her daily ride in the parks in the

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afternoon was the occasion for the people to express their affec- tion.

Her Daily Drives.

Not a day passes but half a dozen or eo people, mostly women, wait to see the Princess go for her drive from her father's house in Piccadil ly.

Princess Elizabeth is already a leader of fashion. It always used to be that ting girls were dressed in white or pink or blue. No mother dreamed of using yellow until the Duchess of York set the fashion. Nowadays Princess Elizabeth wears elothes of delicate yellow tones an nine days out of ten, and mothers of all degrees are following the celour fashion with their own baby girle.

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Washington, April 11-Senator George W. Morris, Republican, of McCook, Nebraska, announced to-day that the judiciary com- mittee of the upper house will meet on Monday to investigate the right of Mr. Andrew Mellon, the Secretary of the Treasury, to hold

portfolio in the Hoover Cabinet ANTARCTIC DISPUTE. THE AUTHORITY OF THE AMOY BUILDING AVIATION

without having been" confirmed by the Senate.

The committee also will investi- gate Mr. Mellon's financial and industrial holdings with a view to determining whether they are such that they might influence his official actions,

BRITAIN'S CLAIMS VERSUS

BYRD'S.

BIBLE.

A DANGEROUS. THEORY.

FIELD.

DIPLOMATIC CONTROVERSY, DR. PARSONS AND HIGHER being expected that the field will be

Vast

Washington, April 15.-A diplo matic controversy over the Antarctic continent and its poten-

Construction of an aviation field in the outskirts of Amoy is pro gressing rapidly under the auspices of the local Naval Headquarters, it CRITICISM."

ready for the landing and taking. of of aeroplanes by the end of May. Mr. Mellon, it will be recalled, In the shope the same tendency holds a hold-over appointment from

Speaking on "The Authority of Of the four airplanes ordered from is notable, and yellow has all its the Coolidge Cabinet. His name tal value for aviation bases seems the Bible at St. Ann's Church, abroad, two have already arrived. own way in the baby departments, was not submitted to the Senate threatened as the result of a report ton (Dr. R. G. Parsons) said that Lies, is bringing one of the other Manchester, the Bishop of Middle The Chinese aviator, Chen Wen Instead of the old-time white-hung with those of the other Cabinet that the State Department bons of blue or pink, there is now Hoover asserting such action was cota and bassinettes tied with rib-members for approval, Premident Washington has prepared a Note the theory of the Bible as an in- two, which is named "Amoy," on transcontinental flight' from Ger- an assortment of "baby beds" deck. not necessary, since the senate pre-

ed with pale yellow silk and muelínviously had approved Mr. Mellor's and soft ribbon bows. Three baby | name. departments of famous London stores proved to be all yellow," and sales people testified to the new popularity of the colour.

A couple of years ago, if hay. one wanted yellow things for a baby, we should have had to order thern specially, Lut now yellow is by far the most popular colour we sali," one salawoman declared.

"Every mother wants some little yellow frocks for her baby girl, and many of them copy the primrose bonnets which Princess Elizabeth often wears."

BRITISH CREDITS AND . SOVIET AIR SERVICE.

fallible book. had led to a number

protesting against British claims of superstitions, and absurdities, to many, there.

The Note as said by the New endless divisions, bitterness and Fork Herald-Tribune to be a reply all sorts of disappointments, and

est fidelity by numbers of self-effac- to one from the British Embassy eventually to a great reaction.

ing men in face of a great deal drawing attention to the fact that! He thought it was not too much of bostility and misrepresentation. Commander Byrd's recent explora- to say that the age of infallibilities And these were by no means the tions by air in the Antarctic was Was over. Mankind was again on people who were foremost in saying made over British territory, and the march, in religion as in other that the Bible was done for. Any- NO ASSISTANCE WANTED.

virtually claiming sovereignty over matters. So much had been claim- one, for example, who had studied. five million square miles of the ed for the Bible that when it did the one-volume commentary 04 Moscow April 18-The chief of South Poler region, part of which not fulfil the unjustifiable claims quite definitely critical lines edited the Soviet Air Force is reported to is already under the administration made on its behalf, too little notice by Professor Peake, of the Univer- have informed the members of the of the Government of Australia, was taken. of it, and this, hesity of Manchester, would surely, British industrial delegation that Commander Byrd made two im- thought, would be disastrous for after spending some time studying the Soviet industry is fully able to portant discoveries, in a hitherto the healthiness of their religious the Bible with the aid of such a over the demands of the country's unexplored region which he claim-life unless they could correct it. book, realise that the Bible meant air services and that the Soviet ed was southward of the British To-day, Dr. Parsons continued, he more and not less to him as the re- Government therefore is not inter territory. He named the areas was always finding otherwise well-suit It became more credible and ested in British credits for thisRockefeller Bange" and "Mariinstructed people strangely ignor reasonable and a truer guide to U.S. NEWSPAPER” MEN

industry.

Byrd Land," and oficially claimed ant of some of the most famous life: what was needed was that them for the United States, COMING TO CHINA.

passages in the New Testament. people should get rid of their pre- SHEEP INDUSTRY, IN

And this was true not only of the judices and pre-conceptions..... BRITISH COLUMBIA.

Bible. The Greek and Latin classes New York, April 11-A party of

The reason why critics still said were suffering a similar neglect. that the Bible was the most valu 13 representatives of as many Americaa

It was a feature of the general able collection of literature the dewspapers will sail Vancouver, B.C.-A gratifying April 24 from San Francisco for a development in the sheep industry

mentality of our age.

world possessed was because we three months tour of China, Japan of British Columbia was revealed

Discussing what had been dea could view, as nowhere else. in cribed as. "higher, criticism," Dr. literature, the religious education and Korea, it was announced to at the annual meeting of the British day by Dr. Nicholas Murray But- Columbia Wool Growers Association Ruanda to the North of Jake | Parsons said that nothing was lur-of a particular section of mankind,, ler, president of the Carnegie here.

Med] Tanganyika till rages unabated. ther from the truth than the belief to whom was revealed the sublimest Endowment for International From on humble start in 1917, when ↑ In spite of the measures taken by that Biblical critics were people conception of God mankind had Peace.

the first co-operative shipment of the Belgian Government, the natives who were trying to find fault with ever known. It was because the The tour will be made under the wool was made, the co-operative has are dying by the thomannds, the the Bible. Criticism, was merely a Bible was pre-eminently the book. Auspices of the Endowment fund expanded to the point where it now only hope for an improvement of scientific effort to appraise facts about God as He was, that it re- and with the co-operation of steam-ships many cars British Columbia this dangerous situation lying in perfectly reverent truth-seekingmained the centre of interest for ship and railway companies of the sheep during the past season in the expected arrival of American process, carried out with the great those who cared about the things Orient.

oreased from 129,000 to 175,000.

** (Continued on next Columa). that really mattered.

FAMINE IN RUANDA.

Brussels, April 19:-Belgian press reports state that the famine in the of Belgian mandated territory

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