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which would not disgrace the record of a saint are told abant Vaillant, Stepniak, Caserio, and. of recent days, about Cottin, who attempted to kill Clemenceau.

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Gever be forgotten by those who he always claimed be had done to A novel scheme for saving benefited from them nor by their feed a starving friend.

His ex- some of the starving millions of friends. Moreover, there would periences in the Reformatory Europe's famine children in their bossmany hundred less of bungry furnished him in later life with own country is understood to be mouths to feed in Vienna and so the material for a berning series under consideration by the com-many hundred children rescued of attacks on the whole French mittee of the Save the Children and restored to health and bap judicial system. Later he was 10 Fund, of which Lord Weardale i-piness and efficiency."

know the interior of a prison) chairman. Brietly, the propo-al "It struck me at once." said many times, always for anti- is to boy za Austrian schloss and Mr. Harrison, "that this scheme militariem, attacks og the army.

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for had in it the makings of an ortrages and violence, political Austrian children, financed by extremely practical · effort for demonstrations, and Anarchist British philanthropy and con-constructive relief. I said plotting. In a cartoon of the trolled by a British rommittee. Herr Winter. What you want ferre trial you can

The inspiration for this novel me to do really is to buy a castle among the bearded and spettack- child-saving scheme belongs to in Austria and turn it into ad fellows accused, young, aston- the Rev. P. N. Harrison, of Read-home for Austrian children, and shingly handsome, staring at his ing, who is hos, secretary of the he said that was so.”

judges with a curious smile. Berkshire Committee of the Save When Mr. Harrison asked him

He emerged on the grand scene the Children Fund, and on his the best estate available.be describof the French political triedy return from a visit to Austria anded a Schloss in Saltbjurg, Western in the trial of Mme. Caillaux for other parts of the famine-swept Austria, some hours journey from areas of Europe, he gave, in an Vienna, beautifully situated in interview, some details of his large grounds where it would be possible to put up between 400 :proposal.

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End," he said, "that there are many people who feel that much of the relief work done up to now has really amounted to nothing: in this seose--you lead su mang little bangry monthe to-day, and tomorrow they come back again just se hungry and you have not materially improved the position I do not mean that it is not right to do anything that can be done to relieve inmediate suffering. but I could not help feeling that we had got to think of some more constructive work. Other wise we would only be prolonging the spony without averting the inevitable end. I began to find the first glimmerings of solution in a conversation which I bad at the Town Hall in Vienna, with that excellent mar, Max Winter. coumy cornmittees throughout and began that series of cam

the Vice-Burgomaster," a great lover of children, and is render-¡ ing devoted service at the pres. eat time. He said to roe words 10 this effect: He had one dream which, if it could be realised,

"Up and down Austria, he told me, were numbers of fine old estates, with

Beats of the great families, many

The S3 the Children Fund has voted. 55,000 toward the scheme. Mr. Harrison is going to try to raise another £5,000 in Berkshire and a private donor has apply the famous Notebook offered £2,000. The Berkshire which contained a list of Committee of the Save the Child-Anarchists and extreme Socialists res Fund will form a small Truss to be put in prison as goon is war Committee to own the pro was declared. Almererds was |perty. with

Executive sent for by the Home Secretary Committee in Vienos.. it is and asked to hoped that some of the Austrian keeping these people quiet. His students who are suffering such advice was listened to with re- great distress at the present time spect, azon the prosecution ad- may be able to help in the mitting that it was good, and he scheme as teachers and in the became a sort of unofficial chief Can be "WHIPPED" but cannot be BEATEN. agricultural and medical work of police. The scheme, which is capable of patriotism having apparently fed- almost limitless development, edaway, he then founded a paper, will, it is hoped, be adopted by the notorious

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afterwards to to make out how he could a boot- sbot at Vincenues, and strangle himself with Here is a specimen of his style of others. He received money from isce and then untie it writing, which is remarkable en-strange quarters. He was to be throw it into the far corner ough.

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would bring permanent relief, so ¡ A decision has been reached in at any rate, many hundreds of regard to the fate of the sunken destitute children.

German warships at Scapa, says a correspondent of the Pall Mall

Right. All advances and pro-superb flat; he bad a After carefully survey- fate.

positions will be spurned. Right. of castles. historic ing the Flow, it has been found To the bitter end, we understand. had an opium fumoir fitted likes this dangerous mouth; others

that the wrecks constitute DO serious obstacles to "navigation The people is ready to give its little jewel. For a brief time he that it was the royalist-reaction- except in Kirk Sound, where a blood to the last drop, it pre-lived like

"Action Francaise.' An Epicurean god, try passage will be cleared for compared to support you in your idea Then the crash came, Almereyda gaard was brought back from marcial requirements. This will that there is too be no pesce till in prison, deprived of his druga, Naumes to be charged, bat there also involve the removal of you get to Berlin. What you of bis women, of the life of which was no evidence. So died, still few days after several old British merchantmen,want, we see, is a complete suche had always been so greedy, young, but a which were filled with stones and cess. Get on with it then. was taken ill In the prison reaching the height of his pomp, sunk as block ships early in the but in case it doesn't come off, hospital of Fresnes he was found Atmereyds, the daring of the war. Some of the scuttled Gers the sixth arm (the guillotine] dead one morning, strangled with "outer barrier"-post, human- ... athlete. rnan Dreadnoughts lying in other for those who have mades mess boot-lace. The first verdict itarian, degenerate,

38 that he had committed Anarebist, spy, traitor the st suicide. This, I believe, is figure among "Les Goulus" (the paper he still the official view. But no greedy ones).-W. R in Man. Duvil, the one in France has ever been abis chester Guardian.

of them with farms and lands attached which were at the pre- seat time derelict. Many of the were being sold up to profiteers and others. If only some wealthy English society could come in and buy up soms of those estates,

said Herr Winter, and convert them into homes for children, there was reason to hope that the agricultural resources of the estates would, with help from this country, be capable of seat devil2932, and that the hon

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