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21. 1920.

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London, Sept. 17.

́OUR OLD ILLUSIONS OF REVOLT.

Mr. R. A. Scott James writes: The Times" correspondent at Washington says that according

in the Daily Chronicle – to the New York Times," the Washington authorities hope that by for a century or more, bare sung Most good English democrats, granting proper rights to Japanese already in America Japan will agree the praises of the revolutionary to prohibit Japanese labourers and farmers from entering the United Historians and critics often used States, otherwise, unless some arrangement acceptable to California

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Is quickly concluded, America will experience another of its periodical the words "French Revolution" anti-Asiatic agitations. The Democratic platform has

toindicate not violence, bloodshed, pledging the Federal Governments' support of the views of the States of a nas gospel of liberty. The and the Terror," but the dawn concerned and Senator Harding recently made a similar statement memorable phrase, “Not a revoll, The Washington Government is determined to settle the controversy a Revolution," has fired the and prevent further objectionable legislation in California.

Times" bas reason to believe that America intends proving her idealists, and has inspired not: imagination of generations of goodwill toward Tokio by withdrawing active objections to the

horror, but admiration. So little Saghalien arrangement.

in this conservative England have San Francisco, Sept. 18. Governor Çox in a speech referring to the Japanese land-owning danger of violent upheaval, that seemed to be seriously in issue declared that the fundamental policy of the Democratic party every generous person. longing was that States should exercise their statehood rights within the for change. sick of small dolas provisions of the Federal Constitution. To the United States was of reformi, was prone to idealise reserved treaty-making power and the establishing of the relations the short-cut of revolution. of the nation as a whole with friendly "bations. "California should

It was thrilling, it was inspiring, (not ask and I am sure she does not ask for any procedure in the to

Oriental settlement problem which cannot be accummudated to the sionalities of English life, like a

escape, from the general policy of the Government in harmoniously working out each schoolboy exploring the prairies agreements as must be made with friendly nations. At the same time of Fenimore Looper, and plunge If California does not desire her lands to come into possession of sympathetically into the_adven Orientals she may expect, in consonance with established democratictures of a Gracchus, a. Danton, principles, the genuine co-operation of the national Garernment inļa Garibaldi. That' arch- Roman- working out a plan whereby she excludes the Driental settler. Thereticist and inspirer of two genera- is nothing evasive therein. It constitutes a flat offer of co-operation tions of passionate south. Thomas in any decent settlement of this question."

FRENCH IN SYRIA.

convea-

|Carlyle, prepared the way for |that national hard-worship which has never failed in its lip-service te revolution All through the Victorian age, and right down to 1914, we lived under the spell of This catchwords, varying them. multiplying them, cheapening them.

Beyrouth, Syria, Sept. 17. The autonomy of the province of Aleppo under the protection of France was solemnly proclaimed by General Gouraud. The greatest APOSTLES OF REVOLT. enthusiasm prevailed amongst the population. In the course of an Half-a-dozen years ago it was (official reception by the municipality the Christian and Moslem leaders still fashionable to praise the

like expressed warm gratitude to France for delivering them from" spirit of revolt." Through all). the Turkish yoke, and reliance on her restoring the past prosperity the literary and political world of the province, especially through equipping the port of Alexandretta, there was a clamour of generona the natural outlet of the richest oil and wheat districts-Berea,

THE FRENCH PRESIDENCY.

Paris, Sept. 17.

SOUSE men and never-old old. men, who extolled the Apostles of Revolation," the "Heralds of Revolt and themselves sang parans of rebellion." Life glowed with the reckless romEDES of challenge,” and the “clarion eries" of the "stormy petrels of

M. Millerand gave the Cabinet official cognizance of 31. democracy bappies: when Deschanel's resignation. The National Congress is likely to meet their metaphors were mixed. on Thursday or Friday next for the election. Friends insisting upon And what change to-day him standing as a candidate. M. Millerand has persisted in refusal. And how swiftly it has come! preferring to pursue the work be has undertaken as Premier.Herse. The blood of youth is chilled by

CHINESE HEBREWS.

the new virtues we are called

upon to admire. The cocabulary of public life, the phraseology of jorators, authors. and Pressmen has been transformed. Modern eloquence is pitched on another note. For the romantic According to the Paris "Tribuns," the Juive tribe of Hebrew impetuosity, the fervour, the husiasm. the passion. the erigia has been discovered in Central China. I emigrated to China ecstasy which we were wont to before the epoch of the Kings of Israel and adopted Chinese customs. Remand, we have substituted re- but conserved a certain ratial purity and speaks a particular language.traint.

CHINESE EDUCATION.

London, Sept. 18.

Stockholm, Sept. 18. Yoan Shib-tao, former Chinese Vice-Minister of Education, visiting here with the object of studying the Swedish educational system.

3. CLEMENCEAU ON TOUR.

Paris, Sept. 17.

M. Clemencean is soon to start on a long journey to the East. He intends visiting Cuylon, India and Java, but does not expect to go to | Japan.—fleas.

LEAGUE OF MAPONS.

Parin, Sapt. 1. The Paris Municipality gave a reception in honour of the Council of the Society of Nations now sitting-Haras.

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disciples among us. If we will not frankly join the Rad army of terror. we most range ourselves holes. A single false step, or a upon the side of dull law and too hurried pall on the dragropes. there seems to be no other choice. and it will take hours of cunning

labour so extricate her.

THE LIVING ORGASISH.

THE EDGE OF A PRECIPICE. And in like manner we realise

MIXED BATHING.

NOT SO BAD' AS DANCING

DANCING

Salely on the ground that the

For we have been compelled to face certain truths which we ad- mitted long ago, but never restis now the society moves upon the accommodation is inadequate. ed. We admitted, in the language of a precipice. Each of us Romford Urban Council has tura- age of social évolation. that the has acutely realised that we deed down the suggestion that State was a living organism; but end for our livelihood, our food, mixed bathing be allowed at the we forgot that if you cut away of our clothing, our comforts upon public baths.

whole must perish. But the truth each link of the chain being at recently formed Bather' Associa farve any one vital organ the endless chain of circumstances, The request put forward by the was borne in on us during the the mercy of some man or classtion asked that the innovation be war. We were made to realise of men remote from us, but in restricted in the first place to that if farmers stopped growing timately related to us If the three hours in one evening in the

corn, we should starve. if ships chain goes wrong we may seek to week. The bathers contend that stopped bringing it in, we should mend it, or strengthen it, or re-there is sufficient convenience. tarvet if miners ceased to pro-adjust it: but we dare not for our which they say is proved by the duce coal we should starve. if lives snap it. The latter is the fact that at the local swimming as of a bune red different way of revolution. The other is galas there are competitions for activities.deponding on a hundred the way of common sense.

both sexes, and they will probably diferent classes of men, broke

It is a little bard on us to have down, then we might starve at to reconstruct the very founda-put forward a fresh request to the

Council. home or be invaded by the enemy.tions of romance: to express

because most of the children mov.

And since the war we have had the generous sentiments of youth TOO FEW DRESSING BOXES.. fed away and the school

object lessons forceful enough in the language, that savours of In the course of conversation closed.

destroy our old amiable illusions.the prudence of age. It is dull with a Doily z bronicle represent- We could see romance in the re-It is unadventurous, But eventive, the clerk to the council said With a picturization of Bret Permanent success began to volutionary movement under the the war was dull. I often seem-that, so far as he knew, there was Harte's famous story "Creasy come his way when he was Tsar. but there is nothing ed to be lacking in adventure. Ino opposition in the council to coming to the Coronet on Sunday appointed secretary to the Superiomantic about the Bolsheviks-And in the matter of our social mixed bathing en moral grounds. ander the title of Fighting intendent of the Mint in, SanWe admire Samson Agonistes view still "C'est is guerre." In It was simply and solely a matter Cressy" it is interesting to look Francisco.

was in 1862. when he pulls down the roof up the working of this vast and of accommodation. into the life of this American when Bret Harte was twents on himself and the Philistines: intricate and ill-oiled machine. There was nothing like suf-- genius who succeeded as no one three. Miscellaneous writings of but we cannot admire the miner we may percbance, in the endea.ficient dressing boxes, with the else ever has, in putting the spirit his that had appeared in the local who would pull down the State your to make it go, discover a few result that bathers had to use the of California when it was young papers encouraged him to con- in ruins, whether it

sler literary career, and in secure an extra 1s.

is to new thrills, till we think we see side gallery. and new into fiction.

That obviously a day, or it, a

Mr. Chesterton saw his would not do if there was mixed Bret Harte was born in Albany, 1868 he became editor of the then because be dreams of rebuild Catholic Church, whirling fast bathing. New York, in 1839. His father new Overland Magazine.

ing on the debris. We know now and furious as any war-horse" Among the local clergy there was a teacher of Greek in a local

does not seem to be any purit His first story in the Overland, the horrible danger of dreams, through the ages. seminary. Young Harte's health The Lack of Roaring Camp and are thrust back upon the

anical objection to mized bathing. was not good and be used that fact heaped criticism from reformers uninspiring morality which says -

DANCING DISPLAYS. to escape much regularstudy, but and ministers noon his head, that virtoe is a mean between ex- he was an inveterate reader and while literary critics acclaimed tremes.

Paris, Aug. 2.-When Parlin- | The Rer. G. V. Sumber, restor particularly loved Dickens. When the new genius. In 1871 he' Perhaps it is all to the good if mentre-assembles in October of St. Andrew's, told the Daily 17 years of age he went with his returned to the East, and seven we are compelled to shift the there is little doubt that it will Chronicle that he had never heard mother to California. By turns years later accepted the post of bases of romance.

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