BRITISH X FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 18 January 1926, Page 3

BRITISH X FOREIGN NEWS

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A CRITICAL AMERICAN. NEW YORK, January 18,

Ono of the bitterest critiques of American life was given by Doctor Charles Slmnd, Professor of Philosophy in New York University, and one of America’s school of young philosophers. He said some philanthropist should offer a million dollar prize for the invention of the reason for living. Their are seven deadly values current in life) namely, speed, radio, sex, over emphasis of health, jazz, modern physchologv anti money.” Shaw added. “ Another age would have hesitated to annihilate space and time in the way we grind them up in our machines. They would have feared the envy of the Gods. Our octogenarians and ccnterarians knew nothing about diet. They just lived, but we are striving for Methuselah’s record. We have come to the conclusion that we must he entertained. It is always entertainment. The time was when psychology was confined to the class room and laboratory. but now it is running foot loose in the streets. This is the age of sex erotic, the age of the world. Our great God is Mammon as our great aim is lives.

ITALIAN CHAMBER SCENE. ROME, Jan. 18. Deputies belonging to the Avcntine Opposition who have hitherto boycotted Parliament have returned to the Chamber for the memorial sitting in honour of the Queen Mother, The Chamber was draped in black and the galleries ivere packed with deputies who listened standing to the speeches paying tribute to Queen Margherita altei which the Chamber adjourned in token of mourning. A regrettable incident occurred subsequently in the lodides where Fascists and Aventinists came to blows.

\ RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCE. BELGRADE, Jan. IS

South Serbia is becoming excited at the prospect of sharing with Dayton. Ohio, the honour of holding a monkej trial. The affair started with a lecture by Professor I’euonsivitch on the origin of man, based on .scientific farts. The lecture roused the orthodox clergy and resulted in Lhe formation m a village near Mania of bellicose Ructions” 04.0 ted l.y a schoolmaster unmet, Karadwitch and the other by priests. The latter brought an action claiming that tlie teaching of evolution was an offence against religion morality and tlio State. Karadptch declared that n ho is convicted, he will appeal to the Minister for public instruction. A LEAGUE INSTITUTE. PARIS, January 17. President Doumergue and Seialoja. , 1S President of the League Council inaugurated an international institute of Intellectual co-operation in the presence of diplomatic corps, League representatives and many distinguished scientists and literaturixts. 1 alnlove is president of the managing <oin mittce. In the course of a speech be said the institute was intended to coordinate and harmonize the intellectual efforts of the nations in a spirit of disinterestedness eharactciizing tlio League, thus enabling nations to compare one another better and the gradual building up of an edifice of international peace.

emigration proposals.

LONDON. January 17

The Admiralty Fleet order notifies that the New Zealand sheen owners' fund for the settlement of boys, is now extended to girls, preference to be given to sisters of boys already selected. but other girls are eligible provided their fathers have served in the navy or merchant marine, and were killed or injured during the Great Mar. Girls selected will be sent to New* Zealand for training in domestic work and smaller branches of farm work and subsequently placed in situations under the supervision of the Y.M.C.A. and wives of farmers. "SNTAFIL” A SERIOUS RIVAL. LONDON, January 17. The “Yorkshire Post’s” Bradford expert, says that the opinion'of those best qualified to judge, is that artificial wool, when sufficiently available to be a commercial proposition, will have to tie seriously reckoned with, provided the price can compete with cotton and crossbred wools. Some manufacturers suggest its use instead of cotton, "bile others think it can he used as a substitute for crossbred woof.

An expert opines that no progressive firm can ignore its existence.

TEN PENNIES —ONE SHILLING

DECIMAL SYSTEM INVESTIGATION

LONDON, January 17

The Federation of British Industries urges tbe appointment of a. Government Committee to investigate the pioposal to increase the token value of the pennv bv twenty per cent, making ten pennies ‘to the shilling, thereby introducing tlio decimal system without a change in the denominations or requiring special knowledge of decimals in the Home trade. NEW ENGLISH CABLE. LONDON, January 17. The C’olonin, the largest cable ship j in the world, has sailed from Green- | wich to lay the Eastern Extension! Telegraph’s duplicate cable over 1.800 j nautical miles between Cocos Island j and Fremantle. The cable is ol the j new loaded type and is the first British j owned and manufactured loaded cable j to he nut down. The cable is designed to have a speed of 2,100 letters per minute, compared with 145 on the present line. The question of further developing the lines between Fremantle and Adelaide is now being considered. tne Coloniii is expected to arrive at Cocos Island in the middle of February and will complete laying tbe cable to Fremantle early in March. MONARCHIST PLOT. BUDAPEST. Jan. 18. The Roumanian Fascist leader Cuza was arrested following on the discovery of a plot to establish a monarchy m Transylvania with Prince Charles lithe first King.

GERM AN CABINET. BERLIN, Jan. 18.

Herr Luther has not succeeded m forming a Coalition Government on lines aimed at, but has completed the Cabinet which forecasts agree will include Luther as Chancellor. Stresemann, Foreign Affairs; Gissler. Defence • Brauns, Labour; and two otliei present members of tbe Cabinet. Also ex-Chancellor Marx as Minister o Justice and occupied territories and Reinkold as Minister of Finance. The parties herein include democrats centre, German peoples and B. a ™ r a " peoples parties. Neither socialists nor nationalists are represented.

THE FRENCH PREPARING DAMASCUS. Jan. IS The French are massing troop* at Warn, preparatory to attacking Tebel-Druses when the weathei improves. They will probably advance in three columns. A French column indicted severe punishment on the hand responsible for the cutting of the Beirut, rai They captured a gun and nniterial aiu. burned the villages around El-Ham . fifteen miles from Damascus for assist ing a marauding band.