The World's Press.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7754, 4 March 1905, Page 2

The World's Press.

♦— FUTILITY OF CALENDARS. Though calendars multiplv themelves indefinitely, there will always be somebody in every house who as . soon as he begins to write a letter, will be annoyed to find that ho , doesn't know the datc.The Bvstandcr, ' SHOULD ENGLISH RE TAUGHT ? The recent questions about Greek and its educational value, and whether it should be retained in our i schools rfhd universities, have suggested 'to one or two revolutionary minds ai similar question about | English, and whether it. should be taught in our schools and universities. This difficult language, it | seems, has not yet been given a I place in the school curriculum.—Tho The Bystander. RUSSIAN COMMISSARIAT SCANDALS. If the reports concerning the commissariat be true, then the nnnv in Manchuria is threatened with'the prospect of being left barefooted during the winter frosts. The matter cries not only to Heaven, but to those who are responsible. The facts arc appalling to a degree, and such unblushing and unpardonable rascal- . It.v in modern times, is inconceivable.—Kuss, St. Petersburg. , HOW CANADA IS COVETED. : If Canada' is ever to become part ! of the United States it must be'i conquered through a commercial un- | ion. We have tried the experiment 3 of starving the Dominion into sub-jt mission, and have nothing to show N for our pains except a feeling of in- ( creased hostility. Under the settled policy of retarding Canadian devel- t [opment we have been driving Cana- ( da into closer relations with Great 'g Britain, which is precisely the thing;!' that a wise " statesmanship would I havp .sought to prevent.—World, New \t York,