"LOOKING BACKWARD."

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17103, 26 March 1921, Page 10

"LOOKING BACKWARD."

One of Germany's best-known satirical journals just to hand (reports the "Daily Chronicle") contains an amusing, if Hot very good-tempered, skit on the long succession of map-making conferences.' "Looking- backward'/ from somewhere about the year .2000, it thus records history:— . _ "' I96o.—Entente Conference in London. Thrace taken from the Turk* and promised to Jugo-Slavia. Armenia, under Belgian protection. Smyrna be- ■-, comes English. Germany delivers all its dogs »to France. , I9ss—Entente ConferenW in Paris. Thrace becomeß Greek.. Armenia incorporated in the Caucasian Republic. Smyrna allotted to the League of Nations as a fortified harbour. Germany delivers all its cats to the En- • tente. . ''.''" , 1960—Entente Conference in Brussels. Thrace becomes Chinese. Armenia added to the Empire of Honolulu. Smyrna established as a Polish Protectorate. Germany delivers all its canaries to the Entente.

Millions of men who . straightened their backs during the war under the guidance of the drill sergeant are now developing round shoulders and arched backs. Several London experts told a "Daily Mail" reporter that 70 per cent, of the made-to-measure suits nowadays are technically termed "R. 5.2" or "R. 8.2," meaning round-shouldered or round-backed, and in most cases two inches have to be let in to allow for the stoop. »