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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 544, 26 June 1909, Page 10

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■ , PRESS AND OTHER OPINIONS. No doubt the need of moro Dreadnoughts is urgent, but the resources of this country wo ample to oopo with all tho requirements of the immediate future. Tho road difEoulty is in ton or fifteen or twenty years from now, when the continued expansion of nations which have larger natural rosouroes within, their own borders will havo made it impossible for the United Kingdom to maintain tho two-Power standard single-handed. That is tho crisis to meet which tho navel policy of-the Dominions should already bo di-rected.'—-"Morning Post." . ' The Cry cf tho Child. '' ; Starving children can never form tho foun--1 dation of.a great Imperial race. Wo decided forty years ago that it was tho business of ' tho nation to ensure that each child should bo educated, and now, slowly and with' difficulty, wo are coming to realise that boforo children can. bo taught they must be' fed, and that the right Of tho child to proper nurture 1 and proper, training must bo secured to it absolutely. It must not depend, for instance, - on whether it has a father alivo, .employed, , and well intontioncd. It must pot depend on tho views and composition of an elected local ' body. It cannot wait for the solution of tihe problem—which is a very real and serials one—of the reform of local taxation. That * there- should bo onocihld in England suffering from lack of the food necessary for its health, strength, and intelligence is* a wrong to' the child itself i and to-tho future of which that ■ child will form a part, as sonous as the fiist- , enco of slavery or the publio 1 tolor.ivlon of , crime.—"Daily News." Vr Sir H. von Herkomer on Art. , Professor Sir Hubert von Herkomer!was the guest of tho new Vagabond Club, at-tho dinner held recently at tho Hotel Cecil. Mr. Morion H. Spielmann presided.' The chairman, in proposing the toast of the ovemng, ' said that Sir Hubert was one of! the few mon , in England Who had the ancient secret of being able to introduce"true"flesh tones'into - enamels. (Applause.) Sir Hubert von,Herkomer, in hiq reply, said that in the past '! art was an integral part of all life; now it was an extra, and charged for accordingly. 'They wore wrong in blaming the character of this ago for making art an ex- * tra. In the past surely' utility was the 1 foundation for beauty in design; beautiful mado for-use. , They lect'ed 'these beautiful things, of the past, • and they dared not use thorn; they had cost I too "much money, and besides they would look incongruous, with tho'rest of their plates -and,dishes.. (Laughter.) Beauty and utility wero in-no way incompatible, and in tho prosent day wero as inseparable as in the past. Life and art—that was the modern problem. . There was plenty of art, and good art. But somehow or other they seemed to have a tendency to run in separate grooves, and those giooves would deepen unless something was done to level tho separating ground and allow a fusion. Thoy could not mako a sys,tem that would provide designers and orni'smon; they were born, not made, and-whan they did come on tho art horizon they must havo oncouragemont, or they would slip b?tck - into, the mist. Ho suggested a method of centralisation. Ho had persistently preached that art should be for the many, and not H 'for tho few, and ho had declared that costliness was not always an indispensable attri-. , buto of art quality. He had also tried to insist on the fact that mere antiquarian valuo was not an art value. (Applause.) ',

Too Far and Too Fast. 1 Wo most earnestly hope that Lord Mpr- ] ley's reforms will produce all the happy { fruits ho has encouraged us to expect l from them, but they must bo judged by their fruits and by their fruits alone, i While, 'how- j ever, wo allow that in the opinion of many , competent and responsiblo observers of In- { i dian affairs, the time has come for the grant E of liberal reforms to India, wo cannot help J fearing that the Secretary of State has gono , too'tiar fast on the path »of pr'&grcs's. , , -\?lh6 Times." . -J v About Swallows. 4 ' " - *' Soma interesting 1 ,facts about the swallow ■•• have been given recently by M. 'Fischer Sig- ( wart, of th 6 Swiss Society of Natural Sciences i 1 r In' May, 1908, a swallow was captured in the i canton of Lucerne, which boro on its nock i a Jittle tube in which was a-note written in Spanish* Inquiries were made, and it was found that this swallow had eojournod in ISO 7 at Vilabertran, m the province of Barcelona, near the house of a peasant, who had at- j tached tho note on August 25 of that year i This same swallow, nested in the canton' of I Lucerne m 1908. Tho peasant of Vilabertran bolieted that he had attached thVtubVto ,oho of the old birds, but it was in reality ono , of the voung that he had captured This cod- i v firms tho opinion of M Fischer Sigwart that i 1 adults always return to nest in tho same place where they made their first'nest, but , I *na* young do not return to the placo,whore thev first saw the light, but choose other localities to mnke their nest 3. This sivaliow, then, was hatohed and was captured tho tirat time in Spain, and in tho antumn migrated to Afnca., In the spring of 1908 it returned to Europe. Possibly it went to Spain first, [or it did not reach Switzerland until Mav ] but it was in Switzerland that it built its ' f 6st i not »' Spaip, and without,doubt, if it lives, it will return to Switzerland" this present spring . \ ITEMS'OF INTEREST BY MAIL. , 1 " " London, May '14 J-no.Marquoss'of Lansdoivno, iu,proposuig "Prosperity to tho Noivspaper Press Kund" at tho annual dinner, paid a warm tribute to tho British press Ho so id it \wclded enormous power -nith iroderation and good sense . v lt had traditions of tho most patriotic and ■ ftonourablo kind, and, above all things, it had always exhibited an amount of lnde- , pendenco, of which it was justly proud,,and \ which people might well admire.' Our pride in the press was an over-increasing ono, and to him itemed simplj marvellous that tho press should bo able to undertake tho task which tho public'expected ltnn tbese'dnts to perform , Nothing was outsido its scope Somewhat alarming figures are gucn in tho Local Gopeniraent Boaid's returns of pauperism in Enghnd and Wales during tho first quarter of tho present jeai. Jt is stated that tho increase in the number of, porsous reliovcd which occurred during the last quarter of 1008 continued (with tho exception of a slight dcclino m February) until March 13, when there were 853,120 persons on the relief lists. The rato ot T>apporism 1 in relation to" the population stood <■ at 23 8 jpor 1000 atHhe end of March, as compared with 231 at the corresponding lime in 1908. Indoor pauperism was considerably higbei, the huinber of persons in leceipt of relief in workhouses and other institutions being 23-1,885 on March 31,' as compared with 270,280 on the corresponding day in 1908. t Outdoor pauperism, too, was bighor than in tho two previous jears, tho late of this class being 15 7 per 1000 of population at the end of March, aa compared with 15 4 at tho end of March, 1908. A very interesting suggestion, which, if earned into effect, should bring homo to tho public the advantages of a city in which the vehicular traffio nvould bo rubbor-tyrcd motor-cars, has boon put forwaid by Mr H Thomson-Lyon, the chairman of the Highways Coinmittoo of th 6 Westminster City Council Mr. Tfioinson-Ljon proposes that there should be a "horseless Sunday" in London, and suggests that a representative I , public committee should bo formed, and that, "' tho whole of a selected area might bo, by , tho consent of all parties concerned, temporarily closed to all but rubber-tyrod motor vehicles for a poriod of eight hours on ono Sunday in next October. It may bo found ' necessary to, invito subscriptions for the payment of compensation to cab drivers and horse omnibus companies, although Mr Thomson-Lyon hopes that this may be •voided in the public Interest. v Hardly a week now passes by but that tho militant suffragists doviso some new and ingenious mothod of impressing thoir claims upon tho House of .Commons Their latost scheme caused -quito a sensation among the M P.'s, who wore taking tea on the Terrace. It was just about four o'clock in tho afternoon, when a rrvcr launch, having on board a party of half a dozen oi so sutlragsts, appeared close to the Houses of Parliament,

There was a band with them, too, which" played tho; "Marseillaise," "and generally deal<of'noiso. This,'_ of course, 'tlioxlimax; ;.was of sockets .were! discharged,: which ; ; burst: over the Terrace and showered, handbills. on; to .the heads ;of .tho j listoriishedUegislators.. A' police :launoh immediately ■: put, off, tho,' 'Suffragists' ', Dread- ] fought"' was boarded,'.and the; names 'and addresses\bf the; demonstrators.: were. taken. - ':' A. new and interesting,device for. checking' the:speed of ;the taximeter motor cabs was exhibited by Sir.Edward Henry, the Chief .Commissionrjr, : of; Police,; at .ajconforonco.'at' Scotland- 1 Yard : with the heads of the motor cab*firms; ; V; Tho,device takes'the fornv of a mechanical gong, designed-to ring when,the cab ; exceeds ;'thb/Bpeed of miles an'hour. It is understood that, this, device will regulation .very, shortly, as tho'police, throughput London : aro too .much occupied with other duties to'■;■ control the speed of taxi-cabs in the usual' way. When is 'introduced, tho police will, simply; take''the number 'of the cab ■on hear-' ing"theringihg : oltho bell,' The heads of the taxi-cab-,firms .aro.;not in any, way; averse to .the'proposed device.;, ■,'.%: 7,; ■■'...:■ ; .A.' : , .- ■'■. ';V The '/attitude;''- of/-, the. -London; County .Council on theisubject of Mhe employment.'of 'married' women, as school teachers' has been 1 ;'disduss«l'-; ; ati-:the'^Memorial■' Hall;; by.■ ■ .3000 'wbfflen;;mGmbers', ! 'of; tho'.'.'London;'Teachers' 'Association. ;It was decided by the teaching staff suD-committeo of the Education Committee, to 'engage no more married. womon 'teachers.,on : . the unattached, staff, and .this ;wm' issue,-to■ those teachers, oh'-that "staff 'who-are already-married,''.of a document stating ;that-thoy may be dismissed ■.in' December.';;• The; gathering, in; consequence of k the : Jarge; numbers ;which attended, proved , that an; a^joiurnment, _was ? agfeed'upbn:rso;that a larger'building might -beiongaged to accommodate all who wished to'takp'part/in/the protest.;' .^'i;'-' ';X v„. .';,VCoTisiderahfe,exoy*ment.has been, oauseolin East.Anglia by' circumstantial stories which have ; been circulated regarding a mysterious airship which.has.;been,.;seen, manoeuvring at night, time-by, Bo'veral;credible witnesses v. in. districtai-widevapart.;;'.'.-.Many,' pcopleibelieve; that;an ; .iogenious.iayentpr; is - keeping his. secret; hidden in' somb .remote; farm .building' :between ; i'Market Harborough; ; . : :and;.' :■ Peter-; are 'all agreed that .the' vessel' must bo of, 'considerable', .power, 1 and; -that, it is;big^r t 6haped, "at-least .100 .feet .in' with great ease: - At : 'first;it.-was/.'jsuggested .that floeks'.of.;. wild geese flying in extended order had been; mis-'. : taken ; for; an aeroplane-or dirigible balloon, andithat the buzzing' of the. motor'which had ■ beenVheard. was.really ,-'tho;."gaggle", of ; "the; 'birds' as'they, flew, but such remarkable com--firmationof. the eariy'reports,has been since; 'received .'that it'is'impossible, to .doubt, the 1 : fact that there is really' a' mysterious airship.'Villagers arid the. residente'in' tho neighbour;hood■ are-:all-'on' tholook-out forVthe!.'-'fly-by-. inight,'".m;the, hope 'of '.solving the 'mystery.:.

..'A fire wtioh_ broke' out at -the Oxford TJnirl versity: Press in-Aldersgato'Street' has'.doii© 'da'mago'estimated'at £30,000.-, The l ibindipg;'' destroyed,; the' building '. prac-. tically 'gutted,.-'and the sheets,>'of ''several; ■books just aboiit to be published were burned ior.damage*!;.; Among the^important.volumes; that will/ be L delayed; in '.consequence-of iitho; destruction- .of >the 'plates; 'is -Lord ~'Lister's'. valuable ■'collection :of lectures; and -writings, called. "Collected Papers.".;;, Lord Li&foris in bra; svrty-secoricl .year,':and ] tho publication.of, bjs.'wbrfe'.waa eagerly-awaited by'the;medical.' profession;'-The .loss, of ;.tiine mised.tS;Bonie extent by special.effdrt'.at tie- . printing' works;'' in', .whole; of;. the>Oook^iaOTg%:be£r^t;r;''':;V;/r i^Vv^-r^jj. .;;; Degree "day- at liiyerrjool University .was ■rnafkedy ; amdng- other; things',. 1 by;a' suffragist '. interruption; and the. greeting 'of ;the yarioua .'distinguished;'graduates, in,, .song'i'}by ( . .'tho students.'--'iifu'st';.asVthe .;cererriqny. of ;confer 7 Mr'.;Birrell was''taking, place, ;a.woman's• : voice.'was■,•'llpardi l ; ' , apr .ji'arijntly coming;.;from.under,;the feet, of the how.he:dared' >|faw-'H':iivei'po<fc^^ .p'6dl;.'wbinift ! ';Was,■■jiri?prison;'/- and jl. crying,'.'.'Shame' oni'youumdyour, colleagues?in tho Cabinet •l|S\^^ervH'6l^t' , ;th6^-laay''.iTras v disT. ■ 'f6jTO'; r ;and'-.w^^ received .degrees iwere.therßightHotti'.Av'J. ■Bab!our; M.P.,' ; tho -Birrell,\to. ; P/,\.Sir': John :Brurincr, :M;P;, ; the Right' Hdri.:tho Earl of•',Crowe,'.Chevalier '3aafMm/;EaH'R6borts; ! 'Lord'Charles vßerpß-' fofd/:^.Mr. ir ' : Trah^is, l ;Parwin',.'ahd ; the Hon., .of.; turbine .'■ ■■ .;;";, ~-,-OnO L :of£fiioi anniversaries which' have ■■ recently is the. one hun-'dredfandffortyTfdurthvbirthday-ff Nelson's. famousV flagship jirtKb;: Victory,.'launched ■■■at ;phatham<'bri ; >;May, J;'-"l76s;;;., At'.that date ■ she; was ■■'■ the--.veritable'Dreadnought i of .the age,'hor burthen;being,2l64. tensy,\)While at the ■.'preseht'Jday".'she;.only carries twenty-four--light- guns/tfor;, saluting, purposes, 1 ; her :.arniament; : '';cbn£.is,ted ; ',oft nearly.' : a /hundred more when ,sfie; went' into' action '.at TrafaljgaT;':, Althbugliitlio ■'Victory lis! popularly -a&r sociated- ; with -tha't immortal: triumph alone, •yot,'durmg,'-thb.'iojty;years;,ibfsher,life prior to''' it.' she - had been', establishing a • glorious ■ record.--'She carried .the (flags; of : Koppel arid d'Orvilliers at Brest, of ;Howe at .the Toliflf'-of 'Gibraltar,!'.of,Hood ;at Toulon, of ■ Hotham oiFHyeres, 1 and of : St.- Vincent',; ,in : tho J '-famous',fi'6ht\off Cape;. St.; Vincent;., in 179J: : ' Probably.-.less', thanyone-third,of .■■.-.tne original woodwork'.now"remains ih the .hull, arid'it has \bc'ori.: calculated that if-all'the. trophies.. fa'sßiohed v out: of-/"genuine, timber ' from-the ''Victory.'l-, could be .-.collected:; they. .wbUjd',;suffirottojbuild;;>t ;• least'■ fourrsuch .khips -as^shc.'. ~^' -

ftlioShad .chanced .to: call 'days'ago'at'No.'.'lO Downing Street, theoffidial'residerice\of' the Prime Minister of Erig-, land, "without I'kuowing what', was going;,on, would "Bye-imagined .that .he had lighted on aidressmafes-. showroom by Mistake; ; Mrs. Asduith 'hid ? :senfi-out 'invitations- inscribed. ('Tea aridl'aris-nlodes/'.iolior beforo; : the^' J lMiesj''among,whpm wore Lady; Lady Xidsford,' Lady DicksbiM?oynder,.' andfeLady.Craven,. M. _ Paul; Poifet'a beautiful'mannequins from Para, for 'nearly! two hours,;.postured:' and-paraded. in. frocks -i arid costumes ", ■ the j very 'cheapest.. of which Vwas "priced" at .thirty"guineas.'.' ; :: v '...'i <

:-Interest has"6ncojirioreb«en revived ,'in,the : ;prpjcct : for;the : establishment; of- a .ferry ser-;l vioo'^tWecn'Dovcr'and Calais,;by' a deputa-;! 'tioii to the President of tho Board of Trade, >; Sir j Charles Uiverr .Wilson;* Sir J6hmWolfo'Barry,rAdmiral,Sir' Cyprian; Bridge,V,and^ ; Sir. .William White ; -(cx-Directof'' of /Naval! Conetruction). .Lord'• WeardaleJexplaincdvthat-the', slow progress of'.tho .project was largely duel to tho roluctanca'r.of.';the >South-Eastern, Railway Company td'admit the failure of tho.Channel turiiiol .schemoi':arid':td : ;'adopt tho. only prac-. tical' alternative':.; of ■ a Channel train ferry, Sir stated that ferry steamers of;isiiitablo 'cipaoity ; flould bo designed for tho. Channel iwitaout.any whatever. Tho carriage of trains, upon '.the '.deck'.,of. tho steamers ■% would .actually;, increase ? their stability,-. and ".would vin' no; ;way, interfere with. tho'-facility 'of : them.: -Mr. Churchill oppressed : sympathy; with, the pro-, joct,..and-said'-that ho,would,take" measures to bring about a experts representing, thoso, ;chiefly: r : cbncerned: v;.'...':'.:';•; ■' ..

jy.What -is ,a' : :-reai need should bo supplied if i arecent meetlrig.of shipmasters, officers; and other .gentlemen; interested,in; tlio.'wolf are of: tlie. merchant Bc'rviee at the Borough Hall,! Greenwich, vcarrics.out-its-inteutiou of form-' ing a .maritime offioers' club.' Tho idea is to create a club where sea wanderers) when in London,, way .drop in . and,:chat • oyer,; their business 'ami experiences. .'. 'At' the 'present no suouclub ovists, 'although 'it';'is badiy needcd.'-an'dtbo- difficulty of tho formation of oko lies,chiefly in the fact;that merchant officers aire very badly paid, and tho. guineas' necessary-;for ; its.;foundation ,arc. libt .to- be found very easily. It is to bo hoped.that it wiU;be found practicable to establish tho. club; and that when .founded it may bo'ia' success.—('Standard of 1 Empire" :

,-Therb.is.a young.lady[s that's-me, IWv '..'.'Whom a trip. Would suit to a T, ■■■ '■; Laxo-Tonic I'd take,: • .;•;■.-.-• ;;:,•;;••:;! • Shure'your-fortune I'd make, !■;.'.'.; While orosaihj front barbae. Fiji. loxnJunic MUvIDJd. and U. 8tL ■■■_ ; ; . g