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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 59, 10 November 1913, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS

! l ßy Electric Telegraph—Copyright] i fiMES— SYDNEY to UN SPECIAL CABLES. London, November 9. At the prize distribution on tho [subject of “The British Empire,” at the Shakespeare Society, Sir Herbert free, traversing the statement that Shakespearian plays did not pay, declared that two or three times he had been saved from financial ruin by Shakespeare. Father Vaughan, in opening a haz!aar, opposed the apathy of London I Catholics, “if Catholics did their duty,’.’ he said, “England would become catholicised, instead of pantheistic. Everything outside Catholicity is being given up.” Pekin. November 9. Yuan Shi Kai, in a mandate, states I that in intercourse with other Haitians, the Chinese must beware of any [prejudice towards foreigners. They ! must behave according to the civilised [ standard. | The Times, in a leader, declared that j .republicanism in China was never a | reality, and to-day was only the [shadow of a dream. Berlin, November 8. Reports are current that King Otto of Bavaria is imitating Nebuchadnezzar and eating grass from the lawn. Alienists state that there is nothing [in which the King has a continuing interest. Tiie time of day is as indifferent to him as the seasohs. Thej King troubles himself as little about money as he does about time. Taking nourishment is becoming increasingly irregular., He frequently dings his plate and knife on the floor or on the heads of his entourage. He no longer sits at table, but clutches his food from the plate and eats it out of his hands. London. November 8. The* “Life of Florence Nightingale,” written by Sir Edward Cooke, shows I that Miss Nightingale was by no means a “plaster saint.” She was a woman of strong passions, not quick to forgive, and somewhat prone to bo | censorious. She was not apt to forget, and was not only a gentle angel of compassion. She was more a logician than a setimcntalist, and knew that good work required hand and head as well as a soft heart. The biography reveals a life of' long romance, and of battle with ease and danger, “commencing when she became conscious, at the age of 32 of a call from God by her Saviour.” Mr Winston Churchill has concluded a record trip as First Lord of tho Admiralty. He visited the principal naval bases and air stations, voyaged in aeroplanes, and descended in submarines. West End hatters report a revival of the silk hat and the velvet hat. uoad soft, slouchy head-gear for summer is disappearing. The Senghenydd disaster fund has reached £‘oo.OOO. The Duke of Concaught’s marriage presents were viewed by ,30,000 people, the proceeds adding about £3OOO to the fund. There is much comment at the nonissue of the report of the naval manoeuvres. Tt is stated that this is because Admiral Jellicoe’s so-called German fleet captured four bases on the East Coast and landed 60,000 men without disaster.

The Pall Mall Gazette states that tne Admiralty stopped the manoeuvres fearing the result of the impetus of Lord Roberts’ campaign for universal service.