THE WORLD'S PRESS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 145, 25 July 1914, Page 8

THE WORLD'S PRESS.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. They (faith healers) .are psychologists, forsooth. And they have their triumphs. Their methods practically identical with those practised in the Salpetriere, and therefore it is-.always possible for them to convince hysterical subjects and other sick-souled degcmjrates of a marvellous betterment in thijir condition. But can they stop, by thought, a decayed tooth; can tliey-restore a dropped iutestine to its proper place, or mend a broken leg? Flesh and- bones are matter, and matter, according to their creed, is merely a mental phenomenon. Christian Science, therefore, is obviously, the proper treatment for decayed flesh and broken bones. But we have never heard yet of an authentic case of it healing either. —"Age.". STILL THE ULSTER % T ROUBLE.

If Irish Nationalists will only be content with a solution which will plunge us all into - civil strife, then they must be told that that solution is impossible, and that at the worst they must remain discontented. only other course is to give them what they want "at the cost of a war which can hardly be confined to Ireland —a crime for which the Government that dared to commit it would be made to pay to the uttermost by an indignant people. —"Evening News" (London). FRANCE AND RUSSIA. The French financial magnates have rallied to the support of Russia, partly because the Russian loans which drain France give them such- excellent pickings, and partly because the Jingo-military cry is useful in defeating a just income tax law. It will be-seen that many grave matters are in issue.: the constitutional question involved in * the veto assumed by M. Poincare; a rational solution of the military problem; the liberation of France from Subjection to Russia; reconciliation . qj> the perpetuation of the feud with Germany; the struggle with the financier. Not for many years has France had such need for sincerity aud in her politicians. —"Daily News." LLOYD GEORGE'S SOCIAL REFORM. The social reform of which Mr Lloyd George is the voluble and violent champion is destructive. Doles and bribes in exchange for votes make its foundation. Character may be sapped, thrift destroyed, independence ruined so long as "ninepeuce for fourpence" may be shouted as a promise from the hustings. With all his appeals to pergonal and class animosities, with all his perorations, pf a lachrymose and Biblical character, .Mr Lloyd George is incapable of ordered thought. He cannot lay foundations. 'He'can only rush hastily to emotional and half-baked conclusions.— '' Express.'! ■ : THE ST. LAWRENCE DISASTER.

The British people have never been forgetful of their sacred duty to the widows and orphans of men who die in their service at sea. They cannot but feel a thrill of admiration for the conduct of all in the ship as revealed by the testimony of Captain Kendall, that the "crew fought to the end; everybody behaved splendidly.." They may be trusted to come generously to the aid of the suffering and bereaved in this hour of national • mourning.—'' Daily Mail. '.*■