WORLD-WIDE NOTES.

Thames Star, Issue 14663, 17 April 1915, Page 3

WORLD-WIDE NOTES.

The English marched into Tibet, hitherto the most impenetrable and mysterious corner of the Chinese Empire. Special correspondents walked In its temples, "took photographs, sent copious messages, wrote voluminous books—and the real mystery of Tibet remains. And it remains because it is not a mere geographical mystery, to be laid bare in NewYork, in Tibet, in Pekin, in San Francisco, or on the plains of Mongolia ; it is contained in the heart of every lMng Chinaman, wherever he may be. The great wall, enclosing five hundred millions of our fel-low-men, remains intact; and generals, missionaries, journalists, diplomatists, and discoverers throw themselves against it in vain.—"Saturday Review." Eugene Arceau, belonging to the Fourth Battery of the Fourth Regiment of Foot Artillery, a native of the lie de Re, has the distinction of being the biggest soldier among the conscripts of France. He weighs about 2421b., and is nearly 6ft. 9in. in height. The authorities are less puzzled about his uniform than they are about his bed. for the beds are said to be made of regulation lengths. A suicide club has been discovered by the police in Kursk. The club had for its motto, "Death is the cure for all ills," but, as set forth in a little book of rules, candidates for membership had first of all to show that they had a substantial cause for wishing to die. A. would-be candidate who presented himself with the weight of ten or more years of unhappy married life was received with open arms. Loss of fortune, j incurable disease, an<l a record of ill•liick all round w.-re asso excellent nual'ifications for membership.