Experiment in Massachusetts Industrial Town, Amherst College has undertaken our political officers had to' leave|the experiment of carrying educa-their districts. tion to the labouring ¢lasses, not jon the assumption that labour as a Fslvure OF THE class is illiterate, but in the belief It is perhaps difficult for people that some phases of higher educa-at home to realize that the Arab, tion would enable the labour elementality is such that they not ment to better understand its own infrequently engage hostilities problems. It has, therefore,' ar-against people whom they admire ranged to send professors of econo-and even trust, against whom mies to the nearby industrial town their grievance is visionary, and of Holyoke, Mass., to start classes whom they attack solely in in that subject, not for the purpose obedience to the promptings of of instilling certain doctitines, but reactionary shaikhs or the fanatica. ]\to establish knowledge of the funda-exhortations of preachers. It is|mental t principles. Far from re-eminently satisfactory to observe senting an innovation of this char-that the ery for a Holy War has acter, it is reported that the response failed to arouse the great majority has been so great in attendance of the people of Mesopotamia, to upon these classes that additional the great dis¢redit of the "'Jehad™ fac: ities will have to be provided. throughout the East.
Baghdad is This looks like an eminently now peaceful, and in Basra the practical effort on the part of the position has never been otherwise. college to help the community. If A resolution was passed recently labour can realize the econoniic by the Basra Council of Notables—pledging support to the Adminis-—by no means a "packed" assembly, effects of some of its proposals the chances are these will be modified ation and ¢ondemning the disin advance. Violation of the printurbances up country. ciples of economics means a viola~ The military situation is greatly tion of natural laws, and such improving.
"The construction going on [their wake. There always must be of Violation violations always bring disaster in railway blockhouses apace, and is proving an eé! efficient some compensatory sacrifice to protection of our communications restore the balance of operation in in disturbed areas. natural laws. Nature is inexorable in demanding a debit for a credit, and will not tolerate artificial inter-
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