President Poincaré, in an article in the "Matin? looks for-} ward with considerable foreboding to the time when the Allies will no longer be able to see what military preparations Germany may be making. The Treaty of Versailles says that when the Allied control commissions in Germany report that the naval, military and! air conditions have been complied with, these commissions will be dissolved. and the duty of seeing that Germany does not re-arm in secret will devolve on the League of Nations. though there is nothing to show how the League, a purely moral force, is to overcome the resistance which Germany is sure to make, if-experience of her past attitude counts for anything.
As soon as our backs are turned' says M. Poincaré. "the Binwohnerwehr and the Sicherheitspolizei, whose connexion with the Reichswehr has been shown by the Allied commissions, will be formed again, the hidden weapons will be brought out and the treaty openly violated. As Germany has given so many proofs of bad faith during the past six months, and as we nevertheless show so much indulgence towards her, could we not. at least tell her that the control commissions will remain in operation until we are certain that she has h and definitely sincerely disarmed?
Tue well -known Far Eastern medical expert, Sir James Cantho, K.c.B., who alleges that old age is no more than a pose, is to preside over the inauguration of a class on physical training for business and professional men who are over 50 years of age. Sir James practices what he preaches. 'A man usually grows old," he says, ''because he thinks it is dignified. He sits back and lets the. years do what they like with him. I_ shall be 70 in a fortnight, but I rise every morning at 4.30, and soon after that dance for a quarter of an hour. I prefer step dances—Highland Flings and Strathspeys. There is not enough exercise in the modern dances for~ine." It may be all right for three score years and ten to rise at 4.30 a.m. and dance reels, but it ought tobe remembered that it is only about that hour that present day youth usually gets to bed.
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