London, May 11, The picture entitled "The Breakdown" by Mr. John de Souter, which was hung in the Royal Academy, and has been much discussed has been removed at the request of the Colonial Office. It shows a negro jazz musician sitting jon a broken statue of the goddess Minerva and playing a saxophone. In front of him a nude girl, whose modern tendencies are exemplified by her shingled hair, dances to the The Colonial Office took this a tion because it considered that inasmuch as we have a large Empire Jccntaining a vast coloured population the exhibition of the picture objectionable results.
This picture was fully des-subed by our correspondent in our issue of Friday, June 4.
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