Ttis the supreme merit of House of Commons that It can always see merit ina man even if it disagrees strongly with his policy. Three days ago I called by introduction on Mr. George Lansbury, and two minutes were enough io show why Dut feel a sincere affection, for him:
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'Mr. Lansbury is still in the beautiful Manor House. "Hospital on' the heights of Hampstead, where he has been since he broke iis thigh three of four months ago, but not in bed. He was up and dressed, has been out for drives and is in very good spirits, His leg has mended well, "they eay will really be stronger than it was before, only, of course, I'm weak from lying so long in bed."
larly photographs in the press have made Mr. Lansbury's features familiar slightly hooked nose, strong hin and' large blue eyes. What the illustrations cannot convey is. the kindliness and charm that radiate from him, asked' him what his theory of Socialism was and he dilated with an enthusiasm that seemed obliterate all inconsistencies, or, what more fatal, disregard for fundamental stumbling blocks in, human nature, sPappled wth more aiteut problems) pointed by. Geneva: wich dat
{deal with these holdings cou ase might" possibly seek Toor fambling propensities in other direc That is bimetallism pure and simple. Almost one hears the voice of William Jennings Bryan upraised against the Kiukiang Road operators, "You shall not crucify the West upon 8 cross of gold."
An interesting note in the corres pondence was from Lord Desborough Quoting history to show that in 1644 Sir Robert Peel, speaking on the Bonk Act, recommended that the bank should put 25 per cent. of its gold reserves in silver and issue notes against it.
'Now that by common report President Roosevelt is about to do this vvery thing, the gold standard fanaes' ery ffenziedly that there ts not enough silver in all the world for such an attempt.
Yet. was it not their argument pre~ viously that silver is such a drug in the market, such illimitable masses of actual and potential, that no legis lation could have any possible effect fon its value? They cannot have both ways.
Prince George and British Legion The refusal of Prince George to attend the annual conference and parade of the British. Legion at Weston-super-Mare on Sunday has naturally been a welcome source of headlines during the normal news-Tessness of Whitsun holidays.
Nobody, of course, blames the Prince, much the reverse. For some time past there has been a controversy in some papers over the management of the Legion's affairs and the conduct of the Executive Council. The summary dismissal of the editor of the British Legion Magazine did not matters.
Tt would be an impertinence for an outsider to describe the dispute in detail, even it it were worth while. T believe the chief bone of contention was the alleged dictatorial policy of the executive, At any rate Prince George felt—jand everyone says quite rightly—that could not attend the gathering until these dissentious had been seitied. So. his secretary wrote to Maj~Gen. Sir Frederick Maurice, the President of the Legion, who read the letter out on Sunday' to the conference amid a dismayed silence.
'There followed a resolution of unalloyed loyalty to the Prince and the Royal Family generally, and great efforts to get in touch with' His Royal
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