Thy Discharged—Prisoner? Ald Suciety formed in Shang-hal last year to dear with probioni of the frst importance to the Settlement will, at its annual meeting, give the public an recount of its stewardship. Tt may be ex: ceted thet good ground will given for continuing, indo. hancing, support of an' institution which has the practical purpose before it of reducing the criminal "pop. ulation and thy humanitarian "aim of assisting the bactilider to rehabilitate himself, Recent police reports and, in' particular' the graphs published a tow weeks ago by this journal, conclusively show. ed that the old offender is by far the most important: factor in the crime reurna, This is, in part, clue to the -absence of pons en: abling the authorities to deport persons likely to become merged in the criminal population, Activities a society which endeavours to diminish this source of recruitment to the jails deserve therefore to be warmly: commended.
Gesture or Ultimatum The special cabby to the "Note, China Daily News" on the subject of the Indian Gonference—tte table it will be noted is elliptical not round—hints that the frat business mecting—as distinct. from the formal opening to-mocrow—iss likely to begin in lively fashion by the presentation by Brisk Indians of a demand for the immediate grunt of Dominion Status, The message ex-Pressed doubt whether this demand will be merely & gesture or an ule timatum, If it be the latter then it simply means that a certain section of the Indian representatives have travelled 6000 nites merely to reaffirm the attitude takes up Mr. Gandhi Last "December, The futility of such " proceeding need hardly be discussed; it is sufficient to point out that, even if Mr, Mac: Donald were ready to comply, 20 could not give, effect to his compliance for mechanical reasons, apart altogether from the possibly valid objections to it on political rounds. If the fu tention is mere.
to make a gesture, no great harm will be done; indeed those, who know the embarrassments like: ly to be encountered by the delegates on their return. to India, will appreciate its underlying motives.
Mr. George Lansbury, Optimist While Mr, Ransay MacDonald and Mr. Snowden have emphatically dissipated tha wild notions of 4 Cabinet split on the unemployment Problem thit ever engaging bundle of youthful spirits, Mr. George Lansbury dares to go even further, Convinced perhaps that success in making Hyde Park safe for nixed bathitig has endeared the Government to the electorate a whole, he guily postpones the General Election until 1933, He has sufficient modesty to adi that this assurance is basal in some respects on the conviction that the fissures ini. the opposition parties preclude ejection of the Govern ment. "If his prognostication: are correct then the rent alarums ar. excursions to which Me. Baldwin and' Mr. Lhyd George have been exposed seen to have been singularly unnecessary. Should, however, the Cabinet be seriously inclined 12 accopt Mfr. Lloyd George's £250 nition National Development Loan scheme, even Mr. Tansbury must be ro= jected, as a.telinble. prophets,
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