The Archive · 1929

Boy Scouts in Favour

The descriptions in the French Fress of the great Jamboree word which has pulled a great many readers unacquainted with the Far East) have been an excellent advertisement for the Boy Scout movement, the merits of which are only just beginning to Fe recognized by French parents, Te would. be dificult for any them to find excuse for withhold ing consent, as the leaders have [wisely decided to provide for differences in religious belief. Accordingly, we have three distinct Nodies of boy scouts in France, Jone under the influence of Protest-puts, another under that of Catho-Tics, and a third based on the ordin. ary school system, which recognizes religion at all, or, in other Words, puts them all on the same footing. Marshal Lyautey, who went to Birkenhead for the prin-

181,000 for the preparation and testing of antitoxic sera, vaccines, and drugs.

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