Steady, if somewhat. slow pro-sess is being made with the prep-Stations for, the Colonial Exhib tion to be held in the Dols de Vincennes. in 1981. The one. por-manent building, which is to serve Colonial institute after the exhibition fs over, 1s well advanced, fand other buildings are beginning {o tive from the foundation stage. The most advanced isthe Indo-
China pavilion, which is to. be a reproduction of the famous temple at Angkor Vat. As was only fire ting, the head of the exhibition oranization is Marahal Lyautey, who has done more than any living man to develop France's wonderful coloial empire, especially in Morocco. No doubt, the decision to hold. the exhibition was Jargely. dictated by Government policy and a desire to make the French people realise that they havea colonial empire second only to that of Great Bi tain, The only question is whether the succeed in making self attractive to the public, and whether the ofciats in charge will develop enough of the. showman mit or find someone of the right type to manage the lighter side of the enterprise. The Decorative Arts Exhibition in. 1925 was successful because it was given a splendid site in the centre of the ennes is on the eastern extremity fof Paris and must therefore be.
4 disadvantage as compared with the exhibition of four years ago, inasmuch a3 there area certain proportion of people who. will pay their money fora "show" only they can reach it with very litle trouble. An issue of premium bonds carrying prizes and admission tickets is being made, and other efforts will be put forward in duc course to popularize the exhibition and attract visitors, A Mild Revolt bloodless revolution has been carried' out by the French Communists: not, I hasten to say, in the country but among themselves. The trouble began over the failure of the great demonstration planned for August 1. Moscow was not at all pleased, and threats to cut down subsidies were actually put into execution. The leaders had to put the blame on somebody, and they decided to make an example of the stof of I"Humanité," the daily Paper which is the. principal organ of the party: They accordingly*issued a manifesto declaring that the paper had consistently taken a wrong line in regard to the "Impenalist offensive against the Soviet Union in China" and that.
"responsible editors of I"Humanité, had derided instructions received from militant leaders of the party." The executive committee therefore "sacked" six members of the editorial staff and appointed a kernel, under the management of Comrade Bonte, to direct the con-duet of the journal, This strong action was duly carried out. The Communist "Young Guard" kept watch over the offices of I"Humanité" throughout the night and the following day, in ease the six excommunicated writers attempted a counter-offensive or refused to be turned out. signs of battle were noticed in the Rue Montmartie, it is supposed that all went well, The names of the rejected six are not disclosed. They will no doubt find it necessary to assume a still brighter shade of red, which would be the Communist or jealousy, or some other form of the sox instinct, you are aequtied.
teca for reflestiyn to Bnglishvo The affair in avestion should give the donot observe complete, realy pect forthe marriage contracts They would do well not to accept fu Tnvitation from thelt husband fo spend weekend in gay: Parts and flighty gentlemen will take Sarning when their wives tale about. 8 Bille visit to Montmartre, Thanks to the systematic clemency lof French Suvies, M. Vautel ada, France has become the happy han. ing-rround of people who hil, The number of paliticalerimes." come mitted by Ttalians, Chinese, Armene and natives! of the " Balkan States under the skies of France has grown beyond all reasonable Proportions, "On the. other hand, these "avengers" Keep remarkably quiet in England, and M Vautel inclined to think that the strong empen rope with which the execu loner mates up such elegant raz ats may have something to do wit way of whitewashing themselves, Their leaders seem to have a touching belief in the power of ideas ¢onveyed through a newspaper. They imply that the demonstration on August 1 failed because it was not, properly boomed by the party organ,
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