April 10.
The grand joke of the week is that. the foundation stone of the monster! new palace of the League of Nations has disappeared. How this} has occurred no one can conceive, but the fact is vouched for by several perfectly trustworthy correspondents. Whether is has been purloined for the sake of the gold coins shut up fin it when it wes laid, or has sunk Into the mud from shame at things the League has not succeeded in doing, lor has been appropriated by some one who wanted to carve a statue of Mr. Arthur Henderson, it has gone.
"This colossal palace of the League! fs not popular in England. It is a of unnatural complaint that despite Great Britain's loyal support of the Eesgue and her enormous, monetary contributions "to its upkeep. abe Is the one country which got no con-act worth having or the constructions Even the League st Nations Un-fon seem reluctant to tak about the palace, Tt was started five years ago, fas been delayed by endless petty auabbles, and' has now reached the Point at which it can give rise mare squabbling. among the permanent odtcals, elbowing each other for the best rooms. It ix supposed to going' to be completed next year that should ye: perhaps "a twelvemonth, before Germany's new army fs"ready for use. 'The fact that she fan find an additional £17 000000 for ther fighting men this year, bat' no-curious rapidity. with, which At the National Union of Teachers Conference this Easter, it was pointed out that there are 200,000. boys: and girls of from 14 to 18 in the! country who can find no employ ment. And even with the recent de-our unemployed than a. year ago, accomplishment especially been gained by no artificial means, but leaving a horrid balance.
And a feeling is spreading that! this must not be, that new employment must somehow be found for the dead villages of the north and the awful drift of boys from. school to the street corner must be sounds sufficiently But, pi doxleally, it is often just from these qualities of vagueness and sentiment tality that the Englishman produces his best results.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.