I sce that for the first time a woman has been appointed to an executive position in the—Censor's department of the Press Bureau. She knows three languages well, "some smatters," as she puts it, and has had experience in organizing The job with which she is chiefly concerned is to look through the reports of foreign Journalists. For all this she jets the magnificent pay of £520'a year. If all departmental Jobs were "paid on this. scale we Should not hear so much about offi-even more interesting 34 women under her, all proficient ingulsts. A full knowledge French and German is the minimum qualification, One woman is mistress of nine languages—French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Ri sian, Polish and Hungarian. Bet them the 34 women can tackle every European Language, except one oF two of the Baltic tongues.
Over an@ above these there are the Oriental languages to. be provided for. In India alone there are 74 major languages, besides an unlimitnumber spoken by small tribes. Altogether warfare nowadays Is a complicated business. But there is no
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