Congratulations are extended to the headmaster and staff of the Cathedral School for Boys on the excellent showing of the school on Saturday afternoon at their garden party Good weather added considerably to the enjoyment created by the efficiency with which all the arrangements were carried out and the performances of the boys themselves. In the items given by the Boy Scouts Sea Scouts, ud the two classes taking part in the physical training display all acquitted themselves remarkably well while there can be nothing but praise for the manner in which an excerpt from Shakespeares "A Midsummer Nights Dream" was presented. Referring to the physical training display for a moment, the boys gave a show which bore eloquent testimony to the thoroughness with which they had been trained, and this is all the rore gratifying because they could only be taught when weather, permitted, as the school in its present quarters is without that adjunct so necessary nowadays to all schools, namely a gymnasium. The fire drill was not only effectively done but provided much comedy, especially from the {young gentleman in th auburn wig and night-radi whose shrill insistence on being saved one of the features of the number. In the account of the proceedings published yesterday reference was omitted to the sailing boat which has been built by the scholars. A few items in connection with the construction of the craft were not made by the boys themselves, not because they could not do so, but because of the possible inconvenience to others. The boat is a well turned out piece of work, and clearly proves that the boys know how to handle their tools. The general impression given by the afternoon's display is that, while the boys are being given their customary schooling they, are also encouraged in other activities just as important for the all round well-being of the growing lad.
It may be po sible to arrange some sort of settlement of the present dispute which may avert i mediate war, but taking the long clusion of the Sudeten Germans German Reich must be looked upon only as a matter of time. The granting of autonomy might make it a matter of only a few weeks. Refusal might lead to war either immediately or whenever Herr Hitler considers himself ready for it. It is open to considerable doubt whether Germany n ai the moment t9 embark of hostilities, The idea that re to be obtained in the future arp period of fighting does not receive much corroboration from what is happening in Spain and China, and the statesmen have to face the fact ihat once broken out there is no means of telling when it will come to an end. For that reason it may be expected that even at this late hour a compromise tween the policies of Herr Henlein and President Benes may be effected, but it will not be achieved by the abject surrender which Herr Henlein apparently demands.
That President Benes should go as far ar he reasonably can in an endeavour to reach a settlement has been the adv him by both Great Britain and France. It is good advice the value of which should be realized by Herr Henlein, and Herr Hitler, who is undoubtedly behind him and the real strength of his position. There are indications that the Czechs are preparing to defend themselves in the event of German military assistance being given to the Sudeten Germans, while
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