The press this morning commented with bitterness on the British and French declarations.
The "Essener Nazional Zeitung wondered why an English guarantee should be extended to states such as Greece and Rumania "who are in excellent relations with the powers of the Ax Banner headlines in the "Voelkisoher Beobachter" announced that "Greece and Rumania Become Proteges of Great Britain Against Their win"
Most papers expressed considerable indignation at the relations between England and Soviet Russia, "Because England detests the totalitarian states," the "Berliner Boersen Zeitung" says "the Poles, the Greeks, and the Rumanians are compelled to col-elaborate with the Bolshevists. "Thus, owing to a desire to encircle the Balkan areas, people are being placed in the neighbourhood of the Communist International's policy."—Havas.
Carroll's delightful classic, "Through the Looking Glass" was cleverly portrayed in dance and mime. Care and discernment were shown in the selection of scenes which lend themselves readily to interpretation through choreographic art, but, owing to the difficulties of adaptation, the producers found it necessary to take a certain license with the text. This was so slight that it in no way detracted from the continuity of the story nor the excellence of its rendition as a whole. Costumes and design of this production are in such strict accord with the charmingly quaint illustrations by John Tenniel in the original edition that the characters seem to step on to the stage straight from the pages of the book.
Space does not allow of detailed comment on the individual performance of this excellent cast, but special mention must be made of nine-year old Joy Blackwood, an exceptionally talented and graceful young dancer who carried and sustained the dif-cult róle of Alice with all the natural charm of childhood and a skill and
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.