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for ou {Lo "agin Every Government" "Partly this was because they were opbosed to law and order everywhere; partly because our police had to keep - an eye on aliens of kind, in, order that we might not be held responsible trages committed abroad, but planned and. prepared in Britain, A "of forefgn Royalties were also " anxious 'ocoasions; as they presented N: these plotters with new opportunities. + 'saw a "wanted" march} es he went for him on the spot, whe- at One d thirty- five years ago by a foreign anarchist named Bourdin was" the blowing up of Greenwich Observatory. Why he chose the Observatory is a puzzles, but it proved his own undoing. 'In order "to reach it he had to climh a path which was broken every yard or so by high steps, formed of balks of timber, Bourdin, probably 'dreaming of the [Duensation: he was' about to cause, * 'stumbled against one ofthese steps and fell, thus exploding the bomb he was carrying, 'So he was "holst with his own petard." 1 Melville ot Scotland Yard THe 'haunts of these foreign anarchists were mostly in the neighbourhood of Soho and Totten- bam' Conet Road. On Bourdin's body was found a membership card of the crime pl & aa Club, 8 notorious anarch- 4st club situated oft the Tottenham Souss Road. This led to a police raid the club, led by. the late Superin- er Me ville, head of the Special At Scotland Yard. Melyllle, whom I knew 'very well, was ---- of.anarchists, many of whom had threatened to take his life, However, threatened people proverbi- ally live long, and Melville was no exception to the rule. He was a big, o -- man, with massive chest and Janke 4 fg 'grip of iron and the hug of Lily +" Ho was" absolutely fearless, zipher, he was armed or not. one or two occasions he was at- tacked in the street. His enemies "even ventured into his own private sanctum at Scotland Yard in a dar "ing 'effort to "get him." A Mysterious Visit man called, asked for Melville, 4 told a plausible story' which d him admission to tho superin: penten ent's room. He was very mysterious in his man- ner; however, | and Melville's keen on, his visitor over, caught _ the gleam of a revolver barrel pro. "trudling from a 'handkerchief in ay In] 2 t the detective had his grip ou' the visitor 'and the revolver Ruickly changed i "| Foreign Affairs Department [tered by several revolver shots. The Final Reckoning People hirried to the spot. They found Sagounie lying dead on ' the pavement outside the house in which he-lodged. The mysterious watcher 'had disappeared. That was the first murder in con- nection with the Armenian Club meet: ings. A little later came a double One afternoon several members of the club were strolling along the side of Peckham Rye. As they passed some tumble-down old cottages a stranger suddenly appeared, shot two of their number dead and made off. But he was closely followed, and, find ing that capture was inevitable, turned his revolver on himself. Was this man the assassin of Sag ounie? He was clean-shaven, but he might, for. purposes of disguise, have shaved off his moustache, To test this, the police resorted to a gruesome experiment. They fixed an artificial moustache on the mouth of the corpse and then photographed it. The moustache altered the face entirely, ' They then showed the photograph to witnesses who had seen the silent watcher of Nunhead -Grove, and they identified it as that of Sagounie's mur- derer, Eventually the police were satisfied that all three murders had been committed by the same man. Weather Man Is Policeman Too Jan Mayes 'Becomes Integral Part of State to Protect Meteorological Station ; Oslo, Norway.--The {island of Jan Mayen has been officially incorporated in the Norwegian stats, At the sdme time the director of metorological sta- tion there was given tull police au- thority over the place. The annexation of this land, the an: nounces, 18 the natural consequence of the foundation of a weather forecast. "ing station in Jan Mayen by the Nor- weglan 'Meteorological Institute in connection with the occupation of the island in 1022 and 1926. In the summer of 1981 a wireless station was built 'and on September 1st the same year the first wireless connection between Norway and Jan Mayen was obtained. On July 1, 1928, the Geophysical In- stitute at Tromso (northetn Norway) took; charge of the wireless station in Jan Mayen and practically at the same and completed the follow which took plate FAMOUS CANADIAN QUARTETTE TO TOUR EUROPE The Hart House String Quartette will this summer act as ambassadors of Canada's culture in Europe, to which they are sailing shortly on a musical tour. The Quartette, acclaimed as one of the world's best, recently closed their Canadian season with a unique concert under the auspices of His Fxcel- lency @ Governor-General and Viscountess Willingdon, on behalf of the Toronto Social Hygiene Council, The members of the Quarteite are as fol- lows, left to right: Gaza de Kress, first violin; Harry Adaskin, second violin; Milton Blackstone, viola; and Boris Hambourg, 'cello, Those "Managers" Equally unlikeable. is the woman who perisits in "managing" every body who comes within her radius, re- gardles of whether they are friends or the merest acquaintances, She is especially irritating in small things. If you accept an invitation to lunch with her at her club or some restaurant, and happen to express a wish to sample some particular dish upon the menu, she immediately says: "Oh; my dear, I should not have that one, "Have this Instead." In the end, for the sake of peace, you eat something you loathe. wish to the managing female, because they kmow if they do it will never be granted. I often 'wonder what would happen if one of her victims turned, like the worm of proverbial fame, and' started to manage her. Almost as heartily do I "Qotest the woman who: persists in asking inter- minable questions, She greets the slightest acquaintances with a string of inquiries concerning the iptimate family history of their father, their mother, and thelr brothers and sisters likewise, should they happen to pos- any. Failing the production of an ade- quate family, she will ask: ber victim for full details of her present and future plans. With a singular lack of tact she will frequently demand to be told the reasons of an unsuccess. ful matrimonial venture. Alterna: fively should a marriage prove suc- cessful, he will inquire the reason, as it such an occurrence were am unpre- cedented event. She reacts upon her victims like a boasconstrictor, and lterally paralyses them into replying to her, - Such com- pliance is fatal, beeause {t encourages her to extend her activities. Whereas it one of her victims only had sufiicl |' ent moral courage to up and tell her what they think of her in their fn- most bearts to be--an interferring busybody!--her efforts . te ..acquire knowledge at the expense of riding roughshod over Other people's feel ings might be nipped in the bud. "A$ it Is, the majority of them, being paralysed by her flow of language, an- swer her questions meekly, with the result, that she never realises what a nuisance she really it. The Misch Maker "There 1s a type of woman even WOrse the one I have just des- cribed, that is thé "catty" wo. maw mischief and heartburnings this Ed | type has created and the homes that have been wrecked through her ver. mendacities would fill a volume. She has but to hear the vaguest ru: r | mor about anybody to instantly magni- fy it into a fact. 'particular female has not a about any-| charming woman, but what a pity she drinks!" Needless to remarks, the aforesaid equivocation exists solely in her fer- tile imagination. . It always seem to me such a pity that some enterprising official has not thought of raising a tax on tale-bear- ing. I am sure one would add enor- mously to the revenue.--The Stand- ard, Montreal. Teach Children .To Love Animals 1. In an address at the recent Ontario Nobody dares even to express a Conference of S.P.C.A. workers at To-! ronto, Mr. J. J. Kelso strongly advo- cated the extension of Humane educa- tion among children. "It is only in early life," he said, "that effective and permanent impressions can be made, and we have found in our ex- perience that no other subject can so completely capture the heart and im- agination of both boys and girls as talks about birds and animals. "There are now many Junior Hu- mane Leagues in existence, but not nearly so any as we desire to see. If ig an al explored field as yet, KT is chpa i of -indefinid expansion, If in the 1 future our Humane Society receives any substantial' bequests this will be one of the first departments 'of our work to bs put on a thoroughly efficient basis, and in' the meantime we ask a our friends everywhere to do what they can to get 'groups of \children. organized for tha study of animal and bird life, believing as we do that no better, work can be done for the children themselves and for our country at large." "Is he well up on English?" "My friend, he fills in crossword puzzles with an indelible pencil". . ree fe ie GOING FISHING The vicar of a country church ask- ed his clerk to give out the following announcement: -- "Next Sunday there will be no after- noon service, as the vicar is going to officiate for another parson." Being rather deat, the clerk mis- construed the message, Imagine the vicar's consternation when he heard | the following announcement made:-- "Next Sunday there will be no after. | noon service, as the parson is a-going 'afishing with another parzon." Hollywood children should. be and not ho his mechanic and passengers sought to escape the flames which licked against the right side of the cabin. [With a skilled hand, Barker righted "Auld Reekie" Has Birthday 600 Years Since Granting of Oldest Existing Charter by Robert the Bruce to be Celebrated Edinburgh--This city on May 28 celebrates the £00th anniversary of je granting of her oldest existing charter by Robert the Bruce. A great historical pageant is to be held, and the Duke of York will unveil statues to the national heroes, William Wal- lace and Robert the Bruce, on the Castle Esplanade, Edinburgh's romantic situation lends itself to pageants. As Robert Louis Stevenson says, "The ancient and famous metropolis of the north sits overlooking a windy estuary from the slope and summit of three hills. No situation could be more commanding for the head city of a kingdom; none better chosen for noble prospects. From her tall precipice and terraced gardens she looks far and wide on the sea and broad champaigns. To the east you may catch at sunset the spark of the May lighthouse where the Forth expands into the German Ocean: and away to the west over all the Carse of Stirling you can see the first snows from Ben Ledi." - The old Castle has of 'ccent years been very much the center of na- tional life, great numbers of people visiting it daily since tha Scottish Memorial was placed on its rocky summit, The rock on which the Castle stands is volcanic, a striking specimen of an erupted mass, soaring steedly up, whila the Castle ramparts form an esplanade which slopes gently into line with the hill ridge running down to Holyrood. Perhaps nowhere In the world has more his- tory been' compressed into a small space than into the Royal Mile of Edinburgh as this ridge from the summit of the Castle Rock tp the hollow at the foot of Arthur's Seat is called, AL one end lies the Palace of Holyrood House, and at the crown of the rock near the beautiful Na- tional Memorial stands the little chapel built at the en dof the eleventh century by Queen Margaret and Mal colm Canmore. There is little doubt that the Castle Rock early became a desirable place in the eyes of the ancient inhabitants of the district. On its windswept crest the earliest settlers built wat- \tled huts. Indeed it may truthfully be sald that Edinburgh only became the capital of Scotland because of thi great strength of its Castle and 10 on economic or political grounds. Had Scottish history been more peacéful |¢! Inveresk and nt Edinburgh would probably have been the chief town of the region, but the strength of Edin- burgh was its Rock. David I was Scotland's great town- planner and his work which began in 1124 was so well done that it is being used to-day. - He built Holy- road. Abbey for the monks, the Burgh. of Canongate for the lay brothers and traders, the Royal Burgh of Edin- burgh for the burgesses and nobles, while the Castle Rock was used as a fortress and royal residence. Scotland In spite of its poverty seems to bave had a passion for edue- ation from its earliest days. This may" account for its repeated strug- gles for religlous independence. The first statutory enactments in the ad- ministration of education was in 1494 and to-day it is recognized that Scot- tish education still holds its own In the world. et A et eos A sure way to increase church at- tendance--put the churches on wheels. ifn the the last to leave the DE os The spot where Barker landed was surrounded by ruts and ditches, Chance alone afforded the small, safe landing spot. The monoplane was destroyed to- gether with #ts load of mail. The loss was estimated at $100,000, JUST RIGHT FOR PLAY Play frocks for youngsters mugt be chic and serviceable. This little dress is made of silver plague. Reduction vs. Limitation The biggest and most complicated question facing the League of Nations at the present time js disarmament, and it cannot be said that so far any very material progress has been made A glean of lighi in the darkness, how- ever, is seen in the suggestion from the United States that the question should be approached on the basis of armament reduction rather than liml- tation. This is made with particular refer- ones to naval 'strength and means ih more than is expressed in the forence in tern Briefly it sug- u that the nations could protect br commerce and be prepared for on the relative statis agreed to at the erence would mean Washington an ps el Conger to the taxpayer and the almost entire elimination of the competitive feature which is the most menacing feature in the present situation, Whilst not committing itself to any specific proposals Great Britain has expressed its hearty approval, The Motherland desires not only reduction but its application to all classes of ves- sels. Furthermore, Britain showed its good faith more than a year ago by intimating its readiness for a still further cut in the categories covered by the Washington Agreement and by the entire abandonment of sub- marines, The whole question is a highly tech- nical one and ul those who. out for real reduction keep that tive continually before them campaign is likely to become bra in the wrangling of the experts and a deluge of technicalities, i the heavily burdened hip ho pays Se SER just as well by the Teinnve pireteth on a 2 o¥ aa 9h 3 high lovpl. SnaToF Tavies | gla | had no t Sa RO ae ai Ey BIG SHOCKS Portion' of. Begatiful le Si Fo ghandy Prince Rupert, B.C.--Many resl- dents of Queen arlotte Islands, more particularly the south end, were terror stricken this week when three earthquakes on successive days rocked Moresby, Graham and the smaller islands. The steamer Prince John, on arr val here, brought stories of several startling occurrences during the tre- mors on the islands. At Lockport, the top of a high mountain is reported to have toppled over, Near Sanspit, 500 feet of a beautiful sandy beach slid into the sea. The south end of the island is be- lieved to have been the centre of the tremor felt in Prince Rupert Sunday afternoon, Additional quakes on Mon- day and Tuesday were reported. ARGENTINE DAMAGE. Buenos Aires.--Relief parties plung- ed through the debris of buildings and homes in' the Villa Autel attempting to recover the bodies of dead and to give aid to the injured in one of the most disastrous earthquakes in Ar- gentina in many years. Advices from Villa Autel and other town in that region said 40 persons were dead and at least 100 others in- jured. The town of Villa Autel, which was the centre of the earth~ quake area, was in ruins, The earth shocks were felt in 6t towns extending over nine provinces and territories as far across the pam- pas as the City of General Villegas in the Province of Buenos Aires, accord- ing to late advices from 'Mendoza. Mendoza, capital of the province of the same name, reported that heavy damage had been done in the region. The number of homeless could not be definitely determined, but was said to be many hundreds. The homeless and slightly injured in the Mendoza region spent the might the night Ws open fields or in attempting to rescue those caught in the debris of their homes. TROOPS ON SCENE. President Irigoyen ordered the Mins istry of Interior to give all possible aid and troops have been sent to the scene, Reports said Las Malvinas and El Escorial had suffered great damage to home and the village of Gouge was believed to have been destroped, Fis. sures opened in the ground and hard- ly a house was left standing. The Provinces of Buenos Aires, Cor- doba and San Luis xeéported heaviest 'quakes next to Mendoza, Diamond Diggers Unable to Hear Political Speeches Curious Case Arises in South African Elections--Su- preme Court Ruling Capetown.--The election campaign in South Africa which ends on June 12 has been enlivened by a curious and probably unique situation which has arisen at Alexandria Bay, the of- Aes! centre of the recently discovered diamond flelds. The government minlig Samp at the : bay Is fenced and guarded and 200 men employed there are said to be virtually InCommunicado prisoners who are rarely allowed to go outside and no one Is permitted to visit them. to be allowed to address the voters inside the camp ws refused permis. sion to the Supreme Court here for an order restraining the Minister of Mines from preventing those electors "at present detained in the fenced and guarded camp" from attending meetings held in pursuit of the elec. tion campaign. It was stated that the camp sur sounded by three barbed-wire fences, equi-distanced apart and continually patrolled by police, making it impos- hy sible for anybody to address the elec =| tors in the camp. None of the diggers in the camp are allowed 'out, nor is any private person allowed to enter thes camp or to communicate person: ally withthe diggers. The diggers, it was added, were to be kept under these conditions for at least six months, and thus would be able to hear the candidate's views. __The application was : [ever on the grounds that political than { y ry to which the Pulls was di A political" candidate "who applied