The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-05
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rotary, VINO seems very willing TO CO.
operate with him.
LAS far as the actual social operations
are concerned" said the General to me
the other day, "our best efforts are de-
voted to dealing with the question of en-
ployment. which just now overshadows
everything else.
"They tell me wherever 1 go that trade
is better, but in every town find mass
of poverty that would make the angels
weep. Surely, there must be some means
of dealing with these suffering people,
these families hudded into single rooms,
in miserable tenements and miserable
Sums.
my granddaughter, who is a cadet in
the army, tells me that in her visits in
London suburb she is compelled every
day to look on tragedies of hunger and
helplessness that would make the stout
est optimist despair.
1.-The army has acquired 400 acres of
ground near Colchester, cut up into five
acre plots, each with it's cottage, and 1
have every hope that the experiment will
prove a success.
Undoubtedly the most interesting Amer
lean woman who has visited England for
many years is Mrs Anna B. Eckstein,
who at the last Hague conference pre-
scented a petition for international peace,
signed by 100000 people.
King George, as we'll as Queen Alexan-
dra, have both expressed desire to meet
Mrs. Eckstein, whose present mission Is
on far larger scale, for 1t is her ambi-
ton to have presented at the next con-
ference a peace petition signed by 100000
900 people, a majority of the adult popu-
lation in A countries, to be presented at
The Hague.
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her great task. II have been most en-
Enthusiastically received everywhere she
told me today. MY object is to impress
upon the inhabitants of the world that
at the next Hague conference We mAst
expect something Notwithstanding that
Will lead in a logical way to international
peace without involving danger to any
nation. We want disarmament to come
gradually.
I'm the petition we ask that conventions
be agreed upon, by virtue of which all
nations shall mutually pledge themselves
that any change concerning the autono-
my and territorial integrity of any ma
ton shall be brought about exclusively
by treaties, these treaties to be con-
Guided with the voluntary consent OF all
nations concerned In any given case
"Further we ask that all other interna-
tional interests shall be adjusted, also by
treaty as far as possible, and that diff
culties which may arise from these other
interests, and which are not settled by
diplomatic negotiations, shall be referred
to an international court of arbitration
pledged to respect the guarantee pertain
ing to the national autonomy and this
proposal is far more likely to solve terri
torial integrity
Miss Eckstein has visited all the prin-
cipal cities of Germany, spreading the
gospel of peace, and is emphatic concern
ing the good will the German people en-
tertain towards Great Britain.
King Manuel of Portugal is finding life
at "Abercorn," his new residence in old
fashioned old Richmond, exceedingly dull,
and is spending as much time as he pos
sibly can in London, going back and
forth in his auto. But he cannot help
noticing that the people of the sleepy
town seem to have nothing else to do than
To keep tabs on his movements. a fact
which annoys him very much
To tell the truth. the old ladies of Rich
mond are shocked to see how many
nights 1.-THE nice young boy" as they
called him when he first came, spends
away from home. There is no DOUBT in
their minds that he spends most of his
time with play-actresses and such like
and s'small wonder it is that his dear
mother, who was born in England and
got an English education, always looks
SO sad" 1t is safe to say that many an
old spinster at Richmond daily prays that
the Lord will put into the heart of young
Manuel to mend his dreadful 'continen-
tai ways. AS he is now behaving he Is
decidedly disgrace to the God-fearing
community of Richmond.
Preparations for the pageant of Lon
don are going ahead, and neither money
ror pains are being spared to make it,
"a scenes both beautiful and accurate
The pageant is to be one of the principal
features of the great festival of the en-
sire to be held at Crystal Palace from
May to October. No less than 1900 per-
formers are to take part, and research
committee has been formed to see thai
the CONSUMES and dresses are correct
in every detail. For the last Is months
large staff of artists and designers
have been occupied in making copies
from old paintings in the Museum and
private collections of the styles of the diff
ferent periods, and of the 10000 costumes
required for the pageant over 6000 are al
ready finished and the staff of over 200 is
still working practically every night and
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