The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-03

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thought indeed.
The mantle worn by King George
" on the occasion of his coronation
is in perfect state of preservation and
it has been decided, 1t is said, that
King George shall wear it instead of
the mantle in which Edward VII was
crowned. The robe is made of the
finest cloth of gold and is surrounded
with deep fringe of pure gold
threads.
A Munich statistician estimates that
Germans last year were swindled out
of $12,500000 worth of beer, all
through getting short measure, and
this it seems, has been going on sys-
tematically for years. No wonder that
the beer drinkers Of the Fatherland
are in a ferment of excitement about
it. The discovery aroused out Of the
prosecution in the courts of Munich
where beer drinkers foregather at the
original faunt of big beerhalle pro.
prietor and his staff of walters who
were accused of habitually serving
short measure with intent and malice
aforethought; that is, their liter and
half liter stems never contained the
quantity fixed by law. The prosecu
ton alleged that the brewery which
stood behind the beerhalle last year
made over $4,000 extra profit by Civ.
ing false measure, and the case result.
ed in a conviction.
The agitation in Germany, against
the listing" of American railway
shares on the Berlin Stovk Exchange,
is singular sign of the times. The
government has not yet acted on the
application of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul. and the minister of COM
merce very sensibly says that an out
right attempt by the public authori-
ties to prevent investment of German
capital in foreign enterprise, was GER
tain to be futile
The present year promises to pro-
vide record by the number of its
antarctic expeditions. To those al
ready announced must be added the
British expedition now being organ
lied by Dr. A. Forbes Mackay, who
will be it's leader. His intention, he
explains, is not to attempt to reach
the south pole, but to map out the
coast line of the antarctic continent
to the south of the Pacific ocean. The
region to be transversed extends from
Graham's land to King Edward VII
land, a distance of some 1000 miles
along an entirely unknown coast
which has never even been sighted
Ships are prevented from getting near
by great fields of ice and DR.. Mac
kay's opinion is that the only way to
explore the coastline is by working
route around the ice which fringes
the coast.
In cruel disregard of the proofs
daily adduced by the conservatives to
show that the Asquith ministry is torn
asunder' and doomed, Mr.. Asquith and
his colleagues continue to bear them.
selves with degree of cheerful 70.
business that verges on impertinence.
The liberals are so self-confident that
they will not even take the trouble to
allude to the spirit of dissension and
panic that has seized upon their op-
ponents. If it is true that Mr.. AS
quith has been taught to dance to the
crack of MI Redmond's whip, the ma
tionalist leaders talents as an animal
tanner must be miraculous. For there
is no denying the zest and sincerity
with which Mr. Asquith makes public
profession of the lesson he is sup
posed to have learned from Mr.. Red.
mond. On the subject of home rule
he has been explicit enough to draw
cheers from the Irish members. On
the subject of imperial dismember-
ment as foreshadowed in the present
calamitous negotions between Cana.
da and the United States, Mr.. Asquith
remarks clamly that if imperial dis.
memberment is bound to come, it will
come. And no abount of criticism
can change him from his purpose.
Complaint has been frequent in In.
dia that the census returns are mis-
leading, especially as regards the Hin.
du population. Millions of low.caste
folk who are not acknowledged as
Hindus at all have been enumerated
as Hindus. Now the census commits
sioner has proposed, with view to
accuracy, that the census takers
should ask certain questions: Do the
members OF the caste or tribe worship
the great Hindu gods? Are they al
lowed to enter Hindu temples or to
make offerings at the shrine? VIII
good Brahmans act as their priests?
Will degraded Brahmans do SO? Will
clean castles take water from them,
ETC., etc. The suggestion has stirred