Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-07
Cleaned from Foreign E.x.
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The news that NJ. Anatole France may contest a Paris constituency as a socialist in the forthcoming elections raises the question oi whether a novel, ist finds parliamentary life attractive.
 French journalists as we know. find parliament the way to high office in the state, and M. Clemenceau, in leaving the editorial chair for the premiership, is rule rather than an exception. But the French novelist generally seems to prefer the study to the senate.
 In England many well known novel, ists have won their way into parlia- ment-such names as Sir Gilbert Par ker, A. E, w. Mason. Hilaire Belloe occur at once-but none of these now write M. P. after their names. His torians and men of letters, on the other hand have a way of remaining true to parliament, as witness the names of Lord Morley and Lecky among others. But. of course. we have had a novel, writing. prime minister. Is there any | need to name him?
 If it be true that d'Annunzio, the Italian poet. airman and leader of an embarrassing border raid. has been assassinated at Plume, it not only re- lieves his country of a troublesome though loyal son. but draws attention 1 to men of song who have aspired to l bCcome men of the sword and vice. versa.
 Byron. who died while campaigning | for Greece, is one of the first instances i that come to mind, and Wordsworth so
 actively sympathized with the com 1- nuunists on a visit to Paris that he 1 narrowly escaped the Bastile. Savage l Landor, raising q body of troops in Spain, in 1908, to fight the French,
 should go in the gallery.
 Ben Johnson. Lovelace and Steele
 are representative soldier poets of that | long and splendid chapter in our lit erature which lies between Elizabeth l and Anne. In that period the man of the sword wrote songs and lyrics as a matter of course. as graceful pas- 1 time. And within the last few years | we have seen, in the mass of verse good bad and indifferent. from the
 trenches that poetry is peculiarly the soldiers hobby.
 The strike gave birth to one of those curious publications which are so high ly prized by collectors-a bulletin or
 tiny news journal produced for the en-
 tertainment of the volunteers who
 came to the rescue of the Tubes. The Carry On" as the sheet was called l had but brief career. for 1t was not l until Saturday that the first nunbe,
 made it's appearance. and presumably 1t came to an end with the second is.
 sue on Monday, on which day tn,
 volunteers relinquished their tasks tt [ the "regulars.'
 . The little paper will. no doubt, b, treasured along with the purple arm
 lets as memento of great dispute sI It happens very rarely that states , men give. as NJ. ,Clemenceau has giver
 any considerable notice of intended re l tlrement from public life. MT. Glad stone often talked of retiring, but hi actual going was complete surpris 2 to the world at large. Lord Salishur Il retired quite suddenly as far as tn | public knew. and there have bee
 many other cases.
 d Probably this is wise. for some re = tirements are bitterly regretted. an 6 others are nullified by the course (
 events. To the first class belongs tha
 of the Reform Earl Grey; to the sec
 ond MT. Roosevelt's declaration tha II he would not stand for another tern a and MT. Balfour's retirement from tt IT first line some years before the war.
 Those who knew the Salient in a
 it's moods in the old days will lear e with satisfaction that an agreerne, y has now been reached between tt 1t British and Belgian authorities for II
 preservation of the ruins of Yprt
 Cloth hall. the cathedral and adjoinip
 houses.
 = However much one sympathizes vii 'e the efforts of the inhabitants to r, start life. there is something in tf
 giving over of Ypres to the keepers
 cafes and the sellers of souvenirs tn;