Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-16
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It has been suggested that we should hand Mesopetamta over to FelsaL II might be a good solution, if he is equal to the task but that condition needs to be very carefully eXamined. Failing him. there is no visible alternative but either to undertake it ourselves, under the in terna tional mandate conferred on us, or to leave 1t open for future aggression by others. This last course may appear cheap and easy at the moment; but if we are really anxious ito avoid future wars"-real wars, not local operations like those now in progressive shall not take it.
 Sir Percy Cox-Sir Percy Cox, the new high commissioner of Mes q )otamia, who left London yesterday for Ba gdad, knows Persia and Arabia as probably few oth- CT living men do. He is one of our public servants who has worked hard for many years in the East. He was consul general for Ears and Khuzistan, and political resident in the Persian gulf, and achieved good results that were rewarded by Knight Grand Com membership of the Indian Empire ehree years ago As political resident at Blu shire, at the head of the Persian gulf. Sir Percys chief task was to keep in check the daring pirates that ravaged the coast, and were such a sourse of irritation and danger to the Indian government. It was job that famfliarized him with the Oriental diplomacy that VII prove in valuable in his new task. He is an Essex man, and is 56 years old.
 Peace Needs Fewer Bibles-The great est contrast in figures in the Bible Soci- ety's annual report occurs in the output of New Testaments, which dropped from 1,311.163 in 1918 to 700,223 in 1919 "a decrease due to the stoppage of the war distribution. This does not mean that in peace time fewer people read the Bible, though that is probable. but that during the war millions of men were away from home and out of reach of the family Bible. How many war Bibles came back, we wonder?
 Isle of Wight Scare-SNo doubt Gen eral Seely has an excellent object in view when he tries to make our flesh creep by the prospect of cutting the Isle if Wight in two" The danger seems rather remote. There is a good deal of erosion gong on at Freshwater Bay, or we should not have the celebrated Freshwater arch and the Stag Rock, which were at one time part of the mainland. But before the sea could amputate this fragment of Wight which ends in the Needles it would have to break through to Totland Bay, two miles away Moreover, there stands between Tennyk0n's 'rigdge of a noble down. and that would be a formidable defence even were the sea al- lowed 70 have it's own wSy.
 1,500 Deaths from Unfenced Machin- ery.-Giving evidence against a Ted dington firm, fined for neglecting tO have their machinery properly fenced an inspector said there had been nearly 1,5oO deaths in the past 12 months duo entirely to the neglect of simple precau' tions in this matter of guaNss1g work | ing machines.
 Don't Slam the Window Household CTS who wish to economize will have tt go easy with doors and windows. Apar | from the question of labor and profit the cost of materials alone scars con tinually. A merchant states that sasl lines and bolts head the list of price stretchers, with advances of 275 and 35' per cent. respectively. Locks have riser 200 per cent.
 The Next viceroy.-After the com mander- -in-chief the governor general Lord Chelnsfords tenure of office al vicGroy of India expires in April next and it will be necessary soon to appoin his successor. Lord Islington is per haps Sir George Lloyd's strongest riva for the position. One of his qualified tions is that he was under-secretary fo
 India, for three years and that he ha
 served as governor of New Zealand
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