New-York tribune., 1921-01-23
'LondonPolice
Set Up Public
Forum in Park
Corner of Hyde Inclo.
Provided Where Anv ~
May Talk For or A.,;s.'
Existing Order Of Tb;.
Audience Is Ever Pres..,
Radicals and Representa,;,..
of All Religious Sea-.
in the Interesting Cre,ss' sis

From TIE Tribume's Euyon...
LONDON. Jan. 4.-If Won 's'sas
London and burning with a grs,. ~ d
that needs expression, the . h.. as'
easiest thing to do is to go dow, To-, : /
Hyde Park, mount soapbox ,hs,. .a . .
make a speech about it. Re,s,-: Sas
basic human need for self.exnS,ns u
the London police have set ;it.essios
ner OF the park as an open foruma ~ =.
or against the accepted schsm. .ass y: !.
en1mmgs, can do their talking thsrss 9
;, mere are representative ~ ~
ngious sects. There are vees,ss ~ =
Prohibitionists, anti-Prohih;.;ssuiaes
MARKHAM Socialists and birth ssasa cns.p
enthusiasts. All London sl. sOeIsu
comes to listen and be amnsss mss"al!y
fact, in fashionable London IL - y
the smart thing to promenade IL IL IVY, ds'''
Park Just before tea time of . Sn ayul
and listen to the radicals. '4a0a'
Yesterday afternoon rain d.u,.,
the ardor of the crowd, but. whspr hpsaSl q
weather cleared at sunset soo @Asa - .. ..
people were still listeninr ~ ~
speakers; They stood in the prov;ss ~
ousk' little. dark mass near tbe MI MI
gate, glowing sunset sky above R.N. .s
ana the dark shadow of the bare s,ss. tas,.
beyond. "'s uess
There were five speakers and =.
mad his own little gathering. Fo, az ssa
most part the groups were silent ,sas ws
the shrlll voice of the speaker hs;as hS
heard, but one man had va,Sss
about him denser crowd, that ss% sSer.s
and Jostled, laughed and mocked s-s''
He stood in the center. ths -.
pressed close about him. He vn. . n; n
tie man, with bushy whiskers' s.ss ! ~
nervous eyes, and dressed il, , rss,
tweeds. He was against things As H.. H..
are. The Cabinet was not much cooS
Parliament was worse. The snsw.s svvS
was the intelligent use of the ballot
why were people making all tbis
iuss over the heroes of the war? Vsm
they heroes? We're they fighting far w
the country in the war? Or we're ti,r
lighting for themselves? Did the i.
dies and gentlemen think that he nc
a hero? cloud cheers and criex =
"Yes!"( What did they fight for. NM.
way? (Shouts of 1.-TWO and fourneas
day." plum and apple jam!a)
The crowd had been jeeringly tsls
ant at first, but it began to feel thr
the bewhiskered little man was savi,,
things he should not. A young CA
ney showed forward and offered to
fight the speaker. The crowd wajtad.
tense. 1t seemed that eventualitjs,
were about to occur. One of the two
majestic boobies, or policemen. on
duty elbowed his way into the riug
and the Ccckney melted away. Undey
the safe protection of that governmep,
OF which he did not think so very much
the little man continued his speech.
a group of several hundred pey.
sens stood silently about pretty and
ardent young woman who was plesd.
ing for the Catholic Church. She was
explaining the story of st. Peter, and
her voice rose high and higher In The
still evening air.
Near by a gray-haircd man spoke
convincingly of the menace of the pig
to PUBLIC health. One does not ouje
understand why. An interested crowd
cheerfully challenged his every state
ment.
Sure, let them talk" said the bob
BY There's some Socialists, and some
worse. But we let them say almost
anything they want to. 1t don't Do
any harm, and they sort of let of steam
that way. Every one has a good time
and nobody pays much attention except
When there's a good laugh"