Evening star., 1924-12-14

Waterloo Station. in London. The
Mohammedan temple gives an alien
aspect to the surroundings for il has
been placed on a series OF terraces,
treated after the Oriental fashion, and
the approach to the mosque has the
inevitable fountain for the laving Of
those who wish to enter. Lord Head
ley became a convert to Islam many
years ago. while In the diplomatic
service in Coustantinople, and spent
long periods of study with the most
profound Interpreters of Mohamme-
dan laws and philosophy. Returning
TO his native land some FIVE years ago,
and finding thousands Of Mohamme-
dams in London and without a place
for worship, he decided to erect a
home for these British Moslems. He
is an Irish peer and so does not sit
In the E.ords, but he represents in the
Commons borough from Woking in
Kent, and he has extensive estates
embracing and beyond the site OF the
mosque. His change of faith whilst
or a diplomatic mission is a unique
occurrence and without parallel in
recent history. Many eminent men
and women of Britain have. however.
embraced various mystic creeds of the
East. as, for instance, Viscountess Grey
sym bollc creeds of the BAHIA. and the
poet, Algernon Blackwood. who is an
eXpounder of an Eastern cult
Admiral George Clinton who was
Governor of New York from 1141-1751
left voluminous correspondence and
whole baskets of private papers
which are to be sold in London the
first week of January. The Library
OF Congress has sent an agent to bid
In much of the collection as pos
sesses an intimate bearing on dis
puted points of pre-revolutionary his
tory. The period embraced in Sir
Henry Clinton's service as command
erin chief OF his majesty's troops in
North America is also treated in
these papers. Among the letters
which will cause the most spirited
bidding are several from Maj. Andre
and includes that pathetic missive he
wrote the night before his execution.
Andre. to certain extent. shared the
poignant sympathy felt for Nathan
Hale. and the Library of Congress
would rejoice to add A few of his
personal letters to the many which
treat of the treason of Benedict Ar
mold. The handsome monument in
Westminster Abbey. erected to Andre.
is frequently covered with flowers
bearing american names, ana mes
sage of sympathy for his untimely
fate. 1t Will be remembered that
only in 1921 had the national feeling
between this Republic and Great Britt
ain become sufficiently composed for
the British minister serving in Wash
ington at that time. Sir Strafford Can
ming. to obtain permission to remove
the remains of Andre from the grave
on the Hudson where he had been
committed after being hung. to the
splendid mausoleum in Westminster
Abbey.
DR.. Marie Munk, the first woman at
torney admitted to practice her pro-
fesSion in Prague, has set all the
Czechoslovakian republic by the ears
in a plunge into the world wide prob
lem divorce. DIR. Munk has formed a
society called The Organization OF
Divorced Housewives" and she issues
weekly sheet called THE Divorcee."
The conservative element is shocked
and there are murmurs of what comes
when woman is permitted to leave her
natural sphere. The result is that
the divorce question causes as much
conversation in Czechslovaki as the