Evening star., 1925-11-10
LONDON ARM|ST|CE
DAY PLANS SOBER
''Dance-and- Be Merry" Ad-
vocateS Forced to Abandon
Idea of Holding Big Ball.
BY A. G.. GARDINER,

~ HS0u'O " Ino star.
LONDON. November l0.-The great
or Armist1ce day has ended In de
feat of the "dance-and- be merry
party.
The conflict centered around the
proposal to hold a great ball In AT
bert Hall on Armistice night. The
function was under the most infiuen, :
ttal patronage and was organized In
support of the hospitals
Rev. II. r. l.. Shepherd. famous
vicar Of st. Martins IN Trafalgar
Square. went out like David with a
sling stone against the idea as desc
Grafton of a day which ought 10 be
commemorated in d sober. penitent
spirit. The promoters scoffed at the
opposition and the newspapers mo-
biltZed themselves into rival camps.
Prince Turns Tide.
The tide of battle seemed 20 favor
the promoter of the ball. but as it
proceeded "Davids" reserves began
to roll up. and when the Prince 70
Wales. joined their ranks with the an
nouncement that he would be ab-
sent the dance-and- bemerry party
| retired from the field. The ball was
postponed TO the following night and
David will occupy Albert Hall on
Armistice night as promoter in .
great popular service on commemo-
ration.
While the parson Of Tralfa gar
Square is winning this conspicuous
victory for the church, the still more
famous Dean Inge of St. Pauls has
sent d shudder through the Co-reii-
| gionists by his scornful attack on
| orthodox faith in a new book in
| which he denounces "mummif1ed Gus
| toms that have outlasted their use
| fulness and otiose dogmas that have
/ long lost their vitality" He SCOTS
| at the antiquated conception OF the
! universe as "a three storied build
| ing consisting of Heaven, the abode
! Of God, the angels and beatifled
! spirits; an earth and the Internal
regions" and discusses whether ic
| would not be better for the religion
| of Christ If its professional Gus
! todians We're removed.
| No such formidable disintegrating
| figure has ever appeared in the Eng
! lish church as Dean Inge. His
| strength Is that he wields a pen
| which has no rival in polenlics for
| the populace except that Of Bernard
| Shaw.
Trade Revival Nearer.
The decision of the government to
! lift the embargo on foreign loans has
! created widespread satisfaction. Win
/ ston Churchill claims the fact as justi-
| fication of his policy Of restoring the
| gold standard. The embargo has been
most unpopular in London and its re-
moval is expected to have a salutary
! effect on British trade, which at last
! shows symptoms of revival in several
| important directions.
| But anything like a comprehensive
: recovery is unlikely while a menacing
| cloud hangs over the future of the
! coal trade. The government subsidy,
| which II IS estimated has cost the
| country $100 900 900, has had no Wis
| ible effect on trade. and industry OF
! all kinds awaits the consequences
! when the subsidy period ends.
| In preparation for a possible con-
! fiict, A. j. Cook, extremist leader of
the miners. has won a conspicuous
| success. This week has brought the
! executives Of the miners railwaymen,
! into agreement to form a great al
! lance for common action. The pro-
| poSal will have 10 be submitted 10 a
| vote of the unions. which probably
! will indorse the scheme, although J.
! H. Thomas and other responsible
| leaders are hostile.
| Thomas is the man who broke the
tIIpIe dllldnCc Ol HllHSTS, railway men
and transport workers in the great
! miners strike four years ago and
! labor extremists have never forgiven
| him. If the railwaymen throw him
1 over on the issue of reconstruction of
| the alliance his position will be unten-
| able and Cooks victory complete.
Threw Book At Churchill.
| Ronald MacNeill's succession to the
| secretaryship Of the treasury under
/ Churchill is an amusing illustration
| of the vicissitudes of politics. Mac
Neill is an extreme die-hard and vio-
| lent fisherman and in the course Of
a heated controversy in the House OF
| Commons at the time of passing home
rule he threw the Book of Orders of
| the House at Churchill, inficting
| wound on his head. He now be-
! comes chief lieutenant of his ancient
| enemy. The Book of Orders still lies
! on the table of the House, with a bent
corner where 1t struck Churchill's
| head.
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