Evening star., 1932-09-27
l 4 ORNING POST. London The
M famous British Museum bust
VI of julius Caesar. which has
h,en reDroduced in thousands

| ~ ORNING POST, London.-The
| Nu famous British Museum bust
! V( of julius Caesar. which has
| been reproduced in thousands
| OF school textbooks and works
of learning throughout the world. has
been officially recognized as forgery
| 1t has been removed by the museum
authorities from position OF honor
in the Roman galleries to more
where it bears a label explaining to
all and Sundry its fall from grace.
The expert view is that it is an
eighteenth century forgery, bearing
meme of the marks of genuine classl-
cal work. and probably based upon
coins such as are available to any sculp-
tor with a taste for classical features.
The bust was acquired by the museum
in 1918 from a collector who had
| brought it from italy, but of its earlier
history nothing is at present known.
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| Speeding Deplored
On ScotIand'S Roads.
Evening Times, Glasgow do not
regard these speeding offenses lightly.
Indeed, bitterly regret that the motor
car was ever invented" remarked
1 =
| Court today when a corporation bus
driver was charged with exceeding the
seed limit for heavy vehicles-30 miles
per hour.
In all, II bus drivers appeared on
| charges of speeding.
Mr.. M. o. r. Brown, depute-fiscal,
explained that in view OF the many
serious and fatal accidents in the city
| this section of the road traffic act must
| be vigorously applied. A few seconds
longer in a bus journey might mean
the saving of few lives.
Ideas Of Ignorant
| Flayed by Editor.
Patria, San Salvador.-SO fire.
ouently. these days. in reading the
newspapers and other periodicals-and
the local press is no exception-we hap
pen upon articles written with all the
good faith in the world, wherein Sir
Fulano (Mr. Somebody or Sr Menango
| (Mr. So. -and-So) or DR.. Smith discuss
this or that problem Of national in.
| tereSt, or some or another theory OF
scientific doctrine which they consider
both a peculiarly timely topic, and
themselves eminently qualified to eluci-
date it.
It Is a very good thing, certainly,
to consider and discuss questions re-
lating to the country. Nothing is bet
ter than a public debate, once in a
while, to bring forth all the different
| phases Of proposition, IN order to
inform people who have time to read
and to vote, but perhaps neither the
inclination nor the opportunity to in
| vestigate these matters themselves. BY
| such means the opinion Of the public
is nodded. and the destiny Of the coun-
| try shaped.
But there are frequently people de-
string to discuss matters on the carpet
at the moment who really know very
little of what they are talking about
Such dissertations may be factors in
reaching decisions, but certainly not In
reaching proper or beneficial decisions
Thus the country is retarded, rather
than accelerated in deveIop:ng a useful
understanding of such matters. and In
evolving the best methods of vanquish-
| ing its difficulties. Therefore, express
sions which are published should be
| fundamentally sound, and should ema-
nate from competent and intelligent
! sources. Something more is needed than
sincerity and conviction, and the in
! tention to be of service.
! we have noted occasionally that wher
q physician outlines q new theory OF
treatment for certain malady. some
shoemaker will rise audaciously to in
SiSt that the doctors idea Is al wrong