But It does seem to me that we are making
ourselves rather ridiculous and tending to avoid
much more serious and valuable Interests of
life by this adulation of brawn and muscle,
this exaggerated reverence for a quick eye and
a deft hand, this almoet religious belief that
there is something in sport—any kind of
sport—which, makes for nobility of character.
The Story the Week Has Told
BY HENRY W. BUNN.
THE following Is a brief sum
mary of the most important
news of the world for the
seven days ended July 24:
** * *
The British Empire.—Lord Winter
ton, undersecretary for India, address
ed the Commons the other day on the
affairs of India. He declared the situ
ation greatly improved from the stand
point of the British Raj. The Swaraj,
or home rule party, he found to be In
a desperate decline. He indicated the
possibility of emergence of a strong
center party willing to co-operate gen
uinely with the government. The
Communist peril, he asserted, has
become negligible; the Sikh shrine
agitation and Bengal terrorism are
fading aw’ay.
The most depressing aspect of the
situation, he reminded his hearers, is
the revival and aggravation of Hindu-
Moslem feuds.
Os Indian trade and finance he spoke
with complacency and optimism. The
charge of British exploitation of In
dia is obviously absurd. India has a
balanced budget, adequate credit, fiscal
autonomy. He pointed out how the
Northwestern frontier Is rapidly be
coming Impregnable through rapid
progress in execution of the road
building program. On the whole, he
concluded, it is to rejoice and hope.
