Political Notes

William C. Robinson, M. P. for Yorkshire, now in Manhattan, said that the best types of the younger generation are leaving England in thousands every week. He considered that emigration is the only antidote to unemployment.

Premier Baldwin, accompanied by Mrs. Baldwin, left England for Aix-le-Bains, in France, for a " holiday," but " great expectations " are held from his vacation abroad.

Clad in full army, kit weighing about 90 pounds, two British M. P.'s will walk from Banbury to Oxford, 23 miles, to decide a bet.

The members are Frank Gray (42) for Oxford City and Captain Ainsworth (48) for Bury. Bath men saw service in the War. The wager is the outcome of a jocular remark made by Gray to the effect that he would outwalk any man his age from Banbury to Oxford.

The lake in St. James' Park has been empty until recently, when Sir James Baird, First Commissioner of Works, had it refilled. He was asked by Sir Harry Brittain, M. P., if he would consider the question of stocking the lake with fish. Sir James replied: " I am happy to assure my honourable friend that small fish in large quantities have already taken up their quarters in St. James' Park lake at no expense to my Department." The Christian Science Monitor says: " It is understood that the task of stocking the lake with waterfowl is to be left to the same agency as has already provided the fish."