Notes

The Duke and Duchess of York gave their first official party at St. James's Palace. Some 600 guests were invited.

The Duchess of York, former Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, opened at London an international conference of women engaged in scientific research. Lady Astor, beaming, was in the chair.

Lord Cecil of Chelwood, better known as Lord Robert Cecil, was appointed President of the Board of Conciliation which is to deal with Norwegian-Danish disputes that cannot be settled through the usual diplomatic channels. Viscount Grey's Twenty-Five Years: 1892-1916, which is to be published in the U. S. in the fall, was reported to have fetched the highest price in years for a book of memoirs. Lord Grey was Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary from 1905-16.

Rumor had it that ex-Premier MacDonald is to visit Canada this autumn. He may extend his visit to the U. S.

Another rumor had it that ex-Colonial Secretary J. H. Thomas had bought Reynold's Illustrated News, Sunday newspaper. The Labor Party has only one newspaper in London, The Dally Herald.

A font at which the present King is said to have been baptized, together with a bottle of water from the River Jordan, was offered to be sold for charity. The water was brought from Jerusalem by the late Dean Stanley of Westminster who accompanied the late King Edward on a visit to the Holy Land in 1862.

Colonel John Buchan, famed historian and novelist, acted in the novel role of representative of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, when he presented to the British Museum a replica of the Great Seal of the Confederacy.

Australia, not without much comment, raised successfully through the House of Morgan $75,000,000. In the South African Parliament the question was debated whether or not the Union should raise a loan in Manhattan or London. Ex-Premier Smuts favored London and the debate ended inconclusively.