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...Herbert Samuels, who chair-maned the Royal Coal Commission (TIME, May 10 et ante) made every effort to arrange a truce, last week, on the basis of his Commission's recommendation, and preserved jealously the high impartiality which alone may permit him to become an important factor in the settlement of the strike...
...trifled with. In 1917, at the age of 44, he doffed the stay-at-home security of a cabinet minister (Attorney General, 1913-15; Secretary of State for Home Affairs, 1915-16), and, hopping into a major's uniform, rushed off to serve with the British Royal Air Force in France until the War ended. His prestige is almost equally high among all parties and kinds of Britishers...
...period of prosperity in 1919 the conditions of the miners had been steadily growing worse over a period of five years. Finally in August of last year further wage reduction became necessary in order to keep the mines going. But the workers had reached rock bottom already, and a Royal Commission was appointed while the government agreed to subsidize the industry...
Prince Wilhelm of Sweden is perhaps more widely known throughout Europe than his elder brother, the royal heir, his dramatic productions having been received with enthusiasm that was by no means merely royalty's perfunctory due. Prince Gustaf, a quiet man, is none the less accomplished. His archeological work has been on the site of ancient Asine (Bay of Messenia, Greece). His music is in his own vocal cords. His athletic interests and abilities were demonstrated by his work on the Swedish Olympic Committee, and last winter when he plunged into a Stockholm canal and rescued a drowning...
Frank Kaslov, king of the gypsies of America, was a bachelor. He had no heart for any woman longer than an hour; none of the gypsy women could win him with the charms that sleep in satin skins and shiny eyes. And his mother, fearing that the royal line would perish, said to him, "It is time for you to find yourself a bride and leave off treating the woman question lightly...