The Indian Review April 1919. A Monthly Periodical devoted to the discussion of all topics of Interest

If there is anything in the talk about making Brussels the world-capital the Hague with its magnificent Peke Palace will be robbed of its distinction of being the seat of International Government The preamble of the Covenant of the League of Nations published in the middle of February makes it clear that its authors contemplate a League which will not confine its efforts to the - negative work [...] Labour may be cheap but lice is not and in dealing with the problems of labour the human aspect is always in danger of sliding in the bacground instead of occupying the very heart of the picture where it should be But let us have no illtisions about the freedom of the agriculturist or the monotony of factory-life. [...] It is the intolerable and incessant stNain.on his nerves amidst the din and noise of machinery in the stuffy atmosphere of the factory the blotting out of the day the shutting out of the daylight from the existence of the workman which has made him a rebel. [...] And yet it is imperative in the interests of the nation and the labour alike that the rootcause of the labour-dicontent must be removed and that even the artisan allowed partially to see daylight outside and beyond the shutters of his factory. [...] Though it is idle to deny that the position of women in the East has been of great subjection we may take comfort in the thought that in ancient times their position was comparatively an honoured one In ancient Egypt the throne of the Queen was of the same height as that of the King ; and in the Courts of Law of that country women were allowed to practise as advocates.