Read in the paper this morning that there will be a cessation of hostilities on to-morrow between Abd El Krim and the French and Spanish. The French are all talk about the heavy terms they will impose, but it is significant that they are sending peace envoys to Oujda in Morocco, instead of Abd El Krim sending envoys to Madrid or Paris. The latest is that the French papers are full of Riffian bravery, but Abd El Krim is much too fly a boy to be caught by that. The war in China is still raging – Germany has just made a treaty with Russia, a very good thing. The Locarno Pact is gone bust. – Mammie made arrangements to-day about her playing in a benefit concert for Miss Mabel Dennis on 25th. – Went to Choral Society. It is a terrible shame. There were not 35 out of a 100 there, and the 1st broadcasting concert is on May 4th. Poor Pappie’s work is useless in that hole. Nothing will stir these sluggards to come to the practice.
