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emancipated preacher  discoursed   from  his              pulpit on   the  inner   meaning 

of ;Cousin Teresa�察─�and Lucas             Harrowcluff was invited to lecture on the 

subject     of  his    great    achievement       to  members      of   the  Young     Mens' 

Endeavour        League�察�the Nine Arts Club�察�and other learned and                  willing´ 

to´learn bodies。       In Society it seemed to be the           one thing people really 

cared     to  talk   about�察   �men    and    women       of   middle    age    and   average 

education might be seen           together in corners earnestly discussing�察�not the 

question   whether   Servia   should   have   an   outlet   on   the      Adriatic�察  �or   the 

possibilities   of   a   British   success   in  international   polo   contests�察  �but   the 

more  absorbing   topic        of  the   problematic Aztec   or   Nilotic  origin of   the 

Teresa     MOTIV。 

     ;Politics   and   patriotism   are   so   boring   and   so   out   of  date�察─  �said   a 

revered   lady   who   had   some   pretensions   to       oracular   utterance�察   �we   are 

too cosmopolitan nowadays to              be really moved by them。            That is why 

one welcomes an          intelligible production like 'Cousin Teresa��' that has a 

genuine message for one。           One can't understand the          message all at once�察�

of course�察�but one felt from the           very first that it was there。       I've been to 

see it    eighteen times and I'm going again to´morrow and on                     Thursday。 

One can't see it often enough。; 

       * * * * 

       ;It   would   be   rather   a   popular   move   if   we   gave   this Harrowcluff 

person     a   knighthood      or  something      of   the    sort�察─  �said   the   Minister 

reflectively。 

     ;Which Harrowcluff�拭�asked his secretary。 

     ;Which�拭       �There   is   only   one�察  �isn't   there�拭─  �said   the Minister�察   �the 

'Cousin Teresa' man�察�of course。            I think     every one would be pleased if 

we knighted him。         Yes�察�you      can put him down on the list of certainties ´ 



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under the    letter L。; 

    ;The letter L�察─�said the secretary�察�who was new to       his job�察 �does that 

stand for Liberalism or liberality�拭─�

    Most of the recipients of Ministerial favour were      expected to qualify 

in both of those subjects。 

    ;Literature�察─�explained the Minister。 

    And    thus�察 �after  a  fashion�察 �Colonel  Harrowcluff's    expectation    of 

seeing his son's name in the list of   Honours was gratified。 



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             THE YARKAND MANNER 



       SIR   LULWORTH          QUAYNE        was    making     a  leisurely   progress 

through the Zoological Society's Gardens in company with                 his nephew�察�

recently returned from Mexico。          The latter    was interested in comparing 

and contrasting allied types       of animals occurring in the North American 

and Old World       fauna。 

     ;One of the most remarkable things in the wanderings             of species�察─�he 

observed�察 �is the sudden impulse to trek         and migrate that breaks out now 

and   again�察  �for   no apparent   reason�察  �in   communities   of   hitherto   stay´at´ 

home     animals。; 

     ;In human affairs the same phenomenon is             occasionally noticeable�察─�

said Sir Lulworth�察 �perhaps the         most striking instance of it occurred in 

this country     while you were away in the wilds of Mexico。              I mean the 

wander     fever   which   suddenly     displayed   itself  in  the  managing       and 

editorial    staffs  of  certain   London     newspapers。       It   began   with   the 

stampede of the entire       staff of one of our most brilliant and enterprising 

weeklies to the banks of the Seine and the heights of            Montmartre。      The 

migration   was   a   brief   one�察  �but it heralded   an   era of   restlessness   in   the 

Press   world   which    lent   quite   a   new   meaning   to   the   phrase   'newspaper 

circulation。'    Other editorial staffs were not slow to        imitate the example 

that had been set them。       Paris soon     dropped out of fashion as being too 

near   home�察  �Nurnberg�察    �Seville�察  �and   Salonica   became   more   favoured   as 

planting´   out   grounds   for   the   personnel   of   not   only   weekly   but daily 

papers as well。     The localities were perhaps not        always well chosen�察�the 

fact   of   a  leading  organ  of   Evangelical     thought   being   edited   for  two 

successive     fortnights    from   Trouville   and   Monte    Carlo   was   generally 

admitted     to  have  been   a  mistake。    And    even   when    enterprising     and 

adventurous editors took themselves and            their staffs further afield there 

were    some    unavoidable     clashings。     For    instance�察 �the  SCRUTATOR�察�

SPORTING BLUFF�察           �and THE DAMSELS' OWN PAPER all pitched on 

Khartoum for       the same week。       It was�察�perhaps�察�a desire to out´distance 

all possible competition that influenced the management               of the DAILY 

INTELLIGENCER�察           �one   of  the  most    solid  and   respected     organs   of 



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Liberal   opinion�察  �in   its   decision   to  transfer   its   offices   for   three   or   four 

weeks   from   Fleet      Street   to   Eastern   Turkestan�察  �allowing�察  �of   course�察  �a 

necessary margin of time for the journey there and back。                      This was�察�in 

many respects�察�the most remarkable of all               the Press stampedes that were 

experienced       at   this  time。       There     was    no   make´believe       about    the 

undertaking�察       �proprietor�察    �manager�察     �editor�察  �sub´editors�察    �leader´writers�察�

principal   reporters�察  �and   so   forth�察  �all   took   part   in   what was   popularly 

alluded   to   as   the   DRANG   NACH   OSTEN�察  �an            intelligent   and   efficient 

office´boy was all that was          left in the deserted hive of editorial industry。; 

     ;That     was    doing    things   rather    thoroughly�察    �wasn't     it�拭─  �said   the 

nephew。 

     ;Well�察 �you   see�察─  �said   Sir   Lulworth�察  �the   migration      idea   was   falling 

somewhat   into   disrepute   from   the   half´   hearted   manner   in   which   it   was 

occasionally   carried   out。        You   were   not   impressed   by   the   information 

that such and       such a paper was being edited and brought out at Lisbon 

or Innsbruck if you chanced to see the principal leader´ writer or the art 

editor   lunching   as   usual   at   their  accustomed   restaurants。         The   DAILY 

INTELLIGENCER was                 determined to give no loophole for cavil at the 

genuineness of its pilgrimage�察�and it must be admitted                   that to a certain 

extent the arrangements made for              transmitting copy and carrying on the 

usual   features   of    the   paper   during     the   long   outward   journey   worked 

smoothly       and   well。    The   series   of   articles   which   commenced   at   Baku 

on 'What Cobdenism might do for the camel industry' ranks                       among the 

best of the recent contributions to Free Trade               literature�察�while the views 

on foreign policy enunciated            'from a roof in Yarkand' showed at least as 

much   grasp   of     the   international   situation   as   those   that   had   germinated 

within half a mile of Downing Street。               Quite in keeping�察       �too�察�with the 

older and   better  traditions   of  British      journalism  was   the  manner  of the 

home´coming�察  �no   bombast�察          �no   personal   advertisement�察  �no   flamboyant 

interviews。        Even a complimentary luncheon at the Voyagers' Club was 

courteously       declined。     Indeed�察     �it  began    to   be   felt  that    the    self´ 

effacement   of   the   returned   pressmen   was   being         carried   to   a   pedantic 

length。       Foreman        compositors�察       �advertisement        clerks�察   �and    other 

members of the non´ editorial staff�察�who had�察�of course�察�taken no part in 



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the    great trek�察�found it as impossible to get into direct             communication 

with the editor and his satellites now that          they had returned as when they 

had     been    excusably       inaccessible       in   Central    Asia。     The      sulky�察�

overworked        office´boy�察  �who   was   the   one   connecting   link   between   the 

editorial   brain   and   the   business   departments   of   the   paper�察  �sardonically 

explained      the  new    aloofness    as  the   'Yarkand     manner。'     Most     of  the 

reporters   and   sub´editors     seemed   to   have   been   dismissed   in   autocratic 

fashion since       their return   and new ones engaged by letter�察�to these the 

editor    and   his   immediate      associates    remained     an   unseen     presence�察�

issuing   its   instructions   solely   through   the   medium   of   curt   typewritten 

notes。    Something   mystic   and        Tibetan   and  forbidden   had   replaced   the 

human bustle and         democratic simplicity of pre´migration days�察�and the 

same     experience was encountered by those who made social                     overtures 

to   the  returned    wanderers。      The    most    brilliant   hostess    of   Twentieth 

Century London flung the pearl of             her hospitality into the unresponsive 

trough     of   the editorial   letter´box�察  �it   seemed   as   if   nothing   short   of  a 

Royal command would drag the hermit´souled REVENANTS from                             their 

self´imposed seclusion。         People began to talk         unkindly of the effect of 

high    altitudes   and    Eastern    atmosphere       on   minds    and    temperaments 

unused to such       luxuries。     The Yarkand manner was not popular。; 

     ;And the contents of the paper�察─�said the nephew�察               �did they show the 

influence of the new style�拭─�

     ;Ah� ─    �said  Sir  Lulworth�察     �that  was    the  exciting    thing。    In   home 

affairs�察  �social   questions�察  �and   the   ordinary   events   of   the   day   not   much 

change      was    noticeable。      A    certain   Oriental    carelessness     seemed     to 

have crept into the editorial department�察�and perhaps a                

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