The National Social Purity Crusade, a body whose object is
the promotion of public morals, held a very interesting and useful Conference in London last week. Unfortunately we cannot find space to discuss the many interesting points raised at the Conference, but we specially desire to note the discussion which took place under the chairmanship of Mr. Arthur Spurgeon, chairman of the Publishers' Circle and president of the British International Association of Journalists. Mr. John Murray, the head of the great pub- lishing house which bears his name and ex-presideut of the Publishers' Association, read a very interesting and important paper upon the question, "How may the organisations of publishers, newsagents, circulating libraries, journalists, and authors check the production and circulation of noxious reports and publications ? " while Mr. A. G. Gardiner, editor of the Daily News, and Canon Rawnsley dealt with the question of whether the law should be strengthened, having due regard to the liberty of the Press, for the suppression of noxious publications.
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