All Europe, and Sweden in particular, have suffered a great
loss by the death of M. Branting, for three short periods Prime Minister of his country. Without agreeing with his Socialist theories we admired during the War the skill with which he took his part in steering Sweden along the difficult path of neutrality, and were grateful for the consistent sympathy that he showed with the Allied cause, for it was more than mere antipathy to Hapsburg and Hohenzollern ideas. Since the War he was a whole-hearted worker for the League of Nations. Two other men have died after long life-service to their fellow men. Sir Clifford Allbutt as Regius Professor of Physics at Cambridge had reached a pinnacle in the Medical Profession to which his practice and original researches entitled him. lie was known and honoured far beyond the Cambridge circles in which he was particularly beloved. Mr. Joseph Rowntrec, the founder of the prosperous cocoa business at York, was one of the best examples of the earnest Quaker who conscientiously combines business and philanthropy. Thousands of employees benefited by his business abilities and took the first benefits of his philanthropy. * * * *
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