penalties from homosexual behavior between consenting adults in private. Reporting this occurrence as a "dramatic reversal of history," U.S.A.'s NEWSWEEK quoted the Marquess as saying:"I do not believe that our laws on this subject are a solution. They have, if anything, helped to produce a nasty, furtive underworld which is bad for society and bad for the homosexual." To those to whom the title "Marquess of Queensberry" does not ring a bell, it was the 9th Marquess, and great-grandfather of the present Marquess, who accused Oscar Wilde of misconduct with the former's son-out of which episode grew one of the most sensational trials of the century, sending Wilde to Reading Gaol and to his eventual deterioration and ultimate ruin.

By no means, however, are all members of the House of Lords in agreement on the Wolfenden proposals. The same issue of NEWSWEEK goes on to report Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein's views "that the bill (based on these proposals) would strike a blow at all those devoted to improving the moral fibre of British youth. 'Take a large aircraft carrier with 2000 men cooped up in a small area,' said Monty. 'Imagine what would happen in a ship of that sort if these practices crept in." From this argument, it is quite apparent to ONE that the worthy Viscount has the notion that military regulations for aircraft carriers really ought to be the model for British laws generally. Or perhaps he anticipates getting all British males aboard aircraft carriers in the not-too-distant future.

Prodded into action by the parliamentary uproar in May over homosexual law reform, Monica Furlong, writer for London's DAILY MAIL, went herself to Holland,

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which follows substantially the policies recommended in the Wolfenden report, and as a result of first-hand investigation, wrote a feature article published on 6-1, which is of such timely interest that ONE is reproducing it in full for the benefit of American readers. Under the heading, "Can't We Follow This Wise Example?" Miss Furlong writes:-

"Last week, while the Houses of Parliament were nervously starting and stalling over the issue of homosexuality, I decided to go and take a look at a country which long ago accepted the equivalent of the Wolfenden proposals.

"I went to Holland where, apart from the period under Nazi occupation, private behaviour between consenting male adults has been legal since 1911.

"What is particularly interesting about Holland is that it has moved on from a mere tacit acceptance of homosexuality to an intelligent consideration of the problems involved both for the individual and for society.

"In this the churches have given a strong lead and, since the Dutch are more actively religious than the British, this has had a profound effect on national attitudes.

"Seminars of priests and psychiatrists meet regularly to exchange information and observation, bishops and archbishops are fully informed of their proceedings, and there is an elaborate system of bureaux to provide pastoral help for those beset with homosexual problems.

"I first went to see a Roman Catholic priest, Pater Gottschalk, who has become well-known in Holland both for his outspoken speeches and articles, and for his pastoral concern for homosexuals.

""I have two great interests in life,' he remarks cheerfully, 'homo-