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Show Ancienf Code of Honor Revived Again in France PA RIB, Auk. 11 fBy A. P.) Parte haa taken one snore step back to prewar conditions n by revWlnf duelling. Two barristere who Insisted In-sisted on settling a personal difference dif-ference with duelling swords revived re-vived a procedure which, since the war. has appeared ridiculous even In the eyes of the Wench, who still maintain that -there are some disputes dis-putes that rafonly be decided "on the field ef honor." v - General opinion, however. Is still against duelling for anything short of the grave t reasons, and one writer, regretting Its revival, has suggested that a new article In the duelling code should prescribe that encounters can only take place In the devastated region a close to A battlefield, or In a military cemetery. ceme-tery. "Few are the adversaries," I he says; who feeing the wooden cmeses of so many rYenchmen killed In the most formidable duel In history, will not find their own quarrel ludicrous and fall In each other's arms." . - |