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Work was begun simultaneously on the new bridge to be known as and the Khedive Ismael Bridge. has progressed so well that it is being put into use one month ahead of schedule.
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THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1933;
COURAGE OF BONAR
LAW'S
EXPLAINS FATHER'S PART
IN DEBT SETTLEMENT
“THINKING
The abutments are flanked granite pylons, at the bases which stand four bronze Hons special knowledge taken from the old bridge.
OF FUTURE”
(By A.A.B.)
of the
currency
the
At last we a appear to be
London. amount. And we should have gono Whether from an 'inspiration ofjon paying this toll for another forty Treasury had not ac- filial piety, or from a good-natured years if our desire to soothe the frayed nerves tually reached the bottom of our of an expectant House of Commons, pockets.
A Ten-Year Carse. The new bridge is a triumph for Mr. Richard Law, one of the Con-
The United States debts have British engineering: Consisting of servative members for Hull, has aight steel spans, it stretches for made the speech of the Conference. cursed Europe with turmoil and un- The delegates, including the 're rest for over ten years, and have nearly a quarter of a mile with total span of 1.260 feet and is 68 Ppresentative of America, who, ac-been the cause. feet wide. One span electrically cording to common report, has made crisis of which no one can see operated can be opened to accom-the same speech for 20 years, mere end.
and waking from our dreams to a world modate river traffic, two clear pas-y repeated, in emphatic
WA all of grim reality: Hence this Con- sages each of 66 feet being provid_propriate language, what
know. But young Mr. Law, with ference, of which the most striking any self-consciousness or episodes have hitherto been the Messrs. Dorman Long and
Co./out were awarded the contract, and the vehemence, contributed a piece of matchless and grinning impudence 8,791 tons of steel necessary for historical evidence of which neither of M. Litvinoff, with his offer on the construction were manufactur- the authenticly nor the motives can behalf of the Soviets to absorb ¡be impugned. Mr. Law wished to £40,000,000 imports, and the strug- led at their Middlesbrough works.
The bridze, designed by Sir John explain the part played in the Debt gles of the majestic MacDonald to setlement of 1923 by his father, the get out of the lift, evidently of Burnet and partnera, presents
late Mr. Bonar Law.
pliocene or possibly neolithic for handsome appearance in keeping "He knew that the fact that his mation. with its situation in one of the father had to accept the settlement: I have been reading Mr. Harold most picturesque parts of Cairn
almost broke his heart. For that Nicolson's masterly and witty com- Bronze Lions
reason he would like to make clear,mentary and dlary of the Versailles Here is an illuminat- by his father's attitude, which had ba-Conference. of come so obscured. He could claiming extract: "Nobody who has not on the subject had experience of Committee work because he was very close to his in actual practice can conceive of father from the time it was made the difficulty of inducing a French- Granite faced piers carry the bridge, while the balustrading to his death. and had since had mau, an tatizo, an American, and Jan Erźlishman to agree on any- series of bilateral agreements?
constructed in structural steel access to his papers."
After disclaiming any pretence to thing. A majority agreement is How justify an arrangement by heavily embellished with cast iron
impartiality, and allowing Mr. Bald-easy enough; a unanimous agrec orna- copings, facla plates and
win all the merit which he deserves, ment is an impossibility; or if pos- which automatically bound to give to B without remental distance pieces. Marble
The Mr. Law continued that his father.isible, then possible only in the form turn the favours which we grant from the quarries near to A in return for valuable con- pyramids at Giza is used in the then Prime Minister, "accepted the of the form of some paralytic com- siderations? Mr. Runciman said construction of ornamental tur settlement, which he believed to be promise"
'Twas over thus, and ever will be "We give a general adherence to
races extending under the shore monstrously unjust, and which he
the iso. fraught with
That is the damnation of de- the method of the Most-Favour-spans and in
the staircases by knew to be
greatest possibilities of disaster: mocratie diplomacy. This Con- which the approaches can b
"It was the future of which Mr.ferenca will be no exception; and as "Is it quite certain," asked ed-Nation treatment, but we are
not prepared to sacrifice our bila-reached. Mr. Runciman at the World Eco-teral arrangements by unequivo-Special lanterns mounted on cast membered Mr. Bonar Law saying, of time will be greater.
Bonar Law was thinking. Here it is larger, the futility, and waste It will dis- nomic Conference "that bilateral
that bilateral cal adherence." Mr. Chamber iron standards will foodlight the when he had had time to think it aoive itself in the ridicule of a arrangements are
bridge.
over, that he would sooner hava sophisticated world. way of dealing with the economic lain entered a similar caveat in his declaration of last month: situation as we find it?"
broken up his own Government, only Only Mr. Baldwin, who is the President of the Board of Trade!This treatment cannot be main-
a few months old though it was, and main cause of it all. "lies low and tained to countries which, now
retired into private life. than have says nuffin." One must BASUMO is plainly convinced that they are!
He did not think his that the English people like being the best way, and he has himself enjoy its benefit unless they are
accepted it. willing to adopt a reasonable po-j followed it during the past year licy in framing their own tariffs How to cure yourself of the to-father would have accepted it had misgoverned, for Mr. Baldwin is in making his various Trade and in negotiating new agree-bacco habit: Marry a woman who he not at the time been a very sick the titular head of the largest When a settlement was political party ever represented in Agreements with the Argentine,,
That is plain common objects to smoking.
finally arrived at a chorus of Parliament, and Mr. Montagu`Nor- Denmark, Germany, and other ments."
halleluja surged up from Thead-man is still the Governor of the countries. It has the practical sense. But can the benefit be withheld except after formal de-l
More Important.
needle Street at the idea of a trade Bank of England, having been re- advantage that it clears at any nunciation of the Most Favoured- If a salt herring and a half cost recovery taking place. His father elected more than once since the rate, part of the jungle and se-Nation agreements? The recent cures a resumption of trade intiff war between Germany and three-ha-pence, what does quench- took the opposite view: and thought monstrous blunder of 1923. the products in which the con- tracting parties are most parti-the Argentine arose out of a dis-Ins your thirst after eating them that the effect would be exactly the cularly interested. It has the pute on this head. Whether in some to?
present conditions it is worth further advantage that it postu while to retain these agreements
AT HIS LEISURE. lates before-hand acceptance of the Ottawa Agreements which is an open question. A good debate Doctor:
The China Mail Hong Knog, Thursday, July 13, 1935,
The Way To Tariff Reductions
are now
The
we are
Your Daily Smile
GOOD ADVICE.
#
man. · · ·
Nay, worse appear to be in reverse... He regarded the settle-stare for us. For the token pay- ments on which it was based as be-ment of 10 per cent of the Debt ing a kind of self-illusion, a kind of has not yet been passed by Con
I see that another cap-anaesthesis which blinded the people gress, and
Life to the real results of the settlement, financial mission is to proceed to and he thought that the arguments Washington in September to re- the case. Are Messrs.
and ment were based upon a kind of Baldwin
Montagu Nor wish-fulfilment complex. He be-
(Continued on Page 11.)
Give up smoking, part of the solid basis in the House of Commons might tain, and you will prolong your of inter-Imperial trade relations, be of value to the British Govern- by 20 years.
ment and to the Conference, Captain: But isn't it too late of those who supported the agree-open To injure those agreements would which evidently is to adjourn un-now?"
be the height of economic folly, til the autumn. By that time Doctor: It's never too late. and is not to be considered. The
others nations, principally the Captain: Then I'll start in British Government, of course, United States, may have decid. year's time, have no intention of doing any-ed on a sane and consistent tariff thing to alienate the Dominions!
and arouse their just resentment.
policy.
It may be troublesome to deal
2
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REFLECTION,
ten lieved that the settlement which was based upon hoye, and not to any very great extent upon reason.”
The Victims.
one by one with three score coun-Doom Of The Iron Horse, iron will when he's really only got victims of tuis self-illusion, of this
tries, and if other nations follow the same course it is obvious that
The world's engineers are
Many a man thinks he's got an
ļa wooden head,
#
MOTTO.
2
were
RED RAIN SURPRISES VILLAGERS
Everything Exposed Is Dyed.
DUST COLOURS CLOUDS
Belgrade.
And yet the persons who were the
wish-fulfilment complex. who were blinded by tais anaesthesia. the Chancellor of the Exchequer "an immense series" of bilater-turning to the streamlined train,
See no evil, hear no evil, speak and the Governor of the Bank of al arrangements will have to be the economical Diesel engine and
And the ex-post facto England! Ino evil-and you'll be n certain concluded, involving much time cars of aluminum alloys. With
critic of their madness is not a and labour. It is also a fact that Dr. Kruckenberg making nearly social failure
amart young politician, but the son
The inhabitants of Bosnia were the Commission of Experts ob-150 miles an hour in a Zeppelin
of a man who had been in Parlis- served that "a policy of nibbling" car and the "Flying Hamburger"!
ment for 30 years, had himself startled after "a heavy fall of rain would not solve this crisis, But at 90 miles reducing the German
A sociologist remarks: that poor been Chancellor of the Exchequer, to find everything dyed: red. the fable of the mouse which highway bus to the status of the freed the Hon still points its ad- tortoise, it was inevitable that a people are apt to keep their little and was a Prime Minister practi- mirable moral. When rival pro-major American road would seek savings hidden instead of trusting cally on his death-bed. posals of all-round tariff reduc- the aid of science in recovering them to banka.
The tions are seen to be impractic-Its lost passenger traffic. able, because they would tall Union Pacific has decided to make Facts You Did Not most lightly upon those who on a bold experiment which may
Know. the argument had been the indicate how the railway can
THE LOWER HOARDERL
Umbrellas, clothes, washing left
out in the rain, everything was
Oh, but they say the tongues of stained. And in the reservoirs it
dying men Enforce attention;)
was found the rain water that had collected was .bright red in colour. For they breathe truth that Motorists driving from Sushak breathe their words in pam.to Zagreb report that suddenly Bonar, Law died within a few they ran into a dense yellowish-
chief sinners and built the high-again become the high-speed, in- Todine is being obtained from weaks of uttering the words that red fog. For hours they had to re- est tariff walls, let us not des-expensive mass-carrier. It an-
the dangerous mout pise the cumulative results even nounces that it will order a light, California oil well bring in a Los-his son quoted; and lat no man main still, for it was impossible to of "nibbling." Bilateral arrange three-car, streamlined, air-con-Angeles plant that can be expanded undervalue the young man's cour-drive over ments, of course, do not, neces-ditioned train to be driven at to meet the entire demand of the age in trying to do justice to his tale roads in this fog, which left ■ father's memory, for he has de-thick yellow deposit on everything sarily preclude multilateral agree-110 miles an hour by Internal United States.
liberately cut himself off from pro-exposed to it ments. But, as Mr. Runciman combustion engines of only 600*** observed, these would be of little horsepower. With headlights, French and Belgian interests are motion, and is not even supported At first it was thought that dust use unless there were real tariff tail-ights, whistles and bells planning an airplane service be by the Press of his party. I cannot clouds from Vesovina or from the reductions and the countries con- neatly tucked away so that they tween France and Belgium and their soo Lord Stonehaven or Sir Geoffrey Sahara had been carried high up cerned covered a wide ares. And offer no resistance, the train may African passessions across Africa Ellis recommending, Mr. Richard in the air by strong winds and had Law for a safe seat or a snug since- fallen with the rain over Jugosla again, multilateral arrangements compete even with the heavier to Madagascar.
cure. for they 'serve their master. via. AAN are attended by special difficul- and slower type of airplane. The
What does Mr. Bonar Law's dying A careful investigation by the tles of their own. It is becoming Iron Horse is doomed. His hiss clear, too, that it is time the old ing, panting and puffing, belong kept in x Philadelphia department deposition come to? It comes to Department of Mineralogy of Za problem of Most-Favoured-to a slower day. He will wind store by a motion picture camera this, that owing to the superhuman greb Univerally discloses, however, Nation treatment was boldly facup in the museum There he will that photographs sales and credit stupidity or criminal recklessness that the dust which caused the of Messrs. Baldwin and Montagu red and yellow rain comes from no jed. This was one of the corner- be followed even by the stream-slips on reels of firm.
Norman, the British taxpayers further than the dry Karat district stones of the economic policy un-lined locomotiveless train. The
Customers accounts are being
der a Free Trade system. It future belong to the electrified of heavy freight, Like the sail have for over ten years heen pay of Dalmatia and Bosnía, was the sole privilege on which road, impossible on a large scale ing ship of another day, the Ironing in respect of the original fund-The dust is 'awent into the air by Great Britain could count, and in this economic crisis because of Horse created a saga. But is ed debt of 1900,000,000 total of strong winds, colours the clouds, it served as inadequate solace the heavy investment in new there not poetry in a train driven £270,000,000, the greater part of and falls as coloured rain many
Beuter, trifingreduction of the capital of its orig for many kicks. But how is it machinery, but inevitable in view by Niagara Falls or Muscle which is interest, with only hundreds of miles from the cene going to survive an intricate of the demands of the shippers Shoals!