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HERE, THERE
and
EVERYWHERE
Financing The League
League of Nations expenditure |
is under criticism.
Two immediate results from
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1933.
BRITAIN'S
LIABILITY IN PALESTINE
TRANSJORDAN A BURDEN TO THE NATION
these criticisms are anticipated: MANDATE A “COSTLY PRVILEGE’
(1) a further demand from one or more of the member States that the salaries of Leique officiale be re-
"Three is
"
country cailed and prodigal. For three years the It is not a part of experiment of having an indepen- duced; (2) an outburst of mis- Transjordan. leading propaganda from various the British Empire; yet it costs the dent Arab ruler in Transjordan League of Nations Unions in which British taxpayer a great deal of was followed, and then the British
money." Writes a student of the Government dropped it. the cost of the League is advan Middle East in the London "Even-- The Emir had provoked rebellion tageously compared to the cost of building a battleship.
British
ing Standard."
among his own subjects a revolt Transjordan is 1 part of that had to be quelled by our Koyal- Government delegates Palestine-the desert, usproduc- Air Force. And so both the powers- led a movement last year for re- itive part. The River. Jordan, and the purse of the Emir were ductions in the pay of the interna which links the Dead Sea to the curtailed, and “T. J." was definitely tlonal Civil Service.
Sea of Galilee, cuts off Transjordan brought under the administration The result was negligible—a de- from the Holy Land.
of the High Commissioner of cision to make a ten per cent. re-
Transjordan is nicknamed "TJ" Palestine. duction only in the case of promo-by the British in the Middle East. The Emir Abdullah, who has al- tion or new appointments.
It has a ruler and 250,000 ju-ways had an Executive Council to habitants. To its ruler the Bri-help him, and since 1929 a Legia- In the League Secretariat alone tish Government sends a regular Intive Counell also, is guided to- there are 700 officiala:
remittance of money. It makes day by a sketleton service of Bri- British Re- At the current rate of exchange.grants-in-aid towards the budget of tish officials. The the Secretary-general's salary is Transjordan-a budget which
hassident, who has with him an As-
Fistant Resident, directly £5626 per year, with an entertain-always shown a deficit,
repre- ment allowance of £3000.
Benta the High Commissioner for An' dot one ribber am Jardan. Palestine, who is now also High Commissioner for Transférdan. One mare ribber, In each of the last five years, There
Advisers for
Geneva Rates
two
Que more ribber,
are British
He has two deputies and under-secretaries, who all receive salaries of £2750 and entertain ment allowances of £1500 and £000 sums varying from about £70,000 such matters as Justice, Finance, respectively.
to £120,000, compulsorily contri-Low, Customs Then
come nine directors abuted by the British people, have ment. £2500 and six counsellors at £1750.crossed the River Jordan.
For the rest, the League systemį Why is that?-since. as I have is to put all officials on a scale ris-sald, Transjordan is not ing by annual increments. In Empire. It is because Britain is there is the
practice they are automatic.
"Shorthand-Secretary-Typists.”
in the
and Land Settle-
Emir A Poor Governor
For the maintenance of order Arab Legion. nearly
the Mandatory Power for Palestine 1,000 strong, in which there aro and Transjordan; it was appointed four British officers. And there ja Under this system there are 238lby the League of Nations to the the Transjordan Frontier Force, a mixed body officered by British, up" has been resorted to, the of the staff whose salaries either costly privilege of being their guar-
Above all, there is a squadron of dian. sales have been prevented by ar- already are, or will become, £1750,
the Royal Air Force, which is sta- or all the unnatural States ganised resistance. Mr.
tioned at Amman and Maan. De even if they receive no single step
which were founded after the Valera has advanced the theory of promotion, 14 officials at £1689. Great War by the victorious Allies, illegal con-23 more at £1600, and 64 at £1000. Transjordan is the most artificial. spiracy to refuse payment of! There are a further 143, many oBorn of fear, bred in doubt, there
all
of rates
Your Daily Smile
TOUGH
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means All His Own Work.
Freeman
After the war Transjordan was fallowed to form part of the short-
In
lived kingdom of Syria, which the'
The Royal Air Force, of course, are paid, for directly by the Bri- tish Exchequer, and there is from the same source a grant-in- ald for the Frontier Force of about £30,000,
Certain minor economies have
late King of Irak ruled until the been made. The Emir Abdullah French tired of the excesses of his began his happy life in exile from his native Hejaz with £5,000 a followers. They ejected him ia
¡month, bút Juring the last decade 1920.
his personal allowance has been
round about £14,000 a year.
This man lacks entirely the
went
The China Mail
Hong Kong. Wednesday, Nov. 1, 1933. that there is
rates; and at this moment nine them "secretary-shorthand-typists," farmers
are awaiting trial on who started at a minimum of £530 is no healthy life in it. that charge before a military and will rise to £700. the Public court set up under
Every one of these salaries Safety Act--the use of which in- free of tax. All signs point to a stormy strument of coercion is anathema the Government's Labour session of the Free State Dail.to
The existence of any which is now in
in allies. session Dublin. The political position is such conspiracy is hotly denied
What was now to be done with generally felt to be such that aby the farmers' organisation, "A dentist.” says a writer "must "T. J."? To the British fell the successively diminished to a figure dissolution and General Election which has called on those who be like a Wild West Heman; stern-responsibility of deciding it.a cannot be far off, even though, for can pay rates to do ao. It is a minded and strong in the wrist future. They had helped to ad-
He is R widely different reasons, neither serious position; for, as Mr. De And, of course, quick on the draw, minister it under Feisal, and they qualities of governance.
charming and courteous host. He Government nor Valera has himself pointed out.
now BOW his elder the De Valera
brother, desire to non-payment
Abdullah, who had once declared loves horses and the open air. He their opponents can
iplays chess and cards excellently. hasten il. The Ministerial party, the complete breakdown of all Two business rivals were having himself King of of Irak (he never
He is a cheerful companion. But after lighting two elections since local services." Yet the beggareda wardy conflict.
thither). threatening to the beginning of last year, and condition of the agricultural in- "You want me to tell you just avenge his brother's defeat by the these qualities and talents do not
make a
ruler. The verlest mis Freeman?" French usurpers. having by now completely alien-dustry, which is the country's what I think of you,
ereants in Transjordan can move livelihood. is a fact established sneered Brown.
Up from the Hejaz ke came. ated most of those hitherto sup- porting it who were men of pro-by the Government's own trade "Yes, go on!" replied
storming and breathing fire. "But him with a tale of pity, move him so that he weeps. His most pro- you can't behave like that." perty, is suffering severely from statistics. If the resources of with an air of defiance. a "complaint of the cheat." The local administration are drying "Very well," said the other. "I' claimed the British to this impetu-minent State actions are concerned new United Ireland party, in up, the prospect for national re-be brief. You say you are a self- ous Emir. "Listen: we will make with the pardoning of justly con-
you ruler of Transjordan. which the three sections of the venue is no better. The whole made man-
Yet this attitude of leniency has Opposition were finally fused not situation, in fact, ought to be at "I don't deny it." put in Freeman, £5,000 Subsidy For Emir not served to gain him popularity. two months ago, needs time to the command of an Opposition with a self-satisfied grin.
To the second son of the late Far from it. A short time ago "Which just goes to show the hor-King Hussein the sop offered was he was pelted with onions by the complete the organisation in the which makes the recovery of the country of a united movement British market, through such afrors of unskilled labour," returned sufficient. The Emir was installed citizens of Es Salt.
the British Brown. far agreement as
as ruler of the country in 1921. He that probably could, if time were
The reallet must examine the given it rid the Free State of Government has always sought,
was granted a subsidy of £500 a prospect held out by our commit- month by the British, and, under ments in the Middle East. one of the most disastrous Ad- the first practical point in its
a "Chief British ministrations with which a com- programme. I, in the tempera- "Well ye hoe o drink?" asked the the direction of munity was ever afflicted. Yet mental conditions of Free State Scut.
Representative," enjoyed consider- the party situation in the Dail politics. that point has not even
replied his English |áble powers of administration.
In 1922 Great Britain WAS is so delicately balanced, and the yet been reached, it can hardly acquaintance. "I think I will"
The Scot turned a disgusted eye formally constituted Mandatory march of the country towards be far off.
[on him. “Ays,” he said, “I thocht Power for Palestine and Tranajor-
ye looked that sort."
[dan. Thus the land which the Bri- With our economic relation with tish had helped to conquer and sub-'our own Colonial possessions so ill- sequently to administer became not developed there is no more reason they part of the Empire but a Class A" why we should hold a Mandate for that Mandate, responsibility from Transjordan than that we should custo- which could be extracted no com- wet-nurse Albania or Peru, guns,"mercial preferences..
The time has come for a facon.. The Emir Abdullah's ways of:ad-sideration of the “A” Mandates. ministration were both peculiar (Continued on Page 7).
The Wings Of Peace.
"Thanks,"
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Scatch
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"I read in the paper that gave the new President of
fair was a failure," went on hubby. "Yes, but this time the whole af-j
"They missed him,” he replied. "Why was that " she asked.
bankruptcy proceeds 80 rapidly day by day, that the decision may casily be taken out of the hands of the political leaders. That the aeroplane is destined} Much depends on the mainten-to be the most potent instrument ance of the very awkward alliance for peace in the world and for South American republic the between the Government and union amongst the nations is a mary salute of twenty-one the fractional Labour party, prediction which may sound to hobby told his wife, without whose support Mr. De some like a grim paradox. Yet "Really?" she replied. Valera would command a major the Marquis of Londonderry, ity of one vote in the Dail. The when he made this hold prophecy continuance of that support has in his address to the Inter- only at the eleventh hour been national Air Traffic Association. purchased by his binding him-was able to show good chuse for self to take no step without con-faith in it. It is an unfortunate sulting the Labour leadership, accident that the first intensive to carry new measures of so-development of the aeroplane was cial legislation-all calling for for military purposes. Lord public expenditure for which no Londonderry's logic Is Bound An adjustable head enables the visible means exist. What Mr. when be argues that, the 'plane heamus, from a new flashlight to be De Valera is fond of calling the is not essentially a weapon of turned in any direction while the economic war with Great Britain war, any more than the steamlight is standing in an upright post has, in fact, by this time gone to engine or the motor-car. The tion.
....
Facts You Did Not Know.
such a length that even the main purposes of all are found in poorestto whom above all he the work of peace. He gave Chinese experts are experiment- looks for support at the polls-soma striking figures. This year ing with the production of new are beginning to feel the stress it is probable that there will be print paper from bamboo, which al- of it. The Government's social 100,000,000 miles of commercial ready serves more than 400 indus policy has involved a large in-flying. In Europe alone there trial purposes. crease of rates; at the samejáro now 60,000. miles of airways.
time, farmers everywhere have To the people of the British Em- In the first alx months this year |been reduced to such straits pire world afe routes are of the 1948 patents were granted in Cao- through the restriction of their first importance. There is now a choslovakia and 2181 sxpired, 4111 natural market in Britain that regular air mall between London patent applications being-received, very many of them cannot pay and India Bouth Africa has
iraten at all. Beveral County Been brought within nine days of not less entérprising in the or- Councils haye, proclaimed them-London, and India: within six. ganisation of Continental and nalyes bankrupt; mil are in des-These are only the beginnings of world airways. All this must perite difficulties. In many dia, a system which within a future make for better international flote no attempt is made to to be foreseen - will link up the understanding and closar, Inter- enforce demands which cannot be whole - Baltik.” Commonwarithi:inational > ex operation, Bonomie Imet. · In others, where selling The other, nations of Europe are and political.
¡demned men.
The truth is that Transjordan- needs the guardianship of Krj... tain, but Britain
that guardianship.
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