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The Lords of the Admiralty WHY have decided to appoint a Fleet cinema officer, equip ships with the latest talking-picture appar atus, and generally assist officers and men to become movie-minded. This follows complaints that young Naval afficers have been wasting their aime at the pictures
FRANCE IS STRENGTHENING HER EASTERN FRONTIER
(By Marshal Petain)
The "China" Mail does not necessarily endorse the view of German policy and intentions taken by Marshal Petain, but publishes instead of studying. Several Ser-his artide us a weighty exposition of France's attitude and of the vice journals have been seriously fears which motivate her measures of national defence. concerned a this supposed ten- dency-
SLOW-MOVING war, ex-return to the Reich of the raik
A hausting victor and van-and road resources represented
costs, say Are we in a position to oppose
The big aips of the Fleet have shown picares for several years. quished alike, is a weapon to by the Saar. A young ficer has usually been be avoided at all- enthusiast enough to volunteer those who are theorising about such an onslaught victoriously? the next war. It must be a What do we need to meet such- for the b of show manager.
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General Election
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Four years ago, when National Government
The wardroom. notice-board was orated before each show with orceful and dramatic sket ches.dvertising forthcoming su~ perioductions.
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On son the officer-manager war won by a crushing, an attack with any chance of was a poster-artist and bill lightning victory. To prevent success? We will consider our the establishment of a fighting military situations its needs,. front, and to win such a victory, lacks, and necessary improve- there is only one way: Brutal ments.
Lack Of Equilibrium and unexpected onslaught.
moet even during the Everything shows that our 1914-18 war, there was no present military strength is possibility of smashing the re-calculated with regard to a sistance of a nation in arms military power in Germany by one sudden blow, one power quite different from what it is he City of London, as its ac-ful attack even if a surprise to-day. The lack of equili- ats show, continues to pay its one. Preparations for attack brium between France and "ale conners” £10 a year called for weeks of work, and Germany threatens to become
the enemy, warned of this, had tragic from 1996 onwards.
We must have, first of all a Their ancient duty was "to as-time to prepare his defence.
stronger active army, capable artain that the beer sold in the Thrusts At Vital Centres
of assuring the inviolability of Eity is wholesome and that the
The appearance of new our front if faced with a sud- Caneasures in which it is given are
army may give quite a different den attack, the danger of which- Fair.” But the Excite
had seemed Weights and Measures. Depart character to the next struggle up to ments have filched that work from To-day one can imagine a war secondary one.
· necessary*** breaking out suddenly, with Secondly, it is
national forces. them.
which the first that appliances by They have not officially tested military forces of the enemy mobilised under the protection beer for the last 100 years.
can be annihilated, his mobili of our active army, should be The conners in name only are sation centres disorganised, and better fitted to move into the
central power Hong Kong, Friday, October 25, 1935 elected, a very small prop
stations Time, with the object, first, of of the voters understood en usually beadles or City companies, sati
and they draw their: £10 annually. of
destroyed
filling up gaps as rapidly-as- the elements of the prob
The instruments for such possible and next to advance how to get the national thin one of the few perfect sinecures
warfare already exist: without on the necessary counter- distributed so that evody left in a mercenary world.
speaking of discoveries in the attacks without delay Your Daily Smile!
realms of chemistry, bacterio- Our solution is this: Two It is quite obvious from the shall have a fair rewar a
Only two logy, and electricity, and of the Years Service. decision of the Government to fair day's work, phy or
“Jimny, what is classical music? development of means of motor years service will allow us: hold General Election on mental, with nobody to
of actually to improve our army “The kind... YOU. CIN'T whistle, transport, the increase November 14 that they do not starve, and the further blem
armoured cars and tanks, the and to solve the problems of expect to be at war with Italy of how to combine the tions
advance of aviation has largely jactive crectives, of training at that date, nor with anyone into a society which at ma'am
their else. The American critics who the least not make su ideal
Early in December the following widened the possibilities of an and instruction, and of improv
Aviation ing our reserves, both in quan- have set themselves to broad-impossible by using
a bookseller's unexpected attack. cast. the mendacities of Signor surplus product in ping to notice appeared in
now, so that tion of carrying means of Gayda, and to incite the League blow each other up. day for windows in Scotland: Buy your in particular with its facilita-tity and quality.
The increase of military ser in which every one who had 8 views Christmas gift books
are a you may read them before posting destruction crying distance Other Means Later? to do heroic deeds
is becoming a danger more and vice to two years might only be election their own Government has dis-on those subjects
more to be feared...
a temporary measure. Various claimed any wish to share, will thousand, and afte
The aggressor has considered things such, for example, ax perhaps give a little more pro-there will be ten tud. The minence to the repeated de extremists, Fasc ad Com-
Ministers munist, Cobdend High stens to him describe a bowls game his plans for a long time. Sud- the improvement of the forti
a political sky fed zone above Montmedy, z clarations of Our
suddenly cloud-covered, he change in the German situa that they have no intention of Protectionist, Is nist and and he listens to her telling how her denty, under
takes advantage of his advanced tion, and in politics generally, going beyond the decisions of Cosmopolitan, wcourse be cousin's new dress was made the League voting either by alin a minor but they #case, and
Wifey: "Dear, I saw the sweetest, preparations, and opens hostili-might enable us, about. 1940, to as will argue majority or unanimously,
sation, carried out with
For the moment, it is from its constitution may require the "balancitor will cleverest little it downtown toties after a clandestine mobili- find another way
least let what the da
the spring of 1935 that our mili Enbby: "Put it on let's see how rapidit Does this mean another "Khaki at
case is, and to decide
By Land, Sea And Air
tary reorganisation must be Election"?
This date is The enemy is attacked at the put into motion. Hardly that perhaps. But it which of two aree candi-you look in it
represents
What SHAKESPEARE IN same time by armies of land determined by the demands of does mean a "League of dates most
GESTURE
and sea on his frontiers, and our own, security. In two years: Nations" election. The exist- his own poin dew.
in the
of his country by the situation has developed ing National Government was that point of will turn cat
air
These Hamper with such speed that the given a crushing majority by a to be there much doubt
tion by attacking con-are already changed. panic election, in which the The mug who decides
*vulnera many's benefit, to-day represented as all elections moderate. He
centrati issue was
points the railways national solvency (popularly takes thin he finds them understood us one and the same He hates that he is aproletariat
Moscow aviation camps, they thing with remaining on the only au
matter of fact
The Theatre for the Deaf and commercial activity by bombing gold bar standard).. against mob: he national bankraptey (under not only ser, but a capi-Damb, believed to be unique industrial centres. and they Where the management, cast and spread terror by dropping loads stood as going onto a managed talist, or st a kulak, and
audience are all dear and dumb, of bombs on the capital and currency and failing to pay our so far fating to be dis
bas just opened its doors here for other cities. de is cross-ques-|
It is in Germany that war of wat debt to the United States), ciplined theks, he gets
this nature is particularly As happens with all: the major angry
favoured, for military, political issues of politics and life, votes tioned police before she the current season,
and psychological reasons. had nothing to do with the re-hased in Court. Instead of spoken words the
Such a war was formulated by salt Things had gone too far Equal the vent his wrath lines of the plays are expressed by to be put right without a much one of his own leaders restures and facial expression.
foresight than proved to be
Looking Ahead
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must be. She! Mozie: "They
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Aha!
Moscow Theatre For Deaf and Dumb
great
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ain equality and str
CHINA SCIENCE
SOCIE
Meeting At Central University
Nanking, To-day
The 20th annual meeting of the
greater amount of goodwill and who commit him to a Among the plays in the theatres von Seeckt and his successor.
with a conscrip repertoire are most of Shakes One finds it laid down as fol China the background, peare's tragedies, Schiller's Love lows in the "Military Weekly available. During the whole of
very will sing first asked his and Intrigue and Chekhov's The strategy of to-morro
must seek to ocncentrate all its helome would in fact re-Cherry Orchard."
es, and refuse to join The cast consists of 25 men and available forces at the first he is convinced that women and the theatre has a seat instant of the opening of hos one in Italy in the ing capacity of 500. It is nearly tilties The effect of a will be done in Ger-ways full-Reuter
the post-war period
attempt to avoid.
has been defeated
timidity of the elected
ignorance of the elect
only countries where there was
still power enough, to
thing effective, the
mocratic countri
free discussion In a recent
Back
close
the dry. Be has no
for either Dictator foreign observers find
is that withal Signor
been
that
rere on
CHEERFUL TRISH-
DANCE HALL
"Like Addis Ababa”
When
surprise must be so, ove whelming that the enemy. left without any practical pos sibility of organising his de- tence.
Material Ready
the arms
Science Society will be held
"National Central Univer- MOTOW. A whole-day "pro- has been prepared which discussions, lectures, bio- exhibits and science mution-- showa, ́---- Central News
Over the
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