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The reports that Queen Mary intends to reside in Marlborough House are strengthened by the
NEUTRALITY
PREVIOUS TRADITIONS
ABANDONED
QUEST FOR ISOLATION STILL BEING ACTIVELY PURSUED
N
(By J. B. Firth)
mublication should be addressed to The Maharajah of Tipperah fact that the Queen, accompanied the Editor, and be accompanied by whose new house in Calcutta, by the Princess Royal, visited the Writer's Name and Address floodlit every evening, has become Marlborough House yesterday and not necessarily, for insertion," but one of the sights of the tram, is made a complete tour lasting 90 as a guarantee of good faith.
providing the money for bulding minutes. Londor's first Hindu Temple. The The house was re-decorated in money for the freehold site, and 1928 under the Queen's supervi other buildings associated with the sion for the Prince of Wales on Temple, will be raised by public this return from his African tour,
EUTRALITY, permanent Adams, is to be abandoned of subscription in India.
neutrality, is the key word their own motion and volition. but he preferred to remain at St. just now in the foreign policy Yet they waged at least one Orthodox Hindus are technically James's Palace Renter's Bulletin of the United States. forbidden by their religion to leave Service.
-war for its maintenance, and it India. When Gandhi first came to
"If a war breaks out any-has drawn them close to the The Queen Mother's visit res
where in the wide world which edge of war many times more. England to study law he broke terday is taken by newspapers as is not of immediate concern to caste, and in consequence treated as an Untouchable by the that she will decide to live there Roosevelt's new Neutrality Law a high place among President
Freedom Of The Seas the Americas” ---President of the expectation
The Freedom of the Seas held stricter members of his
-British Wireless Service.
is designed to ensure that the Wilson's United States shall keep clear Points.~
famous Fourteen fand keep out.
"I cannot take part," he declared at a critical mo- The root determination is not ment, in any negotiation for
Hong Kong, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 1936.
Mandates And Rawity.
Materials
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was confirmation
COW-
More recently, Pandit Malavya. the leader of orthodox Hinduism,
when he came to London for the
to
It was devoutly hoped when Round-table Conference, had Mr. Baldwin succeeded to the take elaborate precautions against) Premiership that the era of being polluted. He brought with conferences and congresses had food and drink during his stay him all he needed in the way of come to an end. It was char-abroad acteristic of the Labour Party
and in this respect Mr. Ram-SITE IN KENSINGTON say MacDonald carried os în
POSTAGE STAMP ISSUE Representations To
Argentina
London, To-day.
༄་
to be sucked into the whirlpool, peace which does not include
He
as they were in the Great War, the Freedom of the Seas." and the best preventive, it is only consented to its discussion thought, is to keep Americanfbeing waived in return for the ships and American goods as formal acceptance by Great far as possible out of the war-Britain and France of his still zones. All trade with belliger-more ents in munitions of war is di-League of Nations. So the pro-
darling project,
the rectly forbidden; and the roblem was left waresolved, like It is hoped that the existence of Postage stamps issued by Ar-
lume of trade in "American pro-ja ragged reef in the fairway on the National Government the a Hindu Temple in London will do gentina in which the Falkland Is-ducts calculated to facilitate the which Anglo-American good re- Labour tradition to take it away with the necessity for such lands are depicted on a
prosecution of war" is limited lations might founder at any for granted that all that was precautions, and thus make visits Argentina, formed a question rais-the belligerents in time of
map of
to the normal trade exports to time of stress and crisis. needed for the settlement of by orthodox Hindus easier.
ed by a member of the House of controversies was to "get to The Temple will be in charge of Commons yesterday: Replying, the
The suggestion that it should peace. gether" with the assistance of Swami B E Bon, who started a
be abandoned was first author- Government stated that the Min- a "round table." To that there London Hinda Mission some three ister to the Argentine Republic
Trade At Own Risk
itatively put forward by Ad- would be no objection if.all that years agt.
miral Simas, and a recent ques- A site is being looked had been instructed to convey the trade with belligerents will do American admirals and captains
Moreover, Americans wha tionnaire happened was that there was for in Kensington.
addressed to all The idea is British Government's view to the so at their own risk. If their on the retired list indicated that plenty of talk and nothing at to choose as central a position as Argentine Government.-Reuter's goods are held up as the end to show for it. Unfor-possible, and tunately
contra more than half favoured its the result usually accessible
band of war they are warned practical abandonment as pre- that they must not expect promising the surest means of a crop of misunderstandings. If present plans are kept to, the
tection from Washington. The keeping the United States from and resentments due to confict foundation stone will be laid next
Secretary of States will indite being drawn into war. Ten years ing desires having been made May by the Maharajah of Tip- chef
note of protest, remons ago such an idea would have. more definite and much harder perah and the head of the Sri luncheon the blackbrowed secretary
trance, and menace. at to remove in consequence of the Krishna Chitanya community in went to interview the man.
been rejected with virtual un- How long, when it came publicity that had been given Calcutta, who is Swami Bot's here?" he asked sceptically.
to animity. "Were an actual test. American trade to them. Is it likely that the Gara
you really a chef before you came interests
Favourite Argument and the American general conference proposed by
sir. As me recommendations stated I
press could tamely endure such the most popular argument in
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WHAT 3 FIGURES WHEN MULTIPLIED
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war
huge
that it
the
served four years in France during conditions is a matter of opin favour of creating a the War, cooked for an officers on. It would depend probably American Navy was very sincere lover of peace he of both these nationals haveled twice.”
mess for two years and was wound-on the extent to which the sym-was required to maintain wants to remove all possible been respected and protected.
"I wonder they didn't pathies and antipathies of the Freedom of the Seas. That kill you," said the secretary. causes of war, and he finds that Short of Italy and Germany complain monopoly the results of secur- an artificial legal
American people had been ex-Navy is now in being, but the * * *
cited. that they are unable to get rewing absolutely equal terms for
NOTE TO EDITOR-
Nevertheless, the fact that drops out of sight
doctrine it was to maintain materials for their industries. all comers would not
Dear Editor:. If you don't stop the United States is prepared printing those He therefore suggests that the enough to make any material paper.
be big Scotsmen Fl stop borrowing you
jokes about shingay
to regard with favour a Per-United States is at its lowest The Imperialist wave in the raw materials which are found change.
manent Neutrality Law of this ebb. The revulsion against the in the mandated territories and no restriction on the free saleį There is practically
nature is profoundly significant frenzied Dollar Diplomacy of the British Crown Colonies of raw materials, and none has GROUND FLOOR shall be "redistributed,” and he been unearthed by the
Business Man: What do you do American sentiment. It means ver regimes is complete. There of a complete revolution in the Harding, Coolidge and Hoo- has
with all these pictures you paint? com- an open mind about the plainants.
Modernist Artist: I sell them; sin
that the doctrine of the Free-has been a violent swing-back transfer of these territories to ticism is that trade is always terms, my man, I've been looking for held by the United States since the United States isolation.
The only valid eri- Business Man: Well, rame your
dom of the Seas, passionately to the historic fereign policy of the Mandates. Commission of more or less reciprocal, and that a salesman like you for years the League for administration the grant of any preference
the days of Washington and It is quite unlikely that any means an increase of British
(Continued on Page 11) arguments produced at a gen-sales and a consequent growth eral conference would be so of British purchases. weighty as to cause a reversal preferences are only of moment of policy among the Powers in the case of the Dominions, who are called the "naves" to jand it is still doubtful whether the "have nots," and if a de-they have had much effect. finite decision had already been Moreover they have been grant- made, a conference would noted in some cases, as by Sir Wil be necessary.
frid Laurier, as There are three ways of look-method of reducing customs 2n indirect ing at the proposal. One would barriers that were too high, and be the question of right the in other cases as a quid pro quo second would be a computation for solid consideration of results, the third would be a Dominions
The balance of advantage.
make their The policies, and the advocates of own rights of the present position "Empire Tariffs" have found to Jare clear as to the mandated their grief that Mr. Bennett's territories they are already maxim "no sentiment" has been held only under the condition of only too enthusiastically adopt- equal opportunities for all med. In tions; they produce no revenue tariffs the special duties have the Crown Colony for the suzerain Power. The been mostly a check on the dia reason why Italy and Germany organisation caused by artifi cannot buy what they want is cially defizted money. It re simply that they have diverted quires a microscope to find that their funds to armaments and preferential rates have deflect- sacrificed their foreign credited any trade from its natural It is within their own discretion channels. It was only recently to alter their policy. The only that the British Government method by which they could ceased, actually to oppose any obtain a greater supply is by preference for instance, when forbidding the mandated coun- Rhodes offered to insert in the try to sell to anyone else and Rhodesian Charter a clause to thereby getting their imports the effect that no duty of more cheaper. That would not be than 15 per cent should be just to the sellers or to rival charged on British imports, the traders. It may be put in brief clause was vetoed that the only principle that would be just would be that that very little would be lost if Experience seems to show they should apply the present the existing preferences were equal rights to their own prác abolished, not because they tice, and that would not be actually make much difference, what they want at all. If the but because they lead to much appeal is merely ad misericor- suspicion. There is always the dian, then the answer is that fear that they might be greatly the main consideration is the increased and pubac speeches wellbeing of the people who live are made that keep the fear in the mandated countries alive. But any such principle That would not be improved by should be coupled with the pro banding them over to countries viso that its benefits should that are unable to buy their only be, extended to and xcluding those that agree to.
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