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London: Russia and the Socialist inter- jeopardising natural trade is now which is to exclude her German in- PECTIVE alike of econo- regnum in Germany. In the turning out airplanes, guns, tanks, dustries and industrialists from all mic factors and the well-being greater unheaval that is now go- armoured cars and military equip- share in, her military prepara- need is of the peoples concerned, the 23-ing on in Europe it is democracy ment generally. It is admitted tions. Although her tions are preparing not for peace itself which is in danger of being that the pace is not yet fast great, she feela, for cultural rea- bet for war.
Preparation has crushed. Dictatorship demands enough to evertake Germany, but sons, that she cannot trust them.”
it is being increased by every", pos- reached its climax everywhere, its place.
sible means. England is regroup- THIS is not a pleasant or an en- (even in England, in the adoption
picture forced ing her vital industrial plants in couraging of a military economy under which US democracy the national life is ordered; not to vie with dictatorship in cost areas safer from invading air which to frame a European peace real danger is with the peace and happiness of iy armament lest. like the Ethio- planes, and she is recruiting her outlook. The
possible induce known to be from the air. Nobody Hong Kong, Saturday, Jan. 30, 1937. the nation as first consideration, plans, it be taken unprepared, Along army by every
but with the military necessities with rearmament goes a frantic. ment amid loud moans from the mows exactly how strong are the of international strife as the basis, search for military alliances and public men that British youth is existing air feets of the nations. defensive pacts under not responding so eagerly as it It is a military secret in each case, Only * change of beart an mutual around and a stern determination which, when the day of aggression should. But she still besitates at and prying into military secrets is ABSURDITY of the peoples themselves in which comes, the individually weak may, adopting conscription before the discouraged by heavy penalties.
Even if they were available, all the nations shall share. that together and united, face the in- fatal hour strikes.
however, present aircraft Sgures war for any reason shall not be dividually strong. Even the Scan-
nations,
and USSIA has just reduced the would not be decisive, because the The eyes of the world during tolerated, will stop this frantic dinavian
have the
days
Last race. There is no in peaceful for a saturs, look no Rita has just feed and nations have all adopted cruse past few
This means that tice, each within its military econ- once more been focussed on Moscow, the capital of a State dication of any change of heart their arms and invade the rising from 21 to 19. which in spite of its twenty among the governing, and the gov- market for modern death-dealing within five years she will have an omy, of increasing their capacity They feel that, once available army half as large again to produce aeroplanes the moment erned are thinking only and wages, appliances. years of existence, is still cloth with the pleasures wages can par- the conflagration starts, there is as the present one. Already the war is actually in sight. Thus they ed with a somewhat sinister chase while the distant war-clouds no knowing how far it will has a peacetime army of approxi- will be able to acquire the very mately a million men, which makes latest air equipment in the short- Seventeen
spread. air of mystery.
While the doors to peace and it the largest, although probably est possible time-and will not be Communists, many of whom
that universal change of outlook not the most efficient, in Europe. hampered with antiquated ma- invitingly open it may be worth the strongest, air force in exis- until recently, was known to have sight. There was none,
been. household word in Russia, have
She has divided her enormous War preparations are being been on trial on charges which either, in the early days of June, while to glance over present con- tence.
1914. The point is that in this, ditions in Europe and to note how appear fantastic to citizens of
races in the much explosive material is lying territory into eastern and western pressed not only ful armaments but match defence zones; for she must pre- by economic penetration. In this countries run on different lines as in all armament
and pare to fight upon two fronts and field Germany has already achiev
ed a large measure of success by Readers of the reports of the Past, there will come a stage at around waiting for the trial have found themselves which some leader in the race be which will start the next
buying heavily from Central and Southeastern European nations, plunged into a maze of per-ins to consider whether it is not worst war in history.
ERMANY has again become
then refusing payment and urging plexity but from the mass of better to start hostilities now, sensational
them to take German goods at a evidence that has before the hated rival is ready,
than to wait until his prepara- the most powerful military fac- been the feature of the pro tions are complete, and thus be ter in Europe. Her zir feet, al-
German price in lien of cash. This though its exact dimensions are not
has made those countries more de ceedings, as in other Russian
pendent upon Germany, thus creat- trials of the past, emerge two gin at a disadvantage.
That is the so-called "preven known, is without doubt already
ing for her potential sources of salient facts.
tive" war,which is never ac stronger and more efficient than Her
food and raw materials without mowledged as such, all wars be that of any other power.
which she would be unable to
wage war.
played a prominent part in the famous October Revolution and
thicken.
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are leaders whose names are a OSTENSIBLY there is no war which alone can bring it remain Already she has the largest, if not chizes, as the French air fleet.
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In the first place, there can be little doubt that there is an element in the Soviet Stateng perely defensive from the capacity for constructing new ma- viewpoint of each participant, chines is also greater than any to Josef strongly opposed
An incident to give the war a de- other and is likely to be so during Stalin.
TT should not be supposed, how- Under dictatorship. fensive character is sure to arise, the next few years, and she is train-
almost there is inevitably an
with its own army, air steadily attaining the tained, ruthless repression of all ideas, if it does not, can be easily ing a larger personnel. Her new has made each of them self-con-
which militate The defensive charac- army is
operation. created.. which in any manner of opposeter of Japan's Manchurian adver- high standard of her old army; force, fleet, equipment, factories against war. If there were not, She is now any struggle against it would be she has a new and far from negli and defence staff. the policy of the head of the
ture comes at once to mind.
Her concentrating apon improving her useless. One such force is the bad State. An opposition is there-
Eowever, to this danger of the gible navy in the making. by created which, by fact of its
armament race, which has led to every resource is being devoted transportation and communication francial situation in the dictator under- necessity to remain
wars in the past, this generation to rearmament. The figures of her lines, in which previously lay her ship countries, which makes it diff- ground, becomes all the more has added a new factor that tends vast expenditures propounded by weakness. In a defensive war she cult to see how they could finance a waz, German mobilization of war dangerous. In this case the de-
materials has already greatly sire to revolt is not merely the to intensify it. The new factor is Winston Churchill to the House will be, in a very short time, tre
Italy, still feeling the thrill of strained all available financial re- struggle of one ideal against the growth of two rival crusading of Commons, and then officially mendously strong.
psychoses, political and almost scoffed at, are now admitted to
a' successful war, is keeping her sources of the Reich. What she another there is a strong semi-religions, both adept in pro- be approximately correct.
France has extended the term army mobilised at what is prae- could do in the event of actual hos- personal element, hatred of a
paganda, tending to divide man whose despotism has been
Europe into two camps: fascism of service of her conscript army, tically war strength. She is con- tilities is now being studied with
the structing aeroplanes and building some foreboding. too absolute.
on the one side, bolshevism on the has made good the gaps on
A responsible German authority Secondly, the trial has its
to have suggested political motive is aimed at other. Between them they have flanks of her border defences and warships to the limit of her capa-
now mastered three great nations, is modernizing and improving he: city, but she is handicapped by the is understood influencing both internal and
are being air feet with what speed she may, loss of trade resulting from her that the only thing to do, should external opinion. On the So- and smaller nations viet masses, effect of the trial forced, almost automatically, into In this last respect she is hand. African adventure, and by the ne- war come, would be to introduce a capped by long neglect, in over- cessity of financing the develop sort of military communism under will be as desired. But upon for one camp or the other.
In Europe as a whole is under supply of obsolete machines and ment of her Ethiopian conquest, which all capital and labour would eign opinion the entire affair
the present, in order to consoli- assume responsibility for feeding, has been of too crude a nature way such a process as in turn rent scarcity of funds. But the work She emphatically wants peace, for be conscripted and the State would
under å first Russix and then Germany goes steadily on, even. to have had any effect beyond and made them over into wholly Leftist government wedded and date her recent gains, but she dare clothing and sheltering the entire not send the army back to civil population. This, he agreed would astonishment at the naivete of
is devoted to pešce.
life and languished industries, and be the only possible way of wag- Soviet expectations. Mr. Duff new entities. The process
Britain is rearming at top speed she may have to find further use ing war without money. Cooper, the British Secretary
A more important deterrent fae- for War, summed up the affair Powerful, and their extremism so while her diplomats, in what the m
with their increasing seems a muddled, and haphazard
Austria, Hungary and the Bal tor is the fear of what a war admirably when, in asking if
by evolving kan countries are modernising and would produce in consequences, power, that the moderates have fashion: gain time anyone could believe the re no chance and are crushed out of questionnaires and invoking peace re-equipping their armies to the not only to the vanquished but to velations at the trial, he
so with the conferences. Her confidence in limit of the resources. Czechoslo- the victors. It is quite generally existence. It was swered by saying that the convoy and Kerensky liberals in such conferences and the agree-vakia is straining every effort not agreed that the Europe which fessions would set aghast even
ments they produce may be judged only to maintain an army and an would emerge from another war the inmates of our lunatic asy-
in light of the fact that she is en- air force beyond the requirements would be different from the make full use. Instead of the rolling every available man, even of a county of her size but also chaotic Continent left by the last Jums..
As in the trial of the Metro formidable score that was fear up to the age of 60, in defensive to find new friends to stand by war. The foundations upon which politan-Vickers engineers and ed when it became known that organisation. Her shipyards are her in time of peril. She feels, not present civilisation is built are feit secure than they been made that the accused filled the first duty of a captain warships and she is remaking and countries, her danger is greatest were twenty-two years ago. were under the influence of by winning the toss, Australia thoroughly modernising her exist So powerful has the Nazi propa- It may be assumed that the some drug or hypnotic in had lost seven wickets for a ing navy.
ganda in Czechoslovakia become peace protestations of the Euro- fluence. There would seem to meagre total of 267 runs when
Every British factory available that she has had to adopt na-pean dictators are sincere, be be a strong element of sus-stumps were drawn for the for armament purposes without tional defence laws the effect of cause of this very factor.
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50 that the extremists become
grows
NEW GAS FIRE SCHEME Kamenet, the suggestion has the Australian skipper had ful working at capacity upon new unjustly, that, of all European to be far less
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picion. The testimony given is day. The match is not yet scarcely that which could be over, however, and many Eng attributed to a man in his nor-lishmen possibly sneakingly mal senses. One can rule out hope that the Australians will the theory of a promise of win this contest. The fifth and leniency in return for a full last Test would then be an confession. With the example Homeric affair and a fitting of the fate of predecessors in climax to an unusually fine the dock, Radek and his asso- tour. ciates could well be forgiven a
cynical doubt of any such pro Barracking Dead DOBEl put to them. Thè sug 1 gestion, however, is beyond the scope of a layman. It may alord a subject for experts to theorise upoz
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Eiffel Tower To Become Flag
After having served as a radio{Tower", and each night it will give rounded by shadowy clouds of col- broadcasting station, a clock and the impression of being an elec-four, in every hue of the rainbow. a thermometer (it still performs❘trical fag, in red, white and bine, A cataract of fireworks will be set all these duties), the Eiffel Tower flapping its folds in the night off, both vertically and horizontal- will be transformed, during 1987, winds. The first story of the by, from its summit. Finally the "into" a giant flag-probably the tower will be flominated in all the chimer will come as the tower- in Without wishing to revive a biggest tricolour in the world in colours of the 50 participating na-transformed into grandiose French flag, while appropriate controversy which is better left connection with the International tione buried in the old newspaper, Exhibition of Arts and Crafts To four artists in electricity" French, airs are played by arches- fles, both sides welcome the which opens its gates next May. has been entrusted the task of per-tzas and bands below, and trans- cessation of the barracking The Eiffel Tower is the gift to
forming this miracle each night,mitted by loudspeakers to thou- The Adelaide Struggle that was such a feature of the paris of the 1889 Exhibition. From aided by the latest devices of elec sand of admiring spectators. The
last MC.C._tour under the cap-
trical science. In fact, the Eifel Eisel Tower will become a “Caź Cricket being a game which, taincy of D. R. Jardine. Tais 1914 on it was conscripted for wax Tower has already done consider, dral of Light" ore than any other sport, is has been due to strong action service as a wireless station. Forable rehearsing, and the rehearsals
more than a decade now, it has the mercy of the vagaries by the Australian Board of
weather, it would be Control" The element of rved to advertise - well-known hasty, to congratulate G. O. personal abuse no longer enters French automobile, and within re- Allen and the England team on into the usually good-humour cent years it has asked the duty
in the Test ed comments of the Australian of telling time and indiciting
temperature yesterday spectator, who, although he is
ll feel still able to tell a man who has hou
#hum-dro
to get a bag to all
the
Indeed, one of the deities to will continue until it has com-whom the Ezhibition is dedicated. {pletely mastered
habit of
apon his Chár