THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 12, 1937
THE
DEFENCE OF BRITISH
WORLD SHIPPING
GOES BY
London, To-day.
• The difficult situation which has arisen over the question of protection of British merchant shipping round Spain is under- WIMBLEDON MAI recently stood to have been discussed by
A complained in court that his the Cabinet when it held one of
wife dragged his girl friend round its rare surprise Sunday meet- the room by the ear when she found ings." them at tea together.
All members were in attend- No doubt the woman's action will be approved by many British woance excepti Viscount Swinton, men of the bulldog breed, who will the Secretary for Air.
for fight for their possessions as fero- Departure of HMS. Hood
will the Bilbao neighbourhood has ciously as their prototypes fight for a bone.
given rise to much conjecture in Nevertheless, I feel that a hap-London over the week-end, when pier outcome of an awkward situa-it was also confirmed that the Bri-, tion might have resulted if she had tish Government had advised four British cargo ships carrying food adopted more subtle methods.
enter Dragging girls about by the ear to Bilbao to temporarily only moves men to pity and indigus- French territorial waters pending tion, and might be the cause of consideration of the special situa- cementing a friendship which would tion in the Bilbao littoral, where the insurgent warships have insti- otherwise have evaporated.
Although it is rather late to offer tuted a blockade. the woman advice, I feel sure the
It is understood that the Cabinet
whole thing would have blown over last night formulated instructions if she had given the girl a warm for the masters of these ships. welcome and spent a pleasant hour Reuter.
or two offering indirect criticism of
her clothes and personal appearance. H.M.S. HOOD SENT
She might, for instance, have
the
hiding
TO BILBAO
WATERS
Gibraltar, To-day.
stared at her feet (you know stare I mean, the Hong Kong one) the asking her if she would like address of a shoemaker who was too, too marvellous at making large
It is learned in official Navy cir- flat feet look smaller and bunions and ohter deformities.
cles that H.M.S: Hood has moved She could then have reminded the out to sea to protect British ship- girl that only really expensive stock-ping round Spain, and it is relis- ings could make some legs look at-bly stated that the giant battle tractive, and that she always ad-cruiser is proceeding to the neigh- vised girls who had legs which bourhood of Bilbao.
It is pointed out that there has were the same circumference all the way down, like candles, to wear been no change in the British Gov- ankle-length skirts..
ernment's policy of protecting Bri- By this time the girl would have tish shipping from interference.- felt thoroughly uncomfortable, and Reuter.
of
the wife could have pressed her ad- vantage by offering her some her old clothes"not really old, of course, but quieter and just the right colour for a girl with a sal- low, greasy skin."
LORD PLYMOUTH
Diplomatic Visit To
Baltic States -
London, To-day.
at
Make-up might have been the next point of attack. Didn't she think that girls with small brown eyes like currants in a bun should Lord Plymouth, Under-Secretary do something about it? After all, for Foreign Affairs, will visit Fin- beauty experts could do so much for land and the Baltic countries one these days-blue make-up and the end of May.
The visit, says a newspaper re- false eyelashes-that it seemed a pity to leave one's
feature port, will have the objective of and consolidating practically naked. And didn't she strengthening think that white powder on swarthy the British sphere of influence in
the Baltic area-Trans-Ocean. face made one look rather like 3 nigger minstrel?
worst
Of course, these are, only sugges tions. Not being a woman myself be tolerated? Gad, no, Sir. There (praise be to Allah) I can't think must be something, demit, in the of all the devastating things one claim that we are getting soft, woman can say about another. though the incident reminds me of But this seems to me to be the old Major (now General) · Damn line the wife should have gone on, Your Eyes Spitfire, under whom I and if the two of them had been had the everlasting honour of serv- left alone for a week or two to let ing on the North-West Frontier. the poison do its work, the husband Although a very demon in ac- would have realised quite suddenly tion, the gallant Major: had all the that he had been going around with tenderness of a woman once the ssplay-footed eye-sore, and would smoke of battle had rolled away. probably have believed that he had He used to tuck us up in bed every found it out only just timo
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night and then croon us to sleep with those wild, peaceful, stirring, soothing Afghan songs.
This little habit of his got to the ears of the hostile tribesmen, who
A corporal in the Worcestershire were so astonished at this latest Regiment, I read, had been reduced evidence of the complete insanity the ranks for taking his men of the English that they came into eups of tea while they were still our camp voluntarily and laid down in bed.
their arms, thus adding one more Where in the name of the Army glorious bloodless victor to Britain's Council, are the bays of the Old long militia saga. Brigade? Is this sort of thing to
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