THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 19, 1937
FRANCE AND THE LEAGUE
Regional Pacts Urged In Plan For Geneva Reform
Gay Paree Shuts Up Shop
Paris, To-day.
"Gay Faree" will be less gay for the next few nights following a general strike.by employees in the entertainment world.
Workers in cinemas, theatres,
music-halls and cabarets walked out yesterday afternoon, and were followed by employees of restaurants and dance halls.
The strike has been called because the workers considered as unjust a ruling given by the Senate Committee in the dispute between cinema employers and employees. Trans-Ocean.
Foreign Policy Speech By M.
Da Delbos
Paris, To-day.
“It is extremely difficult to achieve any success in bringing about an agreement between nations when so much upheaval is taking place at home,' said the Foreign Minister, M. Yvon Delbos, in a speech at Carcassonne yesterday afternoon.
KINGSTON HOUSE MEMORIES
Duchess Who Was Tried For Bigamy
A sale which Christie's held on the spot at Kingston House, Princes Gate, revived all the 18th-century gossip concerning the notorious and fascinating Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duchess of Kingston, whose motto was "Vice is not vice in a duchess.”
59. One of her historic achievements was her irrésistible influence over
REVIEWING DEVELOPMENTS SINCE 1918, M. DELBOS SAID THAT THE FACT THAT PEACE HAD NOT BEEN MADE SECURE BY THE VICTORIOUS POWERS WAS IN PART THE FAULT OF THE VICTORS THEMSELVES.
Frederick the Great. Having been
to
clandestinely married in 1744 Capt. Augustus Hervey, by the light of a tallow candle stuck into an em-
secret, and pty bottle, she was clever enough to keep the marriage a thereby to preserve her post at Court as a Maid of Honour.
Miss Chud-
Visiting Berlin as IN THEORY, HE SAID, THE VICTORS HAD REFUSED THE VANQUISHED TOO MUCH BUT IN PRACTICE HAD ACTUAL-leigh, she soon captivated Frederick,
GOVERNMENTALLY CONCEDED TOO MUCH.
CHANGES
OFFICIAL CHANGES IN KWANGTUNG MR. WU TO DIRECT RECONSTRUCTION
Canton, To-day.
Speaking of the League of Nations, the Minister said that in consequence of its internal weakness it had not been able to prevent much
the strife - in
world, and the good it had ac- complished was rapidly being rendered ineffective.
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MAN WHO WAS CONTENT
who threw all considerations of eti- quette aside when she told him that she had come especially to study, at her ease, a prince who gave les- sons to all Europe.
ed to England loaded with
But in 1776, two years after the Duke's death, she was publicly in- instance dicted for bigamy at the of the relatives of the Duke, an- xious to set aside the will which
She triumphed over the Courts of Berlin and Dresden, and return- gifts. The Best in Everything
In 1769 she was married to the "Gratitude to Almighty God for elderly Duke of Kingston after she His many mercies,” and, "for hav- had successfully obtained a decree "When it has been reformed it ing been born an Englishman in of divorce from Capt. Hervey, pro- Semi-official circles state that the will overcome all difficulties," he the reign of the best of English nounced by the Ecclesiastical Courts
in the most interesting at Doctors' Commons. sovereigns, Kwangtung Provincial Government stated. will be completely reorganised by
and progressive of all periods of Mr. Wu Te-chen, the new Governor. Discussing the French plans for the world's history, under the most Mr. Tseng Yang-fu, Mayor of reform of the League, M. Delbos nearly perfect constitution and the Canton, will be officially appointed said that the contribution of each most beneficent and highly-favour to succeed Mr. T. L. Soong as Fin-member to the League's funds ed Empire the world has seen."
had caused her to be the mistress ance Commissioner, Mr. Wu him-should be proportional to the dan- This was expressed in the will of self will act as Commissioner of ger to which that country was ex-Mr. Francis Hammond, headmas-
ter and linguist, of Market Har of his entire fortune. Reconstruction, and Mr. Kan Ngai-posed.
borough, Leicestershire, Who left
Westminster Hall Trial kwang, a former Mayor of Canton, will become Commissioner of Edu- Military help should be organised | £14,370 with net personalty £11,681.
The State trial in Westminster Among his bequests was £1,000 to through
Horace regional pacts It is also stated that Mr. Li Yu-countries that felt themselves the Chancellor of the Exchequer Hall lasted for days, and
the threatened by a common danger,
"towards the reduction of the Na- Walpole, who had been one of her Chelsea, wen, at present a member of
tional Debt, as a gesture, and a playfellows as a child at Provincial Council, will become Canton's Mayor, while the present The Minister, dealing with non-practical expression, of my feeling spread himself Commissioner of Education, Mr. intervention in Spain, refuted the of indebtedness to the British Gov. which dominated the public interest.
ernment, and of gratitude for the After one day's severe Hau Sung-ching, will be appointed charges made against France.
security with which I have been amination she "had to be blooded as Special Delegate of the Control
enabled, by Divine permission, to soon as she retired, and fell into Yuan for Kwangtung and Kwangsi.
enjoy what I am allowed to call a great passion of tears." Our Own Correspondent..
In the end the Duchess was found my own property.”
cation.
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REXIST PARTY
Vote Of Confidence In Degrelle
Brussels, To-day. The Rexist Party in Belgium still| stands together and pledges loyalty to its leader.
between
FRANCE AND BRITAIN
.
"Friendship between France and Britain is the best security aot only for France but for all the world," he declared.
This was all the more so as both nations were at one in condemning the so-called "bloc policy.”
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over proceedings
cross-ex-
Another bequest was £100 to the guilty of bigamy, but "pleading her Worshipful Company of Cooks, privilege" as a peer's wife, she was "For some charitable purpose in discharged without any punishment, connection with the mystery of which caused Horace Walpole cooks or the promotion of the art comment: "So ends the solemn of good cooking."."
farce."
Mr. Hammond, who was 78, was headmaster of Market Harborough Grammar School for 37 years, and
M. Delbos said he believed in the possibilities of an understanding
ful Company of Cooks, This is the general tenor of a re-among nations but two obstacles was a Past Master of the Worship-
stood in the way world rearma- solution passed at a mass meeting ment and the aims at economic self- of Rexists yesterday to decide on the party's attitude following the crushing defeat of M. Leon Degrelle by the Premier in last week's by- election.-Trans-Ocean.
sufficiency.
ZEELAND MISSION
The latter movement should gra- dually disappear and in this respect
SCOUT “V.C.” FOR BLIND BOY
to
Yet although she lost the title of be- Duchess, she kept the wealth queathed to her.
Her visits abroad were triumphs.. The Empress Catherine of Russia received her with marked distinc- tion. The Pope invited her toy a special audience. To both she be- queathed pearls and diamonds.
A few of her remaining jewels were sold at Christie's as far back as 1792, when a pair of diamond The Cornwell Badge the Scout earrings brought 920 guineas. But A small fire broke out in an un-great hopes were placed on the mis- numbered hut in Au Tau Village sion entrusted to the Belgian Pre-V.C.," given only for the greatest in the sale there was nothing as-
courage and
bravery has been sociated with her, as the “effects” yesterday morning and involved mier, M. van Zeeland.
awarded to William Stewart belonged to the Hon. John · Hare, Groves, 19, of Northcote-street, the descendant of the Earl of Lis In the meantime, neither milt- tary nor economic disarmament Edinburgh, a patrol leader in the towel,
purchased Kingston was possible until mutual hatred 82nd Edinburgh Scout Troop, for great patience and courage during and agitation ceased.
a long illness,
two other huts. The huts were all destroyed and the damage sustain- ed was about $200. Two men have been detained in connection" with the fire.
It is announced 'that the Chiu- "The time has come, "the Minis chow-Swatow Railway will be na- ter concluded, "when incitement to tionalised and shareholders paid hatred among the peoples by the redeemable bonds by the Govern- press, radio and literature, has got ment
to be stopped." Trans Ocean.
who
House century ago.
He had been paralysed and blind
The R.M.S. "Empress of Japan" since 1935, and for many months lay in hospital critically ill. He left Shanghai to-day at 2.30 has now recovered from his par- and is due at Kobe on Wednesday at
[6.00 a.m lalysis, but the blindness remains.