THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 22, 1937:
THE
THREAT TO FIRE ON
WORLD PLANES
THE
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St. Jean de Luz, To-day. Strong words have been hurl- ed at the French Ambassador here, M. Herbette, by the com- the Spanish insur-
HE Old School Tie has come in mander of
for a great deal of criti-gents on the Irun front. cism, mockery and condemnation from time to time. So much so that I wonder the poor thing is still able
to look the world in the face.
sate for it.
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in
In a communication delivered yesterday he says that French civil aeroplanes operating be- tween Biarritz and Bilbao will be pursued and fired on if they are discovered flying within ten miles of the Spanish coast.
It is, in all conscience, anachronistic vulgarity, used, most part, by snobs who fail to realise that the glorious era of de- mocracy is with us, or so they say.
**This measure has been rendered It must be, I suppose, since we} necessary," says the communica- fought a war to make the world, tion, "as this new air service con- stitutes disregard of the most pri- Anyway, since you and I are agremitive conception of neutrality. ed that this monstrosity (the tie, Trans-Ocean. not democracy) should be abolished, we might mention that terrible ac- cent, reminiscent of the old-time French seigneur at his most languid and aristocratic period, which goes with this article of apparel.
If anything, I think, the accent, called by some "Oxford,” though I have never learned why (Cam- bridge inflicts the same drawl on us and so, much to their discredit, occasionally do London, Sheffield, Manchester and other less gilded seats of learning), is worse than the Tie.
BILBAO BLOCKADE
THREATS
Labour Party Still Dissatisfied
London To-day. Labour is still dissatisfied by the Bilbao blockade situation.
The First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Samuel Hoare, was again ques- tioned in the Commons regarding the protection of British merchant
A tie, at worst, is 2 quiescent thing. It doesn't smite the ear and make strong and hardy democrats ships proceeding to Bilbao. like myself flinch with the
He repeated the assurances already of it. And, like the poor, it will given to the House in answer always be with us in one colour questions and in debate, and made
shock
to
it clear that General Franco had been warned he would be held re- sponsible for any damage done to such ships.British Wireless.
SEIZED CARGO
British-Owned In Spanish Ship
combination or the other, since most ties to-day are built as imitations, poor ones it is true, but imitations, of the superior Public School cravat. But this accent is hard to get away from. One can turn one's eyes away from a tie but one can't dodge the accent, (The word, one feels, should be in caps). There is no escape from it when it assails one's ears on the Ferry or the Peak Tram (why must it always be shouted, as if it was trying to
London, To-day. drown the shrieks, of all the devils
Questioned in the House of Com- in Hell?). One could, of course, mons regarding the seizure by the jump overboard and swim for dear
Spanish insurgents of two Spanish life away from it, but there are several disadvantages in this pos- and a cargo of iron-ore destined for ships carrying. British-owned cargo
sible course of action. It would prove, I think, a trifle difficult to plied that the insurgent authorities England the Foreign Secretary re- explain to an unimaginative police had agreed in the one case to hand man the raison d'etre for such an over the cargo to the British au- unusual proceding, and one would in
thorities. all probability be the récipient of a generous (misplaced word) fine for The British Ambassador was re- disturbing the peace.
newing his representations in the The only remedy for it would be other case. British Wireless.
Red Revolution and wiping out in the best Bolsheviki fashion of all ties and accents offensive to the
“eyes and ears of the hoi polloi. But, somehow, I don't think this is ever likely to happen. We are too unde-
SURVEYING NEW
“DOMAIN”
monstrative a race and will take al-Mr. Wu Te-Chen To Tour
most anything lying down.
An American thief has stealing nothing but cheese."
man or mouse?
been Is he
Kwangtung
Canton, To-day. Mr. Wu Te-chen, new Governor of Kwangtung, is planning to under-
A man has wed a "nudist queen.” take a comprehensive tour of in- He isn't so dumb. Imagine having spection of the province in company a wife whose most expensive plaint with departmental commissioners.——
"Darling, I simply must have an- Our Own Correspondent. other coat of fan.”
Mrs. Martin Johnson
maintains
that any woman can be a successful... The Empress of " Asia” is .dúe explorer. The sex excels especially here at 8.00 a.m. to-morrow (Fri- on safaris through bargaîn base- day), and will berth at Kowloon ments.
ULYSSES.
Wharf. She is due to sail for Manila at 5.00 p.m. the same day.
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