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Hong Kong, Tuesday, April 27, 1937.
Announcement has been made of plans to shorten the Corona- tion Service in some of its many parts: and the present Arch- bishop of Canterbury will, there- fore if he chooses, be able to re- peat Randall Davidson's little joke in 1911. He remarked to one of the officials that he had noticed that the orders for a long succession ¤ Coronations had always contained instructions for an abridgment of the ritual, “a procedure which, if followed, would by this time have whittled the service away. Actually the length varies from time to time. Queen Victoria reached the The results of the hurriedly Abbey at a little after half-past arranged second conference beeleven (and in her case the pro- tween Signor Mussolini and Gen-cedure was simplified by the fact eral Goering will probably not be that there was no Consort), but known until ́ ́ ́ the customary she did not enter her carriage to sketchy outline is issued in the return till half-past four. form of an official communique. mentioned that Melbourne was She Not until then, indeed, will it be known precisely why a personal ceremony and was glad of the
exceedingly weary during meeting at this time became chance of a glass of wine in one important to Italy and Germany, of the chapels.
FASCIST POWERS
·AND SPAIN
though the guess that Spain will occupy an important position în the agenda is as good as any
other. General Franco's Coup Cutting It Shorter
+
A
the
d'etat, as it was to have been, has involved a stupid destructive
There were special reasons for civil war lasting nearly a year
a désire to make and his objective to-day is far short as possible in the case of the time as ther off than it was six months King Edward VII, for he was not ago. Every resource placed at long recovered from his illness, his disposal has not vitally bet- and both the Archbishop of Can- tered his position since August terbury, and the Dean of Wind- last and if, as is hinted, Ger-sor were decrepit. Even allow- many is disposed to wipe her ing for a rather long interval hands of the mess, with Italian while the Te Deum was sung to acquiescence, the attitude is give the King a chance of rest scarcely surprising. Two ill and refreshment, he was in the cidents reported yesterday, in-Abbey only two hours and a half. terference by an Italian: destroy-
King George V's Coronation er with a British ship : and was. well managed, and his pro- alleged activity by a German cession left the "theatre" submarine, coincide curiously after two. But John Morley, just. with such a suggestion, if there found the ceremony, fatiguing. ie truth in the reports, but both Comparatively early he said that incidents occurred prior to the "he felt he had reached the ex- Mussolini-Goering meeting and treme point of exhaustion,” and were probably without signifi- then he reflected, "What cance. Otherwise there have glorious moment to die.” been signs enough that the Fas- cist Powers are inclined to cease active support of the insurgents. It is probably a safe assump-
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS that the ultimate decision to whether Spain shall be left to settle its own civil war and
TOOTHACHE: "Actually there whether danger will continue of is very little pain in modern dentis- international conflict arising from try. Fear of the dentist is inherit- a breakdown of the non-interven-ed, a fear of the unknown, magni- tion agreement, rests
rests with Herr fied by education in the home." Hitler, who has a choice between Dr. H. W. Oppice. co-operation in Europe and arm- ed alliances.
It is s circumstan-
tially reported not only that
a
General Franco is begging for COMPLEMENTS: "Freedom of whole divisions to rescue his trade everywhere has been accom- losing cause but that his foreign panied by freedom of institutions.' military advisers say that--Lewis W. Douglas.
Franco cannot win without them. Both Italy and Germany have re- cognised TM Franco as the lawful
ruler of Spain and are to that ex-
DISSENT: "Divorced from
tent identified with his success or reality, taxation becomes sheer op- failure. But Herr Hitler's posi-pression." Supreme Court Justice tion is that he must now choose McReynolds.
either to defy European opinion
in a desperate attempt to win a little paltry ffprestige!! br to give
COMPARISON: “A labour union
substance to his frequent claim has no more right to take posses- to be a lover of peace. The rela- sion of a factory than a band of tives of Italy's volunteers are,Igangsters has to take possession tooj reported to be getting rest a bank”.
Governor Hoffman.