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aggerated economic nationalism would then find little excuse. If raw materials could be bought that is if possessors of raw ma- terials were willing to accept goods in payment for them there would be little excuse for seizing Manchuria, North China, |Ethiopia
Spanish mining areas. And the easing of econo- mic hardships should make the peoples less ready to embark on dictatorial experiments or war- ·· like adventures.
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Can Britain and America join There is good reason to believe în economic co-oparation for that once a start were made peace? There is danger that in economic disarmament the pre- the most important field of Bent world-wide arms race would co-operation trade a nega-be checked. Savings from that tive answer will soon be given. and from increased prosperity Only this week it was stated in would more than equal and might the House of Commons that ne-well be used to compensate for gotiations are still going on but any temporary losses of indivi- the feeling remains that there is dual producers. In any case it serious danger that the best op-should be recognised that the al- portunity for such co-operation ternative to economic co-opera- that has appeared in recent years tion for peace may be the more will be allowed to slip away costly co-operation for war. through the large gap between|- two tariff policies..
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It's Cricket Originally, thére was hope that the Imperial Conference in The most famous cricket ground London would find ways to re-of to-day which is Lord's concile Britain's imperial prefer and the most famous of the cric- ence system with the United ket grounds of yesteryear States reciprocal trade agree-Broadhalfpenny Down, ments. But it failed to produce Hambledon, Hampshire-recent- a satisfactory agreement and to-ly came into the news on succes- day both in Britain and America sive days. Immediately after the current appears to be run-Lord's celebrated its hundred and ning against the proposed pact. fiftieth anniversary this year, There is urgent need for the the ancient Bat and Ball Inn at people of both countries to face Hambledon, where memories -- of the alternatives and to check early cricket thickly cluster, an- minorities of special interests nounced certain alterations to its which would block the efforts structure. Great has been the vo--- towards an Anglo-American trade lume of protest against these al- agreement that is widely regard-
England.
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ed by students of internationalterations, not only from the arch- priests of cricket, but also from affairs as the most hopeful key to the National Trust and the Coun- general economic disarmament cil for the Preservation and basic political appeasement.
Yet in America are many pro-
sometimes ducers who fear that concessions It was not, as is
on Broadhalfpenn in a reciprocal trade agreement supposed,
cricket originated. with Britain would let in compet- Down that ing goods just at a time when The worldwide fame of the Ham- domestic wages and other costs bledon men is due to the fact that are mounting. These producers they found in John Nyren, a are sending stiff appeals to friend of a friend of Keats, the Washington, not only against any greatest of English cricket writ- reductions but for the actual in-ers who brought to their exploits been creasing of the tariffs behind a celebrity that has never which they operate.
dimmed. But cricket goes much
In Britain are farmers who further back than the days of think they would be badly in the Hambledonians. Oliver Crom- jured by the proposal to open well was a cricketer; and Ed- the British market somewhat to ward III found the game so in- American fruit and farm pro- terfered with the warlike sport ducts. And in the Dominions of archery that he tried to sup- Military are
and give more producers unwilling to But down the ages cricket re-
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mains pleasantly the same, lei- Rosa Ponselle, (Soprano). It is natural that these pro- surely civilized, esthetically de-
· At Hambledon, Tom ducers should oppose the opening lightful. British Symphony Orch. British Symphony Orch. of doors to new competition. Pro- Walker, in tall hat and sky-blue Schmidt & Berlin State Orch.bably competition would reduce coat, received 170 balls from Da- prices and in some cases pro- vid Harris, and scored only one Vienna Symphony Orchestra. ducers might not be able to con- run from them. Scores of years
tinue without the indirect sub- later Barlow, of Lancashire, car- Yvonne Curtis, Violin sidy of tariff,fixed prices. But ried his bat against Nottingham Yvonne Curtis, Violin, nothing very drastic is in pros-shire, playing for two and a half 6 Jan Kiepura. Pect and any reduction in prices hours, and scoring five; and any Gren. Guarda Band. would mean for each country as contemporary... 'spectator at .Gren. Guards
and. a whole that much saving. It is Yorkshire and Lancashire match safe to say that an all-round in can see that the grand old tradi- crease in trade would enrich tion of stonewalling still con- every nation. And there is rea- tinues. But the true lover of eric- the son to believe that a trade agree, ket does not grumbles for -
excitements are all the more ment between Britain
hen America would lead to a breach thrilling by comparison ing of
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