BOTH SIDES OF THE MEDAL
are often
The Coronation s old news now, gaily in the now stre OREIGN
puzzled by what they fancy but one aspect of that superb and. Out of windows and doorways. is a certain illogicality in the British magnificent observance which has a multitude of flags, the blac character. At great expense, and not yet been adequately noticed de- grimed walls were covered with with considerable interruption of the serves examination for the light banners bearing the legends: God and Queen, Long May They Reign.” national life, Britain elects a Govern- which it throws upon the permanent Save the King, God Bless Our King- Outbursts of loyalty in the wealtheir ment, and then this Government nature of the English people.
solemnly and perfectly seriously
suggests that a large salary should The afternoon before the ceremony suburbs are pleasant, but not per- be paid to the leader, of a set of men itself I spent at a matinee of Mr. A haps particularly noteworthy and women whose chief function is A. Milne's comedy, "Sarah Simple** to prevent the Government from It had rained hard all the morning, governing.
crammed with the streets were years streaming cars and pedestrians, the impor- roads were drenched in mud.
The Empire is an institution that But has done pretty well for the inhabi
By Harold Hobson
But
thet
of the guests
the Abbe
Paid for his seat with a meal
foregone?
Would you choose the Mall with its crowns and gilding,"
If you were King or if you were
Queen,
Or a paper flag on a lonely build-
ing,
In Pelaw, Pity Me, Seldom
Seen?
But even this does not give a full The East picture of the situation. End of London is radical in its poli- tical conviction. It might be thought that in the midst of the splendour and pageantry of coronation this radicalism was overwhelmed and swept away. But that would be far from the truth. The same walls that
For roughly two hundred now Britain has had a mos tant official known as the Prime Minister, yet until recently she never as much as took the trouble to have the existence of that official re- The most cognised by the law.
in the powerful political officer Kingdom was, for a century and three quarters, little than and gatecrasher.
as I came out of the theatre the rain tants of these places, and gratitude were festooned with flags and bunt-
Wing slogans apparent scorn for logic and order ceased, the sun began to shine fit to its head is to be taken for grant- ing bore the familiar chalked-up Left extends far into other spheres than fully and I decided to go by round- ed. the nationally political Every June about route to my home near Epping.
The value of an Empire to people Franco. in Cambridge.there are great social Forest I chose a road that is little festivities. These festivities are travelled by visitors to London, one who live four, five or six in a room bably been put up by the same people. known as May Week. Some racing that hundreds of thousands of people is not so immediately apaprent, and who had hung out the streamers and crews at Oxford, with a similar air who throng every year to the capital the spontaneous, almost riotous, banners; certainly they were there of paradox, are called Torpids. city of the Commonwealth rarely or manifestation of good feeling and with their full approval.
more
This
to
British never see, except from deck of dismiss ship.
eccen
Certain students of the character are inclined things like these as amiable tricities. But in doing so they are I went through Limehouse, and
wrong.
cism,
"Down With Fas- Workers, Unite," "Smash These messages had pro-
affection was all the more eloquent
These things
the flags and the and moving.
ilustrate slogans side by side Dr. C. A. Alington, once headmas- the old English paradox, the ability For they are of fundamen- then turned southward toward the ter of Eton, now dean of Durham, to combine apparently dissimilar Pennyfields, put the matter with a beautiful sim- things, a fervent loyalty, and even love, for the throne, with all its an- tal importance. Britain in the last river, passing down four hundred years has never been which is London s Chinatown, and plicity in the London Times:
cient conservative associations, and a nation with only one thought in then all the way round the West her head, differing in this from some India Docks, until I circled up into countries that get hold of an idea the Barking Road again, by the side Every and pursue it with indefatigable per- of the Blackwall Tunnel.
At yard of this journey, huddled in by tincity wherever it may lead the very foundation of her strength thousands of squalid dwellings, was has lain a capacity for harbouring like a triumphal progress. Scarcely two or more apparently incompatible a street but was an archway of red, ideas at one and the same time. white and blue ribbons, futtering
THE
B
WORLD GOES BY By "ULYSSES"
URGLARS who broke into a risks of war than to overlook them.
bank failed to get any money
for their pains. Now they know how it feels to ask the manager for an overdraft.
-Athony Eden.
There not much collective se- curity in a flock of sheep on the Winston way to the butcher. Churchill
"He was one of the best known
From an obituary column
characters and was very well liked
A successful man is mostly one
Although he had not enjoyed good who received from his neighbours health since last autumn he was far more than his service to them well enough to get up yesterday justifies Einstein. morning and light the fire. On Friday evening last week he laid down fully dressed and
Neat but startling.
passed If a woman wants to enter an [air race now, the question is whe ther she's a good pilot, not whe ther she wears skirts or trousers.
The late Amelia Earhart.
These post-war name changes have the Office Blonde confused. Just where in the well, World, she wonders, is Euths
So They Say
It is possible Old fclothes
Gossip about the king's private life ought to be prohibited. of the Belgians.
Luve 100 LẦN
woman has
2 too many clothes she gets
Mime
arelli
time in a Spend your "hango softly coloured room, not in one with wild "doodads" on the wall- lazer, blou should select the room for your morning after" headache carefully than you your companions for the
even more
The flags are flimsy, the streets a lively sympathy for Left Wing
are shabby, With mean, low houses of cold, of the medal
politics. Britain beholds both sides
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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 17, 1937
SOVIET WITHDRAWS ALL OBJECTION TO BRITISH PLAN
Change Of Attitude Announced In London
NON-INTERVENTION
POLICY MAKES FURTHER ADVANCE
London, To-day.
THE Soviet has accepted in toto and without any reservations the non-intervention resolution passed on November 4.
This was announced by the Soviet Ambassador, M. Ivan Maisky, at yesterday's meeting of the non- intervention sub-committee.
M. MAISKY SAID THIS WAS DONE IN ORDER TO FACILITATE
FOUR DAY
TESTS IN ENGLAND
KING LEOPOLD'S STATE VISIT
London, To-day. The Board of Control advisory meeting yesterday, de- cided that the Test Matches be- tween England and Australia will be of four days each, the last Test at the Oval being played to a finish if, at the conclusion of the fourth Test, the difference in matches won is not greater than ogeBeater-
STILL FURTHER THE PRACTICAL WORK OF THE COM LANCASHIRE M.P.
"MITTEE FOR WITHDRAWAL OF VOLUNTEERS FROM SPAIN, ADDING THAT THEY LEFT WITH THE OTHER GOVERNMENTS INTERPRETATION OF THE TERM “SUB- STANTIAL WITHDRAWAL”. UNTIL THE QUESTION CAME UP FOR CONSIDERATION.
PASSES
London, To-day
To a Royal Salute fired from Dover Castle, the Belgian motor yacht, Prince Albert, which had been escorted halfway across the Chan- nel by nine Royal Air Force planes and a flotilla of destroyers, arrived lat Dover Harbour yesterday after- noon, bringing King Leopold of the Belgians on a State Visit to the King and Queen
The Duke of Gloucester was on the quay to welcome. King Leopold
On his arrival in London, where he was greeted at Victoria Station by the King and other members of the Royal Family, the Prime Minis- Aby-elect
ction will be necessitated in ter and others, the King of the Bel-
London, To-day.
The two Kings and the Duke of Gloucester drove in an open carriage drawn by six of the famous Wind- Iser Greys and escorted by the Royal
The Soviet has thus accepted thefardling belligerent rights, the So- the Farnworth Division of Lancas-gians was given an enthusiastic wel- British plan in toto and has with viet Government withheld, along hire by the death yesterday after-come by large crowds which had drawn her objection to granting bel-with other Governments, its inter-noon of Mr. Guy Rowson, Labour gathered outside the station and ligerent rights to both warring par-pretation of the meaning to be at-member for the division, who had along the route to Buckingham ties in Spain."
tached to "substantial withdraw a majority of 5,201 at the last Palace It is reported that substantial pro-al" in the text of the plan until the election-British Wireless. gress has been made in regard to proper time arrived for its consi technical aspects of the three main deration. branches of the plan, dealing re-
A further meeting of the sub- spectively with withdrawal of volum-committee will be held early next teers, grant of belligerent rights week unless replies from the Span- and restoration and strengthening of ish parties are received in the observation scheme-Beuter.
meantime, in which case the sub- committee might meet to consider COMPLICATION AVOIDED
them at an earlier date-British London, To-day.
Wireless.
At yesterday's meeting of the non-intervention sake committee
Ambassador announ- Government now ae-
the Russian ced that his cepted and without any reserva- tions, the plan adopted by the fall Committee on November 4th.
UNION TRADING
the
NEW AMBASSADOR Horse Guards
IN LISBON
On arrival at the Palace, King Leopold was greeted by the Queen. Late in the afternoon, the Royal London, To-day visitor called on Queen Mary at Sir Walford Selby was received Marlborough House where he in audience by the King at Back-mained for nearly an hour. Jingham Palace on his appointment Later at St. James's Palace, he
as British Ambassador at Lisbon received a civic deputation
Sir Winston Dugan, Governor of Last night, King Leopold was the
South Australia, also had an Guest of their Majesties at a State
audience of His Majesty-British Banquet at Buckingham Palac
British Wireless.
CO. GET JUDGMENT Wireless
This announcement obviates the need for an examination of the question of what practical mea- Judgment for a sum of $19,729.22 sures might be required to meet the with costs, was awarded the U situation arising out of the fact Trading Company, by the that one Government was abstain- Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, at ing from accepting the provisions the Supreme Court this morning in the plan relating to belligerent The plaintiff company, represent- rights an examination for ed by the Hon. Mr. Leo D'Almada, which the second resolution passed junior, instructed by Mr. W C on November 4th provided and Hung, claimed the mentioned which would certainly have com amount from Wong Tong for loss plicated the Committee's technical sustained on goods sold to the preparations for putting the plan Chung Shan Knitting Company, into effect if and when it has been Limited, who failed to take delivery accepted by the two parties in
Spain. The Chairman intimated of the goods. that no reply has yet been receiv ed from either party.
TECHNICAL PROGRESS The sub-committee received
full report regarding the substan- tial degree of progress achieved since the last meeting in the tech- nical aspects of the three major
Wong Tong admitted liability, stating that he was the gua of the plaintiff company.
German Resident To Marry
parts of the plan, namely, the with- The forthcoming wedding drawal of volunteers, the grant of Otto Koppenhoefer, mechanical belligerent rights and the restor-gineer, residing at the Europea ing and strengthening of the obserYoung Men's Christian Association vation scheme.
Kowloon, and Miss Helena Juich, These technical discussions are of Avenue Haig No- Shanghai. proceeding and the committee was has been announced The informed that it was anticipated mony will take place in the Colo that technical reports on bath of shortly.
the three subjects would be avai
shie next
MA MAISKY THANKED After Mor
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