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with his 31,000-ton "Warspite" and 70 ships - a day before the Italians were supposed to arrive. In addition to the impressive sight of so many "British guns, the free spending of many good
Hong Kong, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 1938. British pounds sterling by the
JAPAN AND GERMANY
thousands of officers and sailors had a salutary effect all along. the coast. The summer season had been bad Czechs, Austrians, Hungarians and Germans had stayed away because of unsettled Japan's course of action in the Navy came as manna from hea- event of a European war is nat-ven. The British legation in urally arousing considerable spe- Belgrade reported that the de- culation in the Far East, in Lon-monstration had been the best don and in Berlin. And it is not diplomatic stroke of recent years. saying too much to suggest that "We shall not repeat the mistake Berlin is far more anxious about we made in 1914," commented an the attitude of her Far Eastern Admiralty insider, "when the "partner" in the so-called "anti-German cruisers Goeben and comintern pact than others in-Breslau beat the British fleet in volved in the desperate diploma- a race to Turkey. The Germans. tic struggle which is now Europe. got there first, and Turkey Neither Berlin nor Tokyo can joined the Central Powers." The quite get out of their minds the Admiralty is losing no tricks in catastrophe of the first show-the Mediterranean now. down on the value and import-
ance of the Pact-which culmin- Padlock ated in Japan's acceptance of Russian dictates on the Chang- kufeng Incident. Changkufeng
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The fierce resurgent național-
Duplessis's govern-
Movements in the
settled more than the relative ism of Quebec is one of the bluffing positions of the Soviet strangest and Japan at the present time: Empire. Now that the full facts are known ment is a curious mixture of pro- concerning Japan's approach to Fascist tendencies, anti-trade-un- noticnism, Clericalism, and illiberal- Herr von Ribbentrop, it is
ism. Besides Mr. Duplessis, difficult to appreciate that Jap on's enthusiasm about teasing there are two actual Fascist the Russian Bear is no more movements, one drawing inspira- marked than it was in mid-Aug. tion from Germany, the other from Italy. There is no need to. ust.
When the Japanese Ambassa- suppose that Quebec is going Fascist or separatist dor, Mr. Togo decided to visit the either German Foreign Minister on vaca- (Cardinal Villeneuve, the power tion at his summer place, the lat behind the Government, has de- ter sensed that the Tokyo-Berlin nounced both), but it has cer- axis was due for a showdown. He tainly become an extremely diff- telephoned Herr Hitler for ad- cult partner in the Canadian vice. He was ordered to use every Union. Mr. Duplessis's most fam- diplomatic trick he knew to stall. ous achievement is his "Padlock The Russo-Japanese conflict Law," the "Act respecting Com must continue, but Germany munist propaganda" which allows must not be implicated. Herr von the Government to padlock any Ribbentrop did his best with Mr. house used for propagating Com- Togo-explained
and word "house" is elastic and cov Britain further at this moment ers any "construction" fixed or with a pro-Japanese declaration;movable, above ground or below; perhaps concrete aid would be it has been held to include a Hitherto, although possible later at present Ger-motor-car. many could help only secretly there have been frequent searches [but Japan should go ahead and of offices and houses and seizures Mr. of books, not many places have keep the pot boiling, Togo smiled, withdrew, and re-been actually padlocked. The best ported that Germany would give known were the office of the and the no assistance. He further recom-newspaper "Clarte"
hall. Now a private mended that Tokyo should not be Ukrainian Herr Hitler's stooge. The Advice house has been locked up by the was taken. The faith of the police, who drove staples into Mikado and advisers in the axis, the jamb and the door and attach- Berlin experts fear, will be hard ed a padlock. The man was away to restore. Meanwhile, Russian at the time, but his wife and prestige has gone up with a children were compelled to find. jump in all the European chan- shelter elsewhere. This occupant cellries particularly in the Bal- seems to have decorated his kans. Von Ribbentrop got a ter chairs with the hammer and rific tongue-lashing for his catas sickle, but usually the victims of trophic inefficiency.
the Padlock Law have only re-
could not irritate. Fermany munism-a word undefined.' The
Hitler has also been much wor-mote connections with Russia; it ried by a costly error made by suffices that they are active trade his other partner, dear friend unionfate or politically on the Mussolini of his sport spalest Left. But Mr. Duplessis does speech, on the vitally important not get it all his own way, and Dalmatian coast. Il Duce recent there is a story of a Communist ly announced a ceremonial visit meeting of 500 people held re of seven Italian warships to the cently in an expensive hotel with- Jugoslavian harbour. To im out a breath of trouble, its or press the population and Belgrade ganiser had the inspiration of with Italy's sea power at this booking the hall in the name of crucial Juncture when Jugosla- the Notre-Dame de Grace Educa- Via's allegiance on the Czech tional Society, Mr. Duplessis is question might be teetering bestill looking for him,