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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 23, 1939.
Library, Senate C
BRITAIN WILL MEET THE CHALLENGE---BALDWIN
NO OTHER
POSSIBLE COURSE
Earl Baldwin declared at Toronto in a lecture, that if a challenge came to Britain she would be there to meet it.
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He was delivering his third lecture at Toronto University, and he had declared that the British Government had been wholly right in making their declaration of March 31 the pledge to Poland.
"Civilisation may perish as the result of war," he said. "It would certainly perish as the result of Nazi-ism triumphant beyond the borders of the country of its birth. To whatever ideology a peò- ple-may submit itself that is its own concern. But when that ideological system is imposed on other free countries, that is the concern of all free
men.
"And now we know that should the challenge come, we shall be there. In Luther's words, 'We can no other.' We were there when the Spanish galleons made for Ply- mouth. We were on those bloody fields in the Netherlands when Louis XIV aimed at the domination of Europe.
"We were on duty when Napoleon bestrode the world like a demi-god, and we answered the roll-call, as you did, in August, 1914. We can no other; so help us God."
The peculiar humour of the Bri- tish was such that they could tran- smute their losses into gains, he added. England, it had been said, was the only country in which the one historical date everybody knew was that of a great national de- feat.
the Covenant and the physical col lapse of President Wilson as a major and influence of the League vanished disaster. Fifty per cent. of the power when America retired.
"But that is only half the truth. The Treaty may have contained all that is claimed for it. But to sign the Treaty was one thing, to enforce it in an atmosphere of mingled vic- tory and defeat was another. No one was prepared to think of Europe us a whole.
COVENANT'S WEAKNESS "Neither the war nor the treaties extirpated the local hatreds and jea- lousies of South-Eastern Europe and the Near East, and the despotisms of generations were not finally cleared off the map. They were soon to return more terrible and more cruel than ever."
The theory of the Covenant was ad- of the mirable, and the machinery
secretariat was efficient,,
"The trouble with the Covenant with. the dominant members who moulded the policy of the League was that they were logical. They sought to apply the letter of the Versailles Treaty.
WRONG COUNTRY
Much perplexity prevailed in a Czech village immediately after the German military occupation. It was caused by the appearance of a printed manifesto to the popu- lation in German-and known language.
an
un-
In the end the mysterious Ian- guage was identified by a lin-' guist as Rumaniaù, The notice was "then hurriedly removed by the German military authorities. Apparently it had been in- tended for use on some other oc- casion.
answer then
RADIANT SUMMER BRIDE
Marie Madeleine Claire Engel- brecht who was yesterday married to John Richard. Sykes in the Rosary Church, Kowloon, presented
one
of the most radiant of this summer's early brides, and the ex- quisite simplicity of her white bridal gown compelled the admira- tion of all present.
Of satin moire, it featured in- credibly stiff leg-o'-mutton sleeves and a train which, unlike most others, had its beginnings at the. waistline. For the rest, the gown presented an unbroken symphony in symmetry from its decorous DICTATORS' ADVANTAGES
neckline down to the hem. Her "Can democracies resist tyranny head was framed in an aureole of successfully without becoming them-seed pearls and minute orange selves enslaved? They can only do so blossoms fringed with pleated veil- if the spiritual effort they put forthing, and yards and yards of tulle is greater than and in control their material effort. They can only cascaded down her back to reach do so if means do not become ends, if the full length of the three-yard master of truth. force remains the servant and not the train. A cluster of Calla Lilies,
The dictators start with solid ad-mixed with fern made up her bou- vantages. They can by modern mass quet. This inspired wedding- methods impose beliefs and demand dress obedience to a creed which rouses the Madame Sophie Costides of Eunice. is an original creation by Laser nature of man.
"If you begin early enough, it is The ceremony, which took place
easier to train a race of robots than at 3 o'clock, was performed by The a race of free men, To act is easier Reverend Father Spada, and the than to reflect. The one may mean bridal party was composed of three blind obedience, the other open-eyed bridesmaids, the Misses PeggY. responsibility.
"The advantages of democracy lie Scotcher, Alvena and Helen Lacho- not primarily in the realm of organi-vetsky; the bride's cousin, Mr. sation but in the very nature of free- Marc Piveteau, who acted as best- dom, that same freedom which has made available for the dictator the man, and her eldest brother, instruments with which he would des-Fernand, Arthur Engelbrecht who troy their creator. De Tocqueville gave his sister away in the absence said, "There is nothing so fertile in of Mr. F. P. Engelbrecht, the marvels as the art of being free.'.
bride's father, who is "The free man can win, if not in the
away at Or short, then in the long run. But war sea. At the church were Mrs. F. fare in the air, as I have said many P. Engelbrecht, and the bride's times, has revolutionised the problem: younger brothers. There would be no long run for those who are unprepared.
The bridesmaids were dressed in "Two lessons are clear. Democra- demure antebellum frocks of stiff cies much attain to new levels of net, ruffled decorously 'round the technical efficiency for self-defence throat and corset-slim at the waist. and learn to co-operate; secondly, the Their wide-brimmed picture hats countries they are called upon to de- fend with their lives must be, in the were crownless except for bands. eyes of their citizens, more and more of ribbon placed cross-wise, and worth living and dying for, because each carried a bouquet of mixed they provide more and more the con- Carnations sprinkled with fern. ditions and the elements of the good
While Helen Lachovetsky and'. life-the divine right of the common
affected Peggy Scotcher.
blue, Alvena wore pink.
PENINSULA RECEPTION
"The dates of the Armada and of Waterloo are far less familiar to our people-than 1066. Another fact to be borne in mind is that, hav- "England and France, the two ini- ing regard to our area
tiating Powers at Geneva, were never and our population, we are the most indus-really at one in this policy, and I have often wondered if we were wise in withdrawing our guarantee when the United States withdrew hers.
trialised nation in the world.
RESIDUAL WAR DEPOSITS "The next fact is this: this little of whose loins has come island, out a great Empire, is planted close along- side a continent containing a score of rival political entities, whose history has been one of almost ceascless con- flict. For example, of the 300 years from 1618 to 1918, roughly 125 have seen Germany, including Austria, or parts of Germany involved in war- fare.
"Neither the policy of conciliation, for which in the main we stood, nor the policy of coercion, for which the main France stood, was thorough ly tried out.
in
George "We ought, as Mr. Lloyd truly says, to he applied the revision- ary powers of the Treaty with far greater vigour.
POLITICAL INSANITY- "For those of us who believe in the "The States of Europe are the re-infinite value of the Christian civilisa sidual deposits of war; their frontiers tion,. what makes the situation grave were congealed in blood on a hundred to-day is the coalition of paganism and battlefields.
machinery.
"All this was true before the World
of
man.
JAP. PLANES
ACTIVE ON HANKOW LINE
Macao, To-day.
Br
The reception was later held in the Peninsula Hotel, and the bride and groom received the well' wishes of their many friends be- neath a gigantic wedding bell of white blossoms. Following this "They have never known tranquility To-day the products of the energy
function, the guests gathered in for long, and beyond the noble qualit-let loose by the Reformation and the
the lobby of the hotel to give the ies of courage and endurance that war Renaissance are at the command
couple a riotous send-off, and for evokes tures of our primitive nature-ately foster hatred, conceal the truth,ceived here, several Japanese planes chose a pink linen sult with navy evokes there survive the ugly and bru-men who in their propaganda deliber-
According to official messages re- her going away dress the bride mendacity, greed, cruelty.
denounce peace and glorify war,
"I know it is said that we have were active in areas off the Canton-blue accessories. War. and it is true of those who sur- no quarrel with either Italy or Ger- Hankow Line. vived that Great Divide.
many because their political systems "Whatever, the faults of European differ from our own. In the interests statesmanship, I am bound to agree of ace and of trade, in the inter- with Mr. Lloyd George in regarding ests of the Germans themselves, it is the rejection by the United States argued, we must carry toleration and Several buildings were hit, but the only daughter of Mr. FP-En Congress of the Versailles Treaty and forbearance and neighbourliness to ex-
treme limits..
casualties are reported to be only gelbrecht, second engineer in one "The fact that there are limits re a few wounded.
of Messrs. Williamson & Company's 'mains, though no one can indicate them Japanese planes also flew over ships; and Mrs. Engelbrecht of very clearly in advance: Political in- sanity Lnows no bounds. When the Shiukwan shortly after noon yes Hong Kong, while Mr. Sykes is a. house falls, the good are buried with terday. No bombs were dropped. Detective-Sergeant in the Hong it, and their goodness with them. ThatOur Own Correspondent.
NILSO)
MADONALD EDDY SWEETHEARTS
is a fate we are determined to avoid.
"There is, therefore, proceeding in England to-day a material rearma- ment and a spiritual rearmament. We are looking to the defences of body. and soul. The multiplication of ships, and guns and planes you can, tabul- nte; what cannot be scheduled, is the searching of heart which is going on
The newlyweds are now, at the Tsingyun, an important town Repulse Bay Hotel, but leave on about 40 miles north-east of Canton Saturday for Europe to complete on the North River; was bombed. their honeymoon. Mrs. Sykes - is
FOREIGN MONEY IN PALESTINE
London, To-day: Answering a question on Pales
Kong Police Force, and the eldest. son of Mr. George B. Sykes.
fused to accept the suggestion that the new British policy vitally pre- judiced· American Jewish invest ments in Palestine. -
Mr. Butler referred to the pro-
gat our people. Once more they are going over the fundamentals of tine in the Hours of Commons yes- vision in the White Paper drawing
faith and asking questions which terday, the Under-Scretary for For attention to the need for considera go to the root of the matter. To be gin to ask questions is to begin to eign Affairs, Mr. R. A. Butler, re-tion of foreign interests. Reuter