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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 18, 1939
MIRROR OF WORLD OPINION
UNIFICATION
OUR ILL-FED COLONIES
Whether through grouping - with A new man has gone to the Colonial each other, through a very far reach Office. A new Coloriial Committee has - ing extension of Imperial Preference, been formed in Parliament. We must or even through incorporation in the not fall asleep again. We must de- economic and social system of the vote more than-a niggardly £2,000,000 - United Kingdom, in one way or an- a year to our vast Colonies. What is other the economic life of the smaller needed now is a great constructive units of the British Empire must be policy to develop these dependent made part of a wider and more self- lands on modern and progressive: lin- supporting whole, and the social es-and for the benefit of the inhabi-- standards of the proper units brought tants.-"Daily Mail." up to a high level.
Such a progressive policy will in- evitably have its political reactions, New methods of representation may have to be developed more suitable than the essentially eighteenth cen~ tury methods now in vogue.-"British Subject."
DRIFTING TOWARDS
INFLATION
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SIGNS OF STRENGTH
The latest Supplementary Civil Ser-- vice Estimates, again, show how far some of our civilian defence measures have still to go before it be said with. confidence that they are ready to function with complete efficiency. But - none of those measures which still require practical initiation or comple-- tion are sufficiently in arrears to de-- tract from satisfaction at the general progress. The achievement is not. merely relative. Not only are we': It has been the custom in this much stronger than a year ago but country, ever. since the end of the also we are now strong judged by any War, to congratulate ourselves on the standard. "The Times." self-restraint and wisdom we showed, in greater measure than
any other European country, in our war finance. But it would now appear that the Germans with or without Schacht, have learnt the lesson better than we have ourselves. They are mobilised for war finance we are still drifting without any visible objective, plan or leadership. "The Economist."
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AN EMPIRE ON THE CHEAP
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SPAIN AS A MILITARY POWER
Spain will in future be included as a military Power in the concert of the Great Powers, and this will be her greatest insurance for peace.
The Spanish people now has an army and a leader who, after having led it to victory, will maintain an: army of such standing as will in the future constitute an assurance for our integrity and sovereignty: -"A.B.C.?! Madrid.
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BARTER WARNING
International bankers warn that the
money barter system, of trading is increasing. to the point where countries even- tually will cease: using
In 1938-39, according to the latest report of the Advisory Committee to the Colonial Development Fund, grants of £625,000 were recommend- ed to be advanced from the fund. The richer colonies are self-supporting financially and never smell from the Imper- |ial Exchequer, the Colonial Develop- ment Fund acts as a kind of Queen Anne's Bounty for the poor par- ishes of the Em- pire. It is not ́used, however, to subsidise their general budgets, but to promote special schemes of medical or econo- mic research and development. which could not otherwise be undertaken.
EVEN HOTHEADS CAN BE DISCREET "It is most unlikely that even the hotheads who are now, lead- Ing Japan on a wild, barbario career, will face an actual war with the British Empire until they sea how their Italian cham- pion acquits himself. In the Mediterranean.
Winston Churchill,
Mr.
trade.
gold in
It is argu- ed that the United
States will have to find some way to make gold fash- lonable again as a medium of in-- ternational trade.
Prominent Ame-- rican bankers in: Buenos Aires, dise cussing this pro-- blem, said. oppost- tion minorities-in-
the democracies are playing directly"-
The principle is sound: the trouble into the hands of totalitarian, govern-- is that the fund is not large enough. ments by making it impossible for de And the proof of that is the sub-mocratic governments to adopt those standard economic condition of many measures which are necessary to ourb colonial peoples.-"Comment."
THE NATIONAL DEBT
the totalitarian countries' invasion: of. markets that were formerly-controlled by the democracies. "New York... Times."
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EDUCATION AND INDUSTRY
One might think that it would be By Harry Roberts. We must keep possible, to increase the National Debt over before us that the aim of educa→ to any extent without doing any harm, tion is to enable every child to reach but of course that is not so, Industry the highest point of physical and men- needs a a large part of the nation's sav-, tal development of which he or she ings every year. If the Government is capable. We may safely say that, takes too much of the savings in the in the case of well over half of all form of loans, industries languish. the children educated in our elemen- The priority between various obtary schools, their school life is gome- jects of borrowing is certainly a mat- thing quite apart from their ordinary ter which we are going to have to life.
think about as a nation, and when But in the absence of an economic thinking about it, we shall and if je and social revolution as radical as.. ful to have taken out of the drawen (though differing from) those which our, ideas, about what the National have taken place in Russia and in Debt is, and turned them over a bit. Germany. New Statesman and..
The Listener,"
Nation."