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our
The essence of statesmanship[ Moreover, Greece Wha our any invasion of that country as Ally before Russin, while two a hostile act-na it obviously The worst of all
Hussia's possible of
present stooges would be. courses is to wait until things fought on the German side. Wo (Again we should to happen, and theu make a fuss.jowe to Grecce a debt which not duty by reference to the United Protests are usually furile when only our honour but our en Nations, but the Charter pro- | confronted with the necomplish-f lightened self-interest will comvides for action in case machiin. ed furt. For at this stage the pei un to pay if necessary. The cry cannot move quickly enough MCLEOD--To fruct, wife of A. F. | "prestige" of the oftender stops path of seintesmanship is to ren or at all. We should warn
and bars recrent,
Meland f Strutters Island, on 21st January, in Queen Mary Hospital, a 500, Andrew.
MARRIAGE
der that necessity less likely. Stalin in advance that we re-j On the other hand, if the Hins the Government taken it? serve all our rights under this aggrievest party rechijs from the Not yet, and there is an time | clause), consequence of his own tardy to lose. imrilynaktory, his prestige Eequally shattered, Mortuver, the offender is thus encarrage to repeat the offence unth at Just even the timid are com- enes pelled to fight.
CASTRO-ROSSELETY. -Mr. and Mrs. W. A Castro An. Torthe ming marriage of thely ekles! daughter, Socoru Maria, tu
This is just what happenest Mr. Charles Rene Russelet, ridest son of Mr. C. 8, Itosse in our dealings with the Ger let, on 31st January, 1948, t mau potalitarians, or Nazis; the -1 $.m. at St. Joseph's Russian totalitarians, or Com Chiceh. Na invitations “are | De mig issed at all friends, unists, have exactly the same and relatives are invited tools and very nearly the same the Ceremony and later to practices, werption at No. 9A. Bre in kisand, Blue Happy Valley.
!!
BIZONIA
L
Rend,
to rouse
1938,
tyrannies
of
The Clear Threat
The threat to Greek intlepend
Is just us manifest as it was to Czechoslovakia'n.
We should be franker still. The recent world war began not in 1939 but in 1936 when Ger- many invaded the prohibited zone and thereafter set up heri ron curtain, behind which she exercised her tyranny. (These The Yugoslav Army stands totalitarians are as like as twoj at thrice its proper strength, the peas, or perhaps we should any Hulurians are breaking their three peas!) Instead of throw. treaty obligations by maintaining the Nazis out We allowed!
By Lord Vansittart
the violation to be referred 10] the Lengua of Nations, where, of course, nothing was done,
The Clear Lesson
Let us have the courage, and the summon sense, to say, here: and now, that we will not allow that to happen again, authorised figures, The Press 'The brat, Indeed. the only and radio of both countries reek | way to avert impending crises of bullying angression,
i think clearly, to speak plainly, and to mean what one says.
repout the Italian
Socialists
Will history repeat itself in 19487 Shall we disaster
of Munich? Only if) we repeat our mistakes.
The Socialisty binmed their
for
Conservative predecessors Restive
lack of anticipation, while them- selves opposing rearmament up Russia's to the very eve of war. Now the
100 Years Ago
(From the files at the "China Mail")
CARNIVAL
STACY'S DEPARTMENT STORE
BULLING DIVISION
Do i
cor. 1947 V NTA CERVIČE, THO, Y. H. NEG 3. B. PAT, OFF,
By Dick Turner
11-13
"Miss Moggo, would you run down to the perfume counter and bring up a couple of bottles of 'Never Forgot'? We're sconting the monthly statements?"
Social Democracy
In Miniature
Both at home and abroad the clubs for the majority of men and Englishman Is very club-minded.
women, and by far the greatest There are severa¡ reasons for this. number of these are connected Britoin essentially demneratic, with some kind of sport-football, and every club is a piece of social tennis, bexing, hockey golf, cricket Cemocracy 21 miniature, Clubs or swimming. They are to be are bodies of people freely asso-found in every town and almost etaling for some common purpose, every vilinge, find they form ench
member enjying equal themselves into leagues or other rights with every other. Com-associations and arrange regular mittees are elected by the mem-mutches with other clubs in the bors themselves to run the clubs district. The value of sport in in the best interests of all, and the lives of the workers is realis- there are regular general meeted by all the large business houses, ings at which ali members con and they encourage the formation Rome Jan, 20, air their grievances, if any, and of internal sports clubs by subsi Signor Guiseppe tomila, for- make suggestions for the better- Socialists are in power and have mer Italian Minister of Labour, ment of the club. This procedursing them, and by providing playing fields, club-rcoms and the responsibility of playing the olf delegates to the Italian So-Britain method of Government, clubs are not limited to men only. very much in ecman with sports equipment. Three sports the same hond. Will they play cialist Party Congress here to and the House of Commons Is it better? Only if they act a day that he was opposed to any sometimes described as "the best tleularly tennis, hockey and golf. for mist women play games, par-
sort of electoral union with the club in the world."
Another kind of club is that Communists in the general Wherever the Englishman goes associated with the three main elections of next April.
he forms clubs. The Middle East political parties, and the Conser- Signor Ramita, who was ad-s full of clubs that were formed vatives, Liberals and Labour are by or on the initiative of the ruch represented by a club ກາ dressing the Congress on the English. Most of them aro social most towns. They are more so- Second day of its meeting said: ar soclul-sporting clubs, In Egypt,cial than political in most cases. his three accomplices, Yugo. "If we making a political bloc for example, the two biggest clubs and are housed In comfortable slavia, Bulgurlu, and
will Albania with the Communists wa but the other members of the loge our freedom." Eastern bloc as well, that we shall perform our duty in de he
them to the United souncing Nations if any one of them re cognises the bandit Government of bogus General Markes.
time.
The Clear Step
The Government should forth with notify nor only Stalin and
The Government should plain-
Amidst shouts and catcalls
to do all in their power to close
BY PETER LARCOMBE
сал
premises so that men holding the relax sume political views over a game of cards or billiards. It is only during parliamentary elcetions that their politient aspect is emphasisext, and then members volunteer as canvassers or to
the breach in the Socialist ranks are the Gezira Sporting Club and cause, is the tattoist in the Alexandria Sporting Club-
voters to the polling hoth funded by groups of Eng-drive Socialist fish people, but now open to all stations.
Non-political working
year of the moderate
Sargat. Reuter.
Men's
Tin of them suddenly pulled him ly declare that we should revan group led by Signor Gluseppe nationalities. In practically every clubs are also very numerous, and
IN
Thus the prelude to the rupel of Czechoslovakia is læring re ennetrul in recre, Before the German totalitarians disrupted | ! Czechoslovakin. in 1938, they
pread the belief that the vieim) Although described as a Grews 11governed. The Russian! mig forces much in excess of the|
economic administration, totalitarians have followed the the newly-planned organisation ¦ same pattern with equm] success, of the Anglo-American zones in
it is true that prewar Czecho
alien German, Bizonia, has a frame slovak mixandled her
The Rassign technique is, al- ruth- work that has important political mimuities, and she now
anost at all points, identical with It is alan the German. Recently the Soviet potentialities.
contains the lessly expelled them.
If the stormy history of our Flements of a Parliament of two
true that she handled them bet
paper New Times declared times teaches one thing it ix ter than other countries treated Greeve to be "a pistoj pointed at surely this: hari that boki Houses and of Government
thrir alter minorities before the Balkans." That is word for course been followed in Hitler's which is distinctly more than a
word what Hitler said about time there would have been NO1 Shadow Cabinet,
Similarly, Greece has, had ut! | Czechoslovakia. In 1938 the | SECOND WORLD WAR. The British and American satisfactory Governments, though how fell for lack of foreight, Governments have been careful, i they never had a fale ehmee of
courage, and preparation. however,
to exclude the putting their house in order so principle of unity. They have long as the Communists were within and from left the door open for the French assailing it and Russian zones to enter into without, full co-operation in the new suits The Clear Truth
It is also true, however, that Thus, although provision the Greek Government has been made for a new currency which mild indeed! compared with the would be issued by the proposed į brutal Lend Union Bank, General autelites, Clay, head of the American Military Government, has stated that he will not take any definite steps until he has given the Rus- sians another chance of agreeing | to a new fiduciary issue for all ZOBES. This would have to be subject to strict Allied control.
Russian reaction to the Anglo- American plan has been extreme- The Russians have ly violent. obviously attempted German nationalist feeling
appealed to the delegates' A daring rubbery was committed against what they deserile as the shout o'clock this day from the person of the Master of the "Bur carving
of Germany into two germeister Jensen," who when pass States; but Germin leaders inne along the Queen's Rund (op the Western zunes appear to have gosite Achog's Market) was attack taken a very realistic view of the fed by three
provmcial capital, tos, fe situation.
have shown) "They
made more pleasant through the are usually a mixture of social down backward, and the third any such action as an unfriend-
existence of clubs of Brush and sports clubs. Durts, billiards, willingness to co-operate, although watched a gold watch thearing the ly net that we reserve our rights
STRICH
NO CHANGE
origin, open to Egyptians and ping-pong and cards seem to be they seek a greater share of res-ials NM on the hack) from his of action whatever may be the
the favourite ind-or gumnes in foreigners, where people meet, to London, Jan, 21. silver outcome of reference
the members waistenat packet, breaking a ponsibility.
Sir time.
Henry Monck
play golf or tennis, and to chat these clubs, and Magon
or concerts to The French
United Nations, where have made oral chain to which it was Stached.
over a friendly cup of tea. The arrange dances the "quasi"
ret wasting and vetoes have been Moore, Governor of Ceylon, has same is true, in a greater or less which they invite their friends. representations against the p A number t
pectable shopkeepers and ther
rife.
been appointed first Governor degree, of Syria and the Lebanon, cedure adopted in discussing the Chinese were looking on, his
and Commander in Iraq. Palestine, Persia and the The plans with the German leaders dered 17 assistance,
That, however, is not enough. General Thieves
Britain's youth, too. is repre- the The Government should also Chief of Ceylon from February Sudan. towards escape Before they themselves had been made
the Russians and their 4, when the Ceylon Independence Sport and Climate
sented by hundreds of clubs, and consulted. But as they have so
According to Chinese law, we be satellites, who are both causing Aet comes into force, the Com-
This passion for club-making is the Natisnul Association of Boys' Clubs does valuable work, not far refrained from taking_ad-|
seen at its best, of course, in shopkeepers inediately and sustaining the civil war in monwealth Relations Office an- santage of the offer to join in adherent to the thee where a colubery barco, hinte we shall regard' nounced today.-Reuter.
Britain herself, where it is rare only in teaching boys the value of 10 esme across * man-or a co-operation and giving them a the merger of the zones, and are has been committed are in
woman, for what matter who scs of civic responsibility, but only now asking signs of an ap cases maile responsible for the value
dues not belong to a club cf some in arranging for parties of British aglar-
<ther countries, of the property stolen. Such proach, their
of toleration evinced
sort: many belong to us many as youths to visit ing rather an academic favour.
half-a-dozen. The tendency, like and inviting groups of foreign towards the perpetrators of crime In any case, the British and shows
So many other aspects of British youths to visit Britain. This is a that such an arrangement
character, is the result of two practical basis for future Interna
other American authorities, now that would be very advantageous in this
factors the British love of sport, tunal understanding of they have
and the support of the Calony.
the people's difficulties. And speaking elimate, the British latter is responsible for the of youth, what is the Boy Scout German leaders, intend to in-
'The "Bentinck"
varicus social and semi-offer! movement but a world-wide club arrived yester for the French and the Rus-
for boys? Inaugurated in Britain day farenoun from Shanghae; bring.
the I have it as a possible entry to dum-clubs that exist throughout sians of the full scope of the pro-ing dates to the 11th, The new elip-
my for the diamond finesse on United Kingdom. In most
by General Sir A. Baden-Powell 35,-
posed administrative measures. It per "Arennus" had arrive on the
which the contract hinged. He scored countries in Europe, in the Middle in 1900, it rapidly spread to other and Is particularly 300.- will then be up to them whether th from Bombay-baving on board
valuable the spade A and club A. led the East and other parts of the world, countries, 800 chests Malwa. In the
the drug mar-1
spate 2 to the Q. over-ruled East's communal social life is carried on flourishing in the Middle East, as 250.- they co-operate or not; but it is set little business was doing. Malwa qualities possessed by every toprak spade 7 on the next heart lead with in the very large numbers of is the Girl Guides' organisation,
not likely that obstructive tactics was quoted $605 for No. 1 and $530 player. You find the
Women, of course, have clubs other the K, then led 400.-
finesse in sonce measure take the place of of their own, where they discuss social and domestic They are
In Paris their own English clubs. worked, he was home, 200.-hold up the measure indefinitely. cargo of the "Areas increasingly lesser skill.
The the stock to upwards of 2,900 chests, and resourcefulness.
The inept declarer ruffed the third artiste tend gather together in problem. These clubs were prices were expected to fall. Patna who has large chunks of the first French Inflation
heart with the spade 8. lle scuzed a group of cafes in Montparnasse, valuable during World War II in and providing knitted comforts for the with a stock of 820 chens Was nf
these two qualities will not the spade and club A, then led the in Cairo a man will go to quire the ather 100 much. But the The battle against inflation quoted at $475.
spade 2, hoping West would have particular cafe day after day, bs-trops, and in helping Britain's food supply by growing and bot- continues
sne who is in tan much of a harry the Q and suck, letting the 10 win cause he knows that he will see a French occupy
There ling fruit and vegetables bunch of his friends there. find blawelf getting into put silty may minds. 'The Government is siderable enough?
far communal basis. are two or three cafes not Government which require all of his respurceful-, nope. West won and return-)
One could go ed spade 6. South had no trump from Midan Tawilq that are fre under nu illusion as to the ex-economics have begun and will iness and ingenuity to extricate him lower than the 10, so had to win and
self from bis
photo- and suffragls, making them al-Britain, Nature study,
graphy, motoring and cycling, the complished and what remams to considerable enough? Reform of
One careless declarer rulled he done.
ell.theatre and arts-every aspect of Unfortunately the British It is something that management in nationalised in qualities is also generaly just plain losing to the K and being sel must a servants' club."
out of luck.
has its third heart low, then corrected his Parliament has voted a balanced) dustries will be drastic, but will
mate is unsuitable for cate life, the Brillah way of life
soll of Budger for 1948
mistake. Ile took the two black aces It rams abundantly in Britain, group of clubs, for the and that M. it go far enough?
The export
and spade K, then led a spade to
und it is usually too cold for sit-democracy produces a thick and Mayer's forced Ioan went trade will be helped by special
the Q.. Now a heart or club would Ung about in the open-air. For healthy crop of these democra- the majority currency through by about
Will arrangements. expected against opposition from they prove adequate? the extrente Left and extreme It would be easier to answer Right.
yes to all these questions if acts 13, 7 3 On the other hand industrial of faith were more natural
to C. Q 10 % 7 prices have had to be increased the French temperament, and if in linc
with the increase in there had not been former dis- wages, though in this domani appointments. In economic mat- much is hoped from the abolition ters, works without faith accom- of those controls which were plish little.. | judged ineffective for any pur-
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BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
By SHEPARD BARCLAY
"THE AUTHORITY ON AUTHORITIES"
FORESIGHT OF RESOURCE
There are two highly
or the
other
by the Russian representative cat for No. 2 in Sycee, but with the{possessed by players of just slight! 10. When the diamond & to the open-air and semi-air cafes, which
to
foresight
player
self-made difficulties.
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the
Youth Clubs
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tent of what has been so far ac- 1 be considerable, but will they be the fellow without either of theater lead diamonds from his hand. quented almost entirely by cooks merely liating the types of club in
the
put dumny in, but the diamond re turn was just as bad when the 9 was played.
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minded,
leisure time in comfort among congenial company.
ond
GANDHI'S FAST
The number of clubs in Britain
[94]
today is bewidering to the foreign visitor, and I can only hope outline the main types in a short)
Kangoon, Jan. 20. from the article. They range
In a tribute to the result of Mr. cxclusivę, social clubs of the rich Gandhi's fast to achieve "communal to the working men's clubs in all harmony," the English Izoguage parts of the country, from expen- dally, "The New Times of Burma," sive polo and golf clubs to subur today described him
"the great ban and provincial tennis clubs, miracle worker
but they all häve this in ocmmon --that their organisation
and
management аго · planned on democratic lines.
of India"! "The Mahatma's
moral victory have repercussions far beyond India," it said. "It is the lumph of the soul force the proof that the moral factor of human relationship man Many of the experisive London transcends all other factore clubs for the rich have long and "In the soul force 'perhaps'lim the
Value of Sport
The fate of food prices still Government is to succeed. At Other tables in the some duplicate hanga in the balance, and on least it has a programme and no-started with 2-Spades to reach that them almost everything depends.body else has. There is nothing ed all opening suit bids as one-time contract. This particular pale treat- M. Mayer says that the era of positive and coherent to be gather- forces, or that 1-Spade would have making profits by holding stocks ed from Communist propaganda been passed. is over. The question is whether or from the ineffective speech West scared the heart K and Q and
This declarer had, foresight. After able.) the country will believe him.made at St. Etienne by the most led the he ruffed with the spade during the auction, what card should last word to comfort good food existence seems threatened by the If West supported East's spades aristocratic histories, and are the salvation of the world, whose very Imports of food will be con-distinguished living Frenchman.] as to keep two trumps, lowerį ko feed, and why, against South's and elicient service, We are more discovery of the atom bomb-Reu- siderable, but will they be con-'de Gaulle.
than the 10, That enabled him to "f-Clube?
concerned here, however, with thelter.
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