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ACTIVITIES OF COMINTERN
CELEBRATES 80th. BIRTHDAY
MR. SHAW GETS HIS THREEPENNY GIFTS
HIS VIEWS ON PRESENTS
Malvern, July 25.
On le occasion of his 80th birthday to-morrow. Mr. George Bernard Shaw has expressed his views on birthday presents.
London. July 37. Mr. Bernard Shaw was 80 years old yesterday. No one is likely to have been less impressed by the occasion than Mr. Shaw himself. But while it is true that vigorous old age has become every man's
He said that the actors of the birthright, and that in the not
Malvern Festival Company, whom distant future no family will count itself complete that does not in- he is rehearsing here in some of
one centenarian his old plays for at least
the Festival clude
"Hong Bona Dally Press Special Amsterdam, Aug. 13.. Under the heading "Moscow throws away the mask "The Maas remarkable Bode" pubiisaes analysis of the secret plans of the Third International in the coun- among its number, Mt. Shaw wil which opens to-night, were cul-
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be the first to agree with the ver- tries of Western Europe.
George The Maas Bode" asserts that dict that to have been Moscow attempted systematically Bernard Shaw for 80 years is a to infec: the Spanish Army with unique achievement. Certainly it disloyalty. Immediately after the is a role that none but Mr. Shaw outbreak of the Civil War a meet himself could have sustained half wrich so brilliantly. Probably there are ing of the Comintern, at Bucharin was present, was held at more who admire his success than Strassbourg, whereby it was decid-envy it. for to ordinary people it ed not only that all imaginable will seem that his attendant spirit the has been a singularly exacting held should be rendered to Spanish Communists, but also that taskmaster. Yet the vigour both
a completely new method should
be worked out by which the French army should be communistically inspired. For this purpose
the
experiences gained in Spain should
of mind and body which Mr. Shaw
enjoys in old age suggests that he a none the worse for having lec- tured and reproved mankind so furiously and for so long..
be utilised. In order to weaken the resistance it was decided that in France a far reaching Com- munist Secret Service be organised. "To-day." the "Maas Bode" con- tinues, "every garrison in France has its own Communist centre and "Cenfidential Council of three members whose task it is to suv on the officers and furnish the Comin-n tern with regular reports."
In Strassbourg it was asserted that in the French Army and Navy and Airforce over 250 cells already extar
Transocean News Service.
RUSSIAN ARMY INCREASE
Berlin Press Foresces Great Danger
Berlin, Aug. 12.
the Dimculties tor
Five-Power Conference, arranged for the au- tumn, are foreshadowed by the newspapers a. the result of the
FORTUNATE
lecting among themselves to give him a birthday present.
CHANGES IN
ITALY'S DIPLOMATS
GENERAL RESHUFFLE
ANNOUNCED FROM ROME
Rome, Aug. 3 Sweeping changes in the person- nel of Italy's foreign service were disclosed to-day when the follow-
appointments were ing
made known: Ambassador to Buenos Aires: Sig-
nor Raffaele Guariglia, Ambassador to Brussels: Signor Gabriele Preziosi, (now Min's- ter to Vienna). „..
JAPAN'S RICH
MEN
·PREMIER'S £500
The
A YEAR
London, July 26. highest income-tax payer in Japan is Baron Kichizaemon Sumitomo, who must pay a levý of about 800,000 yen on an income of Enrea million yen . (about £170,000 sterling). Baron Taka- rin Mitsui is second, with an assessment of 662,352 yen, while Baron
of the Hisaya Iwasaki. Mitsubishi interests, is third, with a payment of 522,893 yon.
Practically all the whose payments run
He immediately wrote to Mr. Ernest Thesiger, begging them not Minister to Vienna: Signor Fran- dreds of thousands of
cesco Salata. (now State to.
Councillor),
was abhorrent to him. he said.
and invariably resulted in his be- ing presented with some "silver atrocity" which would be no use to him at all.
are
and
taxpayers into bun-
yen cosaly connected with the inner circle of big financial and indus- The idea of people being "black- maded into subscribing for him Chief Frotocole at Rom: Signor trial combinations which hold in Guido Viola di Campalto. their hands so much of Japan's
trade. banking, (now Minister to Yugoslavia). industry,
Yugoslavia: Signer shipping: the Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Minister to
Mario Indelli. (now Minister Sumitomo. Yasuda, etc. to Albania),
The Hollywood scale or salaries 15 unknown in Јарал. The Minister to Hungary: Count Vinc
highest Income-tax payer among the artists of stage and screen" is the famous kabuki actor. Kiku- goro, who la buled for 8,000 yen. But the levies on three popular cinema actresses, Misses
Birthday presents should be per- sonal, and he suggested that each member of the company should make him a present on one con- dition.
The condition was that no pre- sent should cost more than 3d. Tt was impossible, he wrote, to give him anything expensive that he needed, as he and his wife had plenty of money and had already bought all those things.
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Gigliocci. (former Minister to Abyssinila),
Minister to Norway: Signor Alber- to Tuozzi, (now Minister to Portugal),
Minister to Portugal: Signor Fran- (now cesco "Glorglo Mame'l. Minister to Latvia), General Director of General Affairs
at Rome:
Count Leonardo 'Vitett.
Miura, set Iris, and Kurishima," are
at the modest figures of 170.88 yen, 627 yen; and 370 yen:
Comparatively tzw Japanese pay income-tax, because incomes of
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Minister to Siam: Signor Claudio less than 1,200, yen year are
Cortini
exempt; and less than ten per Minister to Afghanistan: Bignor | cent of the Japanese, earn more
Pletze Quaroni, (now Consul- than this amour. General at Salonica), "
No doubt Mr. Shaw is aware, none more so; that he is fortunate not to have been born in an ear- fer century, for it is certain that in the days of earcropplug his cars would not have escaped. If indeed he had hot lost ears. head.
The actors and actresses have and all. It is even possible that
the twentieth century Mr. taken him at his word and have Shaw's life would not have been all bought him presents costing safe if all his warnings and fore- 3d. Among those I saw were bodings had proved to be true.
packet of razor blades and a chil-Minister Mankind will tolerate almost any-
dren's drawning book, writes a thing from its prophets excent correspondent. true prophecy, and Mr. Shaw has been wrong often enough for his cwn salvation. His mistakes and his wit have been his test protec- tors. To give him his due Mr. Shaw has never pretended always to be a true prophet. His air of omniscience has more often than not been the device of the man who loves to talk. and is more
anxious
secure an audience than to make converts.
to
EXCEPTION. TO RULE
It rarely happens that the man who likes talking is worth listen- 11.10 increase in the Russian Army re-ing to, but Mr. Shaw is the most
sulting from the lowering of the entrance age for recruits.
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RASSY
IN CHINA
"ABANDONMENT OF
PEKING NOT CONTEMPLATED
London, July 28. In a written reps to a question
trilliant exception to the rule that this century is likely to meet, for The step is regarded here as even when he talks nonsense it is creating an altogether new situa- witty nonsense. And it has the tion, and the newspapers, express | merit, that, alone justifies the opinion that the political events sense, which is to make truth the accompanying it leave no doubt of plainer. When Mr. Shaw appears the aggressive character of Russia's Armaments increases.
The "Berliner Tageblatt" declares that the danger from the East is now greater than ever.- Reuter.
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ANGLO-EGYPTIAN TREATY
Negotiations Completed
Alexandria, AUK 13.
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Mr. Shaw has declared that to- his will celebrate morrow. he
birthday by losing himself in the Welsh hills. He sees in being 80 nothing more remarkable than be Ing 79 or 81.
wooden
smolt To-day, in the gymnasium at the bottom of the festival ground. I watched. Mr. Shaw taking the cast through a last-minute rehearsal of St. Joan, which is being produced to-night In honour of his birthday..
Occasionally he sprang to his feet to take part in the rehearsal, a particular demonstrating how
At the end of passage should go. the scene he had a long discussion with Miss Wendy Hlliler, who is playing St. Joan as her first in- troduction to Shavian plays,...
CANADIAN GIRLS Outside were a party of 150 to be talking out of his hat he is Canadian
schoolgiris and their often the cause of cerebration un-teachers, who have come from the der his audience's hats. It is an farthest parts of Canada to the achievement that other and more | festival.
thought,
to Paraguay: Signor Marlano de Angells, (now Con- sul-General at Jerusalem.). Prince Ascanio Colonna, Italian Minister to Hungary, was raised to
the rank of Ambassador and is to be attached to the Foreign Omice at Rome.
OPPENHEIMER £140,000 SALE®
GREEK WARRIOR'S TOMBSTONE
(By A. C. B. CARTER).
London July 29. Although, the modest second of the Oppenheimer *portion
meda.a, in realising £2,320 at Christle's yesterday, had the effect of raising the aggregate to over
In London was at Sotheby's, where 140,000, the chief auction event
of classic Greek example sculpture brought £750. This was
Euri
By comparison with Western Europe or America low incomes, salaries, and wages are the rule in' all strata of Japanese society, from industrial magnates to day- labourers.
Individual 10
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Japan receives the equivalent of a milion American dollars as
annual income.
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The scale of Government salaries is very modest, Mr. Frota, the Premier, receiving only 9,600 yen (a little over £500).
SPAIN'S COAL DEBTS
WELSH EXPORTERS' NEW SELLING -TERMS
The serious situation that has arisen in connexion with British coal trade with Spain has com pelled Welsh exporters, who claim
to continue trading...
sober teachers may well envy but The idea, one of the leaders ex- not imitate. Mr. Shaw deserves plained, is to, combat the Ameri.ven by Mr. Joseph Brummer, of about three-fourths of the entire well of mankind, and he has never
| can cultural influence, which domi-New York, who made himself very United Kingdom shipments to this conspicuous by paying 27,000 market, to introduce new condi- asked more from his fellow-beingsnates most of them, and to give than that they should listen to them a better insight into English guiness for the marble Wounded tions on which they are prepared him. If they ever came to agive with him his occupation would be gone. At the age of 80 he has still more hearers than d'sciples. Ha lask still lles before him, and his audience awaits with keen anti-
Amazon" by the pupil of Pheidias, Polykleitos, 112 the celebrated Lansdowne sale, 1930.
The Capitulations Clause in the|cipation the latest example of his them how a theatre works - Sir / B.C., and took the form of a white the vessels to cay the supplies
Anglo-Egpytian Treaty initialied.
has been pugnacious Industry:
A communique states that the remaining clauses of the Treaty were drawn up at a plenary meet-. ing of delegations.
Both delegations have expressed great satisfaction that their efforts have been crowned with success, 108 and Nahas Pasha, the Premier, has declared that he will be happy to accept the British invitation to go to London to sign the Treaty.—
#euter.
BRITISH INTERESTS IN SPAIN
London, Aug. 1a.
Counsellor
Mr. Ogilvie Forbes,
of the British Embassy at Mud- ra, now on leave in London, will shortly return to Spain to take charge of the Embassy.
The Ambassador, Sir Henry Chil- ton, who was in summer quarters at San Sebastian at the beginning concerning the British Embassy in of the outbreak of civil war, hac
since moved to Hendaye.
China, Mr. Eden stated yesterday:
The British population of Mad- My honourable friend is no rid now does not exceed 200, in all doubt aware that arrangements probability.- already exist for the accommoda- Rmuster.
tion of the Ambassador and one Secretary at Nanking,
and
that
the Ambassador resides at that
FATAL PLANE CRASH
"Hong Kong Dally Press Special)
Berlin, Aug. 13. A plane of the Air Mail night service operated by the Imperial
BRITISH CORPORAL
KILLED
Another Palestine Incident
Jerusalem, Aug. 12. A corporal was killed and three privates were, wounded when thirty Arabs surprised ten British soldiers, eight of whom were bathing, at a pool near the frontier of Trans- Jordan,
All of them have seen American
The object of these conditions is to minimize debts. By confining flms, but several of them have
The example sold yesterday, was never before seem a stage play.
originally the tombstone of a ales to ships at the ports and They were admitted to a dress- rehearsal last night, and to show Greek warrior of the afth century obliging the customer to provide each shipment will involve a much marble stele carved in relief, with the life-sized figure of a aghting smaller sum than if the exporter man in a short chiton, or tunic, sold it or delivered the supplies with shield, sword and spear. It at Spanish ports; took the risk of had been sent for sale by Colonel providing at least part of the C. T. Gordon, of Aberdeenshire, a freight, and waited months for re- descendant of Major-Gen.. Thomas Imbursement.
Barry Jackson had all the scenes changed with the curtain raised.
The girls applauded the scene- shifters as much as the actors.
THE WORLD PEACE CONGRESS
TO BE HELD IN
BRUSSELS ..
4
London,, July 25..
The Arabs advanced stealthily
The World Peace Congress is to and shot the two sentries of the party. The other troops were unbe held in Brussels instead of in Geneva, as was at first intended, able to reach their rifles.
The raiders seized the soldiers and it will keep to the date ar- Airways on the rotite Hannover uniforms and scattered towards ranged. September 3 to. September 6. Lord Cecil had formerly hoped Cologne-London crashed near the hills. Honnef between Hannover and Co A large force of infantry, in addi-it would be held in Geneva because logne, when trying to effect antion to the Trans-Jordan. Fron-the International Youth Peace by aircraft, Conference is meeting there from emergency landing. One of the tiersmen,
assisted
Gordon, of the Greek Service in Last January a clearing agree- the early 19th century. An Ostro-ment was entered into with Spain Gothic bula (sent from New which provided that sterling ob- York) was also bought by Mr. tained from the sale of Spanish Brummer for £225,
produce in Britain should be ear-
One of the chief Oppenheimer marked for the settlement of coal medals yesterday was brought by ] and other debts. This agreement Mr. John Hunt for £90-a port- has not falled expectations and rait of Bernardo da Latozze Nast, to-day it is estimated that from 1,500; and again acting for the £1,000,000 to £1,600,000 are owed Metropolitan Museum, New York, for coal of which two-thirds are Mr. Remington paid £170 for a due to Welsh exporters.
Spain wax model of a worthy of Brescia,
last year" imported 1,527.,
1,243,000 tons of coal from Britain, Did Robert Burs ever own & including 843,000 tons from Bouth pair of silver sugar-tongs? | A pair | Wales, but this year exports have purporting to have been the poet's fallen heavily, totalling 424.000 fetched 5 guineas in an adjoining tons in the first five months, as room.
plane's two lumates was instantly scoured the country side for the August 31 to September 6, with the 1,000 MILES WALK
#feuter's Bulletin Service
killed, the other seriously injured. raiders- The plane was completely wrecked. Transocean News Service,
support of the League of Nations socletics, but the position has been altered by the postponement of the Assembly to Beptember 21.
The World Peace Congress, of A dragon-ly was the cause of a near-riot of Yangtszepoo late on which Lord Cecil and M. Pierre Cot REICHSMARK RATES Wednesday afternoon, when two are joint presidents, is to be the groups of coolles cached, resulting first step in a great world move "Bout Kong Dally. Prosa" Specik injuries to two rickshaw pullers.ment. Its purpose is to plan fu- 'capital for considerable periods definitely acquired, though, as was
Berlin, Aug. 12. according to the "China Times." ture methods of propagands for during each year. In his absence stated in reply to a question on
The Reichsmark was quoted. Two pullers were sitting in their peace in all countries, and it will at Peking it is usual for the Coun- June 29. his Majesty's Chargé
vehicles the street when they work through all the existing peace sellor of the Embassy to reside at d'Affaires is negotiating with the (without guarantee), at
40.23 New York maris Chinese Government for a suitable
saw a dragon-fly. Chasing it with organisations in each country. It Nanking.
Paris
610.5 a stick, they struck, by mistake, as thought that it would lead to I am unable to state when I site. I should like to make
Klangst coolle. A quarrel ensued., a sort of antiellmax feeling if the will be possible to move the whole d'ear that the abandonment of Anisteraam' .................................................. 59,23 12.48.
both sides getting their own sup-congress were to meet in Geneva staff of the Embassy to Nanking, the present Embassy at Peking is London
Parts quoted the Pound Sterling, porters. A free-for-all started, so long before the Assembly of the as this must depend upon the not contemplated There are im- construction of the necessary pre-portant British interests in North at 16.25 in 76.28 and the US.A. Doland, when the police arrived, the League, but it will send a strong
gangs 'dispersed,
Injured delegation to Genera to present its findings to the Assembly. mises. Up to the present the site China which render its retention lar at 11.18 to 11.183.
Transocean News Service.
coolles were sent to hospital. for these premises has not been desirable.
t
AT 70 IN 20 DAYS
against 650,000 tons in the cor- responding period last year.
(The Manchester Guardian),
A campaign for sanitation was launched by the Women's" New London, July 28, Life Movement Bervice Corps in Charles W. Hart, the seventy-Shanghal on Tuesday in villages year-old athlete, completed yester- in the vicinity of the Civic Centre, day afternoon the feat of covering Klangwan and Yinslang. More 1,000 miles on foot in twenty days than 60 boy scouts co-operated Footsore but surprisingly at after with the corps in distributing 3,000 his gruelling race against time, he hygienic bags containing medicine arrived back at his home at Beck- and implements for cleaning to enham at 4.45. and was cheered by villagers of the three districts. a crowd of friends and neighbours. According to the authorities of During his 1,000 miles tour, he corps their work in pushing the went as far north as York, into new life movement has made South-West England and back favourable progress Contributions again across to the South-East. He in money and in kind have been encountered much rough weather received from various sources to
help the movement. during the three weeks.