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✅ THAT WHICH IS GIVEN WITH PRIDE aft the acts of trade unionism.AND OSTENTATION IS RATHER AN The doctrine of workers! Sol AMBITION THAN A BOUNTY.-Seneca. darity" "makes it an act of dis-, loyalty for any member of the Labour Party to disapprove of the action of any trade union, and it would be an unpardonable offence for any trade union leader (most of whom are leaders of the Labour Party) to criticise as unreason- able and excessive the demands put forward by some other union. It is remarkable that any trade union is free to plunge into a struggle without consulting any one else and perhaps in defance of advice and yet expect everyone
in the Parlamentary Labour Party. to sivelt unqualified support, or Fat any rate, refrain from public criticism. In the present "coal mining dispute, the miners have often rejected the advice of the Party and yet when Mr. Williams
dares to criticise, he is met with violent outbursts from extremists and charged with having made "an insolent attack" on the miners,
The Labour Party lins to face a serious problem. in providing scope for the free speech of its members without exposing them- selves to charges of disloyalty. It is now viewed as part of the code of honour of any man joining the Labour Party to refrain from all criticism of trade union, and WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 13 1926 that ban on free speech must be removed. The tradition of free apeech, which was so robust a part of the faith of Liberalism, is a
The Telegraph
REAL FREE SPEECH,
much larger thing than the mere It is an old claim of the British dogma that expression of opinion Labour Party that it stands for much not be restrained by Act of free speech, and it is refreshing | Parliament; it is a belief in the to find that there is at least one positive value of public discussion, member of the party fully preparand, a belief in the merit of ful) ed to exercise nis rights of free and free argument. Mr. Robert speech oven though he be holding Williams has done a service. to the the office of President. Mr. Ro- Labour Party by speaking his own bert Williams presidential ad-mind-the right of all men. dress, delivered at Margate on Monday, was a reninrkable utter ance because he dared to criticise. the militant warlike attitude of the party and urged a policy of
.
The property sale advertised to take pince at the China Auction Rooms yesterday afternoon did not take place, the lot being with det.wn'. pos
Miss Dorothy Holyoak's wedding to Capt: C. D. Armstrong, of the 1st Battalion, The East Surray Res.mont, takes place on Saturday at St. John's Cathedral, a recep tion following the ceremony at
overnment Government House.
With three previous convictions
FRENCH BUDGET.
- BRITAIN & RUSSIA,
OVER 2,000 MILLION FRANCS NO CHANGE OF POLICY.
FOR FOREIGN DEBTS.
Paris, Oct. 12.
the forelock and presented his Bud
M. Poincaro has taken time by get to the Finance Committen sev eral weeks before the re-assembly of Parliament.
Rugby, Oct. 12. The statement that M. Krassin, the new Soviet Charge d'Affaires, had dome new plan to present when festerday he was received at the Foreign Office by Sir Austen Cham-, borlain, is not correct.
He estimates the expenditures at 38,882,000,000 francs and the re
The occasion of his visit was to venue at 89,960,000,000 francs. The sum of 2,375,000,000 france is present his credentials and the con- earmarked for the payment of for versation which followed and which eign debts, of which 1,642,000,000 lasted for an hour was of a purely will be derived from Germany un general character: There is no in- der the Dawes plan. Also dication of any change of attitude 3,133,000,000 francs is earmarked on the part of the British Govern- for the internal debt in addition to ment towards Russia. Ministerial the 3,500,000,000 franca from the statements in the House of Com- récently created independent re mons made before the Parliament demption fund.
ary recess, emphasised that the British Government regard the re- cognition of Russia's debt and the strict fulfillment of her undertak ing given on the Trade Agreement not to propagand against British interests as essential measures to wards an improvement of under standing No obstacles, however, are placed by the Government in the way of trade with Russia and actually Britain would appear to be.
M. Foincare promises to submit for larceny against him, a 17-a plan for the stabilisation of the year old Chinese was sentenced to currency later, but in the meantime six montha hard labour by Mr. he withholds the detalls for rea: J. H. B. Nihil, at the Kowloon sons of expediency-Reuter. Magistracy, this morning, for steal- ing $16 from his former employer at No. 60, Wai Ching Street.
Mr. Chan Shu-yan was sworn in
SURREYS PARADE.
as the Civil Governor of Kwang-TO-MORROW'S TROOPING OF doing more business with her than
tung, on Chairman of the Calamit. too of Civil Affairs, on the 8th.
COLOURS.
inst After the ceremony, a de Spectators of the Trooping the putation of the Labour Unions pre-Colour (by 1st Bn. The East Sur aanted him with a large mirror to rey Regiment) are reminded that mark the high esteem in which, hether must be in position by 4.20 is held by the Unions.
p.m. tomorrow.
There is a typhoon about 250 miles north-east of Manila, travel
ing westward, and, according to to-day's report of the Royal Observatory; it will probably con- tinue on this course towards Tourane. The local forecast till noon to-morrow is: "East winds, fresh; fine.".
As the result of an accident, which occurred in Canton Road. a small Chinese boy was knocked Kowloon, on Tuesday last, when
down and slightly injured by a motor car, the driver appeared be- tore Mr. J. H. B. Nihill, at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, on a charge of falling to have his brakes in proper working order.
fine of $25 was imposed.
It is much regretted that it has been impossible to accommodate all those desirlag seats owing to the limited space. --
No motor cara will be allowed in Garden Road between 4 p.m. and 6.30 p...
with any other country; despite the continued unwillingness of Britlalı financial houses to give extended credits-British Wireless.
The Greek Government has re- celved another offer of a loan of £10,000, in return for a concession for patrol and benzino." The loan, which will be issued either in London or America, is to be used for the stabilisation of the dra
chma.
TO-DAY
Thieves have entered a number of Berkshire churches and at Son- ning, Purely, and Beech Hill they Dollar on demand 1/11.13/16 robbed the offertery boxes.
Lighting-up
6.01 p.m.
The Very Idea!
There was a sequel at the Kow- loon Magistracy this morning to the fatal motor accident in Nathan Road on Monday by the appear China's Real Friends. dnce, before Mr. J. H. B. Nihill, of the driver of a Sanitary Depart- We observe that M. Karakhan, ment rubbish lorry, on a charge of the Soviet Ambassador to Peking manslaughter. The defendant has been talking airily in Viadi-was remanded until Tuesday next, industrial conciliation. His speechvostok of the work of Russian bail being allowed in the sum of interview are two of the ten lost N♣
is one of the bright spots in what propagandista in China, and that $500.
ts, generally, a dark situation, at in the course of a speech which was listened to by a number of
The following vessels are
ex-
Hongpeng
distinguished Japanese anthropolo mating several hundred thousand According to Dr. Yoshitomi a another fish who had offers approxi gist who is studying the origin of dollars?" the Basque race, the Basques, the Japanese and the Hebrews all be¦ Doctor-Do you suffer from long to the same ethnical group, thirst? The former two, he declared in an Patient Yes, thanks. tribes of Israel.
alm of the tomos Freckio faced youngsters from Paolino, the Spanish prize fight all parts of the state were recently said Dr. Yositomi, is a gathered at Tulare (California)
cr,
the moment, because it is the pro Chinese he has asserted that Rus-pected to be in wireless communi- typical specimen of the Basque to compete in a contest which places test of a Labour politician against sia, of all the Powers. is the only cation with Hongkong to-day race, yet he might easily be mis a premium on their Freckles. the domination of trade unionism. one to whom the Chinese people President Lincoln, D'Artagnan, taken for a Japanese wrestler, re- The contest was a fenture of the There have been those who, look can look for sympathy. As was | Shirala," Kumsang, Mantua, presentative of the same age and Tulare County Fair. Any boy condition as himself could enter who was under 15 and ing to a return to the old two-to be expected, he denounces the Takada, Porthos,
other Powers as "Imperialists" Pyrrhus, Anhui, Van Overstraten,
Even more remarkable than the had at least one freckles B party system, have hoped to see and paints them as the sworn Celebes Maru, Kanagawa Maru, physical resemblance between the "Spec" O'Donnell, juvenile film the Labour Party succeed to the enemies of China. That is the Mishima Maru, Hamburg Mary, Basque and the Japanese, sald Dr.. star and king of the fair, decided place which Liberalism used to type of utterance which we have Tone Maru, Mausang, Lungshan, Yoshitomi is the similarity between the winner.
come to expect from M. Karakhan Antenor, Volsella
Announcement of the contest was and Knut the Japanese tongue and the langu occupy, but it is becoming more and other Soviet leaders, but a Hamsun.
age of the Basques, the origin of made before the vacation period and more realised that the Labour moment's reflection will show that
which has hitherto baffled all, the started and many boys have spent Party is so entirely dependent he is sadly astray in his preten Commander Cuthbert H. Heath- European experts, because it does the summer cultivating their fres sions. What, it may be asked. Caldwell, D.S.C. Is appointed to the not bear the slightest resemblance des instead of applying lotions upon trade unionism and so sub- has Soviet Russia done for China? sloop Foxglove, and Lieut-Com- to any known European language to remove them. servient to its ideas that It is dis-Summed up in a few words, the mander Donald B. O'Connell to the either living or dead. qualided from discharging the Soviet's effort's can be described shallow draught river gunbeat In support of his theory Dr. Rumours that somebody in Mos- brond national function which has as the supply of money and war Teal, both of which vessels com- Yoshitomi pointed out that there cow wants to shoot at the moon equipment to certain factions manding officers have completed are numerous Hebrew communi- aroused the academic critism of been represented by unfettered amongst the Chinese, thereby en- two years in the command. The ties in India, China and Japan, who Professor A. W. Bickerton, the as- Libéralism. It is generally con-couraging internal warfare, and former, before promotion in De- plainly do not descend from the tronomer, who says in the Daily sidered that Conservatism is In- the spreading of subversive poli-cember 1923, commanded the gun-Jews of Europe, but whose origin, Mail, that it cannot be done. terlocked with the propertied in-tical doctrines which have brought boat Thistle on the West Coast of like that of the Japanese and Base
to China far more harm than good. Africa, and he has since been the ques is much more remote. terests in the country and that the Indeed, "Red" propaganda has superintendent of anti-gns train- Labour Party is interlocked with been responsible for much of the ing at the Whale Island Gunnery trade-unionism, but within the lat-trouble which China fant present School at Fortsmouth. The latter. suffering a fact which, happily, formerly served in China in the ter party there is infinitely more is coming to be realised by grow sloop Hollyhock, and for the last subservience and less freedom of ing numbers of the people. When two years has been attached to over has we read, of conditions in Russia the turret drill ship King George expression than there
and of the Soviet terrorism which v. at. Devonport. been in the ranks of the Tories. puts completely in the shade the There has grown up a general ex-worst forms of autocracy, we can. A sequel of the Hayley Morrias strict 'trale regulations. There calories. The energy of a gramme pectation of the subordination of. not think that the Soviet has much individual judgment, strangely into give China in the way of cul caso was hoard by the Uckfield will be one-way currents for the of our most violent explosive contrast to the spirit of the intre or that from this source are Revision Court when the political swimmers, and slow moving steam- nitroglycerine is less than 1,500 the Chinese likely to gain any agents raised the question of the boats mast keep over to the side! calories. Consequently, if the ex Burgent minds to be found within thing helping towards their pro right of Hayley Morriss to remain "Stop" and "go" lights at regular plosive had nothing to carly except intervals will hold up the cross its own weight, it has less than tỗn the party.
It is the very struc-gress or advancement. On the on the register as a Parliamentary channel swimmers so that those percent of the energy hecebanry to
other hand, many of the so-called elector in East Grinstead Division, ture of the party which inevitably "Imperialis Powers have ever seeing that he was undergoing headed for the ocean and the United enable it to escape the earth. To been to the fore in the spread of term of imprisonment. A discus States may pasa. reach a distance of four miles in around. Gris-Nez. A woman ta thermal energy unit mass equal to educational and medical know- sion ensued, during which it was We have visions of activities the air, the projectile would need a ledge in China, with the result shown that, according to the law, a walking down the street. She 7,500 calories. Where can we get its adherents, but the conscience that the most progressive elements person is disqualified by compulsory meets a friend who says, "Hellof such energy? Nobody knows.” of a member of the Labour Party in the country to-day are to be absence caused by his voluntary Come have lunch with me?" She **
enforces silent obedience.
Every party expects loyalty from
They heard the baby weighed
a ton.
It started quite a fuss. Until the people found it was
A hippopotamus.
"In order to escape the gravita- tation of the earth," he points out, "your projectile, needs a velocity of 7 miles a second.
"The thermal energy necessary to carry a gramme of matter: at this speed is 15,180 calories. The energy of a gramme of a Krupp shell is about 100 calories; that of Indications are that before long Big Bertha the gigantle, gun the English Channel will need which shelled Paria was 400
is entangled in a positive network found amongst these who have and criminal act; therefore a clai-replies, "Can you wait a fow min It's no joke when a patron of a of loyalties. Firstly, he has to become into contact with the Im-mant who for a criminal offence tes? I'll be right back I just movie house almost dies from perialists." In other words, if has been imprisoned for five out started to swim the channel, laughing." Several fatalities have loyal to his party like the mem China has to thank anybody for of the last six months of the Seriously though, what does all occurred in America as a result of ber of any other party; next, he her gradual assimilation of mo- qualifying period without the op this channel swimming mean? strong emotional feeling, so some has to be loyal to trade unioniem, dern ideas, then her gratitude is tion of a fine is not entitled to be some dee it as a more matter of picture theatres, have insured their
due rather to those whom M. Ka-registered. Hayley Morrins's foolishness, “Why **. they ask, patrons. They may "laugh thoir. | right or wrong. The Party itself rakhan denounces than to the name has therefore been struck "should Gertrude Ederie act as allly heads off" now, for they are in--1 la bound by certain definite, ob-Soviet, whose contributions to the off the register, but it is under and make such a fish out of here sured by a policy which reimbursca ligations-it is but the political Chinese people have been of a stood the case is again to be raised self? The reply to these literal for any medical attention given to wing of a larger Labour move-negative and destructive as dis-at the Hayward's Heath Revision minded people ls, "Gertrude may be persons suffering from hysteria
tinct from a helpful character. Court.
fish, but did you ever hear of caused by laughing at the film.