AMERICAN-MEXICO FRICTION.
CAUSES OF DIFFERENCES EXPLAINED.
BURNING ISSUE RAISED.
London, Nov. 26. The grounds of the recent acor- 'bation in America-Mexican differ-
ences are two-fold:---
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Once again are we faced with the annual problem of how to em- ploy the long winter evenings, and readers are writing to me to know whether I have any suggestions for ameliorating the lot of those who neither danco, play cards, nor take any interest in radio,
of
Well, why not try sweeping your own chimneys? For some reason
through the solid steel. Yet when the villian unlocks the strong-room the following morning the heroine has escaped. How did she get out? I will only add that the vil- lan himself doesn't release her while walking in his sleep, or any silly catch of that kind.
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Firstly, Mexican aid to the Liberal insurgents in Nicaragua, which brought to the forefront the burning question whether the United States or Mexico is to have which have never been able to Kaiser recently offered for sale in An autograph letter of the ex- the predominant influence in the fathom, professional sweeps cana Berlin auction-room, didn't ovóke destinies of Central America, afid apparently only perform this job a single bil. It's not so very long the declarations and action of the at about 5 a.m. to the accompani- ago when, if an incident like that United States in favour of Pre-ment of a hideous rattling of had occurred, the auctioneer and sident Diaz and against the insur-sticks, through which it is impos-his apathetic audience would all gents, which were promptly coun- | sible for the wretched householder
have been arrested for lose. tored by an announcement by the to sleep unless he resorts to aɛues-
majestic Mexican Government refusing to recognise President Diaz;
Secondly, the advanced nature of the legislation of the Mexican Pre- sident Calles. His anti-clerical' enugtments have aroused strong resentment among Romia Catholics in the United States who vainly strove to secure the Administra- :tion's" intervention in that connee- tion. Now the application of the
Last week I breathed you a word of good cheer by promising you that we would get through, the Silly Season somehow, despite the compulsory closure of that illu- minating and instructive discus- sion. "Do Halibuts Make Good Husbands?" Well, I havo ainee made arrangements with a well- known writer (who prefers to be
new Mexican land laws to Unitedthetics. The advantage of chim-known by the hom-de-plume of States' oil and mining interests hus provoked Mr. Kellogg into threaten-y-sweeping at 8 p.in. will be up- The Gentleman with the House- ing a rupture of relations if Mexico ¿preciated by all. It is by no lannel") to supply for the next ignored the prinelple that vestad means a deult art to acquire, few weeks a most absorbing series rights and property must be res-while a very effective substitute
for the professional Brush can be of articles on "Obadure, Indus- Foreign Minister, Senhor Saenz has retor-made by lashing together the con- tics," the first of which I print
below:- "tents of the umbrella-stand and
WHITEBAIT BLEACHING.
pected. The Mexican
ed that there cannot be two ways tying a bunch of chrysanthemumas of enforcing the laws, one for to one ctid. Remember too, that a tionals and another for aliens.
It is not generally known that The Mexican Government is passing very great economical advantage whitebait, when first caught, are to a new system of the nationalisaccrues from self-sweeping your not white at all, but of a distinctly. tion of national resources which re-chimieys. Zor not only do you save brunette character. "Since, how- quires the old rights to readjust the sweep's fee but you can keep ever, gourmets prefer blondes, the themselves to the new principles in your own scot. This you can either fish have to be artificially blenched. the general interests of the nation. use as fertiliser in the garden, This is done by subjecting them in or dispose of to the nearest nigger the first place to the fumes of minstrel troupe. And when you chlorine gas, after which they are
Senhor Saenz has so far had the
last word in the correspondence, in a Nole asking for a concrete case of injury, to American interests, and deuying that, there can be any justified motive for misunderstand ing between the two Governments.
Reuter.
BIG FIRE,
500 HUTS DESTROYED AT ΤΑΙ Ο.
hire swept all your chimneys, you can begin to clean up the appalling
mess you've made. This will scu
you well through the winter, and juruTVREZITTITTY- probably through next summer tob: rettsmtr
This week's Song of the Open Road: "Crumpeter, what are you sounding now?!?
All the best and most expensive
people are rapidly returning to well massaged with glycerine-and- town again Yesterday, for in- feucumber until they have attained stance, I noticed Lady Gertrude the requisite degree of pallour.. A disastrous lire, which..broke Guzzell lunching at the Halfwitz. The trade is a very difficult one to out"in a Chinese village erected on She went through the table d'hote learn, as only men capable of hold- stone piles dividing the island of twice and then lunched a la carte, ing their breath for hours at a time Tai O from the mainland, has Dropping into the Palm Court of can successfully survive working totally destroyed five hundredthe Tilbitz for tea. I recognised in the deadly atmosphere of Scarcely one bleacher matsheds and réndured" 3,000 in- amongst other social celebrities chlorine. habitants homeless. A call was the charming daughter of the in tea ever becomes a centenarian." received by the Central Fire Earl of Gourmandy, Lady Gertrude How truly has it been said that Station within half an hour of the Guzzelf, who performed wonders one man's poisson is another man's outbreak, and Superintendent with a dish of muffins. I sub; poison!
II. T. Brooks proceeded to the sequently went on to the Sidesplitz
My.
place, which is situated off. Lanfor dinner,, where I caught a In a little handbook entitled "A Tan, about twenty miles from glimpse of the ever-popular Lady Thousand Pieces of Useful Inform- Hongkong, in the new fire float. Gertrude Guzzell keeping three lation," which I have just been per- When he arrived, however, the fire wailers busy. Towards midnight using, I see it stated that the let- had burnt itself out, and as the "looked into the Misfits for sup- ter most frequently employed in float could not get 'within a mile per, and was glad to see in town the English language is "e.” of the scene it returned to Hong- again that Bright Young Thing, young friend, Mr. Beasley Tosher kong.
Lady Gertrude Guzzell, who was (known as "The Plumbers Pout.") supping audibly. By the by, tells me, however, that judging by hear that most of the fashionable his own experience the letter most set now make a habit last thing frequently used in the English before going' Home to patronize a language is the one beginning certain coffee-stall near Shafts The Editor regrets-,” bury Avenue, where the vogue is to consume hot saveloys. failing nightly visitor is stated to be the Earl of Gourmandy's fag- cinating daughter, Lady Gertrude Guzzell.
The island police, in' charge of Sergt. Chester Woods, fought the flames under difficult conditiona, but when it was found that the fire could not be extinguished, owing to the inflammable nature of the sheds, successful precau- tions were taken to prevent it spreading to the island village,
Between the island and the mainland the distance is about 100 yards, comprising four creeks, and the huts were built in the middle of these creeks, The fire was greatly aided by the wind which veered considerably, and helped to Spread the flames rapidly. The huts were built of wood, with palm leaf roofing, and once the flames had obtained a good holds it was only a comparatively short time before the whole five hun dred were destroyed. Fortunate- ly there were no casualties.
LATE M. KRASSIN.
REMAINS TO BE CREMATED.
Rugby, Nov. 26)
The body of M. Krassin ny in state to-day at Chesham House, the ofcial residence of the late Soviet Charge d'affaires.
Mr. J., D. Gregory, Assistant Un- der-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, attended as representative of Sir Austen Chamberlain.
M. Krassins' remains will be cremated to-morrow afternoon; at. Golders Green Crematorium.—-—--- British Wireless..
An un-
Herewith as promised is my new version of my great "mystery" story, on the solution of which you may exercise your wits (if any). Don't forget that, if I can save up enough money, the sender of the first correct solution opened will receive a prize of a lovely second- hand steam-roller. Here, then are the essential data:-".
The villian captures the heroine and locks her up all night in the strong-room, whose floor, ceiling and walls are all made of solid steel seven feet thick. The door is absolutely burglar-proof, and ean only be unlocked by the key which never leaves the villian's possession. The only communien- tion with the outer air is a tiny ventilation-hole through
which only an eel could wriggle, drilled.
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SILLY SEASON LOVE. Ask nothing more of me, sweest All that you've asked for I've given! For presents to lay at your foot Daily my thin purse has striven. Sweetmeats galore have I bought, Gloves and silk hose by the score;
I've Flowers each ench evening
brought; As of me, sweet, nothing more? Never wish you've expressed But what I've fulfilled it at once; For 'en your most costly behest I've readily coughed up the bunce. No'er have 1 grudged you, please
mark,
The films from a pincpenny sent, A twopenny chair in the park,. Or a tram-ride to save your poor
feet.
to
Did I not give you that ring Your left hand's third-finger
deck? That pendant, toé, did I not bring Which dangles and gleams from
your neck?
But if you must ask something
more
In spite of the protest I cry, Then make it, my sweet, I implore, Some something which Woolworth's
supply!
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foreshadowing of the gradual deve lopment of new machinery of com-. munication and consultation, and the placing on record of the already Belf-evident fact that the supreme link in the Empire was the common crowd. Rugby, Nov. 26. The recent Conference will also The Under-Secretary for the be remembered as the first at which Colonies in a public speech science figured on the agenda. It "The Arst International Motor last night said the newest recognised that a scientific basis Show in Egypt will be, hold in element in the Imperial must be found for the solution of Carlo from February 16 to March Conference's historical documents economic problems.-British Wire 9, 1927.
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