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BRITISHI PAYMENT. TO LEAGUE.
UNION MEMORANDUM.
SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1929.
WAYS OF SPEAKING CAGED BANDITS FOUND
FRENCH.
GUILTY.
TRAVELS IN FRENCH INDO-TRIAL OF 161 PERSONS: 30,000
CHINA.
QUESTIONS.
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A "round robin" to test the at titude of the parliamentary can- In the compound a peacock was
Palermo, Apr. 20. didates of the different parties on stretching lazily, and the trees At last the sensational trial of the subject of the Loague of Na- whispered with the passage of members of the Sicilian "Mafia," tions has been circulated by the many birds. A young Laotian or which began last August, has come League of Nations Union. The Siamese was squatting on the to an end. memorandum arges, as a sequel to veranda, and beyond him, at the f Of the 161 accused, 150 have the ratification of the Pact of gate, a group of children had been found guilty on indictments Paris, the signature by Great gathered to stare curiously.
including murders, highway, rob- Britain of the "optional clause" At my appearance he rose and beries, blackmail and arson, com- of the Permanent Court of Inter-saluted. He was a very splendid mitted over period of years. national Justice; the adoption of person in a lime-yellow jacket and Throughout the trial the prison- an "all-in" inclusive arbitration a dark sampot; and in clearly ers have sat, handcuffed du iron treaty; abstention from any al-onunciated French ho informed mo enges, bullt expressly for the pur- Hlance involving armed assistance that he was one of the secretaries pose.
Jurors were shut up for an eo- to any nation, except as provided of the governor, and hia Excel-
lency, who had been apprised of tire week. They had to consider in the League Covenant,
Mr. Lloyd George. to whom a muy presence, would be glad to re-no fewer than 7,000 questions put copy of the memorandum has been ceive me at the Tribunal Indigene, by the presiding judge, and those submitted, has replied that he is I gave him my letters of introduc-7.000 questions were divided into in "complete agreement" with it tion, instructing him to tell the 30,000 sub-questions.-EX. TEL and Ramsay MacDonald has writ- governer I'would see him in an Co. ten similarly, adding that: "Some hour....... of these points would take a little The road ran near the river, and time to negotiate, but they are all on one side the stream gloamed in obiectives which I should like to ruddy gold beyond the palm reach. Mr. Baldwin has so far trunks, while on the other, houses arrogant a reply crouched among the only promised to give
Very good; he hoped I would be green plumes of the jungle. White successful. He himself; knew. Jaler:
The memorandum further in-dust powdered the road, and far- little about Wat Phu, although it cludes a request for the adoption ther on it seemed to blend, with was not far away; in fact, he had of the proposals of the World-the soiled pallor of limewashed never seen it. However, as the Economic Conference for reduc- shops. In the clear sunlight, the letters had requested him to ex tion and stabilization of inriffs, town had an aspect of colour un-tend every courtesy, he would as and measures to promote the more diluted by anemie civilized re-sign his secretary to me, and un- The people wore gar-doubtedly he could help. Also équitable treatment of interna-straint,
ments of Prussian blue, of purple, he would be delighted to produce tional commerce.
horses for me to use on the jour- The need for "limitation and re- of orange and lime-yellow.
His Excellency was a very gen ney, duction of armaments by interna ilonal agreement" is stressed. Itle-looking Siamese, who went is stated that "two essential con- barefoot and wore a blue sampot and a white starched jacket like ditions of progress are an medlate understanding with the those of French officials. Ile smil Buited States, and a determina-ed over gold-rimmed spectacles tion not to allow this question to and led the way to chairs in the gloomy, barred-in house. Then b dominated by technical con-
his Excellency began to talk, siderations."
im-
yield further Information about this people who rose and fell so spectacularly.
I told the secretary to thank his Excellency, and say, however, that instead of horses 1 preferred ele- phants.
Both the secretary and the go- vernor stared.
Monsieur wished elephants? the young Laotian inquired' incredu- There was one difficulty at the lously. Why, the journey would re- The memorialists also call for
start. Although I had the gover- quire nearly two days by clephant the ratification of the Washing-nor's word for it that he spoke whereas a horse could make it in ton (Eight) Hours Convention,
A vory
11 in recommended that the French fluently, and I thought I half a day.
Nevertheless, I replied, mon. growing.activilica of the League knew the language fairly well, we should not be unduly restricted could not understood each other. siour did desire elephants. As it by financial considerations." It is le seemed very disturbed by this. happened monsieur was
Finally, in order to facilitate con-wilmaical person, and as he had pointed out that "the British conversation and yet not offend him, planned to go to Wat Phu on an tribution for 1920 of about £100,- 000 is 1-68571 part of her na tional budget, roughly speaking and amounts to rather less than one halfpenny per head of the population of Great Britain." It adds: "The economic and finance sections of the League are money- makers, not for Genova, but for the League states. For instance, the Australian reconstruction loan was in fact very profitable to the | British Government since it ro- ceived payment of what would otherwise have been a bad debt of £2,500,000, a gum equal to the capitalized value of its present contribution to the League for
told his secretary to explain to elephant, he did not intend to be his Excellency that there were switched on to a horas at the last many ways of speaking French, moment.
and that evidently he spoke ono The secretary translated my way and I spoke another; there-speech.
ever."
fore would he permit his asaltant, Very well, agreed the governor. who knew the French that I knew, But how many elephants did mon- to translate for him?... This ar-sleur desire?" rangement had its effect.
Three, I said. That would be The letters said I desired to go aufficient to carry monsieur, his to Wat Phu, the governor began. servant, his Excellency's secretary
Yes, I replied, I wished to study and the supplies. the ruins, A man who had been He was sorry, he apologized, but there had described them to me as he could not get the elephants to- resembling Angkor. It was not day; it would require a little long- generally known that the Khmers ér, perhaps he could have them buill cities so far north in Siam by to-morrow-or the day after as Laos, and if Wat Phu was the that.-Harry Hervey, in. "Travels work of the Khmers, then it might in French Indo-Clilna.”
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