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Charley's
Aunt"
with CHARLIE
RUGGLES
June Collyer
Drenched by
AL CHRISTIE frame play be. Brandon Thomas
Imagine the girls' sur- prise when they dis- covered that the sweet little lady they had been embracing "Auntie" turned out to be a handsome col- lege youth!
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LOUISE FAZENDA
WILLIAN COLLEEN 20.
JOAN PEENS
FRANK CAPRA
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TELEGRAPH.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY. 9. · 1932.
THE PROBLEM OF informed by the British Dolega- "LIG" HAS A STORMY
LIBERIA.
tion that, the charges were be- Heved to be true, but still nothing done. Then the Liberian
oficial delegates at Gonova formally declared to the League
A SITUATION THAT MAY that there was no truth in the
EXPLODE.
HOMECOMING.
"I HAVE NEVER DEVIATED".
Plymouth, Jan. 9. charges made by Lady Simon and [others.
Mr. Lloyd George arrived at But those who made the charges knew that every statement Plymouth this morning on board January 8.
upt to the hilt, and the P. and O. luer Rajputana from The Liberian Republic in West could be proved
in the end n Joint Commission Ceylon, and afterward left for Africa was created for the pur-under Dr. Cuthbert Christy was Churt.
He looked extremely well, despite pose of Anding an African home dispatched to West Africa. for slaves liberated from the
The Christy Report, published last night's great gale. It was, he plantations of the Southern States
civilised said, the worst night on board ship last year. startled the of America. The first colony was world, not only by confirming which he had had in his life.
A Royal Marino overslept when founded in 1822, but it was not overy allegation made but, as was until 1847 that the free and lode-anticipated by showing that the the Rajputana arrived in Plymouth pendent State was inaugurated situation was much more serious sound, and the tender had to be Great Britain was first amongst than had been supposed. Slave-delayed while he was aroused and the nations of the world to re-owning, slave-trading
dressed himself. That meant that cognise the sovereign status of the and land, and forced labour for Mr. Lloyd George was late in land- Republic.
private profit were proved, whilst ing, and so lost the train which he The Constitution of Liberia is corruption, bribery, and fraud intended catching to Salisbury. madelled on that of the United were established against many
an nea
A party of local Liberals mat Mr. Lloyd George, and replying to
States of America, but only persons occupying high oficial their welcome, he said: small number of persons, mostly positions. To this day no punish- "I have taken courses which have descendants of the American ment has been inflicted for any been extraordinarily unpopular, negroes, enjoy the franchlas. The of these crimes, nor have the but I have never deviated. For control of the country and of the slaves shipped oversens been re- that reason at the present moment 2,000,000 native Inhabitants is lensed.
certain ing ranke
am taking no particular interest the hands of the descendants of The Longue Committee dis in politics, but I hope in due course the slaves and of certain semi-patched another Commission 10 to take place again in the fight- educated
who negroes
have Liberiu to investigate migrated into Liberia from the features. M. Brunot, the head of
Mr. Lloyd George, in an inter- adjoining British and French the Commission, is an eminent view, said that he had not made up territory. From its inception the French ex-administrator, and his his mind where to alt in the House African natives have shown in-report came into the hands of Sir of Commons. "I am still in com creasing antipathy to their Ameri- Eric Drummond some months ago pele diangreement," he said. can overlorda, and few years hay? | It will surprise most of us if the do not swerve an och from the passed without wars. Although Brunot Report is not worse-and | view which I took before the Elec- Liberin has contractoď Jonna ex-
much very
worse--thaızı the ton." My views are unaltered. reeding £1,000,000 sterling. no-Christy Report! thing has been done for the ceun- |- Meanwhile, whilst Washington words of one of its members, writ- try. It la stil without railways, and Geneva are thinking, Liberia¡ten to his mother:- roads, and a 'telegraph system. Is burning and becoming a kind On the 2nd instant the Teampo whilst there is very little State of "Devil's Paradise." It may people, although we went to their education outside Monrovia. the be that the despairing cry of those section in a peaceful and quiet capital of Liberia. The debt people is expressed in exaggerat-manner to investigate their held now almost entirely by Ameri-led language. We are assured paluvers, attacked our patrol, and aneeloven blondy battles were fought, The main berlan problem. aliciter:-
two of which I was actually the moment is quite simple-- The whole of the Kroo coast is engaged in the attack made on namely, is it conceivable that soun to be in a conflagration, be the town in which we were settled, 2,000,000 virile peuple will con- cause the war is spreading. und the one mnde on the
rond tinue to submit indefinitely to op- In the burning of a large town when we were leaving, resulted in pression at the hands of a small ke Sass Town have been men, women, and children on their knows the killing of about 100 or more
ean interests.
is not. Here, however.
no one natives many killed, but thousands
Pa
Anarchy.
body of timid, punicky, and largely how corrupt aliens?
now aide and two men killed and two Whilst Washington and Coneva homeless and wandering in the wounded on our side; it was awful are discussing "things are happen-bush to die of cok and hanger, to behold men's hunda and heada ing" in West Africa, tragic things on the part of the Government, soparated from body, as though are taking place in the interior. notwithstanding these natives they were animals. tribal anger is rising everywhere, have no arms, thirty soldiers were Many of the attacks being made. canoes are passing swiftly along reported wounded, one killed, and the dnes inflicted, and imprison- certain rivers during the night one lieutenant wounded.
ments are said to be reprisals for evidence to the League whose cargoes are not limited to The fishermen of Nifu went out
giving
The plain truth is palm kernels, memories are being peaceably to catch their fish in Commissions.
Liberia is drifting Into stirred of past and
present wrongs the Atlantic, and another private that
would Beem from and amongst these memories, it letter tells of what they saw;- is snid is a remarkable Incident) These canoes went to fish on these letters that there is serious associated with the names of Lord the high seas, and as they were unrest amongst the Kroos, and Grey and Lord Balfour, at whose nearing land they saw their town that they are beginning to rise. Instance in 1916, 40 Kroo chiefs in flames, and could not land and Reports are now being made about were anved from execution.
had to proceed directly to Mou another tribe of sterner staff than It may be that those who knowrovia, a distance of over 200 miles, even the Kroos, But to prevent Afrien best are unduly alarmed. There whe great lamentation any misconception it should be But strip the position of every among the Kroo people at Mon- said that there is no evidence yet passible exaggeration and still revin for the calamity of their of unrest amongst the Mendis. the situation is an ugly one. brethren.
The natives are beginning to be Twenty years ago rumours first There has come to haral a letter lieve that the hour of their de began to circulate alleging slavery written by a member of the Fron- liverance is drawing near! and and corruption in Liberia. These tier Force, the native army which that it is best to win that deliver allegations were met with offcial arries out the urders of the ance themselves. But what if denial, but still there rumours | Americo-Líberíans. Dr. Christy circumstances provide a grew in volume. Twelve years has told the world something of able excuse for a third party to go the delegates to the Confer- the infamous practices of this take a hund? That development ener at Versailles were officially "Force"-here we have it in the might lend anywhere.
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ANITA PAGE--CLIFF EDWARDS
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SAY WRAY
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M. LITVINOFF SAID TO DE IN DANGER.
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from Moscow to Bir Eris Drum- mond, Secretary-General of thes League, declaring that the Soviet has received authentic information that Rusalan emigrants In Paris have organised "a group of mur- Barns, Feb. 8.
dorors with instructions to kill the A rumour that Russian White Soviet delegate within four days. Guards are preparing to make an Although exhaustive police on- attempt on the life of M. Litvinoff quiries fall to reveal any evidence who is at presunt attending the of such a plot, the Government are Disarmament Conference, is our taking all possible precautions rent here as a result of a telegram] Reuters Special Service.