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NOTES OF THE DAY
"A VISIT TO THE INFERNO"
(By H. R. Wells)
The Very Idea!
WHEN IS WHISKEY
BY EDDIE KELLY, SAY WHEN!
WE
The World Economic Confer- ence suspensa is over for the pre- sent. Discussions are to go on, though it remains to be seen what good is likely to be achieved. The European, gold countries ́aro de-
TE noticed in the Tele- clining to participate in the work
THE FIRST STAGE
graph the other day of the monotary committes. Their
that a great dispute is being views on
CHAPTER IV this issue have been
All the lctors broke out into loud waged between British and As they entered they saw people laughter, and even women who were crystallised and nothing but. a with heads of cows and, faces of hung up near at hand undergoing German distillers over the complete volte face will undo the horses, who were as cruel as wolves torture could not refrain from laugh- damage of President Roosevelt's and were beating the sinful spirits, ing, though it was unintentional. word whiskey. initial bluntness. To Mr. Cordell
the ghosts of men.
The sinners here were tied up with large and spacious shed in which In this place there was also a very Hull goes the entire credit for hempen cords and the demons, who people were hung up here and there. at-punished them had Iron rods like pipe They were not more than five feet. saving the Conference. He vigorously and swayed opinion in head to foot, and after beating them part of the shed and as the lietors tacked the attitude of defeatism boon, about four feet long, with apart.
which they bent the simmers from One person would be hung up in a let them down, and hung up other him wildly with the rods another a brilliantly eloquent speech.
sinners whom they beat in the same near at hand would laugh at him.
THE BEST POLICY
way.
ed, is whiskey not whiskey? When, the Telegraph ask-
Now that we are sure that We've waited two days for someone to ask
us.
our opinion is not going to be sought, we are going to give it anyway.
Camo
to
Some were beaten three hundred The spirits (ghosta) wopt without censing, and cried out, "We dare not strokes, some five hundred, some cight offend any
Do not beat us number was two hundred. Some wero
hundrod or
or a thousand, the smallest
Our association with whiskey The circumstances suggest that much," hit with lighter | adjournment of the Conference such expressions like children being
blows," "We
We have had enough," and men and some women, some old and dates back to the day when wo Bumg young, and as one lot wont were hit on the head with a bottle might still be the better policy. beaten on the earth.
away another let came in.
by the old man and told to consider The cattle-headed Hell police said, The monetary and the economic
There was an official present mark ourself launched. When wo were a problems cannot easily, as Preal- and it is now our turn to beat you. in a book, and when they had been ing in pure alcohol, the hundreds of
"You have beaten
people a great deal, ing off their names and punishments baby we ware bathed every morn- dent
Roosevelt suggests they If you were not benten you would not beaten he sent them away to report interested visitors who
know how painful and grievous it is themselves and afterwards they were watch the operation afterwards might, be separated. It seems
to others to be beaten "
led to the ruler of Hades, and ac- futllo to discuss tariffs, for
Some of these sinful spirits were cording to his orders they were re-dipping clay pipes into the tub and instance, while high barriers aro women, most of them had been cruel cased or changed into animals or be blowing soap bubbles. being automatically erected by to slave girls and concubines.
came men again, or they might be But this was many years ago, Many others were police and cruet detained for further punishment. the process of currency deprecia-people who had extorted money from
before Australia was half civilised tion. The gold countries may be others. Some, too, were masters who
BLUECOAT'S PHILOSOPHY.
through contact with visiting Eng in a position to discuss economic others teachers who had been cruel to the official sat, a pair of antithetical self.
had -trented their apprentices, and
lish cricket teams, and half At the eldes of the place where civilised through contact with It- their pupils, and not having a heart scrolls were hanging. The writing of love, they had followed their own wns in black characters on a white petting didn't let fools hug them In those days,' n girl who went evil bent and unjustly punished those ground. The sentences under them,
follows;
As or hugs fool them, and there were (1) Instruct all men about the Everyone had to travel by motor- no such things as trains or buses. importance of not doing evil. The offenders of different types i (2) Lest after death they receive car came in twins. Suddenly a culprit punishment.
This is called evolution. A Scotch was brought in who was wearing an officini hat and official boots, and words, and here they beg the lower big lizards walking on their bind. Yet people do not believe these world, finally, would be managed by scientist once predleted that the
VAUXHALL problems when they are satisfied
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FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1933.
THE SHING MUN
MALARIA
that the American dollar has reached the bottom. It would be unreasonable to expect them to commit themselves while one of the principle factors in their calculations remains an unknown quantity.
THE U.S. NAVY VOTE
The American Navy Department is asking for $77,000,000 to moder- nise and raise the gun elevations of Its battleships. At a time when the spirit of the world is being influenced
disarmament towards
and the
reduction of militant forces, such a request appears to be peculiarly out of place. The new American naval policy does
pro-
sident Roosevelt's scheme to pro-.
"YOUR HONOUR”.
robe, and having a string of bends round his neck. He came steps ping forward without any sense of fear.
their
One of them said, "Why"do"you"
were
un-
land, where the water is said to be Whiskey was invented in 'Scot- the purcat in the world. They use the water to wagh the glasses in.
Which is, of course, the same as death from stomach hake.
THE NEW SUIT.
"It is about time you bought
officials to make light, just as the world they neck legs; and yet they say that Scota- to influence the officials. It is really men are a comparatively dry race. The llctors took off his clothes and it should be meted out according to most dificult to carry out justico as removed his hat and boots, but he the decisions of the higher officers. kept trying to kick the lictors with
Ting Laan-kat asked. and said, "What is the matter with his big feet. The lictors were afraid so many people commit sin.
why it is that you? Are you pretending to
Bluecont said,
That's why Scotland is such a "AS heaven and earth cheap place to live in. It only be mad?" are so vast, and men and women are costs sixpence a nobbler back there. The prisoner said, "You are mad, very numerous, think for instance You do not know how to distinguish how many people there are in the
We had a Scotch friend who one person. from another. You bold nine states and eighteen provinces of was killed by whiskey. He villains taking off my clothes. Do Chinn. Now In
WAS you want to rob me?"
Some places the out fishing for hake one day and All the Hetors put their hands tore are bad people and antongst the
and in dipped the bait in a mug of whiskey Lathree, have good customs The true position of affairs re-
bad, and amongst the good before throwing the line.overboard. mouths, and laughed at him. lle said, "Who do you think I am? bad there are some good. How can verdict of "death by being hit in The coroner's jury brought in a garding the outbreak of malaria not seem to be in harmony with the I have been a magistrate and have the officials in the world find out all the stomach by a hake at Shing Mun is a matter of professed desire for reducing the governed the people, and been called the evil aries and punish them. Even public interest.
a great man (or Your Honour'),, Do in one small district how many implements of war. Action such you think there is any comparison criminala escape punishment?" If the menace
as this will do nothing towards between you and me, you robbers?" which is present is not removed, restoring the world's confidence in
The lictors said, "You were
"Are there not hundreds and thou the engineers to be responsible the aim for peace. The
official, but
Asands of people who are unfilial and for constructing the Gorge Dam in the Pacific is almost bound to
reaction and but now you are an offender
unloving, and unbrotherly and un- a criminal. The official said, "What offence have their parents and brothers, and offond-yourself a new sult; I am sick and
righteous, failing in their duty to will, plainly, be seriously handi-be one of disquietude and
I committed 7" and the lictors replied, ing against the great principles of tired of seeing you going around nay "A short time ago your case was love and righteousness? capped and the ultimate cost will even influence Japan to press tried before the King of Hades, and be considerably increased. For-harder for a revision of the ratio it was said that you oppressed and
ko Д "Besides this, the officials when shameful the way you go to the bottle. It is positively tunately, in a way, the danger of vessels agreed upon in
the robbed the people much worse than punishing men only judge their ac-office and, really-I am ashamed to has early made itself manifest London Naval Treaty. The pretend that you know nothing about of their hearts. But in the other That shabby old salt of yours
robbers do. Yet you come here and tons and do not judge the thoughts be seen
with you in the street. and the active anti-malarial posed vote may be part of Pre-it, and that you are silly,"
world, when sin is punished, not only work now being undertaken un-vide employment, yet surely there
are actions judged but the thoughts "But, dear, it is still a good suit," 800 STROKES.
of the offenders as well.
we said.
"Thoreau says that the der the direction of Dr. Jackson, are a dazen other more desirable talk to hint so much? It is simply ausnean, cruel thoughts, wicked minds, clothes is no better than a clothes "Such evils as covetousness, lascivi. man who is always getting now the Government malariologist, channels into which the money a waste of breath, and absolutely use disobedience, envyings and other dis horse. and Mr. Bach, an expert with could have been diverted to assist less. The King of Indes has ordered positions which are contrary to the to be a clothes homouldn't like us considerable experience of simi- in the effort to relieve unemploy-strokes, so you must just beat him though externally there may be no clothes are a disgrace to your firm. that he be beaten eight hundred duty of men one to another, even "I think you are an ass! Your lar problems in Singapore, apment.
the fail number.. Why should there be evidence of these evil thoughts, aro Look at the stains. And the trou pears to be sufficiently compre-
all this talk about it? If an official all regarded by the spirits as sina sers are frayed at the cuffs. And hensive to ensure satisfactory POLICE BOMBING
has been a bad man, he should be that cannot be forgiven." beaten with greater severity. Hang "Although a tiger in the mountains the knees are baggy. You will resulta, although the preventa-
him up."
has not yet caten a human being, simply have to get a new suit." tive measures will not reveal
Now this official was fat, and his those who see it regard it as a wild It mattered nothing that the car Sir Austen Chamberlain's critic-skin was white. He was fleshly but and ferocious animal. Although there wasn't paid for and that two in- their value for some little time. ism of the British policy regarding his bones were small. After he had in as yet no human flesh in his mouth, stalments on the wireless were ow- We had to have that suit and Extensive draining and oiling air "police" bombing will be wide-aloud to heaven, and said in a loud man."
been beaten a fow strokes he cried the tiger desires to devour the whole ing.
the wife came with us to sea that form the principal features and ly endorsed. The contention that voice, "I will not claim to have been Ting Laan-kat said, "Really, you we got it,
to have a most excellent way of express- the success of these efforts will under certain circumstances and an official. I prefer to confess
While we were getting measured being a robber."
(Continued on Next Columns.) she said that she would run out doubtless be judged by the dimi-ing bombs of destruction are the in certain areas aeroplanes carry-
and buy some shirts and socks. nution or persistence, as the case most humane instrument because
But when we got out to the car may be, of the present outbreak, they prevent the spread of trouble
there she was-her arms full of parcela. which appears to have been go-is impressive only when divorced. ing on for some time past, al- from principle. The fact though only "recently has it be mains that whether the spreading come public knowledge, and, of trouble is, or is not, pro- consequently, the subject of vented, an aerial raid on a village, somewhat startling rumours. thrusting death upon innocent Enquiries from various sources inconsistency. We are not forget- persons is displaying remarkable resolved these Into the informa- ful of the necessity of dealing tion that although the outbreak | firmly with the periodically hostile was serious, the true position borders of India, and the deserts tribes which haunt the Northern could be stated in this wise, that of Iraq. But control of these each day over some period of elements must not be at the ex- time, from forty to sixty work-pense of innocents, still less of men had reported sick and had the British Government profcases the fundamental principle which been compelled to absent them to support, that the bombing of selves as the result of the ma-elvilian populations is a crimo
against humanity. laria epidemic, causing a delay in progress, though only slight. Mr. L. W. Innes, the chief assial- | THAT LOAN STORY ant to the resident engineer, now writes stating that during June V, Soong has been negotiating a Persistent rumours that Mr. T. sixty-four cases of malaria were loan in London are now brought to reported 'and trented, giving an a head by a definita assortien that averago of two (fresh)
a prominent Londen firm of bank- cases ers aro considering the Finance dally, in several instances theso Minister's overtures favourably. cases including labourers who Details are necessarily brief and had suffered an attack of malaria there is, as yet, no assurance that during the carlier part of the peachable. The question being put Mr. Romer's authority is unlm- month, reporting for further to Mr. Chamberlain sounds eminent treatment. Mr. Innes desires to ly reasonable however, and it may correct any impression that may lead to a statement of British possibly be abroad that scores policy. The present time would are being added to the sick list appear hardly” suitable daily. In such circumstances thorising largo foreign loans to obviously, work would be im dificulties in meeting its obliga
country which is already experienc-
7
for
re-
au-
"I'd like to know if he's
"Good heavens, woman," we said. "You have bought enough shirts to last us twenty years."
"But they are not all shirts, darling, sho answered swootly.
"Not all shirts?"
"No, sweetings! We had to get a fow new frocks to match with your new suit. You wouldn't like to have your wife looking shabby when you have a nice, now sult, would you?"
ing yourself. I have heard state- ments made about punishment for tho evil thoughts of men's minds.”
CHAPTER V. THE SECOND STAGE
He was then taken on to sea the second stage, or grade of Hell, and there he saw hundreds of beds laid croaswine.
Some had thorns laid all over the bods and those who wore lying on the beds оп their backa had large stonos prossing on their chests. Tha hands and foet of those lying on the beds were also bound so that they not get up nor free themselves
at
They were in great pain and
groan- od day and night without ceasing.
Some of them were on separate beds, in some cases two were in one bed, in some cases there were men only and in other cassa women only.
Somolimes there would be one man and one woman, sometimes one DIAN and several women, and occasionally one woman and several men," some- times there were seven or eight
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