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NOTES OF THE DAY
THE NEWER NUDISM
Bishop's Hall's request noon after his arrival in the Colony will be recalled by a comment in the Observer, which remarks that the displenishment' of titles threatens to become an epidemic.
THE MIRACLE
AUSTRIA FINDS HER SOUL
The Very Idea &
WE EVILS
By Edward Kelly, Grub,
WAR has been declared.
on
weevils. Large
By ROBERT BERNAYS, M.P. VIENNA has been a great gur-Soviet Russia. Ever since the stocks of flour, held in go-
Var it has been ruled by a Social- prise to me.
Yet to-day downs, contain weevils, and I had expected to find a city in ist municipality.
of rather than risk & Nazi invasion to prevent them spreading, a tumult of anxiety-groups
tary style has been followed by Mr. Elliot's dopreciation of mill- several other politicians, and now cited citizons discussing the it is ready to stomach a temporary the government has ordered The feeling for Austria as some that the flour must be des latest news from the frontior, dose of despotism. angry demonstrations outside the German Embassy, uniforms everything worth over fighting for to slow growth. It was Vionna as where, full-throated cheers for the death is naturally a piant of troyed.
the centro of the Hapsburg Dollfuss whenever he appeared.
Empire, not ne the capital of DOLLFUSS
Austria, that inspired loyalty and AT BAY.
roverence before the War. Thon
there comes an appeal from the Bishop of Britol against being addressed as "My Lord." He is probably not the first prelate to feel the difculty of balancing ccclesiastical dignity with Chris tlan humility. But the hope is
expressed the movement towards nudism in nomenclature will not go too far, for it would make the lists of those present" most monotonous.
PARIS TALKS
A favourable impression has been created in Paris as a result of the Anglo-French conevrsations, but the precise implications of closer un- derstanding cannot be derived from the official communique, Berlin is is frankly displeased, however, and there is more than a suggestion concede that Britain is likely to to French views than to assert her own. It is probably inevitable. In the present state of Europe the French, while speaking vaguely of trial periods and international con- trol, are obviously uneasy, and will not lightly relinquish their assumed railitary superiority.
*
STUMBLING-BLOCK
I had been in Berlin in the early
the
theatre.
came 1918 and its complete dis- memberment.
Vienna that was the political, commercial and cultural centre of an Empire of 52 millions was
of six millions.
The government, in fact, seems to have chosen the lesser of two weevils.
We have made a special study days of the Nazi revolution when It was Hitler against the world, and I realise how well the
of weevils. For instance, did you know that the weevil is a Germans stage themselves. Here
member of the group of Coleop it is Dr. Dollfuss at baythe little Chancellor only 4ft, 11in, in height
left the unwieldy head of a state tera, more commonly termed, standing up against the blustering might of Berlin-and I expected
Its former territory was split the Rhyncophora? atmosphere of tho
among four now states, each of i And did you know that the which contains more inhabitants Rhynco-thing,. in turn, embraces There has been none of it. A than the Austria from which they four familles-the Curculionidae, the Scolytidae, the Breathidae, Cabinet meeting that lasted cleven! were severed.
Vienna remained a mournful and the Anthribidno? hours and was known to be con-
What depths of sidering a complete rupture with monument of past glories. Even Germany did not bring half for a foreigner it is impossible not dozen people into the Ball Haug
modern of knowledge. What earthly greatness Platz. I have not seen a single to moraline about the passing of What unutterably degrading lack
of the Heimwehr, the Vienna-this vast imperial elty member defence force organised against without an Empire. The mighty let our passion get the better of the Nazi menace, in the streets of palaces of the Hofburg and Schon us. We are often overcome by Vienna. Those that can afford it brunn stand empty and decaying, passion. It's just our rature.
Lady and gentlemen weevils are are in the mountains; those that the War Office that once cast its
all Europe now the same. The publishers of the cannot are in the vast swimming shadow over baths along the Danube, and those houses the Ministry of Commerce, Encyclopedia Britannica, tell, in that can afford neither are sitting the Ministry of Agriculture and a the booklet known as VET to on the shaded benches down the new Ministry of National Defence; ZYM, of the secret love centro of the Ring strasse, hungry, embassies have become legations, young Curculionidae weavil for but silent,
in
It is almost as difficult to find and though admirals look down from pinnacles there is no fleet a picture-postcard of Chancellor left to command.... Dollfuss as it would be of Mr. Runciman in England.
It is this apparent apathy that is the greatest obstacle to Hit- ler's success,
The Austrian speaks German, but that is about the only link he
"and all our yesterdays have lighted foole the way to dusty death."
illiteracy!
As we were saying when wè.
of a
a fascinating Scolytidae weavil.
He met her in a godown, and with a bunch of presented her
flours.
PACIFIC BREEZES
Although little has been heard of the matter in the last week or two, the ownership of the small islands lying between the Philip-ment is possible bofore a generation. It never was, even before Versailles was little more than a children. Then war was declared
pines and Indo-China recently
We are face to face with a situ- ation which prompts some of the best European observers to ques- on whether substantial disarma
in nations
Ba
#
has with the German mentality.
Austria is not a militarist na-
it.
'Weovil get married straight With such a heritage of humilia-away."..he sald, and their anten- tion it was no wonder that it was nues met in one long, lingering new kiss. dimcult to inspire in the
They were married, and had generation a feel for a country
grubby- surgery of several million young which under the
by the Hongkong governmont, geographical expression.
But it has been done,
No less than 20,000,000 weevils In 1918 the whole country was
were captured and imprisoned.
Well-bread gentlemen that they
Germany
They urge political settement. that, as matters have turned out, the War. One sees that in the occupied by units of the French the cart has been put before the few picture-postcards that remain | Navy, must not be regarded as a horse. Disarmament may follow, of the pre-war days. In Germany for joining up with Germany. they emphasise the grandeur of The Provisional National Assom- dead issue. Canton and Nan, but cannot precede, 'conditions of the military pageant; in Austria bly declared that Austria was "were, they never squealed as they
confidence. It is true that it will
Which is why weevils marry When we found out how king are closely interested, part-in its turn increase the confidence such as survive make jokes about constituent part of the German were cast into the sea. ly because of rumours that of
one another, The Austrian has no love for Republic". Two years later all the practical proposi-
in their programmes, young woovile were when they some Chinese fishermen have but
tion it is impeded by the be- uniforms and he does not take parties had put a union with young.
readily to discipline. When the been dispossessed and are being lief, widėjy held, that falling areyoung Austrian climbs a mountain, in a plebiscito in Salsburg in 1021 | married you could have knocke
only 900 a club (3) three hoarts; (4) a romoved to another group of vision of the treaties there will be ho does it because he likes it. not 100,000 votes were cast for union us over with (1) a fénther; (2) islands and partly because they now menace of war. While sup: because he worships physical fitngainst. In 1926 Chancellor Slopes lead pipe; (5) a sudden fork of porting the demand for the fullest ness or exalts endurance into said that $0 per cent of the Aus- the chair after slyly asking us to do not appear to know exactly disarmament at the earliest mo-religious creed. The Jews are trian voters favoured the Customs sit on it; or (8)--but if you think where the islands concerned are ment, one is bound to consider the probably only a little less power Union. As short a time ago as we're going to sit here and think and imagine they have a claim obstacles which have been revealed ful in Vienna than they were in 1929 one of the Socialist leaders up methods for you to knock us
by experience, Unquestionally the Berlin, but there is little hatred sovereign. The "breezes" greatest stumblingblock is the fact, of them as such. The most suc/ sald no politician would dare come over, you're.crazy.
out against it.....
And now?
to
with Germany and
Anyway, the wesvil, who mar- ries young, also marries often. Ho figures it out that if one mate. out, "that the present-map-of 1 visited-in-Vienna last week was
to the effect that since the Nazis THE NATION:
is a good thing, two or three-are- Europe to one drawn according to
third mate, of the judgment of the victorious
were so anxious to search into OF MOZART.
for Jewish an- For all the Austrian Nazis better. The allies, one detested by Germans and one's parentage imposed upon them by force, with coatry, the only safe thing to be bluster and, what is more, the course, is usually placed in charge Hence, the torm "grub" is al- no oppurtunity ever haveing been in Germany was a foundling. It Gorman monoy behind them, they of swabbing down the deck. given for mutual discussions.” will be many years before such a hardly represent a third of the
nation. The rest are for in-ways applied to male weevils, joko produces laughter in Berlin.
And, just in case you're read- The Austrians are kindly, toler- dependence. That is the miracle
ing this as you're Anfshing off ant, slovenly, charming, humorous that Dollfuss has wrought. ···
The Austrians are & deeply your bread and butter at time or and unambitious-just the quali ties, in fact, that no good Nazi sentimental people. It would be a dinner to-day, what's worse than
surprise if it were not so in a finding a weevil in your bread; can afford to posscus.
Half a weevil He! He! Ho! nation that has produced Mozart and the Vienna waltzes. To-day it takes the form of an adoration
and consider her every whim. He never came home late. He did not smoke. Strong drink never passed his lips. His speech was clean. and free from foul epithets. He was a great chap. How do we know? We're the pour fool who married his widow,
LIBEL
direction, however. Japan strongly insists that she has a prior claim to the islands, her anxiety being brought about by commercial interests on the one hand and strategic reasons on the other. Just after the War EUROPE'S PROBLEM when guano commanded a high price, the Rasa Island Phos-
The feeling is growing in many phorus Oro Company sent an responsible quarters that if there
The ordinary Austrian working expedition Into the South China is to be disarmament it will first man knows what Hitlerism means
THE DEAR DEPARTED Sea to look for islands covered be to convert the unconsented map and though he is not vociferous in
no such scene of enthusiasm since with guano. They found sover-
of Europe into a consented settle- his patriotism he is not going to of Franz Josef. There has been
He was a great man." Broad- ment. In other words, revision have it if he can help it.
That is the meaning of the the war as there was whon "White
was produced in minded, big-hearted, absolutely al and promptly started to work which will stabilise Europe on a them. Owing to the slump in basis of mutual agreement, instead extraordinary silence of Vienna Horse Inn"
most peared before them. The band used to give his wife all his money 1929, the works were
closed of on a basis of superior force, under the Dollfuss dictatorship. Vienna and the old Emperor ap-marvellous. Generous, too. He
18 Vienna perhaps the
(Continued on Page 7.) is an essential proliminary to a down, but the equipment auch disarmament accord.
This does Socialist city in Europe outside as derricks, light railways, etc. not mean that all German and granted. was left-presumably in the other claims must be
And now,
What it meste is that the claims hope of better times,
must be examined, und that there to the Company's disgust, the must be free negotiations. It: French have formally annexed means that the problems must be threshed out. It means that even- the islands! France says they tually a proper compromise, which arc wanted as being on the will be taken as final, must be direct sea-route between Indo- reached. It means that consent China and French New Calo- must be substituted for Imposition. donia, which from the map and the known difficulties for navigation
fecla that the guardianship of rather seems flimsy excuse. Thot Japaness the Pacific Ocean and the China are prosecuting their case with Seas is her business. The same vigour. The Foreign Office at question in another and more Tokyo is extremely active, but serious guise will crop up when the difference of opinion so far Japan's resignation from the has been limited to one of dif- League takes offect, unless she ferent interpretations of inter-withdraws her notice before national law. The French claim then. At the moment Japan holds a League Mandate over a their annexation was done in a proper, formal manner, where large number of islands in the an the Japanese was not. The Pacific. She has already said Japanese say that as their ex- that she will not surrender pedition erected landmarks and them, on the plea that they are renamed one at least of the now "vital" to her national de- islets, they must legally belong fence. The League Mandates to themselves. Though this Commission, too, is disturbed single incident will not produce because of rumours of naval any ill-affects, (it may be base construction in the Mar-
the
shall group. In short, the brought to the notice of Permanent Court of Interna aggressive nationalistic mood of „Japanemisits "apart from her conceivably the League of Na-efforts in Manchuria,-16=lkey. tlone may be asked to arbitrate), to become a menace to peace It shows once again that Japan very severely restrained.
and when we unally do most-some-nice-peoplo anRG KEROPION have them in for bridge, you lose your temper and tear up the cards.”
We have just read a book. It's all about Hongkong. The title is "With a Passport, and Two, Eyes" by V. C. Buckley. Frinstance:... Visitors (to Hongkong) should misa secing Repulse Bay Hotel, even if only for the sake of being handed by the Chinese boy at lunch a monu which contains. acven hundred different items from which to choose.
nover
The far sighted author goes on to say: We visited the- Peak, and as it was a clear day, we could see- Canton 80 miles to the north.
If we knew his address, wo'd write and give him a few more suggestions for "With a Passport and Two Eyes." (Ho pass Hong- kong port, aye, nye, sir-Joke.) "We sat in the Legislative Council (we would write), and, as there casa teater shortage, we were aðle to predict that, this time next year, there would be a water shortage.
Visitors to Hongkong (we would add) should on no account miss living at Kowloon. On a clear, bright day, they soill be able to see the famous Peak, although Kous loon people never, can do so then
There are several other things....
than