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ECONOMIC
NOTES OF THE DAY H. G. WELLS PEERS INTO The Very Sati!
NAVAL STRATEGY ·
The increasing part which tor-
cumstances, a ship for ship rival
flect.
NO CHANCES
THE AUTOGIRO
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DOMESTIC BLISS By Edward Kelly, Worm. NAGGING wife is one
of the greatest causes man's failure, said he, smirking at himself.
"Now, now! That's enough! Back to your bridge part-- ies."
We always think that is the best attitude to adopt, and while we're sitting there thinking about it and wondering try it, she says to us: if anyone bad ever been game to
"Say something, for heaven's anko! Sitting there liko stuffed owl. .. . . That's right, drop your cigarette ash all over the floor! As if the amah hasn't got enough to dodid you post my letter, no, of course you didn't! Too much trouble, I suppose. All you can think.
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And then we think to ourself that perhaps we'd better not tell her to go back to her bridge parties because it might upset her. So we make for the bathroom.
It must be terrible for husbands who have no bathrooms where they can lock themselves in and turn on the bath henter real loud and then sit on the edge of the bath and rend.
It's a bit awkward if you forget your cigarettes, and it is a good iden to have a couple of tins stow- ed away for emergency.
• Solomon was a wise man, and if you remember your history, "He caused three hundred and sixty and five bathrooms to he hutlded. with iron bara very couningly wrought, barring the portals,"
We fall to see, however, how a
to bo a fallure. We know men, woman's nagging can cause a man
who, before marriage, could not poodle-dogs for walks or buy nurse babies, mow lawns, take
chemises. After marringe they become huge successes at it.
pedo-carrying machines are likely LUNCHING in a London club third, the great pestilence." "The the other day with Wilson overy day life of man," he goes on to play in naval strategy is sugHarris, the editor of the Spectator, to say, "is economic and not bol gested by the decision to send an- other squadron of the Wildebeeste Always much in the public cyo, the creditor."
We were joined by H. G. Wolls. Herent and it was strangled by machines to Singapore. The model Mr. Walls is to-day more so than To me, a peculiarly Interesting destined for Singapore is the first usual because of his effort to peer feature of Mr. Wells's discussion of specially designed for the combined into the economic and political existing evils and the results which functions of torpedo-carrying and
future of the world, with results will inevitably follow for years to
Bht why, you ask, do hus- bomb-dropping and as such are like-
set forth in his book. "The Shape come is lila insistence upon a faulty ly to prove on extremely valuable of Things to Come," just publish- theory of money as a fundamental bands allow themselves to be factor in the remote event of a naval ed. This sort of essay in prophecy reason for world-wide distress. nagged? If our wife starts threat of the Singapore Base. The opinion of some of the experts who is no navelty to this author, who Only the creation of an internation any nagging, we always
al monetary system can make the had an opportunity of witnessing | indeed began his literary career as world's business stable in times of I think it best to say firmly, their performance in the North Sea call "fantastic and imaginative unrest, he wisely argues. If one recently is that a single squadron romances. Perhaps those earlier doubts that, let him read chapter in a combined attack could wrenktales, notably "Gode Like Mon," Ave of Lloyd George's "War Mem
an enemy greater havoc, among
and "The Sleeper Wakes," were orles" just published. Mr, Wella, Battle Fleet than, in ordinary cir
than this Inter having the fictionist's license to do more readable ponderous volume in which he just what he wants to with the world, doen not, however, attempt predicts a century of chaos and to persuade existing states to distress out of which finally! emerges "the modernized world establish an international currency. state, socialistic, cosmonolitan and chaos and erects the "world state He merely sweeps them all into The accuracy of such opinion can, creative." of course, only be tested in the
Indeed I am not certain that militant," with, of course, a mone event of an actual conflict, although their fantasies are not quite natury unit that serves all mankind. there is no gainsaying that if any easily accepted as will be the
The old states went down in a through anxiety has been felt among øritish processes
which tho naval circles in the Far East, it author, quite logically, conducta red welter, of war, pestilence, will be eased somewhat by the ar- his readers to the world-wide re-bankruptcy and revolution. How rival of the new air squadron, construction which he foresees. Was the now world state built out giving Singapore- two squadrons of But in this latest endeavour to of these anarchie fragments? The torpedo-bombers. Stress is laid gaze into the future further than expedient Mr. Wells chooses is In the official announcement con- mortal eye can see, Mr. Wolls has clever and not wholly illogical. The cerning the despatch of this now avoided the supernatural which Re public function which had to Home extent survived the world- addition to British air strength in ❘ played so large a part in his wide collapse was transportation by the East that it was decided upon mer romances, and build his some months ago. The object is structure wholly of materials now air and sea. At a conference of to allay any feeling that the de-lying ready for use.
a comparatively few leaders the "Air Control was formed. It velopment is the result of Increa
It is not precisely easy reading, quickly acquired monopoly power sing naval tension, and can be ac- this tract of 430 packed pages. cepted at its face value. It is The writer. Indeed, has worked over air routes, ports, airdromes
coal mines, oll weile, obvious,
mincs. It nevertheless, that out his theories with an infinitude was not a government, but a mono- chances are being taken.
of detail. a lavish citation of authorities
poly so powerful that none of the and a logical már- weakened states could cope with it. shalling of evidence. Of course Its enemics could go nowhere-for the support of a proposition is all means of transport were in ita rendered simple if one can manu control; they could not press pro- The Air Ministry is now experi- facture his own evidence, and menting with autogiro machines create his own auth ritles out of pagunda against it for it held the wirca, the wireless and the malls with exceedingly gratifying results.
a lively Imagination. As prac subject. As it became more power- The big airports dotted all overtically all of the action of his book ful, it created allied but subordinate England, as envianged by the Prince is in the future, the reader rubs "controls" covaring of Wales, will not become so neces-
his eyes at the matter-of-fact sary if the autogiro principir can juxtaposition of quotations from every branch of human endeavour. be relied upon. A new era in fly Cordell Hull and Upton Sinclair world state on
In brief, instead of building tho ing cannot be very far away. In with others from "Aubrey Wilkin- tion, an all-embracing economic
political founda NATIONALISM the Air Ministry trials, a special son," published in 1991, or "Fuller-combination, a trust was built up type of autogiro proved itself cap- Metach" in 2001. Incidentally, which in turn established the state One effect of the failure of the able of taking off in fifteen yards, the view of the latter authorities for its own protection. But at recent World Economic Con-hovering stationary in the air and seem much more Intelligent. nil times the economic power was forence has been that the making a gentle perpendicular
frankly the master of the political landing. Such a machine would Briefly the scheme of the book alm of government-even as it is conception of Economic Na- make airports of extensive acreage is this: A professor-who really to-day secretly,
Of course, a husband with any brains.can always gain the upper tionaliam is gaining some superfluous, while a pilot losing ought to be part of the famous I shall not attempt to give with hand simply by goading kis wife ground in England. Its advo-be relieved of half his anxieties.
his way in unknown country would Technocracy group-finds himself in the space of this article any until she passes the nagging stage, atrangely gifted with the power of comprehensive or adequate sum cates arc still in
becomes mad with rage, then 21 decided
prophecy. He bequeathes to the mary of this ponderous and meaty hysterical, and finally unconscious. minority, however; the Govern
writer:
mass of papers in cipher volume, any more than I should This is much more humane than ment still pins its faith in inter-
from which fragmentary accounts attempt to report the author's con- striking them with the firo ahovel, of the progress of the world are versation at the Reform Club. and they enjoy it more. national treatment of the world
drawn. The opening chapters Enough to say of both that they To be quite fair, It must be ad- depression, and it carries with it of Britain has taken a definite turn mingie so shrewdly comment upon showed a "popular" novelist transmitted that there are men naggers.
for the better. The Chancellor of the bulk of public opinion. The the Exchequer, credited with being all men, with grave accounts, of quite true that the transformation
the actual happenings known to formed into a political secr. It is They come home and sit down to protagonists of Economic Na-among the most pessimistic of men,
the table and say, “What's this? the occurrences in the early has not been sudden. Nearly all of Stew? You know I don't like tionalism say the movement is is quite certain of it; it must be
future "the days after 10-Mr. Wells's novels since 1914 have stowl Can't you tell the boy to 1 80. The elements are present for due to the economic consequences speedier forward progress in the" the author calls the period been shot through with a thread of
cook something elso? Gaddling of the development of power- Spring. Confidence is rapidly re-puzzled to tell where the factual complain that they are ofton-more-
the reader is sometimes political philosophy. Critics, indeed about all day with other hens! Damitall, a man comes home-from production side by side with the turning and that is the most power narrative ends and the fiction tracts than romances.
a hard day's work...... "etz. attempt to maintain a monetary markets.
ful factor in helping to restore begins. The story is so up to date Indeed, in the last paragraph of "Did you get the amah to sew the as to draw lessons from the failure this, his latest volume, the author-buttons on my waistcoat? No, I system suited only, at best, to
of the London Economic Confer throws romantic pretence to the thought not! If you'd pay a little hand labour production. A point
ence, and even to comment on the winds, and, casting off the mask attention to me Instead of scandal- to be borne in mind in this con-
inadequacy of the efforts of "Roo- of the prescient professor, An Indian firm has been success-sevelt II.”
and monging with nexion is that the technique of fully sued for holding stocks of
speaking in his own proper person, forth. As a result of these, and other says: modern power-production is no gramophone records manufactured failures of the governing classes of longer the monopoly of any given in Japan and fasued with the trade to-day seeking a reme-ly for exist
mark of "His Master's Volce." Ifing ille. chaos overwhelms the nation or even of any given en-it were not for the damage even world. A. new war halves the vironment: Rising output and tually done to British commercial civilized population, brings bank- falling wages, taken in conjunc-interests by such fraudulent tac-ruptcy and disorganization upon tion with the universalisation of ties for nine times out of ten the society, and spreads pestilence and commodity is inferior in quality famine upon mankind. As Mr. power technique, have produced and the purchaser believes he is Wells puts it: "The immediate two results. The first is the being let down by the manufacturer causes of the world collapse in
whose mark is imitated-we might the twentieth century were creation of a greater and greater. look upon the imllations ns a commonetary indaptability secondly, "surplus" of goods that cannot pliment to the high reputation | tha disorganization of soclety be consumed at home and must which British goods enjoy.
through increased productivity, and therefore be exported; the second is the progressive closing of foreign outlets. When the ir-
In the Interminable discussions resistible meets the imperie which have been going on in the trable, something new is bound French Press over the problem of to happen. This "something reconciling the necessity for balanc new," it is being argued, istion of individuals to pay taxes and ing the Budget with the disinclina" Economic Nationalism, which is civil servants to reduce salaries, the joint work of irresistible there is frequent reference to the domestic production and im- desirability of abandoning the in- the penetrable foreign consumption. conte tax, and returning to
the "Quatro Vieilles." They are The reconciliation of these two factors, it is contended, must forms of direct taxation until the four taxes which were the principal, take the form of an expansion income tax was introduced-the of home consumption side by taxes on land carrying buildings, on side with a contraction of im-land without buildings, on doors ported production - national | and windows, and the personal tax dividends and the "just price" on rent. The principle of the side by side with regulatory "Quartro Vieilles" is one which is tariffs and embargoes. These constantly being advanced by the are some of the submissions parties of the Right, and can. be made to appeal to almost any which are beginning to make Frenchman--that it is not fair to their force felt in England at make inquisitorial examination of the present moment. There is, the private affairs of anyone to find however, fairly general agree-out how rich he is, but quite fair ment that, provided, nations to tax him on the outward signs could agree among themselves, of his wealth, the world crisis would best be
solved by international Co-
BRITISH- TRADE
There is no doubt that the trade
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FRENCH INCOME TAX-
operation. Advocates of Econ- the various nations to attempt omic. Nationallem argue that to work out their own salvation, Rs tho United States Just as Britain, though convinced just
that world free trade in the ideal and Russin, are doing. The state, has, in the absence of any contention is not without in- serious movement in that directerost, and may possibly have in tion, deemed it wise the adopt it gorms of real value, though tariffs, so, with world economic the thought does obtrude itself co-operation still unattainablo,that it runs contrary to prin- the batter course, for the tima ciples which have been assidu- being at any rate, would-be for ously fostered in recent years.
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first
When the existing govern- ments and ruling theories of life, the decaying religions and the decaying forms of to-day have aufficiently lost prestige through fallure and catastrophe, then, and then only, will world-wide recon- struction be possible. And it must needs be the work, first of all, of an aggressive order of re- ligiously devoted men and women who will try out, and establlah. and impose a niw pattern of living upon our race.-W.J.A. ·
"Sco, David, If you will practice hard you will be like him somo.
" and so
Of course, these men don't. last long. Sooner or Inter they finish with knife through the shoulder blades and the sobbing Hiitis widow explains to the coroner, "He Was scratching his back with the brend knife when he sud denly fell over backwards." The most maddening of all hus- bands, we have discovered, is the non-talking one.
His wife says, "Did you ace nny- one in town to-day 7"No."
"Did you see Mr. Jones?" "Yeah."
"How's his wife?"—"Dunno" "I believe she's very ill?---- "Hmmmph."
"Can't you put that Telegraph down for a minute?"-"Mph"
And that's the end of that con- vorsation.
We have made a very close study of marriage, and we find that all that is necessary to make a woman' happy, is tact on the part of the husband.
Husbands are the cause of all the strife in the house. The trouble is that they will answer back.
Then there are the sulky worms who won't answer back. Woran still are the ones who moon about · the house, getting in the way and picking things up and putting them down again. And if you ask them why they don't go out for a walk somewhere, what do the selfish brutos do but go out and leave you all by yourself?.
We don't know how some poor women can put up with their hus- bands.
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We suppose it'll be safe enough for us to come out of the bathroom
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