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NOTES OF THE DAY WHY DO THEY COMMIT The Very Idea!
PAPER DOLLAR
The weird effort to depress the value of the American dollar has
MURDER?
culminated in announced revalun COMPTON MACKENZIE DISCUSSES
tion at 59.06 per cent. It is purely a paper figuro. It is not a return
to a gold basis. There is no inten-
AUTHOR'S THEORIES
BILLS-MORE BILLS
By the Hon. Edward Kelly, C.M.G..
AN INCE we took on going to
S
Legislative Council meet- ings for our afternoon siesta.. THERE is little doubt that of future on the squalid originality we have been surprised at tion of molting down gold eagles the myriads of topics of his killing. He was an ego- the lack of initiative shown and issuing now colna of lesser gold content. The President re-avallable for human conversation mantac brought to the scaffold by by right honourable official serves the right to vary the figure | few, if any, can compete with the his own detestable conceft.
members in the framing If and when he thinks fit between topic of murder, and that of the Landru is another of Bolitho's of Ordinances. As one who the limits of 50 and 60 per cent. The result, therefore, is not likely many myriads of bad books, writ-war cases. He contrasts the popu has done more framing than to be notably moro fruitful than ton, no theme has been so re-lar excitement over his condemun-most other people in Hong- hitherto, unicas the speculator munerative to inept exponents as tion with the apparent popular in kong, we'd like to give the
for whom the exchango market has been converted into a Tom Tiddler's ground-inda ft to his advantage to assist the Presiden- tial programme, meaning that he aees beneficial returns to himself
CURRENCY COMPETITION
the theme of murder
difference to the thought of the
Yet it would be extremely rash millions sacrificed in the war. local government the bene- to explain that easy popularity by But Landru, like Smith, offered to fit of our experience.
a accret propensity in Everyman the strained nerves of that period
to murder, from the Indulgence in a ghastly comic relief. You may which he is only deterred by a find Shakespeare indulging the groundlings in much the samo way dread of retribution.
with his grave-digger in Hamley
and his porter in Macbeth,
TWO MONSTERS,
The account of Fritz Haarmann these
are
Years have rolled on since the day we were taken by the collar and the seat of our pants and flung out of the House of Com-" mons. That was the day when, I doubt if one person in a thou
as doyen of the Press Gallery we begged leave to introduce a One of the President's Justifica- sand who reads what I have just; tions is the need for protection of written has over seriously con-
Bill providing for free liquor 1-11- the Boys, commerce against tho adverse templated the murder of another
The Attorney General rofused to erect of depreciated foreign cur-
accept our amendment, the Sergeant. rencies! Competitive currency de-person, in the bitterest moments of preciation is a ready answer to Jealousy, anger, or envy. 'I doubt is the least hackneyed of that and despite assurances from if he has so much as experienced studies in murder, for in 1924 the at Arms refused to hear our appeals fused to listen to our explanations. many quarters there is a real even a momentary darkening of horrore, with which this case was for mercy and later the Boss re- possibility of such a development. his mind by the notion of murder loaded were still unfamiliar on the fut
printed page. the abandon- Ur, niternatively,
We sank very low and came to As across a dim evening sky a
Hongkong. Now, when wo ment of the gold standard by
Haarmann and another monster elected to the Legislativo Council, France, which would amount to belated bird will darkly swoop. very much the same thing na far And as for debating with himself in Germany called Denke would we will introduce a few mensures as the United States ia concerned. the material advantages of whole-probably not have sold the bodies we have had in mind for some Mr. Morgenthau has hinted at an sale murder, I should doubt if one of their victims as butcher's meat time. We can visualise the scene. a condition of as we riso from the red plush agreement with Britain, but it is person in a million turned his except in such difficult to see how this is to humind in such a direction.
economie misery as prevailed in chairs. A huah will fall over the House with a resounding crash. Germany during the years im-Reporters will pick up their pencils, mediately after the war. At the Mr. North will glance at the clock same time in the case of Haarmann to note the time we commence our the prime motive for his whole opoch making speech and His Ex- saie slaughter in Hanover had cellency, the Governor will call for silence. If we should be so absent- book by the late William Bolitho, nothing to do with murder for pro- minded as to call for a drink we which had a considerable vogue fit, nothing to do indeed with any- hope the House will forgive us.
We can imagine the sensation when it was first published, there thing except a degeneracy common seems an almost continuous sug-in what Bolitho ventures to call our speech will cause. It will be gestion that but for a few happy "socially the most advanced State reported impartially and fully be In our civilisation." Here is a causo wo shall read all our own accidents of circumstance any of typical plece of sentimental In- proofs. No evil-minded editor is his readers might have taken up tellectualism.
going to put anything over us. The whole style of the report, will be snapplly written, with Hansard taken as the guide.
secured. Britain would certainly
not consent to stabilisation at a ratio higher than five to one and this would depreciate sterling too heavily in terms of French francs. The monetary situation, in fact could scarcely be unhappier. Every move latterly is of a nature calculated
the to perpetuate пивался of extreme economic nationalism.
WAR DEBTS
(
MIGHT BE YOU!
Yet in Murder for Profit (Cape, 34. Gd.), which is a reprint in that admirable Traveller's Library of
a
BRITAIN'S BOLD PROPOSALS Britain's latest disarmament
murder as a career.
"In the horrible life-cycle of a proposals are noteworthy be-
Trust Sonator Borah not to There is, furthermore, & con- Haarmann, accomplished from larta cause they evince a keen desire
forget about war debts. Tho tinuous and, as it turns out evento death's-head in the very veins of to get this problem settled once Middle West mentality will not in the examples he has chosen, the body-politic, it is a tour-de-force and for all, and because they are permit it. The worthy leader of completely unwarrantable sugges so ligthly to decide where actiqu based on a recognition of the the so-called Independent group tion that prevalence of mass-mur- begins and is decapitated, where in-
Row wants a grand rake-over of der for profit is determined by the fluence ends and is cxcuacd. hard facts of the situation. State Department documents on existence or non-existence of aj
"The unnatural marriage of his They represent a positive and the subject in the half-fear half state of war. I do not belleve it.
parents, the corruption of a town, unambiguous contribution
bellef that great betrayal will be
The mass-murderer is a recur- which he did not invent, the asylum revealed, that America" will be the problem, down to the last de- proved to have condoned debt rent phenomenon liable to mani- that allowed a homicide to escape, tall. The result is that the issue default before it occurred. The feat himself in any society at any the science and the revenge that is now removed from the sphere grand assumption would seem to period. Take Smith, for instance. would not send him back again, the of purely academic argument to be no nation would have dared Only the third of his brides was army that taught him the theory of
default to the United States with- drowned in a war-time bath. the plane of sheer, reality. out a quiet hint that no fuss would The divergencies from the pro- be created, The world's inability visions of the previous British to find a solution of this great problem is explained by such an
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manslaughter, the prison that gave him bad dreams, the enthronement of his like over the economic system in consequence of the war, the police that gave him licence and power; for none of these things is Haar man responsible, even in the am
"Take them from the crime, und
Editor's Note: Hansard will probably figure on the list of banned books
after that. speech. Author's Note: Your outlook
on life is positively low. Editor's Note: But we happen.
to know you.
Anyway, this is what you may see in the Telegraph:
Moratorium on Bar Chits Urged By Hon. Ed. Kelly. Uproar in Legislative Council
Greets New Measure,
IRONY OF THE LAW. Much was made at the time, and
In the Legislative Council this. much is made in Bolitho's book, Draft Convention are most outlook. Senator Borah cannot of the Irony of the Law in spend
afternoon, the member for East Whereas formerly conceive of honest inability to pay. ing nine days during that critical
Mongkok (Hon. Mr. Kelly) moved that permission be granted for there was no question of Ger- He would doubtless be vigorous in summer-of-1915-in-deciding biguous.arithmetic of Law......
him toTM Introduce ̈ ̃a ̈BI-intituled repudiation of any suggestion that whether a brute like Smith, with-
"An Ordinance declaring a Morn- many being permitted to re-arm | Amercia's own trade barriers have out ong decent quality, was to be what remains of Haarmann? torium on all Bar Chits Signed in any direction-equality to be been a primary factor in Europe's hanged for three murders, when
However, if only for the die-after January lat 1981.".
Permission to introduce the attained eventually by other failure to meet its obligatons, thousands of decent human beings Powera disarming-the matter While so many people in the all over Europe were being sent to agreement it induces, "Murder for Bill was refused, but the member on Front makes stimulating reading for East Mongkok was not to be United States are so economically a violent death. But what has now been approached from a illiterate, ne agreed settlement is earth did Bolitho expect the Law for those who are not too sques subdued. He continued: fresh angle,, gradual disarma-likely. ment by the other Powers being envisaged alongside' partial re- armament by Germany. This process is to continue until pari-
JAPAN'S CHALLENGE
to do?
mish.
1
We
Ladies and Gentlemen, I shall To those of us who were out at It is a pity that no poisoning was introduce this Bill whether I have
not. Back Gallipoli at the time that nine included. Such a case as Seddon your permission or days' trial afforded good reading. would not have allowed Bolitho biters und calumniators have dared We were far from the dust and much opportunity for fine writing; to insinuate that because ty is attained. The advantage The Japanese mandated islands flies for a while and enjoying a but it would have steadied his arrived in the Colony on January of this method is that it should seem destined to furnish a good deal theatrical performance away in judgment, and reminded him that 1st 1031 sinistor intent lay bohind specific dato from moratorium should the realisation of the of trouble before the question of England. To moralise about the life insurance has inspired many the mention of
their future is decided. Mr. Hirota business would have seemed to as more murdere than an early dis- which this ultimate end, and at the same told the House of Fters in Tokyo as absurd as to moralise about a like of one's father, and that the become effective. I deny the im time remove much of the ground yesterday that Japan has no inten- Punch and Judy show. Smith's murderer class will show a much plication. To think that a linesi for German objection to an in-tion of giving them up when her notoriety as a murderer depended higher percentage of insurance descendant of the greatest known feriority status. The whole con-withdrawal from the League of at the time and will depend in the agents than of soldiers,
hasten
cept of the scheme rests on the Nations takes effect, and that logical argument that arms appears to be final. It is im- permitted to one State cannot be possible to escape two other im- indefinitely denied to another. It portant facts, however. While is true that Germany is not offer Japan is in possession she has no ed all that she has demanded, title in the islands other than but she surely cannot but realise of Nations. Further, the United that derived through the Lengue that the British proposals meet States is definitely interested in her more than halfway, at the Islands which may block her com same time involving well-defined | munications with the Philippines, obligations on the part of other and has never surrendered her nations. Germany would doubt.right to a voice in any discussion less have preferred more intitude concerning the administration of in regard to the raising of an the ex-German colonies, wherever Air Force, but if her full wishes they may be situate. Steps here will have to be very carefully are not conceded at this stage, eliosen, the outstanding fact is that the scheme does make provision for eventual equality." under this | SOCIALISM IN AMERICA
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will be employed. One might| and may possibly raise some almost Imagine the United States objections, but, if success is to to be on the verge of a Socinlist be attained, she, in common with aletatorship. A remarkable re- other nations, will have to make|volution has come barely recog some definite/contribution, Inised.
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.transactions,...and
I venture to suggest that portion of this surplus should be allocated for the relief of long-suffering drinkers in this Colony. (Uproar and loud cheers from the back benchea).
.or.
1
The Ilon. Pete Watkins: I beg to second that.
The Hon. Mr. Kelly: You'll second nothing, idiot. This isn't a ̈duel or a stop watch. As I was saying, gentlemen,...
His Excellency: The honourable · member has exceeded the time limit. allowed him. He must resume his seat.
Voices: Go Oh! Go-on!. Official Members: Sit Down!, Sit Down!
The Hon. Mr. Kelly
The Speaker: Such remarks are unparliamentary. An apology Ja
due to the House, ·
The Hon. Mr. Kelly: Oppostion members have not the intelligence:
of a mangy cat,
The Spanker: Withdraw With- draw!
The Hon. Mr. Kally;
All right,
I'll withdraw. Hon, members have the intelligence of a mangs cat.
(Uproar)
Whon Mr. Kelly's motion was put to the Houso it was carried.
Labor.
The Government has resigned.
Lator. Mr Kelly has formed a new Cabinet.
Still Inter
Mr. Kolly, as usual has fallen.
Vive la Francoi