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THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1934.
NOTES OF THE DAY CHINA SCORNS
THE DOUGLAS SCHEME
REVENGE IDEAS
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
The Very Idea!
NECK OR NOTHING
By George
LATEST reports indicate
that the nudist move-
HINA would join neither alde sity, have to save China along with ment is doing as well as can
in ovent of war between it," Russia and Japan.
at the
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be expected.
Mr. Wang Ching-wei did not It is naturally one of those pursue the
subject further. movements that outstrip all There came a silence. Outside it others with the bare excep- was getting dark. The room was Ang with deep shadows.
tion of the opposition who are going for them bald- headed.
The plan for "nocial credits" to supplant the existing currency and banking system developed by Major Clifford Douglas, the Scolt- ish engineer and economist, and generally referred to na the Douglas Scheme, secrtis to be gaining more serious attention abroad than in Britain. In Australia there are already over a thousand Douglas
So Dr. Wang Ching-wel, pre- Credit Societies with, a member aident of the Executive Yuan ant ship of 500,000 and New Zealand virtual Prime Minister, told me, in hna sixteen M.P. committed to its an exclusive interview nivocney. It will be interesting to foreign obce in Nanking. observe the reactions of the United
In the gloom his low resonant After Japan's seizure of four of States where Major Douglas is now China's richest provinces, her at-
voice sounded prophetic. The campaigning, although it has al-tack on Shanghai, and her hege-Chinese were an ancient race long ready been indicated that the idea mony threat against all Ching, the there was some of the accumulated before the coming of Christ and has received sufficient support to world has generally believed that wisdom of the millenniums it lead to the drafting of a plan for China would jump at the chance acomed to me in what he had said. applying Douglas economies to the to help any country defeat Nippon., State of New Jersey,
Here was That would seem to be her only solemn warnings the world hua one of the most
had since President Woodrow Wilson told the peacemakers at Paris that only a world leagued together to insure peace could save humanity from suicide.
I broke the spell. "So China does not expect to participate in a Far Eastern war to get back Manchuria," I said.
"No,"
China's philosopher-
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chance,
Somewhat surprised, I asked Mr. Wang why. Major Douglas is a sort of "Lenin of the conservativca," who
"China," he replied in a low believes that to-day's troubles are voice, "atands to lose in such a due principally to a mere technical war, no matter which aide wins. defect in the present system of in- dustrial economic bookkeeping, and
may be remedied by a peaceful | EARNEST WISH FOR PEACE. overturn of that system without disturbing private ownership or
"Far from desiring war between
any of the rest of the system of Japan and the Soviet Union so we production and social life na they may fish in troubled waters, our statesman replied. "She lacks the are to-day-except banking and most earnest wish is for peace.
power. It would not improve her money: He believes that
private
position. production of goods is best for the "If Russia should be decisively. world generally that inasmuch as defeated. China would be left at It has shown the ability to produce the mercy of a militaristic neigh-been taken from China. It is more than is required, it should be
let alone. This is where he differs bour. There would be nothing to from Sociallats, Communists, Fas-prevent A further advance into cists, and other ists who con- this country. centrate their panaceas on secur-
"Should Japan be defeated,
►
FASCISM AROUSING control of the means of pro-there would be nothing to check
DEMOCRATS
duction.
continually be made A plus B, and the difference must j
JUST PRICE
by
up money
"
Here
WAR
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"Besides, Manchuria has not
merely occupied by a foreign foe. Sooner or later the military occu- pation will end and everything will be na, It was before."
'nationa."
puppets
PHEY- MOVE OVER
With the hot approach of the ---
sun, the nudisti'a thoughts naturally turn to just how rude he and she can be this season.
When Bummer comor my
thoughts obtrude On facing nature in the nude, (Oh, blushing one!)
But when it comes to facing
others
Sisters
and porhapa their brothers
I must confess I'm fearful. For though by faith I'm not a
prudo
There are some people think it's
ride
(Oh, blushing onol)
To dress like anybody's lovers With modesty our only covers- And that a modest hafrfull!
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convention and stilted Victorianism subjected to the immature and ignorant criticisms of contemptible
What he said about Manchuria, contemporaries.--sez. us! I have since heard repeated in
che Chinese have
places many times over.
tremendously
country's plight, calm way of looking at
their
Most of them admit things will probably get worse before they get of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Hau Mo better, but, as the Vice Minister expressed it to me, in
perfect English:
GOOD MORKING, MRS JONES
When he and she went walking
out,
'Twas in the altogether,
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FIRM AGAINST RECOGNITION.
Struggling along with not a rag our other powerful neighbour."
to their backs, the movement. is yet The growth of Fascist propa-PILING UP DEBTS
China and Russia are now on ed, "that China will eventually remains to be seen. The nudists. "There are rumours," I remark- making good-though what, still' ganda in Britain is having the
most friendly terms. But the recognize Manchukuo. That would protest that there is nothing more effect of creating
Chinese have been trained to think put an entirely new face on the to be seen and it would indeed be The Douglas theory is that where in decades, and even centuries. recognition problem for the other obscene to doubt them but we are 1 strong counter movement
the world has failed is in viewing Now and for a long time to come, amongst the crisis as one of overproduction China's security, In large measure, those who believe that the real and
not primarily of under- depends upon some kind of balance
still inclined to think there is more aim of the Black Shirts is to consumption. What is needed is of power in the Far East.
"China will never recognise the in the movement than meets the. new status in Manchuria," replied destroy democratic sentiment to create credits for all consumers which will enable them to buy
Dr. Wang, Henry Pu Yi in his eye. and put the process of progres- what is preduced.
swallow-tall coat as The price of PINS HOPE ON AMERICA.
regent, or sive evolution out of gear. Un- anything. Major Douglas contends,:
Henry Pa Yi in his Dragon Robes harping-carping, outing-doubting When so many narrow-minded, employment, low standards of must always, under the present
"Should these two countries Chinn. He is still a traitor.
as emperor, in all the same to
and other critics are bent on life, and economic hopelessness system. be A plus BA: being all to war, therefore," Dr. Wang con-
wages, salaries, and dividends, and tinued, "China could hardly chouse "When the military power that
erushing this' little flower in its have, it is contended, prepared B being banking charges, taxes, sides. On the contrary, she would now sustains this puppet show ud it is up to us to put our foot the ground for the Fascist creed, raw materials, overhead. Both go seek to keep out of it and pin her falla In Manchuria, the
down, not forgetting to look before, which is being made more at-into the price of goods. But since faith on the League of Nations will fall with it."
we leap. tractive by the wearing of only the A part is consumer pur- and America to save her from the
Mr. Wang Ching-wei la one of uniform by its adherents, this chasing power, A can never equal aftermath."
It is a shameful indictment of latter being an element in the
modern China's finest brains. He modern civilisation that While propaganda which is considered credited by banks, borrowed from Most Chinese leaders with whom I 20 years younger. He could easily nocent and natural forms which a another surprise. is 61 years old, but looks almost parity and virtue in the most in- to have a marked psychological banks, and bearing interest. Thus had talked were frankly sceptical be in his middle thirties. effect on the people. Another a
hallowed love of the body can pro- continually increasing debt of the League's value to China in point on which opponents of the structure is created, and the Ing her time of peril.
But only time could make hladuce should be struggling upward Fascist concept lay stress is that, between
votce na mellow as it is, and only through the murky grimness of a consumer purchasing The League and America did a tremendous amount of thinking twisted and perverted aense of under the name of national re-power and cost of goods grows not save China in Manchuria or at could give it its tone. construction, political and econ- wider.
Shanghai," b observed. "What omic freedom is being placed in
leads you to believe they would be jeopardy, with the workers' in-
any more effective in future?” terests subordinated to cap- Italistic interests. So strong is
"I'm afraid you mistook my high Major Douglas proceeds to argue meaning," he said. "The existing the feeling against Fascism that the remedy is to calculate the world peace machinery is widely developing that efforts are now valne of goods produced, and, discredited, I know. I do not ex being made for a concerted move-taking the power to issue money peet it to prevent war between ment by the working classes to
and credit from private hands, to Japan and Russia. If that is to combat the influences which are
issue national credit directly in come. considered to be harmful to consu
consumers in proportion to the "But what I do foresee is that amount of goods produced, which democratic principles. Amongst is the real wealth of any com- should it come, the world would the ideas outlined in this munity. This implies the establish-face such a frightful situation programme is the bringing ofment of what has been termed The afterwards-regardless of which pressure on the Government to Just Price. Buyers, on taking side won--that it would be obliged "Yet, I somehow have the ut- secure a reduction in working their credits (in the form of a new to act, if only to save itself. And most confidence that, in the end, hours and the evolving of a plan kind of money) to a store, would to save Itself, it would, of 'neces-China cannot lose." for increasing the purchasing pay for goods n Just Price, which would be below apparent financial powers of the workers, co-cost, but at a true cost fixed by a incident with bold, financial calculation of the percentage by schemes to prevent damage to which production exceeds the nation's trade. Bold, large-sumption. It might be thought scale measures with a view to retailers would lose by such a relieving unemployment are also "consumer discount," but this is advocated, these to include a not so. The seller turns in an ac- comprehensive public works count of his "loss," and is re- scheme, in which category, is Account. Thus production an
imbursed from a National Credit placed the need for construction consumption are balanced, every- of new arterial roads, the re- one shares in the "national divid- inforcement of river-banks, the end" of consumer power, and the sinking of artesian wells, and the problem of the world is solved provision of new reservoirs in without conflacation, expropria- rural areas, so as to prevent tion, nationalising of banks, class recurring water shortages. At war, or political revolution. first glance, it might appear that plans such as these bear very little relation to the combat- ting of Fascism, but the spon- sors of the movement are work- Major Douglas is a stocky, rud- ing on the principle that Fas-type. He was an engineer rather dly, well-groomed English aquire cism, being permeated with re-than an economist, and was with actionary ideas, cannot persist in Westinghouse in India prior to the the face of a united, non-war.. At that time he returned to bureaucratic movement armed England to become assistant super- with definite plans for the pur-intendent of a Government nir- pose of effecting national re-craft factory and was impressed by construction. The clash of ideas from the war "poor". Having seen the iden that England emerged is most pronounced, with the full force of Trade Unionism being greatly during the war years, he
hor
productive plant increase exerted in the effort to defeat felt that she was really "richer" the Fasolat ambitions. There than before. Directly after the is little doubt that in the next war! he began writing on eco:10- General Election, the Fascists mics, and somo of his followers will mako a bold bid for support, now claim that he is one of the but already It is clear that three great economists, ranking organised Labour is determined thorn as Adam Smith for capital. to wage war on this new clement and Major Douglas for econonde iem, Karl Marx for Communism, in British politics.
democracy
GREAT ECONOMIST
con-
"Somebody
He said: There's romance in
the nir,
She said: It's lovely weather, Oh, Mr. Lane, I see a park, Do let's go sit together.
*
And when upon a stone he sat She said: Now don't get sore; A little inconvenience
Makes Nature in the raw, And walking in the streets these
days,
For nudes, la such a bore.
So Mr. Lane, despite the pain, Sat down to admire the vista, And very soon, the tender coon, Was sitting on a blister, Quoth he: must vacate my
scat
I feel that it is scarcely meet,
To stay here, Little Sistor.
•
*
When he and she went limping
back
(Plus one embarrassing blistor). Belleve it or belfova it not,
He hadn't evoh Icissed her." And when she said: It's get-';
ting dark,
I've loft my hanly in the park," Old Laney stroked his whisker.
And sald; My dear, I really
think
The time has come to talk
Of things apart from cats and
kings
And going for a walk.
Now wipe your nose upon a roso And be a good little nudist For wo must be home by six
o'clock