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MONDAY, JULY 9, 1984,
GAMBLING IN
"FUTURES"
TELEGRAPH
MONDAY, JULY 9, 1934.
NOTES OF THE DAY PEEPHOLES IN
A HAPPY AUGURY.
The agreenient between Germany and France on the conditions of the forthcoming pleblachte in the Saar is an encouraging hehlove- ment. A declaration in favour of fair play, It demonstrates that it
Is possible for two great European T
THE FUTURE
By LEWIS REX MILLER
Even after the eighteenth hole, the Professor would be no more optimistic.
The Very Idea! COWS AND OTHERS
By George
NATURE STUDIES, (Extracts from Little Ada's- Exercise Book),
THE cow!
The cow is a domestic- animal grown formerly for its own pleasure but now chiefly for home use.
It used to roam the land in wild state chewing the cud
THE professor and I were having| "I should like to think so," sald nations to reconcile their divergent
a round of golf at the club. the Professor, but I don't see how be sure, in the face of points of view even on a questionilko playing with the Professor. It can which appears to be full of pin- Not only because we are pretty intrenched nationalism and the pricks and dynamite. Germany
uvenly matched, but because of the refusal to disarm." and France have agreed that anythings he says on the way around the course. They make me think, one interfering with the freedom of the vote at the time of the I do not, alwaye agres with him.
I thought over this conversation plebiscite or indulging in intimida- but ave don't mind that
On this particular day, the Proin the evening at home. A glance tions or reprisals against volers
We were aver some of the books and maga fessor gave me a start. may be subjected to heavy fine or imprisonment, and a special tribun- just teeing up for the second hole zines on my library table seemed to nl has been set upto try any such cases. It will continue to function when something I said about the confirm the Professor's apprehen- wherever it pleased but, like for one year after the vote is rather casually. "Of course, the national subjects had something to many other animals, the cow taken. Both the German and the world is heading for a bigger and say about "the next war." They has not kept pace with the did not all agree as to its probable march of progress and has become a French Foreign Ministries have better war.!!
"Do you really think so?" date, but hardly any of them allowed itself to given written assurance that they
beast of burden. will abstain from placing pressure asked. The Professor's subiect is denied its possibility, or even its upon inhabitants or Indulging in roprianis on voters. In case of any dispute regarding the interprota tion of the regulations, both have agreed to submit the case to the World Court for arbitration.
POPULAR WILL
of
stock market led him to remark alons. Most writers
Political Selence, so he presumably probability.
In
ought to know something about such things.
next.;
of
the
ол inter-
her.
Cows used to be milked by calves but this job has now passed into Trade Union hands,
The cow is a very careful animal and brings everything up twice before passing it O.K., and this habit of constant rumination brings the animal into the philosophic, class of High Brown.
BA-REPLY
COWS
hope of getting away The cow must not be confused from monares, I started to read a "No doubt about it," he replied, novel. But the romance about a with the bull, who can be best beautiful, identified by watching his symp Not Just now, of course, but a few couple of superbly
supremely talented and amazingly toms when waving a pair of red years hence."
don't rich young creatures, net before a "I'm glad to hear you think it's
imminent," said 1, and my background of palmringed beaches, Barrel trousers in front of him or drive was a bit straighter and hore such a striking resemblance longer than it would have been if to several stories I had read before The Saar problem has been one
he had not added this alightly re that my interest was lagging, when I suddenly saw the Wise Old Man of the knottiest urising out of the
assuring comment. Whether
The Professor sent his ball down sitting opposite me. He has a way Treaty of Versailles. this area, with its 770,000 inhabit the fairway very close to mine, and of dropping in at such times.
You can't get away from it by remarked, wo trudged after them he ants and is rich coal mines, is to bo German territory, or French, or elaborated his thesis. "No, war rending Betion," he
imminent," declared. with the kindly but wraithlike whether it is to continue under the Isn't administration of a League com "Nobody is ready for it yet. One smile I have seen so often on his mission, as at present, is to bo de never knows, of course, what the features.
"What is a man to do?" I im- cided by popular ballot. It is en-
Japanese are going to do nations But there is a limit, presumably, plored him. "Must one be in a couraging that the two most concerned have been able to even to their ambitions. The faci constant state of alarm with rend-
Some cows still show their inde- agree to stand aside and permit that Itussia has double-tracked the ing these forecasts, and feel uiter- genaine manifestation of the trans-Siberian railroad and built a ly helpless in facing them?"
"I have always found," he res-pendence by refusing to give milk or Popular will. If Germany and strong air feet has had a sobering |
will go bad. Others are hardy. France can agree on this crucial effect on the Nipponese. And the ponded, "that the best way is to catching a cold so that the milk. point, in it too much to hope that Japanese are beginning to realize overcome the alarm in advance. agreement on other points, such as that if the British and the Ameri- We all have courage, moral tour enough to run shout and turn their If come out but others of the black- disarmament, will eventually fol-
eans shut out their goods it will age, but we sometimes fail to culti-milk into cheese so that it won't be hard going for them. There is vate it in a preparatory way. low?
always a possibility that some irre-we form the habit of vltaving leg class go to the trouble of grow The new Ordinance directed
sponsible warrior will precipitate things courageously, we are not so ing a hump so that they can be MINORITIES GENERALLY
a conflict, but I like to believe that dismayed by the suggestion that harnessed to a plough,
But cows nowadays are working against gambling in "futures" in respect of metals, currencies and
This achievement. prepares the the Japanese have weighed the evil is imminent. When we hear commodities generally, of which
aian towards civilisation and the ed to the point of being either the draft has now been issued, way for a second possible demon-cost of further warfare, and de-a threat of war, we are not alarm-splendidly in co-operation with You feel that the situation is merely inactive or bitterly aggres ambition of every cow is to turn is, when looked into closely, astration. If the plans laid down cided against it."
I, alve. More fear of war will never out Grade "A" milk straight from for the plebiscito are successfully
overcome war, but a calm convic- the bag before the cows from the somewhat inhocuous measure,
next farm achieve that distinction." So widespread are the provisions carried out and it seems they can pretty stable in Europe, too?"
be-then the world may have its asked.
"For the moment, yes. The tion of war's futility will readily
Before they were tame exempting certain types of trans- confidence restored in the plebiscite
"You mean we have to think a nctions from the operation of the an instrument of self-deterrai-whole European problem, as in the drive it out of existence."
convincing40 years preceding the World.
glue from Jaw nution. An orderly, Ordinance that the new
revolutionary that we can shape them, instead hide. mix their own would not appear to interfere expression of the popular desire in War, centres around Germany step or two ahead of events, so used to make their own shoes from greatly with prevailing condi- the Sanr region on January 13. Russia, from being
its traditional role "Exnetly. To read the gloomy own butter, milk, and cheese, tions. The main section of the 1935, would prove that, under the and disturbing element, has revert of merely letting them shape us?" spare hooves, and turn out their
the League of ed to
The origin of the cow has been Ordinance makes it illegal to supervision enter into forward contracts in Nations, it is actually possible to stabilizer of the Continent, Ger-prophets and shudder at them is obtain a fearless and authentic re-many is freeing itself from the simply not good enough. We have respect of precious metals, cur-gistration of the wishes of the shackles of the Versailles Treaty, to reach the point where we can traced back to Grimmas Fairy Tales rencies or commodities of any populace in a disputed area. Pre-one by one. Almost the only ones say to ourselves, 'I do not fear when one jumped over the moon. kind where there is no bona fidevious to the establishment of the that remain are the territorial war, but I ace its uselessness. If but we don't really believe. that Reparations and disarma- everybody felt that way, there story because it would certainly intent to make or take deliveryLeague, the results of plebiscites ones.
in part shaken off. Hitler says cause of every war."
"Then you do not believe that Were the Ordinance to end here, were not always of such a nature ment have already been wholly or would be no war, for fear is the have broken a leg.
to inspire confidence. It is it would strike a deadly blow at s
hasNot yet; perhaps, but when Ger the best way to prevent war is to gambling in exchange or compossible that the new organ of in- the eastern boundaries must go.
administration ternational modities, but the exemptive pro-
the East she will horrors?”** visions render the law in changed that. A first step toward many is ready to demand frontier frighten people by depicting its That, I think, will mean "Do you think," countered the the solution of difficult minority rectifications
W. O. M., "that the beat way to applicable to exchange trans- actions effected by or with bank-roblems has been taken when do so.
France and Germany have agreed war.
You must admit, Professor,"heal a man of cancer is to paint a
To-morrow's "Very Iden" seams ing companies and corporations.to keep their seats along the touch-
tee, that the whole International power?" In addition to excluding agents lines and let the players and the said I as we approached another picture for him of its destructive
"Well, I never thought of it in to be a matter of conjecture unless situation is less alarming now than for brokers operating in the umpire settle the Saar question.
Just that way. Last evening I saw we can induce the warder to let appeared last winter."
us pen our column from the prison Colony for exchange concerns
"It is, indeed. Deliberate dip-a motion picture, prepared by a putside the Colony. The possi-
lomatic steps have been taken in peace society, which was designed walls. bility of gambling in "futures" DECAYED INDUSTRY?
B-A-have certainly got their the WILS IL chme away feeling pretty -well-known London weekly several quarters to relieve a ten- to show the horrors of war.
back thus remains, within certain limits. Whilst the banks fulfil paper recently offered a consider sion which was becoming almost!
"No doubt the picture made you wife's fault again-she would go ja very necessary function in able prize for the best original unbearable. Today's horizon is creepy."
But turn from war, or its possibility, alanging them about Beepo, our handling and facilitating legi-poem that might serve as a nation brighter than many of us could
with shudders," said the W. O. M. little poodle, which (or who) was "I as-discovered (or made itself known) timate exchange transactions, ital anthem for Great Britain if she have hoped late last autumn.
"Well, we can at least be grate with a sympathetic smile. is equally true that they are should unexpectedly become a re- I assure you it's only temporary,"
to the theatre you were A-and was summarily removed. utilised as media 'in contracts public. With subtle flattery to ta where there is no intention to readers, this journal insisted that ful for the blessings of the mo-aume, however, that before you in the hardware department of B- take delivery of the currency in- the poems sent in should be burles-ment," said I. "And since there went
better, don't you think it might be der. The film intensified your
(Continued on Page 4.) volved. This has again and ques, and not on any account poetic has been a temporary turn for the already averse to organized mur-
masterpieces. The stipulation was again been demonstrated in cases honourably observed. This, in its made permanent?" where speculators, unable to meet way, was a tribute to the care with their, commitments have fled which the entrants had read the from the Colony and have heavily conditions of the competition, bat, involved the banks and other in a larger view, it has caused sor- interests. A further harmful row to the discriminating. For it aspect of this type of gambling indicates that one of the oldest is to be seen in the influence and most respected of British oc- which it plays on the exchange eupations is now to be reckoned a
decayed industry. Un- value of our local currency, happily, the new law will not touch this evil to any marked extent. The main object of the
The occupation referred to, of law, it is stated, is to, make
course, is the production of muster- illegal such
pieces by mistake. It is a highly Chinese Produce Exchanges, skilled job. One would not con- feature of the local market intend that to produce a Hierary 1921, and the Gold Bar Ex-masterpiece deliberately is actually changes which have been easy, but to produce a masterpiece operated recently in the Colony.as it were in error, to hit the bull's. Whether the former still piny eye when aiming in the opposite any appreciable part in gambling direction, that is indeed an achleve- off in "futures," we do not know, but ment. Fielding brought it
when he started a burlesque of so far as the Gold Bar Exchanges W
Richardson's "Pamela," and saw It aro concerned, these have been develop under his hand Into
Andrew," already voluntarily closed down. "Speech
of one
novela. greatest In any case, gambling both in the
early did Dean Swift, who, produce and in gold bars would So appear to be still possible and designing a piece of political entire, quite legal so long as it is done produced In "Gulliver's Travels". through agents of concerns out one of the Immortal children's. side the Colony. When the books of the world. Government issued its warning
concerns as
the
to the Gold Bar Exchanges, it
A
MASTERPIECES BY ERROR
stated that they served no useful truth to many exchange and purpose and merely afforded share transactions which will not facilities for speculations which be affected by the new law now were seriously prejudicial to the being introduced. The problem interests of genuine business is a difficult one, admittedly, but within the Colony. What was it would seem that the new then said of gambling in gold Ordinance" "only touches the bars applies with equal force and fringe of it..
It
ICE
COLD
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"My iden is to operate a chain of these from one end of town to the other."
THREATEN GEORGE -WITH THE HUSKS Whowi
up
now.
We don't blame them.
We ourself have often made Beepo describe the are of a circle- from the dining room to the garden.
This is what B-A- write:
ure deoply Dear Sir,We grateful for your payment on ac- count received yesterday and en- close herewith receipt and statement: showing that you still owe $100:
Whilst appreciating that you. malter have not let this little escape your memory, we would.. respectfully like to point out that $10 hardly seems to be an adequate. payment considering that tho nc, count is $200 and dates back some Ume in the history of 'our firm.
Our accountant assures us. and we have no reason to doubt him, that at this rate the ac count will be settled In Febru "ary 1936 and this quite apart; from accidents and Acts of God. It Is with deep regret therefore, that we have to remind you of the last and unpleasant extremity to which it appears you are driving us and which we are determined not to shrink frem, painful though it may be to us and to you.
We note your reference to the brightened hopes of Industry In general and are grieved that we can no longer continue our discus sion on a subject on which you appear to be so much better in formed than ourselves, Va
Yours faithfully,