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NOTES OF THE DAY
HU MAN-MIN' AND NANKING
in
GOOD TEMPER
By: ROBERT LYND
Is Mr. Hu Han-min to be invited to occupy the post of Prosident of the Chinese Republic?. The ques-
We seem to be suffering just humour and sentiment of Diekene. tion crops up almost automatically following the visits of General Ila now in most parts of the world both as kindly as the sunlight on from a drought of good temper. the walls of an English village; Chien nnd General Wang Shino- The gentle rain of good humour and it is largely because of the
the hung to Hongkong, and
has ceased to fall at the usual prodigal Xindliness of his books enll of Mr. Sun Forate; and we are faced with the that Dickens became the most promised taken conjunction with the
novellat
who new Constitution, which continues, may become dangerous, ever red. posed
There is, I imagine, loss good the much-tried charitableness of now invests the President with very wide powers, The Constitu- temper at present in the home Mr. Pickwick, the Imperturbable Woller, tional programme as amended is pollies of European countries than good-humour of. Sam
to the there has been for a long time. Hereno oven when he hated most. should appeal
I do not suggest, of course, that heart of Mr. Hn Ian-min, whether Nover has the principle of "Live the entire political life of England or not he is offered the Presidency, and Let Live" been more con- could be carried on in the spirit
thrown, .on the It insists upon civilian control of temptuously
important revisions in the pro- possibility of a shortage that, if it popular Englander envied
one' that
of
every branch of government; it
nature that will beat antisfy the objective of securing more than mero lip service to the central administration. "Always" an
ol-
are oc-
rubbish-heap. One would almost of Sam Weller, There imagine from the speechos of some casions, again, on which it would of the nower politicians that good be asking too much of hum temper is a crime.
It is to bo hoped that the
nature to expect everybody to sit
exible rosy optimism down under misery, with the In- -of Mark did Dickens him-
ponent of military dictatorship, idealisation of bad temper will notTapley, Nor Mr. Jiu Han-min must find it dif- spread to England. England has
*
R.A.F. EXPANSION
Despite the Daily Mail, which is anxious to loosen Britain's purse-strings for now R.A.F. ex- Puston, the programme is certain
60
to
conceivable any
angry.
we
more
The Very Idea!
TRAMMING THE PEAK
By George
FROM A PEAKITE.
LTHOUGH its scarcely
fitting,
As a dweller on the Peak,
That I should put my mit
in
Where the Public has its
beak,
I feel it is my duty -To suspend being snooty
-During this Centenary
week.
1 think the trams old-
fashioned Be Gnd and I'm convinced, That it's cars we have the
pash on,..
Though the dollar's on the
wince;
And when free passage we
can't steal,
We can always use free wheel And we'd walk up for two
ping!
Donr George, As an old Peakite
I think for instance that now is
Dia ficult to point out many surface in the past prided herself on being wolf wish human beings to remain Radobjections to the revised Constitu- the home of good humour; and a permanently good-humoured. Ha know, as we see from his books, tion. It emnot, however, succeed | fong procession. of her writers, when it was well to be of its own excellence in draughts from Chaucer to Dickens, seems manship. It needs the unreserved justify her boast. It is true that. But he belloved that good humour. He would have backing of such elder statesmen the Englishman has taken that was the normal mood of a rational as Mr. Hu Han-min to ensure that somewhat irascible-looking gentle-human being.
seemed to believe that it was a It becomes a live and genuine and man-farmer, John Bull, as his caricatured any politician who representative national figure. not a mere paper Constitution..
But that, I am sure, was, like the rightly normal thing for human
frighten belage to be in a bad temper, British lion, only to
Most of us have tempers, but foreigners. When a retired Indian colonel began to look us irascible we do our best to control them as John Bull in home circles this at least, belleve that was put down, not to his English ought to do our best to control them. Today, however, in various blood, but tindian climate, roiitienl movements, bad temper of longstanding (I removed to the to be slow in development, even curries and whisky.
Foreignera visiting England is apparently widely_rogarded” na Peak when Kowloon Tour went that ultimately it will bo
a test of sincerity. Good temper white)' I am determined to get to Experts estimate that have often been struck by the good)
new machines, humour of people, oven when an ems to be looked on as a mark the root of the Tramway question the cost of 600
of weakness and a shilly-shally and demand to know what stepe together with ground equipment orgs of tong tira noted as some natural. Extremists on bath are being taken to provide for an Mrs. James Mclellan Walker wishes and staff, will cost over £35,000,- j ing, on. They have noted as some" | sidea shout hymns of hate at each extension of the service to Queen's
000. Few people in Britain will thing peculiarly English the laugh- loss their caps in the air, in unisoning tolerance of the crowds who other; not comically, but serious-extens with the Daily Mail group, if a gather round the orators at the They not only believe what
Remembering that all men are supplementary budget of even a Marble Arch. Here it was possi- they say, but believe that it would
There is, so far as 1 quarter of this amount is intro- ble at least until recently to be a sin to say it without a scowl. liars I am prepared to look at the
can dis-matter impartially and have sever--~ duced. The hone-too-popular utter almost Cabinet now in power would not opinion with no more danger from cover, no warrant in history for a suggestions to maice quite apart have the iron to press it. Our the crowd than vigorous heckling. the theory that bad temper and from the plans of you and your con-
It would be going too far to sincerity go together. Soerates temporary, guess is that the scheme will be spread out over six or seven years, suggest that all Englishmen at all was infinitely more good-natured with the hope always in mind that times have behaved like the usual than his accusera, and, fundamenthe time for the company to give the threat of a race for military crowds at the Marble Arch. There tally, he was Infinitely
the Colony a lead in becoming air-. will cause compet have been plenty of "scenes" at serious and sincere. In our own air supremacy ing nations to think again and political meetings to break the time Mr. Shaw has carried on his minded and that they might do this Blows have been propaganda all the more effectively by running a gliding service from the Lower Station to Queen's Road,, the full scope of the British ex-struck and collars have been torn because he combines sincerity the take off to be from the Helona agree to limitation that will enable monotony.
from their studs even in the House with a good nature that is the pansionist projects to be shelved.
despair of those of Commons.
who disagree May roof.. At the same time, the day after with him (of whom I am fre- This might prove a costly busi- DR. COEBBELS' ATTACK
disturbance in the House of Com- quently une).
ness hut if the original designers. If, as seems indicated, M.
Good temper achieves, more had had any acumen they would the members used to go about Barthou's visit to London has The Nazi Minister for Propa with a hangdog expression, feeling than bad tempor-oxcept, per have allowed for the heat to expand of the that they had disgraced them haps, in getting windows opened the rafls to Queen's Road during resulted in France revising heranda complains fiercely policy in regard to the rearma- manner in which the events of selves by behaving more like exciton railway trains. Other things the summer and to draw them in to
June 30 were reported in the ment of Germany, the prospects foreign press. According to Dr. abte fragters than like strong, bertus sinch to forth the Lower Station in the winter of placing the European situation bela, the whole situation was silent Englishmen. As a rule ter, courage and, so forth the when the Peak confines itself to a better and more stable misrepresented and grossly ex- they attributed the whole thing. to good-natured man will nearly al-ningpong and at home "At Homes."
the Irish members, who had no ways bent the bad tempered man, basis, leading to eventual agree- aggerated, although he admits, by
of reverence for the traditions of the since he has necessarily greater ment on disarmament, will have implention, that the campaign
Mother of Parilaments. And the patience. been immeasurably increased. [lles and malice" was pursued
with one voice, cried: newspapers,
It seems reasonable. then, to collaboration hetween "Disgraceful!" French opposition to the German without
hope that the present idealisation They all demand for equality of treatment foreign Journalists.
A wave of bad temper mwept of bad temper as a political prin- into politics in the years before ciple is only temporary. Life in respect of arms has hitherto seem to have gained information of
the war-possibly an early warn would not be worth living with- been the main stumbling block in the same false nature acting in- dependently, which must seem the way of a general European passing strange to the impartint of the tide of violence that out good nature as its normal was to drench Europe in blood for atmosphero. An occasional thun- settlement. Following M. Bar-
observer. Doubtless, a good many
four years.
derstorm of tempor may clear the and thou's visit to Brussels in April, inaccurate details did appear Even during the horrors and air, but we can
have too much the French Government appear doubtless some of the interpreta-
however, the thunderstorm. ed inclined to agree to a moder- tions were not favourable to the hatreds of war,
So strongly am I convinced of hard ag
as in the elrcumstances it the necessity for good temper in ate and regulated, increase in Hitler regime. That was only to ordinary Englishman held on as
atmosphere was possible to do to the national politics that, much as I dislike German defensive armaments, on be expected in an
alive with the wildest rumours tradition of good temper. condition, that Britain and Italy where there was little official aid liked Ole Bill. He anng "Fuck up times think I would rather be Ho Communism and Fascism, I some- gave special guarantees in return in sifting the false from the true. and France was not called upon Not even the leaders knew at the
your troubles in your old kitbag ruled by good-tempered Fascists Lo make any reduction in time exactly what was happening and smile, smille, smile." He sang than by bad-tempered democrats.
the "Hymn of Hate" as a comic So far
I can see,
however, material
personnel. Not everywhore. Only afterwards was
democracy in the only politienl 10 secure all the weeks later, however, it possible many
them
It would be a disaster to theory which looks on good tem- there was
as the essential basin a reversion to the material facts and assess
When Bensational civilisation, it seems to me, if this por original Frouch standpoint of objectively.
events are occurring, it is not aur good-humoured type were to dis-political and social ilfe. It is bo- making no concessions whatever
con- cause I believe this that I greatly find the so-called appear. One of the finest to Germany. The change was prising to
popular press making a sensation tributions that England has made prefer it to any of the modern attributed to opposition in high out of them. But the habit will to the happiness of mankind la the substitutes for it. quarters in Paris to the Barthou not be cured by threatening to policy. Be that as it may, expel offending correspondents." Britain has in the meantime, made it abundantly clear that NAZI NEWSPAPERS she is not disposed to enter into
on
•
any further security commit-justification on his alde, but he Dr. Geobbels may have a certain ments. The position thus ap must give the foreign press, in peared to be deadlocked. A the main, the credit for publishing welcome change has now come only what they believed to be over the situation by the report true. There is more in newspaper
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recognise the justice of the as the Reichsminister discovered German demand. It is to be recently when he scourged the noted. however, that the French Nazi newspapers for their soi- concession is made conditional one forgot that many newspaper formlly and lack of originality. Germany joining the suggested editors in Germany have, paid the Seven-Power Eastern European penalty for originality. He forgot, Paet of Mutual Assistance. The tuo, the peculiar dificulties which next move therefore lies with the press in Germany experiences, Berlin. So far as can be seen, until he received a letter from a "In there should be no reason to fear small East Prussian paper. German rejection of the proposal, our town," it read, "the local. Nazi Germany's leading statesmen leader delivers speeches three times a week. Each time he in- have again and again repudiated slats that we print his address in any intention of aggression in full, with his photograph, We Europe and have declared 4 have done that 60 times now. If willingness to enter into the it continues the paper will но out most far-reaching pacts of non- of business and wo out of our much should be. aggression with neighbouring | mind." This countries. It is trio that the added, Dr. Goebbels took steps to suggested Mutual Assistance relieve the editor's anguish.** Pact goes a step further than a
mere declaration of no aggres-a continuing state of inferiority sive intent, but inasmuch ns must tend to aggravate the Germany is already a signatory European situation rather than to the Western Locarno agree otherwise. With France now ments, there seems no logical also apparently disposed to take reason why she should hesitate that view, a great opportunity to enter into the suggested presents itself for a complete understanding affecting Eastern and lasting Franco-German re- Europe. It has long since been conciliation. If it is not now realised by most countries that grasped, the chance may never any attempt to keep Germany in recur again...
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THEATROVи!
"Nothing but conferences and directors meetings. I used to have more time to myself.'
of
Yours Airily,
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WITHOUT MUSIC (Contributed).
"I think that Teliall never aco A poem lovely as a trec." So sings, a famous songster, yot His name I cannot recollect. At times I also think of things An sloppy as this poet sings; But never tried, so much the
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To turn them in immortal verso. For instance, when the Run'a
abluze
And in the heat. I lie. and laze,
I think that I shall never hear
A sight so arcet as pots of beer. I know that I shall never sniff Such melody an cold roast hiff.." I think that I shall never cat
Threadneedle picture likeo
A
Street.
I'm certain I shall never feel Such scenery as hani and veal. I have a hunch I'll never knowi A horae like Edgar Allan Poc. In fact I think a lot of things As noft as those the poet singe; And should these lines leave any
doubl
Regarding what they're all about, The reason let me thus explain; Puo just been walking in the
rain.
ngo,
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To begin at the beginning, some five months ago my friend Oscar decided to go to bed for the winter. So he crawled under a thick hedge, scapped out a hole, tumbled into it, and covered himself over with leaves like a Babe in the Wood. And there, through all November. and December, Jan. and Feb. he slept and slept and slopt.
Guy Fawkes Day didn't interest: him; Christmas left him stone cold; the glad Now Year thrilled him not. He merely snored and snored, snug as a bug in his dug- out.
But Inst Thursday, morning, hop stirred, ant up, rubbed file oyes, and said "Wasser time?" I told him it was July something where- upon Oscar crept slowly out of bed and stretched himself.
Perhaps I ought to mention that Oscar de o Hedgehop and that thoro aint no such animal here,"