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NOTES OF THE DAY TREATY ACHIEVEMENTS The Very Idea!
FOLLOW THE LEADER
AT GENEVA
DEEP SEA FISHING By George
Twenty years ago and less, the catch-cry was "Democracy." For this ine principle, nations went to
A surprisingly large number of 114; Poland, 28; Portugal, 3: Roum- war. To perpetuate a system of treaties have been registered with anin, 27; Sweden, 13: Switzerland. self-government, the peoples of the Secretary of the League of 7; Czecho-slovakia, 14; Turkey, 15; the world laboured painfully and Nations, since it began its work in U. S: S. R., 101 Yugoslavia, 35: spent prodigiously. The inspired 1920.
Permanent Council of the Little leaders did not stop to count the cost. The day of autocracy was A report which has just been Entente, 1: Conference of Ambas-fish passed, they said, and a new era made pubile indicates how activo sudors, L.. dawned in which the people would diplomatista have been in the past ribe triumphant to fulfil a splen- 14 years, and how faithfully they Fourteen treaties have been com- did destiny. The road led through have followed the rule which calls municated by the United States in rovolution, and to what? To-day for the submisalon of their agre-recordance with the arrangements
ANOTHER fishy the comes to light with the. report "of the largest tunny ever landed at Scar- borough" being caught by a naval lieutenant.
The biggest catch of tunny ever made la credited to Domp-
politie see the consequence of ments to the International organ-made by the United States for that Bey but that is a story that the
one
purpose. It should be noted that recently the United States signified its intention henceforward not only to communicate but also to regis- tor treatles with the Secretariat in the same way as is done by members of the League a remark able forward step which brings the United States into line with League
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| AERIAL WARFARE OF THE FUTURE
modest angler seldom relates.
We are inclined to reminisce over our own deep sea fishing og kale loon Dock when we hear these tales and we can produce a photograph of the biggest and most savage garoupa that ever galled the seven
one.
unrest and the destruc-isation. tion of the old order in the amazing bureaucratie erections Have there been "secret" accords which esthrone the new rulers, the among members of the League? dictatore. Revolution brought to it is sometimes suggested that Russia her. Stalin, to Italy Musun- there have been, but if so they do linf. to Germany Hitler. These not possess legal validity. are bright examples of the trend. It is revealed that no fewer than Indicating n tendency of the mass 3,428 treaties and international to shift to the shoulders of some engagements have been registered, super-man the burden which
240 Inst year, 218 in 1933, and 264 feara itself to carry. Nor is the in, 1932. movement localled Russia, Ger- many and Italy are merely good examples. There are athers, Turkey, Poland, Spain, periodical-
Our boat was almost upaat by ly, and some would have it that
rollers about thirty feet high which America is playing, this old game and Yugoslavia; five treaties of At the present time.. the treaty dashed against the shore. Had of "Follow the Leader." There non-aggression concluded with the series in which all registered in they been a foot higher we should are sume who insist that China, Soviet Union: 18 treaties for ternational engagements are pub-be hearing this story from Davy too, will have her dictator shortly. arbitration, conciliation and pacifelished in the language in which Jones himself.
It was about seven o'clock in the morning when the harbour was rocked. by huge waves which told Ten international engagements of a gigantic subterranean strug- concluded under League auspices gle between a deep sea monster Among the treaties registered in and deposited with the Secretariat and the little worm which we had. 1934, there is one general political have been registered ez-officio as salted and spliced before lowering treaty, namely, that concluded be-un automatic consequence of their it into the crystal depths. tween Roumania, Czechoslovakia, entry into force,
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it is not for an unskilled observer settlement of disputes; two treaties they are concluded, together with About four in the afternoon the to criticise, but no man can take of peace and friendship; three tren English and French translations garoupa which we afterwards offence at a question: Where ties concerning general relations, wherever necessary, now comprises found it to bo-blow up a spray does this now road lead? Though and seven conventions concerning 142 volumes, each of about 450 of water and chugged off towards these great world figures be consular relations and conditions of pages.
Lyemoon at a steady 18 knots. superior to the common run in the | residence have also been concluded
Occasionally the sea denizen attributes of leadership, super-In the past year.
breath of air but men though they may be, they
The new pact of friendship, came up for cannot live for ever. And the Thirty-four treatles have been arbitration and non-aggression bo- each time we alugged it through question must eventually arise as registered in 1984 under the head-tween
the tail with a harpoon, hoping Turkey and Yugoslavia to who will aucceed them, Has lux of judicial and extradition con- which has just been ratified un-thereby to put its steerleg appara-
man to-day prepared to ventions; and in the category of animously by the Yugoslav Parlia-tus out of order.
The next day found a still office of Signor delimitation of frontiers, frontier ment is felt to constitute a new patrolling round the harbour a Mussolini? It remains to be seen traffic and similar questions, ning strand in the status quo net which ittis tired through sitting in the and meanwhile no man can answer treaties have been registered, all is being woven about Bulgaria by boat but not so tired as the garoupa
between European countries. its "anti-revisionist" Balkan neigb-who was pulling it.
bours.
With the arrival of the Press
Italy a step into the
one way or another. There was only one Napoleon.
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As in previous years, the greatest The new treaty also strengthens and photographers off Repulse Bay, number of treaties registered have Yugoslavia's position relative to our Sah made a great effort to beca economic, financial and taxa-Italy, it is contended. It is re- come up to the occasion, surging Mr. Baldwin's famous speech
Those members of society whotion conventions, namely, 34 con-called that for some years Turkey out of the water and doing a wouple on the danger from the air has exercise an influence upon the corning special problems and 50 han worked in close diplomatic co- of loops before flopping back to operation with Rome and added to receive another harpoon in the ug received terrible corroboration conduct of public affairs by the more general in character.
the Influence of Italy in the Balkans. When the garoupa finally tuzged right of free speech, through the from an authority on aerial war-medium of a free press, and parti-navigation conventions, 16 conven-
Six transit conventions, 13 neriul rather than to that of France. fus in to the abore it had got my
thin with its exertions that it was, fare. A grim picture of the cularly by the free and un-tions concerning postal, telephonic Italy until recently has consider-nothing like the fish we started off horrors of the next war was trammelled use of the ballot, are and telegraphic relations, and two ed Turkey. Bulgaria, Albania and with.
Greece as favourable to Rome's In fact it was so reduced that painted by Mr. Anthony Fokker, commonly said to enjoy political the famous Dutch aeroplane de. / equality or, at any rate, equality conventions on tonnage measure Balkan policy. But Albania more, an ignorant follow coming along signer in the course of a recent unequerial wealth among the social, labour and health questions. while Greece is supposed to have and chucked it in again,
of
It is probable that ministrativo questions, liquor traf- only a very Insignificant few infic, fisheries, oplum and other nar- any community would deliberately cotic drugs, etc.
Now Turkey has concluded a aurrender their political rights in
special treaty with Yugoslavia, the return for the gift of economic
These various treaties have been Government of which has not been equality. Nearly everybody desires registered by 86 states. The num-too friendly toward Italy in the to see a more equitable distribuer of treaties to which they are } post. ton of goods, but what nation Parties are shown as follows: would surrender the right to elect
The
Turkey's chief reason for its pact with Yugoslavia, it is believed hero, is a fear of Italian expansion in the Mediterranean. Another ren- son is the close co-operation of Turkey with Rusela, now a part of France's security system." pact, it is sald, is also part of a general plan of the anti-revisionist" Balkan state to form such a sys→ tem of interlocking treaties about Bulgaria that Sofia will be forced Into a general Balkan bloc from which it has hitherto hold aloof.
DUMB BELLES LETTRES. By Juliet Lowell,
its own rulers and dismiss them at Afrien-Union of South Africa, will, the right of organisation for 5: Rhodesla, 1; Yemen, 1. political action, the right to America Argentina, G;-Bolivia, criticise the government of the 3: Brazil, 11; Canada, 1; Chile, 4; day, the ancient right of petition, Colombia, 1; Haiti, 1; Honduras, and all merely for the purpose of 1; Mexico, 2; Nicaragun, 1; Pan- getting rid of economic inma, 4; Paraguay, 2: Peru. 1: equality? Nevertheless such is Salvador. 1; Venezuela, 1. the bargain which revolutionary radicals offer in all seriousness to Asla Afghanistan, 1; China, their fellow citizens. The planned 1; India, G; Irak, 5; Palestine, 1: economy of the revolutionaries in Persín, 2. its very naturo, as conceived by its advocates, is a slave economy.
We grew to love that sofa. The new pact is based on the The revolutionaries: themselves,
London definition of aggression, dwell upon this fact or to however unwilling they may be to
Europe.-Germany, 18; Austria, contains a clause against any third
SOFA LOVE 12; Belgium, 19; United Kingdom, power that might attack either Mr. Louis Schlesinger. courage others to discuss it, makoi no attempt to deny that under 30: Bulgaria, d: Denmark, 18 Yogoslavia or Turkey, and catab-Real Estate. the proposed planned economy the Dantzig, 1; Spain, 9; Estonin, 11; shes arbitration as the only means Our dear Mr. Schlesinger: individual will be required by the Hungary, 13; Iceland, 6; Italy, two contracting partics. Its work- our apartment we have been end- Finland, 8; France, 21; Greece. 4; for settling disputes between the bureaucrats of the new era to do 24; Latvia, 9; Lithuania, 5; Luxering is very similar to that of the lessly fooled, cajoled, and harried his day's work in this factory
Commonwealth of Australia, 3.
Australia.-New Zealand,
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Since we moved into
of political opportunity. However ment have been registered.
than a year ago detached Itself, shortly afterwards thought it was may be the distribution The other conventions deal with somewhat from the Italian orbit, too small to be out of the water interview. "The most appalling thing about the next war," he citizens of such a nation, there is waterways and inland navigation, weakened its ties with Rome by That's why we can never get any- said, "is that no country will at least a widespread distribution intellectual and artistic relations. joining the Balkan pact of last body to believe our story. really be in a position to defend
of political power on an equali-property rights and interests, ad-February. tarian basis,” itself sufficiently against modern air attacks. The attacks will take place like lightning. Large squadrons of aeroplanes, prob- ably amounting to many hun- dreds, will swoop down on the enemy country to get the first blow in. They will fly very high, out of sight above the clouds, or else very low, regard less of the risk, and they will attack with high-explosive and incendiary bombs. Although thesc attacks will, first of all, be aimed at military objects... tney will at the same time bring disaster to the civil population, Imagine London being attacked by a ruthless fleet of 200 or 800 modern bombers, dropping their incendiary bombs in hundreds of places simultane ously." Mr. Fokker is др expert who knows exactly what he is talking about It was his machines during the War which constituted a great part of Germany's air strength and he is still engaged in design- rather than that, to serve the burg. 4; Norway, 14: Netherlands, Kellogg Pact, ing and building acroplanes. He Stato in whatover field of effort Is chosen for him, to sacrifico his says there is no effective defence own prejudices and predilections against air attack. He further and bring them into line with the tells us that a first-class civil | opinions of those who have con- aeroplane is basically very little trived to obtain political control of different from the high-powered the economic activities of himself
and his fellows, war aeroplane and points out that his own latest model can carry six tons which might in- clude two tons of bombs and can fly at a speed of nearly 200 miles The revolutionaries say, per hour. That is to say, any course, that all of this regimenta- country in which civil aviation tion will be tenderly and benevo is highly developed will be able lently managed by the kind- hearted and humano bureaucrats, to produce at short notice a
that it will be done with the idea strong military air force without of putting square pegs into square having technically transgressed holes, and round pogs into round any armament limitation agree-holes, and thus making everybody ment. The moral is obvious. contented and useful; but they Since no air force, however | mako no effort to deny that efficient, can prevent the man-in-whether the bureaucrats in office the-strect from being bombed or the reverse the process of regi- at the moment are kind-hearted or his city from being destroyed, mentation must inevitably go on, overy Government must turn its that there is no escape from it attention at once from plans for under the planned economy of re-armament to plane for socialism. They admit, though strengthening the collective with reluctance, that they dealro peace system: In the Intor-te inaugurate and carry out a nationalisation of civil aviation, directed economy, that is to say
planned, and therefore a centrally- the abolition of private arma economy in which the citizens are ment manufacture and the crea-deprived of their political rights tion of an international polleo a slave economy. It is clear that force, lies the only hope of safety If auch an alternative were placed for the soldier and the civilion. before him, that of political accompanied by economie
KIND BUREAUCRACY..
of
an
alike. Mr. Fokker's picture of:uality, no contrasted with
aerial warfare is a anal answer economid equality accompanied by to those experts who claim that
political slavery, the ordinary increased armantents are neces- British oltizen will certainly not sary for national defonce, et na choose the latter.
"Well, I'll tell you what I'd do if my wife talked to me like that."
by voar agents. This perfect: dream of a place was rented to us fully furnished and containing one of the sweetest little Davenports you over set oyes upon that le, if you go in for things of that kind, as we do. Just the darllagest comfy-cushioned-corner-warmer that ever yielded its smooth, soft bosom to a pair of tiredout hips.
grew to love that aofa, Mr. Schlesinger, and belleve un when people begin to have soft feelings. about a plece of furniture, you have the makings of a nice problem when it comes to taking it away from them.
Mr. Steiner is a right well- spirited person, excellently smooth of toague and pleasing to the eye, but withal, it coms he is a trifle 100 grently given to subterfuge, doubtless because the time hangs heavy on his hands. He said that the lounge did not match our other furniture, and that we were not entitled to the bed feature which it contained.
When he threatened to take it away from us we threatened to break our lens. We are now on the point of leaving with our anouts "In the wind. Don't you think It's just too mean for a great company like yours, to take. propos lounges, davenporta, sofas, hip-receivers and the like away from them ruthlessly and turn them out in the cold just so that you can use the forniture to fool others with? Have we actually been fooled, or do we just think wo hava?
Hoping to hear from yo
you before they come for the kitchen sink, wo remain, yours Very truly,aje?
Charles O