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and dignified ceremony at the Conotaph in honour of those mon whose loyalty and courage was tempered to the strength of fine, blue steel during those first fow hours of assault from the trans- porte, and, in the months that followed. Never was an army's aplrit more cruelly tested; and never did an army conduct itself with greator hérolam. It is his-: tory which must fill all British people with admiration and with -pride-It-was-fitting-that-Mr- Forbes, New Zealand's Premler, should have chosen the eve of thin day of remembrance for his brief but striking enunciation of New Zealand's policy with respect to.
Imperial defence. There was no
need, he said, for a discussion of the foreign policy adopted by the Government of the United King- dom so far as New Zealand' was concerned. Hlas and his people's faith in that policy, and in the Stubbs Rd. judgment of the British Govern
meat, was complete, he intimated. When Great Britain is at war, he Bald, New Zealand was at war also. The spirit of Anzaca who went ashore from the anchorage at Mudros Bay just twenty years ago is brightly burning still.
Hongkong Telegraph.
ERIDAY, APRIL 26, 1935.
ARMS TRAFFIC CONTROL
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MANDATE PROBLEM
Mandates are in the news again since Japan has been asked by the League to "explain" the large sums spent on some of ita, South Sen- Islands under Japancac mandate. the
Our King
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The King and Queen Directly After Their Coronition.
The Very Idea!
[A HOLIDAY COMPLEX
By HORATIO BOGG, VERY TIRED
THOSE four days of holi-
day at Eastertide had far-reaching implications. One was that as we scrupul- Jously abstained from work, the taipan had to shift for himself. Another, we had all that time to ourselves to do with it what we would.
But that applied only to other office-workers. Speak ing for ourself, we had not that much blessedness, Out. Enster vacation was limited to only one day, and that day select- ed for us by a process of reason- ing as yet unfathomable, except that it could be understood as practice condoned by long usage.
The upshot was that we spent most of our day of rest-in bed, recuperating from the shock of the rare experience.
The re-action, as we may put it, began to make ftaclf fell in a mòst remarkable way. Giving yent to our passion for statistics, we pro- ceeded to count up the holidays others had enjoyed during the course of the year, and arrived ni a very appalling discovery.
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This is how we have worked out a most convincing case that should damn these holidays. Figurea can- not lie, and no you are about to be given here all you can possibly
days.
The question of the private manufacture of, and trading in,
A new life for George, now |Queen to assist him; she devoted | require.
Empire's arms will come prominently be-
King. Busy, her life to the business of being The year consisting of 365 days fore, the British public next In some circles, Japan is suspected though he had been as an am- Queen and history will record (what a discovery!), we first pro- week, when the first public sit of building a new naval base con-bassador of good-will to the far-that she many times gavo wise ceed by deducting from this num- tings of the Royal Commission trary to the Washington Naval flung Empire. nevertheless the counsel to her husband. King ber the 52 Sundays we squandered appointed to report on the sub-Treaty and the League Covenant. task of being King thrust upon George.
away on sports, games and cinemaž ject are to be held. The League Japan officially parted company of Nations Union is particularly
doing everything in fact except going to church. anxious that some definite steps should be taken to control the
That leaves us with only 312 arms traffic, and members of that body will be heard at the sittings which begin on Wednes- day next. in the meantime, the American investigations into the eubject are continuing, and it is the League Council? Meanwhile, day's picture with his helpmeet, of interest in this connection to certain Japanese quarters claim Queen Mary, after the coronation note a plan which is at present that Japan holds the mandate in being considered by the Senate perpetuity from the Supreme ceremony. Munitions Committee, and some Council of the Allies, which award- features of which are said toed the mandates at the end of the command White House approval, Great War before the League was Under the provisions of this scheme, the Government-would
with the League on March 27, him a work that tried even his It is told of the King that once, when its two years' notice of with-strength and willingness.“ when roaming through his gar- drawal expired. Can a resigning
den at midnight, he met a gar- Though he had been King for dener with whom he became state continue to administer à mandate in view of the theory-a year prior to his netual Corona~
From these 313 days a further which, however, has never beention, it was really at this func-friendly. The gardener asked settled-tant the actual possession tion that he embarked on his him if he had to work hard. 20 full days have to be subtracted on account of half-daye on Satur- under mandate really rests with new career.
"Well," replied the King, "days. Result, 287 days, of "sovereignty" over the territory
I am just finishing now." started at six this morning, and
A further four half-days to be provided for, at the annual Race The task of being King is Meetings, during which we con- surely no sinecure!
trived to lose money-285 days To-morrow: Princess Mary
now left. as V.A.D.
even born.
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ject of which was no longer merely ship to Geneva. An important of all over that, in excess profits. tem is being subjected to certain theory to help them to stand by that it brings League ideals and In Africa, too, the mandates aya-to exploit the native races, but in merit of the mandates system la It would also limit all individual strains. Thus,
in South-West themselves." Furthermore, the League methods to bear upon incomes to $10,000, the Govern Africa, which la under South administration of each territory racial questions. Already, as a meut taking the remainder, and African mandate, the local Assem- was placed under the direct auper-result of that system, slavery and higher income taxes would be bly is petitioning the Union vision of international public forced Inbour have been tackled imposed on all earning more than Government to be allowed to be- opinion acting through the League, more energetically by the govem one thousand dollars a year, como a fifth province of the Union. Under the Covenant, the Manda- menta. A higher standard of colo- What is more, general officers of In Central Africa, there is talk tory Powers which have agreed to nial administration is emerging all corporations would be drafted of merging the British mandate act as "guardiana" are responsible But there are signs of developing into the military forces, and, in British colonies of Kenya and Every year they have to send a signs of its becoming an im
of Tanganyika with the adjoining to the League for all their actione. strains and stresses in the system case of need, be placed under Uganda into one big East African detailed report of their trustee minent problem. the same sort of control and pay Federation. In the Near East, scales that apply to Army off the former mandated territory of cors. All commodity exchanges Iraq has, under British tutelage, would be closed, speculation in successfully emerged from the commodities would be prohibited, "ward" stage to fill nationhood indutries would be licensed and and is full-edged member of prices fixed, whilst the Govern Palestine, Great Britain is doing the League. In neighbouring ment would be given the right, its best as the Mandatory Power where necessary, to commandeer to hold the political balance evenly all essential industries and ser
between the Arabs, who form four vices. Under such a scheme, it afths of the population, and the is contended, war would be a Zionist Jowa who are energetically dreary time for business and in-building up a National Home for dustry. It cannot be denied the whole of Jewry under the Bal- that one of the chief dangers four- Declaration. Finally, in nowadays is that war does at Germany itself, which once owned with CAPS & SHOES to match least provide a great, if tempor mandated territories, there is a eloven of the original fourteen
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conquerors stood for "no annexa- tions," the Peace Conference de- vised the mandates system.
ary, spurt of prosperity for cer-growing demand for their return. tain types of businesses, with These colonies and the Arab pro- the prospect of enormous profits, | vinces of the old Ottoman Empire But under the conditions envis- were all conquered by the ex-Allles aged in the plan under notice, during the Great War. As the war would mean fewer, not greater, profits, since no-one would have any financial incen- tive for welcoming war. It is suggested that such a plan would CHANGED POLICY automatically keep a nation at peace. None the lesa, one can
The Peace Conference laid down scarcely see the probability of
that the conquered peoples were any one nation adopting such a "not yet able to stand by them- plan whilst others were free to selves under the strenuous condi- go their own way. Whatever tions of the modern world." Some are to be the casential features of them to wit, the former Tur- of any plan for control of the kish provinces-were therefore to traffic in.arms, it does at any be administered by the more rata scem clear that nothing of advanced nations until such time rent value will be done except by For the remainder, the position as as they are fit for independence. international accord. If the regards ultimate independence is British and American inquiries still somewhat, vague,
Here, lead to this result, a great step therefore, was an entirely now con- forward in the prevention of war coption of colonial policy, a bold will have been registered. International experiment, the ob
"My Triends tell me that I'm putting
on
weight,
Bank Holidays would further diminish the number of working days to 279.
But we haven't finished yet... What of those national and public holidays? Our working year is now reduced to 275 days,
We have almost overlooked rell- lous and festive holidays. Only 264 days left now.
total of 264 days is required by the One-third approximately of this average individual for sleep. Say, 88 days left.
looking at the clock or gaping at The two hours spent on tiin.
the stenographer in the window of the other block, have yet to be allowed for. Say a total of seven days lost to the boss's business. He now has only 81 days' service from us In the year.
That would mean we had worked only one-quarter of the office time. Conscience stricken and re- morneful, we are with difficulty restrained from running over to the taipan to return to him the other three-quarters of the yearly salary we had not really earned.
HE DID IT!
Asked for a sentence to include the word "pax," a little scholar gave the Tullowing after some thought-
"Many interesting games can be played with pax of cards."
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A GOLF STORY
Tho slow couple in front were obviously tiring the waiting golfers in the rear as they dawdled at the hole. One of the offending pair smoked a cigarette on the fairway while his companion rum magod in the rough,
At length the waiting couple on the tee could contain their im patlenco no longer..
"Why don't you help your friend to find his ball?" ono shouted..
The idlo golfer in front turned with a cheerful smile. "Oh, he's. got his ball," he replied, blandly.. “He's looking for his blinkin"," club!"