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RED DESIGNS
active, says the Christian Science
SEPTEMBER 6, 1935.
FATEFUL YEARS AHEAD
Some industries are nlready
The Very Idea!
ON BIRTHDAYS
Old Town To-night EVERY once in a while,
especially towards the mid- dle of the month, Mr. Kelly has a birthday, having found out, ever since a rich uncla gave him an all-day sucker on his second birthday, that this is by far the best way of rais- ing the wind to carry him on for the rest of the year.
Such an occasion is to-day. NY render desiring to send us. birthday presents té-day should ring the office for a cou- ple of coolies to bring them. around to us. Bottles are such awkward things to carry. for some time now, being rather We have not had a birthday discouraged owing to that on our last birthday some- the fact one pinched the icing off our birthday cake.
In a way birthday anniversarice, although pleasant in latter life, have held aomo bitter memories for us.
SEVEN NEW DANCE RECORDS FROM THE For Particulars and Terms apply Washington, with an air of dis-Fisiter and Sir Henry Hadow, companies the book recommends a simultaneous arrival of a
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Very likely the Communist Inter- and a Service worthy of it!
national had at least one eye on the TN a book entitled "The Next In the opinion of the signatories
Five Years," which is publish of the book this is a time for start-There'll Be Hot Time In VERY month big shipments of voted Friday to transfer leadership and Co., a group of distinguished very short work of the contention United States when its congressed to-day by Messra. Macmillan Ing them, and the discussion makes EV
Bedford trucks leave Eng- land for every part of the world. away from Moscow to various men and women from all parties that there are no "worth-while" And the rising export figures and countries in which its parties are and all professions have drawn up projects to be undertaken. many hundreds of enthusiastic
programme of action which, In The chapter on "The Organisa- their view, would occupy the tion of Industry" breaks now letters from Bedford owners all Monitor. This decentralisation has energies of a vigorous and pro- ground. It makes the sound point over the world have shown that a double significance with respect gressive Government for at least that there is no one method of the Bedford is popular wherever to America. It means first that five years.
dealing with overy industry. In- it goes. Why this success? the Soviet Government outwardly This is not a party programme, deod, five, different methods are For, in designing the Bedford at least is cutting a link between Not a single political party la suggested. -range, Vauxhall experts studied itself and the Communist Party not polemical; It is very sparing that industries should be given the
mentioned in It by name, It Is
In the first place, it is proposed overseas conditions at first hand. propaganda. organisation whichaams will any too sparing-of They learnt what was wanted in might otherwise endanger Russian criticism of the present Govern-power to organise themselves for legitimate purposes. They are trucks from the very men who recognition and trade relations with ment. It does not deal in gener- not, however, to be allowed to turn were going to use them.
the United States
under the alities; it neither attacks Socialist themselves into monopolies without And there is * world-wide Litvinoff agreement.,
principles nor defends them; it is making provision for public con- Secondly, it neither Protectionist nor Free trol of their operations. organisation to make Bedford means that Communist tactics in Trade. It le, as its sub-title says, service and genuino spares avail- the United States will take on more
For the depressed industries, it an "Easny in Political Agreement" is suggested that the Government able everywhere.
than ever the nature of attempting setting down in as precise term should appoint impartial commis Tested at every stage in the to bore from within the liberal want to get done during the life.sions to draw up schemes of re- famous Luton works in England, groups with which
na possible what the signatories proved sound and reliable on the
the Reds are time of the next Parliament.
organisation, which the industries now being advised uninvitedly to Bedford is a first-class invest-align themselves against Fascism. They include active politicians of has been followed with agriculture Signatories number over 160. could then either accept or reject. This, of course, in the method that ment whatever the nature of From one noint of view there is a
all parties, several trade unionists in the last few years. work!
certain flavour of humour in news and Sir Oliver Lodge, Churchmen scientists such as Lord Rutherford from the congress in Moscow. Re- such as the Archbishop of York cently a House of Representa- and the Bishops of Birmingham virtually dominated by one or two anniversary of the day the home We well remember the second tive investigating committee
in and Southwark, educational
nuthorities such as Mr, IL A. L. gigantic companies. For these town deliriously celebrated the closing carefully guarded secreta, economists such set the Communist enrolment in Salter. Sir Walter Layton and Sir much greater degree of publicity
as Sir Arthur ne status of Public Concern. Kelly heir and the news of the
which would carry with it a very Relief of Mafeking. the United States at about 30,000, Basil Blackett, writers such as than in now incumbent on these which was
We had a tricycle given to us Glibly, pridefully, delegates to the B. G. Wells and Siegfried Sassoon.
immediately collared meeting in Moscow have announ-
huge combines. In fact, the list of signatories is
by our grandfather, who gave <le- the most remarkable collection of Other industries again, in which monstrations of how good he was sed the number of their membership experience and talent which has the public is particularly interest in his youth. We were not allow- in various countries, have outlined over proclaimed its agreement on ed, should be constituted Public ed to ride it, being too young
so comprehensive and detalled a Utilities, with stringent control
And then there was the birth- strikes near and far, and blue-statement of polley.
and limitation of profits. And day cake we weren't allowed to printed their plans for future
The signatories state that they finally, there is a list of industries eat because it might make us sick. trouble-making.
to be nocialised-transport, elec- and a toy train which our father do not commit themselves to endorsement of every detail of the tricity, some forms of insurance played with for hours proposals or renounce any of their and of food distribution, mining floor and then put it away in case we broke it, and the toddy bear individual views as to the way 56-royalties and the manufacture of
our sister deciled would look nice elety should ultimately be organia-armaments.
On banking and monetary mat-
on her dressing table, and when ed. They are in agreement, how-
we started to look at our picture ever, on the general "five years" ter the book has several very in-
In clearer that Com-policy proposed in the book. teresting suggestions to make, book they said it was time we munism is in open conflict with the the same way the News Chrom The Bank of England, it is pro-went to bed. Then they kept as The first day's proceedings at democratic as well as the capitalisticing with every word of the book, pubile control, the Governor being dancing.
cle, while not necessarily asree-posed, should be brought under awake all night singing and the League Council meeting in system, and that the issue is big believes that it is a clear and com- appointed only with the consent Geneva scarcely hold out hopes enough without being magnified or prehensive statement of a of the Government. The book'ex- sert ourself.. We got out of our
by Imaginings. The of a pacific adjustment of the lineaments of Communism have reaching but attainable short-term amines the proposal to nationalise cot, put our goloshes on, and
the joint stock banks, but rejects stamped into the drawing-room. It includes many re- programme. Italo-Abyssinian dispute. Baronetu freely furnished by the Com-forma which this newspaper hit in favour of making them
"Whose dam pariy munists themselves. The Moscow consistently
thiss Alosi, the chief Italian delegate, congress also furnished valuable incontinue to press upon every Gov-profits limited. The same chapter belt him on his birthday. Father.
advocated and will Public Utilities, subject to Inspec. Anyhow we demanded.
tion and control and with their ADя our mother anid: "Don't flatly informed members of the formation as to what social andernment which may be in office.
economic diet nurtured Communism Counel that Italy will proceed best. Imperialistic wars, want, hun-
also makes a number of proposals Just smear his dummy with bit- with regard to means of expand-ter aloes end strap him in his ger, strikes, all manner of social and as she sees fit, regardless of the
economic maladjustments, are the
The book is in two parts, dealing and improving the capital cot." League, and retains complete Communists stepping stones to
market.
The next day, filled with resent- ing respectively with economic Orchestra.berty of action. That Italy ments and Communism by its own or the right sort of plannips-extending British export trade is and roata, ove suld our tri ment, we waited our opportunity has
The econ- power. Banish these maladjust policy and with peace.
and wrapping up what was left of omic section opens with a strong
for the cake, we mounted our tricycle definition is banished. Thus the against Abyssinia is not congress in Moscow would seem to Planning, it argues, need not mean then put forward. The book does denied, but these should be have done capitalistic nations a ser of the Government with the liber-Protection; it assumes
Reailing we a vast increase in the interference not advocate either Free Trade or cycle and shipped before the capable of adjustment without fee. It has clearly defined theirs of the people. It means only, stall.continue, to have a moderate Norwegian craft trading between mast on the Etaoin Shrdiu, a Thirty thousand Communists in istes and implied the solution. nation of 120,000,000 people would
Hongkong and Fanling. have short shrift were capitalism to remove the underlined sources of their increase.
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RESORT TO FORCE NOT JUSTIFIED
ground for
grievances
their tactics, claimed authorship for
OPEN CONFLICT
All this reveals-if it needed to he made any
distorted
WHEN WILL IT END
presence
fur-
comprehensive polky
that We
aning low tariffs to each other.
on the
We did make one effort to as-
Government's policy should be con- Britain should take the lead in that, all the various sections of the tariff and suggests sistently fitted together: To this forming a group of nations accord-sea,
that Great
We spent our third birthday at end, the book recommends
Every subsequent birthday Economic General Staff, similar to
we have spent on the rocks. the Committee of Imperial Defence trade is the subject of agriculture. Two more birthdays passed with- Closely connected with foreign We next joined the police force. which co-ordinates the policy of The book takes the line that the put serious mishap, but our third the fighting services.
encouragement of agriculture must birthday as a policeman was our Under the heading of National not be allowed either to raise the undoing. As we explained to the hold Development, the book proposes a price of food or to destroy our sergeant later, we only had one and far-reaching polley. foreign trade. But it suggests a small glass of light ale, but it There is need for a long-range pro- variety of ways in which the State must have gone to our head. gramme, to continue year in. year could assist in restoring a pros- out, improving the amenities and perous countryside.
It seems that we were creating a the essential services of the coun
disturbance in public, and we spoke try, guiding the growth of industry the food consumption of the poor, and ordered us to go home. One Thin can be done by increasing very sharply to ourself about it into the proper channels and pre-by increasing the efficiency of the word led to another and we decli- venting the new houses that are food distributing industry, byed to arrest us. We struggled, so wanted from sprawling all over supplying the lund with the capital fercely with ourself that soon we the countryside. But in addition it needs. If Bnancial assistance by were rolling on the ground wrest-
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resort to force; they are certain- ly not of sufficient gravity to warrant armed invasion of the country. One of the charges which Italy levels at Abyssinia is that she has not carried out her obligations under the Coven- ant, and is unfit to be a member
Sir Malcolm Campbell says he of the League. Italy herself.
can build a faster car than Blue however, was amongst the bird, which he drove over the Utah nations which voted for her ad- fake bed Tuesday at the incredible speed of 30 miles per hour. He mission, and the only answer to proposes to build and drive another that point is Baron Alosi's re- of these super speed cars and race mark that Italy now regrets it against his own record, it up having so voted. It is surely Bluebird's
pears. One can only hope that the master will not tempt the height of illogicality for fale too far, for although there is to this the book advocates a short- the State is wanted it should take ling for our life. Not one of the Haly to claim the right to ignore the wheel and his marvellous con- There are times for starting public Tariffs, quotas and
no doubt as to his wizardry behind
range programme of public works. the form of outright subsidics.spectatora came to our aid. her own obligations under the
levies are trol and
of mind, this works and times for stopping them.
At last we got a firm grip on League Covenant merely because racing game he plays is one of the
ourself and handcuffed us. The of the charge that Abyssinia has most hazardous existing. One
sergeant at the police station sent us to the hospital, and when we not respected her undertakings. might wish that Sir Malcolm would
were discharged wo were 80 Even if the Italian claim were has won.
rest content upon the laurels, he
knocked about that we were asked But such a man is not true--and it has not yet been likely to retire while he feels that
to resign, being physically unfit for strenuous work. established-it certainly does he can still contribute something not carry with it any justifica-ing and sportsmanship, and we ex- to the prestige of British engineer- tion for Italy to commit the very pect to see him in the news again breach which she herself cou-hair-raising adventures in he before long with another of these demns. A point which is well and another apparently impossible worth bearing is mind is that goal set for himself. In his future Signor Mussolini was himself exploits we will wish him the same the President of the Stresi Con-
fortune as he has had in Utah. ference which condemned unila teral breaches of treaties and the dispute between Italy and which invited the League of Abyssinia, but the whole ques- Nations to enquire how such tion of treaty observance. It breaches might be prevented in cannot be too strongly stressed, | future by the application of ap- in this connection, that, as Mr. propriate sanctions. The com- Eden has explained, there is no miitee has still to make its re-economic or political conflict be port. How can Italy, on the one tween Britain and Italy. Brit | hand, align herself with nations aín la only concerned in the mat- seeking to prevent treaty breater as a member of the League ches, and, on the other, claim the and as a signatory of the Kellogg right to a course of action which Pact renouncing war as an in- runs contrary to her obligations strument of national policy. under the Covenant, obligations The present differences between which involve respect for AbysItaly and Abyssinia arò emin- ainin's territorial Integrity and ently suitable for treatment the submission of disputes be under the machinery provided tween League members to con- by the League Covenant. For ciliation and arbitration? The this reason, it is to be hoped that two standpoints are at complete Italy will modify her present at
What is involved in titude and do nothing to aggra- the present crisis is not merely,vate an already tense situation.
"But, Gregory, what will the neighbours say if we start mouring around in a car like that?”.
After some wandering about we became a gigolo. We spent that birthday in the Supreme Court. As a matter of fact, we were so frequently in the Supremo Court defending breach of promise cases and being a rrespondent that they made up a bed for us at the back of the court room,. and the Judge and we became quite friendly. Many's the good old stead many time since,
We never had the time to have a birth- day as a house decorator, but when we were a hospital orderly we had a lovely one.
We never had the time to have Д birthday as 2 house decorator, but when we were a hospital orderly wo had a lovely
one.
- We invited all the doctors and nurses, and people came for miles to see it, and the police cordon Woo broken twico. We threw skoletons at one another, and 24 patients died of excitement or neglect, wo forget-which, and we drank all the ethor. What a devil we were in those days!
Now we've settled down. And our next birthday is on the 24th of September, so if anyone wants to send us a postcard we'd like' them to send it to the office, and not to our private address, bo- our wife in extremely jealous (we have to pay the penal - ty of all handsome men) and starts riota..
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