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THURSDAY, SEPT. 24. 19:36.
NO SCUTTLING There can be no questioning the point that Britain's prestige suffered a heavy blow when, as |champion of collective pressure on Italy, she falled to prevent or stop the Italo-Ethiopian war. Had she been able to secure the support which she had every reason to hope for, Ethiopia would probably never have fanen into Italian hands, and the League of Nations wouk! nol have been left in the difficult position in which it finds itself to-day, with Ethiopia still claim- ing a right sovereignty over its Jown territory. To that extent, the blame for inaction does not lie wholly at Britain's door. It
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THERE IS A BATTLE
✪ In this vivid story the wife of a British novelist living in a village outside Malaga relates how the war broke round their cars. We love Spain," she says, "and we do not want to abandon the country."
MALAGA is
BURNING"
Tis not every day, fortunately, that we wake up in the middle of a Civil War, but that was our experience in "our village near Malaga. Maria, the housekeeper, woke us, saying: "There
a battle and Malaga is burning." From our hill we could see Malaga in the dis- tance like a toy elty, but that morning.it won enveloped in a pull of smoke.
We learned that there had been a rising of the Right-Military elementa, and a great deal of shooting during the night, The Calle Larios had been fired partly to stop sniping from the roots, partly in revenge by people from the poor quarters of the city; a rich suburb by Malaga, the Limonas had been almost completely burned.
A few English prople and many Spaniards who were caught in the Calle Larios when the fighting began had a truly hideous night. An intense fire from inachine guns and rifles raked the streets and came in at the windows,
·EANWHILE in our village-it is large
Mby English standards. containing
several thousand people-the day be- came very exciting, All the cars had been confiscated and, painted with the Initials V.G.T., C.N.T. or F.A.I., were rushing about bristling with arms, Buses went by with a
pistol projecting from every window.
Everyone was in high ~
spirits and very friendly.
They waved their pistols at the passer-by in the most aminble and discon- certing way. There were a great many uceldents. Our cook's "novio." or young man, was killed h this almost at our coop
That afternoon hands
The Calle Larios tu. Malaga, tohere the fight- ing rayed.
It 100% "fred partly to stop sniping from the roofs."
of armed youths came searching the houses for arts. At first they refused to search our house as they know us and we were English. but later a band which did not know us did come in. I happened to be alone in the house with the
servants and went to the door myself. They entered with their guns held forward as if they were boarding a pirate. Their youthful leader was armed with a toy sword which particularly pleased nie.
A
LTHOUGH I was polite to them, I received them coldly. They began their search in my bedroom, where the poor young leader, very embar- rassed, groped about among my silk underclothes. The next drawer
is true that Britain might have Laken on Italy single-handed, but such a step might easily have Matters Įprovoked a world war.
would have been different had united pressure been brought by League members on Italy, the aggressor-Since the Italian oc- cupation of Ethiopia, there have he opened happened to be full of been suggestions in certain my little girl's headless dolls. This quarters that Britain has lost completed his confusion, and he grip of the Mediterranean situa-hurriedly abandoned the search. Lion-that, in fact, she intends cellent terms, and as they left we By that time we were all on ex- to adopt a policy involving scut- tling from her base at Malta. The growth of the Italian air arm has undoubtedly exposed this British Colony to danger, situate as it is within short fly- ing distance of the Italian aero- dromes. But Sir Samuel Hoare, who has been on a tour in the.
Mediterranean, categorically de-
clares that Britain has no inten- tion of abdicating her position: that, on the contrary, she in-
over
hastily exchanged the Left greet- ing. "Salud!"
I
That day we were horrifled to hear that a friend of ours; farmer, who had been under a sort of detention in his own house, was being taken off to Malaga by n crowd against the will of the village. This, we thought, would probably mean his being mur- dered on the way. My husband rushed off down the street with the intention of dominating a mob armed not only with pistols and rifles, but with a machine-gun. with which they were menacing the protesting vilinge Syndicalists. It turned out that they wanted not our friend, but a carabinero, an uply customer who had helped to cook evidence on various occa sions to secure, convictions, but even him the village refused to give up, and the leaders of the crowd were obliged to go off without their victim, The vil- lage said he was an "higo del Pueblo," a son of the village, und no higo del Pueblo 15 going to be
taken off to Malaga to be mur- dered if they can help it.
AND
The village knows their deeds.. and can judge them. Malaga has nothing to do with the mutter,
This is very typical of Spaln where every village is as strongly aware of itself as an entity as a Greek City State.
As night came on a sinister rumour began to run about the village, "The Tercios are coming! -The Terelos are coming." There was a sort of horrar upon the vil Inge.
.
THE Terelos are the only regular troops Spain has and are always kept in Morocco; They consist of 10,000 of the Foreign Legion and 6,000 Moorish troops. They are splendid soldiers, but have a bad name for rutlessness, and are said to have slaughtered people Indiscrimi- nately in Oviedo.
Most of the Tercios, however, had been unable to cross. to Spain
ARE YOU HAPPY?
Hrequently, one of them exists True Health Not
JEALTH and happiness-not` in- when the other is absent. fessional life come into contact with
I have in the course of my pro-
hundreds of very happy people who by no means could be spoken of as healthy.
Essential to Make
Life a Pleasure
Also, I have known and some of my most intimate friends linve been among the number-very many men By Dr HARRY ROBERTS and women in the pink of health, yet as far from embodying happiness
could be
the most
There is an old toast that runs.
The curuing of that small income nillicted victim of lines painfully even where the income in assured. more often than not involves living in or close to some large town. Rents are apt to be large in relation to total wages or salary.
year.
tends to face the new situation in a manner which will make the position secure for the future. This does not involve any new. policy-it merely amounts to a determination to preserve our joverseas communications. The as
necessity for action along these lines is made all the more im-Health, Wealth, and Happiness!" perative by reason of the possi-imagine that few are foolish enough bility that the insurgents may to assume that the possession of ten win in Spain and Fascist control thousand pounds, a year brings hap
thousand pounds, or even of one be secured over that country. piness with it, or is essential to In such an event, with the fur-happy men with whom I have ever happiness. One of the most un- ther possibility of Fortugal de- come Into personal touch had no finitely linking up with the Fas-nameable physical aliment, and had cist combination, Gibraltar's un annual income of anything be- tween fifty and sixty thousand a position might easily become affected. Italy's hold Ethiopia is also a factor in the changed situation. Sir Samuel Hoare says the Italo-Ethiopian war may have been worth while' in that it has caused Britain to concentrate her attention on the Mediterranean with a view to remedying past deficiencies. The inference is that there has been neglect in the past. It is, however, reassuring to know that there is now every inten- tion of making amends and that Britain, so far from yielding ner position in the Mediterranean, is resolved to re-enforce her authority in this vitally import ant region...
INJURED PRIDE
A cultivated young woman patient told me, in the course of a consulta- tion, that she and her husband, with dred a year, were compelled to live an income of less than three hun in a district in which the cheapest small flat available cost them ninety pounds a year.
She was eager to have a child or children of her own, yet dare not, if justice were to be done to those for whom the parents would have One of the happlest, men I know is made themselves responsible. a kindly-dispositioned old bachelor, whose incoine oscillates between THE PRIME CONDITIONS nineteen shillings and twenty-one shillings a week.
"Remember that you are an actor in a drama, of such a kind as the author pleases to make 1. If short, of a short one; If long, of u long one.
this pleasure you should not
a poor man, a cripple, a governor, or a private person, see that you uct it naturally. For this Is your business, to net well the character hasigned to you; to choose it is an- others."
These quotations give some idea of intelligent modesty a very die- ferent thing from servility sense of inferiority.
or a
When one has reached this pluteau
of philosophy, and takes it for granted that we are what we are and could not have been otherwise; there
Is nothing to be ashurned of or conceited about in being what we are and in being circumstanced "as we are: the feeling of safety, of astounding in its comfort. That is standing on firm ground is almost the real basis on which happiness may be built.
THE BASIS OF ALL
Happiness Itself is o manifestation of confidence. Everyone of faith, who sets out to scale heights which he 13 convinced are within his com-. petence is likely to be happy; every- one who is in love, beileving. What, then, are the prime condi- absolutely in the miracle embodied ilons of happiness? |_A certain in his beloved, and in his power to Of course, the bearing of income minimum of health and a variable appreciate that miracle; as well as on happiness becomes more real and minimum of wealth and economic those who both feel the mystery, of
Immediate when, instead of security are, for most being a bachelor, with only oneself the necessary foundations of a happy convinced that there is a meaning us, among the phenomenal universe and are to cater for, one has a wife and life. These things do not of them and a beneficial purpose behind 1; three or four children, For people selves thus placed, there is a money
ensure happiness; they but all these are likely, in proportion to minimum below which happiness is
on happiness. ' not so easy of attainment.
more
Three times out of four, however, the dissatisfaction associated with a small but secure income is due for more to injured pride than to any shortage of the material needs of life or of physical health.
But we must all admit that the economie dimculties may be great,
freedom from care in possible clear the way of obstacles. Mere their faith, to win the prize of rent little more foundation than this. But freedom from care is not happiness. Christian church, but I believe that I am not a member of any In the first century of Christian cro Iived a Greek slave conduct, of human life, expressed in the the philosophy, and the bints for the called Epictetus. Here are one or the recorded sayings of Jesus, are two of his sayings
"Men are disturbed, not by things, tions that have yet been made to the
about the most important contribut but by the principles and notions science on which a sound art of hap- which they form concerning things." pincas must be based.
na the sailors remained loyal to the Government and those that had crossed were far away, in Sevillo and near Olbraltar.
After the first day or two Malaga gradually became quiet. The tor rica and cars with their amateur soldiers continued to rush by, but their number, gradually decreased. The Ittle local trains began to run again and we went into Mainga.. first to see the ruins and then to draw money from the bank, and shop.
The town had at extremely .ominous appearance. Of the few
people in the streets Inost were young workmen. The ruins in the Calle Larios were still smoking and they were clear- ing the wreekage from the street.
The accond' time, we went to Malaga the city had resumed its normal life. There were 2101
many people about, but Women were shopping and
the
markets and shops und banks were all open,
The post goes out and comes in, but only in the Province of Malaga; the little trains run, but they only run
the nearby villages, The only news, except tho 'wild village rumours, comes over the radio and is hopelessly conflict- ing. La Passlennra, a female Revolution-
1st, talks in R strange, shrieking, ccstatic volce, the Kound of which is somehow extremely poetic. Madrid talks seriously, as a Gov- ernment should. The President Azana made a really fine socech one mid- night, reserved, noble, and from the heart.
The Right lender In Seville, General Queipo de Llano, talks in the most extraordinary manner. He pours out a stream of information about the military situation, makes bad jokes in the worst taste, and insuits personal -enemies of whom no one has ever
beard.
Me threatens 10 shoot ull the soldiers, Civil Guards and Guardia de Assaltes who have re- mained faithful to their allegiance to the Government, as traitorst
When things had begun to be quiet in the district, and people were beginning to work in the fields again, we woko one morning before dawn with loud, strange sounds in our cars.
A Right aeroplane had come over and was dropping incendiary bombs on the Malaga flying-field fow miles away. After the bombing was over we went out on the balcony to see if any damage had been done.
W
E saw, to our horror, clouds of smoke appar- ently pouring from the house of some Spanish friends who Hved next to the aviation field.. We dressed rapidly, and with gardener, Antonia, rushed off to help them. As we approached near the house we onw that it was uninjured.
our
The clouds of smoke were rising from two incendiary bombs which had fallen within 30 yards of the house and set light to the dry Krass. Our friends were up and dressed, and we urged them to abandon their house and come to us, which they subsequently did.
That night the lower floor of our house was crowded with poor vil- lagers who were terrifled of bombs coming through the roots of their homes, and also of the Moors com- ing in the night and cutting off their heada,
The next morning there was some lively bombarding of the Spanish fleet in the harbour.
A'most all the English have gone, and the few that remain are urged by the Consul to go now.
B
UT we shall remain be- cause we have respon- sibilities here; Spanien friends of all classes and political opinions to protect If we can.
Our servants, old, friends whom we brought down from the, Bierra Novada with us, to take care of. and our beautiful old house and turke ibrary.to save if possible,
We have the friendship of the village, and fighting hore is un- likely. We love Spain, and though we can do nothing for her we do not want to abandon the country. where we have lived so peaceably and happily. In her critical and- desperate hour. p-To-day's Thought-
A
VERY great part of the thia mischiefs that ves toorld arises from 100rds.
--EDMUND BURKE,