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BALDWIN: MAN OR MIRACLET
By Bechofer Roberts
Robert Hale, 12. Gd.
HE Prime Minister, thinking out his future in the quiet Reclusion of Blicking Efall, will find little consolation in the latest attempt to explain to a wondering pubile the secret of his rise to power.
This study by Atr. Bichofer Roberts ("Ephesian") is more an indictment than a biography.
With marciless precision. "Epberlatt " Lintures a preturn of a mani pushed into High position 1ust trenute he was not trilliant or clover, committing blunder after binder, acriBelug his own beat
·Friends to his incompetenen, eiluging to offer song after his appointed time and Allowing the sip of Brate to go plurig ing along without any fendership Dr sutdinner.
The author unite the 1"raming t charmain MRT,
That tradition began at school, & con- (mporary, a Harrow houremaster, sal,
Han byn and big lys thought the world of him because of his nic
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but more than charm of manner is 85% And Tulled of a great statesman.
Ephesini, axaglining the big inomenta of Mr. Baldwin's career, can give nothing but a monotonous verdtet of fathers.
J first perlant Jou want the Ainerl- can debt mettlement involving thin country in an annual payment of bein tween 30.100,000 and £40,000,000 for more than Jinif a century,
It is now halatory that this weitlement. pearly caused a cabinet criain, th Bonar Law whe on the paint of tesigan- tion and that the gruntad view, albre alty Just!${#1}, vent, wan thus Mr. de had made thoroughly bac Imrest which it would be importble
entry out
MG Haldwin, “a pirann fellow, but nesporiraçrd or unknown,” hetone
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Premier and theu follows the disastrous Tarif (tetorm election of 1923,
Once more he is given a chance when 'Tabour falls on the Campbell case.
In sprecher on. "Oiva prace in out time. O Lord." makes him the, most popular inn in the country--and then be destroys It all by precipitating the Goneril Strike on a jinor issue Just weken mottement was in sight.
For what reason? "Ephesians" .KAYA, "The most likely oxplanation of Daid- win's -omenod declaton is that it was
typtent rasturice of the sudden pug nacily o olten found in habituini
drifters
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worn turned-al the wrong time." Then follows the General Elec Lion *I 10:29, which Mt. Bald wh opened the eign of Drury-Ince with the değermina prediction DRE hin Party would lone ne len 70 GEALA
"The result of the riection exceeded the most pessimist;e railinale. Baldwin And passed himself."
After th MacDonald epoch he be
Finidwind Bort- Cones Pretnor again. ducted the Coalition's busineas with mich п grant of Mr. MacDonald's methods that nobody could any which of the two lescera was the mora bono- ies or the more wonderful.
Finally comes the Honre-favel crista, "Ito threw ir Samuel Hoare over an tr And thrown over so many of bin ir.eups,” "Waititill the Always he remain. parehological moment Betdwin stumbles forward to the penitent (nem, crying Ally É nest ***
"No matter who is sacrificed, Baldwin Always has a pent at the table, Jord prodigal."
With biting earn "Ephesinz" writes Jin political epfiath: ile mun mes great a lot the-Worcestershire Countr
E. E. H. Council."
and the-
Arms Racketeers
THE PROFITS OF WAK
By Richard Lewantin
Rentlidge, JON, GU.J.
VERYONE knows that an un- conscionable amount of money was spent on the last war, but no one litherio has troubled to estimmte how much was made out of IL.
M. Lewinsohn gives the first hint of the calowal fortunes paled up by the war-time profitrors, and, in ʼn rough calculation of the profits of belligerent and neutral counicks alike, suggests as an "absolute minimum" the stug- gering total of £10,000,000,000.
But it only staggering when term from its context, for the book in fiflect with revelations of those who, throug out Bistory, have cheerfully been turn- ing publie tenses into private Isot the absolute minimum" one han double about, but miher the size of the possible maximum....
This is at once the minst comprehen nire na most annuing indictment to date of the profit which war menas to some M. Lowinnota innkes a systematio and thorough survey of the whole aub- Ject, overlooking nothing and no one in isa search fat incl
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Rip- paid armion As Burly A planted fetidal warrior nad Vicker- Armstrong ho eraltamen armourerA, BO
the nanest and scokomjo structure of war completely changed.
the
By 1914 the art of forcing tribute from & nation's needs had boon perfected, nail the peculators and raiddirmen, the Contractors and manufacturers, grafiers and Government agonis really got to worit.
In America the price of coroals bought
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by the Allies rone By 350 per real by 1917. Motgay (working out 1 per cent Commiss.Oni us through a remake realer
11 valued at 81.000.000 dollar,
em 1
rocketed United States inarketa From 25 dolista
4 700,
In England the aligns boom synt 0 from £20,000,000 in 101: to €250,000,000 IR 115. e' for £5,000 the Conard 2.me nequired the Comtep with and Dominion line, whereas the capital value of the intter was no than £2,000,000 at the metside,ta
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The market were doemy only when someone suggested mediatin, attempt to patch up peåer.
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And next time? The centre of gravity of war profits, ways the MUROT, "na bren on the whole. If not alte gether regularly, shifting away from the actul theatre of operatinas. The arma- FA 13s are now meaned, nel it is doubtful whether they will ever gro ng in the profits they have enjoyer i the punt.
"Looking towards the future. It may fairly antely be predictes that the tur ther one geta from war, the mora profitable they will be, it is not one's wn wars that will bring in the profit. but the wars of others. Armaments will realise less war profile than the most innocent of prodiicla."
Members of the Arms Comunission might do worse than leave their unhur red deliberations for an hour, or two to consider M. Lewinsohn's brilliant ex. "Their animation of this vitai subject. attention 19 directed particularly ค 3 270!
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On Decembar 10 Lloyd George made a Fotech in reply, which action_def- There nitely to nettle the matter. would be no peace negotiations. Prices rose on the Stock Exchange."
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY,
ROUND ABOUT by
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The Showman
OMETIME to-day-Saturday. isn't it?-I hope to be sitting In my garden, complete with Ime-trees, cat-walk, and dogs' bone-burial ground.
The simple flowers of the country. alde, which we have transplanted. with auch success, will woo me to sleep. That glorious profusion of Old Man's Boot That blushing cluster of Par- Ron's Frolict That trolated bloom of Kiss-Me-Charile, the other side of the And the patch-six mnty trowelf Inches by four of Love-Tries-Weed- 101
Molly The Martyr
AND just na I am dozing off 1_shrafi hear the call of young Jams Arrosa Walls
back frid
Parder. Molly!" in wil begin in a bass voice. and Ankh in a-disconcerting fakelto-
Wherr's ing best shirt?"
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A tal lot of fun it is being someone g skater.
nlways Where's It's Just so that he can go al with zomeɔne whom it would be 1:10- tering to call a tow-headed little ep".
A tow-headed the ape thinks Mollys, who is guaranteed to pinch all the soft-centres from all the boxes oft chocolates within thy miles
Where i telt fl-on your bedf" "an't there: I've looked!" "Lauk ngain!"
Gradually the storm recedes
Have You Got It?
(LAMOUR is the fashionale word.
VOR
Originally used, i taleve, to de serile the effect of false, for a-hair eyelashes, painted eyebrows, n like a e biting through in, and complete absence of charm, it is now uppiled to anything that seem to want an exciting label (ike a divorce suit
Case)
It is creeping into bendlines: for example:-
THERE IS GLAMOUR AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR GARDEN
CATS NIGHTLY SERKNADE
tri inspirly: writers to nk if the mudra inther has lantur:
to
de ab the glamour of a stuffed ben grebet on the top of the new glain. shops int; tu teli bus conduriors how Ju achieve celomicar
And gow ↑ feel 1 really must put s for more dabs of perinne behind ing
Wags Pote Wow
P. O'CONNOR ends in cutting of an anniverary that fell this werk. It reminds us of tha dy skirmishes that led to the vic
of 'establiment *15riots.
Track Unionism.
On August 19, 1811, John Stanley. Jarh Jeffery. Thomas Brian and Thomas Brunt, nil Journeymen boot- meker employed by Mr. 1late of Piret STOP were charged at the Guildhall raize the price of with conspiring wages." There had been a meeting of the journeymen, and this proseca to was the result.
The four men were sentenced to two inonths imprisonment in Newgate. Two others escaped on a point of law. THE DEBATE CONTINUES
AM putting in a word here myself when I say that those were the days when the sentiment of "The rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate" reflected Christianity for many people; it still dock
So I am glad that the Rev. II. P. Kingdon. addressing the Modern Churchmen's Conference at Oxford. las stigmatised some hymns as bad and maudlin. I am especially glad that he said, "It is theer hypocrisy to preach the gospel that man cannot live by bread alone to those who have not even got bread."
"TELEGRAPH" ART SUPPLEMENT
To-morrow's Picture
Features
Many interesting illustra tions will appear in to-mor row's issue of the Telegravk Pictorial Supplement.
Weddings illustrated will be thuse of Mr. B. L. Pearce and Miss G. F. Meagher. Mr. J. Lawson and Miss Helen Læe,, Mr. Lo Kwok-wal and Miss Lee Kwai-sheung; as well as the mass marriage ceremony at the Chinese YM.C.A. Int Saturday,
There will be several pic- tures of the St. Teresa's Troop of Boy Scouts in camp at An- derson Valley, and a group of the Kowloon Garrison Pack of Wolf Cubs.
Other Hlustrations will in- elude reproductions of some of Mr. Luis Chan's paintings to -be exhibited at the Gloucester
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The Supplement will contain -the popular feature and enter- tainment pages, resulta of last week's Children's Competition. and details of a new contest for the kiddies.
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A PICKFORD-LASKY PRODUCTION
Francis LEDERER
ONE RAINY AFTERNOON
WHAT FAN COHE DEFORE: L'Mitype Martin, a young Parisian actor, jhas bean carrying on a mild flir
tallon with Yvonne, who la mar-į riod, Their rendezvous la a mo tion picture theatre. Philippe, in thp darizonad hovas, tales a cont opposila Monique Polerin, 13- taking her for Yvonne. Lo caos her, and she slaps him, creating a scene. The gendarmes ara aum- monad
Chapter Two
**IDA LUPINO
per when at the Pelerin home he gols an inkling of the "kiss" opi- Loode.
"What is this?" he naks, "Did someone kies Monique ?"
"Yes," says Pelerin,
Count Alrado turns to his fances. "Were you kinaed, Monique ?
"I was kissed," saya Monique. "If there is any klasing of Mo nique going on," Count Alfreda asys with dignity, "I should be-kept in formed
"Don't worry!" says Palerin, "The way things are going, you'll hear plenty."
Ile docs. Bo does Philippe. The nowapapera denounce the young an tor na a fiend.. I follow actors make fun of him during rehearsals. Only the prompter, Toto, atiske by
Lim.
PHILIPPE, THE FIEND Madame President is as good na her word. She carried on. The very
Philippe has a minor part in a next morning she pays a visit to Monique's father, publisher of the musical play that is doomed from "Morning Journai." Monalcur Polo- the beginning to failure. Five of the ria receives her coldly. He a no! chorus girls have already qull ho interested in her story of name cause they had not been pald. The Carpenters mantne who bothered a girl in electricians and singe motion pleturo theatre, he is not walk out in a body for the same interested in bor Society for the reason. The stage director threat-
Protection of Public Morala, andans to quit; too. He has received he is not interested in her. There no onlary for clx months.
is mors welghly nowa in the world.. "I haven't paid myself anything "What if the girl happened to ho for a year." says Maillot, the pro- your daughter? Madame Presducer, "Maybe I ought to quit, foo." dent demanda.
1 deciden instead to fire some- "Fortunately for me," anya Pelo badly. The victim is Philippe. Mail- rin road-naturedly, "auch is not the lot'a Brat knowledge that has the "end" in his employe comes cale."
Monsieur Pelerin," says Madame when the reporters descend upon President impressively and trium-him. They want to know all aboul phantly, "your daughter, Monique, Philippe. Who la his favorito au-
thor? Does ho prefer blondes? H was the girl at the cinema."
he ever attacked any of the girla around the theatre?
Polerin lo nhalten by this intor mation, but not too much. It was only a clad, and berides, his daugh ter know how to take care of her dolf.
Maillot turns to his secretary, Felice. "Ins ho," he asks.
"Not me," anawers the secretary. But Madame President and the Maillot sighs with rollet. Nevertho- ladies of the 1. P. I. M. are not lean, he decides to get rid of the to be no ghily dismissed. Descend-"mönster." No telling when the ed from the cackling ecse who lunatic may break loons around the onco Baved Rome, they are now theatre. The stage director inter- prepared to save Paris. Madamo ceden for Philippe in vain.
"He's just the fellow I want," President vinila the Minister of Jus- tice and demands action in the say, the "stage director,
"Yea?" days Maillot. "Well, he's CHEC
She no give the story to nit the newspapers. They pick it up just what the police want, too." And gleefully. The Affair of the Kis he pointed hio anger at Philippe. threatens to overshadow the Drey-"You couldn't act in my theatres -fuss Case, or the Staviaky Beendaleven If you could act."
It a hectic day for Philippe. All Innocent of the storm that is browing, the principals of the affair Yvonne visits him to bog him to begin their day cheerfully enough. keep her name out of it whatever
ut trouble descends upon them happen. Ha, promisor.
A process servar artives and pre- early. Monique is engaged to bo married to the Count Aifrado Don- sente him with a summons.
"What this?" -asks- Philippa stelil de Pignacelli di Rostiga, what do they want now?" etc. Ho in an amlable gentleman, but mure dlanguished for bis good temper and his family than for his servor. To appear for trial at the brains When the newspaper pho- Court of Correction on the com tographers descend upon him he is plaint of the Society for the Proteo
tion of Public Morals." flattered.
He loses some of his good tem-
ADEWORK
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