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By
VISCOUNT
New and mighty forces ROTHERMERE
have come into existence on
the Continent. They threat-
en to produce another great upheaval. Even if this can which he has discharged his high the dignity and courage with be avoided, many moment responsibilities in circumstances ous decisions must be taken that have sometimes been of un- before the present condition precedented difficulty and deli-
спеу. of strain can settle into stability.
fellow-countrymen.
whole worki.
forces.
Mr. Baldwin's attitude in the various crises of home and It is at this time, as the climax foreign affairs arising under his
the and aircraft could jeopardise our The internal quarrels of other of a tense situation approaches, administration has undoubtedly
very effectively that responsibility for the na- reflected tional fortunes of Britain is about opinion of the majority of his en connections with almost the countries must be left to settle themselves. But in considering to pass into new hands,
But though the strong patriot- The major blunder of British the various possible issues of According to all reports, Mr. ism and outspoken honesty of the Government policy in recent the present confused situation, new British Government Neville Chamberlain will after present Head of the Government years has been its deliberate dis- the Coronation Day exchange the are recognised by all, the plain armament of the country at a should realise that the worst of comparatively restricted respon- facis of the international situa time when Continental States all from Britain's point of view sibilities of the Chancellor of the tion prove our recent. foreign were openly adding to their would be a Red Spain domin-
ated by Moscow. There is scarcely a visitor Exchequer for the supreme post policy to have been disastrous.
Six years ago we were on ex-
The boast that we had."disarm- As Chancellor of the Exche- coming to IIongkong who does of Prime Minister.
No man has ever succeeded to a cellent terms with Japan, and had ed to the edge of risk" may have quer Mr. Chamberlain has given not comment on the beggar
close friendships of long standing gratified a sanctimonious sense of proof not only of great states- nuisance. Time was, and not more onerous charge.
superiority at the time, but it has manlike ability but of British. Three problems will confront with Italy and Portugal.
To-day, as a result of officious brought us into a perilous pre- armaments which has to "be so many years ago, either, when
and unsuccessful interference dicament which it will cost far made up. this Colony enjoyed relative im-the new Prime Minister with relentless insistence. They are:
with the national affairs of these more than £1,500,000,000 to munity from the organised men-
countries, (1) Foreign policy. ·
relations with remedy. our dicancy which has become such
(2) Rearmament.
Japan are difficult and strained.
From the very outset of his introducing the scheme of loans an unpleasant feature of the
while with Italy and Portugal Premiership Mr. Neville Cham- and taxation required to repair streets of the city. Compared
they have lately been almost
berlain will have to see that our the deficiencies of the past, it Under the best possible condi- hostile. with other Far Eastern centres,
foreign policy is entrusted to a will be his business as Prime there would be grave
Minister, or Ministers, who will Minister to see that this money, into the perils from which it has necessary, wisely
ficiently spent. so narrowly escaped.
(3) Food provisioning.
it was a relief for tourists com-tion that it is in no such ci Unwise to Quarret
After being responsible for
ing here to be able to do their cumstances that Mr. Chamberlain IT would have been hard to find never again plunge this country and as much more as may be
shopping and sight-seeing with-will assume them.
out molestation. Nowadays, it The recent foreign policy of
three nations with which it
If the Foreign Office continues In doing so I trust that he All of them alike command to be dominated by the same will take an autocratic line with
ness centre of the town without/to all, and denounced at the time points of overwhelming import; misguided principles as in the the Ministers concerned, and
Some
is impossible for visitor or re- Britain has been marked by was more unwise to quarrel. sident to pass through the busi-blunders now plain in retrospect
ance to the strategic defence and
past, it will end by wrecking with the "experts" who have by some of is in vain.
trade communications of the not only the Government but the such a paralysing hold on them. British Empire. A further in- being pestered on all hands
whole country.
of Mr. Chamberlain's crease of tension with any one of either by children or by maimed Futile Gestures
Our next Prime Minister will public observations in the past and disfigured adult beggars. OR years the British Govern- these countries might indeed con- find that the only course of safety about British rearmament have ment has persisted in the il- front us with a situation of the for Britain lies in bringing our been too reassuring. Speaking To stand for a few moments in
foreign policy into accord with at Birmingham last spring he conversation is to invite atten-lusion that the safety of this utmost peril
Italy to-day dominates our the new international equilibrium sald: tion from these.
the creatures. country and Empire could be
East. which has come into existence on founded on vague idcalist main highway to
"We are determined to build Tourists complain that these
called
Collective Control of the Mediterranean the Continent. The complete re- conception
up an Air Force possessed of mendicants-even-tug-at-their Security
resides in her superb Air Force, organisation of our foreign rela- such terrific striking power -. clothing, some of them exposing The men responsible for our which can reach the farthest tions is the most urgent task that
that anyone will think very from Italian lies before him.
long before they start hostili- their disfigurements in a most national preservation were lulled limits of that sea
ties which might bring that Air objectionable manner and often into inactivity by sterile talk at bases.
If we antagonise Portugal, she No Concern of Ours
Force upon their heads." Geneva while the dynamic Dicta- following them into shops.tor-States of the Continent were might retaliate by allowing the
He told the Conservative Party Periodically, the police carry out building up huge armaments use by some other Power of the AMONG the most pressing
matters in this field dwait- Conference at Margate in Octo- raids and for a brief spell there which are now the dominant fac- Azores, in mid-Atlantic, as a
naval base, in the same way as ing his attention is the civil war ber last that "When our pro- Chamberlain gramme of expenditure in com. is comparative immunity from tors in the European situation.
Such futile gestures as the we have obtained from the Egypt- in Spain. Mr. the nuisance, but soon the old,
.second to none." Peace Ballot were allowed to in- jan Government the use of the would do well to make it his plete we shall have an Air Force back familiar characters are
fluence the action of the National harbour of Alexandria. Bused guiding principle that Spain is The foredoomed on the Azores, enemy submarines no concern of the British nation. Government, again, pestering everybody with their importunities. So far as crusade of "Sanctions" which the adult beggars are concerned, they started has recoiled on our- the mischief is that, no sooner selves in heavy expenditure on naval and other armaments and are they sent out of the Colony, the decline of British prestige than they almost immediately re-abroad..
appear. This is one of the pen- It is a good omen for the new
-If you're a Man
altios of Hongkong's geogra- Premiership that. Mr. Chamber- THIS WILL Make You Think
Hons for an ideal husband: ERE are my seven qualifica-
phical position at the doorway of lain himself frankly admitted that "the policy of collective South China, since facilities are security based on Sanctions has readily available, at the cost of been tried out and it has failed." a few cents, to enable the return and that last October he wrote to trip to be made, to the beggars' a Conservative candidate that 1. He must be healthy obvious-
"This is no time for dangerous ly. hunting-ground. The
sentimentality or rash interfer-) child beggars is somewhat more
With many complicated. them, they have either to break
case of
cuce in the affairs of other coun- 2. He must be intelligent-to 7. of tries."
ensure his making his way in the world, and also to ensure my respect for him.
High Responsibilities
TAKE this opportunity of as-3. sociating myself with those who rightly accord to the retiring Promier their sincere respect for
He must be 35 or over-few men under this age have had sufficient experience of life to become husbands.
It's one woman's idea of a perfect husband
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I wish I could share our next Prime Minister's confidence, but no aerial programme yet put forward by the Government justifies these two statements. Urgent as the need for vigor- aus rearmament is, however, the rapid creation of adequate war- reserves of food is just as vital a necessity. The best defences will not save a starving garrison from defeat.
We won the last war mainly because we held command of the seas; the danger is that in the next one the far more for- He must possess the gift of mudable command of the air sympathy and understanding. will lie with our adversaries. I have no use for the man who
laughs scornfully at a woman's The City's Confidence whims-even if they are a sign
of weakness! Besides, 1, like M. CHAMBERLAIN has a all women, am inconsistent and hind him. He enjoys the entire first-class public record be- trying sometimes.
confidence of the City of Lon-
I should not want my ideal! 4. He must have a sense of husband to be tidy or docile.don. His first Budget in 1932
humour-the inevitable prob- should not
care how untidy he was introduced at the very lems and quarrels of married was in the bathroom. Nor should worst of the slump. The one which he is now preparing will life are unbearable if one I be selfish in regard to his plea- reflect an enormous increase of hasn't..
national prosperity.
sures.
the law or to starve. Here we encounter the slough of poverty in which the masses are engulf. One Sanitex Moth Proofed. But, as has been pointed Bag, given with each out by the Society for the Pro order of wearing apparel tection of Children, many of the amounting to $2.25 sent juvenile mendicants are almost the general begging nuisance arc certainly being exploited for admittedly immense, but the their carnings as beggars. The public rightly feels that it is the
I should not expect him to come Society, in conjunction with the duty of the authorities to take 5. He must be popular with
In bad and in good times alike the sympathetic adequate measures to see that
It is invariably a bad home on Saturday afternoons to police and Magistrate in charge of the at least the business centre of sign when a man is not, and it mow the lawn, or put washers on he has shown firmness and indicates some invisible, in- taps, or take me to the cinema courage in conducting the coun-
As Prime Minis Juvenile Court, is able to make the city is rendered free of the
sidious trait which will mani- when he wanted to go to a foot-try's finances.
ball match or play golf.
ter he will need those qualities some small impression on the motley horde of importunists
fest itself later. problem but, in the absence of encountered day in and day out.į
We should have to have the more than ever in coping with a suitable institutions for the care This can only be achieved by un-6. He must be fond of children same tastes with regard to legacy of confusion and folly at of these children, only the fringo remitting action. It must be and animals. Without this people. I believe this is far the Foreign Office and slackness of a most complex and baffling done if the Colony is to get rid
quality he la not eligible as a more essential than being in- and incompetence among the de husband, for the future with terested in the same pastimes, partments responsible for the problem is thereby touched. of the unsavoury 'reputation
him would be too uncertain for such as golf or bridge. It is a supreme task of British rearma- The difficulties of dealing with which it now enjoys.
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