THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1937.
SHAW IMPROVES
"I Abdicate, And
Pass the Throne He Writes in Play
Bernard Shaw has carried out an old threat-he has rewritten Shakespeare.
He has taken the last act of “Cymbeline," cut it down from 50 pages to 15, retained about 80 of Shakes- peare's lines, and written the rest of the act himself in blank verse.
This new version was produced at the Embassy Theatre recently, and the programme reads: "Cymbe- line: by William Shakespeare and George Bernard shaw."
One of its interpolated passages is extraordinary. The king's long-lost sons, Cadwal and Polydore, are discovered; and the elder is hailed as heir to the throne of Britain. "Here is the future king of this rude island!" To which he replies:
"No D-
Red Carpet For Me"
-King George
When King George VI was a naval cadet he vislied Quebec and attended a dance. His extreme shyness made -the ordea! A misery. His tutor,
however, enjoyed himselt thoroughly that the buttons flew off the back of his trousers,
"This is awful. Please don't men- tion it to anybody," begged the tutor.
But the
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CADWAL:
No, no.
This kingly business has no charm
for me.
When I lived in a cave, methought a
palace
Must be a glorious place, peopled
with men
Renowned as councillors, mighty as
soldiers,
As saints a pattern of haly Kving, And all at my command, were i a
prince.
This was my dream. I am awake
to-day.
ans to be, forsooth, another Cloten, Plagued by the chatter of his train of
flatterers,
Compelled to worship priest-invented
pods.
Not free to woed the woman of my
choice,
Being stopped at every turn by some
old fool Crying: "You must not," or, stilt
"You must."
WOTNO!
future King was amused that he whispered the news O, no, sir; give me back the dear old
to every one of his dance partners
cave!...
and completely forgot his shyness. I abdicate, and pass the throne to
Polydore.
*This is one of many anecdotes told about the King in itector Dolitho's | POLYDORE: new book, "George VI," (Eyre and Spottiswoode: 7s. 6d.).
While at sea Prince Albert, as ke was then, answered to the name of Johnstone, and nobody was allowed to call him anything else,
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Do
yot, by heavens?
nothing, brother!
Thank you for
"ALL ON SURFACE"
Mr. Shaw told a News Chronicle representative: "You must not try to And in the passage more than there
is on the surface. It is written as
At Toulon a Frenchman with his part of the play and is necessary to wife and two daughters eame on it. It is nut to be taken as my view board and asked the offleer of the that abdication is a happy solution watch: "May we see the Prince?"
of a king's difliculties or anything Prince Albert was standing just else. I had no intention of inferring by them, but the officer replied: "I anything apart from the use in the am sorry, the Prince has gone for a play." walk
"Then, may we see over the ship?"
asked
the Frenchman.
The officer turned to the Prince: SPECIAL EMPIRE
"Johnstone, take these people round
the ship."
The Prince did as he was told.
Presently the Frenchman asked one
CABLES
of the sailors, "Is the Prince on STRIKE VIOLENCE
board?"
"Yes, that's him."
replied
the
saller, "showing you round the ship." While still a cadet the Prince was asked to open a new yacht club In Jamaica.
to
IN INDIA
Bombay, Dec. 10.
ON SHAKESPEARE
BLUE FUNNEL LINER TAKES SHAPE
Work on the new Blue Funnel liners now under construction at Talkoo Dockyards, is pro- gressing satisfactorily. This photograph was taken during the week-end.
Why Franco Delays
Promised
His
Knock-Out
PLANES SENT BACK TO
MEET LOYALIST RAIDS
FRANCO KEEPS THE WORLD WAITING FOR HIS PROMISED “KNOCK-OUT BLOW" TO THE SPANISH REPUBLIC.
Four weeks have passed since, with the fall of Asturias, the rebel generalissimo announced that his victorious legions were ready to fall “like an avalanche" on the other "Red" fronts, which, he said, were already cracking.
Black Arrows and Franco's Legion- ories were destroyed. A powder factory was blown up. The flames could be seen for two days from the Government front lines.
The blow cannot be much longer delayed. But why has Franco waited nearly a month, allowing winter to set in and giving the Republican Government time to establish itself in its new temporary capital, Bar- eclona?
who
By William Forrest
"News Chronicle" Special Correspondent,
who has just returned from Spain
REBELS SURPRISED Forty planes took part in the raid. Every one returned unscathed to its base. On succeeding days similar raids were made on other rebel towns behind the Aragon front, without the loss of a single machine.
The
effect WOY
remarkable. days way against
Franco's crowded towns and vi
lages of Catalonia stopped at once. And the big on the Aragon front, expected in the first
these unexpected blows must Air
It is a mystery-but only to those Government is cowering in terror be- imagine that the Republican fore the Fascist warioad, like a rabbit]
stoal before a
The fact is that the rebels-did begin to prepare the ground for their big push three weeks
ago. They began
the approved fashion-with a slaughter of civl- Ilans in towns behind the Govern- this form of attack, The
central week of
Clearly Government tried to send them' help, ment lines. On All Saints Day. Lerida was but all in vain. (It can now be re-from the Republican Force bombed and 200 civilians were killed; vealed that these efforts cost the have compelled France to redistribute his own air squadrons. For one among them were many refugees Government scores of planes,)
CHURCHILL RIGHT
thing, scores of pursuit planes would have to be detached from the war Now, in the House of Commons the front In order to protect Saragossa other night, Mr. Churchill said that
the lines an indiscriminate air attack on the and other places behind
which ember, was postponica.
ruicis.
who had escaped from the Basque country and found asylum in Cata- loniu. During the next three days many more civilians fell victims to While the textile strikes at Bombay the Fascist bombs in other Catalan civil population "could certainly not!"guinst a repetition of the Republican He stood up to speak, and managed and Coimbatore Are practically towns.
conquer his shyness. But behind settled the Ahmedabad position is
"NINE DAYS' WAR" and below him clustered crowds of much worse. Weavers at seven This was the method which had Jamaica natives, who constantly more mills struck to-day, making a proved so effective for the rebels in prodded his ankles and legs; in awed total of 18 mills idle, Willing work- their successive advances on Bilbao. ers are being intimidated and cases Santander and Gijon-the method of of violence are increasing.
"the nine days' war," which alms at
in
breaking the morale of the other side Calcutta
admiration.
a strict dis-
the rowdiness of
root
ness.
SAME AS OTHERS King Geogre V was ciplinarian, and would never allow strikers during the week-end caused by a devastating display of frightful- his sons to be given privileges that the police to be called out to disperse In the Basque, country and in others did not have. Prince Alberta procession. An Induential joint Asturies the Republicans could do no was punished equally with others at Committee appointment in the United more than offer a passive defence to Dartmouth when they were caught rovinces met ut Cawnpore this one Nov. 5 letting off fireworks in a afternoon to investigate the forbidden
beach spot. While at Cambridge he was caught Attacks on Ministers—Mr. Nalini smoking in the street while gowned Sarkar, Finance Minister of Bengal, and made to pay a fine on the spot. bitterly attacks a section of the King George V has said that he Bengal Nationalist Press for its "vile. was not brought up to be "palace, malicious les" and "foul Actions. minded." He disliked pomp.
ngainst Ministers' private charac-
causes of the industrial unrest.
When he was asked to lead theters." work of the Industrial Welfare Socle-
ty he replied: "I will do it, but I Japan Boycott-The boycott move-i don't want any of that damned red|ment against Japan is gaining ground carpet."
New Zealand
£1,500 DAMAGES FOR
DEAD CHILD
Wellington.
A Supreme Court Jury. at Christ-
in India. There is a noticeable de-| eline in imports of Japanese goods, and also in exports of raw cotton to;
Japan. Exports of cotton to China have increased. India wil support! any move for sanctions.
Australia
EMPIRE FLIGHTS
DELAYED
Sydney. General disappointment has been had to sasens the damages for loss caused by the announcement that the
church was as'ied to decide a polat believed to be without precedent. I
be met by any system of mere passive!
NO FUNK-HOLE · defence, but only by well-directed counter-attacks against military tar- These Republican ralds mark n gets and objectives."
new phrase of the war-a phase that When Franco began his "nine! was initiated by the Government's days' war" against the civil popu- removal to Barcelona. This step lation of Catalonia the Republican; has been interpreted abroad us a re- Ale Force gave a striking demon-treat. It is the reverse. stration In support of Mr. Barcelona is not a funk-hole. The Churchill's argument.
Yellows whom the Fascist dictators have got on the run are not to be found south of the Fyrences.
They bombed Saragossa, the big rebel elty behind the Aragon front. Barracks crowded with Mussolini's
Woman "Of No Morals'
Uses Chinese Servant
To Swindle Mayfair
a Im
actress
The Government deckled to go to Barcelona In order to harness Catalonia with its ample reserves of man-power and Its Industrial re- sources-more closely to the Re- publican war machine.
All the more necessury was this when it became apparent that France. after opening the Pyrenees frontier In order to send back thousands of [refugees to hungry Spain, would not | keep it open for the transit of war
material,
KID GLOVES OFF
The Government of Dr. Negrin has faced up to the situation in a
of grim determination. Abandoned
And henceforth
A Chinese servant was em out, Lee A Chinese servant up by the democratie Powers of Western ployed by 39-years-old peared and she told him to do away Europe, Republican Spain fnust rely Muriel Martin to give colour with the contents of the case, which on its own strength
related to her bunkruptcy."
It will employ Its strength to the full. to her poss in Mayfair as a Dolective Sergeant Icedale sold Republican nirmen will nover woman of means-an impos- Martin had four previous convle-swoop down on masses of women and ture which brought her to the tons. She had described herself as children and drill them with machine- and the wife of an guns. But when the enemy launches dock at Middlesex Sessions.
Army ofæer.
his "nine days" war" they will reply After hearing of her explolts with
1825 A YEAR RENT
with "well-directed counter-attacks worthless cheques, tho deputy She took the lease of a shop In against military targets and objec chairman, her to 16 months hard rental of £823 a year and had al- Republie has been compelled to take
Sir Reginald Coventry, North Audley Street, Mayfair, at a
As they did at Saragosan. After 10 month
hostilities the
in, paying with worthless cheques.
Bentenced
of
-year-old child killed in a motor ac-/field up at Southampton for months/labour. "A woman of no morals," | terations carried out and stock put the kid gloves. The war, which
of
names chosen
"Obviously the Chinese servant Cveryone outside of Spain seems to has been trained to answer the ard as being nearly over "bar door to all collectors, to whom he the shouting"-is just getting into il pretends that he cannot speak stride. English,"
of "expectation of life" of a three-new Empire flying boats will be
cident."
because no steps have been taken to
he commented.
She was accused of obtaining cre- The Judge sald
the jury was asked provide local bases for them. to determine the answer to W. S.
dit without disclosing that she was query. "Is life a boon?" Gilbert's
The retiring Minister of Defences, an undischarged bankrupt. Sir Archdale Parkhill, insists that Mr. Pollock, prosecuting, said that The case had arisen owing to the the British Air Ministry is chiefly to Martin, who lived at Harrow, was © recent alteration in New Zealand] lame. Others here blame the Aus-known by a variety
law by which a person's
She told the driver of one of the
ITALY'S 150,000 MEN right of tralian Government. action does not die with him. Thu of the service
The operation for their picturesqueness rather than
their accuracy. jury, masopred damages at £1,500.
Barcelona, Nov. 201 may Le postponed connection with work done for her Rolls-Royce. She offered the driver sentatives Dr. Negrin, the Spanish The charges were in cars she hired that she had £20,000 In the bark and wanted to buy a unu) 1830.
Speaking to foreign Press_repte. Filemorter, Farliament-In pursuance Nordea Filpromiso given before
by n builder and for the hire of cars. employment with her. The man left Premier, said that the number of Revenue Boom-Customs revenue
"CALLED "LEE"" Produced reducing the life of the amounted to
work for six months;
Italy's figure of 40,000 was "camou Parliament to three crease of
410,092,000-an In the denied that she was an undis £1,010,000
On another occasion-she hired flage. The recall of 5,000 men, ear-From four Maoris are given Revenue in October amounted to officer said he wished to examine an wages and borrowed money from joke. It would only relieve the on last year. charged Bankrupt and when the woman companion, paid her no which had been spoken of was A cret ballot.
£3,075,000-an increase of £202,000, attache case in the house, the called her,
the
Government bill has been) for the four Imonths ended Oct. 31} -. "When the police: called on his job, and as a result was out of Italian troops in Spain was 100,000.
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