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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1938.
Where Draw the Line?
balance of £700,000,000 already being car-marked), there was The fact remains that it ill even less opposition. Indeed, becomes any Briton to speak great credit must be given to disparagingly of his country. the Labour Party for the pres- I strongly resent the opinion sure they applied in speeding up that Britain has lost "face." the Defence Programme.
Unfortunately, the past is so One wearies of statistics, but! easily forgotten, and some those I give are simple and en- people fail to remember that it lightening.
is not so many years ago that Not so very long ago, Britain's Britain set an example to the Budget provided for an annual rest of the world, by putting in- expenditure of some £80,000,- to practice the most drastic dis- 000 on the Navy, and in those
MANCHURIA-TO-MUNICH-armament policy in the history days of false security, there was
TO? Where does the retrent before armed might stop?
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of major Power.
far more criticism! The fact
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It is all very well to be wise that the British taxpayer to- after the event and to decry at day is willing to throw millions this late stage, a policy which and millions of pounds into de- received scant opposition at the fence schemes, should be time.
warning to the world that the The people of the British British Nation and the British Isles pay the piper, ua far as the Empire will never take second main defence of the Empire is place. concerned, and it was not Aur-
In all the nations whose primary interest is in main- taining an ordered world, the question of where to draw the line on which they will oppose, force with force has been para-prising that they should have mount since 1931. They failed to draw it in Manchuria, in Ethiopia, in Spain, in China, in the Rhineland, in Austria or in Czechoslovakia.
Again the irrepressible ques- tion arises. No country or con- tinent can dodge it.
Surely every man and woman who cherishes the spiritual and moral values of liberty will agree that they must be de- fended. Everyone who under- stands that men of spirit will not always submit to tyranny and terror knows that some- where resistance must be made effective.
Disillusioned Where? How? men who fought on the Marne and the Somme to make the world safe for democracy will be ready to fight only when they can be sure it is democracy they are defending.
They do not want to fight for another oppressive peace. But if collective security under the Geneva system is combined with collective justice they will fight to support it. A line could be drawn quickly enough if it were mainly to defend ideals of liberty.
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EN
"I have, therefore, decided to continue construction of forti- fications in the West with In- creased
energy." "(Hitler's speech at Saarbrucken).
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welcomed a gesture, which, if THAT BRITAIN detests war, others had had the sense to and will do everything in respond, would have saved the her power to avoid it, cannot be world from the madness which taken as a sign of weakness, but of indication has become apparent in some rather as countries of recent years, strength of character and pur-' pose, and an earnest of her 女
humanitarian desires.
BRITAIN'S
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WORD became
an
It is one of the most hearten- Britain's action, and that ing signs that the Empire great bulwark of defenco-the stands firm and united in the British Navy-was sacrificed in face of insidious propaganda to the belief that other nations bring about disintegration. would follow suit.
The Trade Agreement signed
greatest de-
GRIN AND BEAR IT
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By Lichty
Cbr l'attel Pretmen Symlering for,
"How old do you plan to be 20 years from now, Alice?".
"First of
Foot,
and
Right of
the Line
The story of the Royal Scots, one of the most famous of British regimants, will be broadcast from Daventry between 8.5 and 9.5 p.m. to-night. The broadenst will be relayed by ZBW, at whose suggestion the B.B.C, has been good enough to arrange the broadcast at a suitable time for Hongkong listeners.
During to-night's broadenal, Daventry will make G special announcement referring to the presence of the 2nd Battalion of the Regiment in Hongkong.
In the article below, reproduced by permission of the B.B.C., tonight's programme, which will be produced by Gordon Gildard, is introduced by its author, John Gough.
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three stripes off a sailor's collar.
N HIS TOMB in the or wearing something or other is of no importance at all, except in mat- Cathedral at Toul is ters of tradition and spirit, and every- engraved in Latin: one must estimate such value for himself. If you want a lead in think- say that if there were such a pre- For a time there appeared to in Washington last week is an 'Here lies the body of the ing about tradition and spirit, may
as the Royal be some reason to believe that additional reason for satisfac-Scot, John Hepburn, knight, posterous regiment a happier international under- tion.
Marechal de Camp in the Blanks you would be as unwise to suggest buttoning the left gaiter ns standing would come about, and Actually, it is only logical French Army, who, shot by to suggest putting the Black Watch that disputes, as they arose, that the two
or taking the would be settled by the Tribunal mocracies in the world should a leaden ball at Saverne, Into Gordon tartan, of the League of Nations.
To sneer at the failure of the aims at mutual trust and pros-1636.'
join hands if a movement which gloriously fell, 8th of July, League reveals Д shallow-
On his death-bed at THE ROYAL SCOTS REGIMENT has one peculiarity, and it is mindedness which does nobody perity, and there is no doubt that much good will accrue credit.
from the closer co-operation of Saverne he said: 'I wish I much too late to attempt to do any Whatever the cause of the the two great English-speaking could have died in Scotland, thing about it. In the days of the Gendarmes du Corps Ecossais, when and lie in shadow of the regiments were just as touchy failure, the intention was there, nations.
ever on matters of antiquity and of Dirleton.' The King's forthcoming visit green hills
when the legend of Pontius Pilate failed to honour und support is another happy augury for They were his last words. having been born. In Scotland was that intention, rests the blame Anglo-American relations.
and on the heads of those who
for the deplorable state of un- rest and chaos in Europe and the Far East to-day.
As
It is significant and typical probably accepted us fact, the Scols were dubbed 'Pontius Pilate's Body: that he reverted to Scotland. guard."
If you should ever have the pri- vilege and pleasure of spending long Until 1937, Great Britain re- FOREIGNERS who live within (Perhaps reverted' is not
the confines of the British the word, for no Scot 're-hours in the officers mess at Glen- should suund the mained off her guard to a point
homeland. corse Depot, and almost amounting to reckless- Empire learn to respect and verts' to his
prospect of putting some accent on ness, but when the grim reality love it, and that fact alone is Psychologically Scotland is this nickname in the programme you
to strengthen our
are writing, you will find a shade of dawned, she performed Her sufficient
heoltalon. It is important not to culean tasks in bringing her de- faith in the future of the Em-wherever he is),
The reverence of exiled Scots misunderstand. The ofleer will sip fences up to a
twice, state which pire.
is
modern по
then tell you quietly that 'First allows for little real anxiety. A war to-day is unthinkable, for Scotland
better. What he means is that 'Pon- Those who think otherwise, are but Britain will not be found curiosity. In the Gendarmes du of Foot and Right of the Line' is calamity Corps Ecossais, and before that uus Plate's Bodyguard' does not ap- greatly mistaken, the blunders wanting if such a
Archer Guard, pear in the Army List. It is officially (if they were blunders) of the should be forced upon her. in the Scottish
the name can nover be taken past have acted as the strongest Those who are rattling the we have evidence of a racial iden- unknown; which makes it certain. possible incentive to Britain to sabre in Europe and elsewhere tity which generations of Con-away or lost. It is a Ume-honoured,
will do well to pause and think. tinental soldiering could not indelible tag.
Modern war equipment is cap-change. Though the history of) able of inflicting such bloody the Royal Scots Regiment_offi-;
re-arm.
女 AGO,
sal programme of defence, such a horror. When In 1937, £400,000,000 was
murmur.
Unhappily, events in Ger-
FIVE YEARS
there destruction that those involved cially begins in 1633, when Hep-THE PROGRAMME you are to hour to-night was first broadcast in would have been the greatest would suffer for generations, burn was its colonel, many his-
on the occasion of the June, 1033, opposition in Parliament had and it is because of this grim torians trace its logical ancestry tercentenary celebrations of the Regi
ment. It was the first regimental the Government of the day at- reality that Britain will continue back to the eight hundreds.
radio programino-a fact noted with tempted to launch such a collos- to strain every nerve to avoid
a certain satisfaction by chroniclers of the Regiment as being not inap- I always remember an editorial asked for in order to modernise many in particular, give cause NOW, as you know, all regiments propriate.
with any length of history are in-
their unique note written by a friend of mine at the Royal Navy, Army and Air for the greatest apprehension, dividually proud of
It is worth instance, the the time, and I think Force, there was scarcely a although I for one will not be characteristics. For
lieve that the average thinking Royal Blanks, let us sny, parades quoting:
"It was certainly one of the most programmes broadcast When, a week or so later, it German fails to realise what with the left walter unbuttoned,
which, signities to those in the know ambitious was naively explained that tho would happen to his country that at the eighteenth century Battle from Scotland, the size of the cast and should war be brought to it. of Ecks this regiment, determined on the number of people employed for great speed in the charge, threw away effects being enormous, and the additional expenditure of
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all surplus accoutrements in order to effects themselves, as we know.
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cost, of a staggering loudness. All A Mippant make the pace. 2,307,000,000 francs." "Washington: The biggest
IN THE MEANTIME, away on, you say, remembering that cer- the studios were commissioned by the annual increase in the United
A bird's species cannot always with those allly criticisma taln regiments have the privilege of producer, and there was even a that the editorial chambers rumour States armaments budget in a
be recognised by its fledgling that all is not well with Eng-marching through London with Axe were to be used for reproducing the
that bayonets,
another regiment
As the root decade is indicated for the com- feathers. The dove may be land,
squeaks of trench rats. ing fiscal year by President able to live for some time under
Not only would the Empire wears the Red Hackle, and so on.
Well, some regiments take pride in seemed an uncongenial place for seek- Roosevelt's candid disclosure." a coat of mall. But these first rally to her support, but every very peculiar things connected with ing literary aspiration we took the feathers express an inner con-nation in the world which loves their uniforms and customs, and all precaution of placing our desk against "Paris-The French Govern-dition. They are clear warning and guards liberty and justice, regiments are proud of whatever is the doos and inrentening to shoot out own humble part I think very rightly. entrance by the window. These pre- ment decided to-day to bolster that a radical change to more would be found on her side if individual to themselves, and for my right anyone attempting to effect an
molast
For a regiment is very much akin to cautions served to provent the en
(Continued on Page 7.) the army and navy against positively peaceful thinking la tyrants, attempted to
hor.
a family, and a unique way of doing! Germany's growing force with required.
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