1933-02-04 — Page 7

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1933.

League Of Nations Society Meeting

President's Comment On Peace Efforts

NEW OFFICERS ELECTED

The annual meeting of the League with her constructive plan which

BRITAIN'S

UTILITY

THE CHINA MAIL.

CRUISER

Divided Opinion On

H.M.S. Arethusa.

NOT SPEEDY,

London.

To-Day's Short Story.

STORY OF THE FIVE TOWNS

TIE are a stolid and taciturn

W

race, we of the Five Towns. It may be because we are

By Arnold Bennett.

"Young Man," he asked a porter. when's next train Derby way?" "Ain't non afore to-morrow.” Toby went and had another-glass

"Dd if I don't go to Turnhill,"

Great interest is being taken geographically so self-contained; of beer. in the

May Institute, yesterday/bative forces of the other powers many naval men who find them- stolid and taciturn. But stolia subway and waited for the loop-line

of Nations Society was held in the contemplate the vec Helenn

Afternoon.

Lim.

}

samic as last year's level of $69.40.

The

been on lerature.

Election of Officers.

In asking the meeting to

has

powers.

Only as

of pleasure in the fact that he

He climbed into a

MONDAY'S STORY.

Monday's story will be "Murder Most Confident," by Val 'Guest and Beity Astell.

new 5,450-tons cruiser or it may be because we work in he said to himself slowly and calm-1 "Arethusa," which is about to be clay and iron; or It may merely ly, as he paid for the second glass of the com- laid down at Chatham The be because it is our nature to be of beer.

He crossed the station by the

and some train to Turnhill. He had not set as an international force.

selves in disagreement with the and taciturn we are Germany, who for a time with- Sir William Shenton presided, drawn from the conference, but trend of modern cruiser construc-of the instances of our stolidity foot in the Five Towns for three- and our taciturnity are enough and-twenty years, having indeed returned, now

demands tion are highly critical of the new

carefully and continuously avoid- and with him on the platform were equality of status in armaments vessel's specification.

to astound. They do, not, of ed it, as a man will avoid the street the Bishop of Victoria, the Rev. which is supported by Italy and

She is described as the first of

us, natives; we where his creditor lives, But he course, astound

decovered laugh at them, we think they are

no change in. Knype N. V. Halward, the Rev. F. Short, now to a qualified extent by Great Dr. Y. S. Wan. and Mr. R. C. H. Britain who however refuses to de-a class of small general utility

part from the terms of the Treaty cruisers intended to be equally an immense joke and what the railway station. And he had a sort of Versailles and the Covenant useful as scouts, convoy guards outer world may think does not know his way about it-knew where A letter was received from Is Great Britain desires reduction of Excellency the Governor regret armaments down to Germany and or lone sentinels on the Empire's trouble our deep conceit of our the loop-line trains started from, ting his inability to attend, owing not. Germany up to the other trade routes. The "Arethusa" selves. I have often wondered and other interesting little details. what would be the effect, other Even the special form of the loop. to many pressing engagements.

carries six 6-inch guns in ar-

line time-table, pasted here and The Treasurer (Dr. Y. S. Wan)!

Submarine Abolition. in his report said that the Society The general trend is along lines moured turrets, four 4-inch guns, than an effect of astonishment, there on the walls of the station, was financially solvent, The credit of the reduction in size of capital two multiple anti-aircraft guns on the outer world of one of had not varied since his youth. (We balance was $24.92, but since the ships and their guns and the and six 21-inch torpedo tubes. A these narratives illustrating our return Radicals to Parliament, but balance sheel had been prepared, abolition of aubmarines and air-

portment. And I intend for the for fine old English conservation

brooks no rival.) more subscriptions had come in and craft carriers at sea, the reduction seaplane is mounted on a catapult Five Towns peculiarities of de- we are proud of a railway which

firet time in history to make

Toby gazed around, half-challen- the balance was approximately the in size of mobile guns and tanks between the funnels.

Critics argue that the primary such a narrative public property gingly and half-nervously-it was un land, the prohibitions of aerial principal expenditure had bombardment of civil populations gun armament is very poor for I have purposely not chosen an conceivable that he might be recog

and the abandonment of chemical ships of this tonnage, especially extreme example: just an aver-nised, or might recognise. But no! the estimated speed of 32 age example. You will see how Not a soul in the vast, swaying, and bacteriological warfare. elect time and continual discussion will knots compares unfavourably it strikes you.

pre-occupied, luggage-laden crowds with that of certain foreign officers, Sir William announced bring a solution.

Toby Hall, onca a burgess of gave him a glance. As for him, al- cer- On the Inter-Governmental war cruisers. The "Arethuan" that no one had yet been selected;

and though he fully recognised nobody,, to fill the allice he was vacating debt question much progress has tainly represents a victory for Tornhill, the northernmost and the matter could be arranged been made, the June Conference at the torpedo school over the gun mallest of the Five Towns, was yet nearly every face seemed to be by the council of the Society. Lausanne in conjunction with that nery school, but advocates of passing, last New Year's Eve, half-familiar.

The following office bearers were at Streen brought Europe into line speed at the expense of arma- through the district by train on his second-class compartment when the elected:

on the roparation, question and ments are just as dissatisfied as way from Crowe to Derby. He liv, train drew up, and ten other peo-

the their more orthodox opponents. ed at Derby, and he was returning Vice-Presidents, Chev. J. M. made considerable strides in

The zenith of the speed craze from the funeral of a brother mem- Alves, Hon. Dr. R. if. Kotewall, direction of war debts but all is Professor R. Robertson, Hon. Sir made dependent on the attitude of has surely been reached in the ber of the Ancient Order of Fore-| William Shenton, J. Okamoto Esq., the United States of America. The Italian cruisers of the "Condot-sters at Crewc. He got out of the Hon. Dr. S. W. Ts'a.

United States of America would tieri class, whose 40 knots reduce main at Knype, the great railway centre of the Five Towns, to have a Hon. Secretary, Mr. S. V. Roser. appear to be prepared to open up the speed of British cruisers to a

relative crawl and execeda that glass of beer in the second-class! Assistant hon, secretary, Miss regotiations. W. I. Grifa.

I am confident that it is useless even of the latest British des- refreshment-room. It being New | Year's Eve, the traffic was heavy! Hon. treasurer-Dr. Y. S. Wan. to talk of world economic recovery, troyers. It is urged in

Arculli, Council A. el

J. D. lowering of tariffs, stabilizing ex-quarters that Great Britain, be-and disorganised, especially in the ple, all with third-class Bush. Rev. G.-K. Carpenter, Miss changes or the appreciation in the ing out of the running for those refreshment room, and when Toby followed his example: three

the Hall emerged on to the platform sons were already seated therein. N.. E. Eliott, Wm. C.. Felshow, value of primary products until peak speeds, should leave Mrs. E. W. Kirk, Rev. N. Y. Hal- these terrible legacies of the Great speed laurels to other nations and again the train was already on the The compartment was illuminated] Toby was, neither young by one lamp, and in the Bleskridge ward. Capt. T. T. Laurensos, R. War, reparations and Inter-Govern concentrate instead on ships of move.

and heavier nor active. His years were fifty, Tunnel this lamp expired. Every- power C. H. Lim. Rev. Father Macdonald, mental war debts have been finally

and on account of the funeral he thing reminded him of his youth. D. M. Maynard, Miss B. M. Pope, laid to rest and when this has been

In twenty minutes he was lear Dr. Reichelt, Rev. W. W. Rogers accomplished the remaining pro-

Japán has set an example in wore broadcloth and a silk hat, and Rev. F. Short, W. N. Thomas Tamblems will gradually solve them-this respect, and although de- his over coat was new and encaming Turnhill Station and entering tails of her new "bush hush" bering. Impossible to take a flying the town. It was about nine o'clock Rev. P. S. F. Tao, and Dr. K. H. selves. Uttley.

Conditions in Palestine appear to cruiser are not given, it is stat leap into the train! He missed the and colder than winters of the be improving and the dissentioned that it will be far better gun-train. And then he reflectively period usually are. The first thing The President said:

between the Arabs and the Jews ned than her European equiva-stroked his short grey beard the he saw was an electric tram, and This is the second annual meet-would seem to have abated:

upper the second thing he saw was an- lents. Japan's General policy had no moustache, and his

trazi, In Toby's ing since the formation of our

Benefl to China.

bus always been to use her ton-lip was very long), and then he other electric

new overcoat time there were no trams af Turn- Society and during the past year! In other directions the League: nage for more powerful arma-smoothed down his .much useful work has been done. has done good work, China has had

hill, and the then recently-intro- duced steam trams between Burs- The year under review has been the benefit of advisers on Finance, In defence of the "arethusa"

ley and Longshaw, long since super- a very difficult one and no where Education and Sanitation-there is type of cruisers it is pointed out

seded, ware regarded as the final more so probably than in the Furnt the moment a Chinese Education that their low cost about £1

marvels of science, as applied to East. In no part of the Globe has Commission visiting Europe. The 000,000 or half that of the big

traction. And now there were the Lengte been called on for assistance rendered to China by

electric trams at Turnhill! The assistance more than in the Sir John Hope Simpson on-Flood County class-enable them to be

but Eastern Pacific area. The Man Relief under the auspices of the ed that while the tonnage is the

railway renewed his youth, churian question has overshadowed League is, I should say, without minimum for ocean-going ef Mrs. Bertha Bain Passes how old he was. The Town Hall, this darting electricity showed him everything and it speaks volumes parallel and will benefit China for ficiency the armament is adequate for the influence of the League that years to come. although the problem has been at

Great work has been done by Dr. to deal with likely convoy raid

ers.-Reuter. fever heat for many months, war Mackenzie in Liberia under most has not been declared.

difficult circunstances, tribe after Lord Lytton and the Commission tribe have been brought back from passed through this Colony on their the jungle and resettled on the way back to Europe and although land from which they had filed. some of us were privileged to meet Considerable progress has been him it was a matter for great re-made with the problem of the gret that his Lordship was unable traffic in women and children. The New Terror For Suburb to address us, owing to ill-health. Far Eastern Report has not yet, as;

We formed a study for the pur-far as I know, been published. pose of considering the Report in Opium, that perennial question, detail and we are greatly indebted has not been forgotten and a meet-

moderate armaments.

ments.

some

built in numbers. It is contend-

WHITE OWL ATTACKS LONDONERS.

Residents.

over his rotund form.

EUROPEAN LADY'S DEATH.

At Early Age.

FUNERAL YESTERDAY.

tickets,

per-

which was brand new when he left Turnhill, had the look of a medieval hotel de ville as he examined it in the glamour of the Corporation's incandescent gas. And it was no] more the anle impressive pile in the The deep sympathy of his borough. The High-street and ita! friends will be extended to Mr. A precincts abounded In impressive precisely Bain, Manager of the Athena piles. He did not know

they Studio, in the death of his wife what

they were, but Mrs. Bertha Bain, which occurred had the appearance of being ard at the Matilda Hospital on Thurs markets, libraries, baths,,

A mysterious white owl hasday night, from pleurisy and similar taunta of luxury; OFF was a bank. He thought that Turn double pneumonia. to Professor Robertson and Mr.ing on this subject was recently been attacking Londoners at

The deceased, who is a daughter hill' High-street compared very well Boxer who lead the group and to held in Slam.

night. Miss Ellot for the hospitality, she. The Secretary General Şir, Eric The bird was first reported of the late Mr. Bassis and of Mra: with Derby. He would have pre-

Drummond has resigned and his hovering

extended to it.

こ

about

greengrocers

Wormwood Baesis of Shanghai, arrived in the ferred it to be less changed.K Those of us who attended the place has been taken by M. Joseph Scrubs, W., where it flew at a Colony early last year, when she the High street was thus changed, met and subsequently married Mr everything would be changed, In- meetings have 1 think a working Avenol..

girl. "knowledge of that instructive docu-

Taking the poaltion as a whole A little later it swooped down Bain. During the comparatively cluding Child-row. The sole pheno -ment and we are able to appreciate goed and useful work has been on a dog, which drove it off with short perlad she had been in the menon that recalled bis youth (ex-|

Colony, Mrs. Bain made a host of cept the Town Hall), was the pecu -the interesting. recommendations done in the past year and tho some.difficulty."

Now it has moved to Clapham friends, and her demise, at the liar smell of oranges and apples -which have been placed before the League is a World Institution and

holly-decorated League at Geneva and are. now

a great force. Every member con- Common, S. W, and visitors to early age of 28 years, came as a floating out on the frosty air from under discussion.

siders that only the best and fore the Common are walking warily, great shock.

At the funeral which took place shops. most of their statesmen are expecting to hear its great winga!"

in the Jewish Cemetery, Wongact beating the air. qualified to attend.

A Clapham resident relates chong, last evening, a large num how he had to beat the bimber of friends gathered to pay away with his firsts when it at their last respects.

The last services were perform tacked him-Router.

ed by Rabbi Eliza.

Amongst those prosent were the

World's Problem.

The big problem before the world to-day is undoubtedly Disarmament and Inter-Governmental war debts, both are inter-dependent because we are led to believe that the policy of the United States of America, who is the great creditor nation, will be largely guided by

H.K.AA. ANNUAL

He passed through the Market Square, noting that sinister freak, the Jubilee Tower, and came to Child-row. The first building on your right, as you enter Child-row from the square is the Primitive Methodist Chapel. Yes, it was still son, accompanied by Mrs. Stevenson bereaved husband and mother-in-there; Primitive Methodism had the degree of disarmament effected Enjoyable Function At und Miss Stevenson, the vice-prel-law, Madame A. Lelion, accom- not failed in Turnhill because Toby.

by the other countries of the world.

DINNER.

Peninsula.

dent, Major. C. M Manners and panied by M. Lebon, Mr. and Mrs. Hall had deserted the cause three- Mrs. Manners, and Mr. and Mr. S. Dung, Mrs. Well and Mr. Leo and twenty years ago! But some Mr. Hoover when President of

Weill, Mr. and Mrs. Gabbay, Mr. thing serious had happened to the L. C. F. Bellamy, per the United States placed before the world a proposal for an all-round The annual dinner of the Hong The arrangements were made by and Mrs. F. X. Gomes, Mr. and structure. Gradually Toby real- reduction by one-third. This has Kong Automobile Assetlation was a committee comprising: Major Mrs H R Latham, Mra 3. Mr.ed that its old face had been takon not so far commended itself to the held in the Rose Room of the Pen Manners, G. A: Wilson, M. K. Lo Grant, Madame Chiffon, Messrs. out and a new one put in the clan other powers save as regards Great Insula Hotel last night, and was and H. Hong Sling. The secre. H. B. Joseph, Harry Joseph, E. M. sic pillars had vanished, and a Britain to a limited extent, France largely attended. A most enjoyable tarial duties were carried out by Joseph, A. Landau, E. Landau, W: series of Gothic arches had been Goldenberg, A. Goldenberg, Ed. substituted by way of portico; d stands out for security notwith time was spent. The room was Mr. B. D. Evans.

Aiello, M. Raymond, W. R. pretty idea, but not to The menu card bore a humorous standing the Ene of forts she lias neatly decorated, for the occasion. recently constructed on her Music was supplied by the Hotel cartoon designed by Mr. G. W. At Fleming, H. Odell, M. A. Beltrau, ing. It was another change, Eastern Front, In addition to band, and among these present old entitled 'Let the H.K.A.A. help A. Tóbiás, Zsák and others,

Many wreaths were cent. which she has now come forward were the President, Mr. A. Steven-dyou out

lad the other cha

He cr (Continued on Pege 12.

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