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The Shah's Visit

More than once the Shah of Per sia has been wrongly reported to be planning a visit to Turkey. It is how stated from Istanbul that. he will be received by Mustapho Kemal Pasha next March,

The Shah is one of those Orienta!! rulers who have hitherto thought that their countries--or perhaps their thrones-are safest while they stay at home.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1934,

LOCARNO-BRITAIN'S LEGAL POSITION

OBLIGATIONS ARE STILL BINDING

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"PACT MUST BE

The writer of this article is

distinguished international · lawyer, whose name, owing to legol custom, cannot de given.

DENOUNCED ”

on Its signatories, but it is un Impeachable evidence of the con- ditions which they contemplated.

I do not hide from myself the fact that this opinion will bo dia- Wherever I have been during the puted by those whose interest is in Riza Shah has only once been past few days I have found evidence the continuance of the Treaty. It out of Persia. That was about nine that the British people is alive, a guarantees the security of France, years ago, when he paid a short it never was before, to the existence and she will desire to be guaranteed visit to the holy cities, of Irak. of a thing called international law, still

That was before he became Shah. They want to know how, and for But for such disputes there is a When an Eastern country de-how long, we are bound by the tribunal-the Permanent Court of pends on the driving force of one Treaty of Locarno. They know that International Justice. What view.. man it is a dangerous thing for individuals can make agreements the Court would take of the in-.. the dictator to leave it. This doc-among themselves and that these vocation of the principle of Retur trine has commended itself to such agreements will be recognised as sic stantibus is unknown: It has rulers, as the Ghazi of Turkey and binding and enforced by the courts. never luid down

any Its soundness They are now faced with an agree-though it rejected the pica when rule, King Ibn Saud. was proved by the fate of Amanul- ment between nation and nation France sought to abolish the Free lah of Afghanistan.

which, if, Implemented, will affect Zones of Upper Savov against the the lives of millions of Individuals. Treaty of 1815.

Can this, too, be enforced? Nearly A Day Fast

Such litigation would involve Holland is the last European which Great Britain undertook to and would probably range the Inter- The Treaty, of Locarno, under long and complicated arguments. country to enter the system of

come to the aid of France or Belnational lawyers of the world on standard time zones based on Greenwich, Sir Stanford Fleming Klum if they are attacked by Ger-two sides,

many or to the aid of Germany, if

But though I may now be leaving she is attacked by France or Bel-the strictly legal domain I must two peculiarities. The point out that nations, like indivi- necessity for implementing it is left dunia, do not invariably think it ad-

Channel.

covers

Your Daily Smile.

Such a demonstration; no matter

invented the plan 50 years ago.

Greenwich time now operates in all countries touching the English glum, has Mid-European time- that is one hour fast of Greenwich not to the judgment of the parties, visable to press legal rights to the -operates from Scandinavia tout to that of the Council of the extreme. It must be remembered, League of Nationss. The termina-too, that in, disputes between in- Italy. East European, or two hours fast of Green wich, covers on of the Treaty is not for any dividuals our own courts are chiary the Balkans, the Baltic States, and fixed date or after any

specified of ordering specific performance period of notice. It, 100. is left to and recognise certain circumstances Russia. The China Mail only among people of the

which prides itself, at times to its times of their own not based on will decide when the "Treaty" is ho

Only four important place now use the Council of the League, which as making it impossible. peril. Hong Kong Wednesday, Jan. 24, 1934. However much the latest

on being international Greenwich. They are Aden (which longer necessary.

The Best Remedy Another provision in the Treaty people to get rid of the obligations The best way for the British. break of anti-Semitism in Gercutta, British Guiana, and the that it shall not come into opera of Locarno is, perhaps, for them to

British Somaliland), Cal- many may be explained, it can-Friendly Islands.

tion until Germany becomes a mem-demonstrate that these obligations not be condoned, as even the In the last named the clocks are ber of the League of

Nations. are unwelcome to them. Nazis recognise, for they protest officially kept 23 hours 20 minutes This she did, and the Treaty there- der that the charges of violence are fast to avoid crossing the date line upon became operative. But she has what the legalities might be, would Lubbe will not end the con- untrue. But we are dealing with

now given the stipulated two years' virtually mean an end of the argu troversy over the Reichstag Firela polemic in which facts are per Trial. The three Bulgarians will petually distorted by bitterly an-

notice of her intention to leave the ment. You cannot drive a people League. be deported; the case against tagonistic opinion, and for that

The third point of Importance their minds against it. In these- fato war when they have made up- them was finally abandoned, condition currently the Soviet

and to all the members of the Bri-circumstances it should be possible The Court's judgment was that Government and its agent, the

tish pablic with whom I have talk-to secure a revision of the Treaty the other accused were suspect- Communist organisation, are pri- ed of being involved with vanimarily responsible,

They also chard's men trying out his evening is that the Final Protocol of the effect of a release.

ed the most important of the three of Locarno which would have the der Lubbe in high treason, but set the precedent for propagan-suit!" that the evidence against them dist political trials before Courts

Conference from which the Treaty emerged explicitly declared that its until we do something, either de

But we must not forget that. was insufficient. The main ind- conducted like circuses for the Open Letter: To My Dentist

purpose was to forward the work nounce the Treaty or negotiate a report of the self-constituted petite for mass resentment must you laid down your forcaps, you committee in Britain which held be whetted and then fed.

new Treaty in its place, we remain- And said, "That's the stiffest extraction

In that Protocol the signatories bound by it. its own "mock trial" of the case. if Jews in Germany have felt the job I've ever had." Well, I've just undertook to use their best endea This committee was composed of wrath of Hitler's nationalist got your secount. So now try a bit vours to arrive at a general agree entitled to dungunce, though I think- In my judgment we are legally certain persons animated by re-movement against Communism of real extraction.

And here's ment on this subject. It is argued that there are easier ways of free- sentment against what they con-and internationalism

that after a lapse of nearly eighting ourselves from its obligations. ceived to be the denial in the doubtless some of them, ponder

| years, no such agreement has been

But reached and that the departure of merely because conditions liave- EXCEPTION German courts of a just trial-ing in freer lands their old Mosaic

suppose that,. also palpably by partisan feeling, laws, have had their minds turn- A dressmaker says that the Germany from the Disarmament changed; we are automatically set if not for the Communists con-fed, however unwillingly, upon the modern woman is not fond of any Conference and the League has free, cerned, at least against the brutal excesses of the Bolsheviks thing in black and white. Unless postponed it to a remote and in- Nazis. Their report declared: in Russia under the direction of it is a promise to marry.

definite future. "It fa impossible for van der Jews, albeit renegades and anar- "Lubbe to have been alone res-chists. The

Reflection tribulatione of

"Water!"

AWFUL MOMENT

"S 8-8-8-sh! That's one of Tren-

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ing was thus on all fours with the delectation of a public whose ap- Dear Sir,-You remember, when

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luck.

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"accused are innocent.” Bernard Shaw's comments

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Facts You Did Not Know.

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of disarmament.

Obligation's Remain

1

we are not to

There are, in fact, two questions.. The first is: Are we still bound' by Locarno? To that, as an inter- The question is whether, the pur-national lawyer, I am constrained pose of the Treaty having been de to answer: Yes. feated and one of its antecedent The second.is: Must we continuo conditions destroyed, its obligations so to be bound? To that I answer: still remain binding upon us.

No.

they cortainly remain binding upon To this question I answer that

BAD CONVICTS

More Effective Than. The Lash,

Many a man who thinks he can't Mr. Eastern Europe, under the vio-

out that he can for lence of anti-Semitism and its easily be sold. once seem to accord with what reactions, are much older than must be the opinion of the Hitler.

City Cameo Such reflections are of majority of British people. Hefered not in any justification of

"Why did you sack that pretty says, "The verdict has put all Nazi methode or the policy that typlat of yours?" "who have held mock trials of inspires them. As we have said. I've often wonder why you don't rid of them. But we can get rid]

"Oh, she got to know too much. us until we make an attempt to get NO DIVERSION FOR "the case in an extremely silly and would repeat, they make for "position." It is indeed impossi- anything but peace in the world sack yours."

of them, only by the process of ble, as both the German Court at large. The only excuse for

"Oh, she's got to know too much.onunda lon. The question then and the voluntary Socialist in-national despotism and the tem-

arises whether it is within our vestigators in England have de-porary subjection to it of demo-

sompetence to denounce the Treaty termined that one man, and he a cracy in any country can be tho

or whether we must wait for the. Communist, could alone have call, and the ability, to put an

Council of League to release us. been guilty of the outrage. On end to lawlessness and violence

To this I answer thất, rotwith the other hand; the arrest and otherwise

Scissors with one

TENNESSEE EXPERIMENT, saw toothed standing Article 8, which places trial of any Communist anywhere severity of Nazi despotism in ments or vegetables and.. removing the principle of Conventio omnis The theory that denying special

the blade have been invented for cutting this responsibility in the Counell, on a capital charge is generally Germany is to be properly judged, caps from bottles.

Nashville, Tennessee. magnified by Communist organi- it must be seen against the back

intelligitur rebus hic stantibus, still privileges to prisoners is a mors, sations into international signi- ground which history will better of English design is an airplane Iv rendered as "Every treaty is the old-time lash is being tried out applies. This phrase may be free effective disciplinary measure then ficance, and always except in appreciate. The indignation in that resembles a bat when in flight, presumed to be binding so long as at the State penitentiary here, Russia-represented as an act of England (certainly limited to having V-shaped wings and being the conditions under which It was tyranny perpetrated by the ruling amallection) against the Ger system of society.

***We are trying to put in more Since Com-mán Government over the Beich:

virtually taillesa,

made or which it contemplated con- privileges," says Dr. E. W. Cocke, munists in all countries have long stag fire trial ignores that back-

Unue." been Instructed from Moscow to ground one which, indeed, our petizing a meat packer is putting "Rebin sic stantibus in involved in the prisoners. The idea I that To make the packages smell ap- Bismarck sald long ago that "and provide more amusements for State Commissioner of Institutions, persevere in perpetual. "class own history might have suggest bacon perfume into the ink used for all treaties that require perform-when prisoner is deprived of war" against society, they would ed. England also had once her labels on the wrappings. seem, from this latest instance Catesby gunpowder plot againat

Innos.” This principle applies to something he really wants, such as again, to hold that their sworn Parliament, and her Guy Fawkes

the Treaty of Locarno a whole, seeing a picture, show or getting on enemies must never hit back; to stand for

Saving workmen time, a new plaand, therefore, a fortiori, to each the prison baseball team, It will that however much Communists The dangers of exhausted post-stud or cap screw in a cylinder overrides Article 8 with all its pro- make for a better spirit among the van der Lubbe ton ring, flle clamps, directly to a Article in it. It follows that it punish him more than a lashing and may outrage the law of any coun-war Germany can be paralleled

try, the assertion against them of by the dangers of England at head.

that law, created though it is for Elizabeth's death. The preser-On

visions for termination.

Conditions Do Not Continue

the protection of its society, is a vation of England, nationally the Reichstag fire can be said to

"Although we exact the supreme- In my opinion, the conditiona an- penalty in some instances, in THE STEAM LAUNDRY CO. tain Socialists and other sympathe Tuder dynasty, presented it not also true that the success which it contemplated do apt

tyranny. Such feeling as cer-speaking, with the extinction of have served the Nazis' plans, is der which the Treaty was made and State, and I naturally endorse thisers managed to arouse in difficulties, which every patriotic of the Catesby conspiracy and the tinue. Disarmament has not.

swa of Tennessee, I person England on behalf of what were German-his new Republle per destruction of Parliament would sumclently lengthy interval,

the axocution of called the "victims” of the Belch-haps dependent on the life of the probably have served James L achieved. Germany in till

be added #Maine abolished: stag fire, was assisted by general aged Hindenburg-could readily well enough, with his "divine ber of the League, but she

and has the lowest developments of the Hitler policy understand. The menace then right of kings" and his Spanish notice of withdrawal, cres

the country now in oppression of Jews at home, to Elizabethan England of aggres-policy 7 Hitler has been obliged ditions widely different from

way to overcome crime and in aggression against border sive Roman Catholicism, the into unite the German States un attendant on her willingness neighbours. The Nazis treat strument of powerful foreign der one authority, the forces at nter.c ment of the Jewish elements in enemies, was as great as the re-work have been not unlike those As for the point of disar Germany's own people awakened cent menace of Communiam, in which Britain can trace: here and mant, the Final Protocol la noti

orldwide indignation, and not the eyes of German patriota

there in her own history.

course, in International law binding

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