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AT

THE KING'S

The Stavisky Crisis In France.

Socialists, the Opposition Press in chorus demanded the resigna- tion of the whole Cabinet. M.

HERE, THERE

EVERYWHERE

Mr. Henry Pa-yi

more than

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1934.

BRITAIN'S INTEREST IN AUSTRA

INDEPENDENCE VITAL TO WORLD PEACE

ence in

Hie relations made good terms Continent. for him. They included the right

a year.

now

(By G. E. R. Gedye.)

regarded

לח

Mr. Henry Pa-YI, who is to b crowned Emperor of Manchukuo, his own

ancestral country, 01 March 1, succeeded his unele on the] Dragen Throne of Chins when a baby of two.

The forthcoming visit to Vienna board with those States as their He was the tenth of a dynasty next week of Signor Suvich, the pawns. that had ruled the country sinc: Italian Under-Secretary 1644. His own reign lasted litt for Foreign Affairs, is only one of or of economic concessions, to of State The cost of an international loan, three years. He ab several Indications of how seriously Austria would soon be forgotten in dicated on the day after his sixth the question of Austrian independ-the stream of gold and credits birthday.

the which the Powers would then be pouring into Eastern Europe, to be In' view of Signor Mussolini's used, not towards consolidation, but to live in the Imperial Palace at general practice of abstaining from towards disintegration. Pekin and a pension of $4,000,000 visits to foreign States; the visit In the general realisation In of Signor Suvich attains practical-Central Europe of the vital neces Man Of Many Names ly the same importance as a visit sity to-day of maintaining Austria, In 1925, Pu-Yi was forced by from the Duce himself, Feng-Yu-Halang, the Christian

hostility implied to- One would not go wrong in say-wards Germany. The natural ties general to flee from Pekin. He ing. that concern for the fate of between the Teutons inhabiting was deprived of bis pension and Austria and its reaction on neigh- both countries are fully recognised. possessions.

bouring countries has been among It may be regrettable that the two In retirement he wore European the motives underlying all the countries were not allowed to unite clothes, and read Edgar Wallace Royal and diplomatic journeys in in 1918. It may be to the general novels. He was very poor and had Central and South-Eastern Europe advantage that they should do so to sell his jewels.

during the last three months. He owes his present good fortune

some years hence, when the atmos There is a general realisation on phere is less electric than it is to- entirely to the Japanese.

the Continent that the independence day. As a baby he was called Wu, of Austria is vital to the mainten-

First Fruits Of A Collapse which means woon-day. He wasance of peace.

Among the obstacles to imme- In Great Britain there is plenty which the application of present- tively minor question of the horrors

1

given the personal name of Pu-YI

the Emperor Hauan-Tung.

that all Western monarchs known by their Christian names.

Your Daily Smile.

申

JUST AS GOOD

Ho

tached kind

than is felt on the

there is no

of a

on his accession, but was known as Sympathy With Austria's Struggle diate union, there is the compara- adopted the name Henry and called of evidence of sincere sympathy day Nazi doctrines would bring to his wife Elizabeth when he learnt for Austria in her struggle. but it Vienna. Its population of 1,800,000 were is sympathy of a rather more deincludes 250,000 Jews by religion. Continent. Is the importance of ever, do not adhere to the old faith. Most of its Jews or part-Jews, how- this question to Great Britain as generally appreciated among Eng-grandmother"

If the Nazi test of the "maternal lishmen as it is among Frenchmen, Vienna, nearly half the population TRICKED HIM

were applied in "Where did you go last night?" Italians. and the Inhabitants of

would be condemned as "racially Hong Kong, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 1934. Chautemps survived the first "I went to a slight-of-hand per-Central Europe and the Balkans?

It is here that one can see the the horrors of a Taarist

tainted." Something far nearer to crisis but the repercussions formance. I offered my hand to

origin of the series of diplomatic have been more extensive than Doris and she slighted it.”

Russian had been estimated and his;

visits of the Roumanian Foreign prom than anything which has Government fell last week. The

THE DECOY

Minister, M. Titulesco, to Buchar yet happened in Germany would affair now involves M. Chiappe,

probably be the first-fruita "I'm sure Dolly will make anfest, Belgrade, Sofia, and Ankara; | deposed Chief of the Paris ideal wife. Whenever I go to her of King Alexander of Jugoslavia's collapse of Austria's Independence. Serge Stavisky, who attempt-Police, as the central figure and home I find her busily darning her visits to Sinaia, Varna, and Can-But apart from this, it might well stantinople, and of his interesting tral European powder magazine, prove the spark to ignite the Cen ed to kill himself when run down again the Cabinet is threatened, father's socks." by the French police at Chamonix M. Daladier, by securing the "That took me in, too, until I and important four days' entertain- yesterday, had not been long in support of the Socialists, has noticed it was always the same the public eye in the character gained a brief respite, which sock." of a swindler on the grand scale; may prove, however, of Uttle but it was long enough to have ultimate avail. What seems al- added his name to the record of ready plain Is that Stavisky was Wife: "The new maid lias burn-mos, those financial adventurers who a rogue of the familiar type that d the bacon and eggs darling.second capital, Zagreb. have endangered, or actually cut wins confidence, not by any pre- Wouldn't you be satisfied with a short, the lives of Governments tence to solidity of character or couple of kinsen for breakfast P" in France and elsewhere. It oe-grasp of great affairs, but solely Husband: "Rather! Bring her curred only ten days after it by personal charm, plausibility in." became known that a warrant of manner, and the habit of had been issued for his arrest on spending lavishly what money the information of Gustave he could lay hands on. He does Tissier, lately manager of the not appear to have had, as many downcast? Credit Municipal of Bayonne of his stamp have had, previous Cuthbert: I've lost that blonde who was himself under examina-successes of a legitimate sort on stenographer's address you gåvo tion on a charge of marketing which to build a reputation. His me. bonds fraudulently issued in the record is merely that of a swind- name of that institution. What er; and for some years he made; to you again. had appeared at first to be aby all accounts, a very luxurious local scandal of not very serious living of it. It is a story that wife took it out of my pocket. dimensions at once began to take never grows old. In most coun- the character of a national tries it occurs with continual "affair"; for Stavisky was known freshness at fairly frequent in- to the world of finance in Paris tervals. The cases, however, in proposed to three other girls quite as an operator on its shadier which the fate of Governments recently," said the maid. outskirts. Thus begun, the mat-is involved are more rare; and "Oh, mere rebeurnals; in view of ter developed with startling Stavisky's name will be asso- proposing to you, dear, said the rapidity. The amount of which clated with, at the least, the man, investors were said to have been raising of an embarrassing crisis robbed

at an multiplied daily,

especially inopportune until it reached the imposing moment in the course of Euro- and, doubtless, enormously ex-pean affairs. |aggerated-figure of £24,000,000:

on

Was

*

**

MAKES IT BAD

Jacoby: What makes you

ao

REHEARSALS

*

I

Demos

for first Czechoslovakia, and ment of King Boris of Bulgaria in Belgrade.

secondly her partners of the Little Lastly, there is the visit of the Entente, would feel that they were Greek Foreign Minister, M. Maxi fighting with their backs to the

to King Alexander

in his wall

Dr. Dollfuss has found very gen- Fears concerning

eral sympathy abroad. It is not Austria were not the only motive, of course. sympathy solely for his likeable Economic distress and weariness of Personality, however, still less for petty inter-State strife played a

the reactionary path along which - great role, especially in Inducing his Fascist allies are 'constantly King Boris to consider the advances trying to push him. It is gym. of the Little Entente States, Jugo-pathy for the cause of the Aus- trian people as a whole, and a desire to see their independence assured in everybody's interests.

(Continued on Pagr 11).

slavia and Roumania.

the Balkans.

First there are the three Little Entente States, which are seeking] so to line up as to get the full

are

2.

Three Balkan Kings To Meet The process is likely to continue, with the projected miceting of the Jacoby: Why, silly, I can give it three Balkan Monarchs King}

Carol, King Alexander, Cuthber: Yes, but I think my Boria-in Sofia, also this month,

and King POACHERS

MENACE and with the visit of King Borla to KRUGER PARK King Carol. There is a double "But I've been told that you have Central Europe and

process of consolidation at work in Patrols Repulse Gang

* Of Portuguese.

advantage of their united papula-

SHOTS FIRED DURING RAID tions, economic resources, and mili-|

Johannesburg. tary strength. It is a purely aelish

Portuguese poachers interest, but as tending to con-menace to the Kruger National solidate peace and to eliminate Park. Poachers from across the some of the wasteful economic com-Portuguese border staged, a raid, petition ju post-war Europe, the which was repulsed without any The first hint that a malefactor Ireland's Only Market,

move is in no way inimical to Bri-damage to the park or loss of on this scale had formerly been

tish interests. fortunate in his contacts with Mr. De Valera's attempts to

game. the law was enough to establish suppress by force and the juris

The second consolidation process, which started in Greece, is to bind communicated without delay, and The warning of the invasion was the popular conviction that he diction of military tribunals the

the Balkan-and perhaps also the as many patrols as were available had all along enjoyed protection opposition to his policy hare

lesser Central European States were rushed to the border.: Many from influential quarters; and stimulated its leaders to greater Australia's population increased together in a series of treaties of shots were fired, but no damage within a few days those accused energy and boldness. Last week last year by 49,339 to a total of friendship and commerce, in which was done and no animals killed. publicly and by name of haying Gen. O'Duffy delivered to been his accomplices or abettors Wexford gathering of the ban-ceeded. Immigration by 4818.

A16,575,255 although emigration ex- would be included the Little The poachers entered at Ressand included members of the Cabinet, ned Blue Shirts the fiercest and Deputies, magistrates, police off-most challenging indictment of The United States Bureau of a British standpoint, for the doc-many arrests have been made re This is even more desirable from Native poaching persists, and cials, civil servants and directors Mr. De Valera's Administration Identification checks more of newspapers. What was held the Irish Free State has heard 2000 finger prints daily against its Balkan, peoples" is aimed at no were used by the poachers, but a than trine of "the Balkans for the cently. In some instances shares to involve the edit of the Taunts of distributing the popu-file of more than 3,000,000,

counter-bloc, as la the Little few of them had guns. Government was wike' discoverylation of Southern Ireland be that M. Dallmier, the Minister tween goals, hospitals and work-

Entente, but is, a purely pacific at One native got into trouble; tor Germans have, developed In-tempt to eliminate Internal Balkan killing a lion which the day be

NO DOUBT ABOUT IT "Tell me what you read and will tell you what you are." "I read Ovid Virgil thenes, Homer

Then you are a liar.")

Facts You Did Not

Know."

•

Entente States.

▪ {

Garcia.

"

for the Colos, had fifteen houses cannot safely be dismiss directly heated radio tubes using quarrels, which more than once fore had killed six of bis donkeys, months previously written a leted as the usual rhetoric of Irish direct current that have the same have at Europe and In 1914 the but, generally speaking, the patrol. ber commending the bonda of opposition. Gen. O'Dudy, with efficiency, as alternating current world--in: flames municipal pawnshops, such as Mr. Cosgrave to help him, gave tubes.

ling of the park is so well carried' was the Bayonne Credit Muni- the facts and figures of the cipal, as sound. investments. This failure of Mr. De Valera's

he had done when Minister of economic, war, which is now the amount of poor relief has Labour under M. Herriot, and translating itself into a regime gone up by more than 25 per there is not the least reason to of penury. In the short space of cent year. This, then, is the doubt that he had done so in per three years Mr. De Valera has dilemma before the people of

It requires little imagination to out that the game are left mostly

Doo what the result of the undisturbed-Router. Austria would be, Inevitably it elimination of an independent

would mean under the present circumstances - an early break-

SIXTEEN KILLED BY GAS FROM EARTH

Madrid Bixteen villagers have been doctrine would be upsat, fatally poisoned at Bello, near more the big "Powers, se Vigo, by carbonic acid vas iseping

mutual distrust, out of the ground. subsidising this or that Doctors and -

fect good faith, since such bonda, reduced the Free State's external Southern Ireland Mr De down, of European peace when issued as the law pre- trade from 108,000,000 to Valera's Ideal of isolation from No Hostility Implied To Germany scribes, have the amplest socuri-255,000,000. He promised the Great Britain can only be obtain-The

"Balkan for the Baikan ty behind them. But the film, Irish, people to find other than ed at the price of poverty. It is peoples" sfest suspicion was enough for British markets for their pro-not British guils which ordians and the Government's enemies; and ducts. What he has done, as that but the nature of when it was alleged in addition Gen. O'Duffy showed, is to make How long Irishme that Stavisky, In the days of his them buy from countries which their present Go ill-gotten wealth, had subscribed will buy nothing from generously to the funds of the The result is that econom ruin chase for khadows Ministerial party, the Radical spreads over the Free State and own decisio

Wear away ther

will:

geological expert the other arming, have gone to examine the causes the other and turni this phenomenon and to safeguard

проме

the "future

States into a

the lives of other residents of the