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Second Thoughts

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 1934

SCOTLAND'S UNION WITH ENGLAND

SUCCESSFUL WORK OF TIME AND EVENTS

CONTRAST - WITH IRELAND

(By A. A. B.)

The crowning achievement offQuincey has left a very vivid pio- the younger Fitt's, career, namely ture of the way in which the Union the union of, Ireland with Great wa carried through in both courge of being Houses of the Irish Parliament. Britain, is in shattered. It is, therefore not un-Peerages were scattered right and interesting to enquire why the loft. Irish Earla became English union of Scotland and England has Marquises, and large sums of

The challenges exchanged by the been succese while that of Ireland money were paid for votes in, favour French-Minister of Education, M.has been such 201 unqualified of the Union. We cannot supr Anatole de Monzie and his critic, [failure:

pose, however, that the Irish pen.

nine.

Mt. Henriot, are unlikely to result It is difficult at this day to sants were much shocked at thesa in a duel.

realise the intense dislike with methods. Many challenges have been ts-which Scotsmen were regarded in At the beginning of the aued by angry French politicians the eighteenth century. When teenth century Ireland was the since Clemenceau fought his fam-agmeone was speaking to Dr. John-most corrupt and inefficiently ous duel. Most of them have been son of the noble prospects of Scot-governed portion of the British withdrawn on the advice of se land, he replied that the "noblest Empire. Benefits were then heap conds.

prospect which a Scotsman evered on the Irish people and Irish In the present case the seconds sees is the road that leads to Eng peasantry were relieved of the have decided to examine the short-land.

burthen of what was called the hand sport of the speech delivered

When

Boswell laughingly re- English ascendancy, or the Eng, by M. Henriot. They will then marked to Johnson. "Old Mr.lish pale, which was in fact the determine whether the deputy's Sheridan has discovered the reason rule of one or two families, like the criticisms of the part played by M. for your prejudice against the Beresfords and the Ponsonbys.. de Monzie as Mme. Stavisky's Scots: It is because the Scots sold Since the Union was effected by counsel in 1926 reflected on his their King to the English for a these means, the work of the Engy personal honour.

¡round sum of money."

tish Parliament has been one long It is thought that their verdiet "If old Mr. Sheridan has dis list of Land Acts and Rent Acts will be that M. Henriot was with-covered that as the reason for myland Purchase Acts, until the com in his rights in criticising the prejudice, against the Seats." re-plaint arose that not only did Ire- conduct of a member of the Govern-¡plied Dr. Johnson, "he has dis-land take up the whole time of the ment, and that he had no desire to covered a very good reason." English Parliament, but that they

Old Sherry was, of course, wrong wese the favourites of the Legisla tions in neighbouring countries allege dishonourable personal mo-

{tives.

his conjecture. The

sale ture. but he merely told us what

of King Charles hy the And yet, an I have said, we already know. He de-

Scots to the English had hap-Union of Scotland has been such a pened more than a century before. disastrous and costly failure, It was too old and too faint a re "Race Is Everything”

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Your Daily Smile.

WHAT!

Tobacconist; "It's no use suing you. Here's a receipt for what you owe. We'll call it paid.”

Customer: "Splendid!"

who fear the rise of a strong cen-

the uneconomic for?"

misunder "Isn't #----usuul to give a

The position of the Hong Kong|tralised government in China. "Well, what Gre you waiting

account?"

*

NOIVES!

in

miniscence to influence the English

tury.

+

the

Disraeli sald, with the pride na-

at the end of the eighteenth centural to a Hebrew, "race is every- thing." The Irish and the Welsh The real reasons why the Scots are the Slavs of Western Europe, so disliked by the English but the Scots are a different race. were were two: In the first place. It was the practical good sense of number of Scotsmen occupied very [the Septs who saw the political and

fore to have

and Shanghai Banking Corpora-He deplored tion is unique in the Far East turills of that much and consequently great import-stood and therefore abused coun-chap a cigar when he selfies his prominent places in the State, and commercial advantages coming, to they were all unpopular. At the them from a union with England. head of them stood Lord Bute, who which decided them to make, the ance attaches to the Annual Retry but failed to drive the lesson

{home by referring to the example | view of its Chairman. Not only that has, been set China by the

was supposed to be the lover of best of the bargain. The Scots business men but all interested countries of Europe and Ameri-school.

The small son returned from the Princess of Wales, and there were determined to take everything an undue influence they could get, and something in the progress and development) ca. China is strangling her "Father," he said, "you remem-over the young king. Lord Bute more, while the Irish took every- of the Colony and of the Far self as well as Hong Kong by the ber you promised me ten bob if I who was a very tall and bandtome thing they could get, and still re

Iman, was said by his enemies to be mained a quarrelsome and discon- East generally look forward with striped folly of high tariffs. In came out top of the form? Well,

very good at "making his leg," tented race, who, having nothing interest the Bank Chair-doing so she travels the broad I am top." man's

of the year's highway in illustrious Company. The parent reluctantly took the which was the eighteenth century better to do than breaking each Business is stagnant and Current necessary note from his wallet, phrase for making your bow at other's heads, are deling it with a. workings. A large part of the

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to

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Economic History of Hong Kong that laid the golden eggs and is "Well, here you are, but don't driven out of England by the Eng The fact is that the Scots and the

is

down."

another story.

CLOSED

*

*

NEATLY PUT

a very

and the Far East could be capable of laying many more, is study so hard next term. I don't lah politicians, and the young English have in common

want you to have a nervous break-King George was forced to give a precious and a very rare gift, written from the annual state-being gradually asphyxiated.

pledge that he would not in future namely, sound commonsense, Un ments of succeeding Chairmen Who is or are ultimately to blame

confer any office on him. Then til the year 1870 the Scottish lower since the foundation of the for that

there was the Lord Chief Justice classes were very much better bank in 1864. Residents in the The silver question is a large "I hear that Jenkins and his wife Mansfield, who was a great judge, educated than the English, and it Colony feel a peculiar pride in one to which we hope to return. had a row over the kind of car they and therefore feared, though dis has always been a mystery to me

liked. It does decided to buy this Christmas; he

how a people like the Scots, who the continued prosperity of the One word in passing.

The Lord Chancellor of the day are a proud people, can tolerate in Bank. They feel it specially will eventually have

not appear that the speculators wanted an open one and she a closed

war Lord Loughborough, after their midst the crowds of Irish #1 better one. Anyhow, the incident in noaİ their own, being the first bank time under a rationing of silver closed."

wards Lord Rosslyn, and he was so labourers in Glasgow and on the to be founded by local business than they have had for tea and

"Sa is the car-I saw her in it detested that when he died the king Clydeside, who displace their own was heard to say "Well, at last the countrymen and live upon the men and that at a time which rubber and such

like commodi-this morning."

world is relieved of the greatest Scotsman's generosity. seemed anything but favourable ties, why not for silver which is

|scoundrel that ever was born." banks and banking houses shut to the major position of tho ting their doors, the world over world merely a commodity. The nearly an hour to a jury who felt Harry Dundas, whom the House of The new institution seemed to silver in India and China is not like lynching him, his opponent in Commons. unsuccessfully impeach- thrive on the failures of others held by the people and therefore the case,

a veteran of the legaled an Lord Melville. Dundas was Pitt'a Inseparable. and Was The prosperity of banks, how their numbers do not count vast cockpit, rose, smiled sweetly at

|thought to have an undue influence ever, seems to be in reverse ratio as they are in proportion to the judge and jurymen, and said?- to general economic prosperity. Population of Europe and Ameri- "Your Lordship, I will follow on the English Ministers: In any ca. There is no doubt but that the example of my young friend case he gave all the positions in In- The position is no doubt satisfac axity of exchange would be

awho has just concluded and sub-dis to Scotsmen, and Scotland Baid The har taken. India for his pro- tory from the bank Shareholders' boon. If Government action mit the case without argument."

vince." point of view but it must be ad- whether suddeh or otherwise

Sofia. Johnson remarked that the dif- News 'of another paradox in mitted that conditions are far could bring about that, then Facts You Did Not ference between a Scotsman and an world values comes from the from satisfactory from any it would be amply justified.

Englishman was that a Scotsman bleak, blizzard-swept 'plains of other point of view The World economic conditions may

would ask you for your vote five Northern Bulgaria, where coal is

After a young lawyer had talked

24 40

Know.

Finally, to crown all there 'was

(Continued on Page 11).

CORN BURNT AS

WINTER FUEL.

Bulgarian Peasants' New Economy.

large increase.since 1981, în be on the upward turn but After eight years of research times, and on the sixth he would an dear, and maize so cheap that sumis held in Current Account the same cannot be said of China Purdue University scientists have get it, where an Englishman it has been found economic to and Fixed Deposit explained to a in general or Hong Kong in parti. succeeded in making synthetic would be sulky at the Arst rebuff. use the latter for fuel

Things are definitely stone for building: purposes from Anglo Irish Union Failure". A quantity of maize equivalent considerable extent by large cular.

than they were at the shaje so cheap that it heretofore But the union of Scotland with in value to a ton of coal, if burnt- overdrafts-is an ominous sign worse

England has been a complete auc-"in the cob," can suffice for a depths of the world. depression has been considered worthisan. It can only be accounted for by and there is no sign of improve

come Why is it, that the union household's entire winter's fuel business stagnation. A worsement; rather the reverse: Uned type of switch gear the cost of miserable failure? At the time of

By the dee of a recently develop with Ireland has been such supply. Reuter, feature from the point of view of fortunately Hong Kong, must sit tapping Great Britain's national the anion of England and Scotland the general public is the greater tight and watch China, unless by increase in collateral To what some miracle it can influence the supply rural areas has been retrese in Scotland as there was in {system of velectric power:lines "to there was as much poverty and dis- extent are the business houses statesman of that country to duced more than four fifths, Ireland. The thing was made easier being held in bondage by the realise that the economics of jaar je wee [in Scotland' because the Crown of banks not only the H. & 3. fifty nay twenty years ago do Two California Institute of Scotland was also by birth the Bank, but others? Banks are not deal with modern problems. Technology scientists - developed a Crown of Englanderem meny of course private institutions and we await the Bank_Chairman's super-conductor for electric cur. It was not a difference of re- as elich" mest look after their review for 1934 hoping against renta by immersing lead wire" la ligion. In fact, at the time of the own interests. If however, these hope that something, will have liquid hellum,' which removed vir- Scottish Union there were a great: The forthcoming Test tour, of interests are in opposition to the happened by that time to brigh tually all resistance from the wire, number of Presbyterians in Eng England by the Australian general public interest, what ter the outlook not only for Honged wooded land, both in Parliament and in cricketers has brought about a then? The landslide of the Kong but for the world generally By studying the movements of high places to study phenomeal demand for over-sen dollar in 1980 is a case in point and that we may be offered a meteors & University of Pemory Another explanation is that the berths. ** As is customary, the Chairman deeper insight into the mysteries in storms rage in the earth's at was the work of time and events, and even cargo boats are Tul

vania, scientist, has found that ter- Union of Bentland » with, England! Every ship has waiting flat, gave a succinct synopsis of gen that surround the politics and mosphere elevation of 60 whereas the Union of Ireland, was booked. This will be the heaviest eral business' and political condi- economics of the Far East,

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