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270-YEAR-OLD PROBLEM

(By Major-General J. F. C. Fuller.)

Signal honour is to be paid to a Scottish woman surgeon this month, when Queen Marle of Jugoslavia; who has given a per- sonal contribution of £500, wiltj open the

new Anglo-Jugoslav Children's Hospital at Sremska Kamenica on the Danube..

London. with efficiency. It was Finance The director and creator of the TT is always a gloomy sign when which supported the old system of hospital is Dr. Katherine Mac- the question of Army prometien purchase, which evoked the "Ghost," phail. a former surgeon of the enters the public field (as it is now and which supports the iniquitous Scottish Women's Hospital at

doing), because it has remained half-pay system, one of the main Kraguievatch in Serbia,

unanswered ever since 1660, when causes of the present blockage. After the war Dr. Macphail, apour present standing Army was first This ridiculous rudiment of the palled by the number of orphan established. And, since then, long-abolished purchase of commis- children whose parents had dis practically every attempt to answer sions is therefore worth a moment's appeared during the great. Sort has been little more than a face-inquiry.

In a

fist. because

bian retreat, started her hospital salve to obscure a hectic disease. I At present certain, officers, main- in an abandoned barracks with do not say that this is so in the ly colonels and upwards, if they are $25 and a bottle of aspirin.

present case, but it has been so in out of an appointment and do not The part played during the war the past and it may well be so again. wish to resign, are placed for a by the British woman surgeons

For instance, after the war of period not exceeding three years on and nurses, several of whom, in-

the half-pay Hist. This pays cluding Dr. Ruth Plimsoll, daugh-the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) Finance hand over ter of Samuel Plimsoll. M.P., of it cropped up and the Army at once whilst on it they receive about one- load-line fame, won the Serbian fell into a state of decay. V.C has never been forgotten by pamphlet entitled "Mars Stript of third of their full pay and allow- His Armour," published about 1718, ances. Here they kick their heels. is to be found a picture of a diminu-about waiting for a job, and, in WHITEWASHING HISTORY tive ensign (second-lieutenant) In consequence, block promotion,

get rid of this dead-weight leading strings, held by an ald Like many newspapers in other soldier, toddling round his veterans, elderly soldiery I maintain that all countries the Nazi "Voelkischer Its title is: "The Military Nurse, Benior officers out of an appoint- Beobachter" is running a daily or Modern Officer," and under it we ment should be kept on the full-pay commentary on the war under the read: heading of."Twenty Years Ago.”

Here are two extracts from a re- cent issue:

the Serbs.

France was then asked what her attitude would be in the case" of a Russo-German war. Her re-

By Dear Mama's Petition

And Good Papa's Purse-

Jacky gets a Commission,

And likewise a Nurse.

To

of

lat for six months, and then, if not absorbed, that they should be com- pelled to resign. But Finance stands in the way, for this will cost money in pensions.

There is a deeper reason still if

In the 1790's we And intants efficiency is to become the goal of

occasion, a gentleman visiting

It happens in this matter of/surance of military aid from E08 Scottiah house heard a loud noise, time it is largely restricted to

Hong Kong, Friday, Sept. 7, 1934. nation and another.

Utility Companies

land.

Your Daily Smile!

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in

answers

to

And

than

In brief, what I suggest is, that

once

of diverse The China Mail find between men

ply that France would act as her obtaining commissions in the cradle promotion. To-day promotion is by trades and professions; between own interests dictated was given before joining their corps. On one what is merit? In war time merit

and drawing pay for sixteen years seniority tempered by merit. town and country; between one under the influence of the firm as-

ameans, military ability, but in peace

economic organisation that 'Eng-

a sporting England, too, had mobilised her proceeding from the nursery. The social value, even land is once again, as so often before, the despair of the theortions entered into by the Reich re it's only the Major roaring for his

navy and her army. The negotia-mald apologised by saying: "Oh, value.

Cardwell System Condemned ists. The freedom of organisa-

If we insist upon maintaining an was won a century Barding the question of Belgian parritch!"

From this it might seem that obsolete army based on obsolete Mr. L. C. F. Bellamy's address tions which at the Rotary Club tiffin was full ago by the early Trades Union-neutrality were conducted in such of information and interest; but ists in England, of whom "The way by the English statesmen youth in our commanders was not

as to prepare

the diplomatic lacking. True In one way it was principles, slaughter the majors as you will, we shall never produce a another. For it may be doubted whether most Tolpuddle Martyre" who are be-

really capable corps of officers. For of the general public are quicking celebrated this year may be ground for England's entry into quite untrue in

instance, in 1826 there was an example, the Cardwell Bystem, to take up the wider implica-taken as typical; together with the war.

These samples are typical of the ensign on full pay aged 61, and in though good in the seventies of the tions of the story which he un-the possibly even excessive free-

last century, to-day prohibits train- rolled. Political controversies dom of combination, under the history textbooks now used 1862 there were thirteen generals

of 70 years and upwards and thirty- ing for modern war in all line bat- are so entangled with economics limited liability aystem; has led German schools.

seven of 60 to 70- quite youthful talions at home; for by it they are that it is doubtful whether to-to the inauguration in one place

officers when compared to the reduced to nothing more day it would be possible to get or another of almost every type

admirals, for in 1831 there was recruit depots, military nurseries, a nation to fight for any issue of industry that the most in- that was merely political; ingenious person could imagine. "My father and I know everything one of over 90 and seven between in which the yearly training is soul fact our young people read his- There is nothing to prevent any in the world," said a small boy to his 80 and 90, all on the admirals' list destroyed. It must, go.

Then in 1871 purchase was ter. "Where's Kamschatka?" It was a tory with amazement that any-new experiment; but probably companion. "All right," said the lat- body should have worried over the immediate future will be a stiff question, but the little fellow abolished and everything was to be the promotion problem is insoluble of the perfect; yet the Boer War showed unless we make up our minds to some of the questions that led process rather of the extended answered coolly, "That's one to the older wars; and are in-application of systems that have questions my father knows,"

that all was far from well with our have a thorough house-cleaning. system of promotion, and now we clined to despise the mentality already been proved successful

First of all we want a policy: Thoroughness of statesmen who sacrificed on a small scale.

What is the Army for and how cau The, attempt to do with said lac. "I lost a shillin' in the

"They're verra thorough in London," have the Stanhope Committee. wealth and lives for dynastic |

Begin At The Head we get what we want? If there 18 SO Strand an' reported rivalries or theological subtle-out money has proved

to the police.

Why has the disease peralsted for to be any cutting down of officers, › ties. The truth of course is that intolerably cumbersome that Next mornin' I went to search #gain

over 270 years? There are several let us start at the top. "Old.com- at the time those disputes aeem-even the Soviets have been com- and they'd got the road up!"

to this question among manders invite disasters," led immensely more important pelled, while using an arbitrary

Father had been telling the story of which one is obvious: If a stream wrote Lord Teignmouth, and "An than any question of trade or paper currency at home, to

the Good Samaritan to his little finance or currency. And it is create and manage carefully on daughter, aged five, and at the conclu gets blocked and overflows its banks ignorant general," said Charles Well, quite possible that a future gen-orthodox principles a currency sion said: "New wasn't that good and and creates stagnant pools along Napler, "is a murderer."

them, should you, object to these then, out with these folk. Half- eration will be equally astound-for foreign trade. The problem kind of him?" ed at some of our contemporary may then be best stated as that The reply came in a slightly injur-poole then it is better to remove pay should go, as it collects little troubles. The

The obstruction than to bale them more than military driftwood, and currency ques of how to get all the necessary donkey that did all the work." tion for instance can jobs done without either under-

uut. Begin at its head and not at the Army. Council should be

Commander-in-Chief, settled be

in-rewarding

When placed by a by

over-rewarding only

its tall or in its 'middle. ternational co-operation, no those employed, according to

promotion in the Army is blocked, because the Army has become more and more machine-controlled since it matter what Der Fuehrer may their worth. This is the actual

the problem is identical. say; and it is a proof of our result of far more private busi-Facts You Did Not Know Yet what are the present deci- came into existence.

extreme theor

Finally, Finance, that octopus of folly that the various Treasuries nesses than the and Central Banks will not even fists are willing to admit. There

For fighting fires beneath river officers who have retired but miltary inefficiency which has its confide in each other to the ex-is a cloud of 'suspicion which is

piers a New York mas has invented a whose places cannot be filled because tentacles in every camp, every bar- tent of telling their colleagues based on nothing more than se multiple nozzle mounted on a trolley, they have not reached the age limit rack-room, every fire-grate, should what they are going to do. crecy of accounts and failure to the pressure of the water driving and to hack some 150 or more be brought under the General Staff

The motive power behind the understand the accounts publish-slowly forward, dragging hose behind various revolutions that we read ed. There is also a great deal of it, to spread a sheet of water 40 feet majors and captains out of the as its servant and cease to be its

iwide.

middle and offer them a paltry £60 master. These are the cures of the about is simply hunger. With needless suspicion aroused by

a year increase in pensions, just at promotion disease, and as you will are see, they go somewhat beyond anything from five to twenty the fact that companies are no- A combination lock has been inventa time when their families ner cent. of the ablebodied po- minally free to charge what they ed that can be fitted around a door growing up and money is most banishing military spooks and geld- pulation out of work in the in-like; though competition and the knob: dustrial countries, it would be a refusal of the public to pay any-

Feathered wings flapped by a gust-

There are other restrictions, yet fortunate majors, miracle: If there were no distur-thing excessive are very effec- bances. It would be a sign that tive checks. The publication ofine motor propel an Austrian inven- all affect the middle, and so far not

tor's bicycle. men had ceased to be men; for audited accounts, and the gen- the disinherited are always jus-eral supervision of the London tified in demanding that the Passenger Transport Board re- ST. ANDREW'S HOLD old and often antiquated' generals community shall make such ar moves these causes of suspicion; rangements as shall bring them for clearly no such Utility Com- into the circle of producers and pany could make an excessive consumers. Hence these high-profit or provide an inadequate flown novelties of theory that service without being sharply have only the result of creating pulled up by public and effective an impression, among the ignor-criticism.te

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FLANNEL DANCE

The Prize Winners

sions? To abolish a few "Ghosts"

needed.

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a word has been published as re- garda the obstruction itself the

at the top,

The reason is, that in the end, directly or indirectly, the tap de- dides, and is it human nature to expect that it will decapitate itself? Age must, therefore, judge of worth A successful fannel dance was and in the most vicious circum-

held by the St. Andrew's Club in

Impersonal entity-a Beard

of

are screens; what the Board does

can be made to answer for it?

ant that they are being depriv-| It is a mistake to use such the Church hall last evening stances; because the judge la an ed of their own by the 'deliberate vague and controversial words The spot waltz prize was won by machinations of designing and as Socialism, Communism, and

Mr. F. V. Wong and Miss B. generale and not a Commander-in- cruel employers. These new Fascism when all we mean by Banker, while Mr. P. Osborne and Chief, and "Boards," says Bentham, theories all have one defect them in different attitudes to

Miss E Broadbridge won the fox- is the act of nobody, and nobody They proceed on the assumption the problem of how best to get a that any organisation of Indus given job done. What with trof competition. try must be uniform, and must Municipal Tramways, Gas and During the evening prizes for a From some of the recent prome be universally applied as quick-Water and Electricity: Dock Club badminton competition com-ons to major and lieutenant-

pleted last month were presented ly as possible; and if necessary Companies; Railways; and many

ham la right.. even by violence and revolution. other Industries besides those as follows: Ladies' doubles, Mias generals it would appear that. Bent They ignore the variety of me called Co-operative, there is an G. White and Miss J. Wong; men's thod that we can see actually at enormous Amount of Industrial doubles, Messrs, NA, E. Mackay The Finance Bogey work with good results, and capital that is already under pus and R. H. Wong, mixed doubles, they ignore also the variety of blic control New proposals are Miss M Churn and Mr. F. A human, temperament that we to be decided by coramon sense, Broadbridge.

There is also another reason quite as potent-namely, Finance, which has nothing whatever to do

re-

ing the careers of a number of lun- '

"I am a financier, and I suffer from my vocational disease of obesity."

"I am an artist, and I suffer from my vocational disease.

What is that? "Hunger

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