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Mr. Herbert Greenhough Smith, first editor of the "Strand, Maga- zine, who has died at the age of 80, will have a place in the history of English literature as a sponsor of the short story.

* The "Strand" was launched in 1891, and from the beginning Greenhough Smith went for the

best short story writers. He kept them by paying high prices.

DISCOVERIES

BRITISH AIRCRAFT

FACTORIES

ARE

ALL AT PRESENT

IN DANGER ZONE MIGHT MEAN DISASTER IN

EVENT OF WAR

(By Capt. Norman Macmillan)

London. the most heavily armed nation in

and aero-engines is a comparable to leave our aircraft factor-

THE manufacture of aeroplanes the air it would still be inexcua-

He frequently paid as much as ratively new industry. It possess les open to destruction. 2700 for a short story. Even in the ed no appreciable output in Great Why are we so blind in Britain nineties he was paying £200 to Britain before 1915. It blossomed when other nations have taken 6300 very high price for those in the forcing-house of the. Great steps to remove their aircaft days a

War:: in 1917 its call for labour factories to zones far dis After Conan Doyle had publish- and raw materials became a per- tant from the frontiers from which ed A Study in Scarlet." Green-lous challenge to the production of they apparently expect attack to hough Smith showed him the com-Runs and tanks.

come should war arise? German), mercial advantage of writing short! Before the end of the war pro-factories have been removed to- stories. The Sherlock Holmes duction of aircraft and aero-en-the Baltic shores. In France It series was the result

gines in Great Britain rose to a has been decided to withdraw monthly Agure of 3,000. To meet French factories from the neigh this great demand, factories had bourhood of Paris,, far south, ton grown up in places favoured brwards the foothills of the Pyrenees. Greenhough Smith's successes conditions which made swift pro- One British aircraft manufac were numerous. Not all were dis-duction easy; in proximity to pa-turer has made a public intimation coveries. Occasional contributors rent factories, to labour centres, of intention to remove his factory lke Kipling and H. G. Wells were and to flying ground.

from the London area to Manches- already famous.

During the Great War air bom-ter; another has moved part of": His list of authors, who more or bing had not yet developed into a his activities to Gloucestershire. leas began in the "Strand" and major issue of war, Our naval These noves show anxiety, but who remained faithful to him, was supremacy guaranteed as security offer only slightly increased safe-- impressive. It included "Arthur from invasion. There was as yet ty. With the speed of modern Morrison, W. W. Jacobs, Percival no need to consider the geogra- aircraft the additional margin. so - Gibbon, Stacy Aumoner, and P. G. phical situation of our aircraft derived is insufficient to provide Wode-house, whose first "Strand" from the point of view of safety security, for the fime factor gain- story was published 80. years ago. against attack To-day not all ed is still too small.

In private life Greenhough, but most of the principal aircraft Britain's Safest Spot Smith was reserved and secre- factories in Great Britain are still When one takes the geograph!-- phasises separateness should in tive. His life consisted of a walk situated on war-time sites. the course of time lead to a sen- from Queen Anne's Mansions to

cal situation into consideration It timent of separateness that did the office, from the office to the The passing of 20 years has in the British Isles lles in Northern

Iamlar Security Gone: is clear that the safest zone with not exist when the Covenant was Savage Club, and from the club wrought a great change in Bri- Ireland. As the British alreraft drafted, and that need not exist home again. now?

tain's insular security. The re-industry is still comparatively At one time a keen angler, hia cent development in the speed and small, there is yet time to con The Imperial Conference al only out-door hobby for many range of aircraft brings every template a change in factory, situ.. Agencies beginning to talk about/ready provided the germ of a years was watching cricket at the major aircraft factory in this ation at not too great a cost. If

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The China Mail Hang Kong, Tuesday, April 2, 1935.

· Empire Defence

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With - some of the News

consultative council that might Oval. Germany being ready for easily have been developed. The

country within the danger zone of this decision is delayed and the major war next year-talk

first damper was applied by Mr.

bombing. To leave our aircraft people of our country suddenly which we consider quite unjusti-Asquith, who as Prime Minister

Your Daily Smile ! factories where they are at pre-see the need arising (as I believe fied by anything that has refused to attend on the ground

sent is to invite swift disaster they already do begin to see) for cently happened, because it is that it was the function of the in Japan. It is thought that it will be hostilities with any nation within defensive strength of Britain, it: Untearable paper has been invented should there come an outbreak of a rapid expansion in the aerial: far better for Germany to act Secretary of State for the expecially useful to write treaties on. openly rather than surreptitious- Colonies. It is true that in the

striking distance of our shores. may then become too late to make y ly,it is reasonable to take a end, after much pressure, he

Is this situation serious? you the change of factory altuation. look round the Empire to take opened the proceedings with a Sinister-looking," individual(signi- may ask. I answer, yes. For these Viewing as I do with growing note of what progress is being brief and formal welcome to Lon- ficantly); "Is ver usband atome, factories are the only large pro- gravity, the disparity between the- made by the Imperial Defence don, but he refused to wait for zna arm?!! Committee for concerted action. any discussion. The next dia- finished his rifle, practice, he'll be play British Empire. If they crumple those of other nations, not only Lady (resourcefully): "Well, if he's ducers of defensive aircraft in the air forces of Great Britain and This does not imply any dispost-couragement was applied by Siring in the back garden with our blood tion to look for trouble. Hurried Edward Grey. The delegates, hounds, Did you want to see him? negotiations at the last moment including all the Prime Ministers, mean waste of time when time requested that they should be

U. 8.

A Proposal

the British Empire crumples too, in numbers, but in speed of many- It is, only necessary to quote types of aircraft, I believe that: from the census of production of the time has come when the com- Trade to show how suddenly die important industry should be con- aircraft provided by the Board of plete reorganisation of this vitally aster might come upon us.

idered by the Government: mot

bers to attack

Why Not Canada?

In Northern Ireland there should be no great difficulty in se

ង. all-important; variety of given an opportunity of explain-branded on his hindquarters. Was he

"Raisus, I ace your mule has U. equipment means confusion and ing the views of their people on an army male before you got him?" needless expense; and both tem- Imperial foreign policy, of which “No,' boss, dat 'U. 8. don stan feh In 1980 there were only 21,878 only with a view to producing per and morale are improved by at the time they had no better. Uncle Sam'; dat means "unsafe,"

persons employed in the British aeroplanes for the Royal Afr proof of foresight:

• information than the general

aircraft industry. The work cen Force which are superior in per The Crown Colonies may be public. Sir Edward replied that left out of consideration on the if anything like a council of For- to another, that at our church you are shown on the accompanying map. ions, and equalling them in num "I understand," said a young woman tres of most of these persons are formance to those of other na double ground that they are un-eign Affairs were implied. "It having such amall congregations. Is In the event of war, is there any bers, but in the siting of our air- der centralised control, and that would be necessary for his Ma- that so!" in providing and protecting the jesty to get another Foreign small that, every time the rector says would be ordered to bomb these most inaccessible for enemy bom-- Yes, answered the other girl, doubt that raiding aeroplanes craft industry in the territory splendid bases they contain they Secretary. In the end he met Dearly beloved you feel as if you had factories at the earliest possible would be doing all that could be the delegates and explained the received a proposal." expected of them. The Do-principal questions and his own minions are on a different foot- opinion, without inviting anyone ASSAULT ON MAFOO ing, and there is a school of else to give his opinion. The re writers and Service "experts" sult was that the Dominions in- who from time to time raise the sisted on having the right to question "what would the Do-negotiate with foreign countries ntinions do in a crisis?" It is direct which was more than the creed of this particular school they had thought of requesting that all the Mame for uncer- before. There are as a matter tainty must be placed at the door of fact only two representatives of the "Statute of Westminster." with formal credentials, the A bunch of human hair and the gist of which is that the de- Canadian and Irish envoys at number of bent iron rods were frontline force of bombers strong cision must rest with the Do- Washington, Canada has special brought before Mr. W. Schofield at enough and efficient enough to minion Parliaments; and that business with her big neighbour, the Central Magistracy this morning destroy the enemy production een- that makes it impossible to sum-and it was probably a relief to as evidence against four Chinese tres, our country would be in sor- mon a known and agreed total the British Ambassador to be rid stablemen, employed at the Jockey ry plight, brought swiftly to the of men by merely dispatching a of it, but who knows what strings Club, in an assault case,

point of complete, defeat.

Iron Rods Used By

Assailants

GAOL SENTENCES

moment after the outbreaks of hos tilities?

Be Easily Destroyed

With the power of modern curing suitable sites for aérő- bombs, with the speed of modern dromes and factories. There are aircraft, the disorganisation and lakes suitable for marine pero- almost complete destruction of planes But even that is not en-- these relatively small factories ough. There is no reason why could be carried out within two (Continued on Page 11) hours of declaration of war. If [this country did not possess í a

cable. To that the answer shave been pulled by the Irish Accused were Yeung Kwan-ching. There is nothing more illogical that the Statute was merely a Free State Minister when Anglo-Yeung Kwong-tain, Leung Sum and in war than to place one's bases recognition of what was the American negotiations have been Yim Hi-Too, while the complainant of supply within range of the de actual position in 1914 It would afoot? At any rate one pro- was Ng Chi-ming, all northern structive forces of an enemy. To- be impossible now, as then, to minent politician has boasted in Chinese.

day, the factories from which our

NANKING TO HELP SHANGHAI

Measure To Combat The Depression

$100,000,000 BOND ISSUE TO BE MADE

Birds Nanking,

move a corporal's guard without the Irish Parliament that the Detective-Sergeant Fitches stated aircraft are supplied all lie within some expense; and all the Do- Free State had been able to de- that when complainant went to the easy striking range of countries minions had received Responsible feat proposals for a Debt Settle stable yesterday, 10 men gathered far more heavily armed with bom-The regulations governing the Government, which meant atment, and there would never be and attacked Ng with iron rods,bers than we are ourselves Guns Issue of $100,000,000 of bonds least control of their own finance, a settlement in Washington until The many years before the test came the Irish obligations to England as the Iron rods testified they were stem the whole

ack was a premeditated one and aghting aeroplanes could not for the relief of the commercial the End Industrial depression in The actual problem really is were wiped out The most hack-pulled out of the ground and bent weather conditions avoured an Shanghai, recently passed by the how to ensure that there will be neyed simile of all trite rhetoric to fit the hand

invisible attack

are al Central Political Council, have the utmost possible readiness to is to the Sybilline Books, but it Complainant received a number of most certain that the strength been transmitted to the Legisla co-operate; and that can only be only trite because the rul

bruises" and cuts, Sergeant Fitches of enemy bombers wou etrate tive Yuan for approval Under secured by agreement in the of the nations have never lear

asked that a serious view be taken to their objectives.

the the instructions of President policy that has been, pursued the lesson. Foreign/v

might have resulted in best possible conditions of visibl. Sun Fo, the Secretariat has Like most impor

have never been able to und

uences had not lity for defence it would be differrod them to the Finance Com and our loose system

stable interficult

mittee of the Yuan. As soon a8 Volun

prevent 75 per cent, from getting the regulations are approved, the

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