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Mr. G. H. Wilson; the new editor of the Cape Times, comes of a well- known family of English journa- lista.

Two of his brothers occupy tan- ponsible posts in London fournal- ism.

Mr. G. H. Wilson is a close friend of General Smuts On his week- ends at Smuts's country estate they sit far into the night talking.

A STRONGER NAVY FOR BRITAIN

REQUIRED TO ENSURE

EMPIRE'S SECURITY AIR POWER I

INSUFFICIENT

BY ITSELF

(By Admiral Sir Roger Keyes)

London. armament had not succeeded.”

THE Government "Statement re- Clause" 3 "drawa attention to than

atins to Defences has been fact that Germany has re-armed.

That, and walking, are Mr. Wi-violently assailed by the Socialist openly on a large scale, despite the and Liberal Opposition and by a Versailles Treaty, and recall that son's only recreations.

an enemy.

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OUTSPOKEN EDITOR

His appointment will be popular section of people in the country who she gave notice of withdrawal from in Capetown. He is a man without honestly belleve-of for political the League of Nations and the Dis

purposes declare that the disarma- armament Conference, Japan also ment of Great Britain, whatever any has withdrawn from the League. other nation may do, is the only way All the Great Powers have added to to bring about world peace.

their armed forces. In these cir- Mr. Basil Long, his predecessor, During the Parliamentary debate cumstances the Government had no is a man of strong views, frequent-on March 11 and the discussion on choice but to put British armaments ly and fearlessly expressed.

the Naval Estimates on March 14, in a condition to safeguard us. General Hertzog once attempted the attitude of the Opposition against potential dangers. to fix personal responsibility for clearly showed that they intend to Guarding The Seas political comment in newspapers try to make political capital out of I think the Government and their" by passing a law that it must be the Government's wise and states-technical advisers, the three Chiefs signed.

manlike pronouncement and very of the Staff who work together in: Long wrote the political leaders modest contribution towards naval loyal co-operation-are to be con- of the "Cape Times." To meet Gen-efficiency.

gratuated on the wise and timely. eral Hertzog's demands and at the If their insidious propaganda reminder of the functions of the same time express his own view, he fallacies and mis-statements of fact Navy contained in Clause 4. These put at the bottom of them?

were to be met with a

vigorous have been rather lost sight of by the "Written by B. K. Long-to ex-counter-attack, every true British general public of late years.. press the policy of the 'Cape man and woman, and every friend "If peace should be broken the Times,""

of Great Britain in the world, would

Navy is, as always, the first liner He is respected in Capetown for rally to the support of the Govern- of defence for the maintenance of his outspokenness. He is also ment, in opposition to the interna- our essential sea communications."** feared.

tionalist policy of the Socialista. This should clear the air of the His leading article on the death It was the Socialists who declared mischievous propaganda which has of J. B. Robinson must be the most at the annual conference at South-so greatly added to the difficulties of frank obituary that was ever write port last year that they would intro- those who have been responsible for ten.

duce an Act of Parliament to hand providing an adequate Naval defence He is a fluent and attractive over the security of the British Em-during the last 15 years. speaker, on any subject.

It

Your Daily Smile!

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pire to the League of Nations,

Peace Our Aim

We have been continually tolď: that pavies are obsolete and redun-

The China Mail about a bimetallic stabilised cur- rency for the träde of the world. The object is unexceptionable; it Hong Kong, Thursday, April 18, 1938. is just what we want. But the method cannot succeed. It would mean that the U.S.A. dollar would

Let us examine this much-abused dant, and that money spent on ships The British Budget become the International stan-

White Paper. Surely no one can should be diverted to the provision dard and that would not meet Mistress: "Bridget, aren't those egga quarrel with the preamble in Clause of an immense Air Force, which "It is very difficult to imagine the case of a world that is uncooked yet?

Bridget: "No, ma'am.

I've bolled 1, which declares "that the establish would provide all the necessary de- exactly what the critics of the country because of a high tariff soft yet!"

able to send goods to the creditor them for two hours; but they're not ment of peace on a firm footing is fence of the Empire. But Imperial Budget introduced by Mr. Neville that excludes them. To expect

the principal aim of British foreign defence is not quite so easy as that. policy." If disarmament is the The development of the power, Chamberlain expected or what England to go back on to gold they would have done them-with the prospect of new de

solution of the age-old problem we range, and apood of modern aircraft "If I were you," a jeweller advised selves under the same

a youth, "I wouldn't have George to are all trying to salve, no one can has in no way relieved or lightened, mands for Debt payments is out his dearest Allee, engraved on the ring honestly maintain that Great Bri- but has only increased, the anxieties circum-l

of the question. stances. The figures and thej

If Alica changes her mind, you can't tain has not given a generous lead and responsibilities of the Ad- small remissions of taxation are is the question of unemployed the young man.

The real crux of the Budget use the ring again.”..........

What would you suggest?” asked

In this direction.

miralty. A study of geography will': After outlining all the efforts show that there are vast ocean almost exactly in correspon-relief, which has already been dence with the anticipations dealt with, by a separate mea-to his first and only love."

would suggest the words, George, made by our successive Governments spaces in which aircraft other than since the war to "promote the pre- those operated from ships: could not given in the English newspapers sure; and the outlook is not en-

servation of peace by treaty," the possibly have any influence. that have already arrived, and it couraging. It was found that

The Capital Ship' the local committees were inter-

"It was Grandad's

"Hitherto, in spite of many If our seaborne communications). come in and been disposed of sistent methods

"Yes, and Dad wanted to have a setbacka, public opinion in this on which the very life of the coun- of payment, alvver and adapper." "according to plan." Leaving which resulted in the out-of-

country has tended to assume that try depends, were cut by an enemy "And the son will probably want a jout of account altogether the works in one District getting plane and a Jane.

nothing is required for the main who did not regard navies as obać- tenance of peace except the exist-lete and redundant, our 'factories American War Debt about which more than those in another. After elaborate enquiries and

His. Experience

ing international political, ma-would cease work and our people there are no signs of a satisfac-j

discussions a new scale and re-which was nearly full when it came

Two women were waiting for a bus, chinery, and that the older would starve; our aeroplanes would tory settlement being offered or

methods of deferice-Navies, soon cease to Ay, owing to lack of Armies and Air Forces-on which seaborne petrol and lubricating oll.. Debt payable in sterling is exact secure uniformity and a certain

amount of economy: So furious top," said the conductor.

we have hitherto depended for pur on which they are dependent... ly two hundred millions a year!

security in the last resort, are no an agitation arose that it be "But surely you wouldn't separate

On the other hand, aircraft more than it was: before the

mother and daughter." war, and the collection of that came clear that it would be fatal ay did once replied the conductor,

longer required."

Joperated from warships or aircraft to the

If this statement accurately re-carriers have greatly lengthened the sum deprives the Chancellor of

Government; for in as he rang the boll, "but never again." presents feeling in the country in striking power of a navy, If the fleet the opportunity of proposing found that this question in- several bye-elections it was anything sensational One can

Evolution

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is clear that the revenue has preting the existing law in incon. Bg and a gul,'n ambition to hara/White Paper goes on to say that:

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arranged, the interest on thegulations were promulgated Room fer one inside and one

ON

not quite forget that American uenced thousands of votes. It NEW COMMODORE "Debt," although there is nothing was proved that the new scale

gave more to many applicants

Icessor

On Saturday

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general. It is high time for the that carries them has command of statement sufficiently strongly word- are very vulnerable, and cannot work Government to issue an authoritative the sea. But the aircraft carriers.

al

ed to remind the people of the ever-unprotected by warships. recurring leasons of history, which The main fleet is the basis on record with unfalllng regularity the which our naval strategy rests, and humiliations and defeats Britain has in the main feet the capital ship re- suffered when her armed forces and mains the essential element upon

done about it at the moment who had previously been getting To Take Over Duties The unpaid interest is mounting up, even though it is only a bookess than was their due. But entry and it is well known that argument was of no avail, and the Government gave way. The Mr. Baldwin when he made the existing settlement by which he higher grants had been given were

result was that those to whom Captain C. G. Sedgwick, oue maritime power had been allowed to which the whole structure of our undertook to pay principal and

to Commodore Frank decline and decay, because the politi- naval strategy depends, as the White interest "to the last cent" made authorised to retain them, while Elliott, as Commodore in charge cal horizon was for the moment Paper declares. This is not only the no stipulation about arrears and

those who had had their grants of the Naval Establishments at clear...

opinion of the Board of Admiralty, reduced got the old amount re-Hong Kong, will hoist his broad compound interest. Every year stored. The temper of English pennant on H.M.S. Cornwall at

Other Powers Arming but also of those who are responsible adds to the total; and the posi

To the relief of many thousands for the navies of the four other tion now is that although the opinion is all in favour of doing a.m. to-morrow. Commodore amount paid of calculated in unfortunate people who cannot will be holsted on H.M.S. Tamar. Government, who have been watch The capital ship may, in years to

all that can be done for the Frank Elliott's broad pennant of supporters of the National great maritime Powers. pounds sterling and at the pre-find work. sent price of gold' would have|

But it is disturbing Aa Captain Sedgwick is sening, our dwindling defences with come, develop into something differ been enough to bring the ori- to realise that it is the class who for to Commodore Elliott, H.M.S. great concern, Clause 1 of the White ent from the battleship, which is the capital ship of to-day. We have ginal obligation to a manageable

are being assisted with public Tamar will salute H.M.S. Corn Paper concludes: aum, the paper total now must money that holds the balance of wall with 11 guns. The salute The National Government In-made every possible effort, in the. have mounted again to the old political power, H.M.S. Cornwall.

will be immediately returned by tends to pursue by every practi- Interests of economy, to limit the cable means, without intermission, displacement and gun-power of the figure. It is obviously imposal Without the double advantage

Commodore Elliott's broad a National policy of peace, capital ship of to-morrow. But so ble to ask any taxpayers to shoul. of an increase of the employed pennant will then be struck, and But it can no longer close its eyes long as the four other maritime der the burden again, and it is and a corresponding, decrease of

at 8 a.m. on Saturday Commodore to the fact that adequate defences (Continued on Page 13). rather extraordinary that no the recipients of relief It will re- Sedgwick's broad pennant will be new actuarial scheme is not main impossible for the Chan-holated on H.M.S. Tamar adopted. Only one motive can cellor to reduce the capital Foreign warships, in the har- account for the omission; the amount of the debt, which is bour, including the U.S.3 Tulsa deliberate aim at destroying the crippling every sort of Industry and the Portuguese light cruiser, credit and currency of sterling as it is all to the good that there to Goncalves Zarco, will salute the a world currency. It is well a balance of about twenty "mill- known also that both President lion to reduce the debt by that

new Commodore. Hoover and President Roosevelt amount, but as against a total have used their influence in fa of seven thousand million the vour of a reasonable, polley, and reduction is pitifully small; and that if nothing has been done it it is notable that several of the is not the fault of the high small increases in the votes por- officers of state that have experi- tend larger increases in the ence of finance. At the same future. One cannot but be glad time it is to be noted that the that the old country is carrying Pleading guilty to a charge of by sea, land and dir.' “In this way present position defeats what is on without any slip backwards, having 1,014 heroin pills in his we have taken great riska for praca," often stated to be the policy of and the avoidance of any die- possession, ¡Ll Tin, a divan keep but our example of unilateral dis- the American Government, turbing experiments; is probably ery was fred $1,000, în default

HEROIN PILL HAUL

saya

250 Sold Per Day Says Defendant

are still required for security and to enable the British Empire to

the peace of the world." play. Its full part in maintaining

political party aspiring to govern It is simply: Incredible that any

should, attempt to make capital out of such a sane, obvious, though be ated, declaration.

Clause 2 points out that while all parties have been seeking to carry

out the policy outlined above there

has been a steady decline in the effective strength of our armaments

Many people say that when the the best way to revive cound six months imprisonment by that the place was a fair! silver purchasing campaign has ence but only a much more Mr. E. I Wynne Jones at the divan, and the defendant been completed the intention rapid rate of advance would Kowloon Magistray this morned to sell about 250 p Five amokers were on Revenue Officer Brown stated at the time of the raid.

to call a Conference and bring tomova: anxiety

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