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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1935

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"DE LAWD" HARRISON

"De Lawd" Harrison went on the stage at the age of 66. He was offered the part of the Lord in "The Green Pastures"-the part he was about to play for the 1,668th time) when he collapsed and died by Marc Connelly, author of the play.

THE MAIN DUTY OF GOVERNMENT

THE SAFETY OF THE EMPIRE

ALARMING WEAKNESS OF

BRITAIN'S DEFENCES

(By Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill)

Ho didn't answer at first. "But then something in my soul replied, 'T'll stick to you through thick and] thin, Mr. Connelly !"" From that moment he became. De Lawd."

zons from foreign aggression. It would be wrong and imprudent The first reception of "The Green Indeed, it is the main purpose for in the last degree if we were to Faatures" was mixed. "Dreadfully which Governments exist.

neglect this. The Socialist Party lacking in box-office ability. wrote To a Government claiming for have procured an inquiry into what one critic.

itself the proud title of. "National" they call the "arms racket," and He was wrong. The play became this should present itself In the many worthy people think that the a legend throughout America, and most imperative and binding form. private manufacture of

London, extent and with a refinement which. BE prime duty of every Governs at once astounding and alarm Term Lauty

made a triumphal progress through 09 States and 203 towns.

CAIN MARRIED ON ANGEL

For what could be more terrible materials should be prevented. A than the responsibility of Minis- much more pertinent Inquiry would ters if, when danger draws high, it be how to convert and preparó: were found that the country was private firms all over the country to not safe and that the necessary undertake this work to the utmost.

Air Potency

At the jubilee performance 10 of measures to make it safe had been capacity should-an occasion. arise, [the original 16 cherubim were found' neglected?

to have outgrown their parts, Noah had married Eve and Cain one of the angels.

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terrybasts when they're late?"

"Did you hear what they do with

“No, What 7**. „ "Dock 'em."

Not Strange"

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polets.

Britain's Right Arm

were secure.

Growing Dangers

But it is when we consider the ale that the full gravity of our.

The dangers inherent in the pre-ernment that there was no danger she snapped at one of sent foreign situation, which many of this. Mr. Baldwin made these the boys, "what are you laughing at?" have seen growing for the last two definite statements: (1) the squeeze it must be up there when three or four years, are now becon German Air Force is not rapidly- "I was just thinking, teacher, what there's only a quarter moon. ing plain for all men.

approaching equality with our own. not bring peace. There is a sense from now (le., November 1935) w

There is fear that voting for but is still only 50 per cent, of ours peace and working for peace may (Le, half as strong); (2) a year"). of uncontrollable world forces Inshall be at least 50 per cent. (Le,, - the military as well as in the econo- three to two) stronger than Ger mic world which engulf nationa, many In the air.. and before' which the most sincere Inaccurate Statements and righteous wishes cannot pro- These ware very remarkable de vail.

clarationa. They came from a However, we must not despair of Minister in the highest responsibi peace, but persevere faithfully and lity, with access to all the secret" allow no wrongful pride or passion Information. The Government

"I never went to school with

LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES

Before the Great War the position bursis upon us, During; "The Green Pastures" was intro- greatest pains and care were taken the last six years Mr. Ramsay Mac duced to England. through the both by the Government and

the Donald has been Prime Minister columns of the Evening Standard. Opposition to make sure that, our and has presided over the Commit- where it was serialised.

naval defence was ample. The tee of Imporial Defence.. During House of Commons required to be the last three of these years the Your Daily Smile!

satisfied upon all the principal whole European situation has been..

The Government took transformed, and transformed en- you come to mark this man's paper additions they were making to the given both in Parliament and in the

Government Examiner: How ald pride in proving that the immense

tirely to our disadvantage.' 191 per cent? Don't you know that Fleet would guarantee the safety Press that Germany was secretly The plainest warnings have been, nothing can be more perfect than and freedom of the island and Its] 100 per cent?" quite possible that Mr. Dies has] not realised that if all the world's answered one question we didn't ask."

New Assistant: "Yes, but this man connections with the Empire, what creating a military Air Force con..

ever happened,

trary to the treaty. Last year we money was based on gold and

Thus, when suddenly and swiftly that the British Air Force should drew from Mr., Baldwin a promiss Hong Kong, Tuesday, April 30, 1935. the floating supplies of both silver, and the States held all

Naturally

the hateful catastrophe broke upor the world, Britain and her Empire not be inferior to that of any coun-- it would be necessary either to abolish

The Fleet was ready: try within striking distance of our the great. Tariff or to give up foreign trade, altogether.

every ship was at its station. The hores. In particular, it was command of the seas passed silent-understood that we should never Ever since 1875 there has been

Tight Quarters

ly and instantaneously into our become inferior to. Germany. In the "The duel cannot continue for a hankering in the Western

Teacher was taking her class of hands; nor was it challenged till

air. ever"

the States for a bimetallic system or moon was the subject. remarks one of

young"; pupils in astronomy. The authors of the Silver Purchase inconvertible paper coinage, and

nearly three years later by the When I raised this question in the debate on the Address last Act, Representative Dies, and the famous.speech of William leve that there are fifty million peo-

"Now," she said, "some people be U-boats.

November we received the most that is at any rate one comment Jennings Bryan about the cruci-ple on the moon She paused an

positive, assurances from the Gove that we can agree with; but it fixion of humanity on a cross of a titter of laughter reached her cars. would be even more interesting gold was appealing to an "Willian," if he had explained why it was tradition. The fight for sound necessary to have a duel at all money was the hardest struggle At any rate it clears the air of the career of Alexander somewhat to know that the Hamilton, one of the fathers. strange policy of offering to buy of the Republic. But even be- An old school friend of yours silver for a higher price than fore the days of the Revolution asked to other purchasers are giving was the Western frontier,

be remembered to you which man called Robinson." inaugurated with a deliberate in-then hardly begun to reach what "Don't remember him," tention of compelling other would nowadays be called the "Short chap with whiskers." nations to do something that Middle West, was demanding short chap with whiskers." they would not choose to do, and greenbacks, and development not merely in ignorance of, its grants paid out of the resources subversive effects on commerce. of the printing press without It is not so easy to understand any legislative restriction. It why Mr. Dies should be surpris- was one of the thorns in the side ed that with the United States of old George III; and perhaps Hong Kong rainfall for the 24 to affect our policy. To plead for Press; and naturally the Socialist buying all the silver that she the fact that he was opposed to hours ending at 10 am. to-day defensive preparations is not to and Liberal organs, acceptert them can get. some other Governments the programme has had some was 0.44 inch. The total since Jan- proclaim the Imminence of war. If with complete confidence and relief.: are apparently bidding up the thing to do with its subsequent uary 1 has been 9.34 inches, an war were imminent, preparations Those who had warned the Govern price to keep the silver within perennial popularity. The East-againat an average of 11.17 inches. would be too late. We should pray. ment that a far worse state of their own borders." It sounds ern States, which have had to do Every like the old story of the most of the financing have as

indeed, that they may not already things existed. were written down wolf and the lamb. The coun-consistently supported "sound Shanghai and Japan ports at 6 năm.

The a.s. Tilawa will leave here for be too late!

as "scaremongers." trics referred to are naturally money and the financial scan-to-morrow."

What, then, is the condition of (Continued on Page 10) anxious to get as high a price as dals of many of the big corpora-

the British defences in this anxious they can for such silver as they tions, by creating vast and wide-Appearing before Mr. E. 1. Wynne Fleet? What of the Army? Above spring of 19357 What of the hold; but in any case the opera-spread suspicion, only part of Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy all, what of the Air? We have TORONTO'S EXPENSE. tions of the speculators dwarf which has been justified, have this morning on a charge of adul-still, according to my judgment, the any Government action; and the handed over to the "Radicals" tery, LI Kwok-leung, a 34-year-old strongest Navy in the world, restrictions on the sale of silver the keys of the citadel. are originally due to the Agree now a desperate struggle between months' imprisonment, while Leung dangers that we are likely to be It is coolle, was fined $500, in default six Nevertheless, it is not to, naval ment engineered by the Ameri- the champions of caution and Yu; a 26-year-old married woman immediately exposed. The former can: delegates to the World the champions of experiment. and the woman involved, was fined German fleet is at the bottom of Economic Conference. It is The rest of the world can only $50, in default one month's impri- the sea, and the new one will take practical lesson in the dangers look on of such interference with the own affairs have become so en-

and regret that their sonment, at the husband's request.a good many years to build. All

Toronto Public welfare work natural flow of commodities, and twined with a contest in which

we have to do for our Navy at pre-In Toronto last year cost $11,628, if the alleged aim of the Wash-they would prefer to have neither Johnston Road, Wanchal, will be perly supplied with the necessary direct relief and $2,649,810, on The Violet Peel Health Centre In sent is to make sure that it is pron unemployment relief, 364,937, on

245, of which $8,808,401 was spent✨ ington authorities to hold a part nor lot, second Conference is correct and For us the only policy is to

opened on Monday, May, at 5 stores and reserves of munitions invitations are issued it is a have a plan in reserve to pre- p.m by Lady Peel

and fuel. And that when the general welfare according to A, W. lesson that will be borne in mind, vent our being jolted up and

wretched London Treaty expires in Laver, welfare commissioner. and cause any suggestions to be down at the tail of the specula-Repulse Bay Hotel to-morrow even-freedom of design.

A Dinner Dance will be held at 1986 we shall recover our necessary

Assistance was given during the received. with

tive cart in its career of exploraing The last bus leaves Repulse

year, to 5,250,544 Individuals, The suspicion than at the previous tion which has nothing to do Bay at 1a.m.

average weekly cost for a family meeting.

with our requirements for trade

for food, shelter, gas, light, water It does seem probable that with South China It is to be

and school supplies, clothing and there is such a scheme, and that resumed that all arrangements "KING LEAR" ACTED the proposal will be for the old action if the jolts continue to have been made for Immediate plan of bimetallism in the ratio make trade more and more dif- of sixteen to one; and if the cult. A managed currency may other countries are unable to have ita drawbacks, but a cur- devise any alternative the conrency based on a metal managed trol of the medium of trade beby speculators would be intoler tween all nations would become able. At eighteen pence sterling the American dollar. The first to the dollar we should be quite result would be a revolution in reasonable close both to Shang-enjoying a great run of popularity and other great cities; to prevent France where the prestige of the hat and Canton; and level with in Russia at the moment. panic among the inhabitants; and an everyone else speaks of a bus Republican regime is entirely the rupee.

even more

MEAL FOR AN ELEPHANT

bound up with the maintenance of the gold basis and g great sucrifices have been made for that purpose. Already there has been a marked development towards, confining trade to the other countries of the "gold

Zoologiats say a The loss of London.

eata about half trol of sterling would be even day and often drin Imb revolutionary and It I

water vltho

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Shakespeare Popular IN YIDDISH

In Russia

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FOR RELIEF WORK

Cost: $11,523,245 During 1934

What Of The Army? Although the British Empire is exposed than in 1914, the British larger, more disturbed, and more special dicts was $0.00.

Army is much smaller. We have virtually no Expeditionary Force, and happily no one is counting upon us to send one to his aid. It is my belief that if we should become the objects of foreign aggression and attack, the main task of our Army would be to organise the exodus The plays of Shakespeare are which will take place from London

Hamlet,"

Moscow.

"BUS" NOW OFFICIAL NAME

London Transport Board's Decree

It has been decreed officially that

"King Leary played in Yiddish, to protect them from pestilence and for an omnibus it is time that the has, nightly been filling the Jewish famine during the early phases of word, was adopted in official langu theatre here with delighted crowds, the emergency....

by the London Fasseng translated into the Preparations should of course, Transport. Board. Uzbek language, created such inter-be made to convert the whole of "Omnibus' is a cumbersome. est when It was announced that it our Industry, - should. become word, said an offic ma of omnibus is called bus ople in London, so we

tra

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shown in Tashkent Cer neces to-varlo

were sold munition production. before the opening already been completed

other country in the world

Am

most

be right that we ourzels

an should use the shorter, word