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|KONYA—AŁ the War Memorial Nursing Home, on December 21, 1935, to Mr. and Mrs. À S Konya, z son.

scored 3 5 on s 25-yard hole, A CELLAR AT SOMERVILLE way, was never in the rough, and although be never was on the fair-

In her book, "A Room With al escaped all sand traps. In teeing View," Miss Virginia Woolf des-]

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EGYPT TO-DAY

TEMPORARY RECONCILIATIONS

off on No. 10 tee. he hooked the cribed with painful realism a meal TEMPERAMENTAL REACTIONS AND all over onto No. 12 patting green, in a women's college. The last about 150 yards distant. Next he course was prunes, the drink pro sliced over to No. 1 green, missing vided water, and the meat fairway and rough entirely. From served in tepid slices. there he landed square on No. 10 It is generally believed a moving vehicle.

Miss Wool had Girtan in Her words, however, sppear to

LOCAL TRAFFIC “ACCIDENTS

No Fatalities For Last Week

now been laid down.

that

(By Sir George Young)

coats or

have been more taken to heart is THE eyes of the peoples of the agree to any marriage contract Somerville, where a wine cellar has one of the art the other would accept roar This abandonment of a spartanto-day on the Highlands of Aby-patient and paternal protector. are black or white, may be turned Bull has on the whole been 2 tradition is due, perhaps, to thesinia But the Powers-that-be. As for Cleopatra, she has been a large number of novelists amo whether in red Somerville graduates, who natural shirts, are keeping their ears to the prevents her from recognising black premiere danseuse whose pride b expect to be offered something ground in Ex-ptTM The official return of traffic ac- less enervating than prines when Abyssinia is the key to Egypt the taxe" And she has been no "For," "while that he who pays the piper calls cidents during the week ended they visit their old college.

Egypt is the door to the East. Hong Kong. Saturday, Dec. 21, 1935. December 14 shows that a total of Miss Dorothy Sayers, the late

more easy to manage since she tax 42 accidents occurred. 19 people Winifred Holtby, Miss Vera Brii-

It was in Egypt that, over a cen-"found "religion" in an extreme being injured, though they were tain and Miss Margaret Kennedyr ago, Great Britain. heading a form of nationalism. not attended by any fatalities.

league for collective security, pre- The present political position is There were 21 accidents involv-

vented a French national renas-that in 1922 we proclaimed Egypt cence under Napoleon from ex-independent subject to four reser- panding into an Eastern Empire varions: (1) The protection of

were all at Somerville.

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Sir Samuel Hoare

Whatever one may think of ing collisions between vehicles,|ANOTHER IDOL GONE his apologia, there can be no two people being injured, while

the House of Commons. It

consequently

re-

la chance of the Bill being alter- broken nose to be reset. It is

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doubt that Sir Samuel Hoare vehicle collisions involving dam- Fantomime producers, have re- Egypt was then, in Talleyrand's foreigners and minorities, which cently been busy with Cinderella, words, our "heel of Achilles" to has involved maintenance of the has been extremely unlucky, are to property were 4. Five:

and the famous glass slipper was day the spinal nerve of the Empire Capitulations. to the disgust of He was a Conservative of the people were injured while run-i "Centre," which may be taken ning across roads, four while doubt being prepared to

en-rins through the Mediterranean Egyptian nationalism that has to mean that he was a man of walking on the roadway: three that the hearts of the childlike and Red Sea, a protective fluid so seen Turkey, Persia and Irak free moderate views, more interest-while stepping off the footpath:with its fleeing pit-a-pat down the long as sea power survives. themselves of these servitudes;

ballroom stairs. ed in administration than in and five while jumping on or off,

But at the isthmus of Spez the (2) The security of our imperial the advocacy of policies. At or falling of, a vehicle when in under all those pretty imaginations with any other power in Egypt our of Egypt against aggression. And now a bombshell is exploded nerve is bare to land power, and communications; (3) The defence any rate he was not well known motion.

Mr. John Murray Gibbon's book, position would be as precarious as which has involved the mainten- to the public until it fell to himed is that something like a "Steel of Empire," deals with the that of a stake with a mongoose ance of a British garrison, which to pilot the India Act through mandate for Abyssinia, held by lure of fur, drawing commerce to at its neck

is almost as much resented; and was a most exacting task, more through Italy the very policy "Vair he says, "is a fur that

the League itself and worked Canada

Western Frontier

(4) The sale administration by us than enough to absorb the that we ourselves suggested in only princesses of Roval blood is Libya, which is Italian-the condominiam with Egypt.

The western frontier of Egypt of the Sudan, despite the nominal whole of any man's energies for these columns was very near might wear at Court." several years. By common con-acceptance when it was set le's was a fur slipper-rair, nottish. But between the Sudan and Cinderel-southern the Sudan, which is Bri-

Treaty Failures sent he and Lord Willingdon by the extreme demands of terre, as the translator of Charles Egypt and between Libya and larise relations by a treaty have

Since 1922 all attempts to res made a strong partnership, and Duce, and the great mass of details came pudiated by the Emperor.

Perrault's 'Cendrillon' would bare Abyssinia is a desert tract crossed failed. For whenever British de. to be reduced to order and to

¡us believe."

by the ancient pilgrim route. Amocracy win the support of all the Intinuous hard work and new reason.

Under the strain of con- Happily, legentis are not based strong military power entrenched ments was ready to make conces

under Labour Govern- dian politicians who were not xieties, Sir Samuel's health tinue to wear her slipper of glass command both the Sudan and the Nationalist Party, the Wafd, May Cinderella con in the Abyssinian highlands would sions Egyptian democracy under pledged to complete independ-broke down, and he was order** long as Rapunzel's gilden hair Kenya that is both the White and raised its claims. ence and probably of mosted to take a holiday; and, as he streams down the ivory tower. of them. for it was most was having a run of bed-luck!

Blue Niles, and thereby would con- noticeable that criticism became ne must needs have an accident, Your Daily Smile!

The three factors in Egyptian trol Egypt.

palities are King Fuad, who repre- very tepid whenever there was and all the pain of having a

What about political forces?sents the permanent police power, Much depends on the internation- the nationalist Wafd, which is the Jed by any material amendment notable that the accident hap- planes inst as they now drive cars our Empire, for Egypt, contrary High Commissioner, who repre- -Women will soon be flying aero-al relations between Egypt and strongest party; and the British His fortunes were steadily ris-pened just when a man of states a writer. Oh, well, rebuilding to public belief, is not in the Em-sents an advisory bat authorita- ing when the election along, and his appointment to meet the sadden call for a de A couple of wrens nested right

came vigorous health was needed to the hangars will provide work.

tive predominance over the army. be Foreign Secretary brought a faite line

The relationship between John and the administration. on the question of new task of getting up all the the application of efficient sanc-whe cultivate bushy moustaches care a few years of protectorate dur- of the Wafd, overthrew a Cabinet intricacies of a very confused tion at the risk of war.

under my nose, writes a camper. Men Bull and Cleopatra has, except for In 1929 the King, with the help situation.

to put up with this sort of thing. It is incredible that the "de-

ing and after the war, been irre-supported by us, and then threw The election was very largely cision had to be made in five

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galar. Never more so than now, out the anti-British Wafd and re- Unprepared a vote of confidence in Mr. minutes," unless that

It has been a long liaison, en-placed the democratic Constitution Baldwin, who pledged himself means that Sir Samuel had traily, was inclined to be tions and temporary reconciliation of 1930.

The golfer had lost his ball and, livened by temperamental rac-of 1923 by the autocratic Constitu- to support the League, and the through illness had no chancezored with his caddie.

There followed most popular name was that of of keeping up with his official went he asked.

Why didn't you watch where itions.

three years of strong govern- Mr. Eden who was one of the dispatches. Even to a distant

ment which ended, as usual, in few Ministers who seemed to onlooker it has been obvious usually go anywhere, and so it took "Well, sir,” said the boy, it don'! know his own mind. He knew for weeks that the decision

me unprepared-like." fit only too well for a large see would have to be made, and the tion of the winning party sooner the better. It is also which looks upon the League as clear that the decision for merely multiplying our risks vigorous and consistent action and offering no solid backing-in could not be made without the case of emergency. Sir Samuel risk of endangering was appointed, not to check Mr. stability of the French Govern

the Eden, but as adding more moralment, and possibly starting a weight to our foreign policy dangerous quarrel with than an enthusiastic champion-friendly ally who is unfortan- ship of the League at all costs ately never weary of talking could command with those who about "perfide Albion The doubted whether Mr. Eden had mistake made was in the form enough experience.

of sending on the suggestions One .COM NOW see that Sir of M. Laval It might easily Samuel was set to an impossible have been contrived that they task. He would lose the sup-should go to the League as port of his own section if he coming from France, without failed to work heartily hand in appearing to give them the hand with France, or if he whole-hearted support of Eng- committed the British Govern-land.

only

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ment to war with Italy. Quite) Quite possibly the upper- frankly the Central Conserva- most thought tives were thinking more of they were bound to be re- -was that Italy, as an ally in European jected anyhow, affairs than of establishing any sending them on could make and that new ideals, and Ethiopia was of no difference.

The coup far less interest than Europe.grace came from a leakage to The formula adopted for elec- the press in Paris, which caus toral purposes was that no set-ed the publication to be made tlement would be accepted un-in such a way, without explana less it satisfied the two com-tion, as set loose a flood of op- batants and the League of Na-position that made it impos tions. That was a contradic-sible for any, cool consideration tion in terms, and was never to be given to the problem as possible of attainment. What a whole. possible arrangement could The moral is that if there is satisfy those three points at to be public negotiation such view?

upsets must be anticipated by It is now clear that the con- still more complete publicity. tinuous negotiations of M Ministers might well try the Laval had led to half-promises plan of setting a problem be- which involved, when read to-fore the public in all its aspects, gether with the existing instead of trying to maintain treaties with France and Italy, as much of the old secrecy as something a good deal more they can. At no time has definite than the public realswhole of this Ethiopian matter ed. Mr. Baldwin says that the been explained to the public, ill-fated proposals had been and Ministers have only them- "accepted in principle by the selves to thank if it is the m- Emperor, before the wer be lavourable news that travels

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