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While military titles have been

SHAPING OF FOREIGN POLICIES

CONSTITUTIONAL FORMS

IN ENGLAND

MONARCH'S INFLUENCE ON TRENDS IN CABINET

Minister in his general or depart- between the PL and the Foreign mental action. As a general rale,

Secretary and are submitted to the Queen, but if she dissents she has the practical right to demand the opinion of tās "Clin

spatch

the de-

|the Editor, and be accompanied by red-headed, fire-esting Irishman, the Writer's Name and Address was born in County Wicklow, Ire re-introduced in the Soviet army. land, and received his passage to

Nazi-police officers have been in- not necessarily for insertion, but

America in erchange for two structed to address one another sa (as a guarantee of good faith. “

young balls Working ar

kamerad. 3 labourer he married the daughter Revolutions, of whatever Da of his boss, the Governor of the ture, nearly always result in a

(By J. B. Firth) State of Vermont.

knew form of address being in- While in jail for libel, he was stituted. Under Cromwell's "rule

HO is responsible for the elected to the US Congress in the Elect--the then equivalent foreign policy of Great the foreign" durpatches are settled. 1793. He had the extraordinary the Bolshevik, Nazi, or Fascist Britain? That question fairly distinction of having beer elected Party-were expected to address arises out of the recent most! Congressman from three different one another as brothers after the unfortunate episode which re States, Vermont, Kentucky, Arkan-French Revolution

every good sulted in the resignation of Sir sanscalotte was a citizen; and in Samuel Hoare. The answ His was the decisive single vote Russia Tovarich signifies a true-not simple. Those who know which, elected Jefferson President blue proletarian. ..

most say least. A study of the statistics of of the United States over Aaron It began by being a term of The Foreign Secretary is in world prices during 1935 reveals Burr. In the popular election of base, and then, when the Bel-frather a different position from that of a list of 100 staple 1801. Jefferson and Burr had re-shevists got into power, became alother Secretaries of State, for articles of trade there has been ceived 73 electoral votes each. No coveted title, entiling the holder the Foreign Office has a special, a rise in price in about 70 vary-candidate having polled a majority, to rations and imamity from status of its own among "The ing from 50 per cent, to 2 per the election was referred to the class persecution."

Departments. Theoretically the cent, and that of the other 30, House of Representatives, where Just before the October Revolu- differences are difficult to define 10 remained unchanged and 20 after 7 days of balloting, Colonel tion the Menshevik members of sharply. Practically they vary showed a small decline. This Lyon, on the 36th ballot, cast his the Provisional Government used in degree according to the per is hailed as a good omen by all vote and that of Vermont in to try to placate turbulent audi-sonality of the Foreign Secre the commentators, because any favour of Jefferson, making the ences by using Tovarichi. This tary and what he makes of his rise is supposed to encourage latter President of the United sop to proletarian convention was office. production and enterprise, but States by a majority of one stateja failure. The speakers were greet there is a great deal of confu-in a total of sixteen.

ed with angry shouts of: "We're sion in the attempts to explain

(not your comrades.”

Your Daily Smile!

causes and results. It is parti- OPERA SEASON

IN LONDON

German Conductor To Participate

London. To-day. Professor Hans Knappertsbusch,

in

FỪ DE BLOOD

Yet they depend no less upon the personality of the Prime Minister, who bears a special and particular responsibility in respect to foreign affairs.

Constant SuperviSION

•Extensively Used "This power was extensively ned-in-they-1839-81 by in Gem Mairs and remem Albert acting through the Queen,... ber Sir George C. Lewis telling me at the time when? almost week- -ly Cabinets were called at the in- stance of the Queen, that the de- spatches were almost invariably modified

"We had several instances

the 1880 Government, when the Queen especially required that the Cabinet should be consulted as distinguished from the PM and

the Foreign Secretary upon views stated by herself. Of course, the decision at the Cabinet in such a case in final

That is very categorical, and Harcourt was a great constitu- tional authority. Lord Bendel, The Prime Minister is ex-Jan intimate friend of Mr. Glad "Hab yo'got any medicine dat wil pected to exercise a constant stone, once tried to draw him on Pify de blood?”

supervision over policy and to the function of the SovereignTM* "Yes, we keep this sarsaparilla, athe thoroughly cognisant of the in foreign affairs. Mr. Glad- one dollar a bottle. It purifies the contents of all important des-stone, however, refused to be blood and clears the complexion.”

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"Well, boss, hasn't yo' got satin patches especially when the drawn, and Rendel added: "I do 10 about 50 cents, jess fo' de blood: machine has begun to creak and not think he had anything but I don't keer about de complexion" things are growing unpleasant good to say of the Queen's re-

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in suy quarter. A FACT

plations to FO: affairs." But it derable influence cannot wholly quick to repudiate Rendel's sug- Moreover, a still more impon-the veteran statesman was be left out of the reckoning gestion that the Prince of Wales the influence of the Crown upon (King Edward VIL) might the course of foreign policy prove rather troublesome"

late, for no data are available. of men, and his "power to be What that is to-day it would be later on because he prided him- idle and presumptuous to specu-self on his quick appreciation In Queen Victoria's time it was useful in foreign relations.". immense and it was continually exercised.

cularly noticeable that all our contemporary writers on these subjects are inclined to look at graphs and indices and calcula- tions from the point of view of the seller, and not of the buyer. Is it not possible that the rise noted is due to the fact that if the public had to spend less in buying goods that have been at Bavarian General Director of a low price they had more Music, will conduct at the Grand money to buy something else? Opera season in the Spring of No man holds a principle unless It would be very interesting to 1986 see a review of trade conditions "Tristan

London "Parsifal," is the principal thing he holds. and Isolde," "The which would leave out prices Mastersingers." "The Ring" and

DRIVING THE GREEN and totals of money value 21-Der Rosenkavalier" will be per- Head down and follow through,

(With Apologies to Tennyson) together in order to give us à clear idea of quantities and singers, Munich's well-known bass, formed. Amongst other German

And one sweet shot for mes qualities consumed. The sur-Herr Ludwig Weber, has been

bal vey published by the Economy engaged-Trans-Ocean Service Branch of the League indicates that much of the bad trade wel have-been complaining of really amounts to an increase in the] number of countries competi

Sian, To-day-A terrible wind- tively meeting their

storm accompanied by occasional quirements, with a consequent snow-falls, occurred here at 2 reduction of the output of the o'clock yesterday morning People locally specialised industries and had the first taste of such bad a falling off in the transport weather since last year. Central required and the international News Agency. banking business

OVER re-

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A year or two ago we heard althe financial facts of the year, great deal about "rationalisa, but from the outsider's angle of tion," which in practice amount vision the important point is ed to something like the "syn- that as the proposed scheme of dicalism" of Sorel a very regulation of industry was popular scheme in France 30 drafted under conditions of years ago, much more common harassing crisis and hustle, and as a project than as a realised was upset not by business deve organisation. It meant practi-lopments or economic second cally a conspiracy of all the thoughts but by lawyers, it will people engaged in one trade always be possible for the against the rest of the com-theorists to say that the experi- munity. Regular wages and ment never had a chance, and regular profits were to be that its failure is no guide for secured by regulated prices at others. the cost of the general public. Much the same argument{ The objections were that if it might be used about the had been generally adopted by Totalitarianism" of Italy and all trades the public would be Germany. War in the case of very well able to protect itself Italy, and rearmament in the by syndicalising the sources of case of Germany, have prevent supply, and the only resulted any gains under State regu- would have been to substitute lation from being applied to mass bargaining for individual their proper use of raising the bargaining. The second weak standard of living at home and point was that like many other maintaining «credit abroad. panaceas it required a self-suffi- There is not so much difficulty cient community, for each in reckoning up the results in nation was unable to control these countries as in Russia, what the others did or refused and there would be unanimity to do.

among any impartial students The United States of that whereas the centralised America, in the downright man-system may have been effective ner customary with that for the purposes of war or pre- of "go-getters," put paration for war, that has only many of these half forgotten been secured by severe sacri- schemes to the test in the "Newffices by the mass of the people Deal" camouflaged under new and particularly the poor

No large section of International regulation by humanity is likely to find con-cartels and agreements has also The failed to do as much as was last fortnight has seen practi- expected. The price of rubber cally the whole of the New Deal was lifted out of the ruinons scrapped, but in a way that range of non-economic rates, would not be likely to occur but it refuses to go up to any anywhere else, by the legal de-of the rates prophesied Cot cisions of a Court whose duty it ton restriction in the States has is to apply the ancient and led to large planting in Argen venerated constitution to en-ting the Sudan, and elsewhere. tirely different modern condi-The iron and steel cartel has tions. The confusion created been a godsend to the north at by the fact that all the dec-England, but only at the cos sions except that which dealt of making the price of consta with the Gold Clanse have beentional steel a hand unfavourable to the Adminis- housing sche tration is shown by the fact conclusion. that the Budget recently intro-

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And may there be no topping of the

When I drive off the tee.

But such a low, true-aimed and lasty

sunarke

(Oft visioned in my dream) As deaves the fairway till it comes

to rest

Upon the green.. Firm grip, no upward look Now let me do my stuf

And may there be no nasty slice or

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To land me in the rough

But fally shall my heart be satisfied

It, ere life's sands are run, My ravished exis ence czich

caddie's cry, A-hole in one.”

High Opinion

Sir William Harcourt, writ On the contrary Mr. Glad- ing to John Morley 40-years stone expressed his high ago in reference to his chapter opinion of the Prince's tact and on the Cabinet system in his abilities. "Life" of Walpole, made the The close interest which King following statement:

Edward took in foreign affairs, "There is one thing you ought and the great role he played to bring out more clearly, and that when he came to the Throne is the right of the Sovereign to de

are well known. But they mand the opinion of the Cabinet

as a court of appeal against the were Prime Minister

any other

much misunderstood (Continued on Page 3)

'BELIEVE IT OR NOT'

by Robert L. Ripley

8 YEAR OLD

SCHOOL GIRL Jean Lawrie Hodgson

STUDENT

OPTICAL ILLUSION

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