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I WAS ASTONISHED BY MOROCCO

GREAT DEVELOPMENTS

BY THE FRENCH

FIRM GOVERNMENT LEADS TO PEACE AND PLENTY

I implore you, my dear collen- gues, not to imperil the guaran- tee of our safety. I implore you with my hand on my heart though to-day it seems more

Morocco to me was a revelation,, Morocco-complained, not without absurd to have one's hand on Reading about the Moroccan ques- reason, that she had been ignored one's heart than on one's poc-tion in the newspapers, or in offi- in these arrangements. There fol- ket-book.

cial documents, affords not the lowed the German Emperor's visit

The dance, was made the oc- [casion of a presentation to Dr. |H D. Matthews, President of the |Association, and Mrs, Matthews, (who are leaving for Australia to-

day at noon by the. Taiping.

After an evening filled by danc- Hong Kong, Friday, March 13, 1936 ing and musical items rendered This was a reference to a crop slightest impression of the charm to Tangier, the grave Algeciras by Mr. Li ‘Chor-chi, Miss Doreen of recent caricatures of M. Her and value of this splendid" terri-Conference. various dangerous Ma, Mrs. Lewis and Miss Prue riot's favourite oratorical device. tory.

incidents at Casablanca, and fin-

(By Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill)'

some

Lord Beatty

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Lewis, a presentation was madej Some of these showed ML. Her-i As we have ourselves for a long ally the crisis of Agadir, which to Dr. Matthews by Mr. F. J. Neil, riot wearing his heart on his time had no ambition to add to nearly precipitated the Great War With the passing of Admiral Vice-President of the Association. sleeve, carrying his heart-a vivid our Imperial responsibilities, and three years before its actual oc- Lof the Fleet David Beatty.] In making the presentation Mr. red one for the Front Populaire-as indeed our principal difficulty currence.

Britain has lost one of the most Neil said:

(on a dish, or cutting open his will be to keep what we have, tre It is therefore with keen in- gallant and romantic figures of "Dr. Matthews, It is my pleasure chest to reveal that highly humani-may admire this great sphere of terest that the English tourist the present century. Hand-and regret to ask you to receiveįtarian organ.

French enterprise without any visits these scenes, and it is only, as the proverbial Greek from the members of this Asso-

suspicion of coveting it for our upon the spot that the value of the selves. god. yet with features that dis-ciation this electric elock for Mrs. NEW YORK'S IRISH MAYORS

prize which Great Britain resign- Nevertheless, no one who visitsed and for which France and Ger- played courage and audacity in Matthews and this wrist-watch for John F. "Red, Mike") Hylan, Morocco can help admiring the many were contending can be ap every line, debonair

at all yourself. These gifts, as a mark the former Mayor of New York remarkable prescience of times, his narai cap worn of appreciation,

Lord (preciated. small who has just died, was one of the Rosebery's celebrated declaration jauntily at an angle he was the tribute to the yeoman service you many Irish Tammany mayors of of 1904. At that time we had un-

The Rich Earth beau ideal of a sailor and it was have given to this Association.

the city. easy to understand the hero-

"You, as a foundation member, He was a vivid personality. So terests in Morocco, built up over than England, gifted with a rich questionably preponderating : in- Here we have a region Izrgez worship that he inspired, both and our President, have seen this was his wife. Mrs. Hylan was amongst those with whom he Association grow from 20 odd to Mayoress of New York when the

many generations.

and fertile soil,

adequate served and his countrymen at what is to-day, a flourishing or-Queen of the Belgians paid a visit friction

In order to bring to an end the rainfall, and a climate which in

between large.

England and spite of four hot months is ad- ganisation of 120 members. So shortly after the war. Not since the time of Nelson.we know that you leave Hong

France, we disinterested oursel-mirably fitted for European re After showing her guest the ves in Morocco in return for a freesidents and settlers. to whom he was so often com-Kong and the Association's sphere view from the top of a skyscraper, hand, so far as France was con- pared. has the heart of the with the knowledge of a job well she is said to have replied to the cerned, in Egypt. The advantage black or red earth, which require· The great undulating plains of British people been so freely done and that will, I know, give Queen's expressions of admira-seemed at the time considerable, only organised irrigation to make and universally giver to any of you more satisfaction than these tion with, "You sure said a month-though the price was our heroes of the sez Others!

certainly them bear abundant crops, small"tokens of our appreciation."[ful, Queen!" there have been, like Admiral

In reply Dr. Matthews said:- Until the victory of Mayor La- "Jacky Fisher, a great figure "I thank you for these giffs Guardia the Irish rule of the city at the outbreak of the World which will remind us of the good through the Tammany machine War, who have commanded the times which we have had in your had been almost unbroken for 40 of those days took the responsibil-ministration în African and Asia- admiration and respect of their midst. It will remind us that days years.

fellow countrymen.

With

and hours may come and go but

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round the traveller on every side:

The French are not at all infect-- One Prophetic Voice

ed with the apologetic diffidence The Conservative Government which charakterises British

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lity of making a general settlement tic countries. They act with some- Beatty it went further; warm

with France. Only one prophetic thing of the assurance which dis- affection was added, not only friendship and fellowship remain. FORTUNE FROM BLOTTING

voice was lifted up against it tinguished the builders of a precious memory and a vital! PAPER amongst those who came into

Lord Rosebery declared that the Indian Empire in bygone times. fact in our lives."

Various famboyant Irish ma agreement would be "more likely They have a purpose and are not actual contact with him or Mr. Matthews then added her yors stand out, such as "Jimmy to lead to European served under him in the re-

war than at an ashamed of it: Their pur- thanks in a few words of appre-Walker and John Gaynor. fining-furnace of war, but

pesce," and he said of the Moroc-pose is not to hand over the coun amongst the thousands who had ciation for the Association's gift

But the most Napoleonic figure co bargain: "No more one-sided try to its inhabitants, but on the never seen him in the flesh

Irish-American, agreement was ever concluded be- contrary to develop it with the

to her.

W25 another

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jof all classes in Morocco, and the

Laterests. newly established in! (Continued: On Fage`11)

*BELIEVE IT OR NOT" by Robert L. Ripley

As with our present King, we Among those who attended the "Boss" Tweed, who made a for-tween two great Powers at peace utmost energy for the enrichment were always accustomed to function were Mr. and Mrs. A. Witunesome said of millions sterl-with one another." think of Beatty as a young Ingram who are leaving by the ing-out of his civie office. It It cannot be denied that both important indirect advantage of man, and it came almost as a same ship to-day. Mr. Neil then was asserted that New, York's vast these statements have proved true-France. shock to most of us to realise extended to them the best wishes "consumption" of blotting paper It seemed very easy for a British that, when the common fate of of the Association for a happy was the chief factor.

Government to settle ite differences

Army Maintained man overtook him, he had pass-and pleasant voyage.

Tweed's Waterloo came, bow-with France by giving France a They are by no means in the ed his sixty-fourth birthday Among those present were: ever, when "Teddy" Roosevelt be-free hand in Morocco, But when mood to be deprived of their rights, anniversary. He was of those Mr. F. Neil, Vice-President of came not only Governor of the France attempted to assert her as they conceive them, by the who seemed to have been the Association, and Miss State but Commissioner of Police free hand, Germany-who also had (agitation of a handful of students. dowered by the gods with eter-Urquarh, Mr. R. McNeil, Hon. as well. Inal youth: yet, now,, having Secretary of the Association, and come safely through some of Mrs. McNeil Rev. MacLean and the greatest dangers that men Mrs. MacLean, Mr., Mrs, and Miss can know, having been more Ingram, Mr. T. Ingram, Mr. Frank than once wounded in the Edwards, Mr. Li Chör-chi, Dr. and fights that marked his brilliant Mrs. J. Lanchester, Mr. and Mrs. career. he falls a victim to what R. S. Spencelayh, Mr. and Mrs. seemed at first but a simple Taylor, Miss Doreen Ma and Mrs. ailment.

Ma, Miss K. Fisher, Mrs. H. Hall, Himself the son of a naval Miss Grant, Mrs. Matthew, Mr. and officer, young Beatty adopted Mrs. J. Shaw, Mrs. LewİS and his father's profession at the Miss P.. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. J. early age of 13 and from the Wolfe, Mr. G. Dudley, Jar, Cap-| very outset of his career hetain and Mrs. E. Kells, Hr. N. showed that rare faculty of Stockton, Mr. and Mrs. L. Le Gar drawing to himself the affection Brereton, Mr. H. Brokenshire, Mr. of all about him. From the G. Giffer. first, too, he seemed, like Nel- son, marked for a high destiny, seizing with both hands every!

Your Daily Smile!

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chance of displaying the ster}-| Another English novel has been ing stuff of which he was made. filmed in America. Cinema-goers His daring. his resource and should have no difficulty in recognis his splendid handling of the ing it on the screen, as the title re little ships of the Nile Flotilla mains exactly as the author wrote it. in the Soudan campaign in

Keeping Up 1898, and his gallantry in China Green: "You must be keen on the during the Boxer Rebellion, talkies, old boy, to go twice a week." when he was twice wounded in Howarth: It's not that exactly. leading an attack, earned him You see, if I don't g regularly I speedy promotion; but though at understand what my children this took him over the heads of are saying. hundreds of others of equal

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Half and Half rank and seniority, it caused no Said the chairman (of a certain | heart-burning, such was the society at its annual meeting; magnetic influence of his per-most kindred associations, hal sonality. There are few committee does all the work, whilst the other half does nothing. I am instances in the history of the pleased to place on record that in the British navy of promotion s0 society over which I have the bonour rapid--and so well-deserved-to preside it is just the reverse.” as his.

But it was the Great War

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Comparison that showed to the full the without saluting

The new recruit passed an officer greatness of the man and "Here, my man," called the officer, crowned him as a national hero.“do you see this uniform F'm wear- The story of the Heligoland Ling?"

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Bight and the Battle of Jut-Yes, sir, and just look at this

thing they gave me." land and the part played by

* 4. Admiral Featty, and his cruisers

Ab-the Boy · · is too well known to need re- "I sent my little boy for petition But Beatty emerged pounds of blackberries, and I only ze- from that fiery ordeal the very ceived a pound' and a half.” idol of his nation. Yet all the *My acales are quite correct, mad- am. -Have you weighed your little adulation that was showered boy

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upon, him failed to affect the simple modesty that was so his memory will be honoured, great a part of the charm that as that of Nelson, as long as he radiated.

Britain's navy axils the seas, af A great man has passed; but the world.

THOLDESTDRIED COUPLE

MARIA 10 YRS OLD

AND

ILYA 15 YRS OLD DYANKOFF of PLEVEN, Bulger

HAVE BEEN MARRIED 32 YEARS

AND NEVER HAD A QUARREL:

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OLE ALT-of Petersburg, M.V6. FELL INTO A MANHOLE -HEAD FIRST AND REMAINED STANDING CH HIS HEAD" FOR 3 ROU FUNTIL RESCUED

FOR