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DEMILITARISED ZONE IN THE RHINELAND

WHY IT WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED

Delicate Hungarian susceptibili- FRANCES STRATEGIC SAFEGUARD

the

ties have been touched on raw. The offender is a London The Director of Ambulance at-periodical which published among knowledges with thanks the fel-pictures of King George's funeral. lowing donation: Collected from a photograph of Gen. Louis Kere- the Foreign Staff of the Hons sztes-Fischer, head of the Re- Kong and Shanghai Bank $433.

AGAINST AGGRESSION

(By Major-General A. C. Temperley)

THE origin of the Demilitarised would come to the immediate as

geant's military staff, who rep Zone is to be found in thesistance of France in case of ag

sented the Hungarian army.

With this guarantes Mr. R.. Kennedy, who arrived Unfortunately the caption to the French search for security during gression.

would be combined. the demilitari- here in March last. has been ap picture ran: "Mahomet Omar the Paris Peace Conference. pointed the local Manager of the Khan, an Afghan Gezeral, whose

When the delegates met the sation of Germany from its west- to a line drawn 50. Mercantile Bank of India. He magnificent uniform shows the at-French argued that the proposed era frontier replaces Mr. J. B. Ross, who left tention paid to such matters in League of Nations and the limita-kilometres east of the Rhine, ac- here on leave a little over a year Afghanistan.”

tion of German armaments" only companied by the military occu- Hungarians are particularly provided doubtful guarantees for pation of the three main bridge- The occupation Was DQ Goodbye To All That and has been appointed from Fome to be Manager of the

sensitive to anything recalling the future security of France and heads. branch at Penang.

that they came to Europe from Belgium against the renewal of last for 15 years.

The French were forced to ac We are surely now witness-

Asia as late as 900 A.D. Sugges-German aggression. At the Matshed Church, Sham-tions of Asiatic traits in Hungary

cept this compromise, and it was ing the beginning of the end of

They pointed out that certainty incorporated in the Peace Treaty. the ancient Empire of Abys-shuipo, on Good Friday the Parade are strongly resented. sinia. Defeat, so long and so Service will be held at 10.30 am By reproducing the British could only be secured by placing Article 180 provided that all for

the journal's caption gallantly held at bay, is now The preacher will be

Liberal, the Allied troops on the Rhine, tited works, fortresses and field.

bar works which was the one natural

west of this 50-kilometrs. merely a matter of time. No H. C. Davies and the Band will be

newspaper A Reggel raised

They ac-line were to be disarmed and die one really supposed that the the 2nd Bn. the East Lancashire storm of indignation in over-sen-tier against invasion.

proposed that cordingly

the mantled, and the construction of Abyssinians, ill-equipped for Regiment, by kind permission of sitive Budapest.

western frontier of Germany new ones was forbidden. This pro- should end at the Rhine and that hibition was

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True to Its Name "By the way, darling, what sweet are we baving for dinner to-day"

"It is sponge cake.” "And very nice, too" "Yes.

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modern warfare, lacking cohe-Lt. Col. A. C. Marsh and officers.

repeated in Article. sion and discipline, would be There will be accommodation for)

A MONTH FOR THE KING? able to withstand the over the general public.

It is paradoxical that the Op-the bridges should be held by Al-42; and Article 48 forbids in this. whelmingly superior forces of

position should now be attacking lied troops.

Foch's Rhine Demand

"The maintenance and assembly, A Kindergarten demonstration, Italy for very long. Tanks,

of armed forces, either permanent" aeroplanes and machine-guns the children of the Laloma the Premier for abandoning the

principles which Marshal Foch remarked to Bri-:

ly or temporarily, and manoeuvres are more than a match for igno- Kindergarten, will be given at St. Social Credit

of any kind, as well as the upkeep. rant tribesmen armed with Andrew's Hall to-morrow at 3.15 they have constantly denounced.tish delegates how much more se- The famous $-a-month "divi-curity the British Empire had ex-

of all permanent works for mobili- blunderbusses and

sation" dend" seems, however, to have re-tracted from the Peace Treaty

Our guarantees, Undeniable. Grievance knives, even though they may be fired by fanatical courage The next meeting of the Hong ceded from the political prospect than France.

If ever it should come

of the German into the destruction

Unfortunately for France--80ẩ and endurance. And when to Kong Aquarium Society will be!

pm.operation it is understood that the feet and the surrender of their her grievance was undeniable - $.30 to-morrow at

неге per-the these superior armaments of held

Anglo-American guarantee the King, as a landowner in Alberta, mercantile marine, steel and fire are added poison in the

Hon Korg would in theory be eligible for a manent, whereas theirs, disarma-failed owing to the repudiation of gas and flame-throwers. then it Biology Dept. is time indeed that the forces of University, Talks will be given on monthly credit of to be spent ment, military occupation of the President Wilson by his fellow- Rhineland and the "Demilitarised countrymen and the rejection of "civilisation" should be ad-Preparing a Breeding Tank" and immediately upon receipt

Zone, were only temporary and the Peace Treaty and the Guaran- judged the winners, and the "Subsidiary Inhabitants of

It is also proposed to

would in course of time disappear. tee Pact by the U. S. Senate. tragic farce brought to an end. Aquarium.

He, too, pressed strongly for a was perhaps, too much to hope But it will be as well for the discuss the suggested constitution

Rhine frontier.

that the guarantee, in particular, the The British and Americans, woud prove acceptable to world, in computing a stock-and by-laws of the Society.

not prepared to United States, who from long tra- taking after the slaughter, toj

however, were A Mahjongg Drive was held by keep a number of things in

place millions of Germans west of dition had instinctively shrunk It the Methodist, Ladies' Aid Society mind for future reference.

the Rhine under any form of Se from European "entanglements."

Our own guarantee was subse- will be as well to remember that at the Soldiers and Sailors Home

paratist republic, to which the a great nation has completely yesterday afternoon. The prize

vast majority of them would be quently made good in a somewhat hostile. It was recognised, on the different form in the Locarno ignored, callously, cynically and winners were: Mrs. F. Martin (1), M. Jones and openly, its covenanted obliga-Mrs. Lakeman (2) and Mrs. Bur- from our new neighbour." Making Certain

other hand, that France was en-Treaty, which by German unils-- tions, freely subscribed to and den (3). The proceeds of

Her Wealthy Father: *How titled to some permanent guaran-teral action now joins another his- entered into; that a so-called Drive will be given to the Linen!

daughter when you are earning such tees against German aggression, toric "scrap of paper" in the mould- barbaric people is to lose its Store Fund of the Soldiers and you have the check to ask for my

reserved offering obscurity and especially some big zone

for a small salary?". very entity and all semblance Sailors' Home.

Suitor: "Well, you see, I didn't Eke safety which would delay an in-broken international agreements. of freedom and sovereignty for! no other crime than that it

ather in Five Scenes by Father Andrew, tot done con in until I was vading army and give time for her The connection between the De-

Jallies to come to her aid defend attempted to

Hm-m against unprovoked aggression; S.D.C.. will be performed in The sure of your consent

Job: "I heard about a man who that, for the second time in re Sailors and Soldiers Home to cent history, the League of morrow at 9 pm and in St. John's

од who lives Jobyna: "Anyone Nations and the rest of the Cathedral on Cathedral on Thurs- lives on onions alone." world combined have completely day and Good Friday, April 9 and

weak 10. at 9 p.m. There will be zo onions ought to live alone." failed to provide for a nation

from reservation of seats, but în order that security

is to ensure admission, programimės aggression to which it entitled and which it specifical-may be obtained at the Sailors' ly endeavoured to obtain by sys-and Soldiers Home for the per- tematised entry into the coun-formance there, or at the Cathe performances cils of the free family of dral Office for the pations. That is the really in the Cathedral important thing. Heaven

The Halter family again de- knows the terror and death 'in

the Abyssinia resulting from the lighted a large audience at war are no bagatelle; the taking Central Theatre last evening in of thousands of lives and the their variety turns. Some won- sacking and burning of cities, derful effects are to be seen in Haltar the raining-down of bombs and the "Ramona" act; Mr. machine-gun fire on inoffensive himself is very amusing with his non-combatants, are not things trick cycling: and Miss Mary to be lightly considered as of Halter does some excellent con- no account. But, horrible as tortionist dancing. The party sre they are, they are the after-playing again to-day and to- math and not the disease itself.

The supporting picture It is the failure of the system is "Hollywood Party.” which made them possible, and unless the system can be

"The Garden," a Passion

morrow.

Play

restored there is little prospect Meanwhile the implacable war went on. Finally it was demon- of future peace in the world.

con-

We yield to zone in our strated that the only thing admiration for the ideals upon which would stop Italy in her which the League of Nations raad career was the imposition

Everybody was built; but its atter futility of sanctions on oil. And what as a system of practical politics happened? was never better or more tragi-cerned professed to be desirous cally displayed' than in its of stopping the slaughter; the of successfully handling of the Italo-Ethiopian only method

discussed; and conflict. When put to the test doing so was the theory of collective security exactly nothing was done. On on which the League was built April 9 or 10, it was announced ap collapsed like a house of yesterday, the Committee of cards. There is not now, and Thirteen is to meet at Geneva there never has been, the re for still more "discussions!" motest possibility that the This is a most hideous be- League could take any effective trayal of everything that the Jaction. Sanctions were devised League has ever stood for. The in the original theory as anations of the world, by the effective means to check aggres-exercise of the grossest incom- sion The history of sanctions, petence, dilly-dallying and blow- as applied, or rather not applied, ing hot and cold, have default- to the Italo-Ethiopian disputejed most miserably in a sacred Now is the time for is there for all to see and to charge. weep over. Weeks of futile every decent man to hang his talk passed before the decision head in shame. As for all our to apply them was eventually fine talk about a world made taken; more weeks passed while safe for democracy, of fair play the method of their application and the ordinary, decencies of:

while the well say "Goodbye to all that. weeks passed was being devised; still more international behaviour, we may machinery of putting them into The hunt is up with a ven- effect was being put into motion geance.

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militarised Zone and the Locarno Joint Guarantee

Treaty is to be found in Article 4 Accordingly a joint guarantee of the document. A prior article. was offered by both Great Britain No. 2, states that

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