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APRIL 18, 1936

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to do is to go to the United States and Italian extremities of the and join a police force in some big future Mont Blanc Tunnel. Their city. At least, that's what he aim is to choose sites for garages, said yesterday when he was taken petrol-pumps and restaurants. into custody by detectives of the

As the plans and negotiations |

THE CHURCH AND THE STATE

SOME IMPLICATIONS OF

THE LINK

BID FOR DISESTABLISHMENT

ANALYSED

(By J. B. Firth) ̧

Central Police Station in Shans are now almost completed, there yet the country has]sion comes forward with care-

the

Sherman

Police Natified

docked

in

miles.

third.

Your Daily Smile!

¡debate.

.on Church and

on

to

scarcely begun to considerifully-pondered proposals for bai on charges of desertion. seems every hope of brisk trade the Report of the Archbishops' large constitutional reform..

The runaway soldier arrived in at the ends of the tunnel, which Commission Hong Kong, Saturday, April 18, 1936. this port yesterday morning on the provides for a double motorway, State It appeared at a moment

Highly Significant when the thoughts of all were that the Report earnestly, sug- Yet it is highly significant General Sherman, of the States shortening the distance from Steamship Lines. He had stowed paris to Rome by more than 100 centred in the death of King gests that before approaching away at Hong Kong but had

George, and the discussion of it Parliament again the Arch- been discovered when the ship!

The tunnel itself will be or at the Church Assembly WYN was only a day out from port

bishops should first make a jabout 74 miles. It therefore scarcely more than the quiet new and determined effort It is more or less freely He was placed under guard and, does not

British re-opening of what must be a long secure an agreement threaten s

the admitted all over the world that when

(cord. The longest tunnel in the

limits of toleration, particularly the conduct of broadcasting in Shanghai yesterday morning. was world is now in London, for the

It may, indeed. be intermin-with regard to the Order of Holy Great Britain, as carried out by handed over to the Chinese pass entire run from Golders Green to able as well as long, for in few Communion and Reservation." the British Broadcasting Cor-port examination officials.

South Wimbledon (164 miles) isQuarters is any eagerness mani- But if those were precisely

fested poration, is more satisfactory in

to reach conclusions the points which excited the its cultural and entertainment i The Chinese authorities notified now below the surface.

which would materially change most intractable Prayer Book The Simplon Tuncel (12 miles the existing relations between controversies,, what chance is values than that provided the police yesterday afternoon that almost anywhere else. When they had the man in custody and long) ranks second, and the Ita-Church and State

lian Appennine (114 miles)

there of the limits of toleration the Corporation Was

formed asked that detectives be sent to

The former zest for eccelsias-being discovered at a new Round him. He was under special charter 10 years take charge of

tical dispute is gone, and though Table Conference? Sir Thomas the actual situation is said to Inskip. speaking for one side, jago a commendable fullness of brought to the Central Station vision was evident. To say where he gave a report of his r

be intolerable, many situations has said "None" If discover- that the enormous growth of cent adventure and was then turn-

intolerable in theory prove to led, would they be accepted by broadcasting and the wirelessed over to the local British mi-

be quite tolerable in practice. those who make it as much a for return to swing' music. Some authorities, In the religious as in the politi-point of conscience to disobey services generally was perhaps tary authorities

more cal sphere, positions which and defy their own bishops as "brook no delay" quietly go on to disobey the existing law brooking it from year to year. Progress

which is ignored by many of the "So you are building a new house, Prayer Book's Fate

bishops themselves? jeh? How are you getting along with Eight years have passed since The turbulent priests," I the House of Commons rejected fancy, will object to discipline "Fine. I've got the roof and the for the second time the Revised from whatever quarter, and mortgage on it, and 1 expect to have the farmace and the bailiffs in before Prayer Book.

Parliament will still be sceptical After a suitable interval had about the

power of any elapsed-long enough to show ecclesiastical tribunal to deal that his action was not prompt-with the "anarchical". element "A catacomb is the thing on the led by the sense of resentment within the Church of England. top of the rooster's head.”

at defeat-the late Archbishop "Hansom

the name of a

Davidson invited the Church

Root Of The Evd? famous, good-looking cab driver.”

"Napoleon escaped from Melba...”.

Assembly to assert as a funda- If the root of the evil lies in

the Establishment and “Edgar Wallace was chosen King¦mental principle: of Scotland by Edward the First."

That the Church (i.e., the State connection, the logical "The Merry Monarch Was Old Bishops, together with the Clergy way of escape is obviously by and Laity), must at the last resort, Disestablishment. That is the when its mind has been fully ascesolution powerfully advocated tained, retain its inalienable rich by the Bishop of Durham, and

2

"Crooming might be classed

not fully foreseen is not to make Hong Kong, where he will be however, opine

criticism, but rather to handed over to his commanding severe punishment. acknowledge that the most officer. optimistic predictions have

fallen far short of the reality.

(Continued On. Page 20)

No one can possibly be blamed EXPLANATION OF

for that; indeed, those early visionaries deserve every credit for having prepared as fully as they did for the pending re- ¡quirements of growth and de-

TO-DAY'S

CARTOON

Accident

velopment. Only a superman 1,500,000 Miles Without would have been able to fore-! cast reasonably accurately the part that broadcasting was to

be playing at the end of 10 JAC

years of growth.

Autumn"

it calls for

*

Examination Howlers.

King Cole."

"A repblic is a place where no- body can do anything in private."

TACK Knight, one of the ablest and best known transport The predic-pilots in American aviation, has a tion might well have staggered unique and enviable record in his Mr. Wells or Jules Verne them-

He has flown more profession. selves. They could hardly have than 15,000 hours and covered predicted a world in which countless millions of people are day in and day out entertained, Puted to be more miles down than finstructed and amused-and

any other man living -Jet has never lost or damaged an airmaïl sometimes bored-by countless

letter or injured a passenger.

more than 1,500,000 miles - re-

*

More Now

Teacher: "But you were told yes

Pupil: "Yes, sir. But I had fish

hours of transmissions of Knight learned to fly in the terday." variety programmes, symphony orchestras, talks, plays and dis Army Air Corps during the war for breakfast, this morning." cussions. Not the boldest first

Relief

to formulate its faith in Him and

༤,

the

to arrange the expression of that even Archbishop Temple said Teacher: "Smith, how many bones Holy Faith in its form of worship." that he would prefer Disestab have you in your body?"

He thus asserted the Church lishment to the continuance of Pupil: "I don't know, sir." of England's claim to spiritual (the State connection as it exists.

autonomy, and the Archbishops' at present. Commission was appointed to This is a most astounding consider how best it could besturn of the wheel. Disestab- and joined the airmail in 1919.

secured.

lishment used to be demanded Jying the New York- among them foresaw the enor-Washington route and then the

It is to be observed that the by Liberal and Radical Noncon- Jess: "Miss Croonmore is going rejection of the Revised Prayer formists because of the unfair mous growth which broadcast-transcontinental. He is a pioneer abroad to finish her musical educa Book caused little indignation privileges" possessed by the ing in all its phases was to of night flying, and to demonstrate tion" accomplish in the comparative-

joutside a very limited circle. Established Church. Tess: "Where did she

They its feasibility,

The episode, in fact, has almost made it a burning question, but ly short period of a mere 10 aid in making a continuous day

money!" Пyears.

Jess: "The neighbours all chipped passed from the public mind even its ashes now are cold. The B.B.C. has always had cisco to New York, on February

and night flight from San Fran-lin,"

Now the Archbishops' Commis- (Continued on Page 8) lits critics. Disparagement 21. 1921. Од that occasion, ranges from accusations of Knight picked up the mail in political partisanship to rude North Platte, Nebraska and flew it remarks about the announcers' straight through to Chicago, al- pronunciations. There ате though he had never before flown either too many talks or not between those cities. nor travelled enough, far too much "light" between them on the ground. music and not enough of the

he volunteered to

classics, reams of boring discus-tended, with modifications. for sions or not sufficient insistence la further 10 years, the Commit- on the educational aspects of tee endorses in general the the radio broadcasts. In turn existing system of control, but the controlling board have been at the same time, proposes that accused of excessive indulgence the public importance of the in political propaganda of every conduct of the BB.C. shall be shade, from the reddest red to recognised by assigning general the bluest ultramarine. When responsibility for the "cultural Mr. Vernon Bartlett, for side" of broadcasting to a senior instance, perhaps one of the Cabinet Minister in the House best-informed men in England of Commons, with fewer depart- | on European politics, gave a mental duties than the Post- weekly talk on foreign affairs, master-General, who will retain all the diehards were up in arms the responsibilities upon the because of his alleged "inter-technical side which he now has. |nationalism:" when Mr. Wins- The recommendations do not ton Churchill was refused per-propose or imply Government mission to broadcast his views authority for every "talk" or the India White Paper, musical broadcast, nor a day to charges of favouritism were day review of programmes from again raised. And so it goes Westminster.

on

But it is all to on. The answer seems to be the good that a Cabinet Minis- that you cannot please all the ter shall be prepared to answer, people all the time, but out of hand, if need be, remedy com- the welter of comment emerges plaints which may be raised in the one clear fact that the Parliament. Recognition is also charter of the B,B.C. as origin-given to the needs of the B.B.C. ally envisaged as well as in its for expansion (especially in the continual adaptability, has ful-direction of television) and for filled all its obligations much more costly programmes, and, better than might have been there is obvious justice in the expected.

¡recommendation that 2 larger The charter ends at the end proportion of the licence fees of this year and the Ullswater should be diverted, from the Committee, appointed to review Treasury to the service for the broadcasting service in which such fees are paid And England, pays generous tribute if only something can be done. to the wisdom which founded forcibly to prevent the an- the British Broadcasting Cor-nouncers from talking about poration in its present form, and immaynent" and condewit" to the prudence and idealism and other such monstrosities,, which have characterised its the B.B.C. will be as near per- operations." The tribute is fection as any hundrum and just and dignified. In advising terrestrial organisation has any that this charter shall be ex-right to be:

get the

“BELIEVE IT OR NOT" by Robert L. Ripley

JACK

KNIGHT

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MILES WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT.

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