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PROVINCES

WHAT COUNTRY HAS LEARNED SINCE THE WAR

(By Rt. Hon. George Lansbury, M.P.)

spoken

Chicago was thrown now visited and 1931.

in Washington, St.

Mr. Duff Cooper is expected to closely.

Sir Thomas saw the last per- give details of the projects in the House of Commons as soon as the formance of "Tosca" from a boxT HAVE

While off duty as a conductor he plans are completed.

It is expected that an appeal did not divest himself of his.res-Philadelphia, New York.

Hong Kong. Thursday, June 25, 1936 lers and ex-Territorials to join the Opera public.

defence force to be ready to take

If called up for service, the men

Golfer (to partner in foursome)---

the

Millions On Relief

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Prevention Of Floods Buge works for the preren- will be made to ex-Regular sold-¡ponsibilities as mentor to the Royal/Louis, Kansas City, Des Moines,tion of floods are taking place Minneapolis. St. Paul, Miwau-all along the Mississippi River; singing kee. Indianapolis and Chicago, roads are being remade, and Signor Lauri-Volpï's guard duty at important points was drawing the applause which We have had time to drive level Red Herrings And »

crossings abolished. (about the country in time of war. tenors consider their due. More through and around Chicago. Viaducts are being built to The League

No Peacetime Duties than once the performance was in-Its great buildings give a sky-carry roads and railways across the line which is as lovely as New swampy land; parks are being Members of the Royal Defence terrupted by cheering from

York's. Tuesday's foreign

especially affairs Corps must be between 45 and 60 gallery.

fine laid out, bospitals, schools and debate in the House of Com-lyears of age, but they must not be Finally the stalls became Michigan Avenue. But the public buildings are going up. mons on the Labour motion of reservists. At the present time fected, and under this mass attack marvel of the place is its cos- But no one believes what has non-confidence in the Govern- the corps is several thousand of Italian enthusiasm, the condue-mopolitanism.

been and is still being done is ment produced as fine a crop strong.

tox. Signor Bellezza, was brought| If there are gangsters, the any real remedy for the econo- of red herrings as ever obscured

tourist does not see them. Wejmic conditions prevailing here Members of the corps will have to a standstill. a fundamental issue. Sir John no peacetime duties, nor will they

Then above the clapping was have not been kidnapped, and and elsewhere. This nation. Simon, replying for the Govern wear uniform, but they will be heard a loud "Shut up." In the the town seems full of busy was built up on individual ment, blathered about the mar- given a badge on enrolment. The darkened auditorium it was judg people going about their daily effort, and all its education and vellous show the British Navy badge is the Royal Cipher and ed to have come from the box oc affairs, just as peacefully as we belief depend on that Now it could put up, and it would. Mr. Crown within a circle, bearing the cupied by Sir Thomas Beecham Stanley Baldwin talked in one title of the corps. breath about continuing to work for collective securityll receive a bounty of 5 and

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within the League. as recon- stituted since the immense blow the current rates of Territorial to which it has lately been Army pay.

The County Territor- subjected, and in the next de-al Associations are responsible fended a policy which if per-for their enrolment sisted in, will bring a grand and A similar corps was organised final finish to any such concep during the war, but was disband- tion. According to the Prime jed after the armistice. At one Minister, the integrity of the time it numbered 100,000 men. Central European States is to be defended by the collective guarantee of the Powers; but he proposes to condone, without lifting a finger to right a great wrong, the total assimilation of a weaker Power by a ruthless and completely unprincipled aggressor. According to

Mrs. Grace Muriel Winn, aged Reuter message, "recalling that Mr. Eden had said that Britain, of Clarence-square, Brighton, would be very glad to see oil successfully appealed at Surrey last month sanctions applied, Sir John Quarter Sessions Simon protested at the unfair-against a sentence by the Epsom ness of treating the failure to justices, after conviction for dan impose oil sanctions as a crime serous driving, of two months' im- of the British Government." Prisonment and disqualification Another red herring; the point from driving for life. being discussed was not The Appeals Committee Impos whether or not anybody had ed a fine of £40 and disqualified committed a crime in the failure Mrs. Winn from holding a licence to impose oil sanctions, but for two years. They allowed her whether the British Govern-£5 costs. ment is or is not committing something so near a crime as makes no matter in putting, in

do. but with greater speed and finds its workers reduced to more noise

mere robots, part of a huge machine for turning out goods which when produced in abun I have talked with Governors dance cannot be consumed.

Court Much hard thinking is going -- What was the matter with you at of States, State High the sixth, and seventh? You went judges, mayors, and councillors on. The small business people.. all to pieces. If you hadnt recover of cities, clergy and priests and farmers, small-holders. natural ed so wonderfully we'd have lost for rabbis, social workers, trade enemies of Socialism, find them-

"Partner-"Well, it suddenly struck unionists. socialists and busi-selves up against a

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No amount of argument, ex- cuse or explanation will alter the one salient fact about the the case to be carried by de proposed policy: which is that fault

it is at least a reversal of Almost anything would be everything that has gone better than this even the com- before, and at most an abandon-plete disintegration of the ment of the high ideals which League and everything that it gave birth to the League. It stands for altogether. In that is futile for the Prime Minis-case the world would have to ter to insist that British policy return to the system of pacts still stands by the League. It and alliances between those does nothing of the sort. It nations with mutual interests stands by a completely vitiated, to support and defend. This spineless, invertebrate, jelly would immediately give rise to like League, so distorted from the old balance of power, with its declared functions as to be its corollary of heavily armed worth no more than a snip of camps sitting on either side of the fingers. It is not a League bristling fences and everybody created to dispose of collective too frightened to move. There security for the weakest of its would also be some fine bills to members, since it has shown meet in the matter of national itself to he utterly incapable of armaments. Thus the securi- defending their interests when ty" Of the heavily-armed they are menaced--not from nations would be effected. outside, which might be excus- for the others--the small, weak able, but from within, by a Powers unable to provide for fellow-member. In the face of their own defence their posi-

failure acknowledged .

the tion, of course, would hardly, be British Government does not enviable; but then, what can propose to continue its efforts they expect now, with the to build up a strong institution League as it is, or even in the which will be capable of exert-future, with the "League" as it ing some condign influence on is proposed to be? At least outlawry, but to continue to they would know exactly where give lip service to an" institu- they were, and would no doubt tion which in the future bids take the best steps in the fair to become a woeful parody shape of mutual-assistance

As

of a debating society, with pacts-to provide for them- about as much relation to actual selves. With Europe as at pre- facts as a mothers" meeting in sent constituted every small the vestry. The principle Power depending on the aid of seems to be to talk loud and "collective security what- [long about the wonderful things ever that can be held to use the League is doing so long as now for its protection is i things are running smoothly ing in a fool's paradise. and everybody playing colossal dimensions. according to the rules; but, as Great Britain, the mo soon as it comes up against the of the world, should reality of some bully refusing condone the creation to do so, to cross one's fingers state of, aqsiregis and talk blandly. about regret to the very

reform, meanwhile allowing powers."

a cert."

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situation

policy of President Roosevelt It seems already to be accept- of using national resources for ed that the old conditions will The Sunday school girls of a cer- tain church put flowers in front of the relief of the unemployed never come back. Even people the pulpit each Sunday.

and the provision of useful who are not Socialists or Radi- One was asked by a strange minis work saved the country at the cals now say, "We must control er who had been preaching that day beginning of the crisis from the machine or it will smash what they did with the dowers after bloodshed and possibly revolu- itself and us." The word of

the service.

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Oh, we take them to people who tion. They all object, too, to which they are fondest is co- are sick.after the sermon." was the giving mere relief without joperation." There is at present work, and are afraid of the con- very little clarity, but in an un- innocent reply.

tinuation of such a policy. definable way men's thoughts But, in spite of the Presi-jare turning away from the old A woman out shopping decided to call at her husband's office in order dent's policy, and the enormous way of thinking.

empty areas still existing in

Slow Process. to have company for lunch.

"M. Wayne's out for the after-this country, there is an un- The process is slow, for there countable number of people is at present very little effective Hoon," said the office boy.

“Do you know where he has gone?"

forced to live on relief or by political action by Labour or "No, ma!

Weil, perhaps

you can ask his employment on relief works. Socialist parties here. Secretary; she should know.”

“She does; she west with him!" was the reply.

It is worth noting, by the However, it is certain that way, that all this expenditure this nation will not for very on public works is of exactly the long tolerate poverty and want same kind as we Socialists in in the midst of plenty. Many He: "All men

Great Britain have advocated small farmers, who are called somewhere. Ste: "That's why wo- and partly adopted, and for "share-croppers" because they men throw themselves at their beads" which the Labour Government (Continued On Page 10)

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