1937-03-06 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 6, 1937.

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LEAGUE A "BROKEN REED"

British Empire Must Unite in Self-Defence

Co-Operation With The Dominions

WOMAN TEACHER

FINED

Schoolboy Who Was Caned

OLD TESTAMENT VETOED

"Typical Of The Old Spirit "

A schoolmistress of St. Anne's

Teachers of religion in the School, Rock Ferry, Cheshire, was schools of Anhalt, German State, fined £ and ordered to pay £4 11s were warned by the State Minis- costs for assaulting a schoolboy by Iter, Herr Alfred Freyberg, last

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A SCHEME FOR CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE DOMIN-caning him. She was Miss Rita month to omit the Old Testament IONS AND GREAT BRITAIN FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE Maria Wilson, of Alphädrive, Rock from their teaching, to show that EMPIRE HAS BEEN PROPOUNDED BY SIR HENRY PAGE- Ferry.

Christ was not a Jew and general- CROFT, M.P.

Mr. G. Routledge said the boy,ly to bring Christianity in line HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING MEETING IN Frank Ford, son of a labourer, of with Nazi doctrines. WALES OF THE EMPIRE UNITY CAMPAIGN WHICH AIMS Russell-road, Rock Ferry, was

Said Freyberg: "The Old Testa- AT PROMOTING THE “IDEAL OF EMPIRE UNITY ESSENTIAL brought in front of the class, and ment must only be consulted when NOT ONLY TO OUR SECURITY AND PROSPERITY BUT ALSO the teacher held up his copy book racial questions and the under- TO THE PEACE OF THE WORLD.”

and said his handwriting was a standing of the New Testament disgrace. She then struck him three make it necessary. The Old Testa- The League of Nations, said principal or interest. The British or four times with a cane, got hold ment is typical of the Jewish spirit Sir Henry, was a "broken-reed" Dominions had never defaulted of him by the back of the neck, and the breakdown of a people un- in the face of aggression.

"Where your heart is," Sir Henry threw him face downwards over a worthy of God.” PERMANENT SECURITY observed, "There should your trea-desk, and struck him with the A more Nazified version of “Now, if you cannot get the great sure be also."

crooked end of the cane.

Christ is to be taught Freyberg ideal of collective security for allį THE ONLY SOLUTION

Dr HL Cresswell Pierce said he (orders that "the bitter straggle of the world," he continued: "Why "I suggest," Sir Henry continued, found bruises of a severe nature, Jesus against the Jewish spirit should you not, if the aim is sound, that the City of London should recently inflicted. If they were the must always be pointed out; also strain every nerve to get collective henceforth use its financial power result of punishment at school he that Jesus, even racially, did not security for that quarter of the first, to develop the British Empire, would say it was excessive. belong to Jewry." world which is within the British and that loans at the lowest possi- system?

ble rate of interest be granted to "The Nations of the British Emany Dominion-which will imme pire comprise 500,000,000 souls. diately equip itself with Air De-She denied putting the boy across Never before in all history: has fence.

a desk or using the crooked end of previous complaints. the cane.

there been anything comparable "Again, British surplus capital with this free association of na- should be used to open up civil air tions, bound by common ties of transport, railways, docks and new

ideals of freedom settlements all over the Empire spirit, common and justice and the link of one com-but I suggest that such financing mon throne.

should be intelligent and that it Divided those nations cannot should be conditional to $ far stand; united in collective security greater export of British coal, steel, they can ensure permanent peace, tinplates and full manufactured at least over one-quarter of the goods to the Dominions. earth's surface.”

THREE-POINT POLICY

"Further, that in all development **work. Overseas financed by British Sir Henry then went on to out- capital, a definite percentage of line a three-point policy to promote British labour should be employed this unity:

(up to 50 per cent. In return, we

(1) Common Council: A com- should pledge ourselves that in any plete and permanent consultative increment of imports to this coun- machinery between all parts of the try, that increment should go to the Empire should co-operate for the primary producers of the Empire. welfare of the whole.

“Adopt this policy and you will

- SCOTS GIRL AND HINDU The First Division of the Edin-

(2) Defence and Co-operation [solve our population problem at in Defence: Sir Henry believed that home and give prosperity to your Britain could and must bear the best world customers who live in brunt of the burden of the Boyal your Dominions overseas," he con- Navy but that the Dominions could cluded. be ready to give assistance in the air. He considered that a co-f operation of air forces would act as a deterrent to an Dictator seek- ing to do the British people injury burgh Court of Session confirmed “As a start,” he added, "I declare the judgment given in the Outer that it would be no undae burden House refusing a declaration of if the three great Dominions-

zullity to a woman who married, a Canada, Australia and South AfriHindu-medical student in Edin- ca-each provided at once a com-burgh, but who was not recognised plete Defence Air Arm of 1,000 as his wife by her husband's rela- fighting aeroplanes; India 1,000, tions in India.

New Zealand 400, and each of the Appellant was Agues Isobel Mac- Crown Colonies five to 20 squad-Dougall, of Edinburgh, and respon- rons according to their means and dent, who did not appear, Lanund population.

Shanker Bao Chitnavis.

WHERE YOUR HEARTSË In return for this moderate tribution, Great Britain woni the last ship, the last aeropla the last soldier and all he

When the case was heard in Dec- ember last, Lord Jamieson said that an attempt was made to induce

woman, who went with her hus band to India, to become a convert reserve power, moral and material," to Hinduism, and go through if any power on earth attempted to Hindu marriage ceremony. On her deprive a member of the Empire of refusal to do so, marital relations her freedom. He could conceive ceased. Finding her position m- "no finer collective security" than bearable, the returned to Scotland. such a policy.

Lord Normand, the Lord Presi

(3) Finance: Sir Henry stated seat, held that the evidence did not that the whole Empire had origin-

reasonable certa ally been founded on the basis of th

ritish courts British financial aid. Yet for the would have ared last 20 years, Britain had been null if the question had pouring out millions of pounds in fore the

loans to foreign countries. Many Lord Morison and Lord of them had defaulted either in concar

Miss Wilson said Ford had been

insolent, and the time came when either she or he had to be master.

Psalms and hymns can be used if in accord with the Nazi spirit.

On the application of Mr. J. Ro- Mr. T. J. McMahon, the head-berts, the payment of the fine was master, said Miss Wilson was a delayed for 14 days pending con- capable teacher. There had been no sideration of an appeal.

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