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“If We Can Knit the Wantonly torn fabric Of International Economic Cooperation, Politic Collaboration Will Follow."

ESCHENAM

shi AMERICA'S PART IN By Felix Morley-

**From: An

American Academy of Political and Social Science.

express that policy openly. At the insistence of Great Britain and broader scale, it appears that the an in- Anglo-French effort may bear fruit France what proved to be a

non-intervention policy in contracting and, therefore, effective was put into operation. Now, ten shortening this conflict.

WORLD

in

PEACE

There is also the question of our N the financial field the recent

tripartite agreement between potential contribution in the field the United States, Great Britain of official political collaboration.... of de- I take as an illustration of a serious and France, has proved finite practical value to the United error of omission the failure of the States and of even greater poten- United States to participate in the tial value as a rallying point for work of the non-intervention com- which is attempting to the permanent currency stabilisa- mittee

From to localise the Spanish war. will be necessary tion which

apparent that permit enduring recovery. The way the outset it was

this country in which other democratic coun- public opinion

in tries

this strongly favoured a policy of non- are co-operating agreement, and the de facto stabi intervention. It was also early ap- lity which it has helped to bring to parent that there were certain Eu-

It is not fair to blame the De- nations which favoured months after the outbreak of war the exchanges, is an illustration of ropean

and effective intervention, in Spain, and after several very partment of State alone for its the value of a type of international direct

can although at first they hesitated to narrow escapes from war'on a much failure to seize constructive oppor- action which our government

tunities of this character. initiate without fear of serious cri- ticism from any quarter.

In the

Illustrations of

.. econòmic sphere the field of possi-

ble.governmental action on our part THE- is very intensive.

actions are recent constructive found in the World Textile Confer- in Washington, and in establishment by the League Coun- cil of a Raw Materials Committee.

ence

in

WORLD GOES BY

By

ULYSSES"

APE TOWN doctors recently step, especially in view of the exis-

The Department of State is ex- ceedingly sensitive to public opinion and if it has reason to fear that a policy will be sharply criticised in Congress, or by the press, the likeli- hood is that it will take the easiest course and do nothing. But, as I have pointed out, and as I should like to emphasise, our power in the contemporary world is such that we are a great influence, for peace

ther we fail, to act.

Creceived circulars describing tence of ve alde immortal Englysshe we the west or whe

This type of international action is admittedly not sensational. But a series of laboratory experiments song, "A-syttynge on ye steppe.” its value is not to be minimsied on of great interest to some laymen. How does it go. that account. If we can knit to- The ailment investigated is not one!

affect wantonly which is ever likely to extend the gether and torn fabric of international econo-reader of this column, but as this mic co-operation, we shall find that is Friday, I shall give a summary more effective political collabora- of this striking piece of research.

automati- tion will follow almost

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a

It was an attempt, a successful cally. It is to be noted that the three democracies for which I am attempt, to discover a cure for the Observation has shown urgfng closer association of an in-hang-over. formal character are also three of that in most cases the hang-over is

due the world's greatest trading na- tions.

Democracy is in no danger when the industrial and commercial life But the of a nation is prosperous.

So

the proportionately long to time alcohol is retained in the sys- tem.

•

I do implore my sweteharte's

doore.

To open verie soone;

I lacke alle peppe, here on ye

steppe,

A-syttynge on my owne. Should sleepe betide,

strynge I've tied

To warn me of her charmes And soe I wayte for Kate,

who's layte,

To tryppe into my armes

Pur A number of students were

The music, of course, is selected who were known to be cell, who also composed "Poppe setbacks in the economic field are a "prone to the malady." During the Goes Ye Weasylle." This rollicking into song was, a favourite of Charles II. real threat to the maintenance of experiments they were split

groups. All received cocktails Whenever he sang it he made Nell the political advancement which

strong cocktails, one after another, Gwynne.

One group has been so slowly made over many centuries. Little will be gain-in the cause of science. ed by fighting superficial aspects of simply drank cocktails. The other dictatorship if we cannot counter group drank cocktails and that economic autarchy which juice. Hourly tests were made. makes dictatorships inevitable. The outstanding contribution Roosevelt Administration to the maintenance of peace is probably the trade agreements policy.

of the

In General Demand! As a reliable, convenient liver and intestinal regulator, Pinkettes are "in general demand" amongst all who have once experienced their merits.

Tiny, pink, sugar-coated, all-vegetable laxative pilules, Pinkettes gently and

lime

is that to be which, somehow, has got brought home to the American peo- ple. And until the extent of our influence, and the responsibility thereby implied, are realised, we may have the most efficient Depart ment of State in our history, we may have the most ideal diplomatic.

competent service and the most Secretary of State imaginable—and still the nation will fail to pull its weight in the way which our posi- tion in the world community de- mands.

80.

Our national interests are closely bound up with the preserva- tion of peace that our failure to visualise peace as an integral prob- lem, from which this country can- not be successfully dissociated, is doubly tragic.. I do not believe the United States should embroil it- self in every political entanglement outside its borders. But it does

“good-neighbour' policy, which we The others suffered severe-gave her a black, eye, and might seem to me a reasonable part of a ly, for the cocktails were not stint-have killed her if her mother had claim to be following, to draw some

A Bit About

was The important result

that Life those who took lime juice eliminat- ed the alcohol and escaped hang-

overs.

led.

Summing up, the report states: "A hang-over' can be prevented by following up the alcoholic drinks with lime juice by itself; and the mixture of lime juice with alcoholic drinks neutralises all possible un- pleasant after-effects."

"Tom actually assaulted the girl

not hit him over the head with a bowl containing goldfish.”—Quota- tion from review of novel.

ag-

moral distinction between an - and the victim gressor

aggres-

sion.

"Just why did you do that?” said

Democracy is, we now know, un- There was Tom moodily.

water down his neck. He felt uncomfort likely to survive another World War. It is a complicated and dif- able.

which ficult form of government

“In my day,” replied her mother, can only hope to operate successful- It must have been a great day in rescuing the goldfish and dropping ly under conditions of established the laboratory.

A Bit About Steppes

them in a flower vase, “you men did not sock their fiancees in the e eye. She rang för a maid to clean up the

mess.

peace, which means world peace. In seeking to achieve such condi- tions we are not serving, any ab- stract ideal, we are not merely seek- ing to fulfill the fundamentals of Tom lit a cigarette and turned to the Christian religion and civilised the open window of the fifth, floor ethics; we are, more particularly, flat. Her mother followed him, and endeavouring to safeguard a form A music critic says that Alexan-pushed him out. “Now," she said of government without which the painlessly cleanse the food tract, dispel der Gretchaninoff is known. only to her daughter, "you can see more word, America would have a totally of that nice Mr. Wynterbottome. different connotation. It seems to constipation, tone up the liver, banish biliousness and sick headaches, aid in England by his immortal song,

“Oh, I don't know," sighed theme that no intelligent effort in this digestion purify the breath, clear the "The Dreary Steppe."

no endeavour, to awaken the people skin, relieve piles:

Words are tricky things. Not all girl. "What does it, all mean? direction can be misspent and that

What is the answer ?”.

of this country to the magnitule of “A bowl of goldfish,” replied her the issues involved can be a waste

of time.

Try them to-night, you will be more

than pleased with the to-morrow's feel- of us know what a Russian steppe ing of internal comfort and well-being is. Indeed, we have every excuse Chemists everywhere: sell Pinkettes the for confusing it with an English mother abruptly. popular little laxatives.