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tions in Marshal De Bono's book on the Abyssinian campaign are to be believed. Mussolini would have abandoned Abyssinia and concentrated upon the Italian colony of Eritrea..

By feeding the fears of others with threats, aggressors have got away with a good deal. They would get away with less if the peace-loving nations realised

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The Pools And The Post Office

A sidelight is thrown upon the. effect of the football pools on the Post Office by a memorandum recently presented to the Direc- tor Personnel by the Post Office Controlling Officers' Association.

Hong Kong," Monday, June 6, 1938. In asking for special recognition

ITALY CALLS IN

THE LAW “

of the responsibilities cast upon the Chief Postal Superintendent at Liverpool, which is the largest centre of pool operations in the country, this memorandum fur- nishes figures which show the turnover of postal

In the Peace Palace at The enormous Hague, an interesting case is business that has grown out of engaging the attention of the this particular form of organised robed judges on the bench of the gambling.

An additional superintendent Permanent Court of Interna-

added to the tional Justice. What is most has recently been surprising is not that both the establishment and he is (says

that the memorandum) "fully parties are Great Powers has frequently happened in the pied in controlling the competi- tion section, which in size and history of the World Court but that the action has been importance is now equal to and, brought by Italy. Signor Musso- from an output point of view, lini has often declared that greater than the main sorting But the Chief Superin- force is the final arbiter in dis-office.

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ing up international treaties and ed by the general managers of by laying waste Abyssinia with the "pools" firms, so we are told, his bombs and poison gas. Now to deal personally with the more. connected with he is appealing to the Law which serious matters he has so recently scorned and the competition work. And those

matters are numerous. despised.

What is the meaning of this The present system of dealing change of front? Some might with the postings of the "pools”. regard it as a hopeful sign of correspondence was fostered and conversion, an indication that in a large measure designed by with the Anglo-Italian agreement this officer, who personally dis- Signor Mussolini is honestly de-cussed the matter with the pro- sirous of turning over a new prietors and evolved a scheme leaf. The weak point in that which was original and argument is that the Duce shows "worked perfectly no intention of renouncing his start." The financial benefit to the Post Office must be very recent gains by violence.

Perhaps the explanation is considerable. that the other party in the dis- pute is France. They are quar-

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has since the

relling over an extremely im-A Colossal Turnover portant matter the exploita

tion of the deposits of phos- The volume of work is colossal phates in Morocco, which would and continues rapidly to increase. certainly be as useful to Italy as The average weekly competition

during the alleged mineral wealth of postings

the present Abyssinia. But the Italian football season exceeded eight of 33 per Dictator, for all his talk about millions, an increase the beauty of machine guns and cent. over 1936. More than rifles, knows better than to pre-127,000 bags weighing over 240 cipitate a conflict with France. tons are dispatched weekly. "Our art,” declared Dr. Goeb-"These include more than 10,000 bels at Easter, "is to pull out the bags in 686 divisions dispatched biggest prizes with the least from a 'pool' firm's premises to risk." The Duce's philosophy is no fewer than 536 offices." not so far different. He invaded On an average 246,600 postal Abyssinia because, from the orders of a mean value of military point of view, it was a £141,612 were issued to pool weak, defenceless country He promoters every week, and the would not have done so if Abys-average amount of paid orders sinia could have defended itself was. over £500,000. The effectively. He would not have average weekly motor mileage done so if it had been certain in due to pool traffic was 3,670. To [advance that the other members meet the competition work 78 of the League of Nations would indoor and 97 outdoor appoint- rally to the defence of Abyssinia. ments have been added to the The latter, we are sometimes staff, and extra duty (Indoor told, would have meant war. It and outdoor) amounted to 22,000 would not, if the frank revela- hours.