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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 18, 1988.

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ALERTNESS FOR DEMOCRACY Remarkable Speech By U.S. Ambassador

American Tribute To Late King George V.

HUGHES PASSES HURRICANES

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Berlin, To-day.

CREATE FLIGHT

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London, To-day, fighter squadron of the Royal Air Force which gave a demonstra-

at the French ai

ew York, To-day. Howard Hughes arrived at Omsk London, To-day. at 10 o'clock, B.S.T. and resumed The American Ambassador, Mr. Joseph Kennedy, the flight at 11.37 o'clock, B.S.T.

who at Winchester yesterday unveiled a Win- dow to the memory of King George V., pr

pre- During his flight from Paris to sented to the Cathedral by groups of Ameri-Moscow the American round-the-tion of formation flying by Hurri-

world flier, Howard Hughes was in cane aircraft can citizens, said: “King George the Fifth, oc-

constant touch with the Reich display at Villa Coublay on Sunday, cupied a very warm and special place in the Broadcasting Company which, at hearts of the Americans, and my fellow casting Company in New York, was to their home station at Northolt.

the request of the National Broad- urned yesterday in record time countrymen will always cherish his memory. Surely the sacrifices we have all made throughout

the world must be made to produce some com- Hughes started from Le Bourget pensation by advantages or posterity will just-casting Company got into com- ly label us all inept or savage.

NOT ABOLISHED. Decency and respect for the rights of others and the yearning for liberty have not been abolished from our hearts. Let us make sure they never are."

able to render the airman valuable

service.

Leaving Le Bourget at 10.25 am

formation passed over Croydon fifty-one minutes and landed at at 1.24 o'clock and the Reich, Broad, Northolt at 11.20

Elapsed time

the flight, fif- munication with him at 2 o'clock, ty-five mirutes, in the fastest time but a half hour elapsed befor in which the journey between Hughes answered, giving account Paris and London, has been made of his fight, which was promptly either by individual. transmitted to the American Broad-a formation. casting Company.

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The Hurricanes' flight which was "The Reich radio informed Hughes against a strong wind was made of his arrival over Berlin for the via Boulogne and Lympne to Nort- airman, who flying above bank of holt, a total distance of 235 miles. clouds and a the height of 6,000 The approximate speed of the form- metres, was during practically, the ation was 260 miles per hour. whole journey unaware of his ex- act whereabouts.

Certain nations have attempted all we can to preserve for our own to relieve, the suffering of some of countries at least the kind of life their people at the expense of that King George the Fifth, stood others of their inhabitants. In for and advocated. those parts of the world where the idea still exists that national good is the sum total of the welfare of all its individual inhabitants, we are now being called upon

to stretch our already hard-pressed resources to cover the care of the Stating that he had just return- refugees cast out of their native ed from a brief visit to the land because they belong to cer- United States, Mr. Kennedy ob- tain races, or profess certain reserved: "Over there it is possible to ligions, or think the thoughts of free observe comforting life of solidity men. Let us do what we can to which is characteristic of the peo- take care of this immediate emer-ple and life of Great Britain. In gency.

both countries the people want a ON THE ALERT

progress and betterment. So long ceased communications in order as we are holding out to the mass not to imperil his landing. of our people the hope that the Immediately before the com- are munication with Berlin was broken

«London, To-day. government and the state working ceaselessly and unremit-off, Hughes, expressed his hearty The German Ambassador · and tingly for their benefit, just so thanks to the Reich Broadcasting Frau von Dirksen were among the guests entertained to luncheon yes- long will those people retain their Corporation for its assistance. faith in democracy. British Wire-

The previous record was fifty- seven minutes by a single civil air- It was also the Reich radio craft which flew direct between which informed the airman that he Croydon and Le Bourget a distance was approaching Moscow and in- of approximately 200, miles,—Bri- structed him concerning the wave-tish Wireless. length on which he would be able to hear the broadcasting station of

change they insist on constant that city. The German radio then VON DIRKSEN AT

The presentatives of a number of well minded Nations are now in session trying to devise ways and means to see that these refugees do not perish cruelly and hopelessly. Our hearts are with our Delegates in their difficult but humane task. We must be always on the alert to defend this, that no permanent na- tional happiness .can ever be achieved in the kind of society to CAR ON FIRE

which we are accustomed and which we wish to preserve, by one segment of our populations at the ex- pense of others. I have heard it gaid in Washington, as well as in London, that Democracy has failed, and that the system of the repre- sentative government is as out-

less.

DOWNING-ST.

· The American Broadcasting Cor-terday at No. 10 Downing Street. poration has also transmitted an Other guests included Sir John and -expression of its thanks - Trans-Lady Simon, the Earl of Plymouth,

Ocean.

and Mr. Malcolm Macdonald. tish Wireless:

An Austin car, No. 2892, at the M.P. PASSES SUEZ CANAL

East Asia Garage, Kowloon, caught fire at one o'clock this morning and damage was done to the up- holstery. The fire was extinguish- ed by employees of the garage.

was

London, To-day.

STRIKE SETTLED

Cairos, To-day.”

The death occurred yesterday of Mr. Frank Clarke, Conservative Member of Parliament for Dart- Mr. At the last election, killed ford.

The strike of workers of the Labour Suez Canal has been settled and the Clarke's majority over a opponent was 2,646.—British Wire- men are resuming work on Friday. less.

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moded as that of the ancient Greek

Lam Chi, agd 14, States, that the individual can no longer claim to have any inalien-yesterday when he fell from the able rights, such

Canton as those guar-second floor of No.

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anteed in Magna Carta, but only. those which the State may as: a matter of convenience grant to him, that the system of more or less free economy under which wel try to, transact our business is self-destructive and that all indivi- dualism must be crushed by the increasing weight of the industrial and the financial combinations.

LATE KING'S IDEALS

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, I am sure King George the Fifth, never believed any of these things, nor would he believe them to-day. As far as we could tell from ob- serving his activities and life from across the Atlantic, he was deter- mined that the humblest of his subjects should possess an ever increasing store of rights and com- forts,

sand that

chinery of the economic ma-

Nation, and of world, should operate to increase the prosperity and the happiness of all British-subjects.

I am certain that never in

life did he wish any guar

right of any citizen

ed or abolished Let Us then, do

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