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ADVERSARIA

And

IT IS WRITTEN that an Arab mounted to a grassy hillock and sat with his eyes on the sun. As it turned, so turned the Arab. with the passing of the years, his eyes withered and all about him the grass turned brown and sun-stained. Through the land swept the wind and there was a cloud of dust that Nothing chocked and later sand. but sand.

ARAB came down from his dune and passed into a grassy valley. There before him he found another, not of his kind, and he took out this alien's heart and spilled the blood in great rust spots along the banks of the river and on the sands of the

Hong Kong, Wednesday, July 27, 1938. near sea shore. And it was writ- ten that peace was on more nor ever would be.

THE WORKERS' SIDE

The workers' side of rearma-

is

NOT SO TOUGH! Because of his alleged weak-kneed" foreign policy,

ment in the totalitarian State Mr. Hoki Hirota, former Japanese Jone of which we hear "little. Premier and Munted out of the

diplomat, not

Trade unions are suppressed and long ago was shunted the publication of grievances, is picture, as Japan's Foreign Minis- ter. Into his place stepped a squat, forbidden. But even from the

burly man with a face as round as meagre official statistics some-the insignia of the rising gun- thing may be gained. Thus the General K. Ugaki,

reports of the German labour

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inspectors for 1985 and 1936,

The general speaks pidgeon Eng-

summarised in "Soziale Praxis" lish through a heavy, white mous

(and reproduced in the I.L.O's tache and has a halo of bristly, gray "Industrial and Labour Informa hair around his bald pate. He is tion"), throw some light on the also, it is reported, given to run- ning about Tokyo in a house-coat way in which working hours that was stylish 1100 years before have been extended. The general the birth of Christ. As a compro- rule is a forty-eight-hour week, mise with modernity, however, he but it has become necessary to sports a large, squi make the utmost use of every

expected to take a sterner attitude towards, foreign Powers, Japan's ultimate aim, being, seemingly, rid the Orient of Occidental in-

possible exception" legally per- Leader of a moderate group missible. In the metal, machin-militarists, General Ugaki is evident- ery, and building and kindredly being groomed to succeed the

ailing Premier, Prince Konoye trades a ten-hour day has come which would mean uniting all the to be considered as normal, and political elements in Japan. He is overtime is being worked in ad- dition "to an extent hitherto un- known." In work on "public buildings" (we may suspect forti- fluence. fications and air-raid shelters) skilled workers have been work-

To-day-even with the aid of this ing in twelve-hour relays and the

"strong man" at the helm→→Japan rest of the staff on three shifts. finds herself so deeply in war that Relays of fifteen and sixteen she must now fight with a sink-or- hours are not unknown. The shift swim desperation. It is idle to say system is being much extended, notably to building, which hither- to had not usually employed it, Germany has at least a system of she has set up in "puppet govern-

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that she has "conquered" many pro- UrZsú vinces-her mandate-runs barely

yond the range of her guns, "Fur- ther, most of the Chinese officials

ments" are merely playing their own factory inspection and some

game, ready to turn (or run) should State control. In Japan the she begin to fail. Government only goes

to the

length of issuing “guiding princi-

WHILE WE DOUBT IT, it is re- ples to the owners of munition ported that quite recently at the Air works. That those should say Raid Precautions demonstration held that the normal hours of work at Volunteer Headquarters, the

following conversations took place, should not exceed twelve, or fourteen "where excessively long hours are necessary, is sufficient indication of the state of affairs. "Special consideration” should given, the Government says, to women and children under

MME. LOUISE FRANCAI at least two rest

runs a dog breeding should. be granted each Algiers, claimed £180 month. In the mines an under Paris court from a

ours Algiers dog-show. though the judge. of defamation of

“Excuse me, madame," said the instructor, but you're wearing your gas-mask wrongly.

"As a matter of fact, young man,”- replied the woman, acidly, “I haven't ggot a gas-mask on!!!;

day of ten

in urgent.

terrier's