1938-09-13 — Page 12

"Perhaps I'm hard to please...

When I was younger

I-didn't much care what I ate or drank or smoked. But nowadays I take my pleas ures, not sadly but seriously. I suppose you would call me faddy. I hate to be put off with second- best, no matter what it is. won't eat a peach unless it is English. If I order caviare it must be Beluga.

You see what I mean about whisky. While I can obtain a whisky as soft

and smooth as a fine liqueur,

!

why on earth should I be

put off with anything less,

than White Horse?

I

admit that perhaps I am

hard to please - but take

it from me, it pays."

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TIENTSIN ALARM

Shanghai, To-day

during the last few days.

Two bombs exploded in a ese shop in the Japanese sion, but no one was hurt.

Reorganisation Of Defence

System In India

London, To-day.

The need for early action to place the defence or- ganisations of India on a more satisfactory basis is accepted in a communique issued cover- ing recent inter-departmental talks between the Indian War Office and Treasury.

While agreement has not been reached on all mat- ters, considerable progress has been made and an offer has been made by the United Kingdom Government to increase by £1,000,000 from April 1, the next annual grant of £1,500,000 paid to the Indian Government for the aid of Indian defence expenditure.

DE VALERA'S

PEACE APPEAL AT GENEVA

It is additionally stated that the United Kingdom Government will propose to offer a capital grant of upward of £5,000,000 for the equip- ment of certain British Indian units.

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The agreement also provides for aircraft for the equipment of cer- tain squadrons of the Royal Air Force, for four British battalions to be transferred from the Indian Army to Imperial establishment and fin- Mr. Eamon de Valera, Prime ally, for an expert body to proceed

London, To-day.

Minister of Eire, was elected Presi- to India at the earliest possible mo- ment to investigate the military and dent of the 19th assembly of the financial aspects of the problem on

League of Nations at Geneva yes-the spot. Reuter.

terday by 39 votes out of 47.

The session opened under the

presidency of the Chairman of the League Council, Mr. W. J. Jordan, High Commissioner for New Zealand in London, who in his speech,-recalled that the suc-

BELGIAN CABINET SITS 7 HOURS

Brussels, To-day............... The Cabinet sat for seven hours

cess of the League depended on listening in on the radio to Hitler's

the wisdom and determination of

speech.

The Cabinet approved the state-

the Governments composing it| and that it had no independent existence or capacity for action ment by the Minister of National Defence to the effect that he had apart from what its member}

taken all the security measures ne- Governments willed.

In his presidential address, the cessary in the circumstances. Premier of Eire deplored the pre-

sent weakness of the League which

Reuter...

he attributed to the failure of tion of war could be achieved. peoples to realise the necessity of Results of war were almost al- bending their wills to acceptance ways and inevitable unjust. He of necessary sacrifices of selfish expressed a hope that the 19th Japan-advantage involved in the partial Assembly might see an end brought to the dangers at present threaten- Conces-pooling of sovereignty.

They had not perceived that ing peace and a beginning made whatever they demanded for them- towards what he described as a selves as rights, they must be pre- great conference of peace based on

justice. pared to accord to all others.

It is also alleged that the Japan- ese are instigating incidents in the British and French Concessions Reports from North China state with the assistance of White Rus- that tension reigns in the city of |sians."

Tientsin, following the discovery. Japanese officials here decline to of hand grenades and bombs in the comment on these allegations. Japanese and French Concessions, |Our Own Correspondent.

Bringing Up Father

FOR GOODNESS SAKE- LOOK AT THAT GUY. UP THERE ON THAT STEEL GIRDER - IT'S. AFTER WORKIN TIME WHATS THE IDEA ILL GITA COP-

FAITH IN LEAGUE

De Valera asked the Assembly to keep its faith in the League as the only instrument by which preven

THAT FAT-HEAD IS AT LEAST TWENTY STORIES UP IN THE AIR-

WE BETTER GO

UP IN THE BUILDIN' AGROSS THE STREET- LAN: WE CAN

HOLLER AT HIM-

A peace conference of that kind was possible before, but scarcely ever after a war:

Peoples of the world wanted it. British Wireless.

IT'S DINNY MCGUFFEY- I KNOW HIM- HE IS AS

BRAVE AN' TOUGH AS

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