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A BRANDY THAT'S MORE THAN A GOOD LIQUEUR

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FINEST OLD

Brown Brand

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- ESTABLISHED 6.0.1941

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RICHNESS OF THE SUN IN IT.

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THE REAL THING

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FOR

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"Egyptologists," reports Science Service, "take no stock in curses. The passing of Howard Carter many years after his spectacular entry into the tomb of King Tut ankh-Amen has led to the ex- posure of legendary curse | around which the superstitious built a pyramid of circumstance. It all appears to have developed from the loss of Mr. Carter's pet canary, for the curse inscription supposed to have existed on the limestone walls has never been located, and, according to Herbert Winlock, an Egyptologist of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the press made the most of the

The cobra that got the canary Troubled though these times evidently led a poetic native, re- may seem to be, the objectives of membering the form of the Pha- the genuine seeker after interna-raoh's headdress, to remark, tional peace are the same and "The serpent from the crown of have the same vitality about the King has eaten the Golden them as when sought under calm. Bird. Bad luck will follow." The er diplomatic skies and amid sun-legend circulated thereafter em- nier circumstances. It is helpful ployed a non-existent inscription, to keep these goals in view, to "Death shall come on swift wings remember that justice is the only to him that toucheth the tomb of lasting basis for peace, that there the Pharaoh."

Hong Kong, Friday, May 12, 1939.

PEACE WITH JUSTICE incident.

must be respect for international Thin stuff for the writer of law and order and that recogni- melodrama, but reassuring to tion of world-wide kinship and those who prefer the scriptural. mutual interest will eventually promise: enforce these demands.

"As the bird by wandering, as

The events that are taking the swallow by flying, so the shape in Europe seem only dimly curse causeless shall not come." if at all to shadow forth an ex-

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pression of justice. And certain-Mexico's Oil Flows. ly the means employed in the

game of diplomatic and military Slowly chess are less than the ideal

methods of honourable, fair and Negotiations have at least uncoerced negotiation among made appreciable some headway peoples. Yet the pattern of order toward a settlement of the con- must be established in order to troversy over Mexican oil expro- provide security for justice. priations.

To that end millions have ap The experience of the Mexican plauded the recent decisions of Government in attempting to Great Britain and France to help operate the wells, refineries and defend any nation that may find [distributing plants has not been itself threatened by what it con-very encouraging. Reduced pro- siders an aggressive effort to duction has meant reduced tax "dominate the world by force." revenues for the Cardenas social- · This must surely be welcomed by ising regime. Efforts to sell the many who feel a deep friendship oil elsewhere than to Britain and. for the German people and be-America have placed Mexican lieve there still is room for some radical labour in the ironical posi- international adjustments in their tion of contributing support to. favour. The rule of order can dictator-ruled countries, Germany, only be successfully defended if Italy, Japan-a course which it is followed by efforts to see Vincenté Lombardo Toledano, and to do justice.

leader of the C. T. M., or General Momentarily nations seek Confederation of Mexican Work- Isafety or strength in armaments ers, recognises cannot be recon-- and alliances. Armaments still ciled with the worker's distaste seem necessary in this human for Fascism or with Fascism's scheme of things. A concert of treatment of labour.organisations. nations may help enforce worthy The partially formulated basis. standards of international prac-of agreement between the Gov- tice. But armaments should be ernment and the companies con- instruments, not the ultimate ar- templates that the companies biters; alliances are snares if shall resume management for a based ony on an exchange of term of fifty years, under respon- selfish national advantages: The sibility to the Government. With- prophets, of Biblical times re-in this time they áre to compen- peatedly reminded their people sate themselves for their invest- not to put their trust in princes, ments and ultimately turn over in horses and chariots or the bow to the nation the remaining un- and the sword-types of the al-derground wealth in accordance liances and armaments of that with the Mexican Constitution of ` period.

1917. The nub has been whether

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To say definitively and with as-the Government or the companies surance on every detail exactly shall exercise the major control what is justice in the present tur- during this period and an accept- bulent world situation is beyond able solution seems how likely to the wisdom of any human being be found. But all can hold with faith to the

standard of equitable treatment resources may seem odious at any To some this nationalisation of for the aspirations and interests time. Certainly confiscation with- of all peoples.

"The Curse Causeless"

out compensation could never have been justified. But many Latin-American oil concessions

have been gained by devious While at the outposts of civill methods and with less than the sation persons may still be found claimed investment. The method throwing salt over the left should- now proposed for extinguishing er, or wearing a spider in a nut-those claims has a parallel in the.. shell around the neck, or "em-arrangement occasionally made broidering eyes on their child whereby a steel firm erectas ren's shoes to spy out and ward bridge and collects a toll for cross- off evil influences, progress is fasting it until the bridge is paid for

the world from belief me and then turns it over to the state