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CHANGES IN':
THE EAST
The unchanging East, as an expression of an idea, no doubt
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 6,. 1948.
Don
Iddon's Diary
Delivery of that
outsize The nation's stomach, about
Dye In The Sky It was decorated with dollar signs and
stara-and-airipes.
A Costly Gift
Rome
улят
THE
AMERICAN
SCENE
bought a silver. fox carpet for n 24fi, room at a cost of £9,000.
But most New Yorkers can- | ined themselves to spending not more than £10 on themselves and their friends.
Politics and politicians, kadn't chance. Mr. Honry Wallace formed a Third Party, forget. ting that too many parties cause hangovers. In fashions, hus- bands advised their wives to
| wear akirts as long as they last, Last year I sent out over 2,-
in
Film City Blues Christmas found Hollywood biggest produc- subdued. Its
tich slump for the past six and years has shuttered inuny
had at one time a sound and solid Christmas present the Marshall to receive turkey, plum pudding,000 Christmas cards to people England. This time, be for a few mince pie, tangerinos, nuta. basis. Hardly since the conclu-Plan is delayed
cake. all cause of dollar shortage, F chocolate |ralgina, On months. sion of the Pacific War.
The people are sorry about washed down with beer, bour-haven't sent any.
There have boen n gront Sunday, Surma became an inde-
many Christmas parties these pendent nation, terminating her this, as they were all ready to bon, or champagne, rumbled
Inat fow days. At El Morocco, connection with the British Com-wrap it in shining gift paper, with distress.
the Stork Club, the Twenty-one, monwealth of Nations.
and at private houses, but the an occasion attended by celebra-
to be But there has
truth is I have been desperate- tions in Rangoon and London.
necessary democratic debate
ly homesick. marking the
transfer of power discussion and a little arithme and the atual attitude of good-tic among the politicians before will at the beginning of an ex- periment which is not without heavy problems for the new Bur- mese Government. Yesterday, it was announced from Batavia that the Netherlands Premier. Dr. Beel, had offered a new proposal, calling for the establishment of an interin government for the Dutch East Indies, seeking to end the ferment in that area in the effort to effect a new relationship satisfactory alike to the people of In Holland and of Indonesia. China, where the sovereignty of the National Government is grave. ly threatened by the Communist incursions into great areas of its territory, the prest centres of foreign interests, Shanghai, Tien- tsin and the other Treaty ports, which were havens of peace in a disturbed world, have now passed runds, the shoppers thought back into the hands of the Chinensity of the bare larders of nese Governinent. Early next Europe. They think particular- month, Ceylon will pass from the ly of the British, their staun-
friends, chest
the people status of a Crown Colony to that
who made the millionaires' of a Dominion within the Em-Christmas here possible.
Speaker in its pire, with the
New York itself resembled, a forest of and towering Christmas trees.
Thousands of buildings were restconed with fairy lamps, and the 17,000,000,000-dollar super-there were stringe of coloured present can be dispatched.
lights and glistening stars in most squares and avenues.
The city was all light The great gift, therefore. may be a little late. but it is sparkle. From the top of the studio lots and laid off thou
Building. the sands of workers, coming. It has been bought Empire State
Only 20 pictures are being with world's tallest, a carillon, the with Amerienn earnings. the cents and dimes and quar-world's biggest, rang out with almed, just now in Hollywood-
it has Altogether
been ters of our friends here, and it such power that non-New York- 70 per cent, drop.
worrying year for producers | will cost the nation three per rs 16 miles away could hear!
lot to the music. cent, of its income-i
and financial backers. The net! spend on a present.
Few begrudge it. The U.S. and preferred the jingle of rake for 1947 will be 15 per
cent. below 1946, and an knows it cannot prosper inde-
bigger allde is expected during and
next year. finitely if its neighbours customers bankrupt and hungry.
Today, there is a good deal of conscience- soul-searching and prching.
newly-founded Parliament sitting in a chair donated to Ceylon by members of the British House of
Commons. India has for some months been split into two Do minions, the Indian Union and Pakistan. The East enters upon the New Year seething with change, a change that goes with the drawing to a close of a long in which struggle for dominion the British, French, Dutch and Portuguese were the earliest pro- rule for which taponists. The
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Seeing the stacked counters, the groaning shelves, the moun- clothes. and tains of food,
Plum Pudding There has been a lot about the British Christmas in the on American newspapers and
he radio programmes and it: has made Americans wince and flush.
The U.S. has been told of the harrowing bleak rations, the struggle for scraps, the short age of toya for the children, the lack of meat and drink.
100 Years
Ago
(From the files of the "China "Mail")
I found it slightly deafening.
Salvation Army girls bells on Fifth-avenue and the deep voice of St. Patrick's Cathedral in midtown.
There was a special Merry Christmas Land in Grand Cen tral-place, presided over by 6ft 7in, Santa Claus-of course the world's largest,
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Nothing was stinted. York was shooting the works und the fireworks this Christ- mas almost as if it were the last celebration to be held on earth.
Nylon stockings, slips, and
by lingerie
the million. There was a tremendous run on
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CARNIVAL
By Dick Turner
BOAK, 1947 MY HEA STAVICE, INC. T. N. RED, U. B. PAT, DES
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"Sho's developed an entirely different personality sincs sho saw that psychiatrist!"
Irgun Zvai Leumi Turn The Clock Back
Jerusalem, Monday. But I doubt whether they Most companies are planning THE steel-helmeted shock will order their Hagonah Militia ambitious productions in troops of Irgun Zvai Leumi, to wipe. out Irgun before the
British Europe to get over the, dollar using cast-off
Army cycle of reprisal and counter- hurdle. The cost of making films trucks, wearing stolen British reprisal begins to pin too fast in Europe is much less than in Army uniforms, fully equipped to be arrested.
The truth is that not all the machine-guns, Hollywood, where material and with labour are priced so high. bomba, and rifles, have opened Jewish leaders want the end of
Hues Misuse
their own offensive against the
Even Christmas trees cost
mortars,
Holy Land's 1,250,000 Arabs. By J. L. HAYS
On Saturday alone Irgun klll-
more in Hollywood than any-ed 20 Arabs and wounded near-Irgun whom they see where else in the U.S. Shop 100.
to
1
possible ally. keepers asked from 7a. Gd. to Irgun have turned the clock They say: "After the British £1 a foot, and the trees run back 1935, when they an have gone, when the Arabs at- big in the West. They could be swered every bomb of the Arah tack in full strength, when bought in any colour: blue. Rebellion with bigger and better there might be a real war, we pink, yellow, silver, gold, black, bomba of their own.
shall need Irgun-every one of or starting white-anything, in
Then, as now, the Jowish them." fact, except natural green. Agency and the men who have Some of the singing stars become known us the leaders of Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, moderate Jewish opiston and Lily Pons-sent personaldemned Irgun's, reprisals. Christmas greetings on special- ly made gramophone records. I rion't think the idea is particu- larly appealing.
Johnny Weissmuller la going to England and announces that he will swim the English Chan- nel as scon as the weather is suitable.
are
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
By SHEPARD BARCLAY.
*THE AUTHORITY ON AUTHORITIES" ·
EVEN THE BEST
GUESS
Sayings Of 1947
con-
*
Make no mistake, in a military senge Irgun are n worthwhile ally.
thoir
fighting exceeded
Although strength has never 3,000 (2,000 is probably more accurate to-day) their men are "full-time" soldiers.
and women
Of the millions of words uttered in 1947, these stood out for one reason hand or another.
In addition, throughout the Jewish community Irgun can call on "sympathiscza”—mon who will give a with illegal broadcasts and pamphlet distribution,
Although known to possess huge stocks of all types small
automatic arins and
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of
JAD
Rear Admiral William S. Parsons, De U.S. Navy Director of Atomic fence: "It is not the atom that may get out of control. It is the human." weapons, Irgun's offensive
President Truman, announcing the
plosivca.
Truman Doctrine: "It must be the speciality has always been ex. policy of the United States to sup
It was their experts, many port free peoples who are resisting attempted Mubjugation by armed baileyed to be graduates from universities, who European minorities or by outside pressure.
Atlanta, Georgia, bigamist! Judge, wvolved the electrically-detonat can't ud road-mine which has taken
I'm
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I admit it. Bul guilty. where it's wrong for a
a man to many Britlah ves have two wives when it is all right last 18 months. for the State to have two Governors."
General George C. Marshall,
during the
frgun, too, produced the "milk churn" bomb which wrecked the King David Hotel, headquarters Government's the Palestins Secretariat,
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Duly Forwarded they hattled among themselves is being surrendered voluntarily,
A reader of mine, Miss Ruby though not always in the condi
Cole, of Finchley Park, North tions ident for the transfer of
Finchley, sent me a present to nass on to Charles Chaplin. I power. Ceylon will start its new
shall do it this time, Miss Cole, career in peace and with a large measure of accord among its
but I do not want to make s abit of forwarding presents or population. There is also hope
requests to film stars. that the dissensions aroused by the
British Alms
making new constitutional forms in Ma-
From the Imperial Commis- jewellery. real and costume, laya will yield to experience of
sioner, Governor-General of Two handbags, party dresses, men's more money than American in Havana after years of U.S. But war-shattered Kwong, &c. to His Britannic ties and pyjamas. their worth.
One spectacular shopperndaney. its independence Majesty's Plenipotentiary:- Burma begins
"I on in receipt of your des- with serious internal challenges patch of the 22nd of the 9th moon with much of the country in a 76th November), by which I am disturbed state, and with rival Informed of the particulars of an
becoming U.S. Secretary of State: Communist "Governments" still attack made upon the pirates in
will never become involved in poll tical
matters. I cannot be drafted." holding sway in at least three dish waters of Cochin-China, by Ex- the Sicam-cruisers of Your
Sculptor Yucca Salamunich: "Pas- tricts. These are conditions that cellency's Nation, which, with the
sionate
women always have long, In 1946 Irgun even used thei Omeers of
small rockel call for the highest administra cooperation of the tive qualities from the new rulers Cochin-Chino, who cut off their
York. Opposing them were Waldemar straight noses."
Emperor Hirohita, during a visit with liquid acid ignition. It har Von Zedtwitz and Lee Hazen of New
to atom-bombed Hiroshima: "There a range of four miles. if Burma is to survive, except as riot, had been enabled to burn
York at East-West of Table 1 and B. seems to have been considerable peace of the almost the entire pirate fleet; n'i to the a menace
more than 8 vessels of the 3rd
Jay Becker and Mr. A. M. (Helen) damage here."
For one
the special reason If, when the and 4th class having made their Eastem world.
Sobel at North-South of Table 2.
Babe Didrikson Zaharias, first Am | Arabs fear Irgun more than пов fires of an insurgent nationalism escape. This will Indeed gladden
"Well, it's your guest" is a remark
crican to win the British Women's any other Jews-Irgun have * Charles engaged on this hand, were
Golf Championship: "I just loosen my "Black Squad" of Arabic-speak- have died down, Burma secks the hearts of all men.
"Although Shih-wu-taze (Shap-heard occasionally in slap-dash rub. The fifth members of each team,
vitz team H. Goren on the Von Zedtwitz outside aid, without which her
ng-taal) has for the time delayed ber games among old friends,
Los Angeles murderer: "He (the ing coloured Yemenite and Sep. BO much like the resources cannot be developed, it the blow of the sword of punish-comes after the bidding has ended and Howard Schenken on the other girdle and let the ball have it."
It is not our purpose to criticize ment, now that he is as a fish in and applies to the player who bas
victim) called me a dirty German hard! Jews,
Arabs alongside whom they bid, but to point out I'm a Pole." will be willingly given.
the bottom of the kettle, there become the leader. Logic "p" any particular both tables 50
of Equally conditions in India are will be, I imaging, no dimculty pics to these to bis choice of par-led the heart 2, which enabled East animais have died out in the past. even the Arabs cannot always
South selected by what happened.
Chemist Harold C. Urey: "Other have lived for generations that 250.-
still the occasion for acute anxiety, in apprehending him.
(the human pick them out. With reference to what your ticular card in some cases. But there to discard the diamond K and thus do not see why we 400.-There the hopes of a peaceful
Quiet klllers, preferring the 200.- division of the country were fol- letter further says upon the in-are lots of times when the logical take 12 tricks. This enabled Mr. Von race) should be any exception, an
at Table 1 to make a Zedtwitz at
curved dagger to the tommy. lowed first by the terrible inci-security of the River within and lead in the worst possible and
without the Bogue, a searching other would
punish the declarer. nothing amall stem and excited M. perhaps now is the time,"
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "A 350.-
the transfer of
dewa .go dents attending
only one trick
trick controlled prea is like an eng; if gun or bomb, the "Black Squad" a traditional "spearhead" 129. populations in the Punjab, and men and beat population of the any such occasions, and in plenty when he
role with Irgun, besides forming Now you figure out why North's dia 300 now by fighting in Kashmir that locality in question, when there of cases they guess wrong.
mond bids might have, Baused both
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister first-class forelligence branch. retains the dimensions of a con-is no urent quantity of fish to be
laken, seize the opportunity
Souths to lead a diamond of why the Women_talk.
Arab guerilla groups, now siderable war. Whether the thieve and rob. It can party te
The should have told down the cub
rapidly mobilising throughout A which cursion of the tribal forces has raid that this is never the case:
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World Heavyweight Boxing Cham-the Holy Land, have few secrets nced of a diamond next. These great plon Joe Louls, explaining why be from the "Black Squad," but been encouraged by Pakistan, as but they certainly do not band
8. A 2 their craft together in fleets,
|players had a tough guess, and both wouldn't like to be 21 again: “I never they do have many Jews in their India alleges in her approach to
"Besides, there is no parallel it. "A 1073
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to provoke another war. For it would appear to be imperative his cruisers are act few, it is not
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To understand why Irgun, sre attacking the Arabs it is neces imary to understand their badge, oca rifle across the map of Palos. tine and Transjordan with the ("Only U.S. Admiral William F. Halsey: legend, "Rak kach" "As a general rule, I never trust athus"), fighting man who does not smoke or For Irgun stand for a Jewish Stare in all that area, and for General Douglas MacArthur: "Ie mass immigration And they fi false concept that democracy know their alms can only be
drink."
can only survive in plenty. On the achieved, it at all, by force of
contrary, history
spring
and toit."
shows that'''is from hardship' ‚and" struggla
nama,
They want chaos in Palestine. George Bernard Shaw: "Read" my They want Arab-Jewish avio- books leave me to die in peace. lence, they want it to become to the plains is open to them. The to be in extremity. It is the There you have the bidding of this
US Secretary of State Marshall, clear to world Jewry that peaco announcing the Marshall Plan: "Iesful partition deal in the strongest enam-of-four
is impossible; 80 dispute over Kashmir may, in the tural didy of the other in protect absence of toleration and frank and muccour him. Why then be a match ever llued up, the final of the nerable.)
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abun such consultations between the two danes of thankering World's Championship Master teams If. South leads the diamond 7 to Purpose should be the revival of that they can swing them, round esson Sidney Slider, and the 9 and A. "galas Ease's G-lufts, working scopemy in the world as to their policy and Aght it oft Governments, impéril the most But therefore ranie: avalling myof this, significant of all changes in rule self of the opportunity; too with John R. Crawford of Philadelphia; and after the beart K to the A North to permit the emerginos of
TransJordan, «Only- thusets that have followed so swiftly one that formfret, men increase to North-Booth at Table khad at Kath, returns the diffiniend why should fitical and social center le brick with the Arabs once and for all. Your Exostenay in your wifelly West-Finates-at. Table 2. Kitorke that well Baby to Barve against the fece lastitutions can exist Associat.for all of Palestine and all of upon the other in the East, yet and “butie spone,
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