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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1930.

FROM AN ELECTION NOTE BOOK

Editor's Not Windrush" deep suspicion of the Press the There they are again, up to their uro, Britons heading? Is planning! JU successful? What is keeping a diary during the cloc. public has developed. One radio! old election tricke of going un-really ilon campaign. The following speech Influences It more than der false labels and misleading happens if the nationalised in-

dustries continue to Jose -money%) are some extracts from it. They pages and pages of newspapers, the publle. will be published weekly until the Many of the papers will simply

What Hoppens In 1952 when election is over..

The curious thing about this American aid is ended? cause their readers to vote for the side they do not recommend,} public feeling is that it is so

"Chou fcted by Vyshinsky." JANUARY 24.

unfair. Really it has nothing to

Is there really a crisis? There It's, becoming Mao and do with the circumstances of the JANUARY 28.

the are many honest people who feel evident that ammeone li answer. They given the cold shoulder would prefer not to vote. Perhaps Moscow.

The Labour Party manifesto mentions nowhere Britain's de- 24354 | pendance on American dollar ald. 32312] The Torles have condemned it for dishonesty. But perhaps Labour has shown Itself a more, astute psychologist than the Tortes..

HK$18.00 HK$30.00 HK$72.00

Most people are a little ashamed of being dependent on American lofins. They prefer not to think All news contributiens to be about it. If it is brought to their -addressed-to-Editor-in-Chist← notice their-instinctive reaction

Advertisements and Business is to

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moment, but results from Statistics published today in persistent. left-wing propoganda that they can't

How effective the "Manchester Guardian" sug-1 over 20 years. gest that in 1945 the Liberal vote that propaganila was, we are only they will not vole,

By "Windrush"

pru-

Mao

being up in

It is clear that Labour

Protesting church organisationis America aro apparently paganda is going out on the line in that the crisis is a Tory mare's confusing the new Bergman fim

dubious with "Birth of a Baby."

Wobb

last night, "We're no! In dire

nest. There was very radio speech by Maurice

stralls, facing imminent calamity Either Maurice Webb is trying to bridle against America. It is harmed Labour more

recognise. I than the now beginning to

1.to deceive the public, or.else lie known in Britain that most Tories. But this year, says the the days when Mr. Baldwin and really believes what he says, in Americans hope the Tories will "Guardion," the opposite is like Mr. Neville Chamberlain reigned, which case it would be a public win. This, in the present touchy ly to happen.

they ignored the long succession danger to return him to Parilu state of the English mind, ia

ol Golancz publications, Left

Lement. enough to make_many_English-¦ JANUARY_29:

Wing Book Club Issues, Left Wing men vote Labour,

"Chinean make-up han values to attract man,"

of course, the slit ukirt_haljis

100.

Kicked out. According

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from

TUL

Blight

15 reporta Paris, cabaret girls have been news letters, the writings of Pro Ifere fa the voice of Labour | teld: no eun-can do, The Tories are really very un-gressive Authors and Communist dentagogy. "Mr. Churchill's five DEATH

Have the Labour leaders work- fortunate. So far in their elec poets. Yet it is this and the

ngulu werds mean letting Joose -sədashikimustulos:hhamanlaroid, lava akion: ibarabauschenknin

apparently Bellalle, D'ALMADA E CASTRO, Joaquim they based their propaganda on it? epizodes which have interested deres the prede British recomi(on of BeppDat

the exploiters, those who seek a One has been the which have undermined the Con- Telles, at St. Theresa's Hos- Or is it simply that their minds the public.

servative Party, ital on February 8th 1050. happen to

quick reward from a quiet corner suffering from 1 s. work in much the controversy, over Mr. Cube and

nstigmatism. this in something the public wants." same way as that of the ordinary the anti-nationalistle campaigns Fanerai will pass the Monu-san

If the Tories failin ment on Thursday, February | man

man? If the letter, it is a good of the business arms. The other election, it will be because I nugury for their success. The best has been the slanging match be- has come too soon for them. The

Mr. Webb admits there was no

"Farouk to marry 10-year-old,” 9th at 5.15 P.M.

politicians are those with ardin-

It is also pointed out that the tween Conservatives and Liberal ury minds and superior abilities over the use

of the name "Ng Pendulum has not had time to dollar shortage under the Tories.

"But what sort of Britain was, K] averweight_young_king - was at That was the secret of Stanley tional Liberal" or

Ewing back. *Liberal-Can-

for millions of ordinary people? one time Chief. Boy Scout Baldwin's

There were, long queues for the Egypt. mdccess two decades servative" by Liberal candidates JANUARY 30:

That, of course, who have come ugo.

to terms with

Cole. Every'

street had before he became a Wolf. the Conservatives, and rained their support on condition that they accept the Tory whip.

"WOE TO THE VANQUISHED"

A purely economic issue bas been raised in the industrial disputes in Hong Kong. It must be settled as such, and

JANUARY 20.

the

main

Jobs for the boys begin

of

SUTUS

Financial times........

Boy, am I glad I wasn't hanging

Macao around

during

the

"

every

member would have to be a really Truman, and there would be so much to Chou over that It would be difficult 10 prevent the machinery from Stalin.

A great many people genuinely empty, boarded-up-up shop win- JANUARY 26.

do not know which way vole, dows. The busiest shops were the

Idealism will be

They like the

of the pawnbrokers." that there It seems

full 4,000,000 new voters at this elec-

The public feels-vaguely but Labour Party-fair shares,

Presumably Mr.. Webb 19 "ccupation! on who have never voted be- with conviction that in both employment, cheap food, social

This should make спо fore..

these episodes the Conservatives services. They don't believe three addressing himself to the 1,000,-

memory This Lotal disarmament suspicious of All deduétions have been shown up as shabby.

paganda. But one quarter does does not go back to the times he conference would, if successful, by the facts and Ogures which drawn from. the figures of the There they are, in league with quarters of the Conservative pro-1000 new voters whose are the sole relevant evidence. | lost election.

big Business, in some vague con-stick. The Tories have set up a describes. Will they take him an be god Tydings, but

Wherel trust? The workers have been accus-

people doubt in people's minds. spiracy against ed of being influenced by poli- tics. There were deviations There is less fanaticism than which brought disorder. Now in the election of 1945. Then a there are vengeful cries of large part of the electorate went round chanting "Planning, plan- "wae to the vanquished."ning." Planning was the techni- Both are out of place. An que which would put all right. only the greedy Tory economic demand has to be It was

and monopolists

restrictionists settled on its economic merits, who had prevented it being put in relation both to the cost of into force." living and wages and to the financial condition of the various institutions involved.

The interests of the public remain paramount, especially in public utilities. This is no less true because of the ab-

The Prers has extra paper for: sence of issues of State or the election, But does it really municipal ownership of utili-matter? It is astonishing what a ties which vexed similar dis- putes in pre-war Britain. The

This time a large part of the electorate wants to think things out rationally, and they want to judge by experience as well as to support various rival ideals. JANUARY 27.

at school

for

Then Each exhibitor-except again, those on the pure entertainment und interest stands, is hoping for the real pay-off in about three or four years time,

The bright-eyed lads in the gets a university degree. bright school caps who play he can come and see us ed with the model trains and and we shall want him."

But there are some employers mechanical gadgets at the Schoolboys' Own Exhibition, who are willing to provide may think that the exhibits educational facilities which will had been arranged purely for their pleasure.

of them

were

which aro

the

in

They will get it, but not neces

think. Korily in the ways they They are doing a service giving background education to By ERIC BENNETT these young men from school, But

recrúlling is another matter.n

The eager

Myrtle's grandfather says many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.

"Soviet has Largest Supply of Amber."

So now we know where all the coples have gone.

·

Lere-majeste?

Following my comments yesterday about the headline wṣe of the verb comes the latest: "Queen Mary Hit by Selstien."

Sounds like a foreigner, hope the police got him.

Do

"Rich family scores in' Colony detjut."

What's so unusual about thatt thought, until I discovered they were named that way.

In fact, many

children scramble public interest calls for the of the term. They ran the arranged as subtle propaganda early restoration of an trams but refused to take for the Services, the Government

give them rectults. The Ministry from stand to stand and drink it departments, and the private- essential service,

firras, ab-fares. It was not even a sit-enterprise the

to university scholarships and

Gunmen robbed # Baltimore sence, of which has caused down strike, or a go-slow engesed in ever-increasing com- 16 Supply are ready to help boyd cheeks to determined chubby petition for the cream of the na-travelling scholarships, as well as chins. And if they really decide

to become missionaries amounting strike.

in college library of US$16,000, helping with the training of tech-Melanesia or bookles in Booil.They obviously took it for an often to real hardship. The moral status of an out-pilon's youth.

the subtle salesmen have had it. Institute, of earning.

inconvenience

It calls for a fair settle-and-out strike and of an at- Gray version.

ment on the facis and figures. tion of this sort could afford

The little victims play! No sense they have of ills to

niciana.

Chances galore

If policy is to be applied at all, ground for a good deal of If Thomas Gray were to ro It must be directed toward argument. It would not ne turn to write an Ode on a Distant

the Horticultural man told me: two things-the restoration of cessarily be in favour of the Prospect of good relations between em-action taken, A strike is a Halls he would not have to make ployer and employee and the right, sanctioned over the much revision: basic policies of the British years by innumerable legisla-Alas, regardless of their doom, and American Governments, tive acts-all over the world. Over.and.over.again the prin- ciple has been laid down that all possible must be done to raise the standards of living among the peoples of Asia. The responsibility is, of course, mutual. Help is de- signed as an incentive and aid to greater self-help.

...come

Nor care beyond today. Yet see how all around them

walt

today..

problem in a more practical boys who can acquire technical electrically

and academie qualifications.

V

arc

But they had no party after Enugu

By Noel Monks

Rousing send-off

ald

Nations

Toll of disease

Another thing that has impress-

ed them is that there are 28 ra... gistered trade unions,

Wages have risen from three- pence a day before the war to ds.

d. today in most industries.

A Ministry of Supply spokes-

"The possibilities of our atomin projects are literally infinite. All we know is that we shall want thousands of young men with ahi engineering background, The refusal of fares was a

addition to the chemists." | breach of faith, aggravated or

Diferences of approach are. At the Island Club, with its due entirely. to public confidence palliated by the motive be-

subtly graded to the type of boy mixed European African in the Government.

Government officials are out- hind it. There are reasons why

likely to be attracted. The Navy membership, a young Niger numbered by 10,000 to one in that it should be argued out

The ministers of human fate... make no bones about what they fan lawyer (he studied at country--a point that has greatly through legal channels, but it or at any rate the Ministers of want.

Cambridge with

Seretse appealed to the United would be better to settle it, so War, Supply, Air, the Admiralty,

Only the boy with a thirst for Khama) said to me: "My old "Snooping" Commission. to speak, out of court, if this the National Cont Board, and a

father has died. I'm giving host of other potential employers adventure and the resolution were at all possible. With one controversial ex- To make the award fit the from the oil companies to "Mr. say "The hell with shore life and a party tonight. Would you

regular hours and a cosy home Cube,"

itro will make a real sailor. So care to come?" ception, the management of stratagem, Solomon might de-

There has never been such a tie Navy concentrates on pro- My surprised look made Hin the Tramway Company has cree that the conductors must

right, laid down fair and reasonable collect double fares from all wide range of opportunities for riding real sallors and marines to add: "It's quite all

chap. In Nigeria when an elderly celebrate help conditions for the resumption passengers for the first three boys leaving school as there is tell the tale.

Lt.Cdr. J. S. Kerans, of HMB person dies we of service. It has undertaken days of the resumed service.

· From a health point of view, But because of the increasing Amethyst, and Li-Cdr. P. C. S. him on his way to Heaven,"

| however, Nigeria Is' still a “mos- to re-engage those who were That would explate their own

of industrial tech-Bagley, who will talk about the discharged for dereliction of misdemeanour and

quito net and quinine”” country. enable complexity

Sickness and disease take a ter- duty in refusing to accept the public who travelled free niques and the discovery of now Arctic trials, are two of the star forms of power and propulsion, turns telling tales to keep young

It was a nice party, with a rible toll of Africans and Europe- payment of fares, and to take to salve their consciences. It such as atornic energy and Jet men from the chimney, corner.

most as many Europeans present ans alike. Eighteen months is, the been

"tour" for Europeans working back deportees if the Govern- would also be a contribution engines, there has never

The RAF are showing a modél as Nigerians. The departed

controlled airfield parent was given a rousing send here, though there are missions rasparent sees fit to revoke the or- toward the solution of the pay such a demand for intelligent

from which Mosquitoes and Vam off. But it revealed chips in theries who have not been out of the der. The management has

pires will take off, at the correct paintwork of Western civilisation country in 20 years. Can This year's health Agures Te agreed that the workers shall sense, as well as a reminder

Mont of these employers say comparative speeds, circle and with which these eager, highly- continue to have annual in that discipline.is a virtue not

dabbed veal that 400,000 Nigerians Have Intelligent people have themselves.- that they have no difficulty in land again.

leprosy (total population; in ^:20,- creases of pay, bonus and lightly to be disregarded.

000,000). In the North, 40,000 pension. As to the demand It is not appeasement to getting the right types now. But

their eyes are on the future,

For marksmen The main impression a visitor cases of cerebro-spinal meningitis for the special allowance of deal fairly and even generes Thousands of the boys who will

gets is that everyone is thirsting were recorded. Practically every- three dollars daily, thely. with one's poorer brother:

Air-minded boys attracted to for knowledge and bursting with one bas a touch of malaria in his throng the exhibition stands in management makes the very it is the right and proper the next fortnight will be the this display will be told how not keenness to acquire it.

only apprentices but National Every African: member of the about Nigerian, doctors who stay

You hear harsh words sai reasonable suggestion that thing to do. Nor is it a mat Barvice and industrial recruits

Service men can qualify for the Island Club Lagos is an island behind in Belain, after"""raduat- this be left in abeyance pend- ter of sentiment-it is good of 1953 and onwards. It is their once-exclusive Cranwell and pass has some degree or other. They ing and build up lucrative prac ing the decision of the arbitra-policy, and especially good minds which the exhibitors cut with permanent commissions, speak of England as "home" al- tices. The new Nigeria that the tor in the Dairy Farm labour policy in the environment in trying to capture!

most-as-naturally as any AusColonial Office is leading towards The Army is inviting boys to rallan or New Zealander-yut self-government will i need an dispute. If this should prove which private enterprise finds And they are doing it cleverly, try their hands at shooting at a unsatisfactory,

they go off happily to celebrate army of doctors right hero.. the tram itself today. New standards There is no "recruiting. They realistic moving landscape target, the death of a beloved parent workers could suggest another are being applied to relations are not offering jobs or incen- replies, of the one used for or relative,

Mixed arbitrator.

between capital and labour at yes not obviously. Each is ir training marksmen at the famous

No one hasz celebrated the Be-an-engine-driver ambition inkta

Blums heated arguments among the ter than the old ones. Hong the secret heart of every boy, At the National Coal Board | ed in the disturbances a month thût could be bulldozed into the workers was related to the Kong, in its peculiarly expos All right, any the charming coal screening plant. Does that is who are seen off. It la acent racecourse right alongolde sland there is a scala model of nago, because it is only the elder ground as cually as the_magnifie" suspension of pay for the ed position, cannot afford to "

men on the stands. "This is what sound dull?

unhappy event when young them could be turned into a hous perlod of suspension of the have different standards. it is like to be an engine driver, my

person dies, which is one reasoning centre, NE IN ALLE M tram service. The manage- Neither capital nor manage- or a pilot, or a sailor, or an oil Maybe. But listen to an N.C.B. why the miners deaths have The fortunes of Geretse Khama ment stated they would with- ment, however prosperous engineer, or a gunner. St oficial

ANNE deeply shocked the Nigerians, and his wife Ruth Willams are hold payment of wages for now, is without its own an-»come and get, a thrill out of "We do not expect to recruithe matter has brought us ]being closely followed. Most young

gether two

warring: tribes, the professional men I've met sidled this period, but the workers xieties about the future. But it now. Then go back to school many miners in London. But we bbs and Yorubas something Ute with Baretse: They wonder: Why would have the right to ap the cares and worries of the and swot hard at your maths, do expect to arouse interest iniministration has not been able, the Colonist Offles amics on mis

Sed marriages peal through legal channels humble worker are always or your chemistry, or whatever in the potentialites of the industry to do for years gekk

frowns for a settlement. In ordinary with him and are of a dif- it we wanted the world is After our exhibit last year, The Joad miners were bos,

Year, and the Yorubas' leaders, have. Ruth 2 circumstances," we

2,000 miles Southern should ferent order. Nor are they yours one young father came Usma and Joined in protest td: the Govern30 AC brings Lage within Lata have thought the obvious way unconnected in any effort to That emphasis on work is sold: I am definitely going to ment

Se than 24 hours of London Three to deal with this question was look beyond the Immediate strosaced throughout. The enter encourage my boys to so in for One thing stand out clean times a week; which makes thoun

exhibition mining engineering. There is a "bout the, Kangur incidentityħas: 16-month, tours; of dute prem to follow the normal pro-horizon. This viewpoint, even tainment

NO MOl) Ipsrened:,thes affection ^- sind; 18-years, they sky. cedents in the settlement of more than mere sentiment

lavally towards: GovernorsWeir TL you want. John 2Macphersons He In Satill) men and women; shout the most popular Clovernon tably. HIY

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