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Look at the

T

man

below!

JUNCTION AND STEP

OF COLLAR AND LAPEL QUITE HEAT

SLEEVE HEADS: IRREGULAR RUN OF SEAM NOT

AS GOOD AS

IN CHEAP SUITS

HERE

VERY WIDE

SLEEVE CUFF

SIDE POCKETS FORWARD AND ALMOST VERTICAL -AWKWARD AND NOT USUAL MERE

COLLAR **WELTON" IN BADLY MATCHING COLOUR-NOT USUAL IN ENGLAND

BREAST POCKET CLEANLY MADE AND STITCHED

BACK OF POCKET

WITHOUT

LINEN STAY

TROUSER TOP CLEANLY FINISHED, BUT WAISTBAND

OF RUBBERISED

FABRIC LEFT

EXPOSED

TURN-UPS

VERY MUCH DEEPER THAN HERE

TUIS two-piece, single- labour, casting, very much less than the cheapest British sults. breasted gent's matly style was made in Germany. The suit in the picture was infeldry employing It sells there for the univa. mele lent of £4 19s. 10. nered 4,600 people, it is run by 47- year-old Alfons Mueller, who la

ibly cheap you cannot becoming Germany's king Hee a suit like it for that price in Britain today.

In fact, it could not be made

£7. Britul for less than

tri the Sunts, like the one picture, are cheap because most of the men turning them out by the thousand are refuges are whe from East Germany grateful for their low-paid jobs. low It is because they まい bald that the sul carries the

24 10s. id, label.

*

And suits like this may be on

Britain sal in cheaper.

of

mass-production tailoring, Muel-i Jer is determined to corner the from Cani. business coming son Market. Already the Ger- mans are practically queueing for his wares.

What sort of suit does he turn u Mr Archie White, technical editor of The Tailer and Cutter

yozing, expert clothing, was called in for his

verdiet.

(31) men's

ife ripped the seams and lining to test it.

1.

"I should not think

And said: "The method of soon-even making it has obviously been planned for economy. It appears il at If the European free trade to have to handwork in plan begins cut-price clothes would pour into Britain, British tail.rs just could not compete.

For with the free trade plan

For all in Britain today who thers would be no Import duty

The depend on the craft of tailoring imposed by Germany

this clotli which is IMPORTED for their livelihood

carries £4 19s. d. sult FROM BRITAIN to make the

ominous warning, cuils.

on

Back would came the cloth, made up into suits by cheap

a suit could be produced here to sell for anything like the price,"

whe

an

fa should not bt. ignored.-- London Express Service),

The Scarlet Pimpernel of the

Vatican

His

He was a Priest. name: Hugh O'Flaherty, His birthplace: Killarney. Throughout the last two years of the war in Italy he openly defied the. Nazis in rescuing from under their noses nearly 5.000 Allied Prisoners.

The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican has been written for the Sunday Post Herald' by ERIC WILLIAMS, the man who was himself a Prisoner of War and who wrote the Wooden Horse. "Slowly, from many sources", says Williams, "I have learned Monsignor O'Flaherty's whole fascinating story. It is one of the most exciting hidden chapters of the Second World War."

It Begins Exclusively in NEXT SUNDAY'S

SOUTH

CHINA

SENDAY

POST HERALD

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1958.

Danger for Britain in 'forbidden skies'

CONSIDER WHAT HAPPENS

WHEN WE SEND OUR TROOPS ABROAD BY AIR

by LORD LAMBTON, MP

has always been

Con-

sidered an essential of good government that the Foreign Minister shouki, in most the Cabinet, be the influential figure next to the Prime Minister.

Recent successful Hlustrations this rule are the partnerships of Sir Winston Churchill and Sir

Edens, and Mr Antinony Attlee and Mr Ernest Devin. There is doubt it this happy slate exists in the present Cabinet.

His loyalty

trouble

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Route barred

ATLANTIC OCEAN

CANTLY JELANDS A

SAHARA

NIGERIA

KENYA

EASTERN

EUROPE

SYAPA KORDAN 11MAEL

PERUAN GULS

ADEN

th. Middle and For East.

I

A petty rule has

robbed

the Tate

of this

BECAUSE THIS BUST OF SIR WINSTON WAS NOT MADE IN BRITAIN, IT DOES NOT QUALIFY

FOR THE MUCH-ABUSED CHANTREY BEQUEST

TF any exhibit in this purchase would have done much year's Royal Academy to redeem the deplorable history

of the Chantrey Bequest should be bought for the nation, surely it is David Sir Francis Chantrey, RA, was McFall's bronze head of Sir successful sculptor who

Aurished

those golden Winston Churchill.

yours when the Royal Academy masters boasted great original like Turner and Constable among its members.

The President of the Royal Academy, Sir Charles Wheeler, thinks so. So does the Director of the Tate Gallery, Sir John Rothenstein. So do such austere Judges as Professor Gowing and Sir William Coldstream.

Deplorable

BC-

In

Chantrey A self-made man, was anxious to encourage young British artists, I knew by capricious the private patron can be.

Highest morit

ho

to

the the nation, requiring that

of the president and council Royal Academy shoukl speră the income, without prejudice of or favourilism, on "works

exc art of the highest merit," cured in Britain,

3 will not go into the danger you have the Israel-Jordan there has been built up against frontier, closed on account of of this threat to our communi- น strategic Impediment, the those twe Countries being a cutiut, or the force of the blow

A few days ago, these men, importance of which has not yet war, then comes Egypt and to the West If this aren was 10

under Vust state ut come

Communist in- who represent widely differing probably been realised or indeed measure beyond that the

Brillsh The

azi, one would have trends in modern been this that when Mr Selwyn ed. This came to light the other Libya whose treaty with us loys tenee, but

down that ita aerodromes are thought that this strategle im- agreed that it should be

So on his death in 1841 Lloyd decided, out of loyalty to day when I was found neces- his colleagues, to remain Forelg sery to send reinforcements on to be used against my Arzt pediment, equivalent perhaps to quired for the Tate Gallery out

the denial to us of the Irish Sex of the income of the Chantrey left his fortune of £108,000 state.

exists Secretary Inst year, he lost that Aden.

West of Libya you have the in the 16th century, would have Bequest-a fund which

encourage- moral respect within and with-

vast unsettled region of Tunisia, caused us to ensure that we had specifically for the out the Cabinet which it is

Anarin and Morocco, and though beyond it an arms base withment of British art. essential 25 Foreign Minister

this area is not burred to us al reserves of hienvy equipment and should have, and so instead of his becoming-Mr. Macinillon's Instead of taking the quickest the mument who could prophesy conventional forces to give sub- that posi- and traditional route they were with confidence what the future stenre to our future polteles in strongest eaileague tion was taken over by Mr Dun- flown firat to Nigeria, and then holds

Indeed if one is pessimi: the as

A Surprise en Sandys,

across the continent of Africa. Tat this operation way curried is always strategically wise, it is

all : therefore eames as a con unt with such success reflects p able to argue that in

that, in this well upon the efficiency of My polity Libya will disinfe- Liderable surprise Soames and the War Office, but grade, that Cyrentea will cede year when we have suffered such

a serious strategien selback, wetish or at all. It was modelled not have built up the at Roquebrune. And only works And thus, In place of the De- nevertheless the important point Eespa, and Tripolitana to free Minister having to cut his is the need for the use of such some frderation of the once should

French North African slates Kenya base, which has surely of art executed in Britain

eligible for the Chantrey ccl- eleth arording to the wishes a circuitous route,

which, by its very nature, could become twice as vital. Secretary, the

100

Thu of the Foreign

be not afford

reason for this is un-lection. The reason is simple. been

the has

doubirally Secretary

contentious Foreign forced to cut his cloth according ditrel route is barred to us for Western.

In that eventuality the whole Sandys Axe, and in view at the in our position In the demands of the Minister the movement of troops by atr.

of the area between the Canary strious change We are faced by the dental of n of Delence,

tage bleek of what is called Islands and Aleppo would one cannot but look fearfully at wenkness and This blocked ar a barred "alr space" to us in the our enleulated This is the wrong way round! air space." and could preduce a most uns begins south of the Turkish event of our being engaged in a with wonder at the pliability of

For Father with Syria, now part et cenfiet in Aden or the Persian Mr Selwyn Lloyd.

-(Lonti Express Service). tisfactory state of affairs.

Axis. months the Calro

Below Syria Gulf. the last few during

Wrong way

The

10

pro-

Then the secretary £ the Boyal, Academy, Mr Humplaey Looke, pointed out that, under the terms of the Chantrey e- as Eri- quest, It does not coun

are

In this way, are of the few wise actions by the trustees of the bequest has been frustrated.

It is sad that the Tate should he deprived of this moving por

when la trett. Particularly so

'Committee Of Public Safety

FOR EXPERTS ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION THE WORDS HAVE AN OMINOUS RING

by GEORGE

GALE

THE phrase is significant: Committee of Public Safety. Again it is heard in France, Who will rally?

The first time was 165 years ago, on the cbb tide of the great first French Revolution.

There is a legend in France,

confused, illogical, sentimental fat and the dictatorship of the

C: minites ut Public Safety and therefore powerful.

This new Revolution, if revalu- The Commillee of Publiction it becomes, has barely lasted Safely means to France author- a fortnight. ity and patriotism; an executive Government which keeps Par lament in its place..

the fringes of France. This one has an army all right, but an which is fed up army getting beaten.

most Robespierre.

with

famous

member of the first committee, took as girl friend the daughter

of the

whorn he man with Judged. Can you imagine that happening now?

who

Who is the new Robespierre? What has this new committee to do with the first?

Robespierre, this prim man of neat linen and powdered wig,

lawyer this provincial resigned his judgeship because men to he could not sentence death, his disciple of Rousseau who came to Parks from Armas member of the States- General and led the Left-wing of the Revolution, this green- and bloodthirstiness; never mai.

The first Revolution opencà eyed, green-speetneled ter. The name to many French-

"Liberle, Egalite, treen men is glorious; to olbers it is exaltantly: glorious and repellent; to some Fraternite!" This one starts off frothing at the head of the Paris where the last one ended: "La It is simply odious.

Gloire!"

Others might see it as tyranny

Lagging

And

Fancy names

The whole affair is on a decidedly Iower key.

But

Souin

1940

1946

1946

Bidoult Blum Ramadier i 1947 Ramadier it 1947

•Ramadier # 1947, Schuman Queville 1948 Moch

1947

1953

1949 1949

Hayer

Incorruptible" -

**sta-

Bidault Queuille

1949

1950

who.

1951

Pieven.

Faure

1952

Pinay

1952

Mayer

1953

Laniel

Mendes-France 1954. Faure

1955

Mollet

1956

Maunoury

1957

mob ke froth on a sun-breaker. became director of the Terror and it last victim: who now, remotely, is this bill?

Which etired Captain of this, of course, hasn't stopped Engineers will lead which the contemporary glamour-

French

armles in conquest

If this present convulston in boys of the open-necked shirt, against which enemies? Algeria

Corsica 1 to blood-and-thunder, paratroop- become the second French Re- ing brigade from giving them- volution, then it will

fancy be the selves provinces leading this Ume, and names. Paris lagging lamely behind.

And if there were in Corsica revolutionary for Colombey) a new Napoleon waiting what could be conquer. which Europe could be straddle?

* Committee of Public The first Revolution beşan In Safety" they style themselves. Paris, reigned in Paris with the Very grand. Very tough. Very Paris mob behind it, und was glorious. cnded by Napoleon in Paris.

They

the

They know

ape Danton: he,

This Algerian generals knew The first Revolution Was a most popular member of that what they were doing when

affair: telsurely

there were first committee, who cried:

they organised a body and call- four years between the Basille's "Boldness. more boldness.

of Public ways more boldness, and France edit the Committee is saved!":

[CITY LIGHTS

· Thers—never mind about forgetting your keys, Mr. Podbury.

wonderful what can be done with a curly grip -,*

London, Expreza_Ketušos

So cheeky

Safely.

one

The committee has meant:- Terror death to the enemies of the Republic;

Unity-the Republic is This lot certainly have the and indivisible; and (up till cheek. The

committce now at any rate). was made up of civilans. This one is run by generals,

Arst

Cummings

The

Civilian rule by the Jacobins, the Left,

Under

this

banner

was an The first committee

of the then executive branch Parliament. This one denies the generals claim the right to save the Republic, cave France, and forget about the constitutional proprieties.

présent Parlement.

1958 Gaillard Pflimlin May 1958

Total

* L'ADDITION, MADAME!"

..

In this way he no doubt hoped to attract foreign artiets to work here in his own day, the eccen- Iric Swiss painler ilenry Fusch was an RA and to discourage liko promising young painters, Botngton, Irom working abroad.

Poor Sir Francis! He could not know that shortly after his death the Academy was to be come the most powerful organ of Philiginism in Europe.

Or that his proviso abou: works of art executed in Bri tol would one day justify the purchase of 60-year-old French- pictures (London seches by Tissot and Derain) and pre- vent the purchase of modern British sculpture,

that

as an

He might have known there is no such thing

prejudice. But artist without then he probably did not believe that there would ever be Aca- demicians who are not artists.

Junk

Since 1871, when the death fla of Chantrey's widow gul

Inta benefaction

effect, tho Chantrey Bequest has been used

to acquire some of the must- expensive junk ever perpetrated. Most of It has been the work of Academicians

Academy exhibitors. Most of it is now in

ar

the cellars of the Tate Gallery, where it should slay.

Whistler, In the 70s. when Sisley, Pissarro and Monet were all working in England, Khu £1,000 for Amy Trustees paid Robsart by W. F. Yeames, RA.

In 1800 they paid £2,200 for A Moment di a huge bronze, Peril, by Sir Thomas Brock, RA.

In 1891 £1,600 for Pandara, by Harry Bales, ARA. In 1900 £2,000 for the Two Crowns by Sir Frank Dicksee, PRA, In 1914 £1,300 for Lucretia Bor- glo, by F. C. Cowper, RA Pretentious trash every one.

If Chartrey's inoney was not used to encourage the struggling encouraged trist, it certainly

him to become an Academician.

During the past 20 years, the Chantrey Bequest has acquired But no one lar belter things.

that could maintain

1t has encouraged British art.

Too late

One cannot enecurage the peat: and much as I admire Tissot's Ball on Shipboard, of London and Derain's Porl Millais's corta are Trumps- The Chantrey Bequest's most im- portant purchases since 1940-I: contend that they should have been bought 50 years earlier, or not at all.

This year, the trustees have bought the lata Walter Sicicort's of Harold admirable portrait Gilman. Thoy paid £600. This rum would have bought 10 even Aner Sickerts in the days when the artist needed money.

But they did "try 'to buy the The illegality of the first Algiers is neither: and who le bronze head of Churchill. And arc welcoming young committee may well have pro thy Danton, who is the Robes they

artists to the The first one had the Parla

experimental plerre, who is the Carnai? mob behind it. This one has the Their use of the title is a vented civil war.

Summer Exhibition. Algerian mob: the Paris boule confidence trick: the parallet is verdiers are etill sipping their wholly false: "Quile phoney" The illegality of this new operitifs; and the Communists Professor Denis Brogan

might yet told usurping committee aro faltering.

not produce a civil war.

Jnc. "but that doca make it any less effective."

Д

So we may hope that next Thic Arst Committee of year Chantrey's money will be Publle Safety executed a lot of spent us he would have liked,

The first commilies had

Parls, up till now, has al- generals,

to tell France of Engineers, retired Captain

The parallel, if one you wish, ways been able

That mob, with The committee, come to that, Carnot, to lead the revolution is far closer with Spain in the what to do. ary armies of France on rom 1930's than with France in the Robespierre frothing on tho also had Danton `executedt, paging victory marches around 1790's,

top, was Paris and was France, most popular member,

David Carritt

-(London Express Eervios),

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