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gusted warf work. And beneath all i tradisional nomenclature of the theets and symbolisan and saties and originality of sandtens of the Royal Navy: it will treatment, The Insest Play," which was probably experiener the ditulty one prolaced at the Regent Theatre on Satur day preaches the same hopeless philosophy so when the Imperial Conference meets Las Chevalier's dismal Cockney, this autumn and turns to the problem of

Written In laboration with bis uaval defence in is varied Imperial a brother by Karel Capek, auther "of peets. We have an Atlantic Fivet, R.U.R. The inset Play" is the Mediterranean Fleet, a North America | second specimen of Czech drama produced and West Indies. Squadran, a China in Landon within a fortnight. Compari Squatren, an East Indise Squadron, and song between the two works are not it all an & frien Squadron, and by that means invidious they

inevitable. Are an inipression is created that these fores "RU.R." syubulism is hidden under at are bealised. What is the result? When, doak of melodiama. There is given a as will shortly be the case, for addition straight and thrilling" story.

[1117 1 Al hattbships sent out to the Medi, fusect Play" there is no story. There is terranean the question will be askalymbolism makes and raw. That is the

Why are you strengthening the Mediter ranean Fleet Whom do you fear 1

The human world is much like the in Similarly, the other day, when the

s world that is what the others Admiralty asked the House of Commons Capek se ut to ram into us. presun 22. Des Viena Road Central Hongkong. for authority to develop Singapore, as 15 ably for our souls sake, in the course of naval base, one member after another, a prologue, three acts, and an epilogus following the examples by Mr. Asquith. The production might be described as a inquired: "Who are you going to fight that you should propane suding wearly of the greed" and follies and cruel 10-4 of mankind, a fere indictment of period of ten years, man's inbuiunity to uno, in a placu six or seven thousand miles

these islands }' distant from

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that you are not a buttery?

ARE YOU A BEETLE? They show you beetles so

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The omerature of our forses proved Jumman eings in shape, hoarding, rolling

of tore them a vast all their embarrassments one of the gravest Led Fisher when he redistributed the their little pily," the profit of their Beet in the Carly years of this century, grved their god. Are you sure for his very inuye rearted on the inter- ya, too, are not a letle"?" the authors national situation: try as he would to sem to ask again.

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chek the titlesey. It is interestring i They show you the am world the best that connection to recall that he put his act of the play. All as hurry, all is finl finger on Singapore as one of the essen all is drab, grinding ficiency. The ants unil daks in the Imperial chaing he select. go through their days keeping

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Tamsing on at the agents, insects de- War descended on us Singapore pinyed a notable part is the naval operations, vouring sets, is a human traing, trou- JEN kind of thugh to one few Sears before could oled, puzzed, who nets

ELTH philosophuses in rhymed have Joreszen ahe raids of the Bunder of chorus

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he, too, is impoteit, He, 109, is crushed The parrutery which is raised when life's machine. And at the end of the ships me from one sin to anther or a play one leaves the theatre feeling that new base is developed. Who are you according to the gospel of the Brothers going to fight!" is one of the sillist Capek it would have been much better if The British Flent does not, ility i woud of us had ever been birt. consist of number of carefully and ed packets of naval power; it is suis indici- sible noul mobile fore, at it would be bad thing if the practice of giving dens and squadrons geographical deamination were abandoneit.

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The Insect Play" is a production which may help to stimulate thought in there who require to be kicked into thinking. But most of us realised before 67, Saturday night that life is cruel, that there are buman butterflies and human beetles. And, after all, there are others.

The play has been "freely adapts! For Chafford Bax from a literal translation by the English stage by Nigel Playfair and

Paul Silver." 1 is difficult to say, there ties that any ships, wherever they might fore, who is to blame for the lack of dis- bo serving at a specified ment, weretion shown in the language. Through- held in readines to go anywhere ele out, the play suffers from a inck of true

poetical feeling, where docks, fuel, ammunition, stores, There is little scope for acting in the and water are available, la practice tha. has always been the theory on which the Admiralty has actel. It has varied the strength allocat tertain waters for various reasons, which have sometimes been commercial, sometimes political, or associated with purely domestic or Im perial developments. If it couli shift naval power freely and without provoking! comment, as it is about to shift it in in gressing measure from the North Sea, a bad training ground, to the Mediter- rannan, a goud training Kround. and were assured of properly equipped bases)

ordinary sense of the term. Most of the company late to amrey their onlin squeaks and chirps. But Mr. Edmund Willani gives a fine performance as the tramp.

pacifist is a roset 'cangerous person, bes cause he atters so freely every belligeretic dream that clouds his war-worrying mind.

AN OLD PROPOSAL REVIVED.

What are the facts The proposal to

of repair and supply in the East as we develop a more efficient bass at Singapore

as in the West, his hands woubt la much goes back to the time when neither Japan more free, and there would be less eancer the United States and a navy of any of giving offence to friends,

131PERIAL CHAIN OF DEFENCE.

importance. It dater, as the First Lord of the Admiralty bag reminded 12, back as long ago as 1882-over - Forty years. If, in association with the Dominious. The people of this country may cot ap- we are to work out £n Imperial naval preciate the importance of this port, bat policy, we must get back to first prize the people, of the Dominion, washed by ples. The Royal Navy does not exist the Pacifié certainly do appreciate it, patrol the North Sea or any other sea or The insistence of the Admiralty on this can; it is maintained as an instrument scheme of waval development may, well of Imperial policy, and the met-of-war, prove, indeed, vital in the evolution of wherever they may be stationed for train a sound policy of Imperia! naval deforesi ing purposes as a matter of convenience. We are in danger in this island of elcs are held on the leash ready to respond our rods to the larger aspects of the to any demand, it may be merely problems in which the Dominions. the showing of the flag in some distant are Crown Colonies, as well as ourselves,

That in support of British prestige. But

joint partners, are equally concerned. It policy must stand defeated unless bases

wns not merely an ant dietadel by un- are provided. We have done a good deal sideration of "natal strategy, bat au net in that direction; in addition to the higher statesmanship on the part of unval ports in this country, we have de, the Admiralty, with the concurrruce of veloped naval bases overseas, of varying the Committee of Imperial Defence and Gibraltar, Malta, Ber the Cabinet Mr. Lloyd George', as well Hongkong. Simonstown, and Cons Mr. Bonar Tato bring forward lombo, apart from points appuin this scheme once more.

It farnishes pronf happly not now being fielently develop to all our kith and kin over the waters erk and maintained-in Canada and that we are thinking Imperially and not Australio; we are also creating bases at parochially. The decision to existrict rut which is stored.

Singapore a graving dock rabble of When adequate provision has been made holding the biggest modern capital ships at Singapor the gravest defret in our is a declaration on the part of this coun naval machinery will have been removed, try that. because it has thought in the For at prosent, whatever ciréumstances. terms of the North Sea for many ye may arise, political, commercial, or mere. past, it has not lost its Imperial Ronse, Iy social, the Admiralty's hands are wit Above all, it is an advertisement that we free to net as it will so for as Far recognise that the sens, are all one, and Eastern waters are concerned owing to that the British Navy is to be regarded the absener of adequate facilities for ant as an anti-invasion force for this docking and repairing guy but compara- country, or even as police guard in tively small ships. Because we have a European waters, but is held ready to naval base in the Mediterranen, we are go-anywhere and do anything dictated by not plotting against France or Italy, and, the varied needs of all the peoples of the similarly, because the Admiralty requires Empire. This scheme of our kith and Malta, or something like it, on the kin overseas indeed constitutes a proclu- main route of the Empire in the Fur mation of the unity of the seas and the Fast there is no thought of war with unity of the British Fleet, and a such I United States or Japan. & is only m

am convinced it will appeal not only to pacifist mind which is alwave conjuring the Imperial Conference when it astem- up visions of way against this or that. but to all the young nations which country, when the normal development of will be represented at this great, and, u Įraporial policy is being pursued, The it may prove, historio gathering.—Dusty

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