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BRITISH POLITICAL' · OUTLOOK. YOUNGER MEN DEMANDING A CHANCE.

A growing youth movement in the British political realm throa- tons to sweep malde old leaders, old platforms and old parties.

The supplanting of the aged statesmen who have guided Bri tian's affairs since pre-war years with new young leaders has been predicted by many observers,

Revolutionary reforms that have overtaken Governments throughs- And an echo out Europe now may

in a Young

It is pointed and party.

The

out that the sol-j diers and workmen abolished old regimes and old parties in Russia and produced Bolshevism, soldiers swept away ald formulas In Italy and under Mussolini produced Fascism. Under Hitler, young politicians threaten to pro duce some sort of new alignment in Germany. And those Britons who took for new dent in Great Britain think the Government will be peculiarly British- -Beither ---Fascism, Bolshevism nor Hitler.

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Old Lenders Hold Reins, Others contend that there will be no change. They point out that the old leaders in all the old fur ties have firm epntrol of the party runchinery and the party press And they nay the after-the-war generation is too frivolous in care much one way or another,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, JANUARY 31st, 1931.

Two of the younger lenders of the growing opposition to the present political situation in England are pletured above, They are, left, Major Oliver Stanley, younger son of the Earl of Derby, and Sie Oswald Mosley, millionaire and Socialist. waiting for real leadership to Henderson. 66; Home Secretary

It has been com- Clynes, 60, effet reform. plained that though the Socialists have said they could cure unem-

There is an inchoate, unformed class among the people which de

is to see some sort of Young England party.

But advocates of a youth move- ment point now to a Britain with, they have falled just as its industries suffering, its taxes the Tories did when they were in oflier, Taxes keep going up under mountain-high, its unemployment Socialista as under Torles, Busi- lists growing into sinister purss keeps getting worse just as

its dole expenses ever- it did in Tory times. . They way that just an the elder statesmen nilowed England to slide down the slippery slope into the ruin of the World War, so now they are allow.ik England to slip down into the

Thinking capitalists and think morass of business and nanvial ing workmen ser that unless there ruin. And just as stern and al is some immediate remedy, Great most dictatorial methods had to Britain will not be one nation, but be employed to win the war, so two, existing alongside each other. they ray similar methods may hinting each other, Bghting each have to be employed now to win other:

social harmony,

There is the Tory party with former Premier Baldwin, 62; for-

mer Foreign Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain, 66; former Health Minister Neville Chamberlain, 59; former Chancellor the Ex- chequer Churchill, 56.

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i There is the Liberal parly whose leaders in the saddle are Lloyd

66; Lord Rending, 62;; George, Lord Reading, 69; Sir John Simon,

: Sir Herbert Samuel, 59. All of these men were in office before the World War. Members of the generation which fought given only minor posts,

and saved England are,

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It is the same way with tacties: The Tories are manoeuvring to The nation of business and the get the Socialists out and wage They point to the recent politi-nation of the workers. The nationa campaign in which Protection cal manifesto of Sir Oswald Mosley of business-which understands shall be the panacea for all ills. as one of the signs of this, all its own worries, but knows jhut not enough Protection Though he is

convert , nothing of the troubles of the men frighten the industrial north of Socialism from the Tory party, who work with their handa. The England with the threat of taxes Sir Oswald virtually asks that nation of workers-which knows on the people's food, parliamentary government be all about its own privations, but superseded during the present knows nothing about the worries crisis by a dictatorship of ave of the employers, real doers of things.

Hope for United Nation.

But

Discontented in Evidence. Young Englanders feel that the It is polated out that there are two nations must be welded into men in all the political parties in en anderstanding nation. Partiument who are with existing affairs. Sir Owsald is always one of the first mention ed. So is Major Oliver Stanter,

The Socialists are manoeuvring) to stay in power until they cun choose their own time for an elec-i tion and enter upon a raging, tear- ing ati-Tory, campaign, labelling them as food taxers and, at the same time, against the House of

CLEVER YOUNG ACTRESS.

Evelyn Laye Makes A Good Impression.

Once again the legitimate stage has donated a really worth while contribution to motion pictures. She is Evelyn Laye.

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We aren't quite clear on Miss Love's past

says a Holly- wood correspondent, nor greatly concerned. The thing that interests us mostly is that abo ian rent screen And. We saw a few scattered shots from her first picture, "L," this afternoon and were immediately convinced that Aho is in the celluolold racket to stay-provided she wants to

"Come over to the projection room and I will show you a few scenes of Ming Laye that will give you the surprise of your life," anid Samuel Goldwyn, producer, of the film. I haven't acen some them myself yet but I'm sure you will like them."

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"What a lot of confidence he hua," we thought, "showing parts of his picture to a critic before he even has seen them himself."

But Goldwyn, as usual, was) right. He knew that he had no- thing to fear as far as Evelyn was concerned. And he didn't. That blonde beauty hns everything personality, acting ability and a voice. Boy, how she can singl

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comedian said: "....times are so hard here in New York that Childs are even washing their paper nap- kins."

And here's another one for the books. Bert Wheeler, the other half of the team of Wheeler and Woolsey, hna caten an apple in every part he has played on the stage or screen for the last 12 years. No wonder he's so dern healthy.

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impatient they see no hope in the present Lords as an obstuele in the path of and even with the public turning years, has gone back to bia old job

political parties. All three uf them are dominated by their old chieftains. All three of them are

Premier MacDonald, 83;

progressive législation.

The Liberal party is manoeuer- ing between the other two parties, United with the Tories, it

can

thumbs down on musical produc Lions at the present time a good singing voice sti is a valuable asset.

Al Christie, who with bls brother, Charles, hus been produc- ing comedies for lo these many again. He has become a director. Al threw away his megaphone some years ago to supervise the production of all Christic comedies but for many months he has been wanting to try his hand at the

Stan Son of the Earl of Derby, busily engaged in the game of throw the Socialists out of oflice.

is a Tory, but bois o tactles,

United with the Socialists, it can

We want to see more of Evelyn more satisfied with things than is i There the Socialist party with keep them in. So far it has kept and we think the public will, too, Mosley.

Many times in recent years the Chancellor Sankey, 63; Chancellor has been given some Liberal party

Lord them in at a price. Legislation as soon as "LP" is released. talkies. So now he's going to British people have demonstrated of the Exchequer Snowden, 66: tinges. The Socialists have also

direct the articulate version of While Goldwyn still is on our "Charley's Aunt," which sa they wish parliamentary palaver Secretary for the Colouies J. H. promised the Liberals a measure mind, he showed us a wire from silent film was be cut short and that they are only Thomas, 55: Poreign Secretary of election law reform.

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AVIATION FOR WOMEN.

NEW YORK SOCIETY WOMAN'S VIEWS.

Euth Nichols, New York society; girl, has adopted aviation as ม

career.

Though she pilots one of the | most powerful planes in the coun- try, Miss Nichols denies that she is reckless. She's been flying

ince she was a school girl,

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The reckless person doesn't survive long in the air," this young pilot explains. "Operating plane and mapping an airway are not a bit more diment than dozen other jobs women are en- gaged in these days."

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Ruth Nichols was still enrolled in boarding school when she un- nounced to her family that she. was going to learn to fly.

Her First Flight.

Mr. and Mrs. Nichols and their daughter were enjoying a winter visit to Miami. They happened to be at a funding field while Ed- die Stimson was making a flight. Ruth watched intently and when Stimson took to the air she was a passenger In the plane. That was the beginning of her devotion to an aerial career.

The following fall when she was packed off to Wellesley College, she found frequent opportunities to slip away to Boston where she | would persunde .commercial pilots to take her up for short flights. In 1924, again in Miami, she won, her parents' consent to take flying lessons.

Captain Harry Rogera' was her instructor. She scarcely had over- come the air shyness of the new pilot when she startled the coun- try and particularly tho social:

world of New York and Miami by

accompanying Captain Rogers and leather Jacket-but her trim hel-[ "First, be sure that you are tom- Major M. K. Leo on the first 12 met was selected for becoming poramentally equipped to become hour fight from Miami to New noss. Hor hairwaves softly about a pilot by submitting to the usual York.

her face and her smile is friendly. tests. Then got the best instrue- Likely as not she will be wearing tor you can find and convince

atrand of pearls.

yourself that handling a plano la Miss Nichols instats it is not the just as easy as driving an auto- daredevil element of air travel mobile.

Then came a series of success- ful air exploits including the continent in 1928 and a solo flight

of 12,000 miles for the Aviation Country Clubs In 1929, leading på which, appeals to her. She re- "Flying is something for which to her present ventures.

gords herself. & pioneer and ad- one must keep in trim_physically There is nothing tomboyish mits that feature of her work is to avoid air-sickness. I play ten- um } about the appearance of this girl fascinating.

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́a good deal and take long pilot. She wears comfortable fly.] - Høre la Mijs Nichols advice to hikes whenever I-can-find-the | Ing clothes-trousers, sweater and ] woman who would learn to flyst time."

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