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FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1983.

FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1933.

ly low cost of living in francs, but afterward shrunk to small proportions as the cost of living rose in France and declined in Great Britain and in the United

THE KING OF HADES

By H. R. WELLS

The Very Idea!

LONG MAY IT - RAIN.

In the time, of the Emperor]

Attendants were called in, and they BY EDWARD “PLUVIUS" KELLY Klonhung, a Chinese scholar; who gave him a board painted with white States, Short-lived as the new had obtained the dograo of B.A.. ¡ paint on which he was to write. He

impetus, in the United States and whose namo was Choung Kal. took the pen and began to write, but | A ND Were We All. Wet!

when he had written two boards full haing Hved in the city of Hang-he still had not finished the stato- chow, in the province of Cheklang, mont.

Possibly, as most of you to exports may be, it will cer-

live in Hongkong, you're tainly be to the detriment of Now this scholar was a bad man, The Great Spirit said "You need

and was constantly oppressing and not write any more. Only taking noticed that a drop or two countries, like France which deceiving the village people and his these few items the evidence of your neighbours, and was always committ

What endeavour to retain the presenting sins and doing evil deede sin is more than enough. You have of water has fallen in the

made your own confeastons, level of their currency. Already the result was that overyone despised punishment do you say you should reservoirs lately.

him and cursed him.

receive for such ains?" France complains of its un-

One

day he went to visit a friend and heard that in a certain village favourable trade balance. It is nearby a weman called up spirits and then replied "I ought to be struck n city this size. .

of

went to enquire devils; and that innumerable wontent

of

Breat

"IF I WERE KING OF HADES",

After a few days this

woman developed a very large and virulent ulcer on the neck, which developed into a beheading ulcer, and she died a terrible death.

Not a bad bit of rain at all, for

What the government is go- ing to do about it we don't pre- ́tend to know.

He thought for a long time, and by lightning or by the thunder."

The Spirit said "That is enough. You must be struck by lightning three times."

if it The attendants then rolled up the All we can Bay is that

to find curtain before the central shrine and keeps up, they're going called on Mr. Cheung to look up themselves in the serious position When he did so he saw that the face of having no water shortage to

the Great Spirit on the shrine was fall back upon. exactly

own. Then he

. Hongkong has always had n had really been the King of Hador water shortage. Without the on- realised that in former existence ho but because of his evil deeds he had nual bathing restrictions, we'd been punished and degraded and sent have nothing to grumble about in

the newspapers.

KO

like

clever man,

men

his

If there's one thing correspond. ents seize upon avidly at this time of the year it's the water question, They've just about flogged the subject to a frazzle.

Which reminds us of the. chap who had such a long hair in his nose that it cracked like a whip every time he sneezed. He took a pinch of snuff one day and flogged himself to

Personally, water is nothing but, H20 to us. The only time we're in it is when we're interested travelling over it.

-We were that way when we went. to Manila last year.

Said the Steward: "Hey, 'bo". You can't be seasick here."

So we showed him whore he was mistaken

'Water is nature's greatest gift. to mankind. Where would wo poor mortals be without water. Our very life depends upon it,

Thousands, lost in the desert, bave perished of thirst. Thirst is terrible! A man may go without

tively little harm. food for weeks and suffer compara

He can live without companion. ship, without women, and with- out literature.

But there is one thing he must Thanks, just a little soda, please! have.. He cannot live without

O.K. Buddy. Don't drink your

DIFFICULT?

Dear Eddie Kelly,

struggling, with deficits in every

her, and

And great domain. How is French indus-numbers of them believed in her. try, already severely handicap went together to observe

Cheung Kal-hsing and his friend her methods. ped, to keep its proper place in Such women are common in China

(as they

were in Israel in the days the commercial scheme of the of King Saul) and they saw that she

Acteu

correctly in the manner ΟΙ world, if there is stimulated pro-such women, burning

incenne duction in countries with depre- in the manner of devils, using the and making devils' noises, and acting ciated currency? Nor must it methods of devils, and speaking in the nannner of devils, as she herself

buck to be man once more, be forgotten that although any was posscised by devils,

There were many

people In the twinkling of an eye the kind of inflation is normally re-

all of them were very two police had come again and they standing by reverent, listening in silence, their took him home. garded as undesirable, there is a only fear being lest they should Incur

A NEW LIFE. tendency in all countries to wel- the anger of any of the spirits by a lack of sincerity, and they all thought which appears that those who canic at her call were Then he immediately became filled Phone 23124, come a course

with a great fear as if he were wak- easy, and would seem to benefit really devils or ghosts.

ing from a lind dreamt, and perspira- tion broke out all over his body, He time. for certain classes France is a thrifty nation. It As soon as Cheung Kai-hsing ar-spent the whole of the next day in deep thought and reflected on the inws rived on the scene and saw what she of cause and effect, and on sources, to contains a large percentage was doing he flew into a great rage roots and origins until he seemed

and rushed up to the woman and have fathomed them all in all their rentiers, and these rentiers saw struck her on the mouth with his depths. He realised that all his life

hand, saying,

"You wicked woman.

death. he had had no sense of fear, or of with dismay their savings

You are using these strange and evil

his sin had become very great, The family of the late Mr. Leung practically swept away in the words to deceive the people and cheat taboos, or avoiding wrong things, and them of their money. If I were the and there was no limit to all the evil Yan-po tender sincere thanks to period of inflation from 1924 to King of Hades I would most certainly he had done, and therefore he really . their relatives and friends for

screw off your head."

were ought to be killed by thunder or of 1926. They angrily turned on

When all the people who

lightning. the many kind expressions

He had wasted half his In studies that had not avail- sympathy in their recent bercave- ment, also for floral tributes sent the Radical governments which present saw this they were much up- and attendance at the funeral.

were held responsible, and M. and their happiness was swept awayed to teach him the truth, and yet

they immediately lost all their Poincare, who saved them from interest in the woman and scattered he had thought himself to be a very

in every direction.

This was quite contrary to the teaching of the sages, Confucius and complete destruction, was looked upon as a hero, Such criticism

Menelus and other great and virtuous of olden times, and really his as there was of M. Poincare, was

state was worse than that of the common herd, and because of this he | that he had saved for them only

Everyone was greatly natonlahed at was hated in life by men and in death 20 per cent. of their former.pos- this and the people called Mr. Cheung

ho would certainly be reprimanded Thus France might Kal-haing, Cheung, the King of and despised by the very devils. sessions.

Hades.

He then reflected that as he was a well be regarded as anti-infla-

After some years Mr. Cheung be-full-grown man and was provided all. But came ill, and in a vision or dream of with a character of his

the soul he saw two men who looked

will: how THE FUTURE OF THE tionist if this were

there is another side to the pic-like official police, and whom he power of determination and will: hoe FRANC

living ture. Seven or eight years have thought he had seen before. These then could such a one willingly be a men requested him to go and walk disciple of evil. But though he had

formerly

done wrong, so that it was The French threat to abandon gone, and the Radicals are again with them, and as they walked to- the gold standard may achieve in power. M. Herriot is once gether they came to a pince with cult

large brond arches and a building

have reached in his life, yet if he what the logic of the currency more an accepted leader with that looked very grand and beautiful right and attain to the point he should gave himself up to doing good even failed

popularity. Ac- and brillant: situation

to dictate. considerable

When they entered they saw on

It would be evident Washington becomes disturbed cording to post-war reckoning, the right and left sides two guardian for a single day,

self entireould

away. So he determined about the wild fluctuations of the seven or eight years is a long spirits, and in the middle there was that he was not willing to cast him- bathwater!

a god sitting on a shrine before whom that he

retrace his steps and BU reach the shore of goodness and major currencies and hurriedly time, and the inconveniences of there was a curtain which was rolled that calls a conference of experts to what is now in the dim past are up: but the curtain Was denly blessing, and from that time forward ho washed his hands off all his former evil conduct, turned from his evil THE PUNISHMENT. consider what the United States almost forgotten. It is recol-dropped and the god was invisible.

deeds and learned to do good. refused to consider a week ago,lected, on the other hand, that

Mr. Cheung asked the people, say.

THE FIRST VISITATION. an attempt to meet France. there was much buying and sell-

ing, "You have brought me here. The franc to-day is the only ing in those inflationist days. What instructions have you to give

For a time nothing untoward hap | important" currency honestly Things were flourishing. Now me?

There were some spirits standing pened, but one day as he was walking

You would find it much easier pegged to gold and a decision to things are stagnant. Unques-near and one-said, "There is an old down the street, there was suddenly a cast adrift would be disastrous tionably those who were in office woman who is a spirit dovil woman Kreat storm of thunder and lightning.

dealing with round figuren like for all. However anxious Wash-from 1924 to 1926 are unwilling and has brought a charge against you, and he was struck to the ground and to deal with plain figures. In

and you have been called to meet this killed.

The neighbours all gathered round policemen you have trouble with ington may be to allow the dol- to incur the responsibility for charge"

monetary upheaval.

The Great Spirit said, "Now in and were talking about him, when one "ple," for instance, you cannot lar to depreciate, developments another

your anger towards and imprecations excitedly exclaimed "Look, his eyes suggest that a compromise will Their object is quite sincerely to on this woman you were right in are quivering. He must be alive," proceed thus: 03 (or 0 X 0) =

and gradually his eyes opened and policeman squared

To square such a figure it is be sought rather than take the support the franc at all costs. principic and really it was quite a

He continued in his efforts to live necessary to get rid of the "pic" fairness, risk of acquiescing in

a free Yet the circumstances of the good judgment and there was no un-ho came back to life.

but you yourself were not a

there was

a local play at an open man squared ple O2 (or pie X franc.

What is probably exer- world, and of France itself, are right and proper

You must now make a full state theatre near his home, and he was

To knock the ple out of him let more than anything else, how- there are the beginnings of a ment of all the evil things that you standing with a great number of the XO) where policeman.

Then again he heard the sound of or few, nothing must

Police Offeer ever, is whether it is not too late feeling that it would be folly to have done in all your life, be they people near him looking at the play, Ppie hence we have PX 0 ==

(Continued on Page 9.) The French politicians at the stand out against the rest of the omitted." World Economic Conference world, and that the internal trou- enough.bles would be relieved by an- KnВwer emphatically They declare their intention to other cut. The budgetary situa- stick rigidly to gold and to option in France presents a pro- pose any devaluation of the blem which successive govern- franc. Unhappily, even minis-ments have been unable to solve. terial statements cannot be ta- M. Daladier, in view of the scnti- ken to-day as conclusive. There ment in the Chamber, did not are such things as financial pres. even pretend to balance the sure, while the sharp revival if [belated budget. On paper there the suggestion that Paris will go is an acknowledged deficit, and off gold comes at a time when in practice the deficit is doubt- it is most likely to have some less much greater. Everybody foundation in fact, M. Bonnet's realizes that further taxation is declarations may express his impossible, and that there must intention of the moment, but be a drastic diminution of go- expenditure. Taxa- France has become veryvernment displeased with what shetlon is really extremely high- American probably higher than can be sup- has regarded as selfishness and quite apart from ported by the private taxpayer that, the known conditions in-and the French Industries, Yet dicate that France may not be in retrenchment must be at the ex- a position to help herself. Mr. pense of somebody, and there is Sisley Huddleston points out that vigorous resistance on the part there are many great difficulties of public oficials and public ser- created for France by the sub-victs. They are not only strong stantial depreciation of other in themselves, but they aro moneys. In the first place, de-backed up by the deputies of the valuation tends to give an advan-Left. It would appear, there- Lago to exporters-an advantage fore, that a deadlock is renchieri. which is doubtless provisional, Nobody knows how the budget as France itself discovered some is to be balanced, and if it is nat years ago when, in particular, its balanced, it is hard to see how so-called invisible exports were inflation in some form is to be vastly increased by the relative- | avoided.

I was much interested in your endeavour to get on the square in our "Very Idea" column in yes. torday's Telegraph though some- what at a loss to understand why you should begin on such a dim- cult problem as a policeman.

cising the minds of the experts against them. On the Left you were not corson and therefore ja now life, but a few months later and we proceed as follows: Police-

innny

be

"Daddy's taking a moving picture, darling. Don't just stand there!”

policeman, Hav- ing got rid of pie we proceed to the aquaring as follows: P02 РХОХО

Now the P is no longer required since the ple has gone, P being the symbol for pie in this case. We have left therefore 0 X 0 requir- ing no ple since 0 X0 can be substituted for ple and 0 X0=. 02. O being the symbol for officer er policeman it is clear that the answer must be either one-police- man squared, or extract of beef, or nothing.

Is it not so? Yours truly,- Eddy Cation.

Figuratively speaking, we think we'd prefer to stick to Glaxo, though the ple question certainly leads to interesting speculation.

How, for instance, does the policeman eat his asparagus? Is there great emotion in those great dark cynical oyes as ho looks around waiting for others to be- gin? ·

In any case, we like our Oxo. in cubos, and how can you square a cuba?!

STRAY THOUGHTS ON THE .CRISIS.

If Mr. J. Plerpont Morgan and Mr. Otto Kahn had to retire from the banking, business, they could doubtless make a big success as income tax consultants,

We've been sitting hore fifteen niinutes. afnco writing the above santence, trying to think of a rea- on why Mr. Morgan should ob- Ject to an increase in the rate of incomo tax in the United States. and so far we haven't been able to think of a singld one..