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BRITAIN'S FIVE-YEAR PLAN.

Britain is on the point of laun- ching her five-year plan of hous ing reconstruction. Last April, the Ministry of Health requested local authorities to draw up plane walch should hava as their ob Jective the completo elimination of all alums within-five years..

THE "PERSONALITIES" NUISANCE

· B↑ ROSITA FORBES

Na Rumanian castle, the exiled N

Qucon Sophie, widow of King Constantine and sister of the Kalser, an infinitely gracious and

the grouping of nations in ambiti- que aillances, and

The Very Idea!

MUTINY OF THE NORE

By Eddie "Heart of Oak" Kelly

SEBING that everybody is agog about Navy Week, still more the grouping of We think maybe that it's up powerful personalities, which to us to write something on lends to war,

this Subject

We have been making a

DICTATORS CAN AFFORD WAR

The response has been hearty, dignified lady, once said to me, Many housing authorities hava sent while she dealt firmly with a ton- in definite programmes and tusseura of Balkanie tempor:

"I suppose Diclators can of- include some of the largest areas

"Dictators can afford war," said special study of the Navy ford to make war. Kings can't. Queen Sophie, and all over the ever since we met the Mess- That's where my brother made world Dictators are fermenting room Secretary of one of his mistake. He wasn't moder."patriotism to white-heat in order to

in the country, and in addition it

is understood that many other centres will submit schemes

in

the near future. When the pro- To-day, there are three Dictators, combat the liberal internationalism the ships. Beer is only 30 blem is regarded in the proper whose countries, were they united, which would endanger their procents a bottle on board a

warship. porapective, the outlook seems woul! stretch from the Baltle to grammes.

"Kinge must be the first inter- A Mess on board a warship is definitely encouraging, Notting- the Mediterranean, and each of ham, for example, estirantos that these three has come into power by nationalists," said Alexander the the last vestiges of alums within uppealing to the nationalism of his King, when the new nation of Jugo not a mess. For instance, if Slavia was distraught by the con- you want to get in the good Its boundarles will have dis- compatriots.

Between Danzig and Slellylicting alms of Croat, Sorb and books of the Mess Secretary you appeared by 1938. Hull proposes

Macedonian, but few Dictators murmur "What a fine Mcas by the date to have removed 8,210 democracy is dead."

you've made of this." Our houses considered unfit for hu- When I was in Milan, a procce subscribe to this theory.

Personality is nearly always on | Editor often says the same thing - was marching HONGKONG HOTEL man habitation. Stoke-on-Tront slon of Fascists

streets. shouting the offensive. With the exception is to destroy 3,761 houses, and through the

copy. He and accommodation for the 18,619 "Down with Jugo-Sidvin." The of President Wilson and Henry to us when we hand him some people living in them. Chester watching crowd took up the cry, Ford, the great personalitics of expects to remove 1,500 houses, "D'you know anything about Jugo-the last decade have been violent although its total population is Slavin?" I asked a man who was nationalists, and therefore, inovit- hoarse. "No," he said, "where is ably, militariste. Within the last only about 40,000.

It" His neighbour reviled him month 1 saw one of Europe's lead- for a fool, "Jugo-Slavin is on enemy ing politicians solemnly cut the BIGGER TOWNS LAG

of the Duce," he explained: "Is joyes out of a newspaper portrait of the Rumanian Prime Minister.

The British Navy really started that not enough for you?"

M. Titulesco. "His country deat the Mutiny of the Noro. In the spoiled mino at Versailles, and he's meantime Columbus was looking been too clever for us at Geneva," for a westward passage to India, and in Macedonia, the great Ale- he explained.

Personalities have been respon-xandria was gathering bis ragged little band of soldiers (they were Sanchez Carro, the recently as-known as Alexander's Rag-Time

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1938.

FACING THE REAL FACTS

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YOUTH, ENERGY AND COMMONSENSE.

· Editor's note: The subject is "Navy Day."

Eddie's note: We sailars don't care.

Some of the larger towns whose rehousing plans do not err on the side of ambition give the least cause for satisfaction. It was in these areas that the sins of the North I went, ovor the Austrian industrial revolution were deepest; frontier. Dollfuss had not yet de- and consequently it is they that clnred himself Dietator. A little jsible for mest wars. have the hardest problems to tackle. man, as little as Napoleon, he gives Loods, for example, is said to have one the impression of youth and aaasinated President of Peru, ex-Band) to repel the Swies Fleet.

pressed thinga very well when wo Then came Trafalgar. Nelson 33,000 back-to-back houses that energy and common sense.

Hero is no firebrand or fanatic, were discussing Communism in said "Kiss Me, Hardy, and Hardy need demolition: The situation also in Manchester, Birmingham, no Macchiavelli Juggling with Pizarro's historic palace at Lima, kissed him. Shortly afterwards as He was a little man of half Indian Hardy teamed up with Stan Sheffield and other similar places politics and using statesmen

the twenties, and Laurel, and they got a job with

There has been one good re- is extremely bad. Leeds gallantly pawns, but a good honest Conserva- blood, still in

Just then the French naval sult of Germany's withdrawal expects to demolish slums at the tive and Cathelle, marching with he bore the scars of innumerable Metro Goldwyn Mayor.

there is wounds, for his life was constantly

attempted.

forces were assembling near the from the League. It has brought rate of 3,000 a year, but Sheffield the times only because

When I was in Austria, Dollfuss "The twentieth shot will put coast of Brittany, and Drake start- a good deal of illusion to the and Birmingham aspire only to to no other road he can follow.

move between 4,000 and 6,000.

an end to me," he prophesied,ed polishing up his bowls to repel surface and exposed it in a houses within the whole five-year was regarded by all the young

"but until then I can work for them. manner which may render it period. The dificulties facing some people as a reactionary. He was

Peru"

This was good nowa to the more easily dispelled when the of these cities are doubtless great; nghting with his back against the wall, striving to preserve what

It was just after the massacre of British sailors, because it was al- real test comes. Br.tain, France, they have a large unemployment

was already gone. are low. he United States, Germany and roll and their finances

He was on the defensive, which Trujello, where the streets were ways fun fighting the French. other countries intimately con But it is not yet too late for their is always dull, whereas just across piled with bodles over which the In those days women used to be Communist Barretos mado a curried aboard all the worships, cerned are squarely face to facerent plans to be revised. The the border, Hitler was conducting triumphal entry while the vultures because Napolean had said that

high intention that their city a spectacular offensive. Naturally, with political instability and no boundaries shall include only auch the most vigorous elements in Aus were still feeding. "If I can't the way to a man's heart was onger pretend that the peace

REVIVING THE "EMPIRE"

cause, the Nazis were doing some-

I will make war," Bald Sanchez always carried with them a large. thing, even if it was the wrong Cerro, autocrat to the core. staff of sailor's wives and sweet- thing, which to a starving and dis-turn all my politicians into hearts, who, when they fought the integrating country seemed prefer soldiers, and then we shall have English, kicked them in

stomach, able to doing nothing at all.

Now Dollfuss has joined the ranks of Dictators and is repeating with his neighbours North and South

peace."

tho

These sweethearts consisted chiefly of beautiful women who did not turn up their noses at the old saying”“War is, wax,” Whon there weren't enough

has been won. The transforma- report is a banner beneath which ion has brought with it much England may well march to vic- larm, but largely in places tory in her battle with the slums. where it does not really matter. It will prove valuable if it brings

TOO MANY PERSONALITIES. calm and sobriety to political utterances, and there are signs Admirable in some respects as

This gorgeous inconsistency has of such an effect. The habit of 18 the plan of Signor Mussolini to

"We have made a new been echoed all over South Ameri- smooth words is being dropped. bulid up a new confederation in

central Europe, of which Austria people". In theory, then, Austria, ca. Bolivia and Paraguay have it is no longer considered anti-and Hungary would be the nucleus which has hitherto been kept going been at war for months. The sailor's sweethearts to go around, pacifle to uncover the distrusts and Rome the protector, it is im- by the fuel of uneconomic foreign President of the former, an old the French sailors mutinied and and suspicions that prevail in possible not to take heed of the loans, is to forge ahead under her man, Salvaedra, had boon in op-stormed the Bastille. The French Europe. Past proclamations of French objections. Both Franco own steam, but, in fact, the situa, position all. his life and his hold Admiral then sent home for some Naturally, It wasn't was extremely in-reserves. on his office eace, though encouraged, and the Little Entente have timid- tion is unchanged. Dr. Dollfuss is served sometimes to awakenly suggested a scheme which ap-nominally on the offensive, but he secure until the war-a most un-long before the sailor's aweet- pears at first sight to resemble has no weapons, unless he can forge satisfactory and entirely unproft hearts started complaining that apprehensions because it was

that of Signor Mussolini. But one out of a Central European able war-turned him into a here, there weren't enough sailors to go ainly seen that they did not their apprehension is lost there Federation. conform to the facts. The should be revived a group of na Still further North there is Hit. Now, whenever there is a' memo- around. Their leader was Ma- nore it was affirmed

that tions dominated by Rome, and ler training his onthusiastic mil- rial-service-for-the thousands of there, was a new desire for perhaps to some extent by Berlin. lions in preparation for what? young men who die uselessly at- 20-operation, that War was Herr Hitler would advocate will Certainly not permanent disarma tacking or defending tropical liminated forever from human Inele enouch a similar project. ment. When I told the German swamp which neither country real thought, that Germany and provided the direction of the Chancellor how I'd watched plough- ly neods, the President makes a France were settling their dif- than Rome.

from erin rather men drilling in the fieldes prison Passionately militarist speech and

And France, of ers, with mops for bayonets; at- Is cheered to the skies.

There are too many personali. ferences, that the polieh Corridor Course, would, wish the confedern-tacking Imaginary trenches; whole ties in the modern world to make was not problem, that tion to be controlled by Paris. villages doing the parade step on

disarmament easy. Yugoslavia and Italy were So that it is no longer the need grounds hewn out of the forest sa friends; that Hungary was reach of a Danubian confederation that they are only visible from the ing an accord with the Little which is in dispute, but only the air, Hitler replied: "A nation is Entente, that disarmament was particular relations of the great no use to its fellows unless it is

powers to that confederation, strong and united." about to be adopted as a practical Speaking for the Little Entente, Thus to-day the conditions of tion to their own countries and policy, that economic interde M. Benea. secins to approve the 1914 are being re-enacted, for it is

endence was to be recognized-plan on condition that no great the more these things, and many power shall dominate others of a similar, character, federation. Thus there ara cries were affirmed, the more dis- to the effect that an attempt is tracted public opinion became. boing made to restore a sort of Holy Roman Empire in the heart he man in the street was

of Europe. puzzled. When a rare voice

the con-

old him that we were "marching | MUSSOLINI'S POSITION to war under the banners of peace," he instinctively felt that

It Signor Mussolini has become

From

he fair facade concealed sinis- an arbitor in eentral Europe, it ter preparations, diplomatic and is because there has been a re- luctance on the part of other military and the meaning of politicians to adopt a positive at the persistent and peremptory titude. They have been content demands, the opposition of na-with nogations. They have ex- tions, the alliances, the reluct-pressed their veto against the ance to disarm could not be Anschluss the union of Austria hidden. He became aware of and Germany. But they have dim shadows in the background, healtated to go further, and though he wanted to be told time to time they have, it le true, made vama prorosuls which in comfortable things, they did face of the obvious difficulties Up not comfort him. Now there they have quickly dropped, has been a stock-taking. It is to the present they, have watched apparent that a good deal in the each other suspiciously, and they nalitical situation of Europe. Is have been afraid to take con- highly disquieting, that more structive measures. Germany, of .sm in every sense must be course, could not be expected to apply a solution, because its solu- brought into the political field in tion was diagreeable both to order to preserve the peace of Franco and to Italy, to say nothing Europe. Yet that knowledge is of the members of the Little En- not so disturbing on reflection as tento and, apparently, to Austria. when the blow of Germany's Until some rther country advances walkout first fell. After all, a practicable achome, Italy seems very little has really changed. entitled to employ its diplomacy In the making of a central Euro- Tt is merely, that Europe is no porn economic group. which may longer turning eyes from all alloy man discontents and bring that it did not wish to see. The frosh prosperity change of mood which comes as n result is difficult to estimate.

and measure, but it must groups, that problems will be definitely be valuable. It must examined from a practical noint mean that that there will be less of view. It is in clear knowledon talk about finding formulas to of problems and dangers that placate one or other of rival the possibility of a solution lies.

It was, on the whole, a Vory dameroille from Armentierca.

battle. The pleasant naval Armada was totally defeated, and,

Ing aallora for sailor's sweethearts in exchanging prisoners, Nelaca hit upon the bright idea of swapp-

two for one.

од

This plan worked out excellent- ly, except that ultimately the It may be that democracy rubs suilor's aweethearts were all on the angles off her own particular our side and the sailors wore personalities, so moulding them the other, and neither faction was that they are a source of inspire-any too well pleased,

Other histories have told you all about the long conflicts between (Continued on Page 10.)

the navies of the world; but this- In the first history, that has told you how Important a part Love. played in moulding the destiny of Britain.

"Look, son you don't see many of those since the

cat.cama in.

We could tell you lots more about Love, and the wives we have In every port, only the Editor is standing behind us waiting for our copy, and we ain't

Editor's note: Ain't? Where's your Grammar, nian? "

Eddie's note: She's home In Ireland with no muvver. He!

·He! Het

SIGN PLEASE !

Our friend Pete is in a bad way. Mind you, we don't insinuate that he's been on a binge, or that he's had one or two too many, But,. nevertheless, he's in a bad way.

Yesterday he tried to sign his name on the dotted lines that danced before his eyes,

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BLANK VERSEW

She was nuts on things elastic But her plastic -

Urge turned drastic When it came to some Old fashioned things like morals.

THE BANK CRASH ? BANK COLLAPSE. EXCITE MENT IN CITY. When we read! those headings in the Telegraph yesterday our heart stood still. We wasted ten cents on a rick shaw and rushed around to the Hongkong and Shanghat Bank Fortunately, we discovered that It was only a portion of the old bank building that had collapsed and not the bank itself. Besides, tha Manster-assured us that our overdraft was still quite intact.