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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1933.

FACING THE REAL FACTS

NOTES OF THE DAY

BRITAIN'S FIVE-YEAR PLAN

Britain is on the point of laun- ching her Ave-year plan of hous- ing reconstruction.. Last April, tao Ministry of Health roquested

THE "PERSONALITIES” NUISANCE

By ROSITA FORBES:

aus aliances, and

still more the grouping of powerful personalities, which Jends to wor.

DICTATORS CAN AFFORD WAR.

"Dictators can afford war," eald

combat the liberal internationalism

The Very Idea!

MUTINY OF THE NORE

By Eddie "Heart of Oak” Holly

SEEING that everybody is

agog about Navy Week, we think maybe that it's up to us to write something on this Subject.

man habitation. Stoke-on-Trent sien of Fascists was marching Personality is nearly always on Editor often says the same thing

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YOUTH, ENERGY AND COMMONSENSE,

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

Eddie's note: We sailors don't. спес.

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local authorities to draw up plans TN a Rumanian castle, the exiled the grouping of nations in ambiti Walch should have as thoir ob Queen Sophlo, widow of King jective the completo elimination Constantino and alster of the of all slums within five years.. Kaiser, an infinitely gracious and The response has been hearty, dignified Indy, once sald to me, Many housing authorities have sont while she dealt firmly with a tor- in dofinite programmes and those urn of Balkanje temper::

We have been making a include some of the largest arone "I suppoño. Dictators can af in the country, and in addition it ford to make war. Kings can't.Queen Sophie, and all over the ever since we met the Mess- special study of the Navy is understood that many other That's where my brother made world Dictators are fermenting room Secretary of one of contres will submit schemes and his mistake. He wasn't modern patriotism to white-heat in order to the ships. Beer is only 30 the near future. When tho, pro-.

To-day, there are three Dictators, blem is regarded in the proper whose countries, were they unlied, which would endanger their pro- cents a bottle on board a perspective, the outlook seems would stretch from the Baltic to grammes.

warship. definitely encouraglug, Notting the Mediterranean, and each of "Kings must be the first intor

A Mess on board a warship is ham, for example, estimates that these three has come into power by nationalists," said Alexander the not a mess. For instance, if the last vestiges of slums within appealing to the nationalism of his King, when the now nation of you want to get in the good its boundaries...will havo, dia- compatriots.

Slavia was distraught by the con- appeared by 1938. Hull proposes Bedweon Danzig and Sicily, fleting aims of Cront, Serb and books of the Mess Secretary you by the date to have removed 8,210 | democracy, is dend."

Macedonian, but few Dictators murmur "What a fino Mess houses considered unfit for hu When I was in billan, a proces. subscribe to this theory.

you've made of this," Our. is to destroy 8,751 houses, and through the streets, shouting the offensive. With the exception to us when we hand him some find accommodation for the 18,69 "Down with Jugo-Slavin." The of President Wilson and Henry

copy. He people living in them. Chester watching crowd took up the cry. Ford, the great personalities of expects to remove 1,600 houses, "D'you know anything about Jugo-the last decade have been violent although its total population is Slavia?" I asked a man who was nationalists, and therefore, inevit- only about 40,000.

hoarao. "No," he said, "where is ably, militarista. Within the_last It" His nolghbour reviled him month I saw one of Europe's land- for a fool, "Jugo-Slavia is an enemy ing politician's automnly cut the BIGGER TOWNS LAG

of the Duce," he explained: "Is eyes out of a newspaper portrait Some of the larger towns whose that not enough for you?" of the Rumanian Prime Minister.

The British Navy really started rehousing plans do not err on the

M. Titulesco. "Hia country do- at the Mutiny of the Nore. In the afde of ambition give the least

spoiled mine at Vorsailles, and he's meantime Columbus was looking cause for satisfaction. It was in

been too clever for us at Geneva," for a westward passago to India, these areas that the sins of the North I went, over the Austrian he explained.

and in Macedonia, the great Alo- industrial revolution were deepest; frontier. Dollfuss hnd not yet de-

Personalitics have been respon-xandria was gathering his ragged little band of soldiers (they wore and consequently it is they that clared himself Dictator. A little sible for most wars. have thy hardest problems to tackle. | man, as little as Napoleon, he gives

Sanchez Cerro, the recently known as Alexander's Rag-Time Leeds, for example, is paid to have one the impression of youth and sassinated President of Peru, ex-Band) to repel the Swiss Ficot. need demolition. The situation

89,000 back-to-back houses that energy and common sonse.. pressed things very well when we Then came Trafalgar. Nelson Here is no firebrand or fanatic, were. discussing Communism in said "Kiss Me, Hardy", and Hardy also in Manchester, Birmingham, | no,

Macchiavelli juggling with Pizarro's historic palace at Lima. kissed him. Shortly afterwards. Sheffield and other almilar places politics and using statesmen as He was a little man of half Indian Hardy teamed up with Stan There has been one good reis extremely bail. Leeds gallantly pawna, but a good honest Conserva- blood, still in the twenties, and Laurel, and they got a job with sult of Germany's withdrawal expects to demolish slums at the tivp and Catholic, marching with he bore the scars of innumerablo Metro Goldwyn Mayer.

there is wounds, for his life was constantly from the League. It has brought rate of 3,000 a year, but Sheffield the time's only because

Attempted. a good deal of illusion to the and Birmingham aspire only to re surface and exposed it in

move between 4,000 and 5,000- houses svithin the whole five-year manner which may render it period. The difficulties facing some more easily dispelled when the of these cities are doubtless great;

This was good news to the cal test comes. Br.tain, France, they have a large unemployment

It was just after the massacre of British sailors, because it was al- he United States, Germany and roll and their finances are low. other countries intimately con- But it is not yet too late for their is always dull, whereas just across piled with bodies over which then those days women used to be He was on the defensive, which Trujello, where the streets were ways fun fighting the French.. cerned are aquarely face to face present plans to be revised. The the border, Hitler was conducting triumphal entry while the vultures because Napolean had said that carried aboard all the warships, Communist with political instability and no boundaries shall include only such 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 things as are lovely and of good tria rallied to the Nazi banner, be unite the country any other way, through his stomach. The French has been won. The transforma- report is a banner beneath which ion has brought with it much England may well march to vic- thing, even if it was the wrong Cerro, autocrat to the core. "I'll staff of saller's wives and sweet- cause the Nazis were doing sume. I will make war," said Sanchez always carried with them a large alarm, but largely in places tory in her battle with the slums. where it does not really matter.

thing, which to a starving and dis turn all my politicians into hearts, who, when they fought the It will prove valuable if it brings

Integrating country seemed prefer soldiers, and then we shall have English, kicked them in

stomach. able to doing nothing at all. calm and sobriety to political

Now Dollfuss has joined the

These sweethearts consisted utterances, and there are signs

ranks of Dictators and is repeating

chfelly of beautiful women who of such an effect. The habit of

with his neighbours North and

did not turn up their noses at "We have made South: smooth words is being dropped.

the old saying "War is war." When there weren't enough.. 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, pacific 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 sallors mutinted and and suspicions that prevail in possible not to take heed of the loans, is to forge ahead under her man, Salvaedra, had been in op-stormed the Bastillo. The French Europe. Past proclamations of French objections. Both France own steam, but, in fact, the altua- position all his life and his hold Admiral then sent home for some jeace, though. encouraged, and the Little Entente have timid- | tlon is unchanged. Dr. Dollfuss is

on his office was extremely in reserves. Naturally, it wasn't served sometimes to awakenly suggested a scheme which apnominally on the offensive, but he apprehenalone because it was neara at first sight to resemble has no weapons, unices he can forge secure until the war a most un long before the sailor's sweet- But one out of a Central European able war-turned him into a hero, there weren't enough sailors to go satisfactory and entirely unprofit hearts started complaining that plainly seen that they did not that of Signor Mussolini.

their apprehension Is lest there Federation. conform to the facts. The should be revived a group of na Still further North there is trial service for the thousands of dameroille from Armentieres.

Now, whenever there is a memo around. Their leader was nore it Was affirmed that tions dominated by Roma, and ler training his enthusiastic mil-

It was, on the whole, a very here was a new desire for perhaps to some extent by Berlin. lions in preparation for what? young men who die uselessly at-

navol battle. The co-operation,

or defending tropical pleasant war Was Herr Hitler would advocate will- Certainly not permanent dianrran. tacking liminated forever from humanly enough a similar project, ment. When I told the German swamp which neither country real Armada was totally defeated, and, thought, that Germany and provided the direction of the Chancellor how I'd watched plough passionately militarist speech and hit upon the bright Idea of swapp- ly needs, the President, makes a in exchanging prisoners, Nelson

ing sailors for sailor's sweethearts ferences, that the polish Corridor

And France, of ors, with mops for bayonets; at is cheered to the skies. Jurae, would wish the confedera- tacking imaginary trenches; whole ties in the modern world to make

There are too many personali-two for one. was not Д problem, that tion to be controlled by Paris. villages doing the parade step on

This plan worked out excellent- Yugoslavia and Italy. were So that it is no longer the need grounds hown out of the forest so

ly, except that ultimately the disarmament easy. friends, that Hungary was reach-of B Danubian confederation that they are only visible from the It may be that democracy ruba sailor's sweethearts were all on ing an accord with the Little which is in disputo, but only the air, Hitler replied: "A nation is the angles off her own particular one side and the sailors were on Entente, that disarmament was particular relations of the great no use to its fellows unless it is personalities, so moulding them the other, and neither faction was

that they are a source of Inspira-any too well pleased. 1914 are being re-enacted, for It is

Thus to-day the conditions of tion to their own countries and

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that

high intention that their city

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REVIVING THE "EMPIRE"

no other rond he can follow.

When I was in Austria, Dollfuss was regarded by all the young people as a reactionary. He was fighting with his back against the wall, striving to preserve was already gone.

what

a spoctacular offensive. Naturally,

"The twentieth shot will put an end to me," he prophesied, "but until then I can work for Peru"

peace."

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TOO MANY PERSONALITIES.

This gorgeous inconsistency has now been echoed all over South Ameri-

Admirable in some respecta as is the plan of Signor Mussolini to build up a new confederation in central Europe, of which Austria people". In theory, thon, Austria, ca. Bolivia and Paraguay have

France were settling their dif- than Rome. from erin rather men drilling in the fields; prison-

about to be adopted as a practical Speaking for, the Little Entente,

powers to that confederation. strong and united.".

MUSSOLINI'S POSITION

.con-

other

From

policy, that economic interde M. Benes acems to approve the nendence was to be recognized-plan on condition that no great the more these things, and many power shall dominate the others of a similar character, | federation; Thus there are cries were affirmed, the more dis- to the effect that an attempt is tracted public opinion became. being made to restore a sort of The man in the street was

Holy Roman Empire in the heart of Europe. puzzled. When a rare voice told him that we were "marching to war under the banners of peace," he instinctively felt that It Bignor Mussolini has become he fair facade concealed sinis.n arbiter in central Europe, It ter preparations, diplomatic and a because there has been a re- military; and the meaning of politicians to adopt a positive at-

luctance on the part of the persistent and peremptory titude. They have been content demands, the opposition of na-with negations. They have ex- tions, the alliances, the reluct-pressed their veto against the anco to disarm could not be Anschluss-the union of Austria hidden, Ho, became aware of and Germany. But they have dim shadows in the background, healtated to go further. and though he wanted to be told me to time they have, it fa true, made vone proposals which in 'comfortable things, they did face of the obvious difficulties not comfort him. Now there they have quickly dropped. Up 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 political situation of Europa is have been afraid to take highly disquieting, that more structive measures. Germany, of n in very sense must be courao, could not be expected to apply solution, because its solu- brought into the political field in tion was disagreeable both to order to preserve the peace of France 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 thor, country advances walkout first fell. After all, a practicable schome, Italy scome antitled to employ its diplomacy very little has really changed.tn the making of a contral Euro- It is merely that Europe is no noan economic group, which may longer turning its eyes from all alloy man- discontents and bring that it did not wish to see. The fresh prosperity, change of mood which comes As a result is difficult to estimate and mensure, but It must rouns, that problems will be definitely be valuable. It mustamined from a practical point mean that that there will be less view. It is in clear knowledge talk about finding formulas to af problems and dancers that placate one or other of rival the possibility of a solution lies.

con-

"Look, non, you don't see many of those since, the motor car, came in."

Just then the French naval forces were assembling near the coast of Brittany, and Drake start- zd polishing up his bowls to ropel them.it

the

Ma-

Other histories have told you all about the long conflicts between the navics of the world, but this is the firet history that has told you how important a part Love blaved in moulding the destiny of Britain.

We could tell you lots more about Love, and the wives we have in every port, only the Editor is standing bahind 14 wn!ting for pur copy, and wo nin't

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Editor's note: Ain't? Where's you crammar, man?

Fddle's note: She's home in Ireland with me muvver. He! Hel Hel

SIGN PLEASE I

Our friend Pete is in a bad way. Mind you, we don't insinuato 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,

BLANK VERSE

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