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NOTES OF THE DAY

CUNARD MERGER

SAVE OUR SHIPS!

With arrangements for tho merger of the Canard and White Bor its life.

The Very Idea!

By Sir, ABE BAILEY, Kt., K.C.M.G.

MORE PROPAGANDA

RITISII shipping is fighting]

The Russian best-seller of the Or look at the Indian trade, the Star lines practically complete, we

hlatorie preserve of the P. and O. moment, we read, is a two- hollove that only the Empire, The Italians have put on the Genos volumo "ideological" novel called may expect, 800n, to learn that work has been resumed on the acting as a single whole, can save Bombay route, a new ship for Energy," by Fooder Vasliivich It. That is why I am urging an which the Government found most Gladkov, which deals with the great Cunarder now lying un-early Imperial Conference to con- of the money and for which it pays finished on the Clyde. For the sidor the ways and means of the Suez Canal dues.

building of the hydro-electric. combina is not entirely inspired" | instituting a common Empire This vessel le being largely Dnieprostrol dam.; by common interests. The Cunard | shipping polley and nothing else. patronised by British officers and It appears to be a heavy bore, desired Government assistance In This question has been brought Civil Servants in India for their like-for that matter those cale- the building of their new mammoth by the action of the South African voyage home, though their passage brated Russian novels of the old of $160,000 a year to the Italian Government-that is to say by the seized to obtain in return some lines with the idea of retaining British taxpayer.

towns full of dust, dogs, retired rationalisation of the shipping and increasing its meat trade with British money is thus being used generals with dyed whfakors, sly- BEFORE YOU DECIDE ON YOUR industry and the elimination of Italy..

by British officials to support a oficials, llac-trees, faded spin- NEW CAR CONSIDER THESE! competition between the two prin- I have denounced that action, heavily subsidised Italian ship sters, muzzy chatter, smells, samo- TOURER

HK$3,400 | cipal Transatlantic companies. and I mean to go on denouncing it, against the vessels of one of the

Two birds were thus killed with as fatal to that co-oporation be- oldest and most famous of British Vars, and sufelde. In such towns, whenever there is a tea-party in. SALOON

3,600

one stone; the Government makes tween all the units in the British shipping companies,

Commonwealth of nations which is

Society, everybody turns dos- 4,450 a valuable contribution to the essential to their prosperity. I have no doubt that the new pairingly aside at Intervals and

temporary

British shipping takes first place 60,000-tonners, running direct to mutters: "My God What peopia!" in our national, our international, New York, will attract to the The mumbling is Interminable and and our Imperial services and Italian ports much of the Amer the philosophy like a sick, head- interesta. The very exlatanes of lean freight and passenger traffe shipping than on anything else. the Empire defiends more on that formerly came to Great ache.

Britain and Francë.

The new school of Russian Will they pay? Will the motor-fiction suamis brisker, but equally driven Neptunia on the Trieste as bothering. South America route pay?. Or hor Envelop, all this in endless Nobody seems to care whether gabble, and in an apotheosia of they do or not. These are not Lehin, with firoworks and haloos, Since 1914 Buch countries as ships in the ordinary sense. They and you have the goods, Sweden, Holland, France, Spain, are strokes of State polley. They

Incidentally the formula for the Denmark and Greece have doubled are items in the Mussolini pro- current Soviet novel, or play, is so or very nearly doubled their sea-gramme for putting Italy on the simple that anybody

Nutshell.example: going tonnage. Italy and Norway map.

All the leading countries in the have more than doubled theirs. Japan shows a still greater in-world have taken a band in the crease, and the United States has, mad game—all except Great Bri- on paper; a Mercantile Marine five lain. "For the past seven years, times as great as before the war since the death of the Trade Britain, on the other hand, has Facilities Act, no Governmental some 300,000 tons less than in aid of any kind had been extended 1914.

to British shipbuilding,

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 0, 1933.

and commerce.

ECONOMIC POLICY

傘、暉。

Before the war British ships ́carried about 52 per cent, of the

world's seabome trade.

than 40 per cent.

To-day they carry hardly more!

sister-ship Oceania 1-*

Negotiations between the White Stor and Cunard were long drawn out. It was not a question of the amour propre of two great rivals each reluctant to sink its in- dividuality, although the arrange- ment for the preservation of both names indicates that tradition was not entirely out of the minds of the directors. The real issue that had to be overcome concern- ed policy. The White Star has al- ways been a believer in small ships, in the 20,000 ton category, the Cunard in the super-liner. In days of depression such a' those the White Star probably had the better of the argument; most glant ships are running at a loss to-day. NADIR KHAN,

In normal times, however, it is essential that British shipping The tragic death of Nadir prestige be maintained. If Britain Shah, King of Afghanistan, ia does not provide the big ships, as disturbing to New Delhi as however, luxuriously fitted and it is to Kabul. Nadir Khan speedy the smaller craft, tra- was a bulwark of stability on vellera will simply be attracted to the German, French and Italinn India's most difficult frontier and crack nera. Backed by the uncommerce. State-alded ships, like finds itself squeezed and undercut. the events following his as finished hulk on the Clyde and sassination will be watched with Government influence on the side keenest anxiety. His four years of completion, the Cunard people of kingship were marked by in-seem to have gained the day, DEO- creasing friendahp with Britain bably to the final benefit of the after an era of dispute, and in- shareholders of both concerns. ternally Afghanistan made rapid

industries.

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can do it.

SCENE: The new poiaer-station at Sorotachinsk. Alexey Ale- civich, a virtuous Young Communist, working furiously and exhorting his comrades. One of these, Catherine, om- braces him suddenly. ALEXEY: Why, comrade? CATHERINE (empty): I love you. ALEXEY: Constructive Marxism has no room for that! (Hits her with a piston rod, Bho falls. Enter an agent of the Обри)

ACENT: Comrades, there is sabo- tage! A leg has been found in the machinery! (To Alazcy) Yours? ALEXEY (vory pale): Yes, com-

rade! .....

Enter a Commissar, hastily. COMMISSAR: Comrades, the. peasants have struck! There will be no harvest! We are ruined!

ALEXEY-(in a clarion votes) an

On all oceans and on nearly all British owners, apparently, would routes British shipping hus now to not have it otherwise. They hate meet the competition of heavily the whole policy of subsidies, subsidised foreign vessols. These bounties, and discriminations. vessels will never pay their way on Free access to an open freight mar- an economic basis. They were ket is their ideal. built and are being operated at But that Ideal is vanishing the taxpayers' expense for the make beneath their very noses: Not of "prestige" and to foster home only Italy, but America, Germany

France, and Japan have plunged into the subsidy business. In The subsidy is the submarine of every direction British shipping dumped goods, disrupt the It is fighting a losing battle out of market and make ordinary com- its own resources against the mercial operations 'unprofitable.

illimitable funds and facilities Foreign nations are spending placed by State after State at the some £30,000,000 a year on sub-service of its competitors.

What is to be the end of it, aidising the building of the run- ning of these "pirate" vessels. British owners hoped at the progress as he did not maką OPIUM LOOPHOLE

Meanwhile, our, giant. Cunarder World Economic Conference to per- the mistake of Amanulla of try-I

remains Idle on the stocks and kuado the other. Governments to ing to force his countrymen to

threatens to become the Waterloo give up subsidies altogether, to adopt new ideas by the mere of words, some of which have, a

The importance of the meanings Bridge of the shipping world. leave shipping and shipbuilders issue

The State-aided foreigner alone, and to restore. absolute of sensational edicts, variety of shades, is again em- cutting with deadly destructive equality of treatment to all ships Rather, he endeavoured to en-phasised by the result of the ap-ness into 'British shipping, not only under all flags in all porta, sure the internal peace of his peal of the Crown against Mr. on the main routes, but also in kingdom. He was what every Butters interpretation of the Afghan ruler to be successful Opium Ordinance. The Crown must be a man of strong char-endeavoured to stretch the scope acter. He returned to Afghan of the word "occupier" to mean istan in 1929 to save the householder or principal tenant, but the Appeal Judges would havé muladministration

that fol-none of it and the whole object of lowed the seizure of supreme the recent amendments to the Or- power by the brigand chief who dinaher is clearly defeated. There was responsible for Amanulla's is no doubt that it was the inten- downfall. Nadir Khan started tion of the Legislature to cover his campaign as the loyal hench the situation which existed in the man of Amanulla, while having view; equally there is no doubt | her n ́gratuity of more than 21,100 | Capetown in fourteen days. ToHE recent sensation caused by

prosecution that came under ro- no illusions about Amanulla's that the new sub-section was not unpopularity with the conserva- constructed as to accomplish tive elements of a hackward the intention. A loophole was left country which the late King had and of course the lawyers found so rashly attempted to modernize it. It merely shows the extreme

The sugar growers of Mauritius Again, the policy of selling old without taking into account the care essential in the employment are given a preference of some £4 but still seaworthy ships to come inevitable revolt of the mullahs. of words.. Half Britain's mis- per ton in the United Kingdom petitors abroad, who will operate Nadir Khan held the position states, for instance, would not increasingly brought here by sub-food, and smaller crews, seems family tree, which traces his an- understandings with the United market. But their sugar is being them on lewer, wages, cheaper

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the inter-Imperial carrying trade: That hope they must now aban-!

Within the last few days Italian don. The foreigners are not go- sesacia have been chartered to load. Ing to give up subsidies. They are grain from Australia to Europe at going to increase them. Along totally uncommercial rates with present Blues there is nothing which British owners cannot even ahead of British shipping but a pretend to compete.

continuous and cumulative process of attrition and decline. N Another Italian ship not long In two respects they may them- ago completed a round voyage selves be contributing to this pro- entirely within the British Empire. cess. A British vessel in 1892 Her, tour of 13,000 miles earned] made the trip from England to from the Italian Government, and day, forty-one years later, the this enabled her to undercut same voyage takes seventeen days, British ships at every British port That looks to me like "asking for she touched,

It.".

of Commander-in-Chief of the have arisen but for alightly dif-sidised Itallart ships, Afghan armies at the time when ferent shades of meaning which

Habibulla Khan was:

some are applied on opposite sides of what mysteriously murdered in the Atlantic to certain words. 1919. There were many at the

time who accused him of be-WAR DEBTS ing directly responsible for Habibulla's murder, and the

troops in Jellalabad actually ar- Comments by the Middle West rested him and kept him, in on the war debt situation have re- veiled the seriousness of the word custody pending Amanulla's interpretation difficulty on more decision about his fate. Amanulla than one occasion. Specches by oventually decided to supersede British statesmen addressed pri- | Nadir Khan in his position as marlly to the Middle West have Commander-in-Chief, and had misfired because frank explana- him removed to Khost. When, tions of transfer problema" have a month or two later, Amanulla been read as warnings of repudia- foolishly decided upon war with tion. It might eventually come to that: though the time is not yet India, he could not do without by a long way; and both the the services of his tried general, United. States and Britain will This war was a disastrous one undoubtedly strain every effort for Afghanistan, and Nailir to avert such a possibility. Cer Khan was the only Afghantain it is that Britain will never leader who displayed any enter-resine payments on the old scale; prisc. Up to this time Nadir not, because she is unwilling to Khan had been anything but meet her obligations, but because such resumption would be en- friendly towards Britain. With sentially destructive of financial most of his fellow-countrymen, stability in both countries. The he entertained a strong suspicion trouble is to get the bulk of the of the Government of India's American people to appreciate the frontier policy, and during the technical side of the problem. Great War he was generally They have been told so long that credited with having distinct Levision or cancellation would mean settling the burden upon the leanings towards an open American taxpayer that they al alliance with Germany and most regard the debts as owing to Turkey. His experiences; how the community at largo, And, to ever, in the Afghan War of 1919, attempt to explain, to an Iowa taught him considerable re-farmer the difference between the spect for British arms, and his internal payments of govern- subsequent visit to Europe quite mont, on armaments, for instance, cured him of his anti-British and oxternal payments, would be tendencies His death will be as futile as suggesting a close sea- son for rond-tranching in Hong- deeply deplored.

kong.

Continued on Page 9.)

like to curl up wit a good book."

comrade! (Hops out, gathers in harvest, harangues peasants, raises volunteer force of city tram-inspectora and Jaundry- mon to shame peasants, instals them on land, makes 308 speeches on Marxism and the Five Year Plan, and hops back to Sorotechinsk, where Cathe- rine at once, embraces him again.) CATHERINE: I have told them I Your-leg-it-was-a-puro ́ ́ac- cident! I love you! ALEXEY (stunning her with

spanther) The warriors of the Prontariat have no time- for that!

....

THE ROOT OF THE MATTER

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Lord. Raglan, who stated that many of the most revered and ancient family trees are bogus, has relleved several people in Hongkong. A certain talpan who is now nearly a millionaire anys that Lord Raglan has definitely proved the falseness of his own cestry back to a grocers assistant in Whitechapel in Stiff Neck, Arizona:

MUG'S DISEASE

The eminent pathologist Profes- sor Goof has segregated yet an othor germ. It is responsible, be says, for the virulent Benedictitis or Purl-and-Plain Disease, and generally for the group of afflic tions which are classed under the heading Mug's Disease.

The onset invariably coincides, with the fintahing of a row of knit- ting by the victim's wife. There is no warning, na ʼn rule, Simply a staccato "Count that! The dis- eass has been known to last 2043 etitches (in the case of K.D.B. Jumpers). Should the patient be absorbed in the interport cricket nows at the moment he is attacked, extreme irritability is likely to be present. Evo-strain is a concomi= tant, and there is often, a tempor- ary loss of mentory

The futility of resisting should bo stressed. This disease must be allowed to run the course

Closely aliled to it is the dreaded Stein-Holder'e Dianase, Chiaf. aymptoms are a dull, glassy look, |fndicative of morbidity, and the | peculiar position of the hands, I which are held out rigidly about. three feet, apart during the at tack. The patient often complaine of a pain in the neck pa

Should complications arise, is advisable to consult a stoin specialist.

These diseases assume epidemic proportions during the winter months. Professor. Goof" BEI no abatement in the winter.