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NOTES OF THE DAY "BILL" BULLITT The Very Idea!

A NEW PHASE `

Anyone who has studied the American reaction to the Roosovelt recovery programme cannot have failed to notice that the United Staton has recently passed from the first phase of this experiment into the second. The first phase

MYSTERY

MAN

OF AMERICAN

DIPLOMACY: AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA

TMR. Ameri-t

Mr. Lloyd

WHAT'S IN A NAME?

T

Bƒ Eddio "Alb!”- Kelly, ALK about calling a

M. William Bullitt, new asta, lepudiated But, George: utterly ro- spade a spade. If we the mystery man of American nothing of a journey some boys start using that language we was the era of unanimous public

diplomacy.

were reported to have made to should soon be had up for approval. Fow understood exact

Just as President. Wilson and Russia." Pres, Wilson refused to libel.. ly what was going on. but could see that some definite action was Colonel House dispatched him on see Steffens when he appealed on

There's some people you being taken-and-liked the idea secret mission to Russia nearly Mr. Bullitt's behalf. Thore ware. no dissenting votes. 15 years ago to negotiate with the The Bullitt proposals, including just can't call by their right Everything that was done drow & Soviet government, so President recognition of the Soviet govern-name-they'd be offended round of cheers. Now things are different. Criticism has begun loosevelt employed Mr. Bullitt in ment, went into the waste paper and passers-by would be of-

and is getting stronger daily. The various acts of the recovery pro- gramme aro being submitted to searching analysis, and those who believe they nee defects are not

slow In calling attention to them.

CRITICISM CERTAIN

to the basket,

the necrot preliminaries

Bullitt, in bitterness, resigned fended. public exchanges of notes with Mr.

from the American "commission, as- Kalinin.

What we're getting at is On the surface, Pres. Roosevelt did several other younger members, merely sent Kalinin a nice letter when the final terms of the Ver-this matter of alibis Our and Kalinin replied in kind, agree-sailles Treaty came out. He public friends, the Chinese, have got Ing to sand M. Litvinoff to ly denounced the Pollsh Corridor the system worked out to per Washington for conversations. ^、 and reparations provisions which fection but we think we aren't

But things never happen that havo, incidentally, caused trouble so bad ourself. way in International diplomacy, over since. First, you sound out the other fellow confidentially to arrange the official exchange. Roosevelt sont an omissary to Boris E. Skviraky, Russia's representativo in Washing ton.

Sald he: "I ma going to the Ri-

viera, lie on the sand, kick my heals in the air, and let the world go to hell." So he did, and it did, But by September Bullitt was back in Washington, making a full report to the Senate Foreign Rolations Committee on his trip to Russia and his observations on the making and terms of the peace treaty,

When a girl rings up the office

and asks for Jack we've only got to think a minute and we know which girl it is. If she asks for Henry we've got her name pat but if she asks for Ed, Kelly we're out without a doubt.

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It, would be a mistake to assume that this criticism proceeds solely from those who have private nxes to grind. There is some sniping going on, of course; yet that in itaolf in not enough to explain the change in the public's attitude. Evidently the Americans simply have come to the end of the period Official confirmation conspicuous- in which their one wish is to see ly is lacking, but the emissary "action, and action now." It was almost certain to have been Impossible to go on cheering for William C. Bullitt, Special Assist ever over the fact that the ad-ant to the Secretary of State. ministration had recovered from an He is a tall, saildly-built, bald, of 42, twice attack of paralysis. The time had zeatful Individun to come for the bringing of critical married and twice divorced., faculties to Ilfo.

Ho used to be a newspaperman. Ho comes from Rittenhouse Square And thus it was Wilson's own in Philadelphia, and mado Phi Bota man, Bullitt, who furnished a good

Of course there are somo namos: we don't answer to in any clr- and part of the ammunition which the Kappa at Yalo. He wrote talked cleverly, and went on the topublican senators-a "little cumstances. When the Editor staff of a Philadelphia newspaper. | group of wiliful men"-used in calls out "Here you-fool!" we ife was one of the voyagers on shooting full of holes both the make him repeat it three times Honry Ford's Peace Ship in 1915. peace treaty and the League of before we move. What makes him

GOOD FOR ROOSEVELT

This is bound to be a good thing for the Roosevelt administration. No government can give its beat if there is a complete and con- PINQUET, Raoul A.--On the 2016 | Unued absence of criticism. If its Novender, 1933, in Paris, after every act is hailed as a master- a long less..

piece of wisdom, It sooner or later will become like an engine without n flywheel. Perhaps the boat thing that could have happened to the recovery programmo 8 wholo ie the fact that people now are ready to speak their minds the moment they see a flaw in it. The gold polley is so full of holes that criticlam Is bound to ba

Peace Cominission. concentrated upon it. One after another, Icadora are assaulting It, SECRET MISSION SENT and using affective wenpons. | TO SOUND RUSSIANS. Already there has arisen дя п direct result talk of early stabill. sation of the dollar. If it comes at-off, it will afford convincing proof of the value of America's changed outlook.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1933.

LANCASHIRE AND JAPAN

The British Government's titude in regard to alleged Japanese dumping, that it is better that an agreement be reached between the industrial- BIG BAD WOLF ists of the two countries than

HELPS WILSON'S FOES TO COMBAT LEAGUE,

Nationa.

On the same principle we know a bill comes in signed by "Ed Kelly we only have to go round the small circle of people who know our identity to find' out who perpetrated the fraud.

·

When we signed our contract and went down the line we realis thought that what the papers sald was true. We expected to meat

lots of the coves whose names All up the various pages. But did we? Did we, heck!

Than he married Ernesta Drink- |

we say "Are you er, a college president's daughter,

Bullit was divorced, and married mad is when and spent an odd honeymoon behind Ann Moen Louise Bryant Recd, referring to us?" in a sort of the Rusalan and French fronts with widow of Harvard Jack Reed, who auperior tone that makes him fool. Gorman troope. When America went to Russia for American radi- he may be mistaken after all. entered the war, he was made an cal papers to write the revolution aide to the State Department as an and remained to join it and be expert on Central European affairs. buried with honour by the Bolshe.

When President Wilson sailed for | vikl in the Kremlin wall. Paris on the George Washington to They were divorced in 1980. help make the pence that was to Bullitt has spent the last 10 years create a new world, Bullitt went rattling around Europe, renewing along as a member of the American contacts there, writing a satiric

novel, "It Isn't Done," and estab

We had a render come in the lishing a home at Ashfield, Mass.

He know Franklin D. Roosevelt other day who had followed one during the war, and came out in of the racing forecasts and had his support during the last cam- paid for his experience. He was palgn, working for the New York one and half month's salary ahond headquarters of the Democratic of his pocket money and wanted National Committee.

to tell "Syrething" a few more,

Well, he goes up to the horsitat. looking individual in the office and Last January, Bullitt bobbed up says "Look here, my man, do you again in Europe, and the U. S. know anything about racing?" Senate rang with cries that he was "Oh no! Sir", says the individual representing President-Elect Roo- in a kind of high voice, "I look" sevelt and spreading debt-cancella-

During the making of the peace, Wilson and Lloyd George hoped to understanding with include some Russia. But as the Allies weren't speaking to the new Russian gov ernment at the time, it seemed SUSPICIONS AROUSED necessary to send ahead a secret BY EUROPEAN TOUR. and unofflelal mission to sound out Lenin.

that it should be attempted by about the world-to-day is the fact One of the pleasantest things oficial Intervention, will com that at a time like this, when mand fairly widespread ap-history is being made by whole- Bullitt, Lincoln Steffana, and others tion propaganda throughout Eu after the Lady's Page."-

it were

rope.

What he probably was doing was finding out how European countries liked their relations with Russia.

Roosevelt flatly denied that Bui-

The follow looks at him sus- piciously and says, "Oh yeah????"

Dasty way.

"Sure thing," says the individ- ual, blushing a little,

The man with the grievance

The idea apparently

was that, ment, Wilson and Lloyd George armed with a provisional arrange- could finesse France into agreeing. proval. Suggestions of retalia- sale and signs and portents are made up the unofficial mission.

crossing the sky so fast that they They made their way into Eus- tory action by rescission of the trend on one another's heels. It is, omething of a trick in those commercial treaties between can devote itself whole-heartedly days. A strange peace mission, Britain and Japan are not help to a lilting little song about a big with Bullitt, Lynch, and a guide bad wolf. The song itself, is of ful. Such action would only

named Kill. Arriving in the dark, the simplest. It points no moral, tend to aggravate the situation and, if it adorns a tale, the tale deserted streets of Petrograd, they litt was in any way representing waits till another fellow comes in-

awore ho was by raising antagonisms which is nothing but a moving picture met Tehicherin and Litvinoff and no president-elect, and Bullitt to the office and ho goes up and

just travelling asks him his name. better to avoid. The version of an old nursery fable. went on to Moscow.

Thero Bullitt tactfully steered around, meeting old friends, and

"Sticks," says the other and. But somehow everybody is going Simla conversations between for it, whistling it, humming it, his way to a tentative agreement writing a book on diplomacy, Japan and India have apparently grinning fondly over the memory with Lenin, and the mission return which he should be well qualified Just manages to avoid the blow.. When the explanations had taken been satisfactory, and there is

of a couple of pink porkers dan-ed in serious mood to Paris. But Go,

But on his return, Bullitt was place, the intruder asked straight cing across a coloured celluloid the French, meanwhile, had wind of no reason why some sort of landscape. There is, in fact, only the mission, and were very sore, given a post at the State Depart-out for "Surething." understanding cannot be reached one disturbing thought in con-teeling that things were being donement, and is now U.S. Ambassador

Lo Moscow. as between the industralists of nexion with it; the thought that behind their back.

presently the highbrow critics will Lancashire and Japan. At any "discover it, and will write rate, the attempt is well worth erudite articles for the reviewa making. If it fails, the position telling about the "significance" of can be reconsidered afresh. It will be time then to talk of other measures. Whilst there cannot be any question of the serious- ness of Japanese competition with British products, it has been stated that the greater bulk of Japan's export trade is conducted on a profitable basis.

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these cartoon comedies, discussing, their artistic value, and using a lot of four-syllable words to say- what, the ordinary plcture-goer already knows-that these things are a lot of fun, and elever as the dickens.

dustry, and thero is none in which there is more duplication, overlapping and waste. Cotton,

If this is so, then the term like other industries, must re- "dumping" would seem to call gard itself as a unit. The buy- for revision. One of the chiefing of raw cotton, spinning, factors in Japan's successful in manufacturing and the selling vasion of overseas markets is up. of the finished products, are all doubtedly her low coat of labour.parts of an organised industry. Tariffs cannot wholly overcome The great need is for some the disparity in prices, so that, central authority which will short of an absolute embargo, control the general policy of the which la most inadvisable trade-adjusting its internal from many standpoints, it is relations and organising its re- difficult to see what can be done sources for, more efficient pro- except by some sort of mutual duction and marketing. The agreement between the intercats present dificulties mako re- affected. So far as Lancashire organisation imperative and is concerned, the troubles of the urgent. Wise stops in this di- cotton industry are not entirely rection, coupled with a willing- due to Japanese competition. nosa to enter into friendly | Though it is highly localised, it conversations with Japan's in- | Is probably true to say that dustrialists, should go at least there is no trade in England part of the way in bringing which is so divided into sections about a more satisfactory state na tho "Lancashire textile in- of affairs.

"Oh, Jenkins, I'm afraid you'll have to make another trip.

We forgot the swoot pickles,"

It was only after he had inter- viewed "Per-gauge," been snapped at by "Ace" and had been told that "The Spectator' was out and that "Veritas" had "Pilgrim" and absconded that he gave in.

As he was going out some help- ful chap met him at the doorway and asked him if he wanted to Bee anybody, "Nertz!" anys, the man with a grievance, and makes to get away.

"Wait a minute, perhaps I can help you," says the helpful one.. "I write the agricultural notes."

The chap was so upset that he fell down the stops and had to be helped out by "Leg-break."

When his groans had died away- In the distance, the Editor crawled: out from under his deak.

"I shall have to got A fresh name, now," ha grumbled.

MISTAKES

When a garago man makes a mistake, ho adds it to your bill

When a carpenter makes a mis- take, It's Just what he expected;"

When a preacher makes a mis- take, no one knows the difference.. When a lawyer pinkes a mistake, it was just what ho wanted, because he has a chance to try the `case all over again.............

When a judge makes a mistake," It becomes the law of the land.

When a doctor makes a mistake, he buries it.

But when an editor, makes a mis- tako--GOOD NIGHT!

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