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EMPIRE TRADE AND ECONOMICS

NOTES OF THE DAY SAINT ANDREW: The Very Idea!

BRITISH AIR POWER

The debate on British air power Is the culmination of one of the most vigorous political campaigns of recent years. And what is more, the Government can offer little de fence to the demand for a consider able strengthening of Britain's military air power. The unrest in Europe has brought the issue to ahead, but there are other factors which have played their part, in- cluding the recent combined alr and naval manoeuvres in the North Sea and the realisation that Britain can no longer regard itself as an iB- land separated from the Continent. Air development has renewed all that.

A SCOTTISH STORY OF HIS LIFE

WHAT DID WE DO IN

N the University Library, Cam-and who became his attached

bridge, is housed an ancient follower. Scottish manuscript which, even our rhyming biographer terms it,

The next miracle, or "ferlie," D866 though it has been included in the in which the Saint engaged was the publications of the Scottish Text restoration: to life of forty men Society since 1800, does not appear to be familiar to any except a emalt company of scholars.

EVIL SPIRITS BANISHED.

THE GREAT WAR?

By Maj. Gen. Edward Kelly.

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"SHUN!"

We leapt smartly to attention, awaying slightly from side to side until our body had recovered from the

who, coming by sea to hear his doctrines, had been drowned in a tempest. raised by the foul fiend, and their bodies cast on the shore, where they were restored by his momentum.

prayers.

But Egens was contumacious, and all Saint Andrew's divinely inspired arguments failing to move him, he cast the apostle into prison, whence he was taken for trial and was condemned to death.

Our hat fell off with the sudden shock, but we didn't care. Our hair was parted solidly with grease and our fingers were stretched along the scams of our pants.

Ah! This was LIFE Work- ing for our King and Country. Taking our part in the defence system of our grand and glorious Empire. Enduring tho samo hard- ships that our brave Tommies underwent in the Great War.

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We are referring, of course, to the fact that we were at Fanling camp last week-and,

He was bound to a cross with cords, and It is interesting to note, in view of the particular form of the cross wo now call a "Saint

Wo threw our shoulders back, Andrew's" or decussate eroas, that and allowed another faint smile to its preciso shape is not mentioned in this Scottish account. At the flit across our features. height of his agony a divine light Away from the Irksome office descended from above and environ-routine, we felt a new man. Let ed him about, until he yielded up them bring out our enemies. the ghost.

A NAVAL FLAG.

seems to

We

"Private Kelly111" boomed a voice, "Wheresyer'at? Pickitup-` man! Don't stand there mooning like an ape. An' wipe that silly. grin off your face,"

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However, it's all in the life of a warrior, we thought, and gave our self a surreptitious scratch in the rearguard.

This document consists of series of lives of the saints and

Sailing to Achaia, or Greece, the apostles and is couched in rhymed. Scots of the fourteenth century, apostle-for he was the first who that older dialect which, with all had been called to that divine office by the Redeemer-engaged in the PLANES OR WARSHIPS? Its remoteness, bears a closer re- conversion of its inhabitants, bap What has yet to be determined, semblance to the modern Scottish tising, among others, the wife of a HK$3,400 however, is the relative importance tongue than the later phrases of certain Egeas, who, in revenge, 3,600 of the air force, the navy and the Dunbar or Douglas. It is mani-persecuted the converts Andrew had

army in any modern scheme of festly drawn from "The Golden was admonished and enjoined to smile to play along our lips. made. Confronted by the Saint, he We allowed a faint, cynical 4,500 defence. The issue is now raised Legend," as Ita writer admits, but give up the worship of idols, which,

very definitely, namely, can even the 4,500 best modern warship withstand at-who that writer was, save that he are "bot fendis" of which man must Nothing ostentatious-just ono tack from the air. Has the aero-was an ecclesiastic and well stricken beware. The exhortation embraces of those smiles that make girls .HK$2,940

plane beaten the warship? There is in years, internal or other evidence & touching and almost cloquent ac fall for us.

count of the Last Supper and the a growing school of thought fully fails to enlighten us.

betrayal by Iscariot, which owes not 2,940 convinced that this represents the truth of the altuation, and it is

But the individual point of in- a little of its serene beauty to the natural that they should point to terest is that the manuscript con- simplicity of the old Scots in which the fact that 600 planes, including tains the only account of the legend it la couched. 300 torpedo-carrying machines, of Saint Andrew, the patron Saint could be constructed at the cost of of Scotland, which has come down ons H.M.S. Rodney. Expert opini- to us in the Scottish tongue. As on is that even a squadron of war auch it should be infinitely precious ships could not withstand the at-and a brief resume of the legend tacks of such a fleet. Hence yea- it narrates may possibly induce the terday's spirited debate. It is at reader to seek out the volumes con-, once obvious that greater nir power taining it and peruse it in the is essential to British defensive original for himself-a task not too equanimity and that a large pro- difficult for anyone who has a gramme of naval building must be smattering of Scots and a little embarked on with the greatest cau-Chaucerian lore, especially if he tion. The aeroplane will certainly lean on the ample glossary provided oust the submarine in Importance by the learned editor. In coastal defence schemes.

St. Andrew, says our anonymous author, whose rude rhymes scarcely HOLLAND AND LEAGUE

constitute even an attempt at tolor able versifications, was the brother Holland for many years has of St. Peter, and afer the disper- Even after his death the apostle made ftaclf the spokesman of the sion of the apostles, took his way continued to work miracles, protect smallar powers at all League of to Nischia or Nicea, but was coming a certain bishop from the Nations Conferences. It was Holmanded by an angel to proceed to temptations of a demon in the form Advocates of closer Imperial land, for instance, that was the pro-Murgundy, a town of the anthro- of a fair lady, economic and trade relations tagonist of the League Covenant pophagi or man-caters, for the pur- during the Manchurian crisis. It pose of relieving. Saint Matthew, have an ardent supporter in Mr.is Holland that has always stood who had been blinded and impri-

We retrieved our hat, and re- Stanley Bruce, the High Com-out for real limitation and reduc soned there. Taking ship, he duly

It is, indeed, remarkable that this gained our stance, a little shaken. "Feet pointing outwards to an missioner for Australia in Lon- tion of armaments as an outcome of arrived in that country, to find that long poem of over 1,100 lines makes don, who comes out with

the Disarmament Conference. It Matthew's sight and liberty had no mention of Saint Andrew's as-angle of 45° roared the same the obnoxious voice, and our foot was Holland that proposed the been miraculously restored to him, sociation with Scotland as strong plea for greater co- Tariff Truce and has always been

patron Saint, a circumstance that painfully described the requisite could not fall to operation than has resulted from removal of artificial barriers to the a supporter of freer trade by the

have been arc. Ingrowing toenails and corns within the knowledge of Its placed at strategic points did not the Ottawa Conference. There flow of commerce. If it was also

His preaching of the Gospel in compiler. The national predilec- help. is no denying the fact that the Holland that took the first step in Murgundy arouned the enmity of its tion for this Saint Ottawa discussions and decisions the destruction of the Truce she barbarous inhabitants, who seized have been very much more ancient cannot well be blamed after the and scourged him well-nigh to than his official adoption as patron have not, turned out to be so complete failure of the World death. But the saint, through his of the Scottish Kingdom. In the advantageous as was anticipated, Economic Conference.

piety and prayers, converted thou- Irish Book of Leinster he is com- sands to the Christian faith. Thenco pared with Saint Columba, and as due to a variety of circumstances

OUTSPOKEN COMMENT

he passed to Antioch, where he his attributes are practically Iden- which need not at the moment be

wrought many miracles, and eventical with those of that Saint, this outlined. Nor can it be doubted

And that the Dutch Government the idol of the goddess Diana testi- may account for his great popula-

fled to the efficacy of the faith he|rity with our fathers." that, given the will, Britain, the does not speak for itself alone but inculcated, assuring her suppliants of the shown by recent editorial comment that she had no power to aid them, Colonial Empire could achieve in the New Rotterdam Courier, but that Saint Andrew would "help an economic union which What must strike public opinion",-

it writes, "each time that Impor would be productive of much tant questions are discussed, la the mutual benefit all round. As stubborn egotiam of certain nations, Mr. Bruce pointedly declares, and notably of the Great Powers, at Nices, to which he had retraced his exorcism of the demoniac the Mother Country possesses a very agreements whose

who prevent the conclusion of the his steps. These evil spirita haunt-hounds.

We stepped off briskly with our valuable home market, great sup- need they continually proclaim to appearing in the form of ed highway in the vicinity of the

The decussate cross of Saint left foot, and, excepting that wo plies of capital and unrivalled This tendency the paper goes on to hounds, as did so many medieval Andrew, employed as an ensign, did dropped our rifle, trod on the heel experience, while the Dominions Economic Conference "where every passers-by.

remark was manifest at the World demons, and attacking and slaying not come into general use until the of the fool in front, and had the Confronted by the fifteenth century, when it was flown allly cow behind trod on ours, went and other parts of the overseas body knew exactly what his neigh-saint, they assumed a meekness almost entirely as a naval flag, through the evolution with preci- Empire have the resources which bour ought to do which was pre- which surprised the onlookers, and, Many of the old views of the har- sion.

cisely that which they did not at his bidding, immediately vanish bour of Leith represent it as shel- "Left Lef, Lof. Rr-a-l-gght, Britain herself lacks. Co-opera- dare to undertake themselves!" ed, to the great edification of all tering vessels all of which fly the Left! Danyereyes, Kelly, pick up tive effort, well planned to meet Turning to Disarmament in a de-present.

Saint Andrew's Cross. It is the your feet!" the needs of each and all, could

popular as apart from the Royal The man's voice was growing But when Andrew passed to an standard of Scotland, but not the monotonous. undoubtedly produce results. always ready to abolish those cate other city he found that the banish-slightest proof exists that it is of With world depression still gories of armamenta which they do ed demons had gone there before older provenance than the lyon making its effects keenly felt, it not themselves porsces, They are him, and had slain a young man of rampant, the legend of the Pictish is natural that there should be afraid to take risks and seem to the place, whom, out of his pity. King Hungus notwithstanding.

be entirely oblivious of having fore the Saint raised up from the dead, LEWIS SPENCE. this inclination to turn attention told that a failure of the Conference to the possibilitics of closer and would produce disastrous results. more effective Imperial relation- ships. The Times recently sug- gested that Britain could not wait indefinitely on the permis sion of other nations to set her own house and the Empire in order, while General Smuts, in |completo contrast to his address Home truths from small Powers at the opening of the World can sometimes be very salutary Economic Conference, has since and we could do with more of them. Those who have great richos find declared that progress might be it hard to seo clearly. To the little easier, even in respect of world nations, the League is n donnito co-operation, if, in the first in-stands between them and absorp Bro-line of safety.' Its Covenant stance, radical reforms weretion by bigger and stronger nations. | begun in and confined to already Horein fles the strength of Genova, existing economic units and re- and herein is a most salutary means of keeping true principles con- gions. There is something instantly before the Great Powers- the contention that a start with- who are immediately prepared to thom in face of In the Empire might, in course compromise an

uriexpected developments.

Dominions and some

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has the backing of the nation is

Courier declares that "States are Iclously cynical passage, the

TRUE PRINCIPLES

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"The fact is that the world is what everybody else ought to do to full of reformers who know exactly

make life happier and more secure. But they are mysteriously missing those principles to themselves,” when there is any talk of applying

of time, be reflected in improved _world trade_generally, although.

the point must not be lost sight not be overlooked. There must of that, once real Empire became | be something like central control. an accomplished fact and show of finance, so that money may bo ed results, there would be a ten-directed into useful.channels in- dency for it to become crystalstead of being merely profitably lised into something like per banks. In a word, State control employed for the benefit of the manency. If, however, the of banking would appear to be a movement is to be seriously con- necessity. Given that, and a sidered, something more than determination to secure maxi- mutual tariff concessions and 'mum results from. co-operativo trade agreements will be neces- effort, economic imperialism The financial factor can- might easily be realised, to the

**-! mutual benefit of all parties.--..

sary.

them aicearly.”

After all, soldiers must put up with some discomforts. Our only regret was that it would all end to-morrow. If only we could fight, Our manly bosom...

"Coooooommpan-y-y-yr-lg-h«t

t'hi!"

Saint Andrew was the apostle of Scythia, and the Scots, or "Scuits," were anciently confounded or asso- elated with the Scythian raco InWo completed the-difcult the saint's miraculous deeds wased with the dog, which seems to a kindly kick on the ankle from Perhaps the most notable among Germany he is symbolically connect- manoeuvre with dignity, thanks to the casting out of seven fierce flends throw some light on the legend of our neighbour.

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Kites

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"We was happy together-a little ti now and then. But

always waited till she hit me first.'

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"Quuu-c-e-c-ck MARCHI".

We came to some rice paddies. After a time there were some more rice paddies; followed by rice paddics.

Our feet grew tired, War was brutal, and called forth all the baser Instincts in Man. We wished

"Lef-Lef Let' Rα-- gght, Lof'1"

After an indeterminable time the Camp hove into, sight. We crawled along, the stock of the rifte jogging into our skinned shoulder with each step. "Sq-u--, ALT""

we

The ranks steadied, and curled our toes up in our boots, seeking relief from the burning sensation.

"Tha's all now, men. Wo'll' do another route march this after- noon," sald the same abominable Voice.

A shudder momentarily con- vulsed the ranks, and strong men, shuddered....

One unit looked up at the sky and hoped it would rain.

We were dismissed, and crawled woarily away to our tonta.

"Old Soldiers Never Die- sang a raucous volco In a neigh- bouring tent,`-

Soldjera? BAHI

TO MAKE PIN-MONEY

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Go up to a chap and say, "For two plna I'll knock you flat. When he's given you two pins. knock him down and then try someone else. Keep this up tif exhausted.