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NATIONALISM RAMPANT

BETTER TIMES

1 ROBERT LYND

By

10 compare the present time out of all recognition. The very

T with the bad old days in "dole," hateful as it is as an alter

To forget that the bad now days are an enormous improvement on the bad old days, however, equally dangerous for people..

other

The Very Idea!

AN OUTLINE OF HISTORY.

By Eddie Kelly, Hin Story,

your history books, or go PERHAPS if you read

starva- member that there was once to the pictures, you will re- a king of England who was called Henry the Eighth.

The excessive nationalism from which much of the world is sulor- to-day not only tends to carange nations ono from another; It may also have seriously harmful dangorous for people with con- nativo to good wages, earned by efects upon their domestic life.servative minds. It may soothe labour, is a step in advance of old Film time immemorial it has been them into the belief that the bad fashioned pauperism or

now days are not so bad after all, tion. Aavourite device of rulers to

wenken the impulse to Sir Ben Turner recently wrote frtrate enemica at home, by and so

an account of the changes ho had

Henry was called the uning the people against some immediate political action.

soon during his life-time, and per without. The perli may pre- sentitself in the form of an aggres

made it clear that the world had Eighth because he had seven is at least gone forward. The child, elder brothers and sisters.

It was Henry's mother sive foreign power, or an economic

for one, has a better time. No eras, or an insidious revolutionary

longer is it a elave to long hours who originated the phrase idea. It may be a real danger, or

of labour. Education opens à now"A stitch in time saves it may be invented. Thus a real It may lead them to belleve that world to it. It has more play nine", as she sewed up her

a gigantic national danger was threatened by

more aweets, and, occasionally, the

husband's pyjamas. the gonomic crists in Britain in democracy has been

cinoma, 1031 and in the United States in failure and turn their minds to all 1933 In the one case a ministry kinds of poisonous "isma" that called a "National Government" would destroy the liberty was formed; in the other, the Fre-English men and women. sident was invested with extra- ordinaty powers. For a variety of reasons other nations-Rusola, Italy, Germany, Austria: and the Irish Free State--conscious of national crisis, have allowed their rulers to assume overriding powers.

METHOD OF FORCE

of

And, recalling our his The right to more leisure, too, tory again, we find that has been claimed by more and Henry the VIII had VI more men and women, Holidays wives, III of whom were When I read during the week havo become general. in "A Quaker Journal" how about transport has given even those divorced.

Cheap

a hundred years ago a boy-assist- of smali means a new freedom of

According to the picture we

when we speak of the King's we eighth: we had that later-it mean the theatre, not the was really fate that made Henry have six wives.

ant in a London chemist's shop had movement. Sport and the cinema saw yesterday at the King's to work from 9 a.m. till 9 p.m., and draw still greater crowds of the often from 7 a.m. til 11 p.m., I; poor and the comparatively poor could not help wondering how than of the rich. much real advance has been made since those times in giving raen, women and children a chance to live full and happy lives.

.

*

Old and young alike, people are better dressed. The time seems to be approaching when all classes

to exist -if classes continue will be dressed much alike. I have

It may seem no wonderful thing ecen in my own lifetime the once to have abolished the boy-chimney- common sight of a barefooted child Aweop and the imprisoned" child- disappearing from the streets of inbourer in the coal-mines; but at one city.

There has been an increasing least the change meant,the begin- ning of the recognition of the fact wave of consideration for the in- that no human being must be re-dividual human being, which is garded as a mere instrument of shown even in the improvement in money-making to be used till worn prison conditions, and in the out and then east on the rubbish-abolition of the detestable stocks,

the pillory, and the treadmill. heap.

*

Personally, we think he was the gamest King England ever had.

But there might be something in this fate hooey,

**

For instance, if Elizabeth's. adenoids had been removed she would never had lost her doings in the wash.

It was Alfred's pyorrhen that caused him to burn the buns,**

It was Charlos'e appendicitis that caused him to lose his head." Remember how Cromwell entered Parliament and said: "A pon Ja mightier than the sword. Take away that bauble and lot. appon- decidis. fate!"

In some of these cases there was an overwhelming majority of opin- ion in favor of the centralised government-as in Britain and in RIBEIRO-tav Ribeiro at 3..St.

38. America-and the administration Terrace, Joseph's Funeral will pass the monument has been able to go ahead just so at 5.30 pm. to-day," (Shangha)far as it felt that it still had papers plense copy).

willing nation behind it. In other cases, as in Italy and Germany, there was a formidable opposition, and this was forcibly suppressed; and such action was justified on deeds the ground that efficient would prove the rightness of the rulers, and that the suppressed opinion, having no sufficient grie vances to nourish it, would ulti- mately cease to exist. The vic- Now that the Chinese Newtories by exponents of this theory Year festivities, with their in-have conferred a sort of respec- cessant cracker-firing, are out of tability-even, indeed, a kind of the way, it would be comforting prestige-upon the method of to feel that some effort would be force, so that today, in the routine made to institute a campaign of politics, we find the Fascists of against the noise nuisance. In the Austrian Heimwehr stamping common with other cities, Hong- kong has to put up with a good out the Austrian Socialists, and ends. It is true that certain them as an antidote to pèssimism which made him peevish,pfo pro stres!

in Ireland clapples Mr. De Valera deal of utterly unnecessary noise, the volume of which could be into prison-members of the poll- easily cut down if really serious tical opposition who dare to call steps were taken. Other centres themselves Blue Chrts.* are grappling with the problem.

AN ANTI-NOISE CAMPAIGN?

able

The nineteenth century was in one sange a century of wasted op- portunities...

Science®

in-

It is due to this questioning that the nineteenth century became, from another point of view, a century of liberation.

It seems likely to me, indeed, that even in these bad times the ordinary Englishman would regard a plunge back into the conditions of fifty or a hundred years ago 48 plunge into something like Hell.

It would be fatal to dwell on

King John's gangsters were not really out to take Thomas a'Beckett for a ride. They only wanted to

and invention had

remove his tonsils, and make production of many of the created such a machine for the gredients of human happiness as

lead to complacency. It is William the Conqueror Buffered the world had never before known, such facts as these if they were England safe for prosperity. and the machine was used mainly, to not for public, but for private important, however, to remember terribly from ingrowing toenails, economists, explained that public and as an assurance that progress and private ends were essentially towards the goal of a better and Julius Cacaar had a lot of nasal-

word to Brutus, "Goitre blazee!" of haman freedom. the same thing; but there were fuller life is possible along lines trouble, and also had lumps on. humano enough to question this.

If Washington hadn't eaten already mon clever enough and that do not Involve the destruction his neck. Hence his famous last. There is no reason why the rate of this progress should not now green apples when he was a kid. be immensely speeded up. Science Jazz wouldn't have been invented. and there is no reason why the THE PRICE

gave the nine- Which is jazz too bad and invention matter should not be taken up

teenth century an enormous in-

We could go on like this for strument for producing wealth locally, along educative lines.

Thus the modern demand for

Science and hours and hours, but the Editor Many people must have wonder-

All the factory legislation since for the people. ed-how-it-is-that, if-noise is so national unity has, in many CARCE, harmful to the nerves as medical taken us back to the spirit of the the days of Lord Shaftesbury, all invention have given the twentieth has just told us that if we hadn't Which just shows you that It authorities would have us be seventeenth century. The rulers the Education Acts, all the Hous century a still more efficient and been born, we wouldn't be a pain lieve, the great majority of that century insisted uponing Acts, are based on the accopt-wonderful machine for producing in the neck. of people are

to uniformity of religious observance,ance of the principle that a human wealth for the people, and it is for

Dieu Et Mon Droit!: (Latin for mere hired drudge, but has a right citizens have a fair share of the critics. carry on their daily duties, and persecuted all dissentients. being must not be regarded as a the people to see to it that all the isn't only Kings who have their amid such a multiplicity Their counterparte to-day insist to an increasing share in the de- necessaries of life and the com-

forts that can be produced in such "Se's your Old Man!") abundance. of dins, as if nothing much were amiss. The explanation would on uniform political ideas. Mr. cencies and comforts of life.

The standard of happiness.rose seem to lic in the adaptability of De Valera pleads for a united

In the past it has been mainly the human organism. There are Ireland; but his only idea of creat-

slowly, but it rose. To-day it is few noises so intense but we can ing unity is to compel people to ultimately become virtually un-agree or appear to agree with him. probably higher than it has ever the democratic passion that has led in Hongkong, there is nothing aware of their challenge to the Chancellor Hitler has established been in England, in spite of the to this demand for and achieve botter than to listen to a good ear and the nerves. This, how an order in Germany in which there terrible tragedy of unemployment ment of a better time for more stand-up row. It acts like a tonic ever, only applies to continuous is no room for any other party The working-classes to-day would people. In the future, as in the to hear somebody slang somebody

with which their ancestors put up sion alone that we

five minutes later. intermittent but his own, and Prince Starhem not put up with the conditions past, it is to the democratic pas- else, and to know that it is meant. noise. Sudden,

But it is embarrassing if the noises are in a different category, berg would have an Austria within the days of Dickens. Even make this demand effective, and even though they make it up again contestants are your host and hostess. Supposing he tells her, and it is towards the dimunition out a socialistic thought. Britain, during the life-time of men still to hasten the building of a just and elimination of these that the too, is alive to the recessity of a living, conditions have improved and free civilisation.

kindly, that she ought to have re- energies of anti-noise reformers strong centralised government, and

turned his lead, and she says, a little less kindly, that we can't can, in the first place, be most

all be as clever as he is, and he retorts that it's a pity we can't. They will go on from there until they bring up the matter of that egg at breakfast, and the cigarette. end which was found in the s02 dish.

But they do not bet usefully directed. To a "nervy" the desirability of a united people

behind it.

of

person, a sudden onslaught, like the sounding of a loud horn, orlieve that the establishment even the most efficient possible that other motor nulsance known as, back-firing, may cause far government would be worth having more harm than hours of con at the price of the suppression of tinuous, even din. The former opinion. The English Conserva |presents a severe strain to the tives do not demand or even wish most adaptable nervous system. that the opinions of Socialiste Disregard of the comfort of should be stifled or their political restrained. Even the others is habitual to a fairly activities large section of the populace. Communists are allowed to air from their views so long as they refrain Another section

sheer from Inciting people to illegal

actions.

sins

nothing worse than thoughtfulness. Admittedly, elimination of the evil is not easy, and in any campaign which FAIR PLAY. is undertaken, spectacular re- sults are scarcely to be expected.

The British attitude is deter But that is no reason why some mined by the spirit of fair play In attempt should not be made to politics, engendered by the habits cope with what is a growingly of a century in which the rules of serious problem. A start might the political game have been strengthened be made by waging ruthless war respected. This is

on needless motor-car tooting; by a long experience which has indeed, the practice adopted in shown that the best way to deal kome cities of absolutely pro- with a grievance is to redress it, and this can only be done when hibiting the sounding of horns the aggrieved persons have had full discuss their in certain areas might be experi-ortportunity to

The English way mented with, in conjunction with wrongs, stricter speed-limit regulations enables the political will of the so as to minimise the risk of nation to grow up behind the traffle mishaps. There are also administration, vivifying it and many other street noises which keeping it organically sound. Instead of lopping off an integral could be banned. The Idea of a part of the national thought in well-organised campaign is, at order to force an unnatural any rate, well worth serious con- growth, it preserves the propor Laideration by the authorities."' genius of a nation.

Horace] You come back here.

can trust to

DOMESTIC DISCORD

If we can't have boxing matches

Now in an ordinary quarrol you. can take aides. You can whisper, "I wouldn't let him call me that,' and you might even encourage. them to throw things at reach other, but a domestic scone la different.

If you tell the gentleman that. he ought not to bully his wife, she hernólf will probably turn round and ask what you mean by saying things like that to her husband. On the other hand, if you draw him aside and say, "Look here, old man, you know what women are," he will remind you haughtily that you are referring to his wife.

Besides, if your own wife in present she will take the other side automatically, and before you. know where you are somebody will be suggesting that if you want to shout at me, you needn't do it in front of other people. T

The only thing to do is to pass it off by saying, "What lovely weather, we have boon having." It' this, doesn't work, go out and blow up the gas stove, or smash. window, and create a diversion.

Your host and hostess won't ming. They'd do as much for you ift wore nécessary,/1