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NOTES OF THE DAY

U.S. FAR 'EASTERN POLICY

It is not perhaps surprising that the publication of the Hirota-Hull corresdonpence should lead to the | devolopment of an agitation in the United States for adoption of the programme of mutual concession therein indicated. The proposala must have a certain attraction for those who are anxious to got the problem of the status of Mare chukuo out of the way-and in leaping to the Idea of concessions on both sides, it is natural that the advocates should be inclined to overlook the cast in confidence Abandonment between nations.

of the Stimson Doctrine would be dianatrous In the prosent state of world predilection to upheaval.

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NAVAL UNDERSTANDING

One sound suggestion in ad- vanced by the New York Daily News in sponsoring the demand for revision of America's Far East policy. The need for a naval understanding with Britain is clearly observed and is strongly recommended. It appears, how over, as the last item on the pro- gramme proposed, when its correct position is first. A clear under atanding between Britain and the United States as to the use of

sen power should be preliminary to a re-orientation of Far Eastern policy, not an offshoot,

WORLD PAX

1934,

THE NEW GOVERNING CLASS

By H. B. LEES SMITH

BÆR, Lees Smith, who was

Labour Minister of Educa

tion, called attention recently to the fact that the modern educa- tion system has made the age of eleven the critical one in the age of schoolboys. From that fact ariae some startling con- sequences upon our social and industrial systems.

The Very Idea!

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WE'RE PARTYCULAR By Eddie Kelly, Sweep Winner.

BOUT Monday we shall probably be in hospital. You must come up and see us sometime.

Bring a lot of fruit and cakes and things for the Doctor to eat. Also а

their new labour at 14 years of ago and give the abler lads promotion after two or throo years of routine.

But by this system they are new couple of bottles of beer for losing the cloverost boys, for those boys win scholarships to the the nurses. Secondary Schools and leave school until they are 16 about by the party we intend to It's all going to be brought

years old.

do not

Natural ability to being drained have on Saturday. away from industry and being glad when it's all over. [over-concentrated in univeraltý

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We'll be

A few days ago there was pub. teaching, school teaching, four- There's only one bright spot lished a list of successful candi-nalism, law and the professions in the preliminary proceedings. dates for the higher positions in the Indian Civil Service.

The wife said to us, "What about But Industry is now awakening: It was always taken for granted that to this fact. It is beginning to drinks? I suppose, you'd better these positions were the exclusive adopt its mathods of recruitment see to that. How much will it preserve of the boys from Publico as to secure

the ablest boya cost?" Schools, but this time. the boys from the Secondary Schools.

The most thorough examination We said, "Well, there'll be Aunty from the State-aided Secondary Schools have beaten those from of this question was made recent and Uncle and grandfather, and the Public Schools. And just they by the Committee on Education our brothers, that'll be about $100. same thing happened in the com-in the engineering trade, consist-

Then there's Bily of every petition for the parallel positions of leading men

branch in the British Civil Service a

of the industry. This $700, month ago.

Committee came to the conclusion that the industry needed a larger

about

So she said, "All right. Go and

A silent revolution has taken proportion of well educated young take $700 out of my purse--but no. place is the Inst 25 years. The men than it at present possesses. more." (You He, you dog. You proportion of the population which The reason that it does not know you lie.) goes to the new Secondary Schools obtain them is that apprenticeship has multiplied by four. Three-egina at 14 years of age and We're afraid we might have quarters of the children go there rules out the boy from the Second- exaggerated a bit. It's a habit by scholarships or other means ary School.

we've got into through buying from the public

The Elementary

Committee recommended Schools.

that a boy should be allowed to sweep tickets. enter apprenticeship as late as We nearly left home over*this At these new Secondary Schools 17 years of age, and that his pre-year's Champions. We remarked the teaching is practically as good lous years in a Secondary School that we didn't know whether to as in the old Public Schools, should count 26 years of -ap-

buy an open car or a sedan. The The Issue is dealt with pointed-Whether a boy is at Eton or Win-prenticeship, ly by a contributor to the current chester or at a County Secondary

wife said that she'd like to buy a School he prepares for exactly the the last 25 years are now begin-good idea, because we could use The changes in education in baby car. We said that it was a issue of the Round Table in the EUROPE PERILS:

same examination-the course of an article devoted to leaving certificate.

Choning to modify the whole structure the big car and she could use the HOPE OF SANITY? "The Empire, the League and from the Secondary Schools doof British industry.

Security," in which he points quite as well in this examination aphere is Lord Trenchard's now

The latest example in another baby car to go shopping in. The die must be cast in

the boys from the Public Since 1920 we have attempt-6 out:

She said that she didn't intend to Europe pretty soon, The

Schools.

(proposals for the police. He ed to regularino our relations with

points out that the present age British Cabinet, having satisfied Europe and Asia while leaving our itself that there is no misap-relations with the United States prehension concerning France's | undefined. Should the present at last word on disarmament, is tempt to restore the universal proposing to send further Notes collective system break down, our

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do any shopping, the butler could of enrolment for the police is 18 do all that. have the advantage

The Public Schools claim

or 19 years, by which time the sciously inculcating the manners, another job.

Then she wanted to put $25,000 uncon- Secondary School boy has foundi

on fixed deposit, and we said it was refinement and quiet self-con- So he proposes to start a scheme damned madness, and she said we fidence which has been regarded for picking out suitable candi-vore nothing but gentleman.

Schools and finding them employ- But the Secondary Schools also ment in police offees until they didn't shut up she wouldn't get a are learning the art of instilling reach the age of enrolment, these qualities. They are learnt)

penny out of us. The next generation of police outside the classroom, and the men will have passed the same

a spendthrift,

to Berlin and Rome, and upon primary duty-if the most disast-as the hall-mark of the English dates as they leave the Secondary wastrel, and we said that if she

to

аге

house,

their terms and their reception rous of all wars, an Anglo- the future may well depend. American war, is to be avoided, if we are to avoid becoming part of Speculation concerning Britain's

European balance of power, if decisions is useless. The only

Then she said that we always certainty is that hope has notty in the world at all-will be to the esprit-de-corps, sportsmanship Westminster, Rugby or

there is to be any centre of gravi-Secondary Schools are developing examination as most boys from were mean and that we never took Charter-her out, and that she hadn't got and sense of honour which have

rag to her back. This left us been regarded as the secret of the Public Schools,

cold, as we'd heard it all before. But all this is creating a new Anyhow, we said that we'd be a The result is that these boys problem. The boys from the

Increasingly invading the Elementary Schools will have less big goat to give her 25 thousand monopoly that the Public Schools chance than aver of promotion. to throw away, and she said:""Is have had of the Civil Service, the The tough, hard-boiled, thrust that all you're going to give me out Bar, the Church, the Professions, ing lad who went to work at 14 of eighty thousand, you miser?" and now even of the officer class years

old, attended technical in the Army and the Air Force. classes in the evening and built Well, one thing led to another. up the cotton mills of Lancashire and at the finish we decided not to and the shipyards of the Clyde" le buy the confounded lottery ticket But they have made one mistake. passing away. They have crowded into the black- coated occupations and

He is being pushed aside by the at all, and that's how we came to have bright, eager, intellectual boy who be done out of a fortune and have avoided industry. The consequins a scholarship.

to work for a living. ence is that many of them are Even if he goes to evening. now finding It dimeult to

get classes at the Technical Schools,

That's women for you, jobs,

he finds himself competing, with The headmaster of a London the Secondary School boys who Elementary School told me a few are already Alling half the places

Diary of a Worm weeks ago that 30 parents of his in these schools to-day and are

Worm, who has promised to take poorest boys had refused to allow increasing there each year.

wife to theatre, arrives home with examination for the Secondary vising them to go in for the scholarship Our educational system is de- raging toothache. Says he would

for those Elementary rather not go. School as they did not believe that School boys an elaborate scheme they would get a job at the end. of Senior Schools, Trade Schools. Oh, so worm has arranged to have The fault has been with in- Junior Technical Schools, ending toothache on first night for five dustry. The traditional habit of up yith plans for raising the school years that over-worked, uncomplain- employers has been to recruit age to it. and then to 16.

SUNDAY OBSERVANCE

yet been abandoned. It is pos- regularise the relations between sible that an appeal will be made the British Commonwealth and the United States. For the world for a round table conference in paz that was maintained by Great a final effort to adjust differen-Britain from 1816 to 1914 can no | B. It is a long time since the

longer be sustained by Great sky in Europe has been as dark Britain alone, hut only by the as it is to-day, but remembering United States in

British Commonwealth and the what the last war meant

co-operation. At the same time the problem of civilization, it is not easy to con- defence grows in urgency. It is template the approach of anew. quite certain that weakness never one without the most profound maintained either peace

or free misgivings. And yet although institutions. this is a most hackneyed re- mark-it is just possible that things are not quite as bad-as they seem; possible, that is, that what

observe we

on. the Au amusing "Sunday obser- Continent is not the

vance" deadlock has occurred in the eve of general dissolution, but that little Berkshire town of Faringdon very dark hour which, accord-between the butchers and the local ing to tradition, comes just be the town have been in the habit of council. For years the butchers of fore the dawn. For if there is killing animals on Sunday, but the loft in mankind any sunity at district council are considering tak all, the present troubles in ing action to stop the practice. Europe ought to be convincing They quote as their authority an evidence that the policies of the

Act of Charles I. which imposes u post-war era have been digas- penalty of fis. 8d., but the hutchers trously impractical. The frenzi the medium of the same Act, which have threatened to retaliate through ed tangle of repression, competi-imposes penalties on those who do tive armament, blind national not attend a place of worship. The ism, disregard of economic Inw butchers say that if they are prose- and exaltation of strong-armed cuted they will keep a watch on dictatorship is giving the world members of the council, and will a complete demonstration of its

turn informer against those who do ruinous futility. It is enough times required by the statute, not attend church the number of to show the blindest, in other The council are to discuss the mat- words, that the world cannot go ter further. much farther along the road they have been following with- out tumbling, together, into the LORD TYRRELL pit. And there should

be enough common sense in European capitals to pave the way for some sort of under. standing. It is incorrect to insist that to-day's situation is similar to that of 1914. In that year the world had not yet had

the

The announcement of the depart. ure from the Parls Embassy of Lord Tyrrell provoked such genuine regret in Paris. Lord Tyrreli, when he interpreted the policy of his country, brought to the inter- Pretation & sympathy with Franco its frightful demonstration of conciliatory manner propositions

which enabled him to present in the catastrophe which war which the French i brings to victor and vanquished be lacking in a complete considera-

sometimes

felt to alike; nor was the imminence of tion of French difficulties. But

comments were still war a matter of general know- laudatory press ledge, except among a relatively more inspired by the belief that his small group of statesmen. To- dificulties enabled him to influenco OWN understanding of French day everyone knows or fears

British policy in the direction of that war may come at any time, sympathy, and by the conviction knows that if it comes it will that when he was at the Foreign mean complete disaster for all Omee in the years before the war involved. Is blind optimism to ho was one of the most devoted and suppose that this

leading architects of the Entente awaredness may create a pres-secure and permanent place in the Cordiale. This has given him a sure on the statesmen of Europe affections of those Frenchman who that will lead to the adoption of have followed the course of foreign more sane policies?

affairs.

general

"Don't you remember? We sat next to each other during our colle ge year."

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Ing wife is to be taken to theatre ? Wife has always noticed that worn in in best of health when worm is going to dinner with witty worm friends.

But when wife, who has given best years of life working angers to bone to make home comfortable for 'selfish', ungrateful worm, is looking forward to few hours' relief from slavery, worm chooses to have toothache.

If worm had spent more money at dentist's instead of in low taverns, and had disgusting teeth out, wife would have been able to Ho to theatre.

Worm heroically offers to go to theatre.

Oh, so worm thinks that wife is going to have evening spoiled by swollen-faced worm moaning and gronning through performance7

Worm suggests going to theatre when teeth are out.

Of course, worm would suggest Roing some other night now there is no.dinner and wife has had perma- nent wave, which will not Inst more than week Probably worm would. like to take wife to theatre when lair in

ao that shameless probably be in boxe with millionaire, can think, worm bas married frump.. Luckily wife is no fool, and can see through deep. plots laid by low, cunning worm, ... Worm gives up argument and totters to bed-Nal, Gubbina.

blonde,