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WAR TALK

preceded by have come like a belt from the blue, and taken the world by sur- prise. While the war talk about which such earnest protest is made has Its sinister side, it may have aspects of a brighter com- plexion. If men talk of war it is because they fear war, because they have learned its stupid futility and the impossibility of benefit to any nation or human

MONDAY, APRIL

NOTES OF THE DAY

NAZI PROSECUTIONS"

Prosecution of police officiala In Germany for Ill-trenting prisoners in concentration camps points once more to the fact that the process of stabilisation is proceed- ing rapidly in Germany. Six to nine months ago, Herr Hitler was

1934.

THE POLITICAL The Very Idea!

PEEP SHOW

MISCELLANEOUS. MATTERS By George DELIEVE it or not, but,

BD

following our silence on re-

By A. J. CUMMINGS Government, which experi-, Government, with compact ceipt of a notice from a local compelled, by force of circum- TORCH so much inculty in majority, clear mandato, and firm pressing for payment al stances, to overlook certain

ex-making up lis amorphous mind new lease of life,

received the following letter a Cesses by too zealous followers, upon any important political Issue, The Government, they claim, is copy of which can be seen by Now control has been definitely is now trying to come to some never likely to have a more favour the incredulous at our office. established, the blind eye would sort of decision about its ownable opportunity for an appeal to merely decredit

"Dear and Honoured Sir, the Naz ad- future.

the electorate than after a Budget ministration. The exemplary sex- In recent weeks Ministers have surplus, while trade is still ap- on the mond, and the

tences passed should encourage] been discussing among themselves Day Agures will be show-

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SILVER THREADS

The scheme for lending Cubatorsland, a difference of au-

or some 17,000,000 ounces. The

do

ovent

Now there is North Hammer-

others of similar disposition to and with the party organisers the the accused men to realise the question whether to hang on for a ing a good seasonal upward move, bully's day is over.

couple of years or to make a new From the Conservative point of appeal to the country within the view the argument has much to next few months. There is, commend it.

Yet I think Mr. Baldwin's desiro opinion in this matter. to let sleeping dogs Ho will pre- money to buy silver with has gone Mr. Baldwin, who is always for rail, though his complacency, and through in the Unlied States. The peace and quietness, wants to hang that of his colleagues has been Reconstruction Finance Corpora- on. He knows perfectly well that, more disturbed by the L.C.C. elec-

violent tion results than by any tion has already authorised 'n loan in the absence of some of U.S.6,000,000 to the Cuban and altogether unlikely upheaval since East Fulham. Import-Export Bank, which will be of public opinion, the Government used to finance the purchase of can drift, placidly on to its ap-smith, in which, as if to fore about $8,000,000 worth of silver, inthes the uncertainty, the bus just won two L.C.C. victories. shadow what is to come, Labour leathes bullion will be used for currency General Election and the irksome the scat intact and to prevent at anxiety and the turmoil of In a desperate effort to preserve purposes and there will be no

repetition of East danger of it being thrown into necessity that would be imposed any rate a the market at some future date. upon him to clarify the political Fulham, the Government will con- The object appears to be, chiefly, position, frame a new programme centrate all its available campaign. to record the willingness and satisfy the clamour of the ing resources on this contest. of tho White House "to younger members of the Conserva- A leading Labour organiser told↑

something for silver" tive Party for

a thoroughly re- me confidently to-day that Labour

has North Hammersmith Ministry. and at the same time to stare off constituted

In ita the remonetisation amendments,

pocket, and that if there were an He also fears for the safety of Immediate. General Election Mr. MacDonald. It would be a Conservatives would lose more dreadful misfortune if Mr. MacDon- than half their 47 seats in the ald were defeated at the polls; still London boroughs. Some striking figures concerning worse would it be if the Conserva the construction of new houses in tive Parliamentary rank and fle England since the

were (who now regard the seer of published on Saturday, but they Lossiemouth as a figure of fun) create an entirely false improe-were to insist on a MacDonald sion if it is that the surlousness discard and on the substitution of of the housing problem has been

genuine exaggerated. Plenty houses have stone up, certainly, Such a development would knock hut the fundamental problem of all the political stufling out of Mr. re-housing the poorer members of Baldwin, the community has scarcely been touched upon. It is encouraging to learn that thousands of people are now house-owners or potential house-owners for the first time, but it will be time for complacency when the five-year alum clearance programme 19 completed, not before.

HOUSING IN BRITAIN

War

of

bew Minister.

Owing to a mistake by our unworthy and careless clork we had the grievous milafortune of forwardingto you, Kind and Esteemned Client, a letter to your embarrassment. Wo are humfilat-, od and clingrised to learn that this foul effusion from the pen of our twice unworthy employee was sent in painful error and we humbly beg to offer our sincere and prołownik regrets that your peace of minut should for a moment bo disturbed by cur, ala Soliciting your land and welcome patronogo and assur- Ing you a thousand times of our deep sorrow, we beg to remain over your devoted and humblo servants,

Ue No-hue. Caterers and RestauranteurB**

Civility without servility." To this we replied:—

"Dear Allers of our famished frame,

In reply to your gracious epistle of yesterday wa hasten with all speed to re-assure your anxious mind on the subject. of our pence of mind and return, thrice-blessed, the sentimenta of were

respect and honour you tho

kind enough to bestow on us

I am by no means certain that L.C.C. voting is an unreliable if this wider confidence is justified, not negligible guide to Parlia mentary voting. Conservative Prime

a paltry and despicable parasite of your hospitable halls. In thanking you for the charitable excuse by which you seek to avoid

payment of a debt justly owing to you, we enclosa here- with a cheque for $1:40 in full settlement of the account for which you so generously allowed us credit and beg that you will make a careful scrutiny of your books to ensure that we, in the meanness of our mercenary mind, are not still trespassing on the goodness of your heart.

George."

(N.B. The duplicate of this let- ter has, unfortunately been min-

Lubour, it must be recognised, has neither set Its house in order or organised any Imaginative ap peal which is likely to inspire the The whole point of the present country. It is relying too much on enthusiasm of either town or artificial arrangement is that Mr.] MacDonald should be kept as a will certainly not restore Labour a awing of the pondulum which national Aunt Sally. It does not matter how many cannon balls of even to the 1929 position. public criticism are directed at Its leadership is in commission laid.)

und its political

ideas Arc ira this inviting object or how many

Vacuo.

Why did the razorbill raise er times it is hit in the solar plexûă

The Liberals, still down on their bill? so long as the heads of the owner luck, are nevertheless the first of To let the seu-archin group behind the screen do not the three parties in the State to chin-Sce?: сете into ton frequent contact review and restate their policy and with the cannon balla. The fight in Washington the Stock Exchange Control Bill Baldwin admirably.

The arrangement suits over

Ic looks

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It is said that constant talk of war is apt, even certain, to bring war It means suspicion, fear, increase of armaments, and

What the Stars Forotell programme in the light of swiftly sooner or later another catast-

Mr changing conditions. This Con-

Their simple message probably aldered restatement is to be issued is that somebody did something rophe. That may be so; it is is not over, although it looks fairly after his Aunt Sally with

certain that Congress will finally almost maternal tenderness, that it will contain a

on Friday next. I hope, above all, that he didn't ought, but they have open to argument. But there is gain the day. The victory may up its wounds, pours Boothing

boldly another message for our readers another side to the question not be complete; the Bill lost much compliments into its cars, lets it devised project of land resettle- to-day.

ment. of its sting in re-drafting and It preside at Cabinet meetings and

The little twinklers have been which may be equally worth is fairly certain that the margin an occasional world Conference, centrate without niggling reserva- telescopic prods given by our If the Liberal Party would con- speaking lately in response to the consideration. Some of the most requirements will not be rigidly and now and then himself peeps tons on a policy of this kind it local astronomers.

fixed, but left to the discretion of boldly forth from behind, Aunt could eventually become the great Little Venus took a step to the destructive wars have not been the Federal Reservo Board; but it how faithfully the battered aggressive challenger of the rural left and now stands with her logs Sally's ample torso to toll tho As n a victory of a kind. war talk. They is

general rule, start towards image is serving the cause of the strongholds which continue to coyly crossed about two legislation of this kind ends in its owner-group and how disastrous provide Engilah Toryiam with its nearer the earth. This leaves her only seven billion miles away and being shelved. Many times has to the public interest it would be principal source of livelihood. the stock market been investigated. to bust the show,

wo can read her message to the The-public-having-been-stung-in

The Daily Mail, I see, with the earth quite clearly. She says that No: there are good reasons why inspiration of genius wants the people who were born on April 9. slump starts a hue and cry after the "money barons" who are Mr. Baldwin will not take the risk Government to hold the prospec- no matter how long ago, celebrate always dubbed the responsible of throwing Aunt Sally to the tive Budget surplus "in reserve" in their birthdays to-day. parties. As soon as there comes wolves.

order to "provide the Air Force This is really rather thrilling, à aign of returning prosperity, the On the other hand, some keen which British safety requires." dear readers. agitation censes and the public Conservative politicians, outside Forty, millions or so for military If this message should be for again succumbs to the temptation as well as inside the Cabinet, are aeroplanes would be pretty good you remember where you got your

information from. Inclined to take the view that an going, of something for nothing.”.

carly election is the wisest What British safety evidently strategy.

requires is Lord Rothermore as

Positions Wanted MARKETABILITY

They argue that the longer the dictator. Then we would cut out Young Britisher, good runner. That modification of the original Government lingers in office the the "dole" and the social services, wants position as cashier, prefer- andably of bank. No previous experi- able no-one le likely to diepute. Indications of a violent swing to building the biggest Air Force, and enthusiastic. Reply Box 3746. Fletcher-Rayburn Bill was desira- more swiftly its stock will deterio spend hundreds of millions

rate; that at present there are no absorb all our unemployed in once and no security. Very honest Legislation, which is merely vonge the Left; that the Libera! and the biggest Navy and the biggest ful, might do two damaging things. Labour Parties are still at sixes Army in the world. Wholesale liquidation might be and sevens, and that an election in Why not? If We are to

bring the provoked--which down the market values of all certainly result in the return of hag, with

near future would almost loony, let us go loony the whole securities.

Lord Rothermere And corporations

na definitely Conservative-minded | loony-in-chief. withdraw might be impelled to would destroy that easy market- from the stock exchange-which

ability of securities which the rtock exchange hus. created. This advantage is considerable. Com- pare the stockholder and the real. catate holder who wish to realise quickly on their holdings. Tho broker; the latter is often told former need only telephone a that there is "no market," a phrase which has spelled doom to many n business man.

one

MARKET CRITICS

would

being always and ever the reverse. All this talk of war has it's reactive effect against war. It may make for peace, for, men being presumably sane, the more they discuss so mo- mentous a matter as this, the more likely they will be to see

and the peril

to avoid it. Among the peoples of all coun- tries to-day there is a pronounc- ed determination that peace must be preserved at any price. Even Germany, who is the "dark horse" in Europe at the present time, has stated again and again, through Chancellor

Three classes of critics supply Hitler and other Nazi spokes- the impetus to stock market re- form. They aro losers, victims, men, the strength of her pacific and disinterested reformers. The intentions. Yot the nations' losers aro those who lost their statesmen lag far behind in the money in what they knew to be a plain gamble. Their howls for a attempt to give practical effect sacrifice are hardly sportsmanlike.

The victims are such worthy to the will of their peoples. But citizens as were, for instance, Bd when all is said and done, there vised by bank officials to invest their hard-earned savings in Ana- remains in the world a cont conda when that stock was being dence that, however incompet-ocials working in harness with

"rigged" "by employers of thos ently or perversely statesmen unscrúpulous gamblers. Then may handle the situation, war como the reformers, Herbart would be such an affront to the Spencer once commented upon the absence of "righteous indignation” conscience of humanity that it in the United States. If he wore would not be tolerated. The there to-day, he would revise his

conclusion. There question is whether the will of co

is an aroused publlo conscience against the stock mankind, fervently pacific, can market. The President, by effectually stay those who throwing the weight of his Infu- the Pocora Inqury, would engineer or bungle-the behind

focussed it. But such legislation world into another gigantic cats is approved must establish re- astrophe.

form, not accomplish destruction.

""Couldn't leave, because you were winner? No, I can't unidor."

stand. THAT."

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额约

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Local Weather and Monster To-day'a weather forecast-- AR this la being written on the Thurs- day prior to to-day we are game- what at a loss to prophesy on this subject but a glance at another page will probably give our read- era a cluc.

The oficial forecast may be taken as correct when it turns out all right, but should you wish to havo nuthoritative local informa tion a glance at the bottom of this column will leave you little wiser. You will discover between the type and the bottom of the page a picture of the monster which was recently discovered at Stonecut- ters Island and which is being. sought by the police. It le bo- lieved that the monster is travell- Ing without a passport and the local authorities have received u complaint from Loch Nese which gives ground for the auspicion that an impersonation is being com- mitted.

This was donled by our Own Monster in an interview, but the Loch Ness itatepayers Associa tion have briefed a lawyer and are demanding that a close Investi- gation of each animal's credentials be conducted.

The last step we heard of was the formation of the Hongkong Society for the Preservation of Unnatural Amenities which is resolved to protect the monster. from the unwelcome publiefty. which has attended it since its inception a few months ago.

Things reached such a stato re- contly in Scotland that the Mon- ster threatened to disappear un less its Press notices were reduced and only the most heartrending. letters from poverty stricken journalists.onable them to boast the presence of the mopater among them to-day,