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NOTES OF THE DAY "WALKING DYNAMITE”
DEBTS AND TARIFFS
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Anyone who expected to BOU Congroad tako the disappearance of war debts lying down, without murmur or a gesture, does not know its Congress. The duct that European countries are not making nny provisions in their new bud- payments and that guts for delt the American budget doce not even protend to list debt paymonta
WARNS AMERICA
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Uncle Sam's proclivity to play, Equivocations never settle any- the "bully" in the Pacific, and the thing, he anys. They only pile up tendency of the United States, mischief, Russia and China to interplay, aro imperilling peace of the Far East.
.
as expected Income, have not-gone Such. in a paragraph, is the PARLEY MUST SUCCEED.
of "walking dynamite."
The Very Ides!
My Intervlow With SYRUP APHIS By George WAS the only journalist admitted to Syrup Aphis' presence when she docked (I mean her boat docked) at Kowloon. I found her al- ready in the cleaner's hands. (the boat, of course, I mean),
unnoticed by the legislators Capitol Hill
And so far were theme of one of the most out- The 1935 conference," he con- they from leiting the matter slide spoken utterances yot made
by tinued carncatly, "must succeed, the Johnson Bill Jumping all fery Yosuke Matsuoka, who, by We can not afford to let it fall. that together, those who made token pay-hia frank speech as Japan's chier if the conference ends in rupture, ments and those who did not, as delegate to Geneva during the it will spell disaster for the world, but Syrup was still in her defaulters to be placed upon himself the picturesque sobriquet
Manchurian "war" earned for "But if wa wish insure its stateroom. Her secretary, financin black lat, secured an
succoss, it is high time for us to Mr. Torrapin, had been sorting out easy pasange. In addition, Senn-
act about Improving the feelings her marriage certificates and had tor Burnh persistently resists
"I am afraid," he told me in and sentiments in both Japan and just tied them up in a neat bundle, every proposal to give President
the course of an evening at his America toward each other. Roosevelt power to negotiate handsome foreign-style home here, reciprocal tariff agreements with
"This is a most-urgent necessity. It is the first and fundamental con- European and other countries,
dition of auccess." declaring that war debts and not tariff cuts by America should be America's first counters in any bargaining.
TRANSFER RIDDLE
"that there are misunderstandings on both sides of the Pacific. Let me speak frankly,
Nor should this be difficult, in Afr. Matauoka's opinion. There is "On our side, Japan is irritated no material cause of conflict be over Amerien's insistenca on play-tween the two countries. ing the big boy's part in the East. At least, so it appears to us. We refuse to be bullied and resent any attempt at it.
Five of them there were."A comedy in five reels," said Aphia laughing ("cahmedy" she called it) as sho held out her lovely manfeured hand. "And say, I guess I've got more out of it than most stars, But, he warned, "mere absence Five lots of experience, and thres of apparent cause for conflict does of alimony Two of them haven't. not, in Itself, constitute a aumelent paid up, the tightwade: men ara The first trouble with the Borah plan is that it is dfcult to make
guarantee for peace."
America, ho argued, is the Avar debts count. It may be that
n lousy lot," vastly the debtors are willing to exchange
richer
than Japan. So she can afford to build many ships while something valuable in the way of
"We have consistently respected Japan can ill afTord to do so, "1 wonder, Miss Aphis," anid 1, open markets for the claims which the United States holds against your rights and interests in your truly looks for peace, she should your plans?"
Thus, he reasoned, "If America į“If you could tell me something of But if Congress is to be sphere of influence and never once stop building and Japan would do
challenged the Monroe Doctrine. want to ask you to respect Japan's Monroe Doctrine of the East.
them,
about the debts--and the
Ten-pay chorus has always i
inainted on realism-it might well recognise that five cents on the dollar is the present, value. And even assuming that to induce the United States" to reduce or clear the slate of debts which are
WANTS RESPECT IN turn.
I refer to the doctrine as expound-
"When I say Monroe Doctrine,.
the same.
PARITY 13 PRINCIPLE.
"If, however, America continues ed by Mr. Hughes and Mr. Kellogg, to build-thereby incidentally be two of your former secretaries of traying a suspicious mentality to already in default, certain Eurostate, who gave us to understand ward us-we will also build to
"Woll," said Syrup, "I reckon it's
up to a girl to see something of the world specially if she has admirers In every country who look up to her for a lead, same as they do to me since I played the nua in the Empty Cloister, as you'd know if you read my fan-mail; how many lotters were there last wook, Mr. ean countries were willing to
that the Monroe Doctrine, in the the last cent of our purse." Térrapin? Eighteen thousand, punch holes in their tariff walls to
final analysis, rests upon the right
"What about your contention for and I sent off over six hundred ndmit American goods would not
not of self-defence.
parity 7" 1
asked,
photographs; give Mr. George a the difficulty of making the trans-
"The Japanese contention for photograph and sign it for him. fer payment remain? If the "Should America recognize and parity with America and Great debtors cannot now make transfers respect Japan's Monroe Doctrine Britain," he replied, "is a matter to pay their debts, what good will of the East, many misgivings on of principle. It should not alarm it do to increase their debts? our part will disappear.
you at all. That is the second trouble with this plan. It was the difficulty" trust America's aim is peace when President Hoover proposed
on the Pacific. But your thesis of it in his 1932 campaign speech at peace forbids Japan even a sport- dimculty. Des Moines, and it is at the ink chance in fighting America.
ROOSEVELT PLAN
"You propone to police the vast Pacific ocean by yourselves. At least that in our Impression.
CITES PERIL TO PEACE,
it? Reverse the case again, and "Have we not the right to claim what would you say?"
"Do you foresee trouble with Russia
"So I reckon they ought to have a chance of seeing me in places like Hongkong, Paris, France and town, what's-it-called, Rome, and Berlin and Vienna and this other
Monte Carlo and Biarritz, because girl doesn't know, till she's in a position like mine, how much good she can do in the world, just by "There are some questions to be i settled between Japan and the So-shedding an influence and answer- viet Union: I feel sure, however, in hor fan-mail and so on and so
forth.
And then I've to see my that they are amenable to peace-lawyers in Paris, France, about somo alimony from my second husband, a
Marquis he said he was, and plumb crazy about me. though Marquises are getting so doggone fool to be taken in by that. common in the Sintes now I was a Well go
ful solution.
"No powerful and self-respecting! nation, however, would ever con- DANGER IN SOVIET SCHEMES, by others. Just reverse the case: subversive activities of the Soviet sent to be bound hand and foot) "On the issue, however, of the Would America allow herself to be government in organizing a uni-
good-bye; it's been real nice so bound by Japan? I know the versn! revolution of the proletarint to meet you and hear your point answer would be a definite 'No."
"America tries to impose upon
and sovietizing China, Japan can of view and I'm so glad you appre- us an interior naval ratio and Japan permit of no compromise.
clate what I'm trying to do to make resists it. Hercin lurks a danger
"Recently some of the Russians the world a hippler place for -taking advantage of American others. Ask Mr. Terrapin to peace.
recognition-seem to be scheming there's anything else you wanna must revise her policy and must weight to Japan. But
"To avert this danger, America to utilize America as a counter know." And in a filck of her love-
I believe eyelashes she was gone, more clearly show an attitude of your people have too much com co-operation with Japan and Grent mon sense to be made a cat's paw rapin, as the door closed behind.
"Cute 11 thing," muttered Ter- "Should America, however, al- quility in the Pacific.
Ishould become a member of the accept payment for exports.It Britain for maintenance of tran-w herself by any chance to be sober. I offered him a rather poor
It is sometimes stated that the work of the International Labour Organisation of the League of Nations is a farce: that its conventions on industrial conditions, though ratified by many countries, remain a dead letter. This is far from the In addition to the war debts, the truth. The American "obser- United States has sent to Europe vers" who went officially to last worth of goods which have not since the war about $10,000,000,000 year's International Labour Con- been paid for. This sum is usual- ference at Geneva, were so im-ly referred to as loans, but it was pressed by what they chose to actually crossed the water. What goods rather than money which call the "policing" work that they is to be gained now by prying holes remark in the report which they in European tariff walls so that have rendered to the Senate that eastern shores of the Atlantic un- more goods can be deposited on the the work is effectively and frank-less provision is made for trans- ly done and offers an example of ferring and nccepting--payment effective international co-opern-plan. For it is based on reciprocal That is the key to the Roosevelt tion. They also go on to recom- agreements by which tariff bar mend that the United States riers would be lowered in order to
would leave the question
stion of debts Organisation at the earliest pos- in abeyance. That may not be sible moment. In the meantime necessary. If the debtors really as to impress upon others that you ate appearance of aligning herself "Why must you act in such way involved as to create an unfortun- the 'custom of sending official wish to pay they may find ways to alone are to be trusted in the po-with Russia against Japan, it wili |
get around the transfor difficulty, lee daty of the Pacifie?" observers to Conference should real
only aggravate the situation in the 13 it is. For instance,
1 had asked Mr. Matsuoka for Far East and prejudice the pence- be continued. This "policing" France could afford to ship some his views on the 1935 naval confer ful settlement of questions be- work is carried out in the main gold and Britain could pay some ence. He did not hesitate to state tween Japan and the U.S.S.R.
thing with American securities by a special committee. Under held in Britain. But at this late them. There is nothing of the
"inscrutable" Oriental of fiction CHINA'S CHAOS IS MENACE. the terms of the Treaty of day such efforts are unlikely;
the debts have drifted until today, Samural. Educated in about thia twentieth Versailles, by which the Inter-with reparations receipts lost to his mind works like an
century Amerlen, national Labour Organisation Britain and France, Britain still
Ocel- dental's. was set up, cach country that remembers the famous Balfour ratifies an International Inbour Note and disinclination to pay is
just as great as inability. Convention has to make an an- nual report on the way in which WRONG GESTURE it is working in that country.
The United States might faci- These reports are gone through litate debt collection by lowering point by point and questions are tariffs and more freely admitting asked if there is any doubt in herself paid by inducing debtors debtors goods; she cannot get the minds of the members of the to lower their barriers and accept Committee. Having sorted out mure of her goods. That would be the points on which further in-not merely a gesture but a geature
in the wrong direction. formation is needed, they send
wish to
up their comments to the Con- GANGSTER BRAINS ference itself which meets a few weeks afterwards-this year in bably, would like to know more Most newspaper readers, pro- June. The Conference then de- about Fred Goetz, the gaugster, cides what is to be done. In who was "taken for a ride" recunt- ly after several years of activity point of fact, the publicity which is one of Chicago's worst gunmen. is given to shortcomings and Goetz did not come from one of the quite natural dislike of those siam regions that breed most
criminals. He was nations being shown up in bad
a man of n administration has succeeded honour student at a
good family, college
graduate, an great uni- hitherto in preventing any more veraity, and an athlete of consider-
oble
all, re prominence. All in drastic steps being taken. The
emphatically not the kind of Peace Treaty does, in fact, lay material of which gangsters are down a complete procedure to be made. Yet he plunged into the adopted against a country that | Un
underworld, became hired killer. serveil 13 counsellor, to The defaults on its obligations. It notorious Fred Burke-and dled culminates in the application of at last, gangland-style, in a ditch, "economic measures" which are full of bullets, A strange and carefully left undefined. But it stragic story must lie behind it. le generally understood that such measures would approximate to include the severance of all trade "sanctions" as they are called, those which are envisaged under or financial, commercial or por- Artcilo 16 of the Covenant of sonal intercourse. In other the League of Nations which words, complete isolation, which, lays down what is to be done to since no State is or cap be com- a country that goes to war in pletely independent of its neigh- deflance of the League. The the desired effect.
bours, should, if enforced, have
4
mind whether to his own people, He la accustomed to speaking his
to the staid dignitaries of the League of Nations, or to foreign-
ста,
*
"What of Japan's China policy?" "Much as I regret it, I am now; obliged to say that, if left alone, and deeper into the mire of chaos China will continue to sink deeper
and confusion.
This hopeless condition consti- tutes a serious menace to Japan.
"Can't you stop that singing? I just got her to sleep.
cigar.
Hymn of Praise [To be chanted by all, kneeling, with their faces turned towards Downing-street.]
Let us praise Mr. Chamberlain, For the year bas closed with a
surplus,
Let us praise Mr. Chamberlain, The greatest Chancellor since*** Insert here name of favourite Churchill, Snowden, are a few Chancellor.. Pool, Gladstone, well-favoured suggestions.]
Let us praise the taxpayers Who have made thila surplus
possible;
Let us praise the taxpayers, Especially those who have paid.
·
Let us praise his Majesty's
Ministers
Who have set so splendid an
example;
Four thousand a year for making
speeches.
Unintelligible, drivelling, spee-
ches
Is at any rate cheaper than five. Let use praise the unemployed Who 80 patriotically havo
insisted
On helping to shoulder the
burden. Let us praise the unemployed Who have forgone both work and
maintenance.
Let us praise the Government For whom we have made these
sherifices;
The Government which rallied
tho nation
In its hour of crisis.
[For wo know that there was
a crisis;
We were told no over the radio.] Let us praise the Government Lot un praise Mr. MacDonald; "Ah, my friends, the
thing is a muddle;
whole
"We must muddle through da
best we can.
*
We have muddled through as
best we could;
Let us be thankful.
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