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FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1934,

FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1934.

NOTES OF THE DAY SICK DOWAGER The Very Idea!

TWO ROOSEVELTS

OF ASIA

By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS

SALESMANSHIP

TOW did we come by HOW

these scars? Well, be- fore we came to Hongkong

The attack launched by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt upon Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal policies has given a fillip to conjecture in the United States as to the prob. able Republican nominee for President in 1936. It is generally T best, the inhabitants of, For Japan, it is a far-reaching to be a taipan, we were once assumed that Mr. Hoover would

Sinklang Chinese Turkcatan, effort to outflank her traditional in the distribution, depart- not consent to stand again, and the country God forgot" are per- enemy, Russia. the question of his successor is laps the most primitive people in

ment of a big firm of book- giving serious concern to the

For Britain the motive Is India. leaders of the Party. If the Re-Asin, if not on the globe. At Britain fears that if Russia should lace, toothpaste, hair comb, publican Party

worst, they are fienda incarnate. ever assert herself in that vicinity, bobby pin, and moth ball wants Food

Mohammedans for the "name" with which to meet the

moat India might be menaced. Time undeniably strong appent of part, they hate Christlane and and again Britain and Czarist manufacturers. All we had "Franklin D.", what better stand when not busy slaughtering "in-Russia were on the ragged edge of to do was to walk three ard bearer than the son of the fidela" they turn on one another. war over the mountain passes redoubtable "Teddy"? The young- None of the tortures which thou-along India's northern frontiera. thousand miles a day, and er "T.R." has showed himself a sands of years of experience have

We For Russia, a foothold in Cen- be bitten by mad dogs. vigorous campaigher in his race taught them have they forgotten, tral Asia is necessary to maintalu for Governor of New York State and every now and then they in some semiblance of balance be also had to ring door bells, and an able administrator. invent some new ones.

tween the lion and the bear. knock door knockers, and Puerto Rico and the Philippines.

open and shut gates.

TWEEDLEDUM OR DEE?

Recently a sausage caravan was) captured by a band of these peo-

ple. For two weeks the caravan THREAT OVER INDIA.

A most entrancing occupation leader was systematically starved Ruskin does not want India.if you've got the strength. while his captors roasted tooth- Fifty years ago the czar's foreign No akill is necessary for this some morsels of lamb and mut- minister at St. Petersburg remark-Tascinating work, merely endur- on over the coals where he could ed in hio instructions to theance, agility, a small auitcase,

Russian ambassador In London: and a suit of armour.

"Our position in Turkestan is

see and smell them.

Then he WHA crucifed and

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In some quarters there has been a quest for a Ropublican "liberal" to match the "liberallam" of the present incumbent in the White House. But there is much to be strips of flesh, cut from his living purely defensive, considering that We will suppose that you anid for choosing an out-and-out body, were offered to him to cat. we have neither the intention to forth on your career as a dawn- opponent of NRA, AAA, PWA,

menace nor any interest in menac-to-dawn canvasser. You will open TVA and the rest of the alphabeti cal entourage, in

ing England in India. But It gives the front gate carefully, shut it order that the FLOUT CHINESE CONTROL.

us a base for operations which if gently, and proceed along a short nation

may have a genuine, sharp- ly-drawn choice between policies. They are no more Chinese than one."

These people are not Chinese, required can become an offensive path to the front door of a house. Halfway along the short path a Time after time in recent years the

the headhunters of Borneo are choice between parties so far as

The meaning of this is clear. dog will bound at you and take radicalism or conservatism

British. Only nominally are they Great Britain has many ways of a lump out of your left or right under the Chinese fing, and the getting at Russin in Europe, while alin, depending on the dog. concerned has been a chole be- tween Tweedledum and Tweedle-government at Nanking would Russia cannot get back at Britain.

In case the householdor is look- gladly get at and paeffy them if A strong position in Central Asia ing through the windows, you dee. But Colonel Roosevelt raises it only could.

to some extent remedies this situa-will say, "Nice doggy." But it cannot and thereby hangation. the theme of this story.

WAS

an issue on which he proposes a frontal Assault against the trenches of the New Deal. And if other Republican utterances are a criterion, the dragons to be fought by G. O. P. campaigners will be regimentation and bureaucracy the "bullying" and "buildozing" by a Government which Colonel Theo- dore believes la headed toward autourney.

TWO LIBERALISMS

A curious situation here arised. The New Deal, heralded as liberal ism, the Colonel declares is actual- ly the antithesis of liberalism. " the so-called New Deal prevails, the hard-hought gains for liberal-

ism and individual liberty are

kost. Evidently there are two conceptions as to what liberalisın it. in fact the confusion if not conflict between them is almost as old as civilised governments. Each side desires a regime that is beral

pat the

animal, and ring the doorbell. Czarist Russia frankly intended Here, in the very heart of Cen-that London should understand A lady will open the door and tral Asia, a spot so far away that that if Britain brought too much I say. "Nothing to-day."

counter pressure

to

the average man scarcely dreams pressure to bear on her in Europe, You don't take any notice of of its existence, and which God she, Russia, had a means of bring this, you simply say, "Good- Leems almost to have forgotten, is inge

bear one of the principal stages upon against Britain in India. which is being worked out the fate of the continent.

Next to it, on the south, is Tibet "God Land," the laman call it up on the roof of the world, tableland 12,000 feet high, a shelf on the side of the Himalayas, lofti-† est mountains on earth.

COLD AND HEAT INTENSE.

There is no reason to believe that Soviet Russian policy hua ma- terially changed in this respect. Governments change, but the prob- lems of national defence alter little.

BRITAIN ON GUARD.

Certainly Great Britain does

morning. We have a very fine line of bentlaces, tooth paste, hair comba, and, if you have a moth in the home, moth balls."

She will again say, "Nothing to- day," and slam the door. You then fasten your case, kick the dog, tramp over the flower beds, and depart, leaving the Kate wide open.

After a few days of this, the

or

not believe Russian policy is altered. procedure becomes simplified. You Bordering it on the west is

She is still perturbed over the Just kick the gate down, bite the Russian Turkestan, with its glam-future of India. Accordingly she dog first, batter at the door, and

yourself, orous cities of Samarkand, Bok continues to tighten her hold on any to

"Anylooth- pastehaircombsorbootlaces Kashgar, bosom of the empire of hara, Kulja, Khiva, Tashkent, and border countries.

For years the Panchen Laria, mothballs? Nice day," and go Tamerlane, the Magnificent.

spiritual head of Tibet, has been

away. This saves a lot of weari- some discussion. Mostly deserts and oases, Central an exile from Lhasa, the capital, Aain, nevertheless, in crossed by and has not dared return. He was great rivers, one of them almost an hostile to Britain. long as the Mississippl. But, Since the death three months SHOULD there be another can- vnoser on the runa it is strangely enough, most of them go of the Dalai Lams, pro-British etiquette not to acuffle. On sonal rights. To the weak, to the just meander out and lose them-i ruler of "God Land." Britain's | arriving at a gata together,

watch over Central Asia has any-correct thing to

toward its own ambitions. Tu the strong, to the fortunate, to the individualist, liberalism freedom of, selloa and broad per-

less fortunate, to the collectivist, liberaliam means protection, public

welfare of all,

generosity and a concern for the

THE "SQUARE DEAL"

me."

the

do is to eny,

selves in the burning sands.

Winters are so cold that an early thing but relaxed. There are n Russian expedition was practically couple of wars now on Tibet's from- After you, sir. Pray, precede wiped out by blizzards while try-tiers and there are reports that ing to negotiate one of the deserts, Nanking might order the Panchen While the dog is, chewing him, Of 10,000 camels and 7,000 men, Lama to return to his post. And you can then walk_past_un

molested. only a thousand each came back that would mean more trouble. alive.

Thus in Central Asia's "heaven" Another expedition reported and "hell" international intrigue temperature so hot in May that at goes on, 10a.m. the thermometer regis-, tered 149 degrees Fahrenheit, At JAPAN PLANS AHEAD.

Against the New Deal may be invoked the Square Deal of former President Theodore Roosevelt, who. with all his trust-busting. almed not to set up an era of economic on the thermometer exploded, planning but to give free swing to the competition of self-reliant men. This, regardless of what ISSUCH may seem in the meantime to obscure it, will in all likelihood be

FOOD CONTROL

Insofar as Dr. Li Shu-fan's remarks at Tuesday's meeting of the Sanitary Board aim at more effective meastires for safeguard- ing the Colony's food supplies from contaminating influences, they are to be heartily. com- mended. There cannot be the least question that grave danger to public health is caused by the conditions under which certain types of food are exposed for sale in this Colony, notably in open-fronted shops, at open-air ́ ment stalls, and on the portable stalls carried about by itinerant hawkers. Dr. Li is anxious that stringent measures should be applied for the purpose of.com- batting this danger, and his plea along these liños is.. well-based, - The min burden of his speech, however, was directed to the seeuring of unifled 'control in the matter of the issuing of licences. He complained at what he term- ed the chaotic and unsatisfactory position caused by the multipli- city of licensing authorities for the sale of food, and urged that the Sanitary Department should be made the sole authority. This point seems to us unimport- ant. There may be, and prob. ably are, good and adequate rea- sons why there should be this diversity in licensing control, but. the fact that the control is divided does not really touch the main issue, which is the protec-ne thing. Else why would both tion of the public from the dan-. gers of unwholesonie food. We cannot, in fact, understand Dr. Li Shu-fan's remark that as many of the licences are outside the control of the Sanitary Board, the Sanitary Department is unable to exercise any san- itary control over them. Dealing with restaurants, licences for which are issued by the S.C.A.. Dr. Li stated that the Sanitary Department officers visit and re- port on their sanitary condition once a yent, as a matter of rout- Ine, before the licences are re- nowed. If that is the extent of the Sanitary Department's act- ivities in regard to these estab- lishments, all that can be said is that it is failing in its duty. Under the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, the Depart- ment is given full power to visit any premises where food is sold or prepared, to scize food unfit for consumption, and to prose- cute those responsible. Indeed, under this Ordinance, the San- itary Department is specifically charged with the duty of safe- guarding all food supplies. This

censing to register.

Should Russia and Japan ever go to war in eastern Siberia, Japan would like to hamstring the Soviet In this hellish but historic Union by diversions along the region, four nations vie- for posi- latter's far-flung Siberian frontier tion-Great Britain, Russia, Japan,the farther away from the prin and China.

cipal front, the better.

As for Britain, in the event of

the issue of 1936. Which kind of llberalism does America, want to predominate in the shaping of its For China, it simply represents social future, the collectivista forlorn hope to gain control over conflict, that she would allow her liberahsm of care for the masses or territory which geographles mark emotions to lead her very far from the individualist liberalism

of us hers.

the paths of neutrality is doubtful. utinost freedom for him who can use it? True liberalism must be

be so eager to claim it? Assum- ing the choice of liberalisms is to be the issue, two things remain necessary to make it a clear issue. First, President Roosevelt must define still more explicitly his goals and his methods of attaining them. Further, Colonel Roosevelt-or whoever the opposition nominee' may be should dictino tangibly and positively the programme he would substitute, Energy will be better spent in definitions than in xt-

criminations.

AND COMMUNISM

It may or may not be significant that, almost no a direct outcome of the New Deal, social unrest in the United States is more serious than over before in its history. Two factors have been Influential. Something gaired has in some cases

been an inducement to strive for more. More often, failure of the New Deal to produco resulta reach- ing up to the expectations of the workers, has caused acuto dissatis- faction. The virtual blockado by pickets of a great city like Mi- neapolis and the Toledo riots are portants of the way in which men's minds are working that cannot be

doubtful whether the Theodors Roosevelt programme would find adherents among the labouring classes as a substituta for the New Deal. Their attitude to-day bears more the reflection of Communist Influences.

obligation rests on the Depart-lightly dismissed. It seems very ment in all cases, no matter who the licensing authority may be. The remedy, therefore, lies in full use of the Department's Unifled licensing control power. is quite a subsidiary point.

"When are you going to come down to earth and cut out that

exotic stuff?"

We know a lot about the pro- fession. In Birmingham we work- ed ourself up in the business to such an extent that we used to employ a labourer for ringing door bolls. We used to do our Own walking away.

children that may be running or You should always admire any crawling about the house. of course, one is always liable to make a mistake. You may say, "What lovely children!" lady of the house, "my word, they're the image of you!"

She may reply coldly, "They are not my childron."

to the

Tact is the essence of salesman- ship. A lady may say, "But I don't need a hair comb"

You any, "No, but you need some soap." The chances are ten to one that you will sell her a cake of soap. When no sale fa made, leave some little gift and a good impression. Just say, "Here, take this moth ball"

If a enlo IS made, aend up a couple of rockets and rush to the nearest newspaper office in time to catch the earliest editions.

In the higher grades of the pro- fession, such as selling vacuum. cleaners the work is much more. arduous. Even if you get into the house it takes you' half an hour te, explain the works, then

you clean all the carpets in the place, empty the dust out of the tainer to show the lady how vilely Althy her carpets wore, and then ahe says that she couldn't possibly think of buying one, and you can take that duet away with you when you're going.

con-

Of course, thone are exceptional choea. In lugging vacuum cleaners around for demonstra- tion purposes, we have learned that it is best to start off in the morning with the dust container about half-full of dirt. A handful of silver flah makes the demon- siration oven more Impressive.

In conclusion, we would advino anyone thinking of taking up tho profession to start vory, early in the morning, shortly after the milk is delivered. Milk is a very: nourishing food..

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