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NOTES OF THE DAY NINE

·BARTHOU-SIMON CLASH

NOUGHTS IN A A LINE

The Very Idea!

A BRIGHTER AND BETTER .HONGKONG!!

Mr. Edward Kally Decides That

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Is Ripo To Start A. Now Movement

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The quarrel between M, Barthou and Sir John Simon at the disarma- ment conferenco is serious not so much because of the injury to Anglo-French relations, although AFTER all it may be the plumber How many long streets in a town that is sad enough, but because of with bis adjustable spanner the size of Bradford! How many its exposure of the wideness of the and not the politician with his towns in Britain even larger than in viewpoint. M. Barthou ap- economy axe who will unlock the Bradford! I the money wasted KAP

Went

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gate on the road to prosperity. A through traffic jams was collected In his desire to break down law abollahing locomotive whistles and divided equally

among tho the argument Sir John Simen had might well do more to relieve the population, every single inhabitant so carefully built up, and refused burden of direct taxation than of the British Isles could buy a to apply the more complimentary several finance statutes,

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enter into the dispute at all. M. Barthou's fronteal attack, causing much resentment in British official circles, arose fargely from the passionate belief of the French In the justice of their own caso, and Britain's readiness to stray from a parallel path has, of course, given new force in France to the expression La Perfilde Albion,

After mature consideration wa kavo decided that followers of the Kelly Save the Hotel-keepers Social move mont shall wear bellotrope shirts with red hoops and pink cap. The salute will be made by extending the hand, If evidence were needed of Brit- These statisticians have been

palm up, somewhere on the level of alu's sincerity in seeking disarma- waging mighty conflict in the the locomotive can but fetch and me adopting a wistful expression, No, to those who bound figures the waist, the saluter at the same ment, it is to be found in her pages of prominent journals re-

Women members will, of nir programme for the present contly. Their ammunition has carry material for its own de-adopt a threatening expression. This

struction. Locomotives, they have ought to come easy.

security are satisfied.

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DANGER TO EUROPE

of energy being misdirected.

air pactors

their

re-

000.

+

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year. Taking the view that anbeen numerical figures; ounce to example is better than a armies, phalanxes of noughts; it, cause the waste of at least £2,- The financial policy of the move- pound of precept, the British their aim, to prove that what ails annoy the figure bounds. They as possible for nothing. Should t 1000,000 1 year. Steam whistles ment will be to get as much money Government has stili resisted the society to-day is waste-vaat sums declare that they dissipate $1,000,- be found necessary to borrow money demanda dor large increases in her of money filtering away each year modest Air Force, while continu- through carelessness, and hours 000 a year.

an exceptionally high rate of interest ing the negotiations for parity in

And the whistle is not alone in will be agreed to, but not paid.

All funds received over and above armament. She intends to refrain As a rule these figure-ative Na-condemnation. The sparks that working expenses will be used for from building up to European polcons fight alone. They do not ly, from the smokestack are purchasing 31 sweep tickets. A die- standards as long as there is hope seem to realize that a combined golden pointed. One, mere ven-intorship will bo established, and n that Europe will scale down its attack of massed statistics would turesome than the rest, will dart committee composed of Gandhi, the standards to hers. The moment be overwhelming. Add up the to a tree and settle in some long Hon. Mr. A. D. C. Wolfe, Mir Edward! in a critical one. There is no sign collection of separatoly discovered grass. And then are their faces Kelly, Mrs. Aimee Mel'herson, Mr. that France will reduce her wastes, and the yearly bill

red? A million pounds

Ruttonjce,Tam Pearce, Chiang Kai- # year ahek and Primo Carnera will also be strength unless her demands for presents a sum o vast that it goes up in smokė.

formed. The committee will submit would take all the existing gold The cannon Is even hungrier any legialation to the Dictator (us) miners in the world more than than the locomotive. Its appetite for final consideration, when we will 3,000 years continuous digging to a sixty times as big. The belch- immediately veto it. produce its equivalent in gold. ag smoko is 150 times as danger- Poker and compulsory turn will be For the total waste discovered, to ous sa Even while the whole question date, appears to be considerably costs America about $675,000,000

the darting spark. War compulsory subjects in all schools.

Hitler and Mussolini are are doing POLICY

of offensive armaments-big guns, over £280,000,000,000 a year,

n year. With much of that she population of Germany and Italy, a great deal towards increasing the tanks, air equipment-is under re-

still pays for previous wars. With asalated, of course, by General satisfaction will be view there is an immediate danger

Int of other And the game goes un.

the rest prepares in case she Germans and Italians, and we think felt at the decision of the that to the formidable Air Forces

Figures should have to deal with another. that we could well do with a drop of Government to expedite con- soon be added a powerful German more than a day. Each amateur of the heavily armed powers will are sometimes out of date in little

The only war which the writers that sort of stuff in this Colony struction of the new

Central Air Force, and that the whole of statistician has his own favourite statistically-justified, would save the Kelly Plan any woman producing appear to think would ben order to populato our Peak with: British School by placing the Europe will find itself committed waste. Some have

the right type. Accordingly, under work in the hands of an outside to the maintenance of enormons One has written a beautifully would be a war against fraudulent be fined.

collections. Instead of waste, $100,000,000. It a child under 28lbs. birth will firm of architects. The patience potential attacking forces. Then, illustrated book. And each month advertisers. A galaxy of "ten- for" At least one baby a year of Kowloon residents has been even If parity should be assured, rolls back to see now wastes. figure men" blame fraudatent ad- be required from married coupics, the first ton years will well-nigh exhausted in con-it would be likely to be on the bagla backed by a force of nine nothings vertisers for a yearly loss ap-after which, having had a solid sequence of the interminable of

of high and provocative

expendi-in

line, brought forcibly to light.proaching very near to the amount grounding in the subject, three babies delays asociated with this pro-ion decs

turc. Since Britain's istand posit. To some it seems surprising that

not make her immune bread queues are not 200 miles spent on ware. And automobile a year will be demanded. This may ject. Apart from the holding from air attack; it is not aururis-long instead of 200 yards. It has crashes are debited with £615,000.. sound like extortion, but it's all in a

good cause, up of the scheme through other ing that considerable sections of been calculated that at the present

Euripides, the Greek tragedian, who And how much would a now Pied was named after a well-known volcano causes, the unjustifiable aliena-opinion in that country should de- rate of discovery, statistical pros. Piper be worth? tion of the original site, for the niand an increase of her purposes of a mental hospital on strength. In spite of her scattered be will in a very few months times as much ne a cabinet minis- giftic gic us, to seo oursels an.ithers About 10,000 has said "0, wad some power the to prove to their own satis-ter; he could be paid that and thence us which work has not yet even imporial responsibilitles, har Air] faction that it will take only 603 teave about £50,000,000 in annual Groek, means: "Why can't I look

Force is weaker than that

Which, being translated from the commenced, has been a decided

of years to denude the world

of saving. For relents are said to through a telescope at myself?" For factor in depriving Kowloon of United States, or Japan. As long

France, or Russia, or Italy, or the everything.

cause £70,000,000 worth of damage. some time we have observed a grow For these waste statisticians what has long, since been. ad-age as 1923 the Committee of Im- have been particularly busy of ing in the shore-side sun

And those bronzed backs finsh-Ing laxity in our public' morals." mitted to be an absolute neces-perial Defence laid it down that late. The drip, drip, drip of the viewed with disfavour by at least of people holding their dogs on thin Wo are have soon with our own eyes numbers sity. Hopes will, however, be fifty-two squadrons were necessary kitchen tap is disclosed as one "werden of waste. For leashes that may snap at any moment. revived following the de for British security; but she has serious leak in the economic sys-purely statistical reasons. It has We have actually seen a Peak flappar cision reached by the Govern-never reached this standard, and tem. Pear-shaped drops? Not ment. This decision raises the to-day has only forty-two squad-Pearl shaped. On the basis of a declared that, in some way we have asked a Kowloon clerk. general question of progress on

one calculation it would take 2,000 which it has been difficult to dig the downward path? The answer is, essential public works. The al- PRESSURE RESISTED

reservoirs, each holding 10,000,000 over, sunburn is responsible for unfortunately, "yes" most invariable experience local-

gallons, to contain the volume of an annual loss of £1,400,000.

What this Colony wants is uplift. water wasted in Europe each year

A cleansing. A winnowing. A sweep- ly is that funds voted for given Much pressure has been brought through dripping taps.

Naturally there is

ing and garnishing. A purifying.... projects are not used up accord-on the Cabinet to increase air

Truly, it would seem, does troversy as to what the statistics the Augean stabies must be cleansed. (You forgot the Augean stables) yes, ing to plan. Not only is this the strength at least up to the former money run away like wator. And mean, and, if they mean anything, The best way to do this is to start off case in respect of ordinary bud-figure, which would still leave as truly is its cluaive progress what they prove. There appear to by lynching somebody. Some people getting, but also in the case of Britain numerically weaker than accelerated by traffic jams, which be three main groups of contestant prefer pogroms.

It was even suggest supplementary votes, it being Italy. But the Government had hold the trame back and let the voices. frequently found that although one additional flying boat squad- One writer declares that the city of modern civilized life is to make mado up ita mind. There is to be money escape all the quicker. The first declares that the object the Secretary of State's permis- ron for overseas service, the engneer of Bradford, northern every machine so efficient that it sion is given, the monies are equivalent of one more squadron English manufacturing town, has is possible to waste without worry not spent. It was stated in for the Fleet Air Arm, and only estimated that the loss due to ing. Council yesterday that the two new

The accond affirms that if the P.W.D. staff is adequate for the eight demanded for instead of traffic jams amounts to £700 a day

for home defence, Į in each long street in that city.

1 (Continued on Next Columns.) carrying out of the existing pro. The

The Government still hopea to gramme of Public Works Extra-achieve air parity between the ordinary, if the new Central the British level rather than by principal powers by reduction to British School, is excepted, but

expansion. the fact remains that there is a than, is still under discussion, the While disarmament, great deal of leeway to be British Government is curtailing made up on urgent schemes: expansion to a minimums, though it There are two alternatives in is obliged to make it clear that it dealing with the situationeannot always accept a position of either increasing the P.W.D. continuing inferiority in the air. staff or putting more work out

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rona.

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to non-Government architects. PRACTICAL CONTRIBUTION Of the two, the latter method is to be preferred. Adding to the The Governmont bas, however, permanent staff only means infforded unmistakable evidenco of creasing the costs of administraits sincerity by being willing to tion, which are already quite hold its hand for the present while, high enough. Neither can negotiations are proceeding. This policy of engaging additional mombered, has been that of Great pacific attitude, it ought to be re- temporary staff be regarded as n Britain, ever since the conclusion desirable move. On the other of the war, when she immediately hand. placing of urgent works, began

the

demobilisation of for which funds are available, in conscript army and has alice been the hands of outside firms has smaller than that which she had in content with a regular army, even everything in its favour. Under 1914. She has also reduced her this system, jobs would be more naval forces, and welcomed the expeditiously and most likely more cheaply carried through. In coming to an agreement for tha cooperation of the United States There is. moreover, the further limitation of nnvies. Moreover, in factor that firms which con- spite of ser

some nolay acctions of the tribute to the rates and which press, there is ample evidence that are feeling the depression would public opinion

over disarma- be kept within the tender price compatible with the huge arma and there would be no additionaments of the European continent. to the Colony's liabilities in For the present, It is in the air respect of personal emoluments. that Britain's defences are con For these reasons, the policy to plonously weakort, In

In spite of the be followed in regard to the new high efficiency of the small existing Central British School might Force. In all the dimculties of the with advantage be extended to the nest practical contributions to past months Britain has made all other works as well,

the case for disarmament,

be benefited, while costs would in favour of a policy of

ment to the lowest possible point,

* •

Bome con-

"You sco, it would simply bronk his father's heart if, by any

chanco, Byron failed to pose." ·

with

·

ed to us by one of our Brain Trust hour off for lunch. We vetoed this. that the hours for pogroms should be from 0.30 am, til 6 p.m. with on wo just took our vetoer firmly by the handle, and that was the finish of that suggestion.

But before we can hope to do any stable cleaning we must get hold of the means of production and con- sumption. Then wo can lift the par chasing power of the masses to the loval of the industriel equatorial basis as a last step towards the stabilisa tion of interest to the point of blasphemy. Then, having done that it should be a simple matter to codify the exchange rate and pog the monot Ary system at value commensurate with the cost of living on the one hand and the fluctuations of tho fundamental necessities of the proletariat with a margin for skill and heredity, even If this realgning from the League of Neons. You will see that this work must be started at onee. We can't go on like this, betting in dollars. and smoking second-grade cigars, scrap. ing for our walla walla fares aftor algning chits for an enjoyable dinner dance. Let us then be up and doing somebodyl

Oni On!

means

world was rid of all waste, It would not be essential, as it is now, to Bave on other things to make up for it. And so there would be a great deal more leisure,

The third maintains that It does not matter much anyway. Bellov- Ing the argument of neither side, this set of folk points out that the idea! land in the statistician's view would be a land where, every machine was so efficient that thoro was no waste, no mishaps, and no work. E

Even while the, statistlelans talk, the waters of a mighty oocan Jap lazily round an island which fulfills every condition they could nak. On It there are no traffic jams, no wasteful machines, no war and no work. The faland lies in the Preille. No one lives there. Not oven a statisticlan