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MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1934.

DEMOCRACY FOR BRITAIN

The increased activity of the Mosley Black Shirts coincides with a marked liveliness in polifical controversy at Home. People are beginning to ask what will happen after

the General Election, which is ex- pected to take place next year. Several public men have already begun to forecast events, and their predictions vary from chaos, followed by a dictator- ship, to a decided strengthening of democratic methods. A pro- minent National Labourite, in putting the issue as he sees it, says that on the one hand there the Fascists, ready to abolish democracy and Parlia ment and to fling into concen- tration camps those who dis- agree with them. That is the way of the bully, and it bas been followed to some extent on the Continent. But if any such attempt were seriously made in England, the people would rise up and destroy those at the back of it. Untold mischief might, however, be done in the process. The other alternative is to see that democracy func- tions properly. That is the line along which action will be taken, we may be sure. AL- ready much has been achieved in this direction. Agriculture and transport are being recon- structed and reorganised, the burden of intereston" the National Debt is being lighten- ed, unemployment insurance has been beneficially reformed, un- employment is being reduced, siums are being cleared away. and the nation's finances have been placed on a sound. and stable basis. What nation can show a better or as good a record, even under the guidance of a dictator? What has been accomplished by Britain so far shows that democracy can. face the modern need for strong and active government. But in view of the campaign being carried out by the Black Shirts and the activities of other re- actionary elements, it is essen tial that there should be no dis- position to reat content with what has been achieved. There is greater need than ever to-day for revivifying and re-vitalising democratic principles and apply- ing them with even

greater vigour to the problems of the day. To the extent that this is done, will the dreams of the dictators fail to come to frul- tion? There need be no fear of tho prospect. The inherent common-senso of the British people will triumph over ∙all obstacles and save the nation from embarking on experiments unsuited to its ternporamont.

NOTES OF THE DAY

ANGLO-GERMAN THREATS

Mr. Neville Chamberlain's latest atroke of genius, the proposal to collect interest on the Dawes and Young Loans by expropriating German funda in England, prom- дев

land him in an unholy mess, to The Chancellor, of course, does not

make use of the terni expropriation.

but the establishment of an Anglo- German monetary clearing-house and the diversion of funds to meet the demands of British rentiers, amounts to that precisely in effect, and the threat has naturally been met by an emphatic refusal by-they Germany to enter into the negotia- tions which have been offered as an alternative, It was, in any event, ridiculous to extend an in- vitation to a party at which, obviously, the Chancellor and his advisors would appear prepared to dictute an agreement to which tho German delerates would be given the privilege of appending their signatures.

CERMANY'S POSITION

It does not follow that Germany's unilateral default should be un- critically condoned. There is, in- deed, cogent reason in terms of present thought, why the British Government should feel itself ao firmly concerned with a decision upsetting the whole principle upon which the Dawes and Young Loans were founded. Undoubtedly. Ger- many's finances are in an exceed Ingly parlous state. No-one vil question that her transfer problem is one of extreme difficulty if obligations are to be met without injury to her monetary basis and internal economy. But it has long been the German fashion to cry off its obligations light-heartedly on the plea that it has not sufficient resources to incet the bills. Grounds for grievance and dis- approval of Germany's methods in such matters exist in the fact that there never seems to be a lack of money for active. propaganda in Austria and the Baltic States, A British bondholder may well feel angry when he knows his income might be

If Germany tooked after her own affairs and did not seek to meddle in other political fields.

assured

THE OUTLOOK

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IS HOME-LIFE DOOMED?

are

The Very Idea!

MADGE MAKES UP

By George

"THE GOLDEN CANDAREEN."".

Flth Instalment

Excopt for a crack. in the

lobe of her car and the unfor tunnte Idiosyncrasies of nature. which had decreed that she should be an ugly woman, Madge looked almost beautiful little bungalow, in the pitch blackness of her

By SIR HERBERT BARKER A seeding in England: It is the question. If one considers the

SILENT

rovolution is pro- persist without It? That is theTHE night fell as Madge" arranged the last meat. scrapping of the old-fashioned matter for a moment it becomes skewer in her hair and home for its modern equivalent. abundantly clear that we cannot

Many neuto observors of our scrap family life for the flat-wock stepped backwards on the social life ace in this revolution end-sports-car idea.

cat the better to survey her- the first signs of social break-up In the first place the trio, man, self in the mirror.

the old-fashioned woman and child, is fundamental. people who still cling to the bellof It is the great biological law and that the family is the only Pos. from disobedience to it spring sible permanent social unit cap- many of the maladies of our time. able of cementing any community. One of these, and one of the most Many factors have brought notable, in the result of elected about this tremendous change, childlessness upon the health of for with changing economic con- women. The woman who can but ditions such as shrinking income alled. Her like all the consulta not bear children goen unful- and soaring taxation have come fillo changes in ideas and fdents. tion rooms of the neurologist..

In Victorian times, when houses

Children, the strongest bond bo- were both plentiful and cheap and tween man and woman, may in- domestic servants were ifke black- volve to-day incessant sacrifico berries in September, it was an and demands of time and energy

the ma

mother work casy matter for a man to found u particularly on home and raise a large family. ing with inadequate help. But The Victorian age was the they cause to blossom all that is golden age of family life. It was best in the human charactor and, often dull, often dominated by an while they may bring the pains of autocrat who, as papa, posed as disappointment, they bring also the repository of all wisdom, but that sense of self-fulfilment which it was a training ground of spells happiness.. character which produced all the greatest figures of our age,

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The rearing of children was no great task when the whole burden of that task did not fall upon the shoulders of the parents, but upon that of paid governesses nurses, supported by ample domes-

Lie staffs,

and

Now all that has vanished and, whatever the future holds for us. it is fairly certain that the old- style family has gone for ever.

Obviously, it is futile to lament!

of the old-fashioned the passing family. Yet ita.passing need not involve the ultimate destruction of this institution that goes back as earliest times. a necessary human compromise to

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The amah having, brought in lights, Madge dusted the room up. a bit, took her feet off the mantol plece, and went to the verandah, Meditatively she fumbled in the top of her stocking for the familiar lala de Perfectos choroot which, after taking her through instalments of our soul-neuring serial, is still giving good service.

two

The setting was perfect for the mating of two twin souls rellected Madge, scratching at n' Hand-fly which had penetrated to her fifth rib counting down- warda,

The night was still with o' still- neas known only to Hongkong in ita most passionate moods, and the faint murmur of a fire engine thundering by to the strains of music from half a dozen cabarets only accentuated the allence.

What was that! What was what? · That weird mysterious call? Madge started.

She had prieked her ears,

Surely that was Jeejeebhoy? Her face at thla point, was merci- fully hidden by a blush which started nowhere and finished at the same place.

If family life is te be saved it must be roformed. What, then are the chief difficulties that con front the family to-day? As I see it le the unfair burden that is It, generally borne by the woman. There are married women to-day who do the work formerly done by The modern couple too often wife, mother,

and governess vote the rearing of children

of parlour-mald. One hears little bore, And even those who would their lot because they are, In- gladly people their homes with e youngsters cannot do so because commonplace in most homes that

articulute, yet over-work la

accommodation. You cannot make of limitations of income and house still ean show you a ring of faces a home function in a three-room about the table at meal times, flat. And because the majority of young people who are marrying to- Can this labour problem be over- day are beginning married life in

It was marvellous how love. come. without sacrificing both the Buch

flats, or In houses little joys of a home that possesses pri- could transform this woman who, bigger, family life is disappearing. vacy and scope for self-expression accomplished in many pursuits, a We are approximating to the and children? Personally, I think hard drinker, a ludo player, and French ideal the family of one, it can. Let me be concrete. Take the terror of the shroffs, was yet or two at most.

any road in any town. You have, reduced to a wet sop by the proxi- I hear some readers exclaiming: perhaps, two hundred little homes, mity of her lover. And a good thing, too! But is it? each one a self-contained unit. In The argument generally put for each house a woman, wife or cook, ward is that based on population. expends fuel to cook for a small Chancellor will be faced with carry-Wo are over-populated, they say number of thdividuals. Into each ing it out or surrendering Ignem We have more mouths

already house go small quantities of essen- course, iniously. And that, of

tinl

foodstuffs, bought in small means that he will introduce his

amounts and therefore bought in legislation and secure its passage.

the most uneconomical way. Whether that will be to the ultim

The reply of the statisticians is

In each house, too, day after ate good or otherwise depends different. Let the present birth day, throughout the year women upon the point of view. Those rate remain as it is, and, alongsit down to ponder the never-end- who believe that the world must with it, the present death rate, sink into complete economic chaos and in forty years time this ing problem of the day's food. It before there can be any hope of the country will face a population must be bought, cooked, served, revolutionary reconstruction of problem represented by a decline and, that done, the dishes washed Life for hundreds of thou- ideas and outlook that will bring in the vital statistics... final security, pencé and content- Here, then, is the fundamental sands of charming cultivated ment, will welcome the move, It argument for a return to the women under modern home-condi ty to exlating confusion and carry will almost certainly add handsome- family of four or more children: tions is an Incessant and never- it is one based on racial grounds. ending round of avoidable labour. For this state of things I think

To his horor he found that the as a stage further towards the For peoples that refuse to accopt there is a very simple remedy, junk which he had chosen to carry total collapse which it is some-

the onerous responsibilities of namely, communal feeding in a him to the arms of his love was Umea felt must precede the estab-

parenthood decline and, in the end, common hall, such as is done in the Steam Laundry Junk laden lishment of a sound order.

become numerically insignificant,

The time for thinking of that only is, however, passed. The effect of Britain's threat will bo in stiffen Germany's attitude and the

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ISN'T THAT THE CUTEST

IDEA ?

that we can feed.

up.

Again that weird call. Madge started.

So far she had done nothing in two starts but now she recognised the siren of the s.s. Hydrangea.

It was not Jecicebhoy. Would he never como? Madge went Inside to wring herself out, crushing out the lala de Per fectos cherooi ngainst her horny palm and transferring it (the cheroot) to its little hiding place.

Meanwhile what of Jeejeeb-

hoy?

Ono does not need to be a rabid colleges and the Inns of Court. with dirty linen.

Such a system, each road having nationalist to desire to see per its dining-hall and later, no doubt, Last time we left him pulling up petuated the English character in

n world such as that of to-day.social amenities-would mean the the sails with one hand and hie For the English contribution to disappearance of the chief burden silken hose with the other but this the modern world is one that of the modern wife and mother. makes for good, since, in inter-

honour and justice.

Food bought in large quantities and cooked for large numbers That character is the product of means efficiency and economy in centuries of home life. Would it! (Continued on Page 10.)

Just think of the example that the proposal sets and the wonder-national affairs, it stands for ful opportunity for imitation and amplification. Imagine the sudden awakening of interest among those people in the United States who, in Land out of Congress, condomin Britain's failure to meet her war debt instalments when they fall due. Picture them comparing Britain's profession of inability to pay because of the transfor dim- culty and her attitude to a simillar plea by Germany, and adding to that a comparison of Britain's bud getary position with that of Gër- many. There may be absolutely no parallel, but can a die-hard Con- gressman war debt collector be peraunded to admit to any differ- ence? Mr. Chamberlain, in his blind enthusiasm to collect £2,000,- 000 for British rentiers, has dis- covered in almoet foolproof method! The trouble is that it cannot be patented,

WHAT MORE?

the

Even it Intelligence. In United States is quick enough to sco that attempted extraction by this method must be disastrous, it may be difficult to keep Congress In check. A whole host of compli cations may ensue, are in fact in herent in the clearing-house pro posal. Bitter economic war be tween two countries concerned in an obligations foud of this kind Is the first natural outcome. And should the Chamberlain painless extortion system be extensively. imitated, the final result сап scarcely fall short of complete in- ternational trade stagnation. But who cares? "On the Stock Ex- change, German bonds made a ro- covory on the Chancellor's state- mont." What more could be naked?

"I know how to get even. Let's organize a girla' club and leave

her out."

was a printer's error. Actually ho wound up the engine with one foot and kicked himself hard with the other for being such an idiot.

The smell from the linen was so strong that the boat propelled itself without the nld of the on- gines in a vain endeavour to rid it- self of its load.

In his chagrin Jeejeebhey could have thrown himself into the har bour, but at this moment he was passing the South China swimming club and he chanced to look into the water.

He changed his mind. Besides he could not lot Madge down.

Doing a steady twenty knots the junk was fairly drinking up the distance between Reg and his love when suddenly, night fellt

of

(To Be Continued.) (Don't miss to-morrow's instal ment

the which has

setting a tropical night for the encies of glamour and par sion which will be onacted by these two romantio charactors of most heart searching. one of the dramas ovar concocted by the imag ination of man. Besides this is true! This to lifel. And remember, night fell! For Madge it has al rendy fallen and we left her wring- ing herself out against a horny hand in a secret hiding place. But wohnt of Joejeebhoy? 19hat have planned for this lad to-morrole, turna ta wick with remorse but wa inual go through with it. After all a fellow that wears silken hoso and Kicks beggars in the panta" can't have it all his own way," "What will: Madge do to him when sho ditoovora that he has left of his vort? «Bes sides we haven't told you yet that Joejsobhop`ia poing serenelif to the rendezvou unconscious of the niestina stain which still tinta: the rosy paller of his finger tips. (Sea to-morrow's startling denouementa "of "this: wool of intrigue" and "my-

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