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NOTES OF THE DAY

|SILVER PRICES

The announcement that the United States Treasury is in the market for a further thousand million ounces of silver fore aliadowa automatically a steady rlso, In the price of the white motal. Careful management may prevent spectacular jumps and so much is promised. It is, however,

JUNE 26, 1934.

A LOPSIDED CIVILISATION

By C. E. M. JOAD

Asubject of liberty. The against the tank, the bomber and

The Very Idea!

MADGE CATCHES ONE

By George "THE GOLDEN CANDAREEN.

MA

Tenth Instalment [ADGE caught him.

As Jeejeebhoy took the his flying leap at her, Madge

T. last we are alarmed on the rendering more numbers Impotent;

storm of protest which the Incite the machinegun, so it has concent- Disaffection Bill has rated the power of opinion in the hands of those who control the

wireless and Press, the cinema.

works to reduce unemployment in

Germany, his speech was relayed "My little e," she cooed and... over the wireless to 19,500 mest-

dimcult to understand exactly howmont to

aroused testifles. the fact. In It is proposed to provent specula- tive rises, or even put an effective country after country during these brake upon it. The U.S. Treasury eclipsed. It has been voluntarily last years we have soon liberty can only refrain from aggravating surrendered by the peoples or Torci-year announced his programme for caught him as if he were a When Hitler in March of this opened her great arms and the market situation by staying bly Biched by the Governments. out when the bulls are active and

spending £70,000,000 on public child. by taking care not to buy too much on a rising market. Doubtless restraint "could" be

"guar anteed If the Government was able to turn seller at its own discretion, but such a step would be inter- preted as running counter to the ratio polley. In the Silver Act. There may now appear to be some significance in the fact that this staternent of policy is mandatory, not permissive.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1934;

NAVAL RATIO QUESTION

Jeejeebhoy squirm ttle under her piercing eye

"Lemme down," he Paded, kicking his legs vainly. Sos- ing Madge found that he ad brilliantine on his halk after ordered him to cultivate his hai In curls,

In those countries no citizen can read what he pleases, write what he pleases, or say what he picases, unless what he pleases la ings of the unemployed. It is kissed him sondly under the also what the Government pleases. estimated that at these meetings left ear. Governments, in fact, are absolute no fewer than 3,000,000 people)

Then she held him at arm's and irresponsible; the Press is beard the "leader," their mouthpiece, education their

It is dimcult to exaggerate the length to take into full manly propaganda, history their apolo-importance of this new power of beauty of her big by friend. these changes have been effected freedom of thought. It enables gist, the arts their echo. And the menace which it constitutes to in Germany within the short space the dictators of the modern world of 10 months.

to nim quite deliberately at the We in England have so long formation of men's minds. It is taken liberty for granted that it well for a dictatorship that all is hard for us to bellera that we citizens should think alike; hence must fight for its préservation, the deliberate cultivation of uni- It matters little, however, what hard to realise that Mill was right formity; but it is even better that is done; if the announcement la

when he said that the price of it their unanimous thoughts should genuine, an increase in price must was perpetual vigilance. But we be those of their rulera. Hence, be a perfectly natural develop are at last beginning to awake to in Germany a system of education mont. The withdrawal to vaults these things. It to this newly-which seeks to make citizens the Madge laughed hoarsely. Her of visible supplies, even by easy

awakened public opinion that I mirrors of the State.

voice always went carly in these stages, must in itself be a. bullish

wish to suggest a new danger to

How can citizens be protected scenes. "You haven't' kissed me factor; and furthermore, the U.S.liberty, and to suggest, too, how against these influences? There Treasury must itself be contem. it can be mot.. plating a steady increase in price. It is nonsense to talk of plans for buying a thousand million ounces or anything like that quantity unless a. price rise has been prepared for. Even Mr. Morgenthau has not been guilty of the fiddling mischievous misunderstanding of price trenda which a hope of keeping the white metal round its present level would immediately suggest.

.PRICE LEVEL.

RABIES

is one way and one only. The yet!" she exclaimed. There is no feature of our way of education. Democracy Holding his breath, Jeejcebhoy modern civilisation more charachas reached a stage in its develop bent nearer to her. As his eye toristic than its lopsidedness. Itment when its survival dependa

is lopsided because of the disparity upon its ability to develop and to passed eritically over the rugged between our mechanical skill and train the intelligence and the lines of her face he looked over scientific knowledge on the one Communist States are accking to her shoulder and gave a loud cry hand and our political and social produce citizens with minda that of horror. wisdom on the other, between our mirror their Governments, de- power over nature and the use mocracy should and does sock to to which we put it. Science has train citizens with minds of their given us knowledge fit for the gods own. Hence, while its rivals rely and we bring to its use the men- upon propaganda, democracy must tality of schoolboys.

put Its trust in education. More-

It is this lopsidedness which is over, since it depends upon and responsible for most of those fea-presupposes the existence of an tures of our civilisation which, alert and instructed body of for all their familiarity, it is so citizens, able and anxious to pro- dificult to take for granted. For ounce a free and Independent the paradox of want in the midst must go farther and educate its judgment upon public affairs, it

or girl but also to

Why did Jvejsebhoy give a loud cry of horror? Does he ace · what's coming to him on Thura- day when we are killing him off. or in this just a gag to get ont of kissing Madge?· Oniti tec know and we aren't saying any- thing till to-morrow. He may just have seen a bit of the amak's ear on the door-a littlé thing like that would turn Reg's gorge as we have given him a weak stomach since our last in- stalment-or he may have found out that Madpe is a secret drin- ker! You will remember that she had a swip just after she saw the shadow. She had no time to put the bottle in kor back pocket' along with her chopper and powder box and Johnny Walker is still there-a silent but potent witness

vice. of her

WOL Johnny speak to-morrow?

CHIT-CHAT

Mr. Morgenthau talks of meet The more the question of a ing speculative sky-rocketing with refusal to buy until prices return revision. of the existing naval to a more profitable level. Even of plenty-we have not the social ratio agreements is discussed, the meaning of that is not clear. wisdom to distribute what science members deliberately for citizen- the firmer becomes the impres. To whose profit is the level to be enables us so abundantly to pro

ship. any duce. For the threatened destruc- this object will include teaching in

An education designed to fulfil: sion that there are small hopes arranged? And, how can

level be profitable unless it in tion of our civilisation in the next of any satisfactory solution being possible to sell later for a higher war science has made us so dan geography, civics (structure of | reached next year, when another price? At first glance, it sounds gerous to one another that we can government, local, national and conference is due to be held. like so much playing with words.

no longer afford to allow our in-international), current history-in Doubtlens, he means that the

ternational relations to be guided stopped at 1815, many of them still my time all the history books Preliminary conversations aug Treasury has, in its mind, a level by the ethics of the jungle and into, but none goes beyond 1014 gest such widely differing out to which it is prepared to see

formed by the mischievousness of looks that the most sensible silver go before it thinks of apply the nursery.

politics, and economies. And it ing four-wheel brakes. What that,

would be not only to the secondary course would appear to be a post-price is would doubtless be a leisure-possessing in an unpre-primary schoolchildren in their

For the mechanised use of school boy ponement of the gathering, ac-source of profound interest to a

cedented degree the means to the last year or years at school that good many people, Sixty-four companied by the preservation cents an ounce might prove an ex-good life, we have yet to learn the this education would be given. of the status quo. Both the collent guess. That is the price ing contrast between the develop-should be raised at least to 15 art of living it; and for the alarm (That the school-leaving age Washington and London treaties the American Government is alment of the means for reaching must, I think, be assumed as a expire at the end of 1936, a cir-ready paying for newly-mined and moulding the minds of men matter of course)

silver produced in the United and the comparative lack of an cumstance which makes it neces- States.

I should myself add instruction equivalent development in the in the art of newspaper-reading, sary to lay down a definite

Burns and Allen who appear in minds so reached and moulded. wireless-listening; and attendance Paramount's "We're Not Dress- stipulation, if next year's confer-

And the danger to liberty, at meetings, instruction whiching," which is showing here, admit ence is postponed, that there

briefly, is that, while science has aimed at inculcating scepticism writing all of their own radio and shall be no departure from the

given men the power of controlling and inoculating the citizen against other men's minds, it has not yet appeals to mass emotion. For the screen material-From n löent existing ratios, One thing is

succeeded in rendering men's primary Intention of education for criticism. certain, namely, that if the con-

minds proof against control. In citizenship is not so much to im- ference meets and results in a

consequence they are the prey of part information as to create in-

"Plead guilty" would be a bot- breakdown, the upshot will be a

whatever influences may be ablo telligence, that it may endow theter way of putting it. to purchase control of the avenues citizens of democracy with a criti- new naval armaments race, the

for the formation of public cal sense which will render them end of which would most likely

opinion.

immune from the manipulators of be a fresh war. Rather thanpaigns on a similar scale should The now instruments which opinion whom the inventions of incur such a risk, it would be do an enormous amount of good, | infinitely preferable to continue for It is the type of dog that went for the time being on the exist of them practically wild and cer- to the slaughter at Kwanti, most ing basis. The trouble is that thinly ownerless, which furnishes Japan seems indisposed to con- both the source and the means of sent to any postponement; she the spread of the dread disease. wants the conference to meet The best feature of the news, how- and to demand thereat absolute ever, is the inference that it marka naval parity with Britain and the the end of a defeatist attitude to- United States. Indeed, it has wards the problem of tackling the been plainly stated from Tokyo where it really belongs. If the rables problem in the district that if Japan is not conceded public has that unsurance, it will parity next year, she will em- readily co-operate with the police bark on an independent naval in the urban areas until it is programme. This stand admit-possible to give the "All Clear" tedly complicates the situation, signal,

but it should not be beyond the

bounds of possibility to reassure

The information that two hun- dred dogs were shot in the Kwanti region following the recent dis covery there of a rabid dog must evoke satisfaction in circies that have been critical of the police for the manner of ita handling of the rables menace. A few more cam-

the Tokyo Government that no | MODERN DRESS. necessity exists for interfering

with the existing ratios at the The attack on modern feminine present juncture. After all is dress at Rosary Church, Kowloon, said and done, Japan's security on Sunday made good newspaper is in no wise endangered by the "copy," but it is doubtful whether naval policies of any nation. attitude of the average man (and. It will make any impression. The Moreover, she has no such over-woman) differs markedly from the soas responsibilities as Britain, viewpoint expressed by the prea- nor is she in the position of the cher. Reactions even to extremes United States, with two occan in attire are purely relative. The fronts to defend. Japan has, in first appearance of an exaggerated fact, less cause for anxiety under | style or daring exposure may pro- existing conditions than shevoke a lifting of the eyebrow and would have were an era of un- a backward glance, but the designs restricted naval competition to much eloquence from Father De of the "hussy" that drow forth so be inaugurated. If her security, Angella, are defeated immediately were placed int Jeopardy, fashion becomes general. there would be every reason Chorus girls from the Follies of why she should press for 1900 would look frumpish · and the holding of the conference, inhabitues of Mro. Grundy's anton if the hope of improving her they appeared in the streets to position vis-a-vis other nations. dny. A pleasanter explanation of But with no such threat immin- feminino grace and charms than latter-day trends in displays of ont, the case for continuing for that offered by the worthy Father the time being. on the existing is that they are made possible and basis would appear to be unacceptable by a higher standard in I answerable,

mind and morals among men,

"British Embassy, Tokyo, and Miss" whose wedding has taken science has forged for the control aclence have endowed with a new of mon's minds constitute one of power over men's minde.

place.

Just as the advance of science has thing to fear, democracy alone has chance of marrying & the most serious dangers to liberty. Whilst dictatorship has every- "It's not often a girl gets the concentrated effective military everything to gain from the intelli-Embassy, but a dropped line will whole

power into fower and fewer hands, gence of its citizens,

"I always said I'd never do this kind of work for any man”

perform miracles.

"A peculiar accident was that in which a coolie fell off a P.V.D. lorry. This is the second time that a coolle has fallen off a P.W.D. lorry within the last few yenta,"

We wonder whether the writer expects the lorry to fall off the coolie?

Remarkable thing how many more Australians there were in the Colony after the result of the first Test. People whom you had felt- sure came from the right country: took the trouble to point out that- they considered themselves Aus- tralians by birth, accident, or some Auch cause.

The real test will be explaining this away after the final match.

At least we hope it will or if we will find raising $10 the real tost.

Another sea monster has beeti. soon, this time near Castle Fook. Fishermen, describe it as "having- In big, baid head, largo green eyes and a pointed anout

If my eyes were green and If I had been bathing near Castle Poak last week, I should have begun an action for Ilbel against the news- * paper which published think