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NOTES OF THE DAY

THE TEST ROW.

It needs only one more thing to rive the much-mallaned M.C.0. Committee, n'week of thoroughly ricepless nights. That would be an Gnouncement by, Larwood, object-

ing to being thrust into the back-

EUROPE SAFE AGAINST WAR?

By MILTON BRONNER

for the next 10 years? Are the mood. prospects

for European peace?

for some time?

The Very Idea!

.BRIGHTER BOWLS

By George

T HE Colony bowling

most reached its final stages championship having al-

we print to-day a letter from would like to see the thrill of an enthusiastic reader who

WICKED WOOD

Blackjack Lacked Legs In Hectic. Fight

UNBIASSED, REPORT. Willie Wormhunter rose to un- surpassed heights last night when". he outshot Bertie Blackjack in the tearaway final of the singles championship before a hundred crown-green fans at the Hijackers, Venue last night.

Europe Insured against war tion does not encourage a "wa: ground by the Voce controversy, that ho is willing to play -In the

better to-day than they have been she was on the eve of 1914, The She is even more isolated than Flual Test. Not that it would make any important difference-

only strong power oven half way It looks go to me, despite the friendly in Italy, and that country the game reproduced in other tlinn providing

another flood of loose war talk. France has traditionally been loath to be weapon for the critics of England's and Germany are like two little on the opposite side from England.

journalese. Thuswise. policy in the leg-theory business, boys with chips on their shouldera, But it is not only the military WORMHUNTER BOWLS Here, of course, it is impossible but one is afraid, and the other and the foreign situations which

| dasn't,”

act as brakes upon Hiller. The to get at the rights and wrongs of France is afraid that another Internal situation makes ponce al- tho dispute. When one noted

war might bleed hor white and most imperative. journalist declares that the Aus-spell her doom even if she won.

tler still has to consolidate are reachtful of Voce's Germany isn't ready, and her his power. The recent tralians taetics and another of equally high pon if war came, and they had to trusted associates were killed, lenders wonder what would hap during which some of his former repute, swears that they see no

call

up, Jewe, Socialists, Com- shows his danger right within his resemblance between Voce leg munista, trade unionista, and own Nazi ranks. This blood-bath theory and the objectionable body- Catholies, and put rifles in their has probably male Hitler new line form of attack, where is the bands,

enemies thirating for revenge.. mere reader, to go for the curmet

Such troops might be more dun-}

PLEDGES ARE NOT KEPT, gerous to Nuzi officers than to the enemy.

He has left many of his prom- The main danger is some unex-ises unfulfilled. He has not closed pocted and unpredictable ovent, the big department stores to make hastily borrowed from one of the Winning the toss with coin such as was the murder of Arch-a holiday for the middle class of reporters, Wille elected to kick off duke Ferdinand of Austria at small shopkeepers.

with the sun behind him and his neither France nor Germany wants Junker estates among the land- smash the jack into the nullah. Sarajevo 20 years ago. On form,

divided the blg first wood tore up the groom to war, and there is reas

reason to be hungry peasants. Ilo has not yet amidst frenzied cheers. Have that even apparently jingo conquered the bugbear of unem- happenings--the menacing speech ployment.

Pinying inspired bowls in the of Germany's Rudolph Hess, and! Outside his own party, his out-tending

absence of his wife who was at the funeral the hasty visit of France's Foreign look is bleak,

of her Minister, Mr. Barthou to England of the Jews have made them his time and again with dainty woods His persecutione mother, Willie caressed the Jack defeat.may be paving the way to peace enemies to a man. The same as while Bertie continually failed

plica to the Sociallats, Commu- with close cannons nists, and trades unionists, whoso hazards.

or losing organizations he destroyed.

with pleur are Special arrangements extended to the motorkatawer? It may not even be true, as appearances seem to suggest, London and we at Rome and subsequent that the M.C.C. are funking using their most effective attack, for fear of causing offence. It is quite possible that they have studied both the methods of Voce nad Larwood and have decided that they prefer to play the Australians at ordinary cricket, not a new-fangled form of the ancient game, whether the de- cision means. victory or

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sur-

Tom Clarke talks rot when ho condemus any suggestion of play- ing Voce on a single performance. Voco's capabilities were well-known before.Saturday. But he may still be right in commending the Selec- tors for declining to be stampeded.

HOW TOURISTS PAY

exact.

rather than war,

He has not

Arrests and threats to Catholics! have largely allenated adherents of that powerful church.

REICHSWEHR IN DOUBT.

friendliness with Soviet Russia, hand grenades, tourist's money is spent in France:

At the tenth head Bertie aliced

his tee shot and was bunkered be hind divot kicked up by Willle.. The silence could be heard for miles around. Willie was then two up with ton to go.

The Crowd Rears.

Willie, whirling # wasp-like wrist, dribbled from the wing to crash the shot in the bottom right guns, and hand corner. A course that

HESS KNOWS BETTER. Hess' apeech amounts to whis| thing in the dark to keep up Ger- man courage. He assured France of Germany's peaceful intentions, but got the hurrah boys busy by asserting that, if France Invaded The Steel Helmets, composed Germany, France would have to of conservative vetorans of the fight a united nation.

World War, are less than luke) JAPANESĖ NAVAL

He knows botter. IIo knows warm, Final stand of the regular

At half time Blackjack. lodged POLICY

The value of what are called that only a part of the Germans army, the Reichswehr, is problem- an unpopular appeal for falling

would be united. invisible exports" in a nation's that even that part is ill-prepared

And he knows { atleai,

light but Willie countered on tho Reports of the likelihood of economy is clearly illustrated by

Finally and vastly significant is plea that the lemons were sour. for a fight with a nation armed that recent figures showing just what

in the Four-Power Pact "The match goes on!" roared Japan denouncing the Washing-the

to the teeth with every weapon among tourist trade in worth to

France, Germany, Italy referee: Hampton amidst the ton, Naval Treaty are not

of modern warfare. France. During 1933, for instance,

and Great Britain, the time limi-hurricane applause of the frantic It is true that both nations are tation was 10 years. The same fans, prising. They naturally follow American tourists spent about

nervous. France is nervous about period was stipulated in his peace toed the line for the final stanzas, the reception which has been In that year, French exports to the threatening to rearm, despite the 1,500,000,000 francs in France.

Pale and drawn the contestants a Germany of 65,000,000 people pret with Poland, accorded to the feelers sent out United States were a little more Versailles Treaty, Germany is mates he needs at least that using Bertie's mat being decided That means that Hitler esti a slight argument over Willie from Tokyo regarding the

than half that value-868,000,000 frança, to be

In other equally nervous lest France start amount of breathing space. If he by the referee who found that the Japanese desire to achieve words, as far as the United States

then "preventive" war.

got into a first-class war now, he mat belonged to him. equality with the United States Is concerned, the tourist business

would have to all up all his DOOMED EVEN IF VICTOR.

Blackjack laid four woods round and Britain. It has been made as is foreign trade. There is one develop her colonial empire, but men who bitterly hate his regime. up for Wormwood Scrubs but

worth twice as much to France

available manpower, including all the jack and one on top in the France wants peace so she can those hundreds of thousands of seventeenth head and it looked all evident that Japan's Insistence other intereating little thing, about on this demand would be met it

also because another war would 'WOULD RAISE UP NEW PERIL. French authoritica have just about bleed her white and with opposition, and to this fact tabulated the way in which the

be her finish-ovon if she won. may be attributed the reported and they have found that just

He would have to put into their Hence her sudden jump into hands rifles, machine intention of the Japanese per cent of it goes for what might her frantic efforts to woo Poland might be more dangerous for Hit-jack fell flat on the fairway but Government to denounce the be called wine, women and song. since the latter signed a peace ler and his henchmen than for the his supporters fanned him with Overcome by excitement Black- Treaty: The presumption is That, considering the popular pact with Germany, her careful enemy. that if Japan is unable to bring tradition about the tourist's way nursing of the Little Entente the United States and Britain of amusing himself in Paris, seems (Czechoslovakia,

But in 10 years the picture will he came out of his corner at the the tape measure to such tune that round to her viewpoint, she will, surprisingly low.

Rumanía and be different. The manpower of eighteenth session by disengaging herself from the

Yugoslavia), and her assiduous to-day will be middle-aged by then against leg theory allegedly adopt- protost pursuit of mutual understandings and can be left at home or put to od by Willie. obligations laid down in the

with Great Britain. Washington-agreement; preserve

work in the factories and on the willio doxterously woood the Hitler, leader of Germany, also farmg for herself a free hand regard-

jack in the twentieth and final Ing future naval expansion. In

A forest fire recently swept short, denunciation of the Treaty near Chalons-sur-Marne, France. through a part of Apremont Forest, would be another step along the immediately the air was filled with path which she has marked out the crash of exploding shells, which for herself. At the moment, jarred the countryside and put the there is no official confirmation fire-ighters in KTRYC

danger. of the reported intention, but it Bitter fighting took place in this is pointed out by the Japanese ahells were shot into it. Some of forcat during the war. Many Embassy in Washington that a them were "duds"-had defective

GERMANY NOT READY. strong sentiment exists in Japan fuses, or something and failed to might be converted into bombers, Her splendid civilian air fleet for action along these lines. explode. So, during all the years but she has no visible force of This may be taken to Indicate since, they lay that the Tokyo Government is the fire tony there, waiting for fighting plance. She has abund-in a decade or so, for a new war,

and touch them off. anxious to see what the reactions There is something ghastly about rifles and machine guns to make unreadiness lies a hope for peace ance of man power, but not enough but not ready to-day. And in that of the other interested Powers the thought of those messengers of them effective. Her foreign situa- that is often overlooked. would be to such a move.

death blding their time in the It is depth of a peaceful forest. But the old story of sounding world they simply parallel the effects of opinion in advance, which is war in human relationa. War characteristic of Japanese diplo- leaves many niacy. The trouble so far, in hatreds. fealousies, suspicions, in-

unexploded shella- regard to the forthcoming Naval justices, desires for revenge-and Conference, has been that Japan, they lie inert, sometimes, for many whilst repeatedly throwing out of heat that will blow them up and years... waiting for the moment hints as to her likely attitude, let them destroy, human lives. has not seen fit to make a definite official declaration. The

WAR'S AFTERMATH.

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consequence has been to increase | MAKING MATTERS WORSE the speculation regarding the

line likely to be taken, although

enough has been hinted to show the drought should cut American It is an ironic circumstance that that a bold bid will be made to wheat production secure a revision of the existing point in a generation, just at the to the lowest restrictions. It will not, how-time whon the government has ever, be an

easy matter for been spending huge sums in an Japan to convince the world that The American government's plan. effort to reduce farm production. there is any real call for varia-has been to increase the farmer's tion of the ratios laid down at income by persuading him to re- the Washington Conference. duce his nerenge. Right Into the There is not at present, nor in middle of this programme has prospect, any threat to Japanese como a great natural catastrophe security. Moreover, Japan has w

which has knocked the bottom an infinitely smaller scz zone to right out of everything. Estimates protect than either the United at Washington vary but they all States or Britain. In the cir- suffer a loss of not less than

egree that wheat farmers

wol cumstances, the Tokyo Govern thousand million dollars because of ment will have great difficulty in the establishing a case for revision many will get

The drought.

only income of existing agreements in her

this the AAA benefit payments, made year will be favour. But the situation would for acreage limitations which undoubtedly take a serious turn whole wheat problem, like the AAA drought makes insignificant. Tho the were Japan to cut herself adrift programme, was enough to begin from co-operative effort with the with. The drought simply intensi other Powers and strike out on a fies complexity of a puzzle that was course of hortown.

already far too involved.

ᏓᏳ

wide

necda peace. Even if he desired The boys of to-day, who are 8 hend when Blackjack double fault-

war, he is to-day not prepared to and 9 years old, will then be of ed his first shots, sent up contrary, there is no tangible ev-been moulded in the Nazi form. himself snookered by a make it. Despite rumours to the military age. They will have and a idence that Germany has

по ball and then found adequate supply of heavy artil- version of history.

any They will have learned the Nazi which the club's mascot had been molehill lery, tanks or other offensive wea They are the cannon fodder of

working on for the last two days. pois forbidden her by the Ver- the morrow. They will grow to Willie to our representative as he. "Too bad," said the hilarious Railles Treaty.

manhood with no recollections of went up for an interview and a the horrors of the last war. They drink. "I would have won casier will be taught the glory of dying

and Hitler. heroes' deaths for the Fatherland I had brought my mallet.”

They will be ready, perhaps,

"Ob, dear, I never have a minute I can call my own."

•

EVA AND THE MAN.

great innovation but we think Self-starting cars have been a

the old type of automobile which could be better described as self- stopping, took a great deal of beating from the point of view of the pleasure-owner-driver.

Nowadaye we just let the bus peter out and lean luxuriously back on the now upholstery to get an arm round the girl with the re- mark: "1 expect the engine's u ibit hot dear. It'll be all right in n minute." Whereupon the girl lifts up the bonnet and after a cursory glance comes back to raport "Mookey ploogs!"

This is one of the reasons we have navor had a car, the other reason being that we could nover get a girl to go out with us. if we had one.. Having a "never. never" giri in a car bought on the. never-never system is a combina- tion wo couldn't face,"

Of course the now trame In stallation really decided us against a car after we had fallad to bor- row the monoy or learned to drive. We visualised a motorist waiting on the rubber mnt patient- ly counting thirty seconds for the Lanth time while on the opp

opposite mat stood a couple of pedestrians keoping their feet dry during their conversation. On the other road. a ricksha boy stood explaining the system in broken Hoklo toan English-speaking Swiss lady while. opposite him two tired coollen had laid a wardrobe, a table, and the boat part of a house on the mat in order to take a rost.

ho

We wondered just what would happen if they all saw red at the samo time,