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JURIES IN CAPITAL CASES

may

The gravest implications le behind the Chief Justice's ún- usual challenge to the jury as a preliminary to the opening of # murder

A trial yesterday. situation is suggested that at a serious ob- once appears as struction to the administration of justice in accordance with British law, and the matter is not rendered any the less alarm- ing by the obvious impossibility of assessing by investigation the weight of the problem ercated. At the moment, it is incalculable. For while it

demand drastic measures, conceivably the studied statement of the Chief Justice may itself furnish the remedy. The warning was plain enough. Should it 80 happen that an individual called upon to perform jury service in a-murder trial has conscientious objections to capital punishment, strong enough to influence him when he comes to the formula- tion of the verdict, clearly he has no right to sit. He is in- capable of performing the funt- tions required of him by law, which asks a true verdict accord- ing to the evidence. The court will respect his principles, if he states them and discharge him. With different

process thought dictating, the Chier Justice covered the point in masterly fashion the other day when he cautioned a jury against permitting emotionaliam to in- fluence them. Emotionallam and private

principles will always have their place in human life. but they do not belong to a court of justice. It is to be hoped that publicity, will cause that to be more widely understood, perhaps bringing relief to some who imagine they. are compelled to serve whatever their personal convictions. And such education will be timely. For the suspicions suggested by the Chief Justice yesterday (plainly without any special re- ference to the gentlemen before him) have been entertained. for somo.considerable time past.. It is only lately that they have come to a head. If, however, warning having been voiced, the desired result is not achieved, the authorities are faced with a problem of the first importance, involving, possibly, radical re- vision of the system of jury' service,

FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1934.

NOTES OF THE DAY HOW I WOULD PROCURE

"EVA" UNDONE ·

The poke in the eye' administer- ed to "Eva" yesterday by a care- less coolle was much less damag- ing to her self-respect than tho ruling on hor ability, or inability,

she fails, particularly after the news from Nowport, RI. yesterday. Mr. Sopwith's yacht appears to have started five minutes after the Weetampe and the probable défender and to have steadily drawn up upon them over a thirty- mile course, with something In than promising. Best of all, however, Is the certainty that if we win, Amerien will not begrudge us the

hand. That sounds more

PEACE

Bu KINGSLEY MARTIN

(Editor of the "New Statesman and Nation”)

J.

been active

CONTRADICTIONS OF CAPITALISM:

The Very Idea!

LURE OF THE RING

By Eddie Kelly. Lying Tamer Parmson's circus pass- ERHAPS you read about

ing through Hongkong by the Sirdhana yesterday.

*

*

Editor's note: You mean "apro- par."

Eddie's note: Sorry, we Werc thinking of hangover eures.

Editor's note: Well, what is it apropon oft

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of

One of our Hona get lockjaw, and when our act of putting our head in the lion's mouth came on, we had to prize the lion's, mouth. opon. We won first prise. We had to use hlasting powder stolen from the Government Depot at the

nt the moment, to dictate to trame. Public opinion which denounced TN 1921 a League of Nations com-tration of the fact that capitalism in her as an upstart hussy svama mittes mentioned among the varian economic system in which war is temporarily to be endorsed. For us evils that sprang from the privato always likely.

It reminded us of the time the law as it stands takes no ac-manufacture of arms that armament Under capitalism wo take it for

in granted that anyone who has anything we used to be a circus hand. count of robot mistresses of therms and often highways, extending recognition fomenting war senres, in some coun- to sell has a right to sell it where he

We were the lion tamer. tries oven controlling newspapers in likes and to use what methods he likes only to traffic officers in uniform, the interests of larger armaments; for promoting his sales. When the We had to give the job up "Eva" cannot be garbed with the that they had bribed Government home market no longer offers good reafter we got married, because we majesty of the law until Mr. oficials both at home and abroad; and taru the capitalist goes to the back couldn't do two jobs at once Wolfe and Mr. Lindsell get to-helped to promote an armament race word areas of the world, where ho gether to decide upon the flimsy by playing ane country off against computes with the enpitalists of other And what, pray, is this Aspros

another.

countries. detalla.

When these interests clash, oft In brief, since the business of or, when backward peoples who are armament manufacturers in to sell being exploited become restive, it is THE ENDEAVOUR

jarms, they are naturally willing to assumed that the Government of the arm any countries that can afford to day must put behind its capitalists Seldom have England's hopes of buy For thom, the more arms the the whole armed forces of the State.

merrler. Armament Arms, while.com- wresting the America's Cup from peting with each other, have a joint the United States been worked pinterest in keeping everybody in a to such a high pitch s by the stato of tension which is likely, soonor The Boer War was a simple case Endeavour. It will be received for later, to lead to war itself.

apropos

circuses. of a war which prose from thu (Latin), Two circunsa la cirol: almost as a national enfamily In spite of well-meaning efforts to desire of British capitalists to exploit three circuses la circum. Hence abolish the private manufacture of the South African mines just as hy the torm circumnavigate, to go to arms, nothing at all has been done. liked. Among the reasons for the Throughout the Manchurian dispute last war the most important was the three circuses or circl. both China and Japan were furnished long imperialistic rivalry between which were supposed, with arms from the very countries England and Germany.. States of the League of Nations, to be contradictions of capitalism.

a member This brings us to one of the oddest doing their best to stop the fighting,

After the war, when Germany was A case was recently exposed in Rumania in which Press reports that red, there were people and new Russian forces were concentrated on papers la England who wished to

pursue the French policy of prevent finish. the frontier led to Rumania fargely ing Germany ever again becoming increasing her defence forces. It was strong. But business interests and Thon then found that the rumoured Russian humanitarian sentiment united to animal's mouth troops, on the frontler had never defeat this policy. If Germany was Blow was finished, and Mr. Wolfe to be eliminated from the great trad- prosecuted ua for being open after The most recent example of all is ing nations of the world, her victorious the war in South America between rivals would, lose one of their best Bolivia and Paraguay, two countries customers. Therefore we have had a The drought calamity, unreason which make no arms for themselves comic and tragic confusion of policies ably enough, has become a power and which could not, as the report of about Germany ever since the war. ful weapon for President Roo- the offelal inquiry stated, fight a war

Though the Allies distributed her sevelt's

now at all unless private arms firms tacritory, took away her colonica, and adversaries. He suffers for the very vigour of his supplied them with munitions.

get all the reparations they could out effort to rescue the United States Innocent people who hear of such of her, international finance could not from an emergency crisis uspre- facts for the first time ask why the afford to let her collapse altogether. eedented in the history of the private manufacture of arma is not Ailled money was invested in Ger- nation. The drought hna Prohibited,

n.any, where much of it was used to thrown a large part of his ma ILLUMINATING ANSWER.

lay down the plant and buy the raw materials in preparation for

We had quite a variety of ex“ chinery out of gear; Nature has converted a subsidy programme offelal attitude of this

The answer is illuminating. The enormous and speedy expansion of hibits and turns in our circus. The chap who did the most turns into the semblance of reckless arms-exporting countries is that t Even in France, which had most to was the aerobat. Since coraing to squandering. The effect has been serves the interest of their Govern- fear from Germany, armament manu Hongkong, we have discoveredi similar to that of high-powered ments better to leave arms manufacfacturers and financiers were found that our exhibits weren't so hot, machinery racing against space.ture in private hands, since the ready to give money to help Hitler after all. We have in mind several It is not, of course, surprising te national Exchequers could not afford, Capitalism wants to destroy its rivals, taipans and government officials find his

for national needs in times of peace, and yet cannot afford to see them de- who would have made for better political

opponents making the most of the situation auch largo and up-to-date arnament į atroyed. To-day the Allies are again circus exhibits.

plants as private firms, manufacturing terrified of Germany, and discussing and gaining confidence for a for export all over the world, are able what they can do to stave off the Wo had a white negro, and a organised drive against the New to maintain. By preserving the pri- appalling menace of a Nazi Germany black white man, and a bearded Dent.

vate character of the industry, the which Allied policy has done so much lady who didn't smoke. Government knows that it has at its to bring into existence. disposal in case of emergency an tm-

victory.

· DROUGHT CALAMITY

"O! LIBERTY"'.

existed.

and other armaments.

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midnight.

We couldn't get shut when

the the

Then there was our famous act apro-apropos-of diving from a two-hundred foot tower, enveloped in flames, on to a performing scal. Our favourite sent, Hector, used to balance a ball on his nose. Tho boys in the office nicknamed him "Leg Theory," which we thought was

that very aprop(sorry,

word again!)

We frequently had to double for It should now be clear why the mense armament plant, furnished with Longue of Nations has not been more the other artists. We shall never the most modern technical equipment. Successful. It was a genuine attempt forget the time when we had to The new American Liberty

To the outside observer there would to end the political anarchy which is be the strong man, he boing in bed League will require watching in scern to be at least one drawback to the result of the economic system I with anaemia. connection with tho future this arrangement. As we do not know have been describing. But the nations

He used to tear motor cars working out of the New Deal. against whom we are likely to be which composed the Lengue did not

apart with his naked hands, Just The organiser, Mr. Shouse, claims fighting in the next war, we are prob- try to remove the economic causes of

remained like a garage mechanic, and to have. obtained the approval of ably even now supplying some future war, and because they the President as a preliminary to kill British soldiers,

enemy with the weapons which will economic rivale, each privatoly nook- bend tram Ines around. ' his

Its own the canvass for supporters, but elvilians when the war cones.

own security and suitors; and in its

wrist and chew hundred-pound To me Interests, they were not loyal to their

weights with his teeth and spit other reports suggest that he it in on ugly thought that British guna promises when the test came over the them out of his car, and alt. spent his time with the President were used to destroy British troops in Manchurian dispute.

· that...” secking to justify the project, and Gallipoll; but I suppose there are WHAT NATIONS MUST DO. some of the sentiments expressed patriotic people who will find it com

We only had three hours' notice, forting when they are bombed from in the "prospectus" are scarcely the air to realise that they are being remain at Geneva were willing to training.

Even to-day, if the Powers which so we didn't have time to do much. likely to receive the President'

blown up with British-nude bomba. bring Russia into the League, and endorsement. The

most

Well, we bent Inn: not suggesting that merely to wore ready to unite and join forces gerous enemies are those that pro- abolish the private manufacture of for the policing of the world against elbows, and caught a couple of fesa friendship. But it is doubt arms would solve the problem of war. tmy aggressor nation, they could 200-pound weights on the back of ful whether Mr. Roosevelt needs But it would. I think, be a useful prevent war. It is possible to define our neck, and a very ripe tomato to be counselled to caution.

thing to do. The Disarmament Con- an aggressor, since refusal to accept on our chest, and a few other odds ference would have had a better arbitration or the Invasion of a and ends, but we're afraid we over- chance if, for instance, several of the neighbour's territory clearly did it a bit. We lifted up the best-known French newspapers had proofs of aggressive intentions. not been owned by French arms firms.

If the nations really wished to keep circus pole as a sort of crowning

achievement. Mr. Huey Long may soon dis-and prace would be more likely to be peace, they could abolish the private brought the house, down-all over- cover that a political machine a vested interest hoping to pront by port of those rare metals which are 29.

preserved if there were no powerful manufacture of arms, prohibit the ex- Just nis capable of leading man to war.

specially used for arms manufacture, We also had a goodly number of destruction 78 ia tho com- But it would be idle to Imagine that laternationaliso the air, insist on all elephants to train. We had to mercial machine in the realm of the abolition of this one particularly grievances and disputes being settled train one of them to count, It economics. The feud between the sinister example of capitalist enter- by arbitration, and enforce peace by was rather marvellous the way Long-controlled State authorities prise would in itself prevent war. I economic or, if necessary, by military that animal learnt things. in Louisiana and the city govern-have discussed it rather as an illus (Continued on Page 5.)

NEW ORLEANS

dan-

ment in New Orleans began má

a sort of comic opere but has since- developed into a monstrous traves. ofty that brings nothing but din

crodit to everybody. The story of events In the last few weeks is preposterous, but true... Con- Kressman Sanders in inviting Washington intervention has not moved any too soon.

LEG-THEORY TRAGEDY

The more sober of the London journals reflect widespread feeling In demanding a definite ruling upon leg-theory bowling from the M.C.C. and the Australian Board of Control. Talk of the diplo matic gift of the "Ashes" to Aus tralin is so much nonsense, but there is nevertheless suillefent evidence to justify the conviction that the England Selection Com- mittee were entering upon their task in an atmosphere, that was certain to influence their de clalona, Publicly, the M.C.C. gave thera no assistance, indeed added to the controversy by per- mitting an impression of mystery to gain ground. Publle opinion showed itself good-naturedly at the Oval after the final Test, but it is grossly unfair to blame Sir- Stanley Jackson and his col- leagues.

a development that would be highly undesirable. It come to that in order to prevent would, for instance, bo un- a travesty of justice. Days of fortunate to say the least, if strain, Himo and money, cannot the Colony were forced to abe wasted upon consciences in procedure wheroby: Juries were perpetuity, and those are not the picked. But it might easily most serious considerations.

aro

a couple

of

And it was. It

He was what is known in the show game as a furore, which is another name for a successful. elephant. When he put ono foot. down, that was one. Putting the other foot down made it two, the third food boing three, and so on. He could only count up to four. We have since thought that if he'd had crutches, he could have count ad up to six. One always thinks of these things too late.

Bare back riding was another. act which was very apropos of us- (we don't think wo like that-start over again). Aplopos of bara back riding, we were extremely proficient at it.

It is really quite simple when one gets the hang of it. All that. is needed is a bicycle.

We did have a go at being a roal live American cowboy. were not so good at it.

We were wearing our chapa.. having forgotten our lanoline, and. twirling our lariat splendidly for the first half of the act, but some-i thing happened, and wo tassood ourself so splendidly that they: had to got the fire brigade to un- loose us. Bonesting by experi ence, we have been leading a foosol life ever since.

The lure of the sawdust ring, the tinsel and glitter, the spangles and

the

elephante and the paint,

sort of thing, have led many a young girl nway.

is from home which

Girls never run away, and Joinin circus-It's bad for you.

Hoping this, Anda. you: as IC leaves UA rombin--which, ouri

"Now, think it over. Would you still want to marry him, if he wife tells us, is the best thing wo

'do

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