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A PIECE OF PROSE

Within the whole divisional radius there was no more striking. military band than that attached to Infantry Regiment No. X in the little Moravian county town of W. Its bandmistor upheld the traditions of that race of Austrian military composers whose exact momories, ever on iho alert for variations of stock tunes, enabled them to compose a new march every month. These murches were na alike as private, soldiers, Mont began with a roll of military firuma, contained a tattoo accolor- ating to march time, enling on a rattle of Retlle drums their crisp. bright storm of army musle,

What, even more than hia nx. ceptional, ha tenaciously copioua inspiration, distingished band- master Nechwal from his collen-

Khen was the heartening and in- , visive serialsness with which he paraded his art. The slackness of many other handmasters, who will allow a drum-major in conalet the first item of the programmes and await the second before they deign to lift a baton, seemed to Nechwat The clearest sign of the decadence of the Austrian Monarchy. No sooner had his hand arranged itself properly in a circle, having planted

SWISS LEARN TO ADVERTISE

PRODUCTS SHOWN TO NATION

EXHIBITION TRAIN

In an effort to assist Swiss in- dustries, a special train toured Switzerland for three months end- ing the latter part of September exhibiting Swiss products. Such trains Jave born ABCCCRsfully operated in a number of countries. but this is the first time such an- exhibition Jins

ssed in been Switzerland,

The idea has also caught on with shipping and foreign trade in- terest New Zeminad; Canana and the United States ure some of the countries which have Atted out Boating exhibitions to Attract buyers in oversens murkets,

The Swiss exhibition train cun- sisted of cara which were pinced at the disposal of the promoters for a moderate charge. The cars were painted wine-red, which dis tinguished the train from others on its journey of 2,000 kilometres. It stopper at the 50 largest cities making an average visit of three daya in each.

Among the commodities shown on the train harehold articles of various kinds, furniture, diusic and musicni instruments, sporting goods, toys, handicraft articles, watches jewelry, tools, clothing, shors and food products.

Although the exhibition was well advertised on a commercial as well M patriotic basis some oppos!- on to the venture was expressed. The Swiss Machine Association und the Swing Bureau for

the

THE - HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 31,

SHANGHAI MILITARY NEWS IN PICTURES

At an "At Home” given by Mr. and Mrs. Rana G. McDonald at Ewo Lodge, Shanghai, the Shang. bal Scottish, S. V. C. played a colourful part in the programme, which is an annual ovent in the sunals of the Scottish Community. Above is shown the Company, smartly drawn up for review by Mr. H. E. Arnhold, Chairman of the Municipal Council, an t'mr. miestonald, retiring president of St. Andrew's Society. Below-Mr. McDonald in foreground, wit Me, Arnkold and officers of the Company just bes bind. In the background are sonte of the 500 guests who were entertained in the spacious gardens of. Ewa Endea

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the ornate feet of fenil little music- stands in black streaks of earth between the wide paving-stones of the square, than in ita midst stood its handtastar, rendy, his ebony baton with the silver knob disercel- ly raised.

These open-air concerts all took place under the Chief District- Commissioner's balcony. And they all began with the Radetzky March. Although the march was so familiar that any member of the band could have played it through in his sleep without a conductor, their band- master still considered it necessary to follow every note of the score.

Members of the newly organised "Reserve - of Women Flyers' in

America.

In a burst of musical and military deal, as though they were trying it over for the first time, he would cock his head, his eye, his baton, and direct the full force of all three on to any segment of the circle whose pivot he was which might Arem in need of his direction. Tho bluff drums called. the sweet flutes piped, clear cymbals brayed. Rup turane zm2ing nvernerend the fres of his hearers, and their legs tingled to the heat. Though they Iolterest. It gommand to them that they marched-Jonoph Roth. In "Radetzky March," Translated If the German by Geoffrey

Dunlop.

Queen Marie of Bulgaria (at left

shopping in Bond Street.

| Development of Trade voiced objec- tion to the project, claiming that the train was likely to draw pat- ronage from several important in- dustrial exhibitions taking place during the period the train was in service,

WITCH-DOCTORS

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NEED PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

TO SUPPLANT UNQUALIFIED

The outside world, so it seema, has got the wrong "lowdown" un the African witch-doctor. He is a much maligned fellow and certainly not the bad at he often is mado out to be, according to Frank fl. Melland, a former member of the Northern Rhodesian Civil Service, who has had thirty years' experi ence of witchcraft in the heart of Airlen.

"Some of the nicest and best met I have khown have been witchi-iing- tors", Melland told the Internation at Congress of Anthropological and Ethnographical Sciences, which has just met for the first time here,

In fact, the way suggested by Melland for stamping out witch- craft in Africa is for the authori ties to make up a roster of licensed and qualified witch-doctors in order to give them a professional stand- ing like any other kind of doctors. "I would register and license all bonn-flde witch-doctors." Melland Bald, "by which I mean diviners who are called in professionally in cases of supposed bewitching. and with their assistance stamp out the un- qualad practitioner."

Melland declared that practically the whole native population of Africa stands firm by its boltar in witchcraft, despite the attempts of various anvernments to eradicate it by making illegal. He maintain-

ed that panel, tagliation in matters connected with witchcraft is ethni- cally unsound and has actually proved harmful politically.

MOVEMENT NOW TEN YEAR'S OLD

MOSLEY MADE IT GROW

London.

The limelight that streams down n the slim figure of Sir Oswald Mosley lender of the British Fascials, has revealed suddenly and in the entire British people the fact that something has come into the national life that will have seriously to be reckoned with. Even allowing for recent setbacks, the movement commands attenlion.

There were Blackshirts in Eng- land hefore Sir Oswal-two or three rival sects of them, in fact: and the word "Fascist" appeared from time to time in account of police court proveedings following ¡same souffle in Hyde Park or else- | where.where.political doctrine- is preached from saap boxes. In this sense, the history of British Fase- ism can be dated back some eight to ten years.

It is true that there were times when it appeared as if the move- ment were gaining some sort of form and cohesion, but it lacked n vital central figure, and it was not until two. reara ago that Sir Oswald suddenly appeared na the animating figure of what is now the British Union of Fascists.

Te zig-zag track of Sir Oswald's political path is a source n wonderment to multitudes of his fellow-countrymen. This pick and handsome young man with the ne speaking voice was, successively, a Conservative M. P., an "Independ- ent," a Labour 31, 'P.. a Labour Cabinet Minister and the founder of his own "New Party"-now in the limbo of forgotten things- before he began, In 1932. hie present campaign of oratory and organization.

The Blackshirts political views have been

sonorously. Ir not very precisely, set forth by Sir Oswald on a number of occasions. They desired, he said at Olympia, "a creed that elevated a nation be fore individuals or factions and that would abolish poverty in the midst of plenty."

A

FASCIST PLATFORM,

124 kuuse' puola mawe mir. H. E. Arnooid,. Ananman of the S.M.C. and Civil Commandant, of the Valentear Corps, pianing • decoration on one of the members of the Scottish Company. The medals were presented at a reception given by Mr. and Mrs. Renald G. McDonald.

With the fine morning sun glinting on the helmate and rifine, the Fourth Marinas marched in force at the Racecourse for a review to honour of Major General Frank Parke., U. S. Army Commander of the Philipine detachment, who was visiting Shanghai. This photograph shows Maj. Gen. Parker, on the left, conversing with Colonel John Beaumont, Commander of the Marines.

of a uniform and the hint of a leven, to some extent, "Empire

The mass of the people, he de-spice of danger have been eagerly Free Trade," do experience a cer- clared, had shown their disa embraced by a section of the young tuin urge to the Fuscist camp. with the present order, with the at all times and in all countries, A bill to forbid the wearing of old political parties and wid, When a youth can play at soldier "political uniforma" was suggested present parliamentary covera-with the genuine convletion that by in the House of Commons, but the ment"

so doing he is helping to mutans Government did not take it up; and More concretely, he announced: country front Red domination, beinileed it has been the experience "We will Immediately mobilize is happy indeed. every resource of the nation give us an air force equal to the strongest in Europe." The army, he said, would be made "the most

APPEAL TO PEOPLE.

modern and effective striking force And it must be recognized that Fasciant does, in however distorted

in the world."

of other nations that a "political uniform" is something that it is Įsingularly difficult to define for gal purposes. A probable de- velopment Is a governmental mea

a fashion, make an appeal to car. sure to give the polica power to be Those measures of self-govern- tain deep-rooted characteristics of prosent of their own accord at any mont for India which are embodied the English people. Though model. privato political meeting.

In the Governmentul White Paper

In any event, It seems likely that shirt movement stands above allʼnothing will be done until the au-. |for "England for the Engllah," and tumn Parliamentary session when At the present, Fascism makes. its chlof appeal to young men those who interpret that slogin, representatives from all parties are some young women-In the late along the lines of military, naval, expected to accept an Invitation from the Home Secretary, Sir John toons

and early twenties. The and air strength: the strong Gilmour, and debate with him on hustle and excitement of a som-hand" In India and Ireland, and the entire problem. Symp military organisation the wearing

he dismissed na "organized hum-ed on Continental lines, the Black- bug."

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