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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER

NOTES OF THE DAY

DO REGICIDES GO FREE?

According to despatches from Europe, the Italian Court at Turin has refused the French request for the extradition of the ailoged terrorist, Pavellteh, bellaved

29,

1934.7

ANIMAL HEROES HAVE THEIR DAY

By JANET MABIE

have been Day of the gang d to NOT long ago Mr. H. M. Tom-is, in many ways, in consequence a

of

was responsible for the assassina- tion of King Alexander of Yugo- Slavia and M. Barthou of France. The Tasson for this refusal is said to be that Franco-Italian agree- ments exclude the extradition of political prisoners. Whether King's assassin should be able to claim immunity from prosecution any more than any other murderor is a point which surely cannot be debated. Such men are danger ous; more dangerous than a whole battalion

Jack-tha-Rippers, For as act of terrorism, directed against a nation's head, may in volve the whole resources of un- friendly countries in conflict in the fleld. It is certain that Italy's refusal to extradite Pavelitch to stand trial in France will not soothe the temper of Yugo-Sinvin, where it is believed that this man and hand in King Alexander's mur- der. Indeed, Pavelitch has already been convicted and sentenced to tribunal death by a Belgrade One cannot blame Yugo-Slavia for a certain amount of resentment in this matter.

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ENGLAND'S ARMS.

Jack Jackson's Orch. Jed a prominent Osaka newspaper any exeuse for misunderstanding.

Inson, the shy and gifted creature living in enviable bar author of such truly beautiful mony with the rest of the world. books as "London River" and "Old Junk," arrived in the United States from London for

of

The Very Sidea!

STILL IN PIRATE HANDS

By George "Get below!" repeated the coxswain menacing us with the revolver.

We pointed out to him that be.

a brief visit. The natural implications The arrival of Mr. Tomlinson in animal hero day, as it is observed any country is an event of proper by the Anti-Vivisection Society, was holding the barrel and point- Importance, and ships' news men are toward an unremitting labouring the handle at us. With the invaded his characteristic retic to reveal the cruelty and mistaken polite smile of the Oriental he reasoning of vivisection and put acknowledged his mistake and ence.

an end to it, by persuading more corrected his grip.. and more legislatures to unanimity **Maintenant Monsieur! Prenez in wreating from the machinery of garde!" he shouted with a strong scientific medical research the cruel inhumanity practiced, in its name.

"What have you come for, this time, Mr. Tomlinson?" they chorusod at him have como he said slowly, in a voice which us something in it of the quiet mystery of sen fogs, "to visit some doga.I became acquainted with the last time I was hero"

Hokto accent.

We had perforce to oboy or show our ignorance of the language and But aside from this very import- we calculated that it would be ant and needful emphasis, the day unwise to lose face at this point.. We raised our hands to heaven is to be admired for bringing into And when the ships' nows mon the minds of great numbers of in that supplicating manner more Americans than peace- looked 1 little uncomfortable, people remembrance of the place familiar thinking that here probably was a held by animals in civilised life ful scribes like ourselves. At the man practicing an obscure joke their contributions, their patient same time a dagger which we had against their august persons, he generosities, their braveries, in- concealed in the inside of our added, with a slight, illustrating deed the extent to which we should trousers fell down, with a thud smile, "You see, I like dogs, in fact find the world a very poor place and pierced our right toe. I am a sort of honorary dog my- indeed without them. self."

"Oh! Oh! we yelled with more vehemence than grammar,

"Monsieur will permit me?" Wo may pass, as the time of year Though the ships' nows mon rolle. round for thinking of parti-asked the coxswain with a smile turned away, na if not wholly con-cular animal heroes, to the plea-that successfully revealed his back, vinced they were not being made santer reasons for cherishing molars. They wore filled with the aport of, the remark made a head- animals against vivíacction. Those gold of many an unfortunate vic- line. "Tomlinson Honorary Dog," real and incontrovertible reasons, tim and as he bent down to pull it said, and in the thought of many which are the animals themselves. out the knife, we wondered how who read it, it was not a bad day's Their humour and gaiety, their many such empty coffers were loft compliment, either for Mr. Tomlin-skill at perceiving situations and for us to fill. son or for dogs.

.

dealing with them, the company they make in a world which would bo very dull indeed, inhabited only There followed an embarrassing. The annual animal hero day of by humans like ourselves.

moment while he lifted our trou-- the National Anti-Vivisection

sers to replace the knife and we Animals do civilise us, make no could not help reflecting that the Society occurred this year on Oct, 21. An award is always made doubt of that. They make friends pirates must think we had hidden it.

Some similar thought seemed to denly he drew out his revolver which had never left his hand and took careful aim at the centre of our stomach from two feet range.

It will be more apparent as the cables drift through from London it was that to-day, just what prompted the British Government to take pains to oxplain to Germany ("In the friendliest spirit") what the transpire in was likely to House of Commons debate on In- perial Defence. Obviously the

to some animal-and it has often of strangers, replace good will for British Government had some rea-

ste been to a dog-which has distin, ill. Soften the heart and melt the perhaps to use it against them in son for sending Sir Erie Phipps to guished itself by an act of bravery mond. Pay their way a thousand- such an emergency as this. see Baron von Neurath to give and courage and intelligence in fold in a world in which, after all, cross the coxswain's mind for sud- the rman Government a pre-

ask extraordinarily CHINA AND JAPAN if the salient points of de- behalf of a human being. It might they really

not be a mistake to use the algni- little. gesture bate. It was possibly a

ficance of the day as background] The lengthy interview which calculated to give reassurance to Marshal Chiang Kai-shek grunt-German officialdom and to remove We do know that Mr. Winston will arouse all manner of specula-Churchill in crying for bigger Danny Malone tion, particularly in regard to British battle ficuts, that he is in- sistent in his demand for more Danny Malone. the precise significance of the complete air armament, and that points presented to him. Read-hin chief reason for alarm is his James Foran, ing between the lines, it is easy suspicion that Germany is in a position to do mischief to Britain. to perceive an underlying sugges-What we do not know are Mr. James Foran, tion that China's best course in Churchill's grounds for suspicion. We have heard rumours from time the realm of foreign affairs is to Alec Templeton.

to time that Germany could put cultivate a close friendship with

thousands of aircraft up within a Japan rather than wth the West.fow weeks of intensive mobilisa- tion, that she could field an army Florence Desmond.

five and half millions within Florence Desmond.

four days, and so on. But it would be interesting to know what is the Desmond

his of these calculations. Florence Desmond.

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which

How many of us have had such out of which to wonder whether experiences with the pets which

(What will happen to us now if some great good might not come circumstances have chanced to

the revolver poes of? Do you out of everyone being, as Mr. Tom-xive us custody of? linson Ja, An honorary dog.

think he will miss or that he has For to be an honorary dog not only

are several well-authen-again got hold of the wrong end implies respect for dogs per se, but ticated cases of animal heroes, of the wretched thing? Don't for

those it establishes a humane mood; and typical of

were get that while you are hungrily the by-product of a humane mood honoured recently.

waiting to see how we get out of this meas, beads of perspiration are in any great number of people,

Beans has long since proved her breaking out all over us. Perhaps over a long period of time, might

sense. There was that we shall have swamped the boat very easily work a grent and signi- common

night when an unnoticed burning with them by to-morrow but that ficant good.

ember set re to the house; the won't be much use to us so we can't Of course there are people who mistress was away, but the master swim. How we wish that Mudge do not like dogs and, so, would not was at home and naleep. Beans was with us to lot fly with her

to be honorary dogs. One was asleep too, until the nose that

P. S.-We are sending this dia-

care

may wonder a little about them, had been twitching to the stuff of airy arme at the wicked pirates. as an author led great masses of dreams twitched to the smell of patch in a sealed McEwin's bottle people to wonder several years ago smoke. Then she woke with and if anybody finds it please take about parents, "Are they people?" start. The fire was going briskly it to Editor and ask him to tele- Still, if such people are impervious by that time. She flew into the graph our

expenses for wallah, to conversion about dogs, they master'a room, barking wildly and e/o yesterday's address. Tell Aunt might, to same similar purpose, be stamping up and down on him as Emma not to worry. Love to all). honorary cats, or birds, or horses, he slept.

(Continued on Pogo 10.)

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DUMB.BELLES LETTRES.

by Juliet Lowell Little Dog-Little Bite Mr. Leo E. Levy, 1760 North Courtney Avs

rather bluntly stated by the interviewer that the Western nations had latterly expanded their military and economic in-

or even plgs. W. H. Hudson, the: fluence in China, In actual fact.

naturalist, fell into a great friend- "Eh?" he said, sleepily, "what- of course, it is Japan, and not the

ship with a pig, some 16 years ago, ever's the matter with you, Beans Great Britain, in the past, hos before he passed on. Out of his-making such a row!" But Beans Western Powers, which has

learned the lesson of prepared- discoveries of this perhaps too kept up the row, and the smoke followed an.....expansionist policyers, it is not likely to be for- little investigated animal, he wrote thickened and flames flung leaping

Aub- at the expense of China. a point gotten in this, or several

a piece called "My Friend, The shadows against the wall of Hollywood, California. which Chiang Kai-shek ap- Bequent generations. Whether the Pig" for the Gold Book Magazine, near-by corridor.

My Dear Mr. Lovy: menace is from Europe or else in which he produced much plea-

You complain that my dog bit to have bean silent.

where. Britain must take heed.

The master leaped up. Tether sant and surprising evidence to

your ankle. Woll, that's as high although he did refute the un-Mr. Churchill's reasons for Bus-show that the maligned and des- he and Beans made their warranted charge made against picion may be made known during pised pig has really many qualities For this rescue in Fallston, Md., as he could reach. You couldn't that may properly entitle him to Beans was given one of the Animal expect a little pup like him to bite.

your neck, could you? the European Powers by pointing the Commons debate. If they are

not, we can only say that they the respect and king of humans Horo medals a little while later.

Yours Truly, out that they had actually sur- ought to have been; for the public, qualities including a good die- Not all acts of herolam in

Merryl Helle. rendere many of their former as well as the statesmen, should position, and a kind und friendly animals are done by dogs or cats. knew what sort of situation is apt attitude toward other creatures. There is a parrot which lives in rights. But the tion of a closer drawing together to confront the nation abroad. That, though the pig is sunily South Carolina; just an average] After all, it is the public which considered selfish and a dolt, ha parrot, with an average tendency of Japan and China comes in the bears the brunt, in preparing for nevertheless strikingly lacks the to be stubborn when visitors would remark by the interviewer that emergencies and in meeting the devil-may-care impudence of the like to hear her talk, and to be the Kuomintang should return to when they arise. Further than yout, the hostility of the goose, the loquacious at times when silence the Pan-Asia idea, in regard to that, these constant hints of brew condescension of the eat and the

are liable to

create fawning flattery of the dog, and waging crises which Chiang Kai-shek

The rather non-committal, although animosities out of thin air.

truth, in a matter of such grave remarking that China and Japan importance as this one, cannot do are brother nations, whatever he

more harm than tho suppression of may have precisely meant that the facts. If there le anything to observation to imply. There fear from Germany or anyone else, can be little doubt that the inter- Mr. Churchill, or anyone else, is view reflects the view held in aware of it, let him declare it. certain circles in Japan that in Then the people can judge whether the time has come to look to the the regrouping of Powers now in

ramparts of the Empire. process, some effort should be made not only to offset the strong anti-Japanese feeling which has course of action. In the constant persisted in China ever since the pressure which has been brought Manchurian incident, but to re- to bear on him from Japan he move grounds for criticism of has not taken the strong line her conduct. It is to be noted in which some of his compatriots this connection that very little would wish. His non-committal has been mentioned, in the course attitude is therefore hardly to be of the recent discussions concern-wondered at. Public opinion in ing Pacific problems, as to the China on any issue is extremely precise role which China is to difficult to assess, but, bearing in play in the future scheme of mind Japan's recent policies, it things. She has only figured is easy to foresee popular resent- indirectly in the picture by the ment amongst the moral vocal insistence on the part of Britain section of the people if any step and the United States of respect were taken which appeared to for her territorial integrity, overlook past Japanese aggres- This very insistence should be sion. There is doubtless, much sufficient to show China who her diplomatic jockeying taking friends really are. At the mo- place behind the scenes amongst ment, Japan is suspect in regard all nations having interests in the to her policies in China, and it Pacific, but at the moment there may well be that she feels that would not appear to be much it would be a clever move, placing prospect of Pan-Asianism be. her in a better light with the coming anything like an im- frest of the world, if she could mediately operative factor in the

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the Chinese nation. Chiangis Just as well to take note of Kai-shek, of course, is in no post-the feelers going out in this di tion to pledge his country to any rection."

"Edgar, how much of this stank can you get away with?"!

You complain that my dog bit your ankle.

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