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The

Hongkong Telegraph.

MONDAY, DEC. 17, 1934,

PAST AND PRESENT FEARS

It might help us to face eur- rent problems with more hope if we could only make use of the ingenious time machine described in H. G. Wells' famous novel. This was a machine, by which one could rove about in time as a motor-car enables one to rove about in space. You could go

elther forward or backward-

TELEGRAPH.

MONDAY,

NOTES OF THE DAY

CRITICAL SESSION

Special Interest attaches to this, the fourth session of the present House of Commons, in view of the fact that experience has always shown that fourth sessions are the

most critical. Can the National Government win the next genoral election 7 Evidence is accumulat- ing fast on all sides that, as it is constituted at the present moment,, It will go down, at the polls under one of the most spectacular defcats in British political history. The municipal elections this autumn and

DECEMBER 17, 1934.

WILL INDIA COPY SOUTH IRELAND?

(BY J. H. MORGAN, K.C., D.L.).

The Very Idea!

| DUMB-BELLES LETTRES

by Juliet Lowell

A Muddle Salesman ·

December 12, 1933.

Sales Manager,

Empire State Building New York City

This keen analysis of the practical value of con- stitutional "safeguards" is timely in view of the publica-Model Brassiere Company tion of the Joint Committee's Report on the India White Paper proposals. Mr. Morgan says that these "safe- guards" have failed in Ceylon, Malta, and the Irish Free State. There is no ground for belief that they would be more effective in India.

AM pét a jurist, but a practieing very word "oppression" is un-

the recent parliamentary by-eles- Iver, and i will not indelge known to our law.

mem-

tions have proved beyond posel- bility of cavil that tho Socialist. Party is to-day stronger than it was in 1929, its year of triumph, By all indications the National Government now in office, should it go to the country in ita present form, will be lucky if its adherents In the new House of Commons number, not 666 as in 1931, but anything in excess of 160 or 170. That being the situation, bers may well ask themselves a further question: whether a Con- servative Government could not make a much more successful fight against the rapidly increasing So- cialist forces than a coalition of Conservatism cum-Sociallam, which is the basis of the National Govern- ment. The pretence that there are National-Liberal or National-So- cialist voters in any number must be dismissed as being too silly for words. And it is well known that many of the most experienced Con- servative organisers firmly believe that a Conservative Government would stand an infinitely better chance at the next election than the present Administration.

ELECTION NEXT YEAR.

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in anything so unpractical or so In the Irish "Trenty" there are, pedantic na to rove at large.over or rather wers, 18 clauses. Two all/tho Constitutions of this world, of them were what I may' call I will confine myself to the six self-mere "draftsmen's clauses." Fiye governing Dominions. Of the of the others were only provision Jenner self-governing Colonies,ļuf, in that they contemplated thỏ Malta and Ceylon, it is quite voluntary entry of Northern sufficient to Ray that the safe- Ireland into the Free State, an guards peculiar to those two Con-invitation which Northern Ireland, the last stronghold of loyalty to Atitutions have catastrophically the Crown in the island, sumi- broken down and have, indeed, murity declined to capt. The ended in anarchy. Now in five of remaining eleven clauses were the ax Dominion Constitutions covenants, express and implied, to there are no "anfeguards" at all. "safeguard the Imperial connec By that I mean restrictions on the lion and to protect the Loyalists. assertion and exercise of full of these eleven super-safeguards, "internal" Rovereignty. The sixth four have already been abolished Is that sort of exception which by the Irish Legislature or abro the Irish Excentive. proves a rule. It is the Irish Free Kated by

The oath of allegiance Is gone. State. The Free State Constitu-

The

"Representative of the tion, which, it must always be

to wit, the Governor- Crown." declared remembered, wor Parliament to be "construed" sub-General, has been degraded to the ject to the so-called "Treaty" of position of "a rubber-stamp," as 1922, does indeed bristle with Mr. de Valera contemptuously "safeguards," while the "Treaty" calls him. The limitation on the itself, which governs it, is a kind effectives of the armed forces has of chevaux de frine, a quickest Kene the way of a similar limita-. hedge; of super-safeguards, Those tion In another "Treaty." super-safeguards were aimed at Treaty of Versailles, and by the two things. One was to preserve same devices-the formation of "auxillary forces.". The covenant the Imperial connection. The olher was to

protect the Irish to pay adequate compensation to Loyalists from the invidious "dis-compulsorily retired Civil Ser crimination" In fact persecution in spite of a Privy Council deci- vants, nearly all of them Loyalists, which they had every reason tosion upholding that covenant, the fent. Nearly the whole of those safeguards have already disappear-Free State Government flatly re- ed. As regards the second object, fused to observe, The British there has, indeed, been so far no Government was left to discharge discrimination against the loyal-the debt, a dobt of honour as well ists by "law," in other words byns a debt. in law, Free State legislation. But ad-

by

•

the

ministrative discrimination has The repudiation of the covenant been practised everywhere. Among that Ireland should bear her share the hundreds of magistrater, Le.. of the National Debt was hastily "District Justices," in the Free anticipated by intimidated British State, only one is a Loyalist. Not Ministers who, under pressure a single Loyalist has the slightest from the Free State Government, chance of abtaining any Govern-agreed to waive that, covenant ment contract, of "teaching in aaltogether. The whole of the Government School. or of being covenants providing that the Free appointed to any public oflee. State Government's relations to The appalling treatment, as Lord the Crown' and the Imperial Parlia- Carson justly described it, of the ment should be identical with x-Service men" in the Free State those of Canada have gone by the is the climax of this discrimina-board. tion. This administrative dis

as were

em-

It may be taken for granted that the next general election will not be postponed into the year 1936, nad for this reason. The party wire-pallers are sure to warn the Conservative leaders that If the municipal elections of November Inoxt year are As devastating in their results ns those of this year they cannot go to the country with any hope of success. Supposing a change from a coalition to a de- finitely Conservative Administra- tion is to he made it ought to he made at once. The Conservative lender or Prime Minister should Government who are not labelled as invite members of the National

Conservatives, but who have done well in office, to join the new Conservatives.. Government Most of them would doubtless seize

The National to the millennium, whichever you tion quite clear. chose. If we could get hold of ground so long as it misses splendid Government must continue, to lose

crimination is not, indeed. a The Imperial connection with breach of any of the "safeguards," Canada hus undergone no eliange. such a machine, and spin back Chances, as it does in an incon-

for the simple reason that the In the case of Ireland it has been through a few generations, we ceivable fashion. Such Nowa - As might discover that our difficul-after conference or such announce

"Treaty" never attempted to for completely subverted. The coven- the summoning of futile conference

bid It. It did not forbid it because ant as to harbour facilities for ties to-day are only reprints of ments as that "Mr. Eden has again

everyone concerned knew that his Majesty's ships of war and are creating a

auch prohibitions are unenforce his Air Force will disappear with difficulties which assailed other left for Genera"

able. feeling of nausea in the country.

You cannot forbid the most the impending Declaration of In men in times past. A writer Unless there is a complete change

formidable form of discrimina- dependence. In short, the whole recently set out to collect a few the outlook is black. By this date

tion, and indeed the most cruel, of the super-safeguards of the by any formula known to the law. "Treaty" are gone. Such of the of the doleful outeries which twelve months hence there will, in

fall likelihood, be a new Parliament I mean a boycott", whether it be other safeguards former depressions have drawn at Westminster, in view of the

an offein boycott ar an unofficial bodied in the Constitution itself from discouraged men. As fur practical certainty that the general

one. Even the White Paperure either going or are already back as the time of St. Augus- that the detonating effect of next

The Irish Senate, devised proposals, thick with "safeguards" gone. election will be hurried forward so

though they are, do not attempt to protect the minority, to arrest tine, 1,700 years ago, he finds a year's municipal elections may not

to safeguard anyone against revolutionary legislation, and to administrative discrimination, secure the independence of the agriculture shatter Conservative hopes in the complaint that

There is no way known to the Irish judges, will disappear in a was decaying, purchasing power decisive struggle. This is the fact

the result law, nor could any be devised, of few months ns dwindling, taxes soaring, and which has to be kept steadily In

compelling "Government" to de Valera will establish not mere- commerce collapsing; the conclu- mind, coupled with the danger

which some bellèvo Socialist abstain from oppression. The (Continued on Page 6) sion drawn, of course, was that triumph would mean to the vital the world was going to the dogs interests of the British nation. for good. He finds a distinguish- ed French physician in 1832 voicing similar complaints, a GOOD TRADE FIGURES. menting the turmoil and confu- Ision of the times-he had seen The public is entitled to express u poat chaise rattling along at distinct satisfaction at the genorui five miles an hour, and he said excellence of the British trade re- British CX- that "this madness of speed is turns for October. wearing out men" and he felt ports for that month were larger that his newly-born son faced a 1931. The upward movement in than in any month since January, life which could bring him manufactured exports was very neither prosperity nor happiness, marked, and is a welcome sign of He finds an editor in 1857 des: | British efficiency in the face of cribing the "universal commer-crushing tariffs and quota restric- cial prostration and panic" about tions. The one weakness brought him, and remarking that "it is a out by the figures is the big expan- sion in imports which has taken gloomy moment in history.

place this year, and which must never has the future seemed so affect the balance of trade and our incalculable." To come nearer currency position. For the first still to our own times, a U.S. ten months of the year the excess official in 1886 spoke of the de- of retained imports over exports ns, compared pression, doubting that any revi. was £236,000,000, val could come up to the level of months of 1993. This excess can with £205,000,000 for the ton the preceding 50 years, and con be corrected by raising the tarli. cluding plaintively that "the day Action in this direction may be of large profits is probably past" taken in the present session, as tho

It is really worth our while to gap between exports and imports bridged by In-

myll over the dismal' Jerumiada is now too wide to Conservativn

visible exporta, from the past. Admittedly, it bodies does not make our present prob- a tariff which will, they believe, Hles are beginning to agitato for lems any less difficult; but it remedy the situation. However, may help us to see that a troubled with the growing tendency among time such as the present is never economists to argue for the quite as dark and hopeless as the gradual abandonment of high pre- people who are living through it tection, it is possible that the move towards higher tariffa may bo often suppose. Historians 50

atayed. It remains to be seen years hence will probably find whether abolition of the trade some of our current fears just as walls will solve the problem, but quaintly humorous, as those of it is certainly an experiment worth former days seem to us now. attempting..

"Of course I was embarrassed. You and papa just sat

and stared at him as though you had never met a millionaire's son before."

of

Sir:

I have got your letter fore me and in regard to same will say · that it is hard for me to sell goods at any time and one must be smart and one must use everything that In in him. Also and if I do it is hard to get the department stores to pay for it.

And not let the other follow u chance to got his hooks in, there fore I have asked all my accounta if I get anything that in reni special if I can send them a small assort- ment of this or that.

You understand, ain't you that I am for the Model Brnasiera Com- pany and myself and the customera, at all times.

Trusting that the above explains most clear to you this matter as well as all others that might in the near future come up.

Yours very friendly,

Arthur Opkins. (signed)

Oblige Me Your Photo

c/o J.K.T. Pieterson D.T.S. Office Riwy's Sekondi, British West Africa

October 29th. 1934.

C.L.A. Groth

c/o English Division Acheson Olldag Co.

8 Endwell-Road London, S.E, 4 Dear Chum:

In reading a Foot-Enll 'com- petition in the newspaper here it offers me a lot of names, Running down I behold your name all of a audden a shadow of love east comp- temeplation upon my mind. This gives me fall identity that the stars.

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of mine were equilours to you. delay no opportunity to write ant nak a world Friend-Ship. I am from Sekondi Football Club. We are the best sports men in this town. I am the 1st Captain in Sekondi Football Club. Every Match I was the man who won goal before anyone could won. I am very sinart of my playing. What is your age? Obligo me your photo, Handkorchieves, and a fine Post Cards as a boon. I now brought my speech to a close.

.

I ever be

Your's truly Lawson Andrews Dádzie

Sekondi

Every Match I was the man who won goal. before' anyone could won

- Personal Anecdote

London, Dec. 13. ̧· I am astonished to see that the newspapers are still sending repor ters to ask Mr. George Bernard Shaw Idiotic questions. I am amazed that he is still answering

them.

In every other country but Eng- land, with the possible exception of Lapland, whore he is almost un- known, Mr. Shaw is regarded as a Great ran. In England he ha ra garded nú a clown,

This is partly, due to the fact that we cannot take a man seriously. when he tears our ridiculous ins- titutions to pieces. We think he must be joking.

.

It is also partly due to leaner writers who publish their worthless opinions about his work. It Is lucky for them that he has refrain- ed from giving his opinion of their drivel. This may be because he has never heard of it,

I remember a time in the early nineteen twenties when it was not so easy to interview Mr. Shaw. I was then sent off to ask him whether he thought girls ought to powder their noses.

When I arrived at the little wicket-gato which guarded his flat in Adelphi, I was so ashamed of-- my mission that I could scarcely. speak to the woman who answered the boil. Mr. Shaw naturally re- fused to see a stranger without knowing his business, so I had to tell her what I wanted: She looked nt me sadly for a moment and re- plied, "Do you really mean you have come here to ask him that?"

"Yes," I replied.

What a pitya bir, healthy, young fellow has nothing better to dom Our Own Correspondent.

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