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AMAZING CAREER OF BARON ALOISI

By PAUL CREMONA

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DARON Pompen Alolsi, a Roman stendily throughout the peninsula. By birth, spirit and enthus-The police kept close watch in the D

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The Very Idea!

AUNT EMMA SEES

A GHOST

By George

DEAR George,

on

The controversial features of the Unemployment Act, which be- came law in Britain last June, havo engaged much attention. But too little has been said about one, of

I do hope I anı and boys between unemployed girla the ages of 14 and 18 might be fasm-thereby perhaps a politician cities and throughout the country required to go through courses at born-belongs to that select class and soon found that this alarming

of Italian diplomats whose words situation was dus to foreign opfee not too late with my con-

step whose work was organised to un avery juvenile Instructios centros.

dermine the country's forces in tribution this year-I mean catlon authorities are now endea- mean facts, whose to meet the new demand mentis results.

His political force is in no wise the interior, in order eventually to this week-but I intend to make up for the delay by upon their services. It should

telling you of a true ghost be understood that this far-reach-dependent upon the verbose pole-weaken the morale of forces on the

story. int reform is not an experi-mics so dear to modern diplomacy, fighting line.

The strictest possible, control ment. Since 1918 it has been for he is not a great orator of the

Although it happened pursue under a number of acta tyng of Jaures or Briand.

Ila nim is always creative falled to check the enemy's work; Parliament which provided that

political action, complying with well-paid sples continued at work unemployed boys and girls underneatural laws of human society, and finally succeeded in sinking Christmas Day I know it is true ertain circumstances should be

I went to pass the day with a required to attend Instruction rather than with the good rules of two large Italian battleships. the because it happened to me. schools. The experience helped to rhetoric. Speech, slow in coming Benedetto Brin and the Leonardo Bave thousands of young persons and sometimes harah, is merely an da Vinci, lying at anchor in Halion friend at their house at Kowloon

instrument with him. advantage-ports,

The people were then seized Tong and as we sat round after In with terror and frantic appeals big dinner cracking jokes and pusly used to plan, organise and establish definite situations.

Sudmas of the ghost of a shroff. whose use all means in its power to re- mysterious visitation every Christ- to Bismarck, this respect he might perhaps he were made to the Government to nate my friend told me of the Compared

It appears that about 12 years harah, slow locution was far more medy this tragic situation.

ago this shroff, Ah Men, rashly effective than an easy stream of denly Baron Aloisi came forward

the irate the year's cults and

Christmas This tolug the lesson taught by words, such as flowed pleasantly to solve the fearful problem, or at prolonged experiment, the exten-from the mouth of German So- least it in to him that the organisa.chose Christmas. Day to call with alon of the service to all the young cialist, Ferdinand Bebel. His style tion of the counter-plot la univer-householder threw a

The vast network of Austrian pudding at him. The heavy pro- unemployed is a reform which of speech, plain facts and no trim-sally ascribed,

the ples in Italy was controlled from cetile caught the shroff in the should have lasting effects on the mings, comes to him, no doubt, whole life of the nation. Hence- from his early training

The murderer covered the body forward, all young people up to the Italian Navy (1893-1902) which he the Austrian Consulate in Zurich, pleen and he died almost immed!- age of 18 will, if out of work, left with the rank of lieutenant to where Captain Mayor, in charge of

inborn of criminal attempts in the penin the morning. found that it had dis- next Christman either be compelled to attend the fallow what his elders defined on the office, conducted the campaign with chits and hid it away and in

sults. The consular safe held

appeared. The centres, or, if unusually intelligent various occasions as children, will be given special talent for politics.

In a remarkably short span of secret codes, correspondence and Day, however, the shroff appeared educational facilities. It may be admitted that it would be better years he rose from his first diple names. In order to avoid unplea- him in the night and showed Captain Mayer made a habit of The unhappy man vacated the still if the chikiren were kept matic post as attache to the Italian sunt surprises during the night. him even more chits than before. longer at school-ideally, till 16 Embassy in Paris to that of flor leaving ights ablaze in the room house but the shroff still continued rather than 14. Such a provision sceretary and afterward counsellor with the safe, ad that whatever to call each year and ask the pre- would almost abolish unemploy of Legation. At the outbreak of

never address, and my friend said Ke ment among juveniles, and would the Great War he was called to went on there could be seen from sent resident for his murderer's would almost certainly call that remove the necessity for unemploy-serve in the navy with the rank of the street, where traffic

and, after censed throughout the 24 hours,

On the night of Feb. 24, 1917, night. ed Instruction centres. But in the Heutenant-commander

two men wearing masks atole into I went to bed full of bon homic THURSDAY, DEC. 27, 1934.

absence of auch provision the being appointed aide-de-camp next best thing is that these cen-King Victor Emmanuel, was pr the lighted room, and screened or whatever they call those French THE COLONY'S SLUMr boys and girls at their most

tres should be universally available moted to commander.

The year 1915 Ands him chief themselves and the safe behind wines. Shroff or no shroff Christ- of the press bureau in the Italian sheet of oilcloth. For six solld max is Christmas and a man's a hours did the two men work to PROBLEM

impressionable age.

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Judging by the smell of the room

The Colony-slum problem DU PONT MEMORANDUM

resumed his place in the diploma and then, by way of a souvenir fort which I was placed 1 had to have a good look round to satisfy my- was touched upon at the recent

Add to evidence publicised by tic service, he rises quickly from Captain Mayer, left their tools in self that the victim of the aneault annual meeting of the Society

12 years before had really dia- a neat array on the floor. investigators High Commissioner and Minister for the Protection of Children.at September the memorandum Plenipotentiary to full ambassa- On the following day the Italian appeared. However, I could find That there is strong need for recently submitted, at the request dorial rank, serving Copenhagen, boundary line with neutral coun- no trace of him and retired to

"hermetically aented" bed. the demolition of much of the of Senator Nye's committee, by Memel, Durazzo, Bucharest, Tokyo rica was

About 3 am, I was awakened by old property in the more con-Lammot du Pont. Clearly. the and Ankara. He is now Chef de and remained inaccessible for three

the shoulder at least atap an getting somewhere. Cabinet at the Foreign office in days, during which the Italian gested districts of Hongkong inquiry is thera cannot be the least doubt. But not so far that the pubile can Home, the acknowledged chief of police captured hundreds of spies, shoulder will serve for the pur- In particular does this apply to afford to transfer its attention the Palazzo Chigi, executive, that secret agents and Austrian informoses of the story, I sat up in-. the tenement-house type of from the investigation to such is, of Signor Benito Mussolini's mers, scattered all over the king- dignantly and there, belleve it or

the Christian foreign policy. Since July, 1932. dom. Thus the Austrian network

not, was a shroff, building, in which overcrowding memoranda,

rubbed my eyes. There were is so marked. But it is perfect- Science Monitor. Despite the du he has been principal Italian de- was torn to shreds, sabotage ceased

and legate to the League of Nations. automatically and the country betwe, four, alx, shroffs. I stopped Pont after of co-operation. ly true, as Mr. Kotewall pointed granting its sincerity, it is difficult

gan to breathe. Rumour spread rubbing and was relieved to find The man, Indeed, can best be like wildfire that the organiser of that no more appeared. out in his remarks, that even to wax enthusiastic over such in-

was Baron What would you have done, dear if slum clearance is tackled suc-dications as it contains that pri-judged by his achievements, for it this remarkable feat

is difficult to find one more reserved Aloisi, but it was never officially, reader, in such a case? Well, 80 cessfully, the problem of over-vate munitioneers are ready to crowding will remain until such devote their energies Brst and than he, and more careful of evad- confirmed and never can be. Yet did I. I screamed and screamed but as I had left my teeth in the time as the earnings of unskilled foremost to public welfare. First, ing publicity in every form.

wash basin I was unable to make labour are such as to permit of there is the international arma this reason "he is sometimes mis

myself heard by anybody except the nearest shroff. the renting of more hygienicment trade's long record of ques-understood, or at least not always

dealing

to consider.valued to the full, especially by premises,

Another salient episode in Baron Kreattionable

Then they all began to bow and I thought I should Aloisi's career is his political mis came nearer. majority of the people with Secondly, there is the do Pont those who are beneath his

memorandum itself. Senator Nye standard.. which the Society for the Pro-seems to have overestimated the da A few episodes from his varied afon to Albania, which he brought lose my head but none of them tection of Children is concerned, Pont's acceptance of the fact that carcer may be told here to cast to a brilliant head. In a little over seemed to be carrying knives.

The six shroffs began-to-make- more and better food and cloth-"something is rotten in Denmark light upon his remarkable person two years Baron Aloisi "Italian-

laed" Albania so completely that the motions of tearing up chits at ing are the prime necessities, and that something has got to be ality.

somewhat all influences first episode,

endangering the the same time pointing to their with improved housing occupy-done about it." In its context the ing a relatively secondary posi- "atrici government control" phrase romantic In colour, hardly belongs safety of Italy's eastern coast line stomachs. Then I saw what the or were cast out and a deep-rooted trouble was. They all carried a seems to express nothing stronger to the sphere of diplomatic tion. It will therefore be seen

after twelve that the problem is basically an than a preference for such con-political activity, but its brilliant friendship built up between Rome Christmas pudding in their stom- economie one, with poverty the trel to prohibition of the traffic conclusion was worth so much to and Tirans. Conditions in Albania achs, undigested

Italy at the time, that through no at the time of Baron Aloist's misyears, and wanted me to take it diplomatic channel could the causesion were desperate, rather than out. dominating factor in a situation

of the country have been served so merely difficult.

I took my little nail scissors and complicated, as His Excellency

thoroughly as it was through this Neighbouring countries and cer-cut, the puddings out right away. the Governor remarked, by the

Yet the memorandum expresses scheme, universally believed to tain of the great

were and as I did each operation this tin- easy entry of poor and

neigh other opinions which show that have been planned and carried out weightag heavily upon the little shroff tore up his chits and van- employed people from

state in order to submit it to ished. Then I crept back to bed bouring territory. His Excel- this munitions firm is perhaps in by Baron Aloisi,

agreement with, and at any rate Toward the end of 1016, and 18 foreign rule. The only man who and fell asleep. lency confesses that he has been certainly aware of, the progress of months after Italy's entry into the could hope to reorganise the coun- unable to find any remedy which public opinion as regards the pri- World War, the flower of the try was Ahmet Zogu Bey, now fetched but the absolute proof is will meet the case.

Nor is it ate profits on war: "Elimination nation was bravely fighting in the King Zog, monarch of the Alban: easy to see what immediately of excessive earnings must apply trenches while disorder, unrest and lans, but then recently repatriated

were growing | (Continued on Page 6.) effective measures can be taken to every business and to every acts of sabotage

be to deal with the problem. individual." Here. It must Ameliorative work is being done said, the du Pont paper touches on by the S.P.C. and other bodies, one of the most important ques- tions that arise with regard to but, as we have previously hadrotecting the peace of nations occasion to remark, this does not from the exploitation of unscrupul

But what shall be go to the root of the matter. Jous armourers. None the less, this uspect the measure of "excesalvo profit"? of charitable endeavour is If the pay that soldiers get for risk- deserving of the utmost ing everything in the trenches were indeed, for the to be the gauge, would the incentive support;

reprebe sufficient to keep them supplied very reason sents the limit of endeavour at with weapons and ammunition? Certainly the time is coming when the moment, it is essential that all peoples will insist that the bur its scope should be made as wide dens of warfare be equitably dis as possible; and this can only tributed as between man power be done by the publie seeing to and money power. The du Pont it that ample funds are made memorandum is a symptom of available... On the general ques-fairly recent public enlightenment. The arms Investigation by the tion of slum clearance, however, United States Sonute is adding there is need for the adoption to that enlightenment and lay- of a more vigorous policy than ing the groundwork for effective that at present followed. The legislation on the arms traffic, this investigation poverty of the people is no suf-Perhaps ficient reason for tolerating the continues further recommendations existence of buildings which are from the arms Industry will be and received. These totally unfit for human habita- requested tion, as so many of the old may contain valuable suggestions tenement-houses undoubtedly for checking abuses. But even

important than So long as these hovels mates' opinions on methods of con- are allowed to remain, so long trol is the information on their will even ameliorative work practices which the Nye committee amongst the people living in la unearthing. It is on the basis them lose much of its value and of this information that nations potency. In England at the must decide how to deal with this. moment, the authorities are problem most effectively. waging a ruthless war on the

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slum ovil; there is call for long run, of course, only similar action here in Hongkong, raising of the standard of living Admittedly, new. difficulties will bring about any widespread would emerge from such 'action, relief, but In the meantime there but it is for the authorities to are aspects of the problem which meet these as they arise. In the urgently call for attention.ang

"Oh, sure, I've soon lots of wild turkey around here-hundreds of 'em...but I reckon that's been more than forty years ago,

I know it Bounds a little far.

the fact that I woke up in the morning with six Christmas pud- dings in my bed.

I told my friend about my amazing experience but all sho said was that I ought to get mar- ried.

Now I ask you, dear reader, waa that nice?

Your peoved,

Aunt Emma..

Phineas Quetch

I suppose Phineas Quetch is almost forgotten nowadays. Ho was "P. Q." of the "Home Illus trated" from 1860 until his death in 1888 And, in that capacity. what a pillar of the bourgeoiala! How, in thousands of homes, his weekly "Musings on Morality" were awalted with something of the perfervid homage that an earlier generation gave to Dickens.

I was glancing at ■ “P. Q" anthology only recently:

Not one of those who read this:

halting verso

Would "life" a sovereign from æ

neighbour's pures,

Yet, many they who-éad it is to

tellf

Without permission "borrow his

umbrell

And yet, if sight be right-and

who, forsooth,

Will dare to challenge that eternal

truth?

Umbrellas, be their handles but

of bone,

Have, with the rest, a status of

their own.

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This is from a long, tedious narrative called "Fancy's Luro," with steel engravings by Dovallier, I suppose someone hid been pinch ing "P. Q.'s" brolly. Anyway,' he died young, "of lumbago; It may have been postic justice.