1935-01-04 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

FRIDAY, JANUARY

4, 1935.

WILL FRANCE GO FASCIST?

LA ROQUE MAY BE

AN "IL DUCE”

(By A CORRESPONDENT)

AN

rest upon the oars, whereas in a TS the younger generation indefeated nation the instinct of Franco hoading fir, the fate | self-preservation acts as an in- which has overtaken the youth of ventivo. Only now, as the iden Germany?

gains ground that though France All over Europe the same story won the war, the French people. ropeating itself. The old man may have lost the pence, does the cling to olice and tho young spur to netion begin to be felt. generation clamours for their re-

But Immediato y the word moval, in proportion the "action" is broathed the army of effects of the economic crisis youth becomes divided. There is pross more Heavily upon the only

one point upon which all are armies of young people turned out lagreed, from the Royalista to ihe each year by the universities and intellectuals of the Loft. That technical schools, so does the de- point is that the day of Parlia. mand for changó grow more In-¡menta has passed. The signi. alstent.

fcance of that agreement, in democratic France, can scarcelv be exaggerated.

The mounting scandals of the old regimes add fuel to the fire, until, at a certain point, the In- evitable demagogue Arises to ex-lously corrupt. ploit the dissatisfaction and in- oxperience of the youthful ele-

mont,

A large proportion of the population of Europe is living to day under dictatorships, and the dictators are all broadly apeak- ing, of the war generation. Mus- solini lɛ 51 years of age, Hitler in 45. But both reply for support largely upon a generation younger than themselves. Those men rule their countries in the Interests of

Miss Josephine Ross, woman mine owner of Colorado, who was recently arlected by President Roosevelt ta assist and advise the Ministry of Finance.

small clique of feudal-minded industrialists, but they have found the secret of giving to youth the illunion of power and self-import- ance.

Public life in France is notor The averago Frenchman admits it, but hitherto has been cynically tolerant. Since the Stavisky scandal he is more cynical than ever, but loss toler-

ant.

ECONOMIC CRISIS

The economic crisis is burting. time, the cost of living in high Francu seriously for the frat

and still rising and unemploy- ment figures are greater than at any time since the war. In such circumstances, exposures af the spoils system

trouble. When Stavlaky pulled the trigger of his pistol at Chamonix a Jew months ago he did not merely 'blow out his own braina, le ex- ploded a bomb which is rocking the Third Republie to its founda- tions.

cause

.

On February 6 of this year ten persons were killed and nearly 600 injured in the rioting of reaction- ary youth outside the Chamber of Deputies. Stagnation of Parlin- mont, corruption senndals, street fighting it in Germany over again. There are at Fenst five Phacizi parties of -the Right, all of them trabing "anuck troops." On the Leit the Communists' and Socialists of the old parties havo Joined in a united front,

WAITING FOR LEADER

The sunds are running out, the battalions of youth take sides and Ase each older. Inexorably the process goes on, despite proteatn. tions and cries of alarm from the very boys themselves, Papers allegedly of the Leit, such 118 {"} tœuvre," publish pictures of Young "Francistes" (French Nazis) at iring practice. Yel "L'Euvre" Agency, which Alao the Ilavas Agency, which h150 controls the Chinolic Royalist reactionary journal,. "L'Action Francaise," unut many other papers both of Left nad night.

Stage is set, one factor only has been missing unti now-the appearance on the scene of the

In many respects the situation in France to-day in dissimilar to that in Germany two years ago. But to those who watched develop-uper-demagogue, able to play the

ments at close quarters in the Intlor country there is an Increas- ing number of factors sufficiently parallel to cause alarm

STERILE GENERATION

Some years ago a professor in a Parin Lycee told me: "We are nearing the end of the sterile generation. Since the War sur pupils have lacked fire, they seem- ed to reflect the weariness of their parents during the tatter years of the war. Now once more we are seeing before us a crop of keen young minds, and I begin ognia. to have hope for my country."

The generation of which the prulesaur spoke has since gone out into the world and become

roie which Hitler pays.

A great carnival mesting of Nazi organisation'headı, saeking "strength through joy," met recently in Berlin. The principal figures are pictured above.

TESTING BIG AIR CLIPPERS

PAN-AMERICAN

SERVICE

DIRECTION BY WIRELESS

Bridgeport, Dec. 27.

jumps from Florida to Paraguay.

In place of luxurious passenger jaccommodations of the sister ship. the "Brazilian Clipper," this ship will have a spacious chart room and living and sleeping quarters for the crew.

KEEP SILENCE

·

Pan-American officials would not say whether they still plan

to.

operate an "Agentine Clipper," neither would they comment on the probable date that trans-Paelfie! service will be inaugurated.

PRESIDENT'S CHAIR

Havana. Dec. 17. President Carlos Mendieta of Cuba in the future will "not be required to use the same chair occupied by his enemy Machado," The new presidential chair, which will be plated In the Cabinet room, the public and was presented to Mendieta from was paid for by public subscription.- United Press.

SOUND THAT SIREN!

The first light of the new {"Clipper" was made several weeks Mrs. Albert Dino was returning iago. Following final installation of from

TURLUING FOR HIS PARTNERS

LÉ KATE DANCINGE «^)

EXERCISE./

FORTUNATELY THE WOMOLAPA, DALACIE | BUT ONE WONDEGI WKETHER SOPTE | == OR PLAY BRIDGE BECAUSE TO BE OBTAINED FRON PLAYING THE PEOPLE GO TO DIE BADONA, GALLERY | DENING & GOOP GEOLE KIUOSE BACHTES A MUT REALIZES IT MANY. FOR THE WALIT ****

Mr. Husolden's clever cartoon, re- produced above by kind permission of the London "Daily Mirror," makes fest of the tendency now-n days to regard pastimes merely as health-alds. To extract all the en Joyment possible out of both work and play, depending upon Pinkettes, the gentle tule vor laxatives, to keep the system clean and healthily active, Is a wiser plan,

Taken occasionally, when needed, Pinkettes dispel constipation, Ilver- Ishnoas, bilious attacks, Blitémpar, gloom. And they sustain youth and good looks by keeping the skin froe from pimples and blotches, the eyes bright and clear, the breath sweet. Pinkettes are obtainable from chemists everywhere.

MARTELL'S BRANDIES

KNOWN. APPRECIATED AND CALLED FOR

THREE STAR

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Quincy, Mass, Dec. 17.

hospital to her home in an

"ECUSSON"

Preparing for regular trans- specialised equipment, tents for the ambulance" with her new-born

No Gral Just firemen washing down the Washing on capital buildings before Congress rennsembles.

That man has

now appeared, Pacific and trans-Atlantic trans- Department of Commerce licencing baby. At a point on Washington ench month he comes more in port lights of the future, Pan- will be run. after which Pan- Street she asked the driver to slow the forefront of the stage, as American Airways is fitting out its American will conduct a series of down and sound the siren. Mrs. Hiter and before him. His name second giant Sikorsky four-engined acceptance light tests.

Colonel de la itaque, and the dylar bert ля a long-distance

Dino held the baby up to a window scenes at mase meetings he is training ship.

Equipment being installed in to receive the cheers of her hus- holding hightly in the Paris dis- The plane ans special instruments cludes a special fuel pumping band and fellow workers on an trict compacte the paralel with and extra fuel tanks giving it a system, an electrical service by E.R.A. project.—United Press, Germany. instead 01 a house cruising range of over 3,000 miles. which the four engines can be palater there is a colonel and a This, it was pointed out, is 1,000 Aynchronized perfectly, advanced "gentleman."

miles gronter than the Bermuda- two-way radio apparatus, A new from the ground direction finding Azores stretch across the Atlantic, direction-finding system, advanced station will be conducted over Beyond that, nothing--and no and 600 miles' more than the dis- types of sextants and octants to sections of the Atlantic Ocean and dillerence. No programme,

no tance between, California and gether with a drift fadicator, to Caribbean sua.

gou except the goal which is com Hawali. mon to all youth everywhere, tnej desire to build a new order."

It will have intensive flight train-

As a member of the operating sta of Pan-American'a interna-

Į measure surface speed over water.

RADIO DIRECTION. ing out of Miami, up to its full

Itional air-transport system, Colonel eruising range. These flights are From Miami, the training course Clarence M. Young will be associat- planned over the Atlantic and will involve night and day opera ed with experimental transport straight line would enable non-stop flights by means of radio bearings Preda, ·

execedingly voent. It is anturn! WAR IS BAD Caribbean, and if taken in ntions, on which radio directed service across the Pacific,-United

that those developments should be occurring later in France than in the ex-cnemy countries. À peace of victory has stultifying efect upon the national charneler of the victor; there is a tendency to

Thiais Italy's first real sky- Craper, in"course" of" comtrution in Tarin-20 storeys, bighi

FOR ART

SO ARTISTS ARE.

ARGUING

Brussels, Dec. 23,

War is very bad for the art business, and the art dealers of the world intend to come out strongly for international peace when they hold their second international conference in this city in June, 1935,

This, at least,' is the decision reached by the organising com- mittee which has been meeting here. They have put "peace right up at the top of the agenda. Other subjects on which resolu Lions will be offered Include: "Customs duties and the art trado"; "Publie auctions"; "Tha

crisis and the art trade"; The social and artistic mission of the art dealer".

Next year's conference grows out of one held at Milan attended by art dealers, collectors, museum directors, artists and others at which It was resolved, to form un International nesociation of "those who have the difficult mission of. dealing in art objecta" -United Preis.

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Alps sklara ára trai

ratically for the Winter Olympiad of 1916. Picture sho

piad of ine. athletes at Zugspitze

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