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THURSDAY, JAN. 24, 1935.

JAPAN'S FOREIGN

CW.

POLICY

THURSDAY,

NOTES OF THE DAY

IN THE NEWS-

Abyssinia is in the news again, but it may not be for long. Within

BLACK BIRDING.

JANUARY 24, 1935,

FATHER TIME TAKES

"ALL COMERS"

By FRANK POXON

*

The Very Idea!

DUMB-BELLES LETTRES By Juliet Loweit

To Knit Wear

a manufacturer

Dear Sir:

I would like to have one of

a little while Abyssinia, as a pos it true that many sportsmen player five years hence, for I can or a separate state, may have

try to koop on at their game xeo no algn, of a decline in either. ceased

loft his skill or his powers of endur- to oxiot, except with the long after their skill has permission of Britain, Franco and them! It is an unequal fight, for ance. italy. At least that is the situa ago is a handicap in every sport,

But, then, take Jean. Boretra. tion as seen by some observers. It and sooner or later the man who

was once a favourite will learn the 11e says, and he is entirely sincere, your blue knitted bathing suits might not be a bad thing, in many bitterness of playing to empty that he is too old in singles and if I could get you to knit me a ways, If some European used the benches. Father Time, not much this Chevallor of the Legion of bathing suit, that would come excuse of the Abyssinian slave of a sportsman, takes and eventual-Ilonour was born as late as 1898. down the thigh about soven trade to subdue the wild tribesmenly beats "all comers."unless they And yet, to repeat, something has inches longer and the top come to retire with their left him. He is "the bounding down about three and one half who, in the past few days, have, know whon

Basque" no longer. A great player made trouble on the frontiers of laurels.

At what age does a man cease atill, but he tires more quickly than inches longer, from the waist on

jup the sult is all right. Italian and French Somaliland.

to be able to give of his best in he once did.

The American people talk about Some of the professional billiard We read:

Fort? Probably the right answer. is: It all depends upon what sport players carry on for-long periode, the foreign people, well we could 18 concerned. Only recently that For instance, Tom Reece, in the be a good deal more modest our. gallant old' warrior of the ring, early sixties, has been before the self and we would not be too modest George Cook, found hia 37 years publie for over 40 years. But ha at that. There are some people the breaks he do not care what others want to was a tremendous handicap when would be the first to admit that ought to be run off the beach. I he met Jack Petersen. The spirit ho cannot make

I look like, but I do want to make WAR there in excelsis, but the used to make. To-day there

myself look as neat as possible. elasticity and resilience of ten years effort where, beföre, was

served over sens and swam in the same river with French girls with ago had gone.

Even tho great John Roberts

over and we ought to live up to bathing sults on, but the war

people are the leaders, when it comes to the christen duty of life. appealing for help, lay a heap of human cattle. There were 26 of

I am not a preacher or anything In cricket there have been, and old man trying to recapture some- these slaves, 19 young women and still are, notable instances of men thing which had escaped from him, of the kind, but I would like to wear a bathing sult that will look empty benches-he, the man who, girls and six boys; all were too defying the passage of the years, never to return. He played to feeble to stand." This description Sidney Barnes, perhaps the great genre before, had London at his nent, and as far as my figure is concerned to do not have to be eat bowler of the past forty years, feet.

ashamed of it. is taken from an account of tho has recently signed a contract for:

I would also like to know if you capture, by a British warship, of a ja league club and he is in the early

When he was 50 years old. Billy lave bout, off the Arabian coast. įsixties.

Meredith, of Manchester City, play could knit a short hose out of the el In an F. Cup tie at outside. same material say I wear a number Ironically enough, had it

ten hone, let it come above the known that she was only engaged aged 52 and nearly as great o bata right, but he represented an exceankle, and have a ribbon or lace

tion which proves the rule. You in slaving this particular dhowman as ever, although that states can't play modern League or Cup 80 thru lots of the top of the home would not have been stopped, forment may be disputed by some. Succer when you have passed the you could tie same. this trade in human beings is, in On balance, cricket is a game in (half-century,

case.

facile

1

"A heavy tarpaulln was thrown across the bottom of the dhow, and under this covering. was unearthed a sight that beggared description. Facked like sardines, stark naked, lying in Indescribable filth, Hips fit man should be too old at 37 in tried in vain, to keep the years at swollen through lack of water, eyes boxing, but it is true; it is less bay. I remember his last appear what we preach that the American true about Cook than about montance in London: the old regal bear

ing bad gone and he looked a weary men, but it is still true.

been

un

Ave

It seems hard to explain why a

And then there is Jack Hobbs,

which the players do not get old

Anno Domini v. Prowess in Sport quickly; even so, the average player-what an unequal fight it is, for is much better at 35 than 45; those

was much older than Hobbs Is to-

And that is what it all amounts

the ordinary course, carried without interference. This in cident is not an isolated instance, ten years have stolen something of there can be only one result. In bat only one of many such cases speed, something of sure ersight, these closing days of 1934 many a another year has gone; how much happening every year in the straits something of. instant collaboration sportsman will reflect on that fact;

between brain and muscle,

of his skill has gone with It? ut Yerim. Every year some

The skill is there, but the applica- In his outline of Japan's thousand slaves are smuggled into tion of that skill is less quick than having writ, moves on

"The moving finger writes, and, foreign policy in the Diet, Mr.Arabia. They are mostly young it was before. And we must not Hirota said very little that 'was women, numbers of them British forget the one and only "W. G

His speech was permeated subjects captured by armed bands His beard flamed deflance until het. with professions of Japan's of Abyssinians during their periodi-day. desire to live on terms of close cal raids into Sudanese and Kenya

They wear very well in the world Jewel Thieves' friendship with all nations, parti: Corony territory. It is conservative- of racing. Donoghue, Fox, Cara- cularly China. But those wholy estimated that between 1913 and lake and Chills are all middle-aged men, but I would any that each of were looking for something con. 1927 more than 139 such raids took the four is as good as ever he was. pince. As the map shows, no slaves 20 years ago. "Too old ut forty" crete in the direction of a real gesture to China will have been cd be taken across the Red Sen; certainly does not apply in the art

from Abyssinia to Arabia without and craft of jockeyship. disappointed at the somewhat the cuaintance of at least one of vague nature of Mr. Hirota's the three great European Powers Age, in golf, is nearly as relent- less an opponent as Colonel Bogey.

observations.

to

Christmas Party

Jowel thieves, carried

London

But

The American whose territory borders the 50The Great Triumvirate", Braid, daring raid on Christmas Day when comment, that Japan's attitude | Embarkation must take place on Vardon and Taylor, have passed they broke into Ford Mano, Ling- to China is still somewhat con- territory belonging British, from the scene of Championship fleld, Surrey, the residence of descendingly "paternalistic" in French or Italian Somaliland, Ita-achievements for its tone, about hits the situation Han Etruria or the Sudan. off to a nicety. Mr. Hirota hopes that China will awake to NO ACTION "TAKEN a realisation of the general

B

+

Yours truly;

Frank C. Hoff.

(signed)

Well we could be a good deal more modest.

Excused

Cincinatti, Ohio

June 25, 1934,

one reason and Licut-Colonel H. H. Spender-Clay, one reason only-the passing of M.P., for Tonbridge and the Hon. the years. Their knowledge of the Mrs. Spender-Clay, when their To à Furniture House

Dear Sira: game and of the technique of every Christmas party was at dinner.

The thieves entered through a

You ask why Mrs. Kraus. atroke remains as good as in the

ladder she don't come in to buy more fur- days of yesteryear, but they cannot bedroom window from a compete with the younger players which they took from the garden.niture. The reason is she passed Something has gone. What is It They ransacked the guest bed-away-b-years-age-this-month.

Ifer daughter, in terms of exact preciaton? rooms and took a large quantity of Frankly, I would not care to give jewellery. The extent of the losses the answer."

has not been disclosed.

the

Mrs. Lucy A-

10

A MORNING STROLL By George

situation in Eastern Asia and Firm action on the part of the endeavour to meet "the genuine British Government, with a naval aspirations of our country," add-base at hand in Aden, could do ing that Japan's policy is to much. Such action is not taken,

In lawn tennis, W. T. Tilden won This is the fourth similar rob- assist China towards stability. presumably, for political reasons. his third Wimbledon Singles Cham-bery in the district in less than a China may well interpret Japan's it may be because Abyssinia is the pionship in 1930, when he was 38 month. The police bellove

area of the only large

African years old; he will be 42 years of raids to be the work of a gang of aspirations in the East in

We have just met Cruikshank-- age in February and he is still in- jewel thieves who are operating continent not yol

he looked as palo as a virgin moon vastly different light froni

apportioned tent on carrying on and scouts the from Tunbridge Wells.

Italy idea of retirement. There is a among European nations.

Directly the robbery wAB dia-after a night out. Japan's own conceptions, whilst

"Can you spare me two seconds?" hus long dreamed of annex-flame in le grand Bl" which is covered the police stopped traffic on past experience may meline her,

ing this rich and fertile province, perhaps his biggest asset; apart all the roads out of the district but he called. to the view that Japanese policy, but cannot do so until the other long, lean and muscular, six feet party of fourteen at the time, your hands?" we queried, playing from that he is a very fit man, without result. There was a house "Why? Have you got a fight on |permitted full play, would under-two Powers, Britain and France, and a bit of controlled energy. Including the Earl and Countess of or time in which to transer a

mine the country's integrity have agreed with her upon a satis. I believe he will still be a great Lucan.

couple of dollars to our waistcont nut Cruikshank wouldn't hear rather than conduce to the factory division of the country.

them clinking. strengthening of its stability. No-one could blame China for greater share than the other two being suspicious of Japan's in Powers are as yet ready to concede

the deal is being held up. tentions in view of past happen-secret trenty of 1915 between ings. Even now, there is to be Britain, France and Italy on the noted in Mr. Hirota's speech an entry of Italy into the war on fac underlying implication that side of the Allies, whereby Italy Japan must dominate the Far received after the

war part of Eastern situation, and that Kenya, Colony from Britain and future developments therein part of Tunis from France, bas must conform primarily to railed to satisfy her.

Japanese ideas. The thought

Because Italy demands Insistently

therefore naturally suggests it- ANY OBJECTION?

self that if Japan is really anxious to win the friendship

show.

บ

If may be that Britain

The

and

of her near neighbour, she must France do not object in principle

disposition to consider China's aspirations to Italy's expansion in Africa so as well as her own. There can long as it is not at their expense; be no rapprochement between and the slave trade of Abyssinia the two, nations unless it is based provides a wonderful excuse for on a due regard for the interests settling the mattor without jeo- of both. Thus far, there is no pardising their colonies. In spite indication that Japan is modify of the fact that slave trading has ing her Asiatic hegemony policy, beon going on without interruption and so long as she takes the for many years, the horror and stand that other nations must wickedness of the human traffle. conform to her ideas in the East,

may suddenly be blazoned forth to 80 long will China continue to the world. The conscience of the vlow her aspirations with sus-world would be aroused, and it picion, if not distrust. In the might be that Abyssinia would be last resort, Japan will be judged forced to accept a joint control by by her deeds, not by her words, the three Powers. Italy could bo Therefore if she means well to induced to accept the chief res warda China, she will need to nonsibility,

Vin conjunction with give proof of her sincerity pressing the slave traffic, and the

Emperor Hall Bilassie I., of sup And what a true of Japan's last stronghold

"of slavery" · "would

LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD. relations with China is true also come to an end: That is how the

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He might give you a start

You must keep in with Mr. Miner

after you're through college."

so

The only nota of music that Cruikshank appreciates is the ring of a good dolor.

"I must have a pick-me-up and you know I can't drinx wone.”

"Broke again; ch?"

Therealter we sut drinking Oval- tines while Cruikshank-who look- ed as if he had been living

life

of debauchery and sin-explained that he had been dying a death of aysentery on gin.

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acknowleages dept contracted under the influence of Ovaltine.

Thereafter we strolled over to Aunt Emma who was sitting alone at her table lifting her elbow with sunwient regularity to conduct an orchestra.

"What's wrong, Auntie?" We quorice brighty.

"Everythings wrong. I couldn't oversleep this morning and dropped in for all the work at the office and then

opened a bill in mistake and then you come along!"

"Just ono damn gin after an- other ***

we said sympathetically an Auntie did her eccentric wheel movement again.

Auntie's 'signal for the boy was the signal for us to go, so long, Auntie. See you in a drunkard’e grave."

"That's n nice name for the office, I will say,” croaked: the old timer as we departed.

We looked neither to the right nor the left on our way out. It's very weakening for New Year re- solutions to: see one's office' mates debilitating carefreely.

Work has its compensations, we reflected; but it's hard work; find- Ing them,