1935-03-26 — Page 3

PORTUGAL'S NEW DICTATORSHIP

LITERATES' SHARE IN

GOVERNMENT

By MILTON BRONNER

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, MARCH

HOARDING HAPPINESS

MORE VALUABLE THAN COLD

SLIPS THROUGH FINGERS

By The Hon. Mrs. Victor

V. Bruce

London: Ted by the people for a period of The world has been so busy four years. watching Roosevelt's New Deal, and Attached to the National Assom- the events in the Saar, that an-bly was to be a Corporative Cham other matter of first-rate Imports, representative of the local ance practically escaped attention municipal authorities and the social Парріпевн "of · higher vatud the birth of a new kind of gov interests, these being considered than gold, and it is hoarded by ernment, invented in Portugal. In their economie, cultural and hundreds with even greater care. Stocky, bronzed, Antonio Oscar administrative branches. In other Yot the misers draw no dividends. de Fragoso Carmona, solitor Presi-words, there were to be represonta- Like quicksilver, happiness slips dent of Portugal, and his close totives from the towns of capital and through their fingers. I know a ndjutor, olive-skinned Oliveira labour, of the advanced professions case of a man who married the Salazar, former professor of econ- men possessed of special know-girl of his heart long before the omics at the University of Colmbra, ledge of their subjecta.

war, and money went further in handsomest statesman living, to

Every measure introduced in the those days, but they were poor. Kather have given not only the Assembly first had to be considered They decided that they would have

chew Portuguese something to

by this Corporative Chamber which very inexpensive honeymoon, upon, but have furnished to stuwas charged to make a report on and then, when he was curning big money, they would enjoy a really dents of government a now kind

It before it could be discussed by of constitution to study.

In October 1910 revolution the elected Assembly. Contrary wonderful honeymoon at Venice. to the Assembly, meetings of the Their first brief week of happiness drove the late King Manoel into Chamber are not to be public. The cost them very little according to exile, and Portugal became nomi- Premier and his cabinet are res their plan, and then they went back nally a repabile. But most of its ponsible only to the President. to strive for that other splendid rulers were dictators. One follow. They can not be ousted by an

vision of the future.. ed the other quickly, there being adverse majority in the Assembly some 23 revolutions in all. Since nor by defeat of any of the men- Carmona took the helm in 1926, Kures they propose. Portugal has comparative pence.

had

SAVED NATION'S FINANCES

ONLY LITERATES MAY VOTE

The vote of the people is not universal. To the contrary, all Carmann, the soldier, used to a literates-60 per cent of the pop Boldier's life and surrounded by ulation are disfranchised. The generals and colonels, did the best bulk of the voting power is in the day's work of his life when he hands of the responsible heads of called the quiet Colmbra professor families, be they men or women. to the pest of Minister of Finance This new form of Parliament and Inter made him Premier was opened with due solemnity the Portugal was sunk deep in a hole. other day by President Carmona, Its finances were in a tangle, its In his address Carmona outilned ronds had gone to pleces, its bust the work he wanted it to do: -ness was at a low ebb.

strengthen national defence, inten- To-day, as a result of Salazar'ssify the means of transport, in unremitting toll and scrupulous crease the production and distribu- honesty, Portugal is one of the tion of electrical power, carry on

a

of

few nations in the world which has 'shown

continuous series balanced budgets. The country, despite world-wide depression, is distinctly on the up-grade.

The man is now earning £2,000 a Last year the vision came true.

year, but somehow hitherto they hnd never had the chance to get away. And when they got to Venice it was not quite what they expected. Somehow the thrill hid gone. Even with her hand slipped into his, the wife know that some- thing was lacking. Later at the hotel she found out. An obvious honeymoon couple sat at the next table, utterly, Immersed in one an- other.

"I say darling," said the young husband, "We'll have to leave to morrow. We've scarcely got a bean loft. Goodness knows how we can furnish, but I don't regret one minute of our fortnight.

"Regret," whispered the girl, "You can never regret the most wonderful thing in the world!”

"And that," said the older wife to me with a sigh, "is what we ought to have had the pluck to [a!′′

ONLY YOUNG ONCE

She was right. We can only be! young once and the years take the sparkle and bubble out of happi Bess just as surely as they do out of champagne. No matter what trials you must face in after years, nothing can rob you of the memory of those exquisite moments. Hop- piness is paying you interest. It Is something that you can back on with certainty.

There are so many people who have acquired the miser habit un- knowingly. Having trained them- Belves to the habit of sacrifice In the cause of that illusive "Hap- piness one day," they cannot get put of it. There is a man and his wife who have always had a.strug- gle to make ends meet. Living in a charming farm house, they have rubbed along, and have put by each year for a six months' cruise. round the world, when "Their ship comes home." And now the ship has arrived in the shape of a handsome

legacy. Spending a woek-end with them 1 congratulated the,wife.

DEEP IN A RUT

1935.

In 1954, according to a story which has just come to light, Heary Ross, of Sheffield, Enginud, took John Whitnear on a fishing trip from which he did not return, the trip ending In America. A warrant was recently sworn out charging Henry Ross with kid. rapping, and he was placed on trial for the long-forgotten crime." Above, Left to Right, are shown William Whitnear, who brought hie brother John back to England in 1909, their mother, Mrs, Wood-*

ward, and John Whitensar.

Formerly Governor-General_of New Zealand, and exlied by many England's foremost farmer, Lord Bledisloe is mentioned as successor to Lord Bessborough as Governor-General of Canada. ·

Two years ago dictator Carmona and chief aldo Salazar gave their country a surprise. Everywhere clac dictators were tightening their grip on their countries. But Car-

comfortable beds. And I cannot be blacker than they really are. We mona and Salazar suddenly pre-

Aure that the rosca would not be are so afraid of the future that we ruined in my absence!"

cannot come to grip with the pre- sented to the Portuguese a hand-

She had gone so deep into her sont and turn it to our desires. made constitution which virtually meant the end of dictatorship. It

"When do you start?" I asked.ru tunc no ene has no desire to Personally I believe in snatching From the Palaca of Necesidades represented a compromise between (top) in Libson, the soldier-president She shook her head rather sadly, look over the edge. All those wast at happiness, and repaying dictatorship and parliamentarism of Portugal, Antonio Carmona (be-Jolin won't go," she replied, "And ed years of striving for ultimate neccessary by the Instalment plan. low), administers a new kind of dicts- I'm not so sure either. Do you happiness when she might have had Thon, no matter how much the torship, to continue which he seeks know after twenty years here, it at the beginning, and be hanged payment, you have always' get your travel doesn't attract me as much to the consequences! Usually we own secret fire at which to warm as it did. Bad food in hotels, un-picture the consequences as much your hands.

CORPORATIVE CHAMBER

Adopted in March, 1933, it pro- vided for the election of a Presi-)

reselection.

dent for a period of seven years. the great work of Irrigation, and He was to be independent of par-Lighten up the bonds between Hament, could appoint and dla Portugal and its colonial empire. miss his ministers at will, and dly At the same time, it was on- solve Parliament when the coun- nounced Carmona would stand for try's interest required it. He was re-election to the Presidency on to have the advice of a Council February 17. He will be support- of State, composed of the Premier, ed by the party that Premier Sala the President of the National As-zar has created-the Union Nation- sembly, President of the Corporaal, which includes many former tive Chamber, head of the Supreme republicans and monarchists. The Court, Procurator General and five chances are very great that he will men of "supreme competence" bs "re-elected." Even semi-dicta- "whom he was to name for life. torships have a way of winning. The National Assembly was to Besides, the bulk of the people are ..be composed of 90 members,' elect-satisfied with the regime.

NEW YORK creamy, foamy Collur.

FANCIES

BOCK.

'SURE HARBINGER

OF SPRING

New York, Mar. 25. Beor-drinkers are jubilant at the arrival of spring. The bock beer signs are up.

Bock beer in this country has become symbolical as well as prec- tical, being generally accepted as Indicating the imminence of spring. This year, howevor, bock beer on March 13 is considered more of an Indication of spring rather than of its actual arrival.

The origin of the name "bock bear is buried in history. An account generally accepted by stud- ents of beer lore la that in the town of Einbeck, Germany, an ex- coptionally fine boer was brewed According to New York brewers, long ago. Einbock means "one bock beer is a legendary brew of billy-goat," so naturally the barrels -Central Europa. It was browed in containing that beer wero market- the fall from the first of the fall ed with a single goator bock, eropa, laid away in the stone raves Throughout the country bock boer and cellars and brought out to became widely known and, of drink as a libation to the health of course, imitated, until finally bock the Goddess of Fertility and as a beer ceased to be the brow of an Loast to the coming season of Individual town and became a type Frowth. Bock beer is a brew rich of beer brewed in many cities In in malt and dark in colour, with a many lands-United Press-

One, the Prince of Wales, gambola la iho añows of the Tyrol, andi enjoys that vigorous-lifej and two, the Duke and Duchess of Kent, enjoy life in the balmy aire-of.Trinidad.-

PALE, PEPLESS GIRL BECAME PRETTY

·AND - WASN'T SHE --PLEASED!-

It all happened in 30 days in a loading hospital in Canada! In Novom- bor 1939 the girl was pale, run-down and lacked vitality, Weight subnor mal; only 91% Bs. Her blood, when tested, was found to be low in rod corpuscles and lower still in haemoglobin, the red subatanes, in the red corpuscles. She was given a 30-day treatment. And what a happy change took place!

She gained sine pounds and her complexion glowed with rosy health. Her face rounded out and she became positively pretty. The treatment—as shown by a second blood tost—had greatly increased the red corpuscles and haemoglobin in her blood; consequently she felt and looked radiantly well. The properation that worked these wonders was Dr. Williams' Pink Pills,·

This famous old remedy restores health in a most constructive way- We know that the blood carries nourishment and vitality to every part of the body. But unless the blood has a sufficient number of red corpuacies- and red colouring substance, called haemoglobin, it cannot carry on ita vital work. It is here that Dr. Williams' Pink Pilla produce constructive benefits. This remedy increases, in most cases both the red corpuscles and the haemoglobin. Blood tests prove it!

Good looks and good health arẻ too precisùs to neglect or experiment with. If your feelings and your mirror tell you that you are under-weight, nervous, sallow, easily tired' out-take this tested remedy, Dr. Williama Pink Pills, for 30 days, as the girl mentioned above did; they are obtainable from your chemist. Then ses how substantially you have gained in beanty and health.

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