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the birth of a daughter, Kathleen Charlotte French Fair. burn. wife of T. c. Fairburn. Funeral will pass the Manurent to.day at 5.80 p.m.

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1935.

ROOSEVELT AND

THE PEOPLE'

MONDAY, APRIL

NOTES OF THE DAY

FAITH IN STERLING

Whatever wild' ideas may be passing in the minds of panicky Continental people, who pernist in accking evidence of British instability, even though Britain's' position is manifestly sounder: than that of probably any other European country, the Chancellor of the Exchequer in not in the least perturbed by recent events in re- lation to the pound sterling. Mr. Chamberlain's reassuring state- ment in the House of Commons recently will bo. welcomed by all who have asked themselves the in- ner meaning of recent exchange

fluctuations. Tho Chancellor

makes it clear that there is no cause for alarm. The internal value of the £1. is unshaken, and we can look without alarm at its relation to the franc. That is a subject for anxiety rather to the French than to us. Britain does not intend to attempt a return to the gold standard until it has a reasonable prospect of remaining upon it. That time is not yet. There is a great deal to be straigh- Lened out in the financial and economic relations of the leading countries before such a step can be seriously contemplated. For the rest, balancing our Budget and increasing our trade and Industry by every means at our command, we can afford to ignore the pro- paganda of Continental panic-nion-

Kera.

RADIO PROPAGANDA

The most striking feature of less is the dimeulty of preventing propaganda disseminated by wire-

If a Government, such as the Russian or the German, decides to bombard its neighbours in parti- cular and the world in general with propagandist material, the victima thereof, though they may always decline to listen, have no

1935.

Our king

and

Queen

on their Silver Jubilee

Queen Alexandra and her son, the future King George.

HIS is Silver Jubileo year of the peoples of the earth, fell

other defence. A wireless trans- THIS

mitler can be "jammed," but that

is not an ideal solution of the pro-

On May 6, 1910, (the year upon the shoulders of George,

blem. Some months ago the of Halley's comet), the Empire Prince of Wales, and his consort,

Hungarian Minister. of Commerce

Issued a decree forbidding in- mourned a King and cheered his Mary. Said the new King on habitants of the country to

listen to "foreign transmissions successor the King is dead, the death of his father; Intended to propagate political

ideas." The Minister must have Long live the King." Alling known that he had no means of

So much prominence has been given to the industrial and com- Austria, like Hungary, has suffer hours before his death had said| mercial aspects of Presidented a good deal at the hands of Roosevelt's policies that there is

enforcing the decree, as is now King Edward VII. only a fow admitted by its cancellation.

a danger that their implications so far as the ordinary citizen is concerned may be overlooked. There is no questioning the point, that the masses of the people have been led to expect vast social improvements, and some, such as those placed on relief, have experienced benefits which they will not readily give up.

“I take courage and hopefully look into the future; strong in my faith in God, trusting my people and cherishing the laws

broadcasting propagandists, whose as he sat in his dressing gown and constitution of my beloved main purpose has been to poison

the loyalty of the populace. Re-at his desk: "No, I shall not country." gularly for years Moscow has been sending into the ether, in various give in! I shall go on, I shall languages, exposition of the work to the end." under the Soviet system. These mahffold advantages of ving broadcasts,

being insufferably

The Very Idea!

THANKSGIVING DAY

AT

By Bogg, Good Citizen Ta schoolboys' sports meeting the other day, one of the speakers lamented the fact that it was not usual to thank Government for. anything.

This is a reproach we have taken bitterly to heart,

As one who has always shown ourself grateful to Government for past favours received and future | favoura ̄anticipated, wo are shock- ed by this Implic‹ dereliction of mannera.on the part of those who, having shared those favours with us, should have known botter than maintain an enigmatical silence.

Above all, wo are shocked that the Constitutional Reform Associa- tjon, from whom leadership might have been expected, had also pre- served na equally onigmatical silence.

The diagraceful truth must here be told it is that, accustomed as we have been to luxuriating in a wealth of favours, we have become insensible to our duties as good and grateful citizens. We bave all become apollt.

But what are these favours, Papa?

We can only guess, son. Our good Government believes, in doing good things by atenith, so we must be considerato and spare its blushes by refraining from a long recap- itulation of its virtues. But we may take one or two examples, and, like the speaker at the sports meet- ing, proceed to thank Government for it.

One is, we can thank Govern- ment for its Government Servants,

Another is, for giving us such handsome Government Servants.

But are handsome Government Servants an esset, Papat

you to have questioned that! Of course they aro, how silly of

Your Papa was not handsome- leastways ho was handsome en-

ough to impress only your Mamma and so he has had to content

himself with the less remunerative

job of a columnist.

Prince George, the futuro King, was born at Mariborough They were his last words. A House, London, on June 3, 1865. prosy and dull, probably defent few minutes later he was carried He WOS christened George themselves; it is unlikely that the unconscious to his deathbed. Frederick Ernest Albert Guelph. should not have made me try such am Still, Russia, with its high-On his death, a new King was At that time, Queen Victoria a big word). power broadcasting stations, is an

make many converts to Commun-

S. MOUTRIE & CO., LTD. Millions of citizens have lost "ether force to be reckoned with. proclaimed. He was George V. ruled the Empire.

faith in the leaders of Anance poses of propaganda or advertise- by the Grace of God King of the

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FRANCE'S FEARS

.י

France breathed freely for n little while when she had com-

than the air menace disturbed

And are Government jobs very ro-mun-er-a-tive? (Oh, Papa, you

And what hon this exchange got

Oh, shut up. you little fool, and go to bed. Wait a bit, there la something else I want you to know. While we can thank Government for its Servants, we can also thank God for one other blessing.

And what is that, dear Papa?

I was going to say we can thank. Him for-for-or Horátio Bogg. OUCH!!

[Dirty book thrown by unappre- ciative Editor had found honour- able mark!]

Retrospect

[After Francis Thomson. The general idea is that-in spite of varions "snags,” women will shortly be admitted to full momberakip of the Oxford Union.] -

It's little that I caro for my lunches

at the Union,

They are, but not nearly so re- munerative as when sterling ex- One of the earliest pictures of change was up. and industry," and have shown ament seems likelier to increase willingness to follow political than to diminish, and the only de- United Kingdom of Great Britain Prince George is illustrated SSSSSSSCISESESENESS leaders in preference. Whether fence against it in the long run is and Ireland and of all British above. It shows Princess Alex-to do with it?

the commonsense of the listeners their faith will be justified by whom it is sought to fufluence. Dominions Beyond the Seas, De-andra, later to rule as Queen evonts remains to be proved. They may either switch off or over Left wing opponents are espe-

to some more attractive matter or fender of the Faith, Emperor of with Edward VII., giving a cially caustic about the Adminis-liberal allowance of salt.

else take the propaganda with a

India.

"piggy-back" ride to her second tration's failure to bring about.

At 45 years of age, the task son George, who was about two greater redistribution of wealth. New Dealers insist this is an in-

of being ruler of the greatest years old when this picture was evitable, but also inevitably slow,

Empire in history, of one-quarter taken. process, begun by attrition onpleted, at enormous cost, frontier many fronts. Income has been fortifications which were believed distributed to the needy un-to make her safe against invasion, employed and millions, according No sooner were these completed to officials, are now getting a such serenity as she had begun to decent diet for the first time in enjoy. Now her professional their lives. Old age pensions soldiers declare that there can be will "redistribute" to many more for a longer period than they do no security unless conscripts servo -and unemployment insurance at present. No less an authority as well. Currency manipulation than Marshal Petain has put this has played a part. The farmers fear into plain words., Germany is, as over, the enemy. Petain had a big cut-in, through the insists that Germany intends to 1934 billion-dollar increase in place Europe under a permanent farm income. Lower interest menace. She respects fores only, rates and increased taxation and will resign herself to peaceful obligations only in the presence of have been parts of the process. forces capable of restraining her. And N.R.A.'s minimum wages France must, therefore, be strong. have boosted the incomes of That is her one source of security. This conviction' of French pro- hundreds of thousands of lowest fessional soldiers acoms, to pakd wage earners. Standards | shared by a very large proportion of living for the salaried middle of the French people, and, un- class and the average wage fortunately, exporlence has given earner have not improved, how them too good grounds for this ever. Millions in these groups are economically worse off as a result of living cost Increases ous. N.R.A. has fallen far assuming they have always had short of its re-employment goal jobs. Meanwhile, the latest in- and got tangled up in the com- como tax figures available show, plexities of indiscriminate price- that in 1933 taxpayera with in-fixing and production control. comes of less than $10,000. saw Expansion of mass purchasing their incomes declino five pèr power was its basic purpose and cent,, while the 8,000 at the top it has not achieved that because increased theirs by 10 per cent., dominant groups in industries the top 2,000 by 16 per cent. wrote their own codes and kopt and the number of incomes over wages down while pushing prices a million dollars rose from 20 up. These are some of the facts to 46. Speaking generally, com- about the working out of the petent observers state that mis-Rooseveltian policies thus far. takes of the New Deal's first two "The future will have its own years have been painfully numer tale to tell.

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be

"It's going to sound darn funny. Our getting a divorce when we haven't told anybody about our marriage."

Tho' the same old Stilton there

may grow.

It's little that I care for my lunches.

at the Union,

Tho' the salads are just the same,

I know.

But the scene la filled with shades as,

I take my 'customed seat;

I think of dear old William; I hear

his gentle bleat

Reproachfully I ask him: Is this nli

you have to: cat?

-O my lobster and my riasoles,

long ago

Long: ogo

+

My cilet and my triste long ago. ⠀ To's Ittle I shall caro for ny lunches

at the Union

Though the flowers of Lady

Margaret thero may blow;

I little hall care for my luncher.

at the Union

Though St. Hilda's and St. Hugh's

there come and go;

For the scene is filled with shades as

I eat my modest snack;

I brood upon a something that

Oxford scoms to lack,

A something that's departed and can

bever now come back. Omy Isis and my Cherwell, long

Long ago

My Phyllis and my Margot, long