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WELFARE PROGRAMME
Schemes in operation for the training, instruction and welfare of unemployed men and women aro described in the annual report
27, 1935.
AN IRISHMAN RULES DANZIG
By PETER LYNE
The Very Idea!
AMONGST THE JOKES AND JOKERS Lord Derby, in a speech at Man- of King chester, told a story
William the Fourth, which is worth repenting."
People rather ignored King Wil Ham, said Lord Derby. He was what they called a bluff sailor, and the kind of man he was. a racing anecdote would really show He had four horses in the Goud- wood Cup, and his trainer nid, "which one would your Majesty "Which one?" said the king. like me to run?"
of the Ministry of Labour, whichTHERE is in the romantic rise Į The Danzig High Commissioner has just been published. Included of. Mr. Sean Lester from is a firm believer in the importance with the Government training cen-
desk to Danzig's of the League, especially for the tres, instructional centres, and reporter's
"throne" a. marked flavour of Lamailer states. He has often ex- centres are physical training
This pressed his admiration for the work various vocational and domestic Ruritanian film scenarios. training centres provided by out-small, sharp-eyed, cautious Irish-done by the representatives of such side bodies with financial assis-Dan, who little more than 10 years countries as Norway, Sweden and
Refer-ago Wan news-gathering in Dublin, Czecho-Slovakia. tance from the Ministry.
The post which he occupies, and ence is also made to the occupa- is now called upon, as High Coni $550 tional and welfare schemes or missioner for the Free City of
ganised by the National Council Danzig, in exercise the highest de- which carrice a minry of £6,000 a Minister's, was established under of Social Service with the Minis-gree of tact, integrity, and diploma-year, as much na the British Prime In good conditon ..... $400 try's co-operation and financial tle skill in controlling a miniature the Treaty of Versailles and subse- "Run the whole damn fleet." The help. The number of Government state whose problems have an imquent treaties concluded between trainer did no, and, incidentally, he
portant bearing on the pence of Poland and Danzig. The term of won.
office is normally three years, Europe.
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training centres last year Increased from eight to nine, and the number of places provided, in
With a surrounding area of over succeeded, in January of 1934, Mr. correspondence with the prospects 750 square miles and a population Helmer Rosting, of Denmark, who of employment, increased from of some 400,000 Danzig was made had been Acting High Commission- 2,132 to 3,050; but this is con
Free City under the protection er since the end of 1932, siderably below the total accom of the League of Nations after modation available at the centres, the World War. Its future pro-
Among his duties Mr. Lester where 3,560 persons could be provided one of the most testing is- vided for. A satisfactory flow of BUCA of the Peace Conference has to arbitrate on all matters in
TIT FOR TAT recruits is reported, and it is Wedged in between East Prussia dispute between Poland and Dan-
were Two tramps
discussing zig. When a decision has stated that 4,810 men entered em- and the Polish Corridor, it remains taken by the ligh Commissioner, their personal appearance; one was ployment from the centres, a com- predominantly German, yet pro- pared with 3,728 in the previousvides one of the two main outlets Poland and Danzig have the right smooth-faced, and the other had a
to appeal against this decision to beard, year. One new course of training to the sen for Poland's trade.
the League Council, whose decision "I useter have a beard lice that (metal polishing) was added dur
Mr. Lester's election to this im is final. He also has to superviso I saw meself in the glass. Then ing the year. Special training nchemes promoted by private or purtant post recalls the proverbial the manufacture, storing and trans-1 cut it off." ganisations with the Ministry's story of the Irishman who, when port of war material in Danzig assistance were mainly for domestic asked if he could play the fiddle, and approve the external loans of
face like yours till I saw it in employment-for example. footnnswered. "I don't know. I've the Free City. In addition, he returned the other."1 useter have Mr. Lester would exercises the right of veto on inter- the glass. Then I growed this 'ere men houseboys, gardeners, and never tried." cooks.
probably have been prompted by national treaties applying to Dan-beard." his native self-confidence to reply tig. to the same effert if he had been caught on an assignment in Dublin The object of the instructional for the Freeman's Journal and centres is the restoration of unem-asked if he could take control of played men to fitness for employ-one of the "hot spots" of Europe. ment, and an outstanding feature has been the development of sum- mer tented camps. In the summer of 1934 There were B such camps, providing accommodation for 2000
FITNESS FOR WORK
trainees. Altogether, 16,248 men were admitted to the camps nud centres, and the number who enter.
"Better have left it on, mate,"
THE REASON WHY Germany, which keeps watchful
"In English literature the child yes on the affairs of Danzig, ex- pressed its approval of the choice hus eress to the richest vocabul- of Mr. Lester, it was stressed in ary in the world," said Mr. H. the Berlin press that the new High Ramsbotham, Parliamentary Secre Intary to the Board of Education, at experience His appointment was hailed In Commissioner's
Exeter. the irish Free State as a high Geneva, especially in minority pro- tribute to the young republic and blems and with the Bolivia-Para- to the qualities of its diplomatic guay misunderstanding, would help him to clear up the Polish-Danzig Altuation.
agents,
Sean Lester is one of the many Irishmen whose course in life was
"The price of pence is written
Actually, however, events moved down in the Covenant of the
so fast that Mr. Lester found him- League of Nations. We under-ed employment during or at the end of the course was 2.175, as
do. The weeping National So- took to pay that price at the compared with 1,496 in the pre-diverted by the Irish revolution Belf with very little clearing up to training into a channel he could hardly have cialist victory in Danzig in the Peace Conference, Four years reding year. Physical
classes were in operation in more anticipated. Though a native of
members of the Sinn Fein move by worse relations between Poland ment and took a prominent part in and the Free City, but by a not- Irish nationalist affairs. When he able stackening of tension all round. went to Dublin he served on the Questions which had caused bitter- ness for years suddenly found a Evening Mail and subsequently un the Freeman's Journal, which he left to take charge of the Govern- Bureau under Afr. ment Press William T. Cosgrave's administra
of war taught the statesmen 01 than a score of places. The object Belfast, he was one of the early summer of 1933 was followed, not
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tion. Later he was transferred to
solution. The League Committee, with some of the most intractable which had been called in to deal of these difficulties, was politely in formed that Poland and Danzig had
negotiation.
"This was apparent to the boy,
who, on leaving school, applied for enrolment at an evening institute and informed the principal that he particularly wished to study Eng- fish in order that he might be able to tell his boss what he thought of him when he got the sack."
he did it
HENS!
A small boy was asked to write an essay on hens, and this is how "Hens is curious animals. They don't have no nowe, no teeth, and
no ears,
The outside of a hen is
generally put into pillars and fether sometimes filled with shirt-buttons dusters. The inside of hens is and such-like. A hen is a lot smaller than a good many other of a garden than anything that animals, but it can scratch up more isn't a hen. Hens is very useful to lay eggs for piuni puddings."
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THE SCOT SCORES Overheard in County Court Sensions in London, where a young Scot was giving evidence as to an accident he witnessed while he was in a taxi
the nations in 1918 that the
of these classes is to encourage price must be paid." These local voluntary bodie to take then wards of Mr. Arthur Henderson, over at the end of six months and the Ministry did not maintain more in a recent address to a League than eight at a time.
Since the of Nations Union meeting, put inception of the scheme in 1932, plainly an issue which is still of there have been 34 centres estab- lished, and in only four cases has vital concern to the nations of the Ministry, been unable to find the world. War is neither imeal agencies to carry them on. minent nor inevitable. But the About 14,600 have been enrolled for the Department of External Affairs decided to settle then by direct the classes since they started, and from there he went, in 1929,
permanent Free No doubt, Mr. Lester Win mere reiteration of the desire lor 5,500 in 1934. Welfare centres to to Geneva peace and protests against war the total of 1,188 were in existence
State delegate to the League of devoutly thankful for this sudden Nations.
and unexpected turn of events. will not bring the world back to at the end of 1934. There were
For if anyone wants to make trou-
A bride tripped into a shop' to the path of security and dis- 1,462 occupational centres in which
In his earlier days as a journalist, ble, there are few places where it make a purchase for her husband. instruction was given in boot re- armament. Nobody can deny pairing, elementary carpentering. staunch friend of foreign corres- The city has a crazy-quilt regime laconie individuals
in Dublin Mr. Lester became is easier to do so than Danzig. The assistant was one of those who deal in that some of the present ten-handicrafts, etc., and 785 rerepondents, for whom he was a ready under which there is an economic monosyllables. dencies in international policy tional centres provided facilities
# city union with Poland, while the "I want some cigarettes for my where "news" is by no means al-municipal authorities are highly dangerous to world for reading and games. Under the source of information in
administer husband," she began, 1934 Act, the Minister is authorised
At Geneva the customs within its boundaries. "Cork?" he drawled. peace. There is a grave danger to contribute to the cost of such ways easy to obtain.
he soon became popular with per- Poland directs the railways. Poles "Is that better than tobacco?" of alliances supplanting the services, and during the year its
manent representatives of other and Danzigers sit under the pre-she asked. League, with the inevitable re-grant was approximately £50,000 ountries. He was renowned for sidency of a Swiss on the special ault that nations may continue to given on the condition that at least his impartiality, shrewdness of port authority. Foreign relations
an equal amount was raised from
judgment. persuasiveness and. are under Pollsh control. pile up armaments in a vain voluntary funds. The Ministry
when necessary, Armness. He attempt to achieve security. continued Its grant to the Nation served on the Council, on the Com- Council of Social Service, which mittee of Nineteen that dealt with But the League of Nations was
Moreover, in the last 10 years, ha neted in collaboration with
the Sino-Japanese dispute and on during which relations between the organised to prevent such a re- other national, regional, and local
Those dealing with the Leticia and Polen and Danzigers have been turn to the conditions which led organisations. Local officers of the
Gran Chaco disputes; and he acted balanced on 21 razor edge, the to the disaster of 1914-18. The Ministry gave active help, and in
as "rapporteur" in a number of Polish Government has been spend delicate negotiations on Minoritiesing large sums of money on build- Covenant of the League, the many districts assisted voluntarily
in their opare time.
questions. Moreover, ho and Mrs. ing a new port at Gdynia, some Locarno Treaty and other agree-
Lester enjoyed happy social and miles to the cast of the Free City. ments were founded on thei
personal relationships during their
(Continued on next column) principle of collective security.
Htay in Geneva. The Disarmament Conference was initiated for the purpose of achieving an all-round reduction of armaments in return for the guarantee of security which a collective peace system will give. No Disarmament Convention is possible unless it is founded on this vital principle. Unfortun-be deflected to the right, for this @$ 1.00 ately, the prestige of the League brings the rear of the car into the has been lowered by the failure straight again. The degree of of its members to act upon the deflection must depend upon the
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$50.00 collective security. They cannet has declared without ambiguity stand aloof from the situation in that she is prepared to accept all Europe and trust in national that is impfted in such a system, armaments to keep them out of and that she will co-operate war. Britain has undertaken loyally and effectively in support the of the Covenant and in resistance certain obligations with other signatories to the Locarno to any acts of aggression. In Treaty, and at Stresa these obli- other words, slowly though it gations were solemnly reaffirm may be, we are moving towards ed. What remains to be done is the ideal of collective security. to go on with the building up of That Ideal is no Utopian dream: a system of collective security it is the only practical method of enter on equal terms. Britain more war.
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"It may be the primitive man in me, Martha, but, by George,
I'm going to remove my boat!”-
Prosecuting Counsel-"Was it
Witness "No." not difficult to see out of the taxi?” Prosecuting Counsel-"Then you were sitting up?"
Witness "Yes."
Prosecuting Counsel "Why?" Witness "Nothing else to do!" (Titter in Court.)
Judge (with smile)-"Of course, you don't have to pay for looking out of the window! You're from over the Border?"
Witness-"Yes, and I might say (with smile) I wasn't watching the taximeter!"
(Broad smiles on every face.. including Judge.)
Judge "A very able retort!"
Danzigers charged the Poles, not. unreasonably, with trying to en- gineer the ruin of their port. At any rate, the two parts between them now divide on a 50-50 basio almost the whole overseas trade of Poland. A good deal of give and take is essential if the balance is to be kept working smoothly.
Disputes have also arisen with regrettable frequency concerning the alleged smuggling of German goods through Danzig to Poland, while Polish citizens have com- plained of unfair discrimination and of attacks upon their persons and property. Among other ques- tions has been that of the freedom of the press following suppression of two daily newspapers by the National Socialist chief of police. Danzig is one of the most benuti. ful cities of Europe, and both his- torically and architecturally one of the most interesting. Nor are its cultural amenitica insignificant. The Woodland open-nir opera in the. pine forests behind the little water- ing place of Zoppot in the Danzig State area is rapidly becoming one of the most popular summer musi- cal festivals in Europe.
Just beyond Zoppot lice the Danzig-Polish border and no doubt:
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