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THURSDAY, AUG, 1, 1935.

THE WAR ON RABIES It is not easy to understand

NOTES OF THE DAY

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LIBERTY'S CHAMPIONS

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“CODE" WANTED FOR The Very Idea!

THE COUNTRY

By GERALD BARRY

Both

MORE NONSENSE

Edited by Eddle

discussion on rabies at the

If what Mr. Baldwin said recent- ly in Westminster Hall was not exactly now, it is profoundly true: and the circumstances of our time. make its forthright assertion by a THE season of the great Annual (not merely a question of preserving

General Hoilday has begun. what are called the "amenities." It Scraps from the Scrapbook public man of his position useful

Of Eddie Kelly and valuable. "It is true that the Wave upon wave of townsfolk are ia n question of safeguarding social rosurgence of despotism on the being released from the routine of order.

. How is it to be done? Continent na result of the desk and workshop to enjoy a brief miseries of the post-war period has respite of freedom and leisure at sides, when a new order is emerging must expect to make concessions. left this nation the standard bearer the seaside or in the country. of political liberty." It is true also Now is an appropriate moment, The Industrial worker of Yorkshire

and Lancashire, anxious to enjoy DR. LI Shu-fan, during the Baldwin said, the "outcome through raised by the town-dweller's in air and exercise at the week-end, long centuries of the common sense vasion of the countryside for they justly resents as unreasonable his Banitary Board meeting this Unweck, suggested that inoculated and good nature of the English are many. Each summer, almost total exclusion from totally people" and thoir preference for each weekend, greater numbers get occupied moorland. The local land- committees rather than dictators, out into rural England, hiking, owner likewise resents the disturb dogs should be tattooed in order to identify them from dogs that elections rather than street fight-cycling, motoring. With each new ance of his game.

had not been inoculated. He ing, and "talking shops" rather visitor thus privileged to enjoy the than revolutionary tribunals. pleasures of the open air the prob

The two parties have probably suggested that a red tattoo Whether the tree would ever have lem of adjustment between town

as an unreasonable monster. Yet spot for 1936, a green spot for borne the fruit it has but for the and country is potentially increased, never met. Each regards the other mark bo used for 1995, a blue

What do I mean by "adjustment |1if they met and exchanged ideas 1987 and so on. historical accident which allowed

that English liberty is, as Mr. therefore, to speak of the problems

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Poof! If that's how it is, we've

or thirty years

ago.

centuries free from foreign in-between town and country" I am on what each regarded is essential vasion for its development is open not talking now about economic to his proper enjoyment, a modus to doubt. But the time was grant-adjustments-agriculture, the bal-vivendi could almost certainly be scon dogs that have been inoculated od, and the tree has grown so stoutance between urban and rural popu found which would preserve at once twenty that no storm has yet succeeded in lations, land settlement, or any of the health and pleasure of the They've had pink spots, ginger shaking it

at that sort of thing. I mean social hiker, the comfort of the landlord, spots, vermillion spots, hellotrope

adjustments, in many cases quite and the security of the game.

spots and nearly as many other amall individual adjustments, which in sum total make up the vast and "code" of behaviour for all unor

What is wanted, in fact,, is a spots as we'd had before we saw

them. rapidly-growing problem of

And when we fed home to our relationship between those who of the countryside, agreed upon by permanently Inhabit the country countrymen and townamen for the headache and told her about it she and get their livelihood out of it, benefit of both. The Council for wouldn't believe us. Sniffed and "Drunk again, you and those who merely visit it for the Preservation of Rural England screamed:"

recently produced a code; but beast!" their recreation and pleasure.

have in mind something a good deal more fundamental.

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the

it is, of course, a commonplace ability which modern transport, has given us to visit the

it?

How are we to set about getting First, by organisation. It is a lamented defect that

Some of them do exceedingly

You tell her, Dr. Li.

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Abyssinia

Is this what's holding things

the

"Those," answered the S.1.C.,

RELATIVELY UNTRIED

It is perfectly clear that it has been the lack of this time for quiet growth which has been the main cause in the sudden collapse of popular government in coun- tries where it was still relatively untried. Those who point to the new mushroom dictatorships as evidence of the Incompetence of that the

to Governments Parliamentary meet modern conditions prove only country quickly and often the constantly their own lack of historical per-Weak-end, habit" and all that has there is still so little effective co-up in Abyssinia?:

between the various "On yonder hill," cried the Big spective. Moreover time has yet brought immense problems in its operation, and such wasteful over-

train: problems which; unless lapping,

councils. committees, Shot, scanning the battlefeld with to show whether this flood of

and private en-his glasses, "I see a black mass of tyranny is not itself temporary, speedily solved, threaten to ruin a societies, A speech of the Yugo-Slav Prime great part of our countryside for public bodies

ever.

thusiasts that are engaged in this humanity. What are they?" Minister is in its way quite as

"Camora-flends," replied All of us know what they are. land of ours in trying to preserve significant as the bombast.of any

The most obvious and most fre- rural freedom and beauty. Their

second-in-command. of the Dictators. He promised,

"And who are occupying the amid shouts of applause, freedom quently deplored in the spoliation name is legion, great and email, of the Press, electoral reform, and of beauty spots by indiscriminate national and local.

field to the south-west 7" building: what ex-Dean Inge calls a series of democratic constitu- "bungalosis" and the speculative effective work; all of them are tional measures. Yugo-Slavia, at

fact is that the task of rescuing (If only they were 1) pulsory inoculation

but government, of dogs, Parliamentary

But there are many others, in our beauty spots from desecration, Bang Picture Company." back to it. It is at least an en-

the aggregate no less menacing.and our felds and hills from un-

"I see over there a battalion with remains voiced at Tuesday's meeting of couragement to believe that others. Such things as unsightly advertise- rightful encroachment, the Sanitary Board. Mr. M. K. may follow.

rent signs; wholesale uprooting of sporadic, haphazard, fortuitous; very curious guns.” wild flowers; damage to property, and is almost always accomplished, Lo, in presenting a motion in

or to rural tranquillity, by In-If at all, by last-minute campaigns favour of mass inoculation at the

considerate campers; the eternal far too dependent for success on complaints about "litter"; problems sudden private munificence. Government's expense, convin- Sir Austen Chamberlain suggests of trespassing, rights of way, pro- cingly demonstrated the value of that if the Powers consent to the scrvation of field paths and common such a measure, quoting facts arming of the League of Nations lands; disregard by motorists of to enable it to perform its func-the law relating to parking off the and figures showing how Japan tions as the guardian of interna- road and using prohibited tracks: and the F.M.S. have succeeded tonal peace, they will become and very many more.

Some of these abuses are already in great measure in eradicating automatically "tributary" to B rabics through following this "auperior State." Why? There grave. For instance, the mass. may be difficulties in the way of trespass," as it is called, has be practice. The point which up-arming the League. But the exis- come a serious problem in the pears to have been overlooked by tence of a police force docs not North, and has led to the Official spokesmen at Tues-make the individual in private life breaches of the peace. tributary to anybody. day's meeting was that Mr. Lo was not asking for compulsory inoculation in place of the pre- sent muzzling and removal rea-

the Official opposition to the com- any rate, is not moving away from bulkder calls "unique residences." devoted, hard-working. Yet there the operators for the Whiz

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ARMING THE LEAGUE

PYRAMIDAL PREHISTORY

More than a nation-wide res ponse should greet the appeal re-

frequent

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patriotism) of

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"They are not guns; they are phonographs and microphones in which are to be recorded the roar of the cannon and the cries of the wounded.".

One highly desirable step would therefore be a greater mensure offtor. co-ordination and centralisation than yet exiata (without destroying the valuable element of local the work of the various bodies-the C.P.R.E., the National Trust, Scapa, S.P.A B., Commons and Foot-paths Society, and many more--which now carry on their admirable crusades for preserving the decencles of rural life.

the

""Tis well," exclaimed the Dicta-

"Let the war begin."

Kelly story without words,

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

Nine little sausages Sizzling on a plate,

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,

Nine little sausages—

No, blime, here's the board-

Now many of these abuses when

If that were to be accomplished we come to examine them boil down to a simple question of manners., it would simplify the step which I They arise from the inability, so next propose; but even without it far, of the town-dweller, finding the step would be perfectly possible. Chater Road. Itrictions, but as supplementarycently launched by Mr. W. Ormsby-himself newly in contact with a set This step is the summoning, after thereto. Surely. It must be Gore, Britain's First Commissioner of conditions unfamiliar to him, to due preparation and exchanges of himself to them. agenda, of a Round Table Confer- conceded, that the additional of Works, on behalf of the great accommodate measure advocated would serve

circle of megalithic stones at They can bo overcome, therefore, ence of all the principal interests Avebury, in Wiltshire. This cir- by education; or what we nowadays involved. to reduce existing dangers, even che, more than twenty-eight acres call propaganda.

Some of the chief bodies to be if not to remove them altogether. In area, with an average diameter Others, and some of the most represented have already been in- Whilst it cannot be contended of 400 yards, is of international in-serious of them, can only be over-dicated in a previous paragraph. terest. For it is a depositary of come by legislation: the anti-social Others that would plainly require that inoculation of itself ensures prehistory, every scrap of which in walks of life have to be to send delegates are the Central absolute immunity, its value Inboriously won back from the legislated against. But whether by Landowners Association, Women's safeguard oblivion of time may illuminate precept or by law the great and Institutes, the National Farmers' is beyond question.

ancient experience in far corners urgent task awaits us of adjusting Union, the Youth Hostels' Associa Y.M.C.A. Episode

the Camping Club, Indeed, of the globe. Much of Avebury is to rapidly and radically changing tion, the Government itself

has under national protection, but some conditions the life of the country- Pedestrians' Association, the two masa-motorists' organisations, the C.T.C., advocated inoculation, and the of it is open to speculative exploitaside as affected by the

(Continued on Page 4.). mere fact that fincs for in- tion. Mr. Ormsby-Gore wishes to invasion of the town-dweller. It is fringement of the muzzling order tact, for, with Hadrian's Wall, he Bee the whole of it preserved. In- are on a lower scale where it is regards it as the most valuable of shown that the animal has been the 4,000 monuments in the charge inoculated implies a recognition of the Office of Works. Full pro- tection wouki entall considerable of the value of the precaution. expense, which would be increased The statement that the existing if archaeological excavations were carried on na thoroughly, as is restrictions have proved very desirable. Archacological research effective is discounted by the in the last few years has brought fact that rabies still persists and to light many valuable results. It has been prevalent without a bury, like Stonehenge, used to bo has been long supposed that Ave. break for some years now. One approached by an avenue of stones; of the arguments advanced by and this was conclusively proved last summer when such an avenue Dr. Pope against compulsory was discovered buried, and has now inoculation at Government ex-boen, re-orected. But the most im- pense was that as 'dogs in Hong-portant result so far established is proof that stones at Avebury are kong are, for the most part, pots, not undressed sarsons.

On the and, therefore, luxury animals, contrary, they are carefully curved it would be unfair to burden the and treated, thus indicating that, when they were erected some 4,000 taxpayer with the cost of inocu years ago, Britain must already lation. Dr. Popa does not appear have been the scene of a consider- to have realised that the suggest-able culture. In fact, Avdbury la od measure was not put forward considered by Mr. Ormsby Gore to be prehistoric man's mightiest for the benefit of dog-owners, but effort, comparable with the as a protection to the public pyramids of Egypt. against the dangers of a disease

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the horrors of which it would be adoption; indeed, In view of the almost impossible to exaggerate. continued prevalence of rabies The additional reassurance over a lengthy period of time, which compulsory Inoculation the Government owes it as would provide would, we venture duty to the community to take to suggest, be warmly welcomed this additional precaution. It is by the public and the compara- to be hoped, therefore, in view of tively small expenso involved be the Sanitary Board's vote on the

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Fairy Tale

And then there was the K.C.C. member's daughter who woke up sometime after midnight, fevered

and ill at ease.

"Mummy," she said, "do tell me A fairy story."

"Just wait for an hour or two," replied her mother, "and when your daddy comes home he'll tell us both

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On Keeping Cool

A render asks us for a recipe on keeping cool.

We know several ways of defeating the hot weather. My

For instance you can go into the Gloucester Hotel, the King's and the Queen's Theatro and it'll take a couple of coolies to thaw, you after an hour'or 10.

Alternately, you can sit in your bath all day, aurronded with: low packs

and bottles of beer.

But by far the best way to get that freezing fooling is to approach a Hongkong banker for a loan.

Why the new bank building Ling to havS:

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