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Someone besides the Roosevelt Administration's supporters and various friends of the Old Parties in the United States, have taken Senator Huey P. Long seriously, The dramatie little play in which

SEPTEMBER 10, 1935.

AIR WAR WILL BEAT ETHIOPIA

By CAPT. NORMAN MACMILLAN, M. C., A.F.C.

He has for so long-taken the lend. Italy engages in military opera-

The Very Idea!

THE KING'S ENGLISH

Teaching These Australian Girls Our Language By "Ed, Kelly We are somewhat surprised to

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Next day, the Austrians retallated tions against Abyssinia the air | ngainst Fossalunga aerodrome. ing part and which, to mort, was a

arm will be demonstrated for the They came over with 14 large comedy, has ended upon a sudden note of tragedy. Rather, the curra time on a large scale as the bombers, escorted by 22 fighters, see that nothing has been done in militaryWe were at breakfast in our mess, about teaching. these visiting tain has been rung down before predominant factor

miles from the aerodrome, Australian girls how to converae that play was finished. For Senn-operations. Italy has the strength two

with us. for Long had much work planned to conduct air operations as the when the attack began. We heard ahead; reforms and constitution major part of any compaign. At the rattle of machine-gun fire and We have occasionally heard of shaking legislation were to have

beginning of this year she the sound of bursting bombs, such words 08 "dinkum," made his Louisiana "machine" a

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what this amazing planes. The personnel of her air and drove full speed to the aero-"gins," but how many Austra- politielan contemplated: whether,arm on July 1, 1935, was: Officers drome. When we reached the aero. [llan girls, have heard our good as he threatened, he would have of flying personnel, 1,755; Officers drome, fire had broken out in one old English "bai jove," for run as an Independent candidate of ground personnel, including of the Italian hangars and several instance.

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up a socialist system on the basis year with the construction of hangar. Amid the dropping bombs dictionary in order to teach them of his "shure-the-wealth" program- whether in the end his "ninchine" would have grown too strong for this one man to control it. That is often the way with machine-polities. The man is not strong enough, or big enough, or honest enough, or crooked enough, to keep his subordinates in hand.

600ft.

Absence--A kind of liquor. Access-What

the earth 1'e

in the next presidential election against President Roosevelt and technical officers, 678. On May 20, machines were blazing fiercely. To ex-President Hoover; whether he 1934, Signor Mussolini ordered the Ladd to the danger, cartridges in round for an Australian dic- would have lost or won; whether he reconstitution of the Regia Arro- the ammunition

tionary that will allow us to would have turned the Americanautica at a cost of nearly £20.000-ploding with the hent, and bullets print simple inoffensive phrases Constitution inside-out and drawn 000. The renewal began early this from them whizzed about inside the

to use to these Australian girls, we are publishing an English bombing aeroplanes able to carry Italian officers and mechanics were a few elementary words to use 11⁄2 tons 1,250 miles at a speed of hard at work bringing out their to n over 205 miles an hour.

| serviceable 'planes and starting the planes can reach a height of 28-engines. Under bomb and machine. gun fire Italian planes were streaking off the ground in all diree- Even if Italy has to employ some tions, climbing into the air and of her older types of aircraft in attacking the Austrian bombers. Abyssinia she will still have com- Field guns came into action against plete air domination of the situa- them as they flew north, and a British Camel squadron entered it would have been interesting tion. The Abyssinians possens a to have seen just how far America small number of aeroplanes. Some the lists when the Austrians tried Mr. George Lansbury's differ- would have. let Senator. Long go, time age they acquired a number to cross the lines to their own ter however. We may not have sympa-of second-hand Fokker aeroplanes. ritory. Of the 14 bombers 11 were ences with the Labour Party on thised with his aims, but his char-The Abyssinian Emperor has used brought down..

acter and his career bave caught these neroplanes for courier pur-

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 10, 1935.

THE USE OF FORCE

MIGHT HAVE GONE FAR

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the question of the use of armed forte to restrain aggressor the faney of the multitude. It poses within Abyssinia. But against Signor Mussolini and General

the colour of the nations is only explainable from Was

in talian Aghting 'planes the small Valle know they can count on the dividual, his bad grammar, his umber of planes that Abyssinia gallantry of the Italian air arm the fact that he is an ardent aths, his open-handedness, and the can muster would soon be out of if it is ordered to By in an offensive pacifist. Even so, he will not fact that he always earried a action. During the Spanish War campaign against the difficult find all pacifists agreeing with the stand which he takes up

wad of high-denomination in Morocco 1 was one of the first domain of Abyssinia. They know notes in his pockets, that foreigners to see the fighting in the that Italian air action can operate Certainly the British Labour helped to make him "the Kingfish wild country of the Atlus Moun- from Eritrea in the north, and Party as a whole, in whose, of Louisiana."

It was the courage fains. Spanish neroplanes were from Italian Somaliland in thù east ranks many pacifists are to be there was no mistaking that quali-operating among rocky hills and and south. With the combination found, do not subscribe to the ty in the man), the force of his per-in-narrow-porgen-and-there--was of these two forces there ir no part-

brought Jim, view that the use of force is sonality that

no doubt whatever of the effect of of Abyssinia that cannot be scoured never justified. That fact was practically uneducated youth, to the their action upon the wild fighters by Italian acroplanes. It can be a Italian aero-war of aircraft dropping anything made clear last week when abar, the legislature, the governor's of the Rifts. The

the Federal planes of to-day are infinitely up to 600 tons of high explosive joint meeting of the Trades chair and finally Senate. He may

have been a superior in range, speed, and offen-every day, systematically striking | Union Congress General Council

Hearts of of Italian pilots I had sophisticated no denying his achievement and the bravery

tribesmen, drivlig Party urged that the Govern-interest his every move engendered ample evidence when I served with them back to make way for the ment should unreservedly up-amongst Americans, friends or No. 45 Squadron, R.F.C., on the steady forward march of ground Chaler-Roadhold the obligations of the foes. Now he lies, according to the Italian front. Our Camel Fighters troops of occupation. Tactical League Covenant. That Coven-press reports, with a wound in the hal been detrained at Padua, but encircling from the air can force ant, as we recently pointed out, stomach which is like to mean his fog had prevented our flying them the tribesmen into an area of con- contains very specific measures death. His assassin has been "rub. up to our war aerodrome at Fos-centration which will enable a mass COOOOOOOCOEDSED to be taken against members of bed out," as Senator Leng himself salangs We went up by road to fight of bombers to execute a final the aerodrome and the grand assault upon them. Although 38B8380880000 the League resorting to war in would put it, by the gunmen guards inspect

Abyssinia is a country equal in disregard of their obligation to of Louisiana's Dictator. It is a billets we were to occupy.

On Christmas Day, 1917, the size to France and Germany submit all disputes either to pity that Senator Long could not

have been allowed to finish his late Major W. G. Barker, D.S.O., combined, by the employment of the arbitration or judicial settle-part in a different fashion, for he M1.C. (who afterwards gained the new weapon of the air Italy can ment, one of these being the was a matchless showman and a Victoria Cross in a magnificent bring her military operations to a provision of military, naval or finished, though untatored, actor.

single-handed fight again 60 swift conclusion. Through He may be spared death; but un- air forces for use in protecting less his would is much less serious Germun neroplanes), attacked an strength, the courage, fortitude. the Covenant. The dominant than reports indicate, he will never Austrian aerodrome, shot up the and technique of the Regia Aeron-

needs constant gain control the party mechanism cffleers' mess, and inflicted a number autica, point which

air WAR will defeat in Louisiana as he has done in the of casualties. stressing is that the Leaguepast. The machine will beat the exists to safeguard its mem- man. bers from warfare, and it has solemnly pledged itself as whole, as have its members, to prevent war. If it does not pre- It is a matter of such rare, ne- vent war, its raison d'etre is currence that it was thought neces- Hary to have an explanation given gone. The Covenant was de-in Admiralty Fleet Orders of the signed to provide means where-meaning of "Splicing the Main by war-intending nations might Brace" on the occasion of the Jubi- be Review of the Fleet by Is be frustrated. The machinery Majesty. The order stated that to is provided in the Covenant; its "Splice the Main Brace is to be use, when a nation has been regarded as authorizing a special adjudged an aggressor, natur-

issue of one-eighth of a pint of rum to each officer and man of twenty ally follows, or should follow, as years of age or over. Officers and a matter of course. Mr. Lans-men under twenty years of age. are not forgotten under the order. bury, himself A prominent because they may draw a special' Churchman, is endeavouring to lasue of one-twentieth of a pint enlist the support of religious of lime juice and one ounce of leaders in his pacifist campaign, sugar ration instead of the rum but it is doubtful whether he rarity, as was the actual splicing of will succeed in bringing the a mi brace in the old days of Church round to his viewpoint.sail, after which it is named. The Archbishop of York, a few

and the Executive of the Labour Togue; some say so. But there is sive qualities. Of the skill and terror into the

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days ago, went so far as to urge that if there is no fear of "The British Government to use prestraint-being-employed against. armed force if necessary to pre-aggressors, the world will no vent Italian violation of the longer be free of the dunger of Lengue Covenant, contending powerful nations making un- that there is nothing un-Christ- warranted war on smaller coun- inn in the use of arms in such a tries, just, as the absence of It can, indeed, be argued measures for the punishment of that the failure of League mem-offenders against social laws bers to back up their protests would result in the rule of an- with action has in the past been archy. From this standpoint, responsible for the claims of the use of force to preserve justice to small nations being peace is quite logical and defen- ignored. It is surely obvious sible.

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Abyssinia.

"I just took this Job because I was tired of staying home in the kitchen all day."

the

volves on. Accompany

soldiers.

of

Regiment

Accrue-What's needed to run

the Taiping. Acho--What a chicken lays,' Acoustic--"Q" shaped stick. Acrimony What 11 divorced

husband pays his wife. Addict-Slang for detective. Adduce French for good-bye;

two of spades. Adjudge-One who sits on a

court bench.

Admiral--Something to be ad-

mired.

Adore--Something which you

open to go thru.

Adorn-What you often don't

give. Adult-A dumbell,

Adultery-Stato of being an

adult.

Aerini-Part of an old adage?"

"Aerial to bed, aerial to rise." Affiliate-Variety of horse. Affix-What you often get your-

self into. Ammonia-Pneumonia. Aroma-One who travels exten-

sively.

Avoid-Something you speak

when you talk, Bacon-Boverage: bacon sudu. Ball-The pallor of your face

when you're sick. Bifocal-A vehicle built for two. Bolce-Plural of boys. Britches What they build

across rivers, Bucks-Bugs.

Calory The dress circle of a

theatre,

Canary-Name of the fighter

licked by Maxle Baer, Cartoon-Cardboard box. Cavort-Two pints.

Cutie A wartime flen living

on others.

Cynic-Where they wash dishes. Dedyee-Mussolini.

Denser-One who dances. Diploma-The plumber.

Diverse What has yet to come. Division What fisherman often

say isn't so hot.

Fan--What it is to be fooled. Feri-A spasin.. Flax-Flags..

Flotsam Jetsam's partner, Foyer-What Gridley was told

to do whenover ready. Fundamental-From the mantle, Furor-Hitler's German name.

Plurry

The following is dedicated to, our 3-4 young Australian visitors.

The grandest Australian word wo

have learnt,

In the course of a very few wooks. 'Tis a word you can roll round the.

thick of your tongue,

And then echo it

your checks,

out through

A word of profanity, word of

tetight-

A word when you're worried, a

a word when you're tight,

A word when you hate everybody

on night. "PLURRY."

Now this excellent word can be

used in the midst

Of a party of any old kind.

Why, n Bishop, a Padre, a Duke'

or on Earl

Can use it and no one will mind.

Tis the grandest expletive that's

ever been known;

A busmart, a dustman or heir to a

throne

Can use it in cluba or in "jugs".

or at home, "PLURRY.

V.