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1935.

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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 6, 1985.

U. S. NEUTRALITY League of Nations members, including Britain, now uphold- ing the principles on which the Covenant is based, are, in the application of sanctions, natur- No. DB-946 ally concerned over the manner in which the United States will interpret its neutrality. There is a very understandable desire that any measures taken in ex- ceuting the League's verdiet should not be interfered with. American policy on the point. now involved was, it is interest-

far back as 1933, when Presi- dent Roosevelt, speaking through Mrs. Norman II. Davis, give a "sunctions" pledge to the Disarmament Conference at Geneva. He promised consulta- tion with other powers during a

CHEL FLETA-Ay, Ay, Ay, (In Spanish) No. DB-1483

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EPH HISLOP-For Love Alone No. C-2729

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No. DB-1015.

THIE most striking thing about

Lady Alice Scott is her charm of manner..

This sister of the new Duke of Buccleuch, who to-day will marry the Duke of Gloucester, wins who everyone popularity with meets her, "

This is the second romance link- ing the Royal Family with Scot- List nobility.

in 1923 the Duke of York married Lady Elizabeth Bowes- Lyon, daughter of the Earl of Strathmore.

Now the Duke of Gloucester is the marrying the daughter of Inte Duke of Buccleuch and

The greatest social event since the wedding of the Duke of Kent and Princess Marina takes place in London to-day when the Duke of Gloucester, third ann of the King and Quecu, will be married to Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott, third daughter of the late Duke and the Duchess of Buccleugh and Quecusberry.

On her marriage, Lady Alice will become the fourth lady in the land in place of the. Duchess of Kent, because the Duke of Liloucenter comes before the Duke of Kent in the direct line of succession. Lady Alice, who is thirty-three years old, shares the Dake of Gloucester's love of sport, riding, and an outdvor, life, She is also an excellent and keen dancer.

Whiteheater and Eskdaill.

and Countess of Dalkeith

Queensberry-one of the noblest · Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch. titles in Scotland.

The Duke traces his descent to Sir Walter Scott, Knight, power- ful chieftain and a military com- mander of renown in the Nether- lands under the Prince of Orange, who, in 1606, was created Baron Sent of Bucclouch.

Anne A descendant,

Scott, married in 1663 James, Dake of Monmouth, the ill-fated son ot Charles 11, who assumed on his marriage the name of Scott.

In 1673 he and his wife were Baron and Baroness of created

her

Kenya to visit Earl he to

and uncle Lord Francis Scott.

The people of Selkirk say she has been well brought up and is not one of these modern young women.

The Duke, however, was execated in 1885, when all his forfeited, but the Honours were

Duchess honours vested in the were not attainted.

ADY Aleie's manner has that broad, frank quality of one who has lived much out of doors- open, cheerful.,

In England she is popular.

In Kenya, where she spends much of her time, she is in her element.

But her interest lies in "shoot

the camera and in

Air travel appeals to her ton. She has flown home from Kenya and last Christmas flew to India to' see her brother.

SHE has known her Tuture hus-

band since childhood and the friendship, never wared.

waned.

The friendship nover Rather it grow deep and tender with the passing of the years, al though not even their close friends imagined that it would end in

NOTES OF THE DAY making records of the chase with wedding-beils.

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the brush.

Although she has never had art lessons, she is an accomplish ed artist, particularly in regard to presenting the Kenya acune in all its vigour and colour,

Her uncle, Lord Francis Stott, has extensive farms there, and Lady Alice has become keenly interested in big game hunting.

She was a 1920 debutanto, and in honour of her" coming-out the Duchess of Buccleuch gave

st Grosvenor magnificent ball place.

was une

Lady. Alice

of the godparents at the christening in May, 1934, of Captain and Mrs. Arthur Howard's daughter, Jill.

Of her sisters-Lady Margaret, the eldest, married Commander Geoffrey Hawkins, R,N, in 1926; Lady Sybil Anne married Lieut. Charles Phipps in 1919.

Lady Mary Thereca married Lord Burghley, M.P., in 1929. Lady Angela is unmarried.

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party of Scottish AMONG

V.A.D. nurses who, five years ago. paid a visit to Balmoral Castle, was A young assistant commandant from the Selkirk Division,

Jar. It is an old song by now, and most of us know it by heart, especially those who are not paid on a gold or sterling basis. They shall have to sing loudly, however, 1 they are not to be drowned out by the fortunate few who sing: "Happy Days Are Here Again."

In her smart red uniform sho It should be added, however, that

was shown, with other tourists, there are reputable firms in the from room to room. Colony who, so far from exploit- After to-day the young nurse ing the almormal conditions pre-

will visit Balmoral; not as a tourist vailing. are passing on to the but as the member of the Royal public the benefit of goods pur family.. chased at a high exchange by actually reducing prices.

averting conflict. He also promised that the United States public thought it proper that prices would "refrain from any action | Skouki come down a bit. When tending to defent collective"-the-dollar was still-around-1s. 9de effort in the restoration of 'we asked for a bit of soap, and peace. Two qualifications, how. I found the price higher by three ever, were added. The pledge Cents than it was a week before. "Why?" the compradore repented was made dependent upon the

to our query with lifted eye-brows, signature of a disarmament "Because

the dollar's falling." convention and upon American | What a complete defence! And agreement as to the identity, of the same thing applies to other the aggressor against whom commodities besides face soap. Down comes the dollar and up goes police nation was to be taken. A disarmament convention, how-

the cost of living. It is just an- other argument for a pegged ex- ever, was not signed. In con-

change, this; for somehow we feel sequence, the United States has

that there are occasions when the more or less withdrawn from public is systematically exploited European conversations, and, as by certain types of shops-mostly the Christian Science Monitor compradores-who give as their points out, the hot and cold. excuse for raising prices the un- activity in Washington over

fortunate inconstancy of the dol Ethiopia

expresses at bottom the opinion then expressed that Europe must settle its "puliti- eal" problems unaided. The re- cent U.S. neutrality legislation looks like making for such com-" plete aloofness as to avoid inter- fering with a League'policeman. Is this not, however, what Britain wants as the next best thing to active co-operation? Mr. Stanley Baldwin has said it was. Speaking in Glasgow, last November 24, he said, "Never as an individual will I sanction i the British Navy's being used for the armed blockade of any country in the world until I

However, we who have suffered know what the United States is from China's decision to manage going to do." He was referring

her currency and nationalise silver They say frankly, though mean- to the possibility that during a

do not necessarily sympathise with ing and giving no offence to any Japan war the United States would in-

when she laments the one, that sho is the finest Indy in' sist upon its traditional rightsing circles were shocked, we learn,

Chinese decision. Japanese bank- { all the land. as a neutral to trade with belli- at China's announcement. More little girl, with wonderful blue They still remember her us n gerents. This is the freedom of

over, Japanese people. generally, eyes, very high spirits and, a pas- the seas about which the United banking and businessmen included, slon for dressing-up. States struggled unavailingly to had apparently hoped that China safeguard by diplomacy in 1915

would necept assistance in one

When Lady Alice left school at, and 1916. But sea freedom in

form or another from them, and Malvern und went to live at Bow time of war no longer has any

that thus Sino-Japanese co-opora Selkirk, she took a great interest hill, the Duke's sent two miles from tion would become more of a appeal to neutral Americans. They would be prepared to droped theory,

reality and less of a summer-tint-in the Selkirk Girl Guides. One went to comp with summer sho Their acceptance of it-to classify the high sens as the suggestion that China's plan

them and was placed in a patrol an arena, and to see that neither

with an ordinary Selkirk girl as was an outgrowth of British in- trade nor nations enter it.

fluence and that British assistance

patrol-lender. Britain, in other words, may

may in some way be entailed, is 60011 know, says

And their rosentment is quoted, that America, while pre-

accountable to this belief. But pared to throw its moral weight

that resentment should be temper- ed by the recollection of the recep on the side of peacemaking, will tion given to the suggestion for not interfere with policing in the

International assistanco to China,. event that peacemaking does

which Japanese.......business not succeed.

strongly opposed.

SHOCK TO JAPAN

natural the journal

men-

For the nurse was Lady Alico- Scott.

That is one of the stories the people of Selkirk Lady Alice's "Our Lady own people tell of Alice.

But Lady Alice had been brought up to be useful it is the tradition of the women of her family and she could cook, the meals in camp as well na any of her companions.

Later she joined the Selkirk V.A.D. and only resigned" when

Some weeks age Lady Alice spent

Almost immediately the voice of the announcer was heard brond- casting the happy-news..

The Duke's blue-eyed fiancee is very deeply in love with her land- some soldier husband.

And here is a true story that clearly illustrates that she is a true demnerat.

Not so long ago she found her self in London with little ready cash. In a characteristle spirit of adventure she decided to return home by motor coach.

She soon made herself at home among her fellow travellers, and they began exchanging confidences until a big, Scotsman asked where she was going.

“Oh,” replied Lady Alice, “I'm the new governess at Bowhill."

"Bowhill!" exclaimed her now friend. "Och, lussie, ye'll no be liking it among a' they dukes and duchesses!"

One of the qualities that - will commend Lady Alice to the Queen is a speaking voice of remarkable charm. To this Queen Mary is particularly sensitive.

The Very Idea!

a considerable time in London, and it was then that she and the Duke saw a good deal of each other, but actually it was not until he went up | SPELLBOUND DOCTORS to Kinmount House, Annan, Dam- friesshire, that the Royal lover con- fessed what was in his heart, and Dr. Kelly Led The Way At asked her to become his wife.

He was at the opening by his flanere of a garden fete in the grounds of the estate three weeks age-and-since then-the-happy-pair- have been together almost daily.

Only those who know them both intimately can fully realise what

ideal match it is. That is a hackneyed and much abused phrase, but of no two young people could it be more truly said.

THE

Duke and Duchess Gloucester will have youth

of

but not extreme youth desire to please and a genuine love of #port In the true sense of the word to commend them to the people of the land they love.

Both have that love of home which does not preclude adventure the koenest joie de vivre; and they are intensely in love with each other and with all these they can

not full to establish themselves in the affections of the British people. Lady Alice who will be thirty- Tour, on Christmas Day, has the same blue-eyed loveliness as her mother and that flawless milk and roses complexion that seems, to be the natural inheritance of most Scottish girla,

Almost the Duke's equal on horseback, she has a great reputa- tion as a fearless rider to hounds.

Then, too, they have this In com- mon--that they have beth felt the call of the African wilds, Ldy Allee, like the Duke, has spent a Hood deal of time in Kenya, where her uncle. Lord Francis Scott, is a wide farmer..

shot.

She revealed in camp life and proved herself a clever big-game In fact, she has so much "nerve that she was always giv- disconcerting shocks, ing other members of the party

But she had only one mishap in the wilds. A venturesome monkey crept up behind her casel and stole her paint-brushes!

Thut she has a keen senge of

The Medical Congress

Mr. Kelly, intrigued by reports that some lady dectors were attend. ing the Medical Congress Canton, (he remembers, of course the old ndage about "doctors won't tell") has been missing from office sinco Saturday.

Last night however, Mr. Kelly took time off to write out a report on the proceedings at the Congress. This was in response to a telegram from the Editor. informing him he was fired unless he returned work immediately.

T. B. or not T.B.? That is the

AS our old question, friend, Doc. Bill Shakespeare said recently,

It is only one of the many that we discussed at the Congress here this week.

We are prepared, in fact, to give quite an intimate article

Editor's Note: Ahl. As thought! Been fooling around with those lady doctors, uh7

Eddie's Note: Nurse to you!

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an intimate article on the entire proceedings right up to the time we fell for aus of the lady doctors and laid our heart at her feet, but with all these American newspapermen with the Philippines delegation prowling about searching for somethinć senan- tional to send to their papers we've get to be careful what we say.

Laying our heart at her feet was

only one of the surgical marvels that we performed. It was, of course, a tricky operation, but we're used to this sort of thing.

My, you should have seen all those venerable old physicians, their eyes shining, hang on to our every word as we gave our congressional address. We held them spellbound. They were due for a spell, anyway.

Editor's Note: Mr. Kelly was kidneys way through.

Eddie's Note: Silence In the class, please.

And the questions they fired at us. One delegate wanted to know what we would do in the case of hereditary

we

humour was Illustrated by the radio surprise she planned for the guests at the Castle on the, night that the news of her engagemont typhoid of the left ventricle of the

-nerve, was to bo umnounced' over the ufř. glosso-pharyngeal

Flusso-pharyngeal No one, not even her closest explained,

bo removed · and friend, know that one of the King's spread out to dry in the shade. The sons had proposed to her, and that ventricle may then be upended and she had consented to become his searched for typhoid germs. In some bride and the fourth lady in the cases it is necessary to smoke them Ind.

out. A each one emerges it must be. thoroughly donged with a small sur gical hammer and laid to one side.

So, quite casually, while the com- pany eat at dinner, she suggested that the wireless set in the room should be switched on.

The nerve, and ventricle are then replaced and fixed into position with. (Continued on Page 6.)