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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, OCTOBER · 1, 1986.

Labour Leader Sees Final ALHAMBRA

Clash With Fascism

TWO MINDS AS ONE

CHALLENGE

WOMEN SHARE TO CABINET

AFFLICTION

Liverpool, Sept. 21.

ON SPAIN

A rare case of, alleged insanity having STRIKING condemnation of the Govern

been communicated by one woman to an- other was disclosed at Liverpool Police Court to-day.

ment's attitude on the Spanish crisis

and a challenge to Mr. Baldwin to face the

Miss Myfanwy Hughes (34) and Mrs.House of Commons immediately with his Jane Ranger (42), both of St. Mary's Road, Cabinet was made by Sir Stafford Cripps, Garston, were accused of stealing goods M.P., recently.

worth £46 from four Liverpool stores.

"Everyone who has any care for the

Dr. J. H. Murdoch, medical officer at Strangeways Prison, Manchester, said that both survival of democracy in this country," he women were of unsound mind. Hughes was said, "must insist that Parilament be sum- formerly a schoolmistress, but gave up her! occupation as a result of religious delusions,

She went to live with Ranger, who was of a lower standard of intelligence and was influenced to such an extent by Hughes that she also be- came insane.

"GOD TOLD US TO STEAL" "They have developed a mental disease known by the name of 'Folie a Deux, which affects two people in unison," the doctor continued. "It is a rare condition and one seldom found apart from husband and wife.”

He said that when they were or rested they stated that God had told them to steal.

For their own safety, they ought|| to be certificu.

The poller withdrew the charges to enable the doctor to make the neces- sary arrangements for the care of the women.

WHAT'S IN

A NAME?

London, Sept. 20.

A couple at Honolulu, Hawall have christened their baby

Kananinobeaokuuhomeopuukal- manaslohilloninokċawcaweulama »

kuokalani."

The

parents, Mir. and Mrs. Reymon Murray Judd, explain that the name means "The beauti- ful aroma of my home at spark- ling diamond lil is carried ly the eyes of heaven,"

moned forthwith, so that we may continue to be governed democratically by our elected representatives and not autocratí- cally by a Cabinet which is afraid to meet the House of Commons.

"The rapidly growing realisation of what the Spanish crisis means to democracy in Europe is certainly encouraging, but a great deal more must still be done, to arouse the people of this country to a full apprecia- tion of the issues involved.

IF SPANISH

M. Lebrun, the President in France, is known as a great lover of children, during his holiday at the castic Vizille, le President gathered all his grand-children. The picture shows President Lebrun holding his young- est grand-thild in his arms.

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Ann

Jean Harlow was the first blonde to become a "brownette." Sothern, Carole Lombard, Joan Bennett, and many others have followed her example.

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Terre Haute, Sept. 30.

Following the arrest of Mr. Earl

Her make-up is natural rather than artificial.

The blonde vamp type is now old-fashioned,"

the Max Factor, Hollywood make-up expert, told a Landon paper récently.

"The girls we want now must be natural and healthy-looking. We want itmocence rather than sophis libation

ADELAIDE'S CENTENARY

London, Sept. 30. the Secretary of State's

Sir Edwin Harding.. Browder and two friends, in order to approval,

Secretary for is Permanent Under the

who prevent

former, candidate for the Dominions Affairs, has accepied ar Communist

of Presidency. from speaking here, invitation from the Governinent Police Chief James Yates sald: South Australia to attend the centen

Adelaide

told Browder that iary celebrations at wanted him to stay out of Terre Desember.

Houte. He defled iny orders. We do

Arrangements have pist been meds

not want Radicals stooping her. We for Sir Edwin Harding to make a have already had our share of labour short stay in New Zealand on the way out and to spend a few days in the troubles from such agitators."

that Commonwealth capital and in other Browder would be kept in gaol until Australian States. He will return to Thursday.

The

added Police Chict

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Londan, early In February. During his absence, Sir Harry Batterlee will

It is disclosed that on being inform-act as Permanent Under Secretary.—

ed that the Police Chief threatened British Wireless,

to keep him out.of the city, Browder came here after appealing to Presi dent Roosevelt and Governor McNult for protection, declaring that "such Illegal interference with fundamental constitutional elvil rights calls for your immediate action."

W

TELEVISION IN BRITAIN

PEOPLE HAD RÈBELLED!

"It is fantastle that the rebels in Spain should be regarded as belll. gerents entitled to an equality of Treatment with the constitutional Government

"If the roles were reversed and Liberals and working-class elements were revolting against the milliory and ecclesiastical powers our Own Government would, without any

doubt, the

2. Consible to

I right to extend all the friendly Government of Spain.

"What they are now doing is be ing done with the object of em- barrassing the Spanish Govern- ment because it represents the mass of the people in their fight

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The self-same Conservatives who supported the rebels in Ulster against the Iberal Government of Great Erltam, and who then proved how loyally they regarded democracy when their own interests and those of their class were at stake, are now only too anxious to support the re- bels la Spain against the elected government

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real power behind the National

Government to-day. It is true that a seml-liberal facade is preserved so s to deceive the electornie as fur as possible, but the real motive power is black reactionary Conservatism.

DRIFTING · INTO.

NEW DIFFICULTIES

"No clear declaration of policy can be obtained from the Cabinet, and

we are consequently drifting into fresh situations of difficulty inter- 1.ationally.

"One even hears from Ministers or the National Government, coin- plaints of the inefficiency of dene)- eracy in critical situations compared to the efficiency and speed with which dictatorships. can act

"Democracy is bound to be in -effleleni If Its machinery of action, Parliament, is allowed to remain out of use at the most critical times.

This plea of inefficiency will no doubt be used before long for in- erasing the Fascist powers of our own National Government.

"In Spain the struggle between political and economic democracy on the one hand and reactionary Fase- ism on the other has broken out ino open warfare., “

"The same struggle is proceeding throughout the world in various stages in different countries.

"In some, Fascism has for the time being triumphed. and each fresh country that is won over, to that brutal form of government will make it the more dificult for Democracy to survive in the re- maining countries where it is still nominally at least, the accepted form.

The final clash between progress under democracy and reaction under Fascism 19 coming nearer and

nearer.

DEMOCRACY MUST

Not wobble

"If democracy shows itself weak, and vacillating it will find itself less: and less able to resist the pressure of political and economic events from outside

"The area of democracy will grow smaller and smaller until the whole world is brought under the heel of dictatorships.

"In such circumstances it is vital that we in Great Britain should

have a Government which is in

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The civil war, in Spain gives us January opportunity not only to admire March the magnificent defence of democracy May by the Spanish workers but also of July realising that unless we act in time

Spot we may well find ourselves driven to the same extremo methods of defend. ing our own democracy in this Printed and Published for the Proprietors by 'FREDERICK PERCY country, If Indeed it does not dis- FRANKLIN, at 1 and 3, Wyndham Street in the City of Victoria appear before we have the chance Hongkong. of defending it,”