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· THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1937.

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MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1937,

BRITISH LABOUR

SPLIT

To those who follow the inner working of politics in the Old Country, the recent decision of the Executive Committee of the Labour Party to disaffiliate the Socialist League, for disloyalty to the Party. is a matter of con- siderable interest. This develop-

GOSSIP ACROSS

SCENE I

(The Targa Florio motor-race courne'

Skelly, most famous of all racing circuits. It wanders over mountain pämes and across ravines, The.car has stopped near a day memoria stanemone of many-sel, up by thế road-side. fia dim description reada "Giullo Conte-Maserati—1925,′′)

BLACK: Looks as if it's pretty dan.

gerous molor-racing here.t WISDOM; "Well, jan't all motor-

racing?" HEALEY: "Yes, and what's the uso?" BLACK: "Now we're arguing. ... It's certainly no more dangerous than, for instance, Sunday afternoon en the Kingskom by-pass." WISDOM: "But docs motor-racing ket in anywhere? Doen it really

Improve the breed'?

BLACK: "Of course. You must have heard we're living in an nge of speed. Progren of civilisation and thỏ ad Vatice in speed go together-look at history. Anyhow, look what motor- racing has done for cars-better road-holding, better tyren, reliability. As cars have got faster so they've got enter, even if that doesn't go for the trivers."

HEALEY: "Maybe not much satis- faction for those chaps who went ́over the side here, though."

SCENE I

(Palermo-set amid orange and Teman groves. Omnges have dropped frem the trees, lie on the ground rotting. Healey gets into the car with a bag of oranges, part of the "Iran rations"*

for the trip.)

HEALEY: "You might think, seeing

all these oranges and lemons all round us that they'd be cheap. Well, we've just been charged four- perce each for these,"

BLACK: You should know-never go to the source of supply for things

EUROPE

Notos of unimportant conversations between three motorists engaged on a 2,000 miles day and night journay from Sicily to Franco by way of Italy, Jugoslavia, Austria and Germany. They talked, it will be seen, "of many things"-and, in all probability, to koop themselves awake.

THE "GOSSIPERS":

Donald M. Healey, engineer and well-known compo-

lition driver.

Norman Black, racing motorist with many successos on

Iwo wheels and on four.

TH

Thomas H. Wisdom,, racing motorist and "Daily Horald"

Motoring Editor.

cheaply. Ifaven't you heard that you can buy n\ Yarmouth blonter. more cheaply in Golders Green than' nt Yarmouth, and

farmer's children have tinned milk because it's cheaper?"

SCINE III.

(The motorists have forsaken their cars for an hour-borrowing a fisher- man's boat, they have bathed from it. In the nude, Iri the Straita of Messina.)

BLACK: "Now, who could want any- thing better than this-sun, picasant scenery, nothing to do. And it'a anawing in England." WISDOM: "Fine-except it's a crimi- nal offence to bathe without is cos- tume. HEALEY: "And the whirlpool of Charybdia is round here somewhere. If It's still working we may have to stay here. And this whole place was wrecked by earthquake in 1007."

SCENE IV.

(Pompeil, 3 a.m. Vesuvius, a ball of blood-ted flame, topped by a column of amoke, is In the distance.) BLACK: "Well, that's an amazing - -

ment follows hard on the heels JAPAN GETS A FOOTHOLD

of the agreement reached be-

tween the Socialist League with the Independent Labour Party

and the Communist Party to

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form a united front. In order to grasp the significance of what is WHETHER the Filipinos like it or dominate the Philippine fshing in- happening, it is necessary to ex-protection of the United States or

not, the Philippines, without the dustry.

The Filipinos have a law limiting plain that the I. L. P. and the some other great Power like Great the entrance of Japanese in the fish- Socialist League are both ex-domination: Already well under way boats of more than three tons belong- Britain, will come under Japanese ing trade, which provides that no

of the Philippines by the Japanese. all the Japanese have to do to circuin- impel the Labour Party to adopt Although the American flag still dies vont this law is to bribe Filipinos to more drastic methods of Sociul-over them, the Japanese have already register as the fishing boats' owners. ist propaganda and practice. The cut out for themselves a large colony The Japanese are also on their way

in Davao, the so

south-eastern part of to dominate the islands' lumber Socialist League has remained a Mindanao.

Industry. The The Quezon administration is oc- constituent member of the Lab-

Japanese have their eyes on cupied with the Japanese problem 300,000-ton deposit of high-grade our Party, working for a more in Davao. President Quezon has been chromite ore, a 10,000,000-ton deposit extreme policy from within the making inspection and first-hand of lower-grade chromite ore, a 500,-

study

of illegal holdings of large 009,000-ton deposit of iron ore, and Party; whereas the L.L.P. had to parcels of land in Davao.Although various deposits of copper, lead, zinc, leave the Labour Party some the law of the Philippines prohibits manganese, coal, asphalt, gypsum

guano, the acquisition of land by aliens,

phosphate, sulphur and years ago because of its intran-Japanese have acquired 170,000 acres cement. sigeant'attitude, The Commun- of agricultural land and many more Japan needs these, materials not only for her industries but for war ist Party has tried to obtain en-

acres of forest land.

Investigators have found out that purposes. No wonder Japanese ex- trance to the Labour Party, but Japanese are acquiring land with the pansionists regard the Philippines as has been refused on the grounds help of greedy, unpatriotle Filipino the answer to their fervent prayers. that its policy is a wrecking dummies. For the use of their names in as soon as the United States gets policy and not one of co-opera- these dummies get 10 per cent. of the out of the Philippines. Palau, one of the Japanese mandated islands which yearly produce.

panese three hours distant by tion in measures aiming at

is less than three hours

than the Philippinethern part Filipinos feel that the Japanese are

plane from the

has com- amelioration of labour con-in Davao to stay. When the Secretary plete command of the

the Department of Agriculture and

Corielago. With the Philip ditions and the gradual intro-Commerce could no longer stand the

of the archipelago.

the Japanese

Could duction of Socialism, Now, glbes of the Manila Press for his pinus under Japa

mand the coast, of in defiance of Labour Party re-announced that he would

fallure to cancel Blegal leases, he completely

Asia, dominate the route from the cancel Pacific to the Indian Ocean, the route solutions and general policy, the several thousands of them. Prompt to India, and bring themselves nearer ly President Quezon ordered him to

to the Dutch Socialist League has decided to take no

East Indies, and Australia, form a "United Front” with the Whatever will be the President's Then, indeed, they would have à I.L.P. and the Communist Party believe that it will not be expulsion of for their products, sure outlets for solution of the problem, Filipinos real Island empire, with sure markets for more extreme methods and the Japanese-it possibly will be their surplus population, sure source aims. Sir Stafford Cripps, the ones. President of raw materials.

The Filipinos, however, are deter- well-known M.P., la the leader of Quezon he cannot drive the

| down. They are building an the Socialist League. His utter-Joponese away or scare them like lying not to meet Japanese invasion mountain bandits. Assuming army under the leadership of General ances of late. have incurred the an altitude of defiance, the Japanese

lawyers through the use of citizens as

of

no action.

promoting new

There is no doubt that Japan moves

displeasure of the official Lab- have announced that they are ready By JAMES G. WINGO,

to raise a huge defence fund' and ex- claimed: "We will never step off our land. There will be trouble if any опе should drive us

us away,"

(Reproduced from_the_January "Contemporary Review,")

sight-worth coming all this way to see." WISDOM: "It's so unbelievable...that

the whole thing's probably a stunt' worked by the Naples Chamber of Commerce to alirnet tourlata." HEALEY: "It's an odd mixture-a vol- cono in eruption, the ruins of Pompeil, and here we are on a modern autostrada,”

SCENE V.

(Naples, 9 am. The streets are arowded, but everyone walks on the alde of the street according to their direcion-one pavement li "down." the other up." Folleemen see that none tries to walk the wrong way.) BLACK: "That's a fine idea for nar- row streets, Shouldn't think people

like it much, though," HEALEY: "I they don't the fine is- Ave lire, paid on the spot. That's one of Mr. Smith's* ideas.' WISDOM: "Bet it would appeal to our own roads dictator. But what R hope of getting away with it in England."

SCENE VI.

(Rome, noon, The driver sounds his horn, which brings the populace to a half with looks awe upon their facex.) BLACK: "Looks as if I shouldn't have

done that." HEALEY: "Quite right-sounding the

hooter is forbidden in Rome. What' was once the nuisiest city is now the quietest,"

WISDOM (later): "Well, it seems to work, but narrow squeaks teem more frequent. Do you see how the cab drivers and errand boya get over it -they Just whistle at you."

T

SCENE VII.

(The leanlug lower Pia WISDOM: "That was built in 1360. having been started in 1174. It's 270 feet high and leans more than 15 feet out of the perpendicular. Seems they got it half way up, saw it was leaning ant got 10 tor half stralglit." BLACK: "Sounds crazy to me-even for 500 years ago. I should say the ground just subsided." HEALEY: "Maybe, but it wouldn't be

half as fantous if it wasn't leaning."

SCENE VIII.

(At Padua, over a flask of chlanii) HEALEY: "Well, this stuff tastes Just

like red ink to me." WISDOM: "Do na the Romans do-- chlant in Italy, vin blanc or vin rouge in France, slivovich in Jugo slavia, rakisi in Turkey, lager in Ger- minny, Bclinapps in the Baltic countries, and rend beer in England." BLACK: "Well, at this present moment you can have the lot for one real cup of tea."

SCENE IX. (Between Trieste and Ljubljana, on ilie Italo-Jugoslavian border. The road is ice-covered, and Healey is furiously winding the wheel in a successful en- deavour to keep the car on the road.) HEALEY: The Germans havo, the

most descriptive word for this stuf

SCENE X.

(Third night on the road. Bopper.... time-first course is two malted milk- Lablets, followed by a pleco of Barky

(sugar; dessert in an orango apiece) WIBDOM: "Most unsatisfactory-I'm

still hungry."

BLACK: "I'M given pound for a steak

and halfa pint of beer." HEALEY:"And then you'd go fast asleep. If you've got to keep awake the less heavy food the better." WISDOM: Well, the theory may be

all right, but

SCENE XI.

(On the Balzburg autobahn, G6 miles ot dead-straight, double-tracked, con- erete molar-tuad.)

HEALEY: "We've got nothing like this In England. Why is it that the roads of Italy, France and Germany are better than ours?' WISDOM:

Ask me another—except. of course, tint these German.auto- bahn, and italian autostradas are -military roads."

BLACK: "There must be same other .' renson. Why, there are more cars in England than in Italy, France and Germany combined. And motorists in England pay some seventy mi- lous every year in special motor taxation. It's little Wonder there are accidents with our out-of-date

think the future of transport is in the air, and that's why we talk a lot but don't do much about the roads." HEALEY: "Well, we've seen that they aro bullding new roads and good roads

fast as they can all over the Continent-even in poor coun- trica, with Bttle motor traffic like Jugoslavia. They are looking to the future."

ronds." WISDOM: "Maybe wo

BLACK: "Look at, those wonderfil

Italian roads lined with whitewashed- 'milestones' every few yards, with every angle corner, eren over moun- Lain passes, with its warning of black and white stripes."

HEALEY: “Yes, it's easier and asfer to motor abroad than at home. "And Italy's the best in fog or at night.” WISDOM: "I should Uke to pack a couple of hundred of our rond 'ex- perta into a dozen motor-coaches And send them on a tour of these ronds." HEALEY: "And make Mr. Horo

Hellaha go with them." BLACK: What a hope."

SCENE-XII-~

(Near Munich are espied German con- scripta running across a maw-covered Beld. Every now and then they p down in the snow and 'alm their rifes at something or other.) HEALEY: * Poor devils--what a lie. You'd have thought they would have waited for a fine day. They wouldn't' make our fellows do that.”*... BLACK: "Yet, one day, so they say. those fellows will be doing the same thing in earnest. So why not let 'em practise it. It's logical" WISDOM: "What a waste of time, though. Men are doing it all over Europe. It's crazy."

(Later, in Munich's beat hotel, the motorista aro' having their first ren? meal in three days and three nights Vegetable soup (thin) and chicken cut- letă (complete absence of chicken-It's a meatless day) form the "Exed Ittich.")

HEALEY: "Well, they've got'a' wen- - derful roads system and a fine army, but thero doesn't seem much to cat" BLACK: "Yes, but it's better than

we've been having." WISDOM (stirring a cup of coffee): "Thila sugar, I suppose, is the now stuff made out of wood, which is why it docan't taste like sugar.”

SCENE XIII.

(At Strasbourg. Tha motorists are cat- ́ing ngain—this tima pâté de foie gras and beer.) WISDOM: "Did you see they are re- building the fortifications on each side of the frontier bridge. The bar. man hero says that there are both Gorman and French mines beneath

BLACK: * Wonder who the chapa are who alt near a switch waiting for orders to start ‘em off.” HEALEY: "I'd like to know why. It in that in a city that was once German you can't get German beer but only this French onion water. When you have to change your nationality do you also have to change your Lastest"

our Party, which considers that his tactics are calculated to hin- der rather than advance the rea- In the Philippines is an organised Douglas MacArthur, former chief of lisation of progressive ideas. We Japan have been subsidised by Tokyo. Recently the general announced that

Japanese

propaganda. Tours to staff of the United States Army, may possibly see his connection All over the Philippines lawyers are he can make the Philippines -they call it verglas." with the Labour Party severed school has been established in Manila a year. Since the Philippines have a

learning the Japanese tongue. A "invasion-proot" with only $8,000,000 BLACK: Yes--ilke the French word glissante for å road that's slippery when it's wet." in the near future. The point of by the Japanese for those desiring to coastline twice as long as the United

(LATER) special intercat in this Labour learn the coming language of the States, Americans took the famed

120 general's announcement with a grain WISDOM: "Seeing we seem to be deal- country." dispute is that the three bodies A conservative estimate of the total of salt.

ing with this sort of thing fairly suc which are in conflict with the Japanese population of the Philippines When Japan's Foreign Once

cessfully, how would you explain is 20,000,

That number does not spokesman sold the other day to

snow and Ice driving to the novice? official party have no great fol- show their relative strength and In- foreign correspondents that his HEALEY: "Well, new fallen snow, so long as is not very deep is casy lowing; they are made up of ex- Avence. They are rapidly supplant country would be averse to any pact tremists who seek to

enough. Just keep going, no violent ing 80,000 Chinese as the islands guaranteeing the neutrality of the

braking or acceleration and, if there attain retall traders. They control now 35 Philippines, he shattered one of the their enda by means which do per cent of the retail trade of the strongest hopes

are ruža, be very careful to keep in of an independent

them, otherwise if you oversteer you! Significantly

end in the ditch. Don't we chalon for ese goods to American, British or the spokesman said:

that soit of thing. On ica you want electorate. Happily, the Lab-other foreign products, because they Government renounces the idea of

chains on, the rear wheels. Bento our Party, though at the mo- true in the textile trade.

are much cheaper. This is especially great Powers concluding agreements

people use ane chain ots the front na well, but it has the danger that it ment with little prospect of re-nahing waters, and yet 80 per cent, of

The pride of the Filipinos is their guaranteeing the freedom, integrity,

or neutrality of

of other nations."

may wipe off the side-lamp wiring." turning to office, has managed the fish

The Flipinos are spending much of ¦ BLADE: And don't try to go fast. supply of the Manila markets the money they need for education to preserve its sanity of out-is Japanese caught. Provided with and public health on national defence. look.

fast motor boats, strong nola and They are organising an army, which scientific training, the Japanese (Continued on Page

not make a popular appeal to the islands. The Filipinos prefer Japan-Philippine government Japanese

You may get away with speedstur for 100 miles, but on the 101at you will probably collect the ditch or worse."

*The alias used by most wise foreign touriste in any reference to Italy's ruler.

Incorrect. Britain'has moro vehicles than Germany and Italy combined, but only six thousand "more than

· France. Totalai Germany, 1,232,000; Italy, 395,727 | Fration. £,182,128; Great Britain, 2,183,06%.