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THE

TELEGRAPH MONDAY, HONGKONG

JULY

12,

1937.

HAIG'S WIDOW REFUSES TO BE AT STATUE UNVEILING

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WRATH FROM THE CLOUDB-More than 70 non-combatanta, including women and children, were killed in Barcelona, Spain, when seven Rebel bombing planes roared over the city and drop-: ped bombs. Above, searchers are exploring wreckage for the dead and injured. This is one of the terrifying chapters written during Epain's civil war, which is hardly a year old.

British Roman Catholics Stirred By Sir John Simon's Ban

Says Memorial

To Field Marshal Is "Monstrous"

WH

London, June 17.

WHILE yesterday Office of Works men, protected by temporary barriers from the passing traffic, were measuring up the site in the middle of Whitehall where the Earl Haig statue is to be erected for unveiling before the end of this year, Countess Haig, the Field Marshal's International Exhibition in Paris, widow, was telling the News Chronicle:

"I'm not going to attend the unveiling ceremony. The statute is monstrous.

Nothing would drag me there.

"My husband would, I'm sure, not want me to have anything

In Portugal's pavillon ni

the

this great statue of President Soluzar is to be seen.

M.P.s Urge

to do with it. The whole style of the thing is wrong--the horse, M.P.S

the figure, the fact that there is no hat.

LORDS "APATHETIC"

it Was ...

In January, 1930, "I saw the statue myself last July.nounced that Mr. Hardiman had be One of the most noticeable things is gun work on a second model; that so far, and that although my husband is shown £450 had been spent riding with light rein the horse, that the sculptor was now to have by the attitude of its head, is pubing an extra £500.

Model No. 2, a bigger-scale model, like the dickens.

Safety In Factories

"They showed the model (the was shown in the House of Com-MEMBERS of all parties were second one) in the House of Lords-mons in January, 1931. that's how it got past. The Lords

Said Lady Haig: "It's simply

concerned in the House of

are apathetic. If it had been in the awful. Before, the horse was too Commons last month about the Commons it might have been diffut. Now it's too thin." ferent.

"When the statue was Bnished the Office of Works told me there were some fears lest it might be damaged in transit. I said I sin- cerely hoped it would be smashed

to smithereens."

So a controversy which has shaken

increasing number of accidents in factories and workships, par- ticularly among the young,

MODEL NO. 3. In the second outburst the word was supplanted by the "camel"

Dangerous machines, the tendency words "giraffo" and "rocking-horse."

Thero were objections to the among some workers to be reckless, safety loads, and even slippery floors "theatrical" cloak Lord Haig was were discussed at length.

Amendments were moved to the But the committee announced that Factories Bill by Liberal and Labour

this statue "with

wearing.

The static, now being cast in sections, will stand on a 13ft. base, will measure 13ft, from the horse's hooves to the crown of rider's head, and will weigh 3 to 4 tons.

the machinery of the Bill to the utmost.

INSTRUCTION

the country at Intervals since Parlia-it was passing ment Arst voled £7,000 for the certain modifications (necessitat-members, with the intention of im- proving the safety machinery of the statue in February, 1928, breaks outing Model No. 3).

BH Thereupon a new roof was built)

They were withdrawn after as again,

to Mr. Hardiman's studio in

been given by Sir It is from the third model, pro-on

Samuel Hoare (Home Secretary) duced by the sculptor, Mr. Alfred F. Maida Vale and he set to work on aurances had Hardiman, Rome scholarship winner the final job. In 1935 it was that he had the subject very much and recently-clected Associate of the nounced in Parlament that the costat heart and was determined to use Royal Academy, that the statue has would now be £10,700. now bech made. The casting in to be about undersotod bronze is three-quarters finished.

DIARY OF THE DISPUTE The diary of the dispute began with an objection to the site by the They Westminster City Counell. said a statue on the spot suggested -in the centre of Whitehall, be- tween the Scottish Omce and the London, June 21. Titles Act of 1851 penalties were im- Royal United Services Institution-

would interfere with traffic. The (in November, 1928) IR John Simon's refusal posed for the assumption of titles, Government SIR

or jurisdictions put its foot down. Whitehall, they ranks, precedents as British Home Minis-not conferred by the sovereign. The said, it must be. ter to present a "loyal ad-subsequent act of 1871 repealed the dress" from the Roman penalties while leaving the legal ban untouched. Terrkerlul designations

Catholic hierarchy in Eng-or Roman Catholic prelates were land on the occasion of the conferred by the Pope, not by the coronation has raised a stir King, and so was the ecclesiastica! | in Roman Catholic circles jurisdiction to which these prelates here.

lay claim.

In 1929 a committee headed by Lard D'Abernon rejected eques- trian models of Lord Hair sub- Gubert Ledward mited by Mr. and Mr. W. McMillian and re- 10 model of Mr. commended Hardiman. As soon as photographs of the a tempest of model were published criticism and

opposition began to

It is therefore argued that not on-blow about the heads of the sculp-

ly was Sir John Simon's attitude for, the committee and Mr. George

of Works.

WHAT THEY SAID

BRITAIN

Is Biggest Exporter Of BEER

Berlin, June 17.

One amendment, moved by Mr. W. A. Burke (Lab., Burnley), prohibited the employment at any machine of any young person unless he had been fully instructed in the dangers. Under the Dill a similar precaution is applied to machines listed as dan gerous by the Home Secretory.

Mkas

Wilkinson (Lab., Jarrow) thought the chief dimeulty arose from older people becoming so ac- customed to dangerous machines that they saw no danger in them and did not exercise enough vigilance over young

who persons accustomed to them. Replying. Dir. (Under-Secretary,

were

Geoffrey Home

Lloyd Omee)

claimed that the powers in the Bhi for ensuring the safety of young persons were in their most effective form and he could assure the House that the Home Secretary intended to use those powers to the fuli.

SLIPPERY FLOORS

According to to-day's Univer-

the Lansbury, then First Commissioner GREAT BRITAIN is the 30, the Roman Catholle weekly, legally necessary-because if

world's largest exporter. It would not merely be a question some particularly "Sir John Simon, like his pre-address had been accepted it would

Home machine, The Lady Haig declared the design was of beer, states the business of specifying

dangerous decessor, declared that he would have constituted official recognition be unable to submit to the King of an illegal claim-but that the Ro-"terrible," Artists, eminent soldiers, report for the year 1936-37 Secretary intended to issue lists of of the German export machines where danger was likely. He had been impressed with the for- an address wherein these arch-man Catholic hierarchy knew per- British Legion spokesmen and "men- !

fectly well what the legal situation in-the-street" hurled other descrip-

breweries.

midable number of accidents to bishops and bishops were refer- is. It is added that an easy way out lions.

Among them: "Burly swashbuck- red to as Catholic archbishops could have been found by merely

After Britain come Germany young persons and regarded it as his from the ler seated on carthorse," "Horse

"Horse like and Japan. The export figures duty to do everything possible to and bishops, and in signatures to omitting the signatures

loyalty address, as had been done fattened on turnips," which use is made of territorial in the ease of many other similar nothing Haig ever rode," "A camel." for the year, according to the

report, are:- designations which cannot be re- documents. cognized in official communica- | tions." "

atti- The Universe declares this tude to be amazing." adding: "There cannot be a hint of #ny criticism of His Majesty.. claldom alone is to blame."

om-

The use of the word "Catholic" was objected to because the Anglican community claims to be part of the Caiholle church, whereas the address attributes this quality to the Roman church only,

Even Lord Darling was inspired to write some verse on the subject. ("Why mould for him such laboured bronze

?")

at

Mr. Hardiman replied: "It's symbolic horse. It's not meant to look like a real horse."

the Conferences were held Office of Works, the Prime Minister was consulted; on September 11, Sir Herbert A similar dispute arose over the 1920, Lady Halg with loyal address presented by the hier-Lawrence, Haig's Chlef of Staff in archy at the time of the George V 1918, attended a meeting with Mr.

Lansbury.

As to this last point lawyers point out that under the Ecclesiastical Jubilee.

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On this assurance the amendment I was withdrawn.

A similar assurance was given on the question of slippery floors after stories had been told of girls being when silpping through

Britain's beer, export increased by scalded 8.70 per cent, in 1930, that of Ger- carrying bolling jam and of similar many by 10.49 per cent. Japan's fellnccidents due to slippery floors.

The debate was to be continued. by 1.93 per cent-Router.

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