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1. Byron

2. Buonaparte

3. Bernard Shaw

THE HONGKONG- TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY,

Remarkable

· men

have remarkable

IT is an interesting psycho-

logical fact that remark-

able men seldom have re- markable children.

mothers

Then she would throw some psychologists have tried to get On the other hand, many china on to the floor, and in away with the theory that a

AUGUST 12, 1938.

RUSSIA

IS GOING BACK TO CHURCH

By Harold A. Albert A Journalist and traveller, now on journey of investigation into world

problems.)

great men have great return he would fire off pistols militant patriot is simply a man mothers or certainly re- in the room-after which each who is perpetually under the

bouring apothecary to inquire if illusion that he is rescuing his I Wat Russin hus churches, clerics,

of them would go to the neigh-

markable ones.

Chaliapine, who has recently the other had been there to buy mother! died, told many stories about poison. his mother's powers of endur- ance, fortitude, and intelligence. His father was a confirmed vodka drinker and wife beater-

combination

BUONAPARTE'S

father

was a revelation to me to And

and religion.

One cannot help thinking of the Soviet in terms of irreligion and god-

that lessness a country lacking priests, have churches, and faith. Yet the de- plorably humourless chairman of the here. Union of the Militant Godless had to prone admit not long ago that about 50 per cent, of the adult population of Russia have not sovered all tles with religion.

IT may be objected

only great men was prosaic enough, but been given as examples which hardly his mother was violently and that men are always

patriotic, ironly strong, manag to praise their mothers. constitutes a great man.

Bernard Shaw owed his salva- Man of Destiny when he was 16 ing woman. She birched the

But the same often holds true tion to his wonderful mother for making faces at his grand- of the mothers of great women.

When the soldiers of the "Red" who lived lo be over eighty. mother.

Mary Woolstonecraft, Jane Army had to fill in a questionnaire For nine years in London she

Austen, Rosa Luxemburg, ruh had the temerity to confess that they on their religious views 70 per cent. supported him while he made When at the age of 32 he sent

Delty. During the exactly fifteen shillings. He her a lot of money with which Bernhardt, Eleonors Duse to believed in paid his tribute in his Irish to make a display she put it by mention a mere half-dozen all Russian Orthodox Easter men and

hnd remarkable mothers, while women in inore than 30,000 parishes way: "I did not throw myself and continued her customary little seems to be known about went to church, just as their fathres into the battle of life. I threw economies. "When it is all

did before them. their fathers.

Moscow's 20 churches were re- my mother into it.".

over," she said, "you will be

It seems clear that scaldingported crammed to capacity for the Shaw's extraordinarily busi, glad of my savings."

Even the official | all-night services. emotion, great intelligence, pro-Government newspapers have had found realism, spiritual fire is suficient freedom of conscience late-

ness-like habits, methods of

work, and financial dealings, THE history of biography more easily transmitted from ly to state that the number of young

together with his total absten-

stendily increasing,

Freedom of Conscience

were

of KLY country - mothers to children than from people attending church services is tion from wine, are due not to questionably supports the state- fathers.. the example of his father but ment that the above examples because his father was a hope- are typical. There are excep- All of which makes mothers less muddler and tippler.

It is true that. Russia's, churches tions of course the Pitts, for appear more important than instance.

fathers! Well, women

give once opened only at their parishion- birth to children. Men know es perll. Mass arrests of clerics Lo ORU BYRON'S father

There are some seeming ex- that. Indeed, they have heard religious agents. The anti- campaign of ten years ago WRS in no sense im- ceptions-for instance, John about it quite a lot. But they was ruthless and violent. Church pressive.

Stuart Mill's father, James. persist in thinking that the bella were to down and sent to But his mother was wholly learn Greek at the age of three, cally and psychically, as much as blasphemous processions marked the But James Mill made his son children belong to them, physi- the melting foundries for industrial purposes. Churches were sacked and remarkable. She possessed

To do such a thing to a child to the mothers who do nine-Christmas, dynamic powers. The famous is not to prove yourself a great tenths of the production work. tivals. scenes between mother and son reveal that she was no ordinary man but a great ass.

The two would quarrel never got over it. over something. Thereupon she Bobir Hitler and Mussolini would tear her shawl in pieces, claim to have had amazing and he would grind his watch mothers. Taking advantage of under his boot.

this, some of our theoretical

woman.

The boy

That is

proves it.

error.

Easter, and other fes-

As recently as 1932 B "Godless History Fire-Year Plan" was embodied in a decree Issued with the objeci "not to leave single house of prayer in the

the territory of

U.S.SR and to exlinguish in the minds of the people the very notion of God."

John Stuart

Italy's High Command

MARSHAL BADOGLIO NO. 1 FIELD LEADER, WITH

MUSSOLINI AS SUPREME STAFF COMMANDER

By JOSEPH D. RAVOTTO

United Press Staff Correspondent

Rome. Benito Mussolini, who has guided the political and spiritual destinies of Italy since 1922, is commander-in-chief of the arm- erl forces and in the event of war would take active command.

by the person who speaks to you. under the king's orders." After that speech, the Chamber in an extra- ordinary session named him "First Marshal of the Empire.”

in warfare

Italian

East

The

Grazzano

Military

| the

All that changed 18 months ago when the new Sovlet Constitution came into being. Almost overnight it granted, in the official words, "freedom of conscience, including

right

of religious worship, speech, and assembly, to all but vitalists

priests suddenly found them- selves given vote and the full rights of citizenship. They had come to be recognised as workers, Any twenty people could gather to- gether and lease place of worship from the State,

ה

Keeping Within the Law

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The Orthodox Church had long since been disestablished and its the high speed centre ut Desenzano graduated from the

Aca-property confiscated, church schools In charge of the Italian air force in demy of Turin at the age of 20. had been abolished, and the teaching Spain, Pietro Pinna, Attilio Runza, His frat fighting came in the Halo- of religion to all persons under 18 head of the southern Italian forces Turkish War. Valle distinguished had been forbidden. But the

Priest in Ethiopia, and Aimone-Cat, in himself during the various bombard-had regained the right to live on charge of the northern forers. ments and reconnoitring flights voluntary alms from his parishion-

Brief sketches of the foregoing aboard a dirigible.

ers. Toying with his privilege, he men follow:

He served with the dirigible corps discovered that Russian youth could Marshal Pietro Badoglio during the World War, winning the be allowed to ring in church cheirs. Known as one of Fascism's most Military Cross of Savoy and two Preaching to his congregation, It was in his senate speech on in any future conflict the naval head bitter enemies before the Black silver medals for bravery. After clerie need only keep within the law March 30, that the Duce declared would come under the orders of Shirt regime came to power Badog- the war he defended the Italian by turning his back on his choir- that in Italy war would be guided Marshal Badaglio or his successor. Ho nevertheless was entrusted by colours in the Gordon Bennett boys,

Mussolini with his most stupendous trophy. Ife was appointed under- There are 105,000,000 people in Graziani Highly Regarded

undertaking-the Ethiopian cam- chief of the air by Mussolini in 1929 Russia. A third of them have de Aiding Badoglia in charge of land paign.

after directing the Air Academy of clored themselves for Christianity. forces

unquestionably would be Despite the duferences which Caserta.

As many again may belong to the Rodolfo Graziuni, hero of existed between the Duce and Ba- In 1932 be participated in the Moslem falth, and the atheist almost popular Mussolin! is essentially a states the Somall front during the Ethiopian doglio before the former came to massed flight from Orbetello to falls into a minority. Significantly man and his knowledge of fighting campaign and Recond Viceroy of poiver, Budoglio to-day stands as albo. The following year he was has trebled since the coming of the

05 second in command to enough, strategy decidedly inte

number of christenings limited. His role

Africa; Alessandro one of Mussolini's closest advisors would be pirzio-Biroli, who led nallye and trusted military #gures.

appointed undersecretary of air. In new Constitution. contined to that of an advisory

duringt corps

The Church has fought its awful Ethiopian

Born

Monferrato, this post he organised Italian avia-)

battle capacity in and organ administration et; scholarly Francesco Saverio Piedmont, on Sept. 28, 1871, Ba- tion for the Ethiopian War.

against the State, and it ap- The Duce, how Grazioli, World War commander and doglio went to the Military Academy Admiral Domenico Cavagnari

the peurs to be winning, despite ever, would

certainly participate in writer of military treatises; grizzled of Turin where he was graduated in Cavagnari is Genoese, who make overwhelming odds. staff discussions.

The religious in Russia must not The effective leader of all the Ottavio Zoppl. World War hero and 1893. Three years later he began his Italy's best enllors. He was born on armed forces would be war-starred senator, and Pietro Agu, who fought active military career in the Eritrean July 20, 1870, and when only 15 form themselves into clubs or chart-

frunt during the

Bleutenant. campaign as

was sent to the Naval Academy of cession except within the churches. must not walk in pro- ties. They Marshal Pietro Badoglie, chief of on tite French

World War.

In 1910 he fought in the Lybian Leghorn, Italy's Annapolls. the general staff and supreme com- These Ave men would all be campaign against the Turks where After participating in lialy's dis-They must not preach religion out- mander of Mussolini's East African

eligible to supreme command of all he distinguished himself. He enters astrous campaign of 1800. With the side the church doors. In the Soviet adventure in 1935.

of the armed forces as well as the army ed the. World. War with the rank of rank Reutenant-commander he to-day men and women are already Commands Would Overlap in the event of something unforeseen lieutenant-colonel and fought for 42 took part in the Italo-Turkish War talking of a new Renaissance, The double overlapping command occurring to Badoglio,

consecutive months in the trenches. of 1812 and was promoted captain, of all the armed forces exercised by As Italy's greatest colonial soldier, was named Marquis of Sabotino

al the

beginning of the World War Mussolini aud Bailaglio would find Grazioni automatically would be by the King in recognition of his Cavagnart com

commanded a daring salini to appoint him undersecretary a similar parallelism of leadership placed in command of African war- generalship in the battle of Sabotina, squadron of torpedo-chasers in the of the air. It was in this post that in each of the tree services.

fare should the scene of battle be where

In 1927, he Important Adriatic during the war

reorganised and modernised Mussolini oppointed him director of Italy's flying forces, Nominal chiefs of each of the three shifted to the southern banks of the triumph. services would be Gen. Alberto Mediterranean. Military contem- A short time before the March on the Naval Academy of Leghorn. He After winning his pilot's ¡cence Parlant, undersecretary of war: Gen, poraries of Graziant consider him Rome, he was sent to Washington on spent some time in Shanghai in 1832 he turned to mass formation flights. Giuseppe Valle, undersecretary of one of the best living colonial fighters a good will misston. During 1924 and the following year he was up- His two most spectacular flights were air; and Admiral Donienico Cavak in the world.

and 1925, Badoglio was Italian Am-pointed undersecretary of the navy, to Brazil and to the United States in 1930 and 1933 respectively. Upon nari, undersecretary of nuvy. Mus-

Marshal Italo Balbo solini himself holds the ministerial Four other names which would bassador to Brazil. He was recalled

The most popular of Fascists, next his return from the Chicago fight portfoilos in each of the three de- gure in the high command of the to Italy and made marshal.

Italian army would be boisterous In 1929 Mussolin!, appointed. Ba- to Mussolint himself, is Air Marshal Mussolini shifted him to the post of partments.

governor of Lybia. of Lybla, a post Balbo. Gen. Federico Baistrocchi, former doglio, governor. These three undersceretarles und

and undersecretary of war World which he held for five years. When He was born at Ferrar on June underwent thorough military studies war here; Gen. Ugo Cavallero, who the Ethiopian campaign under Gen- 3, 1005. He quickly exhibited quali so that their ranks are not of an as first undersecretary of the war eral DeBono began to bog down, Ues of leadership which displayed. Count di. Revel was appointed honorary nature. They are chlefs of under Mussolini helped the Duce Mussolini appointed Badoglio to on themselves when he went about Duke of the Sea In 1918 for the staffs in their respective services. reorganise the army: Gen. Angelo sume

command; Within ព few seeking recruits for the Black Shirt part he played as Commander of the Nevertheless their roles in a conflict Tua and Gen. Valentino Bobbio, both months urmy

In Addis movement in the days preceding Naval Forces during the World War. would be na departmental heada in rich with World War experience.

Ababa.

Born of an old aristocratie Genoese of organisation and adminis-

Alberto Parian! Gen. charge of

When 19 he enrolled in the Fascist seafaring family on June 10, 1859, tration under Mussolini's command.

Portal is the youngest canning, movement and was chiefly instru-in Turin, di Revel carried on the der in the Italian Army. Born in mental in forming the "flying squad- tradition of the family by going to Top ranking commanders in the Milan on Dec. 27, 1876, Parian! was rons" which carried out raids against the Marine School of Genan from Army Marshal uvy under Count of Revel would graduated from the Milltary Acu- communiuls and socinilsts who were which he was

was graduated in 1877, Budogilo, who would assume double be Admirals Vincenzo de Fed for demles of Milan and Modena, gaining control of Italy immediately From the post of second lieu-

mand of the army and all the mer governor of Eritren, Vladimiro

He distingulalied himself in the after the war,

tenant in 1080, di Revel quickly forces; Navy Grand Ad- Pini and Arturo Riccardi, all of world. War arid was sent to Ver- He rose to the post of commander- climbed in rank and as a result of miral Paolo Count Thaon di Revel, whom anw netive service during the salles during the Peace Conference. in-chief of the Fascist Militin. His his work in the Italo-Turkish War commander of Italy's naval forces World War.

In 1927 he was sent to Albania on ardour caused his undoing as he was was named rear admicul. during the World War; Air-Mar- Under Balbo in the high command a military mission and two years dismissed from the party for As commander of the navni forces shal Italo Balbo, member of the of nerial forces would be the Duke later was raised to the rank of Gen- violence,

during the World War he resorted to quadrumvirate and governor general of Aosta present viceroy of Italian eral. of Lybio.

East Africa who lng devoted almost

Gen. Giuseppe Valle entire During the World War, the fallan his

carcer to the air, Gen. Valle was born at Sassari, Anvy had its own separate leader. Bernasconi, former commander of dinis, on Dec. 7. 1880. He

The three netive lenders in charge

of the fighting forces would doubtedly

be:

Three Ranking Admirain

lle

he scored

an

was

1922.

Count Paolo Thson di Revel

In 1020 Mussolini called him back the strategy of harassing the Austro- to Rome as undersecretary of na- Hungarinn" navy, thus keeping it

Sar- tional economy. Restless to create Lottied up in the Adriatic throughout

wassomething new be persuaded Mus- the condict.

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18

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ACROSS

1 "A great egg" (anag) (9), B Memorable occasions when the mail arrives from Russlo? (three, words-3, 6, 4).

11 This is reprehensible out of a faw court and compulsory with- in it (4).

rim

12

Common growth, more

monly comparative (5),

com-

13 A garment to tackle success-

fully (4).

10 Border hills (7)..

17 Another name for ald Rose

(7).

18 A horse girth may be made of

St (7).

20 Ten-table delicacy (7).

21 Precious stone (4).

22 Produce of mares (5).

23 The desire of the late (4). 20 Moody (13),

27 When at the Alm studios in the funeral procession the collin fell out of course it was this (9).

DOWN

2 A fishy measure? (4).

nak

3 A comfortable place la

your friend to have "the other half" (7).

4 Welcomed with jears? (7). 5 "There is a → in the affairs

at men" ("Julius Cæsar") (4). Epithet for an A.A. scout or a vessel seeking shelter in o storm (13).

7 This

describes

error (13).

the printer's

Superstitious advice useful to the matchless people of former days (0).

10 Can turn to anything almost, b even to eat silver (9),

14 Polindromically municipal (5).

15 "He then unto the ladder turns his back, looks in the g”

Julius

Cæsar") (8),

10

t

is in a predicament

20,An Oxford martyr (7). 24 A foreign weapon (4).

25 This may start a fairy tale but

not often (4).

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