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MY EYE

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CRASH!

Not all victims of road smashes live to tell the tale, or to tell it so good-humour- edly as this victim, who signs himself the

DOUGLAS REED

REMAINS OF Readers of "Insanity Fair” will remember that Douglas Reed has driven all over Europe without an accident. He had to go home to run into one.

would use mo as a target for aa the Editors say, and before all those ancient and impious it wanes 1 want to give it that jokes about black eyes which which in our day passes for survive. the rise and fall of immortality. Empires.

I have just looked at it again. And with some cause, for Contemplated quite alone, it never was an eye like this. Even really is a lovely black eye. But doctors start, and hardened I shouldn't care for two of them. hospital attendants shy when

they encounter it unexpectedly. {

There is something about a

you lie still, the ban on getting black eye, though acquired in the most innocent manner and up, the bedpan.

that

A Look Through

The "Telegraph"

In the pane of the opened worn, as in this case, by the window I can see the reflection most righteous of men,

cathedral tower, with gives its owner a look of almost of a

unspeakable villainy, a repulsive pigeons circling round it.

50 YEARS AGO HILE others

Nearly 20 years ago, in the leer which startles children and

July 20, 1889. How The moment to resture ilver to the attempting to as- bitter yenrs just after the war, domestic animals. That is true

pince which it once occupied is gathers semble my remains, I scoured the lanes and country of almost any black eye.

ronds around this town for a much more true, then, of mine,ng Atrength every day in England, Parliament, bankers and inanclers in I am trying to collect my livelihood, with small success, which is a world's record black hambers of Commerce, members of large numbera are now earscal advan thoughts and to give way and sometimes, in despondent eye.

I even find it diflcult to be cates of the monetary resellon. Five Years ago there was not only dend once again to my besetting gloom, I came back to the town

its he power sin-putting them on paper, and lay down in the shadow of lieve that an eye, a window of ince as the question, but nobody had which is uhind the present movement My remains, in point of fact, the old cathedral, lazily to watch the soul, exisis behind that the courage to break

mound of black, purple, green for the most part, the agricultural are not irretrievably scattered the pigeons.

how, watching the pigeons play round the cathedral tower--in A mirror, this time.

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25 YEARS AGO

July 20, 1014. Reuter's correspondent at Berlin says it understand that an Austrian Nate

wil be presented to the Powerk shortly

karud his funsort at Sarnjave. the embodying the results of the investign

or is far-flung the better Now, in 1939, I have been to and yellow flesh which seems to interest.

It looks as FOR FOR over two years Japan has word for a patriotic son of many countries, near and far, have been grafted on to my face

been engaged in a war of im-these islands? Not many pieces have always earned a livelihood, right of the nose. perialist aggression against Chinn. will be missing when they are sometimes lean and sometimes if a square three inches had Victories have been won and tare reassembled. Indeed, no pieces fat, few of the disasters I feared been cut out of an elephant's

tion into this murders of the Archduke areas of territory have been over-may be missing at all. But the then have happened to me, and skin. painted by a surrealist

There is marked ungasian an run, occupied and noted, but China, story has to have an interesting I am back again, hardly knowing nuaster, and glued on.

Berlin. Bourse attributed to anxiety re- beginning.

garding Austro-Servian relations. far from having been besten Into

The National Zeitung states that CTUALLY this black eye,mark by the Crown Prince to a Ger AC submission, is carrying on effective My eye, on the other hand

if it did not give myman Bank Director that Germany must resistance in a manner that is n-but before I tell you about my

But this story has been too

ed upon on the flourse, valving Japan deeper and deeper in eye you will need that which long without its hero-my eye. face so sinister an expression, if keep her powder dry is much comment- embarrassing difculties and com-the magazine editors call It is like Hamlet without the it could be considered in calm

detachment and on its artistic After glit of storm, the King, plications that may have tor-rench-synopsis of the previous instal- prince.

When I was wounded in the merits alone, might count as accompanied by the Prince of Wales and Mr. Asquith, aboard the Royal ing consequences to her own future.ments of this powerful story.

No painteracht. led the anglilised Fleet out to war, the bullet sought and found thing of beauty.

Hen. Suon there was great modern of Japan's Invincible myth

a place that, in my opinion, could ever hope to achieve that Fleet under way. The Alexandra military power has been slaltered by

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the new spirit of the re-awakened and united Chinese people.

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BRIEFLY, then, you see ought to be put out of bounds delicate blending and merging chorel is enable the Royal party

watch the ships pass. It took two

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WAR

the murder of M. Coimette has opened.

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the partago · of

in me, or my remains, by the Queensberry Rules of of hues.

hours, steaming line abreast, and Pride after the Fall. If I had international hostilities.

But such is the malevolent | a superb sight." • It would seent incomprehensible rend a week ago the radio an- Now the, same thing his stigma attaching to this par-

Iteuter's correspondent nt. Parid states that in such circumstances Japan's nouncement that I have just happened again. How history ticular injury, that it evokes that the trial of Madame Chillans for. military leaders on the field should heard that in recent weeks 500 repeats itself. Somehow, some- neither sympathy nor admira-

The Cuurt was crammed, and pecused was dressed in black. choose to create a dangerous state people have been killed and where, I have been in a bad tion. My war wound, on the way

When Indicted for wilful murder, she of tension between Japan and Britain 20,000 injured in traffic accidents smash, and my remains may to convalescence, once drow from

ness owing to fears that M. Calmette Tetters which over a local dispute, arising out of in England-i should have said, consider themselves lucky not a matron the pleasing tribute told in faltering tones of her unhappi-

was about to publish "Among those 20,500 jay to have been flung much further "Oh, it looks lovely this morn- their demand that tour Chinese

walkers and jay-drivers goes, than they were.

ing," but I should make a deal would polson her life. alleged to be members of an

But not for me the scar of money if I could find some- The opening of the Panama canal to Japanese-terrorist gang-should-be save for the grace of God and

his own good sense, Douglas honourable or romantle. So that body-to-take-my-bet-that-every commerca hux again become indefinite aving to the attivity of the Cucuracha handed over to them. They re-

Reed,"

I may know that. I didn't dream stranger introduced to my eye slide in the Culebra cut, the last re- Jeted a British proposal for a Mixed

For that was the conclusion or imagine it all, I have the will begin the conversation with mining whatacle to Committee, composed of a Japanese I had come to during many largest black eye of all time. "Well, you look as if you'd been hip.

What an eyel member, und British member, and

O beate Mar- out all night," or something The Vaterland, the newest Hamburg. American liner, backed out of her a neutral Chairman, preferably an years of driving without serious

in many parts of tine! Oh, Betty Martin, patron equally original.

Hoboken pler on June 10 without American, to be set up to decide mishap

In an unjust world I want to shap. Mindful of the trouble on her whether there was sufficient evidence Europe that a man who took saint of all sceptics! Oh, my

say these few words on behalf maiden voyage eastward, when and to justify the handing over of the enough care could avoid all the eye!

nearly hit a pier, Commodoro Rusar took If they were to meet me of my black eye. I don't know hacked across the North River to disasters of which he read in proceeded blocicade the British Concession, and his daily papers. As I say, I

in the street, all the where it came from or where it no chances. The ship was to ball at eleven 'clock, but the commander waft- with it the French Concession, at had come to read those reports international heavyweights of will go to, but for a brief (ed nearly an hour for the exact condi Tientsin. The action taken by the with a certain feeling of superi- our time would stand aside in hope) while it has alighted on Lions of wind and tide which sulted him.. requesting If I my face, which I have had. for Ten minutes before noon. reverent and silent awe. Japanese in blockading the British ority.

signal flag, which is the Concession, in electrifying the wire And now it has happened to were able to go out and were a long time and have grown to plenty of river space, was run up on the Hamburg-American docks, and the fence running round the Concession, me!

foolish enough to let them see love.

Liner ateamed ut. She handled nicely in the fairway, Tugs helped to shove The infuriating thing is that me in the street, my friends subjecting British

her nose around, and within fifteen min utes time she wan moving slowly but to sen. (This was the Inst trip mudo by the Vaterland (Inter dinjestic). When: she arrived at New York she remuingd frúm In the neutral port, sheltering British warships.-Ed.),

Four

arcused,

and

us though it were a concentration camp, and

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shall never know why or how. subjects to personal searches that are in most cases humillating and The destiny that shapes our the some cases obscene. underlines the ends also provides for dangerous situation to which the a complete obliteration from our fair has alrendy developed, and gives memory of all the circum colour to the belief that the Japanese stances of such an accident. I are seeking to worsen the dispute only know that one day recently by introducing witter and more far was a normal man, normally reaching issues of policy that will driving Londonwards, and that

affect not only Great Britain but

olher Great Powers us well:

OTHERS tell me that the ear I was driving is a

now my remains are lying on the American my back in a town. I never Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, has announced expected to visit again.. that while the United States is not concerned with the original incident relating to the four alleged Chinese terrorists, is concerned with the nature and significance of the sub-wreck, and that a lorry is also sequent developments In their badly damaged — but beyond broader aspects, coupled with past that, all is mystery. I can ask acts and utterances in other parts of myself a thousand times a day, Chius."

"How did it happen?" but no Japan is In..no condition to with light whatever shines on that sland an economie boycott by Brl-problem. lain, France

and America, and Britnin should 1101

to hesitate

This seems very strange to seek to convert common setion along me, because in earlier years I these lines-to be promptly taken it was involved in a number of

the necessity for it should arise.

So long as aggressors are allowed

aeroplane crashes and could

always remember the details of

to think that they can bluff, bluster them afterwards.

and bully, they will not call a halt.

Anyway, it happened some-

to their threats and intimidations. how, and now I find myself once

What is happening in the Far East

gives additional urgency to the need

for the speedy: establishment of a

Peace Front by Great Britain, France more, after twenty years, in and Soviet Russia. Threats to peace hospital where I have renewed will only end when the aggressors acquaintance with old enomics realise that Peace will be defended whom I had thought never to and aggression resisted by the col- I meet again-the long sleepicas hours, the pain that will not let lective power of peace nations.

It is, in fact, A New Feature,

GRIN AND BEAR IT

By Lichty

"I think Bob's getting surious-to-night he asked me if you and Dad were pleasant to live with!"

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the white

10 YEARS AGO

July 20, 1929, While the United States is exhorting" the Russian Government to remember the Kellogs Pact, it is reported that hostilities

have broken out between Ruskin rd Chinese troops at two dif ferent points in Manchuria.

It is tied that the, ussian troops Breen opposite Manchull, who have heavily reinforced in the post few days, crossed the border, yesterday morning and captured Manebull, which is about 10 miles Inside Chinese turcitory. At the other end of the Chinese Enstern. Hallway, the cause of the crisis, Reviet forces have Invaded and taken Pod granichinaya, another Chinese border

town.

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We cannot help think that a great deal of time was wasted in the Legisla. Live Council Chamber on Thursday in the discussion of the resolution put. forward by Bir Pollock, urging that the Permanent measures advocated by ir.. Henderson for increasing the Colonya. and? water supply be proceeded with completed as soon as possible.

5 YEARS AGO

July 20, 1934, As the distant clocks of London wara- striking six yesterday morning, two. men, simply clad in bluy dungerOON, stepped across the South side of Water- loo Bridge and with elaborate carelour- new placed end to and two scafford. polen serene the entrance,

An approaching prony cart drew up shirply at the barrier, and,, after :ex-- elted pions by threa Press photograph- ers, war allowed by authority, to passi ''n small group of unemployed cheered lustily (to order); and the two B.B.C. englueets, squatting behind a single microphone, recorded for posterity the kundur the last vehicle, croübing Waterloo Bridge