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The Veteran

EVEN Shirley Temple. has been put slightly into the back- ground by the war. But she is near the end of her tether in any case. Advancing years tell their relentless tale.

Shirley has smiled through ten summers, and is beginning to feel the burden of stardom and of time.

In another year or so, it is

who came to attention each time the any kind whatsoever from the ary, Achille Starace, dark and slen- so-called 'demo-plutocraclea.'”. der; the delegate to the League of

On reading this, my thoughts a bald condottiere head; the Lon

Nations, Baron Pompeo Aloisi, with went back to April 1985. Tren, don Ambassador Grandi, and the

80 few years ago, a friendly Duce smiled at the representa. tives of these very

by

'demo E. LENNHOFF

plutocracies' bo-

neath the won-

derful paintings of the Palazzo on the back.

,"equally bearded

General of Milits, Terruzzi; all beam- ed, when Musso- lini, whose bowler hat was a strange adjunct to his black shirt, cheer)- ly slapped Laval

Borghese on the Isola Bella in Even the people who, despite all Lake Maggiore and concluded efforts to shut them off, crowded in with them a peace pact-against front of the hotel railings, were Germany.

highly pleased with the newly form- ed friendship, with the Western

At noon and in the evening Powers.

Mussolini personally took his There was a genuine ring in their British and French guests, Mr. thunderous cries of 'Ducel Ducel MacDonald, Sir John Simon the nuce!' and on this occasion there 'sky-scraper', M. Flandin, and really seemed no need for the cus- gipsy-faced M. Laval, in a fast tomary signals for applause, given by the little Heutenant in command of motor-boat to Stresa for lunch or the Alpin! who held the crowd back dinner.

And each time, as the states- men, with the Duce in front,

SIX months later I was in came goose-marching ashore

The Stresa Front had along the narrow landing-stage Rome. to where the journalists an- collapsed during the debate on xiously awaited them, the sanctions at Geneva and the faces of all shone with the glow little lieutenant was marching with his Alpini somewhere be- of friendly understanding.

tween Adoua and Adigrat. In There were positive results, Abyssinia, this time ordering ceptions the Italian delegation shot. too. For, at one of the first re- rounds not of applause, but of gave to the press, Grazzi, the

In front of the Eden Hotel a crowd versatile little Minister of Pro paganda, gave us a slogan which of people were enjoying the sight of ita l-omened name-plate "being sounded most hopeful-Stresa taken down, lest it might arouse Bus- picion that England's Foreign Minis- ter had some connection with the hotel.

Front."

FUNNY SIDE UP

"Look, Tony

- By Abnor

VERY

it's that polico dog again!"

Doan

The HISTORY

of CONVOY

CONVOY is no new thing. It

The Germian Nayak. Authorities was common at sen in the mid- were again pressing for an unrestrict dle ages and at the time of the ed submarine campaign upon all ship- ping, by which it was hoped to break Napoleonic Wars.

Britain's resistance by the autumn of Convoys homeward bound from the 1917. K 600,000 tons of shipping West Indies might consist of 100 to were destroyed a month, and about privateers by few men-of-wor. Los were scared off the sen through 150 ships guarded against the enemy double this quantity of neutral ship-

Ing There are records of. Baltie convoya terrorism, the war should be won in of over 500

five months. If America did enter At the present time, on any typical the war, they thought, it would be merchant vessels are at sea in every bor 22, 1918, Germany decided to be

something

over 1,000 British

is too late to be effective. On Decem ocea

in the ocean in world. Another 700 odd are in harbours all over the navigable in unrestricted submarine warfare globe. presently to resume their upon the merchant ships of every voyages. These ships travel on over nation found inside a greatly extend- 85,000 miles of ocean trade. routes, ed war zone. and in time of war, it is the duty of the Royal Navy to protect them.

IN 1014 Ger... found many new means of at- Submarines had tacking

trada:

shown that they far possessed

powers of endur-

In a window opposite was a poster: HE threw the words, the ap- French perfumes no longer sold-going endur plicability of which unfortunate- here, and in front of the Cafe

nounced:

'Cheerful tone," in an

Of the war enthusiasm, of which equally monosyllable parade-ground the Italian papers gave such glowing

-description; I could see nothing:-

'Cheerful tone!*

There was no misunderstanding her determinallan to use her U-boats ... ruthlessly, and in defiance of all the accepted rules - of

-by TAFFRAIL

were embarking Into the boats.

Men, women and children were

war. The Josacs mounted steadily. Dezember saw the

of striking

187

British and Allied. and ships,

Jan- 180. During February 200

Was there no solution, Sims asked. "Absolutely none that we can see now." Sir John Jellicoe replied:

suggested, Shirley will retire. ly survived scarcely a month, Arogno, the centre of international rance than had been credited to uary The veteran, having scaled the like an order at the heads of the life on the Corse Umberto, sat crowds them, and in February, 1915, the vessels of 460,000 tons were sent to of German exporters with swastika German, Admiralty declared that all the bottom by U-boats, and in crowds, short and abrupt, just as badges in their bulton-holes.

the waters surrounding Great Britain March 338 ships. of 024,000 tons. of greatest heights of the screen the day before he had an-.

and Ireland including the whole a war zone. garded 29

All Allied American vessels were also held up and had two hemispheres at her

the English Channel, would be re- and attacked, and for this and other merchant-vessels found within the reasons, including a German proposal. feet, will retire and relax after voice.

zone would be destroyed without it to Mexico that she should invita years of crowded effort. Having While for us foreigners the an- To be sure, the Via dell' Impero, always being possible to avoid danger Japan to attack the United States if nouncement of the 'Stress Front', was that grandiose avenue leading from to the crew and passengers... Owing the latter came in on the side of the rested awhile-say for five news, and highly important news at the Pantheon to the Piazza Venezia, also to unforeseen incidents to which, Allles, a wave of anger swept over minutes-she may begin to take that, it was in actual fact a command the scene of Fascist marches and naval warfare is liable, it is im- America. On April 6 war was de-

for Italian newspapermen,

parades, echoed dally to the thunder- possible to avoid attacks being made clared upon Germany." up the business of life itself.

ing tramp of marching demonstrators, on neutral ships in mistake for those The press conferences held by the Yet "the man in

A few days later Admiral Sims, the street," tho of the enemy," other delegations were means of get- simple, industrious, modest likeable This was the first announcement of of the United States Navy, was see- So far it is a queer sort of ting Information, explanations, and Roman, regarded the war spethetical an unrestricted submarine campaign, Ing Sir John Jellicoe in London. The

two great seamen discussed the situa golden existence the charming of asking questions, but there given ly and with some disapproval.

by the Italians seemed to be for the

IN the first quarter of 1916, tion, the American saying that it looked as though the Germans were child has led (in the cause of sole purpose of handing out the day's

thirty-eight British merchant winning. Sir John agreed, unless the {veracity, it must be noted that slogan.

ships were sunk, including the shipping losses could be stopped, and This, 100, Fasciam and Nazam DESPITE all the horrible tales for West Africa, torpedoed by

liner "Falaba," outward bound stopped soon. she le also the pet aversion of a

have in common: in Italy as in Ger told about the Abyssinians and section of cinema enthusiasts), many there is only one opinion the war of defence against mur U-28 as passengers and crew

which may find expression in the turning out picture after picture

press.

dictated derous bands of robbers which Minister Grazzi, and cheerful tone had been 'forced' on the Italians, thrown into the water. There was a which, with mathematical cer- for the conference, for our French I met no signs of hatred among death-roll of 104. A worse fatality

ADMIRAL Sims wrote to the Secretary tainty, has swelled the bank and English friends, for the new the people.

of the Navy in was to occur in May, when the front, was the unanimous refrain of

trying balance of everyone concerned. every Italian paper.

"Lusitania" was torpedoed without Washington - "After warning. Within twenty minutes the various methods of controlling Even Shirley's warmest nd-

great ship had plunged bows firat to the bottom, to leave the sea black shipping, the British Admiralty nirers realised that this could

with drowning people. Roscue ships Row believe the best policy to be not go on for over. Into her DESPITE a certain amount of

picked up 800; but 1,108 perished, of one of dispersion. whom 201 were women and 94 in- The funerant musicians, however, fants or small children.

The Admiralty has had frequent life, as into that of others, a nervousness the atmosphere in

Stresa was really gratifying. sang a song, which faithfully repro- crisis must come, a parting of

The explosion of those torpedoes conferences with merchant mastere A month before, Hitler had made duced the real national character reverberated throughout the civilised and sought their advice. Their most the ways. Not even the Holly- that sensational speech, in which he stripped of all its martial Fascist world. The people of the United unanimous demand is: Give us a gun and let us look out for ourselves," 'Faccetta nerat' they States were convulsed with anger. wood experts can guarantee that announced the relatroduction of con- trimmings,

scription and in this way tore up sang. Black Faces a modest little American citizens had been drowned They are also insistent that it is im- a child star will continue her one of the most important pages of song of an Abyssinian_girl

who, fri the "Lusitania,' and already practicable for merchant vessels to ascendency through her teens. the Versailles Treaty.

from a mountain in her country, American vessels had been attacked. proceed in convoy, at least in any Mussolini had made the demon looked with longing for the frat There was an exchange of moles considerable numbers, due principally Then Shirley would be judged by strative answer of calling up a quar- glimpse of the approaching Italian between the United States and Gere to difculty in controlling their speed other standards and have rivals ter of a million of his soldiers and soldiers, with whom she would march innumerable.

even the French had multiplied the along the Via dell' Impero past King number of troeps manning the and Duce, once peace had been con- Shirley's finale may be like Maginot line, Heavy clouds had cluded. that of many another artist gathered over Europe. long delayed and punctuated with farewell appearances that seem to stretch.like an endless chain into eternity.

'Plane Hits Barrage: 3. Killed

The pilot, navigator, and observer

But now they were conferring

"The Abyssinians are mothers' sons, too,' said the common people, and turned a deaf ear to all the stories of atrocities committed by this 'robber people.'

'Black Faces' was not a

song of there under the chairmanship of the hate, nor had it anything of the Duce and building the new Stresa pathetic heroism ar naked militarism Front, which was to secure European of the official songs of the Party. peace by every practical means against any arbitrary action on the

Aircraft Engineer

Film Fans To Pay New Tax

many, and for time the unrestricted and to the inexperience of their sub- submarine campaign was abandoned. ordinate officers. With their view I Germany feared bringing the Uniled do not personally agree, but believe : that with a little experience merchant States into the war against her. was vessels could aately and sumclently

Even 80, the altuation sufficiently serious. From the outwell steam in open formation.

The merchant ship Iossos In April. break of the war until the end of 1910 Britain had lost through Gorman were terrible. No fewer than 430 Bellon 610 merchant vessels, and her ships were sunk by U-bents. On the Allies had lost 420. As Lord Jellicoe blackest day of that worst month or was to write later..."It was clear the war, eleven British merchant that some method of counteracting vessels and eight fishing craft were the submarine must be found, and destroyed. One out of every four found quickly, if the Allied cause ships that left the United Kingdom. was to be saved from disaster

during

at o

returned. The Bulmaring campaign was the gravest peril which ever threatened The matter of convoy had been the population of this country, as considered at the British Admiralty at various stages of the war; but the well as of the whole Empire."

general consensus of opinion was TO combat the menace Lord against it. There were lasufficient. Jellicoe was appointed to the the dificulties of station-keeping nt warships to provide the escorts, while It is expected that the tax will he Admiralty as First Sea Lord at night or bod: 15 per cont

the end of 1918,

merchant The tax will be imposed direct German submarines Stuttart on film rentals, and the exhibitors ranging the sea from Archangel to speeds. Delays would also be in said that Finzie, when charged at will have to devise their own means the West coast of Afrien, from the volved in loading cargoes, while the the police station said, "That is quite of getting it back from the customers, castern seaboard of North America speed of the convoy was the speed of right, but I did not think I was do. This is regarded as a matter of across the Atlantic and through the ila slowest ship. Morever, the pro- Ing anything wrong. I am most de considerable difficulty, if attendances Nediterranean to the shores of Aula tection afforded by an escort was.. eldedly pro-British."

are, not to suffer seriously.

Turn to÷Page 3, Sixth Column:

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