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September 12, 1940.

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"DRA-ZLÁGY!" "1ella Rasul 10F DENKTI

MEIDA, DEN 107

KYOSTI KALLIO-PEASANT & STATESMAN

KYOSTI KALLIO, peasant-farmer and son of the

earth, was fourth President of Finland. Short, stocky and bewhiskered, Kallio looked and acted like the son of peasants he was proud to be. His name meant "Rock". His policy both as Prime Minister-he held that office three times-and as President was to keep Finland Tock of democracy and sanity on the fringe of an arming, turbulent Europe.

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Kyosti Kallio born in 1873. After a sketchy. haphazard education he entered politics in 1904 as a member of the Finnish Diet. Finland at that time was a province of Im- perial Russia, enjoying a certain measure of Home Rule.

In 1917. Finland tore herself free from Russia and after nearly three years was recognised as an independent republic. Kallio was Speaker of the Diet during fourteen sessions after 1920.

His outstanding achievement at least, the achievement of which he was most proud—was a law known as the "Lex Kallio" which split up oversized estates and divided parts of

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10 h1 } them among the land-starved peasantry. When he was elected President in 1937 Kallio was the "grand old man" of the Fin- nish Diet with 33 years service to his credit.

1937.

Kallio was elected President of Finland on February 15,

President Kallio remained all his life a peasant at heart. Consequently, he was popular in a country whose 3,600,000 in- habitants are largely peasants thèinselfes. His wife ran a model farm near Helsinkt, the capitalisa

Finns called him "The First Peasant". He lived simply. in an ordinary peasant home. Throughout the Hitler War with Russia the old president was the rallying point for Tin- nish determination. When the War' ended as it did most pre- sidents would have resigned. But Kyosti Kallid” hưng "on, began, as first peasant, the long thak of rebuilding his peasant state.

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(Fill in the blanks with the correct numbers: example: Free, white and 21,)

1. Henry VIII had

wives

2. Napoleon's

days.

3. A widely discussed book during the past year was America's Families.

4. Probably the most famous address in the world is

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Frenchmen Can't

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belis.

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ounces in

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them. Few would dispute the right to that title of the grand old song, "Rule, Bri- 'tannia"! Wagner, the German composer, and a sincere ad- 'mirer of this country, said: "The first eight notes of the tune express the whole of the character of the British

· nation.." He developed one

of his early overtures from its melody.

The poet Southey, writing in the days before "God Save the King" had become our. National Anthem, said at "Rule, Britannial": "This will be the political hymn of the country us long as she matutains her political power." And.hosts of other, writers have peld similar tribute to its stirring grandeur and beauty.

To-day, in Ule year of Its two hundredth birthday, the aong has taken on a new and deeper meaning for us. Que Navy has in the first months of the war shown that Bestam still rules the waves under conditions vastly different from those prevailing when the song was wriilen. And it is because- of our. determination that "Britons nover shall be slaves" that we are at war lo-day,

Tinise proud familiar strains were heard for the first firms. on August 1,-1740. The scene was the grounds of Cliefden House, near, Maiden- head in Berkshire. It was then the home of Frederick, Prince of Wales,- and on that night the cream of carly Georgian society had gathered there in colourful costumes to hear, a new masque which was being performed in honour of the annl...!!! versary of King George. It's acces~} ston and of the birth of the baby Princess Augusta,

The masque was called "Alfred," and told of that great king. And its finale-was the song that we now know as "Rule, Britannial" The), performance was such a success that it achieved the rare distinction of being repeated by the Prince's command on the following night, but that was nothing to the tristoph of the grand finale. It was pub- lished 'ni song thrée1 weeks later, andrina few months it had become a Arst favourite.

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Nobody can tell for certain who wrote the words of "Rule, Britan nia!" for two poets collaborated in the libretto of the masque to which It belongs. One of them was James Thompson, whose poem, "The Sea- sons is one of the classics of English verse. The other was

forgotten lesser, almost

writer named David Malet.

After Thompson's death, Malet published a new edition of the book to "Alfred," and in his preface to this declared that he had removed all that his collaborator had written, In this caso he was the creator of "Rule, Britannia!" which remained In the new version. But to-day it seems probablo that this was mere- lyn ruse to get the credit for the words, by then established as classic among lyrics.

Beethoven himself used the tune twice. As a young man he wrote serios of plano variations on the theme. Later, when he had made his name as a great composer, he used it again in his "Battle Sym- "hony.” It was opt that he should do so, for the symphony was writ- ten to celebrate the Duke of Wel- lington's victory of Vittoria, ---

Wagner's use of the tune has al- ready been mentioned, and another composer to work up an overture from Arne'a melody was Sir Alex- under Mackenzie, one of the load- Ing British composers of the last fifty years.

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(6) 215

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(11.) 54-40,

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(14.) 8,

(15.) 21,

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