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Saturday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April 5, 1941.

Che SNAPSHOT GUILD America, Our Ally

WINTER PICTURE PLANS

Elephants on the plano kaya simple, nest, and amusing shot of the "table-top" type. Tablo-topping is a good snapshot specialty-and there are many others,

FOR years I have been suggesting that every amateur adopt a snap shot apecialty-and now 1 find have made two converts at home. Jack has feckled to specializo in tablo-top pictures for the rest of this winter, and Ann is going to make a snapshot biography of the family pup.

gory of als antice, and his reac tlons to this funny world. No mat ter who you are, there's some spo- clalty ready to hand, that will adu fun to the winter's picture taking.

Tho big advantage of a specially 15 that it helps you got picturo ideas. You take one shot and you think of two others, a bit different The cholecs aro wise, I think, for or a bit better. Jack Ands this to bo the winter months. Both offer plentus, time after time, when he's ar ty of interesting opportunities-andaging bla table-top sceuco. Tho toy mouse Fund Away from a toy

plenty of material. Wo have pat cat in one pleture, and is used to tie full of discarded toys, to keep frighton a wide-eyed doll in the Jack busy and ea for Anu's proo- next shot. And the salt that makes pacts-the pup is over the same such fine snow, in ono scene, makes two days in auccession. So, by then marvellous sandy beach in an. time Warm weathor comos, her other. "puppy book" should be in Ane Bling".

In Ann's case, ono pleturo also brtage idcus for others. As she looks I can think of many other winter at each group of puppy snapshots, snapshot apecialios-some of which the sass gaps that need to be filled might appeal to you more than in. to improve the story. And she's theso-such as character studion, learning a lot about taking good costume pictures, story-tolling ple pictures of animals and pots- turo frequnces," a soupshot story knowledge she can apply. Inter. It of the whole family's winter cetiv works that way with every BRAD Rick, or even the story of Just one shot spocinity-which, alone, is a member. If there's a young baby in 'good reason for you to choos0 & SPD- your family, of course you already clatty right now. have specialty-tho day-to-day i

John van Guilder

AMERICA OUR ALLY. H. N. Brailsford. Gollancz 28. Ed.

Germany unonletally approached By England with a proposal of peace

Ltd.

the

TRESPASS.

terms after the fall of France, but its truth cannot be ascertained. Ger- Tranter. many, under these proposals, was to get two African Colonies of no great

By Nigel G.

GARDEN BY THE WATER.

value, with Gibraltar, and she would By Valentine. Both from Ward hold on to why, he land acquired in Luck's Colonial Library.

us his patronage and alliance!! Europe. Finally, Hitler was to offer

MESSIS Gollancz have within

last year Issued a series of books dealing with the war, its aims and the situation thereafter under the Mr Brullsford is of the view, for NIGEL Tranter's romantic Scottish title of "Victory Books," and the one instance, that Brilish power and ▲ storfes have charm, and he has under review is the eleventh of the strength in the world lays upon her a definite feeling for the country he series. It can be very surely recom- a duty to establish an organisation writes about. His tales are always mended, since, above all other things, which will banish war from the light and engaging, the action being it demonstrates how really serious earth before she proceeds to enjoy supplied by plenty of stalling and the position now is for Britain, the the fruits and privilege which her poaching, end "Trespass" la no ex- Empire, the United States of America 'great strength in the world has given ception to the rule, It is easy to and European civilisation.

her. He is not unjustly, severe read and the characters are well upon the Conservative politicians, contrasted and often unexpected. The book is a highly provocative including Mr MacDonald in the same "Garden by the Water" is the sad one, and the author puts facts palat- category. He shows how we had all story of a good but dull young man,. able and unpalatable four-square to the cards in our hands up to 1933 who is the guardian of an attractive the reader. There is no sentiment- and were easily the strongest Power, girl only ten years younger than ality whatever about the way in possessing the condence of most ilmself. Of course, Vivienne be- which Mr Drailsford presents his euse. In a chapter entitled "If Hitler Wins" and the position of America in stich an event, there is much food for thought; but it is not always possible to agree with the author or follow him on this aspect of his essay.

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He is of opinion that, in her pre- sent position, Amerlen is far more of

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others; but he deplores that for the next six years we did nothing to make ourselves ready to stop aggres- sion.

He grues naively that it was not

comes engaged a rogue, but be- cause he is in love with, her himself, Jeremy is too much of a gentleman to disillusion her he is as stupid as all that However, someone elso does it for him, and in the Inst chop- ter Vivienne finds that she has loved Jeremy ALL THE TIME. Just like that!!

THE TROJAN HORSE, By

Breathe" with another exciting

use to ourselves than if she wore the fault of Democracy us "property Hammond Innes. Collins. 78. 6d.

belligerent—at view commonly was always in the saddle”—the ready enough obtaining now-and he can toleration of which is a form of not see, with Amerlen still in state weakness whleh Democracy possibly of unpreparedness, how she con do more than she is now doing. He ernment. Ile shows what make story of espionnge, sabotage. Fitti cxlilbits beyond ather forms of gov- M Innes follows "Wreckers Must evidently knows America and ou have been made and what opportuni- pages 80 to 91 he pays a tribute to then lost which has the effect of de- Column activity and many other her one rarely meets with, stressing creasing one's faith in the type of happenings "contrary to the King's her excess of modesty, which in out parliamentary leader we have had pre of all proportion to the gigantic and for the last 20 years. wealthy power she is. He looks forward to the time when America may yet come in with the Old Coun→ try, should Hiller's aggression prove to be too much for Britain,

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A prosale solicitor finds himself involved in the most hair-raising adventures, in his endeavours to pre- vent Nazi agents smuggling a new type of neroplane engine out of Eng-

In Mr Churchill he has the great- und, and finds his chief opponent is est confidence and for him he pro- the man appointed to be the British

One of the most remarkable aspects fessen the greatest admiration. He Quisling. The author tells his story of the work is Me Brailford's correct ce

feett that Me Churchill has had with gusto and style, and he has gauging of Nazi intentions which placed before him the biggest and arranged

super climax for his may be summed up in four words- most critical problem that has ever render's enjoyment. lust for world power. Even Mr Cham- but he trusts and thinks that the most dwarfish extent in comparison confronted any British statesman; berlain, he says, at Munich did not descendant of the great Duke of with the problem England's Premier sense this, thinking the problem was Marlborough will full the task in a has to-day before him.

merely an economie one. baut Mr

Brailsford leaves no doubt in our manner not unworthy of the most Mr Brallsford has written a most minds as to the aims of litler's rule, distinguished soldier England has timely and Interesting book which produced, though the Duke's im- should be read by all people who There are some interesting reveta- mense and epoch-making task, in the have the intelligence and apprecia- tions, for instance at page 26, that Eighteenth Century, pales to an at- tion for it

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