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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1946.

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Who

Prince Philip?

by a Naval Correspondent

I was stated recently that Prince Phil of Greece, is about to be naturalised as a British subject,

At once-Greece being a sensitive word to many politicians in Britain there was a question in the House of Commons suggesting-quilo er- roneously that special priority 15 being given to the application.

Additional Interest is added to the application by the widely-circulated statements recently that Prince Phillp was likely to become engaged lo Princess Elizabeth, statements which drew a countering statement from Buckingham Palace that the Princenu was "not engaged."

Who is Prince Phillp?

He was born on June 10, 1921, In his father's house, in Corfu,

Hh father was Brince Andrew of

Greece and of Denmark, one of the younger sons of King George I, of the Hellenes, brother of Queen Alexandra. ·

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His mother was Princess Allco of Battenberg, eldest daughter of Prince Louis of Battenberg, who became a naturalised British subject, entered the Royal Navy in 1868, rose to the rank of Admiral of the Fleet, and was First Sea Lord from two years before the first world war until the end of October, 1914.

Thug Prince Philip is a great-great- grandson of Queen Victoria and a second cousin of the King.

Fought Japan

llis grandfather, in 1917, in com- mon with all other members of the Royal Family, relinquished his German name. He assumed that of being granted the Mountbatten, titles of Marquis of Milford Haven Eort of Medina and Viscount Alderney.

His mother's younger brother is Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten.

It will thus be seen that Prince Philip's grandfather, both his uncles and his first cousin have devoted their lives to the British Navy, which Prince Philip_himself entered as a cadet in 1939,

At the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, he was awarded the King's Dirk as the finest all-round cadet af his term and the Eardley Howard Crockett Prize for the best cadet,

In January 1940 he went to sea ሰ። amidshipman in the battle- He served subse -abip Ramillies.

quently in the cruiser Kent and Shropshire and in the battleship

Valiant.

During the Battle of Matapan ho searchlight was in charge of the control and for his work was men- tioned in Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham's despatches.

In his sub-lieutenant's course he did well, gaining four "firsts," and one "second," and with it nine months' seniority out of a possible ten.

At the age of 21 he was one of the youngest ofleers to have risen to become second-in-command of a large destroyer and took part in the Sicily landings,

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In February 1944 he was appointed First Lieutenant of the Whelp, of our Intest destroyers, and served in the war against Japan, being present at the Japanese sur- render in Tokyo Bay.

A Leader

On return home in 1940 he joined the staff of the Naval Training Establishment, H.M.S. Glendower, at Pwllhell, in North Wales.

Only -officers with tho best leadership record are selected for tho R.N. Training Establishment, so that his selection for this post alone indicates how well he has donej In the Navy.

He has spent nearly all his life in home England, having made his withi His uncle, Lorh Louis Mountbatten.

He-was educated at an English preparatory school, Cheam, and at a Scottish public school, Gordonstoun He speaks flawless! English without trace of necent, and sailors on Brat joining his ship had the Kreatest fick leg was not being pulled her difoulty believing that their messmates told them that he was a Grook prince,

At school and in the Navy, he has

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Sitting on Fence

DON'T know what the world's coming to," said the rich anarchist,

**Nor do I" said the other rich anarchist,

"You can't do a single thing you want to do without going cap In hand to some miserable little Government oficial."

"And what a Government, too,"

"Look at the plans for my little place in the country. I've cut the bedrooms down from 14 to 12 and still I can't get a bullding leence. What am I to do?".

by NATHANIEL GUBBINS

At that moment the super atomic, bomb fell. The earth rocked, the "Go into the black market, I sup-heavens swayed, and a white-hot tempest shrivelled them to ashes and the whole world with them.

porc."

Social

"There you are. That's how the Government, demoralises you when you want to be honest. Controls make criminals of us all."

I DON'T know what the world's "Decent men driven to bribery and bishop, "I really don't.” corruption."

"You can't even get a seven-course dinner unless you bribe somebody." "My wife hands the grocer £6 a weetc."

"Yet they give more meal to the exist." miners."

coming to," said the ancienti

"Certainly, not,

the

"Fancy a maid claring to call her-

self Cynthia,"

"And they had ten shillingo ... a week, foreign meat for lunch, mar- gurine for tea and no followers."

"If you can get one at all now she smologs at her work and has the radio on all day.""

"And if your husband's home a minute late for dinner the- gives "ofice."

'MAID I'bad told my husband

Sho Bald;

"A vit for being inte and asked Past experience him where he'd been. has shown that the greater the hard-on't give me that stuff about being ships the more people turn to re kept Inte at the office." ligion. The greater the suffering, "If a maid said a thing like that the greater the need for spiritual to my husband I'd be suspicious.” consolation."

"I was and fired her that evening. It was the first time I've fired 'n mak

"It must have, been a great plea-

"But instead of turning to religion since 1930,"

They they now turn to politics. votë Socialist because they believe sure.”

it to be practical Christianity.”

"They do not believe the Church will help them any more......

their trust in politicians, They put

"Nor do I said the other ancient bishop, "it's all rather dreadful," "Only the other day a young "So far as young people are enn-fellow sald to me, 'If we don't like the Government we can turn it out; cerned moral values simply do not but if we don't like you, we can't

do anything about "

"What do they want. A general election for the clergy?"

"It was much the same after the Which is only another bribe to 1914-18 war, only not quite so bad." make them work."

"That's the trouble to-day. No- body wants to work."

"And houses bullt for them." "And to be pampered in their old

"It was, but it meant doing all the washing up for weeks and weeks. And all the sweeping and cleaning."

"And scrubbing and making the beds and cooking."

"And shopping and trying to charm the butcher in shabby clothes with- ut time to cope with your face."

seTHAT'S the trouble: to-dell, nu

time to do anything but house-

work."

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"Marriage vows mean nothing to

"No time to dress nicely if you "Most people seem to think that them any more. Chastity is as rare

as rubies."

had anything to wear." war is an excuse for bad behaviour,

"No time for a hair-do; no time "All the working classes want now for the relaxation of moral discipline, "Rarer, in fact. Only last week for a facial." is something for nothing."

for despising virtue and for self- I bought my dear wife n ruby brooch

"At an age when we

14 indulgence. I don't think we be-amuggled in from Switzerland."

most." haved very badly during or after the

wonder our husbands come "Their leisure hours are spent in South African War."

home at all." drinking and dancing."

"I'd known I was going to be "Or going to the cinema or the turned into a middle-aged household

I drudge thentre."

would have remained single's

"So would. I, in`a bachelor flat with no housework.”

"And sardines on toast for sup-

age."

"No, we did not. Except for Majcking night, which was an ex- curable demonstration of joy and relief among anxious civilians, wa

some of the lower orders became rather intoxicated.

❝] WONDER what they'd say if behaved very well indeed, though "Juvenile crime la on the in-

took profits from my-company and didn't even ring up my secre- tary every morning?"

"I wonder how they'd like it if we went on strike?”

"After all people like us GIVE something to the world."

"And all we get are controls."

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"Rather than have this Govern- ment I'd have no Government at

"HEARD

that even the dear! Queen took a glass of sherry that night."

crease.**

"There is no respect for parents!" | petit don't know what the world's

"The churches are less than half coming to," said the sulky matron. {full."

"Nor do I," said the other sulky There is no morality anywhere." matron. "Really,” said the ancient blshop, "I don't know what the world is coming to."

"Nor do I," said the other ancient bishop.

"I believe she did, God bless her." "And although I was only a curate at the time I distinctly remember having a glass of claret cup with my mother. It was most enjoyable.” At that moment 10,000 aircraft flew over, "raining a ghastly dew" of "Without a Government you could proper, too, on such an occasion-gamma rays which withered the two at least do as you like."

bishops and the whole world, leaving especially with your mother,

a cabman." drank a pint of porter myself—with nothing but withered trees, sighing

In the last winds of heaven.

all."

"Eat what you like, wear what you like and build what you like.""

"And let those who can't afford it go without." i

"I'm sure

And it was.

"A pint? With a catman? Really.""

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Domestic

DON'T know what the world's

"It's their own fault if they can't though I was a young curate, too. coming to" said the sužity afford it."

"They won't work.". "They don't want to work."

"I can't make as much as I like

Besides, London was very pay at the matron. "I really don't." time and we are all equal in the "Nor do I," said the other sulky sight of God, are we not."

"Of course, of course." "And he was a very civli fellow. and do what I like with it I shali Very civil and most respectful." give up work myself."

"So shall I And live on my capitol."

"After all, if you can't bulld little place in the country with only 12 bedrooms and with your own money, what can you do?"

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"And if you can't get a surse dinner without bribery

"I don't know what the world's coming to," said the rich anarchist, "Nor do 1." sald the other rich anarchist.

"That's the trouble with the world to-day. No respect for the cloth."

matron.

"My last pair of nylons laddered

mald this morning and the

gave notice."

"Pve had three maids in str months. They all asked double pre- war wages and wanted to be called Miss Smith and Miss Brown. ! wonder who they think they are?” (4 YOU'RE quite right, my dear

"There was a time when you had I bishop. That's the root of them lining up with their references the whole trouble. Of course, one and they curtsled every time you realises that recent wars have had spoke to them."

"There was a time when I called more effect on people than the South African War, when there were no my maids what I liked. If I wanted hardships for anybody but the gal- to call them Jane I called them Jane, fant fellows at the front. But hard-especially if they had fanciful names ship is no excuse for cyniciam.” [like Pamela or Cynthia."

According To Culbertson

(Copyright, 1946, by Ely Culbertson)

The contract in to-day's deal was) entry to the diamond suit. De- far from ideal, but the declarer clarer led a low club and finessed

It made

his inept the jack. West won and returned worse. with management.

the spade jack. South took the trick and led the diamond jack, to South, dealer:

which West and dummy played low. East, however, also ducked; he was Both sides vulnerable.

willing to lose his king rather than permit the long diamond suit to be established. Now South was almost through. He led another diamond to the ace, established a club trick by lending toward the king, and Anally wound up by taking (in all) two spodes, two diamonds, one club and one heart.

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Against shrewd defence this was about as good as any declarer could have done in such a miserable con- tract, but South could have given his opponents a harder fight. At the second trick he should have, led low diamond from dummy-and right there, BUCCAS

Inilure probably would have hung on West'e skill. East could not put up his We the king, or South would unblock jack

and subsequently finesse the ton. But when East played low and South put in the

West Jack, would have to make the excellent play of duciting, or by taking the queen, expose his partner's king to a drop on the next diamond lead:

with a foreign accent opened a bag of germs in a quiet country lane and within a week the two sulky matrozo · and every ilving thing in the world' were dead.

At that moment a little old woman

Rupert and Ninky

Outside, it is very cokl and Respect has to hurry through cold wind's and over the snow-covered common. 10 teach Bill's cottage. Mr. Bodgeź open the door to him and Incits very worried. "I'm afraid___yExt can't see Bill," she says, “Haa.not at all well today, and I don't think lie'll be up again for a week. Cont back again in two days' time and you can go to him. “Oh, I am sorry," eries Repert. ** I'll run bome and -think-what-present. 1. can bring for

him."

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