NOTES BY THE WAY

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue 4731, 10 August 1935, Page 5

NOTES BY THE WAY

A Third Party Risk—the eternal triangle; ;

Hitler and Mussolini will not have much chance for the Nobel Peace Prize this year. -

The manufacture of Jews' harp's in Germany has fallen away to noth- ' ing.

Japan is very much shocked at Italy's attitude towards Abyssinia. Italy was most distressed at Japan's theft of Manchuria.

A young prisoner in Australia made his escape in an aeroplane. These sort of things "should not be broadcast. They put ideas into the heads of the unwilling guests,of the State.

The Italian boxer Camera is in disgrace with the Fascisti because "he was beaten by a black man. What will happen if the Italian troops have a set-back in Abyssinia? It happened

Mr. Gareth Jones, Mr. .Lloyd Georges' former secretary, has been released by the Chinese bandits. See what happens when the little Welshman gets on the war-path.

The new Zeppelin airship now being built in Germany will take ten days to fill its gas-bags. And this when they have Hitler, Goering and Goebbells to help!

The American sea lines trading to New Zealand and Australia will no doubt heartily approve of the seamen's strike in Sydney. It's hard to make things pay even with . the enormous subsidies given to these Yankee ships.

A year or two ago Italy sold Sir Thoma's Wilford a pair of trousers manufactured in for half a dollar. Now Italy is going to make war on Abyssinia because that country practises slavery. W

An American editor published an alleged cartoon of the Emperor of Japan, and the Japanese authorities were very much annoyed. The editor of the paper said that no insult was meant, as in the same issue he published caricatures of Mr. Huey Long and Mr. Wm. Randolph Hearst. Now, who is most pleased over this half-pie apology?

The Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. Lyons, said at Auckland yesterday that his country and New Zealand are drawing closer together. I suppose they will when the Tasman air service is going. However, if Australia will take our potatoes, and we take Australian oranges, it would be a practical drawing together.

France believes that she must arm for security, so does Germany, Japan, Italy and the United States. The time may come when these countries will begin to think that all the expenditure was for nothing, so they'll start a war to make practical use of the ammunition, guns, airships and warships, and start a war. Money can't be wasted in this way for promoting peace.

Sir Alexander Herdman has set himself the task of cleansing the Augean stable of New Zealand—in other words to push the ForbesCoates Government out of office. According to a Greek legend, cleansing the Augean stables was a task set Hercules. These stables belonged to a king in a Greek State. They contained 3000 oxen and had not been clean'esed for 30 years.. Hercules was to receive 300 oxen for the task, and carried it out in one night by diverting two rivers through the stables. The king failed to keep his promise, so Hercules killed him. I suppose that the Democratic Party and the Labour Party will act as the rivers in Sir Alexander's pro L gramme.

The political whips are beginning to crack all over this "God's own country of ours," and each party is marshalling its forces—and promises. The Democrats are going to dp their utmost to put the Autocrats (i.e. Forbes and Coates) out of office, and we may expect plenty of excitement at the next hustings. I was going to say "fun," but the elections are going to be a serious matter this year—especially for the Government. There is some satisfaction in striving for a thing, but none in losing a thing once you have gained it—"it" being the Government benches. I have heard that the Labour Party has already decided the personnel of its Ministry—even to the Minister of Finance.

It is reported that Colonel Lindbergh is likely to be a candidate for the United States Presidency. Steering a 'plane is a very different job to steering the ship of State, especially as the politicians have so riddled it. But the Colonel may go on flying. Personally I wouldn't take up the job if it was offered to me tomorrow.

So Mr. Roosevelt's next job is to tax the wealthy and try and'distribute more of their goods and privileges amongst the masses. Our noble ex-Judge might justly charge Messrs. Forbes and Coates with Socialism if they introduced such a measure.