Another Home correspondent writes in the following vein:—Talking about rearmament reminds me of a new angle on this warfare racket that comes to light (or hearing) in the States. Someone over there has had a brain-wave. It generated in this fashion: A general was expected at a big navy display at Brooklyn. A popular general and the navy lads were determined to give the old boy a tight royal salute. But all they could muster for the purpose was a pair of one-pound signal guns, Not good enough! They put their heads together. Someone had an idea. Why not shove a microphone near those rans, amplify like stink and push the result out through a battery of big public address speakers? They did it. The result was tremendously successful The little one-pounders gave out a roar, with the aid of the P. A outfit, like a broadside from a battleship. A and he recalls that Mencius observed that "an increasing population over a long period of time brings about strife and disorder." Mr. Howard 2390 Torquay
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