The magic of the new ship clings round the beautiful creature who has now left her home harbour to astrea across the Atlantic and win for her country the honour now held lby the Bremen. The Normandie carles with her the best wishes of all not the least, perhaps, the generous seamen of the present holder of the coveted title. And, even if on the other side of the Channel there is {an intention to drive the Queen Mary to New York at such a pace that the Bremen may be avenged, there will still be a hope that the lovely lady Of France may, for however short a ime, wear the mythical riband, The Normandie has the honour of being the frst electrically-driven liner to cross the Atlantic and there she will Achieve a record which none can take from her. Meanwhile, it is evident, from the special despatch from" an Old China Hand, Mr. Miles "Vaughn, who is aboard mingling with "statesmen and other august gers, that Interest en the liner's speedful journey Ig not allowed to distract great minds from. the world's problems ashore. Out in the Atlantic they apparently are pondering heavily over Europe's {ls and destiny. Ts it too much to hope that they may draw inspiration from the magnificent setting of their musings? "The Normandie, a few it generations back, would have been regarded as a veritable "miracle." Yet she exists and good Tuck go with What the genius of French 14 shipwrights can achieve magic common or garden reality, cannot the genius of French 'SMatermen—with the rest of their colleagues in the world—emulate in the political comity of nations? Why should Europe be condemned cavalierly to the folly of working off the stock of munitions which she is said to be busily engaged in amassing, just for the want of proper thought solving her economic enigma: posed business message rate. But ome Japanese comment is less concerned with telephones than with the Targer issue of the measure of representation given to that community fu the Council and in the Council's administration. The international {Zood-will of this International Settlement is not yet bankrupt. Discussion fof that question of representation in amicable form and with full assessment of the relevant factors, is surely feasible, There is no ground for imagining that British of any other opinion is impervious to conviction thereon. The idea that itis necess to proceed by the circumlocutory processes of recriminatory agitation 'Gri points of administrative detail is 'Rot impressive. It will hardly commend itself to the responsible members of any community, much less to the Japanese whose' record of municipal achievement has certainly Denefitied from the international genius of Shanghai.
Already risen from 100 to 137.2. per cent. and in view of the results which had' followed. the government's policy he thought it would be folly to throw it into the melting pot in' the hope that something fresh would come out. The Prime Minister's answers to questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday indicate a profound conviction that there has [been no real change in the situate since Mr. Neville Chamberlain made hig statement last year. The British government in fact is still inclined to walt the assumption of the initiative by some country more in need of the beneath of a common agreement to stabilize.
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