Jolly Old Pals, are, one and all, profoundly distressed by the Duncan Sandys case. It is the marked lack of palliness which distresses them—that, and the suggestion of something not quite' nice in connection with British officialdom.
"A leakage of official secret information, the Pals said to me, "is something, pal, that we just don't talk about in this country."
Quite right, pals," I said, "We'll bet it's the sort of thing that could only happen in a foreign country, eh?"
"TI bet it is."
"You know what foreigners are, pal."
"I know."
"We mean they aren't exactly gentlemen, are they?"
"I see what you mean."
"So you see, pal, we're going to pretend that the whole thing has never happened. We're going to stick to the cricket news."
"A jolly good idea.
"Well, cheero, pal," they said. "Keep a straight bat!"
"Cheero, pals," I said, Showman in the "Daily Herald."
Sayings from Abroad Compticarep things have to be said in a complicated way.—Sir John Simon, A lawyer is not necessarily a good valuer.—The Marquess of Lothian, I am not one of those who desire to hush up the Reformation—The Bishop of Norwich.
If the datum line of 1929 is taken the cost of living has not risen—Captain Wallace.
Legislation is urgently needed to curtail or prevent the operations of bogus charities—The Chief Constable of Manchester.
Anything a peer does is labelled by the public as the work of an amateur.—Lord Killanin, Cleopatra, with all her wealth, never knew the convenience of a zip fastener.—Lord Southwood.
The deaths for which cyclists are blamed are almost entirely their own—Mr. Herbert The world to-day, taken as a whole, is better fed, better housed, and better clothed. than ever before—Lord Greenwood.
Newspaper advertising remains the easiest and best way for the retailer to spend his money.—Mr, Gordon Selfridge, Jun.
We are still far from having created that, healthy, happy Britain which is our constant aim.—Mr, Eden.
Economic nationalism is the natural and inevitable consequence of the complete change that has taken place and is still taking place in our whole outlook.—Mr. Amery.
Even among the most backward races of Africa our main effort should always be to try to help peoples to stand a little more securely on their own feet—Mr, Malcolm MacDonald.
The worst and darkest pages of the history of the House of Commons have been those.in which they had tried to go contrary to the spirit of liberty—Mr. T. E. Harvey.
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