His Holiness Pope Pius VI, who frankly condemned racialism, especially in relation to National Socialist' Germany's emphasis of this narrow phase of nationalism, has not been slow in expressing similar condemnation of Fascist Italy's adoption of the doctrine. The Pontiff expressed regret in the course of his remarks, that Italy should show imitativeness in this matter and this possibly encouraged Signor Mussolini to return to the charge with such directness, It is specially noted by observers: in Rome that the Italian Premier flatly rejected the suggestion of imitativeness as absurd and used the slogan he originated during the Ethiopian Campaign, "Nol tireremo directo, (We shall go straight ahead). Thus Il Duce, who brooks little criticism of his policies Jany time, comes into conflict with the Vatican for the first time since relations between Church and State were patched by the Lateran Treaty shortly after the advent of Fascism to power and largely on the initiative of the new Teader. Similarly, should this new breach between the Holy Sco and Fascism be allowed to widen, Ti Duco will forfeit his position as mediator between extreme Nazism and Catholicism. Further, if the breach widens on this score, it would' appear that positions: of authoritarian states adhering to the ideas of extreme racialism, and the Roman Catholic Church will become utterly irreconcilable, Were it to involve a test of strength, cularly ju such a wholly and whole-) Catholic country as Italy,.the far older and more firmly established organization of the Church could, if pushed, put Fascism and Il Duce in invidious position. Racialism, is not the Roman Church can com-
Court for China—Taille Case ye. inst Spoclat District Gourt—Foreigners Get Prison 'Terms Chinese Gil Fined s, s Unrecognized Briton' Sentenced Counterfelt Passes. ete Medical Certifteates Case! coond High Court—Claim for Rent. coond. Special District "Court—Armed: Tobbers Sentenced "Not Sacrifice Interests Filish Interests in China oinmong Debate China Tssie rage Accepts Lord Runciman nity', of Germans. Procialmed alias, and Moors Captured arllament Adjourns oun Man Plunges to Death await Clipper Feared Lost ry Yeans Aco Sympathy will be extended to Sir Charles, vyner Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, in his compinints against the way the world, and especi-fally the American newspapers, have dealt his three daughters. In their romantic advan-tures. leading to marriage they have been Jdeseribed as Prin:-zees Gold, Pearl and Baba fand oriental glamour has been added to their names as a result of the picturesque associa~ tions of their family with Sarawak, and 2 combination of circumstances probably more the' motive of the Rajah's protest than the [specific misrepresentation of which he complains. Sir Charles states that his daughters Jare not princesses, and this title has been used so widely that every country in the world is heartily sick of the sound of Sarawak. It can foraly" be" said that. the world and the are entirely to blame, Contrast~ aguinst. the interesting history the state which he administers are the adven-ures of his daughters, One, married the son of shipping magnate, another a jazz band leader, and the third an all-in.wrestler and in a world Which has been fed on the romantic traditions of Sarawak and how it was acquired eventually to became part of the British Empire, it is not to be wondered that some degree of fascination leon nected with oriental romanticism should not Wonderful Science Science is a wonderful thing. The world and its inhabitants seem to get along nicely observing every day functions and procedures which are accepted as just ordinary manifesta~ tions arousing little interest or believed to be incapable of any expansion or analysis until the scientists get to work and then ti whole pattern of existence suddenly changes, although centuries of research have not found a good cure for a cold or for baldness. A case in point has just occurred in England. Two members of the National Institute of Industrial Psychology have conducted exhaustive tests among elementary school children and it has been found that those whose breakfasts fall short of the West standards of contempora dietetics "not only are dullards but have cold ahd clammy hands." This specific conclusion Sounds slightly strange, although "it is within general knowledge that people who are underfed do not work or develop so much as people who are amply fed. Fifty children were selected for the test, the average age being about 64% years. Half got a breakfast fruit juice, porridge and milk, fish, or (Teseting-sing-eht-chow-kan 9% Hadit Mi 70)
Ciunese §18 ren ANNUM, $0.40 PER COPY eggs, with brown bread and butter, "The remainder had their usual breakfast at home which consisted of tea, bread, butter and jam. Surprising statistical results were discovered by the two psychologists. 'The balanced breakfasts first mentioned produced an increase of 7 per cent, progress in arithmetic, 11 per cent, in English and 11% per cent, in poetry—so the two investigators claim, It would be heresy to challenge the accuracy' of these results beyond acceptance of the fact that it Is better to work on a full stomach than an empty one, but the sceptical layman, deferring to the academic qualifications of the two investigators, might draw attention to the traditional history of English poets and writers who starved in Grubb Sirect_garrets but enriched English literature by their efforts notwithstanding, Nobody wants a return to an underfed populace, but there does seem some inconsistency in the application of statistics to such a subject. One might say that Shakespeare's poaching raids for venison influenced his views on drama, or Johnson's pieces written for cooks as advertising may have assisted in the development of his genius. What woud happen with a champagne and caviar diet? It is a fertile subject for discussion, Dangerous Thoughts While it is generally admitted that the Japanese girl Is of the submissive type, deter ring always to the male of the species, It was reported a few days ago that modern Miss Japan is developing ideas of her own, not the least important of which is refusal to be dis Posed of in marriage to a husband to whom she cannot take her heart, Tt is stated that some young women insist in selecting mates for themselves, thereby throwing over all tradition, The latest example of the growth of dangerous thoughts in Japan is contained in a report from Yamaguchi to the effect that eighty geisha Birls have gone on strike, because they no longer agree to share their tips with their restaurateur. employers, who hitherto had been demanding one-half as their share. The girls have taken themselves off to a mountain temple, where provided with food, and other necessuries, they are having a quiet rest while their employers are wringing their hands fas patrons demand exnetly.the same enter: tainment as usual, The girls have the Geisha Guild behind them, and no strike-breakers ara allowed to go to Yamaguchi, so that the issue fs a local one, It is not quite clear what the employers can'do about the matter, unless they can persuade the authorities to declare the mobilization of all geisha for the duration, Something will have to be done, not only for the vindication of male authority, but also to make sure that the poor tired Japanese business man shall be provided with some other Intellectual entertainment than mere moaning over business which has become woefully dull since Japan went venturing into China, It is going to be somewhat hard if the employers have to forgo their share of the tips they do not earn, but if the girls hold out, and tighten, their obis a bit, they ought to win, unless this sort of dangerous thinking rouses the aux ely of the authorities. Even they, though, are jin a quandary, for if they imprison the girls for thinking explosively the restaurateurs will still be without female fascination in their ests ablishment, so that the latest betting appears to favour these very naughty geishas.
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