The Archive · 1940

Attitude in Commons; New

jot Supported London, Jan. 24.

Speaking before the House of Com-on the in important question, Mr. Neville Chamberlain in answer to queries on "On January 6 the Japanese, go ernment a statement to the effect that the movement towards the establishment of a new government in China was gathering strength.

"Careful study revealed that what efforts to the formation of Tailor Those two chumps are here again and there, is. quite, a; spot of bother at the Nanking Theatre where they appear three times a day. Who are they? Why Laurel and. Hardy,:..of course—the two biggest chumps RKO Radio possesses. "The Flying Deuces" is the title of their latest picture and there is à deuce of a lot of laughter in every foot of this hilarious film. Stan and Oliver, in this effort which, by the way, is one of their very best, join the Foreign Legion to forget the, fatter partner's latest heart breaker. Of course they have to escape and that's where the funniest part of the film starts. What tricks they get up to and how last night's audience roared. At times the dialogue was inaudible owing to the noise of the crowd. Some of the funniest scenes included Stan and Oliver in an aerophane, about which neither knew anything, their escape from being shot at dawn, their experience as the whole Foreign Legion's laundryman, their suicide pact on the banks-of the Seine and Oliver's sincere, if somewhat boisterous, love-making. In this film, too, both partners indulge in a song and dance act. This is well worth seeing. The film finishes with Oliver's demise but he comes back in a resurrected form. And what a form it ist A fine short dealing with the Dionne Quintuplets is shown in support— new government However, Mr. Chamberlain added that the only Chinese. government "which is recognized by Britain is the National. Government of China of which Chiang Kai-shek is the head.

Continuing, the, Prime Minister touched on the attempt on the lite of Mr. Godfrey Phillips, Secretary and Commissioner General of the Shanghai Municipal. Council. He emphasized that everything was being done: to.prevent another such occurrence, but concluded by saying that as yet, the full details of the would-assassination were not known.—

Havas.

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