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THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN, TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1935 5 BOOKS OF THE DAY MUTINY OFF THE NORE THE FLOATING REPUBLIC. By G. E. Manwaring and- Bonamy London: Geoffrey Bles. Pp.
xi. 299. 10s. 6d. net.
Reviewed by H. M. Tomlinson. Though this narrative concerns the mutiny at the Nore and Spithead when everybody was expecting Napoleon to land somewhere on these shores, in a year when England had not a friend in the world, one feels uneasy now and then when reading it. It reminds one too acutely of latter-day happenings.
The resolute temper but good nature of waited the long mutineers enough is for familiar. their pay They heal had put up with bad food and humiliating hazing till they had reached the limit. They meant to put a stop to it, for nobody in authority gave attention to their complaints, put frequently, formally, and modestly. They were but not to tight the French at the signal, to suffer contumely any longer at the hands of people for whom they were expected to dic. The men, in fact, are convincing.
They are simple, sound, and solid. Some were hanged afterwards, but it 15 London, have there, been beforehand; then hangings there in no mutiny and the public, and the middle classes especially, would not have been so worried. The Admiralty was at fault. It ignorant a and stiff-necked. It was both superior to the facts.
What are seamen? Well, it learned what British seamen arc. And the politicians were no better. Parliament, while the men had charge of but the a little magazines and wanted nothing understanding and a simple deal before putting, to sea to prevent invasion, acted as though next year or never would do ag well as to This is easy and shapely narrative, soundly documented. The of its authors assure us of sobriety, and fair play. Wa get those virtues and a dramatic story lit up at times with a bit of fun not likely to occur except when British seamen and the superior classes are having a row about keeping the peace.
LABOUR'S WAY TO PEACE LABOUR's WAY, TO PEACE. By Arthur Henderson. M.P.: London: Methuen and Co. Pp. viii.
2s. Bd. net. To quote the preface, this is serious attempt to interpret with directness and clarity the official policy of organised Labour, industrial and political, in the realm of foreign affairs rather than an expression of the personal views of the Nobody, of course, is hetter fitted for such a task than Mr Henderson. He himself has done much to mould and guido the Labour party policy, which for some years under him as Foreign Secretary was also the country's policy, and to-day in his person he undoubtedly better reflects the opinions of the party than its chief; the conjunction in Mr.
Lansbury of personal pacifist sympathics with a position as leader of EL party which officially holds by economic sanotions has given many Right critics of Left-wing: unanimity their chince. This book is an admirable restatemeat of the official case. As a good Socialist, for the primary cause of war is economic, Mr. Allen Unwin Ltd. 8 My Seven Selves By HAMILTON FYFE.
Illus. 6d Mr. Fyle has produced a book that anyone interested in the life, art and politics of the last forty years must find well worth Guardian. The Passing of the Gods 3 By V. F.
CALVERTON. 6d. Mr. Calverton has written remarkable and illuminating a 3 wealth It of is illustrated with 3 a material, all of it relevant and some of it, especially in the chapter on religion and American culture. I brilliantly 11.
J. Lasti. International Delusions By G. M. STRATTON.
7s. 6d. The tensions, fears, and delusions among nations are set forth, along with their causes, and the most hopeful way to allay them. Sound psychology in terms clear the general reader is used to throw new light on such vital problems as that of national prestige and world law and order. Facing Labour 9 Issues in China By LOWE CHUAN-HUA.
7s. 6d. Points out the urgent necessity for the agricultural gests regeneration national of drive China. for rural Sug- 3 a betterment, including the conservation and expansion of the domestic industries of the village- the basic unit in the social life of China. Can Land Settlement Solve Unemployment? By GEORGE HERBERT.
3s. 6d. Foreword by Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George.
Shows that a. big measure of land settlement would not onlv financially practical, but offers more extensive scope for tackling unemployment than any other policy which is at present conceivable, The Growth and a Distribution of By S. VERE PEARSON. Ilas. 12s.
6d. The author examines the causes of rural depopulation, of overcrowding into cities, and of slum. housing 'conditions, and puts new suggestions for improving health and contentment in the rush and strain of modern civilization. SENT BY A READER PREPARING FOR THE CLIMB Henderson's argument has an economic analysis running in it throughout. Thus interesting chapter on "Changing Quo 13 argues that while territorial revision can be favoured.
the question is comparatively unimportant compared with the need to lay the economic and foundations of peace; it dismisses, as illusory the hopes of those who want to set up a Court of Equity 13 between, sovereign States while leaving State sovereignty untouched. On the question of Universality or Regional Agreements Mr. Henderson emphasises that. Labour will accept, as a second best, the regional method so long as its ains are clearly in accord with those of the League. Labour will also press to pass a Peace Act" solemnly binding this country under its domestic law to submit all disputes arbitration and giving the Government powers to apply economic, financial, and other measures" necessary to sever relations with a State adjudged by the League to be wrongfully at war.
Mr. Henderson winds up by declaring that if any British Government attempts to use war. 6 as an instrument of national policy" (in the words of the Kellogg Pact) it will be opposed by the united strength of the whole Labour movement with all its One wonders if the day will ever come when a British (or other) Government would have much difficulty in persuading its public that the war of the moment was not entirely righteous and proper-if not indeed (whatever the facts) a war completely sanctioned under the Kellogg Pact. One wonders, that is, if Labour would ever be able to redeem its pledge, and if so, by what means. But no doubt, A8 an advance warning to it may concern, it is good that the J.
pledge should have been made. THE RURAL SCENE VILLAGE ENGLAND. By Sir William Thomas. London: Alexander MacLehose and Co. Pp.
xili. 302. 8g. 6d. net.
The introductory (and best) chapter of this country book should be read by all town-dwellers who wonder what the countryman finds to do, apart from what they regard as a dull routine, and who inquire with a misplaced sympathy it ho does not find it very quiet." It is pleasant to find EL proper appreciation of the farm labourer and his interest in real and elemental things, his power of identifying himself with the land on which he works, his pride in his crops, and his skilt in his For this he receives the poorest, pay of any wide craftsman, though and his knowledge exceed that of many a better paid industrial artisan; at least he deserves a decent wage and a dry and sanitary house if for no other reason than desire to perpetuate his kind, we should work to bring back into cultivation good land now going to waste and repopulate districts which should become more and not less fertile. The greater part of the book is composed of weekly, articles on country life which do not; perhaps, fulfil the hate that the 'titlo of the Look may have indeed, the frontispiece itself (of a tern alighting at its nest) and quite a number of the chapters have little or nothing to do with village life. But much the book is charming; the descriptions of the new farm, the Berkshire Downs, the ploughing and hedging match, migrant butterflies, and a variety of other subjects are excellent and often contain the happy phrase that brings it all home to the reader. Had the author, however, been with the writer of this notice on the afternoon when it was written. and had ho seen a small covert strewn with corpses of many domestic fowls round 8 fox's earth, he might have altered his opinion that English foxes whatever their minor offences, are virtuous incmbers of a well-behaved A.
W. B. CIRCUS FOLK WAGON WHEELS. By Willan G. Rosworth.
London: Heath. Cranton. Ltd. Pp. 222.
7s. 6d. net. Mr. Willan G.
Bosworth again commemorates the delightful people of the circus in 4 Wagon Wheels and records for the pleasure of those who love the ring stories of their origins and devotion to their work. Perhaps nobody works harder than circus folk, or with SO much seriousness over affairs which seem to the rest of us just so much fun. It is really not paradoxical that Whimsical Walker should have abominated compulsory education which takes the children just when they should be forming their muscles and nerves for circus work." Each one considers his the most tant work Bosworth in the world. Ducrow It who was, first so Mr. says.
said Cut the cackle and come to the 'osses, Ducrow being bareback rider, He also tells grisly story of an act with lions. One trainer was killed, but sooner than withdraw the act another trainer attempted the same dangerous and he was killed also. One of the characters in the book uses two pythons and washes out their mouths with peroxide before each performance in case they should bite. Life would no doubt have rather different values if the day's work D. F.
began thus. CITIZENSHIP TRAINING FOR CITIZENSHIP. By Sir Ernest Simon and Eva M. Hubback. Oxford: The University Press.
Pp. 48. Is. net. This pamphlet, which is issued with the approval of the Association, for Education in Citizenship and "represents broadly" its views, is in.
two parts. "In the first part Sir Ernest Simon puts the case for training for citizenship in a democratic State; in the second Mrs. Hubback discusses methods of training for citizenship. Sir Ernest shows how there are three kinds of education, vocational, cultural, and "for that is, as members of that the third of these tends to be neglected. Yet many of the most difficult problems of the modern world, he says, are only soluble in terms of community thought, unless we would turn to the short-cut remedies of dictatorships.
The 'future citizen should be encouraged to think scientifically and on behalf of the whole community, and to do this he must acquire knowledge of politics, economics, geography, biology, and the social sciences generally. Such training may seem difficult of attainment, but it is, says Sir Ernest, an ideal after which we should strive if our democracy is to be strengthened and made Commercial Travellers THE "MAN ON THE ROAD" His Share in Improvement of Trade Lord Dudley was unanimously president of the United Commercial Travellers' Association of Great Britain and Ireland at the association's conference at Torquay yesterday. was unable to be present owing, it was stated, to political considerations and to the fact that he was entertaining Mr. Baldwin at Himley Hall. Mr.
C. E. Dalzell, of Nottingham, was elected chairman and Mr. Charles Ashton, of Preston. vice-chairman.
The 300 delegates to the conference were given a civic welcome by the Mayor, Mr. A. L. Despiney, and the Deputy Mayor, Mr. W.
Denis Thomas. The conference sent a telegram of congratulation to the King and Queen on their Silver Jubilee, and received a message of thanks from Sandringham. Major William Baird, of Belfast, retiring president, who took over office on the death of his brother Sir Robert Baird, said there was something defective in the vision of commercial travellers who Were eligible for membership of the association but held aloof. We live iN an era," he the tendency of industry and commerce" is toward gamation and and the pooling of resources. Surely those whose calling the road cannot fail 10 see the benefits to be derived from the strength which unity supplies.
Work for Community The country owes more," he said, "to its commercial travellers than the community realises. The association must work to educate public opinion towards a truer conception of its debt to the men by whose personality, intelligence, persistence, and pushfulness the wheels of trade are kept revolving. Towards the improvement in trade which has slowly but steadily been taking place the men on the road have made no mean contribution." Major Baird mentioned that the membership of the association had increased by 800 during the past year to the record figure of more than 19,000. The executive council of the association WAS strongly criticised by Mr. S.
A. Cole, of London, who said that there had never been 8 time when the council deserved condemnation more than this year. The history of the past twelve months is one of weakness on the part of the executive council. They have not been strong enough to deal with the working arrangements of the association, and when it was too late they tried to cover it 1p. Mr.
Cole complained of the wording of the council's report dealing with A resolution proposed by himself and passed at last vear'6 conference, and asked that the sentence stating that when the conference accepted the resolution it did not how subtle it was should be expunged. He declared that this sentence libel on him because it suggested he had tried to mislead the conference by passing something off on it. The resolution suggested that in view of the favourable agreements on terms and conditions of employment of commercial travellers obtained by noncommercial travellers' organisations by means. of friendly negotiations with employers the executive council should consider the possibility of similar action with or without the co-operation of other commercial travellers' organisationa. He that the resolution was put for.
ward in the interests of trade unionism. Mr. Dulzell. chairman, agreed to the deletion of the sentence complained of. Mr.
Tom Taylor, Manchester, mentioned a paragraph in the executire council's report which stated that a new position which had arisen during the year had brought negotiations for amalgamation with the British Commercial Federation to a standstillen He denied existed that a more new than position twelve had months ago. The association had colttinually made concessions and had gone its full length. We have given he said. A little more give and take should come from the other Mr. W.
Way, Bristol, replying on behalf of the executive council to Mr. Cole's criticisms, said the council bad done their best to see that the association's work was carried on in a proper manner. If they had failed it was not due to any lack of effort ou their part but because they had been let down. The council had been as frank with the association concerning certain happenings as they could without going into sordid details. Mr.
W. H. Edmunds, Liverpool, for the executive council, said there waS an amal-earnest desire for amalgamation, and they must put no obstacle in the way of it now. Progress had been made. and he thought they would be able to go even farther.
The committee's report was adopted. BOOKS RECEIVED Lawn Tennis FORMBY MEETING Mrs. Strawson Drops a Set HANDICAP OF RAIN By E. J. Sampson The best man in the men's entry at the Formby lawn tennis tournament is G.
Palmieri, the Italian Davis Cup player. lIe excels on a hard court, but the game is different from that on grass, where the ball comes off the surface so much quicker, though many people do not realise this fact, and where the same uniformity of bounce cannot be expected. Artens (Austria) is perhaps the next best, though England, Grossmith, Montes, Antrobus, and Moss must not be despised. A lot of rain had fallen, but early in the atternoon play was possible, although the foothold was insecure and the bound often uncertain. England made short work of J.
Thornton, who was palpably nervous on being called upon to face -one of the best singles players in the country; England was kind, and his victory was not as crushing as it might have been, for probably the winner remembered when he too was younger and also nervous. England hit the ball well, and good strokes overcame difficult conditions astonishingly. Fontes, of Cheshire, beat N. Wood, Lancashire, in two short sets. Wood has a really good backhand, but somehow or other his forehand is not in the same class.
Fontes is an attacker, and the attack in lawn tennis, as in other games, is frequently the soundest defence. His game is disfigured buy I obvious penalised, footfaults, another but instance he was of not the letting it die peacefully. Wood inadequacy of the present rule onust adjust his footwork when taking a forehand; he should let his left shoulder point the line of flight and then he might fairly hope to be as destructive on this wing as he is on the other. Mrs. Strawson had a long set of 22 games which she lost to Miss D.
Strettell, but she won the other two comfortably. Miss Strettell is a good player, if not as good as her conqueror, and on the difficult court she fairly held her own for one set against the better player. Mrs. Strawson handicapped herself by falling away from ball as she struck it, an infectious disease apt to creep unnoticed into a good game. Concentration is necessary to combat it, and a strict watch must be kept on the movement of the head, for when that comes up it is a signal for falling away and can ruin a stroke in lawn tennis as surely as in golf.
Miss Beazley beat Miss M. Lamb. who has a good length on her ground stroke and led her formidable antagonist 3-1 in the first set; then Miss Beazley played so well that she took all the other games. Mrs. Fontes, the Cheshire champion, was a better player than Miss T.
Lake, who is 19 and has twice won the junior event at Hightown, but it is practice against county champions that makes of the Miss Lakes the county champions of to to-morrow. Palmieri arrived yesterday. He is supposed at Formby speak -only French and Italian, and there is consternation in the household which is entertaining him. for that household speaks only English! RESULTS MEN'S SINGLES First Round -K. Taylor beat W.
Roper, 6-1. J. M. A Barrell T. beat England J.
M. beat W. J. Boyd, Thornton, 8 6. 6 Fontes beat N.
I. Wood, H. Baker beat C. E. H.
Charlton, 6 L. Roberts Astrobus W. beat I. F. Collinson.
6 H. J. C. Palkington, Hare, 6 4. 006.
2: J. Leadbetter beat Emery. 6-3, Mytton, 6-1: O. 6: Rawstron H. beat Fish S.
N. Lister, B. Serond V. Fontes beat H. Baker, 6.
6-2, 7-5. WOMEN'S SINGLES First R. V. Fontes beat Miss T. Lake.
6 Muss E. D. Brooks beat Miss J. Gillespie. Mrs.
F. Strawson beat Miss D. Strettell, 2 6-2: Miss M. G. Hargreates Watts best beat Mrs.
Miss J. M. Snowden, 6 3. 6 Hare. 0: -Hrs.
Miss P. P. Charleton P. beat E. Miss Marriott Dimmock, Miss Miss MacFariane Second Round- A Ar.
Ritchie beat Miss 1-6. Miss B. G. W. Beatles beat Miss M.
Lamb. 6-0: Miss Thorpe beat Miss M. Strettell, 61: Miss Jean Saunders beat Mrs. Maxwell Bord, 6-3. Miss D.
Fascett best Miss C. Ridler. 6-2: 6 Miss Hollins beat Mrs. Collinge, 8-10, Mrs. P.
Shaw best Miss R. J. J. R. 60: Miss E.
Marriott beat Miss 6-2, MIXED DOUBLES First A. G. Carce and Miss P. 6, Hollins beat H. N.
Swift and Miss T. Lake, 6 -0. more effective. Mrs. Hubback, for her makes: suggestions as' to how the sort of teaching that she would like might be introduced without overloading the curriculum.
Probably the most valuable suggestion is that elementary economics should become regular subject in secondary schools. It is. already being- taught in -an increasing number, AUSTRALIA BEAT FRANCE Boussus's Fine Effort Press Association Foreign Special Two more Davis Cup ties were concluded yesterday. Australia won one the remaining two singles matches, and thus beat France by three matches to two in Paris and qualified to meet in the European zone semi-final Germany, who eliminated Italy by four matches to one in Berlin. It 18 small matter to France that she lost all hope of regaining the trophy this year, for in C.
Boussus it is now clear that she has a wonderful player, which fact the spectators realised for they cheered him as warmly as if he had won after he had lost to J. H. Crawfor 6-2, 4-6, 46, 6-3, 7-9. In the final match A. Merlin (France) defeated V.
B. McGrath (Australia) 6--1, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4. G. Von Cramm (Germany) defeated G. de Stefani (Italy) 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-1.
Nauy thought that even H. Cochet at his I best was no better than Boussus was at times to-day. His running volleys were as daringly spectacular as unything seen the Stade Roland Garros centre court. Crawford was outplayed in many phases of the game, but he had that little extra ounce of stamina and remained steady despite the fact that he was upset at times by the strong wind and the remarks of the spectators. Boussue by skimming backhand drives and running up to net at the physiological moment took matters in his own hands in the first set, which he won easily.
In the second set Boussus was leading 30 and had Crawford running helplessly to and fro. Then the Australian struck his best form; he drove down the sidelines and to' the corners accurately, while Boussus's volleys began to go wide. There were 8 good many errors by both players in the third set. Boussus recovered and was back in his original form in the fourth set and Crawford helped him by making the mistake of playing to his opponent's backhand which was by far his better wing. There were many brilliant rallies in which Boussus saved everything.
Boussus struck a bad patch in the final set and Crawford, playing steadier than ever a before, soon led 4-1. Then came some glorious rallies before Boussus at 4-4 and 5-5, and there was tremendous cheering when he hung on to 66. The spectators became almost delirious with excitement when Boussus went into the lead at 7--6. Then the wind took 8 hand and a volley from Boussus was blown out of court, which Crawford level at 7-7. After that did as he liked.
BELGIAN CHAMPIONSHIP Perry Beats Artens in Three Sets in the Final Press Association Foreign Special BRUSSELS, JUNE 10. F. J. Perry to-day defeated the Austrian Davis Cup player, H. W.
Artens, by 6-3, 9-7, 6--3, and added the championship of Belgium to that of Great Britain, the United States, and France. In the final of the mixed doubles Perry and Mme. Sperling were beaten by the Belgian pair, A. La Croix and Dime, de Meulemeester. by 6 4, 64.
In the men's doubles final A. Martin Legeay and J. Lesueur (France) beat L. de Borman and A La Croix (Belgium), 6-2, 6-2, and in the women's doubles final (France) and Mlle. R.
Couquerque (Holland) Miss S. Noel (Great Britain) and Mime. Sperling 8 6, 6 -2. MRS. MOODY AND MISS ROUND WIN Miss D.
E. Round, the Wimbledon singles champion, and Mrs. F. S. Moody, who is going to try to win the title this year for the seventh time, followed one another on the centre court at Beckenham yesterday when the Kent lawn tennis championships began! Miss beat Miss M.
Whitmarsh 6-1, 6--2, and Mrs. Moody did not concede 8 game to Miss S. Chuter, of Bromley. Miss Round served five double faults in the first three games, but apart from these her was Airs. Moody played her best lawn tennis of the season.
She lost only five points in the first set; and she drove completely delightfully beat down -Miss the lines Chuter by her placing. Mrs. Moody -and Miss Round are in opposite halves' of the Mrs. M. R.
King, the holder, also entered the second round. W. P. Chartered THOMPSON Patent 12, Church 8t. Liverpool, and Trade Mark Agents.
and 3, Brown Street, Specdway BELLE VUE BEATEN In an interesting struggle Belle Tue were beaten in their A C.U, Cup match with Wimbledon in London last night. The best scorer on either side was Eric Langton, who won three laces and finished second in the others. Bill Kitchen, who scored eleven points, and Joe Abbott, with ten points, also rode well for Belle Vue. Pymar (13 points), Vic Huxley (12), and Jack Sharpe (11) were Wimbledon's best riders. NEW RECORD AT BELLE VUE The programme at Belle Vue last night consisted oi 8 number of individual events.
Two of these were won Dick Case, Hackney Wick's Australian Test rider, but Tom Farndon (New Cross), the British champion, opened the meeting in good style by reducing by one second Max Grosskreutz's (Belle Vue) four laps rolling-start record of 1min. 14 2-5sec. One of the best races was that between Case and Jack Parker (Harringay), which the first-named won by half a length in 1min. 18 2-5sec, the fastest time of the evening. Arthur Wilkinson (West Ham) qualified for all the three finals and his victory in the Silver Citadel event by a length over Farndon was well deserved.
Mr. G. B. Lambert's yacht Yankee was third to Mr. L.
Stephenson's Velsheda and Mr. C. R. Fairey's Shamrock in the race for class yachts in the Royal Cinque Ports regatta at Dover yesterday. We have received the following books, From Thornton Butterworth: VIA SAURA, By Romain Rolland.
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