Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-11
; EWS CHRONICLE. London
The admiralty has issued in
struct.cns to royal naval re-
cruit ne officers lin ting the
present entry of boys to IS a


week
1t is also pointed out that with this
limited entry il is essential that only
the best educated boys offering them
selves should be recruited.
The memorandum states that il
would appear that boys from technical
s hools reached the highest educational
standards on entry, and this class OF
boy is specially required.
With view to obt9ining the most
suitable lads from advanced classes. re-
crui ing officers are instructed to get in
touch with the authorities conducting
secondary. technical and central schools:
knowledge OF algebra. logarithms and
trigonometry is desirable.
Candidates are required to write an
account of the life of such commanders
as Drake, Blake and Nelson describe
The struggle for seapower end its in
fuence on ma. ions and explain the m
portance CT such posts as Gibraltar,
Aden and Singapore.
They are required to pass general
intelligence and observation tests. have
a good knowledge of history, geography
and English litersture.N possess perfect
physical fitness for their age with
premise of development under train
ing.
Depression reveals Failure
OF Party Government.
| The Bulletin, Sydney.-Except per-
haps Venezula, there is no white or
near-White mans country which is not
feeling the depression keenly. Venezuela
is escaping thus far only because the
petrol sellers of the world have been
able to hold up prices. Canada. though
it has developed secondary industries
has by reason Of the fall in wheat
been driven to send out near 40 mil
lions worth OF gold in he last three
years, while in nearly every case Latin
american republics have found them
selves unable to make the reduced
value of their exports meet their over
seas commitments, and there have beer
heavy shipments of gold.
Everywhere there is considerable un'
employment, and the conditions in thai
resDe7. ere worse where there has beer
spending Of borrowed money. Govern
nlents, while clinging to office, have
fought against economies, or neglected
to make them, with the result that II
no less than five of these Latin Amer
lean republics ministerial changes hav'
been won only by revolution.
But of all the affected countries, ap
parently only one. Bolivia, has de
faulted In many of them there ha
been talk of interest reduction. bu
those countries have made most prog
ress where there has been least tall
and most courage. No feature of tn
whole business is more conspicuou
than the failure of parliamentary gov
eminent. and especially of party gov
eminent. to deal with a crisis OF Thu
character. We are apt to think 1t
only in Australia that politics have be
come a matter of buying AMI selling
1t might be a good thing for democrac.
If it we're true. In that case in onl
one country would democracy hav
come badly through the testing-time o
prosperity.
Actually, it appears to have failed Il
all places at the same point: it has no
been able to resist the temptations O
good times, nor, after that. to do tn
unpleasant things which bad times de
mand from those who have been fool
ish in good times. When the grea
mass of the people have a higher con
ception of their duty as voters an
citizens. democracy will come through
testing-time far better than 1t ha
come through these last dozen years.
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"A Good Cook
Is Always a Good Cook"
lie Matin. Paris. = Commanding
within certain limits, at least has neve
been considered a very serious Grim
in this country, and has become, b.
evolution and the force of circum