Evening star., 1932-07-05
Higghligghts on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands
~ ELFAsT Observation-Disclosures

~ ELFAST TELEGRAPH.-Alder
- man Byrne (lord mayor Of Dub
linz, speaking at luncheon in
~ that city, in connection with
the Cory Industries Fair, said
they would have in the future to face
a new problem in Ireland of feeding and
housing the returned emigrants. He
referred to the return recently of 300
emigrants to the South Of Ireland and
instanced the case Of one of the young
men who called on him at the Mansion
House looking for employment.
Il said TO him." said the lord mayor,
isn't it only three or four years since
you got your passport for American" He
replied: Yes, but isn't it better to be
standing in food queue in your own
country than standing in one in for
eign country where you are Jeered at?
Don't believe" he said, "all the stories
you hear about the Irish in America
being popular. When you are down and
out nobody wants you, and that is why
300 of us came back home"
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Police Graft Cut
From Siamese Plays.
Bangkok Daily Mail-No matter how
many policemen in real life may be dis
missed or jailed in the course of year
for taking bribes, committing thefts,
assaults and other crimes, no such po-
liceman may appear as character in
stage play in Siam. This is the latest
ruling of the Department of Local and
Provincial Gendarmerie, which. besides
the responsibility of enforcing the laws,
eradicating Communism, preventing
labor strikes and keeping tab on secret
societies of all kinds, also is charged
with the duty of censoring newspapers,
motion pictures and the stage in Siam.
The play that brought about this de-
ciSion was called "Womans Heart" and
was to have been produced at the
Nagorn Barntheong Theater. It's chief
character was a police private and
1t dealt with his career, his rise
to sergeant major and his ulti-
mate elevation to the post of COM
misisoned officer. AS far as is known.
the character was not made to commit
any serious crimes in the course of the
play, but he was an amorous young man
and he engaged in many f1irtations, had
as many wives as he could support, and
generally represented a realistic portrait
OF, If not an average, certainly not an
unusual type of successful young man in
Siam.
But the Department of Local Provin-
cial Gendarmerie decided that the plan
IenueQ 10 excite pubic Scorn Tor the
police force and barred it on this
ground. The department also held that
the character in the play won promotion
too quickly and too easily and thus a
false picture of the police force was
given by the play. The department did
not rule that no play could be produced
here dealing with police activities. but
the inference was that any policeman
portrayed must be of virtuous character.
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Homes for Paupers
Advocated in Egypt
Egyptian Gazette, Alexandria.-A pro-
vincial mudir has drawn the attention
of the ministry of the interior to old
aged paupers and to street waits in the
provinces. Nothing, he says, is done
for such people. although the matter is
considered of vital Importance in Europe.
He adds that in certain parts of Eu-
rope special taxes are collected for the
creation of homes for the aged, and in
France any needy person reaching the
age of 10 years Is financially aided by
the municipality. The mudir requested
the ministry of the interior to intrust
the commission formed for drafting new
legislation for municipalities and pro-
vincial councils to consider the question.
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Peruvian Writer
Scores Use of French.
FL Comercio, Lma.-We have noticed
of late q disposition on the part Of our