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...Miles Lampson. He used to be the British High Commissioner in Cairo, became the British Ambassador as soon as Egypt and England set up their recent "alliance." Sir Miles is a grand surviving figure in the Victorian tradition of Bearing the White Man's Burden, spreading the Pax Britannica and generally wiping the noses of people like the Egyptians. Almost nobody disputes that half a century of British dominance in Egypt, more or less disguised, has acted as the greatest graft-purge in Egyptian history. Standards of administration have been upped and the 14-year reign of the late...
...pax Romana over Ethiopia has always been envisioned by the Dictator as something to be attained and consolidated in a matter of some 25 years, if indeed Ethiopian savages can be brought to civilized citizenship so soon. Last week Il Duce, with his plans and hopes for the new Italian Empire spreading decades ahead, indulged at Rome in no bombast or boasting, received with Augustan calm an amazing series of capitulations to Italy and to Fascism...
...Government were "cowards" and "pol-troons". These cries were hollow, ignored by the Baldwin Cabinet like so much wind, because in fact the Empire has now scrapped all reliance on the League of Nations and is arming at breakneck speed-not necessarily for war, per-haps for Pax Britannica to be imposed on restless Europe in the future. It was more than ever clear last week that Sir Samuel Hoare is now the spokesman of His Majesty's Government to the King's subjects on this greatest shift in British policy since the War. Sounding the new keynote...
...Pax Romana rested on the Roman Legions. Pax Britannica rests on the Empire defense forces-particularly the Navy-and they ought to be much stronger than they are! . . . I hope one of the results-perhaps a good result-that will emerge from the difficulties and disappointments we have suffered in recent months will be that we will take note of the weaknesses that have appeared in the League of Nations and shall do our best to remedy them...
...George Lansbury in Manhattan last week the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom gave a blue-&-white silk scarf, with an all-over design featuring the letters PAX. Before donning his scarf, and heading westward for peace meetings in 18 cities during the next month, Pacifist Lansbury spoke at a large gathering in Carnegie Hall. Quavered he: 'If all of us old men and old women were put in the front rank, I'm not sure there'd be a war. ... I advocate a slogan, 'Old Uns First...