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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 2, No. 2 March 15, 1939
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"The subject with which I am dealing to-night—or rather, perhaps I should say the subject which has been foisted upon me, since it's the foist speech I've made. . . ."
"My speech is on Mr. Chamberlain—What I Think of Him. Mr. Chamberlain is a One upstanding British sportsman, despite what some despicable Marxists call him."
"You all know I don't agree with Governor-Generals."
Despite the disinclination of the audience to think if It could help it, Mr. Vogt's soft voice broke through with a pacifist speech about China, in which ho claimed Chiang Kal Shek and the militarists were not supported by the people. At this the old debating dragon reared its head, and Mr. O'Keefe leapt forth in opposition, claiming that "China had got so many kicks in the backside from various angles" that she was heart-sick of foreign intervention. What promised to develop into a fine argument was stopped by the chairman's discovery that it was getting late, so the subject was put away in mothballs for airing at a later debate, and the audience, bouncing up fought for its pennyworth of biscuits and tea.
—K.R.