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THE CHINA MAIL, WED NESDAY, JUNE 2, 1948.
The 42nd
And Last
Instalment
Churchill's Memor
MR. CHAMBERLAIN, RESIGNS
The question, therefore, wDE whom he should advise the King to send for after his own re signation had been accepted. His demeanour was cool, unruffles, An uremingly quite dutached from the personal aspect of the affair. He looked ut us, both
the table.
across
AROUSED by the antagonisms public of the debate, and being sure of certainly my own past record
on
at stake, was strongly issues clisposed to fight on.
=
many
streaming across the causeway If I had found it impossible to Lord President of the Counell, which enclosed the Zuyder Zee. come to terms with the Opposi- nad he replied by telephone that A spale of telegrams pressed tion parties, I should not have he accepted and had arranged to in from all the frontiers affected been constitutionally debarred broadchat at nine that night,' by the forward heave of the Ger- from trying to form the strong-stating that he had resigned, and man armies. It seemed that the est Government possible of all urging everyone to support and old Schlieffen plan, brought up who would stand by the counnid his successor. This he did to date with its Dutch extension, try in the hour of peril, provid-In mugnanimous terms. I asked was already in full operation. el that such a Government could Lord Halifax
But other developments Ing command a majority in the House Cabinet, while impor- | ahend, The decisive stroke of of Commons,
elyn Secretary. the enemy was not to be a turn- ing movement on the flank, but a break through the main front This none of us or the French, who were in responsible com- mand, foresaw.
my
in this was
t have had tant interviews
ilfe. and
the most
Important. the Usually I talk a great deal, but on this occasion i was silent. Mr. Chamberlain evidently had in his mind the stormy scene in the House af Commons twn "This has been a damaging de-
had seem- good nights before, when bnir, but
you have
be in such heated con- majority. Do not lake the mattered to
rvously to heart. We have a troversy with the Labour party.
Norway than If better ense about
Although this had been in his it has been possible to convey 10
11ouse.
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every quarter, Government from
until (95)
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In the splintering crash of this vast baitle the quiet conver- sallons we had had in Downing Street faded or fell back in one's
At the end of the Commons debate of May 7 and 8, 1940, 50 Conservative M.P:s joined the Liberals and Socialists who voted against the Government.
Mr. Chamberlain sent the same night for Mr. Churchill and told him that he himself could not continue as Prime Minister and that -a-Notional-Government-must-be-formed.
I told the King that I would immediately send for the leaders
to join the War remaining For-
At about 10 I sent the King a of the Labour and Liberal per- list of the five names as I had ties, that I proposed to form a promised. The appointment of War Cabinet of five or six Min- the three Service Ministers WOR
1 bad istery, and that I hoped to let vitally urgent.
already um have at least five names bo- made up my mind who they fore midnight On this I took should be..
ny leave and returned to the Admiralty.
Mr. Eden should go to the War Office; Mr. Alexander should come to the Admiralty; and Sir Archibald Sinclair, Leader of Between seven and
the Liberal party, should take the eight, at my request, Mr. Attlee called Afr Ministry. At the same time upon me. He brought with him assumed the office of Minister Mr. Greenwood, I told him of of Defence without, however, at- the authority I had to form A tempiing to define its scope and Government and asked if the La-powers,
hour party
I
would join. kłe said they would.
that they proposed
should take rather more than a third of 10 at the outset of this mighty Thus, then, on the night of May the places, having two seats In
inen so
truce in Palestine appear to be rapidly receding. there is truth in the Arab claims to have broken the through to the seacoast bed let us tween Tel-Aviv and Haifa, majority deserts us,"
this effect I spoke. compromise just as were the
was neither Chamberlain Jews by the swift recogni- vinces nor comforted, and I left tion of Israel in Washington him
about mislight with and Moscow, And the fight-feeling that he would persist in |ing_will_po_on. Nor can it his resolve to sacrifice
the War Cabinet of Ave, or it battle, I nequired the chief power be overlooked that without-there was no other way, rather
I might be
In the State, which henceforth be six and I asked outside intervention to bring further with a one-party
than attempt to carry the wor
Attlee to let me have a list of wielded fever growing—mes=
five years and that we could discuss sure for
three hostilities to th close. the jerminent,
particular offices. I mentioned months of world war, at the end long-range future is with the
mind. -support-and defence, he never-
However, I remember be- Mr. Bevin, Mr. Alexander, Mr. of which time, all our enemies Arabs. In the immediate
theless felt that it might be an ing told that Mr.
having Chamberlain Morrison and Mr. Dalton as men
surrendered uncondition- campaign, until the Iraqi
do not remember exactly obstacle to
whose my obtaining their bad gone, or was going, to see
services in high officely or being about to do so, I
was immediately dismissed by drive, it looked
adherence at this juncture. the King, and this was naturally were immediately required. as though how things happened during the
tc be
В expected. Presently
all morning of May 9, but the fol- do not recall the actual words be
I had, of course, known both the British electorate from they were frittering away lowing
Sir Kingsley used, but this was the implica message arrived summoning me Attlee and Greenwood for a long further conduct of their affairs.. occurred. their best chances in the Woat, Secretary of State for Air, tion,
to the Palace at six o'clock. Hts-blographer, Mr. Feil-
During these last crowded days time in the House of Commons of the political crisis my pulse battle for Jerusalem. Here,
Prime
It only takes two minutes to During the 11 years before the hud not quickened at any ma- very close to the
ing, states definitely that he pre- the
drive there from the 'Admiralty outbreak of war I had in ferred Lord Halifax. motive
was
ds a colleague and Minister
myment. I took it all as it came. probably Minis
As I remained silent, a friend. From him I learned that
very long the Mall. Although I sup- more or less independent posi-But I cannot conceal from the political. As conqueror ofrien
resolved long pause ensited.
the It certainly
evening
newspapers Hion come for more often Into Mr. Chamberlain the Holy City, King Abdullah
must have been full of the terri-collision
reader of this truthful account Na-seemed longer than the two min.
with the Conservative that as I went to bed, at about the formation of a upor expects to speak with more
he uter which one observed in the De News from the Continent, and National Governments than three a.m., was conscious of a Ilonai Government, and, if
had been
with the Labour and Liberal Op- profound sense of relief. weight not only to the Jews, could not be the Head, he would con
Armistice thing commemorations
mentioned Then
the Cabinet Halifax about Day.
nt length
crisis, The to anyone command- but to the other Arab poten- give way
positions. publie had not had time to take spoke.
We had a pleasant talk for a his confidence who could. ing
was happening He said that he felt that his in what
either little while, and they went off
At last I had the authority to Thus, by the afternoon, I be- The latest move, not un-
give directions over came aware that I might well be position as a Leer, out of the abroad or at home, and there was to report by telephone to their
the whole scene, I felt as if I were walk- expected, the bold attempt called
to take the lend. House of Commons, would make upon
ing with destiny and that all my to press through, split Israel The prospect neither excited nor it very difficult for him to dis-
past life had been but a prepara- tion for this hour and for this north and south, and either alarmned me. I thought it would charge the duties of Prime Min- war like this. He
trial. capture Tel-Aviv
he by far the best plan. I was Ister in a or isolate content to let events unfold. would be held responsible for the Jews in Tel-Aviv and in the afternoon the
Prime everything, but would not have: Haifa, is of more serious im- Minister summoned me to Down-the power to guide the Assen.bly port. Seizure of Tel-Aviv, ing-street, where I found Lord upon whose confidence the life could it be accomplished, the attuation in general, we were He spoke for
Halifax, and after a talk about of every Government depended
some minutes would reduce Israel to
told that Mr. Attlee and Mr. this sense, and by the time he headless string of scattered Greenwood would visit us in a had finished it was clear that the duty would fall upon me-had settlements and, with Jaffa, few minutes for a consultation.
three in fact fallen upon me,
tates.
is better information
With
Wilg
until I
POL
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This is the concluding instalment of the First Book of Mr. Churchill's Memoirs, entitled "The Awakening Storm."
The Second Book, which covers the Battle of France and the Battle of Britain, is now nearing completion, and this, like the three books which will follow, will also be serialised exclusively in Hong Kong by the “China Mail.“
Present indications are that the second book will be available for publication in Hong Kong in September, at about the time that the first volume is published in book form.
would reverse the situation Ministers Bat on one side of the
When they arrived, we
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mosi years together and whose lives was The
conversation decision. Neither group has
out of office had been ventured far into its oppon-Labour leaders would not com- spent in all the friendliness of riot graciously and bade me sit during the previous 48 hours.
polite,
but it was clear that the in and ent's territories, until
the mit themselves without consult British politics. rush through to the coast re-
ing their people, and they hinted,
would-be- the response
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I was taken inmediately to the mouth, with whom of course they King. His Majesty received me had been in the closest contact down. He looked at me search- I invited Mr. Chamberlain to
moments and then said:
置
| suppose -you-don't-know-way-I-|- me have sent for you?"
Eleven years in the political wilderness had freed me from ordinary party antagonisms. My warnings over the last six years had been so numerous, to de- tailed, and were now so terribly vindicated, that no опе
could gainsay me. I could not be re- proached either for making the war or with want of preparation for it.
I thought I knew a good deal about it all and I was curs should not fail. Therefore, al- though impatient for the non- ing, I slept soundly and had no need for cheering dreams. Facts are better than dreams.
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I then went back to the Ad-Ingly and quizzically for some lead the House of Commons as language, strictly prohibited. ported yesterday but not yet not obscurely, that they thought miralty, where, as may well be confirmed by Jewish sources. I favourable. They then with The Dutch ministers were in my
imagined, If the abstentions have been It was a bright, sunny
Adopting his mood, I replied: more than an accident of the noon and Lord Ifallfax and I sat room. Haggard and worn, with the horror in their eyes, they had In military
"Sir, I simply couldn't Imagine situation;
a while on a sent for if, in
10 and garden other words, they betokened about
talked Just down over from Amsterdam. why" of No. 10 nothing in
Their country had been attacked particular.
without the slightest pretext or any underlying desire to then returned to the Admiralty
ence
were
He laughed and said: "I want Govern-
leave a door open, then there and Wits occupied during the warning. The avalanche of fire to ask you to form a
and steel had rolled across the į ment." I said I would certainly might still be a chance for evening and a large part of the
fruntiers, and when resistance do so. the United Nations' media night in heavy business.
broke out and the Dutch frontier tor, Count Bernadotte, un-
guards fired, an overwhelming The King had made no stipula- onslaught was made from the ton about the Government being hopeful as the prospects now
National-in-character, and I felt The morning of May 10 dawanie. appear. The Iraqi invasion
The whole country was in that my commission was inno ed, and with it came tremendous of the Tulkarm area does not news. Boxes with telegrams pour-state of wild confusion; the long-formal way dependent upon this entirely dispose of this pos- in from the Admiralty,
the prepared
defence scheme had point. in view of what had put into operation; the happened and the conditions sibility. The primary Arah War Office and the Foreign Of-been
eck dykes were opened; the waters which had led to Mr. Chamber- struck Germana had aim may be to strengthen its ace. The
the lain's resignation, a Government position round the confer their long-awaited blow. Holland spread for and wide. But
hand Belgium were both Invaded. Germans had already crossed the of National character was ob- table, redress
lines,
now viously Inherent in the situation. Their frontiers had been crossed outer balance disturbed by earlier at numerous points. The
whole Jewish successes.
movement of the German Army Low The strong international upon the invasion of the pressure being brought may gun.
Countries and of France had be- CARNIVAL not, therefore, prove to be At about 10 o'clock Sir uninfluential in these critical Kingsley Wood came to see me, days of decision. The Arabs having just been with the Prime He told me that Mr. Minister. many reasons for Chamberlain was inclined to feel shirking a protracted strug-that the great battle which had gle. Except for Abdullah's broken upon us made it Legion, the trained forcessary for him to remain at his available for maintenance of post. Kingsley Wood had told
have
that, on the contrary,
neces-
By Dick Turner
BERNADOTTE
BEGINS TASK
HARD
London, May 31. Count Folke Bernadotto, the mediator for Palestine appointed by the Security Council, today began his task of contacting Jews and Arabs 24 hours before the deadline of the Council's latest. truce call, Representatives of the five Arab countries fighting in Palestine were meanwhile meeting in Amman tonight to draw up a reply to the Security Council's request for a four-week
truce.
The talks will continue to-
protect the Jews. The Araba morrow. morning, ending before rely on God and themselves." 11 o'clock Amman time, when In Cairo, informed observera their reply is due to be com-Bald there appeared to be municated to Lake Success.
ferences among the five Analy According to Arab reports from states leaders meeting In Amman Arabs over the acceptance of the "Cyprus and Cairo, the
Council's latest cease- the Security
have
already accepted Security Council's proposal for a fire. But they held out hopes that truce in the Holy Land and this the Arabs would agree to the decision will be announced at United Nations the Arab League meeting
now
Hatuce.
Feeling that the Araba, may jeopardise their couse in the meanwhile, eyes of a large section of the
taking place in Ammen.
the
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LE GARIJA AWEYLO
Bre
an efficient field organisation new crisis made it all the more are not
very numerous. necessary-to-have-a-National Nor are the Arab States in Government, which alone
confront it, and he added
could that
particularly harmonious re- Mr. Chamberlain had accepted iations with each other.
this view.
As for the United Nations, At 11 o'clock I was again sum- with an American policy moned to Downing-street by the biased by the Jewish vote, Prime Minister. There once more. found Lord Halifax. We took and a Russian policy direct-au
the table our scats
opposite ed towards keeping trouble Mr. Chamberlain, He told us that alive for trouble's sake, it he was satisfied that it was be
Nu- cannot be said that the yond his power to form a
Security Council has present-tional Government. The response ed an impressive face to the he had received from the world. Even the attempt to doubt of this.
solve the problem of the Holy Places bore little fruit.
[Hour" temfers left him inno
If these have escaped serious some encouragement. King damage, this is traceable to Abdullah will probably re- the respect that both Jews gård his £3,000,000 subsidy
and Arabs have for them as an important weight in
rather than to anything done the balance. When the or sold at Lake Success. Issues are put to the crucial Much now hinges upon Bri-\test, therefore, both Jews
Ann Inituence among the and Arabs may agree that an
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poll says doctors are smoking!!
Arabs. Hints of an early all or nothing policy usually Give me a package of whatever the latest nationwide Anglo-Egyptian settlement of develops the habit of pro- the Sudan question provide 'ducing nothing.
Count-from-Cairo to world if they do not agree to a
new this
Halfo, where some of his staff truce, is meanwhile being ex-
to keep contact with
thepressed
Jewish authorities while he him jeaðurs.
self
with
by some
Middle East
the Arab pro-
files either to Amman or to Others point
meeting
Cairo for. a meeting, tomorrow, gress in Palestine and ask why Azzam Pasha, Secretary halt auch progress at this point.. General of the Arab League. The common view frequently ex- This
will take place pressed in regard to the Coun- after a meeting of the Arab cil's truca domand is what hope is there of settling in four weeks League representatives,
In Tel Aviv, after a
short a problem that has gone unsolved meeting with Mr. Shertok, the for nearly 30 years?Reuter, Jewish Foreign Minister,
Count Herandolie" "FAIG?""""WHEIT
1 cama 10 Haifa, I learned one word, 'Shalon,' and although it means How do you do? the only mean- Ing I see Pence."
Arab Differences: ..
SOPHIE TUCKER
· LIONISED
London, May 31. Sophie Tucker kept a sentimen- tal date with her. Britishypubile tonight and her reward 'war' one
Before leaving" Cairo for of the most smbahing personal Palestine, Count Bernadotte triumphs known to the theatre's
Azzam Pashe, but abser- old timera, in
in London
BAW
vara conaldered the
Two the results to
Jammed houses at the have been
"rather poon! London Casing welcomed the B4-. Azzam Pasha le
reported
to year old trouper back to this have fold the Count: "The country, after a 12-year absence. Araba didn't want war" but cried brayos at hhr posigs how stud they have the Palestine altua. |old, and paid her the tribute" of tion In hand and now the tremendous applause ----Associated United Natie's 'stopa' in "to | Press.