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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1949,
OUR CHOICE IN GERMANY
By ERIC SIEPMANN
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Is there a crisis in the Ruhr? called in. They arrived in lorries Ought we to turn tough with with 10 Bren carriers and quietly the Germans? Before making took over the works. The next any estimate of the prospects day diamantling went on at all let us be clear about the facts. four werke and there has been
no further resistasdoj. Under Inter-Allied agreement, certain plunta were declared Germany, Reporters & General Omce 82312 illegal in the future
These include the oil-from-coal (four linee)
plants in the Ruhr which pro-
the duce synthetic oil by
two the
two known
་་ Fincher- Than Troppsch and the Bergius. production of artideiul rubber marked down ця в "prohibited" industry, because Germany war effort had bene ted so greatly by, this process.
When
Germany had been or
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tance
Looking forward, it is safe to say that the British authorition will act firmly but with caution. It is
a natural reaction to feel that we ought to get tough with the Germans, but the feeling of the German workers is nat ants British. They have been vory careful-inderd-not-to-offer resis to the British authorities The Germans are genuinely - wildered by the contrast between the new Western policy of mak of Chetion. not working and some were being ing Western Germany used to produce fats which the and the dismantling policy. At Germans
used an substitute for the same time they are afraid of stande at unemployment, which It was felt for the time soap. being that there were more more than 1,000,000 and which affect not only the men in argent
may tasks tban ismantling
the plants but also miners who Lhese plants,
Last April, however, when the Provide the plants with how-grade
coal. And French coal, British, American
ismu raises The dismantling the question of our whole policy towards Germany.
two There are only pollclex-to concillate ur to con troi. At present, we are doing Foreign Office will neither. The
make up its mind. I have understand that the immediate local polley on dismantling will
We make no apology for continuing to publish com- ment and letters from read- ers in the subject of resi-authorities discussed the German in New York, fresh The problem dential accommodation.
agterments were made. By this big-money time a new polley was in persistence
psychological swing in Western Germany. This rackets is canker and an economic policy was to muke Westerit Ger- clrsin on the majority of many prosperous. It is regarded As a sound policy for two rea- people in the Colony, direct- ly or indirectly, and we con- der government's attitude of defeatism regarding this attack on the public well- being as deplorable.
Similar manifestations of jast-war social disease were available all over the world after 1945, but in democra- tic countries the pressure of opinion was strong enough
eliminate them to a very instance, large extent-for hy
erecting Kovernment houses and flats itself, by control of materials, by cell- Here, ing prices, and so on. however, we do not believe in soaking the rich, and in fact Legislative Council is horrified at any suggestion which might reduce profits. And so it has happened that powerful rings have corner- of the "market," ed much and contributed vastly to- wards inflation.
we
ADTIN:
West feruma prosperity will reduce the danger of Communism.
2. It will reduce the burden on the British and puyers.
du
to
not decide to
This Is Kipling's Country Still
By G. WARD price
The flying bullet down
the pars,
That whistles shrill Al
flesh is grass,"
with
the Fakir of Ipl with his follow- ing of bloodthirsty Mahauds and Wazira.
Since 1930 this 52-year-old re-
Leen
e-
To most of modern British ligious leader has youth Kipling seems outdated.petual nuisance, first to the Bri Els authorities and now to thoan The conditions he dealt
of Pakistan, who have taken ofor have largely disappeared. It Worth West Frontioc from
is only these outposts on the un North West Frontier that retain the background of his romantic verse.
The old incidents today--
till rocur|
A scrimmage in a Border sta- A canter down some dark de-
file:
Two thousand pounds of educa.
tion;
Props to a ten-rupre jezali -cpl thul
the present-day possible tribesman is more likely to have
gun a Sten
tun-rupe jeznił.
than R
Good Morning
I think that "iragedy with happy ending" ought to be good. Original, anyway.
For Sale, il sald yesterday, "Desk fans, stationery and on-
to -Something write home
cillating."
about,
Him.
"Jumble Sale at the -Relations-Office,”
Public
in
The Fakir even boasts that it was he who drove the British out.
Some of these travellers Tonight any night-the Bakir local vehicles seca to confuse may awoop from the hills and at-
freedom of speech with liberty tack this post or one similar.
Lo screech.
·
He is not to be despised seeing that he possesses six-field-guns - of 3.75in. calibre, which fire a Could Call It “Cain Juloe." projectile weighing, 24th,
Tire
u
be
U.S. reported to 15 h men had better ghts looking round for a sile for its atomic factory new $25,000,000 they ond more skill as gunners could knock these forts to pleces, which will manufacture a "pro- But they have to fill the shells duct which needs a beller name themselves, so that many fall to than deadly polson"...Why not put. It in Philadelphia-the "City explode, while crraik Biming
of. Brotherly Love"? causes others to miss their target altogether.
Otherwise, it's all here-battle- ments, towers, embrasuses,, Io«p- hotes, barbed wire entangleinents,
Nature in Ip's ally. In the untren searchights reatly to sweep the labyrinth of steep and be to proceed slowly, but if we pinin, field-guns trained on likely hills that spreads on both sides of
control, then ines
Tocht
give him shelter again bombing, garrison of the famous American tax the industrialists and politicians enes of approach, an 800-strong the Afghan border are caver that
will
not be slow to exploit a Nemula, sentries, challenges and form formidade strongholds of course, and in the from which ta renist infantry at- situation which offers something wonen, of to be muid for both sides and midst of it a typient officers' mess. tuck.
even split
ብጉ British with verando quarters) which
trim lawa, and opinion.
If we are going to make a new, profperius Germany how are we going to keep it tame or friendly? In Germany friend or foe? Do we conciliate? Do we control? If we want to control, how do we
£?
The big step in carrying out this policy was the currency res form in 1948. By Inst Aprit, "Wosi † termant recovery wres well on the way. Although there Czere certain danger siguals like grow ing unemployment.
Two Factors
The dismantling problem mask be seen against the trekground of two factors. These are grow- and growing in- ing prosperity employment.
On April 13 the Western Alles reached a three-Power agreement by whic
which the dismantling ques- tion was to be settled once and for all. Important plants in the named for British zone
In May the dismantling, and British authorities went German
to make
were
21
There WB an immediate test, not only from the workers
Those are questions to which the Foreign Office scens to have
no answer,
10 a
So the anthorities Innvo hum that have tiled bathrooms and are alone, hoping that old age, some furnished with all the comfort microbe, or a tribil vendet'n will
the ultimately ramove this most fam that the British, who built
ous of the Frontier raider. place in 1906, required for a star that used sometimes, to last for years.
Look to the North and there, a dozen miles away, is the frub- tier of Afghanistan.
Sumewhere
turks
in between
Fascism Lives On
By ROBERT SHEARER
By the evacuation of India British soldiers lost both a por- fect playground and # prickly problem.
Training Land
For subaltern and recruit alike this North West Frontier provid of the best possible training. It was officially known, as "Coml. active service."
There
were cantonments,
of
were
And management but also fruin new Republle, and is watching the is associated with dietatorship. He foris manned by irregular forconi
Was Bot
was de
by as speeches leading politicians and prayers
strations Buch
in the churches,
General Bishop now threatened
Kramme
D
aro
enun
Mocial
Direc- "Bank lorka its doors, tors seek way out of difficulties." Throneh the back window, perhaps?
Nisi Money
(The British Married Women's the Association is pressing for total abolition of damages from
Should divorce suits.)
heart-balm
hubbies,
Whose bleased
bliss
100, hove
domestic
In wrecked by wifle's whimsics- Some Casanova's kiss?
It seems upon such matters So, hard to standardise For what may be my poison'
May, in my best friend's
eyes
Appear a perfect jewel...
And who would safely dare A cold, hard cash quotation
On beauty rich-or rarel And do projecting antlers
Wear casier with the wads Of folding dough extracted
From wicked tertium quods?
"
which the biggest, Razmak, housed two brigades of who
about one-third British-and many scattered strength
Cyprus has a lot of black false local levies, lightly armed. Inside the fortified posts was teeth on hund which used to be safety, except for camul aniping. shipped to Siam before the War. Must be a blackbiting lot down But any individual or small party venturing beyond the range of there. the garrison's machine-guns was
tlon."
BRINO
on...
toni
•
*
་
Mrs. Stewart of the Brass `Wan-
the house, a good woman about and stood by her principles,
MA One of her motoen was: darn may look like poverty, but a hole looks like carelesshes."
The Italian Government is very tremely hard-working individual trace of the fair nuch alarmed by the revival of without any pro-
Mussolini's Fascist doctrine in the either in voice or manner which it ap. has many critics within the ranka high church and civic authorities, situation carefully. Today
penru
least two hundred of the Party and it is more than The absentee Inndlords
thut A week later the order came
thousand young men and women probable that the eventual leader to who have added
the from Maior-General Bishop, Re-thous
are prepared maintain that of this post-war growth in Italian bas aut vet made his in many gional Commissioner in the Run Musulini was right, and
politica mounting spiral
that work should start on four
their voices loudly to nx-appearance. raising cases learned their trade in
The names of the men who are out of 11 of the plants. Shanghai, where the fantas-
The resistance which followed sert that democracy in no plant
financing this new movement deterioration tic
the of
not violent, but crowds of that will grow on Italian soil
The leader of this rapidly deve- wrapped in secrecy, but are able to be shut up by tribesmen.
The anio conditions continue Sybliline Bit economy until the city's cap-
tho problem workers formed up outside two kuping anti-democratic minority is little doubt that several important
of the gaze into my crystal ball of the plants and the German
36-year- Giorgio
Almirante industrialists are behind it and today but r-old fure had its mainsprings in
has been And see Red troops go railing diamantling squadn faded away.
formerly land
Journalist and now are backing it solidly with hard North West Frontier sales and property This phas
simplified by the fact that Pakis passive
Next month I see a City fall speculation. Apparently our companied by widespread demon completely absorbed in his job as cash brother of one big newe- tan, which has inherited our rek
Parliamentary
politician and as
And it looks mighty like Can- "National paper ruling spirits think it can't
proprietor in definitely ponsibilities, follows the secretary of the new Social Movement"
known to have advanced large Moslem religion as the people of happen here. But it could.
With five other members of his sama of money for propaganda the Border. Indeed, it seems to have 'al-
party who were elected to the purposes. The ambition of business
Not that religious scruples los ready started.
to close all the works, but again National Parliament in April last men of this type is to find■
tosen the tribesman's love of loot, movemont plodged Yesterday a correspondent on the following Monday there you
year, he sits on the extreme right political
is no longer was passive resistance at Dort» suggested how some of the
of the House shouting defiance to break the stranglehold which trade but his hostility
fanatical. unionism toda
today exerts on Italian could be abuses current
mund, and Belgian troops were
The system of administration la all other political creeds and con- fessions. Trick Mussolini
stand by the pro-political life.
one known as "peaceful penetra- and now
The National Social movement overcome. would like to offer our own
certainly ideal, Is ed prominently at all pre-clated for Italy when he formed swearing, as it does, by Mussolini's comments. It appears es-
the short-lived Republic of Salo every sential for instance, to con- mises. Seldom is this senn in the North of the country after pledged to the destruction of the as it bas trol the sale of houses and at the moment--a flagrant the national collapse in September. trade union movement
Ta 1943,
developed in post-war Italy. The of the fact land-being sold at several flaunting of authority.
Almirante was one of the more more x on account
ter in
Boverely con- times their 1941 values. In check this and other matters Alm
prominent among the four hundret that the latter
for this connection it is pertin-a small corps of inspectors thousand men who retreated to the trolled by, the Communists Enfeld and full bandeller slung | gie!" ent to point out that a lessee would be required, working North with the Germans as the political purposes.
Aliated to the new Fascist on their backs. Small boys, 37 of government land held be. (unpleasantly but necessari- Allies pushed forward from the
ant organisation called their parents are th
shoulder 22" Winchesters. fore the war and now sell- ly) with informers who beaches of Salerno. The National Party in
Movement, today draws a "L'Associazione Nazionale degli Social
one woman with rifle,
The ing it at a sky-high heure, would be well rewarded for lot of its strength and its membar Arditi". This is an extremely com-
tribesmen go med In in as many ship from these men.
plex thing to translate
much the same way or an Eng is profiteering at the direct their efforts.
Almirante his colleagues words.
and Once public opinion were
carries an lishman
unbrella expense of the taxpayers.
It means roughly a union of war not that he expects bad weather have also turned their attention The solution would seem sufficiently roused, it would be the nation's youth, principally veterans, who are ultra nation-
to to be the setting up of t small, efficient government department. Skilled person- ne would almost certainly from have to be imported Britain, but as we have said before, we do believe these would be made available if the seriousness of the situa- tion
were made clear London. They could start with the question of trans- fers of leases.
.
to
on suing a
to use
1. 1
Rifles For All
A dog breeder says the dachs. The tribal areas can be iden hund is not as popular as it was That was Hied by the fact that every man about 15 years ago. carries a rifle.
constantly when the rudlo was Even bicycle-ridors have a Lee bluring, "Get a Long, Little Dog-
B
enough.
Gun,
Scene at a crowded party:
'He (a stranger): May I sit here?
1st She
: Why...
2nd She
3rd Sho
: course)
·
be possible to impose the that section of it which is pur-alistic and who want to build but it might rain.
On the Frontier almost every mast severe sentences
university education, The Italy on a basis of self-sufficiency
It is said that, a successful together with signs are that he has not been as far as is humanly possible. It man has inherited a blood-feud, offenders.
If, being
himself unarmed, he screen and
test must reveal charm, that an even is Intended to be non-political in heavy fines which would unsuccessful and
happened to meet one of his beauty, glamour, intelligence and ained it
the personality. A knowledge of three drain away some of their growing percentage of the botter character, and many Fascists have
smoke- enemies carrying educated youth are enrolling in joined
might be too much langunges is the only additional illegal wealth, and if the the ranks of the new Fascist screen for their political activities temptation
requirement for air hostesses. : sound, Party,
The members of the Arditi in for his adversary to resist. prosecution
were
clude veterans of world wars one there would be no question
and two and are a very consider by
able power to be hitched onto any of escaping penalties
political bandwagon because many making an appeal.
of them are still extremely wealthy
Almirante himself is an
cx-
Juvenile Crime Wave
In Japan
:
In Japan there is now Juvenile crime-wave reputed to be the worst in the world.
men.
la
The new movement does not to have made very much headway in the North. It strongest in the South and in Rome itself. Most of its adherents In Northern cities like Milan are the survivors of families which suffered harsh treatment at the hande of the Communists during the liberation of North Italy April, 194
The new Fasciem la already publishing two wockly magazines, last year.
The majority of the criminals, one in Rome, and the other in called "Rivolta Ideale" and
but this dei
According to statistics just re leased by the Attorney-General's Department, Japan's youth com- br Initted a crime every two minutes
Milan, A correspondent recently reports Richard Hughes,
the
seven
wero
It should not be forgotten in this context that govern- ment itself is partly respon- A register would have to sible for the growing Infla- be made compulsorily sup- tion, by allowing land to be plied by owners and tenants sold at enormous figures. at of all living and office ac- auctions, raising the value of commodation in the Colony, all property round about. with full details of rents. This could be cured by care leases, etc. These could be ful disposal to bona fide buy- indexed in small areas of
ers, or an allocation or bal- streets.. Joting system could even individual Every transfer would have, brought into force. by law, to be made through this department, and the asked us for information on under 25, while in some cases the "Meliano d'Italia". It still lacks | enormous fees and charges. how
accommodation offenders were only
or a daily new hub good at any } now probably running into rackets could be stopped. eight years old. The crime centre ficloney may be millions a year, going direct- This is one partial solution for the country was Tokyo and time. It is not lack of money that the crimes committed included is the trouble, but lack of capable ly into the pockets of land--and it would work. Fur- more than 3,000 cases of robbery, fournalists
emblem of Almirante's lords and chief tenants, ther, it would cost the tax-murder and assault and nearly party is in the form of burning would be avoided.
payers little, and in the end 200,000 cases of theft.
increase toroh that giren of three distinct So great has been the There would be no need repay them tenfold or more. in juvenile crime young offenders colours-red, green and white to stop one tenant handing Readers may have other now number more than adult When these young Fascists have a
What worries the parade; i over to another bona fide and better plans in mind, criminals,
musle, flag waving and tenant at a fair price which | If so, we would be alad: to | police authorities in Japan even of partly off to the strain
No uniform wave is 10 times as bad as it was but that le a possibility at abr is ret forthcoming, both agreed on. The main, hear of them Govern mare, is the fact that the crime rose-stepping. thing is to stop the activities ment's attitudes of folded when the war ended to 1945, of the speculators who make hands and do far niente The reason, say the police, is time unless the Government sud this their extremely lucra has done enough damage, that juvenile courts in Japan, are denly taken it into its head to say corn too, democrátic and Thun far and no farther A Bricorning tive business.
Our self-appointed ruler retent. The severer the punish-number of people think that the amply It would also be necessary and so-called servants should meat maintain the Japanese, the limit has already been
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