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CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1940.
THE VICTORIAN IDEA
There are reports that the
Australian Labour Party, dá
digesting the lessons of its
programme of radical Social-, isinne
By Windrush
ו'
five selves. If they showed"oxccp-
borning!
favoured exactly the kind OF system described by Lord Wavell as still flourishing in Canadi, 2-
The Victorians believed an of and to And Individual Election Socialism will be re-rough sud ready rule that peo- ism and nationalisatiomer It enterprise; flourishing, not only pudiated by the majority of the ple should look after them-
restrictive recountry. During the Inst is said that it will switch to unhampered by a programme like that of gulations, but encouraged a mate the Labour Government tional energy or talent it was I don't know about you, but
matter of 'course.
cl Its policies have reflected right” that they should receive personally I'm hiring Dyself a President Roosevelt for a The Canadian Is nesuted by vory accurately the dens and an exceptional reward. Spenk- full-time i sekslin wol % all system of extensive social hid "Government as capable of wishes of the preponderant parting brendly the role of Govern-over.Ayrtle's grandfather cays servicos combined with pri- looking after himself without of the victorate. If the elector ment was limited to seeing that he's going in for a more long- Canadentes ideas have now begun to people did not chen, or ure vlo-term investinant, and getting an vate enterprise. 1+
constant supervision. ri; r:
produces a very large portion of chalke, the change is a
good lenee. It lafel down certain gen-armoured A notabla visitor to another the material for making paper, deal less rnthind. thân theeral rules for the conduct of Dominion has made an interest- but puts it into newspapers optimista in the Conservative general life and gave protection hug comment. Lord: Wavált, res
Government Party like to supporo, Dturning from Canada, says: The rather than into
forms and regulations." ain impression I live carried
There have been in the last eva is that of unhampered themoni u great many other simi hvidual enterprise. It has been lar straws showing a change in refreshment of the spirit, like feeling about' Socialism. Dut it coming from a hothouse into the is too early to say that there in topën me to leave our Zover-) d′′rent" change of mood in Eng-
administered, pver-centralised! ipnd itself, or that at the General!
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The weakness in the Victorina
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"Chopin lecture bizako récordia." I understand they are getting conception was that in its systema new disc jockey next time, It may be worth while eon-[of complete "laissez faire there sidering how the outlook of the could not inct be the fale A
sintes: majority of Engilshmen
Washington repert today competition, which was to be thei
believed thut the compares with that of their essence of the cconvinie grandfather and great-grand-social structure. The man who substantial quantities of goods Communists wil want to buy fathers In Victorian daya," who owned property had, an enormous
advantage over the 1974477 who from the United States, and this owned no property. "Stow rises country should sell them on worth by poverty depressed." elash Dask."
The result was that the Vic- Ah, these conflicting kleologica! torkan age has become, in re-
ELAN, YES--BUT, IT WON'T WIN Forgetting the use of any By Selby Bradford
form of atomic bomb in mo- dern warfare, let us come quickly tu the fact that whatever the weight of air power may be, whatever sea support or protection is avai- table, there is still, and must always be, the essential need for an army. # 11
Autors of tes son of Mr. & Ma 1.
of Whelkak Lnly Voske
f Jap
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BATTLE IS JOINED.
Western Europe's Army today at probably for the next 1 years at least belongs to France. I ronerivable that should Ihab commitments in Malays atud Hong Kong to mulßer we bought be able to offer once again s fighting force of four or ve divisions, available.within a week
se after "D«D«>,"
ti
ALAS! WARS
spiring he to Be Albst beyond
What is needed
trospect, the classical age of tho
still retain
the
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It might be more appŕtpriate exploitation by the capitalist | now 10 refer to the newly class of the proletariat. And, as independent country on Indonesin, a further result, the proletariat, which has now achieved political The Nationalist govemment power, repudiates nearly all the going to be "peeled down" to only Ideas which belief in England.
Victorians six ministries,
reHarda You know, The loss of Cinaceiption works in France cherished, or at trust who In approximately the same, possibly because French
them with very grave suspicion, fruity opportunities for squeeze youth period in 1939 lund 45 ready. To has become accustomed to
Compare gelin" the ideas of 11.
is enough to give anyone the pip. kleas of the day, she could put in What
the Victorian the Probably, ton. because the 21-
und wom of to-i This brings to a hend the ques prarseld French conscript of 19-You m
Myrtle
raying about It must be Femembered: Iny grew un under Occupation, is that the war las crused what the sort of woman who always f today's Frett
friend the other night that she's on "What Army liketh
inspired with a fervent patelotion division between The middle- It is never easy to ritule th ann deterhuntion that such aged unt The really proud
young possessions
ale thing shall be prevented from or. Britain today. The middle-iped friend,
und for centuries the guring amin.
"Available Econ: baby-amah many of the ideas Amy has been one of France's There are intense vitality and which they inherited from their with prominent family of two must cherishel "valuates."
sbdity in the ranks of junior of-fathers. But the young, growing children under 10 and very young am certain that despite every | ners, There is in contrast con-up a the war atmosphere, have baby. other call on her hian poser seiderable mutant distrust, if not made something like a break . You mean notorious, don't you?
mobiline would
withi three | delikte in the ranks of the Highy | with tradition.
Command. weeks after a declartition of war
The twin desires of the young- More howtera.
are for er generation
'The Jockey security The tramwaymen and the
the 80 divisions which she hid
just two of his rendy at the same in 1039.
and social equality. Unite the telly when, the horse fell, and masses who have been traveli
Bul today and tomorrow and
Hiltons though, need have Bite Victorians they ser no reason had to be destroyed. ang free of charge-but by no
it ex
far that to the, for a
Communism will seep why
audacious, 7:07
a long ligg
ercentric, The people of India are divided means Free of danger have
whead four-fths of
Armed Forces. of them"
would to the Looking to France
During swashbuckling type of entrepren- into custs and outensts. be merely bodies of men
revent strikes, had their bit of fun over the
when seethins neur should terelve very large The * sun never
rets on the Belgium. Holland, und, with) #12 hecessary equipment,
though Nove the manag
The French Army were mobiliard f'żeword. On the holidays
contrary, they British Empire
the because ramifications of the imbued none the leg worth th then behaviour and loyalty were regard such a man as rather British Empire is in the East and ment have hit back harel, with
becoming more most fervent
undesirable social type fighting กร
the sun sets in the West. Conductorsad, Denmark the gloves ult
as well, cozļā!
Thele instinctive desire is that the
A:n young French officer sald
Water is composed of two gine, who refused to tale farms have perhaps uvide another 10 divi-] Ariner."
Artnes Alas, clon on
"Commuuyla i France man should keep in step. Oxygin and Hydroin. Oxygin Whatever you
While the Victorian was opt to Fons which even in my mathema- does not win wars these days,
in England been sarked, the service has
and 1 not
the be made up to much) been suspended, and the pithe
Russian concentrate all his effort on has pure glu, Hydrogin in
wnter. tivo cutition be
Today's French Army, explut. think
he "could"get on." the It will never destroy the man of today is mainly concern the path, emitting whelps, at
young: more than
ing that part which is nightme variety
The dog came bounding down Te have begun to suffer
French soldier's love of France. And And newhere behind and something like a major wa i
Sed with seeing that other prople missals are usually the first
What the French Army wants do not steal an unfair advantage. curtain, Inscrutablę ua Indo-China, is largely lacking in
every bound. things to by Matoded 121
Lallet dancers,
Revolution is mot an tolky anal homedintely is mostes
+1 form of chorus praetcal experience
At the same time there has been orul on st, and vast, incre.libly any settlement, and he ww.n
whale cast of the
the warfare.
vast, quantities of U.S. equipmenttitude towards work.
the as-overnment in South Amerles. a profound chango in deis wither what may be
The Vic- to bring it up to date.
torians made a fetish of work, "Star explosion." tactically expedient. IN 108
it is pathetic to see the infau-and undoubtedly psychológieally unwise
lives. But it can perhaps best
by making a fellsh-of Jetsure_are stunting their lives no less,
cessary
The labour unions
1
The wider Allautle
Fratern
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sparil,
th isrates
* :R Bergere but not haif so Little equipment
oftractive, mur believed to exlat mug in the nature of 200
divisione mobilized
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After Dunkirk and the Pall of
may
The
stunted
their
id France nearly half the Feenen 'Try regiments armed with at
Army spent live weary years in Tuse of weapons, ranging from that young men and women today
*eing equipped. with the most
den wegpons
nerds in statisticina to my Bhal to meet the first shock we a look to France, who within The that week of warfare in 1914 put 74 divisions
into the
prison camps, The rest broke up Amerlena 10 German,
It is devastating to hear of eco- into the "Resistance" or entre hard-presset eivit life. To many nomies which have prevented
1-
Basic concept
Labour Acid.
mere cr
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It is not
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In
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Yes. it was seen in California, but strangely enough, it had nothing to do with Hollywood.
Dentists
now able to excavate for fillings with painless jet of gas containing abrasives.
Arc
have round. The investor's lot; for / been stripped of everything b so that they can keep bi practice person receives a larger, dividend were rest neids ahead of her
1
their strongest case for the happy une, in spite of the denly cole Was Impoverished French Armë, is higher, young men can feel very cordial
Genuine
has
51
The battle has now been | joined in real earnest. Three (measures appear urgently ne- 1) resumption of
to most of them such oder Belt gunners from Bring a shel negotiations and anxiation
aspects of warfare as "Monty's in practive for nearly a year and
It is easy to see how well the (2) restoration of service m
Welfare State clear-cut defnition of Army/Air have made it impossible for Ack
Nervous patients complain that Integration are thing reat about | Ack gunners to try out their first with the character of this new they can't see the point of this a normal basis while negolia-
but unpractised.
gift of radar-controlled weapons generation. Its basic concept is new drill, tions proceed; and (3) drvis-
โก Juty 1045, when peace came, for the same period,
that Society as a whole should ing of machinery to shud withness to their difficult task, England was left with vast stocks 11. ' comforting_either
produce the national wealth. "In the typlats" room, the other disputes and head off good deal more than
: France Had nothing. cquipment:
This is to be shared out as equally manager voiced the views of all hear 105 men of a French air- Thus radar was almost an in- borne division linve
possible.
to ho presont when patiently possible deadlocks and dan sympathy. Indeed, we could
he and be was gerous delays.
do with a lot more of this all known mystery to her. She had built their own "jumping towers shared out on the principle that sorry to loso Misaffer 15 the more entenising or gifted years' vice, but he knew there the Germans cut off from re- But despite all such trials the than his fellows The employer in her new venture of matrimony." selected what appears to be example, is not altogether a search and development: sud spirits of the French Army. the ly to be kept in check. Since few
upon to face pract
believe, than has ever opening trial of strength. ufilons' references to huge in which
been towards their employers, it is only when it acepts change as poorer in many ways perhap during this century They have said the settlement profits.
natural that they vote Labour, the grand fact of nature, and Give it better financial condi-
Labour will be regarded as a prece
will than we in England are and yet hardships
however, tries to keep up with changing policy has, one in which she was required to | tlona, give it the tanks and the one great wenkness which in circumstances, by constant dent governing the settlement have to be removed, whoever produce the Army of the Future thousand-and-one other things the trouble which Great Britain changes within itself. of the other disputes. They has to pay for it, whether, it What abę achieved is which has experiencing is becoming in- Old Jobs.. must be given up,-
shareholders or have at the same time reject- be, the
the miraculous..
nge, and sive it, finally, a little greasingly obvious. In its zeal new, openings invented. Old in- which the public. The last annual retraining camps for conscripts are one of the ruling factors in the
General de Lalire de Tassigny's j Ume, and it will again become for providing general ed arbitration,
security dustries must be abandoned for Labour Government tries new. All the evidence of the management has accepted. port of the Commissioner of something so revolutionary, so in world of today and tomorrow. to ""freeze"; sobloty. Every perpast five years from Grent Bri- The unions have refused ar- Labour said that real wages
son who has a job is to continue tain is that this process of con- doing that same job; indeed, 'stant change. Is retarded under bitration as a matter of prin- of artisans had undoubtedly
since devaluation it is laid down) Socialism, at least, under the ciple-not over any question risen since 1939 and probably
that he shall, as far as possible, English form of Socialism. The of the composition of such a those of semi-skilled workers
continue to do n job for the trouble, about the Lahour Party tribunal. They refused in also. Unskilled labour was
same wage,
is that it is really much more Every, firm which is function Conservative than the Tories. It spite of the fact that in their little better .off, than in 1939
ting shall continue to function.does not tolerate the vitality manifesto the unions said that except in the improvement of
Alice in Wonderland could That captalist Britain is on But the health of society Ja which Is the
truc
source. we leave it to the public to health and nutrition. The
maintained, not by giving it on health. be the arbiter in impartially real wages of clerical and British reader who attempts for Anglo-American warmonger-stant decay and renewal. Society people fear a calamity if the not feel more strange than a the verge of economie, collapse.
2.That Dridin is an outpost artineinl stability, but by con- It is for that reason that many digesting the figures we have only at risene if anything to follow the goings-on in hiding
His like the human body in which present Government in returned tainly not "if decadent Capitalist homeland
destroyed at the General Election to con- first propaganda line, tissue is continually The public will not be they have fallen." by reading only the reports the announcement by Mr.. Alesund recreated. It can be healthy, tinue its policies, greatly impressed by certala That review covered the of the passages in the mani-period ending last: March in the Moscow papers from tops for Tass. "Izvestia" needed from Britain as published neobar of the cuts in Govern- theht expenditure, was obviously festo. The unions can hardly Since then conditions have be the Soviet news agency call the ass story on this subject. "A expect to get over-much come less normal than ever,
cited."
4
Give em tit for Tass!
"By Gordon Young
sympathy from the real vic-with a great liflux of capital ed Tass.
TASS—an abbreviation of four
hai't streets.
What they send
Viscount
day
.... new offensive against the level of
existence of the Briddhi people."
One trick of the: Tass messages. tims of their action when they and then, a considerable out nussion, words, moaning approxi cry on the public's shoulder flow to areas considered less inately Telegraphic Agenel as they appear in the Soviet Press, is to report fully only the utter- about malnutrition and diges- insecure, as well as a tremen-Soulet Socialist."
anges in Parliament of tive.. complaints. These do dous inflow of refugees, from
Left-Wing speaker the d
Thus, on November 18 exist, in and out of industry China. Nobody supposes that
after
Safford Cripps had more out of industry than these conditions have made
Howitt's
mantea committer
tensaur by staternent about within. And none are so cold the lot of the worker, more which is investigating the diple Britain's dolini and gold reserves and hungry as those who have lavourable than it was a year matic, immunity at present on by Tass had a story" i
in "Izvestia' no profitable employment ago, cd by the London staff, of Tac which was hended: "A new devi, whatever like hundreds of No doubt in some cases would-be fascinated if they made, luation of the pound is possible"
story reported part, of áf thousands who walk Shang- there have been greatly in as I have just dene, on analysis of the despatches from those Red
Red Commons debate about Britain'ši. creased revenues side by side reporters, which have, appeared for Quances, and prominently featur Nevertheless an impartial with increased living costs, "Pravda.
ed the declaration, attributed to a al_and":"Izvestia:
zvesti izin exainination of the true values But what is true of one utility period of aphout the past six Left-Wing MF that "The Br
Lish Government considers the of wagen, and allowances is not accessarily true of all the 100,000,000 readers if preparations for a new war more
weeks would almost certainly show. A settlement of the present
Soviet
newspapers these Tass das important than buidling homes
for that the balance is against tramways dispute, for exam- patches are vistuilly the, only the people. many of the workers. The ple, cannot faily be regarded pavelinble source of news from the actual Tass messages are usually factually.correct in them- -public, deprived for the mo- as a hard and fast precedent Britain.
caselves, you see it is, only by cum- ment as they are of an for other utilities Kazuy
ning selection of some facts and essential utility undoubtedly But if each is to be settled
'omission. bf others. that they feel that something must be on its merits. meres ought to feel
believe their twisted picture of Britain. done, first to establish hard be proper machinery for I ship where it does exist and There are certain issues, such then to remedy it
the news those I ass
a
is more than somewhat
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