MERICAS ANSWER
MUNISM
THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1980)
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CHAPTER 33 OF
"THE HINGE OF FATE"
ALICE LADEN
in an interview with F. G. Prince-White, says
I WAS PROUD TO LOOK AFTER GBS
LL the world know Mr Shaw was fundamentally George Bernard Shaw a shy man. The shyness show- especially when he as a gontus; I know ed itselt him as a human being-an was taking his meals. He pre- old gentleman who always ferred to be alone at table. took three hours to chew After lunch ho would lle his midday meal of raw down on his couch and vegetables and was terrified for an hour or so, then he
would read and write. of strangers.
Hin evening meal over,
sięcy
he
the
I had not been his house- keeper long before I realised would settle down to books, or that few of the many people listen to the wireless-al- who came to his Hertfordshire ways, since its inception, home to see him were truly Third Programme, welcome. Towards the end ho was reluctant to see even the "old familiar faces."
Sometimes would hear "hot" dance music or a music- hall programme coming from I once asked him: "Why on his set. There was always only earth did you ever come to live one explanation for itis: 1 In An out-of-the-way little would find him fast asleep apot like Ayot St. Lawrence?" his armchair
Ho looked nt me with Mr Shaw WAE extremely twinkling eyes, Lice a mis- fond of music. He was, I am chievous schoolboy. "Mrs convinced, a genuinely "musi- Laden," he answered, "I came cal" man, and had considerable here to hide away from people, skill as a planist. He played People bother me."
the piano ot his country home even when he was over
From that day everybody who
on
onwards 00.
of
see
"The Sage" had frst to reckon, with me, and I saved him from being "bothered” far more often than he ever guessed.
DE GAULLE REFUSES TO
GO
After abortive attempts to
permeide Stalin to attend a three-Power
conference
futuro strategy,
от
Mr Chur..
chill and President Roosevelt,
KEJ ZDERZ
together with their advisers, mid-January, 1943, at Casablanca, in Morocco.
O
TO
CASABLANCA
By Winston Churchill
arrived
cans would have resulted in a for larger delivery of bombs on Germany.
In
he and I had secured in spile squadrons
territory which England-the transfer of many President"
Dreaded change
OFTEN he would turn to the
plano suddenly on his way
to bed at midnight and play himself a bedtime tune. If it was an Irish song he was play- ing he would sing it too.
One of my very few difficul- tics in providing for Mr Show's comfort and well-being was his Incorrigible refusal to admit that he had lived into the Age of Austerity.
He seemed to have a deep scated dread of change - even of a change in the appearance of his home surroundings.
I had no kea how much ho depended on me until just
I leave you latitude to make after his 90th birthday, I was any alteration in the mes-offered a very tempting and
which you may think responsible post in London.
AR
1
it.
The moment he opened it he made for his garden study us I knew he would.
Half an hour later a note from him was brought to me. This is what it said:
"Your atomic bomb exploded my breakfast-table this morning.
Gage desirable so long
its wrote him a noto about My son Randolph had come had been put into the daylight Insist on his being replaced across from the Tunisian front bombing,
seriousness is not impaired.
which I'left on his dining table. Thero
and still thought by someone else at the head to think that was plenty
At last on Jan. 22 de Gaullo of the concentration a
Franch Liberation upon about, and the two days pass night bombing by the Ameri- Committee in London.
arrived. He was taken to his? Meanwhile the
villa, which N Jan. 12, I left for ed swiftly by.
was next to Staffs consulted together for
It is very odd' to see the Giraud's, He would, not coll North Africa. My long hours every day.
account which the President's upon Giroud, and it was some journey by air was
son, The President
Ellott Roosevelt, gives hours
before he could be a little anxious. In the afternoon of the 14th. We
of this in the book which be Eaker stated the case for the hostened to write
prevailed upon to meet him. order to heat the "Com- had a most warm and friendly daylight Fortress bomber with confidential talks he heard at de Gaulle, making it clear that abbut the had a very stony interview with meeting, and i gave me in forceful earnestness, and point the meals to which 'mando" they had established tense pleasure to see my great ed out what immense prepara- brought by
he was it he continued to
be an on his father. a petrol engine inside which colleague here
He obstacle we would not hesitate on conquered Lions had already been made in seems
that to suggest or liberated
the to break with him finally. He generated fumes and raised
suspected
me of was very formal, and stalked from America. the trying to stop de Gaulle com- out of the villa and down the various heating points to of the advice given him by all plling up of men, materials, ing.
His tribute and his military very high temperatures. I next day
objecting to his little garden with his hand high experts. The spare parts, and so forth, and being brought there, whereas in the air. Gen. Eisenhower also the preparation of airfields was woken up at two in the arrived, after a very hazardous now at length ready.
1 was putting the utmost
Eventually he was prevalled "You are of course, too good pressure possible morning,
to get him flight. when we
with
but for your dull job, I pointed to know what lines the Com
a talk out in reply that to come. This rubbish has had upon over the Atlantic 500 miles bined Chiefs
here we were at the begin- The telegrams
0 wide and long currency. Giraud, which fasted for two
there are hard times coming and from anywhere, by one of take, and to keep in touch ning of 1943. The Americans
dismiss it for or three hours and must have very hard work for those who
been extremely these heating points burn with them. Their plane of com- had been in the war for more
pleasant to get any work at all You are mund was altogether
They a year.
had all above than
both of them,
young In the after. too
and energetle to the time been building up their
noon he went to see the Pre- settle down in retirement, and air-power in England, but so far they
sident, and to my relief they 45 you will have to housekeep,
be thrown
actually get on unexpectedly well. The anyhow, it will Prime Minister to Forelon President
WILS attracted by cheaper to keep my house than Secretary. 18 Jan., '43.
"the spiritual look in his eyes," your ownS. except perhaps on If you think well you should but very little could be done to occasion when
give the following message bring them into accord. to de Gaulle from [Begins].
were
ing my toes, and it looked to me as if it might Boon get red-hot and light the blankets.
I therefore
weil
his.
He
was mast anxious
of Staff would
Alex
impresses
TC
на
nover
had a single bomb an Germany by their daylight methods,
ቀበሮ
ever.
I
Unfavourable
MA
to have
severe statements, based
"No doubt you con 'better In these pages varlour yourself: but I cannot."
am, authorised to say that events of the moment, are so away? Of course.
How could I have gone hadn't the invitation to you to come down about Gen. de Gaulle, and seriously intended to do so, here was from the President certainly I hind continuou
WTH,
on
teger.
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you
climbed out of
A day or two later Alex- my bunk, and woke up Peter ander came
Very in, and reported short raid Portal (the Chief of the Air
was protected bv to me and the President about British fighters, Staff), who was sitting in the the
Baker,
how- of the Eighth ever beneath, asleep
progress in ile Army,
ever, pleaded his cause with He made a most fa- skill and tenacity. He said it chair,
and drew his attention vourable Impression upon the to this very hot point.
was quite true that they had Wa
President, who Jooked around
was greatly not the cabin and attracted by him and also by give
vet struck their blow- them a month found two others, which seem- his news, which was that the
of or two
the United States of difficulties and many sharp Later on that day Mr Shaw ed equally
America as well as from me. more and they would come in- en the verge
with of Eighth
him. antagonisms
There ald to me: “You know I would Army would take to action on an ever-increasing y
however, 0 becoming red-hot.
dominant double your
搜 Salary have not yet Tripoli in the near future. He scale.
told Gen, element in our
our relationshiD. Imerely tied your little in- We then went down into the explained how Montgomery,
'Giroud, who came attended
not regard him as bomb alley (it was a converted who
had two strong Army
only Considering how much
could by two Staff officers, preventing captive and pros had bomber), and found two men Corps, had clemounted ona been staked
and is waiting here, of your trate France, on this ventura
nor indeed the That hurt me, and I replied Industriously keeping alive this and taken all the vehicles to by the United
refusal. The States and all
consequences France that had a right to de- tartly: "When I want
you to petrol heater. From
bring the other on plane, and they felt about it, I decided to
of it, if persisted in, will in cide freeir the future for double my salary I will come point of view I thought this that this would be strong back Eaker and his theme, and
my opinion be unfavourable herself. I know he
and ask you." was most dangerous. The hot enough to drive Rommel I turned round completely
you and your Move friend of England. But I al ment. First we are about to ways recognised
in him the make arrangements for North spirit and conception which
· Africa,
on which we should across the pages of history, the have been glad to consult word "France" would over you, but which must other-
her- proclaim. wise be made in your ab- sence. The arrangementa when concluded will have the support a terrible
ū
points might start con- right back through Tripoll to and withdrew all my opposition flagration, and the atmosphere the Mareth frontier linc. to the daylight bombing by of petrol would make an ex- which Wag a very perlous the Fortresses. plosion imminent.
the same view,
Portal took obstacle,
Warm meeting
I decided that it was better
Neither I nor the President attended the Staff conference,
with
our own
Terrible thing
It was certainly
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officers every thing that in the whole of the
but we were informed of the whole position and consulted day. The to burn, and I ordered
run along all heating
to be
were turned on, and we went back
principally Chic's
to freeze than
to rest shivering in the ice Planners.
na rather an unpleasant ma- ment.
menta made. Large hotel
of Anda
There
куду Д
In the suburb three
for
of Great Bri- tain and the United States.
Defied all
I understood
was no
next
However, when my month's cheque was paid into the bank I found that he had
doubled it.
That gesture was typical of him-yot he was for ever say- Ing that he wasn't a rich man, and that he had to be "sting" I always thought that this was
eussecbress
he
But
differences did not last six months of 1943 nothing The fact that you have refused while I resented, his arrogant | Was always "agan the Clow
́of this Ixomense
dept and effort; not
national lines, but has between the of Staff
Joint single bomb had been dropped and I was myself pure on Germany. Thcio must
that
to
and admired, merely Irish como to the meeting demeanour,
Here he was-vernment" for taking so much In proposed will in my opinion refugee,
earnings and royalties an exllo
hiel of his com from his income tax, and I often won- be almost universally cen country
under
of sentence sured by publle opinion and death.
dered whether he was really a in a position
don entirely Socialist at heart; to me complete answer dependent upon the goodwill
cold winter air about 3,000 feet that Sicily, should be the next have been 20,000 men and 500 up, at which we had to fly to be above the clouds. 1 om step, and the Combined Chiefs machines all laid out in East bound to say this struck me of Steff took the same view. Anglia-and nothing so far, The Joint Planners, on the as It seemed, to show for it at other hand, together with Lord all. Mountbatten, felt
WO However, When we got to Casablanca should attack
when
furned Sardinia rather round and preseed we found beautiful arrange than
no longer Sicily, because thes the
formidable point I was bun it could
done having developed, there was u thought
carlier: with accommodation Mountbatten pressed this view American plans for all the Brit'sh and Ameri-
on Hopkins and others. I fo- long can
British
A My They -wead ahead began to pay divi. All the same. I still think
that I at the beginning they had put their money on night bambing we should have reached
climax much sooner.
months
rooms. Round this hotel were the Combined
and great cascinent, and
staffs and big conference mained obdurate, and, with criticisms.
longer subject to
dotted a numbe
number. of extremely soild behind me. Insisted on donds.
weté Slolly.
Chiefs of Staff and soon
were
serve 39 a
the Door still open
no
have
ho
Mrs
to die, "T'in going Laden," he said.
"Nonsense!" I told him.
the
to any complaints. There can of the British Government, and stemed as much a Tory na uny of course be no question of also
also now of the United States other wealthy man. your being invited to visit The Germans had conquered When he first fall fif he re- the United States In the his country. He had no rent fused to take any sort of neur- near future if you reject the foothold anywhere.
Neverishment. President's invitation now. mind; he defied all. Always even when he was behaving worst, he seemed
to express the personality of France- great nation, with all its pride, "And anyway." I said. "that's attempt to
the authority and ambition. bridge
a no way to talk to difficulties which
It was sold in mockery tint woman who is the responsib!- existed between your Move he thought himself the living lity of leoiting after you." ment
and the United States representative of Joan of will have definitely failed, Arc,
́ ́it is said, whom, With should certainly not be able one of his ancestors served as to renew
my exertions in a faithful adherent. this direction while you re- not seem to main the leader of the above it looked,
na absurd Clemenceau, In theod. January days I
DON'T worry about me, Mrs The question was then rais. Movement.
whom it received request from Gen. ed about
It was said he
Ladon," he said. "I'm a do Gauilo,
I was I and the Staff were there Eaker, the Commander of the now most anxious for him
pared himself, was a for Wiser very old man and must expect to The position two days before the President American Air Forcea in Eng-
of His Majesty's and more "experienced states- to dio,” come, and the Prealdent
Government towards your man. But they both gave the arrived. I had
nice land, to feo' me. I asked him agreed generbily with) thia Movement while you remain tamo impresilon of being un- much more than just a
"Mr Show," I mid, "you're walks with Pound And the to lunchcon n alone. We di view. I nekod the President at its bead will also 'roquing conquerabla' Frenchmen, other Chiefs of Staff on the cussed the question of the also to telegraph inviting him.
ba reviewed. It with A
old man you're a national rocks and the bench. Wonder
der. The General was vory, haughty ful wayon.
religio, enormous, many
bombing
And refired: several times. elguda.ptyfoam, umate ring the antoured""." Flying, For« then got Eden, to put the Parker Minhati," anybody could "trohida I. Wan Dérionally most.... Promre, noơn, haink you shall endeavour to knt' on S
mage Frot: anhörn at the land-sceptical of this method, had to, the polar Man without you.
comfortable villas, which reserved for the President, for me, for Gen. Giraud and also for Gen, de Gaulle, should ht The whole enclave was come,
and closely guarded zired in
American troops.
Eaker's plea
Our
to
me ar
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