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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1933,
WAR DANGERS
Some little time ago, Mr. Baldwin painted a terrible ple- | ture of the grim possibilities of future aerial war, possibilties which are once again conjured up by the news that the strength of aircraft specially designed for bombing is steadily increasing in Europe. Side by side with
this development is another, namely the invention of new and moro effective anti-aircraft guns. Yet a further step in defensive measures was recent- ly announced in the invention by a British firm of a gas-mask which_affords__t、mporary effec- bive protection against any known form of poison gas. In these facts we have the old, old atory of warfare-new engines of destruction are invented, and
NOTES OF THE DAY THE THIRD REICH The Very Idea!
A FRESH CHALLENGE
THE
By “SENTINEL"
A
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
By Edward "Beroogo" Kelly, A.BLEEP.
"I was Christmas Day in the Workhouse, Wherever we may roam, It's Boxing Day
termorrer, And still we aint come
'ome."
Every lover of peace, every man or woman who hopes for a greater recognition of the essential brother-
HE TRIUMPH of National gigantic and impressive ny hood of man, is being freshly chal- enged by events to reassess his
Socialism in Germany is one spectro of the Brocken. hope. And to examine the world of the series of explosive move- situation afresh with a view to ments, beginning with the Great
Yet I doubt if the aspiring finding the most likely means for War, which are really the outcome realizing that hope. Events of the of a new orientation of man's Brown Shirt will ever include in last six months have thrown into outlook on things visible and in- his oath of allegiance the young
conturion to sharp relief certain aspects of the visible. In
come Black Shirt's declaration that his conflict between nationalism and in people may speak of it as the lender is always right. He will be ternationalism which had not pre- Renaissance is spoken of to-day. quite prepared, however, to assert viously been nearly so clear. The For some years after peace broke that Hitler is always righteous. division of opinion between the out there were forebodings that His absoluto sincerity cannot be United States and the rest of the Western civilisation was approach-challonged; he has the spirituality who bears the world over, currency stabilization ng its inevitable end. Then, of a crusader and the battle now quietly being from 1924 to 1929, it seemed as awastika on the front of his white waged, in one of these events. though the old pre-war way of over-garment as well as the cross Othors are the statements of living might be renewed with en- on the back of it. Under this thinkers which have been giving to hanced prosperity. Those were cloak la the old German coat of nationalism an economic philosophy the critical years. If we had then mall (a mailed fist emerges for much more worthy of consideration been able to solve the pending every gesture) which is the ruth- than the old protectionlet theories problems, including that of finding lessness of a military monk harry or the newer forms of racial ex-markets for all the products of ing heretics.
the
world's huge mechanical clusiveness. Several eminent think- ers have put forward reasons why plant, there might have been no early International economic co- discontinuity in the social, econo- operation is unlikely to be attained mic, and political development. of¡ Germany, which fought so valiant what we did on December 25th?
-reasons which merit careful ex- the West. amination.
grent
All that has survived of the old
y in vain, has been caught up in the Nazi Movement. Nobody out- side of the "Third Rolch" can
However that doesn't help ́us much though we could fill this column with recitation of what it feels like to be the only man working tonight.
Still as we got somebody to write this for us in our sleep wo can't complain.
We leave that to you. We suppose you want to know
Well, so do we.
It is strange that so little possibly condone the brutal por- With the aid of the police we is known in England, of the secution of helpless minorities. have been able to reconstruct our internal history of Germany The robbery and virtual expulsion evening up to the point where during the first few years of the of Einsteins
and other world- knowledge is painful and oblivion in Republic. Armed hands of officers famous philosophers, scientists, bliss. and men of the old army wander-and writers constitute an affront
·
ECONOMIC ENTANGLEMENT
Mr. Keynes, writing in the Yale Review a little while ago, almost foreswore his free trade birthright and almost made out a case for ed about, sometimes fighting the to Western civilisation. But wo However we are in a position to. national self-sufficiency. Ho ques- Polea in Silesia and sometimes should avoid interfering In the deny emphatically that the delicate tions the peacemaking effect of "cleaning out" local Communist domestic affairs of Germany (or garment which floated from economic internationalism: **It Governments, as at Munich or any other country), If only be the Y.M.C.A. flag mast early on does not now seem obvious that the Rubr. Now and again the causo interference is invariably Christmas Day belonged to us. concentration of national Social-Democrats prompted these harmful to those it is intended to Neither did it or they, belong to offort on the capture of foreign netivities, not recognising the help. Our present duty is to try any inmate so far as we have been trade, that the penetration of a potential danger to themselves, to understand the scope and intent able to trace. country's economic structure by but more often the bands acted or of Nazis policy in all ita_im the resources and the influence of their own initiative. The early plications, always remembering foreign capitalists, and that a history of Fascism in Italy pro- that its leadership now constitutes close dependence of our own econ-vides a parallel to this partisan the de facto Government of a omic life on the fluctuating warfare. Occasionally a putsch was country with which we hope to economic policies of foreign coun-attempted against the Republic, remain on friendly terms, tries are safeguards and assurances such as those led by Kapp in 1920 of International peace." And he and by Hitler
In 1923, When adds: "I sympathize, therefore, such an attack failed, no serious. with those who would minimize, attempt was ever made to punish rather than with those who would those who took part in it. maximize economic. entanglement among nations. Ideas, knowledge, science, hospitality, travel-these are the things which should of their nature be International."
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ECONOMIC NATIONALISM
The Kelly colours are still fly- ing though sadly tattered and at halfmast.
We looked in the mirror this morning and saw that both of na were still doing well;
our faces with four hands that we It was not until we tried shaving realised what this Christmas spirit enn do to one,
It was caster after we had taken a boot off of our right paw and had shaken the best part of a flower pot from the rear of our Pyjamas. We hasten to add that we are not that kind of guy-the flowers being planted on us while we were asleep.
And talking about sleep impels us
Presently. no doubt, Nazism will be placed on "the rulls of the Constitution." as was done with Fascism after the famous March to Rome. Meanwhile, the fact must Nearly all the old officials were be noted that it has the force and retained, though tho Social- fervour of a national, religion. Democrats created a vast number The first principle of this faith, of new well-paid positions, which which has tho regeneration of were filled by deserving members Germany in view, is that the role of their own party. Executives of of raco fa decisive In human public útilities were appointed, affairs. The corollary is that the Mr. Wallace B. Donham, of Har-whose salaries were large even "Nordic" races, being superior to arly to Americans, says competidards. So many of these sine-and are still capable of so doing, vard, addressing himself particu- when judged by American stan-all others, ought to rule the world tive interests render international cures were established that the So the chief objective of Naz! cooperation Impossible: "The big party came to consist mainly of policy must be to unite all Ger- to remark on the hardihood dis- make the same things in quantities a pass that a frugal-minded people onlist in the task of redeeming non-combatants (or rather the civi Industrial nations are equipped to job-holders. Things came to such mans under one rule, and then to displayed by the Services and the far in excess of any buying p wer had to support two bureaucracies, mankind, the English, the Dutch, Han combatanta) in finding places which can be created by the quan-Hence the bitter hostility of the and all other cousins of God's to sleep. We came across 'em while tities and kinds of raw materials small taxpaper against the Social-chosen people. It ix assumed that we were doing our somnambullatic the world is equipped to produce. Democrats, which has been one of "our God" (the ex-Kaiser's posses- prowl, asleep In rickshas, on the No possible way exists to cure the the chief assets of the Nazis. sive phrase is echoed again and ferry, in the theatre, standing > condition through International
again in the Nazi glorification, of against walls, not standing up measures except a return to Inissez-
Blutsgeful) has made a new choice. against walls, and sometimes oven faire and the slow and destructive Wait till economic conditions Like
he gentlemen,
prefers in bed. The cake must be awarded survival of the fittest in an era of somehow improve some day-that blondes.
however, to the footballer who, in feree international competition... was the programme of all the
the England v Wales match, played The only way we can maintain and parties now ruthlessly crushed by l Agriculture is to be made more increase our present exports is by the Nazis. Germany, with six profitable, since the country popu- goods which will, in the Increasing imports of manufactured million relatered unemployed Intion has a larger proportion of main, and at least half as many who the true Teutonic stock mentioned directly compete with established "starved in black coats," sought a by Tacitus. Cities are no longer come unavoidably in contact with home industries." It might bo man of action and found him in to be allowed to grow at the cost the ball but he remained on all fours control nrgued also that governmental Adlof Hitler: Whether or not he of the countryside. Majority rule
established
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a conscientious though unconscious game against the fearful odds of inebriety and sleep.""
About every half hour or so he
Rumour also relates that a sober
of national economic has the constructive capacity of is to be absolutely abandoned to the bitter end. Truly the best machinery, such 08 has been Mussolini remains to be seen. At the inferior, though at present man won though we can't saye whe- hot on their heels of the innova in Russia, Italy, Germany, and and a creed based on it, i.c., a de- will no longer have any chance |
in varying modes any rate he has a flaming faith more numerous, non-Nordic types ther he had a leak or not. tion comes something which attempted in America, renders finite programme. He is hardly of out-voling the warrior caste zealous police officer who though not Credit must also be given to the counteracts it. The whole thing economica more nationalistic than a dictator in the sense that the War is once more the highest on duty at the match had to be is a sad commentary on civilisa-ever. Trade between countries be Duce is or was. The Italian form of patriotism: it is viewed forcibly restained from arresting comes less a question of individual tradition of adopting one-man in the sense of Hitler's saying the teams each time the referee tion. All over the world, inten-enterprise and more a matter of rule in a crucial crisis does not "In eternal warfare mankind has blew his whistle. sive research and feverish pre-political polley, although chaotic exist in Germany which, like Tre- become grent-in eternal, pence paration have been going on in individual conirol may be more land. nover benefited by the mankind would be ruined." One the field of chemical warfare. damaging than enlightened national salutary discipline of inclusion in of the first acts of the victorious policeman was seen in the Colony- the Roman Empire. Hitler a Nazle was to remove the prohibi- sometime during the night of the already a legend-the younger tion of the Mensur or students' duel 25th but so far we have not been Nazis see him not as a human and make it part of the University able to verify this. The harbour fa being, but as a sort of demigod
(Continued on Page 5.) being dragged as the most likely place to And the unfortunate man. It is thought that it may be a young police officer who was kissed by an Inspector under the mistletoe. The Inspector's moustache coupled with la pungent odour and thoughts of his sweetheart may have proved too strong for the lad."
The United States has for this
control.
| purpose alone one plant, costing | LOGIC OF CONTROL
no less than nine millions
These views deserve the most sterling, which is capable of serious consideration of all who turning out eight hundred tons believe that international economic of deadly poison a day. And cooperation will benefit mankind. America is no exception, for this They go far beyond the usual argu- kind of work is going on in allments of national selfishness or countrics. Highly. scientific provincial dislike of "furriners." brains, vast sums of capital, It would be especially useful to ex- energy, enterprise,
amine the validity of Mr. Keynca's foresight are all being concentrated on of international trade. Some of doubt as to the peacemaking utility this business of killing enemies Britain's experiences with an un of the future. Last year, the grateful section of the Empire and Disarmament Conference got so America's present fedling about, far as to agree to prohibit the German loan defaults lend force use of chemical weapons in war, to his argument. Yet the logic of but there was no general agree- national control seems to lead ment to prohibit the prepara and an allocation of production and atraight to international control, tion of chemical weapons. Yet surely the one should involve the consumption of some commodities other. If nations are agreed not out by the Allies in the World War. at least, after the manner worked to use poison gas and similar
deadly substances in time of
war, what is the use of manu- | HUMAN FRAILTŸ facturing them in time of peace?
There lies the real difficulty. The suspicion cannot be avoided Whether there should be much or that there is no real intention little trade between nations de- to avoid war, with all the hor-penda largely upon the spirit in rors that modern inventions which it is carried on. It may be imply. Statesmen's-perorations that men are not free enough from and evasions appear to mean hatred and selfishness to do busi very little; the work of pre-ness usefully across national bor paring for another war proceeds dors. It may be that means of communication which make distant almost everywhere. It is the nations neighbours have developed people, the ordinary civilians, faster than has mankind's sense of who will be the victims of any neighbourliness. But it should bo big-scale war in the future.recognised that the limitations on And it lies with them to compol International trade are imposed only their rulers to work for peace by fallures of human vision, not with the same thoroughneas bo economic law. An international which they give to the proparaantly be thrust aside unless alt for- division of labour cannot perman- tion or war.
fward progress is, to be stayed..
"You'll have to fix dinner. We have worn mamma out again."
Our experiences under the mis- tletoo were short and sad.
We waited until a coy victim was directly under the magic branch and then, taking care- ful aim We launched our- kelves out and planted a Black & White klas right on her cheek.
She retaliated with an all-round: wipe across our face which proved a temporary setback.
A few minutes Interval saw un attacking strongly with a Bass: which we printed somewhere amid- ships on the face, taking a heavy counter in the stern:
The Kelly spirit dies hard how over and it was no until wo_had" Janded with a Johnny Walker some- where a little lower than amidships that we finally succumbed to the persuasion of a chair on top of the boko.
It was probably this mishap which made us take to singing and it was probably the singing which led to our facing a charge of inciting a breach of the peace. We didn't care anyway and we had a good alcon..
And when
we wake up we're goin to get some sleep so as we can wake up again and go to sleep Boaswecanwake. Bonkl