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TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1037.
CLOSING UP THE
LOOPHOLES
It is difficult to read Miss Pieton-Turbervill's minority re-
port on the mui-tsai problem without feeling that the wider form of child protection which she suggests is much more likely to secure the abolition of the evils inherent in the mui-tshi system than the proposals for. strengthening the existing law
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members of the Commission. What Miss Picton-Turbervill wants is not merely protection for the mui-tsai but for all young people-under-the-age of twelve years, who have been transferred from the control of their parents, whether they are adopted daughters, wards, tem- porary wards, or servants. Mere registration of existing mui-tsai is not, in her opinion, sufficient; there are other categories of transferred children whose status is that of mui-tsai, matter how they are described.
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the course of nearly thirty years' service in the Labour and Socialist Movement I have secn many
break- aways. Some have been made by people of whom we wore glad-to- be rld, such as MacDonald, Thomas and Mosley. Others, have been made by men who' have in due course seen the error of their ways and returned to the fold.
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Every attempt has caused dia- unity and weakness for a time. Every one has falled to break the unity of the Movement. I am profoundly sorry that members of the Socialist League, for whom I have the greatest respect and frection and in whose sincerity I complete confidence, should
at nis critical time in the name of unity have taken a step which is bound to cause disunion,
. I think that they are making a great mistake and are doing grave disservice to the cause of Socialism and Democracy.
HE Labour Party Is
T democratic. Its supreme
authority is the Annual
Conference.
I have at times disagreed with its decisions, just as I have differed sometimes from the decisions of the Parliamentary Party. but in both cases I am bound by the decision so taken. As demo- erat I accept the will of the
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A Call for
REAL UNITY
by the Rt. Hon.
C. R. ATTLEE, M.P.
majority. There is a consciencs clause of which can nvall myself,
Leader of the Opposition
them by certain in- dividuals or are they to frame their own
programme and to decide their own policy by a vote? When it is de- elded, are all to be bound to accept the will of the majority?
This is really the issue which Arises in all these cases of break- away. The ILP. went out because It claimed the right to disregard the majority.
This neceptance of majority rule is the basis of democracy and of all effective collective action, I pre- sume that the Socialist League itself comes to its decisions._by_they do themselves. majority vote.
All these movements are funda- mentally undemocratic. They real on the unsound basta that there are certain people who know the will of the workers better than
The Socialist League merabere, while professing to seek unity within the framework of the Labour Party start their campaign by deliberately disobeying a Con- ference decision. There is no doubt as to the decision against the policy of the United Front.
Its advocates talk", a lot about the block vote, but not one of them would suggest that whatever was the method of ascertaining the will of the Party they could have got a majority.
It was, of course, open to them to continue to try to get the Party to accept it by persunding the membership, but instead they have chosen to net ngainat its expressed will with the inevitable result. The National Executive was obliged to disaffiliate the League.
-----The- question then arises us what is meant by democracy.
We in the Labour Movement be- lleve that the workers must make their own declatons. This is just the difference between the Social- ist and the Communist attitude,
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ET u see what is ta be tha policy of the United Front. It. talks of transforming the policy of the Labour Party and of prevent- ing breakaways. It sets out a list of Immediate objectives.
There is no breakaway except that which is promoted by the advocates of a united front. The Labour Party "Executivo is at thin moment engaged in framing ita Immediate objectives. The list on which the united front stands is totaken-from-Party policy-in-the--
main with some striking omissions. There is no complaint formu- actiona lated against the policy
The signatories to the unity agreement talk of unification and of mass action by the workers. This means, if it means anything. that the workers are to be actuated by a single will.
Whose is this will and how is it 10 be ascertained? Аге the workers, like the delegates of the Socialist League, to bo asked to - accept or reject a policy put before
of the Labour Party though there la a lot of vague innuendo and Jargon about class co-operation and defeatism.
There is one striking omission. Despite all the strong language about Fascism and the complaints made about the alleged attitude of the Labour Party by left wingers.
Can We Build A Race Of
Supermen?
that
there is no mention of the Span- ish struggle. There is no sugges- tion of a policy. The subject to not worthy of consideration.
We do not know what the signa- Lorien think of the attitude of the Front Populaire and the USSR. any more than, we know what they think of that of the Labour Party.
This is perhaps due to the fact that there is plainly a division of opinion on Foreign Policy. and a painful lack of clarity.
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O oppose Fascism and to maintain Pence all three
parties want A Pact between Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union and all other States in which the working class have political freedom,
This is only another way of putting the Labour Party policy of collective security through the League of Nations. They recognise, as did M. Liivinov, the division between Fascist and Democratic countries, and that even capitalist democracies may be useful in. withstanding aggression and de- fending the U.S.BR.
It is not clear how this defence is to be effected.
Fact
Presumably the parties to this act are to be strong enough to› prevent attack or at least reslat it. force of armns. Unless all the by fighting is to be left to the Socialist States, the other States will have to supply their quota, no doubt in accordance with their re- . sources and the strength of the
potential aggressor.
H
OWEVER, thera in one- exception. In the view of the LLP. and the Socialist League, Britain's-adher- ence must walt until there is a Socialist Government, because the "National" Government never be trusted to use its arina on the side of the workers and for peace.
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The Communist Party. on the other hand, while sharing the dis- trust of the others, claims the right to demand that the present Government should adopt such a pact. What its Attitude On armaments would be if such a part were signed is left uncertain.
It is obvious that the signatories. have not thought out any clear and intelligible policy on peace, and have nothing but words with. Which to face the Fascist menace They have nothing new to offer in. exchange for Labour's, collectiva pence policy, and Labour's attitude of willingness to provide adequate! arms for collectivo security and refusal to support armamenti: divorced from it:
FITTED WARDROBES. Miss Picton-Turbervill would COCKTAIL CABINETS.extend the machinery of BEDROOM SUITES.tection-notification of trans- DINING ROOM, registration-to
fers and, where necessary, all these LIBRARY AND children. In view of the fact HALL FURNITURE. that the mui-tsai system is no
longer recognised by law, she B DIOLOGISTS bave shown that they
ing to established laws, he produces suggests the abolition of the animal to order. The scientist takes can produce almost any type of
offspring which have the characteris- ties he has chosen to give them. Our existing mul-tsai register, with a wild rabbit, breeds from it in his appiled to human beings so
knowledge is still incomplete and, the proviso that those whose laboratory, and in a few generations every man became, occording to presults have been obtained. What will possibly, faulty, but wonderful re- names appear thereon be classi- presents the farmer with a beautiful sent standards, a superman, possess be done in the far future can only be fed as adopted daughters. The or with a Pelt that is a perfect imfering all the most desirable physical imagined.
covered in animal, proposals are not put forward on ton of sable staat in a ini mental characteristics? The de- This breeding with a particular end T nebulous lines the hens that extend all their energy in this way is at least as old as written in view savours of creation, but it is
sire to improve the human race whole' machinery necessary is in ther the eggs will be large, medium. with it, seeing in the study of scientist can give offspring no charac-}
laying eggs, and he can decide whe-rec
records. Modern novelists have loy- netually nothing of the kind. The or small. He can give you pink mice, heredity the future hope of the goldfish with grotesquely large eyes, human race. Why do we not start Parent He is a sorter and a mixer, in fact an animal with almost any now to breed this race of super-men characteristic you care to name. who will inherit
The value of the study of heredity
the earth, many centuries hence? In commerce is obvious. Could it be
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In
dicated in the provisions of
teristics which are not present in the Sir George Maxwell's suggested ordinance, which could well be
certainly not a creator. He could not utilised as the basis of the now
produce a race of supermen possessed of the quality of perfect love-unless law. The whole difference be-
he could find a parent with this tween the majority and the
It used to be thought that a man
quality.. But the ordinary attributes was a complete whole, fused in one, minority reports is that the
so to speak, and that his verious
of the superman-enormous strength, former would deal with the whole problem and a clear re qualities could not be separated. munity from disease, and so on-are beauty, keen mental power, im- subject piecemeal, within well- cognition of the realities of the Now we believe that a man is the to be found distributed through the defined limits, whereas
the question. Any fear that a sud-addition of an unknown factor, and humanity specimens of the qualities sum of his quailties, perhaps with the world. Undoubtedly we have in latter envisages a much wider den application of the reforms that there is no reason why these we desire although it might bo approach to the whole of the suggested might meet with op again. These qualities are redistri- many different nations to find them
qualities should not be sorted out necessary to draw on citizens issues involved. One big ad- position is countered by vantage of Miss Picton-Turber- suggestion that there should be to children-no parent ever gives his Hothouse Product Futile
thebuted in the passing on of inheritance all. vill's plan is that unregistered wide publicity and propaganda entire personality to any one child. mui-tsal, of whom there must before the new ordinance is put abnormally in certain circumstances The qualities are also redistributed be many thousands in Hong- into effect. If any real impres such as dual-personality. kong and Malaya, would be sion is to be made on the abuses brought under official notice, of the Chinese system of domes- The Ideal Man and, if the law were strictlytic servitude, within a reason- enforced, there would be little able period of time, it is clear
danger of the evils of the mul that the end sought will not be these qualities, analyse them neatly Why, then, if we can break up
of
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The real difficulty in breeding thin race of super-men is to find-parents who are, in the language of the poultry former of "pure strain." You could form your society for super- men, enrol volunteers prepared to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the human race, secure the services
tsai system being perpetuated attained by tinkering with the on paper, and discard the imperfect, of the fincat biologists in the world, under other names. There is issues involved. It is for this nothing to which reasonable ex-reason that we see in the ception can be taken in the pro- minority report a much more posals contained in the minority satisfactory method than in the report, which is marked by a half measures proposed by the common-sense approach to the other two Commissioners.
should we not reassemble them in an collect your funds but you could
deal form. Theoretically it is possi-not and parents of pure strain. but only to a limited extent and only ble, and it has actually been done, Suppose, for instance, you wish your super-mon. to have blue eyes. with the lower animals. The breeder You select your parent with blue analyses and labels, the qualities of eyes but under those blue eyes may the animals from which he is going be hidden brown eyes, equally pre- to breed. Then by selecting record-
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THE Labour Party has 'always been sumciently comprehensive to include within it various shades of opinion... It offers the true united front.
There is nothing to prevent any-- one who accepts the principles of democracy from coming in and taking nis share of the work, He can work to alter polley or to affect changes in the constitution, but he must loyally accept the decisions of Conference.
No other basia is possible if the Farty is to be an effective force. I hope that the members of the Socialist League will realise this, There is need for Socialist Unity- and it can be had within the Labour Party, but it cannot be nchloved through domination by a minority,
I hope that there will be no personal recrimination. Accusa- tions of ovil motives and disloyalty whether directed against those on the right or left only do harm:" and prevent union.
I hope that all will rally to the- one effective Sociallat Force in this. country, the Labour Party, and will not disrupt its unity in critical: days such as these.
-To-day's Thought- REASON is empty, but its use
is inezhaustible.
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