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TUESDAY, JULY 0; 1937
NON - INTERVENTION OUTLOOK
to
TWO "RELIGIONS" THAT
SPLIT THE
WORLD
TERE is the international faith of
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a young Englishman of 34, un- attached to party, who looks with open eyes on the world as he sees. it to-day.
What he sees will not be palatable to the complacent British patriot-of Right or Left. To some of his argu- ments there are demolishing answers.
The Telegraph publishes it as a refreshing piece of frankness in a world too much given to cant and muddled thinking.
that Remember
wholesale lished themselves so successful- Beware that your natural ITHOUT claiming ly in all parts of the globe, and I leaning towards progressive or murder, possibly involving your to represent any hope that the great settlements left-wing ideas does not betray own wife and children, wili settle opinions but my which they founded will even- you into an unholy alliance with nothing-not even a difference of financially interested 'opinion about how nations should own, I want to state my tually outgrow Mother Country the
remembering "patriots" who, in all' countries, be governed, viewpoint as a man of 34 sentimentality.
your most dangerous.
When I am told by Socialists old enough to have been that every nation was a colony are
enemies.
that they are not opposed to the infected by the disillusion-
Certainly I am not prepared to Do not allow yourselves to be German people, but only to ment of the last war, young fight voluntarily for the main- taken captive by words and Fascism, Hitler and militarism, enough to be directly in- tenance of the Empire idea as labels. Remember that Fascism I shudder like the man in Ibsen in stopping the visualised by big business, to is only a word that may be ap- confronted with the gibbering terested
whom a colony is something like plied to anything from an effi- next.
once.
my
Kaiser,
a branch in a system of chain eient farm settlement to a loutish ghosts of dead ideas. In stores.
assault on a Jewish pawnbroker; boyhood the bogeys had different that democracy may mean any names-Kultur, - the thing from the triumph of a Prussianism.... Roosevelt to a stupid land-slide engineered by the Terrorstruck the Opposition's utterances on
Nevertheless, it is in some of
Italo-German opposition the Anglo-French proposal for filling in the gap in the naval patrol scheme, caused by with-
I love my country too much drawal of German and Italian
But the Imperialists we have ships, has created a situation to talk patriotism. The only which can only be described as enemies from whom I wish to always with us.
Pronouncements that the Gov- defend it are those at home who lamentable. Rome and Berlin-
ure seeking to betray it by re- ernment is not considering even Press. are at pains to blame Paris and viving the 1914-18 spirit.
the return of Germany's former
Germany, half-hearted though territories are received in semi- Whatever evils you find in London for the impasse, on the I am ashamed of England's at- approving allence by a
docile Fascism, ask yourselves whe they are, that one can find a ray grounds that the counter-titude in foreign affairs, parti- Opposition which has persuaded ther that hated movement is not, of hope, a suspicion that conver- proposal, involving the granting cularly of its attitude to Ger- itself that hostility to Fascist in some measure, a sign of the sion is not out of the question.
Certain it is that an Opposi- of belligerent rights to both many, typified in the colonial methods must imply hostility to growing fury in frustrated na-
all the aspirations of a Fascist tions against the hypocritical tion change of front in the direc-. nation.
your own tion of greater friendliness to- The fact that we
now hold
wards Germany would have a This is what I would say to all country.
Don't forget that it is not so twofold effect of immense im- territories of our ex-enemies men of military age, and espe
the scheming of the
portance. makes our attitude far more in- cially to those who believe, as I much
worth Machiavellian few, as the mud- flammatory than it was, before do, that the only war
First, it might succeed in 1914.
waging is that against the dis- dled emotions of the well-mean case, ignorance and mental ing many that makes wars possi- creating a British mentality cap- kind:
able of seeing Germany from Germany's point of view.
Secondly, a pro-German ges- ·
parties in Spain, has met with
a cool reception. Sight appeara to be lost, however, of the fact that any cause for believing that British and French naval vessels would operate the scheme in other than an impartial manner is disposed of by the Anglo- French offer to permit the pre- sence of neutral observers on
question.
With infuriating self-com- placency Britain, pocketing|
possessiveness
ble.
of
the profits of imperial pre- WIRELESS BAD MANNERS ture from so unexpected a quar- ference, drops unofficial hints
Out of Place
many cases
such
a
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ter could not fail to blunt the "anti-Red" edge of Hitler's tomahawk.
the
the patrolling craft. Actually,
to Germany that the value of neither Britain
RE your wireless manners, good that you have to raise your voice to nor France
colonies is an illusion. Our Em-
have make a remark and strain your ears or bad? Perhaps you
to catch the reply. A touch on the wants to carry the whole burden pire trade benefits are an illu- never thought about the matter at
conversation. But in
Here let me say that I resent of the patrol scheme, which will sion in a more subtle sense than all. Radlo is 61 a sufficiently re-fawitch, and you could hold a normal
cent invention not to have evolved thoughlessness prevents
even that class of propaganda mean heavy expense, to say our statesmen suspect; because its own code of ethics, but n mo- simple action.
Very few of us listen properly. which confines itself to damn- nothing of the constant strain the envy which they excite mayment's consideration will show that,
If there is none already, it is high Mostly we rent or knit at the same ing the internal political system in the end; provoke a war that time we thought seriously about time. But there are certain things of Germany. placed on those operating it.
lo which we like to give our undivid- smashes the Empire, together making one. The trouble has, in point of fact.with the rest of civilisation.
Bad manners are almost invariably ed attention. It may be the news, a Are we expected to believe the result of thoughtlessness. Wire-variety programme, or a symphony been created as a direct conse-
The Empire, Mr. Eden tells us, less bad manners are no exception. concert it all depends on our mood. that this great and cultured An example of them that is given Yet the habit of doing something State now fills, in the European quence of Italo-German with is one of the things for which I the greatest publicity is that of the else whilst listening is so widespread scene, a role akin to that of the drawal from the patrol system and my generation must be pre-person who has a powerful set which that it is a common occurrence to be black-moustached villain in a
he uses to the utmost, of Its capacity, forced to indulge in a conversation Having themselves withdrawn,pared to take up arms. I for so that his neighbours must listen to when we would far rather listen in millgirls' novelette? for no reason that can be des-one am not willing to fight for the programme he has chosen, whe-silence. Nobody would interrupt in
Finally, let me forestall ther they want to or not. The sum that way at a concert or a theatre, Ger-anything of the kind.
mer is the worst time for this yet it is thought nothing of in the cry of "Blackshirt," which some cribed as adequate, both 6th
nfliction, for open windows provide home. I am glad and proud that my less protection than usual against
of my remarks will doubtless many and Italy now claim the,
provoke, with a brief affirmation right of saying who shall operate adventurous forefathers, estab- the home broadcaster.
of political faith. I believe that But that is only the most obvious form of wireless bad manners. There Suitability of programme provides ultimately the human race can the sorvico. This attitude im-
Is and its material salvation only measure of distrust in foreign planes and warships are other forms which, although they another problem. Surely it pllos a
Bo not annoy the neighbours, betray little incongruous to sit reading and
some form of communistic Anglo-French polley which is hovering around the war-torn a lack of consideration for one's smoking when a church service is
distribution of the world's wealth not warranted by the facts. The nation. In such circumstances, family and visitors. The vast in- being broadcast? It is possible
crease in the use of all-mains re-read or write whilst music is being among individuals, as among bringing forward, at this stage, incidents appear to be inevitable ceivers has been responsible for one played, but talking distracts the nations.
doing of the question of belligerent and the danger is that in a enter for these sets are so low that something else, the best thing to do
unfortunate development. Running mind. So if we really are rights only serves to complicate highly-armed Europe, governed they are often lett running all day, is to switch off. In any case.
a church As for the present confusion- the situation. If Germany and for the most part by military, is difficult to understand why any church service is no less Italy are sincere in their desire Fascist and semi-Fascist dicta- one should want to have a set going service because it is being broadcast, when I contemplate all the eager
throughout their waking hours.
revolutiinary spirits of the world to see non-intervention work, torships, incidents may easily
But the very case with which we feverishly splitting themselves. can receive wireless entertainment into two camps, each of which the least they can do is to co-lead to war. Absolute with- Half-Listening
terids to make us ill-mannered. It is
to raises the Socialist banner while operate in the naval patrol drawal of all foreign influences
An age of noise, sny the scientists, so simple to switch on the set scheme Jand, what is of even in the dispute can alone remove is making us like noise for its own entertain a friend who has dropped cach accuses the other of being sake. We are uneasy when we are in, that we overlook the fact that the tool of vested interests, I am greater importance, show some the danger of such develops But that explanation is not probably he came to listen to us and concrete disposition to facilitate ments. At the moment, the wholly satisfactory. It seems pro- not to our radio, and in any event reminded of the religious con- the withdrawal of all, foreign whole question of non-interven-bable that laziness, the great cause has a set of his own. The art of flicts with which the European.
In the matter. Laziness not methods, for we rely less upon our forces now fighting in Spain. tion is being referred to many of radio bad behaviour is at the root conversation is being killed by such peoples wasted themselves in the Only by such a method can the nationa, with
switching off when we don't want to own resources to provide entertain-Middle Ages. of
listen, and laziness in only hallment and become careless hosts.
Thinking of the real campaign" conflict be localised. It is now strong support for the Anglo-lstening when we pretend that we In fact, wireless is a great boon almost a year since the civil war French proposal. It is to be are. But it is distinctly bad munners which we do not as yet fully under- of man against nature, I can only are like children with a new toy, these black and red flag-waggérs broke out, and in the interim hoped that, even at this eleventh to have a perpetual background of stand how to handle. At present we turn impatiently, away from
noise when we entertain visitors. there has been steady inflow hour, some satisfactory method If you went to visit someone, you All the old ones are discarded for a and ccho with vehemence the cry
while and the new one worked to of foreign troops, foreign volun- of dealing with the crisis caused would feel insulted If a third person death. But whereas toys, oven new of Mercutio: "A plague on both..
talked or sang during the whole of ones, lose their hold upon us, wire your houses !". teora, diplomatic and technical by the uncompromising stand your conversation. experts and advisers, to say taken by Germany and Italy will hostess would allow such a thing to less bad manners, once acquired may
happen. Yet plenty of them wiH let well be kept throughout life.
Eric Watkins Robert Allen nothing of war material, with be evolved..
their sels blare away, with the result
indications
of
No
Dr host
and it should be treated as such.
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So much for the remote ideal.
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