THE HONGKONG... TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, DECEMBER
5, 1988,
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In Book They Tried to Stop, Ex-Secretary Launches
BITTER ATTACK MacDONALD
"Double-crossed
the Cabinet
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That Ramsay MacDonald in the crisis of 1931 "double-crossed” both his Socialist Cabinet colleagues and the Conservative and Liberal leaders is the burden of a bitter and trenchant attack, published recently by his former Parliamentary Private Secretary, Mr. L. MacNeill Weir, the Socialist M. P. for Stirling.
The author wrote The Tragedy of Ramsay Mac- Donald (Secker and Warburg, 15s.) while his old chief was still Prime Minister of the National Government. But he has found public-tion "a difficult and even dan- gerous adventure":
tried
"Persuasion Wax first. I WILS told the publication of a book nt- tacking Mr. MacDonald and the National Government would nol he tolerated.
Later, persuasion de- veloped into coercion.” Mr. MacNeill Weir states that: he
was threatened with libei actions and prosecution under the Official Secrets Act. One) inquirer as to the delay in thei appearance of the book was told that "the Prime Minister! doesn't like it." "SHOT AT"
The author
saw Mr.
author contends, tot only of sup- pression, but of perversion of the truth:
The must glaring instance of this was when MacDonald came to the Cabinet and declared that the Tory and Liberal leaders considered the £56,000,000 cuts provisionally agreed upon as ab- solutely inadequate, and de- from £25,000,000 to manded
110,000,000 mere, "the bulk of which must come from the un- employed."
This, as was discovered later,
was a tule that both Sir Herbert Somel and Mr. Neville Cams
berlain vehemently repudiated in
したい Bunce of Commons.
Equally misleading,
according to
MacDonald Mr. MacNeill Weir, was the version Which M MacDonald g to the formed. Conservative and Liberal
at Downing-street on the day the
National Government was
The
ders ut
ON RAMSAY
NIS
To clear railroad Rues of mines laid by Arab terrorists in Palestine, armoured cars matured by Royal Engineers and loyal West Kents-n duned the "Suicide Squad"-are sent ahead of trains. A projected mine sweeper explodes the mines before the cars arrive directly over them. Above, an armoured car proceeds ahead of a train near Tuikaru.
asture a
Conservative. "He never : acted precipitately; he had always aj hundred rong for not acting af all."
IN PRIVATE LIFE
He claimed, as the bitter critic.;
naan, of simple taste amet only habits:
To be a
"
In theory, he would enjoy the e rural Amelu.ion of a filtle village on the south east. In reality, he heriet from it to the crowded beach
it Brighton to make "protres along the promenade -the
observed, of all ebservers The real MacDonald was much more of the Sybarite than the aucherite
and urged him to explain his actions The Socialist Cabinet's attitude to-1 at a meeting of the Parliamentary wards the cuts. Labour Party next day. The Prime! auther suggests that the idea i
He had few friends. "It is dic- Minister replied that he was return- National Government with him-i ing to Lussiemouth that afternom.
elf at the head had been in Mr. Mar- fruit to think of any man looking on "Do you think that I am going Donald's mind for some time. him with affection; it is impossible there to be shot at by those follows?" In 1929. Just before the formation think of him holding that affection he asked. He proeceded to justify
the second Socialist Government,on, his decision
MacDonald trusted nobody. to forin National
fold that Mr.
MacDonald He had a feminine avidity for sean- Government.
secretly approached Lard (then MF.) Baldwin in order to "malce a dealsial and, with characteristic disloyal- with the Tories to keep Labour in would listen to any aspersion er
tice.
lient of his Ministers an
night on
11
Wich
His mal Indictment against the bankers--and foreign bankers at that... It was a bold thing for MacDonald to do
this charging of France and America with dictation. It was a gigantic bluff. He knew that he was running the risk of its being called on both sides of the Atlantic.
Mr. MacNell Weir goes so for as to suggest that a telephone call put through to New York by Mr. Mac- Donald; while the rest of the Socialist Ministers were in the gar- den at No. 10, was a hoax. "MISLEADING"
As a negotiator he was guilty, the 1
We are
“UNPOPULAR"
before
Premiership!
Loug ended, says Mr. MacNeill Weir, Mr. MacDonald had become must un- popular:
reception, from both sides of the House, when he inter- vened in debale, was significant. 1 was definitely unfriendly, of- ten discourteous, and sometimes contemptuous.
He went, and he wasn't kicked out. It may be that he stepped out one jump attend of the kick.
From
felt
most days he spent his time lis- tening luxuriously to the "tinsel elik of compliment." In a sur- of sycophaney, the most pre- cious hours
of the day were The evening, too, was passed. often spent in the role of society lion in the salons of Mayfair.
The maxim de mortuis nit nisi bon- um should not, the author thinks, be held to apply to the political conduct of a statesman. He has certainly not allowed it to modify his rancour
His blographer regards him as by against his former chief.
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DAIRYING PROBLEM IN NEW ZEALAND
Auckland.
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Twelve girls will be admitted once, straight from school. They must have obtained the London Matriculation or School Certificate. They must also live within 10 miles of the hospital. There will be no fees. In fact, in special cases, they will receive bursarships of £20 each. The girls will be required to at- tend the hospital five days a week,
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is no actual shortage of nurses at the moment," the matron (originator of the scheme) said, "The number of nursing hospitals has increased with the greater facili ties in nursing. We anticipate that Mr. McKenzie, chairman of Co- many more nurses will be wanted operative Dairies, in a speech drew when the 90-hours fortnight begins, attention to the fill in the production "At the end of the year the girls of primary commodities. The problem will be able to choose whether they was becoming a serious one, he said, will take up nursing or not." for on a long term view the busis for At present girls of 18 and over are The prosperity of the Dominion was taken for three-months ever-increasing production.
ihey Last season's output of the dairying contract to continue their work.
bationary period, after which business was six per cent, down, and condo for the present season showed a 10 per Nawagai. Each hopes that the vic cent. fall. The Province of Auck-tor may gain a position of power and land was producing less lumbs' wool.influence in Bajaur and adjoining
Dairying had suffered from the tribul areas. The Government drought, the eczema epidemic, and Indla has made it clear to both par shortage of farm labour. People ties that it desires an early peaceful would soon be going out of the dairy settlement. trade.
AUSTRALIA
SPEEDING UP AIR MAIL TRANSFERS
Sydney.
An Interesting experiment has been carried out which will make for
pro-
Birthday Amnesty-On the gera- sion of the 27th birthday of tho Maharaja of Travancore, amnesly has been granted to all political pri soners arrested during civil dis- obedience movement by the State Congress party. KENYA
greater speed in the transfer of oir SCHEME TO INCREASE malis for Britain from New Zealand.
SETTLEMENT
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These are now being transferred direct by tender from the incoming steamer from New Zealand to the Plans for increased white nettle. flying boat lying in Rose Bay, the ment in Kenya will shortly be before terminal in Sydney harbour of the the Colony. A committee has been Empire air
service. The New Zealand air mail for Bri-a sclisme. There is much less Crown working for some months preparing tain, costing only 11⁄2d. a half-ounce, land available now than formerly. is still larger than the air mail from The new scheme will be based on Australia, where the postage is 5d. sub-division of present holdings. Australian firms are sending circulars
A publicity expert has been en-
to Britain by way of New Zealand gaged to spread a knowledge of Ken- and back. The total cost by this ya conditions in Great Britain. Dur- roundabout route is 34d. The time ing the depression. Kenya lost 200 taken is
is still much less thun by the white settlers and 0,003 neres have ordinary mail ship.
gone out of European occupation. Now Pacific Line, A new direct UGANDA cargo and passenger servee is to be established between Northern Aus- trallan ports and the Preific const of America. The Thor I., a new ship with a
· a speed of 12 knots, is to leave San Francisco in January with gen- eral cargo, and is To be followed by another vessel in February.
RELIEF FOR COTTON GROWERS
Ib.
Kampala.
growing in Uganda the Government For the Immediate relief of cotton
Bloom Defence Vessel-The first of the industry, in an Interim report, Commision which is inquiring inte the three boom defence vessels being recommends that the export duty built at Cockatoo Island Dockyard, should be reduced forthwith to le. Sydney harbour, has been launched. The vessel, named Kookaburra-after per
The maximum inning Australian bird commonly knowning season at 10e. 1d. per lb. Re charge should be fixed for the ensu as the laughing foclans will begistration of buyers is suntested to equipped to erect and operate sub-put an end marine booms at the entrances of malpizellers which have been all too 16 the cheating and harbours.
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