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the fighting mon were called up. And do not imagine that no- body thought of it, for I myself was discussing it with at least one friend, who brought it to the attention of the Government a year ago.
As it is the Stato) that has swent away all forms of enter- tainment, I think it is the State that should arrange to bring them back again. But not ex- .. nelly as they were before. The new conditions will not allow that.
And here the people who clam- our for unrestricted entertain- ment and refer us to the last war scem to me to be doing their cause a poor service, It is not quite so simple as that. We must look before we leap.
There are four arguments against entertainment-on: the old basis: the danger of a raid when people are crowded into theatre, cinema,' concert hall; the black-out regulations mak- ing attendance difficult; the scattering of populations and
have had only one month people we always congratulate the publication of the facts is the unusual working hours; the not a sheer gift to the enemy. desperate financial enterprise of of this new wartime, and it ourselves on being. was only to be expected that If, however, we have before us I add to this my belief that running entertainment at all during this month we should months and months of this new both military men and officials under these conditions. All these find ourselves faced with a war time and many dark win- are bad judges of what the pub- difficulties seem to me to point gigantic list of regulations and ter months not far ahead-we lic should be told, because both one way. Stubbs Rd. prohibitions. The ten command- shall do well to consider how we classes tend to underestimate the For the country at large,
ments have suddenly become ten can best organise our lives so sense and courage of the public entertainment should be imme diately decentralised, simplified. thousand. Over every door is that we can remain the indus- and to be over-cautious.
made more mobile, more acces- written Thou Shalt Not.
trious, public-spirited, healthy- Next: because, there must in-, sible at all reasonable hours, and I have heard very little grum- mined citizens we feel we are at evitably be thousands of pro- guaranteed by the State. Thore bling and, I have not even this moment. We must remem- hibiting regulations, then where should be hundreds and hun- grumbled myself, though a born ber, too, that so far the sun is it is possible at all there should dreds of good small professional lute mood and are capable of far has happened. The real test is a loosening of red tape where or variety performers, sent here, the war is not being directly there and everywhere, giving I believe we can meet it served to make up for the loss perhaps three shortish perfor-
mances a day, rather as they do in popular resorts,
Thongkong Telegraph. grumbler. We are all in a reap- still shining and nothing much be some little gifts of freedom, companies, of actors, musicians
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yet been asked of us.
By J. B. Priestley.
If everybody had been indulg- ing in cheap heroles. I should have been afraid of our staying
What Mr. Basil Dean and his power. But there have been no
organisation did so nobly for the cheup heroics, no publie emo-
in the "News Chronicle"
Camp Theatres in the last war tional orgies, and, as far as I
honourably, no nutter under of freedom elsewhere. Nearly should now be done, with equal know, apart from one stupidly what close restrictions we may everybody will be able to think efficiency, for the whole country. sensational newspaper, no rub he compelled to live, but that is of a few likely examples. hishy hate stuff anywhere, For no reason why we should not
Every suburb, every small town, Next, there should be as much even every group of village once we have behaved like the reflect a little upon our immedi- diversion of the public mind as would have something to divert
gate future and perhaps make n is consistent with our national it during its leisure.
few constructive proposals. safety. I would rank this next Here are some suggestions to in importance to food, shelter,
2 jour Government. The first is health services. It is a great to amuse everybody, especially The B.B.C. cannot be expected no mrsery-hush-hush nonsense. pity that, for example, no im as it is now used as the mouth- We are not behaving like babies, mediate constructive plan for piece of all new official announce. and there is no reason why we national entertainment was not ments, some of which, by the should be treated as such. We put into operation at once, that way, atrike one listener as being are entitled to know the truth entertainers of every kind were far below the level of national war. It can be obtained at the PITCH dark on Saturday night about our situation, so long as net mobilised a few days after importance. dearer price of sacrificed honour, except for one brightly and un-
in a leafy suburban road:. The world could buy peace at abashedly lighted bedroom win- any one of these prices. Hitlerow, streaming into the night. knows full well that his offer is privet hedge, regarding this in
A small crowd, leaning on the tempting. But the world, un- mood that wavered between jocu- Jurity and hostility. An air-raid fortunately for him, knows warden in pyjamas (due on duty at to-day that his price_is_black-being pulled out-of-bed-banging midnight and not best pleased at mail; that, like the blackmailer, he will never be satisfied so long as he can find someone to pay, and keep on paying, the price of dishonourable peace.
on the door, More arrivals in the crowd: a round dozen of dogs, oul on their nightly walk, milling round
our feet in the darkness.
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Then and Now
The Law, summoned by telephone, stepped out of a small car. More bangings. The house was empty: we 46XILAT is my part to be in thisjed up forced the authorities to per- Vainly inside it.
could hear the telephone ringing "WHAT is my toe told may form miracles of extemporisation.
"Has anyone," asked the Law, "an extending ladder?" The crowd slop- ped its pockets facetiously and said
There is nothing more certain thun that the discussions now proceeding, in London between [no.
Britain, France and the Doshall have some fun,"
"Then," said the Law genially, "we
minions-the six countries to whom the so-called "peace" offer has been made-are not for the purpose of deciding whether Hitler's terms should or should not be accepted. That has already been decided.
The very tone of Hitler's address
to the Reichstag is one of the
last for years, and what can I do to
help?" Such, in one form or an other, is the question which to-day is, uppermost in the minds of mil- llons.
nad
There should be some excep- [tions, I think, to this decentralis- Jed, simple mobile entertainment.
In Central London there should. be a fow theatres, and in each large provincial city at least one theatre kept going if only as a symbol of our national culture.
These theartes should be pro tected and provided with shelters, and in them should he found the very finest form of entertainment, no matter in what class it should be.
We should not make the mis- take of supposing that this is To-day the situation as regards employment and man power is dif-the time when our national ferent in several respects.
heritage of culture can be drop- A much larger proportion than in ped overboard. If we are fight! 1914 of Britain's workpeople is al-ing for anything we are fighting The question is inspired by an in.fready engaged on war work. Our for a world in which the mind Glee in the crowd. You couldn't tense desire to pull one's weight already restricted
export and general home trades are help notteing in that group of amiable not unmixed with Impatience that
there is and the spirit of humanity can citizens a touch of excitement, the for the overwhelming majority there therefore, less to lose and fewer flower, but it is no use doing faintest hint of some war hysteria. is no Immediate way in which to give ople to be transferred. But the that if, because we are at war, There were those who' favourert full vent to a passionate desire for changes that have to come will come we turn our own world into a stoning the windows till the light service. But for some it fa olse quickly. was hit. The Law frowned on this. Pecompanied by the shadow of un- "Ir," said the Law austerely, we employment or a greatly reduced in- break an entrance, someone will have come. to mount guard on it till the owner comes back."
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On the other side there has been desert.
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In spite of its mild beginning, the lary Service Act ensures that the
If now and then we have to go war will undoubtedly involve a radi- call will be more methodical und underground, like shivering Democracy is not going to pay The Low took a search-party round one of us and the transition to the very rapidly. For every Englishman more reason why we should cal upheaval in the lives of every deliberate. But it will have to come cavemen, then that is all the the price of another Munich.lowing. One bold spirit charged the dislocation and some hardship. All a great addition to France's limited me a
the back, most of the citizenry, fol-new order will inevitably mean much realises that we shall have to make
determined effort buck door with his shoulder: this is that one can foresee with tolerable man power and that the adenneed maintain interests quite unlike I myself, groping la the dark.be quick and that we shall all know compel us to speed up fining to the the England of the poets and certainty is that the change-over will state of Germany's preparations will those of cavemen, to keep alive best indications that he did not found a small window, fingered it our fate much sooner than in 1914,
open, hauled myself through and
philosophers as well as the make his "offer" with hope of triumphantly descended head-fore-
most into an outside potting-shed. acceptance. For his unreason- Finally, the Law, with a Jemmy in years pre, one of the frat pre-of our maximum capacity will have
As to munitions, the development England of the soldiers and
anilors. able suggestions were couched front door on to it little balcony, to deal with the vest unemployment as in 1914, for nearly a year before have no time for such things its teeth, climbed a post over the occupations of the Government was to begin at once-instead of walling.. If any man says to you "We in terms of reason. There is, wriggled along a ledge, prised that problem which was expected to arise, a large-scale programme was even now, suspect him. He is trying of course, the threat that, what-is dead easy-put out the light, shut organisation was set up to take a to full activity. A Land Army needs which you
The Prince of Wales' Fund was start, drawn up, naked and wonten window-burglary ed to relieve distress and a special] ever comes, Poland is doomed. the window, and came down hand weekly census from all large employ to be mobilised now if we are to it is--and not merely because. In other fields, too, we must leap to subtract from that total for are fighting. Thus But much of the remainder of "Bravo, Homeo" said the crowl; crs so that the und spots could be ensure a great increase in all forma I happen to be an author myself his speech was almost a plen, notebook.
and the Law began writing in its located and openings found in other of agricultural production next sitm-that I trust that the Govern- directions where reservists had been mer; while Germany's submarines keenly' designed to persuade the
The Law, the crowd, the dogs called up, or war work was expected have served notice on us that a shipment will do everything possible departed in perfect darkness.
to be available.
building programme comparable to to see that the public, many of Fronch that they have nothing
These fears proved almost
that of the Inst wer, which only whom will have no other recrea- I have a friend, II, who has many pletely groundiesa and in fact this reached its apex in 1917, must be tion but reading are offered the to fear if Germany is permitted qualities: stern efficiency to retain what she has taken.
among them. He is a member of the means of finding where the supplies of all our resources of men, money books, and, intelligent periodical
no special organisation was used as a begun at once.
In short, the mobilisation for war widest possible choice of good AFS.; and the other day his squad of lens essential. Inbour were to bo was given a real, live fire engine to found and ultimately furnished the and machines which took years to during this new wartime, play with. So they took it down to basis for the war-lime
control of, accomplish has, now to be completed the river, They sucked up the
***in as many weeks. We know from I know the fighting men will Thames at one end and squirted it minn-power..
experience how to do it and there is passionately demand them, for I There were two reasons for this no reason why-with energy and know that I never read more! out at the other.
While I had o grim grip of the unexpected result One was that the drive at the top-we should not eagerly then I did during the deluging de Thaines, an instructor upon the home front for a very long hieved in 1910 before the end of this last war. There are times at: nozzle of the hose, and was earnestly war did not develop its full strain reach the state of organisation ac- fireman arrived:
time and we were able to keep ä year. great deal of ordinary trade going Meanwhile, we have to wolt for you like the deep-sea diver's tlio front when a book seems to under the slogan "Business as usual. the answer to our individual pre-airline,
The second was the rush to Die blems. For the moment, the great Calours. It is true that no provision majority must add patience to the hud, been made for dealing with re- war-time virtues of courage, pernost ovarywhere and we are all eruils who drifted in mufti and. were alstenco and humour, in the full soldiers of n-kind, we shall all housed in commandeered parks and knowledge that before long this need to draw breath from that bulldings. But the influx of halt a country will be called upon to make upper world where the birds are million Army recrulis in seven weeks the greatest effort in is history In addition to 200,000 reservista call-in the cause of freedom,
still flashing in the sunlight.
Hitler is attempting persun sion where, he knows, force must fall. He is attempting to justify himself in the eyes of the world; to prove that the Democracies are the people who have started this war in Europe, and that Germany, is, or will be, when the war on the Western Front really under way, the victim of
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