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“Why_couldn's_they_wait_till_after Christmas before they told them about this no Christmas box business ?”
Sitting on the Fence....by
"said the Sweep,
JELL,” "only
Christmas."
thred more
drinking daya to
"That's right," I said,
"And not much 10 neither."
"No."
do it an,
"St," said the Sweep, "a litto austerity won't do you no orm'
"Nor you,” I said,
"Because we aven't got much to celebrate,"
"We certainly aven't."
NATHANIEL · GUBBINS
"Well," said the Sweep, "Ere's n you wish yourself.”
"Thank you". "And the skin ort your nose." "The skin orf yourn."
The Sparrow
"Unless you want to drink the WHAT'S biting you now?" asked ealth of little old Motatov."
the Sparrow, glaring at his wife, who was crying quietly in the other "Not me." I said.
corner of the Nest.
"If you was a proper Christian you'd wish im a appy Christmas," said the Sweep, "though I expect he'll ave one, without your elp."
"I daresay he will”- "Thom there little old Russian commissors don't
short of nothink."
"Not likely."
"And now they done that thero rouble trick on the people's savings." said the Sweep, "cor strike a light, I reckon the cads of the Russiats Government will ave their beat Christmas, since the revolution."
"They certainly will"
"A couple of bob for every "pound," said the Sweep, "cor-stone the crows, little old Joe Stalin will ave a bit of party on that."
"Not arf he won't."
there
"I used to think them blokes in the City was preity of on the bees and oney, but when It comes to a proper old Addio with the doh-ray-me them there little old Communists take the Uniley · Palmer."
"They certainly do."
"I never
"It's this ARP. they're talking about, she sniffed., thought I should "luc. to see that again" olan
Perhaps you sald, the won't," Sparrow.
"Oh, how could you say such a thing cat, his wife, fresh tears po pouring, down her beak. You sound as you wouldn't care."
"First of all you cry because you think you may live to sceA.R.P. again," said the Sparrow, "then you set up a yell because you think you won't. Make
up your mind what you want."
"It seems so awful with Christmas almost on us. Something always seems to spoll my Christmas."
་་
Turning its attention to the Far East, Moscow is
SOFT-PEDALLING IN THE WEST
By LEON DENNEN
C. for another maten
LOSE observers of Soviet foreign policy fool
soon, aimed at easing tension in Europe to permit the Kremlin to devote its full energies to the rovolt-ridden Far East. ·at"
The Bucharest headquarters of the Cominform, according to a reliable, report, instructed the French Politburo to soft-pedal a scheduled railroad strike. These instructions, also urged" the Communist- controlled General Confederation of Labour to "liquidate as quickly as possible" the French miners' strike.
This order Was signed by Matthias Rakosl Hungarian vice-premier and the late Zhadanov's successor. na chief of the Corninform, and a Russian named Yudin, said to be the Cominform secretary and Stalin's personal representative.
Troubles in Europe, on both sides of the iron curtain, and the rive field for Communist expansion in Asia, seem to be the principal factors which are dictating n more concillary Russian attitude towards the Western powers.
The first indication of a policy shift came when Tass, the Soviet news agency, picked up a Washington rumour that President Truman would meat with Premier Stalin. The second move was made in Paris on November 25 when the Combattants de la Liberta opened a "peace con- ference," sponsored by the French Communist Party.
They are the people who tickets in Christmas
་
Another symptom of change 18 the alleged "disgrace" of Andrei Vyshinsky, Uha vociferous and belligerent spokesman for the So- victs at the UN meetings in Paris. Woll-Informed. circles
that
nell this exponent of the
draws and school
raffles, the first prize usually being removed
803
die-hard
of Russian politics will be from the first-string dip-
A turkey and a bottle of whisky they lomatic line-up.
probably haven't got, and the last.
to
137 consolation prize, a bottle of polsonous port nobody wants drink.
Anyway, I am assuming that they at least have the bottle of port in
"I expect it'll be a bit different," offer, though I doubt it. sold the Sparrow.
"What are you going to do if there's another war?"
"The same as 1 did last time."
"There may not be so much to drink."
"That," said the Sparrow," "has the earmarks of a dirty crack I suppose you have forgotten I was fire-watcher at the Tree Tops Club?" "A fat lot of fro watching you did," said his wife.
"I was on the reserve," said the Spurrow.
"And a fat fot of watching you'll do next time.
"I shan't get much of a chance next time." sald the Sparrow, pre- to leave. paring "One look at an atom bomb Arg and you've had
"Where are you
going now?" "For an
'even- Ing's training at my post," sald the Sparrow, flying out of the Nest.
Happy Christmas
*
.
TO BE REPLACED
He is scheduled to be replaced by Andrei Gromyko, who recently has been singled out for special honours by the Kremlin, with For- eign Minister V.M. Molotov again becoming the chief negotiator with the West. Gromyko is not expected to display a noticeably softer attitude. But the exits of Vyshinsky, whose
Over the years I must have bonu hypnotised into buying hundreds of unsavoury reputation dates back to these tickets. Not once have I ever he Moscow purge trials and wito has become obnoxious to many UN received a prize, not even the con- delegates, might in itself be Inter- solation prize.
preted as a peace gesture.
Not once do I ever remember
While Vysitinsky is not a mem seeing the vendors of the tickets ber of the powerful Soviet Polit- again until a week before the buro, his celipse would suggest that following Christmas.
the "moderate" wing of that body. This, I suppose, is because they is in the ascendancy. These so-called moderates bellove that a Soviet are all one man in different dis-
Communist victories In China, guises who has been hiding, living Peace gesture now, in the face of quietly on my money for a whole would thwart full-scale American
military aid to Chiang Kol-shek.
your
But why is Christmas a little early this year? Why have the Christmas pests been on the prowl before normal people have began to think seriously of the dreadful
business?
✩
Why have the baby spivs been piping their carols before even the silliest woman bas bought Christmas card?
Gone away
The failure of the French mino strike, plus the do Gaulle party's Rains at the expense of the Com
recent elections, munists in the undoubtedly strengthen the posi- tion
don of the Maurice Thorez-Jacques Duclos
"moderate" group In Frenchy Politburo. This is the group that opposed the strike.
the.
It has always been Thorez's con- tention that the French Commun- Isis could fight the Marshall Plan more effectively
within the from Cabinet. Now, because of the Gaullist
threat, the moderate po-
some weeks.
TITOIST HERESY
Why has Mr Bloodsucker, in his litical parties, particularly the M.R. dreamy way, Lavented his usual P-and-Radical- Socialists, would Christmas lle about an Income welcome the Communists' presence I have never had, and wasted the in a reshuffled Cabinet. The elder full effect of his demand-note bomb statesman Edouard Herriot is said to
have by letting me
it before be the prime sponsor of secret Christmas Evo?
negotiations towards this end, which Why are the Christmas draw have been taking place in Paris for CHRISTMAS & a little early this crocks, normally so clever at timing, their victime year. Already dustmen have trying to hypnotizo gone on strike because 60mo of before they are dazed and weakened "If you think the Government them were fired for Christmas-box by the Christmas bulld-up and are
In the satellite countries and held a special conference with the codging, shaming trade unionists ready to be hypnotised?
eastern Germany the Kremin is still object of spoiling your Christmas," everywhere and bringing bluther I can only think they are afraid | plagued by the Titelst heresy. said the Sparrow, "you must be as to the, checks of idealists who had the world will end before Christmas in spite of wholesale purges. Recent developments in Yugoslavia lend "In fact," said the Sweep, "If they crazy as the people who thought such passionate sympathy for the and are trying to eash In.
they arranged the frosts last win- underdog. multi- was capitalists they'd be
strength to reports that Tito ter."
planning to assemble a rival "Com- millionaires they aint already,"
Little spivs who were asking you”,
munist International" in Belgrade. "I never said they arranged any to remember the guy, three weeks
It would be made up frosts," said his wife.”
dashed from Cominform singing before November 5 began
Communist exiles A their benches, shouting Spiva Poland, carols out of tune about December 1
Czechoslovakia, Hungary,. no doubt with the idea of giving and 'Drones,' when a fox-hunt ended Roumania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. grounds of the Rocket Tito recently boasted that Yugoslavia themselves enough time to work in the
Department, Westcoll
had become a haven
for "real their districts thoroughly from end Propulsion
yesterday."-Dally Worker.
Communists" who refuse to follow to end.
D'ye ken John Peel in his murket the Cominform line.
alluation, in Poland also is prey?
troubling Moscow. Ever since D'ye ken John Feet at the break Wladyslaw Gomulka was fired from
of day?
this most of general secretary of the Communist Party for itaism."
the Russians have been purging high officers of the Polish army.
Colonel Hungarian With the spies and the drones in Reves an old M. V. D. hand and
the morning.
reputed chief of the "European Communist Partisan Detachments," has been assigned to this task.
All these things are portents of
"That's right."
"All the same," said the Sweep, "you don't want to git jealous about
I
"I aint," I sata..
a bad Christmas.”
"I never said you did," wald the Sparrow.
"Well, you needn't make insinus tions, especially as you were wishing "I don't suppose you'll' ave such I was dead a moment ago."
"I don't suppose I shall”.
"If you ave any luck you might. git a bit of rabbit.”
"I might."
"Though you'll ave to be careful about catin the wife's bacon ration, I see you can git divorced for that."
“Go on?" I said.
"Car stuff' me with Hitle apples," sald the Sweep, "what a country. You eat all, the bacon in the uggs und git rid of the old woman at the same time. And very nico; too.
"Very nice."
Otherwise insolent people began "Let's talk about something else," to call you sir and madam long said the Sparrow..
before their normal time, which is ten or 12 days before Christmas.
"It's not very nice to be told you ought to be dead. one minute ana that you're crazy the next," said his wife. "I expect that nice Mr Robin will be one of the first in the new "A.R.P.—If not the first."
"He's just the kind of fool whe would be," said the Sparrow.
·
workers NGRY
With his torry load of port he is
far, far away,
And Mr Bloodsucker, the income. tax collector, has posted his dirty letters, which usually arrivo on Christmas. Eve with the Christmas The toot of his horn woke me cards, like
a bomb in a box of from my bed, chocolates,
of
Polish
The
of muti-
from:
... don't think you”, ought to call duls. Mr: B. has taken the Post Where I dreamt of the pigs that a shift in the party line. There is:
him a foot because he's patriòne, Besides, he soos ever so clever, at
a fortnight ahead Early slogan very much to heart.
I'd oft-times bred,
ΣΤΟ
for all the bicod-curdling
oist speeches, by
Marshal
But J.P. was gone and my plys Timoshenko, Molotov and the aged.
all dead,.
dietator himself, that. Moscow is going to adopt a milder tone towards:.'
last time, and I expect he knows all A strange group of crooks you have never seen before and never about this already."" a
If he notice till the spirit of good will
hits them, have also made their To be sold by the splus "the the west, especially on the hot appearance before their time,
-"He'll be ever so clover does," sold the Sparrow." "Why?" asked his wife,
NANCY
I'VE GOT
THE BLUES TODAY
Tears of Joy Now
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