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CLASS STRUGGLE AMONG NATIONS

temperaments. These three na- tions arrived late on the world stage, Germany and Italy because of their retarded realisation of its two and a half centuries of national unity, Japan because of

self-imposed seclusion. All found the richest colonial areas of the world already pre-empted. All have committed themselves to the philosophy of improving their position by means of powerful armaments and by the use of force or the threat of force.

Overwhelming aversion to these methods and dislike of should not obscure the fact that many of the ideas behind them

the "have not" nations do possess economic grievances. In the same way no reasonable student. of history, however much he might abhor the excesses of the French and Russian Revolutions, would be disposed to deny the existence of abuses which helped to provoke these revolutions.

One of the most obvious dis- abilities of a country which is lacking in natural resources

Hong Kong, Monday, July 31, 1939. within its own customs frontier is that, in the present age of tariff protectionism, it often can- not sell its own products freely · so as to obtain the means of pay- ing for the raw materials which it needs. The best chance of An important aspect of the preserving peace in the present present era of international high explosive world would seem to lie tension is the development of a

in the ability of the Western de- mocracies to steer a middle course class-struggle. psychology among between bellicosity and weakness.. nations. Germany, Italy and Ja-The recent expressions by res- ponsible British and French: pan, which have entirely re-

statesmen of readiness to discuss pressed or greatly restricted the economic grievances while refus- familiar disputes between labouring to tolerate political changes and capital within their borders, by force are pointed toward this often pose as injured "proletar-middle course. [ian" nations which are being shut out of their fair share of eco- nomic benefits by the "plutocratic democracies."

Already the recent visit, to Quite significant in this con- London of the official company of nection is an excerpt from a re-the Comedie Francaise seems to cent editorial in the National So-be bearing fruit, in spite of the fact that the triumph of the cialist Party's official newspaper, Continental players of 1939 was. the "Voelkischer Beobachter": not so overwhelming as that of The democratic Western po- the visit of 1879, when Sarah: wers to-day play the part of an Bernhardt and Coquelin dazzled. over-rich capitalist who stub- and astounded crowded and en-- bornly refuses a piece of bread chanted audiences.

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Real Repertory?

to a hungry man and then The fact is that the English: screams "aggression,” "as-theatre has always been deeply sault," when the hungry man influenced by France, Dryden at last seizes the bread him-modelled his plays upon contem- self.

porary French dramal Bernhärdt: And "Popolo d'Italia," a news-inaugurated an era of great per- paper which Signor Mussolini sonalities in the theatre. To-day often employs as a medium for the example of the Comedie expressing his views, emphasised Francaise appears to have inspir a fact which is too often over-led the Old Vic, London's "only! looked when it recently brought theatre with a permanent policy, out a certain psychological to establish a system of re- affinity between Communism and pretory. Fascism, thus:

It is true that there are re-

An abyss separates Com-pertory theatres all over Britain. munism from Fascism and an These theatres are playing a abyss, no less profound, separ-heroic, and successful part in the ates it from the democracies. present dramatic renaissance, in But the two abysses are en-England. But, in spite of their tirely different. For Fascism name, they are not, real repertory. and Communism are two re-theatres. For they present a new volutions.

play each week, Instead of The line-up between poor and changing the bill nightly, thus. rich nations is not, to be sure, keeping a permanent roster of altogether clearcut. Poland, which plays, any one of which may be is closely allied with Great Bri- revived at any moment. tain and France, has no colonies This is what is done at the and its standard of living is ap- Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at preciably lower than that of Ger- Stratford-on-Avon but hitherto many. The Soviet Union, whose the difficulties of the position is more ambiguous, also have seemed insuperable hay 'standard of living that sug-don... manage gests Asia rather than Europe. ever, the Old veen Germany Italy and its inte

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