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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 14, 1940

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WINDSOR HOUSE

THE NEW EUROPE

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Renan, combating the general view, declared that the great efforts of the human mind manifest themselves more fre quently in times of war than in times of peace. Certainly British states- manship was more flexible and more resourceful un- der the pressure of war between 1914 and 1918 than in any four years of previous history. It is safe to say that almost every reform passed into law in the last twenty years was the result of inquiries and proposals made by the different committees set up to prepare for recon- struction. This is true of housing, health,' indus- trial cooperation, the creation of new public and semi-public authorities, the improvement of our social services, and the care of our neg- lected natural wealth. The bolder and wiser of our public men see that. the same use must be made of this war. Mr. Her- bert Morrison, in an ex- cellent speech recently, said that he hoped that we were beginning shape on the anvil of war our own particular form] of British cooperative society, "a free partner- ship of freely active groups, in which there

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HITLER'S DAY

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STINGUISHED VISITOR

RECEPTION COMMITTEE

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Mr. Bevin, Meet Sir

Anderson!

John

By W. K. BLISS

ers out of employment.

better use of them.

was no room for mutual Mr. Bevin, Minister of Labour, son, who already has hundreds the last war Mr. Frankfin work never done" factory work before, attempts at exploitation, wants to employ in Britain's in-of the desired men under locked on tracer bullet development were selling their products in dustrial war effort "friendly dis-fand key in internment camps, for Germany. Driven out by the March. Their first year's turn- or for sharply differing posed" allens who are now re-But he must hurry, for another Nazi regime, he came to this over was £7,000, 60 per cent. of levels of social and econo-fugees here. He is setting up a ship is scheduled to take many country and set up a factory for it export. They held their own recruiting department at the more of them out of the country the production of fine chemicals despite the war and employed 30 mic opportunity." This is Ministry to enrol these skilled to Australla.

at the Treforest Trading Estate people. an admirable description men.

It hardly makes sense when in South Wales. As the factory! Now, two of the three partners His best recruiting offer may one Minister wants skilled re-is in a protected area, he is no of the form and content turn out to be Sir Johr Ander-fugees at the

are interned-the works manager lathe and work longer allowed to work or live and the chief salesmari. The of the idea of freedom that

bench, and others want to place there. Friends have lost trace of third, business manager in Lon- them behind barbed wire or re-him. Perhaps the Minister of we oppose to the ideas of tration of colonies and move them thousands of miles Labour can find him and make tected area where the factory is don, is not allowed info the pro- the dictatorships. But we dependencies. This would from our war factories. It makes use of his brain for Britain's war situated.

lesa sense when the camps in effort. need to-day far more flex-involve drastic social clude men whose internment has A deeper tragedy lies behind transfer a factory from Berlin to So two partners. who helped to ibility and far more cour-changes in countries tak-

this story. In 1937 a 15-year-old Glamorgan, employed 30 Welsh German boy, son of an Aryan people instead of 30 Germans, age than we needed or ing part. Whether such

father and Jewish mother, was and brought several thousands of thought that we needed in an offer is the best way

sent to this country, his parents foreign exchange here that for- the last war.

determined that he should not be merly went to Germany, are now If we are to begin is matter for dis-

roped into the Hitler Youth Move-peeling potatoes in an internment to hold our own, we have cussion. The important

ment. He studied at the Lough-camp on a hillside overlooking borough College and in holiday Loch Fyne in Argyllshire. to answer the Nazi chal-thing is we should take

time secured temporary work in lenge not by a conserva- the initiative in proposing reduced output of some war ma-He gave brilliant promise.

wireless and engineering factories, Maybe Mr. Bevin can make tive but by a creative the collaboration of the terials and thrown British work-

His father, export manager of a effort, a creative effort in-free peoples in a common There is the case of the zip big German steel works and mas- spired by daring and scheme for economic and fastener factory A year or walcided to turn his back on Nazlism victim. Gustav came from Aus- ter of six or seven languages, de Gustav Holzer, is a similar imagination.

social planning as the ago, German refugees from Nazi

persecution established a zip fas and settle here, and came to this tria because he could not stomach - Federal Union has pub-true method for reor-tener factory over here.

* country · early last year. The Nazlism and brought with him.. There were eight key men in mother remained in Germany till his artistic, and practical skill in lished a vigorous memor-ganising Europe.

the factory seven Germans and she could join him in a new the making of fabric - shawls of andum, “How we shall The plight of Europe one man born, of a Polish father home.

attractive Viennese designs... He win, suggesting methods when this war ends, will Britain and with a stateless The mother is still in Germany started a factory at: Treforest, passport. Their main work was and not interned. - The father is trained local workers, built up a by which the Nazi system call for measures of res- to make, tools and produce new in an Internment camp here. The trade that was nearly 100, per. may be undermined toration and reconstrucsuccessfully on an invention to The father does not know what foreign exchange here and his patterns, and one was worlding son died in the Arundora: Star, cent, export, bringing valuable throughout Europe. The tion that would be far overcome the wastage of from has happened to the boy. The first samples to South Africa authors suggest that an beyond the strength and in metal cutting for zip fasteners. happened to husband and son.

00 to 70 per cent that now occurs mother is unaware of what has brought him orders for three years offer of union, on the lines the resources of any o one They were refused C cortin The year 1837 also brought Mr. Some weeks ago he was in- of the union offered to State. It will need all cates and were interned some (now of Hotborn) to this coun-terned. His firm can carry on for weeks ago when the swoop was try. Mr. X monilifactured, wrist- a time, but the essence of the France, should be made to the power of organising mide on the holders of B. certi- watch straps in Berlin, but, see business is his own designing skill. all peoples who become statesmanship that fentes. The factory so far la ing the red light of intensified Without that it will go under.

carrying on, but there are now Jewish persecution, decided to Not far from his factory is on- free of Nazi domination Europe can command to no men there skilled enough to go while the going was good. other that makes music strings, à and are willing to accept put its life again on any unlikely that all its Air Min-tute was cleverly carried out. He try. It is run by Michael Stein, a Charter of Freedom. The tolerable basis. No mere istry orders can be executed, and sent his partner over here in ad- a Hungarian. It exporta a lot and union offered would in- political settlement will what the futtire of the factory Evance to start manufacturing so produces for this country what will be no one can say.. [that there should be, no brouk in formerly, had to be bought from clude common citizenship save the world. This is When a promise was made in continuity of production and used Germany. and common respon why we have to begin nowrnment of men of this category Borlin business to buy machinery Stein; his wife Marla, "a". Czech the House recently that the in- the proceeds of the sale of his It had four key people-Michael sible authority to control to reconstruct our ideas would be reviewed the directors and stock which he sent over born in Vienna who came here on foreign policy, tariffs, and to transform the plication. They were too late was doing good export business ed son Alfred who had a Nansen of the firm made Immediate ap here. The Germans tliought he an Austrian passport, their adopt- currency, migration, habits of mind that were The eight men are in Canada. for them:

|passport, and an Austrian fore- communications, public bred in the atmosphere of

They started work at Troforest man. All except Michael are in- works, and the adminis- the industrial revolution, for Mr.; & ex-Harr, Franklin in Ingazeminars and girls who had led dispirited to carry on alone a * Mr. Bevin might find a use, too,jin January 1938 and, after train-terned, and he feels too old and

ahead.

make tools and new patterns. It His move to the Treforest Es-craft little known in this coun-