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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 6, 1940.

Cheayy Sipreme Court

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War For A Way Of Life: Mr. Attlee's Commons Speech

The Maxton Fallacy

REPLYING FOR THE Government to the Debate on the Speech from the Throne in the House of Commons yesterday Mr. C. R. Att lee addressed his remarks to Mr. James Maxe ton, who proposed the amendment to the Speech and who covered the ground of his col- leagues' arguments with all his accustomed vehemence.

Mr. Attlee declared there was a funda- mental fallacy throughout Me.. Maxton's speech. It was that there was a choice be- tween on one side, a terrible war, and on the other, all the beauties of peace.

"I am not," said Mr. Attlee, "in a position to say when our war aims will be stated but I. can say we are trying to estab-

·lish a peace of all tree peoples such as we civilised peopies un- derstand it, which is not a peace in which everybody is subduca to the will of one man nation.

or one

"You must replace anarchy by ordered peace and bace that ordered peace on or must dered justice.

"We want to build a new on a foundation of liberty giving the individial in nation an opportunity to cognise to the tull his or personality.

world-

the great mass of workers every country.

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The first speaker to oppose the amendment was Mr. James Griffiths, member of the Labour Party, who, citing the example of Marshal Petain's actions, said the question before Britain was not peace or war but capitula, tion or survival,

Sir Percy Harris (Liberal) also opposed the amendment and Mr. James Walker, Labour member ment had been put before the Na- for Motherwell, said if the amend on tional Labour Con.erence if would Every have been overwhelmingly de-

re-feated. her

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"it is directly there that come up against the Fa.cist idea that the individual is nothing.

Cannot Lay Down Law

winding up the debate in favour of the amendment Mr. James people in the world prefer peace, Maxton said the majority OL

Liberty And Justice:

Attlee, replying, asked those sup- The Lord Privy Scal, Mr. porting the amendment whether they believed in liberty and social justice.

ARMY'S LATEST MACHINE GUN

Special factories have been built for the manufacture of the Beca machine-gun, the latest of Its type to be adopted by the British Army. The gun is made in two calibres, 7.92 and 18 mil- Imetres, or .312ln, and .691in. Based on the principle of the Bren gun which has a calibre of .303 in, the same as the army rifle, the Besa can be mounted on tanks or used on the ground. From the 7.92mm, model approximately 3,000 rounds can be fired In 30 minutos without change of bar- rai. With the use of two barrels 7,000 rounds have been fired In 30 minutes, Eight hundred rounds have been fired from the 15mm, weapon in from eight to 10 minutes when two barrels have been used. The Besa Machine Gun is shown above 5tted-In the Tank with a 2-pounder gun. so that both can be used. (Copyright; Fox).

ARREST IN

DOUBLE

MURDER

"We believe you can broaden and expand the principles we have adopted here not adopted only but extended steadily to the British Commonwealth and throughout the British Empire If Herr Hitler refused to listen || an extension of wider political, to what they called a point of personal and economic liberties." reason and rejected the plea for

In conclusion Mr. Attlee said: liberty and social justice put for- WITHIN FIVE HOURS. OF A "We cannot lay down the law ward by; supporters of the amend | DOUBLE MURDER IN THE to the rest of the world. and ment, would they fight or glvo | CHUNG HWA BOOK we do not wish to do so.

COM- We way?

PANY'S PREMISES IN GIL- can only say here is our way

Mr. Attlee said he had great MAN'S BAZAAR EARLY YES- of life."

respect for those who hold-ab-TERDAY MORNING, THE PO- salute pacifist views, and speke | LICE ARRESTED A CHINESE, of the work done by George ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN Lansbury,

CONCERNED IN THE. SAVAGE]·

ON TWO EM-

Mr. Attlee sat down amid some of the warmest Minis- terial choers heard for some time past.

The Independent Labohr Par- ty, amendment to the Adress, was defeated by 341 votes 4 and the Address was adopted. -Reuter:

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PLOYEES OF THE COMPANY. The coolie, Wong Shu-kam, who was admitted to the Queen Mary Hospital, died at 10.45 a.m. yesterday, the bodies of both men have been removed to the mortuary.

"There is no one in the House | ATTACKE who is not impressed by the hor ror of this war or the sight of mangled bodies and broken homes but there is something worse than ther killing of the body and that Is the killing of the soul," Mr. McGovern Argument Attlee said amidst cheers.

"The great tragedy is that thero The Commons was debatings in the heart of Europe this the amendment to the King's Speech put down by the Indepen- dent Labour Party regretting

Government has failed to set forth the terms upon which a truce: might be made!! and sug gesting the calling of a conference Ey means of which the war, might bo brought to an early conclusio

Mr. Motovera: in movingeththi- amendment said a growing num.

·ber of British pospici.beloved: the conflict should be ended and coul be held dfirenzon was allowed to "supqrcede" brute forces. -

After investigation by the C.ID, the police virited the great and talented race whose Company's premises in Queen's young men have been trained to Road Central, yesterday after- go back to barbarism::. A great noon, and following interroga- many of the. German people have tion, arrested one of the - em- peen.corrupted by this abomina-ployees. ble dictatorship

Hitler has this grip ón Europe and hip people and 18:18 net>ap ing to be loosened by a few nice wards: from supporters of thin amendment." -

NEW TERRITORIES RELIEF ASS'N

Mussolini stondi were not those of 1Hd ideais ion which Hitler and highly civilised: human beings.

The grant difficulty confrunting Members of the Now Territories the Government was that Britain Relief Association Committee

Je: Hari Hitlar made a spacot In the Relöka ng, that continued was up against a people who did acknowledge with grateful) ap- the Prime Minister:should make not accopy the boginnings of the

preclation and thanks the follow-

a raasunod: reply sinthe Comfoundation and detancos for mowing donations and gifts towards mongvplying the hoad of the déi elvilicatiom Britsh: Wire- German State with questióng as | 12557

to what kind of word heien- vienged afterlife war end:wirat he intended, tondo in courtala countries to-day underse Näet:|| domination.

Seconding the Amendment MEL. Campbell Stephon said the Inde pendent Labour Party, just as members of oth parties, dread- ed the possibility of a German

SUCCESS OF GEN.

WUS TOUR

the maintenance of the Clin'cs and Hospitals. operating in the villages: Mr: Aw Boon How $1,000, Cheung Chau Elders $100.00, Mr. Chan Harr $30, Mrs. Rouse (4th parcel) socks, for babies and:. Messrs. Nestle Milk Co. two cases of condensed milk

month...

Nearly $5,000,000 in contribuoach tions, hog" been raised by South.

as Chinese-ast result of the tour of the St.alts Settlements by General *** Wü 2 Teh-chen, Minister of Overseas Affairs, it was officially stated in Chung Icing yesterday-Reuter

* Moral Gesture. The time had come when Britaiń should make a great moral gesture The s.s. Fatshan returned from to the worldy and offer ponce to Camion at 6 pm. yesterday with the other side on a busts of justice a capacity number of passengers to all people and thus give hope to on board

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Central Magistracy, this morn wounding his brother with a QUEEN'S BUILDING ing, on Chan Fu-chos, 30, for chopper on November 23.

Dot Sergeant. W.- Summers prosecuted.

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