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Their Majesties the King and Queen recently visited Communal Centres in South London and chatted to people who are without gas and who go to the Central School and get meals for a few pence. Photo shows Their Majesties studying the menu at the Communal Centre. Copyright, Fox).
M.P.'S AMAZING OUTBURST IN COMMONS
MR. H. G. WELLS WAS DENOUNCED AS AN AGNOSTIC REPUBLICAN AND THEREFORE A BAD REPRESENTATIVE TO SEND TO THE UNIT- ED STATES WHEN LORD WINTERTON (CON., HORSHAM) ASKED IN PARLIAMENT WHY HE GOT AN EXIT PERMIT TO LECTURE THERE,
why we should cancel his permit? We are fighting, for liberty: of expression. There is no. half- Iway house. No MP. has the right to preclude the expression of opinion of Mr. Wells or any one else."
“Praying: General??
Mr. Magnay (Liberal-National, Gateshead) interjected that Wells |had no right to sneer at Gort, us
a "praying, general."
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"For years Mr. Wells has been saying to the Mr. Skinwell: "But he is a pray- British public: 'You will always be fools and I willing general, just as you are
praying politician: We don't think never be a gentleman,' and the people good-the less of him for being so de- humouredly acquiesced.
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"It does not matter what he says for home con- sumption; what concerns me is granting such a man an exit permit in the certain knowledge that- The will use all his publicity power to denigrate | [blacken] his country abroad and, of all places, in the United States, wher in this hour of our great- est peril, we enjoy more sympathy for our unity and moral strength than ever before in our history.
"Wells has a peculiar and" bitter | States-his sneers at Labour po attitude towards: what' is after all Ifticians and is description of Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secre- the accepted faith of millions of ary, as the quintessence of people in the world, and not the everything that an Englishman least in the United States..
should not be.”
"Avowed opponents. of Christi- anity get short shrift from the hands of electors in the United States. Yet we allow to go there as representing Britain and British literature, a man who prides himself on being the opponent: of all religion, who says there is no such thing, and that it is mes dieval superstition.”
Lord Winterton repeated the sins" of H. G. Wells as reported in his lectures in the United
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Turning to Mr. Peake, the Home”. Office Under-Secretary. responsible for the grant -"of axie1parmitky: M. Shimwelt sald: "You have a cholco. · Either you cant leave Wölls over there along with Gràcle Flolds and--who is IT MÈ Shinwall" Koritāted-- "Mark Antony?”
Some" ona" paid; ‹ "You- mean Monty Banka!
Mr. Shinyveď)"correctaal” “Ni ma' self): wild gepat laughter, and addede "Awa: Noat? Coward and I believe there le-am 'honourable- member of this Hours: wiro”ffertio: ! Hollywood 'more salubrious than^~ this House.!!:
An MP; "You mear Hawaii.”. "Either you com leave him there": But what really hurt him was fulminating against praying gen Wells's description of Lord: Gort erals and incompetent politicians as "our praying: general"Why there are incompetent politicians should He atthes a man with such even In London or you can brilliant record of gallantry and bring him home" (Mr. Peake leadership as Lord Gort?" he shook his head)--"or put him in. concentration camp Chaty "Kord» Kurt's-orimer in Wells' would please those who are not. eyes is that He dares confess agnostics and not republicans. hime to be, an Ghristian--that--
cried.
he belongs to a creed which
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"A War On"
Mr. Wells-in-His-debli'ning years,}< "No, it won't wash," exclaimed
attacks with such vituperation.
Lord Gort is an easy target Mr. Shinwell after this piece of. because Wells knows that he can thetoric. "Let H. G Wells talk not answer as a serving soldier and talk. Let the Noel Cowards I can imaginė" : an eighteenth coquette, and. the. Gracie Fields century atheist saying: 'Sir, these show their graces. Let them play are indecent words, nay, they are about as they care. We have g worse; they are blackguardly,wur on in this country, and wo
have to win it.....
French Sneers
Mr. Peake said it would be fatal if the idea got about in the United
It made one doubt, said LordStates that we would give poru Winterton, whether Mr. Wells imits only to those whose views still in the full plenitude or his were favourable to the presen mental powers. He hoped that British Government/ amight be. the reason
It must be left to the good-vener).
44 more sinister explanation of the American public to › assess ? was his resemblanga ito!
the value of Mr. Wells' vie writers, who before the we for them.
Dr France, sneered at CH generals and at republient
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Opinion in Parlatnég divided, and MPS VTILI champion in Mr. Shimwe
has frequently eftacked, 23 pur Party
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