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OBITUARY In armory of our dear WILLIS who passed over to the other side early Monday, 18th March 1940. - -

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"And the trumpety shall gound and the enbals clash." Sorely

minned."

11 Kowloon Friends,

Harrod Plan

Poverty mide plenty has long been a problem that economisty have tried to solve. An entirely new solution to this dilema has

just been advanced by Roy Harrod who, though still in his forties. has established himself as Ox ford's leading economist. Harrod, aliberal and a firm believer in free trade and private enterprise, claims that his plan, unlike those

marty uther

economists,

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Their passions rise to fever pitel; their voices are strident; and while now and old loyalties fontle and compote, they affect not to henr the

of dictata noconsity invoking them to com- bine against a common perli.

The now turmoil afflicts the British Commonwealth of Nations more than any other of the great empires of the world..

By our history we have given Our huge hostages to fortune. Doancasions were extended all over the globe by force at a time when

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other nation could compete with us in the arts of war or in dustrial prowess.

In the present century the 1 petus to conquest has vanishod. More than any other empire In history

have revealed the WC capacity to relinquish what cannot hold, to win allegiance by policy where we could no longer retain it by force.

In all our history the crude am-

bition of the empire builders has ventually been softened by the assertion of the ideals of the other England, the people who loved her for the dreams of liberty humanity, and social advance with

and

which her name was associated.

Dwarfs All

all

But the crisis which confronts our country to-day dwarfs which have preceded it. No one in his senses can imagine that the can be military strength which mustered front these islands will be sufficient alone to sustain us as a World Power.

The vain task could be attempt. only if we transformed our- selves into a Sparta where the

By Michael Foot, M.P.

Asia. Thus, and only thus,, can we hope that these Insignificant Islands in the North Sen will con. Linue to play a formidable park in the affairs of this planet.☛

It's Critical

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The challonge. I more critical for us that the others. Neither the Soviet Union nor the United States is faced Immediately with Buck immense political decisions which must shape the whole

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mands of the single world which has been forged in this war.

There are even volcos pleading that we should do the same.. For instance, there le "the pompous" Lord Woolton, with a chorus of Tory newspapers cheering him on.

Ernest Bevin has given them straight answer. "Food." He anys, "is the immediate problem of the For East. Ja it right, on either side of the House, or in another place, to talk about this matter Each can afford, for a period al (which is precisely what Lord least, to concentrate on its own Woolton and the Tory newspapers problems and to neglect the sum-do) as if it referred only to Great mons of world responsibility.

future.

The Itussins have a huge prob- lem of reconstruction facing them within their own domains. Outside those domains they seem reticent in undertaking common tasks. They look with no dis- favour on disturbances

Britain?

Are the 500 million people of India and the East British subjects or not?

"I put the challenge to every body who intends to refer to this If we problem in the future. claim to be an Empire, and to be which responsible, then the talk cannot! might undermine our position, only be about these islands; it disturbances must be about the people in the threaten the prospects of world British Empire."

cven if the Jan ด

recovery.

U.S. Apathy

tho

of revival

The Americans, possessing huge resources untouched by the war, which could enormously nasist the, prospects of rehabilitation, are restrained by Ssulotionless,

Their process of demobilisation in described by Mr. Sumner Welle as a tobogganalide" and by other responsible Americans as "n disorderly retreat from the battlefields of Europe." Thelni economic programme is designed

.

Face It

That challenge is unanswerable, And it is a natural irony that the most raucous supporters of Lord Woolton's ideas in the Press are the name who imagine in their

that Britain's fully

imperial heritage can be maintained by the display of force siens,

worat They are, a ever the enemica of the British people and the very Empire which they claim Lo champion,

It is fortunate for us that they at this hour. In defiance of their wretched isolationiem, the British Government has taken the initia tive in Europe, in Asia, at UNO, in assistance to UNRRA, in sum moning the world to fight the crusade against hunger.

TO-DAY IN EUROPE

By

RANDOLPH CHURCHILL

London-Tho other day, a friend of mine went to the greyhound races. He inade a small bet and won four pounds. He was on his way to the totalizator to collect his winnings when a soody-looking individual midled up to him, say ind ing, "Did you back the winner?" My friend replied, "Yes, but what's it got to do with you?"

"Only that I could help you make some more money," replied the stranger. "How much did you win?"

"Four friend.

pounda," replied my

.

Some hard facts for the U.S. Congressmen who will soon debate the 1,100,000,000 Sterling loan to Britain

The Debt We Have Not

Asked America To Pay

By Sir Norman Angel)

1930?

neutral in September

In our talk at the Faculty Club self attacked, why did she not of the Middle Western University, remain the professor was showing more than a little anti-British feeling. I asked him why he felt that the power and influence of Britain were not on the whole for the world's good.

Or, after the surrender of France in July 1940, why did sho not go collaborationist?

"I'll give you five for your

These are Important questions for America. For it anf of thos winning ticket," said the stranger,

"It ought to be plain why an things-British Fascism, a Bri- producing bank notes and count

American feels as I do." he re-tish pact with Russia, British ing them out.

Seeing that they were genuine, plied. "In this country wo stand neutrality, British collaboration my friend handed over the ticket for the common man against all had happened, elther Germany and determined to spend the rest forms of privilege; for equality, and Japan would have won, or of the day discovering the reason republicanism, the independence the United States, in order to

the stranger's apparent of peoples. for

"And what do we philanthropy.

la dominating the world, would have He observed the scody gentle Britain? Monarchism, feudalism, had task immensely more approaching an hereditary House of Lords. burdensome than that she has just continuously man

established Church, empire, come through. betters whose cheerful expressions an indicated they had beart successful: colonialism, onate, so that a' man Three times out of four, he ap born in a lower class remains peared to conclude the same sort there his life through." of deal as he had with my fristd.

When all the races were over,

prevent totalitarian forces

One has only to consider the part which Britain played—not merely in the year when she stood alone but Intor when she was Eisenhower's base and bridgehead

to secure marketa for America's are not in control of our destinies where large sums were handled of American politician, and are Australia was MacArthur's for

than

surplus rather world reconstruction.

a planned This Isolationism is reflected in their diplomacy. If there had been anything which the American people really wanted," said Mr J. F. Dullos, one of the United States

he went up to the paying window and produced scores of winning his pockets. My tickets from friend, looking over his shoulder, aw him receive a check for about 400 pounds. But my friend was

no nearer

1 solution of this

atrange mystery for, to obtain this check for 400 pounds, the seedy

Those Views Are Not Raro Of course, vlows like these are still expressed by a certain type for the asanult on Germany (as

current in certain newspapers, that on Japan), and India was China-to But it was unusual to hear the base of ald to them expressed by a professor la realise that a Britain roady to the year 1948. I said: "la pass-make a deal with Hitler, or to nation or be neutral, would quite probably ing judgment on political system, don't you take have meant the domination of this into account at all the fruits, the world by totalitarian forces.

About neutrality, this is to be results, especially results which

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very ideals of democratic socialism delegates to the UNO Conference of policy must be attempted if the❘ looking gentleman had paid out have been ao enormously to the noted: If Britain, before the war,

have to be crushed.

would avoid the recurrent para- dux it unemployed resources and unsatisfied wants existing at the same time, without the intrusion of the State into private enter prise. His home is tot intend ed as a solution to Britain's cur- rent shortages but rather long-term polscy to provide full employment and stain a steadi- ly expanding eco once mor

to which we ace pledged would mai conditions have been restored. The central idea of the Harrod This is no alternative. Our sur- Plan, which has been widely dis-vival and the survival of the cussed in political and business causes in which we believe, will circles, is the creation by the depend on the faith and daring which we show in the champion- State of

a commodity reserve. This would oungist of goods speci-ship of the sights and hopes of

other peoples besides ourselves. fied on a list which should be

We have to prove our good faith to stricken millions in Europe and representative of all sections of British production and all localį. tics. Legally and formally, one pound sterling would he conver- tible on demand into a sample! consisting of specified quantities

No doubt many even braver acts "they would have got it under way furious tempests of the time aro first meeting of tho to be abated and the world is bo Assembly. We were apathetic. and a humane and orderly escape At this critical time we may have from its torments. failed the world."

at

the

Food Vital

For the moment-and we must hope it is only for the moment both the Soviet Union and the United States seem to have turned their backs on the clamant de-

about 500 notes.

American Racket

For many years, there has beep a briak trade at American race

wish

Touts

advantage of the United States

had not been the centre of a He looked genuinely surprised, world-wide political system in and said: "I did deal with re- sults-bed results."

I went on:

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which Australia. New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, India are combined for mutual defonce, but merely a sort of larger Ireland, It would have been a physical im- possibility for her to play the role she has done.

Let us boldly face the storm. The hopes of hungry, turbulent courses in losing tickels,

You dealt with outward forms. millions depend on the cool tem- pick them up off the ground and

who people

to sulte you turned the plain facts With Labour per and adventurous courage of find a ready market for them and in so far as you touched r British Socialism. And only in among

Is the relation of that fact to authorities in order to establish Government in office, having a their salvation shall we find our produce them for the income-tax upside down.

parliamentary majority. the security of the United States fictitious gambling losses which great

BO largely from the always taken into account whon they can set off against.gambling drawn profts. But this story my friend workers, you suggest that the Americans condemn what they call told me could admit of no such common man has less weight In British Imperialism? solution. Here, it was not losing politics and public affaire in tickets which were being bought, Britain than he has in the United but winning ones.

own.

The Best School Tale Since

Brown's School- days," by Bruce Marshall. (Constable, 81. 6d.).

At first ghi one events the tille

cilin twelf "Jonathan Copperfield” ar

"Jemima Eyre,"

of all goods. In practice, how "George ever, the reserve would usually deal in each article separately. It would set and vary buying and selling prices fur cach, with a margin of say 10 per cent between of this book as one would resent a novel them, subject to a rule that the selling prices must add up to a total equal to the legal price for that the title in Intentional, and that it the sample 13 a whole, which book a mega countablast to the

Fentire brood

sentimental school could only be altered by an Act Mlorles

frum

Kugeben's ideallation of of Parliament. The reserve Rugby to Vachell's exaltation of Harrow, Mr. Macehall in the author of book would be obliged to buy comin

"All Gloriou Within," and the dities at its quoted prices with-rated out limit as to quantity. Thus,rpose of his present story is to show

After the Brat few pages one realises

the boys

are nuty.

mmatory, and pomapoua

how. thin the restricted gizzle of cadh branch of industry would be public school like "Dunmere," public able, when faced by a recession area desf. Is Inxlycious. With two ex- Kreedy. in its business, to ieabsorb labour eptions

standard deal litle brates, and with one ex

crption the pedratic silen

The two boys are Brown and Abinger,

Boy. He begins as Straws in Any physically courageous little imp who un- dergoca bullying with a stiff lip, and

on producing certain lines for the raurve. The reserve's authority would be link. ed to the Bank of England in such a

way that purchases of goods would ental an expansion of central banking credit, and sales a contraction (as is the case with the gold reserve).

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ends four years later by bullring other

of newcomers. Imp

'Stalky'

"I agree. Sir. Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, But nur enemics And It sweet and decorous to die for their cous- try, tou, It's not bravery that I want to do away with, Bir: I just want to used for worthy and significant end, Bir" To which the aid fool of

so it

headmaster can only reply: "Please don't be a lil-mannered sa to interrupt me be fore I've finished speaking,"

The rieture of the use are master, Old Runfold, is beautifully draws, Here In part of one of his pi-jaws: "There is the Anger of a hope that what is good and beautiful haa its'origin and tea

BY JAMES AGATE

mon than the one ontllled "Do What Thou Wilt." This begin:

"Decause men that are freo, well-borne, well-bred, and conversant In honest cam- panies, have naturally an instinct, and

ярнее

that papropleth them unto vertu. ous actions, and with-draws them from vice, which is called honour, Thone Battle mon, when by have subjection and on straint they are brought under and kept down, turn malde from that noble din

position, by which they formerly were in

clined to vertur, in shake off and breek that bond of servitude, wherein they are no tyrannouely inslaved: for it is agree ablo with the nature of man ta long altos thinge forbidden, and to desire what le denied us.

States.

I suggest this is simply not As to what you call the

The answer to the mystery is rathor complicated and shows the so. -sort of rackets which spring up "class syslom," have you examined as a result of high taxation, price the social origins of the men who controls, Government restrictions, make up about half, the British and black markets. Scotland Government?

Out Of "Servant Class”.

Treasury have Yard and the started a joint campaign against In fact, it is much easier in black marketeers and racketeers Britain, to rise out of "the servant all sorts, Shady characters class," as you call it, than it is who are known to have large sums in America.

You express astonishment? of bank notes in their possession

But the explanation is simple: are carefully watched.

These shady characters do not.The "servant class"in America Negro, and predominantly liko to keep ill-gotten proceeds on is their persons or in their houses Negroes have not been precisely for fear of theft. Yet they do common in your Governments. not like to deposit, large sums of But when I spoke of judging hank notes in their banks for fear, the British system by results Murder," by the police may hoar of it and start had something else in mind.

Apart from Porhaps I can bost anggest it making inquiries. Donald Henderson.

the danger of being prosecuted, by these questions. Why did not (Constable, 8. Ed.) they would be forced to declare a Britain, like Germiny and Italy, large part of these gums as income go Fascist after the first world and, under the present taxation, war?

Or, since Britain was not her rates, almost the whole of it would eventually go to the Treasury,

Magnificently witty illustrations by E, A. Brandt, An entirely delightful book, Possibly not for children, bit certainly for adolescents tending to the, priselah,

In some absolute somewhere"Goodbye To

In

Well, let's hope that this is la au

and sequenes

And that, as holy and humble ben have sensed, the beauty of the early morning dew may mean something more than the beauty of the early morning dow, other words all I can tell you boya is thor's goodbye to murder, His previous that the thoughts of Jesus Christ were book, "Mr. Bowling Boys Newspaper." good thoughts, and that it is better to was about a madman who strangled po

File latent have had a good thought In vain than a

ole because they bored him, bad thought with a purpose "

story la about a mad woman who suffo- cpeople because, they bore her, Lat air, Wonderton not contemplate novel shout & mad, book reviewar who strangle

Abinger L • budding highbrow living perpetus! terror, but faclaz torture at which schoolboys are adepts with some- thing of the fortitude of the warly Mar- Lyrs, He

Junty

The

authors boçay they bore him.

But, the point about Mr Henderson

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The Secret

Britain

Back in July 1940 might have failed to stand up, even with the Empire, but for a certala national unity, overcoming. rival party doctrines.

You are a little contemptuous of the mildness of British radical- Ism, the fact that it does not mako a clean sweep of the past,

May not the more moderato British temper have served the world better? What would havo happened in July 1940 If the Bri- tish Parliament had included, as did the French, 72 Communists instead of one?

At that date, remember, wor was for all Communists, and some others on the Left, just a manifestation of British capitalist Imperialism, to be, resisted by every means in the power of the working-class.

You imply that democracy and freedom demand the abolition of monarchy..

Are Such Results Pleasing?

abolished A Well, Germany down royalties and instituted the Ro 1st corroct of republics. have acquired his 400 legally or publkaniem did, not prevent the In England, there is no tax on illegally but, in either case, if he coming of Hitler.

Russia liquidated all royalties. Thereforo a, had paid it into his bank in the

a dictatorship. gambling profits check which, genuinely establishes ordinary way, it's very likely that She remains that its awner won the money at least 360 of it would have genoSpain has got rid of both mon- from gambling sells at a premium. into taxation. So it's batter busi- archy and empire, as you desire pay 200 and Britain should. Does the result The coedy-looking gentleman whom ness for him to

There are 20 Latin-American their historias 500 pounds in cash for a 400 can confidently show to any police-

compare favourably

the dispose of it to a black marketeer only that he acquired the money really pound check, was probably able to man er tax official in proof not republies. Do for something in the neighbour- legally but, even more important, stability and social progress with

that the sum is not subject to the that of Australia, where King's brother represents hood of 600 pounds.

The purchaser of the check may Income tax.

KingT

book abounds in

Thule in fun, It amelle Harrod proposes that the com-

of the elniaroom, the waludy, the brew of modity reserve be set up under an

can even stand up to ด cocon, the surreptitious amoke, Sunday Act of Parliament and function hoadmaster booming away: "When we Chapel, and small boy in the mase, Mr. think of our Dunmore lads who wo pal-Marshall, like Damon Runyon, has also automatically under statutory *****

isid down their lives in the Bouth

Invented a wonderful Jargon which powers. The statute under which war, when we remember Cap-

entirely unbelievable and perfectly it would operate would oblige the J, B, Inkaby-Polo, V,C,, la is not able. In my view, eally the best school | audible andi, viunt, marfaktor, ok, Jife" with my friend observed laying out thereby acquire a check which hot please you? Treasury to supplement the pu-natural that our souls should burst with blic's effective purchasing power by "remitting taxation whenever ulous objector in the making, anawers: To which Ablogar, who la conacion- the commodity reserve tended to accumulate. Whenever the oppo-

site tendency set in, the 'reasury

pride?"!

atory since "Stalky and Co."

that bo doesn't bore. He reproduces re-what some highbrows ban, mủad" "the

sach trainiinary elily, and so novel by him in which a jockey throttled "Gargantua and Pantagrue,"musing about them, that I could read

translated by Sir Thomas mounts because they bored him by Urquhart and Peter refusing to get their goes past the post Anthony Motteux.

· John Westhouse, 158.)

other who says 'thers lon't" vendly

fret.

BY THE WAY BY BEACHCOMBER

in

the

I agree that if Britain is the only great nation of Europe which would be obliged not only to bal-outspoken and vehement in its

showed not the slightest tondoney ance the budget be even to in- attack on doubters and waverers.

to Fasciam or dictatorship or crease taxation to achieve a sur- Its line is that these proposals The point is made in the Introduction

She can import for, zoning purposes, national disintegration or colle plus for rédemption of debt. contain the best hope we have for that Rabelala could argue like biases on

There has been, a misunder- the same old dull routine. Harrod has been the leading the future not only of the world theology, ethles, and most other things standing. Mrs. B. N. Babound longed, in the modern phrase, "tott we increase our decrease in Imborationism, it is not due directly. British cathusiast for the Bretton but also of Brimin. Harrod's under the sun, eleding geography,

writes to me that sho, has had express horself." So when the ports of starched hides, by de- to the fact of keeping certain Dow' somebody nak bow anyone can

But it in some measure due Woods proposals. The great plan for a cominodity reserve is

alther wo merit of his plan is that it is specially designed take the shock us about reosraphy, alace Cave Horn applications for lantern metal for tiger came on she approached it creasing our imports of fimp, to relics of feudalism.

research from many members. of with her prosty whip, her tall increase our exports of gigantic many degrees south of the slump when it comes quintor ort n't? Whereupon someS entirely consistent with the type of a

the Shoot, and Strip Molal Users boots gleaming, and, removing her flying boats. On the assumption to qualities which that fact in of international monetary system Strangely enough, his proposals one metaphralian who says 's only soTechnical Association, and that hussar's hat, pulled the beast's that, by 1948, there will be no dicates: to a preference for reality And en- who I at a loss to understand head Into her mouth. The tiger coal or food, the Government has over form: to the habit of using inherent in the Bretton Woods have been least welcomed by my degree you think so,

anywhat they mean.

was dumbfounded, the audience plan for manufacturing more that a political system shall work proposals. It is not a condition "planners." The fact that this case Horn or really any goator talen

Evidently she had not soon the shrieked with delight, the manager hot air, to serve as food and fuel. and give the desired results irres The Minister Smilies pective of theoretical coriatitu- for the success of this scheme that scheme is automatic in operation you have a use for theme prejections of notke I inserted last wiek asking trembled with foar. When she

tional perfection; to the recogni other countries adopt it also. and avoids the red of Gover the ind

well Dr applicants to write to her. I took rolessed its head, the tiger, blink

The Minister of Bubbleblowing, tion that class co-operation may be. Harrod, however, claims it is ment interference and regulation

that if you find your to it for granted that she read this ing stupidly, retreated from her, particularly well adapted to the ensures hostility to it from those at an object your stil. 15, and columns and would have plenty and she then gave it a lump of announced yesterday that variety at times preferable to class cons needs of the United States. He who are planning mad. But it hurts. And that the path dosta'de of metal on hand by the time the sugar, while the band played the would be. Introduced into our flict, even as a means of abolish-

soles.next, December, "by allotting shortly is publishing pamphlet certainly is worthy of the bend upon your

a copy of this note to her, so mem-sost than ever before. on Anglo-American «cconomic re-thoughtful attention of those who to lalaking) woum | applicatione came in 1 have sent "Zampa": overture with greater) nienotonous and exciting, shoe-Fing class and ¡privilege; Agen

an extra beren punces of bloiting In other words," Habalais was a master bars who apply now will stand Living On Hot Air lations, under the title, Page of believe that individual Liberty can of common sense. He knew this Mature more chance of alfaypumable My corps of experts, mottled paper per 1,000 customers to esc British Folly." In it, he takes, be preserved only under a systern was a fun, and concluded. Chat" alise

little men, DOVEI with sand, and shoe-repairer, hat the

Tapour: when laces would have 30% the British public severely to task of face enterprise but, think also mind and body new both a part of Has

least four inches, for having been sp luke-warm in that the State has a right and, a turn the mat Foth be gras fox almo their reception of the Bretton duty to mould, the pattern under

·But, Babulala kour, an,

Woods and the trade and employ-which, free, ontecorise, i should be to NUR D ~ment proposals. It b, extreme

headucked

Traditional loyalties are som times better than none;" and " theoretically imperfect system renderod workable my_babli, and tradition is to be preferred to a Theoretically pack and which does not work because those things