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LABOUR PARTY'S

PROGRAMME

Bordeaux in their hands, the Germans lo. fo time in! making bases for their U- boat and co-operating air- craft in the captured terri- tory.. From July onwards wo were compelled to divert our shipping from the ap- proaches, South of Ireland, where of course we were not

allowed to station fighter- aircraft. All had to come in around Northern Island. Here, by the grace of God, Ulster stood a faithful sen- tinel.

land.

By Winston Churchill

We cught

03

Good Morning!

Some people are worried about the state of the Colony's defences. There is really little to worry about..

Yorkshire. Everything went monthly: Nibeiwa was attacked

These Greeks keep polting by ónɑ brigado at 7 a.m.

ant in

away at cacti other. Looks us it Hittle more than an hour was confew'd be happler than to fall in the attack on the Tummar camp pletely in our hands. At 1.30 fan

u feud. opened, and by nightfall practical- ly the whole area and most of its defenders were captured. while the 7th Aurored Division and Isolated Sidi Barrant by cut hir.

ma-

Borrowing money, Boys a gistrate, is the same as borrow- Meaning trouble.

Don't know that A It's easy to borrow trou.

ngree.

Surely

to use this thinking about nothing but his money to build more ships or aupipe. But he had other work buy more from the United | dv. States in view of the heavy At the same time, however, slukings off the Bloody Fore-gave orders to the Air Constal Command to dominate the outlets from the Morsey and Clyde and around Northern Ireland. Nothing must be spared from this task, ting the const road to the West. had supreme priority. The bomb-

Five Acres ray let me know how there sub-Ing of Germany took second pince. aidlus could be terminated, and | All sultable machines, pilots and what retaliatory mesures could material must be concentrated Up Merna Matcub, which included the pot be taken in the financial sphere on

Our Food

It

but

our counter-offensive, by

that

who

After an address the minister

question.

would like to ask a

parson.

An advertisement points out that 'the' average motor car conta only HK$2 a pound-"which is Simultaneously the garrison of less than the price of butter per

Interesting. by the Irish, observing that we fighters against the enemy bombers Coldstream Guards, had aire pre-buys butter In ton lots? are not afraid of their cutting and by surface-craft assisted by pared their blow. At first light on uff our food as it would save as j bombers against the U-boats in the 10th they aamulled the Italian the enormous mass of fertilisers these narrow vital waters. Many positions on their front, supported asked the Sunday school class and feeding-aluffs We have to other important projects were by envy Are from the sea. Fight-f anyone The Mersey, the Clyde were the

enrry Into Ireland through the brushed nade, delayed or mauled, ing continued all day, and by 10 lugs through which we brentheil, De Valera nided German block-¦ At all costs one must breathe.

A shrill voice piped up. "Plense Coldstream battaBan o'clock the (To the Enst const and

the..... 111 the

We shall see the extent to whien headquarters signalled that it wasir, why did the angels walk up Channel small

und down Jacob's Indder when English

veraels

this counter-offensive by the Nagy impossible to count the primers continued to uły under an ever

One evening in December 1 held and by Coastal Command succeed. on nectant of their numban, but they had wings?"

said the "Ah, yes, increasing attack by air, by E-boot a meeting in the downstairs Wared during the next few month:

tive neres of "there about

200 acres and by mines. As it was impossible Ream with only the Admiralty and how we became the masters of the officers and

of other "Now, would anyone like to ms- The British Labour Gov-to vary the East canst route, the the sailors present. All the perils outlets

wer that question?" how the Heinkel 111

rniky." ernment have decided not to passage of each convoy betwren

and difficulties, about

which the were shot down by our fighters,

At home in Downing street they

"Mr. and Mrs. J. Toiniinson of becamo ask for the country's votes the Forth and London

Company was well informed, had and

and the

hour-to-hour signals choked In the brought me before the normal expiration, Pew large ships were risked reverted to February and March, choke us. Suffice it here to say that to

almost every day an action - taken a sharper turn.

very sens in which they ought to from the battlefield. It was difficult Sydne are spending some time Sydney," Colching D on in 1950.

understand exactly what was mandate

Icose ends, probably. of their

on the East coast and none at all 1917, when the curve of U-hoa: the success of the Coastal Com- happening, but the general im- on which The programme

in the Channel.

sinkings had mounted se steadily mand overtook the preparations remember being struck by a me

was favourable,

and # of 1540 agnizant us that one wondered how for the dynamite carpet. Before no frain a young officer in a tank they will go to the polls will.

six months this time, be a consolidation showed extremely heavy losses, many months' fighting the this aver inde any appreciable in ag

7th Armoured Division, of results already achieved

"Have arrived at the accond In rather than one of battle.

Bug-Buq." I was able to inform the House of Commons on the 10th that active fighting Krem

These are the two main de- cisions which have resulted from the recent deliberations held by the principal mem- bers of the Government and the Executive Committee of the Labour Party, who are directly responsible for the formulation of the Labour Parly programme.

The Socialist decison

not

to hold a General Election before 1950 interprets the renewed confidence inspired at Transport House by the With recent by-elections.

of

the progressive removal controls on food and cloth- be- ing, the Labour Party lleve that time is on their side.

Govern- The Attlee ment would also be reluct- ant to put a premature end by to the present session hurried elections without their having accomplished ambitious programme for the nationalisation of the steel industry.

The last

JOE STALO'S

more

U-boats

BERLIN TO: BACHDA”

DYER RUMANI, EULGARustumisav, IRAJ, BAANDH, THI

Copycan

ALL CENTER

""

of the

The author of a famous book O economies hind a phone call recently. "I question your statis- ties on the high cost of ving." sali straige voice. "My wife zack 1 ent well on exactly $2 a week."

in

pro-

I can't believe it." exelnimed that GOO the economist. "Wan't you, tell me how? And please speak a little louder.“*

In the desert; prisoners had been taken and an Italian generai, killed; and also that our troops had reached the coast. That afternoon, Sidi Barrant was captured.

"I can't speak louder," said the stranger. “I'm a goldfish.”

From December 11 onwards the "The fruits of White House zig- action consisted of a purwult of the cags of policy now reach a pla Italian fugitives by the 7th Arm-nacle."-Time they rented their oured Division followed the 16th

1 by British Infantry Brigadi (motor-

vars.

ised), and the 6th Australian A report from England says Division, which had releved the that signs of fatigue can be seen 4th Indian Division. On December among memfbera

the Coa! can't be getting

12 I could tell the House of Com-Board. They mons that the whole coastal regionslack, surely? sround Bug-Bug and Sidi Barrant

میں

was in the hands of British and Any day now Moscow may a Imperial troops and that 7,000 | lease the statement that it wasn't prisoners had already reached George Washington who original- Mera Matruh.

ed the cherry tree episode. No, comiades, It was lttle Georgei Vlndisloy sho whittled it down with his little nickle.

By Sea

The moment the victory of Sidi | Barrant was assured-indeed, on December 12-General Waveli took on his own direct initative a wine and daring decision, Ins

Instead of holding back in general reserve on the battlefield the 4th British Indian Division,

which had just Strategy ordains that he

“WAIT, MAYBE I DON'T GO ! I AIN'T SO SLEEPY.”

been relieved, he moved it at once present Parliament shall be

to Eritrea to join the 5th Beltish allowed to complete its fullified only by the winter gales, Allies had la them, in spite of all mad upon our war economy, the Indian Division for the Abyssinian

strongly, and no great slaughter of U-boats, the Royal Navy and the United morbi Equally

defensive thoughts and campaign under General Plait.

faded away, and once i

The division went by sea strategy requires that the in the week ending September 22, States could do. One cannot give projects

Partly 160,000 tons a more convincing proof of the again with shining weapons watu Port Sudan, and partly rail demands of the extremists ships of nearly

were Bank, many of them in a danger than the project which the swept the seas.

and boat up the Nile Sole of shall occupy but small Halifax convoy, in October, while Admirals put forward. We must

them moved practically straight nlace in the next programme. the Scheer was also active, another

from the front at Sidi Barrani to is more conscious Atinntle convoy was massacred by

their ships, and were in netion in No one

a theatre 700 miles away very BUOT than Sir Stafford Cripps of-boats, 20 ships being sunk out

of 34.

term.

no one

at all costs and with overriding priorities break out to the penna.

The Plan

Have

laye

Myrtle's grandfather says some people don't know enough about a subject to stop talking about it.

This, coupled with his Albanian disasters, may go hard with

Mussolini.

could not

Remember that

guarantee Q fow months ago even a successful defence of the Delta and Canal." We

rinks here at ran sharp home in sending

tanka troops, and cannon all round the Cope while under the throat of im- minent invasion, and now there is a reward. We are planning to gather a very large army presenting the whole Empire and ample sea-bower in the Middle East, which will face a German lurch that way, and at the same time give us a move Eastward in your direction, if need be.

Succes always do- manda n greater effort. All good wishes.

re-

For this purpose it was proposed Operation "Compass," the first after their arrival. Without this the number of problems AB November and December to lay an under-water carpet of Desert Victory, was launched by far-accing decision of General which have still to be solv-drew on. the entrances and dynamite from the mouths of the General Wavell on December & Wavell's the victory at Keren and ed, despite the impressive estuaries of the Mersey and, the Mersey and the Clyde to the 100-1940,

the liberation of Abyssinia would of British finance Clyde far surpassed in mortal fathom Ind North-West of Ireland. For a month or moro all the have been subject to indefinite de recovery

significance all other factors In A submerged minefield must be troope to be used in the Western and economy. And

the

laid three miles broad and 60 miles Desert war. We could of course has a greater realisation of this time have descended upon De the part played by Ameri-Valera's Ireland and regained the

in en-Southern ports by force of mrderollsed for this task withopt much }ed out by Lloutenant-General Wii- Mr. Churchill to Mr. Menzies, production, even partially, in any can "capitalist" aid abling Britain to create the arms. I had always declared that

but self-preservation regard to field operations or the son and Major-General O'Connor, Prime Minister of Australia.

offensive practised the I hastened to offer my congratu- long from the British estuaries to special parts they had to play in lations to al concerned, and to the open water, Even if all the the extremely complicated attack. urge pursuit to the utmost limit available explosives were mono The details of the plan were work-of strength.

Frequent she is so proud. wuld lead me to this. But perhaps proper rearmament of our troops, and Genem! Wavell

Unly a

The problem for Britain to the case of self-preservation might it seemed vital to make this carpu visits of inspection.

come. Then so be it. Even this hard assuming there was no other circle of officers knew the

The Diver

The Ships

costly new Social Services nothing of which

day is that by her own measure would only have given a way.

scope of the plan and practically efforts, after 1952, the edifice, mitigation. The only sure remedy

nothing

was put on paper. To

were she has built up shall con- was to secure fren exit and en-

surprise, attempts made to give the enemy the im- tinue to stand-whence the trance for the Mersay and the

Clyde.

Let me explain the process. Pression that our forces and baon economic necessity, in the in-

Scores of thousands of contact seriously wenkened by the sending terests of Labour as well as

mine would have to be anchored of reinforcements to Greece and

that of the nation, not to endan-

to the bottom of the en, reaching

further

withdrawal WO ger its stability by overload-

Every day when they met, those up to within 25 feet of its surface.

contemplated. Over this pathway all the ship ing it too soon with too hasty few who knew looked at one an

On other. One understands the diverf which fed Britain, or carried on fed December & our lean, bronz- desert-hardened nad completely building.

Both the Labour and Con-dependent from minute to minute and repass without their keclamen leaped forward more than

deep below the surface of the sea, our warfare abroad, could pass mechanised army of about 25.000 servative parties agree in re- pon his airpipe. What would he striking the mines. A U-boat, muiles, and all next day lay motion- cognising that the "Boating feel if he could nee growing however, venturing into this less on the desert gand unseen by

fold. the next shoal of sharks biting at it? All mine

would vote" will decide

be the Italian Air Force. They swept was no blown up; and after while, forward elections as it did those of the mure when there

agal on December 8. possibility of his being hauled to they would find it not Rood 1945. Hence the psychologi- the surface! For us there was no to come. Here was the defensive tine, the troops were toid that this ough and that evening, for the first enough cal need not to alienate from surface. The diver was 44,000,000 in excess. Anyhow, it was better was no desert exercise, but

Vive in an overcrowded island, than nothing. It was the last resort. "rent thing."" At down on the 9th

on a vast business of Provisional approval and direc- the battle of Sidi Barrant began, war all over the world, anchored tons for detailed proposals to bu It is not my purpose to describe by nature and gravity: to the bot-presented were given

dispersed on this the complicated and toms of the sea. What could the night. Such a policy meant thing|fighting which occupied the next sharks do to his airpipe? How the diver would in futura bo four days over a reglos na large

he ward them off or destroy

Labour the middle class vote peine

by an excess of zeal.

BURMA CRISIS

com?

The situation in Burma has reached the crisis stage, and the next few weeks may well decide the fate of the Re- In the week ending June 8, dur- ing the height of the battle in public. A tragedy of the France, we had brought into the civil war there is that the country 1,201.635 tons of cargo. DO YOU Karens, with their long re-exclusive of oll. From this peak cord of loyalty and stead-figure imports had declined at the fastness, should have become end of July to less than 750,000 the chief opponents of the week. Although substantial

tony a

KNOW YOUR HONG

improvement was made in August, Government. If the gulf the weekly average again fell, and between the Burmese and the for the fast thren, months of the Karens, the two most ad-year was little more than 800,000 vanced races in Burma, can-tons, not be bridged, their quarrel Southern frish poris mounted KONG?

My indignation at the denial of may make orderly rule im under these pressures. ... possible, no matter which alde emerges victorious. The need in Burma today is for the peoples of that country to come together to make the federal constitution' a :solid bariter against Communist efforts to divide them.

Can you Prime Minister to the Chancellor

of the Exchequer, 1.xii, 40. | mognite where this ploture War The straits to which we are being takan?. The an- reduced by Irish action compel awer is in Pago (^a, réconsideration of these sub-

sidies Eto Ireland]. It can hardly.} be argued that we can to on `paying them til our last grRip.

spon

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