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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12,

BRITISH COMMUNISM SUFFERING ECLIPSE

London, April 11.

The British Communists are not doing at all well today. A party spokes- man reports that membership has dropped to a total of 42,000 from its peak of 60,000 in 1942, and only about 33,000 of those are active. It lost its only two members of the House of Commons-William Gallacher and Phil Piratin—in the February 23 election; its newspaper, the "Daily Worker," is running up a monthly deficit of £3,200 on a daily circulation of 111,000, and the Trade Union Movement has struck an- other heavy blow at Communist influence within its ranks. Still more serious, perhaps, oficial said. "Do not be bogul the official Russian Governed by their self-criticism and their

"Izvestia," tale of weakness. We are not." newspaper,

TUC aware of danger

ment

has declared that the Com- munist Party here has not be- come the mass party of work- ing class.

governing. Its polley is based on the conditions prevailing here in Britain and on the interests of

the British labour movement,” The powerful Tradea Unión

Moscow line Congress (TUC), the voluntary Asked why the British Com- organisation which acts amunist stand always coincided-or clearing house for all British was made to agree with--that trades unions, haw recognised taken by Moscow, the spokesman the Communist danger.

repiled;

Such criticism might foretell a purge of British Communist' lead-' ery similar to that which most It council has expelled its lone "Because we are all Marxists, European Communist parties have Communist member, Bert Pap-and take the Marxist, that is, the undergone recently. But as yet worth;","defeated Arthur Horner. Communist · line.” there is no sign of one.

secretary Communist

of the 3. Communists will eventually "The Fuchs cuse hurt us," the powerful National Union of Mine govern, Britain but possibly not

an Interviewer. spokennon told

seal, and

and has directed that hero-sibly not under the label of Com far as we

were concerned and after no Communist in to be muniste. The Workers' Party certainly will cost us members eligible to attend the annual con-would be the more likely name. even though Fuchs was not a ference of the trades councils, the 4. The February 23 election,

local units of member of the party here."

of the TUC.

in which the party falled to He was referring to Dr. Klaus The Communist offcial, who aject single one of its 100 Fachs, the 'German-born Com-spoke with the full authority of candidates, was a bitter disap- munist scientist, who gave Bel- the party's 30-member executive pointment and sorry evidence tish and American atom secrets committee but requested anony-

of its failure. to Russia. Fuchs was sentenced mity, made these points: to 14 years' imprisonment .on February 28.

"it was very bad propaganda. sors, in his bid for a council | in the foreseeable future and pos-

The party's election expenses-- including lost deposits of £150 forfeited by each candidate who failed to pall one-eighth of the district vale, was £40,000.

The party is financed solely by Ita members here in Britain, The ruling Labour Party con and gets absolutely no money siders British Communists poli-from any outside source. tically effe

Ineffective 'today, although 2, The party here

here has no 5. Although party member-

It

Blackpool hit by sudden gale

London, April 10."

A sudden. 90-mile an hour gale struck the Hoilday town of Blackpool today, sweeping people off their fast, wrock-, ing shop windows and tearing plates off roofs.

Thousands of hoilday. .makers were promenading on the seafront in spring sunshine when the gale ripped in from over the son. Many ofung to lamp-ppets to BRVE

them-

selves, tramCATE swayed in the guate, and iron seats were fung across the promenade.

Five women and two mon were taken to hospital with cute from debria-Rauter.

SOCIALIST DECISION TO FIGHT

Brussels, April 10. Nine hundred delegates to the Belgian National Socialist Council resolved today to wage merciless and relentless battle against the return of King Leopold to the Throne.

the

In a resolution presented by M. Paul Henri-Spaak, and passed ut an emergency meeting shortly after Professor Jacques Pirenne, the King's chief secretary, had talked with M. Spank, a former

Prime Minister, Socialist Council voted to "enter into the at an opportune moment and support, with all their force, those who are opposed to a solution to the Royal question which would split the Belgian people."

It recognises that they are power-guldance from Moscow and most ship has dropped from its peak, ful in the Foundry Workers' emphatically no link with the So-It is still 27,000 more than in 1938. *Union, the Electrical Trades vici Embassy in London.

The party has lost strength in the Union, and the Civil Service The General Secretary, Harry last two years in the coal fields. Clerical Association, and that Poliltt, 60-year-old driving force but has gained members among mony of the shop stewards in of British Communism, has this urban factory workers. Most of fight at other unions are Communists.

tis members have average weekly to 60y: "They can cause us a hell of "The Communist Party of Great | carnings of about £7.

a lot of trouble," a Labour Party Britain is independent and self-

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Still confident.

Does the election failure menn the end of the party in Britain?

Most emphatically not, says Mr. Pollitt.

President of the party in Bri- tain is Mr. Gallacher, but Mr. Pollitt is the real director from his post as General Secretary,

His balding grey hair pushes off a high forehead, and thick brows show his sharp brown eyes with their direct, undaunted loak. Hia sturdy body bespeaks that of a one-time boilermaker, is still a member of the Boiler- makers Union.

He

Like Mr. Gallacher, he was one of the foundation members of the Communist Party here. He was arrested in 1925 for his political activities.

Earlier, the Socialist ·Party Chairman told the Council; "It the King returned to reign, an unending strike wave would be

unleashed,"

Catholic Party circles intan-- while said that the Premier- designate, M. Paul Van Zeeland, who was to have visited the King at Pregny again today, put off the trip after receiving a message lust night from Pirenne on his return

Geneva. from.

M. Van Zeeland on Saturday said he had run into new difficul ties in his efforts to form a Gov- ernment.

The Socialist resolution today was considered to have blocked #now any chance a compromiso between DS

Leopold's return fromTI exile.or his outright abdication.

The Socialist resolution said the King's latest message, reiterating that a solution should be left to

Mr. Pollitt WDS removed party Secretary in October, 1039, shortly after the outbreak of the second world war for his fallure to

that the war was "an unjust and imperialist war in which Britain and Ger-

see

Parliament, Was vague and not

precise, and had no other object

many are fighting for imperialist than to dim the vigilance of the aims, for colonies and world do- adversuries of the King's return

mination."

the throne,

At that time Russia was allied After his talk with Professor with Germany.

Pirenne, M. Spank told the Coun- But Mr. Pollitt recanted in the ell: "The resolution to be present- following November, publicly ac-et to Congress will be of a more knowledged his error and later fighting nature than this mean- was renamed Secretary.

ing's speeches. Since this morn- ng the situation has evolved in

Party's aims

He has been a perennial-can-Buch a manner that we must take our responsibilities energetically." dlate for Parliament from the

-Reuter, Welsh district of East Rhondda, but has never been elected,

In the 1948 election he came within 1,000 votes of beating a Socialist but In the 1950 election In the same constituency against the same Socialist he fell 22,000 votes behind,

What .do, British Communists want? What are they fighting fort

Mr. Pollitt says: "First, the encouragement of the working class in resisting any further at- tacks on their present living standards; 2. for increased wages for the workers; 3.against un-

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