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"Dear Mr Editor," wrote the author of the article appearing below, "I want to belly-ache! I want to say what I think of this madhouse we mistakenly call a world. I want the chance to let your readers see what a selfish," arrogant, hypocritical set of bounders we all are.

What a blasted mess we are making of things! I think you will agree with me.'

Well, Mr Shaw, we may not necessarily agree with you, but we are going to let you get rid of that belly-ache in these columns, under the title.

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This Madhouse Of

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BY

World

RALPH SHAW

Gerald dandled us on their knees and didn't want us to have and

civilised children.

on

that which we were determined to get. That, after all, is only human. And it's been going on for more years than I care to think about.

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1 hope that Heard is right. I

showed all the affection pray

shower persons heart with all my

thut t'another world”—a race of All of which just goes to more enlightened beings-prove that a heck of a lot of

Yes, we are human beings is really watching us. And tommy-rot is talked and written

when I wouldn't get into a blue world, and when the peoples of us. We are greedy, grasping. savagery is let loose in the and that doesn't say much for funk if they decided to the various nations of the earth

selfish, crue

cruel, lying, self-centred launch "saucer" invasion are led, like sheep, up the rascals with a love for ourselves to civilise us, God knows have chosen for them. And we in our lives by and large, I garden path which their rulers that transcends all other loves that we need it and Mr take it all in men, women and mean, What do we care about Heard seems to be pretty children.

our neighbour? Do we love them Yet we-most of us, anywayes Christianity tells us to love certain that the "watchers"

like to call ourselves followers them? Well, we are a peaceful, very clever of the Christian Faith in big, sorry for them in their adver- might feci species, whoever they are small or Indifferent measure, afty. But that's about as far as

When you come to think of it. But what kind of Christians are it goes. As long as we

we don't It's time that some "school-we when we go our churches have to dip into our pockets or masters" took us in hand and and pray, taught us how to live together called y together with our go-to put ourselves out in any other

spiritual

leaders, for the way, then we're willing to give, like decent, thinking human deaths of as many of the enemy quite freely, waves and waves beings--not animals! You can't as the good Lord wils. And of sympathy and to make spe- animals now-killing. "ulting, the Christians" of the particular else more useful tangible is *narling. For what? You

tell

nation with whom we arc on asked for. terms of mutual savagery.

And by chance, we do give Take me, for instance. When that is Christianity, then my some I was a kid up in Yorkshire, my impression of Jesus Christ and father earned glory-but pre-his message of brotherly love, clous little money!-serving his non-violence and the love of King and Country in the Royal one's enemica la all cockeyed Garrison Artillery. My

mother with two hearty brats to feed way.

clothe, sowed day after day, after night, to supplement the pittance the received from Well, og you know, that war

should have ended all the War Office and, as a

future she contracted tuberculosis, wars. England and other which killed her

were to be places many years countries later. B

"At for heroes to live in." But thank Heaven, my "

Thank father came back al in one certainly took a hero to live in piece and avoided the dublous England after that war. honour of having his name in- Wo formed League of scribed by cht

chisel on the local Nations, This was to be the instrument of peace, a meeting

where nations place

their differences In was settle

deny that we're living like the same, of course, applies to clous excuses when anything

me.

she

wars.'

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something more useful than sympathy, don't we love to crow about it and to be called "philanthropists." After all, it's only human.

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other, But it's a cockeyed world, any-of me, I can't see what use But what use temporal title is going to be in

UNHOLY MESS

could

the next life-If there is, one. All of which shows how petty we are in the eyes of more

enlightened beings, who may or may

may not be watching us. We just blow up like bloated bull frogs when praise comes way and our waistcoats have to be revamped to take the extra Inches placed on the chest.

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During the night of Nov. 1, on which date the Pope proclaimed, the Dogma of the bodily Assumption Into Heaven of the Virgin Mary, many public and ancient buildings in Rome were floodlit. Here, part of the ancient Forum, Romanum (Boman Forum); with the ruins of the temple to Castor and Pollux (three columns in centro) are floodlit.-AP Photo

He Could Remember Every Word Of A

Debate In Commons

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Memory Woodfall would never know the old place. Of course, Memory did his stuff in the House of Commons back in the days just be fore George Washington led the rumpus over in the American colonies.

It was a severely punish- next day his memory filled mons was

by printed able offence in these days four columns in the Morn-crganisation which had been for newspaper reporters to ing Chronicle,

founded by a printer, T. C. take notes in the House of

Hansard. The facillies for the Press Commons. That is where are the most remarkable

GONE FOREVER memory really shone. Such feature of the new House of

Commons building, which was But the days of was his remarkable ability taken over recently by Mem-Dr Johnson and the war memorial.

that he could listen to a bars who have used the House pigeons are gone forever.. The That was the "war to end all

If I remember correctly, the three-hour debate and re-

of Lords Chamber rince their now

House

has П library, Remember? That

New Testament tells us to keep

destroyed by writing rooms, row after row the price paid by what has been Christian-like way. Only Ame-our acts of charity well hidden member every word. The own place was

Luftwaffe fire bombs in 1941. at telephones and a richly called "the flow English rica wouldn't have anything to from the eyes of the world. But

For the first time, there are furnished dining room for the manhood" (and Freach. Italian, do with it! And, isolated behind then we always wer Д boast we are human beings-petty.

y enough datephones in the Press and maltreated Press. American, Russian and many the barrier of the Atlantic ful, bragging lot

selfish creatures in whom The Gallery for reporters to get The lounge others, too) to bring peace

is so arranged You all know that the "war real spark of Christianity has the news to their offices. to Ocean, she watched the unholy

that a a newsman, on entrance, world after the carnage and mess that was being brewed in to end all

Wars"

was only never alighted (or the spark of

Old-time ders, erg of France, Flan- Geneva-the squabbles, the bit- Episode One of a serial of kaya- any other religion, for that that Barkley of Awamen like, Bill comes first to a counter serving)

Daily Express too and coffee, ing, the

then to cratching and

ter). the gery, which got rid of many of Christ

Why, even the churches blasphemy of statesmen

not too cafeteria' roll and finally to a timen and more males and females, the

.RIC at war-one tang ago when most reporters bar. Wants You!" politicians,

time-than we could

denomination against afford to

the. other came armed with carrier That's Human screamed the recruiting posters All went well until a parti- lose.

"A journalist is now able," But "right triumphed over

certainly not pigeons. and sent their dia- whate one gratified old-timer, when the fighting was on. Young cular nation wanted something might," Or did fil

divine.

patches fluttering back too bave afternoon tea, enjoy. ladies dashed around handing that the others didn't want her

I offer no solution: for the ills editoral, rooms, securely For a world at peace, we are out white feathers to young to have.

tled a palatable dinner and then Then

everybody doing a remarkably good job of of the world. Like you, I have to the leg of a-bird. males who were not in uniform. squawked

about a righteous showing the "saucer fellow=" to fight for every penny I earn.

partake of stimulants during HATED GERMANS

Those were the days of that we dwell in one vast lunatic what car was for he be

the late evening all the while Remember the scene after the too, of selfish, national interests

canctions. Those were the days, sy Korea, "right" is not generous. I'm

can't afford to

proceeding steady forward," war when young ladies prob which; when unsatisfied,

United Press, banging away cared doing 60 ably the same ones handed out coppers to armless and bless about as much for the League In Tibet, the Dalai Lama's sub- about a world brotherhood, but the office by rider on hare

grave-like 60 well against "might" through life to the

I have idealistic thoughts of Nations men, medals

as they did for the jects are on their chests,

being "liberated." In when they had been demobilis inviolability of treaties.

Indo-China, one, Ho. Chi-minh, I don't want to put myself out ed by A grateful

Japan wanted Manchuria. She doesn't like the French-and the to do anything about it. I know back, scorning the combustion government, which allowed them to turn the The League tried again.

took Manchuria-by the word.

engine as a doubtful carrier so Italy Malaya, some

reliability but I have no reassuring cerned. jungle dwellers took are showing how civilised they thought that the Chinese Com-cen

by slaughtering all and munists may feel the same way late 1700's, when publication "There was a time, up to the about me if they fish the sword of this

way-h

I want to be friendly of what was eald in Commons

editor In India, there is a fear with everybody-but everybody p

In won't let me. So there it is

danger of going to then I'm in it seal.

and the other

cause.

a hurdy-gurdy in the wanted

of our cities?

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Ethiopia. Ethiopia by the

the sword.

for

you.

can remember a

The

CERTAIN DANGER

venerable London Times, up to shortly before articles from the Commons to World War II, dispatched its

French don't like him. In that I like the Chinese as a race fer as

The are

urc

I don't remember much about "Lion of Judah" shouted at the sundry. In Pakistan, there is that war-I was only Ave years League, but he still remained wariness about the designe of age when it ended but I 0

homeless.

.the

possessor and proud

envied that

The amazing thing was that.

on

farm in a

me.

many

And

Jews dislike the Arabs. Hewa

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CHRISTMAS RETURNS

There will be.a Christmas this year after all for the 600 Äleut natives of the re- mote Pribilof Islands.

The

prospect looked bleak a when the U. 8. Penguin. burned at its moorings in Seattle last June. For 20 years this

remember hating the Germans Rhinelan Germany wanted the India. with an intensity that shocks me places. She fank the Plathes of the designs of Pakistan. today. One

One of the kids up and the other places--by flash. 4donesia, the Dutch have been a war comes. street "was the Street"

booted out and still the sword willy-nilly. I'll start gnashing Dr Samuel Johnson was one of a German helmet, which his ing the sword. Japan, having is out. Egypt is afraid of Israel. my teeth and writing a lot of of the first to wriggle around father had brought back home

ome digested Manchuria, wanted Israel is afraid of Egypt. The

about something I really the ban. He after ramming his bayonet well China. She took China or part Arabs dislike the Jews.

In-just like a magazine which contained. into the gate of the

of it-by the sword. rightful of

Still

tho. Spain sheep.

Senate that the League-minus a few mem-is ostracised because she has

"Strangely wearer. How we envių

tough enough, little Wii and his father, who, inciden- bera who had taken umbrage-form of government not to the that course, if we could forget.)

we belongea to different the debates bore CL marked

ship_plied, the hazardous did not come back on any "arried on. ally,

What for? You tell liking of many other nations, races, if we could talk sensibly similarity

in the North Pacific

and Bering · Sea, bore leaves from the front.

Berlin is split into two parts-a to one another Liko brothers House of Commons.

supplying the enly major link HOLY HORROR

city of hate. You have to toe (which wo are it wo could It is said that Johnson was outside world.

between the islanders and the on after the war had ended. I Doesn't that prove that we are one line in East Europe that together like neighbours, then of his

"love our enemies". and

Without lve excured because the eloquence vital

its nt to stay

bunch of hypocrites?

And Russia is convinced We

services there would be eshire, where German pri-throw up our hands in holy the so-called Western Bloc Is we might get somewhere.

was such that no place for a frivolous cargo.of But arators felt flattered by his were

employed as horror when somebody

else out for her blood and her utter we can't. To my way of think- say amazing be- wants something that we don't testruction. On the other hand, ing, the world is big enough to e insight into what the mail order Christmas gift, D

Intended is Bay, John- Thanks to the quick action of communism, son never let a Lilliputian de the U. 5. Fish and socialism and

Wild Life Now, if that isn't a madhouse) in perfect harmony,

however, Christmas House be managed to whip up will be as big as aver for the then what la? But it's all 20 Anyway, it's only human to a bitter fight, always making Pribilof Islanders. A hastily huruan.

err-and we all think that we go

sure, that Delher I think that the woes of this shall be forgiven when Judg- definite

alcio zivaniago

got a adrafted replacement for the others world ́stem from the fact that ment Day arrives. T'hope so!

other,

over the Penguin from the Army Trans- portation - Corps will bring in Dr Johnson paved the way the.

annual Christmas cargo of kpore Bocurate, if less washing machines, outboard intereating, accounts by repormators, bicycles, And even Lere 100 Memory Woodfall, Christmas trees, paid for out of but it was not until: 1882 that the antives' sumuner earnings in the first verbatim account of the lucrative fur-seal industry, the day's speeches. In Com- United Press.

jere

bourers.

that these uprised to want them to have. Fernaps] the Western Bloc feels the samui house cap any other "aros" nato flag-k it was dull in the Service,

o I ́was really

with we are right.” Perhaps there is way about Rusia, big patches on their backs, a lot of wrong in that somebody to human after all.

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