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London Express Service

WAR BY PROXY

Until I hear of a 'Chinese' Air Force in action I view

the new flare-up with less alarm than Bevin

by SEFTON DELMER

new ly

success,

crisis this has caused, I of blame one main cause: the from the all-too-open diplomacy

the West.

of

al-

Christmas at a Youth Hostel

T

BY

★

JOHN GROVES

HE idea of spending the centro of the festivities, Christmas in an old while many special surprisca of ane port or another are planned enstle or an historic

by the warden for his quests. Ho- mansion has a romantic ap- and his wife, apply all the peal which from time to cunning and ingenuity of many time most of us must have years experience to secret experienced. The Youth treasure hunts or "lucky-dip" barrels (filled with small glits Hostels Association поту packed in with sawdust). The makes this a reality for the Christmas dinner fits the sur youth of Britain and, in- moundings and all the traditional deed, extends 'Its hos dishes like roast turkey, and

in amid cheers.

pitality to members of Christmas pudding are brought every other national youth hostel organisation.

Waking up on Christmas morning in the great hall of an The Association has hostels in ancient castlo, surrounded by

portraits of a all parts of the country, each the

fantous. one under the control of a family's romantic ancestors, old warden who generally lives on armour and other historical re

and the premises with his wife. The lics is a pleasure nccommodation is simple, the exciting enough; clipping from

rara

abject being to provide cheap sleep into wakeful consciousness and comfortable facilities and a of the interior of a picturesque friendly community life in the old mill that existed before- ovanings for young men and Dickens was born and maybe women who, during the day. Agured in one of his novels, is travel on foot, by cycle, or a thrill in itself, but it is usually canne. The hostels are generally only the beginning of a very situated in or are close to the memorable day..

country-

"

loveliest parts of the side, or the most interesting historic towns anti cities, and

often

condiderable of architectural or bistorical in-

nro

terest. Altogether there are 300 den's

п

Country Walk

SPECIAL breakfast, which probably brought the war-

wife out of bed at

before.

of them in England and Wales four or five o'clock, forties alone, nearly all of which are the young people open at Christmas, though the they all go out together for walk If it is o main festivities usually take a country piace in two or three particular white Christmas, there is tobog-

and a friendly ganing hostele, previously agreed upon, ght. The hostel, which nor- in each region.

mally closes for a few hours. during the tiny, is open. on Christmas Day from morning. The warden's wife..

Personal Pride

Bnow

EVERY warden takes a great till night.

working hard but happily in the

of the Polish Air Force has no other member of the United

Nations

from will feel safe only the rank of a brigadier.)

The havoc subsequently neutrality. wrought by the US, Air Force must have been chartening.

round

in

his

personal pride

festivities. As

she kitchen, is given a helping They will thus be ready to Christmas

wife live in hand with the vegatabics, while his. listen Lo Stalin's Warsaw and

all

puts some the year the warden himself Concerto

"Don't felose contact

with the "hostellers" for finishing touches to the decora whom they are responsible, the tions for the evening festivities,

gathers

some holly are inseparable or young people from their private lives and are mistletoe.

afternoon In the thought of as part of the hostel

and for the party games Preparations

It is significant that the new "Peace" Chinese army of "volunteers" resist. Surrender in peace." in Korea (they are so "proxy" that they are not even supposed to involve Peking) are

once

WAVERING

have been signs

some Powers.

of

were

of family.

and

in

there are again fighting without on air

perhaps a The Moscow Politburo, OR the Chinese Com-

munist invasion of ways inclined to be incautious- for, pendi' instead on the THERE

Olit July tactics of infiltration wavering resolution among festive occasion which vary con- service in the village church. the Atlantic Pact aiderably all over the country Then, in the evening, some sort over-confident in moments

and night surprise,"

began weeks before Christmas. of show is put on. Much of the Kores and the

recovered have

Decorations. nearly always

usually entertainment is evidence of the That is diffidence that shook

carefully character with the countryside, are usually keep In Oslo, for instance, in-invish, determination to

raised preserved from one year to an- For instance, in Northumber their Soviet them at the height of

defeats in Korean

mid- this a war by proxy, and not fluential voices

Soviet that Norway should turn away other so that they were ready tond. England's northernmost Involve either the

guests, West, and join the for the

Wardens see county, bordering on Scotland, September. Then they were so to

Scandinavian that they are in keeping with a kilted minstrel will play the much in

Swedes in their the dumps that they Air Force or the Soviet Union. from the

the character of the place. For Northumbrian pipes, There is. out "Be conciliatory" The Soviet objectives behind neutrally.

probably

dancing, come folk their diplomats the new Chinese war in Korea?

Essex - a huge while in Wales every village of Yes, for the moment things example, in one hostel in the

County the 38th The

as on same

renovated barn, some 200 years has its male voice choir fully the look good for the aggressors. July: to test Parallel in

is Breat cart-wheel resolution of the Western world

But I don't view things with old-a

old folk songs for which the and to break it.

the

alarm of Mr Bevin, mispended from the high vaulted booked for carol-singing and the and hung with ancient

country is famous. that Mr Truman

has roof

bunting and If they in the they are back

con cause the U.S. suspect

Most Popular chains. United Nations another surprise for them-lanterns, mood

of exultation that and the other

with

tree is usually Soviet despite that open diplomacy. compromise Korean to the beginning of the

-(London Express Sarvica) war produced in them. At that China at the expense of Korea, time they thought they bad

As the Korean war developed, spokesmen

U.S. State

of the abroad.

have

hos sent

orders to

TECHNIQUE

Department proclaimed in ever less am-

terms: biguous

"IL

there

do any- is one thing we will. thing to avoid, it is to involve NOW the United States in war with China."

"the the of

One factor only deterred the found a new and successful

- Communists -- and Chinese

for hastening technique

collapse" their Svengalls in the Kremlin inevitable

cashing this blank

capitalis! West. cheque for Far Eastern aggres- It was tic slon before this,

~from

South Korea,

President allows

to prior For.

energetic Truman's

Americans had force. authoritative declared again and again that the U.S. had written off Korea.

Moscow Now, however, Poking, have become conûdent.

1.

BELIEF

THE pusilianimous reaction

1.9 well as Asiatic troops

EQUIPMENT

A Christmas

paper

AND NOW-PHONEVISION!

In 15 seconds the

By NEWELL RODGERS

come to the

driver

with

AN

N extraordinary amount of talent is usually displayed by the hostellers themselves who carry mouth-organs, sometimes

and plano accordions,

OC- casionally a ukelele. A piano is available and nearly always

local people, who take tremendous interest in these ac-. tivities, help out all they can. Sometimes a small band is hired.

the for dancing is invariably most popular evening entertain- ment.

by retirement. They are start- daughter." The volce: President next port of call, no one will de Margaret plore or begrudge it. They will Singer Truman's. ing a seven-year study.

ANOTHER motor-car glant Truman was on

do it all over again! obtained has

This is the technique of war mistake they had made over by proxy, war that does not

WITHOUT a passport or visa the involve

Soviet Union

OF THE TIMES: SIGN NEW YORK.

Englishman was shopplag directly, but at the same time

other freely in New York the other her to achieve

her THREE hundred Chica- When I stepped into a taxi to an

of in Ryde, Isle reaction, strategic objectives by military goans are ready to ask morning I was confronted by a day for Christmas presents for

on h's wife Arst Wight. the telephone operator to blonde girl

Stanley

Many young people will have Southampton pilot

three nights at the There is evidence that the turn on their favourite film Irish accent. She is the

seen since war days.

Toyne got carried to New York booked and early successes of the North in their own homes.

FLAIR, the newest art and aboard the liner Ile de France hostel so as to stay from Christ- hismas Eve until the morning of for operator fashion magazine

stylish when a

gale prevented Korean blitz-against American

only on Christmas night and will turned Kremlin thoughts to can put a plug into her switch-women, is suspending publica small boat taking him off the the 27th. Others will be staying

on tion. Proprietor Gardner Cow-

ship. European objectives. The board and throw a picture

les blames "the critical foreign But he was not able to buy travel on to enjoy Boxing Day military experts decided that the family TV set.

roundings and among fresh faces. the chances of a Cominform The aim is sent out from a situation, cost increases, and a his wife, Mrs Jean Toyne, too at another hostel in new sur-

together He scraped much.

If, however, And threatened paper shortage."

Day Boxing HEY believe the Americans volunteer" force blitzing TV station "scrambled."

WE KILL men by only 20 dollars. really mean it when they their way to a fait accompil i no set can pick it up unless DO

SHOW BUSINESS: As actress morning or the morning of the to quit work? Yugoslavia were far the telephone operator turns on forcing them

bed after the first scientists Tallulah Bankhead Anished her 27th finds a group of guests still

la

bell, any lengths Tito's say they'll go to

University a wire Cornell to avoid war with China. This better than they had previously a corrector linked by

suspect that many infirmities radio programme the telephone thought them.

to the sets.

rong and a man's voice said: missing their breakfast and set- belief they base on:-

The 300 will pay the tele- of old age are due to psycho-Thanks or being so bice to my ting off later than over to their

each logical disturbances brought phone company 73. for picture ordered.

They were chosen from dif- THE result of their analysis terent Income

get groups to

窳 Government as Miss Bankhead's guest. to defend I could be seen last Augus: typical reactions. Upon

what loan. Henry Kaiser got

ap- In the railway yards of they report depends the great pro

proval to borrow over £8,025,- Rumania, Bulgaria, Hungary, question of Government licences 000, but there, was a condition THE public confession and even Czechoslovakia.

allow phonevizion into He must keep his car produc- millions of homes. General Bradley that the

tion down to a mere 000 daily, Korean campaign had absorbed

The Government granted 4 less than half of his copacity.

18

to help auction, three- The money corporation

to go into defence month test Lecńce.

10 Hollywood did not want

THE

6,700-mile air-l provide the Alms, for fear the Korea has outstripped the Ber- chemas will be ruined. Final- in air-Hift. The 200-plane fleet BO has flown everything from 2 THE assessment of Stalin's ment followed-all of the latest ly they agreed to provide

to refrigerated But they ex- types hitherto Political Intelligence

to pictures.

frankly hoverplanes

blood. By the end of Septem- that American foreiga European

satellitea by the hope phonevision will fall.

ber

had carried 35,105 DOR- policy after the recent clee Soviet High Command.

FOR CHRISTMAS toy shops sengers. But the airmen my

It tlons is In such a crisis

will sell a British-made red- would never have been possible Tho satellites were given and-black sports car with foot without the know-how majo everything except pircraft.

For

the Sovie: pedals, real headlights, pacu quired in Berlin's air-lift. even today

and handbrake,

WHITE-ROBED Ku-Klux- Union does not trust any of itsmatic tyres,

to Klan men

are riding through satellites with an efficient and for 235. The bonnet lifts

reveal a real-looking enging, the night again in America's up-to-date air force.

which does not run.

southland: But a survey among

of the West to the Communist try-on when they sent Chinese troops into Korea

the vital Yalu River Dam,*

of

carry-

to

Train After train arrived all the United States' available from the Soviet Union

that

equipped radio they ing now T34 tanks, military strength;

a chal- with the latest Soviet gun, were unable to meet lenge on another front as well. successfully used in Korea.

perts

that

the State Department is in- capable of taking decision.

Artillery and other equip

Tot

sola

A BUEGLAT who rifled

QC-

stowe

*POFICEsion of this would de-

a 500 students at Atlanta Univer- (On my recent trip to Wat- the Americans to cnable

Negro school, left sity, a Poland, for Hollywood cafe's cashbox prive the industries of Man- saw I found that

ita abedience Soviet all

and sub-this note: "People are getting that the Klan is losing is churla

Southern and

has only one 1ct more honest, Not one nickel power to terrorise the coloured Siberia of their main source of servience,

that the commander its phoney." electric power.

POP

DOCTOR I WANT TO GET RID OF A NASTY LITTLE WART!.

aircraft;

WHY COME TO ME?

moth

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