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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1951.

"Bing Crosby as First Lord of the

Admiralty-that'll be the day

Why

INCE

Communism

Will Fail

1946 the Rus- sians have had a series of spectacular successes, and

memory is people, whose short, have imagined that

these successes will go

Bome

-

By Bertrand Russell

hemisphere belonged ・to. SEEMED SO

them.

to

ㄜˇ

to of America. Nor

intellectual the ia Russia at all favorable to scientific advances.

antiquated

to taice OVCT opinion from

the

necessary

transport. They have

with

pated themselves

motor

emanci- successfully

had.

from the Western European

which they domination endured since 1940, and I do

submitting not see them domination by Eastern Euro- peans

to

While Moscow can help them

WESTERN

FOLLY

and

that

wil

Ila, on the contrary,

London Brass Service

Bertrand Russell,

the

one of

world's best-known philosophern, is a Fellow of Trinity College, Cam - bridge, and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He WEI Awarded the Order of Merit, the highest and most coveted British award for outstanding schlove- It's in ments,

1949. namerous books cover wide range of subjects and

"Problems include:

of Philosophy," "Principles of Social Reconstruction,' "The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism," **Tho Problem of

China," The of Prospects

Industrial Civilisation," "Freedom Organimation 1814- 1914. "Which Way to Peace?" "History of Wes. tern Philosophy” and “Au- thority and the Individual." The Swedish Academy awarded him the 1958 Nobel prize for literature for his "versaille Pul ira. portant writings in which he has shown himself an -apostle” of “humanity-and- freedom of thought."

and

we may lentific before Asia has occasion to learn shown more skill in this i

AMERICAN COLUMN

Don't move the sea, he says

From R. M. MacColl

NEW YORK.

FT looks as though Canada

1,500 million dollar (£536 million) St Lawrence вса- way project alone,

The plan, shared by Canada and the U. S.; would link the · 1,400 miles of the Great Lakes with the sea, 600 miles away down the St. Lawrence River.

It would make such inland cilles as Chicago and Milwaukee -inlo great ports.

But the latest angry voice o be raised against the scheme (as "madcap, visionary") that of Mayor Vincent Impalliteri of New York. And he is frank about the reason.

"I estimate that the seaway- would take away almost three million tons of iraffle annually from the port of New York

alonc. I know no reason why. New York business men should sacrifice even the smallest part of their commerce to promote this scheme."

If Canada "goes to H alone." the route would lie entirely through Canadian territory and waters. I would cogs another 30,000,000 dollars (£10,714,000).

NEW ORLEANS is famed for its "French atmosphero" and its scores of nightspots that feature strip-teasers. But there is a great row there over a bas- relief group of three nude figures just unveiled оть the court building, untitled **The Family."

A chorus of requests for fig- leaves is going up.

SHARPEST Dentence ever passed in New York Skate for a drugs charge was imposed on George Angelet He goes to prison for from ten to 20 years, for selling drugs to school chl- dren. Sald Judgo Jonah Gold- stein: "This man is worse than a murderer."

A

DANCING SCHOOL has been ordered to

7,000 pay dollars (£2,500) damages to 54- Mrs Theresa Schnepf, a

She claimed year-old widow. the school made her filterbug, Said and she broko an arm. widow Schnepf: "Congress ought to legislate jitterbugging out of existence.”

TWO SMILING BANDITS stolo 2,500 dollar from Brooklyn sweetshop. And they took also the trousom of Louis Fishmon and Davo Hasan, owner and manager of the shop.

TOUGH Robert Ryan, Alm with star, disagrees completely all those hard-luck stories about how you cannot save anything in Hollywood because of high taxes, "Nonsense," declares Robert. "An actor should be able to save one-fourth of his earnings and still live a terrifie life"

A

In the national interests, they will side with Moscow, but on the very day that Moscow do- on Like their predecessors, in refused to believe the news on mands a quid pro quo they will. to ultimate triumph. The their vain attempt they led the ground that what German ilke the Austrians on a former science could not achieve mus occasion, astonish, the world by successes of the Russians their country down an ar- be Impossible, to the scientists their ingratitude. have been no more astonish- duous and bloody road ing than the successes of ruin.

as atmosphere Hitler from 1938 to 1940. Man may be defined

Owing entirely to folly on the Hitler failed,

any the

animal that will not Everybody has to believe, part of contain Western Powers, from experience. pretend to believe, whatove: fad nationalism-which is far undi rational man might have learn expected. The Russians like After Spain, France and happens to catch Stalin's fancy, away the strongest political force

to Russia. will wise

fail. and for Germany had thrown away on genetic subject of great throughout Asia has been

practical importance

driven into the arms of Russia, similar reason19.` · ·

what was, in each case, & since it is capable of increasing except in the one case where a which wheat cat Western Power has behaved with Ever since the 16th cen- practice certainty of pro-the-area over which tury,

on the sperity for the sake of a profitably be grown--Stalin has wisdom-the Indian Peninsula. I any nation

think it may be hoped that the the Russians-per- chosen continent of Europe that dream,

derived

Went will learn to be wiser in Its dealings with Asia, seemed to have any prospect hapa ignorantly, perhaps in ultimately

publican virtue. It is clear that

IN COURT, Beatrice Davis, of success,

has embarked impious presumption-have through the medium of

nere become

become more fablish.

the same feeling must exist in accused of stealing 200 dollars reason to hope that AS soon as Asia realises that jupon a scheme of world con- started to travel along the Butler and Bemard Shaw.

Dvory

Russia, and that only fear of from a Charleston (South Caro- road.

It is a road Stailn will adopt some equally Russia is employing Communism the police prevents it from find-ina) restaurant, stood with quest. The Spaniards tried same

in their case as in absurd opinion on the subject as a new technique of white in utterance.

Bible balanced on one finger. it first. They had immense which

atom, and that atom man

man's imperialism, Asia will

Magistrate Gene Herron, who advantages. At first almost the others, must lead to ulti- of

The Russians are attempting had been unable to make up his physicists enable of new dis- turn against Russia. And given the whole of the western mate downfall.

Co think

the tendency of all despots to to force human beings into an mind about the case, intoned:- will be liquidated.

that folly, I think it will not be long unnatural shape. They have Russia, in technica!

attempt

"By St. Peter, By St. Paul, They had boundless

than any previous band of You may say: "but this time matters, will begin by being five this lesson,

By the grace of God supplies of gold and silver

are, I think in addition fanatics, but nevertheless, it is

Who There the aspirants

world years behind Ameko, and wil

drop further and to such considerations, reasons on attempt which is

mande usoal. P bound to with which they could pur- upremacy have all the cards gradually chase mercenaries, and even in their hands,"" It seemed so further behind as the deadening for expecting an Internal decay fall. If it does not fall sooner, in those days the minis in each of the previous cases; effents of intellectual dictator of the Commundet faith. If it will fail in the moment of ap- imposes a very harsh strain upon parent success. In the moment | tera of hostile Powers. but in each of the previous cases thip becomes more evident.

insolence,

human nature, a discipline as in which it fails, hoppiness will generated Power

irksome as RATIONALISM Nevertheless they failed.

that of a trappist return to the troubled races, of insolence generated resentment

monastery. It demands a man. The French, who on and resentment at fast generated

of the Russia

natural renunciation

simple has vast

and com- theological grounds should victory for the forces that stood

for freedom.

resources, but some of them are pleasures of safety have sided with them, play-

It imposes It is still possible that the extremely vulnerable to allied paralive idleness.

end which...” ed a part similar to that Russians may hold their hand attack. This applies especially this for a distant

will probably be like the rainbow-recodes as the which Tito is now playing. and decide to develop peacefully so oil. It

advances to- the vast resources that they now possible,

by means of atom weary traveller The Dutch and English de- control: But the omena are not bombs, to set the oil fields upon

wards It. feated them by stubbornness favourable. Year by year, and which Russia depends ablaze, Sooner or later, especially if

give successes and skill.

mupplies Initial In the end a month by month, the prospect and destroy Russian French dynasty

es of a third

a third world

war becomes for the duration, if not for over, sense of security, tablished on the throne of mercasingly to be

more threatening, and it is It is true that the Russians may luxury and case

feared that be able to deprive us of the energies of weary Communists. Spain, and, as Louis XIV re-

part of the marked; "There are no of Madrid and Park and Berlin. get

from if this does happen, what solid at

and if American pleasures at our efforts have longer the Pyrenees.”

a pinch, grounds, apart from historical-Rotarians can be induced to give made possible? Why should we THE MORAL analogies, have we for expecting up motoring, the supplies of the continue to toll nominally for posterity, but really for the think, ✩ victory

the Western New World will suffice,

therefore,

Kromiin? that we may reason- Louis XIV, however, bad. Fint and foremost, America ably hope for a great superiority not drawn a right moral and the British Commonwealth in the matter of oil, and without CORRUPTION from the event. The moral between

considerably oll a modern war is scarcely

possible. he drew waA that France surpass the industrial potential

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Moscow will follow the example supplrom the Middle East, but not enjoy some

which at present we They will say: Why should we

Powerst

for

bem

the

useful in modern war,

creep W

wuh at

Western enemies.

Corruption will creep

in.

of

desire more liberty for specula- tion than is possible ne present. Already jokes are beginning to religious fervour. The

to work at once to imitate have made our flesh the Spaniards, and stop by the news of an atomic explosion the Poles, the Czechoslovaks, B step France went down the somewhere in Russian territory; and the Hungarians would claim Moscow comic paper Krokodil same road, to disaster. Mari- and we have been told of national Independence as the bas distributed some of Sta

eminent German aclentiria cup-

Yugoslave trave already done, I choicest jokes to English fellow travellers, to show that even in borough's victories, the tured by the Russians, and doubt whether armies of Poles

dhere

470 lighter Soven Years' War, and inspired with the desperate hope would fight for their Russian Russin

moments. One of these jokes Napoleon's Russian cam of wreaking vengeance on their masters any more enthusiastical moment

y than they did in the days of represents a man and woman paign successively weakened

the Czar

listening to the nightingale. She France, which has never, OVER-ESTIMATED Nor is the danger that Russia says: "Do you like the song of has to Inca from nationallam that nightingale? He replies: Tolace 1815, beon in a position

All this, I think, is very carlly, condinod to Europe: Docs and lody X can say nothing" This i

**Until I know who wrote the to dominate Europe. The

over-estimated. The German body really ballove that China, Joke suggests that there is por- coup de grace was given by eelantista under Hiller made a however devoted to Commun, haps already a feeling that more Bismarck in 1870;*** pHiful showing: and the will

femely to Moscow?. auctorious alles, when they come. The chiuse a proud moto

freedom of

of opinion

would-be The Germans, however, to investigate the

work

of They have had a great empire agreeable. like Louis XIV, drew the dorman atomia physichts, could since the time when Rome wasnts in England led to an We all know how the ruin of wrong moralFirst the handly being themselves to be engaged in demperate, combat Kainer, and then Hiller, roya tow incompetent I had with the Carthagian They almost universal welcome for The German atoms are patient, tenacious and auto, Charles II, and trow, at the fall sumed the impossible task physicists ubodialy, who were They fought the Joganors slation of Roborpierre, der alle France which - had defeated, the by met tone, in Aurelowa faida, hankled, fuel many years, while hoevad a sigh of relief at being Duke of Alba and Napoleon, when they heard of Hirosalma, Amtarion Tuppleva dhe Rapomene po longer obliged to proteas co-

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If this women took the cash, Then let the Bible fall." The Bible fell to the floor with a crash, and Beatrice immediate- ly admitted her guilt.

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