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Coronation Sidelights

By OSBERT LANCASTER

My Night

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About Russia

JE end of Stalin is

not. I fear, the end By BERTRAND RUSSELL bourgeois individualism".

which characterises

of Staliniam, but it makes a convenient moment as fate, obeying Marx, human history, been a previous course of a moment for taking stock of shall have given the prepon- the work of this eminent derant strength to the Russians. despot. Twenty years ago

be To this creed we cannot he had many almirers in indifferent. It is possible to Western countries. Now he hope that in ume the virulence has fewer but, strange to of belief in the creed

may say, he still has some,

abate. There was a time when the Mohammedans were going

When

On a weary syco-

"rotten

HAVE just come home to Eva Peron's, social aid fund. my after a night in Peron's suppece they will takto

four factories and all

my money top gaol the dreaded and then deport me.

should Villa Devoto. Judge Rivas

worry, there's plenty more in the First Nă- Arguello, who sent there, told me: "Be careful, there are a lot of crooks in that place."

me

lonal Bank in my name mea

When bedtime came, 4 charming fellow made a spice for me on the floor beside him. Three hours later a spurt-of- They took me from my warm blood woke me up. He home in suburban Belgrano had slashed his wrists. before dawn. They said my residential permit was out' Face Slashod

of order.

NEARBY prisoners explained:

As things turned out to NO he's nuts. He knifed his use the words of the judge's mus last night and now he's secretary "it was all an sorry." awful mistake on the part missed his vein and the bleed

As things turned out ile hat." of the immigration authori- ing eventually stopped. Which ties and awfully bad luck, was just as well, because he old man."

did not get any medical attent tion.

Thirty-five hours later I was released with apologies and the assurance that it would not happen again,

I can

never

I went back to steep again, only to be awakened when a fellow a few yards away got his face slashed with a Un knife by n fellow gaolbira who had not a the bit unstrung.

"

This time a guard wandered

first-hand the appalling con- no medleat ditions within the grim walls moming.

of the fortresa-liko Villa De- After that I didn't try 10,

volu gaol.

The place is overflowing. was sent to Cell No 0. In one barnlike room there were of us.

sleep any more.

Before dawn the place way

I like a gipsy camp. I counted 41

paraffin stoves ablaze. The cerie ! glow made the prisoners look like so many corpses lying in

188

It is to be feared that, in the great war against West

thank as the Soviet power, the government so disastrous

Argentinos too much for allow- In would, for the sake of victory, which now exists that

adopt much of what is worst in ing me the privilege of seeing in and broke up the night. Amin Russia. Internally it destroys

Soviet

practice. Therefore,

attention until self-respect and aims at

pro- although the Soviet government

In creatures ducing abject

may make a war necessary, it whom cowardice has removed must not be assumed that vic- the last vestiges of uprightness, lary of the West would mean a Il exterminates, in its great victory for the ideas which at purges. whatever elements of present the West is defending consider the I mystery of Western Com- ***.................................................a good may stili survive. It kills against the Communists.

Joy and substitutes munism I find myself in- Bertrand Russell, one of the round of hypocritical creasingly bewildered. There world's best-known philosa phancy.

A Fellow is no evidence that either phers, in

of Trinity the peasants or the urban College, Cambridge, and proletarial profit by the Fellow of the Royal Society. Ite

awarded the

Order regime. Indeed Merit. the Russian

highest

and most when Russian troops in the coveted British award for out-

achievements, nding

In 1949. war broke into some of the

books

cover poorest parts of the capital- wide range of subjects and in- ist world they were amazed clude: "Problems of Pope we have already experienced. of "Principles by the luxury (as it seemed

construction". to them) of the countries and Theory

It is because such a war would they over-ran.

The Problem of China", "The be so appalling and so destruc Prospects of Industrial Civilisative that many men in the West

Was

I numerous

to

Social

Д

of

"The

Practice of Bolshevism",

and

Externally it wins control where it can

be a mixture of where and fraud, force

that is impossible. It holds over the heads of all of us the threat of a war more appalling than the two world wars that

Uits ground, If on no other, we ought to oppose the idea of a preventive war. A war, however it arises, will destroy, probably for centuries, many of the best things in deferee of which it will have been fought, it is therefore worthwhile preserve the peace as long as possible, though not if it in- volves any Important conces- sion.

Right Policy

There were beds for only 78 inte in come demon chapel,

Shadows fitted. Food was people. The rest of us had to thrown into huge cauldrons to sleep on a damp floor, without make breakfast. This food had even a blanket,

nl been brought in by friends, and relatives. The prison au- thorities supply no food except bread once a day,

No

knife, fork or spoon. Not. even a plate. No blankets, and no beds. If you've got the enali,“

If not, you beg or you cal.

Crime Picture

ARRIVED there early on I

Monday evening. As I was thrust into the cell, it was dark, It was one of their twice-a starve.

I watched one man"'"moke"a" week alm nights.

crime Hew for breakfast. He made They were showing a pleture-Charles Boyer in "Pepet out of lettuce, stale bread, a tin of tunny fish,onions, and Moko" It was called

tomato sauce. "Algiers" when it was made in Hollywood.

Other prisoners looked on at this splendid repast with envy.

Black Maria

AM convinced that the only In the world of culture the lon", "Freedom and Organiza. find a difficuity in making up

"Which Way their minds as to the right policy. known that any further Com- right policy is to let it be Soviet Government has tion 1814-1914",

"History of Western tetalitarianism

Technical

make developments

It struck me there were plenty will mean of people who could show even effectively wiped out every phemy" and "Authority and

coster than it munist aggression

war, and meanwhile to world

the versatile Pepe a thing or thing that a non-Communist the Individual". Swedish used to be. Governments every-

The

arm so vigorously that the more efficient, prospect

two, Everything went smoothly, could admire. Science, which Academy awarded him the 1950 where become

of a Communist who

apart from wolf-calls every are considered

victory In the world war be from a military point of Nobel Prize for literature for Those

T 10.30.in the morning, 73 of time Hedy Lamarr passed across his versatile and important Criminais

A were told we nie bang find it more difficult to

the screen-until suddenly the *view is indispensable, cannot writings, in which he has shown escope,

When

the "criminals" comes slight.

lights went on and a couple of sent 20 miles to Buenos Aires be wholly suppressed, but himself an apostle of humani are, in fact, anti-social this is There is a temptation, when

uniformed cops charged across for trial. We were taken to and freedom of the ty

thought all to the good, but when, as in one realises to conform to

the Incredible Soviet Russia, they are the best abomination

the cell with drawn truncheons cells one yard by 114 yards, of the Soviet

Bise this small space, Into ignorant prejudices of the ******

to break up, a knife fight at the people in the country, It is re-regime, to say: "let us have

other end. "Supreme scientist" Stalin.

people were packed. There wo grettable.

done with this. Let us fight a

few minutes the film were left standing, foodless and. erusade to Breat

abolish the

four in the: evil thing But the attitude started again and nothing more waterless, until

afternoon is not ultimately wise.

heard except a few groans

The mun standing beside mo not necessary to fight evil by force, bul think all history shows THIS situation is not a new one that those who fight evil by

in Soviet Russia. Through force acquire

part of the evil out history governments have, which they fight been opposed to the people who with had any improvement and valu kentuiles in a vista

of many there is only that able innovation to suggest. Most hope for our present world, more of the Greek philosophers owed and that is that somehow

to conquer the world, but in

years

Constantly repeated-pur-- the end they gave up”” this” ges fill men's minds with hope. It is true it took them suspicion: your dearest about a thousand years, and it friend, your wife or your is difficult to contemplate with son, may at any moment equanimity a thousand denounce you to the secret of the cold war. police. You must guard your tongue and not let your thoughts escape you even when you sleeep. But even

I think we mey hope, out undue optimism, things

little move a

Socrates Died

police,

were

After

Fisoner who had been

deny that it is som do No medical attention, was 74 years old. He collapsed

опе

the most wretched of those quickly than they did in the their existence to the incitelency world war will be averted untif

dark ages. But whether this of the Greek

The such time as the Russlan who are decisively called more rapid movement is to Athenian police

not in regime decides to liberalise it- free, are happy compared to wards light or towards still efficient and so. Socrates died self or, disintegrates as a result the many millions in labour greater darkness remains to be in the modern world, the best of internal stresses. This policy

people only survive when the is slow and.

requires patience, State is not too powerful,

or but it is not by impatience Is my deliberate belief when it accepts that antiquated that we shall emerge from our there has never, in all doctrine of individual ilberly present troubles.

camps.

W

Slow Death

JHAT goes on in these camps is well known- starvation, systematic tor- ture and slow death. Never- theless there are Western men and women who will

БЕСП.

IL that

LIFE AGED

OF A NOBLEMAN,

76, IS AUCTIONED

By FREDERICK ELLIS

not admit that they are totally destitute of the faint- est vestiges of humane feeling, and who neverthe- less continue to admire the government which is guilty of these vast atrocities, Nor is there any reason to sup pose that time will, of itself,

And then in the same im- Bang went the gavel, and the bring

improvement. any

personal tone he had used cash interest in the life of R The authorities have ab- No name was given. The earlier to auction two stalls at nobleman changed hands fes

London, May 29, very attractive polley," he com- ther advance, Then came the TN a stuffy, second-floor mented to his audience, mainly words that end all auctions: "For Ionica in the City yester-welthy clients.

day there was auctioned the life of a nobleman.

men of the low acting for the first time....second....

third and last time."

solute power, and all history nobleman bluntly appeared the Albert Hall, Mr Carpenter £55,600,

asked: "Kindly give me your

ders.

Three

room over

shows that the possessors in the catalogue as "Lot "?" best bid for Lot 7,"

minutes had been enough to complete the deal. of absolute power do not His age, 76, was given, for willingly forgo privileges that was vital to the bid the sun streamed in through the casion in contrast to the anima

The audience stayed silent, as it was a poilshed, dignified oc- and wealth.

window. "Give me a start,” the tion of the auction

the way where they were knock- In down rows of houses.

The nobleman, who was not at the auction, got a good deal.

For had ho surrendered his he would have collected only policy to the Insurance company

£51,430.

ΠΟ

All this, it may be said, Is Of Lot 7 the catalogue auctioneer pleaded gently.

concern of ours. If the Russians choose to have a bad government that is their affair. This would be valid but for the fact that imperialism is of the very essence of the creed

1 by

which tho regime

lives.

Capitalism and Communiam,

anid: "A policy of assur- It came £52,000, ance for the sum of 240,000 three?" Mr Carpenter urged. (with profita). Effected the

"Fifty-

7th September 1901, on the

life of a noblemah aged 76. Up It went.... £54,000 (Born 27th October, 1876)". jump of another £1,000 hardly we are told, cannot exist peace- The policy, with bronts, is audiblo. At £50,000 it stuck b ably side by side. One must worth £09,245, on the death of lience.. conquer, and there is an in- the nobleman. exorable law, discovered by Karl Marx, which proves that

"it's your bid, sir,!' the coldly Sitting on hard wooden chairs, professional Mr Carpenter ro- the conqueror must be Com- with the floor covered by a colt minded a man in the front row munism...

mat, a score or so of would-be as the offer became £53,500, buyers faced the auctioneer, Mr "Any advance?" It

camo There cannot, therefore, be H.H.M. Carpenter..

£55,000. ony genuine peace between the

Now he gets £4,170 more

and no longer has to find the £1,050 0s. 04, yearly premium.

The buyer? Ho will collect at

toast £63,840 124, on the death

of the nobleman, or £09,245 L he continues to pay the pro- miums. He buys the policy as nu

two sides. There can only be Quietly Mr. Carpenter read Toying with his Ivory gavel, investment, with a profit of at

uneasy truce until such out the terms of Lot 7. "A Mr Carpenter could get no fur- least 20,395 12, at death, in

an

no

mulblog. After

the film a well-dressed fellow asked me if I would like ta

play a

game of chess for ten cents. played him and beat him. But my opponent apolo- getically explained he was " little short right now."

My opponent was Toculescu, now waiting to be tried for an alleged gigantic swindle running into millions.

told

only twice, and I admired his stamina.

Next they loaded us into the Argentine equivalent of a Black Maria, divided into ten separ ate litle cells.

The journey took more than an hour, and none of us could walk properly after the journey over cobbled roads.

Two hours later I was a free man.

The

whole thing had been,, miste "I should never have en rested, etc

"As a fustier of fast," be me, a rather large wil probably be involved. I'd not But ds they carefully think this wheid. ever have plotne Justice hust) ako happened if I had contributed effec

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