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News From Britain by LES ARMOUR

London, Feb. 15.

TORTH Lewisham -

N a sleepy grey slice of

London rolling over the brow of a hill and deteriorat- ing us it falls --- is not place in which you would expect to and drama.

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And, Indeed, the gargan- tuan efforts of two great political parties and one small but battling political organisation failed to pro- duce any real dramu.

The Socialists won the by- elretion this week and nearly choked themselves to death with their own cheers. It was the Grst time since the spring of 1039 that the opposition had won a seat in a by-election from the government.

Even that, however, could not produce real diena

Margin Less

What happened was that the Socialists polled ~ almost exactly the same cumber of votes ON

last had in the they

general election, while nearly 3,500 Con- servative voters slayed

And the Sociallst margin (1,100 votes) was less than the nurn- JAN of voles polled by the third comilclate (1,400).

Since the third earidate, an Independent Loyalis name Miss Leslie Greene, campaigned on a platform which might fairly be described as right-wing Con- pervative it is altogether sound to gas that some of her sup- porters might have voted Tory had she not been on the ballot More of them, of course, would probably have joined the stainers and the Socialist would probably have won anyway.

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a close thing-a But it wil very close thing.

The potential drama wus further diminished by the fact

tuit the Socialists chox to tight

the election on the governmenta rent bill und in particular against

a clause in that bill But will decontrol the rents of houses mostly occupied by middle class clizens who would normally vote Tory.

Stay Away

Was

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23 1957

r Arat

"I thought fold you to stay out of sight while the judgos were around."

THE GREAT DELUSION

a "United States

T started with the Messina Brothers. And I do not

menn the brothers who run vice in Soho,

These new Messina Brothers are much more mencing they want to run all Europe's trade.

The Messina Brothers are Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Luxemburg, and Holland.

And they get their Messina tag from the unfortunate choice of that Sicilian town under the shadows of volcano Eina na a meeting place to plan their trade assault.

The Club

WHAT nu unholy alliance they are. Ger- my and France, who have been at each other's throats over the

of Europe

Frederick Ellis

Nallons. An impressive statis- teal glory that weighs all of 4lb. Take a look at unempiby-

the See how

11gures compare, expressed as 21 per

ប centage the 10tal labour force:

centuries. Now they ship, which is likely to in- coo and cuddle over trade. chude the Scandinavian | Italy who ratted on countries, Australia, and ment

| probably Switzerland. Germany when the war

Way.

started going the Allied Together the customers The nation that in this two-deck club would stäbbed France in the back be in the region of 240 mil- after the Hitler hordes had lion people. marched.

And Belgium, crushed by the Huns in two wars - Luxemburg

and

The Dole

Holland, THUS with the barriers who tasted German brutal- down Germany could ity in the last war,

Some thousands <if these volers seem to have been im- pressed enough to stay away from the polis.

But this

a by-election. In a general election they would have hud to choose between Tory and Socialist rent policies, The Tory polley faces themi

Now they plot and with higher rents and possible

form (though not probabic) eviction; together to The Socialist policy would make

ake European trading club, A United States of Europe for trade only.

the tenants of the local coun- cil by nationalising their houses. They would still be faced with idfier rents and possible (though not probable) eviction.

In short, in a general election the rent issue would more than likely negate itself.

So, although a national swing in the proportion of North Lewisham would give the Socialists 88 more stats (enough to forn) a governfiem) there is still no evidence that such a swing would really like place.

ed.

many ship as

cars into Britain AS she could sell. plan Now they come in Оп 21 restricted ration basis. So it would be with other goods.

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But what about the British The Messina Brothers

car makers? And the goods of have already done this in other British Arms facing a steel and coal with atomic flood of foreign competition?

the cards, OIL power

Well, the sponsors of the plan common market, it is call- briskly suggest that if they can

not compete they will have to start making something else! Thus German steel, if Kindly they will be given help they have any to spare, can by an investment fund. flow Into Belgium without Customs or other duties.

Now the Messina Brothers

all other

goods, except

Whal does secm โด be troubling Tory politeal thinkers hope to du the same with and planners, however, is litat in all the revent Conservative voters have shown | food. very little enthusiasm for their parly,

by-elections

For a lot of reasons-must of which did not really come to

Investment fund my foot, A dole for unemployed factorles might be a better description of such a plan.

That bluntly is what the Messina Brothers

about. Let nobody imagine this is a brilliant new conception of

They plan to sweep away trading pepes, It was what the Customs posts, wipe Gladstone was saying back in out the import duty im- the last century.

the surface in North Lewisham-posis.

a very large number of Con- servatives are not, Just now, very keen on the government.

Aftermath

Probably, they are more be- wildered then angry.

The afterinaih of Sucz has left voters with a strong feelink} of frustration which is difficult to pin down.

The Threat

The..Wooing

TT is a planners' dream of THEY do not believe in haven. Or what the Ameri- tariffs except to cane colourfully call "ogghead Or what the French keep out of the Messina linking."

ppce called Maginot Line think

countries goods of those ing. countries who do not join

the great free trade jam- with this United States boreë.

of

Yet Harold Macmillun toys

Europe Trading Club.

With such tactics the Hò seeks to become the Isaac Akilin, Mr Macmillan's Messina Brothers hope to Wolfson of Westminster-with- crusade for the European com- bludgeon, the rest of Europe out Mr Wolfson's Inborn Hair moh, narkei has evokte, no en- thusiasm. Remarkably few into joining this free trade for trading..

people stem lo fiave done much áron.

thinking about it und those

The Messina Brothers of

who have (apart fegin. some Join our club or your cham

course, woo Britain with the the other Messina

human trading partriers.

profecatonat tconomists, old trade with us will suffer i Brothers used to woo their

fashioned free fraders, and the threkt. Join

idealists

Europe

-or, up

of the "ned up to a the tariff barriers against

school who do not

very large number) seen divid-you.

ed into two groups: Those, like

the

Socialists, who fear, that

The Messina plan is cosily

the pluft would impair Britain's called a common market.

and

plan

For is not Britain the biggest and bestest market in the club nrne?

Britain 13 still Germany's greatest competitor, Nobble Dri-

Ná own economy, with 161 million customers tain and heigh ha the Germans like the Tory tradi- living in the six coultries, will, indeed be in the pound

hat

tionalists, whic Lear

would weaken from

Commonwealth The rest of Europe cat seats.

tos and Jeopardise too many British Industries.

élther join os full members

-.or become nesubinte

All In all, looks members in what is called-

though Mr Macallan is going to be under heavy prisnite lo choose between heavy re think and a generat election, z

frés trade area.

Britli is coffeldering the free trade urda filmzbor:

Comparison

ارم ولد وام

ET,us tiamine the members

the

tattoo, statistics1; yedi booter at United

BRITAIN MESSINA ONLY..

. THE CLUB

1,5 %%%

5.41%

4.0.

would dearly love to get among our customers at the cost of British Industry,

There seans little hope of Bri ain boosting its sales propor- totiately in clubland. You can- not imagine the Austins push- ing the Volkswagens off

nads of Europe,

the

But you

can see the Volks cluttering up the roads of Bri-

ain and the Empire.

Yet, its ever, the politicians ure mesmerised by everything in Europe.

Never do they hoed a plan that would make Britain the world's most prosperous nation. The Empire trade plan, Here in the 'Empire is the biggest market of them all-850 million people, a vast, under-developed Innrket,

Compare it with the United Europe 240 million market,

Then look at the daily food where scope for expansion is so we eat. measure! il daily limited.

calories:-

BRITAIN 3,140 (35% mest) MESSINA 2,854 (30% ment) THE CLUB 2,941 (33% meat) And next the hourly wages paid to the workerTS;

BRITAIN MESSINA

THE CLUB

is

45. 4320. Zs. 8d. 39, 7d.

Peril

HE Empire trade market is what our politicians should be busy about, Expanding the Empire resources, developing the spending powers of the Empire peoples.

They should seek to maintain the system that gives two-way preference to nil peoples of the

You can go on for ever giving examples, In Britain the national income per head of £380. l the population Messina countries it is £247, Empire.

Or take care. There is a cur

Under the Messing Brothers'

the plan

Preference Empire would soon in Britain for every 14 of the

be a dead tries the ration is one people. But in the Messina coun- system

duck. car for every 20 people.

Oh yes, Britain is indeed pros. perous. The rest of Europe

For the expanding Empire market is a rich ground for the Messina Brothers to exploit-at Britain's cost and perli,

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