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NEWS FROM BRITAIN

NHE

nowest thing in Anourin

TBritain

Revan. That is to say, the new Aneurin Bevan. Bevan

the statesman.

Phoenix-like, this

paragon

emerged from the pres of the old, firm-eating Beván at the Socialists' party conference Brighten

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Veteran Bevanites, the left- wing ginger-group of the Labour Party, gasped an they heard the macalro reject the proposal that Britain should. if need be unilaterally, refuse la test, manufacture or use nuclear wea pn.

Far it has long been Bevanite gospel that this danger-charged Lesture would be justified as a moral exumple to the 751 of the world.

Delegates,

crammed ho

30-

Jocul ice-rink, heard Buvon, it the toughest speech of his stormy carcer, hurt aside the argumenta of those who wanted an conditional ban on suclear wea- rons as "an emotional spasm."

What is more, he got away with. But only after trade unlon strong man Franit Cousins threw his mighty Transport and General Workers black vole Lehind Bevan... at what cost In terms of erstwhile Bevanite disciples has no! yet been measured.

Now the tvally thing is not so much what Nye did, but why Nye did it,

The answer lay in his argu- meat to the delegates that of the "Enn it at all cost" result:3.on yent through they world "send" fae British Forcim Somelary-- whoever he was--naked into the conference chamber.

Patently Nye had few doubts eboul "whoever he was goingg to be." In short, A. Bevan.

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, OCTOBEN 1937.

The Challenge

HOW CAN WE BE

TIRED WHEN EVERY

GENERATION CAN

START

AFRESH?

TT is not in due nature to think in terms of mir We have not greatness. consciously Bs a people striven for greatness,

But in doing - what wunted with our lives

have achieved greatness.

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we

It is a fact of history that we

it people of destiny. When this century dawind we wherited a great estate,

We have had to spend 11. Not on wasteful extravagance Not on foolish scheines,

But to defend ourselves from the rule of evil men.

And in defending

ourselves prat e those peoples who had nat The solution to defend themselves,

This is highly significant. For Nye Bevan, for all his apprent emotionalism, a canny sou! with a superb sense of peliteul timing. To have gambled as he did on the ability of his per

onality to make The Labourites accept his somersault means ¦ CO in 1945, fired and spent with

that he must be completely con- vinced of Socialist election victory and that he will got the job of Foreign Secretary,

Just how intich he risked must be frightening for him in retro-

For if the speci

party had

voted against him ture can be little doubt that he would have bern finished,

But then, Nye Bevan La spelt-binder from way back.

The Outsider

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If the British were allowed to choose an

I see in Britain

Today

by DONALD EDGAR

to better than those produced by

anyone else..

We have been the fest marner; the atom to our ugen,

Promcilian sk that wil

it

tank with the great anonymous inventions of the wheel and the taming of the horse.

Our turbo-jels.....the Viscounts anti

1: Bilemmas....prothy whine atron, the sition. Firat in The Neki nd unsurpassed.

Our jet, the Comet, took the air. will follow. If there But 1 crushed.

others

the Jalf....it was being too adventurous

WE

Was foult

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Vie have asked for no favours, The envious world, half-wanting in declare our decline, has given us no favour.

We have accomplished all this by our own viforis.

Failures

course there have been dit-

fcullies. Of course, there Have been delaya in delivery dates. Of course there have heen complaints or quality,

take note of all these fadts....perhaps too much,

Wr Records

JE hold the air speed record. Campbell as flushed neross

Triumphs the waters faster than any other

da struggle, but rightly proud with victory, we had to turn in the lasiness of cutning Our Învinta

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In 12 year we have earned so many fitumphs that history may say these yesha guaranteed the

Brit glory of our second covery.

NEVER has e ingenuity, the kill, the determination of our ence been so apparent

Ot bericulture is the most highly mechanired in the world, Our vich are the envy of ether lands.

Our culte ar bought by the wold to restock the infering nerdy

For It is not in our nature to think in terms of our greatness. So conschtas are we of the highest standards. So conscious are we of the heritage we received, that perhaps we exag- gerate to ourselves our day-to- day troubles.

There is a strike....we worry tale is .... We fret.... We

moments We say, in

D

Our chips are at the best in frustration, that this is the end and that things cannot continue

the world.

Hes Patr

syn-

like this.

In fact our industrial relations are quite reinarkably good.

In

industries.. ricetroaless, plastics, and

rtie

Sul "rant. we have pushed for word as fast nt, f In NEVER has our sense of civit not faster than, any other responsibility ben 30 tested country.

Our taxes have been immense

Exports

But they have been pud eleventh eunmand-

And yet, at the same time, wh

$1. invested have created

pattern Empire and the Common-

ment it would mest likely beve "Thou shalt not be cruci animals."

to

The people who enuld make eups of tea for German pilots shot down during bombing raids reach for their eplihet, if they hear of someone being cruel to an animal.

"Horsewhipping." goes The popular reaction. 3: Ian cond for them."

Yet last week in the corre- sprudener columns of the very British London Tiaw appeare that Braton animal-forlag

a letter unging

should get their

emotionalism jau proper

spective,

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1

(You really have to Nee ja Britain 10 i parecile The Anorrwity of thi, auggestion).

Whi had inspired the water was a court case winch a rez spectabile, retired Lusiest mun had been sentenert in six weeks! London imprisonment by a magistrate for stamping samt

The letter writer con- puppy. pared this sentence with The four weeks pered on a danger ous driver who had injured wonian pushing a pertimbulator, The British were apparently unimpressed by the argument, And later in the week a popular London daily devoted it: Trond page to the photograph of e young man who had been haut- ed to court for being cruel to two cats. And the treadline was "Picture of a Fiend."

Heather On Fire

A

A

The lesst popular elsa Scotland are the Macmillans. In Glasgow, * crowd several thousands elivered apeaker who roared wrathfully: - it was lett to me i know what I'd do with the Mae- millans."

What had brought this fine old Scots fumily into public scorn win Glasgow at any rate---was the gokigs-on of the Right Honourable Harold of the ilk

Harold As Prime Minister,

wes being held responsible for the decision to amalganate the Highland Light Infantry with the Royal Scots. Fusilier

the

Now, it is perfectly in order for the English to have ther traditional county regiments amalgamated, evča for Guards to lose a couple of Battalions in the interesta of economy

But and efficiency. amalgamate the LI...

regiment Why, the

is the epitome of Glaswegian spirit. tough, brash, cocky, unconquer- able. (During the First World War some of its more extrovert members were said to favour the razor rather than the bayonet for in-fighting).

So the drums, rutled a "hun- dred pipers skirled the regi- mental march, and twenty thousand furious Claswegiana stormed through the elty to a rally. the general purport which ceemed to be that

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Harold Macmilion over decides to return to his ancestral home he had botter, grow a heard and

call himselt Meydougal.

by PETER BURGOYNE

WE

of life which he cluaired work and lemate, a rising standard of wed living, more education, and a

Jov Ce

healin 1:21 in the of it, erander of the world.

131 Life

But our greatest achievement

w have exported. 1938 we exported £470 million.

It is no1 In our nature a 1045 it was C450 million. Is think in tetras of our great in 1656 it was £3,318 million. And even allowing for the fall BUSS,

in the purchasing power of the £, that is a fantastic rurLOSK. We rjalised that the invest scents of this past had gone.

But now and again, it is good to look back and consider what

have done Aug 14 tim

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that present achivements with our peas to the intare

our own quiet, sensible way we have come a long way Sure

the times when long- drawn-out Mrikes and Inck-out: were allowed to dislocate the life of the notion for months,

Both sides of industry know

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A population of 53,000,000, working population of 24,000,000.

And

-

the British not emigrated?

We are more than an island, Tryddin We are more than a race. are an idea.

beyana mr population

Commonwealth We exaggerate our troubles. tions that we have fathered Wo minimise nur success,

Canada, Australia, New Zea- When there is emigration... and South Africa is still with especially the post-Suez emigra us though recalcitrant and lion....we talk of a lack of proud of her Boer blood she is faith in the future....we talk pursuing her own path.

Beyond of the loss of the youth,

our populations are from since when have the countries se pencuc Andi vet

barbarism

Tyranny Pakkinn,

Ceylon, the We What Indies, the Afrigin Empire from Rhodesin and Tanganyika So to Chana and Nigeria. So vigorous is cur stock.

Their leaders boundless is its enterprise and

and through That in those leaders their peoples biti sense of adventure,

very generation there are those their institutions... are 1- who go abroad to found new bued with our traditions,

experience. And have acquired nations or strengthen others.

our landkurds.

And since

of reaction when they nequire their freedom those leaders tum IT is always in our favour, gahed us. It is in the long For every woman or man run only the same psychology who goes to settle abroad that makes every son in his spreads our way of life.

adolescence furn against his that We realise apart from earning a livelihood father. A few years makes alt

the difference, fue reasons there are other

From all those Canter's living reasons such 21

as well as draw strength... beriy, justice, and the complex give it. of ideas we rationalise As fair play... we know that in send- ness..

We may not, talk of our great- but there is

ExamplesAit, even if in the flush

ing our sons LTIC daughters Briton bam whn

brund we are adding to

aur

realise that he reasons for existence. Wo aro

greatness. broadening our destiny.

There is so much nonsence talked about old nations.

We

not a cloes not

A part of

to

is

And there is no reason believe that our present genera-

As members of humanity we tion is betraying the trust.

are all of the same age.

We are all contemporary. Every generation starts nfresh,

to in in spite of the high word: Some have a great past poken at

times....that aspire them. Others have nothing reasonable arrangement of wages

or little..、

to look back and conditions will be reached, on.

The British youth are lucky,

When

Look at our nation,

It works. It is neithg. 1ts: standards of living... housing, are much food and clothes...

before higher than they wer the war. It is a highly educated people. But, above all, it is a zestlessly creative nation,

Arguments The past is so splendid that it eidem painters... they are

can act only as a spur.

Our great artists of today are

the designers of television sete, machines, moter-enis, washing

Victories tankers

T is stupid to remark 100

much the high words. W

And are a high-meltjed race,

The Sheratons and Chippen- HEY talk of mur smallness dates are

industrial today when we argum........sve sergue,

There are signs of vigor. As if that was in any way designers.

relevant to a people whe, when And it is they who ure The Sn we have gone out into the Not of dueny world and let them our goods

population of craftsmen of the prevent ag anything goes wrong they had because we A perfre 6,000,000, defeated the Armadu But since we must rely on. in a Betely ecompetitive Market.

want of Philip II of Spain, who held have we been able to tionists....because Why

U of Europe as his fef sell our ears mir engines.... everything to en nowothly.

They talk of our smallness. cloths. cour

enemies we grow annoyed,

As it that had anything to do really temarkable thing

have gone with a people who in 1940 stood it for ut, price is how few things

alone against the might of the goods have been wrong.

greatest milllary Pawer of the world.

it of

We have done match And when we have liked

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the

berth the substr

hau been the Such and eatet nyhet

re ter Dees or plish great ventures in too

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Because

for price, ou

The Foreign

Secretary Designate

COLIN

"UGH! BEVANITES!!"

T

Wo

Cummings

Ban the

H Bomb!

Mrs

TRIBUNE

Castle

More

Socialism!

Jan

Mikardo

They talk of our smallness. In the framewort of the size and population of the United States and Soviet Busria.

Forgetting that number: have

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quality and Inventiveness, RRGICAL probiere must alwaye The education

especially velnical education."

Opportunities

IT is a challenge thus as a nation to invest heavily pessible in cur youth.

And is a challenge to every industry to help every young

never meant a thing in the his- and woman to realize their

ability to the full. tory of the human race. That

With much done and

Bismarck was never so wrong! much to do

as when he said that God was the future.

Britain faces)

on the side of the big battalions; It is an exciting age in which

For the story of humanity is to be alive.

the story of the character of individuals.

And as a ther

though the world may not. ke to admit

it we produce individuunis of great worth more frequently than any other vice.

The opportunities opened up

by the new science reas boundless as those that exelted

mankind, at the time of the

Renaissance,

We have only to be ourselves, Although it In pot in our to have high courage and great ture to think in terms of our ambitions. to take the pealtion greatness.

In the warlil that is our birth- Fight that of trader.

Not that we are so small.

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