‚"THE" CHINA" "MAIL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1959.
This Potent Personality
by NANCY SPAIN
PHE other night, for one short half-hour, Beaverbrook held us millions of B.B.C. TV THE
viewers spellbound. He wandered around the landscape of his boyhood in Canada, talking about his early life.
He showed us some of the great paintings he has given to Fredericton, New Bruns-- wick; and he spoke of some of his great moments as politician and propagandist.
hinted that one of these moments might still be to come, when he writes his book describing his relationship with Churchill in the War Cabinets of the Second World War. So we saw the great spell.
He even
I
binder in three moods,
First, al
Infinitely at that).
prefer slight slant, woolly waistcoat always forgets, the unpredic relaxed ease,
the cold, tability, wild originally. autumn home among the people and Beaverbrook to be happy. So I against the
bby again,
and Sudden Irrelevancles introduced places where his rools were enjoyed most his early vod of becoming a
into the narrative, savagely telling us all about it, set by his father, the minister, recollection.
twisted around to make a point. when he was nearly a year old. Then, in pride and
For example. There was his benevolence among the glowing
muiden, unexpected tribute
was Raleigh treasures of his art gallery.
Churchill:-"He and Drake and Hawkins and Elizabeth herself, all wrapped. up in one."
Memories
He walked under the maple rees, greeting old friends and Then, criticising momuments, a fountain pausing by
in the middle of a fine square, he told us of time past.
On that corner there he sold newspapers-on that corner he washed bottles for the chemist, "I found it a very tedious and Uresome occupation, so I gave up washing boltjes. Years after- words, remembering my bottle washing experience, I invested some money in bolle-washing plant....and finally cold it out on the to Pilkingtons in Great
Tais five minutes, which Beaverbrook looked back into himself, were the most moving
shared
And then, full of fight and fire, the great makes of mergers explaining how Great Britain have ever and America and Russia might still go forward arm in arm.
Obviously, as I am a woman (and a rather frivolous one
500
television screen....
news-
Here was this great at paper baron, battered hat at a
A British Crossword Puzzle
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ACROSS:
Near mig (5).
DOWN: Uncommon military alliance
1
A lying jade, they say (8),
1
3
(4).
8 Read all about 11 (4).
-2 There's
(4).
9 Yokel (6).
11 River stuff (5).
12
Move like an adder? (6).
14 Impartial blonde (4).
16 The best catsup? (5).
18 Territory (5).
19 This rock is not
(4)
mineral
20 O And how! (6).
24 Pin hole mainly (3),
25 Take it away! (0).
20 Make a dash for fish? (4).
27 Fruit fresh daily. (5).
23 Fustish? (0).
อ Scotch variety
3 An officer's command (4). 4 The vicar, maybe (8). 5 It may hide its head, though not in shame! (7). 6 Pythagoras had one (7).
RMTO OVER GE
7 Recovers from avuncular
10 What it all amounts to (5). Worried with a fine saw? (7).
13
Leave a parade? (4, 3).
15
Stamp (7).
17
Crazy
offer by an artist
cure! (7). (5).
19 Sal's footwear? (8).
21 Give way (4).
22 Channel (4).
23 K.O. (4).
YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD-Acrosì: 1 Tells, 4 Switch,
Britain.")
Cadences
He mumped the eluurch organ, He walered the herbaceous border. He rang
the church bell the sweet sounding bell" --and he drove the cow to pas- ture and milked her too.
"I was very fond of that old cow. The passion for that cow has never, never died out in me. Now
many cave, but I have Instead of milking them myself ...it's all done by machinery."
How Biblical all these tasks seemed as The Old Man des- cribed them. I found myself realising that the wonderful Elizabethan English that rolls upon from him, in cadence cadence, was probably learned all those years ago when he was just a son of the manse.
manse
Just 1 son of the What a childhood, filled with little deals, he busy-ness and made t appear. And what gratitude, homesickness and love of the people of New Brunswick bearned from him
whenever he talked of them.
a
Originality
And sometimes he recaptured we moment so vividly that shared it with him: "My bed- room, of course, was on the top floor....and the room was so hot in summer and so very cold In winter. In summer one hated to go to bed, in winter one was very, very glad to get there,"
to
Churchill:
The new
task Lek
shall try.
"HERE was this great newspaper baron, battered
hat at a slight slant.... becoming a‘boy again, and telling us all about it...."
Pago
to die, he awosped because he wan, crazy, he' exaped the gallows becrime he was crazy. His name was Hess, Deputy Chancellor of Germany.
He came to England in 1941, on a one-way journey, I InterviWIŲ – ed him on behalf of the British
Government. On September 9, 1941, I tried to make out just why he had come to England. Was he in fight from Geviny? Was he refugce?
He said not. He came to negotiate peace with Britain, he said, on any terms, providing Bellain would join Germany Iri attacking our ally, Russia.
I repeal the arguments that Hesa used to me, in the very words which he spoke at that time. He said "A victory for England will be a victory for "The Bolsheviks." ile Rabel "A ✓ Bolshevik victory will baner or later mean Russian occupallon of Germany and the rest of Europe." England, he sold, would be incapable of hindering it, as any other nation.
"England is wrong," said Hras, "If she belloves that the German Bolshevik Wor will result in ruch a weakening of Germans And Bolsheviks that darger in Europe, and to the British Empire would cease to exist, Not so," he said. Lastly he dcclared "I am convinced that world domination awaits the Soviet Union in the future, if her power's not broken now." With the loss to. Great Britain of her position ds an Imperial Power.
How con Russin forget the have been menace of Germany?
There's a
Iast
100 yearn Germany
In the
has
States of America has grown I have read the book of Lord powerful and Irresistible in its Alanbrooke which he wrote. relations with Australia and or which may with Canada. How can we go written for him, on with any hope of interesting curious document! I never knew often disturbed and frequently or enlisting publie support that Lord Alanbrooke was the destroyed the prace of Europe.
But I'm now?
not at all War Hero until I read his book. Yet Washington is determined Can you a Minister to rearm Germany. regretting the years of labour, It's time now that because we did do some good was writing of the events and doubt it....that Rusia goes in things.
account from the fear? A nation that dwells in giving an Cabinet room, from 10, Downing fear acts in folly. The Ruglans and the Street, and from the Ministries fear the Americans,
mistrust My association with Churchill I'm bound to say that I shall Argericans has been a joyous memory, 50 try to do that, to perform that Rusians. I am heart and mind with United States in their years of friendship and nervice task
with quarrel
Russia over with him....under him during Ifis
I arausement
shall
10 iry
present Europe, and I support with all master he
the dealers: "There's
Churchill to the public as we my power of propaganda another gled for the policy that I belleve war. What a
during those years, In Those
alliance Gainsborough here that attracts in, that I believed in, it seems fatal years! He was
but Raleigh saw him when he was conduct- Anglo-American me greatly tob. It is Colonel that our work was wasted and
and long the war, and we followed I'm not bind to British and and Drake and Hawkins and It came from
mistakes in Nugent
Elizabeth herself, nil wrapped him, as we learned to trust him American
....as wo depended upon his post-war relations with Ruso. Agnews. Agnews, I needn't tell
up in one.
Judgment and relied upon his far from it. a very big you, charged me price for it. They see to that."
decisions.
His smack nt. Lord Alan- brooke: "I never knew Lord Alarbrooke was the War Hero until I read his book.”
over
art
These were some moments of sheer entertainment that made me laugh out loud.
Obviously such a man is history maker and begetter, and that half hour on our screens is a contribution to the archives. But never mind all that....
They know
reason
I am often asked who is the most exciting personality I have
For some ever met. people seem surprised when answer "Lord Beaverbrbole."
These are usually people who only encountered. 'The have
have never met Legend, who The Old Man.
Then i begin, rather painfully, to explain away some of the prejudices that have been built up-usually by his enemies.
any
After last night's perform- anco I think I'm never going to have to bother to do
again. For the explaining
looked in on millions who Beaverbrook must now feel they know him as well as I do. HERE are some extracts from Lord Beaverbrook's commentary during hls broadcast:~~~~,+
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But above and beyond these 1
went wonder why I ever words, and the amazing voice
with away from this beautiful river that played such tricks
-this lovely countryside. face and the
I went I went them, was the personality of The Old Man know why himscif. This is the face of an because I believed in something entertainer
a called afterwards Empire Free ont minute,
I went to work for it, of Trade. twinkling entertainer, full
and I spent 50 years at that tasi. sly tricks and light and shade. And then it is suddenly landscape-a cliff, or a wild and lonely moor, beaten and ham- mered by 80 years of rain and storm and struggle and grief to show the granite underneath.
A
at of
When I set out on the work, the population of Great Britain 45,000,000, or perhape was 50,000,000, and the population of the Empire was 500 million. Now or in a year or two
rate the population bay Great Britain will be 55,000,000 our Empire, and the Empire.. will have sunk to 45,000,000 less- than the population of Britalo. So For that is the great Beaver- it would seem that the efforts of brook element-the thing one all those who fought ond strug-
I
dared not lake my
eyes
8 Cornea, 10 Osler, 12 Errant, 14 Tr-ounce, 17 (R)}Áche(1), 10 from it in case I missed some Heather, 20 Kestrel, 22 Oder, 23 fle-hard, 27 Pulse, 29 Eaten,
thing of value, Something of
30 Garmon, 31 Kicker, 32 Ended Down: 1 Tacit, 2 Largo, surprise. 3 Sheen, 5 Whoa, 6 Twitch, 7 Haider, 9 Archers, 11 Snatch, 13 Reeling. 15 Rued, 16 Untrue, 18 Hear(Ken), 20 K.O.-peck, 21 Beptic, 24 Cease, 25 Almed, 20 Dined, 28 Ince.
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Our efforts came to have come to nothing.
WAS
the
their
Strange, isn't it, that generals Certainly, there's no use any writing their memoirs since the
NATIONAL rivalries aro carrying OR that war find reason to attack hin, longer in
I have had many prophecies often quickly reconciled, and struggle. The minds br the find grounds for attacking him.
to me during the war. people of Britain have turned It seems very curious. I sat in made
the greatest and most I have always been an dp- elsewhere. The Dominions have his Cabinet and cunnot possibly but changed and varied and altered understand the ground of their remarkable prophecy come from timist. in their attitude. The Unlied complaints,
a murder, a man condemned
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