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THE BRITISH FUEL PROBLEM

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Electrical Energy, The question of national interest, and of particular interest to the coal industry, was whether ulti mately, if so for what purposes, the average consumption of elec trical energy a head of the popula tion would exceed 600 units Op- timists poluted to the large con- sumption a head in other pasta of the world-e.g. in Chicago where it excorded 1,200 units--and claim ed that a hight consumption was needed for prosperity. Now a high consumption of olectrical energy might be a sign of prosperity, just || 238 24. high consumption of boar might be, but it might not be the cause of prosperity. It might equally well be a sign of waste.

The countries which vonsumed a large amount of electrical energy aboad were either countries where water power was cheap and coal deur, so that it paid to electrify railway transport even though the density of trafic was low, or where the water power was so cheap that it permitted manufacturing opora tions, such as alectro-chemical in dustries, which could not be carried out economically at the present price of generation from coal, or finally where electricity was used on a large scale for low tempera ture heating, such as domestic heat ingand this occurred usually in districts which did not possess an efficient gas supply, as we fortu- aately did. Admittedly. "cartain forms of electric heaters were con- venient, bus domestic heating on the large scale by means of elec tricity should certainly by discour aged in the national interest." would be a gross, and quite un justifiable, waste of our national resources. The fact that electricity was now sold it artificially low pricea for domestic heating should not delude anyone into thinking that such prises could be maintain ed if the heating load ever became high. There was definitely no pos. sibility hat domestic, heating on a inrge schlo by electricity could be affected as cheaply as by gas.

AMERICA'S EUROPEAN

SOVIET WAR ON

HERO:

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There is nothing about him of the strident demagogue. He writes better tann he orates. He has the reticences of a man of culture, and fastidious taste in books, pictures and old furniture.

travelled

RELIGION MARTELL'S BRANDIES

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Religion and Communism are He has the broad sympathies that incompatible both troretically and prootically." Bukharin, como to intelligent men who have

ed about the world.

April, 1923

He is a disarming and skilful negotiator indisputably more quotations, each showing the force skilful than any of his recont and voniom of the Soviet's God- decessors, with the possible excop-

hatrod, packed into the 32 радев tion of Mr. Lloyd George.

of The anti-God Front of Bol shoviem, pamphlot written by the Rev. J. MacGillivray, and sued by the Catholic Truth So- cisty

·pro-

Ho is an expert Parliamentarian, masterful at his best in debate, na aubtly evasive as the cleverest of the Cecil, with an aversion from the obvious, and (as Lord D'Aber- non has justly observed) a rare pre-occupation about the secondary effects of any given notion.

his

Mr. MadDonald clinchad American reputation when he visited the United States shortly after he became Prime Minister for the second time.

The publication serves to reonll the great Christian Protest move ment, which, as renders of the Morning Post will remember, came into being as a result of the re- velations published in our columna,

Here we have a lucid, and popu lar exposition of the campaign against God and all religions which In that tour he did all that one is waged ceaselessly and vigorous human being could have done to ly by the Russian. Govern tanke possible the ultimate successment, and

all its attendant

of the Naval Conference, Ameri- horrora, revolting, primitive, al- cans, high and low, loved in all most incredible. Unimpeachable his public utterances that touch of evidence for every sentence is pro- religious fervour which found on vided always by one or other of a instant response in their easily long list of references given in the awakened sense of moral uplift,

prefatory note. The Bolshevist stands condemned, over and over: again, out of his own mouth...

His Singerity, His Humanity.

They loved the tang of his north- crn speech..

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Between 1918 and 1998, we pro told, six bishops and 8,775. pri- They recognised the warm human cats of the Orthodox Church were impulses of a man whose whole life put to death. The Archbishop of lins been inspired by a compas-Ferm was buried alive, after hav Itsionate regard for human sufferinging had his eyes, put cut, and his

and pain. Bag

face brutally slashed. The Arch Those who had not forgotten un- bishop of Tobolek, after two monthe derstood the pacifism of a man who of penal wrvitude, was drowned. was set apart and derided in the The Bishop of Bolgarod was thrown world-war and whose public career into quicklime. The Bishop of appeared them to be destroyed ut-Fouriew had his nose and ears cut terly and for ever.

Gff, was repeatedly stabbed with a bayonet, and finally cut to pitces

They neclaimed, isim as a sincere patroit and a politician of incor- ruptible integrity, who had brought from an effeto and jaded. Europe the breath of life.

The judgment of the American people has not been falsified by events,

His handling of the Hed Lotter opisode in the following Election was so weak that it throw the ranks of Labour into dire confusion. His reputation survived because of his

the sphere of international politics. splendid work as a conciliator in

There remained the possibility. of a greatly increased use of eloc tricity for power, light, and certain manufacturing operations which In 1024 Mr. MacDonald surrend were only possible if large supered office upon a pettifogging is plics of very cheap alectrical energy ie which reflected little credit were available Now the normal upon the first Labour Government power requirements of a nation British history or upon his owa even in this mechanical age were sagnoity and common sense, not so great as might be supposed. A consumption of 150 units a head of the population was sufficient to provide for the whole railway trans» port of this country; in other words, all that was wanted for railway, transport was the Jequi¿ valent of one horse-power ahead working for half an hour a day, The same figure could be given as a rough estimate of the total power requirements of industry to-day. Most people would agree that the total consumption of electricity for purposes of power and lighting was not likely to exceed 1,000 units year a head for very many years, The amount of ooal necessary to provide this amount in the futuro could be estimated as not more than half a ton a bed a year policies amors independent judg mont; and revealed an increasing Enthusiasm for electrical develop- mont, while not ill-founded, was impatience of the shackles of a

rigid Party machine.

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But in his second administration his powers greatly matured. Ho added a cubit to his mental ste ture

firmer

In circumstances of unparalleled difficulty he developed & grasp of political affairs, a surer touch in Parliament, a larger mea sure of self-confidence.

He brought to bear on national

k

When, a few weeks ago, the time came for him to take the bravost and most momentous decision of his

Archbishop Cieplak.

Then came the famous triat of Archbishop Cieplak, who was ask- ed by the Government prosecutor, "Will you stop teaching the Chris tian religion?" "We cannot-it is the law of God." "That law does not exist on Soviet territory." But the method of murder and terrorism failed, as it always doen," and the Soviet turned to the highly organised system which obtains to lay summed up under

reo heads:

Systematic anti-religious pro paganda,

Legislative and finanial prey-

BUT

Dirent persecution by the OGPU. Details are given of the auffer. ings to which members of all re subjected, and the pamphlet om/ ligions in Ruesia are constantly

must not be forgotton that the cludes with a note of warning. "It

selves as well as the Russians. anti-God campaign threatens our

In England there

are numerous Communist prganisations, either under the direction of the Komintern or inspired by it. They have numerous

tions. and in all these

hostility to religion is ma

even greater value to the nation of development of the carbonization industries. The combination of guy and coke provided the cheapest and most efficient method of domestic heating. All possible: steps should be taken to demonstrate this effec“ tively. A fresh view must be taken of the gas industry which still offer

Whatever prizes may be offered to ed great scope for the talent of

| him, I am certain Mz. UzdDonald chemists and engineers Was it It was a common assumption, as will never be tempted in desert the really impossible, for instance, to it was after his heavy defeat, in poor, the weak, and the needy. manufacture and distribute gas at the 1918 election, that in separat.

life, he was definitely in the class I know personally many wage-

of world" statesmena aiacore Prealise that in reducing imporari- corners who are beginning to trio with wide vision and a truely their, standard of living Mr. understanding gt causes and effects

MacDonald has saved them from an the ppdy politic

infinitely worse fate,

A Remarkable Change of Feeling

the same cost, on a thermal basin, ing himself from a party to which as refined heavy oil f. In the chelpening of gas lay the most

ho has given all the passionate hopeful means of checking the real devotion of his nature, he made competition of oil, and of giving certain an early and final dicap. a new impetus to the coal export poarenes from the political stage. trade. But the nnawor to the Lion, depended not only on the en couragement of scientific research on "all" the problems -of-the-gu industry but on the removal of restrictions which, hampered its in- dustry development

ques-

I am certain, too, that just as Mr. Lloyd George will be remem bered in history na the man who steered Great Britain through a devastating war, ao "Mr. Mao-

man whose act of self-sacrificing knowle

The General Election has shown Donald will be remembered as the a revulsion of feeling in his favour among, the very people who in their anger denounced his treachery,

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