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PARTY STRIFE THE DANGER
The real afgnificance of Mr. Baldwin's New Year message, declaring that a return to party strife would be a calamity to the nation, lies in the fact that it was addressed to the Primrose
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ANTHONY EDEN
By HAROLD LASKI
APTAIN Anthony Eden who thing very like the contemptuous serves the tradition of recent yours, promoted to Lord Privy disbelief of his leaders. "conceding little to political patron-
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nge, arousing little Interest outside very limited circles. An industrial magnate and publicist are elevated to the peerage, a famous actor is given a knighthood, Mr. Barlow's hard work in the interest of the Lancashire,cotton industry in recognized and the services of a number of women
duly rewarded. Beyond such, the list largely consists of honours which give the impression that they have como in due process of time rather than that the recipients find their namics included following service of more than ordinary merit. This is one direction in which Mr. Ramsay MacDoriald has never sought to be spectacular."
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BREAD AND BUTTER
If Mr. Joseph Dennigan le made to surve the sentence of a month's to imprisonment for refusing disclose the source of information published in a Free State news- paper, he will at least consider the cause a worthy one. Even Military Tribunals and de Valerite justice will not shake this tradition of the journalistic profcasion. It
ia not even material whether in- formation is given in' confidence.
or otherwise. Unless the giver of
news is willing, names are never disclosed. The reason is obvious. The ethical side of the issue la of far less importance, than the fact that newspapermen rely to a very large extent upon retaining the confidence of those who may be of
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those without experience. Crude na it is in parts, it can at least claim to have achieved its purpose more effectively than most books of the same model. Hence ban. Herr Hitler claims to have nothing but. peace in his heart. But there is no getting away from the fact that the Nazis stamping out every means by which peaceful thoughts can be cultivated in young Germany.
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stirring trouble with their doctrine that all Germana--belong--to-Germany, German South-West Africa has been thrown into a ferment by it, and thers are ripples of unrest in Tanganyika. Dr. von Lindequist, who has just been touring the various former German colonies, was German Colonial Minister be- fore the War, and is now president of a body called the German Colonial Association, which aims at restoring these territories to Germany.
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PLAN TO SWAMP ELECTORATES
Prussia's ban on "Al Quiet on the Western Front" furnishes another example of the conflict between
Hitler's Herr
peace protestations and the anti-peace activities which he permits to go unchecked in Germany. Remarque's novel was motivated entirely by a desire to expose the horrors of war, to destroy the glamour | League, an ultra-Tory organisa-sociated with war in the minds of
tion. There has latterly been n strong campaign in certain quarters aimed at the break-up of the National Government and its substitution by a purely Tory administration. The "Die Hard" element in the Party is at the back of this movement, which has the support of the more reactionary of the Tory news. papers. The campaign is based on two main points one, that | the Government is too liberal in its political outlook; the other, that unadulterated Tory rule is to be preferred to the possible alternative of Labour again coming into power. Again and again, attempts have been made to oust Mr. Baldwin from the leadership of the Party, but so far he has managed to keep the dyed-in-the-wool Conservatives at bay and, by a process of mak- ing the attacks a matter of con- fidence in himself and his polic- ies, has succeeded in placating the more restless members of the Party. In his latest declara- tion, Mr. Baldwin has been able to show 'a good record for the National Government, and he makes a good point by stressing the need for the establishing on sound and permanent founda- | tions of the trade revival al- ready attained. In other words, the ground won has to be con. solidated. For this purpose, it does seem essential that there should, at this juncture, be no interruption of the policies in- stituted by the Government. Fears for the future lie as much in a possible wresting of power by out-and-out Conservatives as In the return to office of extreme Socialists. Fortunately, National Government is pro- gressive, if not radical, in its outlook, a circumstance. Which
Bir. Eugene Chen complains of is in part due to the presence in the duplicity of Nanking anti- the Ministry of several young Fukien propaganda methods, Conservatives who have vision though he should be sufficiently Avell versed in the art to be able and foresight and who have
to accept efforts to discredit the made a name for themselves in
movement to which he has given politica during the past few allegiance without expressing sur- years. Captain Anthony Eden,prise. Calumny and distortion of now promoted Lord Privy Seal, facts are the normal weapong of in one of these, and Major Wal- hostile factions, a fact which ter Elliott another. It is a merely shows the wretchedness of promising feature of British the whole business. The swaying political life that young men of of public opinion is more than this type should be available half any militaristie campaign, just now to lend their weight and if all's fair, protests are merely a reflection upon the skill to the Government in power of the objecting party. Japan felt Future hopes depend much more the same way as Mr. Chen when on them, than on extremists the world refused to accept her either of the Right or the Left. | view of the Manchurian adventure.
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The plan, which the Nazis seem to entertain, is that of artificially pouring in German settlers and creating local German majorities. In South-West Africa one of their chief demands is for a relaxation of the naturalisation laws, in- eluding a shortening of the five- years' qualification to two years. The total white population in both areas being still small, it is only a spending enough question of money to swamp it by an Immigra tion of subsidised scttlers: A beginning has already been made In South-West Africa, where: grow- ing difficulties confront the Union Government. Much the best plan would be to decide without more delay for the incorporation of the mandated territory in the Union.
EUGENE CHEN'S COMPLAINT
Seal in the New Year Honours List, has been one of the few de- finito suceeasca among the mem- born of the "National" Govern- ment. He has teet and charm, he is capable of a liberal-minded out look.
Ho speaks well-and persuasive ly. Ho gives the impression of a man who not only has character, but also works hard at his job.
Except Mr. Stanley, there is none of the younger Tories whose future appears more certain.
He has not had an easy task in these last two years. To play second Addle to Sir John Simon while the latter has been losing the confidence of progressives was a dificut essay in loyalty.
The Very Idea!
MAKING MONEY
By Eddie Kelly, Poverty-strickom
CHRISTMAS and New
Year holidays have left us so broke that we hard-
In domestic politics, Mr. Edon has done little to define an atil- tude. His affiliations appear to be with Mr. Olivor Stanley and the dozen or so young Tories who feely have a whole bone left in dimly that there really is a new our body. Leastwise, we world and that the old shibboleths haven't a whole bean loft in are obsolete.
our pocket.
That does not mean that they are noar-Socialists or anything of
We tried to touch Robert the kind. It means that in a rather vague and inchoate way MacWhirter for five bucks they would like to do the decent yesterday, but whore money a thing if they only knew what la concerned he's touchy, and yet the decent thing to do,
not touchy, if you get what we They are disturbed about unmean. We couldn't. employment and the slums. They know that the desire of the old To be sent to Geneva to explain Dis-hards to reconstruct the House that the British Government does of Lords against Labour is in- not want to do most of the things defensible. They are sick of a you have an inner suspicion are Government policy which lacks really worth doing would tax the clarity and drive and energy. Ingenuity of a pretty experienced}, politician.
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Money is our pressing need. We knead dough."
Failing, donations from our: readers we are going to institute a money-making system into thin office. Robert MacWhirter will come in on it because we'va offered to give him fifty per cent. If I may breathe it, they are a
To-morrow morning we are go- little tired even of Mr. Mac-ing to suggest the following Iden Donald's polysyllable posturings, They think his capital investment In "patriotism" in 1931 has been pretty well repaid.
Among themselves, they are de- Fressed at the contrast between Part of the give and take of Par- the courage and Initiative of Pre- liamentary life is an unstated nssident Roosevelt and the deter sumption that the Under-Secretary mined and angry somnolence of shall not participato in the major Downing Street. They are even responsibilities of his chief; and bold enough to think that Mr. he is allowed, therefore, a cer- tain privacy of conscience upon the condition that his doubts and
counter-afrmations do not be come publicly emphasised.
MacDonald will not save Great Britain by empty appeal to the achievement of.1981.
They do not much like the pros- pect of submitting his negativo Within these limits, Mr. Eden complacencies to an electoral ver- has built himself, pretty firmly indict of which they will pay the to the favour of the House of Com-
-price.- mons. He gives the impression of
Men who live differently think straightforwardness; there is differently, and it is an interesting thing of Sir John Simon's sophist! Index to the results of an unequal cated complexity about him.
society that the history, the in- terests, and the traditions of the privileged class to which Mr. Eden belongs prevent him from approaching all questions of first principle with an open mind.
He is quite obviously concerned that we should be appearing be fore Europe, not as the supporter of progress, but as that candid friend whom George Canning so rightly prayed to be spared.
He has never cultivated Mr.
MacDonald's habit of rhetorical evasion. He says what he has to say simply; and when, as over matters like aerial bombardment, he obviously does not like what he has to way, he is able to make it decently apparent that he is mere ly the mouthpiece, and not the maker, of polley.
At Geneva, I think it is true to any that he is the only representa tive of the present Government who has won the respect of foreign delegates there.
Mr. MacDonald is never at home with the League; his dislike of it le too patent, and it does not sult hia habit of backstairs negotiation, which is, of course, another name for what he calls "atmosphere."
Sir John Simon appears to have given up all faith in the League; or, at least, he has been the main. architect of its failure these Inst two years.
Lords Hailsham and London. derry quite patently belong to the pre-war epoch; their attitude is simple and unadulterated national- ism, which other. States can take or leave na they please; they obviously have no faith in this now-fangled nonsense about inter- nationalism.
He really wants the beat of both worlds. He wants a square deal for the workers, but he does not want to disappoint any of the established expectations which might jeopardise the privileges of that aristocracy for whom the workers have to pay. It is a world of peace and security that he wants; but at bottom he feels that it is for other nations to take risks for them.
Io likes trade unions, so long as they do not strike. He kes education, so long as it is atted to the entogories of the present social order.
Fascism he dislikes intensely, above all, in Its Hitlerite form; but it is, for him essentially a Ger man-Italian problem, and he does not feel the need for that generous and instinctive indignation which sent out Mr. Gindetone on his great crusade against Turkish. atrocities.
In a word, Mr. Edon is the Eng- High gentleman at his best. He is a pragmatist to his finger-tips, He does not dig into foundations because he knows that is a danger- ous adventure,
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He always does the decent thing if he possibly can; and no one can do the less decent thing with so much grace and charm. He is But Mr. Eden does appear to kindly and well-meaning in every recognise that, if Geneva falls, aspect of life. He thinks tradi- there is no hope for an organised tion the right path because the defence of peace; and he has had race has experience of its com- the courage to make his faith applexities; he does not remember parent even in the face of some-(Continued on Next Columus.)
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that the roughness of the rond has naver coine his way. Distantly enough he realises that this is a world of injustice and pain and cruelty, most of it unnecessary; but he reconciles himself to their existence partly by a bollof in a mysterious doctrine of progress, and partly by the faith that others share his own really sincere anxie- ty to diminish them.
Unconsciously he has had it drilled into him that an English gentleman is the noblest work of God; and so a scheme of social organisation in which the English gentleman must purchase by work his price of admission to life seema to him to take the flavour from Hving.
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It was Tolstoy who said that the rich will do anything for the poor except get off their backs; that in an infinitely kind and well- intentioned way, is the philos- ophy of the English gentleman.
And, in basic analysis, I suspect It is the ultimate outlook of the Edens and the Stanleys of the Tory Party.
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