1939-03-14 — Page 14

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1939.

Scandal of the "Won't-Billet-Children" Towns

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What with Britain's Prime Minister Chamberlain recently broadcasting a warning of dangers to the Empire at home and abroad and asking for a huge volunteer defence army, and Sir John Anderson, Defence Minister, advising housewives to store quantities of staple supplies. London whis- pers that the next war wil start soon. Conforming to air raid precaution plans, workmen, in top panel, are reinforcing basement of a Whitehail building to withstand air bombing. Centre, plan of approved trench in an apartment house lawn, covered to simulate a walk. Bottom, feverish trench digging in Hyde Park temporarily halted by Munich Pact.

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-A witness for the dofence- said at Croydon Police Court recently that 'ho was euro Winston Botts, of Westerham (Kont), did not throw a snow- 'ball at a police sergeant.

"Why are you so sure?"" the witness, Cecil. William Shophord, of South Croydon, was asked.

"Bacause I throw it." ho replied.

The case was dismissed and the police wero told that they could take out a summons against Shephard if they wishod.

Challenge To British Trade

Lie Down!

With a "Here, I may!" and... a "What the dickens next?" ' the somnolent citizens of Cheltenham and Cirencester havo suddenly woken up to the horried realities of war.

Cheltenham and. Cirencester are seldom in the news, nor do they wish to be.

nor are they likely to be, for they

They have never been nir-raided,

contain nothing of military value, unless you count a few retired army men, most of whom are past it,

Tucked safely away in the Cote wolds, Cheltenham and Cirencester could sleep through a war. No roar of guns could reach them; nu crashi of bombs on Industrial cities.

It is not such 'echoes of war that have now disturbed their slumbers. What has roused them In the ghostly pitter-patter of Hidle feet about the house.

Gad, sir! Have you heard what the Government are proposing to do if war breaks out? Have you seen the map? They are going to take the schoolchildren from the danger areas of Birmingham and billet them in the Georgian mansions of Chelten-

cester?

MR. R. S. Hudson, Secretary am the elegant villas of Cirent-

of the Department of

IF WAR COMES Overseas Trade, addressing the "Not if we can stop it, say the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce masters and mistresses of the elegant recently, said that he was in-homes. In Cirencester there are Indignation meetings and from debted to the Dean of Lincoln Cheltenham a protest is

for the loan of a copy of Magna Carta for exhibition in the United Kingdom Pavilion at the New York World's Fair.

Westminster.

sent to

And not only from these pleasant towns do startled squeals arise.

There have been letters from re- sidents of what may be called "eushy The Great Charter was docu-retreats"-quiet cathedral cities. ment

of special interest and im- health resorts, refuges of those who, portance at the present time. One having retired from active life, have might almos

almost describe it as the shut themselves off from the working **birth certificate of democracy" world clause that had particularly im- pressed him dealt with the Freedom of Commerce, and ran:

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"All merchants shall have free- dom to come and go and to buy and sell in accordance with the ancient and right customs."

They wre about their china. their beds, their lines, their drawing-rooms. They shudder at the thought of children's slices on their carpets, children's voices in their cars.

Hearing their squeals, one might almost suppose these people to be live, but are they fully canscious? Do they know what is happening in the world? No.

IN DUG OUT LAND

In squealing before they are huri

After the lapse of so many cen- turies we might still need to fight to maintain that freedom. The "all- elent and right customs" were being challenged, and we must meet that:

In challenge, No doubt the barons they are setting a curious example to their dealings with King John pre- sented to him what they considered to be a reasonable case, but strength of thole position lay in their unity. The same held true to-day. preliminary results

The

of the

first eleven months of last year, as published by the League of Nations

the rest of us, and especially to those who are much more likely to suffer. than themselves.

If war does come, we must alf put up with worse hardships than having other people's children, in our houses. houses.

In one way or another we shall all statistical service, showed that In have to fight. There will be. com- the recession in world trade we suf-pulsory military service from the fered somewhat less than others, and first day. There will be compulsory retained our position as the second civil service, compulsory rationing, fargest exporting country in the compulsory billeting.

world. It was significant thut

Wor

Everybody In England will have whereas the value of our exports for to exert himself to the utmost in the period fell by about 10.2 per order to beat the enemy.

If we have to give all that we have, cent.. those of Germany fell by 10.4 per cent. It did not, therefore, seem then we shall not give too much. He that a departure from the ancient that is not with us will be against us. and right customs" In commerce Do these people think that because was justified even by its immediate they live in sheltered spots out of the results. German methods had not

not reach of the guns, that they are not Improved their

In the same boat as the rest of us? position relatively,

Then they are indeed door- but had merely served by the un-

nails, and for God's sake let them certainty of their incidence to dis-

keep sllont, for their protests are turb markets and to ensure that

uffensive to the cars of their both we and they in many instances

neighbours. received an uneconomie price for our goods.

HOPES OF SUCCESS

If war comes there will be more useful work for women's hands than bringing ten into drawing-rooms, Germany had her problems 100, and one hair of a child's' head will and the difficulties she had to face-be worth more than all the chaitels were in mang respects far graver in Cheltenham.

than ours. The Federation ol British Industries had therefore a good chance of Anding their opposite numbers in a reasonable frame of mind for negotiation, though the actual work of preparation was cam- plicated and detailed and necessarily took some time.

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the Dionne quin Even if us he hoped, negotiations that would suit

five-bodied were successful in the case of all uplets. The tree is

evergreen he found growing out of the Industries at present in mind, that was not golag of itself to solve an old stump. Each body is about our export problem. The troubles tight feet high and the collective bust of the large group of textiles indis- two inches in diameter. iries had to -be-fackled, and there country concerned, would create an was also a

a considerable number of instinctive sales resistance against miscellaneous trades. In the case British goods, and in the long run of many firms. In such industries would damage rather than help our export trade was only a side-line, manufacturers.

the main preoccupation. being the The recent slackening of tension home market. He suggested that in in the political sphere was being spite of all difficultles there were followed by the beginnings of a re- plenty of openings In export trade, covery of confidence so vital to the and it they were exploited to the successful transaction pl Inter- full with determination and initia-national trade. It was significant tive they would make some impres- that in spite of the fact that there sion on the figure of 2,000,000 un- were a large number of industries employed.

exhibiting in the forthcoming British A good deal was heard of the Industries Fair which were greatly rearmament pro- action that the Government might affected by the take in the way of compelling gramme, the Engineering and Hard- foreign countries to take our goods ware Section at Birmingham, where from Lts

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