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October 12, 1940.

WE

THE

MUST TRUST

PEOPLE

Institute of Social and Economie mean, for ourselves, for Europe and

And waste less time on censorship, Research; when we talk in the pub, for the world.

secret sessions and

"IT has long been a grave

question," said Abraham Lin- BY

coln of a crials akin to our own. "whether any Government, not

too strong for the liberties of

the people, can be strong enough

snoopers

HAROLD LASKI

to maintain itself in a great property attuned to the requirements

emergency."

of the official mind.

What Premior should do

We are told that it is to be or at the strcal-corner, we do not want to feel that someone is secretly different world-we want to know taking notes of our lightest word. whether it is to be different in the We do not want the police investi- sense of better, and for whom it is gating the opinions and the papers of to be better.

There is no better way of safe- every person whose name malice or stupidity sends to them as a "Fifth guarding British democracy than in A nation-wide discussion of its pur- Columnist."

Workers know how to stop it

First of all, very few police appear to know what a "Fifth Columnist" 13.

posca.

That ought to be the job of the Ministry of Information. It ought to be the job of the B.B.C. It ought to be the job of Parliament, and it ought to be the job of the Press.

But none of these will be able to do its job if a veil of secrecy and ellence surrounds inany

the nt It is the answer to that "grave

They have, to my own personal significant things that are vital to question" that we seek to day;

knowledge, looked into the affairs of our victory and our future. and I think the key to its answer

the Workers' Educational Association,

This Government is doing many Quite frankly, it will not do; and of the Left Book Club, of a Socialist

things well, lien in the willingness of the

and.. Somc things Government to trust the people. Mr. Churchill could not render a university teacher who has been a

superbly. But the quality of its But if there is to be this trust, the better service to that "morale" in Labour Councillor for years, of

effort depends upon the quality of the criticism it receives. Government must learn to treat its which the police and the magistrates Labour editor, and so on.

the pundits of Bloomsbury are citizens as mature and reflecting and

If there is to be Instruction, I be- minds, able to think for themselves. taking sa excessive an interest, than anxious for leadership, but emphatic by telling them frankly and incisively lieve we need classes that they have the right to weigh and that they really have more important politics for Chief Constables,

them insisted to a friend of mine lo estimate the leadership they are work to do.

that the New Commonwealth Society.

It is no use complaining that some given.

Flast of all, the working-class has of which Mr. Church in Honorary

German in of this criticism la inallelous and some made up its mind about this war. President, was under

Il-informed. and is resolved, without aid at na- fluence. Kistance from its Inquisitors, to win

They must be led and not driven, They must be taken into the con- Adence of their lenders.

it.

is

They must have the fullest insight mxxiern war permits into what being done und why.

People's enemies

Secondly, most of the inquisitors {୯ massively ignorant about the working-class, and appear to lack any sense of humour.

In modern

We do not want monstrous traces Inflicted for casunt usually spoken without thought.

One

Don't kick at criticism

The more mystery it makes of. sen- things that need not be mysterious, words, the more it strives to conceal those things there is no need to conceal, In most cases other workers are the more it sows that "doubt und perfectly capable of applying the op despondency" it is its own professed. propriate remedy for the "doubt and aim to avold. despondency" shown.

The more It tells the people what #t doing and why it is doing it

national effori.

more it will give vigour to the

thai

Thirdly, if the process of inquisi- are active

tion continues upon the present scale,

There are loo Many US Democratic leadership is rational many of the workers, who realise utile jacke-in-office are enjoying their leadership; it permades, it justifies, what is at stake as well as the Prime crowded hour of glorious life, and Minister himself does, will begin to transforming the judicial administra- it argues, It explains.

wonder whether he is able to control ton of this country into a miniature It is the "Fuehrer" principle which the Incredible Paul Prys who seem Gestapo. elevates itself

discussion, clive on every hand. which insists upen coercion becuuse

above

Let me therefore 11st some of the

a dare not rely upon its capacity to things we do not want. convince.

It is democratic leadership alone that the British people will willingly Recept in this war.

We don't want these things

There in even, we learn in Parlia- ment, one committee so secret that Its habits must not even be the sub Ject of inquiry.

Once and for all, we did not go to war to show that we could produce an imitation of Dr. Goebbels' system. What we do want is very different, We want full knowledge, and in concrete terms, of our war nims,

It is not enough, after almost a year of war, to be told that our aim Is victory.

No one needs to put blinkers on ur democracy. Long before many of the members of this Government had come to understand what Nazism and Fascism are, the workers of this country had that understanding.

How to win our conflict

So that, It Mr. Churchill and his want the confidence of ministers the people) the best way to win it and to maintain it is to prove that they trust the people.

And the deeper the confidence of the one the more profound will be the trust of the other.

We do not want any more talk of We do No one who watches what is hop censorship of the Press. pening before our eyes can doubt not want that type of concealment of that its enemies in our own midst, news which, as in the recent case often the worse enemies because of the Lancastria, means that we learn of war-events Recond-hand they are unconscious of their hosti- lity are alert and active.

from the United States. They want to turn our citizens into We do not want the Ministry of the Inert recipients of orders from information to cajole us into those above. They want to tell them what silences which speak more loudly

those verbal And if the answer be for Uberty of a miniature police-state hore by they may discuss. They want to than nny words, or control what they may rend.

inventions which tempt us to re- and democracy, we want to know those who do not understand the They want to reduce public com- nember how much more impressive whose liberty and whose democracy, people and have never trusted them. meni to d whisper. They want to Mr. Harold Nicolson was as a free- peer into the minds and thoughts of lance journalist than he is as a Par-

the masses, to overlook them and to overhear thern.

Hamentary Under-Secretary.

We do not want the vital debates

And, very often. they even want in Parliament stifted in secret to impose penalties upon those from sions. whom escape the angry word, the

KCSTM

Victory for what?

What sort of new world?

What the people of this country will not stomach is the construction.

We know na well as our rulers that we are fighting the greatest of battles for the greatest of causes.

Let them make it plain that they understand that we know.

In the measure that they make it

We want the fullest discussion of

We want the fullest plain they will speed the victory for We do not want our habits investi- our war alms,

peevish exclamation, if these are not gated even by eminences from the discussion of what the peace is to which they nek.

Blueprint for Invasion

THERE is a Latin adage which epitomises the strength and greatness of a people: "It is not the walls but the men who are the defenders of the city."

What a terrible example of the folly and uselessness of trusting to the walls rather than to the stout hearts of men was provided by the French and their, Maginot Line!

Mere courage is not sufficient. Coupled

to courage must be

prepareparation

material means, and thought-out study of possible action.

of

By General

Sir Hubert

GOUGH

(Who led the Fifth Army in the

last soar.)

And now let us glance at our se coast, for no permanent conquest of Britnin could be achieved unless an enemy can land his large masses of troops, his heavy tanks and guns, and the necessary supplies to main- tain them, in ships coming by sea.

Hitler now holds a front round our shores from Narvik to Breal-over 1,500 miles.

It would be in keeping with German military technique if simul

Southern

Following on this, troop-carrying taneous landings were attempted all all planes and many gliders would land round our Eastern and

3 carefully near certain vital centres-such as coasts. the enemy's London Itseit, which would not have

Some tanks would be carried in been attacked, and where dil was small boats, others in ocean-going

Hitler has at his disposal an air quiet. force vast in numbers. We know, from experience of his methods, that

steamers, others would be towed in

across the

It is possible that the Germans barges, and yet others might come

20,000 under their own power more thon he uses that force as his great pre- might land

in several' paratory weapon, its first alm being perhaps 50,000 men. Ferhaps in one narrower scas. to destroy the defences and the place, but. more likely

ot his different places. Internal communication adversary.

CREATING TERROR prepared and armed, these

should not succċed.

ANOTHER ARMADA

But with a country and a people Behind these again, heavy con- taciles centrations of ships and barges would-

carry bę: collected to

still larger Blocked on every road, with every forces, which would be directed on When all control and system of command have thus been smashed, its village and the streets of every town certain pois from which our vital and city defended, the various enemy and important centres can be quickly

reached. second object is to create "terror."

The probable plan of invasion columns would be held up.

Once they are checked and located,

The battle erivisaged here, is no to launch a

columna the moblie and armoured therefore, might be

longer the stereotyped attack o tremendous feet of planes 2,000 or which should be within reach can be defence of one field or line, however

over this more simultaneously

"ot many ports from country, aiming Aberdeen to Penzance.

Certain inland centres and rollway Junctions may also be selected targets.

our

rushed up to attack the invaders.

PUNISHMENT

long,

It is rather 10 or 20 rapidly moving and separate combats, which derannds from the defence, a great

Such an attack would be directed. There is no question here of mere distribution of self-contained well- at distracting attention, making our passive defence the general prin-equipped columns, great Indepen- and cipal of these operations must be dance and initiative in all subordi- air service disperse te forces, o

and cool heads from the Com- wearing out pilots as much as active and offensive.OKAYANO

However great the results of there mander-in-Chief to the youngest possible.

It might be

be maintained for several German air tactics might be against Lance-Corporal. days or nights, or it might be confined a weals or defenceless, foc, it is Being ready, equipped, in ample to sudden. concentrated blows impossible to believe that they can numbers and, above all-transcend- thun very partial ing everything in importance being Cover of this pir attack, achieve her cesses imbued with a great and courageous Under parachutists could be dropped in and local successes. many places deperate men of a The punishment meted out to the spirit, a firm resolve not only to forlorn hope to destroy communica- German and Italian planes (If the resist the enemy, but to attack and Hiens and to add to the general con- latter joined in) would be very atterly destroy him, we need have no

waddled fear of the result. fusion:

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GODS OF CHINA

was

Chung Chuan Li One story of him is that he a Taoist priest who possessed the secret of trans. mutation on base metals into: gold and silver by amalgama tion with a mysterious drug.

During a great famine he worked hard at this, giving all the money he could raise to the poor. thus saving thou sands of lives them

One day, having finished. work, he was sitting near wall which suddenly burst asunder and disclosed a cas ket

Within the casket was a message from the gods saying, that, in view of this unsel fish work, he would-be made Immortal.

He is shown holding his feather fan which he was puted to be able to use as a support when crossing the sear

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