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October 26, 1940.
AN AMERICAN: WARNS US
Don't take U.S. for granted!
Minority armies
are
still
working
powerfully against Britain's
By ALAN A. MICHIE
An American journalist working in London.
To get the true perspective, Bri- 10 should be told what the isola- tionist Chicago Tribune" is telling its many readers in America's second cause largest city, or what the Hearst "Journal-American" 19 saying in New York,
FATHER COUGHLIN
Ono word from him sots the wires humming.
A Queer Mixture Opposition to 'Britain and Amer!- "But, surely, Britain has all the can aid to her has resulted in the THE march of totalitertorism
to Paris taking Americans the educated, getting together of the most curious of pressure minorities ever is- from Norway
and by sincere college students' who brought about an upheaval of the cultured, the right people on
her side by now, hasn't she?"
Before the war
the American have grown up in an atmosphere of American sentiment from Los
True. But those people. do not Government estimated that there militant pacifism. Angeles to New York.
easily translate their sentiments Into were at least 150 organisations "with
Fascist-Nazi Jennings" in the coun- Anti-British activity does not stop at street parades and speech-mak- Millions of
try. ostrich-minded action.
They do not organise huge rallies Among them were the followers of ing. Government investigation has Americans had hopefully, sel- fishly put their trust in the wide where Colonel Lindbergh enn advo- Father Coughlin: the Silver Shirts; revealed that Communist-Nazi agents stretches of the Atlantic, in the cale appeasing Germany "before it the re-awakening Ku Klux Klan have filtered into aircraft factories, the Christian Front; the Knights of particularly in California; to organise the While Camellia; the German- sabotage, British Navy, even in the for. is too late,"
They do not parade the streets with American Bund, now renamed the tresses of the Maginot Line,
the Alliance; posters shouting "The
German-American They pulled their heads from Not Coming," or paste "Keep Ameri- Vindicators, headed by demagogic
Reynolds of North According to private reports from the sands to discover that the ca Out of War" stickers on the car Senator Robert
Carolina; and dozens ot smaller America, so far unrevealed, there have been 00 suspicious "accidents" survival of Britain had become windshields.
where the groups,
in national defence works since the war started.
These men, these organisations, do
2257
Immediate
America.
necessity
positive demonstration sympathies.
Yanks Are
for America is a nation
groups is a professional job.
when ques-
organisation of pressfire by minority Lindbergh's
Sponsors
the
war,
Sabotage
To-day there is no doubt where
A word from Father Coughlin, the Not consciously Fascist but four- not speak for the real Amerien, but the isolationism of the real Amerien is slow to become ar- Americans stand as a whole; ar anti-semitle, anti-Itoosevelt radiorat ishing on
send hundreds of American hinterland are such power- ticulate. Its voice has been choked idly growing number,
priest, will tioned, favour extending material ald to Britain and the Allies, and thousands of almost identical wires ful organisations as the Veterans of off in the confusion and doubt of the and the American Legion, peddlers From the fall of France thinking the majority of the others have en-looding into the Capital in protest Foreign Wars, the Gold Star Mothers, past six weeks.
Americans were asking themselves: isted at least their emotions on the against intended legislation.
nfsuperpatriotkan.
and Will Britain survive? And if Britain Organised since side of Britain.
I have seen Catholic demonstra- sentiments tors take the streets with placards sponsor of Colonel Lingbergh's radio is going to go under, why send her Aware only of these from American reports in the British fore New York's mammoth Radio chats, is the Citizens' Keep-Amerlen- supplies and material badly needed
Misle Hall and successfully Out-of-the-War Committee.
at hume?
Con Britain, they asked, stand up Press, people in Britain may natur. City
Many of these groups, particularly irritated that dive off the screen an excellent pic-
"Inckatie" because ally begin to feed
the TR.A. in America, have come to the treatment Goering's Luftwaffe America has not yet given a more ture called concrete example of that ald, a more was unfavourable to the France re under the wing of German agents gave Poland, the Low Countries, and
reporting directly to German Em- France? of those Kime.
The events have answered one of These tacties are bound to prove bussy or Consular oficials.
The "Keep Out of War" demand the questions. The next month or effective when thinking people do not
is being actively pushed by some of two should provide the answer to Tell America
combat them with similar weapons. the followers of John L. Lewis, the other.
It is not too much to hope that by Rending the news from America leader of the Congress of Industrial- Unfortunately, English people do
by the Communist that time the voice of real America not realise that while the voice of only in the British press, one might Organisations,
the United States was controlled Amerleun Youth Congress, will begin to be heard,. one think that Is saying majority America thing, insidious minority groups are solidly lined up with Britain. Too working furiously to achieve the op- novi importance is placed on que posite--to prevent aid to Britain by tations from the New York Times"
another.
and New York "Herald-Tribune." one means or
Insistence that Britalu To my
best-in- two of the Admittedly must now, more than ever, use every method to publicise the British ease formed papers in America, their in- in America in order to combat these fluence extends almost solely to the groups, highly-placed Army of intellectual upper middle-class circles
of the East: ficer recently replied:--
weight
Worth their in diamonds
THERE
TRAMPS are TRUMPS!
By A. J. McWhinnie
You
other's homes. They share each other's shelters, My missus has the
workers billeted on her. Shipmates ashore, that's what they
YOU see, Mister," said the munition seadog yarning to me at arc.
miral.
the quayside, "the day's gone "I'm not saying, mind you, that I'm when you look out to sea, spy not more proud to be a sailor than a big un and talk about the ever I was," and he angered the little M.N. (Merchant Navy) badge in his lapel. HERE is great activity in yellow stones, unless for jewel-liner she's-a-lady-
"But you've got to keep yourself "These days you look out to lery but essential to engineering. the diamond world.
The hardest things on earth, a long line of dirty old tramps in check in wartime, and it's no good The British Government is engerly fostering the develop only diamonds can cut modern coming home well down in the coming ashore after a successful trip alloys, truc up carborundum pickle with tons of foodstuff's cocking a chest like a half-pay nd- and war materials and you say "You sec. It isn't gold braid that ment of the diamond-cutting
with pride, 'there go the queens gives you pride when you're all in industry, and about 150 cutters grinding wheels,
One British firm, which nor of the sea."
the fight together. Communal is the who escaped from Holland and Belgium, the home of the indus- maily handled 3,000,000 indus-
"It's all a matter of perspec- word to-day. And so we all have a "Now look at these minesweeper try, are training British work- trial stones a year, sold 1,000,- tive. And there's nothing like communal pride.
000 in a single war month. a first-class war for making you boys coming round the quayside. men in the difficult art.
see things straight."
Compared with me they're kids in the business of being 11 sailor. But
proud of them.
Why this sudden activity? There are two reasons.
ing.
cutters.
*
"BRITISH TROOPS LANDED" French Colony Report
REPORTS of landings by British troops in French colonies appeared in United States news- papers as coming from French
sources.
The reports say that the landings were made in Madagascar and the French Cameroons (Central West Afrien).
A British cruiser and a destroyer are said to have put ashore the troops in the Cameroons.
The reports add that the soldiers returned to their shilps after being ordered to leave.
nre now
The French authoritles examining the part played by M. Brunon, the French High Com- missioner, and especially whether he invited or permitted the landing. There is no confirmation of these reports in London,
Champagne
(36 BOTTLES)
for woman in prison
PRISON officers have appeal.
sym
ed to the Prison Commissioners to increase the staffs of warders, because so many of the existing staffs have to act as waiters and
to Fascist waitresses
fence regulations. pathisers detained under the de- Leaders of the Prison Officers' Association met in London recently to draft the appeal.
the
Their members complain of work they have to do because of the freedom given within the prisons to Fascist sympathisers, who can order from outside caterers any amount of food and drink they like, for them- selves and their visitors.
A woman member of the associa- tion who is on the staff of Holloway Prison, where many pro-Fascists
detained, report
reported that woman inmate received thirty-six bottles of champagne on one day.
Queue of Visitors
arc
This officer added that her job had really become one of being a waitress on the pro-Fascists.
Another complaint was that pro- Fascists are permitted considerable latitude in the number of visitors.
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So numerous are their visitors at one prison. It was said, that visitors to other prisoners have to queue up for admission to the limited number of reception rooms.
Mr. W. J. Brown, the civil servanta leader, who is principal adviser to the Prison Officers Association, has sent these allegations to Sir Alexander
Secretary
to Maxwell, Permanent the Home Office.
DUTCH TRIBUTE ̈ Better Spirit, Training, And Machines
Dr. C. E. H. Horloff, commander in Britain of the Royal Dutch Air Force, which is now cooperating with the Home Forces, said that he could see no other result of the air battle than a British victory.
He described the R.A.F. as the most splendid fellows he had ever seen, it was obvious that the and said
Pat the Bo'sun, he said they're proud of their job and we're superiority of the R.A.F. was not only
home.
the
The Board of Trade has now! made registration of all stocks name was, I met hini when I
"We can't get by without then. The nest anilors in the Merchant One is that without diamonds of industrial diamonds compul- was touring the West coast
He was worth listening to, Navy would be helpless without the armament and air works might sory. In Germany they may ports.
"Look over there," he said, was out there in the bay only
boys who sweep the channels. as well close, for diamonds are soon be repeating their last war essential to precision engineer- trick of commandeering fine dia raising a horny tattooed hand in a few days ago and had to walt for
monds from women's rings.
the direction of the crowded swept channels. True, you get a bit restive when your trip is nearly done. The Nazis had a fair haul in river, "what a collection!" The other is the German oc-
When invasion
Coming and going, or waiting and you're held up within sight of cupation of Amsterdam and Amsterdam.
were liners, "But the bigger our scattered becomes and Antiwerp, for these cities, with came the merchants could not to find a berth, 16,000 skilled workmen, had a fly with their stones-which tankers, tramps, coasters, lugs mine-sweeping fleet
it's growing every week-the shorter will
be the delays. virtual monopoly in diamond were locked as usual in "time and trawler.
safes" adjusted to open after
"So Accs Of The Pack
ships still come in with cutting.
the week-end. By then the
meat and hides,
butter and wheat, "Aye," said the bo'sun, "and minerals, troops and war materials. Germany herself has 1,000 Germans were waiting to poc-
Call that letal blockode? old Hitler calls that total bloc- "But it doesn't need more than ono cutters; the United States about ket them.
But these won't last her arkade. If it's total blockade eye to see that the mine menace is 300; Africa a few hundreds.
I get home last being kept under control. Britain, her safes crammed with
"Though we need Spitfires, we millions of pounds worth of maments works for long. She how the hell did
need destroyers, too. I'd like to see few dozen is abnormally short of diamonds week after as good a trip as I've had
in nearly forty years of the seat stones, had only
at home-a six-year exodus of "Take it from me, Mister, wher- a nice destroyer-deal with America. refugees with smuggled dit-ever there's sea you'll find the red
Hundred Misses So Germany has workers but monda has seen to that. And duster flying over ships of the Bri-
"More than a thousand ships "But the boys in the shipyards are few rough stones to cut. The there is no ersatz substitute for tish Merchant Navy,
week, coming and going with fine going to it If ever anyone did," he world has the stones, but no one these stones.
cargoes. And Hitler calls it total went on. "It's said over in those blockade" he almost spat in disgust, yards they can bulld destroyers as to shape them.
About 60 Dutch and Belgian "It's all bluff. He knows. darned quick as shelling peas.
"We've got the men and, In most Meanwhile, demand soars and prices with it. Fine stones now merchants, laden with stones, well that if you've got the merchont
"But we're getting through Just the you play cards properly. fetch 200 per cent. of pre-war escaped to England, and have ships you've got a winning hand so classes we've got the ships.
cricu a trading club in Holo, ne likes admiring the same. There's many n Ane shilp prices.
born. The skill of the cutters big ships more than 1 do, though I comes to port after the Jerries have was a luxury sailor. The aimed a hundred bombs at her-and But hoarders still rush to buy, who escaped to this country is never
liners are the aces and picture cards missed. fearing inflation and crashing being fully utilised.
never did complain at a hun securities, knowing that dla- Shaping diamonds is a skilled "But all merchant ships these days dred to one chance. I'll be antisfied monda rotain international job. First step is often the are trumps and even the deuce has to coll me cable if I can still have a hundred chances to one of getting value through any upheaval; splitting" of the stone. Dia-a vital part in the game. that £500,000 can be carried in monds have
n manner of speaking, my ship through. And if the bomb has the a "grain" (they mater and I are playing the deuce a pocket.
"It's just a matter of perspective. were all parts of trees hundreds of trumps every time we get home name of my old ship on it, well. Before the war £12,000,000 of millions of years ago), and with our cargo. We're little, but our That's what I told the wife when she was worried about the power station worth of cut diamonds sold in a the splitter has only to make a partners need us."
Nice words, Bla'sun! We landsmen at the end of our road. year (80 per cent, to America), tiny nick with a minute dia-
"I asked her if she thought that our was the only Since last September, it is cati. mond-chisel and to tap a sharp are proud to have you call us part-
power stallon mated, £24,000,000 worth have super-hard stone want the Aye" he said, "we're all partners, thing they were worrying about it
will split cas!- the sharing our lives, Berlin. And now
the right changed hands...
ly in two.
sharing a common danger, and shar- perspective on it."
The Bosun's ship was due to weigh Super-care is needed. Bading our food. Industry, too, cries out for
The folks ashore are living like anchor and all again that afternoon. diamonds. Half the world's splitting might ruin a
stone shipmates nowadays. They're all In Bo the Bo'mun had "just one for the
the same boat. They sharai ach seo.” output are lustreless, brown worth a fortune.
of the pack.
nors.
Jocal
in the quality of the machines used, but also in the spirit of the British
which men,
was truly fighting magnificent.
to It was apparent Impartial ubservers (he added) that when the Germans met with 100 much re- sistance they turned back to their own aerodromes and jettisoned their of objectives. bomb cargoes without consideration
The reverse was the case with the RAF.. who tackled the greatest oxids with supreme confidence. The British fighting in the air was much superior because of the better train- ing and the spirit displayed.
Dr. Harloff attended reception in London given by Mr. Paul Rykens, the chairman, and directors of the Company. Netherlands Publishing publishers of the Dutch newspaper in London. The reception was in honour of Queen Wilhelmina's birthday.
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