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ROME: March 22.

ERE I am now in Rome, wiping the snow of Arotic Finland "off my boots. I have had to fly halfway around. Europe to get here because the Socialised. Swedish airways were on strike for more pay from the Government, and I shall probably catch a terrible cold with all these changes in 'temperature,

But nover mind, the contrast between the northern and southern front in the war between Western democracy and Communist totali- tarianism is worth a cold.

In Helsinki 1 left the Finns going about their business outwardly austere and calm as usual. No posters, no fuss, no headlines. "The less said publicly at the moment the better," is the general attitude.

But in secret they are laying plans for resistance-should they get Western support.

Labour

point of view

ERNEST THURTLE, M.P.

Here in Rome is it another battle after the elections. I am convinced in the same wat. Dut quite a dif- of this for two reason: ferent onc. All 越 excitement. Young men with pots and brushes hourly pasto pasters on the walls. Cars trundle through the streets printing slogans in yellow paint on the black asphalt with their tyres.

THE Ministry of the In- terior and the police force Italy are neither under Communist control nor infil- trated by Communiste-essential re- quisites for a successful Communist Demonstrators wave their hands coup of the kind that has established

in semi-Fascist salutes, rushing minority dictatorships in the East through the streets in lorries with: European countries. blaring loudspeakern.

or

Airplanes zoom low over the city dropping porachutes with leaflets. flying long political streamers from their talls. Everywhere there' are crowds reading, arguing, and oc- casionally fighting.

THE forces of order at the disposal of the State Are strong, numerous, well- equipped, efficient, and loyul. They are much stronger and when I more self-confident than inst visited Italy six months ago. I was in the arcades backing on

The 600,000 police and carn- the Piazza Colonna-a kind of un- binleri have in the meantime been official Hyde Park Corner-when the mobilised and mechaalsed.

ITALIAN ELECTIONS

Duave

VOTE EARLY

¿Copyright is 4II ConniriMH)

119 DAYS ON

HORSE MEAT AND

ARMY BISCUITS

By Peter Lovegrove

rear."

THE other evening I heard mobile and elusive, could make the some ex-servicemen talk really decisive stroke of the cam- paign by invading Cape Colony, of the days when a packet instead encouraged them to beslege MUCH comment has natural-newsboys arrived with, the papers Detachments of these motorised of cigarettes cost them 25-his-force-in-Ladysmith-while-British. ly been excited by the announcing that Britain, France, and police troops have been ably dis-shillings, and a dozen matches reinforcements and supplies were

mustered in their hurriedly United Kingdom Government's the United States had proposed to posed over the whole of Italy in the were auctioned for 18/6d; when Though he was never forgiven by decision to remove Communists Stalin that Trieste be restored to most strategic spots where

they their daily diet consisted of the Government for his action, it Italy. The rear for a Wembley Cup and Fascists in the Civil Ser Final goal was nothing to the bellow

four ounces of uncooked horse, led down 10,000 splendid guerilla vice from positions of special of triumph from the arcade.

an army biscuit, and one pint of ghters, who, became undisciplined and demoralised under the monotony tainted water, stiff with typhoid of siege warfare and, after repulsing trust.

three relieving columns, were finally overwhelmed by the fourth attempt.

Normally it is contrary to practice to consider

the

Gur political

views of civil servants.

It means votes

~OMMUNISTS and Socialists were

My opinion is that this is a protec-visibly discomfited: tive act which Ands Justification

All except

in the country's recent experiences, one sophisticated young man with a

and in the prevailing anxiety regard-light yellow trenchcoat and an as- ing our security.

preciation of traditional diplomacy,

•

THE problem is really one of deal- ing with political fanaticism.

Italion.

"You see," he said to his friends. Beyond question the vast majority"how valuable it is to have a strong of citizens give first loyalty to their Communist Party in Italy. You own country. No doubt, also, some watch. they will give us back our Communists and Fascists put loyalty colonies yet if we can keep them to their country first.

worried about the Communists.

a percentage

But, unhappily, there are un-shall certainly vote for the Popular doubtedly

of these Front now." people who are more loyal to their

ideology than they are to their coun- But that does not seem to be try's security.

Such people are highly dangerous, and it is against these that action is directed.

*

Nod or made clear. Since then NOT only during the war was the we have had the remarkable revela- tions of Communist espionage In Canada.

I

THE DRILL

A Aprli

FTER the electione on

19 the Dew parliament

mesta la Аму. Its first job will be to cleci Epeakers for the Upper and Lower Houros.

Next it elects the Pros- dent of the RepublicsTM

Then the now President of the Republio summons the thinks political leader he

most likely to command a majority i parliament and Kake him to form a Gavers- ment.

There are 19 separate political parties and grOUDE In Italy: 13 of them are likely to put up lists for the election.

the reaction of most of the people, or of the Popular Front leaders, parti- cularly of those on the Socialist side. might be needed. A symptom of They are clearly put out and are the new power of the police in that doing their best to cry sour grapes. they have succeeded in forcing the There is fellow-traveller Nennl in Communists to surrender vast stores his newspaper, Avanti this morning: of arms" they had bullt up during "Bidault and the other Westerners the time of the partisan resistance. They have made arrests in dis- are giving us something that costs

tricts that were considered to be It is common ground that in time them nothing."

betrayal by

and which Communist-dominated, of war risk of

such

The Communists denounce warped fanatics cannot be tolerated.

the only four months ago it would have provocation against Russia been impossible to carry out. They Today the strained international move as situation is sufficiently akin to war likely to lend to war. There is no are enforcing the decrees banning to make the

Government feel the doubt from the way they take it that the wearing of uniforms by non need for protective measures against

military and non-police organisailona the threat.

and the training of unauthorised para-military associations.

All this is a severe blow to the Communist partisans.

they expect it to cost them votes.

Crystal-gazing

germs.

They talked of Long Tom of Pepworth Hill, of the howitzers on Surprise Hill, of Cocsor's Camp and "that day" in January on Wagon Hill when the Devons saved the situation with a gallant charge; how 'X' won the VC when he should have been court-martialled, and how 'y' was a tartar for guards and fatigues.

It might all have been yesterday from the way they detailed the idiosyncrasies of sergeants and the pecullarities of quarter blokes.

But it proved a very close call for the garrison, which also included 2.000 European colonist and 4,000 Kafirs and Indians, thousands of horses and mules, and the flocks and herds of the colonials. Slekness, want of food and the climate brought them almost to physical exhaustion.

"Hot?" Indignantly exclaimed on ex-5th. R. 1. Lancer, to whom I had timidly murmured something about Middle East. "Why, the alege

But it had all happened 48 years the ago. The veterans were survivors took place during the hottest months with temperatures the year, of the historie siege of Ladysmithi, of

out for nearly which held

four running up to 104 degrees in the months against the Вость In the shade." * South African War.

Once A Year

Gordon "And," naked a former

been 11ighlander, "have you ever nauseated by uncooked mule-mule vation?"

People died ke files, added, n TWO Great Wars have overshadow- that was just on the verge of stur-

ed their exploit, and they have

Enterle fever. long since passed out of the public Pensioner. From mind into school history books. But From Dysentery. For more thun year, these forgotten old from Boer bullets. At one time or once gentlemen dig out their gongs and another at least half the inhabitants

ribbons campaign

and travel to had a turn in hospital. London from Devon and Durham, from Newcastle, Nottingham and

Long Toms Aberdeen and from Norwich, Aeeting and dinner to celebrate the asked in chorus. The Loug Toms-

for Aberystwith,

their general ND what about Long Tom? they

corrugated iron nestling in the steep, which went on peppering the gar rellef of that little town of brick and Creusot atx-inch guns and howitzers rocky hills of Northern little town, which onca loomed large in the headlines of the newspapers and the anxlous thoughts of British families.

of the

Natal, a

rison-day after day. There's even poem about the most notorious, which runs something like this:

"For he can bend the stifest back And mould the strongest will, He brings us bounding out of bed we would fain He stilli ali obey We

umble, but we

But please don't imagine that all In the past ten years we have, In

and one way and another, learned a great this means that the Centre deal, and If the safety of the nation Liberal pro-Western Coalition which is indeed the supreme law we must now forms the Government will

Each passing year thins out their have a walk-over in the elections. accept this mild application of it.

Socialists

ranks. There were still a hundred The Communists and For mild, very mild it is compared

In 1939, but only 78, including four with what has happened in coun- are well organised. They have, a

Chelsea Fensioners, answered the

Long Tom o Pepworth's Hill." tries where totalitarianism has disciplined following for their joint HERE will be many more moves

this time in the Duke of triumphed.

But though the foll of Ladysmith. party machine among the industrini from both sides in the

thort muster

York's Barracks, Chelsea, Their workers of the trades unions and peried remaining before the election. Yo

ages? From 80-plus to the "baby" got to know every accent of Long Tom, their resolution was unbroken. There may be great changes in the THE best antidote for anther among the landless peasants.

party16-year-old ex- aclion. Air raids during the war

situation. But if I am to hazard a taught us that simple psychological

town at the head of the relleving Ridleman Bayley, of the Rifle Brigade, When Lord Dundonald rodo, into the I am told that they have been prophecy as to the possible develop who also saw service in Malta and Imperial Light Horse and Natal truth.

winning many new voters in the ment of this Italian phase of the Crete in the days when, as he told Carabiniers, he found that a mobile That is why the signing_of

the south,

particularly in Apulia Brussels Treaty has had a heartenin Sicily, which up to now

and political war between East and West,

me, the Army was a hard school and coloumn had been set on foot, con- have it would be:-

there wasn't all this present-day misting of all the men who were not Ing effect upon our people. In a time always been Conservative strong

The Popular Front will be de- "mollycoddling." He joined up at too enfeebled, to march out to harass of disquiet it is a positive act of self-

holds, dominated by the Catholic feated in' the election.

174, and got himself sent overseas the Boer retreat.

This year, the

the Defenders ot Nobody would contend that the vote.

De Gasperi, the present Prime by declaring his age as 18 and 10

Ladysmith Association welcomed a Ave contracting parties represent a The class war slogans, with their Minister, will form a new Govern- months.

Though memories remain green new President. He in 70-year-old great aggregation of power, as power promise to distributo among the most closely resembling that of to-

as ever, backs are each year a little Field Marshal Sir Philip Chetwode, is now reckoned.

Have-nots the property at the day. But they are five different peoples Haves, have lost none of their ap-

Communist trades unlons more bent, hands are shakter, steps seventh Baronet, with 24 initials who share a belief in the basic peal.

fairly soon after the election will shorter and speech is a little more after hb name, Constable of the

Indistinct.

Royal Palace and Tower of London. start a wave of strikes aimed at

But to those legendary Brures, he sabotaging and obstructing the new

remains young, Captain Chetwode of Government and Italian recovery in

the 19th. Hussars, who had yet to general.

be defented

help

| rights of man as understood before

the rise of dictators, and their cam→ Hng together is a first step in the task

of preserving those rights.

him to go.

40% ceiling?

The

DUT the most optimistic forecast I These strikes will

ago in

in the Home looked forward to a really grand

Reliving The Past WE come together to find some earn. his DSO The Field Marshal thing of the old comradeship." has succeeded Sir Tan Hamilton, who PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S langunge have heard from objective, ob- in much the same way as the Com-sald 70-year-old Mr E. P. E. Haw who was in command of the famous ed last year at the age of 94, and welcoming this treaty was cervers is that the Communist- munist strikes in France were de-shee, who was a bugier in the King's action on Wagon Hill. extremely significant.

Socialist Popular Front will collect feated,"

and He did not actually

Royal Rifle Corps at Ladysmith, underwrite up to 45 percent of the seats in the

There was also a big disappoint, Under the leadership of anti-Com-served 22 years under the colours, ment in store for them. They had the agreement with a definite pledge new parliament.

munlat Socialists like Lombardo, and not so

Jong of American assistance to maintain A friend of mine, whose judg- new non-Communist trades unions Guard, even though we sometimes feast on this reunion. The people it, but he went just as near to this ment and predictions on Italian will be formed, and these non-fail to recognise the man who lived of Natal had sent them 20 pounds of as it was constitutionally possible for affairs I have learned by experience Communist unions will assimilate in the next tent so many years ago." hem. 60 tins of fruit and a quantity Indeed, in the face of the emphatic to respect, tells me he is allowing or take in many of the workers who It is the one day in the year when at sinned vegetables. But secretary tired of they can relve the past, pour out J. R. Philpott, late R.N., and now. statements of the President and other the Popular Front 40 percent. of the in Italy, like France, are

their well-worn stories into syïn- mino host of the Jolly Sallor', Bun- useless political strikes. political leaders in the United States, total vote. there cannot Be the slightest doubt As for the possibility of Italy Cominform will have lost

pathetic cars. For one evening, they tingford, Herts, had bad news: all: that America is determined to

the ham and most of the fruit had ' use becoming a Soviet satellite as the second major battle in the West.

are back among their 13,000 com- hen immense resources to defend result of a Communist coup, the one And the Kremlin will do nothing rades in the dusty Natal hills with been rifled en route.

their VC Commander, the lato But, even though this is 1948, what remains of freedom in Europe. thing that I will predict with con- about it, because it cannot.

General Sir George White, at whose they had a good spread all the same, And sorely tried Western Europe Adence is that there will not be one. Now go ahead and say

statue they invariably lay a wreath. It wasn't uncooked horse and army may well rejoice at so momentous a There will be no Communist coup "Delmer, you are a wishful thinker General White, realising that the biscuits this time. And, definitely.. change of outlook.

either before, during, or immediately wearing rosy spectacles."

Boers, excellent horsemen, very not pints of water.

NANCY

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