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A CHALLENGE TO

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THE

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E political Manifesto which Lord Beaver- brook launched cently bents out an Empire theme with typical clarity,

pungency and force. Per- versely tined. shrewdly planned and crisply written, it is certain to reverberate like an earthquake in the

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LIBERALS

By CHARLES WINTOUR

economic crisis Is convinced Cirm afresh of their need la mi- main within the Empire. A con- Feristics W Empir Premiers thould be able to hammer out an agreement on citizendly the Manfesto here. and intra-truperial migration,

speaker in the recent Commons debate who made specific pro- posals for reductions in expen- driver A El sh of heral rea- have strengthened

Minimum wagę

Are

DOINT Two covers Industry.

Here we the Every party, every member of bribes.

Beaver's He offers the wig Parliament,

every candidate, eurner a minimum weekly in every voter will be compelled rome of £ to adopt the Empir to ask himself afresh: Do I sland Inith. for the Empire

the middle-cinsses or against it? promised reduced taxnl'on and The Empire is the be-all and the capitalists and Industrialists end-all of the programme. The unrestricted dividends. Later on sections on home policy in my

there a CVCR something opinion contain some dublous Harry Politit, too. vate-catching proposals.

Unchanged beliefs

Point Elight abolishes the House of Larda It is to the replaced by an elecled areand chamber with the same powers. This is Poll's bribe, Presum

the

And involvert,

BEAVERBROOK

by LOW

once We were he Ihrew

his dynamic energy into the struggle, and played a achieving victory.

major part in

So his philosophy ecialna unchanged. He would fight for the Empire: he would sight, R seems, if Amerten were involved 1J1 war But fur no one else.

Stagecraft

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Putting a spurt into the Orient Express

H

By

Bernard Drew

FAVE you ever wondered Russia has sent her greatest how a railway time railway experts but the mon table, especially an allowed to bring their wives,

from Moscow have not been

Intricato Trangcontinental

French and German are the

one involving several coun- only languages spoken, so inter- tries is devised?

preters, play an important part. I listened recently to 200 proceedings, by

The British delegation started railway experts represent could save five minutes on cm- saying they ing 22 European, countries

barkation by Ughtening doing it, at one of the most Orient express.

formalities on the Simplon- extraordinary conferences Passengers ·would· cross

over held in Britain.

Calais from Dover

About 100 meh from inside Folkestone.

UD

to"

instead of

and outside the Iron Curtain alt. The trench agreed to cut out round long balze tables in the delay at Paris Nord station. Royal Pavilion at Brighton.

About 100 more are in adjoin- Ing rooms surrounded with brief cases and masses of documents.

BRITISH

EMPIRE

London Krpren

Serster

So. on the very eve of the election, the Liberals and that If ably the new second chamber FINALLY. there is a will be elected

pleco on a different

take up this franchis- from

of singecraft in the they would but the Commonn potserip, where Beaverbrook Empire Crusade they could Otherwise this country would be declares that the next Govern count on the support of the most

powerful In single-chamber ment should be "free from the

вечерарег in the preponderating

country. Influence those Cabinet Ministers who

covernment.

of

I am opposed to a surgical served in the Administration of operation of this drastle charac- JP3S." Bor

ter. A gradun reform of the Whom does composition of the Lords would have looked

บน

this affect? I COME

namca.

tha

A third force

to speed up the train by various Twelve other countries offered ways.

By the end of the day 36 hours had been knocked off the 2,000-mile journey from London fo Istanbul

All friendly

Next May travellers Icavo London

will at 10 n.m. and reach Istanbul on the night of the third day. Before the war it took just three days and three nights

the

I was Impresa d by friendliness of the discussions. There was much voluble argu- ment, but ttle disagrement, and no sign of any veto.

The Orient express runs from London to Dudapest,

which

came up for consideration,

There was a proposal to cut out the loop to Bratislave, over the Czech border, Czech repre sentatives appealed that the train should be allowed to con- timur to run through their territory.

A brainwave

of delay,

Meeting criticlems they offered to waive visa for- molities and speed up the train

y 60 minutes.

"It go on like this all the time." sald Mr H. J. Bourn one of the Brittch delcantes, "X% ot a Httle way, then we stop. We go

little way further. Then stop again. Later [adjourn.

We

"Overnight someone has a brainwave, and the whole thing is torn un and bemin again. But in the en we agree."

schedules for the six main ex-

The conference's fob is to fix

pre prenger in Europe. Their times form the basis of all the other menesses that run on the Con- tinent,

may hesitate. They Of course all this is for the be more in keeping with the Among them are Eden. Oliver various points in the Manifesto. may differ, as I differ, with sake of the Empire. But in English tradition of consiitu-

Stanley, RA. Butler. Lord But my view the proposal for a

Individus quibbles Salisbury, Halifax, Hore-Belisha minimum Income is ill-advised tional development.

and Swinton. Evidently these unimportant

lant compared with the TN is

and will detract from the weight

main theme of establishing the are the men whom Beaverbrook British Empire as a third, and main outlines the which this Manifesto will carry

Point Ning deals with Defence,

Leara, Manifesto is simply a rear- in the country. mation of Beaverbrook's

An Increase in

A stockpile of atom bomba is

equal, forco In the council of most

the pay-packet of up to £1 to be built cherished political belitis. On week at this

in Britain to up

As for as I can see the only the world. on Empire able to moment must ensure December 18, 1945, he spoke in inevitably cause

equal standing

left with Tories

are Churchill, hold its own, both economically the House of

a rise in the America and Russia. Conscrip- Lord Woolton to run the nag on bloc and the rouble bloc,

Bracken and Beaverbook, with and militarily, with the dollar Lords debate on prices of British Foods abroa·I, *~*~*** SAM BISCHOFF - *** EDWIN & MARIN American Loan. (Incidental thus denying to Britain the full in gors, and a Regular Army Abbey House down to half-mast.

ly, under

Point

Eight

of the benefit which could be gathered is to be recruited with good Tanifesto he would be denied from the

Here is a tremendous oppor- devaluation

conditions. of the pay and this facility in future.) He then pound.

This is the most intriguing tunity for the Liberal Party, on said that there were three pillars

measure which, while desirable section of the whole document, opportunity which may never upholding the Empire: Imperial

in the long run, would bring need positively eager, to throw next

Beaverbrook seems ready, in- recur. If the Liberals fail in the Also, it is not clear whether

election they will have Preference, the sterling bloc and wage differentials

to be about an immediate Increase in over the Old Gang of the Tory lost, almost certainly, their last the dollar pool. From this maintained. Unless craftsmen Government expenditure.

Party in favour of Empire chance of recovering their Manifesto it is clear that he has

Art an equivalent rise, the

minded Liberals.

former glory. not changed his opinions.

Incentive for the, working man to raise his status ond increase his skill will be weakened when it should be strengthened.

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Mr R. E. Sinfield, Continental superintendent of the Southern Region of British Railways, sald: "I think mail men agres because we have to, otherwise we should lose the train.

"Much is settled at informal talks. We have all been friends for years."

Chairman of the conference is 64-year-old Mr Ernest Ballinari, of Berne, who said to me: "The

How will the Liberais react? Their free trade element will

Do they still possers the rest-allways are here to overcome dislike the "extension of Imperial llence, the imagination and the the obstacles which politicians

crente in the world." Preference." But elsewhere good sense to accept the chal- Braverbrook has there is much in common be- lenge which Pulley." First, the mistakes tween this Manifesto and the thrown at their feet? and blunders of the last four Liberal programme.

POINT 10 is about But Liberals will welcome the four years he

now places particular emphasis pledge of "rigid regulation" for free pound as combines, cartels and non-com-

on the need for

Foreign

an essential part of sterling aren petitive industries, and the years have to be redeemed; the

siructure. No doubt this policy

was always Implicit in his doc- trine. Now it is stated explicitly Má cardinal feature of the Beaverbrook programme,

abolition of other controls.

Empire produce

animosities between ourselves and almost every other nation of the world wiped out." Whea that "first" polat has been carried out, there will be pre-

Let us now examine some of POINT Three deals with Agri- clous little need for a foreign

culture. The broad principle polley.

is laid down that the home pro-

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C.V.R. Thompson Reports The American Scene

E

the main points in this declara- tion, and then consider how it may alter political alignments.

ducer must come Arst. Empire Beaverbrook'n policy 13 producers next, and thereafter Point One in, of course, the the foreigners. Who will querrei strongly Isolationist. Britain Empire. The Manifesto stands with that? Whether farmers can with her Empire should assist

NEW YORK. Prediction No. 2 came from don. Why he has reached that for Empire Free Trade through be trusted to farm as efficiently only those countries coming XPERTS predicted re- Wellwood Deall, a vice-president conclusion: "I don't believe

of the company the extension of Imperial Pre- and chroply as possible when directly under her protection, cently that US air and

which makes any other could have endured ference, new colonial develop- they are given guaranteed prices "refusing absolutely to become shipping lines may be forced Stratocruiser.

the B.30 bomber and the for ten years what the British inent projects and Empire ont a protected

have endured, and I say that market must involved in quarrels cltizenship.

and dis- to buy British. remain an open question.

He warned: "As, things stand with the full knowledge that I putes distressing the world else-

Prediction No. 1 The

today. It may well be that we have never been especially fond extension of Imperial

came from will lose world markets Point Five gives a pledge on

where."

Philip Fleming. boss

of England." Preference must

ude higher the social services. They will

US Maritimo tariffs to keep out ports from be "maintained," but extrova-

British Jets and, because of Commission, If carried through in 1938 which controls America's mee- competition, and our own air- non-Empire countries, particu-

lines forced into buying British gance and incompetence are to that policy would have meant carlile marine. Jarly from America. So the be eliminated. Beaverbrook for that Britain American

Dack from a tour of British for lack of such types in this doctrine of

would not only

non-

of the

TIMES

to

new

COLD cannot bo cured, despito oll the "Wonder" drugs, sald the American Medical Association's journal. The best way to treat are coming one, said the journal, is still to

discrimination is to be ruthlessly agrees with Bevin; neither have refused to fight over the shipyards, he said that since country." overturned in favour of outright of them wants a health tax. fate of the Czechs, wo would sterling devaluation they can

But how discrimination in favour of the

much money could have watched the rape of Po-shipyards that even American back, says Dr Edwin Nourse, stay in bed.

compete so successfully with US DOOM Empire. The

unity

the be saved by an

economy and land without lifting a Enger. companies might give them their chief economic adviser to Pre- Empire is placed first, Anglo- efficiency drive? Would it be

contracts. American relationships second. enough to enable

zident Truman. In private folks substantial. That was in fact Lord Beaver- Said, het And how will Dominions such reductions in income-t, even brook's policy at the Ume. He have an immediate and serloun will be a

"Devaluation with Dr Nourse promises that 1950 HOTELS in America's winter as Canada view the proposal for combined with

first-class year for resorts setting up

In California and the economies was a leader in strongly sup- impact on an Empire eltizen- promised in

US shipyards. I business if this year's strikes Florida complained recently that other directions, ship! Recently they have been and particularly

would hate to see US building do not last too long. porting the re-armament pro- in payments

their bookings are down by us breaking down such formal ties abroad?

gramme and at the same time to to Britain, but the British

much as 12 percent. They say as sull. bind them to

yards are given great. this Clem Davies. for the Liberals, he was consistently opposing the taxes in cosis through devalua-

advan- WAL docs not pay, said that devalued currencies country, Undoubtedly the Was the only, front bench war up to its very outbreak, tion."

columnist Henry McLemore, tempting people to go to Europe

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