Evening star., 1925-09-19
bR|T0NS APATHET|C
OVER SAKLATVALA;
CONFEREES SAILING
Only People Interested Are
Those Living in Fear of
Red Outbreak.
PROFESSIONAL THINKERS
DISCUSS ISSUE LIGHTLY
Delegation Coming Here Declared
Largest Parliament Ever Sent
From Country.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, September 19.-Every
| one in England who lives in the fear
of an ultimate uprising of Reds"
seemingly is immensely relieved over
the fact that the United States has
officially said Keep OUT to Shapurji
Saklatvala, Communist member of
the House of Commons, who was
delegate TO the Interparliamentary
Union.
The rest of the country, however,
| has gone ahead, eating roast beef,
slipping its tea and paying little at
tention to the action of Secretary of
State kellogg in informing the Amer
lean consul general here that the
gates of the United States are closed
against Saklatvala. 1t is this section
of the populace that long has held
strongly to the opinion that the
mouthings of the Reds are not likely
to knock the keystone of the British
Empire out of place and sent it to the
scrap heap.
Causes Little Comment.
The incident of the barring of SAX
latvala is not being mentioned at hot
air" corner in Hyde Park, where agi-
tators and anti-agitators every evening
blow off their oratorical steam to their
hearts content. much to the amuse-
ment of the Strolling multitudes and
scarcely ever hampered by the
hobbies" In cafes, restaurants and
clubs, over the coffee and liquors, one
hears occasional comment on the sub
ject. If the speakers happen to be
pure white Conservatives, the view
always is that the United States took
an action that England might well
emulate in keeping out agitators. On
the other hand, where the Liberal
pinks and the most reddish among the
reds foregather, one hears remarks
TO the effect that politically the United
States is the most intolerant of all
countries and that Mr.. Kellogg, even
from the political standpoint, has
made a mistake.
The curbstone orators have utterly
ignored the incident in haranguing
Londoners during the past few days.
II these street-corner speakers men,
toned United States at all it was only
TO refer to that country as the happy
hunting ground for those in quest of
higher wages and better living condi-
tions, or else as A Shylock demanding
30,000.000 pounds or more yearly
from the already over-taxed Britons.
At Hyde Park last night neither the
name of Saklatvala nor that of Mr..
kellogg was mentioned by a single
speaker of the many who sought to
move the crowds of roaming listeners.
The religionists among the speakers
put forth their beliefs; the atheists
argued along their familiar lines OF
reasoning. Even the radicals, with
their red banner and calling upon the
the Kellogg -Saklatvala controversy
and confined themselves to discus
sion of their religion or what some
persons terms their irreligion.
The professional thinkers Of the
country-men who write for the week
ly reviews-have shown only slightly
greater interest in the matter at is
sue. The liberal-minded Nation and
Atheneum disposes of the topic in a
column in which it congratuiates the
British panic mongers' upon the vic
tory achieved through Mr.. kellogg's
action. The conservative Saturday
Review devotes even less space to the
subject. 1t takes the position that the
principle which guided Mr.. Kellogg in
refusing to grant a visa to Saklat.
vala's passport was perfectly sound
we are glad that the grand
chance for self-advertisement in rep
denied Saklatvala.'
Transformed Into Martyr.
The Nation. however, says the lit
tie member for North Battersea is
transformed into a Communist MARTYR
and 4 figure of world significance. In
the United States, every friend of
Great Britain, who since 1917 has
been contrasting our intelligent toll
erance with the terrors of 100 per
cent AmeriCanism. as practiced by an
organized minority in the republic.
will confess himself angry and
ashamed"
The man in the street does not seem
to bother his head one way or an
other about the situation. Perhaps
this is due TO the fact that this week
the weather has been bright and
sunny.
The average man knowing his little
England and its climate, realizes it is
not going to be that way for long and
seems determined to spend his hours
away from office and workshop, not in
worrying about political incidents,
but in playing cricket and foot ball or
pottering about with the Autumn cab
bages in his garden.
British, Delegation Sails.
LONDON, september l9.-The ma
jority of the British delegates To the
Interparliamentary Union in Wash
inston left today for Southampton to
embark on the liner Caronia.
The delegation is said to be the
largest body of British parliamentary
ians ever to leave the country at one
time, there being more than 80 mem
bers, several of whom will sail next
week.
Brother Is Metals Expert.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, September 19
R).-Shapurji Saklatvala, Hindu
member of the British Parliament,
who has been forbidden to enter the
United States because of alleged Com
munistic utterances, has a brother
living IN this city. The brother, DR..
Beram D. Saklatwalla, metallurgist,
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