The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-11-05

This Is the Cliveden set, becom-
ing more famous and more 1pow-
erful month by month.
Cliveden is a baronial estate
about SO miles from London, whose
high, UNCOVERED towers look
down upon the river Thames,
whose walls are covered with the
American fur-trapping ancestors
OF the AStorS, and whose hostess,
Lady Nancy Astor, is fonder OF
talking politics than her Virginia
relatives are Of talking horses.
Nancy Astor is one Of those
intensely energetic people who is
never happy unless she Is making
people turn handspringS.
'sNow say something amusing,
Mr.. Shaw" she once commanded
the venerable Bernard Shaw,
who had been invited to Give.
den to meet the late Senator
Joe Robinson, Secretary Of State
StimsOn, and other Americans.
Mr.. Shaw's response was q
facial expression which clearly
read: ooh Lord, why did I Gomez"
Hitler and Cliveder1
When Nancy Astor puts this
same energy to work in the field
of political relationships, there is
no telling what may eventuate.
One Of the things that eventu-
ated last November was the visit
Of Lord Halifax to see Hitler.
Another was the Chamberlain
journeys to see der Fuehrer In
September.
The Cliveden set has not quite
adopted Adolf Hitler as 'their
leader" but almost. Their feel
feeling toward him Is one Of
mingled admiration and fear.
They fear that eventually he viii
turn against England. But they
admire the manner In which he
rebuffs Russia.
One reason for the affinity be-
tween Hitler and the lCliveden set
is the fact that most Of them are
Christian Scientists. When Hitler
first seized power In Germany, one
of the Clivedenites visited the new
Chancellor and persuaded him to
exempt Christian Science from
Nazi religious persecution.
Not long ago, Robert Seton
Watson, prominent British writer,
described the Cliveden set as q
mixture Of Christian Science and
ARwa~ava wNNx %
Lord Lothian
The gold is represented by Lord
Lothian, who Is secretary Of the
Rhodes trust for educating Ameri-
cans at Oxford, and whose family
inherited vast gold fields In South
Africa. Himself educated In o
Jesuit school, he rebelled, became
converted to Christian Science, but
still has the Jesuitical manner Of
thinking.
Lothian makes frequent visits
to Hitler, and the notes Of these
conversations, which he has
shown to friends, indicate that
he considers himself spiritually
affiliated with the German die
tator.
Lord Lothian began life as
Philip Kerr, secretary to Lloyd
George, was considered q great
liberal. He now carries tremen-
dous weight with the Cabinet, Is
a sort Of minister without port
folio.
Londonderry
Unlike Lothian, Lord London
derry, another member Of the
group, Is noted for the vacuum
like condition Of his Uranium. His
pro- Nazisn is due to his education
among goose-steppihg Junkers.
His part in British politics Is
largely through the influence Of
his wife.
Londonderry b . close friend
Of Goering, and apparently Is 30
anxious TO protect Maxi secrets
that he suppressed certain find
ings Of the British Air Ministry
showing that Germany had To- ,
Gated aerodromes near her west
coast within easy striking dis
lance OF London. The British
were permitted to know about
this only after il was revealed In
American newspapers.
Part Of the Cliveden sets
strength is their control Of the
British press. Major John Jacob
Aston, brother-in-iaw of Lady AS
tor, owns The London Times,
whose editorials have Empire rev
erberations. Also members Of the
set are Godfrey Dawson, editor OF
The Times, and harrington Ward,
assistant editor.
Viscount AstOr
Viscount waldorf Aston owns