Evening star., 1939-01-11
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biguity. Now" 1t said, I'VE fight
We will fight" the Common sense
people agreed, against the intensive
war-makers, and for those who pro-
pose to lberate. But we have had
time to digest the lessons of the
Great War, and everywhere we are
going to fight conditionally, as free
men and women. The governments
we support shall justify their pro-
fessions. They shall not merely pre-
tend to liberate. They shall liberate
in deed. This is no war between
Make Believes. 1t is a plain fight to
obliterate the very idea of soldier
from mems minds. This is q War to
end War. :"
Rud talked out the war issue to
the Central Gfoup, but there was
very little discussion. The group had
already shifted its headquarters to
Sloten near Amsterdam, close to
the new radio center and the air.
port. There, in a large room like
a departmental board room, sur
rounded with maps and Bodisham' S
later diagrams, Rud expounded his
fundamental plan of campaign.
Fighting War to End War.
He banged the table and splut-
tered with subversive bitterness.
The war to end war that is
what we are fighting. Over again.
Never have sane words been so
Knocked at, and never were saner
words uttered. Some one used that
phrase for the last war, and 1t didn t
end war. Ha-ha-ha and he-he-he
and also yah! But obviously there
has to be a war to end war-and If
it fails, another. And If necessary,
another and another
The last war to end war miscar-
ried. The world wasn't prepared for
the idea. The common man didn't
realize his opportunity. Very well,
since then we've been busy. Maybe
this one won't miscarry. If it does,
it will be because we in our turn
weren't up to the job. This time
the common man has got to get
and keep control. This time we
have to save the world from the old
confidence tricks. We English aren't
going to fight this war, simply and
trustfully, under Gen. Timberface
and Col. Blimp with the army of
the Aaldershot tattoo. The crown
and the army class and the Anglican
padres are not going to jump this
war as they jumped our war in 1914.
We've got to see to that. Nobody
is going to stick up proclamations
about My army and my subjects
in this war without a protest from
us. Let one thing be clear. 1t is we.
the common men, who fight, and
there are no my subjects We don't
mean to cheer the cuckoo clock at
Buckingham Palace at the end of
this war. No. It will be ours from
first to last"
Then Bud made a speech he had
had brewing in his mind for some
time. And as he made it he watched
its reception by Reedly.
I'm some fashion or other, this
war will be won, say. There's the
rub. That's where the catch comes
in. What we do not want is to see
the war won in the name of liberty,
atthe price of liberty. Gently but
firmly the common man has to take
over from the displomats and pro-
fessional soldiers before the war is
allowed to end Even If 1t takes
longer.
Real Revolution.
"On the other side as we'll It's
necessary to have not simply defeat
but real revolution. In 1918 the
great war was hushed up in a hurry
because of the manifest imminence
OF revolution and Communism from
the Urals to the Atlantic. The armi-
stice of 1918 was the suave oui
peut of the old order from the
daWning understanding of the COM
mon man.
Didn't you realize that? It's not
documented, no. Maybe they didn't
realize it. But that was the drive in
their minds. Our common man now
is 10 times as clear-headed and made
OF tougher stuff. He's never re-
covered faith anywhere, since the
Great War.
I'm 1918 there was no one to saw.
"A Common Law for the World )
Now everywhere, we say it. That's
"nat we are for. That particularly
and exactly is what we are for"
He paused. Reedly pulled his
moustache. He seemed to be tax
Ing counsel with himself, a strong,
silent man, but he made no COM
ment on Rud's declaration.
Il could not state our idea more
clearly" said Rud. IF I could I
would"