Evening star., 1941-08-08


eye full Of hate, but IN eye that
takes full appraisal Of the enemy.
When Winston Churchill speaks
one expects him suddenly 10 draw
1 sword. HI his mort casual
speech the hne and fitting
phrase comes spontaneously. OF
the Nazis he said, Their strle-
ture Is brittle, but their front IL
brazen."
He takes the stand with
stanced limbs, his cold blue eyes
cast upon absolute faith In the
people Of Britain. 1t IL impos-
sible to pay him = compliment.
Talk u the People,"
II am nothing" he says. But
the people-have you seen the
people7 Do not bother about the
bigwigs. Talk to the people"
When he speaks Of the people
4 kind Of cool fury obsesses him.
They suffer 30, and never .
whimper. They suffer 70 for this
stupid war that never would have
happened II We had not been 20
blind; this war that should have
been won before We fought 1t and
that now must be fought through
to the end"
When he speaks Of the people
he sees them ~ they were at
stepney, Poplar and Bermondsey.
"All their possessions were wiped
out in one blast, the savings Of .
lifetime. And what are they?
Some pitiful sticks Of furniture,
curtains and bed linen. A bit
Of crockery. and an old woman
fishing around IN the debris for
. scrap OF her wedding China to
see if perhaps she could find
something else some time Of
about the same pattern"
With an abrupt change Of tone:
IAN EnslishmAn's home-it Is 4
fine phrase. It was never 20 f,ns
= reality. No one can govern Ent-
land again who forgets the peo-
pie. They saved England, you
know, . year ago and again after
the great blitzes. They deserve to
win. They deserve to win slor-
iously. It Is true not all who de-
serve win, but the EneliSh peo-
pie deserve to win and they
shall"
Ss Much ID at Stake.
He takes his guests aside one BY
one, walks up and down on the
green lawn somewhere In the
country, 20 PAGES up and 20 PAGES
down, back and forth. "Sueh .
stake! There never was such 4
stake. The hopes Of three
fourths OF the people Of all the
world; 4 family in 4 remote
Chinese village, the people on the
Russian steppes. the covering
men and women In Poland, those
in the rabbit warrens Of Paris, on
the dykes and fjords OF Holland
and Norway, al the disarmed and
the helpless-are crying silently
to the Antlo-Saxon world to
rescue u.s. And the price Of all
this suffering 80. our transitory
lives 80 Not all Of " win grow
old"
Again An abrupt change Of
tone. Why shouh the people
work and toll and never have Q
full belly or . secure roof and
wealth going to waste every
where? Why not strike an inter-
national balance sheet on surplus
commodities Give ."
Share "'s Produce 80 Use.
Must the Chinese peasant live
forever on rice and scrap hsh?
Why should he?
did the Dutch ever do any
body any harm? Did they govern
their colonies badly? Did they
neglect their people? Did they
waste wealth? Did they trample
on other nations7" He slarss.
There will bs 20 much to do
when all this Is over. This can
be . wonderful world Or . sham
hlss and q prison. 1t win Be .
wonderful world II you help make
it 20. We can do 1t only with the
help Of Americans. You know
that, don't your We can't do 1t
alone. This is clear, int IT."
He mutters something to him
self and breaks away from the
deliberate walk. THAT Speech"
he says, II must finish It,"
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