Evening star., 1943-11-21
Mos|ey in SecIusion
After Release as
Protests Mount
By the Associated Press


LONDON. Nov. 2O.-Britain's pre-
war Fascist leader, Sir Oswald Mos
ley, and his wife were released Sc
cretly from Holloway Prison before
dawn today and hisked into seclu-
sion as nationwide protest in
creased in tempo.
The Mosleys were reported to be
IN an Oxfordshire hamlet tonight,
protected from the hue and cry
against the Governments decision
to free them on the ground of Sir
Oswald's general debility and phle-
bits.
Orators at street corner rallies
demanded bitterly today: What
are we fighting against-phlebitis
or fascism?"
Calls Protest "Unfair."
The former blackshirt leader,
whose second wedding in 1896 was
attended by Adolf Hitler, was de-
scribed by Baroness Ravensdale, sis
ter OF his first wife, as a every sick
man" and depressed by his impris-
onment since May, 1910. She said
OIOLGSJS
were extremely unfair"
Maj. Haden Guest, Laborite, an
nounced, however, he would ask the
Home Secretary, Herbert Morrison,
IN Parliament why, as medical and
nursing services provided in Hollo-
way Prison are adequate for prison.
ers confined there, is it necessary
for medical reasons to remove Sir
Oswald and Lady Mosley from de-
tention in that institution"
The Communist Daily Worker
commented that Lady MoSley, a sis
ter OF Hitler's former friend, Unity
Freeman-Mitford, was released
without even the phlebitis pretext."
Phlebitis is Inflammation of the
veins.
War Workers Angry.
1rate war workers bombarded
both the Home Office and the Prime
Minister'S residence at No. 10 Down.
Ing street with resolutions of pro-
test. A gigantic protest rally" was
called for tomorrow evening in the
London Coliseum.
The London Labor Mayors Asso-
citation, Of which Mr.. Morrison was
a member when he was Mayor of
Hackney, Joined in the chorus of
resentment, while the Furniture
Workers Association declared in
resolution that Mosley must be
held morally involved in atrocities
which have been committed against
millions of people"
Sir Oswald, muffled up in a heavy
camels-hair coat, slipped out of a
back exit from the prison with his
wife about an hour before daybreak
and crossed some tennis courts to
an ambulance. He was not seen by
newspapermen and photographers
who waited at the front door.
Mosley Is Wealthy.
One report was that they we're
taken to the home of Lady Mosley's
father, Lord Redesdale, at Mill Cot
tage, Swinbrook, Oxfordshire, and
one of Mosleys former followers
said the two probably would be un-
der some form of house arrest"
Mosley inherited nearly $1,000
Oll tliC Qcdtll VI lis ldllleI anu was
further enriched by the death in
1886 of his first wife, Lady Cynthia,
daughter of the late Marques
Curzon
Authorities emphasized that he
may be sent back to prison if he
violates the terms of his release. 1t
was stated authoritatively that the
detention order was only being sus-
pended-not revoked-thereby leav-
ing open the way for the govern
ment to change its decision
The Home Office repeated today
that there would be no explanation
of Mosley's release until Mr.. Morri-
son makes the promised full ex-
PLANTATION" when Parliament recon-
venes. Mr.. Morrison, Laborite and
himself long champion of workers
causes, has indicated he believes that
workers will be satisfied when this
explanation is made.