Evening star., 1949-04-01

widespread, Winston Churchill
Institute of Technology conve
atomic bomb in the hands of tt
Communists from overrunning
Dean Everett M. Baker Is at r
Boston Garden.
heard all this around that time and
liked some of 1t very much.
Recalls His Many Years
In Liberal Government.
was a Minister In the British
Liberal government Qarge Il"
please), returned with great ma
jority in 1905. That new Liberal
government arrived in power with
much of its message already
delivered and most of its aims al
ready achieved. The days Of hered-
itary aristocratic privilege were end
er or numbered. The path was open
ed for talent In every field of en-
deavor Primary education was
compulsory, universal and free, OF
was about to become so. New prob
lens arising from former successes
awaited the new administration
The independence of the proletar-
lat from thralldom involved al
least minimum standard of life
and labor and security for old age
sickness, and the death Of the fam
lily breadwinner. 1t was to these
tasks of social reform and insurance
that we addressed ourselves. The
name of Lloyd George will ever be
associated in Great Britain with this
new departure. I am proud to have
been his lieutenant in this work
and also as a Conservative Chancel-
lor OF the Exchequer and later as
head of the wartime national coali-
tion to have carried these same
themes further forward on a magni-
fled scale.
Science presently placed move
and dangerous facilities in the
hands of the most powerful coun-
tries. Humanity, was informed that
/ It could make machines that wouid
fly through the air and vessels
which could swim beneath the sur
face of the seas. The conquest oi
the air and the perfection of the
art of flying fulfilled the dream
which for thousands of years had
glittered in human Imagination. Ger
tainly 1t was q marvellous and ro-
mantle event. Whether the be-
stowal Of this gift upon an imma-
ture civilization composed of COM
peting nations whose nationalism
grew with every advance of democ-
racy and who were as yet devoid OF
international organization, was a
blessing or q curse has yet to be
proved. On the whole remain an
optimist. For good or Ill, air mas
terry Is today the supreme express
sion Of military power, and fleets
and armies, however necessary, must
accept subordinate rank. This Is
a memorable milestone in the march
of man.
The submarine, to do 1t Justice
has never made any claim to be q
blessing or even a convenience.
well remember when 1t became sn
accomplished military fact of pecu-
liar significance to the British Isles
and the British Navy, there was a
general belief even in the admiral
ty where I presided, that no nation
would ever be so wicked as to use
these underwater vessels to sink
merchantmen at sea. How could
q submarine, 1t was asked. provide
for the safety of the crews of the
merchant ships 1t sank? Public
opinion was shocked when old Ad-
miral Fisher bluntly declared that
this would be no bar to their being
used by the new and growing Ger
man Navy in a most ruthless man.
ner. His prediction was certainly
not stultified by what was soon to
happen.
Here then We have these two move
and potent weapons placed in the
hands of highly nationalized sover-
eign states in the early part of the
Goth century, and both of them
dwell with us today for our future
edification.
A third unmeasured sphere opened
to us as the years passed. which
for the sake of comprehensive
brevity, I will describe as radar
This radar, with it's innumerable
variants and possibilities. has sc
far been the handmaiden of the
air. but 1t has also been the enemy
of the submarine, and in alliance
with the air may well prove its ex-
terminator.
Mans Brain No Better
But IL Buxzed More.
In the first half of the Goth GEN.
tury, famed by the crimson wings
of war, the conquest of the air
affected profoundly human affairs
It made the globe seem much bigger
to the mind and much smaller tc
the body. The human biped was
able to travel about far more quickly
This greatly reduced the size oi
his estate, while at the same time
creating an even keener sense o1
its exploitable value. In the 18th
century Jules Verne wrote Round
the World in 80 Days" 1t seemed
prodigy. Now you can get round
1t in four: but you do not see much
/, of it on the way. The whole pros
pect and outlook of mankind grew
immeasurably larger, and the mul.
duplication of ideas also proceeded
Tat an incredible rate. This vast
Expansion was unhappily not accom-
panied by any noticeable advance
in the stature Of man. either ir
his mental faculties or his mora
character. His brain got no better
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