FASCISM IN BRITAIN

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 128, 1 June 1935, Page 6

FASCISM IN BRITAIN

LABOUR LEADER'S VIEW

Sir Stafford,, Cripps sees in the National Government the . beginnings of the introduction of Fascism into this country, and is especially concerned about the police, the Navy, Army, and .Air Force,'says the "Daily Telegraph." In "'Natipnal' Fascism in Britain," a penny pamphlet issued by the Socialist League, he expresses this concern. "To make the police safe for capitalism," he writes, "their reorganisation is ordered. - Military chiefs are introduced, and steps taken to ensure, in the words of the Home Secretary, that 'there should be an esprit-de-corpa among those in the college (thei officers' training school), on the one hand, and an esprit-de-corps among those outside the college, on the,other,!,. "The police force must be officered by an officer class, so that there may be no risks. A large special constabulary is organised of 'bright young* members of the middle classes, ready to 'discipline' the workers if and when necessary.". V Of the three fighting .services Sir Stafford writes:"The regular forces, Army, Navy, and Air Force, are expanded on the excuse of danger from abroad. The recent statement relating to defence, over the initials of the Prime Minister, is an excellent example of the disingenuousness of the arguments used to cover an increased expenditure of ten millions on the armed forces. It is not so frank as Mussolini's statements, but is calculated to have the same effect. '•- "Meanwhile, the fear of sedition spreads amongst the ruling classes; not because there is the slightest evidence of it; but because the ruling classes ars relying for their own protection upon the armed forces of the Crown. This fact breeds the consciousness of the danger of armed forces disloyal—not to their country, but. to their rulers, the capitalists. So the Sedition. Act is passed, modified in detail in face of the most violent protfsts from those who still have a belief in democracy, but unchanged in essence. "No valid excuse can be put forward for its passage, not because there is no purpose behind it,'but because the disclosure of that purpose would unmask the menace of dying capitalismFascism. • ■ "And all the time the blessed art of propaganda •is employed—propaganda so easy in this country, with the Press predominantly capitalist and the 8.8.C. at the service of every Minister. The 'National' Government has, indeed, made good use of it ' " "We have not, of course,, emerged as yet into the full flower of Fascism, or anything like it, nor have we lost our democratic rights. There can, nevertheless, be no doubt that we have moved definitely along the path towards the Corporate State, not only in actual legislation and methods of Government, but, above all, in the psychology and ideology of our rulers." THE EXTRA LENGTH GOLF BALL. Champions in the golf world. hav» called the Dunlop Golf Ball the extralength ball, because of the extra distance they can drive with the Dunlop. This golf ball has won more championships and tournaments than any other golf balL Every Dunlop ball is carefully checked at every period of construction by scientific • machines, which ensure perfect accuracy. Buy Dunlop Golf balls and note-the immediate improvement in your play.—Advt.