5000 FASCISTS

Grey River Argus, 16 October 1936, Page 7

5000 FASCISTS

March in East End of London (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received October 15, at 8.5 p.m.) LONDON. October 14. There were some remarkable, scenes, with some minor clashes, during the march of five thousand Fascists in the East End of London. There were huge crowds, who blocked big area, and dislocated the traffic. The sh’ms were barricaded. The gatheiiug wound up with a speech by Sir Osvald Alosley, who declared that the only answer which t h « Communists had to the Fascist case consisted of the brickbat ?nd tho razor. ■.. One thousand police foilowea-<the Fascist procession as it. marched off. In a speech at the Cutlers’ Feast at Sheffield, Air Eden said that there existed among British people a .very general widespread feeling of di.state for those extreme political doctrines which were being preached and fostered in different forms in different countries. There was no wish to quarrel with others who preferred to adopt different systems of government. That was their own affair, but in the midst of all the turmoil of the present day Europe, the British might be excused for observing with some pride that the machinery of constitutional Government continued to work smoothly, and that the freedom of person and thought was respected and preserved. Air. Eden added: "In a world -in which national' prestige is worshipped as a golden calf. I trust that we shall take as the standard of our own prestige as agnation, our ability to combine tolerance and personal freedom with strong, effective Government.” The British people would show as great readiness to serve the State, when the State existed for the people, and would exert every effort of mind and body to preserve the legacy of tradition and opportunity which had come down to them, and strive with perseverance and imagination for its wider and fuller development. Close attachment to their own institutions did not imply any attitude of detachment from the affairs of Europe. Even _if that were desirable it was not possible. Jews in the East End are discussing measure for protection against the hooliganism from which they are suffering every night. Afany fear not only for their livelihood from a partial boycott of their shops, but- also for the personal safety of their families.