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I •••••••• / .... ~ .r ., • .. .~ : ··,· •• • •• _;£~;~-.: ·.\ ... .·~ 'I. .-, ! -,~ r..- /t- . :·~ :.- .'r . ~· , '·.._ ····r ·. ·..: .... ·.... ~ • . \· q' \, \ - ' ~ . p~fished Monthly • H. A. <BILL) WELLS. -' Registered at G.P.O. for post as a Newapoper. - -, r' - ~ t .. • ~dltor: ,. ...... ' J _·; Yol, XXVII. No. 9. ~EW SERIES; 15 SEPTEMBER, 1 948 '- IT ~ l We Scr'J'c "I do l~ve my country's good wit~ a respect more tender, more holy.· and profoun9, than .rriine own life," says nne of Shakespeare's character~ and . the League. endeavours to show its mei;T!bers' collective love of their own country by OFF.ICERS: ' acting as a bulwark against that insidious evil, Communism. · For far . too long has this country 'tolerated these , unpatriotic, unprincipled, .' .*. -· STATE ~tDEN'L ' unballasted 'upstarts. As a nation we are tolerant and easy-going, but one cannot W. J, Hum, ILBJI. ., . .. ~ \.. t. .., ~ ' treat a viper with kindness. Cicero, that wi5e arur profound philosopher, knew IMMEDiA~l P~ ~ full well of what he was talking when he said: ""Every evil in the bud is easily J. W. W. ANDERBOII crus~ed; as ~t grows older, it becomes stronger." . VICE-PRESIDENTs . T. STEN,-M.A. 411 yery well for folk to say that Communists are only a minority, which might well be left alone. The Communists are a determin~d body who will' stop B.~) D~~ - at nollhing to gain their .own fil~hy ends. They and their Fellow Travellers (dupes COUNTRY . Y:\~~Jpf;NTS as they may. be) are as dangerous ao ever wa~ Hitler and his gang. We want State:t~~! · nothing to dd with them in this glorious land. We want them neither as acquaint• i. Mit:om. ·.~;... arices, as neighbours ~or as fellow members. ' C.Otial: G:·j. PAJIEINB, •. , Tt;)OdJn . So. let us up and put our house -in order. The machipery has alre~dy ~en .Swth: A, BALL, llartwF' estab.lishedl:)y which sub-br_anches can rid themse_lves (and must rid themselves) TI\USTEES . · .. · . · of these -Re'ds. Every sub-branch must make sure and ce1-tain that neither Corn· .· '- , A., ~. ,,J,c(.L.A. · ..muhi.St nor F~llow Traveller is allowed to continue or tq gain membership. ' CoL W. 0. w.NSBiuDGE, •· I . -- ·d>.s.o: And ·iet 1:1$ not forget those bodies-such· as the Eureka Youth League-which, · J.• QWG. sailing under false colours. do their cfamndest to spread the Communist doctrine STATE EXECuTrY;;: . J, B. FlTZHARDINGE, among those who take them at their very-untrue face value _ w.u:. ""' ..· s. -1:.0imiE, .w.c. _As an organisation of men and women . who ha VC fought for the maintenance ~· s. :w.A.Tl' : / of our free institutions in cimes of war, we are equally determined to maintain F. ST~, ·D.C.N. them ·in times bf peace. · R. ~· S'IPDDAJ'T D. M. BENSON .Abraham Lincoln,- i·n his deep concern at the fight to spread slavery in America :A. YEf.Af:!>, O.B.E. before the ~ays of the American Civil War, said: J. HERlJHY .. C. G. pPGt1SON T. s. EDMONDsON . "I do not expect t~-h~.Pse to fall, but I do Cl(pect thah it will cease to be CoL ·.r.. ·c. N. 6LDEN;.J divided, because it will be all of one thing or. all of the other." . · . D.S.O. ' ' . w. ..J~. · The duty of League members is obvious. Let us determi'1e that the house \~ !:J ~$9N~~ shall not fall and, secondly, that it shall cease ~ be c_livided. ' \ vr. R. ~ . F. W• . BAT!sQ~ M.W. .) F. c: c:ltUiEV . • LetcUS remember that lwe!l. 1_11ay we be judged by the company we keep. Let w. ~- "'~y ' us therefore look arou~d us and diSS<?Ciate ourselves from these evil forces, for A. DO~ Our ·country's welfare is 0,1.1r first concern, mni . ~~c /·:·-c -. - -~ And who promote~ that best, 'bCst proves his duty. ....... Page 2 .......... .. THE · LISTENING P. OST •' ~. - . J,fi/D; eanderi'l!gs .( The ' very ~first submarine w as In the Unitea States Army, a 75 ~carabineers and 20 firenien. , LuJt; rowed l5 feet under the River brigadier-general weats o ne star, a embourg ·has 13 S' gendapnes, 176 ~vol• Thames :by Corncli~s vaq Drebel for · major·g~cra l . two stars, a lieutenant· unte'ers and 30 ·musicians, but "in King James I. Fulton, an American general three stars, a general four time of'war the iuimber. of vo11in· inventot, offered a type of man~ . stars, an,d . a general of the a rmy five teers may be tempo'farily )aise~ · to operated under-water vcssd to Napo· stars. T)le late Genera-l Pershing, as ·250." San .Marino's war .' st~ength ' is Icon in 1804, but his o(fcr was re· General of ~rmics, was entitled 950 men, plus 38 offic~s arid ;. mar~ fused. Eighty-four years later. the to wear as m;tny stars as he desired, shall, though its full-p~a:ge strength is ~·/ French launched the first submarine but he neve.r wore .more than four. 60. But. ill .the Republic ~9f -qberia driyen hy an electric motor. This. there are 800 officers· of the 'alipy ·to· was the Gymnote, of a total displace A WISH only 700 privates. ·. - · ment of ·30 tons. I '- Let me not see olil age; let mo . J * .. ' .. not heor According to a recent' broa,dcaSt, a. It is rep'orted that the R.S.L. Hos; The ·pro~red help, the "'""'~led Union Jack was regulatly hoisted and tcl, Perth, duting d1e syrn'pothy, period from The ,.,ell-meant tactful sophistries saluted each day in Jap~n during the 13th July, 1946, to 30th June, 1947, that mock whole of the war. Tltis matked the \ gave accommodati01~ to 50,931 per· · Pathetic husks, who once were memorial to William · Ad~s. : ·the. sons (a weekly average of 1,018 beds . · strong and free, v British sailor who settled_ .in :Japan· occupied). From 1st J uly, 1947, to And in. · youth's ficltle triurhph in 1600 laughed and sang, and became adVisor to 'the 30th Jurie, 1948, the figure was 56,924 Loved, and were 'foolish; and ot Mikado on naval rq,at~s. Adams (a weekly average· oJ . )',094). · For the close have seen died in 1620, and the memorial .~8 .· the July, _1948, pe'riod there .was an ·The fruits of folly ge~nered, on.d c ~:ected to him at· Yokosulia in May;- _. increase of 400" beds qccupiCd 'as.. com· that love. 19i8. ·-> . TaJ"ed and encaged, stale into pared with the ng )l. ure for Jbly,_ 1?47. grey ro,utine. , * \' ... _... , Despite the fact 'that · ,Viscount * Let· me not see old oge: ant Montgome~s tather indiVidw.l-i Although bombing became an a! ~ · . content ' style most daily occurrence in many parts With · my few crowded years: of military dress )-s not appro\red ·_by ·• of Britain during a l engthy period of ' laughter and strength some staid members of the Old the last war, 'the country was hO)ri And song have lit the beacon guard, actually this type· {;f.than{ iS .· fied and staggered when the fir of. my li(e, · nothin~ new, for the Dilke.-of Wel; - srG.;r· \, Let rne not see it fode, but when man bomb · fell on it· oil·.Christmas the long : lington wore a blue fr.ock·~t;>.wbi~ Eve, 1914, despi~e ·the 'fact that no September shadows steal across pantaloons 'and a .coc_ked·h.at of a ~ damage was ·done. During the 191-P the. square, peculiar to· himself while Ui"tl\e field. · · 18 war a total of 8,776 bombs were Grant· me this wish: t,h'y may .not . Outs~nding . p~rsonalitiei' :'can.