Beecham and Bolshevism

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 80, 25 June 1927, Page 24

Beecham and Bolshevism

a life of devotion to music Sir Thomas Beecham, the famous conductor and composer, has suddenly appeared before the world as a politician. Recently he made a speech at the Royal Albert Hall in support of Comr. Oliver Locker-Lampson’s “Hands off Britain” campaign. He announced his intention of taking further opportunities of pointing out to the people of England why the “Reds” should be cleared out bag and baggage.

Sir Thomas has probably had more to do with Russians than most men in England. “The Russian people,

who are ten times more ignorant and credulous than the British, have be on ‘mopped up' by a gang of mongrel Asiatics, all of whom are crazy,” he said. “These mongrel agitators come here with a red flag in one hand in-

scribed ‘Down with capitalism/ and in the other hand they carry a hat bearing the inscription, ‘Put in here a little credit, please.’ ” Sir Thomas continued: “If that is not a farce or insanity, tell me what is! And these people are taken seriously here! Bah! Nj wonder that sensible people on tie Continent and in the United States express surprise that a howl of derision does not go up from pl s r ®? tt T to the Orkneys against the twaddle® the Reds. . _ “When I said at the meeting at tne Albert Hall that I was patriotic 1 meant that I am an Englishman, these agitators who upset the cm ’ try are not Englishmen. I a® J® ing something to say about P O “T because I think it is about time aw lishmen had something to say aix> their own country. , ~ “We are too good-hearted and, they say in Lancashire —soft. W® getting soft in the head. This n ernment was put into power direc as a result of the interference 0 Reds, and therefore they have am* date to clear out these Asiatic *stors. Their refusal to do so mean negation of representative g°

ment - ~,,. -err- “ The Government are public slants. If I, as an artist, go h3f° public with a different I,rogr _i, e d. from that which has been pro then the people would a 3 * q, e money back. Then why s h ,:> “ j ts Government refuse to carry o programme? , ... winis“The only way to deal y 1:?., fers who fail to carry out ■_ w gramme is for the people to r t vote for these Ministers at tn _ ing election. That would not be ,» the Conservative Party; u j*, Minan impeachment of the particu isters, who are a small part party. . , „ in this “We are too credulous m _ country. You don’t learn üb°' 0 f by reading about them, as Ago our politicians do. You ha among them and know them.