6 DEATH PAYS 4 niviDsND reemtment acts, fr here wat at once a source of inereae ‘export bsnes and worktove paiteal apprehension. Tr ces, very plane tent to Germany crested a potential deman o! Aether plane hon Goverment Fm 53 frmament companies set ont to exploit this uation to ths fil. Tn this connection, the cynic sown by the chars of Handley Page st the company's snnval general mecting 0 193 worthy of pote “The directors note with satisfaction that, om the tnesking dows of th Dinsmarent Gonleren the Govern iad lecded on increasing the. Air Force to bring st more ito line wth other nations. . oes Dising the year under review be fave dered aro 1 fs ern Gn *s. . The future of the Ermpie demands an Air Force equal fo thatofany other The dpa ith he stengih of chr Pars Ee dsr.” (Orel)! We will lt the curtain down on this infamous chapter in she ston! ofthe blondy tealie ia quotation fom the Nes Chronicle: — 2 ie ‘ Huge German orders or subber and copper were exeuted in Lonon yor, earl of can. The bye of aly $4000 tons of copper sent thie price rocketing up Ids 92 © Ess 1h. od tn. Already Germany has bought over £0200 {ons thi month in London lone” The date? August x9, 1039, * Oliver own, da te Ae, PATRIOTISM, LTD. Trrss.a moot point whether the armement manufacturer is more be plied thon despised. He dees not want the horrors of war fy more than you or we want them. He only wants the profits Ofwary and if be could get che profits without the horrors he Should Deas happy a3 a dog with two tals. Unfortunately for his peace of mind, war profits and war horrors must always go hand Er hand. He is dhus faced with a perpetual confict between his ‘hi interests and those ofwociety at large—a conflict sich ean ‘Berteslve to his own satisfaction ony (a) by withdrawing fom fe armaments indusiry, or (8) by attempting to rationalize his position. We have yet to hear ofan armament manufacturer who Fis fied to seck selfjustifeation on grounds ranging from ‘exgenis to pateiotism. “in this chapter we shall attempt to expose the shallowness and superficiality of the hoary argument that an arms merchant ie utomsticaly a ‘patriot” and the “roan pillar of his country’s ational defence structuze™, We shall adduce evidence to show that, a5 a general rule, the armamenteapitalst i impelled by the very nature of his calling to tread the path of private gain rather than that of patriotic self-sacrifice. During this war a Iinority, whose exifence cannot be denied, has substantially ‘proved 10 willingness to put the national interes frst; but insofar [sthey make this coe they ave bd eptalists and unprestatio of ‘hr lore, Before exatsining the war-time activities of some of these el styled pateiots, let us tke a brief glance at their record during the Fearmament period leading wp to the outbreak of hostiies Between 1992 and 1990,’Britain spent £1,298,000,000 on armae ments. What was the result? According to “Scrutator”, writing inthe Sunday Tines on October 19, 1941:— “Phe BALE. was short of ammunition, of anti-tank guns, of armourpiercing sbelle and of many. Kinds of antiaireraf Material Our only armoured division arrived 100 late ‘0