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What Statesman Law calls "Commonwealth" practically all Britons call, without shame, "Empire." Colloquially, the Empire includes: 1) the Dominions of the Commonwealth (Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Eire); 2) the colonies and protectorates (Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, etc.); 3) India-the only realm of which George VI is actually Emperor. Total population: 557,000,000. (The world's population...
...therefore embodies a hope and a prospect which is all-important to Britons, important to all the world. War has at once tightened and loosened the bonds of Empire. Sovereign, national aims conflict in Canada with a never-dying tie to Britain. Aspirations both regional and national stir New Zealand and Australia. South Africa's great Prime Minister, Field Marshal and Elder Statesman Jan Christiaan Smuts, feels grave responsibility both for Imperial Britain and for the independent integrity of his own country. India, the jewel of Empire, strains away from Empire, yet gives (or sells) men and wealth...
...while waiting. One of these is "Chase Me," with flashlights. One spectator will flash his light on the blank screen. Another spectator flashes another beam. Then the chase around the screen begins. This can be funny when played by two experts. Another game, invented by the marines in New Zealand, is played with white rubber balloons, which are inflated and batted through the air. The object is to hit the balloons with lighted cigarets. This game keeps every spectator alert, lest he find a glowing cigaret down his neck...
...islands stretching from Timor to Western Samoa. The great half-circle includes New Guinea, the Solomons, the New Hebrides. The Commonwealths down under want to make sure that an enemy will never again get as close to Australia as the Japanese did in 1942. Australia and New Zealand propose to police the area within the arc, pay part of the costs of a standing force if other interested nations will collaborate. Others affected: the U.S., The Netherlands, France, Portugal, Great Britain...
Americans made no attempt to sell their sports (though Britons futilely promoted rugby and cricket). When Army teams played exhibition baseball games, Allies yawned at first. The Americans kept playing. Soon even British troops were borrowing equipment. Now the Middle East softball league includes British, South African, Canadian, New Zealand, Australian and U.S. teams...