1 MAY 1926, Page 3

There has been a bursting asunder of the " British

Fasciits." General Blakeney, their president, Very wisely desired the organisation to put itself at the disposal of the O.M.S. Since the foundation of the O.M.S., with official sanction, to help the Government to maintain public services in emergencies, there has been no excuse for the British Fascists to continue as an independent body with military titles and the assertion of the right to take unconstitutional action. In fact, the O.M.S. could not accept help from such a body. The result of the resistance of some of the Fascist leaders to General Blakeney's proposal was that he and the moderates who agreed with him resigned ; and they were quite right. • * '*