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How they run
their festival
SEVILLE.
to mention the bull-dozers)
The result
to
HOW NEGLECT IS HELPING STALIN TO WIN THE MIDDLE EAST
A
——SHARP evening breeze was blowing across Lake Galilee, whipping
קu
the.
waves so that they smacked angrily against the fisher-
man's skiff fighting its way
to the shore.
Behind the
This is the
first of two
IMPORTANT
DESPATCHES
bare, placid By SEFTON
hills the sun
was
slowly
-hat-the-fring"-from-the-two- sides makes it impossible for them to approach the scene of strife in order to press on their UNO cornmands of "Cease Are."
Now this situation is most dangerous, The pusillanimity of the UNO commissioners and the Security Counoll called by
DELMER
both sides to dent with this 18 parilous for Western power and
authority
The mayor looked around him. in the Middle East. the mayor of El Nugelb had gutted homes, with their burst eyes for none of it.
dipping into the midst. But He stared reflectively at the It is quite as perilous as that
He was too busy putting out his guards to protect the village in case there should be petition of the previous night's attack by the Israeils.
produced by Persia's oli grat
and Egypt's threat to the Suez Canal.”
and
wails. “This is a poor village," he said to me. "We don't want to be a Korea. We just want to For Israel has hitherto enjoy. live in peace and work. But we ed the avidest sympathy shall fight rather than give up support from the Western world. our homes and our land."
The Arabs have been jealous Who is to blame? The Syrians, and suspicious of this popularity champions of the Palestin of the young State. They have Arabs in this area, accuse the ascribed it to the Anancial and
He placed his men in the shallow ditches among the tomato gardens, bohind what was lot of the mud wall of the Israells of having broken the political power of the Zionists in village, and up in the hills over-armistice agreement, of having New York and London.
disregarded the UNO-appointed looking the flat lakeside flelds.
A
Three attacks
incredible that
My
that
סתי
'Don't dare'
ww
30
caft
it is really an easy matter Spanish hams. che 41monds spectacle and hospitality. The guns to pit against their musty the best of worlds to both sides. the substantial armed forces of
Israel-by Most dangerous
armistice commissioners" orders,
UNO's General Riley ordered THEY claim that no newspaper, Israelis to cease
se land re-
ropofter, and no poli- clamation work south of Lake ticlan dare criticise the Israelis, KAB villagers they were,
obeyed, however reprehensible their be Hulch. The Israelis disobeyed. with while hend cloths
The Israelis, in their tur, ac-haviour. flapping down over their shoul cuse the Arabs of military ag This makes the weak attitude ders, ancient carbines in their gression when Arab peasants of UNO and is ometals in the urms, khaki webbing with bulg fired on Israeli workmen and Middle
Middle East most damaging to ing cartridge pouches strapped
tractors because they were the
the Western cause. For it gives over their ragged clothes.
It impatient of the invasion of the Arabs the false impression Every caseta has its compie- seemed
these their land is something
Israeli bulldozers
Israeli Influence of strong in the West
that they ITH all due respect take the breath away-a riot ut ment of lovely girls, dancing the rough peasants should have suc- and the ineffectual efforts
colour and fantasy that rele Sevillanas." swaying with ceeded in repulsing three suc- UNO officers to stop them. expect no justice there. No to Mr
Herbert e: Ceell D. de Mille to the graceful. undulating bands to cessive attacks in a fortnight by Blame UNO, and s officers, support for their complainta Morrison
ge trained Israeil trontier troops In their anxiety to earn Nobel against Israel however justified and his "B" picture category,
Clicking Angers and the strange
Olearly in these circumstances well sad voices of the singers. Each outnumbering them three to one Peace prizes they drafted vague. Then with the bars planners and publicists (not
the next in and with mortars and amachine ly worded regulations, promised the West can never expect to use stucked with
brandy, caseta vies with sherry, sausages. oilves,
watch with Tapt conbinos. and the spectators
long way the faces, clapping the rhythm of
But that is how it was. Only
strongest, best-led, best-equip- is ready for its Yes the dance and uttering Seville
THEIR armistice commissioners ped, The gir
"Oles" when some Nations abserver officers hudl
in the Middle East. girls-ot all ages from three throated to thrice-tumes 30-change
measure is executed with par- been in the village to pick up reporters and judges. charged into
assurances of Israeli the gay, full-skirted "Gitanas" ticular, skill.
the Ismell dead from the night with assessing the facts and ad- leaders--that they would regard and put Howers la their hair.
bofore and carry them across to Judienting them, but as "diplo- a Soviet incursion into the Mid- over Europe. It is held 10 There is a promonitory clicking ful casetas, the vivid costumes, e neighbouring Israeli settle- mats."
The myriad lights, the colour-P
the
dle East as an attack on Israel to prove anything or even to of castanets, a staccato
ment of En Gelv, a quarter of a
I found thom attempting to itself-lose all strategic value. the laughter and sell anything; but simply heels
constant
mile down the lake shore, 1 compromise, trying to skirt dif- strangely stirring music make myself had seen the
One encouraging feature there foult situations. They were awed is foxholes
in all this. the visitor feel as though he where the Israeli raiders had by the problems of conscience In Tel-Aviv I found a sub- had wandered into some dream-lain 100 yards from the village. like ballet-cun- opero -cum-
which a man faces when he finds stantial number of influential musical comedy with, literally, a
A Biter of used brass cartridge himself up against facts on one Israelis who appreciate this cases and empty white cardboard side and a powerful ·Pressure situation and deplore H. The cast of thousands.
boxes with Hebrew lettering group on the other.
newspaper Haretz has publicly (World Copyright
marked the spots only too clear- In the fighting going
Government for on at criticised the fenden Exprats Service.)
*,
this moment observers report ignoring General Riley's orders, howover much it might disagree with them. I can think of no other country in the Middle East where a newspaper would be so outspoken.
to
festival. Each world's most delectable run spring, for centuries,
citizens of Seville have held
the
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STICKY BUSINESS!!
"Presson"
because
solemnities
Lent
the of
tap of and the strumming
guitars. Already the mmm... by miun
Kipistes are Bocking in with PATRICK KIRWAN
bright eyes atut
of
ure past. the air is fra-
Brant with the
gra ger
aut-
scent of orange blossom, and stretch palms. the roses are blooming in the Nearby is the fab'ground- Garden of the Alcazar. It is held with five cireuses, the doug'ems, because spring has come to almond puste and fried cctopus:f Seville and its citizens feel like all the fun of the fair. enjoying themselves.
1000 MASTS
begin,
A
full- 20 minutes earlier two United and observers behaved not us abi and most rapidly mobilis-
Reserved
The New Toothache "Tec
Now, after just a few days and at no cost to the pubile
The purse,
festival can prompt to the minute.
N ingenious device for There is
Seville is ready to forget its detecting tooth open an
space
decay It is troubles for a while, to rejoice traversed by boulevards.
do any about as far from Seville Cathe and welcome its guests. Nos that long before it can diral as Green Park is from visitors are sought. Indeed, the visible damage has been in- Westminster. The local corpora- local paper rather deplores the vented by a London scien- tion moved into the open space. festival's growing popularity in tist. In less than week an area the outside world, fearing com- site mercialisation; but none the larger than the Battersea
and
CHAPMAN PINCHER COLUMN
Hunt, S.E.1
of Guy's
11
A platima wire, linked to had been strung with 135,000 less the tourists flock in
in from
a 10-volt battery and a CT bulbs. 55,000 gleaming white all quarters, with cameras, cars and golden lanterns,
and destruble currencies. Women nt-measuring inst. ment,
fastened to
each: suspected A thousand venetian masts visiters have to be rather care-
thecloth in turn during a dental Di lve powder made from, garlanded with four or five ful though. A notice-in-
lerna cathedral
Another wirej gives biblical warning chock-up.
Bdd pipa in Water, iniles of close-knit olive
that those immodestly dressed touching the cheek, completes little suger, colour with a reci inyrtle had been set up with
that is, in short skirts or with the circuit. bunting, flugs and huge gleaming
"will plunging necklines, Butterflies, seemingly innumer driven out of the temple." able, at their peaks.
DANCING GIRLS
be
Noble illuminated archways. gave vistas to avenues of palms, eucalyptus, lime and lac; in the open spaces between them
There are bullfights, concerts sprang up 75 vast marquees for and exhibitions galore. No Arts use s public restaurants and Councils arrange any of them, bars; and over 300 "Casetas" but all of them thrive, none the gally striped pavilions, of vary- less. ing size, for private use.
ENTER GIPSIES
Immediately the creatures hushed their squeaking: and started cooing softly like great flock of doves.
They did this every time I jingled the coins.. But
The
'Opportunity"
CO far UNO's Security Council has done little to deal with this dangerous situation.
It continues to let it drift, bombings, und the the aggressions,
name guinea-pig has nothing bloodshed will increase by com- to do with this ready response,
pound 'interest on both sides. It is a corruption of Gulana, situation now created by this
But
most alarning of all, the Hospital, their South American home.
Galilean Korean presents an ideal ALCHEMY, 1951
opportunity for the politicul agents of the Soviet-cpen and THE wildest dream of the cover,conscious --and---un-
conscious medieval alchemists w (cur- dye made from carbolic acid, transmuting quicksilver Ha tooth is absolutely sound and fish off with a dash of rently priced at 22s. 3d, per no current passed because an
coustic soda.
lb.) into gold (priced at £150 Intact covering of enamel is a The experiments towed per Ib.) has been realised by bad conductor of electricity. that the more food you eat at Brith stom scientist Dr F. D.
But f Where is
S. Bulement, a silting the less time a minute crack or groove in the enamel ounco of £L stays Jo the The process, which involves Middle East. in which decay germs could stomach- which may be the the use of a gianit atom- In En nge-old convent off
a grip a
current surges main reason why over-eating smashing machine at the Har- Damascus'a
called through, and a tell-tale pointer ruins the digestion.
well, Berks, alom station, Straight, I found how the Rus- swings into action,
unfortunately, 100 expensive sians have even managed to per- to swell, Britain's gold reser-colate into the highest regions
of the Christian Church.
Bu of that tomorrow.
get
Dr Paul Pincus, of the Mid- Now the proud horsemen of dlesex Hospital Medical School, Spain ride in
from the wide W.1, who invented the device, grasslands on their high-step- has proved that it will detect
thoroughbreds, cantering ping
docay-filled cracks missed by
or
•
TEST COCKTAIL
vach
CRAZY FAVOURITE
WHICH British sport has the most active adult en- thusiasts?
Cricket? Football? Racing? Gol
None of these. The correct answer is flaking.
Careful estimates by the Association of Fishing Tackle Makers put the number of British anglers between 2,000,-
ves.
-London Express Service,
Travel
600 and 3,000,000. About 800- and
000 adults regularly play foot- ball.
At the week's end the cor- between the casetas in their the sharpest-eyed dentists poration moved out and the ornale leather shaps, scarlet- even by X-rays. citizens of Seville moved in-to sashed waists and tight short decorate their pavilions, which Jackets. Their senoritas. FC- they rent (families, "futbol" splendent in flamencos filmy clubs and get-togethers of every with lace, cling behind them★ AS IF to prove that any kind) at the cost of a few shil- like fabulous orchids.
ordeal
le worth ce during Ings a head, thus, clearing the Cavalence after cavalcade in the interests of science, 21 municipality's initial expenses. canters by, Interspersed with London medical students -
There is no planning. No smart gigs and shiny coaches, three of them women have busybodies dictate what form mulc-drawn, horse-drawn, oven cach drunk one and a quarter the decorations should take. The ass-drown; but all fantastically pins of a nauseating chemical first among the craziest sports. Fishing must also be an easy citizens simply set to work with caparisoned and with bright cocktall before breakfast for paint, paper, pictures, tables, Jingling bells. In them drive several days running.
Sometime ago I helped to chairs and floorboards for the clusters of the loveliest giris in
into Recipe for
dump
Surrey's sandy the cocktail, River Wey 500 dancing platform,
the world.
fat, foot-long which was devised by Dr J. N.
trout. After a pampered, well- fed life on a trout farm they were in perfect conditions for the frying pan. They cost our
Sub £200.
TURNING ON THE TAX MEN
THE
NEW YORK. HE normal man quails before the cold,"" beady eye of the tax collector.
lectors
Kearit Was
over
gave them two days to octite dower. Then every even- From R. M. McCOLL and bothered But the rabbiting since we have been trying just "goes into 4 quiescent to angle them out with artill- state." Hats off to larvey. Last year she won her own
cial flies.
We have stalled them from suit against the Internal Revenue Bureau
THE tem voice of the ser- behind, watting doubled up in for the return of Self Adhesive Tickets Just now it is the tax col- $8,133 80c, seized by the Govern-
growling out its the water. We have slithered routine who are quailing mont because
messages
the she refused to radios of Philadelphia's
over wet grab on our stomachs "Sellotapo" noticeably before the hot, deduct income tax from her cars. Suddenly came the croon banking without
police to reach the edge of the high.
being seen, angry eyes of America's workers' pay packets.
ing of "The Tennessee Waltz." Faced by
avalanche, Explained the red-toed police: Washington is already displaying Joker must have found a polles ed over the edge. a most unwonted leniency
nobody I know has yet The
starled
car unattended. when
caught a trout. And to think Washington told housewives that applying the law.
EDWARD DONNELLY THE "clear aim of American New York does not belleve
off that only recently we had them they would have to start "with-
in all comered in one big in holding" taxes from the money polley" was stated in clear terms wasted motion. His melbod bath! It's crazy. they paid out to part-time maids by aesthetic-looking. Averdil Harriman former ambassador to and "baby-sitters."
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THE RABEIT`ls 'Loo'
18 elitches, ·
· TEN YEARS.
Mamino-plig make?. thought they were restrlebed to a high-pitched squeale un-
Bam til the day I viated a Who is Behind the revolt? calin and collected than win in Goldwyn bought - the fim | gulher-pig farm, where' thou- None other than our old friend; a crisis ways one of America's, eight of Somerset Maugham's ponda were, zunidog about the acid tongued Mias Vivien "top scienthis, Dr Hoy Forsler, story "Maiskigtools.” Now he li floor. Kellema, the Connecticut cable of Dartmouth College. Faces going to produce · St. Title:"Rattle your nonery," sha manufacturer."-
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