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THE CHIŃA - MAIL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1952.
CROMWELL ON
T
THE NILE
HE revolution
Egypt
in By
has gone
much further, DAVID
already, than
the
experts predicted on the
first day of General TEMPLE
Neguib's coup,
Now
ROBERTS
Two questions arc being asked. Will General Neguib be but the first of Colonel Pride-down at West- minster, who forcefully turned a line of military dictators? away the majority who would not And will it be good for his back Cromwell's army. General country to be ruled by dodge-if only numerous purges
Neguib might try the strong-handed general who in the Intervening 300 years had disregards the forms of de- not made the tactics suspect, mocratic practice.
came
Aly
But now General Neguib has The conventional answers to no King in the country, and an these two questions,
from the Infant King proclaimed, no re
in office and no Western European and democra- gency council
basis to tie point of view, would be to Parliamentary
into successive Maker's Government; what will expect decline military dictatorships,
and to, he do? deplore collapse of Parlin-
the
mentary
rule.
of these answers But neither nay be historically or logically
Fanatics
TURNING back three hundred
a rival who
done to death by had connections with Jordan,
than
Not more
six weeks passed before the new dictator, in his turn, was murdered by another officer, Colonel Adib Shishakly. This energetic-figure seems Intent on improving his ancient country-but he can get to work under no Parliament
him.. nor any Ministers to serve
hlm.
In Syrla, a small country, a dictator may be able to survive great and rich country which has single-handed. But Egypt is a s economic troubles and needs good government.
more or
All may turn out for the best. The British Foreign Omee is, apparently, adopting less favourable attitude to the Neguib regime. The Americans
since aomo Neg arc.
time, quite disillusioned with the trappings of Parliamentary Government in Middle Eastern countries-they find it ensler to deal with
which Turkey:
has passed through the phase of revolution and emerged with a re-enlivened Parliament.
correct. There is Д grave danger in the Middle East that we have been paying lip-service to
years we find much the same democratic forms and thus put problem in England. The Army
General Negulb may break the ting into power
a small and was the real ruler. The Army mostly corrupt clique who can officers were determined to see Wafd, he may reform the Army, buy their way through elections the country was well governed, he may break up monopolies and
at down
а and drew up
the estates. Eventually he may They sat or can arouse the street. It
Heads of recreate Egyptian polities. If said that in Cairo uny street document called the
which stated he succeeds, he' will be a great Proposals, demonstration can be laid on at the
Government the man. Like Cromwell, he will. price-and
anti-British what kind of " demonstration can be arranged New Model Army insisted on. At have made a new nation. us cheaply as £10,000.
the same time the Army declarid would not meddle in politics! This sounds very like the Egyp lan Army.
21
Parallels
these
eircumstances.
а
Oliver Cromwell then tried to reconcile fake Parliamentary INDER UNDE
Government of his own fabrica- actual Incls of the forms of democracy makt tion with the nonsense, and good government
military power. Time and again should be welcome even if it is not within the formal framework he made Parliaments, (each with a new Constitution), and every of a pa
Parliamentary Constitution. line the politicians sat in the
many useful his- Parliament chamber what There are torical
General parallels
cali Westminster Hall Neguib's seizure of power. Kemal where the late King lay in state and muddled and and talked Turkey is one that is mentioned. defented the ends But if we are trying to answer
Ataturk's revival
10
of modern
political Egypt it is rather more Interesting to
English history
turn backs
and
in
now
I
we
JAMES
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two Madeleines; months to get even a working knowledge of the language. But assistance is ai hand. Miss Olive Fynney, a her Canadian missionary, and what Chinese villager is quite liable. American colleague, Miss Ver- after the first novelty has won houlst, have come to live in the Both have beers 15 the off, to go back to traditional village,
a remedies like diced anake's skin years in Chlua and speak fluent though they are Mandarin, and crushed crocodile's foot.
having
the "Fukien learn The two Madeleines were
1
dialect met well settled in when
spoken by the villagers. There are not enough Chingar again. They had been them st work a fortnight. Cur- translators available for all-day lains covered the bungalow duty at the dispensary.
busy Everything points to a windows, there were bowls of flowers and Chinese pictures. A time for the team. In Penda- coolle was preparing a veget- naram live 7,800 people. Free
in the able patch
coconut medical attention, grove, formerly an agricultural tionary idea to the impoverish- is becoming as research centre, now the bun- ed Chinese,
electricity, plped popular as galow garden.
water, schools and the village's other unheard-of amenities.
of good that worried Madeleine Bar- been cent round to sec
examined Miss Barbin the question what will happen to government that Cromwell aimed bin when she reached her you are doing."
at.
new home in Central boil, caused by scratching
bite. She groped mosquito Perbapa we ought not to push Malaya. compare the parallel too. far, it is said
around for olalment and dress- It was the abruptness ings. It took half an hour to of that the religious fanatics of the the Egyptian strong man today with Oliver Cromwell, who Mostem Brotherhood, (with with which things happen- find them while the child look threw King Charles of England Puritanical views about European ed.
on wide-eyed.
come back "Ho says he'll off the throne in 1845,
customs) have given their sup- Oliver Cromwell was also the port to Neguib. However, 1952
and bring all his friends," said the leader of his army. He also in Egypt is unlike 1649 in Eng-
the interpreter. began his revolt to clean up the land in so many other ways. We method of appointments in the cannot expect history to repeat country-in his day the trouble itself in a pattern. started with Bishops, not He, unlike Neguib, Ministers. had to
to fight for power. when he bad won he still wanted to maintain the constitution, and the
King
at first. Events moved the same way, but much faster, in Egypt.
anit
But
Was
Comparisons
BUT there is a purpose in look-
ing at current situations in their historical context. It is The King of England three quickly seen how transitory are hundred years ego would not the events of our day-and how play the constitutional role. Important they may be to the eventually he was exilcd would future: not accept exile,
executed at the The one fairly certain lesson eventually
drawn from previous Trafalgar Square end of White- to bo hall where his sta.ute sinds to revolts is that a military leader revolution in double cannot run
ambi.lous day.
with JM1 horness politician. Aly Maher is certain ly an ambitious politician who is na unlikely to take orders for long. Power depends on machine-guns; circumstances the VENERAL Negulb is, a: the under those
moment, in rather the position leader of the military is bound
himself with to find
political of Cromwell after the King of responsibility whether he wants England had been defented. Oliver Cromwell could not call it or not.
No Basis
elevated
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Ten crates of medicines had been thrust in a heap in the middle of a disused office-her new dispensary.
Her luggage was in another heap in the new wooden bun- galow, which had been painted blue-grey to match her Red Cross uniform. The
decora- tors had hardly moved out
No Time
'camps:
Miss Borbin looked at her scattered belongings.
"Wonderful," she said. "Just wonderful,"
The dispensary was a little tidler next day. So wa the bungalow. Madeleine Barbin had worked most of the night. Now there were 70 patients waiting.
A Rendezvous
#
окуль
resetile-
was the
Not Deterred The dispensary was scrubbed clean. The crates had vanished.
Twenty-five other Children with boils and sores. The muddle was gone. The
ment villages will soon
have Old people with coughs. Anne- crowd was bigger than ever.
Templer Teams. French-born Miss Barbin had mle women, Fretful babies.
"It's become the village ren- thelr no time to clear, the, place up. Everyone eager to see what dezvous," Miss Barbin explain. Some are in notorious danger The first patients were already sort of medicinal magic this ed,
with juggling
dgantic creas--Pendanoram arriving News travels fast in white woman would dispense-bottle of castor oil. A group Elaughter ground of Rted gang-
Kon Kim, of small boys leaning on her leader Liew Malaya's resettlement
A "Bearded Wonder," who wired-in villages
dealt watched with дже It Was Free the huge
comerful of little girls, many shot dead by security built to re-house half a million Impoverished Chinese smail-
Eye drops proved most popus carrying their young alsters in only several weeks ago.
But danger giggled hole holders beyond reach of
appre- the lar. The Chinese suffer agonies cloth slings,
this Reda. Word ch went round that the first of the Tem- dust. Something that
swiftly from the wind-blown Malayan clalively.
600thed "They haven't come for
tea estate, a South Rhodeslan Teams, requested pler
by the smarting
so swiftly was anything, Malaya's energette High
only to
per mine and in Com
hospitals worth its weight. In gold-yet said Miss Barbin. missioner, had arrived at Fen- danaram.
look on,"
team.
Ithe
Was
forces
doesn't deter Mas Barbin has
served on a northcost Indian
I copper "But
it was frec Half the camp haven't the heart to send them in England, Australia and New
not
Zealand. Mra Barbass, CX- decided to ask for eye treat away,
little old man
housewife, lived throughout the A
small # with A small Chinese child walk- ment. ed shyly down the main sireąt, Madeleine Barbass, of Orange beard beamed through the win-blitz in London and decided to her said come abroad again after "That's George," ar- dow, past the armour-plated police Free State, South Africa,
the Madeleine Barbass. "He always tomily had grown up. steps rived to help out. She is watch tower and up the
"We're out for work, Borbin's of Miss
makeshift other half of the team, the drops in to say hello."
worker. Her job is to
difficulty Is sayling adventure," they say. Perhaps
take the they'll got plenty of both. visit the most important-to "He asks you to cure a villagers and make sure the sick on his leg,said the inter-
are getting attention and tak- preter. "Of course he's really ing their medicine. The
The
dispensary. Open crates, straw, 60st in the dispensary, and "hello" bock. It will
packages and bottles of medi- cine littered the floor.
his
boil'
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a mysterious planet whose orbit The plan is to learn some its between the of tho answers, to the Jupiter.
One
Comh and
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thing is lacking for Ficard to complete his plans, some 35,000,000 though, and earth' is
he is worried. miles away.
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tic days, think, as he may xira "Where there is vegelable lite several miles into rarified there may be human beings." atmosphere.
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