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THE CHINA - MAIL, BATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1986,
BIG THIRST COULD CURE A HUNGER FOR POWER
By JOHN SEWELL SICK of all the row over
Buez? So am 1. Let us consider, instead, the great futures of Uganda, Kenya and Tanganyika, once they are fully supplied with power and water.
Abutting on these British territorica la the second largest lake in the world—— Victoria Nyanza. You could sink the whole of Ireland into ita 20,200 square miles. Water to spare for all three. once it is put to use.
Are the British
anything about it?
doing
Cer-
tainly. In the past two year Irrigation engineers have surveyed all three
ter-
ritories. One report has been presented, two will be dullvered within months. All are confidential.
But already from the Owen Falla scheme, where Victoria Nyanza spills over to the north, a British-built dam will soon be providing 700 million unite of électricity a year.
A GREAT JOB
New industries, new factories, hundreds of squaro mile of Into barren Scrub converted amiling productive held... A great job is waiting to be done.
But there in a sting. And who do you think can stop 117 No- body but Nasser,
By the side of the Owen Fails dam its an Egyptian engineer. His job is to see how
much
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WHY A MILLION ARAB
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REFUGEES WON'T BUDGE BEWARE OF IMITATIONS
A
PICTURE of one million Arab refugees weler goes through the dam, ind
breeding like mice, report if the
nol flow is
living entirely on the sufficient. For this is where the
donations of Whito Nilo
it charitable begins, and
countries, und supplies Egypt with a large part Western
refusing to work
Lo wan painted by a worker who hus in Hongkong
of her water.
Britain is supposed
Egypt's permission to
Lu Lok amburk
move,
on any irrigation schemes which refugee
The flow
may decrease Like Victoria.
from
The agreements were reached under conditions far removed from the present-day situation. There was then a great prospect
through thet,
friendly co the nations depend- operation,
Nile waters could ing on the
make the deserv
bring prosperity lands.
frullful and
to the waste-
all that Nasser big changed He has pursued a polley of hate and enmity against his essential partner in the regulation of the Nile water.
BROKE PLEDGES
just arrived from Jordan.
or
WILLIAM SMYLY interviews a London
woman
Arabian pipeline for Iranian oil from the southern route deross Jodan and Immel to Syria and
amongst themBOOTH'S
who worked amongst them
from the semi-d
that supplied the Allied armics in the Middle East throughout
the
desert
Small
townships
ika course.
where revert larming lends of Jordan was, the mult of the West that on cam hige TYLER
States, and settled them in for themselves vist Idle villages they wait, and do nothing Mise Rhona M. Preston for themselves.
Christian
معلم
exist Bach party considers that it cound each booster pump
station
Israel
barb Jordan lincicent people were driven cubicaly off their forms by by allowing the oil to flow
787 responsible and are not have to face the long properea” to do nothing about k journey through Ster to the But the pipeline Laged and the pipe is
investigate ed on them is that it was Brita They consider that the the pipe to tankers which would
distribute and amounts of free clothing.
In
Not
House of Lords
DRY
GIN
The essential
The attitude of the sutures to the aid which is being lavishe is a middle-aged motherly organisations
any problems that may be that allowed them to be driven." London woman. She has soft voice and the sort of left over after the United from their homes by Israel, so themselves. The only solution Parsian Gulf.
United
back.
ompty. nature that could not hear Nations has done its work, the refugee problem is Britain's that they will consider is driving is not
Imaal problem. Britain or the large Nations must find the answer to of the terrible conditions in
it
the meantime, the Arab or go on paying.
And
Compared the
with Jorden, the which Arab refugees were
only answer that the refugee States build up their armed Lebanon is a land of tolerancs
and Western living after they had been
will consider is to turn Israells forece,
money in as well as a place of booming off their old farms,
form of relief
Even JowE and send the
buys time prosperity. turned out of Israel without
walk them back, and protect them and postpones a go out herself
Middle East safely in the streets, although wanting to
when they get there,
rigid Bontier regulations aro and work among them.
supposed to forbid their entry to any Arab Stony pooply and make it impossible for
First she went out ne a tourist to see Palestine for in the name of Egyptian
herself. Then, back in sovereignty, he has brokeen his
selood the Suez London, she got a job as pledges and Canal, creating for himself a relief secretary to
bishop on Britain's - Anglican strangichold
commerce. His apologists Jerusalem und went out going in Britain
Sity "Why not? The Suez Canal runs through Egyp again, paying her own fire tian territory."
Better Living
MISS Preston praised the
The refugees will not consider tions that they could be moved to other areas and helped to develop new homes and farms by modern methods which Israel
War.
Moslem Laws
SKED how she thought the
She praised them has used to wirs back, désert int. A Arab States would fare in o
refugees "co-operation" with the authorities that are lavishing a free livelihood on the them.
in for
the
way they have taken
UN free clinics to their hearts.. Some of to get there. She went out them, she said, do not con- when the refugees were sider themselves properly being rounded up from caves treated now unless they in the desert and children have had an injection. Pills were eating grasa.
What if Britain were to say: "We need much more water for irrigation schones in Uganda, Kenya and Tanganyika The headwaters of the Nile now from our territory. In the name of British sovereignty wo pro- pose to use them as we see ft."
eventually Nasser
gote If
with his grab, “
time away might come when Britain would THEY
Gathered In
women
cultivation.
Oil Sheiks
籍
wor against, Israel, Miss Preston said that the general feeling was that they would not sinnd chance unless a really great Arab lender, arose with
the power to organise and command
that this
to
visit both sides of Israel's border with the same passport.
The only people with an Im-.
that allows munity
them to dross the border
are United Nations officials, certain Consular oficials, and the Anglican bishop. In Jerusalem.
Main Link
IBS Preston said that one'
M. Food cct of
has been to draw all banohte of Moslem discrimination,
THE ofl sheiks-rich Arabs who all the Arab forces and get them are now among the richest to strike at once and take Larvel are no longer good enough. mer in the world will not con-, by surprise, She said it was a privilege sider using kime of the wealth She added that the general for her to work among the which has poured into their
coffers without any effort of feeling among Europoons work- and children and their own in poying or helping ing in the area was give them "a
of the certain reactiement schemas in other event was not likely to toppen.
One
most important roles of the Anglican bishop in were gathered in by amount of sympathy." But parts of the Amb world.
In the meantime Arabs in
Jerusalim, she said, was to, bot "Bouce for
as the main link between the the United Nations Relief she told, reluctantly, about
The Jordan Government will Amman, capital of Jordan,
heard aying openly, "Take all the gander polley of this kind and Rehabilitation Adminie a darker side of the picture
not consider, getting, together
can from the damn fool out Eastern and the more 100% modem Wester Churches The Her prosent policy is far re-
tration ollicials who num- also.
with Israel on a vast loan from you, drastic.
Christians! But, at the same the United Natio
Man Eastern moved from anything s
the be well to let bered the people, put them But it would
Arab refugets, she said, are
United States to utilize avail- Moslem laws ore Ughten (supposed to be the the people of Egypt and the in camps, gave them ration now
health standard and with botter health share a great Jordon irrigation trictions placed on them and dox, Syrian
ingineronsingly stringent o Greek Orthodox, Syrian rations, rest of the world know that cards, the principle of squeeze in the centres, schools, training facilities than they ever mode scheme, which would appear to ume of national sovereignty collegen, achorships to for themselves in their farms, or be the reasonable power to the converta walk in paril of their
iivas. can work both ways.
Britain and the United than they could possibly make border problem, (COPTRIGHT)
have to consider a
or
+
include
Living fee at a higher abin water supplies better, und me up, and Christina are fedi- Christian
church in
THE FADED DREAM
OF JANET
HICKS.
AS HER DULU SAYS 'I'M JUST A NOBODY NOW'
T
Calcutta What has happened? Waving
of that goes to
I moody hand maintains his all-
HE dream of Janet towards the cracked panelled ing mother two
Hicks has ended here, walls of the mansion, Dulu sisters, and among the dim and said: theerless rooms, ол
"I'm a nobody. Don't call and the Maharajah, My father gave mildewed mansion,
#L
It was only four months ago that Janet loft her semi- detached house at Brain- tree, Essex, and flew out:
-From
brother, and a dwindling circle of servants. Janet given up: trying
·to redecorate the monion. Sho looking small "unf I can't ed flat
suburb
RUSSELL SPURR
bore with the dream-of an, thousands, to charity Indian palace, of servants, a even afford tips" feet of cars. and Dulu,
the of
Sharing a film magasine
Janel Hicks and Palu
with; mulut me now occupies can get away on
dom ground floor of
The fools are that the vast family, estated in East Bengal the three have been conscaled by the the Paldietan Governadet,
· Lattia. Is - loto - berens: the income from?s : a „ton- gardders and A. ETI marin Caloutta property, AZ KADATA" INFAúðað).
Miss Pryston said in her quot matter-of-Dict voice that on Arab convent to Christianity today must fock attempted murder by a member of his own family or clan. If he is not murdered, be will probably got out of the country, tu some place where foaling is not being whipped up as it is in Jordan.
In Lebanon ·
Armenian,
Carbolic Abyssinian, Western churches Include the Roman Catholk (called **Lotin"! in Palestine), Anglican, Latheron, Presbyterian, Methodist, Quaker, and, Baptist.
Min Preston, described colour- ful celebrations ut Bester in Jerusalem and at Christmas in the old Eastern churches. Bethlehem, periloularty: khose of
Why bar she come to Hong kong
She replied, "Oh my tomporgry job cincive to an end in Palestine and I omme en azi Hongkong to
SUCH & phibe exdate fur work with rouge here.
the border in Lebanon, the
sinalt country that hos mado big • Onow' again, she came out at business of refugees since the her own expense, with no the
light of a whoje: population of Armenians from...: Ruanda - d
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Now many of the Axemians ore worlthy Lebanese, while others still live in the ”, cùm- shackle buta, of sprawling 38- | year-old ! #quätter i mett
erocin Beirut..
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