'THE 'CHINA. MAIE,
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1957.
GOES
THE GESTAPO CHIEF SAVES
THE MASTERPIECES
PICTURES IN PERIL. BY H. H. Pars.
Fobor, 251. 340 pages.
W
them
ORKS of art have two chief enemies, who eridanger
in about equal measure-those who
love
by GEORGE MALCOLM. THOMSON
The Evening Standard Noah Criti
In
Our Own
-to keep the salt.
minars in a job
the burning of 1,004 puintings and 3,825 watercolours in Die courtyard of the Berlin fre station. They
were the scum
or degenerate ert."
But examples of art which Even the Nuzis did not cali ocgenerate were not much sule. in their hands. In the last days of the war, in the Salzkammer- 1, occurred one of the
of human culture,
In u
salt mine were stored Bensures
Vienna museums, Hatter's plunder from the great Jewish collections,
אן!
them, or, at least, want tion of pictures in the narrowest escapes in the history them, and those who dis- Flemish churches. approve of them.
Iconoclasts used to give a veneer of religious respecta- bility to their activities. Marnix van
St Aldegonde quoted the Old Testament In support of the destruc-
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timo, Mary Richardson attacked the Rokeby Venus with a hatchet to de- monstrate her annoyance with the imprisonment of Mra Punk- hurt, the suffragetto,
Working on an ampler scale, and with more purely aesthetle motives, Hitler in 1938 ordered
A British Crossword Puzzle
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an indecisive
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sult7 (4).
ACROSS
1 Swift (0).
4 Refrain from kulting The
lean (3).
8 Gross (5).
10 Demure (4).
12 Carried on again (7).
DOWN
1 Discarded (8).
2 Structures (8).
5 Scented (8).
4 Duty list (8).
Hinder (5).
15 Aspirant to a commission (5). 11 Large houses (8).
10 Loke (4).
10 Hectic state (5).
20 Bundle of documents (7).
18 Tone (8).
17 Uniform (4).
21 Clock face (4).
23 Teacher (5),
24 Lasso (0).
28 Poetry (6).
26 Obstinale (0).
12 Aitude to (5).
13 Deserving (8).
14 Exhausted (8).
22 Emblem of saintliness (4).
YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD —A trose: 3 Doubtful, # Esicein, 9 Pic- tures, 11 Deviated. 12 Fine, 13 Strap, 18 Stren. 10 Edami, jrevi. 12 toalises, 24 Eminence, 25 Errand, 20 Lifeless. Down: 1 Needy, 2 Stove. 3 Departs. Omit, & Bela, o Forbid, 1 Lasted, 10 Cedar, 14 Ripen, - 75 Peelers, 10
Reveal, 17 Tarifi, 20 Essay, 21 Aside, 22 Real, 23 ́Aces.
the cream of 250 French colive- tions, the Van Eyck altarpiece from Chenit and heaven known what else. A fabulous concen tration of masterpieces—and all in the keeping of a Nazi fonALC rated Elgruber,
Hitler's orders were that, i the worst eaine to the worst, the entrances to the unuci - ground workings of the mine should be blown up. It was not enough for Elgruber, 114 proposed 10 give himself spectacular send-off to Valhalla by destroying the mine 11scit and its contents,
intr
of
Never woud the works of art fall inte
the hands of "worl Jewry Elgruber brought four 1,00010. bonibs into the mine.
Threatening to hang anybody who opposed him. Eigruber was overcome. at the last minute, by Kattenbruuner, the Gestapo chief, who was persuaded to intervene, NOL
save the masiti pireta
thousand yeats of European culture but so that the salt miners would not juse their jobs as would clearly happen if the mine was destroyed
fully, cupidity asıd ignorance--these are the main chemies of net as Herr Pari His book is not them. attractively written or skilfully but it will leave composed. nobody In doubt that the reist of a work of art is, at best, a chuncy bustness.
Ket
We are lucky to possess as many masterpieces uk we do, The secrets
TO MEET ROSEMARY CLOONEY
CLOONEY & STAPLETON
YES, SHE AGREES, WE WOMEN ARE
TOPPLING FROM THE HIT PARADE
ONLY husky male voices can put the records into the best-selling lists these days — or so it seems from the latest @gures.
Look at the current Top Ten hits below,
hut
There is
only
Ons there and she 1። ከነ ነ fessional dise-spinine- Princess Grace Kelly, in the
by virtue uf une ghos like chorus with Bing Crosby in "True Love," from the Alm "High Society."
And women get only two more places fu the Arst 30 Cogan Easter in Stelly. By Herbert money-spinners — Alma
Beverley Slater, all Kubly. Gollancz, 18s. 248 pages. The -Kubly is the only man alive British. who writes travel books in a stage whisper.
THE FANS
Sicily, as he presents it, con-
sists mainly of:
TIME
*སྥཎྜ when girls like Doris Das. Rosemary Murray of the
1-Sicilians; the young males believe themselves to be satyrs; Clooney. and Ruby the young females are chaste, by | were weekly members constraint inclination.
OT
The top fraternity, dilemma which this sociui
So what's happened to turn situation might create is solve this into an almost pici aleg by n influx of less-inhibited | affair? females, refugees from the frozen North,
It was Rosemary Clooney her- seir I questloned on this, since 2.The Sleflan religion she is in London for avait with (Christian with pagan connec- her actor husband Jose Ferrer. tions).
"Maybe it's because most of 3.The Sielllan national hero, the fan club members are the bandit Giuliano.
women," she suggested.
VIGNETTES OF LIFE
BEDTIME STORY.
ARE YOU
ASLEEP, DÉAR ?"
~AND THIS IS THE CHILDREN'S ROOM, UNCLE BEN-THEY'VE BEEN ASLEEP
FOR
HOURS!
(ORN FLAK
DEWELLA COULD HAVE
DANCED ALL NIGHT
—AND DID.
of
And she may be right. course, the rock 'n' roll storm is a purely male race. But that wouldn't explain away the Missing Girls of Disc-land,
THE CHANGES
M'S
1155 CLOONEY confersca that she couldn't keep pace with the changes in the record world.
"Last year was away from America for three months and when I got back i was handed copy of the current hit record list, and I didn't recognise more than two names on " I asked Miss Clooney if she liked the newest crop of male gingers.
"Some of them." she replied. "I think Pat Boone is great, but I don't like all gentlemen who sing those
with Indistinguishable words,
songy
В lom
I
THIS OIL IS MINE, SAID THE SULTAN-
by GEORGE MALCOLM THOMSON
SULTAN IN OMAN. By James Morris.
165 pages.
Faber. 16s,
THE Sultan of Muscat made a journey Into the Tinterior of his Arabian kingdom in the latter part
of the year 1955. James Morris went with him and in this book gives a racy recount of the royal progress,
The Sultan's trip-which was carried out in a fleet of motor trucics-was not inspired by curiosity sione, or by a desire to enjoy the scenery, I had a Behind that political purpose. political purpose was the com- modity which provides the explanation for most happen- Ings in the Middle East-öll.
Oil was being sought, perhaps found, by a British company in an out-of-the-way part of the Sultan's dominions
Rut at a place called Fahud. was Fuhud really Sultan's realm?
and
within the
The Sultan had no doubt at all about the answer. Nor had the British oil company. But a quite different view prevailed In certain other quarters.
A locul religious notability "Then, a few days later,
called the Imam believed AID- was payice a visit to a Hollycerely that Fahud belonged to wood studio when a gentleman him and that he was an inde in faded blue jeans and
sovereign, pendent
in this shirt emerged from his dressing- room (you won't need two rock opinion the Iman was strongly his ambitious supported by 'n' roll guesses who he is).
"In a Southern drawl he said; brother, Talib, and also by the Cairo King of Saudi Arabla, Hullo, Mla Clooney, I'm o
radio and the American oil com- great fan of yours, buy all your records.'
SAUSI
ARABIA
The arrow points to Fanud -- and the Bultan's all, -
resources of Saudi Arabia. pany which exploits the
olt
Have mercy! One day, then the Sultan of Musent decided to nasert him- self in his own country
The devout Bedouin prys, "O Lord, have mercy on Mohammed and me but on no one else besides." The Sultan, whose piety is not in doubt, decided that the Lord was more likely to show mercy to those who looked after their. own interests.
He sent his troops (paid for by the British oil companS^) against Imam
THE TOP TEN bloodless and
1
"GARDEN OF EDEN." Frankie Vaughan. Philips.
(1)
£
2 "SINGING THE BLUES." Guy MI. chell, Philips. (2)
"FRIENDLY 3
BION." London, (4)
Pal
PERSUA- Boone,
4
"ST THERESE OF THE
Malcolm ROSES." ĮVaughan, 11.M.V. (5)
5 "SINGING THE BLUES."
Tomuny
Весса, (3)
Steric.
fact, the first time heard one of them was when my kid sister was playing Kramophone in her room." 1 threatened to cut her pocket
If I caught her at money again.
Rock-A-Bye, Baby
COPA. 1957 BY GENERAL FEATURES
CORP, THEWORLD RIGHTS RESERVED,
it
LOVE." 6 "TRUE
Bing Brosby and Grace Kelly. Capitol. (10)
7 "CINDY,
ON CINDY." Eddle Fisher H.M.V. (9)
7 "GREEN DOOR." Frankle Vaughan. Philips. (8)
9 "BLUEBERRY
(-)
Fats
Domino.
BILL." London.
Elvis
10 "HOUND DOG."
Presley, H.M.V. (10)
IN CO-OPERATION WITH, NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS SCONSINNAME
BY HARRY WEINERT
"I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
HIS THR SE A.M. BOTTLE —
ED TAKES
CARE OF
"THAT "
IN CONFERENCE — OR HITTING THE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES.
THE WELL-DRESSED
SHEEP COUNTER DONS HIS EQUIPMENT, AND CALLS IT A DAY.
The ensuing war was brief, declaive. When it parted, the Imom was told by Calro radio that God and the Prophet expected him to sland like a solid alcal barrier against the forces of imperial- im.
The fream_disappointed this expectation Faced by the forces of Imperialism, he shinned the summit down a rope from of his fortress and fled on donkey. His brother Talib dia- appeared into the night and has
since. not been seca
for
After this victory it was time.
Britain's friend, the Sultan,
to maite his way through the country and receive the don of the
local
pacified cus submission
This is the
sheiks journey which
James Morris nasrates
fio
with
composure and good humour.
Eppatical Obviously he has opinions about the rights and wrongs of the case. Whether the Sultan la really the rightful ruler of the disputed land where
for the oll is being looked that is a matter on which Morris seems to have an open mink
to
He is even deliched enough doubt whether a rich oil strike is necessarily a blessing for an Arab country, but this doubt is not shared by that plump, alert little man, the Sultan of Museak
In his own royal typewriting, he dispatched to Morris an invitation to join him on tho Journey, which was destined, to show his loyal, and less loyal, subjects the face of their ruler.
Perfumed
The Sultan and Morris net off, suitably perfumed with fronkin- CUTEC, "It is really meant to sweeten the beard," Morris was. tokk, "but of course you haven't got one." Smooth-chinned Morris did what he could,
They were going into unknown. country. Happily, the Sulen, strict about the use of and tobacco, the owner
of a harem of modest dimen sions, is also an excellent map- reader.
The pace was exacting, "Boy" said an American, "the Spitán sure likes to beat the hell out of his trucks.** Occasionally, a slave tumbled off into the sand. On the whole everybody enjoy- ed the trip. The scenery re- minted Morris sometimes of Dorset, sometimes of the Grand Canyon, Recalcitrant chieftains duly made their peace, Sceptičal bystanders who asked what had
happened to the Imam were firmly fold:
"There is Only the Sultan, on
Imoen.
whom God's blessing talis!"
The
Sutton picked up geological specimens coast Iron deo) uranium? One never knows what dorm God'n biệning will take.
Morris picked up a useful tip on good manners, localking [with "theno Arab' rulers,"", såld.
the Prime Minister to him,
considered bad cliquette to "alt
with
were
your jeg
doing
wrossed, as you thought you
might like to bo toki. You never know, something of this kind
might
up again. one
of these days
So the expedition dict some good to alt concerned in it. The Sultan asserted his authority over his united kludorn, "at least until the next challenge,
The British continua
Fxhud.
company could
to look for oil at
And the render has in this Lockharter, i diverting and Informative record of one of the Jess 'sombre, “pasión East history,
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