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BUNDAY, MAY 19, 1957.
"Rectification" in China
art
Europe moves to SHOULD
a confederation
London,
Once this wore decided, it
TT is a truism that Ger- By SIR IVONE" would be necessary to create a
IT a
KIRKPATRICK,
Permanent Under- Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1953-57.
which
THE
political machine would lay down the arms pro- gramme,
work, apportion the determine
con- The flanncial tribution of carli member country and organise th:0 distribution of the weapons, This might be a ministorial body; and 50, as regards arms production to begin
Europe and that no satisfac- tory European organisation can be devised without the participation of Germany. on a free and equal footing. This consideration has inspired the post-war policy of the difficulties are purely transitory. Europe
Would havc the Western Allies and of Federal On the contracy, it is certain that character of a Confederation, would probably evolve
Germany ul. the state ce affairs in Germany creasing number, complexity later
In consequence with the passage of ilme the in- Ths into some closer form of
"It would be comforting to be,
of
the meats
QUEEN'S
FLIGHT BE
SCRAPPED?
A lovely name. Splendidly dignised and simple. Evocative of towns in graceful formation. The reality, un- fortunately, is for different,
of unloved, unnecessary, and unrealistic orphan child in European forec, it will very soon
More
important still, the aviation-otherwise, the Queen's Flight, become impossible, to preserve
Europeen N.A.T.O.. and
Free Europe existence eve that in this happy state of will and itself without a shield. Executive possessing real power certainly offairs no further citart on our Bound up with the question of and authority would part was required. But unless defence is the need for a mors lead to a closer co-ordination of world we are to throw away the fruits colierent organisation of Europe, policy in matters of which we have to painfully Ever since the war men of vision import. All this would have a i
Germany, garnered, we must find a solution in every European country have benefcent effect in
working not without where the forces of evil are by of two urgent problems: defence, been
or future political orgoniaa uccess, for closer co-operation. no means down and out, tion of Europe,
Much has been achieved, Wo
Repugnant
the Council of Europe, the Euro-
4
have for example, .E.E.C., Weighted voting pean Coal and Steel Community, If such
It must be assumed that when the King's Flight, as it used to be called, was formed the Ides was to give the Royal Family a means of swift travel in keeping with the dignity and presage of the Throne,
But today the equipment of the Queen's Flight is humillating for the Sovereign of a great nation. It is hardly surprising that the Queen makes so little use of it.
The backbone of the Queen's Flight is made up of three Vikings, twin piston-engined planes bulit just after World War II.
Is ridiculous that the Royal Family should travel in
It a confederate body.
I wonder whether many the Western European Union, were created, it would be Englishmen realise how ro- There may be, though I doubt it, necessary to consider whether
pugnant the Idea of rearmament a Cominon Market and even a
is to the vast bulk of the Ger- Free Trade Ares. Yet in the face it would really achieve unity mon people? We were brought of events these acalevements unless some system of weighted up to regard Germany as a fall for short of what is re- tractial race and it seemed logical quired. to conclude that permission to be greeted as a reann would
boon,
The problem
adopted. voting were
I am aware of the pulitical objections to weighted voling in a world in which it is fashionable to maintain the fiction that all countries are equal,
in
such planes when Britain builds the Turbo-prop Viscount and amoothly powerful jet the Comet, which are the world's most modern airliners,
The rest of the Queen's Flight consists of a miniature airliner with four tiny piston engines, the Do Havilland Heron.
This was bought for Prince Philip's uro,
There are also a number helicopters.
The Treasury approved purchase of two hellcopiers add to the Queen's Flight,
Strange collection
By T. F. THOMPSON
Queen
should travel always in a manner betting her status.
On the other hand, It is un- thinkable that one airliner cost of ing £400,000 should be BİL- ting around doing nothing for the months when the Royal Family
to
are not travelling.
The cost of maintaining the Queen's Flight is so high
that
11 has been calculated that every betur sho Aleg lakes
£2,000.
is much more favourable than it and cost of modern weapons will union, but in the first stage IT is said freely in R.A.F. circles that Mr Duncan Sandya was 12 years after the first war, further aggravate the position. Western Europe would have atis poising an economy axe over the neck of the most and her relations with both Unless, therefore, steps can be For the past fortnight or Britain and France are better taken to create a more massive lecet acquired
celf-defence, so there has been a constant than they have ever been during strewn
of reports from the century. Communist China revealing wide dissatisfaction with cortain aspects of the re- gime, and it seems that at the moment the entire Communist Party of China is having a mental spring clean. It is, in the good old Marxist jargon, a "rectifica- tion campaign to solve con- tradictions within the ranks of the people." Most of us in the Free World will feel a trifle sceptical about the words used. But then we are in the ranks of the Kreat "unbrain-washed." Although not a Chinese in-
In fact almost every section of vention, brain-washing is
The relegation of Europe to German society is opposed to the the background in world affairs
It might be acceptable to solve this diffendly by laykg down reputed to have reached a revival of a German Army; the 19 a misfortune to humanity, that since the weapons coming fine
because it inter- But if Europe is to recover off the production line would Communist industrialists in
feres with cconomic recovery erything of China, We had always the trade unions because they tion, she must
her lost pos presumably be distributed
be able to thought it an extremely fear the re-establishment of a speak with the authority which proportion to the financial con- sinister process, an impres military caste, the Socialists and springs from unity and strength. tribution of each entry, so the vates determining the pro- the the Evangelical Church because sion heightened by
The problem is to and n meas they claim that I will retard the
co-ordinating both
gramme, production and dis- of
the many stories told of their reunification of Germany, the European defence effort
and tribution should be in the same experiences by foreigners rising generation because they imprisoned on the mainland, wish to be fire to concentrate on the formulation of a European proportion.
The solution must be
But there are good reasons to their carcers, the women because policy.
believe that, by borrowing from but apparently we have
to acceptable the and the politically they are pacifists been quito wrong.
the Royal Navy, up to four The neutralists who
and lo- countries concerned deprecate any
helicopters can be put at the herently sound. other day' an official spokes- foreign entanglement.
service of the Royal Family f Luckily there is a first-class colution which should satisfy in Peking declared
needed.
This strange collection of everybody, that there is nothing nasty
A solution which will flying machines is based at about it at all. The brain
Whic Waltham aerodrome the taxpayer money; maite tho Dr Adenauer and his followers
under needs a good wash every 50
much prouder of the have been exhorting the nation
the proud eye of Air R.A.F.
Flight: give It seems clear that it is not
pilots often, like the face, he said. to put duty before convenience.
Commodore Sir Edward Fielden, Queen's stage to coprise that our old Europe of
Captain of the Queen's Flight planes they will be glad to fy 19th It has been a dour struggle, and practicable at this Put in that charming way,
century has gons
He and his 80 officera and give the Queen the most modern acepite all the efforts of the envisage a Federal Europe, that the
We must admit that |brain-washing becomes Federal Government the German is to say o
directly-elected for good.
They British planes to carry her BU million
people in Britain, men do a Brst-class Job.
the world; and something clean and whole-contribution to N.A.T.O. Sve Federal Parliament
with all the resources available
severely handicapped by throughout
make the industry happy some. The mind boggles at years after the Bonn treaties, Executive responsible to such
limitations of equipment. to us in the Commonwealth, no were signed is still negligible, Parliament.
lenger constitute a batis the thought of the number It the Socialists come to power
The Queen's Flight is oficial- cause the planes they are sell- on
ly an R.A.F. unit. But as it is ing, will have the enchet of re- which we can build our own de- of people in the unhygienic | otter the elections this autumn. Can be done
ftnce or pursue
air force ar royal use. completely in- patonily a privale
under control of Buckingham Free World who are going it is kely to remain negligible.
Public oplalon js not dependent foreign polley, Mare-
Palace the boys in the At the same time the other about with unwashed
the car over time is working against us. Erropean members of N.A.T.O. ready for it and
Council room naturally do not brains. We are such an un-
and
technical
fake os close an interest in its are finding it increasingly dini stitutional
be In- Lack of brain-cult to full their engagements, difficulties tidy lot.
welfare as they might. surmountable, washing gives rise to all Franco is fully occupied in Algeria
that we Instead, I suggest
These reflections are naturally and the British position is act sorts
like of troubles,
procced from the unpalatable, but it is unwise 10 out in the recent White Paper, should Parliamentary government,
premise
that the development innere fucts and the only con-
drawn is surely In addition, any benevolence of modern weapons makes it clusion to be impossible
move towards for any single that we should
they try to show towards it is
As part of 24 Squadron the trade unionism and impar-
the integration of Europe.
sharply siamped on by the Queen's Flight would be used tiality in the law courts. In As things are to-day, Western country in Europe to create and
Such a policy need not conflict Treasury, balanced forces maintain the
for normal V.I.P, or neces- Europe is defended on land by the land of Mao Tse-tung
with our duties to the Common-
the Some months ago
Air mary non-V.1.P. dying when six American divisions, four which are
for wealth. None of our partners Ministry
needed for the was all set to everything will run smooth-diminishing British divisions and
But if the resources wishes to see Britain or Europe the Queen a fitting airliner for Family,
give rot ly, the theory goca, if there small contingents from France ? nearly 250 million Europeans sink into political and military
her personal uso. This was is the safeguard of brain- Germany, Belgium, Holland and were pooled and intelligently Impotence. We must, of course,
specially equipped Viscount. the thing could be consult them at every stage, but washing now and again. furnishes nothing and the only done.
In the air Germany deployed,
Accordingly let the
The Air Ministry Intended to If our country now decides to Sixon According to the same | substantial contributions come members of the Western assume the role of leader et a
pay £100,000 for it. The Trea sury curtly stopped the deal. from the United States and the European Union and any other Confederate Europe, our action
answer given privately diminishing Royal Air Force. European countries wishing to will win the approval of them
"We can't afford to pau It is a grim picture, but it participate resolve to organise a all. must not be imagined that our common arms production,
such sums for supplying a suit able plane for the Queen."
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Peking spokesman, no force intimidation is used, Just some healthy persua- One sion and argument. wonders when the rectifica- tion becomes painful. Some people, it appears from the Chinese Communist news- papers, are more difficult to "persuade" than others. Persuasion can take many forms. Argument can be- come so heated on one side that it can become very like intimidation, especially if there is a club handy to impress an unwelcome idea upon a thick skull. doubt the majority of Chinese Communist Party
No
process
Dour struggle
Grim picture
Canada.
Д
Gone for good
would, I think,
It The defect of
be
the scheme for a European useful if a study of this and could be .army was that, although it was other posibilities irs somo
politically made by an authoritative in-
such
Chatham 118 miltarily stitution
House.
What we must do is to re-
attractive, it nonsense,
defence.
ways
Wig
would
now
with
required
-
ал
Only conclusion
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ROSSING the harbour the Salior number one took tip Sold Churchlil: "Have you
war on in other evening I watched the challenge by removing his noticed there is n
watch which, with the meney Cuba?" Asked Barnes: "How which wobbled wildly in the his cap, and adopted a diving well, we have five months'
woman sculling a sampan from his pocitels, he placed in does that help?""
Replied pugnacious Winnie, ferry's wake, and wondered stance with one fout on the
this winter, to in- leave whether mechanisation will gual. Whatever his actual eventually drive them from tentions were his mate settled nothing to prevent us suggest¬ ing to the Color.cl that we the issue by placing a boot on his behind and pushing him in, should study
namo
there's
military tactics.. whero better than
Which
in
is how Sir Winston
his
first
the read by
So have the corrections and
are
The
Stamped on
Ale
I
I say that we cannot afford
no. to.
Best solution
cave
·be-
All this can be done simply by making the Queen's Flight an effective part of the R.A.F..
merging # by
with 24 Squadron, the clllo of Trans- port Command which does ali the V.I.P, lying.
Simple matter
*
Royal
Converting
Britannia, Comet, or Viscount from V.I.P. standard
standard to royal would be a simple matter.
Finally, the Queen could call upon Britannias or Cornets i would bring nearer the day for the Royal Family to have regular residence in the more important member countries of the Commonwealth.
The dignity and Importance And I can't think of anything
of the Throne at a time when which would be more usef stresses and strains are fugging in holding the
at the Commonwealth moke it together,
entirely
necessary that
tho
Commonwealth
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Hear the New Cricket,
the preferred name in members will respond to the water.
tho rectification without much persuasion. You see similar small craft Jose sald something uncompll- and
Cuba?" They know what has hapin all parts of the world the mentery.
The sailor surfaced gasping went to war for the fint Ume.—, feluccas of the Nile, the prshus pened to dissenters in the
of Malaya, the outriggers of and cursing, but struck out Daily Mail, past. There is just one Ceylon, each with their own strongly for a while, Then with- puzzling question, How do characteristics that have sur out warning he went under. Verdict on a Prince the commissars know when vived for centuries, It would be Without waiting to empty his pockets sailor number two went a pity if they disappented, a brain is well and truly washed? The brain is a
books, showing The most graceful of such over the side. Jose, calling not PRINCE CHARLES'S exercise
term's work,
sent have been craft 19, I think, the dghalsa only on his own but all the complex thing of many
prep. which plys the harbours of saints to witness his dilemma, from his Knightsbridge secret corners where dan-
Malts. Painted in all the colours was changing course when the school to the Palace. Each has gerous thoughts may lurk. of the spectrum, it looks like a voice of sailor number one came been carefully That is what oppressive cross between a Venetian gon clearly over the water as he queen and Prince Phillp. governmenta forget. dola and a Red Indian's canoe, began swmming strongly again.
of He said: "Now you swim it too!" marginal notes made by Prince It usually bears the Thought control can never
the owner's patron saint--the -C.F.G.
Charles's six mistresses and bo absolute, no matter how San Anton, or the San Guiseppi. The beginning
headmaster hard Big Brother tries to The high fish-talled prow-post is.
All of which has produced a make it so. The strikes in used to balance the boat, as
qualms in the Kwangtung factories, the passengers alight. Omicially, it AUTHOR John Marsh tells one few nervous
A or two of the things Sir royal nursery, where the general discontented peasants
carries 10-12 when there isn't Winston Churchill decided he fooling is that this is a pretty a policeman in sight,
to take of a the collective farms, and
to the One evening when waiting would rather not hear about mean advantage chap Hill new
whole the rebellious students in for a full complement at Mar himself on the air.
Excerpta from Mr Marsh's business. northern universities, are samuxxotle alepa we were join-
book
Winston The Younɑ
The idea of Jetting the proof of that. On the Bur- ed by two Jolly Jucks ceturning Churchill had been dramatised parents judge for themselves is face; conformity can amile from shore leave. They asked by the B.B.C. and were to a new one, only introduced to
to be put off at a man-o'-war have been broadcart on
a the school last ferm from every face, but here at anchor in the harbour.
Scottish schools feature until, Eir With the books goes a briof and there in the crowd the The boatman moved off with Winston saw the script. He report with comments by the seed of revolt may be hide slow rhythmical stroke. Pre- didn't like what he saw. teachers on the progrem (shown, sently one alior said peevishly: * One meone was at Sandhurst. Prince Charles has come out den in the mind of a man "Come on Jose, I could swim it The year 1895. Young Churchill of the analysis fairly well-in or woman. That is all that taster His mate chipped fat and his friend, Beginald Barnes, spite of a three-work absence is needed to keep the `sense | "You couldn't you - couldn't; were: lamenting their chance of lans seras through tonsilitia,— of human dignity alivo, swim it at alif”
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