شير
INDUSTRI ACTION
THE CHINA MAIL,
PUT THROUGH THE MANGLE
The startling significance
ducks
of the 26 ducks
SERIOUSLY... THEY'RE THE BIGGEST
STEP YET TO LIFE FROM A TEST-TUBE
ENTY-SIX white ducklings waddling about a laboratory near Paris are posing
should they go?" The ducklings are an artificial breed never before seen on earth. Fronch scientists Jacques Benoit and Pierre Leroy created them by injecting chemi- cals into the parent ducks which were of an entirely different type.
even
an
If a new breed can be created, so probably, can a new species, or entirely new kind of living creature. These developments are no more than the mould- ing of one form of life into another, bat scientists have alread} gone a long way to- wards creating life itself from dead, inert chemicals.
So many advances have been mado in this field. which millions of people insist belongs only to God, that an interza» Lional rooference on the Origin
by CHAPMAN PINCHER
diseases.
SOLIDARITY- FRATERNITY
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1957.
and Squeeze one another
until the pips squeak,
of water-vapour, ammonia, and
uther simple gases.
Scientists who believe In evolution conalder that this ad ing may explain how life was first created on the earth.
Lightning flashes, "Surrging through the fumes which form cathe atmosphere millions of years ago, might have produced mino-acids which then joined together 1 form living organisms.
Some solentists view the ex- perimenty with alarm because they enn seo grave material
dangers in the creation of HG
interference or in any serious with its natural properties,
Nobody is ever likely to create a near-human organism on the of Lifu. Including poile
Frankenstein model, but the means of creating it. Is to be ructure, They were, in fact, proves to be far narrower than French duck experiments could held in Moscow next month. viruse:microscopic organisms anyone ever imagined,
hold threats for the immediate The Russions are expected to of the type responsible for polio, The chemicals uses in this future. reveal details of starling ex- influenza, und certain plan! experiment WITC admittedly They show that it is possible periments, but the U.S. work
not of the simple
kind that to interfere with Nature to such rescribert there by -Nobel
a chemist's on extent that the whole proces Prize winer Professor Wendell The man-made organisms had can be bought at
the fall capacity to feed and substances made from the bodies can
counter. They were complex of heredity can be permanently Stanley is astonishing enough.
Professor Stanley wilt reproduce their kind,
The French scientists, whose describo this
experiment The result was fantastic for of dood viruses.
exciting findings are bound carried out in his superb virus this teasom scientists haci But the Moscow meeting will to be taken up by other workers Iaboratory ut Berkeley, Call- always believed that to convert slow that the complete build- Uroughout the world, are deter- fornia, which, in essence sted material into living matter up of a living organism froin mined to try their injections on some vital "He-force" would chemicals entirely of a mineral Two clear solutions of sterile, somehow have to be "breathed nature is now almost possible. Bunca-plus, other animals, and -It is reported-on human inert chemicals, were mixed, Into It, probably by means of
beings. Within a few minutes they complex electronic machinery. Bombarding materials which
This research could conceiv began to Klow with
Yel an
this simple experiment you could buy at a chemist' opalescent Bght. Examination with two cold chemicals proved with rays given off by an atomic bly lead to a "1984" situation under the high powered electron that no such injection of "life- machine has changed them into which montal characteristics, features, niloroscope allowed that the two force is needed at all.
compliented substances as well as physical
could be tailored to order. chemicals had combined to form It means that certain chemicals called "amino-acids." These are
That is why, in the opinion of organisms which were definitely automatically take on the proper. the basle building blocks or all
the 20 Uttle tles of life if they are brought unimal tissues-blood, musele, me thinkers,
ducks sitting In the Poriy These were not mere masses together under the right condi- tud nerve.
laboratory could constitute 1 of jelly but were identifiable tions.
These building blocks have greater hazard to future genera- minute creatures with-a rod-like Thus the Eap between the also been erculed by passing an tions than any radionetive fall- shape and a complex internal mineral and ablinmal works has eletrie spark through a mixture out from H-bombs.
ercated fo
alive.
the
"MR WILLIAMSON" FINDS CHARITY IN THE CHURCH
By John Clarke
ume his wife begged him to give them, a service of blessing release her so that she might with a modified marriage vow. inarry someone else. For three Of course I did. Theologically years she refust to come near and ecclesiastically, my
O a 15-
N the hwns of Girton College, Cambridge, „girls in tennis. In the halls and corridors of the chaste, red-brick Gothic buildings, groups of grey-haired clergymen talked. They were members of the Modern Churchmen's Union, meeting in conference,
divorce. his wollcitors, They ndvised modern illustration of Christ's
words. "Nolther do I condirna Parsons have been given and thee, go thou and sin no more."
have taken such advice before, "That's the comment I always Then they have turned to study make when church people talk nevertisements for other kinds about this question, said And among the things they few clergymen of the Church of of jobs. Especially those who Williamson's friend. "They con- discussed between themselves England to have been through thought of marrying again. As pcentrate on teaching monogamy. was one that radit at some the divores eourt and married Williamson dich timo bo of the greatest im- again-and to have remained a portance to the tennis girls-the clergyman.
Williamson was lucky.
A Vein
NEWS FROM BRITAIN
by Les Armour
There is a bit of a row over the British government's handling of press relations in the little war of Muscat and Oman Even the ultra-cautious "The Times" has come to the conclusion that some of the information offered was a little odd and some not issued was odder still,
But one thing at least is reasonably clear: "The Oman dispute has brought us out into cleanor, clearer political air. No one has said that the Sultan of Muscat is a "great democrat", a "bulwark of the free world" or even implacable enemy of International Communism”,
an
I have no doubt, at all, that he is the fast; but that is not the reason for sending the R.A.F. to help him out of à spot.
but do not recognise any teach- ing of forgiveness for fallure,
"Another clergyman friend Church of England's auto fa Perhaps he is the only one.
has told me, quite recently, how | divorce. "An attitude which Statistics are hard to come by
he stood sweating end trembling sometimes had abso- in natters of this kind.
for 10 minutes after, refusing a lutely disastrous results,"
He practised no deceit but service of blessing to a couple as one Modern Churchman, a The parvon, call him William- thong who had his future in married in a
Eon which is not the name their hands
registry office. clergyman, salt
declined to know Because I know that, what I did under which ho appears in anything "offelally" about the was evil he said," The Unken, whoa 1,000 mem- Crookford's Clericnt Directory affair. Ife had struck a vein of What of Williamson? "He is
Include seven bishops, was incurnbent of a country charity in the church, holds a liberal view on divorce. living in the south of England.
An incumbent in a country "To the course of his minin parish, said his pars friends, A mare charitablo view then He was married, had child- try," said a parson
friend of a sa most helpful and that generally met with ameng ren, then his marriage went on Williamson, he had met a understanding ministry" churchmen, Some would say *
woman who was willing to help And his second marriago haw Williamson tried for some him start again.
prospered as surety as his first
ber
- more enlightened vlow.
the rocks,
It was at these conference. I years to rebulid something out "He married her in a registry infled. heard the story of one of the of the wreckage, But all the office, and asked me if I would. --(London Express Zervice),
one.
The reason adduced was a perfectly straightforward More than a century and a half ago, the British government anfered into a treaty with the Sultanate. That treaty gave Britain certain rights and to the Sultan protection.
The Sultans have lived up to their part of the bargain and the present Sultan has asked the British to honour theirs.
if the Sultan had been behaving reprehensibly to an extreme degree and if the Imam of Oman were the leader of a popular movement designed to right gross wrongs it is possible that there might be some case for a re-examina- tion of the treaty,
But, even if it could be argued that the rebellious Imam were no worse than the Sultan, it could hardly be argued that he was any better. He draws his strength | and his cause-from Saudi Arabia, a place not noted for its high ideals.
Worso, it seems that the Sultan owes his⚫ présent trouble, in part at least, to his connection with Britain. The Saudi Arabians scam bent--for reasons con- nected with oil potential-on making life difficult. for Britain.
Under the circumstances it seems hard to doubt that
the Sultan has a case and richly deserved his supply of
rocket bombers.
That, at least, is the conclusion that nearly every interested and articulate body in Britain has come, to.
It looks as though Mr Dulles, who dropped into the Foreign Office last week for a word about Oman, must have had a hard time on behalf of his Saudi Arabian ally.
Hollow Laugh
There was laughter in the tube trains the other night when the evening papers announced that two Vickers Viscounts were being sold to Colonel Nasser-and were to be paid for with funds drawn from Suez Canal dues.
The first public reaction seems to have been that it was an enormous joke. Perhaps a hoax that would be properly straightened out in time for the morning papers.
It is, however, true.
The case put privately by the experts is that, other things being equal, the more British equipment a man like Nasser has the better. The more he uses British equip- ment the more he is dependent on British skill and parts. Anyhow, in the race for commercial supremacy in the air. British aircraft-makers cannot afford to lose the opportunity to cash in anywhere.
a
The rejoinder is that the public impression made by deals like this is that the British are, after all, just nation of shopkeepers who will turn a quick pound any- where, any time no matter how much they have been provoked.
As Parliament prepared to rise for the summer recess, it seemed as though the Government were about to correct the impression and refuse the necessary export permits.
Restoration
In Kew Gardens there used to be a sign reading "The Queen hopes the publit will treat these beautiful grounds with respect". It was dated Buckingham Palace, 1897. a year, apparently, before officialdom had decided that signs like "Keep Off the Grass" and "Penalty £5" were more appropriate to a democratic country.
Not long ago it disappeared and a Mr A, H. Burne
complained.
The Ministry of Agriculture. Fisheries and Food replied that the sign had been temporarily removed for repainting "in the original style",
Mr Burne's reply deserves to be recorded: "The re- newing has been carried out with such remarkable skill that even experts in woodwork and paint might be excused for supposing that the old sign, untouched, had been quietly replaced. The Ministry is indeed to be con- gratulated on its technicians in this field."
BANISHED
BAUSCH & LOMB
Ray-Ban
·Page 13
SUN GLASSES WITH "GRADIENT DENSITY" Always look for the rogistored Trada Mark BAUSCH & LOMB RAY-BAN Genuine Ray-Ban Sun Glasses are sold only through Reputable Opticians in factory sealed packing with the necessary identification. When you buy your RAY-BAN sun glasses, ask to see 8 G ́L trade mark on each lens.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS
Represented by: VICTOR WARNE & CO. (H.K.) LTD., 1118 Alexandra House, Hong Kong.
* Shelltox
"
get them in the air
the answers
Shell
to insect pests in your home'
got them on the ground
Cockroach Killer
The cigarette everyone hasbeen waiting for!
AA
Marlboro
LONG SIZE
Marlboro
FILTER
FLAVOR
FLIPTOP BOX
FRESH FROM
U.S.A.
OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE
$1.10 PER PACK
MD-2.