THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1959.
Close-up on London's latest very important visitor
Why Mr. Kishi dare not go back empty handed
London.
INTO London the other
week came a nervous, expectant little man. He is Nobusuke Kishi, the Prime Minister of Japan. During his stay he will hubble over with smiles, hows and oriental polite-
ness.
Yet underneath he will be fearful. For he has staked his rather uncertain reputation on a world tour of business gathering,
He wants to return home with a promise of a trade with Britain. Agreement
If he does not he may he Prime Minister for little longer.
At home. Kishi's position is a strange one. He is head of the Liberal-Democratic party a party which in neither liberal nor democra- tie, a party which is sure of being returned to power for many years to come, but a party which is rift by a split.
The dispute that divides his party is not one of prin- ciple. It is
By_ Quentin Crewe
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içek only one thing power seaside villa which Kichi had
.built, Kishi denied foul play.
for themselves.
With the feather of trade agreement in his cap, Kishi might win.
Curious
The house, he said, was
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present given by a certain Orm as a token of gratitude for his "mall good offices." This was regarded as an acceptable state- ment.
At the time of the Crown Prince's wedding, there was an amnesty for election bribers, and cheats. Eleven thousand people were freed,
The Japanese political scene is curious for a coun- Addlers try which claims to be a democracy and which lec- tures the world on peace.
Kishi declared not long ago: "Money is power and The power is politics," largest daily paper in Japan recently called his party "nothing less than a nest of opportunists."
"Isn't that a bit much?" I Dict. asked n member of the "Oh, don't you have amnestics for election Inw violators?" ho asked. "We might have to," sald, "if we had that number of crooked politicians.”
Rough
Democracy, as we understand Corruption, which has con- it, has a loose hold in Japan. If tributed largely to the downfall Kishi had his way it would have
series [1
0! democratic none at all, governments
Easi- In the Burma, Pakistan, Thailand-s rite.
or
"We like to have an opposl- Lion," Oma of his supporters told me, "but we wouldn't like chance of
Last autumn' questions were it if they had straight fight asked in the Diet (the Japanese getting in." between two factions which Parlament) about a luxurious
"Well, Gladys, I still don't think that the visit to the Russian circus
is going to help them much in the Foxhunter Competition,"
Lundon preza Seccice
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The record of Kishi's govern ment is rough.
In the past year there have been bills to increase the size of the military forces (originally forbidden by the post-war con- stitution), to control school teachers, to introduce "morat" education in the schools, and to give wider ut.more arbitrary powers to the police. (The last has been temporarily shelved.)
All these are designed to en- sure that the opposition's chances of gaining power lessened.
arc
Such is the Japanese love of authority sad preference for having decisions made for them, that they would once againi allow a fotalitarian regime to grow up.
There is another side to all this. Among the young people of Japan there is an unco- ordinated mans who have learn- ed the lessons of democracy, and who are genuine lovers of pence.
Before Britain sends Prime Minister Kishi beaming on his way with a trade agreement in his pocket, I belleve we should make certain that these few will have a true volce in the running of their country.
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"THE MAIN THING IS TO KEEP THE DOOR OPEN"
World Copyright by arrangement with the Manchester Gonzalo
When a duke stole the crown jewels
THE
IE old Duke of Brunswick had finally gone too far. For years, his Court had stomached his flagrant thieving, blackmailing, and wholesale seductions. But when he added incest to his other perversions even his servile Ministers rebelled. Unanimously they decided the old goat must be banished.
Gracefully, of course. Face even a rouged and wicked old face such as the duke's-must be preserved.. There must be a royal send-off. A banquet with mountain salmon and plovers eggs. The finest coaches laid on to whisk him to the bords. His subjects must, wave and cheer.
As it was,
Indeed, they would have-if they had got the chance,
no one saw the Duke of Brunswick uff. For the day before the big do he disguised himatif as an Englishman and lit oul for Parle-taking no fare- wells at all.
Opening the palace vaults a few days later, the courtiers discovered he had, however, faken something else. Where the crown jeweils were kept, there were now only paste. repilcas. The priceless pearls, the diamond tiaras-even the crown self-were gone.
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So
The Brunswick story fantastic that if you sow it on television you would switch off in a fury of disbelief.
It happens, however, true.
Even when
to bc
Duke Life
ot
Brunswick's theft was uncover
across his bed, she and Shaw went to work.
martin
Chauvine gently pushed the old duke back... soon he 1003 snoring again.
The confederate was, in fact, sold the two other diamonds for in a witness box blandly saying a huge sum to a rich American.
On the proceeds she financed The duke was lugged to his she had never known anything fine shop for her grocer boy, study.
A shop thai did very, very well. Ernest Jak out
his about the robbery. tools. Chnuvine stond sentry.
Awakened
Surprisingly, her luck held.. Ernest Shaw's infatuation stood the test. Even when sentenced to 20 years' hard labour, he
The Diamonds And the two diamonds? ke headlights in a tlurs, they
They did very well too.
Sel
are still in America. It I know
Suddenly, a shot rang ou didn't expose her. from one of the rigged pistols.
When only grazed Ernest's sleeve duke's service three years later most
but it awakened the duke.
Chauvine left
the dimmonds, they must twinkle the becomingly from house dress circle, at ed, the dottish nineteenth-
to marry her grocer boy, the old opera
at White century courtiers elli felt tha
He struggled 10 a sitting man still unsuspecting, insisted charity balls, and scandal must be avoided at any
Eooth on giving her a little gift Houso receptions.
And if I know rich Ameri- the position, over cost. They muttered
him a diamond from his recovered cans, they are probably passed worthless paste, but sent no one
back, Scon 112 was. snoring collection,
aft as old "family" jewels. In pursuit.
Meanwhile the duke's carriage clattered into Paris.
Murmuring ingly, Chauvine pushed
ogain.
Chauvine could afford the The dazzling hoard was luxury of having this diamond For she had in spread out on the duke's bed. set a ring. Hemming and hawing like a child in sweet shop, Chauvine
goose-
To guard his ill-gotten spoils from other -getters he in- stalled a dual-lock safe behind innily picked her two
two edits. Ernest bundled up the his bed and rigged up
and slipped on to cocked pistols wired to go oft if elther lock was tampered with. Brittany fishing village hide-out. Next morning the duke awoke
"
Only three
Then the duke picked his servants. Only three...
rest.
&
12 a filthy temper. His head the was splitting. And where
devil was Shaw?
The sweet Chauvine babled hot him. Sic brought him chocolate, and explained that Shaw was ill.
the
duke
A Breton char did the rough. The smooth the exotic couking and love-making-was done by
-Instantly pretty, 17-year-old Chauvine suspicious. But only of Shaw. Tall. fair Ernest Shaw-an Englishman--was the valet.
He opened bis trumpeted like-
wan
Ente and wounded
Of the lot, chaving was the elephant, The faithful Chauvine" busiest. In addition to the rushed to his side.
lascivious duke, she soon took
on Ernest Show as supplemeh- tary lover. And she still found time for her first love-ber real lave-the ardent young grocer boy from the comer shop.
Luck held
The
alerted. police were Rewarde were posted. Ani happy. through it all Chauvine played Everyone was very And soon there was plot her role BO coolby that never afoot whereby all (except one) once did the duke suspect her. would be happier still.
П
Erncal behaved les astutely Show outlined the plot to and made one colossal blunder. Chauvine one night when her He wrote to Queen Victoria, head was cradled in his pillow, ofering her an exceptional the plot was egg-beater basic: bargain in diamonds! Chauvine and Shaw were to
touch with dope the duke and rob his safe. Victoria_got in
Scotland Yard. The Yard got ~~Shrowdły, Chauving demand-in touch with the Escuch ed a still fee for her help. Surete. In less than a month Nothing less than two goose-CEE the police were in touch with -Bizo diamondo (of her own Ernest.
cholce).
"
With nearly all the jewels in Chauvine got "the go-ahead his possession, the evidence was The two misalig Aign on December 17, 1888. And damning.
WOA diamonds had been she went ahead like a bomb..
aspaned-given to a confeder-
Barbiturates were ladled into ate.
the dúral thoup. More in the
But where claret, And more in hie coffer. When the old duke fell groggily fedorata?
Was the
coh-
(Tondon Express Service).
"
-Dee Wells
WEEKEND
Friell
NON NUCLEAR CLUB
"I suppose next thing you know he'll be calling us
desiccated colculating mochines."
"Very subtle, Mr. President. In Marxist terminology that means a decadent porosita or'an out-of-date economic system”
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