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&
REGIONAL SYSTEMS OF
the
We have not got the internn-
ROBABLY all of us re- hopes we all placed in
member Wendell Will United Nations have had to be kle's book, "One World," sealed down. which
best seller IL WIN less than four years ago. of us, also realise that our proposed by the American de- scientific advances are still legation on the basis of the making the world smaller, mak- Acheson-Lilienthal Report. So ing us reckon with having to the world is still in the familiar, clashing live closer and closer together. pre-war position of But all
COLLECTIVE THE WORLD
In face of the inescapable fact that tho world is now "divided between the Russian GRAHAM
system and the rest of us,' All tional control of atomic energy
HUTTON.considers that, to keep the peace, we should so organise ourselves, economical- ly and strategically, that it would be suicide for the Russian system to challenge ours.
of us must recognise national interests, rearmament, that the world is now divided races for new weapons, and between the Russian system regional blocks of powers. and the rest of us. The "rest of
The biggest regional blocks us" not all united; the Russian
the Russian system of countries are united.
arc
on the
the
To take the more obvious regional first, there is the arrangements
on the and the Pan-
Doctrine
defence system, organised by Inter- locking regions.. It sald that our chance of keeping the peace with Russia lay in our being collectively at our strangest; that is. in not con- Bnuing to be a lot of separate coun- iries and regions in the non-Ruasion half of the world, but a more close-
knit systent
of nations and regions, affording each other economic re- sources, bases, mutual aid, and even defence-intelligence andt common planning, for the safeguarding and building-up of our Western way of life.
y
the
At about the same time, in Lon- don's huge Albert Hall, spokesmen and leaders of all Britain's churches
European countries except Communists, of course launched a individual respon- campaign for sibility in defence of the Western and Christian conception of a way of life.
League of Arab States in the Middle East. All the way from the North Cape at the top of Monroe
American system, founded Norway, to China, Korea, and American ideal. and bullt on the
the and political parties and from other Japan, the Russian system of Lin, Chapultepec, Rio, and, now, adjoining countries rubs elbows the Bogota Conferences. In matters economic affairs, with some one or other of these of defence and
Canada-also
member of the intermediate regional blocks.
British
Commonwealth's world- system is closely associated with It.
Only condition
countries on the one hand, and The United Nations is only the American nations in the just three years old; but the western hemisphere
between them 'great divide' in the world which other. In
are has since developed has, of other regional blocks: the loose course, been reflected inside the association of the nations in the United Nations. The United British Commonwealth; the
Secondly, there are the two, new word on Nations could only achieve de sixteen west European powers NOW a
regional west-European regional systems, cisions and work them out by at the receiving end of
blocks. The Charter of the which may soon become one: the complete agreement in its European Recovery Plan; the United Nations does not rule ave "Brussels" powers, now organis- Security Council where the veto five west-European powers, led out regional blocks. This is how ing their collective defence systems, and the sixteen European nations can be used. The Russian use of by Britain and France, which Article 52 reads: "Nothing in receiving E.R.P. aid which contain
just the veto a couple of dozen times have
completed the the present Charter precludes the five.
existence of regional in about two years has robbed Brussels Treaty of Mutual De- the
Thirdly, and more loosely-less
yet there are the United Nations
Bel arrangements or agencies for organised as of its fence, including Holland, effectiveness; and so the high gium, and Luxembourg, the dealing with such matters re- overseas associates of the
lating to the maintenance of European powers: namely, the Bri- tish, French, Dutch, Belgian, and international poace and Portuguese Commonwealths. These security as are appropriate for overseas European territories are regional action, provided that highly important, both economically such arrangements or agencies and strategically, as resources or as and their activities are consist bases, in any future system which is the ent with the purposes and set up for the defence or
economie well-being of the Ameri principles of the United can and West-European nations. Nations,"
These European territories oversens Article 53 even tells the Security will also be brought inlo the_new, Council of the UN. to make use west-European defence system.
THE 'MAD
'MAD MAJOR' DRAGS ALONG
HIS CHAINS
IN the Nigerian bush they kettle of
call him Buture Shanu- the white Man of the Cattle.
In Carstairs, Scotland, they call him Bill Neill, D.S.O.-the Mad Major of Arnhem.
Wearing an old pair of corduroys, a sports jackel and a blue and yel- low torton tie, he spoke us the White Man of the Cattle.
And at a rate of 200 words per minule he told London newspaper- men how, since he was demobilised. he had spent 19 months dragging 75 feet of chain behind him through 2,000 miles of Nigerian forest.
* * *
BY JOHN JUNOR
fish. There is not much
of such regional agencies wherever
appropriate. The only condition
laid
down is that if such regional block are made, they shall keep
tivities. Indeed,
Article
51 runs
Three areas
the west-
Paramount need
T
A that big rally, Sir Stafford
Cripps, our Socialist Chancellor of the Exchequer: Lord Halifax, the Conservative; Jews, Roman Catho- lies, the Free Church speakers, the trade union leaders, and others all emphasised the paramount need of arelum to individual responsibility, self-discipline, self-help, respect for duty and service and individual free- doms, and (above all) of common defence of the Christian way of living. Despite all modern cynicism and scepticism, the British press and
radio reflected the impression that this striking challenge made on mililons of Britons.
The only reason I bring this up
Is that, if we are to have peace, we must be
strong on our convictions, as the Russians are strong in theirs. That lesson has been brought home to us in the past few heclic weeks. We remember, when Mr Stassen had that interview last summer with Mr Stalin, the Russian leader emphasis- UN. fully informed of their ac- AND then, fourthly, there are three c company, although every two months
could live alongside each other pro- adjoining regional areas, stretch-cd that the Russian system and ours or so I run into the odd missionary.
resent ng from the
fitably and securely, But everyono I start work at half past five in the like this: "Nothing in the present the Far East, from Greece, Turkey then, naturally, asked "How?" That morning. Every hour you work in Charter shall impair the inherent Palestine, and Egypt, through
is the point. Two enemies can keep or collectivo the cool saves an hour's sweat right of individual
two now Independent Indian Do the peace. It all depends how they self-defence if un armed attack minions-Pakistan and Hindustan
live together. against u member of Occurs
to Burma (which is wholly inde- CO carriers when I am United Nations, until the Security pendent, now) and so lo China. bush whacking. Although I am not Council hos taken
measures These three adjoining areas, march- a professional entomologist I have -taught some the elementary facts ecessary to maintain international the niong Russia's Asiatic frontiers, are not yet regionally organised at
the aut
"I have
about the tsetse. Although I am not professional surveyor I have taught soine of them clementary surveying. "Some of them go ahead to the next vill
village with my beer for sup- Others per.
report on how many
inch we travel has to be measured with our 15-foot length of steci
That takes some going.
chain,
*
*
For 34-year-old Major Bill Neill is now pathander-in-chief to the Nigerian Government. His job s to explore and map the old slave
Tsetse Infested areas I mark in tralls along which the nomadic Fulani cattle-breeding people bring my map for clearance. For cut out their herde in the markets of
trees and you cut out shade. And that pushes the tsetse back to where Southern Nigeria. Waterholes are uncharted. The routes are tsetse-fly It can get slince. infested. The cattle mortality rate is high.
peace and security."
the
In limelight
the
al.
Middle
to East
the
Lately, Britons and others In TN other words, if the Security Europe, ns well as American and their eyes on Berlin Council is paralysed by somebody's others, with
be
on resources,
and
Keeping the peace
I think we shall only get the chance of keeping the peace it we, here and now, impress the Russian half of the world with the firm decision of our half of the world to itself 50 soundly and
organize
suicidal for the Russian half to challenge IL
of the Old unto
herdmen; for we Gre brethren.
tsetse flies they eatch per hour. Every velo, and cannot proceed to defend and Vienna and recent Russian ne- efficiently, in both economic and a member from aggression, that tions there, have been weighing the strategic affairs, that it would be
his friends, acting chances of building a really sound member and collectively,
forthwith. do economic and defence system out of can, everything for their own defence. all these hitherto separate regional
I recall the words And, it so, obviously they are free blocks in our non-Russian half of
sald Book; "And Abraham the world. to make such regional arrangements,
Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray and collective and set up regional and
Obviously, no reglon-and no con-
tween my herdmen and thy agencies beforehand, so as to
---can be sound and enduring if its equipped for self-defence. In fact, nected system of inferlocking regions thee, between me and thee, and be- Is not the whole land before the only regional system which is economic basis is unsound; for de- ruled out by the United Nations fence depends on production, and tlice? Separate thyself, I pray
und
thec, from me. It, thou wilt take the "I pinpoint the grazing areas and Charter in one which is set up in
output depends upon resources, in turn, have got
got to be
left hand, then I will go to the right; watering points. But what we want order to launch aggression
cannot
or # thon take the right hand, then is a fly-free route for the passage of anyone, whether the victim is a U.N. securely defended. If we 10 job in
I will go to the left...and they Short, stocky Nelli's
world-wide U.N., a "one-world member or not. chart the waterholes, to arrange the
instantly Now the break-neck events of the UN."
with its united sepa zendy "My team is entirely African. They
themselves, the one from separated clearance of the tesise bells, and
do not like pound notes. I have to past few weeks have brought this forces to defend its members any
by the per- above all to make it possible for the
Recent events seem to me to be cattle to get through alive.
which to pay them."
light, largely as a result of actions mission granted to
post-war world, the "great divide."" Highlight of the day, says Neill, isby the Russian regional system, Articles, 51 and 62, of the United
Nations Charter, to organise, their But if it is to menn safety, mutual dinner. He laughed: "I always put which, as we know, is indeed on shirt for dinner. And I insist united and effective regional system, regional defence and wellbeing, as respect in our separation with Russia, on my steward ringing a gong. One whether we like it or not. As the the Russians have certainly done and peace in the long run, then, for
United Nations have continued to very efficiently since 1945,
the shorter run wo have got to must keep up appearances."
shoulder the risk of organising our Neill goes back to Nigeria for his be paralysed from within, in trying
half of the world quickly, during a second tour of duty in November. to cope with the post-war world's
vory 'unepsy and risky transition Awalling him will be the 50 new danger-spots, the regional way
period, while we build up our Hands on hips, he talked about maps he made with his own hands tackling these dangers has made
great strides. fis Job. He said: "It isn't everyone's. In his first 10 months.
When he started on the job hẹ knew nothing about tsetse, less about cattle. Now he has written for tho Nigerian Government a book of Advice for futuro Nigerian cattle trail surveyors,
NANCY
Sheep Dog
cattle.
the
carry with me a sack of coln with | reglorial system out into the lime where, we must abide in those the great. parting of the woya In this
GRRRR
i
of
This very point was recently put most forcibly by a serious and non- party Sunday paper in London, and anonymously it Editorially argued for a common economic and
By Ernie Bushmiller
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