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SOUTH WEST ASIA——————

It is curious that, while so much attention få beliig given to the future of South East Asia, there has recently, been much less discussion of the future of South West: Asin. South West Asia is com- monly called the Middld 3281 Past Includes Persia and the Arab countries-Syria, Iraq, the Lebanon, Jordan Palestine, Egypt, Saudi Arabia.

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organise andh ↑ strengthsi For years?ogo=12+1=Zukistlei Arab Lengue,37hha, viss intende to give tha: Atab: "countries- greater survival valua by farming a kind of confederato undyi í was also intergled that the Arab country districts, life goes on many students are avowed Com- Zeague should raht in the cebul much as in the time of Mohrined munists. Qgo traveller mado, a dimic development of its member On the wall of his offed in or even Abrahay The real point of making peddle who they states. But in spite of its froTokyb General: Muckithurt power there is the Sheikh. The thought was the greatest men in quent meetings,

Ita dynamic social unit is the tribe, the world today utprisingly secretary Azzam Pasha, and the has framed a challenging quo

large neober zahvwsted :** Stalin."

support of the British Govern- tation from the Roman, his Common mistake This reply did not come only from ment, the League has accom A common ralatako is to think the stuben Ciell servants, pre plished very little of what was torian Livy. It relates how

Lesaional men, even Inndards. Hoped for.

The feuds horveen Lucius Aemilius Paulus, the same

the Arab states and personalities Roman General who had been South East Asia may be the there is very extensive agricul

namnds. Except in Saudi Arabia

Timoughout the Arab worlddaralysed it. Its unrenity was | front door for a Communist attack, But South West: Asta ture Egypt is a typical pearant except, perhaps, in remote: Saudi exposed in the war with lattel, in selected to conduct the war a. side door.

And little would country.unhappily in nearly all Atahl and the Yemen there is a Nevertheless the Arab would sill enjoy the grent asset af have been gained by closing the tire Arab countries the tenant far olimpto condence. This front doorsupresing that it cammers are badly exploited

wealthy men, such as the pannas support from the West The B The real het bed for Com- of Egypt, feel that they will be tish Middle East Offico is spon be closed-if this adversary comes munista is the cities. There is a lucky if the present "righe Tasla soring development :: projecta → | In by the side-door.

large class of students with poor, their tires After: =thern","tha) which involve the "investrpent" or South West Asia must be tempt not desperate, prospects) There deluge. King Farouk of Egyptiis about 200,000,000 Though thir fing: to Russia. Its oii:is an in- mossely rich primz: recent die are multiudes of underpaid civit, reported to have sold that a two programine Ispis in the pubile with the Macedonians in B.C. There absolute decades time there would be only eye than the programme of the 168, went out from the coveries on the Arab side of the servants. Persian Gulf have transformed poverty side by side with great va king male klar of England: Sydney conterence 10's wisely Senate-house into the assem-

and the kings of hearts, dinenoride, and soundly conceived. The West the previous ideas of its resources, wealth

Recent visitors to the Middlo spades and clubi, a

cannot afford to neglect any bly of the people one day and In the present air age it is one of gustul comment on the growing go. Arab world lins, it is true, chance of stabilising this very told them off... the natural strategle centres of revolutionary farment. A gfsati beți making a great offert to shaky part of the world;

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INVITATION FROM JAPAN

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the world.

-Professor Toynbee, whom the Americans have neclaimed as the great historical prophet of our age, has suggested, half in jest but hair in wardest, that the time might gain corte when the world was ruled from somewhere about the site of ancient Babylon, S

*For centuries one of the con-

stant aims of Russian policy has It could and them in the Persian, Gulf

boon to win varmt water ports,

It South West Asia is thus a magnet for Russian Imperialism, it in at the same time at naturai breeding ground for Communism. This double circumstance puts it in great danger, t

Thirty years of British

civil

to be

aviation

safeguarded, as

At 10 minutes past nine on 1 On this service, passengers had unarmed and completely defence- the morning of August transport and accopinedated dangerous war areas and "Into well as less aircraft into and through 1919 an aircraft took off from with potentially hostile triboinen doing a number of them were Hounslow Airfield, near Lon Ilving around Rutbah Wells in killed.

Proud achievement

Japan is a problem which gives a lot of people a head-Red breeding ground ache even before they begin

don, fór Paris. It was a de Iraq the station and landing ground there had to be given 'mill- to think about it. But this is

Havilland Airco 4A powered groun

socy protection A fost went off likely to be a year of decision

Ecou суде by one 355 hp, engine, capable

One of the proudest of the Cor- not for the United Nations

of carrying a payload of 400 was built, cumplate with Baldo- alone but also for Japan" The

lbs. at a cruising speed 61.95 ments and toworld strong points, poration's war time achievements Assault by young Communists The Arab alates are not im- m.ph. On this occasion, it while this was under construe was the opening and continued

tion nightstor pasienters lived in operation' of a regular all-the proesive politically. They are on uniformed Americans

bitterly

divided ögatust: cach carried one passenger and a

North Atlantic. Up to 1940 Memorial Day, and the threat

other.

guards. to call a strike in protest Jorden belong both to one family ly of mail, grouse and Devon euch sad of the chain, and on flown in winter and, such were The kings of Iraq and mixed cargo, consisting main-lept compound patrolled by year-round service across the

Further

'were added to North Atlants had never bein against the swift trial of the which is at feud with ibn Saud, shire cream

Bome 244 hours later the air- March 1928 the first through the technical obstacles to be over offenders, suggest one side of the king of Saudi Arabia There

England-India

service left come that many of the Iraq and the picture. Another is afford Syria, section of the opposi craft landed exactly to schedule Croydon The hops were very said that such an achievement ed by the gracious announce tien politicians in Syria.ould frut sight of the fret Brithi rd- short by comparison with the long would not be possible for years to

But RQAC ment of the Japanese Govern- be prepared to merge with Iraq stages now, made possible by one come.

this.

operational stan organised the makes the Syrian Gov guler: scheduled at transport

Gradually the route marched famous North Atlantic Return ment that it is ready to signerament hostile: Syria is also at service. It was also the first-rd greater range of aircraft today

daily

a possonger a

the Ferry. Service, which operated in peace treaties with any nation daggers drawn with the Lobation, gular

aloof, Arab

had

both directions winter and sum- willing to accord Japan inde

Calculta: by 19

by mer Other companies were not slow

is friction.

between.

leader of the Arab world' be-

One for

Eastwart

October

By

and

Since the war the links in the to Singapore. On January pre-war chain of Empire

By J.P. McEvoy

Reminding them that "in every circle and truly at every table there are people who lead armies ihto Maerdonla and know how everything should be done better. than the commander in the field, die 'old Roman continued tartly:

should be "Commanders counselled chiefly by persons of known talent; by those who have made the art of war their and whose study darticular knowledge is derived from ex- those who: are perience by

present at the scene of action, who see the enemy, who sco the advantages the occasions offer, and who like people em- barked in the same

Khip sharers of the dangers.

aro

I therefore anyone thinks

himself qualified to give advico respecting the War which am to conduct

let him not re- fuso bis assistance to the state, but bet him come with, me into Macedonia.

"He shall be furnished with horse, a tent over his a ship. travelling charges shall be de-

rayed. But if he thinks this too much trouble, and prefers the repose of a city life to the idits of war, let him not on land

pilot." assume the office of

Sie

You might think MogArthur pendence and equality! Or states stands Egypt. Qu'the one crait Transport and Travel Bean extended; and 11 weeLS |

himself dictated the concluding course, the notification wasn't härid it claims, to, be the natural) to enter the 'hold' an: sóon '15") inte

words. "The city in itself, flr= so bold and brazèn as all that? | cause it is the most "advènceď "i gular air servičok were insopers, 1951934) Qantas Empire Airways, which were broken by hostnitles, nishes abundance of topiks for' Its purport was almost hidden Arab country. On the other hand toh between London aid vari-

'was formed in Australia tő) have beep re-forged and many conversation; lettit conilise

the Singapore-Brisbane new links have been added. Once passion for talking to its own pre-

no attention fact, also

to any on August 25 porial. Airways" and just before connect London with the Middle shall pay

East, Pakistan, India, the For councils but began a weekly mail service

the ploncer set-

The first "through-load of pas- North and South America,

ing the history of the occupa- terri Europe; te interests and Transport has 'did, Fase sector in co-operation: with Im again, 'regular British air services cincts, and rest assured, that wo away in many pages review-it prides itself on having a cul our Continental "éities, 41

ture which is partly that of Wes- these

arc

wider than those begin to

But To the

tion and lavishing praise on outlook the work of General Mac- of the Arab countries: Arthur. The invitation itself because of the miserable pervices from

Egypt has last prestige: heavy chote Con

in the world

ap

is a

such as shall bo

who

・or the arin- / Christmas' 1934 this new COLPA East, Austenza and New Zealand, fiframed within our camp."

merely echoed, and quoted, for unes against Expel.dard of regularily from the out- and arvived at Brisbane 12 days operates cave its world-

left Croydon on April 13, 1935 African Continent. Todpy BOAC the statement of the Supreme | tlie war against Israel y In Unent established.'a' high' sidri. Bongers from London to Brisbane Caribbean' and 'most part of thoji More than a touch!

There is more than a touch of Administration in alt these set. Much

Hard-wonate. This route of 12,725, ralles turn services over

the old Roman in MocArthur. Allied Commander himself on states is inefficient and corrupt success w was due to the plots

The great Roman Garieral were the matter. **

In Syria and Iraq the govern all cx RAF men who regular was the longest single air route routosta

During 1919 BOAC How -weather;-kiels-

proximately

mately 400,000,000 passenger great administrators. Roman law Joint survey

and Roman roads followed the It is explained by Japanesements are always changing. They braved adverse v

miles 2 and corried, 0.734 tots of Roman sword, and consolidated spokesmen that the state-states are curious mixtures of the ett only by the primitive ground

sids

and organisation that then

In 1929 Imperial. Airway's made mail aid cardo. A bow feet of the conquests MacArthur, too, An officials citles are a merchant class and existed:

report of

a joint survey with the Air Minia 22 Argonaut chass airliners have ment is part of "an all-out modern and the medieval: In the

great administrator. campaign to smash the Com-middle class with a mord of lese those early days Hats this auntry of the second of the main Im replaced older ofrcraft on route thinks and acts in broad strokes, munist Party." That may modem education and butlook bor of railway stations with their trunk has the route between London and the Frist,

porial

an delegates to others the end- re- less buttoning gand: unbuttoning achieve the aim of making it / There arb Parilaments, and names painted on their roofs to Bern with East and Far East and South America, 1

modern law courts and a modern help pilot

Africa As far back a

iting in a general speeding-up that must be done intor. sulting

When more palatable to people with style civil service. But in the "In the first 40,000 miles of 5-

the RAF had begun the tres of services and an improvement he was Superintendent of West ing to Paris, during which 13mendous 155 or binnedring the alt in the standard of comfort. unblunted' memories or mis-

were officially described as

adjutant phoned and asked he givings about the future. But reckoned with in the futuret for flymdando de route, neress the mountaing Jun Telf How Bading Stratocruters, Polat he was lu one day and his

swamps. of firal 60-seat, double-decked aircraft

Central

"should bring his

to papers over altime service to the house to be signed. Charac Aurica, in that

ad of smooth, film, round salt- day able for conversion Into a landing routes the Worth Adaile papers that are going to win or fold was rare. For some years between riels of economic rehabilita- But although the early, com-imperial" Airways had an airport the United States and Camere d

constructed in the crater of A new Britishes. pantes derdonstrated their toch or nient skill, they failed to make money. Not only had "they" to deal with a public that was not by hand with native labour out of be air-minded put tid,

with

at

TAROT Arin'e on BQAVA itaristićašky.be replied, ("Bring ithe

the main point is that Japan | of the Pacific and of the main ravourable, the service was 16. 15. is enormous are the United Kiördöm ang lose a war. — ade you sign ithe

has stood up too. The Tokyo statement says Japán cannot wait for an overall peace and the indefinite maintenance of the present system of control. The nation, it says, should embark on a programme of steadily achieving normal in- ternational status by conclud ing peace treaties with nations willing to accord It indepen dence and equality.

and of Ala-Herre-awaken-terrupted on "only seven occa ed energies have so far been sions

diverted into peaceful chah- Fail to make money

"Most alefedi had to be carved wylds on the Will soon knows what he knows, but be

”#ddim) or

squeezed out of dried mutat

Ho

tion. The economic recovery of Japan has been accomplish ed without fuss and without much talk; but it is none the less astonishing. One some-

and the times has a feeling that a surt tox

with Hart of historic race against time is The

offered to The pilots going on in new China and the our pay but even that could not The Communists, and the post-war, resurgent Japan. It turn the tide For kishory time | Kremlin' especially, want an is gccentuated by the intenta early 1921, Brlich pilots 1991 are thớt trut’o12 by mach difficulties: land Comet, the British fet afr and the test of a good gencrat ja

CLIPE=2% SURE OF EWampa: A rithway distant when the Corporation will has anything to say, but like his

to

of tropice night

for week

Commanders should be counselled

chiefly by persons of known intentgerice logs wary talent". He has said that military

fothers." the Arthur, has a refreshing Handley Parts Hermes, of which lack of uncertainty. He not only

has ordered "25

Corporations Knows, that he knows it.

Natons politely and with all his Moreover, the day is not too far attention it ho thinks the speaker

"and dried and stamped, be operating services based on a favourite Roman he believer

hundreds of men work- cruising speed propaathing 500 could. De wander miles an hour early twice the

Praters

for schede wa var downpour present average for scheduled xer

the mortilleation of

The routs was established and liner whose performance and de- averall Peace Treaty in which sive drive for industrial don used exclusively by

lanów" beli between Lon-velop matched theres t ancial service was opened between their wishes would be para development th Manchuria. operators. Government

Juhd CabliTOUNG help' und' tò "do"gléen“ to¬restart mount. They oppose above Yet in the long view the Pro British air services and to why bulld the foundations of dir

Se soundly did Imperial Alt worden uler, de all a separate Treaty with thesperity of the one is necessary them going.

But by 1024 British civil atih between the wars that when war coldmunications. Indihode Years United States which would to the other. B SHA

tion had proved that it had come turn the occupation into an Meanwhile Japan not only fo

Athwas On April 1st of that broke out a alliance. The alternative 15 aspires to play a part and a year, our Beitskelrute.com-lik regular series to Bok to allow Japan to look after lending part--in international pantes, "then optriting. het oss the

'Inta' her own defence. The basic affalis once more she is also channel were amalgamated a cadunction With Oa

single new company, weakness of the Japanese seeking to recapture most, if Communists lies not merely not all the world trade she lowers Lil The now compen

had, ne its name

"Lid -

In their subservience to Massacrificed when she turned imperially*7 cow but in their refusal to face from commerce to conquest. fact, was to embark and dificult tank or the hard logic of the situation Realists fe more concerned the area Empat trunk Japan must have an alliance about the effects of this than Running Tengsdiat for protection or relarm, hnd with speculation about the vlees is not just matter Moscow. would" hardi

orientation of political' sys- [ng, from one place. even a Communist panto tems in Japan The real

must be equipped with radio and (114,49)

do that

route.

The danger that goes with expansion of economy for supplying the petrol and off the resurgence of Japan does throughout South East Asia, to the aircraft and food and shels not lie in Commúnisifia but in and later in Ching too, and fer to the passengers and crev a return to the old militaristic the planning of that economy Bases must be established for Imperialism. Her history is in suchy way that dapan's one off alternations between | contributions to it can be sys Ito and the civilian statesinën "fainalitated and

solution lies in an immense kranjaments must be made fhitilleży

and parties who followell'

and between! Yami

the Military who

the Government r

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