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The decision of the Soviet to return the Security Council and breathe the same air as the Chinese Nationalists is a climb-down, but it bodes no good. Miracles can hap- pen, but this is one in which there can be few believers. Mr. Malik happens to be the most agreeable of all the Soviet representatives at the United Nations. He is much more human than any of his
and has colleagues been known to enjoy a joke. But he is not his own master, and will obey the orders he gets from the Kremlin, which wont be in the least put out by the complete reversal of tactics the return implies, or the admission of error that goes with it.
even
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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1960. À
SCIENTISTS AND SOCIETY
Since the end of the war, one thought has been persis. tently in the mind' of 'every thoughtful person. Sometimes it is in the foreground of the mind, more often, uneasily in the background, but never, out of the mind, entirely. It is the thought of the atom bomb..
By "Windrush".
Special correspondent
modern, scientisi The scientist They today, unlike the scientist of the eighteenth century, receives
'narrowly usually
specialist education. He is often superbly well equippet as a scientist, but Is strangely ignorant of He.
The studies
the
ficial resemblance between organisation of selentifle researchi and the ideal of the organisation of the Communist state. Belen- tists often pride themselves on the collectivist nature of their Activities.
No longer, they say, is know-
genluser. Instead there is
of thousands, of highly Bystem trained men ench working Inten sively on some minute corner of the scientific field. The work of each dovetails into the whole And the progress of selence de- pends on this whole, not on in- dividuals.
said that they discovered politics the less successful. It has played ledge advanced by individual
the years between the two on the strange one-sideness, of the wars. The first to become inter- rated were medical men. say that their new knowledge of Mr Churchill said recently that nutrition hygiene could only be it lu the existence of the atom
oppiled to the advancement of the human race if this knowledge bomb stockpile in America which has kept peace in Europe. This
wan married to political power. Loter, other groups of scientists may be true. But the instinctive became politically-minded-intest feeling of most people is profound of all, oddly enough, the atomic regret that the atom bomb was ever invented.
physicists. Its shadow is polsoning our civilisation.
There Is one class of people which does not share this regret.
This is the scientists. Selenists
Curious results The adventures of scientists in these new political fields has had are of course no less concerned same curious results. A consider- than other people about the polioble number of scientists both in tical consequences of the atum Britain and America are suspect- bamb more concerned perhaps ed of being Communists. Much because. they know better its of the suspicion Is quite unjusti- power and potentialities.
fed, The witch hunt now in But, rising above tlidir concern, | jirogress in America la deplor is their sheer interest in the pro- uble.. Nevertheless there gress of atomic research. They been enough sensational cases of are excited by what may be dis- scientists detected in splonage covered next. Nothing can appal on behalf of Communism to show then. In a world of such drama- that behind the tic revelation of national secreta, some fire. they find it good to be alive.
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have
smoke there is
Why are scientista-or at least some scientists-attracted towards Communism? Chiefly, it seems, for two reasons. The first is that Russin has always gone out of its way proclaim itself a sinte based on science-the first state in history, it says, to base itself completely on selence.
This rationalist attitude is im- pressive, even If a litle Inhuman, and even if not share by non- scientists. The basic instinct of science is to pursue truth where- ver it inny feud. The genuine scientist the selentist pure and simple believes that in the long run humunity will never fall to Its claims are of course false. benefit by an advance of know-How false has been shown recent- ledge. Any unhappy consequences ly by the Lysenko affair. But will be only short-run ones. In Russian propagonda has been none the long run, truth inwards its #althful "devotees.
Faltering faith
It is easy to pin forward con- vincing arguments in favour of this imperturbability of the scien- recently the lists. Indeed until
which are called
the humanities-politics, history, moral philosophy he is apt to regard as not his life, he is hor- rilled at its muddle, dishonesty, lack of systern. If he were a true "humanist" he reflects that, political life at all stages of man's history lind shown rather the same characteristics, then it was its nature to be such and such. Politles might be a science, but a relonce very different from scientists and that of the pure laboratory scientiais.
But there are very few selen- tists who take this broad philoso- thical view. (There are of course exceptions. Bertrand Russell ■ one of the most notable.). But most scientists simply assume that the world needs better poll- organisation -- and tical
that science holds the key. Some then by a logle which is strikingly apt to necept that facile--are Soviet polities are "lentine". democratie polities confused and disordered.
.
A resemblance The second reason why, selenca and Cominunism seem to have afiullies is that there is a super-
This conception of the organis-
Good Mornin
Mr. Attics urges the British people to prepare to defend their freedoms.
board has An investigating been hurriedly convened to find out if there are any left.
•
The number of volunteers for no high in New Karen is twice Zealand it la in Australia,
This in an example of the New
atlon of how scientiflo studies Zeal. are organised seems to touch o strain of mysticism er poetry in many scientists, (Tho more or- dinary poetle and religious feel- ings are apt to atrophy in the refentist.)
on.
"Woman pleads weapons were planted in hut."
Somebody had apparently been reading these dragon's teeth atorics.
Leopold, after bringing the country to the brink of civil war by his return, now says he will abdicule.
This is known as maladroit du raf.
•
It appeals to their emotions. It is strange that 'they, who are trained observers of fact, fall to notice how much at varlance this theory is with the netual facts of their lives. For it is sull the in- dividuals with imagination and
mak Intuition who
tho really great advances-Rutherford, Gow-i land Hopkins, Einstein, and so
Whether or not a scientist is a Communist, and whether, he Is living in a capitalist society or a Commuriat society, the scientist Is probably the happiest man in the modern community. Modera unblassed life suits him. He has If it does nothing else, all the materials for fils Intelles- Tainch meeting has proved that the tual activilles. Modern society mountain can go to Mahommed, provides rally for his modent nebris and personal ambitions. The scientistsi are probably the only contented men in the tor- tured contemporary world.
Seeking modern monsters
reed of the selentisis was chared, at least in theory, by most people ter
Hightened. But after two world
Hiroshima the wars and
their faith.
A chain of mystery cities in central Africa, and mons- animals never before who considered themselves on- seen by white men, are ob-
mon-jectives of a scientists have begun to falter in expedition into the remote
man and wife
reation of the scientist, call the cas of the African jungle,
creation of the scientist.
tists thus form one of its most Important classes. Mr. H. G. Well proclaimed this, and it has become a truism. It is curious therefore to see how little so- clological analysis there has been of the way in which scientists live in our community. The life nl almost every other class has been minutely discussed in popular press politicians, 2- fishmongers, bus- tors, writers,
50.05. But not conductors and
the
selen-
In search of the animals, be- lieved by many
nuthorities to have become extinct many years ago, is Armand Denis, world famous traveller, big-game photo- grapher and hunter in the "Bring 'em back alive" tradition.
since
with the prehistorie monsters
Monsieur Deuls (who is a Del- that used to roam the world." gian) told me that he had no idea of the size of the lizard. "All that I have heard," he said, "is that it leaves footprints as big
By-
Dudley Hawkins
as soup plates. Any animal that can do that is of a fair size."
prehistoric. We are not in search of prehistotle anhouls, but of those which are belleved to be extinct."
Incidentally, according to M. Denis, a species of animal life becomes extinct each year. He will never discount rumour. "I learned my lesson Fome years ngo," he said, "when I was asked to join on expedition to catch a giant panda. I pooh-poohed the Idea and said that no such animal existed.
"Now I am going
to see it I een prove that rumours of mod- ern dinosaurs in the Cameroons are correct.'
While on his way across Africa M. Denis will make Alms of the wild life of the Continent. His recently completed film, "Savage Splendour, took New York" by
On the eve of his departure A French zoological expedition is also in search of the lizard, Nothing he can
from Nairobi, on the trip which
but M. Denis is hoping to find he expects will last nearly six cancel what has already been
months, he told me: "There's not it Best. done, though that may not
ile also believes that in the much of Africa left that hasn't prevent Mr. Malik: from try-
been explored, but there's plenty deep forests of the Congo lives ing. But we may take it for
scientists. A history of scleptista of it where no white man has glent sloth, far bigger than aby storm and may soon be shown Ini
the days of thing yet seen or recorded. He granted that he will put in the twentieth century
ventured Livingstone and
Hong Kong. the other great thinks that these animals, which every possible obstacle in the lists as a class..
nineteenth century explorers. It are tree dwellers, may be as large
bears, way of the further imple-luminating.
as grizzly
"Africa" he It would show that before the is to those areas that my wife mentation and development first world
to the scientists and I Intend
told me, "has been the home of go. "I expect to find in the river large animals, and not long ago Jungles of the French Cameroons I saw the bonds of baboons that large flesh-eating lizard that would have given them the size Those bones were I believe may have direct links of rhinoceri.
War
would be very
of the Council's past resolu were comparatively non-political It might be tions. The tragic part of it their interests. all is that if the Kremlin did
on
Guilty
women
men and By C. J. M. Alport
Socialist Colonial policy. In Nigeria the starting and begun to display symptoms of bloody neident a British cubite
for a moment, acute schizophrenia or a opinion on the strong undercus- rents of industrial strife which split mind.
exist in that Colony,
As Miss Rita Hinden, a truc Fabian, said so truthfully in an article in "Venture," "...so many Socialiste still hanker for outright Jiquidation of the Em- pire, in spite of their growing appreciation of the difficulties.
"They still cannot reconcile their consciences to the existence of Colonies and yearn for some dramatic act to end it all over- night,"
No doubt in
their heart
of
make a genuine move for to Scoui, and to turn defeat peace-a move so honest that into victory on the diploma- it would banish suspicion- tic front. In pursuance of it would be jumped at gladly. these objectives, it may bring Certainly the democracies up not only the question of don't want war. They would China's representation, but lean.over backwards to avoid also the action taken by Pre- Truman in the it. But equally they are not sident going to be fooled or be lulled neutralisation of Taiwan. into a false sense of security This has not come within now that the awakening has the province of action at come, and measures are be- Lake Success hitherto, But ing taken not unly to ensure something has to be done to a proper Korcan settlement alter the coldness of Peking's but to meet and resist aggres- attitude toward the aggres- sion wherever it may next sion of the North Koreans, arise.
and it would be surprising It is not going to be an easy indeed if the Soviet delegate time for anybody, however. does not try to make use of The Russians are pastmasters the Taiwan issue for this at exploiting the United Na-purpose. There seems to be tions, and they will probably an assumption that because concentrate
preventing the Nationalists are Nation- any attempt to wipe out the alists and not Communists, Korean Communist armed they have lost their birth forces in a counter-offensive, right as Chinese. There has and to make any withdrawal been a great deal of de of the aggressors conditional nunciation of what has been simultaneous with called "American aggression"
No matter drawal of the United Nations in this matter. Actually, as
Apparently it, does not matter forces. They will not be President Truman has made how much hardship is caused to deterred by the obvious clear, the United States has native populations, or how wide argument that this is a policy no designs whatever on this the door is flung open to Com- of "heads I win, tails you territory; in the sense of munist infiltration, provided that the "consciente” of Fabian lose.". They will still try to annexing it.
Socialium is rendered pure and drive a wedge between the It may have been mala- undefiled.
It
not surprising that United States, determined to droit to have included the
Colonial countries, accustomed to complete the military task in neutralisation of this island look to Britain for protection and Korea and to drive home the in a statement primarily con- leadership, should have become lesson that aggression does cerned with the outbreak of realive under the weak and reluc- not pay, and the members of Communist aggression in tant polleles which have the United Nations who may Korea, however logically the followed during the Socialists be more anxious for peace one followed the other. But In Malaya, the weary, "war" even a localised peace-than the Truman státément. was drags on interminably. for a reversal of the tide of quite clear. It banned ag- military fortunes. There may gression by either side, but
on A
hearts the present Government would like to dispense to other Colonial countries the treatment meted out to the unhappy people of Burma.
years of office.
phone
1.
been
even be threats that if the without prejudice to the ulti German car determination to drive the mate political disposal of North Koreans back where this territory, which legally they belong is pursued, the awaits the peace treaty with Soviet itself may interveno Japan, while actually under in North Koren as part of Chinese control. If the Chin- the restoration of the status
quo.
German husbands who ar- rive home late for dinner will cae Communists want à pre- no longer be able to use the text to join in the conillet, old excuse that they were out they can find it. But it would in the car and miles from still be a pretext and not a telephone box.
So far the aggressors have got away with it in a mill feat on the diplómatic front. and the appalling folly of with the virtual certainty of entering into open and direct an overwhelming - defeat in conflict with the "free world. battle to follow, The Bovicle' in that case, ab Bidhist card
the
Tưới aim is no doubt to preserv the fruits of victory to
olwan wat vont
the
grave
Hong Kong now stands as a solitary fortress in the path of the Communist sweep through Asia,
emphasises and weakening of British Influence since 1945.
In Honduran there is
more trouble, and It extends to many parts of the West Indies. Even in Kenya the relative tranquility of the Colony has deteriorated.
It never seems to have struck Britain's Socialist Colonial, ex- perts that the fault is not in the Colonies but in themselves. They are the Guilty Men and Women,
Words and deeds
They have misled Colonial peoples into believing that a Socialist Government could solve the complex. political, social, and economic problems with which they are confronted, while in fact Socialists have been culpably ignorant of the real nature of the problems involved.
The moral of the Colonial Civil Service Itself has shown a maris- ed deterioration, primarily be- ; because responsibility has been taken away from the man on the spot.
All this evil has been accom- plished at a time when the threat Communist aggression on Colonial peoples Joɑms *more menacingly ahead of the civilized world than at any other time in history.
of
No confession
Do the Socialists show any in- elination to confess that the promises upon which, they built of its disastrous outcome? their polley are wrong-In spite adopt a now and more realistie allude?
Not at all!
Or to
The Colonist Empire is not the inheritance of any Government,
Socialist or otherwise, but the and heritage of
that the West German postal qu-British peoples in all parts of the thorities have introduced a car world.KA JEDA phone pervice enabling the motor--Thasmuch as Socialism has falle Intera dal any number willin ed to preserve and advancs this 60 miles of his car jun as though heritage, it has betrayed not only nd Word in a telephone' box. 71 | Bus people of Britain but also This trick is done with a small,Uritain Colonial, follow-cillzent, hulten-short-wave 2 radio (=tranam (whose wolfare the decision at the
He also wants to look up "old
the
Trigade" the gorilla hunters of Belgian Congo who helped him capture 38 gorillas. Unfort unately, before he could get them back to the zoos of Britain and America, they died of an un- known virus while awaking shipment on the coust.
Archaeological aspect
His wife, Michaela, although an animal lover, is keener on the archaeological aspect of the ex- pedition, Auburn-haired, and for
explorer unbelievably good- looking, the plans to trace a chain of forgotten cifies leading from
the ruins of Great Zimbabwe in Southern Rhodesia. "Again," she
t said, "it is a case of rumours, but. they are so persistent, and agree with historical possibility, that mendous interest find of tre hope we shall
So far nobody has discovered when this great stone city, now buried deep in the valleys and hillsides of
Rhodesia, was built, nor is it known who built t
If Michaela Denis can traco a route
of towns or settlements (aa) she hopes to do) from Zimbabwe. to the coast, she will have solved a problem that has baffled archaeologists for nearly a cen- tury.
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