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PERSIAN

COMMUNISM

OILFIELDS

ACADEMY OIL PAINTING

"I WAS CHURCHILL'S SHADOW,” PART 7

Greatest Shock

car, his

Of The War

By EX-INSPECTOR

Walter Henry Thompson

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1951.

For days was miserable,

When friends asked him what stark happened at Singapore, he would shake his head dismally and say "I really don't know."

-INSTON CHUR- But he made his Brst appear was dumbfounded.

he the beach in a large afterwards CHILL stood in ance, on

towel, which covered him from despondent. the centre of the head to toe. He walked towards swaying dining the water, threw the towel to

dived arms across his his valet and body, with one hand elasped naked into the sea. by Marshal of the Air Force Sir Charles (now Viscount) Portal and the other by an RAF sergeant.

In his hearty, but not very leading tunaful voice, he was

Me Churchill

а strong is fond of

LAST OF THREE ARTICLES

THE BALKANS

REVISITED

Tito Must Follow Democratic Path

ZAGREB. UGOSLAVIA has not ceased to be a dieta- torship by the mere

process of quarrelling with the Russlans. It still has its secret police, as it has done

By

VERNON BARTLETT

since the time of the Turks, and still more to deceive the Western powers, whose

Even among the Communists themselves more Than one night expect to support the new polley. Those who would like to sabotage it-and probably loare mainly those who have mlaus. their power and are frightened for their own skins.

But one should remember

People are still arrested help is so desperately need that the man who votes radical without warrant and im- ochr prisoned without trial, but-

in much smaller numbers But it seems that Marshal then when last I was in the Tito must now follow the puth country two years ago. towards democracy, whether he wants to or not. In that way alono can be retain or regain the support of his people:

The peasants are Atill pestored by officials with such unreasonable requisi- tioning of their produce that they are

sometimes calls driven to buy ment or grain in order to deliver their quotas.

in Britain voles Communist In Englern Europe,

Especially here in Zagreb, many loyal members of the party re- member with some nostalgin the days when their native Croatla

was part of the ramshackle but remarkable Austro-Hungarian Empire, with its Western tradi- tlens and its easy-going ways.

As a small example of the in the West, I am second-hand copy of the Oxford Concise English Dictionary can easily be rold for £20!

First, of the workers, Syndi- and profit sharing may be the best lines of progress in a nailonalised State, where the lazy worker has replaced Interests the grasping employer as the assured thai enemy of society.

Secret Ballot

Change Wanted

The more lenient policy proclaimed at the top has not yet seeped down to the whole population, and the Prime Minister of Slovenia admitted frankly to me that one of the greatest dilliculties is to

TIE people, then, want convince the ordinary party member list of everyone in the business revere Tito, even though they

·change of polley. Most of them that his days of petty from the manager downwards. may hate his party. They dù dictatorship are coming to an end.

of

O the control of the factories is to be placed in the hands of the employees, They elect a rouncil by secret ballot from a

a

The elections may, not all be so all the more since the Russians genuine, for the members of the were fools enough to question Communist Party must fear the.. his personal courage. reduction of their power

results from free elections.

that

a

I doubt whether many of them would like the clock to be turned But where they are genuine, back to point lowords they give the workers a for louder volee in running their monarchy, even if such an ex- factory than in most industrial periment with time were enterprises at home.

Dabic.

The Cominform blockade, the drought, the world rise in prices and the general lack of efficiency among people, more than half whom were illiterate be

have His staff tried to take his mind fore the war-these of the disaster, but all efforts combined to reduce produc» seemed useless. Shortly after-tion not only

Nothing like this has occurred of textiles

It would be silly and unfair In other Communist States, with wards he visited Ditchley Park, and many other manufacher Stakhnnvites and their to expect the British type of Due of the mansions that had

tured goods but even of production norms imposed from political democracy to flourish in been initially earmarked for the When he came out of the sea Cabinet In case of evacuation, food, of which the Yugo above. And one doubts whether the barren soil of the Balkans. at Palm Beach either his valet for the week-end. He did not slavs used to export a con- the process could now be re-

I was 'at hand with

versed or could fail to spread. the take his valet. but asked me to siderable surplus before towel. The morning before we look after his clothes with the

the war. loft it was raining, but Father house valet. provided by his decided to take his last bathe. hosts, Mr and Mrs Ronald Tree.

swimmer and he turning over and over like a porpoise in the water. He enjoys swimming and gets much bene-

0 from it.

the singing of Auld Lang Sync,

companied by newspapermen or and women, high-ranking om- cers, his personal staff, and the white and coloured staff of the train.

Those were the first moments of 1942, and the Prime Minister

While he was undressing there came a shout from the bouch. Mr Churchill was told

1. n

Jund just toasted in the New had just som by Year with the words:

"Here's to a year of toll; a year of struggle and peril-and a long step forward to vietory,"

We were on the train from Ottawa where he had address ed the Canadian-House of Com mons-io Washington, where a Tow weeks earlier President Roosovell and Mr Church had bogun the first Washington con- ferencz.

It was in Washington on the previous Christmas Day, that we had our first real experience of American police_protection.

Handed Back

15th, shark yards of the shore, overtred and sleeping life; and W thirds of

was downeast. Ito was

but that it was thought to be a more worried than I have ever harmless sand shark,

said Wimore

"I am not so sure about that,

WITH more than two- the arable known him. On the Saturday land still in private hands, to stop the Government has found all telephone calls him and in advare afternoon he asked

to stop the was complete see that there

pressure on the peasants to quiet while he tried to stepp

join co-operative farms. In Hall-an-hour later he sent for

Home cases land is actually me. The phone had awakened being handed back to

its him. I found later that As he sat down in the switch from the secretaries' room former owners. shallows by the water's edge het been left off and that a call Incl gone straight through to asked me to keep a look-out.

want to see his identity ennd before I trust myself with him."

"Let me know if that in him). offentive' shark comes back,” he said

0

He was not angry. He was pathetic, ife said in a miserable But we saw no more of it, and voice: "Sleep for me is finished. when he loft the water Mr 1 will do some work:" Churchill romarked: “My bulk · Next morning 1 brought him the Sunday newspapers as he Snt up in bed it breakfast. Although he spoke to me, his thoughts were far away and his face was blank.

must have frightened lign rway.”

The President and Mr Chur- loral chill were going to church service. Two lang lines We reltined to Washington of uniformed police on motor- for five days of conference art cles with armod men in the then flew to Denuda in a huge sidecars headed the procession. Boeing flying boat. I went to Immediately behind the Presi- look al the cockpit,

and, of dont's car were two huge open course, the Old Man was not to cars Alled with steret service be left out of the picture.

mon.

"Don't you think, sir." I sug- gested, "that if you took a trip weak-end to see some Service establishment it would

nex

Many of the hydro-elec tric and other long-term schemes to develop the of great potential riches the country have had to be that the postponed 80 available skill and materials. can be diverted to the cop- per mines and other sources of foreign currency.

With such losses of pro- duction and popularity the Government had to choose between the increasingly

He entered in his rompers, do you good and help you to ruthless measures adopted smoking a big cigar, and in a sleep?" few minutes had persundad the

All traffic was stopped. All

in all other, Communist He was looking straight at me, the approaches to the church were under guard. Occupants of pilot to let him take over the with his head slightly on one countries and the offer of houses overlooking the church controls. We were due to sail side but he did not answer, the kind of incentives had been ordered to draw their from Bermuda in H.MS. Duite tried again:

the Western binds and keep away from the of York, which had brought us "You always sleep well after known to windows, Sceret service men to America, but Mr Churchill these trips. They seem to put world. stood in a semi-circle watching conceived the idea of lying new life into you.. Why don't latter. the windows,

you make one, sir?"

back to Britain.

He told me that he was · go- ing in the flying boat with a small party and that I would be left behind. I protéstad violat-

Even in the church the pews near the President and Prime Minister were filled with secret service men. The some outside is, a party of such important was determined. to rouse him precautions were taken on the people in the plane. return journey, and as he pat But he overruled_my objec-

the turnout.

Still be stared into space. I

and went ont

and make

out of the car Mr Churchill tions. Leaving Government "Is it not a fact, sir, that these gave me a quizzical look which House to address the Bermuda trips do you good plainly told me his opinion of Assembly he turned to the Go- you sleep better?"

vernor, Lord Knollyn, and saldi: He suddenly fooled straight "The Inspector is very sore be at mo and said: "Yes, you are

quite right:""

Then why not take one next week-end sir?"

Our second stay in Washington cause he is not coming with me." was brief, and we then flow "Tstill consider it is a foolish south to a villa at Palm Beach. thing to have all your eggs in The idea was that the Old Man one basket, sir," I answered. should relax, but although he Mr Churchill waved his hand avam daily he refused to take airily and sald "We shall be all a holiday and continued his

right. And you will have routing of working until the well-earned rest on the ship." gmail hours.

The day after our arrival ot

Palm Beach I asked Mr Chur-

"I will," he answered, and it seemed as if a weight had been lifted from his mind.

Work kopt him from keeping this promise, but he did make ne excursion a fortnight later.

the

that,

chill what kind of swim-sult họ : Before boarding the flying innrkable fortitudo.

In

at

'It was characteristic of him

although he was unhappy. ho inoed this roverse with re-

Small would like, as I was going out boat next morning.

nice tim dificult. the Prime noyances matce tilm to get one for myself;

Minister shook hands all round, times of real trouble he and when he came to me it was his mast human and most obvious from his expression that pleasant best to all those who ho was not quite happy at surround him. and serve him. leaving me behind for the art hd shaken him, it did not affect

And, if

the

news.of Singapore ho said. "It is emirely private time since August, 1039.

his confidence in ultimate vic- came tory. More than once in those

"I don't think I need one"

here. Nobody knows I am stay- But the: flying-bost

Imag in this place, and I have through and. I had rejoined the deric days I heard him say: only to step out of the back Primo Ministor by the time he "We must hold on. All will door into the sea."

received the greatest shoeft of the come right, II. You

could be seen through warg

paticnce."* glasses, xir, I musgestou

In nearly 30 years of working Muf. they are that much, in with Me Churchill i have novor terested in is their own fault known him so shakeh ne bo wan what they see," 'growled "Wine" by the nova, in February 1942)

belt of the fall of... Singupsen,"

wo

hayo.

NEXT SATU AY

The Larish D„„„tista.“

Ha

4 In The Kremlin.:;

It has chosen the

There are,

of course, plenty of experts who ex- plain that the whole thing lessen grumbling at home. is bluff, designed partly to

In agriculture the tendency to allow the peasant to sell more In the open market and less to the State at, perhaps, one-tenth of its market value.

INSIDE...THIS SILVERY SHEATH

with Pli-glass Reservoir

But for the sake of both the Yugoslavs and ourselves, one hopes that Marshal Tito will be us successful in his new policy as he was successful during tho

war.

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