1951-06-09 — Page 11

5,000 YEARS OF AGONY

By BERNARD WICKSTEED

THERE WON R private exhibition of shaving implements in London and as we do not employ a full- time shaving correspondent

I went along.

I can think of only one thing I'd less rather write about, and that is on exhibition of imple- ments used by dentists.

The collection has been

goli

together by the head of an

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1951.

IF ONLY RUSSIA WOULD OPEN UP A CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY

FORTIGH

"PAN5%

We must not be involved in tha toronto war, at the turong place and reith the wrong enemy,...

"

. Mr. Stalin should

be impeached."

"Here is the precise number of alom bombs on "'"postcsn."

"We must fort to the lost Chinese ! “

American firm that makes eleI WAS CHURCHILL'S SHADOW: Part Eight

Irie razors and it is designed to

show that shaving has been kell since 3,000 BC.

'The implements of torture were all laid out on a table in Bloomsbury hotel. The Brat ones you came to were labelled "Early

American Safety

Razors."

Made of stone

It sounds very archaeological, but they didn's look much dif- ferent from the postwar speel- Bens found in my bathroom at Hampstead.

in

** Fifty per cent. of our tanks are only bayonet proof...

Cummings

And not for an explanation of the General

Stap secret strategy.“

London Expresa Bervice

DINNER IN THE KREMLIN LASTED OVER THREE HOURS

O

N August 10, 1942. our plane touched down at an airfield near Moscow and

Mr Churchill stepped out to Nearby were some old razor blades of stone thrown away by be greeted by Molotov.

same Inca

Drawn up before the run Peru That's an-way was a guard of honour

the

Russian of curses of shav-consisting

of what soldiers

enormous

other

ing.

Do

of

you will, the physique.

used blades are sillying around 5,000 afler years.

erupling volcances. They give a shave rather like you would get from bits of broken bottle.

milk

✡

After inspecting this guard Mr Churchill was led to a car, and we rushed through Moscow at 60 p.m.h. and out to a secret country retreat of Stalin's.

By Ex-Inspector

WALTER HENRY THOMPSON

We returned to the villa, with was obviously enjoying himself: the Prime Minister clearly dis-

He was dressed in a kind of turbed and put out, For the mock, with breeches and jack- next two days business was left boots, which made his Ogure a to the military chlefs, and then starting contrast 10 the the whole of the British mission elaborate military uniforms. We was invited to a banquet at the had hardly begun to cat when Kremlin.

Stalin jumped up and began proposing tousts.

I have attended many state dinners in my years of service with Mr Churchill, but I havo never known anything to com-

pare

Sometimes he would leave his place and walk round the tables men he was toasting. We drank to raise his glass in front of the

I *** 25 toasts and wondered when

the dinner was going to end.

After the meal we adjourned to another

room where cham- pagne, liqueurs and coffee were

zone I got no answer, and was conducted to the grounds of the Kremlin.

Winston jumped out of the er and said: "Aren't you going to give us a tune?"

"Sure, sir." came the answer. The guitarist played, the sailors 9.1g, and Me Churchill joined in the choruses. Then, the sailors him and the Prime thanked Minister drove off to his villa.

*

соль-

I walked round, accompanied by secret police, who could not

After the Casablanca understand or answer my ques- tions. At last Molotov's police terence we went to Cairo, where nicer, whom had seen pe London, came along, and through Mr Churchill came up to me and him I obtained an interpreter.

ated me with a great air of

I asked if the Prime Minister mystery: "Do you know where

we are going tomorrow?" ven no direct answer. The interpreter said I had left, but was given

back to the villa. should 20

not

I then demanded the help of Molotov's police guard, explain- ing that just as he had to stick io Molotov in London, I could Churchill in leave Me

in

with the Interpreter. Finally they asked me to come and have some food, and ex- plained that Mr Churchill was dining alone with Stalin.

ment

I did not, and he sold with a chuckle: rl tell you in the morning."

These blades for the Peruvian Stone Age pattern of razor are

Here we were challenged by made of obsidian, which is natural form of glass made by sentries, and had to pass through two guarded doorways befor:

with this in lavishness. we entered the gardens of the when, later, I saw people in the villa. The house and grounds streets of Moscow, who had been

entries, were stiff with armou and when I walked round the queuing more than four hours

for bread, I still had this menu served. Mr Churchill accmed Mirrow. He had a long argu- had to i gardens to inspect the layout found myself dogged by plain in my pocket: clothes men of the secret police. the Once we were inside grounds it was impossible to get out, until we had made an ap- plication by telephone.

After that there was a wall of half an hour until the arrival of the escort, without which we were not allowed to move.

re-

Naturally, the Romans were well represented at an exhibi- tion of this kind. There was

cut-throat mode) Roman sembling come agricultural im- plement, and a whole sel of spikes, nooks, and tweezers that once belonged to Roman "medical borber.”

suppose barbers had to be ⚫ doctors as well in those days, otherwise their Customers would have bled to death.

One of the exhibits was call-

It ed a "Korean beauty fob," had a set of five gadgets some- what resembling the extras on Boy. Scout's knife, only Instead of being used for get- ting things out of horses' hoofs They are for taking hairs out of Koreans' faces.

At 7 p.m. Mr Churchill left the villa for his first meeting with We passed through Stalin. various guards into the Kremlin and, followed by a large body of the secret police, wore taken to Stalin's room.

was

The Prime Minister ushered into Stalin's presence. The rest of us were taken to an The modern

anteroom, where a lavish urray Passing from the ancient im- of drinks, cigarettes and cigars plements to the modern elec. was set out for us.

Dut frie razors, there was a gadget

svere

shortly afterwards we called back-to find M

for fitting on to your car so that " stalking down

ol

you can shave while you drive. Next month the exhibition is going to the Royal College Sturgeons, and except for the Chamber of Horrors, I cannot Imagine a better place for 1,

-Tandon Express Servies)

the

in obvious displeasure.

Hors d'Œuvres (Cold). Caviar (soft). Caviar (pressed)

Salmon, Sturgeon, Garnished Herringe, Dried Herrings. Cold Ham, Game Mayonnaise.

Soused Sturgeon. Tomate

Tomato Salad.

Cucumber.

Duck.

Saindomatoes

cream.

Radishes, Cheese. Hors d'Œuvres (Hot) White mushrooma in sour Forcemeat of Game. Egg plant Mounler

DINNER

Soup. Creme de Foularde

Consomme Borsch. Sturgeon in Champagne. Turkey. Chicken. Partridge. Potato puree. Sucking Lamb with potatons Cucumber salad. Cauliflower. Asparagus.

Ice cream. Fruit Ices.

Coffee,

Tec, Liqueurs Fruit. Petit four. Roasted almonds. Every dish had its appropriate dinner went on, Mr Churchill had been asked wine and the

gathered later that although

the meeting had begun cordially.

to give a decision and thai Stalin for more than three hours. I

uneasy and he drew Alexander Cadogan aside and talked to him quietly in

corner.

Вес

When they returned to the banqueting hall Sir Alexander told Pavlov, Stalin's interpreter, Mr Churchill wished to Stalin alone. But Stalin would not play. He intended to have a night's enjoyment and no discussions.

This did not please the Old Mar

He jumped from his scat, called to Sir Alexander:

"Come along. I'm going. Tell the Marshal if he wishes to have any further discussion, I shall the villa until Sunday be at

Then I am leaving morning. for Cairo as arranged."

Wo left the Kremlin, - and us to the Stalin accompanied entrance.

fold that Mr

I

We were off to Adana to meet President Inenu of Turkey. Be cause Turkey was neutral, the Service members of the party borrow civilian buits. There were some strange sights. General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson put his bulk into a sult belonging to Sir Miles Laimpson, the British Ambassador, who is a much taller map. The General had to use a considerable amount Later Sir Alexander Cadogan of extra turn-up on the trousersi arrived to wait for the Prime

We flew to Adana, and met Minister, who emerged shortly President Inonu on his special after 2 a.m. looking pleased and train. The President clasped satisfied with the result of his the Prime Minister's hand in 1ession...

beth of his, when he welcomed

On our way through the city him, and as soon as they were we saw the bread queue. It was alone in the sitting room he still there when we left for the asked: "Why have you sent for

Mime, Mr Churchili?"" erndrome four hours later....

in January,

What German agents had heard of the meeting, and a colleague

locked-doors of Mr. Churchill's

At the Casablanca conference Throughout their conversations

1043,

where Mr President Inonu sat looking up Churchill once again

met at Mr Churchill, exactly like a President Roosevelt. the dif- small boy who has met his here. fextences between General do

Although Turkish troops were ulle and General Giraud began guarding the sidings, we knew to make themselves felt.

The President and Mr Churchill had several com- On Saturday afternoon I was ferences on the subject, the lag and I sat up all night inside the

Churchill would of which

went on until the cach, with our guns at the visit Stalin at 8 pm. This time early hours of the morning. After rendy.

was his only companion, and it Mr Churchill said to me: when we reached the Kremlin, I

"Sorry to keep you out so late, was conducted in the same ante- Thompson, but we have to marry

From Adana Wo

Bew roem as on our first appearance, these....s somchowi"

Then, after twenty minutes, 1

Cyprus, and thence to Tripoli, Next day Mr Churchill had a When I

braced General Montgomery in long conversation with General where Mr Churchill almost em- de Gaulle, who looked far from his

at meeting him pleasure pleased. Then suddenly, Mr Churchill gathered up his papers

her they reviewed and, with the General, left his the victorious Eighth Army, who villa and started off to President marched past as if they had just come out of Wellington Barmcks Roosevelt's.

Instead of fighting their WGF Hallway there I saw Mr

from

Alamein. Murphy, the President's

did not like the answer. The was at a table directly in front was naked to leave. discussion promptly ended.) of the two principals, and Stalin asked whether Mr Churchill had

TENNIS EXILE No. 1 TELLS WHAT IT WILL MEAN FOR THE NEW IRON CURTAIN FUGITIVE ⠀

How hard is life for

the men who escape?

ITTING

- PARIS.

the

aun

Satching the tennis

from

EVELYN

without a country finds it hard to get a job.

Back in Prague he had been

IRONS

He cannot, of course, repre-

again. Together

to

sald

"I really do not know where sent his new country In Davis presentative, with General they

got their 'polish," Cup matches; for, having one Giraud. De Gaulle looked up deneral Montgomery. been a Davis Cup player fand saw them, and half turned

Mr Churchill chuckled, as he ora country, one cannot switch as though to go back to the answered "Trust the British to another. Droboy cum never | Prime Minister's villa.

ppear in the Davis Cup match for any country but his own. But he plays for Egypt in other tournaments.

Today Drobny says he feels. reasonably secure for the first Curtain time since the Iron clanged down behind him. Set

SAC

the Roland Garros paper nt

W39 by no means Now In spite of the cynics a ling down and getting

Also man

a Hving ried? "Not yet. I must cannot make stadium

Jaroslav equivalent to a passpart. was

Drobny Brat," He is frugal;' never he discovered that man from amateur tennls. Drobny the former Czech

was very thankful when early smokes, hardly over drinken. tennis champion who fled

last year he was offered a job

to From January

March from behind the Iron Cur

(those are the best months for in Egypt. tain nearly two years ago.

tennis in Egypt), Drobny lives in д Cairo boarding-house Beside him was Vladislav Shoe Company, which

like ("rather tcmnis balls.

your private hotela in South Bearington) Ho Ls often to be seen at the luxurious Geziya sporting club.

a clerk in a branch of the Bata The offer came from a cot-

He had a plea- low magnate

mado

who lives in

and

Skonecky, the Davis Cup bachelor fat and a small palace in Caire and is a tennis player, who has just de- cas, and he always had enough enthusiast. He was in Czecho

alovakia before the war cided not to return to pocket money to keep him go-

piny. Skonecky disap- ing in the tennis Poland.

capitals he saw Drabay peared from the Polish where the firm allowed him to met. Davis Cup team in Switzer spend most of his time,

Quitting his

land, has now arrived in quitted his job, too. Paris seeking asylum.

that It was in July Drobny-the

former Prague ball-boy who became champlon

1040

runner-up

*

country,

Offered Job

They

he

be- Now this magnate has friends Drobny and made possibly for him to continue his tennis career.

t

be

No News

Lant

I had the impression of Mr Churchill urging him forward. The two Generats met and there was a half-hearted handshake. Then after a fow minutos' conversation, Giraud returned- with the Prime Minister and de Gaulle went with Mr Murphy to the President's villa.

were

After that the conference gat going and Mr Churchill relaxed 3 little. Tho villas surrounded by a barbed wire compound, patrolled by a double line of sentries.

asked the principals not to leave The military authorities had the safety zone, but no barbed wire could keep Winston in and he used to take trips down to the seashore and walk along the sands

Не

ne he played tennis adeq costruirsion on sales touring

.

A cotton affected through November and December he of tommyguns held by American

He speaks no Arabic, getting

One evening our driver missed by with Trench Baki English. the road back and landed us Every day he talks bis

own up against the barbed wire at Inguage with his friend Co the back of the compound. Mr nik, who is also a naturalised

Churchill

got out and said: In March 1950 Drobný When it proved imponible to came an Egyptian citizen. Also Egyptian living in Cairo, "We can climb over that.

as a cotton frequently meets ciber

oxiled

promptly began to clamber Bata through the wire. of Czechoslovakia and No. 1 work in Switzerland he made ho began work

There was a shout of "Halti". player in Europe defied an his way to the Unitext States, man. He will not discloco Czech's working for the

in and next thing we knew Wa order forbidding him

The rest of the your ho to play thinking to and a future there. his salary. But he says that it shoe factory at Altonaria,

and on top of it So fond German and

the world.

were looking down the barrels ngainst Spaniard. With his friend and to in the USA way CORY.

India entric

An onçer came, up Vladimir Czernie Amerkan tennis club was his trudilections. "I have op was pligte tennis in

sociatio

the lung and

us for the risks wo Inialnest and. Pakistan..

and reproved t he refused 20 euro travel expenses of ornate portumlics of inche

mother are had taken, as his men had orders His father (arnă. bo where from Switzerland,

players. Also they allow a dit mén, saciatkyy all over

where Drobny senior to firo at sight if anyone at Progue was playing at the time.

oxtra for Incidentais.

world." Drobny said, "I do" In natches not actually carry out the males is still a' terula grottad mittempted to climb the wire or to It was between when he was not playing, that and the contact men. "He has remained simple get into the compound without

his producing a pass. explaine hard done Drabiny found Lido "difficult.

at the popular with

With the men at this has not heard from his parents for kit year

The

an

How has Drobny fived since #bon? As we sat together, in the sun Drobny told me the story.

gave him Swigg identity, card, when he exiled

Czechoslovakia himmeltrom But they would not allow him to work in Switzerland. Drob ny, soon found that this bit of

"I found that people forgot Movie Quito, well go dad wag*R. in, 14 mtha zahod, the

about mo as oooh as the gut experience of cotton grow tournement ended" he said. In ing had selling. But I be

the USA, as in Switzerland, it maisimeto serious" alunty, or it was just not possibly for a to recently went on an futons alatescos alien to make a living riva tour of kin, am by working.

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After another atrail on the sanda Mr Churchill, was KÖILLÄN to his car when our o Amèrican" sallare; ana) nf/ whom was carrying a autoty, came by. Filey recognited him und satuted:

Tommy to find some when re- quired!"

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