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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1953.

Gas For A Continent

By DAVID DIVINE

THE flames still burn THE

night and day in that of the Middle East arca where, the Bible tells us, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were saved from the fiery furnace.

British airmen in World War Two used them as A night mark in their desert flights. They burn be Свиче they are fed in exhaustibly from the oil depths of the Middle East- orn underworld.

naco

On those same gases that feed the ever-burning fur- the people of many European countries may, within this generation, be cooking their ments.

For expert technicians are already in the planning stage of n scheme to harness this natural source of power the noods of industrial Europe.

Briain ore within four hundred miles. There are no technical

meulues in the way of an ex- tension of the scheme. Two pumping stations would lako care of the extra mileage. came to draw their supplies this way the pipe-lines would have to be doubled. But Bechtel estimate that two main feeders sinrting from the all-Acids at 30 inches in diameter diminishing eventually to 22 inches would look after would be one of politics.

The

Joely difficulte

Bochtel's planned line crosses the Greek border into Tito's somewhere above

As more centres of population

country

Salonika, operate?

most

Would Tillo

and

-03

POCKET CARTOON by OSDERT LANCASTER

MALAVA

Now you know we have to be terribly, terribly careful to mold controversy so on page 36, instead of "yellow- bellied Communia" thali she say "off-white radical”]

THE SUDAN

PACT

Fulfilment Of

M

A Pledge

IKE

DON IDDON'S DIARY

CRACKS THE WHIP AS THEY 'TAKE A CHANCE ON FREEDOM'

A

New York, Tuesday.

SHOWER

the

social gadabouts end White House, and that is tho

Mrs of pink hostesses.

Gwendolyn government óf New York City. Cafritz, the dismissal slipe

great party-giver Whether a Roosevelt, a Truman, falls

who lined up the lions at her or an Eisenhower is President, from the Washington lavish receptions, now cannot New York, the fabulous, falls sky. There is a crash, as snag a Cabinet Minister,

deeper and deeper into debt. Vice-President Richard Nixon wage and price contro's are.

has turned down a party in his 300th birthday celebration flung off like chains.

honour, the Cabinet by-passes turned out to be a wake, and Instead of Almost every day there the social circuit, the Supreme Governor Dewey,

Court Justices are busy with offering congratulationg, shouted is a spectacular announce their law books.

-stern words, - demanding Austerity has som ment from the Elsenhower come to boom-lown,

efficiency and economy (those Administration, and the There are no aligns yet that words again).

New York has been affected by pace gets hotter as the at the storm measures imposed in mosphere gets chillier.

Washington. We

are still smok- 1 passed through ing at our desics,

sipping Month after month the deficits cocktail before lunch, passing mount, the taxes Increase, the and it seemed to me

that the

time of day with office in

transportation my friends

Eyalem, out of minor neighbours, giving and attend- date and out of order, gels worse I feel these and loses more money, and the Government jobs were ap- ing parties, but prehensive. They were halcyon days numbered, corruption Increases. The city's

There

is a bleakness in the air. finances are in such a hopeless obviously expecting some- Botter

give up coffee, state and the standard of official thing to fall-probably cigarettes, and Coca-cola. Better morality so low that the heads of their heads.

become a lifelong teetotaller. To the Churches here have called

upon the people to take action against civic corruption and in- competence.

The simple truth is that since LaGuardia New York has not

Washington the other day for coffee and Wout had good government.

They told me tha life is real, morrow may be too late. carmest, and rather awful since economy and efficiency in capital WALL STREET

letters came to the capital.

IS CAUTIOUS

What they propose is a pipe- line, 2,500 miles long, from Kirkuk, in the great officids of Irak. to Paris a pipe-line thirty-six inches in diameter, with 15 pumping stations, which will drive the waste Roses of

No smoking by clerks, typists,

More outspoken publicists have the oilfields across Turkey,

By PATRICK MAITLAND, MP.

described the city as suffering secretaries at their desks; no slip- under the Bosphorus, ncross

ping out for coffee or Coca-cola,

AM surprised that in Wall "from government by slob." Greece, through Yugoslavia and

London, been any references to the

no Martinks before lunch, no Street, where they should be

Perhaps when President Elsen- Northern Italy, over the Brenner

R Jefferson Caffery, British- Egyptian

Zone In Canal

some of the time-wasting scial hobnobbing dancing as business is unfettered, hower has the time he will come Paas into Germany and down

exchanges during office hours, even by high there is no rejoicing. The con- and clean United the towlands of Europe

States Am- UVET

since King Farouk's departure.

up New York after are officials.

trols are off, the skyscraper's the cleansing the capital. into Paris,

bassador to Cairo In any event, off

official British On the Job ata.m. and limit, but the brokers shuffle Feeder inco-none of them and 11 bold and colourful insistence that the Canal Zone

preferably at 8.30, and a full about uncertainly.

The big local diversion at the need be more than 300 miles

only be discussed once day's work until 5.30 or 6 p.m. In fact, since President Eisen- trial of Minot (Mickey) Jelke.

moment is the cafe society vice long-will carry the gas from

The departmental edlets fall fat hower swept his scythe and sald the main pipeline to all the concluded his diplomatic Sudan has meant that every

and fast, Government by cocktail the

Everyone barriers were

except the Simplo principal centres

down the Simons who peld out the cash, of European carcor with the signing of move in the Sudan dispute has,

is over, and there are some sighs stocks have

down. population. In this way 330,- the

gone

The and Mr Jelke for the good old days of good old decline during the past few daya

himself, 13 000,000 people, could be given

Anglo-Egyptian pact in the minds of both parties, been related to other negotia-

the trial, which is relishing Harry, on the Sudan. good, permanent and cheap fuel

For his tions which are still to come.

has been the worst since last occupying more space

and at- in perpetuity.

early transfer, if not total

October, when that sinister for tention here them Formosa. of free retirement by the Repub-

economy Harry, Truman. The influenza epidemic, how- was still running the country. lican Administration,

ever, may hold up Baked a is

proceed. a broker friend to ex- ings. The city has been coughing generally forecast. He was.

plain the paradox. He said: "We and spluttering for weeks now rent to Cairo by President

pro- feel things are being rished-a and almost everyone has been Truman after being Ambas sador in Paris,

ECONOMIC

Bechtel

lond-

figure, will probably have can

there is agreement about the

NEW POLICY

MENERAL Eisenhower

the

Umised action during his bit. Possibly a little precipitate stricken in varying degrees.

The British-Egyptian Alliance of 1930, negotiated by Mr Eden, HITS 'SOCIETY' lapses in any event in 1956. It has meanwhile been unilaterally issue arising from 11 is denounced by Egypt. The basic the arrangement to be made for de- fence of the Canal Zone whether it shall be with or without British forces. Herbert Morrison proposed as a Mr

basis of negotiation that Britain

W

by

election campaign,

and abroad. New ideas at home and delivering. Two thousand Gov- are admirable, but not, ahem, ernment employees have been main force. We are a cautious WHAT'S ON fred and more are slated for little group down here." *****DOWN BROADWAY the sack.

I asked the owner of a general Controls, restrictions, price

If these have not might agree to withdraw, under coilings, wage curbs are being store if the killing of controls on THE epidemic

The scheme has been develop ed by the Bechtel International Corporation of San Francisco.

specialises in distance pipe-line construction,

During his several years in They have played an important part in the great all Une projects Cairo Mr Caffery has been one of the Middle East

the architects of growing Their of technicians, among the most ex-America interest, and even in- perienced in the world, have dervention, in the affairs of the carried

preliminary Midle East.

to British survey, and find that the project always been helpful is not only possible from En policy, they have been full of point of view but resource and, in the last critical nomically feasible.

chase of British negotiations Today hundreds of millions of with General Naguib, he has cubic feet of gas are burned fully redeemed his reputation. every 24 hours in the disposal flares of the ailfields-burned as a nuisance, as a waste product

Today the average

out д

consump

tion of per person in Europe is only five cubic feet a day. Of greater that amount much the

natural gas but part is not manufactured gas, made from solid fuels at very considerable expense.

Today in the United States consumption, very largely of than 77

For he has exerted substantial pressure on the Egyptian Premier to give way on important points in respect of British reservations about his can prot with the Sudanese political leaders. This pact set out the terms on which will join in prompt parties

to a national assembly. cleations to a

M

persuaded the Caffery American Government to invite Nagulb to send, a delegation headed by one of the Premier's junts. This officer, Wing Com- mander Aly Sabry.

has been a5- Washington now, sune of substantial help, both in the release of equipment and the provision of economic 08- sistance, once the British- Egyptian pact is in force.

meat, clothing, furniture, restau audiences at ditched

and junked wholevel sunt meals, drinks, and min the Republican broom-wielders. other

America

back to

has shrunic the cinemas

"The Em- by George

for safeguards

in. return crisis, provided Egypt joined a

openings, including Middle East defence system.

Is there any direction and pur- able rests had had any noticed theatres, but there are four

"Not much," he said.

peror's Clothes, pose in this outbreak of furious

"Some That general offer, and the

The energy?

Taberi, who Republicans invite Egypt Info "Yes," and

- worked in Fleet project 10

Bay of

of my people have asked for wage suggest the slogan increases, but there has been no

Stroet. MEDO, still stands. British hands will be strengthened for

"Take a chance on freedom.”

The biggest event will be when marking up of prices. Meat, in "John Brown's Body" It is Eisenhower policy

with those negotiations by

progress

to fact, la cheaper than it was two get in the Sudan

system months ago, even if the

The unions are Tyrone Power, Raymond Massey, denials are true that there is no

of the freest of free enterprise, muttering about strikes, but it's and Judith Anderson, opens. IndRecz-faire and non-inter-

Touchstone, an carriest too soon to tell. Almost everyone preliminary compact about it.

the event has supervened ference with busineswould like feels that Eisenhower or at what after

(The feels that Eisenhower has started drama by William Stucky, closed the to strengthen

dierka Immensely British position.

a little freedom and less inter- he promised to do.". The breach between Israel and Russin ot ference themselves, but they

aren't considered business.) last makes it practical politics in Tel-Aviv to consider offering Holta as an alternative to the Suez area for certain functions. the exceptional merits of the Canal Zone for the casy dis

It will be interesting to see how it all works out. "Take chance on freedom.... Only the

was worth taking.

CITY AWAITS A CLEAN-UP

seven performances, Marc Connelly, who wrote "Green Pastures," has completed "There Are Two Points," and Hugh Beaumont will probably produce the play in London this year.

natural gas from the oilfields of to Washington, and then General Nevertheless nothing can alter results can show it the chance, HERE is one vast enterprise Broadway' musical "Wonderful

the Slates, is more cubic feet per head.

This is not gas merely for cooking or for heating water. It is gas for all the complicated processes of the 20th century world.

Gas for driving engines for Industrial processes, fur power production, above all for the petro-chemical industry.

Europe could have it, too.

·HALF PRICE

The total investment necessary

1

tribution of supplies. who is in

One strategic consideration

The gloomicst people in the sober and sombre capital city are by

Rosalind Russell is due in n

that seems to be unaffected Town," fowards the end of the whatever happens in the month.

Vultures Come Home To Roost

has greatly strengthened the IN

'N October 1949 the Nor- wegian Communist newspaper Friheten report- marked ed the expulsion of the veteran Party leader Peder

official British argument that the record represents wise

I bargain. There la no secret that the hoste which the last few weeks of the Cairo

Khartoum

By Hugo Dewar

will of their own, the "little Stoling" content with the trappings of power without its substance. The purge of Cam- mimist, leaders In Albania, language, the same accuan- technique of the trials, and of

Rucnanin, Bulgaria.. - Poland, that tions--including

of the "investigations" preliminary for stage 1 of the experimenta conversation has been the pro- Furbotn. The report sald attempted murder-as was the Moscow rials of 1936-18, so can have no other explanation,

and Hungary,

Czechcrlovakia to them, is the same as that of single pipe-line delivering 500gressive swing of Sudanese that there had been two employed in the Prague that purpose is the same. In the million cubic feet of gus per opinion. With increasing force factions day--has

In spite, therefore, of the been estimated at has been argued in

struggling for trials. Who can doubt that Russian Irials Stalin and his instructive nature of the side- $425,000,000. For stage 2 (in-

that since there is at last an leadership. of the Nor- if the Norwegian Party had faction removed all actual and issues revealed by the export of corporating a second pipe-line) Egyption Government willing wegian Party; that led by been in power Furbotn potential opposition within the the Moscow confessional trial to

further $350,000,000 would be

to concede the sight of the Furbotn had been condemin- would not merely have been Moscow trinis not only destroyed, su

Soviet Communist Party The

Europe they remain needed,

Thus yed-side-issues.

the use of And according to the calcula-

this ed at a Party conference, expelled, but arrested. themselves,

Ho the Bolshevik Old Guard; they anti-Semitism by the stage tion of the Bechtel

engineers chance should at once be ex-but, notwithstanding, Fur would then have confessed also covered them with infamy, managers of the Prague trial was the ultimate cost would range ploited from just below one-half of that preparations made for exercising

ons made for strong botn had continued, and to being a spy for "Anglo- made them scapegoats for all the not necessary to the main pur-

even intensified, his fac American Imperialiam,"

regime, of solid fuels-coal and coko-to

and pose! It was mere propaganda to terrorised into quiescence any trimming, just as was the flavour a maximum of five-sevenths.

"On the official British argu- tional activities.

organising a "hostile, malcontents who might have of anti-Semitism in the trial of ment, the conclusion of a pact

G.P.U. dragnet, Cardinal Mindszenty and with General Naguib not only

Trotskyiat, Titolst, escaped the most

When Stalin's henchmen took ite

play on

on anti-German nationalist

it is expedient to emphasise that

Sudaneso to determine their future for

it.

They reckon they could get the

One to Paris at one-half the 139

of those

of the

the

20s works of the French capital. | a pledge of free choice to the Furbotn was Strand Johan- within the Party." and the Power In the Eastern Europe prejudices at the Rajk trial. If means honourable fulfilment of prominent in the attack on bourgeois-nationalist group countries this process had to bo

price of that delivered from the

From Paris to London is 216 Sudanese, but an adroit move miles. From London the whole to influence that choice toward sen, a former member of charge of attempting mur repeated. Even without Tito's some of the acctised are not, only than the Norwegian Parliament. der emanating from the detection it would have been so. "bourgeois" but Jewish, then the ganisations the Stalinist vultures main things to demonstrate whose mercy one lives and has came home to, roost-on the one's utter devotion to Stalin, by

one's being. corpses of their own comrades.

After the "liquklation" of the

of the main industrial areas of genuine freedom rh Egypt. He alleged that Furbotn deranged mind .of Johansen non-Communist parties and or phasla' will be given. - But the

SALESMEN

真真大

subject association Against that the suggestion has beca made, and may be widely was "the greatest criminal would have formed part of argued, that this in a kind of in, history," and accused the indictment against him British scuttle from respon him of being connected with and his supporters. Who sibility, exposing a vital area of Africa to alien influence that the American Secret Ser- can doubt the outcome? can only damage British in-vice and of having plotted

Once one recognises this law of Stalinist politics one ceases to speculate why this and not that

been sacrificed. One also ceases

terests and British' prestige. to murder Johansen, "by Struggle For Power particular lo should havo

In A Nut hell

Io look in the Marxist textbooks The Bulgarian Communist

*

supplying me with a car in fuot, the Sudan is without brakes,”

The Norwegian affair and the for an explanation of Russian Kolarov (since deceased) put the geographically accessible only

nutshell The through Egypt, the Red Sea, or There was

curious rift in the French Party under policy for the only guiding matter in o A

lines the fact that in all the prin iple is that political ex-measures adopted againat Traicho territory that is friendly to ti sequel to this: shortly after Communist parties there exists pediency is of all times decisive. Kostov by the Grottal com-

Between Egypt and the Furbotn's expulsion Strand a coaseless struggle for personal:

mitico....have dispelled the last populous parts of the Budon

of the All-Union there

takon for power. extensive Johansen reachos an

It may be argued that Only one Communist party has suspicions

power without the Communist Parly with regard desert barrier. Otherwise the observation to

the this cm be seen in other political taken

but parties, Sudan is bounited by the Red paychiatric ward of the rivalries cannot compare with the Lion of loading personalitics, and The All-Union Communist

Sea open to the strong

in

Was

Quence of British sea power Ulleval Hospital, Oslo, Ethiopia, with 20 600 miles.

In This incident

the border, Kenya, Ugande, - and inner life of the Norwegian French Equatorial Atrien.TAG

floral politient subsequent wholesale elimina- our Pirty and" (ts, leaded

ferocity with which the Stalinists it escaped only because it had is the name given to the Russian 超 ceased to be Stalinist party, Party, but what Kolarov was settle their differences.

The Yugoslav party is the except really referring The struggle for power with fon that proves the rule. Had

ta was,

the

major geographical and politi. | Party- scema remota from In- the Communist parties, how- Tito continued to be subservient but the Russian Gover

Kostov was hanged, just as the cal influence is certain, there the Prague trials of over, does not of itself explala to Moscow he would have been

the depths to which it sinks. For forced to perified not only eleven la Prague were hanged. fore, to remain British or November, 1952, when 11

explanation

one must refer to Velebit (his refusal to charge And there is not a single Com- friendly to Britain.

of 14 lending. Communiste the polley of the Sovket Govern- Velebit with being an “Engich munist : party in the satellite Omelally, there has been no

Yepy

was the red light for States that he not faken mention of the Canal Zone wero condemned to execu ment

other similar measures The keynote of all the trials in Moscow) but all his bases in the Sudan conversation and the remainder to

fo dlaỳ" the tions. Tant may bo true fe imprisonment. Yet the the satellites is always dias falihful sides. The only leaders" suspicions of the Soviet Govern technically. But it -də 5 futika

loyalty to the Soviet Union the Russian, Government darumont, for the Foreign Office strife within the Norwegian This is the glue caential to permit in the satellite parties are Ons prophbeycan'antely be start denying that there have Party called forth the same undsestanding. *Just als? Aho those guaranteed to posam no mundo the lab is tiot yet closeda

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