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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1958.

Commonwealth Must Face Hard Realities

..

By PATRICK MAITLAND, MP

London, grace and charm of a young IR Winston Churchill Queen, bid fafr to inspire was so angered by the the world. But there is "warmonger" taunts another aspect. There is, in

somc-

of his opponents at the the British people, the be-

in General Election the lief, the hope and

tho determination Autumn of 1951 that he times

the that it will be possible to go on living on borrowed

and

money; that and inspirations

especially.. studied

chances of pence.

lle concluded that the time

were dreams Soviet Government

not bent upon attuck. The might sufllce; that words reasoning behind his, intul can replace action; that tion, like his oratory, is not substitutes can be found for

hard, relentless effort. always clear.

Effervesced

T

EXCLUSIVE TO THE CHINA MAIL

Eric Shipton

the eminent

mountaineer whose 1951 reconnaissance opened the route followed by Colonel Hunt writes for the first time on the great nows from the Himalayas

HE brilliant achieve. ment of the British expedition in climb. ing Mount Everest. has thrilled the world.

It might be realisation of Russia's economic difficulties with her satellites or the strain of Sino-Soviet rela-

For the British people, ured

of the effort tions. Or it may have been of

two world still shrink from the the despatches from Sir wars,

to make them- Alvary Gascoigne, British effort needed

selves really great again, to pay Ambassador in Moscow, on for the vast structure of social the vast Soviet industrial services built up since the war, projects which must say to replace the ships machinery, buildings which are some of the country's indus- engines out of date, to save so

growing trial energy.

that investments can be provid- overseas territories But his intuition gained ed for the force with the realisation which must feed Industry with

That the Sherpas, who raw materials. that the economies of the

are the realities which have been such devoted and These are Weat could not bear the pace the Coronation must help the of rearmament which the country and the Commonwealth gallant partners throughout threat of Russian attack to face. During it the people the whole endeavour, should ave reminded themselves of have been represented by forced upon them.

their heritage and history, their

Tensing at the summit has kings, and queens, battles and victories. They have effervesced made it a superb climax to 13 only Anglo-Saxons can on the long story of the enter-

necasions.

have prise. They. ugly strutted

on a stage The threat had been forc-

the admiring gaze of a world cast for 1952, then for 1954. which for one day at least has then for 1956. Sir Winston not denied them their glory decided that the defence They have transformed London from the smoke and drobness policies which

been hud

with which the Industrial framed to meet the alleged revolution

coated it into the

of threat by these dates must riotous colours medieval be revised.

pageantry.

Reshaping

Last June he ordered the British defence programme to be reshaped. Continental Europe followed suit, In

Stime.

Memories

to

The crowds, whether in the the end. America did the streets or in the Abbey, will always remember the first sight coach appearing of the golden The atomic weapon tests through the Palace gates; the at Montebello last Autumn plain shift the Queen wore for were successful. New Bri- her crowning; her lonely walk to altar to offer her sword; the

What next? How often during the last 80 years has

EVEREST

ISN'T THE

TOUGHEST

THE AUTHOR A picture to capture the loneliness of a camp high above the world

across which Shackleton made his way on the last stage of his eple journey from Elephant island.

These are

still quite UDOX-. plored from a mountaineering point of view.

And second, the great portions" of the maps of the Souther Andes of Patagonia whera there are blank spaces with the word "Inesplorado" written. Cross them. HerO fantastic. peaks have been seen to rise i above the great fco caps which send their glaciers down into the waters of the Pacific Ocean, The elimbing of Mount Everest will, I believe, арен

of mountaineering" a new era

in the Himalaya. Just as the pro- climbing of Mont Blanc ceded by many decades, "the "Golden Age" of Alpine climbi ing, so future generations may of come to regard the ascent

use of the

one heard people say: "It improved, but it must be re- I believe that this great peak, Everest (many mountaineers, will be sad when Everest is membered that those of the one of the most beautiful in the rightly deplore the climbed because Its summit

great peaks that have been world, will be climbed this year word "conquest" being applied! is the last point on the climbed are among the least by the American expedition led to mountains) as the precursor earth's surface still to be difficult, and that among reached by man."

I imagine that any ex- plorer would challenge this statement: to the moun- taineer it is nonsense.

OTHER GIANTS

by Dr Charles Houston.

of a

protracted

PUBLICITY

for more "Golden Ago" of Himalayan the great majority that re Two attempts evere made on Itmountaineering. main there are some which by American expeditions in the much lato "thirties. The first, led by will demand a very

Dr Houston, climbed to about higher standard of skill.

-1,000 ft. from the summit, and In mountaineering, as in other proved that there was a practic matters, it is unwise to prophesy, able route to the top. The second, but it would not surprise me to led by Dr Welsner, reached a told that even the next point even closer to its goal, bul generation will not live to sto ended in tragedy.

be

tish jet aircraft were in the ed acceptances of the new N the highlands of Central the last of these giants climbed.

shouted

the

mountain in the world,

COURAGE

far

we have been ta HITHERTO

altitude, Peaks have often

zame extent obsessed by mere; been elimbed,

attempted with the main motive of ca

or

tablishing a high altitude re cord, of reaching the "highest summit yet cilmbed" --the first 25,000 feet or the firsh 8,000-metre peaks.

This very

r

Buch a vast

air. The prospect that Bri-

silence; the Asia, whose mountains I Apart from Everest there are Queen breaking the tain could conquer the skies boy prince gazing at his

mother

know best, there are scores two peaks more than 28,000ft. of as she had formerly con- Edinburgh's vow allegiance;

of peaks exceeding 25,000ft. in height. Although they are a TANCHENJUNGA is a

natural tendency cultured young voice on quered the seas came within e radio with an zecent pleasing in height. These giants have thousand miles apart their height tougher

proposition

than led, equally naturally, to inters reach. Henceforth, in the both to Lan

to Lambeth and Mayfair,

been attempted by expedi. differs so little that it is im- either Everest or K2, and it is national xivalry. Now that the possible to say for certain which probable that it will continue to highest peak of ail has been Churchillian view, the Bri- These are the memories which

tions from many nations for of the two is the second highest defy the assaults of the most climbed, and with litter tish nation would have the stay after the waterlogged litt

cleared

the London nearly a century. .....from

skilful mountaineers, for

for many, "weapons and the means-of-

sirecis, They

will be needed to

It Yet barely half a dozen of The height of 3 (in the many years. Twe remarkable hitherto given the American turns to

face hard

hard economic

claims In nation undoubted

wage mastery realitics,

Centainly far more expedi estimated at 28,250ft, while that in 1920 and in 1931 by German buyer's market, of the free world.

growing com petition

now taking the of Kanchenjunga (80 miles cast expeditions lot by Dr Paul and less significance. andtions are from Germany

Everest) s reckoned at Bauer. For determination, skil}, The Commonwealth could Japan, the political realities field each year than was the 28,150ft. So, while there is a and courage the stories of these now afford to take a more forced on dreams and inspira case before the war: true it possible error of 100ft, either way are outstanding among the great

by independent line in economic tons

Republicans in

is that both technique and in both these figures, K2 must epics of mountaineering. and Washington

Malenkov In as in de. policles as well

equipment are very greatly be given pride of place, Moscow. fence.

as

delivering them which had sustain the Commonwchimic them have been climbed. Karakoram, north of Kashmir) is attempts were made to climb t

A Commonwealth con- ference last November out- lined steps which the free world must take to reach

economic stability. These were later presented to the American Government not is by suppliants but with the suggestion that there alternative courses open, though they might not be so pleasing.

were

Certainties

On March 6, Stalin died. The British Prime Minister, having prompted new initiatives in defence and economies, claimed he saw a chance here of regulating relations with the common foo which had been im- possible hitherto. He could suggest it without fear of being accused of appeas¢-| mont, for he had fought against Roosevelt's wartime appeasement of Stalin and had urged the need of an attack in the Balkans to provent their Soviet en- slavement.

Sir Winston is a cautious gambler and his bets rarely fall on less than certainties. There is information be- hind his pleas that nothing be dono to lessen the chances of victory in }

the forces Moscow for which favour at least more normal relations with the West. His proposed meet- ing with the leaders of the now regime la now in- avitable.

The valour of an old fighter, harnessed to thol

of

IF-SYNGMAN RHEE 'GOES ON ALONE"

YUNOY

1. And the United Nations will not waver in their defence of North Korea

against the unprovoked, aggression of the South,"

London Express Bervion

choice of summits still to ba reached, this competitive motive will tend to subside. As in the case of the Alps the mere height of the mountains will have less

desirable

Another most result which may be ***

pected from the climbing Fot Everest is that the large eizborately equipped, expensive In 1930 an exceedingly strong expeditions which cams cinta: International expedition, com- vogue some 30 years ago will. posed of some of the best tend to diminish, and in time,

I hope, may vanish altogether. climbers of many nations organised and conducted regard-

With less international com- less of cost, and equipment with petition, and consequently loss many unusual devices, including publicity, it will become much" dynamite for the demolition of more incult to raise the hugo obstacles, made an attempt to sums of money required for this climb Kanchenjunga from the type of expedition,

north-west,

The difficulties encountered were so formidable that the

STAGE 'SET

climbers senteely succeeded even MOUNTAINEERS wishing to! in effecting a lodgement on the Aelknb and explore the Hima- lower slopes of the mountain daya will be forced to do so an itself.

their own initiative, and "ón modest resources. They will dis- But it is not, the great glants cover how incredibly armall those of the Himalayas and Kara- resources can be, while still pro- koram, but the peaks of the viding all their needs, moro modest helghts, say be tween 18,00011, and

25,000ft.,

To raise funds they may bo

that offer the main field of forced, as I was, to undertako observation. In the regions they vielt; then they will learn to their delight how

mountaineering enterprise in selentine Central Asia.

While the former can be le is really known of those counted in scores the latter may vast ranges.

be numbered in thousands. The

great majority of those are un-.

Above all, they will find

named and unmeasured. Very the simplicity of their approach have no place on any the true enjoyment of theft

endeavour.

many

mop.

UNNAMED

ONE doble than any of the

of them are far more

No, there certainly - na Deason for the mountaineers" to be depressed by any lack of scope for fresh; and inspiring enterprise),

Our successors for many gen-, come... will And

to

glants; indeed I can think of many such as Amadeblam, the erations Muztagh Tower, Changabang plenty. I doubt if, in a century a half of mountaineering, and the unnamed spires of the and

bo one-tenth of the summits of that Baltoro-which Beem to beyond the scope of even the world have yet been reached, most modern mountaineering

Some ten years ago;

aro, sum techniqua.

marising the attempts to climb "this" "It In

Certainly, mountain ranges or Everest, I wrote Central Asia offer by far the possible, even probable, that m most extensive field for moun- ume man will lookirbable with. tain exploration in the world; wonder at our feeble, afforis, but there are other great areas unable to account for our re which aro either totally un- peated failures, while they touched or almost w

themselves aro grappling far more formidable, problems." I will mention only twat Fitat the lonely "storm» The slage à now set for tho kswept - rangos of Bouth Georgia fulfilment of this prediction.

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