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SINGAPORE IN THE BALANCE

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MAY 14, 1958.

WINSTON, THE HISTORIAN

"MERDEKA" MARSHALL MEETS FIRM STAND

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By Harold James

But since then there has been

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Fall the problems with as a base for subversion, the

which the Colonial chance of orderly government Cyprus and Orm action by the Among many, the surviving in Malaya might be government. Secretary

hlight."

feeling that the evacuation of in the wrestled since he has been

discussions Suez presets!

mistake gains in office none not even Britain at least has started with ground.

In Singapore,

Itsolf, strike after Cyprus

presented the advantage of being uncom- there has been has

milted-except to regates- strike. And now-most Inop- greater difficulties than ment of 1he position since purtumely -- Ceylon hog mone Singapore, whose future is Singapore's constitutional change sour, Hence stiffening in at present under discussion in the spring of last year, Tory ranks ngainat too many

concessions. in London. For Mr LamIX- Boyd is torn between

of

The representatives of Singo- two porn, on the other hand, are all

committed}

Merdeka

n merdek

Marshall

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There is a pretty wide ap- preciation in political circles that Singapore must be settled by agreement, rather than on a merita. From this latter point of view, the iden of this small Island having 3 All-fledged dominion statis seems ludicrous, Geographically anet economical- ly 11 is part uziel Malaya,

parcel of und the commonsense thing to do would be to post- PORTS further self-government And after him who? No un it joined forces with doubt, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, many the mainland. But it is difficult of this island colony, which of whose party are Communist to guide the tide of nationall-

ux frw strategie

50 In sympathy if not in name tepping

between the

channel of that, in the eyes of the Colonial Mediterranean at the Parle

Office at any rate, Me Marshall

principles of Conservative freedom and if

is Mr colonial policy. the grunt doza not return with enough to satisfy his self-government to dependent territory, and the followers he will be out for

certainty His position

pre- Britain's urlaus safeguneling of

curious enough as it is, for he interests where does not command Alrutegic

a majority in the Legislature, and only these are of vital import.

jurvives through u division in Again, Singapore is not only

the Opposition Brisayo's

Aus- responsibility tralia co New Zealand Dat the United Staten, is the long terrnen in Day fute

NOT OPTIMISTIC

It besumes even greater sign)-

I the only horse in the stable,

feaner following recent events

In Ceylon. Tivere, s

of a change of government, the ous, he has

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VOL.3

Landon Express Service

realt a four, which su that HEIGHT YEARS ON from the wed-to-the-minute appraisal of the man ambitious is he? IS he changing Brilish TRENTAL bave #resignation for Whitehall to get ding day, the royal marriage enters who has climbed from anonymity to the pattern of monarchy? HOW

a new phrase... and this is an up-|near-

"-leadership of a nation. HOW DEEP is his interest in politics?

inlo a dither

There is no doublet it be sald at once--of his sincerity or of hi determination to stil y within the Commonwealth if he for Stuga- gets independence

*** only 16. FAKTAT Dirvals of

BAF air Trincomalee and the bise at Kalosyake may well be lost to the Commonwealth.

wit both Ceylon and Singapore

THIS

Brish strategie control, their is not much left It allow. 1 the Indian Chea That both Aden and Mombasa woud grow Importance

17/T The

Prants

ת

MALAYA'S FUTURE

The lafter which has been 182-Tul H I wo wosic could writ

Equally

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have

overtaken

the

changes that

man.. remarkable that Duke of Edinburgh. and

PRETTY girl ran ought even inore of the from

the crowd to pare, fat, perhaps, out of

the Duke of Edin- offretion for The Common-

burgh's side wealth. bul because he knows

How asked for his autograph. that any other coise would Tend

Comunuaisin, The The Duke glared. "fun! is that, with the best

no film ruble

star," he rebuked well in the world, Mr Marshall

Moments later he went on пу

his smiling way through the cheers.

not be able to keep his press pad that what he does Me læse may undo to-

Remises

FOTOW

The Landon discussions will

it is unlikely that such a thing would happen nowadays. Then the Duke was a pubile Now he has the aura of a man of Stale,

be developed both an a base for the teet aut for

But an oil refinery

not IN HOT centrally sled like Singapor

interested! London talks will De Tunku revolve on how to safeguard the

Tunku Abelail

Chief Minister Rabean,

• Irategic interests at the Com-dul of the Federation of Malaya, monwealth No

appears to Indeed, his

in Londoù be presence in alt have been helpful: for, as Manchester Guardian put

Singapore ther come inde paawer either

The Л Communist governor of government conducted ehjefty in

Cluna. intereste

tr would be in great

the

it.

should

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the

Federation

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It Singapore was used

optimiste about the result. Conservative opinion how Justened-in

months recent especially against any CONCEN sions which might imperil the

defence

When

Conservative members met Mr Marshall in December they fell victim fo the charm which he ešu exide when he wants to

It is eight years since he and Princess the young

Elizabeth married, In that time maturity has come upon them. Sove- reignty is no longer strange.

On their brief second honey-

the moon

Mediterranean which ended recently, the Queen must have reflected a little on ber

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There have bren the super- ndal alterations, of KAITSE At 34 the Duke is going bold Perhaps

he protesta u Mule 200 much, but he claims he doesn'! His pale blue eyes cannot stand the sun. One of them is faulty, but he resents the grow-

need to

wear spectacles. ing Instead he uses sin glosses with of the smoked lenses made a special prescription,

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That is a small vanity, the sort of thing all wives discover about their husbands after eight years of marriage.

At 34 the Duke is watching his waistline. He eats sparingly flow. Meat is bla diet. Sweeta and pastries are off the menu. But those urc the surface differences

bis It is in his stature, in position in the nation that the Duke has to greatly altered, The Queen, always a mediator, when must think of this thing she reflects on the progress of that light-hearted Greek prince the married eight years ago.

heard of the young Who had Le Mountbatten, R.N., those days?

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unflagging ambition of a who wants to do right. Despite certain disadvantages, had he remained that smiling nonenlity ik & prince with

a schoolboy outlook he was before he be came engaged he would still hove

the been accepted by nation. But he would never have been

called

its into counsels as he is today.

What

are those disadvant- Bes? In his blood are elements which are not popular in Britain. the

Russiasa Czar of all they go to make up his family inc.

His four sisters married into Germany's most noble families,

which

cherished the Kaiser during World War One.

JHO would predict that in so he would be- few year conve the strong man behind the Throne, playing the role that no roya!

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On the state occasion the But the Duke has elevated Duke follows behind the Queen himself in a manner which must as tradition dictates, But only be the envy of every professional It is a Usen. At all other times he public relations officer. shown his own will, his own family trait. The ability to radiate charm, to attract radiate purpose

pleasant attention, is possessed most strongly by his uncle, Lord Mountbatten.

In eight years he has become the voice of our monarchy.

To scientists, to doctors, and

to Industrialista he has spoken with 5

firm voice and aired Not for him strong opinions. has been the formal, uncon-

troversial murmur.

To the people of Britain he

endeared himself.

With every device, from the ofter-dinner speech to the film camera, he has fought a cam- paign for our children.

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Errors

the

onc

one of his

a

On

from both sides of industry.

of his con- For the secretary ference the Duke has chosen a

young bright

member of the Socialist Party.

The path has been far from More criticism will smooth. come.

unhappily, for the prince whore wish was to do well.

The question which must have

of tour The roya) Australia he was exploring some erves when he was wamed to "Oh those," watch the drips. said the Duke, "I've run to plenty of those in my He,"

These are the moments when entered the Queen's mind is how

of a summer Sunday afternoon drove many fervent clergyman and chapel and church goers to a fury. Loud were their pro- tests. This must have perturbed Queen, for much of the the anger came from Scotland, and the Scols are dear to her heart.

But the Duke gave his happy, grin and paid no heed at all.

When King George VI was alive the Duke found it much

the ghost of that rather brash fur the Duke can safely B for harder to have his own way.

officer overtakes Junior navel the man the Duke is trying so hard to be As the years go on there will be fewer and fewer of them.

от hos he gone 100 uirendy?

Collision engagement, when

TIRST came the fuss during

Even over his motoring! He has a sincere and deep-seated The Duke at home has an-

he can drive st It is that bellef that other role to play

the of being

This idea has not light-hearted and well.

niways been wholly founded on But wil he also flirt less and revolutionary in the Palace.

instances.

fact. less with politics? He will have There are many to if he is lo succeed as one of His car drew up at Buckingham

Palace. With his suitcase in the nation's leaders,

The his hand he strolled up the red Has the Duke polities? history of monarchy is blotted carpet. The

in footmen and those with the fate of those from the

attendance on the Court were Paince who have tried to inter-

For protocol in the fere with parliamentary affairs, horrified,

is no secret that the Duke Palace is rigid, and high in the strong views on most politi tenets is the clause that Princes cal situations. It is on record do

Bot that the Duke has not shown luggage. that restraint which has always marked the utterances of his wife, the Queen.

own

a

Duke slid his small sports car Into a ditch. Then the Duke chaking and some escaped with criticism from the King.

He was then involved in collision with a taxi in Hyde Park. Unfortunately the Queen then Princess Elizabeth-was with him. The King's remarks were rather more pointed. TRIVIAL thing? It was more Although the restrictions

handle

their

His gadgets

Already he has been in hot water.

A

between

conference.

small

tho

arc

thesa

Then the authorities Inslated

than that. It was the Duke which the King then placed on "The royal meddler" he was called in print when he defended gently cocking a snoot at the the Duke's driving havo

O gone, he And his greatest the Court system which badevii- drives more circumspectly conscription. and most controversial plan so led and effectively curbed Prince days. But he is still very testy, far is coming in for criticism by Albert, the Duke's ancestor and and some of his comumenta in private would not win for him politicians on both sides of the predecessor.

He has allered several of the the applause he gets in public TE has made mistakes in his House. F

from road safety organisations. eight years' climb to the

small day-to-day customs which His own idea have culed generations of Kings.

But it is in flying that the Duke and the Duke has most completely failed When the of There have been errors taste.

eating together, to behave as was expected of TILUSHED with his success as Queen

aldeboard him. It was the Duke who was the royal sponsor of scienti- the food is placed on

First no one wanted him to responsiblo for a British chief fie progress in industry he went and left by the servants so that

royal couple may be alone. fly, but he did. In an age of nicknamed should be no children playing in constable being

on without hesitation to tackle

The Duke Ilkes

air travel he was not going to privacy. streets

with lamp-posts for "Binder.

the the problem of century-the the field

Once ho relations

member

be left behind. Not for "bim of the Queen and wickets and window panes for

of When the

Royal Family answered the

the rola of arm-chslr Als Duko perilous boundaries.

were making lour workers and bosses,

directly, telephone The Duke, so keen on sport, through

It was left Marshal. they In 1952 It occurred to him that country. embarked on a campaign to stopped

for he might be the ideal man to to the servants. Now the Duke morning bring the cause of the back- refreshment. The Duke dia- bring both sides together. First will answer any telephone that that he d not fly jet aircraft. An Air Council signal was sent girls to the appeared behind the scenes on he set out to meet the workers. rings if it is near by.

The Quton must sometimes to RAF stations saying that it talking off-the-schedule He could be found

came round he was well And how

he has inspections.

the at He came back into earnestly

coal-face and think of laughter which has the Duke succeeded. There are few in the room as the chief constable factory bench.

marriage. not to be offered a flight in a rung through the the land who have not heard of was reminding the royal party And as he talked he evolved There is that fascination of the jet aircraft.

But all the same, he does. National Playing Fields it was time to move on, Royal the idea for a

Duke's for mechanical

gadgets. Axelation There are even programmes have to be very There was bound to be criti. He is always ordering something

And now......?. fewer celebrities, from The carefully timed.

eim at the Duke's interference new trom the exhibitions he swapner-crooners to the halling-

this problem

tem perplexing goes to. He once arrived home voiced sportsmen, who have not "Oh, is he binding?" said the th

Duke. "I am going to drink my unions, workers, and employers, and fold the Queen that he had NOW the helicopter stage has

bought her a washing machine. beguiled their publics to ensure coffee first," And

come. Despite Ministry of And

sure enough there was.

advice On another occasion he turned Civil Aviation

that that every child in the land I was in the wardroom of the But the Duke went ahead, should

have fresh air and a first and only ship he ever com- He planned that his conference up with an armful of self- Buckingham Palace was not private park to play at sporting manded, the frigate Magpie, should be held in Buckingham heating ins of soup.

suliable for taking off or land-

grosiness,

when

Ing, the Duke's hellcopter in was tok! of the lime be Palace, for all the world as made the ratings blush. though it were the Albert Hall.

often seen hovering there,

Again, the Duke has had his The ship was on passage to The sponsors were officially Greece and the Queen was on the Industrial Welfare Society, is usual in marriage for the authority.

own way against the advice of The Duke was very with the Duke os patron. IF by his campaign he has board.

husband and wife to learn These are some of the facets charmed the

Palace thero was people of proud of his ship and he was Buckinglom Britain, the Duke has taken as especially pleased with the anti- alarm. Careful always to skirt soon that without give and take of a young man who, in eight much trouble

The Palace on both sides there can be little years, has climbed from anony to show the roll stabilisers

hope of success, embarrassingly

mity to near loadership of the children he is deeply Interested Magple was fitted. The Queen was now in an

But a royal union brings nation which had to send a in them. In their presence is a bad railor and Edinburgh prominent poallion, And it was

different problem. It is the worship to rescue him and his and he seeks them out he be called for those stabilisers to be promptly attacked. haves with the cheerful off put into operation.

cotton mill might be a consort who is expected to con- family when he was a baby, better place for conference," form completely....even so up from the violent hostility of his to the minute a man as the own people tho Girpeks, who said one union loader.

Duke of Edinburgh. The Buckingham Palace con-

How has ference was never bald, but the

this worked out in After eight years of marriage. ed by members of the crew, the that workers and bosses shall it is quite evident that the Duke

· “He: always' carries my Duite used An extremely meet under his patronage. Now has had his victoriow. He is the hat

advanced curDO,

his plan is for a mass assembly non-conformist consort. Ambition has brought

The Queen looked straight at Oxford in July, Duke of Edinburgh to the peak ahead. Every milor within our The "hes reached" today, The shot: looked down at his gout,

Big brother

handodness of brother.

醒

grown-up

When he vialted a

boys' club he was followed

with which political dispute,

The drips......

al by his detectivo. "HEY jammed, Standing next Duke was not to be deterred so practice?

saki

the kids, "Look at the cond to the Queen and surround- enelly. He is still determined The Duke heard them grinned. "He's very useful," he

the

It will be a big affair. 10 it comes off, with shout 300 people

Victories

were in

Far as he has come, there is further to go.

How is that journey charted?

will tradition, circumstance and discretion be the landmarkst Or D high ambition to be the guide?

Consider his polo playing.. The sight of, the. Doks on his pony galloping through the heat, these things as he grows ostes,