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SACRIFICE TO THE SACRED ELEPHANT.

AND

PRESIDENT

PICK A CARD,

1790

SAID GUNTER SANDEMAN

By Gerald Allen

UCAS and I had boarded the 6,05 for

One has to make allowances are the seven of clubs anyway. for a half-wit like Gunter, but You can't go wig.”

"You

I it was surprising how an inner you chapa make fin

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ing our newspapers, when Gunter climbed" into the compartment.

"Ah, thought it was you two lads," he said. "Nice to have company and a bit of a chat,"

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A "chat", with Gunter consists of having to listen to a long explanation of how he got the better of someone who thought he was smart until he encout- tered the master minct, The only remedy is to talk ten down. 1 glanced

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trick. He was still laughing at "Not at all. It's a very simple my

discomfiture when his own trick said Lucas, In Curt cigarette exploded. There was offended tor.

look of astonishment on such

"Of

course, if you want some- hie face,

couldn't help thing more difficult, there's chuckling.

always the one where you bring a rabbit out of a top-hat." I said.

It was a harmless jolte, and i want a bit pained to see how bacily Lucas took the whole thing. Strange how the best of people are short-tempered when the joke's on them.

"Oh, I can manage thu onc all right," boustert the master magician.

"Don't be too ambitious et "No need to be $0 pul out, 10 start," I cautioned "A my dear follow," mild Gunter, friend of mine once attempted “I've caught a lot of pròple with that trick and it brought

ace whether he was in the moodi to cope with the situation, but Gunter struck the first blow.

"Cigarette?" he asked jovial-

that trick. Got quite a collec disaster." a packet round, ly,

hunding a

of them. All part of my We accepted, and lit up. Ar lion

now hobby conjuring, you Lucas. a few draws, iny cigarette sud-

in know." denly bent it right angles the middle. Gunter roared.

"Just a tle joke, old boy."

SOLOMON BANDARANAIKE BURST LIKE A BOMB OVER THE FIELD OF INTERNATIONAL

NOW THAT HE POLITICS WHEN HE BECAME PRIME MINISTER OF CEYLON HAS GOT BRITAIN TO SURRENDER HER BASES. IT IS TIME TO FIND OUT WHAT HE IS LIKE, WHAT HE BELIEVES IN. AND HOW HE WILL

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ACT

WHERE IS BANDA

LEADING

HEN

Landon often gives the unpr ssion that Solomon be is morally neutral as well.

Bandaranaike is not a mora| Bandaranaike

nctateulist He does not like burst like a high either the foreign policy of the nic bomb Soviet Union, or the explosive

of Commun) an--and over the already confused polici

t say 5, that he does no* field of international polities. De pleper!

bappens diplomats

reporters like the foreign policies of John alike rushed in to minimise Pieter Dulles, and he has

Intention of pulting him elf in the damage.

#position in which he would God himself committed to thos policies whether he liked it or

By coralling him with cliches and stuffing him into The appropriate mental not pigeon-hole, everyone hoped

nu

One of the difficulties about Agreements like NATO and

he could be brough sutely SEATO કેન that the militant under coul gol.

policies of the most

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In the first place, saith the numbers of the group lend

commi! The Jes powerful,

pundits. Bandaranaike is whether they agree with them

obviously a nationalist: wit or not.

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Trotskyites promised his moral position,

res his attacks on foreign capital. In the second place, they reasoned, he is clearly neutralist: witness his plan to oust Britain from her bases. Finally, they

Rut insisted, he is a Socialist of outrageous left- The most wing sort: witness his plans to nationalise foreign plan. tations.

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the announed policies of the Trotskyiter In Ceylon noi viauniit him to anything ho would personally reject, and he wou Is

the de.red

with what they would,

ths of they wver happened This analysis appeared to form the government.

CEYLON?

"Conjuring?"

"Took it up io DMUSE my young nephows, and And I've

quite a Anir for it." The old Idiot smirked smugly.

"Shocking

affair,"

SCOTCH WHISKY.

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"He'd invited a lot of friends to see his performance and was so anxious that the trick should he a success that he'd stationed rabbits in all parts of the house, in case the first rabbit let him "I know a rich with a pick down. There was an abundanon of cards. You get Komeone to of lettuce on the premises, but plek one and replace it in the my friend absent-mindedly left pack

I began.

IL in the pantry, which was *Amazingly original," mur locked. The rabbits, being mered Lachs.

"YOU

VOU shuffle the cards, then throw your voice so that it appars there s * man-cuting tiger in the next Γούσι who's anxious to join the party "But that's ridiculous expostulated Gunter.

During 1ຍ ensuing ensiness, you switch uff

lights.

What

hungry, burrowed about all over the plice, and the house col- lapsed just as the audience was arriving.

"Of course, my friend tried to laugh it off, and protended that collapsing the house WOR tho trick hard interned, but the rabbits refused to support his story and he lost face in com un- sequence.

The landlord turned the nasty as well,"

happens If It's day-

ve already nalled heavy You shutters to the winduws, so that artificial lighting is a necessity."

his previous annoy

explained Lucas. who hadi swallowed

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"When you've quite Anished; ** said Gunter stiffly, " show you my latest trick. Here's pack of cords-now you pick unc."

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In "Put the card "Moving swiftly through the rld the islund of malarla, its

darkness I continued, "you pack," commanded Gunter. And the mast rippling plague.

deftly balance

when Lucas had done so, case of stuffed

started to sfruffle the same time, he was birds on the head of the person conjurer

cards furiously.

"It was the king of spades."

Laicas. nffably "You've

the

trick." Frined

"You mustn't Gunter snarled. let anyone know what it is. "Hore, you pick one," he said to mo.

- busy In" ?ilt complicated__ busł- | who selected the card. Ash

news of party organisation-in-powerful electric torch in his other Indispensable links in the face. and shout Your card is chain of self-government,

the seven of club","

"What happens if it's asked Gunter.

PRIME MINISTER BANDARANAIKE

to West isa the cold wor? the Labour Party, for a sent on

Bandaranaike would say that This is an arguable view. there is, simply because so indubitably correct But Bandaranaike has always West has chosen to fight a moral that all good and righteous been political realist.

Issue with a show of force. The opponents of nationalism, As for his own "deep water" issue must be fought on its own neutralism, and Socialism Socialism, thal, too, is subject grounds.

in 1953, he

be

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were at once marshalled in 10 xaggeration,

demanded the nationalization

hêm abuse.

of foreign holdings in Ceylon.

It in doubtful that he will ever He

belleves that they

two points

oints merit som? corkleration. The first is that

Bul

live down this ripulation. It is ought to be nationalised.

more av on

doubtful wholly deserves it.

that

DETERMINED MAN

be

the whole of his adult life has syskontally devoted himself to

he dots not propose to rush

A LONG WAY

Is his tendency to inflate national feeling and his dislike of foreign capital compatible with his ideals of international co-operation? Bandaranaiko Into the proposition. In theory, belleve that Ceylon must belleves that the job must stand on her own fect" befors

In practice, he is re

tribution

prepared to wait until economie se can make any useful con- Bentary debates and er-

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done.

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ani worked

REAL PROBLEM

atry

He, became secretary Ceylon National

of the Congress

vocally pationalist b:dy

which

self - government -- and,

not?

"He'll be toc confused to con-

spearheaded the campaign for tradhet you-and all the cards

president of the crganisation.

NEW PARTY

Then, with the coming

of

complete independence, he was Instrumental in the founding f

RUSSIA'S ACE

the United National Parts ATOM MAN

body more concerned with the bushes ef government than

with nationalist

aspirations From DONALD LUDLOW

which, then, were largely dundart.

rt-

The UNP formed the guvern-

sald

PICKED a card and replaced it. After a terrific amount of chuffing and heavy breathing, The mmgician announced! triumphantly, "Your card was the five of hearts, sir."

"Very clever," yawned Lucus "Am I right, sir?" the beam- ing Gunter asked me.

"I don't know-I didn't look." "What?"

Washington.

didn't tell me to look greatest at

"You fellows don't appreciate nuclear scientist, Dr

out of the ordinary," anything this or in from 1948 RUSSIA'S

Peter L. Kapitsa, held under sald poor old Gunter, humly.

arrest for -house

Reven He didn't speak to us for tho

Las

1951, however, year, in

with Bandaranaike broke

over what he called "fundamental divergenze"

party

<pinion.

lems.

VITAL FACTOR

After a four-yen; sniping war with the government, he bolster-

bar

labora for his

and place in his home in Zvenigorod, n West Moscow suburb.

Now Kapilsu, cleared of all

e a leading figure in Russian

The Ameri-

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of years on Stalin's orders, has rest of the journey, and when been restored to favour and we arrived at our station bid us

good-night. a very curi The "fundamental divergence"

U.S. scientists last we saw of him he was try covered a wide area of political freedom. the Columbo Municipal Council. theory and practice. In essence, just returned from Moscowing to explain to a hard-faced USE IT He won-much to everyone's however, he felt that the UNP have reported. surprise.

had become too tame and too Kapitsa clashed with of a season ticket. In 1930, when the Donough- attached to the status que to Stalin because he refused

He should be appearing in more Constitution gave Ceylon solve the problems of a young to devote his talents exclu-pariety any time now. cffective self-government, Ban- country rife with edministra- duratike

(COPYRIGHT) walked uncontested five, teonemic and human prod-sively to the development into a scat on the State Council.

He of nuclear weapons, Five years later, he was again He felt the UNP had bezom: | told Stalin that he alone elected without a contest and too carily attached to Western became Minister of Local Ad- forsten policy, toc tied

to the must be judge of what directions his research must ministration, Shortly afterwards, existing economic system.

Bandaranolks formed the Sri follow, naike he became Leader of the House.

Freedom Party and put Stalin's answer Was to with responsibility for planning Lanka

up 47 candidate in the general | him from the Moscow of 1952. All 47 were torics specially bullt the govemment's busi- election

elected and Bandaranaike be-ute, remove him from his post to the

the rest of it is FL smail, brspectacled, aucir conditions favour world,

In

he introduced the came Leader of the Opposition.

as Director of the Institute of 66 tunch that

1946, the two dotermined man who, for the mad until

Physical Problems, foolproof

budget. To the amazement of are therefore not only whole of his $7 years, hos sys-

the assembled Hous?, he can be

him under guard practical hin

but compa

necessary tematically devoted himself to out for 14,

introduced it without a

pre another. the development of his ownl cutlook on life and who,

Is his political opportunism pared speech and without for

deal his --C.&.

with the notes except a list of statistics. Trotskyites-compatiblo with He spoke easily and force- cd his forces by teaming up restrictions, le back In his job

partics The second is that the plan his moral ideals? He belleves fully, and the inass of the with two small splinter the development of his very is not motivated by abstract that

Agures spring to life.

a group of independents. nuclear research. The and that a united country must be personal poličal philosophy. Socialist principles so much as hia first objective If his Oppaltion was completely un- They consted casily into power.

The cas egains believing by

that come the fet

at his home are com- conllion really works, he has able to match the perforrnance, It is not easy for cne man to can scientists who met him and

were quests n new party and lead it Professor that he crirely

his mercial undertakings Ble, for t

F.

of the Kip end. Hia coniitton swept Si of ensity.

of reputation can be summarised instance, foreign ton plantations certainly progressed towards that and the budget went through form

to power in four years in any University

California, briefly.

in Ceylon

a dificult the

On the 60 ecals it contested

country-even a comparatively Charles Bean of the General The tea industry is the

current

young

Bandaranaike's Electric other hand the

Company and Dr over Ceylon's complex HARD WORK

single-minded determination Richard M. Bozarth, of the Bell this countrymen that, in the one which demands large-scale riots

was, rio

the vital factor. doubt, language problem suggest that

Telephone Laboratories. modern world, they cannot rely operations. Individual Sinhalese In

resources to take the still has a long way to go

But he placticnows how to

Dr Bozorth, to wholly on themselves. More lack the

According Meanwhile, however, his re-relax at the right time. is between before he achieves The choice

n function-

Kapiten was not alone in ii- precisely, he fras told them that over,

having the island's

'pulation was being built by most im- ing union. they cannot sit back and allow portant

-Relaxed, pipe in hand, he can curring Stalin's emnity. Several single industry very

sheer hard work and devotion to talks easily on most subjects. He other physicists were arrested events in the world to take their

Of one thing there is some and certainty. in foreign hands

Solomon West

aerics of vital projects of, the largely course unichecked.

Ridgeway Dias, Bandaranaike is kind that most politicians find can put almost any visitor at and barred from, research, some government

chro with # few

words, charm oven being exiled to Siberia, being equal, It

deadly dull. ond mat how, another force be develop is not healthy for any country exceptionally clever politician.

theso

back men are now As Minister of Lecal Ad- hle enemies with on cary smile t kep the warring West and to have a major industry In At Oxford (where

here he was

ministration, he Introdureed local and an apparent willingness to their jobs.

on Western scientiste Were from destroying ono foreign hands, The situation contemporary at Christ's government to Ceylon on a cope to reasonable terms

strongly impremed by the To do this nations tends to discourage initiative Chien college of Sir Anior's pattern, closely resemble anything but the things he re-

fundamental

Russian must draw closer together, I not

and scope of quality and, much worse, to creato

Urban Edan) was Secretary of the British.

ho

councils, garda as absolutely farther apart.

He still plays a good garin of nuclear research and the train- political tension.

municipal courmils, town coun Oxford Union, and defeated There are not the ordinary In this case, "other things" Malcolm MacDonald flater to cils and villors coutells were tennis regularly, and takes, asing of now men

macês time as the But the become

can to relax

Sold Dr Bozorth: "They seem Commisioner General established over ever widening

money to He has no use for the Willam problem is a real and a special for Southeast Asia) «for the areas and gradually took charge With..his wife (a daughter of to have unlimited

one of the old royal families of spend and their equipment la Tracufershin the of their own local affairs. Kandy), his three children and very good I would like to have "My country right or wrong, Bandaranalo is not a fanatie

Toreanization.

Ho The job was vital because his dings... but still my country"

about it. Не is genuinely

in until thero WILB

However wrong-headed' 'his}

visitors were He in m moutandilst in the striso, concerned.

Classic and The final test of his policies adenilion head polleles my ultimately turn in

Impressocks, as the freedom that he does not believe trai his country should enter dem will have to be in their results. Inner Temple.

realneliooni self-government out to be his enemies will of their personal and clentas They do not seem te permit In 1936, after six years away The British adeninistrative pesmu fikk kn

conto withs, the Hisslane. Immediato, Judgmonk from Chylogi, he went home

deserves

He hus constardly

He hop insisted that,

pedrer

wottr:r.

reminded poluan,

but

some.

sentimenty of nationalist,"

Other thin ownership.

not be equal. mby

Randolph Hearst philosophy of one.

ments Agecmera with any other country Suurte kar pollon when inly confused with

it

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of

an

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