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* THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1956.

Sir BEVERLEY BAXTER and other MPs go on

¡STATESMEN IN AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEA- LAND, SOUTH AFRICA AND ELSEWHERE HAVE SUPPORTED THE AKABA PROJECT

A SPORTING WEEK-END A SCHEME TO

V

stimulated

London. lent orchestra

·EESIBILITY is conversation at the tables.

good" said the When the dinner ended went French pilot, towards midnight we "We shall ar to the playing rooms of the one casino to chance our luck at rive at Deauville in hour and one quarter. After Chemin de Fer, Bucarat, Trente et the take-off ten

Quarante. As we had to be Bairved, Merci."

at our best for the next day's sporting contests our group went home early to bed. In other words we left at about three A.M.

and will be Roulette

The setting was the Lon- don Airport and the passengers consisted of ten Britlah Members of Parlin- ment and their wives. We were off to spend the week. and in sporting contesta with members of the French Parliament Paris. Our plane carried the golfers, and a second plane would bring the lawn tennis players. The yachtsmen MI's were naturally travel- ling by water in their own boats.

coming from

Monsieur Andre, a man of elegance and dignity, is the owner of the ensino at Deauville, and

OWIN

Gala Dinner

4.

Just to complete the social side of our stay let me put on record that Mon- sieur Andre gave gula dinner on

and Saturday Sunday night as well, and they seemed to grow in size and splendour.

For

xample RA

about

a dnight on Sunday night the lights went out, and uddenly the casino through the great windows we & antwerkg ut lighted stars falling from the sky. There

haves laten theuzande

we were ceie- inarriage

practically all the tw hotels in the famous Normandy

But them is though lown. Monsieur Andre is not in E

In the Cindralls and her Prines terested merely money of the gumblers.

Aviation Rally

17h1

ht

and 10

A Shock

an

WAYES

1790

BYPASS SUEZ SANDEMAN

ago

outside.

engineers have

In Brittan Lord Hore-Belisha, former War Magister, is a keen

of the

Akaba Canal Supporter plan He favoury a canal cut From Ashkelon, just north of the Caza Strip, to the Dead Sea and own through the Wadi Araba to

By SIMON MAYNARD

do it understand, they orangeman to the last pip and will

Is the lapping of the

OR many years people Galilee with the Dead Sea into one huge lake, causing the Waters Popery opposed

stnily. the end of

upon the shore.

of the Dead Sea to rise' 1,000) his days. But what a hold the

Therefore I was not without The casino at Deauville, like the Suez Canal. A hundred feet higher than they are today, has In France! For interest la And that our golf the cazino at Monte Carlo, is a church

even Lord American social men of per- exaniple my wife and I went opponents were

rallying paint, The years to see the Catholic church on the sonality and unpompous dignity. rarest sight is anyone the worse Palmeraton, famous British or relicvernment, and they Sunday

of morning

our And as always with French- for drink although the bars re-statesman, condemned it— ori: "it is feasible and need

report: Deauville visit It was quite men They were on <xcellent main open to the early hours of on the ground that it would not take more than six years at

the sun was terme with their wives

the morning. We renew old full although

acquaintances

"let the French through to the and make Dew friends calling everyone is the beaches

the hills.

Д for

night.

The the East." crouplers' who collect the There was one girl of about

Similarly today there is op- She had It was somewhat of a shock, innings and pay out the win-

position to the idea of a rival fourteen by herself. u dark cloche hat which was however, to flad that my gol 19 are men of good op- canal to the Suez. In fact, for the same colour and texture an opponent spok

Englion pearance and complete integrity. the lost ten years no

people have whatsoever, her hair.

Whatever the hour if you wish coffed at the plan for an Akabt ha Her eyes were dark

you and rather end and her mouth amusing companion on the

refreshmen is the restaurant

Canal

"Impracticable" and volded a poul. Just

But she courte, In fact by the end of

room remain open.

"provocative, us look at R as a matier enough personality to the match

chauing wo were

What exactly is this Akabil p supply an entire girls school. like old crontes

pure economics. By drawing Canal idea? Could I provide the

visitors

casino answer the There was not one

great tribute to Harbord Street foreign move of

to the machinations of Collegiate in

brings money to the hotels and her body that was

Toronto where

ORIGI and the imperialian of her eyes ur

to the shops. natiinctively her own. How learned to emunt in French and

for ☐ winning has escapexi the films realised that

Lable 41

was friendly

gambler is an easy spender. The the Arab Langue?

Take a look

map. at the intercourse of visitors cannot imagine.

feminine but

Follow the narrow, pokking Egypt. with ineal residents makes for "tunnel" of the Gulf of Akaba, Behind her, and also by her masculine.

understanding. Quite frankly sloul, fair-haired

my opponent better elf, was g" of about twelve. She was not a very good golfer, yet Britishers carry ourselves well un unsubtle as an apple and her

accomplished a feat which we gain the respect

probably never been hosts. face was in danger of breaking into a smile at any moment. An equalled en any golf course in artist could have painted her the world. He lom his ball on and the girl with the cloche hat

punt. und celled It. "Sungh'ne and Dunk,"

had

MIC

Female Form

I

After church wo went cows Only one more event on the to the beach and witched the socket ritka ordi we shall move bulbers. Whole families were

there with excit

fathers running into

water to res:ve the toddlers who had no fear of the waves whatsoever. As for the older girls may

to ternes Things There was

ut r. reption

Ne mayor's whers We

The Trotine

POL Parisd Deputes atel their The mayor has weld that This wive

And why for six YVHN.

Por example particular week-end he had arranged fize

Lovely

not? If you have a good mayor an aviation van get rid of him? rally. This many of Britain's

Tamots airinen und aerophine manu- facturers had come to add

prirat

to the good companionship in which we politicians were taking part.

On the Friday night of our arrival we were invited to a gala dinner at the casino at ten o'clock. and when Monsieur Andre says

Lovely,

Appropriately we golfers and wives stayed at the legant Golf

Ilet which is right by the course. From our balcony we could look neruse the felds

to the hills

sen, Lovely, Three

lovely France, anci

לו!!

in living memory she has been invaded by the Germany, but when the invader has gone this most beautiful of all countries ho

from the shadows and Is

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meke no other coininen; than to ny it there is any Fos ring curiosity as to the female form Civil will do fully washed with the aid of a Furach bathing

costume

But then Franer ferunt:s jual as Amerten is Fonlatine, whereas Germany and Britain Perhaps though I should not have noticed this 16 son after church.

are muscullu“,

he

which

hat A

was

-

Let

ni

we

from our

We Hazard

In fairness

But when visitors from abroad It must be mitted that the grass by the arrive in London, or shall we **

of the fairways WOD NO

Montreal say in

Or Toronto, long

and thick

it was where can they make acquain that almost impossible to find a bali ge with the local residents? that went into it. Neverthelem Perhaps the puritan conselence his feat of losing 11

wil on bela against organised gam- putt has probably never bren bling but what is life itself but accomplished before.

gamble? We hazard our gifts, ir judgment. braina

our

for We buy the chance of reward. sell shares By and

on the

stock exchange in the hope that our number will turn up.

But then perhaps my friendly eling towards

the casino

the early hours of the mom

HI cuddy wan a stout boy who had no trouble in carrying the heavy bag of clubs. contrast my caddy was a slight girl of about fifteen who had to

means light.

is

AG

gulfmative

The

route

be longer, but would

Lewer

would present

physical problems. 11

would mean main ang is that taking the canal through Jordan territory And Jordan present ima is a close ally of

al the

jutung slightly north-east from Atomic Power

The Red Sea.

Draw a line from the inner-

of the gulf most point

in the same directica and you come to | the Dead Sea; a slight curve due north brings you to the port of

That could

the be

Akaba Canal, it could eventually call Nasser's bluff.

Short of war, there would be nothing to prevent the Western Powers conveying their oll sup- plies and other goods along such a canal into the Mediterranean, completely bypassing Suez.

More Sensible

It is a much more sensible plan than using teece to win back the Suez Canal. Is the commou» stise man's swer to the bucolic

brigade.

carry my bag which was by no cells due to my farewell coup outbursts A

In Defeat

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luis

ng of our last day. Laick had ave been

with me and I was

In 1946 surveyors

C09,

I have heard several estimates of the

varying from £100,000,000 to £250,000,000. Probably the higher figure is Lurer the mark.

Lord Horo-Ballsha

suggests that atomic power could be used 10 speed up the work. An atomic expert went so far as to suggest that that method ecula reducc the time taken to build the canal by two to three years.

the

Isracl would welcome plan. It would be not 'mely boon for that young nation, and

a shot in the arm for her strain- ed economy, but it would commit the Western Powers famly to her defence.

The Akaba Canal could only be the answer and any threats the "strong-arm might seek to

11 time

not

10 Nasser of blockade he Impost; could make Egypt think twice avowed intention to conquer and destroy Israel.

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Whenever

my opponent Allt into the long grass, which wat the fairly often,

cuchly

was announced that boy would leave his master's clubs **

hal curried out the about her witt the girl... Thus she down to my last mille plaque-necessary research ou a plan to would hoist the two bugs on her the equivalent of one pound. link the port of Akabu (near shoulders despite their enormous The croupier shouted

seven. I put it on number

Haila)-better known in the "rien ne history of Akin and weigh!,

the agin 1

Crusades as Acro...T tried to persuade her to let me va plus" and sent the little bali with

the Gulf of Akaba Yes-your are quite clubs during

xpiring. carry my

It is estimated that the canal double shift but she would have right. Seven came up and I was would be about 200 miles long- So off we went lo the Golf none of it.

solemnly pald 35,000 franes, the twice the length of the Sucz Hotel to lunch with our French

equivalent of £35.

Canal and four times that of opponents and their ladies. The

Next morning our same Panatra. BUL, with modern

www normal conception of a French

French plane was ready for us equipment, the job

of binding Depute of Parliament is that

far, far less the but the clouds were low and i would take I thought of ณ wild undisciplined in-

de Lesseps work between a gala dinner be melis it. herself again. France is no

Is always dividualist who is

women I know help

who would be we had to wait for an hour behan

And horried

Do Suez and Port Said. fore taking off. thought at the Elegant uniformed waiters longer a great milltary power.

its monstrous The Akaba Canal project was faci that eminent American carrying even a suitcase a few London with served the best wines of and her Parliament reflects the to precipitate a crisis.

But let us

vast supported by farseving statesmen comedian Will Rogers

repeat that surging streets yards, med to

really.

in Australia, New Zealand and France which means the confusion of her polities, but in the art of Uving she is still

went

the glory of France Ly the say that in London he

Not for the first time I had South Africa. Realising best wines in the world. prème.

female, Whitehall to see them change

They are romanticists left part of my heart in France, the Suez Canal would revert ob-

and a joy to the Vaudeville performers and I am not a Catholic. In fact the guard, but in Paris he went and realists

The shadows are deep on that solutely to Egypt in 1908, they In the Qual d'Orsay to see them exc

fair land but as a people they decided that the new canal dancers had been brought my grandfather, Alderman John

By playing on the fairway I change the government. from the Paris theatres for Baxter of Toronto, used to ride

in that fair city on

As for demonstrating against naaged to defeat my opponent have developed the art of living could be the solution

to a degree unequalled by any problems-military, economic and an excel hot, on July 12.

ulas! My confreres our pleasure and

had to Canadians Mr Speaker---which

is above all a political. less

other race. been

Buccessful, The British Parliament went down

of the spirit end of the

Experts say the Akaba project ow* mind. They do not reek enter- could take bigger ships than the to defeat not only in golf but tainment as a drug but love to Suez Canal does. In tenals and on the waters.

white

He was qua

the

THE DEBS HAVE HAD THEIR KNUCKLES RAPPED FOR BAD MANNERS.

NOW IT'S THE TURN OF ADULT WOMEN WHO SHOULD KNOW BETTER

In

to

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On the way back to London talk and enjoy the richness of companionship. Their courtesy we held discussion as to how

is grave and their manners be we could repay this annual hospitality of Monsieur Andre long to a gracious past.

and how we could

invite the Sun-warmed

French Parliament to coricat

that

of many

But there are dificulties. One is that the Dead Sea is nearly 1,300 feet below sea level. The dilution of the salt deposits in that sta by flooding with either the waters of the Mediterranean or of the Red Sca would not

In sport with their British Each year Monsieur Andre destroy the brine deposits, but oppooltes. One suggestion was will renew his mvitation to the might dilute that we might hold the affair at British Parliament Brighton-on-Sco.

We could arrange In the Pavillion

them and make to send a chemical exploitation more cost. team to contest with deputies a banquet from Parts. And each year our where the MP's will come rway with

gluttonous Prince Regent, used memories not only of the casino

ly.

Enormous Cost

A dam would have to be built

in conduct his amusements and and the gala dinners but of the to prevent flooding the valley of amours, but what could we crowded churches, the laughing the Jordan, and, of course, the offer them afterwards? The families on the sun-wazmed cost would be enormous. British are inveterate gamblers bench, and good companionship but go.abling is against the law of their French

not be

But It Ananced by all the Parliamentary Western Powers, with israci

it would participating, beyond the capacity of their joint exchequers.

There are various

the plan

except on race courses,

opposites.

NO SMOKING

No doubt we could take our

But why, At school guests to the amusements piers Toronto, was I not taught to where red nosed comedians speak French instead of bother- and a few dancing girls put on ing about its grammar? Words show each night, but the piers are the universal language of are closed eleven P.M. By the mind and we are poor with- midnight

is Brighton

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THE wise ones don't openly express manners. Women like

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