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THE CHINA MAIL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1957. )

DON IDDON'S DIARY

HARRY IS

E

New York.

NISENHOWER faces re- volt-in his own party und in the Opposition, which is beginning to call bipartisanship in foreign policy "blind partisanship."

The President flew back from golfing and quail-

NEVER ASKED

IN FOR A

COFFEE

• There's still cold war

hunting in Thomasville, between the

Georgia, to the capital. He

President

has a bad cough and was in and the man he followed

a bad temper.

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The massive personal prestige.

demonstrated

by

his

9,000,000-vole majority in the

election, is dwindlin

+1] the

Congress but remains among the public.

New affronts

DURING UN

past few days Mr Eisenhower has suffer- ed soveral affronts. One of the most powerful members of his own party. Senator Willam Knowland,

a delegate to the

United Nations, has warned against sanctions against Israel by n world body wh

which does nothing about the Russion massacre in Hungary.

Senator Lyndon Johnson, the Opposition Senate,

leader

admonished

Itt the

the Pre-

sident lo avoid "evercion in United States relations with Israci.

In an even more dellant move

a number of Senators told the

President plainly that it was to preside necessary for him over

crisis meeting the

and they rejected Washington,

Mr Dulles

that

a suggestion conduct the meeting.

Dulles slumps

CONGRESSIONAL opinion

CON

in

CYRIL RITCHARD Broadway's brightest.

in

some and

the Middle East tness, invited Mr Truman to go to fireece and Turkey,

The two men lalked on the telephone.

Mr Truman said he would think it over, and then decided that he had other com-

mitments and couldn't go.

Me Truman is harsh in his comments u the Eisenhower- Dulles handling

Suez of the

his belief crisis and reiterates that Britain, und France were

ALS

<s

n

let down.

There's

no doubt

Britain's Preuderi

John Foster Dulles Secretary of State is beginning

In

to resemble that

that the

14 deep JA trouble.

luck

Parliament, although it's not so Perhaps his abundant gifts of bitterly critical.

Ex-President Harry Truman has also given President Eisen- hower the back of

his hand politically,

The relationship between the President and the ex-President 1 frigid.

The fact is that the two men

have not met since January 1953. Although Mr Trumans has visited Washington frequently he has never been invited to the White House for

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a cup of coffee or a glass

of

Bourbon, let alone a meal,

Yet when President Elsen- hower visited Kansas City Mr Truman as a courtesy asked if he might come around and pay Oxis respecte to the President, He was rebuffed.

Turned down

LAST week Mr Eisenhower, in a transparent altempi to patch the differenco and gel

charm, conciliation, will get him out of i

and

ol

BEA LILLIE Jubilee's choice.

Biggs must make way for the champion.

Ilitchord has been a gifted and sometimes Inspired per- former for years, and his brilli- ance as Captain Hook in Peter Pan. with Mary Marlin on the on television should stage and have told us what was coming.

Itut 1 don't think many were for the hit prepared

which the

Richard

is enjoying in

a Small Planet, zany Visit to which he directed and in which he stars.

Who is the brightest star. Broadway, the

K toast of Times Square? Dear old Cyril Ritchard. Well, not old really "Just say I'm Jack Benny's age, 3D." And not middle-aged, maybe, but a man in his prime and full of vigour,

Remember him in panto- mimes, in musicais, in drama, and in comedy in London and The Provinces, in Australin (where he was born) and South Africa?

Today he is the biggest name on the New York boards. For almost a year Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews, decorating My Fair Lady, which should run for ever, were considered "The greatest," But now along comes Ritchard, triumphant in the new comedy. Visit to a Small Planet, by Gore Vidal, and Eliza Doolittle and Professor

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DUNNERS-UP on Broadway, not approaching Ri- chard's magnificence, are other British stars-Eric Portman, Margaret Leighton. Ralph Richardson, Glynis Johns, Charles Laughton (now a U.S. eluizen), Sybil Thorndike, Stan- ley Holloway, Edward Mulhare (whom we'll claim, although he

BRISTOL

Flemyng. And there are others.

claims to bo Irish), and Robert

Incidentally, Graham Greenc’a

The Potting Shed got excellent

notices, and coming up next week is Beatrice Lilie In the edition of the

den Jubilee

Ziegfeld Foilles.

No one considers us second- rate on 42nd Street..

Something rew has happen- ed to American entertainment The calypso, which is always associated with the Caribbean and of which I get heartily sick every time I go to Jamairn in challenging Rock 'n Roll, and It could oust the cult of Elvis Presicy.

"I saw China"

by J. Armfield Bindon

or been directly looked upon great activity here with, queuee without some form of human of people going and coming communication. Those faces although at this time there was were just wooden I was not no train. When trains do go frightened, nobody would be through all passengers have to

SHOULD have been prepared for it but just the stened by the ride of Tom leave the train to go through Cashman. No, it wasn't tear the formalities, and remotant an Jt was surprise discomfort. I the other side, wanted to smile to them, wanted to say good morning but

same it was a shock to see the wooden unresponsive expressions on the faces of the Chinese Communist 'guard not six feet away from us.

I'm a simple artist and not used to such things; they managed to get a photograph of me too so I suppose I'm on their records now.

That morning started badly. My taxi was late and 1 had to start walking down from the flat which was half way up the Peak. Fortunately I met the car at the first

At one point along the track I knew it would be am good. As Cashman called over to a matter of foot I did smile for Chinese in his traditional pale a moment and looked directly blue cotton ult. The man came into their eyes but there was no pushing his bicycle and from response whatsoever and I felt the tone of the conversation he even more discomfort.

was obviously being told off- mone severely. After he had bowed, guards turned out and an immi- enhuted and made his departure gratian ometal. I should have I asked Cashman what it was

As wo stood there

Night spots, and cafes right hairpin bend. When I stopped it the driver sald "Solly been quite happy to have gone all about. He told me that this

across the country and especiai- ly in Miami Beach, where the scason is now at its height, are putting the emphasis on calypso.

Carnegie Hall, America's Al- bert Pall, traditionally sedale, his been holding calypso con- certs every Saturday. Amerlean unions

keeping out arc

the talent genuine

from the Bahamas and the West Indies, and have developed two per- formers known. as Lord Kit- chener and the Duke of Iron.

I have heard neither of them and have no desire to.

A 'sickener'

INCIDENTALLY,

showmen owners here are surprised at the fuss Bri-

and restaurant

tish teenagers and middle-agers make øyer American entertain- ers who hardly rale a second glance here,

The near-riot over Bill Haley was a sickener. The frightful not Blurry over Liberace was

master this car is ordered,"

"Don't be so silly I am the order," I told him crossly and got to the car.

"First bloke. No good, second car."

All bloko Ha! Ha!

I was the Inst passenger the terry, At the

This

Kow- was

were

of

a

back to the car, but no, Cash- man was a go-between for A man stayed just where he was business arm over the border

visit

to

the strong and he had a permit The driver was chuckling to moment and corrected himself, and pointed out

to pass were and He said no, they didn't_get_points" which

situated backwards and forwards, but himself all the way down

ob- muttering quietly "All bloke ordinary prisoners there. They every two hundred yards along apparently he had been

the border. There's a lookout aš - served on one occasion either very little or very up no good now. Hai ant big criminals

to be The He ones cach one all the time; and at carrying somebody on the back Velly Solly.

are there perhaps for gambling right the searchlights are turn of the cycle and this was

somebody else's ed on. There was radio com- against the regulation. taking chickens. The big ones were munication between each point robbers and worse--much worse, and the base,

We walked over the bridge Loan слог park

He explained more about the

and watched as the travellera, waiting. I told the driver "Quick border which runs for 22 miles He told me that on the other immigrants or refurgeds wero

He

(fteen miles as the crow flea, side they have something very being examined by both the but t

here it's a very but

winding similar and there's no difficulty Communist and British officials, it θάπτο

the 'over manpower follows

there. The Some of these, of course, werd of the Sham Shum soldiers on the Communist side Hongkong residents

equivalent

help With of five

porroit to vialt their reîntives in month Canton and elsewhere, The

and

lasts for Aisual permit

as you like to Tat Po." didn't understand English,

my

remark Was

by the clerk. He grinned border COURTK

harbour on. The

smart

Chinese police.

of

рет

one

translated hirm delightedly as we set off, tear- River).

the On the map I pointed get LIVE alosk

Nathan Road,

endy Hongkong dollars I had already out the places missing pedestrians by inches, visited, the points at which I and, of course, their food hls horn blaring and gears had been turned back at Lok clothes. I looked again at their month. The big difficulty today

Ma Chau crashing.

and Sha Tau Kok clothes-rather badly Atting is the rifus of refugees or new We went through Kowloon Cashman explained it was just cotton garments which show to people and recently. of veces- in record time and on to the as well I had been turned back a great

to the sity, disadvantage

these have been limited. Tai Po Road, Below us

turnout

own Usually only 80 are allowed over were since there are many roads along the enormous resettlement that border which they would

must be Sham never take themselves without blocks; the old city of particularly intelligent either, Shui Po where there

Wern

It was decided that we should Performers such as Johnnlegantic reclamation

works vidi two of the main entry and Itay and Denny Kaye freely

was exit points along the border and admit that they owe much of Gowded with shipping and be so we set out straight away in a

yond

was Hongkong Island; its apoeially hatted up car Peak shrouded with morning plete with sirens, radio,

phones. felt very insignificant There was 1 screaming of in my old raincoat by the sido tyres.

We'd missed a lorry of the enormous Tom Cashman by an inch and I shouted to in bis immaculate uniform, with the driver to slow down. He his blue hat with silver braid, of chuckled and in his very limit- I was uncomfortably aware ed English said "Yes master the very efficient revolver at his velly

through As we went along good dilverck. Me velly velly waist,

Now on our right was Tide Sheung Shul towards the border Cove, or Sha Tky Hol, and we I soon felt at my case, were running level with

the

thair muccess to the extravagant adulation of the British public, The one good feature about this hero-worship by the mob is that it illustrates that the alleged anti-American / feeling in Britain cannot be biting too deep.

BOYS GO

FOR BIG RESULTS

When the airmen of Bristol

get to work the result

is usually something pretty big, and the "Whispering Giant" is no exception.

The long-range Britannia, soon to go on the North Atlantia roupes, will be the world's largest alrilner.

Britannias are built in the Rigantic Besembly hall that swas crested' specially for the

Dr. Russell ... Glant designer

Brabazon, which was the largest passenger airplane ever bullt

And the new turbo-prop air- Her has been created by a team of aviation giants.

In charge of the overall design of the Whispering Giant" is 62-year-old Dr. Archibald Edward Russell, chlet designer of Bristol Aircraft. Responsible for the development of the Proteus tur- bine engines is Dr. Stanley O Hooker, chief enginear of Bristol Aero Engines.

Both concerns are offshoots of the Bristol Aeroplane Company. 47 years old this month, whose nircraft go back to the Boxkite which first flow in June 1910,

Pair-haired Dr. Russell is one of Britain's top aviation scientists. He joined the firm when he was 32, after leaving Bristol Univer sity. He was only 27 when he became chief technician. JELL before the war he was made the Firm's technical designer, and 'in 1944 he became chiel, designer.

He lives in the Bristol suburb. of Bloks Bishop.

Dr. Hooker, burly and over six feet, is rarely seen, without a pipa between his teeth. Party-nine years old, he comes from Bheer. now, Kent,

Formor rival

Ha Joined Bristol's in 1949 from the rival frm of "Rolls-Royce, suoceeding another of Britain's top les engine, experta, Frank Owner, who had left wristol to join a third big engine ‹ firm, de Havillanda.

.

Hooker has worked on Jotai sinde before the first flight of a Feck airplane

Pelce married, Hooker has two. daughters. MATSUİlyas fairway „between: Bilstol and Gloucester,

where be relaxes by working in the garden.

His other get-away-from-15- all" hobby is to take a disse camera into the Gloucestershire countryside or the Bevern wild- fowl reserve to take pictures of wild birds.

Directing the production work of the aircraft company are Mr. Cyril Uwing (60), once the arm's cliter tout pliot, and $2-year-old Peter Masefield, farmer chlet executive at British European Always,

Chief of the engine company is the very technically-minded

Air Chief Mamahal Bir Ales Corylon, former controller ot aircraft

at the Ministry of Supply. As a junior RAP officer Bir Alec taught King George Vi to fly.

Bir Alec gets away from high- powered jeta (and a lot of secret work on ram-jets for gulded weapons) by his love of old motor-cam.

Most of the testing of the Britannia has been carried out by 37-year-old Wing Commander Walter Frama ɑlb5, D90, DFC, who recently took over

Bristol's chief test pilot from Mr. "A. J. (" BII") Pega.

Height diploma

On Gibb's offos wall hangs the diploma, given by the world air authority for his world's airplane height record of 65,876ft.; set up Bristol Olympus-engined Canberra in August 1955.

in

A hefty six footer, Gibb is the father of three daughters. It was 20 years ago that he joined the Bristol company as an apprentice. Ho learned to Ay in the RAP in 1940, and became a night fighter bliot

Bristol's have big plans for developing the Britannia. They are now looking ahead to the faster than sound airliner. They are engaged with the brains of other of Britain's big ar concerna, in a co-operative effort to plan Britain's, world- boating jet airliner for the 1960's,

· Landen Lapitsa Beralas

mist

railway which connects Kow- loon and Canton. On the left were the high hills and amongst them I mado pat the big pagode of the Monastery of Man Fat which had visited a

lew days ago. We were held up for a moment at the level crossing at Lok Lo Ha and saw a train from passing a goods train

Judden with pigs-two Canton tiers to every waggon and on every wozgon, a guard,

fish

While we stood there a group sch; day and they wanting of Chinese farmers come over Province, Altogether thousands the bridge with a herd of cattle use this point every day-rew and Cashion showed me their fugees, Hongkong residents, identifications cards, a record is business people with permits, com- kopt of every person who perhaps visitors with passports,

crosses at this point. The farm- and so on.

Again I was struck with the lack of com-' munication and tho

Tom

his

expression on the guards.. Cashman. nuiged me, pointed out one of them that had a camera behind

back.

camera

Sure enough the was-whipped out--and my photograph was taken. Sol I'm on the records now.

Cashman chuckled at my die.

"It comfort and said,

you do

to shave

have

off that

ers seam to take everything in their stride. They were mostly decide to go through to Canton Beyond we passed through.

in patched and woen clothes and lovely valleys with their paddy

looked very very poor indeed.

You certainly fields, duck farms and

Yet I could not help admiring ponds. The workers looked de Cashman

do look

suspicious character (like all Irishmen) the dignified expressions on the lightful with their black cotton had great charm.

out come Cashman pointed He chatted faces of these people, straw hats. about his work,

flelds on the British side sults, and broad

packly about the

was

about the car also told They were watering, digging Chinese and the New Tari- exports from England. The cars ing

where they were already

It was early for pl End planting. Everyone was torles. At each police post we are driven up to the dividing and I remarked on this. passed there were smart salutes line. The driver then gets out me "Oh yes, but they're Then we could see ahead the and we were waved on. I was and pushes from the back 90 red rice." At first I thought he lovely Tolo Harbour, or Tal Po beginning to feel quite in that the front of the car is in Hol, and the island on portant and Cashman chatted Communist China and the rear was pulling my leg but appar which Mr Barnett lives. Mr on-telling me about some of in the New Territories. Then a tidal, the paddies are salt paddica the river being Barnett is the Commissioner the difficulties of the joint own- Communist driver will get in and only the red coloured rice

the New Territories. I arahips—(by Clans)--of the land and drive it away.

busy.

for

the Hongkong border

met him a wew weeks ago - in this border territory. Some a wonderful man

and

me was an

was

can be grown.

Cashman --has

tried St and thought it better

tharr

the white rice. However,

the Chinese will not eat it and use it only tori cattle food.

We went through the Custom

Fort Health De where

they were and inoculating came through. people as they

to any It was all very similar where it

other frontier. Back to the car and

we returned to Tal Po: to Cashman had to dash off

polico

We decided to go there next. I was quite relieved to get

back into the car.

iron

and

deliver A lecture 10 the European members of the force but before we parted I made arrangements to accom pange him on one of his tot of the villages along the border. In my own car we drove

Normally, however, this point sheds and the Fort who speaks times people would be living at Man Kam To is not used partment almost every Chinese dialect over the border and yet have very much. Perhaps only 30 Vaccinating

understanda them the land this side and vice versa. people pass over each day. The Chinese--perhaps better than But there was a record of all main point is at Lowu they understand themselves, - these people who had identity the railway crosses the border.

cards

and could go backwards We went across the narrow and forwards just oa they liked

with Causeway

Its sampana at least during certain hours, moored akde by alde, so close. Then the car stopped and wo together as to form a little got out. village on the water, And then

Betora Into Tai Po Village with

On the way we passed the its bridge crossing the river. A market place and busy streets. mumber of our Chinese police little village Man Kam To and We were through before we were there with their arms, and I asired if I could look around. realised it and I called to the above us was flying the Union it was # Wonderful little back, and at Sha Tin Heights I driver "I whot the Tai Po Jack. On the further side of the village, Lypically Chinese, with went into the hotel and over a police station." He pulled up bridge not fifteen yards away surrounding walls, iron gate and hug of coffee tried to sort out impressions, One things with the screaming of brakes. Was the Communist flag the watch-tower. Inside were pigs my

stood out the realistic simplici. "Oh! police station. Hal Hal Hin rod dag with its white crescent

the centre cattle and

the back top sides,

moon and stars, and standing at Village temple. To one side was dy of Chinese people in the Now anch the wonderful the the harvesting

#quaro and Territories I was directed to the Chlef the end of the bridge their throahing Boos dod on the other character and purpose of those Superintendent's office and mak- Communist guards

Cashman explained that side the village well. The people concerned in ita administration. my way through perhaps arme. 20 or 30-prkonces "waiting in on our border was the further were very pleasant and Cash- of the river

Three man chatted with several of Ho whe obviously re- was them. office. Here I was Introduced quarters of the bridge

Tom Cashman

the Senior painted in green, the remainder spected and lifted Superintendent of Police Now In red. To my horror Cashman Territories. He was an enormous sirode onto the bridge till Cashman told me that at one man, about 6′ 0′′ and broad in chattering happily away. I was time this village was the centre

than proportion. From his alighs, ac feeling more

a little for amuggling, but now, they cent it was obvious that he worried as we stopped within were cmentally a farming com-

one inch of that part :01

Ho unid the 'munity. from the emerald dale,...

their main camo

was painted red. trouble is that they never think He showed me a map which bridge which

for the covered the whole of one wall Two yards away were the Com- of building Udnes up

at future, or getting in a resorve and explained something of the "munist soldiers, their arms patrols and

the Border. T theo

ready, and as Tom Cashman, of grain or rice. Their life is a There are in fact

thousand

Inz

the terrace I came to the main bank

'close to the border hind: Military ·stiil"quito`at his case; continued day to day existence rim on the

only palice: to point out, matters of interest traditional lines of and their main job is to control I just could not at that lame years ago...

and prevent thegal immigration, look at the things he was speaks to

asked him about ba the Ing:02 My eyes were fixed on We soon arrives at the rail- pelsoners outside on the seizaco; thows two solitera,hig Myway," and had to leave the car and he told me that: £bad?" was The expression on their facts and wallcg the track to Junts are sold ordinacy w everyday was quite unival; never before mother bridge crossing batch. Then he thought for, ar Veer zazely have I looked at, abari Shun River, Tomen waa

the

-Mr BINDON

known

English artist, lect urer, broadca