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SEE-SAW OF JORDAN POLITICS BELGRADE WORKERS' Country's Future Depends

On The Situation In Syria And Egypt

By RUSSELL THOMAS

Beirut, Apr. 15.

The decision of jordan to exchange ambassadors with the Soviet Union, followed a few days later by the resignation of Suleiman Nabulsi's government, highlights the see-saw drama of politics now being played in jordan.

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a new

That Dr Hussein Fakhri Khalidi has been asked to form government suggests the King's anti-Communist policy will be pursued.

Suleiman Nabulsi nearly resigned when the question of recognising the Soviet Union first met a cool reception from King Hussein. Near crisis reigned in Amman for some days but at the crucial point General Ali Abu Nawar, Commander of the Jordan Arab Army and architect of the coup d'Etat which dismissed Glubb Pasha, intervened. After a meeting with the King and a two-hour emergency session of the Leftist Jordan Cabinet, Nabulsi emerged smiling to say: "All is well." The decision to recognise Russia was announced.

Now, once again, 11 scema ing on the fringes of the towns that something has gone wrong, or packed in camps on the West What

apparently happened bank of the Jordan. The old during the first of these crises coumity of Trans-Jordan, with was that the King had resisted its Bedouin

tradition, the decision for some days but separated physically by the sub-se rifi of the Jordan

Was

was doing it with the knowledgo of King Saud, who had also schit ar, envoy to Damascus to warn President Kuwatly that Arab is nationalism was neutral and not, as the Syrian Government was tending to make ii, in alllance

Prsuaded, in the interests deep and the Dead Sea and with Russia.

of internal stability, it was bet- ter to yield to the government. Ho did so, but or condition that recognition of Russia would not exclude the acceptance of Western ald Nabulst told the Egyptian news agency, M.E.N., that Jordan would take nid from either East or West. But he added, significantly-and the King is hardly likely to wel- come this addition-that Jordan would not be unfriendly 17 Russia for the sake of Western Policy.

Nation's Policy In its simplest form, Jordan

almost completely by the dif-

All reports from Syria Indi- ference Q mentality In thecate that a struggle for power thinking of its people, from the between the right and the left refugees and the sophisticated is in full swing. The struggle townsmen brought up under

la now on in Jordan, the British Mandate in

Jordan's future may in the end Palestine.

be decided by the situation in Syria and Egypt, If Egyptian polley brings its own economy to such a low ebb that it cannot Jordan to continue

support

But East bank and West bank alike have lived continuously on charity,

for the

country has little natural wealth either in minerals or agricultural produce,

It has an adverse

balance of

trade of nearly ten to one, It was artificially created after the last World War to provide

throne for the great old

Hashemite King Abdullah and

The m

policy comes down to this. King is a nationails with strong reservations

about Egyptian polley and the trustworthiness of Russian intentions In the

has been kept until this very month by funds remitted from Britain.

the

At the outset King Hussein wanted subventions from Iraq CLASSES: Le Middle East, But his governs well as Egypt, Syria and oulling: sewing, drafting, tailoring. Complete training. Mornings/after-

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came together in their desire to sharp division In Arab emancipate themselves from poiltles between Egypt and the ties of the Anglo-Jordanian Iraq this proved Impossibe, Treaty and the King went with Reluctantly, and under pressure the government accepting from his own nationalists, and the promise of a £12,500,000 above all in deference to the subsidy from Egypt, Saudi politicians of the West bank who Arabia and Syria to replace the

are now a dominant influence. financial aid formerly given by he agreed to take the money Britain.

from the anti-Iraqi faction.

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This question of aid must be sem against the background of Jordan's geography, It is al- most entirely desert with limit- od dry farming on sparsely watered alopes of the hills, Nearly half its population are refugees from Palestine, crowd-

DOCTORS STRIKE IN

IN

Refugee Camps

But he has réservations about the ability of Syria and Egypt to pay the £7,500,000 which constitutes their share of the subsidy. For that reason he has kept the door open to aid from the USA and to the British development subsidies which fall outside the old treaty, He stimulated An anti-Communist campaign And, over the heads of his goverment, took adminis trativo action through the

CALCUTTA Ministry of Interior to stop the

distribution of Tass bulletins Calcutta, Apr. 15. and Communist iterature in

A total of 225 doctore io Jordan. More recently he sent Calcutta's biggest hospital, the the chief of the Royal Cabinet Calcutta Medical College Hos- to Syria to advise the Byrion pital, downed stethoscopes to President 10 curb the day and announced that

they Communist activities ot his were on

strike ustil the hos- government. pital's recretary

an alleged rudenesgised

pro-

200 His policy has been greatly The 1,600 patients in the hos-resented by his own Cabinet

pital and the

Ministers, and the demand for 6,000 out-

the patients were left to shift for

recognition of Soviet Bugsta themselves with what help the was in a senso, a challenge to nurses could give them.

the King and a trial of strength. No

That perform-

temporuty operations were

victory was and emergency cases were short-lived but the tension re-

mains, transferred to other hospitais.

exi

The hospital's 1,400 medical ever.

students also cut their classes

now moto acute than

The latter

group are pre-

in a sympathy move, and 1,800 pared to agree that neutralism

students from other medical is a policy worth trying but they colleges pledged to join the move, France-Press,

Police Want More

Guards For Truce Officials

Saigon, Apr. 15. South Vietnam police roquest- ed permission today to increase the guard at the hotel where junior truce commission officials

believe also that Egypt is losing its independent position by be coming too dependent economi cally

and politically on the Soviet blog. They consider that their own government's alavish imitation of Egyptian policy will produce even graver results for Jordan, because the refugen camps are a natural breeding- place for Communist subversion and the country' economic weakness leaves it valuable to Egyptian policy.

Loft And Right

live, as a result of the staying In this situation, it is a of Canadian diplomat. Incion curious fact that the Saudi Connon.

Arabian King, after a life-time

Police told the management of opposition to the Hashend to of the Continental Hote they Royal Family of Jordans in Wanted to stations oflows inside rapidly becoming to balancing the building where Junior factor. Although Saud là cord- Canadian, Polish

Indian mitted to the Egyptian-Syrian ant truce' czmulations officials River

is an added axis, he is joined with Camile the anti-Commimist Shamoun, President of Lebanon and

The measure

security, premation.

Police

B

of the Eisenhower

already pasted-outaido the hotel, Déverine, is a statement against

which also serves the

publice guards wors.

Soviet International communiam. King

over the woolcond as the come-attre and Soviet ald; be has poe pound where the 38-your-old foot in the Egyptimes camp and Cannon was stabbed to death one foot Armly in the Western On April 12, This is the homo of camp from which he deriven his genior officials at the Enters fall ryyroom

national Contrva... · Comminions, Putzhere in litto doubt that when which supervises the Dudo- King Hismin - went the chief of Chins truce Walled. Pra, the Royal CABRO ZA' MIYA ne

financially, the effects will be disastrous for large numbers of ordinary Jordanian people whose only desire is to have enough to eat and to be left in peace. The Arab world is watching closely the results of the pletige

of aid to Jortham,

Similarly, if the Right Wing Lriumphs over the Left in Syris, It will greatly strengthen the Klay of Jordan in dealing with the Leftists in his country. That testing time is elope t hand.-NFS

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Thorneycroft With The Budget

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Frau Krupp Files Hotel Fraud

Los Angeles. Apr. 15. The former wife of the munitions czar, German Alfred Krupp, today filed a million-dollar fraud suit in Superior Court over her investment in

the New Frontier Hotel Vegas, Nevada,

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Frau Vera Krupp, 47, brought the action against 47 defendants involved in financing of both the old Last Frontier Hotel and its successor, the New Frontier.

Sho charged that the hotel's promoters

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NIGHT CLUBS ARE IN THE RED

JOHN EARLE

Belgrade, Apr. 15.

The few "night clubs" in the Yugoslav capital are running into financial difficulties and the workers' collectives who run them are discussing what to do about it.

The city of half a million inhabitants has limited night life to offer in the Western sense of the term,

Two bars, the Kristal art Lotos, present cabarels and stay open until three or four o'clock in the morning. A third bar, with dancing only, is operated, in its basement, by opa of the main hotels, the Madeelle, and from the shape of the room is popularly known as the "make

Like all commercial arms and economic enterprises in Yugo alavia, Kristal and Lotos BIR rim by the workers' collectives through their workers' councils, with the day to day executive management in the hands of director who is appointed by the municipality.

Losses

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during October and November, it engaged A Hungarian danco band for the, by Yugoslav alantlarda, huge monthly, mam of €50,000 İdinots. CR774). The bank, nevertheless, brought more customers, one of "kla "aði fractions being that it introduced "rock 'n' roll to Belgrude,

Merger

three hans should merge under Another suzgestion is that the

one management and stage only one enbaret show between them in

notation, while the others timit themselves to dancing

There are not enough Yugo- alay artists to keep three enbarels going. Belgrade has no music hall or variety, though thend has been talks of opening

one of the To a foreigner, dinars reasons for poor busines

pears to be tho amell intake. Bare are full enough, especially These lorsce were registered on Saturday evenings despite the fact that the staff in the beginning of the mont beth, in con effort to reduce (Yugoslav wagea Gro pasa cusis, had accepted cuts on their monthly), but many people alt carnings ranging

from 20 per the whole evening over one ve cont to 40 per cent. Prices mouth or one silvovics (phi were also on the average,

brandy).

During a nine-month periodone in 1957. Lotos foundi that its loGEES amounted to €20,000 (£738) and Kristal to 2,700,000 alnars (£3,220).

16

per cers above last year's, while The price of a drink is out the margin of profil en a drink high by right club standards.

was 500 per cent.

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(about £14.00). should be aged for the many customers would not come cabaret, because they require at all if prices were hither, much higher Yugoslava

People in Belgrade sedim go payment than

out and spend money freel except, perhaps, on January 12, New Year's Eve under the old calendar still used by the Ser- bian Orthodox Church,

treach

While Lotos mainly relied on Yugoslava, Kristal throughout 1950 engaged foreign artists for its twice nightly programmes, thinking that there would at The Yugosiny

customers. unlike the authordise In For many more Most of the artists Italy, West Germany and Aus klay recognises neither

came from land, Hungary, an' Croobooks.

tria, with a few from Eastern tus now Church festivalac The European countries, like Czo- mid-winter | holiday choslovakia and Hungary.

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