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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1967.
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LORD LAMBTON "REPORTS FROM THE BRIGHTON OF THE MIDDLE EAST.
revolt in
An anti-Red
Syria might succeed
--BUT AMERICA'S RECENT ACTIONS WEAKEN THE CHANCES
There was a short period, and the rural districts at the beginning of the war when Brighton achieved a notoriety beyond music ball joke and its pavilion. It was for some reason, con- Londen sidorod sator than and every morning and oven- Ing the trains ware packed with commuters determined not to spend a night in the dangerous capital.
Beirut is in a sense to the Middle East what Brighton was
London, and later on what Switzerland became to Europe To it come the exiled from every surrounding country; It come the rich to die in sumptuelle Villas overlooking the
$03.
In microcosm
to
it is Russian maenines and military
on Hussin
unpopular. The structure of the experts to advise
military equipment. present Government & not based
That Russia's purpose becuinen on strength, but on a triumph of Russian diplomacy. So were apparent eventually is irrele
10 a counter-revolu:lon
bé vant, By then it is too late, launched In the Immediate inflitralios has been achieved might have a fair and it only remains for Russia future, it chance of success. The telf--to-back-a-popular extremist hood of this has, however, been party to zchieve an influence weakened by the recent actions quile out of all proportion to its actual strength in the country, of the U.S.A.
These-new Russian-tacles have. been tried with complete success in Syria and are being proctised In Egypt, the Sudan and varying degrees elsewhere,
Last year, at Suez, an attempt was made by the English and French to Impose a limit on the nationalism of Egypt. This was condemned by the Americans in
manner that will leave a scur for a generation,
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UBBUENASI
TURKEY
CTPRUS
SLEPPO
SYRIA
¤DAMASCUS
MUSALEM
/JORDAN
BRIRUT-the starting place for conspiracies, the meeting vider
of kinga.
The challenge This is the challenge we have I also had a profound effect in face. The American alterna-
tive cannot be said to have suc in the Middle East.
eceded. A few months ago there was a crisis in Jordan whose
to declare "purity of intent." future as an independent nation
Sed tu Such a confession might well is a matter of opinion.
from 1 newly maintain the present régime the be demanded
Hedged Boy Scout but 10 Sixth Fleet ajipeared.
demand it from new and sen- tillve nations staggers credulity,
For direct action having been condemned by Amerien and that condemnation having received world support, the Arab world A surprisingly cited that their Individualism, dignity and for sovereignty were fitags ap- moved and established by world
1 is the starting ple cer spiracies, the inçeting place for kings. In It can be a miereosas the troubles of the area for better than in a fireting confusing visit to Syria.
that
Much has been de verently. of the turning of Syria to Com- The dangers of Com- 1X munism are tue obelous to stress or go into But during the past few weeks so many hysterical reports, out of an reisilon to fact, have been published now Syria has came to be re- garded as a satellite comparable To Hungary. This is not the case. The Communist party in Syria is minute. Neither Syria nor the whole Middle East comprehend Communiem.
pinion. So that now any limita- tinn or slight to that sovereignty offenda is it never would have deze up to a year ago.
Russia's success
by
Britain reclised tal, prai net and in galetness has rebuilt chattered friendships. Russia also comprehends the situation hax and its success in Syria resulted not from direct but from
Indirect intervention; not from tied Jons, but from untied loans and credlis which have brought in their wake a far greater influence than any direct intervention could have done. The Government js cof For this has ensured the intro- work particularly popular. In Aleppo duction of techniclers to
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
SYALEMATE! NO ONE WONTERILLIANT) ILLUSION) NARDA
SAID YOU WERE A MAGICIAN?
YOU ARE!
A GOOD MAN-- DIFFERENT FROM THE GANDITA
KING")
ARE YOU WILLINGY ITS A SILLY TO GMABLE YOUR IDEA, GAMBITA COUNTRY ONA INSISTER I CAN CHESS GAME
BEAT (UM.
The regime was maintained but nationalism in the area was offended, Nasser was strength- ened and extremism through- out the Middle East received encouragement. Then came the Syrian crisis. Once again a dis-
of force play
was made this time la Hollywood with Cameras and patentation, A have been move which might precisely calculated to streng then the Russian hold in Syria.
since An attempt has
been made to play this down. It is doubtful it the harm can he undane,
AL
L
Vast resources
LET'S BE
A TORY AGAIN!
by Simon Kavanaugh
London.
TYTON is Britain's most
E exclusive public school, ed Tory squire about him. He is
"Pop" is the most exclusive practical farmer and a good one. And, like the Tory squires society at the most exclusive of tendition, he can bluster and school. The presidency of lose his temper over things the
exalted "Pop" In such an
morc conventional academic.
Rever even position, a cynic once ob would probably served, that few men ever recover from the dignity,
The most note! exception to this phorlsin ส Quintin McGarell Hogg, Q.C.. now Lord Halishart, the white hope of Britain's Conservative party and its recently elected chairman,
Dignity, or at least the stuffy sort, is missing entirely from his moise-up.
At Bfty, a hair still inclines to tumble over his broad fore head us it did in the goselp column photographs of the 1920's. His ties appear to have severed diplomatic relations with us collars, He prefers. ald-fashioned lace-up boots (his wite has to shop for them 11 small county towns), and in a Cabinet of
he natty-dressers slands out sartorially like a sore thumb.
Dead Blue
He looks like a Fabian-mind- ed don, amiably vague. He is anything but that. He is a blue- dyed Tory, a brilliant scholar, a bold lawyer and the possessor of one of the loudest voices in British politics.
He has a Churesilinn direct- ness of approach and the sort of
self-confidence which makes
him no respecter of persons.
same
Once he thundered at 2 judge: "Even this Court should the pay
attention to evidence." Which is not the sort of thing even the most eminent QC. is likely to say to a Brt- Wish judge.
What most belles is appear- oned of amiable woolliness is his capacity for ley, single-minded concentratión Du an objective
he has set his heart on
At Elon, he
pinned to his study door a notice: "Do Not Disturb: Working For The New- castle." To the English public Bebootboy, such a notice is wh open invitation to mayhem the person of the writer, young Quintin Hogg, however, was left alone and, Indeed, won the Newcastic Scholarship.
Double 1st
oft
The
AS A chubby-faced under- graduale at Oxford, his academic Bellliance was proved beyond ull doubt. He earned a double first, won many prizes, became President of the Oxford Union
and inter obtained an All Souls fellowship.
He stil pens light classical Yerse. When he became Firai Of course, it is always easy to criticise.
and certainly without Lord of the Admiralty he add- the U.S.A, the area would tongressed the Royal Naval Volun-
bren overrun but leer Reserve Club in verse- age have
of somehow or other, because oun dependence on all, we have to work with the Arab states or perish,
The resources of England and America are vast, By the use and of them to extend louna credits we have an opportunity of playing the Russians' game Another almosí Inexplicable and beating them. By no other impediment to Arab American methods can We maintain our friendship is an "extraordinaryTM position here, document which
be BEIRUT the starting place for signed on behalf of nations re- conspiracies, the meeting place cclving arms. Jo they have
of kings... By Lee Falk and Phil Davis
DON'T YOU REALIZE THAT WIN OR LOSE. IT WILL LEAD İO WAR?
I'VE WORRIED ABOUT THAT, BUT
IT'S TOO LATE TO STOP NOW.
PEOPLE OF BOTH NAVONE),
ARE POURING INTO THE STADIUM RIGHT NOW--/
THE TOURNEY ĮS
ABCUT TO KISAT
I GUESS WE'D
ORTTER GET
| GONG,
COVTHIUED-
"You'll have to keep
your fingera crossed for me, "And hope that no one lakes
me for a ride:
"'1'm just Ind that's never
been to ser, "And scarcely knows the port from starboard side."
re-
But the confusing thing about Lord Halisham is that he fuses to conform to the stereo- type suggested by these qualities.
For all his academic brilliance, there's a lot of the old-fashion-
MIXES LIKE MAGIC
LUZCO
s
ICE CREAM
SIMPLY MIX,
CHILL,
WHIP
& FREEZE
notice.
I in the combination of these apparently conflicting sides
that of his personality Britain's Conservative Party is ilkely to find what they need to stem the ebb tide of their po- pulerity.
Hot Fish
A man of outsize intellect is needed to direct the party campaign. Other men than Lord Hallsham are technically equip ped for that role.
But often they are cold fish, with little of the humanity that wins electors' affectiam, Hailsham lins these characteristics.
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And what is vital-be is Tory's Tory. (His listed pubilea- Hons include "The Cake for Conservatism" and "The Lett was never Right"). He is an un- repentant and vocal defender of Britain's intervention in Suez. And as a minister (now Lord President of the Council, form- erly First Lord of the Admiralty and Minister of Education) his pronouncements on touchy sub lects like this are as punchy and opinionated us when he was a Tory backbencher.
True, he is a peer, and that is an apparent disadvantage. But it is well-known that he is reluctant member of the House of Lords. He is there because as an eldest son be had to succei to the title held by his father,
Lord a brilliant
Chancellor. father's douth, he After his carried on an acrimonious Corre- spondence with the then Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, in un effort to avoid going up to Lords..
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