1957-11-12 — Page 1

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1957.

I FLY ALONG THE

TROUBLED BORDER

--and I can report: The Syrians have no big military build-up there

Beirut (Lebanon).

I HAVE just made a 250-

malle reconnaissance flight immediately behind the frontier where has been

by Lord

gested that the Syrian Lambton, MP

army is massing against the Turks.

As a result I am convinced that there is no build-up of forces there that could concalve ably attack Turkey, the toil Syrian strength in this region being perhaps a few brigades.

The terrain in this area is a mixture of desert and hills. In a three-hour tour, my twin- *engined nirerafi often came down almost to ground level. The only danger to anyone in the area wng to myself due to the pilot's determination 10 bring me as close as possible to any object that seemed inter- esting.

Allegations

TURNERS

fight. That

als will produce a conflet is unlikely. How, then, hon this extraordinary situatlón prisen?

This year the Wrst decided to boycott Egypt and Syria to let them find out the

its cost of afavour. Naturally enough, neither of them liked it and both turning to Russia for uld received It unconditionally.

ISTANBUL

ANKARA

TURKEY

ALEXAKORETTA

CYPRUS

• ALEPPO

SYRIA

BEIRUT

• DAMASCUS

U.S.$.A.

› DIYABAKIA.

The map shows the Sprian-Turkish border along which Lord Lambion New.

making trouble

Unhappy

to

8

to

But soon Syria, partly because

commitments of previous

and partly because the country has

And so it came about that Mr thing but not a popular lender of stature, Loy Henderson was sent out sult her own interests. Had sho began to become aware of the with no other purpose than to been discreet the damage to us ctual Russlan process of find out what was happening. might have been monumental,

QA a result Yet during, the last few weeks domination, and

Now he is certainly a man of but the present wildness is confused world hus been certain Syrians worried by the the best intentions, yet he never our advantage. trembling at

this trend of events, turned inquir- pui a foot right; to begin with events on

been ingly to the West to find out if he made the mistake of trying to frontier.

have There allegations from the West that was is intention to let the find out what was happening in Byria was about to become comtry drift into Communism.

but Syria, not by going there, forward Russina base. raradi

by circling Ike a wild animal, They were received counter-allegations from the Fast that Turkey was about to inpathetle car, which was per- noftring for the kill and

fectly right, but also, alas--from then he stayed in Turkey.

Unfortunately, also in Turkey attack Syrin.

ecrtain American represent- possible that Mr lives on

leading members of the spot-with a lodd were the Menderes, the Turkish Premier voice which rang around

the Syrian opposition-in the has not discouraged rumours of whole Middle East to the tune in for their health as one or a possible attack on Turkey, as that once again

had the West was twn of their colleagues that was likely to increase the Interfering with

and dominat mysteriously disappeared chances of his overwhelming

#section of the Arab Beirut. The juxtaposition of Mr Henderson and them must have appeared to the Russians too'

It

open.

ls

Western

with a

the

in

As to the future-Syria, when and the present crisis to over

made or not made their report, will the United Nations have not be in a happy position.

There is a fight of capital from the country; the govern ment is unpopular and is in an- ucial difficulties; and 'if Russla wishes to maintain her position there she will either have establish a regime that will. nut the whole Arab world in oppo

money than she is prepared to sition, or spend · ingre

to

return to power in the Turkish world. elections. At the same time, the last thing Turkey would ever do All this was too easy for good to be true. and so the The whole of Arabia myth of the Turkish invasion of would de to involve herself in Russia. the South, leaving her North hardened against America, Syrla was born,

sympathisers were And then Russia made her The essential thing is to then that has kicked out of Syria and a mill- first mistake. She overdid her teave the country to itself. The put the world in such a state is tary regime, shaky, but even scare story. During the last few Illustration of the folly of not that Turkey, a nation that does more, under Russian control, days she has clearly shown that having done so to the purpose, of not want to fight, is facing was set up, Russia had won the she does not care a fg for Arab this article.

nationalism or dignity or any. Syria, a nation that could not trick.

---{London Express Servico).

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Bill be well out to sea,

EFORE you read this I

alone and out of sight of land. Behind Hes Tangier -ahead lies the Atlantic and the West Indies.

I shall be fighting to get the maximum out of myself and my boat - the 10-ton ketch Sea Wanderer — snatching sleep and cooking when I can.

•

Lake

Everything must second place to the problem of keeping going 24 hours day towards the Weat Indles.

While based at Tangier, waiting for the hurricane, season to blow itself out on the other side, I helped the boat to pay its way by big game fishing, chartering, and exploring the Moroccan coast. For the past few weeks I have been refitting for what will be my fifth Atlantic crossing under sail.

Simple.....

TOW simple a sailing boat How as any think

just hoist a few pieces of canvas and, presto, the world, is yours! But not a bit of it. The average ocean. going yacht has precious few: rivals for its mass of expensive equipment and complicated details,

on my own...

by EDWARD ALLCARD

He has already crossed tho Atlantic slons four times in umali boats. But thle Atlantic journey is different—It is just the first log of voyage' that will take him round the world."

Sea Where

Flying fish for breakfast.......... dolphins for dinner.

to escape from the tyranny of the helm.

two

I spent two weeks woricing on the rigging alone, First, I scraped the

masts and smeared them with Vaseline, then painted the booms white, Where necessary Is spliced new wire and rope rigging. And I mounted a new red nylon wind- sock and filing on top of the mainmast

the ono to replace blown of last May In a 100m, mile-an-hour gale.

Repainted

boeti

THE hull too hos

The boat had ito, repainted

be beached for that. I took samples of the wood on the bottom and sent them to the scientists in London.

to de

They had saked me Mbis, Pertaps ther experimenting with « now type of motip, or merely want to measure the, resistance of The paint to fouling.

Gallons of paint and quants lies of Unseed oil, grease, Vase-

and lubricating oil have been put to use to combat the ravages of salt water and the tropical sun or wood and metul.

Three-quarters of a ton of been removed cast iron has from the keel. On my 70-day

from the voyage

Bahamas to Britain I had found the bout too corky and had extra weight"

put on the keel. However, her latest equipment made her too heavy, so off had to some the weight,

She is just right now, floating on her waterline will stores for 60 days aboard. As 1 pros? Igress across the Atlantie 1 will

gradually cat my way out of the walce..

volve so much work. It is of sardine tins. Luckily, I I once worked for

2. the thousand and one de did not have to use them. character who spent £25,000 tails that get you down. equipping a boat as small You make lists-a madden water, but not in a simple 100- I carry 100 gallons of fresh as mine; but he was an ing job. You finish one gallon tank. Not on your life! American millionaire. I try it of "jobs to be done" One leak and you die. To guard to keep Sea Wanderer as and then promptly find you against such a contingency simple as possible.

must make an even bigger have three separate tanks, I have no ship-to-shore one.

Escape plan telephone, no radar, no Efficient stowage is one

My stores include all sorts of Kama apart from food, for HAVE just had to have two you cannot at sea, pop round frigerator, ΠΟ

In a you can of these tanks recemented. the corner to the local shopif steering, no wind-speed in- place an object on a shelf one more item off the list!

something a forgotten. I have dicator no searchlight, no and there it will stay. Not

zemembered, however, spare Concealed throughout the boat toothpaste, matches, light bulbs. compressed air fog-horn, so on a boat, where the

tanka other nor even an electric hoist motion

containing powdered soap suitable for salt can be so violent ere

paraffin for stoves and auxillary water, vitamin pills, ball pea- for bosun's chair.

that for weeks on end you lighting, lubricating oll, and refills, Alms for my esmera, fish But 1 do have an cannot stand up without fuel for the engine, There's books, two bottles of rum, and Auxiliary diesel engine, bat holding on, in case you are enough fuel to lake me more the eight volumes of Samuel teries for lighting, a small thrown

cabin of than 400 miles not much use Pepys. Baross

for the 3,000-mile voyage now shead of me.

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radio direction finder, re- deck.

ceivers to pick up G.M.T.

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One leak....

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A tinned meats But the salle are more expensive my mainstay will be important and I have rigged expect to pick up Lying floit dried cod, porridge, end rice. I up a special device-rather like from the deck for breakfast and/ a Health Robinson air or catch dolphins for dinner. In salling down the trade winds. It the calms 1

can drift along Ia huge tripod on the zipping plankon. consists

for navigation, and twin stainless steel sinks in the. galley (with salt and fresh MOST things have to be water laid on). I also carry acrewed down. One of a calling dinghy upside the many jobs I have just foredeck. Secured to the top of

down on deck, and may finished was securing my the tripod are two booms which Incidentally, I have already It never be used an in- radio with natty brass bolts spread a Terylene staysail out started a list of jobs to be done flatable life-saving raft. and wing-nuts. When I on either side, like the wings of when I reach the West Indies.

bird. Using this gear I fondly Oddly enough, it is not Inst crossed the Atlantic, I hope that the boat will steer

boat-im't the main items which In had it wedged with a couple-herself down wind, allowing me (7

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