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WHICH ONE

L LODGE

GRUENTHER

DILLON

DEWEY

THE CHINA. MAIL,

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1959.

WILL FOLLOW MR DULLES?

It could, of course, be an

people. unknown

New York.

ONE by one the old men in the United States Government drop out. Recently it was the Honourable Joseph Martin, who had been Republic Leader of the House of Representatives for over 20 years. Then it was Senator Theodore Green, aged 91, who had to make way for Senator Fulbright as head of the important Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Not long ago it was Secretary of Defence Charlie Wilson.

And how John Foster Dulles, ged 71 on February 25, is 1 ngain for the third time in the past two years.

Doctors have found existence of malignancy. fully determined t th

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to its

"the

not time,

eer-

extent, hut 1. to require further treat- ment."

CANCER...:

by DON IDDON

Prezidenti Secretary. James Hagerly, release his letter to the President asking for leave of

bence,

Apart from the operation for cancer of the stomach two years

The significant phrase in the go, the intestiumf complaint

letter was "I would be avail- involving surgery a few months

ald for consultation with you for operation ago. and-

had my associates and would Perton, Mr Dulles has

[1 few weeks to several other une ported - xpect ifter

resume fully the duties of the hussen, some of them severe.

#Nice"

Dodged

During his recent visit London, Parks, and Bonn he took masteine constantly to ease the pain of his hernia condition. H has been wearing a truss for the past fortnight and has had to Induce resort to Sechitives to sleep.

another

even

Now the President described Mr Dulles, as remarkable, bril- Itent, and the most valuable main foreign affairs he had ever known;

Ile added: " belleve that in the every thinking man United States will pray for Mr Dulles early recovery-bea1150 America neus him,"

White

трав Mr Dalles walking slowly and painfully Into the Walter Reed Ilos- plini lo await his operation, he mado B

"Good wry joke: morning. This is getting to be familiar ground."

Who?

S Mr Dulles is not really in the Embassies, in the State niving up, not

tem- Department itself, and at the porarily," He still wants to run

United Nations headquarters the the foreign policy of the United question is being posed: "Who States-even from a sick bed. will be successor os Serrelary of

State?"

But his policy towards Berlin differs in many respects from· · This question has to be faced and Americans today are facing the policy of his deputy, Under-

Stewiary

State Christian it.

less Herter.

Hexible, a inore adamant man.

of

It is also ieved here by many offlelals that he will have

Incidentally, Mr Herter him tu undergo

major self is not a strong mon, and cperation for intamunajion of has suffered for some years from the colon which has been troub- arthritis.

ng him since December.

through

The Slate Department is, This brave and gallant man therefore, going has been a dilleult patient, period of crisis.

nnd defying his doctors over over again.

When he was asked recent- ly 1 his health 1 beep fully restored he dodged the question, but asserted he would qult the moment he felt he Could not meet the respgsi- titles of his job.

By-passed

il

It would be ali very well if there were a strong President, bot Mr Eisenhower is not that, Frankli

Rousevell was his

In the United Nations tall, handrome Henry Cabot Lodge, chler U.S. delegate, a former Senator from Massachusetts and the first man to get the Eisen- frower bandwagon rollhugg seven years ago, is considered a lead ing candidate for the position.

I believe he would like tho lob. although he has a temper which fires under slight provo- eation, and he is sometimes ham-handed ITI negotiation. But he is vigorous. tireless, and at 50 is in excellent physical condition.

He

is nationally known, own Steretary of State, and -unen by-passed Cordell Hull, thanks to the United Nations But now compelled to stund And Sumner Wells was such a debates which have been tele- vised to millions of American down tuinporarily," he was powerful, Under Secretary of promising to be back on the job State, which Mr Herter is not, homes. soon, and recently took the that he also sometimes by- exflorantry step of having the--possed-his-chief, Mr Hul

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Another Intimate of Eisen- "Huwer," "General-Aifred Gruatis, ther, who was ike's successor in command of North Atlantic Treaty forces in Europe, and who now heads. the American Red Cross, is uko a candidate,

fe le an excellent diplomat and well-liked in Europe; but his experience does not include the Far East or Latin America. His crilles, say: "How many more generals do we want in the Government?"

Friction

Is

Under-Secretary Herter ruled out as a possible suc- CCSEOT fur reasons of health; but the third man, the Under- Secretary for Economic Affairs, Douglas Dillon, is a hot tender.

con-

At 49 he is a bright new face in an Administration cluttered with tired old men. He was on excellent Ambassador to Franco and has been an outstanding econemle planner.

In any speculation about the Dulles successor Thomas E. Dewey cannot be ignored.. The two-time Republican Presiden. tial candidaje, and twice a loser, now in private lavṛ prac- fice, has said he will not return to pubile life; but politicians and lawyers can change their minds.

Dowey was Eisenhower's origi- nal, poiluent mentor, but al- though they nro, poiltleni·allics, they irritate cath other and Ebenhower might not want Dewey as his right-hand;

A political unknown might well be the next Foreign Beerd, fary of the United States, but wharver he is the American public hopes and prays that he will be a fit;ME.

The Bachelor King

AT A TIME OF SPECULATION

AT A TIME OF SPECULATION I MEET BAUDOUIN

THE MONARCH WHO PASSES AS

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High up in the Austrian

alpine resort of St. Anton From

today a present-day king is living out the legend in

modern manner,

Stephen Harper

to the Grand Duchy of Luxem

He is Baudouin, the 28 year-old bachelor King of the Belglans; bespectacled, but travelling incognito as burg. She cat next to bingOn the other ide was their 'ski- befits a man: fulfilling master, Albert Fonder. The fairy tale.

place opposite the king was the orly place loft in the restaurant, I took..

Frankfurter

a.

nn

Commoners 'crowded the

„There Gla cu the far side. princess-Princess Beatrix, the 21-year-old heiress to the Dutch Shrine Ind, It seems, every blu ain Innceert holiday-maker as the king himself. But she was rot there incognito.

Tesouran excep! of a table

"Bui,"

MISTER'

the king 'told me.

I did not know the pinces: would be here until Farrived. Il re coliscidence."

King Baudouin, who drank a cola with his frankfurter and tried potatoes, tucked" "In heartily. He did not see the

priceces and her party pt a

window table.

His tip

IN folklore and in fable met nim recently over

in goustge many a monarch has frankfurter

8.000ft-high okl restaurant just cast off his crown and below the summit of Mount gone out among the Valluga.

And in that We were squashed together at a plastic-toppert table. Baudouin peculiarly royal pleasure had shed his blue ski-liig jacket

The fibric of a fairy tala of passing off as plain and were a red tullove; and an

-rounce was spun when

Princess Charlotte and ski- young king arrivéd unexpectedly "mister" some have pen-cèked moris shirt.

He had brought, with him his at the hotel where the princesa master Fonder chose Wiener -found fun and others

Charlotte, a is slaying. He registered as rehnitzel" (vent cullets) instead Fister, Prineces

of STUDE03.

Afterwards the wife of the heir "Monstar de Rethy."- brunette and romance.

the

He sat with his back to them at cur lable in the centre. Other window. labics,

glendid new rook views, were all taken.

king pailt the 101.20-schilling bill (about 20.) in bank notes from a hip-pocket wallet,

For the perspiring waitress much too busy with other customers to wonder about hi

a 20- identity-be put down schilling p

Ne

King Baudouin told mo

Princess Charlotto was having a wonderful holl- day: And said: "How can you not have a wonderful holiday here? But you should be ski-ing yoursel!

there is nothing to compare · with it." |

Baudouin said he wanted to stay as M. de Relly and t prom and not in give him away. to other ski-ers who had no idea who he really was.

The king explained: Te days is not such a long holl- day to ask for in a year."

overlooking Nothing to it'

MME DE GAULLE APPLIES

THE ASCOT RULES

PARIS NEWS LETTER

by SAM WHITE

THE traditional Ascot Royal Enclosure rules regarding divorced persons THE

are being rigidly applied by Mme. de Gaulle since she has become the wife of the President of the French Republic. What looks very much like a purge of those who have been divorced has already been carried out among members of General de Gaulle's staff.

Some of them served with him when he was PM: 10 now that Mme, de Gaulle is mistress of the presidential Elysee Palace their services have been dispensed with.

Similarly, these tainted with divorce are unwelcome at er vate lunches and dinner parties at the Elysee Palace.

In

Prince Rainier's Betion 'peremptorily dissolving Monaco's

18-man "Parliament."

Many of the people involved are Civil Servants rad they risk their jobs by their opposition to the Prince

Had he heard. I asked, the about him and poculation Princess Beatrix? He smiled embarrassed way and in or Bad: "We have heard, of course, but thero is absolutely. nothing to it. I know the princess, but I don't know her o very well. We have met on a few occasions, and they have generally been Informal ones." Then wo sald goodbye, and the king and princess collected their side from a rack.

Princess Beatrix, an attrac- tiva blonde nicknamed "Trix" by her friends, put on her skla a minute inter. She wore blue A white cli-ing trousers and fur-lined ski-ing jacket over a green sweater,

Outside, at the head of tho

ski run, she spoke briefly with Baudouin before he moved off, up the steep incline, followed closely by Princess Charlotte.

Beatrix followed threo Joseph Dr Their leader,

minutes later with her party, man of rigorous but did not meet the king Simod, integrity with a record of again on the way down. for foreign devoted medical service, has

been broken in health by ital Complications Gaulle hus also

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A ciere tequaintance explain- accommodation

TTLE, "She is deeply dignitaries,

Mme. de Teligious and she simply finds.

It looks as though the dispute

I came down in the cable car Knee-breeches the presence of divorced people tightened discipline among the

with tho Canadian-born wife wear for over the budget wis microly are now compulsory at her table-distasteful to her," palace servants.

excusé seized by the Prince

of Colonel Sesink, an aide of She has also, introduced other footmen at all times,

Prince Bernhard, the crown changes in the Eysce Palace, This increased discipline, I tid himself of Simon,

princess's father. She is acting needed. revealing ber came of them

must say, was sadly sense. The

M. President,

The Prince is receiving strong as a lady-in-waiting to Beatrix. housewifely

former

She told me: "We were strong

an easy-going man support from the protecting Elaborate flower displays which Coly, was

nnybody when Surprised ng for the Jast power, were such a feature of the e- and a widower

France, in his dispute King Baudouin arrived. Natu- trance

the Elyce Patace year of his office. to

I have often seen footmen at with Simon. The Prince's dis- rally, we knew at once that this with. dispensed inve been

of Dr Simon had the i would Insidad,

receptions presidential hcwis are filled with

Office prior speculation." greenery. All curly enjoying the party even French Foreign

The princess's alde, Mr approval. The application of such rutes miscellaneous

bills are carefully

more than the guests,

Mattoljssen, added: "Nothing is has luevitably caused pain to household

impossible, we know, but such some of those affected, special checked by Mme. de Gaulle her-

them amorg

romance would have too who self, ly those

many complications. ore the General's most feguent admirers.

A shock

It has also come as something of a shock to a society which, especially on the political level, hns

great long displayed telerance in such matters,

Mme. de Gaulle beneath her Eelf-effacing exfettof is a woman of sireng will and g.cat roligious fervour,

obvt missal

The French are preparing to

0

So much for what Mme. do Gaulle has done to the Elysee Mme. de Gaulle is to be What has the Elysee done for

She now looks 15 years algn a new treaty with Monaco spared the strain of having dis- her?

male right of succession against tinguished foreign house-guests, younger and wears slightly de- assurlig female as well as a

The private apartments once col'ete dresses. used to accommodate reyalifes and residents are now needed by General de Gaulle's exceptionally large staff.

foreign

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come concessions from the Prince.

comment

and

"There is, however, no ques- tion of romance here.”

But there's a fairy-talo setting for love... the heady. air of the Alps, A blonde - young in- Such concessions would alve princess, Although nything that hap pena in Monaco borders on France taxation rights against cognita king who

dance with As a result the French Gov-

com- the first be foolish to French-financed dummy farce, it would a

at court ball in Brussels. ernment is planning to buy town' house which w serve as ignore the ugly overtones of panles in Monteo.

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ance had

her,

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hotel

and feather Annigoni bekavia he didn's i

the "Pe

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