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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 1959.

Has the time come TRISTAN

for Ike to step down?

ISMARCK in old age was once asked

BIS

to look into the future, How did he expert the world to shape in the years after his death? He replied: "The greatest fart for the twentieth century is that English and Americans speak the same language.”

In this judguent, smarck showed the wisdom

of a great stesson. Throughout our lifetime the Anglo-American alliance civilisation

has been the sheet-anchor of

Deuce, Dur und world

stem from its success. failure.

uchleventents

Our disastora siem from s

The hard core

In the

The alliance has never been exclusive. First World War we had other great allies before Amerlen come in, allies to whom we remained loyal. Al the present time practically all the democra- eles of Western Europe are joined with us and the United States in Nato. But we and the Amerleans were its founders, and the hard core of the whole thing.

Nor does the alliance mean that we must always ugree with each other on everything.

Some people in Britain, of was one thought that whom, I the Americus carried on the war in Korea too long. More thunghi that the Americans were wrong when they seemed to be encouraging Chlong Kai-shek to go to war over the off-shore Islands of China. And

Cummings

by A. J. P. TAYLOR

most my people, and thy God Amerlemis condemned us for God." the expedition to Suez.

If we fail...

were

Yet the differenera overcome. We stuck together.

We are often tempted to wish

he that we mld be more dependent of Amerlen. I dare say that the Americans often feel the same about us. Our in- terests do not always eainetde. and Our judgments on MHUR events often differ.

The fact remalus that we are

For from ending the Anglo- Auerlean alliance, we have one world imperative duly in the

Die

fer our own sake and for sake nf øveryone else, That duty is to make the work. It is not working now,

THE ORDERS FOR

TODAY 15

reliable subordinate, He cannot ervate or lend.

We ought to be looking for ward to the Summit conference with Joy and hope. Inttend wo all dread it. And we can guess that Mr Dulles war seeking to put of. With good reason.

What chance has the free world when I leadership is who In the hand of a mas can hardly perform his day- to-day tasks?

How can we expect President own1 to olliance Elsenhower hold his

against Mr Khrushchev, healthy, exuberant, indefatigable?

For why? What is the cause of thir terrible blank in the free world? Are we at odds? Are we Alerce dif- split asunder by firsner? Not at all.

A fine job

.The sole cattre of our weak-

CDF

If Mr Elsenhower remains President, Mr Dulles was right. The best thing for the free world is that the Summit ference should not happen. The tension must go on. The danger of destruction must hang over our ends.

Already the sickness of an

for the world on

two great democracles. Our nues a lack of leadership. And American President has been a Governments are freely chosen that leadership can come only catastrophe

by the people and rest on their from one place. It can consent. No mon is Imprisoned only from Washington, without a fair trial,

We may fall short of these Ideals. But if we failed, the Ideals would vanish too.

Whenever I begin to denounce the Americans and lo wish that we could part, some words from

come twe occasions.

This in the fact that we must look brutally and noreely in the Either the President of face. the United States lends the free world. Or nobody dues. He is not leading now.

M: Marmilan has done a fine

the Bible run through my head. Job in seeking to prepare the

the death;-

A catastrophe.

IN

and the TERROR

the ancient City of London, now that you need no longer walk in fear of the footpad and the cutpurse, the police are brought up with a religious respect for the sanctity of commercial buildings.

It may have been the con- trast between

what

the

City

KTION

police- has to look after and

what Icsser breeds

of

..

policemen have

to

look

after

that provoked the original compacion between all Lombard Street and, a Chian orangė.

We reused the poor, old cars. Joker ft. bls sleep.

[ By C, R. HEWITT ||NTIL 1943 C. K. Hewitt was a Chiat (aspetive in the City of Landan Pular, the fato je Čavele hir anergies to win in a guarded and rather and broadcasting which he had already been doing

detallare way* under a plaudaným S. H_Ralph. He is on the editorial start of the New Statesm and te kotha frequent mantikater on lean and Becialugical subjects to a variety of jouerals and an anperhared hisādenter and ridim verpt-writer

Bu talist Vash ha deszibzi ** ** esalingay glimpar af sur common perli that we may be mistahan" tar ang another. His cunh bak a work ant the breklams of world DEPRÍSTICA and resources for the Family Planning Artelatien.

Before the levelling an

events

of the

war, every

City building

that a night- duty polica.

AR-IMMBAR

manuala

The church caretaker lived loft was emply the fairly near. We reused the poor coveted and locked. "Play the man from his bed and he let us "You may be wrong about the organ? But Into the wonderful old church position of the switch. I mid everything's with huge bunch of keys that "Perhaps it's on after all, and locked up?" Jangled eloquent profest,

the current is shorting in somo We turned on every light we way?" could and and we searched

mon might lean up against could "All locked up and secure, be worth a million pounds. So sergeant. But there's someone whenever a patrolling constable in there. And he keeps on start- found anything wrong with ing the same tune over and over "premises" at night-a padlock again, and then kind of giving it endune, a door open, a light in up. Ile only plays about four an office or wareroom, an un notes.", would not let me move,

even a and explained noise,

nasty

The church was in total dark- had to behave during that time I not only re-smell-he

ness. "I know it's pitch dark in covered my benith, I learned a though he was on the brink there, sergeant, and that's onc lesson I did not thereafter events that might convoise the of the things I don't like about violate; a full measure of health markets of the world. is basic to successful command."

Great chance

Has Mr Eisenhower forgotten

ONLY COURSE

of

I thlok he is allowed more fulllative now, but what he did ihen, for every conceivabla reason, was to send for blo sergeant,

it."

"Perhaps that's why he can only manage the same

four notes. How do they go?"

The caretaker was allent for very nook and cranny. It took so kag that I thought he hadn't just over an hour. We found no heard. crouching crganist. The church was empty, there was undis- turbed dust on the seat in the organ loft and the mantials were covered and locked,

ALL LOCKED UP "Could be," he said at last We'll try everything. I'll switch it up." And he did: and we left As we turned to leave in a and locked up ngain. The care- silence that must have been taker went nervously and un- oppressive for constable, he certainly home. was about to embark on anolker The constable and I waited, splutter of self-justification when Hstening, for ten minutes.

noticed that tho electrle "At all events," I said to him, power supply to the organ was then, "you know now that you

on-there The consinble was in no sing- fumed

was on didn't imagine it. You ought to thal's ing mood. "Well,

Anyway, the ordinary 15 amp power switch find that reassuring. It's and the tever was down,

you won't be hearing it any more His own authority and initia- funny thing, sergeant.

the theatre now what he wrote then? It is tive might be sufficient for small tune they play at

emergencies like turning out the where they've got that Edgar are brigade, stopping a runaway Wallace play on-The Termor.

FAMILIAR TUNE horse, diving into the Thames after a suicide, or interfering to prevent a murder. But if any- "They play it every time the thing was wrong with premises, trap door opens in the floor of he sent for his sergeant.

the room. I don't mind telling The chance can be seized

I was one of these sergeants you, sergeant," he added, "it's n only if the free world gives a witen, at 2.30 a.m. on a pitch tune that gives me the creeps.” resolute lead. And that load dark winter's night, the come only from an constable patrolling the hallowed

exercise of his powers.

to be hoped not.

Summit The

conference

offers a great chance for world peace. Perhaps the last chance for many years.

can

1 thought he shivered,

American President lan full and cloistered precincts of The Shone my lamu on his face.

Temple sent for me

Mr

Elsenhower has

never

been deat to the call of duty; It comes to him now clear and

inescapable. It comes from his admiring and steadfast allies.

LET HIM RESIGN HIS HIGH OFFICE FORTHWITH. Of all his great services to 1010 Woodrow Wilson the cause of freedom, this wili be the hardest. It will also be was struck down when he was recking to win America for the the greatest and the one most

gratefully remembered. League of Nations.

The United States ceased to

re-

They are the words of Ruth way for an agreement with the cunt in world affairs for 20 with which Harry Hopkins Russians. But the thine hus years, all thanks to a paralysed annesneed during the Second passed when the Prime Minis- President who refused to World War that the United ter of this country can lead the sign. Stale: would stand by us to free work unaided. Still less

In 1945 President Roosevelt, can it be led by Dr Adenauer or President de Gaulle. The already

mortally ill, threw Yalta the fruits of centre of unity lies in Washing away at

victory. How different the ton.

world would be today if Roose velt had then been in full Vigour.or if he had made way in 1944 for a vigorous successor.

President Eisenhower has awareness

"Whither

thou poest, I will go; and where thin lodgest will lodge; thy, propte shatt be

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Ne, one can doubt the devo already KL `ATHTAN~~NAR ↑

of

the fact

strength are vital to leadership.

tion and high principles of Pre aldent Eisenhower. But, as the closest and most loyal of allies, we are entitled to ask: Can he give the firm and resolute Europe,

in

leadership which we are allness he suffered when he was

secking? The answer is: No. }

Mr Dulles has long tried to provide the lendorship Instead.

his book. Crusade in he wrote thus of ДП

C-in-C. of the Allied Forces In Europe:--

and has worn himself out in tracted a severe case of Nu...

"On Christmas Day I con-

and becaine rently

the trek. He has gone. The new Secretary of State, however

"The cannot be and able,

clmarge. for a long time than a

strong

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"Oh no," said the caretaker, now," "That's off We've had the And then, to the accompanf- switch-gear off lately, and it ment of something liko terror in got put back upside down. When his face, the Temple Church the switch is up, the power's on; orgen thundered out once more when it's down it's off. It's all the first four notes of the Pre- right, sergeant, truly, Come on." lude to Tristan and Isolde,

It went on doing this, I learn- He was missing his sleep.

ed afterwards, every 11 DISBELIEF

minutes until the maintenance man come at 11.30. All the time 1

We closed the darkened he was examining it, there was church, stepped outside, and no

He found performance, "When did you come over to watched him leek the doors. nulting wrong, repaired nothing,

"I don't say you heard did nothing. The message I got, passed on night duty?" I said. "Are you

said the caretaker: nothing."

But it never played solo again, by word of mouth

one getting your proper sleep?" from

thought you beat to another, was about

"Look sergeant, I'm all right. "You must have heard in the What I've told you Is straight heard something. "strenge noises" Temple Church,

up. There's someone in there organ maintenance people to I found the P-e watching the I grabbed his arm and he look at it la the morning, but I His stopped abruptly. The organ must say I never yet heard of church windows closely,

through dia- an organ playing liself- manner was part suspicion, part was thundering

The words congealed on his incredulity, part defiance. part pason pipes the first four notes

of the Prelude to Tristan and lips. The snoring introduction theepishness.

"What's this about noise?" I solde. I've never been quite to Tristan had burst out again,"

sure that the key was right, but We could feel the vibration on

no mistaking those the stone platform of the porch, in keeps there was

and We tore the doors open and organ, notes et tragle promise

foreboding.

rushed in. As before, the organ

said.

"Someone in there trying to play the sergeant."

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