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THE CHINA MATE, MONDAY,

Cummings

COLOSSAL MOTOR CORI

JULY 6% 1969. (1) IPT

Why does Randolph dislike Eden?

THE 20,000,000"

BABY"!

"Gentlemen, why not make them without engines, now they can't move anywhere?"

LOGAN

GOURLAY

WHO KNOWS AND TELLS IN HIS OWN 'INIMITABLE WAY

A Churchill's

fair trade

with his portrait of a fair lady

T was an odd transaction even for the odd world of portrait painters and canvas sales. At lunch the other day John Spencer Churchill, nephew of Sir Winston, was showing his latest portraits to his guest Niels Larsen, a theatrical agent from Madrid.

"The rumour, is that 'Franco will resign and leave the country."

No prophet

I asked him if this informe- tlen came from sound sources. "I'm not setting myself up as #political prophet.

Buggest you go yourself and And out, It's what I would do if I were

newspaperman_again;"

A good reply from the baron, who spent the first 10 years of his working life as diplomatic correspondent of p, Spanish newspaper,

He is now a full-time puthor and playwright. He has come to London to complete negotia- tions for the sale of the film rights of his latest novel.

The

has been bought by Hollywood's Anthony Quinn who will produce, direct, and per the leading part.

will write the baron script, net associate pro- ducer, and play one of the I indicated ho (As paris. Is an extremely good-looking aristocrat.)

ns

He said: "I've been away more than 10 years. I think I'll walt just a little longer until Franco goes. It's all not safe for me:

Not at all sala,

Cumm

IN October 1911 Ran-

dolph Spencer Chur- chill was christened in the Crypt of the House of Commons. Among his sponsors were Sir Edward. Grey and Mr F. E. Smith,

With imagination one might suggest the following scene.

Sir Edward Grey gave to his Lodgen a love of country life and the power of the pen, while from Mr F. E. Smith ho received the gift of oratory, the quality of courage and an iron constitution.

Wicked fairy

to

Just as everyone was gazing with admiration upon this prodigy who must surely be ex- pected shape the future, there appeared the same aged and wicked fairy who had cast.

the Sleeping a spell upon Beauty.

This time she declared that though she could take away none of the gifts that bad been granted, yet would she cancel them all by her own gift of spleen..

And so

It has turned out to be, for this weakness has

Mr Churchill's judg meni, has made him lose his dignily, and has frustrated his talents.

There is no better evidence

Which, I, reckon, is a very

clouded. The island of Ibiza, an idyllic Mr Larsen was particularly Impressed by the Churchill retreat for artists and writers good price for Miss Portman. portrait of Misa Suna Portman. near Majorca, off the coast of

He offered to buy it. Mr Spain, is becoming increasingly MR NOEL COWARD and

Every three months since be Churchill mentioned a figure of popular with tourists. a few hundred pounds.

The price of land is soaring. Mr. Laurence Harvey, sat "Instead of Mr Churchill plans to build a in a corner at the cock left the baron has been retried in his absence, and his sentence Mr. Larsen said: hard cash I'll give you a slice house and studio on his plot, tail party to launch next has been doubled,

It now totala 300 years. of the land I've just bought in about two or three aères. Which

I reckon 1s worth, roughly month's "Night of 100 the island of Ibiza."

Stars" charity show. Their Roughly. Mr Churchill said: "Done." £3,000.

celebrated heads were close together and they Surprise, surprise

Selection by Friell

NON-NUCLEAR CLUB

"There is only a slight difference of emphasis between us now. He says "Ah, non! Nuclear club!"

"Dr. Hill

hear the Government is looking for British books to subsidise for mass circulation in the

Afro-Askin countring

were deep in conversation

D

of this than that contained in La book" recently published-a book in which Mr Churchill so distorts history that he can now present Sir Anthony Eden as a' pre-war appeaser.

History is distorted

to make Sir Anthony

look an appeaser

by LORD LAMBTON

M.P. for DERWICK-ON-TWEED H.

Now he

How can we explain this tides of drift and surrender, extraordinary assessment of or wrang measurements and Sir Anthony: Eden-a man fecule impulscr who fought against appease was gone,” **

1930s, ment In the

who resigned the Foreign Secretary- ship on a point of principle, and who strove by every menus `In his power to redress the balance of power ogòinst Hitler?

Suggested

Mr Churchill, it is said, has never been able to get over this personal light.

I would reject that explana- tion. I do not believe for one mtmont that Mr Churchill could be actualed by such pefty malice.

show

Besides, the facts that attacks by Mr Churchill on Sir Anthony Eden began not during the war but long before it.

Twenty-six years ago ha was doing what he still is today -writing attacks upon. Bir Anthony Eden.

of

Sir Anthony has travelled for since then and one cannot but feel and that in the same period Me Churchill has time travelled not at all but has re- gradually runflik mained like toy soldier cost in metal, moric- Ing time.

I would conclude by giving

attle advice. Mr Churchill

Many

Such a tribute as this makes

years ago his' grand- It Impossible to believe that Mr Churchill's dislike arises from father, Lord Randolph, In a It is difficult to avoid the loyalty to his own father and we famous purple passage, warned conclusion that such is Mr must dig deeper for the reason. Mr Gladstone to avoid offering

dislike of Sir Churchill's

the country nothing but "chips," Anthony that he Andy it

We can apply his words Does Mr Churchill's attitude

Emeli change of Impossible to tell the difference towards Sir Anthony siem, then, with

genuine feeling aroused phraseology to his grandson, for between that which occurrert from

unless he is careful he will soon and that which he wishes had by the Suez operation?

For months be offering to wildng 'reeders occurred,

It cannot be,

40 Intervened at nothing but spleen.

Churchill Mr

The trouble

Churchill had It Mr

any other name than the one ho has, the malevolent trivio ho 1 continually dishing out would be disregarded, but the troublo 's that he is the son of Sir Winston, whose name is still magle all over the world.

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Defore

Suez

SWO

Was

that suggesting

should, and it Way only After Str

had Anthony Eden

done what Mr Churchill had many times suggested, that the very doing of it was wrong.

IS

Nor is Me Churchill able to throw any light upon this com- palgo, and for any Judgment of this we must wait for Sir Anthony Eden to present his There may ba people side of the case. who. perhaps confusing him

WHAT,

THE THEN with his father, tako netlog of CAUSE OF IT ALL? his words.

WHAT HAS SIR ANTHONY EDEN DONE TO DESERVE It is therefore worth THE SUSTAINED ON- while I think, to check Mr SLAUGHT HE HAS HAD He makes the chorus of his Churchill's fantasy by recalling OVER THE YEARS FROM

what Sir Winston Churchill felt MR CHURCHILL? Istest attack the following who he heard the news of Sir

"And

has been sold that Mr *Britali 30

Anthony Eden's conducted Ineluctably

from the Foreign Secretaryship Sir Anthony. step by step,

Baldwin, In 1038. bu MacDonald,

Chamberlain, Hoare, Simon, Halifax, and These were Eden (loudly proclaim the must conferr names of the boobles!) to sank and for a position; where. we had

The then Foreign Secretary, In low at me dark waters of despair over-order that he might not em fight almost

whelmed me

·From not of our own choosing.”

midnight till dawn -I lay in Mr Randolph Churchill then barrass a serving soldier such as my bed consumed by was, suggested that Randolph

Mrs

sentenco: Georgina Moore sent when I edged past towards some clothes to the cleaners. 1000' another corner. ·

When they came back sho Itund scent Impregnated What was the subject of liter in the pocket of one of their deep conversation? her dresses. It sald, among things: "You're the Mr Harvey's now pair of other

greatest. I'll love you for ever." black suede boots.

It was algnod Llz.

Out of his time

Mr Edile Fleher had sent some 'sults to the same cleaners. Miss Moore, who is a strip- tesor in a West End club and Princess Margaret's For the moment the Baron was once Malda, Jose de Villalonga, who stand-in for an Aungoni par- what should I do better-looking Spanish trait, asks ย aristocrat than Ooya ever, with the letter. If she doesn't painted refuses to go back to know, why should I tell hert Spain.

Le

If he did he would be elapped THOUGHT for the recent Into a Spanish gaol.

His offence

80-degree week: Do-

spite the heat the average

A few years ago the baron, Englishman

I

has been

who fought, for General Franco walking about with his in the civil war, wrote a book in which he had some uncattering usual, heavyweight suit—- winter- things to say about is former plus his usual general.

weight waistcoat. Conclu- The baron was told to leave slon: The averago English- Spain in a hurry. He did, man is 'a' hidebound ·reac- Immediately afterwards he tionary masochist. On the was. sentenced in his absence to subject of his clothes any. Inprisonment for sedition, way.

Now visiting London from

Paris, where he has been living Good news out his exile

to

-London Express Serojas)..

Parasitic skin

resignation Churchill was once sighted by disease, itching

The story is told of one of the wartime conferences when Sir

his words! * Winston and Eden and Randolph that my heart Churchill were staying together.

while the

• THE RISE AND FALL OF emotionE of sorrow and fear should relire while he and the

ANTHONY EDEN, by There seemed one strong prime Minister, had Randolph Churchill (MacGibbon young... figure" ; standing up

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avatnet long, dismal, crawling decussion

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Larmony, the baron told me: I happened in a suburban My father, and sono mem. cinema during the showing of living in Spain, 'Our' tamilly eple "The Buccanger," which is nome is old and respected sq about the American War of they haven't been punished for Independence. Ver my sins,

An extra ruled on to the Anyway I may be able to screen ConnounciarelorThe go bacit con, 1 hour that British have taken Washligh the underground is very active The oudlepes applauded. One In Spain. There may even be acfi them cheeredia SRVA face-up in the next few w@ok#

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