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FAR-EASTERN DAYDREAM

BACK COMES TERROR-BUT THIS TIME WITH A DIFFERENCE

Trouble in Cyprus

I'm not surprised!

THERE are clouds gathering over Cyprus again. Terror- ism returns. A woman is burned to death. Arms are smuggled in. And propaganda leaflets are being distributed.

It is the second act of the same old tragedy. But now there is a touch of comedy about it.

Colonel Grivas couples Archbishop Makarios with the British na the arch chomies of Enosis the movement for the union of Greece with Cyprus.

Was it for this that so many of our soldiers

gave their lives?

And have we before us but the continuation of another useless struggle?

World Copyright by arrangement with the Manchester Guardian Questions

These are the questions raised by Lord Salisbury in a letter published in The Times. For Archbishop Makarios, backing away be- fore the threats' of Colonel Grivas, has declared that the average mon.

And we don't mean just the within the perimeter of the Jacks-in-oice, but men who two British bases there decide what we shall do, ate, will be no populated

Why We Debunk Britain

by

THE BOULTING

BROTHERS ROY (left) AND JOHN

Itere they talk to JOHN CRUESEMANN:-

WE

are

the

which people with power regard

and hear.

Take Tin Pan Alley. For Cypriot areas. our new film. "I'm All Right,

Jack," WC had д

rock 'n'

Where then, Lord Salis

roli tume composed. A almbury usks, is the labour

about the present day required music of the present day.

But the words that went with the music were considered 100 "Intelligent" by Tin Pan Alley, They didn't want to low, so they insisted that nobody would want to know.

else

Now the music goed out an with an original lyrie oli une: es individuals we believe disc In Bellain because Britain has about hugging my baby, and always stood for the individual, etc. (You know the words.) only And if we spend a lot of time

to be That is typical. The people who Nowadays there seem, debunking the world about us two sqerod, cows-Big Business know best frequently only know geminal film twins our wives spend even more time and Organised Labour, Both the worst. in existence.

debunking us, which is prob- ure deep in an open conspiracy good thing. Probably? against the individual to force Definitely!

us to accept certain things for what in fact they are not.

Both

We are 45. For 27 yearn we have been in the film business, are busily feathering their own and for 22 years we have been nests most of the ime. And producing our own Bims,

to hell with the rest of us.

What is more, we are probably ably the most philoprogenitiye im tay alive. We could put a whole cricket eleven into the feld-oges ranging from two to we 17-and that's just where like to put them when we're at wark,

Fortunately, neither of our seriously; they wives takes us are always making fun of us.

Headaches BAYER

Toothaches Colds

are quickly overcome by'

CAFASPIN

When we started we made low-budget Alms with a high mind. They earned us wonder- ful notices. many letters from carmest film lovers, and the deep suspicion of the film industry.

Juck Dunfee, the theatrical impresario and ugent, described us in these days as the Angry Boys. We were before our time. After the war we became little red

showing our tempers on the screen, It wus art this time that Richard Attenborough found husett Junehing a few tables away from Noel Coward. He was moned to the Master's table.

"And what are you doing now, Dickle?"

of

sum-

"I've signed up with the Boulling Brothers."

Fun

"Ah! The Boultings!" Coward sighed. "Quite brilliant but cbsolutely humouries:."

This gave us to think. Maybe he was right. And we began to wander if it would be possible 10 be serious without being solemn. And su Gul comedy series began.

We make films to make grople laugh, and because we enor mausly enjoy making them.

^ secondary, but abnost equally good, reason is a simple

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NOW THEIR LATEST

The brilliont British film team known as the Boulting Brothers have poked fun at a number of stuffy English institu- tiona int recent yours and thousands all over the world have laughed at their films which have made tilts at the Army, the Civil Service, the legal profession and now, in their latest "I'm all right, Jack" at big business and Organised Labour.

The film, to be ro- leaved in Hongkong

stors

later this year, Terry-Thomas, Dicklo Attenborough and many of the stars that have made other films by the Boulting Brothers famous.

Bath seem to believe that they should be regarded CA Holy Writ, whereas they have their (ull quota of original sin. So much humbug surrounds them that we decided here was some- thing which

to be ought bashed. So we made "I'm All Right, Jack,"

After all, who Is King in the Welfare State? That humourless, faceless monster-the official, the bureauerst, the combino executive.

war.

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Certainly 'great deal ho changed since we used to be Angry Men before the Social disparities have largely been abolished, people Ininitely better off (except old ago pentioners), we are told from on high that we have never hud it so good. It must be truel

But at the end of this huge

revolution we are not so sure that the losses hove not been us great as the gains,

For example, the tendency to think 'et people not as kumon

Orders of 50 or more placed before August 31, 1959 will be beings but is part of a group,

delivered early' in December.

a bloc, a class. We deplore the -concealed contempt with

Tradition

Happily, the average Briton isn't discomfited by being made aware of his country's absurdi- tles. That is his great strength, at his leaders and

needed to run the buses coming from?

What is to stop it being withdrawn at a moment's notice?

And he concludes by stating that there remain two alternatives:

Elther to ensure that there is a working population within the confine) of the bases—or to go elsewhere.

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the

DAILY

EXPRESS

NKRUMAH AT BALMORAL

MADE R

PAIVY

COUNCILLOR

Cummings

satisfied!"

"If only I could get rid of this thing round my nack, maybe I'd be shaking hands with her Majesty."

BY LORD LAMBTON, M.P.

However, at last the Prime colony without the British being Minister, over-riding the ob-

& parly to the talks. understand why.

Lord Jection

of the Foreign and Salisbury's letter Le co alarm- Colonial Secretaries, suddenly The result inz

Out exactly examine

events of understood that a negotiated what I prophesied. Greek the last year,

peace was possible and called and Turkish Interests the Turks and Greeks to put before our owa. gether for talks on the future of Cyprus.

his most precious tradition--that In September Greece, anxious of laughing institutions.

We believe our films reflect the popular attitude and mood. Their

seems to Success

prove

for a deal with

Turkey, was ready to give up Enosis and to allow Cyprus to become a mem- ber of the Commonwealth.

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a part of right sovereignty wing members. So a top was Cyprus, a clause certain to be thrown 40 them! Brilish the rallying point of every anti- sovereignty over the bases. Government force there and in This opportunity the Govern-

But, of course, no mention Greece. And so It has turne our point.

Then

fotol error AVS was made as to who

was out,

There is no chance that Certainly we are never more ment refused to believe existed.

the matter In made. We were not officially gaming to work them. serious than when, we're being When I pressed

of Commons I wee represented at the talks. our the House

The although humorous, and

Once again our policy far treated as an agitator, And the precedent was established of a Intentions are serious,

British Prime Minister inviting confused. Having decided on we've managed to avoid taking Whips went around telling every-

body that the Ideo was most two foreign countries to meet an excessively Liberal palley. ourselves too seriously.

and decide the future of a British we suddenly added to it British dangerous and unhealthy. (London Express Service).

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BONN: MAN BITES BULLDOG –(17.15 OFFICIALLY STATED THAT HE DIDN'T REALLY MEAN IT AND HILL COME TO LONDON TO APOLOGISE.)

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GENEVA: ENDURANCE TEST- THREE MEN UP A TREE FOR 10 MONTHS.

AND STILL GOING STRONG .......

the new cry for Enosis and the abandonment of our war bases will su ́enly cease.

For years Greek Govern- their ments would take people's mind off poverty by complaining about Cyprus, Now the British bases are a perfect weapon for the Greek opposition of the Right ond the Lett.

The position is also com- plicated by the tact that the Turks agreed to tho Cyprus settlement only. the understanding that we kept bases there,

on

It is, therefore. impossible for us to leave suddenly,

Furthermore, without the

British

busts the Onancial position of the island would be bad indeed-and A good portion of the population realises

It.

Reduce base

the

What now? I suggest we should let it be known that it **uation โทร. Cyprus worsens we are ready to reduce the bass 10 BAIK- sufficient size, large enough to guarantee our re-entry it serious Turko-Grecian troublé arose but not large enough to bonent the economy of the make it a base operation.

country or 10

for a foreign

This might well have a salutary effect.

But the outlook: ls: not, good. You cannot be seven-eighths Liberal and then throw in a forced Imperial connection.

A

When the terms of the London Bgreement wook.c debated I argued "a pólley of

work, pure strength, can polley of pure compromise can work, but in a situation such as this the mixture of the two cannot work."

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It is not working." The pły is that we have to have no- other crislain Cyprus, to rein- force what Bucź" Burgly, should have taught,

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