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AT THE HEART

OF THE KUWAIT CRISIS .

This juggler of Old Bagdad

By Geoffrey Thursby

EVE

VER since he seized power by murdering young Faisal and his family Abdel Karim Kassem, Prime Minister extraordinary of Iraq, has been juggling to keep himself in power.

In the tires

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THE CHINA MAIL,

FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1961.

The fraud behind the Common Market smoke-screen

ARE WE BEING TOLD THE WHOLE TRUTH?

the

ever.

AM not a professional economist. Not even a Those who are already running divides

Commun Market say it professional politician. But I usually have some does. Those who advocate it in idea what the great arguments over policy are this

doesn't about.

I

country imply that 11

I may come down heavily on one side or the other. But I understand why I am doing so. grasp the arguments on the other side even when be straight elections on the

I do not agree with them.

But the Common Market baffles me. I suspect that most people in this country, evon those who follow poli- tics closely, are in the same position.

by

A.J.P.

TAYLOR

I know what countries

the compose

Common EZAD Market. They are the famous Bix: Germany, France, Italy, Holland, Hel- gium, Luxemburg. Beyond m that, I am quite at sea.

WHAT'S THE

POINT?

It sounds EL wonderful idea that we should join with the countries of Messials-Europe to

promote our economic prosperity, just as we joined them in to defend our freedom.

He Jaus ruled i31 ISTE, His eyes take on he has tried to set and aglast like look. Ife tooks at the men

leader against West, one Arab

as if he doc: nol another, and has brought Russia around him

see them--and talks and falks and talks.

in to bolster up his repţime.

One bloody attempt was made to overthrow his government — and he turned to good uro paganda to effect an attempt to assossil him.

Gumnien Wrylaid hit as he ww being driven hume Bagund's famous streel of columns-Rashid-street

Then he will go on the radio and talks solidly again five or six hours,

for

Kassem always looks spruce

o ext

ነ

Krey

He was woundest. thought he would live.

No

the uniform 07 urt army peneral-n pistol stung nu hip. The uniform nf one ouncer is almost Identical with

that of a British

and officer. until Kassem is close, and you

his Tragi

CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION Thousands of metric tons

ZU.S.A: 363,120

VENEZUELA 148,740-

U S.S.R. 148,000

KUWAIT:81:860

SAUDI ARABIA 60.860)

PERSIA 52,080.

IRAQ 47,480

CANADA 27,400

INDONESIA 20.200.

MEXICO 15.350

Top ten oll-producers. Fourth: Kuwait, centro of the Middle East crials.

HIS GREED

can we his Iraqi insignia, he

could be a British general ap- poaching red tabs and all.

Unlike many of his brother oleors in the Fraqi Army, he le always spruce-Bud shaved. His shoes shine like a Sandhurst rader's, and his uniform is crisp and pressed.

He can look crisp and fresh even after 16 hours of work in Bagdad's heat and dust,

and

لله

He can become Excitable Though he is usually stif formal. I have seen him jump

up and down with glee on saluting bose as Russian tanis rounded

i carner and moved toward him. He ran up and down the platform where he was taking the salute his hand still at the salute.

Suddenly he seemed to realise win! he was doing, and stiffen- ed to attentlan.

HIS LOVE

At home he Ryes simply. He is fund of strong bitter Turkish coffee. and he likes sharply- spiced son!! green olives and untenvened Arab bread,

He is not married. "Iraq my only inve," he says.

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He is not a man who makes personal friends. He is always the leader-the dedicated maa.

He cannot relax, and sleeps little. He eats

very litle too, and does not keep regular hours.

man agalust that, this country against that.

WWI

Or, at least, we joined with some of them. I have a vague, confused memory that Germany was then on the other side and that one of our

war aims was t destroy the Common Market which Hitler had created. Nowadays we are not sup- posed to mention that.

But how is the Common Mar kes going to work in practice?

"Cicer up," they say, "The prospect of a food of foreign labourers looks alarming.

really happen. Nothing There wifi actie be ways of keeping them, oul."

群

Are we going lo have common Parlament? And, f ro, on what base? Will there

linary basis, with our own Parliament down to the level of a county camell?

or-

In that case, our parties will have to merge with foreign parties as as industries will.

1 wonder who the Labour Party will team up with, it alune the Conservatives? It in a nice picture to think of Lord Gladwyn and Mr Roy Jenkins marching behind the banner of President de Gaulle,

maybe Or

The authority will be composed of repre- Kentativen of the various Governments. Then we shall have one vole. And Luxem- borg will have the same. curious arrangement.

A

I do not ask these questions merely in order to be awkward. They are ren) difficulties. In-

If so, what is the point of stend at answering them the the Common Market? Either 1 advocates

the Commun means what it says, in which Market turn

Like the nway, producer of some amateur play. ease It is full of dangers. Or it does not, in which case it is they say: "It will be all right 11 swindle. Though I cannot on the night."

who understand

Is being swindled. Maybe you and me.

The countries of the Common

But this is not on amateur play. Our cutire future, econo- mic and political, in at stake. Market are going to keep high And with it the very existence tariffs against foreign goods. of the Commonwealth. Who is going to decide what tariffs to keep anst how high Where do our blcad-brothers

In? Or oversens they should be?

I WONDER

Again, the is going to

Common Market have o planned economic policy, Industries will be encouraged where they are most suitable. And where they are unsuitable, they will be elased down.

to determine

countries

Who is going

Continental

Is there, for instance, going to be real freedom this pian? What happens if the of movement for the

decide worker? Italian agricul that Great Britain is not 3 tural labourers coming suitable country for agriculture? here, and British steel Do we pack up our forins, and send the workers on them to workers sent off to work, Brittany? say, in Luxemburg?

The advocates of the Common Market dodge such questions.

All

In short, does the Coinmon Market menn the end of our independence. or

doesn't it?

comp

don't they? Do we merely forget those who stood by us in war, and Join with those who were our enemies?

Of course. friendship with

Europeon

Countries a line thing. We want to promote 11. We share with Europe many

not cultural traditions, though

ali.

But so we do with the Com- monwealth: mad with the United States. Surely these links are Just as important, if not more so.

OUR ALLIES

It might be worth great sacrifices on our part to unite Europe. But the Common Mar- ket does not unite Europe. It

it more harshly than

I can quite see that the Ger- mans want to treat Poles, Czechs, and

ая Yugoslavs

enemies, until they are ready to conquer them again, or try to.

But the Poles, the Czechs, and the Yugoslava are nel Dar enemies. They were our alles. They are mtfil Gor friends. We want to resch across the Iron Curtain, noi build further obstacles on ar slle,

The Commun Market is sup- posed to offer us the advaninges of Free Trade. This is not so, It may mean Free Trude withki the Market. It certainly means tariffa outside it.

In any case, we are not back in the days of Cobden Asquith. We turned our backs on Free Trade a generation ago, because we discovered that it W85 not compatible with a planned economy or with a constructive solát policy.

have

What new arguments been raised to make a change. nur ininds? I have heard none.

Underlying ปเล Common Markel is the idea, very com- mon nowdays, that only great units can be prosperous. This is n complete delusion. Thu greatest "Free Trade" area in the world, with the largest population, Is Chlup. Is it the most prosperous?

are

SOME SENSE

The Americans are not pros- perous because they have a great Free Trade aren, They because they prosperous have abundant resources and. for the size of their country, tiny population.

10 be Switzerland manages extremely

in prosperous sinal are). So does Sweden.

In fact, size and prosperity have no connection. Some small countries are prosperous. Some big countries are pros-

the ofler pervui. And

way round.

The existing Common Market has

sume sense. ' 1930 clates the coal mines of the Huhr with the tron ore uf Luxemburg and North-East France. All the rest is win- dow-dressing. We do not t

this-and now

Bardot has a

new leading man

fter

from

Sam White

over

the

like saliva from *

OMMONWEALTH

BRIDE

into this arrangement, and there is no way in which we

can.

To listen to the argumenta for the Common Market you that the coun- would imagine tries In It will never take goods from elsewhere, especially not us. But they will. 17 from

us, they they export to

wil want to be paid. And for that they need our goods.

Who, for instance, is going to take French wine? Not the Gerinans,

wine of who have their own. Who then but us

who take it already? And they exports in will welcome our exchange.

I am ready to be converted over this question. But I shall not be

Ane converted by phrases about Free Trade or European unity, both of which stem to me fraudulent.

THE DODGERS

We ought to be told fully and frankly what is lavolved econo- mically and politically. Is this a scheme for ending our poli- tical independience Isn't it?

COMMON

BRIDE

Are we lo jettison the Corn- monwealth or aren't we?

The advocates of the Com- mon Morket do not answer These

dodge questions. They them. they

That makes me think have something to hide. Or maybe they don't really know what they are up to.

In either case we had bet- ler stay as we are, until we convincing given more

arc

and more

honest arguments

why we should change.

A

A bit of history comes inte my head. Somewhat over century ago the States of Ger- Customs many joined in a union, or Zollverein. This, it was claimed, would make them all prosperous without weaken- ing their political independence.

Within 30 years many of them ceased to exist, and the rest were all marching under Prussian orders.

No wonder Dr Adenauer and hla associates are keen on the Common Market. If history be any guide it is a way of on- suring that Hitler will win after

all.

Long live the New Order in Europe!

-(London Express Service).

DOCTORS WILL

TRACK

SPACEMAN

They will radio 'bring him down' if he finds himself in danger

Mo

Washington.

FORE than a score of specially trained Ameri- can doctors will be at tracking stations around the globe when an astronaut makes the first US. orbital space flight.

officers

They will be on hand to re- rockets designed to pull the cap- Pavlov dog.

commend halting the flight if sule out of orbit. Or the antro- checks show that the naut could be instructed to fire A foreign Military

attache radio

IN in

or the danger

himself ruckets

Li tho here gives me the other side of astronaut the picture. He tells me of his serious distress.

medical experts judged him in out such condition to carry In short, he is telling the positive embarrassment at the rebels to silck to the

conildences showered on him

Paris. "I do mui think that I Interest in which he says: "The French Brigitte Bardot," Mastroianni Government knows full well that Always he is balancing this add to the almost told me recently. He spoke there is no way of avolding Al-

words wits unmistak- gerian sovereignty intolerable tensions the

able if a litle unggilant rellet. Sahara," in France today Brigitte

But Mastroiannl his Bardot has a new lead-

continued: "Undoubtedly that giri has ing man.

something. I'm 30, however, and I have a feeling that she prefers younger men,"

When ጀነ Octa against memies, he nets swiftly, ruthlessly.

and

Though he talks a lot about the dignity life, he does not hesitate to use the firing squad if he believes his own position

Russian ductors tended him day after tiny as he toy in A is threatened. Bagdad hospital bed fighting for life.

When he came out he secretly believed that Allah had willed that he should live to lead Iraq

to greatness,

Ho believes that he can do no wrong.

Men close to him advised him not to talk of annexing Kuwalt. Iraq has its own big oll Income but Kassem is greedy. He wants Kuwait's riches.

He would not listen to the fear Britain advisers. Why when Allah is on our side? was

But on Kuwalt, I would nay. the Juggler of Bogdad has Juggled once too often!

PERSIA

Abadan

KUWAIT

Kuwait

Abriadi

SAUD

ARABIA

CYPRUS

HIS EYES

BAHRAIN

When Kassem pits at his desk and calls his Ministers around

him he talks for an hour with- out interruption.

BRITISH BASES

London Waprena Bervice

his attitude.

Well,

Britain's Marine Com-

mandos have already upset hi

juggling over Kuwait.

ON

The tension

this point arises from the fact that Mile,

Bardot has an unfailing babit of falling in love with her lead- ing man.

A# It to strengthen him in his defences, Mastroianni's wife and 11-year-old daughter have joined him in Paris,

The gulf

be

attacks on de Gaulle,

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Details of the plans were

waxuum demand wikia an by French Army officers regard-given by Major-General O. K. assurance this the Frenching their future plans to over- Nelss. Surgeon Generai of the Air Force, and by Air Force throw de Gaulle. All this Government knows full well

Marchbanks, that it will havo to accompanied by bitter personal Colunal Vance 1.

from one of the many doctors granted. Charming

the armed services und U.S. My Military attache friend Public Health Service now commented: "They do not find being trained to make radio it in the least unseemly to talk diagnoses. like that in front of a foreign officer." Charming.

ATTACKED

POINTER TWO-General de Gaulle is being violently at- tacked for clinging to the spo

accorded

Writer

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Relax

for

The doctors will keep a close check on pulse, body tempera- ture, heart action, respiration And the general reaction of the Astronaut to zero-gravity and high-gravity conditions,

20 stations

It was while filming And God Created Woman that she fell in love with Jean-Louis Trintignant, while filming Da- belte that she fell in love with I wish I could like de Gaulle cial powers under Articlo Jacques Charrier, and while less and the French more. Hore of the Constitution which Par- him at the Ouning The Truth that she fell are a few pointers to the moral llament

n case of name I gulf that sepurates

had In love with Sami Frey.

dinner him from time of the last Algiers mutiny, dropping.

Moria- The powers are not being used recently with ex-Qucen The dramas which spurred many of his countrymen.

Jose of Italy. Others present: which from these

POINTER ONE. Peace talks and are clearly held in reserve

Jean Cocteau,

At each of the 20 tracking The Aga Khan

slations along the path which the Algerian Nationalist for the next Algerian blow-up and the dovelike Botting, even included attempted suicide, with

nerves rebels are about to recommence.

the first orbitol Mercury flight have left the nation's

They

At the time of the last mutiny were raw and exposed.

broken off

The Queen, who in the daugh- will take, a doctor will work at months ago on the issue of the da Gaulic was bitterly celticlved

alongside eccentric an Instrument panel putting suspects into ter of that splendid rebel claim to sovereignty over for not

the Belgian Queen Mother, la- two other experis in charge custody before the

herlis Bond of her mother's { the engineering phases of • the eccentricity. She writes.

trip. She in Just written a book

romances,

was therefore with appre- hension amounting to near panic that the news was received that she had a new leading man for the Alm she is now making, Pri- vate Lite.

two

preventive

orders.

-Landon Express Service).

POCKET CARTOON By FRIELL

PAPERBACKS

of.

THIRE

By studying special oscillo-

on the life of Felix the Fifth scopes and other radio equip He was a 15th century Duke of ment the doctors will be able to Savoy whose election Da Pope determine if the satronat in was contested and who set up suffering excessive physiological

the Babara. The claim is base- less ethnlenily, geogeophically, mutiny broke out. politically and murally.

The argument seems to be would have been What is even more important, that t however, in that the claim is acceptable for de Gaulle to have Ile is astonishingly hand- opposed by all die newly inde acted unconstitutionally before rome Marvello Mastrelenal, who pendent African. States border the last mutiny, but unaccept starred in Dolce Vita. Ilowever, ing on the Sahara. They favour able for him to act constitution. the critical period of acute the French plan of a seven-ally at some future time of great a rival Papaty in Basic. danger has passed both for mation partnership to exploit the danger. Charming. Mastrolanni and ourselves. They Sahara's wealth. hayo been fiming for thrée

At this point when negotin- weeks and what might, be termed the Incubation period is torus word about to resume, it, Mendes France writes an article Bow over.

strem. If this occurs doctor Maria-Jose champions him will radio to central, command and claim that had he won in station his recommendation that POINTER THREE.

Fars struggle the tide of the the fight be ended.

would have been weeks now worda Like patrioliam Raformation and honour have been foaming halted,

mouths of inulinowa

-(London Ekuren Zervice). Įčould from the

At this point « radio signal

trigker spectat rótro- |

WOLLIST

"Actually I was looking for The Gospel According to St. John, but I'm afraid I have fallen by the way. sida, poor sinner that K

am!"

Lonton täpresi Keratos.