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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1947...

Bustamante

says

KEEP OUT!

by J. P. GALLAGHER

career

!

IN JAMAICA'S

FAMED BEACH

RESORT THEY

ARE TRYING NOW

TO GROUP THE

WEST INDIES

CUBA

JAMAICA

BAHAMA

HALTI

Caribbean Soa

Milap

BRITTEN PO4ACTIONS

Atlantic Ocean.

Puerto AYCO

WINDWARD

Islands

LEEWARD

Telande

[Dominica

Barbados

TRINIDAD

VENEZURLA

BRITISH

GUIANA

INTO ONE UNIT UNDER ONE GOVERNMENT

trade and

BY THE WAY

by Beachcomber

A

SEAL which was kept in a bathroom for six weeks is

to be sent to a zoo, in case it loses its Instincts and habits.

the

I remember well the fuss about Mrs. Carver experiment. A Carver kept a tame mackerel in her sitting-room. She made little boots for it, and took it for walks on a string. She

even took it for

a

This attitude of Bustamante federation, or even some sort of followed the blunt declara-, customa union, would mean in tion by a fellow delegate, Frank practice. Pixley, member of Bustamante's party, do a thousand-strong So far it is all a fairly MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica.

If he wants to keep crowd of yelling and screaming flicting island interests and holiday to Brighton, but by then it

straightforward matter of con-; WENTY-FOUR hours be- power, broke silence.

fore the start of the mo-

race-course. As one of Jamaica's delegates Jamaicans on the mentous Caribbean to the conference, he said: He said in no circumstances prides, but now enters the had forgotten its ald sen-life to such a political peculiarly West Indian problem an extent that it fell off the pler Conference, which

dark night, and, being no aimed to "The time has come for this would be support federate Britain's West Indian island to demand individual federation, but would consider of Bustamante, his friends, and one

longer able to swim, was drowned.. islands into a seventh Dominion self-government, It is an ad- an economic federation in the enemies. of the Crown, the man who milled fret that of all nations interests of the

Facing the shockthended Busta- "Tibetan Moonflower' (V.) monte. who has reputedly madu thinks he can break the plan on earth the British seem the agriculture of Jamaica. began to try.

best, but even

£16.000 through his work as leader DINGI-POOS Janguldly extended then, because In a letter to Arthur Creech Britain has been

her exquisitely manicured, hand else of the Bustamante Industria! to Mr. D. J. Minco, Mr. Mince was Jones, Colonial Secretary, who for keeping this island in slums

Trade Union (which claims 75,080

about to grasp it, English fashion, came here to address the con- and ignorance and deprived its MEANWHILE the Conference eruber), is Albert Gomes, member

of the Executive

But Egham whispered "Kiss it." As nod Legislative ference, Alexander Busta people of better colonial privi- began with the Colonial Councils of Trinidad.

he brushed the fingers elumatly with mante, "de facto" Premier of leges, Britain is no longer a Secretary urging the 3,000,000

his lips be noticed, as he said after- Gomes once held great power Jamaica, firebrand Labour leader suitable and proper nation to inhabitants

be eeemed to Inwards. That "she seven this all Island, which who must now put up the govern Jamaica. No nation is British West Indies colonies to Jamaica's claim to be the only West dress, although it was only 10.30 in most jostles wearing a remarkably scanty evening biggest battle of his stormy fit to govern another nation."

merge under a single govern- Indian Island that matters. Like! the morni

Egham and Dingi- many another politician, he lost 11 Pons then talked together, and Mr. through promising too much, So hel backs federation because the Son Intes that the wider feld will give him an opportunity of a comeback.

P

responsible

A LETTER FROM AMERICA

'Mr. Dither' at the helm

by GERALD JOHNSON

„RESIDENT TRUMAN has developed Mr Micawber's bland confidence that something may be expected to turn up, and that is the foreign [policy of the United States at

this moment.

are

ment.

Federate!

of

the

Mr Creech Jones said: "neat unto

nomy in the individual territories. federation, and full self potern moul within the British Common- gealth-this must be the aim of our confereuer,

secretary, treasurer and everything

Cinemas, too

"I do not think that Britain tatiil

hesitate,

IS rratised, to concede this MetaTry of full government bside the Commonwealth.

NE federation Once

"Responsibility inst pass mercas ingly from London to the people of the territories themselves. Nothing less then that is demand- ed hu this modern world. If we delay then disaster will, overtake

зия.

Trumnon has dismissed some--and

The been deserted by the rest of

of "Our

men who advised Roosevelt.

Tis counsellors non consist

army officers and civillans of his own selection,

Few of them are men of impres- sive attainments. They are not like- ly to urge him to assume the risks | that would be involved in bold, decisive course.

A

the conspleitous exception is

13

conception of the constitution. of the Colonial Empire today that there must be dyatmie or ganisations which can be adapted until they fulfil completely the requirements of the people.“

A comeback?

NEITHER man stops at anything in expressing his opinion of the other,

Bustamante is by no means

sure

ot winning another ricetion in Jamaten and re knows that outside the island he is nobody.

can

If Bustamante can kill the political federation he will, I Gomes secure political federation he

will, Neither man has fully camsidered the long-term implications.

Another example of the type of consideration that will sway deci- sions at this conference more than the econumle betterment of islands is Mr J. Arthur Rank's cinema empire.

the

and

ኔ።

Mince set himself down awkwardly a pile of large cushions consulted tis papers. Presently he heard the lady say: "Your friend

English- the strong, silent type of man, is he nut?" He felt blushing, and when she said and talle to me," he approached the afvon with the ale of #chicolboy who is going to be birched.

said,

are thy," she said, in a

Tet nie about yourself." And then the clever woman talked to him about herself

Interestingly that he thought he was being brilliant every monosyllable. time he uttered

50

Egham, watching the scene, began to grow angry. "What about n con- ference?" he asked. But there was no reply. Mr. D. J. Mince had be

human. Dingi-Pous was her old tricks,

come

A curious incident

nt

NINE HUNDRED unts, while wait-

ing in o plane at the Detroit Earnest souls

pirfield to be flown to Prestwick, kid appalled but helpless.

eggs. The ants were not the pro- Secretary Mar-

Rank has recently bought up

perty of anyone, and therefore no shall is left holding m empty

chain of Jutealean cinemas. One export licence could be applied for. bag.

Finally, more ants were brought to Secretary of State, but his influence JAMAICANS generally do not delegate from another island is the in

UWIT of a big chain uf cinemas know what it is all about. there. He is going to demand full would remove the eggs

the plane, in the hope that they Henry Wallace is storming apparently is no longer controlling.

for storage, through New England incom- The situation has developed into a They are all for it if it will put Dominion status for the islands, with in the normal manner. But they. The plane starled, contest between Marshall and Van-money in their pockets, and a provise that no foreign capital be to, laid eggs. prehensibly denouncing: Mar- denberg, both demanding action, on

be but as there was no import licence, shall for being a general,

the ants

were not allowed to tund. Against this background the dele- They were sent back to America,

-ofreshing Antes, after

themselves where, there being no import Hcence,

unt they died.

Senator Vandenberg has grimly ordered the Senate Foreign Relations

lon by November 10, knowing that It will be powerless.

one side and Truman and Taft, both that holds good for practically permitted and all development

undertaken locally,

committed to inaction, on the other, every other island affected, too.

out

started work.

Since Truman and Marshall belong No one yet has worked Committee to assemble in Washing to the Administration and Taft and facts and figures to show what with Jamaica's rum und fresh limes, they had to remain on the plane

Vandenberg to the Opposition, party Hoveriement has collapse into inex- tricable confusion,

He does nothing

of the great newspapers

Petty insults

M are howling for action, but the So we give the Russians a superb

President is not acting.

opportunity, and they are hav- The explanation is simple but not ing a wonderful time. reassuring. His advisers have con- vinced Mr Truman that by refusing to call Congress into extra session he may place the burden of action upon the Opposition.

wer

The President alone has the power In summon Congress, but at the time of the adjournment last summer it was agreed that If Republican leaders asked for an extra session he would

call it.

But they are overplaying their hand,

not

Vyshisky and Molotov are of Litvinov equipped with the suave competence

Their method is not that of the deadly thrust but of petty insult that does little damage but arouses grent

anger.

Now he is waiting for them to

The result is they have almost nsk, on the theory that by

aslding they wil

anyone will assume a larger share of destroyed the influence of responsibility for what may happen. Who dares to say a friendly word for

Some of them, notably the fol- Russia. lowers. of Senator Taft, are de-

termined not to assume that respon-

Even Mr Wallace is compelled to

explain to his audiences that he albility, and this jockeying for holds no brief for Molotov., political advantage has resulted in a stalemate.

Neither Truman nor Taft is acting in ignorance. The President's in formation is doubtless more compre hensive than the Senator's, bat Tuft has had access to adequate reports from Europe. So hus

every news- paper render in the country.

Nor is it likely that either man 15 cynically gambling with the fate of the world. They are not cynical; they are merely sceptica).

They simply do not belleva

the crisis is as desperate as it been represented.

DIRECTED BY

Τ

ago.

were

They remember.

Not much faith now DECENTLY Russla refused visas

to

morc

THE STRANGEST BIT OF BRITAIN

THE Monday morning feel-

By MAURICE CHEESEWRIGHT

There are grim relles. Graves of the Russian slave workers who died In the island, with crosses thrust hastily into the ground by the de- parting Germans.

Prewar the island supported 1,416 people. Today there are 802, and they are Anding it hard to pay their way. The granite quarry is closed. The cattle are reduced from 600 to 100.

ལ་ Forts Essex and Tourgis from which soldiers came to spend their pay, are no longer garrisons, and it is having a serious effect. Soldiers who married focal girls wore the Island's main source of new blood.

ing came a little early in Alderney. The "trippersMr Chuter Ede and his inquiry team-had gone home, and be- fore I left this Channel Island the Saturday night talk in the Rose and Crown turned to the man and the senior representative of Their Government is a democratic the Crown, led them away in 1840 patchwork dating from Norman possible consequences,

to the mainland, Frank Ofelton, the times. There are six Jurats who harsh only man who stayed during the oc-

There were some

Some of the people are bitter be cause Judge French, a conscientious

cupation, was allowed to farm in form the Court of Alderney. Once peace by the Germans, Now others wish they had stayed."

MRS

her

elected they serve until they are 70 years old.

The Douzaine consists of 12 elect- ed Douzeniers, whose job is to ussess the rate and “bound the birth- rate,"

words spoken, for Alderney is an Island of bitterness. There every man blames his troubles on his neighbour-except when he is blaming the stranger, 12 Senators, and many which he is doing now.

MRS Jones is bitter becaus?

The Douzalne shares out the land Americans would have been amused than enraged if the Russians

sideboard is standing in. Mrs and fixes the new boundaries. Thus and Brown's cottage. The furniture still the island has 300 landowners had not at the same time refused a

remaining was distributed willy-nilly only 18 farms. visa to the oflletal whose duty it is

There are three People's Deputies, 10 make American Embassies abroad.

of routine inspections THE island is small-a strip when the first islanders returned in

November 1945.

whose job ly to call the people together and of land three miles long. It

explain Government That seemed to be an insult with-feels like a raft at sea that

bitter profcets. In the Rose and Crown on People's Deputy Ferivel s #

because 1121 army laundry which Saturday, Alderney folk said glumly Bertrand Russell's gloomy speech sheet of sail would carry away would have done all the washing for that it looked as if these Deputies mag at Amsterdam echoed the fears of an In their talk the people have a the island was sold in Guernsey for were going to be busy.

increasing number of Americans. way of hiding its smallness. A 150.

Russell said that the choice of war woman who lives a mile away or peace lies with the Russians, who

that

out reason.

danger

may

"

A

The Alderney States-the Island's parliament-is bitter

because the were refused an account of the £160,000 spent by the Home Office on rehabiliation. "We were told to mind our own business," says Licu- tenunt Judge Jurat le Cocq.

give every indication of being bent from St Anne, the only town,

told

that she was me

HERE is one large fly in their de- THIS is probably an echo from Upon war,

mocratic cock tall that Mr Chut- events of a quarter of a century But with an uncertain hand upon stranger in these parts."

ter Ede will not have missed, The Line Vast numbers of Americans, the helm here

is field lying half a mile from the

of franchise is limited to owners especially in the Middle West, believe doubled..

town. was "country district."

property worth five quarters (100). that after the first world war they The cold-water war is already on,

Only 291 out of the prewar popula- trees. robbed by rooked and

the and fumbling in Washington

flowers, fewer It has few

from hot-water war Its attraction does not come vasily precipitate a European nations.

Almost all are bitter against the ton of 1,410 were able to vote. the carth's rich burgeoning Germany alone is supposed to have that nobody wanted to start.

perhaps the only change that Nor three resident strangers from White received millions on the plea

Civil would be welcomed by the majority that

does it come only from the cigarettes hall the Farm Manager, the Roosevelt had such confidence in without it her economy would col- the American people that he dared at 20 for 1s. 5d., or the beer at 9d. Engineer, and the State Patroller in Alderney. But they fear others. lapse and not a dollar was ever re- to tell them bluntly what to do, and a pint. Home Secretary Chuter Ede, appointed to carry out rehabilitation They know they are likely to need an injection of money, and when covered.

they usually did it, swearing terribly who headed the Privy Council in-

Whitehall pays the piper they are That memory breaks the force but obeying,

quiry into the island's affairs, shuns

not afraid that Whitehall may insist on of today's assertions that the Nobody has that much faith in de-them both-but before, leaving

depart until the last traces of Ger- its own favourite time being play- economy of western Europe is mocracy now, and for lack of it the booked his room for next August.

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mun occupation are stamped out. The spell in upon him.. danger of war is closing in.

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