Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 6, 1963, Winnipeg, Manitoba Wino Peg free i Ress tuesday August 6. 1963 us. Relations with France de Gaulle has the memory of an elephant by Walter Lippmann Washington special tons although As expected Gen. De Gaulle will not himself sign the test in his press conference on Mon Day he gave it his Blessing the Moscow agreement which has been concluded be tween the Anglo saxons and the russians appears satisfactory to us and we even share in the Joy so eloquently expressed by president Ken Nedy concerning this the rest of the press conference was an explanation of Why he can rejoice in an event in which he will not participate. The explanation began with an acknowledgement More explicit than any previous one that at the present time and for some years to come the peace of the world rests on the balance of nuclear Power Between the soviet Union and the United states. That is Why the Moscow agreement to stabilize the existing balance of forces is an event in which every country including France is bound to rejoice it is within the shelter of the user Usa nuclear truce that the general is conducting French policy. Given the nuclear truce the critical ques Tion for him is How subsequent relations within the Western Alliance and relations with the East Are to be conducted. The Burden of the general s remarks was that while the specific nuclear agreement could be made indeed had to be made by the Anglo saxons and the russians nothing else pertaining to the future of Europe should be left to the British and the Ameri cans to negotiate. The general therefore is opposed to a non aggression pact and to any thing else relating to accommodation or settlement i Cen trial Europe. Unhappy Story this rejection of British and american leadership in euro Pean affairs arises from the general s experience with that leadership since the Early Days of the second world War. The principal disqualification of the Anglo saxons As leaders of Europe is that since they Are not europeans they do not understand eur Ope and cannot be relied upon to defend and promote euro Pean interests. The general who has the memory of an elephant Han not forgiven or forgotten the1 unhappy Story of . Relations with France during and after the second world War. Although he acknowledges that the United states has protected Western Europe since the end of that War and is still for some years to come an indispensable protector of Wes Tern Europe he is convinced that the time is approaching when the United states can not be relied upon to provide adequate Protection to Western Europe. On this crucial Point the convictions of Gen. De Gaulle and the assurances of. Presi Dent Kennedy conflict. When the president announced in Germany that the United states would risk its cities to defend european cities the response of Gen. De Gaulle was that no . President can make a Promise of that kind which will bind his Suc we must remember that the general is talking about 1963 or even about he is thinking about the 1970s and after and surely he is justified in saying that John f. Kennedy today can Miake no effective Promise for that far in the future. Nevertheless it is that somewhat Dis Tant future which must con Cern a French statesman who is Only doing his duty by look ing ahead. Gen. De Gaulle is not worrying about the Ken Nedy administration even if it goes into a second term. He is looking beyond John f Kennedy for several reasons. For one reason at least 10 years will be needed to develop a respectable French nuclear Force but that Force must be worked on now. For another reason France can not blindly Trust its future to the american statesmen of the 1970s, because no French Man can possibly know what United states relations with Europe will be 10 years hence. For my own part i can find no fault in the logic of the argument. There is How Ever a serious Blank space in the policy which goes with the argument. Send still supposing that it will take France 10 years to become a important Siuele Airpower what is to happen to East West re lations during the 10-year interval does the West have to stand still does it remain diplomatically immobilized until France and the Europe Sheji Eads Are properly armed Are the Anglo saxons working with the West euro peans forbidden to explore and. If possible to negotiate about the Security of Europe if the general says that they May not do this will a take the initiative in exploring and negotiating As i read the general s press conference with its array of things Virhie he will not do and of the things he does not want us to zijo i wish someone at the press conference Lead had a chalice to ask him whether East West relations could he thought remain Frozen and in suspense until he is ready to Deal with them. Copyright 1913 the Washington Post co n ego Tia tors s Peeches at Moscow signing of test ban treaty Moscow Cap text of soviet foreign minister Andrei a. Gromyko s speech monday at the signing of the nuclear test ban treaty signing on the instructions of the soviet government the treaty Banning nuclear weapon tests Iii the atmosphere in outer space and under water Al Low me to express satisfaction in connection with the Conlu i Sion of this treaty. I for Many years the soviet Union has been the cessation of nuclear weapon tests. Now this Issue has been settled As regards the Banning of nuclear explosions in three environments in the Atmos phere in outer space and under water. The soviet govern ment considers it As a Success for the peaceful foreign policy of the soviet Union As a Suc Cess for All states advocating the avoidance of the danger of a new War and the maintenance and consolidation of peace. Thi conclusion of the treaty Banning nuclear weapon tests May pave the Way to the Solu Tion of other still More important International problems including the disarmament problem. The soviet govern ment for its part will in future spare no Effort and do every thing it can to bring about the speediest solution of urgent International problems including the problem of european Security. May i in the presence of the head of the government n. S. Khrushchev and other leading statesmen of the soviet Union extend congratulations of the occasion of the conclusion of the treaty Banning nuclear weapon tests to or. Dean Rusk Secretary of state of the United states of America and lord Home Secretary of state for foreign affairs of great Britain who have signed this treaty on behalf of then govern ments. May i also congratulate the Secretary general of the uni. Ted nations u Thant whose efforts in the struggle for the relaxation of International ten Sions Are Well known. Concluding i should like to propose a Toast to peace and Friendship among nations. British politics in retrospect exciting events of last session took place outside parliament the three key events were president de Gaulle s press conference of Jan. 14, the death of Hugh Gaitskell Jan. 18 and the resignation of John Profumo june 5 by Richard Purser free press Stah writer London staff the most exciting postwar session of parliament recessed last week until oct. 24, when it will reassemble Only to pro rogue for the next session be ginning oct. 27. In retrospect the last ses Sion turns out to have been exciting More for what happened outside parliament than inside. The three key events were president de Gaulle s press conference Jan. 14, the death of Hugh Gaitskell Jan. 18, and the resignation of John Profumo june 5. But these extra parliamentary events transformed the Politi Cal scene. Prime minister Macmillan s government had hoped the ses Sion s key piece of legislation would be a Bill committing Britain to membership in the european common Market the common Market coloured Domestic politics for months. It was on the theme of the great March into Europe that the enthusiastic 1962 conservative party conference cheer can t sleep take Calm sex available at All drug stores de or. Macmillan on to a renewed lease on the Leader ship worlds fell it was equally the March Back from the Brink of Europe that consolidated or. Gaits Kell s hold on the labor party and swept him to new Heights As a political figure. So be loved a figure did he become in the last months of his life that it was taken for granted Europe or no he would be the next prime minister. Then both conservative and labor worlds fell apart. On Jan. 14 Gen. De Gaulle announced that he did not deem Britain yet to be european. Within 15 Days Britain s Long negotiations with Europe col lapsed. Four Days after the press conference on a night when utter chaos reigned in Brussels As Gen. De Gaulle s henchmen and other european leaders fought it out or. Gait skell died and plunged the nation into the most Heartfelt mourning since the death of George i. Within one fantastic week the world of British politics was wrenched out of All re semblance to its former self. The conservative Cabinet which already had a rough time Over the Nassau agree ment and cancellation of sky Bolt had to drop the euro Pean theme but was caught Short without an alternative. The Kennedy round of Tariff negotiations was commandeer in Security Means safety saving phone us 3-7171 Security to race announce new Healing substance shrinks piles checks itch exodus Are Healing substance proven to shrink repair damaged tissue. A renowned research Institute hat found a unique Healing with the ability to shrink Hemor rho ids painlessly. 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Just ask your druggist for preparation h suppositories or preparation h ointment with a special satisfaction guaranteed or 3 Money refunded. Hugh Gaitskell Heartfelt mourning Edas the Best available alternative and discreet Steps were taken to try to keep the door to Europe ajar. Not the thing but the complexities of the Kennedy round Are hardly the thing to capture Public imagination. And besides the fates of both the Kennedy round and the common Market Are undecided and will be decided by France not Britain. Meanwhile conservative Stal warts were still quaking from last summer s great Cabinet upheaval. The new blood in the Cabinet seemed to be hav ing Little effect although Chancellor of the exchequer Reginald Maudling s first moves out of the restrict Onist Era of Selwyn Lloyd were pop ular. The unemployment Situa Tion was worsening steadily. Then a series of shattering blows was dealt the govern ment. Spies held the head lines the Vassall and Phi toy cases. The unsavoury Deporta Tion of nigerian chief Anthony Ena Horo attracted Little approbation. Finally of course came the Profumo scandal and the sub sequent revelations of upper class Low life and some particularly sordid aspects of Brit Ain s appalling housing Situa Tion. The government and the conservative party were plunged into an abjectly demoralized state. Party split labor s own problems seemed trivial by comparison but they were serious. Or. Gait skell s contribution had been his reconciliation of the party s violently opposed left and right wings or at least his imposition of his own personality Over them. But the two main contenders for the readership who emerged after his death were the men most closely identified with the factions Harold Wilson and George Brown. Both leaders maintained the Best possible Public front but it was evident that or. Brown did not take his defeat at All Well. Or. Wilson had a difficult and delicate Job ahead of him. Fortunately he is a Man of extraordinary brilliance and ability and is not half As leftist As he was made out. But his reputation for political calculation and shift Ness has not left him. He has managed to build up an image of acceptability As prime minister but not or. Gaitskell s image John Profumo shattering blow of inevitability As prime min ister. Things were playing into labor s hands nevertheless and by elections continued to be setbacks for the tories. The government reached its Low ebb during the Profumo explosion. Now fur the first time since or. Macmillan became prime minister years ago his leadership was directly but rarely publicly challenged from within the party. A great Many maps rein forced their previous conclusion that or. Macmillan had out stayed his Welcome. The feeling had been widespread among backbench ers that at the age of 69 he ought to hand Over to someone else before the next election. But now they Felt it was All too Clear he had lost Contact and was not in proper control. For a time the backbench ers thought a change was imminent. But there is a thing about Power people who have it do not like to give it up. Or. Macmillan was a picture the night of the Profumo de Bate and the relatively mass defection of conservative maps. This did not prevent him As soon As he had recovered from the Shock of the moment from fighting tooth and Nail to stay in Power. Evolved playing into his hands were the traditional rituals of the conservative party which can not be adequately explained without a full analysis of Brit ish social history. Unlike the democratic labor party. Conservative leaders Are not chosen by ballot of maps. They Are said to be they usually change while the party is in Power the idea of the conservative party being Long out of Power is foreign rank and file conditioned to be Lieve in the right of the right people to Rule. It is a question of the Queen sending for the Man whom elder advisers. Tell her is the Choice of the party by unspoken consensus. Thus did or. Macmillan himself win out Over r. A. Butler upon the advice of the marquess of Salisbury and sir Church ill. The trouble is that the party has no consensus at the moment. The Cabinet prefers or. Butler the maps prefer or. Maudling and the country Squires and provincial. Gentry cannot comprehend the weird. 20th-Century idea or question Harold Macmillan he did t believe it ing present leadership at All. The rest of the party is divided therefore or. Macmil Lan is still on top. He horrified his parliamentary colleagues a few weeks ago by saving on television that All being Well he hoped to Lead the party at the next general election. Backed Down in a More recent interview he backed Down slightly say ing Only that his decision would be based on the Best in Terest of the a party. The Basic essential was that no labor government must be elected if labor could Best be Defeated without him the implication ran he would go. This was heartening to conservatives who Felt that la Bor was unlikely to be Defeated except without him but they must have been awed by the image he conveyed to the average television viewer. Never has anyone appeared on the Little screen exuding an air of such unquestioned sincerity. His lovable humanity disarms the worst living room cynics. Unhappy conservative maps As they disbanded for the holi Days could not help but feel that this remarkable old politician was engineering a coup de Partie for the autumn party conference which will be the last before the election. The test ban and the need to Fol Low it up is one of his new weapons. Mac must said the headlines and the maps in june. Everyone seems to have believed it except Mac. Moscow ;