The Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-01-09, Page 10A , l l+S x eNAL STAR, THURS IAY, JAN1J,ARY, J+ 0.,�
•
BUM
TIOVIIMB
• Harold Nicolson's third and
bast volume of diary and :letters
has not been accorded a good
reception l ► the critics. Re was
o. so• -.self revealing; so intimate in
',fetters to his wife, that you face
the 'unusual.. It is as if you were ,
. wre-'tapping his very heart arid'
;all. .
Some. remark 'hits
:pusillanimous , character; others
;,fasten on his 'Contradictory
political outlook; still' others are
bored with his.&unnatural marital
relationship, ` . while few p are
prepared to hail .him as an
outstanding diplomat, author
• and writer. Possessed Of first rate,
mental equipment; ,a good
education; a remarkable
-memory, he was undoubtedly
:•ambitious: But the chink in his
- armour lay in the fact he could
never generate the drive to
,clinch his opportunities. One
critic even asks: Was this
publication necessary? Why read
him then Surley it:is to cull
some of the bon mots which
' 'flash frail him or from his many_
acquaintances; opinions on
world events; anecdotes of some
of the great men'of his time, and
to read some of his succinct
descriptions of what moved him
most -•great beauty.
—This volume covers the period
from July • 1945 to 1462 and we
are immediately plunged into,
the political scene , wherein
Winston ; has #leen defeated as
Prime: Minister and Attlee reigns ,
in his.stead. -
"Winston- has refused to go to
Potsdam and Attlee will. fly
there .,,as.,...a•,.Japely little snipe".
Harold Macmillan appears sans
hat • and coat to say: 'What a .
pity, we could not have kept -on
the old House- and Coalition
untiil today". He, goes on 'to
quote Churchill: '.`The new
..government will have 'terrible
tasks. We must- do all. we can to'.
help them". And then, half to
himself: "It will be strange
tomorrow not to be consulted
upon the great affairs of State. I
. "shall return to my artistic
pursuits. • 'Mary, get- , me the
picture 14p:1 the other day in
..,France." • 'Not one' word of
bitt'e'rness; calm stoical
m$ignation, coupled with a faint ,
admiration for the electorate's
show of independence. And yet
--_:'„....another tribute,: • "Winston :,has
been maryellous _in the House.
He sits there listening, to the
-`—di>llest speeches...Never has any
man-- shown such , superb
magnanimity. He. has recovered
all his splekdour.
As examples of Nicolcon's
descriptive ability: "A view' as
only Attica -can give.. The ` great
sweep of the Attfe: plain and -
then'• the mountains ' -of the
Peloponnesus and the.. islands:
And below one, Athens,lathing
in a clear light,*,My God!" .I am;
'not surprised tJlat from this
w -wonderful air and setting should •
• have come the greatest lucidity.
of . mind". And•,'again "Euboea.
It is some thirtymiles away and,
the road is pad. Bot suddenly, we
came upon it — the great sweep
of 'the mountains and the vast .7
ata, \ 1 b tween.' \ I�
*c(undtt a vitt s ' th sh
green Medi eri.anean 'lies,an
• the air `was'. sparkling with the
smell of thyme and' sage and -
gum,;cystus...I a;hall hold 'that'
picture as tight as I can as long
as I can." '
`But we were happy weren't
we? and we ' can think back on
that--lovely---country with the
populars and the greertgrass and
the hanging woods and the quiet
river and the strange caves and •
'the patient pious oxen and they
castles 'and the manoirs...as a
result we have -,stored up :.a great
,cells frail, of . vintage 'happiness
:Arid love". (The Dordogne.) -
Nicolson went to report the
became infected, by the poisons
which he instilled 'into the
"masses'. `Ribbentrop was one of
the most. incompetent men -1
have ever known'.
Jodi declares (. 'hhany lost
the war -because she was obliged
to divert divisions to Greece. She
lost six weeks. She lost time:and
.with the time she last. Stalingrad
and the war. Hearing' this Smuts
recalled' the decision ;which
Winston' he an'd 'Wavell made at.'
the time.Smuts continues: 'We
knew-- that if we withdrew
divisions . from Libya, ,that
victory• would be reversed. We
knew ' that, only ' defeat faced us
in Greece. But ',we Made our
decision, not on military
'principles, but on moral
principles. Now we are. proved -
right by the Director of.
Operations . of the German
Army'.
H. N. is taken' to• see the war
prisoners luggage. "It is pitiable
luggagt4 Hoess, who confessed
with pride that, he had caused
the death of two million Jews,
had only ' a carton . which once
contained Arherican rations.
-Schleicher had no luggage at all.
A ` fat sciitcase •of imitation
leather belongs to Goering, it
contained his particular drug. In
a way those waiting 'suitcases
were ' more expressive than
anything else".
H, N. listens to a rectarding
•of the sentencing of the German
war prisoners: "....to hear those
men being bumped off one by
one. .I -,take off my ear phones
and rise to . go. I see.' the
glistening surface, of the disk•
revolving pitilessly, ticking 'off
-the lives of other men.
GGheral Smuts on. England:
'You are not—an old country.
Bel}'�ve me, my.own' country and
cer ainly, Canada and .the United-
, States are older than you. There
'is touch of age about
England. And"w.hy" Because you
allow new ideas to enter into ' '
your bloodst°ream. Your arteries
remain elastic. Never in your
history have you had so many
young men of energy, and
intelligence. Never.! I have seen
them. They are superb.'
H. N. to an American
• acquaintance: "I beg of him that
when he returns ' to New York --
he will not encourage the idea
that England, is deluged with, a'
flood of anti--Arneriaart' hatted.' It
is that we are frightened that the
destinies of the world shouldbe
in the hands" of a giant with the
limbs . '6'f an undergraduate; the
emotions'''bf a. spinster and the
brain of a pea -hen".
1955. ."Alan, Moorehead is
wirking on a ' book about •
Gallipoli. He agrees with me that"'
�ynlMlilalHllnM�WW!nW..wiwWWwlMu+u.. , .lana
lel
d•
a•
had Roger Keyes been in
command of the' fleet ' and-
. Montgomery of the' army,.,,...vvea-.
,shod have pushed through to
' Constantinople, shortened the
L'irst War and perhaps forced the
Russian revolution into other
-channels"
Ttere `are• a 'few gems collected
at random:
"All conversation was,hushed
-in contemplation of ;the, really
'classic deformity of Eleanor
Rooseveit'S 'face•."
"He was doing what he did
best. Turning new ideas round
on • the needlepoint' of his'
intelligence"..
"Winston is a magnificent
animal". «, •a•.,•�,.M.a.a
"We all go through these
stages of being beastly to our
friends because . we are
frightened of our enemies".
`She has orae of those wide
*American accents like a very fat
flat nib'. '
"I don't know what to do
with you boys" said a master at
Harrow.
'Teach us, . please sir!' The
voice came from `a -chubby 'imp
withcarrot hair - Winston
Churchill.
Toynbee 'when asked what
made him 'spepdy..35 years of his
life on one single great work
replied,: Curiosity. •
"Mtaste improves with age,.
but my genius, is,lost'3.
General de Gaulle ' on the
Russians: `The ' disadvantage of
them is that oneis not sure of
their reactions. One strokes the
'nose of the alligator and the
ensuing gurgle may be a purr of
affection a grunt of' stinted
appetite; or a marl of raged
anit .osity.".•
"One never hears .of ldwin
nowadays °— he might as ell be
dead.- 'No', said ,Winston, `not
NEED
INSURANCE'
PHONE
Mac [wan
s_, r
lnsuarance Agency
44 Mirth St.
5249531 —.._
dead,' but the candle is that great
turnip has gone out'.
„. Better to be wiped out by
the crime of others, then to
--preserve ourselves by
conmiitting a deliberate crime of
-our own"
Buying ,suit: "I want --,it'
.Theman',is
table brea ted
do
- shocked. `Surely not. Sir. Not in
the country®. "I. don't care a
hoot , ;,.,f,.,alnd•• it >,.... must , be
• double-breasted". , `It will give
you a , Continental • look Sir'.
"That. is what I require. 1 have
always wanted . to' be mistaken ,.
, for an Austrian Count." .,
Why, didn't' . Attlee go, 'oto
.Moscow • to get in touch , with
Stalin? Winston says: ..a.he is too
wise for that.....He knows full
well that when the mouse is.
away the cats will play'
"This is one of the things that
mark the difference between the
old and the new diplomacy. The
old-boys,,whether'Lo
uis XIV, o
r
even Napoleon, really' clid know
mope 'or, less how 'their actions
would affect public _opinion
abtiard....But Hitler and Stalin,
with' their .utter ' ignorance of
mantalities different from their.,
own, always miscalculated- the
effect. 'of thei., actions in bther
.countries. Now this is dangerous.
It tempts -them to 'believe that
they can go further than they
B lyth .
Snowmobile Range
= 4
300 Acres Rolling, Fields
REASONABLE ADMISSION'
- ----Heated-tun-0 : Booth un Range T —__
ENTRANCE AT BILL'S ESSO, BL YTH
1-5
tiP
really can, go; and sine' -they are
unable •to lose face by retreating,
situations may be created mit of
that ignorance ' 'which are
situations leading to war".
*
chose the words of W. S.
Landor: 4
"I warmed both hands before
the fire of life;
It sinks, and _ I am- •.ready to
depart".
** Harold Nicolson. The
Perhaps ' • Harold Nicolson—" Later- Years. 145-1'962: Collins. "
wrote his own epitaph when he 45F'
Ask or this'. booklet.
It tel ow
you may obtain.
an ID31oan,
to assist in starting,
modernizing or
expanding your
business.,
{�1
5pocialisin$ In . .
• 'Weddlilll .
• -Children
Dingle or Group I'ortra al
' - and Passports
5244787
>)t.• .David ' ,God.rkh
INDUSTRIAL
DEVELUPMENT BANK
L •_� ,� IN BANE!
DEVELOPMENT
A SOURC1' 01 I'IN
ANCING
o131
CANADIAN SINFSS
--TERM ''FINA1t1CIAMTO 'CANADIAl t6-UstNE-SSES- ;,--•
LONDON, ONT.: 291 Dundas Street — Telephone: 438 &36•
•
14f -
Fine Quality Groceries!
'COFFEE, VIGOROUS & WINES'
Reg. Price $2.37 - SAVE 38c
3 -°LB BAG
'Red. Price $2.13 -- SAVE '340
w
.41
25i Off "peal
Reg. Price .$1.74
SAVE. AN EXTRA 15c AT A•i•P!
Alpha Bits, 1O -o3:, ., H"oneicombs,
__6 -oz.,• Sugar Crisp, 9 -oz.
SPECIAL! •
Nectar, Orange Pekoe,
2 -cup Size
Reg.
Reg. Price 89c — SAVE' 4c
• 6lairstion,,Solid White Meat'-••''
Reg. Price 49c — SAVE 6c
7 -OZ TIN
FULL 8 -INCH PIE
17 -OZ CAKE
Fresh Produce!
gchacht is «asked•
: `What' was
• your true opinion of Hitler?' `A
man of -diabolical genius. -Aman
who may-4a't--Oe-start have, -had
'fine ideas, but who in the end,
''Car,,J adios, clear out -special up to
a\k CaryTape Play r \\.\‘`‘`'
\* 1,_Bt.ecnrd-, \
FLORIDA, 'FIRM, RED, RIPE, NO. 1 GRADE
30% off
25% o
"
26% off
aM.unramnw a i .
'^�°�'V and Hi -f„ 1 -- Some Moder• — Goad Reductions •
\\\\.\\\\\
P.E.I.; WHITE TABLE STOCK, NO: t GRADE
2 =lb
Your Best Meat Buys Are Here—A&P!
RpeneaieT
ecorator
39 St. ',avid St., 5244253
Godarich, Onairk,
K Adage
t45
t45 tSSEk ST...GOAERrcH. ONTAitIO
Available For
_ _
PUBIC' OR
PRIVATE PARTIES
•
•
BINGCOS
CONCERTS
RE -DECORATING
PAINTING
and WALLPAPER
Reasonable Prices
Frans Estimates
fi..adi-us iif 15 Miles' of
Lioc,e,riash
'dersen
Phone 524.7040
4
GENERAL INSURANCE
REAL ESTATE
- " toPR•TY• MANAGEMENT
Canadian Imperial Bank of
Commarc• BuI!,dIng
Goderich -
E, LEGS
trawasmuza=trawartua=att==
FRESHSPLIT RR A YSS
SPY
SUPR-RIGHT QUALITY'WHOLE OR HAL "'",
SMOKED, RIHDLESS
DANCES
•
:CONVENTIONS
•
Catering ' to Luncheons
--- COCKTAIL COCKTAIL PARTIES -
BANQUETS, ETC.•
Special attention to waddinEs
PHOINIF 524.93711 Or 524104
014,
WHITE
Accredited
•'Pu'blfc "couintibnt
1* l'fEln Av.. W. 52444797
G.d*r'lch Ontario
mammaramibarimaimosiasha
MAPLE LEAF OR" BURNS, PURE
Ai
BEEF BOLOGNA
MAPLE LEAP BRAND,
Ib . _. _ - , l' WIENERS
VACUUM PACK
60%'MINCED PtSRK, 5O% GROUND HULK ..
69si MEAT -LOAF' COMBINATION 1b1 a
13fiNELESS, SOLID 'MEAT `
The Souara 524-7661
ht-
•
CHAIIMERIM ACCOUNTANT
AD GUARA4TEED THROUGH SATURIW, JANUARY 11th, 1969
•