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BY G. MacLEOD ROSS
The results of two recent
elections,' the one in South
Africa and the other in England,
m.ay well bring abort
considerable:changes bath in
.• Europe and in Africa.
.-•
.APARTHEID OR ECONOMY?
The South Afalican election
proved to be .,,soagrething of a
watershed, since for the first
time since the, Nationalist party'
assumed overwhelming power .in
1948, the United party w,on nine
seats from it. The United Party
. is traditionally supported by the
'English-speaking South Africa is
and • is led by Sir de Villiers
Graaf, and while it supports and.
believes in apartheid, it differs in
'• degree tram.- the Nationalists.
Supported -as it is by business, it
pours-, .scorn. . .on Nationalist
• dreamsof rem ovurg all
permanently urban -living
Africans to homelands of their
-own and it talks rather
• confusedly about "white
leadership" rather than "white'
supremacy." Nevertheless it
would reduce drastically what it
calls "petty apartheid" and thus
strive to produce ' a more
contented black and coloured
population. However, as far as
the immediate result goes, it can
be said that the Nationalists last
seats, rather than ' that the
Uniteds won them. Dr, Herzog's
"ultras" helped too.
• The Progressive Party, which
opposes apartheid, did very well
in this election. Mrs. Suzman
trebled her Majority in'
Johannesburg; while in Cape
_-- Towe;y.4'trs- party carne•°r•within
200 votes of winning that
constituency. These successes
are aftributecl to the young
voters on the roll for the first
time.
But the most importapt result
of the erection was 'that Dr:
Herzog and his extreme right -
policies received a crushing
defeat, their candidates polling
only some 50,000 votes in all.
'Herzog's credo is the application
of, "pure ,apartheid," even to the
exclusion ofAfricans from any
skilled -orsemi-skilled
occupations.
Nationalist politics during the
pre-election days took the form
of • further restrictions• on • the
Falconer
picnics
held •
Sixty-nine descandents of the
late George Williariai' and Edward
Falconer gathered 'in Habour.
Park Goderich` on Sunday July
26 fora family picnic.
The sports • were under
direction of Bruce " and Sandra
Falconer, _Barbara 'and Rpn
Clifford.. •
-The president, Mait Falconer,
gave out prizes for the oldest
person attending - Art
Tichborne, the youngest —
Gregory Falconer.
It was decided to hold the
picnic in Harbour Park again
next year onthe fourth Sunday
of July. The sports committee is
to be Larry and. Linda Reinhart,,
Joan .Marie Switzer and Marie
McAuley.
Officers are Mait Falconer,
president and Alice Tichborhe,
secretary -treasurer.
1
Suth Africa -Friend or enemy
employment of blacks in a
number of new occupations,
such as hotel receptionist; this in
the hope that the Roarer trade
union whites would not vote for
Dr. Herzog, In the closing stages
they attacked Mr. Harry
Oppenheimer; chairman of the
giant Anglo-American
• 'Corporation, who supports the -
progressive party's multi -racial
outlook. Mr. Oppenheimer, one
of the leading financiers and`
industrialists, opposes any of the
reservation policies of apartheid.
It is believed that these
' reversions to the harsh iron -man
image of Mr. Vorster were
responsible for the waning
!support...of. the Nationalists by
' the English -speakers.
' The emergence of Afrikaners
in business; the rapidly
expanding. African work; force
and the desperate shortage - of
skilled labour have all increased '
.w
the dilemma of the Government,
so that black and coloured
labour must be ' allowed to
undertake jobs. . previously
...reserved for whites„ Something
will have to give: Apartheid or•
the Ecnorny• Gold production
has reached its peak and in
ensuing years will fall off, so •
that while pit amounts to 40 per
cent of, the country's export
today, industrial production and
consumption. must be' stepped
up to make up for this decline.
This in tern means more black
labour. To offset her loss of gold
exports South Africa will have
to • sell • more manufactures
• abroad.
•
Faro a resumption of Dr.
Vorster's outward -looking..
foreign poliey., as well - as for
economic reasons, South' Africa
must be ringed with client
African States which will
provide the necessary markets as
wet, as protection against
. infiltration by guerillas. In sum
therefore, there is reason to .
expect South Africa to exhibit a
more mellow attitude, . both
`internally and externally. This,
in turn, will have an effect on -
British policy towards her and
towards Africa generally.
principles" of which Rhodesia
refused five. Hopes for a Tory
success where Labour failed. are
therefore faint.
Mr. Smith on the other hand
may have other p hopes. That
Britain will tire of economic
Sanctions which have manifestly
failed in their prime purpose: , to
ensure a change of regime.
Nevertheless it is certain Mr:
'Heath will be pressed by some of
his , own party to abandon
sanctions. In April last a Tory
"working" paper" discussed an
end to sanctions and the
encouragement of friendly
relations between African States•
on the one hand and Rhodesia,
the Portugese and South Africa
on ,the. other; all with -..a view to
the security of the Gape route,
along which the shadow of. the
Russian bear begins to lengthen.
If strategic reasons do not
carry, sufficient weight to -effect
a modification of the 'entente,
therie are still the economic'
factors to be reckoned with. The
many valuable investments
demand protection,quite apart
from the necessity to open up"
more trade markets. The success
enjoyed by France in her
excelleret••• relations , with'
independent African States has
'given Britain food for thought,
despite French defiance of the
United Nations ban on arms
Sales to South Africa.
Finally there is the effect of
Britain's entry into the
European Common Market to be
assessed, for it will undoubtedly
increase her economic
involvement in Africa, if for no
other reason - than, the
Pr i..ial�: trade and -aid--
arrangements which exist"
between the European w
Economic Community and the
18 African States, mostly former
French territories. It can but be
expected that some similar
acconi modation will have to " be
made for former British colonies
and tradition1 trading partners.
Hence it follows that keen
"European" . as Mr. Heath
undoubtedly is,, he. may :be
forced into closer -.involvement
with African affairs willy nilly.
BRITAIN MOVES EAST THE STRATEGIC SITUATICNt
OE SUEZ
What of British foreign policy,
now, that Labour's smugness has
been exchanged for the more
magnanimous outlook the
Tories? The most significant
difference lies in their 'policies„
East of Suez, ffr it is here that
Mr. Heath and his cohorts have
promised to maintain a presence;
a decision which cannot but
increase " rather than ' lessen
.,Britain -'s potential to act.
militarily ' on the African
--Continent. It is furthermore a
'decision which • should be
welcomed by the embattled
United States, since it: goes some
way to sharing -the_ burden of the
latest surge of Russian
aggression.
There ensues the probability
that the arms embargo on South
Africa will be dropped; an
opinion expressed by, Anthony
Barber, /the `Tory ' party
chairman,' during the elesction
campaign. ' On Rhodesia the
Tories are divided and while
they are' committed to "one
more try" to' negotiate with Mr.
Smith, this does not hold much
promise: It was the new foreign
Minister himself, • ,Sir ' Alec
• Douglas -Home; not Mr. Wilson;
who laid down the "six
Next to apartheid the mast
debated .;subject • affecting the—
Republic of South Africa is what
is loosely .4alled "Arias Sales."
Immediately, .as ' far as can be
ascertained, this means that
South Africa has decided to
reopen the riaval base at
Simonstown and that the British
Government of M. _ Heath is
likely to sell or give her naval
vessels and ocean-gojng aircraft.
Qf course our Canadian Mr.
Sharp is `incensed' and there are
others
others who assure us the matter
will not end there. That South
Africa will use the arms to cow
the natives. Together with
Canada, -as represented pise Mr.
Sharp, Tanzania and Zambia
have cried to high heaven against
such "sales", while at the same
time the last two give open
support to guerilla movements,
supported by China and several.
other European Communist
countries, aimed at the
destruction of white South
Africa. Canada .(alias Mr. Sharp.)
as ever, began' by declaring
'herself "whiter than snow", only
to discover', from a glance ,$ ' e
back files, that she hada°
selling . South Africa annually a
million and a half dollars worth
of arms.
WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR : YOU AT THE . .
SEPOY DAYS
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FOR SEPOY DAYS SIDEWALK SAL
The Wilsonlan policy of
embargo and. gstracisna, whether
of 'Rhodesia or of South Africa,
has failed to evolve a jester racial
policy; it has done Iittle more
than weaken the economies of
the three ,principals. ,To the
"Little England" • policy of
Harold Wilson was added an
affinity for some American
.actions which- rewarded enemies
and ,antagonised, or snubbed
friends. Just . as Witson
squandered f ritaie's moral and.
physical resources , by his
censures, so, in ' greater. degree,
does America insist • on
squandering her substance and
her soul. The -growing revelation
'that ' Vietnam was the wrong
terrain for a crusade against "
'Communism; that the war was
lost as soon as she was induced
to intervene; Oiat however many
battles she 'wins in theyears to
come, she will not reestablish a
united ,,!States, until alV• her
available effort is switched to
mending the home fences. It'
becomes painfully-- -clear that
both the State Department and
Socialist Britain pursued
respectively, policies based on
gross misjudgement,
•
With a• -change in government
in both countries,. we can hope
that America will realise that
Britain, together with those
remnants of herCommonwealth
which still have the common
weal at - heart, are still her
staunchest Bends who will
remain at het side when the
crunch comes.
,-. The reason' it is so vital
America should realign , her
foreign policy is that the Soviet.
Union, under a smoke screen of
sweet reasonableness, is
ncreasir) g its Stalinistic
influence on the High, Seas.
Alread) she has access to all . the
naval facilities At Alexandria, at
the eastern end of the
Mediterranean. Now sh9 is trying
to establish :an errEki;' on
Malta, with a view to acceding to.
the naval dockyards there. While
the State Department "expresses
concern,"'Russian ships unload a.
cargo of tanks and other
weapons in Libya, (Alamein!
Where is thy sting?) the latest
Arab country to ° fall to
Moscow's inducements. Tripoli
n e
a, noua;ac Site_ a.. is seizing ...all t••
Italian property there, and
Algeria hikes the price of oil to
French contractors. In Egypt the
Aswan Dam is completed. Here
all thetrouble began when
Dulles refused Nasser a loan 14
short years ago and here it might
have ended, " had the State
Department judged Nasser for
what he was and is.
The- age-old desire of the
Russian has been for access to a
warm, water port. Now he has
'insinuated himself into a warm
water sea, in fact he is well on
the way to replacing Britain as
the guardian of the freedom of
the Seas. Some freedom! -
The closure of • the Suez Canal
has -cost Nasser Much ready cash. ''
Now the Arabian situation has
deteriorated fuither, since the
detiVery to the West ,of Libyan
oil, by tanker, .and Qf Syrian Qin
by pipeline, . have both been
stripped indefinitely. Meanwhile
the oil companies trading' with
the *West ',have acquired giant
tankers which „ply from • the
Persian Gulf, round the Cape. of
Good Hope °'and thence to
Europe and west. These tankers
have proved far more
economical than the small
tankers, .capable' of using the
Suez Canal. The Cape route has
therefore suddenly , become a
lifeline of strategic importance
to the West: • Thus, ' with the,
. growing in
Russran presence ever
the `Inman Ocean; with Indira
Gandhi's increasing love for the
Soviets; it behoves the West to
.reactivate Simonstown naval
base and, to provide suitable
warships for South African
defence of the route.
It no longer requires second
sight to discern our enemy and
this now being clear, it provides
a further reason why the day
will corne,when the West will be
thankful for any friends she can
4
rustle up; thankful she took the
trouble to cultivate theta, for
they spell the use of ports and
access ` without having to fight
for them; without the agony of
innumerable Gallipolis, ,Saiernos
and Omaha, Beaches; any or all
of which would be a prudent
exchange for a less puritanical
regard for the domestic policies
of our would-be friends.
Let us suggest then, that we
no longer demand that our
friends be as holy as we
undoubtedly are. Suppose too,
we desist from savaging them ,at
every turn. They might be worth
their weight in gold some
Sunday morning . when the sea
was calami.
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