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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1948-11-3, Page 4WIIATGOES ON 1,N THE WORLD Italy Ashes': if he didn't want to gu to Heaven when he died the cynical gent replied that it didn't matter much to him; he'd probably find plenty of friends in both places. The Italian Government has ap- parently been trying to adopt a aimilar attitude towards the Israeli and the Arabs, and was somewhat embarrassed when the secret was revealed. When four Italian fighter plane,' were destroyed by a mysterious r explosion on a Northern Italian air- field, a Government agency quickly jumped :n with the explanation that it was the work cf Communists. X.ltter h was discovered that the blasting had been done by a special branch of the Israeli army Hagan - ah, whose duty it is to see -that weapons of war do not reach Arab eountrics. For these four planes, as well as an unspecified number of others, were part of a hush-hush deal by which Rosie was to send arms to Egypt in return for Egypt- ian cotton greatly needed by Italian hills. Such a deal is, of course, a tlag- rant violation of Italy's promise to the United Nations that it would abide by that organization's ban on aid to either side in Palestine. It le also a deal calculated to greatly annoy the Israeli Government, with which Rome had strong hopes of building up a highly profitable trade. Besides that, it is not likely to increase friendly feelings toward Italy among the very powerful pro - Jewish section of the United States public. Actually, this doing business with Egypt is nothing more than what has been going on for many months with the other side. It is no secret that arms and men have been quietly flowing in a steady stream from or Through Italy to Palestine for some 'time. As one observer puts it, "Having earned a reputation for generosity where the Jews were con- cerned, Rome apparently felt it wise to even the balance a mite by stepping in officially with aid to the Arabs, especially since this was good business." Still, there must have been red *aces in Rome—and not from the sur. Australia i he secret of the atomic bomb bas been stirring things up in Australia as well. In the House of Representatives there was a pro- tracted exchange of charges by the opposition. and denials by the Gov- ernment, that the United States is withholding secret atomic energy information from Australia — the reason being there is a suspected leakage of information to the Soviets through Communists in government service. At first this alleged American attitude was vigorously denied by Prime Minister Chitty. Said he, '''there is not the slightest evidence of leakages through any Australian Government department." But notlrnithstanding the efforts of the Prime Minister to close the ease, the opposition succeeded in reopening the whole question, orig- inally introduced last July. "Will the Prime Minister deny that at a sleeting of the British Cabinet in London," said Arthur A. Fadden, the opposition leader, "he said he understood the United States was reluctant to give Australia secret , h:formation about atomic research." The Prime Minister blustered, asking his opponent where he got such a confidential report, and charged him with "using stolen documents of a secret character to get some political advantage." But the opposition leader stuck to his guns and refused to reveal the source of the document from which he claimed to be quoting. It al! may prove to be nothing but a tempest in a teapot. But that at least the Government has admitted that it is already at work reorganizing Australia's defense re- search along the tightest security lines; and the whole country has been alerted to the need for unend- ing vigilance in the handling of everything connected with atomic secrets. The United States Of course these Popular Opinion polls and National Surveys can sometimes go astray, just like the rest of us. There was, for instance, the famous Literary Digest fore- cast of a. Presidential election which proved to be so far off the target that the magazine had to fold shortly after, But when fifty-one members of the National Press Club at Wash- ington vote almost unanimously as to how the coming election will re- sult, it should really mean some- thing, as these top-ranking news hounds have been called, probably rightly, "the nation's leading poli- tical experts". - Anyway, on the question as to who will win the 1948 Presidential election the voting was; Thomas E. Dewey — 50 Harry 5. Truman — 1 The prediction thus made was re- gardless of personal choice as only 31 of the correspondents felt that Dewey's election would be in the best interests of the nation, e7 favoring Truman, one Thurmond, none Wallace, while IS were un- decided. 'The different factors seen as most likely to influence the out- come were listed as follows; General desire for a change after 16 years of Democratic rule. A feeling that President Truman doesn't measure up to the job, Break-up of the Democratic party. which is bound to suffer some losses to Wallace and Thurmond. High prices and inflation. The critical world situation. Too many communists and fellow - travellers in the Government. So it looks very much as though the purtains were coming down for Mr. Truman, whose personalpopu- larity with the electors is great, but., who just doesn't seem to have what it takes to win. As an observer of one of his western rallies remarked, "From the reception he got it ap- peared as though the folks here were willing to give Harry Truman anything he wanted — except the Presidency of the United States.'" Still, now I come to think of it, fifty -to -one shots occasionally come off, in elections as well as on the race track. But before any of you start trying to get a little wager up at such juicy odds, there's one thing I neglected to tell you about that opinion poll. The one vote cast for President Truman was that of a man who, because of his official position, is a lifetime member of the National Press Club. His name is Harry S. Truman. The aloe plant, used today for treatment of X-ray burns, was once used for its medical properties by North American Indians, k.flFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher "Sign this first , it's to protect the hospital against lawsuits in east 1 drop you!" They .Carry Their Own Housing Accommodation—English newcomers to this country, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Lane bicycled almost ]200 miles in less than tyro weeks, carrying their own tourist accommodation, eleening in blanket bags and doing Moet of their own cooking, I -Term they are eeen in one of their "camps" their trusty two -wheeled "steeds" not far away. Now it is well known to one and all that the fair city of Toronto en- joys a world-wide reputation as a grand place to he on a Sunday — that is, if you happen to like your Sundays serene, peaceful and al- most undisturbed by sight or sound of human activity. One of the old- est topical jokes in vaudeville—sure- fire to raise roars of laughter in places such as Hamilton and Mon- treal—was the one where the stooge would ask the comic if he knew the Ontario capital. * * * e "Sure thing, I know Toronto very well," was the mirth -provoking re- ply. "Why, I spent a whole month there one Sunday." * K * But even those of you who may think you are well acquainted with the deep Sabbatical calm of the metropolis that is washed, theoret- ically, by the haters of the limpid Humber and the crystalline Don, might have got quite a shock had you strolled through its streets last Sunday morning. * * * A pall of extra -funereal gloom hung over the thoroughfares. The few citizens who had ventured out could be seen passing one another with lowered glances and averted faces. Even the pigeons that parade up the middle of Yonge Street— fondly yearning, we take it, for the return of the cavalry—seemed to be decidely on the limp and wear an air of extra dejection. A stranger might have thought that World War Three had broken out or even that word had been received of a miscount at Ottawa giving John Diefenbalcer the Conservative lead- ership over our own George Drew. M * * Why all this grief and unhappi- ness? you ask, What tragedy had struck, what catastrophe had fallen on the once -proud denizens of Canada's second—first, if you don't count the French—city? Not one of them, but three—three in a row 1 You've already heard of thein, no doubt, but who are we that we should try and spare your feelings at a time like this? "If you have tears to shed," as the hang in Julius Caesar put it, "prepare to shed them now." * * In the first place Toronto's famed Argonaut football teatn—remember them? --had taken a trip to Ottawa to joust with the Rough Riders, It is true thae the Argos hadn't been so hot up to then. Their earlier games had Leen nothing to write home about and even on Thanks- giving Day a draw was the best they could extract out of the lowly Hamilton Wihlcat=. But, shucks, everybody knew what those Argo- nauts are. Great kidders, those boysl Slow to pct going but—when the chips are down --still the team that could >hr.w than all lvhere to head in! From Lansdown Paris came the word, falling on the citizenry with all the shock and impact of that atomic bomb dropping on Hiro— whatever-itwas, Final Score: Rough Riders --41; Argonauts -6, AS woe is us! * Bad as it was; however, there were still occasional rays of sun- shine piercing the clouds. Up at Varsity Stadium the Blue and White ISSUE: 44 — 1948 warriors were playing host to the lowly footballers from Queens. The Kings'tonites hadn't won a game on that sacred sward since away back in 1939, and the early tidings had it that the Varsity boys were push- ing the visitors around at will, com- pleting forward passes with gay abandon and scoring four first .downs to every one their rivals were able to gain. Final score: Queens —8; Varsity -6. As they tottered to the nearest First Aid Stations dis- traught burghers could be heard quoting Omar Khayyam—"Another and another cup to drown the mem- ory of THAT impertinence." If it had been Western, now, or even McGill! But Queen's, of all created places! * * * Still, courage brethren! All might not yet be lost. Even although foot- ball in Toronto is a serious business enough, hockey—National League Hockey, that is — is nothing less than life itself. And wasn't Satur- day night going to mark the open- ing of the new season? Wouldn't there be the presentation of the Prince of Wales Trophy and wouldn't General Crerar be there to hand over the Stanley Cup, won for the second straight time by the doughty warriors who battle tinder the banner of the Maple Leaf? * * * No wonder Maple Leaf Gardens was jammed to the roof with fans seeking and confidently expecting, some Baha in Gilead to smear over their wounds and bruises. No won- der that, from the Bay to Hogg's Hollow and from High Park to the distant Beaches, countless thousands of ears trustingly waited for the dulcet voice of Foster Hewitt to tell of the final victory of right, justice and clean living over the forces of iniquity. Final score: BostonieBndns-4; Toronto Maple Leafs -1, And even most of the drugstores closed by then, so that a plan might have to walk miles be- fore he could secure a lethal dose of cyanide! * •* * Away back in the 70's or 80's, New York City had its "Black Fri- day", described by historians as being a very gloomy occasion in- deed. But we greatly doubt if it could come even close to matching the "Black Saturday" which befell the sports -minded citizens of the Queen City in the month of Octo• ber, A.D., 1948. * K y * So small wonder if a stranger, chancing to walk through the streets the morning after, might have imagined he was in 'a city stricken by plague or other disas- ter, Whether fittingly or not, Tor- otto has sometimes been given— by people living elsewhere in the Dominion --the appellation "Hog - town". Take it from those who know, friends, that Sunday its citi- zens weren't eating nearly, as high on the hog as usual. Innocent Dupes Of Red Conspiracy 11 a Man or woman wishes tq belie\c M Communism, he or she bas a ri;;ht to do so and to ad- vocate it openly, and if the people stop there, they are within their rights; that, we understand, is tol- erance. But 11 great many of our people wanted us to believe that merely disagreeing with Commun- ism somehow was an indication of a deficient character; that everyone ought to he friendly with Commun- ists and that to proceed against them for any cause whatever—even for the cuntmission of sabotage or mur- der was somehow an exhibition of intolerance. So to prove that they were "tol- erant" and somehow intellectually a cut or two above the •ordinary run - of people, a great many persons be- gan to associate • with Communists and in some cases to make quite a fuss over them. Those people who thought that Communists were just advanced liberals who were terribly misun- derstood because they were so far ahead of their time and who thought that Premier Stalin was a great hu- manitarian were not, 5 the vast majorty of cases, kna'vfsh, They were just stupid, and such of them as were in positions of responsibility probably did much more harm with • their stupidity than the few who were actually traitors. Life's Like That "Why can't you be lilte other men, Dave, and not catch any fish! 1" LR. RESERVED SEATS MOST DE ORDERED NOW 0YA1 WINTER FAIR agE NOV. 1 6 -2 4 mama As the supply is limited, reserved seats ,lust be obtained immedi- ately by out-of-town visitors. Don't miss this thrilling colour- ful spectacle packed wall interest for all. 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