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Surveying the world from the
cc !fellable security of God•
'rich,, it is appalling to note
the number of trouble spots.
The question forces itself upon
One; leave the uncoordinated
foreign policies of the United
States and Britain been as well
ogisiclered as we are led to
believe We seem to be in
a twilight zone. The Old Guard
Of Britain bas almosttcompleted
its withdrawal from ars. long
and farthing peace -keeping mis.
cions, while the New •Guard has
•not .entirely taken post. 'Peer.
haps actin has been circum. •
scribed by the emergence of a'
second super power. - the S oviet
Union - with which the U.S.
has to try and share dominion.
After World War II,the Am.
erican policy was to liquidate
all colonial holdings and turn
them back to their sometimes.
unprepared native inhabitants.'
The Pax Britannica was not
seriously challenged until 1914..
The Paas •Americana is not hay
ing as smooth a ride, due pos.
sibly to the ambiguous nature
of its foreign policy; It has
to learn while it works.
THE MEDITERRANEAN
Starting at its western end;
we find Spain, with a dictator
"'"'''signaling the end of his power
with a gl;iawing covetousness of
Gibraltar. He has jeopardised
e‘
a
the d..w
ri.'val of aircraft to the
Rock by setting up a Berlin.
like corridornevertheless Gib.
raltar remains an unique spot
where the inhabitants want Brea,
tish rule to persist.
Malta, having..gained its in,
dependence, suddenly awakes to
a realisation that dependence
also spelt economic support in
the shape of c, Royal Naval
Dockyard. The island is no
logger self supporting and it
has to plead for charity.
Cyprus smoulders on, . with
Greek and Turk no nearer a
declared armistice. The mali.
grant Makarios continues to dis.
.grace his Church with his in.
trigues, the while awaiting the
plum to ripen and fall into his
maw.
GREECE ,
On April 20th 1967, the Greek
Army effected one of those all
too familiar coups, though in
this case it should be 'coup'
so remote was any challenge.
Thus today Greece is a m'l.
itary dictatorship. The country
used to be. a favourite haunt
for Bohemians, but since the
'coup' most of the beardies;.
long hair, and bizarre clothed
weirdies have gone. They did
not bring in enough money.
The new military Junta is
obsessed with trifles and many
of its decrees are absurd: The
roubled
action against beards is said
' to be to .improve m rats;
School teachers have been" or*.
dered to `watch students' be,
haviour outside school.' (This
should appeal to our own guinea.
pigs.) Sunday school .is cam.
PulSQx3;•
The attitude of the newrulers
is rather like that of the blood.
thirsty saloon bore: "Pd put
the Reds up against, ()Avail!" but
the Communist movement is
supported only by,, perhaps iS
per cent of the population. from
whoa all the arms have been
taken away. Nevertheless, the
excuse for the 'coup' Was.a
'Red Plot' and as a result it
was accomplished with supreme
ease.
The Minister for the Inter.
for, Brigadier Pattakos, is al.
Mediterranean
ready *ell known for his wild
remarks. He. threatened to bar
Archbishop Makarios ofCyprus
from the country because ofhis
.beard, but his colleagues failed
to appreciate his humour, ,
It was the officers of the
First .Athens Corps who Or,
ganlsed the 'coup', but they
first sought the help, of the
Third Corps why -polices the
northern border. This obtained,'
the Second or central Corps
and the Navy saw that coin.
pliance was to their. advantage
and joined in. The very ease
of its accomplishment proved
the 'coup' was unnecessary;
True, the prior democratic sy.
stem bad its faults. Members
of Parliament were too many
and too well paid. They .hick,
IN PERSON
T1IERINE
cK,IN
ered and exchanged blows in
a manner so familiar to
Ottawa, The Civil Service was
overstaffed, corrupt and loth.
argic. Many of the newspapers
were bribable. Blit now there
are no elected representatives.
The officers who have taken
their places are more mini
erous and more costly. The
new Junta claim'ng a -pay cut,
awarded themselves $1800 a
• month. 'The Press' has become
just a government 'propaganda
'orgatr,. The purge of the -civil
service was aimed, not at the
inefficient, but at the left
wingers. Before, the 'coup' you
could pay a man 'to fill in the
forms and to wait in a queue
for four hours to get you a
driver's licence. Now you have
to do it yourself, losing a day's
work, while the job -fixer is
also out of a job.
The Church is powerful but
there is no piety, The belay.
Jour of some of the bishops has
become a scandal. Education
has been debased. Some pro.
fessors will not pass a pupil
for the University unless he
pays for a special private
course. Lecturers insist their
own books be bought by stud.
ents.
The expelled Papandreou
checked.rany of these rackets,.
He increased the teachers' pay
while reducing .the cost of
schooling. (Be should be asked
to tour and lecture in Ontario
to. explain his method,.) - .Now
he hasgone and the officers
are incapable of running the
• country. Emigration Is on the
increase. 200,000 Greeks work •
in West Germany, for Greece,__
is no longer' a country of op.
portunity. and the population is
steadily decreasing.
The King may not have liked
the 'coup' but the 'coup'. likes
him and there is small chance
of a counter: rebellion for
(Months.
Jugoslavia, its Communist
neighbour, despite its sins of
bigotry and occasional terror,
is advancing at a much quicker
rate than Greece and while they
are as free to emigrate or work
in West Germany as the Greeks,
the Jugoslays have lost far
fewer in proportion,
Greece stands as the last
of the old Balkans, tired,cor.
rupt• and despondent, with a
,brightened King and a stupid
military government.
Plato, who defended govern.
ment by the strong, the wise
and the few - a benevolent dic.
tatorship in fact - forgot that
an oligarchy depends on the cha.
ratter of the oligarchs. Today
Greece has fallen into a deep
sleep. She _ has become Plato's
banana republic, much to the
chagrin of her best - sons.
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