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is at odds with the Service chiefs over
necessary for the extended training modern
the decision to dispense with National
It is thought this would be the minimum
defence policy .
arms require and to enable each man to
Criticisms about Army manpower appear
to have come mainly from retired officers
Francis Festing , who believes completely
Sir Francis , is equally convinced Mr.
Gen. Sir Richard Hull , who is to succeed
who have held high positions but
Watkinson is right .
Mr. Watkinson has had the utmost support
from the C.I.G.S. , Field-Marshal Sir
are out of touch with the existing situation .
in the principle of an all-Regular army .
his leave .
Sir Francis is to hand over to Sir Richard
concentrated on possible need for important
moment # when attention had to be
as from Nov. 1 . The hand-over , due in
Berlin crisis . Mr. Watkinson and his advisers
Francis stayed on , and # sacrificed
military operations . For this reason Sir
felt the change would be unwise at a
September , was delayed because of the
the House . Early results in yesterday's
There was a computed 8.4 per cent. swing
the Prime Minister . This implies the dis-
fontein and the Transvaal , with slightly
Lawrence , standing as a Progressive , was
returned in their strongholds , like Bloem-
appearance of the Progressive party from
increased majorities . In the Cape , the
veteran United Party politician , Mr. Harry
general election showed Nationalists being
towards the Nationalist party of Dr. Verwoerd ,
Progressive party , Dr. Steytler , in Port
Mr. Plewman , left the Progressives deprived
afterwards by the United party candidate ,
dates are unopposed .
The contests were for 86 seats as 70
The defeat of the leader of the
the Leader of the Opposition , Sir de
Elizabeth South , announced immediately
Nationalists and 20 United party candi-
of both their chief figures . Dr. Verwoerd and
Villiers Graaff , have been returned unopposed .
evident that voters were bored by the
last night that he had considered early
the most apathetic in the country's history .
Government's frequent appeals to the electorate .
The election was the fourth in four years .
British Army of the Rhine on to a war footing .
THE Prime Minister disclosed in the Commons
Long before polling closed at 8 p.m. it was
in the Parliamentary recess whether to
mobilise reserves necessary to bring the
In most constituencies it may go down as
to do so and to recall Parliament . But
economic and political kind . Mr. Macmillan ,
principle the imposed division of Germany .
if a further deterioration in the situation
warranted such a step . It would have to be
He decided that it would be a great error
who was winding up the foreign affairs
debate , said the Government could not
accompanied by other measures of a military ,
there would be no hesitation in mobilising
be party to accepting as a matter of
Minister of State , Foreign Office , said
tests . The Council's findings would be
but we must not - and I am not - be
the Medical Research Council to reassess
earlier that the Government had asked
afraid of negotiation . " Mr. Godber ,
the fall-out position in view of the Russian
" We must not be rattled into surrender ,
made public .
that # appeasement over Berlin could
the surest way to avert it .
Eden , in his maiden speech in the House
With a vigour and authority which delighted
only lead to war . To stand firm , he
the Earl of Avon , the former Sir Anthony
old Parliamentary friends and foes alike ,
declared , was not to invite war , but
of Lords last night , gave a warning
Asia .
nuclear tests ; the canard about British
speech in which Mr. Macmillan wound up
accent of urgency . He passed in rapid
tone , and his voice never rose to any
He began in a low , almost chatty mono-
It was the end of a rather curious
the two-day debate on foreign affairs .
review the United Nations Secretariat ;
interference with the United Nations
in the Congo ; Kuwait ; and South-East