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would be pleasanter if such cruel and feudal
tonight from their tour in the East . The duke's
THE Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh come home
dropped from future Royal programmes .
performances as tiger and rhino hunts were
trigger-finger and the ritual slaughter of beasts
success . The Queen has won a triumph . It
yesterday by the Dutch - has made the gesture
Pakistan are happy memories . WEST GERMANY - followed
of a good neighbour . She has put up the value
of her money .
their visit . The warmth of their welcome in India and
But the Queen and the Duke have pleased millions by
their balances , will gain some immediate help .
Germany exports will be made a little dearer .
What it means in practical terms is that our
for Germans to buy , while the goods which
in the direction of live-and-let-live . Hopes
Certainly , the rise is very small . But it is a step
co-operation , which is the only way to solve the
exports to Germany will now be a little cheaper
Britain and the U.S. , which have problems with
payments difficulties that upset the Western world .
will now grow brighter of further international
dollars have been drained into Germany .
as a means to curb rising prices at home . She is
also aware how # unpopular she has been growing
should . Germany exports much more than she imports .
by failing until now to co-operate as a creditor nation
Booming Germany is deliberately encouraging more imports
For upwards of five years the world's reserves of
Germany's massive trading surplus and choke
the strength of Germany's trading position has attracted
off speculation against dollar and pound ?
Germany has no tradition of trading abroad . In addition
hoping for the mark to rise , as has now happened .
There they have stayed uselessly locked up because
speculators to hold marks rather than pounds or dollars ,
WILL the new valuation be enough to correct
share in giving aid to underdeveloped nations , the
to optimism is the sign that Germany and the
world outlook will be brighter . What gives rise
good-neighbour gesture , Germany takes a really big
other leading Western nations are at long last
moving towards a solution of currency problems
by co-operation .
That is doubtful . If however , in addition to her new
idea that moral regeneration would solve
and our local and national Parliaments .
for by that curious body Moral Re-Armament .
of politics , perhaps , or carried away by the
all our problems . So it would . While we are
Those who lend their names to this kind of
waiting for the millenium , however , most of us
would prefer to put our hopes for earthly justice in
instruments of democracy , such as trade unions
advertisement are worthy people , a little innocent
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which we disagree . When an advertisement
Should the Herald publish such advertisements ?
doubtful , or where the total content would be
many readers will dislike it .
be wrong to refuse all political advertisements with
This is a difficult question . It would obviously
Government was to denounce the United
more logical to send in more men ,
would be taken home . The reaction can be
to say that its 400 troops in the Congo
a # dignified exit . IF the UN is
not weaken it further by desertion .
The first reaction of the Sudanese
blamed for being weak , it would be
Nations for " negligence and impotence , " and
understood . The Sudan's concern for its
men is natural . But this could hardly be
Mr. Hammarskjold to use force if necessary to
responsibility rightly belongs to the nations
which have undertaken the task of pre-
serving peace in the Congo . That is not a
ceremonial duty , and the soldiers have every
It is unjust to pass the buck to Mr.
prevent civil war , it was clear that new dangers
Hammarskjold and the UN's servants . The
would arise unless it gave him the political ...
right to blame the politicians unless they see
it through . When the United Nations instructed
made . India has responded handsomely by providing
If the UN forces were thick enough on the ground ,
which have set their hands to this plough .
3,000 men , who must take about a fortnight to arrive .
That was the first point that Mr. Hammarskjold
happen . THE UN's ability to keep peace depends
simply on adequate support by the nations
such incidents as that at Matadi would not
The big Powers involved in the Cold War
It is to be hoped that the UN will be