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Sitka's Home-Owned Newspaper
Interpreting News
Iby WiiiMam L. Ryan
AflP Foreign News Ansalyist
Once more at Christianas time
the world’s (political attention
is centered on the Holy Land.
The picture of western policy
emerging is not a pleasanlt one
for the United States. That pol
icy seems to have played into
the hands oif Moscow.
Western diplomacy appears
to have blundered irito the mid
st of a bad Near East situation
and made it just a little worse.
There was littfle excuse, for ex
ample, for what happened in
Jordan. Diplomats experienced
in the area — particularly i‘he
British f in this case — surely
ihou'ld have been aWre of the
probabilities.
Egypt, which has been lead
ing the world opposition to the
Baghdad Pact, has scored a vic
tory as a result of what happen
ed in Jordan, and the Egyptian
hand surely will be strengthen
ed in the Arab quarrel with Is
rael. The Soviet Union, which
has made the Baghdad Pact its
No. 1 target, in the propaganda
war over the Middle East, also
seems to have 'fared quite well.
The Western Allies could
hardly have picked a worse
time to try to push Jordan so
openly into l:he Baghdad Pact.
! There was little, if anything, to
i gain by such feverish haste, and
| those responsible now find to
i their dismay that t here was
i likely much .to lose.
| Soviet communist boss Kh
rushchev and his lieutenant
Premier Bulganin, had just fin
ished a tour of .the East, scat
j tering their brand of good will,
' offering economic aid and ac
cusing the west of renewed im
perialism and colonialism. They
TiyHim
voc.
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is the most sincere expression we know of
to convey our appreciation for the friend
ship, cooperation and excellent business
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relationship which were so important to
our mutual benefit dijring the past year.
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Mav we extend to you and yours our
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best wishes for a Merry, Christmas.
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Coliseum Theater
William Ott, manager
I
fret Matinee for Kiddies Christmas Day ;
• In and Around Sitka -
SON BORN WEDNESDAY
TO MORRIS E. LAWRENCE’S
A son and third child, Arn
old Joseph, arrived at Mt.
Edgecumibe hospital at 12:04 p.
m. Dec. 21 to join the family
of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Edgar
Lawrence of Mt. Edigeoumibe.
The lad, who joins a sister
and brother, weighed in at sev
eh pounds, two and one-half
ounces.
Mr. Lawrence is a mechan
ic.
NO REBROADCAST OF
POPE XII’s MESSAGE
VATICAN CITY (JP) Pope
Pius XII will broadcast his 17th
annual Christmas message to
he world at 11 a. m. (2 a. m.
PST) S'autrdiay.
There are no present plans
for rebroadeasting the Pope’s
speech in the United States.
MT. EDGECUMBE
HOSPITAL ROSTER
Eleanor Lawrence of Mt. Ed
gecuimbe and Sophie Gamble of
the girls dorm were admitted
| Wednesday to Mt. Edgecumbe
! hospital. Discharged were Mi- j
chael VanHiatten to the .boys
j dorm, Leo Kunnuik ito Nome j
i and Edward O’Connor to Mt.
: Edgeeumbe.
COMMNUITY SING SET
FOR FRIDAY EVENING
Sitka’s annual Christmas
community sing will be held
Friday evening, Dec. 23, ra! her
than on Christmas eve this year
Everyone in the community
is invited to attend, at six o’
playad skillfully on national
feelings of a Vast area which did
not exclude the Arab east.
To counter this propaganda,
the western diplomats chose a
course for which curious seems
the most charitable description.
In Jordan, specifically, and in
the Middle East generally, they
seem to have handed ithe Sov
iet Union a valuable propagan
da victory.
The developments raised the
question whether the Baghdad
Pact may be a political liaibil
; i'ty in ILhe Middle East. While
some Arab leaders, including
Jordaniites, might favor it, the
pact has been turned against
the west throulgh adroiil exploi
tation of the Israeli-Arab issue,
the Arsib refugee situation and
the Arab world’s rising nation
alism.
If western policy had hoped
.o capitalize on the long stand
ing feud between the Hasemite
rulers of Iraq-Jordan and the
Egyptians, it reckoned without
the mass appeal of the broader
issues. Six days of rioting in
Jordan caused ithe fall of the
government and the dissolution
of parliament. It also brought
a statement from the caretak
er govermmem; which could
hardly be considered compli
mentary to the Baghdad Pact.
That delighted Moscow and
it was little short olf humiliation
for western policy. It seemed
unnecessary, too. Britain al
ready had ground and airbases
in Jordan and already was con
tributing to ithe upkeep of Jor
dan’s Arab Ldg'ion. In such cir
cumstances, why was it neces
sary to shove Jordan into a for
mal alliance linking her with
NATO and i hus reviving Arab
suspicions about the west’s con
nections with the state of
Israel?
Little wonder the Russians
applauded and seized the oppor
tunity of claiming that Khrush
chev and Bulganin were fully
justified in the anti-western
charges they made during their
tour.
:loek outside Sh Michael’s
Cathedral. Michael Oss origin
and the Mt. Edgecumibe Cfhorus
will be on hand to lead the sing
ing otf familiar and traditional
Christmas airs.
The community sing is spon
sored by Beta Sigma Phi soror
ity.
ALASKA COASTAL PLANE
PASSENGER LIST
Arriving Thursday:
Ur. and Mrs. Dick Henry,
Mr. and Mrs. William Benson,
John Jager and Ralph Cun
ningham.
Leaving Thursday:
John, Harriett, Diane, Mar
garet and El'aine • Goeckler, Al
edia Warner, Charles Barker,
Mr. and Mrs. Norene, Lloyd
Tils on, Harold Huckaiby, B. C.
Oanoles and Bill Jorgenson
for Juneau.
WAIT...
SOME MORE!
There is no time
quite like Christmas for
remembering the
friendships we cherish
and there are no
wiehe* like the old tried
and true one—
^ A Merry Christmas to all.
May you have loads
more greetings to
^ brighten your Holiday.
Service Transfer
Keith and Inez
Al Sam Argyll Scurv
Malcolm Sherry
and don't forget "Mike"