Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-14

Legion. In Is years of Middle Eost
service he learned to think os much
like an Arob os o Biton and become
/ known os Club Posho. This is the
/ third Of q series Of articles BY Gen.
Club, ousted from his post two
weeks ego by King Hussein.
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professional politicians are able
to take advantage of the conSti-
tuition and to exploit it for their
personal profit. Having equipped
themselves with the jargon of
democracy, they appear before
the world at large as patriotic
statesmen representing their
countries. But within those
countries, the public are too
ignorant or too Indifferent TOT
exercise any control of their &C
tivities.
| But nemesis awaits them new
Iertheless. If their public exercises
but little check on them, there
are always vital professional pol
Iiticians anxious to snatch from
them the fruits of office. And
this, to a great extent, is where
the interests of the Western
powers are affected.
Resort to VituperatiOn-
Human nature is so consti-
tuted that it is easier to rouse
lit to hate than to love. The In
secure politician too easily re-
sorts to vituperation OF the
western powers in order to di-|
vert public attention from his
own shortcomings.
But if denunciation of colo
nialism today be no more than
logging a dead horse, we must
admit that it was not always
so. The Olympian imperialist OF
so or 100 years ago may be an
extinct species today, but he un-
doubtedly existed.
Often he devoted his life toI
the amelioration of the condl-
lions of the people committed toI
his charge. Under this constant
care, public security was assured,
road were built, sanitation in
ltroduced, education inaugurated.
But he committed one unpardon-
able offense-he was supercil-
Iious. The peoples Of the East
are taking their revenge today
not for any injury done to them,
but for the superior airs we gave
ourselves. -......
But perhaps one OF our most
fundamental errors is to imagine
that our democracy alone brings
personal freedom, and that all
other system are reactionary,
despotic or feudal. Few impress
sions could be more erroneous.
Institutions Toppled
4 A few years ago, nearly all the
Arab countries had a set up
Western democratic institutions.
But in one case after another,
.coups d'etat and revolutions have
overthrown them. At the same
time. through all these struggles
and upheavals. the professional
politician or the military dicta-
tor seeks to gain popularity and
retain office by his violent denun-
Citations of so-called Wetern i'm
perialism.
It is the weakness and in
stability of the governments con-
'cerned which so often imperil
their relations with the West.
All these upheavals and revolu-
lions represent the efforts of the
Arab countries to evolve a sys-
tenn of government which suits
them. Their traditional systems
have been destroyed beyond re-
pair, and the Western methods
which replaced them have col
lapsed. Some day they will, let
us hope, hit upon the system
which fits them best, and which
will give them stability. We may
hope when this happens that
they will have governments
which will be so stable that they
will no longer need to seek APP
plause by abusing other nations.
Copyright, 1856,
by North American Newspaper Alliance
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