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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-25
I roops to Ring Shrines
During Nativity Rites

barbed wire entanglements and
concrete dragons teeth anti
tank traps are seen everywhere.
Permission has also been given
by Jordan for members of the
diplomatic corps to use the ira
ditional route Of pilgrimage to
Bethlehem - the route which
passes Mount Elias and which
was taken by the Three Wise
Men. French and Dutch diplo-
mats will not be allowed to cross
and while several British diplo-
mats in Tel Aviv applied for
permits, it is not yet known
whether they will be allowed to
enter Bethlehem.
Clear the Mines
Before Christmas, Israeli and
Jordanian troops will clear the
mines on this road and white
tapes will be placed on it SO
that the short convoy of cars
will not drive off onto NINE
fields. They will return to the
Israeli section of Jerusalem i'm
mediately after the midnight
mass in the Church of Nativity
Immediately afterward the
mines will be replaced on the
road.
Jordan will take special Sc
curity measures to prevent dis.
turbances as the wave of anti
Western sentiment is still rising
through inflammatory speeches
and newspaper editorials. Armed
guards will be placed outside all
churches on Christmas Eve and
a heavy guard Of Arab Legion
naires will do duty in Managers
Square at the entrance to the
Church of Nativity in Bethle-
hem.
They will try to prevent q re-
currence Of last years riots
when q few days before Christ
mas mobs ran wild. painting
crosses on the houses Of all for
eigners. stoning the American
consulate and threatening the
lives of all non-Arabs.
Because of the general un-
settled conditions in the Middle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-25
DO-IT-YOURSELF ADVICE OFFERED
ON YULE-GIFT BAROMETERS

In the spirit of Christmas, the Weather Bureaus
service printed special note today for weather bers who
received barometers as gifts
Over the usually busy wire these comforting words
For those who have received barometers gifts let
you that starting to use them is quite simple
Most dial barometers have opening in the back Of
the where small screwdriver be used to adjust
the position of the hand.
ITO get the barometer set for location Just listen
to the reading given the air when the weather forecast
is announced with the your barometer that
reading which always called the level pressure That's
all there is to It,"
There more such admoniton TO treat the in.
srumen gently Then weather expert another the
bureau signed of with best Of luck"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-25
BY SOLOMON H. STECKOLL
North American Newspaper Alliance

JERUSALEM, Dec. 25.-Spe-
cial prayers for world peace and
the brotherhood Of man will be
said in all churches in the Holy
Land during Christmas services
this year, as the tension gripping
the Middle East makes this one
of the most somber Christmases
ever to be celebrated here.
With special security measures
taken to guard worshippers,
Christmas has lost all flavor of
joy in Jerusalem and Bethlehem
1t will be a grim celebration.
While the Jordanian authori-
ties at first announced that they
would not permit pilgrims to
cross into Bethlehem from
Israel, they now agree that those
whose papers are in order" will
be allowed to cross the border.
They will have permission to
spend So hours among the
shrines in Jerusalem's old city
but will not be allowed to travel
to other parts Of the country.
1000 Asked Permits
Four thousand Israeli Arab
Christians applied for permits to
cross the lines. but after pre-
liminary screening only 1000
names were submitted to the
Jordanian authorities for their
approval. Only half of this num-
Der will be allowed to cross the
border and pray at the Church
Of Nativity in Bethlehem which
is built on the site Of Christ 8
birth.
They will cross the border, at
the Mandlebaum Gate crossing
while their papers are carefully
checked and double-checked,
first by Israeli. and then by
Jordanian. police. Situated in a
no-man's-land section of Jerr.-
salem. the crossing point brings
into sharp relief results of the
war filters presently felt here.
Unrepaired since the l948
war. a long row of war-battered
buildings circle the square while
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-25
No Break in Western Alliance

the way for the liberating
armies of America?
Can there be a break" with
the peoples of Britain and
France whose cultures have
meant so much to the Ameri-
can people over decades of
time?
Governments with their
human frailties may come and
go. Statesmen may speak in
petulant and critical voices.
But count of public opinion,
where nations are free to air
their family differences, is a
far different forum than the
governments of enslaved ma
tons are permitted by the
Kremlin to 60 to with their
grievances.
1t is sometimes said care
lessly that Britain and France
are no longer great powers"
Does the term merely mean
militarily superior and econo-
mically powerful? Or is the
true measure of greatness the
spirit and moral power of a
nation? If it's the latter, then
America and Britain and
France stand together as
equals among the truly great
powers of all history in an
alliance of freedom and
liberty.
Such an alliance will never
be broken up by ephemeral
differences in this difficult
era in which the world is
seeking for the principle Of
collective security a per-
manent place in the lives of
nations. For, though the
methods Of attaining the com.
mon objective peace - may
cause imprisoned debate,
there is no weakness in the
political, economic and cul-
tural ties that have been built
SO strongly between Britain,
France and America. There is
no break or even slight frac-
ture in the healthy respect
and esteem which the people
of the free countries long have
had for each other.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-25
A Pattern of Foreign Policy

stock Immediately. The ma
tive peoples found us their
allies in the U. N. Though
planned months ago, the visit
Of Prime Minister Nehru Just
after this episode could not
have been timed better to
emphasize our new standing
in his part of the globe.
The U. N. worked in the
Middle East crisis because
Britain, France and Israel
yielded to it. Not so in Hum
gary. Resolution after resolu-
ton from the U. N. demand
ing Soviet withdrawal and.
finally. blunt condemnation,
were like so much paper
snow brushed off by Russia.
This again revealed a weak
ness long recognized in the
U. N. in dealing with Russia
which Pope Plus referred to
in his Christmas message by
saying that certain members
tend to act only according to
individual interest and power"
But Soviet Russia'S exhibi-
ton of Monaghan brutality in
Hungary - which the U. N.
helped to reveal-not only
stigmatized her all over the
world but has shown her in
adequacy in coping with a re-
bellious situation which she
may, at any time, find re-
peated in other satellites. In
the words of Vice President
Nixon on his return home,
international communism has
suffered a mortal blow"
Consequently Soviet Russia
is in a weakened position in
which she might be ready to
negotiate for a Eastern Euro
pean settlement. That would
give President Eisenhower an
opportunity to exercise his
leadership. Our path, however,
is one to be trod delicately.
We can not let our new mid
dle-of-the-road course in for
eign policy ALLEVIATE ourselves
from our longtime staunch
allies in Western Europe who
are. after all, our first line
OF defense. Nor can we get
cast in the role of appeasers
with so much of freedom at
stake. Nor. on the other hand,
can we push to the point
where Russia, in her frustra-
ton and desperation, might
take a gamble that would lead
to a third world war.
Indeed, the role Of COM
promiSer is a hard one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-25
US. Policy Of Being Polite to Red Killers
And Flouting Our Friends is Questioned
CONSTANTINE BROWN

This is the wonderful sea-
son Of the year when the
phrase. peace on earth. good
will to men," takes on a special
meaning, a personal express
sion of an ancient and noble
concept.
Yet there is another, some
what different translation Of
that same phrase Of the New
Testament, and the difference
in meaning is startlingly APP
plicable to the world of 1856.
Peace on earth to men of
good will" is a selective rather
than a general concept of the
meaning of Christmas. Not
good will to men," but peace
only ito men Of good will"
The temptation to apply the
second translation, to the af-
fairs of the world is strong.
If we adopt 1t as our favorite,
where do the Kadars Of Hun
gary. the Khrushchevs and
Molotovs. the Chou En-lais
and Mao Tse-tungs. the
treacherous dictators Of Rus
sia's Eastern European satel-
lites. fit into the picture Of
peace on earth?
We in America have long
been deluded into the belief,
firmly sponsored by our top
policymakers for the last 20
years or Whereabouts. that we
must maintain normal diplo-
matte relations with our enc
lnies as well as with our
friends. AS long as we are able
to sit down and talk together,
the argument runs, there will
be continued peace.
Thus We are supposed to ex-
tend peace on earth to the
wicked, the evil. the treacher-
Gus plotters. the foes of every
thing we hold dear and desir-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-25
Historic and Spiritual Ties Between u. S.,
Britain and France Held Basic and Stronq

Can there really be a
break" between the Ameri-
can people and the brave
people of Britain who in
World War II valiantly fought
alone for two years against
the Nazi planes which were
daily bombing their cities and
towns and villages?
Can there be a "break" with
the people of Great Britain
who for centuries have scru-
pulously guarded the liberties
of free men-a record Of pro-
longed championship unparal-
leled in the history of man.
kind?
Can there be a break" with
the people Of Great Britain
who lost the flower of their
manhood in two world wars
but managed. nevertheless, to
preserve a free government in
the face of a rising tide OF
state socialism in many parts
Of the world?
Can there be "break" with
the people Of Britain who.
Notwithstanding the taunts of
imperialism" have gradually
by grants of autonomy and
self-government built among
their colonial possessions the
foundations for several in
dependent democracies?
Can there be "break" with
the people of France whose
hearts went out to the Ameri-
can colonies in their early
struggle for independence and
who sent the French fleet to
Yorktown to help us win our
own revolution?
Can there be a "break" with
the heroic people who stood
at the Marine and fought the
battle Of the civilized world
against Prussian autocracy in
World War I and then, though
weakened and overrun by Nazi
armies in World War IL never
surrendered their spirit of
resistance, which helped pave
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-25
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Things they were thankful for on Christmas:
Ike; That he pick the furnishings section
newspaper without seeing another map Of his plumbing
and heating system.
Senator Kefauver That he has only give
to his country.
Vice President Nixon That the Eisenhower team like
old West Point team, has Mr. Inside" "Mr Outside"
Ike does the travelling inside the countrywhe
outside.
Senate Democratic Johnson That the Democratic
Party is the party Of all the peope-ncludng
oil wells
Treasury Secretary Humphrey: That at last Washington
has busnessmans administration how to account
for every penny the Government wastes.
Democratic Chairman Butler That the election is over
the Democrats get back to the real fun of fighting
themselves.
Republican Chairman Hall: That he define what
modern Republican is It's New Dealer who makes brave
effort to pay his bills
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-25

der. in the typical native style
Of carrying a pickaninny.
The background of the picture
is an intricate pattern of abstract
aboriginal designs. copied from
b a k-paintings. cave-drawings
and decorations of native arte-
facts from all the tribes in North
and Central Australia.
Bishop O'Loughlin of Darwin
said: 1.-THE work is an inspira-
ton. We feel that a cathedral
which is representative of the
people of the northern territory
should have shrine which can
express the aspirations of the
aborigines to make them feel
that they have a proper part
and interest in the work and
faith of the church"
He said the shrine of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-25
Why Accept the Bloody Hand?

strangers, any decent man in
any civilized society would in
dignantly refuse to associate
with criminal evil?
What would be the effect on
the world If we took another
look at our automatic policy
that we must continue to have
normal relations with the
gangsters Of the world?-if the
United States. today the leader
of the free world. abruptly
broke of relations with Soviet
Russia and with Hungary and
any other rotten Red regime
daily flouting the elementary
rules of civilized behavior?
Recently we have been pat
ting ourselves on the back for
the high moral tone" and
"enviable moral stature" we
ascribe to our stand on the
British-French-Israeli invasion
Of Nasser's Egypt. But haven't
we been nobly moral when 1t
came to the transgressions Of
our friends. and something
else when 1t involved our
sworn enemies?
II the butchery and ruthless
suppression practiced by the
Reds in Hungary are not rea-
sons enough to break of dip
lomatic relations with the
Soviet Union, what are? The
facts are plain. We recognize
them in our official pronounce
ments. in the refugee program
holding out some degree Of
hope for those Hungarians
lucky enough to escape their
rayaged and sorrowful home
land. Our President has pub
licly deplored the savagery in
sharp terms.
Why. then, do we continue
to 60 through the motions Of
affable. even cordial, relations
with the perpetrators Of these
crimes-and of countless other
crimes before them? Are these
men Of good will?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-25
THOMAS [. STOKES
President Seen Seeking to Make u. S.
Moral Leader of the World Aooin

Perhaps more by force of
events than design, a pattern
Of foreign policy for the
United States seems to be
emerging from what has hap
pened in the last several weeks
In the Middle East and Hun
gary. President Eisenhower
has capitalized upon them to
forecast an Eisenhower
policy"
For a Christmas season in
so many ways grim and
gloomy in so many parts Of
the world. it offers hope and
the promise of developments
in the new year which might
see real progress by the time
mother Christmas rolls
around. That is, if our Gov
eminent acts with the COM
bination of boldness and eau
ton the situation seems to
require.
The Eisenhower policy as it
appears to be evolving is to
make the United States once
again the moral leader of the
world. in truth and fact, and,
in that role. a mediator. Work.
ing through the United Ma
tons, we would use our in
fluence to push for settle
ments in that organization
covering the Middle East and
Eastern Europe.
The aim would be, first, to
remove the threat Of a new
Arab empire bent on domina-
ton in the Middle East, which
is what caused Britain and
France to intervene on their
own. In Eastern Europe, the
purpose would be to grasp the
opportunity offered In the
Hungarian revolt to bring
about q settlement that would
free the satellites from Soviet
subjugation. At the same time,
this would envisage some sort
OF guarantee Of Russia's bor-
ders, the vulnerability Of which
she has used as an excuse for
making outpostS Of her small
Eastern European neighbors.
Out Of such settlements,
either as a part Of them or a
consequence thereof. could
come agreements on disarma-
ment through the U. N. that
would help to ease tensions
along the Eastern European
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-25

able, on the grounds that to
do otherwise would imperil
peace itself.
But we were still talking
to the ENJOYS of Japan that
raw day in December, 1941,
even while the Japanese bombs
and torpedoes were blasting a
large part Of our Pacific fleet
into shattered. smoking ruins.
The representatives of Japan
were closeted with our Secre-
tary Of State at the very mo-
ment the attack was in full
swing. Where. then. did talk
preserve the peace?
And every time we, or any
other nation of the world,
talked over the council table
with the architects of du-
plicity in the Communist
world, we have suffered some
substantial loss. Even If the
loss were a minor one in terms
Of strength or position, the
moral defeat was each time
immense. compounded by our
own folly in failing to apply
ordinary standards of right
and wrong. Treating with the
enemy in wartime is treason
to the Nation. Treating with
the enemy in peacetime can
be treason to mankind; it is
always a betrayal of morality.
Peace on earth to men of
god will" Let us apply it to
our relations with the Soviet
Union while the Moscow hands
are red with the blood of Hum
gary'S martyrs. Does our
search for peace require that
we continue to associate on
polite terms with these butch
ers? Is there any doubt that,
in the framework of normal
human relationships, whether
with relatives. neiphhors mr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-25
DAVID LAWRENCE

This is the season for taking
stock of the spirit of our
times. The tragic tendency is
to exaggerate differences and
to ignore areas of agreement
to emphasize weaknesses
and to overlook sinews of
strength.
Thus, for many weeks now
there has been a reiterated re-
ference in the press here and
abroad to the weakness" Of
the Western alliance-mean-
ing especially the relations be-
tween the United States on
the one hand. and Great Bril-
tain and France on the other.
Some observers have called it
a strain" and some have
talked about the need for
mending something that has
been broken"
But has there ever been a
real break in the alliance" of
the peoples of these free
countries? There can be and
often has been a difference in
policy pursued by one Of the
governments in relations to
the others. The leaders elected
by the people sometimes have
followed a course that is
subsequently found, both in
side and outside country.
to have been unwise. The
American government has at
times taken action at which
both the French and British
peoples have looked askance.
Our neutrality, for example,
between 1914 and 1917 shocked
Britain and France and caused
much bitterness. Conversely.
there has been sharp disap-
proval here recently of Bril-
tain and French policies in the
Middle East.
But are these latest diff
ferences so fundamental that
they warrant any such inter-
probation as has been given
them In the talk Of a broken
alliance?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-25
Chang and Wife Mark
9th YuIe on Formosu

TAIPEI. Dec. rs (R.-Presi-
dent Chang Kai-shek and his
wife spent their usual quiet
Christmas today, the eighth
since the generalissimo quit the
China mainland for Formosa
on December 10, 1949.
Nationalist China's first couple,
who are Methodists. attended q
70-minute service Christmas eve
in their own church in a Taipei
suburb. Gen. Chang began
Christmas Day with his daily
period of prayer and meditation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-25

satellite boundary that has
come to be a sort of Mason
and Dixon line between the
Free World and the Soviet
world. All of this, Of course.
cannot happen next week or
the week after, but over a long
period. The beginning is i'm
portant and the way seems
more open for that now than
at any time since the end of
the Second World War.
An intriguing view of our
present position is found in a
recent editorial in the Man.
chester Guardian-which was
very critical of the Eden gov
eminent for its Egyptian ad-
venture-in the course of COM
ment on the visit of Indian
Prime Minister Nehru with
President Eisenhower, and be-
fore the two sat down together
in Seclusion. This is it:
I'm an extraordinarily short
time, America has. passed from
being an epitome of imperial
ism back to its former-and
almost forgotten-role Of the
champion Of peoples struggling
to be free"
While there might be some
quarrel in high places here
about the Characterization
"epitome of imperialism" the
Guardian obviously was think
ing of the image of us that
has been in the minds of
others. or created in the
minds of others, particularly
in Asia. That was due to q
large degree to our close al
lance with Britain and France
which still cast imperialistic
shadows in the minds of many
people in Africa, the Middle
East and Asia.
That image, so far as we
are concerned, was diSsipated
to q considerable extent when
we Joined the U. N. in con-
demning Britain and France
for her attack on Egypt. That
attack revived the old familiar
tradition Of colonial empires
moving in with gunboats and
troops. and the vividness of
that dramatization due to the
surprise element made our
condemnation Of it the more
vivid to the Asian and African
world where it boosted our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-25
Australian Painting Depicts
Virgin, Child as Aboriqines

SYDNEY, Dec. Is (NANA) -
The Virgin Mary and Child will
be depicted as Australian abo-
rhymes in a large oil painting in
the New Catholic War Memo
rial Cathedral at Darwin, North
|ern Territory.
1t is the first aboriginal Ma
donna to be placed in a shrine
in a cathedral in Australia.
The picture Of the aboriginal
Madonna was painted by a visit
ing European artist. Karel Kup-
ka Of the Ecole des Beaux Arts,
Paris.
1t is being sent to Sydney from
Darwin for exhibition before be-
ing placed in the Darwin Ca
thedral within a shrine in the
transept.
The painting has been de-
scribed as a Strikingly original
piece Of religious art. The paint
ing. in oils on masonic board,
lis 48 inches high and So inches
wide. The figures are slightly
larger than life size.
The Virgin Mary. depicted in
torso, has the characteristic fea-
lures and skin-color of an abo-
riginal woman. Her face is q
composite portrait from many
sketches Of different "sitters'
done by the artist on mission
stations in the Northern Terri
tory.
She is CARRIED in white. The
collar of her dress is red. en-
broidered in an aboriginal de-
sign. The Holy Child, also OF
typical aboriginal features, and
CARRIED in white smock. edged
with aboriginal designs in red,
is seated on the mothers Shout
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-25
Refugees to Mark YuIe
In Silent Night Setting

Der entered the chapel two nights
before Christmas eve. 1918, they
made the distressing discovery.
After vainly seeking ways to
mend the damage, they had to
leave the church in despair,
knowing there would be nc
Christmas music for the parish
toner's.
The two men trudged home
ward in bitter cold. An all-day
blizzard which had choked the
streets with snow. forcing the
pair to push their way through
drifts.
Suddenly the wind died, the
sky cleared and the village
almost miraculously. was bathed
in starlight.
Night Dictated Words
As II seized by divine inspira-
ton, Father Mohr lifted his eyes
to the stars and quietly intoned
Silent night. holy night" He
was quiet for a moment and then
added. IAN is calm. all is bright.
The same inspiration spell fell
over the schoolmaster. Grippine
the priests arm. Mr.. Gruber ex.
claimed: That is what we need
In place OF the church organ
a new Christmas hymn"
The priest and the school.
maSter-musician went TO the
Gruber home straightaway. They
spent the rest Of the night. with.
out q break. writing verse anc
music. There were few revisions
and the entire masterpiece wa,
ready the next morning-in thc
same form Il Is stu played today
When the villagers crowded