Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-10
Suez Crisis

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sincerely desire progress for
Egypt, why are they depriving
Egypt of the necessary means
for economic expansion? First,
America and England refused
Egypt financial aid in the
building of the Aswan Dam,
and second, when Nasser seized
his own Suez Canal, which was
the logical thing for him to do
IN order to get the necessary
revenues for his project, the
big three had fits about 1t.
They refuse to help Egypt. and
will not let Egypt help herself.
This puts those three powers
on the brink of irrationality
and immortality for such arbi-
trary action. 1t is obvious that
the West seeks only the sup
preston of the East and is not
acting in the interests of man.
kind. Bill Mcintosh.
X 4 X
Mr.. Dulles was not able to
prove the wrongness of Nasser's
seizure of his own canal. nor
was the presentation of facts
logical and convincing enough.
He only took delight in ridicul-
ing NaSSer's dreams for the
grandeur of Egypt" This
soothing was a mark of poor
craftsmanship and a guilt COM
pick. Is it. that Dulles and
Eisenhower have forgotten that
our founding fathers also
worked for the grandeur of
America? Every great leader
is spurred to work for the
greatness of his country, and
1t is strange that our so-called
statesmen should forbid other
peoples of the world to dedi-
cate themselves to the building
OF their country. This belittling
of other leaders, particularly
those of all Eastern countries,
reveals littleneSS and jealousy
on the part of our leaders.
Let's be fair and just to other
nations of the world. They had
an extraordinary civilization
in the past, long before Amer
lea was discovered. The Egyp-
tianS. the Arabs, the Phoeni-
clans, and the Indians are not
a people to be Knocked. If we
are truly interested in man
kind, we would read about
their culture and contributions
to the world. We should re-
spect them as we would have
them respect us. 1t is foolhardy
Of the West to expect friendli-
ness from them, when it con-
stantly derides them and sup
presses their endeavors to
throw of the yoke of colonial
oppression completely and ir-
revocably.
Bert Stein.
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The decision of our Secre-
tary Of State to withdraw the
offer to Egypt to finance the
Aswan Dam deserves the
highest praise and admira-
ton. The Western powers
pacified Nasser and some of
his associates in the Arab
League to the point that their
own prestige suffered a severe
blow in the Middle East and
the Far East as well. Let us
hope that future dealings
with this Hitler Of the Nile
does not follow the pattern
of the umbrella diplomacy
that appeased the other Hit
Ter. Nasser is a tool of Mos
COW, and with some of his
confederates in the Arab
League. particularly Syria,
hate America. They want
what they can get from the
American people and expect
the American people to be
grateful to them for accepting
whatever they get. Develop
ments Of current events justi-
fies the suggestion that the
name Of the Arab League
might we'll be changed to the
League of Middle East Com
munists, or the League Of
Middle East thieves.
A. S. Hatem.
Dag Hammarskjold in his
peace mission to the Middle
East was astonishingly sue
cessful in being able to quiet
the Israelis and Arabs and
minimize reprisal acts. But
how successful was Dulles?
The English and French
are laundering threats and
breathing fire from their nos
trils against their victim. The
Queen has placed England on
a phony war footing in order
TO insure the smooth passage
Of Suez revenues TO her al
ready overfiowing Golfers. She
is already the wealthiest wom-
an in the world. How much
richer does she want TO get2
How about the United Ma
tons commissioning Dag Ham
marskjold to London and
Paris. Charlie NOvak