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Harrow-educated King Hussein, Arab nationalist though he is, would almost certainly fight any move to abrogate the Anglo-Jordan Treaty. His reasons:1) the Jordanian government could not function without the $25 million annual subsidy which it gets from Britain, and there is little likelihood that Egypt or Saudi Arabia would make up the difference; 2) the fact that Britain is treaty-bound to come to Jordan's defense provides greater protection against an all-out Israeli attack than any agreement Jordan might make with the Arab states...
...Britain was faced with the outline of a thorny choice. If a European customs union actually came into existence and Britain stood aloof, there was every likelihood that the tariff wall thrown up by the new group would bar many British exports from European markets. (One-eighth of British exports now go to the Messina Six.) But could Britain consent to have her tariff policy toward the rest of the Commonwealth, the system of "imperial preference," tampered with by an outside authority? If Britain were forced to choose between Europe and the Commonwealth, said Harold Macmillan, "we could not hesitate...
Hopefully, the government described the Algerian war taxes as "temporary and extraordinary." Last week, however, as Moslem residents of Algiers marked the 126th anniversary of French conquest of the city with a one-day general strike, there seemed little likelihood that France would soon be able to withdraw the enormous (half a million men) and expensive ($2.9 million a day) force it currently maintains in Algeria. And, temporary or not, the new taxes clearly point to a continuation of the steady price rise, which since January has increased the minimum budget on which a Parisian family of four can live...
...that the blind can also love. The boys and the girls are taught in the same classrooms but they may not associate. A passed note conceived in puppy love is enough to bring down severe punishment. A stolen kiss, a harmless rendezvous, may result in being "shipped," and the likelihood that no other school will accept what Canopus has discarded...
President Eisenhower is receiving a new and still controversial treatment in the hope of lessening the likelihood of a second heart attack. According to Dr. Paul Dudley White, the Boston heart specialist, the President takes a pill containing a drug that "thins" the blood. The treatment is tricky because if it goes too far the blood might lose all clotting power, and a nick suffered while shaving could cause dangerous bleeding. The President's doctors make frequent tests, make sure that his blood still has a safe margin of clotting power. He was taking pills daily, now takes them...