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...felt the same way about Nahas. He also sacked the Wafdist leader twice, only to be forced to make him Prime Minister again. Today, Farouk would probably like to fire Nahas again. Nahas' administration is corrupt and indolent, diverts attention from its own shortcomings by inflaming the mob against the British. Farouk does not love the British either,* but he realizes that Egypt's security lies with the West. He is openly appalled by the foolish Wafdist flirtation with the Russians, and aware that the daily diet of riots has weakened all authority in Egypt...
King Farouk had courageously given the West another chance. He had indicated that a sensible offer would be well received by the Crown and its supporters, and in doing so he knowingly risked the mob's fury. The next move was up to the West. The U.S. would have to take the lead; the British were disliked by the Egyptians and compromised by past performances. But the West would have to move quickly; else it might lose its best single friend in Egypt...
...before the chapel and threw stones through the windows. Missionary Riddell telephoned both the police and the U.S. embassy for help. Through police response was sluggish, the embassy's was not. Ambassador Capus M. Waynick, a Presbyterian from North Carolina, dashed right over in person, stalked past the mob, told Riddell to go on with his service, and stayed himself till the last Amen...
...Lavender Hill Mob. Alec Guinness in a superior British concoction of wit and farce (TIME...
...Lavender Hill Mob. Alec Guinness, as an engaging master criminal, in a superior British concoction of wit and farce (TIME...