SUEZ CANAL

Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28047, 15 August 1956, Page 17

SUEZ CANAL

Sir,—l submit that Mr Wheeler is 1 “hoist with his own petard” when he quotes. “If you can keep your head w’hen all about you are losing theirs,” and again w’hen he states that Mr Holland "gave way to emotional, imperialist nonsense.” Surely Mr Wheeler is going a long way to losing his head and could well be charged with talking nonsense when he states, goodness knows w'ith what authority, that Sir Anthony Eden, surely one ot the most experienced statesmen and diplomats in the world today, has had his “inconsistent speech” written for him. On what assumption can Mr Wheeler announce that Sir Anthony Eden “had only to keep quiet and everything would have fizzled out.” Your correspondent has himself indulged in those follies of which he so glibly, erroneously, and without knowledge, accuses eminent men. Yours, etc. N l samson . August 14. 1956. Sir The best international news item ’of the year is the refusal of the Liverpool dockers to load arms on the ship Star of Luxor destined for Eavnt. The unparalleled military might of the victorious Allies, Britain. France, and the United States was completely nullified. almost a ‘ , tI ?S peak of their power after the 1914-18 war bv a handful of British dockets

who refused to load supplies for the war of intervention; thus bringing that war to an end. Because of the inevitable and widespread destruction, whether their side suffers a military victory or defeat is not ol much more than academic interest to present-day populations. It is of paramount importance that they should have sufficient courage not to make or handle munitions.—Yours, etc., RETURNED SOLDIER, 1914-18. . August 13, 1956.