Word: arons
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There is little hope for an immediate settlement of the Algerian crisis despite overwhelming evidence for a referendum victory on Jan. 8, Raymond Aron, Ford Research Professor of Government, declared yesterday afternoon at the Hillel Round Table of World Affairs...
Charming his crowded but appreciative audience with a witty sense of humor, Aron explained that there are too many questions which have not yet been answered. Nobody knows, he pointed out, what sort of people De Gaulle is going to put in power if independence is granted to Algeria. And nobody knows how he is going to deal with the FLN (National Liberation Front...
According to Aron, this present impasse in negotiations has only made clear the near futility of the coming referendum. On Jan. 8, the French and Algerians will vote for either independence, association with French rule, or integration into the French republic. But these issues, he said, are the same as those that brought De Gaulle to power in the first place. Thus he is now merely trying to do what the Fourth Republic couldn't do during the crisis...
...Aron added that there was little opposition to De Gaulle since he has the right to dissolve the parliament if it doesn't do what he wants. In addition, "even when the Prime Minister disagrees with De Gaulle, he is sure that De Gaulle is right...
...kinds of discourse are more testing than the discussion of a deeply distressing issue in the life of one's own country before a foreign audience; you cannot speak at you would at home; you have a responsibility to those of your countrymen who are not present. Professor Aron's sensitive understanding of this responsibility made his lecture a model of honor, and it was equally honorable in its treatment of those in arms against France. It was "critical" only in the sense that a first-rate political analyst gave critical attention to the central elements of the problem under...