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...true that "the day may come when Turkey and Britain will want to act in the Middle East, and Greece will not," would it not be more to the mutual interests of Turkey and Britain for Mr. Menderes to invite Sir Anthony Eden to build a base on the secure soil of Turkey...
...incongruity went with the anger. No sooner had Queen Elizabeth solemnly proclaimed "a case of great emergency" than she went off to the Duke of Norfolk's box at the fashionable race meeting that traditionally winds up Lon don's social season. After cheering Sir Anthony Eden's Palmerstonian boast that the Royal Navy "will take care of" any Egyptian warships on the loose, the House of Commons, like the French Assembly, adjourned for the summer. But the urgency was real. Air Marshal Sir John Slessor, great airman turned topflight military strategist, spoke for many Britons when...
Thirty bowler-hatted London bankers trooped solemnly into No. n Downing Street last week, on an unprecedented summons from Chancellor of the Exchequer Macmillan. the liveliest man in the government of Anthony Eden. Urbane Harold Macmillan (who delights in his new Threepenny Opera nickname of "Mack the Knife") wanted to impress on London's top bankers the thin edge on which the British economy now rests...
Underlying all of Britain's headline troubles in hanging onto her colonies is a completely undramatic crisis in stabilizing her economy. Prime Minister Eden, who will go to any lengths to avoid a colorful phrase, has in a rare burst of exhortation called it "the new Battle of Britain." Three weeks ago he warned: "We are all in it. and upon its outcome our homes, our jobs and our children's future depends." Unless Britain wins the battle, he told a Lancashire audience, "we are in mortal peril of poverty by stages...
...have been singularly unmoved by Sir Anthony's outburst. They can see nothing so dramatic and decisive as a new Battle of Britain-only a new declaration of siege. They are enjoying summer holidays, TV sets and a respite from shortages. And plain Britons, listening in puzzlement to Eden's suddenly urgent cries, may search the acts of his government in vain for signs of a bold lead in preparing for battle...