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Wearing a grey-striped djellabah, El Glaoui dropped in at Rabat's Imperial Palace, presented himself to the new Premier-designate Fatmi Ben Slimane. He then issued a statement giving his full support to the nationalists. Said he: "I share entirely the joy of the Moroccan people at the announcement of His Majesty Sidi Mohammed ben Youssef's return to France. I make my own the wish of the Moroccan people, which is that of the prompt restoration of Ben Youssef and his return to the throne. Only his return can bring unity and calm to the spirits...
...Snorted Deputy Jacques Vendrous, De Gaulle's brother-in-law: "France played cards while the Saar was lost." Deputies were also nettled at South Viet Nam's summary rejection of French Puppet Bao Dai, and shocked by the sudden defection of El Glaoui, France's oldest Moroccan ally. Yet none of these reverses vexed the touchy Deputies as much as Edgar Faure's surprise proposal (TIME, Oct. 31) for snap Assembly elections to be held before Christmas. "Grave national responsibilities" confronting the country early next year, Faure had said, required that the Assembly renew its mandate...
...Bidault growled: "I voted for the government with death in my soul." One Gaullist complained: "I voted 'for' but I've just told Edgar that I deposited my ballot with a pair of fire tongs." The Socialists, who had given Faure his majority by backing his Moroccan policy, voted solidly against him on Algeria, on the ground that he was not moving toward reforms fast enough. So did three-fourths of the Gaullists, who thought Faure was going too far, and the Communists, who vote against almost everything. But of the 294 Deputies between these extremes...
...tremendous growth of the United Nations demands that the member nations come together soon to take a long look at the 1945 Charter. The entrance of the General Assembly into the middle of the Moroccan dispute, for example, has raised a basic question about the extent of the U.N.'s power in colonial problems. In other areas, too, such as disarmament and the peaceful uses of the atom, the U.N. is just not sure how far it should go. In short, the world organization has reached a crossroads, and only a review of the Charter can indicate the proper direction...
Sticking point in formation of the Moroccan throne council has been the choice of a "neutral" third member. Both sides have long accepted 1) Mohammed el Mokri, the 108-year-old Grand Vizier, as representative of the traditionalist supporters of ex-Sultan Ben Arafa, and 2) Si M'Barek ben Mustapha el Bekkai, 48-year-old idol of Moroccan nationalists, as representative of ex-Sultan Ben Youssef. But French colonists feared the influence of Si Bekkai, whom they regarded as a dangerous extremist. Final solution was to dilute Si Bekkai's influence by adding...