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...public duty as chief: his marriage, like Edward VIII's, had compromised his crown. Dutiful Commissioner Batho thought it unnecessary to mention that 1) neighboring South Africa covets Bechuanaland's black labor force, 2) threatens to use Seretse's marriage to a white woman as a pretext for annexing the protectorate, and that 3) Britain is getting rid of Seretse to appease Negro-hating Prime Minister Malan...
...Malan. John Foster, Tory Under Secretary for Commonwealth Relations, stoutly insisted that Dr. Malan had nothing to do with the government's decision. But Malan hopes to incorporate into South Africa the borderland protectorates of Bechuanaland, Swaziland and Basutoland, and may use the disintegrating tribal system as a pretext to annex the territories forcibly. Said Laborite Wedgwood Benn: "The fact is that in Seretse and Ruth is the focus of the whole problem of Africa...
...press conference remark that he is not very fond of the present government of Spain. It showed, said Cardinal Segura, a "dislike of the Spanish people." But he seemed even more concerned about Spain's own regime: "The spirit of Catholics is worried over fear that, under the pretext of politics, concessions gravely prejudicial to religion may be made...
...note in the Feb. 18 issue the use of rabbits to test the smoking qualities of cigarettes, and never have I finished an article with such a feeling of revulsion and disgust. Men who would torture animals (under any pretext) are a filthy scum and a disgrace to the human race; and I have never read a more vile form of torture than that developed to prove the relative merits of rival brands of tobacco . . . If you, or any group, plan to come down on these stinkers like a ton of brick, and need funds, you can put me down...
...There is nothing else. I love him as a mother loves her son." But she had misunderstood her feelings as completely as Denis had at first misunderstood his own. One day, kneeling beside him in a church, she could not help putting her arms around him. Soon, on the pretext of coming to Sister Clothilde for Latin lessons, Denis was making love...