Word: van
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There was one man last week who did not share in the high hopes for a lasting settlement. In his pleasant brick villa near Leiden, lean Bertho van Suchtelen liked to dream of the old days when he was governor of Sumatra East Coast-days to him of peace and order in the East Indies under the good Queen's kindly rule. When The Netherlands' Queen Mother Emma died, van Suchtelen had remained for a full hour before her wreathed picture in rigid mourning pose...
Fortnight ago he formally notified Queen Juliana that he would go on a hunger strike against the government's "wavering, incompetent and characterless" policy of appeasing the Nationalists. He went on a diet of fruit juice and unsweetened tea. His protest was in vain. This week van Suchtelen read the news of the government's agreement with the "rebels." This cup of tea was too bitter for him; discouraged, he broke his fast...
Clearly, the Reds were hard-pressed. In the Peloponnesos they had been wiped out or driven so far back into their lairs that the mopping-up job could be left to the gendarmerie and peasants. Lieut. General James A. Van Fleet's U.S. military mission reported that in 1948 the Communists had lost 33,000 men by death, capture and desertion. "This," said Van Fleet, "is a report of success. However, I want to caution against too much optimism...
...Reds might want to try to appease the West, all right, but Washington remained wary. No less cautious were plain Greeks as they scanned their papers in Athens' sunny cafes last week. Most of them scoffed at the Communist move, agreed with General Van Fleet: if the rebels wanted peace, let them lay down their arms...
...Criminal Mind. In Paris, police reported that someone broke into the Van Craeyenest Circus and stole a lion. In Oakland, Calif., Bert W. Harberg was arrested on charges of selling a government-owned bridge. In Sturgis, Ky., residents enjoyed one free parking space because someone stole a parking meter from Adams Street...