30 OCTOBER 1959, page 7

•• . Of Britain

For Eden also there was frustration, anger and resentment against Nasser. Trained as an Arabist in the old Anglo-Arab aristocratic desert tradition, Eden held to the traditional......

The Ultimatum

By ERSKINE B. CHILDERS For secrets are edged tools, And must be kept from children and from fools. SIR MARTIN MAR-AU. W HAT, in fact, are the 'secrets' of Suez? No one now......

Suez Chronology July 26 Canal Company Nationalised.

August Anglo-French Expedition mounted, but US compels negotiation. Secret French arms to Israel. October 5 UN Security Council meets. 12 Agreement on 'Six Principles.' 13......

. . . And Of Israel

Finally, we must consider the motives of Ben- Gurion and the Government of Israel. They were, as always, a fluctuating combination of religious- historical dreams, strategic......

The Attitude Of France

Let us begin with France. Th^ Mollet-Pineau Government was determined to crush Nasser, who had been supporting the Algerian nationalist rebellion since 1955—leading the strong......