INDEX TO NEWS

Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28262, 27 April 1957, Page 10

INDEX TO NEWS

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The newspaper said: “That is why the independence and integrity of Jordan today are vital. “It should be added that King Hussein, in fighting an essentially lone battle, surely earned the admiration, and good wishes of the world at large. “For the time being, he says, he wants no help, but it should be a source of strength to him to know that aid is near if he needs it” The newspaper said in commenting on moving the United States Sixth Fleet to the Middle East: “The struggle within Jordan has become global in its significance. We cannot dictate how it should be settled. We cannot even help Jordan in any physical way unless she calls for aid against Communist aggression. “What we can do and are doing is to express our concern and to demonstrate it forcefully by putting a major United States naval fighting force near Jordan.” “May Avert War” The New York “Daily News” said that “this show of strength can quite probably avert another Middle East war—just as Britain in the 19th century used to squelch local disturbances almost anywhere in the world by sending a battleship or two to display the Union Jack.” The Washington ‘Tost’’ said Jordan’s best hope in the long run probably would lie in voluntary federation with one or more of her neighbours. Undoubtedly President Eisenhower’s statement on Jordan’s sovereign rights and the flexing of the Sixth Fleet were intended to deter Jordan’s hungry neighbours and to warn the Soviet Union ■ against any move to send '‘volunteers.’’

But direct involvement of American forces, even if there were justification, would be extremely tricky in so confused a situation, and would carry with it all sorts of international political drawbacks.

“A border guarantee might help, but it would not prevent Internal subversion,” the Washington “Post” said.

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