TWILIGHT OF THE WORLD

Chronicle (Levin), 8 June 1949, Page 5

TWILIGHT OF THE WORLD

(1 N.Z.P.A .

— Reuicr

Smtits Sees Asian Events As Grave Threat

2ox)vright)

Received Wednesday, 10 a.m., " LONDON, June 7. What was hapfiening in Asia wa| creating the gravest situation the world had known for hundreds oi years, said .Field Marshal SmutSj who is on a visit to England, at a Press conference today. He spoke of the pr'esent sense di menace in the world generally and the underground movepient and cold war aiid referted to the twilight of the World. Field Marshal Smuts said that Asid, containing twd-thirds of the human race, was developing a new nationalism. The situation was so big that no ono could size it up. For over 100 years the people of Asia were led by European men, capital, energy, and organising power, but the Europeans - were now being sacked. What was happening in the West was in comparison very small. "We are living in the twilight of the world. I Wish someone could tell me whether we are at the end or the beginning. There is a sense of fear, anxiety and menace which did not exist after the first world war. You are powerless and frightened, and think that something is coming. "You have got to stand up to what seems to be the danger — the cold war and underground movements. which are sapping our spirit." Field Marshal Smuts was later received in audience by the King.