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Show I . " - WHO'S WHOS WHO'SNEWS ' Tl NEWSc1 NEWS c1 c1THIS NEWSTHIS NEWSTHISWEEK WEEK WEEKuy THISWEEK THIS ' By uy LEMUEL LEMUEI . . F . . PARTONconsolidated PARTON PARTONIConBolidatfd Features-WNU Features WNU ycatures-WNU ycatures Features - - WNU serviceN serviceEW Service ) ( IConBolidatfd ConBolldatPd consolidated ( -When When When Oliver Stan Stanley StanIcy YORKWhen YORK-When YORK When EW YORK - - NEW N British ministry oftransport of oftransport ' ' 1 ley Icy left lert the transport in m July 1934 he was sue suc sueceeded succeeded sueceeded old Leslie Hore Hors HoreBehsha HorsBelisha ceeded by 36 year Belisha Behsha a aOlrver aOliver Olrver Oliver Stanley StanleyS S Smonite monite momte lIbWears libWears lib libWears Wears Hard HateraL Hat eral- eral eralThei - Thei Then ThenOn ThenOn and there thereaft thereaftcr art arter Head Headand . 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It is JS the Stanley who replaces Mr Hore- Hore fore- fore HoreBehsha foreBelisha HonBelisha - - Belisha Behsha as war secretary secretar , . agamst against agamsta againsta again ; a confused background backgruund . , requinn requmng requiring requmngmore requiringmore more details tor for full ful1 understandm understancbng understanding understandmat understancbngat understandingat -at at - at least at this dIstanceOn distanCeOn distance On October 8 of last year Mr MrStanley MrStanley * his Iis resignation as aspresident aspresident Stanley offered Ips ? president of at the British BntIsh board of oftrade 1 1trade trade At the time it 1t was mdlcated indicated mdlcatedthat indicatedthat ' that Mr Stanley had/ had hadnot had / , not toun found foundPrime foundPrime ' Prime Minister Chamberlain Chamberlam s pros prosecutlon prosecutiofi ecuhon ecutlon ecutiofi of the war sufficiently sufilcienitly ag aggresslve aggressive gressive gresslve but later reports were thatbe tba that thathe he be had revolted against the control controlot controlof of ot the government by an inner lOner cab- cab cabmet cabmet - - met of tour four members He was per persuaded persuaded suaded to withdraw wJthdraw his Ius reslgnatlon resign reslgna resigna resignahon ; honHis tion tlon hon tionHis His IDs political alliances have havebeen havebeen been with the conservative seotlon seetion sec- sec seo- seo see- see section - - - tion tlon of the army , who wbo vchement- vchement vebement- vebement vehement- vehement vchemently vehemently vebementIy - - - ly Iy opposed the appointment appomtment of ofIr ofMr Mr \Ir Ir ! \ Hore-Bellsha Hore Bellsha Hore-Behsha Behsha Uore-Beissha Uore Beissha - - - to the war of office offlee fice flee ce early in m 1937 1931 1927 Some of theappeasement theappeasement the appeasement wing wmg of the theChamber theChamberlain theChamberlain Chamber Chamberlain lam government werebitter were werebitter werebitter bitter critics critJcs of o ( . Mr r.lr rlr UoreBellsba nore- nore Uore- Uore fore noreBcUshas - ' - BcUshas Bellsba Bdllsha s subsequent armysbakcup armyshakeup army shakeup sbakcup In which he sent many manyoldsters manyn1detrs n1detrs oldsters back to ttieir tbelr their club chairs It Is possibly this Clf cir Clfcumstance circumstaiice cumstance cumstaiice which has led to con conjccture conjecture jccture jecture that Mr nlr Stanley s ap- ap appomtment appouitment - - - pointmcnt pomtment pouitment foreshadows a a newrapprochement newrapprochement new newrapprochement rapprochement between ex extreme e etreme treme right elements , In iii Eng Eiig England Eiigland land 13110 and an Germany the ehmma emma- emma . - tion hon tmon of Adolf Hitler Bitler fitter a DewbasIs newbasis new Dew basis for peace peaceMr peaceMr Mr Stanley s activities si s nee nce Mu Munlch Munich Munich nlch nich haven t indicated that he is out outfor outfor outtor for appeasement However it Isclear isclear is isclear clear that the colonel blimps of the thearmy thearmy thearmy army don t I like Wte Mr Hore-Bebsha Hore Bebsha Hore-Belisha Belisha HoreBebshaand HoreBelishaand - - and do like Wte Mr Stanley StanleyHe StanleyHe StanleyHe , He is the secretive tight hpped lipped lippedson lippedson hppedson seventh seventhearl seventhearl seventhearl I son of the genial gemal talkative I earl of Derby He gathered someshining someshining some someshmlng shmlng shining medals In the World warand war warand warand and was parliamentary under secre secre- seers secretary secretary - . tary tar ) ' in the war office minister mmlster oftransport at of oftransport transport , , , minister mmJster of at labor andpresident andpresident and andpresIdent presIdent of the board of educatIon educationbefore . , , before becoming becommg president of the theBrItIsh theBritish theBritish BrItIsh board of trade As indicatedabove Indtcated indicated Indtcatedabove indicatedabove above he is a fencer rather than a ahard ahard ahard hard hitter lutter He is fifty four years yearsof yearsof yearsof of age _ - . KING TTINO /'ING 'ING ING / ' IBN ffiN rEM SAUD of Saudi Arabiais ArabIa ArabIahas Arabia-Y Arabia Y is - : _ has 250 wives 29 sons 22 daughters daugh daughters daughters ters and arid a palace with 200 roomsThat rooms roomsThat That s a lot of ofBntarn ofBritain ofBritain Bntarn Britain Ponders upkeep and itAs It ItAs itAsKinglbnSaud As Kmg King Ibn Saud is understand understandWidens understandWrdens understandWtdensAltiances WtdensAltiances WtdensAltiancesable Widens Wrdens Alliances Allrances Allrancesable able ttat that hemay he hemay hemay may be W1denmg widenirig wid W1d enmg enirig bis hIS economic economJC all ances as re- re reported re reported re- re reported - - ported in recent dispatches He Re isalso 18 is 18also isalso also said to be reorganizing reorgamzmg and en enlargmg enlarging enlarging largmg larging his hJS air force . . The first Arab to wrest an autonomous autono autono- autonomous autonomous - - mous state from Britain Brltam he has hasco hasCo hasco co operated with the emp ernp re butPalestine but butPalestine Palestme Palestine has disturbed him and invarious In InvarIous invarious varIous quarters there is speculation specula speculatlon speculation tlon tion as to whether he intends mtends to use usehIS usehis usehis hIS augmented military resourcesfor resourcesfor resources resourcesfor for or against agamst England He haspreached has haspreached haspreached preached the unification of Islam Islamthroughout Islamthroughout Islamthroughout throughout the world and his hi3 mfluence Influ Influence influence ence as leader of the mystic andpowerful and andpowerful andpowerful powerful Wahabi Wahabl sect has penetrat penetrated penetrated ed among the desert tribes from Iran Iranto Iranto Iranto to West Africa AfricaHis AfricaHis His US ! synthetic state carved out outIn outlii outin In lii the tbe Arabian coastal coastsl territorym territoryIn territory In a post-war post war - - deal is a complexof comple'cof eomple comple'c complec " ! : ' of alergly guarded empire inter interests interests interests ests With tVitb its proximity pro'tImlty protImlty pro'cimity procimity ' ' to ( tho thoSuez thoSoez lie lieSuez Suez canal with Wltb the threat ofRussian of ofRussIan ofRussian RussIan as well as Italian ltahan ag aggresslon aggresslon aggression gresslon and aud conspiracy in the thelloslem theMoslem theMoslem lloslem Moslem ! bloc on the road to India India In Indla dla dia Saudi Arabia is goal goall keeping keep keeping < eep eepmg mg ing territory and Ibn Thn Thu Saud s al at atlegiance alleglance allegiance leglance legiance Is an nrgcnUy urgently cirgenUy impor mmpor important mmportant importaut tant Brilisl BrItish ) assetSince asset Since Smce the start of the desert bat battIe battle battie tIe tle of the loud speakers severalyears several severalyears severalyears years ago along with the Palestineimpasse Palestme Palestine PalestmeImpasse Palestineimpasse Impasse there have been md ca cations cations catlons tions that Ibn Saud was losing losmg mter inter mterest interest interest est as an empire partner partnerLast partnerLast partnerLast Last January he wrote PresIdent PresIdentRoosevelt PresidentRoosevelt PresidentRoosevelt Roosevelt an appeal for support of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Arabs against agamst the Jews in 1D Palestine Pales Palestme Palestine tme tine with an implication that the theBa1lour theBalfour theBalfour Ba1lour Balfour mandate was working workingagamst workingagainst workingagainst agamst against IslamBull Islam IslamBull IslamBull Bull necked bull voiced King IbnSaud Ibn Ibm IbnSaud IbmSaud Saud is JS six feet feet , , tour four toui inches mchcs tall talland talland talland and weighs 250 pounds On the thepalm thepalm thepalm palm of his Ius hand is a mole themystic themystic the themystic mystic stigmata of ot a master swords swordsman swordsman swordsman man i in the lore tore of the desert . He Re Rewas Hewas Hewas was once an obscure tribesmanfight tribesman tribesmanfight tribesmanfight fight ng his way to power in his middle middie mId mIddIe dIe dle years He likes to hold court in iii inthe iiithe inthe the open air sitting slttmg cross legged |