Show African Turmoil One was struck by the timing of the recent coup in Ghana It caught the country's form former e dictator arriving in Red China for a gala visit Smil Smiling Smiling ing and confident upon arrival an hour later he was a man with with- out outa a country Banquets and andre andre- receptions re- re were cancelled THE RED Chinese and North Vietnamese had gone to consid- consid considerable erable expense to print many copies of his picture and they and Ghanas Ghana's flags lined the routes the dictator of the left was to follow In this case the to our liking and the expense on the Communists It is nevertheless nevertheless nev- nev true that there have been eight or nine coups in as as many months in Africa THESE ARE the nations gaining gaining gain gain- ing a majority in the United Nations Nations Na- Na and in which we are expecting expecting ex- ex instant de democracy m ocr a c y alter after having thrust it upon them in some cases These are nations nations na- na where criticism of all whites is frequent and also much criticism of the United States is heard Obviously it will be many years before we can put much hope for stability or democracy in this part of the world idealistic nations to the contrary |