South-West Africa, the Union and the United Nations

The following address was given at a joint meeting of the RoyalAfrican Society and Royal Commonwealth Society on December 3,1959, by Sir Charles Arden-Clarke G.C.M.G., Chairman of theCouncil, former Governor-General of Ghana, and Chairman of theUnited Nations Good Offices Committee that visited South Africain 1958 to discuss the problem of South-West Africa with theUnion Government. Sir John Macpherson, G.C.M.G., former Governor-Generalof Nigeria, Permanent Under-Secretary at the Colonial Office,took the chair.     

Eight Years of Transition in Ghana

Sir Charles Arden-Clarke, G.C.M.G., formarly Governor-Generalof Ghana, gave the address which follows at a joint meetingof the Royal African Society and the Royal Empire Society onNovember 21, 1957. Miss Margery Perham, C.B.E., presided.     

Tanganyika Triumph

The Commissioner for the East African Common Services Organisation,gave the following address at a joint meeting of the Royal AfricanSociety and the Royal Commonwealth Society on December 7, 1961.Col. Sir Charles Ponsonby, Bt., a Vice-President of the Society,took the chair.     

On Charles Vernay and his ‘DIVAN’

Starting with the nineteenth century, European interest in the literature of the Middle East began to increase. Ottoman Turkish poetry, from territories that expanded into Europe, was an object of special study – as evidenced from the works of Sir William Jones, James Clarence Mangan and Elias John Wilkinson Gibb, on the one hand, and poets like Lord Byron and Thomas Moore, on the other hand. A young Frenchman, Charles Vernay, who had a gift for languages, taught himself Persian and Turkish and published a Divan – a collection of classical Oriental poetry – in Paris while still in his teens. The article traces the life and analyzes the Turkish poetry of Charles Vernay.     

Halil Kut – ‘the last Ottoman Pasha’

The siege of British Indian forces by the Ottoman Army at Kut-al-Amara ?n Iraq during the First World War, which ended on 29 April 1916 with the surrender of the garrison under the command of Major General Sir Charles Townshend, was an important m?l?tary defeat for Great Britain. The article provides supplementary information on aspects of the 147 day long siege and surrender, based mainly on the memoirs of the Turkish General H. K. Pasha, whose forces took well over 10,000 British Indian officers and men into custody at Kut-al-Amara.     

Sir Charles Lucas and The Empire at War

Abstract

This article gives an overview of the British Empire’s participation in the First World War. The roles of Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand and South Africa are well documented but there was also a significant contribution from and impact on the smaller and more peripheral territories. These are well covered in Sir Charles Lucas’s multi-volume series The Empire at War. Although very much of its time, written for and by an imperial elite and now neglected, it remains an invaluable record.     

From Cape to Kampala

The following address was given at a joint meeting of the RoyalAfrican Society and the Royal Empire Society on April 28, 1955Lt-Col. Sir Stewart Symes, G.B.E., K.C.M.G., D.S.O. took thechair.     

Sierra Leone in the Post-War World

The address that follows was given by the Commissioner for SierraLeone and Gambia at a joint meeting of the Royal African Societyand the Royal Commonwealth Society on March 5, 1959. Sir HilaryBlood, G.B.E., K.C.M.G., took the chair.     

Presentation of Wellcome Gold Medals

On the 28th April, after the lecture by Lord Hailey, our Presidentwelcomed Comte Sir Maurice Lippens, G.C.V.O., to whom a WellcomeGold Medal was awarded in 1939.     

The Importance of the South African Mining Industry

The address that follows was given by the South African HighCommissioner at a joint meeting of the Royal African Societyand the Royal Commonwealth Society on April 2, 1959, Sir PercivaleLiesching, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., former U. K. High Commissionerin South, Africa, took the chair.     

REVIEWS

Foreign books

Mit Feldmarschall von der Goltz Pascha in Mesopotamien und Persien. By his late General Staff Officer, Lieutenant‐Colonel Hans v. Kiesling. Leipzig: Dieterich ‘sche, publishers.

L'Islam et les Questions Musulmanes au point de vue Français: Conférence faite au centre des hautes études militaires, le 13 Avril, 1923. Par Général Brémond. Paris: Charles Lavau‐zelle et Cie, Editeurs Militaires.

English books

The Caliphate. By Sir Thomas Arnold, C.I.E., Litt.D. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1924. 108. 6d. net.

Persian Literature in Modern Times. By E. G. Browne. Cambrige University Press. 1924. 35s. net.

Ben Kendim: A Record of Eastern Travel. By Lieut.‐Colonel the Hon. Aubrey Herbert. Edited by Desmond MacCarthy. Illustrated with six maps. London: Hutchinson and Co. 1924. 21s. net.

Anatolica. By Harry Charles Luke. London: Macmillan and Co., 1924. 16s. net.

Trans‐Jordan: Some Impressions. By Mrs. Steuart Erskine. London: Ernest Benn, Ltd. 1924. 12s. net.

Tales from Turkistan. By Stor Lob. London: Wm. Blackwood and Sons. 1924. 6s.

India: A Bird's‐Eye View. By the Earl of Ronaldshay, P.C., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E. Constable and Co., London and Bombay, 1924. Price 18s.

From China to Hkamti Long. By Captain F. Kingdon Ward. Edward Arnold and Co. 1924. 18s. net.

Zanzibar: An Account of its People, Industries, and History. Zanzibar: The Local Committee of the British Empire Exhibition. Paper. Pp. xx + 84.     

After Independence in East Africa

This talk by the Director of the Overseas Development Institutewas given to a joint meeting of the Royal African Society andthe Royal Commonwealth Society on February 1, 1962. Sir JamesRobertson, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., K.B.E., took the chair.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: CHARLES II AND THE CAVALIER HOUSE OF COMMONS 1663–1674. By D. T. Witcombe. DOCTRINES OF IMPERIALISM. By A. P. Thornton. THE COLONIAL EMPIRES: A Comparative Survey from the Eighteenth Century. By D. K. Fieldhouse. RUSSIA IN REVOLUTION 1890–1918. By Lionel Kochan. POWER AND THE SOVIET ELITE: ‘The letter of an Old Bolshevik’ and other Essays. By I. Nicolaevsky, edited by Janet D. Zagorio. SOUTHEAST ASIA: Past and Present. By Nicholas Tarling. Melbourne, F. W. Cheshire THE CHANGING FACE OF SOUTHEAST ASIA. By Amry Vandenbosch and Richard Butwell. VIETNAM: Seen from East and West. Edited by Sibnarayan Ray. FORMOSA: A Study in Chinese History. By W. G. Goddard. CONVICTS AND THE COLONIES: A Study of Penal Transportation from Great Britain and Ireland to Australia and other parts of the British Empire. By A. G. L. Shaw. THE LAND BOOMERS. By Michael Cannon. PATRICK LOGAN: Tyrant of Brisbane Town. By Charles Bateson. CARDINALMORAN AND THE A.L.P.: A Study in the Encounter between Moran and Socialism, 1890–1907. By Patrick Ford. REFUGEE SETTLERS: A Study of Displaced Persons in Australia. By Jean I. Martin. AUSTRALIAN POLICIES AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS CHINA. By Henry S. Albinski. THE ANZUS TREATY ALLIANCE. By J. G. Starke. FREEDOM IN AUSTRALIA. By Enid Campbell and Harry Whitmore. THE LAW OF THE SEA AND THE AUSTRALIAN OFF-SHORE ISLANDS. By R. D. Lumb. THE ORIGINS OF CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government 1901–1926. By Sir George Currie and John Graham.     

Some Aspects of the Sudan Economy

The address that follows was given by His Excellency Sayed AwadSatti, the Sudanese Ambassador in London, to a joint meetingof the Royal African Society and the Royal Empire Society onNovember 1, 1956. Lt.-Col. Sir Stewart Symes, G.B.E., K.C.M.G.,D.S.O., a former Governor-General of the Sudan, took the Chair.     

The Awakening of the Afro-Asian Nations

The address that follows was given by Mr. Vernon Bartlett, C.B.E.,at a joint meeting of the Royal African Society and the RoyalCommonwealth Society on January 7, 1960. Sir Robert Scott, G.C.M.G.,C.B.E., former Commissioner for the United Kingdom in South-EastAsia (1956–59), was in the chair.     

The Developing Federation and Partnership How is it Progressing?

The address that follows was given by the Head of the RhodesianDepartment of Selection Trust at a Joint meeting of the RoyalAfrican Society and Royal Commonwealth Society on July 3, 1958The High Commissioner for the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland,Sir Gilbert Rennie, G.B.E., K.C.M.G., M.C., took the chair.     

Prospects and Progress in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

Mr. Mason, who is Director of the Institute of Race Relations,London, gave the address that follows at a joint meeting ofthe Royal African Society and Royal Commonwealth Society onOctober 5, 1961. Sir Gilbert Rennie G.B.E, K.C.M.G., M.C., formerHigh Commissioner for the Federation in London, took the chair.     

Britain and Ghana's Economy

This talk was given by the British High Commissioner in Ghanaat a meeting of the Royal African Society and the Royal CommonwealthSociety on June 6, 1963. General Sir Frank Simpson, G.B.E.,K.C.B., D.S.O., D.L., adviser to the West African Committee,took the chair     

Review

A History of Persia. By Brigadier‐General Sir Percy Sykes, K.C.I.E., C.M.G. Second Edition.     

Africa

The address that follows was given by the Prime Minister, theRt. Hon. Harold Macmillan, M.P., at a meeting of the Joint CommonwealthSocieties at the Royal Commonwealth Society on April 13, 1960.Sir Angus Gillan, K.C.M.G., took the chair. A vote of thankson behalf of the Joint Common-wealth Societies was moved byMr. Brian Macdona, Vice-Chairman of Council, the Royal AfricanSociety.