In the hot lands of the Middle East last week, men and governments, under severe pressure, loosed forces whose consequences they themselves could not easily foretell or hope to control.
¶ The young King of Jordan won a wild popularity in the streets by unceremoniously expelling Glubb Pasha, the British commander of his armed forces. But had he gratified or merely whetted the appetite of the mob?
¶ The British, their power and prestige gravely shaken by the latest in a series of humbling retreats, decided to make a show of standing firm in Cyprus. The method they chose came...
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