https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/4777 2026-04-08T03:04:13Z 2026-04-08T03:04:13Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/119094 2024-02-27T09:27:11Z 2023-04-30T00:00:00Z

Title: When Malta wanted to boycott the coronation Abstract: Were it not for the intervention of Winston Churchill and Queen Elizabeth II herself , Malta may not have celebrated the last coronation of a British monarch 70 years ago.

2023-04-30T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/93038 2022-04-05T14:28:02Z 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Britain, Europe - and some Malta : Britain's political chastity Abstract: WHAT can one possibly say about the Commonwealth or Europe has not been said so many times before? The Labour Party is out, the Conservative Party in : once again, as under the Tories, as under the Labour Party, and now once more under Mr. Heath, we are to "negotiate for entry into the European Common Market". But what are the negotiations really about? And why do I feel uneasy? True, a great part of my life has been spent beyond the political frontiers of our own continent, in those extensions of the European world which were once called Dominions and colonies; but the debt that is closest to my heart and mind, for what I am-such as I am-is certainly to Europe: to Shakespeare, Brunelleschi, Bach, Rembrandt, Beethoven, to Berlioz, Tolstoi, the Impressionists; and nearer my own day, to Conrad, Valery, Mann, Gide, Rodin and Moore. Is it then the dark side of Europe that troubles me, the terrible violence of its wars, the gas chambers, and the passions which-over the greater part of the continent-produced communism, fascism and nazism as rival claimants to men's loyalties? No: I do not fear a reputation of 1914 or 1939 or of the inter-war years. And even if those days were to return, the Europe of the Six, or even of the Seven, or of other efforts at co-operation, would not at all be like they are today; nor, I trust, would this country be part of their politics. No: the unease that I cannot escape comes partly from uncertainty- I simply do not know what will be meant one day by joining or having joined Europe: partly from my limited understanding of what I fear may happen.

1970-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/78010 2021-07-05T10:06:32Z 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Malta, NATO and neutrality Abstract: As the tenth anniversary of the foundation of the Malta Atlantic Association draws near, I thought it useful if I collected a few of the contributions I have made locally and abroad on the Atlantic Alliance during the last five years. I have tried to promote the NATO cause and to propagate Nata's message. As Chairman of the Association I have explained Malta's political and ideological beliefs within NATO in peace and freedom. Some of the cities where I have had occasion to do this were Naples, Rome, Milan, West Berlin, Luxemburg, Brussels, The Hague, Paris, London, Lisbon and Washington D.C. During these trips I also had occasion to meet such personalities as President Saragat, Dr. Marcelo Caetano, Mr. Brosio, Mr. Schumann, Mr. Rogers and President Nixon. The present formula by which Malta's relations with NATO are governed (the appendix helps to demonstrate this) has much room for improvement. About this I have on many occasions addressed audiences and congresses and written to newspapers. My sincere hope is that the Maltese people's fidelity to the Atlantic Alliance and their sincere European convictions will continue to constitute the twin pillars in Malta's foreign policy. NATO is there to defend our way of life, our Christian civilization, and all our fundamental freedoms which, in spite of moments of apparent calm, are all the time being threatened by subversion and real threat of war.

1971-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/74674 2021-04-26T06:58:00Z 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Editorial Abstract: A glance at the title and contents should make the aims and policy of this review sufficiently clear. Pride of place is rightly given to an article by Professor Hallstein, President of the European Movement and formerly of the EEC Commission: his views may well be considered as our manifesto. As a matter of fact we believe that political unity is the only way to ensure permanent peace, prosperity and independence for our Continent. The foundations of a politically united Europe were laid with the institution of the European Economic Community which is indeed a historic achievement and, despite setbacks, is doing tolerably well. The recent and present crises, due to the problems of internal development and geographical expansion, should not overshadow other important achievements, such as the merger of the three Communities under a single Commission in July 1967, and the adoption of a customs union and the Kennedy Round in July this year. European unity is, if gradually, in the making. To rejoice over this is not being visionaries or utopians: to pooh-pooh the idea of European unity in the name of realism is being defeatists or - as Hallstein says - stupid.

1968-01-01T00:00:00Z