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Watford Town Hall. These concerts
are given annually by our college, as
a contribution to community cul–
tural interest. This year, the concert
was provided by the London Sym–
phony Orchestra, with guest con–
ductor Van Remortel and the
world-renowned Huddersfield Cho–
ral Society, combining with our own
Ambassador Chorale.
We left Luton Airport (where we
garage our plane when in England)
early Wednesday morning March 7.
We fiew all the way to New Delhi,
India that day.
For more than three years we had
been planning a series of scientific
expeditions, a joint participation be–
tween Ambassador College and the
King Leopold
III
Foundation in
Belgium. This morning, at last, was
the "kickoff" of the first expedition.
[t
was to be made in the wilds of
New Guinea. We first landed at
Brussel's airport where Kin g
Leopold and Monsieur André Ca–
part, Director of the Royal Museum
of Natural Science
in
Brussels, also
a member of the foundation ,
boarded our plane. Mr. Capart is
one of five scientists participating in
this present expedition. The others
were to meet them in New Guinea,
traveling by commercial airlines.
At New Delhi airport that nigbt,
we were met at the plane by the
Chief of Protocol of India and the
Belgian ambassador and members
of bis staff. Because of King Leo–
pold's presence, we were put
through immigration and customs
with diplomatic speed, and cars
were waiting to whisk us to our ho–
tel.
One of the most helpfuJ people in
our worldwide work has been Dr.
PLAIN TRUTH
June
1973
Negendra Singh of New Delhi. He
is a recent appointee as judge of the
World Court at The Hague - a po–
sition of great worldwide power and
importance, due to the fact that the
nations have feared to defy a deci–
sion made by thís World Court. The
court's sole power is its moral power
- but that has proved very great.
Prior to bis high appointment ,
Dr.
Singh was Executive Secretary to
Presiden!
V.
V. Giri of India. He has
been a guest speaker before Am–
bassador College students and fac-–
ulty at all three campuses.
On Thursday night, March 8, Dr.
and Mrs. Singh were our dinner
guests at our hotel. On Friday,
March 9, was a luncheon in my
honor at Dr. Singb's residence. Two
distinguished guests present were
His Excellency Abdul Hakim Ta–
bibi, the ambassador from Afghan–
istan, and the ambassador from
Ethiopia, Getachew Mekasha. Mr.
Tabibi was educated in the United
States at Georgetown University
and George Washington University,
and was formerly ambassador to the
United Nations. He invited us to
visit hís country and his king, Mu–
hammed Zahir Shah, who has ruled
fony years. Al his invitation, a
meeting with the king of Afghanis–
tan was set for a later date.
The Ethiopian ambassador ex–
tended an invitation from Emperor
Haile Selassie. one of the best–
known rulers in the world, for a per–
sonal meeting in Addis Ababa in
the near future. Emperor HaiJe
Selassie, known as "the Lion of the
Tribe of Judah," has been regarded
as a descendant of King Solomon of
Judah, through the Queen of Sheba.
He was crowned the 225th ruler
in 1930. lt was in 1935 that Musso–
lini's Italian forces overran Ethio–
pia, in fulfillment of the prophecy
in
the latter part of Danie l 11
:40.
The
Italians ruled Ethiopia until 1941.
Emperor Haile Selassie's appeals to
the League of Nations made world
news. They were often cited as the
warnings unheeded that led to
World War Il . Ethiopia is rich in
biblical history, and
l
am looking
forward with great interest to this
meeting with Emperor Haile Selassie.
Also present at this luncheon
were severa( other distinguished
guests, including V. B. Giri , eldest
son of President
V.
V. Giri, whom
1
had met previously.
1
have had a personal meeting
with President Giri each time
1
have
visited India, once at the governor's
mansion in Bangalore, once at the
governor's mansion in Madras and
all other times at his palace in New
Delhi. This visit was no exception.
Mr. Stanley Rader, our chief legal
counsel, and
1,
with Dr. Singh, paid
another visit to the President at the
impressive palace. The President's
face lit up, and he stretched fonh
his hand in a very warm greeting.
l
had not presented a gift since our
first meeting, sorne two and a half
years ago (it is not custom on sub–
sequen! visits) , but this time
1
presented him with a beautiful ,
sparkJing piece of Steuben crystal
for his desk. We posed together for
official photographs. Then we dis–
cussed the cooler relations between
the United States and lndian gov–
ernments and his official state visit
to Malaysia. In fact, he had just re–
turned the night before and had
made special arrangements for our
visit without prior notification.
When
1
visit President Giri, he
talks about the serious and tragic
NEED
for one hundred fifty million
jobs - and of the poverty and other
serious problems in the second most
populous nation
in
the world. All
nations have problems and troubles.
India is no exception. Millions walk
around aimlessly, with nothing to
do - no jobs. Such problems weigh
heavily on otlicials at the head of
national governments.
And that's
my
concem in such
meetings.
1
represen! the one who
has and is going to supply the
AN–
SWER.
1
say the gospel - the
MES–
SAGE -
of Jesus Christ has not been
proclaimed, preached, or taught to
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