Sunset over Malta

Sunset over Malta. British warships leave, and shipyard workers lose their jobs. Milltoff exploits the situation, and instigates hitherto loyal Catholic Maltese.
His followers criticise Archbishop Gonzi, who, they say, stopped Malta from becoming part of Britain.
Mintoff equally bitterly at tacks Britain. "Britain's word is worse than dirt," he said last week in a speech to a party rally. "It is not worth as much as the word of a drunken Maltese. The English word is the most worthless of the most worthless things in creation."
But the Archbishop looks forward to an increase in the tourist trade in 1960, when he will preside at the centenary celebrations of the landing of St. Paul on the Island.
Will 1960 see a fresh dawn, the start of a brighter Malta? Mgr. Gonzi prays to that end, prays, too, that present squabbles among Maltese church chapters regarding precedence at the forthcoming celebrations may be over by then.
The striking picture of the cross, reproduced here, has for its background clouds that do not necessarily augur a storm For Mgr. Gonzi's 300,000 Maltese spiritual subjects—not if patience and wise counsel prevail.
The Archbishop, who takes precedence immediately after the Governor, is seen attending an official function.