‘New Nuremberg will judge them’ Israelis denounce Chile terror In a strongly-worded open let- ter to General Augusto Pinochet, head of the fascist junta in Chile, the Israeli Committee for Soli- darity with Chile speaks out to “denounce the bloody terror which has been imposed in Chile since Sept. 11, 1973, and the murder of President Salvador Allende and thousands of Chi- lean patriots, committed by the fascist military junta.” In the name of “more than 10,000 persons who have signed our petition in various parts of the country — Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem, Nazareth, Acre, the villages of Tira, Taive and Shfa- ram the Universities of Haifa, Tel Aviv, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agricul- ture in Rehovot, Wizmann In- stitute of Science in Rehovot, Cultural Associations of Haifa and Tel Aviv, different Kibutt- zim and industries and in the name of thousands of students, professors, workers, peasants, lawyers, democratic organiza- tions, the Israeli Association of Fighters of the Anti-Hitler Front and Victims of Naziism, Demo- cratic Women’s Organization, and representing different sec- tors and political tendencies in Israel,” the protest letter says, “we express our most profound repudiation to the monstrous mock trial, prepared these days against the representatives of the Government of Popular Uni- ty the legal government democratically elected by the Chilean people.” The document goes on to de- mand “the immediate release of Luis Corvalan, senator of the Republic and secretary general of the Chilean Communist Party; Clodomiro Almeyda, former vice- president of the Republic, min- ister of state and national lead- er of the Socialist Party; An- selmo Sule, senator and chair- man of the Radical Party; Pedro Felipe Ramirez, state minister and national leader of the Christian Left; Fernando Flores, former state minister from the Workers’ and Peasants’ MAPU Party; Enrique Kirberg, rector of the State Technical Universi- ty; Jaime Toha, Miguel Lawner; Benjamin Teplisky and others.” Calling for the immediate re- ease of all political prisoners, the Israeli Committee demands re- spect for human rights and the return to democratic life in Chile. “It should be known in Chile that humanity follows with indignation . . . the crimes which the junta is committing against Chilean patriots and democrats, “and that those responsible will be punished for their crimes . . . A new Nuremberg will judge them!” the Committee warns. By TOM MORRIS On August 27, the white racist gevernment in Rhodesia an- nounced it had selected the Ode to Joy movement from Beetho- ven’s Ninth Symphony as _ its new national anthem. A contest ‘is being held for suitable words. Six weeks earlier, Ian Smith’s police moved 40,000 Blacks from their homeland into 21 concen- tration camps — 100-acre plots | without shelters, fenced in and - guarded by police. No one may leave between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m., shallow pits serve as latrines, _ water is obtained from nearby Streams. The government claims it is “protecting the people from terrorists”, a further indication _ that ZAPU freedom fighters are continuing to threaten the exis- tence of Smith’s white minority regime. ' _ Whoever in Salisbury selected Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, could not pessibly have known the his- tory of that Symphony. They must be ignorant of the com- poser’s reasons for writing the work, why he chose Schiller’s poem. and what ideas these men are expressing. Schiller’s Ode to Joy appeared in 1785. Beethoven began plan- ning his Ninth Symphony 27 years later in 1812 and com- pleted it. in 1823. Is was first performed on May 7, 1824 at the Kartnertor Theatre in Vienna. In his notes on the Ninth, Eng- lish music critic William Mann gives some background to the event: “. . the clue to (Beethoven’s choice of subject) is Freedom, the ideal that had inspired his Eroica Symphony and the opera Fidelio, the ideal for which all early Rcemantics struggled, for which the French Revolution had been fought and won, that which fired Wordsworth’s great shout, ‘We must be free or diel. . 2 “The longing for freedom and the bitter rage that tyranny in- duced are clearly expounded in the first movement of the Sym- phony which begins with a haze of anticipation that is the bles- sing man can have — the joy of freedom. For, as Beethoven knew, Schiller had _ originally written ‘Freiheit’ (freedom) and had been obliged by timorous authority, when the French Re- volution was in the air, to sub- stitute ‘Freude’ (joy) ...”° PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, ater dee Smith reviewing his troops. It’s incredible that a regime based on racism and oppression could have as its anthem a piece of music with this fighting his- tory. The contest for words to fit the music, given Rhodesian reality, may be: interesting. The winner, says the government, will receive $1,000. Some ideas for words could be taken from current press stories about the country: “Jails, prisons, camps, the po- lice and the army assure Euro- pean control of Rhodesia, a former British colony with 250,000 Europeans, 30,000 Asians and a rapidly-growing popula- tion of 5.7 million Africans.” (Washington Post, June 7). “Smith’s Rhodesian Front holds 49 of the 50 white seats in the House of Assembly. There are 16 seats for Blacks.” (Reuter, June 20.) “The -average white wage earner gets 10 times what the GRASS PROTEIN The Mitsubishi Corporation of - Japan plans to build (by 1975) its first plant. for extracting pro- tein from various type of grass. The protein product can be pro- duced at lower costs than either soybean or fishmeal. Ten additional plants are ex- pected to be built by 1985 and will annually produce 300,000 tons of protein and 900,000 tons of by-products for Japanese jn- dustries. A survey team of Jap- anese technical experts is visit- ing Malaysia and Indonesia to select suitable sites for these factories. SEPTEMBER 6, 1974—PAGE 8 average African jobholder makes . . .” (Washington Post, June 7.) “Five guerrillas were hanged in Rhodesia today. They were found guilty in High Court of possessing arms of war.” (Guar- dian, June 8.) * * % But for millions in recent years, the Ninth Symphony Coral took on additional mean- ing as new words were sung by such great people’s artists as Paul Robeson. . . Brother, shout your country’s anthem! : Sing your land’s undying fame, Light the wondrous tale of nations ; With your people’s golden name. - Tell your Father’s noble story, Raise on high your country’s sign, : Join — then in the final glory Brother, lift your flag with mine. Hail the sun of peace now rising, : Hold the war clouds ever furled, Blend your banners, O my Brother in the rainbow of the world. Red as blood and blue as heaven, Wise as age and youth, Melt your colors wonder woven in the great white light of truth. proud as Build the road of peace before us, Build it wide and deep and long, Speed the slow, remind the eager, Help the weak and guide the strong. None shall push aside another, None shall let another fall, Work beside me, O my Brother, All for one and one for all. The Ninth Symphony was, is and will always be the exact Op- posite of what Rhodesia repre- sents. And, long after Ian Smith and his racist backers are gone, Swept away by the storms of history, it will be played and loved by people the world over. WORLD NEWS | ATTEMPT ON LIFE OF MAKARIOS AIDE 6 NICOSIA — Greek Cypriot politician and leader of ta pe Centre Union Party, Vassos Lyssarides, escaped assassina ae Aug.-30 in an ambush which left his driver dead and aa passenger injured when his car was sprayed with sub-machl™ fire. - cont Dr. Lyssarides is one of President Makarios closest onl and also his personal physician. He founded the Centre be a two years ago to campaign in support of President ue a After the Athens junta—EOKA-B coup last month, Dr.. Me N took refuge in an Arab embassy during the brief rule Sampson. He was able to leave his refuge when Mr. | Clerides took power as acting president. Pe, The attack came as Mr. Clerides was reported to be pret new crackdown on EOKA-B guerillas. In the terrorist atta ; ing up to the coup, EOKA-B members killed several mem Mr. Lyssarides’ party. GREECE TAKES OVER CONTROL OF ARMED FORCE! ATHENS — An authoritative source said Aug. 30 tha a will assume full sovereignty over its land, sea, and air fe ; possible first step toward scrapping agreements with States on U.S. bases. j ae The Greek government has ‘decided to start technical Fi tions for parliamentary elections apa Aas not a 4 country in the seven years of rule by military juntas. 4 In Ank-ra it was announced that the U.S. has delivered th two of a Turkish order of 40 Phantom planes. The other P: be delivered monthly in small batches. a = EX-GOVERNMENT “GUILTY” OF 100,000 DE A 15-man inquiry commission in Addis Ababa has xiv condemned the complete government of ex-Premier ot: Wold_ for its collective Fespoosibily for the deaths 100,000 people in last year’s Ethiopian famine, aan Ina epee statement issued last week the commissio® e t the government of deliberately suppressing all news famine and drought and of being guilty of neglect. ing 1 It also accused certain ministers and officials of eee Ethiopian people on the radio and television about the , tion in the North-Eastern province of Wollo, the hardest “"— McCARTHY SEEKS PRESIDENCY IN 1976 AS IN! Pe oI CHICAGO — Former Senator Eugene McCarthy said saen a new group, the Committee for a Constitutional Pe campaign for independent Presidential and Vice hee didates in 1976. McCarthy said the group was forme iene the “erosion of the constitutional limits of the oa vig charged the Nixon and Johnson ee sae ee wit usurpations of power by the chief executive.” F McCarthy sata farther that in the absence of a better Of he would run for President in 1976. He said the group “third party” and would hold no conventions. ITALY’S PASTA CRISIS 1. One “ The Italian government retreated from the brink on th pasta crisis” Aug. 28 by suspending planned increases 0 n of Italians’ staple food. Meanwhile many Rome shops 7 spaghetti as housewives rushed to buy their favour! old prices. RHODESIAN ARRESTS saimind Rhodesian police last year arrested 1,262 people, e the ! were connected with “guerilla activity,” according ; police report released in Salisbury. 7 MEN EXECUTED IN MOROCCO telf pf Seven men have been executed by firing squad for n the an armed uprising against King Hassan of Morocco y tion last year, it was reported in Rabat Aug. 29. The ease ye to 22 those to go before firing squads since the abo in March 1973. geath P So far a total of 84 men have been condemned i itive’ courts for their part in the uprising. A group of 64 fue ial given the death penalty in their absence at a separate aeons ” EUROPE SUMMIT “BY END OF THE YE wes Finland’s prime minister Kalevi Sorsa said Aug. 2 an 9° fident that the final summit-level stage of the Europe ene 1 Conference would be held in Helsinki before the end of The Communist Party of Great Britain has opened, D election campaign with four fighting posters that W! across the country in the next weeks. The Labour 9° pected to call, within the coming days, a general e to be held on October 4.