PAGE 4, THE HERALD, Tuesday, November 29, 1977 TERRACE : daily herald General Office - 635-6357 Circulation - 635-6357 Published by Sterling Publishers PUBLISHER... W.R. (BILL) LOISELLE EDITOR... JULIETTE PROOM Published every weekday at 3212 Kalum St.. Terrace, B.C. A member of Varified Circulation. Authorized as second class mail, Registration number 1201. Postage pald in cash, return postage guaranteed. NOTE OF COPYRIGHT The Herald retains full, complete and sole copyright in any advertisement produced and-or any editorial or photographic content published in the Herald. Repraductian is not permitted without the written permission of the Publisher, Few responses DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria on Sunday for- mally rejected Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's invitation to a preGeneva conference and called it a ploy to justify visits by Israeli officials to Cairo. In a statement broadcast on Damascus Radio, a government spokesman said Syria ‘‘definilely rejects” the meeting. Foreign Minister Abdul Halim Khaddam said Syria will attend an Arab “rejectionist summit” in Tripoli, Libya, on Thursday ‘‘to create a strong anti-Sadat front.” That meeting, initiated by Libya and Algeria, will attempt to isolate Sadat in his peace efforts. Iraq, South Yemen and the Palestine Liberation Organ- ization were likely to attend. The Syrian government has launched a major diplomatic offensive to undermine Sadat's meeting, asking Jordan, Lebanon and the PLO to refuse Sadat's invitation. The PLO has already refused, although it never publicly was invited, and has threatened to execute any Arab living under Israeli occupation in the West Bank who attends. Jordan and Lebanon have not replied to Sadat's invitation. addam was to fly to Moscow today where he was expected to ask the Soviet Union to reject the in- vitation. The Soviet Union and the United States, co- chairs of the Geneva peace conference, remained non- committal. BETRAYED ARABS Khaddam said Saturday Syria ciuld not attend because ‘‘Sadat has betrayed the Arcus nation and has no more the status of a leader in our se gian.” A member of President Hafez Assad’s cabinet said his government was convinced Sadat had extended a secret invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Menahem Begin to visit Egypt ‘to reciprocate Sadat’s visit" ta Jerusalem. “But that never shall be,’’ he said. ‘‘We are. not going:and other parties in the conflict will not go..Let them (Sadat and Begin) hold this conference alone. If the Americans want to join them, so much the better. The whole world realizes what has been going on behind the curtains.” The influential Jordanian daily Al Dastour questioned the wisdom of Sadat’s invitations to Syria and the Soviet Union knowing ‘in advance that they will reject it.” The newspaper said Sadat had chosen the wrong way to heal the split in Arab ranks and had made it appear that peace in the region was “based on Egypt and Israel alone while other parties have no signili- cance.” MOBILIZE STRUGGLE In Iraq, the government newspaper Al Thawra called for the mobilization of all Arab resources and ‘“tadoption of a comprehensive program for struggle” against Sadat. Baghdad Radio quoted the magazine Filasteen al Thawra, which speaks for the PLO, as saying Sadat’s visit to Israel and his subsequent plans for a meeting in Cairo were “a continuation of his policy since he became president of hitting the nationalist forces and siding with reactionaries, both internally and ex- ternally.”” Arab diplomats said Algerian President Houari Boumedienne appears to have failed to convince Syria and Iraq to shelve their differences. Boumedienne's envoy, Ahmed Taleb [brahimi, made a brief stopover in Damascus on his way back to Algiers from Baghdad where he delivered a letter to Iraqi Pgesident Ahmed Hassan Bakr, Ibrahimi met Syrian President Hafez Assad Saturday before going to Baghdad. The diplomats noted that while Syria had stopped its press campaign against Iraq as a result of mediation y Libyan Premier Abdul Salam Jalloud last week, Iraq continued to attack Syria. HERMAN ©1997 Unwenal Pro Syndicate a “4 said we ought to iron out our differences so she hit me with the steam iron.” - because of a Japanese exports look rosy OTTAWA (CP! — The outlook for exports to Japan next vear has considerable potential massive Japanese trade surplus expected in 1Y77, says a report prepared by the Canada-Japan Trade Council. The report says Japan, which faces an estimated $12 billion surplus of exports over imports this year, is considering a number of steps to in- crease imports. Among them are tariff cuts, an easing of import controls, especially for agricultural products, and a policy of slock- piling energy and non- ferrous metallic minerals. “All of these moves would increase imports,”’ the report says. “In particular, meat and dairy products, uranium, copper and zine offer new prospects for Canadian suppliers. ‘Japanese energy requirements and a need lo find reliable and en- Vironmentally -ae- ceplable nuclear reactors have led to the very strong prospect that Japan: will purchase two or more Candu reactors in the coming months.” EFFORT EXPECTED Canada and _— other countries can expect “strenuous efforts” by the Japanese to spur growth and correct the trade surplus which have sent the yen up to high international levels com- pared with the U.S. and Canadian dollars. the report says. If the yen has a high value, Japanese goods would be more expensive on the world market. If Japan does not step up its imports from Europe, North America and Australia, there is the risk of a serious con- frontation, the report adds. “Not only would Japan be forced to revalue the yen substantially while the dollar continued to slide but American policy-makers might be disgruntled by the ob- vious lopsidedness of international trading patterns.” At the same time that Japan is expecting its $12 billion surplus this year, the U.S. is facing a $20 billion deficit in services and commodity trade. In contrast to the U.S. and Europe, Canada has a trade surplus So far this year with Japan. In the first 10 months, imports from Japan have totalled $1,474 billion while ex- ports have been $2.177 billion. HARMFUL TO CANADA But the report wams that if any efforts are made by U.S. and European interests to halt Japanese imports, it will harm Canada because the demand hy Japan for Canadian materials such as iron ore and coal will be slowed. “For Canada, a world trader par excellence, any upsurge of protec- tionist sentiment would hurt our trade and economic outlook far beyond its impact on our relations with Japan.” it says. “Canada should not only stand aloof from the rising clamor for protectionism both at ‘home and in the in- ternational market, but recognize that the best long-term interests of Canada are served by applauding Japan's steps to liberalize imports, avoiding confrontations over the siructural im- pact of Japanese exports and seeking to rationalize speedily our own laggard manufacturing sectors.” The council says Canada’s strong export performance in Japan as been the result of Japanese buying rather than Canadian selling. Cc should respond by trying harder to sell in Japan, it adds. Money not grounds for immigration By J. C. GRAHAM CP Correspondent AUCKLAND, ‘NZ. (CP) — New Zealand’s most publicized reject has left the country, as bewildered as New Zealanders over why he is unacceptable. He is millionaire Waroquier, who has been refused permission by the National Party govern- ment to settle in New Zealand. Immigration Minister T. F. Gill says his occupation, millionaire, is not among Ami By ED McKENZIE Si. Catharines Stan- dard ST. CATHARINES, Ont. (CP) -- When you first meet Rev. Benoni Mugurura-Mutana, - he strikes you as a cautious, almost frightened man. But Father Ben, as he is called, has good reason to be wary. The new _ assistant curate of St. George's Anglican Church in St. Catharines, fears something he says might get back to Uganda, and that President Idi Amin, might take offence, That might cause trouble for Father Ben's 48 brothers and sisters, the children of his now- Belgian dead father by four wives. And it might jeopardize Father Ben's chances of returning to the East African country some day—an event he hopes will occur secon, when he receives ‘‘some_ in- dication from home that the time is right.” If he went back now, the 36-year-old clergyman fears he would disappear, as so many others have under the Amin regime. Victor | the skills to justify a departure from. im- migration requirements. Waroquier, who is reputed to have assets of $3 million, arrived last year in his own 22-metre yacht. He and a trav- elling companion, Prisca Poirier, were granted 12- months entry permits. They liked New Zealand and -applied for residence. Waroquier set about building a luxu- rious house at Kawakawa Inlet, in the beautiful Bay of Islands in the sub- tropical north. He also bought into two timber companies, investing $30,000 initially. It has been reported that he planned to spend some $500,00 on varied industrial projects in northern New Zealand. BID TURNED DOWN However the ap- plications for permanent residence were refused. Permanent immigration requires compliance with varied criteria, including age, marital status, nationality and special skills. Gill said that Waroquier, 45, was too old to qualify, had no scares priest He came to Canada in 1975 for two years of post- graduate studies at University of Western Ontario’s Huron College. Last yeat his wife Joy and their thfee daughters joined hini and they in- tended to.u@fo back to Uganda thistsummer. BECAME*WORSE Bul the __ political situation Lhere has grown steadily worse, so Father Ben and the church thought it best that he stay here for a while. He asked to be placed in a ‘‘meaningful’’ position, and since St. George’s needed an as- sistant curate, the MugaruraMutana family came to St, Catharines. He said that although he has been here just a few weeks, he is already beginning:to feel at home. But in his real home, in the Kigezi region of southwest Uganda, and in the 94,000-square-mile country as a whole, “everybody is living in fear of his life.*’ He said the murder af Archbishop Janani Luwum last February caused hundreds — of Christians lo flee” the country and that it was only the most publicized example of Amin’s cam- paign of terror against the church. The clergyman said most. Canadians have only a partial un- derstandin of the Ugandan dictator. Many persons here tended to view him as half buffoon, half maniac who ar- bitrarily kills for political reasons or out of simple blood lust. MOTIVATION EX- PLAINED Father Ben said the fact that Amin is a Moslem is the key to his motivation. Since he took power in 1971, Amin has systematically been replacing Christians with Moslems in the country’s hierarchy, “He fears the church,” said the Anglican church- man, ‘‘and he feels called upon by Allah to make the nation Moslem.” Amin’s religion said anyone who gets in the way of the advance of Islam could be ‘'re- moved,’ and by doing so on a large scale, the Ugandan leader was gaining points that would help him in heaven. special skills and that his marital affairs in Belgium were not in order. “You cannot buy your way into New Zealand,” said Gill. ‘He does not fit into our policy in any way.” D. D. Currie, a partner with Waroquier in the timber projects, said he had considered appealing to various authorities against the decision but there did not seem to be any redress. “Here is an industry that is labor intensive and it is an industry we require here,’’ Currie said, “I advertised and could not get any financiers. Up to 15 men would have been em- ployed and there are other people affected. “A bulldozer con- tractor who was to clear the roads to the block of land and cut fire breaks now finds himself with nothing on his books and the house-builder is out of work.” The dream house, which is on. timber company land, has been abandoned, half-finished, to the elements. Currie has handed over the land and equipment to auc- tioneers for sale. The local member of Parliament appealed for reconsideration of the case, but to no avail. Warequier was given un- til next March to leave, but since this would be the height of the hurricane season in the waters to the north of New Zealand, he decided to leave in mid- November. Waroquier expressed amazement at his ex- pulsion. ‘Everybody told us we would quality as permanent — residents without any trouble,” he said. “Is it any wonder New Zealand has eco- nomic problems?" Rhodesia talks and fights SALISBURY (AP) — Prime Minister fan Smith and moderate black politicians are expected to start talks this week about an internal Rhodesian settlement despite the opposition of guerrilla leaders and skepticism abroad. While the politicians prepared, Rhodesian jet fighterbombers swept in and out of a military base near Salisbury without 0 Neighboring Mozam- bique claimed Rhodesia had launched a major offensive against black n ation forces based in Mozambique. In a surprise statement Thursday, Smith offered to open immediate talks with black leaders based inside Rhodesia and pledged himself to elections with universal suffrage. Government officials said they expect the talks to open late this week. Sources said the moderate blacks ac- cepted the proposed talks after secret consultations with Seth ee @x- pected to participate are Bishop Abel Muzorewa, head of the African National Council, Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole, who heads a breakaway faction of the ANC and senator-chief Jeremiah Chirau, president of the Zimbabwe United Peoples’ Organization. EXPECTS WIDE SUPPORT Smith is said to believe that the moderates can command support for a settlement from more than §5 per cent of Rho- desia's 6.4 million blacks. Smith did not rule out articipation by the leaders of the guerrilla Patriotic Front if they renounced violence. But Joshua Nkomo, leader of guerrillas based in Zambia and a coleader of the Front, ‘ dismissed Smith's offer as a “deceit” to win time for t overnment. rsithole called Smith's offer a “decisive move. Chief Chirau also hailed it’ and ‘called on all guerrillas to lay down their arms and come home. Muzerewa more cautiously called for British-supervised talks between all parties in the Rhodesian dispute, in- cluding the guerrilla leaders to determine whether Smith “is geniune in his offer.” URGES AMNESTY But he said the. talks should be held even if some black groups, such as the guerrilla leaders, boycott them. He also said any settlement with Smith's white minority government must include an immediate halt to executions of ‘‘all prisoners of war” and unconditional amnesty for the black guerrillas. In his statement Thursday, Smith agreed to the principle of elec- tions on the kasis of adult suffrage in return for guarantees in a proposed new majority rule con- stitution that will safeguard the interests of R hode whites. an Smith's offer won cautious approval from Britain and. France. But Andrew Young, USS. ambassador to the United Nations, said the plan could only intensify the five-year guerrilla war. Young and black African residents involved in the hodesian ‘issue have said the war will continue unless the black nationalist guerrilla lead- ers are included in a negotiated settlement. Protest planned By GINNY GALT TORONTO (CP) — The Ontario Federation of Labor (OFL) plans to march on the provincial legislature Tuesday to protest against layoffs and rising unem- ployment. The &800,000member federation opened its annual policy convention Sunday with a_ harsh attack on the federal and ovincial governments or not reducing the national unemployment rate, 8.3 per cent of the workforce last month. Today, OFL leaders are to appear hefore the Task Force on Canadian Unity with the message that governments should make full employment their first priority “because nothing tears at the fabric of unity more. than economic injustice." In his opening speech, QOFL president Cliff Pilkey said the severe unemployment rate in Quebec “is fanning the flames of separatism.” The convention took a strong stand against cuts in health services in Ontario following a stirring speech by ‘Hamilton delegate Elisabeth Brokmann of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), She spoke of the frustrations of working in a hospital when there are not enough workers to do an efficient job. FORM COMMON FRONT Peter Douglas, rovincial . coordinator or CUPE health care workers, asked for the backing of the federation in negotiations between CUPE and hospitals and proposed that all unions representing health care workers should form "a common front ... to end the divide and conquer tactics of the govern- ment,” Last week, the OFL presented a brief to the provincial government demanding a full- employment polices Pilkey told delegates Sunday that Premier Wil- liam Davis “said little in terms of an alternative except to rely on the private sector. ' The OF L proposed that the government rearrange its economic policies to create em- ployment, that it create more training programs geared to available jobs, that it embark on a massive low -incoms housing program and that it “repatriate the economy from foreign control.” Pilkey said the federation also asked for a prices review board with the power to roll back prices. He said Canadian labor “received quite a black eye on Mr. (Ontario Premier William) Davis’ recent trip to Japan.” USED DAVIS RHETORIC “The Japanese— usually the politest of. hosts—hit us with a ball of Davis’ own rhetoric," he said. “The Tories and other anti-labor Canadians. including many editorial writers, are forever running off at the mouth about workers being fat, lazy and over-paid. “When Davis asked the Japanese for more trade and possibly some branch plants, they played back the fat-lazy-andoverpaid theme they had learned from consorting with Management types on — their trips to Canada.” Pilkey insisted that the Canadian labor force is one of =the = mast roductive in the world. conomic mismanagement was to blame for productivity problems. “Canadian workers are not pricing themselves out of the market," Pilkey said. “They are being flim-flammed out of the market by multinational cartels and Canadian politicians who hoot-lick the capitalist system.’ A new industrial policy aimed at creating more secondary industry would help the Canadian economy and create more jobs. “Give us the jobs and we'll take care .of our discontented youth, our immigrant poor, our native peoples’ grievances and our “national unity problem."