Voursey; ot f lucky — : La tesm: the Petitioners oe WE did was defy an injunction. You should “pee where —- | le of army in : ? : tural’ revolution Organ: "Banizers of the $i revolt; cul- ticles which again emphasized da fe Ution” sponsor. the “glorious and difficult” task Rei oY fays ago ralli es 10 be carried out by tne army | in the “cultural revolution”. The IB ang - a : Yau Ome Beeeels in Hungchi magazine, a_mouth- | of theetk the 4 hinese piece of Mao Tse-tung’s group, ah Teorcalled Tst anniver- writes in its leader that the ators CtUng of reception” army is to play the part of a yn” OF the coin million “reliable support” in this cam- China? “Red “yah revo- paign. The magazine declares ah ie Capital Uards”—in that it is due to a powerful army Sof fe Was agai At these that “we can win a great vic- Raye about te a great tory” in the “cultural revolu- 4 the vies” scored alleged _ tion.” The authors of that leader peti ph eae of the « Y Mao- stress that it is the army “firm- “oagn’ 2bout th Cultural ly holding a gun in its hands” ‘ties COVereg € “victori- that supports the activities of Na Rad rebels by “Red the “Red Guards” and rebels. ite i The Hsinhua Agency circula- qu ted on August 20 a special re- port on the role of the army in the “cultural revolution.” The report says that in the past year the army “made another, the greatest contribution”, operat- ing as the “defender of the cul- tural revolution”. Everywhere, ' province of | foreign press reports, COMMENT No solution HE “special status” concept for Quebec is the agreed upon position of the New Democratic Party. The problems in- herent in this slogan are hinted at in the recent issue of the Miner’s Voice, published by district six of the United Steelworkers. The article says: “A great deal must be done to clarify pre- cisely how Quebec can be given a special rela- tionship in the confederation without fatally weakening Canada as a nation. There was general agreement among the New Demo- crats—notably Quebec federal leader Robert Cliche and national deputy leader David Lewis — that a great deal of work must be done on the concept.” We would suggest that the concept of the slogan be forgotten, and a great deal of work must be done in the NDP. In the first place, Quebec cannot be given a “special relationship in the confederation without fatally weakening Canada as a na- soldiers “are puard for the ‘Red Guards’, and rebels” they “pat- rol the places” in towns and vil- lages where the so-called broad revolutionary discussions are held and mass criticism is level- led. The authors of the Hsinhua report write that such is the task set by Mao Tse-tung for the. army. They prefer not to mention a number of the well- known facts of the negative at- titude of many prominent Chi- nese military leaders to the “cul- tural revolution” and even direct action by military units against the Maoists, as was recently the case in the area of Wuhan. According to foreign corres- pondents in China who refer to radio Kueichou which is control- led by the Mao Tse-tung group’s supporters, a tense situation has developed in this province of South-West China. Mao Tse- tung’s opponents in Kueichou are reported to have “kidnap- ped” last week the leaders of the - province’s “revolutionary committee” and attacked afmy- units. ; Reports also come In concern- ‘ing “armed clashes” in another South-West China, particularly in- the largest city of this province, Chungking. Huang Hsing-ting, the commander of the Suchuang Suchuang, military area, and political com- judging by have been removed from their. posts. Reports from Peking say missar Li I-tsuang, that - last week several hundred “Red Guards” took part in a hereto- fore unprecedented silent mant- festation through the of: Peking in memory of “brutally killed” in tion,” because Canada isn’t one nation it is two. It is precisely this lack of recognition of the French Canadian nation in our present constitution which makes our present con- federation unjust as well as unworkable. So-called “special status” within the frame- work of such a constitution is an insulting imposition on the French Canadian nation. . English Canada can be as enlightened and tolerant as hell on this question. We can talk of “special status” and we can talk about all of the “concessions we will give to Quebec”, but less and less people in French Canada are listening. The lack of appreciation of the true nature of the crisis in Canada is especially tragic © in the workingclass movement of English Canada. The ties that bind the workers of our two nations are indeed strong and the potential power of a united working class in Canada is indeed essential for social progress. But unity is preconditioned by equality. Equality in Canadian terms can mean no- thing less than the full recognition of the bi- national character of Canada and a willing- ness of both partners to work out a new set of relationships. The British North American Act should be given a decent burial and we can move forward. What is termed the “French fact” in Canada we believe to be the French Canadian nation which is being denied its existance by both word and deed. Such relationship cannot continue to exist—that is also a fact. LOOKING AROUND Those people who have doubts about the honesty and democratic nature of the forthcoming “elections” in the corner of South Vietnam occupied by the Americans can now rest easy. The general's junta which recently carried out the coup in Greece has agreed to send a team of observers to Saigon to ensure that the whole business is on the up and up. e According to Newsweek magazine, West German Chan- cellor Kurt Kiesinger is very mad at his defense minister, Gerhard Schroder.:| He is mad at Schroder because he has named a West German destroyer after a nazi admiral, Guenther Leutjens. Leutjens was the commander of the Bismark, and after a final message, “We are fighting to the end with faith in you, my Fuehrer”, went down with his ship. Kiesinger is reported not to be mad that the defense min- ister is naming ships after his old nazi buddies, but feels that these “honors” should start with “nice” nazis like Field Marshal Rommel. ~~ : ; @ Se We are constantly being made aware of the power of ad- vertising. The following appeared in a Moscow paper on Sep- tember the 25th, 1917: “Want to start a business without spending any capital? Buy ‘Be Your Own Boss’, a book listing profitable businesses that are particularly successful. You can start any of them tomorrow.” It may well be that the people took this advertisement quite seriously, for a month later the revolution took place and they all became their own bosses. es) “Each week Mr. Johnson looks over photos of targets in North Vietnam which have been spotted by U.S. reconnaissance for bombing. These targets have been judged “critical” by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The pictures flow into the White House and are carefully studied by the President and his military advisers. “Critical targets are the only kind that ever reach the Pre- sident’s desk—‘the kind that might possibly start World War Ill,’ the President has told close associates... “Targets are often selected weeks in advance of being hit. Because of this, Mr. Johnson finds it hard to understand charges from time to time that he has suddenly escalated the war.” (U.S. News and World Report.)