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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-
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peti ph eae of the « Y Mao- stress that it is the army “firm-
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‘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,

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| 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.)