Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 2, 1965, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press. Saturday january 2, 1965 Cambodia walks Tightrope by Dennis Bloodworth Singapore special owns Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia has announced almost simultaneously that he has broken off talks with american envoys in new Delhi they were not inspired by Goodwill and a sense of and that his country will shortly resume interrupted negotiations in peking with the vietnamese communists which had so far been conducted in an excellent in new Delhi Prince Sihanouk s representatives urged the United states to acknowledge responsibility for armed incursions by South vietnamese troops across the Border into Cambodia the bombing and machine gunning of cambodian villages by Vietnam Ese sky raiders. And reconnaissance overflights by american jets. From the vietnamese communists in peking the Prince wanted a Frontier agreement based on cambodian claims. You think we Trust the it should occur to you that when we. Ask for a Geneva conference to guarantee our neutrality and our frontiers we Are not thinking exclusively of the immediate danger from Viet Nam or the communist Powers Are nevertheless ready to give Cambodia her Geneva conference but the United states is not. In phenom penh the cambodian capital the Prince angrily links this refusal to the Long list of 300 alleged Border violations which have often been excused in Saigon on the grounds that Prince Sihanouk is allowing the Viet Cong to use his Neutral country As a Safe base for hit and run operations against the South vietnamese army. In fact there is no sign of official Connivance with the communists. But there is As usual an untidy situation on the ground that does not show up on paper. The Long convoluted cambodian Frontier of pad there is reason to believe that Byfield Marsh and thick Jungle the cambodians met with sales i cannot be More than lightly resistance in both the chinese i parked. The Border forces Are and the Indian capitals but to auxiliaries with out is a world of difference Between tolerating some polite procrastination Over unrolled maps an keeping Cool when ground attack j aircraft slam their rockets i through the Flimsy wails of Palm-1 thatched peasant huts. I Prince Sihanouk refuses to be Lieve that the United states is not guilty of these outrages and so continues to turn for help and Protection to the socialist Camp. In consequence anti Western Cambodia lies in the Middle of the Southeast Asia treaty Organiza Tion Seato defence area like a Stone in a kidney. No natural rapport makes this dangerous Liaison with the communists comfortingly inevitable. The americans and their threatening allies in Thailand and South Viet Nam have driven us into a cambodian official told me sourly Down on the violated Border. We Are royalists in a Small Happy King Dom of six million people. About 98 per cent of the population Are Content with our princely ruler. Our peasants Are. By their own standards relatively Well to do. What do we want with communism communism is for the poor like the masses in China. Distrust All As for the vietnamese communist or pro Western we distrust All of them. They have tried to destroy us in the past. If they Cross this Border armed we shoot them whether they Are wearing Green uniforms the National army of the South or Black pyjamas the Viet Cong i dated Small arms. The regular army is for the most part stationed Well Back in the hinterland. Incidents occur a Tough Little group of armed Viet Cong Surprise a cambodian Border Village at night and announce they will buy the rifles of the local defence guards for each. It is a never to be repeated offer for any Home guard that refuses is shot on the spot. Or a Section of Viet Cong forces the defenceless peasants of a Hamlet to give Asylum to the wounded Man they have carried across the Border after a Sharp Exchange of fire on the vietnamese Side. The cambodian villagers prize their neutrality but under Sud Den personal pressure they May have no Choice but to give Way. There Are stories that the cambodians have supplied the Viet Cong with explosives and heavier weapons including mor tars and mortar bombs. Much used lanes deep rutted with the tracks of Laden of carts have been noted leading towards the Frontier with Viet Nam. Accord ing to one report a senior Viet Cong military commander used to commute Between Bis sector in Viet Nam and a cambodian dormitory Village to get a Good night s sleep. None to spare but since the cambodians have no weapons to spare the implication of this is that special arms shipments arrive at Sihanouk Ville their Small port on the Gulf of Siam from where they Are transported by Road to the Frontier area and passed secretly to the vietnamese National liberation there is no evidence of this whatever. Moreover Sihanouk has offered to allow the three Power International control commission responsible to the co chairman of the Geneva conference to establish controls not Only on tale Frontier but also in towns and ports. For the rest there has always been barter Trade illegal Border Crossings and smuggling among peasants along the Frontier. Today Long stretches of it Are entirely in Viet Cong hands on the vietnamese Side but the cambodian sees Little differ ence for the Viet Cong looks like any other peasant simply because in most cases he is. One. As far As can be determined Viet Cong Clandestine com Merce is limited to purchasing cambodian products and minor luxuries bought by agents in Hong Kong. These the guerrilla administration can sell to the vietnamese masses in order to help meet the expenses of their expanding even if the Case must be regarded As sub Judick one thing is certain attacking Cam Bodian villages does not Stop the Border traffic. But it does achieve something else. It creates a situation in which an enraged Prince Sihanouk thinks that if More cambodians Are killed on the Frontier he May have to sever diplomatic relations with Washington recognize communist North Viet Nam invite the National liberation front to establish a Mission in phenom penh and hit Back at South Viet Nam. He is capable of doing All these things his entourage believe relying on the threat posed by China and North Viet Nam to deter South Viet Nam from wreaking vengeance on his country. For by cutting off Cambodia from the vietnamese Delta of the Mekong the main Commer Cial artery serving the upriver port of phenom penh Saigon could interrupt much of cambo Dia s Trade and in particular immobilize her armed forces by provoking an acute shortage of petrol and Oil. The vietnamese could also take out the one highly vulnerable air base near the capital from which most of Cambodia s 50-Odd combat air Craft operate. The French trained cambodian army meanwhile is less than Strong and All its Armor is West of the Mekong. Warns world Prince Sihanouk has warned the world that if Cambodia were attacked he would ask the chinese to keep their pledge and come to his defence. But peking would have to Fly in men from the main Southwest China base at Miles to the North or ship them around the Long coastline of Southeast Asia with a prayer in either Case that the seventh Fleet would not be committed. The Prince said that he will no longer beg for a Geneva conference to ensure the Neutra Lity and territorial integrity of his country by International agreement and War should were it not for the terrible therefore be inconceivable inevitability with which events sometime Roll Forward heavily under their own momentum dragging their hapless authors Willy Nilly to destruction. Mica Supply India owns about 80 per cent of the world Mica Supply. . Space program detergents attacked Montreal Way of knowledge will suffer the re the United states space pro Gram is being run and the wide spread use of insecticides and detergents were attacked in a committee report to the Amer ican association for the Advance ment of science. The association federation of 300 Canadian and . Scientific societies with More than members is currently holding its annual convention Here. The report was compiled by a group of scientists who took two years to Survey the effects of science s modern rapid expansion. The . Apollo space pro Gram in its present form the report said does not appear to be based on the orderly systematic expansion of Basic scientific scientists Are being pressured into certain lines of research port added. Military business and Polit ical pressures Are wearing Down the working principles of mod Ern science. The present situation is dangerous to both science and so the wide use of synthetic compounds As insecticides and detergents also came in for some criticism in the report. Evidence shows this represents serious human intervention into natural processes. These interventions were not based on an orderly disciplined development of All the required Basic scientific the report said that had scientists been allowed to make output Index inches up Ottawa up the Indus trial production Index was 213.6 in october a slight gain from 213.4 in september the Bureau of statistics has announced. The Index is based on 1949 output equalling 100. The Bureau said gains of about three per cent in both mining and electric Power and Gas utilities were largely offset by a drop of 0.8 per cent in Man fac and if they Are subjected to Turing. Such pressure the free Pursuit however the manufacturing decline in october was due to a substantial drop in Auto and Auto parts production As layoffs occurred because of a shortage of imported parts. The Bureau said this obscured widespread gains made else where in manufacturing. With out the Auto Industry decline manufacturing output would have gained 1.4 per cent Between sep tember and october and the total Index would have increased 1.8 per cent. Systematic studies of the effects of these products the dangers of Large scale introduction of these inventions would have been discovered much earlier. Similarly the committee said nuclear weapons tests were car ried on for a Long time before the full biological effects of the tests were understood. To Mike science responsible for that which belongs to the judgment of society or to the conscience of the individual inevitably weakens the integrity of automation increases Norway House Man. Up the number of telephones in this isolated Community in creased 87 from 17 automatic dealing went into operation in the fall. The Community on the Northern tip of Lake Winnipeg 275 Miles North of Winnipeg has no Road or rail connection with the rest of the province. Great society dream drives Johnson oif by Henry Brandon Washington special the sunday times boldness on the Home front caution in foreign affairs these Are Likely to be the Hallmarks of the new Johnson administration. The president approaches his own Era in a relaxed confident mood filled with optimism and Pride. His overwhelming elec Tion Victory the prevailing Prosperity and his own political skill have Given him a profound Confidence that he can improve and develop the . Into what he likes potential to or Call with its full a texan his great Sci flamboyance Many americans believe that a Leader cannot be bold by pursuing the politics of Consen sus at Home which is or. Johnson s chosen method or Lead the world by being Cauti Ous. But or. Johnson at least for the time being has rejected not Only prodding from the liberals who believe that it is impossible to break new ground without offending certain major interest groups but also the Acheso Nian approach to foreign policy which is that a Leader must Lead. Or. Johnson s Outlook is really much closer to that of a modern British tory than an american Liberal Democrat. He believes in the necessities of a Broad Federal welfare program but he also feels a deep sense of loyalty to the business Community which he once said makes the Mare because that Community employs people and pays close to million in taxes. Boldly his favorite words to live by Widi As think boldly and act have a big heart and a tight an Eye on the future and your feet on the reflect his inborn conservatism but also the contradictions in his charac Ter which make it so difficult at any Given moment to know what attitude he will strike what action he will take. The conflict in him is Between the Powers at his disposal and the caution he has acquired Over years of experience i politics. As Senate majority Leader he tended to be very cautious although he liked to mask it by a flurry of activity. There is in him the Tough assertive sheriff As Well As the thoughtful negotiator sensitive to the various Points of View. When he indicates for in stance that he treated to the russian leaders Wilson the Way he would like him there was neither be treated if he had that kind nor disapproval there narrow majority he was simply no comment. Doubt telling the truth. But also thought of his own policy lems and How much easier it would be to persuade foreign policy for the time being at least does not to pass something that was clearly the europeans any major initiatives. Or. Johnson prefers Cir he likes to set the to Force his decks but keep several options. For the told or. Wilson what was his preferred solution for is True for example for South Viet Nam where tint Unity and it included an element of the multilateral nuclear Force he even wonders whether the russians who Are opposed to the mlf., would not feel happier today had deterioration has not led to any Clear Cut policies but Only half hearted Steps because he does not want to get More deeply involved there. He is not a convinced believer arranged an Milf with the chinese. But he left it to the Domino theory the idea that if one country Falls the British and German in line will Tumble too. Ments to work out the solution that suits them Best in creating Unity in the does not mean that the president is unaware of the traumatic effect the fall of to the French he has Viet Nam would have on participation in the Force entire area. But he will do Frappe in strategic drastic to prevent it. He although this is played not want to fight Over a Here As Only a gesture. It has conferred emphasis in the state of certain respectability on Union address therefore nuclear Force. It is one be on the new option for the ., to be announced in it be on the Home front. The whatever happens if of his great Sci and Germany fail to reach program which for mod agreement though the Sake he recently said Pec tation Here at least is exists will be a Broad they will come to terms on and loan support program agreement of principles education at All school Levels the German elections next one that while it does not no one Here feels he direct Grants to Paro the president Well enough schools will make funds speculate on this available also to but essentially or. Does not want to be second big objective is to for the decisions Europe Urban to take about its own to promote mass trans this is a new significant open spaces and Parks the and the europeans will have for the development at get used to towns the fight against perhaps his. Caution is and water pollution due to the fact that he is third will be a More feeling his Way in anti poverty program will involve funds close to but again there is of the figure the contrast in him the desire is Likely to request for Lead the world and also to Aid. Medical care for away from it. President aged a left Over from last Nedy often wished that will be pressed again. Gressmen would go away. Vital Point will be his Johnson has this feeling to keep up the times about foreign of the american maybe foreign the expansion of too. At any rate he has been continuous for that foreign policy is not a 46 months. It is of course to matter of waving a Wand but Large extent this one of understanding evolution 1 Prosperity which makes it and to pursue a policy of political his priorities at present the . First then Johnson s emphasis America the Western on internal Progress. This ii next and then relations with is now closest to his heart soviet Union. When or. What catches his imagine raised the subject of his Money Sale of ladies ski jackets no phone or mail orders please 14.98 to 19.98 each 100 Only an excellent value in Fine Quality Schuss Nylon in tapered reversible style. Quilted Nylon print reverses to solid Black. Plains in White Blue red. Prints in White broken size and color Range. Sportswear main floor. Save on men s dress shirts Reg. 3.98 to 4.98 3 for or 3.50 each top Quality Cotton Broad cloth ii Rte with Short Point regular fused Collar versatile dual cuff. Completely sized and mercerized. Six is Mvi to 17. Matat Hoot Stripe dress shirts our finest Quality 2-ply egyptian Cotton dress shirts in Grey Blue or red Woven stripes. Short Point fused Collar and French cuff styling. Sices 14% to 6vi. Fumul Ilici main floor 7.98 5 .99 each .4 Allstate Hwy. Nylon tires a Ftp. Save 2.99 Satin Wall Latex paint 4.99 7.98 Gal. Gal. Rugged Nylon with 30 month guarantee hurry in 200 Only size 750x14 White Walls. One the finest Interior Wall paints available today leaves a washable finish on Walls and Ceil Ingi. Quick drying and odourless too in for these outstanding 89 automatic Zig Zag completely automatic Blind Hemming fancy stitches buttonholes Button sewing. Automatic tension. Ask about our 20-year guarantee. Ric. Value monday special each sowing Machum floor clearance of boys Caps Soo Only 1st Quality laminates Black. Broken size and color Range Reg. 1.98. Monday special. Clearance of nylons Royal purple proportioned in Fin. Quality seamless Micro to Bioty main floor 1 .33 Lycra stretch strap bras Weir main floor. Clearance of stretch strap wet tit Lycra it to ceo and easy to and ttys. Tic. 3.50 to s5. Or Black. Elf it for various sizes .99 main floor Simpsons Sears invites you to enjoy 2 hours of music from around the world in High Fidelity pm stereo Carousel saturday at 8 . On a Jim i 98.3 Mega cycles. R ;