Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 8, 1965, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press monday february 8, 1965 Dennis Bloodworth Singapore special owns fire years ago or. Sii Sandrio slunk out of peking like a whipped Schoolboy after China s communist 1-e a d e r s had vented their anger and contempt upon him for Indonesia s brutal and discriminatory treatment of her local chinese minority. At the end of last month however the indonesian foreign minister was welcomed Back to the chinese capital with promises that "650 million chinese would stand shoulder to shoulder with 104 million indonesians against the imperialists who would be marking out their own burial ground if they launched a military adventure in South East Asia. For times have changed. Diplomatic observers have recently suggested that the plausible non communist figure of or. Sub Andrio May be Des tined to play the role of a javanese Kerensky when president Sukarno Dies and As his successor briefly Herald a take Over by the Strong indonesian communist party. But in peking non communist Indonesia May be regarded As the Kerensky of All afro Asia. Jakarta is already achieving anti imperialist objectives that the chinese communists could not attempt at this stage without arousing widespread suspicion o r risking a disastrous conventional or even nuclear War. Or. Sukarno s aggressive policy of confronting Mal Aysia tied Down men the big far East Fleet and the considerable nuclear Ca Pable far East air Force of Washington s major West Ern ally and Seato partner Britain. His crush Mal Aysia Campaign imperils the very existence of the Neo colonialist federation. Furthermore Jakarta but not peking can persuade malays to join left Wing subversive move ments which they have hitherto shunned As predominantly c h i n is e organizations. Without detonate in an International explosion indo Nesia has conjured up a military threat from the South that complements China s threat from the North and some feel the free countries on the South East Asia subcontinent Are today Between the jaws of a Nutcracker. This is not All however. As a non communist Leader or. Sukarno has started a new anti colonialist cold red China and Indonesia times have changed War against the White and wealthy West that May line up the leaner afro asian nations against Washington and London far More effect ively than can a communist Behemoth like China that inspires distrust and fear in so Many. Indonesia s Mili Tant policy of rallying the have not countries to the new emerging forces and against the old capitalist and colonial Powers represents for China the Hope of a new polarization of Powers and the isolation of the in their eyes this May be the prelude to communist world revolution As Kerensky s Short lived provisional government preceded Lenin s bolshevik revolution. The afro asian Confer ence in Algiers in May will indicate How far Indonesia is succeeding in leading the revolt against the institutions of old established forces and so Willy Nilly chalking out the ground for communist action later. Peking pays lip service to the in charter but Adam Antly refuses to join the world body As Long As the chinese nationalists Are seated in it and it continues to be an International Organ in the service of new and old China would like to join a modified in however and Indonesia is now trying to blackmail the in into accepting modifications by deserting the body and threatening to set lip a rival organization. An International Assembly of the new emerging forces might Well attract a few afro asian countries that resent the prerogatives enjoyed by the great pow ers in new York and the presence there of president Chiang Kai Shek s Delegate instead of Mao tse Tung s. China North Korea North Viet Nam and possibly Alba Nia might also join it. At the same time the chinese Are spurring their i n d onesian stalking horse towards dip a Santurce audit chairman of the indonesian communist party is de manding that millions of peasants arid workers throughout the Republic be against the Imperial Many experts concede that or. Sukarno is far More the captive of the communists than he Ever was before and that in time he will give in to audit Over this. In peking or. Sub Andrio has been exploring the possibility of getting Chin Ese military Aid. The Chin Ese who recently promised Cambodia new Small arms for virtually her entire infantry would like nothing better than to put weapons into the hands of the indonesian Labouring Mas ses provided they believed the time was Ripe. To peking Southeast Asia is China s backyard and the main objective of the Chin Ese is to Clear it of both .. And russian clutter. They feel that As fellow asians who have carried out a successful peasant revolution in a Semi colonized country they Are the Natu ral leaders of this under developed agricultural sub continent. South Viet Nam is awash with a r me d communist guerrillas at least half of Laos is under communist led Patchet lao control the cambodians talk of China As their Best Friend and As their worst enemy. In Indonesia probably Only the army stands Between the state and communist Revol ution in the Philippines anti americanism is All the rage and Early every single communist party in the subcontinent favors China in the sino soviet dispute. The chinese policy is to encourage the slow erosion of this politically friable soil on which native despots and foreign colonialists have left the people with an instinct Ive desire for. Some form of socialism. Today chinese arms Are captured in Laos and South Viet Nam but there Are no frontline chinese soldiers and probably no chinese advisers at a on the ground. Peking supplies communist North Viet Nam whose government in turn despatches men and munitions to the Patchet lao and the Viet Cong. The chinese gauge their interference carefully to ensure that they invite no justified riposte and they do not believe that the. And nationalist Formosa therefore risk International condemnation by attacking them. The chinese who know that the history of this continent is littered with the ugly debris of premature revolutions exploit Success but Are not Likely to press their Luck too hard. Their policy is to make loud big and somewhat vague pro Mises of support to All Antt imperialist movements with out undertaking any specific military commitment that might provoke a showdown. Meanwhile indonesian re lations with the soviet Union Are naturally Deli Cate. But just As the americans hesitate to aban Don or. Sukarno fearing he will turn irrevocably to the communists so the rus sians hesitate to suspend their Aid for fear of throw ing him even further into the arms of the chinese. The indonesians Tell the perhaps also the russians that if they could operate a confederation of Malaysia the Philippines and Indonesia this Macphil indo would act As a Barrier of malaysian Peoples to chinese communist expansion southward. This Means that China can exploit Suk Arno s ambition to be the Hegemony of a Philinda with at least the tacit Blessing of. And the soviet Union. Y it is nevertheless to be noted from the Fine gloss now being sino indonesian Friendship that Jakarta s pretensions As a potential bulwark against the chinese Are not causing sleepless nights in peking. Which May mean that they should be doing so in Washington. Daring Luck key factors for an Independent Aden by Patrick Seale Beirut decolonization in Aden is Likely to be painful. It May also be Woody even More murderous than the present wave of terrorism and rebel action in the Colony and in the wild hinterland beyond it along the Yemen Frontier. For Britain successfully to push through a program of Independence by 1968 or earlier and create in South Arabia a unitary democratic state will need a great dose of political Dar ing and a considerable amount of Luck. Political leaders from Aden and the 17 states of the South arabian federa Tion Are going to London in March to thrash out a pattern for the future at a constitutional conference. So much was agreed when Anthony Greenwood Brit Amis Secretary for the col onies sounded opinion in the federation last december. His visit revealed that the idea of a unitary state to replace the present much criticized Patchwork federa Tion had made rapid head Way. It has become the leading political idea in South Arabia. Most of the state rulers declared them selves ready at least in principle to hand Over much of their Powers to a Central government. They even seemed pre pared but Here the consensus was less Forth right to allow the introduction of democratic Politi Cal procedures. The Sugges Tion was that free elections would be organized on a National basis throughout South Arabia in which Aden politicians would compete freely with up country sul tans even on the letter s Home ground. Another important out come of or. Greenwood s visit and in a More Gen eral sense of British la Bor s return to Power was that it paved the Way for a resumption of the Dia Logue Between the British authorities and the leading nationalist movement in Aden Abdallah Al Asnag s people s socialist party. The pop had boycotted Earl Ier constitutional conferences denouncing them As Sham negotiations in which the British government talked with the British government. Their leaders set up offices in Cairo and sought the support of other Arab states. But now Abdiilah Al Asnag seemed ready to re enter the political process and take part in negotiations. He had several friends in the British labor party and the Strong suggestion was that the labor govern ment would now give at least As much weight to the views1 of the nationalists As to those of the up country sultans on whom Britain s policy had in the past so often seemed to rest. All these were hopeful signs. Another was that the question of the future of the British base at Aden did not seem uppermost in the minds of the local political leaders. They gave first priority to the creation of a South arabian state. The question of the base would be settled later in negotiations Between the British government and an inde pendent South arabian administration. To or. Green Wood s Surprise the matter was hardly Ever raised and in any event no one not even the pop demanded immediate evacuation. The nationalists made Clear that they would like to serve Britain with a notice to but on the under standing that the run Down of the base would be gradual. Most responsible Politi Cal leaders in the federa Tion understand that Aden needs time to build up alter native sources of Revenue. As Well As a political Struc a Ture Strong enough to with stand external pressures and internal stresses. If South Arabia existed in a vacuum the Outlook for a peaceful transition to Independence would be Bright. But she shares a Long open Frontier with the Yemen still in the grip of a bitter civil War and she is the object of daily concern on the part of Cairo s powerful propaganda services. Both the United Arab Republic and the a say in any future settlement in South Arabia and they Are backing their claim by mounting and directing the current rebel assaults and terrorism. It is a dispute More about Power than principle. The egyptian leaders deeply re sent Britain s Strong Point in Aden. Egypt is campaigning cease ceaselessly for the abolition Lessly for the abolition of the British base and is giving its full backing to a National front for the liberation of the occupied South with Headquarters in Cairo and operational bases just inside Yemen a few Miles from the South arabian Frontier. At these Points tribesmen Are armed and trained by egyptian officers and sent across the Frontier on raid ing parties. Terrorists Are also trained and equipped for action in Aden itself. Meanwhile in daily Broad casts Cairo radio urges the population of South Arabia to take up arms against the British. The argument that is hammered in is that peace Ful negotiations Are useless that Britain will Only yield to violence that the Only Way South Arabia can secure real Independence As opposed to the Sham Independence Britain is offer ing is by waging a War of National liberation on the algerian Model. Abdallah Al Asnag has not lost Hope in the possibility of peaceful negotiations with Britain he knows that the Protection and Revenue afforded by the British pres ence Are essential if a United democratic state is to take Root in South Arabia Over the next three or four years. He does not want to throw off British Tutelage Only to fall under egyptian control. Because of these views his relations with Cairo have cooled. Indeed his movement and the Cairo backed National liberation front Are now locked in a minds and sympathies of nationalist opinion in Aden. For the moment Asnag is Well ahead. But he can Only retain his Lead if his advocacy of peaceful methods is rewarded by rapid and genuine concessions. Terror ism meanwhile is an effective weapon in the hands of his opponents. It justifies continued state of emergency arbitrary arrests a ban on Public meetings an array of Check Points and an o obtrusive British military presence. 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