Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 8, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba Wynn pfc Ftfe miss monday May of 1f72 cultural revolution still Marks life in China by r1c1akd be1nstein peking special tons bombard the party commanded my tie in 1967, launching the red guards and the cultural revolution in a new tumultuous direction. It s a quote that one hears often in China today people particularly former red guards re count the struggles of that turbulent episode. The red guards still exist institutionalized at a mass organization in every Middle school in China. But their lives Are tame com pared to those of their predecessors. Twice in Shenyang i a red guards in the Street in quest of a Souve Nir red guard air band. Both times they quickened their Pace to avoid an encounter. Finally i asked a chinese Friend to act As intermediary. His negotiations Complete i was surrounded on the sidewalk by several dozen Jred guards. Bashfully a representative handed Over his armband. Bashfully he accepted a Lapel Button in Exchange. Bashfully we Shook hands making Little speeches about the Friend ship Between the american and chinese Peoples. The mood of that particular Exchange was rather unusual. In general the Chin Ese Are masters of Hospital Ity. A striking example of this took place in Canton when several americana got on the wrong bus. They quickly discovered their mistake and announced in Tention of getting off. In Stead All the chinese Pas sengers calmly departed while the bus diverged from its usual route to take the bewildered and embarrassed foreigners to their destination. The masses Are making an Impact in what is usually one of Mankind s most exclusive sciences medi Cine. Traditional medicinal herbs have become More than Ever since the cultural revolution an area for serious scientific research. At the Wuhan provincial Hospital there is a Large department investigating the thousands of cures that the common people have through the centuries used for their ailments. We Send teams of Doc tors to the Mountain areas to collect explained Liu Ching of the Hospital revolutionary committee. That Way they can do medical research at the same i time that they do physical labor with the pea Bant stans rankle South african govt. By Suzanne Cronje London special owns recent reports that chief Lea Bua Jonathan the prime min ister of Lesotho faces a Chal Lenge from within his Cabinet because of his policy of co operation with South Africa were to say the least Prema Ture. They have been denied by chief Peete Peete one of the ministers mentioned in the re ports As being connected with a planned takeover bid. In any Case chief Jonathan s troubles seem to lie in his Lack of sup port for Pretoria s policies rather than in any Over zealous compliance with the wishes of Bis powerful White neighbors. It cannot be denied that the Lesotho government is neither popular nor democratic. When the general election two years ago showed an unexpected Vic tory for the opposition chief Jonathan suspended the Constitution and arrested the opposition Leader and other political adversaries. I have seized Power. I admit it. I m not ashamed of he said. Since then there has been no serious Challenge to his authoritarian regime but if such a Challenge comes it May Well be Over the controversial question of apartheid. Tiny Lesotho is entirely sur rounded by South Africa. The entry and exit of people and goods involves crossing South african territory and is con trolled by Pretoria with strict regard to South african inter ests. With Lesotho s Economy entirely at the mercy of the White Republic chief Jonathan has no option but to co operate. Even the left Wing opposition concedes that such co operation is essential if Lesotho is to sur Vive. The question is the degree of collaboration with Pretoria. The South african govern ment treats Lesotho As an example of an Independent Black state within its boundaries the sort of destiny which it has mapped out for its own ban Tustan states. It is therefore essential to keep up the image of Lesotho s Independence and when the in Maseru chooses to differ from pre Toria South Africa is careful not to express its displeasure too overtly. This gives Lesotho leadership a certain degree of latitude but until recently it looked As if chief Jonathan s regime was not availing itself of this advantage. For instance Lesotho was one of the most enthusiastic supporters at the dialogue policy intended to resolve the differences Between South Afri Ca and the Black african states by peaceful negotiation and co operation. After the organization of Afri can Unity Oak rejected the idea it was announced last autumn that a Summit meeting of those countries favouring Dia Logue would take place in Maseru. The South african Media boosted this idea and when an Ivory coast delegation visited Johannesburg on its return from Lesotho s Independence celebrations this was hailed As evidence that a dialogue policy was under Way. However a few weeks ago it was disclosed that the Lesotho government had done its Best to prevent such a development by sending a Spe Cial envoy to the Ivory coast to dissuade president Hou Houet Bovigny from taking the Initia Tive. When this was revealed statements from chief Jonath an s office explained that Lesotho had no intention of sabotaging dialogue attempts but had hoped to strengthen them by gaining full Oak support it specifically wanted to avoid splitting the Oak. South Afri Ca s irritable reaction was to Point out that Lesotho was ill advised in its attempt to make the Oak the arbiter of foreign policy of Southern member states. The City of Winnipeg St. James Assiniboia Community Public notice to All residents of St. James Assiniboia Community 1972 Spring cleanup operation the period May 15 to june 3 will by residential Spring clean up time for Community of St. James Assiniboia. Refuse pick up dates for various District week of May 15-20 Brooklands area East Side Sturgeon Road to West Side Why Zewoldi East Madison to East Side Hampton East Woodlands Crescent to East Side perimeter South of Portage Avenue. Week of May 23-27 East Side Why Tewold to West Side Woodlawn West Side Hampton to East Side ferry West Sidt Sturgeon Road to East Side of perimeter North of Portage Avint. Week of May 29-june 3 East of Woodlawn to West Albany to East Side Albany perimeter to heading Ley that unless otherwise stipulated areas defined both North and South of the following disposal instructions should be complied with ther. Is a Back Lane refuse should be piled tag. Of Ian. Bor Dering property. The refuse should be stacked in such a manner that not impede the movement of vehicular along the Back lanes. . Thru. Is no Lane refuse should be piled at the Edge of the Boulevard so that trucks May be loaded without damaging boulevards sidewalks Etc. Ashes should he in containers and tree cuttings should be piled separate All refuse should be protected so that it cannot be disturbed by wind or Domestic animals and wherever possible placed in disposable containers. In order to Complete collection pulse have your refuse out prior 10 of in. Pick up week for your of there will be no pick up of Waite materials other than the Normal weekly of household until the fall pick up in october. Pic fim note that it is against the refuse by Law to Deposit refuse in Back at any Tim. Other than for Spring and fall clean . Violation of Tom by Law could result in a of . in a recent six month period some pounds of herbs were collected in this fashion in the Wuhan area. Sophisticated techniques Are used to Analyse them and their Active properties Are then made into serums or capsules. New drugs for anaesthesia for dilating blood vessels for treating gallstones and dozens of other ailments have been discovered in this Way. Some of them the doctors will readily admit Are not As effective As Western drugs. Many of them Are. But Western drugs Are also far More expensive and difficult to obtain. These medicinal herbs Are also quite says Liu Ding and they Don t Cost anything. We simply have to go out and collect for almost everybody in China the revolution has meant a personal adjust ment of greater or lesser proportions an adjustment that for some has been a and often painful process. At peking University a professor of history a har Vard pm. D., spoke of a particularly revealing incident in his own personal trans formation i come from a Well to do Bourgeois Fame he said. And my father owned a Coal mine. Once when i was a child i wanted to go Down into the mine but my father would t allow me. He said it was too dangerous Down then came the cultural revolution and professors like other non workers had to do physical labor. I worked in my father s old the professor re counted. It was Only then that i who had benefited All my life from Coal Learned How Coal is actually produced. I also did historical re search in the mine and Dis covered that my own father had been an exploiter of labor including child the professor interprets the experience As an important stage in his conversion to marxism. It was at that Point that i realized there is no such thing As human nature there is Only class a at Wuhan University i looked at collection of West Ern books. A lot of the old pre liberation volumes Gath ering dust there were quite unexpected. Hemingway was. Represented by the old Man and the sea. There was a 10 volume biography of Abra Ham the personal memoirs of . Grant As Well As a Book on Alex Ander. Hamilton by none other than Henry Cabot Lodge. Classics by Locke Malthus and Machiavelli were also on the shelves As Well As some non classics like Akbar the great Mogul by v. A. Smith and Lou Gehrig a quiet hero. To obese. Books however re presented forgotten lore. A of the Library cards within them re a wed not been checked out of the Library in polities is in the visitor spends a lot of Lime trying sometimes vainly to under stand the political uie Aning of things agricultural Experiment office in a commune to Honan we noticed from people s to the Wall. There article about agricultural developments another about president Nixon s visit to China. Which we wondered had induced them to paste the paper up finally some body posed the question. Of came a smiling response. We put that news paper up to cover a Hole in the and sometimes politics sets obscured All together. Out in the Fields of the com Mune we took some Polar Oid shots of a teen age girl work team. The girls were amazed and delighted when seconds later the photograph was in their hands. As we All sat Down to listen to the team Leader recount the hard ships of the past the girls continued to exclaim and Giggle Over their pictures. They had no doubt heard that Story numerous times while the Polaroid shots were something new. Some people Are hard to please however. On an other occasion we took a Polaroid shot of the com m u n e s peasant leaders. The reaction of most of them was identical with that of the teen age girls. But one remained unimpressed. It s not he declared. But it would be a lot nicer if it were in third stolen cab of year reported Brandon special Impe rial taxi had its third cab this year stolen Early saturday morning. The cab was recovered about . Saturday West of hol land on Highway 2, about 70 Miles Southeast of Brandon. It was stolen shortly after Midnight when a Driver stopped to pick up a fare at 8th Street and Princess Avenue. When he left the taxi a Man jumped into the vehicle and drove away the taxi was spotted in the Wawanesa area about ., but an ramp search of the area failed to find it then. 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