Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 15, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Sunday by press company limited 300 Canton 81rwt. Winnipeg Manitoba. Publisher and editor in chief Peter Mclintock Maurice Western. Ottawa editor r. H. Shelford general manager Winnipeg free press Western Condo s newspaper Winnipeg monday october is 1973 Freedom of Trade Liberty of religion Equality of civil rights a cracked vision the image of a Brave new world projected Over the years by president Nixon and Henry Kissinger crack the saturday of the jewish Day of atonement and is now lying in fragments on the Road to Damascus. The promised super Power detente has proved to be a very one sided affair and what Hopes America still had in the Middle collapsed As soon had become evident that the detente King had no clothes. The Iran the pillar of America s Middle East policies who has been Given billion in arms arid equipment has entered into a sudden agreement with Iraq thereby freeing iraqi forces to enter King Hussein carefully cultivated by the no longer resist the pressures and has joined the fray. Kuwait which has been receiving american planes arid elec tronic weapons As Well As serious technological Aid has been leading the pack demanding Oil sanctions against the United states. Amid this wreckage of Hopes and dreams or. Kis Singer s voice on Friday sounded sombre and ominous. The Secretary of state has trodden carefully offering to save both Moscow s face and the remnants of the de Tente but there was firmness and sadness in his warn ing that the i super Powers would now be drawn into confrontation they did not necessarily seek or even Start. Indeed the situation is now As serious As was the cuban crisis even though no crisis atmosphere is discernible in any Western capital. The United states Congress is too Busy with watergate tapes and speculation whether president i Lixon will surrender them or be impeached to have time for events that might cause the coming Winter to be very cold indeed literally and otherwise. Where the soviet Union is driving for the Mastery of the Mediterranean the Western world is sadly fumbling. It is a ghastly replay of the late 1930s, with dictators Petty High an d demo s crazies of adds with one another All mesmerized by the seeming efficiency and successes of totalitarian re Gimes. A diplomatic contest carried out under such handicaps has Only faint chances of Success. Yet one must Hope that Moscow s washing oncologists Are not so fascinated with the watergate vituperation As to mis judge the temper of the american people and indeed of All democracies. The mistake is often made Ancl not Only in communist of attributing United states support for Israel to the influence of America s jewish lobby. This is sheer nonsense. Washington s stand on Israel is dictated first and Foremost by America s own great Power interests in the Mediterranean and the russians would do Well to realize this. There Are now Only a few Days left during which the Salvage something from the Middle East shambles. An immediate cease fire which would keep the israeli armies in Possession the vital Golan Heights areas while leaving the egyptians entrenched along the East Bank of the Suez canal might give diplomats a breathing spell in which to Avert the present dangers. However should the fighting continue with others join ing in Turkey has been mentioned As ready to assist Syria which would mean a fateful breach of nato Soli Darity 7 then the vision of a better world will have been shattered beyond redemption. Possibility of nuclear confrontation sombre assessment by Paul Whitelaw Washington h a n g -1 current War. Israel could ing Over the troubled also regard the outcome As situation in the Middle East is the terrifying possibility of a direct confrontation be tween the nuclear super Powers. No one. Here believes the soviet american relationship has yet Meterio. Rated to that extent but Secretary of state Henry Kis Singer warned Friday that the War carried the Poten tial for getting out of in the couched and calibrated language of diplomacy that was sober assessment the reason Why we be Lieve that a Long term Settle ment in the Middle East is so important is tile danger that the Middle East May become time what the Balkans were before stated the new Secretary at Lis first state department news conference. That is to Secretary wildlife society charter member friends of nature club past president anti Hunters league then in the Quebec election language As an Issue he elaborated an where local rivalries area have their own momentum that will draw the great nuclear Powers into the confrontation that they did not necessarily seek or even necessarily the optimists Here Envis age the United states and favourable since it would Nave yielded nothing More than a few Miles of desert while retaining much of the Sinai As a protective Buffer zone the syrians whose territory has been carved up by Israel would tacitly agree to a ceasefire As a Way of recouping some of their losses. Such an outcome however is possible Only if Washington and Moscow can avoid the further erosion of their detente badly undermined during the past nine Days. Just How deeply concerned dry. Kissinger is. With pre serving an improved rela t i h i p with the soviet Union was evident at his Friday news conference. He avoided engaging in open polemics with the russians noting that soviet actions in the Middle East had not but declaring that on the whole the rus sians were not acting irresponsibly. In fact or. Kis Singer noted that if you compare their conduct in this crisis to their conduct in 1967, one has to say that so behaviour has been less academic autonomy two from last tuesday meeting of the Senate of the University of Manitoba dealing with the charge that former University affairs minister Saul Miller had interfered in the tenure Case involving prof. W. N. R. Stevens l that there was in fact such inter Ference and 2 that while the University served notice on the provincial government that it objects to this inter Ference the Senate was by no Means of one mind on the Issue the vote was 35 to the vote reflects Tiore than the conflict of interests which has existed for some time in the. Academic ranks of the University it reflects the confusion in academic thinking on the subject of. University autonomy. In this sense its much More than a local Issue involving a specific Case it is a Issue that has reared its head in University in the Maricl. A it has its origin in the fact that universities since they have become so largely funds Are than at any time in the past Crea Tures and that consequently government control Public purse. V this his Puffin a new Light the question of University autonomy Fistal and academic. It easy if a simple distinction could be Jade Between the two that whatever inroads a government made in a Uri Vierst to s fiscal policy the University s control of academic policy would remain the Issue however is not quite so simple. Control of fiscal policy affects Aca Demic policy if for no other reason than that the limit of government funding sets limits on what a University academically can do. But within these limits academic autonomy should be and the majority on the University of Manitoba Senate is right. Because he invaded these limits or Miller has been justly rebuked an d the government advised of the University s displeasure. The wonder is that so Large a minority on the Senate who presumably cherish academic Freedom and autonomy voted against the motion. That however is not the Only instance of fuzzy thinking on the part of some Senate members. Two suggested that the Type of interference of which or. Miller was guilty would find approval not Only from govern ment but from the press. They did not identify the press they referred to but it could not have been this newspaper which has consistently supported the cause of academic autonomy within the limits outlined above. Montreal anyone who thinks the language is sue is not important in the present. Q be be c election Campaign is wrong. Consider the following conversation Between an eng Lish Canadian reporter and a Young French Canadian Stu Dent at a meeting in Mon Treal wednesday night. Student do you know the meaning of the word colonized 1 that s what we quebecois Are. All the important decisions that affect quebecois Are made by out siders As if we were some kind of reporter Well a lot of people in the West and in the maritime complain that they Don t have a big enough share in the decisions thai affect them. Does that mean they re colonized student by our Bosses Doh t even speak our language. We have to learn theirs. So we have to Settle the language problem before we can take on the other t the meeting was called a the movement for a Creel Quebec and More than 80c French canadians p a c k e c the Small Hall beside pare Lafon Taisie to hear spokes the liberals the Union Nati Pnaife and the parti quebecois def end thei respective Psi tins t on Ian Guage. The credit stes decide appear because according to a Telegram Rea at the meeting from part Headquarters they did no see any Point in. Partic pation in a meeting organized by a certainly the going a hot and heavy for Edu Watib minister Francois Cloutie who sat through barrage of personal insult and outspoken his government for a goo four hours. But it opinions a the meeting and extended soviet Union As giving Only provocative less incendiary limited military support to less geared to multary their friends while applying the previous pressure on them to accept a United nations Call for a ceasefire. Hopefully they Are Correct for the Arab adding of Quebec apers and a wide variety of personal conversations Here e any indication there seems to be a growing con census that the role of the Rench language should be lengthened and1 that of in 1 i s h Down played to a r e a t e r extent than at resent. The Issue As or. Cloutier served an emotional be. The minister s training a psychiatrist qualifies in to judge the Impact of Uch emotions and perhaps Elped him to so scout calmly lie attacks launched against in wednesday right. One emotion charged sym Bol for Many French canadians is Bill 63, passed in 1969 o Settle a school dispute in suburban St. Leonard. The a guaranteed the acquired ight for Quebe cers. To Edu Cate their Glish and children in allowed in immigrants to Send their Chil Dren to either English or Rench schools. Union National representative Normand Cherry told the meeting that at the time the birr was passed by his party s government it was considered Only a temporary measure to Settle a specific problem. But since then the Call to repeal Bill 63 has sparked demonstrations and serious debate throughput the prov Ince. Organizers of the meeting presented the party spokes men with a petition against the Law Signa Tures gathered from across Quebec. The Liberal party does not want to do anything about Bill "63 at the present time. B r e d a party r a e 1 1 War could with a or. Cloutier cited a recent provincial Royal commission report that said the Bill was no real threat to the French majority in Quebec and recommended no action on Bill 63 for the next three years. If French is to become the working language in Quebec and the language in which most people live he explained Mere legislation is no real solution. A certain infrastructure is needed. The government had carefully accomplished a certain amount in areas hat had gone far to protect French culture. Such measures include the provision that anyone entering 25 different professions speak Frenchman in creased budget for teaching French in the schools Ian Guage aspects of language in Quebec. While the credit stes did of participate in the meet no their position on Lan Page is fairly Clear. Party eader Yvon Dupuis has said that All immigrants must be e n t to French language schools until they become citizens and the teaching of Rench in the school system must be improved. As for the Union want Bill-63 they want French declared the Only official language of Quebec of immigrants in French Canadian society and a firm knowledge of French of air English Quebe cers. The parti quebecois needless to say wants Bill 63 repealed too. The official language of an Independent Quebec would be French the working language that neither washing on nor Moscow wants. Con s i d e r the following scenario of some military strategists who foresee the possibility of an All out Battle along the Sinai front Egypt and Israel following upon the expected israeli crush of the syrian forces. No Quarter would be Given in this and both sides would soon be running Short of air planes tanks and ammunition. U r g t Calls for help would go out to Washington and Moscow. Both the United states and soviet Union under pressure irom their friends Wuu feel forced to come to their Aid leading to a Sharp increase in rhetoric on both sides Liew strains on american soviet relations and the risk of a direct confrontation Between the two during the current War the russians have conveniently forgotten the principles of detente signed b y president Nixon and chairman Brezhnev in Moscow last year the Kremlin Nas a practical interest in a lessening of tensions. One important Side effect of detente Wou lil be increased Trade with the United states and president Nixon has proposed improved Tariff rates for Russia in his Trade there has been Strong pressure in Congress to link such a Concession to a soviet guarantee of free jewish emigration and inevitably this resolve is being strengthened by the War. Or. Kissinger succeeded on thursday in persuading the leadership of the House of representatives from taking legislation the attraction of immigrants into French Ca Nadian society and More Money for language teaching in the schools. The government has pro supervisory Board to watch Over the application of All Laws protecting and promoting French an operation aimed at accelerating the use of French in businesses with More than 500 employees and the French and the state radio and television networks would broadcast in French. One can safely assume Hen no matter who wins his election that if there is anybody out there who is contemplating a move to Quebec they too should Start thinking about learning French. A forecast albeit pessimistic but entirely possible is the basis for american Hopes that Calmer Heads May prevail and a ceasefire be achieved. Moscow and Washington it is anticipated will be Able to drive Home to Israel and Egypt that an All out Battle in the Sinai would prove nothing and Lead to Victory for neither Side. The. Egyptians who could claim Issue. He thereby avoided a debate with Strong anti soviet overtones but unless the Kremlin exhibits a greater spirit of detente the House seems More Likely than Ever to tie tariffs to Russia s treatment of jews. Some officials Here believe that a critical debate now is going on in Moscow Over whether to give priority to improved relations with the United states or support for French in private Enterprise said mrs e s t h e r Nepveu Bilodeau former Secretary. Of the que dec liberals policy j. Olmstead Winnipeg Bora Burritt rapids out., oct. 15 1888 George win. Winnipeg formerly Warren born because they now held part of the Eastern Dank of the Suez canal would accept a ceasefire with moire Confidence in Rie gotta Tigris for a Arab cause. If so the outcome will be crucial not Only for the troubled Middle East but the future of the now precarious relationship of the two nuclear super i Why the government had oct. 13, than before t falsely r a modern the pan arabic Zeal of King Hassan of Morocco seems difficult to explain. He has been on last unsuccessful plot by moroccan1 officers o assassinate the King. However where the super nationalist libyans and Al bad terms with his fiery have been giving tra nationalist Token support to the colonel Muammar armies battling Israel of Libya and has gone All out Houari Boum Dienne of has been ferrying troops Geria both of whom the front in her. Own air been accusing the the sex vice president King of Lack of nationalist sentiments and arabic Soli Darity. Indeed col. Qaddafi was accused by the moroc cans of having been impair clean up needed the Hong Kong police which periodically advertises in Canadian newspapers to attract recruits from Here has been accused of being an abysmal pit of corruption. There have been alarming reports that the police have been involved in drug trafficking and indeed charges were i proffered against a British police officer who amassed a Fortune during is few years service in i this British Colony and then slipped away to Britain. A Hong Kong judge has been appointed to make recommendations on cleaning up the police department but action seems to have been stalled because the police authorities Are reluctant to Lave their dirty Linen washed1 in Public. Meanwhile corruption charges have also been levied in the Field of Public housing health and Public today s scripture woe unto them that arc Wise in their own eyes and prudent in their own sight Isaiah works and British papers conscious that the misrule in this last important British Colony brings. Discredit to the government in London demand a Stern investigation and a ruthless punishment o those found guilty. It has been remarked tha the colonial authorities cleaned up Hong Kong Phy Sicily and turned the million City into one of Thi tiniest places in asia1. Thi time has now come the papers say to follow this u by an equally Fie Colv moral clean up. Were these troops Dis patched to far off Syria orces the King of Morocco referred to have As far Iway from his capital As Days the interesting possible these Bible m a a e s Reading and one can specs ate whether some of the moroccan officers carried with them a 20th-Century version of the letter of Uriah the hittite. It will be re called How King David who lad found Uriah somewhat inconvenient d e r e d his army commander to put the Brave mercenary in a Battle position where he could not survive. In the second world War the moroccan troops were among the bravest of the free French forces. The speculation about their pres ence in Syria might soon find an interesting answer. To Washington vice a president agnews abrupt resignation and plea make several things Clear and they also raise several questions. It is Best to begin with what is made the questions Are the opposite of firmly answerable As these words Are written. Now that the. Vice president s ordeal is Over by his own decision and the jus Tice department s consent the watchword Here is to be compassionate. Unlike most Washington watchwords it is a Good tone. Consider the situation of a fairly poorly paid county official of Small which Spiro t. Agnew was before he be came governor of Maryland. In a place like Baltimore county in these last two decades a single change o zoning has been enough to make several very Large for tunes. Even a sewer permit has been Worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Some he Heights simply do not offer resignations and enter Leas when the charges against them can be Puc Ess fully denied. In this Case the Justice department s massive 40 age statement of the facts n the Case makes Plain that his was a Case that went a it further than the zoning Hange sewer permit sort of thing. For example there were those 5 per cent Lees said by winners of Engineer states like Maryland have a Long tradition of Politica office As a profitable Way o life. So it is easy enough to see How or. Agnew found himself in trouble. That much being said however it must be further said that a Good Many tear have been falsely shed in re cent weeks. Vice president Are by definition politician who have scaled the Heights whether by Luck or goo management. Experience politicians who have scale by Joseph Alsop no contracts and there Ivere a lot of mighty fat in sneering contracts. Further if he s protesting can t bother him but if it a just a More the Justice depart sent s statement of facts presented for Public per usal by agreement with the Agnew defence team and Lere fore with Spiro t. Agnew himself. Yet the As. Previously been accused f being far too hard on the ice president and being out to get a consid Rable number of right Wing republicans even believe that the president was out to Jet his own vice president hat Richard m. Nixon was craftily trying to make Spiro Agnew a Scapegoat for his in troubles. V can now be seen o have been pure Hogwash. The rather Why he vice president and his a vyers broke their negotiations with the Justice department in september. The same terms were open to he Agnew team then that were accepted this week. The vice president was asked to resign to plead guilty of income tax avoid Ance and to submit to the Justice department s state ment of All the facts. In sep tember these terms angrily rejected. One Lias to c o n c 1 u d c therefore that the aim in september was to cd Peri mint with the effects of a political offensive by the vice president. With Grea care and with great astuteness too or. Agnew was in fact carrying on an Offen Sive against both the White House and the Justice department for a. Matter of two can see no it was the1 Hope that hell raising would secure better terms. On Friday oct. 5., however the Justice department was abruptly notified by the Agnew lawyers that they would like to resume the negotiations that had been so openly Erms broken off. The old were offered once again by attorney general Elliot Richardson. This time alter a haggling about terms were promptly accepted. You could have no clearer justification of the course the ustice department and the White House have followed. In the Light of the Justice department statement o f president and the attorney general Are in truth seen to have treated the vice president pretty gently. Surely they were Wise to do so. On the one hand the . Has quite enough constr onal problems on its hands already at any rate until the question of the famous Nixon tapes is settled. But if that hurdle can be gotten Over and with the Agnew problem solved on the other country can perhaps Wade out of the swamp of crippling political troubles at Long last ;