Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 16, 1982, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free december 1982 f yugoslavs seek path to future by William Pfaff special to the free press Yugoslavia Tito once said that he led a country with two speaking three professing or not professing four re made up of five nationalities Macedon and Monten Grans in six re pub including two autonomous re the whole with seven different foreign countries on its that actually put it too he should have added As Well As As National Minori each with their own not to speak of the surviving thracians and original inhabitants of the now called he could also have noted that Ven hapsburg ottoman turks and bolshevik russians some of those who have taken a hand in Yugoslavia or Tito held it All until his death in Many people feared than that the without would Fly it has what it has been compelled to do is to face the unresolved issues which Titos Long Domina Tion had permitted yugoslavs to Tito imposed not a but upon the problems of this multiplicity of people and traditions usually mutually hostile coexisting on a hard Titos argument was simply that of the South slavs could survive if they stood to much As they might hate one the past had to be or to put it another what had to be remembered from the past was what it had Cost them to have done what they had done to one there was a political As Well As an economic Model for Tito and the Yugo slavs in 1944 and when the Republic was proclaimed and they were it was the Model of the soviet they rejected that Model after when Stalin turned against a longtime comintern opera Tive because of his hesitant ind Epen his reluctance to see Yugoslavia turned into a Mere soviet his Milovan says of that totalitarianism at the outset is enthusiasm and conviction Only later does it become Tito and his colleagues Drew an awk Ward the country remained a party but they looked for a different Model of society which could make practical sense to they found it in a Federated yugoslav in which the republics have major Powers and Over the years have augmented their Powers too much it May for the economic Good of the which acknowledges the Mutual dependence of the and practises a nonaligned foreign very but Tito is the balance of Power Between republics and Belgrade is newly for the leadership of the Central government rotates among representatives of the it re Mains with the party the yugoslav league of itself decentralized where no dominating figure or group has it May be questioned whether the amount of Power which has gone to the republics could be reclaimed by Belgrade without a major the actual form govern ment will eventually take remains in the eventual form of the Economy is also under Tito a famous de centralization of economic took More than 80 per cent of Gross National production is under social owner in self management re sponds to Market in until risk has been socialized and the discipline of the Market accordingly now that is changing or is supposed to change because Yugo Slavia is in serious economic it has been living considerably beyond its and foreign Banks no longer want to make the yugoslav response has been Dis rather than ask a rescheduling of its the government has put severe controls on the domes tic foreign and declares that it will meet its the next few years will be the some billion is owed in interest alone in each of the next three Belgrade says it can some foreign observers doubt but the determination to and that the problem seems popularly and the governments decision is a Datum of in unsatisfactory the Economy is in the soviet Model the wests libera Capi taoist Model is also what the yugoslavs have improvised be tween the two is unsatisfactory this capital of is Shab Bier than East its shops Impo Graffitti cover ing the nothing kept is not other cities Are other shops Are yet traditional has been the commercial and ought to be the yugoslavs Are searching Tor what to a National under a former president of the nation Al executive the ser get has been consulting virtually every economist of consequence in the As Well As on economic his report is expected at the Start of signs Are that it will propose further moves toward the Market but decisions Corne be cause Power has been Yugo Salvias is a cumbersome system which seeks everything has to be talked decisions have to be negotiated among the the Federal without real Politi Cal has nonetheless acquired unexpected importance As the place where these deals Are hammered Hal command As an Economy half devolved in Power nominally democratic but with actual Power still with the party and police Yugoslavia looks for what it should the crucial danger to the country does not come from the out it does one come from the risk of however difficult Unity May be and in the Case of the albanian minority in Kosovo it is very the yugoslavs simply Are a Long Way from finding what they Are to make of their when Tito was they did not have to think about now it is up to for Many Tito held Yugoslavia Many regions his successors seek a new course to macedonians Celebration seen As tory plot Toronto Ontario progressive conservative government is planning to celebrate an event hardly anyone can the province is drawing up detailed arrangements to commemorate what it cars Ontario Bicentennial in it has fixed the Date of what it claims is the 200th anniversary of the arrival in 1784 of the first United Empire loyalists those who came from the United states to Settle Here after the War of the government has alerted All its ministries to see what they can contrib Ute started mapping out How it can get municipalities to put on events begun considering advertising and education Al campaigns so every resident will be Well aware of what is going on chosen a celebrating together and even got one of its tory Public relations firms to draw up a the Secretary for social develop Margaret who will chair a Cabinet committee overseeing plan says it will be an Opportunity to recognize the importance of our entire history and to celebrate together our Rich heritage and Honor the achieve ments of All citizens of this province the Queen has been invited and accepted in the prov Ince is hoping for joyous celebrations in every town and perhaps the oddest thing about All this is that even if the arrival of the Eric Dowd in Ontario first loyalists were considered an appropriate event on which to base a 1784 is not listed As the Date of the first arrival in major his tory the encyclopedia Cana Diana lists the first arrival As in traces excellent tercentenary his tory of Canada says the beginnings of this emigration into what is now Ontario were in 1783 and so does the authoritative Canada and its prov inces in 23 the most that can be said for 1784 is that loyalists came in greater num Bers than it can also be argued if Ontario wants to celebrate a others Spring More readily to in for upper which became and lower which became were separated and permitted representative and in 1792 the first legislature of upper met at those suspicious about Why the government fixed on 1984 As the year for celebrating a Bicentennial and they include both opposition parties won Der if it has any connection with the fact that 1985 will be an election when the conservatives will be trying to extend their incredible 42 years in it would be a helpful time for the conservatives to have lots of commercials counting Ontario bless Ings particularly when the Economy is not Likely to be All that buoyant and Cabinet ministers glad handing in every Community and Premier Wil Liam Davis giving his Little homilies on the Virtues of the monarchy As if the tories invented when people Are asked to take Pride in the who have managed it for so inevitably get a bit of a Liberal Leader David Peterson says i am All for celebrating our but the tories appear to have picked the Date for political reasons their prime motivation in everything they new democratic party Deputy Leader James Foulds Calls the Bicentennial a completely contrived excuse for the conservatives to spend taxpayers Money before an election to make people feel Good about themselves and their province and the conservative such criticisms Are doing nothing to discourage the if it were easily put it would have been put off already by a study it commissioned to find out what people think about a the government has re fused to make the study Howe civil annoyed at the prov inces planning to spend Money on a commemoration which is dubious in some respects while restricting them to a five percent pay leaked it to the the study found that virtually no one knew what 1784 when people generally Felt it was not a year they particularly wanted to celebrate and the whole thing was an artificial excuse for a the study found receptivity to a Bicentennial based on 1784 ranging from indifferent to in where unemployment is nearly 30 per cent and people have less to the study found considerable hostile it concluded that building a Bicentennial around 1784 would be viewed with scepticism and this has not deterred the govern it is ploughing ahead with visions of a much cheaper version of Canadas which did a lot for National Pride in on its it is a Good in As the civil servants running the project put ontarian do not think enough about their and it is worthwhile to remind them of it so that they can better understand their province and their neighbors and the Way they it is valid to remind people at times of their the question is whether 1984 is an appropriate time or whether the to win yet another elec Are prepared even to rewrite everyone loses in quarrel about speaker despite the approach of the Holiday the spirit associated with that festive time of year has not been evident in the conflicts Are Normal in the but the acrimony which has been Evi Dent in the past few Days was some thing tempers have flared in the but they usually occurred later in a when Las were debating issues which underlined political beliefs and fighting against the pressure of it was usually a sign that the session was when hostility flares within the first a mood is created which May affect the entire legislative pro it has been particularly painful because it has focussed on the albeit a member of party in after assuming responsibility for the operation of the that person attempts to be As impartial As when that impartiality is constantly his effectiveness is hampered and problems Are the current Jim has been placed in that difficult position because the opposition is convinced that he was not allowed to forget who elevated him to that the problem began last week when Bud Sherman asked about an investigation into heading Ley jail and corrections minister Len Evans denied its when Sherman contended hat the minister had not told the whole Story and moved that the House Cen sure the motion was rejected by the whose ruling was upheld under the dome Arlene Billinkoff by the government at that the matter seemed to be until two Days later dui ing the throne speech when Sherman talked about the govern ments competence and examples of what he believed to be half truths included Wilson Parasiuk handling of the Western Power Howard Hawleys statement about res Toring the health care system and Evans denial of an investigation which already under those words angered who insisted that Sherman could not get away with totally untrue he wanted the critic to withdraw the comment because the matter had Al ready been although the speaker saw no prob new democrats As they echoed Calls for Point of order hollered Al one member should not be allowed to say that another one misled the especially after a vote was Sherman was but of order but was he the speaker still seemed to dismiss the Point of order and Sherman was permitted to com plete his Given that the tories were justifiably surprised after supper the speaker said he had reviewed a transcript of the earlier debate and decided that remarks about Evans were out of although i ruled on the matter without the Benefit of perusal of Han it is possible that my remarks were not he because Sherman comments had Al ready been the subject of a matter of he urged the la to with draw those the tories were shocked about a ruling on something which had already been but the nip insisted Mackling Point of order had not received a ruling and the speaker was merely fulfilling his but what had changed his mind asked the comparing this development to a football referee coming Back and changing a Sterling Lyon cant go but the speaker was it was a Basic Rule that members did not reflect on his ruling and Sherman should with draw the i have not reflected on your conduct warned but if this procedure is carried your conduct will be reflected i can assure for the who would not withdraw what he believed to be the packed his papers and left the according to the the speaker named the member for disregarding the authority of the chair and Roland Penner formally moved to expel him for the rest of the the tories accused the government of shameful but Pawley insisted he was disturbed about certain terminology and would Rise every time until there was some re but what about respect for the speaker the following Lyon asked if anyone had contacted the speaker at supper break about the Sherman matter when Pawley and Penner admitted visiting his of announced that his plan to Intro Duce a motion to refer the entire mat Ter to a committee for by the tory plan the matter was too serious to wait for an said with the speaker making a decision in the afternoon and changing it that evening after meeting with Penner and the tory Leader wanted to act immediate therefore he introduced a Resolution that the House no longer has Confidence in the presiding that motion was ruled acceptable by the who believed that such a matter should not be hanging Over the and the debate govern ment people argued there was no sub stance to the allegation that the speaker had changed his mind and insisted he had taken the proper course of the opposition contended that the Issue had been dealt with in the afternoon and there had been no justification for the second even quotations from Hansard seemed to be a matter of interpretation but the government majority came to the speak ers Rescue and Defeated the unfortunately that did not end the according to the the speaker is still under a Cloud which will not disappear until he has been1 while the new democrats Hope the entire matter will evaporate Over the Holiday perhaps that period May provide time for both sides to but the prospects do not look if they remain locked into their cur rent the new year will not be an easy with the opposition Ham Pering government action wherever that will work to the disadvantage of All it is a Nowin doonesbury so Wawa huh i think it got a this ism uk5a its got Builtin Goffi totals Tibet with he this is my first ;