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EDITORIAL
Thursdoy, December 13, ivozs
ELLENDER IN AFRICA . . .
Upsets Afro-U.S. Relations
A UNITED STATES senator went to
Africa last week. Like Caeser, he came,
he saw, but he did not conquer he
destroyed.
Sen. Allen J. Ellender took, a junket
into Southern Rhodesia which has un
questionably set United States-African
relations back at least a decade. Speak
ing before the local populace as an elect
ed official of the United States, the
Lousiana senator defended racial segre
gation in South Africa and asserted that
the average African is incapable of lead
ership without white help. He even went
so far as to say that South Africa's aper
theid program was too late, but it was
a step in the right direction.
To the newly-independent Africans,
trying to regain their dignity after 200
years of colonial rule, this was a particu
lar galling remark. Ellender's thought
lessly chosen attacks on Negro leaders
have irreparably damaged much of the
trust and respect for American inten
tions among these sensitive people of Af
frica. NOR CAN THE senator's remarks be
justified by the rationalization that he
was speaking only for his Southern con
stituency. Africans will never accept this
explanation of inconsistency in U.S. pol
icy. Ellender's barely ineligible remarks
did not simply sound like a southerner
to his African audience. As an American
1 speaking on another continent, Ellender
was misrepresenting the people of the
United States.
Many Africans, not understanding the
subleties of the American political sys
tem, will take his remarks as official
policy. This is evident by the fact that
Ellender's remarks prompted Tanganyi
ka, Uganda and Ethiopia to forbid his
entry into their nations not only on
the current trip, but even if he should
ever return to Africa.
ONE REMARK like Ellender's thus
can undo the work of all Peace Corps
men in Africa. Its racial slur creates bit
terness and distrust of American mo
tives that months of careful foreign pol
icy planning and action has sought to
eliminate.
However, the administration is pow
erless to stop such disasters. Only Con
gress c a n do this by policing its for
eign travel policies. Although not as loose
as it once was, congressmen and sena
tors still have and exercise their ample
opportunities to travel at public expense.
For the good of the country and the
taxpayer, investigative trips abroad by
Congressional committees or individual
members should be kept to an absolute
minimum.
Merit rather than seniority should be
more of a consideration when sending
elected officials abroad.
Leave Fighting Devils Alone
Chinese Student Analyses
Sino-Indian Border Dispute
by Wong Teln-Mun (james wong )
(Editor's Note: James Wong is a
University student who is concerned
about the one sidedness of opinion con
cerning the Himalayan boarder dispute.
In the following article Wong Tein-Mun
attempts to discuss the dispute from Red
China's point of view in relation to his
tory. It is an important view for readers
to have to understand the nature of the
dispute.) i
THE CUBAN AND Sino-Indian
boarder crisis began almost simultane
ously. While danger in the Caribbean
seems to be heading to an end, the fire
on the roof of the world is just start
ing. This contrast is, perhaps, quite rea
sonable because trouble in Cuba originat
ed only after Castro gained power, but
the dispute at the Sino-Indian border
could be dated back to March 24-25, 1914.
As far as Americans are concerned, In
dia has little love, Red China has a lot
of hate, and so America rushed help to
India. This action is understandable in
any respect. But now, I shall try to rea
son with the reader on the aspect of
whether the Indians or the Chinese have
the right principle behind them.
I realize that I am in a very delicate
position and I write this article with
great hesitation. Before I start, I would
like to make it clear that I have just as
little affection towards the government in
Peiping as any American if not less.
I also want to make it clear that rry
attitude towards my friends from India
will not change no matter how the unde
clared war develops because government
al and personal friendships are quite dif
ferent. LET US FIRST see what are borders
in this part of the world. At the time
when the western powers, especially
England, expanded their colonial posses
sions eastward, China was still an un
paralleled power in terms of military
might and economic prosperity; Europe
ans were very anxious to avoid any clash
with China less it interfere with their
conquest of the other Asiatic lands.
When the British finally added India to
their expanding empire, they found it
prudent to leave the northern frontier of
India where it was.
The tradition here was that all the
small kingdoms in this area such as
Nepal, Brutan, etc., paid tributes native
products to China symbolizing their ad
mission to Chinese authority and supre
macy. These countries were never both
ered by the Chinese nor was China both
ered by them. Travelers went from coun
try to country without need of visas or
passports because border lines simply
did not exist.
EVENTS MOVED fast. The corrup
tive Ching Dynasty emperors began to
build the foundation for China's weak
ness for the years to come. Once their
weakness was shown, the British lost no
time to venture to the north. Their first
objective was Tibet. Their first step was
to push as far north as possible. When
the Chinese government realized this, the
border dispute began.
Brutan and Nepal had become pro
tectorates of the British. China now want
ed to establish a definite border line be
tween Tibet and Northern India. After
years of conferences, on March 24-25,
1913, the British held a secret conference
with a local Tlebtan official and an agree
ment was signed. This was the birth of
the McMahon Line.
On July 6, 1914, after China learned
of t h e agreement, the Chinese govern
ment officially announced that they
would not accept the McMahon bound
ry. This announcement came while China
was still suffering the effects of their
revolution of 1911, which left them too
weak to do anything about the McMahon
line except write numerous protests.
The dispute, however, came to a recess
during the First World War and was not
renewed until 1922 when the British
troops returned to occupy the territory
they claimed. Still China was too weak
to protest.
BY 1950, INDIA was no longer a part
of the British Empire and China was no
longer a free country. The government
of India claimed what their masters had
left them and the communists in Peiping
were determined to hold what was sup
posed to be theirs. The face of the border
dispute had changed entirely now. China
was no longer the weaker side in the
dispute and India could not be as indul
gent as the English in their territorial
claims.
The McMahon line is a symbol of
China's years of weakness an appen
dix of the days when "might made
right." No Chinese government, commu
nist or anti-communist, can dare to, or
should, accept it. Yet, Nehru, the once
celebrated peace-lover before the Goa in
vasion, insists that all that is south of
the McMahon Line is India's. If a fragile
nation as India is today could be so de
fiant to legal rights, I really wonder how
a powerful India would act. Perhaps Pak
istan and Portugal can give us an ac
cuine prediction through their lessons in
Goa and Kashmir. '
Right and wrong is a judgement
through reasoning and reasoning needs
facts. I have presented some here.
WHEN DEVILS fight each other, the
best thing is to leave them aione. If the
Americans want to spend money fight
ing the Red lunatics in Peiping, why don't
they send their weapons to the national
ist Chinese on Taiwan (Formosa)? The
nationalist Chinese can make one hun
dred times more efficient, use of the
weapons than the Indians.
I have written this article because 1
have been asked by many people about
my opinion on this border dispute. Be
ing a Chinese, I know more about this
issue and am willing to let others know
the truth, but I am afraid that people
might mistake me as favoring commu
nism which I am definitely not. In fact,
the contrary is more accurate.
There are a couple considerations
overlooked by most, in this border dis
pute. One is that it is a pity that most
of the Americans consider all Chinese to
be communists. Actually, according to
reliable sources, 85 per cent of the Chi
nese on the mainland are anti-communists,
let alone the Chinese overseas and
those in Taiwan. And they have virtually
forgotten that America and China had
been two unbroken allies ever since their
first contest in the middle of the last
century.
Another consideration overlooked is
that the fruit to India which this dis
pute has brought them is necessarily a
sweet one. The logic behind this may be
a little complicated. I shall make It short
here. Ever since I was a teenager I
could see that If India continued to follow
its philosophy of non-violence, India
could never stand up and progress. The
Red Chinese, through their action, broke
this tradition giving India a tremendous
gain in the long run. This point is not
yet seen by everybody, but history will
prove that I am right.
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a jaundiced eye
by susan
Leta Powell Drake is a
queen. Last night, she
was a woman carved in
ice. seeking vengeance.
The occasion was the
opening of "The Visit," a
remarkable play ... as
written by Friedrich
Duerrenmatt, that is.
As directed on the How
ell theater stage, it was
also remarkable. But not
for the usual reasons.
The play in itself is a
fine, ironic study in naked
greed, reminiscent of
Twain's "The Mysterious
SO-anget."
The story concerns a
young girl who is seduced
by the town's handsom
est young rake, gets preg
nant, presses the issue in
a paternity suit, which
she loses through the lov
er's production of two
witnesses to say that they
slept with her, also.
She is forced to leave
town, and because of the
disgrace heaped upon her,
she becomes a prostitute.
Eventually, through the
mysterious workings of
fate, she becomes the
world's richest woman,
buys up the town through
agents, and returns.
The townspeople haven't
been able to fathom the
"blight" which has re
sulted in their town's fac
tories closing out, and
they are delighted when
she offers to give a bil
lion marks to the town to
set it on its feet again
. . . except that there is
a condition.
Her former lover must
be killed. She has even
brought a casket (along
with a fiance, the two
witnesses at her trial,
now blinded and gelded,
the judge at that trial,
now her butler, and a
black panther) to take
him away with her.
As Claire, the un-hero-lne,
Leta Powell Drake is
superb. The bitterness in
the woman who returns
30 years later to the town
that ruined her is skill
fully interspersed with
glimpses of the betrayed
Stanley
girl to the point that the
audience is able to sym
pathize with her.
Tom Crawley is very ef
fective as Anton Schill,
the former lover now dis
sipated by financial mis
fortunes, compounded by
a bitchy wife and scabby
children. It was difficult
to see even a glimpse of
the dashing, 19-year-old
lover he had once been.
Instead, a shell of the
man remained; his life
had consisted of a series
of disillusionments.
As the town burgomas
ter, Don Sobolik was re
markable. Watching Sobolik at
work is an education in
itself. His characterization
of an elderly man who,
along with the rest of the
town, succumbs to the
, awesome fate of greed is
flawless.
Leta Powell Drake was
beautifully dressed by
Frank Vybiral, supervisor
of the costume crew.
In all fairness, though,
we . , must note 'the real
scenestealer. And it
wasn't even human.
I don't know if it was
just me, but . . . well,
there was this door. Only
it wasn't a door, see. It
was what you might call
a pretend door. It was
into SchiU's shop, and ev
ery time some actor
opened it, it was supposed
to jingle. Only each ac
tor had his own idea of
where it was, what side It
opened on, whether it
opened in or out, etc. Oh,
it was a regular riot . . .
as a matter of fact, the
whole scene was lost
where at least 5 people
walked through it. Per
haps it's unfair to make
such a point of this, but
this was only one exam
ple of the technical as
pects of this show.
Because of the excellent
performances of leading
characters, and the mar
velous Irony of the script
which is practically im
possible to mar, "The
Visit" is worth seeing.
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(ACP) Wililam Cole, 19-year-oid
junior at Emory
University, Atlanta, Ga.,
says he expects to be
come a good doctor. But
in the meantime he is
willing to give Ihe busi
ness world whirl
Cole and a friend from
the same hometown, Mi
ami Beach, Fla., put to
gether a hair tonic con
sisting of methycellous,
artificial scent and water.
They called it, to take ad
vantage of a competing
product's TV ads, "Greasy
Kid Stuff."
They bottled and la
belled enough to be in
business, and they are
conferring with a maga
zine to see if the compa
ny will buy an interest in
the product.
The university's news
paper, The Emory Wheel,
notes that Cole's investi
gations did not begin with
the hair tonic. Last year
he designed ties which he
sold to department stores
in Atlanta and Miami.
(ACP) The Michigan
State News, East Lans
ing, reports the arrest of
a student on a charge of
reckless driving during a
pep rally on campus.
Officials said the stu
dent was driving a Volks
wagen that had 16 people
in or on it.
Ag College Sells
67 Surplus Sheep
Sixty-seven ewes were sold
for $4227.50 at the Ag College
surplus sheep sale last Sat
urday. Members of the Papillion
Future Farmers of America
paid the top price of $ 1 0 1
for a Hampshire ewe.
Tate of do7f
Told by Reader
To the Editor:
Once upon a time a
young man named don
Douglas the third decided
to devote himself to the
admisable task to defend
ing the good a nd the
right. Daily, he would
mount his trusty nag,
Sub-Roclnate, and s a 1 1 y
forth with head high and
lance lowered.
One day he stumbled
onto a verbal windmill
which contained the words
"Mason" and "Sub Kosa"
In the same sentence,.,
Hnw terrible! Young. Im
pulsive don Douglas, ea
ger to- defend and to ex
hibit his prowess with
weapons of lnvoctlve and
insult, charged head-on
into the windmill.
Alas! Poor don Doug
las, so eager to wreak
right, had little time to
read the windmill-letter
or to discover that it was
directed not against Ma
sonry, but rather against
anti-masonry. Rather, he
committed the quite em
barrassing blunder of ex
posing himself in all his
callow youth to the criti
cal eye.
Is It not regretable that
such ardent enthusiasts
have so little time to dis
tinguish between wind
mills and ogres?
Sincerely youn,
n C fiennett
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Author of "I Was a Teen-age Dwarf', "The Many
Loess of Dobie Qillit", etc.)
HAPPY TALK
As we all know, conversation is terribly important, on & ckta.
Whn lulls in the conversation run longer than an hour or two,
one's partner is inclined to grow logy even sullen. But oc
casionally one finds it difficult to keep the talk going, especially
when one is Iih ving a first date with one. What, then, does one do?
If one is wise, one follows the brilliant example of Harlow
Thurlow.
Harlow Thurlow prepares. That is his simple secret. When
Harlow is going to take out a new girl, he makes sure in advance
that the conversation will not languish. Before the date, ha
goes to the library and reads all 24 volumes of the encyclopedia
and transcribes their contents on his cuffs. Thus he makes sure
that no matter what his date's interests are, he will have arnpl
material to keep the conversation alive.
Take, for example, Harlow's first date with Priscilla de
Oasser, a fine, strapping, blue-eyed broth of a girl, lavishly
constructed and rosy as the dawn.
Harlow was, as always, prepared when he called for Priscilln,
and, as always, he did not start to converse immediately. First
he took her to dinner because, as everyone knows, it is uselest
to try to make conversation with an unfed coed. Her attention
spun is negligible. Also, her stomach rumbles so loud it is diffi
cult to make yourself heard.
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fto he took her to a fine steak house whore he stoked her with
gobliets of Hlaek Angus and mounds of French frieu and thick
ets of escarole and buttalions of petit fours. Then, at last,
dinner was over and the waiter brought two finger IkiwIr.
"1 hope you enjoyed your dinner, my dear," said Harlow,
dipping into his finger howl.
''Oh, It was grand v-dandv!" said Priscilla. "Now let's m
someplace for ribs."
"ImU'x, perhaps," said Harlow. "But right now, I though
we might have a conversation."
"Oh, goody, gowly, two-shoes!" cried Priscilla. "1 Iea
looking everywhere for a Iwy who can carry on a intelligent
conversation."
"Your search is ended, madam," said Harlow, and pulled
back his sleeves and looked at his cuffs to pick a likely topic to
utart the conversation.
Oil, woe! Oh, laekadiiy! Those cuffs on which Harlow had
painstakingly transcribed so many facts those cuITr on which
lie hud noted such diverse and fascinating information those
cuffs, I say, were nothing now but a big, blue blur! For Harlow
poor Harlow! splashing around in the finger bowl, had gotten
his cuffs wet and the ink had run and not one word was legible!
And Harlow poor Harlow! looked upon his cuffs and broke
out in a night sweat and fell dumb.
"I must say," said Priscilla after several silent hours, "tlu
you are a very dull fellow. I'm leaving."
With that she flounced away and pour Harlow was too
crushed to protest, fiadly he sat and sadly lit a cigarette.
All of a sudden Priscilla came rushing back. "Was that," sin
asked, "a Marlboro you just lit?"
"Yes," said Harlow.
"Then you are not a dull fellow," she cried, and sprang into
his lap. "You are bright! Anybody is bright to smoke such a
perl ant joy of a cigarette as Marllwro which is just chock full
of yummy flavor, which has a frielee.trate filter which comes in a
soft pack that is really soft, and a Flip-Top Him that really flips,
and which can be bought wherever cigarettes are sold in all fiftv
stntes and Duluth Harlow, tiger, wash your miffs and
be my love."
Okay,' said Harlow, and did, and was. w
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