The Bermuda Recorder

              __ * 9 saturday june 29 1957 the bermuda recorder page five your weekly feature page the commonwealth new zealand at ire ice-cooled picnic poles stressing britain gams bag today mao's doctrine an ice-cooled picnic bag des cribed as especially suitable for use in warm climates and a folding suit case believed to be the only one of its kind produced in britain with a zip have been developed for the export market by a firm m exeter devon mounting coolness is laid to trade losses suez action and bomb tests high prices from britain new zealand sold to britain at weh bclow world prices as a family revision of soviet marxism is viewed as backing for independent warsaw evolve into a nonantagomstic type of contradiction for in stance this would happen if chiang kai-shek would return taiwan formosa to the peoples china in that case it would become purely an in ternal matter of the people's china and the differences would be of an non-antago nistic type . by w n ewer gesture now r the terms of trade have turned against new zealand but the british have paid little heed to new zealand's pleas for special consideration it this year s conference ot commonwealth m i n i s t e rs which meets in london ou june 26 marks • double anni versary the first meeting of colo nial premiers was held in the complete independence and sovereignty the only ques tion was whether it would be possible for this evolution to take place without destroying the galaxy itself yet that has happened every member state of the commonwealth is free to leave it if it so chooses the republic of ireland left the commonwealth in 1948 auckland new zealand june 8 — j undamental changes are appearing in the relations between britain and new zea land llie picnic bag measures 10 ins by 10 ins by 10 ins 25.4 cm and is available in several colours it is soft and flexible being made of plastic and is insulated with ji layer of fibre glass between the outer covering and the inner white warsaw june 19 the polish communists are con tinuing to give the widest possible publicity to mao tse tung's new doctrine of the hundred flowers many leading personalities of the polish united workers communist party partici pated recently in a public dis cussion of the doctrine enunci ated by the chinese commun is contended here of all the former british colonies new bealand has re mained until lately the most enthusiastic and uncritical supporter of british policies a labor prime minister michael joseph savage ex pressed the traditional new zealand policy when he said at the outbreak of world war ii where britain stands we stand where she goes w3 go in particular new zealand has been seeking a review ot the basis of imperial prefer ence reached under the pre war ottawa agreements thai stilj govern crade between the two countries it is acknowledged that the ar rangement now favors britain much more than new zealand but the british have rejected efforts for reform it is said summer of 188 just seventy years ago it was almost acci dental the premiers of the self-governing colonies had come to london as guests for the celebrations of queen vic toria's jubilee opportunity was taken for them to have informal talks on colonial affairs with lord salisbury and other united kingdom ministers that was the first faint beginning there was no idea that it was the beginning of a permanent and world important institution the premiers did not meet again until the diamond jubilee ten years later then it was de cided to have regular meet ings 1907 — just fifty years ago — the imperial confer ence took definite form the progress in china is the result of continuous over coming of nonantagonistic contradictions even the con tradiction between the work ing class and the bourgeoisie is not antagonistic the bourgeoisie has been given the opportunity after being isolated from the working class to use their talent and education in the interest of the economy and this enabled us to solve the differences in a peaceful way the evolution has not bee'i an untroubled one there have been conflicts there have been episodes which one must wish had not occurred yet looking back it is rare indeed in history that s'o vast a change has eome about with so little strife and so little bitterness lining inside the bag are two pockets each containing au ice-pack which consists of a welded plastic envelope measuring 2 2 ins by 5 ins 21.5 x 12.7 cm with a filling hole a small plastic funnel is also supplied mi alt t ... _ _ . ist chief of state he held a major trade mission that spent several months in lon don gained only one concret concession the right of un restricted entry to britain for new zealand dairy produce and pig meats for the next ten years that contradictions existed in socialist as well as capital ist countries and .. that there was room in socialism for a hundred flowers — meaning different and sometimes con flicting opinions the same slogan has been echoed at every moment of crisis by the present national party prime minister sidney g holland who has nothing else in common with labor t a . 1 . . . . the process has been some times gradual and almost im perceptible at times swift the first world war gave the then dominions full state hood and membership of the league of nations the con ference of 1926 recognised the right of dominions to conduct their own relations with foreign countries and to have their own diplomatic represent atives the first was a can adian minister to washing ton he was vincent massey now governor-g e n e r a 1 of cananda the lee-packs are filled with water and placed in the ice compartment of a refriger ator when frozen the two packs are inserted in the pockets inside the picnic bag and they will then keep the this revision of soviet inter pretations of marxism was set forth by mr mao in two major speeches to chinese party leaders in peiping earlier this year but that attitude is chang ing it is said here failures in the machinery of consulta tion over suez and the hydro gen bomb tests have brought complaints that new zealand's support is taken very much for granted in britain even mr holland has shown uneasiness and resentment . more and more the view is being expressed in new zea land that britain is quick to raise considerations of family ties in moments of adversity but at other times cares little about her ntost reliable sup porters a four-point summary continued on page 6 the nonantagonistic type of contradiction that may drive a wedge . between the masses and the leaders can be summed up in four main for polish communists mr mao's doctrine has specific significance in regard to their relations with the soviet union the meaning is never stated as such but it is elearlv viewed as support for polish efforts to buttress independ ence won from moscow in the last year the story of the develop ment from the colonial premiers meeting of 1887 to this commonwealth confer ence of 1957 is the story of the development of the com monwealth itself it has been as one can see looking back an almost inevitably develop ment given the basic british political assumptions but lord salisbury for one would have been astonished and incredu lous if some crystal gazer had told him that within the span of a lifetime the self-govern ing colonies — self-governing then only in domestic affairs would be fully independent partners with the united king dom in a commonwealth of sovereign states sir wilfrid laurier the famous canadian premier had in 1897 a vision of a galaxy of free nations but even he would have hard ly expected that sixty years later the galaxy would in clude india pakistan and ceylon and as its newest member the african state of ghana be offered as an inducement in building up trade points it is taken for granted here that the government will in a few months move to reduce the preferences now granted in tariffs on british goods all export industries are planning drives to find new markets and tariff concessions are likely to britain must remain new zealand's largest market and largest source of imports but it is evident that less senti ment will henceforth enter into relations british policies are likely to come in for much more critical examination than hitherto it is said ttl the contradiction be tween the backward economic forces of production and the progressive system of produc tion more far-reaching effects have resulted from differences over trade during the vears immediately after the war when food was scarce and foreign countries demanded it did more than this it laid down firmly that the united kingdom and the dominions are autonomous communities within the british empire equal in status > in now way subordinate one to another in any aspect of their domestic or external affairs freely associated as members of the british commonwealth of nations that incorpor ated in the statute of west minster became and in all essentials remains as it were the charter of the common wealth the next great step was the recognition of the sovereignty and equal partnership in the commonwealth of three asian countries india and pakistan in 1947 and ceylon in 1948 it was a profound change the commonwealth had be come in the words of mr liaquat ali khan the premier of pakistan a commonwealth of free nations who believe in the same way of life and in the same type of democracy now to join the european and asian partners comes african ghana there are others to come 2 the contradiction be tween the interests of the in dividual and the interests of the community during the discussion here for example stanislaw brod ski one of poland's leading communist writers and editors said the example cited by mr mao to illustrate his thesis of contradictions applied iu poland as well 3 tlie contradiction be tween the immediate needs and the necessity to safeguard the prospects of the future xf gives b&h 4 and as the result of these factors the contradic tion between correct and in correct views on how to solve the above coutradictions to overcome them by way of persuasion and discussion rather than by force m brod ski declared the primary • struggle must be waged against dogmatism and sec tarianism this in the speci fic polish political situation means stalinism oaanest tttie leaders must show llgreat farsightedness in notic ing and in solving these con tradictions by the proper methods and in the right time those leaders who will not take notice of these con tradictions or who will not be able to solve them by a proper method are threatened by seri ous political danger and this may happen not only because they do not keep up with the course of history but also be cause the high they hold may incline them to sub jectivity and cause them to be blind to reality mr mao's speeches un doubtedly will form one sub ject of the discussions he is scheduled to have here this year with polish party lead ers the precise date and other details of his visit to poland are being worked out between the two countries the earliest date now being mentioned is august la a -/ x/^fl f ** 7 f rfirlf // i v iwf^^^a bl km *& i w ffi "*" £*■ d^i #* "* r vr i jims f kit t^ky^k bal 1 i • 7 1 1 l^^^^ks ww ask ulnl / j&ml c*"t jb i » / t^mm^k wf mm i i t^tm y^jx rrl m^l^ba rl mk ffl mamf^^h^a ■ v * 1 w*^^w j^^^^h .^^^^ yet as i say it was inevit able it was inevitable that british self-governing institu tions should as they did dur ing the nineteenth century develop and be recognised in the european colonies it was equally inevitable that as lord macauley foresaw 120 years ago such institutions should in the course of time be demanded by the people of india he was wise enough to declare that this would be one of the proudest days in british history equally it was in evitable that once self-gov ernment in however limited a sphere was established there must be an evolution to \ \ \ following is another hither to unpublished section of an official summary of mr mao's speeches : views on bole of party views on contradictions speaking 011 the party mr mao said here then is the common 1.1 -■ — wealth today it spreads all across the world to every continent and to the shores of every ocean it has in it great peoples of every colour race and creed that to my mind is one of its most valu able features § there is a tendency in the world today to the formation of regional or racial or religious groups there is the european move ment . there is the arab movement the latin ameri can bloc there is the soviet group based on a com mon official creed these all have their values but also their dangers the common wealth is if not a challenge a sort of counter poise it is all asssertion of the possibility of a partnership which is neither racial nor regional nor bound by formal treaties or constitu tions it is in a way the liv ing symbol of the unity of all peoples we must draw a differ ence between the two kinds of contradictions the contra diction between the nation and the enemy and the con tradiction within the nation or society the contradiction between the nation and the enemy has been solved in china mainly by administra tive methods of coercion but the second type must find a difference solution a solution that will not drive the people from the party but will bring them closer to the party the party is strong only by its unity with the masses and this is not decided by numbers but by whether the masses follow the party especially in difficult and complicated situ ations the communist party of china now has 12,000,000 members this is a figure lower than in many other ivcyoii mdobli rery oi the ustian i ence nitor continued on page 6 we must be careful that the nonantagonistic type of contradiction does not evolve into the nation-enemy type of contradiction and this can happen if the methods used to solve the non-antagonistic con tradictions are not the right ones such as in hungary on the other hand it is also pos sible that the enemy-nation type of contradiction 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