‘RECO NIZE CHINA’ URGED ON OTTAWA ‘Dall bi FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1964 VOL. 25; NO. 5 Pacific » Leopoldville Ses, eee AFRICA ey ETHIOPIA “VIKA NS REVOLT AGAINST BRITISH. These countries in East Africa were the scene of African troop revolts against British officers and N.C.O.s. last week. tion with ¢ service in Underlying the struggle here is the widespread dissatisfac- he slow pace of Africanisation of the armed forces and civil these former British possessions. Many African countries this month commemorated the third anniversary of the murder of Patrice Lumumba, first premier of the Congo. The time has come for Canada to recognize China! This emerges from events during the past week which saw France become the 49th state and the second major western power after Britain to recognize the People’s Republic of China. Only U.S. pressure on a subservient government in Ottawa is preventing Canada from recognizing the biggest country in the world which has become one of our largest trading partners. Commenting on France’s re- cognition of China the national leader of the Communist Party of Canada, Leslie Morris, said: ‘This is a good thing for China, for France, for peace and for easing the cold war. _ **Never mind speculation about General de Gaulle’sprivate opin- ions and his reasons for this ac- tion - the action itself is a posi- tive one. ‘It has come to a pretty pass when a country which has decided to recognize a great state is ex- pected to account for its decision to Washington. ‘Obvious to all is the fact that France has taken an independent position. We should be thankful it doesn’t follow Canada’s ex- ample of having no independent position, and withholding recog- nition of China simply because such a move would irritate the United States. “We hold no brief for General de Gaulle’s political opinionsand his policies in France, but one thing is sure - he is recognizing China because it is a good thing for his country. ‘*We think the time has come for Canada to also show some in- dependence of action and cease acting illogically, as External Affairs Minister Paul Martinad- mits we are.’’ France’s action, along with the many other countries which already recognized China, puts the Pearson government on the spot. It cannot continue to side- track this important issue. When questioned by newspap- ermen last week Pearson hem- med and hawed, finally said our wheat and other trade deals with China ‘‘are a form of recogni- One out of 21 in B.C. on welfare aid VICTORIA — One out of every 21 B.C. residents got some sort of welfare aid in the year ending last March. This fact was brought out last week in the annual report of the social welfare depart- ment presented at the Legis- lature, The report showed, despite the glowing words of pros- perity from Premier Bennett and Attorney-General Bonner, that for the year up to last March there were 80,339 social welfare cases. This is an increase of over 200 from the year before. It also showed that there were 28,793 people getting welfare allowances, an in- crease of nearly 800 over the previous year. tion’* - then hedged on diploma- tic recognition by adding: ‘*We do not believe we should take any step that would require any re- cognition of the rule of Peking over the people of Formosa.’ Long before he became prime minister, on Nov. 26, 1949, Pear- son said: ‘*Formal recognition (of China) will be extended - not to indicate approval of the form of government, but as a measure of contact between the Canadian and Chinese people— when Canada is convinced that the government is independent. There should be little doubt in Pearson’s mind now that the Chinese government is fully inde- pendent and seeks closer ‘‘con- tact’? with Canada and increased trade as the visit of numerous Chinese trade delegations indi- cates. Strong expressions of opinion have come from many quarters in support of Canadian recogni- tion of China and support for China being seated in the U.N. Only last week a model parlia- ment at the University of Toronto was told in a Speech from the Throne that Canada should sup- port the seating of China in the U.N. It added that ‘‘any disar- mament negotiations would be quite unrealistic without the par- ticipation of the largest nation on earth.’’ See CHINA, pg. 8 WOULD GIVE COLUMBIA RESOURCES TO YANKS "DAM BUILDERS FOR U.S.’ ROLE FOR B.C. UNDER NEW TREATY rete of the revised Columbia aes Y announced last Wednesda y came under Sharp attack from Many quarters as the details be- Came known. ea the new terms B.C. will a Ea to build three dams— ties a Lake, High Arrow and reek - by 1973. The U.S. ibe be permitted to build the wily ay. : In return the U.S. ; Pay B.C. $274.8 million and 69.6 Million for flooding. ee Officials, including eG er Bennett, have claimed -S. payment will amount to 3591 milli ion i= Wat hour, » Or 5.3 mills a kil However, U.S. officials andthe ee Press report that the U.S. is ‘Ying about $344 million, or 3.7 nills 4 Kilowat hour. eta out at the revised treaty ae t Conservative externalaf- TS minister Howard Green, Who was a key figure in the early ‘“gotiations, Said: oe are just damming up the = ae 1a in C-nada to give power te e Americans, Nearly allthe ney they pay us will be used to DUild dams,?? sore described the revised : Y as a fantastic bit of figure juggling. ‘*The price has just been built up by taking into ac~- count the interest that will be earned on the cash payment of $275 million. It’s a fantastic bit of figure juggling.”’ NDP national leader T. C, Douglas presaged strong opposi- tion from the NDP in the House GEN. A. G. L. McNAUGH- TON... ‘‘insufficient to protect Canada‘s inter- ests.”’ when he said last Wednesday in Vancouver that the treaty ‘‘re- presents an attempt to sugarcoat a bitter pill which the government is trying to persuade the Cana- dian people to swallow.’’ Douglas added that ‘‘the only financial benefit B.C. will derive will be from power generated on T. C. DOUGLAS... “price will de little more than pay for storage dams.”’ Mica Creek’’, and that the power now will be sold for a price that will do little more than pay for the storage dams. The revised treaty also came under sharp fire from Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton who reiterated his opposition to the pact. He said that changes in the treaty d HOWARD GREEN... “damming Columbia to give power to Ameri- cans.”’ are insufficient to protect Cana- dian interests. McNaughton reiterated his op- position to the Arrow Dam and the Libby Dam in the U.S. which he charged does not adequately protect future power development on the Kootenay River which flows back into Canada. BERT HERRIDGE, NDP-MP --. hit by Socreds for op- posing treaty in Ottawa.