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Show The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand Because of the hovering menace to our nation's security, to due the unjustified determination to give away this strategically essential national defense asset, it is worthwhile to ponder the things that the Angel told Daniel would be finished when the breaking cf the power of Gods people was completely accomplished. There was to be a time of trouble" which would be more severe than anything ever before experienced since there have been nations (Dan. 12:1). Already we arc aware of the imminence of such a Time of Trouble, with fearful weapons of destruction being readied for the ultimate day of conflict. However, there is great assurance in the fact that Daniel was also told: At that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. (Dan. 12:1.) Following this, mention is made of the coming resurrection and the stupendous realities which will be experienced by those who have a part in the actuality of this impending phenomena: And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. (Dan. 12:2-3- .) The events associated with the fulfillment of these them the prophecies among breaking of the power of the Holy People as a major signal call for profound spiritual alertness in this new year the Year of our Lord 1977! DO YOU JUST BELONG? February 3, 1977 The Utah Independent Page 7 GUN CONTROL IN RED CHINA By Clyde A. Farnsworth Los Angeles: Mao while he lived, cunningly insisted that the Chinese Communist Party never yield supreme control of the armed forces to their own high officers. Tse-tun- g, axiomatic was It Chairman Mao to insist that the party control the gun, and not the other way round. Yet, just the opposite had come about with the death of Mao and the elevation of a successor to the chairmanship in the person of Hua Kuo-fen- g if one accepts the Chinese Nationalist intelligence thesis that Hua is an essentially unprotected and therefore transitional figure. There can be no doubt that Hua had the backing of a predominant segment of the party central to become party chairman, first minister of the government (premier) and chairman of the party central committees military commission. It may follow that Hua has been fobbed off with these honors in an ephermeral role that adds nothing to his firepower. That, to start with, was nil. It still is. Liberation The Peoples Army, it is said, went along with Huas purge of Chiang Ching and the Gang of Four for own. its reasons of The PL A wanted, needed or had to have countrywide stability during the transition following Maos passing. In the years of the cultural revolution, Mao and wife incurred the animosity of many senior cadres and veteran soldiers of their through the so-calle- d hell-raisi- Are you an active member The kind that would be missed. Or are you just contented That your name is on the list? Do you attend the meetings And mingle with the crowd. Or do you stay at home And crab both long and loud? Do you take an active part To help the group along? Or are you satisfied to be The kind to just belong? There is quite a schedule That means success, if done. And it can be achieved With the help of everyone. So attend the meetings regularly And help with hand and heart. Don't be just a member, But take an active part. Think this over, members, Are we right or are we wrong? Are you an active member? OR DO YOU JUST BELONG? for ng young generals". That disaffection roughened the careers of a PLA chief of the general staff, an acting chief of staff, a director of the general political department, a former commander of the Wuhan military region and Chen Yi, chief of the Third Field Army. All came under embarrassing verbal fire. In the Un Piao scandal of 1971 still more military leaders d, were including Lin himself, Maos then designated successor. Lin died in an aircrash on his way to the Soviet Union. He was defense minister when he fled Peking. also by the Denounced cultural revolutionists were another chief of general staff, an airforce commander and a director of logistics. Even the late Chou En-l- ai was not immune to Red Guard side-tracke- struggle. In more recent times, the Chiang-Chin- g group went on winThe legitimate object of ning battles with the moderate, Hsiao-pin- g, protege government is to do for a com- notably Teng heir apparent to Premier munity of people whatever they and need to have done but cannot do at Chou. Mao's death Sept. 9 brought all, or cannot so well do, for themselves, in their separate and the sturggle to a halt, but not individual capacities. But in all before the radicals apparently that people can individually do as had tried to exert Maos remaining power to seize control well for themselves, government in the Politburo, the military comought not to interfere. a Abraham Lincoln mission and the state council takeover coup that failed against the moderates. The radical failed, says a There never was an assembly nationalist intelligence summary, of men. charged with a great and because they had too few friends arduous trust, who were more pure among senior cadres and few in their motives, or more especially veteran soldiers who exclusively or anxiously devoted to compromise about one-thiof the than them, committed to the object party Central Committee. were the members The military which played 1 787. Convention the Federal of of the leading role in arresting Chiang James Madison radicals rd Ching and other presumably was composed of senior military leaders as well as current real military power-holder- s. the summary said. The document went on to list senior military cadres for possible g inclusion in the Ching with named four group starting vice chairmen of the military commission which is subordinate to the Central Committee: Yeh Chien ying, who is concurrently defense minister but a in the PLA; Hsu power-holdHsiang-chieformerly chief of the Second Field Army, the main force a of the PLA; Nieh Yung-che- n, former commander of the Peking-Tientsgarrison areas, and SuYu, formerly of the Third Field Army, one-tim- e chief of the PLA general staff. The intelligence rundown also lists the following powerholders as against conspirators possible Hsi-lie- n, comChen ChiangChing: manding the Peking military commanding region; Li the Shenyang (Mukden) region; Han Hsien-chcommanding the Lanchow region, and of the Canton region. As Peking area commander, Chen is viewing as a stabilizing influence on the past Mao power struggle. His support of Hua for the immediacies of takeover, however, does not mean that he is loyal to the new party chairman. His support of Hua Kuo-fen- g does not necessarily betoken a permanent relationship, say the His support of Hua nationalists. apparently was largely owing to his awareness that most senior cadres and military men were opposing the Chiang Ching faction, they anti-Chian- er n, in Teh-shen- g, u, Hsu-Shih-- yu add. Chen Hsi-lie- n, again the name is to reckon with, a career artillery commander. He'was born some 60 years ago in Huangan, Hupei province, and has commanded in the Mukden region (1959). He chaired the Liaoning provincial revolutionary committee in 1968 and has belonged to the Politburo since 1969. In late 1973 he was transferred from Shenyang to command the Peking region, and in 1975 was named a vice premier. He was a long time enthusiast for the lately disgraced and purged Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-pin- g. Chen was attacked by Chiang cultural the during Ching revolution as one of the Liu-Te- ng Liu was now long headquarters. President Lih Shao-ch- i, gone from the Peking struggle. Chen was struggled again in early 1976 in wall posters at anti-rigin the Shenyang aimed deviation ist campaign mainly at Teng. The nationalist sources say that the crackdown on Chiang Ching and company does not mean the end of the succession struggle. Of the 300 members and alternates, of the present Central Committee the radical account for over 40 percent. Moreover, almost four out of ten leading members of various provincial revolutionary committees are In addition they have organized two to three million urban militia men in the main cities, the sources say. They in trade the also predominate ht pro-radica- unions and ls. other mass organizations throughout the country. The moderates, on the other hand, are split into many factions, it was said. That Government is Best that Governs Least THE BAD AND GOOD NEWS By Paul Scott Washington: Of all the domestic issues facing President Carter, the growing energy problem in the U.S. could easily become the most critical during the coming four years. This harsh fact of lifeis clearly indicated in the report on Energy Developments left behind for the new President and his cabinet by former President Fords economic and energy advisers. In effect, the document contains an admission from the former president that the energy situation got worse rather than better during the two years of his administration. A graphic illustration of this will be required if the U.S. is to meet its future energy needs. NEW ENERGY SOURCES The amount of substitution of alternative energy inputs for petroleum to date has not been great, according to the final Ford energy report. It states: While coal is being substituted for petroleum, increased amount of petroleum is being used to make up for shortages of natural gas by industrial consumers. Petroleum as a percentage of total energy inputs in manufacturing increased from 27 percent in 1973 to 30 percent in 1976. situation is the These are some of the reasons that this country's why the nations growing energy disturbing revelation dependence on oil from the problem is shaping up to be one of explosive Middle East is now at an the Carter administration's biggest all time high and is expected to in- domestic headaches and challenge. crease during the coming year. THE GOOD NEWS Not Imports currently represent 41 percent of U.S. oil consumption, all the reports left behind by former compared with only 29 percent in President Ford and his advisers 1972, and 35 percent in 1974. contained bad news for the new countries the of western Although president. Venezuela hemisphere, primarily The one detailing and Canada supplied about two-thirAgricultural Developments" of U.S. imports of petroleum during the past two years conin 1973, less than half came from tained some really good news. It western hemisphere in 1976. This stressed that the U.S. carryover of means that the U.S. is now more stocks of food grains had greatly dependent on oil from such Middle improved. East countries as Saudi Arabia and Almost completely depleted Iran than ever before. by massive exports in previous The drain of dollars from the years, U.S. carryover stocks from U.S. to pay for these increased im1976 food grain crops and stocks ports is even more dramatic, ac- are expected to be around 28 cording to the Ford ad- million metric tons for wheat and 2 ministration's final energy report. million tons for rice or roughly It warns that the cost of petroleum half a year's total supply for eatl;. This carryover will heip imports rose from $7.5 billion in 1973 to $32 billion in 1976 with stabilize food prices for U.S. conmost of the cost due to the 400 sumers during the coming year, acpercent increase in oil prices during cording to the Ford food report. that period. The stockpile also will give the new What makes the energy trend Carter administration the extra in the U.S. so upsetting are two lit- food stockpile for use in the tle noted factors. The increased development of a new imports of petroleum during 1976 international food reserve to help was due to (1) the increase in guard against famine in Africa and demand for petroleum, and (2) the Asia. decline in domestic production of The international reserve, to oil. consist of 30 million metric tons of Despite a series of programs wheat and rice, was proposed by enacted by congress during the past the Ford administration but never two years to stimulate oil producimplemented because of the lack of tion, the decline which began in the surplus food and feed grains. U.S. in 1970 continued for the six The report notes that the straight years. private prospective carryover Because of this production stocks of wheat and rice above decline and the growing working stocks in the U.S. now dependence on Middle East oil, the provides the necessary stockpile of new Carter administration was adgrain needed to set up the vised to put even more stress on international reserve. In other words, the Ford adenergy conservation than did the Ford administration. The report ministration left President Carter More resource-e- f concludes: with a powerful food weapon to ficient energy conservation fight inflation in the U.S. and to systems, and ultimately, help improve the image of the U.S. alternative primary energy sources throughout the world. ds THE REAL DETENTE Despite my great desire to leave prison to see my to hold family, my new-bor- n son whom I had never seen. I could not deny Christ, for without Him my family and I would be Alexei of Russia, former bulldozer driver and leader of an unregistered church in Aschabad, imprisoned USSR, by the Communists for his faith in Christ. completely lost." -- Reprinted from This was the determined stand taken by Brother CHALLENGE Ihiblished in New Zealand Individuals in a free society rarely behave the way (governmental) think they planners Fact is that which is. whether we Facts are know them or not. Our is to discover purpose should." them. - Wall Street Journal - -- A. E. Mander |