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Bishops Of
Panama Speak
On Dispute
PANAMA CITY (NC)—Pan
ama’s Bishops said here they
recognize the just aspirations
of this nation’s government in
its dispute with the U. S. over
the Panama Canal, but called
on Panamanians to guard
against hatred and resentment
toward the U. S.
They also warned the people
against allowing the conflicts
to work against their inter
ests and play into the hands
of communists.
The Bishops spoke in a joint
statement read (Jan. 26) by
Bishop Thomas Clavel Mendez
of David at an outdoor Mass
attended by 50,000 people. Af
ter the Mass, offered in the
Plaza Independencia in front
of the cathedral, prayers were
said for the nation and for
peace.
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STAMPS COMMEMORATE POPE’S PILGRIMAGE. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
issued postage stamps in four denominations to mark the historic pilgrimage of Pope
Paul VI to the Holy Land. The Pontiff landed in Jordan to begin his visits to the holy
places. All the stamps bear the likenesses of Pope Paul VI and King Hussein of Jordan.
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Catholic Journalist Writes
Panamanians Seek Justice
In Canal Dispute With U. S.
(The following dispatch, giv
ing a Panamanian view of the
events surrounding the bloody
disturbances in Panama, was
written by a Catholic journa
list who is in charge of the
information office of the Pana
ma City archdiocese.)
By Miguel A. Espino
PANAMA CITY (NC) — The
people of Panama, long galled
by what they consider a cava
lier attitude toward them on the
part of the residents of the
Canal Zone, feel in the wake
of the tragic bloodshed of Jan.
9 and 11 that they can now
accept nothing less than full
justice.
The atmosphere of under
standing that appeared to be
gaining ground in recent years,
thanks to the policies of Pre
sident Kennedy and some other
North American leaders, has
suffered a major setback. The
situation is the worst in 30
years.
Basic to this long-fester
ing situation is the 1903 treaty
under which a provisional Pa
namanian government gave the
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U.S. control over a 10-mile
wide strip in which to build
the canal through the middle of
the country. Panamanians, who
feel that the treaty was forced
upon them by the circumstances
of the time, point to the fact
that it does, however, recog
nize the sovereignty of Panama
over the Canal Zone despite U.S.
control. And they hold that North
Americans generally, and zone
residents in particular, have
sought to minimize this fact.
The belief here is that the
bloody events of early Jan
uary could have been avoided if
the Canal Zone authorities had
taken a more forceful stand
against U.S. extremist groups
active in the zone, and if the
Panamanian government itself
had intervened in a situation
that indicated danger 48 hours
earlier.
And in the wake of the blood
shed, the exasperation of the
Panamanians has been further
heightened by allegations in the
U.S. press that the demonstra
tions were inspired by Castro-
Communist agents. They agree
with the comment made by Pre
sident Roberto F. Chiari in a
special radio-television broad-
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cast on Jan. 20, when he was
asked about such charges:
"It is impossible to con
ceive that a nation could have
acted in the way it did in the
face of the aggression and the
insult to our flag because they
were prompted to do so by for
ces of absolutely foreign ideo
logies which will never have
strength here. . . We know
there is social unrest in this
country, and movements and
leaders of ideologies alien and
foreign to democracy will try
to take advantage of it. But the
just and great causes, as is the
Panamanian cause, cannot al
ways be said to be directed by
those elements. Impossible.”
In this statement, the Presi-*-
dent spoke the belief of all the
people. Communism alone can
benefit from the situation of the
recent past. And many Panama
nians feel that if communist
agents were at work, it was
among the North Americans in
the Canal Zone—so absurd was
the stand maintained there for
so long a time without any ef
fective intervention against it.
But let us review the crisis
which caused the great rift
between Panama and the United
States:
The first bloodshed occurred
on Jan. 9. But there were warn
ing signs two days earlier;
North American students at
several Canal Zone schools
were hoisting the U.S. flag up
regular and makeshift flag
poles. Their actions flouted the
U.S.-Panama agreement of 1962
for the flying of the Panamanian
flag alongside the Stars and
Stripes. The students also de
fied the orders issued the pre
vious month by the Zone gov
ernor, Maj. Gen. Robert J.
Fleming, Jr., to refrain from
flying the U.S. Flag outside
school buildings.
The students of the Canal
Zone’s Balboa High School, it
was understood here, were en
couraged by the extremist-
dominated Civic Committee to
disregard the Governor’s or
ders. Also on Jan. 7, a Canal
Zone policeman identified as
Carlton Bell had raised the U.S.
flag without the Panamanian
banner at a point in Gamboa.
In the face of these viola
tions of the existing agree
ments, the Panamanian govern
ment kept silent, apparently ho
ping that the Canal Zone au
thorities would be able to pre
vail over their fellow citizens.
On the morning of Jan. 9,
Governor Fleming asked "the
cooperation” of all North Am
ericans in honoring the "pled
ges” entered into by the two
countries. Then he flew to the
United States to keep some pre
vious engagements. But while in
Miami, he received orders to
return to Panama, where the
situation was in the hands of
Gen. Andrew O’Merar, com
mander of the U.S. military for
ces in the Canal Zone.
A group of 50 students from
high schools in Panama City
had crossed into the Canal Zone
late that afternoon. They bore
a Panamanian flag, intending to
raise it alongside that of the
U.S. in front of Balboa High
School. On reaching the school,
they explained their purpose
Only four of the 50 were per
mitted to go near the flag pole
site. They sang Panama’s
national anthem.
Then suddenly they were sur
rounded by zone students and
civilian adults who insulted and
mocked them. One of the Pa
namanian students later recal
led that without any forewarn
ing, they were quickly caught up
in a torrent of shouting and
hitting in which the Canal Zone
police also took part. The Pa
namanian flag was destroyed in
the scuffle.
With tears of indignation in
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Ormond
Speaker At
Saint James
SAVANNAH — At the Jan
uary meeting of the Saint James
Home and School Association,
Mr. Alex Ormond, President
of the Savannah Science Semi
nar, gave an interesting talk on
the work being done by this
organization in helping gifted
young science students to fur
ther their scientific studies.
Mr. Ormond told how these stu
dents are selected, and spoke
of some of the projects con
ducted by the students with
the assistance of the Seminar.
Mrs. W. T. Gaudry was named
chairman of the reception to
be held following the Confirma
tion ceremony, set for Feb.
21st.
All members were urged to
attend the mission to be con
ducted by the Vincentian Fat
hers, February 9th through
14th.
An invitation was extended to
all to attend the parish dance
on Saturday, February 1 at the
Benedictine Auditorium. Mrs.
Fenwick, President of the Pa
rish Council announced that the
Council would serve a buffet
supper at the dance.
The Home and School As
sociation voted to purchase a
set of World Book Encyclope
dia for the school library.
SAVANNAH — Thirteen es
says and poems submitted by
students of Saint Vincent’s Aca
demy will appear in this year’s
editions of YOUNG AMERICA
SPEAKS and the annual ANTHO
LOGY OF HIGH SCHOOL
poetry.
A certificate of "Special
Mention" was awarded to
senior, Mary Van Orsdal, by
the National Poetry Press for
her entry, "Communion.” Mary
was among five students whose
poems were recently accepted
for publication in the Anthology
of High School Poetry.
Other members of the senior
class thus honored are Pamela
Johnson and Kathy Roach. The
junior and sophomore classes
will be represented by Nancy
Jackson and Bette Goldenstar
respectively.
Essays submitted by eight
juniors and seniors will appear
in this year’s edition of the an
thology Young America Speaks.
In the senior class Mary Jane
Tuten, Anne Davis, Katie Co-
rish, Carole Poole, and Eileen
Kearns entered winning essays.
Gaye Anderson, Rebecca Honea,
and Gloria Miller earned hon
ors for the juniors.
These contests in which the
students competed, under the
direction of Sister Mary Jo
seph Ann, R.S.M., are conduct
ed by the National Poetry Press
and the National Essay Press to
motivate creative writing
among high school students and
to provide a method of recog
nizing talent In those who re
spond.
Acceptance certificates for
both the poems and the essays
were presented to the winning
students recently by Sister
Mary Fidelis, R.S.M., prin
cipal.
Upon publication copies of
both anthologies will be avail
able to students, teachers and
school libraries.
See Red Attack On
The Panama Canal
(Analysis by Cardinal
Mindzenty Foundation)
‘‘Get out before it is too late,
before you are chucked out. . .
We side with the people of
Panama.” So demanded
Khrushchev in Moscow follow
ing the Communist-led riots at
the Canal Zone in early Janu
ary . The Khrushchev dictum
was immediately echoed by key
agents in the Communist appa
ratus all over the world.
Mao Tse-tung, boss of Red
China, said the "Chinese peo
ple firmly stand on the side of
the Panamanian people. . .The
heroic struggle now being wag
ed by the people of Panama
against U. S. aggression and in
defense of their national sov
ereignty is a great patriotic
struggle.” Translated from
Aesopian language, this means
that the Panama riots are part
and parcel of the Communist
design for world conquest
through the encirclement of the
United States. The official Com
munist New China News Agency
reported that LiuShao-chi, head
of state, and Premier Chou En-
lai sent a message to Panama
President Chiari expressing in
dignation at "U. S. atrocities”
and promising Chinese support
of Panama.
Gus Hall, general secretary
and principal spokesman of the
U. S. Communist Party, charg
ed in St. Louis on Jan. 12 that
Panama has been “the victim
of 50 years of aggression by
the United States.” Hall said
the U. S. should get out of the
Canal Zone and "take the ini
tiative in putting it under inter
national supervision. Panama is
symbolic of all Latin America,
and the explosure point is being
reached in more and more coun-
tries.”
The Jan. 14 edition of‘‘The
Worker,” in a front-page edi
torial entitled ‘‘Return the Sto
len Zone,” demanded: ‘‘Return
to Panama . . . the land stolen
from it, including the Panama
Canal.” The Jan. 19 issue of
this same Red newspaper
phrased the line differently:
‘ ‘The Panama Canal should be
transferred under the interna
tional jurisdiction of the United
Nations, with . . . all the income
from . . . the Canal to . . . the
Panamanian people. The Canal
Zone should be transferred
without delay to Panama.”
Thus, Communist propaganda
stresses two contradictory
themes: (1) nationalization of
the Canal through expropria
tion by Panama, and (2) inter
nationalization under the United
Nations (where the U. S. would
be outvoted). The Communists
just want to steal the Canal
from America — no matter how.
Stealing the Panama Canal
from the United States is one of
the oldest objectives of inter
national Communism. John
Reed (notorious U. S. Commun
ist who went to Russia in 1917
and now lies buried in Moscow’s
Red Square) said that * ‘inter-
The Southern Cross, January 30, 1964—PAGE 3
nationalization of the Panama
Canal” was one of the battle
cries of the Bolshevik Revolu
tion. This Communist objective
has had help from agents within
our own country. In 1946 Alger
Hiss, then head of the Office of
Special Political Affairs of the
State Department*. transmitted
the official report of the Gover
nor of the Panama Canal to the
United Nations with a descrip
tion of the Canal Zone as "oc
cupied territory.”
Communist pronouncements
and publications, such as the
21st Congress of the Communist
Party in Feb. 1959, have re
peatedly emphasized the im
portance of Latin American agi
tation to steal the Canal from
America. The recent Panama
riots were predicted in the
April 1963 issue of the official
Red journal WORLD MARXIST
REVIEW which said: ’ ‘We know
that the revolution in Panama
can win only in a severe strug
gle .... In final analysis its
outcome will be decided by the
armed people.”
The role Castro played in the
Panama riots is documented by
a handbill distributed by the
pro-Castro Panamanian Com
mittee for Defense of the Cuban
Revolution. This handbill
claims credit for the recent
anti-American conflict and for
inspiring President Chiari to
break diplomatic relations with
the U. S. The handbill boasted:
"Panama will be very soon like
Cuba a Marxist-Leninist state
.... Let us confiscate the
Yankee properties. . . .Castro
will send us more arms and
more experienced leaders so
that we can make revolutionari-
ly viable the demands of our
government. . . . It is necessary
that our government denounce
the treaties of 1903, 1936, etc
9 t
Panamanian Congresswoman
Thelma King, unwed mother of
four children and Castro’s chief
voice in Panama, admitted that,
if it were not for the fact that
she enjoys parliamentary im
munity, she would be in jail for
her role in the recent Panaman
ian riots. She admitted that she
made radio broadcasts calling
on the people to go into the
streets and fight. In 1962 she
returned from an eight-day visit
with Castro and gave an impu
dent interview to a U. S. re
porter, saying: 1 'Our goal is
complete sovereignty over the
Canal. . . .If Panama takes it
to the United Nations or the
World Court, I’m sure the law
yers of these organizations will
decide the treaty has no
value. . . .Every African coun
try will vote with us. . . .Every
neutral country will vote with
Panama. . . .The Communist
bloc will vote with Panama.”
The Panama Canal is the
American jugular vein, our life
line. It is vital to our survival
that Americans know and resist
Communist objectives and tac
tics about the Canal.
SPECIAL MENTION — Sister M. Joseph Ann, R.S.M.,
English teacher at St. Vincent’s Academy, Savannah, pre
sents a certificate of "Special Mention” to senior, Mary
Van Orsdal. The award was given by the National Poetry
Press for her entry "Communion.”
Documents Upcoming
VATICAN CITY (NC)—Pope
Paul VI is working on three
documents of major impor
tance.
The first is a motuproprio—
a document issued on the Pope's
own initiative—setting forth the
norms for carrying out the
liturgical reforms decided on at
the ecumenical council. This
will be issued sometime before
Feb. 16.
The second is a reorganiza
tion of ecumenical council rules
and norms for handling matters
before the council, Including an
other condensation of schemata.
The third is an encyclical.
At present nothing is known
about the subject or the time of
its publication.
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