European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday March 7, 196 held a Lospoto break Between Rhodesia . Is Complete by Joseph w. Grigg London up the Brea Between Britain and its rebel Colony of Rhodesia is virtually Complete. The hanging of three african wednesday by the breakaway regime of Premier Ian Smith i disregard of a reprieve order signed by Queen Elizabeth ii was the final act of Defiance in the rebellion that began with unilateral declaration of Independence nov. 11, 1965. The British labor govern ment s Hopes that a negotiated settlement still could be worked out appear to have been killed. All that remains to Complete the break is proclamation of a Republic which most British officials now believe is Likely to come showdown came last weekend when the British government announced that Queen Elizabeth had reprieved the three africans two convicted of the gasoline bomb murder of a White rhodesian and the third of another murder. The reprieve was announced after the rhodesian courts had refused two of the three Afri cans the right to Appeal to the judicial Council of the priv Council in London. This is a judicial body composed of Bri Tish judges that acts As the final court of Appeal recognized by number of Commonwealth coun tries including Australia and new zealand. Its authority snot recognized by Rhodesia. The rhodesian courts turned Down the right to Appeal to the privy Council because this would have implied recognition of colonial status despite the declaration of brought the showdown saturday night when the British government announced that the Queen had reprieved the three men. Under the British system a rocket fire a . Jet fires rockets into communist positions in the Hills sur rounding the . Marine outpost at Khe Sanh. American planes hit enemy forces that have penetrated to within 100 Yards of the perimeter of the Camp. Up photo fair russians to. After 15 years anyone remember Iosef Stalin by Henry Shapiro Moscow up fifteen years ago this week thousands of persons wept on the streets of Moscow when the death of the father of All the people Josef Stalin was announced. But few russians appear to remember him now. Several Hundred citizens were crushed to death or seriously injured in 1953 As hundreds of thousands of persons pushed through Moscow s streets to the Trade Union Hall where the body of the supreme Genius of Al Mankind Lay in state. But not a single newspaper desk Calendar or almanac which records memorable dates in his tory mentions Stalin. Only the older generation re members the grandeur and the Lory As Well a a the terror and death that once went with the years no one could hardly throw a Stone without statue or portrait of had to write to peking to Ordera Small Bronze image of the Man who in his lifetime was a bitter foe of Mao tsp Tung but whom the chinese communist Snow venerate As one of the communist founding Many russians the name of Stalin is no longer a swear word and there Are those who remain nostalgic about the Sta Lin Era. Since the 1964 ouster of Nikit Khrushchev de salinization has hitting Stalin. This year a collector of figurines of historic personalities not been pursued As energetically As the former Premier would have soviet soldiers who worked with Stalin such As for Mer defense minister be org Zhukov have been the first to reestablish Stalin s contributions in world War i Battles . No self respecting soviet Gen eral or historian will now deny As Khrushchev did that Stalin was a competent and effective writers no longer hesitate to find some Good in Stalin s life although they likewise Don t forget the evil recommitted. The most recent and authoritative official history of the so Viet army edited by the chief of the general staff marshal Matvei Grechko for example mentions Stalin repeatedly in connection with the develop ment of the armed forces. Lie was neither praised no criticized. Although Stalin was no longer personally blamed for not properly preparing the country for War against the germans or for decimating the Hod army officer corps on the eve of the War the Book did contain on damning reference to the evils of stalinism. The Stalin personality cult the Book said has been eliminated in All spheres today Stalin s body ignominiously removed from the Lenin mausoleum and buried behind it is the most conspicuous grave on the red Square the Only grave not marked by a Marble Monument. A Flat Stone horizon Tal slab is its Only marking. Reprieve by the Sovereign is in an action taken Independent by the Queen. She acts on z advice of the this Case Commonwealth w rotary George Thomson. X Queen cannot Grant a reprieve without such by t2 same Token she must Grant it she receives the Smith and his government were Quick to recognize the a plications of the reprieve. Their reaction was that it was not u Independent action by the Queen but one by the British which in the eyes of the breakaway regime has no a Thorley in Rhodesia. The reprieve it was declared in Salisbury had no Legal valid Ity unless it was granted by the Queen on the advice of the rhodesian government. The Smith government did not tender such consequently it refused to recognize the re Prieve. The British government also was Well aware of the constitutional implications but it took a Chance that Many rhodesian would recoil from what would have the appearance of an actor rebellion against the Queen herself. It also was fek in Londo that Smith would hesitate be fore action that would make Steven More difficult for him to win recognition by the unite states and other foreign coun tries which he would dearly like. The fact the rhodesian government carried out the executions regardless of these considerations is interpreted in London As meaning the White extremists there Are in com plete control. A former conservative prime minister sir Alec Douglas Home returned from Rhodesia Only last week after talks with Smith that had sparked Hopes Here that peace discussions could be resumed soon. The executions appear to have ended any such possibility. They also Are Likely to silence demands by the British conservative opposition for re sumption of negotiations. The Only possible outcome foreseen Here is the final Ste by Smith of proclamation of a Republic outside the common wealth. An Independent rhodesian re Public outside the common wealth ruled by a minority of225,000 Whites Over an african majority of 4 million would soon it is thought hero become a satellite of South Africa committed to the same racial separation policies. European edition col. James w. Campbell Usa it. Col. F. 8. 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