European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes Friday. August 25,1989 William f. Buckley austrian solution for Eastern Europe has Merit Burton Yale Pines who is a one Man foreign policy think tank operating through the heritage foundation has an article in the current Issue of to i by review that commands the attention of All thoughtful men and women and in this connection. Uncle Sam wants you he uses a Nice springboard namely the profoundly important article by George Kennan in the july 1947 foreign affairs signed simply  never mind the  to come Kennan came up with the foreign policy that would guide future Western policy up until the Point when we were forced by a combination of pressures most critically congressional to abandon the doctrine of containment in Southeast Asia. What we need writes Pines is a new x. A new doctrine that seeks to accommodate the changes that sometimes seem to overwhelm us and to leave us without the gyros Copic heading that is As important to policy orientation in times of great distraction As a Compass is to an infantry Soldier detached from his platoon and beleaguered by swamps and swamp foxes. Pines quotes a Nice aphorism minted this Spring in London by a foreign policy expert to the effect that we arc going from an East West situation of High ten Sion High stability to a situation of Low tension Low  that does really say it All. There is Universal relaxation in the world in which soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev is considered less of a menace to the peace than Ronald Reagan where the gulag archipelago gets published in the soviet Union official communist candidates gel Defeated the Brezhnev doctrine gets re pealed in Afghanistan. Granted the Little old lady in charge spanked them All soundly and put them to bed which is the kind of thing we have in mind when we speak of Low stability even As we have that in min when we consider the creeping disengagement of West Germany from theato Alliance and the rusting Machin Ery of . Military technology at the hands of a Congress that is really asking itself what is All the fuss about Pines has the perception to see the Mak Ings of a new a essay a fundamental reformulation of Western foreign policy in the incomplete sketches outlined by James Kilpatrick Kissinger Early in the year to Secretary of state James Baker and  the new policy would say to the soviet Union look the big dream the ideological Conquest of the world i about As realistic Given the developments of the last 40 years As Ponce de Leon search for the Fountain of eternal youth. It in t going to happen. Not Only is it no going to happen other things Aren t going to happen namely a permanent Misc genetic annexation of Eastern Europe by you. So let s make a  new x policy would have As Many facets As the Hope Diamond but Central to it would be an austrian solution for East Ern Europe i.e., a Europe that docs not add to the military strength of the West but is free of military Sattl ligation by the East. Pines reminds us that the austrian treaty which has served us so Well absolutely guarantees the demilitarization of Austria giving the signatory Powers the right even to add to this article prohibition of any weapons which May be evolved As a result of scientific devel  write language of that kind into fresh constitutions for Poland bul Garia Romania and Czechoslovakia an you capitalize on the mounting psycho logical economic and cultural Burden of Loose cannons in the soviet ship of  Gorbachev views Eastern Europe As a mounting Burden then he will consider a Graceful honorable Way of relinquishing it if he receives something in  the question arises of the fear of United Germany a fear widely expressed if mostly in Dulcet tones by euro peans cast and West of Berlin and let s face it for understandable  is a problem. So is it a problem to lace the soviet Union in the continuing contest for the allegiance of the third world. But Pines is Correct that Kissin Ger s vision is Central to the dire need of a fresh doctrine by which we assess the irradiation of our dozens of conferences our military negotiations our ambition to bring constitutional order to East Europe and eventually to the soviet Union itself. He does not exaggerate in the caption use Din the article under five photographs if the soviets truly curb their foreign adventurism it will be a grand Victor for the containment policies of James Byrnes Dean Acheson John Foster Dulles kiss i989l Bill on puerto Rico s future is seriously flawed to in state of puerto Rico the Independent Republic of puerto Rico a More autonomous Commonwealth of puerto Rico under a Bill that moved out of the Senate Energy committee last week these Are the options that would be offered to puerto rican voters in a referendum in 1991. They demand critical examination. Just about everyone agrees on one proposition the people of puerto Rico should have an Opportunity to determine their own political future. The islands became . Territory following the War with Spain in 1898. They attained Commonwealth status in 1952. Since then Ever president has recommended a plebiscite of some kind. Democrats and republicans have endorsed the  i their party platforms. In february president Bush asked for legislative  we Are seeing some legislative action and some of what we see is disturbing. The major vehicle is so 712,sponsored chiefly by a Bennett Johnston d-la., James a. Mcclure a Idaho and Paul Simon d-1il As originally drafted the Bill is fatally flawed. No option looks Good. In a statement before the committee Simon made outa Basic Case in favor of change puerto Picans Are citizens of the United states but they Are second class  have no vote in either House or Senate. They cannot vote in presidential elections. They serve in wan 65,000puerto rican troops fought in world War ii 61,000 in Korea. True puerto Picans pay no Federal income tax Sand they Benefit from certain tax incentives that attract american corporations but on key issues of Public policy they arc on the outside looking in. After nearly a Century in political limbo they deserve a Chance to vote for some thing different. What about statehood the Constitution says with admirable Brevity that new states May be admitted by the Congress into this  the matter is not so simple. The Constitution also says that the citizens of each state shall be entitled to All privileges and immunities of Citi Zens in the several states and from this and other provi Sions we derive the principle that All states Are equal. The trouble is that in some respects the pending Bill would make puerto Rico More equal than others. For one example the option of statehood would give puerto Rico an exclusive right to All seabed and natural resources within a 200-mile zone around the islands. No other state enjoys any such Domain. Neither Alaska nor Hawaii gained special maritime rights with statehood. Puerto Rico suffers from High unemployment and Low per capita income. If statehood is to be granted some transitional benefits would have to be granted just As Alaska gained Access to Oil revenues from Federal lands. The Bil Flocs further. It requires Congress to pass legis lation ensuring that puerto Picans will have equal social and economic opportunities but the language is murky. No such guarantee can be  estimated 60 percent of the puerto rican people " speak Little or no English. One special privilege would apply to Federal courts in the new state at the re oust of any party in any litigation All the proceedings would have to be conducted in Spanish. The provision would create intolerable problems for litigants lawyers and judges alike. The option of Independence suffers from Senous draw backs. Under the Bill. The Republic of puerto Rico Shau be closed to any and All military forces of foreign  language clearly would shut out . Forces but i would be Folly to abandon our naval base in Roosevelt roads and our vital radar installations. In any event it is difficult to understand How a is. Congress could Lens latin perpetuity fora truly Independent and Sovereign puerto  the voters opt for an expanded status As a Commonwealth. Under the Bill the puerto rican governor would be granted appointive Powers that belong solely to the president. The Commonwealth could forgeits own foreign policy in certain areas. One prove too would prohibit . Tariffs on any goods imported from puerto Rico thus opening a door to Tran ship ments from around the world. No Way  of these objections doubtless will be resolved As the plebiscite Bill moves along. One question cannot easily be brushed aside suppose the option of statehood carries by a Mere handful of votes Yea then there could be no turning Back for statehood is irrevocable. Southerners Learned that m,l865. Its something top