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...Dreyfus affair, the infamous turn-of-the-century case of the Jewish army officer who was sent to Devil's Island on trumped-up charges of treason, is troubling France once again. But this time the controversy involves art rather than matters of state: where to place a bronze statue of Alfred Dreyfus, who was finally exonerated in 1906. The 12-ft.-high work by the artist and sculptor Tim, a political cartoonist for the magazine L'Express, was commissioned by Culture Minister Jack Lang as part of a program to promote French sculpture. Tim wanted the bronze...
...Chinese Catholics has usurped the allegiance of more than 3 million believers, a small underground church in China, holding clandestine services in private homes, has remained faithful to Rome. A hero of this remnant has been Gong Pinmei (Ignatius Kung), the bishop of Shanghai, who has been imprisoned for treason since 1955, steadfastly maintaining his loyalty to the Vatican. Xinhua, the official government news agency, last week reported that Gong, now nearly 84, had "repented" and had been paroled after agreeing to forswear any further contact with the Vatican. Gong, the news agency said, had kissed the ring...
Democratic Presidential Candidate WALTER MONDALE at the University of Minnesota Law School in Minneapolis: "Having seen the inner workings of our defense system, there is no one who believes more than I that there is information which must remain absolutely secret. We have espionage and treason laws to handle such situations. But I also believe that journalists, academics, public servants and whistle blowers have just as much right to free speech as do the high officials who call reporters into their offices and leak classified information in support of Administration policy. The danger isn't just in censorship...
...tableau of South Africa today: the white minority government on the defensive as black defiance quickens around it. The incident also dramatized the efforts of the authorities to crack down on protesters they describe as radicals: the 14 men bundled away were being held on unspecified charges of high treason. In all, about 50 blacks are facing similar accusations. Yet the government's attempt to beat down continuing black unrest has seemed only to fan it further: as a result of clashes in the past two weeks, nearly all of them in the volatile Eastern Cape region, more than...
...dismissals were linked to political maneuvering in anticipation of national elections next November. After five new Justices were sworn in by a defiant Assembly, Suazo Cordova reportedly issued arrest orders for all of them; authorities detained Ramon Valladares Soto, who had been appointed Chief Justice, and charged him with treason. At week's end a Western observer described the situation in Tegucigalpa as "very fragile...