The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1960-12-15
From The SideIines
by Tiff Mckay

ment will be made next week
The exact date is not known. but
the staff 2: the tribal Office is
at work night and day TO com.
plete the payment as soon as pos.
sible. Some five thousand cheeks
must be written in order u dis
tribute Sl3l. $500 to 1857 mem
bers of the tribe. Work on the
checks could not begin until ap-
prOval was obtained from the
Secretary of the Interior. This ap
prevail was given about 4:40 pm.
Wednesday. December II.
sas
World affairs took a strange
turn last night when the son Of
Halle Selassie. the Emperor OF
Ethiopia Tor Abyssiria, If you
prefer took control of the gov
eminent While Selassie was in
Brazil attending a function of
State, his son led the army in
taking over the reigns of this
1000 year old country. When the
emperor heard of this he immedi-
ately made arrangements to re-
turn to Ethiopia, but the son had
issued orders that no incoming
planes were to be allowed to land
in the country. At last reports,
fighting had broken out in the
capital city, Adds Ababa. Now
the same guessing game as that
going on in many other coun-
tries in the world will begin: Who
is in control of the government?
Sometimes, as in the case of Laos
and the Congo, the drivers seat
has so many occupants that no
one seems to be able TO get his
hands on the wheel
Ethiopia is interesting in one
respect. Back in 1884, a clash
between native troops and Italian
colonial troops set off a war that
lasted until May of 1896. When
il was all over, the same Halle
SelaSsie was ousted as emperor
and the late. infamous II Ducer
Benito Mussolini, proclaimed the
annexation of the country to-
Italy. The title of emperor was
claimed by King Emmanuel III
of Italy. The country was occu-
pied until May of 1871 when the
British defeated the Italian army
and restored Halle Selassie 81
the throne.
This is only mentioned TO dem
Onstrate that this area has al
ways been a hot spot in world
politics. The fighting in l93+l936
set the stage for World War ii.
While / am not suggesting that
the present fighting will set off
w VIII. I will say that this stu
alton is one to watch.
go
And what about all these revo-
buttons and counter revolutions
throughout the world? Are they
really 'surges of nationaliSm" as
We are led TO believe? Or are
they more than that - perhaps
a part OF a gigantic master PLAN
70 disOrganiZe, confuse, then re-
organize under another banner?
COR should | say colOnize under
one bannerO
And why is the U. S. seemingly
so bewildered and helpless about
it all? Simply this:
After having neglected these
countries for so long with only
the polite formal relations die
tated by international protocol
the U. s. cannot now adopt a
crash program of friendship forl
fear that such an effort will be
branded an attempt to interfere
in the internal affairs of these
countries.
There is a lesson TO be learned
here somewhere. What about our
own neighbors in Central and
Latin America. and even in Mex
leo? Shall we wait until another
brush fire" breaks out, or shall
we begin TO try TO understand
these people; to try and help
them build a life we ourselves
feel we ought TO have? And how
do we do this?
Again, I suggest that perhaps
the American Indian can be the
common denomination. / agree
Fundamentally with a friend Of
mine who wrote me recently and
said. 1T seems TO me that the
u. s. would be extremely far
sighted 10 train young American
GU. Sd Indians to be a part Of
our diplomatic missions to South
and Central America"
But maybe that would be too
bitter a pill 10 swallow-to ask
a race of people the U. S. once
tried TO exterminate TO assist in
the preservation of our way OF
life. But / can assure you the
American Indian is up TO IL. AL
he needs Is 20 be called upon.