Tuesday, Feb. 11, 1964 University Daily Kansan Page 3
Cyprus Bases Vital To British, NATO
By Phil Newsom United Press International
When the British withdrew from Suez, they were left only with Cyprus as an Eastern Mediterranean base from which to move either toward the Middle Eastern oil fields or to protect the eastern flank of NATO.
As in the years preceding Cypriot independence the central figure of the controversy is the bearded Greek Orthodox Archbishop Makarios who became the first president of Cyprus.
Thus, the British air and army bases on Cyprus took on a position of major importance in NATO strategic planning, along with the U.S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean and the defensive forces of Greece and Turkey.
Given an island sharply divided between a Turkish Moslem minority and a Greek Orthodox population in 4-1 majority, plus a constitution, which from the beginning was unworkable. Makarios nonetheless has succeeded in generating much of his own trouble.
The constitution worked out by British, Greek, Turkish and Cypriot representatives gave both the Greek majority and the Turkish minority the right of veto over such matters as taxes, defense and foreign policy and almost a guarantee that government soon would fall into a state of paralysis, which it did.
In Cyprus's current internal difficulties, the British bear a further responsibility inasmuch as prior to Cypriot independence in 1960, the island for 82 years had been under British rule.
The United States is drawn into it as the leading power of NATO.
Makarios quite rightly declared that the constitution needed some changes, but he inflamed the Turkish minority by moving to remove their veto and to abolish divided Turkish and Greek municipalities.
He further complicated the situation by declaring that enosis (union with Greece) was not dead, clearly indicating that he would revive the traditional ambition of Greek Orthodox leaders as quickly as he thought he could.
Cypriots, never averse to violence, brought out their guns and the shooting started.
Shooting scene Greece, anxious that there should
A liberal organization, opposed to the "paramoiae activity of the domestic right," is planning its first open meeting within the next two weeks. John Garlinghouse, Salina sophomore and president of the organization, announced.
Liberal Society Begins Activity
"We want to eliminate public apathy in civil rights areas through public education. We plan to do this by distributing literature, showing films, and obtaining speakers."
"Students for a Democratic Society" will attempt to bring together and coordinate the liberal elements on campus, Garlinghouse said.
The group has received a provisional charter from the national organization, and now intends to begin making itself known to other liberals on campus.
- Racial bigotry in any form, especially the racial segregation inherent in the Greek system at KU.
des as listed in the Bill of Rights.
• The paranoiac activity of the domestic right.
"Students For a Democratic Society" opposes:
- Any infringement of civil liberties as listed in the Bill of Rights.
"Most of us feel that any private organization has a right to select its members, but that color of skin is not a just criteria." Garlinghouse said.
According to Garlinghouse, the organization does not intend to become involved in campus politics, but he said it may endorse any candidates with whose views it agrees.
A membership drive is planned for the near future, but, Garlinghouse stressed, "SDS membership is not open to any advocates of or apologists for any form of totalitarianism such as the Communist Party, Young Americans for Freedom, or the John Birch Society."
pe no split within NATO, has preferred to remain as aloof as possible from the dispute. The Turks have warned that they will not stand by and see Turkish Cypriots slaughtered.
This is the turmoil into which the United States now has been drawn.
United States now has been drawn. Contingent upon approval of Makarios, the United States has agreed to join other NATO nations in supplying troops to police the peace in Cyprus pending arbitration.
Makarios has agreed in principle but on the condition that the peace force should be answerable to the United Nations Security Council wherein the Soviet Union possesses a veto—a condition unacceptable either to the United States or Britain.
Russia also has dipped in its ear, siding with the Greek majority and Makarios, presumably because the strong Cypriot Communist party is confined to the Greek community.
U. S. and British hopes are based on a belief that Makarios can afford neither to permit the situation to drift into all-out civil war nor into partition, both of which at the moment seem imminent possibilities.
FRANK (LEFTY) O'DOUL WENT to bat one time in the 1956 season at the age of 58 and delivered a triple for Vancouver of the Pacific Coast League.
Meanwhile, Makarios probably has lost forever what little faith the Turkish minority had in him.
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