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Reports from Peking reveal that a treaty of "peace and friendship" with neighbouring Japan will soon be signed. The treaty reportedly contains clause opposing "hegemony" by any country in Asia-a veiled attack on the Soviet Union. A further broadside in China's anti-Soviet campaign was fired last week when the Peking People's Daily of May 30 carried a front page story hailing : "Zaire's routing of a Moscow-engineered invasion."
Figures released by the government show that in the first four months of this year basic food prices rose by an average 36%, compared to the same period in 1976.
Portugal's economic instability is further compounded by its mammoth payments deficit, now $900 million per annum, and by a recent refusal of two out of five US congressional committees to approve a $300 million loan to Lahore High Court has ruled that the imposition of martial law in the city is illegal. Martial law had been declared there six weeks ago by the Prime Minister, Bhutto, m an attempt to check the demonstrations calling for fresh elections. The ruling class will certainly be challenged in Pakistan's Supreme Court, but this development bound to increase the tension between the opposition parties and Bhutto, just as talks aimed at resolving the three month old political crisis have begun. The unrest is estimated at having cost Pakistan between S300-400 million according to figures issued last -a Li nannla aro caid to have Last week's five day invasion of Mozambique by a crack unit of Rhodesia's armed forces has raised a chorus of howis from the British and American imperialist governments.
British Foreign Secretary David corn", expressed his "grave con- COLL incursion.
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Needless to say, his concern did not extend to the 32 guerillas reportedly killed by Smith's racists, but arose because of his fear that the attack might:
"break up the Anglo-American initiative for a negotiated settlement."
But Rhodesia's attack was far from irrational. A recent report issued by Smith's administration shows that last April a net 1,034 European whites left the country, bringing the total for the first four months of 1977 to 3,578.
This compares with the 880 who