t k *^ <4 at « A -I- t NEW WORLD NEWS Leopold von Buch, a mining engineer from the Ruhr, Germany,speaking at the conference in the College of Vol27 No31 23 June 1979 8p Chinese Culture, Taiwan.

MORNING GONG SOUNDS IN TAIWAN

YOUNG PEOPLE from all over Taiwan took tell him the kind of life he had been living. Quoting Frank Buchman, initiator of Moral part in a Moral Re-Armament conference in 'There were tears in his eyes. He asked,"Son, Re-Armament,it said,'We can find a superior Taipei last month, which an editorial in the can you be sure you won't live that old way ideology that shows the next step ahead for Central Daily News likened to a 'clarion again?" I replied,"Father, the courage I now the Communist and the non-Communist call—the sound of the evening drum and have to tell you the truth will give me the world alike.' the morning gong' in face of materialism. Its power to lead an honest life."' After trans The conference was held in the College of theme was 'Building a new Asia by spiritual ferring to another college, he had been Chinese Culture, Hwa Kang, high on a hill re-armament'. among the top three students in the class overlooking Taipei. Facilities had been made 'Our society is becoming affluent,' wrote every semester. available by College President, Pan Wei-ho the newspaper which speaks authoritatively The Republic of China's Vice-Ministerfor who spoke at the opening session. Other for the Republic of China's ruling Nationalist Foreign Affairs, Yang Si-kuang, addressed speakers at the opening included eight Party. 'But political frauds and economic the conference on the 'moral courage' with overseas delegates from West Germany, dishonesty are rampant, especially among which his country should face the world. Britain, Australia and Hong Kong; Daniel the well-to-do. 'We need spiritual re-armament to renew Lew, Head of the Institute of Sino-American 'Since the end of the Second World War, our society,' he said. A recent article in Sino- Relations at the college; and television MRA has been advancing the goal of man's American Relations expressed a similar idea. executive Hu Joe-yang. DL and DB spiritual victory over his material pursuits. Let us all be spiritually re-armed to combat the shameless degradation of our moral environ ment.' Several of the young people spoke of thei r experience of this 'spiritual victory' through their decisions to put things right in their families and at school or university. Kan Nai-ping told how he had been expelled from university for playing too much mahjong. He decided to live differently, following absolute moral standards, and I told his father. But when he began military service he went back on his decision. At an MRA camp, Kan Nai-ping decided to try again. It took him six months to find the courage to apologise to his father and The audience at the opening of the conference.

From 7,107 islands inter-racial bitterness in had been Armament's active concern for his country's focussed by the funeral of BlairPeach,a New destiny. 'Sometimes we consider ourselves to Britain Zealand teacher killed in a political riot inferior,' he said.'But many of us realise that over immigration earlier in the year. there is something unique which God has 'Most of us immigrants come here ex given us to share with other peoples. We are pecting a better standard of life and a learning to be here for what we can give not greater quality of freedom,' said London what we can get.' MEMBERS OF LONDON'S 14,000-strong teacher Subbiah Kistasamy.'Often we meet At the end of the evening Subbiah Filipino community gave a sparkling display humilations on arrival. Asa result of meeting Kistasamy thanked the Filipino dancers and of their culture at the Westminster Theatre, Moral Re-Armament I have learned to love, singers who had performed after a full day's London last week. 130 from Britain's host serve and respect this country.' work in their hospital, catering or domestic and immigrant communities watched songs Welcoming the Filipinos, Richard Channer, jobs. Speaking of the power of the inner and dances from different parts of the 7,107 Secretary of the Friends of the Westminster voice and of absolute moral standards, which islands of the Philippines, and enjoyed a Theatre, said,'We are sorry for the indignities had freed him from the bitterness caused by Filipino meal. The two Catholic chaplains to you sometimes suffer. We are grateful for the racial violence he had experienced, he London's Filipino community were also your contribution to our society.' said, 'It is our responsibility to bring this present. Genis Ibot, from Mindanao Island in the change to our communities and to the The occasion took place in a week when South Philippines paid tribute to Moral Re- country where we live.' PJE India is not an important but perhaps the most important country for the future society: Hindu, Moslem, Christian, secular: Stalinist, liberal, Maoist, democratic or East which is not active in some Indian mind. If that subcontinent should be rolled up intoauthoritarianism—if that varied ir would be one of the greatest defeats in the human record,sealing the defeat of c mind and to the self-organisation of the working people, then things will be (

Here Genis Ibot speaks to SUSHOBHA BARVE and Judy Lean to ALAN and MARION PORTEOUS,three of those Sushobha Barve Right recipe seemed an obvious place to begin, but this They started by meeting students and was not easy. professors from the city's famous university. 'The first two years were miserable,' she Then they went to one of the city's top WHEN A FACTORY in the north of India remembers. 'To begin with I didn't like industrialists.'He talked for two hours about resolved a violent conflict recently, one cooking and I found it difficult to work the troubles of his factory—his work's result was a IVi million rupee (£100,000) behind the scenes. Everyone else seemed to manager had been beaten to death on the profit within the first three weeks. Even be doing much more interesting things. At factory floor by the workers. We didn't more surprising for the management than home,cooking was something I didn't have know what to tell him—four women,in no this, perhaps, was the fact that they owed to do.' sense experts on industry. The only thing we the settlement, in part, to a visit from four But one day, it occured to her that God could think of saying was that if he took time women who obviously knew nothing about has given different—but complementary— to listen to the deepest thing in his heart, industry. gifts to different people. She decided not to God could tell him what to do. The visitors came from Asia Plateau, the worry about the gifts she felt she didn't have, 'When we left his office, we felt so foolish,' Asian Moral Re-Armament Centre in India. but to use what she did have. 'I decided to Sushobha remembers.'We felt that we had One of them was Sushobha Barve, a short, be responsible not just for cooking the not given anything to this man who had so lively woman from Bombay, who told her meals but also for the use of the centre and much trouble on his hands. But when we story to New World News when she was for caring for those who came to it whether I went back to see him a couple of months recently in London during a visit to Europe. was in the kitchen or not. later, he said as soon as we came through the 'Life became more interesting when I door, "Do you know, I tried a little bit of Dish up decided to be involved in people's lives and your MRA".' to think how to meet their needs, and how Sushobha has lived at Asia Plateau for ten to help Indian industry through the people Indochinese years. She is one of those responsible for who came to the seminars instead of just organising the conferences which regularly thinking about the kitchen.' The manager had tried his visitors'sugges- take place there on industrial relations, Some days she had to cook, leave the tion of listening to God. As a result he had agriculture, education, health and other kitchen to translate or speak in a meeting, invited the leader of the trade union in the aspects of national life, as well as for the then hurry back to dish up the food before factory to his home, and negotiations had practical running of the centre. joining a table to translate for a conference begun which ended in settlement being The road to that factory began for delegate during the meal. reached. 'We discovered later that he had Sushobha at a youth camp in 1965 while she gathered all the employees and apologised was still at high school. There she had Foolish for the part management had played in the discovered that she could do something to trouble.' build a new India—if she was ready to start When she came to Asia Plateau, Sushobha The need in India, Sushobha believes,is to by admitting her own mistakes, and putting had no interest in industrial matters. Five help people to think on a large enough scale them right. From this began a new reiation- years of helping to arrange industrial sem —'not just for their own industry, for ship of trust with her father, whom she had inars changed that. But all the same, when instance, but for what shape industry should blamed for driving her brother out of their she suggested that a group from the centre take throughout India. We need people home. should visit Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, two who will dare to risk anything and every Her decision, some years later, to work states in the north of India which have thing to see things different.' full-time with MRA, was not popular with played a decisive role in India's political and But, she says, even this is not enough.'In her family. For two years her father would industrial history, she did not expect to be France I met a Cambodian who told me that not accept it. 'But I felt I was meant to use my part of it. many of the Indochinese look to India as the training, my heart, and my hands to help 'My friends told me that if I had had the mother of civilisation. "But," he said, "we people find something new for their lives— idea, I had better do something about it. So feel bitter that India doesn't do enough for so that their bitterness and hurts were while some went to three other cities, four the other countries of Indochina and Asia." I healed.' As her training was in domestic of us went to Allahabad, not knowing quite realised this is true. It is not enough just to science, the kitchen at the conference centre what to expect.' think for India.'

Papuan prescription experiences that happened thirty years ago. of the Bohutu and the Kunika people related 'I believe the Papuan possesses a basic here has a direct relevance today. If a philosophy of life which we, to bur great primitive, deeply traditional people can alter ANOTHER OFTHOSE working at Asia Plateau detriment, have lost.' their way of life so drastically, why should is Australian doctor, Berkeley Vaughan. His Modern, sophisticated medical practice not a world divided by race, colour and book.Doctor in Papua, has recently appeared must come to Papua New Guinea, he con religion find the same answer?' in paperback in Britain. It tells the story of his tinues. 'Nevertheless, I think there will still life as a medical missionary on Kwato Island, be a place for the simpler, indigenous type 'Doctor in Papua' published by the Saint Papua. of medical practice which is described in this Andrew Press, available from Crosvenor In the introduction to the book Dr book.' Books, 54 Lyford Road, London SW18 3JI, Vaughan gives his reasons for relating 'Thirdly,' he continues,'I believe the story £1.75 postage paid.

2 New World News 23 June 1979 of the world. Ail the convergent Influences of the world run through this socialist, Gandhian. There is not a thought that is being thought in the West telligence and creativity should disappear into conformist darkness—then it penumbra of other Asiatic nations. If the society remains open to the active lifficult, very difficult, but they will be unpredictable and creative things. E P Thompson writing in 'The Guardian'

howorkat Asia Plateau, the Moral Re-Armament centre in Maharashtra, India. The Porteouses On course for India India has lessons to teach the world about interests involved. freedom and democracy. The country pion Marion and Alan have many stories to tell ALAN AND MARION PORTEOUS and their eered the struggle against colonial power— of the powers of responsibility and originality baby daughter. Heather. A nice youngfamily. through non-violent methods^and during released in the students once they began to You would imagine them setting out to make Mrs Gandhi's regime people carried on the doubt their long-held idea that there was a career for themselves; perhaps planning, tradition by making great sacrifices to win nothing they could do about society and when they earn more,to move from a flat to a democracy back. there was no point in thinking about it. house ina New Zealand suburb,to ownacar From the start the Porteouses have been and a garden. involved in the training courses at Asia You would be wrong. The Porteous family Plateau which began to take shape last year. live in India, in Asia Plateau, the MRA centre The next one begins in October,is the third There was Vikram who wanted to be a in the Maharashtra hills. They earn no salary. in the series and will be six months long.The marine biologist to provide himself with a they own no home, their few possessions students come from many different back- fancy career. He began to look on his future were given them as wedding presents and grounds, and from other countries, and job as a way of finding food for the world are packed away in Auckland. As Marion their average age so far has been 16. instead of glory for himself. 'I have learned says, sometimes standing for miles in an The training courses are relevant to the how to lead and be led,' he said,'and how to overcrowded bus they may long for some of problems the country and the state are work in a team.' the comforts of the West, but they enjoy life. grappling with; There was Sunil, crippled by jealousy of a And they believe God can guide their lives. friend, who decided to put that right and Rural Development—the students are began to find a faith. 'Listening to the inner Physical work introduced to the realities of life in the voice I felt like some sort of energy was villages, an eye-opening experience to those seeping through me from an unknown At the beginning of 1978 Alan was thinking who come from the cities. source. This gave me the energy to face my of going to Dunedin University to study difficulties and more important to over history and become involved in New Zealand Hard work—many students have sur come my fear.' politics. Marion was thinking of the home prised themselves with their enjoyment of And Shivaji, who came from a poor village they would make, of all they could do physical work on the farm and gardens, nearby. He used to put stones across the together in a university town, of what a especially the better-off who have always had road to disrupt traffic. He decided to start lovely place it would be for Heather to be servants to do everything for them. trying to overcome the economic difficult brought up in. A cable came from India ies of his village by digging a well. asking for their help in the work of MRA Honesty—the Minister of Education for Decisions and Initiatives like these have there. They were completely sure it was Maharashtra has asked at Asia Plateau for followed quickly from the students' study of right to accept. new ideas for education. Corruption in the world issues, as they experienced the They both feel that foreigners still have a schools and colleges is widespread. College realities of life for the poor, as they learned contribution to make and much to receive places, degrees and exam papers can be to serve and care for people, and as they from this most important country.'For any obtained in exchange for money. Conscien studied human rights and the needs of the body seriously wanting to do something tious students who are honest find it hard to environment.'We were impressed by how about the gap between the rich and poor get places, and this becomes another area quickly the students related the need for nations, I think a period of living in India,for where the gap between the rich and poor is change in their own lives to their effec example, is vital; to experience what a poor widening. Maharashtra state is considering tiveness in doing something about these nation suffers,' says Alan.'For the majority of regulations whereby students advance on problems,' says Alan. It is this kind of the population the struggle to exist occupies merit rather than money. This is going to be response that makes the Porteouses want to their whole time.' Also they believe that hard to enforce because of the vested stay indefinitely.

Village reconciler qualify for secondary education—a great her at high school, and to the teacher who prize in a country where there are too few had discriminated against her, and apolo high schools forall who have been to primary gised to them for her resentment. The girl, A similar course to that in India takes place school. But she was passed over in favour of who had dropped out of high school,joined in the MRA centre in Melbourne, Australia. a relative of the teacher's. Embittered, she Babu working in a bakery in the village. Here LINDSAY CARTWRIGHT tells the story returned to her village, but her father, who The Vocational Training School was next of one of the students: had worked hard to give her an education, door to the High School. Feelings ran high BABU BADICUIA grew up in a village in the was so angry that she left home. between the two institutions. But when Babu Milne Bay District of Papua New Guinea, as The Principal of the Vocational Training and her friends went to the High School one of a family of ten. Her great-grandfather School that Babu then joined told her that students and put right their side of the feud, was a head hunter; her grandfather a witch Cod could show her how to start to put attitudes on both sides began to change. doctor. She walked miles to primary school, things right in the world,by beginning in her Now students from both schools have sheltering under the banana and coconut own life. Her first idea was to become come to Melbourne to take part in the trees when it rained. reconciled with her father. Then—with diffi 'Studies in Effective Living'—Babu last year, Babu was one of six from her school to culty—she went to the girl who had replaced and a student from the High School this year.

New World News 23 )une 1979 3 Silence speaks

HOW WOULD St Francis of AssissI deal with today's world If he were to find himself In the 20th century? This Is the question that playwright Hugh Steadman Williams asks In Poor Man, Rich Man which opened last week at the theatre of the Netherbow Arts Centre In 's Royal Mile. He and Michel Orphelln,the French artist who performs the one-man show In a two- hour succession of mime, song and mono logue have given the public an Impressive

answer. 'A fresh, original theatrical experience' was The Scotsman's verdict on the play. 'Orphelln's virtuosity as a mime-artlst Is breathtaking. His body Is as lithe as elastic, his face mobile. He makes silence speak.' The show's opening nightfllled the theatre to capacity with a varied audience of old and young, who received the production en thusiastically. The director and designer Is John Dryden, who directed Love All at the Westminster Theatre last year. The music was composed by Kathleen Johnson, with John Burrows as musical director. From Edinburgh, Poor Man, Rich Man went to Cardiff, Tewkesbury, and Brldg- water. Today It Is being performed at Winston Hall, at the University of Bristol Union, and tomorrow at the Westminster Theatre, London, at 3.30pm. AH

Statue comes teachers, trade unionists, management and Masked pensioners who took part In what the to life Edinburgh Evening News called 'Hardle, by man the people for the people'. KEIR HARDIE returned toCumnock on June 'If months of electioneering have made A MAN AND HIS MASKS are the subject of 6th, when The man they could not buy, you cynical about British politics, the story About Face, Aldersgate Productions' latest Henry Macnlcol's play about the Labour of this Idealistic MP will come as a refreshing venture Into Christian theatre, which opens pioneer, was presented In the Town Hall. blast from the past,' wrote the Evening at St Margaret's Church, Westminster today. Cumnock, at the heart of the Ayrshire coal News reviewer, when the play opened In The play takes a humorous look at the field, was Hardle's home for 36 years. Edinburgh. 'KeIr Hardle was not a man to masks a man presents to the world,and at his The Cumnock Community Council had sell out—whether to the employers, the shock when he meets a man who shows his invited the play and made all the arrange political parties or fellow socialists.' true face—shock which turns to desperation ments, personally delivering leaflets to The Edinburgh performances took place when the stranger tries to remove his mask. every home In the town. Elsie Menzles, at the Netherbow Theatre, arts centre of the The play has been organised by Aldersgate Chairman of the Council, welcomed the Church of , In the week the Annual Productions,the ecumenical theatre produc audience which Included a relative and General Assembly of the Church of Scotland tion company which staged the controversial friends of the Hardle family. The Ayrshire took place In the city. A number of those Sentenced to Life at the WestmlnsterTheatre people laughed, clapped and cried as the attending the assembly joined the evening last year, and the Methodist Drama Com story unfolded In their own dialect. audiences at the Netherbow, for what The mittee. The lunch hour performances on 'That was our Keir, all right,' said an old Scotsman called a 'fast-moving, confidently June 23 and from June 25-28 are part of the miner after the play.'We've had Kelt's statue acted drama'. It was also presented In programme of the Methodist Conference. outside the Town Hall for years,'said another KIrkcaldy, birthplace of linoleum and of About Face Is written and performed by man,'but tonight the statue came to life.' eighteenth century economist Adam Smith, the Footprints Theatre Company, a young 'I could never understand how he had such on the Invitation of the Council of Churches. group of professional actors who aim to an Influence,' remarked a woman from 'The play has the dramatic power to present Christian truth through drama,song Cumnock.'It was his burning faith, wasn't It?' recapture some of the excitement of the old and dance. Directed by Elisabeth Tooms, It The Cumnock performance followed pres socialist dream,' wrote The Scotsman's critic. will be presented In the historic Church on entations In the East of Scotland. There too 'But It also Invites us to relate Hardle's dream the Invitation of the Dean of Westminster the audience stayed on to talk to the to the present. It ruffles the conscience.' Abbey and the Rector of St Margaret's.

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