protests that the hospital's treatment of American soldiers wounded in Vietnam ‘would mean Japan's direct involvement tensity, as "solved." In addition, Canad-~ ian readers will be surprised to learn from him that no language problem exists for French-Canadians.
None of this invalidates Kolasky's detailed study of the suppression of the . national rights of the Ukrainian people and his intense moral indignation. The problem has complex sides which it is to be hoped Kolasky will come to grips with in subsequent writings.
DEEPENS IN JAPAN
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The students, organized by the militant Sampa Rengo (Three Faction Alliance) of the Zengakuren, staged an even bigger demonstration March 10 at Narita, in Chiba Prefecture, the site of the proposed new Tokyo International Airport. A similar protest took place February 26 (see World Outlook, March 15, p. 240).
This time police carried out semimilitary preparations for the demonstration. Barbed-wire fences were strung around the airport site, around Narita City Hall, and at the office of the Tokyo International Airport Corp. Bus companies were "asked" by police to refuse to charter buses to student groups, checkpoints were established throughout the city to arrest students entering the city with poles or sticks. More than 4 »700 police were mobilized.
The demonstration began with a rally of more than 3,000 students, unionists and farmers at the Narita Municipal Baseball Stadium.
About 1,300 of the students later tried to break through the barbed wire surrounding the airport site. The Asahi Evening News reported March 11 that the police attacked "with teargas bombs...and then used hoses to pour water containing teargas on the students." According to this account, "the farmers supplied the students with rocks" in their fight with the police. More than 477 were injured, including 277 police, and 198 students were arrested. Asahi said that "Police had explained their policy to Narita citizens last Thursday. During the clashes Sunday, they called for their cooperation but there was no response."
The Japan Times added March 12 that "Ichiro Tomura, chairman of the Sanrizuka-Shibayama Farmers' League opposing the construction of the airport, said... {from a hospital after the police attack] the league would continue its joint struggles with Zengakuren students. He said Sunday's rally with Zengakuren in Narita City was a 'big victory.'"