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Various aspects of the present agitation ill mainland China are considered. Focus is principally on the growing role of the military in gov & as arbitrator of local, regional & nat'l conflicts. After some general remarks on the state & strength of the country-re opposition to the US as an essential factor of internat'l life, rc the Vietnam war, & rc various interpretations of the interior conflict of WVuhan in 1967-ofticial Chinese, US, Italian, French, Yugoslav, Soviet, etc, interpretations of the complex phenomenon of the 'cultural revolution' are summarized & examined along with several exaniples of econ disorder & military dissidence. In conclusion, quotations from Prime Minister Chou En-lai & Marshall I.in Piao are presented from the 1966 Revolution commemoration, as clarifications of Chinese foreign policy. In their interpretation of Marxism, war is the highest form of the class struggle, & the Chinese see themselves as having a monopoly on the socialist orthodoxy of authentic revolutionary action. AA Tr & Modified by AI. Chall.

Various events & celebrations in commemoration of the 200th birthday of Swiss writer & pol'al sci'st Benjamin Constant (1767-1830) are reviewed. The role of Constant's doctrine for the French Revolution is explored as discussed in Paul Bastid, B. CONSTANT ET SA DOCTRINE (B. Constant and His Doctrine). A summary of Constant's writings & ideas is presented. Constant was concerned with civil liberties in France & perceived the chief of state as performing an essentially neutral role, intervening only in order to put an end to discord among those holding power, but never to take over power. Constant also held important ideas on econ's, society & internat'l order. He felt that small landholders should be protected & that society should guarantee them not only liberty but prosperity. He was equally concerned with the misery of the laborers of his epoch & favored public measures to improve their lot. His participation in foreign pol included membership in the Committee of the Philanthropic Society for Help to Greece. He rejected the Holy Alliance & condemned its anti-liberal & anti-constitutionalist interventionism. It is concluded that Constant was far ahead of his time. He made equally important contributions to pol, philosophy, & literature. M. Maxfield.