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Ruanda - Edilor'i not: Today, two yean to the day after Iht 'former Belgian Congo re ceived its Independence, two African trust territo ries, Ruanda-Urundi, are scheduled to become inde pendent. In the following dispatch, UPI correspondent Laurence Meredith reports that the two territories, like The Congo, may find inde pendence means a period of political and economic chaos and perhaps blood shed.) By LAURENCE MEREDITH United Press International Today is the "deadline for freedom" for Ruanda Urundi, a rich and beauti ful land in central Africa on the slopes of the fabled mountains of the moon and inhabited by giants and pygmies. Observers are fearful of birth pangs not unlike those the former Belgian Congo has suffered since it obtained independence two years ago - also on July 1. Unlike most of the emerg ing independent African states, the 4.8 million peo ple of the twin trust terri tories are having freedom thrust upon them by the United Nations. On the de cisions reached in the Gen eral Assembly will depend whether tribal hatreds and an untrained civil admin istration will produce an other Congo. Supported By Grants At best, the indepen dent governments of the two territories will have to be supported by large grants of money for some years to come. Since the Germans first set up a colonial administra tion in 1907, the twin terri tories of Ruanda - Urundi a single unit. And this pol icy was followed by the Belgians when they took over the country under a League of Nations man date in 1919. Today the two territo ries insist on going their separate ways into inde pendence, despite their lack of financial viability and size (they total only 29,000 square miles). . Compelled To Recognize This unpalatable fact the United Nations commission "was compelled to recog nize when it visited the ter ritories last March. The commission in its report said they had "failed to overcome the psychosis of mutual distrust which has prevented the two sides from taking a clearer view of their long term Inter ests." So, they will become sep arately independent as Ru anda (in some spelling Rw anda) and Burundi. 0 WE UP T0$ Brand Hew URRY-0NE 7 21 FOOT TWIN BEDS All Accessories THE PRICE REPRESENTS FACTORY LIST PLUS FREIGHT! WALKER the WEEPER 1243 SO. RIVERSIDE MEDFORD Urundi May Suffer Birth Pangs' Much As Congo Did w n e n or rmany con quered the territories at the beginning of the century they were ruled over by two monarchies claiming di vine origin going back over three centuries. Three Main Tribes The population consists of three tribes the Twa Pygmies, less that five feet high; the Watutsi, who are thought to have come or iginally from Ethiopia and are a giant people many over seven feet high, and the Bahutu, who are Ban tus. There are some 50,000 Pygmies and about 700,000 Watutsi. The Watutsi have Dr. Trost Returns From Kansas City Research Post Ashland - Dr. Frederick J. Trost, associate professor of social science at Southern Oregon college, recently re turned from Kansas City, Mo., where he served six months as a senior research associate for a special experimental project on the reduction of juvenile delinquency. The project was sponsored by the Ford Foundation: and the Kansas City Trust and Foundation. Dr. Trost worked with Dr. Robert Havighurst, professor of education at the Universi ty of Chicago, who served as research consultant. Trost also instructed a course on in dividual inventory on re search techniques at the Uni versity of Kansas City. Purpose of Experiment Purpose of the eight-year experiment is to reduce the amount of juvenile delinquen cy in Kansas City by provid ing boys who are vulnerable to delinquency with a better opportunity for growth into adulthood through combining school with work experience. The hypothesis is that boys vulnerable to delinquency will become less delinquent if they are given a systematic work experience commencing as early as age 13 or 14 and continued until they reach 17 or 18, Dr. Trost said. A number of such boys were selected from the sev enth grades of the four Kan sas City junior high schools and were divided into an ex perimental and a control group. The experimental group was given a work-study program organized through the schools while the control group pursued regular class room activities. The amount of delinquency and the quali ty of initial adult adjustment will be compared. wn A 1955-15-FOOT TRAVEL TRAILER WILL ALLOW YOU IDEAL TRAVEL Serial No. JR21FKJRS2949 been the ruling tribe, lit erally enslaving the others until as late as 1923. But both the Twa and the tall Watulsis are vastly out numbered by the Uahuiu, who number roughly 4.5 million and make up the majority of the population. During tqc mandate the Belgians encouraged the Bahutu majority and pour ed in an average of $42 mil lion a year to balance an unbalanceable budget. Spontaneous Uprising When in 1959 the Bel gians indicated it was time the people of the two ter ritories had self - govern ment, the Watutsi thought this meant the return of the ancient days of their gran deur and unlimited pow er. The Bahutu took fright and there was a spontane ous and bloody uprising against the Watutsi, par ticularly in Ruanda. The situation in Ruanda was made worse by the death of the king or mwa mi, Mutara III in July, 1959,after 28 years' reign. The new mwami was a young man, Kigcri V, in whom neither the people nor the administration had any confidence. A few months later Ki gcri was forced into exile. The Belgians formed a parmehutu council aid gov ernment for Ruanda under) Grcgoire Kayabanda. Administration Untrained Kayabanda has been de scribed as a Roman Catholic and an able man, but both he and his cabinet are dan gerously untrained in ad ministration. In Burundi the situation was entirely different. The mwami, Mwambutsa IV, had great influence and wes democratic in outlook. He had been king since 1915 when he was four years old. He is content to be a con stitutional monarch instead of a feudal tyrant. He is oflon seen dancing and playing the drums in one of Usumburu's lakeshore night clubs. In Burundi the Bahutu revolt was less vicious since there was not the hatred and feeling of insecurity that existed in Ruanda. Differences Are Softened Social and tribal differ ences have been softened Burundi by inter-marriage. The political parties are not drawn strictly on tribal lines. In mid-19fil the Belgians formed a national govern ment out of the 24 political parlies in Burundi with strong Wahutu participa tion. 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