“New world line-up'

Press, 22 January 1979, Page 9

“New world line-up'

NZPA-Reuter Doncaster A new world balance of) power with Britain, the Soviet Union, and Japan lined up opposite the United! States, China, and Western Europe has been forecast by; riaverick British politician, Enoch Powell. In a speech at Doncaster) in central England, Mr Pow-) ell said that American rap-' prpchment with China would destroy the East-West balance of the past 30 years. ; Britain's refusal to join in plans for linking the Euro-i pean Economic Community ;, countries currencies meant it would* not* become'■part of a ' Continental power bloc andje would instead revert to its); historic distrust of European , r hegemony, he said. Mr Powell, a former Con-| ( servative Party Minister but), now a Unionist member of|, Parliament for a Northern Ireland constituency, is a), bitter foe of British member- ji ship of the E.E.C. b -Mr Powell said that his-1, topically Russia had been'j the ultimate guarantee ofi ( Britain’s independence, par-,, ticularlv in 1812, 1914 and 1 ; 1942. ' ! “Russia has always been | for Britain the Great Power out beyond her Continental;; enemy," the only nation pos-) ( sessing the inexhaustible re- i sources of manpower and re- 1 serves of space which render i her superior to any land/ enemy in ability to survive,” ! < he said. < One popular British news-!; paper has already dubbed); Mr Powell “Comrade; t Enochski” following his re-1 < marks. t