As auspicious dragons danced in front of the Presidential Building and shiny white sousaphones in the first row of a human flag formation led with a steady bass the parade of the brightly uniformed Quemoy Matsu Self-Defense Force, the President, standing in front of a giant memorial portrait of the Father of our Country, joyfully celebrated with us the Nation's 76th birthday. Only the solemnity with which he reviewed the truckfuls of passing missiles cast a shadow on the celebration, reminding us that--the moment when the country can rejoice together as a whole has not yet arrived!
Premier Yu brightened that shadow when he spoke with sixty-some foreign reporters on October 12th: Although the nation's firm policy of no compromise with the Chinese Communists has not changed, family members who have been separated for forty years on either side of the Taiwan Strait may now legally visit one another.
The Republic of China has initiated an offensive on the basis of democracy and economic development. When will the day arrive when we can relive the old dream of the Double Tenth of 1929--and celebrate our national day as a reunited country?
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