Self-Defense prepares for confrontation across the country - so does the po lice

Today, Andrzej Lepper's Self-Defense (Samoobrona) party are planning to hold demonstrations against the government's agricultural policy. They protest w ill be held not only in Warsaw, but across the country. The protesters have said they will block national roads and the intersections. "The state is ob liged to ensure law and order. Therefore anyone who infringes it must be aw are of consequences," Prime Minister Leszek Miller said yesterday addressing Andrzej Lepper. The police said they are prepared to use riot police, water cannon and rubber bullets if necessary. (Zycie, p. 1) M.T.