A week later, the Centre faction openly split, with a breakaway group endorsing Hyde.

Tito had by then openly split from Moscow and Greene's portrayal of Yugsolavs as pro-Stalin villains looked suddenly out of date.

President Jacques Chirac of France, visiting Washington, openly split with the American approach to stabilizing the world economy a day before meeting President Clinton.

"Here is the problem," said Mr. Gephardt, the Democratic minority leader, who has openly split with the White House on China policy and is leading this effort.

Few have openly split with the president, or the decisions made so far.

"If the top political leadership openly split, the army would have followed suit," the official said.

Chancellor Helmut Kohl's center-right coalition openly split today during a Parliamentary debate on the elimination of shorter-range nuclear missiles from Europe.

Last April they openly split with Mr. Ozawa and his closest ally, Prime Minister Hata, forcing him to become a weak minority government.

But, as always, the Japanese are reluctant to openly split with the United States, which may no longer dominate the world of cars and ships but remains Tokyo's political mentor.

Also, since the churches openly split apart, life there has been hard for people from Orthodox countries.