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The main question facing President Amin Gemayel, and his country, is whether the ruling Christian Phalangists can create and maintain a working alliance with their old Muslim foes that will survive the honeymoon period of the new presidency. As he accepted a red-and-white sash imprinted with the Cedar of Lebanon as the emblem of his office, Gemayel last week indicated that he perceived the dangers. "A single concern grips us now," he said. "This is to stop the vicious cycle of bloody violence on Lebanon's soil.'' —By Russ Hoyle. Reported by William Stewart/Beirut