The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-18
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Dramatic Break With The
Past Was Indies Hope
New Asisstic Forces VII
Control Own Oes'inies
Orien.aIs Believe U. s.
Fighting for imperialism

Ortenles pehcNe ~. >.
Fighting for imperialism
Nv RAYMOND cLArPER
CAIRo-Prior to the failure
=, tn. Grips mission in India, a
htsn Chinese authority told me
1T chungkins that the weakness
If IN. British proposal for lndia
vas that II did not provide
,hsrp and dramatic break with
the past and therefore would not
stir up enthusiasm among the
Indians.
His suggestion was that tners
should he an Indian premier, and
that the British viceroy should
h~coo,. a governor-general ar
something of the Kind. In order
N Sramatirs the fact that
p.w day had arrived for India
tn. failure NJ Sir Stafford
cripps would seem To make
new effort all the more urgent
not alone for Inoia but for All
Asia in order to remove sus-
nicion among the population OF
Asiatic countries that the Allies
A.. at war merely for the pur-
nose of saving the old imperiai-
i.m which the Asisucs are oe-
termined to remove.
Undoubtedly one practical I'M
rsdist. step could he taken ny
IN. United Nations in renounc-
ing extra -territorislity and other
forms Of outside control over
China Admiral Harry y. var
nell IF the United states re-
Gently urged such a step. Inc
Chinese are determined that
rlch foreign influences shall go
whom the war is over. IL would
h. better II the United Nations
made the move now.
Nv feeling, after a month ssst
~ suez, is that throughout Asa
new forces are rising that Will
insist on control OF their own
destinies. The rise of Russia IN
one generation encourages these
aspirations. Also. it IL plain 10
all now that one nation in ASIA
Japan, is able to defeat western
powers. These factors aceentu-
ate a long developing ferment-
I have found many Americans
In the Orient who are convinced
that no victory can check TINS
trend. They feel that we must
prepare for a new deal IN tne
Far East, regardless of the out
come of the war, and that 10
long as the United Nations APP
near to the Asiatics to be merely
fighting to restore the status
quo they will be denied the heip
Of millions who are either inoh-
ferent as to who their masters
are or think they can use Japan
IN throw off one yoke without
getting caught under a new ana
heavier one.
Even Americans, in some In
stances, wonder what purpose
will be served n there Ii only to
he a return to the status quo
when the victory comes.
Those factors affect morale,
and therefore become important
along with military force IN DE-
termining the outcome of the
war in the East.
Furthermore, America itself ~
gradually assuming the appear
ance-to Eastern eyes-of flght-
ing for Imperialism. No matter
how unjustified such feelinss
may be. the fact that they exist
is the important thing needing
attention. They do exist, snd
they are having deterlorstins
effect on the Allied cause.
Insofar rs America 10 assum-
ing the responsibility for smash
ing the Japanese conquest, II
properly becomes . matter Tor
American concern that the vie
tory shall he used To advance
freedom. self-government, col
lective security ana equitable
economic policies instead OF re
storing conditions which could
only spur Asia to new efforts 10
throw off Western domination.
This war may have TO be won
~ western Europe and by an
assault against the japanese
mainland, but revolutionary
forces are loosening in Asia, in
dependent of who wins, and
Their. will be no end Of trouble
for the victors unless these
forces are channeled into an ef-
fort by the United Nations as
group TO bring about new zeal
in this part Of the world
The Japanese and the Ger
mans are not neglecting these
questions Instead, they are cap
itslizing them A. mighty rein
foreements To their arms.
This matter seems. IN me
Judgment Of many IN the East
~ rate ss part ~ the MAJOR
war effort which cannot safely
De ignored.
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