The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-28

In spite OF any efforts TO limit 1t.
the war Is becoming a war for HUI
man freedom everywhere and that
is the greatest war that can be
waged by humankind. The issue
with Japan may be lost in it, and
so may the issue with Germany.
Our limited war aims OF maintain
ing our standards OF living. OF pre-
serving our sectional prejudices OF
keeping the seas open. OF maintain
ing our centers OF power IN the ORR
ent. OF getting back 10 the status
quo" however we cling to these
hopes OF limited war they arc be-
ing swept from us Peoples are TAX
ing this war out OF the hands OF
governments and militarists. They
are sweeping away the men OF small
minds.
What then shall we do? We may.
IL we like. do nothing. except to
deny the truth. II is always posi-
Bile to deny the intangible. to re-
fuse its inevitability, 10 cling TO the
limits Of what is plain to the lin
tied vision. In that case the vast
dim shape beyond the spotlight
vii, loom larger and blacker. For
when we IN America will admit no
change in our way OF thinking anc
in our way OF life. il means among
ether things that white Americans
in the South will go on insisting on
20 change in the status OF the col
ored Americans. II we are pressed
200 hard by the yeast Of freedom.
re can put il down by force. And
England can 60 on insisting tha'
India is not TO have freedom now.
ard England can 60 on trying 10
put down by force midas rebellion
But while we do these things we
are taking great risk OF losing the
real war. For rs We fail TO suppress
freedom and inevitably we must
ta;l-we will grow afraid and ou7
fear will open the door 70 Hitler
and 10 others ike him. These Will
say. and TO ready listeners. since
prejudice is often stronger than
patriotism. Let al white peoples
Join together. We must stick to-
gether. we white peoples"
On the day when the white peo-
PIES agree 20 join together against
The rest o. the world the shape in
the East will spring clearly into
the sight o. all We shall see il, the
b.indes. and the most stupid OF US.
And Russia W., be with the East.
not tie Wes:, whether vanqushed
or victorious over Hitler now. Pan
Asia will not be dream on that
day. I; will be a reality but it will
not be Japan's world. You can see
the shape. now.
It is possible first TO recognize
the size of this war. to understand
the power Of the word Freedom
and 10 use IL We hang back, we
are afraid 10 speak out boldly and
tell these hungering and thirsting
peoples that they shall have free
don and have i. now.
1T was much. no doubt" an Eng
,ishman associated with the Grips
I Mission to India says 10 ask that,
having waited so long TO acquire
The right TO determine their ma
.ional destiny. the Congress lead
e-s should wait little longer; but
now tha; It's acquision was assured
them immediately after The war.
provided only that the United Ma
tons won il. and in view OF the
practical necessities OF the present
situation. was il TOO much 10 ASK.
We must understand that Il was
100 much 10 ask the people who
had fought b-avely through the
frs; world war, being under the
impression. whether rightly or
wrongly. given them consciously or
unconsciously. that they would
have the right 10 determine their
national destiny afterward. Twenty
three years have passed. genera
ton in India. and they have not
been given the right to determine
their national destiny, the right
that Is. with which every man Is
bern. After a hundred and fifty
years. and promise. and then
;venty-three years OF waiting for
the promise. and then another
promise - whatever the western
poin, Of view. 70 the. man in the
Eas. IL was too long 10 wait. To dc
nothing. therefore. in the view Of
this world longing for freedom. doe.
this mean that we are afraid Of
freedom FOR the peoples not ouI
own. the races not our own? Do We
fear free India, and a free colorec
man in America" The uneasy mem
DRY Of what is past is in US. Re
venge is human,
What We must now realize is tina
there is chance for us 10 wipe on
that pas; by present action. Swift
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