The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-05-29
~ AM VIVIAN BROWN

T'"lu int iuVlhn case against the
british We must consider The
British record IN India
india IA a vas, subconilnent
nearly as large as the United
states with a population Of SS7-
oooooo. or three times The size
~ ours. 4 country OF extremes
extreme hear and cold plains and
mountains food and drought
poverty and wealth.
Tho British have had long
and hitter record in India Theirs
was a steal in the night Through
intrigue and chicanery they took
possession OF vast subcontinent.
Their method was the ace old
one first came the missionaries
% save The hea,hcns: next came
he merchants 10 sell them Western
goods; finally came The Union
Jack and the army OF occupation.
Today Britain holds India under
divide and rule plan.
The British theory that fndia
is 50 torn within itself thar n
reeds to he projected from itself.
iT an erroneous one The Brit
ishers rather have encouraged
disuniiv in India. IS the Amcrl-
can whites Just after the civil
War pitted the pNlailo Negro
against his less mixed brother
The disuni'v fcstcrcd in India
has several subtle expressions
Naive police arc forced 70 heat
down mohs thus forcing HOOD
hrolher % fichi hloed brother.
The naiiv" princes are prohibit
ish because they rule hy leave OF
he crown Tho Anglo indian. a
( lHhrii ~ indian D-i,ish extrac-
ton whom hh lliudus ana Biii-
ish ostrncile socially, has Ia the
past been made 20 feel that he IS
better than his Inaian folhcayers
end hos learned 10 seorn tie In
dian The hest government iohs
are given q The Authorizations in
rrcferoncc 70 native indi8gs The
clcsian 81 fclisious aniaGonism
hos boon played ~ and The VAR
Ions relieious classes IA India
Who are polns apart fl heir re-
+ 0iousihinklnc aie plited against
NJ ano'hcr - r"rpciuatc internal
s'flfo Tho Nnhammedans ara liin-
dns are o'wavs az each alters
i'trea's " they don't find cnorsh
! themselves 70 fleht about thev
sre certainty bcp posted on in-
.cidsniS" By The Rrfish Thcre IS
q elcaaee on b IN silcs ~ ne
I MISUNDERSTANDING fence BIT Tho
Friiish rather than foster unity.
lave enc uragca the breach 70
their own ADVANTAGE
stir Religions Fcnd
Now with fh's eisis upon Thorn
The Rriish rather Than neg ,iate
With The coneross Party. tho only
noremcnf for unity on national
scale In India have ENCOURAGED
me Matchmaking IN The belief
thai The Hinaus Will wrcst the
power from them Ia tho cyenf IN.
dependence should be- ramod Tho
Nindus rerresent a majority and
The Mohammcdars minority
however. strong one Nr Gands
~. Who renresenfs an groups IN
India has worked Tor unity ~ all
the peoples IN India rs has no
other person His CONGRESS- Party
has worked ilre'csslv IN an cnarf
70 include an The 20 Pile and 10
eire a' ne neoplc even the mi
rorliios voirc 40 hcier tcs-
tmonv 70 this effort can be n,,4o
Than the feet ihai tho present
president ~ thc 'pcress is a
N's'em md much Of The financial
snpnort.of no CONGRESS- came from
4 Moslcm f'iend- N Gandhi
Tho I7diars have hecn reduced
10 q lcycl - rovcriv and wan, az
70 fthcr people have hcen. Fifty
million people N India never have
fronrh 70 cat some llte on five
oonis and les- nor day In India
lifo can he lived In palace with
''laid ivory md gold doors. or
l'fc con he lived along first line
beaches with only he skv as a
roof and tho ground FOR floor
The British have. IN heir short
slrh'cdness minimi7oa the Indian
plea for freed M They refused
ny ~ misas. offered no hone 10
2 country that feeds Brlt9in as
surely as mother feeds her
child India T. the source OF raw
materials. india r tho source Of
tax revenues India f. ready
market for British manufactured
eoods Latelv 81 was sai, nv
memhef n pc.liamcnt zone Eng
llshman in ion depends on India"
Economic bondage
India with It's starving popula-
'i'n. low STANDARD ~ living and
hi0h rate 81 illitcracv. will he
easy prev for Japan England. in
nor atiempt 70 divide and rule
has made the grave mistake Of
MOI seeing The terror Of n divided
country with tho Invader at the
door lIad one or two universal
lenguafes been established. had
the British gene along With the
native princes and made mass