The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-03
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oY WILLIAM L. sHERRtll

MADAME CHANG KAI-SHEK,
according to news reports. was
keenly disappointed last week that
Mr.. Churchill only mentioned the
United States, Russia and Britain, in
his speech calling for unified So
luton OF postwar problems
Speaking in Chicago before Twenty
thousand people Madame Chang
advised Churchill and Roosevelt as
father OF the Atlantic Charter not
to "tantalize the sorely tried. staunch
peoples fighting against violence"
Mr.. Churchill's speech last SUM-
day to the people OF Britain and OF
the world was not alone a disap-
pointment to Madame Chang
Kai-Shek and the Chinese people
but to the entire colored
world When he had finished
speaking. neither Africans, Chinese.
nor Indians were under any IL
lusions as to where they will stand
in the postwar world. He made no
attempt in his tpeech to conceal
the fact, that the British Empire is
fighting for the continuation of the
present racial and colonial setup
which has made the British EN-
pire The English prime min
lister has not retreated one step
from his famous II will not preside
over the liquidation Of the Empire"
speech"
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THE HOPES OF THE COLORED
PEOPLES the world over have been
shaken by the declarations Of this
audacious Mr.. Churchill Not
alone from China but from Africa
comes the cry OF disappointment
The African Nationalist. a
newspaper published in Liberia
West Africa has this to say: Rare
~ are the African people mentioned
as members of the community OF
races who are bearing the brunt OF
modern warfare. You hear mention
of most every lace but we Of Africa
who are carrying most OF the fight
How any program which takes
in one set Of people and ignores
another set. can Je called a demo-
cratic program We cannot see :.
Are we not 10 share in the post
war world? II at time when
the African people are shoudering
the burdens OF war and Drawing
death with her allies--if at a time
when the dangers TO democracies
are very real. the African people
are treated in this manner :.
what will be his lot after the war
has ended and the dangers TO the
democracies are past?
The feeling seems to be that
while the African people are good
enough to be used as cannon fodder
they are not good enough TO
live on equal terms with other race
groups, after the dangers OF war
are over and peace is again restored
10 the world"
Mr.. CHURCHILL'S SPEECH
LAST SUNDAY was conspicuous
for its disregard Of the position and
place colored races and nations are
10 occupy in postwar organization
His silence in this direction is
of great significance Through
out the whole OF his speech there
stood out the glazing fact that in
spite OF all the sweet talk making
the rounds about UT lighting an
anti-imperialistic war:-a war TO
liberate all mankind for the right
OF all peoples to live their own lives
unhampered by economic barriers;
Winston Churchill spoke as an
Englishman whose only concern is
the preservation OF the "old glory"
OF the British Empire
Throughout whole speech ran
the theme We tthe British Empire)
shall hold fast to all that We now
call our own.
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THE AFRICAN PILOT" another
newspaper published in Africa ex-
presses itself as being most sur
prised at Mr.. Churchill's attitude.
That a British prime minister" il
says, could utter such statement
OF he six most widely read Ameri-