Evening star., 1943-06-13
Day Of Exploitation
OF Alien Races Gone,
Suyre Declares
By FRANCIS B. SAYRE,

LOUuTO SOtuLIOU U! pOOLeHtS tftuL
cause world pars has been made
by the Commission to Study the
Bases OF a Just and Durable
Peace, instituted by the Federal
Council OF Churches OF Christ in
America This is the fifth OF a
series OF articles dealing ,Uith the
'Sir Pillars of Peace"
For the building of the coming
peace, one of the fundamental issues
will be the problem of foreign rule
over alien peoples. Shall the post
war world in Asia and in Africa be
based on 18th century patterns or
must we look for something differ
ent?
The answer is clear. We are COM
ing to see that the only possible
foundation on which a peace that
will last can be built is that of
Christian brotherhood; and this is
as applicable to alien peoples as to
home folks. Brotherhood allows no
room for the exploitation of one
people by another for the sake of
selfish gain: it is incompatible with
racial or national intolerance.
Autonomy is Goal.
Ultimate autonomy for every sub
iect race is the goal. 1T has been
our purpose in the past-and will
remain our purpose in the future"
declared Secretary Hull, Ito use the
full measure of our influence to sup
port attainment of freedom by all
peoples who. by their acts, show
themselves worthy of it and ready
for it,
Clearly the problem of alien rule
allows of no easy and quick solution.
The way of peace does not lie
through the grant of immediate in
dependence to every subject people
When the United States assumed
the responsibility of sovereignty over
the Filipino people in 1898 an over
night grant of freedom to them
would not have advanced the cause
of peace. Our undertaking instead
required the slow and arduous and
battling task of preparing the Fill
pino people for ultimate autonomy
For over 40 Years Americans have
labored at that task. Insofar as we
have succeeded, American ideals of
liberty and democracy have gained
foothold in Asia and, we may
hope. solid groundwork has been
laid there for stability and peace in
the years to come.
What are the concrete directions
in which we must move in the COM
ing peace treaty in dealing with the
problem of alien rule?
Task Is Adventurous.
In the first place, the Goth century
method of approach must be funda-
mentally different from that of the
past. The goal must be not eXploita-
tion for another countrys profit, but
the preparation Of an underprivi-
legged people for self-development
and self-rule. This means a task
infinitely more adventurous and
more difficult than 10Th century
methods of imperialism. 1t means
not how to extract natural wealth
and trading profits from a backward
people but how to build shoulder to
shoulder with them schools and hos
pitfalls and roads and water systems.
how to improve their public SANTA
ton and to reduce their death rate.
how to raise their general standard
of living, and, above all. how to
stimulate and inspire in them the
ability and the desire to build for
themselves.
In the second place. those under
taking the responsibility for alien
rule in areas not yet ripe for self
government much work out with
leaders of the subject rave for
ward-looking program. marking by
definite steps the advance toward
autonomy, and this program must be
publicly declared.
World Control Needed.
This involves progressively hand
Ing over to the subject people the
responsibilities of government in one
field after another; for the difficult
art of self government can be learn
ed in no other way except by trial
and error, costly as that may be-
The acid test of sincerity will be the
implementation of such declarations
by concrete action. which cannot be
too long delayed. The peace of the
world depends on this implementa-
ton.
In the third place, this progress
toward autonomy must be subjected
to international control, since the
problem of alien rule is part of the
problem of peace.
No single formula for international
control can be worked out applicable
to every area. Each presents a
problem of its own. What we must
achieve is an effective international
control. exercised in such form as
individual reeds and conditions re-
quire.
Would Bar Discrimina tion.
In the fourth place. provision must
be made at the coming peace con-
ference for absolute equal lity of COM
mercial opportunity in all areas sub
iect to slien rule. Nom -discrimina-
ton with respect to tariffs and all
trade barriers would mean. in the
subject areas of the world. the re-
moval of fundamental causes of con-
f1lct and warfare. 1t would be an
immense step forward Accompany
ing these provisions looking toward
economic freedom, steps should be
taken to prevent economic strangle-
holds Tariffs in subject areas must
not be manipulated for the benefit
of the ruling race Neither must
the winning of autonomy be frus-
trated by a growing economic de-
pendence on the ruling people.
In conclusion. we must not expect
the problem of alien rule, which has
torn the world for more than three
centuries, 10 be mastered overnioht