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

ty OF life again. because il can be
free. II Is with this East that We
must live tomorrow, and we had
better begin to i've with il today.
Whatever we fight for. the East
fights for freedom. and Its peoples
will not stop short OF freedom,
wherever the war leads.
What we must see is that this war
Is not merely the active war now
being fought in Europe and the
Pacific. These are only the imme-
date thrusts OF war. the parts OF
the whole upon which the spotlight
is being fixed. But the war scene
is far greater than the spotlight
and il is the whole which must be
grasped and understood, for VIC
tory only in the military incidents
Of war will not give us victory in
the great war looming around and
above and beyond the spotlight. The
struggle is not contained in the
spotlight.
Where is the struggle? the strug-
gle is in the awakening peoples. all
those peoples Of the world, who
sitting long in darkness, now rise
% their feet at the sudden call OF
that word freedom. In India last
spring Madame Chang Kai-Shek,
addressing group Of Indian
women. besought them to rouse
their nation 10 the danger OF the
japanese, and. 10 make her plea
strike 10 their hearts as i came
from her oWn. she told them with
fearful realism o. the tortures
which the women and children o.:
China have suffered at the hands
o. the enemy There was sympathy.
there was sorrow. but at the end
0, the meeting an Indian woman
got up ard her voice rang over the
room. lie. TO one imagine" she
said clearly. that i car make any
possible difference 70 us whether
!. Is the japanese or the British
who rule India
An Engi.shrar. a man OF good
VII and integrity, hearing this was
amazed. "Cur!ously irrelevant" he
exclaimed. ip telling OF the Incl
dent. migrating discord with the
prevailing mood
He did not see the larger war and
he could not understand the vast
ness OF the din shape looming. No.
not irrelevant, and rot in discord
with that There comes moment
+ TO human beings. after long endur-
ance. when nothing is worth having
IL il is no. freedom and nothing is
n ore hateful than the lack of il
Then all the practical benefits OF
benevolent rule seem no better than
the evils OF tyranny because there
is not freedom. Can We who are
white and Tree ever understand
thisr
I. was an EngIishman. Henry W
Nevinson. who said. you know
wha. freedom is when you have
not got H."
The Governor Of Alabama, pro-
testing against q federal contract
which calls for no discrimination
in labor on the grounds Of color o.
creed. says The State OF Aiabams
Is not willing 70 enter into any
contract in which this clause ap-
pears. II regard il as extremely
unfortunate tina. this issue should
be forced upon the southern PEG.
pie in time when the very life Of
the nation is at stake. There
should be no attack on the long
established institutions OF any sec
ton when our sons are engaged ir
lie and death struggle with The
enemies OF the democratic way O
lie. The Democratic party in Al
ALBANIA has as is motto, Whit,
Supremacy.
But the peoples who are wagini
The large war cry out in answer
How can democracy and whit,
supremacy be spoken Of in III,
same breath" For VIVA. do you
sons die when they die for democ
racy. IL il is not for democrat.
for all?"
The Secretary OF State. Cordcl
Hull. in his address 10 the Ameri
can people OF July %, 1912. said
1T has been our purpose in tn
past and will remain our purpos
in the future. TO use the full nea
sure Of our influence to supper
attainment OF freedom by all PEG
pies who. by their acts, show them
selves worthy of IL and are read.
for H."
And the peoples who are not IRE
cry. Who made you who are whit
the judges TO decide who ar
worthy Of freedom, who are read
for freedom? Is freedom somethin
70 be attained or is 1. mans natura
right? Have you not said yourselve
that man is born free"